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GATE Databases: Integrity Constraints and Normal Forms – Previous Year Questions

16 GATE previous year questions on Integrity Constraints and Normal Forms (Databases, Computer Science) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2017 CS Q26 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The following functional dependencies hold true for the relational schema R\V, W, X, Y, Z\: V W VW X Y VX Y Z Which of the following is irreducible…
  2. GATE 2016 CS Q31 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which of the following is NOT a superkey in a relational schema with attributes V, W, X, Y, Z and primary key VY?
  3. GATE 2016 CS Q33 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A database of research articles in a journal uses the following schema. (Volume, Number, StartPage, EndPage, Title, Year, Price) The primary key is…
  4. GATE 2018 CS Q52 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider the following four relational schemas. For each schema, all non-trivial functional dependencies are listed. The underlined attributes are the…
  5. GATE 2019 CS Q42 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Let the set of functional dependencies F=\QR S,\ R P,\ S Q\ hold on a relation schema X=(PQRS). X is not in BCNF. Suppose X is decomposed into two…
  6. GATE 2026 CS (CS2) Q42 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – In the context of schema normalization in relational DBMS, consider a set F of functional dependencies. The set of all functional dependencies implied…
  7. GATE 2026 CS (CS1) Q31 (1 mark, Multiple select) – In the context of relational database normalization, which of the following statements is/are true?
  8. GATE 2026 CS (CS1) Q65 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider a relational database schema with a relation R(A, B, C, D). If \A, B\ and \A, C\ are the only two candidate keys of the relation R, then the…
  9. GATE 2025 CS (CS2) Q46 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Consider the following relational schema along with all the functional dependencies that hold on them. R1(A, B, C, D, E): D E,\ EA B,\ EB C R2(A, B,…
  10. GATE 2024 CS (CS2) Q56 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A functional dependency F: X Y is termed as a useful functional dependency if and only if it satisfies: X is not the empty set, Y is not the empty…
  11. GATE 2024 CS (CS1) Q22 (1 mark, Multiple select) – Which of the following statements about a relation R in first normal form (1NF) is/are TRUE?
  12. GATE 2024 CS (CS1) Q44 (2 marks, Multiple select) – The symbol → indicates functional dependency in the context of a relational database. Which of the following options is/are TRUE?
  13. GATE 2022 CS Q14 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – In a relational data model, which one of the following statements is TRUE?
  14. GATE 2022 CS Q31 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – Consider a relation R(A,B,C,D,E) with the following three functional dependencies. AB C; BC D; C E; The number of superkeys in the relation R is .
  15. GATE 2021 CS Q43 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider the relation R(P,Q,S,T,X,Y,Z,W) with the following functional dependencies. PQ X;\ P YX;\ Q Y;\ Y ZW Consider the decomposition of the…
  16. GATE 2020 CS Q46 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider a relational table R that is in 3NF, but not in BCNF. Which one of the following statements is TRUE?