Push Down Automata and Context Free Language · Theory of Computation · GATE CSE
Marks 1
Which of the following grammars is/are ambiguous?
Consider the following grammar where $S$ is the start symbol, and $a$ and $b$ are terminal symbols.
$$ S \rightarrow a S b S|b S| \in $$
Which of the following statements is/are true?
Which ONE of the following languages is accepted by a deterministic pushdown automaton?
Let $G_1, G_2$ be Context Free Grammars (CFGs) and $R$ be a regular expression. For a grammar $G$, let $L(G)$ denote the language generated by $G$. Which ONE among the following questions is decidable?
Consider the two lists List-I and List-II given below:
| List - I | List - II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (i) | Context free languages | (a) | Closed under union |
| (ii) | Recursive languages | (b) | Not closed under complementation |
| (iii) | Regular languages | (c) | Closed under intersection |
For matching of items in List-I with those in List-II, which of the following option(s) is/ are CORRECT?
Consider the following context-free grammar $G$, where $S, A$, and $B$ are the variables (nonterminals), $a$ and $b$ are the terminal symbols, $S$ is the start variable, and the rules of $G$ are described as:
$$\begin{aligned} & S \rightarrow a a B \mid A b b \\ & A \rightarrow a \mid a A \\ & B \rightarrow b \mid b B \end{aligned}$$
Which ONE of the languages $L(G)$ is accepted by $G$ ?
The language generated by the above grammar over the alphabet $$\left\{ {a,\,b} \right\}$$ is the set of
$$\,\,\,{L_2} = \left\{ {{0^{n + m}}{1^{n + m}}{0^m}\left| {n,m \ge 0} \right.} \right\},$$ and
$$\,\,\,\,{L_3} = \left\{ {{0^{n + m}}{1^{n + m}}{0^{n + m}}\left| {n,m \ge 0} \right.} \right\},$$ Which of these languages are NOT context free?
$$S \to a\,\alpha \,\,b\left| {\,\,b\,\alpha } \right.\,c\,\left| {aB} \right.$$
$$S \to \alpha S\,\left| b \right.$$
$$S \to \alpha \,bb\,\left| {ab} \right.$$
$$S\alpha \to bdb\,\left| b \right.$$
the above grammar is
The intersection of two $$CFL's$$ is also $$CFL.$$
All subjects of regular sets are regular.
Regularity is preserved under the operation of string reversal.
A minimal $$DFA$$ that is equivalent to an $$NFDA$$ with $$n$$ modes has always 2n states
A is recursive if both a and its complement are accepted by Turing Machine M accepts.
Marks 2
Let $\Sigma=\{a, b, c, d\}$ and let $L=\left\{a^i b^j c^k d^l \mid i, j, k, l \geq 0\right\}$.
Which of the following constraints ensure(s) that the language $L$ is context-free?
Consider the following context-free grammar $G$ :
$$ \begin{aligned} & S \rightarrow a b a A B A b b a \\ & A \rightarrow a a B B A b \mid b B a b a a \\ & B \rightarrow a B b \mid a b \end{aligned} $$
In the above grammar, $S$ is the start symbol, $a$ and $b$ are terminal symbols, and $A$ and $B$ are non-terminal symbols.
Let $L(G)$ be the language generated by the grammar $G$. For a string $s \in L(G)$, let $n_1(s)$ be the number of a's in $s$ and $n_2(s)$ be the number of b's in $s$.
Which of the following statements is/are true?
Consider the following two languages over the alphabet $\{a, b, c\}$, where $m$ and $n$ are natural numbers.
$$\begin{aligned} & L_1=\left\{a^m b^m c^{m+n} \mid m, n \geq 1\right\} \\ & L_2=\left\{a^m b^n c^{m+n} \mid m, n \geq 1\right\} \end{aligned}$$
Which ONE of the following statements is CORRECT?
Consider a context-free grammar $G$ with the following 3 rules.
$S \rightarrow aS, \ S \rightarrow aSbS, S \rightarrow c$
Let $w \in L(G)$.
Let $n_a(w)$, $n_b(w)$, $n_c(w)$ denote the number of times $a$, $b$, $c$ occur in $w$, respectively. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
Let G = (V, Σ, S, P) be a context-free grammar in Chomsky Normal Form with Σ = { a, b, c } and V containing 10 variable symbols including the start symbol S. The string w = a30b30c30 is derivable from S. The number of steps (application of rules) in the derivation S ⟹ w is _______
Consider the context-free grammar G below
$$\matrix{ S & \to & {aSb|X} \cr X & \to & {aX|Xb|a|b,} \cr } $$
where S and X are non-terminals, and a and b are terminal symbols. The starting non-terminal is S.
