Test Paper :2 Paper Type : Aptitude - English Test Date : 1 September 2011 Test Location : P.S.

G College of Technology, Coimbatore Posted By : Mahesh Hi Frends, Im pursuing final yr M.E.(ece dept) in P.S.G college of technology,Coimbatore,Tamilnadu.... Cognizant (CTS) came for us as on-campus drive on 1-9-2011....previously there was a pre placement talk on 30-08-2011....around 1200 students opted for placement.... But cts provided direct interview for those who attained 75% and above in all X,XII,U.G.,P.G (if applicable)..... hence they shortlisted 535 for direct interview and rest to write written exam...... I was one among those who wrote written exam.... The pattern consists of 2 sections... Analytical- 30 ques and Verbal- 25 ques....each 30 mins duration.... Analytical section was very very easy as that u could complete in 20 mins......The ques would be like below.... 1) find the odd figure out...(1 ques) 2) syllogisms( including 2 statements which are mostly asked)....(2 ques) 3) Statement inference (true or false like)......(2 ques) 4) logically follws...(4 ques) 5) data sufficiency.....(2 ques) 6) puzzle test...(4 ques)........they would be time consuming ,if u practice those on r.s.agarwal quans and verbal-non verbal u could crack it soon...... 7) coding,decoding....(4 ques)......very very easy its just alphabets getting shifted nothing else.... 8) figure sequence....(4 ques).....within 2 mins u could answer 9) find the fig that match the given figure....(3 ques) 10) data interpretation....(4 ques on a pie chart or table) In general for all the above practice on r.s.agarwal verbal n non verbal recent edition.....its more than sufficient....... Verbal section seems to be little tough as u find no time to complete it.....But good practice makes ur way.... 1) identify correct n incorrect sentence......(10 ques) 2) two big passages consisting each 5 ques.....(10 ques)...do it last becoz the ques would be lik whats the conclusion lik that which takes time..... 3) jumble sentence.....(5 ques).....easiest part in the paper....do it first if u r not strong on sentence correction.... Refer T.I.M.E materials GRE baron's(if possible but not that necessary),moreover basic knowledge on english grammar(articles,prepos,gerunds,....) would be sufficient....

There were no negative marks.....I was bit confident that i would select.... Among 700 studs they shorlisted 501....i was one among... cut off would be low for on-campus.....probably ( 14 for analytical n 12 for verbal).....but dont stick to it..... We were called for interview on 3-09-2011.....Now the strength for interview is around 1050... There were 50 panels.... My H.R. was very cool....That after a while I forgot that im in interview.... H.R.: Welcome,mahesh ... Me: Good aftn sir,.... H.R.: he gave shake voluntarily.... me: I sat comfortably n was eager to answer his ques....always hav smile on ur face as it sows that u r confident.... H.R.: well, u r from coimbatore (cbe).. me: yes sir,definitely... H.R: say 3 good points abt cbe n one thing which u lik to change in cbe... me: i said abt water,climate, n entry of I.T sectors..... H.R.: he was impressed on the way i presented....(better have continuation in speech) me: waitin for next.... H.R.: well, being ece stud y u prefer IT me: i answered those wit reference to wat i learnt from freshers world n other forums... H.R: explain GSM working.... me: he gave me an paper....i drawn the archictre n presented..... H.R: fine,...wats diff bwn 2g n 3g... me: explained well.... H.R: u know c ,c++? me: yes sir, i could manage.... H.R: write algo to print 2 if input is 1,and print 1 if i/p is 2.....with 2 conditions....u should not use condn stmts, swapping..... me: i tried wit function return algo....but cant complete it...wit smile i said i cant proceed sir.... H.R: no problem....jus leave it.... me: even though i was cool....... H.R: explain your project.....as i mentioned my project on 3g/adhoc systems in resume.... me: explaine well.....he was eagely listening wat im saying.... H.R: well perfect, good project n good ground work done by u..... me: smiled,said thank u sir.... H.R: alright any ques u lik to ask? me: 2 ques sir....first- on wat areas i should improve my skills to work from day one in ur cmpny....i askd to know his evaluation abt me.... H.R: fine, expertise on oracle, or java n one database subject.... me: sure sir.....second-how abt my presentation .... H.R: i cant say u directly....he said wit smile.....

me: i know that i will definetely got selected... H.R: stood from chair n gave shaken n said thank u.... me: thank u very much sir...n left the room... through out my interview we both were very cool and after a while i even forget that im inside interview..... So folks, be confident in watever u know...they dont look for correct answers jus ur boldness n determination....have a loud speech..... by evening 8 pm they announced the result stating that i got selected.... 700 out of 1050 got selected.....as it is the largest in tamilnadu..... At this moment im very thankfull to my parents n brother who always supported me..n faith on god...n my friends....n last but not least the freshersworld.com, which gave good ideas in what i expect....... Thank you, If u need any details abt CTS campus drive plz feel free to post mail on All the best.....

Test Paper :3 Paper Type : Test Date : 16 August 2011 Test Location : iem,kolkata Posted By : souvik kundu At first the cognizant people came to the college,gave the pre placement talk.Then started the aptitude exam. There was two part in the paper ----1st part is Verbal and 2nd part is Analytical. Question was not so easy.You should practice properly specially the verbal part. 322 selected from 340 in the aptitude test . After a long wait my name was called for the interview.I was lil' bit tensed because that was the 1st interview in my life.Hopefully my HR was a very good person after entering in the interview roomHR:Sit down me:thank you sir. HR:He asked for the CV and look it properly.asked some common question from CV about hobby,achievements me: answered properly HR:Then he asked except this(which was written in my hobby) what can u do? me: bla bla HR:which is your preferable language me:java

HR:what are the properties of oops me:told HR:gave me a situation about inheritence (cat and dog has some properties,implement this in inheritence) and then he asked me to write the code me:properly done HR:what is polymorphism?then overloading,overriding,run time polymorphism me:told HR:then he asked do u know non linear datastructure? me:told about tree,different types of trees HR:asked about level,height,node,edge,b tree,b+ tree me:told HR:told me to do a quick sort of some no.s me:I just told the algorithm,i didn't do the sorting. HR:what is the best and worst case of bubble sort me:told ,he looked satisfied HR:Tell me something about your project me:told HR:so at the back end u r going to use dbms? me:yes HR:what is candidate key,unique key? me:told HR:give me a table asked me to write a query (it was pretty tough) me:I wrote a code and show him HR:This is not my question told the question properly me:again write the code and show him ,he looked satisfied HR:then he asked me why cognizant? me: told HR:r u rellocating? me:yes HR:souvik,do u have any query about cognizant? me:asked 4 questions(prepare some questions) HR:gave the answers. Don't be nervous.Whatever comes in your mind just tell,don't miss a single question.Almost every HR is a nice person. Always use cognizant,don't use CTS. I'm selected for cognizant. I'm going to join in the next year.

Test Paper :4 Posted By : Admin

CTS ( Cognizant Technologies Solutions) Question Pattern

Following is the pattern of CTS selection:

For CTS you will first face an aptitude test of 60 mins having 40 questions.Correct answer carry one mark and wrong answer carry 0.25 marks. Do prepare well for this test as this is where the main competition is. study general aptitude, some basic geometry, logical reasoning, time & distance etc.

Questions were from :Quantative (ratio & proportion, inequalities, quadratic etc)-Aptitude (puzzles)- English (para followed by deductions, filling blanks with correct words). TIPS - Practice quantative and puzzles. Refer- R.S.Agarwal, CAT material

next you will be called for a technical interview. the interview is not so difficult if your technical is good. they ask very basic technical questions, and you will clear it very easily if your basic concepts are clear. my interview lasted for 20 mins. questions on Data structures, networks, C (he also asked me to write a small program). answer confidently and clearly say if you dont know the answer.

If you clear you will be called for HR interview. the interview is very easy but you should prepare for some typical questions like:

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Test Paper :5 : Candidates Experiences : Arindam Biswas

Myself Arindam Biswas from Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering,Bankura. I'm currently doing job in Cognizant Technology Solutions. I am very happy that I'm placed in my dream company- COGNIZANT. There was no on campus of cognizant in my college. So I attend off campus drive of cognizant on 3rd october,2010 in kolkata. They send me the hall ticket through mail where test location and time was given. It was an aptitude round of 55 questions. 1. Analytical 30 questions

2. Verbal 25 questions. Before start the test, you will be asked to fill a form and you have to give the following info:1. Name, Date of Birth, Sex, Age, Permanent Address, Current Address. 2. 10th percentage and 12th percentage, year of passing 3. Graduation CGPA,year of passing, 4. Programming languages you know. 5. Hobbies and extra curricular activities 6. Strengths and weakness 7. Expectations from Cognizant 8. Long term and short term plans for future. 9. Qualities required for a software professional. 10. Why do you think that you are qualified for cognizant? ************* Please remember that your this information what you have written forwarded to the technical interview panel and HR if you qualify for the technical round. So fill up correctly and remember it.*************** In the analytical section(30 qns) there was several type of qns, like:- figure(odd figure,finding similar figure,figure completion),logic(Syllogisms/Logical deduction & Binary Logic/Logical Connectives),puzzle,coding-decoding,data interpretetion. I don't remember all questions, but i remember some questions....... (1)- There are 6 people W,H,M,C,G,F who are murderer , victim , judge , police, witness, hangman. There was no eye-witness only circumstantial witness. The murderer was sentenced to death. Read following statement and determine who is who. 1. M knew both murderer and victim. 2. Judge asked C to describe murder incident. 3. W was last to see F alive. 4. Police found G at the murder site. 5. H and W never met. Ans:- don't remember ans. (2)- In a colony, there are some families. Each of them have children but different in numbers. Following are conditions: a) Number of adults = Number of sons = Number of daughters = Number of families. b) Each sister must have atleast one brother and should have at the most 1 sister. c) Number of children in one family exceeds the sum of no of children in the rest families. Tell the number of families Answer:- 3 (3)- A says " the horse is not black". B says " the horse is either brown or grey." C says " the hoese is brown" At least one is telling truth and atleast one is lying. Tell the colour of horse. Grey Verbal Section (25 questions) 1) 2 passages. 2) Find correct sentences. 3) Find incorrect sentences. 4) Jumbled sentences & you have to choose their correct orders.

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Between 2 paragraphs one was small and the another one is little bit large. In my paper there was a paragraph related alcohol effect in pregnant woman. I personally suggest you that solve previous year cognizant paper. there is a chance to get those paragraph common. And for these two sections just solving previous year papers and R.S.Agarwal(2 book) is more than enough. After 3 days of my aptitude test I got a mail:************************************************************************ Dear Biswas Arindam (Applicant ID: *******####), This is with reference of your aptitude test held on Date 10/03/2010 at VenueBhartiya Vidya Bhavan Block- FA, Sector-III Salt lake, Kolkata-700097 Secondary Gate. Near Tank No - 13 You will be required to attend the Technical interview as per the details given below: Date:10/21/2010 Venue:Cognizant,Plot- 27,Kolkata IT Park,SEZ,Mouza:Gangapur, J.L.NO.35, GP:Taradah,PS:Kolkata leather Complex,Dist:South 24 Paraganas Time:9:30 AM Regards HR Campus Team ********************************************************************************* Now its time for the ultimate round.... As per date-time-place given in the mail I go for my technical round. Guys , believe me that was an awesome experience.... Around 1:30 p.m. I was called for my interview round. I saw a man with spectacles waiting in a chair infront of a table waiting for me... I enter the room(actually it happened in the cafeteria) and wish him good afternoon.... he replied well...after that.... Sir:- Ok..so you are Arindam... Arindam Biswas.... from computer science and engineering. Me:- Yes sir. Sir:- give me ur CV. Me:- given Sir:- So arindam you know java , and sql also.... Me:- yes sir.. Sir:-what do u know core or advanced?? Me:- Both sir... Sir:- Tell me what is OOPs? and OOPs property just with definition. Me:- I briefly explain those things.. Sir:- Do u prepared to write some java code anytime anywhere??? Me:- yes sir... there nothing to be prepared i'm always ready for that.. Sir:-really??? ... thats sounds great....lets check...

Me:-(heart beat going very fast).. Sir:- Write a java code to explain polymorphism. Me:- Written successfully. Sir:- Explain me inheritance through a java code.. Me:- I also explained it with a small good code... Sir:- very good. after this he suddenly switched to database.............. Sir:- What is difference between candidate key and super key? Me:- I answered it very well..and he was quite impressed. Sir:- (He gave me 4 piece of paper and a pen)Write a java code of a login page with database connectivity. Me:- (i asked him that what is the java technology I have to used? He answered whatever you want- core or advanced ...just go for it) I prefered JSP,JDBC,SERVLET with some simple SQl query.... and give it to him... he check it line by line... After that he replied .... OK Arindam.... its all about from myside.. do u have any query ??? I replied:- No sir. Sir- ok.. so go home and wait for the result. After that I am very tensed that why he adviced me to go home... if I qualified this round then there should be another round - HR round... then I cam out from the room and see that after the interview all are going to conference room for their result... i also go there ....after going there I personally meet 3 boys ... they have also same confusion like me... After that result declared ....both list.... qualified and dis-qualified list.. but out 4 guys names was no where in both lists.. after that HR round happened with declared student .. then HR announced our name in the final selected list for job... then we are happy but soo confused.. we told him that there was no HR round with us.. then he told that after technical interview isn't you got an advice to go home and wait for the mail..so why u guys are here??you 4 guys are technically strong... so no need to take HR ... welcome to cognizant....

YES ...YES.....Yipee.. that was the happiest moment of my life...... Hope to see all of u in cognizant.... all d best of luck.... Arindam Biswas (email:- arindambiswas88@gmail.com)

Test Paper :6 Paper Type : Whole Testpaper Test Date : 15 December 2010 Test Location : I.T BHU Posted By : Amit Kumar
Aptitude Test

Questions = 70; time limit = 70 minutes. Correct answer carry one mark and wrong answer carry 0.25 marks. Offline (paper & pen) test. Verbal section (25 questions-25min) Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. The general recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase, It is the busiest man who has time to spare. Thus, an elderly lady at leisure can spend the entire day writing a postcard to her niece. An hour will be spent in writing a postcard, another hunting for spectacles, half an hour to search for the address, an hour and a quarter in composition and twenty minutes in deciding whether or not to take an umbrella when goingto the pillar box in the street. The total effort that could occupy a busy man for three minutes, all told may in this fashion leave another person completely exhausted after a day of doubt, anxiety and toil. 1. What happens when the time to be spent on some work increases? A) the work is done smoothly. B) the work is done leisurely. C) work consumes all the time. D) The work needs additional time. Ans: C 2. Explain the sentence: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. A) The more work there is to be done , the more time needed. B) whatever time is available for a given amount of work, all of it will be used. C) If you have more time you can do some work. D) If you have some important work to do, you should always have some additional time. Ans: B 3. Who is the person likely to take more time to do work. A) a busy man. B) a man of leisure. C) an elderly person. D)an exhausted person Ans: B 4. What is the total time spent by the elderly lady in writing a postcard? A) Three minutes. B) four hours and five minutes. C) half day D)the entire day. Ans: D 5. What does the expression pillar box stand for? A) a box attached to the pillar. B) a box in the pillar C) box office. D) a pillar type postbox. Ans: D Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. According to Albert Einstein the non mathematician, is seized by a mysterious shuddering when he hears of 'four-dimensional' things, he is seized by a feeling, which is very similar to the thoughts awakened by the occult. And at the same time the statement that the world in which we live is a four-dimensional space - time continuum is quite a common place statement. This might lead to an argument regarding the use of the term ''commonplace'' by Einstein. Yet the difficulty lies more in the wording than the ideas. Einstein's concept of the universe as a four-dimensional space-time continuum becomes plain and clear, when what he means by ''continuum'' becomes clear. A continuum is something that is continuous, A ruler, for example, is a one-dimensional space continuum. Most rulers are divided into inches and frwasLions, scaled down to one-sixteenth of an inch.

Will it be possible to conceive a ruler, which is calibrated to a millionth or billionth of an inch. In theory there is no reason why the steps from point to point should not be even smaller. What distinguishes a continuum is the fWASL that the space between any two points can be sub-divided into an infinite number of smaller divisions. A railroad track is a one-dimensional space continuum and on it the engineer of a train can describe his position at any time by citing a single co-ordinate point - i.e., a station or a milestone. A sea captain, however, has to worry about two dimensions. The surface of the sea is a two-dimensional continuum and the co-ordinate points by which sailor fixes his positions in his two dimensional continuum are latitude and longitude. An airplane pilot guides his plane through a three - dimensional continuum, hence he has to consider not only latitude and longitude, but also his height above the ground. The continuum of an airplane pilot constitutes space as we perceive it. In other words, the space of our world is a three-dimensional continuum. Just indicating its position in space is not enough while describing any physical event, which involves motion. How position changes in time also needs to be mentioned. Thus to give an accurate picture of the operation of a New York-Chicago express, one must mention not only that it goes from New-York to Albany to Syracuse to Cleveland to Toledo to Chicago, but also the times at which it touches each of those points. This can be done either by means of a timetable or a visual chart. If the miles between New York and Chicago are plotted horizontally on a piece of ruled paper and the hours and minutes are plotted vertically, then a diagonal line properly drawn across the page illustrates the progress of the train in two-dimensional space-time continuum. This type of graphic representation is familiar to most newspaper readers; a stock market chart, for example, pictures financial events in a two-dimensional dollar-time continuum. Similarly for the best picturisation of the flight of an airplane from New York to Los Angeles a four dimensional space time continuum is essential. The latitude, longitude and altitude will only make sense to the traffic manager of the airline if the time co - ordinate is also mentioned. Therefore time is the fourth dimension. If a flight has to be looked at, perceived as a whole, it wouldn't work if it is broken down into a series of disconnected take - offs, climbs, glides, and landing, it needs to be looked at and perceived as a continuous four- dimensional space - time continuum curve. Following are some sample questions on this passage: The significant feature of a continuum, according to the passage, revolves around The divisibility of the interval between any two points. An ordinary ruler's caliber for marking Its unending curve Its lucid from providing comprehensibility to the non-scientists as well It's variety of co-ordinates. Answer: A The purpose of this passage is to highlight the point that Plots and sea captains have something in common Stock market charts may be helpful to physicists The fourth dimension is time. Non-mathematician's are often afraid of the commonplace There is a marked quality to distance Answer: C According to the passage, an airlines traffic manager depends upon all of the following EXCEPT latitude altitude the time co-ordinate longitude the continuous curve in co four Answer: E

The underlying tone of this selection is persuasive deferential candid instructive gently condescending Answer: D According to the author if on wishes portray a physical event in which motion plays a roleone has to Make use of a time-table Indicate how position changes in time Be conversant with the scientist's theories Describe it graphically Be aware of altitude, latitude and longitude Answer: B Directions for Questions 11-12: Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.(Disregard punctuation errors if any) 11. I never have / visited / or intend to visit / foreign countries / A B C D Ans: C 12. The clothes / were neatly / hanged /on the cloth line. A B C D Ans:C Directions for Questions 13-15: One of the four sentences given in each question is grammatically wrong . Find the incorrect sentence. 13. A) Our followers are but a handful. B) Neither he nor I was there. C) Many a glorious deeds were done. D) Everyone of the boys loves to ride. Ans: C 14. A) She had finished her work when I met her. B) Do you believe in God? C) He cut his hand with a knife. D) He challenged me for a duel. Ans: D 15. A) Sumit is my elder brother. B) He is two years younger to me. C) He is the eldest man of this village. D) Ravi is five years older than me. Ans: C Directions for Questions 16-20: In each of the following questions, some sentence are given which are on the same theme. decide which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar; meaning and usage, suitable for formal writing in English. Find the correct sentence. 16. A) From which train did you come? B) A series of incidents have taken place. C) It is a five men committee. D) This pronunciation is peculiar to Bengalis. Ans: D 17. A) They have placed order for books. B) He has applied for lectureship. C) The river has overflown its bank. D) Give me rupees two and a half. Ans: D

18. A) The proceeds of the charity show are for riot victims B) He asked Ajay and I to go. C) The weather of this place does not suit me. D) Either Rajesh or his friends has done it. Ans: A 19. A) It is far too hard an essay for me to attempt. B) It is too far hard an essay to attempt for me. C) Too far it is an essay hard for me to attempt. D) It is too hard an essay for me to far attempt Ans:D 20. A) Hoping to be hearing from you, I remain yours sincerely. B) Hoping to hear from you, I remain yours sincerely. C) Hoping to have heard from you, I sincerely remain yours. D) Sincerely I remain yours hoping to be hearing from you. Ans: B Directions for Questions 21-25: In each of the following questions, a paragraph or a sentence has been broken up into different parts. The parts have been scrambled and numbered as given below. Choose the correct order of these parts from the given alternatives. 21. 1) I 2)do 3) a 4) of A. 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 7, 5, 10, 8, 9 C. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 4, 5, 8, 10, 9 Ans: D 5) in 6) lot 7) reading 8) my B. 1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 7, 5, 8, 10, 9 D. 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 7, 5, 8, 10, 9 9) time 10) free

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Aanalytical section (25 Questions - 30 mins)Directions for Questions 1-5: There are five friends Sachin, Kunal, Mohit, Anuj and Rohan. Sachin ia shorter than Kunal but taller than Rohan. Mohit is tallest. Anuj is a little shorter than Kunal an little taller than Sachin. 1. Who is the shortest? (a) Rohan (b) Sachin (c) Anuj (d) Kunal (e) None of these Ans: A 2. If they stand in the order of their heights, who will be in the middle? (a) Kunal (b) Rohan (c) Sachin (d) Anuj (e) None of these Ans: D 3. If they stand in the order of increasing heights, who will be the second? (a) Anuj (b) Sachin (c) Rohan (d) Kunal (e) None of these Ans: B 4. Who is the second tallest? (a) Sachin (b) Kunal Ans: B

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5. Who is taller than Anuj but shorter than Mohit? (a) Kunal (b) Rohan (c) Sachin (d)Date Inadequate Ans: A

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Directions for Questions 6-10: 6. A group of friends goes for dinner and gets bill of Rs 2400 . Two of them says that they have forgotten their purse so remaining make an extra contribution of Rs 100 to pay up the bill. Tell the no. of person in that group. Ans - 8 person 7. Given the following functions (1) f(n a b c ) = ac if n=1 (2) f(n a b c) = f( n-1 a c b) + f( 1 a b c) + f( n-1 b a c ) if n > 1 Then what is the value f( 2 a b c ) = ? Ans: f( 2 a c b ) = ab + ac + bc. 8. There are 600 tennis players 4% wear wrist band on one wrist Of the remaining, 25% wear wrist bands on both hands How many players don't wear a wrist band? Ans. 432 9. Three types of tea the a,b,c costs Rs. 95/kg,100/kg and70/kg respectively. How many kgs of each should be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture worth Rs.90/kg, given that the quntities of band c are equal 70,15,15 50,25,25 60,20,20 40,30,30 Ans. B 10. 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 Directions for Questions 11-15: Each question given below has a problem and two statements numbered I and II giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements are sufficient for answering the problem. Indicate your answer as (a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question; (b) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question;

(c) If the data in either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question; (d) If the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question; (e) If the data in both the statements together are needed; 11. A) The boy regretted that he had spend a greater part of his vacation in the chair with a plastered leg. B) With a plastered leg, the boy regretted that he had spent a greater part of his vacation in the chair C) The boy regretted that a plastered leg he had spent a greater part of his vacation in the chair. D) The boy with a plastered leg regretted that he had spent a greater part of his vacation in the chair. Ans: C 12. A) If You will pay heed to the small details, the general plans will surely succeed. B) If you pay heed to the small details, the general plans will surely succeed. C) If you would heed the small details, the general plans would have succeed. D) If you heeded to the small details, the general plans would surely succeed. Ans: B 13. A) It is a pleasure to see an alligator basking in the sunshine on a river bank as long as 90 feet. B) It is a pleasure to see an alligator as long as 90 feet basking in the sunshine on a river bank C) It is a pleasure to see an alligator basking in the sunshine as long as 90 feet on a river bank D) It is a pleasure to see an alligator basking as long as 90 feet in the sunshine on a river bank. Ans: B 14. A) There will be a meeting in the long room at 4 o'clock of all the boys who play cricket and football. B) There will be a meeting of all the boys who play cricket and football in the long room at 4 o'clock. C) There will be in the long room at 4 o'clock a meeting of all the boys who play cricket and football D) In the long room at 4 o'closk there will be a meeting of all the boys who play cricket and football. Ans: D 15. A) We had in this village, some twenty years ago, an idiot boy, whom I well remember, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees. B) Some twenty years ago, we had an idiot boy in this village, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees, whom I well remember. C) We had an idiot boy, whom I well remember, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees, in this village some twenty years ago. D) In this village, we had an idiot boy some twenty years ago, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees, whom I well remember. Ans: A Directions for Questions 16-20: Convert the given binary numbers. 16. (11111011)2= ( )8

Ans: (373)8 17. (11011110110010101101)2 = ( )16 Ans: (DECAD)16 18. ( 11010101)2 = ( Ans: (213)10 19. (11100111)2 = ( Ans: (347)8 )10

)8

20. (1100010101010010001)2 = ( )8 Ans: (1425221)8 Questions 21-25: A cube painted red on two adjecent faces and black on the faces opposite to the red faces and green on the remaining faces is cut into sixty-four smaller cubes of equal size. 21. How many cubes are there which have no face painted? A) 0 B) 4 C) 8 D)6 Ans: C 22. How many cubes have only one face painted? A) 8 B) 16 C) 24 D)32 Ans: C 23. How many cubes have less than three faces painted? A) 80 B) 24 C) 28 D)48 Ans: D 24. How many cubes are there with three faces painted? A) 4 B) 8 C) 16 D)24 Ans: B 25. How many cubes have one face green and one of the adjacent faces black o red? A) 8 B) 16 C) 24 D)28 Ans:C Reasoning section (20 Questions- 20 mins) Directions for Questions 1-4: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer (A) If only conclusion I follows; (B) If only conclusion II follows; (C) If either I or II follows; (D) If neither I nor II follows and (E) If both I and II follow. 1. Statements: Most clocks are fans some fans are walls conclusions: I. Some walls are fans II. Some clocks are walls Ans: D

2. Statements: All birds are dogs some dogs are cats Conclusions: I. Some cats are not dogs II. All dogs are not birds Ans: D 3. Statements: Some fools are intelligent some intelligent are great Conclusions: I. Some fools are great II. All great are intelligent. Ans: D 4. Statements: All Men are married some men are educated Conclusions: I. Some married are educated II. Some educated are married. Ans: E Directions for Questions 5-6: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. 5.Statements: All bags are chalks. All chalks are bottles. Conclusions: I. Some bottles are bags. II. All bags are bottles III. All bottles are bags IV. Some chalks are not bags A) Only I , II and IV follow B) Only I , III and IV follow. C) Only II, III and IV follow. D) All Follow E) none of these Ans: A 6. Statements: Some trees are buses. All buses are hats Conclusions: I Some trees are hats II. Some hats are trees III. All hats are buses IV. Some buses are hats A) None follow s B) Only I, II and IV follow. C) Only II , III and IV follow. D) All Follow E) none of these Ans: B Directions(7-15): In each of the following questions one word is different from the rest. Find out the word which does not belong to the group 7. A ) Yokel Ans: B B) Upshot C) Lout D) Bumpkin

8. A) Sofa B) Bed C) Diwan D) Chair E) Table Ans: B 9. A) Keraunophobia Ans: C B) Tonitrophobia C) Phonophobia D) Astraphobia

10. A) HB B) ZU C) NI D) TO E) PK Ans: (A) 11. A) Printer B) Author C) Publisher D) Correspondent E) Reader Ans: (E)

12. A) EQL B) BHF C) KTI D) SXD E) JWM Ans: (D) 13. A) Curd B) Butter C) Oil D) cream Ans: C 14. A) Poland B) Greece C) Spain D) Korea Ans: D 15. A) Copper Ans: C B) Tin C) Brass D) ZInc

16. Mr. A, Miss B, Mr. C and Miss D are sitting around a table and discussing their trades. 1. Mr. A sits opposite to cook 2. Miss b sits right to the barber. 3. The washer man is on the left of the tailor 4. Miss D sits opposite Mr. C hat are the trades of A and B? A. Tailor and Barber B. Tailor and cook C. Barber and cook D. washer man and cook Ans: B 17. In a pile of 10 books, there are 3 of History, 3 of Hindi, 2 of mathematics and 2 of English. Taking from above, there is an English book between a history and mathematics book, a history book between a mathematics and an English book, a Hindi book between an English and a mathematics book, a mathematics book between two Hindi books and two Hindi books between a Mathematic and a History book. Book of which subject is at the sixth position from top? A. English Ans: B B. Hindi B. Mathematics C. History

18. On a man's tombstone, it is said that one sixth of his life was spent in childhood and one twelfth as a teenager. One seventh of his life passed between the time he became an adult and the time he married; five years later, his son was born. Alas, the son died four years before he did. He lived to be twice as old as his son did. How old did the man live to be? Ans: 84 years 19. What two numbers have a product of 48 and, when the larger number is divided by the smaller, a quotient of 3? Ans: 4 and 12 20. A drove of sheep and chickens have a total of 99 heads and feet. There are twice as many chickens as sheep. How many of each are there? Ans: Nine sheep and eighteen chickens.

