(1) Tell me about you!
Keep your answer to one or two minutes; don't ramble. Use your resume summary
as a base to start.
(2) What do you know about our company?
Do your homework before the interview! Spend some time online or at the
library researching the company. Find out as much as you can, including
products, size, income, reputation, image, management talent, people, skills,
history and philosophy. Project an informed interest; let the interviewer
tell you about the company.
(3) Why do you want to work for us?
Don't talk about what you want; first, talk about their needs: You would like
to be part of a specific company project; you would like to solve a company
problem; you can make a definite contribution to specific company goals.
(4) What would you do for us? What can you do for us that someone else can't?
Relate past experiences that show you've had success in solving previous
employer problem(s) that may be similar to those of the prospective employer.
(5) What about the job offered do you find the most attractive? Least
attractive?
List three or more attractive factors and only one minor unattractive factor.
(6) Why should we hire you?
Because of your knowledge, experience, abilities and skills.
(7) What do you look for in a job?
An opportunity to use your skills, to perform and be recognized.
(8) Please give me your definition of a .... (the position for which you are
being interviewed).
Keep it brief -- give an actions- and results-oriented definition.
(9) How long would it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our firm?
Not long at all -- you expect only a brief period of adjustment to the
learning curve.
(10) How long would you stay with us?
As long as we both feel I'm contributing, achieving, growing, etc.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
A Crash Course in Interview Preparation
Everyone loves to get this phone call: "This is Jane Doe. I'm calling to see if you would like to come in for a job interview."
Your pulse races: A job interview!
It isn't until the night before the interview that your stomach drops, a feeling of slight dread sets in and you ask yourself, "What am I gonna wear?" "What am I gonna say?"
You've got a case of the pre-interview jitters: A good sign that you haven't spent enough time preparing.
Getting ready for an interview should begin at least three days before the interview is scheduled to take place. This week, we'll run down the top things you should do before the big day arrives.
The Clothes Make the Job Seeker
Make sure your interview clothes are clean and pressed a few days beforehand.
The last thing you want to worry about the night before an interview is pleading with your drycleaner or getting burned by a hot iron.
Also, make sure you have a neutral colored umbrella on-hand in case of rain.
Don't Forget Your Resumes!
Make good-quality copies of your resume on a nice grade of paper. Take more copies than you will possibly need -- just in case. Store the copies in a folder where they will stay clean and unwrinkled.
Organize your portfolio, tear sheets, professional reference lists or any other papers you think your prospective employer would like to see.
Make sure your purse or briefcase is stocked with everything else you'll need: A working pen (no pencils!), a notebook, breath mints, a comb, the umbrella I mentioned and some tissues.
Practice Makes Perfect
Like most things, people get better at interviewing with a little practice.
Dedicate one night prior to the interview to a mock QandA. You can set this up with a friend or conduct the interview yourself with a list of frequently-asked interview questions and a mirror.
Don't panic if, during the actual interview, you are not asked any of the questions you practiced. The point of practicing is to "warm up" to the process of answering questions on the fly.
Do Your Homework
Spend at least two days before the interview researching the company. Take notes. Memorize important facts.
A little preparation goes a long way. A couple of hours researching the company and practicing answers to interview questions can give you that extra bit of confidence you need to ace the interview.
COMMON INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
These are the most commonly asked questions.
Think about your answers and practice them prior to your interview
!
What are the responsibilities of your current or previous position?
What do you know about this industry?
What do you know about our company?
How long will it take for you to make a significant contribution?
What is your most significant accomplishment?
Why did you leave your last job?
Why do you think you would like to work for our company?
If it were your first day, what would you say to the associates you will be working with?
What have you done to overcome major obstacles in your life?
Are you willing to relocate?
How would you describe your work style?
Tell me about yourself?
Why do you think we should hire you for this job?
How do you define success?
What was the last book you read?
What area of this job would you find most difficult?
What leadership/supervisory roles have your held?
What is your weakness?
What is your strength?
What accomplishments are you most proud of?
What has been your greatest crisis, how did you solve it?
What person has had the greatest influence on you, why?
What do you like best about your job/school..what do you like least?
How has college prepared you for this career?
Describe your ideal job.
Why did you choose this particular field of work?
What have you done that shows initiative?
In what areas of the job would you expect to be most successful....least?
What do you see yourself doing in 5 or 10 years?
What are your salary requirements?
What frustrates you?
Describe a situation with an irate customer and how you handled it?
What aspect of this job do you consider most crucial ?
What are your long range career objectives and how do you plan to achieve them?
How do think a friend would describe you?
What motivates you?
How many hours a week do you need to work to get the job done?
How do you work under pressure?
What two or three things are most important to you in your job?
Tell me about other jobs you've had. In hindsight, how could you have improved your performance?
What makes a good supervisor?
What skills do you want to improve?
INTERWIEW TIPS AND TECHNICS
Assessing the Interviewer
Go for a mock exercise before the real talk at the job table.........................
How to assess the interviewer...............
In a normal interview situation, the interviewer assesses you. Why not turn the tables?
Let us switch roles for once. Instead of being assessed by the interviewer, why not assess him instead? Is he worthy of conducting the interview? Is he competent enough to be given the role of being the one who decides the course of your life by determining your career? Let's start by figuring out what the interviewer is thinking.
Let's turn his checklist on him:
IS HE PREPARED? Interviewing is a responsible job. If the interviewer doesn’t even bother to
find out the details of the position being offered, or the background of the applicant, he is not
suited to the task. An interviewer has to do his homework as well-he just cannot presume he
can run an easy-flowing meeting without knowing the basic details.
IS HE NERVOUS? Look for the give-aways: shifting legs, tick in the eye, avoiding eye contact.
Realise that probably he's nervous as well. Interviewing is not an easy task. The onus of
selection weighs heavy on the interviewer. He has been given the difficult task of finding a
suitable candidate who fulfills all the criteria, yet has moderate salary expectations and is also a
reliable person. All this to be found out-and that too in the duration of a couple of meetings.
IS HE HONEST? Find out if the interview is just a sham, and the MD's sister's son-in-law has
already been promised the job. A just interviewer will play it fair, will follow the rules and will be
sincere with you. He/she won’t come to the interview with preconceived and fixed ideas.
He/she will be ready to listen to you and give you, and other applicants, a fair hearing.
IS HE NASTY? Tough questions are part of the interview repertoire, the likes of which have
been listed by William A. Cohen in The Executive's Guide to Finding a Superior Job.
A few examples:
"What are your three greatest strengths, in order?"
"Where do you want to be in five years?"
"What does the word success mean to you?"
"Why should we be interested in hiring you?"
But there are questions he/she ought not to be asking:
"Why did you go in for a divorce?"
"Why are your parents separated?"
KEEP A DISTANCE
There is really no need to get familiar or personal during the interview. Don't, however, get too
involved or preoccupied in your attempt at analysing/assessing the interviewer. For, you may
then forget the real reason for the interview: getting the job
GROUP DISCUSSION TOPICS
GROUP DISCUSSION TOPICS
1. US war on iraq-justified or not.
2. Role of UN in peacekeeping.
3. Position of Women in India compared to other nations.
4. Environment MAnagement.
5. Is China better than India in software.
6.Should SONIA gandhi be made the PM
7. BPOs in INDIA
8. Govt contribution to IT
9. will punch lines rule the Advt
10. prematial sex
11. is china a threat to indian industry
12. india or west , which is the land of opportunities
13. water resources should be nationalised
14."BALANCE BETWEEN PROFESSIONALISM AND FAMILY"
15. Effect of cinema on Youth
16. Education in India compared to Foreign nations
17. Is it necessary to ban COCOCOLA in India.
18. What is the effect of movies on youth.(is it good or bad)
19. Are studies more benifitial in India or in Abroad.
20."UN's peace activities" and "America's war on Iraq".
21."Environment-Whose Responisibility".
22.Is China a threat to the indian software industry.
23.Role of UN in Peace keeping
24.War on Iraq
25.About Hockey being the primary game in India.
26.Can america occupy iraq
27.Cricket shud be banned or not.
28.IS CHINA A THREAT TO INDIA
29.Present state of Indian Cricket team.
30.Love marriage/Arranged marriage.
31.Advantages of Co-education.
Hot Topics:
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1.How to deal with international terrorism.
2.Should we pursue our policy of dialogue with Pakistan?
3.Is peace and non-violence outdated concepts?
Current Topics:
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1.A Unipolar World spells disaster for underdeveloped countries like India.
2.Is Globalisation Really Necessary?
3.What shall we do about our ever-increasing Population?
4.Corruption is the price we pay for Democracy.
5.Foreign Television Channels are destroying our culture.
6.What India needs is a Dictatorship.
7.With media publishing and telecasting trivia, censorship is the need of the hour.
8.Kaun Banega Krorepati is less about knowledge but more about money and personality.
9.Beauty contests degrade womanhood
10.The rise of regional blocs threatens independent nations like India
11.Six billion and one bronze!
12.Is dependence on computers a good thing?
13.Should the public sector be privatised?
14.China and India are similar nations with contrasting ways
15.Is India a Soft Nation?
16.Value based politics is the need of the hour
17.Religion should not be mixed with politics
18.How to deal with high oil prices
19.Our cricketers are not to blame for match fixing
20.Why cant we be world players in industry as we are in software?
21.Multinational corporations: Are they devils in disguise?
22.Should there be limits on artistic freedom (the controversy on Fire).
23.Should there be private universities?
24.Does banning fashion shows and New Year parties save our culture?
Social Topics:
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1.Are Big Dams Necessary?
2.Films are corrupting the Indian Youth
3.A Gandhian State selling liquor is an anomaly
4.Bride burning and dowry may look bad, but are an integral part of India.
5.Our Culture is Decaying
6.We are not serious about saving Wildlife/Environment
7.The education system needs serious reforms
8.The impact of MTV on our psyche
9.Showing Violence and Crimes should not be allowed in films and on television.
10.Let us legalise gambling
Management Topics:
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1.Is management an art or a science?
2.The Rush for MBA is really a rush for big money
3.Ethics in Business are just a passing fashion
4.The objective of Management is to maximise profits
5.Do professional managers have a chance in our family run businesses?
6.The Internet is an exercise in hype
7.Is an MBA necessary to succeed in life?
8.Family owned business vs professionally run businesses
9.Smaller businesses and start-ups have more scope for professional growth.
10.Dot com or doubt com?
Creative Topics:
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1.The Wheel is Turning Round and Round
2.If I was the Finance Minister/Prime Minister
3.There is no right way to do a wrong thing
4.Group Task: How can we have Mount Everest in India?
5.Do Beauty and Brains Go Together?
6.When I woke up in the morning I saw…
7.A ship docked in harbour cannot face the storms
8.Up the Down Staircase
9.Just as we have smoke free zones, we should have child free zones
10.Marriage is a social trap
SOCIAL TOPICS:
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1. The Internet chains have come on the wings of science and technology but are no less restrictive for all that.
2. Secularism has become a tool to justify the wrongs done by the minorities.
3. Media is a mixed blessing/How ethical is media?
4. To fight AIDs, stop being coy about sex education.
5. What should India strive for- Westernization or modernization?
ECONOMIC TOPICS:
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1. Developing countries need trade, not aid.
2. Why do we lag behind China?
3. Capitalism is a very flawed system but the others are so much worse.
4. Flexibility of labour laws is the key to attracting more Foreign Direct Investment.
5. Is the business of business only business?
POLITICAL TOPICS:
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1. Reserving seats for women in Panchayat has not only been a farce but has distracted from developing a more genuine voice of women.
2. Have the nuclear tests of 1998 benefited or harmed India?
3. Voters, not, political parties are responsible for the criminalisation of politics.
4. The voters are required to be well informed and educated about their candidates so that they can elect the right aspirant by their own assessment.
5. India should go for the presidential form of democracy.
ECONOMIC TOPICS:
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1. In our economic matters, there is an excessive tendency towards the thinking rather than doing.
2. Every cloud has a silver lining
3. Can the economy achieve an 8 percent growth rate?.
4. Is disinvestment really that good for India or is a rethink in order ?
5. Are co-operatives relevant in today's globalised environment?.
6. Foreign aid is a dangerous drug that can stimulate in small doses but become fatally addictive in larger doses.
7. Modern day sport in industrialised society is an industry, as anything else.
8. Government should clean its own hands before pointing finger at the private sector for corruption.
9. Is the NPA ordinance too harsh?
10. Reforms have to grow up.
11. The future lies with glocalisation .
12. Is the consumer really the king in India?.
13. Globalisation versus nationalism
14. Conditional access system for cable TV watchers: boon or bane?
15. If India is poorly governed, the reason is that we have designed our system of governance for protecting, if not encouraging, corruption?