Which one of the following statements is CORRECT?
Consider the pushdown automation (PDA) P below, which runs on the input alphabet {a, b}, has stack alphabet {$$\bot$$, A}, and has three states {s, p, q}, with s being the start state. A transition from state u to state v, labelled c/X/$$\gamma$$, where c is an input symbol or $$\in $$, X is a stack symbol, and $$\gamma$$ is a string of stack symbols, represents the fact that in state u, the PDA can read c from the input, with X on the top of its stack, pop X from the stack, push in the string $$\gamma$$ on the stack, and go to state v. In the initial configuration, the stack has only the symbol $$\bot$$ in it. The PDA accepts by empty stack.

Which one of the following options correctly describes the language accepted by P?
Consider the following languages:
L1 = {an wan | w $$\in$$ {a, b}*}
L2 = {wxwR | w, x $$\in$$ {a, b}*, | w | , | x | > 0}
Note that wR is the reversal of the string w. Which of the following is/are TRUE?
Consider the following languages:
$$\eqalign{ & {L_1} = \{ ww|w \in \{ a,b\} *\} \cr & {L_2} = \{ {a^n}{b^n}{c^m}|m,\,n \ge 0\} \cr & {L_3} = \{ {a^m}{b^n}{c^n}|m,\,n \ge 0\} \cr} $$
Which of the following statements is/are FALSE?
For a string w, we define wR to be the reverse of w. For example, if w = 01101 then wR = 10110.
Which of the following languages is/are context-free?
In a pushdown automaton P = (Q, ∑, Γ, δ, q0, F), a transition of the form,
where p, q ∈ Q, a ∈ Σ ∪ {ϵ}, and X, Y ∈ Γ ∪ {ϵ}, represents
(q, Y) ∈ δ(p, a, X).
Consider the following pushdown automaton over the input alphabet ∑ = {a, b} and stack alphabet Γ = {#, A}.
The number of strings of length 100 accepted by the above pushdown automaton is ______
Consider the following languages.
L1 = {wxyx | w, x, y ∈ (0 + 1)+}
L2 = {xy | x, y ∈ (a + b)*, |x| = |y|, x ≠ y}
Which one of the following is TRUE?
Which one of the following languages over $\Sigma=\{a, b\}$ is NOT context-free?
$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,{\rm I}.\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ $$\left\{ {{a^m}{b^n}{c^p}{d^q}} \right.|m + p = n + q,$$ where $$\left. {m,n,p,q \ge 0} \right\}$$
$$\,\,\,\,\,\,{\rm II}.\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ $$\left\{ {{a^m}{b^n}{c^p}{d^q}} \right.|m = n$$ and $$p=q,$$ where $$\left. {m,n,p,q \ge 0} \right\}$$
$$\,\,\,\,{\rm III}.\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ $$\left\{ {{a^m}{b^n}{c^p}{d^q}} \right.|m = n = p$$ and $$p \ne q,$$ where $$\left. {m,n,p,q \ge 0} \right\}$$
$$\,\,\,\,{\rm IV}.\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ $$\left\{ {{a^m}{b^n}{c^p}{d^q}} \right.|mn = p + q,$$ where $$\left. {m,n,p,q \ge 0} \right\}$$
Which of the languages above are context-free?
$$\eqalign{ & {G_1}:\,\,\,\,\,S \to aS|B,\,\,B \to b|bB \cr & {G_2}:\,\,\,\,\,S \to aA|bB,\,\,A \to aA|B|\varepsilon ,\,\,B \to bB|\varepsilon \cr} $$
Which one of the following pairs of languages is generated by $${G_1}$$ and $${G_2}$$, respectively?
$$\eqalign{ & {L_1} = \left\{ {{0^n}\,{1^n}\,\left| {n \ge } \right.0} \right\} \cr & {L_2} = \left\{ {wc{w^r}\,\left| {w \in \left\{ {0,\,1} \right\}{}^ * } \right.} \right\} \cr & {L_3} = \left\{ {w{w^r}\,\left| {w \in \left\{ {0,\,1} \right\}{}^ * } \right.} \right\} \cr} $$
Here, $${w^r}$$ is the reverse of the string $$w.$$ Which of these languages are deterministic Context- free languages?