Test Paper :7 Paper Type : Whole Testpaper Test Date : 16 March 2010 Test Location : St.Thomas Engineering college, Chennai Posted By : Muzu

Aptitude test: Questions = 70; time limit = 70 minutes. Correct answer carry one mark and wrong answer carry 0.25 marks. Offline (paper & pen) test. Verbal section (25 questions-25min) Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. The general recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase,' It is the busiest man who has time to spare'. Thus, an elderly lady at leisure can spend the entire day writing a postcard to her niece. An hour will be spent in writing a postcard , another hunting for spectacles, half an hour to search for the address , an hour and a quarter in composition and twenty minutes in deciding whether or not to take an umbrella when goingto the pillar box in the street. The total effort that could occupy a busy man for three minutes, all told may in this fashion leave another person completely exhausted after a day of doubt, anxiety and toil. 1.What happens when the time to be spent on some work increases? A) the work is done smoothly. B) the work is done leisurely. C) work consumes all the time. D) The work needs additional time. Ans: C 2. Explain the sentence : work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. A) The more work there is to be done , the more time needed. B) whatever time is available for a given amount of work, all of it will be used. C) If you have more time you can do some work. D) If you have some important work to do , you should always have some additional time. Ans: B 3. Who is the person likely to take more time to do work.: A) a busy man. B) a man of leisure. C) an elderly person. D)an exhausted person Ans: B 4. What is the total time spent by the elderly lady in writing a postcard? A) Three minutes. B) four hours and five minutes. C) half day D)the entire day. Ans:D

5. What does the expression pillar box stand for? A) a box attached to the pillar. B) a box in the pillar C) box office. D) a pillar type postbox. Ans: D Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. According to Albert Einstein the non mathematician, is seized by a mysterious shuddering when he hears of 'four-dimensional' things, he is seized by a feeling, which is very similar to the thoughts awakened by the occult. And at the same time the statement that the world in which we live is a four-dimensional space - time continuum is quite a common place statement. This might lead to an argument regarding the use of the term ''commonplace'' by Einstein. Yet the difficulty lies more in the wording than the ideas. Einstein's concept of the universe as a four-dimensional space-time continuum becomes plain and clear, when what he means by ''continuum'' becomes clear. A continuum is something that is continuous, A ruler, for example, is a one-dimensional space continuum. Most rulers are divided into inches and frWASLions, scaled down to one-sixteenth of an inch. Will it be possible to conceive a ruler, which is calibrated to a millionth or billionth of an inch. In theory there is no reason why the steps from point to point should not be even smaller. What distinguishes a continuum is the fWASL that the space between any two points can be sub-divided into an infinite number of smaller divisions. A railroad track is a one-dimensional space continuum and on it the engineer of a train can describe his position at any time by citing a single co-ordinate point - i.e., a station or a milestone. A sea captain, however, has to worry about two dimensions. The surface of the sea is a two-dimensional continuum and the co-ordinate points by which sailor fixes his positions in his two dimensional continuum are latitude and longitude. An airplane pilot guides his plane through a three - dimensional continuum, hence he has to consider not only latitude and longitude, but also his height above the ground. The continuum of an airplane pilot constitutes space as we perceive it. In other words, the space of our world is a three-dimensional continuum. Just indicating its position in space is not enough while describing any physical event, which involves motion. How position changes in time also needs to be mentioned. Thus to give an accurate picture of the operation of a New York - Chicago express, one must mention not only that it goes from New - York to Albany to Syracuse to Cleveland to Toledo to Chicago, but also the times at which it touches each of those points. This can be done either by means of a timetable or a visual chart. If the miles between New York and Chicago are plotted horizontally on a piece of ruled paper and the hours and minutes are plotted vertically, then a diagonal line properly drawn across the page illustrates the progress of the train in two-dimensional space - time continuum. This type of graphic representation is familiar to most newspaper readers; a stock market chart, For example, pictures financial events in a two - dimensional dollar - time continuum. Similarly for the best picturisation of the flight of an airplane from New York to Los Angeles

a four - dimensional space - time continuum is essential. The latitude, longitude and altitude will only make sense to the traffic manager of the airline if the time co - ordinate is also mentioned. Therefore time is the fourth dimension. If a flight has to be looked at, perceived as a whole, it wouldn't work if it is broken down into a series of disconnected take - offs, climbs, glides, and landing, it needs to be looked at and perceived as a continuous four dimensional space - time continuum curve. Following are some sample questions on this passage: The significant feature of a continuum, according to the passage, revolves around The divisibility of the interval between any two points. An ordinary ruler's caliber for marking It's unending curve It's lucid from providing comprehensibility to the non - scientists as well It's variety of co - ordinates. Answer: A The purpose of this passage is to highlight the point that Plots and sea captains have something in common Stock market charts may be helpful to physicists The fourth dimension is time. Non-mathematician's are often afraid of the commonplace There is a marked quality to distance Answer: C According to the passage, an airlines traffic manager depends upon all of the following EXCEPT aptitude The time co-ordinate Longitude The continuous curve in co four Answer: E The underlying tone of this selection is Persuasive Deferential Candid Instructive Gently condescending Answer: D According to the author if on wishes portray a physical event in which motion plays a role one has to Make use of a time-table Indicate how position changes in time Be conversant with the scientist's theories Describe it graphically Be aware of altitude, latitude and longitude Answer: B Directions for Questions 11-12: Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.(Disregard punctuation errors if any)

11. I never have / visited / or intend to visit / foreign countries / A B C D Ans:C 12. The clothes / were neatly / hanged /on the cloth line. A B C D Ans:C Directions for Questions 13-15: one of the four sentences given in each question is grammatically wrong . Find the incorrect sentence. 13. A) Our followers are but a handful. B) Neither he nor I was there. C) Many a glorious deeds were done. D) Everyone of the boys loves to ride. Ans: C 14 A) She had finished her work when I met her. B) Do you believe in God? C) He cut his hand with a knife. D) He challenged me for a duel. Ans: D 15 A) Sumit is my elder brother. B) He is two years younger to me. C) He is the eldest man of this village. D) Ravi is five years older than me. Ans: C Directions for Questions 16-20: In each of the following questions, some sentence are given which are on the same theme. decide which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar; meaning and usage, suitable for formal writing in English. Find the correct sentence. 16 A) From which train did you come? B) A series of incidents have taken place. C) It is a five--men committee. D) This pronunciation is peculiar to Bengalis. Ans:D 17 A) They have placed order for books. B) He has applied for lectureship. C) The river has overflown its bank. D) Give me rupees two and a half. Ans:D

18 A) The proceeds of the charity show are for riot victims B) He asked Ajay and I to go. C) The weather of this place does not suit me. D) Either Rajesh or his friends has done it. Ans: A 19 A) It is far too hard an essay for me to attempt. B) It is too far hard an essay to attempt for me. C) Too far it is an essay hard for me to attempt. D) It is too hard an essay for me to far attempt Ans:D 20. A) Hoping to be hearing from you, I remain yours sincerely. B) Hoping to hear from you, I remain yours sincerely. C) Hoping to have heard from you, I sincerely remain yours. D) Sincerely I remain yours hoping to be hearing from you. Ans: B Directions for Questions 21-25: In each of the following questions, a paragraph or a sentence has been broken up into different parts. The parts have been scrambled and numbered as given below. Choose the correct order of these parts from the given alternatives. 21. 1) I 2)do 3) a 4) of 5) in 6) lot 7) reading 8) my 9) time 10) free A. 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 7, 5, 10, 8, 9 B. 1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 7, 5, 8, 10, 9 C. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 4, 5, 8, 10, 9 D. 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 7, 5, 8, 10, 9 Ans: D 22. 1) on to 2) seat a 9) time 10)to 3) evening 4) Edinburgh 5)the 6) booked 7) flight 8)

A. 9, 6, 8, 2, 1, 5, 3, 7, 10, 4 B. 9, 6, 8, 1, 2, 5, 3, 7, 10, 4 C. 9, 3, 8, 2, 1, 5, 6, 7, 10, 4 D. 9, 6, 1, 2, 5, 8, 3, 7, 10, 4 Ans: A 23. 1) I 2) my 3) leg 10) I 11) broke 4) to 5)hire 6) gardener 7) when 8) a 9) had

A. 1, 9, 4, 5, 8, 6, 7, 10, 11, 3, 2 B. 1, 9, 4, 5, 11, 6, 8, 10, 7, 2, 3 C. 1, 9, 4, 5, 8, 6, 7, 10, 11, 2, 3 D. 1, 4, 9, 5, 8, 6, 7, 10, 11, 2, 3 Ans: C

24. 1) She 2) trust A. 1, 5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 B. 3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 5, 7 C. 3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 5, 7 D. 3, 2, 6, 1, 4, 5, 7 Ans: B

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Aanalytical section (25 Q's - 30 mins) Directions for Questions 1-5:There are five friends Sachin, Kunal, Mohit, Anuj and Rohan. Sachin ia shorter than Kunal but taller than Rohan. Mohit is tallest. Anuj is a little shorter than Kunal an little taller than Sachin. 1.Who is the shortest? (a) Rohan Ans: A (b) Sachin (c) Anuj (d) Kunal (e) None of these

2. If they stand in the order of their heights, who will be in the middle? (a) Kunal Ans: D (b) Rohan (c) Sachin (d) Anuj (e) None of these

3. If they stand in the order of increasing heights, who will be the second? (a) Anuj Ans: B (b) Sachin (c) Rohan (d) Kunal (e) None of these

4. Who is the second tallest? (a) Sachin Ans: B (b) Kunal (c) Anuj (d) Rohan (e) None of these

5. Who is taller than Anuj but shorter than Mohit? (a) Kunal Ans: A (b) Rohan (c) Sachin (d)Date Inadequate (e) None

Directions for Questions 6-10: 6. A group of friends goes for dinner and gets bill of Rs 2400 . Two of them says that they have forgotten their purse so remaining make an extra contribution of Rs 100 to pay up the bill. Tell the no. of person in that group. Ans - 8 person

7. Given the following functions (1) f(n a b c ) = ac if n=1 (2) f(n a b c) = f( n-1 a c b) + f( 1 a b c) + f( n-1 b a c ) if n > 1 Then what is the value f( 2 a b c ) = ? Ans: f( 2 a c b ) = ab + ac + bc. 8. There are 600 tennis players 4% wear wrist band on one wrist Of the remaining, 25% wear wrist bands on both hands How many players don't wear a wrist band? Ans. 432 9. Three types of tea the a,b,c costs Rs. 95/kg,100/kg and70/kg respectively. How many kgs of each should be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture worth Rs.90/kg, given that the quntities of band c are equal 70,15,15 50,25,25 60,20,20 40,30,30 Ans. B 10. 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 Directions for Questions 11-15: Each question given below has a problem and two statements numbered I and II giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements are sufficient for answering the problem. Indicate your answer as (a) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question; (b) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question; (c) if the data in either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question; (d) if the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question; (e) if the data in both the statements together are needed; 11. A) The boy regretted that he had spend a greater part of his vacation in the chair with a plastered leg. B) With a plastered leg, the boy regretted that he had spent a greater part of his vacation in the chair C) The boy regretted that a plastered leg he had spent a greater part of his vacation in the chair. D) The boy with a plastered leg regretted that he had spent a greater part of his vacation in the chair. Ans: C 12. A) If You will pay heed to the small details, the general plans will surely succeed. B) If you pay heed to the small details, the general plans will surely succeed. C) If you would heed the small details, the general plans would have succeed. D) If you heeded to the small details, the general plans would surely succeed. Ans: B

13. A) It is a pleasure to see an alligator basking in the sunshine on a river bank as long as 90 feet. B) It is a pleasure to see an alligator as long as 90 feet basking in the sunshine on a river bank C) It is a pleasure to see an alligator basking in the sunshine as long as 90 feet on a river bank D) It is a pleasure to see an alligator basking as long as 90 feet in the sunshine on a river bank. Ans: B 14. A) There will be a meeting in the long room at 4 o'clock of all the boys who play cricket and football. B) There will be a meeting of all the boys who play cricket and football in the long room at 4 o'clock. C) There will be in the long room at 4 o'clock a meeting of all the boys who play cricket and football D) In the long room at 4 o'closk there will be a meeting of all the boys who play cricket and football. Ans: D 15. A) We had in this village, some twenty years ago, an idiot boy, whom I well remember, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees B) Some twenty years ago, we had an idiot boy in this village, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees, whom I well remember. C) We had an idiot boy, whom I well remember, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees, in this village some twenty years ago. D) In this village, we had an idiot boy some twenty years ago, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees, whom I well remember. Ans: A Directions for Questions 16-20: Convert the given binary numbers. 16. (11111011)2= ( )8 Ans: (373)8 17. (11011110110010101101)2 = ( )16 Ans: (DECAD)16 18. ( 11010101)2 = ( Ans: (213)10 19. (11100111)2 = ( Ans: (347)8 )10

)8

20. (1100010101010010001)2 = ( )8 Ans: (1425221)8 Questions 21-25: A cube painted red on two adjecent faces and black on the faces opposite to the red faces and green on the remaining faces is cut into sixty-four smaller cubes of equal size.

21. How many cubes are there which have no face painted ? A) 0 B) 4 C) 8 D)6 Ans: C 22. How many cubes have only one face painted ? A) 8 B) 16 C) 24 D)32 Ans: C 23. How many cubes have less than three faces painted ? A) 80 B) 24 C) 28 D)48 Ans: D 24. How many cubes are there with three faces painted ? A) 4 B) 8 C) 16 D)24 Ans: B 25. How many cubes have one face green and one of the adjacent faces black o red? A) 8 B) 16 C) 24 D)28 Ans:C Reasoning section (20 Questions- 20 mins) Directions for Questions 1-4: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer (A) if only conclusion I follows; (B) if only conclusion II follows; (C) if either I or II follows; (D) if neither I nor II follows and (E) if both I and II follow. 1. Statements: Most clocks are fans Some fans are walls Conclusions: I. Some walls are fans II. Some clocks are walls Ans: D 2. Statements: All birds are dogs Some dogs are cats Conclusions: I. Some cats are not dogs II. All dogs are not birds Ans: D 3. Statements: Some fools are intelligent Some intelligent are great Conclusions: I. Some fools are great II. All great are intelligent. Ans: D

4. Statements: All Men are married Some men are educated Conclusions: I. Some married are educated II. Some educated are married. Ans: E Directions for Questions 5-6: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. 5. Statements: All bags are chalks. All chalks are bottles. Conclusions: I. Some bottles are bags. II. All bags are bottles III. All bottles are bags IV. Some chalks are not bags A) Only I , II and IV follow C) Only II, III and IV follow. E) none of these Ans: A 6. Statements: B) Only I , III and IV follow. D) All Follow

Some trees are buses All buses are hats Conclusions: I Some trees are hats II. Some hats are trees III. All hats are buses IV. Some buses are hats A) None follow s C) Only II , III and IV follow. E) none of these Ans: B B) Only I, II and IV follow. D) All Follow

Directions(7-15): In each of the following questions one word is different from the rest. Find out the word which does not belong to the group 7. A ) Yokel B) Upshot C) Lout D) Bumpkin Ans: B 8. A) Sofa B) Bed C) Diwan D) Chair E) Table Ans: B 9. A) Keraunophobia Ans: C B) Tonitrophobia C) Phonophobia D) Astraphobia

10. A) HB B) ZU C) NI D) TO E) PK Ans: (A)

11. A) Printer B) Author C) Publisher D) Correspondent E) Reader Ans : (E) 12. A) EQL B) BHF C) KTI D) SXD E) JWM Ans : (D) 13. A) Curd B) Butter C) Oil D) cream Ans: C 14. A) Poland Ans: D 15. A) Copper Ans: C B) Greece C) Spain D)Korea

B) Tin C) Brass

D) ZInc

16. Mr. A, Miss B, Mr. C and Miss D are sitting around a table and discussing their trades. 1. Mr. A sits opposite to cook 2. Miss b sits right to the barber. 3. The washer man is on the left of the tailor 4. Miss D sits opposite Mr. C hat are the trades of A and B? A. Tailor and Barber C. Barber and cook Ans: B B. Tailor and cook D. washer man and cook

17. In a pile of 10 books, there are 3 of History, 3 of Hindi, 2 of mathematics and 2 of English. Taking from above, there is an English book between a history and mathematics book, a history book between a mathematics and an English book, a Hindi book between an English and a mathematics book, a mathematics book between two Hindi books and two Hindi books between a Mathematic and a History book. Book of which subject is at the sixth position from top? A. English B. Hindi B. Mathematics C. History Ans: B 18. On a man's tombstone, it is said that one sixth of his life was spent in childhood and one twelfth as a teenager. One seventh of his life passed between the time he became an adult and the time he married; five years later, his son was born. Alas, the son died four years before he did. He lived to be twice as old as his son did. How old did the man live to be? Ans: 84 years 19. What two numbers have a product of 48 and, when the larger number is divided by the smaller, a quotient of 3? Ans: 4 and 12 20. A drove of sheep and chickens have a total of 99 heads and feet. There are twice as many chickens as sheep. How many of each are there? Ans: nine sheep and eighteen chickens.

Test Paper :8 Paper Type : Whole Testpaper Test Date : 14 January 2010 Test Location : VIT, Vellore Posted By : Haseeb
Aptitude Test Questions = 70; time limit = 70 minutes. Correct answer carry one mark and wrong answer carry 0.25 marks., Offline (paper & pen) test Verbal section (25 questions-25min) Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. For a period of more than two centuries paleontologists have been intrigued by the fossilized remains of pterosaurs, the first flying vertebrates. The issues, which puzzle them, are how these heavy creatures, having a wingspan of about 8-12 meters managed the various problems associated with powered flight and whether these creatures were reptiles or birds. Perhaps the least controversial assertion about the pterosaurs is that they were reptiles. Their skulls, pelvises, and hind feet are reptilian. The anatomy of their wings suggests that they did not evolve into the class of birds. In pterosaurs a greatly elongated fourth finger of each forelimb supported a winglike membrane. The other fingers were short and reptilian, with sharp claws. In birds the second finger is the principal strut of the wing, which consists primarily of feathers. If the pterosaurs walked on all fours, the three short fingers may have been employed for grasping. When a pterosaurs walked or remained stationary, the fourth finger, and with it the wing, could only urn upward in an extended inverted V- shape along each side of the animal's body. In resemblance they were extremely similar to both birds and bats, with regard to their overall body structure and proportion. This is hardly surprising as the design of any flying vertebrate is subject to aerodynamic constraints. Both the pterosaurs and the birds have hollow bones, a feature that represents a savings in weight. There is a difference, which is that the bones of the birds are more massively reinforced by internal struts. Although scales typically cover reptiles, the pterosaurs probably had hairy coats. T.H. Huxley reasoned that flying vertebrates must have been warm-blooded because flying implies a high rate of metabolism, which in turn implies a high internal temperature. Huxley speculated that a coat of hair would insulate against loss of body heat and might streamline the body to reduce drag in flight. The recent discovery of a pterosaur specimen covered in long, dense, and relatively thick hair like fossil material was the first clear evidence that his reasoning was correct. Some paleontologists are of the opinion that the pterosaurs jumped from s dropped from trees or perhaps rose into the light winds from the crests of waves in order to become airborne. Each theory has its associated difficulties. The first makes a wrong assumption that the pterosaurs hind feet resembled a bat's and could serve as hooks by which the

animal could hang in preparation for flight. The second hypothesis seems unlikely because large pterosaurs could not have landed in trees without damaging their wings. The third calls for high aces to channel updrafts. The pterosaurs would have been unable to control their flight once airborne as the wind from which such waves arose would have been too strong.

1. As seen in the above passage scientists generally agree that: A. the pterosaurs could fly over large distances because of their large B. C. D. E.
wingspan. a close evolutionary relationship can be seen between the pterosaurs and bats, when the structure of their skeletons is studied. the study of the fossilized remains of the pterosaurs reveals how they solved the problem associated with powered flight the pterosaurs were reptiles Pterosaurs walked on all fours.

Answer : D

2. As inferred from the passage, the skeleton of a pterosaur is distinguishable

from that of a bird by the A. length of its wingspan B. hollow spaces in its bones C. anatomic origin of its wing strut D. evidence of the hooklike projections on its hind feet E. location of the shoulder joint joining the wing to its body. Answer : C

3. From the viewpoint of T.H.Huxley, as given in the passage, which of the

following statements is he most likely to agree with? A. An animal can master complex behaviors irrespective of the size of it's brain. B. Environmental capabilities and physical capabilities often influence the appearance of an animal. C. Usually animals in a particular family group do not change their appearance dramatically over a period of time D. The origin of flight in vertebrates was an accidental development rather than the outcome of specialization or adaption E. The pterosaurs should be classified as birds, not reptiles. Answer : B

4. The organization of the last paragraph of the passage can best be described
as:

A. New data is introduced in order to support a traditional point of view B. Three explanations are put forth and each of them is disputed by
means of specific information

C. An outline of three hypotheses are given and evidence supporting each

of them is given

D. Description of three recent discoveries is presented, and their

implications for future study are projected E. The material in the earlier paragraphs is summarized and certain conclusions are from it. Answer : B

5. According to the passage, some scientists believe that pterosaurs A. Lived near large bodies of water B. Had sharp teeth for tearing food C. Were attacked and eaten by larger reptiles D. Had longer tails than many birds E. Consumed twice their weight daily to maintain their body temperature.
Answer : A Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.

After his father's death, writer Laurence Yep returned to San Francisco to look for the apartment house where his family had lived, which also housed their grocery store. It had been replaced by a two-story parking garage for a nearby college. There were trees growing where the store door had been. I had to look at the street signs on the corner to make sure I was in the right spot. Behind the trees was a door of solid metal painted a battleship gray Stretching to either side were concrete walls with metal grates bolted over the openings in the sides. The upper story of the garage was open to the air but through the grates I could look into the lower level. The gray, oil-stained concrete spread onward endlessly, having replaced the red cement floor of our store. Lines marked parking places where my parents had laid wooden planks to ease the ache and chill on their feet. Where the old-fashioned glass store counter had been was a row of cars. I looked past the steel I-beams that formed the columns and ceiling of the garage, peering through the dimness in an attempt to locate where my father's garden had been; but there was only an endless stretch of cars within the painted stalls. We called it the garden though that was stretching the definition of the word because it was only a small, narrow cement courtyard on the north side of our apartment house. There was only a brief time during the day when the sun could reach the tiny courtyard; but fuchsia bushes, which loved the shade, grew as tall as trees from the dirt plot there. Next to it my father had fashioned shelves from old hundred-pound rice cans and planks; and on these makeshift shelves he had his miniature flower patches growing in old soda pop crates from which he had removed the wooden dividers. He would go out periodically to a wholesale nursery by the beach and load the car with boxes full of little flowers and seedlings which he would lovingly transplant in his shadowy garden. If you compared our crude little garden to your own backyards, you would probably laugh; and yet the cats in the neighborhood loved my father's garden almost as much as he did--to his great dismay The cats loved to roll among the flowers, crushing what were just about the only green growing things in the area. Other times, they ate them-perhaps as a source of greens. Whatever the case, my father could have done without their destructive displays of appreciation. I don't know where my father came by his love of growing things. He had come to San Francisco as a boy and, except for a brief time spent picking fruit, had lived most of his life among cement, brick, and asphalt. I hadn't thought of my father's garden in years; and yet it was the surest symbol of my father. Somehow he could persuade flowers

to grow within the old, yellow soda pop crates though the sun seldom touched them; and he could coax green shoots out of what seemed like lifeless sticks. His was the gift of renewal. However, though I stared and stared, I could not quite figure out where it had been. Everything looked the same; more concrete and more cars. Store, home and garden had all been torn down and replaced by something as cold, massive and impersonal as a prison. Even if I could have gone through the gate, there was nothing for me inside there. If I wanted to return to that lost garden, I would have to go back into my own memories. Award-winning author Laurence Yep did return to his father's garden in his memories. In 1991 he published The Lost Garden an autobiography in which he tells of growing up in San Francisco and of coming to use his writing to celebrate his family and his ethnic heritage.

6. The author is searching for something as he looks through the window of a

parking garage. What is he searching for? A. A particular car B. The red cement floor of an old store C. Reminders of the past D. Evidence of his father's financial success Ans: C

7. What kind of work did the author's father do? A. He was a professional gardener B. He worked in a parking garage. C. He owned a restaurant. D. He owned a store.
Ans:D

8. What idea does the story suggest about the author's parents? A. They both worked hard to support their family B. They had encouraged their son to become a writer C. They had not wanted to see a parking garage replace their home. D. They had been farmers most of their lives.
Ans:C

9. What do you know about the father's garden? A. It grew in spite of being neglected. B. The cats would eat all the plants before they grew C. It flourished in an unlikely spot. D. It didn't grow well because of lack of sun.
Ans:D

10. Why are details about the neighborhood cats included in this story? A. To show how much the garden meant to the family. B. To show how important this garden was to the author's father.

C. To show how had the author worked at helping his father. D. To show that the author's father loved animals as well as plants.
Directions for Questions 11-12: Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.( Disregard punctuation errors if any) 11. I shall / ring him / tomorrow / in the afternoon. A Ans: B 12. I enjoyed / during my / stay in / England. A Ans:A Directions for Questions 13-15: one of the four sentences given in each question is grammatically wrong . Find the incorrect sentence. 13. A) the odds are against him. B) Let me thread the needle . C) A nurse is taking care of him. D) I don't know if snow is falling. Ans. D 14. A) Let me put my sign here. B) These cattle are mine. c) He examined the book closely. D) He has no knowledge of and no interest in music. Ans: A 15. A) He has no desire for fame. B) I intend going to Calcutta. C) He is too miserly to part with his money. D) He has invited me for dinner. B C D B C D

Ans: C Directions for Questions 16-20: In each of the following questions, some sentence are given which are on the same theme. decide which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar; meaning and usage, suitable for formal writing in English. Find the correct sentence. 16. A. Our school had won the match if only we have concentrated . B. Our school would have won the match if only we would have concentrated. C. Our school would win the match if only we had concentrated. D. Our school had won the match if only we would have concentrated. E. Our school would have won the match if only we had concentrated. Ans: E 17. A. He will not pay unless he is not compelled B. He will not pay unless he will be compelled . C . He will not pay unless he is compelled D. he will not pay till he i s compelled. Ans: C 18. A. Since he lacked needed money , he never turned down anyone who needed help. B. He wasn't rich by any means, although he never turned down anyone who needed help. C. Being not rich by any means, but he never turned away anyone who needed help. D. He wasn't rich by any means, but he never turned away anyone who needed help. E. Since he wasn't rich by any means, he never turned away anyone who needed help. Ans: D 19. A) I was asked to stop writing. B) She denied to go with me. C) My hairs stood on end. D) I am reading this novel for four days.

Ans. D 20. A. The teacher asked the student with a frown on his face, to leave the room. B. The teacher asked with a frawn on his face the student to leave the room. C. With a frawn on his face, the teacher asked the student to leave the room. D. The teacher asked the student to leave the room with a frawn on his face . Ans: C Directions for Questions 21-25: In each of the following questions, a paragraph or a sentence has been broken up into different parts. The parts have been scrambled and numbered as given below. Choose the correct order of these parts from the given alternatives. 21. 1) is decidedly harmful 2) disregarding other equally important aspects, 3) to the total neglect of others 4) in the life of a man or a woman 5) is not wisdom but 6) cultivating only one quality 7) giving all attention and energy to one aspect of national life only, 8) folly 9) Similarly in the life of a nation. A) 4,6,2,5,8,9,7,1,3 C) 6,2,4,5,1,9,7,3,8 Ans: B 22. 1) Zealand 2) islands 3) Australia two A) 2,4,3,6,5,7,1,8,9 C) 5,1,8,3,7,6,4,9,2 Ans: C 4) of 5) new 6) consist 7) both 8) and 9) B) 4,6,3,1,9,7,2,5,8 D) 6,4,2,1,9,7,3,5,8

B) 5,1, 8 3,7,6,9,2,4 D) 5,1,8,2,3,7,6,4,9

23. 1) Pentium 4 8)without 9) it

2) any

3) conflicts. 4) handle 5) It seems

6)can

7)that

A) 5, 7, 1, 4, 6, 9, 8, 3, 2 C) 5, 7, 1, 4, 6, 9, 8, 2, 3 Ans: D 24. 1) language English 9) the 2) of 3) two 4) the

B) 5, 7, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 1, 3 D) 5, 7, 1, 6, 4, 9, 8, 2, 3

5) official

6)countries

7) is

8)

A) 8, 7, 4, 5, 1, 2, 9, 3, 6 C) 8, 7, 4, 1, 5, 2 9, 3, 6 Ans: A 25. 1) two differences 2) there 9) the 3) some

B) 8, 7, 1, 5, 4, 2, 9, 3, 6 D) 8, 7, 4, 5, 1, 9, 2, 3, 6

4) however

5) countries

6) between

7) are

8)

A) 4, 2, 8, 3, 7, 6, 9, 1, 5 C) 4, 2, 7, 3, 8, 6, 9, 1, 5 Ans: C Aanaytical section (25 Questions - 30 mins)

B) 4, 2, 5, 3, 8, 6, 9, 1, 7, D) 4, 2, 7, 3, 8, 6, 9, 1, 5,

Questions 1-5: 1. Out of forty students, there are 14 who are taking Physics and 29 who are taking Calculus. What is the probability that a randomly chosen student from this group is taking only the Calculus class? Ans: 0.6 = 60%. 2. In town of 500 people, 285 read Hindu and 212 read Indian express and 127read Times of India 20 read Hindu and times of India and 29 read hindu and Indian express and 35 read times of India and Indian express. 50 read no news paper. Then how many read only one paper? Ans: 45 3. In a group of persons travelling in a bus, 6 persons can speak Tamil, 15 can speak Hindi and 6 can speak Gujarati. In that group, none can speak any other language. If 2 persons in the group can speak two languages and one person can speak all the three languages, then how many persons are there in the group?

A) 21 Ans: B

B) 23

C) 22

D)24

4. Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club , 5% can play all the three instruments- Guitar, violin and Flute. It so happens that the number of musicians who can play any two and only two of the above instruments is 30. The number of musicians who can play the guitar alone is 40. What is the total number of those who can play violin alone or flute alone ? A) 30 B) 38 C) 44 D) 45 Ans: C 5. In a town 65% people watched the news on television , 40% read a newspaper and 25% read a newspaper and watched the news on television also. What percent of the people neither watched the news on television nor read a news paper ? A) 5 B) 10 C) 15 D) 20 Ans: D Questions 6-10: 6. A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the same person tells to 2 more persons and so on . How long will take to tell it to 768 persons ? a)47.5 min b)50 min c) 500 min d)49 min Ans: 47.5 min

7. When I was married 10 years ago my wife is the 6th member of the family. Today my father died and a baby born to me.The average age of my family during my marriage is same as today. What is the age of Father when he died? Ans: 70. 8. A son and father goes for boating in river upstream . After rowing for 1 mile son notices the hat of his father falling in the river. After 5 min. he tells his father that his hat has fallen. So they turn round and are able to pick the hat at the point from where they began boating after 5min. Tell the speed of river? Ans: 6 miles/hr

9. There are three departments having students 64,58,24 .In an exam they have to be seated in rooms such that each room has equal number of students and each room has students of one type only (No mixing of departments. Find the minimum number rooms required? Ans : 73

10. Argentina had football team of 22 player of which captain is from Brazilian team and goalki from European team. For remaining player they have picked 6 from Argentinean and 14 from European. Now for a team of 11 they must have goalki and captain so out of 9 now they plan to select 3 from Argentinean and 6 from European. Find out number

of methods available for it. Ans : 160600( check out for right no. 6C3 * 14C6) Directions for Questions 11-15: Each question given below has a problem and two statements numbered I and II giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements are sufficient for answering the problem. Indicate your answer as (a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question; (b) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question; (c) If the data in either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question; (d) If the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question; (e) If the data in both the statements together are needed; 11. How many visitors saw the exhibition yesterday? I. Each entry pass holder can take up to three persons with him / her. II. In all, 243 passes were sold yesterday. Ans:D 12. How much was the total sale of the company? I. The company sold 8000 units of product A each costing Rs. 25. II. The company has no other product line Ans: E 13. In what proportion would Raj, Karan and Altaf distribute profit among them I. Raj gets two-fifth of the profit. II. Karan and Althaf have made 75% of the total investment. Ans: D 14. What time did the train leave today. I. The train normally leaves on time II. The scheduled departure is at 14.30. Ans: D 15. On which day in January, Subhas left for Germany I. Subhas has so far spent 10 years in Germany. II. Subhas' friend Anil left for Germany on 15th February and joined Subhas 20 days after Subhas' arrival. Ans: D.

Directions for Questions 16-20 :Convert the given binary numbers. 16. (1110 0111)2 = ( Ans: (E7)16 17. (01011010)2=( Ans: (132)8 18. (11110000)2= ( )10 Ans:(240)10 )8 )16

19. (11000101010000111)2=( )16

Ans: (18A87)16 20. (01001110)2 = ( )8 Ans: (116)8 Directions(21-25): a cube is coloured orange on one face , pink on the opposite face, brown on one face and silver on a face adjacent to the brown face. The other two faces are left uncoloured. It is then cut into 125 smaller cubes of equal size. now, answer the following questions based on the above statements:

21. How many cubes have at least one face coloured pink ?
A) 1 Ans: D B)9 C) 16 D) 25

22. How many cubes have all the faces uncoloured ?

A) 24 Ans:C B)36 C) 48 D) 64

23. How many cubes have atleast two faces coloured ?

A) 19 Ans: C B)20 C) 21 D) 23

24 How many cubes are coloured orange on one face and have the remaining faces incoloured ?
A) 8 Ans: D B) 12 C) 14 D) 16

25 How many cubes one coloured silver on one face , orange or pink on another face and have four uncoloured faces ?
A) 8 Ans: A Reasoning section (20 Questions - 20 mins) Directions for Questions 1-4: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer (A) if only conclusion I follows; (B) if only conclusion II follows; (C) if either I or II follows; (D) if neither I nor II follows and (E) if both I and II follow. B) 10 C) 12 D) 16

1. Statements

Some shirts are biscuits No biscuit is book

Conclusions :

I Some shirts are books II. Some books are biscuits

Ans: D. 2. Statements : No women can vote Some women are politicians Conclusions : I Male politicians can vote II. Some politicians can vote Ans: D 3. Statements : No man is a donkey Rahul is a man Conclusions : I Rahul is not a donkey. II.All men are not Rahul

Ans: A 4. Statements : All poles are guns Some boats are not ploes Conclusions : I All guns are boats

II. Some boats are not guns Ans: D

Directions for Questions 5-6: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. 5. Statements: All rats are cows No cow is white. Conclusions: I No white is rat. II. No rat is white III. Some whites are rats IV All cows are rats

A) None follows C) Only II and IV follow. E) None of these Ans: E

B) Only I and IV follow. D) Only IV follow

6. Statements:

All apples are brinjals All brinjals are ladyfingures All ladyfingures are oranges

Conclusions: I. Some oranges are brinjals II. All brinjals are apples

III. some apples are oranges IV. All ladyfingures are apples

A) None follows C) Only I and III follow E) None of these Ans: A.

B) All follow D) Either I or III follows

Directions(7-15): In each of the following questions one word is different from the rest. Find out the word which does not belong to the group 7. (A) Ginger Ans : B 8. (A) BFD Ans : (C) 9. (A) ML Ans : (C) (B) Tomato (C) Carrot (D) Beet (E) Potato

(B) NRP

(C) HLG

(D) QUS

(E) UYW

(B) TS

(C) FG

(D) PO

(E) XW

10. (A) Cheese (B) Butter Ans : (D) 11. (A) GTSH (B) BYXC

(C) Ghee

(D) Milk

(E) Curd

(C) ETUF

(D) LONM

(E) KPIR

Ans : (C)
12. (A) PQ (B) CD (C) MN (D) DF (E) RS

Ans : (D)
13. (A) FLOK Ans : (E) 14. (A) 64 Ans: D 15. A) mania Ans: A (B) CROWD (C) HERD (D) SWARM (E) TEAM

(B) 54

(C) 42

(D) 31

(E) 20

B) pneumonia

C) Influenza D) Cholera

16. Five children are sitting in a row. S is sitting next to P but not T. K is sitting next to R who is sitting on the extreme left and T is not sitting next to K. Who are sitting adjacent to S? A) K and P B) R and P C) Only P D) P and T E) Insufficient Information.

Ans: D 17. In the Olympic Games, the flags of six nations were flown on the masts in the following way. The flag of America was to the left of Indian tricolour and to the right of the flag of France. The flag of Australia was on the right of the Indian flag but was to the left of the flag of Japan, which was to the left of the flag of China. Find the two flags which are in the centre. A) India and Australia Australia Ans: A B) America and India C) Japan and Australia D) America and

18. One boy can eat 100 chocolates in half a minute, and another can eat half as many in twice the length of time. How many chocolates can both boys eat in 15 seconds? Ans: 62.5 chocolates. 19. Potatoes are made up of 99% water and 1% "potato matter." Jack bought 100 pounds of potatoes and left them outside in the sun for a while. When he returned, he discovered that the potatoes had dehydrated and were now only made up of 98% water. How much did the potatoes now weigh? Ans: 50 pounds. 20. You own a pet store. If you put in one canary per cage, you have one canary too many. If you put in two canaries per cage, you have one cage too many. How many canaries and cages do you have? Ans: four canaries and three cages.

Test Paper :9 Paper Type : Whole Testpaper Test Date : 21 January 2010 Test Location : Anna University, Chennai Posted By : Abdullah
Aptitude Test: Questions = 70; time limit = 70 minutes. Correct answer carry one mark and wrong answer carry 0.25 marks. Offline (paper & pen) test Verbal section(25 questions-25min) Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. The establishment of the third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States. The complete destruction of democracy, the persecution of laws, the war on religion, the cruelty and barrbarism of the Nazis and especially, the plans of Germany and her allies, Italy and

Japan, for world conquest caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another world war. While speaking out against Hitler's atrocities, the American profile generally favored isolationist policies, and neutrality. The neutrality acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them. In 1937 the president was empowered to declare an arms embargo in wars between nations at his discretion American opinion began to change somewhat after President Roosevelt's quarantine the aggressor speech at Chicago (1937) in which he severely criticized Hitler's policies. Germany's seizure of Austria and Munich pact for the partition of Czechoslovakia (1938) also around the American people. The conquest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 was another rude awakening to the menace of the third Reich. In August, 1939, came the shock of the Nazi - Soviet pact and in September the attack on Poland and the outbreak of European war. The United States attempt to maintain neutrality in spite of sympathy for the democracies arranged against the Third Reich. The Neutrality act of 1939 repeated the arms embargo and permitted 'cash' and 'carry' exports of arms to belligerent nations. A strong national defense program was begun. A draft act was passed (1940) to strengthen the military services. A Lend - Lease Act (1940) authorized the president to sell, exchange or lend materials to any county deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States. Help was given to Britain territory in the western Hemisphere. In August 1941, President Roosevelt and prime minister Churchill met and issued the Atlantic Charter which proclaimed the kind of a world which should be established after the war. In December 1941, Japan launched the unprovoked attack on the United States at Pearl harbor, immediately thereafter Germany declared war on the united states.

