Admission Test

( Sample question for EEE & CSE)

Part English

Writing : 20 marks
Reading Comprehension: 15 marks
Grammar: 15 marks

** Please note that you have to answer ALL 3 sections of this paper.

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 English

Part I
Duration: 20 minutes

Writing
1. Write a composition on the following topic (minimum 250 words). 20

a) How do movies or television influence people's behaviour? Use reasons and specific examples
to support your answer. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

OR

b) In some countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good
idea? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.

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 Part II
Duration: 30 minutes

Reading Comprehension 15

Read the following text and answer the multiple-choice questions (MCQ) from 1 to 15.

You know that you're doing something big when your company name becomes a verb. Ask
Xerox. In 1959 they created the first plain paper copy machine. It was one of the most successful
products ever. The company name Xerox grew into a verb that means "to copy," as in "Bob, can
you Xerox this for me?" Around 50 years later, the same thing happened to Google. Their
company name grew into a verb that means "to do an internet search." Now, everyone and their
grandma know what it means to google it.
Unlike Xerox, Google wasn't the first company to invent their product, not by a long shot. Lycos
released their search engine in 1993. Yahoo! came out in 1994. Altavista began serving results in
1995. Google did not come out until the years later, in 1998. Though a few years’ difference may
not seem like much, this is a major head-start in the fast moving world of tech. So, how did
Google do it? How did they overtake their competitors who had such huge leads in time and
money? May be one good idea made all the difference.
There are millions and millions of sites on the internet. How does a search engine know which
ones are relevant to your search? This is a question that great minds have been working on for
decades. To understand how Google changed the game, you need to know how search engines
worked in 1998. Back then, most websites looked at the words in your query. They counted how
many times those words appeared on each page. Then they might return pages where the words in
your query appeared the most. This system did not work well and people often had to click
through pages and pages of results to find what they wanted.
Google was the first search engine that began considering links. Links are those blue underlined
words that take you to other pages when you click on them. Larry Page, cofounder of Google,
believed that meaningful data could be drawn from how those links connect. Page figured that
websites with many links pointing at them were more important than those that had few. He was
right. Google's search results were much better than their rivals. They would soon become the
world's most used search engine.
It wasn't just the great search results that led to Google becoming so well-liked. It also had to do
with the way that they presented their product. Most of the other search engines were cluttered.
Their home pages were filled with everything from news stories to stock quotes. But Google's
homepage was, and still is, clean. There's nothing on it but the logo, the search box, and a few
links. It almost appears empty. In fact, when they were first testing it, users would wait at the
home page and not do anything. When asked why, they said that they were, "waiting for the rest
of the page to load." People couldn't imagine such a clean and open page as being complete. But
the fresh design grew on people once they got used to it.
These days Google has its hands in everything from self-driving cars to helping humans live
longer. Though they have many other popular products, they will always be best known for their
search engine. The Google search engine has changed our lives and our language. Not only is it a
fantastic product, it is a standing example that one good idea (and a lot of hard work) can change
the world

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Choose the best answer
1. Which company created the first plain paper-copying machine?
a) Altavista
b) Google
c) Yahoo
d) Xerox

2. Which event happened last?

a) Yahoo released their search engine.
b) Xerox released their copy machine.
c) Google released their search engine.
d) Lycos released their search engine.

3. What is the meaning of the word “cluttered”?

a) Disarranged
b) Tidy
c) Large
d) Small

4. “These days Google has its hands in everything” – it can be rephrased as

a) Google has influence over everything.
b) Google is very vast.
c) Google has changed our lives immensely.
d) Google is very successful.

5. Which statement of the following is not true according to the text?

a) Before 1998, people often had to click through pages and pages of results to find what
they wanted.
b) Google was the first search engine that began considering links.
c) Google will always be best known for their search engine.
d) Google is the first company to release search engine.

6. Which statement would the author of this text most likely DISAGREE with?

a) Google's success may not have been possible without Larry Page.
b) Google wasn't the first search engine, but it was the best.
c) Google succeeded by following examples of others in their field.
d) Part of Google's success is due to the design of their homepage.

7. Which statement best expresses the main idea of the THIRD paragraph?
a) Many smart people have worked on search engines over the years.
b) Google created a better way to organize search results.
c) Older search engines used unreliable methods to order results.
d) There are lots and lots of websites connected to the internet.

