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1.

A _____________ houses the squatting pan or toilet seat and provides privacy and protection from the weather for the user.(a) roof(b) terrace(c) shade(d) shelter

Answer» Correct option is (d) shelter

The best I can explain: A shelter, shed, small building or “super-structure” houses the squatting pan or toilet seat and provides privacy and protection from the weather for the user. Ideally, the shelter or small building should have hand washing facilities available inside or on the outside (e.g. supplied with water from a rainwater harvesting tank on the roof of the shelter) although this is unfortunately rarely the case in practice. In the shelter, anal cleansing materials (e.g. toilet paper) and a solid waste bin should also be available. A more substantial structure may also be built, commonly known as an outhouse.
2.

Magnetic field lines ___________ at the north pole.(a) Emerge(b) Converge(c) Neither emerge nor converge(d) Either emerge or converge

Answer» The correct answer is (a) Emerge

Explanation: Magnetic field lines emerge at the north pole. Field lines seem to emerge at the north pole because they originate at the north pole.
3.

Which of the following is used to determine the direction of magnetic field in a current carrying conductor?(a) Left hand thumb rule(b) Right hand thumb rule(c) Right hand palm rule(d) Left hand palm rule

Answer» The correct choice is (b) Right hand thumb rule

Easy explanation: The right hand thumb rule determines the direction of a magnetic field in a current carrying conductor. The rule states that when we align our right thumb in the direction of the current and curl our fingers around it, the direction of our fingers is the direction of the magnetic field.
4.

A ________ is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.(a) harbour(b) hole(c) lift(d) road

Answer» The correct option is (d) road

The best explanation: Roads consist of one or two roadways (British English: carriageways), each with one or more lanes and any associated sidewalks (British English: pavement) and road verges. In the Netherlands there is often a Protected Bicycle Path provided for cycling.

Roads available for use by the public may be referred to as parkways, avenues, freeways, interstates, highways, or primary, secondary, and tertiary local roads.
5.

Why did the chola build a strong naval fleet

Answer»

In order to keep a strong control over the trade activities of Arabian traders with the Indian merchants of the southern coastal region the Cholas built a strong naval fleet.

6.

How did salt march becomes an effective tool of resistance against colonialism?

Answer»

Salt March became an effective tool of resistance against colonialism because: 
(i) Mahatma Gandhi found in salt a powerful symbol 
(ii) Gandhiji sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin stating eleven demands. The most stirring of all was the demand to abolish the salt tax. 
(iii) Salt was the most essential item of foods and was consumed by rich and poor alike.

(iv) Irwin was unwilling to negotiate, so Gandhiji started Salt march with 78 volunteers. (On 6th April) he reached Dandi, violated law and made salt.

This March developed the feeling of nationalism, people in different parts of the country broke the salt law and manufactured salt and demonstrated in front of government salt factories.

Salt is the basic requirement for every person.the british government took the monopoly of making salt and passed a law,banning manufacture of salt.on march 12,1930,mahatma gandhi began his epic dandi march from sabarmati ashram to dandi.that is how the march came to be known as dandi march.he was accompained by 78 supporters.they made salt from sea water and broke the law.that is how the ''salt march''become an effective tool of resistance aganist colonialism.

7.

Tippu Sultan modernized his army with the help of the _______. 

Answer»

Tipu Sultan modernized his army with the help of the French.

Tipu sultan modernized and trains his army under the French. He made Mysore a powerful state and unlike some other rulers opposed the British.

8.

If ‘y’ is of integer type then the expressions 3∗ (y − 8) /9 and (y − 8)/9 ∗ 3(A) must yield the same value.(B) must yield different values.(C)may or may not yield the same value. (D)none of the above. 

Answer»

Correct option - (C)may or may not yield the same value.

Explanation:-

The expression may or may not yield the same value.

9.

How many times the following code prints the string “hello”for(i=1; i<=1000; i++);printf(“hello”);(A) 1(B) 1000(C) Zero(D) Syntax error  

Answer»

Correct option - (A) 1

Explanation:-

The “for” loop is terminated by a semicolon so the next statement is execute that is printing hello.

10.