1. USA entered the war against Germany A. because Pearl Harbor was attacked B. after peaceful efforts had failed C. because Germany declare war against it D. because Japan was an ally of Germany E. after Germany had signed the Nazi - Soviet pact
Ans : C

2. The Neutrality Act of 1939 favored Great Britain because A. the British had command of the sea B. the law permitted U.S.A. to trade only with the allies. C. it antagonized Japan D. it led to the Land - Lease Act E. it agreed with the British on the principle of the Atlantic Charter
Ans : A

3. An event that did not occur in 1939 was the A. invasion of Poland B. invasion of Czechoslovakia C. passing of the Neutrality Act D. passing of the Land - Lease act E. outbreak of the war in Europe
Ans : D

4. One item occurring 1937 that the author does not mention in the list
of actions that alienated the American Public was A. The persecution of religious groups B. Nazi barbarism C. The pacts with Italy D. German plans for conquest of the world E. The burning of the Reich tag. Ans : E

5. The Land - Lease Act has designed to A. Strengthen USA's national defense B. Provide battle shit to the Allies C. Help the British D. the Atlantic Charter E. Avenge Pearl Harbor
Ans : A Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage One of the most dangerous drugs for pregnant women to consume is alcohol. Because alcohol is delivered quickly into the blood and passes quickly into the tissues and membranes, the human fetus is particularly vulnerable to its effects. In fact, the negative effects on a fetus are so pronounced that babies born after exposure to alcohol are said to be suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome. As a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, the alcohol is passed into her her bloodstream almost simultaneously. Moreover, because the bloodstream of the fetus is inextricably tied to that of the mother, the alcohol passes directly into the bloodstream of the fetus as well. And, what is more, the concentration of alcohol in the fetus is exactly the same as in the mother. For the mother, this concentration is not a problem because her liver can remove one ounce of alcohol from her system per hour. However, the fetus's liver is not completely developed (how developed it is depends on its stage of development). The rate at which it is able to eliminate the alcohol from the blood of the fetus is much slower. Eventually, the alcohol will be returned to the mother's system by passing across the placenta, but this process is slow. By the time this takes place, major neurological damage may have already occurred. Research has shown that as little as one drink of alcohol can produce significant, irreversible damage to the fetus. Babies born after exposure to alcohol generally exhibit facial distortion, inability to concentrate, and difficulty in remembering. Simply speaking, it is imperative that pregnant women avoid alcohol. Following are some sample questions on this passage:

6. How much time can it be inferred that it takes alcohol to enter a woman's
bloodstream after she takes a drink? A. about one hour B. a few seconds C. several minutes D. at least 24 hours

Ans: B

7. According to the passage, how does the concentration of alcohol in a fetus

compare to that in the mother?

A. B. C. D.
Ans: C

The The The The

concentration concentration concentration concentration

is more. is less. is equivalent. cannot be measured.

8. It can be inferred that the development of a fetal liver depends on A. B. C. D.

how how how how many months pregnant the mother is much alcohol the mother has consumed large the fetus is well the mother has taken care of the fetus

Answer: A

9. According to the passage, how is alcohol finally returned to the mother's

system?

A. B. C. D.
Ans: B

it it it it

is is is is

carried through the bloodstream transferred across the placenta expelled by the fetus's liver not completely returned

10. Which one of the following was NOT mentioned as a sign of fetal alcohol
syndrome?

A. B. C. D.
Ans: C

disfigurement of the face concentration difficulties increased aggression memory problems

Directions for Questions 11-15: Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.( Disregard punctuation errors if any)

11. The major / along with / his soldiers / were killed in the field/.no error.

A Ans:D

12. In this way nuclear fission / or the splitting/of the atom / have been achieved /no error. A Ans:D 13. The trust has succeeded / admirably in raising / money for / its future programs/ no error. A Ans:D 14. The apparently obvious solutions / to most of his problems /were overlook by /many of his friends / no error. A E Ans:C 15. By arresting the local criminals / and encouraging good people / we can end /hostilities of that area / no error. A E Ans: D Directions for Questions 16-20: In each of the following questions, some sentence are given which are on the same theme. decide which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar; meaning and usage, suitable for formal writing in English. Find the correct sentence. 16. A) The dacoits being stopped to divide the booty, the police overtook them. B) The dacoits having stopped to divide the booty, the police had overtaken them C) The dacoits having stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them D) The dacoits having been stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them Ans : C 17. A) The harassed wife shot herself after bidding her husband the last good bye with a gun B C D B C B C D E B C D E

B) The harassed wife with a gun shot herself after bidding her husband the last goodbye C) The harassed wife shot herself with a gun after bidding her husband the last goodbye. D) With a gun the harassed wife shot herself, after bidding her husband the last goodbye. Ans: C 18. A) The receptionist must answer courteously the questions what are asked by the callers B) The receptionist must answer courteously the questions of all the callers C) The receptionist should answer courteously the questions of all callers D) The receptionist courteously should answer the questions of all callers E) There would have been no trouble if the receptionist had have always answered courteously. Ans: C 19 A) If you had told me that you were in Bombay I had certainly contacted by you instead of getting bored there B) If you had told me that you were in Bombay I would have certainly contacted you despite getting bored there. C) If you had told me that you were in Bombay I would have certainly contacted you instead of getting bored there. D) If you would have told me that you were in Bombay I had certainly contacted you instead of getting bored there Ans: C 20 A) The teaching staff must take their lectures regularly when are asked by the Principal B) The teaching staff had taken the lectures regularly had they known that the Principal would come to know about it. C) The teaching staff would have taken lectures regularly had they known that the Principal would know about it.

D) Many irregularities were found in their lectures by the Principal and he could not be disregarded them. Ans: C Directions for Questions 21-25: In each of the following questions, a paragraph or a sentence has been broken up into different parts. The parts have been scrambled and numbered as given below. Choose the correct order of these parts from the given alternatives. 21. 1) not only for an occupation 6) on modern lines 2) but also for 3) lumbering 4) construction purposes 5) as

7) the manufacture of wood pulp. paper, resins etc. 9) has developed C) 3,5,9,6,8,1,4,2,7

8) owing to the great demand for timber A) 3,9,6,5,8,1,4,2,7 D)5,3,9,6,8,1,7,2,4 Ans: C 22. 1) keeper of the the 2) guardian of

B) 3,8,9,5,6,1,7,2,4

3) as well as

4) The U.N.O is supposed to be

5) the morally conceived 6) political conscience 7) expressly defined rights and duties of sovereign states. 8) and A) 4,1,7,3,2,5,8,6 Ans: C 23. 1) it is of vital importance food 4) upon articles 2) if this can be prevented 3) since man depends for his B) 4,2,6,8,1,3,5,7 C) 4,1,6,8,2,5,3,7 D) 4,2,7,3,1,5,8,6

5) that none of this soil should be wasted soil. A) 3,1,2,4,6,5 Ans : C 24. 1) are free from short summer 2) grow abundantly B) 3,1,5,4,6,2

6) produced from the earth's layer of fertile

C) 3,4,6,1,5,2

D) 3,5,1,2,6,4

3) low plants

4) Tundra regions

5) during

6) like mosses and lichens A) 3,6,2,5,7,4,1,8 Ans: B

7) and

8) ice C) 5,3,6,2,7,4,1,8 D) 5,4,1,8,7,2,3,6

B) 4,1,8,5,7,3,6,2

25. 1) Along the gutters is lingered, street lamps

2) its tired breath a pale of chrysanthemum about the

3) sliding its warm tongue over silent pavements, down 5) and rubbed its back against the huddled houses corners 7) Slowly it rose and fell,

4) The gentle fox curled softly

6) then it curled up and slept on

8) and pressing its blurred face aganist shop- windows

9) It coiled its body around the black railings. A) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 9,6,8,5,7,1,4,2,3 Ans: C Analytical section (25 Q's - 30 mins) Questions 1-5 1. A guidance counselor is planning schedules for 30 students. Sixteen students say they want to take French, 16 want to take Spanish, and 11 want to take Latin. Five say they want to take both French and Latin, and of these, 3 wanted to take Spanish as well. Five want only Latin, and 8 want only Spanish. How many students want French only? Ans: 7 Students 2. A veterinarian surveys 26 of his patrons. He discovers that 14 have dogs, 10 have cats, and 5 have fish. Four have dogs and cats, 3 have dogs and fish, and one has a cat and fish. If no one has all three kinds of pets, how many patrons have none of these pets? Ans: 5 patrons 3. In a school of 320 students, 85 students are in the band, 200 students are on sports teams, and 60 students participate in both activities. How many students are involved in either band or sports? Ans: 225 Students 4. In a class of 50 students, 18 take Chorus, 26 take Band, and 2 take both Chorus and Band. How many students in the class are not enrolled in either Chorus or Band? Ans: 8 Students 5. Twenty-four dogs are in a kennel. Twelve of the dogs are black, six of the dogs have short tails, and fifteen of the dogs have long hair. There is only one dog that is black with a short tail and long hair. Two of the dogs are black with short tails and do not have long hair. Two of the dogs have short tails and long hair but are not black. If all of the dogs in B) 2,9,6,8,5,7,4,3,1 C) 4,9,5,1,3,8,7,2,6 D)

the kennel have at least one of the mentioned characteristics, how many dogs are black with long hair but do not have short tails? Ans: 3 dogs Questions 6-10:

6. 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 7. 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 ?. Ans :Head 8. 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 25cm/s at what time they will collide with each other. Ans : 14sec 9. 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 ? Ans: 17 10. The ratio of the ages of the father and the son is 5:3, After 10 years it will be in the ratio3:2. What will be their ages? Ans: 60,40 Directions for Questions 11-15: Each question given below has a problem and two statements numbered I and II giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements are sufficient for answering the problem. Indicate your answer as (a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question; (b) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question; (c) If the data in either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question; (d) If the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question; (e) If the data in both the statements together are needed;

11. Among four brothers - Anil, Pawan, Neeraj, and Sahil, who is the heaviest? I) Anil and Pawan are of the same weight II) Pawan weighs more than Neeraj, but less than Sahil Ans: E 12. Who is C's partner in a game of cards invoving four players A, B, C and D ? I) D is sitting opposite to A II) B is sitting right of A and left of D. Ans: C 13. What is Gagan's age? I) Gagan, Vimal and Kunal are all of the same age II) Total age of Vimal, Kunal and Anil is 32 and Anil is as old as Vimaal and Kunal together. Ans: E 14. How much amount Ronnie required to pay for the new car in the buy-back scheme? I) The cost of the new car was three times the cost price of his old car II) His old car was valued at Rs. 25000 under buy-back scheme Ans: E 15. In which year was Rahul born? I) Rahul at present is 25 years younger to his mother II) Rahul's brother, who was born in 1964, is 35 years younger to his mother. Ans: E Directions for Questions 16-20: Convert the given binary numbers. 16. (100100101011)2 = ( Ans: (4453)8 )8

17. (1010111110110010)2= ( Ans: (AFB2)16 18. (1100 1010 )2 =( Ans: (202)10 19. (1010111110110010)2 =( )10

)10

)8

Ans: ( 127662)8 20. (10011101)2 =( Ans: (157)10 Directions(21-25): A painter is given a task to paint a cubical box with six different colours for different faces of the cube. The detailed account of it was given as: A) Red face should lie between Yellow and Brown faces B) Green face should be adjacent to the Silver face. C) Pink face should lie adjacent to the Green Face D) Yellow face should lie opposite to the Brown one E) Brown face should face down F) Silver and Pink faces should lie opposite to each other. 21) The face opposite to Red is A) Yellow Ans: B 22) The upper face is A) Red Ans: C 23. The faces adjacent to Green are A) Yellow, Pink, Red, Silver C) Red, Silver, Yellow, Brown Ans: D 24. The face opposite to Silver is A) Pink B) Brown C) Red D) Green B) Brown, Pink, Red, Silver D) Pink, Silver, Yellow, Brown. B) Pink C) Yellow D) Silver B) Green C) Pink D) silver )10

Ans: A 25. Three of the faces adjacent to Red face are

A) Silver, Green, Brown Green Ans: B

B) Silver, Brown, Pink

C) Silver, Pink, Green

D) Yellow, Pink,

Reasoning section (20 Questions - 20 mins) Directions for Questions 1-4: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer (A) if only conclusion I follows; (B) if only conclusion II follows; (C) if either I or II follows; (D) if neither I nor II follows and (E) if both I and II follow.

1. Statements

All students in my class are intelligent Rohit is not intelligent

Conclusions :

I. Rohit is not a student of my class II. Rohit must work hard.

Ans: A 2. Statements : Some men are educated Educated persons prefer small families Conclusions : I. All small families are educated II. Some men prefer small families Ans: B 3. Statements : All lamps are hooks No hook is coloured Conclusions : I. Some lamps are coloured II. No lamp is coloured

Ans: B 4. Statements : All plants are trees No tree is green Conclusions : I. Some plants green II. Those plants which are not trees are green Ans: D

Directions for Questions 5-6: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. 5. Statements : All chairs laugh Some birds laugh Conclusions : I. All chairs are birds II. Some birds are chairs III. Those who do not laugh are not chairs IV. Some birds do not laugh

A) Only II follows C) Only II and IV follow E) None follows

B) Only I follows D) Only IV follows

Ans: E

6. Statements

Some coolers are watches No watch is bed.

Conclusions :

I. No watch is cooler II. No cooler is watch III. Some watches are beds IV Some coolers are beds

A) None follows C) Only either II or III follows E) Only either II or IV follows

B) Only I and IV follow D) Only either III or IV follows

Ans: A Directions7-15: In each of the following questions one word is different from the rest. Find out the word which does not belong to the group 7. A) Obtuse B) Acute C) Reflex D) Convex Ans : D 8. A) Nylon B) Rayon Ans: Linen 9. A) 16 B) 64 Ans: C 10. A) CEI B) QSX Ans : B C) JLP D) QSW C) 27 C) Linen D) Viscose

D) 32

11. A) ZXVT B) SQOM Ans : C

C) ECBA

D) UHF

12. A)Cupboard B)Chair C) Rug D) Bed Ans: C 13. A) Epicentre B) Seismology C) Focus D) Crater Ans: D 14. A) Arc B) Diagonal C) Tangent D) Radius Ans: B 15. A) Dynamics B) Mechnics C) Electronics D) optics

Ans: B 16. In a Mach Past, seven persons are standing in a row. Q is standing left to R but right to P. O is standing right to N and left to P. Similarly , S is standing right to R and left to T. Find out who is standing in the middle. A) P B) Q Ans: B C) R D) O

17. Sitting in a row in front of the camera, Mr.X is on the left of the person sitting in the centre but is on the right of Mr. Y. Mr. P is on the right of Mr. Z and Mr. R is on the right of Mr. P. Mr R is the second person from the person sitting in the centre. Who is the person sitting in the centre? A) Mr. X Ans: C B) Mr. Y C) Mr .Z D) Mr. R

18. You are given eight jelly doughnuts. The doughnuts all weigh the same amount except for one which is heavier. You have a balancing scale at your disposal. What's the minimum number of weighing required for you to pick out the heavy doughnut every time? Ans:Two 19. A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, "Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son." Who was in the photograph? Ans: His son 20. A father is four times as old as his son. In twenty years, he'll be twice as old. How old are they now? Ans: The father is 40, and the son is 10.

Test Paper :10 Paper Type : Whole Testpaper Test Date : 29 January 2010 Test Location : BIMM, Pune Posted By : Munna
Aptitude Test Questions = 70; time limit = 70 minutes. Correct answer carry one mark and wrong answer carry 0.25 marks., offline(paper & pen) test. Verbal section(25 questions-25min)

Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. Outside, the rain continued to run down the screened windows of Mrs. Sennett's little Cape Cod cottage. The long weeds and grass that composed the front yard dripped against the blurred background of the bay, where the water was almost the color of the grass. Mrs. Sennett's five charges were vigorously playing house in the dining room. (In the wintertime, Mrs. Sennett was housekeeper for a Mr. Curley, in Boston, and during the summers the Curley children boarded with her on the Cape.) My expression must have changed. " Are those children making too much noise?" Mrs. Sennett demanded, a sort of wave going over her that might mark the beginning of her getting up out of her chair. I shook my head no, and gave her a little push on the shoulder to keep her seated. Mrs. Sennett was almost stone-deaf and had been for a long time, but she could read lips. You could talk to her without making any sound yourself, if you wanted to, and she more than kept up her side of the conversation in a loud, rusty voice that dropped weirdly every now and then into a whisper. She adored talking. To look at Mrs. Sennett made me think of eighteenth-century England and its literary figures. Her hair must have been sadly thin, because she always wore, indoors and out, either a hat or a sort of turban, and sometimes she wore both. The rims of her eyes were dark; she looked very ill. Mrs. Sennett and I continued talking. She said she really didn't think she'd stay with the children another winter. Their father wanted her to, but it was too much for her. She wanted to stay right here in the cottage. The afternoon was getting along, and I finally left because I knew that at four o'clock Mrs. Sennett's "sit down" was over and she started to get supper. At six o'clock, from my nearby cottage, I saw Theresa coming through the rain with a shawl over her head. She was bringing me a six-inch-square piece of spice cake , still hot from the oven and kept warm between two soup plates. A few days later I learned from the twins, who brought over gifts of firewood and blackberries, that their father was coming the next morning, bringing their aunt and her husband and their cousin. Mrs. Sennett had promised to take them all on a picnic at the pond some pleasant day. On the fourth day of their visit, Xavier arrived with a note. It was from Mrs. Sennett, written in blue ink, in a large, serene, ornamented hand, on linen-finish paper:. . . Tomorrow is the last day Mr. Curley has and the Children all wanted the Picnic so much. The Men can walk to the Pond but it is too far for the Children. I see your Friend has a car and I hate to ask this but could you possibly drive us to the Pond tomorrow morning? . . .Very sincerely yours, Carmen Sennett After the picnic, Mrs. Sennett's presents to me were numberless. It was almost time for the children to go back to school in South Boston. Mrs. Sennett insisted that she was not going; their father was coming down again to get them and she was just going to stay. He would have to get another housekeeper. She said this over and over to me, loudly, and her turbans and kerchiefs grew more and more distrait. One evening, Mary came to call on me and we sat on an old table in the back yard to watch the sunset. "Papa came today, " she said, "and we've got to go back day after tomorrow. ""Is Mrs. Sennett going to stay here? ""She said at supper she was. She said this time she really was, because she'd said that last year and came back, but now she means it ."I said, "Oh dear," scarcely knowing which side I was on. "It was awful at supper. I cried and cried." "Did Theresa cry?" "Oh, we all cried. Papa cried, too. We always do." "But don't you think Mrs. Sennett needs a rest?" "Yes, but I think she'll come, though. Papa told her he'd cry every single night at supper if she didn't, and then we all did." The next day I heard that Mrs. Sennett was going back with them just to "help settle."

She came over the following morning to say goodbye, supported by all five children. She was wearing her traveling hat of black satin and black straw, with sequins. High and somber, above her ravaged face, it had quite a Spanishgrandee air. "This isn't really goodbye," she said. "I'll be backas soon as I get these bad, noisy children off my hands." But the children hung on to her skirt and tugged at her sleeves, shaking their heads frantically, silently saying, "No! No! No!" to her with their puckered-up mouths Following are some questions on this passage: 1. According to the narrator, Mrs. Sennett wears a hat because she:

A. B. C. D.
Answer: C

is often outside. wants to look like a literary figure. has thin hair. has unique taste in clothing.

2. Considering the events of the entire passage, it is most reasonable to infer that Mrs. Sennett calls the children bad because she:

A. B. C. D.
Answer: C

is bothered by the noise they are making. doesn't like them hanging on her skirt. doesn't want to reveal her affection for them. is angry that they never do what she tells them.

3. What is the main insight suggested by the conversation in lines 69--83?

A. The Curley family cries to manipulate Mrs. Sennett into doing what they want. B. The narrator regrets that she is not going to Boston and is a little jealous of
Mrs. Sennett.

C. Mrs. Sennett is happy to leave the Curley family because they are always
whining and crying.

D. Mrs. Sennett intends to return to the Cape soon because she has discovered
that they have been manipulating and taking advantage of her. Answer: A 4. Given the evidence provided throughout the passage, the children probably silently mouth the word "no" because:

A. Mrs. Sennett has just called them bad, noisy children, and they are defending
themselves. B. they do not want to leave the Cape before the summer is over and are protesting.

C. they are letting the narrator know that Mrs. Sennett is thinking about
returning to the Cape. D. they are continuing their battle against Mrs. Sennett's intention to return to the Cape. Answer: D 5. At what point does Mr. Curley cry at the supper table?

A. Before Mary and the narrator sit and watch the sunset B. Before Mrs. Sennett tells the narrator she doubts she will stay another winter
with the children

C. Before the children spend a rainy afternoon playing house in the dining room D. After the narrator learns that Mrs. Sennett will return to Boston
Answer: A Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. From the 197 million square miles, which make up the surface of the globe, 71 per cent is covered by the interconnecting bodies of marine water; the Pacific Ocean alone covers half the Earth and averages near 14,000 feet in depth. The portions which rise above sea level are the continents-Eurasia, Africa; North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica. The submerged borders of the continental masses are the continental shelves, beyond which lie the deep-sea basins. The ocean are deepest not in the center but in some elongated furrows, or long narrow troughs, called deeps. These profound troughs have a peripheral arrangement, notably around the borders of the pacific and Indian oceans. The position of the deeps, like the highest mountains, are of recent origin, since otherwise they would have been filled with waste from the lands. This is further strengthened by the observation that the deeps are quite often, where world-shaking earthquakes occur. To cite an example, the "tidal wave" that in April, 1946, caused widespread destruction along Pacific coasts resulted from a strong earthquake on the floor of the Aleutian Deep. The topography of the ocean floors is none too well known, since in great areas the available soundings are hundreds or even thousands of miles apart. However, the floor of the Atlantic is becoming fairly well known as a result of special surveys since 1920. A broad, well-defined ridge-the Mid-Atlantic ridge-runs north and south between Africa and the two Americas and numerous other major irregularities diversify the Atlantic floor. Closely spaced soundings show that many parts of the oceanic floors are as rugged as mountainous regions of the continents. Use of the recently perfected method of submarine topography. During world war II great strides were made in mapping submarine surfaces, particularly in many parts of the vast Pacific basin. Most of the continents stand on an average of 2870 feet above sea level. North America averages 2300 feet; Europe averages only 1150 feet; and Asia, the highest of the larger continental subdivisions, averages 3200 feet. Mount Everest, which is the highest point in the globe, is 29,000 feet above the sea; and as the greatest known depth in the sea is over 35,000 feet, the maximum relief (that is, the difference in altitude between the lowest and

highest points) exceeds 64,000 feet, or exceeds 12 miles. The continental masses and the deep-sea basins are relief features of the first order; the deeps, ridges, and volcanic cones that diversify the sea floor, as well as the plains, plateaus, and mountains of the continents, are relief features of the second order. The lands are unendingly subject to a complex of activities summarized in the term erosion, which first sculptures them in great detail and then tends to reduce them ultimately to sea level. The modeling of the landscape by weather, running water, and other agents is apparent to the keenly observant eye and causes thinking people to speculate on what must be the final result of the ceaseless wearing down of the lands. Much before there was any recognizable science as geology, Shakespeare wrote "the revolution of the times makes mountains level." 6. The peripheral furrows or deeps are found

A. B. C. D. E.
Ans : C

only in the pacific and Indian oceans near earthquakes near the shore in the center of the ocean to be 14,000 feet in depth in the pacific.

7. We may conclude from this passage that earth quakes

A. B. C. D. E.
Ans : A

Occur more frequently in newly formed land or sea formations Are caused by the weight of the water Cause erosion Occur in the deeps Will ultimately "make mountains level".

8. The highest mountains are

A. B. C. D. E.
Ans : E

oldest in excess of 12 miles near the deeps relief features of the first order of recent origin.

9. The highest point on North America is

A. B. C. D. E.

2870 feet above sea level not mentioned in the passage higher than the highest point in Europe 2300 feet above sea level in Mexico.

Ans : B 10. The deeps are subject to change caused by

A. B. C. D. E.
Ans : C

erosion soundings earthquakes waste weathering

Directions for Questions 11-15:Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.( Disregard punctuation errors if any) 11.The firm show / began / when we arrived / in the hall/no error A B C D E

Ans:B
12. No sooner the news appeared in the paper/ than / there was a rush / in the counter/ no error A E Ans:A 13. Unlike the other/ no error A D E rich men of his community,/ he does not look/ down upon the poor/ B C D

Ans:E 14. His supporters are / not as enthusiastic / and co-operative as / that of his opponent's/ no error A D E B C

Ans: D

15. Our company can / no longer afford / over-manned unit as/; out profit has lower./ no error A E Ans: D Directions for Questions 16-20: In each of the following questions, some sentence are given which are on the same theme. decide which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar; meaning and usage, suitable for formal writing in English. Find the correct sentence. 16. A) Without your help must try to carry out my task alone. B) Barring your help I should try to carry out my task alone C) Besides help from you, I must try to carry out my task alone. D) Failing your help I must try to carry out my task alone Ans: D 17. A) Since the dividend being declared than the notices were prepared for mailing. B) Scarcely had the dividend been declared than the notices were sent out. C) They had no sooner declared the dividend when they sent the notices to the stockholders. D) No sooner than the dividend been prepared for mailing. E) The company hardly declared the dividend till the notices were prepared for mailing Ans: D 18. A) Many works must close owing to lack of fuel, if the strike lasts till the weekend. B) If the strike lasts for the weekend, owing to lack of fuel many works must close. C) Owing to lack of fuel, many works must close if the strike lasts over the weekend. D) Having the strike lasting to the weekend, many works close for lack of fuel. Ans: C 19. A) As one travels from Karjat to Khandala, be finds the line most beautifully laid. B) Travelling from Karjat to Khandala, one finds the line most beautifully laid B C D

C) While travelling from Karjat to Khandala, one would find the line most beautifully laid D) Ifone travels from Karjat to Khandala, he will find the line most beautifully laid Ans: B 20. A) Nobody will want to play in his team if he does not treat people kindly B) If he does not treat people kindly, nobody will play to want his team C) Nobody will treat people kindly, he does not want to play in this team D) Nobody will want to treat people, if he does not play in his team kindly. Ans: A Directions for Questions 21-25: In each of the following questions, a paragraph or a sentence has been broken up into different parts. The parts have been scrambled and numbered as given below. Choose the correct order of these parts from the given alternatives. 21. 1) you can take 2) you can't take 3) the boy 4) the village 5) out of the village 6) out of the boy 7) but A) 1,3,5,7,2,4,6 1,7,2,4,3,5,6 Ans: A 22. 1) food supply 2) storage, distribution and handling 3) pastoral industry and fishing 4) besides increasing B) 1,5,2,6,3,7,4 C) 1,6,5,3,7,2,4 D)

5) by preventing wastage in 6) the productivity from agriculture 7)can be increased A) 1,7,5,2,4,3,6 Ans: C 23. 1) in some of the developed countries 2) in the developing countries 3) mostly in the form of beef, pork etc. 4) about 180 kilograms 5) per capita consumption is 6) of grain per capita annually 7) the people 8) five times that amount 9) consume only A) 1,7,9,4,6,2,5,8,3 5,8,1,2,7,9,4,6,3 Ans: C 24. 1) The African elephant is usually larger 2) being about three and a half metres in hight 3) than the Indian 4) and 6000 kg in weight 5) It has enormous ears 6) which are valued for the ivory 7) and very long tusks 8) that they contain B) 2,5,8,2,7,9,4,6,3 C) 7,2,9,4,6,1,5,8,3 D) B) 4,1,6,7,5,3,2 C) 4,6,3,1,7,5,2 D) 6,3,5,7,4,1,2

A) 1,3,2,4,5,7,6,8 Ans: A 25. 1) not only for 2) but also for 3) lumbering

B) 1,4,2,3,6,5,8,7

C) 5,3,6,2,7,4,1,8

D) 5,6,2,4,1,3,7,8

4) construction purposes 5) as an occupation 6) on modern lines 7) the manufacture of wood pulp, paper , resins etc. 8) owing to the great demand for timber 9) has developed A) 3,9,6,5,8,1,4,2,7 Ans: C Analytical section (25 questions - 30 mins) Directions for Questions 1-5: In each of the following questions, there are three words which are related in some way. The relationship in each case is indicated by one of the four alternatives (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below. The alternative which best states the relationship is the answer. (a) (b) (c) (d) P includes part of Q and part of R but Q and R are independent of each other. P includes Q and part of R but Q is independent of R. P,Q and R include parts of one another P includes both Q and R B) 3,8,9,5,6,1,7,2,4 C) 3,5,9,6,8,1,4,2,7 D) 5,3,9,6,8,1,7,2,4

1. Wheat, Loaf, Barley Ans: A 2. Singer, Writer, Actor Ans: C

3. Soldier, Army, engineer Ans: A 4. Tiger, Elephant, Quadruped Ans: D 5. Researcher, historian, scholar. Ans:C Questions 6-10 : 6. The total no. of numbers that are divisible by 2 or 3 between 100 and 200(both inclusive) re Ans:67 7. From a pack of cards Jack, Queen, King & ace are removed. Then the algebraic sum of rest of the cards is Ans:216 8. 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 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 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 Directions for Questions 11-15: Each question given below has a problem and two statements numbered I and II giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements are sufficient for answering the problem. Indicate your answer as (a) (b) (c) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question; if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question; if the data in either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;

(d) if the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question;

(e)

if the data in both the statements together are needed;

11. How many new year's greeting cards were sold this year in your shop? I. Last year 2935 cards were sold II The number of cards sold this year was 1.2 times that of last year. Ans: E 12. Hemant ranks tenth in a class . How many students are there in the class? I. His friend got 58th rank which is the last. II Hemant's rank from the last 49th Ans: C 13. In a code, 'lee pee tin' means ' Always keep smiling' . What is the code for 'smiling'. I. 'tin lut lee' means ' Always keep left' II 'dee pee' means 'rose smiling' Ans: C 14. At what time did sonali leave her home for office ? I. Sonali received a phone call at her home II Sonali's car reached office at 10.15 AM , 45 minutes after she left her home Ans: B 15. A, B, C, D and E are sitting ina row. B is between A and e. Who among them is in the middle ? I. A is left of B and right of D II C is at the right end Ans: E Directions for Questions 16-20: Convert the given binary numbers. 16. (1000 1111)2 Ans: (143)10 = ( )10

17. ( 10 1011 0001)2 Ans: (2B1)

16

)16

18. ( 1100 1110 0001)2

Ans: (CE1)16

)16

19.

(1 1101)2 = ( Ans: (29)10

)10

20

(10 1011 1111 1001) 2 Ans:(2BF9)16

=(

)16

Directions(21-25): A solid cube of each side 8cms, has been painted red, blue, black on pairs of opposite faces. It is then cut into cubical blocks of each side 2cms. 21. How many cubes have only one face painted? A) 8 B) 16 C) 24 D) 28 Ans:C 22. How many cubes have 3 faces painted? A) 0 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8 Ans:D 23. How many cubes have two faces painted red and black and all other faces unpainted? A) 4 Ans:B 24. How many cubes have 2 faces painted black? A) 2 B) 4 C) 8 D) None Ans:D 25. How many cubes are there in all A) 64 Ans:A Reasoning section (20 Q's - 20 mins) Directions for Questions 1-4: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion B) 56 C) 40 D) 32 B) 8 C) 16 D) 32

and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer (A) if only conclusion I follows; (B) if only conclusion II follows; (C) if either I or II follows; (D) if neither I nor II follows and (E) if both I and II follow.

1. Statements

Some papers are files. Some files are pens.

Conclusions :

some files are not pens.

II. Some pens are papers. Ans: D 2. Statements : All locks are keys No key is a spoon Conclusions : I No lock is a spoon

II. No spoon is a lock Ans: A 3. Statements : Some bottles are pencils Some pencils are glasses Conclusions : I No glass is bottle

II. Some bottles are glasses Ans: D 4. Statements : Sohan is a good sportsman sportsmen are healthy. Conclusions : I All healthy persons are sportsmen.

II. Sohan is healthy. Ans: D

Directions for Questions 5-6: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

5. Statements

All green are blue. All blue are white.

Conclusions :

Some blue are green.

II. Some white are green III Some green are not white III. All white are blue.

A) Only I and II follow C) Only I and IV follow. E) All follow.

B) Only I and III follow. D) Only II and IV follow

Ans: A

6. Statements

No parrot is crow All crows are bats.

Conclusions :

Some bats are parrots

II. All bats are parrots III. Some bats are crows IV Some bats are not crows

A) None follow s C) Only I , II and III follow. E) Only III and IV follow Ans: E

B) Only I and II follow. D) Only II, III and IV follow

Directions 7-15: In each of the following questions one word is different from the rest. Find out the word which does not belong to the group 7. A) CE B) HK C) SQ D) MN E) WZ

Ans : D
8. A) Jupiter B) Sky C) Star D) Moon E) Sun Ans: B 9. A) Shoulder B) Foot C) Elbow D) Arm Ans: B 10. A) Nephrology B) Entomology C) Astrology D) Pathology Ans: C 11. A) Kiwi B) Eagle C) Emu D) Ostrich

Ans: B
12. A) Pineapple B) Orange C) Malta D) Banana

Ans: D
13. A) Kwashioror B) Cretinism C) Marasmus D) Gcitre Ans: D

14. A) hireling B) Cub C) Duckling D) Calf

Ans: A 15. A) KMNO B) ABDE C) PRST D) UWXY Ans : (B) 16. Four girls are sitting on a bench to be photographed. Shikha is to the left of Reena. Manju is to the Right of reena. Rita is between Reena and manju. who would be second from the left in the photograph?

A) Reena Ans: D

B) Shikha

C) Manju

D) Rita

17. Five persons A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row facing you such that D is on the left of D. If E occupies a corner position , then who is sitting in the center ? A) A Ans: D 18. At a family reunion were the following people: one grandfather, one grandmother, two fathers, two mothers, four children, three grandchildren, one brother, two sisters, two sons, two daughters, one father-in-law, one mother-in-law, and one daughter-in-law. But not as many people attended as it sounds. How many were there? Ans: 7 19. 97 baseball teams participate in an annual state tournament. The champion is chosen for this tournament by the usual elimination scheme. That is, the 97 teams are divided into pairs, and the two teams of each pair play against each other. The loser of each pair is eliminated, and the remaining teams are paired up again, etc. How many games must be played to determine a champion? Ans: 96 20. A mountain goat attempts to scale a cliff sixty feet high. Every minute, the goat bounds upward three feet but slips back two. How long does it take for the goat to reach the top . Ans: 58 minutes B) B C) C D) D

Test Paper :11 Paper Type : Aptitude - Puzzle Test Date : 6 January 2011 Test Location : MLR, Hyderabad Posted By : Nagendra
Puzzle: Two or more essences out of a stock of five essences A, B, C, D, and E are used in making all perfumes by a manufacturer. He has learned that for a blend of essences to be agreeable it should comply with all the rules listed below. A perfume containing A, should also contain the essence C, and the quantity of C should be twice as that of A.

