MCA/MSc Book- 1 MCQs

MCQs
1. Let the set A is {1, 2, 3} and B is {2, 3, 4}. Then a) 4, 8
the number of elements in A U B is? b) 8, 12
a) 4 c) 4, 12
b) 5 d) None of the mentioned
c) 6 Answer: b
d) 7 Explanation: Minimum would be when 4 elements
Answer: a are same as in 8, maximum would be when all are
Explanation: AUB is {1, 2, 3, 4}. distinct.
2. Let the set A is {1, 2, 3} and B is { 2, 3, 4}. Then 7. If A is {{Φ}, {Φ, {Φ}}}, then the power set of A has
number of elements in A ∩ B is? how many element?
a) 1 a) 2
b) 2 b) 4
c) 3 c) 6
d) 4 d) 8
Answer: b Answer: b
Explanation: A ∩ B is {2, 3}. Explanation: The set A has got 2 elements so
3. Let the set A is {1, 2, 3} and B is {2, 3, 4}. Then n(P(A))=4.
the set A – B is? 8. Two sets A and B contains a and b elements
a) {1, -4} respectively. If power set of A contains 16 more
b) {1, 2, 3} elements than that of B, value of ‘b’ and ‘a’ are
c) {1} _______
d) {2, 3} a) 4, 5
Answer: c b) 6, 7
Explanation: In A – B the common elements get c) 2, 3
cancelled. d) None of the mentioned
4. In which of the following sets A – B is equal to B Answer: a
– A? Explanation: 32-16=16, hence a=5, b=4.
a) A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {2, 3, 4} 9. Let A be {1, 2, 3, 4}, U be set of all natural
b) A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {1, 2, 3, 4} numbers, then U-A’(complement of A) is given by
c) A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {2, 3, 1} set.
d) A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, B = {2, 3, 4, 5, 1} a) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ….}
Answer: c b) {5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ……}
Explanation: A- B= B-A = Empty set. c) {1, 2, 3, 4}
d) All of the mentioned
5. Let A be set of all prime numbers, B be the set of
all even prime numbers, C be the set of all odd Answer: c
prime numbers, then which of the following is Explanation: U – A’ ≡ A.
true? 10. Which sets are not empty?
a) A ≡ B U C a) {x: x is a even prime greater than 3}
b) B is a singleton set. b) {x : x is a multiple of 2 and is odd}
c) A ≡ C U {2} c) {x: x is an even number and x+3 is even}
d) All of the mentioned d) { x: x is a prime number less than 5 and is odd}
Answer: d Answer: d
Explanation: 2 is the only even prime number. Explanation: Because the set is {3}.
6. If A has 4 elements B has 8 elements then the 11. {x: x is an integer neither positive nor negative}
minimum and maximum number of elements in A is ________
U B are ____________ a) Empty set

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b) Non-empty set Answer: d

c) Finite set Explanation: There are total 16 subsets.
d) Non- empty and Finite set 17. A = {∅,{∅},2,{2,∅},3}, which of the following is
Answer: d true?
Explanation: Set = {0} non-empty and finite set. a) {{∅,{∅}} ∈ A
12. {x: x is a real number between 1 and 2} is an b) {2} ∈ A
________ c) ∅ ⊂ A
a) Infinite set d) 3 ⊂ A
b) Finite set Answer: c
c) Empty set Explanation: Empty set is a subset of every set.
d) None of the mentioned 18. Subset of the set A= { } is?
