AUAT 2024 Question Paper MCA

Entrance Exam
2024

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PAPER

Question Booklet No. Question Booklet Series : A
AUAT — 2024
2-Year MCA (P26)
(TEST BASED ON MCQ)

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AUAT-2024/129- A

PART—I
( Core Subject )
1. Which of the following is not an 6. The minimum number of temporary
operating system? variables needed to swap the
contents of two variables is
[A] Windows
[A] 0
[B] Linux
[B] 1
[C] Python
[C] 2
[D] macOS
[D] 3
2. In a computer, most processing takes
place in the 7. If n has the value 3, then the output
of the statement printf(“%d %d”, n++,
[A] Hard Drive
++n); is
[B] Central Processing Unit (CPU)
[A] 3 5
[C] Random Access Memory (RAM)
[B] 4 5
[D] Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
[C] 4 4

3. The first page of a website is [D] implementation dependent
commonly termed as
8. printf(“%c”,100);
[A] Index Page
[A] prints 100
[B] Home Page
[B] prints the ASCII equivalent of
[C] Main Page
100
[D] Landing Page
[C] prints garbage

4. Which component of a computer is [D] None of the above
responsible for producing output
from the computer’s processing? 9. print(“%d”, printf(“tim”));
[A] Input devices [A] results in a syntax error
[B] Output devices [B] output tim3
[C] Memory [C] output garbage
[D] Storage [D] prints tim and terminated
abruptly
5. Which is the most common tool used
to restrict access to a computer 10. Which of the following is not
system? keywords in C?
[A] Firewall [A] printf
[B] Antivirus software [B] main
[C] Password [C] IF
[D] Encryption [D] None of the above
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11. In a for loop, if the condition is 16. UNIX was developed by
missing, then [A] Bell Labs
[A] it is assumed to be present and [B] Barclays Software Group
taken to be false
[C] California University
[B] it is assumed to be present and
[D] American Defense Academy
taken to be true
[C] it results in a syntax error 17. What does the ‘chmod’ command do
in Unix?
[D] execution will be terminated
abruptly [A] It changes the ownership of a file
or directory
12. Let x be array. Which expression [B] It changes the permissions of a
gives the address of the second file or directory
element of the array? [C] It displays the current directory
[A] x [D] It copies files from one directory
[B] x + 1 to another

[C] x++ 18. Which command is used to list all
files, including hidden files, in a
[D] x  2
directory in Unix?

13. Any C program [A] Is -a

[A] must contain at least one [B] Is -l
function [C] Is -h
[B] need not contain any function [D] Is -r

[C] needs input data 19. The file that stores an integer as a
[D] None of the above sequence of characters is a
[A] text file
14. The statement [B] data file
int a; [C] binary file
[A] is illegal [D] core file
[B] is legal but meaningless
20. What is the effect of the command
[C] is syntactically and cd ./../. in a Unix-like operating
semantically correct system?

[D] None of the above [A] It changes the current directory
to the home directory
15. If x is any array of integer, then the [B] It changes the current directory
value of &x[i] is same as that of to the root directory
[A] x + i [C] It changes the current directory
to the parent directory of the
[B] (&x[i])++ current directory
[C] x[i] [D] It changes the current directory
[D] ++(&x[i]) to the current directory itself

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21. The depth of a complete binary tree 26. Which data structure uses LIFO (Last
with n nodes is In, First Out) method?

[A] log 2(n  1)  1 [A] Queue

[B] log10 (n  1)  1 [B] Linked List

[C] log 2(n  1)  1 [C] Stack

[D] log10 (n  1)  1 [D] Tree

22. Which of the following traversal 27. What is the time complexity of
techniques lists the nodes of a binary inserting an element at the front of a
search tree in ascending order? queue implemented using a linked
list?
[A] Pre-order
[B] In-order [A] O(l)

[C] Post-order [B] O(n)

[D] None of the above [C] O(logn)

[D] O(nlogn)
23. The way a card game player arranges
his cards as he picks them one by
one is an example of 28. What does HTML stand for?

