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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 will 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 :: governor : 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.

   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 comman  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<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) None of these

      Ans.. (c)

22. In the process table entry for the kernel process, the process id value is  

       (a) 0
       (b) 1
       (c) 2
      (d) 255
      (e) it does not have a process table entry

      Ans.. (a)

23. Which of the following API is used to hide a window

        a) ShowWindow
        b) EnableWindow
        c) MoveWindow
        d) SetWindowPlacement
       e) None of the above

       Ans.. (a)

24. What will the following program do?

        void main()
        {
          int i;
          char a[]="String";
          char *p="New Sring";
          char *Temp;
          Temp=a;
          a=malloc(strlen(p) + 1);
         strcpy(a,p); //Line number:9//
         p = malloc(strlen(Temp) + 1);
        strcpy(p,Temp);
        printf("(%s, %s)",a,p);
        free(p);                                                                                                                  
        free(a);
       } //Line number 15//

             a) Swap contents of p & a and print:(New string, string)
             b) Generate compilation error in line number 8
             c) Generate compilation error in line number 5
             d) Generate compilation error in line number 7
             e) Generate compilation error in line number 1

             Ans.. (b)

25. In the following code segment what will be the result of the function,value of x , value of y
      {unsigned int x=-1;
        int y;
       y = ~0;
       if(x == y)
       printf("same");
       else
        printf("not same");
     }

    a) same, MAXINT, -1
    b) not same, MAXINT, -MAXINT
    c) same , MAXUNIT, -1
    d) same, MAXUNIT, MAXUNIT
    e) not same, MAXINT, MAXUNIT

    Ans.. (a)

26. PATH = /bin : /usr : /yourhome The file /bin/calender has the following line in it  cal 10 1997The file/yourhome/calender has the following line in it cal 5 1997 If the current directory is /yourhome and calender is executed

           a) The calendar for May 1997 will be printed on screen
          b) The calendar for Oct 1997 will be printed on screen
         c) The calendar for the current month( whatever it is) will be printed
         d) Nothing will get printed on screen
         e) An error massage will be printed

27. What will be the result of the following program ?

           char *gxxx()
          {static char xxx[1024];
           return xxx;
           }

          main() 
         {char *g="string";
           strcpy(gxxx(),g);
           g = gxxx();
          strcpy(g,"oldstring");
          printf("The string is : %s",gxxx());
         }

           a) The string is : string
           b) The string is :Oldstring
          c) Run time error/Core dump
          d) Syntax error during compilation
          e) None of these

         Ans.. (b)

28. What will be result of the following program?

        void myalloc(char *x, int n)
         {x= (char *)malloc(n*sizeof(char));
         memset(x,\0,n*sizeof(char));
         }

          main()
         {char *g="String";
        myalloc(g,20);
        strcpy(g,"Oldstring");
       printf("The string is %s",g);
        }

       a) The string is : String
       b) Run time error/Core dump
      c) The string is : Oldstring                                                                                                   
      d) Syntax error during compilation
     e) None of these

29. Which of the following function is used to repaint a window immediatelya) Sendmessage(hWnd,WM_PAINt,......)
         b) InvalidateRect(.......)
        c) MoveWindow
       d) WM_COPY
       e) None

30. Which function is the entry point for a DLL in MS Windows 3.1    

        a) Main
        b) Winmain
        c) Dllmain
       d) Libmain
       e) None

      Ans.. (b)

31. The standard source for standard input, standard output and standard error is

        a) the terminal
        b) /dev/null
        c) /usr/you/input, /usr/you/output/, /usr/you/error respectively
        d) None

         Ans.. (a)

32. What will be the result of the following program?

          main()
          {char p[]="String";
             int x=0;
             if(p=="String")
             {printf("Pass 1");
              if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g')                                                                                     
               printf("Pass 2");
           else
              printf("Fail 2");
          }
          else 
       {
        printf("Fail 1");
        if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g')
        printf("Pass 2");
        else
        printf("Fail 2");
      } 
      }

    a) Pass 1, Pass 2
    b) Fail 1, Fail 2
    c) Pass 1, Fail 2
   d) Fail 1, Pass 2
  e) syntax error during compilation

