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1. In 1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/-.
I f the paper rate
increases at 1.5% more than inflation rate
which is of 6.5% a year
, then what wil be the cost of a kg of paper
after 2 years?
a)29.12 (b) 29.72 (c) 30.12 (d) 32.65 (e) none
of these
2. In A,B,C are having some marbles with each
of them. A has giben
B and C the same number of marbles they
already have to each of them.
then, B gave C and A the same no. of marbles
they have, then C gave
A and B the same no. of marbles they have. At
the
end A,B,and C have equal no. of marbles.
(i) If x,y,z are the marbles initially
with A,B,C respectively.
then the no of marbles B have at the end
(a) 2(x-y-z) (b) 4(x-y-z) etc.
(ii)If the total no. of marbles are
72, then the no. of marbles with A at the starting
a. 20 b. 30 c. 32
3. If a car starts from A towards B with some
velocity due to some
problem in the engine after travelling
30km.If the car goes with
4/5 th of its actuval velocity the car reaches
B 45min later to the
actual time. If the car engine fails ofter
travelling
45km, the car reaches the destination B 36min
late to the actual
time , what is the initial velocity of car and
what is the distance between A and B in km
ans) 20 & 130.
4. A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can
as 25 pencils or 15books.
He kept 15% of the money for travelling
expenses and purchased 5
pencils.So how many books he can purchase with
the remaining money.
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5. ten questions on analogies.
ex: hammer : carpenter ::
B
knife : butcher.
6. The values of shares A,B and C from january
to june are as follows.
OB
month A B C
JAN 30 60 80
FEB 35 65 85
MAR 45 75 65
APR 40 75 82
MAY 55 75 85
JUNE 50 75 80
i) During this period which share has
undergone max fluctuation?
ii) In which month it is possible to buy B and
C selling A?
iii) In which month the share values are very
low?
iv) By purchasing one share of A and 4 each of
B and C in the beginning
of the period , to get max profit when this
shares should be sold?
v) ?
7. In a computer institute 9 languages can
taught. The module is
of 6 months duration and only six languages
each of one month can
be taught. In addition to that BASIC is always
there and should be in first month itself
# word perfect is to be taught in the
preceeding week of word star.
# FORTRAN can not be taught until COBAL is
coarsed prior to that
# BINO, FIFO never be taught in single module
languages are BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD
PERFECT, FORTRAN, COBAL, BINO, FIFO, LOTUS, C
i. Of the following which module is possible
based on above conditions.
ii) If word star is in 3rd month , what could
be in 6th month.
iii) If COBAL is in the 2nd month and BINO in
6th month are there
in addition to the above condition, FORTRAN
will be in which month.
8. In a class , except 18 all are above 50
years. 15 are below 50
years of age. how many people are there
a) 30 b) 33 c) 36 d) none of these.
9. A square plot of some size , at four
corners equal squares of
some size are cut and is formed as open box.
If this open box carries
128ml of oil. What is the size of the plate
i.e. side
a.17 b.14 c.13
10. In a square , all the mid points are
joined. the inner square
is shaded. If the area of the square is A,
what is the shaded area?
11. two questions on basic angles i.e given a
circle, a few chords or diameter is drawn etc.
12. @(a,b)= (a+b)/2
/(a,b)= a.b
*(a,b)= ab , if a=1, b=2 find
i) /(a,(@(a,b),*(a,b)))
ii)
13. (x#y) = x+y-xy
(x*y) = (x+y)/2
i) (x#y)#(x*y) < (x#y), which of the below
values of x, y will satisfy this equation
ii) (a*b)#(b*c)< (a#b)*(b*c) , what values of
a,b,c satisfy the above.
14. By using the data given below answer the
following questions.
B.tech M.sc M.A
male 20
female 80
total 60
some thing similar to that question.
i) 40% of females are B.Techs
ii) Half of the students are either
from B.Techs of M.Scs
iii) ...
i. what is the no. of female B.techs
ii....
dont remember this question , just for an
example this has been given .
45Q). PS1 pwd
export PS1 results in
a). your primary prompt being your current
directory
b). " " and secondary prompts
being the current dir
c). " " prompt being your home dir
d). " " and secondary prompts
being the home dir
e). None of the above.
8Q). If you type in the command
nohup sort employees > list 2 > error out
&
and log off ,the next time you log in .
the output
will be
a). in a file called list and the error
will de typed in
a file error out
b). there will be no file called list or
error out
c). error will be logged in a file called
list and o/p
will be in error out
d). you will not be allowed to log in
e). none of the above
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7Q). In UNIX a files i-node
a)is a data structure that defines all
specifications
of a file like the file size ,number of
lines to a
file ,permissions etc.
b).----
c). - - - --
d). _ _ _
( ans is ---------(a) )
44Q). The UNIX shell is....
a).does not come with the rest of the system
b).forms the interface between the user and
the kernal
c) does not give any scope for programming
d) deos not allow calling one program from
with in another
e) all of the above
(ans is (b) )
48Q).enum number { a=-1, b= 4,c,d,e}
what is the value of e ?
