Wednesday 12 June 2013

EMC placement papers

1. In a group of six women, there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailaja do not know how to play on the violin. Shailaja and Tanuja are among the dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is both a dancer and violinist ?

A) Jalaja
B) Shailaja
C) Tanuja
D) Pooja

Ans: C

2. Salay walked 10 m towards West from his house. Then he walked 5 m turning to his left. After this he walked 10 m turning to his left and in the end he walked 10 m turning to his left. In what direction is he now from his starting point?

(A) South
(B) North
(C) East
(D) West
(E) None of these

Ans: (B)

3. Manish goes 7 km towards South-East from his house, then he goes 14 km turning to West. After this he goes 7 km towards North West and in the end he goes 9 km towards East. How far is he from his house?

(A) 5 km
(B) 7 km
(C) 2 km
(D) 14 km
(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

4. Laxman went 15 kms from my house, then turned left and walked 20 kms. He then turned east and walked 25 kms and finally turning left covered 20kms. How far was he from his house.

(A) 5 kms
(B) 10 kms
(C) 40 kms
(D) 80 kms
(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

5.
const int perplexed = 2;
#define perplexed 3

main()
{
#ifdef perplexed
#undef perplexed
#define perplexed 4
#endif
printf("%d",perplexed);
}

a. 0
b. 2
c. 4
d. none of the above

Ans: c)

6.
struct Foo
{
char *pName;
};

main()
{
struct Foo *obj = malloc(sizeof(struct Foo));
clrscr();
strcpy(obj->pName,"Your Name");
printf("%s", obj->pName);
}

a. Your Name
b. compile error
c. Name
d. Runtime error


Ans a)

7.
struct Foo
{
char *pName;
char *pAddress;
};

main()
{
struct Foo *obj = malloc(sizeof(struct Foo));
clrscr();
obj->pName = malloc(100);
obj->pAddress = malloc(100);

strcpy(obj->pName,"Your Name");
strcpy(obj->pAddress, "Your Address");

free(obj);
printf("%s", obj->pName);
printf("%s", obj->pAddress);
}

a. Your Name, Your Address
b. Your Address, Your Address
c. Your Name Your Name
d. None of the above


Ans: d) printd Nothing, as after free(obj), no memory is there containing
obj->pName & pbj->pAddress


8. The door of Aditya's house faces the east. From the back side of his house, he walks straight 50 metres, then turns to the right and walks 50 metres, then turns towards left and stops after walking 25 metres . Now Aditya is in which direction from the starting point?

(A) South-East
(B) North-East
(C) South- West
(D) North-West
(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

9. P, Q, R and S are playing a game of carrom. P, R, and S, Q are partners. S is to the right of R who is facing west. Then Q is facing ?

(A) North
(B) South
(C) East
(D) West
(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

10. A clock is so placed that at 12 noon its minute hand points towards north-east. In which direction does its hour hand point at 1.30 p.m?

(A) North
(B) South
(C) East
(D) West
(E) None of these

Ans: C

Wednesday 17 April 2013

Toshiba placement paper


1. ------- is associated with web services.
a) WSDL     b) WML     c) web sphere     d) web logic
Ans: a

2.any large single block of data stored in a database, such as a picture or sound file, which does not include record fields, and cannot be directly searched by the database’s search engine.
a) TABLE   
b) BLOB   
c) VIEW   
d) SCHEME
Ans: b
3.A reserved area of the immediate access memory used to increase the running speed of the computer program.
a) session memory
b) bubble memory
c) cache memory
d) shared memory
Ans: c

4.a small subnet that sit between a trusted internal network and an untruster external network, such as the public internet.
a) LAN
b) MAN
c) WAN
d) DMZ
Ans: d

5.technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify people or objects,which is very similar to the barcode identification systems,seen in retail stores everyday.
a) BLUETOOTH
b) RADAR
c) RSA SECURE ID
d) RFID
Ans: d

