( Placement Experience By Ms.Radhika )

Interview was by 11am. So I reached the office by 10am. I was made to sit in a conference hall. Everything was quite normal and casual. Around 10:45am they told us to get ready. They called us in the order we submitted resume. As I reached very early I was first to give and so I was called first in the second batch.

On entering there were two people: One sir from Ashok Leyland and the other madam from some other company. She was the HR.

I told good morning and sat.

And that HR introduced her and the Sir to me and asked if I could brief them about me.

I started with my name, college, Cgpa, Schooling marks etc. Then briefed about my family and concluded with my extra curricular interests.

HR: Thank you. Were you told about the change of time yesterday itself?
(As time was first told to be 2pm then changed to 11am)
Me: Yes mam.

Sir: What are your areas of interests?
Me: Heat treatment and TQM.

Sir: Why heat treatment is necessary?
Me: To either increase hardness or make it suitable for further machining operations.

Sir: What is hardness?
Me: It is the measure with which it opposes or resists the force acted on it.

Sir: Difference between hardness and toughness?
Me: I told it as harness will increase strength while toughness is achieved by tempering which means reduction in hardness by increasing ductility.

Sir: How to measure hardness?
Me: Using Rockwell hardness, Vickers hardness test.

Sir: What are the scales available in it?
Me: I hope there are 8 scales sir but sorry am not sure. WE use only B or C in our laboratory.

Sir: So tell me how you do the test?
Me: (I explained write from casting, specimen preparation- emery sheet, grinding to set the specimen to rotate the knob n tighten it and how load is applied)

Sir: I would narrow down the question. After load applied harness can be measure is it?
Me: No sir. Since we apply load, the ball or the diamond pointer used will create an impression to be specific an indentation.

Sir: Yes. I expected you to mention the load causes indentation.

Sir: What is the difference between coining and stamping?
Me: I told sir give me a mint.

Sir: Ya take your time.

But immediately he asked the next question.

Sir: What are the labs you had?
Me: (Little tensed as dint answer one question) Metallurgy, Metal forming, Metrology and fluid power.

Sir: Ok. In metal forming what experiment you had?
Me: (Little more nervous as I felt I could not recollect) Erichson cupping test, super plastic forming (study) and extrusion (study)

Sir: Relax yourself.

Sir: You have a file which gets bent when you open? You have to make it strong without adding any material and make sure it is not bent. What will you use?
Me: (Thought for 5 seconds) sorry sir not able to recollect.

Sir: Think for a while.

But immediately next question was asked.

Sir: What all subjects you ad in this semester?
Me: Told all the names.

Sir: So what does PAC cover?
Me: Told the basic of the production of the components used in automobiles.

Sir: Explain any one of them?
Me: I told about crank shaft and told I have seen in Ashley IPT also.

Sir to HR: Mam you can ask questions

HR So you have any place constraints for posting? We can place you anywhere.
Me: I told no specific options mam.

She wrote in an interview valuation slip as Open for choice of positing
Then asked about the choice of dept. I gave as R&D and Manufacturing

HR: What is annealing?
Me: heat and cooling it inside the furnace so that it cools down slowly.

HR: Why it is necessary?
Me: To make the material soft in order to ease machinability.

He: So tell me one hard substance which can be annealed?
Me: Titanium- as it is tough to machine since it is very hard n brittle.

Immediately sir asked:

Sir: Where is Titanium used? You know any application?
Me: Yes sir. In aircraft parts.

Sir: do you know the reason?
Me: It has good strength and resistance to withstand high temperature and pressure. Also it has good super plastic nature.

Sir: Yes this is what I expected.

HR: Thank you. You can go.

(I am not sure how many are wrong. If anything is wrong please tell others that also as they must not be misguided. I have typed everything what ever happened)


What I felt was they were checking the way you told the answers whether you are fluent, whether you are bold rather than checking the answers. They closely observed you the way you talk or express while the other is questioning. On the whole they were cool and please don’t get tensed if you dint answer one question as it might lead to total collapse.

I was worried for one question but later I gained strength to come back else it would have been very difficult.

Interview experience by Mr.Sandeep Tiwari

Hi friends,
I am Sandeep Tiwari (20063532). With all your best wishes and blessings from God I got placed in ASHOK LEYLAND after attending two companies. Ashley was my third one. I am not very confident that what I did in placements was right or not but I thought of sharing my experience (on demand from placement representative Mr. S. Venkatesh (PR 2006-2010 batch) so that my classmates and juniors can learn something from my mistakes and do not repeat them. I wish all of you all the best for your future.

