Final BE ECE General aptitude 1. At a certain moment a watch shows a 2 min lag although it is fast.

If it showed a 3 min lag at that moment, but gain 1/2 min more a day than it does. It would show the true time one day sooner than it usually does. How many minutes does the watch gain per day? a). 2 b). 5 c). 6 d). 4 e).75 2. In how many ways 5 English, 6 science, 3 French books can be arranged if books of each language are to be kept together? a). 17 b). 64800 c).90 d). 58400 e). 3110400 3. A says "The horse is not black". B says "The horse is either brown or grey." C says "The horse is brown".

At least one is telling truth and at least one is lying. Tell the color of horse. 4. A group of friends go for dinner and get bill of Rs. 2400. Two of them say that they have forgotten their purse so the remaining make an extra contribution of Rs. 100 to pay up the bill. How many people are in the group? Note: Questions 5 to 8 are on data sufficiency. The choices that you can make are given below. Choose one of the following. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (i) alone sufficient (ii) alone sufficient Both together are sufficient (i) alone & (ii) alone sufficient Information not sufficient

5. A man of 6 feet tall is standing near a light on the top of a pole. What is the length of the shadow cost by the man? (i) The pole is 18 feet high (ii) The man is 12 feet high 6. Two pipes A and B empty into a reservoir. Pipe A can fill the reservoir in 30 mins by itself. How long it will take for pipe A and pipe B together to fill up the reservoir. (i) By itself, pipe B can fill up the reservoir in 20 minutes (ii) Pipe B has a larger cross-sectional area than pipe A 7. Is x>1 (i) x+y=2 (ii) y<0

8. An industrial plant produces bottles. In 1961 the number of bottles produced by the plant was twice the number of produced in 1960. How many bottles were produced altogether in the year 1960, 61 and 1962. (i). In 1962 the number of bottles produced was 3 times the number of produced in 1980 (ii). In 1963 the number of bottles produced was one half the total produced in the years 1960, 1961, 1962. 9. A sack contains 3 pairs of red socks, 4 pair of green socks and 2 pair of blue socks. What is the maximum number of socks that one should take to get a pair of socks of the same color? 10. A report has 20 sheets, each of which has 55 lines. Each line has 65 characters. If the report has to be retyped with each sheet having 65 characters. If the report has to be retyped with each sheet having 65 lines and each line having 75 characters, the percentage of reduction of number of sheets is closest to ? a) 10 b) 12.5 c) 25 d) 22.5 11. Out of 100 families in the neighbor hood, 55 own radio, 75 own TV and 25 own VCR. Only 10 families have all of these and each VCR owner has a TV. If 25 families have the radio only, the number of families having TV only are ? 12-15. Kya Kya is an island in the south pacific. The inhabitants of Kya Kya always answer any question with two sentences, one of which is always true and other is always false. 12. You are walking through a village and come to a cross-road. You ask the locals, Ram, Laxman and Sita as Which road will take me to the bazaar? Ram says: I never speak to strangers. I am new to this place. Laxman says: I am married to Lila. Take the left road. Sita says: I am married to Ram. He is not new to this place. Which road would you take to the bazaar? 13. You find that your boat is stolen. You question three inhabitants of the islands and their replies are: Laurel: I didnt do it. Mathew didnt do it. Hardy: I didnt do it. I dont know who do it. Mathew: I didnt do it. Hardy dint do it. Who stole the boat? 14. You want to speak to the chief of the village. You ask 3 people- Amar, Bobby (wearing a red shirt) and Charles- whether he is the chief. Find who the chief is: Amar: I am not Bobbys son. The Chief wears Red shirt. Bobby: I am Amars father. Charles is the chief. Charles: The chief is one among us. I am the chief.

15. There is only one priest in the village. You interview 3 men- Lord, Labak and Das. You also notice that Lord is wearing a cap. Their responses are: Lord: Labak is the priest on this island. Only priests can wear the caps. Labak: I am the priests son. Lord is not the priest. Das: Lord is the father of the priest. Labak is not the priests son. 16. BALEFUL:MENACE (A) flirtatious:affection (B) placid:boredom (C) brusque:retort (D) solicitous:concern (E) competent:achievement 17. SOLILOQUY:PLAY (A) overture:musical (B) duet:ensemble (C) lyric:poem (D) aria:opera (E) violin:concerto 18. ANXIOUS:REASSURANCE (A) abstemious:indulgence (B) resentful:gratitude (C) perplexed:clarification (D) inured:imagination (E) vociferous:suppression 19. SNAKE:LEGS (A) lioness:cub (B) horse:wings (C) unicorn:horn (D) fish:scales (E) gorilla:cage 20. ATTORNEY:DISBAR (A) emissary:debrief (B) officer:demote (C) landlord:evict (D) student:expel (E) monarch:abdicate 21. NADIR (A) extreme distance (B) topmost point (C) regular phenomenon (D) immobile object

(E) uniform measurement 22. MERCURIAL (A) honest (B) thoughtful (C) clumsy (D) constant (E) earthy 23. FORESTALL (A) prolong (B) precipitate (C) steady (D) announce (E) equivocate 24. INTREPID (A) temperate (B) apprehensive (C) abundant (D) morbid (E) forbearing 25. FUMBLE (A) prepare carefully (B) handle adroitly (C) replace immediately (D) organize neatly (E) say clearly Algorithm: Imagine you are developing a software package using a language, say xyz. Your application needs a random number to be generated and the language xyz that you are using doesnt have a function to generate it. Develop an algorithm that will generate a random number for your application.

Answers: 1) E. 2) E (3!*5!*6!*3!=3110400).

3) Grey. 4) Eight. 5) C 6) A 7) C 8) C 9) 3 10) C 11) 30 12) LEFT ROAD TAKE YOU TO THE BAZAAR. 13) Hardy stole the boat. 14) Bobby is the chief. 15) Lord is the priest. Answers: 1) D 2) D 3) C 4) B 5) D 6) B 7) D 8) B 9) B 10) B