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1. In 1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/-.
If the paper rate increases at 1.5% more than the inflation rate which is 6.5% a year,
then what wil be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years?
(a) 29.12
(b) 29.72
? 30.12
(d) 32.65
(e) none of these
2. In A,B,C are having some marbles with each of them.
A has given B and C the same number of marbles each of them already have.
Then, B gave C and A the same number of marbles they already have.
Then C gave A and B the same number of marbles they already have.
At the end A,B,and C have equal number of marbles.
(i) If x,y,z are the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively.
Then the number of marbles B have at the end
(a) 2(x-y-z)
(b) 4(x-y-z)
? 2(3y-x-z)
(d) x + y-z
Ans. ?
(ii) If the total number of marbles are 72, then the number of marbles with
A at the
starting
(a) 20
(b) 30
? 32
(d) 39
Ans. (d)
3. If a car starts from A towards B with some velocity.
Due to some problem in the engine after travelling 30km, the car goes with
4/5 th of its
actual velocity
The car reaches B 45 min later to the actual time.
If the car engine fails ofter travelling 45km, the car reaches the
destination B 36min
late to the actual time
What is the initial velocity of car and what is the distance between A and
B in km
Ans. 20 & 130.           25 & 105
4. A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15 books.
He kept 15% of the money for travelling expenses and purchased 5 pencils.
So how many books he can purchase with the remaining money.
5. Ten questions on analogies.
eg: chief : tribe :: governer : state
epaulette : shoulder :: tiara : head
guttural : throat :: gastric : stomach
inept : clever :: languid : active
knife : butcher ::
hammer : carpenter ::
7. In a computer institute 9 languages can be taught.
The module is of 6 months duration and of the six languages only one can be
taught
each month .
In addition to that BASIC is always taught and should be in first month
itself
WORD PERFECT is to be taught in the preceeding week of WORD STAR.
FORTRAN can not be taught until COBAL is taught prior to that
BINO, FIFO can never be taught in single module
languages are BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD PERFECT, FORTRAN, COBAL, BINO,
FIFO, LOTUS, C
i) If word star is in 3rd month , what could be in 6th month.
ii) If COBAL is in the 2nd month and BINO in 6th month. FORTRAN will be
taught in
which month.
8. In a class, except 18 all are above 50 years.
15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there
(a) 30
(b) 33
? 36
(d) none of these.
Ans. (d)
9. A square plate of some size is cut at four corners. Equal squares of the
same size are
cut and is formed as open box.
If this open box carries 128 ml of oil. What is the size of the side of the
plate?
(a) 17
(b) 14
? 13
(d) None of these
10. In a square, all the mid points are joined. The inner square is shaded.
If the area of the square is A, what is the area of the shaded area?
11. Two questions on basic angles i.e given a circle, a few chords or
diameter is drawn
etc.
12. If the follwoing statements are given
@(a,b)= (a+b)/2
/(a,b)= a/b
*(a,b)= ab
If a=1, b=2 then find
i) /(a,(@(a,b),*(a,b)))
ii) */(a,@(*(a,b)))
13. If the follwoing statements are given
(x#y) = x + y- xy
(x*y) = (x + y)/2
i) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (x#y)#(x*y) < (x#y)
ii) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (a*b)#(b*c)<
(a#b)*(b*c)

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1.

E D C B A
C A D E B
A D B C E
B E D A C
D C A E B

Start at the fourth letter of Column 5 and follow the letters around the outside of the pattern in a clockwise direction. What is the second letter between the second E and the second B you come to?

2.

A B 2 C 3
1 1 B 3 D
A 1 B C 4
5 A 5 2 B
E 5 D 2 C

In the row that has more letters than numbers, in which the numbers are separated by only one letter, and in which the numbers sum to less than the sum of the numbers in the second column, which letter comes just before the second number, counting from right to left?

3.
 
In 1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/-.
If the paper rate increases at 1.5% more than the inflation rate whi
ch is 6.5% a year, then what wil be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years?
(a) 29.12
(b) 29.72
(c) 30.12
(d) 32.65
(e) none of these

4.
If a salesman's average is a new order every other week, he will break the office record of the year. However, after 28 weeks, he is six orders behind schedule. In what proportion of the remaining weeks does he have to obtain a new order to break the record?

5.
在房里有三盏灯,房外有三个开关,在房外看不见房内的情况,你只能进门一次,你用什么方法来区分那个开关控制那一盏灯.

