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IBM Aptitude Test
1. In
1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/-. I f the paper rate increases at 1.5%
more than the inflation rate which is of 6.5%
a year, then what will be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years? a)29.12 (b) 29.72 (c) 30.12 (d) 32.65 (e)
none of these
2. In
A,B,C are having some marbles with each of them. A has given B and C the same
number of marbles they already have to each of them. then, B gave C and A the
same no. of marbles they have, then C gave A and B the same no. of marbles they
have. At the end A,B,and C have equal no. of
marbles.
(i) If x,y,z are
the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively. then the no of marbles B have at
the
end
(a)
2(x-y-z) (b) 4(x-y-z) etc.
(ii)If
the total no. of marbles are 72, then the no. of marbles with A at the starting a. 20 b. 30 c. 32
3. If
a car starts from A towards B with some velocity due to some problem in the
engine after traveling 30km.If the car
goes with 4/5 th of its actuval velocity the car reaches B 45min later to the
actual time. If the car engine fails ofter travelling
45km, the car reaches the destination B 36min late to
the actual time , what is the initial
velocity of car and what is the distance between A and B in km ans) 20 & 130.
4. A
person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25
pencils or 15books. He kept 15% of the money for travelling expenses and
purchased 5 pencils.So how many books he can purchase with the remaining money.
5. ten
questions on analogies. ex:
hammer : carpenter :: B knife : butcher.
6. The
values of shares A,B and C from january to june are as follows.B
month A B
C
JAN 30 60
80
FEB 35 65
85
MAR 45 75
65
APR 40 75
82
MAY 55 75
85
JUNE 50 75
80
i) During
this period which share has undergone max
fluctuation?
ii)
In which month it is possible to buy B and C
selling A? iii) In which
month the share values are very low?
iv) By
purchasing one share of A and 4 each of B and C in the beginningof the period ,
to get max profit when this shares should be sold?
v) ?
7. In
a computer institute 9 languages can taught. The module is of 6 months duration
and only six languages each of one month
can be taught. In addition to that BASIC is always there and should be in first month itself
# word perfect is to
be taught in the preceeding week of word star.
# FORTRAN can not be taught until COBAL is coarsed prior to
that
# BINO, FIFO never be taught in single module languages are
BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD
PERFECT, FORTRAN,
COBAL, BINO, FIFO,
LOTUS, C
i. Of the
following which module is possible based on above conditions.
ii) If
word star is in 3rd month , what could be in 6th month.
iii)
If COBAL is in the 2nd month and BINO in 6th
month are there in addition to the above condition, FORTRAN will be in which
month.
8. In
a class , except 18 all are above 50 years. 15 are below 50 years of age. how
many people are there
a) 30
b) 33 c) 36 d) none of these.
9. A
square plot of some size , at four corners equal squares of some size are cut
and is formed as open box. If this open box carries 128ml of oil. What is the
size of the plate i.e. side
a.17 b.14 c.13
10. In a
square , all the mid points are joined. the inner square is shaded. If the area
of the square is A, what is the shaded area?
11. two
questions on basic angles i.e given a circle,
a few chords or diameter is drawn etc
12. @(a,b)=
(a+b)/2
/(a,b)= a.b
*(a,b)= ab , if a=1, b=2 find i) /(a,(@(a,b),*(a,b)))
ii)
13. (x#y)
= x+y-xy
(x*y) = (x+y)/2
i) (x#y)#(x*y) < (x#y), which
of the below values of x,
y will satisfy this equation
ii) (a*b)#(b*c)< (a#b)*(b*c) ,
what values of a,b,c satisfy the above.
14. By
using the data given below answer the following questions.
B.tech M.sc M.A
male 20 female 80
total 60 some thing similar to
that question. i)
40% of females are B.Techs
ii) Half of the students are either from B.Techs of M.Scs iii) ...
i.
what is the no. of female B.techs
ii....
dont
remember this question , just for an example
this has been given .
45Q). PS1 pwd export
PS1 results in
a).
your primary prompt being your current directory
b). " "
and secondary prompts being the current dir
c). " "
prompt being your home dir
d).
" " and secondary prompts being the home dir
e). None of the above.
8Q). If you type in the command
nohup sort employees > list 2
> error out & and log off ,the next time you log in . the output will be
a).
in a file called list and the error will de typed in a file error out
b).
there will be no file called list or error out
c).
error will be logged in a file called list and o/p will be in error out
d).
you will not be allowed to log in
e).
none of the above
7Q). In UNIX a files i-node
a)is
a data structure that defines all specifications of a file like the file size
,number of lines to a file ,permissions etc.
b).----
c). - - - --
d).
_ _ _
( ans is ---------(a) )
44Q). The UNIX shell is....
a).does not come with the rest of the system
b).forms the interface between the user and the kernal
c) does
not give any scope for programming
d) deos
not allow calling one program from with in another
e) all
of the above
(ans
is (b) )
48Q).enum
number { a=-1, b= 4,c,d,e}
what is the value of e ?
