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Technical Interview Questions:

1.Tell me about yourself

(A brief description of yourself followed by what your technical skills are)

2.I’ll first ask some questions on Software Engineering, followed by those in C

and then about your projects.

(Though I didn’t mention SE in my resume nor did I mention any project in SE,

he was keen to ask questions in SE)

3. What are the different models of SDLC?

4. Differentiate between Spiral and Incremental model?

5. What is the disadvantage of Incremental model? Give an example to explain.

6. What do you mean by the Design phase? What are the tools that can be

used in this phase?

7. Coming to C, what is hashing? Why do we use hashing and not arrays? How

do we implement a Hash table?

8. What are function pointers? Give the syntax for the same.

9. Why do we use pointers in C at all?

10. You know about structures and union. Why is Union used? Give a real life

example in which you’ll use union?

11. What is SSL?

12. What is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS?

13. Explain two of your projects (one should be FYP).

14. How do you find the jth node from last node in a single linked list in one

search only, if  i have not given you the length of the linked list?

15.What is the difference between call by value and call by reference?

16. What is the difference between the static and volatile variables?

17. What is a macro?

18. Write the gcd program?

6. Find the outputof the program (something like this)

i = printf(“hellow”); printf(“%d”,i);

19. What is register variable? What are the advantages of register variable?

20.#define a(a,b) a*b; printf(“%d”,a(2+3,2+3));

21. Define the following: avl tree, 2-3 tree, btree, bst? what is a balanced tree?1

22. What is the Diffrence between tree to bt?

23. Explain about your project.

24. (Oracle question)Write a query in oracle. select the duplicate names in a table

using (ename,empid)

25. About SQL

26. Some statements in oracle(DDL,DML,DCL,TCL) and explain them

27. Some statements in C language and C++

28. Whats the difference between C and C++

29. What is OOP or Object oriented programming, Tell about the features of OOps

30. What is a structure,

31. can 2 different machines in 2 different companies (eg. Wipro and Infosys) have

same IP address?

Answer: yes two computers in different places or organisations can have same IP

address if they have a subnet mask.

32. What isa grid in VB (Visual Basic) ? How does it differ from other tools?

33. What is a t-list in VB / Visual Basic?

34. What is ODBC, ADO, DAO.

35. Give some examples of RDBMS

36. What are different kinds of DBMS?what is database?

37. what is the function of JOIN?

38. What is LAN, WAN? 

39. What does W in WLAN stand for?

40. What is Linux, Unix? (not many questions about these operating systems. But then

you do have to know the basics about these too)

41. In what way does Unix operating system differ from Windows

42. Where do we use Unix.

43. Have you ever encountered an error called "depth not equal"? (This occurs when

you extensively create graphs it is a trick question)

44. Array is an lvalue or not?

45. What are virtual functions?  

46. Consider this sentence: eleven plus two = twelve plus one. The question is, in what

Non-mathematical way does the equation also make sense?

47.Explain the POST & GET Method or Explain the difference between them.

48. Can you tell a simple difference between FTP and SFTP protocols ?

49. What is the difference between design phase and build phase in software design ?

50. What is RAID ? What is its purpose ?

51. Name the unique address that is stored on ROM on the network adapter card.

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52. How to find the maximum number of IPs that can be assigned to a PC.

53. Explain the concept of semaphore?

54. What is memory management?

55. What is virtual memory?

56. What is paging, segmentation?

57. Internal and external fragmentation?

58. What is O.S? (operating system)

59. Functions of O.S?

60.What is TLB or TLAB?

61.Define a Process, thread?

62.Multiprogramming,Multitasking,Multiprocessor?

63.Disadvantages of using semaphores?

64.What is dead lock? When does it occur?

65.What are the major Conditions for occuring of deadkock?

66. What are Structures, union? Difference between them.

67. What is an Arrray, Structure- Difference between them.

68.Define Linked list. Difference between array and linked list.