[A] bubble sort [A] Hyper Text Markup Language
[B] selection sort [B] Hyper Transfer Markup
Language
[C] insertion sort
[D] merge sort [C] High Text Markup Language

[D] Hyper Text Modeling Language
24. Which of the following algorithms
solves the all-pair shortest path
29. What does CSS stand for?
problem?
[A] Dijkstra’s algorithm [A] Computer Style Sheets

[B] Floyd’s algorithm [B] Cascading Style Sheets

[C] Prim’s algorithm [C] Creative Style Sheets
[D] Warshall’s algorithm [D] Colorful Style Sheets

25. Which of the following algorithm 30. Which of the following is the correct
design techniques is used in the HTML tag for creating a hyperlink?
quick sort algorithm?
[A] <link>
[A] Dynamic Programming
[B] Backtracking [B] <a>

[C] Divide and conquer [C] <href>

[D] Greedy method [D] <hyperlink>

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31. Page fault occurs 36. Let A = {0, 1}. The number of possible
strings of length ‘n’ that can be
[A] the page is corrupted by formed by the elements of the set A is
application software
[A] n!
[B] the page is in main memory
[B] n 2
[C] the page is not in main memory
[C] n n
[D] one tries to divide a number by 0
[D] 2 n

32. Semaphores are used to solve the
37. The language of all words (made up
problem of
of a’s and b’s) with at least 2 a’s can
[A] race condition be described by the regular
expression
[B] process synchronization
[A] (a+b)a(a+b)a(a+b)
[C] mutual exclusion
[B] (a+b)abab(a+b)
[D] None of the above
[C] (a+b)bb(a+b)

33. In which of the following scheduling [D] a(a+b)a
processes does context switching
never take place? 38. Which of the following automata
recognizes regular languages?
[A] Round Robin Scheduling
[A] Pushdown Automaton
[B] Shortest Job First Scheduling
[B] Finite Automaton
[C] Preemptive Scheduling
[C] Turing Machine
[D] Priority Scheduling
[D] Context-Free Grammar
34. Which one of the following is a
deadlock-avoidance algorithm? 39. What is the role of the stack in a
pushdown automaton?
[A] Banker’s algorithm
[A] To store the input string
[B] Round Robin algorithm
[B] To keep track of symbols for
[C] Elevator algorithm managing context-free languages

[D] Karn’s algorithm [C] To count the number of states
[D] To store the output string
35. Disk scheduling involves

[A] which disk should be accessed 40. Which of the following automata is
next the most powerful in terms of
language recognition?
[B] the order in which disk access
[A] Finite Automaton
request must be serviced
[B] Pushdown Automaton
[C] the physical location where files
should be accessed on the disk [C] Linear Bounded Automaton

[D] None of the above [D] Turing Machine
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41. The binary equivalent of the decimal 46. The eigenvalues of a diagonal matrix
number 0·4375 is are

[A] 0·0111 [A] all zero
[B] 0·1011 [B] the entries on the diagonal
[C] 0·1100 [C] the sum of the diagonal entries
[D] 0·1010 [D] the product of the diagonal
entries
42. The Boolean expression X+XY
equals
47. What is the determinant of the
[A] X + Y identity matrix of size n?

[B] X + XY [A] n

[C] Y + YX [B] 1
[D] XY + YX [C] 0

[D] n!
43. What is the primary key in a
database?
48. If A and B are two matrices, under
[A] A key that uniquely identifies a what condition is AB = BA?
column
[A] A and B are invertible
[B] A key that uniquely identifies a
row [B] A and B are of the same size
[C] A key that can have null values [C] A and B are orthogonal
[D] A key that is used to encrypt [D] A and B commute
data
49. The set of all natural numbers is not
44. Which normal form is in relation if it closed with respect to
has no transitive dependencies?
[A] addition
[A] First Normal Form (1NF)
[B] subtraction
[B] Second Normal Form (2NF)
[C] multiplication
[C] Third Normal Form (3NF)

[D] Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF) [D] exponentiation

45. Which SQL statement is used to 50. If A and B are two given sets, then
retrieve data from a database? A(AB)c is equal to

