22 ee QUESTION PAPER} ‘SERIES CODE Contre of Exam. : c Name of Candidate : ‘Signature of Invigilator ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, 2016 MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. [Fie 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. [id All questions are compulsory. (iv) Answer all the 120 questions in the Answer Sheet provided for the purpose by darkening the correct choice, fa} or (b) oF (c) oF (c) with BALLPOINT PSN only against the corresponding circle. Any overwriting or sation Will be treated es wrong answer. 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Mark your answer only in the appropriate space against the number corresponding to the question. 8, Ensure that you have darkened the appropriate Circle of Question Faper Series Code on the ‘Answer Sheet. /22-C122.1, Navya ranked ninth from the top and thirty-eighth from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class? fa) 45 (b) 46 47 (a) 48 2. Let y=/flx) be a function such that (x,y) =(@ 1) and (x2, ¥g)=(1 1). Then the first-order divided difference for the given data will be equal to f@) 0 (ob) 1 @ - (4) None of the above Let ybe an clement of the set A= (1,2, 35 6 10, 15, 30}and xy, xp, xg be integers such that x,xp%3 = y. Then the number of positive integral solutions of xxx = y is fa) 64 o) 27 () 81 (4) None of the above 4. Six scientists A, B, C, D, E and F are to present a paper cach 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 Cis to be the fifth scientist to present his paper, then B must be (@) first (©) second (c) third (@) fourth 122.0 3 [P.T.0.8. X is the number of heads in four tosses of a balanced coin. What is the probability distribution of Z =(X-2)?? zi{o 1.4 PiZ)[ aja 1j2 1/4 fa) zi[o 1 4 Tpailis ae 478 Zz oO 1 4 © \paipae ae ie Zz oO 1 4 @ PiZ)|1j2 04/2 6. Everybody in a room shakes hands with everybody else. The total number of handshakes is 66. The total number of persons in the room fa) ou ®% 12 13 @ 14 7. In how many ways seven students attending a meeting be assigned to one triple and ‘two double hotel rooms? () 190 &) 210 (3200 (a) 5040 8. In. 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? fa} 4820 (&) 1410 (<4) 2830 {d)_ None of the above 122.0 410, 1. 12. Let 0 = 681235947 and t= 627184593 be permutations on (1,2 3.4, 5,6 7,8 9} in one-line notation (based on the usual order on integers). Which of the following is a correct cycle notation for t+0? (a) 124957368 (b) 142597368 (e) 142983768 (a) 142987368 If A and Bare two sets, then An(AUB)’ is equal to fa) A ) B () A’NB (@) None of the above A random variable X takes on one of the values x4, xX9,...x, with respective probabilities pj, pz... Pz. The entropy H(x) is defined as H(x)=-} p;In(p;), (take Oln(0) = 0). What is the maximum value of Hix)? f@) Inn) (bo) nininy (lon (4) 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 0< Rs A and the ensuing voltage E = JR was measured. What is the distribution of the random variable / (the current flowing through the circuit)? (@) B/A () £/AR? (c) A/R (@) Ae-AR13. 14. 18. 16. 122-€ Which of the following functions is an odd function? (a) f(xj=sinx+cosx txtx? (bo) f(x) () fixj=x+sinx (4) None of the above If A(l, Q - 1), BR 0, - 3), C(-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? fa) {b) ( p=Se Po Tes ‘The product function f(x) = xmax{x, O} is (a) continuous nowhere () differentiable nowhere () continuous and differentiable everywhere (4) None of the above If (l+ax)" =1+8x+24x? +... then the values of a and n are equal to @ 1,2 ) 3,6 (2,3 @ 244 617. Let 2 be a complex variable and let {z/= 1 Then the value of &) is z {a} purely real (b) purely imaginary () zero (a) None of the above 18. Let f: ZZ be a function defined by f(n) = n/2+(1- C0") /4 for all 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 (c)_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 19. As Lava is related to Volcano, which of the following relations stands valid? fa) Ice : Glass {b} Cascade : Precipice (] Stream : Geyser (@) Avalanche : Ice 20. 