Syntel Placement Paper-1QUANTITATIVE

Qn 1.) (this was the first question)Maximum numbers that can be formed using all the 4 digits 6 4 8 1 without repetition and which is divisible by 9.( ans none)

2.) Find the number of sides of a regular convex polygon whose angle is 40degrees.

3.) a+b+c=0, then roots of ax^2+bx+c=0 is1.imag 2.real 3.coincidental 4.zero

4.) Difference b/w the compound interest and simple interest for Rs.2500 for 2 years is given-----. find the rate of interest.

5.) there was one more question on S.I and C.I

6.) the minimum number by which 60 is to be multiplied to generate a square.ans 15

7.) A monkey climbs 6 mts and falls 3mts in alternate minutes.Then time taken to climb a tree 60metres high?a. 35 b.37 c.32 d.34 (think the answer is 37)

8.) (This was the second last question) A bucket contains z drops. and it leaks x drops in t secs.then the time required to empty the bucket(in minutes)? Ans zt/x

9.) 6 pipes fill or empty the cistern. find the number of emptying pipes iff it takes 18hrs to fill and 18 hrs to empty.... (don't remember the question exactly)

10.) the largest no: which is a factor of 1080 and 729

11.) No: of spheres of radius 1 that can be got from sphere of radius (or diameter don't recall) 8

12.) (think the last but three question)Travelling at 3/4th the speed a man is 20 minutes later then speed is??

13.) there are 6 keys and 6 locks. then number of combinations to be tried out to get the actual solutiona. 5^6 b.6^5 (don't remember the rest)

14.) choosing 2 people out of 10 in how many combinations can a particular person(some name) be always included....

15.) from 6 white balls and 7 black balls probability that 2 balls drawn at random are of the same color? Ans 36

16.) if a sales man gets successive gain of 15% and 20% then his actual gain? ans. 38

17.) a string of pearls such that 1/3 is lost and of that 1/4th is missing, remaining is 20 then actual number of pearls? ans. 40

18.) a man gets a gain of x%. but if he had sold at twice the cost price, what will be his gain?(question not sure)a. 2x b.200-2x c.100+x (not sure of the options)

19.) a clock was 7mts behind the actual time on 3 p.m. on wednesday and 8 mts ahead of actual time on (not sure) 4 p.m. friday. when will it show the correct time?

20.) boat moves upstream in 6 hrs and covers the same distance downstream in 5 hrs. then speed of a raft floating?(accuracy of question not sure)

21.) (this was the last question) no idea what it stands for........ some kind of notation like S(P(M((D(a,b),2))):P(M(S(D(a,b),........options were1. ab 2.(a-b)^2 3.(a+b)^2 4.none

22.) if x men working x hrs per day can do x units of work in x days, then y men working y hrs/day would be able to complete how many units of work i y days?ans. y^3/x^2 (question in R.S. Agarwal)

23.) ( this was a question in the first page of the section II booklet) a cone with radius----- and height -----. a hemisphere covers the cone such that base of hemisphere meets that of the cone. then the enclose volume.....(R.S. Agarwal consists of similar questions)

24.) there was one more question on volume and surface area.....

25.) 1 Rs, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio ---------, then the number of 50 ps coins if they sum to ------Rs. (similar question in R.S.Agarwal)

26.) there was one more question on coins i.e. abt getting a change of 10ps and 25 coins for ------Rs.(how many possible combinations or so possible)

27.) x/y+y/x=40/21(don't remember the exact value, believe this is the one) find x and y

there were 2 questions on train and one was like:28.) a goods train starts and after 2 hrs a passenger train at 4km/hr starts and overtakes the goods train after 4 hrs, then the speed of goods train?

29.) 15hrs of boys work=6 hrs of women's work. 3/5 of the work is done by -----boys and -----women. How much time would bethe question)

32.) there was one question on triangle

33.) a figure was given a square with four corners shaded and asked to find the area of the shaded portion.... ie area of square-area of the regular octagon.....

This is all i can remember from section II

SECTION IENGLISH(EASY)PATTERN:

1.) few questions on finding out the segment of sentence which is wrong....

2.) analogy.(few i can remember)1.) celebrate::marriage ans. lament::bereavement2.) bouquet::flowersans. chain::link3.) germ::diseaseans. war::destruction4.) (remember only the answer) ans. book::pages

3.) to fill up the blanks in the sentences with the most appropriate words.....

4.) to find the word opposite in meaning(few qns i can remember)1.) Equanimity2.) Sequester3.) Dormant4.) Apathetic

SECTION IIIREASONING

(TIME IS A CONSTRAINT)

1.) (last question and the easiest) a simple flowchart whose steps are as follows. value of r and h are given, a and b=0 m=pi*r*r*h n=(pi*r*r*h)/3 if (m==n) do ------else b=4*pi*r*h print a and b[DON'T REMEMBER IF conditon is m==n or m<n]

2.) (second last question this was also easy) it was abt a set of people talking 4 languages and then qns were abt who could act as a translator to whom ........

3.) there were 3 questions based on an argument given... questions were to find out which statement in the objectives given could strengthen the argument or to weaken the argument....(bit confusing)

4.) blood relationship question( i remember all the statements given, though not the question)10 people in a family A B C are husbands D E F are wives altogether there are only 4 women. each family can have atmost 2 children and C has atleast 1 child. D and G are related to A. E cannot be related to H and I and J are not related.....

5.) (this consists of the most confusing set of questions)a set of statements are given and then questions were asked, the statements were likeAll A B C D E F are Q'sAll A's are B's--------------(better leave this question for the last)

6.) Alice works on Monday, Wednesday and FridayB does not work on WedC works only on Tuesday and someotherday(don't remember)D does not work on FridayE works on all days except on the first Monday and Thursdaythen questions like who all will be available on which days .....

7.) question based on venn diagram given ......read the question properly and then answer

8.) (first question) abt 4 buses with different seating capacity.and different charges. and questions were to find out the minimum number of trips required, the maximum charge, the second highest charge etc....

TOTAL 1hr 15min duration.

Ist section English.... fill in the blanks,AntonymsSequester(permission to mingle),sedate,equanimity,dislodge..same set as previous..15min...25 Q's2nd section Quantitative....50q's 20 min....this was the tough part..time is the amin constraint....some were repeated q's ...go thru al;l the sampe papers & R.S Aggarwal.. but it is not enough some tough q's were ther 3-4 q's were repeated twice so do them u will score 10q's easily.leave the tough one's ....just 60% will get u an inteview call.3r section Reasoning ...again time is the constraint...but stick to the q's & dont jump over for the next ones's ...if possible start frm back.1.4..buses,capacity ...rate...min cost,no:of buses...2.110 members a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,....3-wives....3 hubby...4children...3.newspaper....4.languages...translators...5.flowchart....very easy.all the q's r from gre barrons...but some figures were changed.

this is all i remember...its easy...keep ur cool & do ur best...just 60& in each section is more than enough...the intake is huge...70 were called for interview...interview was cool... mostly HR... & technical...touched almost every topic...cobol,datastructures,java,languages,database but not in detail...

1. find out the three digit number whose second digit is equal tothe sum of first digit and third digit and when first digit andsecond digit are exchanged it gives a difference of 99 from theorigional number.ans: 253

2.10 years ago the father was 7times older than his son.2 yearshence 2 times the fathers age will be 5 times the sons age.whatare 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 anynumber of prizes.how many ways it can be done?

5. a person deposites his 20000 rs at 5% and 4% and at the end hegains 918 rs.find out the money he deposited on thesepersentages.

6.35 persons likes horror movies,25 persons like romantic movies,5don'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 inbetween.

8.two flow charts are given(12 questions r based on this)secondflow chart is easier.

9.some conditions are given u can form a family tree with the helpof 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)^2square circles

12: two questions are given on relations.perhaps first one iswrongans: (second one) niece

13. paw:cat::hoof: ?ans: horse14. lion:cub::colt: ?ans:stallion15:errat:books::flaw: ?

a) manuscript b)speech c)metal d)....

16. ling:lukewarm::a)cold:freeze

b)cold:hotc)freezing:coldd)

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)equanimity2)sequester3)apathetic4)dislodge5)sedate

Analogies:1)celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty2)neglegent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argumenteasy:hard careful:position3)Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods4)bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book5)letter:word::club:people page:bookproduct: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)

********************************************************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. AgarwalLeave complex Q's & proceed forward.

*************************************************Part 3: (Reasoning, 30 Q - 30 min)

This was 50 - 50I 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 studentsCost 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 studentsetc.

2) ( not exact )P speakes Italian & FrenchQ speakes Spanish & EnglishR speakes Italian & GermanS speakes Spanish & French

T speakes English & German etc.

Find a) Mediator between P & Qb) Most popular languageetc

3) All P's are Q'ssome R's are not C'sSome C's are P's& so on ( 5 Q's based on these facts)

4) One Logical Venn diagram problem

5) One simple flow chartSyntel Placement Paper-31.In a right angled isosceles triangle ABC,where angle B = 90 degrees,BM is the median on AC,then1.AB2+BC2=4BM22.AB2+BC2=2BM23.AB2+BC2=BM24.AB2+BC2=7BM2

2.A sum of money put at compound interest amounts to Rs.2205 in 2 years and to Rs.2315.25 in 3 years.Find the rate of interest per annum is :1.10%2.5%3.8%4.6%5.None of these.

3.If A:B=2:3 and B:C=5:6 then A:B:C is :1. 15:10:182. 10:18:153. 18:15:104. 10:15:18

4.The difference between simple interest and compound interest on Rs.P at R% p.a in 2 years is :1. PR/1002. 2PR/1003. PR2/1004. PR2/(100)2

5.The rate at which Rs.64 will amount to Rs.125 in 3 years at compound interest will be :1. 15%2. 25%3. 20%4. 50%

6. One question based on the precendence of arithmetic operations .Refer to chapter 4 of R.S.Agarwal(simplification).

7.In the figure below, ABCD is a rectangle and each of the two circles has a radius of “a”. What is the ratio of the area of the rectangle not covered by the circles to the total area of the rectangle?

given : length of rectangle =4a, breadth of rectangle =2a, radius of circle=a;

1.(pi-4)/22.(4-pi)/23.4/pi4.noneour ans: (4-pi)/4L

8. A shopkeeper marks up his goods to gain 35%.But he allows 10% discount for cash payment. His profit on the cash transaction therefore in percentage is:1.13 ½2.21 ½3.254.31 ½5.none

9.Fine the positive value of n when the sum of 5+7+9+……..=140.1. 102. 83. 64. 5

10. The average age of an adult class is 30 years. 12 new students with an average age of 32 years join the class, thereby increasing the average age of the class by one year. The original strength of the class was:1. 82. 103. 124. 30

11.The mean of 100 observations was calculated as 40. If it was found later that one of the observations was mis-read as 83 instead of 53, the correct mean is :1. 39.02. 39.73. 40.34. 42.7

12. The average of the reciprocals of x and y is :1. 2xy/(x+y)2. 2(x+y)/xy3. (x+y)/(2xy)4. (x+y)/(x-y)

13. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and its breadth is decreased by 25% what is the percentage change in its area:1. 12.5% increase2. 10% increase3. 25% increase4. 20% decrease

14. A cone and a sphere have equal radii and equal volumes. The ratio of the diameter of the sphere to the height of the cone is :1. 3:12. 1:33. 6:14. 1:2

15. Three equal circles are described with vertices of the triangle as centers. If the radius of each circle is r, the sum of areas of the portions of the circles intercepted in a triangle is :1. 2*pi*r*r2. (3/2)*pi*r*r3. pi*r*r4. (1/2)*pi*r*r

16. A candidate was asked to find 7/8 of a positive number. He found 7/18th of the same by mistake. If his answer was 770 less than the correct one, then the original given number was:1. 12602. 61603. 15484. none

17. The remainder obtained when any prime number, greater than 6, is divided by 6 must be:1. either 1 or 22. either 1 or 33. either 1 or 54. either 3 or 5

18. A certain number of 2 digits, is four times the sum of its digits. If 9 were added to the number, the digits are reversed. Find the number:1. 152. 123. 214. 51

19. The majority against a certain motion is equal to 8% of the total number of voting. If 14 of those who voted against it had voted for it, the motion would have been carried by 4 votes. Find the number voting ‘for’ and ‘against’:1. for:138,against:1622. for:160,against:1853. for:130,against:1704. for:162,against:138

20. A bus traveled from station A to station B at a speed of u/1 kmph and traveled back from B to A at u/2 kmph. What is the average speed of the bus:1. (1/u/1 + 1/u/2)/22. (u/1 + u/2)/23.2u/1.u/2/(u/1+u/2)4. 2u/1.u/2 /(u/1-u/2)

21. The cost price of an article, which on being sold at a gain of 12% yield RS.6 more than when it is sold at a loss of 12%, is:1. Rs:242. Rs:253. Rs:304. Rs:20

22. The price of sugar increases by 32%. A family reduces its consumption so that the expenditure of the sugar is up only by 10%. If the total consumption of the sugar before the price-rise was 10 Kg per month, then the consumption of sugar per month at present (in Kg) is:1. 8 1/32. 8 ½3. 8 ¾4. 9

23. An article is sold at 12.5% profit. If it had been sold at 5% loss, the selling price would have been Rs.9.80 less. The cost price of the article is:1. Rs.582. Rs.563. Rs.544. Rs.46

24. Two friends invested Rs.1500 and Rs.2500 in a business. They earned a profit of Rs.800. one half of the profit was divided equally between them and other half was divided in proportion of their capitals. How much did each of them receive?1. Rs.370 and Rs.4302. Rs.350 and Rs.4503. Rs.360 and Rs.4404. Rs.375 and Rs.425

25. ABCD is a squared, E is the mid-point of BC and F is the mid-point of CD. The ratio of the area of triangle AEF to the area of the square ABCD is:1. 1:42. 1:33. 3:84. 1:2

26. ABC is an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle. P is any point on the minor arc BC. Then:1. PA < (PB+PC)2. PA > (PB+PC)3. PA = PB+PC4. PA = ½ (PB+PC)

27. In a triangle ABC , a line XY is drawn parallel to BC meeting AB in X and AC in Y. The area of the triangle AXY is half of the area of the triangle ABC.XY divides AB in the ratio of :1. 1 : root22. root2 : (root2-1)3. 1 : (root2-1)4. root2 : root3

28.Five mangoes and four oranges cost as much as three mangoes and seven oranges.What is the ratio of the cost of one mango to the cost of one orange?1. 4:32. 1:33. 3:24. 5:2

29.If x men working x hours a day for x days produce x articles, then the number of articles produced by y men working y hours a day for y days is :1.(x*x*x)/(y*y*y)2. (x*x)/(y*y*y)3. (y*y*y)/(x*x)4. (x*x)/(y*y)

30. x,y,z,u are real numbers such that x:y = y:z=z:u and x:u =64:27.The value of x:z is :1. 64:272. 16:93. 4:34. 3:4

31.A man borrowed Rs.1000 at 5% per annum at simple interest.Each year he pays Rs.200 for interest and part of debt.The amount that is left to be paid back in the end of 3 years is :1.Rs.850.002. Rs.826.133. Rs.692.504. Rs.527.13

32.A monkey climbing up a pole ascends 6 meters and slips 3 meters in alternate minutes.This way he continues climbing the pole.If the pole is 60meters height,how long will it take the monkey to reach the top:1. 31 minutes2. 33 minutes3. 35 minutes4. 37 minutes.

33.Two trains start from stations A and B and travels towards each other at speeds of 50km/hour and 60km/hour respectively.At time of their meeting the second train has traveled 120km more than the first.The distance between A and B is:1. 990km2. 1200km3. 1320km4. 1440km

34.A and B can do a piece of work in 6 2/3 and 5 days respectively.they work together for 2 days and then A leaves.In how many days after that will B complete the work alone?1. 1 ½2. 2 ¼3. 3 days4. 7 days

35.Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 4 hours and 5 hours respectively.If they are turned up alternatively for one hour each,then time taken to fill the tank is:1. 2 hrs 15mins2. 4 hrs 24mins3. 5 hrs4. 3 hrs

36.An electric device makes a ‘beep’ after 60 seconds and an another one after 62 seconds.They beeped together at 10.00a.m.Again they will beep at1. 10.30 hrs2. 10.31 hrs3. 10.59 hrs4. 11.00 hrs

37. A man has Rs.210 in coins alone.The coins consist of one rupee. 50p and 25p whose numbers from a ratio of 5 : 6 : 8 respectively.How many coins are there in the 50pdenomination?1. 2102. 1263. 1054. 168

38.The L.C.M of three different numbers is 120. Which of the following cannot be their H.C.F?1. 82. 123. 244. 30 and 24.

39.A sphere of radius 2 cm is put into water contained in a cylinder of radius 4 cm.If the sphere is completely immersed in the water, the water level in the cylinder rises by :1. 2cm2. 1/3 cm3. ½ cm4. 2/3 cm

40.The number of students in a school kept changing every year.In the year 1999, the total number of students in the school was 1000.In the year 2000,it is increased by 20%.In 2001,it again increased by 20%, but in 2002,it decreased by 5%.Find the number of students in the school at the end of year 2002 :1. 13002.13683. 14004. 1638

41.A stock of rice is enough for 100 men for 60 days.How long will the same stocks of rice last for 500 men:1. 92. 53. 64. 10

42.If on burning 6 gas ovens for 6 hrs per day, an amount of Rs.45 is spent for 8 days, then by spending Rs.60 how many gas ovens can be burnt 5 hrs per day for 10 days?1. 82. 163. 124. 65. 18

43.The cistern is filled in 9 hours and it takes 10 hours when there is a leak in its bottom.If the cistern is full,in what time shall the leak empty it?1.90 hours2.94 hours3.92 hours4.91 hours5.none of these.

44.A sum of money yields at compound interest Rs.200 and Rs.220 at the end of first and second year respectively.the rate % is :1. 202. 153. 104. 55. 11

45.In what time will a man receive Rs.85 as compound interest on Rs.320 at 12 ½ % per annum , compounded annually?1. 4 ½ years2. 2 ½ years3. 2 years4. 5 years5. 3 ½ years

FLOW CHART:

1) Some flow chart is given. Five question on this flow chart.

i. Whether i will take the value 0ii. Find value of iiii. Find value of aiv. Find value of j

Answers:i. Yesii. -4iii. 13iv. 29

2) One more flow chart. Five questions

i. s value at 6th iterationii. value f3 when n=6iii. f3 doesn’t take which valueiv. When s=57 what is the value of f3v. What is the value n when program terminates.

Answeri. 31ii. 34iii. 9iv. 89v. 11

Formulae involved in the flow chart: S = N2 - ( N – 1)F3 = F1 + F2F1 = F2F2 = F3

mug this flow chart.. same flow chart came for us..it is very difficult to remember the ques.. i am sorry that i cudnt able to reproduce.. for the 3rd Section i remember few que:

Section 3: 1- problem on tower of hanoi--ans 72 problem on fig. find the shaded area, square of size 14cm.. ans: 42 3. problem on symmetric fig ;; ans less than the 1172(check) . 4. few questions on blood relationship.. (refer r.s. agrawal reasoning) sample ques..man looking at photo tells that " the daughter of this person is the only son etc..." try to familiar on this ..5 . again ques on relationship..; 6 persons are there A, B, C, D, E, F. i) how many male: ans -4ii)how many female- ans 2iii) how D related to A; - similar ques ..easy ..6)u have the series of letters..need to find the odd one out.. tips: u identify the pattern all the choices follow the pattern except one..

eg: given words are say ..ABCD , JKLM, OPQR, UVWX, EGHI

in this the last set do not follow the pattern.. in case of ABCD- all are continious. JKLM , OPQR, UVWX..follow same all are continious .. If u see the EGHI – this is not continious as EFGH shud me there..got it …

U have 4 ques on this..easy one..

6) u have to fill the missing letter in the series.. little bit tough.. 4 ques..but easy..7) u have 3 figure –based on the figures ques asked.. easy one.. eg: Fig Triangle means StrongFig Square means Tall Fig Circle means Fair.Ques asked is find the number that represents Strong Tall and Fair persons.. easy one ..So u have 3 ques on this pattern..

8) u have ques on flow chart..easy..very simple..

NOTE: they r looking for the toppers ..so if u r the topper than no probs. Mostly CGPA of 8 + is they expect. To shortlist.yntel Placement Paper-4

1.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins) synonyms( for the given word there are 3 synonyms and one odd one is given find the odd)- fill in the blanks with the suitable word.(5 ques)- sentence correction.(10 ques)- analogies(5 ques) 2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)

few ques remembered:

synonyms: (not sure)abridge: abash abase aberration abstract

analogies: 1. intimidness: fear2. crust: wave3. assist: save4. affirm: hint

APTITUDE:

1. One pipe fills in 4 hrs and another in 5hrs when they both work alternately how much time will be taken to fill the tank.2. LCM of 3 nos is 120 which of the following no must not be their HCFa. 8, b.24 c.12 d.24 and 303. Two trains from the points A and B moving in opposite direction, at the point they meet the second train travels 120 kms more than the first. The speeds are 50kmph and 60kmph respectively find the distance between A and B?4. 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)5 A number when multiplied by 7/18 instead of 7/8 and got the result 770 less than the actual result, find the original number?6. The volume and the radius of both cone and sphere are equal , then find the ratio of height of the cone to the diameter of the sphere?7. A and B started a business with 1500 and 2500 and got a profit 800 rs. Half of the profit is shared equally the remaining is shared according to their investment. Find their profits.8. The difference between the simple interest and compound interest for 2 years?8(a) A: B =2:3 and B: C=5:6 then find A: B: C9. An amount of 64 Rs has to become 125 in 3 years in compound interest , find the rate of interest?10. A similar to the above problem finds the time (rate of interest is given)11. The prime no., which is greater than 6 when divide by 6 will always gives the remainderAns: 1 or 5

12. Length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and breadth is decreased by 25% what is the difference in the area13. Mr. X position in a class is 13th from first and 17th from last, and 8th from the first and 13th from last in passed candidates list, then how many candidates failed in the exam14. Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of ____15. A two digit number is 4 times to its sum of digits, when 9 is added to the number, the digits will get reversed. Then what is that number?Ans: 1216. The length of the following rectangle is '4a' and its breadth is '2a'. Radius of the two circles is 'a'. Then find the ratio of total area of the rectangle to the area not covered by the two circles with in the rectangle17. A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.18. A cistern will be filled in 9 hrs, but becoz of an outlet it is filled in 10 hrs, if the cistern is filled, then how much time the outlet takes to empty the cistern.19. In a right angled triangle ABC angle B = 90, BM is the median to AC, then AB2 + BC2 (in terms of BM)20. Three circles with same radius r are drawn with centers as three vertices of a triangle. What is the sum of areas of the intersections of these circles with the triangle?21. X men work for X days to produce X products, and then Y men can produce Y products in ---- days.22. The compound interest for first and second years is 200 and 220 on a certain amount. Find the sum.23. Marked price of a commodity is 35% above the cost price. If he gives a discount of 15%, how much he gains on the deal.24.5 mangoes + 4 oranges = 7 mangoes + 1 orange.Find the ratio of mango to orange.25. A man starts a work, after some time some one joins him..............like this26. Food is sufficient for 100men for 60days. For how many days the food is sufficient for 500men?27. If 8men 8hrs per day works for 8days get 45/- then how many men required if the work is 5hrs per day for10days they get 60/-?28. A person sold an item at a profit of 12% .If he sold it at a loss of 12% then he would get Rs.6/- less. What is the cost price?29. (1 ½ / ((3/4-2/5)/ (2/3+4/5))) * ((2 ¾/ ((4/3-2/5)/ (5/3+6/5))) (Numbers different)30. Avg age of X number of adults in a class is 30yrs. If 12 new adults with avg age of 32 joined with them then the avg age increases by one. Find X?31. A sphere of radius 2cms is dropped into a cylinder of radius 4 cms containing water upto certain level. The raise in the water level is (not sure)32. Find the average of reciprocals of x and y:33. In a school there are 1000 students in the year 1999. The number of students increased by 20% in the year 2000. And it is increased by 15% in the year 2001. But it is decreased by 18% in 2002. Then what is the strength in 2002. (Numbers may differ)

REASONING

1. Odd man out a) stem b) fruits c) flowers d) tree e) root2. 9, --, 15, 18, 21, 24 3. Seating arrangement (2 puzzles) 4. Books arrangement (puzzle) 5. Flowchart6. If 3rd day of a month is Monday. Then what is the 5th day after 21st of that month?7. Blood relation

Paper pattern: 2Verbal (25 questions), Quantitative (45 questions), analytical (30 questions)For verbal refer to Barons most frequently used words...Quans : R.S Agarwal (Quantitative Aptitude)...Analys: Barons...

Ex.:Ratios and proportions, Train problems, Simple and Compound interest, Area Volume problems, Ages problem, Venn Diagram problems, Graphical problems (ex. Bar Chart), Seating arrangement problem, Flow Chart.

Next round is Interview:Basically a General InterviewQuestions on ur Project details, Questions on personal Details....Brush up ur subject for safe purpose...

Paper pattern: 3Test is in gre pattern.Verbal-25 q. 15 min.(includes antonyms,analogies,sentences etc.)quants-50q-30minanal 50q--30 min.paper is tough.don't waste time.words i remember are: sequester, celibate: marriage ,importunatein quants: 1.sqrt12+sqrt12+...............upto infinity.2. min no. to be multiplied to 60 to make it perfect square.3. ques regar. 9 multiples4. sphere vol. uqes.5. compund int.and simple interest based.

Paper pattern: 4

Question pattern of SYNTEL test conducted at COCHIN (SHREDS) ON 23-8-2003:

Section I: 25 questions (ENGLISH) in 15 minutes...Section II: 45 questions (QUANTITATIVE) in 45 minutes....Section III: 30 questions (REASONING) in 30 minutes.....

We were first asked to do section II and then section I.....

