MICROSOFT PAPER ON 24TH MAY AT MUMBAI

For all who r trying for Microsoft or any other company, My one suggestion is that be perfect in basics. If u r perfect in basics u can crack any interview. So Don’t loss u r hopes if u have not got recruited still.
“NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE IN THIS WORLD ,BECAUSE IMPOSSIBLE ALSO SAYS THAT  I M POSSIBLE”
Ok coming to the Microsoft Test which  I attended.I attended on 24th May 2008. It was in Thakur Polytechnic College. In Mumbai.

It had
1] Written test
2] Group Discussion
3] Followed by Multiple Technical Rounds.

Written test was for 2 hours.
I remember only few question
1.Aptitude
2.C
3.C++
4.Datastructure
5.os
6.Algorithms
7.RDBMS
8..Net

I don’t remember questions, as I had written test a month before .How much I remember I m writing here.
1.There was question on Analytical Reasoning , which  had 5 questions
2.They gave a square like this. And told to find total number of squares.

Ans is 55=Sq(5)+Sq(4)+Sq(3)+Sq(2)+Sq(1)

3.Some Questions on Probability.
4.C paper was some what easy. Many Question were on pointers, Strings.
5.In C++ questions were on Inheritance . Some ops
6.In Data Structure they asked to write o/p of very big programs. Which was time consuming.
7.In RDBMS , some questions were on normal forms . And all Basics
8.In Os one question was on LRU Algorithms. Many Basic questions were asked. But it was some what difficult.
9..Net  Questions they asked was all basics  

I think around 450-500 students appeared for test , and only 50 students were short listed for GD round.

Package was 8.9 Lacks Only.So Work hard ,Be perfect in Basics
All the Best to one & every one.

ICICI Placement Paper (Verbal Analysis, Numerical Reasoning)

Paper: ICICI Placement Paper (Verbal Analysis, Numerical Reasoning)

Test 1: Verbal Application:

Choose the combination of words which you think will best fit the spaces for each question. Your answers should be grammatical and make the most sense. See how many you can do in 4 minutes.

1.The ______ of the venture might have been predicted if ______ attention had been paid to the report which pinpointed several fundamental problems.
A. failure, no B. failure, less C. failure, more D. success, more E. success, greater

2. The problem is not so ______ the total amount of funding assigned to the department, but rather that this funding has been _____ too thinly amongst individual managers.
A. much, given B. much, spread C. much, focused
D. uniquely, assigned E. Uniquely, distributed

3.The company will provide ______ clothing and equipment where it is required. However, it is up to the _____ to take reasonable care of there own safety by using equipment that is provided.
A. protection, employed B. protective, employment C. protective, employers
D. protective, employees E. precautionary, employees

4. The decision was _____ by the workforce as an important move towards providing a ______ defined career structure.
A. applauded, radically B. greeted, poorly C. criticized, poorly
D. dismissed, well E. welcomed, well

5. Her first step in ______ the problem was to ______ the opinions of those who would actually be involved in the day to day running of the scheme.
A. creating, define B. generating, imitate C. solving, seek
D. enhancing, discredit E. identifying, divulge

6. The job losses came despite _____ pressure to reverse the demand for______ cuts.
A. growing, tax B. decreasing, job C. increasing, sales
D. weakening, spending E. mounting, expenditure

7. ______ are reminded that all the expense _____ should be authorized by their _______ and sent to account with relevant VAT receipt.
A. staff, forms, clients B. staff, allowances, supervisors C. staffs, claims, supervisors D. managers, claims, subordinates E. managers, bills, subordinates

8. _____ recent industrial relations _______, the company hopes that profits will ______ a dividend to be paid to the shareholders.
A. despite, conflicts, allow B. because of, set backs, prevent C. in view of, acrimonies, permit D. in line with, improvements, deter E. due to, difficulties, preclude.

Test 2: Numerical Reasoning

Choose the correct answer from the 5 options given for each question. See how many you can do in 7 minutes. You may use a calculator.