6.main(){
float fl = 10.5;
double dbl = 10.5
if(fl ==dbl)
printf(“UNITED WE STAND”);
else
printf(“DIVIDE AND RULE”)
}
What is the output?a) compilation error
b) UNITED WE STAND
c) DIVIDE AND RULE
d) Linkage error.
Ans: c
7.main(){
static int ivar = 5;
printf(“%d”,ivar--);
if(ivar)
main();
}
What is the output?a)1 2 3 4 5
b) 5 4 3 2 1
c)5
d) Compiler error:main cannot be recursive function.
Ans: b
8.main()
{
extern int iExtern;
iExtern = 20;
printf(“%d”,iExtern);
}
What is the output?a)2
b) 20
c) compile error
d) linker error
Ans: d
9..#define clrscr() 100
main(){
clrscr();
printf(“%d\n\t”, clrscr());
}
What is the output?a)100 b)10 c)compiler errord)linkage error
Ans: a

10.main()
{
void vpointer;
char cHar = ‘g’, *cHarpointer = “GOOGLE”;
int j = 40;
vpointer = &cHar;
printf(“%c”,*(char*)vpointer);
vpointer = &j;
printf(“%d”,*(int *)vpointer);
vpointer = cHarpointer;
printf(“%s”,(char*)vpointer +3);
}
What is the output?a) g40GLE
b) g40GOOGLE
c) g0GLE
d) g4GOO
Ans: a
11.#define FALSE -1
#define TRUE 1
#define NULL 0
main() {
if(NULL)
puts(“NULL”);
else if(FALSE)
puts(“TRUE”);
else
puts(“FALSE”);
}
What is the output?a) NULL
b) TRUE
c) FALSE
d)0
Ans: b
12.main() {
int i =5,j= 6, z;
printf(“%d”,i+++j);
}
What is the output?a)13
b)12
c)11
d) Compiler error
Ans: c

13.main() {
int i ;
i = accumulator();
printf(“%d”,i);
}
accumulator(){
_AX =1000
}
What is output?a)1
b)10
c)100
d)1000
Ans: d
14.main() {
int i =0;
while(+(+i--)!= 0)
i- = i++;
printf(“%d”,i);
}
What is the output?a) -1
b) 0
c) 1
d) Will go in an infinite loop
Ans: a

15.main(){
int i =3;
for(; i++=0;)
printf((“%d”,i);
}
What is the output?a) 1
b) 2
c) 1 2 3
d) Compiler error : L value required.
Ans: d
16. main(){
int i = 10, j =20;
j = i ,j?(i,j)?i :j:j;
printf(“%d%d”,i,j);
}
What is the output?a) 20 20
b) 20 10
c) 10 20
d) 10 10
Ans: d
17.main(){
extern i;
printf(“%d\t”,i);{
int i =20;
printf(“%d\t”,i);
}
}
What is the output?a) “Extern valueof i “ 20
b) Externvalue of i”
c) 20
d) linker Error: unresolved external symbol i
Ans: d
18.int DIMension(int array[]){
return sizeof(array/sizeof(int);}
main(){
int arr[10];
printf(“Array dimension is %d”,DIMension(arr));
}
What is output?a) array dimension is 10
b) array dimension is 1
c) array dimension is 2
d) array dimension is 5
Ans: b
19. main(){
void swap();
int x = 45, y = 15;
swap(&x,&y);
printf(“x = %d y=%d”x,y);
}
void swap(int *a, int *b){
*a^=*b, *b^=*a, *a^ = *b;
What is the output?a) x = 15, y =45
b) x =15, y =15
c) x =45 ,y =15
d) x =45 y = 45
Ans: a
20.main(){
int i =257;
int *iptr =&i;
printf(“%d%d”,*((char*)iptr),*((char *)iptr+1));
}
What is output?a)1, 257
b)257 1c)0 0d)1 1
Ans: d
21.main(){
int i =300;
char *ptr = &i;
*++ptr=2;
printf(“%d”,i);
}
What is output?a) 556
b) 300
c) 2
d) 302
Ans: a
22.#include
main(){
char *str =”yahoo”;
char *ptr =str;
char least =127;
while(*ptr++)
least = (*ptr
printf(“%d”,least);
}
What is the output?a) 0
b)127
c) yahoo
d) y
Ans: a

