Aptitude Test

Total Marks : 60 Total Time: 60 Min

Q 1. What details should never be found in the top level of a top-down design?

a. Details b. Coding c. Decisions d. None of the above

Q 2.

a. 5 4 3 2 1 b. 4 3 2 1 0 c. 5 3 1 0

Q 3.

a. Add + string=Add string b. syntax error during compilation

c. run time error/core dump d. add + string=
e. none

Q 4.

a. 1 and 1 is printed b. 1 and 4 is printed

c. 4 and 4 is printed d. causes an exception

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Q 5.

a. Compiler Error ra, reference must be initialized

b. Compiler Error pa, reference must be initialized
c. Compiler Error a, must be initialized

Q 6.

a. 5 b. 4 c. 12 d. 0

Q 7. In order for a source code file, containing the public class Test, to successfully
compile, which of the following must be true? following must be true?

a. It must have a package statement b. It must be named Test.java

c. It must import java.lang d. It must declare a public class named Test

Q 8.

a. 10 b. 5 c. 0 d. Error

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Q 9.

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

Q 10.

a. will print the sum of the numbers entered b. syntax error during compilation

c. will generate run time error /core dump

d. will print the string "a+b = a+b" on the screen e. none of these

Q 11.

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a. a.c will fail in compilation phase because f1() is not declared
b. b.c will fail in compilation because the variable i is not declared
c. will print 30 d. will print 40 e. a & b
Q 12. A sorting algorithm which can prove to be a best time algorithm in one case and
a worst time algorithm in worst case

a. Quick Sort b. Heap Sort c. Merge Sort d. Insert Sort

Q 13.

a. 6 b. Compiler error c. 5 d. none

Q 14.

a. same, MAXINT, -1 b. not same, MAXINT, -MAXINT

c. same , MAXUNIT, -1 d. same, MAXUNIT, MAXUNIT
e. not same, MAXINT, MAXUNIT

Q 15. What is the correct way to define a constant pointer?

a. const char *name_ptr = "TEST"; b. char *const name_ptr = "TEST";

c. Both d. None of Above

Q 16. A can copy 50 papers in 10 hours while both A & B can copy 70 papers in 10
hours. Then for how many hours required for B to copy 26 papers?

a. 13 hrs b. 18hrs c. 12hrs d. 15hrs.

Q 17. If A speaks the truth 80% of the times, B speaks the truth 60% of the times.
What is the probability that they tell the truth at the same ti

a. 0.8 b. 0.48 c. 0.6 d. 0.14

Q 18. The shadow of tower is found 40 mts longer when suns altitude is 30 degree than
what it was in 60 degreea, find height of tower

a. 10*1.732 b. 20*1.732 c. 15*1.732 d. none

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Q 19. For a sphere of radius 10 cm, the numerical value of surface area is what percent
of the numerical value of its volume?

a. 20 b. 25 c. 30 d. 35

Q 20. IF X is strictly positive , then the value of X+1/X should necessarily be

a. greater than equal to 2 b. less than 2

c. less than or equal to 2 d. greater than 2

Q 21. In june a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its game played.
After a phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to 50% .How many
games must the team have won in a row to attain this average?

a. 12 b. 20 c. 24 d. 30

Q 22. If A, B, C are the mechanisms used separately to reduce the wastage of fuel by
30%, 40%, 10%. What will be the fuel economy if they were used combine?

a. 68.4 b. 62.2 c. 58 d. 27

Q 23. Which of the following set of numbers has the highest Standard deviation?

a. 1,0,1,0,1,0 b. -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1

c. 1,1,1,1,1,1 d. 1,1,0, -1,0, -1

Q 24. A dealer sold two watches for Rs.500 each. On one watch he made a profit of
10% on its purchase price and on the other he incurred a loss of 10% on its purchase
price. The overall gain or loss in the two transactions as % of total purchase is nearest

a. (+)1% b. (-1)% c. 0% d. (-)10%

Q 25. In a production shop 480 units were required to be produced. The supervisor had
appointed 10 workers to do the job. However some of them did not report for duty. As a
result, each of those who did, had to produce 72 units more than originally planned. How
many have not reported.
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. none

