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MCA (Revised) / BCA (Revised)


Term-End Examination
June, 2021

MCS-013 : DISCRETE MATHEMATICS

Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50

Note : Question no. 1 is compulsory. Attempt any three


questions from the rest.

1. (a) Write the truth value of the conjunction of :


‘‘The earth is round’’ and ‘‘3 > 4’’. 2

(b) Use Mathematical Induction to prove that :


1 1 1 1
1+ + + ... 2–  n  N. 4
4 9 2 n
n

(c) If f : R  R is a function such that


f(x) = 3x – 2, prove that f is injective. Also
find the inverse of f. 5

(d) Show that p(q  r) and (p  q)  (p  r)


are logically equivalent. 3

MCS-013 1 P.T.O.
(e) A and B are two mutually exclusive events
such that P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.2. What
is the probability that :
(i) A does not occur ?
(ii) A or B does not occur ?
(iii) Either A or B does not occur ? 3
(f) Find the number of ways of placing
n people in n – 1 rooms, no room being
empty. 3
2. (a) What is integer partition ? Write down all
the partitions of 8. Also find P84 and P87 . 4

(b) Find Boolean Expression for the following


logical circuit : 4

(c) Let two functions be such that f(x) = x2 + 2


and g(x) = 2x. Define fog and gof. 2

3. (a) Reduce the following Boolean Expression to


simpler form : 4
E(X1, X2, X3) = (X1  X2  X3)  (X1  X2) 
(X2  X3)

(b) Show that ~(p  q)  p is a tautology. 2

(c) Prove that 2 is irrational. 4

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4. (a) What is Relation ? How is relation different
from function ? Explain any two properties
of relations with an example. 5

(b) A company has the following professionals :


Project Leaders – 5, Team Leaders – 6,
System Architects – 3.

Find how many different committees can be


formed of 10 professionals, each containing
at least 2 Project Leaders, at least 3 Team
Leaders and at least 1 System Architect. 3

(c) Find the dual of A  B  C. 2

5. (a) Explain the Identity Laws of Boolean


Algebra. 2

(b) State and prove the Addition Theorem of


Probability. 4

(c) Verify that p  q  ~ p is a contradiction. 2

(d) What is Exclusive Disjunction ? Write truth


table for p  q. 2

MCS-013 3 P.T.O.

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