SECTION II QUANTITATIVE (TIME IS A SEVERE CONSTRAINT)

Qn 1.) (this was the first question)Maximum numbers that can be formed using all the 4 digits 6 4 8 1 without repetition and which is divisible by 9.( ans none)2.) Find the number of sides of a regular convex polygon whose angle is 40degrees.3.) a+b+c=0, then roots of ax^2+bx+c=0 is 1.imag 2.real 3.coincidental 4.zero4.) Difference b/w the compound interest and simple interest for Rs.2500 for 2 years is given-----. Find the rate of interest.

5.) There was one more question on S.I and C.I6.) The minimum number by which 60 is to be multiplied to generate a square. Ans 157.) A monkey climbs 6 mts and falls 3mts in alternate minutes. Then time taken to climb a tree 60metres high? a. 35 b.37 c.32 d.34 (think the answer is 37)8.) (This was the second last question) A bucket contains z drops. and it leaks x drops in t secs.then the time required to empty the bucket(in minutes)?9.) 6 pipes fill or empty the cistern. find the number of emptying pipes iff it takes 18hrs to fill and 18 hrs to empty.... (don't remember the question exactly)10.) The largest no: which is a factor of 1080 and 729?11.) No: of spheres of radius 1 that can be got from sphere of radius (or diameter don't recall) 812.) (Think the last but three question) Traveling at 3/4th the speed a man is 20 minutes later then speed is??13.) There are 6 keys and 6 locks. then number of combinations to be tried out to get the actual solution a. 5^6 b.6^5 (don't remember the rest)14.) choosing 2 people out of 10 in how many combinations can a particular person(some name) be always included....15.) from 6 white balls and 7 black balls probability that 2 balls drawn at random are of the same color?16.) If a sales man gets successive gain of 15% and 20% then his actual gain? Ans. 3817.) A string of pearls such that 1/3 is lost and of that 1/4th is missing, remaining is 20 then actual number of pearls? Ans. 4018.) A man gets a gain of x%. but if he had sold at twice the cost price, what will be his gain?(question not sure) a. 2x b.200-2x c.100+x (not sure of the options)19.) A clock was 7mts behind the actual time on 3 p.m. on wednesday and 8 mts ahead of actual time on (not sure) 4 p.m. friday. when will it show the correct time?20.) Boat moves upstream in 6 hrs and covers the same distance downstream in 5 hrs. then speed of a raft floating?(accuracy of question not sure)21.) (This was the last question) no idea what it stands for........ some kind of notation like S(P(M((D(a,b),2))):P(M(S(D(a,b),........options were1. ab 2.(a-b)^2 3.(a+b)^2 4.none22.) If x men working x hrs per day can do x units of work in x days, then y men working y hrs/day would be able to complete how many units of work i y days?ans. y^3/x^2 (question in R.S. Agarwal)23.) (This was a question in the first page of the section II booklet) a cone with radius----- and height -----. a hemisphere covers the cone such that base of hemisphere meets that of the cone. then the enclose volume.....(R.S. Agarwal consists of similar questions)24.) There was one more question on volume and surface area.....25.) 1 Rs, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio ---------, then the number of 50 ps coins if they sum to ------Rs. (similar question in R.S.Agarwal)26.) There was one more question on coins i.e. abt getting a change of 10ps and 25 coins for ------Rs.(how many possible combinations or so possible)27.) x/y + y/x = 40/21(don't remember the exact value, believe this is the one) find x and yThere were 2 questions on train and one was like:28.) A goods train starts and after 2 hrs a passenger train at 4km/hr starts and overtakes the goods train after 4 hrs, then the speed of goods train?29.) 15hrs of boys work=6 hrs of women's work. 3/5 of the work is done by -----boys and -----women. How much time would be taken by the women to complete the work?

30.) Using false weight a man gains -----%, for a k.g. then he uses a weight of.....(this kind of question has some formula that can be found in R.S.Agarwal)31.) There was one question on L.C.M. and co primes (don't remember the question)32.) There was one question on triangle33.) A figure was given a square with four corners shaded and asked to find the area of the shaded portion.... ie area of square-area of the regular octagon.....This is all i can remember from section II

SECTION I ENGLISH (EASY) PATTERN:

1.) Few questions on finding out the segment of sentence which is wrong....2.) Analogy. (few i can remember)1.) celebrate::marriage ans. lament::bereavement2.) bouquet::flowersans. chain::link3.) germ::diseaseans. war::destruction4.) (remember only the answer) ans. book::pages

3.) To fill up the blanks in the sentences with the most appropriate words.....4.) to find the word opposite in meaning (few qns i can remember)1.) equanamity2.) sequester3.) dormant4.) apathetic

SECTION III REASONING (TIME IS A CONSTRAINT)

1.) (last question and the easiest) a simple flowchart whose steps are as follows. value of r and h are given, a and b=0 m=pi*r*r*h n=(pi*r*r*h)/3 if (m==n) do ------else b=4*pi*r*h print a and b [DON'T REMEMBER IF condition is m==n or m<n]2.) (second last question this was also easy) it was abt a set of people talking 4 languages and then qns were abt who could act as a translator to whom ........3.) There were 3 questions based on an argument given... questions were to find out which statement in the objectives given could strengthen the argument or to weaken the argument....(bit confusing)4.) blood relationship question( i remember all the statements given, though not the question) 10 people in a family A B C are husbands D E F are wives altogether there are only 4 women. each family can have atmost 2 children and C has atleast 1 child. D and G are related to A. E cannot be related to H and I and J are not related.....5.) (this consists of the most confusing set of questions) a set of statements are given and then questions were asked, the statements were like All A B C D E F are Q's All A's are B's--------------(better leave this question for the last)6.) Alice works on Monday, Wednesday and FridayB does not work on WedC works only on Tuesday and someotherday(don't remember)D does not work on FridayE works on all days except on the first Monday and Thursdaythen questions like who all will be available on which days .....7.) question based on venn diagram given ......read the question properly and then answer8.) (First question) abt 4 buses with different seating capacity.and different charges. and questions were to find out the minimum number of trips required, the maximum charge, the second highest charge etc....

one more thing: though they said abt 50% cut-off for each section, for us THEY HAD CONSIDERED THE TOTAL(OUT OF 100) only AND NOT THE CUT-OFF...... seems they have changed their processing technique......don't think they are are going to change the questions atleast for quite a while.....so this being the latest set, those preparing for syntel, i would suggest u to peruse through the questions and be ready to answer them.... remember rate of answering counts in a lot for this test......

Paper pattern: 5

Quantitative, Analytical, English lang testing --- the first 2 lasted for more than an hour and the english test was for 15 min --- totally 2 hours.Go thr R.S.Agarwal, and barrons if u clear the test u will have the interview which was almost a general one and only a very few techical questions.... i dont know whether the interview will be of the same type for everyone

Paper pattern: 6

The test consisted of three sections 1. English 25 marks 13 cut off2. Quant 45 qns 23 cutoff3. Logical reasoning 30 qns 15 cutoffEnglish was the only one tough in it.

Paper pattern: 7

I attended the Syntel test on 19th in Bangalore ( Question paper set no 2 )Patteren is same as set no 1 1.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins) 2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)

some of questions i rememberd are===================================( English)

1 celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty2. neglegent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argumenteasy:hard careful:position3 Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods4 bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book5.letter:word::club:people page:bookproduct:factory picture:paper

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select most oppsite word from the list (there are 5 options)1 sedate answer = a. unify, b. inmmunize, c. recupenate, d. stimulate, e. injure2 sequester (options not known) 3 equanimity4 apathetic5 dislodge

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some questions repeated from aptitude (earliar)

1 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)2 Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of .....a 30 b 35 c d 3 A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.4. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Y products in ---- days.

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Paper pattern: 8

I am inundated with the queries regarding syntel.i appeared fo rth ewalkin in mumbai.they have three sections in written test viz, verbal, quantitative and reasoning. u got 30 mins for each sectrion.verbal - 35 questions in 30 mins. quantitative - 45 questions in 30 mins.reasoning - 30 questions in 30 mins.cutoff for each section is 50% of the questions in that section.once u r thru, u will get a call for interview.its very general kind of interview. they ask about ur family background and personal questions. they can ask about ur final year project and what all is mentioned in ur resume.technical questions are rare, but for safer side, be ready for such questiosn also.they normally look for ur attitude and confidence level in interviews.

Paper pattern: 9

I had applied to Syntel on july 15th thru a mail id given in this group.I got an admit card & call to write the test on July 20th 9am.Many people had come to write the Test....The classrooms in all the 3 floors of the building got filled.They first give u Section-2 aptitude-60mins(dunno why they jumbled the order of section 1 & 2.)Then they give Section 1- Verbal-15minsLastly,Section 3- Logical Reasoning.-45mins.The questions are quite easy,if u go thru RSAgarwal u wud be able to answer the questions but the problem is u need to be really really fast in answering the question...Verbal was also quite tough u need to go thru GRE book I guess....Logical Reasoning was quite cool for most of the questions the choice 'a' was the answer so didn;t have to bother going thru the other choices.I wasn't able to complete the paper as I told u Speed is essential...To be specific there were qns on "Trains","Compound Interest"(4-5 qns in this),"Time and Work"(if A does in so many days,B does in so many days how long will A+B take kinds!),"Proportion"(if u mix so much sugar in -litres of water what is the percentage of sugar in the soln...!),a,b are prime nos, a=b+2 is a an odd number(yes/no?)I think the answer is Yes.

In Verbal give antonyms for waffle, dissonance, Chagrin....

Relations: - Sartorial: Tailor; Feud: ----------; and some fill in the blanks.

They selected some 38 ppl for the Interview by 1.30pm .I got selected for the Interview. Interview was held the same day.Interview was purely HR he asked questions like;Brief me about what u have done after ur 12thWhat do u consider as ur StrengthsWhat was ur project on?What are ur software skills?Are u strong in ur Technical Skills(I said yes,he didn't ask me tech. qns.)The placement was for the position of "Programmer",placement will be in Mumbai or Pune.1st one month will be Training on Mainframes,Languages etc....from 9am to 11pm!!!!!Then u wud be put into live projects.

Paper pattern: 10

Pattern 3 sections

No Negative MarkingSection I - Verbal - 25 qns - 15 minsSection II - Quantitative Aptitude - 30 qns - 45 minsSection III - Logical Reasoning - 30 qns - 30 minsTotal 85qns - 90 MinsSection - I - Verbal - 25 qns in 15 mins, refer Barron's GRE guide.

Synonyms

Analogies

Fill up the sentences

Find the Word that has to be replacedForm a Sentence and find the last wordSection - II - Quantitative Aptitude 30 qns in 45mins - please refer Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal to prepare.few qns i remember are1. The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score.a) 151 b) 161 c) 121 a d) 101 e) 137 Ans: c2. A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. He multiplied it by 35 and got his answer less than the correct one by 1206. Find the number to be multiplied.a) 37 b) 67 a c) 87 d) 97 e) 107 Ans: 673. A Problem like this not exactly the same but on same model.If the manufacturer gains 10 %, the wholesale dealer 15 % and the retailer 25 % then the cost of Production of a table, if the retail price is Rs.1265a) 632.50 b) 800 c) 814 d) 834.24 Ans: b4. A trader marks his goods up by 50% and declares two successive discounts of 20% each. What is his overall gain? a) 10% gain b) 4% gain c) 4% loss (A) d) 10% loss e) No loss No gainTrain Problems - 3 as finding speed of train, how many secs it will cross each other etc.Age problems -3 , find mothers age,fathers age etc.Statistics Problems(probability) as A-this much , B-This Much, A n B-this much and A u B - ?Angle Problems which deals with triangle - 3 problems.

Section III - Logical reasoning - 30 qns in 30 mins

1. Tower of Hanoi Problem - Ans : 72. problem on fig. find the shaded area, square of size 14cm.. ans: 42 3. problem on symmetric fig ;; ans less than the 1172(check) . 4. Blood Relation Problems - 35. Then a passage is given on blood relation and 4 qns asked how many male:ans -4 and few etc.6. Find odd man out of the given series - 3 problems pretty simple put A-Z and number them 1-26 and then u can find easily odd man out.7. Find the missing letter - was a bit tough to establish relation - 3 problems8. u have 3 figure -based on the figures ques asked.. easy one.. eg: Fig Triangle means Strong Fig Square means Tall Fig Circle means Fair.

Ques asked is find the number that represents Strong Tall and Fair persons.. easy one ..ans : 49. Another question Women, Sub inspector, graduates - Ans: 310. An Flow Chart - GIven Units - 250 find final Value with formulae - (units*1.25) and few calculations like this Ans:506.25And two tedious flow charts couldn't remember them and the answers.

Paper pattern: 11

Thanks for your support by sending papers of Syntel. I had campus recuritment program by Syntel on last Saturday. The test consist of general apptitude. I feel the paper is very easy. I was shortlisted for interview. Along with me 5 - MCA and 30 B.E got shorlisted for interview. On Wednesday(9-July,2003) I had interview. The interview is only HR. The guy who interviewed me was so cool. He started the interview with the question "Tell me about urself?" Then, he asked about my hobbies, postive and negative qualites. Then he asked about "What do u think to be a good software profession?". Then he asked about my project? Nothing technical. The interview last 10 - 15 mins. I am awaithing for the result.

Paper pattern: 12

I attened syntel intv today. It was purely HR for me. Not even one question from technical side. There r about 5 or 6 panels. It is one to one interview. Most of the panels were like that. In one panel they asked Linked list programs and asked them to give a speech abt any topic for 3 minutes. They rarely ask tech ques. 1 ques in microprocessor was how will U find a no odd or even [there is another method other than successive division which has got something to do with the last bit of the number]. For a EEE student there was a question from House wiring.On the whole they measure Ur communication skills and ability to work in a team. Prepare for ques like where U c urself in 5 years from now, wat is Ur hobbies, How was ur project team, wat difficulties U faced in Ur project group and how U overcome those etc. Be prepared to explain Ur project clearly. The interview was very friendly. All the best for those going to attend the interviewyntel Placement Paper-5Verbal(25 questions), Quantitative (45 questions), analytical (30 questions)

For verbal refer to Barons most frequently used words...Quans : R.S Agarwal (Quantitative Aptitude)...Analys: Barons...

E.x:

Ratios and proportions, Train problems, Simple and Compound interest, Area Volume problems, Ages problem

Venn Diagram problems, Graphical problems ( e.x Bar chart ) , Seating arrangement problem, Flow Chart.

Next round is Interview:

Basically a General Interview

Questions on ur Project details, Questions on personal details....

Patteren is same as set no 1 1.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins) 2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)some of questions i rememberd are===================================( English)1 celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty

2. neglegent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argumenteasy:hard careful:position3 Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods4 bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book5.letter:word::club:people page:bookproduct:factory picture:paper=====================================select most oppsite word from the list (there are 5 options)1 sedate answer=a. unify, b. inmmunize, c. recupenate, d. stimulate, e. injure2 sequester ( options not known) 3 equanimity4 apathetic5 dislodge====================================== some questions repeated from aptitude (earliar) 1 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)2 Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of .....a 30 b 35 c d

3 A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.4. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Y products in ---- days.

We had a Syntel test. The test had 3 sections:1. English (25 questions in 15 minutes).2. Quantitative Ability (50 questions in 30 minutes).3. Reasoning (25 questions in 30 minutes).

For English, practice the Test Papers of Barrons GRE Guide. The entire paper was copied word-by-word from there. Also few questions were a repeat from the old papers.

The toughest part was the Maths section. TIME IS A REAL CONSTRAINT. Practice to attempt questions real fast. The questions were of R S Agarwal pattern. Some of them were a repeat. I remember few questions:

1. If A can do a work in 12 days, B in 24 days and C in 6 days, then how many days will they take to finish the job together.

2. Travelling at 3/4 of his speed, a man is 20 minutes late. Calculate his original speed.

The reasoning part was easy. Most of the questions were on the alphabet series. Like if the alphabets of English are reversed then which would be the letter from the 7th and so on.

Try to attempt 50% questions from each section if you wich to get a cll for interview. Trying to attempt all the questions is foolishness.

Then they give Section 1- Verbal-15mins

Lastly,Section 3- Logical Reasoning.-45mins.

The questions are quite easy,if u go thru RSAgarwal u wud be able to answer the questions but the problem is u need to be really really fast in answering the question...Verbal was also quite tough u need to go thru GRE book I guess....Logical Reasoning was quite cool for most of the questions the choice 'a' was the answer so didn;t have to bother going thru the other choices.I wasn't able to complete the paper as I told u Speed is essential...

To be specific there were qns on

"Trains","Compound Interest"(4-5 qns in this),"Time and Work"(if A does in so many days,B does in so many days how long will A+B take kinds!),"Proportion"(if u mix so much sugar in -litres of water what is the percentage of sugar in the soln...!),

a,b are prime nos, a=b+2 is a an odd number(yes/no?)

I think the answer is Yes.

In Verbal give antonyms for waffle,dissonance,Chagrin....

Relations:- Sartorial:Tailor ; Feud : ----------;

and Some fill in the blanks.

They selected some 38 ppl for the Interview by 1.30pm .I got selected for the Interview.Interview was held the same day.

Interview was purely HR he asked questions like;

Brief me about what u have done after ur 12th

What do u consider as ur Strengths

What was ur project on?

What are ur software skills?

Are u strong in ur Technical Skills(I said yes,he didn't ask me tech. qns.)

The placement was for the position of "Programmer",placement will be in Mumbai or Pune.

1st one month will be Training on Mainframes,Languages etc....from 9am to 11pm!!!!!

Then u wud be put into live projects.

Pattern3 sectionsNo Negative MarkingSection I - Verbal - 25 qns - 15 minsSection II - Quantitative Aptitude - 30 qns - 45 minsSection III - Logical Reasoning - 30 qns - 30 mins

Total 85qns - 90 Mins

Section - I - Verbal - 25 qns in 15 mins, refer Barron's GRE guide.

SynonymsAnalogiesFill up the sentencesFind the Word that has to be replacedForm a Sentence and find the last word

Section - II - Quantitative Aptitude 30 qns in 45mins - please refer Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal to prepare.

few qns i remember are

The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score.a) 151 b) 161 c) 121 a d) 101 e) 137Ans: cA boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. He multiplied it by 35 and got his answer less than the correct one by 1206. Find the number to be multiplied.a) 37 b) 67 a c) 87 d) 97 e) 107Ans: 67A Problem like this not exactly the same but on same model.If the manufacturer gains 10 %, the wholesale dealer 15 % and the retailer 25 % then the cost of Production of a table, if the retail price is Rs.1265a) 632.50 b) 800 c) 814 d) 834.24Ans: bA trader marks his goods up by 50% and declares two successive discounts of 20% each. What is his overall gain? a) 10% gain b) 4% gain c) 4% loss (A) d) 10% loss e) No loss No gainTrain Problems - 3 as finding speed of train, how many secs it will cross each other etc.

Age problems -3 , find mothers age,fathers age etc.

Statistics Problems(probability) as A-this much , B-This Much, A n B-this much and A u B - ?

Angle Problems which deals with triangle - 3 problems.

Section III - Logical reasoning - 30 qns in 30 mins.

Tower of Hanoi Problem - Ans : 7

problem on fig. find the shaded area, square of size 14cm.. ans: 42

problem on symmetric fig ;; ans less than the 1172(check) .

Blood Relation Problems - 3

Then a passage is given on blood relation and 4 qns askedhow many male: ans -4 and few etc.

Find odd man out of the given series - 3 problems pretty simple put A-Z and number them 1-26 and then u can find easily odd man out.

Find the missing letter - was a bit tough to establish relation - 3 problems

u have 3 figure -based on the figures ques asked.. easy one.. eg: Fig Triangle means Strong Fig Square means Tall Fig Circle means Fair.Ques asked is find the number that represents Strong Tall and Fair persons.. easy one ..ANs : 4ANother question Women,Sub inspector,graduates - Ans: 3

An Flow Chart - GIven Units - 250 find final Value with formulae - (units*1.25) and few calculations like this Ans:506.25

And two tedious flow charts couldn't remember them and the answers.Syntel Placement Paper-61) Which type of movies do you like?2) Tell me about your educational background?3) How can I reach your Residence, because I don't the place where you are residing at chennai?4) What is your ambition?( I told I want to develop an application such as winzip.)5) Then he asked, What are all the steps you have taken for that?6) Then he asked some questions from Microprocessors?i) What is a JMP command, MOV command?ii) How many registers are there in 8086?iii) What is a Accumulator?iv) What is the speciality of Accumulator?v) What is JC and JNC?vi) What is AD Convertor (Analog-to-Digital) and How it works?7) What is lower-level programming and Higher-level programming?8) Why Microprocessor is called as Lower-level programming?9) What are all the advantages of using Higher-level programming?10) Is Microprocessors 8086 32-bit or 16-bit?11) Today's Economic Times contains how many pages?( Since I mentioned Economic Times in the form provided by SYNTEL at the Interview)12) What is the color of Economic Times?13) In what level do you represented in "Badminton"? (Since I mentioned Badminton at the Sports / games column in the form)14) Is there any questions for you to ask, Yogesh?

Then I asked ,1) Sir I saw Java and Mainframe is used by SYNTEL through www.syntelinc.com.What are the Microsoft Technologies used by SYNTEL?He told .NET. And he added "we are also undergoing projects in SAP."

That's all.

The Interview is nice and the HR person told " The Interview result will be announced within 1 month."

I am waiting for the SYNTEL Interview results.

If anybody has attended the Interview at chennai on 31-01-2004, please mail me or call me at 9840360700.

If the Interview results are announced please inform me.

The following are the questions asked at the SYNTEL exam on 31-01-2004:================================================

Paper Pattern:******************

"No Negative Marking"

1) Section II - 45 questions - 45 mins - cut-off 232) Section I - 25 questions - 15 mins - cut-off 133) Section III- 30 questions - 30 mins - cut-off 15

Questions:*************

Friends I forgot many questions. Sorry.

I'll try to give you the other questions as early as possible.

But Verbal (English) part you can easily clear if you read "The Hindu" or "The Economic Times" or some other dailies.

Section - I++++++++

i)synonyms:(5 questions)-------------------------------------

1)abash 2)abase and some easy ones , sorry I forgot.

ii)Analogies : (5 questions)----------------------------

1)crust: wave2)assist: save3)Lion:Tameand two more.

iii)Find the wrong part ( A, B, C, D). If all are right Mark it as 'E'.( 5 questions)

iv) A sentence is given with correct tense and an incorrect part. We have to find the incorrect part and mark it as the answer. ( 5 questions)

v)Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given in the choices.( 5 questions )

section - II++++++++1.one pipe fills in 4 hrs and another in 5hrs when they both work alternately how much time will be taken to fill the tank.

2.LCM of 3 nos is 120 which of the following no must not be their HCFa. 8 , b.24 c.12 d.24 and 30

3.two trains from the points A and B moving in opposite direction , at the point they meet the second train travels 120 kms more than the first. The speeds are 50kmph and 60kmph respectively find the distance between A and B?Ans: 1320

4.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)

5.A number when multiplied by 7/18 instead of 7/8 and got the result 770 less than the actual result , find the original number?

6.The volume and the radius of both cone and sphere are equal , then find the ratio of height of the cone to the diameter of the sphere?

7.A and B started a business with 1500 and 2500 and got a profit 800 rs. Half of the profit is shared equally the remaining is shared according to their investment. Find their profits.Ans: Rs. 350, Rs.450

8.A:B =2:3 and B:C=5:6 then find A:B:C

9.An amount of 64 Rs has to become 125 in 3 years in compound interest , find the rate of interest?Ans: 25%

10.the prime no., which is greater than 6 when divide by 6 will always gives the remainderans: 1 or 5

11.Length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and breadth is decreased by 25% what is the difference in the area?ans: 12.5 increased

12.Mr X position in a class is 13th from first and 17th from last, and 8th from the first and 13th from last in passed candidates list, then how many candidates failed in the exam?Ans: 9

13.Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of ----?Ans: 32%

14.A two digit number is 4 times to its sum of digits , when 9 is added to the number, the digits will get reversed. Then what is that number?Ans: 12

15.The length of the following rectangle is '4a' and its breadth is '2a'. Radius of the two circles is 'a'. Then find the ratio of total area of the rectangle to the area not covered by the two circles with in the rectangle?

16.A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.?Ans: ((2u/1)*(u/2))/((u/1)+(u/2))The above answer is a intermediary step when we solve the problem.The final result is 2u/3.

17.A cistern will be filled in 9 hrs, but becoz of an outlet it is filled in 10 hrs, if the cistern is filled, then how much time the outlet takes to empty the cistern?

18.In a right angled triangle ABC angle B = 90 , BM is the median to AC , then AB2 + BC2 (in terms of BM)?

19.Three circles with same radius r are drawn with centres as three vertices of a triangle. What is the sum of areas of the intersections of these circles with the triangle?

20.X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Y products in ---- days.

21.The compound interest for first and second years is 200 and 220 on a certain amount. Find the sum?

22.Marked price of a commodity is 35% above the cost price. If he gives a discount of 15%, how much he gains on the deal?

23. 5 mangoes + 4 oranges = 7 mangoes + 1 orange.Find the ratio of mango to orange.This question is not the actual one, numbers are changed in the exam paper.But a similar one.

24.Food is sufficient for 100men for 60days. For how many days the food is sufficient for 500men?

25.A person sold an item at a profit of 12% .If he sold it at a loss of 12% then he would get Rs.6/- less. What is the cost price?

26.Avg age of X number of adults in a class is 30yrs. If 12 new adults with avg age of 32 joined with them then the avg age increases by one. Find X?

27.find the average of reciprocals of x and y?Ans: xy/(x+y)

28.In a school there are 1000 students in the year 1999. The number of students increased by 20% in the year 2000. And it is increased by 15% in the year 2001. But it is decreased by 18% in 2002. Then what is the strength in 2002.

29.1 Rs, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio ---------, then the number of 50 ps coins if they sum to ------Rs. (similar question in R.S.Agarwal)

30. The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score.a) 151 b) 161 c) 121 d) 101 e) 137Ans: c

31.A trader marks his goods up by 50% and declares two successive discounts of 20% each. What is his overall gain? a) 10% gain b) 4% gain c) 4% loss (A) d) 10% loss e) No loss No gain

Section-III+++++++

1. From the word " ENTHUSIASTIC " take letters from positions 1,4,8 and 10 and form a meaningful word. What is the last letter of the meaningful word?a) H b) A c) E d) TAns: d) T ( since the word "HEAT" is formed.)