33. Which of the choices is true for the mentioned declaration ?

        const char *p;    and
       char * const p;

     a) You can't change the character in both
     b) First : You can't change the characterr & Second : You can;t change the pointer
     c) You can't change the pointer in both
     d) First : You can't change the pointer & Second : You can't chanage the character
     e) None

34. The redirection operators > 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)

35. The command grep first second third /usr/you/myfile

         a) prints lines containing the words first, second or third from the file /usr/you/myfile
        b) searches for lines containing the pattern first in the files
             second, third, and /usr/you/myfile and prints them
        c) searches the files /usr/you/myfiel and third for lines containing the words first or second and prints them
        d) replaces the word first with the word second in the files third and /usr/you/myfile
        e) None of the above

       Ans.. (b)

Aptitude

1.  Speed of boat in still water is 10kmph..if it travels 24km downstream,16km upstream in the sameamount of time,what is the speed of the stream?      (a)3kmph      (b)3.5kmph      (c)2kmph      (d)...

2.  A cube of 3 units is painted on all sides.If this cube is divided into cubes of 1 unit,how many cubehave none of their faces painted?         (a)...         (b)2         (c)1                          (d)0         (e)none of these
3.  If a person sells a product for rs141/- he suffers a loss of 6%.if he has to have a profit of 10%,
     at what price should he sell it?            (a)            (b)rs.175            (c)..            (d)rs.165
      Ans..rs.165 (i think,check)
4.  A ball falls from a height of 8ft ,bounces back to half the distance & continues till it comes to rest.
     what is the total distance travelled by the ball?        (a)24ft       (b)...       (c)infinite      (d)cannot be determined      Ans.:(a)
5.   Which of the following is the sum of 3 consecutive prime nos?         (a)49         (b)59         (c)both a &b         (d)....         Ans.:c
6.  If the area of a square has increased by 69%,by what % has its side increased?
7.  In a class the average age is 16yrs.if the teacher who is 40 yrs of age is also included ,the average becomes 

     17yrs,how many students were there?
8.  If 3 houses are to be painted,mr A can paint a house in 6 days(nos are not same)...mr B can do the same in 8  days...& mr.C in 12 days.if mr A does the work for 8 days & leaves for vacation, & mr B continues the work
    for the next 6 days, for how many days should mr.C work?
    Ans.:11 days(check)
9. 4 thieves rob a bakery of the breadone after the other.each thief takes half of what is present ,& half  a     bread...if  at  the end 3 bread remains,what is the no of bread that was present initiallly?
     Ans.:63(check)
10. If the 1rst day of 1999 is a sunday,what is the last day?      (a)sunday     (b)monday              (c)....    (d)cannot be determined.
11.  If A driver drives a car four times a lap 10,20 30,60 kmph what  is his average speed.Ans.:20kmph In a group there are two kinds of people type A & type B.type A people Ans.wer for any question as YES &that of type B as NO.if they can not Ans.wer to these question then they remain silent. the mayor asks question to them as follows........
12.  If he asks a person are u type Aa.YES b.NO c. Silent d.Can not be determined
13.  He asks two persons X &Ysimultaneously whether u of same type  a. YES b. NO c.YES or NO d. Silent e. can not be determined
14.  Pointing to a person X he asks Y what is his typea. YES b. No c. Silent d can not be determined
15. Pointing to a person X he asks Y if I ask him whether r u  type A ,will he Ans.wer YES.Y says NO .what typeof  B isa. YES b. NO . c. Silent d. can not be determined
16. Six squares of same dimension are kept side by side to make a rectangle with a perimeter of  182 cm. what isthe perimeter of each square.Ans.) 52.
17. One student takes 20 mins to reach school if he goes at a speed of 15kmph .At what  speed should he go to      reach in 15 mins ( nos are not same) Ans.: 16kmph( check)
18. How many rational numbers are there between 0 & 5
      Ans.:infinite
19. A certain number of bullets were shared by 3 people equally.Each of them fired 4 bullets and the sum of the      remaining bullets was equal to the initial share each had got.what was the initial  number of bullets?Ans.:18..( 18/3=6;6-4=2,6-4=2,6-4=2; 2+2+2=6=Ans.)

