MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ENTRANCE TEST, SAMPLE QUESTIONS

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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ENTRANCE TEST, SAMPLE QUESTIONS

SECTION - A
MATHEMATICAL ABILITY

1. Let
   
2. The equation |z - z₁|² + | z - z₂| = k, where k is a real number, will represent a circle, if: -
   1. K < |z₁ - z₂|²
   2. K = |z₁ - z₂|²
   3. K >= 1/2|z₁ - z₂|²
   4. K < 1/2|z₁ - z₂|²
3. The points representing the complex number z for which |z + 4|² - |z - 4|² = 8, lie on: -
   1. a straight line parallel to x-axis
   2. a straight line parallel to y-axis
   3. a circle with centre at origin
   4. a circle with centre other than origin
4. Every subgroup of a abelian group is: -
   1. Normal
   2. Quotient
   3. Subgroup
   4. None of these
5. If W₁ and W₂ are subspaces of vector space V(F), the: -
   1. W₁ + W₂ is a liner space
   2. W₁ - W₂ is a subspace
   3. W₁W₂ is a liner space
   4. W₁ + W₂ is a subspace
6. The value of x, for which the angle between is obtuse and the angle between and the z-axis is acute and less than p/6, are: -
   1. a < x < ½
   2. ½ < x < 15
   3. x > ½ or x < 0
   4. None of these
7. If satisfies the equation , then for any scalar m, is equal to: -
   1. 
   3. 
   4. 
   5. 
8. If variables x and y are related by the equation is: -
   1. 
   2. 
   3. 
   4. 
9. If f(x) = logx {log(x)}, then f'(x) at x = e is:
   1. e
   2. -e
   3. e²
   4. e^-1
10. Value of
       
11. 
    1. ½
    2. 0
    3. -½
    4. 1
12. The value of is: -
    1. 
    2. 
    3. 1000 (e - 1)
    4. (e - 1)/1000
13. The area of the region of the plane bounded by max (|x|, |y|) < 1 and xy <= ½ is:
    1. ½ + log 2
    2. 3 + log 2
    3. 3 ½
    4. 1 + 2 log 2
14. If u = x²y²/(x + y), then xu_xx + yu_xy is: -
    1. 2u_x
    2. u_x
    3. u_xy
    4. 2u_xy
15. If then:
      
16. If z = f(x + at) +f(x - at), then
    1. z_tt = a²z_xx
    2. z_tt = z_xx
    3. z_tt = -a²z_xx
    4. z_tt = az_xx
17. y² = x³ represents a: -
    1. Cubic parabola
    2. Strophoid
    3. Witch of Agnesi
    4. Semi-cubical parabola
18. If x, y, z are the elements of an ordered field F and x > y and y > z, then
    1. x = z
    2. x < z
    3. x > z
    4. x = -z
19. The sequence {n^1/n} converges to:-
    1. 0
    2. 1
    3. -1
    4. n
20. If f(x) is continuous at x = a, then:
    1. |f(x)| is continuous at x = a
    2. |f(x)| is discontinuous at x = a
    3. |f(x)| is uniformly continuous at x= a
    4. |f(x)| is continuous at x = -a
21. The equation y² - x² + 2x - 1 = 0 represents: -
    1. A pair of straight lines
    2. A circle
    3. A parabola
    4. An ellipse
22. The locus of the centre of a circle, which cuts off an intercept of constant length on the x-axis and which passes through a fixed point on the y-axis, is: -
    1. a circle
    2. a parabola
    3. a line
    4. an ellipse
23. If O is the origin of OP = 3 with direction ratios -1, 2, -2, then coordinates of P are: -
    1. (-1, 2, -2)
    2. (1, 2, 2)
    3. (3, 6, -9)
    4. (0, -2, 2)
24. For any two events A, B; is equal to: -
    1. 
    2. 
    3. 
    4. 
25. If f(x) = a log | x | + bx2 + x has its extremum values at x = -1 and x = 2, then: -
    1. a = 2, b = -1
    2. a = 2, b = -1/2
    3. a = -2, b = ½
    4. a = -2, b = -1/2

SECTION - B
MENTAL ABILITY

26. 12, 13, 28, 87, 352, ?
    1. 1765
    2. 679
    3. 1073
    4. 834
27. 15, 16, 34, 105, ?, 2125
    1. 109
    2. 140
    3. 204
    4. 424
28. 13, 27, 56, 115, ?, 473
    1. 181
    2. 192
    3. 204
    4. 234

Direction (Q. Nos. 29 - 32): Which one of the following conclusions is logically correct?