B
OB 7,4,5,15,3
(ans is 7 ) check again
3Q).The very first process created by the
kernal that runs
till the kernal process is haltes is
a)init
b)getty
c)
d)
e)none
(Ans is a)
47 Q) Result of the following program is
main()
{
int i=0;
for(i=0;i<20;i++)
{
switch(i)
case 0:i+=5;
case 1:i+=2;
case 5:i+=5;
default i+=4;
break;}
printf("%d,",i);
}
}
a)0,5,9,13,17
b)5,9,13,17
c)12,17,22
d)16,21
e)syntax error
(Ans is d )
1 Q) What is the result
main()
{
char c=-64;
int i=-32
unsigned int u =-16;
if(c>i){
printf("pass1,");
if(c<u)
printf("pass2");
else
printf("Fail2");}
else
printf("Fail1);
if(i<u)
printf("pass2");
else
printf("Fail2")
}
a)Pass1,Pass2
b)Pass1,Fail2
c)Fail1,Pass2
d)Fail1,Fail2
e)none
(Ans is c)
2) In the process table entry for the kernel
process, the process id value is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 255 e) it does not have a
process table entry
Ans) a
4) Which of the following API is used to hide
a window
a) ShowWindow
b) EnableWindow
c) MoveWindow
d) SetWindowPlacement
e)None of the above
Ans) a
5) what will the following program do?
void main()
{
int i;
char a[]="String";
char *p="New Sring";
char *Temp;
Temp=a;
a=malloc(strlen(p) + 1);
strcpy
(a,p); //Line no:9//
p = malloc(strlen(Temp) + 1);
strcpy(p,Temp);
printf("(%s, %s)",a,p);
free(p);
free(a);
}
//Line no 15//
a) Swap contents of p & a and print:(New
string, string)
b) Generate compilation error in line
number 8
c) Generate compilation error in line
number 5
d) Generate compilation error in line
number 7
e) Generate compilation error in line
number 1
Ans) b
6) In the following code segment what will be
the result of the function,
value of x , value of y
{
unsigned int x=-1;
int y;
y = ~0;
if(x == y)
printf("same");
else
printf("not same");
}
a) same, MAXINT, -1
b) not same, MAXINT, -MAXINT
c) same , MAXUNIT, -1
d) same, MAXUNIT, MAXUNIT
e) not same, MAXINT, MAXUNIT
Ans) a
37) PATH = /bin : /usr : /yourhome
The file /bin/calender has the
following line in it
cal 10 1997
The file /yourhome/calender has
the following line in it
cal 5 1997
If the current directory is /yourhome and
calender is executed
a) The calendar for May 1997 will be
printed on screen
b) The calendar for Oct 1997 will be
printed on screen
c) The calendar for the current month(
whatever it is) will be printed
d) Nothing will get printed on screen
e) An error massage will be printed
38) what will be the result of the following
program ?
char *gxxx()
{
static char xxx[1024];
return xxx;
}
main()
{
char *g="string";
strcpy(gxxx(),g);
g = gxxx();
strcpy(g,"oldstring");
printf("The string is : %
s",gxxx());
}
a) The string is : string
b) The string is :Oldstring
c) Run time error/Core dump
d) Syntax error during compilation
e) None of these
Ans) b
39) What will be result of the following
program?
void myalloc(char *x, int n)
{
x= (char *)malloc(n*sizeof
(char));
memset(x,\0,n*sizeof(char));
}
main()
{
char *g="String";
myalloc(g,20);
strcpy(g,"Oldstring");
printf("The string is %s",g);
}
a) The string is : String
b) Run time error/Core dump
c) The string is : Oldstring
d) Syntax error during compilation
e) None of these
Ans) c ( check it )
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40) which of the following function is used to
repaint a window immediately
a) Sendmessage(hWnd,WM_PAINt,......)
b) InvalidateRect(.......)
c) MoveWindow
d) WM_COPY
e) None
41) which function is the entry point for a
DLL in MS Windows 3.1
a) main
b) Winmain
c) Dllmain
d) Libmain
e) None
Ans) b
42) The standard source for standard input ,
standard output and standard error is
a) the terminal
b) /dev/null
c) /usr/you/input, /usr/you/output/, /usr/you/error
respectively
d) NOne
Ans) a
43) What will be the result of the following
program?
main()
{
char p[]="String";
int x=0;
if(p=="String")
{
printf("Pass 1");
if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g')
printf("Pass 2");
else
printf("Fail 2");
}
else
{
printf("Fail 1");
if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g')
printf("Pass 2");
else
printf("Fail 2");
}
}
a) Pass 1, Pass 2
b) Fail 1, Fail 2
c) Pass 1, Fail 2
d) Fail 1, Pass 2
e) syntax error during compilation
46) Which of the choices is true for the
mentioned declaration ?
const char *p;
and
char * const p;
a) You can't change the character in both
b) First : You can't change the characterr &
Second : You can;t change the pointer
c) You can't change the pointer in both
d) First : You can't change the pointer &
Second : You can't chanage the character
e) None
Ans) b ( check it)
49) The redirection operators > and >>
a) do the same function
b) differ : > overwrites, while >> appends
c) differ : > is used for input while >>
is used for output
d) differ : > write to any file while >>
write only to standard output
e) None of these
Ans) b
50) The command
grep first second third /usr/you/myfile
a) prints lines containing the words first,
second or third from the file /usr/you/myfile
b) searches for lines containing the pattern
first in the files
second, third, and /usr/you/myfile and prints
them
c) searches the files /usr/you/myfiel and
third for lines containing
the words first or second and prints them
d) replaces the word first with the word
second in the files third and /usr/you/myfile
e) None of the above
Ans) b
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