1. ODBC
Ans. Open Database Connectivity.
2. HTML
Ans. Hyper Text Markup Language
3. RISC
Ans. Reduced Instruction Set Computing
4. ASCII
Ans. American Standard Code For Information Interchange
5. ANSI
Ans. American National Standard Institute.
6. XML
Ans. Extended Markup Language
7. FLOPS
Ans. Floating Point Operating Per Second
8. SQL
Ans. Sequential Query Language
9. QBE
Ans. Query By Example
10. ALE
Ans. Address Latch Enable
11. What is lagging in DBMS ?
Ans. Reduced Redundancy.

Directions 12 to 20: For the following questions find the odd man out
12. Unix
OS/2
CMOS
MSDOS
Ans. CMOS
13. Oracle
Informix
Sybase
LISP
Ans. LISP
14. Laser
Inkjet
Dotmatirx
Mouse
Ans. Mouse
15. Dir
Cls
Csh
Copy
Ans. Csh
16. Bit
Byte
Nibble
Digit
Ans. Digit
17. Hard Disk
Floppy Drive
CD ROM
Cache
Ans. Cache
18. SQL
QUEL
QBE
ORACLE
Ans. Oracle
19. C++
JAVA
VC++
PASCAL
Ans. PASCAL
20. Projection Operation
Selection Operation
Intersection
Set Difference Operation
Ans. Intersection
21. Which of the following is a universal gate ?
(a) OR
(b) AND
(c) XOR
(d) NOR
Ans. NOR
22. The default back end of the VB is
(a) Oracle
(b) Sybase
(c) Informics
Ans. Sybase
23. What is meant by Superconductivity?
Ans. No reistance
24. Viscosity
Ans. Friction
25. What is the Lock Based Protocol used for?
Ans. Concurrency Control in DBMS
Directions for question 25 to 32: Convert the decimal numbers on the left to the required form
26. 9's complement of 28
Ans. 71
27. Binary of 58
Ans. 111010
28. Octal of 359
Ans.547
29. Hexadecimal of 650
Ans.28A
30. BCD of 18
Ans.0001 1000
31. BCD of 34.8
Ans.0011 0100.1000
32. Excess-3 code of 6
Ans.1001
33. Excess-3 code of 9
Ans.1100
34. If Ax + By = 1F16; Cx + Dy = 2510 .Find the value of x and y
35. Semaphore is used for
(a) synchronization
(b) dead-lock avoidence
(c) box
(d) none
Ans. a
36. For addressing 1 MB memory, the number of address lines required,
(a) 11
(b) 16
(c) 22
(d) 24
Ans. b
37. Which of the following remains in memory temporarily
(a) Resident portion of COMMAND.COM
(b) Transient portion of COMMAND.COM
(c) API
(d) Disk BIOS
Ans. b
38. Pick the odd man out
(a) IO.SYS
(b) MSDOS.SYS
(c) ROM-BIOS
(d) COMMAND.COM
Ans. c
39. OS/2 is a
(a) Single User OS
(b) Multi User OS
(c) Multi Tasking OS
(d) None of these
Ans. c
40. Bootstrap loader program is a program belonging to
(a) ROM startup software
(b) ROM extension software
(c) ROM BIOS software
(d) ROM Basic software
Ans. a
41. The entry of starting cluster of a file is present in
(a) Boot Parameters
(b) Directory
(c) FAT
(d) Partition Table and master boot program
Ans. c
APTITUDE SECTION
Directions for questions 1-6: Find the correct meaning of the following phrases
1. A man of letters
2. A man of straw
3. To be in the air
4. To bite the dust
5. Man of few words
6. Penny wise pound foolish
7. Find the reminder when 333666777888999 divided by 3 or 9 or 11 ?
8. Which is the biggest perfect square amongst the following
15129, 12348, 23716, 20736
9. The greatest area of the following
(a) The radius of circle is 4
(b) The square of diagonal is 4
(c) The square of side is 4
10. The area of the maximum size of the circle described from the 10 square inch square?
11. In the series 0, 3, 8, 15,__ What is the next number?
12. X < 0, Y <> 0 then what is the possibility that the result is always positive?
Ans. xy
13. 3 red and 4 blue balls are in a basket. A member of PPTeam is drawing balls from the basket. What is the
probablity of getting the 3 red balls simultaneously?