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 o) GW3-Hm/s (c) mle a) 26 =) m/s 122-0 7 [P.T.0. SE AA eee ree HE HEPES21. Which of the following words is most opposite in the meaning to the word Abate? fa) Attach (o) Alter (3) Assist (@) Augment 22, The number of points at which the functionf (x) = -@) 4 (o) 3 © 2 @ 1 23. The value of lim noe on fa) e fb) et fo {@) None of the above 24. A sonis 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? (@) 80 metres (&) 100 metres () 120 metres (4) 140 metres 122.0 8 is discontinuous, is logix j25. 26. 27, 28, 122-C 1@ and b are two unit vectors such that @+2b and Sd -4b are perpendicular to each ‘other, what angle is formed between @ and b? (a) 45° {b) 60° ey cos"(3) 7) Let A be a square matrix of order n. Consider the following statements : (a) cos ()_IfAis an eigenvalue of the matrix A, thenAx = Ax for every vector x of size nx 1. (1) The characteristic polynomial of the matrix A always has degree n. (IH) The matrix A and its transpose AT have the same characteristic polynomials. Then, among the above statements (a) only I is wrong (b) only Il is wrong () only Il is wrong (@) All are true The differential equation of the family of curves y~ e*(Acosx + Bsin x), where A and B are constants, is fa) y"~2y'+2y=0 (b) y’+2y’+2y=0 (6) y" sy +y-0 (a) y"~7y'+2y=0 IEF Get ye) = Fbe)-F(y)- Fle) for all x, y zand fQ)=4, £10) = 3, then f’@)equals to @ 12 () 9 ) 16 @ 6 9 [P.7.0,29. Let h(x) = min{x, x?) for all x¢ R, Then which of the following is not correct? 30, 31, 32. (22-0 fa) (b) ( @) hig not continuous for all x his differential for all x hie) = 1 for all x>1 his not a differential function for at least two points If f{*), glx) h(x} are polynomials in x of degree 2 and \fogh Fud=| fg! ht Pee then F’{x) is equal to (a) (b) te} (a) 1 ° = 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) tb) (ec) id) 60 miles 20 miles 80 miles 50 miles What are the order and degree of the differential equation fa) {b) fe) ia) ay” ay = =4—3? (3 10gy 33. For the differential equation S¥=x-y y(Q)=1, the value of y(0-l) by taking the 36. 122. step-length h = 0-1 using Runge-Kutta fourth-order method is (@) 060372 (b) 083747 {} 0-90968 (4) None of the above A horizontal rod ABis suspended at its ends by two vertical strings. The rod is of length 06 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? fa 02 | (pb) 14 () O8 @ 10 y= (exis x@yie x4). (42%), then Y at x= 0 is @ - eee fe) 0 (A) None of the above Let $(x) be the inverse of the function f(x) and f’(x) =—) -Then Low is 1+x5 1 @) ——_. 14 (0> 1 6) —1_ © Tier (©) 1+ loea® @) retfeas 11 [P.T.0.o a Ais singular if and only if Rank (A) ) 190 fe) 233 (a) 105 Let f, g and h be the permutations. Then which of the following is not true? (a) feg=gef b) felgeh)=(fog)eh () foftistestes (@) All of the above 17 [P.7.0.59, Let A be a matrix such that a-[ of Then A!? will be equal to 60. 61, 122.C 54123 5321 ta 0 3058 534121 0 o [ ° aes | 5314110 7 0 4096 (a) None of the above Consider three forces P, @, B acting along JA, IB and IC, where J is the incenter of a ABC. If the forces are in equilibrium, then B: : B is B @) cos4:cos2:cos€ aaa o) sind sind: sin€ 22 Ae coc Bs geo (sec ssc: sees A B c (d) ot : =] (@) cosee Ss cosee 5: cosee 5 If the equations of four circles are (x #4)? +(y+4)? = 42, then the radius of the smallest circle touching all the four circles is (@) 402+ (b} 42-1) (22-9 (4) None of the above 1862. 64, 65. 