16. Commercialisation of health care : Good or Bad ?
17. For globalisation to succeed in India people must be able to see what is in it for them
18. Is the US economy headed the Japanese economy way?
19. Economic freedom not old fashioned theories of development will lead to growth and prosperity
20. Markets left to themselves encourage greed.
21. For globalisation to succeed in India people must be able to see what is in it for them
22. Should businessmen run the finance ministry
23. Should important services like transport be left to market forces?.
24. Is there any point in having a business strategy when the world changes from month to month?
25. Is the patents bill good for India? .
26. Is the business of business only business?.
27. Globalisation is good for developing countries
28. Public sector being a guarantor of job security is a myth.
29. Is industryless growth here to stay ?
30. Capitalism is a very flawed system but the others are so much worse ?
31. How can business get rid of the bad name that it has earned?
32. Government pumping money into the economy is not the solution for our economic problems
33. Business ethics are no longer a luxury for corporates but a necessity?
34. How should privatisation proceeds be utilised ?
35. Is the budgeting exercise of any use?
36. Should agricultural subsidies be stopped ?
37. Will Mumbai's film industry ever evolve into a truly modern corporatised one?
38. Will market reforms enrich rich states further, while poorer ones lag further?.
39. Why do we lag behind China ?
40. Who says MNCs are superior to Indian companies ?.
HEXAWARE:
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1. Everybody jumping into software field - is it gud
or bad.
2. "EDUCATION AND SUCCESS" DOES IT HAVE A CORRELATION.
3. "whether impact of western culture on indian
culture is a boon or a bane".
4. Is internet suitable for Youngers?
5. IS MBA needed?
6. What Should India do to win a gold medal in the
Olympics?
7. Will India need a Dictatorship / Democratic rule
now?
8. "Two solutions to improve engg standard"
1. Advantages and disadvantages of Internet
2. Betting in cricket should legalized or not
3. Education system in India
4. A discussion on Iraq and America war
1) Is it necessary to ban COCOCOLA in India.
2) What is the effect of movies on youth.(is it good
or bad)
3) a) Are studies more benifitial in India or in
Abroad.
b) do u prefer indian or abroad Education.
4) BALANCE BETWEEN PROFESSIONALISM AND FAMILY.
5) shoud GD be a part of selection process r not
6) should sonia gandhi b made a PM or not?
7) whether the brand name is a way of life or not
8) India gifted the WorldCup to Australia or not?
9) Why is Indian Hockey limping
10) "UN's peace activities"
11) "America's war on Iraq".
12) Who is responsible for the protection of the
environment
13) VAlues in an IT Industry
14) What should be the retirement age of politicians
15) Should India play Against PAK?
16) "Environment-Whose Responisibility".
17) Is China a threat to the indian software industry.
18) About Hockey being the primary game in India.
19) can america occupy iraq
20) cricket shud be banned or not..
21) My topic was whether BPO call centers have good
impact on younger generation?
22) Position of Women in India compared to other
nations.
23) Govt contribution to IT
24) will punch lines rule the Advt
25) Pre-marital sex
26) india or Rest, which is the land of opportunities
27) water resources should be nationalized
MINDTREE:
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1. If both husband and wife are working in the same
organisation.
2. cordination between educational institutions and
companies.
3. Linux Vs Microsoft . Which will perish?.
4. " Do u think indian IT people are overpaid".
TCS C LANGUAGE PAPERS
1.The C language terminator is
a.semicolon b.colon c.period d.exclamation mark
2.What is false about the following is a compound statement is
a.A set of simple statements b.Demarcated on either side by curly brackets
c.Can be used in place of simple statement d.A C function is not a compound statement.
3.What is true about the following C Functions
a.Need not return any value b.Should always return an integer
c.Should always return a float d.Should always return more than one value.
4.Main must be written as
a.the first function in the program b.Second function in the program
c.Last function in the program d.any where in the program
5.Which of the following about automatic variables within a function is correct ?
a.its type must be declared before using the variable
b.they are local c.they are not initialised to zero d.they are global.
6.Write one statement equalent to the following two statements
x=sqr(a);
return(x);
Choose from one of the alternatives
a.return(sqr(a)); b.printf("sqr(a)"); c.return(a*a*a); d.printf("%d",sqr(a));
7.Which of the following about the C comments is incorrect ?
a.commentscan go over multiple lines b.comments can start any where in the line
c.a line can contain comments with out any language statements
d.comments can occur within comments
8.What is the value of y in the following code?
x=7;y=0;
if(x=6)
y=7;
else
y=1;
a.7 b.0 c.1 d.6
9.Read the function conv() given below
conv(int t)
{
int u;
u=5/9 * (t-32);
return(u);
} What a.15 b.0 c.16.1 d.29
10.which of the following represents true statement either x is inthe range of 10 and 50 or y is zero
a.x>=10 && x<=50 || y==0; b. c. d.
11.Which of the following is not an infinite loop ?
a.while(1){
....
}
b.for(;;){
...
}
c.x=0;
do{
/*x unaltered within theloop*/
...
}while(x==0);
d.# define TRUE 0
...
while(TRUE){
....
}
12.what does the following function print?
func(int i)
{
if(i%2)return 0;
eale return 1;
}
main()
{
int =3;
i=func(i);
i=func(i);
printf("%d",i);}
a.3 b.1 c.0 d.2
13.how does the C compiler interpret the following two statements
p=p+x;
q=q+y;
a.p=p+x;
q=q+y
b.p=p+xq=q+y
c.p=p+xq;
q=q+y
d.p=p+x/q=q+y
For questions 14,15,16,17 use the following alternatives
a.int b.char c.string d.float
14.'9' 15."1 e 02" 16.10e05 17. 15
18.read the folllowing code
# define MAX 100
# define MIN 100
....
....
if(x>MAX)
x=1;
else if(x
x=50;
if the initial value of x=200,what is the vlaue after executing this code?
a.200 b.1 c.-1 d.50
19.a memory of 20 bytes is allocated to a string declared as char *s then the following two statements are executed:
s="Etrance"
l=strlen(s);
what is the value of l ?
a.20 b.8 c.9 d.21
20.given the piece of code
int a[50];
int *pa;
pa=a;
to access the 6th element of the array which of the following is incorrect?
a.*(a+5) b.a[5] c.pa[5] d.*(*pa + 5)
21.consider the following structure:
struct num nam{
int no;
char name[25];
};
struct num nam n1[]={{12,"Fred"},{15,"Martin"},{8,"Peter"},{11,Nicholas"}};
.....
.....
printf("%d%d",n1[2],no,(*(n1 + 2),no) + 1);
What does the above statement print?
a.8,9 b.9,9 c.8,8 d.8,unpredictable value
22.identify the in correct expression
a.a=b=3=4; b.a=b=c=d=0; float a=int b=3.5; d.int a; float b; a=b=3.5;
23.regarding the scope of the varibles;identify the incorrect statement:
a.automatic variables are automatically initialised to 0
b.static variables are are automatically initialised to 0
c.the address of a register variable is not accessiable
d.static variables cannot be initialised with any expression
24.cond 1?cond 2?cond 3?:exp 1:exp 2:exp 3:exp 4; is equivalent to which of the following?
a.if cond 1
exp 1;
else if cond 2
exp 2;
else if cond 3
exp 3;
else
exp 4;
b.if cond 1
if cond 2
if cond 3
exp 1;
else
exp 2;
else
exp 3;
else
exp 4;
c.if cond 1 && cond 2 && cond 3
exp 1 |exp 2|exp 3|exp 4;
d.if cond 3
exp 1;
else if cond 2
exp 2;
else if cond 3
exp 3;
else
exp 4;
25.the operator for exponencation is
a.** b.^ c.% d.not available
26.which of the following is invalid
a.a+=b b.a*=b c.a>>=b d.a**=b
27.what is y value of the code if input x=10
y=5;
if (x==10)
else if(x==9)
elae y=8;
a.9 b.8 c.6 d.7
28.what does the following code do?
fn(int n,int p,int r)
{
static int a=p;
switch(n){
case 4:a+=a*r;
case 3:a+=a*r;
case 2:a+=a*r;
case 1:a+=a*r;
}
}
a.computes simple interest for one year
b.computes amount on compound interest for 1 to 4 years
c.computes simple interest for four year
d.computes compound interst for 1 year
29.a=0;
while(a<5)
printf("%d\n",a++);
how many times does the loop occurs?
a.infinite b.5 c.4 d.6
30.how many times does the loop iterated ?
for (i=0;i=10;i+=2)
printf("Hi\n");
a.10 b.2 c.5 d.....
31.what is incorrect among teh following is a recursive functiion
a.calls itself b.is equivalent to a loop c.has a termination cond
d.does not have a return value at all
32.which of the following go out of the loopo if expn 2 becoming false
a.while(expn 1){...if(expn 2)continue;} b.while(!expn 1){if(expn 2)continue;...}
c.do{..if(expn 1)continue;..}while(expn 2); d.while(!expn 2){if(expn 1)continue;..}
33.consider the following program
B
main()
OB {unsigned int i=10;
while(i>=0){
printf("%u",i)
i--;
}
} how many times the loop executed a.10 b.9 c.11 d.infinite
34.pick out the add one out
a.malloc() b.calloc() c.free() d.realloc()
35.consider the following program
main()
{
int a[5]={1,3,6,7,0};
int *b;
b=&a[2];
}
the value of b[-1] is
a.1 b.3 c.-6 d.none
36.# define prod(a,b)=a*b
main()
{
int x=2;
int y=3;
printf("%d",prod(x+2,y-10)); }
The output of the program is
a.8 b.6 c.7 d.none
37.consider the following program sigment
int n,sum=1;
switch(n) {
case 2:sum=sum+2;
case 3:sum*=2;
break;
default:sum=0;}
if n=2, what is the value of sum
a.0 b.6 c.3 d.none
38.identify the incorrect one
1.if(c=1)
2.if(c!=3)
3.if(a
a.1 only b.1&3 c.3 only d.all
39.teh format specified for hexa decimal is
a.%d b.%o c.%x d.%u
40.find the output of the following program
main()
{
int x=5, *p;
p=&x;
printf("%d",++*p);
}
a.5 b.6 c.0 d.none
41.consider the following C code
main()
{
int i=3,x;
while(i>0)
{
x=func(i);
i--;
}
int func(int n)
{
static sum=0;
sum=sum+n;
return(sum);
}
the final value of x is
a.6 b.8 c.1 d.3
43.int *a[5] refers to
a.array of pointers b.pointer to an array c.pointerto a pointer
46.which of the following statements is incorrect
a.typedef struct new{
int n1;
char n2;
} DATA;
b.typedef struct {
int n3;
char *n4;
}ICE;
c.typedef union {
int n5;
float n6;
} UDT;
d.#typedef union {
int n7;
float n8;
} TUDAT;
ANSWERS:
1-5 D,C,D,C,C 6-10 D,C,C,A,D 11-15 D,C,A,A,A 16-20 B,C,D,C,A
21-25 C,D,B,D,A 26-30 C,B,B,A,D 31-35 B,C,C,C,B 36-40 A,B,A,B,B
41-45 A,D,D,D,A 46-50 B,C,C,A,A
COBOL paper.
01.consider the following piece of code
01 GROSS-PAY
05 BASIC-PAY PIC 9(5)
05 ALLOWENCES PIC 9(3)
if BASIC-PAY has a value 1000 and ALLOWENCES has a value of 250,what will be
displayed by the statement
DISPLAY GROSS-PAY
a.1250 b.01000250 c.01250 d.1.250
02.consider two data items
77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75
77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VLAUE 123.45
after the statement
MOVE W-A TO W-B
what will be W-B's value?
a.123.75 b.b23.75 (where b indicates space) c.023.75 d.invalid move
03.what is the result of the following?
DIVIDE A INTO B GIVING C.
a.C=A/B b.the reminder of B/A is stored in C c.C=B/A d.the reminder of A/B is stored in C
04.consider the statement (incomplete)
IF(A NUMERIC)
DISPLAY A
the variable A can be
a.NUMERIC b.ALPHABETIC c.ALPHANUMERIC d.NUMERIC OR ALPHANUMERIC
05.which of the following can be used as a check protection symbol
a.Z b.S c.* d.+
06.what if any ,is the syntex error in the following piece of code
01 B PIC A(7)
02 C PIC 9(4)
........
IF(B NUMERIC)
ADD 10 TO C
a.the condition in the if statement is wrong b.noting is wrong
c.because C is initialised.ADD 10 TO C is wrong d.both B and C shoud have same size.
