0Zycus Infotech Aptitude question paper

(wording not exact)

1. 2 persons start from a point & go in opposite directions. After going 3km each, they turn left &
walk 4 km. How far are they now from each other?
Ans : 10 km (Pythagoras theorem)

2. In an objective test, a correct answer scores 4 marks, and a wrong answer scores 2 marks. A
student scores 480 marks from 150 questions. how many answers are correct?
Answer: 120

3. With which smallest no should 2880 be divided by, to make it a perfect square.
Ans: 20

4. Which common no should be added or substracted to 17/24 to make it 1/2.

Ans : -10

5. If each side of a rectangle is increased by 100%, by wat % the area increases?

Ans: 100%

6. Father is 30 years older than the son. He will only be thrice as old as his son after 5 years. /,.
Fathers present age?
Ans: 40 years

7. If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit. If they now give 10%
discount, then wat % profit they make?(3 marks)
Ans: 35%

8. Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of ?

Ans: 17.5%

9. Sum of digits of a 2 digit number is 8. When 18 is added to the no, the digits gets reversed.
Wat is the no?
Ans:

10. If a & b are 2 positive integers and

(a-b)/3.5 = 4/7 then
options:
1) ba 3) b=a 4) b>=a
Ans: Option 1) b<a

11. A's population is 68000 and it decreases by 80 per year. B's population is 42000 and it
increases by 120 per year. After how many years both cities will have same population?
Ans: 130

12. An exam consists of 200 questions to be solved in 3 hours, out of which 50 are maths
questions. It is suggested that twice as much time be spent on each math question as for each
other question. How many minutes should be spent on maths problems?
Ans: 1hr 72 mins</a
Q. No.1: What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when time is 8:30?

A. 75

B. 80

C. 90

D. 120

Q. No.2: A man walks east and turns right and then from there to his left and then
45degrees to his right. In which direction did he go?

A. North East

B. North West

C. South West

D. South East

Q. No.3: A man shows his friend a woman sitting in a park and says that she the
daughter of my grandmother’s only son. What is the relation between the two?

A. Sister

B. Mother

C. Daughter

D. None of these

Q. No.4: If a=2/3b , b=2/3c, and c=2/3d what part of d is b/?

A. 8/27

B. 4/9

C. 2/3

D. None of these

Q. No.5: 2598 Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of?

A. 30%

B. 32%

C. 34%
D. 35%

Q. No.6: The petrol tank of an automobile can hold g liters. If ‘A’ liters was removed
when the tank was full, what part of the full tank was removed?

A. g-a

B. g/ a

C. a/ g

D. (g-a)/ a

Q. No.7: If x/y=4 and y is not ’0′ what % of x is 2x-y

A. 150%

B. 175%

C. 200%

D. 250%

Q. No.8: Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the
probability that either both are black or both are queen?

A. 55/ 221

B. 50/ 201

C. 45/ 211

D. None of these

Q. No.9: Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 hours and 46 hours respectively. If
both the pipes are opened simultaneously, how much time will be taken to fill the tank?

A. 18 hours

B. 20 hours

C. 16 hours

D. 10 hours

Q. No.10: What could be the maximum value of Q in the following equation?

5P9 + 3R7 + 2Q8 = 1114

A. 10
B. 12

C. 15

D. 9

Answers to the above questions-

Answer 1 – A

Answer 2 – B

Answer 3 – C

Answer 4 – B

Answer 5 – A

Answer 6 – C

Answer 7 – B

Answer 8 – A

Answer 9 – B

Answer 10 – D

Directions (Q. No.1 – 4) What approximate value should come in place of the question mark
‘?’ in the following questions. (You are not expected to calculate the exact value)

Q. No.1: (356% of 526) ÷ 496 =?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 1
D. 12
E. 4

Q. No.2: (7689 + 3549 + 2318) ÷ (849 + 476 + 798) =?

A. 3.5
B. 9
C. 6.5
D. 12
E. 15

Q. No.3: (0.58% of 896C. + (1.96% of 4568) =?

A. 180
B. 130
C. 165
D. 140
E. 125

Q. No.4: 3254 ÷ 0.5 ÷ 4.5 =?

A. 1440
B. 1446
C. 1451
D. 1460
E. 1435

Directions (Q. No.5 – 9) Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and
(F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the questions given
below them.

