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22 Sa QUESTION PAPER SERIES CODE Centre of Exam. : D Name of Candidate : ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, 2016 MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS [ Field of Study Code : MCAM (224) } Time Allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 480 Weightage : 100 INSTRUCTIONS FOR CANDIDATES Candidates must read carefully the following instructions before attempting the Question Paper : (i) Write your Name and Registration Number in the space provided for the purpose on the top of this Question Paper and in the Answer Sheet. (i) Please darken the appropriate Circle of Question Paper Series Code on the Answer Sheet. (ii) All questions are compulsory. (iv) Answer all the 120 questions in the Answer Shcet provided for the purpose by darkening the correct choice, i.e. (a) oF (b) or (c) or (d) with BALLPOINT PEN only against the corresponding circle. Any overwriting or alteration will be treated as wrong answer. (7) Bach correct answer carries 4 merks, There will be negative marking and 1 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. (i) Answer written by the candidates inside the Question Paper will not be evaluated. (vil) Pages at the end have been provided for Rough Work. (vill) Return the Question Paper and Answer Sheet to the Invigilater at the end of the Entrance Examination, DO ROT FOLD THE ANSWER SHEET. INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARKING ANSWERS 1. Use only Biue/Black Ballpoint Pen (do not use pencil) to darken the appropriate Circle 2. Please darken the whole Circle. 3. Darken ONLY ONE CIRCLE for each question as shown in the example below ‘Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong Correct OHOO|FOOO|FOOG|OOOO|ODO8 4. Once marked, no change in the answer is allowed 5S. Please do not make any stray marks on the Answer Sheet. 6. Please do not do any rough work on the Answer Sheet 7. Markyour answer only in the appropriate space against the number corresponding to the question. 8. Ensure that you have darkened the appropriate Circle of Question Paper Series Code on the Answer Sheet 722-D 4 /22-D ‘The probability that @ coin lands on heads is 3/5. The coin is flipped 150 times. The variance of the number of heads will be fa) 90 ») 60 (a 36 (d) None of the above Ravi and Kunal are good in hockey and volleyball. Sachin and Ravi are good in hockey and baseball. Gaurav and Kunal are good in cricket and volleyball. Sachin, Gaurav and Michael are good in football and bascball. Who is good in baseball, volleyball and hockey? fa) Ravi {b) Sachin () Kunal (@) Gaurav 2 = 1, then ab+be+ca is If a, b, c are distinct positive real numbers and a? +b? +c' (a) tess than 1 {b) equal to 1 (e) greater than 1 (4) any real number The resultant of two forces 3P and 2P is R. If the first force is doubled, then the resultant is also doubled. The angle formed between the two forces is fa) 30° (b) 60° () 120° (4) 150° 3 [P.T.0. 5. What will be the value of k for which the function given by f(x, y) = key, for x= 12, 3... y=12,3... can serve as joint probability distribution? @ 1/9 1/18 1/36 @ 1 6. Which of the following indicates similar relationship as LOWER has with WORLE? (a) GLAZE : AGELZ (b) AMONG : OMNAG (WORDS : ROSWD (@) ENTRY : RNYET 7. Wa, b, og dare in GP, then (a? +b? +.c2)(b? +c? +) is equal to (@) (ab+ac+ bey? W) (acted + ad}? (2) (ab+be+ cd)? (d) None of the above 8. The remainder, when 270 is divided by 17, is f@ ot fo) 2 8 {d) None of the above 10. a. 12, (22-D If SYSTEM is coded as SYSMET and NEARER is coded