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Aptitude Questions
1.One of the following is my secret word:AIM DUE MOD OAT TIE.With the list in front of you, if I were to tell you any one of my secret word, then you would be able to tell me the number of vowels in my secret word.Which is my secret word? Ans.TIE

2.In the following figure:A B C D E F G H I Each of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is: a)Represented by a different letter in the figure above. b)Positioned in the figure above so that each of A + B + C,C + D +E,E + F + G, and G + H + I is equal to 13. Which digit does E represent? Ans.E is 4 3.One of Mr. Horton,his wife,their son,and Mr. Horton's mother is a doctor and another is a lawyer. a)If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are not blood relatives. b)If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the lawyer are blood relatives. c)If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man. Whose occupation you know? Ans.Mr. Horton:he is the doctor. 4.Here is a picture of two cubes:

a)The two cubes are exactly alike. b)The hidden faces indicated by the dots have the same alphabet on them. Which alphabet-q, r, w, or k is on the faces indicated by the dots? Ans.q

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5.In the following figure: A B C G D E F

Each of the seven digits from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is: a)Represented by a different letter in the figure above. b)Positioned in the figure above so that A*B*C,B*G*E, and D*E*F are equal. Which digit does G represent? Ans.G represents the digit 2. 6.Mr. and Mrs. Aye and Mr. and Mrs. Bee competed in a chess tournament.Of the three games played: a)In only the first game werethe two players married to each other. b)The men won two games and the women won one game. c)The Ayes won more games than the Bees. d)Anyone who lost game did not play the subsequent game. Who did not lose a game? Ans.Mrs.Bee did not lose a game. 7.Three piles of chips--pile I consists one chip, pile II consists of chips, and pile III consists of three chips--are to be used in game played by Anita and Brinda.The game requires: a)That each player in turn take only one chip or all chips from just one pile. b)That the player who has to take the last chip loses. c)That Anita now have her turn. From which pile should Anita draw in order to win? Ans.Pile II 8.Of Abdul, Binoy, and Chandini: a)Each member belongs to the Tee family whose members always tell the truth or to the El family whose members always lie. b)Abdul says ''Either I belong or Binoy belongs to a different family from the other two." Whose family do you name of? Ans.Binoy's family--El. 9.In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is composed of girls A.y/(x + y) B.x/xy C.x/(x + y) D.y/xy Ans.C

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10.What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream that can be filled with a 4-gallon can of cream(2 pt.=1 qt. and 4 qt.=1 gal) A.16 B.24 C.30 D.64 Ans.D 11.If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3 A.0 B.1 C.-1 D.4 Ans.B

2 ^ a = 2(2) + a by definition of ^ a ^ 3 = 2(a) + 3 by definition of ^ Equate these two expressions: 2(2) + a = 2(a) + 3 Solve for a: 4 + a = 2a + 3 a=1
12.A coffee shop blends 2 kinds of coffee,putting in 2 parts of a 33p. a gm. grade to 1 part of a 24p. a gm.If the mixture is changed to 1 part of the 33p. a gm. to 2 parts of the less expensive grade,how much will the shop save in blending 100 gms. A.Rs.90 B.Rs.1.00 C.Rs.3.00 D.Rs.8.00 Ans.C 13.There are 200 questions on a 3 hr examination.Among these questions are 50 mathematics problems.It is suggested that twice as much time be spent on each maths problem as for each other question.How many minutes should be spent on mathematics problems A.36

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B.72 C.60 D.100 Ans.B

3 hrs = 3*60 = 180 minutes Let x be the time spent on math questions Let y be the time spent on other questions 50 math questions => 200-50 = 150 other questions 50x+150y=180.......................... x=2y (spend two times longer on math questions)...(2) Solve for x rewrite (2) in terms of y: y = x/2 substitute y into first equation, solve for x 50x +150*(x/2)=180 50x + 75x = 180 125 x = 180 x= 180/125 total of 50 math questions, time spent of 180/125 on each: 50*180/125=9000/125=72 minutes <--------answer!

14.In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek A.0 B.3 C.4 D.5 Ans.B

In a group of 15, 3 have not studied either. In the group of 12 who have studied at least one, 7 have studied Latin and 8 have studied Greek. 7+8=15, which is 3 larger than 12.

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Therefore, 3 students studied both. Let's check our work: Not studied either: 3 Studied both: 3 Studied just Latin: 7-3=4 Studied just Greek: 8-3=5 3+3+4+5=15
15.If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)2 = A.1/4 B.1/2 C.1 D.2 Ans.C 16. If a and b are positive integers and (a-b)/3.5 = 4/7, then (A) b < a (B) b > a (C) b = a (D) b >= a Ans. A 17. In june a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its game played. After a phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to 50% .How many games must the team have won in a row to attain this average? A. 12 B. 20 C. 24 D. 30 Ans. C

30% of 60 games = 18 games Let x = number of games won during the winning streak (18 + x)/(60 + x) = 0.50 18 + x = 0.50(60 + x) 5

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18 + x = 30 + 0.50x 0.50x = 12 x = 24 ANSWER: During the streak, the team won 24 games.
18. M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. If three men drop out how much more will each have to contribute towards the purchase of the gift/ A. D/(M-3) B. MD/3 C. M/(D-3) D. 3D/(M2-3M) Ans. D 19. A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr.Brown can paint a house in 6 days while Mr.Black would take 8 days and Mr.Blue 12 days. After 8 days Mr.Brown goes on vacation and Mr. Black begins to work for a period of 6 days. How many days will it take Mr.Blue to complete the contract? A. 7 B. 8 C. 11 D. 12 Ans.C