122-0 In a triangle ABC, a 90%, then ¢ is the root of the equation (@) ~3e-7=0 {o) co? 430-7=0 {e) c?~3c+720 (@) 0? +3c+7=0 ‘The symmetric difference of sets A and Bis defined as A@B=(A~B)U(B- A), Among the following statements, identify the false statement. fa) AQ(BOC)=(AeBeC (0) A@e=A () A@A=A (a) 1 A@C= BEC then A=B ‘The distance from the centre of the circle x? + y? = 2x toa straight line passing through the points of intersection of the two circles x? +y?+5Sx-8y+1=0 and x? 4 y? -3x-7y-25 =O, is (@ 1/3 2 @ 3 @) 7 If the parabolas y” their point of contact is a(x ~G) and x” = 4aly~c) touch each other, then the locus of (a) xy=4a? (o) xy= 20? (0) xy=a? {d) None of the above 19 [P.T.0.66. 67. 68. 122-C a Satan x)dx is equal to fa) ) © wtan “lx Hogt x3)+C (@) None of the above 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 return 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? fa) % 9 x ao 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? (@) (0, 0) (bo) (2/5, 4/5) () (1/2, 1/4) (a) (1/8, 1/2) If j2+4|< 3, then what are the greatest and least values of |z+ Il respectively? fa) 6,0 43 @ 3,0 (@) 0,470. n. 72. 73. 122.0 ‘The sum of first n terms of the series 1:11+221+331+4-41+... is @ (syed (bo) nt () (eyed (@) None of the above 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? (0) 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? (@) When the survey was conducted, were the women as active as the men? A random variable X is normally distributed with mean 2 and variance 16. Using 1 (0-25 -2/2 = 12 dty = 0-5987 ele the value of P(X $3) will be fa) 0-734 {b) 04532 (c) 05987 (4) None of the above Dalal nin+ Nan+ is equal to @ 3 ty ed © (easy @ nint Win+2) 21 IP.TO,74. 75. 76. 122-C A curve for which the tangent at each point makes a constant angle « with the radius vector satisfies which of the following differential equations? ) “ertang ar b) = reota Ol ae" ‘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 : > 2, If a signal is fed to the input, what is the probability that it is transmitted? (@) 1-(-p)* () 1p??? () p?@-p?) (a) 2p? ‘The sum of the series 1+2-2+3.2? +4.23 +5.24 +... + 100-29 is fa) 99-2109 47. (&) 100-2100 (c) 99-2100 (2) 99-2700 44, 2 £08 Kae, a> is l+a* ‘The value of [* (a) 0/2 ) a fon (a) 2n 2278. 80. 81. 122-C ‘There are four towns P, Q, Rand S. Qis to the south-west of P, Ris to the cast of Qand south-east of P, Sis to the north of R in line with QP. In which direction of P is S located? (a) South-east (b) North () North-east (@) Fast Each element of the set {10, 11, 12...., 19, 20} is multiplied by cach element of the set 21, 22, 23...., 29, 30}. The resulting sum by adding all these products will be (a) 42075 (b) 27500 fe) 18000 (a) 40275 Let y= ylx) be a function defined on the closed interval [xq, tn} Let x9 $x) S$. 5 Xp be points such that y, = y(x;) and further let h= x; ~*;_,, where i= 1 2..., n. Then the numerical integration formula, defined by Fitter = Bly +244 +. #21 #Ya) is called (a) trapezoidal rule (b) Simpson's rule (c) Gregory's formula (a) None of the above Let A and B be square matrices of order n. Consider the following three statements on determinants : () det(AB) = det(Ba) (1) det(AB) = 0 if and only if det(A) = 0 or det(B) = 0 (I) det(AB™) = det(A™ )det(B) where AT, B’ denote the transpose of A, B ‘Then (a) exactly one of the above statements is true (b) exactly two of the above statements is true (c) all the above statements are true (d) all the above statements are false 23 {[P.T.0.33, 84, 85. 