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APTITUDE TEST:It consisted of 5 sections each with atleast 10 questions while one or two sections

contained 20 questions.There were altogether 75 questions which u have to answer in 1 hr


only(remember time is very very imp in this round).The sections were:

a) Verbal reasoning and analytical

b) Non verbal reasoning and analytical

c) MCQ-questions based on English grammar(very easy)

d) English comprehension( Do it at last..coz it consumes time)

ThOrough prep from RS Aggarwal(verbal,non-verbal,quantitave) is enough to pass the aptitude test


besides having minimum base in english.

Anyway the result was declared within 40 mins and luckily I was selected.
Here i remember some of the ques. frm the aptitude section. As they are
1. If a boat is moving in upstream with velocity of 14km/hr and goes downstream with a velocity of
40km/hr. then what is the speed of the stream?
(a) 13km/hr
(b) 26km/hr
(c) 34km/hr
(d) none of these

Ans: A

2. find the value of (0.75*0.75*0.75-0.001)/(0.75*0.75-0.75+0.01)


(a) 0.845
(b) 1.908
(c) 2.312
(d) 0.001

Ans: A

Then a questions frm alligation of mixtures


3. A man buys 12 lts of liquid which contain 20% of the liquid and the rest is water. He then mixes it
with 10lts of another mixture with 30% of liquid.
What is the % of water in the new mixture?

4.A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If however there were 10 men less it
will take 10days more for the work to be finished.
How many men were there originally?

(a) 110 men


(b) 130 men
(c) 100 men
(d) none of these
ans:- A

5. In simple interest what sum amount of Rs. 1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/- in 5 years?

(a) Rs.500
(b) Rs.600
(c) Rs.800
(d) Rs.900

6. x% of y is y% of?

(a) x/y
(b) 2y
(c) x
(d) can't be determined

ans: C

7. The population of a city increases @ 4%p.a. there is an additional annual increases of 4% of the
population due to the influx of job seekers. Find
the % increase in population after 2 years?

8. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2. Out of these 10% the boys and 25% of
girls are scholarship holders. % of students who
are not scholarship holders?

9. A rectangular plant (2)^1/2 meters wide can be placed so that it is on either side of the diagonal of
a square shown below. (Figure is available). what
is the area of the Plank?

ans: 7*(2)^1/2.

And some questions on ages.. some on profit and loss.


prepare frm R.S. agrawall.....it will be sufficient to clear..... beware time is the factor.....

Logical Section:

1. a,c,e,g..

(a) h
(b)i
(c)d
(d)j

Ans: b
2. a,e,i,m,q,u_,_

(a) y,e
(b) b,f
(c) g,i
(d) none

3. 1,2,3,5,7,11....

(a) 15
(b) 9
(c)13
(d)12

ans: c(Series of prime no)

4. 1,3,4,8,15,27,...

(a) 60
(b)59
(c)43
(d)50

and similar to these there are many more ques.....so be prepare for them also.....

5.All pens are elephants. some elephants are cats.

(a) Some pens are cats


(b) No pens are cats
(c) All pens are cats
(d) None of the above

i think it (d)

6. Some green are blue. No blue are white.

(a) No green are white


(b) Some green are white
(c) No green are white
(d) None of the above

ans: b

Technical Interview
Now i am giving some idea about the technical inteview of mine....
which is a very friendly kind of....
i am giving some questions which they fired on me.....

Ques1: so. nikhil...... Tell me about urself?

This is the most obvious ques..every hr asked to make us comfortable


just give us general introuduction with ur achievements and qualification...
B
Ques2: he see my resume.....and asked how u maintain a good percentage throughout ur BE?
ans: sir.....i am a hard worker frm my childhood...

ques: what languages u have done?


ans: ..........

Ques: what is the diffrence b/w c & c++?


ans: .....

Ques: then he gave me a program to write it was of addition of matrices?

Ques: what u see ur self after 5 years ago?


ans: I said sir i want to be the HR of tech mahindra.....

That! was a six! he really impressed with my presence of mind......

Ques: What were ur strength and weakness?

Ques: prove that ur a good team player?

Ques: What is data structures?

Ques: what are generic pointers?

Ques: Is c++ is a superset of c then why we are using c in banks?

Ques: what is inheritance? write its syntax?

Ques: what are access specifiers?

Ques: What according to u ur salary be?

Ques: When u started giving meaningful contribution to the organisation?

Ques: what are paramaterised constructors?


Ques: In header files.... files are declared or defined?
ans; declared

Ques: what is normalisation?

Ques: What is black box and white box testing?

HR ROUND.......

