IBM paper pattern

IBM Test Pattern Detailed

Pattern :

The test consists of three rounds as of all of us know Written , Technical & HR interviews for job .

The written paper contains 55 Qns to be answered in 1hr.

It contains the Qns on verbal ability,Aptitude,reasoning, Attention details & technical.

The verbal ability includes the following Qns.

I got ___________ in traffic so got late (struck/struckup/hold/……).

Mr Benerjee the officer of …. was questioned ___________(for ,with,on,to) his connection regarding the murder.
The proteins present in ____ apple ,____banana,______Egg are very essential ………..
We have to fill the blanks with a, an or the ( ans: an,a,an)

A Qn was asked on the meaning of underlined word
Here the word is Therapeautic .

Miss X ( some name is given ) given a speech on _____ bank of ____ river kaveri regarding _____________ abilities of the women . like that the Qn goes here also they have given the options like
1 a, an ,the
2 the,the,a
3 a, the,a
4 the, the, the
ans:4

thre is an essay abt the ATM behavior & usage ,security mechanisms ,connectivity, technology used like that .
Qns are asked as follows.
1. how an ATM is connected to net.
2. what the operation not mensioned in the passage
a. with drawl b. deposit c. donations to charities d . amount transaction btnm accounts
3. which of the following is false.

some time s Atm are un reliable.
They are connected through modems.
……
……

3. which is not a possible error regarding ATM.
a. mechanical error b. s/w error .i/p error ……..( the answer depends on the passage & actual errors given)
4. why ATM s are kept in shops
a. because there is no chance of theft there
b. no space in banks.
c. there will be more no of people.

……..
Then csome Qns are on venn diagram models
Like
1 . In a party 10 take only tea 15 take tea & 8 take only coffee then what is the number of persons take either coffee or tea.(nos are not exact).
2. In a college there are students who can play either football or cricket or both.
500 play cricket 220 play both & 600 play football .what is the total strength of the college.

Like this there are one or two more Qns… they r also easy & simple


Then now real IBM pattern starts. It also will be easy but needs a little bit of practice other wise u should have high spontaneous analyzing capacity.

Some 3 Qns are given with instructions like : given three strings check which of them are same ans: A if all are same, B if 1&2 are same, C if 1&3 are same, D if 2&3 are same, E if all are different

Strings are given as
1. a. 66749384879456 b. 6674934879456 c. 6674934879456
2. a. XIVIIMIVIIIVIXIV b.XIIVMIIVXIVIIIV c.XIVIIMIVIIIVIXIV

3. a. 34523897346579 b.343647654869679 c.346548364874379

Three Qns are given in the following model:
1.If + is replaced by *,* is replaced by -,- is replaced by / ,/is replaced by% nad % is replaced by + then what is the value of the following expression.

25-3+32/5%2

Some options will be given u have to choose correct answer. (all the digits are not same)

Next two of the same model but they are giving 4 expressions like above we have to find which one is correct.

Like: a. 35-2+4/3%42=35
b. 25+4-5%6*7=28
…..
……..

Like this they r giving 2 Qns. This seems to be some what risk just increase the speed of calculations .

The remarkable Qn of IBM is on cubes, in this imagination plays major role.

Given a Qn like this: there r three cubes arranged side by side

Each cube is divided into 64 cubes then top most layer of second cube is removed & top two layers of third cube are removed.

& then total volume is painted

1. what is the number of cubes painted on 1 face , 2. two faces, 3. three faces , 4. four faces , 5. no face.

This qn needs more imagination or u have to know the answer well before for this particular qn.

Some Qn s are given on data sufficiency here also analysys plays major role.

There r some 4 or 5 Qns in this model

Like a can do a worked for 5 days & b worked for 7 days how many days they taek to complete the work ………..like that .

There r 3 more qns on relations ship btn numbers , on the solving of eqns.
Then we can have some Qns on technical
One Qn on c, one Qn on UNIX, one on RDBMS , on on processors like that total I had only 6 to 8 Qns

Qns are like this : what is the o/p of printf(“%d”,printf(ram)); ans:ram3
What is the command to kill or stop a process in unix ( kill,stop,terminate ……) . ans : kill (check it out)

Unix is what kind of OS ( multiuser & multitasking).

Like that some what easy Qns we can get.

In this written test I got 42 out of 54( one Qns is not printed well so they asked us to leave it) I saw it when they are pinning my resume to my applcn form & answer sheet.

I got selected for technical interview for job I was called up by Mr. Adithya for the first round of interview for job .


Technical interview for job .

The technical interview for job went on very cool such that we can say it as simple HR .
I got some Qns abt project & languages .

First I entered his cabin by saying excuse me sir .
He responded well invited me by shaking hand & offered the seat.
I said thank u & sat .
The interview for job started like this.
Adithya: have u attended the presentation in the morning?
My self: yes sir.
A: any more qns other than qns asked there?
M: If I got selected into IBM what kind of environment can I expect ( team /individual)
A: ya u can work on various technologies which we train u on . here u have work with the data base of Airtel on behalf of IBM. U can go for any of the technologies depending on the requirement & location preferences…………
M: is there any pre requisites for the job?
A: not needed but u can learn on ur own interest but not necessary.

Then he asked me abt my self.

I have my details as a flowing river which is well practiced followed by hobbies ,strenths & weakness, achievements.

A: what is ur greatest strength i.e c/c++/java/php/oracle like that(he said all the subjects )?
M: I have strong knowledge in C, I know oracle well , I am interested in java also.
He asked what is poly morphism? Afte that what is pointer ?
I answered without any late

A: tell me abt ur project.
I explained the project as I am selling a product to him( with all the benefits by highlighting all the advatages & purpose of project)
By giving the details in the following order:
Project name client name …. Purpose ( simple in one line) back end
After that detailed description of flow was given .
A: what is ur role in ur project?
M : analysis, coding & testing ( analysis,coding,testing mantioned in resume)

A: u have analysed ,designed,coded,& tested the project .
M : ya
A: what the others have done
Here I got a chance to present me as a good maneger & ithink this is one major point I made an impression on him
I answered that as a leader I shared the total wotk among all the members
Ae r 5 people
2 are allotted for only documentation
are allotted for only development I myself designed the data flow & screens & the data base ,how it should be.
Then database was to one guy to develop & one guy taken all the interfaces to develop I developed the server side scripting & I have tested all the coponents individually & integrated & tested again . In this way I participated in all the activities as a leader.
Here he got satisfied with the way I supporting my words.

So what ever u say , be sure that it is supported well .

Then he asked abt achievements.

I said that I have presented a paper .

Then he asked the details abt what did u do & what has been presented in the presentation.
Here also the same confidence was shown & given a brief explanation.

A: any more qns regarding IBM other than the subject / technology.
M: why ibm is considering the women & disabled cases while all others are looking for only talent for their profit .

He answered that qn for 3 minutes explaining abt the talent of woman then the risks of taking woman & how they are handling them & encouraging them.

I said it is very impressive & I like this culture
Then he asked me to wait for some time & hr will be conducted.

Among 27 people 7 were called for hr interview for job

HR
After 1 1/2 hr I was called up to hr as a 5th guy .

It went on very casually.
Just I entered the cabin . I said excuse me. He smiled at me & shook hand & offered the seat . he is very cool I felt very interest in talking with him. He is … some singh.
He started vth a qn how r u dinesh
Ans : fine thanku & asked how r u.
Singh : u r from kadapa ?
A: yes sir
S: there we can get some thing round like pebbles or some thing icant get that name can u bring it for me.
A: is it a bomb?( generally kadapa is welknown for hand made bombs)
S: no
A: mangoes?( we are having a plenty of mango gardens there)
S: no
A: any kind of sweet?
S: no it was a thing which available there only, kadapa is well known for it .
Actually I didn’t get what he want but I decided to show my skills again.
A: ok sir if want I will bring it for u.
S: sure?
A: definitely I will bring it ( stressing the first word as I am having them in my pocket).
S: ok tell me abt ur self
I told the same by hearted essay which contains all my educational details ,hobbies,strenths & weaknesses.

He stressed on weakness i.e. he just given an expression I understood that he wants more regarding that.
Then I have given a brief explanation with example regarding weakness & told how I managed to over come that.

S: what kind of work u r dreaming of ?
A: I should be given a chance to prove my innovation or I should work in an environment where my innovative thoughts can work on behalf of me.wher I can get a significance to my work which worth of a huge amount of money.(here I have given more importance to work satisfaction than money)
S: mr dinesh u r going to be placed for BPO where u have to operate over a s/w which is already developed where u can get very less chances of programming . is it ok for u?
A: yes sir . I want to just launch my self into the s/w company through a company like IBM. No problem I can work here.
S: tell me abt ur family
I told abt my family , as a part of that I mentioned my native place name.

He asked abt that whare it is?
& then
S: how far is it from Hyderabad ?
A: 400 kms( ans delivered instantly without any gap of even a milli second but it is actually 500-600km here the speed is required rather than the facts coz none of us measured the distance personally)
S: whare r u staying?
A : Hostel in SR nagar ( again vth the same speed).
S : can u relocate to B’lore or pune?
A: yes sir
S : sure?
A : definitely I will relocate.
S: if I give a chance to choose among banglore,pune,Chennai & Hyderabad which one u choose.
Here I have taken all the freedom to express my view with out any hesitation
I have given my preferences as per my convenience & also said that if it is neede I can work in any places with out any problem . its just my preference as u asked.

S: ok mr"YOU" thank u pls u can leave & wait out side .

I was unable to understand , for what he called me & with out asking any single tough qn ( I know ibm interviews for job are always tough) he Is sending me out what he is going to judge abt me .

& asked when can I expect the result?
S: just wait for 15 min we will tell u . U had ur lunch?
A: yes sir.
S: then pls go & relax .
I am unable to guess what is going to happen but I felt with confidently that if they choose 4 or 5 I should be one of them.

Gudluck for ur employment and optimization of ur Career

Ibm aptitude placement paper



1. In 1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/-.If the paper rate increases at 1.5% more than the inflation rate which is 6.5% a year, then what wil be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years?

(a) 29.12

(b) 29.72

(c) 30.12

(d) 32.65

(e) none of these



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

Ans. 20 & 130.

3. In A,B,C are having some marbles with each of them. A has given B & C the same number of marbles each of them already have.Then, B gave C & A the same number of marbles they already have.Then C gave A & B the same number of marbles they already have.At the end A,B,& C have equal number of marbles.

(i) If x,y,z are the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively.

Then the number of marbles B have at the end

(a) 2(x-y-z)

(b) 4(x-y-z)

(c) 2(3y-x-z)

(d) x + y-z

Ans. (c)



(ii) If the total number of marbles are 72, then the number of marbles with A at the starting

(a) 20

(b) 30

(c) 32

(d) 39

Ans. (d)



4. A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15 books.He kept 15% of the money for travelling expenses & purchased 5 pencils.So how many books he can purchase with the remaining money.

5. 10 Questions on analogies.

eg: chief : tribe :: governer : state

epaulette : shoulder :: tiara : head

guttural : throat :: gastric : stomach

inept : clever :: languid : active

knife : butcher ::

hammer : carpenter ::



6. The values of shares (in Rs).of A, B & C from January to June are as follows.

Month


A


B


C

January


30


60


80

February


35


65


85

March


45


75


65

April


40


75


82

May


55


75


85

June


50


75


80

i) During this period which share has undergone maximium fluctuation?

ii) In which month it is possible to buy B & C selling A?

iii) In which month the share values are very low?

iv) By purchasing one share of A & 4 each of B & C in the beginning of the period, when should these be sold to get maximum profit?



7. In a computer institute 9 languages can be taught.The module is of 6 months duration & of the six languages only one can be taught each month.In addition to that BASIC is always taught & should be in first month itself.

WORD PERFECT is to be taught in the preceeding week of WORD STAR.

FORTRAN can not be taught until COBAL is taught prior to that.

BINO, FIFO can never be taught in single module.

Languages are BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD PERFECT, FORTRAN, COBAL, BINO, FIFO, LOTUS, C.

i) If word star is in 3rd month , what could be in 6th month.

ii) If COBAL is in the 2nd month & BINO in 6th month. FORTRAN will be taught in which month.



8. In a class, except 18 all are above 50 years.15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there?

(a) 30

(b) 33

(c) 36

(d) none of these.

Ans. (d)



9. A square plate of some size is cut at four corners. Equal squares of the same size are cut & is formed as open box.If this open box carries 128 ml of oil. What is the size of the side of the plate?

(a) 17

(b) 14

(c) 13

(d) None of these



10. In a square, all the mid points are joined. The inner square is shaded.

If the area of the square is A, what is the area of the shaded area?

