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Kanbay Recruitment held at cochin, kerala on 2nd february,2006 -

SALARY OFFERED -2.64lakhs

Ttotal Attended = about 1600 After Test = 71 After GD= 50 Total Selected=43

(Interview panel included an hr and a tech guy. only a small number of candidates were asked technical qtns) the test had two sections one on maths and other on aptitude. Each had 30 questions. cut off was 12 for each and the time alotted was 1hr 15 mins. for each correct answer you get 1 mark and for a wrong one you loose 1/4 marks. No separate time limit was there for the different subsections. you can answer in any order. the aptitude section is very simple. but the math section requires one to be thorough with basics of interest calculation,clocks,trigonometry,heights and distances(angle ofelevation,depression),pipes and cisterns,stocks and shares,boats and streams,volume and surface areas. we had 4 sets of question. the questions in the different sets were completely different. each one gave importance to a particular class of problems. My set had about 10 problems on interest calculation and not a single one on heights and distances.

MATHS ***** the questions are not in the same order 1. 17 times a number when subtracted from twice its square gives a remainder 55. find the number. 2. a boat goes upstream and returns in 45 mins. if river speed is 3km/h find speed of boat. 3. 2 persons are counting. one starts from 1 and counts only odd numbers. the other one starts at 32 and counts backward. will both utter the same number simultenously.if yes which number? 4.a question on calender 5. a qtn on pipes and cisterns 6. a man have 2 sons one is 12 the other is 15 he invests RS... on a bank. the money is refunded when a son is 18. interest% is given. how much will each get? 7. one question on stocks and shares 8.which one is the largest 1 area of a circle with radius... 2 area of an eq triangle with ... 3 surface area of cone with..... 4 ... 9.

LOGICAL ******* 1. LALNGTA find the last letter when the word is spelled correctly 2. + means son of - means father of....... about 4 qtns based on this 3.

Duration:1Hr
Logical:30questions
Math:30questions
Mark/correct question:+1
Mark/wrong question:-0.5

Logical

1. What is implied in the following sentence, During war the two countries formed allied.

I) There was war
II) the two countries are companions
a) I only b) II only c) I & II both d) neither I or II

2. What is the conclusion from the following sentence
A group of people are rich
A group of people are educated
I) Rich are educated
II) A group of people are neither rich or educated
a) I only b) II only c) both I & II d) none of these

3. What is implied from the following .All fathers are sons. No father is educated
I) All sons are educated
II) All fathers are uneducated
a) I only b) II only c) I & II both d) neither I or II

4. All Donkey are Elephant .All Elephants are Cat
a) All Cats are elephant
b) All Elephants are donkey
c) All cats are Donkey
d) All Donkeys are cat
i) only a ii) only b & c iii) all the above iv) a ,b&c ( i'm not sure of the answer & option)

5. 4 set of words are given out of which one is odd man ,find it?
a) sigh b) cough c) talk d) sniff
ans:c

6 Two question in which 4 option of jumble words are given find the odd man out
a) llatfoob b) rictek c) llasm d) nisnet
(Except one all are representing games football,cricket & tennis)
ans)c.

7. (I don't remember)

8. ABCD are on the 4 corner of the square each has to pass the sides of a square once
they move in clockwise direction which one is true
ans... B is south-east of D

9. On seeing a portray a person says "he is the son of my father ,my father has only one daughter"
How many children does the person's father have
ans) cann't be determined

10. Average of three numbers A,B,C is 17 when A is replaced by D the average increases by 2
what is the value of D?
a)16 b)18 c)12 d) none of these
ans) d.

