CAPGEMINI PLACEMENT PAPER
Capgemini placement paper
Section 1: Verbal Ability (20 questions in 20 minutes)
Directions for Questions
1-3: Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the
blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
1 This train travels from London ______ Paris
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b) to
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c) over
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d)below
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We stood
at the back ______ the theatre.
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a) Of b) on c) in d) for
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I will
work _________ five o’clock
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a) Until b) up c) in d) to
Directions for Questions
4-6: Choose the word nearest in meaning to the word in ITALICS from the given
options.
4 The antidote
to these problems is hard to find.
a) Cause for
b) result of c) remedy
for d) consequence of
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5 Because of a family feud, he never spoke to his wife’s parents.
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a) Crisis
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b) trouble
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c) problem
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d) quarrel
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The article is written in a very lucid
style
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b) clear
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c) intricate
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d) noble
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Directions for Questions 7-10: Choose the answer
option which will correctly fill the blank.
a) A, the b) an, The c) the, the d) none of these
8 The interesting thing about _____ Romans is all
the roads that they built in Britain.
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a) A b) an c) the d) None of these
9. Albert Einstein was _____
famous scientist. Einstein won _______ Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.Einstein
left his country and lived in ___________States until he died in 1955.
a) A, the, an b) A, the, the c) A, an, the d) An, an, the
10. Are you shopping for
________ health club to join so you can get in shape? Shop wisely! You could
end up choosing ___________wrong club and losing more money than pounds.
a) The, an b)
the, the c) A, the d) an, the
Directions for Questions 11-16: Read the passage and answer the
questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
The pioneers of the
teaching of science imagined that its introduction into education would remove
the conventionality, artificiality, and backward-lookingness which were
characteristic; of classical studies, but they were gravely disappointed. So,
too, in their time had the humanists thought that the study of the classical
authors in the original would banish at once the dull pedantry and superstition
of mediaeval scholasticism. The professional schoolmaster was a match for both
of them, and has almost managed to make the understanding of chemical reactions
as dull and as dogmatic an affair as the reading of Virgil's Aeneid. The chief
claim for the use of science in education is that it teaches a child something
about the actual universe in which he is living, in making him acquainted with
the results of scientific discovery, and at the same time teaches him how to
think logically and inductively by studying scientific method. A certain
limited success has been reached in the first of these aims, but practically
none at all in the second. Those privileged members of the community who have
been through a secondary or public school education may be expected to know
something about the elementary physics and chemistry of a hundred years ago,
but they probably know hardly more than any bright boy can pick up from an
interest in wireless or scientific hobbies out of school hours. As to the
learning of scientific method, the whole thing is palpably a farce. Actually,
for the convenience of teachers and the requirements of the examination system,
it is necessary that the pupils not only do not learn scientific method but
learn precisely the reverse, that is, to believe exactly what they are told and
to reproduce it when asked, whether it seems nonsense to them or not. The way
in which educated people respond to such quackeries as spiritualism or
astrology, not to say more dangerous ones such as racial theories or currency
myths, shows that fifty years of education in the method of science in Britain
or Germany has produced no visible effect whatever. The only way of learning
the method of science is the long and bitter way of personal experience, and,
until the educational or social systems are altered to make this possible, the
best we can expect is the production of a minority of people who are able to
acquire some of the techniques of science and a still smaller minority who are
able to use and develop them.
a) No interest in teaching
science b) thwarted attempts to enliven education c) Aided true learning d)
supported the humanists
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a) Ambivalent
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b) supportive
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c) satirical
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contemptuous
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13. The word ‘palpably’ most
nearly means
a) Empirically b) obviously c) tentatively d) markedly
14. The author blames all of
the following for the failure to impart scientific method through the education
system except
a) Poor teaching
b) examination
methods
c) The social and education systems
d) lack of interest on the part of students
15. If the author were to study
current education in science to see how things have changed since he wrote the
piece, he would probably be most interested in the answer to which of the
following questions?
a) Do students know more about the world about
them?
b) Do students spend more time in laboratories?
c) Can students apply their knowledge logically?
d) Have textbooks improved?
16. Astrology is mentioned as an example of
a) A science that needs to be better understood
b) A belief which no educated people hold
c) Something unsupportable to those who have
absorbed the methods of science
d) The gravest danger to society
Directions for Questions
17-20: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of
the information provided in the passage.
Furthermore,
insofar as any conclusion about its author can be drawn from five or six plays
attributed to him, the Wakefield Master is without exception considered to be a
man of sharp contemporary observation. He was, probably clerically educated, as
indicated by his Latin and music, his Biblical and patristic lore. Even today
he is remembered for his quick sympathy for the oppressed and forgotten man,
his sharp eye for character, a ready ear for colloquial, vernacular turns of
speech and a humor alternately rude and boisterous, coarse and happy. Therefore
in spite of his conscious artistry as can be
seen in his feeling for intricate metrical and stanza
forms, he is regarded as a kind of medieval Steinbeck, indignantly angry at,
uncompromisingly and even brutally realistic in presenting the plight of the
agricultural poor.
