
CUET 2026 May 23 Shift 1 Computer Science Question Paper with Solution PDF is available here for download. NTA conducted CUET 2026 on May 23, Shift 1, from 2 PM to 5 PM in CBT Mode.
The CUET 2026 Computer Science Question Paper includes questions from Python, Data Structures, Computer Networks and Database Management, with 50 Questions carrying a total of 250 marks. As per the CUET marking scheme, +5 marks are awarded for every correct answer, and -1 mark is deducted for every wrong answer.
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In a relation, if more than one attribute can have distinct values, such attributes are called ______.
Which of the following statement will correctly filter products having an average price of 50?
Each MAC address is a __________.
Arrange the following SQL clauses in the correct order of writing a query:
A. DISTINCT
B. ORDER BY
C. WHERE
D. SELECT
Which SQL query below is correct for deleting all records from the 'Products' table having product names starting with 'M'?
In a table regarding the entries of students, which among these can be the most appropriate for PRIMARY KEY?
What is the number of connections in the mesh topology having 5 devices?
What is a hub used for in a network?
Which of the following SQL query will filter products having cost more than 500?
Which of the following are to be considered while applying JOIN operations on two or more relations?
A. If two tables are to be joined on equality condition on the common attribute, then one may use JOIN with ON clause or NATURAL JOIN in FROM clause.
B. If three tables are to be joined on equality condition, then two JOIN or NATURAL JOIN are required.
C. \( N-1 \) joins are needed to combine \( N \) tables on equality condition.
D. With JOIN clause, we may use any relational operators to combine tuples of two tables.
The HAVING clause is used to filter groups based on which function results?
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What will be the degree of the table 'Book' with 200 rows having attributes as BookID, author, price and year?
Which of the following are Data Definition Language statements?
A. CREATE
B. INSERT
C. ALTER
D. DROP
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In a stack of Size 'N', if there are 'M' elements inserted into the stack and then 'M/2' are popped out. What is the remaining number of elements left in the stack? Assume 'M' \(<\) 'N'.
How do you move the file pointer to the 10th byte from the beginning of a file in Python?
What will be the sequence of the given SQL clauses to display the Customer Id (CustID) and number of cars purchased if the customer purchased more than 1 car from SALE table?
A. GROUP BY CustID
B. COUNT(*)
C. HAVING COUNT (*) \(>\) 1
D. FROM SALE
E. SELECT CustID
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Which of the following statements are correct with respect to handling exceptions in Python?
A. The try block is used to catch exceptions.
B. The except block is executed if an exception occurs.
C. You can have multiple except blocks.
D. The else block executes if no exceptions occur.
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Which of the following function can be used to insert a new element at the end of a queue?
(Assume a queue named myQueue has been created by assigning an empty list i.e., myQueue = list())
The worst case time complexity of finding an element using linear search is ______.
A stack follows ______ principle.
If a list is having 'n' elements, then how many passes 'Selection Sort' will require to sort the list?
If every item of the list maps to a unique index in the hash table, the hash function is called a ______ hash function.
If there is a nested loop and also a single loop, then the time complexity will be estimated on the basis of the ______ loop only.
Identify the technique in which a new application is executed in a virtual environment and its behavioral fingerprint is observed for a possible malware.
If a data has outliers, then which measure of central tendency is preferred for finding central value?
Insertion sort will have a time complexity of ______ in the worst case.
The elements A, B, C, D, E are to be entered in an empty queue starting from A. The following operations are performed:
Enqueue(), Enqueue(), Enqueue(), Dequeue(), Dequeue(), Enqueue(), Dequeue()
What will be the status of the queue after the above operation?
Which of the following devices uses IP address as means of communication?
A. Hub
B. Gateway
C. Router
D. Repeater
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Give output of the evaluation of the following postfix expression:
10 2 8 * + 3 -
__________ is used to insert a new element to the queue at the __________ end.
In a dataset of cars, a column 'colour' has missing values. The dataset has to be free of any missing values. Which measure of central tendency we should use to fill the data?
Can a single try block have multiple except clauses in Python?
To upload a text document at the rate of 5 pages per 10 seconds. What will be the required data rate of the channel, assuming 1 page contain 1000 characters and each character is of 8 bits.
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Assume a list = [2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14]
How many comparisons are required to find element '4' in the list using Binary search?
After two complete passes of Bubble Sort on the array [7, 2, 9, 4], what will the new order be?
A. 7
B. 2
C. 4
D. 9
The columns of a relation represent __________.
All the packets coming from outside the network are filtered at which of the following devices?