11. Mr.Mukherjee has two sons Ashok ,Sham.Mr & Mrs sharma have 2 children Rekha & Anand
If Rekha is married to sham & they have 2 children priya & Kamal then how is anand related to priya
a)uncle b)maternal uncle c)brother d) none of these

12. Question from the same passage
Two cubes are kept together that it has two faces and 6 sides they are brushed with red paint then it was cut
into 25 pieces

13. How many side of the cube will have at least 2 side painted

14. How many side would not have only one side painted

15. If two days from tomorrow is Thursday then what will be 2 days before yesterday
a) Friday b) Saturday c) Sunday d) none of these

16. What is the day on 1978 Jan 12
a) Monday b) Tuesday c) Friday d) Wednesday

17.Find the number in the space
4 3 8
9 ? 1
2 7 6
a)4 b)5 c)2 d) none of these
In the below question the Facts are not Exactly the same but it's the same type a&b play hockey and football
.d&c play football & tennis . b&c play Cricket & tennis c&a play hockey and tennis. based on these 2 question
like

18 Who play all the four games

19. Who play hockey ,tennis and football (i am not sure with the question)
Here if a is true then answer is c.
if both a&b are true then answer is b.
if b is true then answer is d.
if both are wrong then answer is a.

20,21 & 22 are like this type

20. If the flight starts at Hong Kong at 1 am local time it reach London 7pm find the travel time?
a) it takes 7 hours to reach from Hong Kong to London
b) in Hong Kong it is 7am local time
(i am not sure with timing and the question exactly same)

21. If Kamal is coded as IVSVT then what is VIMAL

22. Series question like 1,5,11,......... (not sure)

23 _11_11_01_01_01
a)00000 b)01110 c)10001 d)11111 like this type of question

24 like the above type another question with alphabets

27) 28) 29) 30)

Math

1. An unbiased coin is tossed 8 times what is the probability of getting at least 6 heads.

2. There are 6red ,4 white,3black balls what is the probability of drawing 2 red balls.
ans:6c2/13c2.(calculate)

3. There are two pipes p,q which can empty a container at 24hr,32hr respectively.both the pipes are opened
simultaneously after what time should the first pipe be closed so that the container is emptied in 16minutes.

4. A lady bought 7pineapples and 5 oranges for 38rupees.what is the cost of each pineapple.
ans:Rs.4

5. x+y=40,(1/x)+(1/y)=60.what is the value of x,y

6. n+m+p=0,n is positive,m>n.what is the value of p?
a)p<0 b)p>0 c) d)
ans:p<0 (not exactely the same.a model)

Total number of students appeared for the test 500

2 passed in maths
6 passed in english
48 passed in social science
4 failed in english
120 failed in maths

7. No of people failed totally

8.No of people attended the test

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Campus Test at Vishveshwariayya Bhavan, Kharitabad , Hyderabad.

The selection took place in three rounds each of which was an elimination round.

1)Written Test
2)Group Discussion
3)Personal Interviews

Each section contained 30 questions.The cut-off was 12 marks in each section which was clearly announced before the exam started.1 Mark was awarded for each correct answer.1/4 Mark was deducted for each wrong answe

The questions given below were all that could be reproduced from all the 3 sets together.

Average of 5 innings is 20. If four innings are 32, 10, 40 and 12 find the 5th inning score.
Area of path around a square is 256 sq.m. Find the width of path if the side of square is 30m.
A company increases the bonus 3 times of its 50 employees. What is the % increase in bonus?
A man swims in a river 5 min upstream and 5 min downstream. Starting at A and ending at B. What is the speed of the man?
NESTIN is a jumbled word. What are the first and last letters of the correct word.
There is enough material to fence 30m linear. Also there is old fence on oneside of the plot. Find the length and breadth of the plot.
In a game of Snooker A gives B 18 points for 90, A gives C 10 points for 60. How many can C give B in a game of 70?
C is the daughter of B. h is the brother of C. F is the father of C. G is the son of F. D is the brother of F. What is the relationship between C and D?
A moves 25km North and then finds that she is movin the wrong way. She then takes a right turn and moves 2km. Then again she takes a right turn and moves 25km. How much distance does she have to travel to now reach the starting point?
Some cats are good. Some cats are black.
Gold is 19 times heavier than water. Copper is 9 times heavier than water. In what ratio should they be mixed so that the alloy is 15 times heavier than water?
A sphere of radius r is placed inside a cylinder of height 2r which just fits. What is the Volume of the empty space?
A is 3 times as old as B. B is 4 years older than C. If C is Z years old express A in terms of Z.
A is punctual. All punctual are on time.

