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1.

Match the List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:List - I (Model)a. Party Identification Model b. Sociological Model c. National Choice Model d. Dominant Ideology Model List - IIi. linking voting behaviour to group membership. ii. Voting a national actor. iii. Voting shaped by process of ideological manipulation. iv. Psychological attachment of people to political parties. Codes: a b c d

A. iii iv i ii
B. ii iv iii i
C. iv i ii iii
D. i ii iii iv
Answer» D. i ii iii iv
Discussion
2.

According to S.P. Huntigton Political Development takes place when

A. Mass Mobilisation and Participation is greater than Institutionalisation.
B. Mass Mobilisation and Participation is lesser than Institutionalisation.
C. There is rigidity in the Institutions.
D. There is no generational change in Institutions.
Answer» C. There is rigidity in the Institutions.
Discussion
3.

Match the List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:List - I (Authors) a. Walter Rodney b. Geoffray Kay c. Ronald H. Chilcote d. Joseph Schumpeter List - II(Books)i. Theories of Under development and Developmentii. How Europe Under developed Africa iii. Development and under development: A Marxist Analysis iv. Imperialism: Social classes Codes: a b c d

A. iv iii ii i
B. iii iv i ii
C. ii iii iv i
D. ii iii i iv
Answer» E.
Discussion
4.

Who among the following regards political development as political modernization plus institutionalization?

A. Almond
B. Helio Jaquaribe
C. Cyril Black
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Cyril Black
Discussion
5.

According to Almond and Verba the individuals, in a parochial culture have low

A. Cognitive Orientation about the Political System, its leaders and operation.
B. Affective Orientation about the system, its leaders and operation.
C. Evaluative orientation about the system, its leaders and operation.
D. All of the above.
Answer» E.
Discussion
6.

Match the List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:List - I (Authors) a. M. Sandel b. M. Waltzer c. W. Kymlicka d. R.J. Bernstein List - II (Books) i. The Restructuring of Social and Political theory ii. Contemporary Political Philosophyiii. Spheres of Justice: A Defence of Pluralism and Equality iv. Liberalism and the Limits of Justice Codes: a b c d

A. i ii iii iv
B. iv iii ii i
C. iii iv i ii
D. ii i iv iii
Answer» C. iii iv i ii
Discussion
7.

Identify the correct sequence of the books written by F.A. Hayek(i) Rules and Order(ii) The Mirage of Social Justice(iii) The Constitution of Liberty(iv) The Road to Serfdom

A. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
B. (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
C. (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
D. (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
Answer» D. (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
Discussion
8.

In the American Presidential election, in case no candidate secures the required majority, the decision is referred to the

A. Electorate
B. Electoral college
C. Senate
D. House of Representatives
Answer» E.
Discussion
9.

The 'Block Vote System' is also known as

A. First-past-the-post system
B. Limited vote system
C. Proportional representation
D. List system
Answer» B. Limited vote system
Discussion
10.

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (AS) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:Assertion (AS): Great Political theories, originated as Sabine put it, in the interstices of Political and Social crises.Reason (R): There is no disinterested political theory.Codes:

A. Both (AS) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (AS).
B. Both (AS) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS).
C. (AS) is true, but (R) is false.
D. (AS) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer» B. Both (AS) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS).
Discussion
11.

Which among the following is correct so far as Aurobindo beliefs are concerned?

A. Belief that his education and talent belong to God which could not be utilised for personal happiness alone.
B. His resolve that he would not merely repeat the name of God, but have direct realisation of Him.
C. His conviction that he did not regard the country as an inert object, but as the Mother.
D. All of the above.
Answer» E.
Discussion
12.

Who among the following says that the workers do not spontaneously become socialists, but only trade unionists, and revolutionary ideology must in consequence be brought to them by professional revolutionaries?

A. Marx
B. M.N. Roy
C. Mao
D. Lenin
Answer» E.
Discussion
13.

Which among the following is correct?General Will refers to

A. My Own Real Will
B. Group Mind
C. A common me
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
Discussion
14.

John Locke's 'Two Treatises on Civil Government is a critique of

A. Hobbes
B. Filmer
C. Grotius
D. Diggers
Answer» C. Grotius
Discussion
15.

Amongst the following whose political theory is based on nominalism?