A) Recently the zoo faced the worst catastrophe in its history, when twelve tigers died in a
short span of seven days of which eight were rare white tigers.

B) Animal lovers in the State believe it was gross negligence on the part of the zoo
authorities that led to the death of the tigers.

C) Some experts believe that all twelve tigers died of trypanosomiasis, a disease transmitted
through flies.

D) However, the Central team of six experts who came down to Nandankanan gave a clean
chit to the zoo authorities: it said that no one could be held responsible for the deaths.

E) Established forty years ago, Nandankanan in Orissa, famous for its tigers, is considered
one of the finest zoos in India.

F) Had the zoo authorities observed the symptoms in the tigers earlier, several of the
deceased tiger could have been saved with drug administration at the proper time.

Q. No.5: Which sentence should come FIFTH in the paragraph?

A. A
B. F
C. C
D. B
E. D

Q. No.6: Which sentence should come SIXTH in the paragraph?

A. F
B. C
C. A
D. D
E. E
Q. No.7: Which sentence should come THIRD in the paragraph?

A. B
B. F
C. C
D. A
E. D

Q. No.8: Which sentence come FIRST in the paragraph?

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

Q. No.9: Which sentence should come FOURTH in the paragraph?

A. A
B. F
C. E
D. C
E. B

Q. No.10: Evaluate: (313 x 313 + 287 x 287).

A. 180338

B. 180225

C. 180123

D. 180182

E. 180345

Answers to the above questions-

Answer 1 – E

Answer 2 – C

Answer 3 – D

Answer 4 – B

Answer 5 – B

Answer 6 – D
Answer 7 – C

Answer 8 – A

Answer 9 – E

Answer 10 – A

Part III
Directions Q.No.10 – 4: Given below are pairs of events ‘A’ and ‘B’. You have to read both
the events ‘A’ and ‘B’ and decide their nature of relationship. You have to assume that the
information given in ‘A’ and ‘B’ is true and you will not assume anything beyond the given
information in deciding the answer.
Mark answer.
A. If ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is its immediate and principal cause.
B. If ‘A’ is the immediate and principal cause and ‘B’ is its effect.
C. If ‘A’ is an effect but ‘B’ is not its immediate and principal cause.
D. If ‘B’ is an effect but ‘A’ is not its immediate and principal cause.
E. None of these

Q. No.1: Event (A): Country X has signed CTBT.

Event (B): Country X has already tested all her nuclear weapons.

Q. No.2: Event (A): Tom Cruise has once again done e great job in MI- II.
Event (B): MI- I was full of action, thrill and excitement.

Q. No.3: Event (A): Many Indian companies are patching up with multinational insurance
companies.
Event (B): Govt. of India has allowed MNCs in insurance sector.

Q. No.4: Event (A): J&K Govt. demanded state autonomy.

Event (B): Parliament has disapproved the autonomy proposal by a considerable margin.

Q. No.5: Event (A): Mr. X resigned from the post of coach of Indian cricket team.
Event (B): BCCI is looking for a foreign coach for Indian cricket team.

Directions Q.No.6 – 15:

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers
are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits
the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

It would have been wrong to have had high 15 of the first-ever Korean summit in half a
century. The very fact that the South Korean President, Mr. Kim Dae-Jung, and the North
Korean leader, Mr Kim Jong-II, met for three days with their delegations is seen as a 16 in
international relations. Bringing Pyongyang and its 17 leader out of their 18 was by itself an
achievement. Not surprisingly, the people in both Seoul and Pyongyang are excited about the
19 of 20 and possible reunification. But it is premature to talk of long-term gains from the
summit and the two leaders have been very 21. Five decades have gone by since the 1950 -53
war and despite the 22 there have been 23 tensions in the Korean peninsula and frequent 24
in the demilitarized zone as well as the sea. To reduce tensions and to work towards
reconciliation will be the first major step the two Koreas should take.

