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Karnataka PGCET 2026 MBA Question Paper is available for download here. Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has conducted Karnataka PGCET 2026 MBA exam on June 14 from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. Karnataka PGCET 2026 MBA Question Paper consists of 100 questions for 100 marks to be attempted in 120 minutes.
- Karnataka PGCET MBA Question Paper 2026 is divided into Computer Awareness, Analytical Ability and logical Reasoning, Quantitative Analysis, English language and General Knowledge questions.
- Each correct answer carries 1 mark and there is no negative marking for incorrect answers.
Karnataka PGCET 2026 MBA Question Paper with Solutions
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Which component of the central processing unit is primarily responsible for fetching, decoding and executing instructions?
Arrange the given events in chronological order.
| Option | Event |
|---|---|
| (b) | Creation of WWW |
| (a) | Launch of Google |
| (d) | Launch of Facebook |
| (c) | Introduction of the iPhone |
Correct Order: (b) → (a) → (d) → (c)
Which type of RAM is generally used as the main memory in modern PCs and requires periodic refreshing?
Match the following Network devices in List-I with its Functions in List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Hub | (i) | Connects two LAN networks |
| (b) | Bridge | (ii) | Connects different networks |
| (c) | Router | (iii) | Connects networks using different protocols |
| (d) | Gateway | (iv) | Connects multiple devices in a network |
Which type of memory is used to maximize speed in large scientific computers?
| Option | Statement | Type |
|---|---|---|
| (i) | Reduced Data Redundancy | Advantage |
| (ii) | Improved Data Security | Advantage |
| (iii) | Increased Data Inconsistency | Not an advantage |
| (iv) | Backup and Recovery | Advantage |
Correct Answer: (i), (ii), (iv)
Which metric is most useful for measuring performance when handling floating-point operations involving very large OR very small numbers that require high precision calculations?
Which of the following programming language uses objects, classes, inheritance, and polymorphism?
Match the following and select the correct answer for popular programming languages in List-I with their use cases in List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Java | (i) | Game development and high performance apps |
| (b) | Python | (ii) | Web development, front-end scripting |
| (c) | JavaScript | (iii) | Data Science and AI |
| (d) | C++ | (iv) | Enterprise apps and Android apps |
Which of the following is NOT the layer of the UNIX operating system?
In an operating system, the interval between the time of submission of a job to the system for processing and the time of first response from the system for the job is known as
Which of the following is NOT a Network Operating System?
Which of the following operations is NOT typically performed by the Arithmetic Logic Unit?
The seven and eight-bit alphanumeric code that is needed to represent more than 64 characters is called ________.
A group of eight distinct elements can be represented by a ______ code.
Consider the following weights in the BCD code.
\[ (i)\;4 \qquad (ii)\;8 \qquad (iii)\;1 \qquad (iv)\;2 \]
Find the correct sequence from left to right.
What is the decimal equivalent of \((B65F)_{16}\)?
Add the binary numbers \(10011\) and \(1001\) in both decimal and binary forms. The values are:
Which of the following definition is true for 2's complement subtract operation?
Consider the following statements:
| Step | Operation |
|---|---|
| (i) | Perform addition/subtraction on the mantissas |
| (ii) | Set the exponent of the result |
| (iii) | Choose the number with the smaller exponent and shift its mantissa |
| (iv) | Normalize the result |
Correct sequence: (iii) → (i) → (iv) → (ii)
| Option | Number Representation System |
|---|---|
| (a) | Sign-and-magnitude |
| (b) | Sign-9's complement |
| (c) | 1's complement |
| (d) | Sign-10's complement |
Which of the following best suits an operating system?
Kernel mode operation is also called as ________.
Consider the following storage levels and find the correct sequence for the migration of the integer A from larger storage to smaller one.
\[ (i)\ Hardware Register \] \[ (ii)\ Main Memory \] \[ (iii)\ Cache \] \[ (iv)\ Magnetic Disk \]
The correct result of 2's complement addition operation for the following values is ______.
\[ 0010 \quad (+2) \]
\[ 0011 \quad (+3) \]
Match the following List-I with corresponding List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Binomial | (i) | x = 0, 1 only two values |
| (b) | Normal | (ii) | Discrete distribution |
| (c) | Statistic | (iii) | Symmetric distribution |
| (d) | Bernoulli | (iv) | Not a distribution |
Find the missing term in the given sequence.
\[ 1,\ 5,\ 5,\ 10,\ 4,\ 15,\ 13,\ \hspace{1cm} \]
Sangeetha was facing north-west direction. If she was playing carrom with Sudha in the standard seating pattern, in which direction was Sudha facing?