6．
一个粗细均匀的长直管子，两端开口，里面有4个白球和4个黑球，球的直径、两端开口的直径等于管子的内径，现在白球和黑球的排列是wwwwbbbb，要求不取出任何一个球，使得排列变为bbwwwwbb。

7．
一只蜗牛从井底爬到井口，每天白天蜗牛要睡觉，晚上才出来活动，一个晚上蜗牛可以向上爬3尺，但是白天睡觉的时候会往下滑2尺，井深10尺，问蜗牛几天可以爬出来？

8．在一个平面上画1999条直线最多能将这一平面划分成多少个部分？

9．在太平洋的一个小岛上生活着土人，他们不愿意被外人打扰，一天，一个探险家到了岛上，被土人抓住，土人的祭司告诉他，你临死前还可以有一个机会留下一句话，如果这句话是真的，你将被烧死，是假的，你将被五马分尸，可怜的探险家如何才能活下来？

10．怎样种四棵树使得任意两棵树的距离相等。

11．27个小运动员在参加完比赛后，口渴难耐，去小店买饮料，饮料店搞促销，凭三个空瓶可以再换一瓶，他们最少买多少瓶饮料才能保证一人一瓶？

12．有一座山，山上有座庙，只有一条路可以从山上的庙到山脚，每周一早上8点，有一个聪明的小和尚去山下化缘，周二早上8点从山脚回山上的庙里，小和尚的上下山的速度是任意的，在每个往返中，他总是能在周一和周二的同一钟点到达山路上的同一点。例如，有一次他发现星期一的8点30和星期二的8点30他都到了山路靠山脚的3/4的地方，问这是为什么？

13．有两根不均匀分布的香，每根香烧完的时间是一个小时，你能用什么方法来确定一段15分钟的时间？

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1. In 1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/-.
    If the paper rate increases at 1.5% more than the inflation rate which
is 6.5% a year, then what wil be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years?

(a) 29.12
(b) 29.72
(c) 30.12
(d) 32.65
(e) none of these

2. In A,B,C are having some marbles with each of them.
    A has given B and C the same number of marbles each of them already have.
    Then, B gave C and A the same number of marbles they already have.
    Then C gave A and B the same number of marbles they already have.
    At the end A,B,and C have equal number of marbles.

(i) If x,y,z are the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively.
    Then the number of marbles B have at the end

(a) 2(x-y-z)
(b) 4(x-y-z)
(c) 2(3y-x-z)
(d)  x + y-z

Ans. (c)

(ii) If the total number of marbles are 72, then the number of marbles with
A at the starting

(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 32
(d) 39

Ans. (d)

3. If a car starts from A towards B with some velocity.
    Due to some problem in the engine after travelling 30km, the car goes
with 4/5 th of its actual velocity
    The car reaches B 45 min later to the actual time.
    If the car engine fails ofter travelling 45km, the car reaches the
destination B 36min late to the actual time
    What is the initial velocity of car and what is the distance between A
and B in km

Ans. 20 & 130.

4. A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15 books.
    He kept 15% of the money for travelling expenses and purchased 5
pencils.
    So how many books he can purchase with the remaining money.

5. Ten questions on analogies.

eg: chief : tribe :: governer : state
     epaulette : shoulder :: tiara : head
     guttural : throat :: gastric : stomach
     inept : clever :: languid : active
     knife : butcher ::
     hammer : carpenter ::   

6. The values of shares (in Rs).of A, B and C from January to June are as
follows.

Month
A
B
C

January
30
60
80

February
35
65
85

March
45
75
65

April
40
75
82

May
55
75
85

June
50
75
80

i) During this period which share has undergone maximium fluctuation?
ii) In which month it is possible to buy B and C selling A?
iii) In which month the share values are very low?
iv) By purchasing one share of A and 4 each of B and C in the beginning of
the period,
     when shoudl these be sold to get maximum profit?

7. In a computer institute 9 languages can be taught.
    The module is of 6 months duration and of the six languages only one
can be taught each month .
    In addition to that BASIC is always taught and should be in first month
itself

WORD PERFECT is to be taught in the preceeding week of WORD STAR.

FORTRAN can not be taught until COBAL is taught prior to that

BINO, FIFO can never be taught in single module

languages are BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD PERFECT, FORTRAN, COBAL, BINO, FIFO,
LOTUS, C

i) If word star is in 3rd month , what could be in 6th month.
ii) If COBAL is in the 2nd month and BINO in 6th month. FORTRAN will be
taught in which month.

8. In a class, except 18 all are above 50 years.
    15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there

(a) 30
(b) 33
(c) 36
(d) none of these.

Ans. (d)

9. A square plate of some size is cut at four corners. Equal squares of the
same size are cut and is formed as open box.
    If this open box carries 128 ml of oil. What is the size of the side of
the plate?

