Previous GATE questions with solutions on Operating Systems (Synchronization)   GATE-1996 1. A critical section is a program segment (a) which should run in a certain specified amount of time (b) which avoids deadlocks (c) where shared resources are accessed (d) which must be enclosed by a pair of semaphore operations, […]

Previous GATE questions with solutions on Operating Systems (CPU Scheduling)  GATE-1995 1. Which scheduling policy is most suitable for a time-shared operating systems? (a) Shortest Job First                        (b) Round Robin (c) First Come First Server           […]

PROCESS MANAGEMENT Previous GATE questions with solutions on Operating Systems (Process Concepts) – CS/IT GATE-1996 1. The process state transition diagram in Fig.1.8 is representative of (a) a batch operating system (b) an operating system with a preemptive scheduler (c) an operating system with a non-preemptive scheduler (d) a uni-programmed operating […]