2) Find the odd-man out:a) stem b) fruits c) flowers d) tree e) root.Ans: d) Tree

3)A rectangle was splitted into 6 parts and 5 parts contains a number and we have to find the number which is missing in the empty place of the rectangle?The series given is 9, ___, 15, 18, 21, 24.Ans: 12

4) ODD MAN OUT: ABCD, JKLM, OPQR, UVWX, EGHI.Ans: EGHI.

Six persons A,B,C,D,E and F are sitting in a circle. Some conditions are given such as C is sitting between D and A. E is 3 to the right of B and second to the left of A. ( similar question).5) Find the person who is sitting against A?6) Find the person who is sitting against C?

7 & 8) same question as 5 & 6.

9 - 13) This question contains Six persons working and One is a student ( A, B, C, D, E, F and G).There are two couples in the group. Advocate, Author, Engineer, Manager, Teacher, musician are the professions of the family members.D is the father of E and grand father of C.D is a Manager. E is a Engineer.Two women are not an Author or Advocate.Then 5 questions are asked based on the above information.

14-19) are also similar questions to the above with Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ... Saturday and we have to solve.

30) Last question is a flow chart we have to find the answer.

Step 1: Choose a prime no. > 11 and < 19.

Step 2: Y = X + X

Step 3: Z = X * Y

Step 4: Is Z >= 338 and <= 578 Then Continue else Goto Step 1.

Step 5: P = Z / Y

Step 6: Print P.

a) 11 b) 13 c) 17 d) 19 e) None of theseAns: 13 ( I am not sure)Syntel Placement Paper-7

1)THERE ARE 100 QUESTIONS----

25 from ENGLISH(5 SYN, 10 ERROR corrrection, 5 FILL IN THE BLANKS,5 ANALOGY.)45 from QUANT.30 from REASONING.

2)THERE IS UPPER MARK CUT-OFF.SO TRY TO SOLVE ONLY 40% TO 50% QUESTIONS.

3)INTERVIEW WAS BASED ON SOFTWARE ENGIN. and S.A.D PLUS PERSONAL IN JADAVPUR.

4)THERE IS ONLY ONE SET.

5)QUANT WERE AVERAGE.(QUESTION ALSO CONTAIN FLOW CHART)

6)REASONING CONTAINS PUZZELS --A BIT TOUGH.

7)ENGLISH WERE AVERAGE.

I AM SENDING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH I CANCOLLECT.

QUESTIONS::-- SYNTEL 2003

ENGLISH:-25 Q

FILL IN THE BLANKS:-5Q

* ONE FILL IN THE BLANKS HAS ANS.......................ANS--BOORES

SYN--(5 QUESTIONS)--ABATE,ABASE.

ERROR CORRECTION:-10 QDO YOURSELF.I COULD NOT REMEMBER.

ANALOGY:-5 QDO YOURSELF I COULD NOT REMEMBER.

QUANT:-45 Q* IF THE LENGTH OF A SQUARE IS INCREASED BY 10%,THEN BY WHAT AMOUNT AREA WILL INCREASE?ANS--21%

*IF LENGTH INCREASED BY 10% AND BREDTH DECREASE BY 20% ,THEN FIND % CHANGE IN AREA OF A RECTANGLE.ANS-- 12%

* A MARKS 25% ABOVE THE COST PRICE AND THEN GIVES 12.5% DISCOUNT WHAT IS IT'S RESULTANT PROFIT?ANS--

*THERE WERE A PROBLEM OF TANK-(NOT REMEMBERED BUT ANS IS 91 hr) ANS-- 91 hr

*THERE WAS A PROBLEM OF A.P SERIESANS-(1/X+1/Y)/2

*A PROBLEM ON FLOW CHARTANS--13.

*ODD-MAN-OUTANS--TREE.

*A PROBLEM ON SPHERE AND CIRCLEANS--1/2

*A PROBLEM ON MEAN,MEDIANANS--4bm^2 THAT IS 4*b*m*m

*A PROBLEM ON SERIES:-ABCD.......................19numbers........ANS-- OPTION(h)

*A PROBLEM OF MONKEY CLIMBING ON A POLEANS--35

*A PROBLEM THAT CONTAINS A LOT OF BRACKET:-((((( )))))).......ANS-none of these.

*A PROBLEM ON CIRCLE AND RECTANGLE........................ANS-- (4-(pie)/4 ) ; pie=22/7

*IF a:b=2:3 AND b:c=5:6 THEN FIND a:b:c=?ANS-- 10:15:18

*A PROBLEM ON-- MAX PRICE 30% MORE,DISCOUNT ONCASH PAYMENT 10%-------------ANS-- 12.5

REST QUESTIONS WERE EASY ,BUT I COULD NOT REMEMBER.

REASONING:-- 30 Q

NOW I AM GIVING ANS ONLY OF SOME QUESTIONS WITH THEIR POSITION IN QUESTION PAPER--

FIRST was aptitude test [1hr - 9ques - 50marks]1. A car is traveling at a uniform speed. The driver sees a milestone showing a 2-digit number. After traveling for an hour the driver sees another milestone with the same digits in reverse order. After another hour the driver sees another milestone containing the same two digits with a zero inbetween. What is the average speed of the driver.(6 marks)

Ans: 45 kmph (Milestones:16, 61, 106)

2. If you add one quarter of the present time after midnight to half of the time remaining from present time to the midnight, then you get the present time. What is the present time.(6 marks)

Ans: 9hr 36min

3. Mr. ANYONE of ANYCITY has to attend a function at UNKNOWNCITY. He starts his journey with his driver to UNKNOWNCITY. After 2hrs of journey, the car gets punctured. Driver took 10mins to change the tyre. Then in order to cover the rest of the distance driver drives at 30mph. They reach their destination half an hour earlier the scheduled time. Later Mr. ANYONE told his driver that if the car get punctured after traveling 30 miles more then we would have reached 15 min late. What is the distance traveled by the car.(6 marks)

Ans: ?

4. Three thieves A,B & C stolen a mule, a horse and a camel. They were caught by CBI and arrested. During their interrogation they gave the following statements:A: B has stolen the horse.C: A is lying and B has stolen a mule.B: A & C are both lying and I have stolen nothing.

It was found later in investigation that the person who has stolen a camel is telling lie and one who has stolen a horse is telling truth. Among A,B,C who has stolen what?(4 marks)

Ans: A-Camel B-Mule C-Horse

5. ------ GRE analytical type puzzle ------ (8 marks)

6. There are 3 societies a,b,c. a lent tractors to b and c as many as they had. After some time b gave as many tractors to a and c as many as they have. After sometime c did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had 24. Find the tractors each originally had.

Ans: a-39, b-21, c-12 (5 marks)

7. ------ GRE analytical type puzzle ------ (8 marks)

8. There are five friends A,B,C,D,E,F,G having their birthdays on consecutive days. The birthday of B precedes> birthday of E with the same number of days as the birthday of D precedes birthday of F. B is two days older than D. ----- and many more conditions, you have to find the birthdays of all given that G's birthday is on Wednesday. -----(4 marks)

9. There are something black, brown and green and something 35m, 45m & 55m and some conditions on it.(3 marks)Ans: brown, 55m

SECOND was test of English language [30min - 45ques - 45marks]containing a Reading Comprehension passage and some questions on it, many questions on finding grammatically correct sentences, some sentence completion questions etc.

--------------------------Note : some questions are missing (5 & 7) and some are incomplete (8> & 9), let's hope someone will help them to complete.

1 celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty

2. negligent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argument

easy:hard careful:position

3 Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods

4 bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book

5.letter:word::club:people page:bookproduct:factory picture:paper

select most oppsite word from the list (there are 5 options)

1 sedate answer=a. unify, b. inmmunize, c. recupenate, d.stimulate, e. injure2 sequester ( options not known)3 equanimity4 apathetic5 dislodge

Some questions repeated from aptitude (earliar)

1 One monkey climbs a poll at the rate of 6mts/minand 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

2 Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a netdiscount of ...a 30 b 35 c d

3 A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns withthe speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.

4. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men canproduce Y products in ---- days.

5.The number of sides of a convex polygon with angle 40

6.A shaded fig is given..find area of shaded to nonshaded region

7.Number of numbers divisible by 9 using the no:s 6,8,2,1(not sure)

8.a+b=2c find 1/c-b + b/c-a (something like this)

9.Speed and time prob

10.Train prob

11.Diff b/w CI and SI for a period of 2 yr is Rs.16/-.Find principal

12.A cone is surmounted by a hemisphere (dim r given) .Find the volume

13.Prob of Scheduling a flight for a week (4 or 5 Q based on that)

14.220 ppl hv to go to a trip..Bus capacity (P Q R S) and Cost of each isgiven (some Q based )

**********************************************************Syntel paper:

1) section 1

- first section was english. where u had to find the wrong words in the sentence.- find relation matching the given relationshi p like:fear:anger::........options were given-arranging the sentence in sequence...

2) section 2

1)a price of sugar increases by 32% so familly reduces consumption so that expenditure is raised by only 10%. If the initial consumtion is 10kg then find the reduction in consumtion of family now.ans 25/3%

2)problems on Simple interest, compund interest.

3)problems on profit /loss

4)in a class there were 12 students where avg age was 30. later after few students were added havin age 32 so avg age now becomes 31 . find the no of students added in class?

5) problems on avg

6) problems on work and time from RS aggrwalmost of the problems where like this...(many from rs agg)

section3- analytical

here there were problems based on people sitting in the circle and given some conditions .. u had to find who is sitting where?all problems of logical reasoning.

there was no -ve marking paper was of 100 marks with 50% passing.

questions are easy.i am writing some of the questions that icould remember.

1. find out the three digit number whose second digit is equalto the sum of first digit and third digit and when first digitand 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. ans:- 11800,8200.

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. ans 21

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)^2square 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:freezeb)cold:hotc)freezing:coldd)

Paper pattern:

1.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins) synonyms( for the given word there are 3 synonymsand one odd one is given find the odd)- fill in the blanks with the suitable word.(5 ques)- sentence correction.(10 ques)- analogies(5 ques)

2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)

synonyms: (not sure)abridge:abashabaseaberrationabstractanalogies:1. intimidness: fear2. crust: wave3. assist: save4. affirm: hint

APTITUDE:

1. one pipe fills in 4 hrs and another in 5hrs when they both work alternately how much time will be taken to fill the tank.

2. LCM of 3 nos is 120 which of the following no must not be their HCFa. 8 , b.24 c.12 d.24 and 30

3. two trains from the points A and B moving in opposite direction, at the point they meet the second train travels 120 kms more than the first. The speeds are 50kmph and 60kmph respectively find the distance between A and B?

4. One monkey climbs a poll at the rate of 6mts/min and fell down 3mts in thealternately. Length of the poll is 60 mts , how much time it will take to reachthe top?a. 31 b.33 c.37 d.40 (ans: 37)

5. a number when multiplied by 7/18 instead of 7/8 and got the result 770 lessthan the actual result , find the original number?

6. The volume and the radius of both cone and sphere are equal , then find theratio of height of the cone to the diameter of the sphere?

7. A and B started a business with 1500 and 2500 and got a profit 800 rs. Halfof the profit is shared equally the remaining is shared according to theirinvestment. Find their profits.

8. The difference between the simple interest and compound interest for 2 years?

A:B =2:3 and B:C=5:6 then find A:B:C

9. an amount of 64 Rs has to become 125 in 3 years in compound interest , findthe rate of interest?

10. a similar to the above problem find the time(rate of interest is given)

11. the prime no., which is greater than 6 when divide by 6 will always gives

the remainderans: 1 or 5

12. Length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and breadth is decreased by 25%what is the difference in the area

13. Mr X position in a class is 13th from first and 17th from last, and 8th fromthe first and 13th from last in passed candidates list, then how many candidatesfailed in the exam

14. Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of …..

15. A two digit number is 4 times to its sum of digits , when 9 is added to thenumber, the digits will get reversed. Then what is that number?Ans: 12

16. The length of the following rectangle is ‘4a’ and its breadth is ‘2a’.Radius of the two circles is ‘a’. Then find the ratio of total area of therectangle to the area not covered by the two circles with in the rectangle

17. A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2kmph, what is his average speed.

18. A cistern will be filled in 9 hrs, but becoz of an outlet it is filled in 10hrs, if the cistern is filled, then how much time the outlet takes to empty thecistern.

19. In a right angled triangle ABC angle B = 90 , BM is the median to AC , thenAB2 + BC2 (in terms of BM)

20. Three circles with same radius r are drawn with centres as three vertices ofa triangle. What is the sum of areas of the intersections of these circles withthe triangle.

21. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Yproducts in ---- days.

22. The compound interest for first and second years is 200 and 220 on a certainamount. Find the sum.

23. Marked price of a commodity is 35% above the cost price. If he gives adiscount of 15%, how much he gains on the deal.

24. 5 mangoes + 4 oranges = 7 mangoes + 1 orange.Find the ratio of mango to orange.

25. A man starts a work, after some time some one joins him…………..like this

26. Food is sufficient for 100men for 60days. For how many days the food issufficient for 500men?

27. If 8men 8hrs per day works for 8days get 45/- then how many men required ifthe work is 5hrs per day for10days they get 60/-?

28. A person sold an item at a profit of 12% .If he sold it at a loss of 12%then he would get Rs.6/- less. What is the cost price?

29. (1 ½ /((3/4-2/5 )/(2/3+4/5))) * ((2 ¾/((4/3-2/5 )/(5/3+6/5))) (Numbersdifferent)

30. Avg age of X number of adults in a class is 30yrs. If 12 new adults with avgage of 32 joined with them then the avg age increases by one. Find X?

31. A sphere of radius 2cms is dropped into a cylinder of radius 4 cmscontaining water upto certain level. The raise in the water level is (not sure)

32. find the average of reciprocals of x and y :

33. In a school there are 1000 students in the year 1999. The number of studentsincreased by 20% in the year 2000. And it is increased by 15% in the year 2001.But it is decreased by 18% in 2002. Then what is the strength in 2002.(numbersmay differ)

REASONING

1. Odd man outa) stem b) fruits c) flowers d) tree e) root

2. 9, --, 15, 18, 21, 24

3. seating arrangement(2 puzzles)

4. books arrangement (puzzle)

5. flowchart

6. If 3rd day of a month is Monday.Then what is the 5th day after 21st of that month?

7. blood relation

SYNTEL PAPER

1)THERE ARE 100 QUESTIONS----

25 from ENGLISH(5 SYN, 10 ERROR corrrection, 5 FILL IN THE BLANKS,5 ANALOGY.)45 from QUANT.30 from REASONING.

2)THERE IS UPPER MARK CUT-OFF.SO TRY TO SOLVE ONLY 40% TO 50% QUESTIONS.

3)INTERVIEW WAS BASED ON SOFTWARE ENGIN. and S.A.D PLUS PERSONAL IN JADAVPUR.

4)THERE IS ONLY ONE SET.

5)QUANT WERE AVERAGE.(QUESTION ALSO CONTAIN FLOW CHART)

6)REASONING CONTAINS PUZZELS --A BIT TOUGH.

7)ENGLISH WERE AVERAGE.

I AM SENDING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH I CANCOLLECT.

QUESTIONS::-- SYNTEL 2003

ENGLISH:-25 Q

FILL IN THE BLANKS:-5Q

* ONE FILL IN THE BLANKS HAS ANS.......................ANS--BOORES

SYN--(5 QUESTIONS)--ABATE,ABASE.

ERROR CORRECTION:-10 QDO YOURSELF.I COULD NOT REMEMBER.

ANALOGY:-5 QDO YOURSELF I COULD NOT REMEMBER.

QUANT:-45 Q* IF THE LENGTH OF A SQUARE IS INCREASED BY 10%,THEN BY WHAT AMOUNT AREA WILL INCREASE?ANS--21%

*IF LENGTH INCREASED BY 10% AND BREDTH DECREASE BY 20% ,THEN FIND % CHANGE IN AREA OF A RECTANGLE.ANS-- 12%

* A MARKS 25% ABOVE THE COST PRICE AND THEN GIVES 12.5% DISCOUNT WHAT IS IT'S RESULTANT PROFIT?ANS--

*THERE WERE A PROBLEM OF TANK-(NOT REMEMBERED BUT ANS IS 91 hr) ANS-- 91 hr

*THERE WAS A PROBLEM OF A.P SERIESANS-(1/X+1/Y)/2

*A PROBLEM ON FLOW CHARTANS--13.

*ODD-MAN-OUTANS--TREE.

*A PROBLEM ON SPHERE AND CIRCLEANS--1/2

*A PROBLEM ON MEAN,MEDIANANS--4bm^2 THAT IS 4*b*m*m

*A PROBLEM ON SERIES:-ABCD.......................19numbers........

ANS-- OPTION(h)

*A PROBLEM OF MONKEY CLIMBING ON A POLEANS--35

*A PROBLEM THAT CONTAINS A LOT OF BRACKET:-((((( )))))).......ANS-none of these.

*A PROBLEM ON CIRCLE AND RECTANGLE........................ANS-- (4-(pie)/4 ) ; pie=22/7

*IF a:b=2:3 AND b:c=5:6 THEN FIND a:b:c=?ANS-- 10:15:18

*A PROBLEM ON-- MAX PRICE 30% MORE,DISCOUNT ONCASH PAYMENT 10%-------------ANS-- 12.5

REST QUESTIONS WERE EASY ,BUT I COULD NOT REMEMBER.

REASONING:-- 30 Q

NOW I AM GIVING ANS ONLY OF SOME QUESTIONS WITH THEIR POSITION IN QUESTION PAPER--

FIRST was aptitude test [1hr - 9ques - 50marks]1. A car is traveling at a uniform speed. The driver sees a milestone showing a 2-digit number. After traveling for an hour the driver sees another milestone with the same digits in reverse order. After another hour the driver sees another milestone containing the same two digits with a zero inbetween. What is the average speed of the driver.(6 marks)

Ans: 45 kmph (Milestones:16, 61, 106)

2. If you add one quarter of the present time after midnight to half of the time remaining from present time to the midnight, then you get the present time. What is the present time.(6 marks)

Ans: 9hr 36min

3. Mr. ANYONE of ANYCITY has to attend a function at UNKNOWNCITY. He starts his journey with his driver to UNKNOWNCITY. After 2hrs of journey, the car gets punctured. Driver took 10mins to change the tyre. Then in order to cover the rest of the distance driver drives at 30mph. They reach their destination half an hour earlier the scheduled time. Later Mr. ANYONE told his driver that if the car get punctured after traveling 30 miles more then we would have reached 15 min late. What is the distance traveled by the car.(6 marks)

Ans: ?

4. Three thieves A,B & C stolen a mule, a horse and a camel. They were caught by CBI and arrested. During their interrogation they gave the following statements:A: B has stolen the horse.C: A is lying and B has stolen a mule.B: A & C are both lying and I have stolen nothing.

It was found later in investigation that the person who has stolen a camel is telling lie and one who has stolen a horse is telling truth. Among A,B,C who has stolen what?(4 marks)

Ans: A-Camel B-Mule C-Horse

5. ------ GRE analytical type puzzle ------ (8 marks)

6. There are 3 societies a,b,c. a lent tractors to b and c as many as they had. After some time b gave as many tractors to a and c as many as they have. After sometime c did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had 24. Find the tractors each originally had.

Ans: a-39, b-21, c-12 (5 marks)

7. ------ GRE analytical type puzzle ------ (8 marks)

8. There are five friends A,B,C,D,E,F,G having their birthdays on consecutive days. The birthday of B precedes> birthday of E with the same number of days as the birthday of D precedes birthday of F. B is two days older than D. ----- and many more conditions, you have to find the birthdays of all given that G's birthday is on Wednesday. -----(4 marks)

9. There are something black, brown and green and something 35m, 45m & 55m and some conditions on it.(3 marks)Ans: brown, 55m

SECOND was test of English language [30min - 45ques - 45marks]containing a Reading Comprehension passage and some questions on it, many questions on finding grammatically correct sentences, some sentence completion questions etc.

--------------------------Note : some questions are missing (5 & 7) and some are incomplete (8> & 9), let's hope someone will help them to complete.

1 celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty

2. negligent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argumenteasy:hard careful:position

3 Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods

4 bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book

5.letter:word::club:people page:bookproduct:factory picture:paper

select most oppsite word from the list (there are 5 options)

1 sedate answer=a. unify, b. inmmunize, c. recupenate, d.stimulate, e. injure2 sequester ( options not known)3 equanimity4 apathetic5 dislodge

Some questions repeated from aptitude (earliar)

1 One monkey climbs a poll at the rate of 6mts/minand 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

2 Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a netdiscount of ...a 30 b 35 c d

3 A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns withthe speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.

4. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men canproduce Y products in ---- days.

5.The number of sides of a convex polygon with angle 40

6.A shaded fig is given..find area of shaded to nonshaded region

7.Number of numbers divisible by 9 using the no:s 6,8,2,1(not sure)

8.a+b=2c find 1/c-b + b/c-a (something like this)

9.Speed and time prob

10.Train prob

11.Diff b/w CI and SI for a period of 2 yr is Rs.16/-.Find principal

12.A cone is surmounted by a hemisphere (dim r given) .Find the volume

13.Prob of Scheduling a flight for a week (4 or 5 Q based on that)

14.220 ppl hv to go to a trip..Bus capacity (P Q R S) and Cost of each isgiven (some Q based )

**********************************************************Syntel paper:

1) section 1

- first section was english. where u had to find the wrong words in the sentence.- find relation matching the given relationshi p like:fear:anger::........options were given

-arranging the sentence in sequence...

2) section 2

1)a price of sugar increases by 32% so familly reduces consumption so that expenditure is raised by only 10%. If the initial consumtion is 10kg then find the reduction in consumtion of family now.ans 25/3%

2)problems on Simple interest, compund interest.

3)problems on profit /loss

4)in a class there were 12 students where avg age was 30. later after few students were added havin age 32 so avg age now becomes 31 . find the no of students added in class?

5) problems on avg

6) problems on work and time from RS aggrwalmost of the problems where like this...(many from rs agg)

section3- analytical

here there were problems based on people sitting in the circle and given some conditions .. u had to find who is sitting where?all problems of logical reasoning.

there was no -ve marking paper was of 100 marks with 50% passing.

questions are easy.i am writing some of the questions that icould remember.

1. find out the three digit number whose second digit is equalto the sum of first digit and third digit and when first digitand 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. ans:- 11800,8200.

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. ans 21

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)^2square 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:freezeb)cold:hotc)freezing:coldd)

Paper pattern:

1.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins) synonyms( for the given word there are 3 synonymsand one odd one is given find the odd)- fill in the blanks with the suitable word.(5 ques)- sentence correction.(10 ques)- analogies(5 ques)2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)

synonyms: (not sure)abridge:abashabaseaberrationabstractanalogies:1. intimidness: fear2. crust: wave3. assist: save4. affirm: hint

APTITUDE:

1. one pipe fills in 4 hrs and another in 5hrs when they both work alternately how much time will be taken to fill the tank.

2. LCM of 3 nos is 120 which of the following no must not be their HCFa. 8 , b.24 c.12 d.24 and 30

3. two trains from the points A and B moving in opposite direction, at the point they meet the second train travels 120 kms more than the first. The speeds are 50kmph and 60kmph respectively find the distance between A and B?

4. One monkey climbs a poll at the rate of 6mts/min and fell down 3mts in thealternately. Length of the poll is 60 mts , how much time it will take to reachthe top?a. 31 b.33 c.37 d.40 (ans: 37)

5. a number when multiplied by 7/18 instead of 7/8 and got the result 770 lessthan the actual result , find the original number?

6. The volume and the radius of both cone and sphere are equal , then find theratio of height of the cone to the diameter of the sphere?

7. A and B started a business with 1500 and 2500 and got a profit 800 rs. Halfof the profit is shared equally the remaining is shared according to theirinvestment. Find their profits.

8. The difference between the simple interest and compound interest for 2 years?

A:B =2:3 and B:C=5:6 then find A:B:C

9. an amount of 64 Rs has to become 125 in 3 years in compound interest , findthe rate of interest?

10. a similar to the above problem find the time(rate of interest is given)

11. the prime no., which is greater than 6 when divide by 6 will always givesthe remainderans: 1 or 5

12. Length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and breadth is decreased by 25%what is the difference in the area

13. Mr X position in a class is 13th from first and 17th from last, and 8th fromthe first and 13th from last in passed candidates list, then how many candidatesfailed in the exam

14. Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of …..

15. A two digit number is 4 times to its sum of digits , when 9 is added to thenumber, the digits will get reversed. Then what is that number?Ans: 12

16. The length of the following rectangle is ‘4a’ and its breadth is ‘2a’.Radius of the two circles is ‘a’. Then find the ratio of total area of therectangle to the area not covered by the two circles with in the rectangle

17. A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2kmph, what is his average speed.

18. A cistern will be filled in 9 hrs, but becoz of an outlet it is filled in 10hrs, if the cistern is filled, then how much time the outlet takes to empty thecistern.

19. In a right angled triangle ABC angle B = 90 , BM is the median to AC , thenAB2 + BC2 (in terms of BM)

20. Three circles with same radius r are drawn with centres as three vertices ofa triangle. What is the sum of areas of the intersections of these circles withthe triangle.

21. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Yproducts in ---- days.

22. The compound interest for first and second years is 200 and 220 on a certainamount. Find the sum.

23. Marked price of a commodity is 35% above the cost price. If he gives adiscount of 15%, how much he gains on the deal.

24. 5 mangoes + 4 oranges = 7 mangoes + 1 orange.Find the ratio of mango to orange.

25. A man starts a work, after some time some one joins him…………..like this

26. Food is sufficient for 100men for 60days. For how many days the food issufficient for 500men?

27. If 8men 8hrs per day works for 8days get 45/- then how many men required ifthe work is 5hrs per day for10days they get 60/-?