(a) 17
(b) 14
(c) 13
(d) None of these

10. In a square, all the mid points are joined. The inner square is shaded.
      If the area of the square is A, what is the area of the shaded area?

11. Two questions on basic angles i.e given a circle, a few chords or
diameter is drawn etc.

12. If the follwoing statements are given

@(a,b)= (a+b)/2

/(a,b)= a/b

*(a,b)= ab

If a=1, b=2 then find

i) /(a,(@(a,b),*(a,b)))

ii) */(a,@(*(a,b)))

16. In UNIX a files i-node ......?

Ans. Is a data structure that defines all specifications of a file like the
file size,
        number of lines to a file, permissions etc.

17. The UNIX shell ....

a) does not come with the rest of the system
b) forms the interface between the user and the kernal
c) does not give any scope for programming
d) deos not allow calling one program from with in another
e) all of the above

Ans. (b)

18. enum number { a=-1, b= 4,c,d,e}
      What is the value of e ?

(a) 7
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 15
(e) 3

19. The very first process created by the kernal that runs till the kernal
process is halts is

a) init
b) getty
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of these

Ans. (a)

20. Output of the following program is

main()
{int i=0;
for(i=0;i<20;i++)
{switch(i)
case 0:i+=5;
case 1:i+=2;
case 5:i+=5;
default i+=4;
break;}
printf("%d,",i);
}
}

a) 0,5,9,13,17
b) 5,9,13,17
c) 12,17,22
d) 16,21
e) Syntax error

Ans. (d)

21. What is the ouptut in the following program

main()
{char c=-64;
int i=-32
unsigned int u =-16;
if(c>i)
{printf("pass1,");
if(c<u)
printf("pass2");
else
printf("Fail2");
}
else
printf("Fail1);
if(i<u)
printf("pass2");
else
printf("Fail2")
}

a) Pass1,Pass2
b) Pass1,Fail2
c) Fail1,Pass2
d) Fail1,Fail2
e) None of these

Ans. (c)

22. In the process table entry for the kernel process, the process id value
is

(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 255
(e) it does not have a process table entry

Ans. (a)

23. Which of the following API is used to hide a window

a) ShowWindow
b) EnableWindow
c) MoveWindow
d) SetWindowPlacement
e) None of the above

Ans. (a)

24. What will the following program do?

void main()
{
int i;
char a[]="String";
char *p="New Sring";
char *Temp;
Temp=a;
a=malloc(strlen(p) + 1);
strcpy(a,p); //Line number:9//
p = malloc(strlen(Temp) + 1);
strcpy(p,Temp);
printf("(%s, %s)",a,p);
free(p);
free(a);
} //Line number 15//

a) Swap contents of p & a and print:(New string, string)
b) Generate compilation error in line number 8
c) Generate compilation error in line number 5
d) Generate compilation error in line number 7
e) Generate compilation error in line number 1

Ans. (b)

25. In the following code segment what will be the result of the function,

value of x , value of y
{unsigned int x=-1;
int y;
y = ~0;
if(x == y)
printf("same");
else
printf("not same");
}

a) same, MAXINT, -1
b) not same, MAXINT, -MAXINT
c) same , MAXUNIT, -1
d) same, MAXUNIT, MAXUNIT
e) not same, MAXINT, MAXUNIT

Ans. (a)

26. PATH = /bin : /usr : /yourhome
      The file /bin/calender has the following line in it

cal 10 1997

The file /yourhome/calender has the following line in it

cal 5 1997

If the current directory is /yourhome and calender is executed

a) The calendar for May 1997 will be printed on screen
b) The calendar for Oct 1997 will be printed on screen
c) The calendar for the current month( whatever it is) will be printed
d) Nothing will get printed on screen
e) An error massage will be printed

27. What will be the result of the following program ?

char *gxxx()
{static char xxx[1024];
return xxx;
}

main()
{char *g="string";
strcpy(gxxx(),g);
g = gxxx();
strcpy(g,"oldstring");
printf("The string is : %s",gxxx());
}

a) The string is : string
b) The string is :Oldstring
c) Run time error/Core dump
d) Syntax error during compilation
e) None of these

Ans. (b)

28. What will be result of the following program?

void myalloc(char *x, int n)
{x= (char *)malloc(n*sizeof(char));
memset(x,\0,n*sizeof(char));
}

main()
{char *g="String";
myalloc(g,20);
strcpy(g,"Oldstring");
printf("The string is %s",g);
}

a) The string is : String
b) Run time error/Core dump
c) The string is : Oldstring
d) Syntax error during compilation
e) None of these