This round is merely a formality....as they asked us about any special quality that we have....
i said sir i love to ride bikes...

they told us to take any topic frm ourselves and then give idea on that.....

then they take each of our's resume with one photograph and then they asked us to make
communications skills strong as there
are many chances to go abroad 4 their projects.

and then they asked that u all will miss bhopal

and i answer sir ! we are very eager to leave bhopal......

And then finally He said "WELCOME TO TECH MAHINDRA"

C-Test Paper
1. #include
* What is wrong in the following problem

main() {
int i,j;
j = 10;
i = j++ - j++;
printf("%d %d", i,j);
}
ans: 0, 12

2.#include <STDIO.H
* What is the output of the following problem
main() {
int j;
for(j=0;j<3;j++)
foo();
}
foo() {
static int i = 10;
i+=10;
printf("%d\n",i);
}

/* Out put is (***since static int is used i value is retained between


* 20 function calls )
* 30
* 40
*
/

3.#include <STDIO.H
#include <STDIO.H
#include <STRING.H
/* This is asked in PCS Bombay walk-in-interview
* What is wrong in the following code
*/
main()
{
char *c;
c = "Hello";
printf("%s\n", c);
}
/*ans:- Hello, The code is successfully running */

4. #include <STDIO.H
/* This problem is given in PCS BOMBAY walk-in-interview.
* What is the final value of i and how many times loop is
* Executed ?
*/

main()

{
int i,j,k,l,lc=0;
/* the input is given as 1234 567 */
printf("Enter the number string:<1234 567 \n");
scanf("%2d%d%1d",&i,&j,&k);
for(;k;k--,i++)
for(l=0;l
printf("%d %d\n",i,l);}
printf("LOOPS= %d\n", lc-1);
}
/* Ans: i = 16, and loop is executed for 169 times */

5.#include <STDIO.H
/* This is given in PCS Bombay walk-in-interview */
/* What is the output of the following program */

main() {
union {
int a;
int b;
int c;
} u,v;
u.a = 10;
u.b = 20;
printf("%d %d \n",u.a,u.b);
}
/* Ans : The latest value assigned to any of the union member
will be present in the union members so answer is
20 20
*/
6.#include <STDIO.H
main()
{
float i, j;
scanf("%f %f", &i, &j);
printf("%.2f %.3f", i, j);
}

/Ans:- 123.34 3. 234 */

7.#include <STDIO.H
/* This is given in PCS Bombay walk-in-interview
* What is the out put of the following problem ?
*/

main()
{
char *str = "12345";
printf("%c %c %c\n", *str, *(str++), *(str++));
}
/* Ans: It is not 1 2 3
* But it is 3 2 1 Why ??
*/

8.#include <STDIO.H
/* This problem is asked in PCS Bombay Walk-in-interview
* Write a macro statement to find maximum of a,b
*/
#define max(a,b) (ab)?a:b
main()
{
int a,b;
a=3;
b=4;
printf("%d",max(a,b));
}
/* Ans is very simple the coding is just for testing it
and output is 4 */

~
9.#include <STDIO.H
/* This problem is asked in PCS Bombay
* What is the output of the following coding
*/

main()
{
int len=4;
char *st="12345678";
st = st -len;
printf("%c\n",*st);
}
/* Ans : It will print some junk value */
~
10.#include <STDIO.H
main()
{
func(1);
}
func(int i){
static char *str ={ "One","Two","Three","Four"};
printf("%s\n",str[i++]);
return;
}
/* Ans:- it will give warning because str is pointer to the char but
it is initialized with more values
if it is not considered then the answer is Two */

11.
#include <STDIO.H
main()
{
int i;
for (i=1;i<100; i++)
printf("%d %0x\n",i,i);
}
/* Ans:- i is from 1 to 99 for the first format,
for the second format 1to9, ato f, 10 to 19,1ato1f, 20 to 29, etc */

12.#include <STDIO.H
/* This problem is asked in PCS Bombay walk-in-interview
* In the following code please write the syntax for
* assing a value of 10 to field x of s and id_no 101 of s
*/
struct {
int x;
int y;
union {
int id_no;
char *name;
}b;
}s,*st;
main()
{
st = &s;
st-x=10;
st-b.id_no = 101;
printf("%d %d\n",s..x,s.b.id_no);
}
/* Ans: The answer is st-x=10;
* st-b.id_no=101;
*/
13.#include <STDIO.H
/* This problem was asked in PCS Bombay in a walk-in-interview
* Write a recursive function that calculates
* n * (n-1) * (n-2) * ....... 2 * 1
*/

main() {
int factorial(int n);
int i,ans;
printf("\n Enter a Number:");
scanf("%d",&i);
ans = factorial(i);
printf("\nFactorial by recursion = %d\n", ans);
}
int factorial(int n)
{
if (n <= 1) return (1);
else
return ( n * factorial(n-1));
}

~
14.#include <STDIO.H
/* This problem is asked in PCS Bombay walk-in-interview
* What is the output of the following problem
*/
main(){
int j,ans;
j = 4;
ans = count(4);
printf("%d\n",ans);
}
int count(int i)
{
if ( i < 0) return(i);
else
return( count(i-2) + count(i-1));
}

/* It is showing -18 as an answer */

15.#include<STDIO.H
main()
{
int i=4;
if(i=0)
printf("statement 1");
else
printf("statement 2");
}
/* statement 2 */

This is pcsb paper.