23.Declare an array of M pointers to functions returing pointers to functions returing pointers to characters.
a) (*ptr[M]()(char*(*)());
b) (char*(*)())(*ptr[M])()
c) (char*(*)(*ptr[M]())(*ptr[M]()
d) (char*(*)(char*()))(*ptr[M])();
Ans:b
24.void main(){
int I =10, j=2;
int *ip = &I ,*jp =&j;
int k = *ip/*jp;
printf(“%d”,k);
}
What is the output?a) 2
b) 5
c) 10
d) compile error:unexpected end of file in comment started in line 4
Ans: d
25.main(){
char a[4] =”GOOGLE”;
printf(“%s”,a);
}
What is the output?a) 2
b) GOOGLE
c) compile error: yoo mant initializers
d) linkage error.
Ans: c
26.For 1MB memory, the number of address lines required
a) 12
b) 16
c) 20
d) 32
Ans: b
27.There is a circuit using 3 nand gates with 2 inputes and 1 output,f ind the output.
a) AND
b) OR
c) XOR
d) NAND
Ans: b (not sure)

28. What is done for push operationa) SP is incremented and then the value is stored.
b) PC is incremented and then the value is stored.
c) PC is decremented and then the value is stored.
d) SP is decremented and then the value is stored.
Ans: d
29.Memory allocation of variables declared in a program is:
a) Allocated in RAM
b) Allocated in ROM
c) Allocated in stack
d) Assigned in registers.
Ans: c

30.What action is taken when the processer under execution is interrupted by TRAP in 8085MPU?
a) Processor serves the interrupt request after completing the execution of the current instruction.
b) processer serves the interrupt request after completing the current task.
c) processor serves the interrupt immediately.
d) processor serving the interrupt request depent deprnds upon the priority of the current task under execution.
Ans: a

31.purpose of PC (program counter)in a microprocessor is:
a) To store address of TOS(top of stack)
b) To store address of next instructions to be executed
c) count the number of instructions
d) to store the base address of the stack.
Ans: b

32.conditional results after execution of an instruction in a microprocess is stored in
a) register
b) accumulator
c) flag register
d) flag register part of PSW (program status word)
Ans: c

33.The OR gate can be converted to the NAND function by adding----gate(s)to the input of the OR gate.
a) NOT
b) AND
c) NOR
d) XOR
Ans: a

34. In 8051 microcontroller , has a dual function.
a) port 3
b) port 2
c) port 1
d) port 0
Ans: b

35.An 8085 based microprocessor with 2MHz clock frequency,will execute the following chunk of code with how much delay?
MVI B,38H
HAPPY: MVI C, FFH
SADDY: DCR C
JNZ SADDY
DCR B
JNC HAPPY
a) 102.3
b)114.5
c)100.5
d)120

36.In 8085 MPU what will be the status of the flag after the execution of the following chunk of code.
MVI B,FFH
MOV A,B
CMA
HLT
a) S = 1, Z = 0, CY = 1
b) S = 0, Z = 1, CY = 0
c) S = 1, Z = 0, CY = 0
d) S = 1, Z = 1 ,CY = 1

37.A positive going pulse which is always generated when 8085 MPU begins the machine cycle.
a) RD
b) ALE address latch enable…
c) WR
d) HOLD
Ans: b
38.when a ----- instruction of 8085 MPU is fetched , its second and third bytes are placed in the W and Z registers.
a) JMP
b) STA
c) CALL
d) XCHG
Ans: c
39.what is defined as one subdivision of the operation performed in one clock period.
a) T- State
b) Instruction Cycle
c) Machine Cycle
d) All of the above
Ans: a
40.At the end of the following code, what is the status of the flags.
LXI B, AEC4H
MOV A,C
ADD HLT
a) S = 1, CY = 0, P = 0 , AC = 1
b) S =0 , CY = 1, P = 0,AC = 1
c) S = 0, CY = 1, P = 0 , AC = 1
d) S = 0, CY = 1, P = 1 , AC = 1
41.In 8051 micro controller what is the HEX number in the accumulator after the execution of the following code.
MOV A,#0A5H
CLR C
RRC A
RRC A
RL A
RL A
SWAP A
a)A6
b)6A
c)95
d)A5.
Ans: a


42.The Pentium processor requires ------------ volts.
a)9 b)12 c)5 d)24
ans; c

43. The data bus on the Celeron processor is-------bits wide.
a)64 b)32 c)16 d)128. Ans: a

44.K6 processor
a) Hitachi b) toshiba c) zilog d) AMD. Ans: d

45. What is the control word for 8255 PPI,in BSR mode to set bit PC3.
a)0EH b)0FH c)07H d)06H. ans:c

46.The repeated execution of a loop of code while waiting for an event to occur is called ---------.The cpu is not engaged in any real productive activity during this period,and the process doesn’t progress towards completion.
a) dead lock b) busy waiting c) trap door d) none.
Ans: b

47. Transparent DBMS is defined as
a) A DBMS in which there are no program or user access languages. b) A DBMS which has no cross file capabilities but is user friendly and provides user interface management. c) A DBMS which keeps its physical structure hidden from user d) none.
Ans: c

48.Either all actions are carried out or none are. users should not have to worry about the effect of incomplete transctions.DBMS ensures this by undoing the actions of incomplete transctions.this property is known as
a) Aggregation b) atomicity c) association d) data integrity.
ans : B…

49.------ algorithms determines where in available to load a program. common methods are first fit,next fit,best fit.--------- algorithm are used when memory is full , and one process (or part of a process) needs to be swaped out to accommodate a new program.The ------------- algorithm determines which are the partions to be swaped out.
a) placement, placement, replacement
b) replacement, placement, placement
c) replacement, placement, replacement
d) placement, replacement, replacement Ans: D

50.Trap door is a secret undocumented entry point into a program used to grant access without normal methods of access authentication. A trap is a software interrupt,usually the result of an error condition.
a)true b)false.
Ans: A

51. Given a binary search tree,print out the nodes of the tree according t5o post order traversal.
4
/ \
2 5
/ \
1 3
a)3,2,1,5,4. b)1,2,3,4,5. c)1,3,2,5,4. d)5,3,1,2,4. Ans: C

52.which one of the following is the recursive travel technique.
a)depth first search b)preorder c)breadth first search d)none.

53.which of the following needs the requirement to be a binary search tree.
a) 5
/ \
2 7
/
1

b) 5
/ \
6 7

c) 5
/ \
2 7
/\
1 6

d) none.

54.in recursive implementations which of the following is true for saving the state of the steps
a) as full state on the stack
b) as reversible action on the stack
c) both a and b
d) none

55.which of the following involves context switch
a)previliged instruction
b)floating point exception
c)system calls
d)all
e)none
ans : c


56.piggy backing is a technique for
a)acknowledge
b)sequence
c)flow control
d)retransmission
ans:A

57. a functional dependency XY is ___________dependency if removal of any attribute A from X means that the dependency does not hold any more
a)full functional
b) multi valued
c)single valued
d)none
ans : a

58)a relation schema R is in BCNF if it is in ___________and satisfies an additional constraints that for every functional dependency XY,X must be a candidate key
a)1 NF
b)2 NF
c)3 NF
d)5 NF
Ans:c
59) a _________sub query can be easily identified if it contains any references to the parent sub query columns in the _________ clause
A) correlated ,WHERE
b) nested ,SELECT
c) correlated,SELECT
d) none

60) hybrid devise that combines the features of both bridge and router is known as
a)router b)bridge c)hub d)brouter

61) which of the following is the most crucial phase of SDLC
a)testing b)code generation c) analysys and design d)implementation
Ans: c

62)to send a data packet using datagram ,connection will be established
a)no connection is required
b) connection is not established before data transmission
c)before data transmission
d)none
Ans: c

63)a software that allows a personal computer to pretend as as computer terminal is
a) terminal adapter
b)terminal emulation
c)modem
d)none
Ans: b

64) super key is
a) same as primary key
b) primary key and attribute
c) same as foreign key
d) foreign key and attribute
Ans: b

65.In binary search tree which traversal is used for ascending order values
a) Inorder b)preorder c)post order d)none
Ans: a

66.You are creating an index on ROLLNO colume in the STUDENT table.which statement will you use?
a) CREATE INDEX roll_idx ON student, rollno;
b) CREATE INDEX roll_idx FOR student, rollno;
c) CREATE INDEX roll_idx ON student( rollno);
d) CREATE INDEX roll_idx INDEX ON student (rollno);
Ans: c

67.A________class is a class that represents a data structure that stores a number of data objects
a. container b.component c.base d.derived
Ans: a

68.Which one of the following phases belongs to the compiler Back-end.
a. Lexical Analysis b.Syntax Analysis c. Optimization d.Intermediate Representation.
Ans: c

69.Every context _sensitive language is context_free
a. true b.false
Ans: b

70.Input:A is non-empty list of numbers L
Xß-infinity
For each item in the list L,do
If the item>x,then
Xß the item
Return X
X represents:-
a)largest number
b)smallest number
c)smallest negative number
d) none