Q 26. Three types of tea the a,b,c costs Rs. 95/kg,100/kg and70/kg respectively. How
many kgs of each should be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture worth Rs.90/kg, given
that the quntities of band c are equal

a. 70,15,15 b. 50,25,25 c. 60,20,20 d. 40,30,30

Q 27. What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream that can be filled with
a 4-gallon can of cream(2 pt.=1 qt. and 4 qt.=1 gal)

a. 16 b. 24 c. 30 d. 64

Q 28. A and B are two locations in a city .C is point from A and B.The route from A
through Cto B is 10km.A car travellig at 100kmph starts at C and travels towards
B.Simultaneously another car starts from A travelling towards B such that both the cars
reach B

a. 50sec b. 60sec c. 72sec d. none

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Q 29. Find prt:qsu , given that p:r =2:3 , q:s=4:3,r:t= 8:9 and t:q=3:4

a. 4/27 b. 8/27 c. 16/2732/27

Q 30. Susan can type 10 pages in 5 minutes. Mary can type 5 pages in 10 minutes.
Working together, how many pages can they type in 30 minutes?

a. 15 b. 20 c. 65 d. 75

Q 31. Which of the following can be logically deduced from the conditions stated?

a. No M's are H's b. No M's that are not N's are H's
c. No H's are M's d. Some M's are H's
e. All M's are H's

Q 32. Hacking is illegal entry into another computer. This happens mostly because of
lack of knowledge of computer networking. With networks one machine can access to
another machine. Hacking go about withoutknowing that each network is accredited to
use network facility.
Hackers never break the code of the company that they work for

a. Yes b. No c. Cannot Say

Q 33. Pick the odd one out

a. SYBASE b. DB2 c. ORACLE d. JAVA e. INGRESS

Q 34. I n a ce rtain society, there are two marriage group s, red and brown. No
marriage is permitted within a group. On marriage, males become part of their wives
groups; women remain in their own group. Children belong to the same group as their
parents. Widowers and divorced males revert to the group of their birth. Marriage to
more than one person at the same time and marriage to a direct descendant are
forbidden
A male born into the brown group may have

a. An uncle in either group b. A brown daughter

c. A brown son d. A son-in-law born into red group

Q 35. Alphine tunnels are closed tunnels. In the past 30 yrs not even a single accident
has been recorded for there is one accident in the rail road system. Even in case of a fire
accident it is possible to shift the passengers into adjacent wagons and even the live fire
can be detected and extinguished with in the duration of 30 min.
Fire is allowed to live for 30 min

a. Yes b. No c. Cannot Say

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Q 36. Miss Dean wants to renovate her house. She hires a plumber, a carpenter, a
painter an electricial and interior deorator. The work to be finished in one working
(Monday - Friday ).
Each worker will take the full day to do his job. Miss Dean permit only one person to
work each day.
I. The painter cna work only after the plumber and the carpenter have finished their jobs
II. The interior decorator must do his job before the electrician.
III. The carpenter cannot work on Monday or Tuesday
If the painter work on Thursday, which one of the following alternatives is possible?

a. The electrician works on Tuesday

b. The electrician works on Friday
c. The interior decorator works after the painter does
d. The painter works on consecutive days
e. Miss Dean cannot fit all of the workers int schedule
Q 37. Six swimmers A B C D E F compete in a race. There are no ties. The out comes
are as follows.
1. B does not win.
2. Only two swimmers seperate E & D
3. A is behind D & E
4. B is ahead of E, with one swimmer intervening
5. F is a head of D
The swimmer between C & E is

a. None b. F c. D d. B e. A

Q 38. A rectangular field is 40 yards long. Find the area of the field.
(1). A fence around the boundary of the field is 140 yards long
(2). The field is more than 20 yards width

a. (1) alone sufficient b. (2) alone sufficient

c. both together are sufficient d. (1) alone & (2) alone sufficient
e. information not sufficient