The answer is C. 3 houses to paint. Brown can paint 1 in 6 days. Black can paint 1 in 8 days. Blue can paint 1 in 12 days. If brown paints for 8 days, he paints 8/6 houses If black paints for 6 days, he paints 6/8 houses The fraction of houses left to paint is 3 - 8/6 + 6/8 = 3 - 32/24 + 18/24 = 3 - 50/24 = 3/1 - 50/24 = 72/24 - 50/24 6

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= 22/24 = 11/12 So blue has 11/12 of a house to paint. If he takes 12 days to paint a house, he would therefore take 11 days to paint 11/12.
20. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station travelling in the same direction at an average speed of 16 km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The average speed of the freight train was? A. 30 B. 40 C.58 D. 60 Ans. B

21. If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ? A.-5 B. 4 C. 2 D. 8 Ans. D 22. There are 5 red shoes, 4 green shoes. If one draw randomly a shoe what is the probability of getting a red shoe Ans 5c1/ 9c1

heres a 5/9 chance you will get a red shoe because 5/9 shoes are red
23. What is the selling price of a car? If the cost of the car is Rs.60 and a profit of 10% over selling price is earned Ans: Rs 66/-

It is Rs. 66.66 2/3. 10%x 66.67= 6.67, 66.67-6.67= 60

24. 1/3 of girls , 1/2 of boys go to canteen .What factor and total number of classmates go to canteen. Ans: Cannot be determined.

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25. The price of a product is reduced by 30% . By what percentage should it be increased to make it 100% Ans: 42.857%

Well if its reduced bt 30% it wud be at 70%. now to make it go back to 100% u wud use the equation 70% * x = 100% Solve for x, so 100% / 70% = x x= 142.29%. Now subtract 100% from this to show how much it shud be increased rather than enlarged. 142.29%-100%=42.29%

26. There is a square of side 6cm . A circle is inscribed inside the square. Find the ratio of the area of circle to square.

Ans. 11/14 27. There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six hours. The thinner 2 hours less than the thicker one. Ramesh lights the two candles at the same time. When he went to bed he saw the thicker one is twice the length of the thinner one. How long ago did Ramesh light the two candles . Ans: 3 hours.

We know it must be over two hours, since for the thicker to be twice as long as the thinner (and since the thicker will have partially gone too), that means over half of the thinner must have gone. In actual fact, Ramesh must have lit the candles three hours before he went to bed. After 3 hours, the thinner one would only have a quarter left. The thicker one would still have half left. Therefore the thicker one would have double the length of the thinner on (half is a quarter doubled).
28. If M/N = 6/5,then 3M+2N = ? ANSWER:

M/N = 6/5 3M + 2N = ? M=6 N=5 = 3(6)+2(5) = 18 + 10

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= 28 therefore,3M + 2N = 28
29. If p/q = 5/4 , then 2p+q= ? 30. If PQRST is a parallelogram what it the ratio of triangle PQS & parallelogram PQRST . Ans: 1:2

The area of the parallelogram is PQ * h The area of the triangle is PQ*h/2 Thus, the area of the triangle to the area of the triangle is 1/2.
31. The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the profit is 10% over selling price what is the selling price ? Ans: Rs 13.86/32. There are 6 red shoes & 4 green shoes . If two of red shoes are drawn what is the probability of getting red shoes Ans: 6c2/10c2 33. To 15 lts of water containing 20% alcohol, we add 5 lts of pure water. What is % alcohol. Ans : 15%

Find how much alcohol is in the original solution: (.20)(15) = 3.00 liters of alcohol then use that amount of alcohol and use the new amount of solution (3.00)/(20) x 100 = 15%
34. A worker is paid Rs.20/- for a full days work. He works 1,1/3,2/3,1/8.3/4 days in a week. What is the total amount paid for that worker ? Ans : 57.50 35. If the value of x lies between 0 & 1 which of the following is the largest? (a) x (b) x2 (c) -x (d) 1/x Ans : (d)

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36. If the total distance of a journey is 120 km .If one goes by 60 kmph and comes back at 40kmph what is the average speed during the journey? Ans: 48kmph

Add the speeds together and then divide by the number of journeys...100/2 = 50
37. A school has 30% students from Maharashtra .Out of these 20% are Bombey students. Find the total percentage of Bombay? Ans: 6% 38. An equilateral triangle of sides 3 inch each is given. How many equilateral triangles of side 1 inch can be formed from it? Ans: 9

9-1 on top, 3 in the middle, and 5 on the bottom

39. If A/B = 3/5,then 15A = ? Ans : 9B 40. Each side of a rectangle is increased by 100% .By what percentage does the area increase? Ans : 300% 41. Perimeter of the back wheel = 9 feet, front wheel = 7 feet on a certain distance, the front wheel gets 10 revolutions more than the back wheel .What is the distance? Ans : 315 feet. 42. Perimeter of front wheel =30, back wheel = 20. If front wheel revolves 240 times. How many revolutions will the back wheel take? Ans: 360 times 43. 20% of a 6 litre solution and 60% of 4 litre solution are mixed. What percentage of the mixture of solution Ans: 36% 44City A's population is 68000, decreasing at a rate of 80 people per year. City B having population 42000 is increasing at a rate of 120 people per year. In how many years both the cities will have same population? Ans: 130 years