71.Let A and B be nodes of a heap,such that B is a child of A. the heap must then satisfy the following conditions
a)key(A)>=key(B)
b)key(A)
c)key(A)=key(B)
d)none

72.String ,List,Stack,queue are examples of___________
a)primitive data type
b)simple data type
c)Abstract data type
d)none
Ans: c

73.which of the following is not true for LinkedLists?
a)The simplest kind of linked list is a single linked list ,which has one link per node .this link points to the next node in the list,or to a null value or emptylist if it is the last node.
b)a more sophisticated kind of linked list is a double linkedlist or two way linkedlist .Each node has two links ,one to the previous node and one to the next node.
c) in a circleLinkedList ,the first and last nodes are linked together.this can be done only for double linked list.
d) to traverse a circular linkedlist ,u begin at any node and follow the list in either direction until u return to the original node.
Ans: c

74.sentinel node at the beginning and /or at the end of the linkedlist is not used to store the data
a) true
b) false
Ans:a

Sunday 14 April 2013

Alcatel lucent placement paper

1.  --------- acts as a command interpreter
   
A) Unix shell b) kernel   c)   d)          ans) a

2. Combine $x=1;[x -ge 10] into a single statement

3. Wats the output of the code snippet
                         echo hello
                         Eval echo Hello
                         Eval echo eval Hello
                         Ans: hello
                         Hello
                         Hello 

4. What does $* represent 

5. Which statement is true to dbms?
    a) Collection of data
    b) Collection of interrelated data and set of programs to access that data
    c) Collection of inter related data no need of any programs
    d) Collection of data and set of programs 

6. Three numbers are given ..u need to decide which two are similar or if all three are different or similar.

1. 8849651           2. 8849561                3. 8849651

7. 1&2 are same b) 2&3 are same c) all are same d)1 & 3 are same e)all are different

ANS: d

8. Niziamuddin      2. Nizeamuddin         3. Niziammudin

a) 1&2 are same b) 2&3 are same c) all are same d)1 & 3 are same e)all are different

ANS : e

9. What is the max. decimal number that can be accomodated in a byte.

a) 128

b) 256

c) 255

d) 512

Ans: (c)

10. Frequency at which VOICE is sampled is

a) 4 Khz

b) 8 Khz

c) 16 Khz

d) 64 Khz 

Alcatel lucent placement paper

1. Statement:So long as there is a caste-based society in our country, there is no harm in having caste-based organizations to look after the welfare of their castes.
Assumptions: I. There is nothing wrong in having religious organizations to spread their ideals.
II.Political parties cannot look after the welfare of different castes like caste-based organizations can.

Ans:- 2

2. If K means ×, H means ÷, M means + and N means -,
then what is the value of    1 K 3 H 2 M 2 N ?
1) Zero
2) 4
3) -4
4) 2
5) None of these

Ans:- 2

3. How many pairs of letters are there in the word GOAL-KEEPER which have the same number of letters between them as in English alphabet?
1) Five
2) Four
3) Seven
4) Six
5) None of these

Ans:- 4

4. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th letters of the word PROGESTER-ONE, using each letter only once, third letter of the word would be your answer. If more than one such word can be formed, your answer would be S and if no such word can be formed, answer is M.
1) M
2) K
3) O
4) E
5) None of these

Ans:- 3

5. In the following number series how many 9's are there which are immediately preceded by a pair of numbers whose product is more than the product of the pair of numbers immediately following?
8 7 9 9 684 593 84 9 2 5 1 9 2 2 6 9 4 3 9 2 5 8 9 3 7
1) 4
2) 3
3) 6
4) 5
5) None of these