28. A person sold an item at a profit of 12% .If he sold it at a loss of 12%then he would get Rs.6/- less. What is the cost price?

29. (1 ½ /((3/4-2/5 )/(2/3+4/5))) * ((2 ¾/((4/3-2/5 )/(5/3+6/5))) (Numbersdifferent)

30. Avg age of X number of adults in a class is 30yrs. If 12 new adults with avgage of 32 joined with them then the avg age increases by one. Find X?

31. A sphere of radius 2cms is dropped into a cylinder of radius 4 cmscontaining water upto certain level. The raise in the water level is (not sure)

32. find the average of reciprocals of x and y :

33. In a school there are 1000 students in the year 1999. The number of studentsincreased by 20% in the year 2000. And it is increased by 15% in the year 2001.But it is decreased by 18% in 2002. Then what is the strength in 2002.(numbersmay differ)

REASONING

1. Odd man outa) stem b) fruits c) flowers d) tree e) root

2. 9, --, 15, 18, 21, 24

3. seating arrangement(2 puzzles)

4. books arrangement (puzzle)

5. flowchart

6. If 3rd day of a month is Monday.Then what is the 5th day after 21st of that month?

7. blood relationSection - I++++++++

i)synonyms:(5 questions)-------------------------------------

1)abash 2)abase and some easy ones , sorry I forgot.

ii)Analogies : (5 questions)----------------------------

1)crust: wave2)assist: save3)Lion:Tameand two more.

iii)Find the wrong part ( A, B, C, D). If all are right Mark it as 'E'.( 5 questions)

iv) A sentence is given with correct tense and an incorrect part. We have to find the incorrect part and mark it as the answer. ( 5 questions)

v)Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given in the choices.( 5 questions )

section - II++++++++1.one pipe fills in 4 hrs and another in 5hrs when they both work alternately how much time will be taken to fill the tank.

2.LCM of 3 nos is 120 which of the following no must not be their HCFa. 8 , b.24 c.12 d.24 and 30

3.two trains from the points A and B moving in opposite direction , at the point they meet the second train travels 120 kms more than the first. The speeds are 50kmph and 60kmph respectively find the distance between A and B?Ans: 1320

4.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)

5.A number when multiplied by 7/18 instead of 7/8 and got the result 770 less than the actual result , find the original number?

6.The volume and the radius of both cone and sphere are equal , then find the ratio of height of the cone to the diameter of the sphere?

7.A and B started a business with 1500 and 2500 and got a profit 800 rs. Half of the profit is shared equally the remaining is shared according to their investment. Find their profits.Ans: Rs. 350, Rs.450

8.A:B =2:3 and B:C=5:6 then find A:B:C

9.An amount of 64 Rs has to become 125 in 3 years in compound interest , find the rate of interest?Ans: 25%

10.the prime no., which is greater than 6 when divide by 6 will always gives the remainderans: 1 or 5

11.Length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and breadth is decreased by 25% what is the difference in the area?ans: 12.5 increased

12.Mr X position in a class is 13th from first and 17th from last, and 8th from the first and 13th from last in passed candidates list, then how many candidates failed in the exam?Ans: 9

13.Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of ----?Ans: 32%

14.A two digit number is 4 times to its sum of digits , when 9 is added to the number, the digits will get reversed. Then what is that number?Ans: 12

15.The length of the following rectangle is '4a' and its breadth is '2a'. Radius of the two circles is 'a'. Then find the ratio of total area of the rectangle to the area not covered by the two circles with in the rectangle?

16.A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.?Ans: ((2u/1)*(u/2))/((u/1)+(u/2))The above answer is a intermediary step when we solve the problem.The final result is 2u/3.

17.A cistern will be filled in 9 hrs, but becoz of an outlet it is filled in 10 hrs, if the cistern is filled, then how much time the outlet takes to empty the cistern?

18.In a right angled triangle ABC angle B = 90 , BM is the median to AC , then AB2 + BC2 (in terms of BM)?

19.Three circles with same radius r are drawn with centres as three vertices of a triangle. What is the sum of areas of the intersections of these circles with the triangle?

20.X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Y products in ---- days.

21.The compound interest for first and second years is 200 and 220 on a certain amount. Find the sum?

22.Marked price of a commodity is 35% above the cost price. If he gives a discount of 15%, how much he gains on the deal?

23. 5 mangoes + 4 oranges = 7 mangoes + 1 orange.Find the ratio of mango to orange.This question is not the actual one, numbers are changed in the exam paper.But a similar one.

24.Food is sufficient for 100men for 60days. For how many days the food is sufficient for 500men?

25.A person sold an item at a profit of 12% .If he sold it at a loss of 12% then he would get Rs.6/- less. What is the cost price?

26.Avg age of X number of adults in a class is 30yrs. If 12 new adults with avg age of 32 joined with them then the avg age increases by one. Find X?

27.find the average of reciprocals of x and y?Ans: xy/(x+y)

28.In a school there are 1000 students in the year 1999. The number of students increased by 20% in the year 2000. And it is increased by 15% in the year 2001. But it is decreased by 18% in 2002. Then what is the strength in 2002.

29.1 Rs, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio ---------, then the number of 50 ps coins if they sum to ------Rs. (similar question in R.S.Agarwal)

30. The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score.a) 151 b) 161 c) 121 d) 101 e) 137Ans: c

31.A trader marks his goods up by 50% and declares two successive discounts of 20% each. What is his overall gain? a) 10% gain b) 4% gain c) 4% loss (A) d) 10% loss e) No loss No gainSection-III+++++++

1. From the word " ENTHUSIASTIC " take letters from positions 1,4,8 and 10 and form a meaningful word. What is the last letter of the meaningful word?a) H b) A c) E d) TAns: d) T ( since the word "HEAT" is formed.)

2) Find the odd-man out:a) stem b) fruits c) flowers d) tree e) root.Ans: d) Tree

3)A rectangle was splitted into 6 parts and 5 parts contains a number and we have to find the number which is missing in the empty place of the rectangle?The series given is 9, ___, 15, 18, 21, 24.Ans: 12

4) ODD MAN OUT: ABCD, JKLM, OPQR, UVWX, EGHI.Ans: EGHI.

Six persons A,B,C,D,E and F are sitting in a circle. Some conditions are given such as C is sitting between D and A. E is 3 to the right of B and second to the left of A. ( similar question).5) Find the person who is sitting against A?6) Find the person who is sitting against C?

7 & 8) same question as 5 & 6.

9 - 13) This question contains Six persons working and One is a student ( A, B, C, D, E, F and G).There are two couples in the group. Advocate, Author, Engineer, Manager, Teacher, musician are the professions of the family members.D is the father of E and grand father of C.D is a Manager. E is a Engineer.Two women are not an Author or Advocate.Then 5 questions are asked based on the above information.

14-19) are also similar questions to the above with Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ... Saturday and we have to solve.

30) Last question is a flow chart we have to find the answer.

Step 1: Choose a prime no. > 11 and < 19.

Step 2: Y = X + X

Step 3: Z = X * Y

Step 4: Is Z >= 338 and <= 578 Then Continue else Goto Step 1.

Step 5: P = Z / Y

Step 6: Print P.

a) 11 b) 13 c) 17 d) 19 e) None of theseAns: 13 ( I am not sure)Syntel Paper pattern:

Verbal(25 questions), Quantitative (45 questions), analytical (30 questions)

For verbal refer to Barons most frequently used words...Quans : R.S Agarwal (Quantitative Aptitude)...Analys: Barons...

E.x:

Ratios and proportions, Train problems, Simple and Compound interest, Area Volume problems, Ages problem

Venn Diagram problems, Graphical problems ( e.x Bar chart ) , Seating arrangement problem, Flow Chart.

Next round is Interview:

Basically a General Interview

Questions on ur Project details, Questions on personal details....

Patteren is same as set no 1 1.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins) 2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)some of questions i rememberd are===================================( English)1 celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty

2. neglegent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argumenteasy:hard careful:position3 Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods4 bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book5.letter:word::club:people page:bookproduct:factory picture:paper=====================================select most oppsite word from the list (there are 5 options)1 sedate answer=a. unify, b. inmmunize, c. recupenate, d. stimulate, e. injure2 sequester ( options not known) 3 equanimity4 apathetic5 dislodge====================================== some questions repeated from aptitude (earliar) 1 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)2 Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of .....a 30 b 35 c d

3 A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.4. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Y products in ---- days.

We had a Syntel test. The test had 3 sections:1. English (25 questions in 15 minutes).2. Quantitative Ability (50 questions in 30 minutes).

3. Reasoning (25 questions in 30 minutes).

For English, practice the Test Papers of Barrons GRE Guide. The entire paper was copied word-by-word from there. Also few questions were a repeat from the old papers.

The toughest part was the Maths section. TIME IS A REAL CONSTRAINT. Practice to attempt questions real fast. The questions were of R S Agarwal pattern. Some of them were a repeat. I remember few questions:

1. If A can do a work in 12 days, B in 24 days and C in 6 days, then how many days will they take to finish the job together.

2. Travelling at 3/4 of his speed, a man is 20 minutes late. Calculate his original speed.

The reasoning part was easy. Most of the questions were on the alphabet series. Like if the alphabets of English are reversed then which would be the letter from the 7th and so on.

Try to attempt 50% questions from each section if you wich to get a cll for interview. Trying to attempt all the questions is foolishness.

Then they give Section 1- Verbal-15mins

Lastly,Section 3- Logical Reasoning.-45mins.

The questions are quite easy,if u go thru RSAgarwal u wud be able to answer the questions but the problem is u need to be really really fast in answering the question...Verbal was also quite tough u need to go thru GRE book I guess....Logical Reasoning was quite cool for most of the questions the choice 'a' was the answer so didn;t have to bother going thru the other choices.I wasn't able to complete the paper as I told u Speed is essential...

To be specific there were qns on

"Trains","Compound Interest"(4-5 qns in this),"Time and Work"(if A does in so many days,B does in so many days how long will A+B take kinds!),"Proportion"(if u mix so much sugar in -litres of water what is the percentage of sugar in the soln...!),

a,b are prime nos, a=b+2 is a an odd number(yes/no?)

I think the answer is Yes.

In Verbal give antonyms for waffle,dissonance,Chagrin....

Relations:- Sartorial:Tailor ; Feud : ----------;

and Some fill in the blanks.

They selected some 38 ppl for the Interview by 1.30pm .I got selected for the Interview.Interview was held the same day.

Interview was purely HR he asked questions like;

Brief me about what u have done after ur 12th

What do u consider as ur Strengths

What was ur project on?

What are ur software skills?

Are u strong in ur Technical Skills(I said yes,he didn't ask me tech. qns.)

The placement was for the position of "Programmer",placement will be in Mumbai or Pune.

1st one month will be Training on Mainframes,Languages etc....from 9am to 11pm!!!!!

Then u wud be put into live projects.

Pattern3 sectionsNo Negative MarkingSection I - Verbal - 25 qns - 15 minsSection II - Quantitative Aptitude - 30 qns - 45 minsSection III - Logical Reasoning - 30 qns - 30 mins

Total 85qns - 90 Mins

Section - I - Verbal - 25 qns in 15 mins, refer Barron's GRE guide.

SynonymsAnalogiesFill up the sentencesFind the Word that has to be replacedForm a Sentence and find the last word

Section - II - Quantitative Aptitude 30 qns in 45mins - please refer Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal to prepare.

few qns i remember are

The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score.a) 151 b) 161 c) 121 a d) 101 e) 137Ans: cA boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. He multiplied it by 35 and got his answer less than the correct one by 1206. Find the number to be multiplied.a) 37 b) 67 a c) 87 d) 97 e) 107Ans: 67A Problem like this not exactly the same but on same model.If the manufacturer gains 10 %, the wholesale dealer 15 % and the retailer 25 % then the cost of Production of a table, if the retail price is Rs.1265a) 632.50 b) 800 c) 814 d) 834.24Ans: bA trader marks his goods up by 50% and declares two successive discounts of 20% each. What is his overall gain? a) 10% gain b) 4% gain c) 4% loss (A) d) 10% loss e) No loss No gainTrain Problems - 3 as finding speed of train, how many secs it will cross each other etc.

Age problems -3 , find mothers age,fathers age etc.

Statistics Problems(probability) as A-this much , B-This Much, A n B-this much and A u B - ?

Angle Problems which deals with triangle - 3 problems.

Section III - Logical reasoning - 30 qns in 30 mins.

Tower of Hanoi Problem - Ans : 7

problem on fig. find the shaded area, square of size 14cm.. ans: 42

problem on symmetric fig ;; ans less than the 1172(check) .

Blood Relation Problems - 3

Then a passage is given on blood relation and 4 qns askedhow many male: ans -4 and few etc.

Find odd man out of the given series - 3 problems pretty simple put A-Z and number them 1-26 and then u can find easily odd man out.

Find the missing letter - was a bit tough to establish relation - 3 problems

u have 3 figure -based on the figures ques asked.. easy one.. eg: Fig Triangle means Strong Fig Square means Tall Fig Circle means Fair.Ques asked is find the number that represents Strong Tall and Fair persons.. easy one ..ANs : 4ANother question Women,Sub inspector,graduates - Ans: 3

An Flow Chart - GIven Units - 250 find final Value with formulae - (units*1.25) and few calculations like this Ans:506.25

And two tedious flow charts couldn't remember them and the answers.Paper pattern: 1

Syntel paper 18th July , . (2004)

1.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins) synonyms( for the given word there are 3 synonyms and one odd one is given find the odd)- fill in the blanks with the suitable word.(5 ques)- sentence correction.(10 ques)- analogies(5 ques) 2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)

few ques remembered:

synonyms: (not sure)abridge: abash abase aberration abstract

analogies: 1. intimidness: fear2. crust: wave3. assist: save4. affirm: hint

APTITUDE:

1. One pipe fills in 4 hrs and another in 5hrs when they both work alternately how much time will be taken to fill the tank.2. LCM of 3 nos is 120 which of the following no must not be their HCFa. 8, b.24 c.12 d.24 and 303. Two trains from the points A and B moving in opposite direction, at the point they meet the second train travels 120 kms more than the first. The speeds are 50kmph and 60kmph respectively find the distance between A and B?4. 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)5 A number when multiplied by 7/18 instead of 7/8 and got the result 770 less than the actual result, find the original number?6. The volume and the radius of both cone and sphere are equal , then find the ratio of height of the cone to the diameter of the sphere?7. A and B started a business with 1500 and 2500 and got a profit 800 rs. Half of the profit is shared equally the remaining is shared according to their investment. Find their profits.8. The difference between the simple interest and compound interest for 2 years?8(a) A: B =2:3 and B: C=5:6 then find A: B: C9. An amount of 64 Rs has to become 125 in 3 years in compound interest , find the rate of interest?10. A similar to the above problem finds the time (rate of interest is given)11. The prime no., which is greater than 6 when divide by 6 will always gives the remainderAns: 1 or 5

12. Length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and breadth is decreased by 25% what is the difference in the area13. Mr. X position in a class is 13th from first and 17th from last, and 8th from the first and 13th from last in passed candidates list, then how many candidates failed in the exam14. Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of ____15. A two digit number is 4 times to its sum of digits, when 9 is added to the number, the digits will get reversed. Then what is that number?Ans: 1216. The length of the following rectangle is '4a' and its breadth is '2a'. Radius of the two circles is 'a'. Then find the ratio of total area of the rectangle to the area not covered by the two circles with in the rectangle17. A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.18. A cistern will be filled in 9 hrs, but becoz of an outlet it is filled in 10 hrs, if the cistern is filled, then how much time the outlet takes to empty the cistern.19. In a right angled triangle ABC angle B = 90, BM is the median to AC, then AB2 + BC2 (in terms of BM)20. Three circles with same radius r are drawn with centers as three vertices of a triangle. What is the sum of areas of the intersections of these circles with the triangle?21. X men work for X days to produce X products, and then Y men can produce Y products in ---- days.22. The compound interest for first and second years is 200 and 220 on a certain amount. Find the sum.23. Marked price of a commodity is 35% above the cost price. If he gives a discount of 15%, how much he gains on the deal.24.5 mangoes + 4 oranges = 7 mangoes + 1 orange.Find the ratio of mango to orange.

25. A man starts a work, after some time some one joins him..............like this26. Food is sufficient for 100men for 60days. For how many days the food is sufficient for 500men?27. If 8men 8hrs per day works for 8days get 45/- then how many men required if the work is 5hrs per day for10days they get 60/-?28. A person sold an item at a profit of 12% .If he sold it at a loss of 12% then he would get Rs.6/- less. What is the cost price?29. (1 ½ / ((3/4-2/5)/ (2/3+4/5))) * ((2 ¾/ ((4/3-2/5)/ (5/3+6/5))) (Numbers different)30. Avg age of X number of adults in a class is 30yrs. If 12 new adults with avg age of 32 joined with them then the avg age increases by one. Find X?31. A sphere of radius 2cms is dropped into a cylinder of radius 4 cms containing water upto certain level. The raise in the water level is (not sure)32. Find the average of reciprocals of x and y:33. In a school there are 1000 students in the year 1999. The number of students increased by 20% in the year 2000. And it is increased by 15% in the year 2001. But it is decreased by 18% in 2002. Then what is the strength in 2002. (Numbers may differ)

REASONING

1. Odd man out a) stem b) fruits c) flowers d) tree e) root2. 9, --, 15, 18, 21, 24 3. Seating arrangement (2 puzzles) 4. Books arrangement (puzzle) 5. Flowchart6. If 3rd day of a month is Monday. Then what is the 5th day after 21st of that month?7. Blood relation

Paper pattern: 2Verbal (25 questions), Quantitative (45 questions), analytical (30 questions)For verbal refer to Barons most frequently used words...Quans : R.S Agarwal (Quantitative Aptitude)...Analys: Barons...

Ex.:Ratios and proportions, Train problems, Simple and Compound interest, Area Volume problems, Ages problem, Venn Diagram problems, Graphical problems (ex. Bar Chart), Seating arrangement problem, Flow Chart.

Next round is Interview:Basically a General InterviewQuestions on ur Project details, Questions on personal Details....Brush up ur subject for safe purpose...

Paper pattern: 3Test is in gre pattern.Verbal-25 q. 15 min.(includes antonyms,analogies,sentences etc.)quants-50q-30minanal 50q--30 min.paper is tough.don't waste time.words i remember are: sequester, celibate: marriage ,importunatein quants: 1.sqrt12+sqrt12+...............upto infinity.2. min no. to be multiplied to 60 to make it perfect square.3. ques regar. 9 multiples4. sphere vol. uqes.5. compund int.and simple interest based.

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Question pattern of SYNTEL test conducted at COCHIN (SHREDS) ON 23-8-2003:

Section I: 25 questions (ENGLISH) in 15 minutes...Section II: 45 questions (QUANTITATIVE) in 45 minutes....Section III: 30 questions (REASONING) in 30 minutes.....

We were first asked to do section II and then section I.....

SECTION II QUANTITATIVE (TIME IS A SEVERE CONSTRAINT)

Qn 1.) (this was the first question)Maximum numbers that can be formed using all the 4 digits 6 4 8 1 without repetition and which is divisible by 9.( ans none)2.) Find the number of sides of a regular convex polygon whose angle is 40degrees.3.) a+b+c=0, then roots of ax^2+bx+c=0 is 1.imag 2.real 3.coincidental 4.zero4.) Difference b/w the compound interest and simple interest for Rs.2500 for 2 years is given-----. Find the rate of interest.5.) There was one more question on S.I and C.I6.) The minimum number by which 60 is to be multiplied to generate a square. Ans 157.) A monkey climbs 6 mts and falls 3mts in alternate minutes. Then time taken to climb a tree 60metres high? a. 35 b.37 c.32 d.34 (think the answer is 37)8.) (This was the second last question) A bucket contains z drops. and it leaks x drops in t secs.then the time required to empty the bucket(in minutes)?9.) 6 pipes fill or empty the cistern. find the number of emptying pipes iff it takes 18hrs to fill and 18 hrs to empty.... (don't remember the question exactly)10.) The largest no: which is a factor of 1080 and 729?11.) No: of spheres of radius 1 that can be got from sphere of radius (or diameter don't recall) 812.) (Think the last but three question) Traveling at 3/4th the speed a man is 20 minutes later then speed is??13.) There are 6 keys and 6 locks. then number of combinations to be tried out to get the actual solution a. 5^6 b.6^5 (don't remember the rest)14.) choosing 2 people out of 10 in how many combinations can a particular person(some name) be always included....15.) from 6 white balls and 7 black balls probability that 2 balls drawn at random are of the same color?16.) If a sales man gets successive gain of 15% and 20% then his actual gain? Ans. 3817.) A string of pearls such that 1/3 is lost and of that 1/4th is missing, remaining is 20 then actual number of pearls? Ans. 4018.) A man gets a gain of x%. but if he had sold at twice the cost price, what will be his gain?(question not sure) a. 2x b.200-2x c.100+x (not sure of the options)19.) A clock was 7mts behind the actual time on 3 p.m. on wednesday and 8 mts ahead of actual time on (not sure) 4 p.m. friday. when will it show the correct time?20.) Boat moves upstream in 6 hrs and covers the same distance downstream in 5 hrs. then speed of a raft floating?(accuracy of question not sure)21.) (This was the last question) no idea what it stands for........ some kind of notation like S(P(M((D(a,b),2))):P(M(S(D(a,b),........options were1. ab 2.(a-b)^2 3.(a+b)^2 4.none22.) If x men working x hrs per day can do x units of work in x days, then y men working y hrs/day would be able to complete how many units of work i y days?ans. y^3/x^2 (question in R.S. Agarwal)23.) (This was a question in the first page of the section II booklet) a cone with radius----- and height -----. a hemisphere covers the cone such that base of hemisphere meets that of the cone. then the enclose volume.....(R.S. Agarwal consists of similar questions)24.) There was one more question on volume and surface area.....25.) 1 Rs, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio ---------, then the number of 50 ps coins if they sum to ------Rs. (similar question in R.S.Agarwal)

26.) There was one more question on coins i.e. abt getting a change of 10ps and 25 coins for ------Rs.(how many possible combinations or so possible)27.) x/y + y/x = 40/21(don't remember the exact value, believe this is the one) find x and yThere were 2 questions on train and one was like:28.) A goods train starts and after 2 hrs a passenger train at 4km/hr starts and overtakes the goods train after 4 hrs, then the speed of goods train?29.) 15hrs of boys work=6 hrs of women's work. 3/5 of the work is done by -----boys and -----women. How much time would be taken by the women to complete the work?

30.) Using false weight a man gains -----%, for a k.g. then he uses a weight of.....(this kind of question has some formula that can be found in R.S.Agarwal)31.) There was one question on L.C.M. and co primes (don't remember the question)32.) There was one question on triangle33.) A figure was given a square with four corners shaded and asked to find the area of the shaded portion.... ie area of square-area of the regular octagon.....This is all i can remember from section II

SECTION I ENGLISH (EASY) PATTERN:

1.) Few questions on finding out the segment of sentence which is wrong....2.) Analogy. (few i can remember)1.) celebrate::marriage ans. lament::bereavement2.) bouquet::flowersans. chain::link3.) germ::diseaseans. war::destruction4.) (remember only the answer) ans. book::pages

3.) To fill up the blanks in the sentences with the most appropriate words.....4.) to find the word opposite in meaning (few qns i can remember)1.) equanamity2.) sequester3.) dormant4.) apathetic

SECTION III REASONING (TIME IS A CONSTRAINT)

1.) (last question and the easiest) a simple flowchart whose steps are as follows. value of r and h are given, a and b=0 m=pi*r*r*h n=(pi*r*r*h)/3 if (m==n) do ------else b=4*pi*r*h print a and b [DON'T REMEMBER IF condition is m==n or m<n]2.) (second last question this was also easy) it was abt a set of people talking 4 languages and then qns were abt who could act as a translator to whom ........3.) There were 3 questions based on an argument given... questions were to find out which statement in the objectives given could strengthen the argument or to weaken the argument....(bit confusing)4.) blood relationship question( i remember all the statements given, though not the question) 10 people in a family A B C are husbands D E F are wives altogether there are only 4 women. each family can have atmost 2 children and C has atleast 1 child. D and G are related to A. E cannot be related to H and I and J are not related.....5.) (this consists of the most confusing set of questions) a set of statements are given and then questions were asked, the statements were like All A B C D E F are Q's All A's are B's--------------(better leave this question for the last)6.) Alice works on Monday, Wednesday and FridayB does not work on WedC works only on Tuesday and someotherday(don't remember)

D does not work on FridayE works on all days except on the first Monday and Thursdaythen questions like who all will be available on which days .....7.) question based on venn diagram given ......read the question properly and then answer8.) (First question) abt 4 buses with different seating capacity.and different charges. and questions were to find out the minimum number of trips required, the maximum charge, the second highest charge etc....

one more thing: though they said abt 50% cut-off for each section, for us THEY HAD CONSIDERED THE TOTAL(OUT OF 100) only AND NOT THE CUT-OFF...... seems they have changed their processing technique......don't think they are are going to change the questions atleast for quite a while.....so this being the latest set, those preparing for syntel, i would suggest u to peruse through the questions and be ready to answer them.... remember rate of answering counts in a lot for this test......

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Quantitative, Analytical, English lang testing --- the first 2 lasted for more than an hour and the english test was for 15 min --- totally 2 hours.Go thr R.S.Agarwal, and barrons if u clear the test u will have the interview which was almost a general one and only a very few techical questions.... i dont know whether the interview will be of the same type for everyone

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The test consisted of three sections 1. English 25 marks 13 cut off2. Quant 45 qns 23 cutoff3. Logical reasoning 30 qns 15 cutoffEnglish was the only one tough in it.

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I attended the Syntel test on 19th in Bangalore ( Question paper set no 2 )Patteren is same as set no 1 1.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins) 2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)

some of questions i rememberd are===================================( English)

1 celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty2. neglegent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argumenteasy:hard careful:position3 Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods4 bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book5.letter:word::club:people page:book

product:factory picture:paper

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select most oppsite word from the list (there are 5 options)1 sedate answer = a. unify, b. inmmunize, c. recupenate, d. stimulate, e. injure2 sequester (options not known) 3 equanimity4 apathetic5 dislodge

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some questions repeated from aptitude (earliar) 1 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)2 Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of .....a 30 b 35 c d 3 A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.4. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Y products in ---- days.

