Campus Placement

Campus BUZZ!!!

2006-12-01T14:50:00.000-08:00

This Site is dedicated to all the students,and people who are looking for jobs and also for those who are willing to study further(GRE and all)

Job in a good company after graduation is one of the basic need of a student.
But,this site will also be helpful to all those who are jobless
or who are planning to change there company for a better job!!!

But,it does not ends here.What about those who are willing to study further.
Yes,there is a lot of materials for GRE test for all those who are willing to study further.

Here, you will get all kind of resources you require for yur placement and GRE test!!!
Check regulary for Updates and new materials...

Here are placement papers of Top companies(latest updates on 25th,november 2006)
if you want a paper for a particular company,then post a comment.

placement Papers and Interview Questions

Accenture latest paper New

Adobe Latest Paper

CSC Paper 2006 New

Cisco -2006

FlextronicsNew

Google Placement Paper

Hp 2006 paper

IBM paper 1

IBM paper 2

INFOSYS Paper -1 INFOSYS paper- 2 INFOSYS paper-3

Larsen & Turbo New

Satyam Paper-1

TCS -1(2006) TCS-2(2006) TCS-3(2006)

More placement Papers and Interview Questions

INTERVIEW RESOURCES::::

Story Of a Successful TCSer

Microsoft interview

how-to-answer-64-toughest-interview-questions

Resources for GRE::::

Gre questions and materials

Successful TCSer

2006-11-28T13:03:00.000-08:00

EXPERIENCE OF A SUCCESSFUL TCSer!!!!!!!

This article is for all those who are interested in TCS campus placement(i bet if you follow what all he(my friend) has mentioned then it will be a cat walk...)

Preparation for test:

English:

Word power made easy,30 days to a more powerful vocabulary (Norman Lewis), GRE barons

Quantitative:

Arihant's quantitative aptitude test 4 CAT.

Last year Papers downloaded from Net

Critical Reasoning:

Last year's papers and most importantly GRE barons 12th edition,

R S Aggarwal reasoning.

My Interviews:

I had have to give four interviews first Technical,second HR and third again Technical and there was also a fourth interview,I will tell you later about this.

First interview(Technical round):

Q:: Tell me about yourself.
A:: I am Azam Ghani doing B.Tech. from Jamia Millia Islamia,delhi... and so on..

Q::As you have done seminar on GSM what do you know about GSM?
A::GSM stands for global system for mobile communication and having BTS,BSC,MSC etc. etc.

Q::I bought something on 10% gain and sold it at 10% loss.If there is any gain or loss to me ?
A::I could not understand this question,I simply told them.

Q::Area of circle is incremented by 20% then it is decremented by 20%. What will be the final increment or decrement in the final area of circle?
A::let area initially be A then incremented area will be 120A/100 now if it is decremented by 20% than area will be (80/100)(120A/100).Thus the final decrement will be 4%.

Q:: What is your rating in c/c++ out of 10 ?
A:: I said around 5 he said ok !

Q::WAP to print
AAAAA
AAAA
AAA
AA
A
A:: I used two loops after certain amendments i cope up with the problem.

Q:: what will be the output of following program

main()
{
int j;
int n=20;
for(j=0;n>j;j--)
printf("cool");
}
A:: i replied infinite loop then ...

Q:: Change one character in the above problem so that the loop run only for 20 times
A:: i said change '--' into '++' he said i said you have to change only one charcter then i provided the following solution
for( i=0;-ihe said ok this problem has four possible solutions then i analysed it again and said that i am not able to get more he said ok!

Q:: What are your favourite subjects?
A:: Microprocessor he said every body is saying üp who taught you üp is i replied politely Prof. M. R. Singh Sir

Q::Which was the first üp and who made that üp?
A::4004 and intel produced this chip.

Q::Which is the latest üp and what are its qualities?
A::Intel Dual core üp and its speed is very high.

Q:: As your hobby is mimicry can you mimic Bhaskar Sahab?
A:: I mimicked Bhaskar sir then he asked can you mimic me i then mimicked him also.

Q::Any question from our side ?
A:: I asked when i will come to know that i have been selected? he said you can wait outside we will put a list outside.
Again he asked any question?? This time i asked whether your company provide any fund for the charitable society. He said,yes then i asked when i will come to you,will you provide me also?he asked which organization do you belong to i replied TA'AWWUN TRUST.
He said ok Thank you azam!!

Second interview(HR round):

Q::Introduce yourself.
A::I am Azam blah blah....

Q::I see your hobby is playing football,badminton mimicry;which character would you to mimic ?
A::Shahrukh.

Q::Which football playing country do like most?
A::Brazil.

Q::Why not Argentina?
A::Well,Sir; Actually when we watch the match of Brazil,we get a vicarious feeling that we are playing.

Q::What are your strenghts?
A::I am assidous and reliable as i don't miss the deadlines.
I can do work in clique as well as alone.

Q::One solid strength?
A::I am reliable.

Q::What are your weaknesses?
A::I am not vindictive,whatever the people do for me i bear that stoically.Once I requested my friend to provide his Pendrive as I have to do some work. He denied me.And then I bought mine and whenever he asked me for pendrive I never denied him.

Q::Why should we select you in TCS?
A:: Sir, I do relate the theoretical knowledge with practical for example as I have done seminar on GSM and i gave a look on my mobile first and looked for the IMEI no. and found that it is 358354/00/263669/3 , so this is simple example of my ability.

Q::Why do u want to join TCS?Give only 1 solid reason.
A::Job security.

Q::other than job security?
A::i come to know that ur company works for the upliftment of the community and leveraged the standard of living of many people , so i can get a chance to serve the community also when i m in TCS.

Q::Do u read magazines?
A:: yes, i read CSR.

Q::so u want to become an IAS officer?
A::(i said with a smile) no sir, i read CSR for the amelioration of my english and GK only.

Q::How wud u scale urself technically on a scale of 5?
A::around 3

Q::It means u r an average student?
A::Yes i am.

Now they switched to tech stuff

Q::what r objects?

Q::what is polymorphism?

Q::what is inheritance.

Q::what were u doing 4 the whole day?
A::Sir, i was waiting for my turn.

Q::What is the difference b/w btech comp science and btech IT?
A::i cudnt answer this ques. and gave vague answers.

Q::If not selected in TCS then in which company wud u like to go?
A::sir i've not decided yet.when ill not get selected then i'll think over it.

Q::Name 5 IT companies.
A:: i said "TCS,which is India's no 1 software company and Wipro".and then i kept silent.i knew more names bt i didnt speak them out.

Then he said thank u ,Azam ghani u can leave.

Third interview(Technical round):

I knocked the door formally and then entered the room.
He looked at my CV and marksheet etc.
Now he simply asked..

Q::what are your favourite subjects?
A::Microprocessor.

Q::What is the structure of up?
A::I started saying..
Accumulator
ALU
Registers
Control Unit
Interrupts
Instruction Decoder
Serial I/O.

Q:: What about bits?
A::8085 has 16 bit address bus and 8 bit data bus.

Q::Do you know any üp other than 8085?
A::Yes, A bit about 8086.

Q::What is the diffrence between 8085 and 8086?
A::I said (the obvious answer which you are also thinking.)that 8086 is of 16 bit üp and 8085 is of 8 bit.

He again asked..

Q::What about address bus ?

I said ..

A::In 8085 its of 16 bit but in 8086 its of 20 bits.

Q::What is the diffrence between 8086 and 8088?
A::Both are 16 bit üp, use the same 20 bit address bus but 8086 has 16 bit data bus and 8088 has 8 bit data bus.

Now turned towards C&C++ . . . .

Q::Which type of programmes you have done in C and C++?
A::Sir, I have done simple programmes like factorial, fibonacci etc.

Q::Suppose we are having some numbers in a array and we have to sort in ascending order.Do you know what the ascending order is ?? I replied Yes.
First let you explain how you will do it
A::Sir, I will do it with bubble sort .He said explain.
I said that first of all we'll check whether the first no is greater than second and so on. But i struck somewhere then i said i'll explain it with the help of program .I wrote the code as follows.

int temp;
int a[20];
for(int j=0 ;n>j;j++)
for(int i=0 ;n-j>i;i++)
if(a[i]>a[i+1])
{ temp=a[i];
a[i]=a[i+1];
a[i+1]=temp;
}
}

Now He said ok.
Q:: any question?
A::When I'll come to know that I have been selected?He replied Very Soon.
Then he said OK you may leave now.
I said Thankyou!

Fourth interview:
"The TCS Man" Shook the hand said "enjoy Azam ghani ar you have been selected.
Interview was over then.

Peculiarities of my selection:
1. I was told an hour before the formal announcement of results that you have been selected.
2.Company took 4 interview of mine on the other hand others were giving only 2.

I hope this experience will help all the aspirants preparing for TCS !!!

Interview Questions

2006-11-23T16:23:00.000-08:00

1. Tell me about yourself

Keep your answer short and focused on your professional life. This is not the time to bring up relationships, childhood experiences, family etc. A brief history of education, career and special interests is what is called for here. End it with why you are interested in this particular job

2. Why are you applying for this particular job?

Show interest and demonstrate that you have researched the job and know what you are getting into. Bring up evidence from past work/studies that support your interest in this role and any skills you have acquired in preparation for the role. You can say something like 'I would like to work for a leader in innovative network and telecommunications solutions and my college degree in computatational mathematics has given me a solid background for this role. Mention the value -added you can bring to the job.

3. What do you know about our company?
Indicate what you have learnt from your research activities -from their
annual reports, news papers, word of mouth, other employees etc.
Use this to flatter them and show that you have done your homework.

. What makes you qualified for this particular job?

Again, explain that you are very interested in the job and demonstrate what it is about your past experiences, education and qualifications that makes you ideal for the job. Show enthusiasm and support your answers with evidence wherever you can (eg. my summer internship at Citibank gave me broad exposure to the area of equity analysis and I think I can apply many of the tools I learnt there in this job). Elaborate on all the past experiences and skill sets that make you suitable for the job. In cases where your past experience is not directly relevant, you can still find elements of it that can be useful. Play up team skills, computer skills, leadership roles, specific courses and independent research activities that can be useful to the job at hand to show your initiative even where you don't have directly relevant job experience.

5. What can you do for us that someone else can't?

Demonstrate key strengths, skills and personal characteristics.

6. Why should we hire you?

See 3. Because you have all the experience/ traits/ credentials demonstrated in 3 and in addition to being qualified, you are enthusiastic, intelligent, hardworking, flexible and willing to learn. Also mention any key relationships you may have that may assist you in the job.

7. What do you look for in a job?

Be honest. Also mention keywords such as challenging, steep learning curve, good work culture, demanding, rewarding, opportunities for advancement and growth, team environment, opportunity to build and maintain client relationships etc.

8. Why are you looking to make a career change?

Mention your interests and make sure you bring up all skills/ experience however insignificant that can support your move in this new direction. It is quite common in this day and age to make a career switch. You need however to show that you have very carefully thought about the change, have a strong interest in the new career and can use some of your previous skills/ education/ relationships to make that move.

9. Why did you leave your last job?

Do NOT use this as an opportunity to badmouth past employers or peers or talk about a failure of any sort. Any of these answers are acceptable: you were looking for a new challenge, your learning curve had flattened out in the previous job and you were looking for a new learning opportunity, the company or department were restructuring, you were ready to start something new after achieving your career goals at the previous company etc.

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Interview Questions-2

2006-11-23T15:32:00.000-08:00

How to Answer The 64 Toughest Interview Questions continuation:::

10. Why do you want to work for us (as opposed to the competitor companies)?

Demonstrate that you know something about the company, that you believe they are leaders/ innovators in what they do, or you think their work culture is exactly what you are looking for, or you like their product(s) or you have friends who work there and have always been attracted to the company etc. Flatter the company and show you know something about it.

11.How long will it take you to start making a meaningful contribution?

Show that you are enthusiastic and willing to learn and will put in all the hours and effort necessary to learn the ropes and start making an immediate contribution. Indicate that your past experiences/ skills/ credentials will enable you to make an immediate contribution at some level while you quickly learn all new aspects of the job. An Interviewer wants someone who is willing and able to learn and will make a return on his investment sooner rather than later.

12. What are your strengths?

See 14 below. In addition, keywords such as good team player, work very well under pressure, very creative, very strong quantitative or computer skills, and very strong client relationship skills may be appropriate depending on your chosen field.

13. What are your weaknesses?

Do NOT mention key weaknesses here. This is not the place to say you are bad at meeting deadlines or you never mastered high school mathematics etc. Turn this question around to your benefit. For example, you are 'overambitious' or 'extremely attentive to detail' or 'like to take on too many projects'. Make it sound positive.

14. What are your career goals?

Show you have thought forward and are committed to your career.

15. How would you describe yourself?

Any of these are good examples of attributes employers are looking for: intelligent, hardworking, quick to learn, enthusiastic, honest, efficient, productive, ambitious, successful, and compassionate (in the medical fields)

16. How would your colleagues describe you?

Do not bring up anything negative here.

17. How would your boss describe you?

They will check references anyways so bring up the most positive attribute you can think of about yourself eg hardworking, honest etc. and leave it to your Boss to say anything to the contrary.

18. What did you most like/ dislike about your past job?

Do not use this to badmouth past jobs/ employers. Keep it light and in your favour eg I outgrew the job, there wasn't a clear career progression, I wasn't learning anything new etc. Ideally, you will have loved your last job and would like to achieve the same kind of success and job satisfaction in a more challenging area as you have now 'outgrown' that job and are ready for 'new challenges'.

19. Describe a situation in your past where you showed initiative?

You could describe any new methods you came up with to do your job or to save money for the company or to turn around a bad situation. It can be something as simple as changing a filing system, or establishing a relationship with a vendor that saved your department a lot of money. If you are in sales, you may want to talk about how you brought in that big account. Creatives may talk about how they came up with that cutthroat image or design that brought in the business.

20. What were your main responsibilities in your last job?

Have these ready and list them all. Dwell on the ones that are most relevant to the new job. This answer should be smooth and practiced.

21. What do you consider your greatest accomplishments?

Many of us have one or two milestones in our career that we are very proud of eg. that early promotion, that 'huge' deal we brought in, the design we came up with, the costs we saved, the revenues we increased, the people we trained, a new invention or process we came up with etc. Examples of accomplishments may be: 'Reduced costs by X%; or renamed and repositioned a product at the end of its lifecycle, or organized and led a team to do do XYZ, or achieved sales increase of X% etc. If you are a fresh college graduate, talk about extracurricular activities, leadership roles and grades.

22. Do you work better in teams or independently?

Show that you are a proactive team player and like to bounce ideas off others and get input; however you are very capable of working independently (give examples).