Q. No.6:

A. anticipations
B. calculations
C. expectations
D. beliefs
E. faiths

Q. No.7:

A. breakthrough
B. discovery
C. penetration
D. exposure
E. manifestation

Q. No.8:

A. anchor
B. ascetic
C. puritan
D. reclusive
E. sabbatarian

Q. No.9:

A. insinuation
B. dispersion
C. division
D. discrimination
E. isolation

Q. No.10:

A. prospects
B. attitudes
C. announcements
D. perceptions
E. predictions

Q. No.11:

A. pacification
B. reconciliation
C. accommodation
D. mollification
E. mediation

Q. No.12:

A. dogmatic
B. active
C. prosaic
D. pragmatic
E. materialistic

Q. No.13:

A. ceasefire
B. appease
C. armistice
D. propitiation
E. diplomacy

Q. No.14

A. several
B. persistent
C. uninterrupted
D. endless
E. repeating

Q. No.15:

A. arguments
B. disagreements
C. objections
D. altercations
E. skirmishes

Answers to the above questions-

Answer 1 – C

Answer 2 – E

Answer 3 – A

Answer 4 – B

Answer 5 – E

Answer 6 – C

Answer 7 – A
Answer 8 – D

Answer 9 – E

Answer 10 – A

Answer 11 – B

Answer 12 – D

Answer 13 – C

Answer 14 – B

Answer 15 – E

1. 2 persons start from a point & go in opposite directions. After going 3km each, they turn left & walk 4
km. How far are they now from each other?

Ans : 10 km (Pythagoras theorem)

2. In an objective test, a correct answer scores 4 marks, and a wrong answer scores 2 marks. A student
scores 480 marks from 150 questions. how many answers are correct?

Answer: 120

3. With which smallest no should 2880 be divided by, to make it a perfect square.

Ans: 20

4. Which common no should be added or substracted to 17/24 to make it 1/2.

Ans : -10

5. If each side of a rectangle is increased by 100%, by wat % the area increases?

Ans: 100%

6. Father is 30 years older than the son. He will only be thrice as old as his son after 5 years. Fathers
present age?

Ans: 40 years

7. If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit. If they now give 10% discount,
then wat % profit they make?(3 marks)

Ans: 35%

8. Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of ?

Ans: 17.5%

9. Sum of digits of a 2 digit number is 8. When 18 is added to the no, the digits gets reversed. Wat is the
no?

10. If a & b are 2 positive integers and

(a-b)/3.5 = 4/7 then
options:
1) ba 3) b=a 4) b>=a

11.list all bad coding practices in the following code snippet

try{
for(int i=0;oldCode.size();i++){
String insertIntoMappingtbl="insert into schemaptbl '' + " values(?,?,?,?,?,?)";
pstmtMappingTbl=con.prepareStatement(insertIntoMap pingTbl );
pstmtMappingTbl.setObject(1,oldCode.get(i));
pstmtMappingTbl.setObject(2,oldId.get(i));
pstmtMappingTbl.setObject(3,newCode.get(i));
pstmtMappingTbl.setObject(4,newId.get(i));
pstmtMappingTbl.setObject(5,sub.get(i));
pstmtMappingTbl.setObject(6,subid.get(i));
pstmtMappingTbl.executeQuery();
}
}
catch(Exception e){}
finally{return success;}

12.

You attempt to query the database with this command

SELECT name,salary FROM employee
WHERE salary={SELECT salary FROM employee Where Lastname = 'Wagner' or dept no =233)
choose most appropriate option from following:
A.sub queries are not allowed in the where clause
B.logical aparatous are not allowed in where clause .
c.a multiple row sub query used with asingle row comparision operator.
D. A single row query is used with a multiple row comparisin operator.

