CTS Apti Question paper

1. If all the 6 are replaced by 9, then the algebraic sum of all the numbers from 1 to 100(both
inclusive) varies by Ans: 330

2. The total no. of numbers that are divisible by 2 or 3 between 100 and 200(both inclusive)
are Ans:67

3. From a pack of cards Jack, Queen, King & ace are removed. Then the algebraic sum of rest
of the cards is Ans:216

4. The average temperature of days from Monday to Wednesday is 37 degree Celsius and that
of from Tuesday to Thursday is 34 degrees. The temperature of Thursday is 4/5th of Monday.
Then the temperature of Thursday is

Ans: 36 degrees

5. Swetha, Tina, Uma and Vidya are playing a gambling. In this different people lose in
different games-in the reverse alphabetical order. The rule is that if one loses she should
double the amount of others. At the end of 4th game each of them have same amount of
money (Rs.32). Which one of them started with the least amount? (6) Which one of them
started with the largest amount of money? (7.) At the end of the 2nd game what is the
amount of money with uma?

Ans: Vidya, Swetha, Rs.8

8. A cube of 12 mm is painted on all its side. If it is made up of small cubes of size 3mm. If
the big cube is splitted into those small cubes, the number of cubes that remain unpainted is
Ans: 8

9. B is 50% faster than A. If A starts at 9 A.M. and B starts at 10 A.M. A travels at a speed of
50 km/hr. If A and B are 300 kms apart, The time when they meet when they travel in
opposite direction is Ans:12 noon

10. A graph will be there. Inside the graph sheet there will be a Quadrilateral. We have to
count the number of squares in the Quadrilateral.

11. You are having 31kg of rice. You are provided with a 1kg stone for weighing. In how many
weights the 31kg of rice can be weighed. Ans: 5

12. A starts at 11:00AM and travels at a speed of 4km/hr. B starts at 1:00PM and travels at
1km/hr for the first 1hr and 2km/hr for the next hr and so on. At what time they will meet
each other. Ans:

13. There are 80 coins, among them one coin weighs less compared to other. You are given a
physical balance to weigh. In how many wieghings the odd coin can be found. Ans:

14. Dia of the circle 4cm. The shaded part is 1/3 of the square area. What is the side of the
square. Ans: root of 3pi

15. A,B,C, can do a work in 8,14,16 days respectively. A does the work for 2 days. B continues
from it and finishes till 25% of the remaining work. C finishes the remaining work. How many
days would have taken to complete the work Ans:

16. Raja went to a beauty contest .his wife was eager to know the result he told that the lady
wear a yellow sari was winner. Miss. Andhra Pradesh Miss. Utter Pradesh, Miss. Maharashtra,
Miss. West Bengal were the participants all the participants sat in a row. The conditions are
(A) The woman wore yellow sari won the competition. (B) Miss. West Bengal was neither the
runner-up or winner.(C) Miss. West Bengal was not at either ends.(D) Miss. Maharastra wore
the white sari.(E) The women wore white sari and yellow sari sat at extreme ends.(F) The
runner-up and winner did not sit together. [This was the passage given and the questions
were easy]

17. The ratio of white balls and black balls is 1:2. If 9 gray balls is added it becomes 2:4:3.
Then what is number of black balls. Ans:12

18. There are 10 coins. 6 coins showing head. And 4 showing tail. Each coin was randomly
flipped (not tossed) seven times successively.after flipping the coins are 5 heads 4 tails one is
hided the hided coin will have what.

19. Two cars are 500 cm apart. each is moving forward for 100 cm at a velocity of 50 cm/s
and receding back for 50 cm at 25 cm/s at what time they will collide with each other.

20. People near the sea shore are leading a healthy life as they eat fish.but people at other
part of the city are also healthy. Inference.

21. It is found from research that if u r a drunken then u have a less chance for chronic heart
diseases. Inference.

22. A-B+c>A+B-C i) B is +ve, ii) B is –ve when it will hold true.

23. i) C.P is Rs 120 and profit is 30%

ii) C.P is Rs 210 and profit is 20%

we can find the S.P by using

i)only ii)only both i &ii neither i&ii

24. How will u find distance between Nagpur and Mumbai?

I took one hour more when I travel at 80 km/hr than at 90 km/hr.