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45Two cars are 15 kms apart. One is turning at a speed of 50kmph and the other at 40kmph . How much time will it take for the two cars to meet? Ans: 3/2 hours 46A person wants to buy 3 paise and 5 paise stamps costing exactly one rupee. If he buys which of the following number of stamps he won't able to buy 3 paise stamps. Ans: 9 47.There are 12 boys and 15 girls, How many different dancing groups can be formed with 2 boys and 3 girls. ANSWER:

2 boys can be selected from 12 boys in 12C2 ways. 3 girls can be selected from 15 girls in 15C3 ways. Therefore, total ways = 12C2 * 15C3 Why do we multiply in the last step?? Suppose we take 1 of the 12C2 group of boys. This group can be attached to any of the 15C3 girls. Thus, we can do the same for any of the 12C2 groups... So we multiply...
48.Which of the following fractions is less than 1/3 (a) 22/62 (b) 15/46 (c) 2/3 (d) 1 Ans: (b) 49.There are two circles, one circle is inscribed and another circle is circumscribed over a square. What is the ratio of area of inner to outer circle? Ans: 1 : 2 50Three types of tea the a,b,c costs Rs. 95/kg,100/kg and70/kg respectively. How many kgs of each should be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture worth Rs.90/kg, given that the quntities of band c are equal a)70,15,15 b)50,25,25 c)60,20,20 d)40,30,30

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Ans. (b) 51. in a class, except 18 all are above 50 years. 15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there (a) 30 (b) 33 (c) 36 (d) none of these. Ans. (d)

there are many possibilities total=x x-18 more than 50 x-18-15 to account for below 50 i.e.x-33 there is no limitation on x??!
52. If a boat is moving in upstream with velocity of 14 km/hr and goes downstream with a velocity of 40 km/hr, then what is the speed of the stream ? (a) 13 km/hr (b) 26 km/hr (c) 34 km/hr (d) none of these Ans. A

x = speed of boat on still water v = velocity of stream x + v = 40 km/hr x - v = 14 km/hr 2v = 26 km/hr v = 13 km/hr x = 27 km/hr As the boat is moving with the velocity of the stream (x+v= 27 + 13) it goes 40km/hr As the boat is moving against the stream (x-v= 27 - 13) it is going 14 km/hr
53. Find the value of ( 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.001 ) / ( 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.075 + 0.01)

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(a) 0.845 (b) 1.908 (c) 2.312 (d) 0.001 Ans. A 54. A can have a piece of work done in 8 days, B can work three times faster than the A, C can work five times faster than A. How many days will they take to do the work together ? (a) 3 days (b) 8/9 days (c) 4 days (d) can't say Ans. B 55. A car travels a certain distance taking 7 hrs in forward journey, during the return journey increased speed 12km/hr takes the times 5 hrs.What is the distance travelled (a) 210 kms (b) 30 kms (c) 20 kms (c) none of these Ans. B 56. Instead of multiplying a number by 7, the number is divided by 7. What is the percentage of error obtained ? 57. Find (7x + 4y ) / (x-2y) if x/2y = 3/2 ? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7 (d) data insufficient Ans. C 58. A man buys 12 lts of liquid which contains 20% of the liquid and the rest is water. He then mixes it with 10 lts of another mixture with 30% of liquid.What is the % of water in the new mixture? 59. If a man buys 1 lt of milk for Rs.12 and mixes it with 20% water and sells it for Rs.15, then what is the percentage of gain? 60. Pipe A can fill a tank in 30 mins and Pipe B can fill it in 28 mins.If 3/4th of the tank is filled by Pipe B alone and both are opened, how much time is required by both the pipes to fill the tank completely ?

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61. If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit. If they now give 10% discount then what is the profit percentage. (a) 40% (b) 55% (c) 35% (d) 30% Ans. D 62. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If however there were 10 men less it will take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally? (a) 110 men (b) 130 men (c) 100 men (d) none of these Ans. A 63. In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/in 5 years ? (a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 600 (c) Rs. 800 (d) Rs. 900 Ans. C 64. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years will it become 9 times itself. (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12 Ans A 65. Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32 kmph respectively. A man in the slower train observes the 15 seconds elapse before the faster train completely passes by him. What is the length of faster train ? (a) 100m (b) 75m (c) 120m (d) 50m

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Ans B 66. How many mashes are there in 1 squrare meter of wire gauge if each mesh is 8mm long and 5mm wide ? (a) 2500 (b) 25000 (c) 250 (d) 250000 Ans B 67. x% of y is y% of ? (a) x/y (b) 2y (c) x (d) can't be determined Ans. C 68. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar so that expenditure on sugar can be same as before ? (a) 15% (b) 16.66% (c) 12% (d) 9% Ans B 69. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary ? (a) Rs.500 (b) Rs.1500 (c) Rs.1000 (d) Rs. 900 Ans C 70. The population of a city increases @ 4% p.a. There is an additional annual increase of 4% of the population due to the influx of job seekers, find the % increase in population after 2 years ? 71. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2 Out of these 10% the boys and 25% of girls are scholarship holders. % of students who are not scholarship holders.? 72. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would it take for 21 women if 3 women do as much work as 2 men? (a) 30 (b) 20

