Mahindra British telecom Placement Question Papers

Mahindra British telecom Placement Question Paper

1. There are total 15 people. 7 speaks french and 8 speaks spanish. 3 do not speak any language. Which part of total people speaks both languages.
Ans: 1/5

2. A jogger wants to save ?th of his jogging time. He should increase his speed by how much %age.
Ans: 33.33 %

3. A is an integer. Dividing 89 & 125 gives remainders 4 & 6 respectively. Find a ?
Ans: 17

4. In a office work is distribute between p persons. If 1/8 members are absent then work increased for each person.

5. Question based on cubes. In which fill the blank box.

6. 120, 315, 300, 345, ? —- 390

7. 2,1, 4, 3, 6, 6, 8, 10, 10, ?, ? — 12, 15

8. Questions based on figure rotation

9. Questions based on figure rotation

10. A Child is saying numbers 1, 2, 3, 4. When he says 1 Another child puts white marble in a box. On saying 2 he puts Blue marble and on saying 3 he puts red ma rble. When child says 4 other child take out white and blue marble. Child says some no. in a sequence then questions are based on the no. of marbles in the box. Like this
1,1,2,3,1, 4, 1,1,3,2,2,4,111?
a) Find the no. of Blue marble in the box ?..2
b) Find the no. of White ——–do———– —-2
c) No. of red marbles ——- 7

11. Questions based on logical reasoning (R. S. Agrawal)
a) all pens are hens. All hens are doctor.
(I) all pens are doctor.
(II) all doctors are pen.
Ans: Only first conclusion is correct

12. if M person r buying a thing costing D$ each,, if 3 person get away,, how much each person has to spend so that total expenditure is same ???

13. which is smallest?
a. 1/7
b 1/8
c 2/9
d 3/13 …or something similar having denominations as 11 and 13 in option “d” and “e”

14. f Rix can collect 45 pieces in 1 min.. and Rax take 1 and half minute for same,, what is time require d to collect 300 pieces when both working together??

15. One long quiz followed by 5 quest… 3 cages having 3 tags on them, sum of digit of cage num not to exceed 10, and other cond.

16. one quest of grandfather-father-son type quest.

17. A is shorter than B but taller than E, D is tallest, C is just shorter than A, who is shortest or similar quest…?

18. Rectangular box,, 25*20*2 converted in to cylinder of dia 10… what is height in terms of “pai”

Mahindra British telecom Placement Question Paper

1. if M person r buying a thing costing D$ each,, if 3 person get away,, how much each person has
to spend so that total expenditure is same ???

2. which is smalest?

a. 1/7
b 1/8
c 2/9
d 3/13 …or something similar having denom. as 11 and 13 in option “d” and “e”

3. if Rix can collect 45 pieces in 1 min.. and Rax take 1 and half minute for same,, what is time
require d to collect 300 pieces when both working together??

4. one long quiz followed by 5 quest… 3 cages having 3 tags on them, sum of digit of cage num not
to exceed 10, and other cond…

5. one quest of grandfather-father-son type quest..

6. A is shortr than B but taller than E, D is tallest, C is just shorter than A, who is shorttest or similar
quest…?

7. rectangualr box,, 25*20*2 converted in to cylinder of dia 10… what is height in terms of “pai”

section 2: series…

1. find the numer for ?

2. find the numer for ?

3 1,3,4,8,15,27,?

4. 2,5,9,19,37,?

5. these were reapeat from old quest…

section 3.

simple reasoning,4-5 quest.

1 quest followed by 3 quest.

1 quest followed by 3/4 quest.other quiz…

section 4.

2flowchart .. 2nd was, A & B drawing ball. 2 ball Red & yellow,, if red is the drawen ball 100 points r awaredrd,otherwise 200 points awareded… if A or B score 500,, their points r forfieted,,

if A or B score 1000 or more, he is winner…

four quest based on this puzzle, given as missing ? in flowchart

section 5. RC related to turnover of companies etc…(8 quest)

section 6 data sufficiency

1. whether n is odd?

a. m+5n is odd

b. 2m+9n is odd

these quest were easy, but u required speed to attend all

Mahindra British telecom Placement Question Paper

1. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) not true
a. Literate workers have small families than illiterate workers.
b. Families with 2 or less than 2 children are commoner than families with 3 or more children.
c. 2 children families constitute 60% of the families of workers.
d. More the no. of children a worker has the more illiterate he is.
e. None the above statement is true. Ans : e

2. Of a mutual instrument vibrate 6,8 & 12 intervals respectively. If all three vibrate together what is the time interval before all vibrate together again? Ans : 1/2 sec HCF of DR

3. Certain no. 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. Ans : 110 men

4. In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/- in 5 years. Ans : Rs.800/-
Sum of money at compound interest amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years will it take 9 times itself. Ans : 6