69.Define Stacks, queue

70.Concepts of searching and sorting techniques

71.Write the program of fibonacci  (Now this program has been asked in lots of

72.What are Trees,graphs and their difference

73.How we can allocate memory dynamically and diff between calloc and malloc?

74.What is the major expressions used with find command to select file which has

been accessed more than 375 days ago?

75.What are the desirable attributes for memory managment?

76.What is the name given to the process of initializing a micro computer with its OS?

77.What action does a typical user defined signal handler functions perform?

78.Which constructor is invalid for class cat?

79.How will you remove a file with the name '-somethink'?

80.What is the output of the following code - What is the output of the following code

int i=7;printf("%d", i++ * i++);

81.What is the difference between Switch and Hub ?

82.Explain applet life cycle?

83.What is the difference between C and ANSI C?

84.What is RSTP & MSTP?

85.Which polarity will you prefer for SMAW & why?

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86.Why java does not support multiple inheritence?2.what is the difference b/w

structures and classes?

87.What is the part of compiler that keeps track of names and their attributes?

87.Which constructor is invalid for class cat?

88.Which of the following operators cannot be overloaded in C++?

89.Is QTP Supports Sunsolaries and Sybase?

90. What is the output of the program? int n=f,m; n==m++; m==++n; printf(n, m);

91.What is the method of connecting two physically separate LAN by using internet

92. Which is layer 3 connection less protocol?

93. What is the output? int i=7 printf("%dn",i++*i++);

94. What does USB stands for?

95. What does ISDN stand for?

96. In windows file menu can be invoked by? What are the three components of OS?

97. What is boot PROM?

98. Which is the Database used in IBM mainframes?

99. Which is a type of primary memory?

100. CDROM access is

101. What is the output of the program? main() { char a='123' printf ("%c n",a);

return

102. Which key in any windows screen is used to invoke file menu?

103. Which is the latest OS?

104. Stacks and queues are

105. Which is linear model?

106. Virtual memory size depends on

107. The binary equivalent of 188 is

108. The network connecting all the networks are called

109. The layer not present in TCP/IP model is

110. Tree is a type of data structure

111. The protocol used to transfer web pages

112. Mode of operation of stack ______

113. What is ROM?

114. Address on the net is _______

115. Which is the language for queries used in RDBMS?

116. Fastest growing OS for Intel PC

117. In database what is validity of the stored data

118. Which is true for cellular mobile communication regarding uplink and downlink

frequency Testing used to test internal logic

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119. Java key word? A. final B. extend C. abstract D. long

120. Which variable can be accessed by all the functions of a program?

121. Which of the following is a nonlinear data structure?

122. Which of the following is not a .net compatible?

123. printf("%c","abcdef",4[]); What is the output of above program?

124. What happens when an array pointed out by temp is freed using free()?

125. There are three types of birds A,B & C . A costs 5pounds, B costs 3 Pounds and C

costs 1/3 of a pound. Find the no. of A,B &C such that u will get 100 birds for 100

pounds.

126. A person on his bicycle walks 8km uphill and 24km Downhill he took

2hr30minutes to complete this. He started again without any stop now he took now

4hr50minutes. Find the average speed of the cyclist at UPHILL and DOWNHILL

127.There are two mew systems developed for temperature A and B. if A =14 the

B=36, when A = 133 then B = 87. Find when both the temperature becomes equal.

128.Swarm of Bees...The sqare root of half the number of bees in a garden. 8/9th has

remained behind, one female bee flies about a male bee. Tell me the number of

bees??

129. If i walk with 30 miles/hr i reach 1 hour before and if i walk with 20 miles/hr i

reach 1 hour late.Find the distance between 2 points and the exact time of reaching

destination is 11 am then find the speed with which it walks.

130. There is a square cabbage patch.He told his sister that i have a larger patch than

last year and hence 211 more cabbages this year. Then how many cabbages I have

this year.? plz tell me the approach how you get 106*106.....