A binary tree can be converted in to its mirror image by traversing it in(A) Inorder(B) Preorder(C) Postorder(D) Anyorder

Answer»

Correct option- (B) Preorder

11.

An infix expression can be converted to a postfix expression using a(A) Stack(B) Queue(C) Dequeue(D) None of these 

Answer»

Correct option-(A) Stack 

12.

The size of array int a[5]={1,2} is(A) 4(B) 12(C) 10(D) 6 

Answer»

Correct option - (C) 10

Explanation:-

The size of int array is 2*5=10 bytes as int takes 2 bytes of storage. 

13.

In the following code fragment int x, y = 2, z, a;x=(y*=2) + (z=a=y);printf (‘%d’,x);(A) prints 8(B) prints 6(C) prints 6 or 8 depending on the compiler(D) is syntactically wrong  

Answer»

Correct option - (A) prints 8

Explanation:-

It will print 8 because x=(y*=2)+(z=a=y)=4+4=8. 

14.

Where is Golgumbaz and who built it?

Answer»

Bijapura-Mohammad Adil Shah.

15.

One can convert an infix expression to a postfix expression using a(A) stack(B) Queue(C) Deque(D) none of these 

Answer»

Correct option- (A) stack

16.

Which of the following is not an escape sequence?(A) \n(B) \r(C) \’(D) \p 

Answer»

Correct option - (D) \p

Explanation:-

\p is not an escape sequence.

17.

Why is Shankaracharya called ‘Shanmatha Stapancharya’?

Answer»

Shankaracharya attempted to unify the. different cults by giving equal importance to the worship of Shiva, Vishnu, Surya, Ganesha, Kumara, and Shakti. Hence he is called as Shanmatha Sthapanacharya.

18.

The output of the following program is main( ){float y;y=198.7361;printf(“%7.2f”, y);}  (A) 198. 736(B) 198.73 (C) 198.74(D) 198.74 

Answer»

Correct option - (C)

 198.74

Explanation:-

The printf statement is giving formatted output till two places

19.

Write C program to produce 10 rows of the following form of Floyd’s triangle

Answer»

A C program to produce 10 rows of Floyd’s triangle is: #include void main() { int i,j; clrscr(); for(i=1;i<=10;i++) { 

 for(j=1;j<=i;j++)

{

printf(" "); if(i%2==0) if(j%2==0)

printf("1");

else

printf("0");

else

if(j%2==0)

printf("0");

else

printf("1");

}

printf("\n\n");

}

getch();

}

20.

Write a C program using while loop to reverse the digits of a given number. (for example, If number is=12345 then output number is= 54321) 

Answer»

A C program to reverse the digits of a given number:

#include<studio.h>

#include<conio.h>

void main()

{

int n,r;

clrscr();

printf("enter an integer");

scanf("%d",&n);

printf("\nreverse of %d : ",n);

while(n>0) { r=n%10;

printf("%d",r); n=n/10;

}

getch();

}  

21.

Describe the output that will be generated by the following ‘C’ program.

Answer»

The output generated by given C program is: 

051530 

x=30

initially i=0<20, (i%5==0) is true so x=x+i=0+0=0, i is incremented to 2, again the next while loop, however condition (i%5==0) is false so i incremented and so on till i=5. 

At i=5, (i%5==0) is true so x=x+i=0+5=5, i is incremented to 6, again the next while loop, however condition (i%5==0) is false so i incremented and so on till i=10. 

At i=10, (i%5==0) is true so x=x+i=5+10=15, i is incremented to 11, again the next while loop, however condition (i%5==0) is false so i incremented and so on till i=15.

At i=15, (i%5==0) is true so x=x+i=15+15=30, i is incremented to 16, again the next while loop, however condition (i%5==0) is false so i incremented and out of while loop at i=20.

Outer block, it is printing the value of x which is 30.

22.

The output of the following statements is char ch[6]={‘e’, ‘n’, ‘d’, ‘\0’, ‘p’};printf(“%s”, ch);(A) endp(B) end0p(C) end(D) error  

Answer»

Correct option - (C) end

Explanation:-

printf statement will print end because string is terminated at “\0” and in array after d, we have null character. 