Consider the runs scored by Virat Kohli in IPL 2025 as 90, 102, 115, 85, 90, 100, 110, 110 in the matches. Find the standard deviation of the score.
What is the worst-case scenario for a linear search in an array of 'n' elements?
Assume that in a relation, more than one attribute is eligible to be a primary key. Since there can only be 1 primary key, so what will we call the other key(s)?
Arrange the following in the correct order for pickling data in Python:
A. listvalues = ['abc', 'Gen', 1, 2.4]
B. pickle.load(fileobject)
C. fileobject = open("file.dat", "wb")
D. pickle.dump(listvalues, fileobject)
Which of the following are applications of a stack?
A. Print commands from multiple files from the same computer
B. Bangles worn on a wrist
C. Multiple chairs in a vertical pile
D. Pile of clothes in an almirah
Which of the following attacks are associated with network intrusion?
A. Traffic flooding
B. Asymmetric routing
C. Trojan-based attacks
D. Buffer overflow attacks
Which of the following protocols is used for transferring files from one machine to another even though both systems have different directory structures?
The elements to be inserted in the Deque are 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, starting from 10. What will be the sequence of elements after the following operations are performed on a Deque: INSERTFRONT(), INSERTREAR(), INSERTFRONT(), DELETEREAR(), DELETEFRONT(), INSERTFRONT(), INSERTREAR(), INSERTFRONT()?
A. 10
B. 40
C. 50
D. 60
Which attribute is added to display whisker in horizontal direction in the boxplot?
Pandas provide a function __________ to check whether any value is missing or not in the DataFrame.
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Which of the following are single row functions?
A. MAX()
B. SUM()
C. MOD()
D. DAY()
__________ method can also be used to change the data values of a row to a particular value.
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What is the purpose of JavaScript in a website?
In the context of project, where it require many individuals efforts to accomplish a task is known as __________.
Which of the following function of Pandas will replaces value by the value before the missing value?
What does a left-skewed histogram indicate?
Which property can be used to fill to each hist with pattern in histogram?
Arrange the following steps of project based learning:
A. Guidance and Monitoring
B. Defining a plan
C. Identification of project
D. Outcome of project
How do you select rows from a DataFrame 'df' where the 'Salary' column is greater than 50000?
In case of plots in Python, Marker "3" describes __________.
Arrange the steps required to read data from a MySQL database to a DataFrame:
A. pip install pymysql
B. pip install sqlalchemy
C. pandas.read_sql_query(query, sql_conn)
D. engine=create_engine('driver://username:password@host/name_of_database', index=false)
Which function is used to sort a Pandas DataFrame in descending order based on a column?
Which function is used to get the quartiles from a dataframe 'df'?
__________ is the global network of computing devices.
Recent cyber crime that include locking a person out of his/her own device until a payment is made can be termed as __________.
__________ gives the transpose of a DataFrame.
Which SQL query correctly filters out groups with a total sales amount greater than 10,000?
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With reference to the parameter header of pd.read_csv(), which of the parameter values allow the column names to be inferred from the first line of csv file?
A. header = 1
B. header = 0
C. header = True
D. header = False
Which of the following describes plagiarism?
Which of the following operation combines tuples from two relations resulting in all pairs of rows from the two input relations, regardless of whether or not they have the same values on common attributes?
What will be the output of the following code?
>>> seriesCapCntry = pd.Series(['NewDelhi', 'WashingtonDC', 'London', 'Paris'], index=['India', 'USA', 'UK', 'France'])
>>> seriesCapCntry[1:3]
For the DataFrame (df) given below, which of the following are correct ways to access column 'Texas'?
A. df['Texas']
B. df('Texas')
C. df.Texas
D. df.['Texas']
What does the df.isnull().sum() function do in Pandas?
Arrange the following steps in the working of a dynamic web page:
A. HTTP response
B. An Application program handles HTTP requests
C. The program executes and produces HTML output
D. HTTP request
In the context of Project-based learning, the following question has to be solved: What is the total population, total male population, and total female population aged 10 to 24 in India? Arrange the following solution steps to accomplish the same:
A. Read CSV file and check the shape of the DataFrame.
B. Identify the columns and the number of rows that you want to use for plotting.
C. Create a new DataFrame containing the filtered data and Group data as per the requirement.
D. Plot data for the DataFrame.
Which of the following is a benefit of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)?
How can you display percentage values inside a pie chart in Matplotlib?
To show a forecast of a stock performance throughout the year, which plot is most suitable?
What is the best way to verify the legitimacy of an email claiming to be from your bank?
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