as AENRER, then what will be the code for FRACTION? (a) CAFNOIT (b) NOITFRAC ()_ FRACNOIT (@) CARFTION ‘Two friends decide to meet at a certain location. If each person independently arrives at a time uniformly distributed between 10 a.m, and 11 a.m., what is the probability that the first to arrive has to wait longer than 10 minutes? fa) 1/36 (b) 35/36 (11/36 (a) 25/36 ‘The expansion of [x? +(x® - 1)"45 +[x? —(x® - 1)*]° is a polynomial of degree @ 8 (b) 10 (13 (a) None of the above Let A be a matrix defined by Which of the following is true? (2) All the eigenvalues of A are complex () All the eigenvalues of A are real and are distinct from each other (c}_ All the eigenvalues of A are real and exactly two of the eigenvalues are the same (a) All the eigenvalues of A are real and are equal 5 {P.1.0. 13. 14, 15. 16. 2 yp 2 The foci of the ellipse += + a = land the hyperbola = — at 3p oineide. The value of b? is (9 (b) 1 5 @ 7 If Q means ‘add to’, J means ‘multiply by’, T means ‘subtract from’, and K means ‘divide by’, then the value of 30K 2Q3J6T5 will be (a) 28 (e) 31 {39 (@) 103 Ifatb+e=0 and a,b, ¢ are rational, then the roots of the equation (b+c-a)x? +(c+a-b)x+(a+b-c)=0 are (a) rational (b) irrational (c) imaginary (4) equal ‘The coefficient of x in the expansion of (1+4x +x)" is fa) -1 @ 0 1 {d) 2 47. 18. 19. /22.D Ifa, b ce Rand the equations ax? + bx +e= 0 and x® + 3x? + 3x +2= O have two roots in common, then (@) a=bec (b) a=b=-c () a=bec {@) None of the above ‘Some students in MCA are supposed to take at most the following three courses : C81, CS2 and CS3 Let 20 students take CS1, 30 take CS2, 25 take CS3, 10 take both CSi and CS2, 15 take both CS2 and CS3, 20 take both CS2 and CS3 and 7 take all three courses. How many students are there in the class? fa) 40 (bo) 37 fe) 35 (¢) 30 Let Zy = flaly € Zn [ged(a mn) = 1) S21 pis pr Sy : If Z% possesses a primitive root, then the group Z; is cyclic e, then a? = (mod p) for all ae 25, Which of the following is correct? (a) 5, is correct and S, is not correct {b) 5 is not correct and S, is correct (c) Both S, and S, are correct (a) Both S, and S, are not correct 20. a1. 22, (22D If A+B means ‘A is the daughter of B’, A- B means ‘A is the husband of B’, AxB means ‘A is the brother of B’, then what is the meaning of PxQ+R? (a) P is the brother of R (b) P is the father of R (c) Pis the uncle of R (4) Pis the son of R Itt, and t, are the flight times of two particles having the same initial velocity u and range R on the horizontal, then t? +t3 is equal to b) > 3) @oa Let A be a lower triangular matrix and further let it be non-singular. Then what will be A7!? (a) An upper triangular matrix (b) A lower triangular matrix {c]_ A diagonal matrix (d) None of the above In the English alphabet, which letter is sixteenth to the right of the letter which is fourth to the left of 1? @ s & 7 @ uv @v 24, Which of the following is/are correct for the two vectors to be equal? () Same length (i) Same direction (1) Same support (a) Only () {b) Only (I) and (11) {ec} Only (1) and (Im) (4) All), @) and a) 28. The equation e%"* ~e°8"*-4= 0 has {a) infinite number of roots {b) no real roots (c)_ exactly one real root (a) exactly four real roots Which of the following sets of vectors = (uy, Up, ug) in R® are subspaces of R°? (a) All w such that u, 20 () All w such that muy =0 (]_ All w such that u, is rational (d) None of the above 27, X has the binomial distribution with the parameters n and @. The unbiased estimator of 9 is fa) E[X/n) (e) E[nxy () median (a) None of the above 122-D 9 [P.7.0. 28. 29. 30. 