11. Two questions on basic angles i.e given a circle, a few chords or diameter is drawn etc.



12. If the follwoing statements are given

@(a,b)= (a+b)/2

/(a,b)= a/b

*(a,b)= ab

If a=1, b=2 then find

i) /(a,(@(a,b),*(a,b)))

ii) */(a,@(*(a,b)))

16. In UNIX a files i-node ......?

Ans. Is a data structure that defines all specifications of a file like the file size, number of lines to a file, permissions etc.



17. The UNIX shell ....

a) does not come with the rest of the system

b) forms the interface between the user & the kernal

c) does not give any scope for programming

d) deos not allow calling one program from with in another

e) all of the above

Ans. (b)



18. enum number { a=-1, b= 4,c,d,e}

What is the value of e ?

(a) 7

(b) 4

(c) 5

(d) 15

(e) 3



19. The very first process created by the kernal that runs till the kernal process is halts is

a) init

b) getty

c) both (a) & (b)

d) none of these

Ans. (a)



20. Output of the following program is

main()

{int i=0;

for(i=0;i<20;i++)

{switch(i)

case 0:i+=5;

case 1:i+=2;

case 5:i+=5;

default i+=4;

break;}

printf("%d,",i);

}

}

a) 0,5,9,13,17

b) 5,9,13,17

c) 12,17,22

d) 16,21

e) Syntax error

Ans. (d)



21. What is the ouptut in the following program?

main()

{char c=-64;

int i=-32

unsigned int u =-16;

if(c>i)

{printf("pass1,");

if(c

printf("pass2");

else

printf("Fail2");

}

else

printf("Fail1);

if(i

printf("pass2");

else

printf("Fail2")

}

a) Pass1,Pass2

b) Pass1,Fail2

c) Fail1,Pass2

d) Fail1,Fail2

e) None of these

Ans. (c)

IBM latest papers

IBM PAPER ON 13th DECEMBER 2007
Hi friendzzz,

Hope you all are busy wid the ongoing placements. To start with, let me introduce myself . I am Neelesh Bhattacharya, an M.S student from IIT Kharagpur. IBM visited our campus on 13th Dec and we were all quite nervous, as usual.

To begin, they announced that the selection procedure will consist of three rounds, namely, written, GD and interview. Then the story began.

The Written Test comprised of FOUR sections :

(a) Data Matrix : Series of questions were based on a single data matrix. The elements of the matrix were symbols like *, @, ? and also numbers like 1, 6, 7...The questions were like "If all ? are changed into 1, which row summation has the highest value". They will just test your swiftness and response to the querry.

(b) Find the missing number : All u have 2 do is 2 fing out the pattern in the given sequence and find out the missing number, quite easy but u should b fast coz 18 or 19 ques were 2 b solved in 4 min.

(c) Aptitude : General Aptitude...Problems on trains, age, percentage...etc...The R.S Aggarwal book should be enough 4 this part.

(d) Essay Writing : You have 2 write some 100 words on the given topic...Our topic was "Cricket is overshadowing other games in India". Try to be as pin-pointed as possible.

123 were short-listed for the GD round and the students were divided in groups of 8-10 each.

It was a very very nervy situation as two of the IBM people entered the room 2 start the proceedings. We were made 2 sit in a round table manner. They announced that the for the 1st part of it, everyone will speak about the topic 4 a min (sequentially) and in the next part there will be an open forum for 4 mins and finally 1 min for anybody or everybody to conclude.The topic given was "Should India sign the Nuclear Treaty"...In the open forum section, try 2 take the initiative before anybody does it, this shows the leadership quality in you. But avoid making a Fish-Market situation. Same is the case for the concluding section.

63 were short-listed from here and again I was one of the lucky ones.

Fasten you seatbelts now, as we have come to the Interview Round.

I was interviewed by two persons, both young and quite friendly. "Introduce yourself", "Why IBM".. were some of the common questions. Coming to the Technical part, I was asked to describe the area of my Research in details and also it's application in a practical scenario. It was followed by series of questions on Software Engineering, like SW life cycle phases, testing methods, ISO/SI CMM...etc. Finally a few puzzles on probability and general intelligence.It was quite okay and I was confident abt the selection.

At 12 in the night the results came out & 32 were selected & I was one of them. Hopefully this info will help u in ur placements.

All the Best

IBM PAPER ON 27th JULY AT ALLAHABAD
hi friends, i am extremely happy to contribute some of my experiences with you. ibm visited our campus on 27th july,you have to be very attentive from the begining right from the presentation of the company,you should listen and understand all the things that are being told by the company deligate.understand all things about the comapany like in what areas the comapny is working on and all the details that are displayed there.

after this presentation a wriiten test was conducted,the written test looks very tough but the only thing you have to keep in mind that you have to perform upto your potential,do not get disheartend if you are not able to attempt less question in any section.
WRITTEN TEST
1. Data Matrices-
• 3 data matrices
• 5 questions from each
• Total 15 questions
• Time: 13 minutes
• No negative marking
Mark all as there is no negative marking for this section,firstlly draw a corresponding matric and go through the questions you will find them easy now.
2. Number Series-
• 20 questions
• Time: 4 minutes
• Negative marking: 1/4 each
Try to attempt at least 10 correctly. Be careful as there is negative marking. Don't make blind guess. It is very easy section. Very simple series will be there,do not go through fast,and do not panic you will find the pattern of series easily.
3. Quantitative Ability/Analytical Section-
• 12 questions
• Time:15 minutes
• Negative marking: 1/4 each
• Tricky questions from Profit & Loss, Time and Distance, Time and Work, Ratio and Proportion, Simple and Compound Interests etc.
Try to attempt at least 5 correctly. Be careful as there is negative marking. Don't make blind guess. One thing that you should remember is TIME MANAGEMENT. We were told to write an essay on "Importance of communication in IT industry" within 15 minutes.
GROUP DISCUSSION
Our topic was "SHOULD INDAIN BRAINS GO OUTSIDE OR NOT.....THE BRAIN DRAIN PROBLEM". There were 10 persons in a group and duration was around 15 minutes. First 10 minutes were for open discussion and then everybody was given 30 seconds to summarize. Express your views only. It is not necessary that you have to take one side; speak your points confidentailly,do not look towards the examner try to convince others on your points,if it does not happen,do not get panic as they only want from you to spaek confidently,so be confident.
AFTER THE GROUP DISCUSSION PERSONAL INTERVIEW WAS THERE.........quesion asked in order from me..
1.hi plz be seated,gave her hand to say hello,do it confidence.sit down saying thanks sir
2.he will go through your resume..saw my resume and said you are looking very samrt in this pic...he only wants to see your response...say thanks sir
3.asked about by hometown
4.what your father do..i replied he has got a small scale business,and he has been in this from last 30 yaers,he said quiet a long time in business..i said yes sir.
5.so your father has got a small scale business,so why do you want to switch to software field................i replied i have seen my father doing a lot of hardships,and no one will want that his son should also go through these hardships.
6.asked about my family...
7.then again go through the resume..asked about my area of interest....i replied...dbms,data structurs....he asked any one else i said ya sir many more....
8.ok dear i do not know anything about DBMS tell me waht is dbms.....it was like a gift question to me i explained it right from begining starting from its features, how to farme how to manipulte the database,how to access the database,what sharing means in dbms.about querying from the databse.....i explained it for about ten minutes..he was quiet impressed said GOOD
9.asked about querying from database..how it can be done....i replied sir it can be done using sql query...
10.what are differenet type of data structures...easy one...
11.what does data mean...wher data resides in a system..easy one
12.again go through the resume...the question i was expecting my percentage....you have 75 in 10th than a downfall of 8% in 12th,than again a downfall of 6% in B.Sc,can i know the reason.... i replied sir i have not a keen interest in organic chemistry,i have got good marks in math and physics but i only oftenly read organic chemistry....ok tell the formula of benzene..ireplied..than asked formula of methyl alcohol and then formula of ethyl alcohol....i replid than he asked the difference between then....i said i dont know sir....said i think you still do not go through organic chemistry...
13.ok you said that your father has done a lot of hardships,so what have you learnt from your father....i replied.... i told the whole stroy of mine after 12th when i started giving engeeneering entrance...i never gt a good rank so he always says to to me....."never got dishaertend,you are not getting success does not mean that you will not succeed anytime,everytime you will learn something from the faillures and one day you will definitely succeed.
14.ok why ibm.....easy one for me prepare it..
15.you are sent to a department in ibm you are not interested...you are not willing to go....waht will you do... i said sir i have gone through the presentation and if any employee is sent to an other department he is given a propr trainig....he was impressed said it means you were attentive there....
16.still you are forced to go there..what will you do....i said sir i have to work for the company,for the welfare of company,so i will learn that thing and go forward for it...he said good
17.ok your weakness..easy one
18.what are your hobbies
19.which game you have played here
20.ok wah thave you learnt here..after coming to this college...
and many more questions of these types only.....what matters is that be confident and reply what your hart permits. and what matters most is "HAVE FAITH IN GOD, HE IS ALMIGHTY"
BEST OF LUCK
VICKY

IBM PAPER ON 25th JULY AT BANGALORE
hi friedz.. its joy..just day before yesterday IBM GBS came to our college....friendz let me tell u one thing cracking IBM is very easy..very very easy.beleive me..I am a MCA student..in our college they conducted only 2 rounds.we were very lucky 4 dat.
first apti was started at around 10am.out of 86 only 18 could clear dat.apti was damn easy.but the thing is time managament.teme mngt. killed others.u have to be en efficient in time mangnt..from this year they have changed thepattern..they dont get from any consultancy.they prepare it by their own..
anyhow it had 3 sections.
in sec 1 there was matrix kind of problem.like xchange p by 3 or v by m sumthing like dat.and ans the question. again i am telling apti is easy.but u have to b faster like sakuntala devi..and 4 everey sections u will b given some time. there was no negative marks.this section was quite tricky..
next sec comes series completion..total 20 ques. time only 4 min.-ve marking is there..
next comes arithmetic reasoning..it was quite easy but in twisted manner..-ve marking was there. total no of ques was 20.and time was 15..
at last easy was also there.our topic was "eng should not accept job outside country"..
out of 86 only they selectd 18 members..thanks to god i was there one of them..
after 2 hours i was called for tech/hr interview..they asked me few ques. from my project, S.E., c, c++, dbms.. my interview was quite ok ok.
they asked me about ..s/w process model,iteration model,cokies,class,functioin overriding ect ect..
after 2 hour they announced the result. thanks to god my name was there.hav become IBMer...from 18 only 11 got placed, where 4 were from MCA..so friends dont get scare. just think u can do it..belive on u believe on god. it was my 4th attemp.
ok friendz best of luck to all of u...meet u in IBM..

IBM PAPER ON 25th JULY AT BANGALORE
hi friedz.. its joy..just day before yesterday IBM GBS came to our college....friendz let me tell u one thing cracking IBM is very easy..very very easy.beleive me..I am a MCA student..in our college they conducted only 2 rounds.we were very lucky 4 dat.
first apti was started at around 10am.out of 86 only 18 could clear dat.apti was damn easy.but the thing is time managament.teme mngt. killed others.u have to be en efficient in time mangnt..from this year they have changed thepattern..they dont get from any consultancy.they prepare it by their own..
anyhow it had 3 sections.
in sec 1 there was matrix kind of problem.like xchange p by 3 or v by m sumthing like dat.and ans the question. again i am telling apti is easy.but u have to b faster like sakuntala devi..and 4 everey sections u will b given some time. there was no negative marks.this section was quite tricky..
next sec comes series completion..total 20 ques. time only 4 min.-ve marking is there..
next comes arithmetic reasoning..it was quite easy but in twisted manner..-ve marking was there. total no of ques was 20.and time was 15..
at last easy was also there.our topic was "eng should not accept job outside country"..
out of 86 only they selectd 18 members..thanks to god i was there one of them..
after 2 hours i was called for tech/hr interview..they asked me few ques. from my project, S.E., c, c++, dbms.. my interview was quite ok ok.
they asked me about ..s/w process model,iteration model,cokies,class,functioin overriding ect ect..
after 2 hour they announced the result. thanks to god my name was there.hav become IBMer...from 18 only 11 got placed, where 4 were from MCA..so friends dont get scare. just think u can do it..belive on u believe on god. it was my 4th attemp.
ok friendz best of luck to all of u...meet u in IBM..

IBM interview experiances

IBM PAPER ON 26th JUNE AT PUNE
Hi all…
IBM… International Business Machines also known as Big Blue conducted campus at MIT on 26th June, 2007. Students were from PVG, SKNCOE, SCOE and MIT.

Criterion was aggregate 60% (For 5 semesters). Nearly 95 students got short listed from the aptitude test. Further 72 cleared the Group Discussion and finally 59 got through. I was one of them.

1. Aptitude Test: It was very interesting.
It had 3 sections:
• Matrix Manipulation: Three 5*5 matrices were given and there were 5 Qs on each matrix such as interchanging rows and columns, replacing one symbol by other, etc. (15 Qs in 13 min) there was no –ve marking for this section, so, I attempted all Qs.
• Series completion: 20 Qs to be solved in 4 min. It had -1/4 marking. So, I attempted only 18.
• Quantitative: 12 Qs in 17 min. It had -1/4 marking. I attempted only 7 Qs.
This section was a bit tough.

