PLACEMENT PAPER - 1
Two sections in the test:
1. Logical - cutoff 12/30
2. Mathematics - cutoff 12/30
Negative marking is there. duration of test is one hour.
Logical: the questions are not in order.
1. if ABOUT = 15, CONTEMPLATED = 36, then REVIVE = ? (ans:18)
2. if the first and last alphabets of the word DISTURBANCE is
interchanged, 2nd and the second last alphabet are interchanged
and
so on, then which is letter is to the right of T?
3.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. On reversing the order of the
alphabets
which is the 9th letter to the left of the 9th letter starting
from the
right?
There is another question also very similiar to this.
4.A B C D E F are all living in a row. B's neighbours are D and F
and
A and C are neighbours of E. A and D are not neighbours. also A
does not
live next to F. if C does not live next to D, then who are the
neighbours
of F?
5. Another similiar to this. it goes like if A is richer than B, E
poorer
than D. C richer than D but poorer than B. then which person is in
the middle
income. ans is C.
6. 2 questions from which given a statement we need to draw a
conclusion from
the options given.
it was something like.....
Most of the pens in the shop are expensive.
a. some pens are expensive.
b. all pens are expensive.
c. all pens are cheap.
d. some pens are cheap.
the ans is d.
2nd question was
Ability is poor's man wealth.
a. poor man has weatlh.
b. poor man has ability and wealth.
c. poor man has no ability.
d. if a poor man has ability then he can earn wealth.
ans. is d
7. then 2 questions were there in which 2 statements are given and
an inference
to these 2 statements are given. We need to tell if the inference
is true,
false, irrelevant, not known or cannot be obtained from the given
data.
the questions were like....
All wives are women.
She is a woman.
inference: she is a wife. ans cannot be obtained from the given
data.
He is either happy or sad.
He is happy.
inference: he was sad yesterday. ans. is irrelevant.
8. Amit's birthday is on 3rd March 1980,Sumit was born 4 days
before Amit.
if republic day was on a saturday that year, on what day was Sumit
born.
9. A man started from his house 15 mins before is his daily
scheduled time. it
took him 10 min to reach the railway station. he reaches by 8.30.
what is the
scheduled time??
10. there were 2 or 4 questions on series. one of them was
something like
ACE,HJL,OQS,?? ans. is VXZ
Mathematics:
1. 15 mangoes and 20 apples cost the same as 20 mangoes and 15
apples. what is
the relation between their costs??
a. both are equal
b. mangoes are costlier than apples
c. apples are costlier than mangoes
d. insufficient data
e. 10 apples cost same as 10 mangoes
2. A rational number is also a
a. natural number
b. whole number
c. an integer
d. real number
e. not known
3. then is a plot 10mts in length and 6 mts in breadth. there is a
5 mt road
surrounding the plot. what is the area of the road.
4. A invests half as much as B. B invests twice as much as C. if C
invests
Rs. 563 then how much did A invest??
5. What is the probability of forming couples among 5 men and 4
women?
6. A boat goes 10km upstream and comes back to the starting point
in 45 min.
the rate of the stream is 2 kmph. what is the speed of the boat in
still
water?
7. another question on boats and streams
8. 2 questions on trains.
9. 2 problems related to geometry. the diagram will be given and
we need
to find the length of a particular side.
10. 2 problem on work. something like if 3 men can finish a piece
of work in
5 days and 5 women also take 5 days. how many days will 2 men and
3 men take
to finish double the piece of work?
11. A cake is cut into 2 equal parts. one of these parts is again
cut into
equal parts. there are in total 7 parts of the cake now. if the
weight of one
of the small part is 20 gms, then what is total weight of the
cake?
Group Discussion Topics:
1. This was something like Ship-wreck. Imagine it is the end of
times. There is
a space shuttle going to an unknown destination. only 2 ppl can
escape in this.
if the ppl present are lawyer, farmer, terrorist, spiritual
leader, pregnant
lady, actor, etc. each had to justify why they have to be one of
the 2 who can
escape.
2. The participants were made HOD's of various
departments...Civil, ECE,
Compsci, Archi, etc. Each had to put up points supporting
themselves, as to why
he/she should be made the Dean Academic.
3. The team was divided into 2 groups. One was Tamil Nadu Cabinet,
the other
was Karnataka Cabinet. They had to discuss over Kaveri River water
issue. Later
they had to interchange groups.
4. The participants were given choice to decide the topic. They
talked on Brain
Drain.
5. Should Indian Doctors treat Pakistani patients during the time
of war?
additional questions
1)a+b+c=0,a2+b2+c2=1,find a2+b4+c4
2)a boat goes upstream 10 km distance and returns back in 45 minutes
.if the speed of the stream is 3 km/hr.find the speed of the boat.(ans 27 km/ph)
3)-a train leaves a station A for a station B at a speed of of 50 km/hr .it reaches 10 minutes late.. Another train leaves the station A at a speed of 30km/hr..it reaches station B 50 minutes late…..calculate the distance between A and B.
3) There are 4 black balls and 10 white balls ….calculate the probability of selecting a black ball.
4) A straight line cuts x –axis. find the point.
5) One question on data interpretation.
6) If p and q are the roots of equation x2 +PX+Q find the value of p, q
7)one time and work question.
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