14. Let ax2 + bx + c = 0
If the sum of the equal roots is equal to the product of the same roots.Then which of the following hold true
(a) a + b = 0
(b) a = 0
(c) c = 0
(d) a + c = 0
15. A fold density is 19 times greater than the water and for copper it is 9 times.At what ratio you can mix gold and
copper to get 15 times denser than water.
Ans. 3 : 2
16. Find the value of (1.99)2
Ans. 3.9601
17. There is a room with 6' x 8'. A 1' tile is fixed along the 4 walls in one row. How many 1" tiles require to
finish the work.
Ans. 24
18. 2 persons can finish a job in 8 days. First person alone can finish the work in 24 days. How many days
does the second person take to finish the job?
Ans. 12 days
19. A 4" cube is painted in all its faces and then it is cut down into 1" blocks. How many 1" blocks are there
even without a single face being painted?
Ans. 8
20. A cylinder is inserted in a sphere d/h = 2/3. Find the surface area of the cylinder ?
21. In a car wheel, two spokes cover 15 degree. Then for the entire car,how many spokes are there?
Ans. 24.
22. What is the angle of degree suspended when two hands of clock showing the time 2.30.
Ans. 105 degrees
23. he age difference between two brothers is 3 years. After 6 years the ratio between the age is 9:8
What are their ages?
Ans. 21 and 18
24. A person's salary is getting reduced by 20%. What percentage should be added to get back his
original salary?
Ans. 25%
25. Two persons start at the same point, walk in opposite directions with 5km/hr and 5.5km/hr respectively.
What is the distance separated after 2 and half hrs?
Ans. 26.25 (approx)
26. A person starts walking at a speed of 5km/hr through half the distance, rest of the distance he covers with a
speed 4km/hr. Total time of travel is 9 hours. What is the maximum distance he can cover?
Ans. 40km.
27. Initially two cups of same volume are present with milk filled upto 3/5th and 4/5th of their volumes.Water is then
filled. Then two mixtures are mixed. Find the ratio of water to milk in the mixture.
Ans. 3 : 7
28. 16 grams of radioactive material decays into 8 grams in 10 years. How long will it take to decay to 1 gram ?
Ans. 70 yrs.
29. In a rectangle the length is increased by of the original length . By what proportion should the
width be reduced so that the area will be the same?
Ans. 33
30. Find the nth number in the series is 1, -3, 5, -7.___
Ans. (-1)*(2n-1)
31. If a square is formed by the diagonal of the square as an edge, what is the ratio between the area?
Ans. 2
32. The perimeter of a rhombus is 52 units. One of its diagonal is 24 units.What is its second diagonals length?
Ans. 10
33. A cubical rectangular bar has the dimensions with the ratio 5 : 4 : 3. Its volume is 7500. What is the
surface area of the bar?
Ans. 2350
34. In a class total 34 students, 16 are have a brother, 15 are have sisters, 9 students don't have either
brothers or sisters.Find the number of students having both brother and sisters.
Ans. 6
35. A batsman scored 18 runs in his 18th innings and that makes his average 18. Find his average upto the
17th innings?
Ans. 19
36. 6 women can do 75 units of work in 8 days by working 5hrs/day. In how many days can 4 women do 30 units
of work by working 8hrs/day ?
37. A persons salary iis decreased by steps of 20%, 15% and 10%. What will be the percentage decrease, if the
salary is decreased in a single shot?
38. The ratio of the length : breadth : height of a cuboid is 5 : 4: 3, and the volume is 7500. What will be its surface
area ?
39. If the circumference of a circle is 100 units, Then what will the length of the arc described by an angle of 20
degree ?
40. 3 persons started placementpapers with a capital of Rs.3000 . B invest Rs.600 less than A, C invest Rs.300 less
than B. Then what is the share amount of B in a profit of Rs.886 ?