A perfume containing B, must also have D as one of its components and they should be in equal proportion. A single perfume should never contain C as well as D. D and E should not be used together. A perfume containing the essence E should contain E in such a proportion that the total amount of E present should be greater than the total amount of the other essence or essences used. 1. Among the following which is an agreeable formula for a perfume? A) One part A, one part E B) Two parts B, two parts A C) Three parts C, three parts A D) Four parts D, four parts B E) Five parts E, five parts B Ans : D 2. Adding more amount of essence C will make which of the following perfumes agreeable? A) One part A, one part C, five parts E B) Two parts B, two parts C, two parts E C) One part B, one part C, one part E D) Two parts B, one part C, four parts E E) Two parts C, one part D, three parts E Ans : A 3. Among the following, the addition of which combination would make an unagreeable perfume containing two parts C and one part E agreeable? A) One part A B) One part B C) Two parts C D) One part D E) Two parts E Ans : E 4. Among the following which combination cannot be used together in an agreeable perfume containing two or more essences? A) A and B B) A and N C) A and E D) B and D E) E and C Ans : A 5. Among the below mentioned formulas, which can be made agreeable by the eliminating some or all of one essence ? A) One part A, one part B, one part D, four parts E B) One part A, two parts C, one part D, four parts E C) One part A, one part B, one part D, one part E D) Two parts A, two parts C, one part D, two parts E

E) Two parts B, one part C, two parts D, three parts E Ans : B

Test Paper :12 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 21 January 2011 Test Location : Cognizant, Bantala Posted By : Saptarshi
The aptitude test consists of two sections: 1. Analytical 30 questions 2. Verbal 25 questions Total 55 questions and 60 mins There was a CV like paper will be given to fill up. Few basic questions like hobbies, skill, expectations from Cognizant etc. Prepare well otherwise you may lose time to complete it. Do the analytical section very well try to do it 100% and attempt all as there was no negative markings. The verbal section I felt was very hard. There was 2 big passages, finding correct/incorrect sentences, putting in order of several sentences. After the written I felt I will not be selected. It was held on 15th January, 2011. But I got a mail on 17th Janunary that I have been selected for the Technical Interview. I am from Electronics and Communication background but I had a good knowledge in C programming. I have studied C from Let Us C, Data Structure just the basics like link list, tree, Bubble sort, binary search, Electronics ( just basics of semiconductor, op-amp, filters and nothing else), Microprocessor( block diagram, and little theory and previous interview questions on it), study project very well, I am good in Digital Circuit so I revised it once, and little bit of C++ and OOPS concept though I was not so confident on it. Thats all for my Technical Interview. I had terrible experience with my HR interview so this time I had prepared for it. Be prepared for questions like Tell me about urself, a story of a recent movies you have seen, why CTS? if you are from non IT CS then why you wanna come to IT sector. I am not telling you the answers then that will become same for all. You can mail me at saptarshid10@gmail.com or call 9749138942 for any help. On 21st I had my Interview. They picked us from Science city at 9 am in a bus and drove us to Bantala Office. The office is like a palace. Very big and beautiful. I also liked the environment and friendliness ( I have heard from my friends how strict TCS is). After waiting for 7 hours my name was called for the Technical interview. There was 32 panels who were taking the interview. If you are lucky enough you can be called early as

the name was been called haphazardly. The process was fast enough, not like the other campusing. A Ma'am took my Technical Interview. She was from Non IT CS background so it was like an advantage for me. She told me to take a sit. I am just telling you the questions: HR: Why you wanna shift from electronics to IT HR: Wat if you are not selected? HR: Plan for next 6months? HR: What you did all this months after passing out? I told I like programing so she told me to do any program. I told her to give any program. I told If I am able to do i will do it. Never show overconfidence. She gave me to do a string reversal program. I did it very well. She told very good several time. Then she gave me a harder program. Its like a string is given Ex: FISHERIES. It will count the no.of occurrence of each vowels and print the vowels encountered from the last long with the no. of occurrence. like E-2, I-2 I attempted the program. did half correct. Then she told me the logic and it seemed easy. She then asked a CV from me. Asked weather I have any problem to change the location and shifting duties. I said not at all. She told weather I have any question for her or not. Asked. Then I thanked her and left. After waiting for about 3 hours my name was called for technical Interview. I don't know why I didn't had to stand in a queue with the others for the HR interview. I was called directly for it. There was again a Ma'am and she was really very nice and frank. She just asked about me and then told me welcome to CTS. Told about the salary pakage and asked me whether i have any problem with relocation and shifting duties. Then she shook my hand and i left. The interview seemed just a formality and lasted for 2mins. But there was others who also got rejected in HR interview or kept on hold, or said they will be informed via mail. So be aware and do perform well in Technical Interview and HR round. I would like to thank my parents for there support, God, my friends and last but not the least, One special person who changed my life. Never ever Lose hope. Do prepare well from R.S. Aggarwal and keep faith. I have sat for so many IT campusing that I have forgotten the counting but at last made it. The journey began with the rejection from TCS, then Wipro BPO, Infosys, Accenture (at HR round), TCS (again), Mu sigma and there are others which I have forgotten. But that does not means you are not worthy enough. You just need some luck. Keep patience, Try and Try till you succeed. Best Of Luck! If you have any problem then you can contact me at the no. mentioned above. Thanks Freshersworld.com

Test Paper :13 Paper Type : Aptitude - English Test Date : 2 November 2010 Test Location : Bangalore Posted By : Soumik
Below are the few important grammatical rules which may be required to review to solve English aptitude paper in any MNCs 1. Possessive case Possessive case is generally used with living things e.g. the governors bodyguard. But is also used with personified objects: e.g. Indias heroes, natures law etc. 2. Comparison of adjectives: 1) Adjectives ending in or are followed by the preposition to(not than); as, Inferior, superior, prior, anterior, posterior, senior, junior. e.g. Hari is inferior to rama in intelligence He is junior to all of his colleagues. 2) In comparing two things or classes of things the comparative should be used; as, Of Mumbai and Madras the former is wealthier. Of two evils, choose the less (not least). Note: later and latest refer to time, latter and last refer to position. Elder and eldest are used only of person, not of animals or thing. Older and oldest are used of both persons and things. 3. Personal pronouns There is a general construction e.g. You and I have done our duty. You and hari have idled away your time. He and I can never pull on together.

i.e the construction is- you and I not I and you ,you and he not he and you ,he and I not I and he mind it. 4. Mood Subjunctive mood: a. past subjunctive is used 1) After the verb wish to indicate a situation which is unreal or contrary to fact: as, I wish I knew his name. (= Im sorry I dont know his name.) She wishes the car belonged to you. 2) After if, to express improbability or unreality in the present: as; If I were you I should not do that (but I am not you, and never can be) If we started now we would be in time (but we cant start now) 3) After as if/though, to indicate unreality or improbability: as, He orders me as if I were his wife (but I am not). He walks as though he were drunk (but he is not). 5. Tense This is a very vital part in grammar & also for apti. 6. Agreement of the verb with the subject 1) If the singular subjects are preceded by each and every the verb usually singular:as Every boy and girl was ready. Every man, woman and child was lost. 2) Two or more singular subjects connected by or, nor, either.or, neither...Nor take a verb in the singular: as, Either abdul or amir has stolen the watch. Neither rama nor his sister was there. 3) When subjects joined by or,nor are of different numbers, the verb must be plural, and the plural subject must be placed next the verb ;as,

Rama and his brothers have done this. 4) When the subjects joined by or or nor are of different persons,the verb agrees with the nearer ; as, Either he or I am mistaken. Neither you nor he is mistaken. 5) Either, neither, each, everyone, many a, must be followed by a singular verb; as, Each of the substances is found in India. Many a man has done so. 6) Words joined to a singular subject by with, together with, in addition to, or as well as, etc.,are parenthetical, and therefore do not affect the number of the verb ; as, The chief, with all his men, was massacred. Rama, as well as hari and govind, likes hot curry. 7. The participle Hearing the noise, the boy woke up. The word hearing qualifies the noun boy as an adjective does. It is formed from the verb hear, and governs an object. Participle is called a verbal adjective. a. Present participle We met a girl carrying a basket of flowers. b. Past participle Driven by hunger, he stole a piece of bread. c. Perfect participle Having rested, we continued our journey. The wind having failed, the crew set to work with a will. 1) Since the participle is a verb-adjective it must be attached to some noun or pronoun ; in other words it must always have a proper subject of reference. The following sentences are incorrect: Being a very hot day, I remained at my tent. Entering the room, the light was quite dazzling.

The correct sentences are: It being a very hot day, I remained at my tent. Entering the room, I found the light quite dazzling. More examples: Sword being in hand, he rushed on the jailor. Breakfast having been over, we went out for a walk. 8. The gerund Gerund is verb-noun Few examples; I heard of his having gained a prize. He is desirous of being praised. I hope you will excuse my (not me) leaving early. We rejoiced at his (not him) being promoted. 9. Auxiliaries This is another important chapter in grammar. A sentence construction: You should have been more careful. (Should + perfect infinitive indicates a past obligation that was not fulfilled). He should be in the library now. (Expresses probability). Note: Follow the auxiliaries (will/would, can/could, may/might etc . 10. Position of adverbs As a general rule, the word only should be placed immediately before the word it modifies; as, I worked only 2 sums. 11. Preposition 1) Since is used before a noun or phrase denoting some point of time, and is preceded by a verb in the perfect tenses ;as,

I have eaten nothing since yesterday. Ha has been ill since Monday last. 2) From is used with non-perfect tenses; as, He will join school from tomorrow. I commenced work from 1st January. 3) For is used with a period of time; as, He has been ill for 5 days. 4) In before a noun denoting a period of time, means at the end of; within means before the end of; as, I shall return in an hour. I shall return within an hour. 5) Beside means by the side of, while besides means in addition to. 6) The prepositions for, from, in, on are often omitted before nouns of place or time; as, We did it last week, I cant walk a yard, wait a minute. 7) In and at are used in speaking of things at rest; to and into are used in speaking of things in motion; as, He is in bed. He ran to school.

,He jumped into the river.

8) On is used in speaking of things at rest, and upon the things in motion; as, He sat on a chair. , The cat sprang upon the table.

9) Till is used of time, and to is used of place; as, I slept till eight oclock. , He walked to the end of the street.

10) With often denotes the instrument and by the agent; as, He killed two birds with one shot. He was stabbed by a lunatic with a dagger. 11) But- as a rule is a conjunction. When used as a preposition but means except, with the exception of; as,

What can he do but die. All is lost but honor. Note: also take a look at the prepositions that shows some most common relation to some words; as, 1) Place: Went about the world, leaned against a wall, tour round the world, put pen to paper, stand without the gate. (2) Time: by three oclock, ten minutes to twelve, on Monday. (3) Agency, instrumentality: Sent the parcel by post, was destroyed by fire, heard this through a friend, cut it with a knife. (4) Manner: fought with courage, won with ease. (5) Cause, reason, purpose: Died of fever, died from fatigue, concealed it through shame, took medicine for cold. 6) Possession: The mosque of Omar, the boy with red hair 7) Contrast, concession: For (in spite of) all his wealth he is not content, with (in spite of) all his faults I admire him. 12. Conjunctions and their uses 1) Since, when used as a conjunction, should be preceded by a verb in the present perfect tense, and followed by a verb in the past indefinite tense; as, I have been in such a pickle since I saw you last. 2) That is now used a. To express reason, cause and is equivalent to because, for that, in that; as, He was annoyed that he was contradicted. b. To express purpose and is equivalent to in order that; as,

We sow that we may reap. C. To express consequences, result, effect; as, Im so tired that I cant go on. 3) Scarcely should be followed by when, and not by than. Scarcely had he gone, when (not than) a policeman knocked at the door. 4) No sooner is followed by then, and not by but. No sooner had he returned than (not but) he was off again. No sooner did he see us than he dispersed. 13. Noun and pronoun 1) The object of verb or of a preposition, when it is a pronoun, should be in the objective form; as, Between you and me (not I) affairs look dark. Let you and me (not I) do it. There is really no difference between you and me. Please let jack and me go to the theatre. 14. Adjectives 1) A very common form of error is exemplified in the following sentence: The population of London is greater than any town in India. (Incorrect) The population of London is greater than that of any town in India. (Correct) Because, the comparison is between the population of London and the population of any town in India 15. Articles 1) Before a word beginning with a consonant sound a is used; as, A university, a European, a ewe, a one-rupee note, a one-eyed man. The words university, European etc. Begin with a consonant sound, that of you. One begins with the consonant sound of w. 2) Before words beginning with h and not accented on the first syllable, an is used; as, An historical novel, an hotel.

3) The red and white rose. (Means one rose) The red and the white rose. (Means two roses, the one red and the other white) The first and the second chapter=the first and second chapters. 16. Structures 1) subject+verb+noun/pronoun+adjective: The boy pushed the door open. We found the trunk empty. He turned the lamp low. 2) Subject+verb+noun/pronoun+present participle: I saw him crossing the bridge. She caught him opening yours letter. 3) Subject+verb+noun/pronoun+plain infinitive: I saw him go out. She watched him steal the watch. Let me go. 4) Subject+verb+noun/pronoun+past participle: I heard my name called. I want the letter typed. We found the house deserted. 5) Subject+verb+noun/pronoun+ (to be +) complement: I consider the plan (to be) unwise. We thought him (to be) foolish. The club chose Mr. Sunder treasurer. She called him a fool. 6) It+be+no good.e etc. +gerundial phrase: It is no good asking him for help. Its no use worrying about it. It is amusing watching the monkeys. It has been a pleasure meeting you. 7) If clause main clause

(Simple present) (Will/shall/can/may+plain infinitive)

If you study hard first class. If he runs all the time in time.

you will get a

he can get there

Note: Conditionals of this type tell us that something will happen if a certain condition is fulfilled. The condition may or may not be fulfilled. (8) If clause (Past subjunctive) (Would/should/could/might+plain infinitive) If you studied hard first class. If we started now time. you would get a main clause

we would be in

Note: Conditionals of this type are used when we talk about something which we dont expect to happen or which is purely imaginary. (9) clause If clause main

(Past perfect) (Would/should/could/might+perfect infinitive) If you studied hard a first class. If he had taken my advice into trouble. you would have got

he would not have got

Note: Conditionals of this type say that something did not happen becoz a certain condition was not fulfilled. 17. The sequence of tenses:

1) A past tense in the principle clause is followed by a past tense in the subordinate clause;as, She replied that she felt better. I found out that he was guilty. Note: there are however two exceptions to the above rule: a) A past tense in the principle clause may be followed by a present tense in the subordinate clause when the subordinate clause expresses a universal truth ;as, Newton discovered that the force of gravitation makes apples fall. He said that honesty is the best policy. (b) When the subordinate clause is introduced by than, even if there is a past tense in the principle clause it may be followed by any tense required by the sense in the subordinate clause ;as, He liked you better than he likes me. He helped him more than he helps his own children. 2) A present or future tense in the principle clause may be followed by any tense required by the sense; as, He thinks that she is there. He thinks that she was there. He thinks that she will be there. He will think that she is/was/will be there. 18. Few sentence construction: 1) (a) He thought that he was safe there. (b) He thought himself to be safe there. 2) (a) I believed that he was a true friend. (b) I believed him to be a true friend. 3) (a) This proved that the man had stolen the horse. (b) This proved the man t have stolen the horse. (4) (a) We know that Rama is alive.

(b) We know Rama to be alive. 19. In such sentences as the following, but is equivalent to a relative pronoun followed by not, and serves to introduce an adjective clause:(1) There was not a woman present but wept to hear such news. [That is, who did not weep to hear such news.](2) There is no fireside but has one vacant chair. [That has not one vacant chair.] So, this was a brief review of few important grammatical rules. Follow a good English grammar book to learn about English grammar more effectively, efficiently. Best Wishes.

Test Paper :14 Paper Type : Whole Testpaper Test Date : 17 January 2011 Test Location : Future Institute Of Engg & Mgmt, Kolkata Posted By : Siddhartha Das
Hi Friends, I am siddhartjha das from FIEM. I am from computer science Dept. I am going to share my CTS experience with you. CTS visited our campus on 17th Jan, 2011. It was three stages. 1. ppt presented by mr. Nilangshu ghosal 2. Aptitude test 3. HR and Technical There were 480 students appeared for CTS in our collage, friends the ppt was very good, now I want to tell you something about aptitude test. It had two part, logical reasoning and English, for logical part do R.S Aggarwal. It is more than enough. Do 1. Puzzles (very important) 2. Picture puzzles (very important) 3. Syllogism (very important) 4. Relations (very important) 5. Odd man out 6. Cubes and dies 7. Data sufficiency (very important) 8. Data interpretation (very important) 9. Statement conclusion.

For English part, do cat material (ims, time etc) just take care of grammatical rules, sentence correction, rapid fast reading ability that's enough for English. Friend please note that in 2011, the aptitude standard of CTS is most difficult compared to TCS, Infosys. Before appearing for Written test we have to fill up the below form format. Some Q,s are listed below. 1. Name.__________________ 2. Gender__________________ 3. Current address:__________________ city:__________________ pin code:__________________ tel.phno:__________________ mobile no.__________________ 4. Permanent address.__________________ 5. E-mail__________________ 6. Nationality__________________ 7. Academic details (10th %, 12th or diploma%)__________________ 8. Each Semester percentage and year of passing.__________________ 9. Have u cleared all your arrears (backlogs)?__________________ 10. Do u have any standing arrears (presently do u have any backlogs)?__________________ 11. Software orientation:__________________ 12. Extra curricular, Hobbies and Interests.______________________________________________________ 13. Strengths and weakness.__________________ 14. Expectations from cognizant.______________________________________________________ 15. Your short term plan and long term plan with cts.____________________________________ 16. What are the qualities a software professional need to excel in his field?_________________ Now in technical interview part, people from cse please do prepare C (pointers, functions, array, basic concept, do sorting, gcd, fibo, factorial, prime, call by value, by reference, array of ptrs, ptrs to array etc.), Java(oops, thread, exception), data structure (linked list, tree, sorting, recurtion, stack, queue), DBMS (normalization, rules of entity, transaction) very carefully. Else prepare C, data structure plus departmental subjects. Please do prepare for final year project, my HR told me to draw whole E-R diagram of my final project, triggered so many technical questions in a random way. Please note that, the technical part is most important in third round. As a cse people you should have good technical knowledge. Some sample answer of HR questions are given bellow. 1. Why do you want to join our company?

Cognizant is a well known prestigious IT company. It is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services. With over 50 global delivery centers and more than 100,000 employees as of December 1, 2010, CTS combine a unique global delivery model leading to customer satisfaction. A member of the NASDAQ100 Index and S&P 500 Index, Cognizant is a Forbes Global 2000 company and a member of the Fortune 1000 and is ranked among the top information technology companies in BusinessWeeks Hot Growth and Top 50 Performers listings. Its estimated revenues for 2010 is $4.55 bill Hence, for a young, hard working IT graduate like me, CTS is one of the best company to join. 2. Why should I recruit you? Ans: I am honest, hard working person and have performed well in my academic carrier. I have got first class marks through out my carrier. More over, I am a good team player who can play important role in the success of the organization. This is a win win situation where I will get a chance to utilize my skills and grow which will in turn help this company to grow. 3. Do you have any question? Ans: I have nothing much to ask at this point of time. Well, a quick question came in my mind. Could you please tell me about the initial training programs for the fresh candidates like me? This is because I have heard that your company offers very good training to the freashers. I shall wait for the interview results. Thanks! That's all about apti part. Please prepare questions "why CTS","tell me about yourself" these two is most common, and I also face just these two, after two days CTS created a history at fiem. They took 244 after around 340 cleared aptitude, and I was one of them, hope to meet in CTS.

Test Paper :15 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 3 October 2010 Test Location : St.Patricks High school, Hyderabad Posted By : N. Rajesh Kumar
Hello friends, This is N. Rajesh Kumar from LBRCE, Mylavaram. I have attended for CTS written test on 3rd of October in St.Patricks High school, Hyderabad. We have a paper based test and it contains total 55 questions and the time is 50 min. No negative marking. It contains Part 1(Analytical) 30 questions:

* A table with data is given and questions will be asked on that (Bit difficult) * Syllogisms (1st only one conclusion is given and to statements are given choose the statement). * Completing the figures, next figure in the series. * Some puzzles. * Data sufficiency questions. * Coding and decoding. * Finding conclusion for a statement. Part 2(Verbal) 25 questions: * Two passages and 10 to 12 questions from it. * Finding the correct and incorrect sentences. * Finding the incorrect part in a sentence.

Time management is very crucial. As I am not good in verbal first I went for paragraphs and I got 2 normal passages .they were easy and I got 8 ans out of 10 questions and in sentence correction, incorrect sentences I put the answers as I am aware. Luckily I cleared the written test, and 22nd of October I have attended for interview at Auriga auditorium, Hyderabad. Coming to the interview process there are two rounds. 1. Technical round 2. HR Round My interview was scheduled at 2 pm around 250 guys came for the interview. There are around 15 panels for Technical round. I went for my technical at 4 PM. Technical Round: The interviewer was very cool. First he asked tell me about you are self, then my academic project I have explained him around 15 min, he was impressed for my project and he didnt ask me any question from technical and he directly forward me for the HR round. But for my other friends Technical round guys are asking questions on C, C++ and DBMS. Basics of C and C++ and normalization of dbms. My advice is first be prepared with you are project and if you are computer students be prepared with normalization concepts in DBMS and key constraints of DBMS because they concentrating on DBMS mostly, For C and C++ just refer the basic concepts and some sample programs, and the OOPS concepts in C++ with examples. HR Round: This is just a formal round, here they will ask you the questions like 1) 2) 3) 4) Tell me about you are self? Your strengths, goals, hobbies? Why CTS? Are you ready to relocate?

5) Does you appeared for any interview? If yes what happened to that one? Here they mainly check your communication skills and you are confidence levels. After that they told me that they will give the results in one week. Am eagerly waiting for the results. Important Tip: My advice is be confident, if you dont know the answers tell to them straightly, be strong with basics. All the best guys. For any queries send me an email to rajesh_nrk@ymail.com

Test Paper :16 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 18 September 2010 Test Location : Anand Institute Of Technology,Chennai Posted By : Rajat Mahadevan
Hi Everyone, Mine was a morning 7:45 batch. Around 150 were there in my batch. There were more batches on the same day so i'm not sure about the total number of students who all attended that day. The paper was conducted by MERITRACK and they said they would announce the result on this Tuesday that is on 21st September on CTS website. When i started giving test i was really amazed, the pattern had completely changed. There were only 50 questions in all and two sections Verbal and Analytical. The paper was damn easy. This was my 12th interview so was bit nervous asusual. I can give you an idea on how the paper was but i'm sorry I cant remember any questions. 1.) Verbal Section There were questions like A) Two huge passages were given and there were 5 questions for each passage. I would recommend you to attempt these passages at the end. B) Around 5-6 questions on finding which part of the sentence had an error.EXHe thought (a)/he might (b)/not be able (c)/to do a job (d) We had to find which part of the sentence had errors.

C) Around 5-6 questions on arranging sentences in the order in which they might have occurred.EXa) The third calls for high aces to channel updrafts. b) Some paleontologists are of the opinion that the pterosaurs jumped from s dropped from trees or perhaps rose into the light winds from the crests of waves in order to become airborne. c) The second hypothesis seems unlikely because large pterosaurs could not have landed in trees without damaging their wings. d) Each theory has its associated difficulties. e) The first makes a wrong assumption that the pterosaurs hind feet resembled a bat's and could serve as hooks by which the animal could hang in preparation for flight. OPTIONS 1) a,e,d,b,c 2)b,d,e,c,a 3)d,a,e,c,b 4)a,b,e,d,c D) Around 5-6 questions on finding the wrong sentence from a set of given sentences. 2) Analytical Part This part to my amazement didn't have anything from R.S Aggarwal quantitative aptitude. There we not even a single formal question from percentages or ratio proportions or ages anything u could ever imagine the whole paper was kind of non verbal reasoning. The questions were like a) Around 4-5 questions were like finding the odd figure out of given figures. Very Very Simple. b) Around 4-5 questions were like three figures were given and we had to find the fourth one based on some pattern.(Was a bit tough) c) I had some login problem in my system before beginning the test, so i was sitting idle for 15 mins in the beginning and at that time, i was just gazing at the systems of students who were giving the test. Many of them had a question based on pie chart. A pie chart was given and 5-6 questions were based the pie chart. On the other hand when i started giving test i had a question based on a table. I had to take some percentages based on the given data. I didnt get any questions from pie charts.

d) Some 5-6 questions based on syllogism. Eg: Some dogs are cats. All cats are cows. e) Around 5-6 question were based on logic like if it rains, then he will dance.(These questions were in the form of data sufficiency. This is all i can remember. Make sure you prepare from R.S Aggarwal Verbal and Non Verbal reasoning very thoroughly. Be very calm and take the paper very carefully because it full of logical questions, you need to have a free mind while giving the test. I'm still waiting for the results that are to be announced on 21st September on www.congnizant.com and i'm really very very scared. Please do pray for me. Most important All the best may God be with you all.. Hope this article helps. Take care all.

Test Paper :17 Paper Type : General - Interview Test Date : 17 January 2011 Test Location : Future Institute of Engg & Mgmt, Kolkata Posted By : Subhasish Mondal
Hi Friends, I am Subhasish Mondal student of FIEM from CSE department. I am going to share my CTS experienced with you. CTS visit our college on 17-Jan-11. CTS recruitment going through in 3 steps y y y PPT(Pre Placement Talk) Aptitude Test HR-Technical Round.

Before appearing for Written test we have to fill up the below form format. Some Q,s are listed below. 1. Name.__________________ 2. Gender__________________ 3. Current address:__________________ city:__________________ pin code:__________________ tel.phno:__________________ mobile no.__________________ 4. Permanent address.__________________ 5. E-mail__________________ 6. Nationality__________________ 7. Academic details (10th %, 12th or diploma%)__________________

8. Each Semester percentage and year of passing.__________________ 9. Have u cleared all your arrears (backlogs)?__________________ 10. Do u have any standing arrears (presently do u have any backlogs)?__________________ 11. Software orientation:__________________ 12. Extra curricular, Hobbies and Interests.______________________________________________________ 13. Strengths and weakness.__________________ 14. Expectations from cognizant.______________________________________________________ 15. Your short term plan and long term plan with cts.____________________________________ 16. What are the qualities a software professional need to excel in his field?_________________ In case of Aptitude test you should prepare for this area. Aptitude consists two parts verbal & reasoning part. There 30 question from reasoning and 25 questions from verbal and there are 60 minutes to solve this(30 minutes each). y y y y y y y Statement conclusion Odd man out Figure puzzle Puzzles Syllogism Data sufficiency Data interpretation

R.S Aggarwal verbal reasoning books is enough for it.after 1hrs from aptitude our tpo declare the name of students who cleared aptitude test.340 students out of 450 students cleared in aptitude test. I was one of them. Next the interview first the interviewer greeting me with a warm handshake. then he asked this questions. y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y Why CSE? what are the subjects you read last semester? what is the favorite subjects? What is referential integrity? what is foreign key? draw a table and show foreign key. What is deletion anomaly? what is lock? how many lock you ever heard? where you use read lock and shared lock? what is deadlock? what is deadlock presentation? tell me some procedure to detect deadlock. what is distributed deadlock? what are functions of local distributed and global distributed manager? how you solve deadlock in distributed system? then he asked do you know C? i answered yes then he asked how well like dbms or more than that? i answered like C. then he asked four more questions from C. What is union? What are the differences between structure and union?

y y y

What is pointer? Tell me some practical application of pointer. what is link list?

I answered all of questions more or less correctly and full confidently. after asked so many questions he satisfied (i think). then he asked do you have any questions? please asked any questions related to their company. please don't asked anything regarding your interview please. then he told me nice to meet you.If you are CSE/IT students then you should technically sound(c,c++,ds,dbms,java at least).you also prepare for this type of questions like why CTS? why should I recruit you? Tell me about yourself. etc one thing you should remember that you don't tell that you are preparing for CAT,MAT,GRE or any other exams.In interview room you keep yourself be cool, confident, fluent in English, smile on your face.Don't act like a over smart.CTS declared the name of student who got the job on 19th Jan '11. 244 students got the jobs and i was one of them. I wish all the best.

Test Paper :18 Paper Type : General - Interview Test Date : 25 February 2011 Test Location : FIEM, Sonarpur Posted By : Shyam s Halder
Cognizant Campus Recruitment Process on 25.02.2011 Eligibility Criteria: 60% throughout (X, XII, UG/PG) No year Gap Only 2011 Pass out Venue: FIEM, Sonarpur (it was not an on Campus Process) Reporting Time: 8:00 am My experience I was 15 mins late, but it did not create any issue An auditorium sought of place was given to us so that it can accommodate at least 400 students, 452 were eligible. Cognizant came at around 9am, and when I saw the entire team I was simply stunned, more than 35 people came, out of which 33 were interviewer (I came to know about them before the interview). The T.P.O of the FIEM introduced Mr. N Ghosal, the HR Manager of Cognizant.

Mr. N Ghosal, introduced himself and started off with the ppt session, it was damn good and inspiring After 30-45 mins of ppt session we were asked to get ready for the Aptitude test, a consultancy named Meritrake came in with a team of more than 20 people and divided the entire group of students into several rooms, they had taken every possible measure so that no unfair means occur. A form (data sheet) was given to fill-up, followed by two question papers (2-sections) Total 55 questions were there, 60 mins time, 2 sections, 1-logical and quantitative 2-Based on English, no Negative marking but sectional cut-offs were there. Aptitude result was declared by 1.30 pm, and panels were allotted to the selected candidates, there were 33 panels, and 5-6 students were allotted to each I was in panel 1. The interview session began, 1:1 interview, Technical and HR was combined, and the single man that was sitting on the other side was more than enough to make us realize that he was from CTS and the questions wont be as smooth as we were thinking I was waiting for my turn to come; seriously, I was quite tensed and nervous though my face did not reflect that. At that moment of time I was completely blank, I could not even remember the syntax for inheritance in C++, anyways I had to wait till 5.30pm, as the interviewer was taking a lot of time with a single candidate, so you can imagine how sweet the interview session could be, sitting with the interviewer for than 30mins, minimum, gradually I started to make up my mind that I have to face the person on the other side of the desk, and if I get tensed then everything would be in a mess, actually I was not tensed, neither was i nervous, it was a different feeling, which you can only feel when your waiting outside that ROOM. When my name was called, it was near about 5.40pm Me : Sir, may I come in X: yah, sure (he had a smiling face) Me: Good Afternoon sir (I was standing with my bag on one shoulder, and a file in my hand) X: yah, have your seat, be comfortable (I took my seat, kept my bag on the floor, and the file on my lap) X: (with a smile on his face) so you are Shyam, from JISCE? Me: yes sir X: (he called out two names, they were also from my college and asked me) who is the topper? Me: sir all are unique in their own way, but if you talk about academics I have topped the last 5 semesters X: so you are the topper? (smiled again) Me: yes sir till the 5th semester X: show me your certificates, class X and XII (I gave him the original), make sure that you put back all the certificates safely

(He started calculating my percentages, one by one) and said all are perfect X: you have passed out class XII from CBSE? I am also from CBSE Me: which school sir? X: Kendriya Vidyalay, Alipore, (smiled) I have passed out class 10 in 2000, so where do you stay? Me: Naihati X: hmm nice place, so what are your hobbies Shyam? Me: (told) (and he continued writing everything in his evaluation sheet) X: (going through the data sheet that I have filled up in the morning) you like data structure Me: yes sir, we had DS in our 3rd sem X: ok (he gave a blank A4 sheet and wrote an array of 6 elements) sort the array Me: which technique sir? X: anything of your choice Me: (after sorting the array by Bubble sorting technique) sir done X: ok let me see (going through my code) no this will not work!! (returned the paper back to me) Me: (surprisingly) why sir? (I went through my code,.but couldnt find any mistakes) (Gave it back to him) sir it will work X: (again going through my code) no it wont, ok let us do a dry run Me: (eagerly waiting for him to point out my mistake) yes sir X: oh! My mistake, I didnt notice the other loop (he overlooked my outer loop) it will work (gave a positive smile) X: Can you tell me its time complexity? Me: (told, a complete wrong guess, I was not sure) (he did not say anything) X: what projects have you done? Me: (told) X: do you know Linked lists? Me: yes sir X: ok, have you heard of circular, doubly, circular-doubly linked lists? Me: yah sir, sure X: how can I search an element from the linked list? (Passed that paper to me again) Me: shall I write the code? X: your choice, I just need to understand Me: (I wrote the code, defined a structure for linear linked list, and defined a function for searching the element) ( I was taking a bit time and I looked up once to see what was he doing) X: take your time (gave a pleasant smile) (I continued with my searching function)

(After completing, I looked up again, found him busy writing something, so I started checking my code, if there are some errors) Me: sir I have done it X: oh , let me have a look (going through my code) yah good X: what changes would you make if I ask you to do the same for doubly linked list? Me: (made the changes) X: (with a impressive smile) your code is ok but it could have been much simpler. What is recursion? Me: (told) X: write down a recursive function to print the fibonacci series in Java Me: (feeling a bit tensed, started off) (Finished writing the code, I didnt print the a and b as 0 in the beginning, I took a=-1 and b=1, and gave him the sheet back) sir done. X: (checked out my code) why did you take a= -1 and b=1? Me: (explained him) X: (he looked impressed) (he took the paper back, wrote a small code snippet) what will be output of the following? (The code was written in C++, a bit tricky) Me: (I started solving it, wrote few steps) (suddenly he took back the paper and said) X: what is string? Me: (answered him) X: how can you copy one string in another? Me: (I told him about the strcpy function) X: without strcpy? Me: bla bla. (could not answer properly) X: ok can you relocate outside Kolkata? Me: (butterflies in my stomach) YES ! sir X: ok last question Ill ask you, if you can answer you are through (I was excited) X: ( wrote 3 statements: x=1+2+3; y=1+2+3; z=2+4+6;) if I write System.out.println(x) and in the same way SOP for y and z what will be the output? Me: x=6; y=123 (as + will act as a concatenation operator), and z= (he took back the paper) X: you are through, you can go Me: Thank you sir (I saw him writing the marks, he gave me 9/10) ( before getting in I heard, that, 6 is the cut-off, so any one getting 6 will get the job) Came out of the room, I was quite satisfied and eagerly waiting for the result They announced the result around 7.30pm,

And they gave me the offer letter.

