Syntel Placement Paper-2004
There are three sections :
verbal 25 questions 20 minutes
quntitative 45 questions 45 minutes
logical ability 25 questions 25 minutes
questions are easy.i am writing some of the questions that i could
remember.
1. find out the three digit number whose second digit is equal to
the sum of first digit and third digit and when first digit and
second digit are exchanged it gives a difference of 99 from the
origional number.
ans: 253
2.10 years ago the father was 7times older than his son.2 years
hence 2 times the fathers age will be 5 times the sons age.what
are there present age.
ans:38,14
3.sum of the age of mother and daughter is 63......
ans: 43
4.3 prizes r being distributed to 10 persons.a person can take any
number of prizes.how many ways it can be done?
5. a person deposites his 20000 rs at 5% and 4% and at the end he
gains 918 rs.find out the money he deposited on these
persentages.
6.35 persons likes horror movies,25 persons like romantic movies,5
don't like any of them.how many do see both ?
7.if there r 21 spokes in a wheel then how many spaces r there in
between.
8.two flow charts are given(12 questions r based on this)second
flow chart is easier.
9.some conditions are given u can form a family tree with the help
of this.
ans: 4 male members,three children etc..
10. u have to find out the shaded area(remeber 14 cm)
ans: 14*14-22/7(7)^2
11. u have to find area of shaded region(remember 144 or 142cm)
ans: if it is 144
(72*72)+2(22/7)(36)^2
square circles
12: two questions are given on relations.perhaps first one is
wrong
ans: (second one) niece
13. paw:cat::hoof: ?
ans: horse
14. lion:cub::colt: ?
ans:stallion
15:errat:books::flaw: ?
a) manuscript b)speech c)metal d)....
16. ling:lukewarm::
a)cold:freeze
b)cold:hot
c)freezing:cold
d)
16.A person deposits Rs.4000(i am not sure of number) at the rate
of 3.75% per annum.After six months,he withdrew Rs.2000(for example).He
withdrew remaining at the end of one year.Howmuch did he earn?
17.milk and water are mixed in the rario 5:4(for example) and they
form 20 litres, out of which 4 litres are removed and 5 litres of
milk is added.what is the ratio now?
18.In a class 75% of students pass in maths and 65% in science
and 15% fail in both.howmany students passes in both?
Out of 30 people, 5(including me) cleared the written test.
The test pattern was similar to that of previous papers(GRE/GMAT pattern).
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Part 1: (Verbal/English, 25 Q - 15 min)
This was cool.
All Antonyms, Analogies got repeated from previous papers.
Antonyms:
1)equanimity
2)sequester
3)apathetic
4)dislodge
5)sedate
Analogies:
1)celeberate:marriage::
a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemant
c. pot:pan d. face:penalty
2)neglegent:requirement::
remises:duty cognet:argument
easy:hard careful:position
3)Germ:disease::
man:women doctor:medicine
war:destrustion shopkeeper:goods
4)bouquet:flower::
skin:body chain:link
product:factory page:book
5)letter:word::
club:people page:book
product:factory picture:paper
Bottom Line:
Time is sufficient.
No special preparation needed (provided u r good enough)
Just gaze thru previous papers' antonyms & analogies
Sentence completion & fill ups are easy.
Instead of mugging up antonyms, I personally recommend u to read Synonyms, so that u can easily locate their opposites. (U can refer TCS papers also if needed)
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Part 2: (Quantitative Aptitude, 45 Q - 30 min)
This was tough.
Repeated Q's:
One monkey climbs a poll at the rate of 6mts/min and fell down 3mts in the alternately. Length of the poll is 60 mts , how much time it will take to reach the top?
a. 31 b.33 c.37 d.40 (ans: 37)
X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Y products in - - - - days. (ans: y^3/x^2)
successive discounts problem
sqrt(12 + sqrt(12) + ((sqrt(12) +......................infinity) = ? (ans: 4)
6 locks & 6 keys (permutation) problem
Other Q's:
consider a square ABCD, in which E is the mid-point of BC & F is that of CD. Now find the ratio of area of triangle AEF to the area of square ABCD. (ans: 3/8)
Do not remember rest of the them.
Bottom Line:
This section makes the difference.
Special preparation is mandatory.
Try to solve problems of every type from R.S. Agarwal
Leave complex Q's & proceed forward.
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Part 3: (Reasoning, 30 Q - 30 min)
This was 50 - 50
I confidently solved around 16 of them.
1)There are 4 buses - A,B,C,D. There are 220 students in a school.
A can carry 60 students. B can carry 50 students. C can carry 40 students. D can carry 35 students
Cost of travelling in the 4 buses were given, A - 160 , B- 140, C- 125 , D- 95 (not exact values)
a) Find the bus combinations, so that all the students can be carried in the minimum cost
(One can use any no. of buses of a particular type)
b) Find the min. no. of buses required to carry all students
etc.
2) ( not exact )
P speakes Italian & French
Q speakes Spanish & English
R speakes Italian & German
S speakes Spanish & French
T speakes English & German
etc.
Find a) Mediator between P & Q
b) Most popular language
etc
3) All P's are Q's
some R's are not C's
Some C's are P's
& so on ( 5 Q's based on these facts)
4) One Logical Venn diagram problem
5) One simple flow chart