Ans:- 3

Directions (Q. 6-12): Read the given information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A leading English daily of India, ABC News, invites applications for the post of sub-editors in its company.
The candidates are required to fulfill, apart from (1), at least three of the following conditions for his/her selection
1) He/she must be between 21-30 yrs.
2) He/she has first class degree in his/her graduation.
3) He/she has diploma in journalism with at least 55% marks.
4) He/she has an experience of at least 2 years in a news-paper.
5) He/she has won prize at state level for his/her articles published in state-level English daily.
If, however, he/she does fulfill all conditions except
(a)(5) above, but he/she has 5 yrs. Experience in a news agency, then refer to the
editor of ABC News.
(b) (2) above, but he/she has diploma in journalism with 75%, then refer to the chairman of ABC News.
(c) (3) above, but he/she has complete graduation with 75%, then refer to the managingdirectors of ABC News.
  All the information are given to you on 01-10-2000. Now, you have to take decision in regard to each case given below.
You are not to assume any information.
Give answer
(1) if the candidate is not to be selected.
(2) if the candidate is to be selected.
(3) if the candidate is to be referred to the chairman.
(4) if the candidate is to be referred to the managing director.
(5) if the candidate is to be referred to the editor.

6. Niharika Chawla, a 26-year-old graduate from Delhi University with 66% marks, has also done her diploma in journalism from Jamia with 75% marks. She has been working with The Hindu, Delhi for the last 3 years.

Ans:-
 2

7. Shrya Singh, a first class graduate from Patna University, has done diploma in journalism from the same university with 72% marks. She has won several prizes for his articles at state level and has been working with The Hindustan Times, Patna from 20.07.98.

Ans:- 1

8. Akanksha Mathur, who hails from Mumbai, is a graduate from University of Mumbai with 50% marks. She also holds a degree in journalism with 76% marks. She has been working with Mid Day, Mumbai for the last 4 years. Her date of birthis 29-07-76.

Ans:- 314. Rohit Sen has won many awards for his articles at state level and he has been working with The Telegraph,Calcutta since 1995. He did his B.Com with 77% marks from University of Calcutta and after that he finished his diploma in journalism from Jadavpur university with 53%. His date of birth is 15-10-74.

Ans:-
 2

9. Swatika Gupta is an English Hons. graduate from Bangalore University with 63% marks. She also holds diploma in journalism from the same university with 56% marks. Her date of birth is 22-09-71. She has been working with The Economic Times, Bangalore for the last one year.

Ans:- 1

10. Amisha Patel holds B.Sc. and diploma in journalism degree with 64% and 60% marks respectively from University of Ahmedabad. She is working with The Tribune,Ahmedabad. for last 7 years and she has won many prizes at state level for her articles. She is very hardworking and professional.

Ans:- 1

Directions (11-15):
 Study the following information to answer the given questions.
A word arrangement machine when given an input line of words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step.
The following is an illustration of the input and the steps of rearrangement.
Input: wearing dress tops strappy you avoid arm
Step I: strappy wearing dress tops you avoid arm
Step II: strappy wearing avoid dress tops you arm
Step III: strappy wearing avoid dress tops arm you
(Step III is the last step for this input)
As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in the given questions the appropriate step for the given input.

11. Input: threats gang careful answer agree classes more Which of the following will be the third step for this input?
1) careful threats gang answer agree classes more
2) careful classes threats answer gang agree more
3) careful answer classes agree threats gang more
4) careful classes threats gang answer agree more
5) None of these

Ans:- 2

12. If the second step of an input is 'children teachers bunking school canteen movie freedom' which of the following will be its fifth step?

1) children teachers bunking canteen school movie freedom
2) bunking teachers children school canteen movie freedom
3) canteen freedom school movie children teachers bunking
4) children teachers bunking movie canteen school freedom
5) It cannot have fifth step.

Ans:- 5

13. If the input is 'pangs of worst and fears the neglect', which of the following will be the IV step?

1) neglect fears pangs worst and of the
2) and the neglect of pangs worst fears
3) and the of neglect pangs worst fears
4) worst pangs fears neglect of and the
5) Cannot be determined

Ans:- 1

14. Input: 'her famous away sibling thing usual stay'. Which of the following steps would be the last step for this input?

1) III
2) IV
3) V
4) VI
5) VII

Ans:- 4

15. If step V of an input is 'holding bench elbow floor bent lie your on', what will be step II?

1) on lie holding bench floor bent elbow your
2) holding bench elbow lie your floor on bent
3) holding bench elbow floor lie your on bent
4) holding lie your elbow bench floor on bent
5) Cannot be determined

Ans:- 5

Directions (Q. 16-19): In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II.
An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Give answer
1) if only assumption I is implicit.
2) if only assumption II is implicit.
3) if either I nor II is implicit.
4) if neither I nor II is implicit.
5) if both I and II are implicit.