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I am inundated with the queries regarding syntel.i appeared fo rth ewalkin in mumbai.they have three sections in written test viz, verbal, quantitative and reasoning. u got 30 mins for each sectrion.verbal - 35 questions in 30 mins. quantitative - 45 questions in 30 mins.reasoning - 30 questions in 30 mins.cutoff for each section is 50% of the questions in that section.once u r thru, u will get a call for interview.its very general kind of interview. they ask about ur family background and personal questions. they can ask about ur final year project and what all is mentioned in ur resume.technical questions are rare, but for safer side, be ready for such questiosn also.they normally look for ur attitude and confidence level in interviews.

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I had applied to Syntel on july 15th thru a mail id given in this group.I got an admit card & call to write the test on July 20th 9am.Many people had come to write the Test....The classrooms in all the 3 floors of the building got filled.They first give u Section-2 aptitude-60mins(dunno why they jumbled the order of section 1 & 2.)Then they give Section 1- Verbal-15minsLastly,Section 3- Logical Reasoning.-45mins.The questions are quite easy,if u go thru RSAgarwal u wud be able to answer the questions but the problem is u need to be really really fast in answering the question...Verbal was also quite tough u need to go thru GRE book I guess....Logical Reasoning was quite cool for most of the questions the choice 'a' was the answer so didn;t have to bother going thru the other choices.I wasn't able to complete the paper as I told u Speed is essential...To be specific there were qns on "Trains","Compound Interest"(4-5 qns in this),"Time and Work"(if A does in so many days,B does in so many days how long will A+B take kinds!),"Proportion"(if u mix so much sugar in -litres of water what is the percentage of sugar in the soln...!),a,b are prime nos, a=b+2 is a an odd number(yes/no?)I think the answer is Yes.

In Verbal give antonyms for waffle, dissonance, Chagrin....

Relations: - Sartorial: Tailor; Feud: ----------; and some fill in the blanks.

They selected some 38 ppl for the Interview by 1.30pm .I got selected for the Interview. Interview was held the same day.Interview was purely HR he asked questions like;Brief me about what u have done after ur 12thWhat do u consider as ur StrengthsWhat was ur project on?What are ur software skills?Are u strong in ur Technical Skills(I said yes,he didn't ask me tech. qns.)The placement was for the position of "Programmer",placement will be in Mumbai or Pune.1st one month will be Training on Mainframes,Languages etc....from 9am to 11pm!!!!!Then u wud be put into live projects.

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Pattern 3 sections

No Negative MarkingSection I - Verbal - 25 qns - 15 minsSection II - Quantitative Aptitude - 30 qns - 45 minsSection III - Logical Reasoning - 30 qns - 30 minsTotal 85qns - 90 MinsSection - I - Verbal - 25 qns in 15 mins, refer Barron's GRE guide.

Synonyms

Analogies

Fill up the sentences

Find the Word that has to be replacedForm a Sentence and find the last wordSection - II - Quantitative Aptitude 30 qns in 45mins - please refer Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal to prepare.few qns i remember are1. The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score.a) 151 b) 161 c) 121 a d) 101 e) 137 Ans: c2. A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. He multiplied it by 35 and got his answer less than the correct one by 1206. Find the number to be multiplied.a) 37 b) 67 a c) 87 d) 97 e) 107 Ans: 673. A Problem like this not exactly the same but on same model.If the manufacturer gains 10 %, the wholesale dealer 15 % and the retailer 25 % then the cost of Production of a table, if the retail price is Rs.1265a) 632.50 b) 800 c) 814 d) 834.24 Ans: b4. A trader marks his goods up by 50% and declares two successive discounts of 20% each. What is his overall gain? a) 10% gain b) 4% gain c) 4% loss (A) d) 10% loss e) No loss No gainTrain Problems - 3 as finding speed of train, how many secs it will cross each other etc.Age problems -3 , find mothers age,fathers age etc.Statistics Problems(probability) as A-this much , B-This Much, A n B-this much and A u B - ?

Angle Problems which deals with triangle - 3 problems.

Section III - Logical reasoning - 30 qns in 30 mins

1. Tower of Hanoi Problem - Ans : 72. problem on fig. find the shaded area, square of size 14cm.. ans: 42 3. problem on symmetric fig ;; ans less than the 1172(check) . 4. Blood Relation Problems - 35. Then a passage is given on blood relation and 4 qns asked how many male:ans -4 and few etc.6. Find odd man out of the given series - 3 problems pretty simple put A-Z and number them 1-26 and then u can find easily odd man out.7. Find the missing letter - was a bit tough to establish relation - 3 problems8. u have 3 figure -based on the figures ques asked.. easy one.. eg: Fig Triangle means Strong Fig Square means Tall Fig Circle means Fair.Ques asked is find the number that represents Strong Tall and Fair persons.. easy one ..ans : 49. Another question Women, Sub inspector, graduates - Ans: 310. An Flow Chart - GIven Units - 250 find final Value with formulae - (units*1.25) and few calculations like this Ans:506.25And two tedious flow charts couldn't remember them and the answers.

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Thanks for your support by sending papers of Syntel. I had campus recuritment program by Syntel on last Saturday. The test consist of general apptitude. I feel the paper is very easy. I was shortlisted for interview. Along with me 5 - MCA and 30 B.E got shorlisted for interview. On Wednesday(9-July,2003) I had interview. The interview is only HR. The guy who interviewed me was so cool. He started the interview with the question "Tell me about urself?" Then, he asked about my hobbies, postive and negative qualites. Then he asked about "What do u think to be a good software profession?". Then he asked about my project? Nothing technical. The interview last 10 - 15 mins. I am awaithing for the result.

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I attened syntel intv today. It was purely HR for me. Not even one question from technical side. There r about 5 or 6 panels. It is one to one interview. Most of the panels were like that. In one panel they asked Linked list programs and asked them to give a speech abt any topic for 3 minutes. They rarely ask tech ques. 1 ques in microprocessor was how will U find a no odd or even [there is another method other than successive division which has got something to do with the last bit of the number]. For a EEE student there was a question from House wiring.On the whole they measure Ur communication skills and ability to work in a team. Prepare for ques like where U c urself in 5 years from now, wat is Ur hobbies, How was ur project team, wat difficulties U faced in Ur project group and how U overcome those etc. Be prepared to explain Ur project clearly. The interview was very friendly. All the best for those going to attend the interview

1.In a right angled isosceles triangle ABC,where angle B = 90 degrees,BM is the median on AC,then1.AB2+BC2=4BM22.AB2+BC2=2BM23.AB2+BC2=BM24.AB2+BC2=7BM2

2.A sum of money put at compound interest amounts to Rs.2205 in 2 years and to Rs.2315.25 in 3 years.Find the rate of interest per annum is :1.10%2.5%3.8%

4.6%5.None of these.

3.If A:B=2:3 and B:C=5:6 then A:B:C is :1. 15:10:182. 10:18:153. 18:15:104. 10:15:18

4.The difference between simple interest and compound interest on Rs.P at R% p.a in 2 years is :1. PR/1002. 2PR/1003. PR2/1004. PR2/(100)2

5.The rate at which Rs.64 will amount to Rs.125 in 3 years at compound interest will be :1. 15%2. 25%3. 20%4. 50%

6. One question based on the precendence of arithmetic operations .Refer to chapter 4 of R.S.Agarwal(simplification).

7.In the figure below, ABCD is a rectangle and each of the two circles has a radius of “a”. What is the ratio of the area of the rectangle not covered by the circles to the total area of the rectangle?

given : length of rectangle =4a, breadth of rectangle =2a, radius of circle=a;1.(pi-4)/22.(4-pi)/23.4/pi4.noneour ans: (4-pi)/4L

8. A shopkeeper marks up his goods to gain 35%.But he allows 10% discount for cash payment. His profit on the cash transaction therefore in percentage is:1.13 ½2.21 ½3.254.31 ½5.none

9.Fine the positive value of n when the sum of 5+7+9+……..=140.1. 102. 83. 64. 5

10. The average age of an adult class is 30 years. 12 new students with an average age of 32 years join the class, thereby increasing the average age of the class by one year. The original strength of the class was:1. 82. 103. 124. 30

11.The mean of 100 observations was calculated as 40. If it was found later that one of the observations was mis-read as 83 instead of 53, the correct mean is :1. 39.02. 39.73. 40.34. 42.7

12. The average of the reciprocals of x and y is :1. 2xy/(x+y)2. 2(x+y)/xy3. (x+y)/(2xy)4. (x+y)/(x-y)

13. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and its breadth is decreased by 25% what is the percentage change in its area:1. 12.5% increase2. 10% increase3. 25% increase4. 20% decrease

14. A cone and a sphere have equal radii and equal volumes. The ratio of the diameter of the sphere to the height of the cone is :1. 3:12. 1:33. 6:14. 1:2

15. Three equal circles are described with vertices of the triangle as centers. If the radius of each circle is r, the sum of areas of the portions of the circles intercepted in a triangle is :1. 2*pi*r*r2. (3/2)*pi*r*r3. pi*r*r4. (1/2)*pi*r*r

16. A candidate was asked to find 7/8 of a positive number. He found 7/18th of the same by mistake. If his answer was 770 less than the correct one, then the original given number was:1. 12602. 61603. 15484. none

17. The remainder obtained when any prime number, greater than 6, is divided by 6 must be:1. either 1 or 22. either 1 or 33. either 1 or 54. either 3 or 5

18. A certain number of 2 digits, is four times the sum of its digits. If 9 were added to the number, the digits are reversed. Find the number:1. 152. 123. 214. 51

19. The majority against a certain motion is equal to 8% of the total number of voting. If 14 of those who voted against it had voted for it, the motion would have been carried by 4 votes. Find the number voting ‘for’ and ‘against’:1. for:138,against:1622. for:160,against:1853. for:130,against:1704. for:162,against:138

20. A bus traveled from station A to station B at a speed of u/1 kmph and traveled back from B to A at u/2 kmph. What is the average speed of the bus:1. (1/u/1 + 1/u/2)/22. (u/1 + u/2)/23.2u/1.u/2/(u/1+u/2)4. 2u/1.u/2 /(u/1-u/2)

21. The cost price of an article, which on being sold at a gain of 12% yield RS.6 more than when it is sold at a loss of 12%, is:1. Rs:242. Rs:253. Rs:304. Rs:20

22. The price of sugar increases by 32%. A family reduces its consumption so that the expenditure of the sugar is up only by 10%. If the total consumption of the sugar before the price-rise was 10 Kg per month, then the consumption of sugar per month at present (in Kg) is:1. 8 1/32. 8 ½3. 8 ¾4. 9

23. An article is sold at 12.5% profit. If it had been sold at 5% loss, the selling price would have been Rs.9.80 less. The cost price of the article is:1. Rs.582. Rs.563. Rs.544. Rs.46

24. Two friends invested Rs.1500 and Rs.2500 in a business. They earned a profit of Rs.800. one half of the profit was divided equally between them and other half was divided in proportion of their capitals. How much did each of them receive?1. Rs.370 and Rs.4302. Rs.350 and Rs.4503. Rs.360 and Rs.4404. Rs.375 and Rs.425

25. ABCD is a squared, E is the mid-point of BC and F is the mid-point of CD. The ratio of the area of triangle AEF to the area of the square ABCD is:1. 1:42. 1:33. 3:84. 1:2

26. ABC is an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle. P is any point on the minor arc BC. Then:1. PA < (PB+PC)2. PA > (PB+PC)3. PA = PB+PC

4. PA = ½ (PB+PC)

27. In a triangle ABC , a line XY is drawn parallel to BC meeting AB in X and AC in Y. The area of the triangle AXY is half of the area of the triangle ABC.XY divides AB in the ratio of :1. 1 : root22. root2 : (root2-1)3. 1 : (root2-1)4. root2 : root3

28.Five mangoes and four oranges cost as much as three mangoes and seven oranges.What is the ratio of the cost of one mango to the cost of one orange?1. 4:32. 1:33. 3:24. 5:2

29.If x men working x hours a day for x days produce x articles, then the number of articles produced by y men working y hours a day for y days is :1.(x*x*x)/(y*y*y)2. (x*x)/(y*y*y)3. (y*y*y)/(x*x)4. (x*x)/(y*y)

30. x,y,z,u are real numbers such that x:y = y:z=z:u and x:u =64:27.The value of x:z is :1. 64:272. 16:93. 4:34. 3:4

31.A man borrowed Rs.1000 at 5% per annum at simple interest.Each year he pays Rs.200 for interest and part of debt.The amount that is left to be paid back in the end of 3 years is :1.Rs.850.002. Rs.826.133. Rs.692.504. Rs.527.13

32.A monkey climbing up a pole ascends 6 meters and slips 3 meters in alternate minutes.This way he continues climbing the pole.If the pole is 60meters height,how long will it take the monkey to reach the top:1. 31 minutes2. 33 minutes3. 35 minutes4. 37 minutes.

33.Two trains start from stations A and B and travels towards each other at speeds of 50km/hour and 60km/hour respectively.At time of their meeting the second train has traveled 120km more than the first.The distance between A and B is:1. 990km2. 1200km3. 1320km4. 1440km

34.A and B can do a piece of work in 6 2/3 and 5 days respectively.they work together for 2 days and then A leaves.In how many days after that will B complete the work alone?1. 1 ½2. 2 ¼

3. 3 days4. 7 days

35.Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 4 hours and 5 hours respectively.If they are turned up alternatively for one hour each,then time taken to fill the tank is:1. 2 hrs 15mins2. 4 hrs 24mins3. 5 hrs4. 3 hrs

36.An electric device makes a ‘beep’ after 60 seconds and an another one after 62 seconds.They beeped together at 10.00a.m.Again they will beep at1. 10.30 hrs2. 10.31 hrs3. 10.59 hrs4. 11.00 hrs

37. A man has Rs.210 in coins alone.The coins consist of one rupee. 50p and 25p whose numbers from a ratio of 5 : 6 : 8 respectively.How many coins are there in the 50pdenomination?1. 2102. 1263. 1054. 168

38.The L.C.M of three different numbers is 120. Which of the following cannot be their H.C.F?1. 82. 123. 244. 30 and 24.

39.A sphere of radius 2 cm is put into water contained in a cylinder of radius 4 cm.If the sphere is completely immersed in the water, the water level in the cylinder rises by :1. 2cm2. 1/3 cm3. ½ cm4. 2/3 cm

40.The number of students in a school kept changing every year.In the year 1999, the total number of students in the school was 1000.In the year 2000,it is increased by 20%.In 2001,it again increased by 20%, but in 2002,it decreased by 5%.Find the number of students in the school at the end of year 2002 :1. 13002.13683. 14004. 1638

41.A stock of rice is enough for 100 men for 60 days.How long will the same stocks of rice last for 500 men:1. 92. 53. 64. 10

42.If on burning 6 gas ovens for 6 hrs per day, an amount of Rs.45 is spent for 8 days, then by spending Rs.60 how many gas ovens can be burnt 5 hrs per day for 10 days?1. 82. 16

3. 124. 65. 18

43.The cistern is filled in 9 hours and it takes 10 hours when there is a leak in its bottom.If the cistern is full,in what time shall the leak empty it?1.90 hours2.94 hours3.92 hours4.91 hours5.none of these.

44.A sum of money yields at compound interest Rs.200 and Rs.220 at the end of first and second year respectively.the rate % is :1. 202. 153. 104. 55. 11

45.In what time will a man receive Rs.85 as compound interest on Rs.320 at 12 ½ % per annum , compounded annually?1. 4 ½ years2. 2 ½ years3. 2 years4. 5 years5. 3 ½ years

FLOW CHART:

1) Some flow chart is given. Five question on this flow chart.

i. Whether i will take the value 0ii. Find value of iiii. Find value of aiv. Find value of j

Answers:i. Yesii. -4iii. 13iv. 29

2) One more flow chart. Five questions

i. s value at 6th iterationii. value f3 when n=6iii. f3 doesn’t take which valueiv. When s=57 what is the value of f3v. What is the value n when program terminates.

Answeri. 31

ii. 34iii. 9iv. 89v. 11

Formulae involved in the flow chart: S = N2 - ( N – 1)F3 = F1 + F2F1 = F2F2 = F3

mug this flow chart.. same flow chart came for us..it is very difficult to remember the ques.. i am sorry that i cudnt able to reproduce.. for the 3rd Section i remember few que:

Section 3: 1- problem on tower of hanoi--ans 72 problem on fig. find the shaded area, square of size 14cm.. ans: 42 3. problem on symmetric fig ;; ans less than the 1172(check) . 4. few questions on blood relationship.. (refer r.s. agrawal reasoning) sample ques..man looking at photo tells that " the daughter of this person is the only son etc..." try to familiar on this ..5 . again ques on relationship..; 6 persons are there A, B, C, D, E, F. i) how many male: ans -4ii)how many female- ans 2iii) how D related to A; - similar ques ..easy ..6)u have the series of letters..need to find the odd one out.. tips: u identify the pattern all the choices follow the pattern except one..

eg: given words are say ..ABCD , JKLM, OPQR, UVWX, EGHI in this the last set do not follow the pattern.. in case of ABCD- all are continious. JKLM , OPQR, UVWX..follow same all are continious .. If u see the EGHI – this is not continious as EFGH shud me there..got it …

U have 4 ques on this..easy one..

6) u have to fill the missing letter in the series.. little bit tough.. 4 ques..but easy..7) u have 3 figure –based on the figures ques asked.. easy one.. eg: Fig Triangle means StrongFig Square means Tall Fig Circle means Fair.Ques asked is find the number that represents Strong Tall and Fair persons.. easy one ..So u have 3 ques on this pattern..

8) u have ques on flow chart..easy..very simple..

NOTE: they r looking for the toppers ..so if u r the topper than no probs. Mostly CGPA of 8 + is they expect. To shortlist.

SYNTEL PAPERS 2004

There are three sections :

verbal 25 questions 20 minutes

quntitative 45 questions 45 minuteslogical ability 25 questions 25 minutes

questions are easy.i am writing some of the questions that i couldremember.

1. find out the three digit number whose second digit is equal tothe sum of first digit and third digit and when first digit andsecond digit are exchanged it gives a difference of 99 from theorigional number.ans: 253

2.10 years ago the father was 7times older than his son.2 yearshence 2 times the fathers age will be 5 times the sons age.whatare 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 anynumber of prizes.how many ways it can be done?

5. a person deposites his 20000 rs at 5% and 4% and at the end hegains 918 rs.find out the money he deposited on thesepersentages.

6.35 persons likes horror movies,25 persons like romantic movies,5don'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 inbetween.

8.two flow charts are given(12 questions r based on this)secondflow chart is easier.

9.some conditions are given u can form a family tree with the helpof 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)^2square circles

12: two questions are given on relations.perhaps first one iswrongans: (second one) niece

13. paw:cat::hoof: ?ans: horse14. lion:cub::colt: ?ans:stallion

15:errat:books::flaw: ?

a) manuscript b)speech c)metal d)....

16. ling:lukewarm::a)cold:freezeb)cold:hotc)freezing:coldd)

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).

***********************************************************************Part 1: (Verbal/English, 25 Q - 15 min)

This was cool.All Antonyms, Analogies got repeated from previous papers.

Antonyms:1)equanimity2)sequester3)apathetic4)dislodge5)sedate

Analogies:1)celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty2)neglegent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argumenteasy:hard careful:position3)Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods4)bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book5)letter:word::club:people page:bookproduct:factory picture:paper

Bottom Line:

Time is sufficient.No special preparation needed (provided u r good enough)Just gaze thru previous papers' antonyms & analogiesSentence 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)

************************************************************************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. AgarwalLeave complex Q's & proceed forward.

************************************************************************Part 3: (Reasoning, 30 Q - 30 min)

This was 50 - 50I 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 studentsCost 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 studentsetc.

2) ( not exact )P speakes Italian & FrenchQ speakes Spanish & EnglishR speakes Italian & GermanS speakes Spanish & FrenchT speakes English & German etc.

Find a) Mediator between P & Qb) Most popular languageetc

3) All P's are Q'ssome R's are not C'sSome C's are P's& so on ( 5 Q's based on these facts)

4) One Logical Venn diagram problem

5) One simple flow chartSYNTEL PAPER

SECTION I: 25 QUESTIONS (ENGLISH) IN 15 MINUTESSECTION II: 45 QUESTIONS (QUANTITATIVE) IN 45 MINUTESSECTION III: 30 QUESTONS (REASONING) IN 30 MINUTES

SECTION IIQUANTITATIVE

Qn 1.) (this was the first question)Maximum numbers that can be formed using all the 4 digits 6 4 8 1 without repetition and which is divisible by 9.( ans none)

2.) Find the number of sides of a regular convex polygon whose angle is 40degrees.

3.) a+b+c=0, then roots of ax^2+bx+c=0 is1.imag 2.real 3.coincidental 4.zero

4.) Difference b/w the compound interest and simple interest for Rs.2500 for 2 years is given-----. find the rate of interest.

5.) there was one more question on S.I and C.I

6.) the minimum number by which 60 is to be multiplied to generate a square.ans 15

7.) A monkey climbs 6 mts and falls 3mts in alternate minutes.Then time taken to climb a tree 60metres high?a. 35 b.37 c.32 d.34 (think the answer is 37)

8.) (This was the second last question) A bucket contains z drops. and it leaks x drops in t secs.then the time required to empty the bucket(in minutes)? Ans zt/x

9.) 6 pipes fill or empty the cistern. find the number of emptying pipes iff it takes 18hrs to fill and 18 hrs to empty.... (don't remember the question exactly)

10.) the largest no: which is a factor of 1080 and 729

11.) No: of spheres of radius 1 that can be got from sphere of radius (or diameter don't recall) 8

12.) (think the last but three question)Travelling at 3/4th the speed a man is 20 minutes later then speed is??

13.) there are 6 keys and 6 locks. then number of combinations to be tried out to get the actual solutiona. 5^6 b.6^5 (don't remember the rest)

14.) choosing 2 people out of 10 in how many combinations can a particular person(some name) be always included....

15.) from 6 white balls and 7 black balls probability that 2 balls drawn at random are of the same color? Ans 36

16.) if a sales man gets successive gain of 15% and 20% then his actual gain? ans. 38

17.) a string of pearls such that 1/3 is lost and of that 1/4th is missing, remaining is 20 then actual number of pearls? ans. 40

18.) a man gets a gain of x%. but if he had sold at twice the cost price, what will be his gain?(question not sure)a. 2x b.200-2x c.100+x (not sure of the options)

19.) a clock was 7mts behind the actual time on 3 p.m. on wednesday and 8 mts ahead of actual time on (not sure) 4 p.m. friday. when will it show the correct time?

20.) boat moves upstream in 6 hrs and covers the same distance downstream in 5 hrs. then speed of a raft floating?(accuracy of question not sure)

21.) (this was the last question) no idea what it stands for........ some kind of notation like S(P(M((D(a,b),2))):P(M(S(D(a,b),........options were1. ab 2.(a-b)^2 3.(a+b)^2 4.none

22.) if x men working x hrs per day can do x units of work in x days, then y men working y hrs/day would be able to complete how many units of work i y days?ans. y^3/x^2 (question in R.S. Agarwal)

23.) ( this was a question in the first page of the section II booklet) a cone with radius----- and height -----. a hemisphere covers the cone such that base of hemisphere meets that of the cone. then the enclose volume.....(R.S. Agarwal consists of similar questions)

24.) there was one more question on volume and surface area.....

25.) 1 Rs, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio ---------, then the number of 50 ps coins if they sum to ------Rs. (similar question in R.S.Agarwal)

26.) there was one more question on coins i.e. abt getting a change of 10ps and 25 coins for ------Rs.(how many possible combinations or so possible)

27.) x/y+y/x=40/21(don't remember the exact value, believe this is the one) find x and y

there were 2 questions on train and one was like:28.) a goods train starts and after 2 hrs a passenger train at 4km/hr starts and overtakes the goods train after 4 hrs, then the speed of goods train?

29.) 15hrs of boys work=6 hrs of women's work. 3/5 of the work is done by -----boys and -----women. How much time would bethe question)

32.) there was one question on triangle

33.) a figure was given a square with four corners shaded and asked to find the area of the shaded portion.... ie area of square-area of the regular octagon.....

This is all i can remember from section II

SECTION IENGLISH(EASY)PATTERN:

1.) few questions on finding out the segment of sentence which is wrong....

2.) analogy.(few i can remember)1.) celebrate::marriage ans. lament::bereavement2.) bouquet::flowersans. chain::link3.) germ::diseaseans. war::destruction4.) (remember only the answer)

ans. book::pages

3.) to fill up the blanks in the sentences with the most appropriate words.....

4.) to find the word opposite in meaning(few qns i can remember)1.) Equanimity2.) Sequester3.) Dormant4.) Apathetic

SECTION IIIREASONING

(TIME IS A CONSTRAINT)

1.) (last question and the easiest) a simple flowchart whose steps are as follows. value of r and h are given, a and b=0 m=pi*r*r*h n=(pi*r*r*h)/3 if (m==n) do ------else b=4*pi*r*h print a and b[DON'T REMEMBER IF conditon is m==n or m<n]

2.) (second last question this was also easy) it was abt a set of people talking 4 languages and then qns were abt who could act as a translator to whom ........

3.) there were 3 questions based on an argument given... questions were to find out which statement in the objectives given could strengthen the argument or to weaken the argument....(bit confusing)

4.) blood relationship question( i remember all the statements given, though not the question)10 people in a family A B C are husbands D E F are wives altogether there are only 4 women. each family can have atmost 2 children and C has atleast 1 child. D and G are related to A. E cannot be related to H and I and J are not related.....

