ICS (PU-CSE) Model Past Paper 2020 PDF

1. Verbal Reasoning

Q. penurious : stingy :: deep : significant
Answer: stingy
Q. somnolent : nap :: truculent : war
Answer: war
Q. nictitate : wink :: expectorate : spit
Answer: wink
Q. cytology : cells :: geology : rocks
Answer: cells
Q. proboscis : nose :: abdomen : gut
Answer: nose
Q. rein : horse :: control panel : plane
Answer: plane
Q. Argentina : Brazil :: Iraq : Iran
Answer: Iraq
Q. act : play :: sing : anthem
Answer: act
Q. mouse : computer :: flash : camera
Answer: computer
Q. cushion : sofa :: shelf : bookcase
Answer: bookcase
Q. scrub : wash :: sob : cry
Answer: cry
Q. moisten : soak :: cool : freeze
Answer: soak
Q. persimmon : berry :: cottontail : rabbit
Answer: berry
Q. stars : astronomy :: battles : history
Answer: battles
Q. cohesion : unity :: dearth : scarcity
Answer: cohesion
Q. Aesop : fable :: Homer : epic
Answer: epic
Q. turncoat : traitor :: scamp : rogue
Answer: scamp

2. Quantitative Reasoning

Q. An angle measuring less than 90 degree is called?
Answer: Acute angle
Q. The sum of three consecutive integers is 72. What is the smallest of three integers?
Answer: 23
Q. Which of the following is not a solid sublime material?
Answer: Sodium Chloride
Q. What is the sum of the interior angles of a triangle?
Answer: 180 degrees
Q. The volume of a cylinder is V = πr²L. If r = 3 and L = 10, what is the volume?
Answer: 90π cm³
Q. If numerator is greater or equal to denominator, the fraction is?
Answer: Improper
Q. What is the 101st term of the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10…?
Answer: 301
Q. 129,000 divided among 5 sons, 4 daughters, 3 nephews. Son gets 5x, daughter 4x of nephew. Nephew gets?
Answer: 3000
Q. If 1/8th pencil is black, 1/4th white and remaining 5.25 cm is grey, what is total length?
Answer: 8.4 cm
Q. If a circle has 4m radius and covered 14m on circumference, find the displacement.
Answer: 7.86 m

3. Economics

Q. Progressive tax means:
Answer: Higher income higher tax
Q. Monetary policy is:
Answer: Central bank policy
Q. Token money means:
Answer: Face value > real value
Q. Rediscounting done by:
Answer: Central bank
Q. Trade policy means:
Answer: Export-import policy
Q. Money supply inflation causes:
Answer: Over issuance
Q. National income methods:
Answer: 3
Q. Capital market includes:
Answer: Stock exchange
Q. Fiscal year ends:
Answer: 30 June
Q. Saving = investment means:
Answer: Equilibrium

4. Computer Science

Q. What type of device is a computer mouse?
Answer: Input
Q. How many Bits are there in One Byte?
Answer: 8
Q. To start a slide show in PowerPoint we press _____?
Answer: F5
Q. If you insert some slides from other presentation into current one choose ______?
Answer: From insert Menu choose slide from presentation
Q. Decrease in strength of signal is known as?
Answer: Attenuation
Q. Ctrl + D is used in Powerpoint for _____?
Answer: Duplicate
Q. Which of following is the highest speed slot?
Answer: AGP
Q. Which of the following is the most important area of concern in Cloud Computing?
Answer: Security
Q. In MS PowerPoint we press _____ key to start slideshow from current slide.
Answer: Shift + F5
Q. Which of the following are input devices? Keyboard, Mouse, Card reader
Answer: All of these
Q. BIOS stands for ______?
Answer: Basic input/output system
Q. A collection of related worksheets is called ______?
Answer: Workbook
Q. Which formula is used to find the number of numerical cells in a range of cells in Excel?
Answer: COUNT
Q. Which of the key is used to close the active window?
Answer: Ctrl+F4
Q. What key is used to take a screenshot of the screen?
Answer: PrtScn (Print Screen)

5. Mathematics 

Q: Check linear independence
A. Det ≠ 0
 Linearly independent
Q: Fourier series of f(x)=x
A. x = 2 Σ (-1)ⁿ⁺¹ sin(nx)/n
Q: If y = xˣ, show that derivative
A. dy/dx = xˣ (ln x + 1)
Q: Area of triangle
A. Area = 7
How much 60% of 50 is greater than 40% of 30?
Solution:
60% of 50 = 0.6 × 50 = 30
40% of 30 = 0.4 × 30 = 12
Difference = 30 – 12 = 18
Answer: 18
What is the name of a triangle with two sides of equal length?
Solution:
A triangle with two equal sides is called Isosceles.
Answer: Isosceles
What equal amount of coins of Rs 5, Rs 2, Rs 1 makes a total of 1152?
Solution:
Let number of each coin = x
Total = 5x + 2x + 1x = 8x = 1152 → x = 1152 ÷ 8 = 144
Answer: 144
How many times in a day are the hands of clock in straight line but opposite in direction?
Solution:
Hands are opposite (180°) twice every hour except the 12th hour overlaps → 12 × 2 – 2 = 22 times
Answer: 22
If an increase of 30% charged the price of shirt to Rs. 520, then the original price of shirt is _______?
Solution:
Let original price = x
x + 30% of x = 520 → x(1 + 0.3) = 520 → x × 1.3 = 520 → x = 520 ÷ 1.3 = 400
Answer: 400
Two automobiles are 75 kilometers apart and travelling towards each other. One at 60 km/h, the other at 40 km/h. In how many minutes will they meet?
Solution:
Relative speed = 60 + 40 = 100 km/h
Time = distance ÷ speed = 75 ÷ 100 = 0.75 hours = 0.75 × 60 = 45 minutes
Answer: 45 minutes
What is the length of each side of a square whose area is 576 cm²?
Solution:
Side = √Area = √576 = 24 cm
Answer: 24 cm
The sum of the two numbers is 28 and their difference is 4?
Solution:
Let numbers be x and y
x + y = 28, x – y = 4 → Solving: x = 16, y = 12 → Numbers: 16, 12 (smaller first: 12,16)
Answer: 12,16
The sum of four consecutive even numbers is 292. What is the smallest number?
Solution:
Let numbers be x, x+2, x+4, x+6
Sum = 4x + 12 = 292 → 4x = 280 → x = 70
Answer: 70
In a certain class the ratio of men to women is 3:5. If the class has 24 people in it, how many are women?
Solution:
Total parts = 3+5=8
Each part = 24 ÷ 8 = 3 → Women = 5 × 3 = 15
Answer: 15

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