WIPRO Placement Paper (Aptitude and Technical) 27 January 2010 - Part 1

Questions = 50 ; time limit = 50 minutes. no negative marking. Offline (paper & pen) test
Section1- English, 15 questions

Direction 1-5 : In each of the following questions, find out which part of the sentence has an error. if there is no mistake the answer is 'no error'

1. Twice twelve / makes / twenty four / No error
A  B  C  D  E
 

2. The flight purser took control / of the plane after / the pilot had had / a heart attack / No error
A  B  C  D  E
 

3. My friend did not see me / for many years / when I met him last week / No error
A  B  C  D  E
 

4. We grieve our loss and cry helplessly / while we should be fighting for our rights / and die a noble death / No error
A  B  C  D  E
 

5. Work hard / lest you will / fail / No error
A  B  C  D 
 

Directions 6-10: The following questions, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words.

6. Kangaroo : Australia
Whale : River   Elephant : Russia   Penguin : Antarctica   India : Peacock 
 

7. Coronation : Reign
Vaccination : Immunity   Sculptor : Statue   Degree : Graduate   Summer : Rain 
 

8. Grain : Salt
Chip : Glass   Blades : Grass   Shred : Wood  Shard : Pottery 
 

9. Scythe ; Reaping
Light ; Shining   Shears : Cutting   Saws : Gluing   Screws : Turning 
 

10. Dislike : Repulsion
Dream : Sleep   Steal : Crime   Reputation : Behaviour   Intelligence : Wit
 
 

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WIPRO Placement Paper (Aptitude and Technical) 27 January 2010 - Part 2

Directions 11-12 : In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active (or passive) voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested select the one which best express the same sentence in Passive (or Active) Voice.

11. His pocket has been picked.
They have his pocket picked  Picking has been done to his pocket  Picked has been his pocket  Someone has picked his pocket 
 

12. Someone gave her a bull dog.
She was given a bull dog  a bull dog was given to her  She has been given a bull dog  She is being given a bull dog by someone 
 

Directions 13-15 : Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete

13. He succeeded in getting possession..............his land after a long court case
for   to   of   with   against
 

14. Now a days Rajani is .............busy to take care of her health.
very   too   so   extremely 
 

15. Had the police not reached there in time the bandits...............him
did have killed   will have killed   would kill   would have killed 
 

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WIPRO Placement Paper (Aptitude and Technical) 27 January 2010 - Part 3

Six knights - P, Q, R, S, T and U - assemble for a long journey in two traveling parties. For security, each traveling party consists
of at least two knights. The two parties travel by separate routes, northern and southern. After one month, the routes of the northern and southern groups converge for a brief time and at that point the knights can, if they wish, rearrange their traveling
parties before continuing, again in two parties along separate northern and southern routes. Throughout the entire trip, the composition of traveling parties must be in accord with the following conditions
P and R are deadly enemies and, although they may meet briefly, can never travel together.
P must travel in the same party with S
Q can't travel by the southern route
U can't change routes

1. If one of the two parties of knights consists of P and U and two other knights and travels by the southern route, the other
members of this party besides P and U must be
Q and S  Q and T  R and S  R and T  S and T
 

2. If each of the two parties of knights consists of exactly three members, which of the following is not a possible
traveling party and route?
P,S,U by the northern route  P,S,T by the northern route  P,S,T by the southern route  P,S,U by the southern route  Q,R,T by the southern route
 

3. If one of the two parties of knights consists of U and two other knights and travels by the northern route, the other
members of this party >besides U must be
P and S  P and T  Q and R  Q and T  R and T
 

4. If each of the two parties of knights consists of exactly three members of different parties, and R travels by the
northern route, then T must travel by the
southern route with P and S  southern route with Q and R  southern route with R and U  northern route with Q and R  northern route with R and U
 

5. If, when the two parties of knights encounter one another after a month, exactly one knight changes from one travelling
party to the other travelling party, that knight must be
P  Q  R  S  T
 

6. X varies inversely as square of y. Given that y = 2 for x = 1. The value of x for y = 6 will be equal to
3  9  1/3  1/9 
 

7. If 10% of x = 20% of y, then x : y is equal to
1:2  2:1  5:1  10:1 
 

8. A starts business with Rs.3500 and after 5 months, B joins with A as his partner. After a year, the profit is divided in the
ratio 2 : 3. What is B's contribution in the Capital ?
Rs. 7500   Rs. 8000   Rs. 8500   Rs. 9000 
 

9. Ronald and Elan are working on an assignment. Ronald takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer, while Elan takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time will they take, working together on two different computers to type an assignment of 110 pages ?
7 hours 30 minutes   8 hours   8 hours 15 minutes   8 hours 25 minutes 
 

10. A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days; B and C can do it in 120 days; A dn C can do it in 4 days. Who among these will take the least time if put to do it alone?
80 days   100 days   120 days   150 days 
 

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WIPRO Placement Paper (Aptitude and Technical) 27 January 2010 - Part 4