131. A + B + C +D = D + E + F + G = G + H + I =17.IF A = 4 WHAT ARE THE VALUES

OF D AND G. EACH LETTER TAKEN ONLY ONE OF THE DIGIT FROM 1 TO 9.

132. Husband says if we sell 75 chickens from our farm we can feed the chickens for

20 days and if we buy 100 chickens we would finish the feed is days sooner. how

many chickens were there?Ans:300,60days

133. A man starts with a car to marriage, and after some time his car gets punctured

and it takes 10 min. for him to replace. he was late by 30 min. The driver said if that

10 min. was not wasted they would be reached at place 15 min late only.what is the

distance between starting point and ending point.

134. A robber robs a bank.3 suspects were caught a,b,c.there r three statements

given by them:a: i m innocent b: i m innocentc: b is guiltyfind who is the robberer if

only 1 says truth.

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135. A cube whose surface is painted red is sliced six times such that it is divided into

27 smaller cubes. how many of smaller cubes have: a. no red sides b. 2 red sides c. 3

red sides d. 1 red side2.

136. A train leaves from mumbai to patna n vice versa at 9 am everyday and reaches

patna at 9:30 am after 3 days.a train left from mumbai to patna then how many trains

did it come across while the journey?

137. A family X went for a vacationUnfortunately it rained for 13 days when they were

there.but whehever it rained in the morniong ,they had a clear afternoon and vice

versa.in all they enjoyed 11 mornings and 12 afternoons.how many days did they stay

totally?

138. 125 players are taking part in a tennis tournament if the match would be knock

out how many no matches

139. How is data send by IP layer?

140. What is the function of shell?

141. int num[5]; num[5]= ; The 5 in the first and the second statements denotes

142. What is the output of the program? int *p, i==4; p==&I (*p)++ printf("%d",p);

143. Register variables can hold A. Garbage values B. Arrays C. Double values D. All of

the above

144. Tell about your future projects and plan?

145. Which is not a search engine? A. google B. lycos C. altavista D. none of these

146. Which hardware implements stack operation in 8085/8086 A. ROM B. PROM C.

RAM D. none of these

147. If we input in a queue d c b a What will be output?

148. What is the specialty of .NET? A. language independence B. platform

independent C. IDE independent D.

149. How can you represent 64Kb A. 8 8bit words B. 4 4bit words C. 2 16bit words

150. The smallest unit in memory is

151. Command for reboot in UNIX?

152. What does the command shutdown do?

HR Interview Questions Tell me about yourself.

Why should I hire you?

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Why do you want to work at our company?

What is the difference between confidence and over confidence?

What is the difference between hard work and smart work?

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How do you feel about working nights and weekends?

Can you work under pressure?

Are you willing to relocate or travel?

What are your goals?

What motivates you to do good job?

What makes you angry?

Give me an example of your creativity.

How long would you expect to work for us if hired?

Are not you overqualified for this position?

Describe your ideal company, location and job.

What are your career options right now?

Explain how would be an asset to this organization?

What are your outside interests?

Would you lie for the company?

Who has inspired you in your life and why?

What was the toughest decision you ever had to make?

Have you considered starting your own business?

How do you define success and how do you measure up to your own

definition?

If you won $10 million lottery, would you still work?

Tell me something about our company.

How much salary do you expect?

Where do you see yourself five years from now?

On a scale of one to ten, rate me as an interviewer.

Do you have any questions for me?

How will your greatest strength help you perform?

How would you describe yourself?

Describe a typical work week

Describe your work style.

Do you take work home with you?

How many hours do you normally work?

How would you describe the pace at which you work?

How do you handle stress and pressure?

What motivates you?

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Are you a self motivator?

What are your salary expectations?

What do you find are the most difficult decisions to make?

Tell me about yourself.

What has been the greatest disappointment in your life?

What are you passionate about?

What are your pet peeves?

What do people most often criticize about you?

When was the last time you were angry? What happened?

If you could relive the last 10 years of your life, what would you do

differently?

If the people who know you were asked why you should be hired, what

would they say?

Do you prefer to work independently or on a team?

