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UGC NET · PAPER 2

UGC NET Paper 2 Computer Science – Software Engineering PYQ: Configuration Management & Miscellaneous

12 questions · answer key at the end · updated 29 Sep 2026
Q1.
Match List – I with List – II.
List – I (Propositions)
(A) P ∧ (P → Q)
(B) ¬(P ∨ Q) → (P ∧ Q)
(C) P → Q
(D) P ∨ (Q ∧ R)
List – II (Disjunctive Normal Form)
(I) P ∨ Q
(II) (P ∧ ¬P) ∨ (P ∧ Q)
(III) (¬P) ∨ Q
(IV) (P ∧ P) ∨ (P ∧ Q) ∨ (P ∧ R) ∨ (Q ∧ R)
  1. (A) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
  2. (B) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
  3. (C) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
  4. (D) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
Answer & explanation →
Q2.
Overfitting is expected when we observe that?
  1. (A) With training iterations error on training set as well as test set decreases
  2. (B) With training iterations error on training set decreases but test set increases
  3. (C) With training iterations error on training set as well as test set increases
  4. (D) With training iterations training set as well as test error remains constant
Answer & explanation →
Q3.
Mr X designed open source software which must comply with some criteria. Choose the false statement in respect of above.
(A) No restriction on redistribution of the software as part or whole
(B) The integrity of the author's source code must be maintained.
(C) The software can be sold after distribution.
  1. (A) (A) only
  2. (B) (B) only
  3. (C) (C) only
  4. (D) All statements are false
Answer & explanation →
Q4.
Match List (I) with List (II):
List I
A. Product Complexity
B. Structured System Analysis
C. Coupling & cohesion
D. Symbolic Execution
List II
I. System Requirements Design
II. Software design
III. Validation techniques
IV. Software cost estimation
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  1. (A) A-(II), B-(III), C-(IV), D-(I)
  2. (B) A-(III), B-(I), C-(IV), D-(II)
  3. (C) A-(IV), B-(I), C-(II), D-(III)
  4. (D) A-(III), B-(IV), C-(I), D-(II)
Answer & explanation →
Q5.
Suppose a cloud contains software stack such as Operating System, Application software, etc. This model is referred as _____ model.
  1. (A) SaaS
  2. (B) IaaS
  3. (C) MaaS
  4. (D) PaaS
Answer & explanation →
Q6.
Which one of the following is not typically provided by Source Code Management Software?
  1. (A) Synchronisation
  2. (B) Versioning and Revision history
  3. (C) Syntax highlighting
  4. (D) Project forking
Answer & explanation →
Q7.
Which of the following super computers is the fastest?
  1. (A) Sun-way TaihuLight
  2. (B) Titan
  3. (C) Piz Daint
  4. (D) Sequoia
Answer & explanation →
Q8.
Which of the following statements about ERP system is true?
  1. (A) Most ERP software implementations fully achieve seamless integration
  2. (B) ERP software packages are themselves combinations of separate applications for manufacturing, materials and resource planning
  3. (C) Integration of ERP systems can be achieved in only one way
  4. (D) An ERP package implemented uniformly throughout an enterprise is likely to contain very flexible connections
Answer & explanation →
Q9.
Which of the following is not a Clustering method?
  1. (A) K-Mean method
  2. (B) Self Organizing feature map method
  3. (C) K-nearest neighbour method
  4. (D) Agglomerative method
Answer & explanation →
Q10.
Which of the given wireless technologies used in IoT, consumes the least amount of power?
  1. (A) Zigbee
  2. (B) Bluetooth
  3. (C) Wi-Fi
  4. (D) GSM/CDMA
Answer & explanation →
Q11.
The distributed system is a collection of (P) and communication is achieved in a distributed system by (Q), where (P) and (Q) are:
  1. (A) Loosely coupled hardware on tightly coupled software and disk sharing, respectively
  2. (B) Tightly coupled hardware on loosely coupled software and shared memory, respectively
  3. (C) Tightly coupled software on loosely coupled hardware and message passing, respectively
  4. (D) Loosely coupled software on tightly coupled hardware and file sharing, respectively
Answer & explanation →
Q12.
Which of the following statements is incorrect for Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM)?
  1. (A) The PVM communication model provides asynchronous blocking send, asynchronous blocking receive, and non-blocking receive functions
  2. (B) Message buffers are allocated dynamically
  3. (C) The PVM communication model assumes that any task can send a message to any other PVM task and that there is no limit to the size or number of such messages
  4. (D) In the PVM model, the message order is not preserved
Answer & explanation →

Answer key

  1. 1 – B
  2. 2 – B
  3. 3 – C
  4. 4 – C
  5. 5 – A
  6. 6 – C
  7. 7 – A
  8. 8 – B
  9. 9 – C
  10. 10 – A
  11. 11 – C
  12. 12 – D