7,4,5,15,3
(ans
is 7 ) check again
3Q).The very
first process created by the kernal that runs till the kernal process is haltes
is a)init
b)getty
c)
d)
e)none (Ans is a)
47 Q) Result of the
following program is
main() { int i=0;
for(i=0;i<20;i++)
{ switch(i) case 0:i+=5; case 1:i+=2; case 5:i+=5; default i+=4; break;}
printf("%d,",i);
}
}
a)0,5,9,13,17
b)5,9,13,17
c)12,17,22
d)16,21
e)syntax error
(Ans is d )
1 Q)
What is the result
main() { char c=-64; int i=-32 unsigned int u =-16; if(c>i){
printf("pass1,"); if(c and >>
a) do
the same function
b) differ
: > overwrites, while >> appends
c) differ
: > is used for input while >> is used for output
d) differ
: > write to any file while >> write only to standard output e) None of these Ans) b
50) The command
grep
first second third /usr/you/myfile
a) prints
lines containing the words first, second or third from the file /usr/you/myfile
b) searches
for lines containing the pattern first in the files second, third, and
/usr/you/myfile and prints them
c) searches
the files /usr/you/myfiel and third for lines containing the words first or second and prints them
d) replaces
the word first with the word second in the files third and /usr/you/myfile e) None of the above Ans) b
IBM Aptitude Test Paper 2
1. In
1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/-. I f the paper rate increases at 1.5%
more than inflation rate which is of 6.5%
a year, then what wil be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years? a)29.12 (b) 29.72 (c) 30.12 (d) 32.65 (e)
none of these
2. In
A,B,C are having some marbles with each of them. A has giben B and C the same
number of marbles they already have to each of them. then, B gave C and A the
same no. of marbles they have, then C gave A and B the same no. of marbles they
have. At the end A,B,and C have equal no. of
marbles.
(i) If x,y,z are
the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively. then the no of marbles B have at
the end
(a)
2(x-y-z) (b) 4(x-y-z) etc.
(ii)If
the total no. of marbles are 72, then the no. of marbles with A at the starting a. 20 b. 30 c. 32
3. If
a car starts from A towards B with some velocity due to some problem in the
engine after travelling 30km.If the car
goes with 4/5 th of its actuval velocity the car reaches B 45min later to the
actual time. If the car engine fails ofter travelling
45km, the car reaches the destination B 36min late to
the actual time , what is the initial
velocity of car and what is the distance between A and B in km ans) 20 & 130.
4. A
person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25
pencils or 15books. He kept 15% of the money for travelling expenses and
purchased 5 pencils.So how many books he can purchase with the remaining money.
5. ten
questions on analogies. ex:
hammer : carpenter :: B knife : butcher.
6. The
values of shares A,B and C from january to june are as follows.B
month A B
C
JAN 30 60
80
FEB 35 65
85
MAR 45 75
65
APR 40 75
82
MAY 55
75 85
JUNE 50 75
80
i) During
this period which share has undergone max
fluctuation?
ii)
In which month it is possible to buy B and C
selling A? iii) In which month the share values are very
low?
iv) By
purchasing one share of A and 4 each of B and C in the beginningof the period ,
to get
max profit when this shares should be sold?
v) ?
7. In
a computer institute 9 languages can taught. The module is of 6 months duration
and only six languages each of one month
can be taught. In addition to that BASIC is always there and should be in first month itself
# word perfect is to
be taught in the preceeding week of word star.
# FORTRAN can not be taught until COBAL is coarsed prior to
that
# BINO, FIFO never be taught in single module languages are
BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD
PERFECT, FORTRAN,
COBAL, BINO, FIFO,
LOTUS, C
i. Of the
following which module is possible based on above conditions.
ii) If
word star is in 3rd month , what could be in 6th month.
iii)
If COBAL is in the 2nd month and BINO in 6th
month are there in addition to the above condition, FORTRAN will be in which
month.
8. In
a class , except 18 all are above 50 years. 15 are below 50 years of age. how
many people are there
a) 30
b) 33 c) 36 d) none of these.
9. A
square plot of some size , at four corners equal squares of some size are cut
and is formed as open box. If this open box carries 128ml of oil. What is the
size of the plate i.e. side
a.17 b.14 c.13
10. In a
square , all the mid points are joined. the inner square is shaded. If the area
of the square is A, what is the shaded area?
11. two
questions on basic angles i.e given a circle,
a few chords or diameter is drawn etc
12. @(a,b)=
(a+b)/2
/(a,b)= a.b
*(a,b)= ab , if a=1, b=2 find i) /(a,(@(a,b),*(a,b)))
ii)
13. (x#y)
= x+y-xy
(x*y) = (x+y)/2
i) (x#y)#(x*y) < (x#y), which
of the below values of x,
y will satisfy this equation
ii) (a*b)#(b*c)< (a#b)*(b*c) , what values of a,b,c satisfy the
above.
14. By
using the data given below answer the following questions.B.tech M.sc M.A
male 20 female 80
total 60 some thing similar to
that question. i)
40% of females are B.Techs
ii) Half of the students are either from B.Techs of M.Scs iii) ...
i. what is the no. of female B.techs ii....
dont
remember this question , just for an example
this has been given .
45Q). PS1 pwd export PS1
results in
a).
your primary prompt being your current directory
b). " "
and secondary prompts being the current dir
c). " "
prompt being your home dir
d). " "
and secondary prompts being the home dir
e). None of the above.
8Q). If you type in the command
nohup sort employees > list 2 > error out & and log off ,the
next time you log in . the output will be
a).
in a file called list and the error will de typed in a file error out
b).
there will be no file called list or error out
c).
error will be logged in a file called list and o/p will be in error out
d).
you will not be allowed to log in
e).
none of the above
7Q). In UNIX a files i-node
a)is a data structure that defines all
specifications of a file like the file size ,number of lines to a file
,permissions etc.
b).----
c). - - - --
d).
_ _ _
( ans is ---------(a) )
44Q). The UNIX shell is....
a).does not come with the rest of the system
b).forms the interface between the user and the kernal
c) does
not give any scope for programming
d) deos
not allow calling one program from with in another
e) all
of the above
(ans
is (b) )
48Q).enum
number { a=-1, b= 4,c,d,e}
what is the value of e ?