A. Hobbes
B. Locke
C. Rousseau
D. Green
Answer» B. Locke
Discussion
16.

Who among the following thought of human beings as 'home faber'?

A. St. Simon
B. Guizot
C. Karl Marx
D. Sismondi
Answer» D. Sismondi
Discussion
17.

Who amongst the following is a defender of Plato?

A. Popper
B. Crossman
C. Berlin
D. Levinson
Answer» E.
Discussion
18.

Which among the following is correct regarding the decline of Political theory?

A. Historicism
B. Hyper factualism
C. Moral relativism
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
Discussion
19.

Match the following for Windows Operating System:(a) Hardware abstraction layer (i) Starting all processes, emulation of different operating systems, security functions, transform character based applications to graphical representation.(b) Kernel (ii) Export a virtual memory interface, support for symmetric multiprocessing administration, details of mapping memory, configuring I/O buses, setting up DMA.(c) Executive (iii) Thread scheduling, interrupt and exception handling, recovery after power failure.(d) Win32 subsystem (iv) Object manager, virtual memory manager, process manager, plug and- play and power manager.Codes:(a) (b) (c) (d)

A. (i)(iii)(ii)(iv)
B. (iv)(iii)(ii)(i)
C. (ii)(iii)(iv)(i)
D. (iii)(ii)(i)(iv)
Answer» D. (iii)(ii)(i)(iv)
Discussion
20.

The portion of Windows 2000 operating system which is not portable is

A. Processor management
B. User interface
C. Device management
D. Virtual memory management
Answer» E.
Discussion
21.

Consider a main memory with 3 page frames for the following page reference string:5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 5, 4, 3, 4, 1, 4Assuming that the execution of process is initiated after loading page 5 in memory, the number of page faults in FIFO and second chance replacement respectively are

A. 8 and 9
B. 10 and 11
C. 7 and 9
D. 9 and 8
Answer» E.
Discussion
22.

Consider the following set of processes with the length of CPU burst time in milliseconds (ms) :ProcessABCDEBurst time61215Priority31342Assume that processes are stored in ready queue in following order :A - B - C - D - EUsing round robin scheduling with time slice of 1 ms, the average turn around time is

A. 8.4 ms
B. 12.4 ms
C. 9.2 ms
D. 9.4 ms
Answer» B. 12.4 ms
Discussion
23.

Who among the following is not an exponent of contextualism?

A. Skinner
B. Pocock
C. Winch
D. Wittgenstein
Answer» E.
Discussion
24.

Which of the following statements is not true for UNIX Operating System?

A. Major strength of UNIX Operating System is its open standards which enabled large number of organizations ranging from academician to industries to participate in its development.
B. UNIX kernel uses modules with well specified interfaces and provides advantages like simplified testing and maintenance of kernel. It has better extensibility as the kernel is not monolithic.
C. UNIX is kernel based operating system with two main components viz. process management subsystem and file management subsystem.
D. All devices are represented as files which simplify the management of I/O devices and files. The directories structure used is directed acyclic graph.
Answer» C. UNIX is kernel based operating system with two main components viz. process management subsystem and file management subsystem.
Discussion
25.

A system contains 10 units of resource of same type. The resource requirement and current allocation of these resources for three processes P, Q and R are as follows: PQRMaximum requirement875Current allocation413Now, consider the following resource requests:(i) P makes a request for 2 resource units.(ii) Q makes request for 2 resources units.(iii) R makes a request of 2 resource units.For a safe state, which of the following options must be satisfied?

A. Only request (i)
B. Only request (ii)
C. Only request (iii)
D. Request (i) and (ii)
Answer» D. Request (i) and (ii)
Discussion
26.

The tracing model in Prolog describes program execution in terms of certain events. These events are

A. Call and exit
B. Call and fail
C. Call, exit and redo
D. Call, exit, redo and fail
Answer» E.
Discussion
27.

The programming languages C and C++ are not strongly typed languages because:

A. Both C and C++ allow functions for which parameters are not type checked.
B. Both C and C++ allow functions for which parameters are type checked.
C. Both C and C++ allow functions for which parameters are not type checked and also the union types in these languages are not type checked.
D. Union types in these (C and C++) languages are not type checked.
Answer» D. Union types in these (C and C++) languages are not type checked.
Discussion
28.

Which of the following statements is not correct with reference to distributed systems?

