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    Latest TCS Fresher Job Interview Paper Pattern: 24th-January-2011

    1. (1/3) of a number is 3 more than the (1/6) of the same number?

    a) 6

    b)16

    c)18

    d)21

    Ans: 18

    2. There are two water tanks A and B, A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of 1 liter every hour in A, it gets filled up like 10, 20, 40, 80, and 160 in tank B. (At the end of the first hour, B has 10 liters, and the second hour it has 20 liters and so on). If tank B is 1/4 filled of the 10 hours, what is the total duration of hours required to fill it?

    a) 12

    b) 25

    c) 05

    d) 27

    Ans: 12

    3. Samita was making a cube with dimensions 5*5*5 using 1*1*1 cubes. What is the number of cubes needed to make a hollow cube look of the same shape? If we are painting only 2 faces of each cube then how many faces will remain unpainted?

    a) 98

    b) 104

    c) 538

    d) 650

    Ans: 538

    Sol: (5*5*5-3*3*3)=125-27=98*no of faces=98*6=588-(no of sides painted)=588-50=538

    4. Middle- earth is a fictional land inhabited by hobbits, elves, dwarves, and men. The hobbits and elves are peaceful creatures that prefer slow, silent lives and appreciate nature and art. The dwarves and the men engage in physical games. The game is as follows. A tournament is one where out of the two teams that play a match, the one that loses gets eliminated. The matches are played in different rounds, where in every round; half of the teams get eliminated from the tournament. If there are 8 rounds played in a knock-out tournament, how many matches were played?

    a) 257

    b) 256

    c) 72

    d) 255

    Ans: 255

    Sol: 2^n-1=2^8-1=255

    5. Mr. bean has magical balls 25 pink, 10 green, 31 red, 31 yellow, and 30 purple. He is drenched in rain red, green, and yellow turn into white what is the maximum probability of a pair of the same color?

    Ans : 31+31+2 (worst case probability)= 64

    6. There is 22 friends (A1, A2, A3….A22).If A1 has to have a shake with all without repeat. How many handshakes are possible?

    a) 6

    b) 21

    c) 28

    d) 7

    Ans: 21 since the cycle will not form.

    7. we are having 54 men doing handshakes in the set what will be the minimum required handshakes for a minimum of 1 handshake?

    Ans : {1,2,3,4,5,6,…..54}

    Set= { 2,5,8,………..53}

    So1 set will be an 18

    8. On planet korba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its equator. 9 years after the ice melts, tiny planetoids called china to start growing on the rocks. China grows in the form of a circle, and the relationship between the diameter of this circle and the age of china is given by the formula d = 4*v (t-9) for t = 9 where d represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since the solar blast. Jagan recorded the radius of some china at a particular spot as 7mm. How many years back did solar combustion occur?

    a) 17

    b) 21.25

    c) 12.25

    d) 14.05

    9. Ferrari S.P.A is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.P.A. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One where it has employed great success. Rohit once bought a Ferrari. It could go 4 times as fast as Mohan’s old Mercedes. If the speed of Mohan Mercedes is 35 km/hr and the distance traveled by the Ferrari is 490 km, find the total time taken for Rohit to drive that distance.

    a) 20.72

    b) 3.5

    c) 238.25

    d) 6.18

    10. A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 70. For all values of n from 1 to 70. Statement n says  At least n of the statements on this sheet are false. Which statements are true and which are false?

    a) The even-numbered statements are true and the odd-numbered are false.

    b) The odd-numbered statements are true and the even-numbered ones are false.

    c) The first 35 statements are true and the last 35 are false.

    d) The first 35 statements are false and the last 35 are false.

    Sol: When

    Rule 1: exact ( n-1)th will be true and other will be false

    Rule2: At least (first half will be true)

    Rule 3: At most (all true)

    Example: exactly 40 statement 39th will be valid other than it false

    11. If there are 254 barrels out of them one is poisoned if a person tastes very little he will die within 14 hours so if there are mice to test and 24 hours to test, how many mice are required to find the poisoned can?

    a) 3

    b) 2

    c) 6

    d) 8

    Ans : 2^n > no of barrels

    Then n=will be required mice N=8

    12. Consider two tumblers, the first containing Water and the next containing coffee. Suppose you take one spoonful of water out of the first tumbler and pour it into the second tumbler. After moving, take one spoonful of the mixture from the second tumbler and pour it back into the first tumbler. Which one of the following statements holds now?

    a) There is less coffee in the first tumbler than water in the second tumbler

    b) There is more coffee in the first tumbler than water in the second tumbler

    c) There is as much coffee in the first tumbler as there is water in the second tumbler

    d) None of the statements holds true

    Ans: both will be equal

    13. Given a collection of points P in the plane, a 1-set is a point in P that can be separated from the rest by a line, that is the point lies on one side of the line while the others lie on the other side. The number of 1-sets of P is denoted by n1(P). The minimum value of n1(P) over all configurations P of 5 points in the plane in general position (that is no three points in P lie on a line) is

    a)3

    b)5

    c) 2

    d)1

    Ans: 5 same as the given no of points

    14. The citizens of planet nigiet are 8-fingered and have thus developed their decimal system in base 8. A certain street at night contains 1000 (in base 8) buildings numbered 1 to 1000. How many 3s are used in numbering these buildings?

    a) 54

    b) 64

    c) 265

    d) 192

    Ans: 192

    Some times base value is change like: 9finger, 1 to 100(base 9)

    For 1..100 = 2x

    For 1….1000 = 3*x^2

    15. Given 3 lines in the plane such that the points of intersection form a triangle with sides of length 20, 20, and 30, the number of points equidistant from all the 3 lines is

    a)1

    b)3

    c)4

    d)0

    Ans: 4

    16. Hare in the other. The hare starts after the tortoise has covered 1/3 of its distance and that is too leisurely. A hare and a tortoise race a circle of 100 yards in diameter. The tortoise goes in one direction and the. The hare and tortoise meet when the hare has covered only 1/8 of the distance. By what factor should the hare increase its speed to tie the race?

    a) 30.33

    b) 8

    c) 40

    d) 5

    Ans: 30.33

    Sol: 1/3, 1/8

    3*8=24

    (24-3)=21

    (21-8)=13

    (21*13)/3^2

    17. Here 10 programmers, type 10 lines within 10 minutes then 60 lines can type within 60 minutes. How many programmers are needed?

    a) 16

    b) 6

    c) 10

    d) 60

    Solution: (men*time)/work)

    Ans: 10

    This type of Qs repeated 4 times for me but the values are different.

    18. Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression N = 9 + X + Y -Z Where X, Y, and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9) Alok would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Alok chooses a single-digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y, or Z). Alok then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally, Alok proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both play to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be.

    a) 0

    b) 27

    c) 18

    d) 20

    The Qs concept is the same but the equation of Ns is changing.

    19. Alice and Bob play the following coins-on-a-stack game. 20 coins are stacked one above the other. One of them is a special (gold) coin and the rest are ordinary coins. The goal is to bring the gold coin to the top by repeatedly moving the topmost coin to another position in the stack. Alice starts and the players take turns. A turn consists of moving the coin on the top to a position I below the top coin (0 = i = 20). We will call this an i-move (thus a 0-move implies doing nothing). The proviso is that an i-move cannot be repeated; for example, once a player makes a 2-move, on subsequent turns neither player can make a 2-move. If the gold

    coin happens to be on top when it’s a player’s turn then the player wins the game. Initially, the gold coins were the third coin from the top. Then

    a) To win, Alices’ first move should be a 1-move.

    b) To win, Alices’ first move should be a 0-move.

    c) To win, Alices’ first move can be a 0-move or a 1-move.

    d) Alice has no winning strategy.

    Ans: d

    20. For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with amazing success. It is rumored that in a match between 2 teams A and B, Paul picks A with the same probability as As chance of winning. Let’s assume such rumors to be true and that in a match between Ghana and Bolivia, Ghana the stronger team has a probability of 2/3 of winning the game. What is the probability that Paul will correctly pick the winner of the Ghana-Bolivia game?

    a)1/9

    b)4/9

    c)5/9

    d)2/3

    Ans: 5/9

    21. 36 people {a1, a2, …, a36} meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. In other words, there is a total of 36 handshakes involving the pairs, {a1, a2}, {a2, a3}, …, {a35, a36}, {a36, a1}. The size of the smallest set of people such that the rest have shaken hands with at least one person in the set is

    a)12

    b)11

    c)13

    d)18

    Ans: 12

    22. After the typist writes 12 letters and addresses 12 envelopes, she inserts the letters randomly into the envelopes (1 letter per envelope). What is the probability that exactly 1 letter is inserted in an improper envelope?

    a)1/12

    b) 0

    c) 12/212

    d)11/12

    Ans: b

    23. A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 40. For each value of n from 1 to 40, statement n says At least and of the statements on this sheet is true. Which statements are true and which are false?

    a) The even-numbered statements are true and the odd-numbered are false.

    b) The first 26 statements are false and the rest are true.

    c) The first 13 statements are true and the rest are false.

    d) The odd-numbered statements are true and the even-numbered ones are false.

    Ans: c

    24. There are two boxes, one containing 10 red balls and the other containing 10 green balls. You are allowed to move the balls between the boxes so that when you choose a box at random and a ball at random from the chosen box, the probability of getting a red ball is maximized. This maximum probability is

    a)1/2

    b)14/19

    c) 37/38

    d) 3/4

    Ans: 14/19

    25. A circular dartboard of radius 1 foot is at a distance of 20 feet from you. You throw a dart at it and it hits the dartboard at some point Q in the circle. What is the probability that Q is closer to the center of the circle than the periphery?

    a) 0.75

    b) 1

    c) 0.5

    d) 0.25

    Ans: d

    26. On planet Zorba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its equator. 8 years after the ice melts, tiny planetoids called echidna to start growing on the rocks. echidna grows in the form of a circle and the relationship between the diameter of this circle and the age of china is given by the formula d = 4 * sqrt (t – 8)for t = 8 Where the represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since the solar blast. Jagan recorded the time of some echidna at a particular spot as 24 years then what is the diameter?

    a) 8

    b) 16

    c) 25

    d) 21

    Ans: 16

    27. A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 40. For all values of n from 1 to 40, statement n says: Exactly n of the statements on this sheet are false. Which statements are true and which are false?

    a) The even-numbered statements are true and the odd-numbered statements are false.

    b) The odd-numbered statements are true and the even-numbered statements are false.

    c) All the statements are false.

    d) The 39th statement is true and the rest are false.

    Ans: d

    28. Alok and Bhanu play the following coins in a circle game. 99 coins are arranged in a circle with each coin touching two other coins. Two of the coins are special and the rest are ordinary. Alok starts and the players take turns removing an ordinary coin of their choice from the circle and bringing the other coins closer until they again form a (smaller) circle. The goal is to bring the special coins adjacent to each other and the first player to do so wins the game. Initially, the special coins are separated by two ordinary coins O1 and O2. Which of

    the following is true?

    a) To win, Alok should remove O1 on his first turn.

    b) To win, Alok should remove one of the coins different from O1 and O2 on his first

    turn.

    c) To win, Alok should remove O2 on his first turn.

    d) Alok has no winning strategy.

    Ansif the gold coin is in 3rd position then mark it otherwise leave it

    29. Two pipes A and B fill at A certain rate B is filled at 10, 20, 40, 80. If 1/4 of B is filled in 21 hours what time it will take to get filled

    Ans: 23

    30. One day Alice meets pal and byte in a fairyland. She knows that pal lies on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays and tells the truth on the other days of the week byte, on the other hand, lies on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, but tells the truth on the other days of the week. Now they make the following statements to Alice – pal. Yesterday was one of those days when I lie byte. Yesterday was one of those days when I lied too. What day is it?

    a) Thursday b) Tuesday c) Monday d) Sunday

    Ans: a

    31. Sudha Patel +> perfume factory

    Ans: 2 more cedar

    32. A toy train can make 10 sounds sound changes after every 4 minutes now the train is defective and can make only 2 sounds find the probability that the same sound is repeated 4 times consecutively (1 OUT OF__).

    a) 16

    b) 8

    c)12

    d) 4

    Ans:

    (1/2)*(1/2)*(1/2)*(1/2)+ (1/2)*(1/2)*(1/2)*(1/2)=(1/8)

    thus 1 out of 8 ans

    33. In there is a planet Oz in which there are 36 hrs in a day & 90 minutes in a hrs and 60 seconds in 1 minute it is having the same pattern as our watch. Then what will be the angle between the hour hand and minute hand at 9:40?

    a) 29

    b) 12

    c) 67

    d) 98

    Ans:29

    34. In country x we are having diff types of coins ranging from 64…512. All coins have different integral values the difference between the two coins comes out to be 50% more than the former coin. Then how many coins can be made?

    Ans: 6 coins

    Sol.64

    64*1.5=96

    96*1.5=144

    144*1.5=216

    216*1.5=324

    324*1.5=486

    The total coin will be 6

    35. There is a relation is given which is n/P=195 Where n- no of steps in meters P- pace length These Is a man Shivam he knows his pace length =185cm then what will be the speed of Shivam kmph?

    Ans=195*1.85*1.85*60/1000=40.04kmph

  • TCS Aptitude Paper

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    Q1. There are two water tanks A and B, A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of 1 liter every hour in A, it gets filled up like 10, 20, 40,80, 160..in tank B. 1/8 th of tank B is filled in 22 hours. What is the time to fill the tank fully?