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(c) 19 (d) 29 Ans. A 73. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same size are made from the material obtained, what is the diameter of each sphere? (a) 5 cms (b) 2 cms (c) 3 cms (d) 4 cms Ans C 74. A rectangular plank (2)1/2 meters wide can be placed so that it is on either side of the diagonal of a square shown below.(Figure is not available)What is the area of the plank? Ans :7*(2)1/2 75. The difference b/w the compound interest payble half yearly and the simple interest on a certain sum lent out at 10% p.a for 1 year is Rs 25. What is the sum? (a) Rs. 15000 (b) Rs. 12000 (c) Rs. 10000 (d) none of these Ans C 76. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a perfect square ? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 Ans. C 77. A father is 30 years older than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son after 5 years what is father's present age ? (a) 40 yrs (b) 30 yrs (c) 50 yrs (d) none of these Ans. A

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78. An article sold at a profit of 20% if both the cost price and selling price would be Rs.20/- the profit would be 10% more. What is the cost price of that article? 29. If an item costs Rs.3 in '99 and Rs.203 in '00.What is the % increase in price? (a) 200/3 % (b) 200/6 % (c) 100% (d) none of these Ans. A 80. 5 men or 8 women do equal amount of work in a day. a job requires 3 men and 5 women to finish the job in 10 days how many woman are required to finish the job in 14 days. a) 10 b) 7 c) 6 d) 12 Ans 7 81. A simple interest amount of rs 5000 for six month is rs 200. what is the anual rate of interest? a) 10% b) 6% c) 8% d) 9% Ans 8% 82. In objective test a correct ans score 4 marks and on a wrong ans 2 marks are ---. a student score 480 marks from 150 question. how many ans were correct? a) 120 b) 130 c) 110 d) 150 Ans130. 83. An artical sold at amount of 50% the net sale price is rs 425 .what is the list price of the artical? a) 500 b) 488 c) 480 d) 510

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Ans 500 84. A man leaves office daily at 7pm A driver with car comes from his home to pick him from office and bring back home One day he gets free at 5:30 and instead of waiting for driver he starts walking towards home. In the way he meets the car and returns home on car He reaches home 20 minutes earlier than usual. In how much time does the man reach home usually?? Ans. 1hr 20min
Since the car has met the person 20 minutes before hand, it has actually saved 10 mins of journey (to and fro) since the man has started 1.30 hrs before and car has met him 10 mins before actual time he takes to reach daily is 1hr and 20 mins Source(s): Simple aptitute math

85. A works thrice as much as B. If A takes 60 days less than B to do a work then find the number of days it would take to complete the work if both work together? Ans. 22days
A: 1 job in n days B: 1 job in 3n days n+60=3n 2n=60 n=30 A does 1/30 job per day b does 1/90 job per day together they do 4/90 of the job in a day so that's 90/4=22.5 days

86. How many 1's are there in the binary form of 8*1024 + 3*64 + 3 Ans. 5 Answer:

(8*1024) + (3*64) + 3 = 8387 = binary 10 0000 1100 0011 8387 2 = 4193 remainder 1 4193 2 = 2096 remainder 1 2096 2 = 1048 remainder 0 1048 2 = 524 remainder 0 524 2 = 262 remainder 0 262 2 = 131 remainder 0 131 2 = 65 remainder 1 18

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65 2 = 32 remainder 1 32 2 = 16 remainder 0 16 2 = 8 remainder 0 8 2 = 4 remainder 0 4 2 = 2 remainder 0 2 2 = 1 remainder 0 1 2 = 0 remainder 1 after you divide write down the remainders from bottom to top Another ans: It's really a little easier than it looks: 8 = 1000 binary raising this to an integer power jus shifts the 1 it doesn't add any: 8^2 = 16 = 10000 b etc therefore the first term has a single 1 The second term: 64 = 2^6, thus has a single 1 in it 3 = 11 bin therefore 3*64 has 2 1s in it and the third term 3 = 11 bin which has 2 1s Add them up: 1+2+2=5 So, the binary form of your expression has 5 1s in it
87. In a digital circuit which was to implement (A B) + (A)XOR(B), the designer implements (A B) (A)XOR(B) What is the probability of error in it ? Answer:
If we draw truth table as follows
A 0 0 1 1 B 0 1 0 1 AB 0 0 0 1 A XOR B 0 1 1 0 (AB)+(A XOR B) 0 1 1 1 (AB) (A XOR B) 0 0 0 0

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so we are getting 3 wrong answers out of 4 probability of error is 3/4=75

88. A boy has Rs 2. He wins or loses Re 1 at a time If he wins he gets Re 1 and if he loses the game he loses Re 1. He can loose only 5 times. He is out of the game if he earns Rs 5. Find the number of ways in which this is possible? Ans. 16

Max. 15 times 2 wins and 1 loss = 3. He can do the same for five times....
89. If there are 1024*1280 pixels on a screen and each pixel can have around 16 million colors Find the memory required for this? Ans. 4MB

1024 * 1280 = 1310720 pixels. 16 million colours comes from the fact that each pixel has 24 bits of information to store the colour , and 2^24 = 16777216 possible values for the colour. 24 bits = 3 bytes. Multiplying 1310720 by 3 gives 3932160 bytes. This is approximately 4 MB of video memory. But this does not take into account other requirements such as animation , which will require buffer memory far in excess of this simple requirement.
90. On a particular day A and B decide that they would either speak the truth or will lie. C asks A whether he is speaking truth or lying? He answers and B listens to what he said. C then asks B what A has said B says "A says that he is a liar" What is B speaking ? (a) Truth (b) Lie (c) Truth when A lies (d) Cannot be determined Ans. (b)

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91. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when time is 8:30 Ans. 75(approx)
Clock is divided into 60 equal minute division 1 minute division=360/60=6 degree so for 8:30 minute hand is on 6 while hr hand is in middle of 8 and 9 6-7 =5min =5*6=30 degree 7-8 =30 degree 8-8.5= 15 degree total angle=6-7+7-8+8-8.5 =30+30+15 =75 DEGREE

92. A student is ranked 13th from right and 8th from left. How many students are there in totality ? Answer:

Since there is student whose number is 13th from the right side and the same student has number 8th from the left, so in both the case the student is common. Hence the calculation should be like this: 12+1=13 7+1=8 since 1 is common in both the case hence, we add: 12+7+1=20 hence there are total 20 students standing in a cue.