25. 100 coins were collected by four persons each collected more than 10 each collected a
different number each was an even number find what is the max possible no of coins, two
more questions based on the same passage.

26. A car travels from B at a speed of 20 km/hr. The bus travel starts from A at a time of 6
A.M. There is a bus for every half an hour interval. The car starts at 12 noon. Each bus travels
at a speed of 25 km/hr. Distance between A and B is 100 km. During its journey , The number
of buses that the car encounter is

27. The ratio of the ages of the father and the son is 5:3, After 10 years it will be in the ratio
3:2. What will be their ages.

28. There was a Island. In that Island there was Rubys and Emeralds. Those were available in
plenty. 0.3 kg of ruby is 4 lakhs and 0.4 kg of emeralds is 5 lakhs. Jayanth is buying 12 kg of
Ruby and emerald. Choices will be given . Jayanth has to carry both ruby and emerald to the
maximum profit.

29. Varun buys 8 books,10 pens and 2 pencils and Babu buys 6 books, 5pens and 5 pencils.
Babu pays 50% more than Varun. What is the amount Varun spends in buying pencils.

30. Prakash and Revathi rent a fancy shop. Prakash imposes the following restrictions on
Revathi for buying clips,stickers and lip sticks. The number of clips is twice the no. of stickers.
The no. of lipsticks should be more than the sum of clips and stickers. Cost of clip is 1 rupee.
Cost of lipstick is twice the clips. Cost of 1 lipstick is the cost of four stickers. Then What is the
amount that Prakash spents for Revathi. Answer choices will be given. 
 
 
 
 
analogies
---------
1. slur : speech
ans: smulge : writing (choice is B)
7. cpahlet : shoulder
ans: ring : finger (choice is C)
8. vernanlar : place
ans: finger print : identical (choice is B)

opposite
--------
9.corphlent
ans: emaciated (choice is D)
10. officious
ans: pragmate (choice is D)
11. dextrous
ans: clumsy (choice is B)

12 -14: each sentense is broke to four sections a,b,c,d.choose which has

mistake mark (e) if you find no mistake.

12:a)phylchologists pointout that b)there are human processes

c)which does not involve d) the use of words
(choice is A)
13:a)jack ordered for b)two plates of chicken c)and a glass d)of water
(choice is A)
14:a) politics is b) (choice is A)
(are)
16 - 20: each question of group of questions is based on a passage or a set
of conditions for each question,select the best answer choice given.

(i).if it is fobidden by law if the object of agreement is the doing of an act,

that is forbidden by law the agreement is void.

(ii). if it is of the nature that,it would defeat the provision of any law
is the agreement is void.if the object of agreement is such that thing got
directly forbidden by law it would defeat the provision of statuary law.

(iii). if the object of agreement is fraddulent it is void.

(iv). an object of agreement is void if it involves or implies to the

personnal property of another.

(v). an object of agreement is void where the constant regards as ignored.

(vi). an object of agreement is void where the constant regards is as opposed

to public policy.

17. A,B,C enter an agreement for the division a many them of gains acqest
or by be acquit by them by them by the argument is void as
ans: ---- (choice is D)

21-25) An algorithem follws a six step process za,zb,zc,zd,ze,zf, it is

governed by follwing
(i) zd should follw ze
(ii) the first may be za,zd or zf
(iii) zb and zc have to be performed after zd
(iv) zc must be immediately after zb
21) ans:- D

22) if za the first set zd must be

a) 3rd b)5th c)2nd d)4th ans:- A or D (probably a)

23) zf can be 3rd or 5th------any of the six, first, second or forth only,
any of first four only
none these
ans:- B
24) if zb must follw za then a)za can only 3rd or fourth
b) first or second c) can not be third d) fouth or fifth e)none
ans:- A
25) ze is third term the no of diff operations possible is
ans:- D (dabad)