If \(X\), \(Y\) and \(Z\) are independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables, then the mean and variance of \(X\), \(Y\) and \(Z\) are
If a lion has four legs, a monkey has four legs and an elephant has four legs, then how many legs do we have?
Which of the following Venn diagram best represents the relationship among Americans, Professors and Men?
In the following figure, square represents students, triangle represents teachers, circle represents professors and rectangle represents Indians.
Which set of letters represents Indians who are not students?
Choose the missing term in place of question mark (?) on the basis of the relationship between the word given on the left/right side of the sign of analogy.
\[ BOOKS : 2,15,15,11,19 :: PAPER : ? \]
Choose the correct meaning of degrees of freedom in statistical concept if \(n\) is number of observations.
Match the following List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Mean | (i) | List of individual values |
| (b) | Median | (ii) | Value appears most often |
| (c) | Mode | (iii) | Average for complete data |
| (d) | Frequency Distribution | (iv) | Location average |
The two statements given are followed by two Conclusions I and II. You have to consider the two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.
Statements:
Statistics is a process of data analysis.
Knowledge requires light to enlighten the core of cognitive aspect.
Conclusions:
Statistics is the tool to analyse the data and decision-making.
Statistics is a static process for mind.
Given below are pictures of a dice.
Which number is on the face opposite to 3?
In the following question, two statements are given. They may or may not be cause and effect relationship between the two statements.
Statement I: As the income increases, the expenditure also increases.
Statement II: The age of wife and husband changes in positive direction.
Choose an appropriate option.
It is desirable to be able to distinguish between strong arguments and weak arguments. Strong arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. Weak arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to trivial aspects of the question.
The Statement below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a strong argument and which is a weak argument.
Statement: Should larger the sample size minimize the experimental error?
Arguments:
I. Yes, this is one of the ways to improve the efficiency of the estimator.
II. No, sample size is not at all a matter.
‘A’ and ‘B’ are two stations 465 km apart. A train starts from ‘A’ at 10 a.m. and travels towards ‘B’ at 65 kmph. Another train starts from ‘B’ at 11 a.m. and travels towards ‘A’ at 35 kmph. At what time do they meet?
Five years ago, mother was three times older than daughter. Ten years later, mother will be twice as old as daughter. How old are daughter and mother now?
The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 40 square units if its length is reduced by 7 units and breadth is increased by 2 units. If we increase the length by 4 units and breadth by 4 units, then the area is increased by 108 square units. Find the length and breadth.
There are four consecutive odd numbers \(x_1, x_2, x_3\) and \(x_4\) and three consecutive even numbers \(y_1, y_2\) and \(y_3\). The average of odd numbers is 12 less than the average of even numbers. If the sum of three even numbers is 32 less than the sum of four odd numbers, then the average of \(x_1, x_2, x_3\) and \(x_4\) is
There is a list of a hospital with admitted patients by age for one day. There were 1000 patients attended. Among these patients, children below 5 years were 600; 200 were between the age of 5 years and 45 years and 200 were above 45 years. Then the proportion of patients attended by the hospital to be of age less than five years and adults of 45 years and above is
A class of 40 students showed that 20% were taller, 40% were shorter and 40% were shortest. Then the probability that the students are either taller or shortest is?
In a certain college in Andhra Pradesh there were 800 students. Among them 320 were normal, 200 with anaemia, 160 with B-complex deficiency and 120 with Vitamin A deficiency. Complete the table and identify the correct statements.
Consider the following statements:
[(i)] If you add 9 to each entry that adds 9 to the average.
[(ii)] If you add 9 to each entry that adds 9 to the standard deviation.
[(iii)] If you double each entry on a list that doubles the average.
[(iv)] If you double each entry on a list that doubles the standard deviation.
Which of the following is correct?
The distribution of qualitative variables is summarised as
The distribution of family income in 1987 in a city is given below:
| Percentile | Family Income |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1300 |
| 10 | 8500 |
| 25 | 17100 |
| 50 | 30800 |
| 75 | 48000 |
| 90 | 68500 |
| 99 | 125000 |
Statement (i): 50% of the population has income less than
30,800.
Statement (ii): Middle 50% of the population has income in the range
(17,100 -- 48,000).
Statement (iii): 99% of the population has the income
(1,25,000).
Statement (iv): Median income is
(30,800).
The following table shows the number of working hours and the number of employees employed in a small-scale industry.
| Number of Working Hours | Number of Employees |
|---|---|
| 3–5 | 7 |
| 5–7 | 10 |
| 7–9 | 16 |
| 9–11 | 47 |
| 11–13 | 12 |
| 13–15 | 8 |
| Total | 100 |
Statement (i): Average number of working hours of employees is 9.42 hours.