07.study the following code
01 A1
05 B PIC 99
05 C PIC X(4)
01 A2
05 B PIC 99V99
05 C PIC A(4)
pick out the valid statement from the following
a.A1 and A2 can not have sub-ordinates
b.A1 and A2 can have the same sub-ordinates but must have same PIC clause
c.there is nothing wrong
d.A1 and A2 can have same sub-ordinates provided they are not at 01 level
08.study the following
01 A PIC 99V0 VALUE 5
01 B PIC 9V9 VALUE 6
01 C PIC 99V9 VALUE 2.5
01 D PIC 99 VALUE 3
COMPUTE A ROUNDED B C = A+B*C/D
ON SIZE ERROR PERFORM PRINT-ERROR
the comments of A.B.C after execution of the above statement are
a.A=10 B=0 C=10 b.A=10 B=9.9 C=9.9
c.A=10 B=0 C=9.9 d.A=10 B=6 C=10
09.how many times PARA-A is performed :
PERFORM PARA-A VARYING TIMES-COUNTER FROM 1 BY 1
UNTIL TIMES-COUNTER >0
PARA-A
MOVE P TO Q
MOVE H TO TIMES COUNTER
a.10 b.1 c.11 d.0
10.consider the following piece of code
01 GROUP-ITEM
05 AMOUNT-1 PIC 99V9 USAGE COMP VALUE 50
05 AMOUNT-2 PIC 9(4)V99 USAGE COMP
MOVE ZERO TO GROUP-ITEM
ADD 50 TO AMOUNT-1
what will be the content of AMOUNT-1?
a.50 b.100 c.0 d.unpredictable
11.consider the following progrm statements
MOVE 0 TO SW.NO.OF.REC
PERFORM PRI-OUT UNTIL SW=1
DISPALY NO.OF.REC
STOP RUN
PRE-OUT
READ IN-FILE AT END
MOVE 1 TO SW
WRITE OUO-REC FROM IN-REC
ADD 1 TO NO.OF REC
if the IN-FILE contains 1000 records what value will be displayedafter the
PERFORM is over?assume that N0.OF.REC has PIC 9(4)
a.1000 b.1001 c.1 d.none of the above since there is a syntex error
12.study the data discriptions and answer the questions given below
i)01 ORDER RECORD
05 OUT-HEADER PIC X(50)
05 ITEM-COUNT PIC 99
05 OUT-ITEM PIC X(20) OCCURS 1 TO 20 DEPENDING ON ITEM-COUNT
ii)01 NAME-AND-ADDRESS
05 N-AND-A-LINE OCCURES 5
05 LINE-LENGTH PIC P9
05 N-AND-A-CHAR PIC X OCCURS 1 TO 20 DEPENDING ON LINE-LENGTH
iii)01 SALES-LIST
05 SALESMAN-COUNT PIC 99
05 SALES PIC 9(6) OCCURS 1 TO 100 DEPENDING ON
SALESMAN-COUNT
iv)01 ORDER-RECORD
05 NO-OF-BRANDS PIC 99
05 BRAND-PURCHASED OCCURS 1 TO 15 DEPENDING ON NO-OF-BRANDS
which of the following is true?
a.i) and iii) are valid b.i) and iv) are valid c.i) and iii) are not valid d.all are valid
13.C1 C2 C3 are three conditions whose TRUTH values are as folloes.
C1-TRUE C2-FALSE C3-TRUE
A,B,C are defined as given below
A:C1 AND(NOT C2) OR C3
B.(NOT C1) OR (NOT C2 AND NOT C3)
C.(C1 OR C2)AND C3
D.C1 AND C2 OR C3 Given the above information which of the following statements are valid?
a.only A,B and C are TRUE b.only A,C and D are TRUE c.A,B,C and D are TRUE
d.only C and D are TRUE
14.consider the following
FD FILE-1
01 REC-1 PIC X(80)
......
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION
01 W-REC PIC X(90)
........
PROCEDURE DIVISION
FIRST-PARA
.......
READ FILE-1 INTO W-REC AT END MOVE 1 TO EOF-FLAG
which of the following is true with respect to the above?
a.REC-1 will contain nothing and W-REC will contain the contains of the record read
b.REC-1 and W-REC contain the same data
c.syntex is invalid and error will occur
d.REC-1 and W-REC must be of same size
15.PERFORM ACCUMULATE-TOTALS
VARYING A FROM 1 BY 2 UNTIL A >2
AFTER B FROM1 BY 1 UNTIL B>2
AFTER C FROM 2 BY -1 UNTIL C<2
the paragraph ACCUMULATE-TOTALS would be exicuted
a.18 times b.4 times c.8 times d.24 times
16.there is a file whose ORGANISATION is INDEXED.you want to read the records from the file in RANDOM fashion as well as sequentially.then which of the access mode would you specify?
a.SEQUENTIAL b.RANDOM c.DYNAMIC D.ACCESS MODE has nothing to do with it
17.consider the following PROCEDURE DIVISION entry
OPEN EXTEND IN-FILE
identify the correct statement
a.organization of IN-FILE is sequential and records can be added in the beginning
b.organization of IN-FILE is sequential and records can be added in the end
c.organization of IN-FILE is indexed and records can be added in the beginning
d.organization of IN-FILE is indexed and records can be added in the end
18.what is the size of W-REC in the following
01 W-REC
05 A PIC 9(4)V99
05 B READLINES A
10 C PIC XX
10 D PIC S9(4)
05 E OCCURS 7 PIC ZZ.ZZ
05 F OCCURS 5
10 G PIC ZZ.ZZZ99
10 H OCCURS 3
15 J PIC 9(3)
15 K PIC V99
a.177 b.161 c.180 d.none of yhe above
19.consider the following two IF statements:
IF X AND NOT Y MOVE A TO B
IF Z=1 OR 9 MOVE A TO B
select one of the following data divusion entries which gives identical
results for both the above IF statements
a.01 Z PIC 9
88 X VALUE 1.9
88 Y VALUE 0.2 THRU 8
b.01 Z PIC 9
88 X VALUE 0.2 THRU 8
Y VALUE 1.9
c.01 Z PIC 9
88 X VALUE 1.9
88 NOT-Y VALUE 0.2 THRU 1.9
d.none of yhe above
20.consider the following two statements
MOVE 10 TO N
PERFORM PARA-X N TIMES
STOP RUN
PARA-X
MOVE 5 TO N
how many times PARA-X willbe exicuted?
a.10 b.5 c.infinate d.execution error
21.given the following:
77 APIC9V9VALUE 9.5
77 BPIC9VALUE 9.
77 C PICV9VALUE 0.8
77 DPIC9
77 EPIC9
77 FPIC9V999
what are the contenta of D E nad F after teh following statements are
executed:
COMPUTE F ROUNDED=A+C/B
MULTIPLY A BY C GIVING E
ADD B C A GIVING D ROUNDED
a.F=9.589 E=8 D=1 b.F=9.589 E=8 D=9 c.F=9.589 E=7 D=9 d.F=9.589 E=7 D=1
22. Consider the follwoing IF condition:
IF A LESS 1200 IF B GREATER 25 MOVE 47 TOC
ELSE MOVE 57 TO C
IF A GREATER 249 MOVE 67 TO C
ELSE NEXT SENTENCE ELSE IF B LESS 67
MOVE 27 TO C
What will be the value of C, when A is 137 and b is 25
(a) 27 (b) 57 (c) 67 (d) none
23. Consider the following:
77 W-NUMPIC 9 VALUE 0
------
MOVE 1 TO W-NUM
PERFORM PARA-X UNTIL W-NUM > 9.
------
PARA-X
ADD 1 TO W-NUM
How many times PARA-X is executed ?
(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) Infinite loop
24. Consider the following code:
77 APIC 99V99VALUE 55.35
77 BPIC 99V999VALUE 32.754
ADD B TO A ON SIZE ERROR DISPLAY "ERROR!!!"
What will be the result ?
(a) A=88.10, B=32.754 (b) A=87.00 B=32.754 (c) A=87.10 B=32.754
(d) ERROR!!! will be DISPLAYed on the screen.
25. Consider the following:
77 APIC9(10)
77BPIC9(10)
77CPIC9(19)
MULTIPLY AB BY B GIVING C
Which of the following is true ?
(a) The execution of the above may result in size error.
(b) The execution of the above will result in size error.
(c) The definition of C is invalid resulting in compilation error.
(d) No error will be thee and the program would proceed correctly.
26. A paragraph PARA-X is to be executed when none oof the data names A, B and C have value of 1. Which of the following will achieve this ?
(a) IF A NOT = 1 OR B NOT = 1 OR C NOT = 1 PERFORM PARA-X
(B) IF NOT A= 1 AND B= 1 AND C = 1 PERFORM PARA-X
(C) IF A NOT =1 IF NOT B = 1 OR C= 1 PERFORM PARA-X
(C) IF A NOT = 1 AND B NOT = 1 AND C NOT = 1 PERFORM PARA-X
27. Study the five expressions and the class to which they belong:
S.N. Expression Class
1 "SPACES" Figurative constant
2. "Depreciation Schedule Non-numeric literal
3. "12%" Non-numeric literal
4. INTEREST-DUE Non-numeric literal
5. ZEROES Figurative constant
Which of the following statement is true? (a) 1 and 3 are incorrect (b) 1 and 4 are incorrect
(c) 3 and 4 are incorrect (d) All are correct
28. Identify the invalid dataname from the following:
(a) SAVINGS-ACCOUNT (b) ANNUAL-ALLOCATION-FOR-OVERHEAD
(c) SAMOUNT250 (d) 12DEMAND
29. Study the DATA DIVISION entries and the three PROCEDURE DIVISION entries
given below:
01 END-OF-FILE-SWITCH PIC XXX.
88 NO-MORE-RECS VALUE "YES".
88 MORE-RECS VALUE "NO".
(i) READ SAMPLE-FILE AT END MOVE "YES" TO NO-MORE-RECS.
(ii) IF NO-MORE-RECS = "YES" GO TO LAST-PARA.
(iii) IF NO-MORE-RECS GO TO LAST-PARA.
Which are wrong?
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii) (c) (i) and (iii) (d) all
30. The following entries appear in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION:
01 DATE-TODAY.
05 YY PIC XX VALUE "90".
05 MM PIC XX VALUE "12".
05 DD PIC XX VALUE :31".
01 DATE-EDIT PIC XX/XX/XX.
MOVE DATE-TODAY TO DATE-EDIT.
(a) 901231 (b) 90/12/31 (c) 31/12/90 (d) 311290
31. How many bytes will be allocated for the following record description
entries?
01 REC-A.
05 A PIC S9(4).
05 B PIC XXXBXXX.
05 C PIC ____9.99.
05 D PIC S9(5) COMP-3.
05 E PIC 9(3) COMP.
(a) 29 (b) 26 (c) 25 (d) 28
32. What is wrong with the following data declaration?
01 W-DATE PIC X(6).
05 DD PIC 99.
05 MM PIC 99.
05 YY PIC 99.
(a) Nothing is wrong.
(b) Under W-DATE all level 05 items are having a PIC 99 but level 01 has PIC X(6).
(c) PIC can't be specified for a group item. (d) DD, MM, and YY are invalid datanames.
33. What is the output generated by the following code?
01 GRP-I.
05 SUBFLD1 PIC XX VALUE "AB".
05 FILTER PIC X(6) VALUE SPACES.
01 GRP-2 REDEFINED GRP-1.
05 SUB-FLD2 PIC XX.
05 SUB-FLD3 PIC XX.
05 FILTER PIC X(4).
IF SUB-FLD1 NOT = SPACES
DISPLAY "SUBFLD1"
MOVE "ABBCCD" TO GRP-1
IF SUB-FLD3 = SPACES
DISPLAY "SPACES"
ELSE
DISPLAY "SUBFLD3"
DISPLAY "END"
ELSE
DISPLAY "SPACES"
DISPLAY "END".
(a) SUBFLD1
SUBFLD3
END
(b) SPACES
END
(c) SUBFLD1
END
(d) SUBFLD1
SPACES
34. 88 level entry is used for
(a) data items in WORKING-STORAGE SECTION (b) items with RENAMES clause
(c) condition-names (d) None of the above
35. ZEROES and SPACES are _______ constants
(a) Figurative (b) Numeric (c) Non-numeric (d) Alphabete
36. COMPUTE X = A * B - C * D and
COMPUTE X = (A * B) - (C * D)
(a) Are not the same (b) Are same (c) Syntactically wrong (d) Will yield a run time error
37. OCCURS clause is used in the DATA DIVISION on data names at
(a) 01 level (b) 77 level (c) 88 level (d) any level from 02 to 49
38. Consider the following COBOL entries:
05 X PIC 99 VALUE 10.
SUBTRACT 20 FROM X.
The resultant value of X wil be
(a) 10 (b) 00 (c) compile-time error (d) none of these
39. Consider the following COBOL entries
05 X PIC 99 VALUE 10.
ADD 40 X TO X.
COMPUTE X = 3 * X - 40.
The result in X is
(a) 10 (b) 40 (c) Compile or Run time error (d) none of these
40. given the following piece of code:
CALL SUB-PGM USING A, B, C.
CALL SUB-PGM USING A, C, C.
(a) Both CALL statements will always produce same result.
(d) Both CALL statements may produce different result.
(c) Compile-time error because SUB-PGM is a dataname.
(d) Compile-time error because A, B, C are used twice.
41. The hierarchy of the execution of logical operators is
(a) NOT AND OR (b) AND OR NOT (c) OR AND NOT (d) OR NOT AND
42. The order of precedence of arithmetic operators in an expression can be overridden with the use of
(a) [] (b) () (c) {} (d) Any of the above
Consider the following passage for answering questions 43 to 47.
A program is written to accept an answer to the query "enough fo the Day?" If the respons is "N" then the program accepts quantity purchased and rate of the item and displays the amount to be collected. Then the above query is again displayed and the loop continues. At the end of the day, when the response to the above query is "Y", the day collections are displayed.
The program checks that the quantity purchased is between 25 and 125 and the rate of the item is between 10.00 and 75.00. If any of these two conditions are violated, the program displays an appropriate message and asks for next input. The amounts are displayed with proper editing. The program is written assuming that there can be a maximum of 1000 transactions a day.