5. Two trains in the same direction at 50 & 32 kmph respectively. A man in the slower train observes the 15 seconds elapse before the faster train completely passes him. What is the length of faster train ? Ans : 75m
How many mashes are there in a sq. m of wire gauge. Each mesh being 8mm long X 5mm width
Ans : 25000

6. x% of y is y% of ? Ans : x

7. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % house-wife should reduce the consumption of sugar so that expenditure on sugar can be same as before Ans : 16.66

8. A man spending half of his salary for house hold expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, a man deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50. What is his monthly salary ?
Ans : 1000

9. The population of a city increases @ 4% p.a. That is an additioanl annual increase of 4% of the population due to this influx of job seekers, the % increase in population after 2 years is

10. The ratio of no. of boys & girls in a school is 3:2 Out of these ?% the boys & 25% of girls are scholarship holders. % of students who are not scholarship holders.?

11. 15 Men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would do if 21 women take. If 3 women do as much work of 2 men. Ans : 30

12. A cylinder ingot 6cms in diameter and 6 cms in height is and spheres all of the same size are made from the material obtained.what is the diameter of each sphere? Ans :3cms

13. Rectangular plank of sqrt(2)meters wide can be placed so that it is on either side of the diagonal of a square shown below.what is the area of the plank? Ans :7sqrt(2) fig no-

14. The difference b/w the compound interest payble half yearly and the simple interest on a certain sum cont out at 10% p.a for 1 year is Rs 25 what is the sum Ans:10,000

15. what is the smallest n0 by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it a perfect square ?
a)3 b)4 c)5 d) 6 e)8 Ans: 3

16. A father is 30 times more than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son what is father’s present age ?Ans : 40

17. An article sold at a profit of 20% if both the c.p & s.p were tobe Rs.20/- the profit would be 10% more. What is the c.p of that article? Ans : 1% loss

18. How can a process be started automatically in UNIX ? ANS : Through CRONTAB { options were crontab, inittab, and two more }

19. What is the meaning of run level 6 ? ANS. Reboot

20. How can you determine which file has generated the CORE ?
Options were..
1.ps -ef | grep core
2.ps -ef | grep Freshersworld.com
3.pfile core
4.filec core

21. Diff.between inlinefunction((++)-macns©

22. 3 to 4 questions on conditional operator :

23. Write a macro for sqaring no.

24. Trees -3 noded tree ( 4 to 5 questions fundamentals) Maximum possible no.of arrnging these nodes

25. Arrange the nodes in depth first order breadth first order

26. Linked lists Q) Given two statments

27. Allocating memory dynamiccaly

28. Arrays Tree the above both and find the mistake

29. Pointers (7 to 8 questions) Schaum series Pointer to functions, to arrays 4 statements ->meaning,syntax for another 4 statements

30. Booting-def(When you on the system the process that takes place is ——

31. Type of global variable can be accessible from any where in the working environment ( external global variable)

32. Which of the following can be accessed randomly Ans. a. one way linked list
b. two way “
c. Arrays
d. Trees

33. Write a class for a cycle purchase(data items req.)

Mahindra British telecom Placement Question Paper

1. 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
© 34 km/hr
(d) none of these
Ans. A

2. 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
© 2.312
(d) 0.001

Ans. A

3. 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
© 4 days
(d) can’t say

Ans. B

4. 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
© 20 kms
© none of these

Ans. B

5. Instead of multiplying a number by 7, the number is divided by 7. What is the percentage of error obtained ?

6. Find (7x + 4y ) / (x-2y) if x/2y = 3/2 ?

(a) 6
(b) 8
© 7
(d) data insufficient

Ans. C

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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 ?

10. 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%
© 35%
(d) 30%

Ans. D

11. 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
© 100 men
(d) none of these

Ans. A

12. In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/- in 5 years ?

(a) Rs. 500
(b) Rs. 600
© Rs. 800
(d) Rs. 900

Ans. C

13. 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
© 10
(d) 12

Ans A

14. 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
© 120m
(d) 50m

Ans B

15. 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
© 250
(d) 250000

Ans B

16. x% of y is y% of ?

(a) x/y
(b) 2y
© x
(d) can’t be determined

Ans. C

17. 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%
© 12%
(d) 9%

Ans B

18. 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
© Rs.1000
(d) Rs. 900

Ans C

20. 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 ?

21. 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.?

22. 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
© 19
(d) 29

Ans. A

23. 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
© 3 cms
(d) 4 cms

Ans C

24. 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

25. 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
© Rs. 10000
(d) none of these

Ans C

26. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a
perfect square ?

