Integra Placement Paper - :Quantitative Maths Question

Integra Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers

1. Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 27 seconds and 17 seconds respectively, and they cross each other in 23 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is:
   (A) 1 : 3
   (B) 3 : 2
   (C) 3 : 4
   (D) None of these
   Ans: B
   


2. A train passes a station platform in 36 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, what is the length of the platform?
   (A) 240 m
   (B) 120 m
   (C) 300 m
   (D) None of these
   Ans: A
   


3. A can do a work in 15 days, and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, the fraction of the work that is left is:
   (A) 1/4
   (B) 1/10
   (C) 7/15
   (D) 8/15
   Ans: D
   


4. On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is:
   (A) Rs. 45
   (B) Rs. 50
   (C) Rs. 55
   (D) Rs. 60
   Ans: D
   


5. Passage 1: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
   
   But I did not want to shoot the elephant. I watched him beating his bunch of grass against his knees, with the preoccupied grandmotherly air that elephants have...
   1. The author did not want to shoot the elephant because he:
      (A) was afraid of it
      (B) did not have the experience of shooting big animals
      (C) did not wish to kill an animal which was not doing anybody any harm
      (D) did not find the elephant to be ferocious
      Ans: B
      
   2. The phrase "preoccupied grandmotherly air" signifies:
      (A) being totally unconcerned
      (B) pretending to be very busy
      (C) a very superior attitude
      (D) calm, dignified, and affectionate disposition
      Ans: D
      
   3. From the passage, it appears that the author was:
      (A) an inexperienced hunter
      (B) kind and considerate
      (C) possessed with fear
      (D) a worried man
      Ans: B
      


6. Passage 2: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
   
   In the world today we make health an end in itself. We have forgotten that health is really a means to enable a person to do his work and do it well...
   1. A healthy man should be concerned with:
      (A) his work which good health makes possible
      (B) looking after his health
      (C) his health which makes work possible
      (D) talking about health
      Ans: A
      
   2. The passage tells us:
      (A) how medicine should be manufactured
      (B) what a healthy man should or should not do
      (C) what television programmes should be about
      (D) how best to imagine illness
      Ans: B
      

HCL Technical Questions

1. How many devices can be used on a single SCSI bus? Keep in mind that the SCSI host adapter counts as a device.
   (A) 1
   (B) 8
   (C) 20
   (D) 10
   (E) All of the above
   Ans: B
   
2. To install a second IDE drive into a computer, you must:
   (A) Set the master-slave jumper to slave on the second drive
   (B) Use the IDE configuration software to set the new drive as slave
   (C) Verify that you define the new drive as D: in the CMOS setup
   (D) Verify that you attach the drive to the connector at the end of the ribbon cable
   Ans: A