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Interview Questions-3

2006-11-23T12:50:00.000-08:00

How to Answer The 64 Toughest Interview Questions

23. How do you work under pressure?

Well. Give evidence.

24. What other jobs have you applied for?

Don't mention jobs in different career directions (eg advertising and investment banking). Do however bring up any other offers or Interviews from competing firms.

25. How did you do in college?

Keep it positive. It's okay to say you were very busy making the most of college and were very involved in sports, activities, social life etc. Employers want human beings not robots. Mention the areas you did very well in even if it was just one or two courses you excelled in. They will check for themselves.

26. What kind of hours would you like to work?

Employers want to see flexibility. Indicate you are willing to put in whatever hours are necessary to finish the job. Do however mention any constraints you have eg. you would like to be home to pick your kids up from school at 3:30. Most employers are willing to work around your constraints if you show flexibility on your side as well.

27. Do you have any questions for me?

YES you do. Questions engage the Interviewer and show your interest. Ask questions that show you know something about the company or the job, that you are planning ahead, that you are anxious and willing to learn the ropes and that you are committed to the position.

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Placement of TCS

2006-11-19T13:54:00.000-08:00

This article is for all those who are interested in TCS campus placement(i bet if you follow what all he(my friend) has mentioned then it will be a cat walk...)

Preparation for test:

English:

Word power made easy,30 days to a more powerful vocabulary (Norman Lewis), GRE barons

Quantitative:

Arihant's quantitative aptitude test 4 CAT.

Last year Papers downloaded from Net

Critical Reasoning:

Last year's papers and most importantly GRE barons 12th edition,

R S Aggarwal reasoning.

My Interviews:

I had have to give four interviews first Technical,second HR and third again Technical and there was also a fourth interview,I will tell you later about this.

First interview(Technical round):

Q:: Tell me about yourself.
A:: I am Azam Ghani doing B.Tech. from JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA and so on..

Q::As you have done seminar on GSM what do you know about GSM?
A::GSM stands for global system for mobile communication and having BTS,BSC,MSC etc. etc.

Q::I bought something on 10% gain and sold it at 10% loss.If there is any gain or loss to me ?
A::I could not understand this question,I simply told them.

Q:: What is your rating in c/c++ out of 10 ?
A:: I said around 5 he said ok !

Q::WAP to print
AAAAA
AAAA
AAA
AA
A
A:: I used two loops after certain amendments i cope up with the problem.

Q:: what will be the output of following program

main()
{
int j;
int n=20;
for(j=0;n>j;j--)
printf("cool");
}
A:: i replied infinite loop then ...

Q:: Change one character in the above problem so that the loop run only for 20 times
A:: i said change '--' into '++' he said i said you have to change only one charcter then i provided the following solution
for( i=0;-ihe said ok this problem has four possible solutions then i analysed it again and said that i am not able to get more he said ok!

Q:: What are your favourite subjects?
A:: Microprocessor he said every body is saying üp who taught you üp is i replied politely Prof. M. R. Khan Sir

Q::Which was the first üp and who made that üp?
A::4004 and intel produced this chip.

Q::Which is the latest üp and what are its qualities?
A::Intel Dual core üp and its speed is very high.

Q:: As your hobby is mimicry can you mimic Bhaskar Sahab?
A:: I mimicked Bhaskar sir then he asked can you mimic me i then mimicked him also.

Second interview(HR round):

Q::Introduce yourself.
A::I am Azam blah blah....

Q::I see your hobby is playing football,badminton mimicry;which character would you to mimic ?
A::Shahrukh.

Q::Which football playing country do like most?
A::Brazil.

Q::Why not Argentina?
A::Well,Sir; Actually when we watch the match of Brazil,we get a vicarious feeling that we are playing.

Q::What are your strenghts?
A::I am assidous and reliable as i don't miss the deadlines.
I can do work in clique as well as alone.

Q::One solid strength?
A::I am reliable.

Q::Why do u want to join TCS?Give only 1 solid reason.
A::Job security.

Q::Do u read magazines?
A:: yes, i read CSR.

Q::so u want to become an IAS officer?
A::(i said with a smile) no sir, i read CSR for the amelioration of my english and GK only.

Q::How wud u scale urself technically on a scale of 5?
A::around 3

Q::It means u r an average student?
A::Yes i am.

Now they switched to tech stuff

Q::what r objects?

Q::what is polymorphism?

Q::what is inheritance.

Q::what were u doing 4 the whole day?
A::Sir, i was waiting for my turn.

Q::What is the difference b/w btech comp science and btech IT?
A::i cudnt answer this ques. and gave vague answers.

Q::If not selected in TCS then in which company wud u like to go?
A::sir i've not decided yet.when ill not get selected then i'll think over it.

Q::Name 5 IT companies.
A:: i said "TCS,which is India's no 1 software company and Wipro".and then i kept silent.i knew more names bt i didnt speak them out.

Then he said thank u ,Azam Ghani u can leave.

Third interview(Technical round):

I knocked the door formally and then entered the room.
He looked at my CV and marksheet etc.
Now he simply asked..

Q::what are your favourite subjects?
A::Microprocessor.

Q::What is the structure of up?
A::I started saying..
Accumulator
ALU
Registers
Control Unit
Interrupts
Instruction Decoder
Serial I/O.

Q:: What about bits?
A::8085 has 16 bit address bus and 8 bit data bus.

Q::Do you know any üp other than 8085?
A::Yes, A bit about 8086.

Q::What is the diffrence between 8085 and 8086?
A::I said (the obvious answer which you are also thinking.)that 8086 is of 16 bit üp and 8085 is of 8 bit.

He again asked..

Q::What about address bus ?

I said ..

A::In 8085 its of 16 bit but in 8086 its of 20 bits.

Q::What is the diffrence between 8086 and 8088?
A::Both are 16 bit üp, use the same 20 bit address bus but 8086 has 16 bit data bus and 8088 has 8 bit data bus.

Now turned towards C&C++ . . . .

Q::Which type of programmes you have done in C and C++?
A::Sir, I have done simple programmes like factorial, fibonacci etc.

Q::Suppose we are having some numbers in a array and we have to sort in ascending order.Do you know what the ascending order is ?? I replied Yes.
First let you explain how you will do it
A::Sir, I will do it with bubble sort .He said explain.
I said that first of all we'll check whether the first no is greater than second and so on. But i struck somewhere then i said i'll explain it with the help of program .I wrote the code as follows.

int temp;
int a[20];
for(int j=0 ;n>j;j++)
for(int i=0 ;n-j>i;i++)
if(a[i]>a[i+1])
{ temp=a[i];
a[i]=a[i+1];
a[i+1]=temp;
}
}

Now He said ok.
Q:: any question?
A::When I'll come to know that I have been selected?He replied Very Soon.
Then he said OK you may leave now.
I said Thankyou!

Fourth interview:
"The TCS Man" Shook the hand said "enjoy AZAM GHANI you have been selected.
Interview was over then.

Peculiarities of my selection:
1. I was told an hour before the formal announcement of results that you have been selected.
2.Company took 4 interview of mine on the other hand others were giving only 2.

I hope this experience will help all the aspirants preparing for TCS !!!

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Accenture Latest Paper

2006-11-18T14:28:00.000-08:00

Some important Things You might need for placement!!!

Accenture Latest Paper::::

The recruitment process (four round) is quite a long. It goes as follows:--

I. Written Test 1 Hrs

II. GD 15 Mins.

III. Technical 20-30 Mins.

IV. HR 10 Mins.

Total students appear for Written =190

For GD =116

For Technical=79

For HR=50

Final Selection = 33 of which six from MCA.

( I ) WRITTEN TEST

Written Test Consist of 55 question to be answer in 1 Hrs. & a short ESSAY on a given topic.

Written Test consist of Three Section:

1) Verbal 20 Questions

2) Aptitude 20 Questions

3) Analytical 15 Questions

1) VERBAL SECTION

It consist of question like

fill in the blanks using given words,

fill in the blanks using given ARTICLE,

2-3 question from synonyms

Two passage were given one on SQL language & another on DBMS.

5 - Question from each passage.

Its quite a easy one.

2) APTITUDE

3 - question like There are 2000 member on a club, 800 likes swimming, 1300 like golf, 500 like swimming & golf then how many like onlu swimming, golf?

3 question on set theory like there are 50 people, 20 like jukebox+game, 10 like game+book , 35 like book+jukebox. Than how many like only book, jukebox.

question on percentage like "if A got 20% marks and failed by 10 marks & B got 42% and passed by 1 marks, then what is the pass %, maximum marks."

if Ram's rank is 14th, total student 46, what will be his rank backward.

3) ANALYTICAL

easy one 5 - question on decision making

3 - question on selecting the look alike

125.23622 125.23522 125.23522 125.25322

568.352 568.352 568.532 568.352

question on coding on binay form "If * represent 0 & $ represent 1 than what will be the value of "

6^4 / 6^6 / 28

2^3-6+12+95/15

[15/4+2*8]

qusestion like ( + rep -, / rep - ,* rep /, - rep + ) than what will be the value of 15/3+5*2/6

( - rep /, * rep - ,/ rep +, + rep * ) than what will be the value of 23+8-55/2*12

( * rep /, + rep - ,/rep *, - rep + ) than what will be the value of 15*2/5+8-6

( / rep *, * rep /, - rep +, + rep -) than what will be the value of 20*2/5+6-8

For ESSAY :

They have given the topic "SHOULD KOLKATA BE MADE IT HUB OF INDIA?"

This essay is just to check your writing ability.

( II ) GROUP DISCUSSION

GD Topics were

a) Should Alcohol be banned or not?

b) IT is enabler (BOON) or not ? (my topic)

c) Is Salman Khan's Bail is Justifiable?

d) Communism & Economy Reform.

e) CPM's Role in Privatization.

f) Foreign TV channels should be banned in INDIA or not?

There are approx. of 12- 15 members in each group & particularly they check you Communication skills, Leadership Qualities etc.Basic funda is to say as much as you know about the topic but don't bluff to much, it may the resaon for your elimination.

( III ) TECHNICAL

Tell me about yourself ?

What is a ROM, what is contains ?

What SDLC model ?

What is advantage of using pointer?

What is Virtual functios?

What are the diffeernt management techniques?

What are the difference between Structure & Class?

What is OSI & TCP/IP layers, differentiate them?

What is indexing?

What is Normalisation? 1NF, 2NF, 3NF?

What is virtual pointer?

Have you done any project so far? (Please mention project only in you have done it properly)

( IV ) HR SECTION

Tell me about yourself?

Why would like to join ACCENTURE?

How can you help us?

Relocation for you is possible or not?

You are from (Physics/math/Chem) background then why did you join MCA?

Do you have any gap in your studies if yes state reason?

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Adobe Latest Paper:::

2006-11-17T14:32:00.000-08:00

ADOBE Written Test

1) Wap to reverse a linked list and sort the same.

2) Given two integers A & B. Determine how many bits required to convert
A to B. Write a function int BitSwapReqd(int A, int B);

3) Write an algorithm to insert a node into sorted linked list.After inserting,
the list must be sorted.

4) Without using /,% and * operators. write a function to divide a number by 3.
itoa() function is available.

5) Wap to swap two integer pointers.

6)Write a funcn int round(float x) to round off a floating point num to int.

7) write an ALP to find sum of First n natural numbers using the following Instructions

LDA num ; load Accumulator with num
DCR R ; decrement Register R
INR R ; increment Register R
MOV x,y ; move the contents of register y into register x
JZ label ; jump to label if A=0
DJNZ label; Decrement & Jump if A <> 0
you can use B & C registers in addition to A register

8) prove that a tree is BST.what is height of a tree?

9) Given A,B & C Boolean polynomials.Prove That (A+BC)=(A+B)(A+C)

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HP 2006 paper

2006-11-16T14:43:00.000-08:00

Section A. ------50qns(general appitude,english etc):
Section B. ------ 10 Questions on Computer concepts.
Section C. ------ 30 Questions on C

1. WAP find and replace a character in a string.
2. WA function to perform the substraction of two .Eg:char N1="123",N2="478",
N3=-355(N1-N2).
3. WAP dynamically intialize a 2 dimentional array Eg:5x20,accept strings and check
for vowels and display the no.finally free the space allocated .
4. WAP read a line from file from location N1 to N2 using command line agruments
Eg:exe 10 20 a.c
5. WAP find the largest of 4 no using macros.

General section
Computer science general, c/c++ section, Java section ,The question paper had 48
questions to be answered in 1hr. Time will be quite sufficient. They have different
sets of question papers. .

1 General section : computer science general knowledge
2. Computer science general: simple questions

1. HP acquired this company in 2002. Which is the company
a) Compaq b) Dell c) option 3 d) Option4
Ans: a

2. What does 3G denote
a) 3rd generation mobile communication b) 3rd generation computer languages
c) option 3 d) option4
Ans: a

3. An application program that is used by the users to get the inofrmation from the
backend of some application like databases:
a) application server b)proxy server c)database server d)option 4
Ans: database server

4. Which of the following is not true about the e-mail
a) It can be accessed by a client program using POP
b) It can be accessed by a client program using imap protocol
c) option 3
d) option 4
Ans: I don't remember the answer but first 2 are true.

5. Some quesion regarding the company and who developed it ( the thing to remember
is that Apple produce Macintosh computers).

c/c++ section: questions on c/c++, programs o/p etc.

1 main( )
{
unsigned int i=3;
while( i >=0)
printf( "%d", i--);
}
how many times will the printf stmt be executed?
a)0 b)3 c)4 d)infinite
Ans: I think the answer is infinite, b'cos 'i' is an unsigned integer and it will not
decrement below '0' and hence end up in an infinite loop.(yes, i checked and it
is getting stuck in an infinite loop)

2. main( )
{
int x,y, z;
x=2;
y=5;
z= x+++y;
printf("%d %d %d", x, y z);
}
a)3 5 7 b)option 2 c)option 3 d)option 4
Ans: a

3 # define swap(a,b) temp=a; a=b; b=temp;
main( )
{
int i, j, temp;
i=5;
j=10;
temp=0;
if( i > j)
swap( i, j );
printf( "%d %d %d", i, j, temp);
}
Ans: On compiling i got ans 10, 0, 0. I did not understand the concept. Please
expalin this to me.

4. Java section: questions on java related stuff.
1) Java was initially code named as:
a)Oak b)green c)miller d)option4
Ans: Oak

5. What is not true about the following statements about java.
a) it is compiled using javac compiler
b) the compiled files have .class extension.
c) such files cannot be transfered from one comp to another.
d) they use the java interpreter
Ans: c

6. Why is the synchronize used?
a) to initialize multiple objects b)to lock an object c)option3 d)option 4
Ans: b (probably)

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Google Placement Paper

2006-11-16T14:40:00.000-08:00

1. Solve this cryptic equation, realizing of course that values for M and E could be interchanged. No leading zeros are allowed.