29. Which of the following function is used to repaint a window immediately

a) Sendmessage(hWnd,WM_PAINt,......)
b) InvalidateRect(.......)
c) MoveWindow
d) WM_COPY
e) None

30. Which function is the entry point for a DLL in MS Windows 3.1

a) Main
b) Winmain
c) Dllmain
d) Libmain
e) None

Ans. (b)

31. The standard source for standard input, standard output and standard
error is

a) the terminal
b) /dev/null
c) /usr/you/input, /usr/you/output/, /usr/you/error respectively
d) None

Ans. (a)

32. What will be the result of the following program?

main()
{char p[]="String";
int x=0;
if(p=="String")
{printf("Pass 1");
if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g')
printf("Pass 2");
else
printf("Fail 2");
}
else
{
printf("Fail 1");
if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g')
printf("Pass 2");
else
printf("Fail 2");
}
}

a) Pass 1, Pass 2
b) Fail 1, Fail 2
c) Pass 1, Fail 2
d) Fail 1, Pass 2
e) syntax error during compilation

33. Which of the choices is true for the mentioned declaration ?

const char *p;
and
char * const p;

a) You can't change the character in both
b) First : You can't change the characterr & Second : You can;t change the
pointer
c) You can't change the pointer in both
d) First : You can't change the pointer & Second : You can't chanage the
character
e) None

34. The redirection operators > and >>

a) do the same function
b) differ : > overwrites, while >> appends
c) differ : > is used for input while >> is used for output
d) differ : > write to any file while >> write only to standard output
e) None of these

Ans. (b)

35. The command grep first second third /usr/you/myfile

a) prints lines containing the words first, second or third from the file
/usr/you/myfile
b) searches for lines containing the pattern first in the files
second, third, and /usr/you/myfile and prints them
c) searches the files /usr/you/myfiel and third for lines containing the
words first or second and prints them
d) replaces the word first with the word second in the files third and
/usr/you/myfile
e) None of the above

Ans. (b)
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1.有3台复印机（copier），平均每台每周工作42小时，每台每周最少工作35小时，问一

台复印机每周最多会工作多少小时？
  42*3 - 35*2 ＝56
2.在一个长11 meters，宽6 meters的房间里，铺上10 centimeters厚的水泥，问需要多

少水泥？
  11*6*0.1＝6.6 cubic meters
3.某公司有两座办公楼，一天，第一座楼20％的复印机和第二座楼40％的复印机需要进
行维护，如果第一座楼拥有公司60％的复印机，问这天在维护的复印机是多少？
   20% * 60% + 40% * (1 - 60%) = 28%
4.要在一个接待室(reception room)里铺瓷砖，接待室的长18 meters，宽12 meters，
同时要修一条从大厅(hall)到楼梯(stair way)的通道（不铺瓷砖）占地50 square
meters，允许铺设时有35%的浪费(wastage)，1平方米瓷砖的价格是10美元，
问大约(approximately)要花多少钱？
   (18 * 12 - 50) * 135% * 10 = 2,200
5.某公司要做一个车辆更新，有2种车型，一种是X(忘了，用X代替),一种是van，新X每
liter油走20公里，新van每liter油走15公里，旧X每liter油走15公里，旧van每liter油

走12公里。现在要开15000公里，其中有60％由van来承担，问更新后将节省多少油？
  (15000 * 60% / 12 + 15000 * 40% / 15) - (15000 * 60% / 15 + 15000 * 40% /
20) = 250
6.有2个行政打字员(administrative typist)，A的速度是B的1 1/4 times，现在要打7
2页文件，问快的那个人打了多少页？
  72* 5/9 = 40
7.有一个呼叫中心，星期二的calls比星期一的1/2还多1/3，星期一和星期二的calls的
和是120，问星期二的calls是多少？
  48
8.有一个软件公司，1/2的人是系统分析员，2/5的人是软件工程师，有1/4的人两者都是

，问有多少人两者都不是？
  1 - 1/2 - 2/5 + 1/4＝ 0.35
9.有一个crate要做等比例(proportionally)的缩放，为了能够便于运输(shipment)，c
rate的尺度(dimension)是72,96,48，如果缩放到三个尺度的和是200，问最长的那个尺
度要缩多少？
  96 * (1 - 200 / 216) = 64 / 9 = 7.1
10. 有一个矩形，长是宽的1 1/3 times，如果把每边增加1，面积将增加85，问长是多
少？
  48
11.有一个printer，一小时能打12,000页，早上8:30开始打印，中途被打断2次，每次5
分钟，13:15打完，问总共打了多少页？
  55,000