COMPANY NO 1: BEROE INTERNATIONAL- ON CAMPUS
Procedure:
• Written exam with very basic questions of aptitude, verbal, general knowledge and logical interpretation. It was a mini CAT but very diluted level of toughness. Easy to clear.
• Group Discussion: if u r attending GD in main campus and majority of the candidates in gd are from main campus than beware. Chances are they will keep gd among themselves or in other words CEGians are good at soft skills than MITians so its difficult to match. But try ur best. In a fresher gd remember
1. always try to initiate( I did not initiate)
2. once initiated don’t loose the grip on the group
3. in gd , points( topic) are not as important as your role in group. Try to be what u is. Put genuine points not biased points. ( not selected for interview)
• Interview: the inputs from those who were selected for interview shows that it was a cake walk. 27 out of 28 shortlisted for interview were finally selected.

COMPANY NO. 2 – JINDAL STEEL AND POWER LIMITED (OFF CAMPUS)
It’s a private sector company that holds third position in India regarding power production.
Procedure:
• Notification: job notification in leading news papers and job sites will be available. Keep an eye.
• Written test: an all India level written test was conducted on 4 oct 2009. The test had 2 sections
1. General aptitude: purely based on aptitude and comprehension. Nothing new to tell
2. Domain test: this test was in mechanical engineering branch. So some questions were expected from power plant engineering and thermal as company produces power. But most of the questions were from production side. So it was easy to clear. If one has done his/her degree nicely it’s an easy test to pass.
• Group discussion and interview: those who cleared written test were called for gd and interview. Out 0f 41000 who faced written exam 2600 were called for gd and interview for a total of 507 seats. These numbers show the magnitude of competition when it comes to all India level recruitment.
Gd was again a pure fresher gd. This time I initiated but was not able to hold the group as there was a big group there from VIT and they made the gd a fish market scene. So I was quite most of the time but was intervening so that my presence in the gd can be felt. Again as I told topic does not matter at all. What matters is how u carry urself in the gd. Like, when the gd was going worst everybody was shouting on others and trying to put their points I was sitting calmly as I never wanted to jump in this fish marker scenario. I don’t know whether its right or wrong but at least I had the advantage that I was not increasing the chaos in the gd and was listening properly to what people are saying. A GOOD LISTENER IS A VERY INPORTANT THING IN A GD.
All those who attended gd were sent for interview. Here gd was not a rejection round.
• Interview: as my turn came I went to interview room.
Tip: always carry ur file or folder in left hand as if somebody from interview panel wants to shake hand with u your right hand will be free ( by Mr. M. Thirumal Azhagan)
The interview started with simple questions like where u live and all. Suddenly it went in technical. I am listing some questions asked to me but no one can think of the range of questions that can be asked. So be prepared for anything from your degree or even from outside your course. Presence of mind must.
1. What is heat treatment
2. What r the types of heat treatment( asked to write on a paper)
3. Explain all the types you have written
4. Draw iron carbide phase diagram
5. Difference between fan, blower and compressor- this was disappointing for me as I never knew this as its core mechanical. So I told him I am from production. A BAD IMPRESSION SURELY.
6. What is viscosity
7. What are Newtonian fluids
8. Write Bernoulli’s equation- I never remember the equation but I told him that it’s the sum of all the heads present in the fluid. This was satisfying as it shows that my basics are right and I am just like that not mugging the equations. + point
Than came the HR who was very well behaving and asked very simple questions. What I did was being original. Whatever asked was given answer in the most truthful way. If you try to lie there is 100% chance that u will be caught. So be true. Be what u are. But when u feel that your answer may give some negative impact modify the words so that if feels like u have a positive attitude.