Conclusion to be chosen from the given multiple choises.

a_ _ _baccba_ _ _aa
Srikanth has borrowed Rs 3000 at 10% C.I.. He has to repay that after 3 years in 3 equal installments. How much does he have to pay as an installment?
Given a date and day, the question was to calculate the day of the date June 12, 1979.
The weight of a Bucket full of water is 17 kg, the weight of the same bucket with half full water is 13.5 kg. What is the weight of the Bucket?
In a party attended by boys and girls where the girls outnumbered the boys Rs 280 was distributed. Each boy was given Rs 10 and each girl Rs 20. How many boys are there?
10% of an army died. 10% of the were ill. 12% of the rest met with an accident. What is the total number of the original army if 7 lakhs were finally left?
A started a business with Rs 1700 amount. B joined A after 3 months , C joined after 6 months. If the profit is Rs 1700 and they shared it in the Ratio of 2:3:5 how much did B and C invest?
A beats B by 24m. A beats C by 20m. C beats B by 1 sec. In how many seconds does A complete the race of distance 120m.
VIJAY is coded as YLMDB. STOP is coded as VWRS.
A few questions were given based on this code.
9 3 6
2 ? 1
4 7 8
20 15 10
15 10 5
10 ? 10
Which is larger Rs 35 : Rs 1.40 or Rs 48 : Rs 1.44
A started a business with Rs 1700 amount. B joined A after 3 months , C joined after 6 months. If the profit is Rs 1700 and they shared it in the Ratio of 2:3:5 how much did B and C invest?
In a group of people 600 are Non-veg and 400 are Veg. Of these 150 are both Non-Veg and Veg. In the Non-Veg 300 eat Mutton and 400 eat Chicken.(i) Find the number of people who eat only Non-Veg Mutton.(ii) Who eat only Veg.
In a wall clock the smaller needle is between 8 and 9 and the larger makes a right angle with it. Find the exact time.
If the temperature increases uniformly from 9 am to 2 pm and it increases from 21 C to 36 C. What is the temperature at noon?
Place a word in the brackets such that it makes a meaningful suffix to the first part and a meaningful prefix to the second part.
TEM (_ _ _ _) ERS
A monkey climbs 3m of a greased pole in 1 minute and then slips 1m in the next. When will he reach the top of the pole of 12 m?
The Alphabet that is 3 from the right to the letter between K and S.
Length and Breadth of a Rectangle are 100 m and 6 m. Find the area of a road around the rectangle with a width of 5m.
Find the figure with the highest Area
i)Circle with r=2.
ii)Equilateral Triangle with Side = 4.
iii)Square of diagonal =2.
iv)Triangle with a=8, b=5 and c=4.
A boat moves 10 km upstream and returns to the same point in 45minutes. The speed of the stream is 3km/hr. The speed of the boat is ?
Given an Equilateral triangle of side 10m. A cow is tied to one end. The length of the rope is 7 m. The area covered by the cow is ?
A is 7th from the left, B is 9th from the right, if they exchange A is 11th from the left. The total number of persons is?
A person moves 5 km East, turns right moves 4 km and then turns right again and moves 5 km. What is the position of the person from the starting point?
If PLEASE is coded as RMIGKI, then SLEEP is coded as ______
If TRUCK = 25 and DERIVE = 36 , What is CAPTAIN ?
A rectangular field of length 30 m and breadth 18 m. A carpet of 20 cm width is to be used to cover the field. The carpet costs 0.50ps per metre. What is the total cost of carpeting?
A person travels 20km towards North, he takes left and travels for 15km, then he takes left and travels for 20km. In what direction is the travelling now?
A train goes from A to B at 50 km/hr and comes back at 40 km/hr and hence takes an hour more time to return. What is the distance between A and B?
Q45)D/23, 17/F, I/12, 8/M, R/5, ?