It is now
fairly accepted to regard the play as a kind of ultimate point in the secularization
of the medieval drama. Therefore more stress has been laid on it as depicting
realistically humble manners and pastoral life in the bleak of the west riding
of Yorkshire on a typically cold night of December 24th. After what are often
regarded as almost ''documentaries'' given in the three successive monologues
of the three shepherds, critics go on to affirm that the realism is then
intensified into a burlesque mock-treatment of the Nativity. Finally as a sort
of epilogue or after-thought in deference to the Biblical origins of the
materials, the play slides back into an atavistic mood of early innocent
reverence. In actuality, the final scene is the culminating scene and also the
raison d’etre of the introductory ''realism.''
Superficially
the present play supports the conventional view of its mood of secular realism.
At the same time, the ''realism'' of the Wakefield Master is of a paradoxical
turn. His wide knowledge of people, as well as books indicates no cloistered
contemplative but one in close relation to his times. Still, that life was
after all a predominantly religious one, a time which never neglected the
belief that man was a rebellious and sinful creature in need of redemption. So
deeply (one can hardly say ''naively'' of so sophisticated a writer) and
implicitly religious is the Master that he is less able (or less willing) to
present actual history realistically than is the author of the Brome Abraham
and Isaac. His historical sense is even less realistic than that of Chaucer who
just a few years before had done for his own time ''costume romances,'' such as
The Knight's Tele, Troilus and Cressida, etc. Furthermore, used highly romantic
materials, which could excuse his taking liberties with history.
17. Of the following statements,
which is not true of Wakefield Master? a) He and Chaucer were contemporaries.
b) Wakefield Master is
remembered as having written five or six realistic plays. c) His plays
realistically portray the plight of the country folk of his day
d) His writing was similar to that of John
Steinbeck.
18. The word 'patristic' in the first paragraph is used to mean:
a) Patriotic b) superstitious c) folk d) relating to the Christian Fathers
19. The statement about the
''secularization of the medieval drama'' (opening sentence of the second
paragraph) refers to the
c) Return to early innocent reverence at the end of
the play
d) Introduction of mundane matters in religious
plays
20. From the following what
would the writer be expected to do in the subsequent paragraphs:
a) Make a justification for his comparison with
Steinbeck
b) Put forth a view point, which would take up the
thought of the second paragraph
c) Point out the anachronisms in the play
d) Discuss the works of Chaucer
Section 2: Quantitative Ability (20 questions in
20 minutes)
21. If f(x) = │(x² – 50) │, what is the value of
f(-5) ?
a) 75 b) 25 c) -25 d) -75
22. Helpers are needed to
prepare for the fete. Each helper can make either 2 large cakes or 35 small
cakes per hour. The kitchen is available for 3 hours and 20 large cakes and 700
small cakes are needed. How many helpers are required?
a) 10 b) 15 c) 20 d) 25
23. If f(x) = (x + 2) / (x-2)
for all integers except x=2, which of the following has the greatest value?
a) f(0) b) f(1) c) f(3) d) f(4)
24. A perfect cube is an integer whose cube root is
an integer. For example, 27, 64 and
125 are perfect cubes. If p and
q are perfect cubes, which of the following will not necessarily be a perfect
cube?
a) 8p b) pq c) pq + 27 d)
–p
25. A piece of ribbon 4 yards
long is used to make bows requiring 15 inches of ribbon for each. What is the
maximum number of bows that can be made?
a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 11
26. If V = 12R / (r + R), then R =
a) Vr / (12 - V) b) Vr + V /12 c) Vr – 12 d) V / r – 12
27. The number of degrees that
the hour hand of a clock moves through between noon and 2.30 in the afternoon
of the same day is
a) 720 b) 180 c) 75 d) 65
28. (3x + 2) (2x - 5) = ax² + kx + n .What is the value of a - n + k?
a) 5 b) 8 c) 9 d) 10
29. If the radius of a circle is increased by 20% then the area is
increased by:
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a) 44 % b) 144
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d) 40
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c) 120 %%
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30. If the area of two circles is in the ratio 169: 196 then the ratio
of their radii is
a) 10:11 b) 11:12 c) 12:13d) 13:14
Directions for Questions 31-34:
In each question below is
given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. Consider the
statement and decide which of the given assumption is implicit.
Give answer (a) if only I
is implicit ; (b) if only assumption II is implicit; (c) If either I or II is
implicit ; (d) if neither I nor II is implicit (e) if both I and II are
implicit.
31. Statement:
It is desirable to put the child in school at the age of 5 or so.
Assumptions:
I. At that age the child reaches appropriate
level of development and is ready to learn.
II. The schools do not admit children after six
years of age.
32. Statement:
The government has decided to reduce the custom duty on computer
peripherals
Assumptions:
I. The domestic market price of computer peripherals may go up near
future.
II. The domestic manufacturers may oppose the decision.
33. Statement:
As there is a great demand,
every person take tickets of the program will be given only five tickets.
