capgemini pattern

There are 3 rounds

1. Written
2. Group Discussion
3. Technical & HR

Written test was very easy taken by meritrack.

There are 3 section
1. Verbal: 20 mins
2. Analytical: 15 mins
3. Aptitude: 20 mins

In verbal, first 5 questions on passage remaining 15 questions on fill up the blanks. This questions are on simple english grammar like on, in. were, had

Analytical

There are 20 questions data sufficiency problems and they given broken fig. We have to identify the broken fig from the options coding and decoding. etc

Aptitude 

There are 15 questions some of the questions were on area of circle and rectangle. Pipes and streams problem on time and work, problem on train. R.S Aggarwal is enough to solve the problems.

Out of 150, 52 cleared

Group Discussion:

Topic "should not judge a person by seeing excellence appearance"

Out of 52. 42 cleared

Be prepare for written and GD.

All the best! 

 

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patni sample paper

1. An aircraft is flying at a height of 3000m from the ground at
an average speed of 400 km/hr while descending.It has to travel 5
kms before it can touch down the runway and start operating its
break system.It will take less than 10 seconds to reach the touch
down point.
How far it is from the touch down point if it had been on thye
ground.
a)5 kms b)4 kms c)3 kms d)none of these
2. water is continuously poured from a reservoir to a locality at
the steady rate of 10,000 litres per hour.When delevery exceeds
demand the excess water is stored in a tank.If the demand for 8
consecutive three-hour periods is
10000,10000,45000,25000,40000,15000,60000 and 35000 litres
respectively, what will be the minimum capacity required of the
water tank(in 1000 litres)to meet the demand?
a)10 b)30 c)40 d)50
ans:c)40
3. Jhaveri invested in Upendra&Upendra,Celco and Winger shares at
Rs. 300,Rs.200 and Rs.5 per share respectively.He bought 100
shares for Rs.1000.The number of Upendra&Upendra and Celco shares
he bought are respectively
a)23.17 b)17,23 c)17,60 d)15,25
ans:b)17,23
4. a certain organization has three committees.only two persons
are members of all committees,but every pair of committees have
three members in common.what is the least possible no of member of
members on any one committee?
a)4 b)5 c)6 d)none of these.
ans:a)4
5. one bottle is half-full of oil and another bottle with twice
the capacity is one quarter full of oil.if water is added so that
both the bottles are full and the contents of both are then poured
into athird bottle that is empty and large enough to hold the
contents of both,what fractions of the contents in the third
bottle is oil?
a)1/4 b)1/3 c)3/8 d)2/3
ans:b)1/3
6. don and his wife each receive an 8 percent annual raise.if don
receives a raise rs.800 and his wife receives a raise of rs. 840,
what is the differencer between their annual income after their
raises?
a)40 b)460 c)500 d)540
ans:d)540
7. if x+y+z=9 and both y and z are positive integers greater than
zero,then the mzx value x can take is?
a.7 b.3 c.8 d.data insufficient
ans:a.7
8. if 5 tomatoes are worth 8 oranges,5 oranges are worth 4 apples,
7 apples are worth 3 pineapples and 7 pineapples cost rs.203,then
the approx price of each tomato is
a.16 b.5 c.19 d.none of theses
ans: a.16
9. in the relation x>y+z,x+y>p and z<p which of the following is
necessarily true?
a.y>p b.x+y>z c.y+p>x d.insufficient data
ans:b.x+y>z
10. if x,y,z are three +ve integers such that x is greater tahn y
and y is greater tahn z,then which of the following is definitely
true?
a.x% of y is greater than y% of z
b.y% of x is greater than z% of y
c.z% of x is greater than y% of z
d.all of these(ans)
11. amar,akbar,antony eat lunch at the same restaurant everyday.if
amar orders a dosa,then akbar also orders adosa.either akbar or
antony always orders a dosa,but never at the same lunch.either
amar or antony or both order a dosa.if antony ordes a dosa ,then
amar also orders a dosa.youy can conclude that:
a.amar, akbar,antony always order adosa.
b.amar and antony sometimes order a dosa,akbar never does.
c.amar and akbar always order a dosa,antony never does.(ANS)
d.amar and antony always order adosa,akbar never does.
12.ramesh,ram,kareem and mohan collected coins of different
countries.they collected 100 together.none collected less than
10.each collected an even number.each collected a different
number.based on these,we can say that the number of coins
collected by the boy who collected the most could not have
exceeded
a.54 b.64(ans) c.58 d.60
13. let p,q,r and s be four statementssuch that:
if p is true, then q is true;
if q is true,then r is true and
if s is true,then at least one of q and r is false.
then it follows that:
a. if p is true then s is false.(ans)
b. if s is falsae both q and r are true.
c. if at least one of q and r is false then s is false.
d. if q is true then s is true.
14.players a to z play a league match in which every player plays
a match against every other player. a win earns 2 points,a draw 1
point and loss 0 points.there were no draws,and no two players had
the same total points.the rank list of the players happens to be
the alphabetical list itself.which of the following statement is
true?
a.n wins over m b.m wins over n(ans)
c. m did not play against n d.none
15.an article costing rs.160 is sold at 15% discount on a mark-up
price.what is the selling price after discount?
a.170(ans) b.200 c.150 d.220
16. if jacob sold a watch costing rs.400 to john at 15% profit and
john sold the same to sudhir at 15% profit,what is the price paid
by sudhir?
a.460 b.510 c.529(ans) d.560
17.in a shop 80% of the articles are sold at a profit of 10% and
the remaining at a loss of 40%.what is the overall profit/loss?
a.10% profit b.10% loss c.15% profit d.no profit,no loss(ans)
18. if an article with marked price of rs.400 is sold at
successive discount of 10%,25% and 15%,what is the price the
customer has to pay?
a.360 b.300 c.230(ans) d.270
19.the sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:5:7.if the
pereimeter is 60 cms,the longest side is
a.7 b.30 c.28(ans) d.14
20. an article with cost price of 180 is sold at 15% profit.what
is the selling price?
a.198 b.200 c.204 d.207(ans)
21. what part of x*x is power(x,2/3)?
a.60% b.66.7% c.69% d.can't say(ans)
22. 15% of 75 is the same as vx% of 450.find x.
a.1 b.2.5(ans) c.3 d.5
23. if the selling price of an object is rs.2300 and the profit
percent is 15,what is the cost price?
a.1995(ans) b.1945 c.2000 d.2645
24.70% of x is greater than 1/3rd of x by 110.what is x?
a.100 b.200 c.300 d.350(ans)
25.the age of a and b are in the ratio 4:5 and of b and c in the
ratio 3:2.the youngedt of three is
a.a b.b c.c(ans) d.can't say
26. a man buys postage stamps of denomination of 30ps. and 50 ps.
for rs.10.00. he buys 22 stamps in all. find the no of 30ps.
stamps bought by him.
a.5(ans) b.6 c.17 d.8
27.the ages of a and b are in the ratio 9:4. after 7 years the
ratio of their aghes will be 5:3.find b's present age.
a.18 b.8(ans) c.7 d.16
28. if 28 is divided into two parts such that one fourth of the
greater part is equal to one third of the lesser part,then the
greater part is
a.16(ans) b.18 c.20 d.24
29.a man and a woman, walking together start out by boyh taking a
step with the left foot.in order to keep together, the man whose
stride is longer,takes two steps while the woman takes three.how
many steps will the woman have taken they are both about to step
out on the right foot for the first time together?
30. for communicating with its satellite,NASA has only two coides
is equal to 2 and<= is equal to 3.whenever the two symbols appear
together the value is taken as sum of each symbol.for example
<=<=*** is equal to 3+3+2+2+2=12.which of the following is equal
to <=<=<=** minus <**?
a.<=* b.<=** c.<=**** d.<=<=(ans)
31. if i sell two articles, one at 20% profit for rs.100 and the
other at 20% loss for rs.100, what is my net profit/loss?
a.4.16 profit b.4.16 loss c.8.33 profit d.8.33 loss(ans)
32. if 85% of the population of an ant colony is red, and of these
45% are females,then what % of the total ant population are male
red ants?
a.46.75(ans) b.40 c.33.66 d.66.66
33. what is the cost price of an article sold at rs.199 after two
successive discount of 10% and 15%?
a.260(ans) b.200 c.234 d.220
34. if A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days and A alone can
do it in 15 days,how long will B take to do it?
a.25 b.20 c.15 d.30
35. if 12 men working 2 hours a day take 10 days to complete a
job, how long will 8 men working 6 hours a day take to do the same
work?
a.5(ans) b.8 c.12 d.3
36.a mixture contains spirit and water in the ratio 5:1. another
mixture contains spirit and water in the ratio 2:1.what is the
ratio in which two mixtures are added to get the mixure in the
ratio 5:2
a.5:2 b.2:5(ans) c.2:7 d.3:2
37.x:y=7:11, y:z=1:7.what is the least possible integral values
of x given that z is 11x.
a.3(ans) b.9 c.7 d.10
38. pqrs is a rectangle having area 50. rx=1/4sr.what is the area
of pqxs?
a.37.5 b.42.5 c.12 d.3
39......
40.what is the area of a circle having the same perimeter as that
of a square whose area is 121.
ans: 154