COMPANY NO. 3: ASHOK LEYLAND (ON CAMPUS)
A very basic requirement for appearing in Ashley is high CGPA. This time the criteria was 8 and above. Some 28 people from our dept took the test.
Procedure:
• Written test: first thing first. It was a tough test. It had three sections. This was the perfectly crafted written test that one can face.
Section 1: general- this consists of questions from 11 and 12 and also some general questions on daily equipments. Normal problems that one may see in daily life and how you reason it. Presence of mind and superb logical reasoning needed.
Section 2: domain test- for mechanical series one domain test was there which had questions from degree course as well as some general engineering questions. Here also one may answer most of the questions if he has put some concentration in studies. Not so easy to clear.
Section 3: aptitude- one can challenge the cat topper to come and do this section and chances are he will find it tough to complete in time. 60 very tough aptitude questions in 30 min. anyone correcting 30 questions confidently must be in a position to clear.
There were rumors that Ashley has sectional cut off but there was no official info on that. I cleared the written and next was direct interview. NO GD
• Interview: it was a one panel interview. One technical and one hr were sitting opposite to me. It started off with a question GIVE ME YOUR PROFILE. This was a shock. I was expecting tell me something about urself. But its all same. I started from my family profile. Than from school days to college whatever done by me. Be confident in telling about urself. Feel proud that somebody at such a high post is interested in knowing about you. So tell with full confidence. Tell the truth. Again, one lie and there stands a 100% chance that you will be caught. Have respect for interview panel and ultimately you will give true answers which will be surely the best answer you can give. That’s what I did.
The sir who was asking technical started asking questions related to IPT. Most of the questions from ipt were asked. The type of questions was like it will relate what you have seen in IPT and that will lead to what you have studied in your books. Like,
Q: what you saw in unity forge private limited.
A: they are doing customer based production in forging.
Q: what is difference between hot forging and cold forging?
A: above recrystallization temperature is hot forging and below that is called as cold forging
Q: what are advantages of hot forging?
A: less residual stress, no need of heat treatment, more deformation per forging stroke etc
Q: than how will you reduce residual stress in cold forging.
A: by annealing.
Q: I want some other method.
A: shot peening.
Q: What is shot peening.
So it goes on like this. One word u spoke -a question will be framed based on that word and posed again on you. So be careful of saying some process or product you are not much confident in.
This was in technical and than HR was there. HR madam was observing me when I was answering the technical question. So no big HR interview. Just if I am ready to work anywhere and things like that.
Tip: whoever asks you question in interview make a eye contact with all interview panel members whether they are interested or not or even if they are writing or seeing watch or whatever. ONE MUST HAVE EYE CONTACT WITH ALL

Caterpillar-2004 FEB Sample Paper

Verbal:

1. Synonym: pontificate. (Talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner)

2. Antonym: loquacious. (Means Full of trivial conversation)

3. Analogies: Whiff: scent Birds: anthropology (doubtful) Generator: Current.

vacilliate :resolution as diobey :order

4. odd man out: iconoclast,hyperbole,exaggeration amused ,bemused, preoccupied mural,nostalgia,dream

General Awareness:

1.Myopia

2.Scurvy

3. Montagu-chelmsford reforms

4. How can you remove the president from his office?

5. Minimum age for a person to be eligible to become a president.

6. Who can preside over the meetings of both the sabhas but still cannot vote?

7. regional army command is commanded by

8. strength of defenc epersonal is 10 lakhs ,12lk,15,lk

9. mirage 2000 aircraft is from which contry

10. broad gauge 1.67m,2m,1.83m

11. production of steam locomotives stopped from year

12. first presidensy ban in which city,Chennai,Mumbai,Calcutta,delhi

13. export import bank started in yr

14. what % of Re,1 coins in Indian currency

15. what earns more foreign money,tea,jute

16. strength of indian army.

17. who commands the regional army.

18. mirage bought from ans:france

19. inflation occurs due to (increase in money)

20. from where india get max for exchange.(jute,iron steel,sugar,tea)

21. % of 1 rupee coin in total indian currency.

Tech:

1.Which of the following uses consumable electrodes.(I believe the options were MIG,TIG and stuff like that)

2.Alloy used in the manufacture of surgical instruments.

3. Uses of superconductors.

4.Four questions from IC engines :

a. For a given compression ratio the efficiency of Otto cycle>Diesel cycle.(Is this right?)

b. Turning moment diagram for compression stroke of IC engine.

5. What path does double slider crank mechanism follows. (Check if it is Elliptical).

6.Ratio between Brake horse power to the energy supplied.