Kanbay Placement Papers and Sample Papers - 2004

30 questions out of which 12 have to be solved it's basically the cutoff. there will be two papers first logic and then next maths. if you don't go through the logic test you are out. there is minus marking too. there are five sets. note one thing that do the simplest questions first ie a single line question. Logic test is complete analytical reasoning test. paragraph will be given and three questions from the paragraph and some questions are for coding and some single line questions.

Ocarefully. don't answer any negative question. But at least go through the barrons so that you can score more than others and will be a plus point in interview. AND comes maths test aptitude test it's very easy . all from RS AGGARWAL. topics covered are time and work clock, pipes, discount, profit&loss, percentage , Some questions are

cube is of size 5*5*5 .every side has been colored. it is divided into125equal parts.
1.what is the no. of parts having only one side colored - 54.
2.no. of parts having two sided oloured 36.
3.having no side colored - 27.
If series is given for eg; ABCDE then just invert it i.e.. EDCBA
72 67 66 61 60 ... Answer : 55
FGHIJKLMNO are setred in a square table ... two on each side.three are ladies. ladies do not sit next to each other. condition are given.
1. who are the three ladies. Answer : : none of these.
2. what is J . Answer : : J is male.
3. how many members are there between F & K Answer : : 3
IF x is 15th term from first. then what is y from last: Answer : : 17th
A is 16th position and 29th from down of the people who passed.five failed , 6 didn't give . how many boys are there in the class . Ans: 55
Deepak speaks someone about the man talking rather is the father of my daughter: Answer : uncle.
B is between C is between D&E . who are at the ends. Answer : : CE.
If april 18 was Wednesday in 1998,when is april 18 in 1999?
problems on permutation combinations like BANANA
If B has its shadow falling on right side early morning ,then in hich direction is he facing?
Age problems like……. Mothers age was twice the the age of son two years ago.after how many years will she be three times her sons age??
Analyzing data interpretations and around 4-5 questions based on that
A Guy has some chocolates with him he distributes them equally among 5 people and remaning with him is 3.if he distributes them equlay among 7 people remaining is 5 with him. Which of them isn't is possible no.of chocolates he had??
In a test moti,ganesh,manali,rupali,raj, appear,according to the scores moti is not the leats scorer but is lower to raj………….who occupies the 2 nd postion is the order?
Mr a meets mrs b.mr b is has a son and daughter .son is moti and is married and has a son .mrs moti is mr a mother .how is mr a related to mr b??
Ram buys some dozens of apples and peaches .their price ratio is
If the price of 1 dozen of peach is is rs 9,how many dozens of apple did he bring?
Problems based on relationships like those in rs aggarwal
In a queue A is is in 7 th positon from the left and B is 9 position from the left .if they switch positions A is in 11 th position ,find the total people in the row??

Math's

S 1=={1,2,3,4}, S 2 =={A,B.C……….Z},S 3=={……………},(S1*S2)U S3==?
8*7=B,how much is 6*9== ?
4 to 5 questions on simplifying complex nos. equations
Sphere of radius 4.5 cm is divide in three spheres ,two have radius 1.5 and 2 cm,find the other ones??
If COMPLEX == 81,and……………….how much is ANALYSE==?? 2-3 questions based on similar pattern
Two taps a and b fill up a cistern in 2 and3 hrs ,at wat time should b be clsed if the tank cistern is filled up in 17 minutes??
A doctor checks 5 patients every 3 hrs with abreak of 10 minutes between each two check ups.how many he patients he checks in 10 hrs and 15 minutes??
no. of diagonals friends if vertices of a octagon are joined??
An equilateral triangle is formed by joining the centers of sides of a equilateral triangle.wat is the ratio of area ,s of both the triangles??
A can finish the work in 3 days , B can finish the work in double efficiency,can finish with equal efficiency of both A and B.if all work together within how many days will they complete the work?
A.B,C,D stand at the edges of a square.they start moving along the square sides.after clockwise rotation where will each be??
if 1 is stop,2 is run,3 is go,4 is wait,5 is walk,then would be the next stage if the following pattern 5 5 4 3 2 1 ………….. 4 1 2 2 3 1 ? C remembers meeting B after 14 but before 18 ,but D Remembers meeting B after 16 but before 18.when did both meet B??
avg age of boys in a class is 12.when the age of teacher is included it is 13.wat could be the age of teacher? 35 , 45,53,50
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Quantitative Questions
Which is greater (1000)pow1001 and 1001pow999

One container contains milk and water in the ratio 3:7 and the other contains 8:11,in what ratio these two containers is to be mixed so that the ratio of milk and water is 4:5.