Syntel : Campus Placement Paper Pattern And Interview

AT FIRST, THERE WAS APPT.
THEN IN APTITUDE TEST, 3 SECTIONS WERE THERE,
1.ENGLISH(20 MARKS),
2.QUANTI(20 MARKS)
3.REASONING.
(20 MARKS)...
TIME 60 MINUTES,60 QSTNS.
SECTIONAL CUT-OFF WAS THERE.
1.I WUD SUGGEST TO PREPARE ENGLISH SECTION JUST AS U PREPARE 4 TCS.
IT WILL B MORE THAN ENOUGH 4 SYNTEL, BUT SERIOUSLY DO, DONT IGNORE. ( OR IF U WANT
TO TAKE A RISK, TRY TO IGNORE IT).
2.THEN QUANTI WAS ALSO EASY.
PRAPARE 4M RS AGGRAWAL..AS ALWAYS.
I DONT REMEMBER ALL QUESTIONS, ALSO ITS OF NO USE,COZ QUESTIONS DO NOT GET
REPEATED. BUT MOST OF THEM WERE ON TIME AND WORK, RATIO AND PROPORTION.
3. PREPARE REASONING 4M RS AGGRWAL IF U HAVE.ELSE, JUST LEAVE IT, COZ IT WILL B
DAMN EASY...(IF U CANT SOLVE IT,,,UR NOT GOING TO B SELECTED ANYWHERE).

syntel interview exp

Selection Procedure
Round 1: Aptitude Test
Round 2: Technical Interview(P.I.)
Round 3: Human Resource Interview(P.I.)

