Sonata Placement Paper -: Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning Questions With Answers

Sonata Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers

1. In the following question, a part of the sentence is italicized and underlined. Choose the correct alternative to improve the sentence:
   After it was repaired, it “ran perfect” again.
   

   A. Ran perfectly Answer: Option A

   B. Would run perfectly

   C. Ran perfect

   D. Could of run perfect

   E. Could run perfect

2. In the following question, a part of the sentence is italicized and underlined. Choose the correct alternative to improve the sentence:
   The fact that boxing is known to cause head injuries and brain damage “SHOULD LEAD US TO INFORM” the public and push for a ban on boxing.
   

   A. Should lead us to inform

   B. Could lead us to inform

   C. Should of led us to inform

   D. Should have led us to inform

   E. Will lead us to inform Answer: Option A

3. The passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given. The middle four sentences, labeled P, Q, R, and S, are jumbled. Find the proper sequence:
   S1: For some time in his youth, Abraham Lincoln was manager for a shop.
   P: Then a chance customer would come.
   Q: Young Lincoln's way of keeping shop was entirely unlike anyone else's.
   R: Lincoln would jump up and attend to his needs and then revert to his reading.
   S: He used to lie full length on the counter of the shop eagerly reading a book.
   S6: Never before had Lincoln had so much time for reading as had then.
   

   A. SRQP

   B. QSPR Answer: Option B

   C. SQRP

   D. QPSR

4. The passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given. The middle four sentences, labeled P, Q, R, and S, are jumbled. Find the proper sequence:
   S1: Smoke oozed up between the planks.
   P: Passengers were told to be ready to quit the ship.
   Q: The rising gale fanned the smoldering fire.
   R: Everyone now knew there was fire on board.
   S: Flames broke out here and there.
   S6: Most people bore the shock bravely.
   

   A. SRQP Answer: Option A

   B. QPSR

   C. RSPQ

   D. QSRP

5. In the following question, a part of the sentence is italicized and underlined. Choose the correct alternative to improve the sentence:
   In August, my parents “WILL BE MARRIED” for twenty-five years.
   

   A. Shall have been married for twenty-five years.

   B. Will have been married for twenty-five years. Answer: Option B

   C. Will have married for twenty-five years.

   D. Will be married for twenty-five years.

   E. Will be married for twenty-five years.

6. Which command will delete all data from a table and will not write to the rollback segment?
   

   A. DROP

   B. DELETE

   C. CASCADE

   D. TRUNCATE Answer: Option D

7. Which of the following can be a valid column name?
   

   A. Column Answer: Option A

   B. 1966_Invoices

   C. Catch_#22

   D. #Invoices

8. Which Paragon access method is the fastest way for Paragon to retrieve a single row?
   

   A. Primary key access

   B. Access via unique index

   C. Table access by ROWID Answer: Option C

   D. Full table scan

9. In this PL/SQL statement, which of the following lines will produce an error?
   

   A. cursor CAPITALS is select CITY, STATE Answer: Option A

   B. into my_city, my_state

   C. from CITIES

   D. where CAPITAL = 'Y';

10. In a PL/SQL block, a variable is declared as NUMBER without an initial value. What will its value be when it is used in the executable section of the PL/SQL block?
    

    A. NULL Answer: Option A

    B. 0

    C. Results in a compilation error

    D. An exception will be raised

11. Harry and Sharry together take 8 days to dig a cubical well of depth, length and width 5 metres each. If Harry is twice as fast as Sharry, then how much time would Sharry alone take to dig up a cubical well of depth, length and width 10 metres each?
    

    A) 216 days

    B) 192 days

    C) 144 days (Ans)

    D) 208 days

12. A cylindrical water tank having a height of 6 metres has a capacity of 5,000 litres. Two pipes are filling this tank at the rate of 30 litres per second and 20 litres per second. There are two leaks in the tank. One is at a height of 3 metres and it drains water at the rate of 10 litres per second. The other is at a height of 4.5 metres and it drains water at the rate of 5 litres per second. How much time will it take to fill the empty tank?
    

    A) 120.24 seconds

    B) 108.62 seconds

    C) 116.96 seconds

    D) 112.48 seconds (Ans)

13. If '+' means '÷', '-' means '+', '÷' means 'x' and 'x' means '-', then what will be the value of ((1200 + 24 - 55) + 5) x 12 ?
    

    A) 9

    B) 7

    C) 6 (Ans)

    D) 8

14. If '+' means '÷', '-' means '+', '÷' means '×', and '×' means '-', then what will be the value of 13 ÷ 15 - 1670 + 5 × 21?
    

    (a) 438

    (b) 508

    (c) 732

    (d) 672 (Ans)

15. A cuboid of dimension 12 cm × 16 cm × 20 cm is cut into small cubes of edge length 4 cm. What is the difference between the total surface area of the original cuboid and the sum of the surface area of all the small cubes?
    

    (a) 5008 cm²

    (b) 4256 cm²

    (c) 1408 cm²

    (d) 0 cm² (Ans)

16. How many prime numbers are there that are less than 30 and can be represented both as a sum and a difference of two primes?
    

    (a) 4

    (b) 1

    (c) 10

    (d) 0 (Ans)