1. If maintenance contract costs $87 per month and a technician call not under a maintenance contract $325, how many call outs per year would make the contract worthwhile?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7 E. 8

2. If every 250 bottles of bleach require 16.25 liters of solvent to produce, how much solvent is required to produce 6500 bottles of bleach?
A. 42.3litres B. 100litres C. 121.9litres D. 422.5litres E. 1219litres

3. Last years sales target was $265000. This years is $328000. By what percentage has this years sales target increased over last years?
A. 17 B. 29 C.43 D.81 E. none of these

4. A total of 5200 analyses last month required 17300 hours of computer time. Approximately how much time would be required to perform an additional 300 analyses if all other factors remain unchanged?
A. 330 hours B. 540 hours C. 660 hours D. 940 hours E. 1000 hours

5. A batch of shampoo requires 510 liters of herbal extract and 13400 liters of water. What is the approximate ratio of water to herbal extracts?
A. 26:1 B. 38:1 C. 1:26 D. 1:38 E. 1:260

6. How many times over the period did branches A, B or C experience a reduction in profit?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

7. By what percentage did the total profit made by branches A, B and C increase from year 1 to year 3?
A. 2% B. 2.2% C.20% D. 22% E. 102%

8.temporary staff are paid $6.00 per hour. If 47 hours were worked last week by each of 7 temporary staff, what was the total bill?
A. $197 B. $282 C. $329 D. $846 E. $1974

9. If 625kg of fruit are required to produce 200 jars of jam, approximately how much fruit is required to produce 450 jars of jam?
A. 144kg B. 531kg C. 864kg D. 1270kg E.1406kg

10.A survey carried out on 1500 people showed that 37% liked a new product, while 32% were indifferent. If the rest said they disliked the product, how many people were in category?
A. 48 B. 237 C. 465 D. 945 E1020

11. In an average week, the computer is down for 2.75 hours. Lost revenue per hour is $425000. What is the approximate total revenue lost in a 52 week year?
A. $0.23m B. $8.04m C. $12.1m D. $47.26m E$60.78m

12. The Operating Profit last year was $7.75m. If there is an increase this year of 13%, what will this years Operating Profit be?
A. $7945000 B. $8126800 C. $8346200 D. $8757500 E. none of these

13. Of a total of 225 employees, 32% are female, 89% of female employees are between the ages of 20 and 35. How many employees are females between the ages of 20 and 35?
A. 12 B. 58 C. 64 D. 89 E. 201

14. If a department makes a profit of 30% on a turnover of $85000, what percentage profit can be expected if overheads increase by $10000 but other factors remain unchanged?
A. 5% B. 10% C.14% D. 18% E.25%

Test 3: Verbal Analysis:

Choose the correct answer to each question by basing you answers on the information contained in the passage only and not on general knowledge. Some questions have 2 options, others have 5. See how many you can do in 8 minutes

Accountants have shown how simple it is to inflate profits artificially by manipulating accounting standards, while the stock market demonstrates that such artificial inflation will be followed by natural deflation: many companies have been humbled by falling profits and share prices. Certainly, accounting standards are as much to blame as accountants, but the heart of the problem is that tension between the interests of management and those of shareholders is almost invariably resolved in favour of management. Share holders notionally have the right to vote against the re-election of auditors, but they never do, and it is the management that signs the cheques. It is desirable for the accounting profession to police itself more effectively and for share holders to take more seriously their responsibility for the election of auditors. However, neither is likely to happen.

1. Which of the following best replaces the word “notionally” (line7)?
A. actually B. theoretically C. figuratively D. legally E. naturally

2. Why is it unlikely according to the passage that the accounting profession will begin policing itself more effectively?
A. the accounting profession has insufficient resources.
B. The management of companies would prevent this.
C. The accounting profession would lose profit.
D. The accounting profession does not want share holders to become involved in electing auditors.
E. Cannot say.

3.Which one of the following summarizes the overall message of the passage?
A. Share holders should become more actively involved in company proceeding than at present.
B. Management should not be more influential than shareholders in the appointment of external advisors.
C. Auditors activities should not be controlled by the purse but by professional ethics.
D. Manipulation of accounting standards is ultimately undesirable and should be prevented.
E. Inflation and deflation are not always caused by legitimate influences.

4.Can it be inferred from the passage that most companies overstate their profits?
A. Yes
B. No

The government has recently attempted to integrate the environmental clean up of industry under one umbrella. To minimized environmental damage, the volume of pollutants emitted from a plant has to be authorized by an official pollution control inspectorate.
Industry has complained repeatedly about the time and cost of getting operations approved under the new system. The inspectors maintain, however, that industry often has itself to blame for delays as many applications provide insufficient data. Industry has also worried about public access to the information it supplies to get authorization. Information can only be withheld from public registers on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, if a company can prove it would be disadvantaged by disclosure.

5. For which two of the following reasons was the new pollutions control system set up?
A. To provide an integrated approach to pollutions control
B. To reduce the number of toxins utilized by industry.
C. To maintain the quantity of contaminants at an acceptable level.
D. To ensure that each industrial company operates competitively.
E. To enable applications to be authorized quickly.