Aptitude Test Pattern:
Total Marks = 40
Time allotted = 60 mins.
No. of sections = 2
No. of questions in 1st section = 25
No. of questions in 2nd section = 15
Mark distribution = 1 mark each. (No negative marking)

Aptitude Paper Section 1: Logical reasoning
Aptitude Paper Section 2: English

Technical Interview:Since I did a mini-project, I was asked to explain it! I took much time for that and explained it from the beginning, with its advantages and limitations.

Then I was asked questions from C. Since I was a beginner in C, I could not answer much, but somehow managed with all I knew!

Then, as I am from ECE department, questions from microprocessor was asked! The questions included 8086 microprocessor architecture, register structures, addressing modes, instruction set and so on. I answered all those questions but had some difficulties with the instructon set as he asked me to tell all the instructions I knew.

Then, he gave me a paper and asked me to draw certain gate diagrams and also to write down the truth-table for those gates!
These are the questions I remember.

It all depends on how cool you are during the interviews! The more you get hot, greater are the chances for appearing blank before the personnels! So be cool and try to answer all the questions.

Human Resource Interview:I had the HR round before the technical round. This was quite interesting....

The interviewer was a Lady. She asked me to introduce myself. I told her my academic history. But as she emphasised on my personal life, I started with my hobbies. I said I love singing and playing guitar. Immediately she interrupted and asked me to sing a song for her. I was totally taken by surprise and had no other option but to sing!

Then she went through my resume and asked me to explain what I learnt from the Industrial visits I had gone. I explained all that I knew. The interview went on interesting with many such questions. But these are some noteworthy ones!

After the interviews were over, we were told that the results will be sent to the respective Placement Deans of each colleges. So we left very soon enjoying the rain that blessed that night!

It was thursday when we attended the interviews, and on saturday I was informed through a phone-call from my Placement Dean that I was placed.

Praise God!!!HE DOES MIGHTY THINGS WE NEVER EVEN DREAM OFF!

accenture reg.

Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) is a global management consulting, technology consulting and technology outsourcing company. Previously incorporated in Bermuda, since 1 September 2009 the company has been incorporated in Ireland with its global headquarters located in New York.^[2] It is said to be the largest consulting firm in the world, as well as being a global player within the technology consulting industry.^[3] Accenture is a Fortune Global 500 company.^[4] As of 2010, the company had more than 200,000 employees in more than 200 locations in over 120 countries.^[3][5] Accenture's current clients include 96 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three quarters of the Fortune Global 500.

For the fiscal year ended 31 August 2010, the company generated net revenues of US$23.09 billion.

Formation and early years

Accenture originated as the business and technology consulting division of accounting firm Arthur Andersen. The division's origins are in a 1953 feasibility study for General Electric. GE asked Arthur Andersen to automate payroll processing and manufacturing at GE's Appliance Park facility near Louisville, Kentucky. Arthur Andersen recommended installation of a UNIVAC I computer and printer, which resulted in the first commercially owned computer installation in the United States in 1954. Joe Glickauf was Arthur Andersen's project leader responsible for the payroll processing automation project. Now considered to be the father of computer consulting, Glickauf headed Arthur Andersen's Administrative Services division for 12 years.

Splitting from Arthur Andersen

In 1989, that division split from Arthur Andersen and began using the name Andersen Consulting. Both Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting consisted of groups of locally-owned independent partnerships and other entities around the world, each in a contractual agreement with Andersen Worldwide Société Coopérative (AWSC), a Swiss administrative entity.

By 2000, Andersen Consulting had achieved net revenues exceeding US$9.5 billion and had more than 75,000 employees in 47 countries,^[6] whereas Arthur Andersen had revenues of US$9.3 billion with over 85,000 employees worldwide in 2001.

Through the 1990s there was increasing tension between Andersen Consulting and Arthur Andersen. Andersen Consulting was upset that it was paying Arthur Andersen up to 15% of its profits each year (a condition of the 1989 split was that the more profitable unit - AA or AC - paid the other this sum), while at the same time Arthur Andersen was competing with Andersen Consulting through its own newly established business consulting service line called Arthur Andersen Business Consulting. This dispute came to a head in 1998 when Andersen Consulting claimed breach of contract against AWSC and Arthur Andersen. Andersen Consulting put the 15% transfer payment for that year and future years into escrow and issued a claim for breach of contract. In August 2000, as a result of a conclusion of the International Chamber of Commerce, Andersen Consulting broke all contractual ties with AWSC and Arthur Andersen. As part of the arbitration settlement, Andersen Consulting paid the sum held in escrow (then $1.2 billion) to Arthur Andersen, and was required to change its name, resulting in the entity being renamed Accenture.

Perhaps most telling about who had "won" the decision was that four hours after the arbitrator made his ruling, Arthur Andersen CEO Jim Wadia suddenly resigned. Industry analysts and business school professors alike viewed the event as a complete victory for Andersen Consulting.^[7] Jim Wadia would provide insight on his resignation years later at a Harvard Business school case activity about the split. It turned out that the Arthur Andersen board passed a resolution saying he had to resign if he didn't get at least an incremental $4 billion (either through negotiation or via the arbitrator decision) for the consulting practice to split off; hence his quick resignation once the decision was announced.

