IBM Placement Paper 2010:-

Written Test:-

1. 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)

2. 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 traveling 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 after traveling 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 traveling expenses and purchased 5 pencils. So how many books he can purchase with the remaining money.

5. Ten questions on analogies. eg: chief : tribe :: governer : state epaulette : shoulder :: tiara : head guttural : throat :: gastric : stomach inept : clever :: languid : active knife : butcher :: hammer : carpenter ::

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

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

when 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 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 preceding week of WORD STAR. FORTRAN can not be taught until COBOL 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 following 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 following statements are given

(x#y) = x + y- xy (x*y) = (x + y)/2 i) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (x#y)#(x*y) < (x#y) ii) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (a*b)#(b*c)< (a#b)*(b*c)

14. Export PS1 results in(PS1 pwd)

a) primary prompt being your current directory b) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the current directory c) primary prompt prompt being your home directory d) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the home directory e) None of the above.

15. If you type in the command nohup sort employees > list 2 > error out & and log off ,the next time you log in, the output will be

a) in a file called list and the error will de typed in a file error out b) there will be no file called list or error out c) error will be logged in a file called list and o/p will be in error out d) you will not be allowed to log in e) none of the above

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

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

17. The UNIX shell ....

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

Ans. (b)

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

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

a) init b) getty c) both (a) and (b) d) none of these

Ans. (a)

20. Output of the following program is main() {int i=0; for(i=0;i<20;i++) {switch(i) case 0:i+=5; case 1:i+=2;

case 5:i+=5; default i+=4; break;} printf("%d,",i); } }

a) 0,5,9,13,17 b) 5,9,13,17 c) 12,17,22 d) 16,21 e) Syntax error

Ans. (d

21. What is the output 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)

21. 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)

22. 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)

23. 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)

24.The commands like cat, date are stored in___________ directory: a)/dev, b)/temp, c)/prog

25.The attribute of one table is used as the key address of another table. this kind of address is called a) foreign address b) primary address c) secondary address

5.A container contains pure milk. if 20% is replaced by water and then the same processes is repeated twice then what will b the % of milk remaining?

26.A can fill a tank in 6 hours and B can fill the tank in 4 hours. if both the pipes are opened alternatively for an hour with A as the first then in how many hours will the tank b filled?

27.In 50 coins 1 is defective (more weight) .in how many weighs can u find the defective coin?

28.In a km race A beats B by 28metres or 7 sec. find A s time over the course?

29. Which one of the following is not related with files?

A. fopen B. fclose C. freopn D. fftell E. none

Ans: D

30. Which one of the following is not a keyword?

A. volatile B. inc C. sizeof D. default E. none

Ans : B

31. Writing comments

A. Increases .exe file size. B. Is a good programming practice. c. Takes more compilation time.

Ans : B.Is a good programming practice.

32. Convert the following decimal number into Hex number... 10767

Ans : 2A0Fh

33. Vector processing means

Ans : Processing the column vector elements parallelly.

34. Constant member function can be loaded with

A. Constant member function. B. Static member function. C. Cannot be overloaded.

Ans : C. Cannot be overloaded.

35. By using which of the following functions, we can access the members of the two instances of a same class

A. Member function. B. Friend function C. Both A and B. D. Neither A nor B. E. none.

Ans : C.

36. Exception specification is in c++ to provide A. Documentation

B. Object oriented ness C. Error handling

Ans : c

37. Which one of the following is a parse generator?

A. YaCC B. Lex C. Vi D. Emac E. none

Ans : YaCC

38. In a communication model, we can communicate in both directions, but only one at a time. So the system is called

A. Simplex B. Half duplex C. Full duplex D. none.

Ans : Half duplex

39. 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

40. 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) IBM Placement Paper 2011:-

Writen Test:-

1. like 3 consecutive prime adds to some no what is that

Ans:- both 49 and 59.

2. one person 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.like from height of 8 mts on ball fell down and each time it bounces half the distance 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 .. answer is not 20

5. like 6 cubes are arranged adjacently and given the perimeter and asked to find the perimeter of one cube.

Ans:- if x is the total perimeter then (x/14)*4 leads to the answer. but check it once u will be having plenty of time. answer is 52 (13*4)

6.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)

7. Ssome average problem like 16 students average weight and teacher joins them ....

Ans:- 23 (sure) do this (16x+40)/(x+1) will give the value.

8. Some problem on square like to increase area by 69% by what percent side should be increased

Ans:- square root of 169 i.e 13 ( not sure)

9. No of rational nos b/w 0 and 5

Ans:- infinite

10. First day of 1999 is Sunday what day is the last day

Ans:- Monday

11. 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

12. Bread problem, one come and eat half no of breads and somthing...

Ans:- 63( check it )

13.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

14. Which sorting techniques is best for already sorted array...?.

Ans: bubble sort

15. Decimal to octal conversion problem?

Ans A

16. Difference between 0123 and 123 in c

Ans : 40

17. which 3 consequtive prime numbers gives the total

Ans: 49 (13,17,19)

18. Rational numbers between 1 and 5 1. 3 2. 2 3. 0 4. Infinite (Ans) 5. Finite.

19. .A cube of 3 unit has 6 surface is painted. If u cut the cube of 1 unit each how many cubes remain unpainted on all sides.

Ans: 1

20. One questions in profit and loss a person sold an article at Rs.141 at 6% loss,to gain a profit of 10% at what price the article should be sold.

Ans. 165

21. If person 20 min at 12 kmph. then how many Kmph in 15 minutes

Ans.16

22. Three person shared bullets equally. 4 were shot total no of bullets remaining is equal to the no of bullets initially divided

Ans : 18

23. 1st day of the year 1999 is sunday and what will be last day of the same year

Ans: Sunday

24. 4 thieves entere a bakery and stoled bread one after the other.Each one took half of the total number of breads+half a loaf.If 3 breads were remaining what is the total number of breads.

25. If a ball is dropped from 8ft and it bounces half the height each time. Then the total distance travelled

Ans.24

6 squares of equal size are placed side by side to form a rectangle whose perimeter is 182. find the perimeter of the single square.

Ans 52

26. The average age of students in a class is 16.when a teacher of age 40 is added , the average becoems 17. what is the total number of students

Ans.23

27. Which of the following has the function scope?

A. Automatic B. Static C. Global D. Goto label E. All the above

Ans : E.

6. Rom is

Ans : non Volatile, cannot be changed and it contains boot up program.

28. How many different binary trees can be formed by 4 nodes?

Ans : 12 Note:(2 power n) n Jagan- ans: 14 (quetion 25 in 191 page)

For 3 nodes ans is 5.

29. char *p = (char *)10 means A.It points to the value at address 10.

B.It returns the character whose ASCII value is 10.

Ans : A

30. Running time of a function f(n)=8T(n/2)+qn for n>1, where q is a constant...

Ans : n power 3. (Check the answer)-correct

31. Order of Bubble sort

Ans : O(n power 2)

(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)

32. 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 and what is the distance between A and B in km Ans. 20 & 130.

33. 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.

34. Ten questions on analogies.

E.g. : chief : tribe :: governer : state epaulette : shoulder :: tiara : head guttural : throat :: gastric : stomach inept : clever :: languid : active knife : butcher :: hammer : carpenter ::

35. 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 should these be sold to get maximum profit?

36. 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.

37. 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)

38. 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

39. 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?

40. 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))) Category SubCategory Location Company IT Placement Papers Bangalore IBM

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