23.

Name any two industries established by Mirza Ismail.

Answer»

Hindusthan Aeronautics Ltd (H.A.L.), Chemical factory. Sugar factory at Mandya. Steel and paper factories at Bhadravati.

24.

What happens if you try to drop a table on which a view exists?

Answer»

If we try to drop a table on which a view exist, then the table is dropped but DBMS invalidates these dependent views but does not drop them. We cannot use these views unless we recreate the table or drop and recreate the objects so that they no longer depend on the table.

25.

What is the output of following statement? for(i=1; i&lt;4; i++) printf(“%d”,(i%2) ? i : 2*i);(A) 1 4 3(B) 1 2 3(C) 2 4 6(D) 2 2 6

Answer»

Correct option - (A) 1 4 3

Explanation:-

for i=1, (i%2) is true so the statement will print 1; for for i=2, (i%2) is false so the statement will print 2*i=2*2=4; for for i=3, (i%2) is again true so the statement will print 3; for i=4, the statement is out from the loop. 

26.

What is the difference between SELECT INTO and CREATE VIEW commands?

Answer»
SELECT INTO commandCREATE VIEW command
SELECT INTO creates a new table by extracting data from other tableThe CREATE VIEW creates view from a table.
Resides physically in the database.Not a part of the database's physical representation. 
Used to create backup copies of tablesNot used for backup purpose
For eg. SELECT Lastname, FirstName INTO Person_Backup FROM PersonsFor eg. CREATE VIEW v_student AS SELECT Roll_no, Name, Class FROM student;
27.

Create a view with one of the columns Salary * 12. Try updating columns of this view. 

Answer»

CREATE VIEW emp_view (v_empno,v_empname,v_avgsal) AS SELECT empno, empname, salary*12 FROM emp;

UPDATE emp_view SET empname = 'MOHAN' WHERE empno=8698;

28.

Sri M. Vishweshwaraiah is called the ‘Maker of Modern Mysore’. Explain.

Answer»

1. Introduction: Sri M. Vishweshwaraiah was the most outstanding Dewan of Mysore. He entered the services of Mysore as Chief Engineer. He was a great Engineer, a capable administrator, eminent economist a liberal-minded statesmen and patriot. He is rightly called as “The Architect of Modem Mysore”.

2. Early life and career of M.V. : Sir M.V. was born on 15th September 1861 at Muddenahalli (Chikkaballapur District). His parents were Srinivas Shastri and Venkatalaxmamma who were orthodox Hindus. After completing his primary education at Chikkaballapura, he went to Bangalore for further studies.

He obtained his B. A. degree from Central College, Bangalore in 1881. He did his B.E. degree (Pune) from Madras University in 1884. He served in the Bombay Government from 1884 to 1909. He was appointed as the Chief Engineer of Mysore State in 1909. Krishnaraja Wodeyar – IV appointed him as the Dewan of Mysore in 1912. The main objective of Sir M.V. was the eradication of poverty and to put India in line with the developed nations.

3. Administrative reforms: Sir M.V. was a liberal statesman and believed in democracy. He took steps to strengthen the local self-governing bodies. The number of the members of the legislative council was increased from 18 to 24 and given the power to discuss the budget of the state. Sri M.V. passed the local self-governing bodies Act.

This act made provisions for the majority of the members of the district and taluk boards being elected. Village reform committees were established for the progress of villages. The development of Malnad region was given priority and a plan was drawn up.

4. Industrial Development: ‘Industrialize or Perish’ was the slogan of Sir M.V. His aim was to make Mysore an industrially advanced state in India. He started several industries in the state. The important industries are Sandal oil factory at Mysore, Soap factory, Central Industrial workshop and Metal factory at Bangalore, Silk research center at Channapattana.

Small scale and Cottage industries also developed. Cottage industries such as weaving, pottery, oil processing, mat making, wood works, leather goods, etc., flourished. The Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in 1913 at Bangalore. The Mysore Bank was founded in 1913 at Bangalore for the promotion of Industries and Commerce.