16. Statement: Order can be maintained only when law becomes enforceable. Law implies the corpus of rules or injunctions that need to be obeyed by one and all without exception. Assumptions: I. The acceptance of a law by the people is a must for its effectiveness. II.There is a section of people who are law unto themselves.

Ans:- 5

17. Statement:Sanskrit is a 'dead' language and its study in school is obsolete.

Assumptions: I. Sanskrit has no utility in our day-to-day life.
II. Schools should teach the students only such matters as are related to what they want to do in their lives.

Ans:- 5

18. Statement: “In India, the wheels of justice hardly move. “ - An American newspaper
Assumptions: I. Judicial process in India is dilatory,expensive, and beyond the reach of common people.
II. It is necessary for a civilised society to have a prompt judiciary.

Ans:- 4

19. Statement: To India and Indians, monsoon can be a bringer of bounty as well as harbinger of death.
Assumptions: I. The economy and the vast majority of the people in India are still dependent on rain.
II. In India, almost every year some part or the other is ravaged by floods.

Ans:- 5

Directions (Q.20-24): Answer these questions referring to the symbol-letter-number sequence given below:
5 6 $ V W F? 4? M I 9 TB 8 U3 £G 2# * H E 7 N 1 Y A X

20. How many symbols are there which are immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed by a letter?
1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5
5) None of these

Ans:- 2

21. If all the symbols are dropped from the series, which letter/number will the be eleventh to the left of fifteenth letter/number from your left?
1) M
2) 1
3) 7
4) F
5) None of these

Ans:- 3

22. If the positions of the first and the sixteenth elements, second and seventeenth elements, and so on up to eleventh and twenty-sixth elements, are interchanged, which letter/number/symbols will be seventh to the right of nineteenth letter/number/symbol from the right?

1) 6
2) $
3) X
4) V
5) None of these

Ans:- 4

23. If the positions of the letters in the sequence are reoccupied by the letters themselves though after getting rearranged alphabetically from the left, which of the following will indicate the position of M in the new arrangement?

1) M is between * and 2
2) M is 13th from the right
3) M is 21st from the right
4) M is 15th from the left
5) None of these

Ans:- 5

24. What is the total number of 'the numbers immediately followed by a letter' and 'the symbols immediately following the letters' together in the above sequence?

1) 5
2) 6
3) 7
4) 8
5) None of these

Ans:- 1


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The process of interview is
1.Written Test
2.Technical Interview
3.HR interview

The written test is organised and conducted by Merit Trac People

The Written Test consists of
1.English grammar
2.Analytical Reasoning
3.learning and thinking ability
4.C and Data Structures
5.Document Reading

1. English Grammar: It consists of English grammar part, Correction of sentences, paragraph reading

eg:1.He ran ____ the road.
ans: across

Be thorough with prepositions, correction of sentences. The grammar part is very easy. No need to worry of it.

2. Analytical Reasoning: It includes puzzle test, apptitude and otherssss .better to follow Verbal and Nonverbal by R.S.Agarwal .this section is also very easy, pay attention to it in the exam its enough

The puzzle given to me is about venn diagram

eg: There are 49 persons who had to travel by train, bus, plane.....
15 of them go by train and bus
12 of them go by all of the three... just simply the venn diagram of three circles intersecting each other. 

3. Learning and Thinking ability:
It is very Logical and just concentrate very carefully.....the process will be like this

eg: * stands for +, / stands for - ,+ stands for * ,- stands for / etc;
others  are also simple... 

4. C and Data Structures:
Mainly this is very typical section. I think this is the elimination round...

the total section deals with C with 20 questions, data structures with 20 questions and programs are small, medium and long. don't start with long programs...they are very difficult. leave them and try the small one....

Just be thorough with Basics of C and Data structures you can attempt nearly 15 questions....

5. Document Reading :
This section consisting of giving three pages of document of recent technologies. I got the topic of security about internet....
just pick out some of interesting names and note it.
after 10 min they take the papers and will give 10 questions about the document.....

Technical Interview:
The questions mainly include about the c and data structures...
1.Programs about linked list, sorting, trees....
2.About the computer networks ie on OSI reference model.....

I am in ECE student and was asked about my subjects also
It is very quite cool, just know about the latest trends

HR Interview:
The HR interview has also been good.. just be confident about your self, your goals...
always be confident and positive