93. A man walks east and turns right and then from there to his left and then 45degrees to his right.In which direction did he go Ans. North west

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94. A student gets 70% in one subject, 80% in the other. To get an overall of 75% how much should get in third subject. Answer:

75 = (70 + 80 + x)/3 225 = 150 + x 75 = x Check: (70 + 80 + 75)/3 75 %

95. A man shows his friend a woman sitting in a park and says that she the daughter of my grandmother's only son. What is the relation between the two Ans. Daughter

96. How many squares with sides 1/2 inch long are needed to cover a rectangle that is 4 ft long and 6 ft wide (a) 24 (b) 96 (c) 3456 (d) 13824 (e) 14266 Answer:
1ft =12 inch 4ft=48 inch 6ft=72 inch.let the no.of squares be 'x'. (1\2)*(1/2)*x=48*72 x=2*2*48*72 x=13824 answer is D.

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(a) 8/27 (b) 4/9 (c) 2/3 (d) 75% (e) 4/3 Ans. (b)

d = (3/2)c c = (3/2)b d = (3/2)(3/2)b = (9/4)b therefore ans is 4/9

2598Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of (a) 30% (b) 32% (c) 34% (d) 35% (e) 36 Ans. (b) 99. The petrol tank of an automobile can hold g liters.If a liters was removed when the tank was full, what part of the full tank was removed? (a)g-a (b)g/a (c) a/g (d) (g-a)/a (e) (g-a)/g Ans. (c) 100. If x/y=4 and y is not '0' what % of x is 2x-y (a)150% (b)175% (c)200% (d)250% Ans. (b)

101 .A baseball team has won 15 games and lost 9. If these games represent 16 2/3 % of the games to be played, how many more games must the team win the average . 750 for the season?
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So far, the team has played 24 games. 16 2/3 % = 1/6, so there will be 6(24) = 144 games total. .750(144) = 108 games needed to be won 108 - 15 = 93 The team needs to win 93 games. Placement Papers > HCL: 102. A 5 litre jug contains 4 litres of a salt water solution that is 15 percent salt. If 1.5 litres of the solution spills out of the jug, and the jug is then filled to capacity with water, approximately what percent of the resulting solution in the jug is salt? ANSWER: initially quantity of salt = (15/100)*4=.6 ltr when 1.5 ltr sol spills,the salt lost is (15/100)*1.5=.225 ltr now salt left = .6-.225=.375 ltrs as jug is filled to its capacity,total sol = 5ltrs % of salt =(0.375/5)*100=7.5% 103. Which of the following involves context switch, a) system call b) priviliged instruction c) floating poitnt exception d) all the above e) none of the above ANS:a 104. what is open sourceand why linux is so called? ANSWER: Open Source is a consortium of programmers who make the source code of their applications available to the public for free ( the application may not be free). Linux was named after a finnish student Linus Torvalds who gave the first linux kernel. 105. What are the types of OS? What is GUI, Which OS will come this side? What is NON-GUI and Which OS will come this side ANSWER: Os is in short for operating systems - A software to interface between the end user and the hardware. A software is normally divided into layered components to

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undertake various tasks at their levels.Its job is to hide all complexity involved from the end user. GUI stands for Graphical user interface - Earlier OS didnt have a GUI - Fox example the legacy OS MS DOs - While later OS like Windows ar famous for their GUI. The most recent OS in development is Windows Vista after older Windows,Solaris,Linux and many other OS. 106. what is virtual function?from where java name came ?and what are the applications of java ? ANSWER: Virtual Functions are of two types one is Pure Virtual Function and other is simple Virtual Functions These functions are mostly used in C++ and C# Pure Virtual function is virtual void abc()=0; This will make the class abstract and the object of class cannot be created . and the function must be overwritten in derived class.

Virtual functions are just like normal functions but they are used in Dynamic Polymorphism . virtual void get() { }

Java is a name of Coffee. thats why the logo Cup plate and Smoke. Originaly it was Oak ( a name of a tree) but due to technical reasons it is converted to JAVA

Its application is Application Programming, Internet Programming, Remote Components , Distributed

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Components , Applets, Mobile Programming its is broadly in three categories J2SE J2EE J2ME Ok 107. what is platform independent?why java is called so?and what is platform dependent,why C,C++ is called so?