7,4,5,15,3
(ans
is 7 ) check again
3Q).The very
first process created by the kernal that runs till the kernal process is haltes
is a)init
b)getty
c)
d)
e)none
(Ans is a)
47 Q) Result of the
following program is
main() { int i=0;
for(i=0;i<20;i++)
{ switch(i) case 0:i+=5; case 1:i+=2; case 5:i+=5; default i+=4; break;}
printf("%d,",i);
}
}
a)0,5,9,13,17
b)5,9,13,17
c)12,17,22
d)16,21
e)syntax error (Ans is d )
1 Q)
What is the result
main() { char c=-64; int i=-32 unsigned int u =-16; if(c>i){
printf("pass1,"); if(c and >>
a) do
the same function
b) differ
: > overwrites, while >> appends
c) differ
: > is used for input while >> is used for output
d) differ
: > write to any file while >> write only to standard output e) None of these
Ans) b
50) The command grep
first second third /usr/you/myfile
a) prints
lines containing the words first, second or third from the file /usr/you/myfile
b) searches
for lines containing the pattern first in the files second, third, and
/usr/you/myfile and prints them
c) searches
the files /usr/you/myfiel and third for lines containing the words first or second and prints them
d) replaces
the word first with the word second in the files third and /usr/you/myfile e) None of the above
Ans) b
IBM Aptitude Test Paper
1. Speed of boat in still water is 10kmph..if it
travels 24km downstream,16km upstream in the same amount of time,what is the speed of the
stream?
(a)3kmph
(b)3.5kmph
(c)2kmph
(d)...
2. A
cube of 3 units is painted on all sides. If this cube is divided into cubes of
1 unit,how many cube have none of
their faces painted?
(a)...
(b)2
(c) 1
(d)0
(e)none of these
3. If
a person sells a product for rs141/- he suffers a loss of 6%.if he has to have
a profit of 10%, at what price should
he sell it?
(a)
(b)rs.175 (c)..
(d)rs.165 ans. rs.165 (i
think,check)
4. A
ball falls from a height of 8ft ,bounces back to half the distance &
continues till it comes to rest.
what is
the total distance travelled by the ball? (a)24ft
(b)...
(c)infinite
(d)cannot be determined
ans:(a)
5. Which
of the following is the sum of 3 consecutive prime nos?
(a) 49
(b)59
(c)both a &b
(d).... ans:c
6. If
the area of a square has increased by 69%,by what % has its side increased?
7. In
a class the average age is 16yrs.if the teacher who is 40 yrs of age is also
included ,the average becomes
17yrs,how many
students were there?
8. If
3 houses are to be painted,mr A can paint a house in 6 days(nos are not
same)...mr B can do the same in 8
days...& mr.C
in 12 days.if mr A does the work for 8 days & leaves for vacation, & mr
B continues the work for the next 6
days, for how many days should mr.C work?
ans:11
days(check)
9. 4
thieves rob a bakery of the breadone after the other. each thief takes half of
what is present ,& half a
bread...if at the
end 3 bread remains,what is the no of bread that was present initiallly?
ans:63(check)
10. If
the 1rst day of 1999 is a sunday,what is the last day?
(a)sunday
(b)monday
(c)....
(d)cannot
be determined.
11. If
A driver drives a car four times a lap 10,20 30,60 kmph what is his average speed.
ans:20kmph
In a group
there are two kinds of people type A & type B.type A people answer for any
question as YES &
that of type B
as NO.if they can not answer to these question then they remain silent. the
mayor asks question to
them as follows........
12. If
he asks a person are u type A
a.YES b.NO c.
Silent d.Can not be determined
13. He
asks two persons X &Ysimultaneously whether u of same type
a. YES b. NO c.YES or NO d. Silent e. can not
be determined 14. Pointing to a person X
he asks Y what is his type
a. YES b. No
c. Silent d can not be determined
15. Pointing
to a person X he asks Y if I ask him whether r u type A ,will he answer YES.Y says NO .what
type
of B is
a. YES
b. NO . c. Silent d. can not be determined
16. Six
squares of same dimension are kept side by side to make a rectangle with a
perimeter of 182 cm. what is
the
perimeter of each square. ans) 52.
17. One
student takes 20 mins to reach school if he goes at a speed of 15kmph .At
what speed should he go to
reach in 15
mins ( nos are not same) ans: 16kmph( check)
18. How
many rational numbers are there between 0 & 5 ans:infinite
19. A
certain number of bullets were shared by 3 people equally.Each of them fired 4
bullets and the sum of the
remaining
bullets was equal to the initial share each had got.what was the initial number of bullets?
ans:18..(
18/3=6;
6-4=2,6-4=2,6-4=2;
2+2+2=6=ans)
Technical:
20. A
trigger is
a. a
statement ..start of database..
(b)statements that r executed as a side effect
to the modification to the database
(c)...
(d)...
ans
(b)
21. 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
22. Best
method to find out whether a given array already sorted,is sorted or not in
min. time ans. insertion sort (check)
23. A
primary key in one table also present in some other table is called (a)foreign key
(b)secondary key
(c)subordinate key
(d)...
ans. foreign
key
24. Which
of the following is a real time system?
(a)robotics
control
(b)airline ticket reservation(ans)
(c) (d)...
25. A
question to convert a big no in decimal to octal(check only for the last 2 nos
in ans is sufficient)
26. Which
of the following is an example of a spooling device?
(a)..
(b)line
printer..
(c) (d) (e)...
27. If
in a table:account no,account holders name,account type ,.....(something else
was given)are the fields,which
of them could be the primary key?
(a)account
no(ans)
(b)account
holders name
(c)account
type
(d)..
28. If
a file is opened in "r+" mode(in C),it means
(a) write
(b)read (c)...
(d).....
29. What
is the difference between 123 and 0123 in c?
(a) 120
(b) 40 (c)0 (d)... ans:40
30. Software
Configuration Management process is -
(a)developing & managing software for .....software....
(b)developing & managing hardware for....software.......
(c)...
(d)..
31. Data
Integrity constraint is
(a)to ensure
the presence of primary key
(b)...
(c)...
(d)...
32. Which
of the following uses the minimum length of cable?
(a)ring
(b)star
(c)mesh
(d)bus
(e)all of the
above
31. How can u append the ls and who to certain existing
file (like that)(i.e.listing &
output of who is to be directed
to a file
(a)ls;who>filename
(b)ls;who>>filename
(c)(ls;who)>>filename
(d)who;ls<filename
(e)...