WWWDOT - GOOGLE = DOTCOM

This can be solved through systematic application of logic. For example, cannot be equal to 0, since . That would make , but , which is not possible.

Here is a slow brute-force method of solution that takes a few minutes on a relatively fast machine:

This gives the two solutions

777589 - 188106 == 589483
777589 - 188103 == 589486

Here is another solution using Mathematica's Reduce command:

A faster (but slightly more obscure) piece of code is the following:

Faster still using the same approach (and requiring ~300 MB of memory):

Even faster using the same approach (that does not exclude leading zeros in the solution, but that can easily be weeded out at the end):

Here is an independent solution method that uses branch-and-prune techniques:

And the winner for overall fastest:

2. Write a haiku describing possible methods for predicting search traffic seasonality.

MathWorld's search engine
seemed slowed this May. Undergrads
prepping for finals.

3. 1
1 1
2 1
1 2 1 1
1 1 1 2 2 1
What's the next line?

312211. This is the "look and say" sequence in which each term after the first describes the previous term: one 1 (11); two 1s (21); one 2 and one 1 (1211); one 1, one 2, and two 1's (111221); and so on. See the look and say sequence entry on MathWorld for a complete write-up and the algebraic form of a fascinating related quantity known as Conway's constant.

4. You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. There is a dusty laptop here with a weak wireless connection. There are dull, lifeless gnomes strolling around. What dost thou do?

A) Wander aimlessly, bumping into obstacles until you are eaten by a grue.
B) Use the laptop as a digging device to tunnel to the next level.
C) Play MPoRPG until the battery dies along with your hopes.
D) Use the computer to map the nodes of the maze and discover an exit path.
E) Email your resume to Google, tell the lead gnome you quit and find yourself in whole different world [sic].

In general, make a state diagram . However, this method would not work in certain pathological cases such as, say, a fractal maze. For an example of this and commentary, see Ed Pegg's column about state diagrams and mazes .

5. What's broken with Unix?

Their reproductive capabilities.

How would you fix it?

[This exercise is left to the reader.]

6. On your first day at Google, you discover that your cubicle mate wrote the textbook you used as a primary resource in your first year of graduate school. Do you:

A) Fawn obsequiously and ask if you can have an autograph.
B) Sit perfectly still and use only soft keystrokes to avoid disturbing her concentration
C) Leave her daily offerings of granola and English toffee from the food bins.
D) Quote your favorite formula from the textbook and explain how it's now your mantra.
E) Show her how example 17b could have been solved with 34 fewer lines of code.

[This exercise is left to the reader.]

7. Which of the following expresses Google's over-arching philosophy?

A) "I'm feeling lucky"
B) "Don't be evil"
C) "Oh, I already fixed that"
D) "You should never be more than 50 feet from food"
E) All of the above

[This exercise is left to the reader.]

8. How many different ways can you color an icosahedron with one of three colors on each face?

For an asymmetric 20-sided solid, there are possible 3-colorings . For a symmetric 20-sided object, the Polya enumeration theorem can be used to obtain the number of distinct colorings. Here is a concise Mathematica implementation:

What colors would you choose?

[This exercise is left to the reader.]

9. This space left intentionally blank. Please fill it with something that improves upon emptiness.

For nearly 10,000 images of mathematical functions, see The Wolfram Functions Site visualization gallery .

10. On an infinite, two-dimensional, rectangular lattice of 1-ohm resistors, what is the resistance between two nodes that are a knight's move away?

This problem is discussed in J. Cserti's 1999 arXiv preprint . It is also discussed in The Mathematica GuideBook for Symbolics, the forthcoming fourth volume in Michael Trott's GuideBook series, the first two of which were published just last week by Springer-Verlag. The contents for all four GuideBooks, including the two not yet published, are available on the DVD distributed with the first two GuideBooks.

11. It's 2PM on a sunny Sunday afternoon in the Bay Area. You're minutes from the Pacific Ocean, redwood forest hiking trails and world class cultural attractions. What do you do?

[This exercise is left to the reader.]

12. In your opinion, what is the most beautiful math equation ever derived?

There are obviously many candidates. The following list gives ten of the authors' favorites:

1. Archimedes' recurrence formula : , , ,
2. Euler formula :
3. Euler-Mascheroni constant :
4. Riemann hypothesis: and implies
5. Gaussian integral :
6. Ramanujan's prime product formula:
7. Zeta-regularized product :
8. Mandelbrot set recursion:
9. BBP formula :
10. Cauchy integral formula:

An excellent paper discussing the most beautiful equations in physics is Daniel Z. Freedman's " Some beautiful equations of mathematical physics ." Note that the physics view on beauty in equations is less uniform than the mathematical one. To quote the not-necessarily-standard view of theoretical physicist P.A.M. Dirac,
"It is more important to have beauty in one's equations than to have them fit experiment."

13. Which of the following is NOT an actual interest group formed by Google employees?

A. Women's basketball
B. Buffy fans
C. Cricketeers
D. Nobel winners
E. Wine club

[This exercise is left to the reader.]

14. What will be the next great improvement in search technology?

Semantic searching of mathematical formulas. See http://functions.wolfram.com/About/ourvision.html for work currently underway at Wolfram Research that will be made available in the near future.

15. What is the optimal size of a project team, above which additional members
do not contribute productivity equivalent to the percentage increase in the staff size?

A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 11
E) 24

[This exercise is left to the reader.]

16. Given a triangle ABC, how would you use only a compass and straight edge to find a point P such that triangles ABP, ACP and BCP have equal perimeters? (Assume that ABC is constructed so that a solution does exist.)
This is the isoperimetric point , which is at the center of the larger Soddy circle. It is related to Apollonius' problem . The three tangent circles are easy to construct: The circle around has diameter , which gives the other two circles. A summary of compass and straightedge constructions for the outer Soddy circle can be found in " Apollonius' Problem: A Study of Solutions and Their Connections" by David Gisch and Jason M. Ribando.

17. Consider a function which, for a given whole number n, returns the number of
ones required when writing out all numbers between 0 and n. For example, f(13)=6. Notice that f(1)=1. What is the next largest n such that f(n)=n?

The following Mathematica code computes the difference between [the cumulative
number of 1s in the positive integers up to n] and [the value of n itself] as n ranges from 1 to 500,000:

The solution to the problem is then the first position greater than the first at which data equals 0:

which are the first few terms of sequence A014778 in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.

Checking by hand confirms that the numbers from 1 to 199981 contain a total of
199981 1s:

18. What is the coolest hack you've ever written?

While there is no "correct" answer, a nice hack for solving the first problem in
the SIAM hundred-dollar, hundred-digit challenge can be achieved by converting the limit into the strongly divergent series:

and then using Mathematica's numerical function SequenceLimit to trivially get the correct answer (to six digits),

You must tweak parameters a bit or write your own sequence limit to get all 10 digits.

[Other hacks are left to the reader.]

19. 'Tis known in refined company, that choosing K things out of N can be done in ways as many as choosing N minus K from N: I pick K, you the remaining.

This simply states the binomial coefficient identity .

Find though a cooler bijection, where you show a knack uncanny, of making your choices contain all K of mine. Oh, for pedantry: let K be no more than half N.

'Tis more problematic to disentangle semantic meaning precise from the this
paragraph of verbiage peculiar.

20. What number comes next in the sequence: 10, 9, 60, 90, 70, 66, ?

A) 96
B)10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
C) Either of the above
D) None of the above

This can be looked up and found to be sequence A052196 in the On-Line Encyclopedia
of Integer Sequences, which gives the largest positive integer whose English name
has n letters. For example, the first few terms are ten, nine, sixty, ninety, seventy, sixty-six, ninety-six, …. A more correct sequence might be ten, nine,
sixty, googol, seventy, sixty-six, ninety-six, googolplex. And also note, incidentally, that the correct spelling of the mathematical term " googol" differs from the name of the company that made up this aptitude test.

The first few can be computed using the NumberName function in Eric Weisstein's MathWorld packages:

A mathematical solution could also be found by fitting a Lagrange interpolating polynomial to the six known terms and extrapolating:Google Placement Paper and
Sample Paper

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CSC PAPER 2006

2006-11-16T14:34:00.000-08:00

In written they give two tests:-

1) quant/aptitude/logical ppr 40ques in 40minutes
2) technical test 75question in 40min

apti/quant/logical
it was a very tough test i hav given test of 6-7 companies but csc test was toughest
ther vr linear equations questions wich vr not at all easy
questions on sets
-permutaion combination
-arrangement logical ques
- distance speed ques
- time question
APTITUDE/QUANT/LOGICAL TEST QUESTIONS
-ques like 90% of 1 litree milk and 60% of 40 litre water result in 67% mixture so wht is compostion of milk in litres?

-ques like f has pririty over h and g has priortiy over i so now 4-5 ques based on this

-length is increased by 5 and breadth is decreased ny 10 thn total is 200m and whn length decreasd by 5 and breadth increasd by 15 thn total is 75 m, fing length

-a>b>c so wich is tru
ab>ac or a/b>b/c or som more options

-6 girls and 6 boys, all boys and all girls will sit together so no of possible ways

- cow is tied with rope from two sides 40 40 cm and forming an angle 24degree size of rope is 15cm so how much area in wich cow can graze

-7 orange and 5 apples cost 16.90 rs and 5 oranges and 7 apples cost 2.60 so no of oranges

-ther is a place wher ppl r either no or yes. if ram sain 2and 2 makes four thn he is yes and similarly if mohan said 2 -1 is 2 thn he is no. so now ques based on this

- paragraph given and u hav to conlude or find contradicting line

and rest all questions vr very tough so i dont remember thm at all

technical ques
-os
-dbms
-ds
-n/w
-microprocessor(806139...)
-java
-c c++

TECHNICAL WRITTEN TEST QUESTIONS
- wht is piggybanking used for (acknowledgement)

- wht combines router and bridge
(hub/brouter)

- tcp/ip is wht conection oriented or conectionless

- X.25 protcol is at wich layer

- wht is superkey (primarykey+attribute)

- wich join will u use to hav null values (outer)

- query was given find join type
select customer.is and order.is and name from customer, order
where cutomer.id= order.id (natural join)

- wich follow binary tree property

- som code of java given find no of dangling pointers

- linked list a->b and b pt to itself so wht type of linked list (infinite)

- which line is wrong abt linked list
(circular list can be only implemented in doubly linked list)

- os question on context switch and sytem call

- microporcesor ques like result of 2 input , 1 o/p line and three annd gates is (nand)

- which gate need to combine with or gate to make nand gate

- transfer RO to local and local to RO and shift RO 3 timed thn local to RO so result is
(RO=local)

- some instruction were given and u hav to find resultanf values of flags

- some instrcution was given find output shift 2 times right to 80008ff

- atomicity definiton was given and u hav to tell wich property it is(atomicity)

- questions vr given fill in the balnks three places (placemnt,replacemnt,replacment) order was correct

- wich normal from shld be saticsy to hav bcnf and one more condition was given

- som ques of physics given resistance and volts use so u hav to tell output (low voltage or high voltage or??)

- wich sort take o(n^2) time
quicksort

- some prog given outer fro loop from 1 to n and inner frm 1 to k so time is
O(nk)

-right output of preorder traversal som tree was given

- wht r abstract data types

- wht r steps of compiler (syntax, semantic,...)

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IBM Paper 2

2006-11-15T14:46:00.000-08:00

IBM Aptitude :-

1.what is the digit in the unit place of pow(7,625)

ans: 7

2.find the no. of revolution ,when a coin rounds along the perimeter of
another similar coin?

ans:1.

3.a data interpretation regarding population during a period(bar
chart).

five qs (each 1 marks).

4. if "ibm04india" is codded in this way....
step1:9 2 13 00 04 9 14 4 9 1
step2:79 72 713 00 04 89 814 84 89 81
step3:7972713000489814848981
step4:1898484189840003172797
step5: some simple code (forgotten)

then find the code of "always03"

a). in step 2.
b). in the last but one.
c). in the last step.
d). this type of coding is difficult to implement be cause of.........
ans: over flow.

5. if a clock is 5% faster than a right clock .then what % slower than
the faster clock?

6.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).

7.a ratio proportion problem.

8.if a person moves 25 miles in the south.then he moves perpendiculam
ly to wards west 25 miles.then he has to go 25 miles to reach the
ultimate destination.in which direction,his dest is situated?
ans: cant be determined?

9.less than 500 of them are there. Among those 1/3rd know only french
1/4th knows only english, 1/7 knows only german, Then find out how many
are there totally?
ans:420,

10.
a probability problem:
find the probability of coinciding the day of birth of three person out
of 9 person?

11.two same length train are moving with speed 24 kmph and 18 kmph towards
each other.if they crosses each other
in 18 sec .then find the length of the train?

12.if a pipe can fill a tank in 2 hrs.and can empty it in 3 hrs.if they r
open at the same time ,then find the time
taken to fill the tank?
ans:6 hrs.

************************************************************************************************************

IBM Technical:

There r 20 qs.all r frm c and os.
all r lengthy.
give the statement and code..and ask 4 the output of the program.and
the error of the code?

eg:
1. nice command is used for.......?
ans: this is used for change the priority.
2. which is not overloaded?
ans:(',')
3.ARP is used for...........
1.map frm MAC adreeses to IP add.
2.map frm IP addresses to MAC add.
3. to store the ip addresses.

4. declare the function ptr which return int and a function which
return int pointer?
ans: int (*f)(),int* f();

5.
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

6. find the error of a program regarding operator overloading.
ans: compilation error at line 5.

7.
class xx{

int getseg();

private:
int segDet;
};
this class may create problem because: reasons are..
1........
2.......
3........

ans:be cause getseg() is private.

8.a qs frm demand paging...........

max c and os qs

Hoping that this paper will help you guys,
thanks,
all the best

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IBM Paper

2006-11-15T14:44:00.000-08:00

IBM Paper APTITUDE

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.

IBM Technical Paper

1)Which sorting has the same average and worst time complexity?
a.quick, b.bubble, c.merge, etc.

2)Declare the pointer to a function which returns int and a
function which return int
pointer?
ans: int (*f)(),int* f();

3)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

4)class xx{
int getage();
private:
int itsage;
};
which is not useful..
a)getage() is private
b) itsage is private
c) itsage is int
d)……………..
ans:be cause getage() is private.

5)a question on regression testing………which testing is performed to
fix bugs developed during other testing methods
4) a question on s/w configuraton management…
5) What is the output of the following code?
Main(){ printf
("%u",main); }

8)A question on views…………….(may not b exact)
a)views have separate tables
b)they do not specify tables
c)they have simply definition
d)….