5.) (this consists of the most confusing set of questions)a set of statements are given and then questions were asked, the statements were likeAll A B C D E F are Q'sAll A's are B's--------------(better leave this question for the last)

6.) Alice works on Monday, Wednesday and FridayB does not work on WedC works only on Tuesday and someotherday(don't remember)D does not work on FridayE works on all days except on the first Monday and Thursdaythen questions like who all will be available on which days .....

7.) question based on venn diagram given ......read the question

properly and then answer

8.) (first question) abt 4 buses with different seating capacity.and different charges. and questions were to find out the minimum number of trips required, the maximum charge, the second highest charge etc....

TOTAL 1hr 15min duration.

Ist section English.... fill in the blanks,AntonymsSequester(permission to mingle),sedate,equanimity,dislodge..same set as previous..15min...25 Q's2nd section Quantitative....50q's 20 min....this was the tough part..time is the amin constraint....some were repeated q's ...go thru al;l the sampe papers & R.S Aggarwal.. but it is not enough some tough q's were ther 3-4 q's were repeated twice so do them u will score 10q's easily.leave the tough one's ....just 60% will get u an inteview call.3r section Reasoning ...again time is the constraint...but stick to the q's & dont jump over for the next ones's ...if possible start frm back.1.4..buses,capacity ...rate...min cost,no:of buses...2.110 members a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,....3-wives....3 hubby...4children...3.newspaper....4.languages...translators...5.flowchart....very easy.all the q's r from gre barrons...but some figures were changed.

this is all i remember...its easy...keep ur cool & do ur best...just 60& in each section is more than enough...the intake is huge...70 were called for interview...interview was cool... mostly HR... & technical...touched almost every topic...cobol,datastructures,java,languages,database but not in detail...

SYNTEL PAPER

SECTION I: 25 QUESTIONS (ENGLISH) IN 15 MINUTESSECTION II: 45 QUESTIONS (QUANTITATIVE) IN 45 MINUTESSECTION III: 30 QUESTONS (REASONING) IN 30 MINUTES

SECTION IIQUANTITATIVE

SYNTEL Latest Fresher Engineer Placement Sample Question Paper 1

Qn 1.) (this was the first question)Maximum numbers that can be formed using all the 4 digits 6 4 8 1without repetition and which is divisible by 9.( ans none)

2.) Find the number of sides of a regular convex polygon whose angleis 40degrees.

3.) a+b+c=0, then roots of ax^2+bx+c=0 is1.imag 2.real 3.coincidental 4.zero

4.) Difference b/w the compound interest and simple interest for

Rs.2500 for 2 years is given-----. find the rate of interest.

5.) there was one more question on S.I and C.I

6.) the minimum number by which 60 is to be multiplied to generate asquare.ans 15

7.) A monkey climbs 6 mts and falls 3mts in alternate minutes.Thentime taken to climb a tree 60metres high?a. 35 b.37 c.32 d.34 (think the answer is 37)

8.) (This was the second last question) A bucket contains z drops.and it leaks x drops in t secs.then the time required to empty thebucket(in minutes)? Ans zt/x

9.) 6 pipes fill or empty the cistern. find the number of emptyingpipes iff it takes 18hrs to fill and 18 hrs to empty.... (don'tremember the question exactly)

10.) the largest no: which is a factor of 1080 and 729

11.) No: of spheres of radius 1 that can be got from sphere of radius(or diameter don't recall) 8

12.) (think the last but three question)Travelling at 3/4th the speeda man is 20 minutes later then speed is??

13.) there are 6 keys and 6 locks. then number of combinations to betried out to get the actual solutiona. 5^6 b.6^5 (don't remember the rest)

14.) choosing 2 people out of 10 in how many combinations can aparticular person(some name) be always included....

15.) from 6 white balls and 7 black balls probability that 2 ballsdrawn at random are of the same color? Ans 36

16.) if a sales man gets successive gain of 15% and 20% then hisactual gain?ans. 38

17.) a string of pearls such that 1/3 is lost and of that 1/4th ismissing, remaining is 20 then actual number of pearls?ans. 40

18.) a man gets a gain of x%. but if he had sold at twice the costprice, what will be his gain?(question not sure)a. 2x b.200-2x c.100+x (not sure of the options)

19.) a clock was 7mts behind the actual time on 3 p.m. on wednesdayand 8 mts ahead of actual time on (not sure) 4 p.m. friday. when willit show the correct time?

20.) boat moves upstream in 6 hrs and covers the same distancedownstream in 5 hrs. then speed of a raft floating?(accuracy of

question not sure)

21.) (this was the last question) no idea what it stands for........some kind of notation like S(P(M((D(a,b),2)))(M(S(D(a,b),........options were1. ab 2.(a-b)^2 3.(a+b)^2 4.none

22.) if x men working x hrs per day can do x units of work in x days,then y men working y hrs/day would be able to complete how many unitsof work i y days?ans. y^3/x^2 (question in R.S. Agarwal)

23.) ( this was a question in the first page of the section IIbooklet) a cone with radius----- and height -----. a hemispherecovers the cone such that base of hemisphere meets that of the cone.then the enclose volume.....(R.S. Agarwal consists of similarquestions)

24.) there was one more question on volume and surface area.....

25.) 1 Rs, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio ---------, then thenumber of 50 ps coins if they sum to ------Rs. (similar question inR.S.Agarwal)

26.) there was one more question on coins i.e. abt getting a changeof 10ps and 25 coins for ------Rs.(how many possible combinations orso possible)

27.) x/y+y/x=40/21(don't remember the exact value, believe this isthe one) find x and y

there were 2 questions on train and one was like:28.) a goods train starts and after 2 hrs a passenger train at4km/hr starts and overtakes the goods train after 4 hrs, then thespeed of goods train?

29.) 15hrs of boys work=6 hrs of women's work. 3/5 of the work isdone by -----boys and -----women. How much time would bethe question)

32.) there was one question on triangle

33.) a figure was given a square with four corners shaded and askedto find the area of the shaded portion.... ie area of square-area ofthe regular octagon.....

This is all i can remember from section II

SECTION IENGLISH(EASY)PATTERN:

1.) few questions on finding out the segment of sentence

which is wrong....

2.) analogy.(few i can remember)1.) celebrate::marriageans. lament::bereavement2.) bouquet::flowersans. chain::link3.) germ::diseaseans. war::destruction4.) (remember only the answer)ans. book::pages

3.) to fill up the blanks in the sentences with the mostappropriate words.....

4.) to find the word opposite in meaning(few qns i can remember)1.) Equanimity2.) Sequester3.) Dormant4.) Apathetic

SECTION IIIREASONING

(TIME IS A CONSTRAINT)

1.) (last question and the easiest) a simple flowchart whose stepsare as follows. value of r and h are given, a and b=0 m=pi*r*r*hn=(pi*r*r*h)/3 if (m==n) do ------else b=4*pi*r*h print a and b[DON'T REMEMBER IF conditon is m==n or m<n]

2.) (second last question this was also easy) it was abt a set ofpeople talking 4 languages and then qns were abt who could act as atranslator to whom ........

3.) there were 3 questions based on an argument given... questionswere to find out which statement in the objectives given couldstrengthen the argument or to weaken the argument....(bit confusing)

4.) blood relationship question( i remember all the statements given,though not the question)10 people in a family A B C are husbands D E F are wivesaltogether there are only 4 women. each family can have atmost 2children and C has atleast 1 child. D and G are related to A. Ecannot be related to H and I and J are not related.....

5.) (this consists of the most confusing set of questions)a set of statements are given and then questions were asked, thestatements were likeAll A B C D E F are Q'sAll A's are B's

--------------(better leave this question for the last)

6.) Alice works on Monday, Wednesday and FridayB does not work on WedC works only on Tuesday and someotherday(don't remember)D does not work on FridayE works on all days except on the first Monday and Thursdaythen questions like who all will be available on which days .....

7.) question based on venn diagram given ......read the questionproperly and then answer

8.) (first question) abt 4 buses with different seating capacity.anddifferent charges. and questions were to find out the minimum numberof trips required, the maximum charge, the second highest chargeetc....

TOTAL 1hr 15min duration.

Ist section English.... fill in the blanks,AntonymsSequester(permission to mingle),sedate,equanimity,dislodge..same set as previous..15min...25 Q's2nd section Quantitative....50q's 20 min....this was the tough part..time is the amin constraint....some were repeated q's ...go thru al;l the sampe papers & R.S Aggarwal.. but it is not enough some tough q's were ther 3-4 q's were repeated twice so do them u will score 10q's easily.leave the tough one's ....just 60% will get u an inteview call.3r section Reasoning ...again time is the constraint...but stick to the q's & dont jump over for the next ones's ...if possible start frm back.1.4..buses,capacity ...rate...min cost,no:of buses...2.110 members a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,....3-wives....3 hubby...4children...3.newspaper....4.languages...translators...5.flowchart....very easy.all the q's r from gre barrons...but some figures were changed.

this is all i remember...its easy...keep ur cool & do ur best...just 60& in each section is more than enough...the intake is huge...70 were called for interview...interview was cool... mostly HR... & technical...touched almost every topic...cobol,datastructures,java,languages,database but not in detail...

There are three sections :verbal 25 questions 20 minutesquntitative 45 questions 45 minuteslogical ability 25 questions 25 minutes

questions are easy.i am writing some of the questions that i couldremember.

1. find out the three digit number whose second digit is equal tothe sum of first digit and third digit and when first digit and

second digit are exchanged it gives a difference of 99 from theorigional number.ans: 253

2.10 years ago the father was 7times older than his son.2 yearshence 2 times the fathers age will be 5 times the sons age.whatare 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 anynumber of prizes.how many ways it can be done?

5. a person deposites his 20000 rs at 5% and 4% and at the end hegains 918 rs.find out the money he deposited on thesepersentages.

6.35 persons likes horror movies,25 persons like romantic movies,5don'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 inbetween.

8.two flow charts are given(12 questions r based on this)secondflow chart is easier.

9.some conditions are given u can form a family tree with the helpof 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)^2square circles

12: two questions are given on relations.perhaps first one iswrongans: (second one) niece

13. paw:cat::hoof: ?ans: horse14. lion:cub::colt: ?ans:stallion15:errat:books::flaw: ?

a) manuscript b)speech c)metal d)....

16. ling:lukewarm::a)cold:freezeb)cold:hotc)freezing:cold

d)

16.A person deposits Rs.4000(i am not sure of number) at the rateof 3.75% per annum.After six months,he withdrew Rs.2000(for example).Hewithdrew 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 theyform 20 litres, out of which 4 litres are removed and 5 litres ofmilk is added.what is the ratio now?

18.In a class 75% of students pass in maths and 65% in scienceand 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).

************************************************************ ***********Part 1: (Verbal/English, 25 Q - 15 min)

This was cool.All Antonyms, Analogies got repeated from previous papers.

Antonyms:1)equanimity2)sequester3)apathetic4)dislodge5)sedate

Analogies:1)celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty2)neglegent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argumenteasy:hard careful:position3)Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods4)bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book5)letter:word::club:people page:bookproduct:factory picture:paper

Bottom Line:

Time is sufficient.No special preparation needed (provided u r good enough)Just gaze thru previous papers' antonyms & analogiesSentence 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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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/

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. AgarwalLeave complex Q's & proceed forward.

************************************************************ ************Part 3: (Reasoning, 30 Q - 30 min)

This was 50 - 50I 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 studentsCost 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 studentsetc.

2) ( not exact )P speakes Italian & FrenchQ speakes Spanish & EnglishR speakes Italian & GermanS speakes Spanish & FrenchT speakes English & Germanetc.

Find a) Mediator between P & Qb) Most popular languageetc

3) All P's are Q'ssome R's are not C'sSome C's are P's& so on ( 5 Q's based on these facts)

4) One Logical Venn diagram problem

5) One simple flow chartSYNTEL-Placement Sample Paper 4

Pattern 1.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins) synonyms( for the given word there are 3 synonyms and one odd one is given find the odd)- fill in the blanks with the suitable word.(5 ques)- sentence correction.(10 ques)- analogies(5 ques)2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)

SYNTEL Latest Fresher Engineer Placement Sample Question Paper 4 2004

few ques remembered:

synonyms: (not sure)abridge:abashabaseaberrationabstract

analogies:1. intimidness: fear2. crust: wave3. assist: save4. affirm: hint

APTITUDE:

1. One pipe fills in 4 hrs and another in 5hrs when they both work alternately how much time will be taken to fill the tank.2. LCM of 3 nos is 120 which of the following no must not be their HCFa. 8, b.24 c.12 d.24 and 303. Two trains from the points A and B moving in opposite direction, at the point they meet the second train travels 120 kms more than the first. The speeds are 50kmph and 60kmph respectively find the distance between A and B?4. 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)

5 A number when multiplied by 7/18 instead of 7/8 and got the result 770 less than the actual result, find the original number?6. The volume and the radius of both cone and sphere are equal , then find the ratio of height of the cone to the diameter of the sphere?7. A and B started a business with 1500 and 2500 and got a profit 800 rs. Half of the profit is shared equally the remaining is shared according to their investment. Find their profits.8. The difference between the simple interest and compound interest for 2 years?8(a) A: B =2:3 and B: C=5:6 then find A: B: C9. An amount of 64 Rs has to become 125 in 3 years in compound interest , find the rate of interest?10. A similar to the above problem finds the time (rate of interest is given)11. The prime no., which is greater than 6 when divide by 6 will always gives the remainderAns: 1 or 5

12. Length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and breadth is decreased by 25% what is the difference in the area13. Mr. X position in a class is 13th from first and 17th from last, and 8th from the first and 13th from last in passed candidates list, then how many candidates failed in the exam14. Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of ____15. A two digit number is 4 times to its sum of digits, when 9 is added to the number, the digits will get reversed. Then what is that number?Ans: 1216. The length of the following rectangle is '4a' and its breadth is '2a'. Radius of the two circles is 'a'. Then find the ratio of total area of the rectangle to the area not covered by the two circles with in the rectangle17. A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.18. A cistern will be filled in 9 hrs, but becoz of an outlet it is filled in 10 hrs, if the cistern is filled, then how much time the outlet takes to empty the cistern.19. In a right angled triangle ABC angle B = 90, BM is the median to AC, then AB2 + BC2 (in terms of BM)20. Three circles with same radius r are drawn with centers as three vertices of a triangle. What is the sum of areas of the intersections of these circles with the triangle?21. X men work for X days to produce X products, and then Y men can produce Y products in ---- days.22. The compound interest for first and second years is 200 and 220 on a certain amount. Find the sum.23. Marked price of a commodity is 35% above the cost price. If he gives a discount of 15%, how much he gains on the deal.24.5 mangoes + 4 oranges = 7 mangoes + 1 orange.Find the ratio of mango to orange.25. A man starts a work, after some time some one joins him..............like this26. Food is sufficient for 100men for 60days. For how many days the food is sufficient for 500men?27. If 8men 8hrs per day works for 8days get 45/- then how many men required if the work is 5hrs per day for10days they get 60/-?28. A person sold an item at a profit of 12% .If he sold it at a loss of 12% then he would get Rs.6/- less. What is the cost price?29. (1 ½ / ((3/4-2/5)/ (2/3+4/5))) * ((2 ¾/ ((4/3-2/5)/ (5/3+6/5))) (Numbers different)30. Avg age of X number of adults in a class is 30yrs. If 12 new adults with avg age of 32 joined with them then the avg age increases by one. Find X?31. A sphere of radius 2cms is dropped into a cylinder of radius 4 cms containing water upto certain level. The raise in the water level is (not sure)32. Find the average of reciprocals of x and y:33. In a school there are 1000 students in the year 1999. The number of students increased by 20% in the year 2000. And it is increased by 15% in the year 2001. But it is decreased by 18% in 2002. Then what is the strength in 2002. (Numbers may differ)

REASONING

1. Odd man out a) stem b) fruits c) flowers d) tree e) root

2. 9, --, 15, 18, 21, 24 3. Seating arrangement (2 puzzles)4. Books arrangement (puzzle) 5. Flowchart6. If 3rd day of a month is Monday. Then what is the 5th day after 21st of that month?7. Blood relation

Paper pattern: 2Verbal (25 questions), Quantitative (45 questions), analytical (30 questions)For verbal refer to Barons most frequently used words...Quans : R.S Agarwal (Quantitative Aptitude)...Analys: Barons...

Ex.:Ratios and proportions, Train problems, Simple and Compound interest, Area Volume problems, Ages problem, Venn Diagram problems, Graphical problems (ex. Bar Chart), Seating arrangement problem, Flow Chart.

Next round is Interview:Basically a General InterviewQuestions on ur Project details, Questions on personalDetails....Brush up ur subject for safe purpose...

Paper pattern: 3Test is in gre pattern.Verbal-25 q. 15 min.(includes antonyms,analogies,sentences etc.)quants-50q-30minanal 50q--30 min.paper is tough.don't waste time.words i remember are: sequester, celibate: marriage ,importunatein quants: 1.sqrt12+sqrt12+...............upto infinity.2. min no. to be multiplied to 60 to make it perfect square.3. ques regar. 9 multiples4. sphere vol. uqes.5. compund int.and simple interest based.

Paper pattern: 4

Question pattern of SYNTEL test conducted at COCHIN (SHREDS) ON 23-8-2003:

Section I: 25 questions (ENGLISH) in 15 minutes...Section II: 45 questions (QUANTITATIVE) in 45 minutes....Section III: 30 questions (REASONING) in 30 minutes.....

We were first asked to do section II and then section I.....

SECTION II QUANTITATIVE (TIME IS A SEVERE CONSTRAINT)

Qn 1.) (this was the first question)Maximum numbers that can be formed using all the 4 digits 6 4 8 1without repetition and which is divisible by 9.( ans none)2.) Find the number of sides of a regular convex polygon whose angle is 40degrees.3.) a+b+c=0, then roots of ax^2+bx+c=0 is 1.imag 2.real 3.coincidental 4.zero4.) Difference b/w the compound interest and simple interest for Rs.2500 for 2 years is given-----. Find the rate of interest.5.) There was one more question on S.I and C.I

6.) The minimum number by which 60 is to be multiplied to generate a square. Ans 157.) A monkey climbs 6 mts and falls 3mts in alternate minutes. Then time taken to climb a tree 60metres high? a. 35 b.37 c.32 d.34 (think the answer is 37)8.) (This was the second last question) A bucket contains z drops. and it leaks x drops in t secs.then the time required to empty the bucket(in minutes)?9.) 6 pipes fill or empty the cistern. find the number of emptying pipes iff it takes 18hrs to fill and 18 hrs to empty.... (don't remember the question exactly)10.) The largest no: which is a factor of 1080 and 729?11.) No: of spheres of radius 1 that can be got from sphere of radius (or diameter don't recall) 812.) (Think the last but three question) Traveling at 3/4th the speed a man is 20 minutes later then speed is??13.) There are 6 keys and 6 locks. then number of combinations to be tried out to get the actual solution a. 5^6 b.6^5 (don't remember the rest)14.) choosing 2 people out of 10 in how many combinations can a particular person(some name) be always included....15.) from 6 white balls and 7 black balls probability that 2 balls drawn at random are of the same color?16.) If a sales man gets successive gain of 15% and 20% then his actual gain? Ans. 3817.) A string of pearls such that 1/3 is lost and of that 1/4th is missing, remaining is 20 then actual number of pearls? Ans. 4018.) A man gets a gain of x%. but if he had sold at twice the cost price, what will be his gain?(question not sure) a. 2x b.200-2x c.100+x (not sure of the options)19.) A clock was 7mts behind the actual time on 3 p.m. on wednesday and 8 mts ahead of actual time on (not sure) 4 p.m. friday. when will it show the correct time?20.) Boat moves upstream in 6 hrs and covers the same distance downstream in 5 hrs. then speed of a raft floating?(accuracy of question not sure)21.) (This was the last question) no idea what it stands for........ some kind of notation like S(P(M((D(a,b),2)))(M(S(D(a,b),........options were1. ab 2.(a-b)^2 3.(a+b)^2 4.none22.) If x men working x hrs per day can do x units of work in x days, then y men working y hrs/day would be able to complete how many units of work i y days?ans. y^3/x^2 (question in R.S. Agarwal)23.) (This was a question in the first page of the section II booklet) a cone with radius----- and height -----. a hemisphere covers the cone such that base of hemisphere meets that of the cone.then the enclose volume.....(R.S. Agarwal consists of similar questions)24.) There was one more question on volume and surface area.....25.) 1 Rs, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio ---------, then the number of 50 ps coins if they sum to ------Rs. (similar question in R.S.Agarwal)26.) There was one more question on coins i.e. abt getting a change of 10ps and 25 coins for ------Rs.(how many possible combinations or so possible)27.) x/y + y/x = 40/21(don't remember the exact value, believe this is the one) find x and yThere were 2 questions on train and one was like:28.) A goods train starts and after 2 hrs a passenger train at 4km/hr starts and overtakes the goods train after 4 hrs, then the speed of goods train?29.) 15hrs of boys work=6 hrs of women's work. 3/5 of the work is done by -----boys and -----women. How much time would be taken by the women to complete the work?

30.) Using false weight a man gains -----%, for a k.g. then he uses a weight of.....(this kind of question has some formula that can be found in R.S.Agarwal)31.) There was one question on L.C.M. and co primes (don't remember the question)32.) There was one question on triangle33.) A figure was given a square with four corners shaded and asked to find the area of the shaded portion.... ie area of square-area of the regular octagon.....This is all i can remember from section II

SECTION I ENGLISH (EASY) PATTERN:

1.) Few questions on finding out the segment of sentence which is wrong....2.) Analogy. (few i can remember)1.) celebrate::marriageans. lament::bereavement2.) bouquet::flowersans. chain::link3.) germ::diseaseans. war::destruction4.) (remember only the answer)ans. book::pages

3.) To fill up the blanks in the sentences with the most appropriate words.....4.) to find the word opposite in meaning (few qns i can remember)1.) equanamity2.) sequester3.) dormant4.) apathetic

SECTION III REASONING (TIME IS A CONSTRAINT)

1.) (last question and the easiest) a simple flowchart whose steps are as follows. value of r and h are given, a and b=0 m=pi*r*r*h n=(pi*r*r*h)/3 if (m==n) do ------else b=4*pi*r*h print a and b [DON'T REMEMBER IF condition is m==n or m<n]2.) (second last question this was also easy) it was abt a set of people talking 4 languages and then qns were abt who could act as a translator to whom ........3.) There were 3 questions based on an argument given... questions were to find out which statement in the objectives given could strengthen the argument or to weaken the argument....(bit confusing)4.) blood relationship question( i remember all the statements given, though not the question) 10 people in a family A B C are husbands D E F are wives altogether there are only 4 women. each family can have atmost 2 children and C has atleast 1 child. D and G are related to A. Ecannot be related to H and I and J are not related.....5.) (this consists of the most confusing set of questions) a set of statements are given and then questions were asked, the statements were like All A B C D E F are Q's All A's are B's--------------(better leave this question for the last)6.) Alice works on Monday, Wednesday and FridayB does not work on WedC works only on Tuesday and someotherday(don't remember)D does not work on FridayE works on all days except on the first Monday and Thursdaythen questions like who all will be available on which days .....7.) question based on venn diagram given ......read the question properly and then answer8.) (First question) abt 4 buses with different seating capacity.anddifferent charges. and questions were to find out the minimum numberof trips required, the maximum charge, the second highest chargeetc....

one more thing: though they said abt 50% cut-off for each section, for us THEY HAD CONSIDERED THE TOTAL(OUT OF 100) only AND NOT THE CUT-OFF...... seems they have changed their processing technique......don't think they are are going to change the questions atleast for quite a while.....so this being the latest set, those preparing for syntel, i would suggest u to peruse through the questions and be ready to answer them.... remember rate of answering counts in a lot for this test......

Paper pattern: 5

Quantitative, Analytical, English lang testing --- the first 2 lasted for more than an hour and the english test was for 15 min --- totally 2 hours.Go thr R.S.Agarwal, and barrons if u clear the test u will have the

interview which was almost a general one and only a very few techical questions.... i dont know whether the interview will be of the same type for everyone

Paper pattern: 6

The test consisted of three sections1. English 25 marks 13 cut off2. Quant 45 qns 23 cutoff3. Logical reasoning 30 qns 15 cutoffEnglish was the only one tough in it.

Paper pattern: 7

I attended the Syntel test on 19th in Bangalore ( Question paper set no 2 )Patteren is same as set no 11.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins)2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)

some of questions i rememberd are===================================( English)

1 celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty2. neglegent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argumenteasy:hard careful:position3 Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods4 bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book5.letter:word::club:people page:bookproduct:factory picture:paper

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select most oppsite word from the list (there are 5 options)1 sedate answer = a. unify, b. inmmunize, c. recupenate, d. stimulate, e. injure2 sequester (options not known)3 equanimity4 apathetic5 dislodge

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some questions repeated from aptitude (earliar)1 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)

2 Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a netdiscount of .....a 30 b 35 c d3 A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns withthe speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.4. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men canproduce Y products in ---- days.

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Paper pattern: 8

I am inundated with the queries regarding syntel.i appeared fo rth ewalkin in mumbai.they have three sections in written test viz, verbal, quantitative and reasoning. u got 30 mins for each sectrion.verbal - 35 questions in 30 mins.quantitative - 45 questions in 30 mins.reasoning - 30 questions in 30 mins.cutoff for each section is 50% of the questions in that section.once u r thru, u will get a call for interview.its very general kind of interview. they ask about ur family background and personal questions. they can ask about ur final year project and what all is mentioned in ur resume.technical questions are rare, but for safer side, be ready for such questiosn also.they normally look for ur attitude and confidence level in interviews.

Paper pattern: 9

I had applied to Syntel on july 15th thru a mail id given in this group.I got an admit card & call to write the test on July 20th 9am.Many people had come to write the Test....The classrooms in all the 3 floors of the building got filled.They first give u Section-2 aptitude-60mins(dunno why they jumbled the order of section 1 & 2.)Then they give Section 1- Verbal-15minsLastly,Section 3- Logical Reasoning.-45mins.The questions are quite easy,if u go thru RSAgarwal u wud be able to answer the questions but the problem is u need to be really really fast in answering the question...Verbal was also quite tough u need to go thru GRE book I guess....Logical Reasoning was quite cool for most of the questions the choice 'a' was the answer so didn;t have to bother going thru the other choices.I wasn't able to complete the paper as I told u Speed is essential...To be specific there were qns on "Trains","Compound Interest"(4-5 qns in this),"Time and Work"(if A does in so many days,B does in so many days how long will A+B take kinds!),"Proportion"(if u mix so much sugar in -litres of water what is the percentage of sugar in the soln...!),a,b are prime nos, a=b+2 is a an odd number(yes/no?)I think the answer is Yes.