2. Group discussion:
Topic for our group was ‘Should Politicians be Honest?’
We were a group of 16 students.
It was an extempore. Each one had to stand up and present his/her views.

3. Interview (At around 10 pm)
Interviewer: Ajay
(Last Interview of the day!!)
Ajay: Finally…
Gauri: Yeh…Good Evening, Sir.
Ajay: So, what do you feel about being the last one to be interviewed?
Gauri: I got to know the questions that you asked to all my friends…
Ajay: Oh, really?? What did they tell you??
Gauri: They told me that you asked
1. Tell me something about yourself?
2. Why IBM?

Ajay: That’s it??
Gauri: Yeh.
Ajay: (smiling) These are just to start the interview..!! (I just smiled.)
Ajay: Tell me some things which you don’t like about your college…
Gauri: Sir, our college conducts re-tests if we have not cleared the regular unit test, and they send the reports back home.
Ajay: They really do that??
Gauri: Ya, they do.
Ajay: Have you ever given the re-test?
Gauri: Yes sir, 2-3 times. Because we were busy in Firodiya Karandak practice…
Ajay: (Interrupting me…) Have you done Firodiya??
Gauri: Yes sir.
Ajay: As what?
Gauri: As a Singer. I sung a Telugu song in S.E. and a Portuguese Song in T.E.
Ajay: Do you know something?? I am a musician… I have all instruments at my home. I have a reserved floor for music in my bunglow. IBM has it’s own band and we perform all over the world. I am the president of IBM club.
(He was going through my resume.)
Ajay: So, should I grill you on c++ or java??
Gauri: Yes Sir, you can.
Ajay: (smiled) Should I??
Gauri: You can, sir.
Ajay: Anyways, you are watching me since morning, what do you think about me??
Gauri: (Thought for a while) Sir, you are pretty honest and can go naughty at times.. and I think you don’t really prefer job hopping. Do you play guitar??
Ajay: I play all instruments…
Ajay: Do you know, IBM takes special care of it’s women employees?? IBM has won the Best Employer award for 10-15 years…
(I just nodded.)
Ajay: Ok…tell me something about yourself…
Gauri: I am from Bombay ..
(He immediately stopped me)
Ajay: Bombay or Mumbai??
Gauri: Mumbai…Are you from Mumbai?
Ajay: No, But its like my second home. Why did you think that I am from Mumbai??
Gauri: A person who is so particular about saying Mumbai and not Bombay must be closely related with the city…
(He just smiled)
Ajay: Continue…
Gauri: I love computers. I never get bored of them. It can be gaming or surfing..
Ajay: (Interrupting me…) So, which was the last site you surfed?
Gauri: It was IBM.
Ajay: What did you like about it?
Gauri: Sir, I loved the latest logo in which ‘I’ is shown by vertically drawn eye and ‘B’ is represented by a honeybee.
Ajay: It is not really a logo…
Gauri: Ya, not exactly… but that particular picture…
Ajay: Ok. What is IBM’s slogan?
Gauri: What makes you special!!!
(He nodded in appreciation.)
Gauri: Sir, actually I didn’t know this but my mother messaged me after I told her that I have cleared the G.D and have to go for the interview.
(He smiled.)
Ajay: So, do you want to ask anything?
Gauri: Sir, when did you join IBM?
Ajay: I am with IBM since last 4 years. Before that I was working with a Japanese company.
Gauri: Sir, and what about the training?
Ajay: Training will be for 3-6 months depending upon the project requirements.
Anything else you want to ask?
Gauri: No sir.
Ajay: Sure?
Gauri: Yes sir.
Ajay: (Smiling) Ok…So, now you will tell your mother immediately about the interview??
Gauri: (Smiling) Yes sir.
Ajay: Do you think I will select you?
Gauri: Yes sir.
Ajay: Are you sure?
Gauri: 100% sir.
Ajay: confident?
Gauri: Absolutely Sir…
Ajay: (Smiling) Anyways, it was nice interacting with you..
Gauri: Thank you, sir.
Ajay: Wait for the results now…
Gauri: Yes sir. Bye.
Ajay: Bye.

Finally, around 10: 50 pm results were declared and Expression Of Responsibility was given to us!!!!
I wish you all the very best… c u in IBM…
Gauri Joglekar




IBM PAPER ON 2nd JUNE
Hai friends I am SATISH BODDU
I have been selected for IBM IN CAMPUS PLACEMENT conducted at BITS, Warangal ,A.P ON 2nd JUNE 2007. A total of 1406 students appeared 4 written test and around 220 were selected in written.
We were asked to write the ESSAY along with written test .Written test was started around 10.30 AM and ended around 12 noon which comprised of ESSAY also. Results were anounced around 3.00 PM.
GDs for 220 students started around 3.30 PM and ended at 5 PM I think so. Results were anounced at 6 PM and 164 were selected in GD.
They held INTERVIEWS on next day .There were no results after tech interview many of the students were directly forwarded to HR and some of them were rejected and they told them this directly. All the interviews were completed at 4PM . They announced the final results and 79 students were selected atlast.
WITH GOD’S GRACE I WAS ONE OF THEM. Let me explain u each phase in detail
1.WRITTEN TEST
A. VERBAL ABILITY(10marks):
1,.2) ques on prepositions
3) nearest meaning of apathetic
a) ….. b) sympathetic c)indifferent d)inattentive
4) ……… did not agree him.(ans is with)
a)at b)to c)with d)by
5) _ clown of that circus became famous for his antics.(article)
6-10 a RC on pollengrains, reproduction in flowers thru bees ………something like that
This was the easiest RC I have ever seen in any company’s written test.
B.APTITUDE(25 marks):
It consisted of 25 questions believe there was not even a single question from objective arthmetic(ie, trains, boats&streams ,time &distance etc .Please don’t waste ur time in preparing 4 arthmetic)
Almost all the ques r 4m VERBAL REASONING only (RS AGGARWAL is more than enough)
1-5) out of 600 students 536 have credit cards (AMEX,MASTER ,VISA CARDS)……….(a bit hard try this section with inter 1st year maths(A.P))
Draw the venn diagram with 3 circls intersecting
1)How many had MASTER card
2) How many had only MASTER card
3)How many had VISA card
4) How many had only VISA card
5) How many had AMEX card
I think difference betn 1 & 2 answers is 41 and 3 &4 is 21( have a wise guess its easy then)
Three ques on DIRECTION SENSE (easy)6 . A person starts behind is house which faces to east and walks 50m an turns left walks 100m ……… in wht direction he is from his house.
7. If NORTH is SOUTH-WEST then SOUTH-EAST is (ans is NORTH)
8. I dint remember5 ques on DATA SUFFIENCY(think well then it is easy)
5 QUES on if $ is 1 and * is 0 (just binary representations) then
444 is represented as
125 is represented as
So on Remaining questions were on BLOOD RELATIONS ,PROBLEMS ON AGES etc
C. ATTENTION TO DETAIL(10 marks):
3 Questions were asked on below pattern
1. Find any dissimilarity. a)234222272451 b) 23422272451 c)234222272451 d) 2342272451
2. Strings are given as a. 66749384879456 b. 6674934879456 c. 6674934879456
3. a)CCBDABBC b)CCBDABBC c)…….. d)………
3 Questions on if + stands for * ,/ stands for - ,* stands for / and / stands for + then Find the value of given expressionsRemaining 4 questions are on a case study A person is eligible for a job if passed his degree in Science with aggregate over 60% and willing to pay a bond of RS 2 lakhs for 2 years ………..
If the person fails to satisfy any of mentioned criteria then he has to report Manager or Administrative officer …………………
D . TECHNICAL(10 marks)
3 questions are from C (easy) 3 questions from DBMS (very tough) 3 questions are from unix(easy 4 comp students) I didn’t remember the missing question sorry(I think its 4m OS)
That’s it 4 written test RS AGGARWAL(VERBAL REASONING) and any elementary English Book 4 grammar all the above 2 days before exam is more than enough to crack IBM WRITTEN That is what I had and what I did.
2.ESSAY
Topic was "EXERCISE IS GOOD FOR HEALTH" We were given 15 mins just after written and asked to write in not more than 200 words
3.GD
After we entered the room all the rules were changed it was not a GD but just like JAM. We were 10 in group and each of us was given 2mins to speak on the topic along with our introduction. Panel members were free with us they havent stopped any of us though we ran out of time .
They want u speak .Thats it. Our topic was "ENGINEERS SHUDNT ACCEPT JOBS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES" 8out of 10 were selected in GD from my group.
4.TECH INTERVIEW:
U cant distinguish tech and HR in IBM both go on same lines
For me there was a lady ,i think she was frm kerala or karnataka,she doesn,t know telugu .
First of all i stood at the door waiting for call frm her, then i entered the room ,it was comp. lab .

MAM : tell me abt ur self …………..

Then she asked me about my projects ,i explained each n every thing
Here only I scored much more marks
Then she asked me abt team management, how can i manage my team members in different situations,i was aware of this sort of questions , so prepared earliar and answered PERFECTLY.

Then she asked me some 7 questions frm my core subject(am frm MECHANICAL BRANCH).I answered correctly 6 questions .
TURBINE TYPES,HEAT TRANSFER,FLUID DYNAMICS,STRN OF MAT., etc........


Then she asked me about 1)Arrays ,2)Pointers 3)Structures
I ANSWERED CORRECTLY for 2 only...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

she laughed at my answeres , i too gave smile***


she then asked me to wait outside for HR, it took me 55min to clear this round .

She then came out of the cabin and sugested me to learn basics of computer languages, as am frm MECHANICAL.
************ HERE ONLY I SMELLED MY SUCCESS ************

HR
Here is final round for me ,i entered the room ,where hr was sitting ,he asked me to take the seat .

I slowly sat on the chair(Normal plastic chair ).It was comfortable to sit in it .as there was AC in the room.
Then he shook hands with me and askad my name and introduced himself by telling his name his position in IBM,
I was confused for a while that ,interview is 4 me or 4 him.Like that he was so cool that i feel at home with him,at that moment .
SO REMEMBER TO BE COOL WHILE TALKING ,no one is going to beat u there ,okay.........

Then he asked me abt myself ,my projects, my innovative ideas,as i bagged STATE 2ND PRIZE FOR MY PROJECT,

Then he asked abt IBM, team management ,why software job 4 a mechanical student ,my interested areas in IBM, why IBM
............IT TOOK 1 HOUR FOR ME TO GIVE PERFECT ANSWERS TO HIM.....YOU MUST BE SPONTANEOUS
TO ANY QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!!!! OKAY........REMEMBER.

Then he asked me , DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING "IBM".

Firstly i hesitated to ask but he forced to ask........

So i asked like this
"WHY IBM IS INTERESTED IN TAKING GIRLS AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPED "he then asked me to listen his words,he has given explanation to abt 30min. and then he asked me to wait out side to know the results .
I think abt 1 hr. latter results were announced and ........................................
" I WAS ONE AMONG THE SELECTED CANDIDATES"

IBM PAPER ON 10th MAY AT SURAT
hello everyone, this is the pattern of placement paper for ibm global which came to my campus on 10th May . 192 out of 390 were selected for GD round and 34 got eliminated after GD. In all 114 were finally selected which was a record for them as well as for my college.