[A] RETRIEVE [A] A

[B] GET [B] B

[C] SELECT [C] 
[D] FETCH [D] AB c

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51. Today is Wednesday. What would be 56. The average of all odd numbers up to
the day after 61 days? 100 is

[A] Tuesday [A] 51

[B] Monday [B] 50
[C] 49·5
[C] Sunday
[D] 49
[D] Saturday
57. Insert the missing number
52. Which of the following is the odd one
from the given alternatives? 8, 7, 11, 12, 14, 17, 17, 22, ?
[A] 27
[A] Running
[B] 20
[B] Painting
[C] 22
[C] Cycling
[D] 24
[D] Jogging
58. Choose the number of pair or group
53. A four digit number divisible by 7 that is different from others.
becomes divisible by 3, when 10 is
[A] 15 : 46
added to it. The largest such number
is [B] 12 : 37

[A] 9987 [C] 9 : 28
[D] 8 : 33
[B] 9989

[C] 9996 59. In a class of 50 students, Raghu’s rank
is twice that of Paul. There are 10
[D] 9947
students who have ranked worse than
that of Raghu. Paul’s rank in the class
54. The L.C.M of three different numbers is
is 120. Which of the following
cannot be their H.C.F? [A] 5th
[B] 10th
[A] 8
[C] 15th
[B] 12
[D] 20th
[C] 24

[D] 35 60. The ratio of the ages of Meena and
Mukta is in the ratio of 3 : 5. After
9 years, the ratio of their ages will
55. 0·393939... is equivalent to the
becomes 3 : 4. The present age of
fraction
Mukta (in years) is
[A] 39/100 [A] 9 years
[B] 39/99 [B] 15 years
[C] 40/100 [C] 18 years

[D] 40/99 [D] 24 years

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Direction (Q. Nos. 61–65) : Study the Direction (Q. Nos. 66–70) : Study the
following information carefully and answer following information carefully and answer
the questions that follow : the questions that follow :
Madhu and Shobha are good in Dramatics 8 persons E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L are seated
and Computer Science. Anjali and Madhu around a square table-two on each side.
are good in Computer Science and Physics. There are 3 ladies who are not seated next
Anjali, Poonam and Nisha are good in to each other.
Physics and History. Nisha and Anjali are J is between L and F.
good in History and Mathematics. Poonam G is between I and F.
and Shobha are good in History and H, a lady member is second to the left J.
Dramatics. F, a male member is seated opposite to E, a
lady member.
61. Who is good in Computer Science,
History and Dramatics? There is a lady member between F and I.
[A] Anjali 66. Who among the following is seated
[B] Madhu between E and H?
[C] Shobha [A] F
[D] Nisha [B] I
[C] K
62. Who is good in Physics, Dramatics
[D] Can not be determined
and Computer Science?
[A] Shobha 67. Who among the following are three
[B] Poonam lady members?
[C] Madhu [A] E, H and J
[D] Anjali [B] E, F and G
[C] E, H and G
63. Who is good in Physics, History and [D] C, H and J
Dramatics?
[A] Poonam 68. How many persons are seated
between K and F?
[B] Shobha
[A] 1
[C] Madhu
[B] 2
[D] Anjali
[C] 3
64. Who is good in History, Physics, [D] 4
Computer Science and Mathematics?
69. What is true about J and K?
[A] Poonam
[A] J is male, K is female
[B] Nisha
[B] J is female, K is male
[C] Madhu
[C] Both are females
[D] Anjali
[D] Both are males
65. Who is good in Physics, History and
70. Who among the following is to the
Mathematics but not in Computer
immediate left of F?
Science?
[A] G
[A] Madhu
[B] I
[B] Poonam
[C] J
[C] Nisha
[D] H
[D] Anjali
AUAT-2024/129- A 8

PART—II
( Islamic History and Culture, General English & General Knowledge )
71. Islamic way of thanksgiving is to say 76. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was born
Òüκà³ã š‡ý¡[t¡ìt¡ ‹>¸¤àƒ `¡àšì>¹ \>¸ ¤ºìt¡ ÒÚ in the month of
[A] Rasulullah >¤ã ³åÒà´¶ƒ (Îà.) ëA¡à>ô ³àìÎ \@µKøÒo A¡ì¹>?
[B] Mashaallah [A] Rabi as-Sani
[C] Jazakallah [B] Jumada al-Ula