Give some examples of teamwork.

What type of work environment do you prefer?

How do you evaluate success?

If you know your boss is 100% wrong about something how would you

handle it?

Describe a difficult work situation / project and how you overcame it.

Describe a time when your workload was heavy and how you handled it.

More job interview questions about your abilities.

More job interview questions about you.

What interests you about this job?

Why do you want this job?

What applicable attributes / experience do you have?

Are you overqualified for this job

What can you do for this company?

Why are you the best person for the job?

What do you know about this company?

Why do you want to work here?

What challenges are you looking for in a position?

What can you contribute to this company?

Are you willing to travel?

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How long do you expect to remain employed with this company?

Is there anything I haven't told you about the job or company that you

would like to know?

Tips for Answering Interview Questions

Research the Job and the Company. Take the time to research the

company and the position you are interviewing for in advance. The more

you know, the better equipped you'll be to respond to interview questions.

Practice Makes Perfect. The more practice you have at interviewing,

the more comfortable you'll be during a job interview. Practice (ask a

friend of family member to help) answering common interview questions

to get an idea of how to respond.

Know the Facts. This sounds like a no-brainer, but I've interviewed

candidates who couldn't remember when they worked where. Be sure you

know your work history, and bring an extra copy of your resume to refer

to if you're nervous and need a reminder.

Try to Stay Calm. Interviewing can be nerve wracking whether it's your

first interview or you have interviewed many times in the past. Give

yourself plenty of time to get to the interview, take a deep breath before

you go into the interview, and do your best to stay calm.

Take Your Time. Don't rush to get out a response to an interview

question. Briefly think about your response before you answer. Taking the

time to compose your thoughts so you can respond effectively is better

than jumping the gun and saying something you wish you hadn't after the

fact.

Give Examples. When you respond to interview questions give examples

of how you handled related situations. The more specific you are, the

more the hiring manager will see that you have the skills to do the job.

Here's more on behavioral interviews and how to respond to behavioral

interview questions.

Share Your Accomplishments. Don't be shy about what you have

accomplished in your career. Share examples of your accomplishments

that are related to the job you are interviewing for to reinforce the fact

that you're capable and qualified.

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Make a Match. As you answer interview questions, try to stay focused

on the job and how you are a fit for it. Do your best to match your abilities

to the job description when responding.

Don't Ramble. Your response to interview questions should be direct and

to the point. Don't ramble and get off topic.

Ask for Clarification. Not sure what the interviewer is asking? It's fine to

ask for clarification if you're not sure what is being asked.

Be Direct. When you're asked about why you left (or are leaving your

job) try to keep it positive. Be direct and focus your interview answer on

the future, especially if your leaving wasn't under the best of

circumstances.

Keep it Professional. Your responses should be focused on your

professional skills and abilities. There is no need to tell the interviewer all

about your personal life, your interests, your family, or your hobbies. Most

importantly, don't bring up any work-related issues you might have like

having to arrange child care or transportation if you get the job.

Have Questions Ready to Ask. The last question you'll probably be is

asked during a job interview is whether you have questions. Be prepared

and have a list of questions ready to ask the interviewer.

Take Advantage of One More Chance to Answer. Don't forget to

thank the interviewer and to take the time to follow up with a personal

thank you note. If there are any questions you wish you had answered

differently or more thoroughly, use your thank you letter to explain.

Wipro Sample Paper:

VERBAL SECTION:1. Choose the lettered pair that expresses a relationship most similar to the

relationship expressed in the capitalized pair.CRITERIA : JUDGEMENTa) signs : direction b) data : evaluationc) mistakes : contrition d) paradoxes : clarity

2. Select the word among the given choices that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word. PERT

a) Polite b) Stubborn c) Moral d) Perishable

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3. Each sentence is in direct or indirect speech and is followed by four alternatives of the opposite form of narration to that of the sentence, choose the correct alternative. Some one said: “A lot of money has changed hands in this deal.