In Verbal give antonyms for waffle, dissonance, Chagrin....

Relations: - Sartorial: Tailor; Feud: ----------;and some fill in the blanks.

They selected some 38 ppl for the Interview by 1.30pm .I got selected for the Interview. Interview was held the same day.Interview was purely HR he asked questions like;Brief me about what u have done after ur 12thWhat do u consider as ur StrengthsWhat was ur project on?What are ur software skills?Are u strong in ur Technical Skills(I said yes,he didn't ask me tech. qns.)The placement was for the position of "Programmer",placement will be in Mumbai or Pune.1st one month will be Training on Mainframes,Languages etc....from 9am to 11pm!!!!!Then u wud be put into live projects.

Paper pattern: 10

Pattern 3 sections

No Negative MarkingSection I - Verbal - 25 qns - 15 minsSection II - Quantitative Aptitude - 30 qns - 45 minsSection III - Logical Reasoning - 30 qns - 30 minsTotal 85qns - 90 MinsSection - I - Verbal - 25 qns in 15 mins, refer Barron's GRE guide.

Synonyms

Analogies

Fill up the sentences

Find the Word that has to be replacedForm a Sentence and find the last wordSection - II - Quantitative Aptitude 30 qns in 45mins - please refer Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal to prepare.few qns i remember are1. The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score.a) 151 b) 161 c) 121 a d) 101 e) 137 Ans: c2. A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. He multiplied it by 35 and got his answer less than the correct one by 1206. Find the number to be multiplied.a) 37 b) 67 a c) 87 d) 97 e) 107 Ans: 673. A Problem like this not exactly the same but on same model.If the manufacturer gains 10 %, the wholesale dealer 15 % and the retailer 25 % then the cost of Production of a table, if the retail price is Rs.1265a) 632.50 b) 800 c) 814 d) 834.24 Ans: b4. A trader marks his goods up by 50% and declares two successive discounts of 20% each. What is his overall gain?a) 10% gain b) 4% gain c) 4% loss (A) d) 10% loss e) No loss No gainTrain Problems - 3 as finding speed of train, how many secs it will cross each other etc.Age problems -3 , find mothers age,fathers age etc.Statistics Problems(probability) as A-this much , B-This Much, A n B-this much and A u B - ?Angle Problems which deals with triangle - 3 problems.

Section III - Logical reasoning - 30 qns in 30 mins

1. Tower of Hanoi Problem - Ans : 72. problem on fig. find the shaded area, square of size 14cm.. ans: 423. problem on symmetric fig ;; ans less than the 1172(check) .4. Blood Relation Problems - 35. Then a passage is given on blood relation and 4 qns asked how many male:ans -4 and few etc.6. Find odd man out of the given series - 3 problems pretty simple put A-Z and number them 1-26 and then u can find easily odd man out.7. Find the missing letter - was a bit tough to establish relation - 3 problems8. u have 3 figure -based on the figures ques asked.. easy one..eg: Fig Triangle means Strong Fig Square means Tall Fig Circle means Fair.Ques asked is find the number that represents Strong Tall and Fair persons.. easy one ..ans : 49. Another question Women, Sub inspector, graduates - Ans: 3

10. An Flow Chart - GIven Units - 250find final Value with formulae - (units*1.25) and few calculations like this Ans:506.25And two tedious flow charts couldn't remember them and the answers.

Paper pattern: 11

Thanks for your support by sending papers of Syntel. I had campus recuritment program by Syntel on last Saturday. The test consist of general apptitude. I feel the paper is very easy. I was shortlisted for interview. Along with me 5 - MCA and 30 B.E got shorlisted for interview. On Wednesday(9-July,2003) I had interview. The interview is only HR. The guy who interviewed me was so cool. He started the interview with the question "Tell me about urself?" Then, he asked about my hobbies, postive and negative qualites. Then he asked about "What do u think to be a good software profession?". Then he asked about my project? Nothing technical. The interview last 10 - 15 mins. I am awaithing for the result.

Paper pattern: 12

I attened syntel intv today. It was purely HR for me. Not even one question from technical side. There r about 5 or 6 panels. It is one to one interview. Most of the panels were like that. In one panel they asked Linked list programs and asked them to give a speech abt any topic for 3 minutes. They rarely ask tech ques. 1 ques in microprocessor was how will U find a no odd or even [there is another method other than successive division which has got something to do with the last bit of the number]. For a EEE student there was a question from House wiring.On the whole they measure Ur communication skills and ability to work in a team. Prepare for ques like where U c urself in 5 years from now, wat is Ur hobbies, How was ur project team, wat difficulties U faced in Ur project group and how U overcome those etc. Be prepared to explain Ur project clearly. The interview was very friendly. All the best for those going to attend the interview

Syntel Paper pattern:

Verbal(25 questions), Quantitative (45 questions), analytical (30 questions)

For verbal refer to Barons most frequently used words...Quans : R.S Agarwal (Quantitative Aptitude)...Analys: Barons...

SYNTEL Latest Fresher Engineer Placement Sample Question Paper 5

E.x:

Ratios and proportions, Train problems, Simple andCompound interest, Area Volume problems, Ages problem

Venn Diagram problems, Graphical problems ( e.x Barchart ) , Seating arrangement problem, Flow Chart.

Next round is Interview:

Basically a General Interview

Questions on ur Project details, Questions on personaldetails....

Patteren is same as set no 11.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins)2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)some of questions i rememberd are===================================( English)1 celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty

2. neglegent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argumenteasy:hard careful:position3 Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods4 bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book5.letter:word::club:people page:bookproduct:factory picture:paper=====================================select most oppsite word from the list (there are 5 options)1 sedate answer=a. unify, b. inmmunize, c. recupenate, d. stimulate, e. injure2 sequester ( options not known)3 equanimity4 apathetic5 dislodge======================================some questions repeated from aptitude (earliar)1 One monkey climbs a poll at the rate of 6mts/minand 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)2 Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a netdiscount of .....a 30 b 35 c d

3 A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns withthe speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.4. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men canproduce Y products in ---- days.

We had a Syntel test. The test had 3 sections:1. English (25 questions in 15 minutes).2. Quantitative Ability (50 questions in 30 minutes).3. Reasoning (25 questions in 30 minutes).

For English, practice the Test Papers of Barrons GRE Guide. The entire paper was copied word-by-word from there. Also few questions were a repeat from the old papers.

The toughest part was the Maths section. TIME IS A REAL CONSTRAINT. Practice to attempt questions real fast. The questions were of R S Agarwal pattern. Some of them were a repeat. I remember few questions:

1. If A can do a work in 12 days, B in 24 days and C in 6 days, then how many days will they take to finish the job together.

2. Travelling at 3/4 of his speed, a man is 20 minutes late. Calculate his original speed.

The reasoning part was easy. Most of the questions were on the alphabet series. Like if the alphabets of English are reversed then which would be the letter from the 7th and so on.

Try to attempt 50% questions from each section if you wich to get a cll for interview. Trying to attempt all the questions is foolishness.

Then they give Section 1- Verbal-15mins

Lastly,Section 3- Logical Reasoning.-45mins.

The questions are quite easy,if u go thru RSAgarwal u wud be able to answer the questions but the problem is u need to be really really fast in answering the question...Verbal was also quite tough u need to go thru GRE book I guess....Logical Reasoning was quite cool for most of the questions the choice 'a' was the answer so didn;t have to bother going thru the other choices.I wasn't able to complete the paper as I told u Speed is essential...

To be specific there were qns on

"Trains","Compound Interest"(4-5 qns in this),"Time and Work"(if A does in so many days,B does in so many days how long will A+B take kinds!),"Proportion"(if u mix so much sugar in -litres of water what is the percentage of sugar in the soln...!),

a,b are prime nos, a=b+2 is a an odd number(yes/no?)

I think the answer is Yes.

In Verbal give antonyms for waffle,dissonance,Chagrin....

Relations:- Sartorial:Tailor ; Feud : ----------;

and Some fill in the blanks.

They selected some 38 ppl for the Interview by 1.30pm .I got selected for the Interview.Interview was held the same day.

Interview was purely HR he asked questions like;

Brief me about what u have done after ur 12th

What do u consider as ur Strengths

What was ur project on?

What are ur software skills?

Are u strong in ur Technical Skills(I said yes,he didn't ask me tech. qns.)

The placement was for the position of "Programmer",placement will be in Mumbai or Pune.

1st one month will be Training on Mainframes,Languages etc....from 9am to 11pm!!!!!

Then u wud be put into live projects.

Pattern3 sectionsNo Negative MarkingSection I - Verbal - 25 qns - 15 minsSection II - Quantitative Aptitude - 30 qns - 45 minsSection III - Logical Reasoning - 30 qns - 30 mins

Total 85qns - 90 Mins

Section - I - Verbal - 25 qns in 15 mins, refer Barron's GRE guide.

SynonymsAnalogiesFill up the sentencesFind the Word that has to be replacedForm a Sentence and find the last word

Section - II - Quantitative Aptitude 30 qns in 45mins - please refer Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal to prepare.

few qns i remember are

The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score.a) 151 b) 161 c) 121 a d) 101 e) 137Ans: cA boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. He multiplied it by 35 and got his answer less than the correct one by 1206. Find the number to be multiplied.a) 37 b) 67 a c) 87 d) 97 e) 107Ans: 67A Problem like this not exactly the same but on same model.If the manufacturer gains 10 %, the wholesale dealer 15 % and the retailer 25 % then the cost of Production of a table, if the retail price is Rs.1265a) 632.50 b) 800 c) 814 d) 834.24Ans: bA trader marks his goods up by 50% and declares two successive discounts of 20% each. What is his overall gain?a) 10% gain b) 4% gain c) 4% loss (A) d) 10% loss e) No loss No gainTrain Problems - 3 as finding speed of train, how many secs it will cross each other etc.

Age problems -3 , find mothers age,fathers age etc.

Statistics Problems(probability) as A-this much , B-This Much, A n B-this much and A u B - ?

Angle Problems which deals with triangle - 3 problems.

Section III - Logical reasoning - 30 qns in 30 mins.

Tower of Hanoi Problem - Ans : 7

problem on fig. find the shaded area, square of size 14cm.. ans: 42

problem on symmetric fig ;; ans less than the 1172(check) .

Blood Relation Problems - 3

Then a passage is given on blood relation and 4 qns askedhow many male: ans -4 and few etc.

Find odd man out of the given series - 3 problemspretty simple put A-Z and number them 1-26 and then u can find easily odd man out.

Find the missing letter - was a bit tough to establish relation - 3 problems

u have 3 figure -based on the figures ques asked.. easy one..eg: Fig Triangle means Strong Fig Square means Tall Fig Circle means Fair.Ques asked is find the number that represents Strong Tall and Fair persons.. easy one ..ANs : 4ANother question Women,Sub inspector,graduates - Ans: 3

An Flow Chart - GIven Units - 250find final Value with formulae - (units*1.25) and few calculations like this Ans:506.25

And two tedious flow charts couldn't remember them and the answers.YNTEL-Placement Sample Paper 6

I got selected in the Written test and called for the Interview on the same day at 4.00pm.Interview was scheduled at SYNTEL office near Little Mount, Chennai.I attended the Interview and the HR person asks :

1) Which type of movies do you like?2) Tell me about your educational background?

SYNTEL Latest Fresher Engineer Placement Sample Question Paper 6

3) How can I reach your Residence, because I don't the place where you are residing at chennai?4) What is your ambition?( I told I want to develop an application such as winzip.)5) Then he asked, What are all the steps you have taken for that?6) Then he asked some questions from Microprocessors?i) What is a JMP command, MOV command?ii) How many registers are there in 8086?iii) What is a Accumulator?iv) What is the speciality of Accumulator?v) What is JC and JNC?vi) What is AD Convertor (Analog-to-Digital) and How it works?7) What is lower-level programming and Higher-level programming? Why Microprocessor is called as Lower-level programming?

9) What are all the advantages of using Higher-level programming?10) Is Microprocessors 8086 32-bit or 16-bit?11) Today's Economic Times contains how many pages?( Since I mentioned Economic Times in the form provided by SYNTEL at the Interview)12) What is the color of Economic Times?13) In what level do you represented in "Badminton"? (Since I mentioned Badminton at the Sports / games column in the form)14) Is there any questions for you to ask, Yogesh?

Then I asked ,1) Sir I saw Java and Mainframe is used by SYNTEL through www.syntelinc.com.What are the Microsoft Technologies used by SYNTEL?He told .NET. And he added "we are also undergoing projects in SAP."

That's all.

The Interview is nice and the HR person told " The Interview result will be announced within 1 month."

I am waiting for the SYNTEL Interview results.

If anybody has attended the Interview at chennai on 31-01-2004, please mail me or call me at 9840360700.

If the Interview results are announced please inform me.

The following are the questions asked at the SYNTEL exam on 31-01-2004:======================================================

Paper Pattern:******************

"No Negative Marking"

1) Section II - 45 questions - 45 mins - cut-off 232) Section I - 25 questions - 15 mins - cut-off 133) Section III- 30 questions - 30 mins - cut-off 15

Questions:*************

Friends I forgot many questions. Sorry.

I'll try to give you the other questions as early as possible.

But Verbal (English) part you can easily clear if you read "The Hindu" or "The Economic Times" or some other dailies.

Section - I++++++++

i)synonyms:(5 questions)-------------------------------------

1)abash2)abaseand some easy ones , sorry I forgot.

ii)Analogies : (5 questions)----------------------------

1)crust: wave2)assist: save3)Lion:Tameand two more.

iii)Find the wrong part ( A, B, C, D). If all are right Mark it as 'E'.( 5 questions)

iv) A sentence is given with correct tense and an incorrect part. We have to find the incorrect part and mark it as the answer. ( 5 questions)

v)Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given in the choices.( 5 questions )

section - II++++++++1.one pipe fills in 4 hrs and another in 5hrs when they both work alternately how much time will be taken to fill the tank.

2.LCM of 3 nos is 120 which of the following no must not be their HCFa. 8 , b.24 c.12 d.24 and 30

3.two trains from the points A and B moving in opposite direction , at the point they meet the second train travels 120 kms more than the first. The speeds are 50kmph and 60kmph respectively find the distance between A and B?Ans: 1320

4.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)

5.A number when multiplied by 7/18 instead of 7/8 and got the result 770 less than the actual result , find the original number?

6.The volume and the radius of both cone and sphere are equal , then find the ratio of height of the cone to the diameter of the sphere?

7.A and B started a business with 1500 and 2500 and got a profit 800 rs. Half of the profit is shared equally the remaining is shared according to their investment. Find their profits.Ans: Rs. 350, Rs.450

8.A:B =2:3 and B:C=5:6 then find A:B:C

9.An amount of 64 Rs has to become 125 in 3 years in compound interest , find the rate of interest?Ans: 25%

10.the prime no., which is greater than 6 when divide by 6 will always gives the remainderans: 1 or 5

11.Length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and breadth is decreased by 25% what is the difference in the area?ans: 12.5 increased

12.Mr X position in a class is 13th from first and 17th from last, and 8th from the first and 13th from last in passed candidates list, then how many candidates failed in the exam?

Ans: 9

13.Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of ----?Ans: 32%

14.A two digit number is 4 times to its sum of digits , when 9 is added to the number, the digits will get reversed. Then what is that number?Ans: 12

15.The length of the following rectangle is '4a' and its breadth is '2a'. Radius of the two circles is 'a'. Then find the ratio of total area of the rectangle to the area not covered by the two circles with in the rectangle?

16.A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.?Ans: ((2u/1)*(u/2))/((u/1)+(u/2))The above answer is a intermediary step when we solve the problem.The final result is 2u/3.

17.A cistern will be filled in 9 hrs, but becoz of an outlet it is filled in 10 hrs, if the cistern is filled, then how much time the outlet takes to empty the cistern?

18.In a right angled triangle ABC angle B = 90 , BM is the median to AC , then AB2 + BC2 (in terms of BM)?

19.Three circles with same radius r are drawn with centres as three vertices of a triangle. What is the sum of areas of the intersections of these circles with the triangle?

20.X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Y products in ---- days.

21.The compound interest for first and second years is 200 and 220 on a certain amount. Find the sum?

22.Marked price of a commodity is 35% above the cost price. If he gives a discount of 15%, how much he gains on the deal?

23. 5 mangoes + 4 oranges = 7 mangoes + 1 orange.Find the ratio of mango to orange.This question is not the actual one, numbers are changed in the exam paper.But a similar one.

24.Food is sufficient for 100men for 60days. For how many days the food is sufficient for 500men?

25.A person sold an item at a profit of 12% .If he sold it at a loss of 12% then he would get Rs.6/- less. What is the cost price?

26.Avg age of X number of adults in a class is 30yrs. If 12 new adults with avg age of 32 joined with them then the avg age increases by one. Find X?

27.find the average of reciprocals of x and y?Ans: xy/(x+y)

28.In a school there are 1000 students in the year 1999. The number of students increased by 20% in the year 2000. And it is increased by 15% in the year 2001. But it is decreased by 18% in 2002. Then what is the strength in 2002.

29.1 Rs, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio ---------, then thenumber of 50 ps coins if they sum to ------Rs. (similar question inR.S.Agarwal)

30. The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score.a) 151 b) 161 c) 121 d) 101 e) 137Ans: c

31.A trader marks his goods up by 50% and declares two successive discounts of 20% each. What is his overall gain?a) 10% gain b) 4% gain c) 4% loss (A) d) 10% loss e) No loss No gainSection-III+++++++

1. From the word " ENTHUSIASTIC " take letters from positions 1,4,8 and 10 and form a meaningful word. What is the last letter of the meaningful word?a) H b) A c) E d) TAns: d) T ( since the word "HEAT" is formed.)

2) Find the odd-man out:a) stem b) fruits c) flowers d) tree e) root.Ans: d) Tree

3)A rectangle was splitted into 6 parts and 5 parts contains a number and we have to find the number which is missing in the empty place of the rectangle?The series given is 9, ___, 15, 18, 21, 24.Ans: 12

4) ODD MAN OUT: ABCD, JKLM, OPQR, UVWX, EGHI.Ans: EGHI.

Six persons A,B,C,D,E and F are sitting in a circle. Some conditions are given such as C is sitting between D and A. E is 3 to the right of B and second to the left of A. ( similar question).5) Find the person who is sitting against A?6) Find the person who is sitting against C?

7 & same question as 5 & 6.

9 - 13) This question contains Six persons working and One is a student ( A, B, C, D, E, F and G).There are two couples in the group. Advocate, Author, Engineer, Manager, Teacher, musician are the professions of the family members.D is the father of E and grand father of C.D is a Manager. E is a Engineer.Two women are not an Author or Advocate.Then 5 questions are asked based on the above information.

14-19) are also similar questions to the above with Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ... Saturday and we have to solve.

30) Last question is a flow chart we have to find the answer.

Step 1: Choose a prime no. > 11 and < 19.

Step 2: Y = X + X

Step 3: Z = X * Y

Step 4: Is Z >= 338 and <= 578 Then Continue else Goto Step 1.

Step 5: P = Z / Y

Step 6: Print P.

a) 11 b) 13 c) 17 d) 19 e) None of theseAns: 13 ( I am not sure)YNTEL-Placement Sample Paper 6

I got selected in the Written test and called for the Interview on the same day at 4.00pm.Interview was scheduled at SYNTEL office near Little Mount, Chennai.I attended the Interview and the HR person asks :

1) Which type of movies do you like?2) Tell me about your educational background?

SYNTEL Latest Fresher Engineer Placement Sample Question Paper 6

3) How can I reach your Residence, because I don't the place where you are residing at chennai?4) What is your ambition?( I told I want to develop an application such as winzip.)5) Then he asked, What are all the steps you have taken for that?6) Then he asked some questions from Microprocessors?i) What is a JMP command, MOV command?ii) How many registers are there in 8086?iii) What is a Accumulator?iv) What is the speciality of Accumulator?v) What is JC and JNC?vi) What is AD Convertor (Analog-to-Digital) and How it works?7) What is lower-level programming and Higher-level programming? Why Microprocessor is called as Lower-level programming?9) What are all the advantages of using Higher-level programming?10) Is Microprocessors 8086 32-bit or 16-bit?11) Today's Economic Times contains how many pages?( Since I mentioned Economic Times in the form provided by SYNTEL at the Interview)12) What is the color of Economic Times?13) In what level do you represented in "Badminton"? (Since I mentioned Badminton at the Sports / games column in the form)14) Is there any questions for you to ask, Yogesh?

Then I asked ,1) Sir I saw Java and Mainframe is used by SYNTEL through www.syntelinc.com.What are the Microsoft Technologies used by SYNTEL?He told .NET. And he added "we are also undergoing projects in SAP."

That's all.

The Interview is nice and the HR person told " The Interview result will be announced within 1 month."

I am waiting for the SYNTEL Interview results.

If anybody has attended the Interview at chennai on 31-01-2004, please mail me or call me at 9840360700.

If the Interview results are announced please inform me.

The following are the questions asked at the SYNTEL exam on 31-01-2004:======================================================

Paper Pattern:******************

"No Negative Marking"

1) Section II - 45 questions - 45 mins - cut-off 232) Section I - 25 questions - 15 mins - cut-off 133) Section III- 30 questions - 30 mins - cut-off 15

Questions:*************

Friends I forgot many questions. Sorry.

I'll try to give you the other questions as early as possible.

But Verbal (English) part you can easily clear if you read "The Hindu" or "The Economic Times" or some other dailies.

Section - I++++++++

i)synonyms:(5 questions)-------------------------------------

1)abash2)abaseand some easy ones , sorry I forgot.

ii)Analogies : (5 questions)----------------------------

1)crust: wave2)assist: save3)Lion:Tameand two more.

iii)Find the wrong part ( A, B, C, D). If all are right Mark it as 'E'.( 5 questions)

iv) A sentence is given with correct tense and an incorrect part. We have to find the incorrect part and mark it as the answer. ( 5 questions)

v)Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given in the choices.( 5 questions )

section - II++++++++1.one pipe fills in 4 hrs and another in 5hrs when they both work alternately how much time will be taken to fill the tank.

2.LCM of 3 nos is 120 which of the following no must not be their HCFa. 8 , b.24 c.12 d.24 and 30

3.two trains from the points A and B moving in opposite direction , at the point they meet the second train travels 120 kms more than the first. The speeds are 50kmph and 60kmph respectively find the distance between A and B?Ans: 1320

4.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)

5.A number when multiplied by 7/18 instead of 7/8 and got the result 770 less than the actual result , find the original number?

6.The volume and the radius of both cone and sphere are equal , then find the ratio of height of the cone to the diameter of the sphere?

7.A and B started a business with 1500 and 2500 and got a profit 800 rs. Half of the profit is shared equally the remaining is shared according to their investment. Find their profits.Ans: Rs. 350, Rs.450

8.A:B =2:3 and B:C=5:6 then find A:B:C

9.An amount of 64 Rs has to become 125 in 3 years in compound interest , find the rate of interest?Ans: 25%

10.the prime no., which is greater than 6 when divide by 6 will always gives the remainderans: 1 or 5

11.Length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and breadth is decreased by 25% what is the difference in the area?ans: 12.5 increased

12.Mr X position in a class is 13th from first and 17th from last, and 8th from the first and 13th from last in passed candidates list, then how many candidates failed in the exam?Ans: 9

13.Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of ----?Ans: 32%

14.A two digit number is 4 times to its sum of digits , when 9 is added to the number, the digits will get reversed. Then what is that number?Ans: 12

15.The length of the following rectangle is '4a' and its breadth is '2a'. Radius of the two circles is 'a'. Then find the ratio of total area of the rectangle to the area not covered by the two circles with in the rectangle?

16.A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.?Ans: ((2u/1)*(u/2))/((u/1)+(u/2))The above answer is a intermediary step when we solve the problem.The final result is 2u/3.

17.A cistern will be filled in 9 hrs, but becoz of an outlet it is filled in 10 hrs, if the cistern is filled, then how much time the outlet takes to empty the cistern?

18.In a right angled triangle ABC angle B = 90 , BM is the median to AC , then AB2 + BC2 (in terms of BM)?

19.Three circles with same radius r are drawn with centres as three vertices of a triangle. What is the sum of areas of the intersections of these circles with the triangle?

20.X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Y products in ---- days.

21.The compound interest for first and second years is 200 and 220 on a certain amount. Find the sum?

22.Marked price of a commodity is 35% above the cost price. If he gives a discount of 15%, how much he gains on the deal?

23. 5 mangoes + 4 oranges = 7 mangoes + 1 orange.Find the ratio of mango to orange.This question is not the actual one, numbers are changed in the exam paper.But a similar one.

24.Food is sufficient for 100men for 60days. For how many days the food is sufficient for 500men?

25.A person sold an item at a profit of 12% .If he sold it at a loss of 12% then he would get Rs.6/- less. What is the cost price?

26.Avg age of X number of adults in a class is 30yrs. If 12 new adults with avg age of 32 joined with them then the avg age increases by one. Find X?

27.find the average of reciprocals of x and y?Ans: xy/(x+y)

28.In a school there are 1000 students in the year 1999. The number of students increased by 20% in the year 2000. And it is increased by 15% in the year 2001. But it is decreased by 18% in 2002. Then what is the strength in 2002.

29.1 Rs, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio ---------, then thenumber of 50 ps coins if they sum to ------Rs. (similar question inR.S.Agarwal)

30. The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score.a) 151 b) 161 c) 121 d) 101 e) 137Ans: c

31.A trader marks his goods up by 50% and declares two successive discounts of 20% each. What is his overall gain?a) 10% gain b) 4% gain c) 4% loss (A) d) 10% loss e) No loss No gainSection-III+++++++

1. From the word " ENTHUSIASTIC " take letters from positions 1,4,8 and 10 and form a meaningful word. What is the last letter of the meaningful word?a) H b) A c) E d) TAns: d) T ( since the word "HEAT" is formed.)

