List of top Questions asked in GATE CS, GATE CH

With respect to a TCP connection between a client and a server, which of the following is true?

Let $P, Q, R, S$ be relational schemas. Let ``$\rightarrow$'' indicate a functional dependency (FD) in this context. Which of the following best describes the meaning of a functional dependency?

Let a Non-deterministic Finite Automaton (NFA) have 6 states over a finite alphabet. Which of the following cannot be the number of states in a minimal Deterministic Finite Automaton (DFA) that is equivalent to this NFA?

A certain processor uses a fully associative cache of size 16 kB. The cache block size is 16 bytes. Assume that the main memory is byte addressable and uses a 32-bit address. How many bits are required for the Tag and the Index fields respectively in the addresses generated by the processor?

Consider $Z = X - Y$, where $X$, $Y$ and $Z$ are all in sign-magnitude form. $X$ and $Y$ are each represented in $n$ bits. To avoid overflow, the representation of $Z$ would require a minimum of:

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct about the B$^+$ tree data structure used for creating an index of a relational database table?

Which of the following protocol pairs can be used to send and retrieve e-mails (in that order)?

An array of 25 distinct elements is to be sorted using quicksort. Assume that the pivot element is chosen uniformly at random. The probability that the pivot element gets placed in the worst possible location in the first round of partitioning (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is __________

Assume that in a certain computer, the virtual addresses are 64 bits long and the physical addresses are 48 bits long. The memory is word addressible. The page size is 8 kB and the word size is 4 bytes. The Translation Look-aside Buffer (TLB) in the address translation path has 128 valid entries. At most how many distinct virtual addresses can be translated without any TLB miss?

Consider three machines M, N, and P with IP addresses 100.10.5.2, 100.10.5.5, and 100.10.5.6 respectively. The subnet mask is set to 255.255.255.252 for all the three machines. Which one of the following is true?

Bird : Nest :: Bee : _________

A PID controller consists of:

Which antibody class is most abundant in human serum?

Which of the following is a recessive genetic disorder?

Polyester fibre is manufactured by the process of:

Which spinning system produces yarn directly from sliver without roving?

The main purpose of scouring in cotton processing is to remove:

The strength of a yarn is commonly expressed in terms of:

In plain weave fabric, the repeat size is:

If two events $A$ and $B$ are independent, then:

Which method is commonly used to find roots of nonlinear equations?

Let $A$ be a square matrix. If $A^2 = A$, then the matrix $A$ is called:

The limit $\displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sin x}{x}$ is equal to:

A continuous function on a closed and bounded interval is always:

The twist per inch (TPI) of a yarn primarily affects its: