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IBMPlacementPaper
Itconsistofmainlythreesections.
a)Section1:MatrixTest
Noofquestion:15(13minutes)
Note:Nonegativemarksforthissection
b)Section2:NumberSeriesTest
Noofquestion:20(15minutes)
Note:Negativemarking(1/4)isthereforthissection
c)Section3:Analyticaltype(Aptitude)
feedback
Noofquestion:12(15minutes)
Note:Negativemarking(1/4)isthereforthissection.
AboutMatrixTest:
ThisisthenewpatternofIBM.Thisnewpatternhasbeenimplemented.Itcontains3sections.
i)SectionA
Someinformationisgivenintheformofmatrices,withheadingsforrowsasrow1,row2.Etc.Forcolumnswithheadingsasc
asfollows.
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Row1@*2ZRow2SK?$Row3IPZ+Row4#8FQ
Questionsareasfollows(notsamequestionsbutsametype):
1.Aftergivingsimilartypeofconditions,whatistheelementlefttoH?Inthissectiontheygavearound4matricesofthistype
2.5sthenwhichcolumnelementssumequalsto9?
3.Ifcolumn1,Column4areinterchangedandrow3,row4areinterchangedanddiagonalelementsfromtoplefttobottomrig
theelementinrow1andcolumn1?
4.Ifacompanyproduces15differentmodeloftvsetsof2inchsscreenand4differentmodelof4inchesscreensize.Thenho
themodelsothatallmodelswilldisplayedintheshowroom?
5.Ifateamconsists20membersinwhich20%aremathematicianthenhowmanymembershouldtheyhiresothattheratiow
6.IfZsinoddnumberedrowsarereplcedwith7sandSsinoddnumberedcolumnsarereplacedwith.
SectionB
Allquestionsinthissectionarefromnumberseries.Totalnumberofquestionsare20.Timelimitis4minutes.Thesearealsom
Negativemarking(1/4)isthereforthissection.
1.40,42,4241,41,,42,44,44,?
Answer:44
2.17,18,19,34,35,19,20,?
Answer:21
3.22,21,34,33,45,?
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Answer:44
SectionC
1.Therateofcolourtonerincreases$33to$35andrateofblack&whitetonerincreases$28to$29.Ifcompanyspends$154
muchistotalExpenditureincreasesafterthecosthike.
2.Acomputershopconsistsof3brandslaptop.LaptopofbrandAissold3/16,Bissold1/16andcissoldthenwhatfractio
3.PrinterAprints8192characterperminandprinterBprints13862characterperminutesfourcharacterareequaltoonewo
Bstartsat7:29amthenatwhattimebothwillhavesamenoofwordsprinted.
4.Inalibrarythereare5clusterandeachishaving44books(module).Infirstweak75booksareused,insecond95,inthird
tellhowmuchfractionofbooksareused.
5.Wehave171kgricecusting7rs/kg.wehavericeat11rs/kgand2rs/kg.thenaftermixing11rs/kgand2rs/kgrice.Whati
6.Rectangularroomhaswidthhalfofitslength.When6isdecreasedfrombothlengthandwidththenitsareaisdifferedby10
7.CompanyAtakenatruckonrentof$1280permonthanothercompanyBboughtthetruckin$40000andsend$120perm
differenceintheAmountspentbythebothcompaniesontheTRUCK.
8.Inacompanyprintingworkisdonebytwomachine5%oftheworkdonebymachineAarewasted,and40%ofworkdone
totalworkisdonebymachineA.Thenwhatisthetotalpercentageofwastage.
AptitudeQuestions
1.Direction:InA,B,Carehavingsomemarbleswitheachofthem.AhasgivenBandCthesamenumberofmarbleseacho
thesamenumberofmarblestheyalreadyhave.ThenCgaveAandBthesamenumberofmarblestheyalreadyhave.Atthee
marbles.
(i)Ifx,y,zarethemarblesinitiallywithA,B,Crespectively.ThenthenumberofmarblesBhaveattheend.
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(a)2(xyz)
(b)4(xyz)
(c)2(3yxz)
(d)x+yz
Answer:(c)
(ii)Ifthetotalnumberofmarblesare72,thenthenumberofmarbleswithAatthestarting
(a)20
(b)30
(c)32
(d)39
Answer:(d)
2.IfacarstartsfromAtowardsBwithsomevelocity.Duetosomeproblemintheengineaftertravelling30km,thecargoesw
reachesB45minlatertotheactualtime.Ifthecarenginefailsoftertravelling45km,thecarreachesthedestinationB36minl
velocityofcarandwhatisthedistancebetweenAandBinkm
Answer:20and130
3.In1978,akgofpaperwassoldatRs25/Ifthepaperrateincreasesat1.5%morethantheinflationratewhichis6.5%aye
paperafter2years?