9)Which of the following has function scope:
a)automatic variables
b)static variables
c)extern variables
d)none of the above

10)a big question on class I cant recall a bit as I even didn't go
thru it.

11 -16) cant recall

17 - 20) An easy q on codind .Just b carerful while solving.

ISL Paper

15 q in 25 minutes

1) Vector processing is ……………………………
2) Pipelining
a)increases cpu utilization
b)decreases m/m acces time
c)increases degree of multiprogramming
d)
3) ctrl+c effects processes
a)in the foreground
b)background
c)currently all running processes
d)
4) nice command in Unix ….. ans: changes priority level
5) Semaphore ……….a)consume processor time
b)they're difficult to code
c)they takes lots of memory
d)they won't give complete soln.
6) Which is the best scheduling algo for time-shared system?
ans: round-robin
7) Which is not a logical data structure ?
a)chain b)relational c)network d)tree
ans: chain
8) A question from OSI………………the options were
a) application b) transport c)….. d)….

9) A question from ARP ………….options were
a) IP to route address
b) Route address to IP
c) MAC to IP…..
d) Store IP address……………
10) First phase of compilation a) lexical analysis
b)semantic analysis
c)syntax analysis d)none of the above

11)find the error in the following code
class a{
public:
void operator=(class a);
void operator,(class a);
void operator+(class a);
…..
}
ans: compilation error in line 11(cant remember the exact code: but
the answer
is write as we cant overload "," operator : so that was the only
option to choose)

12)class a{
float add (..);
double add(…);
…..
}
This is an example of a)function overloading b) function overriding

c)… d)none of the above ans: (a)
13)thread and process differ in a way
a)multiple threads can use same set of registers but processes cannot
b) multiple threads can use same stack but processes cannot
c) multiple threads can share same m/m but processes cannot
d)……………

14) A question on concurrency………
a)multiprogramming environment
b) time-shared environment
c)a&b both
d)none of the above

15) A question on demand paging…………..
a)requires paging
b) requires segmantation
c) requires both
d)none of the above

There was an interview of technical and HR both.
a) Introduce urself , ur studies , ur fututre plans , want to
study more?
b) They asked me of my family bkground, their education etc.
c) There was a lot of technical qs as well -------
Favourite subject: why?
1) about pointer to a fn returning an int pointer
1) a lot abt extern variables, there scope,, restrictions ets
2) about C Preprocessor
3) protected data members , there accessing
4) diff bet C and C++
5) know Java --- ans: not much and not at all comfortable.

Hope this paper is going to help you guys.

Thanks,
all the best

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Microsoft Interview

2006-11-13T14:47:00.000-08:00

The Following are actual questions from actual interviews conducted by
Microsoft employees on the main campus. Microsoft Consultants are
sometimes allowed to have a life, so questions asked of them during
interviews don't really count and aren't listed.

The questions tend to follow some basic themes:
Riddles
Algorithms
Applications
Thinkers

Riddles

Why is a manhole cover round?

How many cars are there in the USA? (A popular variant is "How many gas
stations are there in the USA?")

How many manhole covers are there in the USA?

You've got someone working for you for seven days and a gold bar to pay
them. The gold bar is segmented into seven connected pieces. You must
give them a piece of gold at the end of every day. If you are only
allowed to make two breaks in the gold bar, how do you pay your worker?

One train leaves Los Angeles at 15mph heading for New York. Another
train leaves from New York at 20mph heading for Los Angeles on the same
track. If a bird, flying at 25mph, leaves from Los Angeles at the same
time as the train and flies back and forth between the two trains until
they collide, how far will the bird have traveled?

Imagine a disk spinning like a record player turn table. Half of the
disk is black and the other is white. Assume you have an unlimited
number of color sensors. How many sensors would you have to place around the
disk to determine the direction the disk is spinning? Where would they
be placed?

Imagine an analog clock set to 12 o'clock. Note that the hour and
minute hands overlap. How many times each day do both the hour and
minute hands overlap? How would you determine the exact times of the day that
this occurs?

You have two jars, 50 red marbles and 50 blue marbles. A jar will be
picked at random, and then a marble will be picked from the jar.
Placing all of the marbles in the jars, how can you maximize the chances of a
red marble being picked? What are the exact odds of getting a red
marble using your scheme?

Pairs of primes separated by a single number are called prime pairs.
Examples are 17 and 19. Prove that the number between a prime pair is
always divisible by 6 (assuming both numbers in the pair are greater
than 6). Now prove that there are no 'prime triples.'


There is a room with a door (closed) and three light bulbs. Outside the
room there are three switches, connected to the bulbs. You may
manipulate the switches as you wish, but once you open the door you
can't change them. Identify each switch with its bulb.

Suppose you had 8 billiard balls, and one of them was slightly heavier,
but the only way to tell was by putting it on a scale against another.
What's the fewest number of times you'd have to use the scale to find
the heavier ball?

Imagine you are standing in front of a mirror, facing it. Raise your
left hand. Raise your right hand. Look at your reflection. When you
raise your left hand your reflection raises what appears to be his right
hand. But when you tilt your head up, your reflection does too, and
does not appear to tilt his/her head down. Why is it that the mirror appears
to reverse left and right, but not up and down?

You have 4 jars of pills. Each pill is a certain weight, except for
contaminated pills contained in one jar, where each pill is weight + 1.
How could you tell which jar had the contaminated pills in just one
measurement?

The SF Chronicle has a word game where all the letters are scrambled up
and you have to figure out what the word is. Imagine that a scrambled
word is 5 characters long:
How many possible solutions are there?
What if we know which 5 letters are being used?
Develop an algorithm to solve the word.

There are 4 women who want to cross a bridge. They all begin on the
same side. You have 17 minutes to get all of them across to the other
side. It is night. There is one flashlight. A maximum of two people can
cross at one time. Any party who crosses, either 1 or 2 people, must
have the flashlight with them. The flashlight must be walked back and forth,
it cannot be thrown, etc. Each woman walks at a different speed. A pair
must walk together at the rate of the slower woman's pace.

Woman 1: 1 minute to cross
Woman 2: 2 minutes to cross
Woman 3: 5 minutes to cross
Woman 4: 10 minutes to cross

For example if Woman 1 and Woman 4 walk across first, 10 minutes have
elapsed when they get to the other side of the bridge. If Woman 4 then
returns with the flashlight, a total of 20 minutes have passed and you
have failed the mission. What is the order required to get all women
across in 17 minutes? Now, what's the other way?

If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail,
how would you measure exactly 4 quarts?
You have a bucket of jelly beans. Some are red, some are blue, and some
green. With your eyes closed, pick out 2 of a like color. How many do
you have to grab to be sure you have 2 of the same?

If you have two buckets, one with red paint and the other with blue
paint, and you take one cup from the blue bucket and poor it into the
red bucket. Then you take one cup from the red bucket and poor it into the
blue bucket. Which bucket has the highest ratio between red and blue?
Prove it mathematically.


Algorithms

What's the difference between a linked list and an array?

Implement a linked list. Why did you pick the method you did?

Implement an algorithm to sort a linked list. Why did you pick the
method you did? Now do it in O(n) time.

Describe advantages and disadvantages of the various stock sorting
algorithms.

Implement an algorithm to reverse a linked list. Now do it without
recursion.

Implement an algorithm to insert a node into a circular linked list
without traversing it.

Implement an algorithm to sort an array. Why did you pick the method
you did?

Implement an algorithm to do wild card string matching.

Implement strstr() (or some other string library function).

Reverse a string. Optimize for speed. Optimize for space.

Reverse the words in a sentence, i.e. "My name is Chris" becomes "Chris
is name My." Optimize for speed. Optimize for space.

Find a substring. Optimize for speed. Optimize for space.

Compare two strings using O(n) time with constant space.

Suppose you have an array of 1001 integers. The integers are in random
order, but you know each of the integers is between 1 and 1000
(inclusive). In addition, each number appears only once in the array,
except for one number, which occurs twice. Assume that you can access each
element of the array only once. Describe an algorithm to find the
repeated number. If you used auxiliary storage in your algorithm, can you find
an algorithm that does not require it?

Count the number of set bits in a number. Now optimize for speed. Now
optimize for size.

Multiple by 8 without using multiplication or addition. Now do the same
with 7.

Add numbers in base n (not any of the popular ones like 10, 16, 8 or 2
-- I hear that Charles Simonyi, the inventor of Hungarian Notation,
favors -2 when asking this question).

Write routines to read and write a bounded buffer.

Write routines to manage a heap using an existing array.

Implement an algorithm to take an array and return one with only unique
elements in it.

Implement an algorithm that takes two strings as input, and returns the
intersection of the two, with each letter represented at most once. Now
speed it up. Now test it.

Implement an algorithm to print out all files below a given root node.
Given that you are receiving samples from an instrument at a constant
rate, and you have constant storage space, how would you design a
storage algorithm that would allow me to get a representative readout
of data, no matter when I looked at it? In other words, representative of
the behavior of the system to date.

How would you find a cycle in a linked list?

Give me an algorithm to shuffle a deck of cards, given that the cards
are stored in an array of ints.

The following asm block performs a common math function, what is it?

cwd xor ax, dx
sub ax, dx

Imagine this scenario:
I/O completion ports are communictaions ports which take handles to
files, sockets, or any other I/O. When a Read or Write is submitted to
them, they cache the data (if necessary), and attempt to take the
request to completion. Upon error or completion, they call a user-supplied
function to let the users application know that that particular request
has completed. They work asynchronously, and can process an unlimited
number of simultaneous requests.

Design the implementation and thread models for I/O completion ports.
Remember to take into account multi-processor machines.

Write a function that takes in a string parameter and checks to see
whether or not it is an integer, and if it is then return the integer
value.

Write a function to print all of the permutations of a string.
Implement malloc.

Write a function to print the Fibonacci numbers.

Write a function to copy two strings, A and B. The last few bytes of

string A overlap the first few bytes of string B.

How would you write qsort?

How would you print out the data in a binary tree, level by level,
starting at the top?

Applications
How can computer technology be integrated in an elevator system for a
hundred story office building? How do you optimize for availability?

Howwould variation of traffic over a typical work week or floor or time of
day affect this?

How would you implement copy-protection on a control which can be
embedded in a document and duplicated readily via the Internet?

Define a user interface for indenting selected text in a Word document.
Consider selections ranging from a single sentence up through
selections of several pages. Consider selections not currently visible
or only partially visible. What are the states of the new UI controls? How will
the user know what the controls are for and when to use them?

How would you redesign an ATM?

Suppose we wanted to run a microwave oven from the computer. What kind
of software would you write to do this?

What is the difference between an Ethernet Address and an IP address?
How would you design a coffee-machine for an automobile.
If you could add any feature to Microsoft Word, what would it be?
How would you go about building a keyboard for 1-handed users?
How would you build an alarm clock for deaf people?

Thinkers
How are M&Ms made?

If you had a clock with lots of moving mechanical parts, you took it
apart piece by piece without keeping track of the method of how it was
disassembled, then you put it back together and discovered that 3
important parts were not included; how would you go about reassembling
the clock?

If you had to learn a new computer language, how would you go about
doing it?

You have been assigned to design Bill Gates bathroom. Naturally, cost
is not a consideration. You may not speak to Bill.
What was the hardest question asked of you so far today?

If MS told you we were willing to invest $5 million in a start up of
your choice, what business would you start? Why?

If you could gather all of the computer manufacturers in the world
together into one room and then tell them one thing that they would be
compelled to do, what would it be?

Explain a scenario for testing a salt shaker.
If you are going to receive an award in 5 years, what is it for and who
is the audience?

How would you explain how to use Microsoft Excel to your grandma?
Why is it that when you turn on the hot water in any hotel, for
example, the hot water comes pouring out almost instantaneously?

Why do you want to work at Microsoft?

Suppose you go home, enter your house/apartment, hit the light switch,
and nothing happens - no light floods the room. What exactly, in order,
are the steps you would take in determining what the problem was?
Interviewer hands you a black pen and says nothing but "This pen is red."

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INFOSYS PAPER -1

2006-11-11T12:17:00.000-08:00

INFOSYS PAPER ON 2nd AUGUST 2006 AT RANCHI ::::

Pattern of the test was very much similar to that of the other places.
It contained:
1.10 puzzles
2.Verbal test
a)RC
b)Fill with correct words
c)A story was given.We had to fill in the blanks with appropriate verb forms.
d)Choose the correct sentence among two.
e)Choose the incorrect sentence among four.
f)Fill with appopriate phrases.

Details:

PUZZLE TEST.
Duration--60 minutes
Marks-- 50
No of Questions-10.

I think 6-7 were repeated ones.So guys please take one advice-DOWNLOAD ATLEAST 10 PREVIOUS PLACE PAPERS.I assure you that things will be easy then.Because i think to get selected in any company is to have their papers in advance.

brief idea of questions:

1) one statement was given regarding the details of age of an old man.it contained twisted information about his sons death.

like I lived certain part(it was given) of my life as child, certain as youth ,certain part as bachelor.then after 5 years of marriage my son was born and my son died 4 years before my death at half my age.what is my age

but the question was vey easy.(ans was 84)

2)In a party, there one man dances exactly with 3 ladies & 1 woman dances exactly with 3 men . there are exactly two pairs are common with every men. how many people are there in party? ans 8.its easy one.

3)It was a long question.8-9 conditions were given regading grades of 4 persons.
it was like a conversation of 4 friend about each others grades and we had to determine their grades.it was tough man!

4)It was to determine a five digit number.
various conditions were given
a)two digits are prime
b)no repeated digits
c)digit 5 is half of digit 4
d)digit 1 is one less than digit 3
e)digit 3 is the largest.
f)digit 2 is the smallest.
g)digit 5 lies between digit 1 and digit 2.

ans is 71842

5)one question was from venn diagram.
A survey was conducted among consumers who use products in liquid and powder form.one third of them dont use liquid.two fifth of them dont use powder.427 use both powder and liquidand one fifth use neither of products.what is the total no of consumers. ans 735

6)This one was based on logical resoning.it was a long question barrons type.
names of five men and women were given.they go to cinema hall.conditions regarding their seating arrangement were given.it took time but it can be solved.

7)There are three teams – DoIt, ActIt & ThinkIt – playing basketball in a championship. Three friends are speculating about the result:

A : Either DoIt or ThinkIt will make it
B : DoIt is not going to make it
C : Neither ThinkIt or DoIt will make it

only one of them turned out to be correct. Which team won?

Ans: ActIt

8) There are 3 tribes. Sorobean aways speaks truth. Narobean alwaz lies. Midorean speaks truth and false alternatively but whether he speaks truth or lies first cannot be detemined.

From the statements find who belongs to which tribe.

