Sonata Placement Papers and Sample Papers

Find the antonym of autumn
(a) Spring (b) Winter (c) Summer (d) None of the above

 Select the odd one
(a) January (b) February (c) Wednesday           (d) November

Select the antonym of capture from the following
(a) attack                        (b) Release (c) condemn (d) None of the above

One skirt requires 3.75 yards of cloth. How many skirts you can make from 45 yards?
    Ans: 12 skirts

One skirt requires 3.75 yards of cloth. How many skirts you can make from 45 yards?
    Ans: 12 skirts

How can you make a square from two triangles?

Is the meaning of Client and Customer,
        (a) same (b) contradictory (c) no relation

Is the meaning of It's and Its,
(a) same (b) contradictory (c) no relation

Is the meaning of Canvas and Canvass,
(a) same (b) contradictory (c) no relation

Is the meaning of Ingenious and Ingenuous,
        (a) same   (b) contradictory (c) no relation

 Is the meaning of Credible and Credulous,
(a) same (b) contradictory (c) no relation

Select the odd one out.
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/6 (d) 1/18 

Select the least from the following.
(a) 0.99 (b) 1 (c) 81 (d) 0.333 

Find the next number in the series. 1, 0.5, 0.25, 0.125
     Ans: 0.0625

One dollar is saved in one month. Then how much dollar is saved in one day?
    Ans: 1/30 =0.0333$

Y catches 5 times more fishes than X. If total number of fishes caught by X and Y is 48, then number of fishes caught by X?
    Ans: 8

Y catches 5 times more fishes than X. If total number of fishes caught by X and Y is 42, then number of fishes caught by X?    Ans: 7

 If a train covers 600m in 0.5 seconds, how long it will cover in 10 seconds?
    Ans: 3000m = 3km

The girl's age is twice that of boy, if the boy is four years old. After four years the age 
of the girl is Ans: 12 years

Sister's age is twice than that of the brother. If the brother's age is six, what is the sister's age after two years?
Ans: 14 Yrs.

Two lemons cost 10 cents. Then one and a half dozen cost    Ans: 90 cents

A clock is late by 1 minute 27 seconds in a month. Then how much will it be late in 1 day?  Ans: 2.9 seconds

Which of the following figures together will make a triangle?
        Ans: a,b,c,d

Make a square by drawing only one line
        Ans: line 2-5, square 2-3-4-5-2

Which of the following is the odd one? crew, constellation, companion, league, participants.
              Ans: companion

Opposite of Remote?
(a) Far (b) Near   (c) Huge (d) Village

Statement A: All great men are ridiculous;
Statement B: I am ridiculous ;
Inference : I am a great man;
(a) True (b) False (c) Not clear

Statement: Normal children are active;
Inference: All children are active;
(a) True (b) False (c) Uncertain

Next number in the series 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 ?
            Ans: 1/16

 In 6 seconds a light flashes once. In one hour how many times it will flash?
            Ans: 601 times

At 20% discount, a cycle is sold at a selling price of 2500 Rs. What is the actual price?
            Ans: Rs. 3125

Statement A: A & B have same age;
Statement B: B is younger than C;
Inference : A is younger than C;
(a) True     (b) False (c) Uncertain

All chickens lay eggs (True/False)
            Ans: False

A invests $12000, B invests $8000, C invests $6000 and they got a profit of $1200. How much share A got more than B and C?
    Ans: 2/13 and 3/13

Point out error, if any, in the following program
main()
{
int i=1;
switch(i)
{
case 1:
printf("\nRadioactive cats have 18 half-lives");
break;
case 1*2+4:
printf("\nBottle for rent -inquire within");
break;
}
}
    Ans. No error. Constant expression like 1*2+4 are acceptable in cases of a switch. 

Point out the error, if any, in the following program                                                         
main()
{
int a=10,b;
a>= 5 ? b=100 : b=200;
printf("\n%d",b);
}
Ans. lvalue required in function main(). The second assignment should be written in parenthesis as follows:
a>= 5 ? b=100 : (b=200);

In the following code, in which order the functions would be called?
a= f1(23,14)*f2(12/4)+f3();
a) f1, f2, f3 b) f3, f2, f1
    c) The order may vary from compiler to compiler d) None of the above

What would be the output of the following program?
main()
{
int i=4;
switch(i)
{
default:
printf("\n A mouse is an elephant built by the Japanese");                                        
case 1:
printf(" Breeding rabbits is a hair raising experience");
break;
case 2:
printf("\n Friction is a drag");
break;
case 3:
printf("\n If practice make perfect, then nobody's perfect");
}
}
a) A mouse is an elephant built by the Japanese b) Breeding rabbits is a hare raising experience
c) All of the above d) None of the above

What is the output of the following program?
#define SQR(x) (x*x)
main()
{
int a,b=3;
a= SQR(b+2);
printf("%d",a);
}
a) 25                             b) 11 c) error d) garbage value

In which line of the following, an error would be reported?                                     
1. #define CIRCUM(R) (3.14*R*R);
2. main()
3. {
4. float r=1.0,c;
5. c= CIRCUM(r);
6. printf("\n%f",c);
7. if(CIRCUM(r))==6.28)
8. printf("\nGobbledygook");
9. }
a) line 1 b) line 5 c) line 6    d) line 7

