CGI 

Placement Paper (Verbal & Aptitude)

This was especially for the mainframes and they had stressed on CICS.

The paper is divided in 2 sections:

1: Verbal

2: quantitative.

The test is of 1 hour and 15 minutes duration.

Verbal:

1. U have to point grammatical errors, about 10 were there.

2. U have to fill the blanks with correct options about 20.

3. a comprehension and 12 questions.

Quantitative:

1. Data sufficiency. there were about 15 questions of the type A question is given with 2
options. U have 2 conclude ans can be determined by only option 1 or 2 or both or both r
insufficient.

2. Data interpretation. This was dam tough. U have to manipulate a graph and answer
about 12 questions. there were also the questions on graphs and tables.

3.  Contractor has 2 complete work within a fixed time. If he is late he has to pay fine. The
first day it is Rs 200 and from then on it increases by 25 per day. He has to pay Rs 9450.
How many days he got late.

Ans is 21.

4. Sphere of diameter 6 cm is melted to form a cone with diameter 12 cm. Find height of
cone.

5. Shakuntala devi sum of the number of glasses received intact.

6. Sum on Cisterns, Pipes a, B and C r there a and b can fill the tank in 4 and 5 hours
respectively. C can empty tank in 2 hours. If the pipes were opened at 1.00 and 2.00 am
successively by what time will the tank be empty.

7. a question on cost of painted area.

8. A brick size is 8" x 6". An L shaped wall has to be built with width of 4, other two
dimmensions are 21 and 7. Find no of Bricks reqd.

9. Ratio of base and heights of a cone and cylinder is given. Find ratio of their curved
surfaces.
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Written Test:                

The Paper is Aptitude Type .

The Aptitude paper is based on the GRE pattern and consists of analogies, reading
comprehension, passages etc. There is more than one paper pattern and the other patterns
may have questions on series and logical reasoning.
The Technical paper is same for all patterns .The important subjects are C, computer
architecture , operating systems, microprocessors , etc.

Interview: The information on the interview is pretty sketchy but it may consist of both
technical grilling and HR interview.We would suggest that you take a look at
the Interview section to get a better idea and view some useful tips for taking interviews.

1. Factorize y**2 + 8y - 48 =0
Ans. (y+12) (y-4)

2. 1,40,00,000 pencils are put up straight. all the pencils are of length range
3 to 6 inches. 80% of the pencils have average of five inches. so the find out
the total length spanned by the pencils.
Ans. 1000 to 1500 miles.

3. boys are not girl . Jill is not a girl

ans Jill is not a girl.

4. Price of cotton today is 50 corore what will it be after 100 years

ans c) unknown

5. if ELECTRICITY - GAS =100

then JACK - JILL = ?

6. 8 man work for 6 days to complete a work. How many men are required
to complete same work in 1/2 day. Ans. 96 men.

7. a man is running around a rectangle it takes time 2 time in travelling

lenth than travelling width total perimeter = 300 find area
 ans 5000

8. A man drives at a speed of 40 miles/hr. His wife left 30 mins. late with 50

miles/hr speed. when will they meet ? 
Ans. 2 hours

9. A farmer walks at constant speed on the perimeter of his rectangular

field. it takes him twice the time to cover longer side than shorter side. if he
walks total 300 m . then find out the area of field? 
Ans. 5000 sq.m

10. There were some questions on series :

21, 463, 687, 238, 1134, ---- Ans. 297
0, 6, 24, 120, 210, ---, ----

11. REPUBLICAN = 108 so DEMOCRATE = ? (it is diffcult. i made guess on 84

)

12. if ELECTRICITY - GAS =100 then JACK - JILL = ?

Q. A man leaves office daily at 7pm A driver with car comes from his home to
pick him from office and bring back home One day he gets free at 5:30 and
instead of waiting for driver he starts walking towards home. In the way he
meets the car and returns home on car He reaches home 20 minutes earlier
than usual. In how much time does the man reach home usually??
Ans. 1hr 20min

Q The following truth table is given What is Y equal to??

A B C Y

0 0 0 1

0 0 1 1

0 1 0 0

0 1 1 0

1 0 0 0

1 0 1 0

1 1 0 1

1 1 1 1
2. Ans. (A,) (B,) (AB) , where , stands for complement.

Q. A works thrice as much as B. If A takes 60 days less than B to do a work

then find the number of days it would take to complete the work if both
work together?

Ans. 22?days

Q. How many 1,s are there in the binary form of 8*1024 + 3*64 + 3
Ans. 4

Q. In a digital circuit which was to implement (A B)+(A)XOR(B), the

designer implements (A B) (A)XOR(B) What is the probability of error in it ?