A. Distributed system represents a global view of the network and considers it as a virtual uniprocessor system by controlling and managing resources across the network on all the sites.
B. Distributed system is built on bare machine, not an add-on to the existing software.
C. In a distributed system, kernel provides smallest possible set of services on which other services are built. This kernel is called microkernel. Open servers provide other services and access to shared resources.
D. In a distributed system, if a user wants to run the program on other nodes or share the resources on remote sites due to their beneficial aspects, user has to log on to that site.
Answer» E.
Discussion
29.

Consider the following sequence of operations:(i) Pointer p1 is set to point at a new heap-dynamic variable.(ii) Pointer p2 is assigned p1's value.(iii) The heap dynamic variable pointed to by p1 is explicitly de-allocated, but p2 is not changed by the operation.This situation leads to which of the following:

A. p1 becomes a dangling pointer
B. p2 becomes a dangling pointer
C. Both p1 and p2 are now dangling pointers
D. Neither p1 nor p2 is now a dangling pointer
Answer» C. Both p1 and p2 are now dangling pointers
Discussion
30.

The two color systems - the HSV and HLS are

A. Hue, Saturation, Value and Hue, Lightness, Saturation.
B. High, Standard, Value and High, Lightness, Saturation.
C. Highly, Saturated, Value and Highly, Lightened, Saturation.
D. Highly, Standard, Value and Hue, Lightness, Saturation.
Answer» B. High, Standard, Value and High, Lightness, Saturation.
Discussion
31.

Which of the following is/are fundamental method(s) of antialiasing?(i) Increase of sample rate.(ii) Treating a pixel as a finite area rather than as a point.(iii) Decrease of sample rate.

A. (i) and (ii)
B. (ii) and (iii)
C. (i) only
D. (ii) only
Answer» B. (ii) and (iii)
Discussion
32.

A diametric projection is said to be trimetric projection when(i) Two of the three foreshortening factors are equal and third is arbitrary.(ii) All of the three foreshortening factors are equal.(iii) All of the three foreshortening factors are arbitrary.Which of the above is true?

A. (i) and (ii)
B. (ii) and (iii)
C. (i) only
D. (iii) only
Answer» D. (iii) only
Discussion
33.

Which of the following graphics devices are known as active graphics devices?(i) Alphanumeric devices(ii) Thumb wheels(iii) Digitizers(iv) Joystics

A. (i) and (ii)
B. (iii) and (iv)
C. (i), (ii) and (iii)
D. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Answer» E.
Discussion
34.

A _____ can forward or block packets based on the information in the network layer and transport layer header.

A. Proxy firewall
B. Firewall
C. Packet filter firewall
D. Message digests firewall
Answer» B. Firewall
Discussion
35.

If user A wants to send an encrypted message to user B. The plain text of A is encrypted with the _______.

A. Public Key of user A
B. Public Key of user B
C. Private Key of user A
D. Private Key of user B
Answer» C. Private Key of user A
Discussion
36.

If the data unit is 111111 and the divisor is 1010. In CRC method, what is the dividend at the transmission before division?

A. 1111110000
B. 1111111010
C. 111111000
D. 111111
Answer» D. 111111
Discussion
37.

A Program contains the following declarations and initial assignmentsint i = 8, j = 5;double x = 0.005, y = -0.01;char c='c', d='d';Determine the value of the following expressions which involve the use of library functions: abs(i-2*j) ; log(exp(x)) ; toupper(d)

A. 2; 0.005; D
B. 1; 0.005; D
C. 2; 0.005; E
D. 1; 0.005; e
Answer» B. 1; 0.005; D
Discussion
38.

MPEG involves both spatial compression and temporal compression. The spatial compression is similar to JPEG and temporal compression removes ______ frames.

A. Temporal
B. Voice
C. Spatial
D. Redundant
Answer» E.
Discussion
39.

Consider the following two function declarations:(i) int *f( )(ii) int (*f)( )Which of the following is true?

A. Both are identical.
B. The first is a correct declaration and the second is wrong.
C. Both are different ways of declaring pointer to a function.
D. The first declaration is a function returning a pointer to an integer and the second is a pointer to function returning integer.
Answer» E.
Discussion
40.

Assume that we have constructor function for both Base and Derived classes. Now consider the declaration:main ( )Base *p = new Derived;In what sequence, the constructor will be executed?