7. Two emfs E1 and E2 are given. Among two lengths one is given. Be clear with the relation between ratio of emfs to the lengths across.

anodizing
honing
thermoplastic
if fine powder is added to metal soln,it forms single crystal/ refines grains
function of draft allwance in moulding
if various sizes ,hp.etcof engines r to be tested the which measure is taken a.a/f ratio
b.swept vol etc

value of pressure used in elec resistance welding
up milling
down milling
one of the tool angles definition is give \n choose
hammer blow
pump in sewage
pump in oil
heat trnfer based oin which thdy law
sum usin thermal coeff of exp to fin stress
porytion hot in refridegeration
spinning causes bending or bending and stretching or..
critical speed of a shaft is affected by
starting friction is low in
ht transfer is based on which law(zeroth,first,2nd,kirchoff)
in refregeration where will temp be max?ans:between compres and condenser
stoichiometric AF ratio is (chemically correct mixture by wt,ans:chemically correct mixture by efficiency)
anodidising is
how will u compute performance of desel eng?ans:bsfc
how will u pump sewagw water ie which pump?
how will u pump viscous fluid?
honing process:
if thread angle is increased (mechanical adv decreases)
principal plane condition:(shear stress 0,normal stress max)
if refrigerator is opened in a room ,fan is also on.what will happen to room temp?
graft in casting
how will u improve resistance

Quantitative:

1.Two trains are travelling between two stations at a constant speed of 25kmph.The stations are 50km apart .A bird traveling at 100kmph starts its flight along with one train and travels in the same direction until it meets the other train. It changes its direction and goes in the reverse direction until it meets the initial train. Find the distance travelled by the bird before the two trains collide.

2.A flight carrying food packets is flying at a height of 1960m from the ground. The speed of the flight is given. Find the time taken for a food packet dropped at that instance to hit the ground.

(Hint: Use s=ut+(at^2)/2.Initial velocity as 0 coz the dropped food packet does not have velocity in the vertical direction.)

when a square is constructed on 3 sides of a triangle ,their sides are in the ratio 1:3:4,THE WAT triangle is it
x2+y2=45,xy=18,then 1/x+1/y=
x-11/x>13/15,then x=
in race 100m,b bet c by 25m.a bet b by 20m.then a will beat c by what metres
5 tables and 10 chairs were sold for 20000.15%gain for table,10%loss on chair.overall profit rs 750.the cp of table is
a man rows in still water in 9kmph in 2hr.if upstrm vel is 2times down,then find speed of stream
h:base dia of a cone is 3:2.icecream is filled usig hemisph scoop whose half part is inside cone.if total length of icecrem is 36 cm,find vol of icecream
a,b,c complete work in 4 days.a &b finifh in 7 days.time for c is & similar sums
length of line perpendi to given line eqn
avg of 5 playrs is x.addition of 6th player increases avg by 2.add od 7thplyr decreases avg by 2.runs of 7th plyr is
if 500 more cows r there then each cow gets 40% less hay.the no of cows is
value of gold is increasing by 11%.if present value is 10000,then value beforwe 2 months is
venn diagram verbal sum
an amount doubles in 5 yrs due to SI.wat will be the value of the amt.in 13yrs 9 months if princi is adden every year
first a=I
vaue of a sqre is assigner to b
c=b+1
if sqrt of c>5o terminate,else goto beginning
wat is the last value of c
22. sum of sqr of 2 nos is 45,prod is 18 find the sum of the reciprocals.

23. labour sum(6 days)

24. Cows consume hay.500 more cows decreases the hay by 40% per head. find the no of cows.

COMPANY NAME	SCHEDULED DATE(TENTATIVE)
CATERPILLAR	December 12, 2009
L&T	December 17 and 18, 2009
CTS	December 20 to 22, 2009
TCS	December 23 to 26, 2009
INFOSYS	December 28 and 29, 2009

Aptitude Questions


1.One of the following is my secret word:AIM  DUE  MOD  OAT  TIE.With the list in front of you, if I were to tell you any one of my secret word, then you would be able to tell me the number of vowels in my secret word.Which is my secret word?
Ans.TIE

2.In the following figure:A  B  C
                                              D
                                              E   F  G
                                                       H
                                                       I
Each of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is:
a)Represented by a different letter in the figure above.
b)Positioned in the figure above so that each of A + B + C,C + D +E,E + F + G, and G + H + I is equal to 13.
Which digit does E represent?

Ans.E is 4
3.One of Mr. Horton,his wife,their son,and Mr. Horton's mother is a doctor and another is a lawyer.
a)If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are not blood relatives.
b)If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the lawyer are blood relatives.
c)If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man.
Whose occupation you know?

Ans.Mr. Horton:he is the doctor.
4.Here is a picture of two cubes:
                                               

         
  a)The two cubes are exactly alike.
  b)The hidden faces indicated by the dots have the same alphabet on them.
Which alphabet-q, r, w, or k is on the faces indicated by the dots?