29. Statements:
    1. All girls are mothers
    2. Some mothers are children.

    Conclusions:

    1. All girls are children
    2. Some girls are children
    3. All mothers are girls
    4. Some children are girls
    5. None of these.
30. Statements:
    1. Ajay is an artist
    2. Artists are beautiful

    Conclusions:

    1. All beautiful persons are artists.
    2. Ajay is beautiful.
    3. Ajay is not beautiful.
    4. Beautiful persons are not artists.
    5. None of these.
31. Statements:
    1. All ships are boats.
    2. All steamers are ships.

    Conclusion:

    1. All steamers are boats.
    2. Some ships are steamers.
    3. No steamer is a boat.
    4. Some boats are steamers.
32. Statements:
    1. Some roots are fruits.
    2. Some roots are trees.

    Conclusion:

    1. All roots, which are not fruits, are trees.
    2. Some fruits are tree.
    3. There are some roots, which are neither fruits nor trees.
    4. All roots are trees.
    5. None of these.
33. If BUTTER = 36 and TOAST = 25, then MILK will be:
    1. 17
    2. 15
    3. 16
    4. 8
    5. 45
34. If SOAP = 16, TOWEL = 25, then BATHROOM =
    1. 64
    2. 32
    3. 16
    4. 18
    5. 86
35. Introducing a lady, a man said, "Her mother is the only daughter of my mother-in-law." What is the man to the lady?
    1. Son
    2. Brother
    3. Uncle
    4. Husband
    5. Father

Direction for Questions Nos 36 to 41:



36. Non-rural, employed, hardworking and intelligent people are: -
    1. 8
    2. 9
    3. 10
    4. 11
    5. 12
37. Non-rural, employed people who are neither intelligent nor hardworking are: -
    1. 12
    2. 11
    3. 10
    4. 7
    5. 5
38. Intelligent, employed and hardworking non-rural people are:
    1. 11
    2. 6
    3. 9
    4. 4
    5. 3
39. Unemployed, rural hardworking & intelligent people are:
    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 3
    4. 4
    5. 5
40. Rural, employed people who are neither intelligent nor hardworking are:
    1. 10
    2. 9
    3. 6
    4. 4
    5. 2
41. Rural people who are hardworking and employed but not intelligent are:
    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 3
    4. 4
    5. 5

Direction (Q. Nos. 42 - 46): A goldsmith has five gold rings, each having a different weight.

1. Ring D weighs twice as much as ring E
2. Ring E weighs four and one half times as much as ring F
3. Ring F weighs half as much as ring G.
4. Ring G weighs half as much as ring H.
5. Ring H weighs less than ring D but more than ring F.
42. Which of the following represents the descending order of weights of the rings?
    1. DEFG & H
    2. EGHD & F
    3. HFGD & E
    4. DEHG & F
43. Which of the numbered statements above is not necessary to determine the correct order of the rings according to their weights?
    1. Statement (i)
    2. Statement (iv)
    3. Statement (v)
    4. Statement (ii)
44. Which of the flowing ring is the lightest in weight?
    1. D
    2. E
    3. F
    4. G
    5. H
45. If these rings are sold according to their weights as it is, which ring will fetch highest value in Rupees?
1. G
2. H
3. F
4. D
5. E
46. Ring H is heavier than which of the following two rings?
    1. GF
    2. GH
    3. DF
    4. DE
    5. EG
47. In queue, Amrita is 10th from the front while Mukul is 25th from behind and Mamta is just in the middle of the two. If there be 50 persons in the queue, what position does Mamta occupy from the front?
    1. 20^th
    2. 19^th
    3. 18^th
    4. 17^th
48. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined when it is half past 8?
    1. 70^o
    2. 80^o
    3. 75^o
    4. 60^o
    5. 77^o
49. Binny is half old as Sunny, Chinky is twice old as Sunny. How many times is Chinky as old as Binny?
    1. 6
    2. 4
    3. 8
    4. 3
    5. 2
50. If the seventh day of a month is three days earlier than Friday, what day will it be on the nineteenth day of the month?
    1. Sunday
    2. Monday
    3. Wednesday
    4. Friday
    5. Thursday