Q 39. How many of the numbers x and y are positive? Both x and y are less than 20
(1) x is less than 5
(2) x+y =24

a. (1) alone sufficient b. (2) alone sufficient

c. both together are sufficient d. (1) alone & (2) alone sufficient
e. information not sufficient
Q 40. 14.My flight takes of at 2pm from a place at 18N 40E and landed 10 Hrs later at a
place with coordinates 36N40W. What is the local time when my plane landed?

a. 8.00pm b. 6.00pm c. 12.00am d. 6.40pm

Q 41. The force of technological change will have an impact on the manufacturing
industry. But the real effect on the information processing industry like software
development, service industries like airlines, insurance and consulting – both technical
and managerial, designed and executing jobs. Another feature of the technological
change by the end of century will be the resistance to change from within and out side
the organizations. Satisfactory resolutions will require high degree of mutual co
operation between government and industry, industry and its users, management and
unions and within organizations across functions.
people prefer status quo

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a. definitely true b. probably true c. probably false d. definitely false

Q 42. An industrial plant produces bottles. In 1961 the number of bottles produced by
the plant was twice the number of produced in 1960. How many bottles were produced
altogether in the year 1960, 61,&62
(1) In 1962 the number of bottles produced was 3 times the number of produced in
1980
(2) In 1963 the number of bottles produced was one half the total produced in the years
1960,1961,1962.

a. (1) alone sufficient b. (2) alone sufficient

c. both together are sufficient d. (1) alone & (2) alone sufficient
e. information not sufficient

Q 43. In a certain code, the symbol for 0 ( zero ) is * and that for 1 is $. The numbers
greater than 1 are to be written only by using the two symbols given above. The value of
the symbol for 1 doubles itself every time it shifts one place to the left. (For example: 4
is written as $** and 3 is written as $$).
11 x 5+4/2x2

a. * b. $*$$$$ c. $"$$$ d. $$$*$$

Q 44. In a certain language do the thin is called as 'pa tu k' and the good thin is called
‘ka tu do’. ‘good’ is coded as:

a. do b. pa c. tu d. ka

Q 45. The questions are based on the following pattern.The problems below contain a
question and two statements giving certain data. You have to decide whether the data
given in the statements are sufficient for answering the questions.The correct answer is
Was Avinash early, on time or late for work?
(I) He thought his watch was 10 minutes fast
(II) Actually his watch was 5 minutes slow

a. If statement (I) alone is sufficient but statement (II) alone is not sufficient.
b. If statement(II) alone is sufficient but statement(I) alone is not sufficient.
c. If both statements together are sufficient but neither of statements alone is sufficient.
d. If both together are not sufficient.

Q 46. Pick out the word that is most similar in meaning to the word given.

Feign:

a. Incur b. Prevail c. Pretend d. Claim

Q 47. Senior managers in a leading company said that new Japanese investment in
India was transforming the car industry, and warned that jobs were under threat from
Japanese competition. They stated that increasing competition would be coupled with an
inevitable downturn in the car market and the recent rise interest rates which has
already hit demand.
"Some senior managers said that more people will want to by new cars in the future".

a. True b. False c. Cannot Say.

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Q 48. A cave is a natural opening in the ground extending beyond the zone of light and
large enough to permit the entry of man. Occurring in a wide variety of rock types and
caused by widely differing geological processes, caves range in size from single small
rooms to interconnecting passages many miles long. The scientific study of caves is
called speleology. It is a composite science based on geology, hydrology, biology and
archeology, and thus holds special interest for earth scientists. Caves have been natural
attractions since prehistoric times. Prolific evidence of early man's interest has been
discovered in caves scattered throughout the world. Skeletons of some of the earliest
manlike creatures (Australopithecines) have been discovered in cave deposit in South
Africa, and the first evidence of primitive Neanderthal man was found in Germany. Cro-
Magnon man created his remarkable murals on the walls of caves in France.
"Study of caves is the study of earth, water, life and early man".

a. True b. False c. Cannot Say.

