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the paper consists of three parts:

1.English(50 ques,50 marks)
2.Quantitative aptitude(50 ques,50 marks)
3.Logical Reasoning(50 ques,50 marks)
total time:90 min.
The paper was totally on the pattern of Bank PO exam. There were no ques of shakuntala devi or george summers...


There was 3 sections-
English usage,
Logical Reasoning and
arithmetic n data interpretation

There were in total 150 q's, having 50 q's from each sections. All Q's were easy.

Time limit : 90 mins

Before going to venue, just read out the instructions given on the site, coz there was lot of confusions. I did keep with me the specimen answer sheet.

Section 1: English usage

In this there was a paragrap, nearly 400 words, about regularization of banking acts. On basis of this para there was q's . These are as follows-

--> 10 direct q's relataed to para

--> 3 Synoyms(Contemporay, Resilence etc.)

--> 3 Antonyms

--> 9 q's were based on fill in d blanks which was nothing bt, about Development and Education in Punjab and U.P.

on an average all d synonyms n antonyms were very easy and day to day conversational use. These synonyms and antonyms were given in bold in d para.

While solving this type of para plz keep in mind that one time reading with better comprehension is nt only helpful, bt u have to use regression. Remaining 25 q's were based on finding out grammatical error(u can see in any cat/ mat preparartion book). some were diifficult.

In this section i did only 23 q's.

Section 2 : Reasoning

--> 1 caselet based sitting arrangement(5-6 q's)

--> 5 q's based on Blood Relation(if A+B stands for A is father of B , A-B stands for Ais bro of B......... then what is A-B*c so on )

--> 5 q's based on critical resoning(like all banana's are mango, some mangoes are chilli then conclude...)

--> 4-5 q's based on series. In this you have to find out odd one in he series.

--> Some on coding decoding

--> Some were slightly different. These were like -- 5 different nos were given and said that 1 is added to the first digit of all numbers and 1 is subtracted from the middle digit. then Find out the second largest n so on.

--> Some were Data Sufficiency

Suggestion: For seies go through Mitra's Book Quicker maths.

Section 3 : Arithmetic

In this topic on which Q's were based, is as -

1. Probab -- 5 q's, in this q like--- there are different balls in a bag as3-green, 5-blue, 7-red. 6-black then find out the probab of getting 2 red balls, gtting at least 1 gren ball while picking up 3 balls n so on.

2. Series Comletion- 5 q

3. Simplification-10-12 q, as (1) if 12.48 / ? / 56.4 = 12.3 then find ? and so on

4. Compound Interest -1q (Direct Formula)

5. Trains speed-1q as, A train crosses a platform of length double of its length, in 30 sec. Find speed of train.(Ans- can not determined)

6. Data Interpretation- 15 q, 2tables and 1 pie chart, vey easy just calculation basis.

Do as much as possible Bank po sets, there is nothing bt all depends on UR CALCULATION SPEED.

ICICI Infotech Placement Papers

Aptitude Question Paper (2005)



2 ^ a = a ^ 3





(A) b <> a (C) b = a (D) b >= a (Ans. A)








Ans: Cannot be determined.



Ans: 3 hours.



22. If PQRST is a parallelogram what it the ratio of triangle PQS & parallelogram PQRST . (Ans: 1:2 )

23. The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the profit is 10% over selling price what is the selling price ? (Ans: Rs 13.86/- )


25. To 15 lts of water containing 20% alcohol, we add 5 lts of pure water. What is % alcohol. (Ans : 15% )


27. If the value of x lies between 0 & 1 which of the following is the largest? (a) x b) x2 (c) –x (d) 1/x (Ans : (d) )








35. 20% of a 6 litre solution and 60% of 4 litre solution are mixed. What percentage of the mixture of solution(Ans: 36%)





40. Which of the following fractions is less than 1/3 (a) 22/62 (b) 15/46 (c) 2/3 (d) 1 (Ans: (b))

41. There are two circles, one circle is inscribed and another circle is circumscribed over a square. What is the ratio of area of inner to outer circle? Ans: 1 : 2