Directions for 41-50: Which of the following is the correct spelling for the word
41. supercede and supersede
42. recommend and reccomend
43. superitendent and superitendant
44. separate and seperate
45. succeed and suceed
46. coolly and cooly
47. despair and dispair
48. ridiculous and rediculous
49. indespensible and indepensable
50. tranquility or tranquillity

C TEST
Directions: For the given sample program give the output of the program(30 marks)
1. main()
{
int a[]={ 2,4,6,8,10 };
int i;
change(a,5);
for( i = 0; i <= 4; i++)
printf("\n %d",a[i]);
}
change( int *b, int n){
int i;
for( i = 0; i < n; i++)
*(b+i) = *(b+i) + 5;
}
SYNONYMS,ANTONYMS & INCORRECT SPELLINGS
some words
1. acrimonous
2. inconspicious
3. bland
4. abate
5. cusp
6. profligate;&nb
7. vigour
8. vlighten
APTITUDE SECTION -
odd man out-like man in
1. A E I O ans o - (rest are made of lines now tell me are a big zero)
2. (fig) circle star rectangle another symbol ans star - rest are flowchart symbols
3. programs documents settings properties
ans properties (others appear in START menu - he! my favourite question)
4. processor ,motherboard ,display card, mouse
ans mouse - (others are inside the cabinet -- need out of the box thinking)

Computer Awareness
5. where is SIM card found ans mobile phone (by the way can you expand SIM)
6. what is the lock symbol appearing in bootom of the browser mean
ans. connection secured (confusing another choice is Verisign secured - you will see tick mark when it is
Verisign authorised)
7. expand WAP ans Wireless Application Protocol
8. expand CORBA ans Common Object Request Broker Architeture
9. 92.168.100.4 - means what ans IP Address crack choice a)sums choice b)your head
10. Find the reminder when 333666777888999 divided by 3 or 9 or 11 ?
11. Which is the biggest perfect square amongst the following :
15129, 12348, 23716, 20736
12. In the series 0, 3, 8, 15,__ What is the next number?
13. X < 0, Y <> 0 then what is the possibility that the result is always positive? Ans. (xy)^2
14. Let ax2 + bx + c = 0 If the sum of the equal roots is equal to the product of the same roots.Then which
of the following hold true
(a) a + b = 0
(b) a = 0
(c) c = 0
d) a + c = 0
15. Find the value of (1.99)2 Ans. 3.9601(dont calc - should be near to 4)
16. There is a room with 6' x 8'. A 1' tile is fixed along the 4 walls in one row. How many 1" tiles
require to finish the work.Ans.24
17. 2 persons can finish a job in 8 days. First person alone can finish the work in 24 days. How many days
does the second person take to finish the job? Ans. 12 days
18. In a car wheel, two spokes cover 15 degree. Then for the entire car,how many spokes are there?Ans. 24.
19. What is the angle of degree suspended when two hands of clock showing the time 2.30. Ans. 105 degrees
20. A person's salary is getting reduced by 20%. What percentage should be added to get back his original salary?
Ans. 25%
21. Two persons start at the same point, walk in opposite directions with 5km/hr and 5.5km/hr respectively.
What is the distance separated after 2 and half hrs?Ans. 26.25 (approx)
22. A person starts walking at a speed of 5km/hr through half the distance, rest of the distance he covers with aspeed 4km/hr. Total time of travel is 9 hours. What is the maximum distance he can cover?Ans.40 km
23. In a rectangle the length is increased by of the original length . By what proportion should the width be reduced so that the area will be the same?Ans. 33
24. Find the nth number in the series is 1, -3, 5, -7.___Ans. (-1)*(2n-1)
25. If a square is formed by the diagonal of the square as an edge, what is the ratio between the area?Ans. 2
26. The perimeter of a rhombus is 52 units. One of its diagonal is 24 units.What is its second diagonals length?
Ans. 10
27. A cubical rectangular bar has the dimensions with the ratio 5 : 4 : 3. Its volume is 7500. What is the surface
area of the bar? Ans. 2350
28. A persons salary iis decreased by steps of 20%, 15% and 10%. What will be the percentage decrease, if the
salary is decreased in a single shot?
29. 3 persons started placementpapers with a capital of Rs.3000 . B invest Rs.600 less than A, C invest Rs.300 less
than B. Then what is the share amount of B in a profit of Rs.886 ?
30. 178^2 -22^2 (USE (A+B)(A-B))
31. f(x) = x! g(x)=x^10 h(x)= 10^x for large values of x which is greater?
32. f(x) = 1/(1-x) find(f(f(f(x)))
33. x+(1/x) = 2.5 find x^2 + (1/x^2)
34. 2^(2^n) = 256 find 2^(2n)
35. x=0 y=0 6x+7y=42 find position(lies inside/out/on) of (4,5) in the triangle
36. 22 Jun 2003 is sunday which year previously did 22 jun became sunday
37. A man walked 30m west 5m south 10m west 35m north to reach tollgate find the dist from start to gate.ans. 50m (use pythogoras)
38. area of square = sum of areas of rect1(41*27) and rect2(41*14). find square side.ans. 41
39. find next in series 31,29,31,30,31,? ans. 30 he!he!he!(they rep jan,feb,mar,.... hit your head) Walk/Swim thro Coding
40. Input a,b
s=0; c=a; d=b;
while(d<>0)
{ s=s+c;
d=d-1;
} Print s
for given values of a,b find the output
5questions for different values of a,b
41. Input a,b
while(3a+2b<100)
{ s=s+a;
a=a+2; b=b-1;
}
for given values of a,b (i remember one 29,5) find the output
Tips1. Do the coding first and you are out - They are time consuming - Save the worst for last 2. Be choosy -
take the easy (questions) first - So scan scan scan 3. best path in hexaware tree language ----> odd man out
----> computer awareness ----> easy sums -----> difficult sums----> coding do this or find the path
to your home.