written test consisted of three section first one was verbal reasoning which consisted of some articles n prepositions. A reading comprehension was also asked, this was tricky one and no question could be answered directly. there were 10 questions in all.
second section was aptitude related. Believe me it was the easiest test i ever gave. there were different sections. in all 35 questions were to be answered.5 were related to venn diagram prob,there was a section about binary nos.$ denoted 1 and @ denoted 0.all we had to do was turn each given relation to its binary equivalent and then replace each 1 by $ and each 0 by @.5 questions were about logical reasoning,20 questions were general questions like time, man power n probability questions, very simple u can do them at one go if u hav average iq.
The third section consisted of technical questions,3 were c lang related,3 on unix,2 on data structure n 2 on dbms specially sql.
GD was more of elimination rather than selection, make it a point to speak some good points and do speak fr some time . just speak and u r thru.
Personal interview
hr: wats ur name
me: sir abhinav
hr: hav a seat mr.abhinav
me: thank u sir
hr: so mr. abhinav u r frm electrical stream and u r having such a good cgpa then y u want to go to IT sector
me: sir before coming to this col i was not knowing wats good for me and where my interest lies.after coming here i tried my hands on programming n found tht i m quite good at it and it intersts me very much,i think u can only grow in tht field in which u hav interest.
hr: ok wat all subjects hav u read
me: sir i hv read fundamental of c prog,8085 microprocessor, digital circuits...(always mak it a point to tel only those subjects which involve logic or programming, try to skip core subjects lik power sys n control sys fr electrical...he will stop u after u tel him 3 , 4 subjects)
hr: so u know c lang..
me: yes sir
hr: okk ,so how much u rate urself in c
me: sir i m the best in this col regarding algorithm development, infact i m sure i can compete with any comp. science student regarding logic development(believe me u shld b confident enough to say tht, it was a risk n i took it but if u r not tht good in c just say tht u knw basics of c...or whatever u feel is appropriate)
hr: really,so can u tel me algorithm used by google search engine...
me:( was bit nervous) sir i dont knw exactly bt i can try..
hr: ya sure try try
me:blah blah blah
hr: so u knw wats binary search
me:(tht was very easy) blah blah blah
hr: tel me if i giv u a array of 1000 nos,all in ascending order in hw many iterations will binary search b completed?
me: sir 10 because 2 to pwr 10 is 1024 ...
hr: yes thts good ,i m impressed
me: thank u sir
hr: u told me u r very good in prog... can u supprt ur claim.
me: yes sir i hav won one c programming contest n was 11 in c online comp.. out of 200 odd teams.
hr: good so what all programs u did..
me: told him and then he asked me to explain one of the prog..was quite easy
hr: wats diff btwn do while n while
me: (told was easy)
hr: wats pointer
me: (easy)
hr: ok so do u want to ask us any question..
me: askd 1-2 questions,(if thy ask u this questions its quite sure u r thru...)
hr: u gav bangalore as ur preference can u tel y?
me: gave sm funda(never say thers more oppurtunity or smthng lik tht.
hr: thank u abhinav it was very nice meeting u
me: thank u sir ,it was mine pleasure.
see clearing ibm is very easy if u hav good pointer or if hav good marks in their written test, mine score was 43 out of 55 ,highest ws 48 (can b higher this is best to my knowledge) and i think cut off was 35(can b lower also). its easy fr girls ,if girls r in interview its vry rare they will b eliminated (they prefer girls). I don,t think they had sectional cut off, they will make u write essay but its hardly ever read bfr interview.

IBM PAPER ON 26th MAY
hi friends, I have given the IBM paper today(26/5/2007) at CRR College,elurr.
The procedure follows:
1. written test (with a essay)
2. JAM
3. TR
4. HR
Its very easy to crack the paper,but the only thing needed is good time mangment.
The paper consisted of 4 sections:
1. Aptitude(venn diagrams,some quant)
2. verbal(comprehensions,fill with appropriate words)
3. technical(just 15 out of 55, these are too from unix,dbms,C++)
4. and finally they asked us to write an essay on "Agriculture in INDIA"
And this was the major elimination round becoz out of 1,270 only 243 qualified written. And the results were announced 3hours later, and i got selected in the written, then they called us for group discussions,but they conducted JAM(just a minute) and the topic was "DO CRICKET OVERSHADES ALL OTHER GAMES"and this is very easy topic and some other pannels have given topics like"globalisation,films,outsourcing....etc"
and even in this out of 243 people only 181 could clear this round.
And on the next day they have conducted TR and HR.
Actually to say the IBM,s HR,s are very friendly,and they recieve us with cute smiles on their faces which will make us to present ourself confidently.
now my technical interview goes like this,
ME: good morning sir.
SIR: A very good morning, how,s the day.
ME: its pretty sir.
SIR: fine,tell me about ur self.
ME: sir, my name is aparna and ............................;
SIR:what,s ur favorite subject.
ME: sir it,s "digital communications" as i am from ece.
SIR: alright then give me a brief idea about digital communications. i told sir about communications since the early stages and gave him a brief idea, and he posed some questions from what i have told him.
SIR:how can u prove ur self to be more innovative?
i gave him some examples of my projects and my leader ship qualities.
SIR:which feild do u choose to work?
ME: I want to work in communications side.
SIR:if i give u the job of software engineer then..
ME: Sir, ............................

IBM old papers

IBM Placement Paper

APTITUDE TEST
*****************************************************
Missing letter

1).eefgghii-
(Ans j)
2)
3)defdefghi- (Ans g)
4)cdexyzfghxyz-
(Ans i)
5)defdegde- (h)
6)abczabcyabc- (x)
7)fgbhibjkb- (l)
8)- - - - -
(Ans is r)
9)aarbsctarb- (s)
10)bccdeefg- (g)
11)efhikl- (n)
12)abccdeffg- (h)
13amnbopc- (q)
14)tttssrqqqp- (p)
15)ddffhhjj- (l)
16)mnmnklopopkl- (q)
17)cddeeefff- (f)
18)gfed- (c)
19)dfhjl- (n)
20)abcijdefij (g)
21)efgefghefghi- (e
)22)bcbdedfgfhi- (h)
23)aababccdc- (d)
24)aibcidef- (i)
25)cehl- (q)
26)abdehimn- (s) check again
27)becfdge- (h)
28)agbhc- (i)
29)adhko- (r)
30)efghjklno- (q)
31)aedhg- (k)
32aeibf- (j)
33)zdwgt- (J)
34)zeyijxg- ()find
35)cqreuvg- (y)
36)ksjtiuh- (v)
37)rsjtuhvw- (f)
38)ieajfbk- (g)
39)hebifej- (g)
40)hjlmiel- (h)

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TOTAL 60 QUE'S 25-PROBLEMS & 35 FIGURES(figure series,wehave to find next coming figure)

HERE 13 PROB'S ARE THERS.REMAINING ALSO ALMOST LIKE THIS .
1) A boy multiplied a number with 10 and got 100,insted ofdividing it . If he devided it what would be the answer?
(Ans is 1)

2)If 12 shell cup board requires 18ft of wall space then30 " " " " how much wall space?
(Ans is 45)

3)The average salary of three employee is 95Rs.per week.If one employee earns 115 and other earns 65 rupees.how much will third be earn?
(Ans is 105Rs)

4)A company instaled 36 punching machines at the begining ofthe year.In the spring they instaled 9 additional m/c'sand then discontinued 18 in the fall.How many were stillinstalled at the end of the year?
(Ans is 9)check

5)During a given week a programmer spend 1/4 of his timepreparing charts,3/8 of his time for coding,rest of his timefor debugging the programs.If he had 48 hrs during the weekhow many hours did he spend debugging the program.
(Ans is 18hrs)

6)A 16 story building has 12000ft on each floor. Company Arents 7 floors and company B rents 4 floors. What is thenumber of square feet of unrented floor space?
(Ans is 60000 sqft)

7)A man owns 2/3 of a computer service buroue business andsells 3/4 of his share for $75000.What is the value of thebusiness.
(Ans is 150,000)

8)A computer printer produces 176400 lines in a given day.If the printer was in operation for 7hrs during the dayhow many lines did it print per minute?
(Ans is 420)

9)From its total income a company spent $20000 for advertisinghalf of the remainder on salaries and had $6000 left.Whatwas the total income?
(Ans is $32000)

10)In a certain company 20% of the men and 40% of the womenattended the annual company picnic.If 35% of all the emplo-yees are men .What % of all the employee went to the picnic?(Ans is 33%)
11)The dimensions of certain IBM m/c are 48"*30". If thesize of the m/c is increased proportionally until thesum of its dimensions equals to 156".What will be theincrease in the shortest side?
(Ans is 30)

12)If a card punch operator can process 80 cards in half an hourHow many cards can this process in 7hr30min?
(Ans is 1200)

13)In a computer tape library there are two racks with 40 tapesper rack.In a given day 30 tapes are in use . What fraction remains in the rack?
(Ans is 5/8)
IBM PLACEMENT PAPER 3

This time he has not given the number series.

Apptitude:

part 1 : letter sevies.
part 2 : figures
part 3 : quantitave


Technical:
Most question are on Unix and some in C and some in windows 3.1
All question in Unix are From Kernighan & pike
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TISL

Part 1

It consists of number series.In some institutes alphabetical series is given instead of number series.Iam having number series. Please go through the alphabetical tests also.

1. 19,24,20,25,21,26,?
ans:22
2. 11,14,12,15,13,16,?
ans: 14
3. 10,2,8,2,6,2,?
a:4
4. 8,9,11,14,,18,23,?
a:29
5. 25,25,22,22,19,19,?
a:16
6. 14,2,12,4,10,6,?
a:8
7. 7,16,9,15,11,14,?
a:13
8. 40,42,39,44,38,46,?
a:37
9. 3,18,4,24,5,30,?
a:6
10. 18,20,22,20,28,20,?
a:22
11. 18,20,10,12,4,6?
a:0
12. 7,6,8,5,3,7,?
a:4
13 9,18,21,25,20,?
a:30
14 3,3,4,8,10,36,?
a:33
15.30,28,25,20,34,28,?
a:21
16. 4,8,16,32,64,128,?
a:256
17. 8,16,24,32,40,48,?
a:56
18. 13,11,14,12,15,13,?
a:16
19. 6,18,36,108,216,648,?
a:1296
20. 4,4,8,8,16,16,?
a:32
21. 2,6,18,54,162,486,?
a:1458
22. 4,20,35,49,62,74,?
a:85
23. 10,18,15,23,20,28,?
a:25
24. 4,10,8,14,12,18,?
a:16
25 10,15,12,17,14,10,?
a:16

part 2 consists of non-verbel reasoning(figures).So it is impossible for me to send those.(25 questions)part 3 (quantitative)

1.A clerk multiplied a number by ten when it should have been divided by ten.The ans he got was 100.what should the ans have been?
a:1

2.If Rs20/- is available to pay for typing a research report & typist A produces 42 pages and typist B produces 28 pages.How much should typist A receive?
a:Rs12/-

3.The average salary of 3 workers is 95 Rs. per week. If one earns Rs.115 and second earns Rs.65 how much is the salary of the 3rd worker.
Ans.105.

4.A 16 stored building has 12000 sq.feet on each floor. Company A rents 7 floors and company B rents 4 floors. What is the number of sq.feet of unrented floor space.
Ans.60000

5. During a given week A programer spends 1/4 of his time preparing flow chart, 3/8 of his time coding and the rest of the time in debugging the programs. If he works 48 hours during the week , how many hours did he spend debugging the program.
Ans. 18.

6. A company installed 36 machines at the beginning of the year. In March they installed 9 additional machines and then disconnected 18 in August. How many were still installed at the end of the year.
Ans. 27

7. A man owns 2/3 of the market research beauro business and sells 3/4 of his shares for Rs. 75000. What is the value of Business.
Ans.150000

8. If 12 file cabinets require 18 feet of wall space, how many feet of wall space will 30 cabinets require?
Ans.45

9.A computer printer produced 176,400 lines in a given day. If the printer was in operation for seven hours during the day, how many lines did it print per minute?
Ans.420

10. From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising, half of the remainder on commissions and had Rs.6000 left. What was its total income?
Ans.32000

11. On Monday a banker processed a batch of cheques, on Tuesday she processed three times as many, and on Wednesday she processed 4000 cheques. In the three days, she processed 16000 cheques. How many did she process on Tuesday?
Ans.9000

12. The cost of four dozen proof machine ribbons and five dozen accouting machine ribbons was Rs.160/-. If one dozen accounting machine ribbons cost Rs.20/-, what is the cost of a dozen proof machine ribbons?
Ans.Rs.15

13. If a clerk can process 80 cheques in half an hour, how many cheques can she process in a seven and one half hour day?Ans.1200

14. In a library, there are two racks with 40 books per rack. On a given dya, 30 books were issued. What fraction remained in the racks?
Ans.5/8

15. The average length of three tapes is 6800 feet. None of the tapes is less than 6400 feet. What is the greatest possible length of one of the other tapes?
Ans.7600

16. A company rented a machine for Rs.700/- a month. Five years later the treasurer calculated that if the company had purchased the machine and paid Rs.100/- monthly maintenance charge, the company would have saved Rs.2000/-. What was the purchase price of the machine?
Ans.Rs.34000

17. Two computers each produced 48000 public utility bills in a day. One computer printed bills at the rate of 9600 an hour and the other at the rate of 7800 an hour. When the first computer finished its run, how many bills did the other computer still have to print?
Ans.9000

18. If a salesman's average is a new order every other week, he will break the office record of the year. However, after 28 weeks, he is six orders behind schedule. In what proportion of the remaining weeks does he have to obtain a new order to break the record?
Ans.3/4

19. On a given day, a bank had 16000 cheques returned by customers. Inspection of the first 800 cheques indicated that 100 of those 800 had errors and were therefore the available immediately for data processing. On this basis, hwo many cheques would be available immediately for data processing on that day?
Ans.14000

20. A company figured it needed 37.8 sq.feet of carpot for its reception room. To allow for waste, it decided to order 20% more material than needed. Fractional parts of sq.feet cannot be ordered. At Rs.9/- a sq.feet, how much would the carpet cost?
Ans.
a.Rs.324 b) Rs.405 c) Rs.410 d) Rs.414 e) Rs.685

