Discrete Mathematics Solved MCQs


A graph G is called a ..... if it is a connected acyclic graph

Cyclic graph
Regular graph
Tree
Not a graph
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What is the probability of choosing correctly an unknown integer between 0 and 9 with 3 chances ?

963/1000
966/1000
968/1000
969/1000
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In an undirected graph the number of nodes with odd degree must be

Zero
Odd
Prime
Even
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A graph is a collection of

Row and columns
Vertices and edges
Equations
None of these
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The relation { (1,2), (1,3), (3,1), (1,1), (3,3), (3,2), (1,4), (4,2), (3,4)} is

Reflexive
Transitive
Symmetric
Asymmetric
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An undirected graph possesses an eulerian circuit if and only if it is connected and its vertices are

all of even degree
all of odd degree
of any degree
even in number
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How many relations are there on a set with n elements that are symmetric and a set with n elements that are reflexive and symmetric ?

2n(n+1)/2 and 2n.3n(n–1)/2
3n(n–1)/2 and 2n(n–1)
2n(n+1)/2 and 3n(n–1)/2
2n(n+1)/2 and 2n(n–1)/2
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The number of colours required to properly colour the vertices of every planer graph is

2
3
4
5
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In how many ways can a president and vice president be chosen from a set of 30 candidates?

820
850
880
870
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Consider an undirected random graph of eight vertices. The probability that there is an edge between a pair of vertices is ½. What is the expected number of unordered cycles of length three?

1/8
1
7
8
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In a graph if e=(u, v) means

u is adjacent to v but v is not adjacent to u
e begins at u and ends at v
u is processor and v is successor
both b and c
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A minimal spanning tree of a graph G is

A spanning sub graph
A tree
Minimum weights
All of above
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The number of leaf nodes in a complete binary tree of depth d is

2d
2d–1+1
2d+1+1
2d+1
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A partial ordered relation is transitive, reflexive and

Antisymmetric
Bisymmetric
Anti reflexive.
Asymmetric
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In a graph if e=[u, v], Then u and v are called

Endpoints of e
Adjacent nodes
Neighbors
All of above
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In how many ways can a hungry student choose 3 toppings for his prize from a list of 10 delicious possibilities?

100
120
110
150
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A graph with n vertices will definitely have a parallel edge or self loop if the total number of edges are

greater than n–1
less than n(n–1)
greater than n(n–1)/2
less than n2/2
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A vertex of a graph is called even or odd depending upon

Total number of edges in a graph is even or odd
Total number of vertices in a graph is even or odd
Its degree is even or odd
None of these
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In any undirected graph the sum of degrees of all the nodes

Must be even
Are twice the number of edges
Must be odd
Need not be even
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The expression a+a c is equivalent to

a
a+c
c
1
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A graph with one vertex and no edges is

multigraph
digraph
isolated graph
trivial graph
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Length of the walk of a graph is

The number of vertices in walk W
The number of edges in walk W
Total number of edges in a graph
Total number of vertices in a graph
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The number of colours required to properly color vertices of every planar graph is

2
3
4
5
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A
B
C
D
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A graph with no edges is known as empty graph. Empty graph is also known as

Trivial graph
Regular graph
Bipartite graph
None of these
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Which two of the following are equivalent for an undirected graph  G?
(i) G is a tree
(ii) There is at least one path between any two distinct vertices of G
(iii) G contains no cycles and has (n-1) edges
(iv)G has n edges


(i) and (ii)
(i) and (iii)
(i) and (iv)
(ii) and (iii)
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Choose the most appropriate definition of plane graph

A graph drawn in a plane in such a way that any pair of edges meet only at their end vertices
A graph drawn in a plane in such a way that if the vertex set of graph can be partitioned into two non - empty disjoint subset X and Y in such a way that each edge of G has one end in X and one end in Y
A simple graph which is Isomorphic to Hamiltonian graph
None of these
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A continuous non intersecting curve in the plane whose origin and terminus coincide

Planer
Jordan
Hamiltonian
All of these
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A graph with n vertices will definitely have a parallel edge or self loop of the total number of edges are

more than n
more than n+1
more than (n+1)/2
more than n(n-1)/2
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A debating team consists of 3 boys and 2 girls. Find the number of ways they can sit in a row?

120
24
720
12
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Which one of the following statements is incorrect ?

The number of regions corresponds to the cyclomatic complexity.
Cyclometric complexity for a flow graph G is V(G) = N–E+2, where E is the number of edges and N is the number of nodes in the flow graph.
Cyclometric complexity for a flow graph G is V(G) = E–N+2, where E is the number of edges & N is the number of nodes in the flow graph.
Cyclometric complexity for a flow graph G is V(G) = P + 1, where P is the number of predicate nodes contained in the flow graph G.
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Which of the following pair is not congruent modulo 7?

10, 24
25, 56
-31, 11
-64, -15
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A
B
C
D
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The maximum degree of any vertex in a simple graph with n vertices is

n–1
n+1
2n–1
n
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The complete graph with four vertices has k edges where k is

3
4
5
6
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Consider a weighted undirected graph with positive edge weights and let (u, v) be an edge in the graph. It is known that the shortest path from source vertex s to u has weight 53 and shortest path from s to v has weight 65. Which statement is always true ?

Weight (u, v) <= 12
Weight (u, v) = 12
Weight (u, v) >= 12
Weight (u, v) > 12
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How many onto (or surjective) functions are there from an n-element (n => 2) set to a 2-element set?

2n
2n - 1
2n - 2
2(2n – 2)
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Suppose v is an isolated vertex in a graph, then the degree of v is

0
1
2
3
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The number of nodes in a complete binary tree of height h (with roots at level 0) is equal to

20 + 21 + ….. 2h
20 + 21 + ….. 2h-1
20 + 21 + ….. 2h+1
21 + ….. 2h+1
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Hasse diagram are drawn

Partially ordered sets
Lattices
Boolean algebra
None of these
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In how many ways can 5 balls be chosen so that 2 are red and 3 are black

910
990
970
960
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Circle has ____________

No vertices
Only 1 vertex
8 vertices
None of these
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How many different words can be formed out of the letters of the word VARANASI?

64
120
40320
720
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The proposition ~qvp is equivalent to

p?q
q?p
p?q
p?q
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A graph is tree if and only if

Is planar
Contains a circuit
Is minimally
Is completely connected
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If B is a Boolean Algebra, then which of the following is true

B is a finite but not complemented lattice
B is a finite, complemented and distributive lattice
B is a finite, distributive but not complemented lattice
B is not distributive lattice
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Let G be a simple undirected planar graph on 10 vertices with 15 edges. If G is a connected graph, then the number of bounded faces in any embedding of G on the plane is equal to

3
4
5
6
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The number of distinguishable permutations of the letters in the word BANANA are,

60
36
20
10
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If R is a relation “Less Than” from A = {1,2,3,4} to B = {1,3,5} then RoR-1 is

{(3,3), (3,4), (3,5)}
{(3,1), (5,1), (3,2), (5,2), (5,3), (5,4)}
{(3,3), (3,5), (5,3), (5,5)}
{(1,3), (1,5), (2,3), (2,5), (3,5), (4,5)}
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