43. How many variables would you declare for the above problem?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 7
44. What should be the PICTURE clause of the variable used to calculate end of the day collections?
(a) 9(9)v99 (b) 9(8)v99 (c) 995)v99 (d) Information given is insufficient to arrive at the answer
45. What should be the PICTURE clause of the variable used to calculate to be collected.
(a) 9(9)v99 (b) 9(8)v99 (c) 9(5)v99 (d) Information given is insufficient to arrive at the answer
46. Assuming that the above program is being executed in a Department Stores in MADRAS which of the following PICTURE clause will be suitable for DISPLAYing the end of the day collections?
(a) Z(5)V99 (b) Z(5).99 (c) ZZ,ZZ,ZZ,ZZ9.99 (d) Info given is insufficient to arrive at the answer
47. How many _____ statements do you think will be there in the program?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) Information given is insufficient to arrive at the answer
48. Which of the following paragraphs is compulsory in every COBOL program?
(a) SPECIAL-NAMES (b) PROGRAM-ID (c) FILE-CONTROL (d) OBJECT-COMPUTER
49. Which of the following files can be OPENed in all the 4 modes? The four modes are INPUT, I-O, OUTPUT and EXTEND.
(a) INDEXED (b) RELATIVE (c) SEQUENTIAL (d) All of the above
50. Which of the following EDITind and PICTURE symbols is to be used if a minus(-) is to appear before the value if the value is -ve and a plus(+) is to appear before the value if the value is +ve?
(a) + (b) - (c) + OR (d) It is not possible
Solutions: b,b,c,c,c,a,d,a,b,a,c,c,b,b,b,c,b,d,a,a,c,b,d,a,d,d,b,c,d,b,a,c,a,c,a,b,d, a,c,b,a,b,b,b,c,c,a,b,c,a
SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMOS FOR EXAMS
SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMOS
admonish = usurp (reprove) merry = gay
alienate = estrange (isolate) instigate = incite
dispel = dissipate (dismiss) belief = conviction
covet= crave (desire) belated = too late
solicit = beseech (seek) brim = border
subside = wane (drop) renounce= reject
hover = linger (stay close) divulge = reveal
heap = to pile (collect) adhesive = tenacious
veer = diverge (turn) hamper = obstruct
caprice = whim (impulse) to merit= to deserve
stifle = suffocate (smother) inert = passive
latent = potential (inactive) latitude = scope
concur = acquiesce (accept) momentary = transient
tranquil = serene (calm) admonish = cautious
lethargy = stupor (lazy) volume = quantity
furtive= stealthy (secret) meager = scanty
cargo = freight(load) baffle = frustrate
efface = obliterate(wipe out) misery = distress
pretentious = ostentatious(affected) discretion = prudence
compunction = remorse (regret) amiable = friendly
cajole = coax (wheedle – sweet talk) incentive = provocation
Embrace = hug (hold-cuddle) latent = potential
Confiscate = appropriate (to take charge) emancipate = liberate
lament = mourn confiscate = appropriate
obstinate = stubborn acumen = exactness
metamorphosis = transform scrutiny = close examination
annihilate = to destroy fuse = combine
whet = sharpen behest = request
adage = proverb penitence = to repeat
ovation = applause overt = obvious
Efface = obliterate
Vocabulary Section:
Synonyms -
1.Moribund – declining, dilapidated, waning
2.Repudiate – reject, disclaim, renounce, deny
3.Translucent – transparent, semi- transparent, lucid, lucent, clear, see through
4. Mitigate- alleviates, lessen, ease, alley, tune down, dull, Assuage
5. Inundate – flood, overwhelm, swamp
6. Bilk – deceive, trick, swindle, con
7.Nettle – annoy, irritate, vex
8.Impugn – hold responsible, charge, censure, accuse
9.Mulch
10.Tenacity – stubbornness, resolve, firmness, persistence, insistence, determination
11.Sobriety – temperance, moderation, abstemiousness, soberness
12.Degrade – shame, disgrace, mortify, humiliate
13.Hidebound - narrow-minded, conservative, prejudiced
14.Waif – stray, sole, thing
15.Hamper – basket, hinder
16.Retrograde – nostalgic, retrospective, traditional and conservative
17.Despondent – hopeless, low, dejected
18.Debacle – disaster, tragedy, catastrophe
19.Nebulous – vague, hazy, unformulated, tenuous
20.Inconsistent – conflicting, contradictory, unreliable , incompatible, inhoherent
21.Paradox – inconsistency, irony, absurdity
synonym
1. dwindle – decrease, decline, fall, fall off, drop, drop off
2. efface - wipe out, obliterate, eradicate, destroy
3. inept – incompetent, inexpert, clumsy
4. infirmity - ill-health, sickness
5. candid- open, frank
6. dangle - hang, swing, sway
Antonym
1. Irksome * pleasant
2. Jaunty * sorrowful, sad
3. Nebulous * precise
4. Misapprehension * comprehension * understanding
5. Obese * thin
6. Whimsical * ordinary
Synonym and antonym
1.Harbinger – forerunner, portent, indication
2.Cacophony – dissonance, disharmony
3.Divulge – reveal, disclose
4.Clutch – grasp, grab, clasp, hold
5.Acronym – short form, contraction, ellipsis
6.Illustrious – memorable, well–known, famous
7.Prolific – productive, abundant
8.Divergent – different, deviating, conflicting
9.Jaded – world-weary, tired, lackluster, worn-out, exhausted, bored, fed up
10. Mien – appearance, demeanor
11. Mitigate – alleviate, ease, lessen, soften, allay, moderate
12. Ambitious – determined, grand, striving
13. Aberration – deviation, abnormality, eccentricity, oddness
14. Foray – raid, sortie, incursion, attack, venture
15. Denounce – condemn, accuse, criticize
Synonyms:
Ponderous – heavy, tedious, cumbersome
Mundane – ordinary, dull, monotonous, dreary
Icon – image, idol, emblem, symbol
Brackish – salty, briny
Mollify – placate, pacify, calm, appease, soothe
Depreciation – reduction, decline
Equanimity – composure, poise, calmness, self-control
Gist – general idea, substance, essence
Gaudy – garish, flashy, extravagant, loud, showy, colorful
Awry – skewed, crooked, wrong
Repartee – banter, joking, word play
Boisterous – energetic, animated
Ungainly – clumsy, awkward, ungraceful, miserly, mean, inelegant, gawky
Whimsical – fanciful, unusual, quirky, capricious
Asperity – roughness, severity, brusqueness
Cavil – quibble, complain, niggle, split hairs, carp
Quixotic – idealistic, romantic, dreamy, unrealistic, impracticable
Profound – deep, intense, thoughtful, reflective, philosophical, weighty, insightful
Incorrigible - habitual, persistent, inveterate, hopeless
Musty – mildewed, moldy, stale, rank, fusty, stuffy
Waif – stray, thing, lose, urchin, orphan
Irk – displease, vex, annoy, trouble, bother, nag, rile
Interdict – prohibit, veto, injunction, bar, embargo
Cohere - hold together
Rupture - break
Moribund – dying, declining, waning
D̩collet̩ Рlow necked, revealing
Callow – inexperienced, immature, youthful
Balmy – mild, clement, pleasant
recalcitrant – unruly, disobedient, obstinate, stubborn
guile – cunningness, deviousness, slyness, cleverness, wiliness, astuteness
ANTONYMOS:
1.Compose x disturb
2.Pristine x sullied
3.Turbid x limpid
4.Monetary x non-economical
5.Revere x threaten
6.Hamper x facilitate
7.Transient x permanence
8.Fascinate x mundane
9.Fickle x loyal
10.Contraband x legal goods
11.Repellent x attractive
12.Slur x grace
13.Protean x constant
14.Hidebound x broadminded
15.Precipitate x dilatory/contradictory
SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS.
Censure – fault, criticize
Optimum – best, most favorable
Candid – frank, open, blunt, upfront, forth-right
Cite – quote, name, mention, refer to, allude to
Effusive – demonstrative, fussy, talkative, overenthusiastic, vociferous, extroverted
Voluble – articulate, vociferous, talkative
Banal – commonplace, trivial, predictable, trite, hackneyed
Standing – rank, permanent, position, duration, status, reputation, eminence
Nascent – budding, emerging, blossoming, embryonic
Clutch – grasp, grab, hold
Generic – general, basic, common
Empirical – experimental, pragmatic, practical
Anomaly – irregularity, glitch, difference
Circuitous – roundabout, twisty, meandering, indirect, winding, tortuous
Surveillance – observation, watch, shadowing
Objective – aim, impartial, real, purpose, goal
Raucous – rough, wild, hoarse, guttering
Voracious – insatiable, avid, hungry, big, rapacious, greedy
Pedigree – rare-breed, full-blooded, lineage
Fidelity – loyalty, reliability
Augment – supplement, boost, add to, bump up
Precarious – unstable, shaky, risky, uncertain
Derogatory – disparaging, critical, insulting, offensive
Onus – responsibility, burden, obligation, duty
Analogous - similar, akin, related
Expedient – measure, convenient, device, maneuver
Compliance – fulfillment, obedience
Diffident – shy, insecure, timid
Plaintive – mournful, sad, melancholic, nostalgic, lamenting
Insinuate – imply, suggest, make-out, ingratiate yourself
Misdemeanor – wrong, sin, crime, offense
Exonerate – clear, forgive, absolve
Gregarious – outgoing, extroverted, sociable, expressive, unreserved
Benign – kind, benevolent, compassionate
Attenuate – satisfy, calm, soothe, ease
Sonorous – loud, deep, resonant, echoing
Bolster – boost, strengthen, reinforce, encourage
Heterodox – unorthodox, dissenting, contrary to accepted belief, heretical, deviating
Restiveness – impatience, restlessness, nervousness
Effigy – image, statue, model
Retrograde – retrospective, traditional, conservative, nostalgic,forward-looking(antonym)
Sacrosanct – sacred, holy, revered
Dangle – hang down, sway, droop, swing, suspend
Cryptic – mysterious, enigmatic, puzzling, hidden
Debilitate – incapacitate, weaken, hamper, encumber, hinder
Divulge – reveal, disclose
Spendthrift – wastrel, squanderer, compulsive shopper
Indigenous –native, original, local
Erroneous – mistaken, flawed, incorrect
Minion – follower, subordinate, underling, gofer
Veracity – reality, truth, sincerity
admonish = usurp (reprove) merry = gay
alienate = estrange (isolate) instigate = incite
dispel = dissipate (dismiss) belief = conviction
covet= crave (desire) belated = too late
solicit = beseech (seek) brim = border
subside = wane (drop) renounce= reject
hover = linger (stay close) divulge = reveal
heap = to pile (collect) adhesive = tenacious
veer = diverge (turn) hamper = obstruct
caprice = whim (impulse) to merit= to deserve
stifle = suffocate (smother) inert = passive
latent = potential (inactive) latitude = scope
concur = acquiesce (accept) momentary = transient
tranquil = serene (calm) admonish = cautious
lethargy = stupor (lazy) volume = quantity
furtive= stealthy (secret) meager = scanty
cargo = freight(load) baffle = frustrate
efface = obliterate(wipe out) misery = distress
pretentious = ostentatious(affected) discretion = prudence
compunction = remorse (regret) amiable = friendly
cajole = coax (wheedle – sweet talk) incentive = provocation
Embrace = hug (hold-cuddle) latent = potential
Confiscate = appropriate (to take charge) emancipate = liberate
lament = mourn confiscate = appropriate
obstinate = stubborn acumen = exactness
metamorphosis = transform scrutiny = close examination
annihilate = to destroy fuse = combine
whet = sharpen behest = request
adage = proverb penitence = to repeat
ovation = applause overt = obvious
Efface = obliterate
Vocabulary Section:
Synonyms -
1.Moribund – declining, dilapidated, waning
2.Repudiate – reject, disclaim, renounce, deny
3.Translucent – transparent, semi- transparent, lucid, lucent, clear, see through
4. Mitigate- alleviates, lessen, ease, alley, tune down, dull, Assuage
5. Inundate – flood, overwhelm, swamp
6. Bilk – deceive, trick, swindle, con
7.Nettle – annoy, irritate, vex
8.Impugn – hold responsible, charge, censure, accuse
9.Mulch
10.Tenacity – stubbornness, resolve, firmness, persistence, insistence, determination
11.Sobriety – temperance, moderation, abstemiousness, soberness
12.Degrade – shame, disgrace, mortify, humiliate
13.Hidebound - narrow-minded, conservative, prejudiced
14.Waif – stray, sole, thing
15.Hamper – basket, hinder
16.Retrograde – nostalgic, retrospective, traditional and conservative
17.Despondent – hopeless, low, dejected
18.Debacle – disaster, tragedy, catastrophe
19.Nebulous – vague, hazy, unformulated, tenuous
20.Inconsistent – conflicting, contradictory, unreliable , incompatible, inhoherent
21.Paradox – inconsistency, irony, absurdity
synonym
1. dwindle – decrease, decline, fall, fall off, drop, drop off
2. efface - wipe out, obliterate, eradicate, destroy
3. inept – incompetent, inexpert, clumsy
4. infirmity - ill-health, sickness
5. candid- open, frank
6. dangle - hang, swing, sway
Antonym
1. Irksome * pleasant
2. Jaunty * sorrowful, sad
3. Nebulous * precise
4. Misapprehension * comprehension * understanding
5. Obese * thin
6. Whimsical * ordinary
Synonym and antonym
1.Harbinger – forerunner, portent, indication
2.Cacophony – dissonance, disharmony
3.Divulge – reveal, disclose
4.Clutch – grasp, grab, clasp, hold
5.Acronym – short form, contraction, ellipsis
6.Illustrious – memorable, well–known, famous
7.Prolific – productive, abundant
8.Divergent – different, deviating, conflicting
9.Jaded – world-weary, tired, lackluster, worn-out, exhausted, bored, fed up
10. Mien – appearance, demeanor
11. Mitigate – alleviate, ease, lessen, soften, allay, moderate
12. Ambitious – determined, grand, striving
13. Aberration – deviation, abnormality, eccentricity, oddness
14. Foray – raid, sortie, incursion, attack, venture
15. Denounce – condemn, accuse, criticize
Synonyms:
Ponderous – heavy, tedious, cumbersome
Mundane – ordinary, dull, monotonous, dreary
Icon – image, idol, emblem, symbol
Brackish – salty, briny
Mollify – placate, pacify, calm, appease, soothe
Depreciation – reduction, decline
Equanimity – composure, poise, calmness, self-control
Gist – general idea, substance, essence
Gaudy – garish, flashy, extravagant, loud, showy, colorful
Awry – skewed, crooked, wrong
Repartee – banter, joking, word play
Boisterous – energetic, animated
Ungainly – clumsy, awkward, ungraceful, miserly, mean, inelegant, gawky
Whimsical – fanciful, unusual, quirky, capricious
Asperity – roughness, severity, brusqueness
Cavil – quibble, complain, niggle, split hairs, carp
Quixotic – idealistic, romantic, dreamy, unrealistic, impracticable
Profound – deep, intense, thoughtful, reflective, philosophical, weighty, insightful
Incorrigible - habitual, persistent, inveterate, hopeless
Musty – mildewed, moldy, stale, rank, fusty, stuffy
Waif – stray, thing, lose, urchin, orphan
Irk – displease, vex, annoy, trouble, bother, nag, rile
Interdict – prohibit, veto, injunction, bar, embargo
Cohere - hold together
Rupture - break
Moribund – dying, declining, waning
D̩collet̩ Рlow necked, revealing
Callow – inexperienced, immature, youthful
Balmy – mild, clement, pleasant
recalcitrant – unruly, disobedient, obstinate, stubborn
guile – cunningness, deviousness, slyness, cleverness, wiliness, astuteness
ANTONYMOS:
1.Compose x disturb
2.Pristine x sullied
3.Turbid x limpid
4.Monetary x non-economical
5.Revere x threaten
6.Hamper x facilitate
7.Transient x permanence
8.Fascinate x mundane
9.Fickle x loyal
10.Contraband x legal goods
11.Repellent x attractive
12.Slur x grace
13.Protean x constant
14.Hidebound x broadminded
15.Precipitate x dilatory/contradictory
SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS.