6. Is it true according to the passage that obtaining authorization on operations results in having to divulge confidential information to competitors?
A. Yes
B. No

7.Can it be inferred from the passage that industry has not welcomed the introduction of the official pollution control inspectorate?
A. Yes
B. No

8.According to the passage, how accurate is the statement, “There would be no environmental destruction if there were no pollutants”?

A. Definitely true
B. Likely to be true
C. Likely to be untrue
D. Definitely untrue

Accenture Placement Paper Held On 19 August 2004 (English, Verbal, Aptitude))

Paper: Accenture Placement Paper Held On 19 August 2004 (English, Verbal, Aptitude))

English
1. In this section2 passages were there on basis of that u have to answer 10 questions (5 question each ) First passage was based on ball tempering by Indian team with mix of lagan story .In this answer of first question was (Ball tempering) the second passage was based on Gadar movie.(same story).

2. Synonyms:
1.Candid:ans frank
2.Specifaction :ans documentation
3. Extradite =deport
4. Cursory= scold
5. ———-= very high

3 .fill up the blanks with proper word(5 questions) pick the sentence which has grammatical mistake (5 questios).

Verbal
1.Here few questions are from logical reasoning (eg.)(6 questions) Sentences: ( type of question) (logical deductions)
i some cats are dog
ii no dog is lion
conclusion :
i some dogs are lion
ii some dog are cats
options:
a only i follows
b either I or ii follows
c none follows

2. Questions on +means *, %mean -, etc.. answers of those questions are4 and -20/3..

3. Letter series example aabb-abda—bbaa this type one question a question of this type

4. find the next term in AM ,BA ,JM like this

APTITUDE

1. It has 20 mixutre conatins mil and water in the ratio 3:5,replace 4 litres of mixture with 4 litres of water what is the final ratio of milk and water.

2. + means * and * means / and / means % what is the value of these questio 2+3*5/7 it was two question of these type.

3. The equivalent compound ratio of 5:6::7:10::6:5 ( question of this type this is not exact question).

4. Work can be done by 8 men and 10 women in 25 days, the same work can be done by 10 children and 5 women . in how many days 2 children and 3 men (similar to this)

5. One man or two women or three boys can do a work in 44 days then one man, one women and one boy together can finish the same work in —- days

6. (998-1)(998-2)(998-3)…………..(998-n)=——- when n>1000ans is zero

7. In how many ways can a lock be opened if that lock has three digit number lock if
i) The last digit is 9
ii) and sum of the first two digits is less than or equal to the last digit. numbers are from 0-9

8. If a man reduces the selling price of a fan from 400 to 380 his loss increases by 20% .cost price of fan is.

9. There are 76 persons. 53 can read hindu,46 can read times,39 can read decca and 15 can read all. if 22 can read hindu and deccan and 23 can read deccan and times then what is the number of persons who read only times and hindu………ans 18

10. In pure milk if 20% replaced by water and in this again 20% is replaced by water and again20% is replaced by water then what is the praportion of milk in that mixture

11. After 10 years A will be twice the age of B before 10 years.and now if the difference is 9 years
between them then what is the age of B after 10 years ans 49

12. Races and games —- 2 questions from this chapter like (A beats B by 10 meters and B beats C by 15 metres the A beats C by )

13. In the year 1990 there are 5000 men 3000 women 2000 boys .in 1994 men are increased by 20% women are increased by ratio of boys and women (this type of question but some what difficult I mean it takes too much time to solve)

ICICI Placement Paper (Verbal Section)

Paper: ICICI Placement Paper (Verbal Section)

