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ENTRANCE TEST-2023
SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY

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M.Sc. (IT)

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Q1 below contain an idiom. Four possible meanings In Q6, from the given words select the one which is
of the idiom are provided. Select the one which best most appropriate so that the sentence not only makes
expresses the meaning of the idiom. sense, but is grammatically correct
1. She was at the awkward age when she did not want 6. The deadly fever left him completely ______.
to be seen playing with her dolls. (A) Dying
(A) Clumsy (B) Dissipated
(B) Uncomfortable (C) Hot
(C) Period of early adolescence (D) Enervated

(D) Unsure 7. Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning
as the word PHILANTHROPIST :
2. A form of government in which a small group of people
(A) Cynic
hold most or all political power :
(B) Misogynist
(A) Oligarchy
(C) Misanthrope
(B) Monarchy
(D) Egotist
(C) Anarchy
In Q8, which of the phrases given below the sentence
(D) Autocracy should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make
3. Gown : Graduate :: Cassock : ? the sentence grammatically correct?
(A) Mason 8. The fact finding team which had been to the area
(B) Priest found villagers giving information to police.
(A) Which had been for
(C) Carpenter
(B) That had been to
(D) Doctor
(C) Which led to
4. Which of the following is an example of an Imperative
(D) No correction required
sentence?
9. A, B, C, D, E and F are six members in a group.
(A) Do not pluck flowers here
There are two couples in the group. There are two
(B) There is a lot of confusion here teachers, one doctor, one lawyer and two engineers.
(C) He does not work hard enough Both the teachers are of the same sex. A and C are in
(D) Have you been to the school lately? the same profession. The doctor is married to the
teacher. An engineer is married to the lady lawyer. A
5. Choose the word which is most nearly the same in
is an engineer. E is a male teacher. Both of them are
meaning as the word ABERRATION :
unmarried. Who is the lawyer?
(A) Observation
(A) C
(B) Deviation (B) F
(C) Outcome (C) B
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10. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word 12. The product of which of the following pairs of numbers
GREATER each of which has as many letters between is the highest?
them in the words as in the alphabet? (A) 351236912 and 351236930
(A) One (B) 351236920 and 351236918
(B) Two (C) 351236940 and 351236909

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In the following question (Q14) the symbols +, *, =, / In Q16 a statement is given, followed by two
and – are used with the following meaning conclusions. Give answer (a) if only conclusion I is
P + Q means P is greater than Q true; Give answer (b) if only conclusion II is true; Give
P * Q means P is either greater than or equal to Q answer (c) if neither I nor II is true and give answer
(d) if both I and II are true.
P = Q means P is equal to Q
16. Statement:
P/Q means P is smaller than Q
Global ecological issues have eclipsed local
P – Q means P is either smaller than or equal to Q
environmental problems which are being faced by the
Now in the following questions, assuming the given poor societies.
statement to be true, find which of the two conclusions
Conclusions:
I and II given below them is/are definitely true. Give
I. Poor societies always have to suffer because of
answer (a) if only conclusion I is true; Give answer
their poverty.
(b) if only conclusion II is true; Give answer (c) if
neither I nor II is true and give answer (d) if both I II. Global ecological issues are not so important.
and II are true. Rich societies can bear with it.
14. Statement: 17. The length and breadth of a rectangle are in the ratio
S * Q, R + T, R–S 5:3 respectively. If the sides of the rectangle are
extended on each side by lm, the ratio of length to
Conclusions:
breadth becomes 16:10. Find the area of the original
I. S+T
rectangle in square metres.
II. Q=T (A) 115m2
15. In a certain language, the word FLOWER is written
(B) 125m2
as HOQZGU. How will the word EXAMINATION
(C) 135m2
be written in that code language?
(D) 145m2
(A) GZCPKQCVKRP
18. Given the mean of a distribution is 120 and the mode
(B) GACPKQCWKRP
is 48, find the median :
(C) GZCPKQCWKQP
(A) 144
(D) None of the above
(B) 145
(C) 151
(D) 152

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19. Find the sum of first 40 terms of the series: 15, 12, 9, 24. Find the value of x if log5 (x5 – x4 )– log5 (x–1) = 4 :
6, 3 ... (A) 1
(A) –979
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28. The transformation matrix [T] for rotation should have 32. What is the degree of differential equation
the following feature(s): 2
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(C) [T] –1 = [T] T............. (where [T]T is transpose (C) 3
of transformation matrix) (D) 6
(D) All the above 33. Choose the correct statement among the following:
29. If 2 sin q + 2cosec q = 4, find the value of sin75 q + (A) Skewness is the measure of size of a curve and
cos75q : not of its shape.
(A) 1 (B) Skewness is positive when the mean is greater
(B) 2 than the mode or the median.
(C) 468 (C) Skewness is positive when the mode is greater
(D) 5768 than the mean or the median.