Censure – fault, criticize
Optimum – best, most favorable
Candid – frank, open, blunt, upfront, forth-right
Cite – quote, name, mention, refer to, allude to
Effusive – demonstrative, fussy, talkative, overenthusiastic, vociferous, extroverted
Voluble – articulate, vociferous, talkative
Banal – commonplace, trivial, predictable, trite, hackneyed
Standing – rank, permanent, position, duration, status, reputation, eminence
Nascent – budding, emerging, blossoming, embryonic
Clutch – grasp, grab, hold
Generic – general, basic, common
Empirical – experimental, pragmatic, practical
Anomaly – irregularity, glitch, difference
Circuitous – roundabout, twisty, meandering, indirect, winding, tortuous
Surveillance – observation, watch, shadowing
Objective – aim, impartial, real, purpose, goal
Raucous – rough, wild, hoarse, guttering
Voracious – insatiable, avid, hungry, big, rapacious, greedy
Pedigree – rare-breed, full-blooded, lineage
Fidelity – loyalty, reliability
Augment – supplement, boost, add to, bump up
Precarious – unstable, shaky, risky, uncertain
Derogatory – disparaging, critical, insulting, offensive
Onus – responsibility, burden, obligation, duty
Analogous - similar, akin, related
Expedient – measure, convenient, device, maneuver
Compliance – fulfillment, obedience
Diffident – shy, insecure, timid
Plaintive – mournful, sad, melancholic, nostalgic, lamenting
Insinuate – imply, suggest, make-out, ingratiate yourself
Misdemeanor – wrong, sin, crime, offense
Exonerate – clear, forgive, absolve
Gregarious – outgoing, extroverted, sociable, expressive, unreserved
Benign – kind, benevolent, compassionate
Attenuate – satisfy, calm, soothe, ease
Sonorous – loud, deep, resonant, echoing
Bolster – boost, strengthen, reinforce, encourage
Heterodox – unorthodox, dissenting, contrary to accepted belief, heretical, deviating
Restiveness – impatience, restlessness, nervousness
Effigy – image, statue, model
Retrograde – retrospective, traditional, conservative, nostalgic,forward-looking(antonym)
Sacrosanct – sacred, holy, revered
Dangle – hang down, sway, droop, swing, suspend
Cryptic – mysterious, enigmatic, puzzling, hidden
Debilitate – incapacitate, weaken, hamper, encumber, hinder
Divulge – reveal, disclose
Spendthrift – wastrel, squanderer, compulsive shopper
Indigenous –native, original, local
Erroneous – mistaken, flawed, incorrect
Minion – follower, subordinate, underling, gofer
Veracity – reality, truth, sincerity
Tata Consultancy Services :MOCK Test
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Gives You Confidence
Quantitative Ability
1) Bhanu spends 30% of his income on petrol on scooter. ¼ of the remaining on house rent and the balance on food. If he spends Rs.300 on petrol then what is the expenditure on house rent?
a) Rs.525
b) Rs.1000
c) Rs.675
d) Rs.175
2) If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 25% and denominator decreased by 20%, the new value is 5/4. What is the original value?
a) 3/5
b) 4/5
c) 7/8
d) 3/7
3) The length of a rectangle is increased by 60%. By what % would the width have to be decreased to maintain the same area?
a) 30%
b) 60%
c) 75%
d) 37.5%
4) The value of ¾ + 5 / 36 + 7 / 144 + …….+17 / 5184 + 19 / 8100 is
a) 0.99
b) 0.98
c) 0.95
d) None of these
5) A sporting goods store ordered an equal number of white and yellow balls. The tennis ball company delivered 45 extra white balls, making the ratio of white balls to yellow balls 1/5 : 1/6. How many white tennis balls did the store originally order for?
a) 450
b) 270
c) 225
d) None of these
6) A student's grade in a course is determined by 6 quizzes and one examination. If the examination counts thrice as much as each of the quizzes, what fraction of final grade is determined by the examination?
a) 1/6
b) 1/5
c) 1/3
d) ¼
7) A sum of money is divided among A, B and C such that for each rupee A gets, B gets 65paise and C gets 35paise. If C's share is Rs.560, the sum is …
a) 2400
b) 2800
c) 3200
d) 3800
8) Joe's father will be twice his age 6 years from now. His mother was twice his age 2 years before. If Joe will be 24 two years from now, what is the difference between his father's and mother's age?
a) 4
b) 6
c) 8
d) 10
9) A traveler walks a certain distance. Had he gone half a kilometer an hour faster \, he would have walked it in 4/5 of the time, and had he gone half a Kilometer an hour slower, he would have walked 2 ½ hr longer. What is the distance?
a) 10 Km
b) 15 Km
c) 20 Km
d) Data Insufficient
10) Two oranges, 3 bananas and 4 apples cost Rs.15. 3 oranges, 2 bananas and 1 apple cost Rs.10. I bought 3 oranges, 3 bananas and 3 apples. How much did I pay?
a) 10
b) 8
c) 15
d) Cannot be determined
11) A report consists of 20 sheets each of 55 lines and each such line consists of 65 characters. This report is retyped into sheets each of 65 lines such that each line consists of 70 characters. The % reduction in the number of sheets is closest to
a) 20
b) 5
c) 30
d) 35
12) A ship leaves on a long voyage. When it is 18 miles from the shore, a seaplane, whose speed is 10 times that of the ship is sent to deliver mail. How far from the shore does the seaplane catch upo with the ship?
a) 24 miles
b) 25 miles
c) 22miles
d) 20 miles
13) Anand finishes a work in 7 days, Bittu finishes the same job in 8 days and Chandu in 6 days. They take turns to finish the work. Anand on the first day, Bittu on the second and Chandu on the third day and then Anand again and so on. On which day will the work get over?
a) 3rd
b) 6th
c) 9th
d) 7th
14) 3 men finish painting a wall in 8 days. Four boys do the same job in 7 days. In how many days will 2 men and 2 boys working together paint two such walls of the same size?
a) 6 6/13 days
b) 3 3/13 days
c) 9 2/5 days
d) 12 12/13 days
15) There are 5 distinct pairs of white socks and 5 pairs of black socks in a cupboard. In the dark, how many socks do I have to pull out to ensure that I have at least 1 correct pair of white socks?
a) 3
b) 11
c) 12
d) 16
16) In a circular race track of length 100 m, three persons A, B and C start together. A and B start in the same direction at speeds of 10 m/s and 8 m/s respectively. While C runs in the opposite at 15 m/s. When will all the three meet for the first time on the after the start?
a) After 4 s
b) After 50 s
c) After 100 s
d) After 200 s
17) If the distance traveled (s) in time (t) by a partile is given by the formula s = 1+ 2t+3t2+4t3 , then what is the distance travelled in the 4th second of its motion?
a) 141m
b) 171m
c) 243m
d) 313m
18) There is a circular pizza with negligible thickness that is cut into 'x' pieces by 4 straight line cuts. What is the maximum and minimum value of 'x' respectively?
a) 12,6
b) 11,6
c) 12,5
d) 11,5
19) When ¾ of a unit's digit is added to the ten's digit of a two number, the sum of the digits becomes 10. If ¼ of the ten's digit added to the unit's digit, then the sum of the digits is 1 less than the previous. Find the number.
a) 94
b) 84
c) 48
d) 88
20) LCM of x and y is 36 and HCF of x and y is 4. If x = 4 then which of the following is definitely not true?
a) Y is divisible by 3
b) Y is divisible by 6
c) Y is divisible by 9
d) X+Y is divisible by
21) Amal bought 5 pens, 7 pencils and 4 erasers. Rajan bought 6 pens, 8 erasers and 14 pencils for an amount which was half more than what Amal had paid. What % of the total amount paid by Amal was paid for pens?
a) 37.5%
b) 62.5%
c) 50%
d) None of these
22) A non stop bus to Amritsar overtakes an auto also moving towards Amritsar at 10 am. The bus reaches Amritsar at 12.30 pm and starts on the return journey after 1 hr. On the way back it meets the auto at 2 pm. At what time the auto will reach Amritsar?
a) 2.30pm
b) 3.00pm
c) 3.15pm
d) 3.30pm
23) The total expense of a boarding house are partly fixed and partly variable with the number of boarders. The charge is Rs.70 per head when there are 25 boarders and Rs.60 when there are 50 boarders. Find the charge per head when there are 100 boarders.
a) 65
b) 55
c) 50
d) 45
24) How many positive integer solutions does the equation 2x+3y = 100 have?
a) 50
b) 33
c) 16
d) 35
25) A person had to multiply two numbers. Instead of multiplying by 35, he multiplied by 53and the product went up by 540. What was the raised product?
a) 780
b) 1040
c) 1590
d) 1720
VERBAL ABILITY
Directions (26-35): Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters
26) IMPROMPTU
a) Carefully rehearsed
b) Widely recognized
c) Narrowly focussed
d) Purposefully vague
27) BALLOON
a) Regain completely
b) Decrease slowly
c) Respond rapidly
d) Request humbly
28) AVID
a) Independent
b) Inquisitive
c) Swift
d) Indifferent
29) MOROSE
a) Fast talking
b) Quick witted
c) Lighthearted
d) Casual
30) ANOMALY
a) Predicted occurrence
b) Temporary solution
c) Easy problem
d) Continuous process
31) NEOLOGISM
a) Syllogism
b) Idealism
c) archaism
d) ostracism
32) RAREFY
a) Condense
b) Conceive
c) Consign
d) Conduct
33) CAUSTIC
a) Nonflammable
b) Anesthetic
c) Antiseptic
d) Innocuous
34) SOLVENT
a) Catalyst
b) Detergent
c) Reactant
d) Precipitant
35) ESTIMABLE
a) Recalcitrant
b) Mendacious
c) Infamous
d) Obstinate
Directions (36-45): Each question has four items. Select the item that does not belong to this group
36.
(a) Spiritual
(b) Devout
(c) Pious
(d) Atheist
37.
(a) Prohibit
(b) Warrant
(c) Permit
(d) Allow
38.
(a) Extrovert
(b) Reticent
(c) Amiable
(d) Gregarious
39.
(a) Repose
(b) Doze
(c) Slumber
(d) Agitation
40.
(a) Jeer
(b) Scoff
(c) Sweep
(d) Deride
41.
(a) Steadfast
(b) Staunch
(c) Unswerving
(d) Treacherous
42.
(a) Moan
(b) Beat
(c) Tremble
(d) Cry
43.