What is the type of the variable b in the following declaration?
#define FLOATPTR float*
FLOATPTR a,b;
    a) float b) float pointer c) int d) int pointer

In the following code;
#include<stdio.h>
main()
{
FILE *fp;
fp= fopen("trial","r");
}     
fp points to:
a) The first character in the file. 
    b) A structure which contains a "char" pointer which points to the first character in the file.
c) The name of the file. d) None of the above.                                                    

We should not read after a write to a file without an intervening call to fflush(), fseek() or rewind() < TRUE/FALSE>
Ans. True

 If the program (myprog) is run from the command line as myprog 1 2 3 , What would be the output?
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int i;
for(i=0;i<argc;i++)
printf("%s",argv[i]);
}
a) 1 2 3    b) C:\MYPROG.EXE 1 2 3
c) MYP d) None of the above

If the following program (myprog) is run from the command line as myprog 1 2 3, What would be the output?
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int i,j=0;
for(i=0;i<argc;i++)
j=j+ atoi(argv[i]);
printf("%d",j);
} 
a) 1 2 3     b) 6 c) error d) "123"

If the following program (myprog) is run from the command line as myprog monday tuesday wednesday thursday,
What would be the output?
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
while(--argc >0)
printf("%s",*++argv);
}
a) myprog monday tuesday wednesday thursday     b) monday tuesday wednesday thursday
c) myprog tuesday thursday d) None of the above                                                  

In the following code, is p2 an integer or an integer pointer?
typedef int* ptr
ptr p1,p2;
    Ans. Integer pointer

Point out the error in the following program
main()
{
const int x;
x=128;
printf("%d",x);
}
    Ans. x should have been initialized where it is declared.

What would be the output of the following program?
main()
{
int y=128;
const int x=y;
printf("%d",x);
}
    a) 128 b) Garbage value c) Error d) 0

 What is the difference between the following declarations?                                         
const char *s;
char const *s;
    Ans. No difference

What would be the output of the following program?
main()
{
char near * near *ptr1;
char near * far *ptr2;
char near * huge *ptr3;
printf("%d %d %d",sizeof(ptr1),sizeof(ptr2),sizeof(ptr3));
}
a) 1 1 1 b) 1 2 4                                c) 2 4 4 d) 4 4 4

If the following program (myprog) is run from the command line as myprog friday tuesday sunday,
What would be the output?
main(int argc, char*argv[])
{
printf("%c",**++argv);
}
a) m     b) f c) myprog d) friday

If the following program (myprog) is run from the command line as myprog friday tuesday sunday,
What would be the output?                                                                                     
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
printf("%c",*++argv[1]);
}
    a) r b) f c) m d) y

 If the following program (myprog) is run from the command line as myprog friday tuesday sunday,
What would be the output?
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
while(sizeofargv)
printf("%s",argv[--sizeofargv]);
}
a) myprog friday tuesday sunday b) myprog friday tuesday
    c) sunday tuesday friday myprog d) sunday tuesday friday                              

 Point out the error in the following program
main()
{
int a=10;
void f();
a=f();
printf("\n%d",a);
}
void f()
{
printf("\nHi");
}
    Ans. The program is trying to collect the value of a "void" function into an integer variable.

 In the following program how would you print 50 using p?
main()
{
int a[]={10, 20, 30, 40, 50};
char *p;
p= (char*) a;
}
    Ans. printf("\n%d",*((int*)p+4));

 Would the following program compile?
main()
{
int a=10,*j;
void *k;
j=k=&a;
j++;
k++;
printf("\n%u%u",j,k);
}
a) Yes b) No, the format is incorrect
    c) No, the arithmetic operation is not permitted on void pointers                      
d) No, the arithmetic operation is not permitted on pointers

According to ANSI specifications which is the correct way of declaring main() when it receives command line arguments?
    a) main(int argc, char *argv[]) b) main(argc,argv) int argc; char *argv[];
c) main() {int argc; char *argv[]; } d) None of the above

What error would the following function give on compilation?
f(int a, int b)
{
int a;
a=20;
return a;
}
a) missing parenthesis in the return statement b) The function should be declared as int f(int a, int b)
    c) redeclaration of a    d) None of the above                                           

Point out the error in the following program
main()
{
const char *fun();
*fun()='A';
}
const char *fun()
{
return "Hello";
}
    Ans. fun() returns to a "const char" pointer which cannot be modified

What would be the output of the following program?
main()
{
const int x=5;
int *ptrx;
ptrx=&x;
*ptrx=10;
printf("%d",x);
}
a) 5      b) 10 c) Error d) Garbage value

A switch statement cannot include
a) constants as arguments b) constant expression as arguments                               
    c) string as an argument d) None of the above

How long the following program will run?
main()
{
printf("\nSonata Software");
main();
}
a) infinite loop     b) until the stack overflows
c) All of the above d) None of the above

On combining the following statements, you will get char*p; p=malloc(100);
    a) char *p= malloc(100) b) p= (char*)malloc(100)
c) All of the above d) None of the above

What is the output of the following program?
main()
{
int n=5;
printf("\nn=%*d",n,n);
}
a) n=5 b) n=5
    c) n= 5 d) error