There are two simple problems on time and work

Four points will be given and you have to frame two st. line eq.s in such a way that their point of interesection lies in one of the four options

There are two to three problems on profit and loss which are little bit time taking ,so i didn't attempt.
a series of nos will be given where the ans can be found by observing the diff bet two consecutive nos

Logical Reasoning

air is cloud cloud is rain rain is water wateris sand so what is cloud? ans :sand

one quesion on relations

trafic: signal ans : river :dam

dsoighkl now if lk-(?)-sd , find letter in 4th place

some mammals are donkeys allbuffalos will have horns based on this 3 quesions r ther

cube is of size 5*5*5 .every side has been coloured. it is divided into 125 equal parts.
1) what is the no. of parts having only one side coloured - 54.
2) no. of parts having two sided coloured 36.
3) having no side coloured - 27

find the no. of occurrence of T which is immediately preceded y P and not immediately followed by S in some series for eg. (TPTSTRUST.......) ans - 3

.Four persons are there wearing different coloured shirts eg. A,B,C,D wearing blue ,green, red, yellowNow,
1. A cannot wear yellow.
2. B can wear blue or green.
3. C /D is wearing yellow.
You have to find who is wearing which coloured shirt

Find the root of 4a2+b2+c2+4ab-2bc-4ac Ans: 2a+b-c

Two pipes can fill a tank in 5 hrs and 8 hrs. while a hole can empty it in 40 hrs. What will be the time taken to fill if each operate at a time.Soln: 1\x == 1\5 + 1\8 - 1\40

A can beat B by 20 mts. While C can beat B by 40 mts. In a race of 100 mts. By how much can C beat A? Soln: 75 mts.

If u start your journey 30 minutes late , u have to increase your speed by250kms\hr. to cover up 1500 kms. In same time. What is your usual speed? Ans: 750kms\hr.

For a circle, radius is inc. by some % , find net change in area?

How is impedance matching done and why do we need it (basically can talk about ideal power supply needing a low internal resistance and high load to function properly. so one stage of transistor amplifier has to have low o/p resistance and high i/p resistance for next stage- do look up all basic electronics) ( also about sinking high currents without damage)

what is a smith chart used for

Name all flipflops u know and working esp. master slave.

progaming - program to find how many 1's are present in an integer variable using bitwise operators. something about dynamic allocation, static functions, macros

c++ virtual functions

what is an inode in unix?

small program in pascal to add a node to a linked list. (You have to tell what the program does)

C strcmp program (You have to tell what the program does)

Set of dos commands testing basic familiarity with dir, ren *.t?t, cd etc.

What is the order of binary search?

what is the order of strassens matrix multiplication?

you have to maintain the sorted order of integers and insert ntegers . which data structure would you use? (tree, list, queue,array?)

There are two lists of integers to be merged. Which method would you not use?

n an online database system when is data written to disk? (onpressing enter, when commit or update is encountered, at end of data,all of the above)

Small prolog function which prints 2345true. You need to tell output.

Lisp program given. what does it do? (GCD, LCM, Multiplies mxn?)

What is paging?

what is segmentation?

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The Selection Process will have Written Test, GD & Interview

GD:You are each given a role to play..u have to justify why yours is best suited to the question and final reach a general consensus. Be cool...... Listen carefully..... n talk..talk what u want but do say something.. don't be too aggressive nor too submissive n yes..don't address any one member only. Interview: They also ask puzzles like: 3 switches in the bottom floor, 3 Bulbs on top floor..u can go upstairs only once.find out which switch is for which bulb. then , out of a group of 10 matchboxes..each with 10 matchsticks of 10 gms. if one weighs 9 gms..how will u find it in minimum no. of weighings .