    (a) 26

    (b) 25

    (c) 5

    (d) 27ANS: 25

    Explanation:

    Tank B is filled in geometric progression, so after 22 hrs water in the tank will be = 10 * 2^21 = x/8 

    where x = volume of tank x = 10 * 2^24 thus by geometric progression we get that n-1 = 24 

    so n = 25, hence the time required is  25 hrs.

    Q2. A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 70. For all values of n from 1 to 70. Statement n says At least n of the statements on this sheet are false. Which statements are true and which are false?

    (a) The even-numbered statements are factual and the odd-numbered are false.

    (b) The odd-numbered statements are factual and the even-numbered ones are false.

    (c) The first 35 statements are factual and the last 35 are false.

    (d) The first 35 statements and the last 35 false statements.ANS: C

    Explanation:

    Note: For this type of Question, follow this:

    –At least- the Ist half is true, Last half is false

    –Exactly- Last second one is true or (N-1)the Statement is true

    –Almost- All are true.

     Aliter : 

    Suppose the first 35 statements are true!

    Statement 1: At least 1 statement is false [TRUE]

    Statement 2: At least 2 statements are false   [TRUE]

    Statement 35: At least 35 statements are false  [TRUE]

    ——————————————————————–

    Statement 36: At least 36 statements are false  [FALSE]

    ..

    Statement 40: At least 40 statements are false  [FALSE]

    ——————————————————————-

    AT LEAST puts the minimum tag or the floor tag on the statements

    So, if the first 35 statements are true and the rest are false, everything fits into place! 

    Q3. Unnecessary data. A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue- 32 red, 10 white, 25 yellow, 55 purple, and 30 orange. The lights are out and it is dark despite the darkness. She can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes an item out of the closet only if she is sure that it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each color of blue, red, and yellow?

    (a) 59

    (b) 8

    (c) 50

    (d) 42

    ANS: a(32+25+2)

    Explanation:

    Note: For this type of question:

    Bigger+Middle+1 (Suppose 18, 32, 25 =32+25+1), If you do not find an answer in the options, choose the one closer those the answer you got.

    Q4. The IT giant Tirnop has recently crossed a head count of 150000 and earnings of $7 billion. As one of the forerunners in the technology front, Trump continues to lead the way in products and services in India. At Trump, all programmers are equal in every respect. They receive identical salaries and also write code at the same rate. Suppose 12 such programmers take 12 minutes to write 12 lines of code in total. How long will it take 72 programmers to write 72 lines of code in total?

    For this type of question, you should follow d steps of basic math that will help you get enough time from that.

    12 prog 12 line 12 min

    1 prog 12 lines 12*12

    1 1 12*12/12

    72 1 12*12/(12*72)

    72 72 12*12*72/(12*72)

    ANS: 12

             

    Note: This question appears 3 times in our question but the app is different please follow the basic rules think it is very very easy.

    Q5. 12 people {a1, a2, a12} meet and circularly shake hands. In other words, there is a total of 36 handshakes involving the pairs, {a1, a2}, {a2, a3},  {a11, a12}, {a12, a1}. The size of the smallest set of people such that the rest have shaken hands with at least one person in the set is

    (a) 12

    (b) 4

    (c) 18

    (d) 11

    ANS: A

    Explanation:

    12 x 11 / 2 = 66 Handshakes

    Q6. 10 suspects are rounded by the police and questioned about a bank robbery. Only one of them is guilty. The suspects are made to stand in a line and each person declares that the person next to him on his right is guilty. The rightmost person is not questioned. Which of the following possibilities is true?

    A. All suspects are lying.

    B. leftmost suspect is innocent.

    C. leftmost suspect is guilty

    (a) A only

    (b) A or C

    (c) A or B

    (d) B only

    ANS: C

    Explanation:

    Here the leftmost person is lying since there is nobody to his right!-U have to visualize the right side of the person and not yours!

    Ans is c. Here the leftmost person is lying since there is nobody to his right!-

    you have to visualize the right side of the person and not yours!

    < 1< 2< 3< 4< 5< 6< 7< 8< 9< 10 this is the right side they are facing u..10th right most of you are not questioned left most of u are 1 he is guilty as he is saying that the person to his right is guilty but there is no one to his right and the first statement is false as 2 is not lying as 1(left most of u) is guilty as 1 is guilty than not innocent so neither of them  

    Q7. Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression N = 15 + X*(Y “ Z) Where X, Y, and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9), Alok would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Alok chooses a single-digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y, or Z). Alok then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally, Alok proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both plays to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be?

    ANS: 15+18 =33

    Q8. How many four-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (but with repetition) that are divisible by 4? Can you help Alok find the answer?

    (a) 100

    (b) 125

    (c) 75

    (d) 85

    ANS: 5^n-i

    Explanation:

    1= 5^4-1=125, n= no of digits

    —  — 1 2

    — — 2 4

    — — 3 2

    — — 4 4

    — — 5 2

    The first two digits in the place can be filled in 5 x 5 ways.

    So there are totally 25 x 5 = 125 ways

    Q9. The age of the two friends was in the ratio of 6:5 if the sum of their ages is 66. Then after how many years their ratio will become 7:6?

    a)11 

    b) 6 

    c) 10 

    d) 12

    ANS: 6

    Explanation:

    Let the age of two friends be 6x and 5x

    Sum of their ages 66 => 6x + 5x = 66 => 11x = 66 => x=6

    The ages will be 36 and 30

     (36+k)/(30+k) = 7/6 => 36 x 6 + 6k = 210 + 7k

    216 + 6k = 210 + 7k => 6 = k

    After 6 years their ages will be in the ratio of 7:6

    Q10. The age of the two friends was in the ratio of 2:3 if the sum of their ages is 55. Then after how many years their ratio will become 4:5? 

    a) 11                           

    b) 33                          

    c) 22               

    d) 44

    ANS: 22

    Explanation:

    Let the age be the friends be 2x and 3x. Sum of their ages = 55

    2x + 3x = 55 => 5x=55 => x=11

    Their ages are 22 and 33

    After k years both of them will be 22+k and 33+k years old

    The ratio of their age at that time will be 4:5

    • (22+k)/(33+k)=4/5 
    • 5(22+k)=4(33+4) => 110 + 5k = 132+4k
    • K=132-110 = 22

    Q11. A volume of 10936 l water is in a container of spheres. How many semispheres of volume 4l each will be required to transfer all the water into the small semispheres?

    a) 2812                       

    b) 8231                       

    c) 2734                       

    d) 4222

    ANS: 2734

    Q12. A person is manufacturing a house. He bought 20 ropes of wire which has a density of 300 Kg/m3. The height of the building to be constructed is 40 m. If the capacity of the current passed in the wire is 20 A and the voltage capacity is 80 Volts. Then what will be the opposing force to the current if the wire is used?

    a) 2                 
    b) 4                             
    c) 8                             

    d) 1600

    ANS: 4

    Explanation:

    by ohms law 

    v = ir 

    so r = v/i 

    so r = 80/20 = 4  

    Q13. A horse chases a pony 2 hours after the pony runs. The horse takes 3 hours to reach the pony. If the average speed of the horse is 81Kmph.Then what is the average speed of the pony?

    a) 46.4                        
    b) 51               
    c) 53.4                        

    d) 48.6

    ANS:48.6

    Explanation:

    Horse covers = 81*3 = 243 km

    So ponys speed = 243/(2+3) = 243/5 = 48.6

    Q14. The difference between the two no is 9 and the product of the two is 14. What is the square of their sum?

    a)120              

    b)130              

    c)137              

    d)145

    Explanation:

    One number is x and the other y, then  x – y = 9

    (x – y)2 = 81

    x2 + y2 = 81 + 2xy = 109

    (x+y)2 = x2 + y2 + 2xy = 109 + 28 = 137

    So the answer is 137

    Q15) On planet korba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its equator. 9 years after the ice melts, tiny planetoids called china to start growing on the rocks. Echina grows in the form of a circle, and the relationship between the diameter of this circle and the age of the echidna is given by the formula d = 4*v (t-9) for t = 9 where d represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since the solar blast. Jagan recorded the radius of some echidna at a particular spot as 7mm. How many years back did the solar blast occur?

    a) 15
    b) 21.25 

    c) 12.25 

    d) 14.05

    ANS:15

    Explanation:

    d = 4*(t-9)

    Given r = 12 mm

    So, d = 24 mm

    So,

    24 = 4t – 36

    4t = 60

    t = 15 years  

    Q16. A man goes 50 km north, then turned left walked 40 km, then turned right? In which direction he is?

    a) North                      

    b) South                     

    c) East                        

    d) West

    ANS: North

    Explanation:

    Left and right consecutive movements nullified the change in direction. So, he is in the direction he started with. 

    Q17. In T. Nagar the building was numbered from 1 to 100. Then how many 6s will be present in the numbers?

    a) 18 

    b) 19 

    c) 20 

    d) 21

    ANS: 20

    Q18. Ferrari S.P.A is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.P.A. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One where it has employed great success. Rohit once bought a Ferrari. It could go 4 times as fast as Mohan’s old Mercedes. If the speed of Mohan’s Mercedes is 35 km/hr and the distance traveled by the Ferrari is 490 km, find the total time taken for Rohit to drive that distance.

    a) 7/2

    b) 9/2

    c) 238.25 

    d) 6.18

    ANS: 7/2

    Explanation:

    Mohan speed = 35 Km/hr

    Rohit speed = 4 x Mohan speed = 4 x 35 = 140 Kmph

    Time taken =Distance / Speed = 490 / 140 = 49/14 = 7/2

    Q19. A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 70. For all values of n from 1 to 70. Statement n says  At least n of the statements on this sheet are false. Which statements are true and which are false?

    a) The even-numbered statements are factual and the odd-numbered are false.

    b) The odd-numbered statements are factual and the even-numbered are false.

    c) The first 35 statements are factual and the last 35 are false.

    d) The first 35 statements are false and the last 35 are false.

    Q20. A man goes north 37km. turns left to go 2km. turns right and goes 17km. turns right and goes 2km. find distance b/w starting ending point.

    a) 54 

    b) 27 

    c) 81 

    d) 67 

    ANS: 54

    Explanation:

    The distance between the starting and end point is 37 + 17 = 54

    Q21. If there are 30 cans out of them one is poisoned if a person tastes very little he will die within 14 hours so if there are mice to test and 24 hours to test, how many mice are required to find the poisoned can?

    a) 3                             

    b) 2                             

    c) 6                             

    d) 1 

    ANS: 5

    Explanation:

    Have 6 mice for testing,

    Give each mouse contents from 5 cans of each

    5 5 5 5 5 5

    After 14 hours, one of the mice will die

    So, we will know which 5 cans must have the poison

    Then, take the contents of these 5 cans and give them to the remaining 5 mice each.

    We will know in due time which can be poisoned

    5C1+5C2+5C3+5C4 = 5 + 10 + 10 + 5 = 30

    Q22. If a and b are mixed in a 3:5 ratio and b and c are mixed in an 8:5 ratio if the final mixture is 35 liters, find the amount of b.

    a) 13.34 

    b) 15.73 

    c) 16.73 

    d) 9.45

    ANS: 15.73

    Explanation:

    a: b = 3:5

    b: c =   8: 5

    a:b:c  = 24: 40: 25  and the total is 24+40+25 = 89 

    (40/89) x 35 = 15.73

    Q23. It is the class with a seating arrangement of 4 rows and 8 columns. When the teacher says to start the girl who is sitting in the first row and the first column will say 1, then the next girl sitting behind her will say 4, and the next girl sitting behind that girl will say 7, in a particular order each girl is telling a number, the following girls told 10, 13 next turn is yours what u will say? 

    a) 15                

    b) 17               

    c) 14               

    d) 16ANS: 16

    Q24. It is dark in my bedroom and I want to get two socks of the same color from my drawer, which contains 24 red and 24 blue socks. How many socks do I have to take from the drawer to get at least two socks of the same color?

    a) 2                 

    b) 3                             

    c) 48               

    d) 25ANS: 25

    Explanation:

    The answer is 25. First, he will select 24 in that the maximum chance is all are red so if we take one more sock, it has to be the other color. Hence, the answer is 24 + 1 = 25

    Q25. If Valentine’s Day in 2005 falls on Monday, then on which day will Valentine’s Day fall in 2010?

    a) Saturday   

    b) Thursday    

    c) Wednesday 

    d) Sunday: Sunday

    Explanation:

    FEB. 14, 2005   IS A  MONDAY

    From Feb. 14, 2005, to Feb. 14, 2006, there will be 365 days which means one odd day. 

    So, FEB. 14, 2006   WILL BE A  TUESDAY

    From Feb. 14, 2006, to Feb. 14, 2007, there will be 365 days which means one odd day. 

    So, FEB. 14, 2007   WILL BE A  WEDNESDAY 

    From Feb. 14, 2007, to Feb. 14, 2008, there will be 365 days which means one odd day. 

    So, FEB. 14, 2008   WILL BE A  THURSDAY 

    From Feb. 14, 2008, to Feb. 14, 2009, there will be 366 days

    – add one more odd day for Feb.29. Total is 2 strange days. 

    So FEB. 14, 2009    WILL BE A  SATURDAY

    From Feb. 14, 2009, to Feb. 14, 2010, there will be 365 days

    one odd day. 

    So FEB. 14, 2010    WILL BE A  SUNDAY

    Q27. An athlete decides to run the same distance in 1/4th less time than she usually took. By how much percent will she have to increase her average speed?

    a) 40 

    b) 44.4 

    c) 33.3 

    d) 22.2

    ANS: 33.3

    Explanation:

    (3/4)t=1

    t=4/3=1+1/3

    She will have to increase her speed by 33.333% to run the same distance 3/4s of the time. 