1. #include <STDIO.H
* What is wrong in the following problem
main() {
int i,j;
j = 10;
i = j++ - j++;
printf("%d %d", i,j);
}
ans: 0, 12

2.#include <STDIO.H
* What is the output of the following problem
main() {
int j;
for(j=0;j<3;j++)
foo();
}
foo() {
static int i = 10;
i+=10;
printf("%d\n",i);
}

/* Out put is (***since static int is used i value is retained between


* 20 function calls )
* 30
* 40
*
/

3.#include <STDIO.H
#include <STDIO.H
#include <STRING.H
/* This is asked in PCS Bombay walk-in-interview
* What is wrong in the following code
*/
main()
{
char *c;
c = "Hello";
printf("%s\n", c);
}
/*ans:- Hello, The code is successfully running */

4. #include <STDIO.H
/* This problem is given in PCS BOMBAY walk-in-interview.
* What is the final value of i and how many times loop is
* Executed ?
*/

main()

{
int i,j,k,l,lc=0;
/* the input is given as 1234 567 */
printf("Enter the number string:<1234 567 \n");
scanf("%2d%d%1d",&i,&j,&k);
for(;k;k--,i++)
for(l=0;l
printf("%d %d\n",i,l);}
printf("LOOPS= %d\n", lc-1);
}
/* Ans: i = 16, and loop is executed for 169 times */

5.#include <STDIO.H
/* This is given in PCS Bombay walk-in-interview */
/* What is the output of the following program */

main() {
union {
int a;
int b;
int c;
} u,v;
u.a = 10;
u.b = 20;
printf("%d %d \n",u.a,u.b);
}
/* Ans : The latest value assigned to any of the union member
will be present in the union members so answer is
20 20
*/
6.#include <STDIO.H
main()
{
float i, j;
scanf("%f %f", &i, &j);
printf("%.2f %.3f", i, j);
}

/Ans:- 123.34 3. 234 */

7.#include <STDIO.H
/* This is given in PCS Bombay walk-in-interview
* What is the out put of the following problem ?
*/

main()
{
char *str = "12345";
printf("%c %c %c\n", *str, *(str++), *(str++));
}
/* Ans: It is not 1 2 3
* But it is 3 2 1 Why ??
*/

8.#include <STDIO.H
/* This problem is asked in PCS Bombay Walk-in-interview
* Write a macro statement to find maximum of a,b
*/
#define max(a,b) (ab)?a:b
main()
{
int a,b;
a=3;
b=4;
printf("%d",max(a,b));
}
/* Ans is very simple the coding is just for testing it
and output is 4 */

~
9.#include <STDIO.H
/* This problem is asked in PCS Bombay
* What is the output of the following coding
*/

main()
{
int len=4;
char *st="12345678";
for(i=0; i<6; i++)
st = st -len;
printf("%c\n",*st);
}
/* Ans : It will print some junk value */
~
10.#include <STDIO.H
main()
{
func(1);
}
func(int i){
static char *str ={ "One","Two","Three","Four"};
printf("%s\n",str[i++]);
return;
}
/* Ans:- it will give warning because str is pointer to the char but
it is initialized with more values
if it is not considered then the answer is Two */

11.
#include <STDIO.H
main()
{
int i;
for (i=1;i<100; i++)
printf("%d %0x\n",i,i);
}
/* Ans:- i is from 1 to 99 for the first format,
for the second format 1to9, ato f, 10 to 19,1ato1f, 20 to 29, etc */

12.#include <STDIO.H
/* This problem is asked in PCS Bombay walk-in-interview
* In the following code please write the syntax for
* assing a value of 10 to field x of s and id_no 101 of s
*/
struct {
int x;
int y;
union {
int id_no;
char *name;
}b;
}s,*st;
main()
{
st = &s;
st-x=10;
st-b.id_no = 101;
printf("%d %d\n",s.x,s.b.id_no);
}
/* Ans: The answer is st-x=10;
* st-b.id_no=101;
*/
13.#include <STDIO.H
/* This problem was asked in PCS Bombay in a walk-in-interview
* Write a recursive function that calculates
* n * (n-1) * (n-2) * ....... 2 * 1
*/

main() {
int factorial(int n);
int i,ans;
printf("\n Enter a Number:");
scanf("%d",&i);
ans = factorial(i);
printf("\nFactorial by recursion = %d\n", ans);
}
int factorial(int n)
{
if (n <= 1) return (1);
else
return ( n * factorial(n-1));
}