Q. A boy has Rs 2. He wins or loses Re 1 at a time If he wins he gets Re 1

and if he loses the game he loses Re 1.He can loose only 5 times. He is out
of the game if he earns Rs 5. Find the number of ways in which this is
possible?

Ans. 16

Q. If there are 1024*1280 pixels on a screen and each pixel can have
around 16 million colors Find the memory required for this?

Ans. 4MB

Q. On a particular day A and B decide that they would either speak the truth
or will lie. C asks A whether he is speaking truth or lying? He answers and B
listens to what he said. C then asks B what A has said B says "A says that he
is a liar" What is B speaking ?

(a) Truth    (b) Lie    (c) Truth when A lies    (d) Cannot be determined

Ans. (b)

Q. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when time is 8:30

Ans. 75(approx)

Q. A student is ranked 13th from right and 8th from left. How many
students are there in totality ?

Q. A man walks east and turns right and then from there to his left and then
45degrees to his right. In which direction did he go
 Ans. North west

Q. A student gets 70% in one subject, 80% in the other. To get an overall of
75% how much should get in third subject.

Q. A man shows his friend a woman sitting in a park and says that she the
daughter of my  grandmother,s only son. What is the relation between the
two

Ans. Daughter
3. Interview Procedure :

Written Test:
The Paper is Aptitude Type .

The Aptitude paper is based on the GRE pattern and consists of analogies, reading
comprehension, passages etc. There is more than one paper pattern and the other patterns may
have questions on series and logical reasoning.
The Technical paper is same for all patterns .The important subjects are C, computer
architecture , operating systems, microprocessors , etc.

Interview: The information on the interview is pretty sketchy but it may consist of both

technical grilling and HR interview.We would suggest that you take a look at
the Interview section to get a better idea and view some useful tips for taking interviews.
4. Q. A man leaves office daily at 7pm A driver with car comes from his home to pick
him from office and bring back home
One day he gets free at 5:30 and instead of waiting for driver he starts walking towards
home. In the way he meets the car and returns home on car He reaches home 20 minutes
earlier than usual. In how much time does the man reach home usually??
Ans. 1hr 20min
5. Q. A works thrice as much as B. If A takes 60 days less than B to do a work then
find the number of days it would take to complete the work if both work together?
Ans. 221/2days

Q. How many 1's are there in the binary form of 8*1024 + 3*64 + 3
Ans. 4

Q. In a digital circuit which was to implement (A B) + (A)XOR(B), the designer

implements (A B) (A)XOR(B)
What is the probability of error in it ?

Q. A boy has Rs 2. He wins or loses Re 1 at a time If he wins he gets Re 1 and if he

loses the game he loses Re 1.He can loose only 5 times. He is out of the game if he
earns Rs 5. Find the number of ways in which this is possible?
 Ans. 16

Q. If there are 1024*1280 pixels on a screen and each pixel can have around 16
million colors Find the memory required for this?
Ans. 4MB

Q. On a particular day A and B decide that they would either speak the truth or will
lie. C asks A whether he is speaking truth or lying? He answers and B listens to
what he said. C then asks B what A has said B says "A says that he is a liar"What is
B speaking ?
(a) Truth
(b) Lie
(c) Truth when A lies
(d) Cannot be determined
Ans. (b)

Q. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when time is

8:30Ans. 75(approx)

Q. A student is ranked 13th from right and 8th from left. How many students are
there in totality ?

Q. A man walks east and turns right and then from there to his left and then
45degrees to his right.In which direction did he go
Ans. North west 

Q. A student gets 70% in one subject, 80% in the other. To get an overall of 75%
how much should get in third subject.

Q. A man shows his friend a woman sitting in a park and says that she the daughter
of my grandmother's only son. What is the relation between the two
Ans. Daughter

6. 1. Why we use Treeview Control?

To list the hierarchial list of the node objects. Such of files and Directories.

7. 2. Why we need OLE-Automation? Advantages?

Enables an application to exposes objects and methods to other Applications. No need to
reserve memory. No need to write functions.
Object library that simplify programming tasks. i.e., No need to Object library. (OLB,
TLB).
8. 3. What is the diff between the Create Object and Get object?
Create Object - To create an instance of an object.
Get Object ? To get the reference to an existing object.

9. 4. Have you create Properties and Methods for your own Controls?