    Q28. In a building, there are 5 rooms. Each has an equal area. The length of the room is 4m and the bread ht is 5 m. The height of the rooms is 2m. If 17 bricks are needed to make a square meter then how many bricks are needed to make the floor of a particular room?

    a) 6460

    b) 3080              

    c) 3640              

    d) 3080

    ANS: 6460

    Explanation:

    Dimensions = 4 x 5 x 2

    TSA = 2 (4 x 5 + 5 x 2 + 4 x 2) = 2(20+10+8)=2×38 =  76 sq m

    So bricks required = 76 x 17 = 1292

    For 5 rooms 1292 x5 = 6460

    Q29. One man wants to build a wall. The length and breadth of the wall are 20 and 30 respectively. He needs 35 bricks for one square centimeter then how many bricks does he need?

    a) 21,500                    

    b) 30,000                    

    c) 21,000        

    d) 20,000

    ANS: 21000

    Explanation:

    Area = 20 x 30 = 600 cm^2

     Bricks = 600 x 35 = 21000

    Q30. In a hotel, we can order two types of varieties, but we can make 6 more varieties at the home. One can choose the four varieties with two from the hotel as a must. Find how many ways one can order.

    a) 14               

    b) 15               

    c) 56              

    d) 28

    ANS: 15

    Explanation:

    No of ways of selecting 2 from the hotel (6 choices) = 6C2

    And from home (2 choices) = 2C2 

     2C2 x  6C2  = 1 x 15 = 15 ways

    Q31. If a pipe can fill the tank within 6hrs. But due to the leak, it takes 30 min more. Now the tank is full then how much time will it take to empty the tank through the leak.?

    a) 78               

    b) 56               

    c) 66              

    d) 59

    ANS: 78

    Explanation:

    Let the capacity of the tank be 6 liters.

    The time to fill this tank is 6 hours when there is no leakage.

    so in 1 hour, it fills 1 liter.

    when leakage is there then it takes 6.5 hours to fill 6 liter 

    so in 1 hour, it fills 6/6.5 liter.

    Time to vacate will be 1-(6/6.5) = 1/13 litre in 1 hour

    time to vacate 1 liter will be 13 hours.

    For 6 liter it will be 13*6 =78 

    Q32. The bacteria has the probability of splitting into 3 and the probability to die is 1/3rd of the total bacteria. Let the probability is P. Some of them survived with a probability of 1/5. Then which among the following relation is true?

    a) P=1/3+1/5*3 

    b) P=1/5*(1/8-3)

    c) p = (1/3) + (3* 1/5) 

    ANS:c) p = (1/3) + (3* 1/5) 

    Explanation:

    Probability of the bacteria to be dying = 1/3

    Hence the probability of survival = 1/5

    if they survive, they will be split into 3 more bacteria hence, p = (1/3) + (3* 1/5) 

    Q33. There is a bacteria that has the probability of dying 1/3 of its total number or it may triple. Find out the probability

    A. P=1/3+(2/3*p^3) 

    B. P=2/3+(2/3*p^3) 

    C. P=2/3+(1/3*p^3) 

    D. P=2/3+(2/3*p^3)

    ANS: A. P=1/3+(2/3*p^3) 

     Explanation:

    The probability of bacteria dying is 1/3

    or it gets tripled, hence the probability of getting tripled is (2/3)*p*p*p that is  (2/3)*p^3

    so both the probability combined as P=1/3+(2/3*p^3)

    Q34. Amrith told to Anand in front of a Photo that He is the son of my father’s son. Find who is in the picture if amrita has no brothers and sisters.

    a) Amrith himself 

    b) Amriths Uncle 

    c) Amriths Father 

    d) Amriths son

    ANS: Amriths son

    Q35. One person has no siblings and says, the guy in the photo is the only son of my father s son. What is the relation of the guy to the person?

    ANS: Son

    Q36. One grandfather has 3 grandchildren two of the age difference is 3. The Eldest child’s age is 3 times the youngest child’s age and the eldest child’s age is two years more than the sum of the other two children. Find what is the age of the elder’s child.

    a) 8 

    b) 12 

    c) 30 

    d) 10

    ANS: 8

    Explanation:

    Let the age of the eldest child is E, that of an elder child be M and that of the youngest child be Y, then according to the given conditions

    E = 3Y  (1) and  E = 2 + M + Y  (2)

    The third condition is somewhat complicated, according to this condition two of the age difference is 3 so three cases will arise 

    1) E – M = 3, ……(3)

    2) M – Y = 3, ……(4)

    3) E – Y = 3, ……(5)

    if we take first of the 3 conditions then on solving (1), (2), and (3) we will get E = 3, M = 0, Y = 1 which is wrong now on solving (1), (2) and (4) we will get E = 15, M = 8, Y = 5

    similarly on solving (1), (2), and (5) we will get E = 4.5, M = 1, Y = 1.5

    only E = 15, M = 8, and Y = 5 are correct so the age of the elder child is 8 years

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    Written Test:-

    Q1. In Madras, the temperature at noon varies according to -t^2/2 + 8t + 3, where t is elapsed time. Find how much the temperature is more or less from 4 pm to 9 pm.

    ANS: At 9 pm 7.5 more

    Sol) In equation  first put t=9,

    we will get 34.5………………………(1)

    now put t=4,

    we will get 27…………………………(2)

    so ans=34.5-27

              =7.5

    Q2. A person had to multiply two numbers. Instead of multiplying by 35, he multiplied by 53 and the product went up by 540. What was the raised product?

    a) 780  

    b) 1040

    c) 1590

    d) 1720

    ANS: x*53-x*35=540=> x=30 therefore, 53*30=1590 Ans

    Q3. How many positive integer solutions does the equation 2x+3y = 100 have?

    a) 50

    b) 33

    c) 16 

    d) 35

    ANS: There is a simple way to answer this kind of Q s given 2x+3y=100, take l.c.m of x co-eff and y co-eff i.e. l.c.m of 2,3 ==6 then divide 100 with 6, which turns out 16 hence answer is 16 short cut formula— constant / (l.cm of x co-eff and y co-eff)

    Q4. The total expense of a boarding house are partly fixed and partly variable with the number of boarders. The charge is Rs.70 per head when there are 25 boarders and Rs.60 when there are 50 boarders. Find the charge per head when there are 100 borders.

    a) 65 

    b) 55

    c) 50

    d) 45

    ANS:

    Let a = fixed cost and k = variable cost and n = number of boarders

    total cost when 25 boarders c = 25*70 = 1750 i.e. 1750 = a + 25k

    total cost when 50 boarders c = 50*60 = 3000 i.e. 3000 = a + 50k

    solving above 2 eqns, 3000-1750 = 25k i.e. 1250 = 25k i.e. k = 50

    therefore, substituting this value of k in either of the above 2 means we get

    a = 500 (a = 3000-50*50 = 500 or a = 1750 – 25*50 = 500)

    so total cost when 100 boarders = c = a + 100k = 500 + 100*50 = 5500

    so cost per head = 5500/100 = 55

    Q5. Amal bought 5 pens, 7 pencils, and 4 erasers. Rajan bought 6 pens, 8 erasers, and 14 pencils for an amount that was half more than what Amal had paid. What % of the total amount paid by Amal was paid for pens?

    a) 37.5%  

    b) 62.5%

    c) 50%

    d) None of these

    ANS:

    Let, 5 pens + 7 pencils + 4  erasers = x  rupees

    so 10 pens  + 14 pencils + 8 erasers = 2*x rupees

    also mentioned, 6 pens + 14 pencils + 8 erasers = 1.5*x rupees

    so (10-6) = 4 pens = (2-1.5)x rupees

    so 4 pens = 0.5 x rupees => 8 pens = x rupees

    so 5 pens = 5x/8 rupees  = 5/8 of total (note x rupees is total amt paid abysmal)

    i.e 5/8 = 500/8% = 62.5% is the answer

    Q6. lost Rs.68 in two races. My second race loss is Rs.6 more than the first race. My friend lost Rs.4 more than me in the second race. What is the amount lost by my friend in the second race?

    ANS:

    x + x+6 = rs 68

    2x + 6 = 68

    2x = 68-6

    2x = 62

    x=31

    x is the amt lost in I race

    x+ 6 = 31+6=37 is lost in the second race

    then my friend lost 37 + 4 = 41 Rs

    Q7. Ten boxes are there. Each ball weighs 100 gms. One ball is weighing 90 gms.

    i) If there are 3 balls (n=3) in each box, how many times will it take to find 90 gms ball?

    ii) the Same question with n=10

    iii) the Same question with n=9

    when n=3

    (i) nC1= 3C1 =3 for 10 boxes .. 10*3=30

    (ii) 10C1=10 for 10 boxes ….10*10=100

    (iii)9C1=9 for 10 boxes …..10*9=90

    Q8. (1-1/6) (1-1/7)…. (1- (1/ (n+4))) (1-(1/ (n+5))) = ?

    leaving the first numerator and last denominator, all the numerators and denominators will cancel out one another.

    ANS: 5/(n+5)

    Q9. The face of the clock is divided into three parts. The first part hours total is equal to the sum of the second and third parts. What is the total of hours in the bigger part?

    ANS: the clock normally has 12 hr

    three parts x,y,z

    x+y+z=12

    x=y+z

    2x=12

    x=6

    so the largest part is 6 hrs

    Q10. Low temperature at the night in a city is 1/3 more than 1/2 hinge as higher temperature in a day. The Sum of the low temp and high temp is 100 c. then what is the low temp?

    ANS: 40 c.

    Q11. 2 oranges,3 bananas, and 4 apples cost Rs.15. 3 oranges 2 bananas 1 apple costs Rs 10. what is the cost of 3 oranges, 3 bananas, and 3 apples

    ANS: Rs 15.(same as above)

    Q12. A shopkeeper bought a watch for Rs.400 and sold it for Rs.500.What is his profit percentage?

    ANS: 25%

    Q13.  Bhanu spends 30% of his income on petrol on scooters. ? the remaining is on house rent and the balance is on food. If he spends Rs.300 on petrol then what is the expenditure on house rent?

    a) Rs.525

    b) Rs.1000

    c) Rs.675

    d) Rs.175

    ANS: 175

    Q14. A sporting goods store ordered an equal number of white and yellow balls. The tennis ball company delivered 45 extra white balls, making the ratio of white balls to yellow balls 1/5: 1/6. How many white tennis balls did the store originally order?

    a) 450

    b) 270

    c) 225

    d) None of these

    ANS:180

    Q15. (1/2) of a number is 3 more than the (1/6) of the same number?

    a) 6

    b) 7

    c) 8

    d) 9

    Q16. There are two water tanks A and B, A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of 1 liter every hour in A, it gets filled up like 10, 20, 40,80, and 160..in tank B. (At the end of the first hour, B has 10 liters, in the second hour it has 20 liters and so on). If tank B is 1/32 filled of the 21 hours, what is the total duration of hours required to fill it?

    a) 26

    B) 25

    C) 5

    D) 27

    Q17. Smita was making a cube with dimensions 5*5*5 using 1*1*1 cubes. What is the number of cubes needed to make a hollow cube look of the same shape?

    a) 98

    b)104

    c)100

    d) 61

    Q18.  A game is played between 2 players and one player is declared the winner. All the winners from the first round are played in the second round. All the winners from the second round are played in the third round and so on. If 8 rounds are played to declare only one player as the winner, how many players are played in the first round?

    a) 256

    b) 512

    c) 64

    d) 128

    Q19. There are 7 friends (A1, A2, A3….A7). If A1 has to have a shake with all without repeat. How many handshakes are possible?

    a) 6

    b) 21

    c) 28

    d) 7

    Q20. On planet korba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its equator. 9 years after the ice melts, tiny planetoids called china to start growing on the rocks. China grows in the form of a circle, and the relationship between the diameter of this circle and the age of china is given by the formula d = 4*v (t-9) for t = 9 where d represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since the solar blast. Jagan recorded the radius of some china at a particular spot as 7mm. How many years back did the solar blast occur?

    a) 17

    b) 21.25

    c) 12.25

    d) 14.05

    Q21. Ferrari S.P.A is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.P.A. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One where it has employed great success. Rohit once bought a Ferrari. It could go 4 times as fast as Mohan’s old Mercedes. If the speed of Mohan’s Mercedes is 35 km/hr and the distance traveled by the Ferrari is 490 km, find the total time taken for Rohit to drive that distance.

    a) 20.72

    b) 5.18

    c) 238.25

    d) 6.18

    Q22. A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 70. For all values of n from 1 to 70. Statement n says At least n of the statements on this sheet are false. Which statements are true and which are false?

    a) The even-numbered statements are true and the odd-numbered are false.

    b) The odd-numbered statements are true and the even-numbered ones are false.

    c) The first 35 statements are true and the last 35 are false.

    d) The first 35 statements are false and the last 35 are false.

    Q23. 3 persons a, b, and c were there A always says the truth lies on Monday, Tuesday,& Wednesday. but C lies on Thursday, Friday & Saturday .one day A said that B & C said to A that B said yesterday was one of the days when I lie, and C said that yesterday was one of the days when I lie too. then which day was that?

    a) Sunday

    b) Thursday

    c) Saturday

    d) Tuesday

    Q24. By using 1,2,3,4,5, how many 5-digit no. can be formed which is divisible by 4, repetition of no. is allowed??