31. /22-D ‘The domain of the function f (x) = sin” {toe.(3*?)} is (@) 2 -9UL1,2) (b) 62-Huth () (-2-2u1,2) @) 23-9002) If the seventh day of a month is three days earlier than Friday, then what day it will be on the nineteenth day of the month? (a) Sunday (b) Monday () Tuesday (a) Wednesday How many numbers from 1 to 100 are there, each of which is not only exactly divisible by 4 but also has 4 as a digit? @ 7 () 10 . fe) 20 (a) 21 ‘The determinant of the following matrix 26 7-1 3-92 2 004-3 oo-15 is 1 (bo) 2 i -1 (a) None of the above 10 32. 34. 35. /22-D Navya ranked ninth from the top and thirty-eighth from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class? (45 &) 46 (©) 47 (a) 48 Let y=f(x) be a function such that (x,, %4)=(0 ) and (xg, y2)=(h 1. Then the first-order divided difference for the given data will be equal to fa) 0 fb) 1 fess (a) None of the above Let ybe an element of the set A= {2 3 5 6 10, 15, 30) and xy, x2, x3 be integers such that x,x,x3 = y. Then the number of positive integral solutions of x, x23 = y is fa) 64 {b) 27 fe) 8h (a) None of the above Six scientists 4, B, C, D, E and F are to present a paper each at a one-day conference. Three of them will present their papers in the morning session before the lunch break whereas the other three will be presented in the afternoon session. The lectures have to be scheduled in such a way that they comply with the following restrictions B should present his paper immediately before C’s presentation; their presentations cannot be separated by the lunch break. D must be either the first or the last scientist to present his paper. In case C is to be the fifth scientist to present his paper, then B must be (a) first (b) second (thir (@) fourth M [P.7.0, 36. X is the number of heads in four tosses of a balanced coin, What is the probability distribution of Z = (X~2)?? io | EOL EER EE © Tperlaya 12 a4 | OritELitttta | © Trafiye 38 4/8 Zz oO 1 4 @ iy P@)| 3a 4/8 1/8 a 2 |e 1 4 ® Tee 2 0 1/2 oe 37. Everybody in a room shakes hands with everybody else. The total number of handshakes is 66. The total number of persons in the room is @ ou (12 (13 (@ 14 38. In how many ways seven students attending a meeting be assigned to one trizle and two double hotel rooms? (a 190 : ( 210 , (c} 3200 (d) 5040 39. In a group of boys, two are brothers and in this group 6 more boys are there. In how many ways they can sit if the brothers are not to sit along with each other? (@) 4820 (>) 1410 | {c) 2830 ! (a) None of the above /22-D 12 40. 41. /22-D Let 6 = 681235947 and = 627184593 be permutations on (1,234, 5 6 7 89} in one-line notation (based on the usual order on integers). Which of the following is a correct cycle notation for too? (a) 124957368 (b) 142597368 (c) 142953768 (@) 142957368 If A and Bare two sets, then AM(AUB)' is equal to fa A ) B (1 AaB (@) None of the above A random variable X takes on one of the values xj, Xg,...%, with respective probabilities py, Pa, Pp. The entropy H(x) is defined as H(x)=-Y p;In(p;) {take Oln(0)= 0). What is the maximum value of H(x)? i fa) Inn (rina) on (a) None of the above ‘Suppose the resistance in a single-circuit varies randomly in response to environmental conditions, An experiment was performed in which resistance R was varied at random in the interval O< RA and the ensuing voltage E = IR was measured. What is the distribution of the random variable / (the current flowing through the circuit]? (@) B/A (b) EB /AR? © A/R @) a 13 [P.T.O. 48. 