[D] Allahu Akbar [C] Rabi al-Awwal
[D] Jumada as-Saniah
72. God almighty can understand
supplications made in 77. Who was the youngest daughter of
³Òà> "àÀàÒ¹ A¡àìá ë™ ®¡àÈàÚ ƒåÚà A¡¹ìº [t¡[> ¤åc¡ìt¡ Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)?
šàì¹> t¡à Òº >¤ã ³åÒà´¶ƒ (Îà.)&¹ A¡[>Ë¡t¡³ A¡>¸à ëA¡ [áìº>?
[A] Arabic only [A] Zainab
[B] Urdu only [B] Ruqayya
[C] Mother tongue only [C] Umm Kulthum
[D] any language [D] Fatima
73. Which of the following statements is 78. Who was initially a staunch enemy of
true about human dignity? Islam and later became a strong
³à>[¤A¡ ³™¢àƒà¹ ¤¸àšàì¹ [>ìW¡¹ ëA¡à>ô ¤v¡û¡¤¸[i¡ Î[k¡A¡? supporter of Islam?
[A] All are equal ëA¡ šø=³[ƒìA¡ Òüκàì³¹ ëQ๠Åyç¡ [áìº> &¤}
[B] Men’s dignity is higher than
women
š¹¤t¡ã¢ìt¡ Òüκàì³¹ ëQ๠γ=¢A¡ ÒìÚ[áìº>?
[C] Women’s dignity is higher than [A] Hazrat Ali
men [B] Hazrat Umar
[D] Dignity depends on money [C] Hazrat Usman
[D] Abdur Rahaman
74. For believers, daily prayers are
[¤Å¬àÎã샹 \>¸ šøàt¡¸[ÒA¡ >à³à™ Òº 79. In Hijri calendar, a year is of _____
[A] obligatory if time permits months.
[B] obligatory in all situations [Ò\¹ã A¡¸à캓¡à¹ ">å™àÚã _____ ³àìÎ &A¡ ¤;ι
[C] optional outside home ÒÚ¡ú
[D] optional in all situations [A] 10
[B] 11
75. Which of the following statements is
true? [C] 12
[>ìW¡¹ ëA¡à>ô ¤v¡û¡¤¸[i¡ Î[k¡A¡? [D] 13
[A] All messengers are prophets but
80. Maintaining greenery is _____ in
all prophets are not messengers
Islam.
[B] All prophets are messengers but
all messengers are not prophets Τå\àÚ> Òüκàì³
[C] Prophet and messenger are [A] encouraged
synonymous [B] marginally discouraged
[D] There is no relation between [C] discouraged
prophet and messenger [D] marginally forbidden
AUAT-2024/129- A 9 [ P.T.O.

81. Is it permitted to drink water while 86. The Islamic financial system works
Fasting (Sawm)? on the basis of
ë¹à™à (Îà*³) "¤Ñ‚àÚ šà[> šà> A¡¹à [A¡ \àìÚ\? Òüκà[³A¡ "à[=¢A¡ ¤¸¤Ñ‚à [A¡ìι [®¡[v¡ìt¡ A¡à\ A¡ì¹?
[A] It is permitted to drink little water [A] sharing return
while fasting
[B] sharing risk
[B] No, it is not permitted to eat or
drink anything while fasting [C] sharing return and risk
[C] It is permitted to drink juice [D] predetermined risk and return
while fasting
87. It is Sunnah to wear slippers with
[D] It is permitted to eat dates while
fasting _____ &¹ Îàì= W¡Ùº š¹à ÎåÄt¡¡ú

82. What does ‘hijab’ refer to? [A] left leg first
[B] right leg first
‘[Ò\ऒ ¤ºìt¡ A¡ã ë¤àc¡àÚ?
[A] Islamic dress for men [C] any leg
[B] Islamic dress for women [D] None of the above
[C] Islamic prayer
88. When we do a good deed, we should
[D] Islamic dietary guidelines expect