    Q25. Alice and Bob play the following coins-on-a-stack game. 20 coins are stacked one above the other. One of them is a special (gold) coin and the rest are ordinary coins. The goal is to bring the gold coin to the top by repeatedly moving the topmost coin to another position in the stack. Alice starts and the players take turns. A turn consists of moving the coin on the top to a position I below the top coin (0 = i =

    Q26. We will call this an i-move (thus a 0-move implies doing nothing). The proviso is that an i-move cannot be repeated; for example, once a player makes a 2-move, on subsequent turns neither player can make a 2-move. If the gold coin happens to be on top when it’s a player’s turn then the player wins the game. Initially, the gold coins were the third coin from the top. Then:-

    A) To win, Alices’ first move should be a 0-move.

    B) To win, Alices’ first move can be a 0-move or a 1-move.

    C) To win, Alices’ first move should be a 1-move.

    D) Alice has no winning strategy.

    Q27. For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with amazing success. It is rumored that in a match between 2 teams A and B, Paul picks A with the same probability as As chance of winning. Let’s assume such rumors to be true and that in a match between Ghana and Bolivia, Ghana the stronger team has a probability of 2/3 of winning the game. What is the probability that Paul will correctly pick the winner of the Ghana-Bolivia game?

    A) 4/9

    B) 1/9

    C) 2/3

    D) 5/3

    Q28. Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression N = 9 + X + Y — Z where X, Y, and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9), Aloe would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Aloe chooses a single-digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y, or Z). Aloe then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally, Aloe proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both plays to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be

    Q29. 10 suspects are rounded by the police and questioned about a bank robbery. Only one of them is guilty. The suspects are made to stand in a line and each person declares that the person next to him on his right is guilty. The rightmost person is not questioned. Which of the following possibilities is true?

    A. All suspects are lying or the leftmost suspect is innocent.

    B. All suspects are lying and the leftmost suspect is innocent.

    A) B only

    B) Neither A nor B

    C) A only

    D) Both A and B

    Q30.  The IT giant Tirnop has recently crossed a head count of 150000 and earnings of $7 billion. As one of the forerunners in the technology front, Trump continues to lead the way in products and services in India. At Trump, all programmers are equal in every respect. They receive identical salaries and also write code at the same rate. Suppose 12 such programmers take 12 minutes to write 12 lines of code in total. How long will it take 72 programmers to write 72 lines of code in total?

    Q31. There are two boxes, one containing 10 red balls and the other containing 10 green balls. You are allowed to move the balls between the boxes so that when you choose a box at random and a ball at random from the chosen box, the probability of getting a red ball is maximized. This maximum probability is

    Q32. If you type in the command Northrup sort employees > list 2 > error out & and log off, the next time you log in, the output will be

    a) in a file called list and the error will de typed in a file error out

    b) there will be no file called list or error out

    c) error will be logged in a file called list and o/p will be in error out

    d) you will not be allowed to log in

    e) none of the above

    Q33. Ram buys a cycle for 31 dollars and is given a cheque of amount 35 dollars. Shop Keeper exchanged the cheque with his neighbor and gave the change to Ram. After 2 days, it is known that the cheque is bounced. Shop keeper paid the amount to his neighbor. The cost price of the cycle is 19 dollars. What is the profit/loss for shop keeper?

    ANS: 23(cost price + change given).

    Q34. A metal strip of width x cm. 2 metal strips are placed one over the other, then the combined length of the 2 strips is y. Suppose z strips are placed in that manner. What is the final width of that arrangement?

    ANS: (z-1) (y-x) +x.

    Q35. A game is played between 2 players and one player is declared the winner. All the winners from the first round are played in the second round. All the winners from the second round are played in the third round and so on. If 8 rounds are played to declare only one player as the winner, how many players are played in the first round

    ANS: 28.

    Q36. There are 3 boys A, B, and C, and 2 Girls D, E. D always sit right to A. Girls never sit in extreme positions or middle positions. C always sits in extreme positions. Who is sitting immediately right to E?

    ANS:  B or C

    Q37. 49 members attended the party. Of that 22 are males, and 17 are females. They shake hands between males, females, males, and females. A total of 12 people were given shaking hands. How many such kinds of shaking hands are possible?

    ANS: 12 C 2

    Q38. Entry ticket to an exhibition ranges from 1p to 31p. You need to provide the exact change at the counter. You have 31p coin. In how many parts will u divide 31p so that u will provide the exact change required and carry as less coins as possible?

    (a) 22

    (b) 31

    (c) 6

    (d) 32

    ANS:  6

    Q39. There are 2 friends Peter and Paul. Peter’s age is twice as old as Paul’s when peter was as old as Paul’s now. Some of the present ages of Peter and Paul are 35. What is their present age, Peter?

    ANS: 20

    Q40. There are two water tanks A and B, A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of one liter every hour in A, it gets filled up like 10, 20, 40, 80, and 160 in tank B. (At the end of the first hour, B has 10 liters, and the second hour it has 20, and so on). If tank B is 1/32 filled after 21 hours, what is the total duration required to fill it?

    (a) 26 hrs

    (b) 25 hrs

    (c) 5 hrs

    (d) 27 hrs

    ANS: a

    Q41. There are two water tanks A and B, A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of one liter every hour in A, it gets filled up like 10, 20, 40, 80, 160… in tank B. (At the end of the first hour, B has 10 liters, and the second hour it has 20, and so on). If tank B is 1/16 filled after 4 hours, what is the total duration required to fill it?

    (a) 8 hrs

    (b) 25 hrs

    (c) 5 hrs

    (d) 27 hrs

    ANS: a

    Q42. Unnecessary data. A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue- 32 red, 10 white, 25 yellow, 55 purple, and 30 orange. The lights are out and it is dark despite the darkness. She can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes an item out of the closet only if she is sure that it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each color of blue, red, and yellow?

    (a) 59

    (b) 8

    (c) 50

    (d) 42

    ANS: a(32+25+2)

    Note: For this type of question:

    Bigger+Middle+1 (Suppose 18, 32, 25 =32+25+1), If you do not find an answer in the options, choose the one closer to the response you got.

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    TCS Recruitment process consists of four rounds:

    1.   Written test ( 35 Questions-60 minutes 1/3 negative)

    2.   Technical round

    3.   Management round

    4.   HR.Written Test:

    It is the most crucial round to achieve success in this round 35 questions with 60 minutes. The questions are very lengthy and time-consuming but if you found the logic it is very simple. All most all questions are having 7 to 10 lines but the valuable data is in the last two lines. And one more point is in this round there is a negative marking of 1/3. If you answered the above 20 questions you will be shortlisted.

    The questions are like this.

    Q1. The ticket for a journey is in the range of 1 to 63 paise. You have 63 paise in your pocket and so on. and the question is You have to change the money into coins and all denominations are available at the final. You have to buy the ticket and you should have at least one coin. (not the same figures)

    ANS: 64 (Just add 1 to highest i.e. 63+1)

    Q2. The sum of two numbers is given and the product is also given to find the square of the difference between the two numbers.

    ANS: (a-b)2=a2+b2+2ab..

    Q3. The dog and here are running, the dog crosses the roads, rivers, and different. Here start running after 2 hours of a dog running, dog runs 30 km in 6 hours then what is the average speed here? (values are not same)

    ANS: 30*6/4

    Q4. The length of the rod is turned into a triangle. The sides of a triangle are 12,16,10. if this rod is turned into a square then find the area of the square.

    ANS: rod length=12+16+10=38

    length of the side is a square=38/4;

    area=(38/4)*(38/4)

    Q5. There are some chocolates. A woman can eat 3 chocolates and a man can eat 1 chocolate and a child can eat half chocolate. then 20 chocolates are divided in…

    ANS: Go through the options( 5 Women, 3 men, 4 children).

    Q6. A water tank is filled in the way as 256,128,64,… the parts in every hour, then in how many hours the tank will fill?

    ANS: 256,128,64,32,16,8,4,2,1 ( 9 hours) values are not the same.

    Q7. The age of Ram and Sayam are in the ratio 5:6 and after 4 years their ratios are 7:8 then what is the present age of Sayam? 

    ANS: 12 years (names and values may change)

    The result of the written test is given within 24 hours’ time and by luck, I am one of the short-listed candidates.. and the remaining rounds are conducted for me on 2nd September.

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    1) APTITUDE TEST:

    Questions = 82 ; time limit = 90 minutes. no negative marking. Offline (paper & pen) test and a PSYCHOMETRY TEST also.

    Section 1: VERBAL (32 Questions, 20 minutes)

    Directions for questions 1-10

    Find the synonyms of the following words

    Q1. Diligence

    A. Laziness    

    B. carelessness    

    C.  negligence    

    D. meticulousness 

    ANS: D

    Q2. Illustrious  

    A. unimportant    

    B. glorious    

    C.  shameful    

    D. None of these

    ANS: B

    Q3. Prolific 

    A. Unproductive     

    B. scarce    

    C. abundant    

    D. None of these

    ANS: C   

    Q4.  Relinquish

    A.  Vanquish  

    B. repudiate    

    C.  retain,    

    D. None of these

    ANS: B

    Q5. ABODE

    A. clay    

    B. obstacle    

    C. dwelling    

    D. bind  

    ANS: C    

    Q6. BEHEST

    A. behavior    

    B. hold down     

    C. relieve    

    D. condemn

    ANS: B

    Q7. MORTIFY

    A. make a cavity    

    B. displease    

    C. humiliate    

    D. relapse

    ANS: C    

    Q8. LETHARGY

    A. reminiscence    

    B. category    

    C. fallacy    

    D. stupor

    ANS: D 

    Q9. INCENTIVE

    A. provocation     

    B. amplitude    

    C. reflex     

    D. escutcheon

    ANS: A 

    Q10. CAJOLE

    A. mollify     

    B. motivate    

    C. profound    

    D. coax 

    ANS: D 

    Directions for questions 11-20:

    Find the Antonyms of the following words

    Q11. Admonish

    A. Reprove    

    B. reprimand    

    C.  Approve    

    D. rebuke

    ANS: C

    Q12. Circumspect

    A. Reckless     

    B. Cautious    

    C. prudent    

    D. guarded

    ANS: A

    Q13. Impetus

    A. Momentum    

    B. thrust      

    C. motivation    

    D. Inertia

    ANS: D

    Q14. Latent

    A.  Dormant      

    B. Overt      

    C. embryonic    

    D.  suppressed

    ANS: B

    Q15. Manifestation

    A. demonstration    

    B. expression    

    C. obscurity    

    D. symptom

    ANS: C

    Q16. Solicit

    A.  Importune    

    B. implore    

    C. crave    

    D. Grant

    ANS: D

    Q17. Vehement

    A. Fervent    

    B. passionate    

    C. Apathetic    

    D. None of these

    ANS: C

    Q18. Caprice

    A. Whim     

    B. impulse     

    C. quirk    

    D. None of these

    ANS: D

    Q19. Dwindle 

    A. extend     

    B. fall     

    C. fall off     

    D. drop

    ANS: A

    Q20. Covet

    A. aspire to     

    B. abjure    

    C. begrudge     

    D. crave

    ANS: B

    Directions for Questions 21-26

    Read the passage and answer the questions that follow based on the information provided in the passage.

    A leading Indian industrialist in a recent article on ways to strengthen India’s economy has drawn attention to the problems of inflation and industrial sickness among other things.  One of the main reasons for industrial sickness in our country has been the fact that business and industrial managers have not been able to look beyond the immediate future.  They have been too preoccupied with their attempts to report favorable results for the current year higher profits and larger dividends to the shareholders.  The planning horizon has hardly ever exceeded five years. Investments have been inadequate for new plants and towards diversification and expansions.  

    Modernization and asset creation have seriously lagged. In business, growth is needed for survival; one has to grow if one does not want to be wiped out This is particularly true today with the liberalization of imports and increasing competition.  Moreover, growth and higher productivity create employment and higher employment creates larger markets both for industrial and consumer products.  It was Henry Ford who brought home the need for the creation of larger and a more stable middle class, that is, a larger number of people who can afford more and more goods and services.  Even after forty years of independence, our industrialists have not been able to shed the petty shopkeeper’s mentality and our highly educated management has tagged along merrily and without concern.

    Q21. Which of the following shortcomings of Indian industrialists has been highlighted by the author?

    A) They invest an unreasonable high amount in diversification and expansion.

    B)They are more concerned about immediate net gains than developmental activities

    C) They are reluctant to maintain the shopkeeper mentality

    D) They are less concerned about the payment of dividends to shareholders

    E) None of the above 

    ANS:  B

    Q22. The leading industrialist attributes industrial sickness mainly to

    A) lacunae in five-year plans

    B) preoccupations of managers with matters unrelated to business

    C) higher profits and larger dividends to shareholders

    D) lack of foresight among managers

    E) inflation and other economic problems

    ANS:  D

    Q23. According to the passage, growth and increasing productivity lead to

    A) imposition of restrictions on imports

    B) employment and thus provide an outlet for industrial and consumer products

    C) encouragement to export excess consumer goods

    D) disproportionate surplus of commodities

    E) None of the above 

    ANS:  B

    Q24. Why did Henry Ford stress the need for a more stable middle class?

    A) They are mostly service oriented

    B) They do not have a shopkeeper mentality

    C) They can afford to buy more and more expensive goods

    D) They are the most unstable

    E) None of these 

    ANS:  C

    Q25. The planning horizon has hardly ever exceeded five years implies

    A) Planning should not be for less than five years

    B) The planning process is very time-consuming

    C) The planners are not inclined to think of future

    D) Planning should take care of all probable ups and downs in the next five-year period

    E) Five-year period is too short for the successful implementation of plans.