(a) Astronaut
(b) Galaxy
(c) Comet
(d) Argot
44.
(a) Collage
(b) Pieces
(c) Art form
(d) Presentation
45.
(a) Pride
(b) Cub
(c) Roar
(d) Whine
Directions (46-55): Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
46. DISCRETION
a. prudence
b. consistency
c. precipice
d. disturbance
47. ORDAIN
a. arrange
b. command
c. contribute
d. establish
48. PENITENCE
a. liking
b. insightful
c. compunction
d. penetrable
49. INCENTIVE
a. reflex
b. amplitude
c. inflection
d. provocation
50.OVULATE
a. penury
b. immunize
c. fertilize
d. reproduce
51.CAJOLE
a. coax
b. motivate
c. profound
d. mollify
52. TO HEAP
a. to pile
b. to forbid
c. to proceed
d. to share
53.RAPT
a. lively
b. concealed
c. engrossed
d. prototype
54. TO MERIT
a. to embrace
b. to devote
c. to deserve
d. to combine
55. ERRATIC
a. unromantic
b. free
c. unknown
d. steady
CRITICAL REASONING
Directions (56-84): In the following set of paragraphs, each of the questions following the paragraph has the same answer choice i.e.
a) Yes
b) No
c) Cannot Say
Mark the appropriate choice for each of the questions.
Passage A: My father has no brothers. He has three sisters who has two childs each.
56.My grandfather has two sons.
57. Three of my aunts have two sons
58. My father is only child to his father
59. I have six cousins from my mother side
60. I have one uncle
Passage B: Ether injected into gallbladder to dissolve cholesterol based gallstones. This type one-day treatment is enough for gallstones not for calcium stones. This method is alternative to surgery for millions of people who are suffering from this disease.
61.Calcium stones can be cured in one day
62. Hundreds of people contains calcium stones
63. Surgery is the only treatment to calcium stones
64. Ether will be injected into the gallbladder to cure the cholesterol-based gallstones
PASSAGE C: Hacking is illegal entry into another computer. This happens mostly because of lack of knowledge of computer networking. With networks one machine can access to another machine. Hacking go about withoutknowing that each network is accredited to use network facility.
65. Hackers never break the code of the company that they work for
66. Hacking is the only vulnerability of the computers for the usage of the data
67.Hacking is done mostly due to the lack of computer knowledge
PASSAGE D: Alphine tunnels are closed tunnels. In the past 30 yrs not even a single accident has been recorded for there is one accident in the rail road system. Even in case of a fire accident it is possible to shift the passengers into adjacent wagons and even the live fire can be detected and extinguished with in the duration of 30 min.
68. No accident can occur in the closed tunnels
69. Fire is allowed to live for 30 min
70. All the care that travel in the tunnels will be carried by rail shutters.
PASSAGE E: In the past helicopters were forced to ground or crash because of the formation of the ice on the rotors and engines. A new electronic device has been developed which can detect the water content in the atmosphere and warns the pilot if the temperature is below freezing temperature about the formation of the ice on the rotors and wings.
71.The electronic device can avoid formation of the ice on the wings
72. There will be the malfunction of rotor & engine because of formation of ice
73. The helicopters were to be crashed or grounded
74. There is only one device that warn about the formation of ice
PASSAGE F:In the survey conducted in mumbai out of 63 newly married house wives not a single house wife felt that the husbands should take equal part in the household work as they felt they loose their power over their husbands. Inspite of their careers they opt to do the kitchen work themselves after coming back to home. The wives get half as much leisure time as the husbands get at the weekends.
75.Housewives want the husbands to take part equally in the household
76. Wives have half as much leisure time as the husbands have
77. 39% of the men will work equally in the house in cleaning and washing
PASSAGE G: Copernicus is the intelligent. In the days of copernicus the transport and technology development was less & it took place weeks to communicate a message at that time, wherein we can send it through satellite with in no time. Even with this fast developments it has become difficult to understand each other.
78. People were not intelligent during Copernicus days
79. Transport facilities are very much improved in now a days
80. Even with the fast developments of the technology we can't live happily.
81. We can understand the people very much with the development of communication
PASSAGE H: Senior managers warned the workers that because of the introduction of Japanese industry in the car market there is the threat to the workers. They also said that there would be the reduction in the purchase of the sales of car in public. The interest rates of the car will be increased with the loss in demand.
82. Japanese workers are taking over the jobs of Indian industry.
83. Managers said car interests would go down after seeing the raise in interest rates.
84. Japanese investments are ceasing to end in the car industry.
85. People are very interested to buy the cars.
Key to Mock Test
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Gives You Confidence
Quantitative Ability
1) Bhanu spends 30% of his income on petrol on scooter. ¼ of the remaining on house rent and the balance on food. If he spends Rs.300 on petrol then what is the expenditure on house rent?
a) Rs.525
b) Rs.1000
c) Rs.675
d) Rs.175
2) If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 25% and denominator decreased by 20%, the new value is 5/4. What is the original value?
a) 3/5
b) 4/5
c) 7/8
d) 3/7
3) The length of a rectangle is increased by 60%. By what % would the width have to be decreased to maintain the same area?
a) 30%
b) 60%
c) 75%
d) 37.5%
4) The value of ¾ + 5 / 36 + 7 / 144 + …….+17 / 5184 + 19 / 8100 is
a) 0.99
b) 0.98
c) 0.95
d) None of these
5) A sporting goods store ordered an equal number of white and yellow balls. The tennis ball company delivered 45 extra white balls, making the ratio of white balls to yellow balls 1/5 : 1/6. How many white tennis balls did the store originally order for?
a) 450
b) 270
c) 225
d) None of these
6) A student's grade in a course is determined by 6 quizzes and one examination. If the examination counts thrice as much as each of the quizzes, what fraction of final grade is determined by the examination?
a) 1/6
b) 1/5
c) 1/3
d) ¼
7) A sum of money is divided among A, B and C such that for each rupee A gets, B gets 65paise and C gets 35paise. If C's share is Rs.560, the sum is …
a) 2400
b) 2800
c) 3200
d) 3800
8) Joe's father will be twice his age 6 years from now. His mother was twice his age 2 years before. If Joe will be 24 two years from now, what is the difference between his father's and mother's age?
a) 4
b) 6
c) 8
d) 10
9) A traveler walks a certain distance. Had he gone half a kilometer an hour faster \, he would have walked it in 4/5 of the time, and had he gone half a Kilometer an hour slower, he would have walked 2 ½ hr longer. What is the distance?
a) 10 Km
b) 15 Km
c) 20 Km
d) Data Insufficient
10) Two oranges, 3 bananas and 4 apples cost Rs.15. 3 oranges, 2 bananas and 1 apple cost Rs.10. I bought 3 oranges, 3 bananas and 3 apples. How much did I pay?
a) 10
b) 8
c) 15
d) Cannot be determined
11) A report consists of 20 sheets each of 55 lines and each such line consists of 65 characters. This report is retyped into sheets each of 65 lines such that each line consists of 70 characters. The % reduction in the number of sheets is closest to
a) 20
b) 5
c) 30
d) 35
12) A ship leaves on a long voyage. When it is 18 miles from the shore, a seaplane, whose speed is 10 times that of the ship is sent to deliver mail. How far from the shore does the seaplane catch upo with the ship?
a) 24 miles
b) 25 miles
c) 22miles
d) 20 miles
13) Anand finishes a work in 7 days, Bittu finishes the same job in 8 days and Chandu in 6 days. They take turns to finish the work. Anand on the first day, Bittu on the second and Chandu on the third day and then Anand again and so on. On which day will the work get over?
a) 3rd
b) 6th
c) 9th
d) 7th
14) 3 men finish painting a wall in 8 days. Four boys do the same job in 7 days. In how many days will 2 men and 2 boys working together paint two such walls of the same size?
a) 6 6/13 days
b) 3 3/13 days
c) 9 2/5 days
d) 12 12/13 days
15) There are 5 distinct pairs of white socks and 5 pairs of black socks in a cupboard. In the dark, how many socks do I have to pull out to ensure that I have at least 1 correct pair of white socks?
a) 3
b) 11
c) 12
d) 16
16) In a circular race track of length 100 m, three persons A, B and C start together. A and B start in the same direction at speeds of 10 m/s and 8 m/s respectively. While C runs in the opposite at 15 m/s. When will all the three meet for the first time on the after the start?
a) After 4 s
b) After 50 s
c) After 100 s
d) After 200 s
17) If the distance traveled (s) in time (t) by a partile is given by the formula s = 1+ 2t+3t2+4t3 , then what is the distance travelled in the 4th second of its motion?
a) 141m
b) 171m
c) 243m
d) 313m
18) There is a circular pizza with negligible thickness that is cut into 'x' pieces by 4 straight line cuts. What is the maximum and minimum value of 'x' respectively?
a) 12,6
b) 11,6
c) 12,5
d) 11,5
19) When ¾ of a unit's digit is added to the ten's digit of a two number, the sum of the digits becomes 10. If ¼ of the ten's digit added to the unit's digit, then the sum of the digits is 1 less than the previous. Find the number.
a) 94
b) 84
c) 48
d) 88
20) LCM of x and y is 36 and HCF of x and y is 4. If x = 4 then which of the following is definitely not true?
a) Y is divisible by 3
b) Y is divisible by 6
c) Y is divisible by 9
d) X+Y is divisible by
21) Amal bought 5 pens, 7 pencils and 4 erasers. Rajan bought 6 pens, 8 erasers and 14 pencils for an amount which was half more than what Amal had paid. What % of the total amount paid by Amal was paid for pens?
a) 37.5%
b) 62.5%
c) 50%
d) None of these
22) A non stop bus to Amritsar overtakes an auto also moving towards Amritsar at 10 am. The bus reaches Amritsar at 12.30 pm and starts on the return journey after 1 hr. On the way back it meets the auto at 2 pm. At what time the auto will reach Amritsar?
a) 2.30pm
b) 3.00pm
c) 3.15pm
d) 3.30pm
23) The total expense of a boarding house are partly fixed and partly variable with the number of boarders. The charge is Rs.70 per head when there are 25 boarders and Rs.60 when there are 50 boarders. Find the charge per head when there are 100 boarders.
a) 65
b) 55
c) 50
d) 45
24) How many positive integer solutions does the equation 2x+3y = 100 have?
a) 50
b) 33
c) 16
d) 35
25) A person had to multiply two numbers. Instead of multiplying by 35, he multiplied by 53and the product went up by 540. What was the raised product?
a) 780
b) 1040
c) 1590
d) 1720
VERBAL ABILITY
Directions (26-35): Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters
26) IMPROMPTU
a) Carefully rehearsed
b) Widely recognized
c) Narrowly focussed
d) Purposefully vague
27) BALLOON
a) Regain completely
b) Decrease slowly
c) Respond rapidly
d) Request humbly
28) AVID
a) Independent
b) Inquisitive
c) Swift
d) Indifferent
29) MOROSE
a) Fast talking
b) Quick witted
c) Lighthearted
d) Casual
30) ANOMALY
a) Predicted occurrence
b) Temporary solution
c) Easy problem
d) Continuous process
31) NEOLOGISM
a) Syllogism
b) Idealism
c) archaism
d) ostracism
32) RAREFY
a) Condense
b) Conceive
c) Consign
d) Conduct
33) CAUSTIC
a) Nonflammable
b) Anesthetic
c) Antiseptic
d) Innocuous
34) SOLVENT
a) Catalyst
b) Detergent
c) Reactant
d) Precipitant
35) ESTIMABLE
a) Recalcitrant
b) Mendacious
c) Infamous
d) Obstinate
Directions (36-45): Each question has four items. Select the item that does not belong to this group
36.
(a) Spiritual
(b) Devout
(c) Pious
(d) Atheist
37.
(a) Prohibit
(b) Warrant
(c) Permit
(d) Allow
38.
(a) Extrovert
(b) Reticent
(c) Amiable
(d) Gregarious
39.
(a) Repose
(b) Doze
(c) Slumber
(d) Agitation
40.
(a) Jeer
(b) Scoff
(c) Sweep
(d) Deride
41.
(a) Steadfast
(b) Staunch
(c) Unswerving
(d) Treacherous
42.
(a) Moan
(b) Beat
(c) Tremble
(d) Cry
43.
(a) Astronaut
(b) Galaxy
(c) Comet
(d) Argot
44.
(a) Collage
(b) Pieces
(c) Art form
(d) Presentation
45.
(a) Pride
(b) Cub
(c) Roar
(d) Whine
Directions (46-55): Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
46. DISCRETION
a. prudence
b. consistency
c. precipice
d. disturbance
47. ORDAIN
a. arrange
b. command
c. contribute
d. establish
48. PENITENCE
a. liking
b. insightful
c. compunction
d. penetrable
49. INCENTIVE
a. reflex
b. amplitude
c. inflection
d. provocation
50.OVULATE
a. penury
b. immunize
c. fertilize
d. reproduce
51.CAJOLE
a. coax
b. motivate
c. profound
d. mollify
52. TO HEAP
a. to pile
b. to forbid
c. to proceed
d. to share
53.RAPT
a. lively
b. concealed
c. engrossed
d. prototype
54. TO MERIT
a. to embrace
b. to devote
c. to deserve
d. to combine
55. ERRATIC
a. unromantic
b. free
c. unknown
d. steady
CRITICAL REASONING
Directions (56-84): In the following set of paragraphs, each of the questions following the paragraph has the same answer choice i.e.
a) Yes
b) No
c) Cannot Say
Mark the appropriate choice for each of the questions.