          Technical:

  20. A trigger is  (a) a statement ..start of database..  (b)statements that r executed as a side effect to the modification to the database  (c)...   (d)...   Ans. (b)
 21. What does the following statement mean?  int (*a)[4]  (a)'a' is a pointer to an array of 4 integers  (b)'a' is an array of pointers to integer   (c)'a' is a pointer to function returning an integer   (d)...    Ans.:a
22.  Best method to find out whether a given array already sorted,is sorted or not in min. time
      Ans.. insertion sort (check)
23. A primary key in one table also present in some other table is called
      (a)foreign key
      (b)secondary key
      (c)subordinate key
      (d)...
      Ans.. foreign key
24. Which of the following is a real time system?  (a)robotics control  (b)airline ticket reservation(Ans.)   (c)  (d)...
25.  A question to convert a big no in decimal to octal(check only for the last 2 nos in Ans. is sufficient)
26.  Which of the following is an example of a spooling device?    (a)..    (b)line printer..    (c)    (d)    (e)...
27.  If in a table:account no,account holders name,account type ,.....(something else was given)are the fields,which   of  them could be the primary key?     (a)account no(Ans.)     (b)account holders name     (c)account type     (d)..
28.  If a file is opened in "r+" mode(in C),it meAns.(a) write  (b)read  (c)...  (d).....
29.  What is the difference between 123 and 0123 in c?   (a)120   (b)40   (c)0   (d)...    Ans.:40
30.  Software Configuration Management process is -    (a)developing & managing software for .....software....   (b)developing & managing hardware for....software.......                                              (c)...    (d)..
31.  Data Integrity constraint is   (a)to ensure the presence of primary key   (b)...   (c)...   (d)...
32. Which of the following uses the minimum length of cable?  (a)ring  (b)star  (c)mesh  (d)bus  (e)all of the above
31. How can u append the ls and who to certain existing file (like  that)(i.e.listing & output of who is to be directedto a file  (a)ls;who>filename  (b)ls;who>>filename   (c)(ls;who)>>filename   (d)who;ls<filename   (e)...
34. Suppose u have a network .users complain of slow ....u suspect a problem in network adapter once u find that the data is continuous and erroneous.what device do u use?  (a)volt-ohmmeter  (b)SNMP  (c)protocol... checking  (d)all of the above
35. What is vector processing?
36. x-=y+1 is equivalent to what?                                                                                         (a)x=x-y+1
      (b)...(c)x=x-y-1(d)...  Ans.:(c)
37. In a student form what is the relationship b/w student and course   (a)one to one   (b)many to one   (c)one to many   (d)many to many
38.  ROM is(a)volatile(b)permanent & fast(c)device containig boot up program & is not accessible  (d)... I have given 38 questions out of 40 q's ...hope it will be useful 2 all of u... they didnt select any ec people 4interview..:( only CS,IS..& 2 from TE. that's all from my side.. here are some hr questions as sent by jagannatha  (CS-PESIT)

HR questions:

1. why 2+2 is 4 why not 5.
Ans.: assume u took 2 apples from A and 2 more apples from B and assume u are having 5 and give 2 to X and give 2 more to Y then nothing will be with u i.e u lossed. (give some Ans.wers but dont say that it is like that only )
2.how may stones did hanuman thowned on lanka? ( diffirent but of same type) and one more how many trees are there in u'r campus ...

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