    ANS: E

    Q26) According to the passage, the net gains pursued by managers are at the cost of 

    A) Diversification, modernization, and asset creation

    B) Availability of markets for  industrial and consumer products

    C) Inflation and industrial sickness

    D) Liberalisation of imports and increasing competition

    E) Higher profits and larger dividends to shareholders 

    ANS:  A

    Directions 27-32

    Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

    Q27. She had just …… down when the telephone rang

    A) laid    

    B) lain    

    C) lay 

    ANS: B

    Q28. Thinking that the other candidate was more deserving of the post, I …… in his favor

    A) stood down    

    B) stood out    

    C) stood over    

    D) stood off 

    ANS: A

    Q29. This building comprises …… sixty rooms

    A) off    

    B) to   

    C) with    

    D) of 

    ANS: D

    Q30. She always runs short …… money

    A) of    

    B) by    

    C) in    

    D) to 

    ANS: A

    Q31. Sunita decided to set …… sometime every day for prayers

    A) up    

    B) in    

    C) on    

    D) aside 

    ANS: D

    Q32. The Government agreed to pay compensation …… damaged crops, land, and cattle.

    A) of    

    B) for   

    C) to    

    D) through

    ANS: B

    Section 2: QUANTITATIVE / LOGICAL REASONING (38 questions, 40 minutes)

    Q1. Find the missing number in the series: 2, 5,__, 19, 37, 75

    ANS: 9

    Q2. Find the fourth row, having the bit pattern as an integer in an 8-bit computer, and express the answer in its decimal value.

    A 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

    B 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1

    C 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

    (AU(B-C)) ?

    ANS: 29

    Q3. Complete the series 2, 7, 24, 77,__

    ANS: 240

    Q4. A power unit is there by the bank of the river of 750 meters in width. A cable is made from a power unit to power a plant opposite to that of the river and 1500mts away from the power unit. The cost of the cable below water is Rs. 15/- per meter and the cost of cable on the bank is Rs.12/- per meter. Find the total of laying the cable.

    ANS: Rs. 22,500

    Q5. In a two-dimensional array, X (9, 7), with each element occupying 4 bytes of memory, with the address of the first element X (1, 1) is 3000; find the address of X (8, 5).

    ANS: 3212

    Q6. In the word ORGANISATIONAL, if the first and second, third and fourth, fourth and fifth, fifth and sixth words are interchanged up to the last letter, what would be the tenth letter from right?

    ANS: I

    Q7. What is the largest prime number that can be stored in an 8-bit memory? 

    ANS: 251

    Q8. The size of a program is N. And the memory occupied by the program is given by M = square root of 100N. If the size of the program is increased by 1% then how much memory is now occupied? 

    ANS: 0.5%

    Q9. A man, a woman, and a child can do a piece of work in 6 days. Man only can do it in 24 days. A woman can do it in 16 days and in how many days a child can do the same work? 

    ANS: 16

    Q10. In which of the system, decimal number 184 is equal to 1234?

    ANS: 5

    Q11. If TAFJHH is coded as RBEKGI then RBDJK can be coded as? 

    ANS: QCCKJ

    Q12. A power unit is there by the bank of the river of 750 meters in width. A cable is made from the power unit to the power plant opposite that of the river and 1500mts away from the power unit. The cost of the cable below water is Rs.15/- per meter and the cost of cable on the bank is Rs.12/-per meter. Find the total of laying the cable. 

    ANS: 1000

    Q13. In Madras, the temperature at noon varies according to -t^2/2 + 8t + 3, where t is elapsed time. Find how much the temperature is more or less from 4 pm to 9 pm. 

    ANS: At 9 pm 7.5 more

    Q14. The size of the bucket is N kb. The bucket fills at the rate of 0.1 kb per millisecond. A programmer sends a program to the receiver. There it waits for 10 milliseconds. And response will be back to the programmer in 20 milliseconds. How much time does the program take to get a response back to the programmer after it is sent? 

    ANS: 30

    Q15. If VXUPLVH is written as SURMISE, what is DVD? 

    ANS: PEASE

    Q16. If A, B, and C are the mechanisms used separately to reduce the wastage of fuel by 30%, 20%, and 10%. What will be the fuel economy if they were used combined?

    ANS: 20%

    Q17. A Flight takes off at 2 A.M from the northeast direction and travels for 11 hours to reach the destination, which is in the northwest direction. Given the latitude and longitude of the source and destination. Find the local time of destination when the flight reaches there. 

    ANS: 7 am

    Q18. A can copy 50 papers in 10 hours while both A & B can copy 70 papers in 10 hours. Then how many hours are required for B to copy 26 papers? 

    ANS: 13

    Q19. A 2D array is declared as A[9,7] and each element requires 2 bytes. If A [1,1] is stored in 3000. Find the memory of A[8,5]?   

    ANS: 3106

    Q20. A is twice efficient as B. A and B can both work together to complete a work in 7 days. Then find in how many days, A alone can complete the work.

    ANS: 10.5

    Q21. A person was fined for exceeding the speed limit by 10 mph. Another person was also fined for exceeding the same speed limit by twice the same. If the second person was traveling at a speed of 35 mph, find the speed limit.

    ANS: 15 mph

    Q22. A bus started from the bus stand at 8.00 am, and after 30 minutes of staying at the destination, it returned to the bus stand. The destination is 27 miles from the bus stand. The speed of the bus is 18 kmph. In return, the journey bus travels at a 50% fast speed. At what time it returns to the bus stand? 

    ANS: 11.00 am.

    Q23. A restaurant bill is made up of the following: $12.50 for starters, $28.55 for main courses, and $8.95 for desserts, plus a 15% service charge. How much is the bill?

    A               B             C            D             E

    $56.50     $57.50     $57.00     $59.50      $60.50

    ANS: B

    Q24. A team of eight lumberjacks cut an average of 15,000 cubic feet of timber in a week. How many cubic feet will four lumberjacks cut in four weeks?

    A. 30,000                

    B. 25,000         

    C. 32,000           

    D.16,000               

    E. 28,000

    ANS: A

    Q25. A discount of 15% is offered on an item that previously cost  $1.80. What is the discounted price?

    ANS: A

    Q26. Which of the following are orthogonal pairs? 

    a. 3i+2j 

    b. i+j 

    c. 2i-3j 

    d. -7i+j 

    ANS:  a,c

    Q27.  (Momentum*Velocity)/(Acceleration * distance ) find units.

    ANS: mass

    Q28. In some games, 139 members have participated every time one fellow will get a bye what is the number of matches to choose the champion to be held?

    ANS: 138

    Q29. one fast typist type some matter in 2hr and another slow typist type the same matter in 3hr. if both do combine how much time they will finish?

    ANS: 1hr 12min

    Q30. In an 8*8 chess board, what is the total number of squares?

    ANS: 204

    Q31. A person, who decided to go on a weekend trip should not exceed 8 hours of driving in a day. The average speed of the forward journey is 40 m/h. Due to traffic on Sundays, the return journey’s average speed is 30 m/h. How far he can select a picnic spot?

    ANS: 120 miles 

    Q30. A & B are playing a game. There are 8 oranges in a row on the table. one Player can take 1-4 oranges in a pick (a maximum of 4), and one who picks the last orange wins the game. A plays first How many oranges should he pick the first time to win the game? 

    ANS: 3

    Q31. A salesperson multiplied a number and gets the answer 3, instead of that number divided by 3. what is the answer he has to get?

    ANS: 1/3. 

    Q32. In a mixture, R is 2 parts, and S is 1 part. To make S to 25% of the mixture, how much R is to be added? 

    ANS: one part of R

    Q33. With a 4/5 full tank vehicle travels 12 miles, with a 1/3 full tank how much distance travels 

    ANS: 5 miles 

    Q34. Two trees are there. one grows at 3/5 of the other in 4 years, total growth of trees is 8 ft. what growth will smaller tree will have in 2 years

    ANS:  < 2 ft.  

    Q35. Last year pandit was thrice his sister’s age. Next year he is only twice her age. After 5 years what are pandits’ ages?

    a) 2    

    b) 12    

    c) 11      

    d) 14      

    ANS: b

    Q36. Box of 150 packets consists of 1kg packets and 2kg packets. The total weight of the box is 264kg. How many 2kg packets are there

    a) 96     

    b) 67    

    c) 100      

    d) 114       

    ANS: d

    Q37. Satish earns 240 weekly. 12% of big amount  + earning weekly = 540. What is the big amount?

    a) 3200    

    b) 3600      

    c) 2500      

    d) 1000      

    ANS: c

    Q38. Julia is twice older as urban. If Julia was 4 years younger, qurban was 3 years older their diff. between their ages is 12 years. What is the sum of their ages?

    a) 67    

    b) 57    

    c) 36    

    d) none    

    ANS: b

    Section 3: CRITICAL REASONING (12 questions, 30 minutes)

    Directions 1- 12 :

    Answer the questions given below the passage or statement as true, false, or can’t say.

    PASSAGE : 

    Alpine tunnels are closed tunnels. In the past 30 yrs, not even a single accident has been recorded for there is one accident in the railroad system. Even in case of a fire accident, it is possible to shift the passengers into adjacent wagons, and even the live fire can be detected and extinguished within 30 min.

    Answer questions 1-3 based on passage Q1. No accident can occur in the closed tunnels

    ANS: True

    Q2. Fire is allowed to live for 30 min

    ANS: False

    Q3. All the cars that travel in the tunnels will be carried by rail shutters.

    ANS: True

    PASSAGE : 

    In the survey conducted in Mumbai out of 63 newly married housewives, not a single housewife felt that the husbands should take an equal part in the household work as they felt they loose their power over their husbands. Despite their careers, they opt to do the kitchen work themselves after coming back home. the wives get half as much leisure time as the husbands get at the weekends.

    Answer questions 4-6 based on the passage

    Q4. Housewives want their husbands to take part equally in the household

    ANS: False

    Q5. Wives have half as much leisure time as their husbands have

    ANS: False

    Q6. 39% of the men will work equally in the house in cleaning and washing.

    ANS: False

    PASSAGE : 

    In the totalitarian days, words have very much devalued. In the present day, they are becoming domestic that is the words will be much more devalued. In that days, words will be very much affected in the political areas. but at present, the words came very cheap. We can say they come free at cost.

    Answer questions 7-9 based on the passage.

    Q7. Totalitarian society words are devalued.

    ANS: False

    Q8. Totalitarians will have to come much about words

    ANS: True

    Q9. In the art of totalitarian society, words are used for political speeches.

    ANS: False

    PASSAGE : 

    In Confucius’s days, technology development was less and it took weeks to communicate a message. wherein we can send it through satellite in no time. even with these fast developments, it has become difficult to understand each other. 

    Answer questions 10-12 based on the passage.

    Q10. people were not intelligent during Confucius’s days

    ANS: False

    Q11. Transport facilities are very much improved nowadays

    ANS: True

    Q12. Even with the fast developments of technology, we cannot live happily. 

    Ans. cant say

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    Q1. Ramu & Sangeetha went for biological analysis on an island that is 34km from their place. They traveled in a boat that went at a speed of 2m/s. when they are half a distance in the boat Sangeetha note there are 7 leg & 8 leg octopuses under the water. Ramu counted the total number of legs of octopuses and got 54. Sangeetha instantly said I know how many 7 leged octopuses are there under the water. They both reached the island after 20 min they left. How many seven-legged octopuses does Sangeetha calculate?

    1. 4

    2. 5

    3. 6

    4. 7

    ANS: Total number of legs of both 7 & 8 legged octo bus

    Find several 7 leged octopuses

    Go from answer 

    4(7 leged octobus) + X = 54.

    5(7 leged octobus) + X = 54. Similarly, do for all. The x you get should be exactly divisible by 8. Only one answer will satisfy the condition.

    Note: you may find a lot of nonsense stuff to test verbal ability. Just take the required data alone. From the next question onwards I post the necessary data only.

    Q2. Total number of wheels of bicycles & 4-wheeled vehicles is 38. How many bicycles are there? ( This question has more than 6 lines to test your verbal ability)

    ANS: similar to above.

    Go from answer

    Choices from answer(2 wheelers) + X = 38. X should be exactly divisible by 4 

    Q3. Jumbled sentences are given APPRAKEET. What is the meaning? 

    PARAKEET

    ANS: Bird

    Q4. Logical problem asking for the color of the beer

    ANS: White

    Q5. There are 14 spots. Each spot has 8 seats. 28 people are seated in all the spots. No similar number of people sat in any spot. How many spots are left with no people at all 

    ANS: 1+2+3+4+5+6+7 = 28. So the remaining 7 spots have no people at all

    Q6. Can A has milk? Can b had water. A spoon of milk from an A is added to Can B. Then from the mixture same amount is taken from Can B and added to Can A.

    ANS: Can A contains fewer items than the item in Can B

    Q7. There is a plane that contains 32 points. All 32 points have equal distances from point x.

    Which of the following is true

    A: All 32 points lie in a circle.

    B: The distance from x to all 32 points is less than the distance between each other

    ANS: A only

    Q8. A horse ran at speed of 34 kmph. The pony started after 2 hours. A horse ran for 4 hours. What is the speed of a pony?

    ANS: (34*4)/(4+2) 

    Q9. A clock gives 4 ticks consecutively. After days it has become defective & gives only 2 ticks. What is the probability that the clock produces 3 ticks consecutively? 1 out of?

    ANS: 1/8 

    Q10. A person points to a photo and says the man in the picture is the son of my father’s son. What is the relationship between him & person in the photo?