47. /22-D Which of the following functions is an odd function? (fey =sinx+eosx (bo) ftx}= lex +x? (© sfejexcains (@) None of the above If A(L, Q - 1), B 0, - 3), Cl-1, 2 0) and D(3, -2, - 1) are four points and p is projection of AB on CD, then which of the following is true? 6 fa) Pp E 6 by p=—& OP feteepeeeoe 165 ‘The product function f(x) = xmax x, 0} is (a) continuous nowhere (b) differentiable nowhere (c]_ continuous and differentiable everywhere (a) None of the above If 1+ax)" = 1+8x+24x? +.., then the values of a and n are equal to @ 12 (o) 3,6 J} 23 (dj) 2,4 14 48, Let z be a complex variable and let |zl+ 1 Then the value of ( z (a) purely real () purely imaginary () zero (d) None of the above 49. Let f:Z >Z be a function defined by fn) = n/2+(1-(-1)") /4 for alll ne Z, where Z is the set of all integers. Identify the correct statement. (a) _f is a function and is onto and one-to-one (b) “f is a function and is not onto but one-to-one ()_f is a function and is not onto and not one-to-one (4) f is a function and is onto but not one-to-one 50. As Lava is related to Volcano, which of the following relations stands valid? (a) Ice : Glass (0) Cascade : Precipice | () Stream : Geyser (a) Avalanche : Ice | 51. A velocity 1 m/s is resolved into two components along OA and OB making angles 30° ; and 45° respectively with the given velocity. Then the component along OB is ©) pms to iW3-9m/s (8) 306-2) m/s /22-D 15 [P.7.0. | | @ ims a 52, 53. 54, 58. 122-D Which of the following words is most opposite in the meaning to the word Abate? (@) Attach (0) Alter () Assist (@) Augment : ‘The number of points at which the function (x! is discontinuous, is log|x| (al 4 (bh 3 ) 2 fa) 1 4 yun ‘The value of lim SI" ig nom on f@) e (o) et 0 (a) None of the above ‘A son is looking for his father. He went 90 metres in the east before turning to his right. He went 20 metres before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle's place 30 metres from this point. His father was not there. From there he went 100 metres to the north before meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father from the starting point? (2) 80 metres () 100 metres (120 metres (4) 140 metres 16 56. 87. 59, /22-D I @ and B are two unit vectors such that @+2b and Sd-4B are perpendicular to each other, what angle is formed between @ and 5? fa) 45° (&) 60° eos(3) 9 cow(2) Let A be a square matrix of order n, Consider the following statements : (1) IfA isan eigenvalue of the matrix A, thenAx = 1.x for every vector x of size nx 1. (1) The characteristic polynomial of the matrix A always has degree n. (10) The matrix A and its transpose A? have the same characteristic polynomials, ‘Then, among the above statements (a) only 1 is wrong (b) only 11 is wrong (c) only Ill is wrong (a) All are true ‘The differential equation of the family of curves y= e(Acosx + Bsinx), where A and B are constants, is fa) y’-2y'+2y=0 (o) y”+2y'+2y=0 @ y+? +y=0 (@) y’-Ty+2y=0 L I flet yz) = fle) f(u)-fe) for all x, y zand f2)=4, (0) = 3, then f/@ equals to fa) 12 (bo) 9 () 16 (a) 6 17 [P.T.0. 60. 61. 62, 63. /22-.D Let h(x) = min {x, x?} for all xe R. Then which of the following is not correct? (a) his not continuous for all x () his differential for all x (6) Rx) = 1 for all x>1 (a) his not a differential function for at least two points If F(x), g(x) h(x) are polynomials in x of degree 2 and |f gh tele gow fe gt ne then F’(x) is equal to fa) 1 (b) 0 @ 7 (a) None of the above Ram drives to Sajid’s house at an average speed of 40 mph. If he can drive 2/3 of the way there in an hour, how far away is Sajid’s house? (a) 60 miles () 20 miles {) 80 miles ‘ (@) 50 miles What are the order and degree of the differential