Assumptions:
I. The organizers are not keen on selling the
tickets.
II. No one is interested in getting more than
five tickets.
34. Statement:
The railway authorities are
decided to increase the freight charges by 10% in view of the possibility of
incurring losses in the current financial year.
I. The volume of freight during the remaining
period may remain same.
II. The amount so obtained may set off a part or
total of the estimated deficit.
35. There are 4 boys and 3
girls. What is the probability the boys and girls sit alternately?
a) 1/35 b) 1/40 c) 1/50 d) 1/25
36. Two trains are 2 km apart.
Speed of one train is 20m/s and the other train is running at 30 m/s
.Lengths of the trains is
200 and 300m. In how much time (seconds) do the trains cross each other?
a) 50 b) 60 c) 30 d) 120
37. A box contains 90 mt each
of 100 gm and 100 bolts each of 150 gm. If the entire box weighs 35.5 kg., then
the weight of the empty box (kg) is:
a) 10 kg b) 10.5 kg c) 11.5 kg d) None of these
38. A train runs first half of
the distance at 40 km/hr and the remaining half at 60 km/hr. What is the
average speed (km/hr) for the entire journey?
a) 48 b) 54 c) 60 d) 72
39. A father is three times as
old as his son. After fifteen years the father will be twice as old as his
son's age at that time. Hence the father's present age is
a) 36 b) 42 c) 45 d) 48
40. Which of the following is the greatest?
a) 40% of 30 b) 3/5 of 25 c) 6.5% of 200 d) five more than the square of 3
Section 3: Analytical
Ability (20 questions in 20 minutes)
Directions for Questions
41-45: Follow the directions given below to answer the questions that follow.
Your answer for each question below would be: a, if ALL THREE items given in
the question are exactly ALIKE. b, if only the FIRST and SECOND items are
exactly ALIKE. c, if only the FIRST and THIRD items are exactly ALIKE. d, if
only the SECOND and THIRD items are exactly ALIKE.
41. 0427-4567324, 0427-4567154, 0427-4567324
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a) A
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b) B
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c) C
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d) D
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HHMKKKJKNOII, HHMKKKJKNOII,
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HHMKKKJKNOII
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a) A
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d) D
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43 YXXYXXYXYY, YXXYYXYXYY,
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YXXYYXYXYY
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a) A
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d) D
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7661637.8787, 7666137.8787,
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. 7666137.8787
a) A b) B c) C d) D
45. 101100110.0101, 101100110.0101, 101100100.0101
a) A b) B c) C d) D
Directions for Questions 46-50: What should come in place of the
question-mark (?) in the following number series?
46. 992 1056 ? 1190
1260 1332
a) 1112 b) 1082 c) 1118 d) None of these
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47. 15625
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6250
2500 1000 ?
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c) 500
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600
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48. 80 370? 1550 2440
3530
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900 b) 840
c) 750 d) 860
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15 51 6 1100 ? 46452
a) 6630 b) 6650 c) 6670 d) 6690
50.2428 36 52 84 ?
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c) 148
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Directions for Questions 51-55: Read the following instructions
carefully and answer the questions given below it:
From a group of six boys
M,N,O,P,Q,R and five girls G,H,I,J,K a team of six is to be selected .Some of
the criteria of selection are as follows:
M and J go together
O cannot be placed
with N I cannot go with J
N goes with H
P and Q have to be together
K and R go
together
Unless otherwise stated, these criteria are applicable to all the
following questions:
51. If the team consists of 2 girls and I is one of them, the other
members are
a) GMRPQ b) HNOPQ c) KOPQR d) KRMNP
52 If the team has four
boys including O and R, the members of the team other . than O and R are
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b) GKPQ
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GJPQ
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four members are boys, which of the following cannot constitute the team?
a) GJMOPQ b) HJMNPQ c) JKMNOR d)
JKMPQR
54. If both K and P are members
of the team and three boys in all are included in the team, the members of the
team other than K and P are
a) GIRQ b) GJRM c) HIRQ d) IJRQ
a) GHNR b) MNOG c) MORG d) NHOR
Directions 56-60: Answer the following questions based on the paragraph
given below.
Four persons (1) Mohit, (2)
Manohar, (3) Prasant and (4) Dinesh, each had some initial money with them.
They all were playing bridge in a way that the loser doubles the money of each
of the other three persons from his share. They played four rounds and each
person lost one round in the order 1, 2, 3 & 4 as mentioned above. At the
end of fourth round, each person had Rs. 32,000.
56. What was the amount with Mohit to start with?
a) 74000 b) 66000 c) 28000 d) 60000
57. What was the amount with Prasant at the end of the second round?
a) 16000 b) 36000 c) 72000 d) 18000
58. Who had the lowest amount at any round of play throughout the
tournament?
a) Dinesh b) Mohit c) Manohar d) Prasant
59. What was the amount with Manohar at the end of first round?
a) 68000 b) 80000 c) 72000 d) 64000
60. What was the amount with Dinesh at the end of the second round?
a) 16000 b) 36000 c) 72000 d) 8000
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