2) Find the odd-man out:a) stem b) fruits c) flowers d) tree e) root.Ans: d) Tree

3)A rectangle was splitted into 6 parts and 5 parts contains a number and we have to find the number which is missing in the empty place of the rectangle?

The series given is 9, ___, 15, 18, 21, 24.Ans: 12

4) ODD MAN OUT: ABCD, JKLM, OPQR, UVWX, EGHI.Ans: EGHI.

Six persons A,B,C,D,E and F are sitting in a circle. Some conditions are given such as C is sitting between D and A. E is 3 to the right of B and second to the left of A. ( similar question).5) Find the person who is sitting against A?6) Find the person who is sitting against C?

7 & same question as 5 & 6.

9 - 13) This question contains Six persons working and One is a student ( A, B, C, D, E, F and G).There are two couples in the group. Advocate, Author, Engineer, Manager, Teacher, musician are the professions of the family members.D is the father of E and grand father of C.D is a Manager. E is a Engineer.Two women are not an Author or Advocate.Then 5 questions are asked based on the above information.

14-19) are also similar questions to the above with Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ... Saturday and we have to solve.

30) Last question is a flow chart we have to find the answer.

Step 1: Choose a prime no. > 11 and < 19.

Step 2: Y = X + X

Step 3: Z = X * Y

Step 4: Is Z >= 338 and <= 578 Then Continue else Goto Step 1.

Step 5: P = Z / Y

Step 6: Print P.

a) 11 b) 13 c) 17 d) 19 e) None of theseAns: 13 ( I am not sure)

I attened syntel intv . It was purely HR for me. Not even one question from technical side. There r about 5 or 6 panels. It is one to one interview. Most os the panels were like that. In one panel they aasked Linked list programs and asked them to give a speech abt any topic for 3 minutes. They rarely ask tech ques. 1 ques in microprocessor was how will U find a no odd or even [ there is another method other than sucessive divsion which has got something to do with the last bit of the number]. For a EEE student there was a question from House wiring.

On the whole they measure Ur communication skills and ability to work in a team. Prepare for ques like where U c urself in 5 years from now, wat is Ur hobbies, How was ur project team, wat difficulties U faced in Ur project group and how U overcome those etc. Be prepared to explain Ur project clearly.

The interview was very friendly. All the best for those going to attend the interview

(Submitted by: Gaurav)

SYNTEL-Placement Paper -5 Jul 2003

SYNTEL PAPER - JUL 2003Pattern3 sectionsNo Negative MarkingSection I - Verbal - 25 qns - 15 minsSection II - Quantitative Aptitude - 30 qns - 45 minsSection III - Logical Reasoning - 30 qns - 30 mins

Total 85qns - 90 Mins

Section - I - Verbal - 25 qns in 15 mins, refer Barron's GRE guide.

SynonymsAnalogiesFill up the sentencesFind the Word that has to be replacedForm a Sentence and find the last word

Section - II - Quantitative Aptitude 30 qns in 45mins - please refer Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal to prepare.

few qns i remember are

The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score.a) 151 b) 161 c) 121 a d) 101 e) 137Ans: c

A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. He multiplied it by 35 and got his answer less than the correct one by 1206. Find the number to be multiplied.a) 37 b) 67 a c) 87 d) 97 e) 107 Ans: 67

A Problem like this not exactly the same but on same model.

If the manufacturer gains 10 %, the wholesale dealer 15 % and the retailer 25 % then the cost of Production of a table, if the retail price is Rs.1265a) 632.50 b) 800 c) 814 d) 834.24Ans: b

A trader marks his goods up by 50% and declares two successive discounts of 20% each. What is his overall gain? a) 10% gain b) 4% gain c) 4% loss (A) d) 10% loss e) No loss No gain

Train Problems - 3 as finding speed of train, how many secs it will cross each other etc.

Age problems -3 , find mothers age,fathers age etc.

Statistics Problems(probability) as A-this much , B-This Much, A n B-this much and A u B - ?

Angle Problems which deals with triangle - 3 problems.

Section III - Logical reasoning - 30 qns in 30 mins.

Tower of Hanoi Problem - Ans : 7

problem on fig. find the shaded area, square of size 14cm.. ans: 42

problem on symmetric fig ;; ans less than the 1172(check) .

Blood Relation Problems - 3

Then a passage is given on blood relation and 4 qns asked how many male: ans -4 and few etc.

Find odd man out of the given series - 3 problems pretty simple put A-Z and number them 1-26 and then u can find easily odd man out.

Find the missing letter - was a bit tough to establish relation - 3 problems

u have 3 figure -based on the figures ques asked.. easy one.. eg: Fig Triangle means Strong Fig Square means Tall Fig Circle means Fair. Ques asked is find the number that represents Strong Tall and Fair persons.. easy one .. ANs : 4 ANother question Women,Sub inspector,graduates - Ans: 3

An Flow Chart - GIven Units - 250 find final Value with formulae - (units*1.25) and few calculations like this Ans:506.25

And two tedious flow charts couldn't remember them and the answers.

SYNTEL-Placement Paper -8 Jul 2003-Hyderabad

Few ques that are given in the Syntel paper held on 18th July , JNTU, hyd. (2003)

Paper pattern:

1.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins) synonyms( for the given word there are 3 synonyms and one odd one is given find the odd) - fill in the blanks with the suitable word.(5 ques) - sentence correction.(10 ques) - analogies(5 ques)

2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)

3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)

few ques remembered: synonyms: (not sure)

abridge:abashabaseaberration

abstract analogies:1. intimidness: fear2. crust: wave3. assist: save4. affirm: hint

APTITUDE:1. one pipe fills in 4 hrs and another in 5hrs when they both work alternately how much time will be taken to fill the tank.

2.LCM of 3 nos is 120 which of the following no must not be their HCF

a. 8 , b.24 c.12 d.24 and 30

3.two trains from the points A and B moving in opposite direction , at the point they meet the second train travels 120 kms more than the first. The speeds are 50kmph and 60kmph respectively find the distance between A and B?

4. 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)

5.a number when multiplied by 7/18 instead of 7/8 and got the result 770 less than the actual result , find the original number? 6. The volume and the radius of both cone and sphere are equal , then find the ratio of height of the cone to the diameter of the sphere?

7. A and B started a business with 1500 and 2500 and got a profit 800 rs. Half of the profit is shared equally the remaining is shared according to their investment. Find their profits.

8. The difference between the simple interest and compound interest for 2 years?

A:B =2:3 and B:C=5:6 then find A:B:C

9. an amount of 64 Rs has to become 125 in 3 years in compound interest , find the rate of interest?

10. a similar to the above problem find the time(rate of interest is given)

11. the prime no., which is greater than 6 when divide by 6 will always gives the remainder

ans: 1 or 5

12.Length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and breadth is decreased by 25% what is the difference in the area

13. Mr X position in a class is 13th from first and 17th from last, and 8th from the first and 13th from last in passed candidates list, then how many candidates failed in the exam

14. Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of ..

15. A two digit number is 4 times to its sum of digits , when 9 is added to the number, the digits will get reversed. Then what is that number?

Ans: 12

16. The length of the following rectangle is '4a' and its breadth is '2a'. Radius of the two circles is 'a'. Then find the ratio of total area of the rectangle to the area not covered by the two circles with in the rectangle

17. A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.

18. A cistern will be filled in 9 hrs, but becoz of an outlet it is filled in 10 hrs, if the cistern is filled, then how much time the outlet takes to empty the cistern.

19. In a right angled triangle ABC angle B = 90 , BM is the median to AC , then AB2 + BC2 (in terms of BM)

20. Three circles with same radius r are drawn with centres as three vertices of a triangle. What is the sum of areas of the intersections of these circles with the triangle.

21. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Y products in ---- days.

22. The compound interest for first and second years is 200 and 220 on a certain amount. Find the sum.

23. Marked price of a commodity is 35% above the cost price. If he gives a discount of 15%, how much he gains on the deal.

24. 5 mangoes + 4 oranges = 7 mangoes + 1 orange.Find the ratio of mango to orange.

25. A man starts a work, after some time some one joins him..like this

26. Food is sufficient for 100men for 60days. For how many days the food is sufficient for 500men?

27. If 8men 8hrs per day works for 8days get 45/- then how many men required if the work is 5hrs per day for10days they get 60/-?

28. A person sold an item at a profit of 12% .If he sold it at a loss of 12% then he would get Rs.6/- less. What is the cost price?

29. (1 1/2 /((3/4-2/5 )/(2/3+4/5))) * ((2 3/4 /((4/3-2/5 )/(5/3+6/5))) (Numbers different)

30. Avg age of X number of adults in a class is 30yrs. If 12 new adults with avg age of 32 joined with them then the avg age increases by one. Find X?

31. A sphere of radius 2cms is dropped into a cylinder of radius 4 cms containing water upto certain level. The raise in the water level is (not sure)

32. find the average of reciprocals of x and y :

33. In a school there are 1000 students in the year 1999. The number of students increased by 20% in the year 2000. And it is increased by 15% in the year 2001. But it is decreased by 18% in 2002. Then what is the strength in 2002.(numbers may differ)

REASONING1. Odd man outa) stem b) fruits c) flowers d) tree e) root

2. 9, --, 15, 18, 21, 24

3. seating arrangement(2 puzzles)

4. books arrangement (puzzle)

5. flowchart

6. If 3rd day of a month is Monday. Then what is the 5th day after 21st of that month?

7. blood relation

SYNTEL-Placement Paper -24 Aug 2003

The test consisted of three sections

1. English 25 marks 13 cut off2. Quant 45 qns 23 cutoff3 . Logical reasoning 30 qns 15 cutoff

English was the only one tough in it.

I got through and supposed to attend the interview.

I have attached details in this mail hope this will be useful to u.

For verbal refer to Barons most frequently used words..Quans : R.S Agarwal (Quantitative Aptitude)..Analys: Barons.

E.x:Ratios and proportions, Train problems, Simple and Compound interest, Area Volume problems, Ages problem, Venn Diagram problems, Graphical problems ( e.x Bar chart ) , Seating arrangement problem, Flow Chart.

Next round is Interview:

Basically a General Interview

Questions on ur Project details, Questions on personal details..brush up ur subject for safe purpose

SYNTEL-Placement Paper -20 Jul 2003

I had applied to Syntel on july 15th thru a mail id given in this group.I got an admit card & call to write the test on July 20th 9am.

Many people had come to write the Test.The classrooms in all the 3 floors of the building got filled.

They first give u Section-2 aptitude-60mins(dunno why they jumbled the order of section 1 & 2.)

Then they give Section 1- Verbal-15mins

Lastly,Section 3- Logical Reasoning.-45mins.

The questions are quite easy,if u go thru RSAgarwal u wud be able to answer the questions but the problem is u need to be really really fast in answering the question. Verbal was also quite tough u need to go thru GRE book I guess. Logical Reasoning was quite cool for most of the questions the choice 'a' was the answer so didn;t have to bother going thru the other choices.I wasn't able to complete the paper as I told u Speed is essential.

To be specific there were qns on

"Trains","Compound Interest"(4-5 qns in this),"Time and Work"(if A does in so many days,B does in so many days how long will A+B take kinds!),"Proportion"(if u mix so much sugar in -litres of water what is the percentage of sugar in the soln..!),

a,b are prime nos, a=b+2 is a an odd number(yes/no?)

I think the answer is Yes.

In Verbal give antonyms for waffle,dissonance,Chagrin..

Relations:- Sartorial:Tailor ; Feud : ----------;

and Some fill in the blanks.

They selected some 38 ppl for the Interview by 1.30pm .I got selected for the Interview.Interview was held the same day.

Interview was purely HR he asked questions like;

Brief me about what u have done after ur 12th

What do u consider as ur Strengths

What was ur project on?

What are ur software skills?

Are u strong in ur Technical Skills(I said yes,he didn't ask me tech. qns.)

The placement was for the position of "Programmer",placement will be in Mumbai or Pune.

1st one month will be Training on Mainframes,Languages etc....from 9am to 11pm!!!!!

Then u wud be put into live projects.SYNTEL-Placement Paper -24 Aug 2003

The test consisted of three sections

1. English 25 marks 13 cut off2. Quant 45 qns 23 cutoff

3 . Logical reasoning 30 qns 15 cutoff

English was the only one tough in it.

I got through and supposed to attend the interview.

I have attached details in this mail hope this will be useful to u.

For verbal refer to Barons most frequently used words..Quans : R.S Agarwal (Quantitative Aptitude)..Analys: Barons.

E.x:Ratios and proportions, Train problems, Simple and Compound interest, Area Volume problems, Ages problem, Venn Diagram problems, Graphical problems ( e.x Bar chart ) , Seating arrangement problem, Flow Chart.

Next round is Interview:

Basically a General Interview

Questions on ur Project details, Questions on personal details..brush up ur subject for safe purpose

SYNTEL-Placement Paper -20 Jul 2003

I had applied to Syntel on july 15th thru a mail id given in this group.I got an admit card & call to write the test on July 20th 9am.

Many people had come to write the Test.The classrooms in all the 3 floors of the building got filled.

They first give u Section-2 aptitude-60mins(dunno why they jumbled the order of section 1 & 2.)

Then they give Section 1- Verbal-15mins

Lastly,Section 3- Logical Reasoning.-45mins.

The questions are quite easy,if u go thru RSAgarwal u wud be able to answer the questions but the problem is u need to be really really fast in answering the question. Verbal was also quite tough u need to go thru GRE book I guess. Logical Reasoning was quite cool for most of the questions the choice 'a' was the answer so didn;t have to bother going thru the other choices.I wasn't able to complete the paper as I told u Speed is essential.

To be specific there were qns on

"Trains","Compound Interest"(4-5 qns in this),"Time and Work"(if A does in so many days,B does in so many days how long will A+B take kinds!),"Proportion"(if u mix so much sugar in -litres of water what is the percentage of sugar in the soln..!),

a,b are prime nos, a=b+2 is a an odd number(yes/no?)

I think the answer is Yes.

In Verbal give antonyms for waffle,dissonance,Chagrin..

Relations:- Sartorial:Tailor ; Feud : ----------;

and Some fill in the blanks.

They selected some 38 ppl for the Interview by 1.30pm .I got selected for the Interview.Interview was held the same day.

Interview was purely HR he asked questions like;

Brief me about what u have done after ur 12th

What do u consider as ur Strengths

What was ur project on?

What are ur software skills?

Are u strong in ur Technical Skills(I said yes,he didn't ask me tech. qns.)

The placement was for the position of "Programmer",placement will be in Mumbai or Pune.

1st one month will be Training on Mainframes,Languages etc....from 9am to 11pm!!!!!

Then u wud be put into live projects.SYNTEL-Placement Paper -19 Aug 2003-Bangalore

I attended the Syntel test on 19th in Bangalore ( Question paper set no 2 )Patteren is same as set no 1 1.English ( 25 ques, 15 mins)2. Aptitude.(45 ques, 30 mins)3. Reasoning and a flowchart(30 ques, 30 mins)some of questions i rememberd are=================================== ( English)1 celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty

2. neglegent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argumenteasy:hard careful:position3 Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods4 bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book5.letter:word::club:people page:bookproduct:factory picture:paper=====================================select most oppsite word from the list (there are 5 options)

1 sedate answer=a. unify, b. inmmunize, c. recupenate, d. stimulate, e. injure2 sequester ( options not known)3 equanimity4 apathetic5 dislodge====================================== some questions repeated from aptitude (earliar) 1 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)2 Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount of ..a 30 b 35 c d 3 A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.4. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men canproduce Y products in ---- days.syntel questions shreds cochin 23RD augustsection I: 25 questions (ENGLISH) in 15 minutessection II: 45 questions (QUANTITATIVE) in 45 minutessection III: 30 questons (REASONING) in 30 minutes

we were first asked to do section II and then section I.....

SECTION II: QUANTITATIVE (TIME IS A SEVERE CONSTRAINT)

Qn 1.) (this was the first question)Maximum numbers that can be formed using all the 4 digits 6 4 8 1 without repetition and which is divisible by 9.( ans none)

2.) Find the number of sides of a regular convex polygon whose angle is 40degrees.

3.) a+b+c=0, then roots of ax^2+bx+c=0 is1.imag 2.real 3.coincidental 4.zero

4.) Difference b/w the compound interest and simple interest forRs.2500 for 2 years is given-----. find the rate of interest.

5.) there was one more question on S.I and C.I

6.) the minimum number by which 60 is to be multiplied to generate a square.ans 15

7.) A monkey climbs 6 mts and falls 3mts in alternate minutes.Then time taken to climb a tree 60metres high?a. 35 b.37 c.32 d.34 (think the answer is 37)

8.) (This was the second last question) A bucket contains z drops. and it leaks x drops in t secs.then the time required to empty the bucket(in minutes)?

9.) 6 pipes fill or empty the cistern. find the number of emptying pipes iff it takes 18hrs to fill and 18 hrs to empty..

10.) the largest no: which is a factor of 1080 and 729

11.) No: of spheres of radius 1 that can be got from sphere of radius (or diameter don't recall) 8

12.) (think the last but three question)Travelling at 3/4th the speed a man is 20 minutes later then speed is??

13.) there are 6 keys and 6 locks. then number of combinations to be tried out to get the actual solutiona. 5^6 b.6^5 (don't remember the rest)

14.) choosing 2 people out of 10 in how many combinations can a particular person(some name) be always included..

15.) from 6 white balls and 7 black balls probability that 2 balls drawn at random are of the same color?

16.) if a sales man gets successive gain of 15% and 20% then his actual gain?ans. 38

17.) a string of pearls such that 1/3 is lost and of that 1/4th is missing, remaining is 20 then actual number of pearls?ans. 40

18.) a man gets a gain of x%. but if he had sold at twice the cost price, what will be his gain?(question not sure)a. 2x b.200-2x c.100+x (not sure of the options)

19.) a clock was 7mts behind the actual time on 3 p.m. on wednesday and 8 mts ahead of actual time on (not sure) 4 p.m. friday. when will it show the correct time?

20.) boat moves upstream in 6 hrs and covers the same distance downstream in 5 hrs. then speed of a raft floating?(accuracy of question not sure)

21.) (this was the last question) no idea what it stands for.. some kind of notation like S(P(M((D(a,b),2))):P(M(S(D(a,b),.. options were1. ab 2.(a-b)^2 3.(a+b)^2 4.none

22.) if x men working x hrs per day can do x units of work in x days, then y men working y hrs/day would be able to complete how many units of work i y days?ans. y^3/x^2 (question in R.S. Agarwal)

23.) ( this was a question in the first page of the section II booklet) a cone with radius----- and height -----. a hemisphere covers the cone such that base of hemisphere meets that of the cone. then the enclose volume..(R.S. Agarwal consists of similar questions)

24.) there was one more question on volume and surface area..

25.) 1 Rs, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio ---------, then the number of 50 ps coins if they sum to ------Rs. (similar question in R.S.Agarwal)

26.) there was one more question on coins i.e. abt getting a change of 10ps and 25 coins for ------Rs.(how many possible combinations or so possible)

27.) x/y+y/x=40/21(don't remember the exact value, believe this is the one) find x and y

there were 2 questions on train and one was like:28.) a goods train starts and after 2 hrs a passenger train at 4km/hr starts and overtakes the goods train after 4 hrs, then the speed of goods train?

29.) 15hrs of boys work=6 hrs of women's work. 3/5 of the work is done by -----boys and -----women. How much time would be the question)

32.) there was one question on triangle

33.) a figure was given a square with four corners shaded and asked to find the area of the shaded portion.. ie area of square-area of the regular octagon..

SECTION I: ENGLISH (EASY) PATTERN: 1.) few questions on finding out the segment of sentence which is wrong.

2.) analogy. (few i can remember) 1.) celebrate::marriage ans. lament::bereavement 2.) bouquet::flowers ans. chain::link 3.) germ::disease ans. war::destruction 4.) (remember only the answer) ans. book::pages

3.) to fill up the blanks in the sentences with the most appropriate words..

4.) to find the word opposite in meaning (few qns i can remember) 1.) equanamity 2.) sequester 3.) dormant 4.) apathetic

SECTION III: REASONING (TIME IS A CONSTRAINT)

1.) (last question and the easiest) a simple flowchart whose steps are as follows. value of r and h are given, a and b=0 m=pi*r*r*h n=(pi*r*r*h)/3 if (m==n) do ------else b=4*pi*r*h print a and b [DON'T REMEMBER IF conditon is m==n or m<n]

2.) (second last question this was also easy) it was abt a set of people talking 4 languages and then qns were abt who could act as a translator to whom ..

3.) there were 3 questions based on an argument given... questions were to find out which statement in the objectives given could strengthen the argument or to weaken the argument..(bit confusing)

4.) blood relationship question (I remember all the statements given, though not the question) 10 people in a family A B C are husbands D E F are wives altogether there are only 4 women. each family can have atmost 2 children and C has atleast 1 child. D and G are related to A. E cannot be related to H and I and J are not related.....

5.) (this consists of the most confusing set of questions) a set of statements are given and then questions were asked, the statements were like All A B C D E F are Q's All A's are B's --------------(better leave this question for the last)

6.) Alice works on Monday, Wednesday and Friday B does not work on Wed

C works only on Tuesday and someotherday(don't remember) D does not work on Friday E works on all days except on the first Monday and Thursday then questions like who all will be available on which days..

7.) question based on venn diagram given ..read the question properly and then answer

8.) (first question) abt 4 buses with different seating capacity.and different charges. and questions were to find out the minimum number of trips required, the maximum charge, the second highest charge etc

Join VYOM-JOBS and recI had syntel test on 10th n got thru. then i had interview on 13th n it was an HR n a bit abt project.

hey frm one of my frends i came to know abt the pattern n previous question papers. unfortunately, i happened to get these info after my xam but no worries coz i got thru the xam. hey frankly speakin time is very important in this test. verbal u can do it off cooly. n analytical i guess u wont be able to sove all in time. i cudn't do n may be some can finish it off in time.

comin to quants u have to really squeeze ur sweat out of ur pants to finish it off in time. i guess no one will be able to complete this section on time. hey truly speakin if u dont prepare seriously for test u wont be able to cross even the cut-off. so guys prepare hard. some questions r damn easy i mean they look as if they need some solving steps but if u peoplethink logically u can straight away know the answer.The test was like.verbal 25 qns(15 min)....cutoff is 15 i guessanal 30 qns( 30 min).....cutoff is 15quants 45 qns(30 min)....cutoff is 22 or 23

comin to my interview..it was cool. as i told u before HR n a bitabt project. they will declare the results in 10 or 12 days.i was a bit nervous when i entered the room but i became cool withinseconds after the interviewer gave me a firm shake hand.> he asked me to tell abt my family..> then he asked me like did i gave my gre or toefl.> then he asked the reason for not givin gre> then i told abt myself..i mean my qualities..when i told tat i'm a good advicer he immediately bombarded with aquestion like when did u come to know tat u r a good advicer.. so beprepared with some experiences with support ur qualities..> then he asked me abt my hobbies..i also made him to smile whilesaying my hobbies..> he dint ask me anything abt the project as generally people ask buthe asked me like y did u choose this project.> then he asked me like do i know anything abt the company..> then he asked me any questions..then said bye.

tatz all i have to say..i got many mails i replied to some n i thought tat instead of writing individually i write to group so tat everyone will get the info n also the people who wrote me mails for info.i wrote everything tat i know n itz all upto u to show ur talent now.

SYNTEL-Placement Paper -Sept 2003

I had given the Syntel Interview about six months ago. This is what I recollect about it. (apart from the 7hour wait)There is only one interview.

There were typical interview FAQs such as,1. Tell me something about yourself.2. What are your strengths and weaknesses.

and technical questions like,1. What is your favourite programming language.2. Which are the various sorting algorithms, which one is most efficient and under what circumstances.3. Write a C function for sorting.4. Can you make this code more efficient.5. When are link lists used. Give me a few examples where link lists are practically used.6. Normalization and denormalization.7. Concept of foreign key.8. Write a query for something that I dont remember now(it was a complex one with more than 2 tables, joins on all of them and a subselect)9. How many phases are there in SDLC. Enumerate.10. Waterfall model.

SYNTEL-Placement Paper -2004

There are three sections :

verbal 25 questions 20 minutesquntitative 45 questions 45 minuteslogical 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 original 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 (remember 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)^2square circles

12: two questions are given on relations.perhaps first one is wrongans: (second one) niece

13. paw:cat::hoof: ?ans: horse14. lion:cub::colt: ?ans:stallion15:errat:books::flaw: ?a) manuscript b)speech c)metal d)....

16. ling:lukewarm::a)cold:freezeb)cold:hotc)freezing:coldd)

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).

***********************************************************************Part 1: (Verbal/English, 25 Q - 15 min)

This was cool.All Antonyms, Analogies got repeated from previous papers.

Antonyms:1)equanimity2)sequester3)apathetic4)dislodge5)sedate

Analogies:1)celeberate:marriage::a. window:bedroom b. lument:barevemantc. pot:pan d. face:penalty2)neglegent:requirement::remises:duty cognet:argumenteasy:hard careful:position

3)Germ:disease::man:women doctor:medicinewar:destrustion shopkeeper:goods4)bouquet:flower::skin:body chain:linkproduct:factory page:book5)letter:word::club:people page:bookproduct:factory picture:paper

Bottom Line:

Time is sufficient.No special preparation needed (provided u r good enough)Just gaze thru previous papers' antonyms & analogiesSentence 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)

************************************************************************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. AgarwalLeave complex Q's & proceed forward.

************************************************************************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 studentsCost 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 & FrenchQ speakes Spanish & EnglishR speakes Italian & GermanS speakes Spanish & FrenchT speakes English & German etc.

Find a) Mediator between P & Qb) Most popular languageetc

3) All P's are Q'ssome R's are not C'sSome 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