IBM Placement Exam Question Paper

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1. Speed of boat in still water is 10kmph..if it travels 24km downstream,16km upstream in the same
amount of time,what is the speed of the stream?
(a)3kmph
(b)3.5kmph
(c)2kmph
(d)...
2. A cube of 3 units is painted on all sides.If this cube is divided into cubes of 1 unit,how many cube
have none of their faces painted?
(a)...
(b)2
(c)1
(d)0
(e)none of these
3. If a person sells a product for rs141/- he suffers a loss of 6%.if he has to have a profit of 10%,
at what price should he sell it?
(a)
(b)rs.175
(c)..
(d)rs.165
ans.rs.165 (i think,check)
4. A ball falls from a height of 8ft ,bounces back to half the distance & continues till it comes to rest.
what is the total distance travelled by the ball?
(a)24ft
(b)...
(c)infinite
(d)cannot be determined
ansa)
5. Which of the following is the sum of 3 consecutive prime nos?
(a)49
(b)59
(c)both a &b
(d)....
ans:c
6. If the area of a square has increased by 69%,by what % has its side increased?
7. In a class the average age is 16yrs.if the teacher who is 40 yrs of age is also included ,the average
becomes
17yrs,how many students were there?
8. If 3 houses are to be painted,mr A can paint a house in 6 days(nos are not same)...mr B can do the
same in 8
days...& mr.C in 12 days.if mr A does the work for 8 days & leaves for vacation, & mr B continues
the work
for the next 6 days, for how many days should mr.C work?
ans:11 days(check)
9. 4 thieves rob a bakery of the breadone after the other.each thief takes half of what is present ,& half
a
bread...if at the end 3 bread remains,what is the no of bread that was present initiallly?
ans:63(check)
10. If the 1rst day of 1999 is a sunday,what is the last day?
(a)sunday
(b)monday
(c)....
(d)cannot be determined.
11. If A driver drives a car four times a lap 10,20 30,60 kmph what is his average speed.
ans:20kmph
In a group there are two kinds of people type A & type B.type A people answer for any question as
YES &
that of type B as NO.if they can not answer to these question then they remain silent. the mayor
asks question to
them as follows........
12. If he asks a person are u type A
a.YES b.NO c. Silent d.Can not be determined
13. He asks two persons X &Ysimultaneously whether u of same type
a. YES b. NO c.YES or NO d. Silent e. can not be determined
14. Pointing to a person X he asks Y what is his type
a. YES b. No c. Silent d can not be determined
15. Pointing to a person X he asks Y if I ask him whether r u type A ,will he answer YES.Y says
NO .what type
of B is
a. YES b. NO . c. Silent d. can not be determined
16. Six squares of same dimension are kept side by side to make a rectangle with a perimeter of 182
cm. what is
the perimeter of each square.
ans) 52.
17. One student takes 20 mins to reach school if he goes at a speed of 15kmph .At what speed should
he go to
reach in 15 mins ( nos are not same) ans: 16kmph( check)
18. How many rational numbers are there between 0 & 5
ans:infinite
19. A certain number of bullets were shared by 3 people equally.Each of them fired 4 bullets and the
sum of the
remaining bullets was equal to the initial share each had got.what was the initial number of bullets?
ans:18..( 18/3=6;
6-4=2,6-4=2,6-4=2;
2+2+2=6=ans)
Technical:
20. A trigger is
(a) a statement ..start of database..
(b)statements that r executed as a side effect to the modification to the database
(c)...
(d)...
ans (b)
21. What does the following statement mean?
int (*a)[4]
(a)'a' is a pointer to an array of 4 integers
(b)'a' is an array of pointers to integer
(c)'a' is a pointer to function returning an integer
(d)...
ans:a
22. Best method to find out whether a given array already sorted,is sorted or not in min. time
ans. insertion sort (check)
23. A primary key in one table also present in some other table is called
(a)foreign key
(b)secondary key
(c)subordinate key
(d)...
ans. foreign key
24. Which of the following is a real time system?
(a)robotics control
(b)airline ticket reservation(ans)
(c)
(d)...
25. A question to convert a big no in decimal to octal(check only for the last 2 nos in ans is sufficient)
26. Which of the following is an example of a spooling device?
(a)..
(b)line printer..
(c)
(d)
(e)...
27. If in a table:account no,account holders name,account type ,.....(something else was given)are the
fields,which
of them could be the primary key?
(a)account no(ans)
(b)account holders name
(c)account type
(d)..
28. If a file is opened in "r+" mode(in C),it means
(a) write
(b)read
(c)...
(d).....
29. What is the difference between 123 and 0123 in c?
(a)120
(b)40
(c)0
(d)...
ans:40
30. Software Configuration Management process is -
(a)developing & managing software for .....software....
(b)developing & managing hardware for....software.......
(c)...
(d)..
31. Data Integrity constraint is
(a)to ensure the presence of primary key
(b)...
(c)...
(d)...
32. Which of the following uses the minimum length of cable?
(a)ring
(b)star
(c)mesh
(d)bus
(e)all of the above
31. How can u append the ls and who to certain existing file (like that)(i.e.listing & output of who is to
be directed
to a file
(a)ls;who>filename
(b)ls;who>>filename
(c)(ls;who)>>filename
(d)who;ls<filename
(e)...
34. Suppose u have a network .users complain of slow ....u suspect a problem in network adapter once
u find that
the data is continuous and erroneous.what device do u use?
(a)volt-ohmmeter
(b)SNMP
(c)protocol... checking
(d)all of the above
35. What is vector processing?
36. x-=y+1 is equivalent to what?
(a)x=x-y+1
(b)...
(c)x=x-y-1
(d)...
ansc)
37. In a student form what is the relationship b/w student and course
(a)one to one
(b)many to one
(c)one to many
(d)many to many
38. ROM is
(a)volatile
(b)permanent & fast
(c)device containig boot up program & is not accessible
(d)...