5. Educational reforms: Sir M.V. believed that “Progress in every country depends mainly on the education of its people”. His main objective was the eradication of illiteracy from India. So, he introduced compulsory primary education. Scholarships and special grants were made available to encourge education among the economically and socially backward classes.

Female and technical education were also encouraged. The major Educational Institutions started by Sir M.V. were the Government Engineering College at Bangalore, School of Agriculture at Hebbal and Chamarajendra Technological Institution at Mysore.

His greatest achievements were the establishment of Mysore Univesity in 1916 at Mysore and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat in 1915 at Bangalore to promote the growth of Kannada language and Literature.

6. Irrigational scheme: He understood the needs of the farmers. He introduced the block system and the automatic gates for better utilisation of the available water. K.R.S. dam was built across Cauvery at (1911 to 1931) Kannambadi and as a result, 150,00 acres of barren lands in the Mandya and Malavalli areas came under cultivation.

He offered many proposals for the eradication of poverty. Canals, tanks, and reservoirs were built. Proper sewage systems were introduced.

7. Railway reforms : Sir M.V. introduced the ‘Railway committee’ in the State. In 1913, the Mysore – Arasikere and Bowringpete – Kolar railway lines were laid. In 1918, Bangalore – Mysore, Mysore-Nanjangudu and Birur-Shimoga railway lines being managed by the Madras and Southern Marata Company were brought under the State control.

8. Relief works: During Sir. M. Vishwesh waraiah’s Dewanship the first world war (1914-18) broke out. This led to severe shortage of foodstuff. He took up relief works by opening fair price shops, stopping export of food grains and fixing the selling prices.

Sir. M.V. resigned in 1918 after rendering commendable service to Mysore State and won the heart of the people. In recognition of his services, tire British Government honoured him with Knighthood in 1915. In 1955, the Indian Government deservedly conferred him with the title of ‘Bharata Ratna’. He was the first Kannadiga to get this award. Sir M. V. passed away on 14th April 1962. He lived for 101 years.

29.

What is the name of built-in function for finding square roots?(A) square(x)(B) sqr(x)(C) sqrt(x)(D) No built-in function  

Answer»

Correct option - (C) sqrt(x)

Explanation:-

sqrt(x) is a built-in function for finding square roots.  

30.

Find the average salary and average total remuneration for each job type remember salesman earn commission.

Answer»

SELECT AVG( sal ) , AVG( sal + IFNULL( comm, 0 ) ) FROM emp GROUP BY job;

31.

Can you create view of view?

Answer»

Yes, We can create view of view.

32.

Find out number of employee having ‘Manager’ as job.

Answer»

SELECT COUNT(empname) FROM emp WHERE job LIKE 'Manager';

33.

List the minimum and maximum salary of each job type.

Answer»

SELECT job,MIN(sal),MAX(sal) FROM emp GROUP BY job;

34.

List EmpName, Job, Sal for all the employees who have a manager.

Answer»

SELECT empname , job, salary from EMP WHERE mgr IS NOT NULL;

35.

Write a suitable SQL statement to display ALL employees working in New York in the following format :EmpName     Salary    Location

Answer»

SELECT A.empname, A.salary,B.location FROM emp A INNER JOIN dept B on A.deptno=B.deptno WHERE location LIKE 'NewYork';

36.

Create view Dept20 with EmpName and the Sal of employees for dept 20.

Answer»

CREATE VIEW dept20 as SELECT empname, sal FROM emp WHERE deptno=20; 

37.

Display data for all employees sorted by their department, seniority and salary.

Answer»

SELECT * FROM emp ORDER BY deptno, hiredate, sal;

38.

Who had observed that "Political freedom is the life-breath of a nation"? (a) BG Tilak (b) Annie Besant(c) Sri Aurobindo Ghose (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer»

(c) Sri Aurobindo Ghose

39.

To display DeptNo, Job, EmpName in reverse order of salary from the EMP table.

Answer»

SELECT deptno,job,empname FROM emp ORDER BY sal DESC;

40.

Write a SQL statement to list EmpNo, EmpName, DeptNo, for all the employees. This information is should be sorted on EmpName.

Answer»

SELECT empno, empname,deptno FROM emp ORDER BY empname;

41.

