Model Paper 1
Model Paper 1
DISCRETE STRUCTURES
Model Paper 1
Duration : 3 Hours Max.Marks:80
Section A
I Answer any FIVE of the following questions 5 X 2 = 10
Section B
II Answer any SIX of the following questions 6 X 5 = 30
Section C
II Answer any FIVE of the following questions 5 X 8 = 40
17. (a) In a group of 65 people, 40 like cricket, 10 like both cricket and tennis. How
many like tennis only and not cricket? How many like tennis?
18. (a) In how many ways can the letters of the word “LEADING” be arranged in
such a way that the vowels always come together?
(b) Write the inverse, converse and contrapositive of the given conditional “ If
two triangles are congruent, then they are similar”.
𝟐 −𝟏
19. (a) If 𝑨 = [ ] show that 𝑨𝟐 − 𝟒𝑨 + 𝟑𝑰 = 𝟎.
−𝟏 𝟐
𝟏 𝟐
(b) Find the eigen values and the eigen vectors of the matrix [ ]
𝟑 𝟐
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
20. Find the inverse of the matrix 𝑨 = [ 𝟐 −𝟏 𝟑]
−𝟑 −𝟐 𝟒
21. Obtain the minimum cost spanning tree for the following graph using Kruskal’s
algorithm.