MODEL QUESTION PAPER : 2020-21

Course Code: 20CS35

VIDYAVARDHAKA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Autonomous Institute, Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi
Third Semester B. E. Examinations
Discrete Mathematics and Graph Theory
Duration: 3 hours Max. Marks: 100
INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS
1) Answer one full question from each module

Q. No.
Module-I Marks CO BL
Define proposition. State which of the following sentences are 5 CO1 L2
propositions.
i. X+5 is a positive integer
1. (a)
ii. 21 is an even number
iii. A triangle has four sides
iv. It is a beautiful day !
Simplify the following compound statements 8 CO2 L3
1. (b) i. [(pɅq)Ʌ(pV⌐q)]Vq
ii. (p->q)Ʌ[⌐qɅ(rV⌐q)]
Verify whether the given statements are tautology, contradiction or 7 CO3 L4
contingency
1. (c)
i. [pV(qɅr)]Ʌ[(pVq)Ʌ(pVr)]
ii. ⌐(p->q)⇔[pɅ(⌐q)]
(OR)
Represent the following English statements in symbolic form. 5 CO1 L2
i) All humming birds are richly colored
1. (d) ii) No large birds live on honey
iii) Birds that do not live on honey are dull in color
iv) Humming birds are small
Solve the following using rules of inference 8 CO2 L3
i. If Ravi goes out with friends, he will not study
If Ravi does not study, his father becomes angry
His father is not angry
∴ Ravi hasn’t gone out with friends
1. (e)
ii. p->q
r->s
pVr
qVs
Examine the correctness of following statements 7 CO3 L4
i. [pɅ(p->q)Ʌr]⇒[(pVq)->r]
1. (f) ii. (p->q)Ʌ[⌐qɅ(rV⌐q)]⇔⌐(qVp)

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Module-II
Find the arrangements for all the letters in the words TALLAHASSEE and 10 CO2 L3
SOCIOLOGICAL ? In how many of these arrangements
2.(a)
i. A and S are adjacent
ii. All the vowels are
Examine the correctness of following statements 10 CO3 L4
2.(b) i. For every positive integer n, 5 divides n5-n
ii. 2n>n2 for all positive integers n greater than 4
(OR)
A woman has 11 close relatives and she wishes to invite 5 of them to 10 CO2 L3
dinner. In how many ways she can invite them in the following situation
i. There is no restrictions on choice
2.(c)
ii. Two particular persons will not attend separately
iii. Two particular persons will not attend together
iv. Three particular persons will not attend separately
Verify whether following statements are true 10 CO3 L4
i. If we select 5points inside an equilateral triangle with sides of
length 1 cm, then at least 2 of these points are such that the
2.(d)
distance between them is less than 0.5cm
ii. Among 8 people in a room, at least 2 of them have birthdays
that occur same day of the week.
Module-III
Define the following : 5 CO1 L2
i. Linear congruence
ii. Pseudoprimes
3.(a)
iii. Sample space
iv. Random variable
v. Probabilistic algorithms
Find inverses of the following 8 CO2 L3
3.(b) i. 101 modulo 4620
ii. 34 modulo 89
iii. 2 modulo 17
Suppose E is the event that a randomly generated bit string of length four 7 CO3 L4
begins with a 1 and F is the event that this bit string contains even
3.(C)
number of 1s. Examine whether E and F are independent events, if the 16
bit strings of length four are equally likely?
Module- IV
Explain the following with example: 10 CO1 L2
i. walk and its types
ii. Connected and disconnected graphs
4.(a)
iii. Complete graph
iv. Spanning subgraph
v. Loop, cycle, and multigraph

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Verify whether the following graphs are isomorphic or not. 10 CO3 L4

4.(b) Fig 1

Fig 2
Module- V
Apply Dijkstra’s algorithm to find the shortest path from vertex c for the 10 CO2 L3
given graph

5.(a)

Apply Kruskal and Prims algorithms to find minimum cost spanning tree 10 CO2 L3
for the following graph

5.(b)