A: I am a sorobean
B is a narobean

B: I am a sorobean
C is a midorean

C: I am a sorobean
A is a midorean

ans: A-Midorean, B - Narobean, C - Sorobean

9) There are two trains. One from New York to Washington and second from Washington to New York. The total journey to a destination takes 5 hours. A train from New York to Washington leaves on hour at every hour The train from Washington to New York leaves an hour and on half an hour. How many trains will be passing if you are traveling from New York to Washington? Ans : 19 trains(please confirm )

10)question on clock and time.
quarter of time from midnight to present when added to half the time from present to midnight gives the present time.what is the present time. ans 9:36

analysis: questions were repeated.rest were a bit tough.i managed to solve 9 questions out of 10.there was no upper cutoff.lower cutoff was around 30 marks.i scored 45 in this.

VERBAL:

Duration:30 minutes
Marks:45
No of Questions:45

Attempt the RC after solving other 40 questions coz they are damn easy.A bit of grasp on grammer can help anyone.Choosing the incorrect among 4 sentences was the only tough part.then simply read RC at one go and you can finish 5 leftover questions.I was able to answer 38 out of 45 questions correctly.

After about 2 hrs results of the written test was out.

No of candidates appeared:300(apprx).
Selected after written : 84.

As soon as results were out we were asked to appear for interviews immediately.They told in PPT that there will be no technical intrview.They asked only puzzles and some HR questions.My turn was at 3:15 pm.

I entered the room with a smiling face and greeted the HR person.The HR person was in his mid 40s.He looked very cool and asked me take the seat.

HR:So Mr Manish!introduce youself.
I: i spoke about 2 minutes confidently.
Hr:Tell me about your father and his occupation
I:told him
HR: tell about your brothers and sisters.
I:told him.
HR:Your percentage is good in 10th(89%) but it dipped to 81(%) in 12th.can you expain why
I:make any excuse.like i utilised my time in othher works
HR:what was your rank in AIEEE.
I:i told him it was 11602.
HR:at 11602 you got BIT MESRA!
I: sir i was offered Polymer for the first year.but i worked hard and honestly to earn good grade points in two semesters.then i changed my branch to EEE.
HR:you have left some blank spaces in your form??
I:(we had to fill a form before written!please fill it with care.coz they pay attention to it)sir this is a colomn for passport and i will apply soon for it.
HR:then you shoud write NA(not applicable)
I:sorry sir i forgot(with a smile)
HR:tell me about your birthplace.
I:told
HR:what are your hobbies that are different from others??
I:sir i like playing volleyball,watching F1,Quizzing and "informations"
HR:is "information" is your hobby?
I:yes sir i love to collect informations from various sources and diversified fields.i try to analyse them.
HR(he looked impressed):ok Mr Manish!Define leadership.
I:just whatever came to mind i just spoke for 2 minutes.
HR:what qualities a leader should have?
I:I told some qualities.
HR:Tell me two instances where you acted as leader.
I:sir i was volleyball school captian in class 8.team had seniors also.so i had to manage them.again in my project work in 6th sem i took the initiative.
HR:Ok!what are ethics and morals in your opinion?
I:{i was not expecting this kind of question)sir to me ethics and morals means to be respectful to our elders,underprivilegd,society and nation and blah blah.......
HR:ok solve this puzzle.(he drew a simple figure and asked to count the no of squares)
I:i easily did.
HR:Wall is 30 m high.frog climbs 3m and slips 2 in one hr.what is the time to reach the top.
I:i almost instantly replied 28.
HR:one bag 10 red.other 20 blue.to take out 1 red and 1 blue how many balls to be taken out.
I:answered it.
HR:tell the diameter of earth.
I:told it is 6400*2=12800km.
HR:he asked me hand over my resume.

then he wished me good luck
It was such a cool interview i cant imagine how nicely it went.

Thanks,
All The best

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INFOSYS PAPER -2

2006-11-11T12:15:00.000-08:00

INFOSYS PAPER ON 19th AUGUST 2006 AT SHREDS CAMPUS, COCHIN :::

Though v were lucky to have the old pattern itself, it Seems like the question paper pattern of infy has changed and now the pattern is somewhat like:

REASONING ABILITY:

(1-5 questions) Some directions problems followed by 5 questions .

(6-10questions) You will be given 5 figures you have to pick the odd one out.(You find these in RS AGARWALS VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL REASONING).

(10-15 questions) DATA SUFFICIENCY PROBLEMS.

(15-20 questions) Some population prob with some data given followed by 5 questions.

(20-25 questions) FAMILY RELATIONS problem with some conditions followed by 5 questions.

(25-30 questions) Some problems which can be solved using VENN diagrams.(refer VERBAL REASONING from CAT material).

VERBAL ABILITY:

(1-5 questions) Reading Comprehension.

(6-10 questions) Reading Comprehension.

(10-20 questions) A paragraph with a missing statement which should be selected from the options given below.

(20-30 questions) A statement in which some part is highlighted and we should choose the appropriate substitute for that from the options .

(30-40 questions) Inferences from passages (RS AGARWALS VERBAL AND NON VERBAL REASONING).

We received paper with old pattern… and I m posting it anyway.. in case it helps.. but there s no guarantee about the pattern… so be prepared for both…

1) Azhar scores 26 runs less than Dravid, Dravid scores these many more than Jadeja, and so on for 5 players….And were asked to find total runs scored.

Simple Equations lead to individual runs of players and answer was deduced..

It came 338 in our case… (3 marks)

2) There are three triplets to a couple: Annie, Fanny and Danny. The couple finds dirty footprints on the floor of kitchen. All of them have same foot size, so they ask them who did it. To which they replied:

Annie: I didn’t do it

Fanny: Danny did it

Danny: Fanny is not lying

Out of three kids, only one of them is saying truth.

Whose footprints were on the floor??? (4 marks)

ANS: annie

3) A guy has got some x bucks with him….. gives half of it plus 2 to some shop…. Again gives the half of the remaining plus five to some other shop… and finally he has Rs.5 remaining… find x..

ANS: I got it 44..(check it)

4) Trains start simultaneously from station X and station Y and heads towards each other… if 5 hours is the time to reach the other station, how many trains pass by each one…?

ANS: I got it 9 hours (check this too)

5) There are five persons in an office in the post of buyer, clerk, footwalker, manager,cashier. Allen, Benett, Clark, Ewinger, Davis holds the post. Among the 5 two have their lunch time from 11:30 - 12:30 and the rest have it in 12:30 - 1:30

Mrs Allen and Mrs Benett are sisters.

Cashier and clerk share their lunch among themselves.

Two Bachelors share their rooms.

Davis and Ewinger do not face each other from the day Davis reported Ewinger to the Manager when he returned from lunch and found out that Ewinger has already left for lunch before time. --> 8 marks

6) Find the next term of the series:
a) 1,2,3,5,16,__
b) 1,2,3,8,__,224

Ans:

a) 231 (2^2 - 1^2 = 3, 3^2 - 2^2 =5, ......16^2 - 5^2 = 231)

b)27 (2*1+1=3, 3*2+2=8, 8*3+3=27)

7) no divisible by 3,4,5,7 &is less than 500. (question s asked in some other way) (ANS:420) 3marks

8) find a taxi no. which leaves one as remainder with 2,3,4,5,6 and is divisible by 11..

ANS: 121

9) X Y Z X Y Z
+ A B AND - A B
--------------- ---------------
C D E F B G A
Find X,Y,Z,G.

Ans:
9 4 5 9 4 5
+ 7 8 AND - 7 8
--------------- ---------------
1 0 2 3 8 6 7

X=9, Y=4, Z=5, G=6.

10) someones driving a car.. sees a mile stone with a two digit no. on it (km)… after one hour sees a mile stone with the same digits but in reversed order… again after one hour he sees the no. back again wid a 0 in the middle.. find the speed of the car..

ANS: 45km/hr

Whatever the pattern .. the interview s going to be the same… and the only thing that’s going to impress them s your ATTITUDE… so make sure u r CONFIDENT, SPONTANEOUS, ACTIVE and CHEERFUL throughout the interview, no matter how hard the things go…

And have with yourself some hard core data about the company…

Thanks,
All the Best

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INFOSYS PAPER -3

2006-11-11T12:13:00.000-08:00

INFOSYS PAPER ON 22nd AUGUST 2006 AT MAEC, BANGALORE:::

1) There are three triplets to a couple: Annie, Fanny and Danny. The couple finds dirty footprints on the floor of kitchen. All of them have same foot size, so they ask them who did it. To which they replied:

Annie: I didn’t do it

Fanny: Danny did it

Danny: Fanny is not lying

Out of three kids, only one of them is saying truth.

Whose footprints were on the floor??? (4 marks)

2) one player scores these much runs less than other, he scores these many more than some other, and so on for a number of players….And were asked to find total runs scored.

Simple Equations lead to individual runs of players and answer was deduced..

It came 338 in our case… (3 marks)

3) A guy has got some x bucks with him….. gives half of it plus 2 to some shop…. Again gives the half of the remaining plus five to some other shop… and finally he has Rs.5 remaining… find x..

ANS: I got it 44..(check it)

4) Trains start simultaneously from station X and station Y and heads towards each other… if 5 hours is the time to reach the other station, how many trains pass by each one…?

ANS: I got it 9 hours (check this too)

5) There are five persons in an office in the post of buyer, clerk, footwalker, manager,cashier. Allen, Benett, Clark, Ewinger, Davis holds the post. Among the 5 two have their lunch time from 11:30 - 12:30 and the rest have it in 12:30 - 1:30

Mrs Allen and Mrs Benett are sisters.

Cashier and clerk share their lunch among themselves.

Two Bachelors share their rooms.

Davis and Ewinger do not face each other from the day Davis reported Ewinger to the Manager when he returned from lunch and found out that Ewinger has already left for lunch before time. --> 8 marks

6) Find the next term of the series:
a) 1,2,3,5,16,__
b) 1,2,3,8,__,224

Ans:

a) 231 (2^2 - 1^2 = 3, 3^2 - 2^2 =5, ......16^2 - 5^2 = 231)

b)27 (2*1+1=3, 3*2+2=8, 8*3+3=27)

7) no divisible by 3,4,5,7 &is less than 500. (question s asked in some other way) (ANS:420) 3marks

8) find a taxi no. which leaves one as remainder with 2,3,4,5,6 and is divisible by 11..

ANS: 121

9) X Y Z X Y Z
+ A B AND - A B
--------------- ---------------
C D E F B G A
Find X,Y,Z,G.

Ans:
9 4 5 9 4 5
+ 7 8 AND - 7 8
--------------- ---------------
1 0 2 3 8 6 7

X=9, Y=4, Z=5, G=6.

10) someones driving a car.. sees a mile stone with a two digit no. on it (km)… after one hour sees a mile stone with the same digits but in reversed order… again after one hour he sees the no. back again wid a 0 in the middle.. find the speed of the car..

ANS: 45km/hr

Whatever the pattern .. the interview s going to be the same… and the only thing that’s going to impress them s your ATTITUDE… so make sure u r CONFIDENT, SPONTANEOUS, ACTIVE and CHEERFUL throughout the interview, no matter how hard the things go…

And have with yourself some hard core data about the company…

Interview s really cool… and there s nothing to worry about it.

Thanks,
All The Best

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SATYAM PAPER - 1

2006-11-10T12:19:00.000-08:00

Satyam' Paper:::

I'm loading papers of satyam on special requests of few visitors to this site

1.Father age was the same as of son now, when son was born. Now father is 38 then what is the age of son 5 years back.

2.For gravelling floor with bed area the cost of gravelling bed area and the remaining are of the floor are 3 rs and 4 rs resectivel. If the length and width of the floor is 13 then what is the length of the bed area.

3.A is father of C. D is daughter of H. Gis the son of A. H is the wife of C. F is the daughter of C. Then how is D is related to G.

4. 28

496

8086

138496

what is the value in the – osition. i. 4 ii. 6 iii. 16 iv. None of these

5. In how amy two factors can you get the value 8064 i. 20 ii. 21 iii. 24 iv. None of these

6. A train is 20% faster than car. They started from A and reaced B at the same time. The thain is with 12.5 min stoppages. What is the speed of the car

i. 50 ii. 55 iii.60 iv. None of these

7. seating arrangements with A to H and some with some conditions.

8. Then IN the 1st triange arrows are given up side and

In the second triangle they are down side. We
To find for the circle.

9. one question on cylinder but the numbers are in points

10. one table is given with the roduct and revenues. We have to find the % rev more than the revious year.

GD topic: To advertise Meshine guns should we take Veerappan or army commander

1. A Trinary number(Base 3) is given(i remember
211212). You have to convert it to Decimal.

2. Five figures are drawn and you have to tell the
sixth figure.(Bank PO type question) Ans: choice 1

3. One circle, One triangle and Two rectangles are
drawn in a jumbled way. You have find the
area(or,length of a side) of some intersection.

4. A detailed description is given and on the basis of
which one question was asked. I don't remember much
but...i think the story goes like this....one neckless
has been stolen by one of the ten Persons(there names
are given.....A says B has Stolen...B say C has Stolen
like that....Only one of them is telling truth...So
who has stolen the neckless.

5. One question was on Pipes and Cisterns.

6. A tent has conical roof and Cylindrical base. You
have to find out the Surface Area. Dimension were
given..Height of conical roof = 4.8 m, Diameter of
Base= 9 m...

7. A $ B means "A is brother of B" , A*B means "A is
father of B" A % B means "A is wife of B"...so on
Which of the following option means that P is Father
in law of U? then 5 optons were given with long
expressions.

8. If 19+48 = 34 , 24 + 48 = 24 ...etc.............so
56 + 23 = ?

9. If D means "less than" F means "not greater than" C
means " Equals To" etc......Then two expressions were
given in this notation and you have to deduce the
resultant expression (obviously in same
notation)..easiest question....attempt it first.

10. A figure was drwan showing the Flight Route of a
Mine Vehicle along with the probability of Accidents
in diffenrent regions of the Route as well as the time
taken by the vehicle to cross that region. You have to
find the region where the Chances of Accident is
least.

11. One more question was there to be solved on the
basis of detailed description given with it. I
remember some series of numbers was given.

I am sorry I don't remember the rest 4 questions.

Be fast in solving questions. As time is the major
constraint. And I have heard that if you solve more
than 8 questions then you have v. good chances of
clearing the test. I cleared it and I attempted only
10 questions.

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Cisco 2006 paper

2006-11-10T12:14:00.000-08:00

new update friends!!!

here is the latest Cisco paper

CAUTION: There is a -ve marking of +1 & -1 u dont mark blindly.Mark the

answer if u know exactly.cutoff will be 25 marks out of 60.So becareful.