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8. What is the author's main purpose in writing this article?

a) To persuade readers to use Google for internet searches

b) To discuss how companies can influence language over time
c) To explain how Google overtook its rivals
d) To compare and contrast Google and Xerox

9. Which statement would the author most likely AGREE with?

a) Google's other products are now more important to its success than search.
b) Google changed the world by solving an old problem in a new way.
c) Google was the world's first and best search engine.
d) Google became successful because its founders were well-connected.

10. Which best expresses the main idea of the FOURTH paragraph?

a) Google is a website that serves important links to users.

b) Larry Page contributed to the internet by inventing the link.
c) Larry Page's ideas about links helped Google get to the top.
d) Links allow people to surf from one website to the next.

11. How did Google improve search quality in 1998?

a) They looked more closely at the words in search queries.
b) They linked to more pages.
c) They studied the relationships of links.
d) They counted how many times queries appeared on each page.

12. Which was cited in the text as a reason why Google became so popular?
a) Google provided catchy news stories on their homepage.
b) Google provided useful stock quotes on their homepage.
c) Google's homepage was clean.
d) All of these reasons

13. Which title best expresses the author's main purpose in writing this text?
a) Search Engines: How They Work and Why They're Important
b) Xerox Vs. Google: Battle of the Titans
c) Search Engines: A Short History of Important Tools
d) A Better Way: How Google Rose to the Top

14. How does the Google’s homepage look like?

a) The logo, the search box, and a few links

b) Several tabs, the search box, and few links
c) The search box flooded with links, and menu icons
d) None of the above

15. When did Lycos release their search engine?

a) 1993

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 b) 1994
c) 1997
d) 1998

Grammar 15
Choose the best answer:

1. The Council __________ made its decision.

a) has
b) have had
c) having
d) have

2. He __________ in the States but he still does not have a command over the English language.
a) have been living
b) living
c) have lived
d) has been living

3. By the next month, we shall __________ the project.

a) has completed
b) completing
c) have completed
d) completed

4. Every boy and girl __________ in the class today.

a) are present
b) had present
c) have present
d) is present

5. According to the prevailing rate, two dozen __________ rupees one hundred.
a) costs
b) cost
c) costing
d) costed

6. I __________ working all afternoon and have just finished the assignment.
a) shall be
b) am
c) had been
d) have been

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7. I want _________ apple from that basket.
a) a
b) an
c) the
d) none

8. The church on _________ corner is progressive.

a) a
b) an
c) none
d) the

9. Don’t run _________ the classroom.

a) from
b) to
c) in
d) for

10. I come _________ a big family.

a) in
b) to
c) for
d) from

11. Aron, together with his wife ____ the guests of the party.
a) are greeting
b) greeting
c) greets
d) greet

12. Tweezers ____ always useful to handle small objects.

a) may
b) is
c) will
d) are

13. A of church members is sometimes called a FLOCK.

a) Lot
b) Building
c) Congregation
d) Roster

14. The opposite of CRITICIZE is:

a) Hurt
b) Damage
c) Punish
d) Acclaim

15. WANDERER means someone who:

a) Gallops
b) Jogs
c) Meanders
d) Searches
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 Part Math & Physics
Duration: 30 minutes

Math: 30 marks
Physics: 20 marks

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MATHEMATICS Marks [2*15=30]

Put Tick (√) mark on the appropriate answer.

𝑧2
1) If 𝑧1 = 1 − 𝑖 & 𝑧2 = 3 + 4𝑖 . then find, in the form 𝑥 + 𝑖𝑦, .
𝑧1

(a) 𝑥 = 0.5 & 𝑦 = 3.5 (b) 𝑥 = −0.5 & 𝑦 = −3.5

(c) 𝑥 = −0.5 & 𝑦 = 3.5 (d) 𝑥 = 0.5 & 𝑦 = −3.5

2) A parabola has equation

𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 3

Find the coordinates of its vertex.

(a) (−1, 4) (b) (−1, −4) (c) (1, −4) (d) (1, 4)

3) How many 3 digit numbers can be formed from the digits 0, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 which are divisible by 10
and none of the digits is repeated?

(a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 24

4) Two dice are rolled. Find the probability that the sum is equal to 10.

1 3 2 4
(a) (b) 36 (c) (d) 36
36 36

5)

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 The diagram shows the sketch of part of the curve with equation 𝑦 = 10 + 8𝑥 + 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 3 .

The curve has a maximum turning point at A. The x-coordinate of A is

(a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −2 (d) 2

6) Which of the functions below represents the graph?

𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
(a) 𝑦 = cos(𝑥 − 3 ) (b 𝑦 = 2 cos(𝑥 + 6 ) (c) 𝑦 = cos(𝑥 − 6 )

𝜋
(d) 𝑦 = 2cos(𝑥 − )
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7) Find the value of x.

(a) 45 (b) 122 (c) 58 (d) 29

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8) The cubic polynomial f (x) is defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 − 39𝑥 + 20. Find the value of
𝑑𝑓
when 𝑥 = 2.
𝑑𝑥

(a) -3 (b) +3 (c) 58 (d) 18

9) Solve the equation

sin2 𝜃 − cos2 𝜃 + sin 𝜃 = 0

for 0 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 𝜋. Give each solution for θ in exact form.
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 5𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
(a) 𝜃 = 6 , 2 (b) 𝜃 = 6 ,6
(c) 𝜃 = 0, 6 (d) 𝜃 = 6 , 3

10) A circle has equation (𝑥 − 4)2 + 𝑦 2 = 36

Find its Centre and Radius.

(a) Centre (0, 4), Radius = 6 (b) Centre (0, 4), Radius 36
(c) Centre (4, 0), Radius = 6 (d) Centre ( 4, 0), Radius = 36

11) Find the equation of the circle with center (−1, 2) and diameter 12.

(a) (𝑥 − 1)2 + (𝑦 + 2)2 = 36

(b) (𝑥 + 1)2 − (𝑦 − 2)2 =6
(c) (𝑥 − 1)2 + (𝑦 + 2)2 = 144
(d) (𝑥 + 1)2 + (𝑦 − 2)2 = 36

12) Which of the following trigonometric identities is correct?

(a) 2cot 2 𝜃 + 1 ≡ −1 − 2cosec 2 𝜃

(b) tan2 𝜃 + 1 ≡ 1 − 2sec 2 𝜃
(c) 2cos2 𝜃 − 1 ≡ 1 − 2sin2 𝜃
(d) 2 cos 2𝜃 − 1 ≡ 1 + 2sin2 𝜃
13) Find the gradient (slope) and y-intercept of the graph with equation

𝑦
𝑥 =2−
3
(a) Gradient = −2, y-intercept = 6 (b) Gradient = −3, y-intercept = 6
(c) Gradient = 2, y-intercept = -6 (d) Gradient = 3, y-intercept = -6

14) Solve the following equation

log 7 (𝑥 − 2) + log 7 (𝑥 + 3) = log 7 36

(a) 𝑥 = 7, −6 (b) 𝑥 = 7 (c) 𝑥 = 2, −3 (d) 𝑥 = −6
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15)

The figure above shows part of the curve C with equation

𝑦 = 3𝑥 1/2 − 𝑥 3/2 , 𝑥 ≥ 0

Given that the x-coordinate at B is 3. Find the exact area of the finite region enclosed by C and
the x-axis, shown shaded in the figure above.
8 4 8 3
(a) (3)3/2 (b) (3)3/2 (c) (3)5/2 (d) (5)3/2
5 5 5 2

PHYSICS Marks [2*10=20]

Put Tick (√) mark on the appropriate answer.

1. In a car, friction is usefully employed in its …

a) Tires c) horn
b) Radiators d) battery

2. Polarization is a property of…

a) All waves c) Longitudinal waves

b) Transverse waves d) none of these

3. A body of mass 5 kg is being rotated with a velocity 2 ms-1 in a circular path by using a
string of 4 m long. What will be the tension on the string?

a) 10 N c) 5 N
b) 20 N d) 4 N

4. When a pure semiconductor is heated, its resistance…

a) Goes up c) Remains the same

b) Goes down d) Cannot say

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5. What is the internal resistance of the battery as seen from the measurement?

a) 180 Ω c) 200 Ω
b) 220 Ω d) 280 Ω

6. If alpha, beta, and gamma rays carry the same momentum, which has the longest
wavelength?

a) Gamma rays
b) Alpha rays
c) Beta rays
d) None, all have same wavelength

7. An object is moving with a uniform velocity. Which can be the position-time graph?
a) Graph A c) Graph C
b) Graph B d) Graph D

8. Force exerted on a body changes it's

(a) Direction of motion
(b) Momentum
(c) Kinetic energy
(d) All the above

9. Wire wound variable resistance is known as…

a) Capacitor c) Rheostat
b) Resistor d) Diode

10. At the center of the earth an object’s …

a) Mass & weight remain unchanged
b) Mass remains unchanged, but the weight becomes infinite
c) Weight remains unchanged, but the mass becomes infinite
d) The mass remains unchanged, but the weight becomes zero.
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