34. Suppose
u have a network .users complain of slow ....u suspect a problem in network
adapter once u find that
the data is continuous and erroneous. what
device do u use?
(a)volt-ohmmeter
(b)SNMP
(c)protocol... checking
(d)all of the above
35. What
is vector processing?
36. x-=y+1
is equivalent to what? (a)x=x-y+1
(b)... (c)x=x-y-1
(d)...
ans:(c)
37. In
a student form what is the relationship
b/w student and course
(a)one to
one
(b)many to one
(c)one to many
(d)many to
many
38. ROM
is
(a)volatile
(b)permanent
& fast
(c)device
containig boot up program & is not accessible
(d)...
IBM Recruitment
Test 1
1. In
1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/- If the paper rate increases at 1.5% more
than the inflation rate which
is 6.5% a
year, then what will be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years?(a) 29.12 (b) 29.72 (c) 30.12
(d) 32.65
(e) none
of these
2. In
A,B,C are having some marbles with each of them. A has given B and C the same
number of marbles each
of them already
have. Then, B gave C and A the same number of marbles they already have.Then C
gave A
and B the same
number of marbles they already have.At the end A,B,and C have equal number of
marbles.
(i) If
x,y,z are the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively. Then the number of
marbles B have at the end
(a) 2(x-y-z)
(b) 4(x-y-z)
(c) 2(3y-x-z) (d)
x + y-z
Ans. (c)
(ii) If
the total number of marbles are 72, then the number of marbles with A at the
starting
(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 32
(d) 39
Ans. (d)
3. If a
car starts from A towards B with some velocity. Due to some problem in the
engine after travelling
30km, the car goes
with 4/5 th of its actual velocity The car reaches B 45 min later to the actual
time.If the
car engine fails
ofter travelling 45km, the car reaches the destination B 36min late to the
actual time
What
is the initial
velocity of car and what is the distance between A and B in km
Ans. 20 & 130.
4. A
person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15 books. He kept 15% of the money for
travelling
expenses and purchased 5 pencils. So how many books he can purchase with the
remaining money.
5. Ten
questions on analogies.
eg: chief :
tribe :: governor : state
epaulette : shoulder :: tiara : head guttural : throat :: gastric :
stomach inept : clever ::
languid : active knife :
butcher :: hammer : carpenter
::
6. The
values of shares (in Rs).of A, B and C from January to June are as follows.
|
Month |
A |
B |
C |
|
January |
30 |
60 |
80 |
|
February |
35 |
65 |
85 |
|
March |
45 |
75 |
65 |
|
April |
40 |
75 |
82 |
|
May |
55 |
75 |
85 |
|
June |
50 |
75 |
80 |
i)
During this period which share has undergone
maximium fluctuation?
ii)
In which month it is possible to buy B and C
selling A? iii) In which month the share values are very
low?
iv) By
purchasing one share of A and 4 each of B and C in the beginning of the
period, when shoudl these be
sold to get maximum profit?
7. In a
computer institute 9 languages can be taught. The module is of 6 months
duration and of the six languages
only one can be
taught each month . In addition to that BASIC is always taught and should be in
first month itself
• WORD
PERFECT is to be taught in the preceeding week of WORD STAR.
• FORTRAN
can not be taught until COBAL is taught prior to that
• BINO,
FIFO can never be taught in single module
Languages are
BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD PERFECT, FORTRAN, COBAL, BINO, FIFO, LOTUS, C
i) If
word star is in 3rd month , what could be in 6th month.
ii) If
COBAL is in the 2nd month and BINO in 6th month. FORTRAN will be taught in
which
month.
8. In a
class, except 18 all are above 50 years.15 are below 50 years of age. How many
people are there
(a) 30
(b) 33
(c) 36
(d) none
of these.
Ans. (d)
9. A
square plate of some size is cut at four corners. Equal squares of the same
size are cut and is formed as open
box.If this open box carries 128 ml of oil. What is the size of the side
of the plate?
(a) 17
(b) 14
(c) 13
(d) None
of these
10.
In a square, all the mid points are joined. The
inner square is shaded. If the area of the square is A, what is the area of the shaded area?
11.
Two questions on basic angles i.e given a
circle, a few chords or diameter is drawn etc.12. If the follwoing statements
are given
• @(a,b)=
(a+b)/2
• /(a,b)=
a/b
• *(a,b)=
ab
If a=1, b=2
then find
i) /(a,(@(a,b),*(a,b)))
ii) */(a,@(*(a,b)))
13. If the follwoing statements are given
• (x#y)
= x + y- xy
• (x*y)
= (x + y)/2
i) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this
equation (x#y)#(x*y) < (x#y) ii) Find the
values of x, y will satisfy this equation (a*b)#(b*c)< (a#b)*(b*c) 14.
Export PS1 results in(PS1 pwd)
a) primary
prompt being your current directory
b) primary
prompt and secondary prompts being the current directory
c) primary
prompt prompt being your home directory
d) primary
prompt and secondary prompts being the home directory
e) None
of the above.
15. If
you type in the comman nohup sort
employees > list 2 > error out & and log off ,the next time you log
in, the output will be
a) in
a file called list and the error will de typed in a file error out
b) there
will be no file called list or error out
c) error
will be logged in a file called list and o/p will be in error out
d) you
will not be allowed to log in
e) none
of the above
16. In
UNIX a files i-node ......?
Ans. Is a data
structure that defines all specifications of a file like the file size, number
of lines to a file, permissions
etc.