Properties ? Public variable of a Class
Method ? Public procedure of a classWhat is Collection Objects?
Similarly to arrays but is preferred over an array because of the following reasons.
1. A collection objects uses less Memory than an array.
2. It provides methods to add and delete members.
3. It does not required reason statement when objects are added or deleted.
4. It does not have boundary limitations.

5. What is Static Variable?

Its Scope will be available through out the life time.
Private Dim x as integer. Is it true?
No. Private cannot be used in front of DIM.

6. What is Implicit?
Instance of specific copy of a class with its own settings for the properties defined in that
class. Note: The implicity defined variable is never equal to nothing.

7. What are the scope of the class?

Public , private, Friend
Can we able to set Instancing properties like Singleuse, GlobalSingleuse to ActiveXDll?
No.
In project properties if we set Unattended what is it mean?
This cannot have user interface. This can be used for the COM creation.What are the
Style Properties of Combo Box?
Simple, Dropdown list ? We can type and select.
Dropdown Combo ? Only Drop Down.

10. 8. What are the Style properties of List Box?

Simple ?Single Select , Extended. ? Multiple Select.
11. 9. What are the different types of Dialog Box?
Predefined, Custom, User Defined.

10. What is Parser Bug?

It is difficult to use database objects declared in a module from within a form.

12. 11. What is the Dll required for running the VB?
Vbrun300.dllCan We create CGI scripts in VB?
Yes.

12. How to change the Mouse Pointer?

Screen. Mouse Pointer = VBHourGlass/VBNormal.

13. How to check the condition in Msgbox?

If (Msgbox("Do you want to delete this Record",VbYesNo)=VbYes)Then End if

14. What is difference between datagrid and flexgrid?

Datagrid ? Editable.
Flexigrid ? Non-Editable. (Generally used for Read only purpose.)

15. What is ADO? What are its objects ?

ActiveX Data Object. ADO can access data from both flat files as well as the databases.
I.e., It is encapsulation of DAO, RDO, and OLE that is why we call it as OLE-DB
Technology. Objects are Connection, Record Set, Command, Parameter, field, Error,
Property.

16. What is Dataware Control?

Any control bound to Data Control.
Ex:- Textbox, Check Box, Picture Box, Image Control, Label, List box, Combo Box, DB
Combo, What are two validate with Data Control?
Data_Validate, Data_Error.
Record set types and Number available in VB?
3. 1- Dynaset, 0 ? Table, 2 ? Snap Shot.
Referential Integrity (Take care By jet database Engine).
Cascade Delete, Cascade Update ? is done setting property of Attributes.
 Db Relation Delete Cascade,
Db Relation Update Cascade.

13. 17. What are the locks available in Visual Basic?

Locking is the process by which a DBMS restricts access to a row in a multi-user
environment
4 types of locks. They are
1.Batch Optimistic
2.Optimistic
3.Pessimistic
4.ReadOnly 

14. 18. What is the diff between RDO and ADO?

RDO is Hierarchy model where as ADO is Object model. ADO can access data from
both flat files as well as the data bases. I.e., It is
encapsulation of DAO, RDO , OLE that is why we call it as OLE-DB Technology.

19. How can we call Stored procedure of Back End in RDO and ADO ?
In RDO ? We can call using RDO Query Objects.
In ADO ? We can call using Command Objects.

15. 20. What is the different between Microsoft ODBC Driver and Oracle OBDC Driver?
Microsoft ODBC driver will support all the methods and properties of Visual Basic.
Where as the Oracle not.

16. 21. What are the Technologies for Accessing Database from Visual Basic?
DAO, Data Control, RDO, ODBCDIRECT, ADO, ODBC API.
Calling Stored Procedures in VB?
1. Calling Simply the Procedure with out Arguments "Call Procedure Name}"
If it is with Arguments Means then
Declare the Query Def qy
Set Qy as New Query def
Qy.SQL = "{Call ProcedureName(?,?,?)}"
qy(0)=val(Txt1.Text)
qy(1)=val(Txt2.Text)
qy(2)=val(Txt3.Text)
 Set Rs = Qy.OpenresultSet
Txt(1)=Rs.RdoColumns(0)
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18. CGI PATTERN

Written Test: 
The Paper is Aptitude Type .

The Aptitude paper is based on the GRE pattern and consists of analogies, reading
comprehension, passages etc. There is more than one paper pattern and the other patterns
may have questions on series and logical reasoning.
The Technical paper is same for all patterns .The important subjects are C, computer
architecture , operating systems, microprocessors , etc.

Interview: The information on the interview is pretty sketchy but it may consist of both
technical grilling and HR interview.We would suggest that you take a look at the
Interview section to get a better idea and view some useful tips for taking interviews.