Passage A: My father has no brothers. He has three sisters who has two childs each.
56.My grandfather has two sons.
57. Three of my aunts have two sons
58. My father is only child to his father
59. I have six cousins from my mother side
60. I have one uncle
Passage B: Ether injected into gallbladder to dissolve cholesterol based gallstones. This type one-day treatment is enough for gallstones not for calcium stones. This method is alternative to surgery for millions of people who are suffering from this disease.
61.Calcium stones can be cured in one day
62. Hundreds of people contains calcium stones
63. Surgery is the only treatment to calcium stones
64. Ether will be injected into the gallbladder to cure the cholesterol-based gallstones
PASSAGE C: Hacking is illegal entry into another computer. This happens mostly because of lack of knowledge of computer networking. With networks one machine can access to another machine. Hacking go about withoutknowing that each network is accredited to use network facility.
65. Hackers never break the code of the company that they work for
66. Hacking is the only vulnerability of the computers for the usage of the data
67.Hacking is done mostly due to the lack of computer knowledge
PASSAGE D: Alphine tunnels are closed tunnels. In the past 30 yrs not even a single accident has been recorded for there is one accident in the rail road system. Even in case of a fire accident it is possible to shift the passengers into adjacent wagons and even the live fire can be detected and extinguished with in the duration of 30 min.
68. No accident can occur in the closed tunnels
69. Fire is allowed to live for 30 min
70. All the care that travel in the tunnels will be carried by rail shutters.
PASSAGE E: In the past helicopters were forced to ground or crash because of the formation of the ice on the rotors and engines. A new electronic device has been developed which can detect the water content in the atmosphere and warns the pilot if the temperature is below freezing temperature about the formation of the ice on the rotors and wings.
71.The electronic device can avoid formation of the ice on the wings
72. There will be the malfunction of rotor & engine because of formation of ice
73. The helicopters were to be crashed or grounded
74. There is only one device that warn about the formation of ice
PASSAGE F:In the survey conducted in mumbai out of 63 newly married house wives not a single house wife felt that the husbands should take equal part in the household work as they felt they loose their power over their husbands. Inspite of their careers they opt to do the kitchen work themselves after coming back to home. The wives get half as much leisure time as the husbands get at the weekends.
75.Housewives want the husbands to take part equally in the household
76. Wives have half as much leisure time as the husbands have
77. 39% of the men will work equally in the house in cleaning and washing
PASSAGE G: Copernicus is the intelligent. In the days of copernicus the transport and technology development was less & it took place weeks to communicate a message at that time, wherein we can send it through satellite with in no time. Even with this fast developments it has become difficult to understand each other.
78. People were not intelligent during Copernicus days
79. Transport facilities are very much improved in now a days
80. Even with the fast developments of the technology we can't live happily.
81. We can understand the people very much with the development of communication
PASSAGE H: Senior managers warned the workers that because of the introduction of Japanese industry in the car market there is the threat to the workers. They also said that there would be the reduction in the purchase of the sales of car in public. The interest rates of the car will be increased with the loss in demand.
82. Japanese workers are taking over the jobs of Indian industry.
83. Managers said car interests would go down after seeing the raise in interest rates.
84. Japanese investments are ceasing to end in the car industry.
85. People are very interested to buy the cars.
Key to Mock Test
1. d 2. b 3. d 4. a 5. c 6. c 7. c 8. c 9. b 10. c 11. a 12. d 13. d 14. d 15. c 16. c 17. b 18. d 19. c 20. d 21. b 22. b 23. b 24. c 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. d 29. c 30. a 31. c 32. a 33. d 34. d 35. c 36. d 37. b 38. b 39. d 40. c 41. d 42. b 43. d 44. b 45. d 46. a 47. b 48. c 49. d 50. c 51. a 52. a 53. c 54. c 55. c 56. c 57. c 58. b 59. c 60. c 61. b 62. c 63. a 64. a 65. c 66. b 67. b 68. a 69. b 70. c 71. b 72. a 73. a 74. a 75. b 76. b 77. b 78. b 79. c 80. c 81. b 82. b 83. a 84. b 85. b
TCS SAMPLE PAPERS
NOTE:EACH OF THE QUESTIONS GIVEN BELOW APPEAR AS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS IN THE ACTUAL PAPER.
VERBAL SECTION
Directions for questions 1-15:Find the synonyms of the following words
1. Merry
Ans. Gay,Happy
2. Alienate
Ans. Estrange
3. Solicit
Ans. To request
4.Heap
Ans. To pile
5.Cargo
Ans. Freight
6.Momentary
Ans. Transient
7. Volume
Ans.Quantity
8.Veer
Ans.Diverge
9.Dispel
Ans.Dissipate
10.Admonish
Ans.Cautious
11.Meager
Ans.Scanty
12.Latitude
Ans.Scope
13.Latent
Ans.Potential
14.Covet
Ans.Crave
15.Discretion
Ans. Prudence
QUANTITATIVE SECTION
1. If two pencils cost 8 cents, then how much do 5 pencils cost?
Ans. 20 cents
2. Some work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them can do this work alone in 40 minutes. How much time does the second person take to do the same work ?
Ans. 60 minutes
3. A car is filled with four and half gallons of fuel for a round trip.If the amount of fuel taken while going is 1/4 more than the amount taken for coming, what is the amount of fuel consumed while coming back?
Ans.2 gallons
4. The lowest temperature in the night in a city A is 1/3 more than 1/2 the highest during the day. Sum of the lowest temperature and the highest temperature is 100 degrees. Then what is the low temp?
Ans.40 degrees
5. Javagal, who decided to go to weekened trip should not exceed 8 hours driving in a day. The average speed of forward journey is 40 miles/hr.Due to traffic on sundays, the return journey's average speed is 30 m/h. How far he can select a picnic spot?
a) 120 miles
b) between 120 and 140 miles
c) 160 miles
Ans. 120 miles
6. A salesperson by mistake multiplied a number and got the answer as 3, instead of dividing the number by 3.What is the answer he should have actually got?
Ans. 3
7. A building with height D shadow upto G. What is the height of a neighbouring building with a shadow of C feet.
Ans. (C*D)/G
8. A person was fined for exceeding the speed limit by 10 mph. Another person was also fined for exceeding the same speed limit by twice the same. If the second person was travelling at a speed of 35 mph, find the speed limit.
Ans. 15 mph
9. A bus started from bustand at 8.00am, and after staying for 30 minutes at a destination, it returned back to the busstand. The destination is 27 miles from the busstand. The speed of the bus is 18mph. During the return journey bus travels with 50% faster speed.At what time does it return to the busstand?
Ans. 11.00am
10. In a mixture, R is 2 parts and S is 1 part. In order to make S to 25% of the mixture, how much of R is to be added?
Ans.One part of R
11. Wind flows 160 miles in 330 min, for travelling 80 miles how much time does it require?
Ans. 2 hrs 45 mins
12. With a 4/5 full tank a vehicle can travel 12 miles, how far can it travel with a 1/3 full tank
Ans. 5 miles
13. There are two trees in a lawn. One grows at a rate 3/5 of the other in 4 years. If the total growth of trees is 8 ft. What is the height of the smaller tree after 2 years
Ans. 1 1/2 feet
14. Refer to the figure below.A ship started from P and moves at a speed of I miles per hour and another ship starts from L and moving with H miles per hour simultaneously.Where do the two ships meet?
||---g---||---h---||---i---||---j---||---k---||---l---||
PG H I J K L are the various stops in between denoted by || . The values g, h, i, j, k, l denote the distance between the ports.
Ans. Between I and J, closer to J
15. If A is travelling at 72 km per hour on a highway. B is travelling at a speed of 25 meters per second on a highway. What is the difference in their speeds in m/sec.
Ans. 1 m/sec
CRITICAL REASONING SECTION
The critical reasoning section consists of some passages followed by 4 to 7 questions per passage. The questions are such that they require ability to read fast and comprehend. The questions asked in this section have three choices TRUE, FALSE, CAN'T SAY. Some examples of questions are given below. Please note that these passages are not the exact passages asked. The passages used a good deal of difficult words which have been removed in this reproduction. Also the passages appearing in the actual paper are much lengthier.
Directions: Answer the questions given below the passage or statement as true, false or can't say.
PASSAGE A: My father has no brothers. He has three sisters who has two childs each.
Answer 1-5 based on the passage A
1.My grandfather has two sons .
Ans. False
2. Three of my aunts have two sons
Ans. Can't say
3. My father is only child to his father
Ans. False
4. I have six cousins from my mother side
Ans. Can't say
5. I have one uncle
Ans. Can't say(uncle can be from the mother's side as well)
PASSAGE B: Ether injected into gallablader to dissolve colestrol based gallstones. This type one day treatment is enough for gallstones not for calcium stones. This method is alternative to surgery for millions of people who are suffering from this disease.
Answer questions 6-9 based on passage B
6.Calcium stones can be cured in oneday
Ans. False
7. Hundreds of people contains calcium stones
Ans. Can't say
8. Surgery is the only treatment to calcium stones
Ans. True
9. Ether will be injected into the gallbleder to cure the cholestrol based gall stones
Ans. True
PASSAGE C: Hacking is illegal entry into another computer. This happens mostly because of lack of knowledge of computer networking. With networks one machine can access to another machine.Hacking go about without knowing that each network is accredited to use network facility.
Answer questions 10-12 based on passage B
10. Hackers never break the code of the company which they work for
Ans. Can't say
11. Hacking is the only vulnerability of the computers for the usage of the data
Ans. False
12.Hacking is done mostly due to the lack of computer knowledge
Ans. False
PASSAGE C: Alphine tunnels are closed tunnels.In the past 30 yrs not even a single accident has been recorded for there is one accident in the rail road system. Even in case of a fire accident it is possible to shift the passengers into adjacent wagons and even the live fire can be detected and extinguished with in the duration of 30 min.
Answer questions 13-16 based on passage C
13. No accident can occur in the closed tunnels
Ans. True
14. Fire is allowed to live for 30 min
Ans. False
16. All the care that travel in the tunnels will be carried by rail shutters.
Ans.True
PASSAGE D: In the past helicopters were forced to ground or crash because of the formation of the ice on the rotors and engines. A new electronic device has been developed which can detect the watercontent in the atmosphere and warns the pilot if the temperature is below freezing temperature about the formation of the ice on the rotors and wings.
Answer questions 17-20 based on passage D
17.The electronic device can avoid formation of the ice on the wings
Ans.False
18. There will be the malfunction of rotor & engine because of formation of ice
Ans.True
19. The helicopters were to be crashed or grounded
Ans.True
20. There is only one device that warn about the formation of ice
Ans.True
PASSAGE E:In the survey conducted in mumbai out of 63 newly married house wives not a single house wife felt that the husbands should take equal part in the household work as they felt they loose their power over their husbands. Inspite of their careers they opt to do the kitchen work themselves after coming back to home. the wives get half as much leisure time as the husbands get at the week ends.
Answer questions 21-23 based on passage E
21.Housewives want the husbands to take part equally in the household
Ans.False
22. Wives have half as much leisure time as the husbands have
Ans. False
23. 39% of the men will work equally in the house in cleaning and washing
Ans. False
PASSAGE F:Copernicus is the intelligent. In the days of copernicus the transport and technology development was less & it took place weeks to comunicate a message at that time,wherein we can send it through satellite with in no time.Even with this fast developments it has become difficult to understand each other.
Answer questions 24-27 based on passage F
24. People were not intelligent during Copernicus days
Ans.False
25. Transport facilities are very much improved in noe a days
Ans.Can't say
26. Even with the fast developments of the techonology we can't live happily.
Ans. Can't say
27. We can understand the people very much with the development of communication
Ans. False.
PASSAGE G:Senior managers warned the workers that because of the intfoductors of japanese industry in the car market. There is the threat to the workers.They also said that there will be the reduction in the purchase of the sales of car in public.the interest rates of the car will be increased with the loss in demand.
Answer questions 28-31 based on passage G
28. Japanese workers are taking over the jobs of indian industry.
Ans.False
29.Managers said car interests will go down after seeing the raise in interest rates.
Ans.True
30. Japanese investments are ceasing to end in the car industry.
Ans. False
31. People are very interested to buy the cars.
Ans.False
PASSAGE H:In the totalitariturican days,the words have very much devalued.In the present day,they are becoming domestic that is the words will be much more devalued. In that days, the words will be very much effected in political area.but at present,the words came very cheap .We can say they come free at cost.
Answer questions 32-34 based on passage H
32.Totalitarian society words are devalued.
Ans.False
33. Totalitarians will have to come much about words
Ans.True
34. The art totalitatian society the words are used for the political speeches.
Ans. False
PASSAGE I:There should be copyright for all arts. The reele has came that all the arts has come under one copy right society,they were use the money that come from the arts for the developments . There may be a lot of money will come from the Tagore works. We have to ask the benifiters from Tagore work to help for the development of his works.