    ANS: he himself

    Q11. There is a cloth of 153 yards in length. X has to cut the cloth into 153 pieces. He takes 5 seconds to cut each piece how much time he requires to cut all 153 pieces?

    ANS: 152*5

    Q12. Ferrari is a leading car manufacturer.*Ferrari S.p.A.* is an Italian sports car. it has enjoyed great success. If Mohan’s Ferrari is 3 times faster than his old MERCEDES which gave him 35 kmph if Mohan traveled 490 km in his Ferrari how much time(hours) he took?

    ANS: 490/35*3

    Q13. Jagan lies on Monday Tuesday Wednesday Pradeep lies on Wednesday Thursday Saturday. Jagan says I didn’t lie yesterday. Pradeep also says that I didn’t lie yesterday. What day is today?

    ANS: Sunday

    Q14. The ratio of the current age of X and Y is 5:7. After how many years their age becomes 7:9?

    ANS: Simple ratio

    Q15. By using 1,2,3,4,5, how many 5-digit no. can be formed which is divisible by 4, reputation of no. is allowed?

    ANS: 2500 (not sure)

    Q16. XY=21 and X+Y=13.ans of X & Y will b in points..den x square+y square=?

    ANS: Solve using the quadratic equation. you get x & y

    Q17. A person travels from A- to b in 9 km/hr, and from B to A in 4 Km/hr. What is the average speed?

    ANS: 2(9*4)/9+4

    Q18. Find the total cost to build a robot. The cost of spare parts used to build it is in the ratio 4:5:3.  The cost of spare parts is $40, $50, and $60.

    ANS: simple ratio. I don’t remember the question exactly but all you do is add $40+$50+$60 to get the answer

    Q19. Pizza shops make pizza of the same thickness and diff diameters. Cost of 8cm is 80, 12 cm is 240, and 24 cm is 720. Which pizza gives the best value for money?

    ANS: Divide the cost by cm & compare with others. Hint. Take the smallest one and multiply it till you get the largest pizza. Then compare both you get the answer

    Q20. Avg mark of 5 subs is 61. Six sub mark is 89. What is the average after adding 6th?

    ANS: (61*5) + 89/6

    Q21. Find a number of 3s between 1 & 100.

    ANS: 19

    Q22. A pipe can fill a tank at the rate of 1 liter/hr, the tank is 1/32 filled in 6 hours. After how many shows the tank is filled completely

    ANS: 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1. After 5 hours.

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    SECTION 1: 

    Verbal Ability: 

    About Synonyms, Antonyms Are Asked Along With Pick Out The Best Meaning.

    SECTION 2: 

    Aptitude (Quant & logical) About 32 Questions

    Q1. Which Is The Smallest No Divides 2880 And Gives A Perfect Square?

    A.1 

    B.2 

    C.5 

    D.6

    ANS: C

    Q2. Two Bowls Are Taken, One Contains Water And Another Contains Tea  Equal Amount. One Spoon Of Water From 1st Is Added To Second Bowl And Mixed Well, And A Spoon Of the Mixture Is Taken From Second Bowl And Added To The 1st Bowl. Which Statement Will Hold Good For The Above?

    ANS:

    Thought Process : 

    Water Bowl Tea Bowl

    100 100

    90w (+10w= Spoon Volume) 100tea+10water

    90w+ (10*10/11)Tea+ 10/11 W 100t- (10*10/11) T

    + 10w- 10/11w

    (1st Bowls Water Volume Is Equal To 2nd Bowls Tea Volume)

    Q3. Form 8 Digit Numbers From By Using 1, 2,3,4,5 With Repetition Is Allowed And Must Be Divisible By 4?

    A.31250 

    B.97656 

    C.78125 

    D.97657 

    ANS: C

    Q4. Rearrange And Categorize The Word Rapeteka?

    ANS: Bird

    Q5. One Problem On (785^3235^3) / ( 785 ^ 2 + 785 * 235 + 235 ^ 2)

    ANS: You Are Free To Carry A Calculator With You But You Should Not Use It To Solve This Kind Of Problem. Because It Is Simple:

    A3-b3 / A2+ab+b2

    ANS: A-b Here 785-235= 550 That’s It.

    Q6. In School, There Are Some Bicycles And 4 Wheeler Wagons. One Tuesday There Were 190 Wheels In The Campus. How Many Bicycles Are There?

    ANS: 15

    Thought Process: B*2+w*4=190 I.E. , B+2w=95 Now See U Can Not Solve 2 Unknowns From 1 Equation, So Just Plot Options Here To Get The Right Answer And Verify If You Are Getting Integers As Values Of B And W.

    Q7. There Are Two Persons Paul And Jay. Paul Lies On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday And The Remaining Days He Speaks Truth. Jay Lies On Thursday, Friday, Saturday And The Remaining Days He Speaks Truth. Once They Meet Each Other, In Their Conversation Paul Says That Yesterday Is The Day One Among Those I Lie. Jay Also Says That Yesterday I Also Lie. What Is That Day?

    A) Sunday. 

    B) Tuesday. 

    C) Thursday. 

    D) Wednesday

    [Thought Process: Now This Day Cannot Be Sunday Because In Monday Paul Speaks Truth And Sunday Everyone Tells Truth. So It Must Be Weekdays. Again, Tuesday Can Not be Possible Because Monday And Tuesday Paul Speaks Truth. In Case Of Thrust Day, Paul Speaks Lie And Wednesday He Speaks True. And Joy Speaks Truth In Thursday And He Speak Lies On Wednesday. So, Thursday Is The Answer.

    Q8. A Father Has 7 Pennys With Him And 1 Water Melon Is For 1p, 2 chickens For 1p, and 3 Grapes Foe 1p. He Has Three Sons. How Can He Share The Fruits Equally?

    ANS:1 Watermelon, 2 chickoos, 1 grape

    Q9. (1/2) Of A Number Is 3 Times More Than The (1/6) Of The Same Number?

    ANS: 9

    Q10. There Are Two Pipes A And B. If A Filled 10 Liters In Hour B Can Fill 20 Liters At the Same Time. Likewise, B Can Fill 10, 20, 40, 80,160…. If B Filled In (1/16) Th Of A Tank In 3 Hours, How Much Time Will It Take To Fill Completely?

    ANS:7 Hours

    Q11. A Man Is Standing Before A Painting Of A Man And He Says I Have No Bro And Sis And His [Painted Picture] Father Is My Father’s Son?

    ANS: His Son

    Q12. One Question Has the Last Part Like the Difference Between Two Terms Is 9 And the Product Of Two Numbers Is 10, What Is The Squares Of the Sum Of Numbers?ANS: Thought Process: A-b=9 And Ab = 10

    A+b = Sqrt[9^2 + 4*10] = 11

    A= 10 And B=1 So 101 Ans.

    Q13. What Is The Value Of [(3x+8y)/(X-2y)]; If X/2y=2?

    ANS: 10 {The Numerical May Change)

    Q14. One Grandfather Has Three Grandchildren, Two Of Their Age Difference Is 3, Eldest Child Age Is 3 Times Youngest Childs Age And Eldest Childs Age Is Two Times Of Sum Of Other Two Children. What Is The Age Of the Eldest Child?

    ANS:15

    Q15. In One Organization, Material, Labor And Maintenance Are In The Ratio Of 4:6:7, The Material Cost Is: Rs. 100, What Is The Total Cost?

    ANS:425

    Q16. Keywords: Density, Reluctance, Sensitivity, Voltage, Current, What Is The Resistance Formula Is r=V/I

    Q17. In A Market 4 Men Are Standing. The Average Age Of The Four Before 4 Years Is 45, Some Days One Man Is Added And His Age Is 49. What Is The Average Age Of All?

    ANS:49

    Q18. In A School For A Student Out Of 100 He Got a 74 Of Average For 7 Subjects And He Got 79 Marks In the 8th Subject. What Is The Average Of All The Subjects?

    ANS:74.625

    Q19. In A Question, the Last Part, The Ages Of Two People Has The Ratio Of 6:6 And By Adding The Numbers We Get 44, After How Many Years would the ratio be 8:7?

    ANS:8

    Q20. One Train Travels 200m From A To B At 70 Km/Ph And Returns To A At 80kmph, What Is The Average Of Their Speed?

    ANS: Use Harmonic Mean Formula: Average Speed = 2ab/A+b = 2*70*80/150

    Q21. A Question Like A Wire Is Wound Whose Resistance Is Some 132. 44647 Ohms. If A Voltage Of 30 mv, 296 Ma Current Is Applied To It What Is The Resistance?

    Clue: Use Formula R= V/I. Beware Of Voltage & Current Particularly Kilo Or Millie Etc. Units.

    Q22. In A City, There Are 100 Buildings Numbered By Corporation Between 0-100, How Many Twos Are Shown On the Door,

    ANS: 2,12,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,32,42,52,62,72,82,92=(20 Twos)

    Q23) A Hollow Space On Earth Surface Is To Be Filled. The total Cost Of Filling Is Rs20000. The Cost Of Filling Per Mt3 Is Rs 225. How Many Times A Size Of 3 Mt3 Soil Is Required To Fill The Hollow Space?

    ANS:20000/225=88.88

    88.88/3=29.62

    So 30 Times Of 3 Mt3 Is Required To Fill The Space Completely

    Q24) There Are Different Things Like P, Q, R, S, T, U, V.  We Can Take P And Q Together. If R And S Are Taken Together, T must be Taken. U And V Can Be Taken Together Can Be Taken With P Or S. Every Thing Can Be Taken Together Except

    A) P 

    B) T 

    C) V 

    D) S

    ANS: T

    Q25) New Town Is Straight To The North Of New York. A High Way M Runs From Newtown Making An Angle Of 61 Degree South East. From New York There Is Also An High Way N Which Runs Northeast 61 Degrees. If High Ways M And N Are Straight Then Find out  The Acute Angle Made At Their Intersection Point.

    ANS: 180-(61+61)=58 (The High Ways Make A Triangle The Addition Of 18. One Grandfather Has Three Grandchildren, Two Of Their Age Difference Is 3, Eldest Child Age Is 3 Times Youngest Childs Age And Eldest Childs Age Is Two Times Of Sum Of Other Two Children. What Is The Age Of the Eldest Child? 

    ANS: 15

    Q26). In A Market 4 Men Are Standing. The Average Age Of The Four Before 4 years Is 45, After Some Days One Man Is Added And His Age Is 49. What Is The Average Weight Of All? 

    ANS:49

    Q27) Keywords: One Organization, Material Labor And Maintenance Are In The Ratio Of 4:6:7, The Material Cost Is:100, What Is The Total Cost?

    ANS: 425

    Q28). Keywords: Density, Reluctance, Sensitivity, Voltage, Current, What Is The Resistance Formula Is r=V/I

    Q29). Keywords: Sports Readers,10 Tables,4chairs Per Table, Each Table Has Different Number Of People Then How Many Tables Will Left Without At Least One Person? 

    ANS: 6

    Q30). Keywords: Die, Card, Coin, B/N 2 To 12 

    ANS: All Are Equal

    Q31). In A School For A Student Out Of 100 He Got a 74 Of Average For 7 Subjects And He Got 79 Marks In the 8th Subject. What Is The Average Of All The Subjects? 

    ANS:74.625

    Q32). In A Question, the Last Part, The Ages Of Two People Has The Ratio Of 6:6 And By Adding The Numbers We Get 44, After How Many Years would the ratio be 8:7?

    ANS: 8 

    3 Angles Of A Triangle Is 180)

    Section 3:

    Critical Reasoning: Two Passages Are Given

    Q1. Which Of The Following Best Completes The Passage Below? In A Survey Of Job Applicants, Two-fifths Admitted To Being At Least A Little Dishonest. However, The Survey May Underestimate The Proportion Of Job Applicants Who Are Dishonest, Because____.

    A. Some Dishonest People Taking The Survey Might Have Claimed On The Survey To Be Honest

    B. Some Generally Honest People Taking The Survey Might Have Claimed On The Survey To Be

    Dishonest

    C. Some People Who Claimed On The Survey To Be At Least A Little Dishonest May Be Very

    Dishonest

    D. Some People Who Claimed On The Survey To Be Dishonest May Have Been Answering

    Honestly

    E. Some People Who Are Not Job Applicants Are Probably At Least A Little Dishonest

    Answer With Explanation:

    A Is The Best Answer.

    If Applicants Who Are In Fact Dishonest Claimed, To Be Honest, The Survey Results Would Show A

    Smaller Proportion Of Dishonest Applicants Than Actually Exists. Therefore, This Choice Is The

    Best Answer. B Is Inappropriate Because Generally Honest Applicants Who Claimed To Be

    Dishonest Could Contribute To The Overestimation, But Not To The Underestimation, Of Dishonest

    Applicants. D Is Inappropriate Because Applicants Who Admitted Their Dishonesty Would Not

    Contribute To An Underestimation Of The Proportion Of Dishonest Applicants. C And E Are

    Inappropriate Because The Argument Is Concerned Neither With Degrees Of Dishonesty Nor With

    The Honesty Of Non-applicants.

    Q2. The Average Life Expectancy For The United States Population As A Whole Is 73.9 Years, But Children Born In Hawaii Will Live An Average Of 77 Years, And Those Born In Louisiana, 71.7 Years. If A Newlywed Couple From Louisiana Were To Begin Their Family In Hawaii, Therefore, Their Children Would Be Expected To Live Longer Than Would Be The Case If The Family Remained In Louisiana. Which Of The Following, If True, Would Most Seriously Weaken The Conclusion Drawn In The Passage?

