Sunday, July 25, 2010

This is IBM question paper

1. In 1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/-.
If the paper rate increases at 1.5% more than the inflation
rate which is 6.5% a year,
then what wil be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years?
(a) 29.12
(b) 29.72
(c) 30.12
(d) 32.65
(e) none of these

2. In A,B,C are having some marbles with each of them.
A has given B and C the same number of marbles each of them
already have.
Then, B gave C and A the same number of marbles they already
have.
Then C gave A and B the same number of marbles they already
have.
At the end A,B,and C have equal number of marbles.
(i) If x,y,z are the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively.
Then the number of marbles B have at the end
(a) 2(x-y-z)
(b) 4(x-y-z)
(c) 2(3y-x-z)
(d) x + y-z
Ans. (c)

(ii) If the total number of marbles are 72, then the number of
marbles with A at the starting
(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 32
(d) 39
Ans. (d)

3. If a car starts from A towards B with some velocity.
Due to some problem in the engine after travelling 30km, the
car goes with 4/5 th of its actual velocity
The car reaches B 45 min later to the actual time.
If the car engine fails ofter travelling 45km, the car
reaches the destination B 36min late to the actual time
What is the initial velocity of car and what is the distance
between A and B in km
Ans. 20 & 130.

4. A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15
books.
He kept 15% of the money for travelling expenses and
purchased 5 pencils.
So how many books he can purchase with the remaining money.
5. Ten questions on analogies.
eg: chief : tribe :: governer : state
epaulette : shoulder :: tiara : head
guttural : throat :: gastric : stomach
inept : clever :: languid : active
knife : butcher ::
hammer : carpenter ::

6. The values of shares (in Rs).of A, B and C from January to June
are as follows.
Month A B C
January 30 60 80
February 35 65 85
March 45 75 65
April 40 75 82
May 55 75 85
June 50 75 80
i) During this period which share has undergone maximium
fluctuation?
ii) In which month it is possible to buy B and C selling A?
iii) In which month the share values are very low?
iv) By purchasing one share of A and 4 each of B and C in the
beginning of the period,
when shoudl these be sold to get maximum profit?

7. In a computer institute 9 languages can be taught.
The module is of 6 months duration and of the six languages
only one can be taught each month .
In addition to that BASIC is always taught and should be in
first month itself
WORD PERFECT is to be taught in the preceeding week of WORD
STAR.
FORTRAN can not be taught until COBAL is taught prior to that
BINO, FIFO can never be taught in single module
languages are BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD PERFECT, FORTRAN, COBAL,
BINO, FIFO, LOTUS, C
i) If word star is in 3rd month , what could be in 6th month.
ii) If COBAL is in the 2nd month and BINO in 6th month. FORTRAN
will be taught in which month.

8. 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)

9. A square plate of some size is cut at four corners. Equal
squares of the same size are cut and is formed as open box.
If this open box carries 128 ml of oil. What is the size of
the side of the plate?
(a) 17
(b) 14
(c) 13
(d) None of these

10. In a square, all the mid points are joined. The inner square
is shaded.
If the area of the square is A, what is the area of the
shaded area?
11. Two questions on basic angles i.e given a circle, a few chords
or diameter is drawn etc.

12. If the follwoing statements are given
@(a,b)= (a+b)/2
/(a,b)= a/b
*(a,b)= ab
If a=1, b=2 then find
i) /(a,(@(a,b),*(a,b)))
ii) */(a,@(*(a,b)))

13. If the follwoing statements are given
(x#y) = x + y- xy
(x*y) = (x + y)/2
i) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (x#y)#(x*y)
< (x#y) ii) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (a*b)#(b*c)< (a#b)*(b*c) 14. Export PS1 results in(PS1 pwd) a) primary prompt being your current directory b) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the current directory c) primary prompt prompt being your home directory d) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the home directory e) None of the above. 15. If you type in the command nohup 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
16. In UNIX a files i-node ......?
Ans. Is a data structure that defines all specifications of a file
like the file size,
number of lines to a file, permissions etc.