There r 2 sections in CISCO

section 1: Aptitude 20 marks (10 aptitude,10analogy,oppositewords etc))

section 2:comp sc (data structue , c, theory of computation,networks,operating systems)

I collected upto 20 questions;

In this setion questions exact numbers I have forgotten.So this will be useful to the style of the problem only.

SECTION 1:

1: A man went to market with some money.With that money he can buy 15 pencils or 25 pens.He kept 15% of that money for bus fare and with rest of the money he purchased 5 pencils,and 'x' pens.How many pens he purchased?

2:A man climbing a wall.For every 4 steps go up he will slipdown 2 steps.If he takes 12 min to 3 steps.how much time it takes to climb 48
meters and one step=2meters.

3: Two trains with lengths x and y ,and speeds u and v.Approaching each other how much time it takes to takes for faster train to cross other
train?

In this question I don't remember the x,y,u,v.U can find formula in Aggarwal's quantitative aptitude book

4: there was some question on ages that was easy

SECTION 2:

1. main()

{ fork();

fork();

fork();

printf("hello");

}

How many times it will print hello?

2: char A[5,6] How many bytes it requires?

3:Bridges are used in which layer?

4.Bigendian means

a)lower byte stored in lower address

b)lower byte stored in higher address

one of these is correct.u can verify in Any micro processor book.

5: #define mmx 10+10
printf"%d",mmx*mmx);

6: main()

{ j=0

for(i=0;i<10;i++)

{ j+=i; }

}

what is the value of i & j at the end of the loop

ans: 10,46

7: Regular expression with 2 consecutive 1's and all string of 0's and 1's

8: dead lock conditions 1 question

9: selective repeat widow size of sender & receiver 1 question.

10;Balanced trees 1 question

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TCS-1

2006-11-09T12:20:00.000-08:00

TCS PAPER ON 24th JULY 2006

there were 3 rounds of selection

1. Written test (24/07/2006) (no negative marking)

3 sections

verbal reasonong 30 0r 40 min i dont remember

Aptitude 40 min

Critcal reasoning 30 min

verbal :

10 synonyms

10 antonyms

one para blanks is given we should fill those blanks with sentences choosen fron the given 8-10 options I got a parqa on art and religion

An RC with some 5 Questions is given

Aptitude :

38 simple Quant Questions

a venn diagram with 3 questions

a bar chart with 3 questions

Critical reasoning : 3 questions with 3 Questions in each

1. museum with its timings

2 3. i dont remember

2.Technical Interview (25/07/2006)

T: wat prog languages u have in curriculum

I : c c++ n java include in PL subject

T: r u comfortable with c c++

I : ok

T : write a prog to print the following

1

10

101

1010

10101

when input is given as 5

I wrote the prog n showed it

he saw the % operator there. and said let us talk abt operators

I: ok sir

T: do u know are bitwise operators?

I : yes sir

T: write them

i wrote only 2 <<<>>> and said i could remember only those 2

T: wat is this (<<< ) ? I: left shift he gave some numbers n asked to convert them from decimal to binary binary to hexadecimal binary to octal octal to hexadecimal he gave some numbers and asked the output if the opearator is used....i gave the anss T : with which OS are u aquinted with DOS ? LINUX ? UNIX? I : I donno abt a specific operator...i know abt the basics T: wat is virtual memory? I: ( expalined abt pages frames swaping etc..) the other T: wat is thrashing I: (answered) T :Wat is multitasking ? I: when two or more process are done by a cpu then it is multi tasking T: So if two or more process at a time?? I: IT obviously wont do at the same time...but for user it appears as if..... T: if there is a DOS sys with many processors.....if it assigns one process to each and does many tasks so is it multi tasking?? I :Yes sir T: Do u know some concepts of DBMS? I : yes sir T: can u write an SQL query ? I yes sir T: (gave two tables mumbai with columns named name , age ,salary chennai with the same columns now using only one sql query we shuold retrieve the names of the persons in both the tables whose age is 40 I couldnt get the answerd but later he explained that it should be done using join T: how do u get the middle element in a linked list if the number of elements in the list r not given?? I : first count the number n go to the n+1 / 2 th element T: Isn't there any other easy way I: no (this was a negative mark for me) 3. HR (25/07/2006) H : tell me briefly abt ur backgruod n urself I : my fathers occupation , my mother is a house wife (I donno whether i shouls tell this or not ) , my schooling ,inter coll , engg & abt me H : why tcs I : my 1st job in a famous company so........ H : how do u know tcs is famous ? I : I said tata products are worldwide famous so .. H : this is tcs not tata I : even tcs products r famous in bankong industry etc H: How many days will u be in tcs? I: As long as i think that I can nourish my skills and I could give something to the company I will be H: Give some thing to company?? I: YEs mam If i am helping in the development of the company ( I think I am over acting here !!) H: So if the company says ur team has done some job but doesnt recognise u ...doesnt say that u have done something then ? I: I feel happy mam bcoz...the company has recognised my team ...the success has come due to the hard work of all the members of the team so i feel happy H: but it didnt recognise u as an individual? I : Its ok mam ...the whole team has done the work.so the whole team is recognised H: SO u say that its ok if the company recognises ur team but not u ? I: yes mam H : why this decrease in ur percentage since 10th till degree ? I: In those days i used to concentrate on studies but now i concentrated on the over all development of mine...........even the coll helped me in it H: Wat all extra curricular activities u did in coll? I: IN our coll in each dept we conduct a tech fest every yr...In our dept we conduct technical festival I have actively participated in organising since 3 yrs H: did u campaign abt it in colls? I: ye mam we went to some colls and campaigned abt it? H: only in ur city or even outside? I: only in this city mam H: So how was the response? I: actually most of the coll we went were degree colls....and it seems these had some exams during that time so the response was not so good......but we could atleast make students aware that there is such organisation and some such day when we celebrate........ H: how do u define success? I: if u r satiafied n content H : if u get 85 /100 in a subject then do u say ur satisfied ? I : If i have a chance to improve then i 'll try to improe H : chance in wat way? I: if there is an improvement exam then i will H: there is no case of if there is a chance...chance will always be there...u must choose it H: r u ready to go to any place ? I : if it is for long term and to a remote place i should think of it otherewise its ok H : ok so u have a constraint on location ? I : If its for a short term then no problem abt place H: r u ready to go abroad? I: hmm......my ans was no...but was trying to say it in some other way rather than saying bluntly no so I paused for some time) H : (repeated the question asking to be more clear) I : no H: how were ur previous 2 rounds of qualifying? I: written was good...but technical i didnt do good H: why?? ........didnt u brush up ur subjects? I: I did...but the questions asked by them were different..so.......... H:ok H: do u know that if u r selected u need to sign a contract for 2 years ? I : yes mam H: so u r aware of it I : yes mam H: Ok then...it was nice meeting u I :tq mam thanks, all the best
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TCS-2

2006-11-09T12:19:00.000-08:00

TCS PAPER ON 3rd AUGUST 2006 AT NITTE

There were 2 rounds
1. Aptitude
2.Technical &HR
General Aptitude had 3 parts
1.Verbal(30 quetion,20 marks)
2.Quantitative Aptitude(38 quetion,40 marks)
3.Critical and Analytical reasoning(12 question,30 marks)
Technical had 3 rounds
1.Technical(CS students please concentrate on this part)
2.Management
3.HR

Aptitude was Online. Do not worry. They give all the instructions to be followed.

VERBAL

Synonyms(10 Quetions)
Antonyms(10 Questins)
Comprehension reading(5 questions)
paragraph reading(5 Question)

Please refer GRE BARRON'S 12th edition .............................

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

1.In the word ORGANISATION if we exchange first with the second ,second with the third ,third with fourth and so on......till last then what will be the 10 letter from right?

1.G 2.N 3.A 4.R

Ans:A

2.What is the largest prime no that will fit in 6 bit memory?

1.65 2. 61 3. 67 4.63

Ans: 61
Approach: 2^6-1=63which is not prime
and the no less than 63 is 61 which is a prime......

3.The progam size is N.The memory occupied by the program is M=4000sqrt(N). If the program size is increased by 1%. Then what is the percentage increase in memory?

1. 0.1% 2.0.4% 3.0.5% 4.2%

Ans: 0.5%
Approach: Sqrt of 101

4.In two dimensional array X(7,9) each element occupies 2 bytes of memory.If the address of first element X(1,1)is 1258 then what will be the address of the element X(5,8) ?

1.1460 2.1365 3. 1356 4.1370

Ans: 1365
Approach:1258+(4*9*2)+(8*2)

5.Find the value $%$(9) - %$%(9) Where $ means doubling and % means change of sign........

1.38 2. -2 3. 50 4.-54

Ans:-54
Approach: (2)(-1)(2)(9) -(-1)(2)(-1)(9)

6.Which of the following highest Standard deviation
a.7, 0, 7,0, 7,0 b) 7, 7, 7,7,7,7 c) -7, - 7, -7,-7,-7,-7 d) -7, 7, -7, 7,-7, 7

Ans: d)

7..g(0)= 1, G(1)=-1 ,G(N) = G(N-1)+G(N-2) , g(5)=?
1. -2 2. 3 3. 1 4 0

Ans: -2

8.A power unit is there by the bank of the river of 900 mtr width. a cable is made from power unit to power a plant opposite to that of the river and 3000 mtr away from the power unit. The cost of the cable bellows water Rs5 / mtr and cost of cable on the bank is Rs 4/ mtr. Find the pt where the cable cut through the river.
1.2800 2. 3000 3. 2100 4.3900

Ans: 2100

9.In madras, temperature at noon varies according to -t^2/6 + 4t + 12, where t is elapsed time. Find how much tem more or less in 6 pm to 9 pm.
didn't get the correct ans........
Approach: substitute the given values....
( -6^2+4*6+12)-(-9^2+4*9+12)

10.The size of the bucket is N kb. The bucket fills at the rate of 0.1 kb per millisecond. A programmer sends a program to receiver. There it waits for 10 milliseconds / and response will be back to programmer in 20 millisecond. How many much time the program takes to get a response back to programmer, after it is sent?
Ans: 30 millisecond
11.Which of the following are orthogonal pairs a) 3i+2j b) i+j c) 2i-3j d) 7i+j

1.a&amp;amp;d 2.a&c 3.c&d 4.b&d
Ans: a&c

12.Which of the following do not form triangle? a)5,4,7 b) 3,4,7, c) 3,4,5 d) 1,8,5
Ans: d)

13.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?
1.68.4 2.62.2 3.58 4.27
Ans: 62.2
Approach: ( 70/100)*(60/100)*(90/100)*100=37.8
Economy=(100-37.8)=62.2

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?
1.8.00pm 2.6.00pm 3.12.00am 4.6.40pm
Ans: 6.40 pm

15.The number 384 in decimal system is given by (1432) x in the X System of numbers find the value of X a} 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8 e) 9
Ans: a)

16.What is the unit of the following?
(power*time) / (velocity*velocity)
1.mass 2.distance 3.velocity 4.speed

Ans:mass
Approach: power=work/time
hence numerator=(work*time)/time=work
work=Force*distance
Force=mass*acceleration
accelaration=distance/time^2

now numerator is (mass*distance^2) / (time^2)
denominator is (distance^2) / (time^2) since velocity=distance/time

17.WHICH SHAPE WILL BE OBTAINED BY USING THESE VALUES OF X ,Y
X Y
0 0.00001
10 1.02
100 1.72
1000 3.00
9999 4.72
Ans: Y= log10(X)
18. Number of faces, vertices and edges of a cube
1.12,6,8 2.6,8,12 3.4 ,6, 8 4.8,12,6
Ans: 6,8 , 12
19.A, B and C are 8 bit no's. They are as follows:
A -> 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
B -> 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
C -> 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 ( - =minus, u=union)
Find ((A - C) u B) =?

1.55 2.64 3.32 4. 53
Ans:55
hint:A-C is A intersection C bar first do negation of C then do A intesersection C

20.2 student get 3 and 3.5 in their class exam And 1.2 and 1.45 in final exam respectively . What might be the class marks of 3rd student who have got 0 marks in final exam?

1.0.3 2.0.5 3.0.25 4.0.1
ans: 0.25
Approach: take the diff and find out

Thanks,
All The Best

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TCS -3

2006-11-09T12:17:00.000-08:00

TCS SAMPLE PAPER ON 3 th SEPTEMBER,2006 AT CHENNAI

The paper actually consisted of three sections namely,

1) Verbal Section.

2) Aptitude Section.

3) Critical Reasoning.

No Psychometric Test.

VERBAL SECTION.

Synonyms Antonyms

1) Frugality 1) Harbinger

2) Convene 2) Adherent

3) Balmy 3) Supernal

4) Degraded 4) Ungainly

5) Intractable 5) Unscathed

6) Deluge 6) Boorish

7) Intrepid 7) Transient

8) Musty 8) Tenuous

9) Repudiate 9) Incongruous

10) Plagiarism 10) Parsimonious

A passage was given which consisted of 10 blanks and we need to read the passage first and then fill the blanks with appropriate statements, which was given at the bottom of the page. (We have to be very fast in this section b’coz passage reading takes a lot of time.)

References: GRE Book from Barron’s (12th or 13th) is sufficient for both the Synonyms and Antonyms.

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APTITUDE SECTION.

1.If g (0)=1,g (1)=1 and g (n)= g (n-1) + g (n –2). Find g (6).

a) 9 b) 13 c) 21 d) 7

2.A plane moves from 9°N60°E to 9°N60°W. If the plane starts at 2 AM and takes 10 hours to reach the destination, find the local arrival time.

a) 4.30 AM b) 6.00 AM c) 4.00 AM d) 10.00AM

3. Select the odd one out. a) Java b) Lisp c) Smalltalk d) Eiffel.

a) Lisp. b) Java. c) Eiffel. d) Smalltalk.

4. Select the odd one out a) Oracle b) Linux c) Ingress d) DB2

a) Linux b) Oracle c) DB2 d) Ingress.

5. Number of faces, vertices and edges of a cube

a) 6,8,12 b) 8,12,8 c) 8,6,12 d) 12,8,6

6. If M denotes modulus operation, R denotes round-off, T denotes truncation Find the value of the following expression :(373,5)+R (3.4)+T (7.7)+R (5.8)

a) 21 b) 16 c) 19 d) 13

7. Which of the following are orthogonal pairs?

a) 5i+3j b) i+j c) 3i-5j d) -7i+j

A) (a)& (c). B) (b)&amp;(d). C) (a)&(d). D) (c)&(d).