    A. Insurance Company Statisticians Do Not Believe That Moving To Hawaii Will Significantly

    Lengthen The Average Louisianans Life.

    B. The Governor Of Louisiana Has Falsely Alleged That Statistics For His State Are Inaccurate.

    C. The Longevity Ascribed To Hawaii’s Current Population Is Attributable Mostly To Genetically

    Determined Factors.

    D. Thirty Percent Of All Louisianans Can Expect To Live Longer Than 77 Years.

    E. Most Of The Hawaiian Islands Have Levels Of Air Pollution Well Below The National Average

    For The United States.

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    Q1. One Rectangular plate with length of 8 inches breadth of 11 inches and 2 inches thickness is there. What is the length of the circular rod with a diameter of 8 inches and equal to the volume of the rectangular plate?     

    ANS: 3.5 inches

    Q3. In some games, 139 members have participated every time one fellow will get out. What is the number of matches to choose the champion to be held?

    ANS: 138

    Q4. One fast typist type some matter in 2hr and another slow typist type the same matter in 3hr. If both do combine how much time they will finish?  (S)

    ANS: 1hr 12min

    Q5. In an 8*8 chess board, what is the total number of squares?

    ANS: 204

    Q6. Falling height is proportional to the square of the time. One object falls 64 cm in 2 sec then in 6 sec from how much height the object will fall.

    ANS: 576 cm

    Q7. Gavaskar’s average in the first 50 innings was 50. After the 51st innings, his average was 51 how many runs he made in the 51st innings?

    ANS:101

    Q8. 2 oranges, 3 bananas, and  4 apples cost Rs.15. 3 oranges 2 bananas 1 apple costs Rs 10. what is the cost of 3 oranges, 3 bananas and 3 apples

    ANS: Rs 15.

    Q9. In 80 coins one coin is counterfeit what is the minimum number of weightings to find out a counterfeit coin

    Q10. In a company 30% are supervisors and 40% of employees are male. If 60% of supervisors are male. What is the probability that a randomly chosen employee is a male or female?

    Q11. Two pencils cost 8 cents, then 5 pencils cost how much

    ANS: 20 cents

    Q12. A work is done by the people in 24 min. one of them can do this work a lonely in 40 min. how much time is required to do the same work for the second person?

    ANS: 60 min

    Q13.  For a round trip, a car used 4 1/2 gallons of gasoline.  If it used 1/4 more gasoline going than coming back, how much gasoline was used coming back?

    ANS:  2 gallons

    Q14. low temperature at the night in a city is 1/3 more than 1/2 hinge as higher temperature in a day. the sum of the low temp and highest temp is 100C. then what is the low temperature

    ANS: 40 C

    Q15. A person who decided to go weekend trip should not exceed 8 hours of driving in a day Average speed of the forward journey is 40 mph. due to traffic in Sundays, the return journey’s average speed is 30 mph. how far he can select a picnic spot

    ANS: 120 miles

    Q16. A salesperson multiplied a number and gets the answer 3, instead of that number divided by 3. what is the answer he actually has to get?

    ANS: 1/3

    Q17. A ship started from the port and moved with I mph and another ship started from L and moved with H mph. At which place do these two ships meet?

    ANS: between  I and J and close to J

     !_____!_____!_____!_____!_____!_____!

     port    G           H           I           J           K           L

    Q18. A building with a height of D ft shadow up to G A neighbor building with what height shadow C ft is    

    ANS: B ft

    !_____!_____!_____!_____!_____!_____!_____!

     A          B          C           D          E           F          G          H

    Q19. A person was fined for exceeding the speed limit by 10 mph. Another person was also fined for exceeding the same speed limit by twice the same.  If the second person was traveling at a speed of 35 mph. Find the speed limit

    ANS: 15 mph

    Q20. A bus started from the bus stand at 8.00a m and after 30 min staying at the destination, it returned back to the bus stand.  the destination is 27 miles from the bus stand. the speed of the bus is 50 percent fast speed. At what time does it return to the bustand

    ANS: 11.00

    Q21. In a mixture, R is 2 parts, and S is 1 part. in order to make S to 25% of the mixture, how much R is to be added 

    ANS:  one part

    Q22. Wind flows 160 miles in 330 min, for 80 miles how much time is required?

    ANS: 165 min

    Q23. With a 4/5 full tank vehicle travels 12 miles, with a 1/3 full tank how much distance travels

    ANS: 5 miles  

    Q24. A man on a motorcycle rides 110 miles in 330 minutes.  What is his average speed in miles per hour?

    ANS:  20 miles

    Q25.  A stationary engine has enough fuel to move for 12 hours when its tank is 4/5 full, how many hours will it run when the tank is 1/3 full

    ANS: 5 hours

    Q26. The center of a storm shifts 22.5 miles in 1 hour.  At the same rate, what time will it take to move 60 miles?

    ANS:  2 2/3 hours

    Q27. A 3-gallon mixture contains one part S and two parts R. In order to change it to the mixture containing 25% S, how much R should be added?

    ANS: 1 gallon

    Q28.  A tree grows only 3/5 as fast as the one beside it.  In four years the combined growth of the two trees is eight feet.  How much does the shorter tree grow in two years

    ANS:  Less than 2 feet

    Q29.  An ocean liner L miles from port steams toward port at 11 miles per hour.  Another ship leaves the same port and steams toward the ocean liner at 1 mile per hour.  How many miles away from the port will they meet?

    ANS:  Between I and J, closer to J

    Q30. There are 150 weights. Some are 1 kg weights and some are 2 kg weights. The sum of the weights is 260. What is the number of 1kg weights?

    ANS: 40

    Q31.  A moves 3 kms east from his starting point. He then travels 5 km north. From that point, he moves 8 km to the east. How far is A from his starting point?

    ANS: 13 km

    Q32. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 8. When 18 is added to the number, the digits are reversed. Find the number.

    ANS: 35

    Q33. The cost of one pencil, two pens, and four erasers is Rs.22 while the cost of five pencils, four pens, and two erasers is Rs.32.How much will three pencils, three pens, and three erasers cost?

    ANS: 27

    Q34. Father’s age is 5 times his son’s age. 4 years back the father was 9 times older than his son. Find the father’s present age.

    ANS: 40 years

    Q35. What number should be added to or subtracted from each term of the ratio 17:24 so that it becomes equal to 1:2?

    ANS: 10 should be subtracted

    Q36. What is the 12th term of the series 2, 5, 8, ….

    ANS: 35

    Q37. If 20 men take 15 days to complete a job, in how many days can 25 men finish that work?

    ANS: 12 days

    Q38. In a fraction, if 1 is added to both the numerator at the denominator, the fraction becomes 1/2. If the numerator is subtracted from the denominator, the fraction becomes 3/4. Find the fraction.

    ANS: 3/7

    Q39. If Rs.1260 is divided between A, B, and C in the ratio 2:3:4, what is C’s share?

    ANS: Rs. 560

    Q40. A shopkeeper bought a watch for Rs.400 and sold it for Rs.500.What is his profit percentage?

    ANS: 25%

    Q41. What percent of 60 is 12?

    ANS: 20%

    Q42. Hansie made the following amounts in seven games of cricket in India: Rs.10, Rs.15, Rs.21, Rs.12, Rs.18, Rs.19, and Rs.17(all figures in crores of course). Find his average earnings.

    ANS: Rs.16 crore

    Q43. A 3-gallon mixture contains one part S and two parts R. In order to change it to a mixture containing 25% S, how much R should be added?

    (a) 1/2 gallon               

    (b) 2/3 gallon               

    (c) 3/4 gallon               

    (d) 1 gallon               

    (e) 1 1/2 gallon

    Q44. If A is traveling at 72 km per hour on a highway. B is traveling at a speed of 25 meters per second on a highway. What is the difference in their speeds in meters per second?

    (a) 1/2 m/sec                                                   

    (b) 1 m/sec                                                     

    (c) 1 1/2 m/sec

    (d) 2 m/sec                                                      

    (e) 3 m/sec

    Q45. A salesperson by mistake multiplied a number and got the answer as 3, instead of dividing the number by 3. What is the answer he should have actually got?

    (a) 0        

    (b) 1/3        

    (c) 1        

    (d) 2        

    (e) 3

    Q46. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 30% and the width is decreased by 20%, then the area is increased by…

    (a) 10%       

    (b) 5%        

    (c) 4%        

    (d) 20%        

    (e) 25%

    Q47. In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi, and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible number of students who speak both languages?

    (a) 5        

    (b) 20        

    (c) 15        

    (d) 10         

    (e) 30

    Q48. The most economical prices among the following prices are:

    (a) 10 kilos for Rs.160

    (b) 2 kilos for Rs.30

    (c) 4 kilos for Rs.70

    (d) 20 kilos for Rs.340

    (e) 8 kilos for Rs.130

    Q49. A truck contains 150 small packages, some weighing 1 kg each and some weighing 2 kg each. how many packages weighing 2 kg each are in the truck if the total weight of all the packages is 264 kg?

    (a) 36        

    (b) 52        

    (c) 88        

    (d) 124        

    (e) 114

    Q50. One year ago Pandit was three times his sister’s age. Next year he will be only twice her age. How old will Pandit be after five years?

    ANS: 12 years

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    Q1. The C language terminator is

    (a) semicolon             

    (b) colon             

    (c) period             

    (d) exclamation mark

    Q2. What is false about the following — A compound statement is

    (a) A set of simple statements                                 

    (b) Demarcated on either side by curly brackets

    (c) Can be used in place of simple statement           

    (d) A C function is not a compound statement.

    Q3. What is true about the following C Functions

    (a) Need not return any value                                 

    (b) Should always return an integer

    (c) Should always return a float                              

    (d) Should always return more than one value

    Q4. Main must be written as

    (a) The first function in the program                         

    (b) Second function in the program

    (c) Last function in the program                               

    (d) Any where in the program

    Q5. Which of the following about automatic variables within a function is correct?

    (a) Its type must be declared before using the variable                             

    (b) They are local

    (c) They are not initialized to zero                                                           

    (d) They are global

    Q6. Write one statement equivalent to the following two statements: x=sqr(a); return(x);   Choose from one of the alternatives

    (a) return(sqr(a));                                                         

    (b) printf(“sqr(a)”);

    (c) return(a*a*a);                                                         

    (d) printf(“%d”,sqr(a));

    Q7. Which of the following about the C comments is incorrect?

    (a) Comments can go over multiple lines

    (b) Comments can start anywhere in the line

    (c) A line can contain comments without any language statements

    (d) Comments can occur within comments

    Q8. What is the value of y in the following code?

    x=7;

    y=0;

    if(x=6) y=7;

    else y=1;

    (a) 7             

    (b) 0             

    (c) 1             

    (d) 6

    Q9. Read the function conv() given below

    conv(int t)

    {

    int u;

    u=5/9 * (t-32);

    return(u);

    }

    What is returned

    (a) 15             

    (b) 0             

    (c) 16.1             

    (d) 29

    Q10. Which of the following represents a true statement either x is in the range of 10 and 50 or y is zero

    (a) x >= 10 && x <= 50 || y = = 0                                                     

    (b) x<50

    (c) y!=10 && x>=50                                                                         

    (d) None of these

    Q11. Which of the following is not an infinite loop ?

    (a) while(1){ ….}                                                                         

    (b) for(;;){…}

    (c) x=0;                                                                                        

    (d) # define TRUE 0

    do{ /*x unaltered within the loop*/ …

                                                                                                            .

    ….}while(x = = 0); while(TRUE){ ….}

    Q12. What does the following function print?

    func(int i)

    {

    if(i%2)return 0;

    else return 1;

    }

    main()

    {

    int =3;

    i=func(i);

    i=func(i);

    printf(“%d”,i);

    }

    (a) 3             

    (b) 1            

    (c) 0             

    (d) 2

    Q13. How does the C compiler interpret the following two statements

    p=p+x;

    q=q+y;

    (a)  p= p+x;                 

    (b)  p=p+xq=q+y;                 

    (c)  p= p+xq;                 

    (d)  p=p+x/q=q+y;

    q=q+y; q=q+y;

    For question 14,15,16,17 use the following alternatives:

    a. int     

    b. char     

    c. string     

    d. float

    Q14.     9

    Q15.     1 e 02

    Q16.     10e05

    Q17.     15

    Q18. Read the following code

    # define MAX 100

    # define MIN 100

    ….

    ….

    if(x>MAX)

    x=1;

    else if(x

    x=-1;

    x=50;

    if the initial value of x=200, what is the value after executing this code?

    (a) 200             

    (b) 1             

    (c) -1             

    (d) 50

    Q19. A memory of 20 bytes is allocated to a string declared as char *s then the following two statements are executed:

    s=Entrance

    l=strlen(s);

    what is the value of l ?

    (a)20             

    (b)8             

    (c)9             

    (d)21

    Q20. Given the piece of code

    int a[50];

    int *pa;

    pa=a;

    To access the 6th element of the array which of the following is incorrect?

    (a) *(a+5) 

    (b) a[5] 

    (c) pa[5] 

    (d) *(*pa + 5}

    Q21. Consider the following structure:

    struct num nam

    {

    int no;

    char name[25];

    }

    struct num nam n1[]={{12, Fred},{15,Martin},{8,Peter},{11,Nicholas}};

    …..

    …..

    printf(“%d%d”,n1[2],no,(*(n1 + 2),no) + 1);

    What does the above statement print?

