English: AMCAT Sample Questions
English: AMCAT Sample Questions
English: AMCAT Sample Questions
English
1. She has lived in Chennai since she was eight. Find the correct alternative for bold part
a. Lived
b. Has been living
c. Had stayed
d. Is living
2. He worked really hard and thus __________ to be promoted
a. Warranted
b. Deserve
c. Deserves
d. Merit
3. There was ___________ in the country when their cricket team won the world cup
a. Happiness
b. Energy
c. Shock
d. Jubilation
4. My computer needs up gradation since it ____________ a very old version
a. Is
b. Was
c. Were
d. Must
5. Swetha has a flair ___________ music
a. At
b. To
c. With
d. For
6. (A) When the captain called the crew, (B) each of the crew member ran towards (C) the
deck of the ship. Which part of the sentence has a grammatical error
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. No Error
7. As per the recent ethical rules laid down by national institute of health, diseases which
cannot be treated ____________ would qualify for treatment involving human gene
multiplication
a. Dangerous
b. Similar
c. Alternatively
d. Uncommon
8. (A) Swami likes to play cricket (B) and riding bicycles besides (C) playing video games
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. No Error
9. For as long as she could remember, Rama has loved to cook, to dance and, until the
poor vision made it impossible for her to do so, reading books. Which of the following
is the better alternative for bold part
a. To cook, to dance, and, until the poor vision made it impossible for her to do so
b. Cooking, to dance, and, until her poor vision made it impossible for her to do so
c. Cooking, dancing, and, until her poor vision made it impossible for her to do so
d. To cook, to dance, and, until she lost her vision
e. Cooking, dancing, and, until she lost her vision
10. ABSURD – Synonym
a. Absent
b. Present
c. Equitable
d. Level
e. Inane
11. HINDER – Synonym
a. Hold back
b. Motivate
c. Accomplish
d. Push
12. PROFUSE – Synonym
a. Defuse
b. Ample
c. Flimsy
d. Accept
e. Declare
13. CONCEITED – Synonym
a. Arrogant
b. False
c. Deceive
d. Misconception
14. RUDE – opposite
a. Detest
b. Beastly
c. Respectful
d. Hideous
15. TRANSIENT – Opposite
a. Temporal
b. Persistent
c. Emigrating
d. Transitory
16. FUTILE – Opposite
a. Useful
b. Handy
c. Functional
d. Positive
17. We have to
P: as we see it
Q: speak the truth
R: there is falsehood and darkness
S: even if all around us
Re arrange the parts which are labelled as P,Q, R and S
a. RQSP
b. QRPS
c. RSQP
d. QPSR
Passage:
My phone rings again. It is futile to ignore it anymore. Manisha is persistent. She will
continue to bedevil me until I acquiesce.
“Hello” I answer.
“The circus, Atika?” she says in her sing-song voice. “When are we going? Only two
more days left!”
I abhor the circus. The boisterous crowds, the overwhelming smell of animal faces, the
insanely long lines with wailing children and the impossibility of finding a clean restroom
all combine to make this an event that I dread.
For Maneesha, my best friend since the angst of middle school, the circus is a sign that
diving powers really do exist.
“Really, Atika, where else can you pet an elephant, see a stuntman ride a horse, laugh
till you are ready to cry, see the world’s smallest person and eat fried potatoes and
butter soaked popcorn?” Maneesha asks gleefully
“Hell?” I guess
The fried food at the circus is a gastronomical nightmare in its own. I once tried a fried
cottage cheese stick at the fair and was sick to my stomach for hours. And a fried burger
with oil soaked potato patty, cheese, multi colored sauces AND a greasy slice of cottage
cheese? How could that not be deleterious to your health?
I have not seen Maneesha for a good month; our schedules are bot so hectic. My hatred
of the circus becomes inconsequential to my desire to hang with Mani.
Alas, I ignore my anti-circus bias for the umpteenth year. “Pick me up at noon”, I say and
hang up the phone.