Test Paper :19 Paper Type : General - Interview Test Date : 30 January 2011 Test Location : S.A. Engg College, Chennai Posted By : S. Dhivya
Hello Friends, This is DHIVYA recently i attended the cts aptitude test on 30 jan '11. At the beginning they give a paper called "DATA SHEET" in which u have to fill all details like NAME ; PERSONAL INFORMATION ; ACADEMIC DETAILS ; STRENGTH WEAKNESS ; SOFTWARE PROFESIONAL ; SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PLAN ; EXPECTATIONS FROM CTS . They just give only 10-15 min to fill all these details suddenly without telling the time duration they ask us to start writing the exm so be careful we have to write as fast as we can... after completing the exm we can write these fill up form... as i got 10 min time after completing my exm so i used my time by writing fill up form. Paper was easy it contains the following pattern. * Analytical Section (30 questions, 30 minutes) Q(1) : Choose the different figure Q(2-3) : Logic Q(4-5) : Logic Q(6-7) : Logic Q(8-9) : Logic Q(10-13) : Puzzle Q(14-17) : Encoding & Decoding Q(18-21) : Figure Sequence Q(22-24) : Choose the similar figure Q(25-28) : Data Intrepretation Q(29-30) : Logic * Verbal Section (25 questions, 20 minutes) (15) , (10) Q(31-32) : Identify correct sentence Q(33-37) : Reading Comprehension I Q(37-42) : Reading Comprehension II Q(43) : Identify the correct sentence Q(44-46) : Identify the incorrect sentence Q(47-51) : Sentence re-arrangement Q(52) : Identify the correct sentence Q(53-55) : Identify the incorrect sentence

This blue print is the same as how they asked in exam... And i would like to give some tips regarding the exam... first to attend encoding and decoding ; figure sequence ; similar figure ; logical deductions and connectives ;correct incorrect sentence and then to passage finally end the exm with interpretation... as bcoz interpretation questions are very tough and we could not able to solve as the calculations to be done are more.. so what i suggest u to attend it at last... This is the way i followed in my exam where i saved 10 min time... Books: R.S.AGGARWAL (VERBAL AND NON VERBAL) TIME BOOK For LOGICAL CONNECTIVES These two books are more than enough to study for clearing the exam. And at one week later i got mail stating i cleared Aptitude and asked me to come for Technical in MEPZ on 5 FEB 2011 at 11.00 A.M. To my surprise there was GD round... All batch consists of 10 members... My HR was very Cool ... He gave comfort by talking in general and he also told that its enough of talking atleast one line but to talk bravely and loudly this was his criteria for selecting candidates but other HR insisted on GRAMMATICAL USAGE it completely depends upon each HR ... and to our surprise again he asked us as each and every person can talk their own topic... And we all got cleared in our Batch. Next is TECHNICAL HR ... I attended where at the beginning he asked generally about my college and my family... and INT : he asked why my 10 , 12 , UG was reduced by 1 % ... ME : I explained INT : he was satisfied .... He then asked Why u came for IT field as u where from E.C.E. background... ME : I explained... He asked me did u attend any Core Company ... I said attended got selected also.... INT : Asked why u didnt proceed with that company... ME : I explained. INT :He started asking what all languages (S/W) u knw... ME : Told (He cross checked the DATA SHEET) I told i knw DATA STRUCTURES also ... INT : He told good.. Started asking questions from that... INT : wat is bubble sort

ME : explained INT : quick sort , Linked list types and explain.. ME : explained INT : wat is other name for queue and stack ME : explained INT :asked to draw and explain Circular linked list ME: explained INT : asked to write prog ME : i told confidently i dont knw prog as i ididnt prepare for it but i knw all the logics... INT : He said ok ! asked to explain Stack and Queue. ME : explained INT: finally told nice to meet u ... Thank u and asked me to wait for results. ME : thank u Sir. After a long gap of 1 hour my Results came "I GOT SELECTED" ... After 5 mins they asked me to attend THE FINAL ROUND i.e., HR ROUND.... HR : he greeted me ME : me too HR : Asked me to show my certificates of 10 ,12 UG (This is nothing but to cross check the %) ME : showed HR : Told ur eligible ME : felt happy HR : Asked to TELL ABOUT YOURSELF ME : told HR : asked about my college ME : told HR : finally told ur eligible and also iam meeting all the criteria for CTS and he asked me to proceed ... He also added to check mail for my HR results.... Finally told Nice meeting you ME : told thank you Sir... After 3 days on 15 Feb 2011 ... GOT MY HR RESULTS STATING THAT IAM

SELECTED... IAM SO HAPPY TO BE A PART OF COGNIZANT... SEE YOU THERE SOON... IF FEEL THIS PAPER IS USEFUL AND IF YOU HAVE DOUBTS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAIL ME ... MY ID dhivya.monster@gmail.com .... ONLY ONE POINT I WISH YOU TO REMEMBER IS * THAT PREPARE WELL * BE COOL * BE COMFORTABLE * JUST SAY IF YOU KNW THE ANSWERS I KNW OR ELSE TELL I DONT KNW ... BE STRAIGHT FORWARD BCOZ CTS PEOPLE LIKES ONLY STRAIGHT FORWARD PEOPLE... SEE YOU SOON THERE... BYE.... TAKE care.

Test Paper :20 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 13 January 2011 Test Location : B.P.Poddar Inst Of Mgmnt & Tech, Kolkata Posted By : Sourav Podder
Hey, There I'm Sourav Podder from B.P. Poddar Institute Of Management & Technology, Kolkata. I'm currently doing final year of B.Tech, Computer Sc. Engineering (4 years). I am very happy that I'm placed in my dream company, Cognizant. Cognizant came to my college for recruitment on January 13th, 2011 (Written Test, Technical & HR). I wanna share my experiance to FW users as it might help them to figure out what Cognizant's selection process actually is. On the Day, 1) A ppt. 2) A written test. Before actually start writing the test, you will be asked to fill a form & give the following info: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Name, Date of Birth, Sex, Age, Permanent Address, Current Address. 10th percentage and 12th percentage, year of passing etc. Cumulative and individual percentage of the semesters. Software Orientation (Programming languages known) Hobbies and extra curricular activities Strengths and weakness

7. Expectations from Cognizant 8. Long term and short term goals in Cognizant. 9. Qualities required for a software professional. 10. Why do you think that you are qualified for IT companies?

(Note: This info is more powerful than your resume. Please, prepare it well and write things very very clearly. Because, this info will be forwarded to your HR!) The written test comprised of 2 sections: Analytical and Verbal. The details are given below: * Analytical Section (30 questions, 30 minutes) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Figure(finding odd figure,finding similiar figure,figure completion). Logic(Syllogisms/Logical deduction & Binary Logic/Logical Connectives). Puzzle. Data Interpretation. Coding Decoding.

* Verbal Section (25 questions, 25 minutes) 1) 2 passages(go through the previous papers of cognizant from Freshersworld.com & you might get common). 2) Find correct sentences. 3) Find incorrect sentences. 4) Jumbled sentences & you have to choose their correct orders. (Note: Totally 55 questions. You gotta finish it in 55 minutes. This pattern is very new. This pattern may be valid for the next two years. For section 1, refer R.S. Aggarwal's Verbal & Non-verbal Reasoning and R.S. Aggarwal's Quantitative Apptitude only for DI. For section 2, you need to be more thorough in English Grammar. This section would be tough for those who aren't good in English. Go through the verbal part of previous Cognizant papers from Freshersworld.com) 358 students sitted in the aptitude test & 251 cleared & I was one of them. (They also declred the panel no. of the selected candidates also) 3) Interview (Technical+HR) Me: Good evening sir. Int: Good evening, have the seat. (he had an age of around 30 was quite friendly, smiling always have a little bit of smile on your face. It shows that you are not nervous.) Int: So you are Sourav? (in the mean time he is going through my aptitude marks, the afforesaid forms) Me: Yes sir. Int: Sourav tell me about yourself. Me: I started & after a some time he stopped me. Int: So what are your interests & hobbies? Me: Sir, it's listening to music, surfing the internet, playing cricket & I also love to travel many places. Int: What type of music?

Me: Sir, soulful music. Interviewer: What is soulful music? Me: Something touches my heart. Int: (with a smile)That is very difficult to say which type of song touches which one's heart. But what type of song touches your heart? Me: Sir, I like Rahat fateh ali khan's song very much & I also like sonu nigam's meledious song as well & these types of songs but I don't like those hiphop & hard rock. Int: What are Rahat's recent song? Me: From Salman khan's movie Dabbang "tere mast mast do nain" & prior to this I also like the song"dil to bachha hai ji" from Ishqiya. Int: The movie Dabbang is also famous for another song (he is soo friendly) Me: Yes sir, "Munni Badnam Hui". Int: Do you like any recent Bengali song? Me: Yes sir,from movie "autograph" I like Anupam Roy's song "amake amar maton thakte dao" & also I like Rupam's song from dat movie "beche thakar gaan". Int: Do you study Artificial Intelligence (AI) in any time of your semestar? Me: Yes sir, in the last semester. Int: Then you are in trouble (with a smile) ok do you like AI? Me: No sir, I didn't like the subject but for the sake of semester i've to go through it. Int: Ok what is theorem? (I even don't remember the name of the theorem) no problem, if you don't know it. Me: No sir, I didn't know it. Int: Ok,what is B-Tree & B+ Tree? Me: I answered (he was fully impressed with my answer & when I tried to elongate it he said "dis is enough I have found what i want") Int: What is Weak Entity Set? Me: Again I satisfied him with my answer. Int: Now coming to networking what is the difference between a switch & a bridge? Me: (This is a shocker for me as I didn't expect a question from networking because I mentioned C & Java as s/w orientation in the form) I tried to say something & went on saying bla bla bla. Int: No,this is not correct Me: Sir, actually I'm not in touch with networking because I studied it in 5th semester & after that I'm not in touch with it. Int: But I will try to touch all the subjects & you will have to give atleast one correct answer from that subject otherwise I will ask questions from dat subject. Me: Ok sir.

Int: What is packet switch routing & circuit switch routing? Me: (after a bit of pause & thinking) No sir, I cann't remember it right now. Int: Ok you write down the 7 layers of OSI model? (he gave me pen & paper) Me: After giving some try I only manage to write only 5 layers (at this moment I started to panic a little bit) Int: Ok you write a valid ip address & say which class it belongs? Me: 127.0.0.1 & after some pause I said it's in class A. Int: Ok now we can move to other subject. Me: I released a huge sigh of relief actually I made wild guess about the class of the IP address. Int: Java? Me: Yes sir. Int: How can you create threads in Java? Me: I answered & satisfied him with my answer. Int: So, what is the best choice extending Thread class or implementing Runnable interface & why? Me: Implementing the Runnable interface & also explained the reason (but he is not fully satisfied with the reason) Int: Now OS? Me: Yes sir (with a fear in my mind because I'm even not in touch with OS) Int: What is Virtual Memory? Me: The memory which doesn't exist physically. Int: (with a smile) you are trying to tell me the dictionary meaning. Me: No sir, actually I'm not comfortable in memory management part but i'm comfortable in semaphore etc in process management part. Int: (with a smile) I didn't ask you that ok tell me what is deadlock? Me: I told & satisfied him. Int: How you can detect deadlock? Me: I told dat by using RAG, WFG & by some Deadlock detection algorithm. Int: What is RAG & WFG? Me: Resource Allocation Graph & Wait for Graph. Int: What are the differences between them? Me: I told that RAG involves Resource but WFG don't involves Resources it only involves processes & I also draw an eg. of both RAG & WFG. Int: Are you sure in WFG there is no resource? Me: Yes sir.

Int: No it's not correct. (he was checking my confidence) Me: Sir, as far as I know there is no resource in WFG. Int: Ok, I think i'm done. Do you have any questions? Me: Yes sir, What are the improvements I have to make to be successful in the organisation? Int: I cann't tell you that seeing you such a short period. But as a fresher you must have the mentality to learn, effective communication skills & good team work capability. Me: Ok sir & one more what are the expectations of the company from me as a fresher? Int: As I already told mentality to learn, communication skill & team work capability. Me: Yes sir, according to me i'm a quick learner & good team man & I also have effective communication skills. So I think I will be successful. I have some problem in some subjects like networking because I'm not in touch with these subjects recently. But I have full command & confidence in my subject C & Java etc. Int: Ok, thank you. Me: Thank you sir. Our result was announced on the evening of 15/01/2011 as Infosys was sharing 0 slot with Cognizant. Out of 251 candidates who appeared for the interview 179 were selected & my name was there in the list. Wish you all the best! Hope to see you soon in Cognizant.

Test Paper :21 Paper Type : Aptitude - General Test Date : 5 February 2011 Test Location : MLR IT, Hyderabad Posted By : Parmesh G
Hi Friends, I would like to share my interview experience with Cognizant. Myself G Parmesh B Tech-2010, I had appeared for CTS Off-campus recruitment on 5th February, 2011 at MLR Engineering College, Hyderabad. The Aptitude paper was easy but is time consuming. Total question: 55 Total marks: 55 No negative marking but there is a sectional cut-off.

The exam consists of two sections. 1) Analytical Pattern:(30Q) 1) Figure sequence 2-4) Syllogisms 5-9) Data Sufficiency 10-13) Puzzle Test 14-17) Coding decoding (Pattern some what different from previous papers) 18-23) Figure Sequence 24-28) Data interpretation 29-30) Data sufficiency Minimum : 50% i.e, 15+ 2) English:(25Q) 1-3) Pick 2 Correct Sentences from 4 Sentences 4-8) Passage1 Regarding "Nelson Mandela" (Got In my Paper but there are 4 sets) 9-13) Passage2 Regarding "Fossilized remains of pterosaurs" (Got In my Paper but there are 4 sets) 14-15) Pick Incorrect Sentences 16-17) Pick Correct Sentences 18-22) Jumbled Sentence Arranging 23-25) Pick Incorrect Sentences Minimum : 35-50% i.e, 12+ After 30 mins they will collect the first section paper (analytical) and give the second section paper(English). First section kills your time, you can't even study the whole paper unless you are quick enough. Results will be displayed in cognizant website i.e., Login with your Application ID and DOB regularly and check status. Me waiting 4 the results. Don't rely on mail. Prepare well guyzzz. All the Best!

Test Paper :22 Paper Type : General - Interview Test Date : 13 January 2011 Test Location : B.P.Poddar Institute of Mgmt & Techn, Kolkata Posted By : Subhamoy Bhaduri

Reasoning / Analytical: 30 Minutes, 30 Questions Verbal English: 25 Minutes, 25 Questions Reasoning/Analytical: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Figure Syllogism Logic(unless u....,only if....) Data interpretation 3x3 matrix with some condition-like a puzzle Coding-decoding

Verbal English: 1. 2. 3. 4. Reading comprehension-2 paragraphs Rearrangement of jumbled sentences in paragraph Which one is most gramatically correct from a set of sentences Other 5 questions-I couldn't remember

Actually there was 1 interview including both technical & HR Technical Interview: Me: may I come in sir? Sir: Yes, please take your seat Me: Thanks Sir: What's your favorite subject? Me: Java Sir: Why is Java so important? Me: Told its features Sir: What's the difference of Java with other object orientd language? Me: Told Sir: What is DBMS? Me: Told Sir: What's Relation in RDBMS? Me: Told Sir: What's Normalization & func.dependency? Me: Explained Sir: What's 2NF and 3NF? Me: Explained with examples Sir: Give sum real example (i.e attributes like emp_name etc.) Me: Gave

Sir: What's your final year project? Me: Told Sir: How are you storing data? Me: Told Sir: Tell me its features Me: Told HR Interview: Sir: Tell me about yourself? Me: Told Sir: What's your body weight? Me: Told Sir: How long will you take to complete 100 m race? Me: Told Sir: How will you manage 3-4 hours of journey to/from Bantala, kolkata (CTS' new campus in Kolkata) Me: Told bt he was not satisfied Sir: Asked again the same question Me: Told that in that case I have to shift to a place nearer to Bantala Sir: Ok, that's a better alternative Sir: Nice to meet you & a warm hand-shake with me. Appeared in Aptitude: 358 Cleared Aptitude: 251 Finally selected: 179 1. 2. 3. 4. Prepare 1/2 subjects very well Follow R.S Aggarwal's Verbal-Nonverbal reasoning, Objective General English Follow company's aptitude questions from various sites In interview never try to be over-smart or very straight-forward

Best of luck!

Test Paper :23 Paper Type : General - other Test Date : 14 January 2011 Test Location : Oriental Gorup of Institute, Bhopal M.P. Posted By : Gareema Bhandari
Hello Friends,

M Gareema Bhandari from Orient group of Institutes Bhopal. CTS was the first company in our Institute. i.e on 14th and 15th January 2011. CTS process was in 2 steps Written test * Reasoning section * Verbal section Interview: Both HR and Technical were taken together as 1 round. Written Reasoning section: All the questions of syllogism were asked. Tricky questions of syllogism were asked in this our english ability is also checked 30 questions were their. For half an hour. Verbal section: In verbal section simple basic grammar skills were checked. No antonym or synonym were asked. Only the person with, clear concept of english grammar can attempt. All the questions correctly. Please do practice the questions of similar relations. Verbal was also for 30 minutes 30 questions. Both the papers were given seperately for 30-30 minutes. Interview My interview was the longest in my pannel. For everyone it was 20 to 25 mins mine was 30 mins. My technical is not that strong. But I have very good communication skills. Thus, I went in very confidently. He asked me. To tell him about myself. Seriously this is the answer when you can actually drive your interview. I spoke so elligently that he was very impressed. Than he asked me some technical questions I think 3 he asked of which I gave none answer. But I convince dhim by saying that." sir its not luck I dont know the answer. Yesterday when result was announce. My neighbours and relatives were all at ma room and I was already nervous and I didn't got the time to browse through ma notes" He smilled at me then I said that sir ma technical is not dat good but if I will revise ma notes than definitely I can handle the questions. So, he then stated asking me situational questions some of tham are (1) Say you and your best friend made a project but it was rejected by the customer. You know that it was becuse your friend made a mistake in the project. Now, your boss is asking

you to tell him who made the mistake. Will you tell your boss about the mistake done by your friend? (2) Your boss gave you a project. To be done in 10 day. But it is impossible for you to complete it in 10 day. What will you do? (3) Your friends birthday is let us say in January 1989 but you don't know your frrends date and day. How can you calculate it. By just asking him 1 questions. You cannot ask him directly his b"day? Like this 9 situational questions were asked to me. I gave all the answers very confidently. With possitive attitude and very good communication skills. He even asked me technical questions practically. like, if there is a car say"CIVIC" than what will be the object and what will be the function and what will be the class. I just spoke out whatever was cuming into ma mind. Because i'm not good in technical. But I said with confidence after 30 minutes he asked me do you have any questions to asked I asked him 2 questions about there logo "GO GREEN" and "HOW SOCIALLY INTACT IS CTS" after asking the questions He said that "Gareema you have a very impressive approach have a nice day" I was selected in CTS. So, the conclusion is, be confident. Written is very easy and one should be very confident in front of the HR. All the very best!

Test Paper :24 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 16 January 2011 Test Location : MLR Engineering College, Hyderabad Posted By : Ramana Reddy Bhavanam
Hello Friends, I would like to share my interview experiance in Cognizant. Myself Ramana Reddy MCA-2010, I appeared for CTS Off campus recruitment on 16th Janunary, MLR Engineering College, Hyderabad. The Aptitude paper was little bit easy and little bit hard. Total question: 55 Total marks: 55

No negative mark, but sectional cut-off is there. The exam consists of two sections. 1) Analytical Pattern: Figure sequence (very easy) * * * * * Syllogims (easy) Puzzle test (easy but time taken take care about time here) Coding decoding (very easy no preparation required) Data interpretation (Difficult) Data sufficiency (logical thinking apply here)

* First complete coding, decoding, fig sequence and then follow remaining. Note: In this section we have to secure min 16 marks for qualifying, otherwise may be disqualified. 2) English: Two passages (one easy, one difficult) (10 marks). Sentence formation (5 marks). Pick Correct, Incorrect sentences from a list. Note: In this section we have to secure min 12 marks for qualifying, otherwise disqualified. After 30 mins they collect the first section paper (analytical) and give second section paper(English). First section kills time, you can't even study the whole paper unless you are quick enough results will be with in one day. I got the mail from Cognizant on that day at 11pm. My technical and HR on Jan-18th at 8.30am in CTS company, VBIT park, Madhapur. Technical round: Totally 30 panels were there for technical interview. Don't call like CTS, try to call it Cognizant at each and every time. Me : Excuse me sir. Int : Yes Me : Good Morning Sir. Int : Very good morning, take a seat. Me :Thank you sir. Int : So, Ramanareddy tell me some thing about you from your schooling to college life Me : Told

Int : Tell me something about your project? Me : Told Int : What is your role in the project? (this Q was very imp and common Q for everybody) Me : Told Int : So, you are came from Andhra University Me : Yes, sir. Int : What is topology? Me : Told Int : What is AI (Artificial Intilgence)? Me : Sorry I didt recall right now. Me : At that time I requested sir please ask me Qs on C, C++, Java, SQL, DS, I am strong in technical wise. Int : Ok, write a program on arithmetic exception? Me : Blah blah. Int : Write a program on Double LinkedList? Me : Blah blah. Int : Write a program for Selection Sort? Me : Blah blah. Int : Ok, good, what is Normalization? Me : Told upto 3rd Normal form only and told to him, sir I dont know about remaining forms. Int : Ok, take 3 tables and do the normalization. Me : I completed this task fastly (on emp, dept, location). Int : Can you write 'where' clause in 'group' By function? Me : No sir, we have to use 'having' instead of 'where' Int : Tell me about your family? Me : Told Int : You have any questions? Me : Sir, you didn't terminate atleast one employee from our company at the ressision time, how did you faced this difficulty complexity problem with effectively . Int : Told Int : Ok, Ramanareddy all the best, wait outside for sometime. Me : Thank you sir.

Within 5 min one employee came and told to me. You have qualified in 'Technical round' and wait 5 more mins for HR round. HR round: Me : Excuse me sir, Int : Yes, take your seat. Me : Thank you sir, good morning sir. Int : Tell me something about ur project? Me : Again told. Int : Tell me something about you? Me : Told Int : Tell me what u r doing in free time? Me : Told Int : He saw my OMR sheet and asked me, did you clear all the subjects from schooling to PG? Me : Yes sir Int : Show your original marks memos. Me : I showed to him. He watched my marks memos for 5-10 mins Int : Ok you can leave now, If you have qualified we will mail back to you later. Me : Thank you sir. On 20th at 9.15 pm I got mail from CTS, wow I got job in CTS. Now I am CTS family, my joining date is Jan-27th in Hyderabad. Ok, prepare well and Best Of Luck. I hope to see you in our Cognizant family.

Test Paper :25 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 14 January 2011 Test Location : Bhopal Posted By : Gareema Bhandari
Hello Friends, M Gareema Bhandari from orient group of institutes Bhopal. CTS was the first company in our institute. i.e on 14th and 15th January, 2011. CTS process was in 2 steps

Written test * Reasoning section * Verbal section Interview Both HR and Technical were taken together as 1 round. Written Reasoning section: All the questions of syllogism were asked. Tricky questions of syllogism were asked. In this our english ability is also checked. 30 questions were their. For half an hour. Verbal section: In verbal section simple basic grammar skills were checked. no antonym or synonym were asked. Only the person with, clear concept of english grammar can attempt. All the questions correctly. Please do practice the questions of similar relations. Verbal was also for 30 minutes 30 questions. Both the papers were given seperately for 30-30 minutes. Interview My interview was the longest in my pannel. For everyone it was 20 to 25 mins mine was 30 mins. My technical is not that strong. But I have very good communication skills. Thus, I went in very confidently. He asked me. To tell him about myself. Seriously this is the answer when you can actually drive your interview. I spoke so elligently that he was very impressed. Than he asked me some technical questions I think 3 he asked of which I gave none answer. But I convince him by saying that."sir its not luck I don't know the answer. Yesterday when result was announce. My neighbours and relatives were all at ma room and I was already nervous and I didn't got the time to browse thru ma notes" He smilled at me then I said that sir ma technical is not dat good but if I will revise ma notes than definitely I can handle the questions. So, he then stated asking me situational questions some of them are 1) Say you and your best friend made a project but it was rejected by the customer. You know that it was becuse your friend made a mistake in the project. Now, your boss is asking you to tell him who made the mistake. Will you tell your boss about the mistake done by your friend? 2) Your boss gave you a project. To be done in 10 day. But it is impossible for you to complete it in 10 day. What will you do?

3) Your friends birthday is let us say in January 1989 but you don't know your friends date and day. How can you calculate it. By just asking him 1 questions. You cannot ask him directly his b"day? like this 9 situational questions were asked to me. I gave all the answers very confidently. With possitive attitude and very good communication skills. He even asked me technical questions practically. like, If there is a car say"CIVIC" than what will be the object and what will be the function and what will be the class. I just spoke out whatever was coming into ma mind. Because I'm not good in technical. But I said with confidence after 30 minutes he asked me do you have any questions to asked. I asked him 2 questions about there logo "Go green" and "How socially intact is CTS" after asking the questions he said at "Gareema you have a very impressive approach have a nice day" I was selected in CTS, the conclusion is, be confident. Written is very easy and one should be very confident in front of the HR. All the very best!

Test Paper :26 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 19 January 2011 Test Location : Govt. College Of Engg & Leather Tech, Kolkata Posted By : Shyamananda Sarkar
Hi Friends, This is Shyamananda Sarkar from GCELT. Cognizant visited our college on 19th January. With us there was GCECT also to sit for the selection procedure. I gonna share my experience with you. Firstly, we were told to come college within 8:30 am. As registration purpose. Then after waiting for about 30-35 minutes it was the time for PPT which was given by a HR of CTS, I don't know who he was but atleast not Nilangsu Ghosal. Any way he told about the company bla..bla...bla. After about 45-50 minutes of PPT our main selection procedure started. It was consisted of 2 parts: 1) Aptitude Test 2) Technical+HR Interview. 1) The aptitude section was of 2 sections. a) Logical reasoning: 30 marks, questions were very easy, just need to practice little bit

from R.S Aggarwal and the foremost needy thing is to be cool and try to solve as soon as possible. There was no quantitive part. b) Verval: Two passage one was very easy and another one was long but if you can manage time for all other part you'll surely be able to answer the questions from that passage. Cut-off was about around 30-35 % in English and 50 % for logical. Any way total around 180-185 students sat for the exam. From that 57 GCELT and 45 GCECT students were selected for the next round. Any way there were 10 panels and I was selected for 6th panel and my interview time was 2:50 pm any way I was very tensed but ultimately around 5:10pm I was called for interview. The person who take my interview was a non-bengali and very cool and was in fancy mood. My interview was like the following. Me: Good Afternoon sir. Int: Good Afternoon. pls have a sit. Me: Thank you sir. Int: So, sarkar, will you be able work in Mumbai? Me: (I was totally shocked, for this question, that too at the very beginning) offcourse sir, I can adjust any where in the world, after all I'm going to join a MNC. Int: Ok, so Sarkar tum bara sarkar yeah chhota sarkar? Me: (I thought if I ans in Hindi or any others language rathar than English I may not get chance) no sir, my name only just sarkar and I'm also not like that. I also about the history of our title but a very few. Int: (He smiled) so who changed surname? Me: Told Int: What does you father do? Me: Told Int: Where do u father and grandfather live? Int: What do you in computer domain. Me: I told Java and Dbms (but I surprised he didn't ask me not even a single question from Java) Int: Do you know C? Me: Yes sir. Int: So write a simple C code for the output of (a-b)^2. I was so lucky to have this. Me: I did it promptly. Int: Then he gave me to write the sql query for joining two table as directed by him. Me: I also did it

Int: Very good. Then he asked what are you doing in 4th year project. Me: Told Int: Then he asked will u be able to work in testing dept. from the very beginning? Me: Told bla...bla.. Then he told that's all have you any question? I asked about the Cognizant 2.0 He told. Then I also asked about the mission Cognizant do for orphans in India. He told. That was all of my interview. It was around 15 minutes. The result was declared on the next day. I got selected, thank God. it was really impossible for me to crack without my parents, elder sister and as well as my near and dear friends of school and college. I will be always with them. Totaly 63 got selected. 31 from our college and 32 from ceramic.

Test Paper :27 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 13 January 2011 Test Location : B.P.Poddar Institute of Mgmt & Tech, Kolkata Posted By : Ankur Kumar Das
Hello Friends, Myself Ankur, I appeared for CTS on campus recruitment on 13th Janunary. Aptitude paper was really really hard. Specially verbal portion. So be prepare 4 it. Then it was my PI session. Me: May I come in sir? Int: Yes please. Me: Good Evening sir. Int: Good Evening, take your seat. Me: Thank you sir. Int: So, Ankur tell me something about yourself. Me: Told. Int: Tell me something about your family. Me: Told

Int: Do you have any such preference of location? Me: No sir. I didn't have any such preference of location. I can go anywhere for our company. Int: Have you done any project? Me: Yes sir, I have completed a project of loan management system on Oracle PL/SQL. (I wrote DBMS (Oracle PL/SQL) as technical expertise in my CV) Int: Ok, means you know PL/SQL. Me: Yes sir. Int: What is procedure? Me: Told Int: Can procedure return the value of any parameter? Me: Int: Me: Int: Yes sir. How? Told What is RDBMS?

Me: Told Int: What is trigger? Me: Told (explained it in the paper) Int: Write down structure of a PL/SQL program. Me: Wrote. Int: How many types of exception are there in DBMS? Me: Told Int: Give me an example of pre-defined exception. Me: Told Int: Explain 2NF. Me: Explained with an example. Int: BCNF. Me: Told Int: What is cursor? what is the function of it? Me: Told and wrote the decalration of cursor. Int: How many types of cursor are there? Me: Told Int: How many types of keys are in DBMS? Me: Told Int: Difference between primary key and unique key. Me: Told Int: If a cursor opened bt it is not closed. What will happen?

Me: I didn't had proper idea of that question, but I was thinking. Int: Ok, didn't need to worry, nice to meet you. (formal handshake) Me: Can I ask you a question sir? Int: Yes Me: What is the role of freshers in Cognizant? Int: Told so many things, one point was. You have to face a lot of challege. Me: Yes sir, I'm ready to face the challenges. Int: Ok, then told so many things. Me: Sir, can I ask you another questions? Int: Yes. Me: How'z my interview? Int: Good, if this is good for you, then also good for me(then laughed) Me: Also laughed. Me: Nice to meet you sir, thank you sir (again handshake) Out of 358. 251 cleared aptitude and out of them 179 was selected. I was really tensed at the time result announcement. Thank god I was selected. Best of luck! Hope to see you in Cognizant.

Test Paper :28 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 10 January 2011 Test Location : Cochin Posted By : Piyush Sinha
Dear Friends, Hi I just wrote the CTS test paper at Cochin. This company tests students eqally and doesnot have any technical questions in its priliminary stage, as I felt glad because I am from Instrumentation background. Here is my experience: There were 2 papers separately given. The first one was analytical reasoning and the othe paper was English. The test was of 55 minutes total. Before these papers are given we were provided with a form to fill up which included "write your software orientation","your strength and weaknesses" so I urge you all to better be prepared for these things before the exam as they are examined in the end when you qualify the written paper.

Then the first paper of reasoning was given which had questions from syllolisms (easy), find the odd figure out (I found them tough, don't take them lightly), find the next figure, statement and conclusion questions. There were statement and conclusion questions of two forms. Type-1 statement 1: All boys are good. 2: Some good are girls. Then we need to find the correct conclusion. Type-2 statement: When I take the umbrella and go out it rains. conclusions: a) It rains. b) I do not go out. c) It does not rain. d) I go out. Answer options: A) ab and cd B) da and bc C) ac and bd D) None follow. Answer: (b) Then there was this second section of English. It had 8 questions of sentence correction and two lengthy paragraphs which had 5 questions each. Then there were 4 questions from jumbled sentences. We were asked to form a meaningful paragraph out of it. It was time consuming. Practice reading fast as paragraphs consumed time. Time is the most important factor in this test. So friends do take note of time. I am waiting for my results as they'll b declared tommorow. Please pray for me. Wish you all good luck. Belive in God Any querries do mail me @ piyushsinhaa@gmail.com

Test Paper :29 Paper Type : Aptitude - General Test Date : 16 January 2011 Test Location : MLR Engineering College, Hyderabad Posted By : Jakka Prasad
Hi Folks, This is Jakka Prasad Sir C.R.Reddy College M.C.A 2010. Finally CTS in Hyderabad. Total Marks :55 Paper consists of two sections. * Analytical Ability and English offline paper no negative marks. Time 30 questions 25 mins ability 25 questions 30 mins English. There was a sectional cutoff we don't know how much they will give a form where we need to write the strengths, weakness, software skills long term and short term goals etc be careful about writing these they will ask in interview. Don't follow gossips predictions

Analytical Pattern: * * * * * * * Figure sequence Syllogims Puzzle test Coding decoding Data interpretation Data sufficiency(logical sentence formation) Time is crucial

First do what ever you know, may be coding decoding fig sequence etc. English: Two passages consists of 10 marks you can score max marks in this section sentence formation 5 marks pick Correct, incorrect sentences from a list. About 10 questions (2*5). Guys be careful about time first section kills time you can't even study the whole paper unless you are quick enough results will be with in one day. R.S Aggarwal enough All the best!