Answer: a a) A
Explanation: It is an infinite set as there are b) {}
infinitely many real number between any two c) ∅
different real numbers. d) All of the mentioned
13. Write set {1, 5, 15, 25,…} in set-builder form. Answer: d
a) {x: either x=1 or x=5n, where n is a real number} Explanation: Every set is subset of itself and Empty
b) {x: either x=1 or x=5n, where n is a integer} set is subset of each set.
c) {x: either x=1 or x=5n, where n is an odd natural 19. {x: x ∈ N and x is prime} then it is ________
number} a) Infinite set
d) {x: x=5n, where n is a natural number} b) Finite set
Answer: c c) Empty set
Explanation: Set should include 1 or an odd d) Not a set
multiple of 5. Answer: a
14. Express {x: x= n/ (n+1), n is a natural number Explanation: There is no extreme prime, number of
less than 7} in roster form. primes is infinite.
a) {1⁄2, 2⁄3, 4⁄5, 6⁄7} 20. Convert set {x: x is a positive prime number
b) {1⁄2, 2⁄3, 3⁄4, 4⁄5, 5⁄6, 6⁄7, 7⁄8} which divides 72} in roster form.
c) {1⁄2, 2⁄3, 3⁄4, 4⁄5, 5⁄6, 6⁄7} a) {2, 3, 5}
d) Infinite set b) {2, 3, 6}
Answer: c c) {2, 3}
Explanation: n/(n+1) = 1/(1+1) = 1⁄2 and n>7. d) {∅}
15. Number of power set of {a, b}, where a and b Answer: c
are distinct elements. Explanation: 2 and 3 are the divisors of 72 which
a) 3 are prime.
b) 4 21. A __________ is an ordered collection of
c) 2 objects.
d) 5 a) Relation
Answer: b b) Function
Explanation: Power set of {a, b} = {∅, {a, b}, {a}, {b}}. c) Set
16. Which of the following is subset of set {1, 2, 3, d) Proposition
4}? Answer: c
a) {1, 2} Explanation: By the definition of set.
b) {1, 2, 3} 22. The set O of odd positive integers less than 10
c) {1} can be expressed by _____________
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b) {1, 3, 5, 7, 9} c) A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {2, 1, 3}

c) {1, 2, 5, 9} d) A = {1, 2, 4} and B = {1, 2, 3}
d) {1, 5, 7, 9, 11} Answer: c
Answer: b Explanation: Two set are equal if and only if they
Explanation: Odd numbers less than 10 is {1, 3, 5, 7, have the same elements.
9}. 28. The set of positive integers is _____________
23. Power set of empty set has exactly _________ a) Infinite
subset. b) Finite
a) One c) Subset
b) Two d) Empty
c) Zero Answer: a
d) Three Explanation: The set of positive integers is not
Answer: a finite.
Explanation: Power set of null set has exactly one 29. What is the Cardinality of the Power set of the
subset which is empty set. set {0, 1, 2}?
24. What is the Cartesian product of A = {1, 2} and a) 8
B = {a, b}? b) 6
a) {(1, a), (1, b), (2, a), (b, b)} c) 7
b) {(1, 1), (2, 2), (a, a), (b, b)} d) 9
c) {(1, a), (2, a), (1, b), (2, b)} Answer: a
d) {(1, 1), (a, a), (2, a), (1, b)} Explanation: Power set P ({0, 1, 2}) is the set of all
Answer: c subsets of {0, 1, 2}. Hence, P({0, 1, 2}) = {null, {0},
Explanation: A subset R of the Cartesian product A {1}, {2}, {0, 1}, {0,2}, {1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}}.
x B is a relation from the set A to the set B. 30. The members of the set S = {x | x is the square
25. The Cartesian Product B x A is equal to the of an integer and x < 100} is ________________
Cartesian product A x B. a) {0, 2, 4, 5, 9, 58, 49, 56, 99, 12}
a) True b) {0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81}
b) False c) {1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 64, 81, 85, 99}
Answer: b d) {0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 121}
Explanation: Let A = {1, 2} and B = {a, b}. The Answer: b
Cartesian product A x B = {(1, a), (1, b), (2, a), (2, b)} Explanation: The set S consists of the square of an
and the Cartesian product B x A = {(a, 1), (a, 2), (b, integer less than 10.
1), (b, 2)}. This is not equal to A x B. 31. The union of the sets {1, 2, 5} and {1, 2, 6} is the
26. What is the cardinality of the set of odd set _______________
positive integers less than 10? a) {1, 2, 6, 1}
a) 10 b) {1, 2, 5, 6}
b) 5 c) {1, 2, 1, 2}
c) 3 d) {1, 5, 6, 3}
d) 20 Answer: b
Answer: b Explanation: The union of the sets A and B, is the
Explanation: Set S of odd positive an odd integer set that contains those elements that are either in
less than 10 is {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}. Then, Cardinality of set A or in B.