Answer questions 35-39 based on passage I
35. Tagore works are came under this copy right rule.
Ans. False
36. People are free to go to the public because of the copy right rule.
Ans.Can't say
38. People gives to theater and collect the money for development.
Ans.Can't say
39. We have ask the Tagore resedents to help for the developments of art.
Ans.Can't say
PYSCHOMETERIC TEST
You don't need to fret much about this test. This test consists of 150 questions and is just a pyshcology test which should be answered confidently and doesn't require any preparation.One must try being consistent while answering as the same questions are repeatedly asked in different forms.Also one must answer all questions.Questions are of yes,no or can't say kind.
1. Will you be interested in social activities.
2. While going upstairs do you move two steps at a time.
3. Can you make friends with people of the same sex or with opposite sex also
4. Your friends consider you as a leader in your group
5. People think that your'e serious minded.
6. There are times you feel dull without any reason.
7. You host several parties
8. When relatives come to your house do you entertain them.
9. You can work for long hours without tireness.
10. In your company you want to lead the organisation.
Tata Consultancy Services Sample Test#2
NOTE:EACH OF THE QUESTIONS GIVEN BELOW APPEAR AS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS IN THE ACTUAL PAPER.
VERBAL SECTION
Directions for questions 1-15:Find the synonyms of the following words
1. Depreciation
Ans. Deflation, Depression, Devaluation, fall, slump in value
2. Deprecate
Ans. Feel and express disapproval of
3. Incentive
Ans. Thing one encourages a person to do something
4. Echelon
Ans. Level of authority or responsibility
5. Innovation
Ans.To make changes or introduce new things
6. Intermittant
Ans. Externally stopping and then starting
7. Detrimental
Ans.Harmful
8. Aberration
Ans. Deviation
9. Conciliation
Ans.To make less angry or more friendly
10. Orthodox
Ans.Conventional or superstitious
11. Fallible
Ans.Liable to err
12. Volatile
Ans.Ever changing
13. Manifestion
Ans.Clear or obvious
14. Connotation
Ans. Suggest in addition to the fundamental meaning
15. Reciprocal
Ans. Reverse, Opposite
QUANTITATIVE SECTION
1. There are 150 weights .Some are 1 kg weights and some are 2 kg weights. The sum of the weights is 260.What is the number of 1kg weights?
Ans. 40
2. A is driving on a highway when the police fines him for overspeeding and exceeding the limit by 10 km/hr.At the same time B is fined for overspeeding by twice the amount by which A exceeded the limit.If he was driving at 35 km/hr what is the speed limit for the road?
Ans. 15 kmph
3. A moves 3 kms east from his starting point . He then travels 5 kms north. From that point he moves 8 kms to the east.How far is A from his starting point?
Ans. 13 kms
4. A car travels 12 kms with a 4/5th filled tank.How far will the car travel with 1/3 filled tank?
Ans. 5 kms
5. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 8. When 18 is added to the number, the digits are reversed. Find the number?
Ans. 35
6. The cost of one pencil, two pens and four erasers is Rs.22 while the cost of five pencils, four pens and two erasers is Rs.32.How much will three pencils, three pens and three erasers cost?
Ans. 27
7. Fathers age is 5 times his son's age. 4 years back the father was 9 times older than son.Find the fathers' present age.
Ans. 40 years
8. What number should be added to or subtracted from each term of the ratio 17 : 24 so that it becomes equal to 1 : 2.
Ans. 10 should be subtracted
9. What is the 12th term of the series 2, 5, 8, ....
Ans. 35
10. If 20 men take 15 days to to complete a job, in how many days can 25 men finish that work?
Ans. 12 days
11. In a fraction, if 1 is added to both the numerator at the denominator, the fraction becomes 1/2. If numerator is subtracted from the denominator, the fraction becomes 3/4. Find the fraction.
Ans. 3/7
12. If Rs.1260 is divided between between A, B and C in the ratio 2:3:4, what is C's share?
Ans. Rs. 560
13. A shopkeeper bought a watch for Rs.400 and sold it for Rs.500.What is his profit percentage?
Ans. 25%
14. What percent of 60 is 12?
Ans. 20%
15. Hansie made the following amounts in seven games of cricket in India: Rs.10, Rs.15, Rs.21, Rs.12, Rs.18, Rs.19 and Rs.17(all figures in crores of course).Find his average earnings.
Ans. Rs.16 crore
CRITICAL REASONING SECTION
This section is basically just a reading comprehension section.The critical reasoning section consists of some passages followed by 4 to 7 questions per passage.The questions are such that they require ability to read fast and comprehend.The questions asked in this section have three choices TRUE, FALSE, CAN'T SAY.Some examples of passages are given in test 1.For further practice you may go through any GRE or CAT book which will provide you with ample practice regarding these kinds of questions.
PYSCHOMETERIC TEST
This test consists of 150 questions and is just a pyshcology test which should be answered confidently and doesn't require any preparation.One must try being consistent while answering as the same questions are repeatedly asked in different forms.Also one must answer all questions.Questions are of yes or no kind.
example:
Are you sincere?
If you find a purse in the market with loads of money would you return it to the rightful owner?
While climbing up the stairs do you take two steps at a time?
Do you drink and smoke more than you think you should?
Are you the life of the party you attend?
Are you shy?
Tata Consultancy Services C Sample Test
This test consists of 50 questions.The Set Code for this paper is D.
1. The C language terminator is
(a) semicolon
(b) colon
(c) period
(d) exclamation mark
2. What is false about the following -- A compound statement is
(a) A set of simple statments
(b) Demarcated on either side by curly brackets
(c) Can be used in place of simple statement
(d) A C function is not a compound statement.
3. What is true about the following C Functions
(a) Need not return any value
(b) Should always return an integer
(c) Should always return a float
(d) Should always return more than one value
4. Main must be written as
(a) The first function in the program
(b) Second function in the program
(c) Last function in the program
(d) Any where in the program
5. Which of the following about automatic variables within a function is correct ?
(a) Its type must be declared before using the variable
(b) Tthey are local
(c) They are not initialised to zero
(d) They are global
6. Write one statement equivalent to the following two statements
x=sqr(a);
return(x);
Choose from one of the alternatives
(a) return(sqr(a));
(b) printf("sqr(a)");
(c) return(a*a*a);
(d) printf("%d",sqr(a));
7. Which of the following about the C comments is incorrect ?
(a) Ccommentscan go over multiple lines
(b) Comments can start any where in the line
(c) A line can contain comments with out any language statements
(d) Comments can occur within comments
8. What is the value of y in the following code?
x=7;
y=0;
if(x=6) y=7;
else y=1;
(a) 7
(b) 0
(c) 1
(d) 6
9. Read the function conv() given below
conv(int t){
int u;
u=5/9 * (t-32);
return(u);
}
What is returned
(a) 15
(b) 0
(c) 16.1
(d) 29
10. Which of the following represents true statement either x is in the range of 10 and 50 or y is zero
(a) x >= 10 && x <= 50 || y = = 0
(b) x<50
(c) y!=10 && x>=50
(d) None of these
11. Which of the following is not an infinite loop ?
(a) while(1)\{ ....}
(b) for(;;)
{
...
}
(c) x=0;
do{
/*x unaltered within the loop*/
.....}
while(x = = 0);
(d) # define TRUE 0
...
while(TRUE){
....}
12. What does the following function print?
func(int i)
{ if(i%2)return 0;
else return 1;}
main()
{
int =3;
i=func(i);
i=func(i);
printf("%d",i);
}
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 0
(d) 2
13. How does the C compiler interpret the following two statements
p=p+x;
q=q+y;
(a) p=p+x;
q=q+y
(b)p=p+xq=q+y
(c)p=p+xq;
q=q+y
(d)p=p+x/q=q+y
For questions 14,15,16,17 use the following alternatives
a.int
b.char
c.string
d.float
14. '9'
15. "1 e 02"
16. 10e05
17. 15
18. Read the folllowing code
# define MAX 100
# define MIN 100
....
....
if(x>MAX)
x=1;
else if(x
x=50;
if the initial value of x=200,what is the value after executing this code?
(a) 200
(b) 1
(c) -1
(d) 50
19. A memory of 20 bytes is allocated to a string declared as char *s
then the following two statements are executed:
s="Entrance"
l=strlen(s);
what is the value of l ?
(a)20
(b)8
(c)9
(d)21
20. Given the piece of code
int a[50];
int *pa;
pa=a;
To access the 6th element of the array which of the following is incorrect?
(a) *(a+5)
(b) a[5]
(c) pa[5]
(d) *(*pa + 5}
21. Consider the following structure:
struct num nam{
int no;
char name[25];
}
struct num nam n1[]={{12,"Fred"},{15,"Martin"},{8,"Peter"},{11,Nicholas"}};
.....
.....
printf("%d%d",n1[2],no,(*(n1 + 2),no) + 1);
What does the above statement print?
(a) 8,9
(b) 9,9
(c) 8,8
(d) 8,unpredictable value
22. Identify the in correct expression
(a) a=b=3=4;
(b) a=b=c=d=0;
(c)float a=int b=3.5;
(d)int a; float b; a=b=3.5;
23. Regarding the scope of the varibles;identify the incorrect statement:
(a)automatic variables are automatically initialised to 0
(b)static variables are are automatically initialised to 0
(c)the address of a register variable is not accessiable
(d)static variables cannot be initialised with any expression
24. cond 1?cond 2?cond 3?:exp 1:exp 2:exp 3:exp 4;
is equivalent to which of the following?
(a)if cond 1
exp 1;
else if cond 2
exp 2;
else if cond 3
exp 3;
else exp 4;
(b) if cond 1
if cond 2
if cond 3
exp 1;
else exp 2;
else exp 3;
else exp 4;
(c) if cond 1 && cond 2 && cond 3
exp 1 |exp 2|exp 3|exp 4;
(d) if cond 3
exp 1;
else if cond 2 exp 2;
else if cond 3 exp 3;
else exp 4;
25. The operator for exponencation is
(a) **
(b) ^
(c) %
(d) not available
26. Which of the following is invalid
(a) a+=b
(b) a*=b
(c) a>>=b
(d) a**=b
27. What is y value of the code if input x=10
y=5;
if (x==10)
else if(x==9)
else y=8;
(a)9
(b)8
(c)6
(d)7
28. What does the following code do?
fn(int n,int p,int r){
static int a=p;
switch(n){
case 4:a+=a*r;
case 3:a+=a*r;
case 2:a+=a*r;
case 1:a+=a*r;}}
(a)computes simple interest for one year
(b)computes amount on compound interest for 1 to 4 years
(c)computes simple interest for four year
(d)computes compound interst for 1 year
29. a=0;
while(a<5)
printf("%d\\n",a++);
How many times does the loop occurs?
(a)infinite
(b)5
(c)4
(d)6
30. How many times does the loop iterated ?
for (i=0;i=10;i+=2)
printf("Hi\\n");
(a)10
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) None of these
31. What is incorrect among the following
A recursive function
(a) calls itself
(b) is equivalent to a loop
(c) has a termination condition
(d) does not have a return value at all
32. Which of the following go out of the loop if expn 2 becoming false
(a) while(expn 1)\{...if(expn 2)continue;}
(b) while(!expn 1)\{if(expn 2)continue;...}
(c) do{..if(expn 1)continue;..}while(expn 2);
(d) while(!expn 2)\{if(expn 1)continue;..\}
33. Consider the following program
main()
{unsigned int i=10;
while(i>=0){
printf("%u",i)
i--;}
}
How many times the loop will get executed
(a)10
(b)9
(c)11
(d)infinite
34.Pick out the add one out
(a) malloc()
(b) calloc()
(c) free()
(d) realloc()
35.Consider the following program
main(){
int a[5]={1,3,6,7,0};
int *b;
b=&a[2];
}
The value of b[-1] is
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) -6
(d) none
36. # define prod(a,b)=a*b
main(){
int x=2;
int y=3;
printf("%d",prod(x+2,y-10)); }
the output of the program is
(a) 8
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) None
37.Consider the following program segment
int n,sum=1;
switch(n){
case 2:sum=sum+2;
case 3:sum*=2;
break;
default:sum=0;}
If n=2, what is the value of sum
(a) 0
(b) 6
(c) 3
(d) None of these
38. Identify the incorrect one
1.if(c=1)
2.if(c!=3)
3.if(a
(a) 1 only
(b) 1&3
(c) 3 only
(d) All of the above
39. The format specified for hexa decimal is
(a) %d
(b) %o
(c) %x
(d) %u
40. Find the output of the following program
main(){
int x=5, *p;
p=&x
printf("%d",++*p);
}
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 0
(d) none of these
41.Consider the following C code
main(){
int i=3,x;
while(i>0){
x=func(i);
i--; }
int func(int n){
static sum=0;
sum=sum+n;
return(sum);}
The final value of x is
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 1
(d) 3
43. Int *a[5] refers to
(a) array of pointers
(b) pointer to an array
(c) pointerto a pointer
(d) none of these
44.Which of the following statements is incorrect
(a) typedef struct new{
int n1;
char n2;
} DATA;
(b) typedef struct {
int n3;
char *n4;}ICE;
(c) typedef union{ int n5;
float n6;} UDT;
(d) #typedef union {
int n7;
float n8;} TUDAT;
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