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Company: HCL
Package: 3.25 (LPA)
College: 1, 2001
Branch: 1

Pattern of Written Test

4 SECTIONS WITH SECTIONAL CUTOFF AND LIMITED TIME FOR EACH SECTION........no negative marking.........time of one section cannot be used in another...........u cannot go back to previous ques........u can go to next ques only after answering it right or wrong means u will have to select a answer among choices before going to next.......u can take optional 1 min break at the end of each section and 3 min break at the end of 3rd section.......

SECTION A : VERBAL ABILITY (25 ques, 25 min)
SECTION B : QUANTITATIVE ABILITY (25 ques, 35 min)
SECTION C : LOGICAL ABILITY (25 ques, 35 min)
SECTION D : C PROGRAMMING

QUANTITATIVE ABILITY:================================ >
All questions are Multiple-Choice-Questions with only one option as the correct answer.
Q1. In a kilometre race, if A gives B a 40 m start, A wins by 19 s. But if A gives B a 30 s start, B wins
by 40 m. Find the time taken by B to run 5,000 m?
a. 150 s
b. 450 s
c. 750 s
d. 825 s
Q2. Pipe A takes 16 min to fill a tank. Pipes B and C, whose cross-sectional circumferences are in the
ratio 2:3, fill another tank twice as big as the first. If A has a cross-sectional circumference that is
one-third of C, how long will it take for B and C to fill the second tank? (Assume the rate at which
water flows through a unit cross-sectional area is same for all the three pipes.)
a. 66/13
b. 40/13
c. 16/13
d. 32/13
Q3. Three consecutive whole numbers are such that the square of the middle number is greater than
the product of the other two by 1. Find the middle number.
a. 6
b. 18
c. 12
d. All of these
Q4. The arithmetic mean of 2 numbers is 34 and their geometric mean is 16. One of the numbers will
be
a. 4
b. 16
c. 18
d. 12
Q5. If x% of a is the same as y% of b, then z% of b is :
a. (xy/z)% of a
b. (yz/x)% of a
c. (xz/y)% of a
d. None of these
Q6. The letters of the word WOMAN are written in all possible orders and these words are written out
as in a dictionary ,then the rank of the word 'WOMAN' is
a. 117
b. 120
c. 118
d. 119
Q7. What least number must be subtracted from 9400 to get a number exactly divisible by 65?
a. 40
b. 20
c. 80
d. none of these
Q8. If 2505 / 0.5 = 5010 then 25.05 / 0.5 = ?
a. 5.010
b. 50.10
c. 501.0
d. None of these
Q9. Which pair of rational numbers lie between 1/5 and 2/5 -
a. 262/1000, 275/1000
b. 362/1000, 562/1000
c. 451/1000, 552/1000
d. 121/1000,131/1000
Q10. What is the value of the following expression: 2 log10 5 log10 4 ?
a. 2
b. 2.5
c. 3
d. None of these
Q11. If x increases linearly, how will a-x behave (a>1) ?
a. Increase linearly
b. Decrease linearly
c. Increase exponentially
d. Decrease exponentially
Q12. What is the probability of getting the sum 5 in two throws of the dice?
a. 1/12
b. 1/5
c. 1/9
d. None of these

LOGICAL ABILITY:================================ =>>>
All questions are Multiple-Choice-Questions with only one option as the correct answer.
Q1. The question shows a pair of words in which the first is related to the second in some way. It is
followed by a single word which bears a similar relation to one of the given alternatives. Find the
correct alternative to complete the analogy.
Melt:Liquid::Freeze: ?
a. Ice
b. Condense
c. Solid
d. Crystal
Q2. Fill in the blankGuilt is to Past as Hope is to ......
a. Present
b. Future
c. Today
d. Despair
e. Hopeless
Q3. From the given choices select the odd man out:
a. Bird
b. Kite
c. Crow
d. Pigeon
e. Sparrow
Q4. Find the missing pattern
BOQD : ERTG :: ANPC : ?
a. DQSF
b. FSHU
c. SHFU
d. DSQF
Q5. Find the missing number
5 : 24 :: 8 : ?
a. 65
b. 63
c. 62
d. 64
Q6. From the given choices select the odd man out
a. DFHEG
b. TWXUV
c. OQSPR
d. JLNKM
Q7. If HARD is coded as 1357 and SOFT is coded as 2468, what will 21448 stand for?
a. SHAFT
b. SHORT
c. SHOOT
d. SHART
Q8. Find the next number in the series
1, 6, 13, 22, 33, ......
a. 44
b. 45
c. 46
d. 47
Q9. The question contains some statements followed by some conclusions. Decide which of the given
conclusions logically follow from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
I) All tomatoes are red.
II) All grapes are tomatoes.
Conclusions:
I) All grapes are red.
II) Some Tomatoes are grapes.
a. Only conclusion I follows.
b. Only conclusion II follows.
c. Neither I nor II follows
d. Both I and II follow.
e. Either I or II follows
Q9. Old woman's son is my daughter's uncle, then what relation has the old woman to me ?
a. Sister
b. Mother
c. Grandmother
d. Mother - in - law
Q10. Ramu was facing East.He walked 4 km forward and then after turning to his right walked 6 km.
Again he turned to his right and walked 7 km. After this he turned back.Which direction was he
facing at the time?
a. East
b. North
c. South
d. West
e. North-East
Q11. Raman is not wearing purple and Aman is not wearing black.Raman and Sahil wear different
colours.Avinash alone wears green.What is Sahil's colour, if all four of them are wearing different
colours.
a. Green
b. Black
c. Purple
d. Can't Say
Q12. The question is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the
arguments is a strong argument and which is a weak argument.
Statement :
Should a total ban be put on trapping wild animals?
Arguments :
I. Yes, Trappers are making a lot of money.
II. No, bans on hunting and trapping are not effective.
a. Only argument I is strong.
b. Only argument II is strong.
c. Either I or II is strong.
d. Neither I nor II is strong.
e. Both I and II are strong
Q13. The question contains a statement followed by two Assumptions I and II. Find out which
assumption(s) is implicit.
Statements:
Vitamin E tablets improve circulation, keep your complexion in glowing condition.
Assumptions :
I. People like glowing complexion.
II. Complexion becomes dull in the absence of circulation.
a. Only assumption I is implicit
b. Only assumption II is implicit
c. Both assumption I and II are implicit.
d. Neither assumption I nor II is implicit
Q14. Study the statement(s) and the conclusions and select the correct option.
Statement :
No country is absolutely self - dependent these days.
Conclusions :
I. It is imposible to grow and produce all that a country needs.
II. Countrymen in general have become lazy.
a. Only Conclusion I follows
b. Only Conclusion II follows
c. Both the conclusion I and II follow
d. Either conclusion I or II follows
e. Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Q15. In the question a statement is followed by some courses of action . A course of action is a step
or administrative decisions to be taken for improvement, follow-up, or further action in regard to the
problem, policy, etc.You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and then decide
which of the given suggested course(s) of action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement:
'The World Bank has approved a $ 300 million loan to finance a project to construct coal ports by Madras
Port Trusts.
Courses of Action :
I. India should take financial help from other international financial institutions to develop such ports in
other places.
II. India should not seek any help from the international financial institutions.
a. Only I follows
b. Only II follows
c. Either I or II follows
d. Neither I nor II follows
e. Both I and II follow.