Hi I am preparing for the placement of IBM so will you please provide me the previous year placement paper of IBM?

[Quick Sam]

Ok, as you want the placement paper of IBM so here I am providing you.

IBM placement paper

1. If a car starts from A towards B with some velocity. Due to some problem in the engine after traveling 30km, the car goes with 4/5 th of its actual velocity .The car reaches B 45 min later to the actual time. If the car engine fails after traveling 45km, the car reaches the destination B 36min late to the actual time What is the initial velocity of car and what is the distance between A and B in km

Ans. 20 & 130.



2. A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15 books. He kept 15% of the money for traveling expenses and purchased 5 pencils. So how many books he can purchase with the remaining money.



3. The values of shares (in Rs).of A, B and C from January to June are as follows.

Month A B C

January 30 60 80

February 35 65 85

March 45 75 65

April 40 75 82

May 55 75 85

June 50 75 80



i) During this period which share has undergone maximium fluctuation?

ii) In which month it is possible to buy B and C selling A?

iii) In which month the share values are very low?

iv) By purchasing one share of A and 4 each of B and C in the beginning of the period,

when should these be sold to get maximum profit?

4. In a two-digit, if it is known that its unit's digit exceeds its ten's digit by 2 and that the product of the given number and the sum of its digits is equal to 144, then the number is:

Ans: 24



5. The value of [ (0.96)3 - (0.1)3 ] / [(0.96)2 + 0.096 + (0.1) 2]

ans: 0.86



6. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase in the number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be the new ratio?

Ans: 21:22



7. find the next no in the series 15, 31, 63, 127, 255, (....)

Ans: 511



8. A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per liter for three successive years. What approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year?

Ans: 7.89



9. In Arun's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother doest not agree with Arun and he thinks that Arun's weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg. His mother's view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all are them are correct in their estimation, what is the average of different probable weights of Arun?

Ans:67kg



10. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.

Ans:4:3



11. The L.C.M. of two numbers is 48. The numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. Then sum of the number is:

Ans:40



12. Let N be the greatest number that will divide 1305, 4665 and 6905, leaving the same remainder in each case. Then sum of the digits in N is:

Ans:4



13. Find the odd one 11, 48, 100, 384, 768, 3072

Ans:100



14. If a quarter kg of potato costs 60 paise, how many paise will 200 gm cost?

Ans:48 paise



15. 3 pumps, working 8 hours a day, can empty a tank in 2 days. How many hours a day must 4 pumps work to empty the tank in 1 day?