26-31) ravi plans six sep-- x,y,z,w,u,v in rows no 1 to 6 ,according to the

follwing conditions
he must plant x before y and u
he must plant y " w
the 3rd has to be z

26) which could be in order

a) xuywzv b) xvzyuw c)zuyxwv d)zvxuwy e) wyzuvx
ans:- B

27) which is true

a) z before v b) z before x c) w before u d) y before u
e) x before w
ans:- D

28) if he plans v first which is second

x,y,z,w,u
so ans is 'x'.
choice is A.
29) which is true
a) x,3 b)y,6 c)z,1 d)w,2 e)u,6
ans:- E

30) if he plans b 6th which would be first and second

a) x and w b) x and y c)y and x d)w and z e) w and u
ans:- B

31) if he plans w before u and after v he should plan w at

a) first b)second c)fourth d)fifth e)sixth
ans:- D
32)thursday
33)a&d
34)south hit
35)

36)at a certain moment a watch showes 2 min lag althogh 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
mins does the watch gain per day.
a).2 b).5 c).6 d).4 e).75
ans : e
---->(discount problem) 20%->15%then->32% (ans:32%)
37)in 400m race a gives b a start of 7 sec & beats by 24m.in another race
a beats by 10 sec.the speeds are
a)8,7 b)7,6 c)10,8 d)6,8 e)12,10
ans:c(10,8)
38)3x+4y=10
x cube+y cube=6 minimum value of 3x+11y=?
ans=?
39)0.75
40)-
41)sink---7.7kms--->
fills 2 1/4 t is 5.5 min. 92 tonnes enough.. sink throws out 18 tonnes/hr.
avg. speed to
a)1.86 b)8.57 c)9.4 d)11.3 e)10.7

42) . ______
/ \ 2 2 cms
/_a_\ ______
/ \ 3 2 cms area of the d=50 cm square
/___b___\ ______ what is the area of the b=?
/ \ 4 2 cms
/_____c_____\ ______
/ \ 5 2 cms ans=(10.7)
/_______d________\ ______
43)600 tennis players
4% ->wrist band on one wrist
of remain 96%->25%->on both hands
remain no of ---(ans:312)
44)312(doubt) or 432
45)in how many ways 5e,6s,3f be arranged if books of each language are to be
kept together
17,64800,90,58400,3110400
ans:e(3!*5!*6!*3!=3110400)
46)---
47)three types of the a,b,c costs Rs. 95/kg,100/kg&70/kg .how many kg of
each be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture worth Rs.90/kg,gives that
the quntities of b&c are equal
a)70,15,15 b)50,25,25 c)60,20,20 d)40,30,30
ans:b
48)water milk problem
49)x+y+z=w

q)two distinct no's are taken from 1,2,3,4......28

a)probably that the no is 6 -->1/14
b)probably that it exceeds 14 -->1/28
c)both exceed 5 is 3/28
d)less than 13->25/28 (24/28)
e)none
ans:d
51)1200 died 6
due to acc 7
55)170%
56)c
 
 
 
 
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (CSE BRANCH)
TECHNICAL: asked me to write a program on array of pointers and reversing an array. 
gave me a program and I had to give output.
difference between DBMS and RDBMS.
I had mentioned about project in my resume.so he asked me to explain that.
He asked me about my fav subject.I told OS and COMPUTER NETWORKS.
So asked me to explain types of scheduling.asked me few more from OS. did not know the answer.
HR: tell me about yourself.
strengths and weakness.(pls tell the same dat u hav mentioned in resume)
Mention some of ur hobbies.
Why CTS?
Why should I hire u?
What will u do if u r rejected?
I had given 'can work under pressure' and 'good team player' as strengths.He asked me to give instances.
Do u hav any questions? pls ask few.it shows ur confidence level. 
JUST BE CONFIDENT.U MIGHT HAVE A STRESS INTERVIEW.SO DNT GET TENSED.THEY JUST CHECK
UR CONFIDENCE.
 