21. A tape manufacturer reduces the price of his heavy duty tape from Rs.30/- to Rs.28/- a reel and the price of a regular tape from Rs.24/- to Rs.23/- a reel. A computing centre normally spends Rs.1440/- a month for tapes and 3/4 of this is for heavy duty tapes. How much will they save a month under the new prices?
Ans.Rs.87

22. In a team of 12 persons, 1/3 are women and 2/3 are men. To obtain a team with 20% women how many men should be hired?
Ans.8

23. The dimensions of a certain machine are 48" X 30" X 52". If the size of the machine is increased proportionately until the sum of its dimensions equals 156", what will be the increase in the shortest side?
Ans. 6"

24. In a certain company, 20% of the men and 40% of the women attended the annual company picnic. If 35% of all the employees are man, what percent of all the employees went to the picnic?
Ans.33%

25. It cost a college Rs.0.70 a copy to produce a Programme for the homecoming football game. If Rs.15,000/- was received for advertisements in the programme, how many copies at Rs.0.50 a copy must be sold to make a profit of Rs.8000/- ?
Ans. 35000

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In the first section there are 40 question's on letter series.
Very easy upto 25 and then slightly involved after that again last 10 questons are easy.
For example:
1. aa , bb, cc, --
2. a,c,e,g,-etc.,

Aptitude:
1. Out of 30 members, 9 are wearing shoes but not caps and 18 are wearing shoes, how many members are wearing only caps?
Ans: 12

2. Introducing a man a woman said “His wife is only daughter of my father”, how was that man related to that woman.
Ans: Husband

3. ABCD are four corners of square, if BD is diagonal. In how many ways we can travel from A to C.
Ans: 4

4. If a is an integer then the true statement is, a^2+a+1 is?
Ans: Odd

5. You are in a 400 meter race and you overtake last person, what position you are in?
(a) last but one (b) first but one (c) cannot overtake (d) unpredictable
Ans:

6. Flowers problem ,Key words 4 members, collecting different flowers
Ans: 344,142

C-Language:
1. int a[3][2][2] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12};
Printf (“%d”, a [2][1][0]);
Ans:11
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12

2. 2D array elements are stored in,
(a) Column major order
(b) Row major order
(c) Both

3. A Graph is called ____________ Graph if each edge is identified by an order pair
(a) directed
(b) undirected
(c) connected

4. Prototype of function consists of _______
Ans: all of the above

5. ____ is not a logical operator
(a) &
(b) &&
(c) !
(d) none
Ans: &

6. Which of the following statement is correct?
Ans: strcmp (s1,s2) returns 0 if s1==s2

7. How many times the program will print “hari”?
main
{
Printf(“hari);
main();
}
(a) Infinite number of times
(b) till the time stack doesn’t overflow

8. A character array, char a []= “ Have a nice day”; p is pointer to that, containing base address the p+=7 points to
(a) a
(b) e
(c) n
Ans: n

9. void main()
{
Printf”(%d”, main);
}
This program exists?
(a) yes
(b) no
Ans: yes

IBM@ REC Durgapur

IBM, Written test, 2000 (Rec Durgapur)
1. There are 12 persons seated in a room. If one half of the people belongto group A, one third belong to group B and one forth belong to both thegroups. How many dont belong to any group. ---5.

2. 1/5 is what part of 2/3 ans 3/10

3. A train passes a point in 20 secs and crosses a bicycle moving inopposite direction with a speed of 8 m/s in 15 secs. What is the length ofthe train?
ans 480m

4. A freight train starts from a station.After two hours a passenger traintravelling with a speed of 60mph.starts from the same station.both thetrains meet after four hours after the departure of the passengertrain.what is the speed of the freight train?
ans 40mph
5. A tank has a capacity of 3750cu.m. there r two taps fixed on it,onefilling the tank at 800cu m/min and second tap emptying at a rate of 300 cum/min.if the two taps r opened sccessively for one minute each,then afterhow much time the tank gets completely filled?
ans 14 5/16

6.The contract for painting three houses is given to three people.a canpaint each house in 6 days,b in 8 days & c in 12 days.a starts the work &continues for 8 days,b continues the work for 6 days then in how many days ccan finish the work?
ans 11

7.One edge of a square is the centre of a circlewith the two sides adjoiningthe edge of the square becoming the radii of the cirle.if the length of thearc described by the two radii(the two sides of the square)is 2 units.whatis the perimeter of the square.
ans 16 /PI OR 56/11
8. AB is perpendicular to BC, bc perpendicular to CD AB=8 cm BC=5 cm CD=4 cm
what is the shortest distance from A to D?
ans SQRT(41) OR 13

9. If 6 squares of equal size are placed side by side to form a rectangle ofperimeter 294cm, find the perimeter of each square.
ans 84

10.What is the length of a parrallelopiped of sides 3,4,7cms.
ans SQRT(74)

11.Correct definition of pi is
a. 3.14
b. 3.141257
c.22/7
d.ratio of circumferance and diameter
e. none of the above
ans D.

12.A fooball team played 60 matches out of which 30% were won by them. Ifthey start winning all the next matches after how many matches will theaverage winning rate be 50%
ans 24 MORE

13. Difference of ages of 2 persons is 9 and difference of squares of theages is 459. What is the age of the older person.
ans 30

14. There is a rectangular field of 110x70 cm size. If it is to be fencedsuch that the fence is placed alternative with a gap of 10cm and the fenceshould be present at the four corners. taking $2 per cm of fence. Find thecost of fencing.
ans 72 OR 400(????)

15. the figure having one line of symmetrya. squareb. equilateral triangle.c. isosceles triangled. rectangleans C

16. Which is greater?a. 0.3b. (0.3)^.5c. 2/5
ans B

17. If there are persons named 1 to n. If each person handshakes with allother persons whose no. is more than him, then how many handshakes arepossible.
ans N(N-1)/2

18. maximum value of 3x^2-4x+7
ans INFINITY

19. For travelling from A to C there are three choices
1. through a bridge from A to C of 20 miles length having a toll of 75centsper person
2. through a tunnel from A to C of 10 miles length having a toll of 25 centsper person
3. a toll free highway from A to B(eastwards)of 20 miles and then B to C(north west) 10 miles
which will be most economical?
bridge
tunnel
highway
none
ans HIGHWAY

20.if he wanna reach earliest what will he choose?
ans TUNNEL

21. If the employer of a firm going from A to C deducts some % of his basicsalary which he will choose(what factor will influence his preference)
bridge with less traffic
tunnel
cost of gasolenecost of toll on three modes

22.What is the shortest mode of travel from B to C
bridge
tunnel
highway
none??

23. What is the number of multiplications u have to undergo to multiply two
2x2 matrices
ans 8

24. What is the angle subtended by the hands of a clock when it is quaterpast one
ans52.5

25. If a particle is moving in a circle with const angular velocity then
a. radial acc. =0 tangential acc. =0
b. <>0 =0
c. =0 <>0
d. <>0 <>0
ans C

Aptitude section:

1. Time problem - Three persons A,B,C are waiting for Train.A has to wait for sometime twice the time b has to wait.B has to wait till 4:48 and c has to wait 4:57. What is the time now?(I,m not sure abt the question, but the answer is correct).
Ans : is 4.39
2.Problem on probability - What is the probablity of two persons among the four having birthday in he same month?
A. 75%
B. 50%
C. 33%
Ans : I dont know the answer.
3. A,s salary is 25% more than B,s salary.How much % is b,s salary on A,s salary?
Ans : It,s obviously 80%.
4. A problem on Boats and Streams...There is a river. A boy,s house is at the river bank and his school is on the other side of the river. The distance between house and school is 1/4 miles.The boy is going to school by swimming at the rate of 2.5mph.The river,s upstream is 2mph.How long will it take him to reach the
school?
Ans : 30min.
5. The diameter of a wheel is 1.26m.If this wheel rotates 500 rotations, how long it can travel?
Ans : 1.98km.
6. If the ratio of speed of a train is 5:4:6 then what is ratio of the time taken to cover same distance?
Ans : 12:15:10
7. If five buds can make a full cigarette, how many cigarettes can we make with 121 buds?
Ans : 30
8. The ratio of radii of two cylinders is 2:3 and the ratio of their heights is 5:3. If the volume of the bigger cylinder is 27,
then what is volume of the smaller one?
Ans : 20
9. If the sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9 less than the original number, then what is the 10s digit of the number?
Ans : 1
10. E N D
+ 5 G
---------
G A M E
---------
Here find the value of D?
Ans : 8
11. A squirrel problem :
Ans :
12. Some people are standing square. From them 32 are removed and then form a small square and then 8 more removed. now we cannot form the square. so how many people are there at the beginning?
Ans : 81
13. A grandpa,s age is sum of his four grandsons provided that the grandsons, ages are consecutive in number. Then what is the age of the grandpa?
Ans : 78
14.If 20 men can build a wall 56m long in 6 days, then what length of a similar wall can be built by 35 men in 3 days?
Ans : 49
15. If m power n = 121, then what is the value of (m-1) power (n+1)?
Ans : 1000
16. What is the condition for a singular matrix? Ans : All values of a row are 0 and all values of a column are
0.
Note: For a matrix A, to be singular, The determinant value of that matrix should be 0,ie, |A|=0
17. At 12 noon, Both hands of a clock meet together.After how many minutes can they meet again?
Ans : 65:45min
18. The average of first 50 natural numbers?
Ans : 25.5
19. There is 20 litre solution containing 10% water and 90% spirit. How much water should be added to make the solution
containing 25% water?
Ans : 4 litres.
20. There are 20,6 and 9 rupees notes. you have to form 99 rupees with minimum number of notes.At what minimum number of notes you can achieve this?
Ans : 8
Technical:
==========
1. An attribute in a table that is related with primary key of the another table is called...
Ans : Foreign key
2. The scope of the static varaible is...
Ans : function
3. Which of the following has the function scope?
A.Automatic
B.Static
C.Global
D.Goto label
E.All the above



IBM GLOBAL SERVICES Placement Papers and Sample Papers

IBM Recruitment Test


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

2. In A,B,C are having some marbles with each of them. A has given B and C the same number of marbles each of them already have. Then, B gave C and A the same number of marbles they already have.Then C gave A and B the same number of marbles they already have.At the end A,B,and C have equal number of marbles. (i) If x,y,z are the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively. Then the number of marbles B have at the end (a) 2(x-y-z)
(b) 4(x-y-z)
(c) 2(3y-x-z)
(d) x + y-z Ans.. (c) (ii) If the total number of marbles are 72, then the number of marbles with A at the starting (a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 32
(d) 39 Ans.. (d)

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

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

6. The values of shares (in Rs).of A, B and C from January to June are as follows.
Month A B C
January 30 60 80
February 35 65 85
March 45 75 65
April 40 75 82
May 55 75 85
June 50 75 80

i) During this period which share has undergone maximium fluctuation?
ii) In which month it is possible to buy B and C selling A?
iii) In which month the share values are very low?
iv) By purchasing one share of A and 4 each of B and C in the beginning of the period,
when shoudl these be sold to get maximum profit?

7. In a computer institute 9 languages can be taught. The module is of 6 months duration and of the six languages only one can be taught each month . In addition to that BASIC is always taught and should be in first month itself
• WORD PERFECT is to be taught in the preceeding week of WORD STAR.
• FORTRAN can not be taught until COBAL is taught prior to that
• BINO, FIFO can never be taught in single module
Languages are BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD PERFECT, FORTRAN, COBAL, BINO, FIFO, LOTUS, C
i) If word star is in 3rd month , what could be in 6th month.
ii) If COBAL is in the 2nd month and BINO in 6th month. FORTRAN will be taught in which month.
8. In a class, except 18 all are above 50 years.15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there
(a) 30
(b) 33
(c) 36
(d) none of these.
Ans.. (d)

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

10. In a square, all the mid points are joined. The inner square is shaded. If the area of the square is A, what is the area of the shaded area?
11. Two questions on basic angles i.e given a circle, a few chords or diameter is drawn etc.
12. If the follwoing statements are given
• @(a,b)= (a+b)/2
• /(a,b)= a/b
• *(a,b)= ab
If a=1, b=2 then find
i) /(a,(@(a,b),*(a,b)))
ii) */(a,@(*(a,b)))

13. If the follwoing statements are given
• (x#y) = x + y- xy
• (x*y) = (x + y)/2
i) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (x#y)#(x*y) < (x#y)
ii) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (a*b)#(b*c)< (a#b)*(b*c)

14. Export PS1 results in(PS1 pwd)
a) primary prompt being your current directory
b) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the current directory
c) primary prompt prompt being your home directory
d) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the home directory
e) None of the above.

15. If you type in the comman nohup sort employees > list 2 > error out & and log off ,the next time you log in, the output will be
a) in a file called list and the error will de typed in a file error out
b) there will be no file called list or error out
c) error will be logged in a file called list and o/p will be in error out
d) you will not be allowed to log in
e) none of the above
16. In UNIX a files i-node ......?
Ans.. Is a data structure that defines all specifications of a file like the file size, number of lines to a file, permissions etc.