S = |S| which is 5. 32. The intersection of the sets {1, 2, 5} and {1, 2, 6}
27. Which of the following two sets are equal? is the set _____________
a) A = {1, 2} and B = {1} a) {1, 2}
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c) {2, 5} Answer: a
d) {1, 6} Explanation: The bit string for the set has a one bit
Answer: a in second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth positions, and
Explanation: The intersection of the sets A and B, is a zero elsewhere.
the set containing those elements that are in both 38. Let Ai = {i, i+1, i+2, …..}. Then set {n, n+1, n+2,
A and B. n+3, …..} is the _________ of the set Ai.
33. Two sets are called disjoint if there a) Union
_____________ is the empty set. b) Intersection
a) Union c) Set Difference
b) Difference d) Disjoint
c) Intersection Answer: b
d) Complement Explanation: By the definition of the generalized
Answer: c intersection of the set.
Explanation: By the definition of the disjoint set. 39. The bit strings for the sets are 1111100000 and
34. Which of the following two sets are disjoint? 1010101010. The union of these sets is
a) {1, 3, 5} and {1, 3, 6} ___________
b) {1, 2, 3} and {1, 2, 3} a) 1010100000
c) {1, 3, 5} and {2, 3, 4} b) 1010101101
d) {1, 3, 5} and {2, 4, 6} c) 1111111100
d) 1111101010
Answer: d
Explanation: Two sets are disjoint if the Answer: d
intersection of two sets is the empty set. Explanation: The bit string for the union is the
bitwise OR of the bit strings.
35. The difference of {1, 2, 3} and {1, 2, 5} is the set
____________ 40. The set difference of the set A with null set is
a) {1} __________
b) {5} a) A
c) {3} b) null
d) {2} c) U
d) B
Answer: c
Explanation: The difference of the sets A and B Answer: a
denoted by A-B, is the set containing those Explanation: The set difference of the set A by the
elements that are in A not in B. null set denoted by A – {null} is A.
36. The complement of the set A is _____________ 41. The shaded area of figure is best described by?
a) A – B
b) U – A
c) A – U
d) B – A
Answer: b
Explanation: The complement of the set A is the
complement of A with respect to U.
37. The bit string for the set {2, 4, 6, 8, 10} (with
universal set of natural numbers less than or equal
a) A ∩ B
to 10) is ____________________
b) A U B
a) 0101010101
c) A
b) 1010101010
d) B
c) 1010010101
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1. A process is a _______. Answer: (a) Buffer

a. single thread of execution. Explanation: Buffer is the temporary storage that
b. program in the execution can be used to compensate for a difference in data
rate and data flow between devices. In other
c. program in the memory
words, a buffer is an area of physical memory
d. task storage used to store data temporarily.
Answer: (b) program in the execution 6. The number of pixels displayed on the computer
Explanation: A process is a program that is screen is called
executed by the threads. It consists of multiple (a) color depth
threads of execution.
(b) resolution
2. The word processing feature that catches most
(c) refresh rate
random typographical errors and misspellings is
known as _____. (d) viewing size
a. Grammar checker Answer: (b)
b. Spell checker 7. How is the data stored on the diskette?
c. Word checker a. Ink
d. None of the these b. Laser bubbles
Answer: (b) Spell checker c. Magnetism
Explanation: The word processing feature that d. Circuits
catches most random typographical errors and Answer: (c) Magnetism
misspellings is known as spell checker. Explanation: The data is stored on the diskette in
3. What is smallest unit of the information? magnetism form. A diskette is a removable data
a. A bit storage, and it is used with the PC.
b. A byte 8. Which of the following is not an output device?
c. A block (a) Monitor
d. A nibble (b) Printer
Answer: (a) A bit (c) Headphone
Explanation: The smallest unit of the information is (d) Speaker
a bit. All information is stored in the computer as (e) Scanner
bits. Answer: (e)
4. The computer monitor is connected to CPU 9. A projector is an _ _ _ _ _ _ device that can take
through images generated by a computer and reproduce
(a) Bus them on a large, flat surface.