1. Depreciation: deflation, depression, devaluation, fall, slump

2. Deprecate : feel and express disapproval,

3. Incentive : thing one encourages one to do (stimulus)

4. Echelon : level of authority or responsibility

5. Innovation : make changes or introduce new things

6. Intermittent : externally stopping and then starting

7. Detrimental: harmful

8. Conciliation : make less angry or more friendly

9. Orthodox: conventional or traditional, superstitious

10. Fallible : liable to error

11. Volatile : ever changing

12. Manifest: clear and obvious

13. Connotation : suggest or implied meaning of expression

14. Reciprocal: reverse or opposite

15. Agrarian : related to agriculture

16. Vacillate : undecided or dilemma

17. Expedient : fitting proper, desirable

18. Simulate : produce artificially resembling an existing one.

19. Access : to approach

20. Compensation: salary

21. Truncate : shorten by cutting

22. Adherence : stick

23. Heterogeneous: non similar things

24. Surplus : excessive

25. Assess : determine the amount or value

26. Cognizance : knowledge

27. Retrospective : review

28. Naive : innocent, rustic

29. Equivocate : tallying on both sides, lie, mislead

30. Postulate : frame a theory

31. Latent : dormant, secret

32. Fluctuation : wavering,

33. Eliminate : to reduce

34. Affinity : strong liking

35. Expedite : hasten

36. Console : to show sympathy

37. Adversary : opposition

38. Affable : lovable or approachable

39. Decomposition : rotten

40. Agregious : apart from the crowd, especially bad

41. Conglomeration: group, collection

42. Aberration: deviation

43. Augury : prediction

44. Creditability : ability to common belief, quality of being credible

45. Coincident: incidentally

46. Constituent : accompanying

47. Differential : having or showing or making use of

48. Litigation : engaging in a law suit

49. Moratorium: legally or officially determined period of delay before fulfillment of the agreement of paying of debts.

50. Negotiate : discuss or bargain

51. Preparation : act of preparing

52. Preponderant : superiority of power or quality

53. Relevance : quality of being relevant

54. Apparatus : appliances

55. Ignorance : blindness, in experience

56. Obsession: complex enthusiasm

57. precipitate : speed, active

58. corroborative: refutable

59. obnoxious : harmless

60. sanction: hinder

61. empirical: experimental

62. aborigine: emigrant

63. corpulent : emaciated

64. officious: pragmate

65. Agitator : Firebrand :: Renegade : Turncoat

66. Burst : Sound :: Tinder : Fire

67. Star : cluster :: Tree : clump

68. Piston : Cylinder :: elevator : shaft

69. Mitigate : punishment :: commute : sentence

70. Erudite : scholar :: illiterate : ignorant

Mascot Placement Paper (Aptitude- Reading Comprehension & Numerical Ability)

Paper: Mascot Placement Paper (Aptitude- Reading Comprehension & Numerical Ability)

SECTION 1:READING COMPREHENSION

(passage of one and half page.)

The question & answers based on this passage were given. There were 5 questions. You shouldn’t expect the same passage to be given to you but we have written down the questions to give you a general view of the type of RC questions that you can expect

1. A reductive cycle is one in which

a. an employer attempts to reduce costs
b. the work-force is gradually reduced in number
c. costs decreases as….
d. there is less productive effort on the part of employees

Ans. (d)

2. If a substantial number of employees remain the reductive cycle one may assume that

a. the org. is enjoying increased business
b. the personnel dept….
c. the boss is not…
d. there is an unwholesome..

Ans. (a)

3. The passage indicates that unionizations of a worker…

a. opportunities for the workers realize..
b. opportunities for the workers to …
c. more please working…
d. greater fringe benefits include

Ans. (d)

4. According to the author management failures in supervision mainly attributable to

a. carrying…
b. a soft-hearted…
c. ignorance.
d. lack of consideration.

Ans. (d)

5. Employees will get together to seek an improvement of conditions because of dissatisfaction stemming from
i. social just
ii. economic
iii. moral decadence

a. i only
b. ii only
c. i and ii only
d. i & iii only

Ans. (d)

SECTION II: QUANTITATIVE AND NUMERICAL ABILITY

6. The monthly personal maintenance allowance for a family of an employee is determined by the average age of family and size of the family. Jacob was drawing rs.570 as PMA after he got married 6 years back. At present he draws Rs 720 as PMA with his family of 3 after the birth of son?

a. 2 years
b. 3 years
c. 4 years
d. 5 years

Ans. (d)

7. White collar sells a shirt for an amount. Due to off season sale white collar started offering a discount of 20% on tag price. come diwali, white collar offered a further discount of 10% on the reduced price. If i get the shirt for Rs 108 what was the original price?

a. Rs.180
b. 160
c. 145
d. none

Ans. (d)

8. A vertical stick 10-cm long casts a shadow 6 cm long on the ground under similar conditions a tower casts a shadow 10m long determine the height of the tower to the 2nd place of the decimal.

a. 16.67m
b. 17.70m
c. 16.8m
d. none

Ans. (a)

9. In the fig given below …… which curve represent the monthly savage (the fig.cannot be recollected by the candidate)

a. LR
b. ST
c. PQ
d. none

Ans. (b)

10. Two poles of height 7m and 12m stand on a play ground. If the distance between their feet is 12m,find the distance between their tops.

a. 12m
b. 13m
c. 11m
d. none

Ans. (b)