Ans.q


5.In the following figure:
                                    A              D
                                    B      G     E
                                    C             F
Each of the seven digits from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is:
  a)Represented by a different letter in the figure above.
  b)Positioned in the figure above so that A*B*C,B*G*E, and D*E*F are equal.
Which digit does G represent?

Ans.G represents the digit 2.
6.Mr. and Mrs. Aye and Mr. and Mrs. Bee competed in a chess tournament.Of the three games played:
  a)In only the first game werethe two players married to each other.
  b)The men won two games and the women won one game.
  c)The Ayes won more games than the Bees.
  d)Anyone who lost game did not play the subsequent game.
Who did not lose a game?

Ans.Mrs.Bee did not lose a game.
7.Three piles of chips--pile I consists one chip, pile II consists of chips, and pile III consists of three chips--are to be used in game played by Anita and Brinda.The game requires:
  a)That each player in turn take only one chip or all chips from just one pile.
  b)That the player who has to take the last chip loses.
  c)That Anita now have her turn.
From which pile should Anita draw in order to win?

Ans.Pile II
9.In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is composed of girls

A.y/(x + y)
B.x/xy
C.x/(x + y)
D.y/xy

Ans.C


10.What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream that can be filled with a 4-gallon can of cream(2 pt.=1 qt. and 4 qt.=1 gal)

A.16
B.24
C.30
D.64

Ans.D


11.If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3

A.0
B.1
C.-1
D.4

Ans.B


12.A coffee shop blends 2 kinds of coffee,putting in 2 parts of a 33p. a gm. grade to 1 part of a 24p. a gm.If the mixture is changed to 1 part of the 33p. a gm. to 2 parts of the less expensive grade,how much will the shop save in blending 100 gms.

A.Rs.90
B.Rs.1.00
C.Rs.3.00
D.Rs.8.00

Ans.C


13.There are 200 questions on a 3 hr examination.Among these questions are 50 mathematics problems.It is suggested that twice as much time be spent on each maths problem as for each other question.How many minutes should be spent on mathematics problems

A.36
B.72
C.60
D.100

Ans.B






14.In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek

A.0
B.3
C.4
D.5

Ans.B


15.If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)² =

A.1/4
B.1/2
C.1
D.2

Ans.C


16. If a and b are positive integers and (a-b)/3.5 = 4/7, then
(A) b < a
(B) b > a
(C) b = a
(D) b >= a
Ans. A


17. In june a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its game played. After a phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to 50% .How many games must the team have won in a row to attain this average?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 24
D. 30
Ans. C


18. M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. If three men drop out how much more will each have to contribute towards the purchase of the gift/
A. D/(M-3)
B. MD/3
C. M/(D-3)
D. 3D/(M²-3M)
Ans. D


19. A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr.Brown can paint a house in 6 days while Mr.Black would take 8 days and Mr.Blue 12 days. After 8 days Mr.Brown goes on vacation and Mr. Black begins to work for a period of 6 days. How many days will it take Mr.Blue to complete the contract?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 11
D. 12

Ans.C

20. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station travelling in the same direction at an average speed of 16 km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The average speed of the freight train was?
A. 30
B. 40
C.58
D. 60
Ans. B

21. If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ?
A.-5
B. 4
C. 2
D. 8
Ans. D
22. There are 5 red shoes, 4 green shoes. If one draw randomly a shoe what is the probability of getting a red shoe

Ans 5c₁/ 9c₁


23. What is the selling price of a car? If the cost of the car is Rs.60 and a  profit of 10% over selling price is earned

Ans: Rs 66/-




24. 1/3 of girls , 1/2 of boys go to canteen .What factor and total number of classmates go to canteen.

Ans: Cannot be determined.


25. The price of a product is reduced by 30% . By what percentage should it be increased to make it 100%

Ans: 42.857%


26. There is a square of side 6cm . A circle is inscribed inside the square. Find the ratio of the area of circle to square.
Ans. 11/14
27. There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six hours. The thinner 2 hours less than the thicker one. Ramesh lights the two candles at the same time. When he went to bed he saw the thicker one is twice the length of the thinner one. How long ago did Ramesh light the two candles .

