
System Commands Quiz 1: 23 February 2025 (January 2025 term)
The IIT Madras BS System Commands (System Commands) Quiz 1 paper sat on 23 Feb 2025, in the January 2025 term: 15 questions for 50 marks in 120 minutes. Every question is below with its answer. Take it as a timed mock test to be marked, or read it through first.
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- 50
- 120 min
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Question 2
9
6
3
0
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0
Question 3
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Question 4
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Question 5
Which of the following shell variables can be used to get the return code of the last command?
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Question 9
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Question 10
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Question 11
The total number of files in the directory
The total number of blocks used by the files and directories
The total size of the directory in bytes
The total number of links to the directory
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The total number of blocks used by the files and directories
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Question 13
96 blocks
96 bytes
96 kilobytes
96 bits
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96 bytes
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Question 15
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