a) It was said that a lot of money had changed hands in that dealb) It was said by someone that a lot of money has changed hands in this dealc) It was thought that a lot of money had changed hands in that deald) It was supposed that a great deal of money had changed hands in the deal

4. Select the option that gives the correct meaning of the given idiomatic expression or phase. To burn the midnight oil

a) to suffer loss by speculation b) to work or study until late at nightc)to spend money lavishly d) to use up all one’s strength

5. Different meanings of words are listed out in the left column and their corresponding usage on the right side but in a jumbled form. Match them appropriately and mark the right answer in the choices given underneath.SPEAK

Dictionary Definition UsageA. Have Conversation E. They all speak in CantoneseB. Use Voice F. The chorus spoke the prologueC. A Language G. Please speak a little slowlyD. State H. I usually speak to the HRM for any

professional problems.

a) A-H, B-F, C-G, D-Eb) A-H,B-G,C-F,D-E, c) A-E,B-G,C-H, D-F, d) A-H,B-G,C-E,D-F

For the questions 6-10, Read the following passage and select the best answer to questions among the given choices.

Disasters that do not occur can be as remarkable as those that do. During most of my 37 years in journalism, droughts were major disasters that meant spiraling prices, food imports, foreign exchange shortages, and consequent political crises. So it is remarkable that India this year has suffered the worst drought for two decades, and yet there is no inflation, food shortage, foreign exchange shortage or political crisis.In 1965-66, two successive droughts made India pathetically dependent on food aid from the us, with consequences for foreign policy. Environmentalist bob Ehrlich wrote that India was basically unviable, and should be left to starve while food and was diverted to other more viable countries. The lack of food and foreign exchange forced India to go hand in hand to the IMF, and devalue massively in exchange for a rescue loan. Inflation skyrocketed. In consequence, the congress, which enjoyed virtually monopoly rule in the centre and states since independence, saw its parliamentary majority slashed to danger lever in the 1967 election. The precarious nature of small majorities was soon demonstrated in half of India’s states where defectors like Charan Sing left congress to form non congress coalitions. The whole political landscape changed.

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Indira Gandhi clawed back the political advantage when she crushed Pakistan in the 1971 was over Bangladesh. Yet droughts in different states in there of the next four years brought her down to earth. Jayaprakash Narayan spearheaded huge demonstrations, was exacerbated by the rise of OPEC. This phase culminated in the Emergency.The next big drought came in 1979. Grain production fell 20percent, prices went through the roof, and foreign exchange become scarce. After having decimated in the 1977 election, Indira Gandhi was widely regarded as unelectable. Yet the drought of 1979 caused such wide hardship and resentment that she was unable to win the general election in 1980 handsomely.That was the last of the truly traumatic droughts; there were subsequent years of poor rain in 1987 and 1991. These caused some inflation and forex scarcity, but by this time the economy was significantly drought protected by the green revolution.Not even that prepared us for the virtual irrelevance of the worst drought for two decades this year. Inflation is currently 3 percent, actually lower than a year ago. The wholesale price index for food grains is up only 2.7 percent , an astonishing performance in a drought year. Forex reserves have zoomed to an unprecedented height of $64 billion. The drought has indeed caused some starvation deaths and widespread distress in some states.This has undoubtedly had some political impact, yet it does not dominate political discourse. A striking demonstration of this is in Gujarat. The state suffered seriously from a poor monsoon. It is about to go to polls. Yet the main issues in the election campaign are communal politics and corruption.