(b) Cable (a) input
(c) Wire (b) output
(d) Line driver (c) input and output
Answer: (b) (d) monitor input
5. What is the term for a temporary storage area Answer: (b)
that compensates for differences in data rate and 10. The OCR stands for
data flow between devices? (a) Outsized Character Reader
a. Buffer (b) Optical Character Reader
b. Bus (c) Operational Character Reader
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Answer: (b) c. .ppt
11. The OMR stands for d. .bmp
(a) Optical Mark Recognition Answer: (a) .txt
(b) Optical Magnetic Reader Explanation: The .txt file extension is a standard
(c) Only Mark Recognition text document extension that contains the
unformatted text. It is the default file extension for
(d) Optical Markup Recognition
the notepad.
Answer: (a)
17. BIOS is used?
12. The MICR stands for
a. By operating system
(a) Magnetic Ink Card Reader
b. By compiler
(b) Magnetic Ink Code Recognition
c. By interpreter
(c) Meta Ink Character Recognition
d. By application software
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) By operating system
Answer: (a)
Explanation: BIOS is used by the operating system.
13. Which kind of device is a digital camera? It is used to configure and identify the hardware in
(a) Output a system such as the hard drive, floppy drive,
(b) Input optical drive, CPU, and memory.
(c) Input and Output 18. What is the mean of the Booting in the system?
(d) Software a. Restarting computer
Answer: (b) b. Install the program
14. Which of the following is an output device? c. To scan
a. Keyboard d. To turn off
b. Mouse Answer: (a) Restarting computer
c. Light pen Explanation: Booting is a process of the restart the
d. VDU computer. After restarting it, there is no software
in the computer's main memory.
Answer: (d) VDU
19. A computer is accurate, but if the result of a
Explanation: The full form of VDU is the Visual
computation is false, what is the main reason for
Display Unit. It is a hardware output device that
it?
uses a cathode ray tube to display a visual image.
a. Power failure
15. Which of the following is an input device?
b. The computer circuits
a. Plotter
c. Incorrect data entry
b. Printer
d. Distraction
c. VDU
Answer: (c) Incorrect data entry
d. Mouse
20. The central processing unit is located in the
Answer: (d) Mouse
_____.
Explanation: A mouse is a hardware input device
a. Hard disk
that controls a cursor on a computer. With the help
of the mouse, you can select, open, and move files, b. System unit
icons, folders, and text on the PC. c. Memory unit
16. Which of the following is the extension of d. Monitor
Notepad? Answer: (b) System unit
a. .txt Explanation: The central processing unit is located
b. .xls in the system unit. The system unit controls the

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entire computer. It includes RAM, Processors, Answer: (a) Operating system
Optical drive, Power supply, Fans, Hardware, Explanation: An OS is a kind of program that acts as
Peripheral devices, BIOS, etc. an intermediary for computer hardware and
21. Which one of the following groups contains computer user. The purpose of an operating
graphical file extensions? system is to provide a user-friendly and effective
a. JPG, CPX, GCM environment.
b. GIF, TCE, WMF 25. What kind of language can computer
understand?
c. TCP, JPG, BMP
a. Normal language
d. JPG, GIF, BMP
b. Computer language
Answer: (d) JPG, GIF, BMP
c. Assembly language
Explanation: JPG, GIF, BMP are all extensions of
graphical file. JPG stands for Joint Photographic d. High-level language
Experts Group, GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Answer: (a) Assembly language
Format, and BMP stands for Bitmap Image File. Explanation: An assembly language is a scripting
22. Which of the following is equal to a gigabyte? language capable of telling the computer explicitly
a. 1024 bytes what to do.
b. 512 GB 26. Which of the following groups consists of only
output devices?
c. 1024 megabytes
(a) Scanner, monitor, printer
d. 1024 bits
(b) Mouse, monitor, printer
Answer: (c) 1024 megabytes
(c) Keyboard, monitor, printer
Explanation: One gigabyte is made up of 1024
megabytes. (d) Monitor, printer, plotter
1024 KB = 1 MB Answer: (d)
1024 MB = 1 GB 27. Which of the following is not one of the internal
components of a CPU?