Round 1 Logical Test
Series 1-10-3-9-5-8-7-7-9-6-?-? Ans 11,5

Series Ans EK

If '+' is replaced by 'x' and .... Ans 24

Rahul 12th from right and 4th from left . How many men should be added in the queue to make a group of 28. Ans 13

A person spent 21 pounds in a drink party. If the vodka costs twice that of beer. And lemonade cost is 1/2 of beer. How much this person is spent for beer. Ans 6 pounds

What is odd in this sequence?
i) T.T. ii) Volleyball iii) Badminton ..... Ans Volleyball(check

Cat : Mouse Ans Bird : Worm

A dog grows ........ ? Ans 8(check)

A boy is going with a dog Lucky. He has a bottle full of water. He drinks 1/3 and gives 1/2 of rest to the dog and then he drinks 1/4 of the rest then what will the fraction of total water remaining. Ans 1/12

A person goes towards north 10m, then turns to west 5m, then turns south ...... ? Ans North

A person goes forward 10m , turns to his right and walks 5m, then he always turns left 5,15,15 then what will be the displacement from starting point? Ans 10 or 5(check)

A cuboid of dimensions 8x5x4 cm3 How many 2cm side cubes can be placed in this cuboid? Ans 16

Decoding ... Ans SMILE

how many 2 digit prime no.s divided by 7 and remainder 2. Ans 4

how many 2 digit prime no.s divided by 7 and remainder 2. Ans

The position of A is 7th from left and position of b is 9th from right and they exchange their each other's positions. The position of A is 11th from left.How many men? Ans 19

A is brother of P, B is daughter of A, C is brother of B. Who is the uncle of B? Ans P

Day : Night Ans Man : Woman(check)

HCTAM = MATCH then ELBAC = ? Ans CABLE

3 problems on algorithms ie. eg.
1. A=0, B=1, C=1
2. A is replaced by C
3. B is replaced by 2A+1
4. C is replaced by A+B
5. If C>=100 goto step 7 else goto step 6
6. goto 2
7. stop.
then you have to ans. some 3 questions based on the above algorithm.
i) What is the value of A? Ans 40
ii) What is the value of B? Ans 27
iii) What is the max no. of iterations till C<= 100. Ans 3

A father has age thrice that of his son? After how many years will his age be double that of his son . If son's present age is 20 years...... Ans 20 years

Round 2 after Logical test:

A & B are 2 men . A speaks truth 75% cases and B speaks 80%. Find the probablity of contradicting each other. Ans 35%

Present population of town is 35,000 having males and females. If The population of males is increased by 6% and if the population of females is increased by 4%, then after 1 year the population becomes 36,700.Find the number males and females. Ans18,000

Tickets(from 1 to 15) and the probablity of drawing two tickets without replacement having even no.s . Ans 1/5

Room ( 8m * 5m) Brick Size (20cm * 10cm) Find the no. of bricks. Ans 2000

Length of rectangular plot is 3 times its breadth having area 3 hectare . A man walks on its perimeter at 4 km/hr .Find the time required ?Ans 12 min

Equation Simultaneous Ans None of these

Ratio of wine and water. Ans 40

Circumference 6 km .3 men A, B, C respectively speeds Km/hr 3, 5/2, 5/4. Distance travelled to meet. Ans 24 km.

Speed of trains A and B are 29 & 56 km/hr travelling in the same direction. Man in slower train passes in 16 min. Find the length of the train. Ans 120m

Passing marks 40%.... Ans Max marks = 625

Max. marks 500. A gets 90% of B. B gets 25% more than C. C gets 80% of D. Marks of A are given then find the percentage marks obtained by D. Ans = 80%

Carpet 2m wide. Area to be covered = 30m * 18m.Cost of the carpet = 50p per m.Find total cost of carpeting. Ans Rs 135.

Carpet 2m wide. Area to be covered = 30m * 18m.Cost of the carpet = 50p per m.Find total cost of carpeting. Ans Rs 135.

Square of side 100m. It has a circular fountain at the centre with radius 21m.

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