Alumnus Edge Placement Paper -Programming Questions And Answers

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1. What is the output of the program:
   

   void main() {
   struct a {
     int i;
     char *st1;
   };
   typedef struct a ST;
   ST *str1;
   str1=(ST*)malloc(100);
   str1->i=100;
   strcpy(str1->st1,"Welcome to Oracle");
   printf(" %d%s\n",str1->i,str1->st1);
   getch();
   }

   (A) Core dump

   (B) Will not compile

   (C) 100, Welcome to Oracle

   (D) None of these

   (Ans: C)
2. What is the output of the program:
   

   void main() {
   int i, j, k;
   i=2;
   j=4;
   k=i++ > j & 2;
   printf("%d\n",k);
   if(++k && ++i < --j || i++) {
     j=++k;
   }
   printf(" %d %d %d",i,-j--,k);
   getch();
   }

   (A) 4, -3, 2

   (B) 5, -3, 2

   (C) 4, -2, 2

   (D) 5, -2, 2

   (Ans: D)
3. Find \( \frac{7x + 4y}{x - 2y} \) if \( \frac{x}{2y} = \frac{3}{2} \):
   

   (A) 6

   (B) 8

   (C) 7

   (D) Data insufficient

   (Ans: C)
4. If \( 2x - y = 4 \), then \( 6x - 3y \) = ?
   

   (A) 15

   (B) 12

   (C) 18

   (D) 10

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

   (A) 12

   (B) 8

   (C) 16

   (D) 6

   (Ans: B)
6. \( (1/10)^{18} - (1/10)^{20} = ? \)
   

   (A) 99/1020

   (B) 99/10

   (C) 0.9

   (D) None of these

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

   (A) 17 1/7 minutes

   (B) 20 minutes

   (C) 8 minutes

   (D) None of these

   (Ans: A)
8. 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 hours

   (B) 7 1/2 hours

   (C) 7 hours

   (D) 9 hours

   (Ans: B)
9. 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)
10. 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

    (Ans: C)

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