83. What is the Arabic word for Angels? ™J> "à³¹à &A¡[i¡ ®¡àº A¡à\ A¡[¹, t¡J> "à³à샹
ëó¡ì¹Åt¡à샹 "à¹[¤ Ŧ A¡ã? "àÅà A¡¹à l¡ü[W¡t¡ _____¡ú
[A] Messengers [A] praise and thanks from people

[B] Arat [B] reward from Allah (swt)

[C] Malaikah [C] money from people

[D] Jinnat [D] All of the above

84. Prophet Muhammad was born in the 89. What does Zam Zam mean in the
year 570 CE. What does CE stand for? Qur’an?
>¤ã ³åÒà´¶ƒ 570 CE ët¡ \@µKøÒo A¡ì¹>¡ú CE ³àì> A塹"àì> \³\³ ¤ºìt¡ A¡ã ë¤àc¡àì>à ÒìÚìá?
A¡ã? [A] Open
[A] Christianity Era [B] Flow
[B] Circular Era
[C] Run-Run
[C] Common Era
[D] Stop-Stop
[D] Cultural Era
90. Name the two prayers which have no
85. What are the fundamental Azan.
characteristics of a Muslim?
"à™àì> ë>Òü &³> ƒå’[i¡ >à³àì\¹ >à³ ¤º¡ú
&A¡\> ³åκ³àì>¹ ë³ï[ºA¡ í¤[ÅÊ¡¸ [A¡ [A¡?
[A] Zhur and Asar
[A] Pride and arrogance
[B] Boastfulness and superiority [B] Jumma and Fajr

[C] Piety and humility [C] Eid-ul-Adha and Janaza

[D] None of the above [D] Fajr and Isha

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91. Overcome by _____, he determined to 96. In the Constitution of India, How
_____ for his crime by liberality to the many Fundamental Duties are there?
church.
®¡à¹ìt¡¹ Î}[¤‹àì> A¡Ú[i¡ ë³ï[ºA¡ A¡t¢¡¤¸ ¹ìÚìá?
Fill in the blanks with the most
appropriate alternatives. [A] 10
[A] remorse, atone [B] 12
[B] faith, repent [C] 8
[C] regret, pay [D] 6
[D] sinfulness, lament
97. The SI unit of Mechanical Power is
92. The remote regions of a country far
™à[”|A¡ Å[v¡û¡¹ SI &A¡A¡ Òº
away from rivers are known as
[A] hinterland [A] Joule

[B] suburb [B] Watt

[C] rural [C] Newton-second

[D] backwater [D] Joule-second

93. A person who drives a car is called 98. Which one of the following Vitamins
is responsible for blood clotting?
[A] orderly
[B] chauffeur [>ìW¡¹ ëA¡à>ô [®¡i¡à[³> ¹v¡û¡ \³ài¡ ¤òà‹à¹ \>¸ ƒàÚã?
[C] janitor [A] Vitamin–A
[D] amateur [B] Vitamin–E
[C] Vitamin–C
94. No doubt she has achieved much, I
cannot give her credit _____ all that [D] Vitamin–K
she boasts _____.
Fill in the blanks with the correct 99. What chemical element is designated
alternatives. as ‘Cu’?

[A] for, of ëA¡à>ô ¹àÎàÚ[>A¡ l¡üšàƒà>ìA¡ ‘Cu’ ¤ºà ÒÚ?
[B] to, for [A] Zinc
[C] in, of [B] Copper
[D] for, at [C] Cobalt

95. When she entered her grandmother’s [D] Kurtz
house everything was at sixes and
sevens. 100. What ocean is between Africa and
Australia?
Choose the meaning of the
underlined expression from the given "à[óø¡A¡à * "ìСö[ºÚ๠³ì‹¸ ëA¡à>ô ³ÒàÎàK¹
alternatives. "¤[Ñ‚t¡?
[A] well resolved
[A] Pacific
[B] in disorder or confusion
[B] Indian
[C] changed for the better
[C] Atlantic
[D] without any provisions for the
future [D] Arctic
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