A. Derived class constructor is followed by Base class constructor.
B. Base class constructor is followed by Derived class constructor.
C. Base class constructor is never called.
D. Derived class constructor is never called.
Answer» C. Base class constructor is never called.
Discussion
41.

Sixty (60) reusable components were available for an application. If only 70% of these components can be used, rest 30% would have to be developed from scratch. If average component is 100 LOC and cost of each LOC is Rs. 14, what will be the risk exposure if risk probability is 80%?

A. Rs. 25,200
B. Rs. 20,160
C. Rs. 25,160
D. Rs. 20,400
Answer» C. Rs. 25,160
Discussion
42.

Match the following(a) Create (i) The E-R Model(b) Select (ii) Relationship Model(c) Rectangle (iii) DDL(d) Record (iv) DMLCodes:(a) (b) (c) (d)

A. (iii)(iv)(i)(ii)
B. (iv)(iii)(ii)(i)
C. (iv)(iii)(i)(ii)
D. (iii)(iv)(ii)(i)
Answer» B. (iv)(iii)(ii)(i)
Discussion
43.

Consider the following schemas:Branch_Schema = (branch_name, assets, city)Customer_Schema = (cutstomer_name, street, city)Deposit_Schema = (branch_name,account_number, customer_name, balance)Borrow_Schema = (branch_name, loan_number, customer_name, amount)This of the following tuple relational calculus finds all customers who have loan amount more than Rs. 12,000??

A. {t(customer_name) | t?borrow[?] t[amount]u003e12000}
B. {t |t (customer_name) | t?borrow[?] t[amount]u003e12000}
C. {t |[?] ? borrow (t (customer_name=s (customer_ name))[?] [Amount]u003e12000}
D. {t |[?] ? borrow (t (customer_name)[?] s[amount] u003e12000}
Answer» D. {t |[?] ? borrow (t (customer_name)[?] s[amount] u003e12000}
Discussion
44.

In ____, modules A and B make use of a common data type, but perhaps perform different operations on it.

A. Data coupling
B. Stamp coupling
C. Control coupling
D. Content coupling
Answer» C. Control coupling
Discussion
45.

The failure intensity for a basic model as a function of failures experienced is given as ?(µ)-?0[1 - (µ)/(V0)] where ?0 is the initial failure intensity at the start of the execution, µ is the average or expected number of failures at a given point in time, the quantity V0 is the total number of failures that would occur in infinite time. Assume that a program will experience 100 failures in infinite time; the initial failure intensity was 10 failures/CPU hr. Then the decrement of failures intensity per failure will be

A. 10 per CPU hr.
B. 0.1 per CPU hr.
C. -0.1 per CPU hr.
D. 90 per CPU hr.
Answer» D. 90 per CPU hr.
Discussion
46.

Equivalence class partitioning approach is used to divide the input domain into a set of equivalence classes, so that if a program works correctly for a value, then it will work correctly for all the other values in that class. This is used _____.

A. To partition the program in the form of classes.
B. To reduce the number of test cases required.
C. For designing test cases in white box testing.
D. all of the above.
Answer» C. For designing test cases in white box testing.
Discussion
47.

How many people must there be in a room before there is a 50% chance that two of them were born on the same day of the year?

A. At least 23
B. At least 183
C. At least 366
D. At least 730n=
Answer» B. At least 183
Discussion
48.

A binary ripple counter is required to count up to 16383. How many flip-flops are required?

A. 16382
B. 8191
C. 512
D. 14
Answer» E.
Discussion
49.

Given 0-1 knapsack problem and fractional knapsack problem and the following statements:S1: 0-1 knapsack is efficiently solved using Greedy algorithm.S2: Fractional knapsack is efficiently solved using Dynamic programming.Which of the following is true?

A. S1 is correct and S2 is not correct.
B. Both S1 and S2 are correct.
C. Both S1 and S2 are not correct.
D. S1 is not correct and S2 is correct.
Answer» D. S1 is not correct and S2 is correct.
Discussion
50.

Given a binary search trees for a set of n=5 keys with the following probabilities:i 0 1 2 3 4 5pi --- 0.15 0.10 0.05 0.10 0.20qi 0.05 0.10 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.10The expected optimal cost of the search is

A. 2.65
B. 2.70
C. 2.75
D. 2.80
Answer» D. 2.80
Discussion