 
 
 
 
 
SATYAM PATTERN, GD & INTERVIEW - MAR 2006
Hi
i am very happy 2 tell that i am placed in satyam.
thanks to this grp 4 helping me.
here is the pattern.
1st aptitude : very simple.RS AGGARWAL will do.
                    topics r time&dist,time&work,averages,mixtures,probability,
encoding&decoding,ages problems.
2nd GD topics: 

1. A train has lenght of 108m, it is travelling at a 

speed of 50km/hr. a second train with length of 1121m, 
opposite direction to first train, passes the first 
train in 6 seconds. What is the speed of the second 
train? 

options : a)40 b)55 c)65 d)non of these. 

I chose d) 

2. which no. comes next 

7100, 13, 6, 4, 3, ... 

Sorry, I do'nt remember the options. 

3. Magzine a is kept on b, b is abov g,i is blow h 

etc... which was kept at the bottom?(easy) 

4. there are two mugs, a 7ltr mug, a 3 ltr mug. what 

wud be the steps to fill 5ltr water in the 7 ltr 
jug?? 
a) fill the 3 ltr mug, pour its 3 ltrs water into 
7ltr mug 
b) fill the 3 ltr mug, pour its 3 ltrs water into 
7ltr mug 
c) fill 3 ltr mug and pour 1 ltrs water into the 7 
ltr mug 
d) empty the 7 ltr mug, pour the remaining 2 ltrs 
water in 3ltrs jug, into the 7 ltr jug. 
e) fill the 3 ltr mug, pour its 3 ltrs water into 
7ltr mug 

options: a) abced b)acbde c)abcde d)acbed 

Ans: abcde 
5. I m chaising a thies. The theif has a head start of 
10 miles over me.i have a speed 1 mile/hr greater 
than the theif. my dog has a speed of 10km/hr. My 
dog runs to and fro between me and the thief. 
How many miles does my dog run, before i catch the 
thief? 

a)96 miles b)124 mile c) 140 miles d) 180miles 

Ans: 96 miles(b'cos the dog can cover a maximum of 

10km/hr * 10hr=100km by the time i catch the 
thief. ie., about 96 or 94 miles. 
(options i have given for this Q are correct.) 

6. George J Summers, " The Great book of puzzles and 

teasers" pg49, Question name : The Widow. 

For those who donot have the book above: I m typing 

the Qestion below. 

(the following Q is compelete and accurate.) 

Four women Anna, Beth, Cass, Dora and 3 men Earl, 
Fred, Gene playbridge, a card game for 4 players. 

condition: a) 
The men and women consist of 3 married couples. an a 
widow. 

condition: b) 
The members of each married couple are never partners 
in a bridge game. 

condition: c) 
No more than one married couple ever plays in the same 
bridge match. 

condition: d) 
One night they played four bridge games in which the 
partners were as follows: 

partners 

Anna and Earl Vs Beth and Fred 

Anna and Gene Vs Dora and Fred 
Beth and Cass Vs Fred and Gene 
Cass and Earl Vs Dora and Gene 

who is the widow ? 

Ans: Cass is the widow. 

7. George J Summers, " The Great book of puzzles and 

teasers" pg148, Question name : The Murderer in the 
Mansion. 

(the following Q is compelete and accurate.) 

The owner of the mansion has been murdered. The 

visitors to the mansion were Allen, Bixby, Crain. 
condition: a) 
The murderer was one of the three visitors, arrived at 
the mansion later than atleast one of the other two 
visitors. 

condition: b) 
A detective who was one of the three visitors arrived 
at the mansion earlier than atleast one of the other 
two visitors. 

condition: c) 
the detective arrived at the mansion at midnight. 

condition: d) 
nither Allen nr Bixby arrived at the mansion after 
midnight. 

condition: e) 
The earlier arriver of Bixby and Crane was not the 
detective. 

condition: f) 
The later arriver of Allen and Crain was not the 
murderer. 

Who was the murderer. 

Ans: Allen was the Detective and the Murderer (both).