Test Paper :30 Paper Type : General - Interview Test Date : 6 January 2011 Test Location : St. Thomas College of Engg & Tech, Kolkata Posted By : Abhinav Mukherjee
Hello! I am Abhinav Mukherjee from st. Thomas' college of Engineering and Technology. My department is Electronics and Communication. This is my first experience of a campus recruitment process! Cognizant visited our campus on 6th January, 2011. Out of 255 eligible candidates 219 cleared the first round (written test). Finally 175 were selected as finalist after the interview. Written Test: This consisted of 2 papers 1. Verbal Ability (25 marks 30 mins) This consisted of 2 comprehension passages, choosing the grammatically correct sentences,

syllogisms and finding the odd in a group. The question patterns were repetitve. My suggesstion would be to try and attempt the passages correctly. 2. Logical Resoning (30 marks 30 mins) This section was not very easy. I remember one puzzle based on blood relation which I couldn't do. This puzzle was not of the type which you will readily find in R.S Aggarwal. The rest consisted of the type coding-decoding, simple puzzles on sitting arrangement and data sufficiency. The last question was on finding out various pecentage based on data provided in two tables. Sincerely solving problems from R.S aggarwal will suffice. During the test we were provided a form where we had to fill in the required details. Separate time was provided for this. After about 1 hour 15 mins the result of the test was declared and I was through. Then I had to sit for more than 3 long hours when I was called for my Interview at about 5.30 pm. Me: May I come in sir? Int: Yes come in. Me: Good Evening sir Int: Good Evening! Please take your seat. Me: Thank you sir. (He was about 45. He was neither smiling nor very serious.) Int: Is this your first interview? Me: Yes sir. Int: So, where is your school located? Me: Told Int: And your house? Me: Told (He seemed to know the place and so he asked me in some details) Int: In which area are you comfortable? Me: 'C' and Basic Electronics Int: While programming which one will you prefer array or pointer? Me: Sir, Pointer Int: Why? Me: Told (Pointers works with addresses and bla bla bla. He was busy with his own work) Int: How do you initialize and array? Me: Told Int: Can you tell me what is the difference between a structure and a union? Me: Told Int: Are you involved in any project work? Me: Told and described somewhat Int: OK Abhinav tell me 3 points why I will hire you and 3 points for which I will not hire you?

Me: Sir, I am hardworking, sincere and have the ability to accept challenges so you can definitely hire me. If I don't get selected, I will think that something must have gone wrong in my interview process and not in my aptitude level since I have already cleared the written round. In that case I will try to improve my body language, communication skills and my confidence level. Int: Ok, Abhinav! I'm done. Glad to meet you. (And he shook hands with me) Me: Thank you sir (And I walked out quietly) This was my interview process. It was about 10-12 mins. I was pretty sure I will get through. Next day when results were announced I was delighted to here my name announced as this was my first job.

Test Paper :31 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 13 January 2011 Test Location : B.P.Poddr Institute Of Management & Tech, Posted By : Debasis
Hi Friends, This is debasis from B.P.Poddr Institute Of Management & Technology. CTS had visited our college on 13th January, 2011. So I'm sharing a bit of my experience with you. The events of the day were like this. 1) A ppt by jonal hr head of CTS at 9 am. 2) Aptitute test consisting of 35 non verbal questions 35 mins were provided for this part (R.S Agarwal verbal-non verbal book is enough for this one) and 30 verbal questions for which 30 mins were alloted(barrons or R.S.Aggarwal verbal book is good enough. English was a bit tough acording to me. But if you are preparing for CAT then it would not be a matter of concern. You will be given a form to be filled up during this time. It contains questions like strenghts & weaknessesYour hobbies, why CTS what qualities you have to join the it industry. Prepare this question before going in the interviewer will be watching all this after the aptitude test 251 people were selected out of . 359 people who sat for the aptitute test. My name was there. 3) Interview (Technical+HR) I entered the interviewing hall at near about 7.30 pm Me: Good evening sir, may I have the seat? (manners & showing respect do count a lot over here) Int: Yeah, have the seat. (he had an age of 40-45 was quite serious always have a little bit of smile on your face. It shows that you are not nervous.

Int: So you have done a summer training isn't it? Me: Yes sir, I did a training from BSNL on telecommunication and also from microsoft it academy on asp.net Int: So what were you taught in your BSNL training? Me: We were actually taught about the working of optical fibre will broadband. etc etc Int: So what is a broadband?(and he also asked a lot of question regarding this ne) Me: I told (although I had little knowledge on this one. But still I told everything I knew about it. Just tell confidently) Int: Are you sure? (he always tried to mis guide me. But never move away from your point) Me: Yes Sir Interviewer: Derive a nor gate using two and gate (This is a confidence-breaker question making "nor" with two "and" is not possible. He just wants to check weather you crumble under pressure or not) Me: Initially I told yes. I will try but after 2 mins of trying I told Sorry sir, but I am not able to do this. Int: What is the job of "void" in C? Me: I told. Int: What will occur if we dont write main() in C. Me: Compiler error will occur Int: What type of compiller error Me: Pardon me sir, but I cant remember it right now Int: What is function overloading in C? Me: Actually this was again a confidence breaker question as beacause function overloading was not there in C. It was in C++ or Java. Which were in our ECE syllabus. But still I told whatever I knew about it. Int: Look debasis, your communication skill is very good. But technical knowledge is quite low. Me: This was again done to break my confidence. Although I had a avg cgpa was below 7.0 but still I knew that my interview questions correctly. Me: May be sir that I am lagging in some technical parts. I can definitely work on them & cope up very quickly. I am no less than any other person over here. I am dying to get into Cognizant. Int: Suppose you were in my chair & you had two candidates infront of you. One is technically very sound the other one is potential like you are but technically weak. Whom you would have selected. Me: I would have selected both of them Int: Ok thank you. Do you have any questions (always ask questions this shows your eagerness to know. But don't ask foolish questions like "how was my interview" this looks unprofesional)

Me: I asked "how the recent policies of barrack obama will be affecting the Indian it industry"? Int: He told, any other question? Me: No Sir. Int: Thank you. you may leave. Me: Thanks a lot sir, have a nice day Int: You too. Out of 251 candidates who appeared for the interview 179 were selected & my name was there in the list. Wish you all the best! Hope to see you soon in Cognizant.

Test Paper :32 Paper Type : General - Interview Test Date : 6 January 2011 Test Location : ST. Thomas College Of Engg & Tech Posted By : MD Atif Shamim
Hi Everybody, I'm sharing my interview experience of Cognizant and I will give a brief about aptitude test. They gave a paper in which following questions were given. i) Hobbies ii) Strengths and weakness iii) Long term and short term goal iv) Expectation from Cognizant v) Software orientation vi) What are qualities requried for software professional and why do you think that you are qualified for software professional. List reasons Do prepared for this questions and this question in important for interview a good answer of this important. First they gave us paper of analytical section there were 30 questions time given was 30 minutes. Analytical section: * 30 questions. * Time: 30 minutes. * No negative marking.

i) 5 questions from data interpretation. ii) 5 questions from Blood relation i.e family problem. iii) Statement conclusion i.e statements will be given you have derive conclusion. iv) 5 questions from coding & decoding. R.S Aggarwal is more than enough for this section. Then they took away question paper of analytical question paper. Verbal section: * 25 questions. * Time: 25 minutes. * No negative marking. i) Two paragraphs ecah containing 5 question. ii) Find correct sentence among 4 sentence iii) Find incorrect sentence among 4 sentence iv) 5 question from para jumble i.e 4 or 5 sentence will be given you have to assemble them and form a paragraph. Interview: Me: Good Afternoon. Int: Good Afternoon. Int: Ok, sit. Int: What is your name? Me: Told Int: When did you pass class 10 and 12 Me: Told. Int: Where do you live? Me: Told. Int: Why your class 10 percentage is low ( He asked me because my class 10 percentage was only 60%. Me: I told I didn't get the right competitive environment Int: Why do you want to join Cognizant? Me: I told that I want to join any industry because until now I have only academic knowledge by joining industry I want to gain practical knowledge. Int: Tell me your favorite subject in last year. Me: Just told the names of subjects in my 7th semester and told I haven't read properly my last semester because of campusing. Int: What did you read for campusing? Me: Aptitude. Int: Then he asked me to write logic of a C program which was swapping between two variable without using third variable.

Me: I done this properly Int: Write the logic to reverse a string without using strrev Me: Done but not properly but he was convinced Int: Any question from your side. Me: I have 3 to 4 months time then which topic I should prepare Int: He told me some topic like object oriented programming. Me: How was my interview sir? Int: Its ok but other things will also be taken into consideration like your semester marks your 10 & 12 marks and aptitude marks Me: Ok thank you sir. On 7th I was selected in Cognizant have fun Guys. Just be cool and calm during interview.

Test Paper :33 Paper Type : General - Interview Test Date : 27 December 2010 Test Location : Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia Posted By : Kallol Kr. Panda
Cognizant Technology Solutions arranged a campus recruitment program in our college (HIT, Haldia) on 27th December, 2010. Our reporting time was at 6.45 am. Around 650 students appeared in that recruitment process. But, only 316 students were able to qualify the first round i.e, Aptitude test. The question pattern of Cognizant is totally different from other companies. So, you should be well prepared to qualify. And there is no negative marking, so, attempt all questions. In the answer sheet, there are some questions like follows. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Your software exposure. Your hobbies and interests. What do you expect from Cognizant? What is your long term and short term plan? Which skills one should have to be successful in software industry? Which skills among them do you have?

Answer these questions properly, because these answers are very important even than your CV. This answer sheet will be forwarded to the interviewer and they can discuss about these answers with you while PI or personal Interview. At 2.30 pm result of aptitude. Test published and thank god, my name was in the list. And the next round was PI (Technical+HR) at 7.30 pm, I went to the interview room from a waiting room (In that room we waited for interview). Me: May I come in sir?

Sir: Oh, Mr. Kallol, can you give me 5 minutes more, please? Me: Yes, of course. (I was very nervous) [Sir was giving marks to the previous candidate] After 5 minutes, Sir: Ok, come in. [ I came inside] Sir: Mr. Kallol. Baithiye Sir. [Sit down] Me: Thank you, Sir. [Now, he started reading my answer sheet in front of me and with a smiling face] Sir: Why your score in graduation is so poor? [ I scored 84% in Madhyamik, 74% in HS, 59% in B.Sc. and 80.02 in MCA] I told the reason but, he was not satisfied. Sir: So, you know Hypertext Preprocessor [PHP]? Me: Yes sir, actually I have done my minor project in PHP and MySQL. [I brought my Project report with me, because I was very much confident with my project and I wanted the interviewer to ask me from that project] Sir: What are you doing in major project? Me: I haven't decided till now. Sir: And, what about minor project? [I was waiting for this moment] Me: I have built an "Internal mail Server" using PHP and MySQL. Sir: Ok, Draw and discuss about your project. Why you have used PHP, which protocol you have used, which ports you have used, etc. [He gave me a pen and paper] I discussed about every detail of the whole project. And after that I told that I have bought my project report. And he wanted to see it. And I had to explain again while showing the snapshots of my project. And we discussed about jsp and php. He asked some codes of PHP. Some basic queries from SQL. Sir: Have you remembered C [with a smiling face]? [I surprised because of this question, How can a MCA student forget C?] Me: How can I forget it sir? It is the first programming language I have learned. Sir: So, You have learned C first? I have learned PASCAL, COBOL, FORTRAN first [ In a chatty mood ]. I have done my MCA from NIT, Rourkela. My all india rank was 8. Ok, Kallol say something about you, your family. [I told my name, address, father's name, occupation, my strength, weakness, why they should take me ] Sir: Thank you, Mr. Kallol, you may go now. Thanks for giving your time. Wish you a happy new year. [After hand-shake] Me: Sir, I have some questions, if you don't mind. Sir: Ok, carry on. Me: Sir, How was my interview? Sir: Good, good.

Me: Which degree you prefer the most, B.Tech, MCA or M,Tech? Sir: Quality matters, if we get a B.Sc student with that quality we will take him. Me: What we have to do after being selected in cognizant? If we can of-course. Sir: A continuous training will be provided to you, and after that an exam will be taken. If you can not qualify you will be thrown out. Not only you, everyone have to qualify that test. Me: Whats the current project going on in Kolkata? Sir: [Smiling] At this moment 6000 project are going on. Which one among them, I will tell? Me: Sir, my last question, which technology is used the most in Cognizant? Sir: Almost everything. Which will bring money, we will do that. Me: Ok Sir. Thank you. [ After wishing happy new year and shaking hands again I came out] My interview was going on for 1 hour. But, I was so much tensed that I thought, it was perhaps for 20-25 mins. After 9 days, on 6th January, 2011 the final result published. 209 students were selected. And My name was in the list again. And, believe me friends, getting a job in your dream company is an wonderful feeling. So, don't be tensed, just go and crack the interview. And remember some points. y y y y y Don't cay CTS in the interview..Just say cognizant. Always keep a smile on your face. Always tell the truth. Be conscious about your spoken English. Don't try to be over-smart.

Best of luck guys!

Test Paper :34 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 7 January 2011 Test Location : College of Engg & Management, Kolaghat Posted By : Arindam Banerjee
Hi Friends, I am Arindam Banerjee from College of Engineering & Management, Kolaghat. CTS came to our campus on 7th Jan, 2011. The recruitment process had two parts: 1. 2. Written Test ( pen and paper) Interview (Technical and HR together)

At around 9:30 am the ppt began. Cognizant HR Manager Mr. Nilanshu Ghosh gave a presentation on Cognizant, and after that we were send for the written test. Cut-off for the written was not disclosed. There was no negative marking. About 280 candidates appeared for the written. Before the start of the test, we were given 20 mins to fill up a form. After filling it, it became a complete CV. It had questions like 10th marks, 12th marks, SGPA. We were asked about our Software proficiency, our hobbies, strength & weaknesses, what do we have in us that will help us in the IT industry, what do we expect from Cognizant, etc. This form was attached with our answer sheet. The written test started at 11:00 am. It had 2 parts: 1. Analytical: 30 questions (30 mins). It contained Syllogisms, Data Interpretation, Data sufficiency, Coding-Decoding, Next Figure in the series, Puzzles. More or less it was the same kind as given in Freshersworld.com do R.S. Aggarwal (Logical) thoroughly. Questions were very easy, so dont worry about the cutoff. Keep your cool and do as much as possible. Its safe if you do more than 20. 2. English: 25 questions (30 mins). It had 2 passages (1 short, and another long). They were worth reading, because the questions were very simple and direct. Other questions were: Finding the correct and incorrect sentences, finding the incorrect part of a sentence, arranging a group of sentences in an order so that they have a meaning. Overall it was an average English paper. Be careful guys. Dont let the invigilator have any misunderstanding about your fairness in the written paper. If they even suspect someone of cheating, they will cancel his/her paper and will not even let him/her know about it. In our college, 25 candidates were disqualified because of suspicion. So its better to stick your eyes to the paper and not even look anywhere during the 60 mins. You will not have a second chance, and nobody to complain. At 2:00 pm our results were declared. 198 candidates cleared the written. there was 28 panels interviewing simultaneously. Each panel had 6 to 7 candidates for interview. Though my name was the second in the list in my panel, I was send first. The HR was a man in the late 30s or early 40s. I: May I come in Sir. HR: Yes come in. I: Good Afternoon Sir. HR: Good Afternoon. Sit down. What is your name? I: Arindam Banerjee Sir. He was having my answer sheet and my form with him, and he searched it out from a bunch of forms. He was now seeing it thoroughly. Since he didnot ask my CV, I wondered whether I should give it to him myself. Before I could decide that, he asked me his next question: HR: Ok Mr. Banerjee, Tell me about yourself?

I: Told. (Place of birth, Schools name, 10th and 12th Exam board, 10th and 12th %, B.Tech CGPA till now, hobbies, strengths, Role Model). I said my Father is my role model. HR: What does your father do? I: Told. HR: What does your mother do? Do you have any sibling? What does she do? I: Told. HR: So you live in Burdwan? I: No Sir. I live in Birbhum. HR: What is your stream? It is written CSE here. What is full form of CSE? I: Computer science & Engineering Sir. HR: What are the subjects that you know? I: C and Data Structure. HR: But you have written only C in this form. (In the Software Proficiency column). I: Actually Sir, the invigilator guided us to write only the languages we know. Since Data Structure is not a language, so. HR: You should have written it. Write it now. He gave me the form, and I added data structure. HR: You know any OS? I: Yes sir. Windows-XP and Linux (debian). HR: Add them to your form. I added. HR: Do you know SRO-Linux or Oracle-Linux? I: No Sir. Sorry Sir I never heard about it. HR: In which file is the entire user data stored in Linux? I: Told. HR: What is the command to find out all the running processes? I: Told. HR: Are you sure? I: Yes Sir. (Actually I was not sure at all). HR: Do you know RDBMS? I: Yes Sir. I know Oracle-8.

HR: Add it to ur form I added. HR: What other languages do you know? I: I know C++ and Java Sir. HR: Add it to your form I: Sorry Sir I am not so confident in that. I did not add it. HR: You are confident in C? I: Yes Sir. HR: Sure. I: Yes Sir. HR: Write the program structure of a simple C program. He handed me a paper, and I wrote in it. He also gave me 2 SQL queries. I could not do the second one. HR: What is an array? I: Told. Array is a linear Datastucture. HR: What is Data Structure? I: Told. HR: What is Linked List? I: Told. I also mentioned doubly Linked List. HR: What are Indexes? I: Could not answer it accurately. I said they are used to point to different cells in an array. He said me the correct answer. HR: What is your project? I wanted to give him my project report, but he said he only wants to hear about it. I explained my project. My project was based on Video Compression. HR: (After listening). There are many algorithms on Video Compression. What is special in your project? I: Told. HR: Why Cognizant? I: Told.

HR: Can you relocate anywhere? I: Yes Sir. (Told that I love travelling, and my father had a Transferable job, so). HR: Ok Mr. Banerjee. Thats all. You may go now. I: Thank you Sir. (And I left). I had a feeling that my interview was disastrous. My Voice was shaking, and I am very weak in Technical. My Spoken English is not good either. At 7:00 pm Cognizant HR Manager made an announcement that 109 candidates have been selected. He said that CTS has created history in Kolaghat, because no company have ever recruited such a large number ever before. It was getting cold in the evening, and everybody was tensed. My name was called out, and I could not believe I got selected in spite of such a bad interview. Actually I was more than happy. I would like to thank God, my Parents, my dear Sister, and all my dear friends. My advice is keep yourself calm and try not to get tensed the whole day. We had an Infosys on campus the previous day, and I made a terrible mess of my Infosys aptitude paper by getting tensed in it. Don't do such things. Pray to God. All the best, and Hope to see you all in CTS.

Test Paper :35 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 6 January 2011 Test Location : St. Thomas College Of Engg &Tech. Kolkata Posted By : Tapash Debnath
Hello Friends, I am Tapash Debnath from St. Thomas College Of Engg & Tech. Cognizant came in our college on 6th January. Now I will going to tell you what actually happened that day. First Cognizants Mr. Nilangshu Ghosal start with a very wonderful ppt at 8.30. At 10oclock we are redirected to respective rooms where our first stage of selection process took place. Usually what you have to do is just make sure you ready with the answers of following questions like your hobbies, your marks, strengths, weaknesses, what you expect from CTS, and what are the skills you required to be successful in IT industry and list the reasons why. Actually you have to fill it up within only 5 mins and if you are not ready with your answers then it will be difficult to fill and this one of the vital part because in interview round you are just hammered on whatever you write on this paper. So fill it carefully. Now in the aptitude round we have to answer two papers separately

1) Analytical (30 marks 30 mins) 2) Verbal (25 marks 30 mins) Now for CTS you dont have to think much for aptitude. Because if you have basic idea about the aptitude questions then you will find it is very very easy. You have know the process of solution and R.S Aggarwal book is sufficient for this. Now move into the Analytical part. In the analytical part I am surprised that there was no quantitive question. First there was some syllogisms very very easy. * Then some coding decoding very easy * Some non-verbal series * Match the problem image with 4 of the options, which one is same with the problem image. * And a Data interpretation question Its the easiest question I have ever seen but what is constraint is time. Try to solve fast. Now moving to the Verbal part, there was only 2 passages and rest are all sentence correction. Though its easy if you are from English background but It seems little bit tougher for me as I am from WB board. Though you dont have to worry because in CTS clearing aptitude is very easy because their cut-off marks very less. If you get 7 out of 25 you may have a chance to clear that paper also. In reading comprehension there was one passage on higher education in Mther tongue written by Mahatma Gandhi and another one is on women workers on factories like that. First one is little bit small and latter one is huge. Now after clearing aptitude round we will redirect to you respective panels where individual panels will take your interview. In CTS interview round may be crucial as you have to answer very consciously so that interviewer may not trap you and dont get in any controversies and dont show any of your weak points. Like if you are not from CSE or IT and if have been asked a question on C or data structure. Dont ever tell them that you dont know that tell them I knew that but for the time being I can't remember it. And dont try to bluff infront of him because they are very experienced and you will be easily get trapped. Now another important note. Dont go by any of the candidates experience, because what your panel will ask you completely depends on that particular panel. For instance in some of the panels in our college only technical questions are asked and in some only HR questions are asked. May be your interviewer disturbing you by speaking Bengali (what happens in our college) but dont break your streak. Speak only in English because they are just checking your rigidity. And you have keep eye contact with your interviewer and keep smile in your face and dont loose confidence and dont get panicked. One thing you will realise that HR persons are

usually very friendly and they will make the environment such that you will not get panicked. In CTS all the panels are very young and very very cool so feel free. Now here is my interview. Me: May I come in sir. HR: Yes Me: Good evening Sir HR: Good evening. Have a sit. HR: So tell me something about yourself Tapash? Me: Told HR: And what your father do? and your brother? Me: Told HR: So you know C? Me: little bit Sir HR: Ok write any C program and explain it. Me: I have written a very simple program and explained. HR: You are from electrical field then why you want to join IT? Me: Told HR: Ok tapash did you know functions and pointer? Me: Little bit HR: Ok. Tell me what is every function is called by someone then who called main function? Me: Told HR: Good. HR: Now tell me what is what compiler does? Me: I have tried but not able to give exact answer HR: OK can you tell me what is recursion? Me: Told HR: Write any program using recursion and explain Me: I have written the program of factorial and explained. HR: Do you want to ask me any question? Me: Asked

HR: Do you know my name is also Tapash? (Coincidently the name of the interviewer is also tapash and I have already seen it in his id) Me: Yes sir I have seen it. HR: (Smiling) ok thank you Mr. Tapash Debnath. Me: Thank you sir. Believe I am just surprised that I have not asked an single question on electrical or regarding my project Our result was announced on 7th and I am selected. If you found this post is helpful please comment on that and if you want any type of help or suggestion feel free to contact me Tapash debntah (+91)7501742009 tapash7.10@gmail.com All the best to All!

Test Paper :36 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 9 December 2010 Test Location : Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai Posted By : Mithun Rathnasamy
Hey, there! I'm Mithun Chuckraverthy from Kongu Engineering College, Vijayamangalam. I'm currently doing final year of M.Sc., Software Engineering (5 years integrated). I am very happy that I'm placed in my dream company, Cognizant. Cognizant came to my college for recruitment on December 9th (Written Test) and December 10th (Technical & HR). I wanna share my experiance to FW users as it might help them to figure out what Cognizant's selection process actually is. On Day 1, you will have a written test. Before actually start writing the test, you will be asked to give the following info (Time: 15 mins): 1. Name, Date of Birth, Sex, Age, Permanent Address, Current Address. 2. 10th percentage and 12th percentage. 3. Cumulative and individual percentage of the semesters. 4. Software Orientation (Programming languages known, projects done etc.)

5. Hobbies and extra curricular activities? 6. Strengths and weakness? 7. Expectations from Cognizant? 8. Long term and short term goals in Cognizant. 9. Qualities required for a software professional. 10. Why do you think that you are qualified for IT companies? (Note: This info is more powerful than your rsum. Please, prepare it well and write things very very clearly. Because, this info will be forwarded to your HR!) The written test comprised of 2 sections: Analytical and Verbal. The details are given below: * Analytical Section (30 questions, 30 minutes) Q(1): Choose the different figure Q(2-3): Logic Q(4-5): Logic Q(6-7): Logic Q(8-9): Logic Q(10-13): Puzzle Q(14-17): Encoding & Decoding Q(18-21): Figure Sequence Q(22-24): Choose the similar figure Q(25-28): Data Intrepretation Q(29-30): Logic * Verbal Section (25 questions, 20 minutes)

Q(31-32): Identify correct sentence Q(33-37): Reading Comprehension I Q(37-42): Reading Comprehension II Q(43): Identify the correct sentence Q(44-46): Identify the incorrect sentence Q(47-51): Sentence re-arrangement Q(52): Identify the correct sentence Q(53-55): Identify the incorrect sentence (Note: Totally 55 questions. You gotta finish it in 50 minutes. This pattern is very new. This pattern may be valid for the next two years. For section 1, refer R.S. Aggarwal's Verbal & Non-verbal Reasoning and R.S. Aggarwal's Quantitative Apptitude only for questions 25-28. For section 2, you need to be more thorough in English Grammar. This section would be tough for those who aren't good in English.) The result will be announced on the same day (probably at night). If you are selected, your name will be called out and you will be given your panel number.

On Day 2, you will have both technical and HR in the same panel. I'm sharing my own experience below. Me: (I opened the panel room and said.) May I come in, sir? HR: Yeah come on in, Mithun!

Me: Good afternoon, sir! HR: Good afternoon. Have your seat, Mithun! Had lunch? Me: Yes sir! (I smiled) Me: Thank you, sir. (I sat down) HR: Can you tell about yourself? Me: (I told and I was interrupted within a minute by him) HR: Okay. Can you tell about your family? Me: (I told my parent's name and bro's name. He didn't seem to be listening me.) HR: Okay. I give you two database tables and an SQL output. You need to give appropriate SQL query. Me: Sorry, sir! I am not aware of SQL queries for now. HR: It's Okay. Just give it a try. Me: (I said okay and wrote a query. He didn't say if it is correct or not) HR: Okay, can you tell me what Dijkstra's algorithm is? Me: Sorry, sir! I didn't study about this subject. HR: Man, you are kidding! This is the very basic question. It is found in all courses. Me: Oh I'm really sorry, sir! I don't know the answer. HR: It's okay. Give your rsum. (He saw some info in it and asked about my AI project) What are chatterbots and what is Loebner prize? Me: Chatterbots are the computer programs which immitate human conversation. The best example of a chatterbot is ELIZA. And, Loebner prize is like a Nobel prize for Artificial Intelligence.(He was impressed) HR: Very good. How can you spot the last node in a linked list? Me: The last node in a linked list has the LINK pointer assigned with NULL. HR: Good. Do you have any idea of doing a research or to work? Me: Sir, I'd like to work in Conizant! HR: Hmm. How long will you be working in Cognizant? Me: Life long, sir! HR: (He smiled slightly as he was looking at me) Me: I'm not joking, sir! Cognizant is my dream company! I really like to. HR: Cool! Cool! Cool, Mithun! Okay, which is better, C# .NET or Java? Me: Java, sir! Because, it is distributed in public domain and we need not buy license from Sun Microsystem.

HR: You missed an important point. Java is platform independant! Me: Yes, sir! (I smiled) HR: Okay, well said! Which is better, Windows or Linux? Me: Windows, sir! HR: What? Don't you think Linux is better because it is an open source? Me: Sir, Linux is better only when you see it in programmers perspective. But, when you look Linux as a non-technical person, it is very messy. Because, Linux is distributed by many companies where Windows in distributed by only one. So, for a non-technical person, Windows is more user friendly, because it has standard GUI, than Linux! HR: Well said, Mithun! But, Linux is more secured than Windows! Okay, can you list some of the protocols you know? Me: Sure, sir. HTTP, HTTPS, FTP. HR: Okay, what is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS? Me: HTTP is a text based protocol to implement data transfer between client and server. HTTPS is just a secured version of HTTP which implements SSL protocol. HR: Well said, Mithun! Can you tell me what recursive functions are? Me: Sure, sir! Recursive functions are the functions that call themselves. HR: Good. What are constructors? Me: Constructors are intializers of the objects, sir. HR: Good. How will you allocate a block of memory in C? Me: Using malloc, sir. HR: Hmm. How will you free an allocated memory in C? Me: Very simple, sir! free(). HR: Okay, there is an operator in C++ which does the same job of C's free(). What is it? Me: delete, sir! HR: Good. You may leave now. Let me estimate your performance with our HR teams. Me: I'am very eager to work with you in Cognizant, sir! HR: (He didn't seem to care my words and just said 'okay' as he was preparing for the next candidate) HR: (I said thank you and went out as I was slowly closing the panel room's door) Useful Tips:

1. 2. 3. 4. it. 5.

Prepare 'Tell about yourself' very clearly. Know about Cognizant. Always keep your weekness very mild. Always speak in English. If your HR speaks in local language, you can anyways speak in Always say Cognizant. Do not say CTS.

6. Keep smiling. All the best!

Test Paper :37 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 20 November 2010 Test Location : Chennai Posted By : Naresh
Hi Friends, I got selected in CTS through a off-campus drive recently, i'd like share some of my experiences. There are three rounds

1. Aptitude round 2. Technical interview 3. HR round Apps consists of 55 question and time duration is 50 mins. 25 verbal (20 mins), 30 analytical (30 mins)

It seems to be sectional cutoff (13 ,14) if you get above 27 you will be called for next round, but don't think 27 is enough it may be higher try to score above 40 (because easy) you should be very much conscious about your time, do quickly in mind without using paper or pens Analytical ability: There are problems based on based on figures ( R.S Aggarwal verbal reasoning is enough ) What next in the figure series, odd out etc. Coding, decoding Like berry, cfssz then query _____? These are very easy, try to solve very quickly you should get full score in these topics so that it will be easy to clear,the analytical section, about 13 questions came from these topics. 3 Question based on cartesian coordinates (graphical problems).

5 Questions based on eligibility test (R.S.Aggarwal)Tabulations Type 3 Syllogisms All papers are pens

Some pens are birds 5 questions are like this a) He worked hard b) He doesn't work hard c) He gain money d) He is poor I. abcd II. acbd III. cdab IV. adcb Verbal ability (20mins) (5 -questions) first try correct and incorrect sentences Mistakes mostly related to present, past, future tenses articles and prepositions. (5-questions) Jumbled sentences (understand present, past, or future tenses so that you can predict find out more easily what happen before & after) 10 questions from paragraph For paragraph read the questions first. You can read the more quickly by improving your eyes movement. Move your eyes faster to read lines, concentration is important to understand. A good reader can read 800-1000 words in a min. Practice more on all the above topics to keep up the time Technical interview: Interview will be based on your projects, its applications, Future extension etc. Basics related to your core, key skills. Be conscious with your words. For me technical interview is about 50 mins. Start Telling your project with its application, advantages, new innovation. First my interview asked me to explain my projects (I explained 3 of my projects because my interviewer was not satisfied). After explaning my project my interviewer said to me, your good in your core so i won't ask you from your core and given me 2 puzzles to solve. I tried but wont get the answer ,i have done 1 correctly and the other partly correct, my interviewer uses the word "iam not satisfied " repeatedly (more than 7 times)

But iam in the motto to satisfy him. Finally my interviewer asked me to explain about a movie which i watched recently, in such away that he should get interest to see that movie, after my explanations, my interviewer said to me is not satisfied with my explanations. I waited about an hour to know my result, i cleared the my technical round, and called for HR. HR round: HR is just a formality. Though its just a formality keep in mind that they haven't selected you still. Consious about your words more here be confident, not over confident. All the best! Thank you.

Test Paper :38 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 20 November 2010 Test Location : St. Michaels Hr. Sec. School, Chennai Posted By : Balaji
Hi Friends, This is Balaji from T.J. Institute of Technology (Chennai). I'm a MCA graduate. Recently I have attended CTS & I am glad that now i am part of Cognizant, I wanna share my experience to you guys. I attended my aptitude test at St. Michael's Hr.Sec.School, Chennai on 20/11/10. The Merit Track conducted the test. Before the test you have to fill a form. Do it carefully as questions may be raised from here in your technical interview. 1500 students attended aptitude only 300 cleared aptitude. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Software Orientation. Hobbies and extra-curricular activities Strengths and Weakness. Expectation from CTS. Why CTS. Long term and short-term goal with CTS.

My suggestion would be go through R.S Aggarwal verbal & non verbal and also Barrons GRE. It is enough to crack the written. Calculate your time because you wont have time to complete your aptitude. It's better to skip it and move to the other questions and when you get time you can come back to it. 1. Analytical & Logical: Syllogism-5 questions, Statement and conclusion-5 questions, data interpretation-5 questions, coding-5 question, Figure series-5 questions, odd images-5

questions. 2. Verbal: Two comprehension 10 questions, Detecting correct sentences-5 questions, Detecting incorrect sentences-5 questions, jumbled sentences-5 questions. Please refer Freshersworld.com previous question papers for the pattern. Thanks for Freshersworld.com that I also referred papers from this website only. You don't get exact questions but you will get the pattern & idea. They told the result through e-mail, the next day(21/11/2010). Around 8.00 p.m I got a mail from CTS that I cleared the test and called for Technical interview. My Interview: My Technical HR held on 22/11/10 around 12:30. At MPEZ Cognizant. I was eagerly waiting for my turn from morning. We had 8 Panels, Merit Track People called me inside at 12:30. Me: Good Afternoon sir. Tech HR: Good Afternoon take your seat. (He was having to my written aptitude marks and written form about Software Orientation, Hobbies and extra-curricular activities, Strengths and Weakness, Expectation from CTS, Why CTS, Long term and short-term goal with CTS. He asked me Tell about myself. They'll ask question only by seeing those things. Tech HR: Asked about my project. Me: I Explained him. My project was on Audio Steganography Tech HR: He asked what are the Packages I have imported. Me: I said most of the Packages. Tech HR: He asked me about the default Package in Java. Me: I said Java language Tech HR: How do you Compress data in Audio. Me: Explained about Zipper class and Zipper Package Working. Tech HR: He said good and me to write coding on Compression Me: Wote and explained (he was impressed). Tech HR: How did you implement Encryption and Decryption in your project. Me: I explained it confidently. Tech HR: (There was a question to check my confidence I forget so guys say the truth to HR else they will easily find you). What do you find in Java Language packages. Me: Int, Float, Char. I said only three. He asked me to say more I said I can recall all. But these questions were very simple. Tech HR: He asked me about what OOPS concept I have used in project. Me: I said. (He din ask anything from C, C++, DBMS anything. Only Project and Java Packages, OOPS concept, encryption and decryption). Tech HR: He said thats it for the day. any questions. Me: Asked about current project working at CTS and which platform I will be working for CTS.