ANSWER: Platform independent means the process in which the ceratin language is capable of running on all types of operating system 108. There are two tables, one is SQL Server Database and another one ORACLE Database. Let it be a Parent and Child Table Relationship If you update the Table in ORACLE, how to update the TABLE in SQL Server? ASSumption answers: we can use foreign keys as they establish relation between parent and child table and also if any updation or deletion is done in parent table the child table is also done with the changes I think the best way would be to use triggers. Triggers are used to initiate an event. So when a parent table is updated it will automatically trigger the child table to be updated. Do let me know whether I am correct. assign one table should be foreign key another table should be primary key 109. what is the difference between at and atx mother boards? ANSWER: AT mother board is having an SMPS of mechanical swtich, where as the ATX/Microatx, other board has an SMPS with DC switch (automatic). This is the main difference. Another difference is that number of pin connectors on the mother boards are different for AT&ATX.

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110. What is the difference between HCL comnet and HCL Tech. Which one should be preferred given an option? ANSWER: the difference is just dis much dat hcl comnet is a bpo where aas hcl tech is in relations with technologies Hi All HCL comnet looks after projects infrastructure domain implementation networking & communication related activities and HCL technologies deals with Application development software projects on various technologies. 111. what is RTTI in c++? ANSWER: RTTI is a compiler was developed by microsoft with the help of visual C which work is, if we don't declared datatype to particular variable, then this compiler take defaultly the datatype of the variable according to the data defined to it. E.g. if we write only#include "stdio.h"void main() { x=5; y=6.9; z= 'A'; . . .. }Then compiler takes defaultly x as integer, y is float & z is char types.

Run-time type information (RTTI) is a mechanism that allows the type of an object to be determined during program execution. RTTI was added to the C++ language because many vendors of class libraries were implementing this functionality themselves. This caused incompatibilities between libraries. Thus it became obvious that support for run-time type information was needed at the language level. There are three main C++ language elements to run-time type information: 1)The dynamic_cast operator. :- Used for conversion of polymorphic types. class B { ... }; class C : public B { ... }; class D : public C { ... }; void f(D* pd) { C* pc = dynamic_cast<C*>(pd);// ok: C is a direct base class // pc points to C subobject of pd B* pb = dynamic_cast<B*>(pd);// ok: B is an indirect base class // pb points to B subobject of pd

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... } --------------------------------------------------------------------------2)The typeid operator :- Used for identifying the exact type of an object. 3)The type_info class :- Used to hold the type information returned by the typeid operator.The type_info class describes type information generated within the program by the compiler. NOTE:- TRY THIS EXAMPLE IS COMPILE AND LINK USING MSVC++ 6.0 CL.EXE Compiler and Linker PLS CHECK SAME typid available in UNIX based C++; ********************************************************************* ***************** #include stdio.h #include <typeinfo.h> class A { public: }; class B:public A { public: }; int main(int argc char* argv[]) { int iVal = int(); float fVal = float(); char cVal = char(); A a a1; B b; const type_info& t_iVal = typeid(iVal); // Holds Simple int DataType Info const type_info& t_iValRef = typeid(&iVal); // Holds pointer type_info printf( \n Type Info of iVal = s\n t_iVal.name()); printf( \n Type Info of &iVal = s\n t_iValRef.name()); printf( \n Type Info of fVal = s\n typeid(fVal).name()); printf( \n Type Info of &fVal = s\n typeid(&fVal).name()); printf( \n Type Info of cVal = s\n typeid(cVal).name()); printf( \n Type Info of &cVal = s\n\n typeid(&cVal).name());

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printf( \n Type Info of a = s\n typeid(a).name()); printf( \n Type Info of b = s\n\n typeid(b).name()); if(typeid(a) == typeid(a1)) { printf( \n BOTH INSTANCES a AND a1 BELONGS TO SAME CLASS \n\n ); } return 0; } 112. what is meant by embeded systems? ANSWER: Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. They are used in automobiles, planes, trains, space vehicles, machine tools, cameras, consumer and office appliances, cellphones, PDAs and other handhelds as well as robots and toys. The uses are endless, and billions of microprocessors are shipped every year for a myriad of applications. Although there are embedded versions of popular operating systems, low-cost consumer products can use chips that cost less than a dollar and have very limited storage for instructions. In such cases, the OS and application may be combined into one program. 113. HCL Placement Paper Collection Part IIsection 2 C Programming 1.which of the following about the following two declarations is true i) int *F(); ii)int (*F)(); a)Both are identical b)the first is a correct declaration and second is wrong c)the first declaration is a function returning a pointer to an integer and the second is a pointer to a function returning int d)Both are different ways of declaring pointer to a function (ans. (c)) 2.what are the values printed by the following program? #define dprintf(expr) printf("expr=%d\n,expr) main() { int x=7; int y=3; dprintf(x/y); } a)#2=2 b)expr=2 c)x/y=2 d)none (ans.( c))

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3.which of the following is true of the following program main() { char *c; int *ip; c=(char *)malloc(100); ip=(int *)c; free(ip); } a)the code functions properly by releasing all the memory allocated b)results in compilation error as a pointer of various types cannot be equated c)the program ties to free more memory than allocated and results in run time error d) works well except when the machine runs low on memory and malloc is unabel to allocate the memory (ans. (d)) 4.output? main() { int i; char *p; i=0x89; p=(char *)i; p++; printf(%x\np); } a)0x8c b)0x4566788A c)0x8A d)0x8B e)none (ans. (c)) 5.which of the following is not an ANSI C language keyword? a)volatile b)function c)default d)const e)void (ans. (b)) 6.when an array is passed as parameter to a function , which of the following statement is correct the function can change values in the original array in c parameters are passed by value the function cannot change the original value in the array it results in compilation error.Array cannot be passed as a parameter to a function results in runtime error when the function tries to access the elements in the array 7.the type of the controlling expression of a switch statement cannot be of the type a)int b)char c)short d)float e)none (ans.(d)) 8.value of (3^6)+(a ^a)=? (Ans. value=5) 9.x= b>8?b<<3:b>4?b>>1:b; (ans. x=3) 10.output: main() { int n=2; printf(%d %d\n,++n,n*n); } a)3,6 b)3,4 c)2,4 d)cannot determine (ans.( b))

