Alumnus Edge Placement Paper - Quantitative, Logical, and Data Interpretation Questions

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1. If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?
   

   (A) 15

   (B) 12

   (C) 18

   (D) 10

   (Ans: B)
2. If x=y=2z and xyz=256, then what is the value of x?
   

   (A) 12

   (B) 8

   (C) 16

   (D) 6

   (Ans: B)
3. (1/10)¹⁸ - (1/10)²⁰ = ?
   

   (A) 99/10²⁰

   (B) 99/10

   (C) 0.9

   (D) None of these

   (Ans: A)
4. Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes, Pipe B in 30 minutes, and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 minutes. If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill the tank.
   

   (A) 17 1/7 mins

   (B) 20 mins

   (C) 8 mins

   (D) None of these

   (Ans: A)
5. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hours a day should 40 men work to complete the job?
   

   (A) 8 hrs

   (B) 7 1/2 hrs

   (C) 7 hrs

   (D) 9 hrs

   (Ans: B)
6. Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38 and product is 1728.
   

   (A) 12

   (B) 20

   (C) 8

   (D) None of these

   (Ans: C)
7. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4 hrs. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water current.
   

   (A) 1/2 kmph

   (B) 7/12 kmph

   (C) 5 kmph

   (D) None of these

   (Ans: B)
8. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long. Find the area it can graze.
   

   (A) 38.5 sq.m

   (B) 155 sq.m

   (C) 144 sq.m

   (D) 19.25 sq.m

   (Ans: A)
9. In operating systems, which of the following actions trigger context switching?
   

   (A) System call

   (B) Divided by zero exceptions

   (C) All of the above

   (Ans: A)
10. How many address lines are required for 1 Mega Byte of memory?
    

    (A) 20

    (B) 10

    (C) 12

    (Ans: A)
11. In OSI, which layer is responsible for terminal emulation?
    

    (A) Application layer

    (B) Presentation layer

    (C) Transport layer

    (Ans: A)
12. What is the minimum value that can be stored in 8 bits using a signed int datatype?
    

    (A) -255

    (B) -128

    (C) -127

    (Ans: B)
13. What is the size of the memory unit, WORD?
    

    (A) CPU specific

    (B) 1 byte

    (C) 2 bytes

    (Ans: A)
14. Which layer of OSI is responsible for modulation and demodulation?
    

    (A) Physical Layer

    (B) Data Link Layer

    (C) Network Layer

    (Ans: A)
15. Mohan earned twice as much as Deep. Yogesh earned Rs. 3 more than half as much as Deep. If the amounts earned by Mohan, Deep, Yogesh are M, D, Y respectively, which of the following is the correct ordering of these amounts?
    

    (A) M < D < Y

    (B) M < Y < D

    (C) D < M < Y

    (D) It cannot be determined from the information given

    (E) D < Y < M

    (Ans: A)
16. Given that A, B, C, D, E each represent one of the digits between 1 and 9 and that the following multiplication holds:
    

            A B C D E
          X       4
        ------------
            E D C B A
        

    What digit does E represent?
    

    (A) 4

    (B) 6

    (C) 7

    (D) 8

    (Ans: D)