Tech HR: He said me everthing What I asked. HR guys are really Good. They expect only basics knowledge from us with good communication Skill. 100% of Technical HR questions they ask from C, C++, JAVA, SDLC, AGILE, stack, queue, linked list, SQL, Mini project, Subject you like in UG. My Interview went around 30 mins. Important thing is to be bold and have confidence don't get panic. After 10 min they called me for HR round HR: Hi Balaji take your seat. I: Good afternoon . HR: Could you tell about yourself. I: I said till he asked next question. HR: He asked what I know about CTS I: I said whatever I know. HR: He asked me to speak on college life. I: I was speakin to him for 10 mins he was really impressed. We both we conversing just like pals. He said me directly that I have impressed him. He asked me to bring the photo. I went out took photo from my bag. He himself pasted it in that form. He smiled and said me to check my mail that evening. I was very happy. I think receive that day the next day morning I received offer from CTS. I was very happy See guys don't loose your hope work hard daily. Don't expect anything surely you'll get good job. This is my 4th company Accenture, TCS (waiting for offer for N/W engg), L&T, CTS. Finally I won, hard work will surely to light one day. Thanks to freshersworld.com and everyone for their good wishes. Hope my suggestion would be a help for you all. All the best, See you at CTS!

Test Paper :39 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 3 October 2010 Test Location : Hyderabad Posted By : Tejaswvi.t
Hello Friends, I have attended for CTS written test on 3rd of October in St.Patricks High school, Hyderabad. We have a paper based test and it contains total 55 questions and the time is 50 min. No negative marking. It contains Part 1(Analytical) 30 questions: * A table with data is given and questions will be asked on that (Bit difficult) * Syllogisms (1st only one conclusion is given and to statements are given choose the statement).

* * * * *

Completing the figures, next figure in the series. Some puzzles. Data sufficiency questions. Coding and decoding. Finding conclusion for a statement.

Part 2(Verbal) 25 questions: * Two passages and 10 to 12 questions from it. * Finding the correct and incorrect sentences. * Finding the incorrect part in a sentence. Time management is very crucial. In verbal 1st passage is easy, try it 1st and then go to 2nd. Figures in analytical are very very easy. First do analytical and then verbal. Luckily I cleared the written test, and 3rd of November, I have attended for interview at Auriga auditorium, Hyderabad. Coming to the interview process there are two rounds. 1. Technical round 2. HR Round Friends believe in god and be confident your confidence and sincerity plays vital role in the interview. My interview was scheduled at 9:30 am around 800 guys came for the interview. There are around 15 panels for Technical round. I went for my technical around 10:30 am. Me: Good morning sir,how are you sir? Tech: Good morning, i'm fine. Tell me your profile. Me: Told my qualify, projects, seminars, strenghts. Tech: What is major project? Me: I explained Tech: What languages you know? Me: C, Java. Tech: What are the concepts you know in C? Me: Told about structures, functions, arrays, loops, etc Tech: Explain loops? Me: Explained for, while, do-while Tech: Different b/w while and do-while? Me: Told Tech: Write program explaining loops(iteration and conditional) Me: Wrote Tech: How can you be in s/w field because your an ECE student Me: Explaind(convince him very carefully) Tech: Tel me about files Me: I explaind (but he is not satisfied and sum more questions on it)

Tech: Ok, Wait for some time have a nice day. Me: Thank you sir. After 10 min one person came and told me that im selected for HR round and told me to wait for sometime. HR interview: HR: Good morning Me: Good morning sir HR: Whats your 10th % Me: Told HR: 12th Me: Told HR: Btech Me: Told HR: No backlogs Me: No HR: So confident. Me : i smiled HR: Do you watch movies, tell me a story Me: Told about happy days HR: You will get a mail within a week, you may go home now and relax. Me: Thank you sir After 1 week i got mail from CTS that i'm selected. Hoorey, i'm very happy So guyz you do onething "Believe in God, Believe in God, Believe in God" Thank God, God helped me.

Test Paper :40 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 3 October 2010 Test Location : St.Patricks School Hyderabad Posted By : Sree
Hi Friends,

I attended my Cognizant off-campus event held at st.patricks school Hyderabad on 3rd October which was conducted by merit trac solutions. They announced the written test results on 7th. The interview held on Nov 3rd at Auriga auditorium VBIT park Hyderabad. Written Test At the time of written test you will be given a omr sheet followed by HR form so do note all your sem wise percentage, languages you know, short & longterm goals, why CTS etc fill the fields correctly because at the time of interview you will be asked questions based on what you have written here. Written test consists of two sections 1. Analytical section 2. Verbal section Analytical Section This section consists of syllogisms, odd one out, letter and number series, statements conclusion-3 questions given, a bar graph followed by 5 questions, ages, coding and decoding etc. Verbal Section The time given was 20 min and we need to answer 30 questions. It consists of 2 passages followed by 5 questions each, find the error in the sentence given-4 questions, analogies, questions given like who is the tallest among 5 members P Q R S T. etc. Time management is very important here. First answer the questions you know well. Attempt the paragraphs at the last. Technical round: It held around 15-20min for me. Me: Good afternoon sir HR: Good afternoon please sit down Me: Thank you sir HR: Tell me about yourself in short Me: Said HR: what is your long term goal? Me: To become project manager in 5 years HR: Why you need 5 years? Me: Because I want to go step by step in my career. HR: What is the peak position in a software company Me: CEO HR: What does he do? Me: Said HR: What are the different topologies?

Me: Ring, mesh, bus & star topologies HR: What are the differences between ring and star topologies? he asked me to draw them

Me: I have drawn and explained it HR: If you are working in a company like cts which topology you prefer Me: Star topology HR: Why Me: Explained HR: Tell me about FET Me: Its a negative resistance device HR: where it is used? Me: In several Electronic devices HR: What is the function of it in those devices? Me: Unable to answer this one properly HR: What is the difference b/w FET &transistor? Me: Said HR: What is the difference b/w transistor and conductor Me: Transistor acts like conductor, insulator as well as semiconductor according to biasing but conductor is used only for conducting electricity like copper HR: Which microprocessor you know about?(As I said microprocessors is my favorite subject) Me: 8086 HR: What is the difference between 8085 and 8086 microprocessors? Me: RAM size, 8085 is a 8bit microprocessor and 8086 is a 16 bit microprocessor. HR if you increase no of pins in a micro processor what happens? Me: We can address the instructions of length 16byte HR: Apart from that what happens? Me: Addressing capability increases we can address 2 power 16 devices i.e, 65536 HR: What are the various processors used presently? Me: Pentium 4, 8086 etc HR: Ok, tell me about your project Me: Said HR: Where do you use this? Me: Said HR: Why you prefer this project? Me: As this is a combination of embedded systems and computer networks I preferred it.

HR: What is a protocol? Me: It is nothing but a set of rules saitisfied at both ends. HR: Tell me about tcp/ip protocol Me: Said about the layers and functioning HR: What is the need for protocol? Me: As we require a telephone number for calling a person we require an ip address for accessing a website HR: What is the difference between osi reference model and tcp/ip model? Me: Explained HR: Why you go for tcp/ip model Me: Because of some demerits and it depends on the application HR: What are the other protocols you know Me: I dont know about other protocols sir HR: What is a web server? Me: It is nothing but a computer program that delivers the contents like web pages over www. HR: Then what is an application server Me: Which is for a specific application(not confident) HR: Why there is difference in your percentage in +2(93) and B.Tech(73) Me: its not possible to get 93 in btech sir (with a smile) HR: Then why not 80s? Me: I just need distinction sir HR: Ok, do you have any questions for me? Me: no sir HR: Ok wishing you all the best Me: Thank you sir Just maintain a smile on your face and maintain confidence levels HR round: HR round not even went for 2 mins. This is the round checking your English fluency and communication skills. HR: What is your 10th %? Me: 83.66 HR: inter %? Me: 93.2 HR: Tell me about a recent movie u watched Me: told

HR: Ok thank you check your mail after one week Me: Thank you sir The results were declared after 1 week through mail. I felt so happy the time I received mail. Wishing you all the best. See you at cognizant.

Test Paper :41 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 3 November 2010 Test Location : VBIT Park, Hyderabad Posted By : Snu Mishra
Technical: For me it started around 12pm. My hr was very cool Person, the interview went in the following way. HR: Tell me about yourself. Me: Told HR: How many backlogs you had? Me: None HR: What was your EAMCET rank? Me: Sir, I didn't write EAMCET. HR: Then how you get admission in Engineeringcollege? Me: Through AIEEE rank, they accepted it. (I think he was satisfied with my answer) HR: How much rank did you get in AIEEE? Me: I got 80 thousand HR: Ok. HR: Tell me about your project? Me: Just told the basic idea of project. HR: What algorithm you used in project? Me: Told HR: What are applications of your project? Me: Told HR: Ok can you draw use-case diagram of your project?

Me: No, sir i cann't remember HR: No, you have compleated your project just 6 months back. So, you should try. Me: Ok. sir (I just draw something.) HR: Tell me name of different boxes you used in your diagram? Me: I told some boxes & accepted that i am unable to recall it. HR: Ok, you like C programming. Me: Yes sir HR: Write a program to reverse "123456789" without using strrev() function. Me: Easy for me so, i did that. HR: What about your CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES? Me: I Organized technical events in Techno-fest of our college & Participated in ILLUMINATI2008, giving a paper presentation on Physical & Logical Structure of Hard Disk HR: Will you work at some other places? Me: Yes sir, i am ready to get reallocated, for me it does not matter that from where i am working, rather it matters that how i am working. HR: Will you work in testing/developing side? Me: No sir i am having good theoritical knowledge in programming & so i want to go in programing side. HR: Ok you can wait as i was unable to answer some project related questions so, i was thinking that i will not be selected for next round. But, within half an hour results was announced & i was one among the selected. HR round: Now, i was confident that i will get it our HR round Started at 2:00 pm. HR was in hurry so he just asked following question like rapid fire. Me: Good afternoon sir HR: Good afternoon please sit Me: Thank you sir HR: Tell me your %age in 10th. Me: Told HR: Tell me your %ge in degree. Me: Told HR: Do you watch movie: Me: Yes sir HR: Tell me story of any movie that you have watched recently. Me: I started telling story of chak dey india. After 10 seconds,

HR: Ok. fine you will me intemeted through mail within a week. Me: That's it sir(surprised.) HR: Yes keep smiling. Me: Thank you sir wish you happy Diwali HR: Wish you the same. When you are attempting written test, make sure you score maximum marks. Also concentrate to written communication skill Questions, as theyd given us a form to fill,be prepared with answers in which there are columns like why Cognizant, key skills to work in software domain etc. * Preparedness is very important. Dont give up till last minute. * Do work on your communication skills if you are little weak in it. * Prepare well for technical round. Go through Programming Languages. * Make sure you prepare to answer questions that are based on the content you put in your resume. * Be confident. Confidence matters a lot in interview. So be Confident, always maintain smile on your face. * Last but not the least, Believe in God. If God wants you to keep in CTS to glorify Him, you'll be placed even If you don't answer well. otherwise you'll be placed somewhere else where you can shine better for Him! so don't worry at all ! keep trying! only failure to try is failure and failing itself is not a failure! in end i will like to thank the God, my parents and my friends aman & abhi. All the best. If you have any queries, please feel free to write at sonujntu@gmail.com

Test Paper :42 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 3 November 2010 Test Location : Bantala, Kolkata Posted By : Bedanta Banerjee
Hi, I am Bedanta Banerjee, pass out of Netaji Subhash Engineering College of 2010 AEIE branch. I am here to share my experience in Cognizant interview procedure. At first, I would like to tell you that I will not be discussing here about the aptitude test in detail. Because it is simple and you will get enough material about this test in fresherworld.com I have sat for the aptitude on 3rd October, 2010. It was simple , here you have to attempt 30 logical reasoning questions in 30 minutes and 25 english questions within 20 minutes. In English section around 12 questions from passage and the passage questions hold key to clear the test. Go for 2 passge within 15 minutes and mark the rest on one option (say,

option 3) as test does not contain negetive marking. So out of 12 you will get 10-11 as questions are direct and from the rest another 3-4 and this was the cut off for english is around 12. Another thing you should keep in your mind, this aptitude paper will contain some questions like what is your short term goal and long term goal, what is your strong and weak point etc and when you will be at interview table your interviewer will find this paper with him/her. So answer these questions very carefully in my case I have found that I have got 22 in logical portion and 15 in english portion, Totalling 37 as my interviewer have put that paper in front of him. I was intimated my mail that i had cleared the aptitude and called for interview on 3rd November, 2010 at cognizant's bantala office. My appointment time was 9.30 in the morning. When we all was waiting for 2nd half hour, my name was called for technical interview. I: Good morning, sir Int: Is it morning or afternoon. It's already 5 past 12. I(Nervously): Ok then Good afternoon. My first impression was wrong and rightly feared that they gonna take my stress interview and I make myself ready to accept it. Int: Take a seat and tell me whats special in you and how will you use them in CTS? I: Told that i have good analytical skill required for programming, Good interpersonal skill required for dealing with my team members etc etc. Int: (Stoping me in middle and browsing thorough my aptitude paper) So yo have good interpersonal skills and deal with people well now if you find your colleague is harassing you and making your life miserable at your workspace and your team leader asks you to do some work with him. What will be your reaction? I: I will talk to him saying both of us are the employee of CTS. If you have some personal problem with me then yo must keep them outside of our organization the company which is feeding you, both of us is neglecting it and can not serve it. So keep for problem outside the organization and lets work together for doing the project work given by our team leader. bla bla bla Int(finally satisfied): Okay, now you know C and Data structure. He was satisfied and the whole scenario has been changed then he become very friendly. I: Little bit sir. Int: How you rate yourself in C? I: Out of 10 around 5 sir. Int: Ok then i will ask you 5 questions. What is pointer and what is the notation of it.? I: Answered Int: Do you know programming? Write the program for Fibonacci series and swapping without using 3rd variable. I : written. Int: What is linked list? Doubly linked list? Explain. I: Explained.

Int: You know Microprocessor? What is the different between 8085 and 8086? In my CV I have written microprocessor as my favourite subject. Me: Explained. Int: Consider myself as a layman who have no idea about microprocessor. Explain me about how microprocessor works. I: Explain Int: Thank you bedanta wait outside they will call you for HR interview. Me: Thanks. My technical interview was over and my interviewer have already told me that I had been selected for HR interview then after a long wait for 2 hours finally my turn came I entered the room where managerial round had been taken. HR manager was a lady and she was very friendly. Int: Asked about my family. My place of residence. I: Answered. Int (browseing through my biodata): Your percentage in Btech 3rd year dropped why? As getting above 85 % in +10 and +12, I have got only 7.25 in my 3rd year of B.TECH where as overall 8.3. I: My college was far from my residence got very little time in home to prepare for semester bla bla Int: Why are you want to join Cognizant? I: The brand name 12th largest IT industry in the world fortune 100 fastest growing industry bla bla Int: Why should we hire you? I: I have analytical skills, good interpersonal skills, deal people very well bla bla Int: Ok Bedanta, you have been selected for this employment opportunity welcome to Cognizant. You will get your confirmation letter within 7-8 days keep in touch with your mail. Your joining will be within 25 days. I: Thanks maam. Shaked hand with her Int: Your CTC will be 3.09 per annum. You are off for this day. While leaving you can board CTS bus thank you. I: Thanks maam. Around 50% students was selected my technical is the worst case, dont expect that thing will happen to you people, i.e., generally interviewers are very friendly. So best of luck to all of you.

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Test Paper :43 : Candidate Experiences : 3 October 2010

Test Location : RNSIT, Bangalore Posted By : Pavithra Gokhale

The CTS interview had three rounds: 1. Written Test 2. Technical Round 3. H R Round The written test was scheduled at RNSIT, Bangalore on Oct 03, 2010. My slot was at 4pm but as there were free slots, my test was conducted by 3.30pm itself. I had gone through all previous papers of CTS test. It was really helpful. The test was conducted by Merittrac. Then I got mail that Ive cleared written test. My technical round was on 17th Oct, it went well. The CTS interviewers are very cool and helping. They tried students to comfort by first asking where abouts of students and threw technical questions. The same day HR round was conducted. I Went thru all previous papers, candidate experiences which helped me to prepare mentally, and get used to the paper pattern. But when I wrote the test, the pattern was changed! There were no questions on Quantitative Aptitude!! Only verbal & non verbal reasoning questions were there, which included 2 lengthy passages! (1 full page length passage).

When you are writing the test, first make sure you answer the questions which are easy. Then try on difficult one. Dont leave passages as they usually questions with carry 10 marks. But you can attempt passages at the end, as reading them takes time. A. I did not get tensed at any point of the interview. Calmness of mind is very important during the interview. More than that, alertness of mind matters a lot, as we tend to make silly mistakes just because of lack of alertness. When you are attempting written test, make sure you score maximum marks. Give attention to written communication skills, as theyd given us a form to fill, in which there are columns like why cognizant, key skills to work in software domain etc. * Preparedness is very important. Dont give up till last minute. * Do work on your communication skills if you are little weak in it. * Prepare well for technical round. Go through Programming Languages. * Make sure you prepare to answer questions that are based on the content you put in your resume. * Be confident. Confidence matters a lot in interview.

* Last but not the least, Believe in your strengths. All the best. The experiences of candidates put in freshersworld, who attended CTS interview helped me a lot. Thanks for them. The placement papers in freshersworld were of immense help. Infact, it is the main preparation material that I've used. Thank you, Pavithra Gokhale.

Test Paper :44 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 3 October 2010 Test Location : Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Kolkata Posted By : Tarini Prasad Dash
The written exam was held on 3rd October 2010 in Kolkata at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan. Mine was 1st batch at 8.30 a.m. We were told to report 45 minutes before. The written exam began at 9.30 a.m. It was a pen paper based exam. We were given the answer sheets and were told to fill the details which included educational as well as personal details like your Hobbies, Interests, Strength, Weakness, long-term and short-term objectives for Cognizant, etc. Finally the written test began at 9.30 a.m. 1st we were given the analytical test paper which consisted of 30 questions in 30 min. No negative marking. Contains questions from the following topics. 1. Figure series (look thoroughly into the questions it is easy) 2. Odd figure out (look thoroughly into the questions it is easy) 3. Syllogism(not so much difficult) 4. Data Sufficiency 5. Logic (If Then, Whenever, Unless types) 6. Coding decoding 7. A table (based on this table we have to answer some questions. This was confusing I was able to solve it. Hope You ppl solve it) 2nd section was Verbal Ability which consisted of 25 questions in 20 min. No negative marking. Contains following type of questions. 1. Find the wrong sentence(I was a bit weak in english,try it ). 2. Find the correct sentence.

3. 2 passage. (10questions 1 passage long time taking , other is short and easy, do that first easy one). 4. Sentence Arrangement. The results declared on wednesday 5th 0ct. I along with my friend selected and we were told to attend the pi on 21st Oct. 21st Oct--pi

Just read the fundamental things of C, C++, Data structure, RDBMS and be confident on you are answer we were there at 8.45, regard in the bantala CTS office kolkata. They divided us into groups of 35 people, my group was 4th I entered into the hall I: Good afternoon sir HR: Good afternoon HR: Sit down I: Thank you sir

HR: So you want joining in kolkata only or place doesn't matter for you? I: Doesnt matter sir HR: Ok, you are from core background why IT? I: IT was my first choice when i joined btech bt i am unable to got into cs it so i took aei branch n applying here in it. HR: Ok, you are college in bbsr not organising any campus in bbsr? I: Yes sir many company visited our college HR: Then what about you? you placed? I: Infosys sir HR: Then why CTS? I: Dream company bla bla. HR: I think infy is better than CTS I: i don't think so HR: Ok you know C, C++, Data structure and rdbms, so from where we start? I: Anything sir

HR: Lets start from RDBMS HR: What is the difference between unique key and primary key? I: Defined primary key, but not told clearly about unique key, but told confidently HR: No this is wrong and told ok. What is view?

I: Don't know sir HR: Normalisation? I: Told all things in detail all normalisation HR: Join? I: Told all type of join with example? HR: Write syntax to find maximum salary from employee table I: Written corretcly HR: Table is logical or physical? I: logical HR: Write a programme to implement fibonacci series

I: I started immediately, but i dunno the logic so i keep on trying HR: He said, i have been to bbsr bla bla I: Tried to divert conc. from the programme HR: Ok write the programme

HR: From the midle he told, ok leave it. Do you have any questions for me? I: I quickly asked what is d exact role of a fresher in CTS? HR: He told 1st we don't go through the detailed knowledge. We are just looking for attitude of student, fundamentals of tech, confidence and if you were selected then you able to complete the training or not. 1st you will go through 3mth technical training and then 9mth on job training. Any other questions? I: How was my interview? HR: Good, not bad HR: Ok thank you I: Thank you sir Then we were told to sit in the conference hall. After half an hour they declared the result and both of us selected and gone through a HR round just for formality. He got his joining on 28th oct itself. But i am still waiting for the date of joining. Around 1/4 of total student selected in pi. Hope this is useful to you Guys. All the best!

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Test Paper :45 : Candidates Experiences

Test Date : 25 October 2010 Test Location : Sathyabama university Posted By : P.Sravan kumar reddy
My name is P.Sravan kumar reddy as i'm in the stream of ECE as i have undergone through on campus in Sathyabama university. Oct 25: Written exam in the morning. The exam had finished in 1 hour (10.30 AM) and after that we have waiting for written results for nearly 7 hour and finally they announced results inthe evening by 7.30pm. They told that i have cleared my written exam and as me to come on the next day.(i.e) on Oct 26th, they told me to assemble by 8.15 am in the morning.

Oct 26: In the morning the interview has started by 10.00am and i was the fourth member to be interviewer to be interviewed by the HR. I went to HR & stood for a second and said Me: Hai mam Good morning. HR: Hai good morning please be seated. Me: Thans you mam and sat HR: Ok so far whar are the subject's covered in you stream. I have mentioned few of my core subjects. HR: Ok. Tell what are the topics you have covered in communications system. Me: I told the topics. Ok HR: Ok Tell me about C programming. Me: I told and asked few questions. HR: Ok C i have your profile please. Me: Sure mam & gabe my resume and certificates. HR: Tell about mini project Me: Told HR: Current project. Me: Told And asked some general questions and asked to my peak knowledge and told and after waiting for 8 hours I got the result and i have shortlisted my name. I'm very thankful to God. God is great Your's Sravan kumar reddy!

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Test Paper :46 : Candidate Experiences

Test Date : 3 October 2010 Test Location : Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Block, Kolkata Posted By : Sanjay kumar
Hello every1, Myself Sanjay kumar choudhary B-tech in CSE from IMPS college of engineering & technology(Malda). I am glad that now i am part of Cognizant family and I am feeling very happy to share my experience with you all. It was an off campus drive for freshers 2009/2010 batch. Written Venue: Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Block-FA, Salt Lake Sector-III, Kolkata. Date: 03/10/2010 The Merit Track conducted the test. Before the test you have to fill a form. Do it carefully as questions may be arised from here in your technical interview. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Software Orientation: Hobbies and extra-curricular activities Strengths and Weakness Expectation from CTS Why CTS Long term and short-term goal with CTS

My suggestion would be go through R.S Aggarwal verbal & non verbal. That itself is enough to crack the written. Time matters a lot here so be very quick while answering the questions, don't waste time over a single question. It's better to skip it and move to the other questions and when you get time you can come back to it. My Interview: The (technical+Hr) was held on 21/10/2010 around 3:30pm at Cognizant, Kolkata. I was really exhausted at that time waiting from morning. 6 panels (approximatly 45mins each). I went inside the hall, Hr was talking wid some one on phone. Me: Good Afternoon Sir HR: Sit down Me: Thank you Sir HR: Hand over me your CV and hall ticket Me: Done HR: (After few minutes)ok Sanjay tell me something about yourself Me: Said HR: How comfortable are you in C

Me: I'm very much confident HR: Explain call by value & call by reference and write two seperate programs for it. Me: Written and explained. HR: Asked one question from RDBMS Me: Was not able to reply HR: What all you know about datastructure? Me: Told the basics of stack, queue and linked list with their types HR: Can you write a Stack implementation program Me: (I was not very much comfortable with it) No sir but im very good in the sorting portion HR: Ok then explain the logic of quick sort Me: Explained by taking an unsorted array HR: Good, can you write a program for bubble sort? Me: Yes sir, written(based on the program he asked few questions) HR: Can we use while instead of for loop, how? a variable is incremented inside or outside the body of while loop? Whats the need of stdio.h?few more logical questions were asked Me: Answered every question correctly HR: (very impressed)Good HR: Tell me about your project Me: Explained my two project which I did in detail. HR: Suppose you have to fetch the name of all those persons whose name starts with S from the database table. how will you do it? Me: Expalined the concept of pattern matching using % and _ and written the sql query HR: Good, ok tell me about your extra curricular activities Me: Told me that i was a basket ball player in school and have attended young lions training camp HR: (asked about the training camp) Means you are physically very fit? Me: (with full confidence)Yes Sir. HR: Will you have problem working in shift? Can you work in night shift? Me: (Smiling)no prob,I can work in any shift HR: Ok Sanjay, it was nice interacting with you(shook hand) Me: Thank you sir and have a nice day! My interviewer was very very serious and perfect in his work. He just smiled at the end of the interview. My interview went for 45minutes as i was from CSE i had mostly technical questions. All that you have to do is be yourself. Don't fear and be frank. They are very smart people. So never lie answer confidently. You will get through it. Be thorough with everything you put in your resume and your project (project questions were asked in all the panels) at 5.30 they announced the result and my name was in the list.

Thanks to freshersworld.com and ever1 for their good wishes. Hope my suggestion would be a help for you all. All the best, See you at CTS!

Test Paper :47 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 3 October 2010 Test Location : Chennai Posted By : Mohammed Umair
Hi Friends, This is Mohamed Umari from C. Abdul Hakeem college of Engineering & Technology, Melvisharam Vellore. Recently I attended CTS interview. I want to share my experience. I attended my Aptitude Test at St. Michael's Hr.Sec.School, Chennai on 03/10/10. The test was written only. The pattern for the test is 30 questions on analytical & 25 questions on Verbal. Total duration is 50 minutes. Before starting the test, they will provide a form to be filled and give 10 minutes for that. Carefully fill that particular form. 1. Analytical & Logical: Syllogism-5 questions, Statement and conclusion-5 questions, data interpretation-5 questions, coding-5 question, Figure series-5 questions, odd images-5 questions. 1. Verbal: Two comprehension 10 questions, Detecting correct sentences-5 questions, Detecting incorrect sentences-5 questions, jumbled sentences-5 questions. Please refer Freshersworld.com previous question papers for the pattern. Thanks for Freshersworld.com that I also referred papers from this website only. You don't get exact questions but you will get the pattern & idea. They told the result through e-mail, the next day(04/10/2010). Around 8.00 p.m I got a mail from CTS that I cleared the test and called for Technical interview. My technical interview was held on 06/10/10 at St. Joseph Engineering College, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai. For Technical interviews there will be panels and you will be given a panel no. They was asked my area of interest and asked questions on that. Also they asked questions from project, some questions on C, C++, SQL queries and simple questions on other subjects and they told to wait outside for the result. If they candidate cleared that round, they are sending for HR round otherwise they reject. My HR round was easy only. As usual the questions were Introduce yourself, short-term & Long-term plan, achievements in life etc. After HR round, they told that the result for selected candidates will be announced thro mail after 2 or 3 days. By the grace of Almighty Allah 0n 9/10/10 around 1 p.m., I got a mail from CTS that I was selected.

This was my interview experience. Hope this will be useful for You! Have a good day! Bye!

Test Paper :48 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 7 October 2010 Test Location : MLRIT, Hyderabad Posted By : Rajpurohit Vikram kumar
Hi Guys, My name is RP Vikram, i'm from SBIT, Khammam. I'm a CSE student. I had attended CTS Off-Campus written test on 25th September at MLRIT, Hyderabad. The test was conducted 2 days(25th and 26th, mine was on 25th). It was an online test. 55 questions and 50 mins. No negative marking. It was conducted by Merit track ppl. Everyone will get a different paper. The test consisted of 2 parts. Analytical and logical, once you jump from one section to another you cannot come back to previous one( you can jump between questions in the same section though). Time management is very important. Before the test you have to fill in a form like S/W orientation, long term goals etc as said by others in the website(that too online only). I will tell you the type of questions asked. Part 1(Analytical)30 questions: * A pie diagram with data is given and questions will be asked on that(Bit difficult) * Syllogisms(1st only one conclusion is given and 2 statements are given choose the statement). * Completing the figures, next figure in the series. * Data sufficiency qustions. * Coding and decoding. * Finding conclusion for a statement. (No cube question in off-campus) Part 2(Verbal) 25 questions: * Two very very long passages and 10 to 12 questions from it. I didn't have time so did it randomly.(do passages at last). * Finding the correct and incorrect sentences. * Finding the incorrrect part in a sentence. As i said time management is very important. Don't go for questions you dont know, try them out at last. Just concentrate on the exam because some people will come many a times to the exam

hall and annouce something, they try to kill your time. Don't concentrate on them, just be with your exam. Technical interview: I cleared the test, had interview on 7th Oct, 2010 at 2.30 pm in CTS company, Hyderabad. I have waited for 6'o clock & then i was called for Technical interview. Me: Good evening, sir. He: Good evening, sit down. He: Where are you from? Me: Sir, i'm from khammam dist.(AP),but basically from Rajasthan. He: OK, vikram, what is trouble pointer? Me: I don't know sir. He: Ok, how we implement linked list? me: Sir, i'm not good at data structures. He: Do you know Java? me: Not completely, I just know opp's concepts in it. He: Do you know xml? me: No sir,but said the purpose of xml. He: What is valid xml? me: I dont know. (to the first 5-6 questions my answer was just"i dont know") He: Do you play games? Me: Not often. He: Tell me about ur college life? Me: Told He: So, you are intrested in business management.(I mentioned in the resume) He: What are your goals? Me: told He: Why do we need programming languages? Me: To develop softwares. He: Why do we need softwares? Me: I thought a while and said, oh! it's a difficult question. He: Yes it is. He: Ok, what are the five big problems in India? Me: Told 3 and was thinking for rest 2. He: Ok, do you know about stock market. (as i am interested in MBA, he asked this sort of questions.) Me: Yes, sir.

He: Tell about it? Me: Told He: Which subject would you like to talk about for 1 hour, xml or C++ ? Me: C++, sir. He: For 1 hour?! Me: Yes, sir. He: Are you sure? Me: 100%. Showing him my thumb(he was just checking my confidence) He: Ok, then start. Me: Can i come from C to C++. He: No, only C++ for 1 hour. Me: Started telling about cpp(and i kept telling about C++ for about 15 -20 mins, and suddenly he stopped me.) He: Ok, Vikram, tell about your project? Me: Told He: What are your hobbies? Me: Yold He: Nice talking to you, Vikram. Me: For me 2, thank you, sir. Tip: Tell yes, if you are completely sure about something and never try to be oversmart. If you really want to impress interviewer, be very good at just 1 subject, it's enough. After 10 minutes, i was intimated that i have cleared technical interview and called for HR interview. HR interview: Me: Good evninng, sir. He: Please sit down. He: Asked about percentages from 10th-B.tech. Me: Told He: Where are you from? Me: Told He: Do you watch movies? Me: Sometimes. He: Recent movie? Me: 3 idiots

He: Tell me the story. Me: Told He: Vikram, you do one thing! me: What ,sir? He: Now you go to your home and after 7 days check out your mail, you will be getting an offer letter. Me: Thank you sir, thank you very much. Important Tip: Be Bold, Be simple and Be honest. Before interviewer, always be with good attitude and great smile on your face and you are done. Hope this will help You.

Test Paper :49 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 6 October 2010 Test Location : Chennai Posted By : Manoj. E
Hai Friends, My name is Manoj, Completed my Bachelors in computer science Engineering at J.J College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy. I have attended my aptitude examination on 3rd of October at st.micheals academy in adyar. Result have been announced on 4th of October (Monday) evening in CTS website. I have cleared my aptitude examination and shortlisted for the technical round. I would like share my Technical and HR interview experience with you all. Technical Round: For me technical Round took nearly 1 hour 20 minutes. But I was very confident and gave him bold answers. One point of time he told me you are overqualified and also seems overconfident. But I gave a reason that am not overconfident and also very good team worker through my extra-curricular activities. My Batch timing was 1.00pm

Me: Good afternoon sir. HR: Good Afternoon. Take your seat. Me: Thank you sir. HR: Tell me about yourself? Me: Told. HR: Explain your Project? Me: Explained Briefly. HR: Explain OOPS Concept? Me: Told HR: Write program for polymorphism and encapsulation? Me: I Wrote and explained HR: Good he gave me puzzles Me: I have Clearly explained all the puzzles with perfect answers HR: Good. You have excellent problem solving ability Me: Thank you sir HR: He asked me to explain my International Journal Paper Me: I gave him perfect explanation HR: Excellent. Now tell me about Networking Terminologies Me: I Explained HR: Write program for inheritance using C++ Me: Wrote and explained HR: Good. All the best and wait for results. Me: Thank you sir. Nice meeting You. Within 2 mins I got the result that Im selected. I was very happy and went for my HR round. HR Round(Evening 5.50pm) Me: Excuse me sir HR: Come in Me: Shall I take the seat HR: Sure Me: Thank you sir

HR: Introduce yourself Me: Told HR: Great introduced man. Me: Thank you sir HR: He Appreciated me for my academic performances as well as for my extracurricular activities. Me: Thank you sir HR: All the best. Wait for the Results until Friday(8th of October) evening Me: Okay sir. Thank you sir. My result have been announced on Friday. Thank God. I got selected. Im very happy that am going to be a part of my dream company CTS. Hope my experience help you guys atleast one percent. Be Prepare with Practical Programs and examples. All the Best. See you guys in CTS soon.

Test Paper :50 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 6 October 2010 Test Location : Hyderabad Posted By : Santosh Kumar.V
Hai friends, I am Santosh kumar.v attended CTS technical on 6th October 2010 in Hyderabad. I want share my experience with you. It contains 2 rounds technical along with H.R. My Tech Interview: Int: Hai santosh Me: Hai sir, good afternoon Int: Don't call me sir,ok Me: Ok. Int: Introduce yourself Me: Told(only name, your parents names, hobbies, project)

Int: Tell me about your family Me: Told Int:Tell me about your project Me: My project on Java so, easy for me explain everything about my project Int: Which technologies used in your project Me: Java, Jsp Then he asked every question on that languages only. Int: Your goals? Me: Project manager with in 6years Int: Me: Int: Me: Good, is there any other goals besides s/w? Yes, basically i am singer, I want to became playback singer Can you sing a song for me? Sure.