17. The
UNIX shell ....
a) does
not come with the rest of the system
b) forms
the interface between the user and the kernal
c) does
not give any scope for programming
d) deos
not allow calling one program from with in another
e) all
of the above
Ans. (b)
18. enum
number { a= -1, b= 4,c,d,e} What is the value of e ?
a) 7
(e) 3
19. The
very first process created by the kernal that runs till the kernal process is
halts is a) init
b) getty
c) both
(a) and (b)
d) none
of these
Ans. (a)
20. Output
of the following program is
main()
{int i=0;
for(i=0;i<20;i++)
{switch(i) case 0:i+=5; case 1:i+=2; case 5:i+=5;
default i+=4; break;} printf("%d,",i);
}
}
a) 0,5,9,13,17
b) 5,9,13,17
c) 12,17,22
d) 16,21
e) Syntax
error
Ans. (d)
21. What is the ouptut in the following program
main() {char
c=-64; int i=-32 unsigned int u =-16; if(c>i)
{printf("pass1,"); if(c<u) printf("pass2"); else
printf("Fail2");
} else printf("Fail1); if(i<u) printf("pass2"); else
printf("Fail2")
}
a) Pass1,Pass2
b) Pass1,Fail2
c) Fail1,Pass2
d) Fail1,Fail2
e) None of these
Ans. (c)
22. In
the process table entry for the kernel process, the process id value is
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 255
(e) it
does not have a process table entry
Ans. (a)
23. Which
of the following API is used to hide a window
(a) ShowWindow
(b) EnableWindow
(c) MoveWindow
(d) SetWindowPlacement
(e) None
of the above
Ans. (a)
24. What
will the following program do?
void main()
{
int i;
char
a[]="String"; char
*p="New Sring";
char
*Temp; Temp=a; a=malloc(strlen(p) + 1); strcpy(a,p); //Line number:9// p = malloc(strlen(Temp) + 1); strcpy(p,Temp); printf("(%s, %s)",a,p);
free(p);
free(a);
} //Line
number 15//
a) Swap
contents of p & a and print:(New string, string)
b) Generate
compilation error in line number 8
c) Generate
compilation error in line number 5
d) Generate
compilation error in line number 7
e) Generate
compilation error in line number 1
Ans. (b)
25. In
the following code segment what will be the result of the function,value of x ,
value of y {unsigned int x=-1;
int
y; y = ~0; if(x == y) printf("same"); else
printf("not same"); }
a) same,
MAXINT, -1
b) not
same, MAXINT, -MAXINT
c) same
, MAXUNIT, -1
d) same,
MAXUNIT, MAXUNIT
e) not
same, MAXINT, MAXUNIT
Ans. (a)
26. PATH
= /bin : /usr : /yourhome The file /bin/calender has the following line in
it cal 10 1997The
file
/yourhome/calender has the following line in
it cal 5 1997 If the current directory is /yourhome and calender is executed
a) The
calendar for May 1997 will be printed on screen
b) The
calendar for Oct 1997 will be printed on screen
c) The
calendar for the current month( whatever it is) will be printed
d) Nothing
will get printed on screen
e) An
error massage will be printed
27. What
will be the result of the following program ?
char
*gxxx()
{static
char xxx[1024];
return
xxx;
}
main()
{char
*g="string";
strcpy(gxxx(),g); g =
gxxx(); strcpy(g,"oldstring");
printf("The string is : %s",gxxx());
}
a) The
string is : string
b) The
string is :Oldstring
c) Run
time error/Core dump
d) Syntax
error during compilation
e) None
of these
Ans. (b)
28. What
will be result of the following program?
void myalloc(char
*x, int n)
{x= (char *)malloc(n*sizeof(char));
memset(x,\0,n*sizeof(char));
}
main()
{char
*g="String";
myalloc(g,20);
strcpy(g,"Oldstring");
printf("The string is %s",g);
}
a) The
string is : String
b) Run
time error/Core dump
c) The
string is : Oldstring
d) Syntax
error during compilation
e) None
of these
29. Which
of the following function is used to repaint a window immediatelya)
Sendmessage(hWnd,WM_PAINt,......)
b) InvalidateRect(.......)
c) MoveWindow
d) WM_COPY
e) None
30. Which
function is the entry point for a DLL in MS Windows 3.1 a) Main
b) Winmain
c) Dllmain
d) Libmain
e) None
Ans. (b)
31. The
standard source for standard input, standard output and standard error is a) the terminal
b) /dev/null
c) /usr/you/input,
/usr/you/output/, /usr/you/error respectively d) None
Ans. (a)
32. What
will be the result of the following program?
main()
{char
p[]="String"; int
x=0;
if(p=="String")
{printf("Pass 1");
if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g')
printf("Pass 2");
else
printf("Fail 2");
} else {
printf("Fail 1");
if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g')
printf("Pass 2");
else
printf("Fail 2");
}
}
a) Pass
1, Pass 2
b) Fail
1, Fail 2
c) Pass
1, Fail 2
d) Fail
1, Pass 2
e) syntax
error during compilation
33. Which
of the choices is true for the mentioned declaration ?
const
char *p; and char * const p;
a) You
can't change the character in both
b) First
: You can't change the characterr & Second : You can;t change the pointer
c) You
can't change the pointer in both
d) First
: You can't change the pointer & Second : You can't chanage the
character e) None
34. The
redirection operators > and >>
a) do
the same function
b) differ
: > overwrites, while >> appends
c) differ
: > is used for input while >> is used for output
d) differ
: > write to any file while >> write only to standard output e) None of these
Ans. (b)
35. The
command grep first second third /usr/you/myfile
a) prints
lines containing the words first, second or third from the file /usr/you/myfile
b) searches
for lines containing the pattern first in the files second, third, and /usr/you/myfile
and prints them
c) searches
the files /usr/you/myfiel and third for lines containing the words first or
second and prints them
d) replaces
the word first with the word second in the files third and /usr/you/myfile e) None of the above
Ans. (b)
IBM
Recruitment Test 2
Aptitude
1. Speed of boat in still water is 10kmph..if it
travels 24km downstream,16km upstream in the same amount of time,what is the speed of the
stream?