~
14.#include <STDIO.H
/* This problem is asked in PCS Bombay walk-in-interview
* What is the output of the following problem
*/
main(){
int j,ans;
j = 4;
ans = count(4);
printf("%d\n",ans);
}
int count(int i)
{
if ( i < 0) return(i);
else
return( count(i-2) + count(i-1));
}

/* It is showing -18 as an answer */

15.#include<STDIO.H
main()
{
int i=4;
if(i=0)
printf("statement 1");
else
printf("statement 2");
}
/* statement 2 */

1. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) not true


a. Literate workers have small families than illiterate workers.
b. Families with 2 or less than 2 children are commoner than families with 3 or more children.
c. 2 children families constitute 60% of the families of workers.
d. More the no. of children a worker has the more illiterate he is.
e. None the above statement is true. Ans : e

2. Of a mutual instrument vibrate 6,8 & 12 intervals respectively. If all three vibrate together
what is the time interval before all vibrate together again? Ans : 1/2 sec HCF of DR
3. Certain no. of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If however there were 10 men less it
will take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally. Ans :
110 men
4. In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/- in 5 years. Ans :
Rs.800/-
Sum of money at compound interest amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years
will it take 9 times itself. Ans : 6
5. Two trains in the same direction at 50 & 32 kmph respectively. A man in the slower train
observes the 15 seconds elapse before the faster train completely passes him. What is the
length of faster train ? Ans : 75m
How many mashes are there in a sq. m of wire gauge. Each mesh being 8mm long X 5mm
width
Ans : 25000
6. x% of y is y% of ? Ans : x
7. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % house-wife should reduce the consumption of
sugar so that expenditure on sugar can be same as before Ans : 16.66
8. A man spending half of his salary for house hold expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel
expenses, a man deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50.
What is his monthly salary ?
Ans : 1000

9. The population of a city increases @ 4% p.a. That is an additioanl annual increase of 4% of


the population due to this influx of job seekers, the % increase in population after 2 years is
10.The ratio of no. of boys & girls in a school is 3:2 Out of these ?% the boys & 25% of girls are
scholarship holders. % of students who are not scholarship holders.?
11.15 Men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each
would do if 21 women take. If 3 women do as much work of 2 men. Ans : 30
12.A cylinder ingot 6cms in diameter and 6 cms in height is and spheres all of the same size are
made from the material obtained.what is the diameter of each sphere? Ans :3cms
13.Rectangular plank of sqrt(2)meters wide can be placed so that it is on either side of the
diagonal of a square shown below.what is the area of the plank? Ans :7sqrt(2) fig no-
14.The difference b/w the compound interest payble half yearly and the simple interest on a
certain sum cont out at 10% p.a for 1 year is Rs 25 what is the sum Ans:10,000
15.what is the smallest n0 by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it a perfect square ?
a)3 b)4 c)5 d) 6 e)8 Ans: 3
16.A father is 30 times more than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son what is
father's present age ?Ans : 40
17.An article sold at a profit of 20% if both the c.p & s.p were tobe Rs.20/- the profit would be
10% more. What is the c.p of that article? Ans : 1% loss
18.How can a process be started automatically in UNIX ? ANS : Through CRONTAB { options were
crontab, inittab, and two more }
19.What is the meaning of run level 6 ? ANS. Reboot
20.How can you determine which file has generated the CORE ?
Options were..
1.ps -ef | grep core
2.ps -ef | grep <executable file name > Freshersworld.com
3.pfile core
4.filec core
21.Diff.between inlinefunction((++)-macns(c)

22.3 to 4 questions on conditional operator :?:


23.Write a macro for sqaring no.
24.Trees -3 noded tree ( 4 to 5 questions fundamentals) Maximum possible no.of arrnging these
nodes
25.Arrange the nodes in depth first order breadth first order
26.Linked lists Q) Given two statments
27.Allocating memory dynamiccaly
28.Arrays Tree the above both and find the mistake
29.Pointers (7 to 8 questions) Schaum series Pointer to functions, to arrays 4 statements
->meaning,syntax for another 4 statements
30.Booting-def(When you on the system the process that takes place is ------
31.Type of global variable can be accessible from any where in the working environment
( external global variable)
32.Which of the following can be accessed randomly Ans. a. one way linked list
b. two way "
c. Arrays
d. Trees
33.Write a class for a cycle purchase(data items req.)

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