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GATE 2020 Questions


         1. What is the worst case time complexity of inserting n elements into an empty linked list, if the linked list needs to be maintained in sorted order?

         A.    Î˜(n)

B.           B.     Î˜(n log n)

C.           C.   Î˜(n^2)

D.           D.  Î˜(1)

 


2          2. Let G = (V, G) be a weighted undirected graph and let T be a Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) of G maintained using adjacency lists. Suppose a new weighed edge (u, v) V×V is added to G. The worst case time complexity of determining if T is still an MST of the resultant graph is 

 

A.    Θ(E + V)

B.     Θ(E.V)

C.     Θ(E log V)

D.    Θ(V)

 

3.   Let G=(V,E) be a directed, weighted graph with weight function w:E→R. For some function f:V→R, for each edge (u,v)E, define w′(u,v) as w(u,v)+f(u)−f(v). Which one of the options completes the following sentence so that it is TRUE ? “The shortest paths in G under w are shortest paths under w′ too, _________”.

 

A.    for every f:V→R

B.     if and only if uV, f(u) is positive

C.     if and only if ∀u∈V, f(u) is negative

D.    if and only if f(u) is the distance from s to u in the graph obtained by adding a new vertex s to G and edges of zero weight from s to every vertex of G

 

4.   In a balanced binary search tree with n elements, what is the worst case time complexity of reporting all elements in range [a,b] ? Assume that the number of reported elements is k.

A.    Θ(log n)

B.     Θ(log(n)+k)

C.     Θ(k log n)

D.    Θ(n log k)

 

 

 

5.  Consider the array representation of a binary min-heap containing 1023 elements. The minimum number of comparisons required to find the maximum in the heap is _________ .

 

A.    510

B.     511

C.     512

D.    255


      6.   Consider a graph G=(V, E), where V = { v1,v2,…,v100 }, E={ (vi, vj) 1≤ii, vj) is i–jThe weight of minimum spanning tree of G is ________

A.    99

B.     100

C.     98

D.    101

 

 7.   Graph G is obtained by adding vertex s to K3,4 and making s adjacent to every vertex of K3,4. The minimum number of colours required to edge-colour G is _________ . 

 

A.    2

B.     3

C.     5

D.    7

 

 

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