122.C ‘The sum of the radii of inscribed and circumscribed circles for an n-sided polygon of side a is (@) acot(2) o Seor(Z) aco) # (3) ‘The value of the limit ee is f@ oO () 1 @ «a (a) None of the above Which, among the following, is odd? Guava, Litchi, Papaya, Watermelon, Jackfruit (a) Jackfruit (0) Litehi {c)_ Papaya (a) Watermelon WS2ja, = 699, where ay ayine ay ate in AP, then S8sa,4) He (a) 361 (b) 396 (e)} 363 (a) Data incomplete 2486. The probability density of x is given by (2l~x), for O 1 oon La aoe Which of the following is true? (a) 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 122.0 28102. The foci of the elipse 2 + ¥* = 1 and the hyperbola -¥° = 1 coincide. The value 7 pee 6 Be vypersols 144 81 25 of b? is, @ 9 fo) 1 fo 5 @ 7 103. If Q means ‘add to’, J means ‘multiply by’, 7 means ‘subtract from’, and K means ‘divide by’, then the value of 30K2Q3U6T'S will be @ 28 (bo) 31 (9) 39 (a) 103 104. Ifa+b+c=0 and a b,c are rational, then the roots of the equation (b+0-a)x? +(c+a-b)x+(a+b-c)=0 are (@) rational (>) irrational (0 imaginary (a) equal 105. The coefficient of x in the expansion of (1+4x+x?)"* is fa -1 () 0 f) 1 (a) 2 /22-C 29 [P-7.0.106. 107. 108. 122-0 Ifa, b, ce Rand the equations ax? + bx +¢= Oand x° + 3x? +3x+2=0 have two roots in common, then fa) a=bee () a=b=-c () a=b=c [d) None of the above Some students in MCA are supposed to take at most the following three courses 81, CS2 and CS3 Let 20 students take CS1, 30 take CS2, 25 take CS3, 10 take both CS1 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, 35 (@ 30 Let Zi, = (lala € Zp |cd(a, n) = 1} 5, : If p is prime, then a? = I{mod p) for all ae 2%, S, If Z}, possesses a primitive root, then the group Z;, is cyclic Which of the following is correct? (a) 5, is correct and S, is not correct (b) S, is not correct and: S, is correct () Both S and S, are correct (@) Both S, and S, are not correct 30109. 110. uk 112. If A+B means ‘A is the daughter of B', A~ B means ‘A is the husband of B’, Ax B means ‘A is the brother of B’, then what is the meaning of PxQ+R? (a) P is the brother of R (b) Ps the father of R (o) Pis the uncle of R (a) Pis the son of R If t, and ty are the flight times of two particles having the same initial velocity u and range R on the horizontal, then t? +? is equal to 2 e@ 9 4u2 o) e wt © 29 (1 Let A be a lower triangular matrix and further let it be non-singular. Then what will be a1? (a) An upper triangular matrix (>) A lower triangular matrix {c) A diagonal matrix (a) 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? @ Ss (b) T @ u @ VvRE eee CeCe eee 113. Which of the following is/are correct for the two vectors to be equal? () Same length (1) Same direction (ill) Same support {a} Only (I) (b) Only () and (tly {c) Only (I) and (tl) (All (), a) and ay 114. ‘The equation e"* -e7 "* 4 =0 has (a) infinite number of roots (b) no real roots (c)_ exactly one real root {d) exactly four real roots 115. Which of the following sets of vectors w= (14, U2, U3) in R® are subspaces of R*? fa) All w such that y 20 (b) All w such that yup =0 {) All w such that 1 is rational {) None of the above 116, X has the binomial distribution with the parameters n and @. The unbiased estimator of Gis (@) EEX} (0) Bln] (median (d) None of the above /22-C. 32118, 119, 120. 122-C ‘The domain of the function f(x) = sin foga(3»?)} is fa) [-2- yup, 2) (e) (2 - Nv, 2] : | F2-Yup, 2} | @) -2-yuG, 2) 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? fa) Sunday (o) Monday (c) Tuesday (a) Wednesday How many numbers from 1 to 100 are there, cach of which is not only exactly divisible by 4 but also has 4 as a digit? @ 7 (bo) 10 (ec) 20 (a) 21 ‘The determinant of the following matrix 26 7-1 3-9 2 -2 004 3 oo -15 is @ 1 rs) (a) None of the above 33 [P-T0/ SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK 122-C 34SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK /22-C 35 {P.T.0.(22-0 SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK 36 E16—1585%4