Statement (ii): The number of workers working less than nine hours is 33.
Statement (iii): The number of workers working more than average working hours is 67.
Choose the correct answer:
Correlation coefficient is not affected by
[(i)] Interchanging the two variables
[(ii)] Adding the same number to all the values of one variable
[(iii)] Multiplying all the values of one variable by the same positive number
[(iv)] Multiplying all the values of one variable by the same negative number
Choose the correct answer from the following:
Find the Mean and Median of the data
\[ 11,\ 7,\ 6,\ 9,\ 12,\ 15,\ 19,\ 20 \]
In a cross-sectional study conducted at a clinic, the researcher is interested to know what proportion of the patients is suffering from tuberculosis and HIV.
| Tuberculosis (Yes) | Tuberculosis (No) | |
|---|---|---|
| HIV +ve | 16 | 4 |
| HIV -ve | 24 | 456 |
The probability that a person selected is not suffering from both tuberculosis and HIV is
The sampling procedure and the situation is given in the following table:
If the probability of getting Rh+ve is 0.9 and probability of new born being male is \(1/2\), then the probability of new born being male with Rh+ve is
Read the following sentences and identify which of them are in the passive form.
[(a)] My pocket is picked.
[(b)] The snake was killed by the boy.
[(c)] He asked him to get out.
[(d)] They were asked to keep quiet.
Choose the appropriate question tag:
You heard what I told him, ________
Choose the best alternative and complete the sentence.
In my opinion, he seems to enjoy ________ to school.
[(i)] not going
[(ii)] going
[(iii)] by going
[(iv)] in going
The words similar in meaning to the word 'zigzag'.
[(a)] Oblique
[(b)] Winding
[(c)] Straight
[(d)] Direct
The sentence that is opposite in meaning to the sentence, ``He has been always vindictive''.
Find the sentences that are grammatically incorrect.
[(i)] I asked him not to do that.
[(ii)] I asked him don't be doing that.
[(iii)] I asked him he won't be doing that.
[(iv)] I asked him, should he do that.
Choose the correct option which has rectified the error in the following sentence:
The news are that the war will come to an end soon.
Choose the correct option which has rectified the error in the following sentence:
We will be going to Shimla in the vacation in May.
Match the words in List-I with those in List-II.
| Event | Year |
|---|---|
| (b) | 1989 |
| (a) | 1998 |
| (d) | 2004 |
| (c) | 2007 |
The meaning of the following idiomatic expression 'under a cloud'.
To work on this project is like flogging a dead horse. This idiomatic expression means
Find the analogy for the following.
\[ Asthma : Lungs :: Conjunctivitis : ? \]
Match the works given in List-I with the writers in List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Caesar and Cleopatra | (i) | George Eliot |
| (b) | Antony and Cleopatra | (ii) | Jane Austen |
| (c) | Pride and Prejudice | (iii) | George Bernard Shaw |
| (d) | Middlemarch | (iv) | William Shakespeare |
'The Pilgrim's Progress' was written by ________.
Substitute the following phrase with one word, choosing from the given options.
A person who does not believe in God.
[(a)] Theist
[(b)] Non-believer
[(c)] Cultist
[(d)] Atheist
Which of the following is/are not the methods for Environmental Study?
[(a)] TOW
[(b)] ETOP
[(c)] SWOC
[(d)] MRTP
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct option using the codes given below:
| List-I (Name of the Sports) | List-II (Arjuna Award Winners-2025) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Athletics | (i) | Harmanpreet Singh |
| (b) | Hockey | (ii) | Sarabjot Singh |
| (c) | Shooting | (iii) | Vantika Agrawal |
| (d) | Chess | (iv) | Jyothi Yarraji |
Which of the following statements regarding international environment related protocols/agreements are correct?
[(I)] The Montreal Protocol addresses ozone depletion.
[(II)] The Paris Agreement aims to limit global warming to well below \(2^\circ C\).
[(III)] The Kyoto Protocol (1997) committed developed nations to an average of 5% GHG reduction over 2008--2012.
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
[(I)] Depreciation of currency improves exports.
[(II)] Depreciation of currency improves imports.
[(III)] Appreciation of currency improves exports.
[(IV)] Appreciation of currency worsens the imports.
The 'scalar chain' in management refers to
Match the List-I (Management Thinkers) with List-II (Contributions) and choose the correct option.
| List-I (Management Thinkers) | List-II (Contributions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | F.W. Taylor | (i) | Administrative principles of management |
| (b) | Henri Fayol | (ii) | Human relations approach |
| (c) | Elton Mayo | (iii) | Scientific management principles |
| (d) | Peter F. Drucker | (iv) | Management by objectives |
Which of the statements given below is/are correct?