Accounts vary on why the split occurred — executives on both sides of the split cite greed and arrogance on the part of the other side, and executives on the Andersen Consulting side maintained breach of contract when Arthur Andersen created a second consulting group, AABC (Arthur Andersen Business Consulting) which began to compete directly with Andersen Consulting in the marketplace. Many of the AABC firms were bought out by other consulting companies in 2002, most notably, Hitachi Consulting and KPMG Consulting, which later changed its name to BearingPoint.

Andersen Consulting's change of name proved to be fortunate as it avoided the taint when Arthur Andersen was effectively dissolved as a result of its role in the Enron scandal.

Emergence of Accenture

On January 1, 2001 Andersen Consulting adopted its current name, "Accenture". The word "Accenture" is supposedly derived from "Accent on the future". Although a marketing consultancy was tasked with finding a new name for the company, the name "Accenture" was submitted by Kim Petersen, a Danish employee from the company's Oslo, Norway office, as a result of an internal competition. Accenture felt that the name should represent its will to be a global consulting leader and high performer, and also intended that the name should not be offensive in any country in which Accenture operates.

IPO

Accenture's banner hanging on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building for its initial public offering on 19 July 2001.

On July 19, 2001, Accenture offered initial public offering (IPO) at the price of $14.50 per share in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE); Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley served as its lead underwriters. Accenture stock closed the day at $15.17, with the day's high at $15.25. On the first day of the IPO, Accenture raised nearly $1.7 billion.^[8]

Place of incorporation change

Accenture announced on May 26, 2009 that its Board of Directors unanimously approved changing the company’s place of incorporation to Ireland from Bermuda and would become Accenture plc.^[9]

The company cited several reasons for the change:

• Ireland's sophisticated, well-developed corporate, legal and regulatory environment
• Ireland's long history of international investment and long-established commercial relationships, trade agreements and tax treaties with European Union member states, the United States and other countries where Accenture does business
• Ireland's stable political and economic environment with the financial and legal infrastructure to meet Accenture's needs

The change was approved and became effective on September 1, 2009, the beginning of the company's 2010 fiscal year.

While Ireland is the company's headquarters for tax and legal purposes, much of the administration actually occurs in New York City and Chicago, two of its largest offices worldwide.

Former Bermuda incorporation

In October 2002, the Congressional General Accounting Office (GAO) identified Accenture as one of four publicly-traded federal contractors that were incorporated in a tax havencountry.^[10] The other three, unlike Accenture, were incorporated in the United States before they re-incorporated in a tax haven country, thereby lowering their U.S. taxes. Still, critics^[who?] have panned Accenture's incorporation in Bermuda, generally because they viewed Accenture as having been a U.S.-based company trying to avoid U.S. taxes.^[11] The GAO itself did not characterize Accenture as having been a U.S.-based company; it stated that "prior to incorporating in Bermuda, Accenture was operating as a series of related partnerships and corporations under the control of its partners through the mechanism of contracts with a Swiss coordinating entity."

Organization

As most consulting firms, Accenture has a matrix structure, the first axis is dedicated to the 'operating groups' that is the industries of its clients and the second one deals with thegrowth platforms, i.e. the range of services that can be provided.

Operating groups^[12]

• Communications and High Tech (C&HT): Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Electronics and High Tech, Media and Entertainment, Life Sciences, and Public Safety.
• Financial Services: Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance
• Products: Automotive, Building Materials, Consumer Goods and Services, Retail, Chemicals, Freight and Logistics, Travel, Infrastructure and Transportation, Industrial Equipment, and Airline.
• Resources: Energy, Forest Products, Utilities, Metals, and Mining.
• Government: Defense, Customs, Health, Health & Public Service, Border Management, Non Profit, Postal, Human Services, and Public Transportation

Growth platforms

Management Consulting ^[13]

• Accenture Development Partnerships
• Business Process Management
• Customer Relationship Management
• Finance & Performance Management
• Process & Innovation Performance
• Risk Management
• Strategy
• Supply Chain Management
• Talent & Organization Performance

Systems Integration and Technology ^[14]

• Technology Consulting
  • Application Modernization & Optimization
  • Infrastructure Consulting
  • IT Strategy & Transformation
  • Security
• Systems Integration Consulting
  • Business Intelligence Services
  • Custom Solutions
  • Emerging Technology Architectures
  • Functional Solutions
  • Information Management Services
  • Microsoft Solutions
  • Open Sources Solutions
  • Oracle Solutions
  • SAP Solutions
  • Service oriented Architecture
  • Software as a Service

Outsourcing Services ^[15]

• Services
  • Application Outsourcing
  • Infrastructure Outsourcing
  • Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
  • Bundled Outsourcing
  • Delivery and Operational Excellence
• Cross-Industry BPO
  • Customer Contact BPO
  • Finance and Accounting BPO
  • HR BPO
  • Learning BPO
  • Procurement BPO
  • Supply Chain BPO
• Industry-Specific and Custom BPO
  • Custom BPO
  • Health Administration BPO
  • Insurance BPO
  • Navitaire (Airlines)
  • Utilities BPO

Board of directors

Chief executive officers ^[16]:

• William D. Green (September 2004 - December 2010)
• Pierre Nanterme (January 2011 -...)