43. in a class, except 18 all are above 50 years.15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there (a) 30 (b) 33 (c) 36 (d) none of these. (Ans. (d))











53. If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit. If they now give 10% discount then what is the profit percentage. (a) 40% (b) 55% (c) 35% (d) 30% (Ans. D)


55. In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/- in 5 years ? (a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 600 (c) Rs. 800 (d) Rs. 900 (Ans. C)



58. How many mashes are there in 1 squrare meter of wire gauge if each mesh
is 8mm long and 5mm wide ?

59. x% of y is y% of ?


(a) Rs.500 (b) Rs.1500 (c) Rs.1000 (d) Rs. 900 (Ans C)



(a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 19 (d) 29 (Ans. A)

(a) 5 cms (b) 2 cms (c) 3 cms (d) 4 cms (Ans C)

66. A rectangular plank (2)1/2 meters wide can be placed so that it is on either side of the diagonal of a square shown below.(Figure is not available)What is the area of the plank? ( Ans :7*(2)1/2 )

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 (Ans. C)

(a) 40 yrs (b) 30 yrs (c) 50 yrs (d) none of these (Ans. A)


(a) 200/3 % (b) 200/6 % (c) 100% (d) none of these (Ans. A)

a) 10 b) 7 c) 6 d) 12 (Ans 7)

a) 10% b) 6% c) 8% d) 9% (Ans 8%)

73. In objective test a correct ans score 4 marks and on a wrong ans 2 marks are ---. a student score 480 marks from 150 question. how many ans were correct? a) 120 b) 130 c) 110 d) 150 (Ans130)

a) 500 b) 488 c) 480 d) 510 (Ans 500)


76. A works thrice as much as B. If A takes 60 days less than B to do a work then find the number of days it would take to complete the work if both work together? Ans. 22½days

77. How many 1's are there in the binary form of 8*1024 + 3*64 + 3 Ans. 4



80. If there are 1024*1280 pixels on a screen and each pixel can have around 16 million colors. Find the memory required for this? (Ans. 4MB)

81. . On a particular day A and B decide that they would either speak the truth or will lie. C asks A whether he is speaking truth or lying? He answers and B listens to what he said. C then asks B what A has said B says "A says that he is a liar" What is B speaking ?(a) Truth (b) Lie (c) Truth when A lies (d) Cannot be determined Ans. (b)

82. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when time is 8:30 Ans. 75(approx)

83. A student is ranked 13th from right and 8th from left. How many students are there in totality ? 84. A man walks east and turns right and then from there to his left and then 45degrees to his right.In which direction did he go (Ans. North west)


86. A man shows his friend a woman sitting in a park and says that she the daughter of my grandmother's only son.What is the relation between the two
Ans. Daughter

87. How many squares with sides 1/2 inch long are needed to cover a rectangle that is 4 ft long and 6 ft wide (a) 24 (b) 96 (c) 3456 (d) 13824 (e) 14266

88. If a=2/3b , b=2/3c, and c=2/3d what part of d is b/ (a) 8/27 (b) 4/9 (c) 2/3 (d) 75% (e) 4/3 Ans. (b)

89. 2598Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of (a) 30% (b) 32% (c) 34% (d) 35% (e) 36 Ans. (b)

90. The petrol tank of an automobile can hold g liters.If a liters was removed when the tank was full, what part of the full tank was removed? (a)g-a (b)g/a (c) a/g (d) (g-a)/a (e) (g-a)/g (Ans. (c)) 91. If x/y=4 and y is not '0' what % of x is 2x-y
(a)150% (b)175% (c)200% (d)250% (Ans. (b))


Technical questions

1. How are devices represented in UNIX?


2. What is 'inode'?


Inode consists of the following fields:

Ø File owner identifier

Ø File type

Ø File access permissions

Ø File access times

Ø Number of links

Ø File size

Ø Location of the file data

3. Brief about the directory representation in UNIX




Ø open(pathname,flag,mode) - open file

Ø creat(pathname,mode) - create file

Ø close(filedes) - close an open file

Ø read(filedes,buffer,bytes) - read data from an open file

Ø write(filedes,buffer,bytes) - write data to an open file

Ø lseek(filedes,offset,from) - position an open file

Ø dup(filedes) - duplicate an existing file descriptor

Ø dup2(oldfd,newfd) - duplicate to a desired file descriptor

Ø fcntl(filedes,cmd,arg) - change properties of an open file

Ø ioctl(filedes,request,arg) - change the behaviour of an open file


5. How do you change File Access Permissions?

Every file has following attributes:

Ø owner's user ID ( 16 bit integer )

Ø owner's group ID ( 16 bit integer )

Ø File access mode word


(user permission-group permission-others permission)

r-read, w-write, x-execute


Example 1:


chmod(myfile,0664) .

Each operation is represented by discrete values

'r' is 4

'w' is 2

'x' is 1


Example 2:






Commands for linking files are:

Link ln filename1 filename2

Symbolic link ln -s filename1 filename2

7. What is a FIFO?


8. How do you create special files like named pipes and device files?

The system call mknod creates special files in the following sequence.

1. kernel assigns new inode,



For example:


9. Discuss the mount and unmount system calls


10. How does the inode map to data block of a file?


For more questions on Unix,C ,Data Structures,Networking...
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Do's & Dont's

Interview DOs



3. Arrive early; 10 minutes prior to the interview start time.



6. Listen to be sure you understand your interviewer's name and the correct pronunciation.


8. Maintain good eye contact during the interview.

9. Sit still in your seat; avoid fidgeting and slouching.


11. Ask for clarification if you don't understand a question.

12. Be thorough in your responses, while being concise in your wording.






Interview DON'Ts

1 Don't make excuses. Take responsibility for your decisions and your actions.

2 Don't make negative comments about previous employers or professors (or others).

3 Don't falsify application materials or answers to interview questions.




7 Don't act as though you would take any job or are desperate for employment.






13 Don't chew gum or smell like smoke.





Founded in 1994 as a division of Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, Cognizant Technology Solutions began doing large-scale full life cycle software projects. CTS works in fields related e-business and application management. CTS is also engaged in offshore development and provide services in other fields like wireless, data warehousing and euro-compliance. They also service varied industries like healthcare, finance, information services, retail and restaurant and telecom.


The written test had d following format. The paper was from Merit Trac
English (20 mins)
- 2 Reading Comprehension
- Find the incorrect sentences
- Find the correct sentences
- Jumbled sentences which u have to arrange in an order SECTION - II (30 mins)
-5 ques on Binary nos
( if 1 is replaced by $ and 0 by * so how is lcm of 56,45 represented as ? )
-Problem on Cubes
-3 sums on maths
-Statement and Assumptions
-a problem on Venn Diagram
-Puzzle (arrangements problems) SECTION - III (20 mins)
-Statement - Conclusion
-find the decision sentence from d given sentence much like statement conclusion but u got to read n interpret instead of drawing venn diagrams
-Pick the odd one out
- Fig coming next in d series
- one puzzle again

The written test was preceded by filling up d ans sheet wid some details. v ver told der was no negative marking and der was sectional cutoff. the time is very less for each section esp for english so pls speed up n attempt those ques first that u know n leave d ques u dnt know for some last min wild guesses. in eng do RC in d end only else u vl lose a lot of time in dat.

here r some conversations I remember from d intervw.