Int: Ok, if we offer testing post do you take it? Me: No, I want to work as programmer. Int:Ofcourse this is also coming under s/w why do you reject? Me: I am Technically strong thats why i prefer coding. Int: Do you know any other programming languages? Me: Yes, C, C++ Int: How to allocate dynamic memory in C? Me: Explain about calloc(), malloc() along with differences Int: Good, how to manage memory in c? Me: Stack(It's absolutely wrong but said confidently) Int: No, Its wrong by using data types Int: Tell me main methods in jsp? Me: I don't know? Int: Get(), Post(). Int: Do you know DBMS? Me: Yes Int: What is ACID ? Me: A-atomocity, C-consistency, I-isolation, D-durability Int: Ok, any questions for me? Me: Recently CTS make sign with microsoft may i know what is cloud computing? Int: He explained Me: Most of the MNC's preferred B.SC students also why? Int: Explained Me: May i know your good name?

Int: Said, ok Santosh good but you need to improve your technical skills wait a for results, best of luck, you can leave now. Me: Thank you sir I was waiting for 3 mins coordinator declared my name for h.r round.(it means my technical round successfully completed.) HR round: Int: Hai santosh gd evening(at 5 pm) Me: Good evening sir. Int: Tell me about your % from 10th to B.Tech Me: Told Int: Do you like movies? Me: Yes, so much Int: Tell me any movie story which you recently watched Me: Maryada ramanna with out starting he said "You can go now, wait for result) thank you sir. After a long waiting at 7pm they declared results. I am so lucky because my name is on that list. So be Confident, always maintain smile on your face, but once see what CTS. So friends all the best see You & Meet in CTS.

Test Paper :51 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 10 March 2010 Test Location : Pune Posted By : Raman preet singh
CTS Paper Based on latest pattern. 1. Analytical: 30 questions (30 min) 2. Verbal: 20 questions (20min) And no negative marking for both the sections and those papers are given by Merit trac solutions. Important Note: Firstly attempt those question that you can solve easily and you are sure for it as mertic trac sometime take accuracy into consideration while selecting the candidates you may clear the cut off but if your accuracy is low then there are some chances of not getting selected but dont worry there are plenty of questions that you can do very easily and time is 50 min in which you will be able to only do those question which you know. So don't worry Analytical section: consists of questions from: 1) Statement & conclusions

Eg: All cats are dogs Some dogs are pigs level: Very easy 2) Logical connectives Eg: If leo laughs, then somebody shouts at him these questions are of type. If P then Q level: Easy Do revise all of them there were about 7-8 questions on this. 3) Figure completion: a) Identifying the next figure in series. b) Spotting the error in figure. level: Very easy can be easily identified 4) 1 questions in which a table was given with some data(DI type questions) then there were 5 questions based on it was a bit difficult. 5) Some question on coding & decoding there were 4-5 questions on it and they were of intermediate level Verbal section: 1) It consisted of 2 passages with 5 questions each total of 10 questions, questions one was very easy 2nd was of intermediate level. 2) 5 questions on Finding which part of the sentence contains error easy one's 3) 5 questions on Finding the incorrect sentence among the given 5 sentences easy one's Paper was very easy, I got selected in the paper and my interview is on 16th Oct 2010. Best of luck Guys. Do prepare all the above topics as only these topics are there in the paper.

Test Paper :52 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 25 September 2010 Test Location : SJBIT Bangalore. Posted By : Sachin
Hi guys, I had attended CTS Off-Campus written test on 25th September at SJBIT Bangalore.The test was conducted 2 days(25th and 26th, mine was on 25th). It was an online test. 55 questions and 50 mins. No negative marking. It was conducted by Merit

track ppl. Everyone will get a different paper. The test consisted of 2 parts. Analytical and logical, once you jump from one section to another you cannot come back to previous one( you can jump between questions in the same section though).

The question pattern is same as said by some ppl in freshersworld.com but don't expect such simple questions.They will be a bit difficult.Time management is very important. Before the test you have to fill in a form like s/w orientation, long term goals etc as said by others in the website(that too online only). I will tell you the type of questions asked. Part 1(Analytical)30 questions: * A table with data is given and questions will be asked on that(Bit difficult) * Syllogisms(1st only one conclusion is given and to statements are given choose the statement). I could understand only some of them. * Completing the figures, next figure in the series. * Some puzzles. * Data sufficiency qustions. * Coding and decoding. * Finding conclusion for a statement. (No cube question in off-campus) Part 2(Verbal) 25 questions: * Two very very long passages and 10 to 12 questions from it. Luckily i got 1 passage which i had read in home so didn't read it. I answered it. For the second one didn't have time so did it randomly. * Finding the correct and incorrect sentences. * Finding the incorrrect part in a sentence. As i said time management is very important. Out of around 1500 who attended the test only around 180 were shortlisted 4 interview. The interview was on 4th October. We were intimidated by a mail. We were asked to attend the interview at CTS office, Manyata Tech Park in Bangalore at 2.30 in the afternoon on 4th October. The office is very good. We had our interview at the 9th floor which is basically a cafetaria a part of which was converted into a interview hall. Tell you wat i was amazed by the looks of the company. (dunno how other companies look because this was my maiden visit 2 a s/w company i was very much excited). They gave us ID's which we had 2 wear during our stay in the company till the interview finished. The interview began at around 3pm. 1st one was technical interview. There were about 25 panels. My technical interview was not much like a technical one. The interviewer asked HR questions mostly. The only technical question was about my project. And questions like tell me about yourself, why s/w because i'm an Electronis Engineering and questions from my resume(All standard HR questions). Don't fill unnecessary details in the resume just to make it look good and standard, cause if you can't answer questions from your resume you will face problem. After this round i was told that i was selected for next round which was HR round(This they will tell to all). In the HR round again same questions as the Technical round. The interviewer was a young lady who asked questions from what i had written in the form during written test. Some may ask you to pick a topic and speak for 2 mins as told by my friends who had other

interviewers. So be prepared. I'm still waiting for my result. They have told to wait for a weak for the results. I hope i will clear it which causes me a lot of dilemma now because i'm selected in TCS too. Have got my joining date next month. Still not yet decided. CTS/TCS? I request all ppl who have used freshersworld.com, to share there experience in the site because as it helped you (I'm sure it definately did)it may help other ppl searching for job, and they will surely remember you once they are placed(As i do now).

Test Paper :53 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 3 October 2010 Test Location : Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Kolkata Posted By : Priyanka Priya
The written exam was held on 3rd October 2010 in Kolkata at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan. Mine was 4th batch at 4.30 p.m. We were told to report 45 minutes before. The written exam began at 5p.m. It was a pen paper based exam. We were given the answer sheets and were told to fill the details which included educational as well as personal details like your Hobbies, Interests, Strength, Weakness, long-term and short-term objectives for Cognizant, etc. Finally the written test began at 5 p.m. 1st we were given the analytical test paper which consisted of 30 questions in 30 min. No negative marking. Contains questions from the following topics. 1. Figure series (A bit Tough) 2. Odd figure out (A bit tough) 3. Syllogism 4. Data Sufficiency 5. Logic (If Then, Whenever, Unless types) 6. Coding decoding 7. A table (based on this table we have to answer some questions. This was confusing and tough so I could not solve it. Hope You ppl solve it) 2nd section was Verbal Ability which consisted of 25 questions in 20 min. No negative marking. Contains following type of questions. 1. 2. 3. 4. Find the wrong sentence. Find the correct sentence. 2 passage. (10qstns). Sentence Arrangement.

The results are not yet out. I hope this paper may help you and guide you in preparing for CTS. Wish you all the best for your future!

Test Paper :54 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 24 September 2010 Test Location : KSR college of engineering Tiruchengode Posted By : Venkata Rajesh.G
CTS Pattern & Interview: September 24, 2010. Hi Friends, This is Venkata Rajesh.G (ECE) from Sri Vasavi Engineering College, Tadepalligudem West Godavari. Venue: St Xavier Junior college Secunderabad. Organised by: Cognizant off-campus Appeared: 3500 Aptitude: 1124 214. HR/Technical: 214 -132 Hi Guys! You would be happy to learn that I've been got into Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS). I have immense pleasure to share my interview experience and also my CTS seniors comments with yours. Totally the selection process consists of two rounds. (i) Written (ii) Interview (HR + Technical) (i) Written test contains two sections Total Questions: 30 + 25 = 55 Q Time limit: 30 + 20 = 50 mins 1. Analytical section (30 Questions - 30 mins) 2. Verbal section (25 Questions - 20 mins) Verbal and Non-verbal was very easy. Only problem is the time constraint, so a little bit of practicing before exams help. Paper pattern: 1. Analytical section (30 Q's - 30 mins) (This section is very easy, but mind the time)

Syllogism Logical Connectives Find the odd figure out Find out the figure which has same problems as in the given figure. i.e., On Picture Oddman to given Picture based questions. A figure with some difference is given with 5 optional figures. We have to find out the figure in tat option which is similar to given figure. Data Sufficiency Data Interpretation (A table which shows the population ranges from 2001 to 2009 of various states in India was given). The Questions like. What is the average population density in assam? Which states have same population in the year 2006, etc. 2. Verbal section (25 Q's - 20 mins) (The no. of questions on each topic in each section may vary) 5 on Finding the Correct Sentences. 5 on Finding the the incorrect Sentences. 5 on Arranging the Jumbled Sentences. 2 Reading Comprehensions with 5 Questions in Each (Other than comprehension, this section is quite easy). Comprehension (Please don't attend these first, these are long passages and difficult to attend) (Best option will be B or C). For us There was no -ve marking. So try to get all the questions. Before appearing for Written test we have to fill up the below form format. Some Questions are listed below. 1. Name. 2. Gender 3. Current address: City: Pin code: Telephone: Mbile no: Permanent address. 5. E-mail 6. Nationality 7. Academic details (10th %, 12th or diploma%) 8. Each Semester percentage and year of passing. 9. Have you cleared all your arrears (backlogs)? 10. Do you have any standing arrears (presently do you have any backlogs)? 11. Software orientation: 12. Extra curricular, Hobbies and Interests. 13. Strengths and weakness. 14. Expectations from cognizant. 15. Your short term plan and long term plan with CTS. 16. What are the qualities a software.

Professional need to excel in his field? (Please prepare for these questions, the answers which you have written for these questions may be asked in the interview, and this will reflect your attitude and your verbal knowledge) Believe in God give your best. All the best don't lose hope. Just keep trying don't worry for others commends and what they say. They will never come along with you in your life. All the very Best guys. For further details please contact. venkatrajesh.gelli@gmail.com

Test Paper :55 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 29 September 2010 Test Location : IIIT Hubli Posted By : Ankur Dubey
Hi Friends, This is Ankur dubey i got selected in CTS on 29-04-2010 in IIIT Hubli. I'm the student of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering college Bidar. * Test contains 2 sections: 1. Analytical thinking: 30 questions in 30 minutes 2. English: 20 questions in 25 minutes * No negative marking. 1. Analytical: It contains questions on to find odd figure, decoding and encoding, arrange the sentences, statements and conclusions, assumptions(Ex: All cats are dogs, some dogs are students like this 3-4 questions) 2. English: It contains questions on 2 passages each having 5 questions To find correct statements. To find incorrect statements. Out of 500 students 200 students cleared the test my god i'm 1 among them. * Next was communication checking round. it was just like HR round. This round was completely checks your fluency in English and your sentence formation. I enterd the room Inteviewer: Hello Mr. Ankur Dubey Me: I replied.

Inteviewer: Introduce yourself Me: I Replied Interviewer: Why from pune to Hubli.? and how you came to know bout dis drive? Me: I Replied Interviewer: Asked me somthng related to my resume (Extra curricular activites) Me: I replied. Stoppd me in between and said Mr Ankur you can wait outside. Then another HR came to me and said Mr. Ankur you are through vid this round. Next was my Technical interview. Again i enterd the room Interview: Hi Ankur. Tell me some bout your qualification and about your project. Me: I Replied. Interviewer: What is Normalization. Me: I Replied. Interviewer: What is call by value and call by refrence? Me: I replied Interviewer: Do you know unix command. Me: I said Yes Interviewer: Write down any of the two command and tell me how to count the number of words from the particular file. Me: I Relied correctly. Interviewer: What is the difference between Functions and Macros? Me: I replied correctly. Intreviewer: I said my done any question from your side. Me: I asked one. Again he said wait outside. One HR came to me and said hi Ankur you are shortlisted congrates. Totaly 16 studends got selected. I was so happy at that time and thanks to god for being with me all the time. I hope my experience will help you out. Best of luck.

Test Paper :56 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 18 September 2010 Test Location : Anand Institute Of Technology Chennai Posted By : Rajat Mahadevan
Centre: Anand Institute Of Technology Chennai.

Date: 18th September 2010. Mine was a morning 7:45 batch. Around 150 were there in my batch. There were more batches on the same day, so i'm not sure about the total number of students who all attended that day. The paper was conducted by Meritrack and they said they would announce the result on this Tuesday that is on 21st September on CTS website. When i started giving test i was really amazed, the pattern had completely changed. There were only 50 questions in all. Written exam had two sections: Verbal and Analytical. The paper was damn easy. This was my 12th interview so was bit nervous asusual. I can give you an idea on how the paper was but im sorry I cant remember any questions. 1) Verbal Section: There were questions like: A) Two huge passages were given and there were 5 questions for each passage. I would recommend you to attempt these passages at the end. B) Around 5-6 questions on finding which part of the sentence had an error. Eg: He thought (a)/he might (b)/not be able (c)/to do a job (d)/ We had to find which part of the sentence had errors. Quantitative Aptitude for competitive examinations fully solved. C) Around 5-6 questions on arranging sentences in the order in which they might have occurred. a) The third calls for high aces to channel updrafts. b) Some paleontologists are of the opinion that the pterosaurs jumped from is dropped from trees or perhaps rose into the light winds from the crests of waves in order to become airborne. c) The second hypothesis seems unlikely because large pterosaurs could not have landed in trees without damaging their wings. d) Each theory has its associated difficulties. e) The first makes a wrong assumption that the pterosaurs hind feet resembled a bat's and could serve as hooks by which the animal could hang in preparation for flight. Options: 1) a,e,d,b,c 2) b,d,e,c,a 3) d,a,e,c,b 4) a,b,e,d,c D) Around 5-6 questions on finding the wrong sentence from a set of given sentences. 2) Analytical Part: This part to my amazement dint have anything from R.S. Aggarwal Quantitative Aptitude. There we not even a single formal question from percentages or ratio proportions or ages anything you could ever imagine the whole paper was kind of non verbal reasoning. The questions were like

a) Around 4-5 questions were like finding the odd figure out of given figures, very very simple. b) Around 4-5 questions were like three figures were given and we had to find the fourth one based on some pattern. Was a bit tough c) I had some login problem in my system before beginning the test, so i was sitting idle for 15 mins in the beginning and at that time. I was just gazing at the systems of students who were giving the test. Many of them had a question based on pie chart. A pie chart was given and 5-6 questions were based the pie chart. On the other hand when i started giving test I had a question based on a table. I had to take some percentages based on the given data. I didnt get any questions from pie charts. d) Some 5-6 questions based on Syllogism. Eg: Some dogs are cats. All cats are cows. e) Around 5-6 question were based on logic like. If it rains, then he will dance. These questions were in the form of data sufficiency. This is all I can remember. Make sure you prepare from R.S Aggarwal Verbal and Non Verbal reasoning very thoroughly. Be very calm and take the paper very carefully because it full of logical questions, you need to have a free mind while giving the test. I'm still waiting for the results that are to be announced on 21st September Congnizant and i am really very very scared. Please do pray for me. Most important all the best may God be with you all. Hope this Aritcle helps.

Test Paper :57 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 19 September 2010 Test Location : Chennai Posted By : Nirosha This is Nirosha. I attended CTS off campus held at Anand institute of technology, Chennai. The interview rounds are 1. Aptitude test 2. Technical 3. HR For aptitude test, they asked analytical and verbal questions. The topics covered are 1. Statements and conclusions 2. Inferences 3. Syllogism 4. Figure series 5. Odd man out 6. Some questions from given table 7. Coding

8. Find the correct & incorrect sentence 9. Jumbled sentence 8. Comphrension Technical Interview: You just concenterate well on field of interests. because they asked questions mostly from your favourite subjects. Be confident in your answers. Cofidence matters a lot in interview. All the best

Test Paper :58 Paper Type : Test Date : 13 March 2010 Test Location : aurora college ,hyderabad Posted By : E.DEEPTHI hiiii friends i am deepthi . today ie.,on 13th march 2010 I attended Cognizant technology Solution off-campus @ aurora collge,moosarambagh,hyderabad. recruitment drive consists of 2papers total questions 50 (50 minutes) tech and written and written test consists of :1.ANALYTICAL 30 qns (30 min) 2.VERBAL 20 qns (20min) and no negative marking for both the sections and those papers are given by MERIT TRAC solutions. 1)ANALYTICAL : Some Qns were on series of figures and odd figures and similarity between figures syllogysms,analogy of figures & Some qns were on coding decoding of alfhabets (5qns) and Data interpretation (very tough) (5qns) 2)VERBAL SECTION:(20 QNS 20 MINUTES) 2 PASSAGES (VERY LONG) 3.FIND INCORRECT SENTENCE 4. FIND CORRECT SENTENCE 5.JUMBLED SENTENCES . THE PAPER WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS COGNIZANT PAPERS AND THERE WILL BE VERY LESS TIME GIVEN FOR U. SO CONCENTRATE ON MANAGING TIME MAINLY IN VERBAL. UNFROTUNATELY DUE TO LACK OF TIME MANGEMENT AND TOTALLY DIFF PATTERN OF PAPER I COUDN'T CLEAR THE EXAM. THAT'S WHY , I DONT WANT ANY OTHER TO FACE THIS PBM AND UPDATING THE PAPER.

HOPE THIS INFORMATION HELP ...... ALL THE BEST!!

Test Paper :59 Paper Type : Aptitude - General Test Date : 19 February 2011 Test Location : RRS Engg College, Hyderabad Posted By : Mounika T
I am Mounkia ChowdharyMOUNIKA CHOWDHARY. I have written my cognizant exam on 1902-2011. Exam is quite tough it has changed its paper that from oct-2010. Mainly it consists of two parts one is verbal and other is non-verbal. Verbal is bit hard compared to that of non-verbal. For verbal refer R.S Aggarwal English book. For non-verbal also refer R.S Aggarwal whole questions from that only. When come to sectional cut-off for english 30-35% for 25 marks and fornon-verbal it is 50% for 30 marks. And overall cut-off is 25 marks. Please do concentrate on English it is bit tough 1. English:(total--25 marks cut-off--9) a. Two comprehensions(for those refer the papers from freshers world complete pattern papers comprehensions are given from those only) one comprehension is bit tough compaered to other.(dont waste much time here) b. Pick out 2 sentences out of 4 sentences which are correct. c. Pick out incorrect sentences from correct sentences. d. Pick out correct sentences from incorrect sentences. e. Jumbled sentences in paragraph wise.(it is tough) 2. Non-verbal(total--30 marks cut-off--15) It consists of a. Inferences b. Odd figure out c. Syllogisms. d. Data sufficiency e. Data interpretation. f. Coding g. Figure series h. Table it consists of complete % do as soon as possible

Little bit of hard work is enough. I didn't get my result still I'm eagerly waiting for the result. If I'm then I will follow with tech round.

Test Paper :60 Paper Type : General - Interview Test Date : 8 February 2011 Test Location : Sharda University, Greater Noida Posted By : Prasanth
I cleared my written test for Cognizant held in Sharda University. This is my interview experience held on 8th Feb, 2011. I attended Cognizant interview on 8th Feb, 2011 in Sharda University. First there was extempore round and our topic was -the things you are afraid of? Everone has to speak for 1 minute. On basis of this round this round there was shortlisting of candidates for technical interview round. I cleared this round and went for technical round questions that were asked 1. Number and string palindrome program 2. Swapping thru pointers 3. C++ concepts 4. Diff between C++ and C 5. I have made two projects, I was asked to explain them and to write their connection code 6. Why I want to join Cognizant 7. My strength and weakness 8. Networks basics like what is ip address and what for each field stands for? 9. Operating system basics like deadlock, paging and segmentation Luckily I cleared this round too Then there was HR round. Qeustions are as follows 1. Tell me about urself? 2. If you become PM or CM, what will you do?

3. You have to sell a mobile phone. How will you sell it?

Test Paper :61 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 6 February 2011 Test Location : MLRIT, Hyderabad Posted By : Srikanth G
There would CV like paper will be given to fill up. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 5. Education details Address (Current & Permanent) UG &/PG (SEM-WISE %) Software orientation (Programming languages) Strengths & weakness Expectations from Cognizant What is required to be software Engineer & what makes you sucessful Software Engineer

Guys you need to too quick to fill the CV. Prepare well otherwise you may lose time to complete it. The aptitude test consists of two sections: 1. Analytical 30 questions 2. Verbal 25 questions Total 55 questions and 60 mins First they will give analytical paper (30 mins) Paper will be moderate Analytical Questions consists 1. DI (5-6 questions) 2. Coding(4-5) 3. Expessions (2-3) Train, Work etc Verbal consists (25 mins) 1. Two Passeges (One very easy and second little big passage) 2. Sentence corrects (4 options will be sentences) 3. Conclusions

Prepare from CAT materials for shortcuts. All the best guys!

Test Paper :62 Paper Type : General - Interview Test Date : 13 January 2011 Test Location : BPPIMT, Kolkata Posted By : Dips
Hi Friends, I am Dips. I am From B.P.Poddar Institute Of Management & Technology. Cognizant came in our College in On Campuss on 13th Jan,2011. They First presented the ppt where they show us why we have to join in this company and how it became the fastest growing company. Listen very carefully because it will help you while filling the form or in interview. Aftre ppt there was a general apptitute test. It contains two part: 1) Nonverbal:30 marks in 30 mintues 2) Verbal:25 marks in 25 mintues. Nonverbal part: This part is moderate. It contains questions on different parts. 1) Coding-decoding (5)-very easy 2) Pictures (6)-very easy 3) Data Sufficiency- (5)-little bit tricky 4) Data Interpretation-(5)-pie chart for this you have to practice from R.S. Aggarwal Quantitative part 5) Logic(5) All X is Y this type of question easy. 6) Arithmetic reasoning easy(4) Verbal Part: This part is really tough. 1) Two big unseen passage and you have to answer 5 questions from each passage. My advice is not to study the entire passage at once as it takes huge time and practice previous years Cognizant questions as we get a common passage 2) Find out incorrect ones 3) Find out correct ones

4) Which one grammatically most correct. Interview: Among 360 students 251 were selected for interview my interview starts like that: Me: May I coming sir Sir: Yes Then he shake hand with me and told me to seat. Sir: So tell me about yourself, your family, your schooling, your hobbies, your strength, your project Me: I told everything Sir: What is your weakness? Me: My weakness is that I never leave any work undone. Sir: Is it really a weakness? Me: Sometimes it becomes weakness. For an example that if I am watching movies and tomorrow is my exam, still I can not leave the movie until it ends and inspite of my moms screaming. Sir laughed Sir: So isnt a problem for you to travel a lot to come and work here? Me: No sir. It is not a problem at all for me. Then he goes to the technical part Sir: What is your favourite Subject? Me: Datastructure; Sir: Tell me about your project? Me: Told Sir: How to connect your Java programme with Database? Me: Told Then he gave a C programme which is little bit tricky but some how I managed. Sir: Ok, nice to meet you Me: Thank you Sir. On 15th Janunary our result was announced. 179 were selected out of 360. I am one of them. Thank you Cognizant. Tips for Interview:

1) 2) 3) 4)

Be confidenct Be decent Be honest Always use Cognizant instead of CTS

Best of Luck Guys!

Test Paper :63 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 22 January 2011 Test Location : Anand Institute of Technology, Chennai Posted By : S.Yuvaraj
I just want to share my interview experience alone. On 21nd January, 2011 I cleared the 1st round and the second round is about technical and HR interview which took place on the next day itself. This is the conversation took place between us and the conversation goes like this, HR: Good morning, take your seat. Me: Good afternoon sir. ( because the time was exactly 12.10pm) HR: I am sorry, Good Afternoon, so where you are coming from? Me: Manali, near by Broadway sir. HR: When did you started in the morning? Me: Around 4.10 pm sir. HR: What is your 2nd semester marks? Me: We don't have 2nd semester sir, in fact we had non-semester pattern for the 1st year. HR: You had appeared as the private candidate in the 10th standard, why? Me: I explained why it so. HR: What's your father? Me: Chief Electrician in Bridge and Roof India Pvt Ltd. HR: You don't have history of arrears, are you proud about this? Me: Definitely not, in fact I should have done better and I won't get satisfied about my performance even I did well, the reason is that if you get satisfied or saturated, you can't improve yourself and there will be no growth from there onwards, so I won't get satisfied. HR: What is important knowledge or marks? Me: Undoubtedly knowledge sir, Marks just helped me to enter into this placement program but knowledge alone going to make me as a CTS employee after this interview. HR: Good I like your confidence. How will you prepare for the exams or simply how will you

study? Me: I just compare the studies with my real time applications. HR: Say with an example? Me: I just explained the difference between streamline flow and turbulent flow of water, with the example of tap-water flowing non-uniformly and uniformly.( Refer 12th physics) HR: Lets get into the technical section, he asked questions about diode, zener diode, ohmslaw, rectifiers, logic-gates, something on signals and systems, communication engineering,etc., Me: I answered all the question with examples. HR: Tell about yourself? Me: I hate repetitive jobs, I am workaholic, I hate the people who are sitting idle in the work office, I just loves to work under pressure, I strongly believe that if a person works under pressure his minds gets stretched to new dimension and it wont come back again and once you handled the pressure situation, the you can handle any number of situations like that, I wont satisfy with my performance, I just want to start a fresh day with a fresh task with a fresh challenge, challenges alone help us to bring the real-potentials within us, I plan my work and work my plan, while planning I just acts like the smart worker and while executing the plan I just acts like a hard-worker and on the whole I can play the role of smartest hard worker, I always consider my-self as an under-dog while preparing and I consider myself as a Master while performing. HR: If I asked you to do the same job or the job which you have no interest will you do or not? Me: No sir, Job satisfaction is more important for me than anything, suppose if I am doing a job which I have no interest I cant give the best and sure it will reflect in the company's output too, I don't want to act like working and I should deserve to get the salary at the end of the month for the job I did. HR: Are you not afraid of me or the interview? Me: Are you alien or something indifferent, you are just a person and we just going to have a small conversation and I am going to say much about me and you are going to just evaluate me and going to decide whether i am good enough to enter into your concern or not. HR: What is your ambition? Me: I want to become IES( Indian Engineering Service) because I want to serve something or my nation but not now, at the age of 50 before that I need to settle down first for that I am preferring this IT industry. HR: Kid I am totally impressed about you, do you want me to declare the result right now? Me: No sir, I just want to feel the pressure, so I don't want the results now. I just went inside around 12.10 and I returned back at 1.05. The results were published at 7 pm and i got selected My tips to crack the Hr interview Don't make an impression to the HR that you are in bad need of a job, don't include your personal things, don't afraid, very important say YES to things which you know and say NO to the things which you don't know and explain everything in detail and make sure that you

have spent a long time with the HR OK friends, I hope it will help you a lot for to crack the interview and All the best!

Test Paper :68 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 3 October 2010 Test Location : Bidya Bhavan, Kolkata Posted By : Somrita
Hi Guys, I am Somrita from Jis college of Engineering. I gave my aptitude on 3rd Nov, 2010. CTS paper was not so easy. Type was totally different. The paper had two subject analytical and verbal. You can do it easily by solving R.S Aggarwal's verbal non verbal book and also i practised the book of Allahabad bank for P.O post. It helped me a lot. Don't worry. You just have to solve the paper calmly and also quickly. So i got a mail from CTS after 3 days that i got selected for the next round and the interview was on 3rd Nov but due to sum reason they rescheduled the process on 16th November. I reached CTS office at 9am on that day. I was damn tensed but some how i managed to the cool. They called my name at 11 am. There were near about 60 or 70 panals or more than that were there. The interviewer was a very cool person. He asked me to be seated. Int: So, Somrita, tell me something about yourself, your interests, hobbies and your family background also Me: I told with smiling face. (guys, this is your 1st chance to impress the interviewer, be well prepared for it) Int: So miss, your passion is rock climbing? tell me sumthing about that and he asked a lot from my interest and hobbies (The trick is just prepare your HR properly, as luck you can waste his time in this, making him interested in your interest, hobbies. If you are not good at technical part) Int: Do you know software Engineering(as i'm from IT background, this sub was in my syllebus, bot i was not comfortable in it) Me: Sir, i know, but right now. I mean i'm not sure. but you can ask me Int: What is SDLC? Where are the models. Me: I told Int: He asked me to write a code to take an array of 10 elements, and have to manipulate data in that array as such 1st value will be 5, 2nd value ll be 6 increasing value. Me: I tried, but as i was very nervous. I could not do that but later i did that and it was correct. He gave me time. Int: Write code of overloading, overriding, pointer initialization, calling.

Me: Done Int: What is pop, oop, polymorphism data abstraction, inheritnc, with example Me: Could not tell the exmp of abstraction Int: Normalization, 1, 2 NF with example also he wrote a program, asked what will be the output. Me: Told i was not sure. But i told firmly and it was correct. Int: Thanks Somrita you can leave nyc to meet you. After 5n half an hour, they announced my selected for the next round and it was really weird. HR round: They took 15 people together and asked PI. To me: where do you live about my parent, about my place, my college, and he also asked me about mangal pandey lol. Why CTS, what do you expect from CTS. Why have you come in Engg. Among 15 people dey selected 3 I was 1 of them and i donno what happened to the others they had to face sum reHR. I'm not sure about this but they said they selected me and about our package, and our joining will be in the next month. I'm very happy Guys just remember 1 thing luck is a big big big factor. I also gave aptitude for the TCS and infosys their paper was much easier than CTS. But i could not clear it though i did well. So just don't worry be prepared and be confident answer them with smiling face and best of luck for you guys.

Test Paper :70 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 20 October 2010 Test Location : College of engineering, Bhubaneswar Posted By : Soumyajit Pradhan
CTS written exam was held at CEB. Bhubaneswar on 20th Oct 2010. The written exam was taugh. Questions were bit tricky.There were two section in the question paper. One was aptitude paper and another was verbal. In the aptitude paper, there were 30 questions and the time limit was 35 minutes. The question pattern was: 1. 5 question from non_verbal reasoning (pattern matching) 2. 5-8 questions from syllogism. 3. Typical apti questions were also there(percentage,simple interest,number system etc) 4. Verbal reasoning(10 questions) To prepare for the aptitude part, just take up any aptitude book(may be Arun Sharma's series will help you out) and non verbal reasoning by R.S Aggrawal. Solve all the questions from syllogism part of that book and also pattern matching. Get a dip look in syllogism part, because once you master it, then you are bound to score full mark in that section.

Out of many candidates, they selected only 185. Luckily i was one among them. Thanks to Lord Jagannatha. So best of luck friends for written exam. Once you are through written means, your chances of geting selected is almost certain. After around 15 days they called me for the Interview. The venue was campus-6. KIIT University. Make sure that you reach the venue as early as possibly, because they were calling to turn up at the interview panel randomly. You may be the first candidate to appear or the last candidate. I got a call from them around 4 O'clock in the evening. The interview was 2 phase. First was TI and then PI. Actually TI was there elimination round. Once you get through TI, then you are almost placed. Technical Interivew: 1) They were stressing upon your project, you have done. Based upon your projcet. They were asking questions.Make sure that prepared well to come up with a answer to their question. 2) Besides project, they were asking quetions from C, C++ concepts. 3) Asking to write a programme. Mostly C programme. (like factorial of number,armstrong number,fibonacci series, swaping, inheritance, function overloading displaying a pyramid etc) 4) If you belong to IT or CS, then have a look upon OS and RDBMS anr SQL. Out of 185 candidates, around 90/100 got through TI. Luckily once again i was one among them Thanks to lord Jagannatha. Personal Interview: PI was easy. Prepare for all general PI questions. Like tell me about yourself, why cognizant, strength and weaknesses blah blah. Almost all candidate got placed who had cleared TI. The HR guy was really cool and cordial. So prepare well for CTS. All the best friends. See you soon in Cognizant. Thanks to lord jagannatha once again and my family, friends and well wishers. Just believe in god, He has certainly panned and kept something for you. Sooner or later you are destined to get that.

Test Paper :74 Paper Type : Candidate Experiences Test Date : 25 September 2010 Test Location : Kolkata Posted By : Kanchan kumar singh
Hi Friends, This is Kanchan kumar singh. I attended CTS off-campus drive held on 25/9/10 in Kolkata. The pattern was totally different, there was verbal-25 analytical-30. There was no any single question from maths section. So friends there is no need to seprate preparation for CTS aptitute test. This test only check your analytical skill and some gramatical portion of english. Most important thing is time how can you manage time this is very important for you. So friends keep confidence and don't waste time in lengthy and time consuming questions. There was no negative marking and no sectional cutoff.

Friends this was online test and first section was analytical and 2nd was verbal. Analytical part: 1-5 Data interpretation(Do it last) 6-10 Logic eg. Dinesh spends money if his father gives him money suggestion. a) Dinesh spends money b) Dinesh not spends money c) His father gives money d) His father dint give money Options are 1. ac & ca 2. bd & db 3. bd 4. ca Ans bd 11-15 Decoding and coding with alphabets(very easy) 15-20 Missing figures and next figures(very easy) 20-25 Filling the numbers in the 3x3 matrix they will give some conditions(easy) 25-30 Syllogism and data sufficiency(easy) First section an average student can do atleast 25 questions correctly. The next section is verbal ability 35-40 jumbled sentences(very easy) 41-48 reading comprehension(do it in last) 49-55 find the correct and incorrect sentences(not easy but u can do 2 or 3 question easily) My result was declared on 29th Sept and i was selected for next round. Wish me best of luck my interview will held on 7th Oct in Kolkata.

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