6. The statement that droughts meant spiraling prices, food imports, foreign exchanges shortages and consequent political cries isa) absolutely trueb) absolutely false c) party true d) cannot be inferred

7. Which of these have not lead to the emergency?a)Droughts in different statesb) Huge demonstrations spearheaded by Jaya Prakash Narayananc) Rise in the inflation levels d) A drought in 1979

8. Which of these phenomena was/were common most droughts in the country in the past?a)Foreign exchange shortage b) Parties in power losing the electionsc) Governments being toppled by mob fury d) War with India’s neighbors

9. Which of the following has been protected by the green revolution?a)Political parties b) OPEC pricesc)The Indian Economy d) The devaluation of Indian currency

10. What is the striking contrast of this year’s drought?a)3rise in the inflationb) The political impact not dominating the political discoursec) Starvation deaths and wide-spread distress in some statesd) The forex reserves zoom and rise in wholesale price index for food grains

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11. Select the option that can be substituted for the given sentence. A poem written an the death of some one loved and lost.a)Ode b) Elegy c) Epic d) Sonnet

12. Select the word or phase among the given choices that is most nearly similar in meaning to the word. DANKa)Dangerous b) Ugly c) Plunder d) Damp

13. Select among the given choices the correct phrase to replace the underlined phrase in the following sentence. If these two shirts which is the least costly?a)which one is the least costly b) which is least costly one?c) which is less costly? d) which one less cost?

14. Choose the lettered pair that express a relationship most similar to the relationship expressed in the capitalized pair. CLUB : GOLFa)type : book b) ball : soccer c) glove : baseball d) racket : tennis

15. Different meanings of words are listed out in the left column and their corresponding usage on the right side but in a jumbled form. Match them appropriately and mark the right answer in the choices given underneath.REFERENCEDictionary Definition Usage

A. Act of mentioning somebody / something

E. At the end you have a list of references

B. In a book F. Fill in the reference column carefully

C. For a new job G. The faculty can teach comfortably without reference to her senior

D. Asking for advice H. He made no reference of his illness but only his future plans.

a)A-G,B-F,C-E,D-Hb) A-H,B-E,C-F,D-Gc)A-H, B-F,C-G,D-E d)A-H,B-G,C-F,D-E

16. Select the word among the given choices that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word. PRESUMPTIONa)Humility b) Proposition c) Motivation d) Activation

17. Each sentence is in direct or indirect speech and is followed by four alternatives of the opposite form of narration to that of the sentence, choose the correct alternative. “Oh! You have spoiled my best sari,” she said.a)She said that you have spoiled my best sari b) She lamented that he had spoiled her best saric) She explained that he spoilt hear best sari d) She wished that he had spoiled her best sari

18. Select the option that gives the correct meaning of the given idiomatic expression or phase. Square and Circle.a)attempt something impossible b) to spend foolishly

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c) old fashioned d) dance in a circle

19. Select among the given choices the correct phrase to replace the underline phrase in the following sentence. Shyamala had not scarcely entered when Rama shouted.a)Scarcely entered when b) Scarcely entered thanc) Not hardly entered when d) Scarcely enters

20. Select the word or phrase among the given choices that is most nearly similar in meaning to the word. DEPLETEa)Destroy b) Finish c) Exhaust d) Vanish

ANALYTICAL SECTION

21. A+B means A is the daughter of B; AxB means A is the son of B and A-B means A is the wife of B. IF A*B means A is the sister of B, A∆B means A is the father of B. AεB means A is the brother of B, which of the following means X is the aunt of Y.a)X∆DεY b)X∆D*Y c)X*D∆Y d) XεD∆Y

22. In a hotel, rooms are numbered from 101 to 550. A room is chosen at random. What is the probability that room number starts with 1,2 or 3 ends with 4,5 or 6?a)1/5 b) 1/4 c) 1/6 d) 2/9

23. Five persons are standing in a queue. One of the two persons at the extreme ends is a professor and the other is a Businessman. An Advocate is standing to the right of a student. An Author is to the left of the Businessman. The Student is between the Professor and the Advocate. If Advocate and the Businessman exchange their positions, also the Author and the Student, then who will be standing to the left of the student.a)Author b) Businessman c) Advocate d) Professor

24. A train met with an accident 3 Hours after starting, which detains it for one hour, after which is proceeds at 75% of its original speed. It arrives at the destination 4 hours late. Had the accident taken place 150 km further along the railway line, the train would have arrived only 3 1/2 hours late. Find the length of the trip and the original speed of the train.a)900 km, 110 km/hr b) 970 km, 70km/hr c) 1200 km, 100 km/hrd) 1500 km, 120 km/hr