Q 49. MORTIFY

a. make a cavity b. displease c. humiliate d. relapse e. murder

Q 50. Senior managers in a leading company said that new Japanese investment in
India was transforming the car industry, and warned that jobs were under threat from
Japanese competition. They stated that increasing competition would be coupled with an
inevitable downturn in the car market and the recent rise interest rates which has
already hit demand.
"The managers issued their warning after a rise in the interest rates".

a. True b. False c. Cannot Say.

Q 51. The secretary has been asked to __________ that the meeting has been
cancelled.

a. Give him b. Give in c. Give up d. Give out

Q 52. Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in
capital letters
ESTIMABLE

a. Recalcitrant b. Mendacious c. Valuable d. Obstinate

Q 53. Statistics show that millions of vehicles have been carried by shuttle over the
past 30 years through Alpine tunnels without one ever catching fire. In the Alpine
tunnels, drivers and passengers sit in their vehicles on the shuttle trains. Only one
vehicle has ever caught fire on the busy French motorail equivalent system. This sort of
accident is not possible in a closed shuttle. Assertion that a vehicle fire will lead to
catastrophe have no basis. Since the resources exist to detect, control and extinguish a
fire, and to remove any persons present safely to an adjoining wagon, leaving any
surviving fire facing rapid extinction within a wagon built to contain fire for 30 minutes,
catastrophe seems very unlikely.
" The French motorail system is inferior to the shuttle train system."

a. True b. False c. Cannot Say.

Q 54. When Sheela was preparing, her brother ____________in.

a. has come b. came c. had come d. will come

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Q 55. archipelago : slands ::

a. arbor : bower b. garden : flower c. mountain : valley d. sand : dune

e. constellation : star

Q 56. Directions:Each question given below consists of a word, followed by four words
or phrases. Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning
to the word in the question. ANTONYMS Obviate

a. Becloud b. necessitate c. rationalize d. execute

Q 57. Statistics show that millions of vehicles have been carried by shuttle over the
past 30 years through Alpine tunnels without one ever catching fire. In the Alpine
tunnels, drivers and passengers sit in their vehicles on the shuttle trains. Only one
vehicle has ever caught fire on the busy French motorail equivalent system. This sort of
accident is not possible in a closed shuttle. Assertion that a vehicle fire will lead to
catastrophe have no basis. Since the resources exist to detect, control and extinguish a
fire, and to remove any persons present safely to an adjoining wagon, leaving any
surviving fire facing rapid extinction within a wagon built to contain fire for 30 minutes,
catastrophe seems very unlikely.
"Fire is allowed to live for 30 min".

a. True b. False c. Cannot Say.

Q 58. In a certain society, there are two marriage groups, Red and Brown. No marriage
is permitted within a group. On marriage, males become part of their wife's group:
women remain in their own group. Children belong to the same group as their parents.
Widowers and divorced males revert to the group of their birth. Marriage to more than
one person at the same time and marriage to a direct descendant are forbidden
If widowers and divorced males retained the group they had upon marrying, which of the
following would have been permissible?(Assume no previous marriages occurred)

a. A woman marrying her dead sister's husband

b. A woman marrying her divorced daughter's ex-husband.
c. A widower marrying his brother's daughter
d. A woman marrying her mother's brother, who is a widower
e. A divorced male marrying his ex-wife's divorced sister

Q 59. James Madison understood that interests groups will inevitably develop within a
free political system. The problem, as Madison saw it, was to prevent any single interest
group from becoming so strong that it was able to dominate the political system. This
could be accomplished by legislating restrictions on political behavior, but that solution
meant a sacrifice of some of the freedom that Madison prized so highly. A better
solution, he thought, was to extend the territorial scope of the government. This would
allow for greater diversity of interests in the nation, and a greater number of groups
competing for power. Each interest group would thereby find it more difficult to appeal to
a majority of the people, and to dominate the political process
"According to Madison, in a free political system, interest groups are undesirable."

a. False b. True c. Cannot Say

Q 60. Choose the word or phrase, which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word
in bold letters, and mark the answer of your choice
RAVEL

a. t b. ain silent c. t d. sure e. rease in value

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