Ans: 3 hours.
28. If M/N = 6/5,then 3M+2N = ?
29. If p/q = 5/4 , then 2p+q= ?
30. If PQRST is a parallelogram what it the ratio of triangle PQS & parallelogram PQRST .
Ans: 1:2
31. The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the profit is 10% over selling price what is the selling price ?
Ans: Rs 13.86/-
32. There are 6 red shoes & 4 green shoes . If two of red shoes are drawn what is the probability of getting red shoes
Ans: 6c₂/10c₂
33. To 15 lts of water containing 20% alcohol, we add 5 lts of pure water. What is % alcohol.
Ans : 15%
34. A worker is paid Rs.20/- for a full days work. He works 1,1/3,2/3,1/8.3/4 days in a week. What is the total amount paid for that worker ?
Ans : 57.50
35. If the value of x lies between 0 & 1 which of the following is the largest?
(a) x
(b) x²
(c) -x
(d) 1/x

Ans : (d)
 36. If the total distance of a journey is 120 km .If one goes by 60 kmph and comes back at 40kmph what is the average speed during the journey? 
Ans: 48kmph
37. A school has 30% students from Maharashtra .Out of these 20% are Bombey students. Find the total percentage of Bombay?
Ans:  6%
38. An equilateral triangle of sides 3 inch each is given. How many equilateral triangles of side 1 inch can be formed from it?
Ans: 9
39. If A/B = 3/5,then 15A = ?
Ans : 9B
40. Each side of a rectangle is increased by 100% .By what percentage does the area increase?
Ans : 300%
41. Perimeter of the back wheel = 9 feet, front wheel = 7 feet on a certain distance, the front wheel gets 10 revolutions more than the back wheel .What is the distance?
Ans : 315 feet.
42. Perimeter of front wheel =30, back wheel = 20. If front wheel revolves 240 times. How many revolutions will the back wheel take?
Ans: 360 times
43. 20% of a 6 litre solution and 60% of 4 litre solution are mixed. What percentage of the mixture of solution
Ans: 36%
44City A's population is 68000, decreasing at a rate of 80 people per year. City B having population 42000 is increasing at a rate of 120 people per year. In how many years both the cities will have same population?
Ans: 130 years
45Two cars are 15 kms apart. One is turning at a speed of 50kmph and the other at 40kmph . How much time will it take for the two cars to meet?
Ans: 3/2 hours
46A person wants to buy 3 paise and 5 paise stamps costing exactly one rupee. If he buys which of the following number of stamps he won't able to buy 3 paise stamps.
Ans: 9
47There are 12 boys and 15 girls, How many different dancing groups can be formed with 2 boys and 3 girls.
48Which of the following fractions is less than 1/3
(a) 22/62
(b) 15/46
(c) 2/3
(d) 1
Ans: (b)
49There are two circles, one circle is inscribed and another circle is circumscribed over a square. What is the ratio of area of inner to outer circle?
Ans: 1 : 2
50Three types of tea the a,b,c costs Rs. 95/kg,100/kg and70/kg respectively.
     How many kgs of each should be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture worth Rs.90/kg,
     given that the quntities of band c are equal
a)70,15,15
b)50,25,25
c)60,20,20
d)40,30,30
Ans. (b)
51. 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)
52. If a boat is moving in upstream with velocity of 14 km/hr and goes downstream with a velocity of 40 km/hr, then what is the speed of the stream ?

(a) 13 km/hr
(b) 26 km/hr
(c) 34 km/hr
(d) none of these
Ans. A
53. Find the value of ( 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.001 ) / ( 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.075 + 0.01)

(a) 0.845
(b) 1.908
(c) 2.312
(d) 0.001
Ans. A
54. A can have a piece of work done in 8 days, B can work three times faster than the A, C can work five times faster than A. How many days will they take to do the work together ?

(a) 3 days
(b) 8/9 days
(c) 4 days
(d) can't say
Ans. B
55. A car travels a certain distance taking 7 hrs in forward journey, during the return journey increased speed 12km/hr takes the times 5 hrs.What is the distance travelled

(a) 210 kms
(b) 30 kms
(c) 20 kms
(c) none of these
Ans. B
56. Instead of multiplying a number by 7, the number is divided by 7. What is the percentage of error obtained ?
57.  Find (7x + 4y ) / (x-2y) if x/2y = 3/2 ?

(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) data insufficient
Ans. C
58. A man buys 12 lts of liquid which contains 20% of the liquid and the rest is water. He then mixes it with 10 lts of another mixture with 30% of liquid.What is the % of water in the new mixture?
59. If a man buys 1 lt of milk for Rs.12 and mixes it with 20% water and sells it for Rs.15, then what is the percentage of gain?
60. Pipe A can fill a tank in 30 mins and Pipe B can fill it in 28 mins.If 3/4th of the tank is filled by Pipe B alone and both are opened, how much time is required by both the pipes to fill the tank completely ?
61. If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit. If they now give 10% discount then what is the profit percentage.
(a) 40%
(b) 55%
(c) 35%
(d) 30%
Ans. D
62. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If however there were 10 men less it will take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally?