25. A man went 10 kms towards South. Then turned East and covered 10 kms and turned to the right. Again after 10 kms he turned to left and covered 10 kms to reach the destination. How far in which direction is he to his starting point?a)20Γ2km, South-East b) 20 Γ2km, North –East c)20km, North-East d)20km, South-East26. The radii of the ends of a bucket45 cm. high, which is of the form of a frustum of a cone, are 28cm and 7 cm. Determine its capacity and the surface area.a)48510 cm3, 5610 sq.cm b) 30400 cm3, 4500 sq.cmc) 5610 cm3, 4500sq.cm d) 21020 cm3, 1200 sq.cm

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27. The ‘plain-English’ law required that a contract agreement be stated in non-technical language, if the parties to the agreement are not represented by attorneys. The rent stabilization code legally requires a contractual agreement for renewing a housing lease to be upon the same terms and conditions as the expiring lease. Which of the following conclusions can most properly be drawn from the information above?a) If a contractual agreement for an expiring housing lease is stated in technical language and cannot be stated in non-technical language landlord and a tenant not represented by attorneys cannot satisfy all legal requirements in renewing the lease.b) Since the two legal requirements are in conflict and cannot be reconciled the provisions of the “plain English” law must be suspended for contractual agreements to screw housing leases.c) When the renewal of a housing lease becomes necessary it will be necessary for both landlord and tenant to employ attorneys to renegotiate the terms of the lease and to formulate them is “Plain English”.d) Contractual agreements to renew housing lease cannot be upon the same terms and conditions as the expiring leases, if the provisions of the “Plain English: law are to be enforced.

28. In an election 10% of the people in the voter’s list did not participate. 60 voters were declared invalid. There were only two candidates A and B. A defeated B by 308 votes. It was found that 47% of the people listed in the voter’s list voter for A. Find the total number of votes polled.a) 9530 b) 8470 c) 7420 d) 5580

29. Environmentalists concerned about the high cost of preserving endangered species have suggested that decisions about which species to attempt to preserve should be made by assessing the various endangered species. Value to humanity critics of selective presentation contend that such a policy would be unsound because it is impossible to predict the future value of a species nor it always possible to assess the present value of species whose contributions are indirect, but nevertheless important. Which of the following is the main point of the critics contention?a) The presentation of endangered species that are not valuable is most important than the presentation of potentially valuable speciesb) Since the methods for deciding which species are most important are imperfect. Valid decisions cannot be made on such a basisc) It is more important to preserve species with direct value to humanity than those with indirect valued) It is not possible to access the importance of some species that have no material value to humanity.

30. A train travelling at the rate of 60 kmph while inside a tunnel meets another train of half its length travelling at 90 kmph and passes completely in 4 ½ seconds. Find the length of the tunnel if the first train passes completely through it in 4 minutes 37 ½ seconds.a) 4500 m b) 3000 m c) 2100 m d) 1500 m

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31. Sound is said to travel in air at about 1100 feet per second. A man hears the axe striking the tree, 11/5 seconds after he see it strikes the tree. How far is the man from the wood chopper?a) 2629 ft b) 2420 ft c) 2197 ft d) 2500 ft

32. A person invested Rs. 1500 for 6 years and Rs. 1200 for 5 years respectively simple interest. If both the sums yielded him Rs. 735 as interest. What had been the rate percent per annum?a) 4.5% b) 5% c) 5.5% d) 6%

33. Shilpa multiplied 414 by certain number and obtained 69958 as the answer. But she found that there is some error in the answer – both the 9s in the answer are wrong and all the other digits are correct. Can you find the correct answer?a) 12048 b) 23049 c) 47634 d) 60858

34. One set containing five numbers has mean 8, Variance 18 and the second set containing three numbers has mean 8, variance 24, Then the Variance of the combined data isa) 18.50 b) 20.25 c) 24.50 d) 42.25

