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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'HSST COMPUTER SCIENCE - SR FOR SC/ST' And exam conducted in the year 2016. And Question paper code was '086/2016/OL'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was 'A'. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.
Question28:-What does the acronym BCPL stands for ?
A:-Basic Combined Programming Language
B:-Basic Compiler Programming Language
C:-Beginners Combined Programming Language
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question29:-What was Ken Thompson's version of C called ?
Av-C++
B:-B
C:-P
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question30:-What does the fopen() function return ?
A:-address
B:-pointer
C:-file pointer
D:-all of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question31:-Recursive algorithms are based on
A:-Divide and conquer approach
B:-Top-down approach
C:-Bottom-up approach
D:-Hierarchical approach
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question32:-The Sorting method which is used for external sort is
A:-Bubble sort
B:-Quick sort
C:-Merge sort
D:-Radix sort
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question33:-Worst case efficiency of binary search is
A:log_(2)n + 1°
B:-n
(೦-27೫)
D:-log n
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question34:-What is the type of the algorithm used in solving the 8 Queens problem ?
A:-Dynamic
B:-Backtracking
C:-Branch and Bound
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question35:-The time taken by NP-class sorting algorithm is
A:-O(1)
B:-O(log n)
@:-0(1^(2))`
D:-O(n)
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question36:-How many nodes are there in a full state space tree with n = 6 7
A:-65
B:-64
C:-63
D:-32
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question37:-Prims algorithm is based on method.
A:-Divide and conquer method
B:-Greedy method
C:-Dynamic programming
D:-Branch and bound