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

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

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

20. Output of the following program is
main()
{int i=0;
for(i=0;i<20;i++)
{switch(i)
case 0:i+=5;
case 1:i+=2;
case 5:i+=5;
default i+=4;
break;}
printf("%d,",i);
}
}
a) 0,5,9,13,17
b) 5,9,13,17
c) 12,17,22
d) 16,21
e) Syntax error
Ans.. (d)

21. What is the ouptut in the following program
main()
{char c=-64;
int i=-32
unsigned int u =-16;
if(c>i)
{printf("pass1,");
if(c printf("pass2");
else
printf("Fail2");
}
else
printf("Fail1);
if(i printf("pass2");
else
printf("Fail2")
}
a) Pass1,Pass2
b) Pass1,Fail2
c) Fail1,Pass2
d) Fail1,Fail2
e) None of these
Ans.. (c)

22. In the process table entry for the kernel process, the process id value is
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 255
(e) it does not have a process table entry
Ans.. (a)
23. Which of the following API is used to hide a window
a) ShowWindow
b) EnableWindow
c) MoveWindow
d) SetWindowPlacement
e) None of the above
Ans.. (a)

24. What will the following program do?
void main()
{
int i;
char a[]="String";
char *p="New Sring";
char *Temp;
Temp=a;
a=malloc(strlen(p) + 1);
strcpy(a,p); //Line number:9//
p = malloc(strlen(Temp) + 1);
strcpy(p,Temp);
printf("(%s, %s)",a,p);
free(p);
free(a);
} //Line number 15//
a) Swap contents of p & a and print:(New string, string)
b) Generate compilation error in line number 8
c) Generate compilation error in line number 5
d) Generate compilation error in line number 7
e) Generate compilation error in line number 1
Ans.. (b)

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

26. PATH = /bin : /usr : /yourhome The file /bin/calender has the following line in it cal 10 1997The file/yourhome/calender has the following line in it cal 5 1997 If the current directory is /yourhome and calender is executed
a) The calendar for May 1997 will be printed on screen
b) The calendar for Oct 1997 will be printed on screen
c) The calendar for the current month( whatever it is) will be printed
d) Nothing will get printed on screen
e) An error massage will be printed

27. What will be the result of the following program ?
char *gxxx()
{static char xxx[1024];
return xxx;
}
main()
{char *g="string";
strcpy(gxxx(),g);
g = gxxx();
strcpy(g,"oldstring");
printf("The string is : %s",gxxx());
}
a) The string is : string
b) The string is :Oldstring
c) Run time error/Core dump
d) Syntax error during compilation
e) None of these
Ans.. (b)

28. What will be result of the following program?
void myalloc(char *x, int n)
{x= (char *)malloc(n*sizeof(char));
memset(x,\0,n*sizeof(char));
}
main()
{char *g="String";
myalloc(g,20);
strcpy(g,"Oldstring");
printf("The string is %s",g);
}
a) The string is : String
b) Run time error/Core dump
c) The string is : Oldstring
d) Syntax error during compilation
e) None of these

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

30. Which function is the entry point for a DLL in MS Windows 3.1
a) Main
b) Winmain
c) Dllmain
d) Libmain
e) None
Ans.. (b)

31. The standard source for standard input, standard output and standard error is
a) the terminal
b) /dev/null
c) /usr/you/input, /usr/you/output/, /usr/you/error respectively
d) None
Ans.. (a)
32. What will be the result of the following program?
main()
{char p[]="String";
int x=0;
if(p=="String")
{printf("Pass 1");
if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g')
printf("Pass 2");
else
printf("Fail 2");
}
else
{
printf("Fail 1");
if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g')
printf("Pass 2");
else
printf("Fail 2");
}
}
a) Pass 1, Pass 2
b) Fail 1, Fail 2
c) Pass 1, Fail 2
d) Fail 1, Pass 2
e) syntax error during compilation
33. Which of the choices is true for the mentioned declaration ?
const char *p; and
char * const p;
a) You can't change the character in both
b) First : You can't change the characterr & Second : You can;t change the pointer
c) You can't change the pointer in both
d) First : You can't change the pointer & Second : You can't chanage the character
e) None
34. The redirection operators > and >>
a) do the same function
b) differ : > overwrites, while >> appends
c) differ : > is used for input while >> is used for output
d) differ : > write to any file while >> write only to standard output
e) None of these
Ans.. (b)
35. The command grep first second third /usr/you/myfile
a) prints lines containing the words first, second or third from the file /usr/you/myfile
b) searches for lines containing the pattern first in the files
second, third, and /usr/you/myfile and prints them
c) searches the files /usr/you/myfiel and third for lines containing the words first or second and prints them
d) replaces the word first with the word second in the files third and /usr/you/myfile
e) None of the above
Ans.. (b)
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Aptitude

part 1 : letter series.
part 2 : figures
part 3 : quantities

Technical

Most question are on Unix and some in C and some in
windows 3.1all question in Unix are From Kernighan & pike
________________________________________

Part 1

It consists of number series.In some institutes alphabetical series is given instead of number series.Iam having number series so iam sending that.Please go through tha alphabetical tests also.

1. 19,24,20,25,21,26,? Ans.:22
2. 11,14,12,15,13,16,? Ans.: 14
3. 10,2,8,2,6,2,? a:4
4. 8,9,11,14,,18,23,? a:29
5. 25,25,22,22,19,19,? a:16
6. 14,2,12,4,10,6,? a:8
7. 7,16,9,15,11,14,? a:13
8. 40,42,39,44,38,46,? a:37
9. 3,18,4,24,5,30,? a:6
10. 18,20,22,20,28,20,? a:22
11. 18,20,10,12,4,6? a:0
12. 7,6,8,5,3,7,? a:4
13 9,18,21,25,20,? a:30
14 3,3,4,8,10,36,? a:33
15. 30,28,25,20,34,28,? a:21
16. 4,8,16,32,64,128,? a:256
17. 8,16,24,32,40,48,? a:56
18. 13,11,14,12,15,13,? a:16
19. 6,18,36,108,216,648,? a:1296
20. 4,4,8,8,16,16,? a:32
21. 2,6,18,54,162,486,? a:1458
22. 4,20,35,49,62,74,? a:85
23. 10,18,15,23,20,28,? a:25
24. 4,10,8,14,12,18,? a:16
25 10,15,12,17,14,10,? a:16

part 2 consists of non-verbal reasoning (figures). So it is impossible for me to send those.(25 questions)
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Part 3 (quantitative)

1. A clerk multiplied a number by ten when it should have been divided by ten.The Ans. he got was 100.whatshould the Ans. have been?a:1

2. If Rs20/- is available to pay for typing a research report & typist A produces 42 pages and typist B produces28 pages.How much should typist A receive? a:Rs12/-

3. The average salary of 3 workers is 95 Rs. per week. If one earns Rs.115 and second earns Rs.65 how much is the salary of the 3rd worker. Ans..105.

4. A 16 stored building has 12000 sq.feet on each floor. Company A rents 7 floors and company B rents 4floors.What is the number of sq.feet of unrented floor space. Ans..60000

5. During a given week A programer spends 1/4 of his time preparing flow chart, 3/8 of his time coding andthe rest of the time in debugging the programs. If he works 48 hours during the week , how many hours did hespend debugging the program. Ans.. 18.

6. A company installed 36 machines at the beginning of the year. In March they installed 9 additional machines and then disconnected 18 in August. How many were still installed at the end of the year. Ans.. 27

7. A man owns 2/3 of the market research beauro business and sells 3/4 of his shares for Rs. 75000. What is thevalue of Business. Ans..150000

8. If 12 file cabinets require 18 feet of wall space, how many feet of wall space will 30 cabinets require? Ans..45

9. A computer printer produced 176,400 lines in a given day. If the printer was in operation for seven hours during the day, how many lines did it print per minute? Ans..420

10. From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising, half of the remainder on commissions and had Rs.6000 left.What was its total income? Ans..32000

11. On Monday a banker processed a batch of cheques, on Tuesday she processed three times as many, and on Wednesday she processed 4000 cheques. In the three days, she processed 16000 cheques. How many did she process on Tuesday? Ans..9000

12. The cost of four dozen proof machine ribbons and five dozen accouting machine ribbons was Rs.160/-. If one dozen accounting machine ribbons cost Rs.20/-, what is the cost of a dozen proof machine ribbons? Ans..Rs.15

13. If a clerk can process 80 cheques in half an hour, how many cheques can she process in a seven and one half hour day? Ans..1200

14. In a library, there are two racks with 40 books per rack. On a given dya, 30 books were issued. Whatfraction remained in the racks? Ans..5/8

15. The average length of three tapes is 6800 feet. None of the tapes is less than 6400 feet. What is the greatest possible length of one of the other tapes? Ans..7600

16. A company rented a machine for Rs.700/- a month. Five years later the treasurer calculated that if the companyhad purchased the machine and paid Rs.100/- monthly maintenance charge, the company would have savedRs.2000/-. What was the purchase price of the machine? Ans..Rs.34000

17. Two computers each produced 48000 public utility bills in a day. One computer printed bills at the rate of 9600an hour and the other at the rate of 7800 an hour. When the first computer finished its run, how many bills didthe other computer still have to print?Ans..9000

18. If a salesman's average is a new order every other week, he will break the office record of the year. However, after 28 weeks, he is six orders behind schedule. In what proportion of the remaining weeks does he have to obtain a new order to break the record? Ans..3/4
19. On a given day, a bank had 16000 cheques returned by customers.Inspection of the first 800 cheques indicated that 100 of those 800 had errors and were therefore the available immediately for data processing. On this basis, hwo many cheques would be available immediately for data processing on that day? Ans..14000

20. A company figured it needed 37.8 sq.feet of carpot for its reception room. To allow for waste, it decided toorder 20% more material than needed. Fractional parts of sq.feet cannot be ordered. At Rs.9/- asq.feet, how much would the carpet cost? Ans.. a. Rs.324 b) Rs.405 c) Rs.410 d) Rs.414 e) Rs.685

21.A tape manufacturer reduces the price of his heavy duty tape from Rs.30/- to Rs.28/- a reel and the price of a regular tape from Rs.24/- to Rs.23/- a reel. A computing centre normally spends Rs.1440/- a month for tapes and 3/4 of this is for heavy duty tapes. How much will they save a month under the new prices? Ans..Rs.87

22. In a team of 12 persons, 1/3 are women and 2/3 are men. To obtain a team with 20% women how many menshould be hired? Ans..8

23. The dimensions of a certain machine are 48" X 30" X 52". If the size of the machine is increasedproportionately until the sum of its dimensions equals 156", what will be the increase in the shortest side? Ans.. 6"

24. In a certain company, 20% of the men and 40% of the women attended the annual company picnic. If 35% of all the employees are man, what percent of all the employees went to the picnic? Ans..33%

25. It cost a college Rs.0.70 a copy to produce a Programme for the homecoming football game. If Rs.15,000/- was received for advertisements in the programme, how many copies at Rs.0.50 a copy must be sold to make a profit of Rs.8000/- ?Ans.. 35000
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Aptitude

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

2. A cube of 3 units is painted on all sides.If this cube is divided into cubes of 1 unit,how many cubehave none of their faces painted? (a)... (b)2 (c)1 (d)0 (e)none of these
3. If a person sells a product for rs141/- he suffers a loss of 6%.if he has to have a profit of 10%,
at what price should he sell it? (a) (b)rs.175 (c).. (d)rs.165
Ans..rs.165 (i think,check)
4. A ball falls from a height of 8ft ,bounces back to half the distance & continues till it comes to rest.
what is the total distance travelled by the ball? (a)24ft (b)... (c)infinite (d)cannot be determined Ans.:(a)
5. Which of the following is the sum of 3 consecutive prime nos? (a)49 (b)59 (c)both a &b (d).... Ans.:c
6. If the area of a square has increased by 69%,by what % has its side increased?
7. In a class the average age is 16yrs.if the teacher who is 40 yrs of age is also included ,the average becomes
17yrs,how many students were there?
8. If 3 houses are to be painted,mr A can paint a house in 6 days(nos are not same)...mr B can do the same in 8 days...& mr.C in 12 days.if mr A does the work for 8 days & leaves for vacation, & mr B continues the work
for the next 6 days, for how many days should mr.C work?
Ans.:11 days(check)
9. 4 thieves rob a bakery of the breadone after the other.each thief takes half of what is present ,& half a bread...if at the end 3 bread remains,what is the no of bread that was present initiallly?
Ans.:63(check)
10. If the 1rst day of 1999 is a sunday,what is the last day? (a)sunday (b)monday (c).... (d)cannot be determined.
11. If A driver drives a car four times a lap 10,20 30,60 kmph what is his average speed.Ans.:20kmph In a group there are two kinds of people type A & type B.type A people Ans.wer for any question as YES &that of type B as NO.if they can not Ans.wer to these question then they remain silent. the mayor asks question to them as follows........
12. If he asks a person are u type Aa.YES b.NO c. Silent d.Can not be determined
13. He asks two persons X &Ysimultaneously whether u of same type a. YES b. NO c.YES or NO d. Silent e. can not be determined
14. Pointing to a person X he asks Y what is his typea. YES b. No c. Silent d can not be determined
15. Pointing to a person X he asks Y if I ask him whether r u type A ,will he Ans.wer YES.Y says NO .what typeof B isa. YES b. NO . c. Silent d. can not be determined
16. Six squares of same dimension are kept side by side to make a rectangle with a perimeter of 182 cm. what isthe perimeter of each square.Ans.) 52.
17. One student takes 20 mins to reach school if he goes at a speed of 15kmph .At what speed should he go to reach in 15 mins ( nos are not same) Ans.: 16kmph( check)
18. How many rational numbers are there between 0 & 5
Ans.:infinite
19. A certain number of bullets were shared by 3 people equally.Each of them fired 4 bullets and the sum of the remaining bullets was equal to the initial share each had got.what was the initial number of bullets?Ans.:18..( 18/3=6;6-4=2,6-4=2,6-4=2; 2+2+2=6=Ans.)
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Technical:

20. A trigger is (a) a statement ..start of database.. (b)statements that r executed as a side effect to the modification to the database (c)... (d)... Ans. (b)
21. What does the following statement mean? int (*a)[4] (a)'a' is a pointer to an array of 4 integers (b)'a' is an array of pointers to integer (c)'a' is a pointer to function returning an integer (d)... Ans.:a
22. Best method to find out whether a given array already sorted,is sorted or not in min. time
Ans.. insertion sort (check)
23. A primary key in one table also present in some other table is called
(a)foreign key
(b)secondary key
(c)subordinate key
(d)...
Ans.. foreign key
24. Which of the following is a real time system? (a)robotics control (b)airline ticket reservation(Ans.) (c) (d)...
25. A question to convert a big no in decimal to octal(check only for the last 2 nos in Ans. is sufficient)
26. Which of the following is an example of a spooling device? (a).. (b)line printer.. (c) (d) (e)...
27. If in a table:account no,account holders name,account type ,.....(something else was given)are the fields,which of them could be the primary key? (a)account no(Ans.) (b)account holders name (c)account type (d)..
28. If a file is opened in "r+" mode(in C),it meAns.(a) write (b)read (c)... (d).....
29. What is the difference between 123 and 0123 in c? (a)120 (b)40 (c)0 (d)... Ans.:40
30. Software Configuration Management process is - (a)developing & managing software for .....software.... (b)developing & managing hardware for....software....... (c)... (d)..
31. Data Integrity constraint is (a)to ensure the presence of primary key (b)... (c)... (d)...
32. Which of the following uses the minimum length of cable? (a)ring (b)star (c)mesh (d)bus (e)all of the above
31. How can u append the ls and who to certain existing file (like that)(i.e.listing & output of who is to be directedto a file (a)ls;who>filename (b)ls;who>>filename (c)(ls;who)>>filename (d)who;ls34. Suppose u have a network .users complain of slow ....u suspect a problem in network adapter once u find that the data is continuous and erroneous.what device do u use? (a)volt-ohmmeter (b)SNMP (c)protocol... checking (d)all of the above
35. What is vector processing?
36. x-=y+1 is equivalent to what? (a)x=x-y+1
(b)...(c)x=x-y-1(d)... Ans.:(c)
37. In a student form what is the relationship b/w student and course (a)one to one (b)many to one (c)one to many (d)many to many
38. ROM is(a)volatile(b)permanent & fast(c)device containig boot up program & is not accessible (d)... I have given 38 questions out of 40 q's ...hope it will be useful 2 all of u... they didnt select any ec people 4interview..:( only CS,IS..& 2 from TE. that's all from my side.. here are some hr questions as sent by jagannatha (CS-PESIT)
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HR questions:

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

1. like 3 consecutive prime adds to some no what is that Ans.: both 49 and 59.
2. One persont travlled 4 laps with the speed of 10,20,40 ( or 30) and 60 kmph and what is the average speed.
Ans.: 20 (sure)
3 like one student takes 20 mins if he go with speed 15kmph and at what speed he should go to reach in 15 mins (nos are not same) Ans.: 16kmph( but not sure)
4. There are 2 type of people group 'yes' who always says yes ( they never say 'no') if they are not sure about
they will remain sailent. and other grou name 'no' where the group of people always say 'no' if they are not sure
theywill remain silent. thats it now quetions are
1. what will be the Ans.wer if i ask are u belong to group 'yes' options are: they remain silent ,say yes, say no, either yes or no, can't be determined
2. Same quetion but if i ask are u belong to group 'no' Ans.wers for both above quetions are not ( not determined)
3. what will the other person say if ask are u belong to grou 'yes' and etc here were 5 quetions first 4 u can do it last one little bit tough. spend some time on this u can do it.
9. like from height of 8 mts on ball fell down and each time it bounces half the distnace back. so what will be the
distance travelled Ans.: 24 (sure) like 8+4+4+2+2+1+1+0.5+0.5+ and etc .. Ans.wer is not 20
10.like 6 cubes are arranged adjacentlay and given the perimeter and aksed to find the perimeter of one cube.
Ans.: if x is the total perimeter then (x/14)*4 leads to the Ans.wer. but check it once u will be having plenty of time.
Ans.wer is 52 (13*4)
11. some data is given like this 10kmph in still water ship took some x mins and downstream some y mins in same time what is the stream value .... (q is not exat) Ans.: 3 (not sure)
12.Some average problem like 16 students average weight and teacher joins them .... Ans.: 23 (sure) do this (16x+40)/(x+1) will give the value.
13. Some probelm on square like to increase area by 69% by what percent side should be incresed Ans.: square root of 169 i.e 13 ( not sure)
14. no of rational nos b/w 0 and 5 Ans.: infinite
15. First day of 1999 is sunday what day is the last day Ans.: monday
16.bullets probel some x no of bullets are shared by 3 people equally . and each fired
4 bullets then the sum of remaining bullets is equal to intially divsion value Ans.: 18 (sure)
17. bread problem, one come and eat half no of breads and somthing... Ans.: 63( check it)
18. like A can do in 6 day and B can do in 8 and C can do in 12 days but b left after working for 6 days for how many no of day A and C shluld work Ans.: 11( i dont think so this is correct)
19. I give a jcl code with Programmer name: smith Jobname:ABC Jobclass=c Message class = a All messages are
to be displaced code it in a JCL.
A) //ABC,smith,class=c,message class=a,message level=(2,1)
B) //ABC,smith,class=c,message class=a,message level =(!,1)
C) //ABC,smith,class=c,message class=a,message level=(0,1)
D) none of these.
20. For a cobol program Move 5 to work-sd. A statement which says that the value of work-st is 0.
perform Para1.
……………
Para1.
Add 3 to work-sd
Add 2 to work-st
If work-st <11 go to main-para.
………………
go to para1.
What would be the value of work-sd?
a) 15
b) 18
c) 10
d) none
21. Given 2 tables T1 and T2.
T1 T2
A 1
B 2
C3
You make a query SELECT * FROM T1,T2.
What is the no: of rows that are fetched frm this query?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 9
22. Who is the data base manager of db2?
a) buffer register
b) runtime suprivisor
c) DBRM
d) None
23. You have a file with DISP=SHR, when u open the file in output mode
a) the records get appended
b) the records gets overwritten
c) the job abbends
d) none of these
24. To exclude some records while sorting which parameter do we use?
a) OMIT
b) EXCLUDE
c) ….d)….
25 You have a dataset TIME.WORK.OCT88, u want to concatenate other datasets likeTIME.WORK
.JUL88,TIME.WORK.APR88, TIME.WORK.MAY88. how do u do that?
a)//DDname DD DSN = TIME.WORK.OCT88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN = TIME.WORK.JUL88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN = TIME.WORK.APR88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN = TIME.WORK.MAY88, DISP = SHR
b)//DDname DD DSN = TIME.WORK.JUL88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN = TIME.WORK.OCT88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN = TIME.WORK.APR88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN = TIME.WORK.MAY88, DISP = SHR
c)//DDname DD DSN = TIME.WORK.APR88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN = TIME.WORK.JUL88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN = TIME.WORK.MAY88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN = TIME.WORK.OCT88, DISP = SHR
e) none of these

26. When db2 entries are made while working in cics, the enteries should be made in
a) TCT
b) PCT
c) DCT
d) RCT
27. Find the odd one out
a) KSDS
b) RRDS
c) LDS
d) PDS
28. Full form of VTOC
29. Question based on SKIP and COUNT parameter

Technical

1. what is vector processing
2. what is data integrity Ans.: option a ( like the range of values is defined by data integrity)
3.which topology takes minimum wiring options: star,bus,ring and complete etc
Ans.: find it from network text book ( may be bus or ring)
4.best sorting if elements are already sorted Ans.: insertion sort(sure)
5.software configuration management ----- Ans.: option a ( but check it from SE text book there are only 2 confusing
Ans.wers)
6.In network the packers are flowing unnecessarly what is the way to controlit and .... options: SNMP, and some i
dont remember.
7.some octal no to decimal conversion for given octal no the last digit was 7 Ans.: the option a ( the decimal last
digit was 1)
8. x-=y+1 is equivalant to Ans.: x=x-y-1 (sure) because it is interpreted as x=x-(y+1)
9. in a student form what is the relationship b/w student and course Ans.: actually it is many to one but they
specified in a student form so think and write.
10.which is correct to append the ouput of ls and who to some file x. Ans.:(who;ls)>>x (check it)
11.what is trigger in DBMS (know what it will do)
12.what happens when we open a file in r+ mode like whether file will be created if it s not there can we write to file 13. what is ROM Ans.: it contains boot up program and it is not accesible that was one Ans.wer and anothe option was it is non volatile ( choose one among these 2)
14. what is int (*a)[4] Ans.: pointer to an array of 4 integer (check it)
15. primary key of anothe table is present and so on.......... Ans.: foreign key
16. what is the diffirenece b/w 0123 and 123 in c? Ans.:40(sure)
17. which among the devices is spooled device
18. if u get error in adapter which device will u use?Ans.: contact electronics student. one of the option was voltometer.
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The paper contains total 40 questions. Duration 1 hour.20 ques from apptitude (R.S.Agarwal is more than enough for IBM apps.)20 questions from technical OS, DBMS, C++, Software Engineering etc.
Apptitude

1. If A can do a particular work in 8 days. B can do the work in 6 days. By C joining with them, they can finish the
work in 3 days. If Rs.540 was paid to them, what is the share of C?
2. By selling a product a seller is gaining 10% on selling price. If he sell that product Rs.80 less, he would have
been losing 10%. What is the cost price?
3. If A dricer drives a car four times a lap 10,20 30,60 kmph what is his average speed.
4. If M persons are going for a party, then their share is $D. If three persons were absent, then how much
share will be increased for each individual.(Solution : Average = D/M. Three absent New average = D/M-3
Increase = Newaverage - Average = D/M-3 - D/M )
5. If the radious is increased by 50%. How much will be the volume increased for a circle / Sphere in percentage.
6. One person is wearing Black and White shoes as his pair. If he is having 20 white and 20 Black shoes.
What will be the less number of time he have try to take his correct pair of shoes.
7. The age of the grand father is the sum of his three grandsuns. The second is 2 year younger than first one and
the third one is 2 year younger than the second one. Then what will be the age of the grandfather.
8. In a grass field, If there are 40 cows, they could eat for 40 days. If there are 30 cows, they could eat for
60 days. Than if 20 cows, How much day they could eat?
9. If the size of the fruit is two times the size of the seed. Then what is the volume of the seed. (derive general
equation)
10. Speed of boat in still water 10 kmph.If the boat takes 24hr in up stream and 16hr in down stream to cross
the same distance, then what will be the distance covered.
11. How many times do the hands of the clock coincide in a day?