Group Discussion
1. No GD only shout!!! - Our LOk Sabha Style
2. Shout at top of your voice and shout some meaningful points
3. Please train ur vocal chords! Drink our good pure(pun intended) water before GD
4. IF u cant then carry a loudspeaker
5. 10 per group max 3 groups
6. final interview they select 3 from each group
7. Dont think 1-proposer 1-opposer 1-moderator it could 3-proposer or 3 opposer too.
8. If your group is silent Please follow GD rules.
9. 30 minutes of shouting(3min-choose the topic, 2min-prepare,20min-shout)
10. They might also give you a topic.
11. Please dont wait for your chance - Grab
12. Be ready to summarise. Try to say all the points told and say conclusion is yet to be reached.
13. Dont ever make unruly gestures. You are out immediately.
14. Be ready for any topic .Only general topic - no subject, economics style Inside Out Questions you want to ask but dont know to whom
Sample test paper
1. 1,!,2,@,3,#,4,$,5, what is next in the series Ans : %.
2. Which is the oldest computing device still in use Ans : Abacus
3. Wat is WAP? Ans : Wireless Application Protocol
4. Nibble is equal to Ans:4 bits
5. Solving Algos : A simple program was given and the output was asked for different values of inputs.
6. I dont remember the exact ques. I am just giving a sample, which is similar to the one given there.
7. S= 0; C = 0
Read A,B
While ((2A+3B) < 100)
{ S = 3A - 2B
c = c + 1
}
print a,s,c
8. In the series 0, 3, 8, 15,__ What is the next number?Ans : 24
9. X < 0, Y <> 0 then which of the following is always positive? Ans. (x + y)^2
10. Let ax2 + bx + c = 0If the sum of the equal roots is equal to the product of the same roots. Then which of the following hold true Ans. b+c = 0
11. Find the value of (1.99)2 Ans.3.9601
12. There is a room with 6' x 8'. A 1' tile is fixed along the 4 walls in one row. How many 1" tiles require to finish the work.Ans. 24
13. 2 persons can finish a job in 8 days. First person alone can finish the work in 24 days. How many days does the second person take to finish the job? Ans. 12 days
14. In a car wheel, two spokes cover 15 degree. Then for the entire car, how many spokes are there? Ans. 48.
15. What is the angle of degree suspended when two hands of clock showing the time 2.30.
Ans. 105 degrees
16. A person's salary is getting reduced by 20%. What percentage should be added to get back hisoriginal salary? Ans. 25%
17. Two persons start at the same point, walk in opposite directions with 5km/hr and 5.5km/hr respectively.
18. What is the distance separated after 2 and half hrs? Ans. 26.25
19. A person starts walking at a speed of 5km/hr through half the distance, rest of the distance he covers with a
20. speed 4km/hr. Total time of travel is 9 hours. What is the maximum distance he can cover?
Ans. 40km.
21. In a rectangle the length is increased by of the original length . By what proportion should the width be reduced so that the area will be the same? Ans33
22. If a square is formed by the diagonal of the square as an edge, what is the ratio between the area ?
Ans. 2
23. The perimeter of a rhombus is 52 units. One of its diagonal is 24 units.What is its second diagonals length?Ans. 10
24. A cubical rectangular bar has the dimensions with the ratio 5 : 4 : 3. Its volume is 7500. What is the surface area of the bar?Ans. 2350
25. 3 persons started placementpapers with a capital of Rs.3000 . B invest Rs.600 less than A, C invest Rs.300 less than B. Then what is the share amount of B in a profit of Rs.886 ? Ans: Rs. 265.8
26. Wat I felt with this test was it was better to go thro all the 100 ques, cos some easy ones were there at the last. If U think U can certainly solve a problem but its time consuming just leave it and proceed to the next one. Some of the ques were very easy, even U no need to use pen and paper.