    (a) 8,9             

    (b) 9,9             

    (c) 8,8             

    (d) 8, unpredictable value

    Q22. Identify the incorrect expression

    (a) a=b=3=4; 

    (b) a=b=c=d=0; 

    (c) float a=int b= 3.5; 

    (d) int a; float b;a=b=3.5;

    Q23. Regarding the scope of the variables; identify the incorrect statement:

    (a) automatic variables are automatically initialized to 0                 

    (b) static variables are automatically initialized to 0

    (c) the address of a register variable is not accessible                   

    (d) static variables cannot be initialized with any expression

    Q24. cond 1?cond 2?cond 3?:exp 1:exp 2:exp 3:exp 4; is equivalent to which of the following?

    (a) if cond 1

    exp 1;

    else if cond 2

    exp 2;

    else if cond 3

    exp 3;

    else exp 4;

    (b) if cond 1

    if cond 2

    if cond 3

    exp 1;

    else exp 2;

    else exp 3;

    else exp 4;

    (c) if cond 1 && cond 2 && cond 3

    exp 1 |exp 2|exp 3|exp 4;

    (d) if cond 3

    exp 1;

    else if cond 2 exp 2;

    else if cond 3 exp 3;

    else exp 4;

    Q25. The operator for exponentiation is

    (a) **             

    (b) ^             

    (c) %             

    (d) not available

    Q26. Which of the following is invalid

    (a) a+=b             

    (b) a*=b             

    (c) a>>=b             

    (d) a**=b

    Q27. What is y value of the code if input x=10

    y=5;

    if (x==10)

    else if(x==9)

    else y=8;

    (a) 9             

    (b) 8             

    (c) 6             

    (d) 7

    Q28. What does the following code do?

    fn(int n, int p, int r)

    {

    static int a=p;

    switch(n)

    {

    case 4:a+=a*r;

    case 3:a+=a*r;

    case 2:a+=a*r;

    case 1:a+=a*r;

    }

    }

    (a) computes simple interest for one year                     

    (b) computes amount on compound interest for 1 to 4 years

    (c) computes simple interest for four year                    

    (d) computes compound interest for 1 year

    Q29.

    a=0;

    while(a<5)

    printf(“%d “,a++);

    How many times does the loop occur?

    (a) infinite                 

    (b) 5                 

    (c) 4                 

    (d) 6

    Q30. How many times does the loop iterate?

    for(i=0;i=10;i+=2)

    printf(“Hi “);

    (a)10                 

    (b) 2                 

    (c) 5                 

    (d) None of these

    Q31. What is incorrect among the following

    A recursive function

    (a) calls itself                                         

    (b) is equivalent to a loop

    (c) has a termination condition               

    (d) does not have a return value at all

    Q32. Which of the following go out of the loop if expn 2 becomes false

    (a) while(expn 1){…if(expn 2)continue;}                                         

    (b) while(!expn 1){if(expn 2)continue;…}

    (c) do{..if(expn 1)continue;..}while(expn 2);                                    

    (d) while(!expn 2){if(expn 1)continue;..}

    Q33. Consider the following program

    main()

    {

    unsigned int i=10;

    while(i>=0)

    {

    printf(“%u”,i)

    i–;

    }

    }

    How many times will the loop get executed

    (a)10                 

    (b)9                 

    (c)11                 

    (d) infinite

    Q34.Pick out the odd one out

    (a) malloc()                     

    (b) calloc()                 

    (c) free()                

    (d) realloc()

    Q35.Consider the following program

    main()

    {

    int a[5]={1,3,6,7,0};

    int *b;

    b=&a[2];

    }

    The value of b[-1] is

    (a) 1                 

    (b) 3                 

    (c) -6                 

    (d) none

    Q36. 

    # define prod(a,b)=a*b

    main()

    {

    int x=2;

    int y=3;

    printf(“%d”,prod(x+2,y-10));

    }

    the output of the program is

    (a) 8                 

    (b) 6                 

    (c) 7                 

    (d) None

    Q37. Consider the following program segment

    int n,sum=1;

    switch(n)

    {

    case 2:sum=sum+2;

    case 3:sum*=2;

    break;

    default:sum=0;

    }

    If n=2, what is the value of sum

    (a) 0                 

    (b) 6                 

    (c) 3                 

    (d) None of these

    Q38. Identify the incorrect one

    1.if(c=1)

    2.if(c!=3)

    3.if(a

    4.if(c==1)

    (a) 1 only                 

    (b) 1&3                 

    (c) 3 only                 

    (d) All of the above

    Q39. The format specified for hexa decimal is

    (a) %d                 

    (b) %o                 

    (c) %x                 

    (d) %u

    Q40. Find the output of the following program

    main()

    {

    int x=5, *p;

    p=&x

    printf(“%d”,++*p);

    }

    (a) 5                 

    (b) 6                 

    (c) 0                 

    (d) none of these

    Q41. Consider the following C code

    main()

    {

    int i=3,x;

    while(i>0)

    {

    x=func(i);

    i–;

    }

    int func(int n)

    {

    static sum=0;

    sum=sum+n;

    return(sum);

    }

    }

    The final value of x is

    (a) 6                 

    (b) 8                 

    (c) 1                 

    (d) 3

    Q42. Int *a[5] refers to

    (a) array of pointers             

    (b) pointer to an array             

    (c) pointer to a pointer                 

    (d) none of these

    Q43. Which of the following statements is incorrect

    (a) typedef struct new

    {

    int n1;

    char n2;

    } DATA;

    (b) typedef struct

    {

    int n3;

    char *n4;

    }ICE;

    (c) typedef union

    {

    int n5;

    float n6;

    } UDT;

    (d) #typedef union

    {

    int n7;

    float n8;

    } TUDAT;

  • TCS Technical Questions

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    This test consists of 50 questions. The Set Code for this paper is D.

    Q1. The C language terminator is 

    (a) semicolon

    (b) colon

    (c) period

    (d) exclamation mark

    Q2. What is false about the following — A compound statement is 

    (a) A set of simple statements

    (b) Demarcated on either side by curly brackets

    (c) Can be used in place of a simple statement

    (d) A C function is not a compound statement.

    Q3. What is true about the following C Functions

    (a) Need not return any value

    (b) Should always return an integer

    (c) Should always return a float

    (d) Should always return more than one value

    Q4. Main must be written as

    (a) The first function in the program

    (b) Second function in the program

    (c) Last function in the program

    (d) Anywhere in the program

    Q5. Which of the following about automatic variables within a function is correct?

    (a) Its type must be declared before using the variable

    (b) They are local

    (c) They are not initialized to zero

    (d) They are global

    Q6. Write one statement equivalent to the following two statements 

    x=sqr(a);

    return(x);

    Choose from one of the alternatives

    (a) return(sqr(a));

    (b) printf(“sqr(a)”);

    (c) return(a*a*a);

    (d) printf(“%d”,sqr(a));

    Q7. Which of the following about the C comments is incorrect?

    (a) Comments can go over multiple lines

    (b) Comments can start anywhere in the line

    (c) A line can contain comments without any language statements

    (d) Comments can occur within comments 

    Q8. What is the value of y in the following code?

    x=7;

    y=0; 

    if(x=6) y=7; 

    else y=1; 

    (a) 7

    (b) 0

    (c) 1

    (d) 6

    Q9. Read the function conv() given below

    conv(int t){ 

    int u; 

    u=5/9 * (t-32);

    return(u);

    What is returned

    (a) 15

    (b) 0

    (c) 16.1

    (d) 29

    Q10. Which of the following represents a true statement either x is in the range of 10 and 50 or y is zero

    (a) x >= 10 && x <= 50 || y = = 0

    (b) x<50

    (c) y!=10 && x>=50

    (d) None of these

    Q11. Which of the following is not an infinite loop?

    (a) while(1){ ….}

    (b) for(;;)

    {

    }

    (c) x=0; 

    do{

    /*x unaltered within the loop*/

    …..}

    while(x = = 0);

    (d) # define TRUE 0

    while(TRUE){

    ….} 

    Q12. What does the following function print?

    (a) 3

    (b) 1

    (c) 0

    (d) 2

    Q13. How does the C compiler interpret the following two statements

    p=p+x;

    q=q+y;

    (a) p=p+x;

    q=q+y 

    (b)p=p+xq=q+y

    (c)p=p+xq;

    q=q+y 

    (d)p=p+x/q=q+y

    For question 14,15,16,17 use the following alternatives

    (a) int

    (b) char

    (c) string

    (d) float

    Q14. 9Q15. 1 e 02Q16. 10 e 05Q17. 15Q18. Read the following code

    # define MAX 100

    # define MIN 100

    ….

    ….

    if(x>MAX)

    x=1;

    else if(x < MIN)
    x=-1;

    x=50;


    x=50;

    if the initial value of x=200, what is the value after executing this code?
    (a) 200

    (b) 1

    (c) -1

    (d) 50 

    Q19. A memory of 20 bytes is allocated to a string declared as char *s then the following two statements are executed:


    s=Entrance


    l=strlen(s);

    what is the value of l?


    (a) 20
    (b) 8
    (c) 9
    (d) 21

    Q20. Given the piece of code


    int a[50];

    int *pa;

    pa=a;

    To access the 6th element of the array which of the following is incorrect?

    (a) *(a+5)

    (b) a[5]

    (c) pa[5]

    (d) *(*pa + 5}

    Q21. Consider the following structure:

    struct num nam{

    int no;

    char name[25];

    }

    struct num nam n1[]={{12,”Fred”},{15,”Martin”},{8,”Peter”},{11,Nicholas”}};

    …..

    …..

    printf(“%d%d”,n1[2],no,(*(n1 + 2),no) + 1);

    What does the above statement print?

    (a) 8,9

    (b) 9,9

    (c) 8,8

    (d) 8, unpredictable value

    Q22. Identify the incorrect expression

    (a) a=b=3=4;

    (b) a=b=c=d=0;

    (c) float a=int b=3.5;

    (d) int a; float b; a=b=3.5;

    Q23. Regarding the scope of the variables; identify the incorrect statement:

    (a) automatic variables are automatically initialized to 0

    (b) static variables are automatically initialized to 0

    (c) the address of a register variable is not accessible

    (d) static variables cannot be initialized with any expression

    Q24. cond 1? cond 2? cond 3?:exp 1:exp 2:exp 3:exp 4; is equivalent to which of the following?

    (a) if cond 1

    exp 1;

    else if cond 2

    exp 2;

    else if cond 3

    exp 3;

    else exp 4;

    (b) if cond 1

    if cond 2

    if cond 3

    exp 1; 

    else exp 2;

    else exp 3;

    else exp 4;

    (c) if cond 1 && cond 2 && cond 3

    exp 1 |exp 2|exp 3|exp 4;

    (d) if cond 3

    exp 1;

    else if cond 2 exp 2;

    else if cond 3 exp 3;

    else exp 4;

    Q25. The operator for exponentiation is

    (a) **

    (b) ^

    (c) % 

    (d) not available

    Q26. Which of the following is invalid

    (a) a+=b

    (b) a*=b

    (c) a>>=b

    (d) a**=b 

    Q27. What is the y value of the code if input x=10

    y=5;

    if (x==10)

    else if(x==9)

    else y=8;

    (a) 9

    (b) 8

    (c) 6

    (d) 7

    Q28. What does the following code do?

    fn(int n,int p,int r){

    static int a=p;

    switch(n){

    case 4:a+=a*r;

    case 3:a+=a*r;

    case 2:a+=a*r;

    case 1:a+=a*r;}}

    (a) computes simple interest for one year

    (b) computes amount on compound interest for 1 to 4 years

    (c) computes simple interest for four year 

    (d) computes compound interest for 1 year

    Q29. How many times does the loop occur?

    a=0;

    while(a<5)

    printf(“%d “,a++);

    (a)infinite

    (b)5

    (c)4

    (d)6

    Q30. How many times does the loop iterate?

    for (i=0;i=10;i+=2)

    printf(“Hi “);

    (a) 10

    (b) 2

    (c) 5

    (d) None of these

    Q31. What is incorrect among the following A recursive function

    (a) calls itself

    (b) is equivalent to a loop

    (c) has a termination condition

    (d) does not have a return value at all 

    Q32. Which of the following goes out of the loop if expn 2 becomes false

    (a) while(expn 1){…if(expn 2)continue;}

    (b) while(!expn 1){if(expn 2)continue;…}

    (c) do{..if(expn 1)continue;..}while(expn 2);

    (d) while(!expn 2){if(expn 1)continue;..}

    Q33. Consider the following program

    main()

    {unsigned int i=10;

    while(i>=0){

    printf(“%u”,i)

    i–;}

    }

    How many times the loop will get executed

    (a)10

    (b)9

    (c)11

    (d)infinite

    Q34. Pick out the add one out

    (a) malloc()

    (b) calloc()

    (c) free()

    (d) realloc() 

    Q35. Consider the following program

    main(){

    int a[5]={1,3,6,7,0};

    int *b;

    b=&a[2];

    }

    The value of b[-1] is

    (a) 1

    (b) 3

    (c) -6

    (d) none

    Q36. 

    # define prod(a,b)=a*b

    main(){

    int x=2;

    int y=3; 

    printf(“%d”,prod(x+2,y-10)); }

    the output of the program is 

    (a) 8

    (b) 6

    (c) 7

    (d) None

    Q37. Consider the following program segment

    int n,sum=1;

    switch(n){

    case 2:sum=sum+2;

    case 3:sum*=2;

    break;

    default:sum=0;} 

    If n=2, what is the value of a sum

    (a) 0

    (b) 6

    (c) 3 

    (d) None of these

    Q38. Identify the incorrect one

    (a) if(c=1)

    (b) if(c!=3)

    (c) if(a

    (d) if(c==1)

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