SECTION - C
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

51. A kilobyte (K) is equal to: -
    1. 1000 bytes
    2. 1024 byte
    3. 900 bytes
    4. None of these
52. Which of the following allows you to reuse a position of the text several times in a document?
    1. Block and move
    2. Block and delete
    3. Block and reblock
    4. Block and copy
53. Booting the computer means: -
    1. Logging in
    2. Turning the computer on
    3. Loading the resident part of the OS into memory
    4. None of the above
54. Scanner can be used to digitize: -
    1. Line drawing
    2. Photographs
    3. Text
    4. All the above
55. A device, which converts digital signal to analog is: -
    1. A packet
    2. An emulator
    3. A modem
    4. A concentrator
56. Access time is the highest in the case of: -
    1. Floppy disk
    2. Cache
    3. Hard disk
    4. Magnetic tape
57. For data communication, cable laying is not required when using: -
    1. Optical fibre
    2. Microwave transmission
    3. Coaxial cable
    4. None of the above
58. Combo Box, is a dialog box, is: -
1. A combination of list box and check box
2. A list box
3. An option button
4. A combination of text box and list box
59. In a given processor memory is 512 x 16 bits. How many address lines are needed to identify the memory?
    1. 16
    2. 8
    3. 9
    4. 10
60. DMA mode is used: -
    1. To transfer address
    2. To transfer data
    3. To transfer data from CPU to primary
    4. To transfer bulky data
61. Convert FAFAFA in hexadecimal into octal:
    1. 76767676
    2. 76737672
    3. 76727672
    4. 76573772
62. With an electronic mail which of the following can be done?
    1. Send and receive mail
    2. Delete, reply to and forward mail
    3. Both (A) and (B) above
    4. Neither (A) nor (B) above
63. Which of the following storage is volatile?
    1. Semiconductor memory
    2. CD ROM
    3. Floppy disk
    4. Magnetic tape
64. For each instruction in a program memory, the CPU goes through a sequence of: -
    1. Decode - store - execute - fetch
    2. Execute - decode - store - fetch
    3. Fetch - execute - store - decode
    4. Fetch - decode - execute - store
65. Which of the following is in ascending order of data hierarchy?
    1. Bit - byte - field - file - record - database
    2. Bit - byte - file - record - filed - database
    3. Bit - byte - field - record - file - database
    4. Bit - byte - file - field - record - database
66. In a magnetic disk, data is recorded in a set of concentric tracks which are subdivided into: -
    1. Periods
    2. Zones
    3. Sectors
    4. Groups
67. Which of the following field must occur explicitly as a part of machine instruction?
    1. Operation code
    2. Source operand reference
    3. Result operand reference
    4. Next instruction reference
68. Which of the following Arithmetic Micro operation will be used to find (A - B): -
       
69. The number of memory locations that a CPU with 16 bit program counter can address is: -
    1. 16 kilobytes
    2. 32 kilobytes
    3. 64 kilobytes
    4. 256 kilobytes
70. Let A = 656, B = 473 and C = 1351, then in which of the following number systems the equation A + B = C is satisfied?
    1. Octal
    2. Hexadecimal
    3. Binary
    4. Decimal
71. The octal equivalent of decimal 324, 987 is: -
    1. 640, 781
    2. 815, 234
    3. 70, 771
    4. 504, 771
72. Suppose a system has been evolved called the ternary system, by creatures having only 3 fingers. Numbers in this system are written down using the digits 0, 1 and 2, with 2 > 1 > 0. What will be the binary equivalent of 222 in this system?
    1. 101010
    2. 110000
    3. 11000
    4. 11010
73. As assembly language is: -
    1. Machine independent language
    2. A language in binary
    3. Machine dependent language
    4. A high level language
74. Which one of the following statements is always true?
    1. A compiled program use more memory that an interpreted program
    2. A compiler converts a program to a lower level language for execution
    3. A compiler takes less memory than the interpreter for the same high level language
    4. Compiled programs take more time to execute than interpreted programs
75. What will be the value of the C expression: 4 + 6 / 3 * 2 - 2
    1. 3
    2. 4
    3. 5
    4. 6
76. If a = 9, b = 5, c = 3, what does the following relational expression in C evaluates to?
    a - a / b * b % c > a % b % c
    1. 0
    2. 1
    3. 2
    4. 7
77. Consider the following program segment:
    j = 2;
    while ((ci % j) != 0) j = j + 1;
    if (j < I) printf("%d", j);
    For a given i >= 2, this program segment prints j only if:
    1. i is a prime
    2. j does not divide I
    3. i is odd
    4. i is not a prime
78. Consider the following program segment:
    int a, b, c;
    b = 2;
    a = 2 * (b++);
    c = 2 * (++b);
    