Subsidiaries

An Accenture building at Reston Town Center

• Coritel BPM is the Spanish subsidiary of Accenture for software development and outsourcing. It was founded in 1984 and currently has 6,500 workers.
• Avanade began as a joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture, but is now well over 80% owned by Accenture. It provides IT consulting services and solutions for the Microsoft software platform.
• Navitaire is a subsidiary of Accenture, providing specialized solutions to airlines.
• Accenture National Security Services is a subsidiary of Accenture that provides services directly to United States government in the national-security space. Its customers include the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and other agencies that focus on national defense and law enforcement. This Accenture subsidiary was specifically incorporated as a US subsidiary to meet a congressional mandate that defense contractors be based in the US.
• Accenture Defense Group is a subsidiary of Accenture, providing document management services, information technology software systems and business process improvement strategies. Clients are multinational governments, government suppliers of "WarFighter" goods and services, corporations, and also include transnational organisations such as the European Space Agency.^[17][18]
• Accenture Technology Solutions is a subsidiary of Accenture, providing technology solutions to the client. The solutions work is mainly offshored to highly skilled low-wage developing countries like India, The Philippines and Romania - Accenture India Delivery Centre, Accenture Delivery Centers in the Philippines and Accenture Bucharest Delivery Center.
• Accenture SAP Solutions is a subsidiary of Accenture, providing SAP computer software to clients. It has taken Coritel BPM SAP resources and turned it into a new unit called: ASAPS.
• Digiplug is a subsidiary of Accenture, providing digital supply chain solutions to the entertainment industry. Based in France and founded in 1998, Digiplug supplies music and video manufacturing and delivery services to major music labels as well as wireless carriers and mobile terminal device manufacturers around the world.
• Accenture Mobility Operated Services is a subsidiary of Accenture, which helps enterprises develop and deploy new revenue-generating mobile applications.
• Accenture Interactive is a subsidiary of Accenture, which helps companies develop world-class digital marketing capabilities and optimize their marketing investments.

Visual identity

The typeface used in the Accenture wordmark is Rotis Semi-sans. The right-pointing caret character over the t is intended to indicate the company's orientation to the future. The character is similar to an accent mark in music. The corporate descriptor for Accenture is "High performance. Delivered.", which replaced the previous slogan "Innovation. Delivered." in 2004.

Until December 2009, Tiger Woods had been a celebrity spokesperson for the company, whose advertising used the service mark "Go on, be a Tiger" and the ancillary statement "We know what it takes to be a Tiger." The company terminated Tiger Woods' six-year sponsorship deal on 13 December 2009 and removed references to Woods from its website.^[19][20]

Accenture Placement Paper - 1

1. 20 liters of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 3:5, If you replace 4 liters of mixture
with 4 liters of water. What is the final ratio of milk and water?
2. + means * and * means / and / means % what is the value of these question 2+3*5/7?
3. A work can be done by 8 men and 10 women in 25 days, the same work can be done by 10
children and 5 women. In how many days 2 children and 3 men finish the work?
4. In how many ways can a lock be opened if that lock has three digit numbers if
i) The last digit is 9
ii) And sum of the first two digits is less than or equal to the last digit.
iii) Numbers are from 0-9
5. If a man reduces the selling price of a fan from 400 to 380 his loss increases by 20%. What is the
cost price of the fan?
6. There are 76 persons. 53 can read Hindu, 46 can read Times, 39 can read Deccan and 15 can
read all. If 22 can read Hindu and Deccan and 23 can read Deccan and Times then what is the
number of persons who read only Times and Hindu?
7. After 10 years A will be twice the age of B before 10 years. And now if the difference is 9 years
between them then what is the age of B after 10 years?
8. 10 friends meet for a movie, 20 for a picnic and 5 for games. 4 meet for movie and picnic, 2 for
movie and games, 0 for picnic and games. 2 meet for all the three events. Then how many
students were present?
9. Exact time of a clock was set right at 5 am then it loses 16 minutes every day, on the 4th day
when it shows 10 am, what is the exact time?
10. The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it was 4 years ago, because an
old member has been replaced by a young member. Find how much younger is the new
member to the old person?
11. Find out what day of the week was January 12, 1979?
12. Some cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919 mice. Every cat killed an
equal number of mice. Each cat killed more mice than there were cats. How many cates were
there?
13. Finding the length. ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a rectangle. AB = 10 and EC = 20.
What is the length of AE?
14. What is the missing number in this series? 8, 21,4, 6, 11,? ,14, 6, 18, 12
15. A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating 6 more than the previous day. How many
bananas did he eat on the first day?
16. Ajay sold a car and gained 25% on SP. what is the % gain on CP?
17. How can a cake (circular) be cut into 8 pieces by making just 3 cuts?
18. There are 600 people to be seated, but there are 10 benches less. If two more people are asked
to seat on each bench, then everybody is accommodated. How many benches were there?
19. In a pasture, the grass grows at an even rate. 40 cows can completely eat the grass in 40 days, if
there are 30 cows the grass last fot 60 days, for how long it is sufficient for 20 cows to
completely eat the grass?
20. Find the next number in the series 3, 4, 6, 9, 13,?