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COMPUTER PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS:
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study tress and its properties.....3-4 questions were asked on it
nodes,leaf,level of trees,etc

All questions are Multiple-Choice-Questions with only one option as the correct answer.
Q1. A 8-bit signed integer has the following range:
a. 0 to 255
b. -128 to 127
c. -255 to 254
d. 0 to 509
Q2. What will be the output of the following code statements?
integer x = 34.54, y = 20, z = -5
print ( y > 50 AND z > 10 or x > 30 )
a. 0
b. 1
c. -1
d. 10
Q3. Pankaj makes a program to print the product of cubes of the first 10 whole numbers. She writes
the following program:
integer x = 0 // statement 1
integer sum = 0 // statement 2
while ( x < 10 ) // statement 3
{
sum = x*x*x // statement 4
x = x 1 // statement 5
}
print sum // statement 6
Is her program correct? If not, which statement will you modify to correct it?
a. No error, the program is correct.
b. Statement 1
c. Statement 4
d. statement 6
Q4. I have a problem to solve which takes as input a number n. The problem has a property that
given the solution for (n-1), I can easily solve the problem for n. Which programming technique will I
use to solve such a problem?
a. Iteration
b. Decision-making
c. Object Oriented Programming
d. Recursion
Q5. Given:
integer x = 40, y = 35, z = 20, w = 10
Comment about the output of the following two statements:
print x * y / z - w
print x * y / (z - w)
a. Differ by 80
b. Same
c. Differ by 50
d. Differ by 160
Q6. Data and function in which area of a class are directly accessible outside the class?
a. Public
b. Private
c. Protected
d. None of these
Q7. Here is an infix notation: ((A B)*C-(D-E))^(F G) Choose the correct postfix notation of the above
from the given options.
a. AB CD*E--FG ^
b. AB C*DE--FG ^
c. AB C*DE-FG- ^
d. A BC*DE-FG- ^
Q8. If the depth of a tree is 3 levels, then what is the size of the Tree?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
Q9. One of the following options is a form of access used to add and remove nodes from a queue.
a. LIFO
b. FIFO
c. Both LIFO and FIFO
d. None of these
Q10. What is the time complexity of adding three matrices of size NXN cell-by-cell?
a. O(N)
b. O(N^2)
c. O(N^3)
d. None of these

CpjJwWHV   can u please send me the answers to the above questions? madhuri.n92@gmail.com plzzzzzzzzzz.
Friday, December 6, 2013, 12:35 pm

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GPA criteria

60% in 10th,12th,Engg.......no current backs

Technical Interview

there was only one round after Aptitude......
it will be a mix of technical and hr

CpjJwWHV   hi deepak,congrates.u plz mail the question paper of HCL in my email id. its naina.jusha87@gmail.com.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 11:51 pm

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No. of Candidate applied And Points that Worked in Favour

120 applied...... 53 cleared aptitude........finally 47 selected......i was one of them

CpjJwWHV   hi , conngratz deepak can you plz send me sample papers of hcl,tcs, and cognizant ma email id is renu.adhikari23@gmail.com
Friday, January 6, 2012, 11:46 am
CpjJwWHV   hiii deepak can uu plz plz send me hcl papers with answer i had interview with hcl 2maro uday.neonrock@gmail.com plz send bro .......
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