23. How many bytes does 4 kilobytes represent?
a. Control sequencer
a. 512
b. M-D-R
b. 1024
c. M-A-R
c. 4096
d. Floppy disk
d. 8192
Answer: (d) Floppy disk
Answer: (c) 4096
Explanation: Floppy disk is not an internal
Explanation:
components of a CPU. It is a component of the
1 kb = 210 bytes in binary secondary storage and external storage. It is a kind
1 kb = 1024 bytes in binary of data storage device.
4 kb = 4 * 1024 bytes 28. What is the speed of computer measured in?
= 4096 bytes a. Nanoseconds
24. Which type of program acts as an intermediary b. Kilo-seconds
between a user of a computer and the computer c. Gigahertz
hardware?
d. Megabytes
a. Operating system
Answer: (c) Gigahertz
b. User thread
Explanation: The computer clock speed is normally
c. Superuser thread calculated in gigahertz (GHz) or megahertz (MHz). a
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and a megahertz is equal to one million ticks per b. CPU
second. c. Keyboard
29. What is the full form of RAM? d. Hard disk
a. Remote Access Memory Answer: (a) Operating system
b. Random Access Memory Explanation: The operating system (OS) is a
c. Remote Access Memory software that acts as an interface between a
d. Random Access Memory computer and a user. It is also called system
software. OS is the first program to be loaded into
Answer: (b) Random Access Memory
a computer. It manages all the operations of the
Explanation: The full name of RAM is random computer.
access memory. It is a hardware device located in a
33. Which of the following is exclusively a
computer that stores data temporarily. Temporary
sequential access storage device?
means it only stores data for some time. RAM is
also called main memory, primary memory, or a. Hard disk
system memory. b. Floppy disk
30. What is the full form of DRAM? c. Magnetic tape
a. Dynamic Remote Access Memory d. DVD
b. Dynamic Random-Access Memory Answer: (c) Magnetic tape
c. Dependent Remote Access Memory Explanation: Magnetic tape is exclusively a
d. Dependent Random-Access Memory sequential access storage device. Sequential access
memory is a type of data storage devices that read
Answer: (b) Dynamic Random-Access Memory
and write the data in a series.
Explanation: The full name of DRAM is dynamic
34. Akshat has created a story of ten pages, but
random-access memory. It needs a refresh power
only wants to print the first two pages. Which
to work and it has transistor and capacitor for the
printer command should he choose?
memory cell. It is used in video game consoles,
networking hardware, and system memory, etc. a. Print all
31. Which one of the following software b. Print from 1 to 2
applications would be the most appropriate for c. Page setup
performing numerical and statistical calculations? d. Print Preview
a. Database Answer: (b) Print from 1 to 2
b. Document processor 35. What is the full form of SRAM?
c. Graphics package a. Static Random-Access Memory
d. Spreadsheet b. Static Remote-Access Memory
Answer: (d) Spreadsheet c. Setup Random-Access Memory
Explanation: Spread Sheet is the most appropriate d. Setup Remote-Access Memory
for performing numerical and statistical calculation. Answer: (a) Static Random-Access Memory
A spreadsheet is a computer application that is a
copy of a paper that calculates a worksheet. It Explanation: The full name of SRAM is static
displays several cells that together form a mesh random-access memory. It needs a constant power
that includes rows and columns, each cell to work. Due to continuous power, it does not
containing alphanumeric text, numeric values, or need to be refreshed.
formulas. 36. What is the full form of USB?
32. Which of the following is not considered a. Unshielded System Board
hardware? b. Universal System Board
a. Operating system c. Unidentified System Bus

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