(a)3kmph
(b)3.5kmph
(c)2kmph
(d)...
2. A
cube of 3 units is painted on all sides.If this cube is divided into cubes of 1
unit,how many cube have none of
their faces painted?
(a)...
(b)2
(c) 1
(d)0
(e)none of these
3. If
a person sells a product for rs141/- he suffers a loss of 6%.if he has to have
a profit of 10%, at what price should
he sell it?
(a)
(b)rs.175 (c)..
(d)rs.165 ans.rs.165 (i
think,check)
4. A
ball falls from a height of 8ft ,bounces back to half the distance &
continues till it comes to rest.
what is the total distance travelled by the
ball? (a)24ft (b)...
(c)infinite
(d)cannot be determined
ans:(a)
5. Which
of the following is the sum of 3 consecutive prime nos?
(a) 49
(b)59
(c)both a &b (d).... ans:c
6. If
the area of a square has increased by 69%,by what % has its side increased?
7. In
a class the average age is 16yrs.if the teacher who is 40 yrs of age is also
included ,the average becomes
17yrs,how many
students were there?
8. If
3 houses are to be painted,mr A can paint a house in 6 days(nos are not
same)...mr B can do the same in 8
days...& mr.C
in 12 days.if mr A does the work for 8 days & leaves for vacation, & mr
B continues the work for the next 6
days, for how many days should mr.C work?
ans:11 days(check)
9. 4
thieves rob a bakery of the breadone after the other.each thief takes half of
what is present ,& half a
bread...if at the
end 3 bread remains,what is the no of bread that was present initiallly?
ans:63(check)
10. If
the 1rst day of 1999 is a sunday,what is the last day?
(a)sunday
(b)monday
(c)....
(d)cannot
be determined.
11. If
A driver drives a car four times a lap 10,20 30,60 kmph what is his average speed.
ans:20kmph
In a group
there are two kinds of people type A & type B.type A people answer for any
question as YES &
that of type B
as NO.if they can not answer to these question then they remain silent. the
mayor asks question to
them as follows........
12. If
he asks a person are u type A
a.YES b.NO c.
Silent d.Can not be determined
13. He
asks two persons X &Ysimultaneously whether u of same type
a. YES
b. NO c.YES or NO d. Silent e. can not be determined 14. Pointing to a person X he asks Y what is his
type
a. YES b. No
c. Silent d can not be determined
15. Pointing
to a person X he asks Y if I ask him whether r u type A ,will he answer YES.Y says NO .what
type
of B is
a. YES
b. NO . c. Silent d. can not be determined
16. Six
squares of same dimension are kept side by side to make a rectangle with a
perimeter of 182 cm. what is
the
perimeter of each square. ans) 52.
17. One
student takes 20 mins to reach school if he goes at a speed of 15kmph .At
what speed should he go to
reach in 15
mins ( nos are not same) ans: 16kmph( check)
18. How
many rational numbers are there between 0 & 5 ans:infinite
19. A
certain number of bullets were shared by 3 people equally.Each of them fired 4
bullets and the sum of the
remaining bullets was equal to the initial share each had got.what was
the initial number of bullets? ans:18..( 18/3=6;
6-4=2,6-4=2,6-4=2;
2+2+2=6=ans) Technical:
20. A
trigger is
a. a
statement ..start of database..
(b)statements
that r executed as a side effect to the modification to the database
(c)...
(d)... ans (b)
21. 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
22. Best
method to find out whether a given array already sorted,is sorted or not in
min. time ans. insertion sort (check)
23. A
primary key in one table also present in some other table is called (a)foreign key
(b)secondary key
(c)subordinate key
(d)...
ans. foreign
key
24. Which
of the following is a real time system?
(a)robotics
control
(b)airline ticket reservation(ans)
(c) (d)...
25. A
question to convert a big no in decimal to octal(check only for the last 2 nos
in ans is sufficient)
26. Which
of the following is an example of a spooling device?
(a)..
(b)line
printer..
(c) (d) (e)...
27. If
in a table:account no,account holders name,account type ,.....(something else
was given)are the fields,which
of them could be the primary key?
(a)account
no(ans)
(b)account
holders name
(c)account
type
(d)..
28. If
a file is opened in "r+" mode(in C),it means
a. write
(b)read (c)... (d).....
29. What
is the difference between 123 and 0123 in c?
a. 120
b. 40 (c)0 (d)... ans:40
30. Software
Configuration Management process is -
(a)developing & managing software for .....software....
(b)developing & managing hardware for....software.......
(c)...
(d)..
31. Data
Integrity constraint is
(a)to ensure
the presence of primary key
(b)...
(c)...
(d)...
32. Which
of the following uses the minimum length of cable?
(a)ring
(b)star
(c)mesh
(d)bus
(e)all of the
above
31. How can u append the ls and who to certain existing
file (like that)(i.e.listing &
output of who is to be directed
to a file
(a)ls;who>filename
(b)ls;who>>filename
(c)(ls;who)>>filename
(d)who;ls<filename
(e)...
34. Suppose
u have a network .users complain of slow ....u suspect a problem in network
adapter once u find that
the data is
continuous and erroneous.what device do u use?
(a)volt-ohmmeter
(b)SNMP
(c)protocol... checking
(d)all of the above
35. What
is vector processing?
36. x-=y+1
is equivalent to what?
(a)x=x-y+1
(b)... (c)x=x-y-1
(d)...
ans:(c)
37. In
a student form what is the relationship b/w student and course (a)one to one
(b)many to one
(c)one to
many
(d)many to
many
38. ROM
is
(a)volatile
(b)permanent
& fast
(c)device containig boot up program & is
not accessible
(d)...
IBM
Recruitment Test 2
Aptitude
1. like
3 consecutive prime adds to some no what is that ans: both 49 and 59.
2.
