2011 Bharat Forge Placement Paper - I with
Answers and Solutions:-
1.In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is
composed of girls
A.y/(x + y)
B.x/xy
C.x/(x + y)
D.y/xy
Ans.C
2.What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream that can be
filled with a 4-gallon can of cream(2 pt.=1 qt. and 4 qt.=1 gal)
A.16
B.24
C.30
D.64
Ans.D
3.If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the
value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3
A.0
B.1
C.-1
D.4
Ans.B
4.A coffee shop blends 2 kinds of coffee,putting in 2 parts of a 33p. a gm.
grade to 1 part of a 24p. a gm.If the mixture is changed to 1 part of the 33p.
a gm. to 2 parts of the less expensive grade,how much will the shop save in
blending 100 gms.
A.Rs.90
B.Rs.1.00
C.Rs.3.00
D.Rs.8.00
Ans.C
5.There are 200 questions on a 3 hr examination.Among these questions are
50 mathematics problems.It is suggested that twice as much time be spent on
each maths problem as for each other question.How many minutes should be spent
on mathematics problems
A.36
B.72
C.60
D.100
Ans.B
6.In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have
not studied either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek
A.0
B.3
C.4
D.5
Ans.B
7.If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)2 =
A.1/4
B.1/2
C.1
D.2
Ans.C
8. If a and b are positive integers and (a-b)/3.5 = 4/7, then
(A) b < a
(B) b > a
(C) b = a
(D) b >= a
Ans. A
9. In june a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its game
played. After a phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to 50%
.How many games must the team have won in a row to attain this average?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 24
D. 30
Ans. C
10. M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. If three men drop out how
much more will each have to contribute towards the purchase of the gift/
A. D/(M-3)
B. MD/3
C. M/(D-3)
D. 3D/(M2-3M)
Ans. D
11..In the command scanf, h is used for
Ans. Short int
12. A process is defined as
Ans. Program in execution
13. A thread is
Ans. Detachable unit of executable code)
14.What is the advantage of Win NT over Win 95
Ans. Robust and secure
15.How is memory management done in Win95
Ans. Through paging and segmentation
16.What is meant by polymorphism
Ans. Redefinition of a base class method in a derived class
17.What is the essential feature of inheritance
Ans. All properties of existing class are derived.
18.What does the protocol FTP do
Ans. Transfer a file b/w stations with user authentification
19.In the transport layer ,TCP is what type of protocol
Ans. Connection oriented.
20.Why is a gateway used
Ans. To connect incompatible networks.
The office staff of XYZ corporation presently consists of three
bookeepers--A, B, C and 5 secretaries D, E, F, G, H. The management is planning
to open a new office in another city using 2 bookeepers and 3 secretaries of
the present staff . To do so they plan to seperate certain individuals who don't
function well together. The following guidelines were established to set up the
new office.
I. Bookeepers A and C are constantly finding fault with one another and
should not be sent together to the new office as a team
II. C and E function well alone but not as a team , they should be
seperated
III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and shouldn't go together
IV Since D and F have been competing for promotion they shouldn't be a
team.
21.If A is to be moved as one of the bookeepers,which of the following
cannot be a possible working unit.
A.ABDEH
B.ABDGH
C.ABEFH
D.ABEGH
Ans.B
22.If C and F are moved to the new office,how many combinations are
possible
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
Ans.A
23.If C is sent to the new office,which member of the staff cannot go with
C
A.B
B.D
C.F
D.G
Ans.B
24.Under the guidelines developed,which of the following must go to the new
office
A.B
B.D
C.E
D.G
Ans.A
25.If D goes to the new office,which of the following is/are true
I.C cannot go
II.A cannot go
III.H must also go
A.I only
B.II only
C.I and II only
D.I and III only
Ans.D
2011 Bharat Forge Placement Paper - II with
Answers and Solutions:-
1. A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr.Brown can paint a house in 6
days while Mr.Black would take 8 days and Mr.Blue 12 days. After 8 days
Mr.Brown goes on vacation and Mr. Black begins to work for a period of 6 days.
How many days will it take Mr.Blue to complete the contract?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 11
D. 12
Ans.C
2. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the
same station travelling in the same direction at an average speed of 16 km/hr.
After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The
average speed of the freight train was?
A. 30
B. 40
C.58
D. 60
Ans. B
3. If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ?
A.-5
B. 4
C. 2
D. 8
Ans. D
4. In a group of six women, there are four dancers, four vocal musicians,
one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists
while Jalaja and Shailaja do not know how to play on the violin. Shailaja and
Tanuja are among the dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all vocal
musicians and two of them are also violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who
among the following is both a dancer and violinist ?
A) Jalaja
B) Shailaja
C) Tanuja
D) Pooja
Ans: C
5. Salay walked 10 m towards West from his house. Then he walked 5 m
turning to his left. After this he walked 10 m turning to his left and in the
end he walked 10 m turning to his left. In what direction is he now from his
starting point?
(A) South
(B) North
(C) East
(D) West
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
6. Manish goes 7 km towards South-East from his house, then he goes 14 km
turning to West. After this he goes 7 km towards North West and in the end he
goes 9 km towards East. How far is he from his house?
(A) 5 km
(B) 7 km
(C) 2 km
(D) 14 km
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
7. Laxman went 15 kms from my house, then turned left and walked 20 kms. He
then turned east and walked 25 kms and finally turning left covered 20kms. How
far was he from his house.
(A) 5 kms
(B) 10 kms
(C) 40 kms
(D) 80 kms
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
8. The door of Aditya's house faces the east. From the back side of his
house, he walks straight 50 metres, then turns to the right and walks 50
metres, then turns towards left and stops after walking 25 metres . Now Aditya
is in which direction from the starting point?
(A) South-East
(B) North-East
(C) South- West
(D) North-West
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
9. P, Q, R and S are playing a game of carrom. P, R, and S, Q are partners.
S is to the right of R who is facing west. Then Q is facing ?
(A) North
(B) South
(C) East
(D) West
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
10. A clock is so placed that at 12 noon its minute hand points towards
north-east. In which direction does its hour hand point at 1.30 p.m?
(A) North
(B) South
(C) East
(D) West
(E) None of these
Ans: C
11.How is linked list implemented
Ans. By referential structures.
12.What method is used in Win95 in multitasking?
Ans. Non preemptive check.
13.What is meant by functional dependency?
14.What is a semaphore?
Ans. A method synchronization of multiple processes
15.What is the precedence order from high to low ,of the symbols ( ) ++ /
Ans.( ) , ++, /
16.Preorder of A*(B+C)/D-G
Ans.*+ABC/-DG
18. B-tree (failure nodes at same level)
19. Dense index (index record appers for every search -key in file)
20.What is the efficiency of merge sort
Ans. O(n log n)