[(a)] Angel investors provide funding at an early stage of a startup.
[(b)] An IPO allows a company to raise funds from the public.
[(c)] All startups must go for IPO to survive.
The 'Desert National Park' is located in which of the following places?
Match the items in List-I with items in List-II and choose the correct answer.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Solar cell | (i) | Perfect diamagnet |
| (b) | LED | (ii) | Voltage-controlled Voltage Source (VCVS) |
| (c) | Op-amp | (iii) | Photovoltaic device |
| (d) | Superconductor | (iv) | p-n junction diode |
Which organization/foundation has instituted and sponsoring the prestigious 'Saraswati Samman' literary award?
Match the states in List-I with its famous dance form in List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Kerala | (i) | Bharatanatyam |
| (b) | Assam | (ii) | Kathakali |
| (c) | Tamil Nadu | (iii) | Kuchipudi |
| (d) | Andhra Pradesh | (iv) | Sattriya |
Which is the correct sequence of the court/field dimensions of the following games from small court to large court?
[(a)] Basketball
[(b)] Football
[(c)] Handball
[(d)] Tennis
[(e)] Badminton
Which is the correct sequence of the process of communication?
[(a)] Receiver
[(b)] Encoder
[(c)] Channel
[(d)] Source
Consider the following statements regarding business reports:
[(a)] A good report should be objective and concise.
[(b)] Reports should contain verified facts and findings.
[(c)] Visual aids like graphs disrupt the flow in reports.
[(d)] Business reports should avoid any logical structure.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Consider the following statements regarding Indian puppetry.
Statement I: 'Kathputli' is a form of shadow puppetry originating from the state of Rajasthan.
Statement II: 'Tholpavakoothu' is a traditional glove puppet form practised in Kerala.
Match the playwrights in List-I with their most iconic play in List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Girish Karnad | (i) | Andhayug |
| (b) | Vijay Tendulkar | (ii) | Adhe-Adhure |
| (c) | Mohan Rakesh | (iii) | Sakharam Binder |
| (d) | Dharamvir Bharati | (iv) | Hayavadana |
The first Indian Hindu Marriage Act was enacted after Independence in the year:
The Tibetan Buddhist settlement at Bylakuppe is situated in which taluk?
Match the authors with their plays/books.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Rabindranath Tagore | (i) | Mrityunjay |
| (b) | Sumitranandan Pant | (ii) | Mahamayi |
| (c) | Chandrashekhara Kambara | (iii) | Chidambara |
| (d) | Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya | (iv) | Post Office |
Who coined the phrase 'Unity in Diversity'?
Magna Carta was signed in the year
Match the Features of the Indian Constitution with their sources.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Fundamental Rights | (i) | South Africa |
| (b) | Directive Principles of State Policy | (ii) | U.S.A. |
| (c) | Parliamentary Government | (iii) | Ireland |
| (d) | Election of Rajya Sabha Members | (iv) | U.K. |
Match the authors with their works.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | David Szalay | (i) | The Wilderness |
| (b) | Samantha Harvey | (ii) | The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida |
| (c) | Paul Lynch | (iii) | Prophet Song |
| (d) | Shehan Karunatilaka | (iv) | Flesh |
Select the correct objectives of 'Khelo India' Games among the following using the codes given below:
[(i)] Providing scholarship to sports persons
[(ii)] Promoting grassroot talent
[(iii)] Providing structured training
[(iv)] Promoting international level elite athletes
Arrange the following Indian Satellites according to chronological order of launch:
[(i)] INSAT
[(ii)] Aryabhata
[(iii)] EDUSAT
[(iv)] GSAT
The Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2025 was awarded to _________ country's activist _________ for "her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from authoritarian rule to democracy".
Consider the following statements about the Padma Shri Award:
[(i)] Padma Shri Award is the highest civilian award in India.
[(ii)] It is awarded for distinguished service in various fields.
[(iii)] It was instituted in 1954.
[(iv)] It cannot be awarded to foreign nationals.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which statesman from Karnataka was awarded the Bharat Ratna for his exceptional contributions to public service and administration, economic planning and industrial development, irrigation and water resource management, engineering and nation-building?
Which Indian cricketer was included in the ICC Hall of Fame in 2025?
The 'Common Carbon Metric' supported by UNEP has been developed for
Karnataka PGCET 2026 Exam Pattern
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| Exam Mode | OMR based |
| Exam Duration | 120 minutes |
| Question Type | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
| Total Questions | 100 questions (all compulsory) |
| Maximum Marks | 100 |
| Marking Scheme | +1 for correct, 0 for incorrect |
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