(a)29.12
(b)29.72
(c)30.12
(d)32.65
4.Tenquestionsonanalogies.
Example:
chief:tribe::governor:state
epaulette:shoulder::tiara:head
guttural:throat::gastric:stomach
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inept:clever::languid:active
knife:butcher::
hammer:carpenter::
5.ApersonhasRs100/inhispocket,hecanas25pencilsor15books.Hekept15%ofthemoneyfortravellingexpensesa
bookshecanpurchasewiththeremainingmoney.
6.Asquareplateofsomesizeiscutatfourcorners.Equalsquaresofthesamesizearecutandisformedasopenbox.Ifthis
sizeofthesideoftheplate?
(a)17
(b)14
(c)13
(d)Noneofthese
7.Inasquare,allthemidpointsarejoined.Theinnersquareisshaded.IftheareaofthesquareisA,whatistheareaofthe
8.Twoquestionsonbasicanglesi.egivenacircle,afewchordsordiameterisdrawnetc.
9.Ifyoutypeinthecommannohupsortemployees>list2>errorout&andlogoff,thenexttimeyoulogin,theoutputwillbe
a)inafilecalledlistandtheerrorwilldetypedinafileerrorout
b)therewillbenofilecalledlistorerrorout
c)errorwillbeloggedinafilecalledlistando/pwillbeinerrorout
d)youwillnotbeallowedtologin
10.enumnumber{a=1,b=4,c,d,e}Whatisthevalueofe?
(a)7
(b)4
(c)5
(d)15
(e)3
11.Theveryfirstprocesscreatedbythekernalthatrunstillthekernalprocessishaltsis
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a)init
b)getty
c)both(a)and(b)
d)noneofthese
Answer:(a)
12.Thevaluesofshares(inRs).ofA,BandCfromJanuarytoJuneareasfollows.
MonthABC
January306080
February356585
March457565
April407582
May557585
June507580
i)Duringthisperiodwhichsharehasundergonemaximiumfluctuation?
ii)InwhichmonthitispossibletobuyBandCsellingA?
iii)Inwhichmonththesharevaluesareverylow?
iv)BypurchasingoneshareofAand4eachofBandCinthebeginningoftheperiod,whenshoudlthesebesoldtogetmaxim
13.InUNIXafilesinode......?
Answer:Isadatastructurethatdefinesallspecificationsofafilelikethefilesize,numberoflinestoafile,permissionsetc.
14.TheUNIXshell....
a)doesnotcomewiththerestofthesystem
b)formstheinterfacebetweentheuserandthekernal
c)doesnotgiveanyscopeforprogramming
d)deosnotallowcallingoneprogramfromwithinanother
Answer:(b)
15.Inaclass,except18allareabove50years.15arebelow50yearsofage.Howmanypeoplearethere
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(a)30
(b)33
(c)36
(d)noneofthese.
Answer:(d)
16.WhichofthefollowingAPIisusedtohideawindow
a)ShowWindow
b)EnableWindow
c)MoveWindow
d)SetWindowPlacement
Answer:(a)
17.Outputofthefollowingprogramismain()
{inti=0
for(i=0i<20i++)
{switch(i)
case0:i+=5
case1:i+=2
case5:i+=5
defaulti+=4
break}
printf("%d,",i)
}
}
a)0,5,9,13,17
b)5,9,13,17
c)12,17,22
d)16,21
e)Syntaxerror
Answer:(d)
18.Whatistheouptutinthefollowingprogram
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main()
{charc=64
inti=32
unsignedintu=16
if(c>i)
{printf("pass1,")
if(c<u)
printf("pass2")
else
printf("Fail2")
}
else
printf("Fail1)
if(i<u)
printf("pass2")
else
printf("Fail2")
}
a)Pass1,Pass2
b)Pass1,Fail2
c)Fail1,Pass2
d)Fail1,Fail2
e)Noneofthese
Answer:(c)
19.Thecommandgrepfirstsecondthird/usr/you/myfile
a)printslinescontainingthewordsfirst,secondorthirdfromthefile/usr/you/myfile
b)searchesforlinescontainingthepatternfirstinthefilessecond,third,and/usr/you/myfileandprintsthem
c)searchesthefiles/usr/you/myfielandthirdforlinescontainingthewordsfirstorsecondandprintsthem
d)replacesthewordfirstwiththewordsecondinthefilesthirdand/usr/you/myfile
e)Noneoftheabove
Answer:(b)
20.Intheprocesstableentryforthekernelprocess,theprocessidvalueis
(a)0
(b)1
(c)2
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(d)255
(e)itdoesnothaveaprocesstableentry
Answer:(a)
21.Whatwillthefollowingprogramdo?