11. A cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If both taps are opened simultaneously, then after how much time will the cistern get filled ?
4.5 hours   5 hours   6.5 hours   7.2 hours 
 

12. Pipe a can fill a tank in 5 hours, pipe B in 10 hours and pipe C in 30 hours. If all the pipes are open, in how many hours will the tank completely ?
6 min. to empty   6 min to fill   9 min. to empty   9 min. to fill 
 

13. A thief steals a car at 2.30 p.m and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 3 p.m and the owner sets off in another car at 75 kmph. When will be overtake the thief.
4.30 p.m  4.45 p.m  5 p.m  5.15 p.m 
 

14. Two trains starting at the same time from two stations 200 km apart, and going in opposite directions cross each other at a
distance of 110 km from one of the stations. What is the ratio of their speeds
9 : 20   11 : 9   11 : 20   None of these 
 

15. Two trains each 100 m long, moving in opposite directions, cross each other in 8 seconds. If one is moving twice as fast the other, then the speed of the faster train is
30 km /hr   45 km / hr   60 km/hr   75 km/hr 
 

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WIPRO Placement Paper (Aptitude and Technical) - January 2010 - Part 1

Questions = 50 ; Time limit = 50 minutes. no negative marking. Offline (paper & pen) test

Section1- English, 15 questions

Direction 1-5 : In each of the following questions, find out which part of the sentence has an error. if there is no mistake the answer is 'no error'

1. Neither the plans / suits him and therefore / he decided not to / go out yesterday / No error
Neither the plans   suits him and therefore   he decided not to   go out yesterday   No error
 

2. The Cabinet Ministers and the Prime Minister / was at the airport / to receive the foreign dignitary / No error
The Cabinet Ministers and the Prime Minister   was at the airport   to receive the foreign dignitary   No error 
 

3. While proceeding on leave / he had orally committed that / he will resume after two days/ No error
While proceeding on leave   he had orally committed that   he will resume after two days  No error 
 

4. The number of people / applying were so large / that the college had to / stop issuing application forms / No error
The number of people   applying were so large   that the college had to   stop issuing application forms   No error
 

5. a series of lectures / of Indian philosophy / are arranged by the University / No error
a series of lectures  of Indian philosophy  are arranged by the University   No error 
 

Directions 6-10: The following questions, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words.

6. Illiterate : Uneducated
Country : State   City : Village   Palace : Hut   Vision : Sight 
 

7. Money : Transaction
Life : Death   Water : Drink   Ideas : Exchange   Language : Conversation 
 

8. Overlook : Aberration
Mitigate : Penitence   Condone : Offence   Error : Omission   Conviction : Criminal 
 

9. Utopia : English
Odyssey : Greek   Tulsidas : Sanskrit   Monalisa : English   Dante : Latin 
 

10. Sailor : Pirate
Police : Robbers   Lion : Lamb   Plant : Fungus   Major : Sepoy 
 

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WIPRO Placement Paper (Aptitude and Technical) - January 2010 - Part 2

Directions 11-12 : In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active (or passive) voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested select the one which best express the same sentence in Passive (or Active) Voice.

11. I know him.
He is known by me  He was known to me  He has been known by me  He is known to me 
 

12. The residents celebrated the Independence Day
The Independence Day celebrated by the residents  The Independence Day was celebrated by the residents  The Independence Day has been celebrated by the residents  Celebration of Independence Day was done by the residents 
 

Directions 13-15 : Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete

13. Even if rains all day I will not be able to .........................my journey
put by   put out   put off   put away 
 

14. Help yourself....................whatever you can use without wasting
with   to   in   for 
 

15. There is an exception............................every rule.
on   to  in  for 
 

Section2-apptitude 15 questions

The questions 16-22 are based on the following pattern. The problems below contain a question and two statements giving certain data. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the questions. The correct answer is
(A) If statement (I) alone is sufficient but statement (II) alone is not sufficient.
(B) If statement (II) alone is sufficient but statement(I) alone is not sufficient.
(C) If both statements together are sufficient but neither of statements alone is sufficient.
(D) If both together are not sufficient.
(E) If statements (I) and (II) are not sufficient

16. What is the volume of a cubical box in cubic centimetres?
(I) One face of the box has an area of 49 sq.cms.
(II) The longest diagonal of the box is 20 cms.
A  B  C  D  E
 

17. Is z positive?
(I) y+z is positive
(II) y-z is positive
A  B  C  D  E
 

18. Is x>y ? x, y are real numbers?
(I) 8x = 6y
(II) x = y + 4
A  B  C  D  E
 

19. If a ground is rectangular, what is its width?
(I) The ratio of its length to its breadth is 7:2
(II) Perimeter of the playground is 396 mts.
A  B  C  D  E
 

20. If the present age of my father is 39 yrs and my present age is x yrs, what is x?
(I) Next year my mother will be four times as old as i would be.
(II) My brother is 2 years older than I and my father is 4 years older than my mother.
A  B  C  D  E
 