2010 Accenture Placement Paper 15 Jan 2010

1)APTITUDE TEST:
Questions = 55 ; time limit = 60 minutes...along with that an essay to write in the
same sheet in another 10 minutes. No sectional cut off , no negative marking. Offline
(paper & pen) test
Directions for Questions 1-3 : Choose the option which will correctly fill the blank.
1. I will be here __________- Thursday and Friday.
A. During
B. for
C. until
D. after
Ans: A
2. I have been here ______ three years
A. since
B. from
C. for
D. none of the above
Ans: C
3. The sun rose ______the horizon.
A. below
B. over
C. in
D. above
Ans: D
Directions for Questions 4-6 : Choose the word nearest in meaning to the word in
ITALICS from the given options.
4. Now the fury of the demonstrators turned against the machines.
A. Range
B. Acrimony
C. Asperity
D. Passion
Ans: A
5. Malice is a feeling that we should always avoid.
A. Spite
B. Envy
C. Hatred
D. Cruelty
Ans: A
6. He was punished for shirking his official work
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A. Delegating
B. Slowing
C. avoiding
D. Postponding
Ans: C
Directions for Questions 7-10: Choose the answer option which will correctly fill the
blank.
7. Seiko is______ practicing Buddhist
A. an
B. the
C. a
D. none of these
Ans:C
8. ___________ awards ceremony at Kremlin would not normally have attracted so
much attention .
A. A
B. An
C. The
D. All the above
Ans: B
9.He spilled ___________ milk all over the floor
A. A
B. An
C. The
D. none of these
10. I saw _________ movie last night. _____ movie was entertaining.
A. the,A
B. A,the
C. An,A
D. the,the
Directions for Questions 11-14: Read the passage and answer the questions that
follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
Disequilibrium at the interface of water and air is a factor on which the transfer of
heat and water vapor from the ocean to the air depends. The air within about a
millimeter of the water is almost saturated with water vapor and the temperature of
the air is close to that of the surface water. Irrespective of how small these
differences might be, they are crucial, and the disequilibrium is maintained by air
near the surface mixing with air higher up, which is typically appreciably cooler and
lower in water vapor content. The turbulence, which takes its energy from the wind
mixes the air. As the speed of wind increases, so does the turbulence, and
consequently the rate of heat and moisture transfer. We can arrive at a detailed
understanding of this phenomenon after further study. The transfer of momentum
from wind to water, which occurs when waves are formed is an interacting-and
complicated phenomenon. When waves are made by the wind, it transfers
important amounts of energy-energy, which is consequently not available for the
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production of turbulence.
11. This passage principally intends to:
A. resolve a controversy
B. attempt a description of a phenomenon
C. sketch a theory
D. reinforce certain research findings
E. tabulate various observations
Answer : B
12. The wind over the ocean usually does which of the following according
to the given passage?
I. Leads to cool, dry air coming in proximity with the ocean surface.
II. Maintains a steady rate of heat and moisture transfer between the ocean
and the air.
III. Results in frequent changes in the ocean surface temperature.
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. II and III only
E. I, II, and III
Answer : A
13. According to the author the present knowledge regarding heat and
moisture transfer from the ocean to air as
A. revolutionary
B. inconsequential
C. outdated
D. derivative
E. incomplete
Answer : E
14. According to the given passage, in case the wind was to decrease until
there was no wind at all, which of the following would occur?
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A. The air, which is closest to the ocean surface would get saturated
with water vapor.
B. The water would be cooler than the air closest to the ocean surface.
C. There would be a decrease in the amount of moisture in the air
closest to the ocean surface.
D. There would be an increase in the rate of heat and moisture
transfer.
E. The temperature of the air closest to the ocean and that of the air
higher up would be the same.
Answer : A
Directions for Questions 15-20: Read the passage and answer the questions that
follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
Roger Rosenblatt's book Black Fiction, manages to alter the approach taken in many
previous studies by making an attempt to apply literary rather than sociopolitical
criteria to its subject. Rosenblatt points out that criticism of Black writing has very
often served as a pretext for an expounding on Black history. The recent work of
Addison Gayle's passes a judgement on the value of Black fiction by clearly political
standards, rating each work according to the ideas of Black identity, which it
propounds.
Though fiction results from political circumstances, its author react not in
ideological ways to those circumstances, and talking about novels and stories
primarily as instruments of ideology circumvents much of the fictional enterprise.
Affinities and connections are revealed in the works of Black fiction in Rosenblatt's
literary analysis; these affinities and connections have been overlooked and ignored
by solely political studies.
The writing of acceptable criticism of Black fiction, however, presumes giving
satisfactory answers to a quite a few questions. The most important of all, is there a
sufficient reason, apart from the racial identity of the authors, for the grouping
together of Black authors? Secondly, what is the distinction of Black fiction from
other modern fiction with which it is largely contemporaneous? In the work
Rosenblatt demonstrates that Black fiction is a distinct body of writing, which has an
identifiable, coherent literary tradition. He highlights recurring concerns and
designs, which are independent of chronology in Black fiction written over the past
eighty years. These concerns and designs are thematic, and they come form the
central fact of the predominant white culture, where the Black characters in the
novel are situated irrespective of whether they attempt to conform to that culture or
they rebel against it.