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11.output: int x=0x65; main() { char x; printf(%d\n,x); } a) Compilation error b)A c)65 d)undefined 12.output main() { int a=10; int b=6; if(a=3) b++; printf(%d %d,a,b++); } a)10,6 b)10,7 c)3,6 d)3,7 e)none 13.main() { enum months {jan=1,feb,mar,apr}; months x=jan; if(x==1) printf(jan is the first month); } a)does not print anything b)prints : jan is the first month c)generates compilation error d)results in runtime error (ans. (c)) 14.what is the output of the following program? Main() { char *src=hello world; char dst[100]; strcpy(src,dst); printf(%s,dst); } strcpy(char *dst,char *src) { while (*src) *dst++=*src++; } a)hello world b)hello c)world d)NULL e)undefined (ans. (e)) 15.main() { int i=6; switch(i) { default: i+=2; case 4;i=4; case 5:i++; break; } printf(%d,i); } a)8 b)6 c)5 d)4 e)none (ans. (c)) 16.main() {

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int x=20; int y=10; swap(x,y); printf(%d %d,y,x+2); } swap(int x,int y) { int temp; temp=x; x=y; y=temp; } a)10,20 b)20,12 c)22,10 d)10,22 e)none 17.#define INC(x) x++ main() { int x=4; printf(%d,INC(x++)); } a)4 b)5 c)6 d)compilation error e)runtime error (ans.(d)) 18.struct node{ char *word; int count; struct node left; struct node right; }; a)incorrect definiton b)structures cannot refer to other structrues c)structures can refer to themselves. Hence the statement is ok d)structures can refer to maximum of one other structure 19.what is the size of the following union union tag{ int a; float b; char c; }; a)2 b)4 c)1 d)7 (ans.(b)) 20. main() { char s[]=hello world; printf(%15.10s,s); } a)hello,.world b)..hello world c)heloo,.wor.. d)none of the above (ans.(b)) 114. HCL Placement Paper Collection Part I Written Test The written test consists of 60 questions which are divided into 4 sections .The total duration of the test is 90 minutes. There is negative marking . The sectionwise distribution of the questions is as follows:

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Section#1 This section consisting of 15 questions is based on general computer awareness. In this section: A correct answer carries 1 mark 1/4 marks will be deducted for a wrong answer. Section#2 This section also consists of 15 questions. Questions based on C language are asked. In this section: A correct answer carries 1 mark 1/4 marks will be deducted for a wrong answer. Section#3 A total of 10 questions based on pointers and structures in C are asked in this section. You can also be asked one or two questions on JAVA also. In this section: A correct answer carries 2 marks 1 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. Section#4 This is the aptitude section consisting of 20 questions. Simple maths questions are asked which are very easy. The logical questions asked are similar to the ones given in the Barron's GRE book. In this section: A correct answer carries 2 marks 1/2 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. Profile HCL Technologies offers world class technology solutions for the emerging network centric world. It provides a range of technology and software engineering services including Technology Development Services, Software Engineering Services, Application Engineering Services, Networking Services . These services are predicated on a rich technology heritage. Experience with the development and application of technologies like Internet and E-Commerce, Embedded software, Networking and telecom protocols, VLSI design etc. Skills on a wide variety of computing platforms from Open Systems to Enterprise Servers based on mainframes expertise, object oriented and legacy system architecture, methodologies in addition to distinguished R&D background uniquely positions us as a preferred provider of technology and software engineering services in the emerging network centric world. HCL Technologies has established dedicated offshore software factories with clients such as Bankers Trust (Australia), Lexis Nexis (US) , Southern California Edison (US), A Networking Major (US) HCL Technologies operates through 29 offices in 14 countries in United States,

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Europe, Japan, Asia Pacific The company employs 3300 IT professionals worldwide. HCL Technologies holds 100% stake in Intelicent (former HCL James Martin Inc.), a US based methodology consulting led Services Company. The company also has a 100% subsidiary in India, HCL Comnet Systems and Services Ltd, which provides networking services. For more information about this company visit their homesite at www.hcltechnologies.com HCL System Software Sample Test Paper -1 Section 1- General Computer Concepts 1. Piggy backing is a technique for a) Flow control b) Sequence c) Acknowledgement d) retransmition (Ans. (c)) 2. In OSI, terminal emulation is done in (a) sessions layer (b) application layer (c) presentation layer (d) transport layer (Ans. (b)) 3.Bit parity check, when performed on a byte ,can catch a)odd number of errors b)even number of errors c)any number of errors d)none of the above (Ans. (a)) 4. In signed magnitude notation what is the minimum value that can be represented with 8 bits (a) -128 (b) -255 (c) -127 (d) 0 (Ans. (a)) 5. For 1 MB memory, the number of address lines required, (a) 11 (b) 16 (c) 20 (d) 24 (Ans. (c)) 6.For a 25 MHz processor, what is the time taken by the instruction which needs 3 clock cycles, (a) 120 nano secs (b) 120 micro secs (c) 75 nano secs (d) 75 micro secs (Ans. (a)) 7. Semaphore is used for (a) synchronization (b) dead-lock avoidence (c) both a and b (d) none (Ans. (a)) 8. Which of the following involves context switch, (a) system call (b) priviliged instruction c) floating poitnt exception (d) all the above (e) none of the above (Ans: (a)) 9.Virtual address are translated to physical address by (a) the process (b) operating system (c) MMU (d) All of the above (e) None of the above (ans. (c)) 10.Convert the hexadecimal number 0xFEDB to the octal (ans.77333)