8. Given the length of the 3 sides of a triangle. Find the one that is impossible?

a) (5,5,11) b)(6,4,9) c)(4,3,8) d)(5,5,5)

9. Find the singularity matrix from a given set of matrices? (Hint det (A)==0)

a) 2 0 b) 5 -3 c) 4 6 d) 3 4

3 5 - 5 3 3 7 2 0

a) c b) a c) b d) d

10.Match the following

a) Sentence Paragraph 1) Not a type of

b) Basmati Wheat 2) Siblings

c) Brother Sister 3) A type of

d) Cow Mammal 4) A part of

A->4,B->1,C->2,D->3

A->2,B->3,C->1,D->4

A->3,B->4,C->1,D->2

A->2,B->1,C->4,D->3

11. 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

12. A building with height D shadows up to G. A neighbour building with what height shadows C feet.

a) C/D*G b) C+D/G c) C-D*G d) (C*D)/G

13. A bus started from the bus stand at 8 AM and after staying 30 minutes at a destination returns back to the bus stand. The Destination is 27 miles from the bus stand. The Speed of the bus is 18mph. In the return journey the bus travels with 50% fast speed.

At what time it is returns to the bus stand.

a) 1 PM b) 12 PM c) 11 AM d) 10.30 AM

14.Complete the series. 5,9,11,15, __, 21,23

a) 18 b) 19 c) 24 d) 17

15. Which shape will be obtained by using these values of x, y?

X Y

0 0.00001

10 1.02

100 1.72

1000 3.00

4.72

(Sorry, I don’t remember the answer.)

16. If DPYGP is coded as BRAIN then EMXCT is coded as ____________?

a) CHAIR b) COBER c) COVER d) CEGER

17. 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.

18. The size of a program is N and the memory occupied by the program is given by M = 4000sqr_root(N). If the size of the program is increased by 1% then how much % increase is there in the memory?

a) 0.22% b) 0.5% c) 0.8% d) 0.35%

19. One year ago Pandit was three times his sister's age. He will be only twice her age next year. How old will Pandit be after five years?

a) 8 b) 12 c) 11 d) 13

20. A car is filled with four and half gallons of fuel for a round trip. If the amount of fuel taken while going is 1/4 more than the amount taken for coming, what is the amount of fuel consumed while coming back?

a) Less than 2 gallons b) 2 gallons c) 2 1/2 gallons d) More than 3 gallons

3 Questions based on Data Interpretations were asked. Among which

A Venn diagram Problem.

A Bar Chart Problem.

A Pie Chart Problem and each one of them had 3 to 4 questions.

References: For Aptitude section it is enough if we are thorough with all types of problems from R.S.Agarwal and refer previous question papers.

ANSWERS:

1) b 2) c 3) c 4) a 5) a

6) c 7) a 8) d 9) c 10) a

11) b 12) d 13) c 14) d 15)--

16) c 17) a 18) b 19) c 20) b

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CRITICAL REASONING

Three Questions were given I don’t remember the exact questions. So I would like to only mention the type of questions, which I had.

1) There were 3 cities namely A, B, C (California). Distance to each and the expense for taking each route was given. Costs were given in terms of dollars and cents (Relation b/w dollars and cents should be known.100cents=1$).

Four Questions based on this was asked such as which is the shortest route, less expensive etc.

2) There is a big University and a small college beside. Professors from University were M Senior Prof for Mathematics, J HOD of English Dept, L who knows Urdu and Professors from college were N who knows English well, D HOD of Latin Dept, and Y Senior Prof for Mathematics. There was a function to be conducted together by both the colleges and hence some conditions like

Two Professors from the University has to be chosen.

There cannot be Professors related to the same stream.

Team should consist of three members.

Four Questions based on the above part was given.

3) Six children are selected for the chorus line in the school play: Andrea, Beatrice, Consuelo, Denise, Eve, and Florence. There are six positions in the line; numbered 1 to 6 from left to right. The order of the children in the chorus line is determined by the following rules:

Florence cannot stand in position number 6

Denise must stand immediately to the right of Consuelo

Andrea cannot stand next to Beatrice

Four Questions were based on their arrangements.

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GROUP DISCUSSION

2006-11-08T12:54:00.000-08:00

Many companies conduct group discussion after the written test so as to check on your interactive skills and how good you are at communicating with other people. The GD is to check how you behave, participate and contibute in a group, how much importance do you give to the group objective as well as your own, how well do you listen to viewpoints of others and how open-minded are you in accepting views contrary to your own. The aspects which make up a GD are verbal communication, non-verbal behaviour, conformation to norms, decision-making ability and cooperation. You should try to be as true as possible to these aspects.

What is the normal duration of a GD?
A GD is generally of 15-20 minutes duration.

How many panel members are there to evaluate?
There are usually 3-4 panel members to evaluate.

Is there time given for preparation after the topic is given and before starting the GD?
Usually some time (2-5 minutes) is given to collect one's thoughts, but there could be instances when this does not happen, so it is best not to bank on this.

Should I address the panel or the group members?
Don't ever make the mistake of addressing the panel members. The GD is between you and the other members, not the panel members. You must avoid even looking at the panel members while the GD is in progress. Just ignore their existence.

What is the seating arrangement like?
It could be semi-circular, or circular, or seating along side a rectangular table, depending upon the venue. It is best not to bother about trivial issues like this, which you have no control over.

How should I address the other group members?
If you are initiating the discussion, you could do so by collectively addressing the group as "Friends". Subsequently, you could use names (if the group has had a round of self-introduction prior to starting the discussion and you remember the names) or simply use pronouns like "he" or "she".

Suppose I have a lot to say on the topic, should I say all of it?
You would not be looked upon favourably if you kept speaking all the time and did not listen to anyone else. Contrary to the misconception, the person who talks the most is not necessarily the one who is judged the best. The quality and not the quantity of your contribution is the success factor.

Should I encourage others to speak up?
Do not directly put someone who is consistently silent on the spot by asking him/her to speak up. If someone has been trying to speak and has a good point but is cut off constantly, you may encourage him/her to continue with her point as you would like to hear her out.

Are the group members supposed to keep track of the time or will the panel keep track?
It would be good if you are conscious of the time, but not to the point of getting so distracted looking at your watch that you do not contribute to the discussion.

Some example:::

Group Discussion Topics With Answers

Now the campus recruitment has started in many colleges, here comes another important step in acquiring that elusive step towards selection - Group Discussions. I present here a few topics that I have collected which I think will certainly help you all. These are topics that are generally asked or are likely to be asked. Along with the topics I have also given the broad points along which these topics can be discussed.

1. Is coalition politics here to stay?

The following points could be discussed under this topic:

Nature of coalition politics. Indecisiveness of elections. No particular party is getting the peoples mandate. Advantage of coalition politics in enabling formation of government. Flipside of coalition politics- a party with a handful of seats become powerful. Government falls before tenure. Fresh elections each time. Suggest a way out of this problem, for e.g.: once a party pledges support to a coalition, it will not withdraw its support until it has watched a governments performance for at least three years...etc The future -will it only have coalitions ,emerging political trends...etc...

2. Does India need a dictator?

The following points could be discussed under this topic:

The current political structure. Drawbacks of it. Bureaucracy, layers in decision making, anarchy. Dictatorship would mean centralized power and faster decision making. But, country run on whims and fancies of an individual. Freedom on individuals could be clamped..etc....Present a balanced argument for and against and take up your position on the issue.

3. Is India moving away from a secularist state?

The following points could be discussed under this topic:

Define secularism.Constitution calls our country such a state, but how things have changed over the last 50 years.Spread of nationalism. Division into majority and minority groups-e.g. benefits given to minority groups perceived as a threat by others. Role of non-tolerant neighbors in fuelling fundamentalism. It is a passing phenomenon. We have the national character to overcome this....Points along these lines can be discussed.

4. Education in India-or the lack of it.

The following points could be discussed under this topic:

Discuss current education system. Discuss our sociological structure.Poverty which forces kids to drop out to supplement family income.Vicious circle-poverty due to lack of education and vice versa.Suggest solutions to get out of this-for e.g., governments are doing a commendable job with the midday meal schemes but we need more of such efforts. Going down further , why restrict it to government alone? why cant private people, NGOs and other voluntary bodies come forward to do the same? How about tapping corporate funds for such causes .....etc.....

5. What ails Indian sports?

The following points could be discussed under this topic:

A nation of 950 million, we fail to produce great champions barring the occasional Vishwanathan Anand or Geet Sethi. Sports system steeped in bureaucracy. Overriding popularity of cricket leading to neglect in other sports.Traditionally , sports not accorded much importance by us as a career. Need to develop sports from the primary school level-"catch em young". Various incentives to be given to budding sportsmen like academic credits, sports in lieu of a few other subjects etc. Development of sports infrastructure, making it amenable and affordable...etc.....

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GROUP DISCUSSION TIPS

2006-11-08T12:00:00.000-08:00

Group Discussion Tips

1. Always be the initiator and concluder of the GD then being a participant.

2. But if you are particaipant always try to be the most vianl/key participant.

3. put points firmly and always try to get others support too.

4. if you find that the discussion os going offttrack then never loose an oppurtunity to bring it back to straem this is the best point to score max.

CONTINUE..

5. try to keep latest information on the topic.

6. be very polite , people may try to provoke you to to get more points but try to keep cool.

7. most important don't wait for your turn to speak when discussion is on. inturrupt politely if you want to put forward your points.

8. last but not the least keep atab on the time given for discussion. score points by wrapping up the discussion if you feel that the discussion is heating but the time is going to be over.

9. during conclusion, do end with the conclusion note. that shows your leadership quality.

Best scoring points are:

1. initiation of discussion,

2.always keeping/trying tokeep discussion on track

3. conclusion on time

4. your capability to keep your cool and listen as well as putting your points.

Group Discussion Do's and Don'ts

Be as natural as possible. Do not try and be someone you are not. Be yourself.

A group discussion is your chance to be more vocal. The evaluator wants to hear you speak.

Take time to organize your thoughts. Think of what you are going to say.

Seek clarification if you have any doubts regarding the subject.

Don't start speaking until you have clearly understood and analyzed the subject.
Work out various strategies to help you make an entry: initiate the discussion or agree with someone else's point and then move onto express your views.

Opening the discussion is not the only way of gaining attention and recognition. If you do not give valuable insights during the discussion, all your efforts of initiating the discussion will be in vain.

Your body language says a lot about you - your gestures and mannerisms are more likely to reflect your attitude than what you say.

Language skills are important only to the effect as to how you get your points across clearly and fluently.

Be assertive not dominating; try to maintain a balanced tone in your discussion and analysis.

Don't lose your cool if anyone says anything you object to. The key is to stay objective: Don't take the discussion personally.

Always be polite: Try to avoid using extreme phrases like: 'I strongly object' or 'I disagree'. Instead try phrases like: 'I would like to share my views on...' or 'One difference between your point and mine...' or "I beg to differ with you" Ch etanaS

Brush up on your leadership skills; motivate the other members of the team to speak (this surely does not mean that the only thing that you do in the GD is to say "let us hear what the young lady with the blue scarf has to say," or "Raghu, let us hear your views" - Essentially be subtle), and listen to their views. Be receptive to others' opinions and do not be abrasive or aggressive.

If you have a group of like-minded friends, you can have a mock group discussion where you can learn from each other through giving and receiving feedback.

Apart from the above points, the panel will also judge team members for their alertness and presence of mind, problem-solving abilities, ability to work as a team without alienating certain members, and creativity

I gave more tips in the presentation which was listed in the Placements Resources page.

Thanks,

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Common Mistakes In GD

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Common Mistakes In Group Discussions:::

Wise men learn from others mistakes, while the less fortunate, from their own.
Here's a list of the most common mistakes made at group discussions:

Emotional outburst

Rashmi was offended when one of the male participants in a group discussion made a statement on women generally being submissive while explaining his point of view. When Rashmi finally got an opportunity to speak, instead of focussing on the topic, she vented her anger by accusing the other candidate for being a male chauvinist and went on to defend women in general. What Rashmi essentially did was to
* Deviate from the subject
* Treat the discussion as a forum to air her own views.
* Lose objectivity and make personal attacks.
Her behaviour would have been perceived as immature and demotivating to the rest of the team.

Quality Vs Quantity

Gautam believed that the more he talked, the more likely he was to get through the GD. So, he interrupted other people at every opportunity. He did this so often that the other candidates got together to prevent him from participating in the rest of the discussion.
* Assessment is not only on your communication skills but also on your ability to be a team player.
* Evaluation is based on quality, and not on quantity. Your contribution must be relevant.
* The mantra is "Contributing meaningfully to the team's success." Domination is frowned upon.

Egoism Showing off
Krishna was happy to have got a group discussion topic he had prepared for. So, he took pains to project his vast knowledge of the topic. Every other sentence of his contained statistical data - "20% of companies; 24.27% of parliamentarians felt that; I recently read in a Jupiter Report that..." and so on so forth. Soon, the rest of the team either laughed at him or ignored his attempts to enlighten them as they perceived that he was cooking up the data.
* Exercise restraint in anything. You will end up being frowned upon if you attempt showing-off your knowledge.
* Facts and figures need not validate all your statements.
* Its your analysis and interpretation that are equally important - not just facts and figures.
* You might be appreciated for your in-depth knowledge. But you will fail miserably in your people skills.
Such a behavior indicates how self-centered you are and highlights your inability to work in an atmosphere where different opinions are expressed.

Get noticed - But for the right reasons

Srikumar knew that everyone would compete to initiate the discussion. So as soon as the topic - "Discuss the negative effects of India joining the WTO" - was read out, he began talking. In his anxiety to be the first to start speaking, he did not hear the word "negative" in the topic. He began discussing the ways in which the country had benefited by joining WTO, only to be stopped by the evaluator, who then corrected his mistake. Che tanaS
* False starts are extremely expensive. They cost you your admission. It is very important to listen and understand the topic before you air your opinions.
* Spending a little time analyzing the topic may provide you with insights which others may not have thought about. Use a pen and paper to jot down your ideas.
* Listen! It gives you the time to conceptualize and present the information in a better manner. Some mistakes are irreparable. Starting off the group discussion with a mistake is one such mistake, unless you have a great sense of humor.

Managing one's insecurities

Sumati was very nervous. She thought that some of the other candidates were exceptionally good. Thanks to her insecurity, she contributed little to the discussion. Even when she was asked to comment on a particular point, she preferred to remain silent.
* Your personality is also being evaluated. Your verbal and non verbal cues are being read.
* Remember, you are the participant in the GD; not the evaluator. So, rather than evaluating others and your performance, participate in the discussion.
* Your confidence level is being evaluated. Decent communication skills with good confidence is a must to crack the GDs.

Focus on your strengths and do not spend too much time thinking about how others are superior or inferior to you. It is easy to pick up these cues from your body language.

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larsen & Turbo

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GROUP DISCUSSION (NO ELIMINATION)

Totally three sections:

First section:

Mechanical objective (47 questions-30Min).

Second section:

Mechanical comprehension (60 questions-40 Min).