    The values of a, b and c after the segment execution would be:

    1. a = 6, b = 4, c = 6
    2. a = 6, b = 4, c = 8
    3. a = 4, b = 3, c = 6
    4. a = 4, b = 4, c = 8
79. What will be the value of sum after the following program is executed ?
    main()
    {
        int sum, index;
        sum = 1;
        index = 9;
        do
        {
            index = index - 1;
            sum = 2 * sum;
        }
        while index > 9
    }
    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 9
    4. 0.5
80. In C a switch statement is used to: -
    1. Switch between functions in a program
    2. Switch between variable in a program
    3. Choose from multiple possibilities based on the value of a single variable
    4. Define switching (Boolean) variables
81. At which layer of OSI reference model does UDP reside?
    1. Physical
    2. Data Link
    3. Network
    4. Transport
82. #define MAX(x, y) x = (x > y) ? x : y is a macro definition in C which can find maximum of two numbers x and y if : -
    1. x and y are both integers
    2. x and y are both floating point numbers
    3. x and y are both declared double
    4. all the above are true.
83. If ASCII value of x is 120, what is the value of i = ('x' - 'w')/3 ?
    1. 2
    2. 3
    3. 1
    4. 0
84. Which one of the expressions is computed by the following NAND gates configuration?
    
    1. x', y' + z
    2. (x + y), z'
    3. x, y, x'
    4. x', y', z'
85. Most of the microcomputer's operating systems like MS DOS, Apple DOS and PC DOS are called Disk Operating System because: -
    1. They are memory resident
    2. They are so small that they can fit into a floppy disk
    3. They are initially stored on disk
    4. They can only work, if the disk is inserted
86. The topology of an Ethernet systems is:
    1. Ring
    2. Star
    3. Linear bus with CSMA/CD
    4. Any of these
87. For talking to Internet host computer, the computer uses:
    1. X.25
    2. HDLC
    3. TCP/IP
    4. None of these
88. The intersection of a column and row in a spread sheet is called a
    1. Cell
    2. Window
    3. Grid
    4. Square
89. Pixel are associated with:
    1. Data Processing
    2. Sound
    3. Graphics
    4. Text
90. The device which enables a single communication device to carry many low speed signal is called:
    1. Interface
    2. Half duplex
    3. Full duplex
    4. Multiplexer
91. In a distributed computer systems:
    1. There are many computers and terminal
    2. The task is executed by multiprocessors
    3. The task is distributed throughout the systems network
    4. None of these
92. Network formed between computers spread in large geographical area is called:
    1. LAN
    2. Public Network
    3. WAN
    4. None of these
93. Faster data communication is possible when using:
    1. Microwave Transmission
    2. Radio waves
    3. Coaxial cables
    4. Optical fibers
94. An A/D converter does the conversion from:
    1. Digital to Analog
    2. Analog to Digital
    3. Direct to Alternative Current
    4. Alternative to Direct Current
95. Micro-processor consists of:
    1. ALU and Control Unit
    2. Memory only
    3. Peripheral equipment
    4. CPU and Peripheral
96. How many bits are required to encode all the alphabets (lower and upper case), decimal digits (0 - 9) and 38 special characters?
    1. Nine
    2. Six
    3. Seven
    4. Eight
97. Fetching means:
    1. Bringing data from main memory to CPU
    2. Bringing an instruction from main memory to CPU
    3. Executing and Instruction
    4. None of the above
98. Which of the following is not a function of operating system?
    1. CPU Management
    2. Memory management
    3. Data Base Management
    4. Providing Data Security
99. The time taken by the computer to perform one specific machine operation is called: -
    1. Clock duration
    2. Bandwidth
    3. Pulse duration
    4. Machine cycle
100. Different components of a PC connected by conducting lines on the motherboard. What are these lines called?
     1. Conductor
     2. Buses
     3. Connectors
     4. Serial cables