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System calls, Processes, Threads, Inter‐process communication, Concurrency and synchronization. Deadlock. CPU scheduling. Memory management and Virtual memory. File systems. Disks is also under this

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\textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
\\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 2 &4&2&2&2&3&2&2&1&1&1&2.1&4
\\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 4 &1&3&4&4&3&2&2&4&3&1&3&4
\\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 10 &6&8&10&10&9&6&6&9&7&\bf{6}&\bf{8.1}&\bf{10}\\\hline
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Previous GATE Questions in Operating System

1 votes
1 answer
8
0 votes
2 answers
9
​​​Consider the following two threads $\mathrm{T} 1$ and $\mathrm{T} 2$ that update two shared variables $\mathrm{a}$ and $\mathrm{b}$. Assume that initially $\math...
0 votes
2 answers
10
Consider a $512$ GB hard disk with $32$ storage surfaces. There are $4096$ sectors per track and each sector holds $1024$ bytes of data. The number of cylinders in the ha...
12 votes
3 answers
14
Which one or more of the following options guarantee that a computer system will transition from user mode to kernel mode?Function Callmalloc CallPage FaultSystem Call
20 votes
5 answers
15
Which one or more of the following $\text{CPU}$ scheduling algorithms can potentially cause starvation?First-in First-OutRound RobinPriority SchedulingShortest Job First