(a) 3
(b) 4
© 5
(d) 6

Ans. C

27. 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
© 50 yrs
(d) none of these

Ans. A

28. 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 %
© 100%
(d) none of these

Ans. A

LOGICAL SECTION

Directions: For questions 30-39 fill the missing number or letter in the given series

30. a, c, e, g, _

(a) h
(b) i
© d
(d) j

Ans. B

31. a, e, i, m, q, u, _, _

(a) y,c
(b) b,f
© g,i
(d) none

Ans. A

32. ay , bz , cw , dx ,__

(a) gu
(b) ev
© fv
(d) eu

Ans. D

33. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, __

(a) 15
(b) 9
© 13
(d) 12

Ans. C (series of prime numbers)

34. kp , lo , mn , __

(a) nm
(b) np
© op
(d) pq

Ans. A

35. R,M,__,F,D,__

(a) I, C
(b) A, Q
© L, N
(d) B, Q

Ans. A

36. ___, ayw, gec, mki, sqo

(a) awx
(b) usq
© prs
(d) lmn

Ans. B

37. 1, 3, 4, 8, 15, 27, __

(a) 60
(b) 59
© 43
(d) 50

Ans D

38. 0, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 17, 24, 26,__

(a) 45
(b) 55
© 35
(d) 48

Ans. C

39. 2, 5, 9, 19, 37,__

(a) 64
(b) 55
© 75
(d) 40

Ans C

Directions for questions 40 to 45: Select the alternative that logically follows form the two given statements.

40. All scientists are fools. All fools are literates.

(a)All literates are scientists
(b) All scientists are literates
© No scientists are literates
(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct

Ans. B

41. No apple is an orange. All bananas are oranges.

(a) All apples are oranges
(b) Some apples are oranges
© No apple is a banana
(d) None of the above

Ans. A

42. All pens are elephants. Some elephants are cats.

(a) Some pens are cats
(b) No pens are cats
© All pens are cats
(d) None of the above

Ans. D

43. All shares are debentures.No debentures are deposits.

(a) All shares are deposits
(b) Some shares are deposits
© No shares are deposits
(d) None of the above

Ans. C

44. Many fathers are brothers. All brothers are priests.

(a) No father is a priest
(b) Many fathers are not priests
© Many fathers are priests
(d) Both (b) and ©

Ans. B

45. Some green are blue. No blue are white.

(a) No green are white
(b) Some green are white
© No green are white
(d) None of the above

Ans. B

46. If the word “CODING” is represented as DPEJOH , then the word “CURFEW” can be represented?

(a) dvsgfx
(b) dvshfx
© dgshfx
(d) dtsgfy

Ans. A

47. If in a certain code “RANGE” is coded as 12345 and “RANDOM” is coded as 123678, then the code for the word “MANGO” would be

(a) 82357
(b) 84563
© 82346
(d) 82543

Ans. D

Directions for questions 48-50:The questions are based on the following data

In a class of 150 students 55 speak English;85 speak Telugu and 30 speak neither English nor Telugu

48. How many speak both English and Telugu?

(a) 10
(b) 15
© 20
(d) 12

Ans. C

49.How many speak only Telugu?

(a) 55
(b) 45
© 65
(d) none of the above

Ans.C

50.How many speak at least one of the two languages?

(a) 120
(b) 100
© 250
(d) 50

Ans. A

Mahindra British telecom Placement Question Papers

1. two clocks meet at 12.Next time they meet again after
Ans 65.45

2. Soldiers form a square .Initially 32 soldiers left.Then 8 .After they could not form a square.Total at the beginning
options 100,81,49,67

3. Age of Grandfather is the ages of 4 grandchildren where their ages are in consective.Find the age of GF.
I think 72

4. 3 person waiting for the train Some conditions given.Finally they ask the time.
Ans is 4.37

5. Some Squirrel qs where it covers 1/4 th distance then 1/2 i couldnt remember

6. if mpown=121. Then m-1pown+1 is 1000

7. if speed in the ratio 5:4:3 then the time taken to
cover the same distance is

8. 20men construct a wall 56m in some days similar one
ans 49 (check aggarwal)

Technical

9. char *p=(char *)10
op=?

10. Running time of 8T(n/2)+q is ncube

Scope of static and automatic var 2qs

nodes in binary tree of length 4 is 15(2pown -1)

how to convert 2d array to single dimension

options are

11. convering a row 2 colunm 3 or both in to o’s

comments-for documentaion or it increases file size

like that.u have toi choose the correct one

H R Interview

1. Tell me about your self ? Family background ?

2. Why do u want to join MBT?

3. What qualities do u have to be selected today ?

4. What technical skills have u acquired? hobbies/interests ?

5. what do u know abt MBT

6. will u have any problems relocating to Mumbai/Pune ?

7. Any plans of higher studies ? ( Again a solid NO!)

8. which was the last book u read?what did u like in it ?

9. Tell me about the ups and downs that u have seen in ur life

10. would you marry a pop star?

11. Are you interested in politics? did u vote this time ? do u think we should vote ?

12. Do you read newspaper?tell me 2 recent incidents in news that have affected You?

13. If u r standing on the roof with ur 4-5 yr old bro/sis and looking at the moon and suddenly the moon is
enveloped by clouds and ur bro asks u what happned? then how will u explain the hiding of moon behind the clouds to him ?

14. In the end they asked if there was something that I wanted to ask them ?