12. If a person is standing in room, that is having mirrors in all the four walls. How many images of the person will appear.
13. Two clocks meet at 12. Next time they meet again after
Ans.: 65.45

14. Soldiers form a square. Initially 32 soldiers eft. Then 8 .Afterthey could not form a square. Total at the beginning options.100,81,49,67

15. Age of Grandfather is the ages of 4 grand childrenwhere their ages are in consective. Find the age of GF

Ans.: may be 72

16. 3 person waiting for the train Some conditions given.Finally they ask the time.
Ans. is 4.37
17. Some Squirrel qs where it covers 1/4 th distance then 1/2 i could't remember
18. If mpown=121.Then m-1pown+1 is 1000
19. If speed in the ratio 5:4:3 then the time taken to cover the same distance is
20. 20men construct a wall 56m in some days similar one
Ans. 49 (check aggarwal)
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Technical
1. main()
{
printf("%u",main);
}
what will be the output?
2. main()
{
int 1,b;
int con;
1=b=2;
con (b==1) ? 1 : 0;
printf("%d",con);
}
what will be the value of con?
3. Software Configuration Management process is --------------
4. Data Integrity constraint is ----------------------
5. Paging is ------------------------
6. What type of memory could be accessed in least time?
7. char *p=(char *)10 op=?
8. Running time of 8T(n/2)+q is ncube
9. Scope of static and automatic var 2qs
10 nodes in binary tree of length 4 is 15(2pown -1)
11 how to convert 2d array to single dimension options are
12. convering a row 2 colunm 3 or both in to o's
13. comments-for documentaion or it increases file size like that .u have toi choose the correct one
14. int i=10;
printf("%d%d%d",i,i++,++i);

Ans.: compiler dependent
15. printf("Enter two values a and b:"):
scanf("%d%d",a,b);
printf("%d+%d=%d",a,b,a+b);

Ans.:core dumped
16. Question on WM_SIZE

Ans.:WM_SIZE
17. When destroy window what message would disply

Ans.:WM_DESTROY
18. MS Windows 3.1 about multitasking

Ans.:nonpreemptive
19. windows 3.1 is

Ans.:application
20. About switch switch statement

Ans.:16,21
24. question paper the first question
Ans. is

Ans.:can't be compiled
25. about send messages and post messages

Ans.: c
26. what is the command to intiate the windows

Ans.:WinMain

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-03-17 12:51.
• IBM
Category (Placement Paper or Interview Experience):
Placement Paper
Paper/Interview:
Apptitude:
part 1 : letter sevies.
part 2 : figures
part 3 : quantitave
Technical:
Most question are on Unix and some in C and some in
windows 3.1
all question in Unix are From Kernighan & pike
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
part 1
it consists of number series.In some institutes
alphabetical series is
given instead of number series.Iam having number series so
iam sending
that.Please go through tha alphabetical tests also.
1. 19,24,20,25,21,26,? ans:22
2. 11,14,12,15,13,16,? ans: 14
3. 10,2,8,2,6,2,? a:4
4. 8,9,11,14,,18,23,? a:29
5. 25,25,22,22,19,19,? a:16
6. 14,2,12,4,10,6,? a:8
7. 7,16,9,15,11,14,? a:13
8. 40,42,39,44,38,46,? a:37
9. 3,18,4,24,5,30,? a:6
10. 18,20,22,20,28,20,? a:22
11. 18,20,10,12,4,6? a:0
12. 7,6,8,5,3,7,? a:4
13 9,18,21,25,20,? a:30
14 3,3,4,8,10,36,? a:33
15.30,28,25,20,34,28,? a:21
16. 4,8,16,32,64,128,? a:256
17. 8,16,24,32,40,48,? a:56
18. 13,11,14,12,15,13,? a:16
19. 6,18,36,108,216,648,? a:1296
20. 4,4,8,8,16,16,? a:32
21. 2,6,18,54,162,486,? a:1458
22. 4,20,35,49,62,74,? a:85
23. 10,18,15,23,20,28,? a:25
24. 4,10,8,14,12,18,? a:16
25 10,15,12,17,14,10,? a:16
part 2 consists of non-verbel reasoning(figures).So it is
impossible for
me to send those.(25 questions)
part 3 (quantitative)
1.A clerk multiplied a number by ten when it should have
been divided by
ten.The ans he got was 100.what should the ans have been?
a:1
2.If Rs20/- is available to pay for typing a research
report & typist A
produces 42 pages and typist B produces 28 pages.How much
should typist A
receive?
a:Rs12/-
3.The average salary of 3 workers is 95 Rs. per week. If
one earns
Rs.115 and second earns Rs.65 how much is the salary of the
3rd worker.
Ans.105.
4.A 16 stored building has 12000 sq.feet on each floor.
Company A rents 7
floors and company B rents 4 floors. What is the number of
sq.feet of
unrented floor space.
Ans.60000
5. During a given week A programer spends 1/4 of his time
preparing flow
chart, 3/8 of his time coding and the rest of the time in
debugging the
programs. If he works 48 hours during the week , how many
hours did he
spend debugging the program.
Ans. 18.
6. A company installed 36 machines at the beginning of the
year. In March
they installed 9 additional machines and then disconnected
18 in August.
How many were still installed at the end of the year.
Ans. 27
7. A man owns 2/3 of the market research beauro business
and sells 3/4 of
his shares for Rs. 75000. What is the value of Business.
Ans.150000
8. If 12 file cabinets require 18 feet of wall space, how
many feet of
wall space will 30 cabinets require?
Ans.45
9.A computer printer produced 176,400 lines in a given
day. If the
printer was in operation for seven hours during the day,
how many lines
did it print per minute?
Ans.420
10. From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000
for
advertising, half of the remainder on commissions and had
Rs.6000 left.
What was its total income?
Ans.32000
11. On Monday a banker processed a batch of cheques, on
Tuesday she
processed three times as many, and on Wednesday she
processed 4000
cheques. In the three days, she processed 16000 cheques.
How many did
she process on Tuesday?
Ans.9000
12. The cost of four dozen proof machine ribbons and five
dozen accouting
machine ribbons was Rs.160/-. If one dozen accounting
machine ribbons
cost Rs.20/-, what is the cost of a dozen proof machine
ribbons?
Ans.Rs.15
13. If a clerk can process 80 cheques in half an hour, how
many cheques
can she process in a seven and one half hour day?
Ans.1200
14. In a library, there are two racks with 40 books per
rack. On a given
dya, 30 books were issued. What fraction remained in the
racks?
Ans.5/8
15. The average length of three tapes is 6800 feet. None of
the tapes is
less than 6400 feet. What is the greatest possible length
of one of the
other tapes?
Ans.7600
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16. A company rented a machine for Rs.700/- a month. Five
years later
the treasurer calculated that if the company had purchased
the machine
and paid Rs.100/- monthly maintenance charge, the company
would have
saved Rs.2000/-. What was the purchase price of the machine?
Ans.Rs.34000
17. Two computers each produced 48000 public utility bills
in a day. One
computer printed bills at the rate of 9600 an hour and the
other at the
rate of 7800 an hour. When the first computer finished its
run, how many
bills did the other computer still have to print?
Ans.9000
18. If a salesman's average is a new order every other
week, he will
break the office record of the year. However, after 28
weeks, he is six
orders behind schedule. In what proportion of the
remaining weeks does
he have to obtain a new order to break the record?
Ans.3/4
19. On a given day, a bank had 16000 cheques returned by
customers.
Inspection of the first 800 cheques indicated that 100 of
those 800 had
errors and were therefore the available immediately for
data processing.
On this basis, hwo many cheques would be available
immediately for data
processing on that day?
Ans.14000
20. A company figured it needed 37.8 sq.feet of carpot for
its reception
room. To allow for waste, it decided to order 20% more
material than
needed. Fractional parts of sq.feet cannot be ordered. At
Rs.9/- a
sq.feet, how much would the carpet cost?
Ans.
a. Rs.324 b) Rs.405 c) Rs.410 d) Rs.414 e) Rs.685
21. A tape manufacturer reduces the price of his heavy duty
tape from
Rs.30/- to Rs.28/- a reel and the price of a regular tape
from Rs.24/- to
Rs.23/- a reel. A computing centre normally spends
Rs.1440/- a month for
tapes and 3/4 of this is for heavy duty tapes. How much
will they save a
month under the new prices?
Ans.Rs.87
22. In a team of 12 persons, 1/3 are women and 2/3 are
men. To obtain a
team with 20% women how many men should be hired?
Ans.8
23. The dimensions of a certain machine are 48" X 30" X
52". If the size
of the machine is increased proportionately until the sum
of its
dimensions equals 156", what will be the increase in the
shortest side?
Ans. 6"
24. In a certain company, 20% of the men and 40% of the
women attended
the annual company picnic. If 35% of all the employees are
man, what
percent of all the employees went to the picnic?
Ans.33%
25. It cost a college Rs.0.70 a copy to produce a Programme
for the
homecoming football game. If Rs.15,000/- was received for
advertisements
in the programme, how many copies at Rs.0.50 a copy must be
sold to make
a profit of Rs.8000/- ?
Ans. 35000
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In the first section there are 40 question's on letter
series.
Very easy upto 25 and then slightly involved after that
again
last 10questons are easy.
For example:
1. aa , bb, cc, --
2. a,c,e,g,-
etc.,
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TATA-IBM few questions extra.
1)int i=10;
printf("%d%d%d",i,i++,++i);
ans: compiler dependent
2)printf("Enter two values a and b:"):
scanf("%d%d",a,b);
printf("%d+%d=%d",a,b,a+b);
ans:core dumped
3)Question on WM_SIZE
ans:WM_SIZE
4)when destroy window what message would disply
ans:WM_DESTROY
5)MS Windows 3.1 about multitasking
ans:nonpreemptive
6)windows 3.1 is
ans:application
7) about switch switch statement
ans:16,21
8)question paper the first question ans is
ans:can't be compiled
9)about send messages and post messages
ans: c
10)what is the command to intiate the windows
ans:WinMain
paper
1.const char *
char * const
What is the differnce between the above
tow?.
2.In Unix inter process communication take place
using?.
3.What are the files in /etc directory?.
4.About i-node numbers
5.Max relaxable permisssion value with out giving
write permission
to others?.
6.About ln(linking)
7.A question on until
until (who |grep mary)
do
sleep(60)
done
8.Linking across directories?.
9.process id for kernell process
10.very first process created by kernell
11.function to repaint a window immediately?.
12.Function entry for DLL in win3.1
13.win 3.1 is a
14.win 3.1 supports which type of multi tasking?.
15.Message displayed when a window is destroyed
16.About fork()?
17.About send message and post message
18.Message to limit the size of window
19.System call executable binary file intoa process
20.About GDI object?.
21.API used to hide window
22.Initialize contents of a dialog?.
The technical comprises of 50 questions on C,Unix
and windows.
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Placement Paper
Paper/Interview:
Hi friends,
This is the IBM paper .exam held on 10th June 2004 at Jadavpur
University,Kolkata.
No of students appeared; ?
Cleared written; 113
Cleared interview : 52+3
They had two sections:
AMS and ISL. Mostly selected for AMS.
Ther was a paper of 1 hr with 40 question (20 aptitute and 20
technical) .
All carry equal marks and there is no (-)ve marking.
Then there was a paper of 25 mins with 15 q .
All carry equal marks and there is no (-)ve marking.
APTITUDE
20 q. No Negative marking
These r the questions ; though the order is not the same.ihave tried
to recall as far as possible the actual data .
1)if y>x then y! / x! = ?
ans: y(y-1)(y-2)…….(x+1)
2)unit digit of 7^625 =?
Ans: 7
3)A lizard ,on a circular wall moves 8 ft to reach a wall boundary
and then 6 ft to reach another boundary . How far is the lizard from
the starting point? Ans: 10ft
4)Two circles are of same radius.One is fixed and another moves over
the it.
What is the no. of revolutions it makes about the center? Ans: 2
5)A school wants to have the no. of students to b 100. It has certain
ratio of students who knows French, some Spanish,some Enlish and
others none. What is the no. of students it has?
Ans:I don't remember the exact figures but the ratio comes to b
389/420 who knows certain language.The rest know no language.Hence
the total no of students comes to b 420.
6)In a group of 9 persons what is the probability that 3 persons have
the same b'day in a week? Ans: 14.26%
7)Two trains , of same length ,moving in opposite directions cross in
18 seconds. The speed of the 2 trains being 42kmph and 48kmph. What
is the length of the trains in mts?
Ans: 225mts.
8)A pipe fills a tank in 2hrs and another empties it in 3 hrs. How
long will it take to fill the tank? Ans: 6 hrs.
9)Out of two clocks one is slower than the other by 5%, how much is
the second one faster than the slower clock? Ans:5.26%
10)A vehicle is to reach a certain place in 1 hr at 90 kmph. However
it slows down on the way and reaches the destination at an average
speed of 72 kmph. How much late is the
vehicle? Ans : 15 mins.
11)In a class average age of boys is 15 yrs and that of girls is 16
yrs. The total average being 15.6 yrs. Find the ratio of boys to
girls. Ans: 3:2
12)A person moves 25 miles South , then 25 miles West from his camp.
How far is he and in what direction from his camp? Ans : (d)none of
the above
13) Find the hexadecimal equivalent of the decimal no. 10767.
14) If x cows and y goats give some milk in 5 days.and a cows and b
goats
give same amt of milk in 3 days,then who give more milk.....(x,y,a,b
are
int.forgotten)
15)cant recall
16 - 20
A bar gragh . very easy. Those from R S Agarwal are more than enough.