Rosenblatt's work does leave certain aesthetic questions open. His thematic analysis
allows considerable objectivity; he even clearly states that he does not intend to
judge the merit of the various works yet his reluctance seems misplaced, especially
since an attempt to appraise might have led to interesting results. For example,
certain novels have an appearance of structural diffusion. Is this a defeat, or are the
authors working out of, or attempting to forge, a different kind of aesthetic? Apart
from this, the style of certain Black novels, like Jean Toomer's Cane, verges on
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expressionism or surrealism; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the
prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted, a
theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expressions?
Irrespective of such omissions, what Rosenblatt talks about in his work makes for
an astute and worthwhile study. His book very effectively surveys a variety of
novels, highlighting certain fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon
Johnson's Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man. Black Fiction is tightly
constructed, and levelheaded and penetrating criticism is exemplified in its
forthright and lucid style.
15. The author of the passage raises and objection to criticism of Black fiction like
that by Addison Gayle as it:
A. Highlights only the purely literary aspects of such works
B. Misconceive the ideological content of such fiction
C. Miscalculate the notions of Black identity presented in such fiction
D. Replaces political for literary criteria in evaluating such fiction
E. Disregards the reciprocation between Black history and Black
identity exhibited in such fiction.
Answer : D
16. The primary concern of the author in the above passage is:
A. Reviewing the validity of a work of criticism
B. Comparing various critical approaches to a subject
C. Talking of the limitations of a particular kind of criticism
D. Recapitulation of the major points in a work of criticism
E. Illustrating the theoretical background of a certain kind of criticism.
Answer : A
17. The author is of the opinion that Black Fiction would have been
improved had Rosenblatt:
A. Undertaken a more careful evaluation of the ideological and
historical aspects of Black Fiction
B. Been more objective in his approach to novels and stories by Black
authors
C. Attempted a more detailed exploration of the recurring themes in
Black fiction throughout its history
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D. Established a basis for placing Black fiction within its own unique
literary tradition
E. Calculated the relative literary merit of the novels he analyzed
thematically.
Answer : E
18. Rosenblatt's discussion of Black Fiction is :
A. Pedantic and contentious
B. Critical but admiring
C. Ironic and deprecating
D. Argumentative but unfocused
E. Stilted and insincere.
Answer : B
19. According to the given passage the author would be LEAST likely to
approve of which among the following?
A. Analyzing the influence of political events on the personal ideology
of Black writers
B. Attempting a critical study, which applies sociopolitical criteria to
the autobiographies of Black authors
C. A literary study of Black poetry that appraises the merits of poems
according to the political acceptability of their themes
D. Studying the growth of a distinct Black literary tradition within the
context of Black history
E. Undertaking a literary study, which attempts to isolate aesthetic
qualities unique to Black fiction.
Answer : C
20. From the following options, which does the author not make use of
while discussing Black Fiction?
A. Rhetorical questions
B. Specific examples
C. Comparison and contrast
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D. Definition of terms
E. Personal opinion.
Answer : D
Section 2 -Analytical Ability
No. of Questions: 20
Duration in Minutes: 20
21. 10 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days and 15 women can
complete the same work in 12 days. If all
the 10 men and 15 women work together , in how many days will the
work get completed?
A. 6
B. 6 1/3
C. 6 2/3
D. 7 2/3
Ans: C
22. if Kamal says ," Ravi's mother is the only daughter of my
mother", how is Kamal related to Ravi ?
A. grandfather
B. father
C. brother
D. none of these
Ans: D
23. If Ramola ranks 14th in a class of 26, what is her rank from the
last?
A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 12
Ans: A
24. If Kalpana remembers that her mother's birthday is after 11th
August but before 15th August and her brother
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Ramesh remembers that the birthday is before 20th August but
after 13th August. If both of them are correct,
when does the birthday of their mother fall?
A. 14th August
B. 15th August
C. 13th August
D. 16th August
Ans: A
25. A fort has enough food for 45 days for 175 soldiers. If after 15 days 100 soldiers
leave the fort, for how many
more days the food will last?
A. 60
B. 70
C. 80
D. 75
Ans: B
26. The price of petrol is increased by 10%. By how much percent
the consumption be reduced so that the
expenditure remains the same?
A. 8.5
B. 7
C. 10
D. 9
Ans:D
27 A train 120 meters long passes an electric pole in 12 seconds and
another train of same length traveling in
opposite direction in 8 seconds. The speed of the second train is
A. 60 Km
B. 66 Km
C. 72 Km
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D. 80 Km
Ans: C
28.A person travels through 5 cities - A, B, C, D, E. Cities E is 2 km
west of D. D is 3 km north-east of A. C is 5
km north of B and 4 km west of A. If this person visits these
citiesin the sequence B - C - A - E - D, what is
the effective distance between cities B and D?
A. 13 km
B. 9 km
C. 10 km
D. 11 km
Ans: A
29. Two identical taps fill 2/5 of a tank in 20 minutes. When one of the taps goes dry
in how many minutes will the
remaining one tap fill the rest of the tank ?
A. 5 minutes
B. 10 minutes
C. 15 minutes
D. 20 minutes
E. None of the above
Ans : C
30. If r = (3p + q)/2 and s = p - q, for which of the following values of
p would r2 = s2?
A. 1q/5
B. 10 - 3q/2
C. q - 1
D. 3q
E. 9q/2 - 9
Ans : A
Direction(31-34): In each question below are given three statement
followed by 4 conclusions-I,II,III and IV. You have to take the given
statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with
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commonly known facts. Read all the conclusion and then decide
which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given
statements disregarding commonly known facts.
31. Statements
Some books are pens.
all pens are chairs
some chairs are tables
Conclusions
I. some books are chairs
II. Some chairs are books
III. all tables are chairs
IV. Some tables are chairs
A. All follow
B. Only I,II, and III follow
C. Only I,II, and IV follow
D. Only I,III, and IV follow
Ans: C
32. Statements
All cars are jeeps
All jeeps are buses
All buses are trucks
Conclusions
I. All trucks are buses
II. All buses are jeeps
III. All jeeps are cars
IV. All cars are trucks
A. None follows
B. all follow
C. Only III and IV follow
D. Only IV follow
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Ans: D
33. Statements
Some trees are flowers
Some flowers are pencils
Some pencils are tables
Conclusions
I. Some tables are flowers
II. Some pencils are trees
III. Some tables are trees
IV. Some trees are pencils
A. All follow
B. Only I and III follow
C. Only IIand IV follow
D. None follows
Ans: D
34. Statement
All towns are villages
No village is forest
Some forests are rivers
Conclusions
I. Some forests are villages
II. Some forests are not villages
III. Some rivers are not towns
IV. All villages are town
A. all follow
B. Only either I or II follow
C. Only either I or II or III follow
D. none of these
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Ans: D
35. A rectangular tank 10" by 8" by 4" is filled with water. If all of the water is to be
transferred to cube-shaped
tanks, each one 3 inches on a side, how many of these smaller tanks are needed?
A. 9
B. 12
C. 16
D. 21
E. 39
Ans : B
36. The average weight of a class of 24 students is 36 years. When
the weight of the teacher is also included, the
average weight increases by 1kg. What is the weight of the
teacher?
A. 60 kgs
B. 61 kgs
C. 37 kgs
D. None of these
Ans : B
37. The proportion of milk and water in 3 samples is 2:1, 3:2 and 5:3.
A mixture comprising of equal quantities of
all 3 samples is made. The proportion of milk and water in the
mixture is
A. 2:1
B. 5:1
C. 99:61
D. 227:133
Ans : D
38. A 20 litre mixture of milk and water contains milk and water in
the ratio 3 : 2. 10 litres of the mixture is removed
and replaced with pure milk and the operation is repeated once
more. At the end of the two removal and
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replacement, what is the ratio of milk and water in the resultant
mixture?
A. 17 : 3
B. 9 : 1
C. 3 : 17
D. 5 : 3
Ans : B
39. A team of 8 students goes on an excursion, in two cars, of which
one can seat 5 and the other only 4. In how
many ways can they travel?
A. 9
B. 26
C. 126
D. 3920
Ans : C
40. One year payment to the servant is Rs. 200 plus one shirt. The
servant leaves after 9 months and recieves Rs.
120 and a shirt.Then find the price of the shirt.
A. Rs. 80
B. Rs. 100
C. Rs. 120
D. Cannot be determined
Ans :C
Directions for Questions 41-45: Follow the directions given below to
answer the questions that follow. Your answer for each question
below would be: A, if ALL THREE items given in the question are
exactly ALIKE. B, if only the FIRST and SECOND items are exactly
ALIKE. C, if only the FIRST and THIRD items are exactly ALIKE. D, if
only the SECOND and THIRD items are exactly ALIKE. E, if ALL
THREE items are DIFFERENT.
41)LLMLLLKLMPUU, LLMLLLKLMPUU, LLMLLLKLMPUU
A) A
B)B
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C)C
D)D
E)E
Ans: A
42) 0452-9858762, 0452-9858762, 0452-9858762
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E
Ans: A
43) NIINIININN, NIININNINN ,NIINIININN
A) A
B)B
C)C
D)D
E)E
Ans:C
44) 4665.8009291, 4665.7999291, 4665.8009291
A) A
B) B
C)C
D)D
E)E
Ans:C
45)808088080.8080, 808008080.8080, 808088080.8080
A) A
B)B
C)C
D)D
E)E
Ans:C
46) If * stands for /, / stands for -,+ stands for * and -stands for +,
then 9/8*7+5-10=?
A) 13.3
B) 10.8
C) 10.7
D) 11.4
47) If* stands for /, / stands for -,+ stands for * and -stands for +,
then 9/15*9+2-9=?
A) 14.7
B) 15.3
C) 14.1
D) 16.2
48) If * stands for /, / stands for -, + stands for * and - stands for +,
then which of the following is TRUE?
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A) 36/12*4+50-8 =-106
B) 12*8/4+50-8 =45.5
C) 36*4/12+36-8 = 4.7
D) 8*36/4+50-8 = 300
49. If x, y, and z are consecutive negative integers, and if x > y > z,
which of the following must be a positive odd integer?
A. xyz
B. (x - y) (y - z)
C. x - yz
D. x(y + z)
E. x + y + z
Ans : B
50. The average age of a group of 12 students is 20years. If 4 more students join the
group, the average age increases by 1 year. The average age of the new students is
A. 24
B. 26
C. 23
D. 22
Ans : A
Directions for Questions 51-55: Nine individuals - Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S and R -
are the only candidates, who can serve on three committees-- A, B and C, and
each candidate should serve on exactly one of the committees.Committee A
should consist of exactly one member more than committee B.
It is possible that there are no members of committee C.
Among Z, Y and X none can serve on committee A.
Among W, V and U none can serve on committee G.
Among T, S and R none can serve on committee C.
51. In case T and Z are the individuals serving on committee B, how many of
the nine individuals should serve on committee C?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
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E. 7
Ans : B
52. Of the nine individuals, the largest number that can serve together on
committee C is
A. 9
B. 8
C. 7
D. 6
E. 5
Ans : D
53. In case R is the only individual serving on committee B, which among
the following should serve on committee A?
A. W and S
B. V and U
C. V and T
D. U and S
E. T and S
Ans : E
54. In case any of the nine individuals serves on committee C, which among
the following should be the candidate to serve on committee A?
A. Z
B. Y
C. W
D. T
E. S
Ans : C
55. In case T, S and X are the only individuals serving on committee B, the
total membership of committee C should be:
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A. Z and Y
B. Z and W
C. Y and V
D. Y and U
E. X and V
Ans : A
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