One persont travlled 4 laps with the speed of
10,20,40 ( or 30) and 60 kmph and what is the average speed. ans: 20 (sure)
3 like one student
takes 20 mins if he go with speed 15kmph and at what speed he should go to reach in 15 mins (
nos are not
same) ans: 16kmph( but not sure)
4. There are 2 type of people group 'yes' who always says
yes ( they never say 'no') if they are not sure about
they will remain
sailent. and other grou name 'no' where the group of people always say 'no' if
they are not sure
theywill remain
silent. thats it now quetions are
1.
what will be the answer if i ask are u belong to
group 'yes' options are: they remain silent ,say yes, say no, either
yes or no,
can't be determined
2.
Same quetion but if i ask are u belong to group
'no' answers for both above quetions are not ( not determined)
3.
what will the other person say if ask are u
belong to grou 'yes' and etc here were 5 quetions first 4 u can do it last one little bit tough. spend some
time on this u can do it.
9. like from height
of 8 mts on ball fell down and each time it bounces half the distnace back. so
what will be the
distance
travelled ans: 24 (sure) like 8+4+4+2+2+1+1+0.5+0.5+ and etc .. answer is not
20
10.like 6 cubes are arranged adjacentlay and given the
perimeter and aksed to find the perimeter of one cube. ans: if x is the total perimeter then
(x/14)*4 leads to the answer. but check it once u will be having plenty of
time.
answer is 52
(13*4)
11. some data is given like this 10kmph in still water ship
took some x mins and downstream some y mins in same
time what is
the stream value .... (q is not exat) ans: 3 (not sure)
12.Some average problem like 16 students average weight and
teacher joins them .... ans: 23 (sure) do this
(16x+40)/(x+1) will
give the value.
13. Some
probelm on square like to increase area by 69% by what percent side should be
incresed ans: square root of 169 i.e
13 ( not sure)
14. no
of rational nos b/w 0 and 5 ans:
infinite
15. First
day of 1999 is sunday what day is the last day ans: monday
16.bullets probel some x no of bullets are shared by 3
people equally . and each fired
4 bullets then the sum of remaining bullets is equal to
intially divsion value ans: 18 (sure)
17. bread
problem, one come and eat half no of breads and somthing... ans: 63( check it)
18. like
A can do in 6 day and B can do in 8 and C can do in 12 days but b left after
working for 6 days for how many no
of day A and C shluld work ans: 11( i
dont think so this is correct)
19. I
give a jcl code with Programmer name: smith Jobname:ABC Jobclass=c Message
class = a All messages are to be
displaced code it in a JCL.
A)
//ABC,smith,class=c,message class=a,message
level=(2,1)
B)
//ABC,smith,class=c,message class=a,message
level =(!,1)
C)
//ABC,smith,class=c,message class=a,message
level=(0,1)
D)
none of these.
20. For
a cobol program Move 5 to work-sd. A statement which says that the value of
work-st is 0.
perform
Para1.
……………
Para1.
Add 3 to
work-sd
Add 2 to
work-st
If work-st
<11 go to main-para.
………………
go to
para1.
What would
be the value of work-sd?
a)
15
b)
18
c)
10
d)
none
21. Given
2 tables T1 and T2.
T1 T2
A
1
B
2
C
3
You make a query SELECT * FROM T1,T2.
What is the no:
of rows that are fetched frm this query?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
9
22. Who
is the data base manager of db2?
a)
buffer register
b)
runtime suprivisor
c)
DBRM
d)
None
23. You
have a file with DISP=SHR, when u open the file in output mode
a)
the records get appended
b)
the records gets overwritten
c)
the job abbends
d)
none of these
24. To
exclude some records while sorting which parameter do we use? a) OMIT
b)
EXCLUDE
c)
….d)….
25 You have a dataset TIME.WORK.OCT88, u want to
concatenate other datasets likeTIME.WORK
.JUL88,TIME.WORK.APR88, TIME.WORK.MAY88. how do u do that?
a)//DDname DD
DSN = TIME.WORK.OCT88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN = TIME.WORK.JUL88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN =
TIME.WORK.APR88, DISP = SHR DD DSN =
TIME.WORK.MAY88, DISP = SHR
b)//DDname DD DSN = TIME.WORK.JUL88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN = TIME.WORK.OCT88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN =
TIME.WORK.APR88, DISP = SHR DD DSN =
TIME.WORK.MAY88, DISP = SHR
c)//DDname DD DSN =
TIME.WORK.APR88, DISP = SHR DD DSN =
TIME.WORK.JUL88, DISP = SHR
DD DSN = TIME.WORK.MAY88, DISP =
SHR DD DSN =
TIME.WORK.OCT88, DISP = SHR
e) none of these
26. When
db2 entries are made while working in cics, the enteries should be made in a)
TCT
b)
PCT
c)
DCT
d)
RCT
27. Find
the odd one out
a)
KSDS
b)
RRDS
c)
LDS
d)
PDS
28. Full
form of VTOC
29. Question
based on SKIP and COUNT parameter
Technical
1. what
is vector processing
2. what
is data integrity ans: option a ( like the range of values is defined by data
integrity) 3.which topology takes minimum wiring options: star,bus,ring and
complete etc ans: find it from network
text book ( may be bus or ring) 4.best sorting if elements are already sorted
ans: insertion sort(sure) 5.software configuration management --- ans: option a
( but check it from SE text book there are only 2 confusing
answers)
6.In network the packers are flowing unnecessarly what is
the way to controlit and ....
options: SNMP,
7.some octal no to decimal
conversion for given octal no the last digit was 7 ans: the option a ( the
decimal last
digit was 1)
8. x-=y+1 is equivalant to ans:
x=x-y-1 (sure) because it is interpreted as x=x-(y+1) 9. in a student form what
is the relationship b/w student and course ans: actually it is many to one but
they
specified in a student form so think and write.