(a) 110 men
(b) 130 men
(c) 100 men
(d) none of these
Ans. A
63. In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/- in 5 years ?
(a) Rs. 500
(b) Rs. 600
(c) Rs. 800
(d) Rs. 900
Ans. C
64. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years
will it become 9 times itself.

(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12
Ans A
65. Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32 kmph respectively. A man in the slower train
observes the 15 seconds elapse before the faster train completely passes by him.
What is the length of faster train ?

(a) 100m
(b) 75m
(c) 120m
(d) 50m
Ans B
66. How many mashes are there in 1 squrare meter of wire gauge if each mesh
is 8mm long and 5mm wide ?

(a) 2500
(b) 25000
(c) 250
(d) 250000
Ans B
67. x% of y is y% of ?
(a) x/y
(b) 2y
(c) x
(d) can't be determined
Ans. C
68. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar so that expenditure on sugar can be same as before ?
(a) 15%
(b) 16.66%
(c) 12%
(d) 9%
Ans B
69. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary ?
(a) Rs.500
(b) Rs.1500
(c) Rs.1000
(d) Rs. 900
Ans C
70. The population of a city increases @ 4% p.a. There is an additional annual increase of 4% of the population due to the influx of job seekers, find the % increase in population after 2 years ?
71. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2 Out of these 10% the boys and 25% of girls are scholarship holders. % of students who are not scholarship holders.?
72. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would it take for 21 women if 3 women do as much work as 2 men?
(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 29
Ans. A
73. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same size are made from the material obtained, what is the diameter of each sphere?
(a) 5 cms
(b) 2 cms
(c) 3 cms
(d) 4 cms
Ans C
74. A rectangular plank (2)^1/2 meters wide can be placed so that it is on either side of the diagonal of a square shown below.(Figure is not available)What is the area of the plank?
Ans :7*(2)^1/2
75. The difference b/w the compound interest payble half yearly and the simple interest on a
certain sum lent out at 10% p.a for 1 year is Rs 25. What is the sum?
(a) Rs. 15000
(b) Rs. 12000
(c) Rs. 10000
(d) none of these
Ans C
76. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a
perfect square ?

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
Ans. C
77. A father is 30 years older than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son after 5 years
what is father's present age ?

(a) 40 yrs
(b) 30 yrs
(c) 50 yrs
(d) none of these
Ans. A
78. An article sold at a profit of 20% if both the cost price and selling price would be Rs.20/- the profit would be 10% more. What is the cost price of that article?
29. If an item costs Rs.3 in '99 and Rs.203 in '00.What is the % increase in price?

(a) 200/3 %
(b) 200/6 %
(c) 100%
(d) none of these
Ans. A
80. 5 men or 8 women do equal amount of work in a day. a job requires 3 men and 5 women to finish the job in 10 days how many woman are required to finish the job in 14 days.

a) 10
b) 7
c) 6
d) 12
Ans 7
81. A simple interest amount of rs 5000 for six month is rs 200. what is the anual rate of interest?

a) 10%
b) 6%
c) 8%
d) 9%
Ans 8%
82. In objective test a correct ans score 4 marks and on a wrong ans 2 marks are ---. a student score 480 marks from       150 question. how many ans were correct?
a) 120
b) 130
c) 110
d) 150
Ans130.
83. An artical sold at amount of 50% the net sale price is rs 425 .what is the list price of the artical?

a) 500
b) 488
c) 480
d) 510
Ans 500
84. A man leaves office daily at 7pm  A driver with car comes from his home to pick him from office and bring back home 
     One day he gets free at 5:30 and instead of waiting for driver he starts walking towards home.
     In the way he meets the car and returns home on car  He reaches home 20 minutes earlier than usual.
     In how much time does the man reach home usually??
Ans. 1hr 20min
85. A works thrice as much as B. If A takes 60 days less than B to do a work then find the number of days it would take to       complete the work if both work together?
Ans. 22½days
86. How many 1's are there in the binary form of  8*1024 + 3*64 + 3
Ans. 4
87. In a digital circuit which was to implement (A B) + (A)XOR(B), the designer implements (A B) (A)XOR(B) 
    What is the probability of error in it ?
88. A boy has Rs 2. He wins or loses Re 1 at a time  If he wins he gets Re 1 and if he loses the game he loses Re 1.
     He can loose only 5 times. He is out of the game if he earns Rs 5.
     Find the number of ways in which this is possible?
Ans. 16
89. If there are 1024*1280 pixels on a screen and each pixel can have around 16 million colors
     Find the memory required for this?
Ans. 4MB
90. On a particular day A and B decide that they would either speak the truth or will lie.
     C asks A whether he is speaking truth or lying?
     He answers and B listens to what he said. C then asks B what A has said  B says "A says that he is a liar"
     What is B speaking ?
(a) Truth
(b) Lie
(c) Truth when A lies
(d) Cannot be determined
Ans. (b)
91. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when time is 8:30
Ans. 75(approx)
92. A student is ranked 13th from right and 8th from left. How many students are there in totality ?
93. A man walks east and turns right and then from there to his left and then 45degrees to
  his right.In which direction did he go