35. A and B can do a work in 12 days while B and C can do it in 6 2/3 days. After A had worked on it for 3 days and B for 4 days. C finished the work in 7 days. In how many days could each do the work separately?a)30,5,15 b) 20,10,5 c) 30,20,10 d) 40,30,20

36. It the radius of a circle is increased by 8% then the area of the circle is increased by a) 16.64% b) 12.36% c) 16.32% d) 13.16%

37. Ram ordered for 6 black toys and some additional brown toys. The price of a black toy is 2 ½ times that of a brown toy. While preparing the bill, the clerk interchanged the number of black and brown toys which increased the bill by 45%. Find the number of brown toys.a) 19 b) 21 c) 15 d) 18

38. The minute and the hour hand of a watch meet every 65 minutes. How much does the watch lose or gain time and by how much?a) Loss; 6/11 minutes b) Gains; 5/11 minutes c) Loss; 7/12 minutes d) Gains; 5/17 minutes

39. The creativity in the invention of modern tools is far greater than that involved in the development of early hand tools. To deny this is to underestimate contemporary intellect. Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the claim presented in the first sentence of the passage above?a) Early hand tools were discovered accidentally, rather than developed by imaginative application of knowledgeb) The steam engine in its most sophisticated and powerful forma could not be produced until the technology to produce iron was discovered.

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c) Necessity often prompts the creative invention of a tool to meet the needs of a particular jobd) The technological needs of contemporary culture are more varied and complex than those of the past.

TECHNICAL SECTION41. In the following program segment;int x[3][5] = {{1,2,3,4,5}, {6,7,8,9,10}, {11,12,13,14,15} }, *n=&x;The expression *(*(x+1)+3) evaluates to a value ----------------

a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) Run-time error

42. How would you best describe the purpose of the following code?#define MAX 50int a[MAX], i,j,temp;for (i=1;i<N;++i)if(a[i]>=a[f])f=ia) Rearrange the first N components of array a in descending orderb) Rearrange the first N components of array a in ascending orderc) Place the largest component of array a in position Nd) Determine the subscript of the last occurrence of the largest of the first N components of array a

43. What is the output?void main(){struct xxx{

int I,char j;

};struct xxx zzz = {1,’a’};abc(zzz);}abc(struct xxx aaa){print f(“%d…%c”,aaa.i,aaa.j);}a)97 b) Compile-time Error c) 1…a d) None of these

44. Which of the following statements is true about resource access locks in operating systems?a)Resource access lock never allow two or more processes to share access to a resource at one time

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b) Mandatory locking obliges a process to acquire a suitable lock to access the resourcec)Advisory locking obliges a process to acquire a suitable lock to access the resourced) None of these

45. Which of the following are resource managers of a typical OS?1) Process Manager 2) Device Manager 3) Spool Manager 4) DMA Managera)1&2 b) 2&3 c) 2&4 d) 1&4

46. In UNIX, kernel is not involveda) When a read operation is done b) When a pressed key is echoed on to the screenc) In resource allocation d) None of these

47. Under UNIX a zombie process is aa) Process that has been sent a fatal signal to stop executionb) Child process that has exited but has not yet notified this change in status to its parent.c) Terminating process that is waiting to complete the flushing of all I/O buffers on I/O description it has opend) None of these

48. What is the postfix of (A+B^C)*(D-E/F/G)?a)ABC^+*DEF/G b) ABC^+DEF/G/-* c) ABC^DEF/G*- d) None of these

49. Consider the following queue, which does not contain any element.Front =0; Rear =-1

Q[0] Q[1] Q[2] Q[3] Q[4]insert(10);insert(20);insert(30);insert(40);insert(50);insert(10);insert(20);insert(30);insert(40);insert(50);insert(60);a)0 b) 2 c)4 d) None of these

50. Apache software isa)The largest software developer owned by native Americans b) A leading developer of Java applications

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c) A website that holds auctions for concert tickets d) The most popular web server applications

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