Interviewer : So u have written here @ ssc n hsc percentage rite? u have done BCA?
Me : yes sir
Interviewer : So purvi , Tell me something @ urself
Me : I spoke academics, family background, strength weakness, hobbies
Interviewr:Have u done any proj in bca ?
Me: yes a minor proj
Interviewr:tell me @ data proj.explain
Me : I explained d whole thing... blah blah
Interviewr:whose idea was there behind d proj?
Me : mine initially
Interviewr:Have u done any proj in MCA?
Me : yes n explained d whole thing
he was not much convinced so asked me more @ d proj n a ill bit technical details @ d proj.I explained well again.
Interviewr:Are u ready to travel in ne part of India?
Me : initially yes sir .I don't have any problem in wherever ur company sends me Interviewr:Why CTS?
Me: It has been my dream co since d first day of my college.whn my senrs told data dey r placed in cogni on orientation day I was inclined to know more abt it. I also explained a lil bit abt my fav subject on compilers n all. He also asked me about having A.Cs in classrooms n all n appreciated d environment of our college
Interviewr:What d u know abt cognizant
Me : I have heard a lot of positive feedbacks from my sends n work satisfaction n all.... Interviewr:How d u keep urself updated wid latest technology
Me : I said I read technology magazines in my college library n get newsletters on technology.dnt rely much on internet for it. magazines r a good medium for me I spoke a lot abt d company as it being my dream co.
Interviewr:Do u have ne questions to ask?
Me : Yes sir, I wud like to know abt@ training prog in ur co.. n if our duration of training can b shortened based on our performance evaluation.
He explained me why its not posb in their co. n also told me dat v get to learn from employees of their co who have 5-11 yrs of work exp.
Me : May I knw ur name sir?
He told me his name
Interviewr:All the best Purvi!
Me : Thank u sir

They selected 60 students out of 146!!!


Cognizant paper consists of three sections they are
1)verbal 25 questions 20 minutes
2)analytical 25 questions 30 minutes
3)attention 20 questions 20 minutes

verbal consists of
choose the correct sentences among given sentences
choose the incorrect sentences among given sentences (I cant remember the questions but they give mostly on articles,prepositions etc.Know Differences between affect effect like des words.) Jumbled sentences
two reading comprehension passages(global warming really tough one n about whales and hunters this was easy) time is the major factor .I could not have time for rc.

Analytical section:
in a class there are 150 people who speak english n 125 people who speak hindi.55 speak both languages n atleast one student speaks one language
1)-how many students speak atleast one language?(220)
2)how many people speak only one language?(165)

in a class every one will play atleast one sport viz table tennis,cricket n badminton.73 students play table tennis,79 play badminton,75 play cricket and 25 students play both tt n badminton,24 play both tt n cricket 30 play badminton n cricket n16 students play all d sports
3)how many students r der in d class(161)
4)how many students play only cricket.(37)

der is another question related to venn is same as first one....

In a certain language * represents 0 n $ represents 1.
Answer the follewing questions
5) 389+91($$$$*****)
6)lcm of($*$*,$*$**,$*$*$) (420)
7) avg of (10,20,21) ($***$)
8)420 ($$*$**$**)

A is the son of B A+B A is the father of B A-B A is the brother of B A*B

a)P is the Uncle of R like this 4 options ll b given.U should choose d correct one

11)P*Q+R 12)P+Q-R

A cube is cut into 216 parts.the 2nd 4th n 6th layers of the front face r removed n den painted black.Now answer d following questions
13)How many cubes r painted on only one side?
14)how many cubes r painted on only 2 sides?
15)how many cubes r painted on onlly 3 sides?
16)how many cubes r painted on only 4 sides?
17)how many cubes r painted 0 sides?

Data sufficency questions
c)only condition 1 is required to solve
d)only condition 2 is required to solve
e)both r required
f)both r not sufficent

18)find whether X is odd
1) 2*X is even
2) x^2 is odd
A)c B)d C)e D)f

19)how many seconds does a minute hand takes to rotate 360 degrees
1)minute hand revolves round the cloch 5 times in a minute
2)minute hand is 5 times greater thar short hand some other quest ions similar to d above

20)der r 4 cities A,B,C,D.Der r 4 Routes 4m A 2 B,3 routes 4m B 2 C,n 2 routes 4m C 2 D.den in how many different ways can A go 2 D