13.
If atable T1 has single column c1 with data base (a,a,b,b,b,c)
write aquery that out put as follows

c1 count (c1)
.......................
b3
a2

BELOW Q SHOULD BE SOLVED USING SIMPLE PROGRAMING CONSTRUCTS.

14. Write a function that takes an integer array as an input And finds the largest number in the array.

15. Write a funcytion that takes an integer array as an input and findes the second largest largest
number in the array. you can use only one loop .You cannt sort the array.

16. Give two integer arrays A & B.A has n elements and B has ' n-1 ' elements . A has all the elements
that are there in B. But B has one missing element. Write a function that takes arrays , A & B as imnput
and finds the missing element in most optised manner .

17. Write a programm to delete a node from Linked list . You cannot use any of the Existing collection
classes available in JAVA . you have to create ur own Linked List .

18. U have an array of +ve integers arranged in the descending order . Write a functionb thast take an
integer & an integer array as an integer and returns the position of the given integer in the array , if the
integer is not present in the array it should return -1 . the serching technique that u use should be very
efficient both in terms of time & memory.

19.
If u were to create following components , what API will u expose ? U can use class/block diagram to
expose internals of component .
. Chart component that can render various types of charts , such as pie , bar , line
...spell checker component

20.
 draw class / object diagram of one of the following
.... ATM
.....RailwayReservation

Zycus Placement Paper 2011:-

1. A's population is 68000 and it decreases by 80 per year. B's population is 42000 and it increases by 120 per
year. After how many years both cities will have same population?

Ans: 130

2. An exam consists of 200 questions to be solved in 3 hours, out of which 50 are maths questions. It is
suggested that twice as much time be spent on each math question as for each other question. How many
minutes should be spent on maths problems?

Ans: 1hr 72 mins

3. fresh mango consists of 70% water and dry mango consists of 10% water then 20Kg of fresh mango is
equivalent to how much of dry mango

Ans: 6.66 kg

4. sum of the consequent 7 integers some 1613. Find the no. of prime numbers in that sequence.

5. total no. of players is 99 other than me.50 plays soccer,45 plays basket ball,50 play valley ball.15 play all
three. How many will play only 2 games/

6. fresh mangoes have 70% of water in weight, dry mangoes 20% of water in weight. what is the weight of dry
mangoes if weight of fresh mangoes is 20kg .ans(d)

a) 6.68kg b) con not be determined c) 6.0kg d)6.6kg

7. total 63 matches are conducted in Knockout match type. How many players will be participated in that
tournament?

Ans:64

8.find out next one. B A C B D C E D F ?

Ans: E

9. X is min of { n+5,6-n} then what is the min of X if,0 <1?

Ans 5.5

10. 2 can type 2 pages in 2 minutes. how many typist can type 18 pages in 6 minutes?

Ans . 6

11.Coconuts are arranged in piles in the order of 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2.Hence he got shortage of 1.what is the min
no. of smallest coconuts?

Ans . lcm of above - 1 = 2219

12. p+q+r-=0,then what is value of p2/qr+q2/pr+r2/pq=?

Ans.3

13. In a class boys are 25% more than girls what is ratio of total boys and girls

Ans .5:4( actually ans is given like 5.;3)

14. How many 3 digit no. are there when divided by 7 or 8 leaves remainder 4?
Ans .17

15. A works thrice as much as B. If A takes 60 days less than B to do a work then find the number of days it
would take to complete the work if both work together?

Ans. 22½days

16. How many 1's are there in the binary form of 8*1024 + 3*64 + 3

Ans. 4

17. A boy has Rs 2. He wins or loses Re 1 at a time If he wins he gets Re 1 and if he loses the game he loses Re
1. He can loose only 5 times. He is out of the game if he earns Rs 5. Find the number of ways in which this is
possible?

Ans. 16

18. 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

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

Ans: 33.33 %

20. A is an integer. Dividing 89 & 125 gives remainders 4 & 6 respectively. Find a ?

Ans: 17