17. The UNIX shell ....
a) does not come with the rest of the system
b) forms the interface between the user and the kernal
c) does not give any scope for programming
d) deos not allow calling one program from with in another
e) all of the above
Ans. (b)

18. enum number { a= -1, b= 4,c,d,e}
What is the value of e ?
(a) 7
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 15
(e) 3

19. The very first process created by the kernal that runs till
the kernal process is halts is
a) init
b) getty
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of these
Ans. (a)

20. Output of the following program is
main()
{int i=0;
for(i=0;i<20;i++) {switch(i) case 0:i+=5; case 1:i+=2; case 5:i+=5; default i+=4; break;} printf("%d,",i); } } a) 0,5,9,13,17 b) 5,9,13,17 c) 12,17,22 d) 16,21 e) Syntax error Ans. (d) 21. What is the ouptut in the following program main() {char c=-64; int i=-32 unsigned int u =-16; if(c>i)
{printf("pass1,");
if(c and >>
a) do the same function
b) differ : > overwrites, while >> appends
c) differ : > is used for input while >> is used for output
d) differ : > write to any file while >> write only to standard
output
e) None of these
Ans. (b)
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IBM Latest paper
There are 2 sections Aptitude andtechnical .
Each Comprises of 20 qs
Aptiutude:
1)two clocks meet at 12.Next time they meet again after
Ans 65.45

This is INFY
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(PAPER) INFOSYS QUESTIONS - 24 - AUG- 2003. : Answers
Hi all,
This is Pushp. I also attended the Infosys written test
on 24th august 2003.
I am sending Answers of paper. as per my
knowledge all are correct but if i am wrong anywhere
plz correct me.
> Totally 9 Questions. - 50 marks.
>
> 1) There is a five digit number.
> The fifth digit is one fourth of the third digit and
> one half of the fourth digit. Third digit is one half
of the
first digit.
> second digit is 5 more than the fifth digit.
> What is that 5 digit no.?
>
Ans. 86421
> 2) There are three associates and they have some money
in a room.
> But no one is believing others alone. so,
> a) No one should be able to open the room alone.
> b) When any 2 persons are combined they should be
able to open
the room.
> What is the minimun no. of locks & keys required.?
(5M)
>
Ans. 3 Locks and 2 keys of Each Lock ( 6Keys)
Explanation:
Let Three person is x,y,z And Lock are A B C then
x have key of A and B
y have B and C
z have C and A
> 3) A simple racing prob. like Samantha beat Jim. Jack
lost to
Jim. John was not last.
> And the prob goes like this... (simple)
>
Ans. samantha
> 4) A boy goes to school from his house.on one fourth
oh his way to
school, he crosses a
> machinery station. And on one third of his way to
school, he
crosses a Railway station.
> He crossed the machinery station at 7:30 and he
crosses the
Railway station at 7:35.
> when does he leave the house & when does he reach the
school ?
(5M)
>
Ans.
Starting Time 7:15
and arrival at School 8:15
> 5) An Eraser,Pencil,Notebook together costs $1.00.
Notebook costs
more than the cost of
> 2 Pencils. 3 Pencil costs more than 4 Erasers. 3
Erasers costs
more than a Notebook.
> How much does a pencil costs? (5M)
>
Ans.
Pencil $0.26, Eraser 0.19, Notebook 0.55
> 6) I can't remember the prob. fully. (* Check this in
previous
questions. Its there!)
> Old Problem with three inhabitants of three castes.
Abhor,Magar &
Dravid. (8M)
> 1) Abhor women cannot marry Dravid man.
> 2) Dravid women cannot marry Magar man.
> 3) Male child gets the father's caste and female
child gets the
mother's caste.
> 4) all other marriages are allowed.
> 5) ...
>
> 4 questions related with this...each of 2 marks...
like...
>
> 1) A magar man can have ...
> a) a dravid grandmother.
> b) a abhor mother.
> c)....
>
> 7) Series...
>
> a) 3,6,13,26,33,66, ?
Ans. 73, 146 .....
Explanation 3*2 = 6 6+7 = 13
13*2 = 26 26+7 = 33
33*2 = 66
> b) 364, 361, 19, 16, 4, 1, ?
>
Ans 1, -2
Exp: 364 - 3 = 361 sqrt(361) = 19
19 -3 = 16 sqrt(16) = 4
4 - 3 = 1
> 8) A large cube is painted on all sides with Red
color. It is then
cut into 27 small cubes.
> How many sides of the cube will have...
> a) 3 red faces. Ans. 8
> b) 2 red faces. Ans 12
> c) 1 red face. Ans 6
> d) No red faces. (8M) Ans 1
>
> 9) Four persons A,B,C,D were there. All were of
different weights.
All Four gave a
> statement.Among the four statements only the person
who is
lightest in weight of all
> others gave a true statement.
>
> A Says : B is heavier than D.
> B Says : A is heavier than C.
> C Says : I am heavier than D.
> D Says : C is heavier than B.
>
> Find the lightest & List the persons in ascending
order according
to their weights. (5M)
>
>
Ans: A speaks true and others speek false
so order is A,C,D,B( heaviest)

Best of luck

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