Attention Section Choose the correct option base on the following statement If tendukkar plays till end india will win d match
a)tendulkar plays till end
b)India wins the match
c)Tendulkar falls cheaply
d)India loses d match
A)ab B)ab n cd C)b D)d

If X travels without a ticket he will b fined 50 bucks
a)X buys d ticket
b)X w2as not fined
c)X doesn't buy a ticket
d)x was fined)
A)ab B)cd C)ab n cd D)none

Some questions like
1)all A's r B's
2)All B's r C's then choose d correct option based on the above statements

1)all tables r chairs
2)some tables r desks

1)no mammels r animals
2)some animals r goats find the odd figure out

8 people A,B,C,D,E,F,G n H,lives in 4 storyed building which contains 2 flats each.flats number 7 n 8 belongs to 4th floor from left to right.flats 3 n 4 are second floor from the bottom and are numbered right to r 5 n 6 which lies on second floor from the top.1st and 2nd are the first floors numbered left to right.A n E stays on the second floor from the bottom.F lies one floor above B,which is one floor above C. three question were asked based on the given problem.


Before giving the pattern pls note these imp points.u have to fill up some questions before the test.
1.ur sem marks
2.whats ur expectation from cts
3.wats ur long term and short term goals
4.mention some points that u think nedd to be a good software engineer orientation
6.ur strengths and weakness
7.hobbies and extra curricular activities

They will surely ask questions from above when u go to pls be prepared for the answers.


1.Verbal(25Q 25min)
5 correct sentence,5 incorrect sentence,jumbled sentence,2 passages
my advice is not to do the reading passage the correct incorrect sentence. then come to passage.u will have no time to read the passage.

2.Analytical(25Q 30min)
venn diagram(5) its simple u can do it .FIRST DO VENN DIAGRAM decimal to binary conversion(5).the ques will be like this.0 replaced with * and 1 replaced with $.PLS DONT GET CONFUSED BY READING REST OF THE QUES.just do DEC TO BIN CONVERSION and replace by symbols.thats all.
eg: avg(70,170,270).just do the average and then convert to binary
similarly lcm(20,40,80) just do lcm and convert to binary data sufficiency (5Q) pls refer RS aggarval

3.Non verbal
odd figure(5),next figure(5),Logical deduction(5),puzzle.
for logical deduction pls refer rs agarval its the nine rules given for syllogisms.odd fig and next fig out is very easy.

212 candidates appeared for test.102 cleared the test.48 cleared the interview.,



The test was very consisted of 3 sections...
1) Verbal 20 questions 25 minutes This section was very easy ...just average knowledge of english is enough
2) Quantitative 25 questions 30 minuites easy section-questions from R.S.Agarwal Verbal And Non Verbal.
3) Analysis questions 25 questions 20 minuites easy section-questions from R.S.Agarwal Verbal And Non Verbal. this section requires a lot of concentratrion to successfully overcome the figure problems...

411 wer selected for interview scheduled on 18th march 2007

Technical/HR interview...

ME: gud mornin
HR: Good Mornin
HR: introduce ur self
ME: :Bla Bla..
HR: Diff b/w Mallloc and Calloc..
ME : Said...
HR: What is Faraday's law...
ME: :Don't kno...
HR: Wats the workin or tube light..
ME: I said ....
HR: Talk abt step wave form
ME: said..
HR: Your fav subject....
ME: Data stru...
HR: why
ME: becoz its our core paper...and ultimate core programmin...contains locgical storages..etc bla bla...
HR: Explain Stack and Q
ME: answed..
ME: Bla bla...
HR: Whas ur strenght and Weakness..
ME: said...while answerin weakness make weakness a positive one...
HR:If there is any quarrel in ur team how would u handle it...
ME: said...
HR: write a program to print fibanocii series...
ME: wrote it.... to get noticed u can make ur own C/C++/JAVA...i did it in JAVA
HR:how do u overlook ur self in 3years..
ME: said...


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