10.which is correct to append the ouput of ls and who to
some file x. ans:(who;ls)>>x (check it)
11.what is trigger in DBMS (know what it will do)
12.what happens when we open a file in r+ mode like whether
file will be created if it s not there can we write to file 13. what is ROM
ans: it contains boot up program and it is not accesible that was one answer
and anothe option was
it is non
volatile ( choose one among these 2)
14. what
is int (*a)[4]
ans: pointer to an array of 4 integer (check it)
15. primary
key of anothe table is present and so on..........
ans: foreign key
16. what
is the diffirenece b/w 0123 and 123 in c?
ans:40(sure)
17. which
among the devices is spooled device18. if u get error in adapter which device
will u use?
ans: contact electronics student. one of the option
was voltometer.
IBM
Sample Test Paper 1
1. 10^10^10 how much time will it
take to write this number,if it takes 1 sec to write 1 digit. a. 1000 secs.
b. 10
year.
c. more
than 1 million years.
d. a
few days.ans. more than 1 million years.
2. starting
from 2 upto how many numbers we need to check whether 907 is prime or not?
3. A
persons age is similar to the year he was born(last two digits is counted as
age).ans. 80
4. What
is YACC? ans. yet another compiler compiler.
5. flop
is a unit of ? ans. processing speed.
6.
#define hello(x,y)
printf(#expr"%d",expr); main(){ float x=1,y=2; expr=x/y;
hello(expr); } ans. x/y=1;
7. time
and work and days.(easy questions).
8. A&B
fill 3 litres and 5 litres of oil in the car. C pays Rs. 8/- to A7B. How much
will A get?
9. A
question on "set" theory.it was given that less than 30 persons in
class.(Ans . cannot be determined.)
10.4 cows are there at the four
corners of a square. if the radius of the rope is 1 and lenth of one side of
the square is 14, find the area along the square which the cow cannot gaze.
ans. 14*14-pi*r*r;
11.Two glasses were filled with 1/3 and
1/4 milk. they were filled with water &then mixed in tumbler. what is the
percentage of milk in the resultant.
12.average speed 2xy/x+y.
13.A belongs to the truther tribe
" who says yes". B belongs to the liers tribe " who says no
always".when A&B were asked to which group do they belonged to both of
them replied "yes".when a third person C was asked whether A&B
belong to same group,he notified groups he answered "No".to which
group do A,B and C belong? ans.LLL or LTT.
14.There were three clocks they gave
alarm after 24secs, 12secs and 36 secs. if they rang simultaneously at 8:20,
then at what time they again rang simultaneously?(something like this but
numbers may differ). ans. 8:27:12
15.A plane starts from a place A , it
goes 1000 kms south then 1000km east then 1000 km north and 1000km west, what
is it distance from the starting place? ans.same starting place.
16.question on Bipartite graph(definition).
17.heap-sorting algorithm time complexity.(ans nlogn)
18.white-box testing.
19.postfix evaluation of: (A+B)*C(Ans: AB+C*)
20.question on catch-throw? c++
21.main(){ main(); } ans.stack
overflow.
24.main() { char a,b;
printf("%d%d%d%d",sizeof('a');
sizeof(NULL),sizeof(b),sizeof(main));
}
Ans(1,1,1,2)
22.Five file sizes given . what should
be the order of their access so that least time is taken. ans.least size first.
23.SQL query does what?
24.5 questions on reasoning.
IBM Technical
Test Paper
1. FLOP
is the unit of – I)clock speed, ii)frequency….i ii)memory, iv)processors speed.
2. main()
{
printf("hello");
main(); } how many times it will
print?
3. complexity
of heap sort(ans:o(nlogn).
4. what
will be the o/p? int main() { char a,b;
printf(“%d%d%d%d”,sizeof(‘A’), sizeof(‘NULL’),
sizeof(‘a’), sizeof(main)); }
5. necessity
of pairty bit(ans:b).
6. >what
is the o/p?
#DEFINE xyz(exr)printf(“exr=%d”,exr) main() { int x=3;y=2;
xyz(x/y);
}
7. simple
question on graph
8. simple
question on sql
9. files
r there of size like 26543b,2000b,4000b,1000b
arrange them according to there access time
Aptitude(TOTAL25)
10. unit
digit of 7^173?
11.two train coming towards from dist
24 miles with speed 12 miles/hr ,a fly
randomly flying beetween two trains at the speed of 18 miles/hr.how many
distance covered by the fly before will collide?(30,36……)
12.what is the increase of volume of a sphere if its radius
increases by 10%?
13. A man climbing in a rock at 24 km/hr and downhill 36
km/hr. determine avg speed?
14.problem on language (some percent known german,some
knows French,some English)ans:24.
15.Here two same size glass one is
filled 1/3 of milk and other is 1/4 milk.then
the glasses filled with water and mixed,what is the percentage of milk
now?
16.One is filled 1/3 of milk and other
is 1/4 milk.then the glasses filled with
water and mixed,what is the percentage of milk now?
17.If the time required for write one
digit is one second then how many time for (10^10)^10? (ans:I) few day ii) millions of day iii) one year
18.In 1930 the age of one student is
same as the last two digit of his year of birth and the case is same for his
grand father also ,what is the sum of age his and his grand
father?(ans:80check).
19.In 1930 the age of one student is
same as the last two digit of his year of birth and the case is same for his
grand father also ,what is the sum of age his and his grand
father?(ans:80check).
20.blue socks:4pair,red
socks:3pair,white socks:2pair,how many socks one will take for two different
socks .
21.what is the probability of 2 man will be born in a same
month(ans:1/12,1/6,1/24,1/2)
22.There is a square ground of side
14cm,two horses r there in two different point of the square such that they can
just touch them, how much grass will not be covered by the horses.
(ans:14*14-2*(1/4)*pi*(7*root2)^2).
23.A man is started his journey from point
A he goes 1000km south then 1000km east ,1000km north,then 1000km west.where is
he now.(ans:I)at point A ii)1000km east from Aiii)….iv)….
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