Which of the following are FALSE?
$$1.$$ Complement of $$L(A)$$ is context - free.
$$2.$$ $$L(A)$$ $$ = \left( {{{11}^ * }0 + 0} \right)\left( {0 + 1} \right){}^ * {0^ * }\left. {{1^ * }} \right)$$
$$3.$$ For the language accepted by $$A, A$$ is the minimal $$DFA.$$
$$4.$$ $$A$$ accepts all strings over $$\left\{ {0,1} \right\}$$ of length at least $$2.$$
Which of the following statements is not TRUE?
$$1.$$ Every left-recursive grammar can be converted to a right-recursive grammar and vice-versa
$$2.$$ All ε-productions can be removed from any context-free grammar by suitable transformations
$$3.$$ The language generated by a context-free grammar all of whose productions are of the form $$X \to w$$ or $$X \to wY$$ (where, $$w$$ is a string of terminals and $$Y$$ is a non terminal), is always regular
$$4.$$ The derivation trees of strings generated by a context-free grammar in Chomsky Normal Form are always binary trees
List-$${\rm I}$$
$$E)$$ Checking that identifiers are declared before their
$$F)$$ Number of formal parameters in the declaration of a function agrees with the number of actual parameters in a use of that function
$$G)$$ Arithmetic expression with matched pairs of parentheses
$$H)$$ Palindromes
List-$${\rm II}$$
$$P)$$ $$L = \left\{ {{a^n}{b^m}{c^n}{d^m}\,|\,n \ge 1,m \ge 1} \right\}$$
$$Q)$$ $$X \to XbX\,|\,XcX\,|\,dXf\,|g$$
$$R)$$ $$L = \left\{ {www\,|\,w \in \left( {a\,|\,b} \right){}^ * } \right\}$$
$$S)$$ $$X \to bXB\,|\,cXc\,|\,\varepsilon $$
For the correct string of (earlier question) how many derivation trees are there?
Which of the following strings is generated by the grammar?
$$G = \left\{ {S \to SS,\,S \to ab,\,S \to ba,\,S \to \varepsilon } \right\}$$
$$1.$$ $$G$$ is ambiguous
$$2.$$ $$G$$ produces all strings with equal number of $$a's$$ and $$b's$$
$$3.$$ $$G$$ can be accepted by a deterministic $$PDA$$.
Which combination below expresses all the true statements about $$G?$$
$${L_1} = \left\{ {{a^n}{b^n}{c^m}\left| {n,m > 0} \right.} \right\}$$ and $${L_2} = \left\{ {{a^n}{b^m}{c^m}\left| {n,m > 0} \right.} \right\}$$
Which of the following statement is FALSE?
$${L_1}\, = \left\{ {w\,{w^R}\,\left| {w \in \left\{ {0,1} \right\}{}^ * } \right.} \right\}$$
$${L_2}\, = \left\{ {w\, \ne {w^R}\,\left| {w \in \left\{ {0,1} \right\}{}^ * } \right.} \right\}$$ where $$ \ne $$ is a special symbol
$${L_3}\, = \left\{ {w\,w\,\left| {w \in \left\{ {0,1} \right\}{}^ * } \right.} \right\}$$
Which one of the following is TRUE?
$$\eqalign{ & S \to bS\,\left| {\,aA\,\left| {\,b} \right.} \right. \cr & A \to bA\,\left| {\,aB} \right. \cr & B \to bB\,\left| {\,aS\,\left| {\,a} \right.} \right. \cr} $$
Let $${N_a}\left( w \right)$$ and $${N_b}\left( w \right)$$ denote the number of $$a's$$ and $$b's$$ in a string $$w$$ respectively. The language
$$L\left( G \right)\,\,\, \subseteq \left\{ {a,b} \right\} + $$ generated by $$G$$ is
Which one of the following strings is not a number of $$L(M)?$$
$$\eqalign{ & S \to ABAC\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,S \to aA{\mkern 1mu} \left| \varepsilon \right. \cr & S \to bB{\mkern 1mu} \left| \varepsilon \right.\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,C \to d \cr} $$
($$\varepsilon $$ denotes the null string). Transform the given grammar $$G$$ to an equivalent context- free grammar $${G^1}$$ that has no $$\varepsilon $$ productions ($$A$$ unit production is of the from $$x \to y,\,x$$ and $$y$$ are non terminals).