30. If tan q = 8/7, find the correct value of (5 sin q + (D) Skewness is positive when the median is greater
4 cos q ) / (5 sin q – 4 cos q ) =? than the mode or the mean.

(A) 83/13 34. In a completed book of 1500 pages, 600
typographical errors occur. What is the probability
(B) 13/36
that 5 specimen pages selected for advertisement
(C) 68/11
contain one error only?
(D) 17/3
(A) 0.0067
31. Choose the incorrect statement(s) among the following:
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(A) If the degree of all the terms in an equation is
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the same then the equation is termed as
homogeneous equation (D) 0.3514

(B) A linear partial differential equation of first order 35. A box contains 5 red balls, 4 black balls and 7 white
is of the form Pp+Qq=R where P, Q and R are balls. What is the probability that a ball drawn is either
functions of x, y and z. red or black?
(C) A quasi-linear equation of first order is of the (A) 5/16
form Pp+Qq=R where P, Q and R are functions (B) 4/11
of x, y and z. (C) 9/11
(D) None of the above (D) 9/16

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36. The Poisson distribution is derived as the limit of the 39. A function f(x, y) is continuous at a point (a, b) for
Binomial distribution when: which it is defined if ________.
(A) The number of trials n is very large and the
(A) lim xy®® ab f ( x , y ) = f (a , b)
probability of success p is very large.
(B) The number of trials n is very small and the (B) lim xy®® ab f ( x, y ) = f (ax, by )

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(B) (kA)t = kAt where k is a scalar 41. Hexadecimal Addition of (AA8)16 and (3B9)16 will
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44. Choose the incorrect statement among the following: 47. 0(n log n) is the complexity of which searching and
(A) A 1-byte instruction is always 1-address sorting algorithm?
instruction. (A) Linear search
(B) Use of program counter enables shorter (B) Binary search
instruction size. (C) Bubble sort
(C) “MOV A, A” is a valid instruction (D) Merge sort
(D) Implicit addressing instructions work on the 48. A _________ graph is a connected graph that is not
contents of the accumulator. broken into disconnected pieces by deleting any single
45. What will be the output of the following C program? vertex (and incident edges)

#include<stdio .h> (A) Bi-connected

main() (B) Directed Acyclic

{ int a=084; (C) Complete
(D) Tree
printf(“\n a = %x”, a);
49. Which of the following is not volatile ?
}
(A) DRAM
(A) Compile error
(B) SDRAM
(B) 84
(C) MRAM
(C) 54
(D) None of the above
(D) 124
50. The data received from user is converted into
46. What will be the output of the following C program?
computer understandable format by _______.
#include <stdio.h>
(A) Output Unit
main()
(B) Input Unit
{ char s1 [] = “Abdul”;
(C) Memory Unit
char s2[] = “Mannan”;
(D) Arithmetic & Logic Unit
sl=s2;
51. The loss of signal strength due to the different
printf(“\n %s”, s1); propagation speeds of each frequency that makes up
} the signal is known as _________.
(A) Abdul (A) Distortion
(B) Mannan (B) Attenuation
(C) Abdul Mannan (C) Noise
(D) Error (D) Decibel

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52. The rate at which we can send data over a noisy 55. If every non-key attribute is functionally dependent
channel can be calculated using : on the primary key, then the relation is in _________.
(A) Nyquist Bit Rate formula (A) First normal form
(B) BitRate = 2 × Bandwidth × log2 L (B) Second normal form
(C) Shannon Capacity formula (C) Third normal form

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(B) Time-stamp (B) The system is developed using structured
(C) Both (A) and (B) programming through COBOL or PASCAL

(D) None of the above (C) The system makes extensive use of function,
keys for maximum user assistance
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(employee ( empId = eID)Ù(empAge £depAge)dependent )
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59. The aspect ratio of an image is defined as . 60. In the refresh process of an image on a raster terminal,
(A) The ratio of height to width measured in number which of the following statement is true?
of pixels (A) The refresh memory stores the value of each
(B) The ratio of width to height measured in unit pixel; therefore, the refresh time is constant.
length (B) The raster terminals do not require refreshing
(C) The ratio of depth to width measured in unit the image because it is stored in its memory.
length (C) The refresh memory (raster) stores the
(D) The ratio of depth to width measured in number sequence of commands to redraw complete
of pixels image.
(D) The time required to refresh an image depends
on complexity of the scene to be rendered.

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