Operating System MCQs
Solved operating systems MCQ collections from the KnowledgeGate question bank for GATE, UGC NET and placement preparation.
27 articles in this topic
Threading Models MCQs: 12 Solved Operating System Questions with Explanations
Test the boundaries between shared process resources and private thread state through 12 solved PYQs, then revise mapping models, switching and hyper-threading.
Deadlock Prevention MCQs: 12 Solved Questions with Step-by-Step Explanations
Attempt 12 solved deadlock prevention MCQs, then check the explanations on prevention policies, identical-resource numericals and starvation traps.
Operating System Evolution MCQs: 12 Solved Questions with Explanations
Solve 12 MCQs that separate batch, spooling, multiprogramming, time sharing, real-time, embedded, and UNIX concepts, with a fully worked Poisson numerical.
CPU Scheduling Basics and Criteria MCQs: 12 Solved Questions with Explanations
Attempt 12 CPU scheduling MCQs, then check concise explanations, an FCFS metric map, and three calculations built carefully from units.
Introduction to Natural Language Processing MCQs: 12 Solved Questions with Explanations
Attempt 12 NLP MCQs drawn from teaching and state PSC computer science papers, then use the explanations to separate NLU, NLG, speech, entities, and embeddings.
Process Management and Process States MCQs: 12 solved questions
Process management and process states MCQs for GATE, DSSSB and PSU exams: the process lifecycle, legal state transitions, the PCB and TCB, and the schedulers.
Disk Scheduling MCQs: 12 solved questions (FCFS, SSTF, SCAN)
Disk scheduling MCQs for GATE, UGC NET, DSSSB and BPSC: FCFS, SSTF, SCAN and C-SCAN head-movement numericals, seek time and direction changes, each solved.
Threads and Process Creation MCQs: 12 solved questions with explanations
Threads and process creation MCQs for GATE, UGC NET and PSU papers: user versus kernel threads, what threads share, fork counting, and thread cancellation.
File Systems and Allocation MCQs: 12 solved questions with explanations
File systems and allocation MCQs for GATE, state PSC and PSU papers: contiguous, linked and indexed allocation, Unix i-node sizing, directories, disk layout.
Page Replacement Algorithms MCQs: 12 solved questions (FIFO, LRU, Optimal)
Page replacement MCQs for GATE, UGC NET and DSSSB: FIFO and Belady's anomaly, LRU, Optimal, and page-fault counting numericals, each solved and explained.
Virtual Memory and Demand Paging MCQs: 12 solved questions with explanations
Virtual memory and demand paging MCQs for GATE, UGC NET and placement: address translation, page-table size, effective access time, thrashing, frames.
Operating System Basics MCQs: 12 solved questions on OS structure and processes
12 solved operating system basics MCQs from GATE, UGC NET and state papers: OS functions, multiprogramming, system calls, dual mode and context switches.