Upon whom was the title 'Punjab Kesari' conferred? (a) Bhagat Singh (b) Sardar Baldev Singh (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Ranjit Singh

Answer»

(c) Lala Lajpat Rai

42.

Gandhi wanted the students to spend their vacations in (a) Studies (b) Social service (c) Games (d) Rebellious deeds

Answer»

Gandhi wanted the students to spend their vacations in Social service.

43.

Reeta is going to her aunt’s house to spend her vacations. To book her rail tickets online she needs to create new account on the reservation portal. Which of the following is NOT a correct step to do the same?a. Sign up on the reservation portal. b. Fill the registration form. c. The fields marked with a star (*) are optional. d. Click the submit button after filling the form.

Answer»

Correct option: c. The fields marked with a star (*) are optional.

44.

Read the following statements carefully about E-governance i. It is the use of electronic tools for governance. ii. It has decreased the transparency in the system. iii. E-governance empowers the citizens socially and economically. iv. It enables citizens to access information after paying money.Choose the correct option from the following: a. Both i and ii are correct b. Both ii and iii are correct c. Both i and iii are correct d. Only iv is correct

Answer»

Correct option: c. Both i and iii are correct

45.

From which of the following deposit holders can get overdraft facilities? (a) Savings deposits (b) Current deposits (c) Recurring deposits (d) Fixed deposits

Answer»

(b) Current deposits

46.

Explain any three features of Self Help Groups?

Answer»

Self Help Group is a small informal voluntary association created for the purpose of enabling members to reap economic benefit out of mutual help, solidarity, and joint responsibility. 

Features of Self Help Groups:

1. The motto of every group members should be “saving first – credit latter”. 

2. Self Help Group is homogeneous in terms of economic status.

3. The groups need not be registered.

47.

The role of government in logistics management is through …………(a) Legislations (b) Governance (c) Transport (d) Distribution

Answer»

(d) Distribution

48.

Elucidate any five features of Income Tax?

Answer»

Features of Income Tax in India: 

1. Levied as Per the Constitution Income tax is levied in India by virtue of entry No. 82 of list I (Union List) of Seventh Schedule to the Article 246 of the Constitution of India.

2. Levied by Central Government Income tax is charged by the Central Government on all incomes other than agricultural income. However, the power to charge income tax on agricultural income has been vested with the State Government as per entry 46 of list II, i.e., State List.

3. Direct Tax Income tax is direct tax. It is because the liability to deposit and ultimate burden are on same person. The person earning income is liable to pay income tax out of his own pocket and cannot pass on the burden of tax to another person. 

4. Annual Tax Income tax is an annual tax because it is the income of a particular year which is chargeable to tax.

5. Tax on Person It is a tax on income earned by a person. The term ‘person’ has been defined under the Income tax Act. It includes individual, Hindu Undivided Family, Firm, Company, local authority, Association of person or body of Individual or any other artificial juridical persons. The persons who are covered under Income tax Act are called ‘assessees’.

49.

Partnership is the relation between persons who have agreed to share the profits of a business carried on by all. It is the result of an agreement. Closing of business is also by an agreement. It is called Dissolution of Partnership. Explain the dissolution of partnership firm without the order of the court?

Answer»

Dissolution of a partnership firm takes place in two ways: 

1. Without the order of the court and 

2. By the order of the court 

1. Without the order of the court: 

1. By agreement or mutual consent: A firm may be dissolved when all the partners agree to close the affairs of the firm. 

2. By insolvency of all the partners but one: If any one of the partners is adjudged as insolvent, it is necessary to dissolve the firm. 

3. When the objective becomes illegal: When the business carried on by the partnership becomes illegal, the partnership firm is automatically dissolved.

4. By notice of dissolution: In the case of partnership at will, if any partner gives in writing to close the firm, the firm will be dissolved. 

5. On certain contingencies:

  • On the expiry of the period of the firm.
  • On the completion of a business.
  • On the death of a partner.
  • On the retirement of a partner.
  • On the insolvency of a partner.
50.

Most important mode of retail transportation is - a) Rail b) Air c) Road d) Water

Answer»

Correct answer is c) Road