equation J 2 @ 45 () 31 () 33 @ 12 18 64. For the differential equation Ben. 4 y(0}= 11, the value of y(0-1) by taking the step-length h= 0-1 using Runge-Kutta fourth-order method is fa) 060372 (b) 083747 (090968 (a) None of the above 65. A horizontal rod ABis suspended at its ends by two vertical strings. The rod is of length 0-6 metre and weight 3 units. Its centre of gravity Gis at a distance 0-4 metre from A. What is the tension of the string at A in the same unit? f@ 02 (o) 14 @ 08 (d) 10 66. If y= (14 xy x2) 4x4)... (Lx), then a atx= fa) -1 1 i 0 (a) None of the above 67. Let 9(x] be the inverse of the function f(x) and “(x)= Then Za(x) is ex 1 ) "Treo (bh) ——— 1+ LF Gel® (e) 1+tocens @ 1+1F0a> /22-D 19 [P.T.0. 68. Assume that A is an nxn matrix, Consider the following statements : () Ais singular if and only if Rank (A) ) 30 units (0) 40 units (@) 50 units The number of integral points (integral point means both the coordinates should be integers) exactly in the interior of the triangle with vertices (0 0), (0, 21) and @1, 0) is fa) 133 () 190 (©) 233 (a) 105 Let f, g and h be the permutations. Then which of the following is not true? @ feg=gef (db) folgeh)=UFeg)eh OL. /22-D 30 Let A be a matrix such that A -[ 7 at ‘Then A’? will be equal te 54123 $321 a [ ] 0 3058 ssai21 0 a [ ] 0 3058 s3i411 0 cS) [ 0 © 4096 (a) None of the above Consider three forces P, ©, ® acting along 1A, IB and IC, where / is the incenter of a ABC. If the forces are in equilibrium, then B: 3: 8 is c fe) cos cos cose ‘ c bo) sin4: sin, sin€ ) sind in: sin $ (9 sec :sec2: sec’ 2 Seg seg Z (a) cosee : cose: cose 2 2 2 . If the equations of four circles are (x +4)? +(y+4)? = 4?, then the radius of the smallest circle touching all the four circles is (a) 46/2 +1) fb) 42-1) () 202-9 (4) None of the above 26 93. 95. 96. /22-D In a triangle ABC, a=4, b= 3, ZA= 60%, then cis the root of the equation (a)? -3e-7=0 (b) 2 +3e-7=0 () c-3e+7=0 (@) ce? #3c47= ‘The symmetric difference of sets A and Bis defined as A® the following statements, identify the false statement. =(A~B)U(B~ A}, Among (a) A®(B@C)=(A@ BOC () A@o=4 () A@A=A () f A@C= BOG, then A=B The distance from the centre of the circle x? + y? = 2x to a straight line passing through the points of intersection of the two circles x?+y%+5x-8y+1=0 and x? + y? ~3x—Ty-25=0, is (1/3 be) 2 3 (a) 1 If the parabolas y? = 4a(x-q) and x’ their point of contact is = 4a(y~cy) touch each other, then the locus of fe) ) cc) {d) None of the above 27 2 97. Jeytant x)dx is equal to 1 lex fa) +c 7 (ob) tan? x+C ( xtan? x-Hog(h x?) + c {d) None of the above 98. A bus has exactly six stops on its route. The bus first stops at stop one and then at stops two, three, four, five and six respectively. After the bus leaves stop six, the bus turns and retum to stop one and repeat the cycle. These stops are at six buildings that are in alphabetical order L, M, N, O, P and Q, Some other informations about the stops are as follows P is the third stop. M is the sixth stop. ‘The stop O is the stop immediately before Q. Nis the stop immediately before L. In case Wis the fourth stop, which among the following must be the stop immediately before P? @ 0 © @ () oN @ oe 99. A bug starts at the origin and goes 1 unit up, 1/2 unit right, 1/4 unit down, 1/8 unit left, 1/16 unit up, and so on. Following the pattern up, right, down, left and infinitum, in what coordinates does it end up? fa) (0, 0) (e) (2/5, 4/5) @ (0/2, 1/4) (a) (1/8, 1/2) 100. If jz+4|<3, then what are the greatest and least values of |z + I| respectively? @) 6,0 &) 4,3 @ 3,0 (@) 0,4 /22-D 28 