voidmain()
{
inti
chara[]="String"
char*p="NewSring"
char*Temp
Temp=a
a=malloc(strlen(p)+1)
strcpy(a,p)//Linenumber:9//
p=malloc(strlen(Temp)+1)
strcpy(p,Temp)
printf("(%s,%s)",a,p)
free(p)
free(a)
}//Linenumber15//
a)Swapcontentsofp&aandprint:(Newstring,string)
b)Generatecompilationerrorinlinenumber8
c)Generatecompilationerrorinlinenumber5
d)Generatecompilationerrorinlinenumber7
e)Generatecompilationerrorinlinenumber1
Answer:(b)
22.Whatwillberesultofthefollowingprogram?
voidmyalloc(char*x,intn)
{x=(char*)malloc(n*sizeof(char))
memset(x,\0,n*sizeof(char))
}
main()
{char*g="String"
myalloc(g,20)
strcpy(g,"Oldstring")
printf("Thestringis%s",g)
}
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a)Thestringis:String
b)Runtimeerror/Coredump
c)Thestringis:Oldstring
d)Syntaxerrorduringcompilation
e)Noneofthese
23.Whichofthefollowingfunctionisusedtorepaintawindowimmediately
a)Sendmessage(hWnd,WM_PAINt,......)
b)InvalidateRect(.......)
c)MoveWindow
d)WM_COPY
e)None
24.WhichfunctionistheentrypointforaDLLinMSWindows3.1
a)Main
b)Winmain
c)Dllmain
d)Libmain
e)None
Answer:(b)
25.Thestandardsourceforstandardinput,standardoutputandstandarderroris
a)theterminal
b)/dev/null
c)/usr/you/input,/usr/you/output/,/usr/you/errorrespectively
d)None
Answer:(a)
26.Whatwillbetheresultofthefollowingprogram?
main()
{charp[]="String"
intx=0
if(p=="String")
{printf("Pass1")if(p[sizeof(p)2]=='g')
printf("Pass2")
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else
printf("Fail2")
}
else
{
printf("Fail1")
if(p[sizeof(p)2]=='g')
printf("Pass2")
else
printf("Fail2")
}
}
a)Pass1,Pass2
b)Fail1,Fail2
c)Pass1,Fail2
d)Fail1,Pass2
e)syntaxerrorduringcompilation
27.Whichofthechoicesistrueforthementioneddeclaration?
constchar*pand
char*constp
a)Youcan'tchangethecharacterinboth
b)First:Youcan'tchangethecharacterr&Second:Youcantchangethepointer
c)Youcan'tchangethepointerinboth
d)First:Youcan'tchangethepointer&Second:Youcan'tchanagethecharacter
28.Theredirectionoperators>and>>
a)dothesamefunction
b)differ:>overwrites,while>>appends
c)differ:>isusedforinputwhile>>isusedforoutput
d)differ:>writetoanyfilewhile>>writeonlytostandardoutput
e)Noneofthese
Answer:(b)
29.Inthefollowingcodesegmentwhatwillbetheresultofthefunction,valueofx,valueofy
{unsignedintx=1
inty
y=~0
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if(x==y)
printf("same")else
printf("notsame")
}
a)same,MAXINT,1
b)notsame,MAXINT,MAXINT
c)same,MAXUNIT,1
d)same,MAXUNIT,MAXUNIT
e)notsame,MAXINT,MAXUNIT
Answer:(a)
30.PATH=/bin:/usr:/yourhomeThefile/bin/calenderhasthefollowinglineinitcal101997Thefile/yourhome/calenderhas
currentdirectoryis/yourhomeandcalenderisexecuted.
a)ThecalendarforMay1997willbeprintedonscreen
b)ThecalendarforOct1997willbeprintedonscreen
c)Thecalendarforthecurrentmonth(whateveritis)willbeprinted
d)Nothingwillgetprintedonscreen
e)Anerrormassagewillbeprinted
31.Whatwillbetheresultofthefollowingprogram?
char*gxxx()
{staticcharxxx[1024]
returnxxx
}
main()
{char*g="string"
strcpy(gxxx(),g)
g=gxxx()
strcpy(g,"oldstring")
printf("Thestringis:%s",gxxx())
}
a)Thestringis:string
b)Thestringis:Oldstring
c)Runtimeerror/Coredump
d)Syntaxerrorduringcompilation
e)Noneofthese
Answer:(b)
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