Ans. North west
94. A student gets 70% in one subject, 80% in the other. To get an overall of 75% how much should get in third subject.
95. A man shows his friend a woman sitting in a park and says that she the daughter of my  grandmother's only son.
    What is the relation between the two

Ans. Daughter

96.  How many squares with sides 1/2 inch long are needed to cover a rectangle that is 4 ft long and 6 ft wide
(a) 24
(b) 96
(c) 3456
(d) 13824
(e) 14266
97. If a=2/3b , b=2/3c, and c=2/3d what part of d is b/
(a) 8/27
(b) 4/9
(c) 2/3
(d) 75%
(e) 4/3
Ans. (b)
2598Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of
(a) 30%
(b) 32%
(c) 34%
(d) 35%
(e) 36
Ans. (b)
99. The petrol tank of an automobile can hold g liters.If a liters was removed when the tank was full, what part of the full tank was removed?
(a)g-a
(b)g/a
(c) a/g
(d) (g-a)/a
(e) (g-a)/g
Ans. (c)

Martin was returning to work in his London office after spending two weeks with his brother over in New York. He was coming back with a heavy heart. It was not just that it was the end of a wonderful holiday; it was not just that he invariably suffered badly from jet lag; it was that Monday mornings always began with a team meeting and, over the months, he had grown to hate them.
Martin was aware that colleagues approached these meetings with hidden agendas; they indulged in game-playing; and he knew that people were not being honest and open. The meetings themselves were bad enough - but then there was all the moaning afterwards. "The usual people saying the usual things". "I could have improved on that idea, but I wasn't going to say". "I was thinking of making a suggestion - but I couldn't be bothered".
As this morning's meeting began, Martin braced himself for the usual moroseness and monotony. But, as the meeting progressed, he became aware of a strange background noise. At first, he thought that he was still hearing the engine noise from the aircraft that had brought him back to London - he had had to sit over the wing and the droning was terrible. But, as he concentrated on the noise, it became a little clearer.

He realised - to his amazement - that he could hear what his colleagues were thinking as well as what they were saying. As he concentrated still harder, he found that he could actually hear what they were thinking at the same time as they were speaking. What surprised him, even more than the acquisition of this strange power, was that he discovered that what people were saying was not really what they were thinking. They were not making clear their reservations. They were not supporting views which they thought might be unpopular. They were not contributing their new insights. They were not volunteering their new ideas.
Martin found it impossible not to respond to his new knowledge. So he started to make gentle interventions, based more on what he could hear his colleagues thinking than on what he could hear them saying. "So, John are you really saying .." "Susan, Do you really think that " "Tom, Have you got an idea on how we could take this forward?" He was aware that his colleagues were unsettled by how insightful were these interventions. They looked at him mystified. In truth, he felt rather proud of his newly-acquired talent.
Emboldened now, Martin forgot his usual misery at participating in such meetings and began making comments of his own. However, he became aware that some of his colleagues were looking at him quizzically. One or two even had a gentle smile playing on their lips. Only gradually did it dawn on him - they could hear his thoughts and he was not really saying what he was thinking.
As the meeting progressed, Martin became aware of changes to the tone and style of the event. It was clear to him now that, one by one, each member of the meeting was learning how to hear the thoughts of all the others and this was subtly changing how they inter-acted with one another. The game-playing started to fall away; people started to speak more directly; views became better understood; the atmosphere became more open and trusting.
The meeting ended. As people left the room, Martin found that he could still hear what they were thinking. "That was the best meeting we've ever had." "All meetings should be like that." "In future, I'm going to say what I think".
 
Author: Roger Darlington