Paragon Placement Paper -: Technical Analysis Questions With Answers

Paragon Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers

1. The cost price of a TV is ₹ 7,272. The seller wants to sell it at 30% profit, and at the same time, he wants to offer consecutive discounts of 20% and 10%. What should be the marked price of the TV so that he is able to earn 30% profit even after offering the discounts?
   

   (a) ₹ 11,110

   (b) ₹ 10,000

   (c) ₹ 13,130

   (d) ₹ 12,120 (Ans)

2. John bought an item for ₹ 200 and sold it to Mahesh for a profit of 20%. Mahesh further sold it to Ramesh for a profit of 10%. If Ramesh further sold this item to Virat for ₹ 280, then what was the profit percentage of Ramesh approximately?
   

   (a) 8%

   (b) 6%

   (c) 4%

   (d) 5% (Ans)

3. All the vertices of a right-angled triangle lie on the circumference of a circle. The lengths of the two perpendicular sides of the triangle are 14 cm and 48 cm. What is the area of the circle?
   

   (a) 2304 π cm²

   (b) 576 π cm²

   (c) 625 π cm²

   (d) 2500 π cm² (Ans)

4. A sum of money was divided into 2 parts in the ratio 2:5. The first part was invested for 2 years at an annual interest rate of 20% compounded annually. At what rate of simple interest per annum must the second part be invested for 2 years, so that the interest earned in both cases is the same?
   

   (a) 8.8%

   (b) Cannot be determined

   (c) 10.2%

   (d) 9.6% (Ans)

5. A train running at the speed of 72 km/hr can cross a stationary pole in 10 seconds. How much time will it take to overtake a train of length 500 metres running at 54 km/hr in the same direction?
   

   (a) 130 seconds

   (b) 110 seconds

   (c) 120 seconds

   (d) 140 seconds (Ans)

6. Which one of the following can produce the final product of machine processing in a form usable by humans?

   A) storage

   B) control

   C) input device

   D) output device (Ans)

7. The term 'memory' applies to which one of the following?

   A) logic

   B) storage (Ans)

   C) input device

   D) output device

8. A program written in machine language is called a ______ program.

   A) object (Ans)

   B) computer

   C) assembler

   D) high level

9. A source program is the program written in ______ language.

   A) English

   B) symbolic

   C) high level (Ans)

   D) object

10. Which one of the following data structures is preferred in database-system implementation?

    • a) AVL tree
    • b) B-tree
    • c) B+ -tree (Ans)
    • d) Splay tree

    Explanation: The database-system implementations use the B+ -tree data structure because they can be used for multilevel indexing.

11. What is an AVL tree?

    • a) a tree which is balanced and is a height balanced tree (Ans)
    • b) a tree which is unbalanced and is a height balanced tree
    • c) a tree with three children
    • d) a tree with at most 3 children

    Explanation: It is a self-balancing tree with a height difference of at most 1.

12. Sporadic:

    A) Epidemic

    B) Whirling

    C) Occasional (Ans)

    D) Stagnant

13. Compendium:

    A) Summary

    B) Index

    C) Reference

    D) Collection (Ans)