Placement Papers - DRDO

CATTERPILLER PLACEMENT PAPER 1   
  Paper : DRDO Placement  Paper Pattern Part - 2     
   
  This piece of info in obtained from  the DRDO SET exam conducted in Sept 2003. Still the questions is not yet  complete.
    
  General Pattern
  -There are 2 sections:A and B 
-\'A\'  section consists of technical questions relevant to your field [100 questions]
 
-\'B\'  section consists of a mix of Analytical,Quantitative and General Knowledge  questions[50 questions]
 
4 marks for  correct answers and -1 for wrong answers
    
  Section \'A\' questions
  1) Banker\'s algorithm is used  for:Deadlock Avoidance
 
2)  A  LOT  of questions were based on generating strings from a given grammar.
 
3)  A circle(dot) shown in the PCB is:Vcc/Grnd/Pin 1/Pin 14
 
4)  Program Segment Prefix in MS-DOS 5.0 is:
 
5)  Some IP addresses were given and the question was to select the private addess  from it(?)
 
6)  10Base2 and 10Base5 wires refers to:
 
7)  A question on sliding-window protocol
 
8)  Which of the following require a driver?:disk/cache/ram/cpu
 
9)  A LOT of mathematical questions which were asked from calculus,  trigonometry...
 
   
  Section \'B\' questions
  1) Coldest planet:Pluto
 
2)  INS Shivali is the first:
 
3)  Which one of the following was NOT indegineously developed?:  Prithvi/Akash/Agni/...
 
4)  Full form of SARS
 
5)  Anthrax is a :Virus/Bacteria/.../...
 
6)  Dakshina Gangothri is:  Ganga  \'s origin/Indian camp @ antartica/.../...
 
7)  Which of the following is a chemical weapon:Mustard Gas/Marsh Gas/.../...
 
8)  A question based on Coding and Decoding
 
9)  Another question similar to above
 
10)  Question on series completion
 
11)  Another series completion question
 
12)  Where is  Institute  of  Forensic Science  ?:   Hyderabad   
 
13)  A G.K question based on X and Y chromosomes in males and females