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WIPRO Placement Paper (Aptitude and Technical) - January 2010 - Part 3

21. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family of seven children?
(I) Each boy in the family has as many sisters as brothers
(II) Each of the girl in the family has twice as many brothers as sisters
A  B  C  D  E
 

22. x is not equal to 0, is x + y = 0?
(I) x is the reciprocal of y
(II) x is not equal to 1
A  B  C  D  E
 

23. Find sum of 3 + 5/(1+22) + 7/(1 + 22 + 32) + ......
3n/(2 + n)   3n/(1 + n)   3n/(1 + 1)  3n/(n + 1)
   

24. Out of 55 eggs 5 are defective. what is % of defective eggs
9/10%  9/13%  9/12%  9/11% 
 

25. 1/8 is divided by 's' , if 's' is increased by 2 times, what is the result.
increases two times   increases four times   increases three times   increases five times  
 

26. For each hour an watch is going slow by 30 seconds. Now time is 8a.m.What will be the actual time at 8p.m.
7:56  7:58  7:54  7:52 
 

27. If a person walks at 4/5th of his usual spee he reaches 40min late. If he walks at his usual speed how much time does he travels.
160min or 2hr 40min   220min or 3hr 40min   140min or 2hr 20min   100min or 1hr 40min  
 

28. In a class 80% have passed english,70% passed Hindi 10% did not passed either. If 144 students passed both. What is the total strength of the class.
250  230  270  240 
 

29. Find the least number when divided by 7 gives the reminder 6, when divided by 6 gives reminder 5, when divided by 5 gives reminder 4 and so on....
460  419  480  410 
 

30. If a man stands in front of sun what is the first letter of the direction which is left to him:
North(N)  West(W)  East(E)  South(S) 
 

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WIPRO Placement Paper (Aptitude and Technical) - January 2010 - Part 4

Questions = 50 ; Time limit = 50 minutes. no negative marking. Offline (paper & pen) test
Section3 Technical , 20 Questions:

31. After execution of CMP, a instruction in Intel 8085 microprocessor
ZF is set and CY is reset.  ZF is set CY is unchanged
  ZF is reset, CY is set  ZF is reset , CY is unchanged
 

32. Convert the infix to postfix for A-(B+C)*(D/E)
ABE+DC/*-   ABD+CE/*-   ACB+DE/*-   ABC+DE/*-
 

33. Picard's method uses _______?
Successive Integration Successive Differentiation  Both  None
 

34. Predict the output or error(s) for the following:
void main()
{
int const * p=5;
printf("%d",++(*p));
}

5  6  Compiler error: Cannot modify a constant value.   None of the above
 

35. Predict the output or error(s) for the following:
main()
{
char s[ ]="man";
int i;
for(i=0;s[ i ];i++)
printf("\n%c%c%c%c",s[ i ],*(s+i),*(i+s),i[s]);
}

 man
mmmm
     aaaa
     nnnn 
 mmmm
      aaa
      nn
 None of the above
 

36. Identify the recording mode, by which you can record the non-standard object in QTP
Standard recording   Analog recording   Low level recording   None
 

37. By default, how many no of tables would be there in a script?
One   Two   Three   Four
 

38. The file extension of Shared object repository file is
MTR   TSR   QRS   None
 

39. To invoke the function which does not return any value, we can use
call function name   function name  Both A & B   None
 

40. How many bits are needed within a machine code instruction to select a single register in a machine with 16 general registers?
2  3  4  5
 

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WIPRO Placement Paper (Aptitude and Technical) - January 2010 - Part 5

Questions = 50 ; Time limit = 50 minutes. no negative marking. Offline (paper & pen) test

41. which key in any windows screen is used to invoke file menu
alt+ctrl+f  alt+f  ctrl+f  shift+f 
 

42. Object which is used for calling the win32 api functions in QTP, we use
extern   description   environment   None 
 

43. What is the result of adding the binary numbers 01000001 and 11111111 on an 8 bit machine?
11111111   00000000   01111111   Overflow 
 

44. Which of the following does POP stand for?
Post Office Protocol   Peer over peer  Private Office Protocol   Post Optical Protocol 
 

45. Which of the following stages of compilation produces a syntax tree?
Parsing   Code generation   Lexical analysis   Semantic analysis 
 

46. Which of the following is not contained in a system description?
Internal data flows   Flows leaving and entering the system   Relationship between external entities   Internal components or processes 
 

47. What is the result of adding the binary numbers 01000011 and 10010000 on an 8 bit machine?
11010011   11110011   11001011   11010101 
 

48. How is the decimal value for 30 represented in binary?
00001111   00011010   00011110   00011111 
 

49. A memory chip has 8 data lines and 9 address lines. How many bytes can be stored on it?
511   512   500   256 
 

50. Which of the following devices requires the highest input data transferrate?
mouse   Keyboard   Floppy disk   CD 
 

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