101, The sum of first n terms of the series 1:14 221433144414... is (@) (eyed () Abi ©) @m-en (@) None of the above 102. A survey recently conducted revealed that marriage is fattening. The survey found that on an average, women gained 23 pounds and men gained 18 pounds during 13 years of marriage. The answer to which among the following questions would be the most appropriate in evaluating the reasoning presented in the survey? (a) Why is the time period of the survey 13 years, rather than 12 or 14? (b) Did any of the men surveyed gain less than 18 pounds during the period they were married? (c) How much weight is gained or lost in 13 years by a single-people of comparable age to those studied in the survey? (4) When the survey was conducted, were the women as active as the men? 103. A random variable X is normally distributed with mean 2 and variance 16. Using e ‘dx = 0-5987 Af the value of P(X < 3} will be fa) 07734 fb) 04532 () 05987 {d} None of the above 104, Dyer Dike! is equal to nin+ Yn +1) 6 aint) 2 @ (22) (b) 2 Ans Wnt) a) 6 /22-D 29 {P.7.0. 105. A curve for which the tangent at each point makes a constant angle « with the radius vector satisfies which of the following differential equations? fe) Sertana fb) () (a) 106. The following figure shows an electric circuit in which each of the switches located at 1, 2, 3 and 4 is independently closed or open with probabilities p and 1— p respectively : vy > 2, Kp Do 4, x YY Ifa signal is fed to the input, what is the probability that it ie transmitted? (@) 1-(- pit @) 1-U-p?? () p?@-p?) (@) 2p? 107. The sum of the series 1+2-2+ 3:27 +4.29 +5.24 +... fa} 99-2109 41 (b) 100-2409 (99-2! fd) 99-270 41 2 108. The value of {* oe a>0is ra® fe) 7/2 (b) am (hon (@) 2m /22-D 30 + 100-2 is 109. 110. 11, 112, /22-D There are four towns P, Q, Rand S Qis to the south-west of P, Ris to the east of Qand south-east of P, Sis to the north of R in line with QP. In which direction of P is S located? fa) {b) te) (a) South-east North North-east East Each element of the set {10, 11, 12,..., 19, 20} is multiplied by each element of the set (21, 2: a) (b) ¢ (a) 2, 23, 42075 27500 18000 40275 9, 30}. The resulting sum by adding all these products will be Let y= y(x) be a function defined on the closed interval [xg, xq}: Let x9 $%1 Su 3 Xq be points such that y, = y(x,) and further let A= x, ~x,_, where i= 1, 2... numerical integration formula, defined by Pn vty w Bt Sle ule = Fup +2 #4 2a a + Und is called fe) (b) (c) (a) trapezoidal rule ‘Simpson’s rule Gregory’s formula None of the above rn. Then the Let A and B be square matrices of order n. Consider the following three statements on determinants a (i) det(AB) = 0 if and only if det(A) = 0 or det(B) = 0 det(AB) = det(BA) (UI) det(AB" ) = det(A” )det(B) where AT, B denote the transpose of A, B ‘Then (@) (b) © (a) exactly one of the above statements is true exactly two of the above statements is true all the above statements are true all the above statements are false 31 [P.7.0. 113, 114, 118. 116, 122-D ‘The sum of the radii of inscribed and circumscribed circles for an side a is fe) acot(2) » Sod) (c) cot 4) (a) Scot(2) ‘The value of the limit im * is sn0ix] fa 0 (o) 1 (4 (a) None of the above Which, among the following, is odd? Guava, Litchi, Papaya, Watermelon, Jackfruit (a) Jackfruit (b)Litehi (c)_ Papaya {¢) Watermelon S22, = 693, where ayy, are in AP, then 5? (a) 361 (b) 396 () 363 (4) Data incomplete 32 resided polygon of 117. 118, 119, 120. 122.D The probability density of x is given by flr A= x), for O

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