Third section:

Figurative puzzle (36 questions-40Min).

You will be asked to select the figure, which is next to be given eight series of figure. (Study: Edgar Thorpe-Non verbal reasoning)

SECTION-1
Mechanical aptitude

Set 1:

1. Stroboscope is used for measuring?

A. rpm of the spur gear.

B. temprature calibration.

C. velocity of the reciprocating engine.

d. All the above.

e. None of the above.

2. Pneumatic pressure for industrial application?

3. Lathe bed is made of CI because?

4. Carbon is added to steel-to increase hardness

5. Guideways are hardened by which hardening method?

6. Carbon is added to engine parts to enhance-------- property.

7. A metal has K temp gradient and 2K for another metal. If a hot fluid is passed through a pipe the pipe should be made up of

a. K inside, 2K outside.

b. 2K inside, K outside.

c. Any of the above.

d. None of the above.

8. Crowning of pulley is done for?

9. If temp increases viscosity of gas &liquid

10. Shear angle in press tool -to avoid burr, easy shear.

11. Hardening of shear face in press tool is to

12. Blank size is equal to size of punch in presswork.

13. Bending moment diagram for a UDL in cantilever beam.

a. Parabola.

b. Triangle.

c. Rectangle.

14. for uniform strength of beam condition req.

a) Depth constant, width increases.

b) Depth increases, width decreases.

c) Both should be increases.

d) All the above.

e) None of the above.

15. M33*2 bolt size refers

16. For this bolt and nut arrangement what type is suitable

a.M6-6nos b.M8-4nos c.M10-2nos d.M12-1 .

17. Rupture stress is

18. If two springs of stiffness K1&K2is in series the equivalent stiffness is

19. Find out odd

a. Oxy-acety

b. Plasma arc

c. Electron beam

d. USM

20.butt welding

.

21.Welding employed for plastics

22.core prints

23.if carbon is added to petrol what happen

24.While machiningdoes not require lubricant.

25.Dirty filter is changed in to cleaner filter What will happen to the air fuel ratio –in the case of carburetor.

26.internal keyway is machined by

27.Aircraft blades are produced by

a. Casting

b. Stretch forming

c. Forging

d. Bending.

28.when water hammer occurs in the case of welding?why?

29.No of cranks used in 6 cylinder engine

30.Which grade of CI has most shock absorbing and damping capacity

31.damper is a vibration (dissipater).

32.Piezometer is used to measure

a)static pressure

b)total pressure

c)discharge]

33.which of the following is not a fusion welding

a) spot welding.

b) arc welding.

c) Electron beam welding

34.besides any thickness 2 metals of different materials can be butt welded by

a) by adjusting the initial gap.

b) By adjusting the current,voltage.

c) By adjusting the time of welding.

35.when pulley dia is doubled ,width is kept constant , tension is kept constant key size should be

a) Doubled in length.

b) Doubled in depth.

c) Both twice.

36.thermoplastics can be molded by

a) Vacuum molding

b) Compression molding

c) Injection molding

37.A ……..WEIGHT AT SLOPE

B------ WEIGHT THAT IS HANGING

FOR EQUILIBRIUM

a) A comes down

b) B comes down

c) A&B oscillates.

d) Remains at same.

38) Which load is safe for beam---------------

a) Point load.

b) UDL locally.

c) UDL fully.

d) UVL.

39) For diesel engine which ratio is high?

a) Compression ratio.

b) Expansion ratio.

40) Washers are used for providing(bearing area).

41) Which has no differential(train).

42) Constituents of brass (alloy of copper and zinc).

43) Worm And worm wheels are used for--- higher reduction.

44) Why in a condenser the pressure drops below vaccum turbine is tripped off(choice:c)

45) Fits will be based on –clerance between mating surface.

46)path traced by water particle flowing from an opening on the bottom of the container is ------ Parabolic.

Set 2:

1) The path of jet discharging from bottom opening in a tank of water (parabola with its vertex at opening)

2)water hammer in pipes occur due to(heavy pressurisation of pipe)

3)specific speed of a pump(delivers unit discharge at unit head)

4)for small discharge at high pressure(reciprocating pump is preferred)

5)ultimate tensile stress of mild steel compared to ultimate compressive stress is(more)

6)rupture stress(load at breaking point/neck area)

7)moment diagram for cantilever beam carrying uniformly distributed load will be(parabolic)

8)moment of inertia of an area is always least with respect to(centroidal axis)

9)crowning on pulleys help(for automatic adjustment of belt position so that belt runs centrally)

10)mitre gears are same as (right angled bevel gears having same no.of teeth)

11)stress concentration is caused due to((d)all of above)

12)function of washer is(provide bearing area)

13)M33x2(metric threads of33mm O.D and 2mm pitch)

14)key used between shaft and pulley is made from(cold rolled mild steel bars)

15)hardness of steel depends on(shape7distribution of carbides in iron)

16)carbon steel is(an alloy of iron and carbon with varying quantities of Phosphorous&sulphur)

17)hardening of Machine tool guideways by(flame hardening)

18)carriage and tailstock are placed in(different guideways)

19)In welding,arc is too long due to(formation of globules in irregular pattern becoz of wandering of arc)

20)acetylene is stored in(liquid form)

21)purpose of riser is to(help feed casting until all solidification takes place)

22)core prints are used to(form set to support&hold core in place)

23)unlike materials as well as materials of different thickness can be butt welded by(control of presure&current)

24)galvanising is(process of coating of zn by hot dipping)

25)size of shaper is specified by(length of stroke)

26)hardness of wheel(or)grade of wheel refers to(strength of bond of wheel)

27)for grinding harder materials(softer grade is used)

28)dielectric medium in EDM is(kerosene)

29)electroplating requires(1)ac,2)dc,3)high frequency ac)

30)no cutting fluid is used in machining (C.I)

31)use of gap(snap)gauge

32)9.81 kgf=?newton

33)general gas eqn is(pv=mRT)

34)carnot cycle has max. efficiency for(reversible engine)

35)fuel-air ratio in a petrol engine fitted with suction carburettor,operating with dirty air filter as

compared to clean filter will be(higher)

36)In S.I engines ,air fuel ratio for idling speed is(1)lean,2)rich...)

37)use of piezometer

38)specific heat values for solid&liquid(one)

39)most ductile metal is(1)gold 2)steel 30C.I 4)Al)

40)aeroplane wings are made of

41)adv.of projection welding over spot welding

42)electrodes of resistance welding are made of(high strength&high conductivity)

43)AIRCRAFT GASTURBINE is made of(timken,haste&inconelalloys)

44)when a spring is cut into two,stiffness becomes

45)shear angle given in punch during piercing or punching operation is due to

46)worm gears used for(1)low redn speed 2)high rednspeed...)

47)helical gears are used(for noise redn)

48)mirror(image) is due to

49)hardest cutting tool material is(tungsten carbide)

50)fit is reqd due to(clearance between two mating parts)

51)damper is used for

52)Thickness(t=0.5cm)shear dis=7cm & tensiles tress=400kg/sq.cm find force reqd in punch?

Set 3:

1. Why CI is used for most m/c tools (dampening).

2. Which of the following does not require cooling medium (CI).

3. Among the following which is most used for vibration and dampening (GCI).

4. Which gear has no axial thrust (herring borne)?

5. Which has no differential (train).

6. When C is deposited on engine piston, what happens?

7. Constituents of brass (alloy of copper and zinc).

8. In a sheet metal blanking process the dia of the blank is equal to -----(dia of punch).

9. Fits will be based on (clearance bet mating parts).

10. C is added to a material why (to increase hardness).

11. Why in a condenser the pressure drops below vacuum turbine is tripped off (choice c).

12. Washers are used for providing (bearing area).

13. Constant enthalpy process (throttling).

14. Hardness of steel depends on (carbon).

15. If two springs of stiffness k1 and K2 is in series the equivalent stiffness is (k1+k2/k1k2).

16. Which one will have uniform strength (choice a) width same depth varying. b) Depth

same width varying. c) Width and depth vary proportionally. D) Any of the above. E) None of the above.

17. In a simple row 6 cylinder radial engine how many cranks will be there (1).

18. In which of the following work done is zero (all the above).

19. How internal keyway is made (broaching).

20. Screw threads are made (rolling).

21. In which instrument more measure is taken (outside micrometer).

22. Most common pressure range used for industrial applications (5 to 10 bar).

23. Worm gears are used for (high reduction ratios).

24. Ni is added to CI to increase ...(toughness).

SECTION 2

Mechanical comprehension

Basically 4 types

1) asked to find the gear direction of rotation given the driver rotation

2) Minimum effort to lift the load given different types of mechanisms

3) Speed of the gear rotation

4) Water flowing from a channel

All were diagrammatic.

8-10 questions from pulleys, gears, and shafts.

The questions are available at the end

SECTION 3

Non-verbal reasoning

These were for picture puzzles:

This part is the easiest of all. You can easily solve it in less than 30 minutes. Certain sequence of

8 pictures will be given and u will be asked to find the 9th one, u will have 8 choices.

You can easily solve the first 20-25 questions and others are little difficult.

The questions are available at the end

GROUP DISCUSSION

GD topics:

1. Should Mangers Be Good Technical Personnel?

2. Indian Technical Professionals Wish To Merely Set Up A Career Abroad.

3. Are Indians Less Quality Conscious?

4. Brain drain.

#U ll be asked to choose a topic from two.

# Every one will be made to participate by the HR.

# Its just a debate, a decent GD, no Fish Market Scenario.

# No elimination from GD (cumulative)

INTERVIEW SECTION

Only fundamental questions of area of interest is asked. Interview lasted for nearly 1;30 mts Concentrate more on metal forming, machining& strength of materials.

The following is the interview questions asked for a psg mechanical student.

Introduce about urself, ur family, background

I told about my place of birth( CMC Hospital, Vellore), My father , My Mom((I actually forgot to tell my parent’s names)). What I learnt from them. About my brother and my schooling, VERY VERY IMPORTANT – Tell ur X %, XII % and CutOff. They noted it down. My rank in class. They had compared these data with subsequent candidates and checked whether it tallies. So DON’T TRY TO GIVE THEM WRONG INFO.

They asked about my hobbies – novels- Jeffrey Archer –Business oriented.

Which subject u are interested in?

I stated I am more interested in Iron And Steel.

1: What is Steel?

Any foundry Visited? Describe the foundry and their products?

Give the types of furnaces from the primitive to the most recent one? State one point for

2: each comparatively?

3: Fuel used in a cupola and hearth furnace?

4: Grades of Cast Iron?

5: Process Flow Chart for a foundry from sand preparation to inspection?

Fettling?

6: Lining – property?(Refractory) Is it necessary?(Of course YES) Types of linings – Acid

and Basic. Lining matl. for both.

7: Casting Defects?

8: Inspection techniques, Description? Working Principle of Ultrasonic Inspection?

9: MoS – Z,Section Modulus? Explain ? I-sec Vs Rectangular Sec.(Explain based on Z)

10: Adiabatic Process? Draw PV plot?

11: Impact Strength?

12: Difference bet. Steel and Cast Iron based on ductility and Brittleness.(Explain based

on Stress-Strain Curve, Steel yields, CI does not)

13: Factor of Safety(FOS)? Definition and need?

Given Dia. 50 bar of C40, FOS = 2.

14: How to increase FOS to 2.3 without changing composition, area or section, loading

conditions.? (Tricky)

15: He gave a clue. ----increase the numerator in the FoS ( since u can also decrease the

denominator).

Ans: Strengthen the material- Solid solution strengthening- Heat Treatment

16: Explain the heat treatment- hardening. Explain it in detail if possible use the Fe- Fe3C

diagram.

17: If u increase one u lose another. In this case hardness and toughness respectively. I want

a tougher material. How?

Ans: Tempering

Flextronics paper-2006

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Aptitude Questions

1. Age problem

2. Time and distance

3. Coin

4. direction problem

5. (2n + 2 n-1/2 n+1 – 2n) what is gives if n = something

6. ( 10n –1) n>1 when is divisible by 11.no divisible by 8

7. find the missing no. when it is divisible by some no

8. Boat problem

9. Average

Technical Questions

10. Which one is called family tree

11. virtual function and overloading

12. DHCP protocol

13. order of insertion and Heap sort

14. left recursion

15. find output: for(l=1;a<=l;a++)

cout<<++a; cout <

16. DEBUG trigger (oracle)

17. In unrestricted session which system privilege mode is used (oracle)

18. NEXTVAL and CURRENTVAL in sequence (Oracle)

19. Unix system call ……like Var( )

20. OS 384 support which memory management

21. Complexity to access name from the given double link list

22. Which WAN network is suitable for the 100Km or m. distance network

23. If duplicate segments , file are there in hardisk which is best for management

a) FAT

b) SAT

24. stop n wait protocol is associated with which layer

25. find errors from the c and c++ codes.

26. 3 qns on operating systems. I qn on dijkestra algorithm

27. Using which pin it's possible to address 16 bit addresses even though there re only 8 address bits in 8085? Ans: ALE

28.Voltage gain for an amplifier is 100 while it is operating at 10 volts. What is the O/P voltage wen i/p is 1 volt

29. Quality factor indicates a) Quality of inductor b) quality of capacitor c) both

30. Qns related to bridges, routers and generators, which OSI layer they corresspond to. (Refer to stevens 4th chapter)

31. OPAmp's I/P ciurrent, O/p current and CMRR is given, what is the voltage gain

32. 2-3 qns on scope of static variables in C. Qn to view o/p odf a C static var

33. Qn to print a value of a pointer

34. OPAmp's I/P ciurrent, O/p current and CMRR is given, what is the voltage gain

35. A qn to find the physical address from a given virtual address, virtual to physical address table was provided

36. 6 bit mantissa and 8 bit exponent can present what maximum value?

37. 4 bit window size in sliding window protocol, how many acknowledements can be held?

Security functionality is provided by which layer of OSI

Frequency spectrums for AM, FM and PM (figure given, u'veto tell which Kind of modulation it belongs to)

38. Among AM and FM which is better and why?

39. LASt stage of TTL NAND gate is called: Ans: Totem Pole Amplifie

40. SR to JK flip flop conversion. Ans: S=JQ', R=KQ

41. LSB of a shift register is connected to its MSB, what is formed:

Ans: RING Counter

42. 2-3 Qns based on Demorgan's laws (identiies: (A+b)' = A'b', etc)

43. 2 qns on Logic gates (O/p of logic gates)

44. Diff in IRET and RET statements of 8086

45. How many address bytes are required to address an array of memory chips (4

* 6), each chip having 4 memory bits and 8k registers.

46. Diff. in memory mapped and I/P O/P mapped Input/Output (Refer a book on Microprocessor)

47. Qn on pipeline architecture

48. QN on LAPB protocol

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