Ans: 12



16. 50 men took a dip in a water tank 40 m long and 20 m broad on a religious day. If the average displacement of water by a man is 4 m3, then the rise in the water level in the tank will be:

Ans:25



17. m and n are whole numbers such that mn = 121, the value of (m - 1)n + 1 is:

Ans:1000





18.a=2, b=3, c=6 Find the value of c/(a+b)-(a+b)/c

Ans. 11/30



19. What does the hexa number E78 in radix

(a) 12455

(b) 14153

(c) 14256

(d) 13541

(e) 131112

Ans. (d)



20. Q is not equal to zero and k = (Q x n - s)/2 What is n?

(a) (2 x k + s)/Q

(b) (2 x s x k)/Q (c) (2 x k - s)/Q

(d) (2 x k + s x Q)/Q (e) (k + s)/Q



Questions 21 - 25 are to be answered on the following data

A causes B or C, but not both

F occurs only if B occurs D occurs if B or C occurs E occurs only if C occurs

J occurs only if E or F occurs

D causes G,H or both H occurs if E occurs G occurs if F occurs





21. If A occurs which of the following must occurs?

I. F and G

II. E and H

III.D

(a) I only

(b) II only

(c) III only

(d) I,II, & III

(e) I & II (or) II & III but not both

Ans. (e)



22. If B occurs which must occur?

(a) D

(b) D and G

(c) G and H

(d) F and G

(e) J

Ans. (a)



23.If J occurs which must have occurred

(a) E

(b) either B or C

(c) both E & F

(d) B

(e) both B & C

Ans. (b)



24. Which may occurs as a result of cause not mentioned

I.D

II. A

III. F

(a) I only

(b) II only

(c) I & II

(d) II & III

(e) I,II & III

Ans. (c)



25. E occurs which one cannot occurs

(a) A

(b) F

(c) D

(d) C

(e) J

Ans. (b)



26.A 5 litre jug contains 4 litres of a salt water solution that is 15 percent salt. If 1.5 litres of the solution spills out of the jug, and the jug is then filled to capacity with water,approximately what percent of the resulting solution in the jug is salt?

(A)7.5% (B)9.5% (C) 10.5% (D)12% (E)15%



27. Working independently, Tina can do a certain job in 12 hours. Working independently, Ann can do the same job in 9 hours. If Tina Works independently at the job for 8 hours and then Ann.



28.Directions to solve

Read the paragraph carefully and answer the qustions:



Six knights - P, Q,R,S,T and U - assemble for a long journey in Two ravelling parties. For security, each travelling party Consists of at least two knights. The two parties travel by separate routes, northern and southern. After one month, the routes of the northern and southern groups converge for a brief time and at that point the knights can, if they wish, rearrange their

travelling parties before continuing, again in two parties along separate northern and southern routes. Throughout the entire trip, the composition of traveling parties must be in accord with the following conditions P and R are deadly enemies and, although they may meet briefly,can never travel together. p must travel in the same party with sQ can’t travel by the southern route U can’t change



a. If one of the two parties of knights consists of P and U and two other knights and travels by the southern route,the other members of this party besides P and U must be

a) Q and S

b) Q and T

c) R and S

d) R and T

e) S and T

Ans: e



b.If each of the two parties of knights consists of exactly three members, which of the following is not a possible travelling party and route?

a) P,S,U by the northern route

b) P,S,T by the northern route

c) P,S,T by the southern route

d) P,S,U by the southern route

e) Q,R,T by the southern route

Ans: b



c. If one of the two parties of knights consists of U and two other knights and travels by the northern route, the other memnbers of this party besides U must be

a) P and S

b) P and T

c) Q and R

d) Q and T

e) R and T

Ans: c



d. If each of the two parties of knights consists of exactly three members of different parties, and R travels by the northern route,then T must travel by the

a) southern route with P and S

b) southern route with Q and R

c) southern route with R and U

d) northern route with Q and R

e) northern route with R and U

Ans: a



e. If, when the two parties of knights encounter one another after a month, exactly one knight changes from one travelling party to the other travelling party, that knight must be

a) P

b) Q

c) R

d) S

e) T

Ans: e



Questions 29 - 32:

A, B, C, D, E and F are six positive integers such that

B + C + D + E = 4A

C + F = 3A

C + D + E = 2F

F = 2D

E + F = 2C + 1

If A is a prime number between 12 and 20, then



29. The value of F is

(A) 14

(B) 16

(C) 20

(D) 24

(E) 28


30. Which of the following must be true?

(A) D is the lowest integer and D = 14

(B) C is the greatest integer and C = 23

(C) B is the lowest integer and B = 12

(D) F is the greatest integer and F = 24

(E) A is the lowest integer and A = 13