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NTC PS03EMTH55 (16-04-2025)
Question 1. In a certain cipher language ‘BIKE’ is encrypted as ‘YFHB’ and ‘CAR’ is encrypted as ‘ZXO’. Then ‘SCOOTER’ can be encrypted as     .
i)
VFRRWHU
ii)
PYVVAHJ
iii)
JZKKMCO
iv)
PZLLQBO

Question 2. The encryption function in the substitution cipher must be     .
i)
constant
ii)
onto
iii)
one-one
iv)
none of these

Question 3. If the input is O(k) bits long and it takes O(k2) steps to solve a problem, then it is said to be solvable in     time.
i)
linear
ii)
bilinear
iii)
quadratic
iv)
exponential

Question 4. Which of the following is square root of 28 modulo 31?
i)
3
ii)
9
iii)
14
iv)
20

Question 5. Which of the following is not a Carmichael number?
i)
561
ii)
1105
iii)
1729
iv)
2024

Question 6. π(16) =     .
i)
15
ii)
8
iii)
6
iv)
none of these

Question 7. The order of the point (3,0) on the elliptic Y 2 = X3 15X + 18 is     .
i)
1
ii)
2
iii)
3
iv)
infinite

Question 8. The discriminant of an elliptic curve given by E : Y 2 = X3 + AX + B is     .
i)
4A2 + 27B3
ii)
27A3 + 4B2
iii)
27A2 + 4B3
iv)
4A3 + 27B2