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11. OLE is a mechanism a) in UNIX for network communication b) in INTERNET for communication between nodes c) for communication between processes in a NT system d) used as a network layer protocol in NT & Windows systems (ans. (d)) 12. An internet IP address of a node a) has to be unique only for the domain of the node b) has to be unique in the nodes sub-network c) has to be unique in the country in which the node is present d) none of the above (ans. (b)) 13. There is an employee table with key fields as employer no.data in every not row are needed for a sample. Which of the following queries will get required results. Select A employee no. from employee A , where exists (select (max (emp_no)))from employee B where A employee no. >= B employee having (count(*) mod n)=0 Select employee no. from employee A, employee B where A. employee no.>=B employ no.group by employee no.having(count(*) mod n)=0 ) c) both a& b d)none of the above (ans. (d)) 14. Type duplicates of a row in a table customer with non-unique key field customer no. Can use a) Delete from customer where customer no. Exists(select distinct customer no. from customer having count) delete customer a where customer no. in (select cust_no from customer b where a.cust_no=b.cust_no) and a.rowid>b.rowid delete customer a where custermor no. in ( select customer no. from customer a, customer b group by a.cust_no having (count(*)>1) and a.rowid>b.rowid); d) none of the above (ans. (d)) 15.which of the following is a feature of the ANSI C language and not present in Java? a)forward referencing b)variable length argument lists c)volatile modifier d)none of the above (ans. (b)) 115. HCL Placement Paper held at Anna University Hcl paper held at Anna university on 16 th Oct..This may be useful to others. The paper consists of 4 sections. 1.Computer concepts -15 -1 mark -1/4 -ve 2.c programming -20 -1 mark -1/4 -ve

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3.Analysing the programs -10 -2marks - 1 -ve 4.aptitude -20 -1 mark -1/4 -ve. I remember only some of questions. 1. How many segment registers are there in the 8086 processor? a)4 b)6 c)8 d)none Ans:a 2.what is the addressing mode of this instruction Mov AL,[BX]; a)direct addresing mode b)register indirect addressing mode ANS:b Iam not sure of it. 3.What is the type of file system used in the cdrom? a)VFAT B) 4)About cpu I think but answer is DMA. 5)If we double the clock speed,then? a)It increases the speed of the processor b)It increases the speed of the system bus c)both of the above D)none 6)Data recovery is done in which layer? a)physical b)datalink c)network d)transport 7)What is thrashing? ANS:swapping in and out the pages frequently from memory. 8)By using 3 nodes how many trees can be formed? ANS:5 9)They give one tree,and ask the postorder traversal for that tree? 10)page cannibalation is? Aptitude section: 1.They give one scenario and ask questions on that.

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that is easy. those are 5 questions. 2.They ask 2 questions in English,I didn't answer those ones. they are - Find the odd one? 3)They give 2 questions on missing digits. they r matrix type,I didn't remember the questions, But I know answers. for first one 8.For second one 28 is the answer. 4)Two persons start walking from the same place in opposite directions.After walking for 4 mts,both of them take the left and walk for another 3 mts.Then what is the distance b/w them? Ans:10 mt. 5)One person start from his home towards college which is 53 km far away.Another person started from college towards home after an hour.the speed of first one is 4kmph and the second one is 3 kmph.Then,what is the distance from home to their meeting point? AND:21 km. 6)3 machines can complete the work in 4,5, and 6 hours respectively.due to power failures they did the work alternatively.Then what is time taken to complete the work? ANS:9/20 7)Two persons take the pair of dies and throws them. If 12 appers first one wins,If two consecutives 7 s appear then second one wins.What is the probability to win first one in the game? a)6/15 b)3/13 c)2/13 8)Two questions on figures .They give five figures ,and change them sequentially,u have to find 6 th one. They give 4 choices. 9)one more Q. on number sequence. Cprogramming:

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1)what is name of the operator in passing variable no. of arguments to function? ANS:Ellipsis 2)main() { printf("%d%d"size of ("Hcl technologies"),strlen("HCL Technologies")); ) a)16 16 b)16 17 c)17 17 d)17 16 3)main() { char arr[]={ 'a','b','\n',....} some more instructions; } ANS:77 4) main() { int arr[]={0,1,2,3,4) int *a={arr, arr+1,arr+2,...} int **p=a; p++; some instructions: } ANS:1 1 1 5)They give one Q on 3-d array? 6)one Question on ++ and && operators. 7)one question on logical operators 8)one question on the return value of scanf function ANALYSIS OF PROGRAMS: 1)For one Q. they make the constructor in the base class as virtual and give the big program.So, for that one ANSWER is NONE,(d).

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2)In one Q.They give the prototype of the function that structure as argument .But,Structure is defined after that.and they give the program. ANS:ERROR 3)for one Q.They give the answers as 4444 ,7777, 9999.But, the answer is 6666.So,Answer is None(d). 116.

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