Since the late 1970s when the technology for sex determination first came into being, sex
selective abortion has unleashed a saga of horror. Experts are calling it “Sanitized barbarism”.
Demographic trends indicating towards a million female fetuses aborted each year.
Although foetal sex determination is a crimical offence in India, the practice is rampant. Private
clinics with ultrasound machines are doing brisk business. Everywhere, people are paying to
know the sex of an unborn child, and paying more to abort the female child. The technology has
even reached remote areas through mobile clinics. Dr. Puneet Bedi, Obstetrician and specialist
in foetal medicine, says these days he hardly sees a family with two daughters. People are
getting sex determination done even for the first child he says.
If the 1991 census showed that two districts had a child sex ratio (number of girls per thousand
boys) less than 850; by 2001 it was 51 districts. Child rights activist Dr. Sabu George says
foeticide is the most extreme form of violence against women. “Today a girl is several times
more likely to be eliminated before birth than die of various causes in the first year. Nature
intended the womb to be safe space. Today, doctors have made it the most unsafe space for
the female child,” he says. He believes that the doctors must be held responsible. “They have
aggressively promoted the misuse of technology and legitimized foeticide”.
Akhila Sivadas, Center for Advocacy and Research, Delhi feels that the PCPNDT Act (Pre-
Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques – Regulation and Prevention of misuse) is very
well conceived and easy to use. The need of the hour is legal literacy to ensure the law is
implemented. “The demand and supply debate has been going on from some time. Doctors say
there is a social demand and they are only fulfilling it. They argue that the social attitudes must
change. However in this case supply fuels demand. Technology will have to be regulated.
Technology in the hands of greedy, vested interests cannot be neutral. There is a law to prevent
misuse and we must be able to use it,” he says.
On the “demand” side, experts such as Dr. Agnihotri argue that women’s participation in
workforce, having disposable incomes and making a contribution to larger society will make a
difference to how women seen. Youth icons and role models such Saina Nehwal are making an
impact, he says.
Others feel there needs to be widespread visible contempt and anger in society against this
“genocide” – “the kind we saw against the Nithari Killings”, says Dr. Bedi. “Today nobody can
say female foeticide is not their problem. Time we all did our bit to help save the girl child.
Time’s running out.
22. What does the term ‘sanitised’ imply in the first paragraph of the passage?
a. Unforgivable
b. Legitimate
c. Free from dirt
d. None
23. Which “demand” does the author refer to, in paragraph 5?
a. Demand for principled doctors
b. Demand for high income jobs for women
c. Demand for youth icons
d. Demand for sex determination and abortion
24. Which of the two people mentioned in the passage suggest similar solution to the
problem?
a. Dr. Agnihotri and Dr. George
b. Dr. Bedi and Dr. Agnihotri
c. Dr. George and Dr. Bedi
d. Dr. George and Dr. Sivadas
25. What is doctor’s explanation for foeticide?
a. They think it is legitimate
b. They do it because people demand it
c. The technology is available and there is no harm in using it
d. None
Quantitative Ability
Computer Programming
1. A stack is implemented as a linear array A[0….N-1]. Giri writes the following functions for
popping an element from the stack.
function POP(top,N)
{
If(X)
{
top=top-1
}
else
{
print “Underflow”
}
return top
}
Fill in the condition X
a. top< N- 1
b. top
c. top>1
d. top >= 0
2. What will be the output of the following pseudo-code statement?
Integer a= 456, b, c, d=10
b = a /d
c = a-b
print c
a. 410
b. 410.4
c. 411.4
d. 411
3. Seema writes the code for a function that takes as input n, and even integer and calculates the sum
of first n even natural numbers
Function sum(n)
{
If(n equals 2)
return 2
else
return (n+sum(n-2))
end
}
She then calls the function by the statement, sum(30). How many times will the function sum be
called to compute the sum?
a. 1
b. 30
c. 15
d. 16
4. Ashima wants to print a pattern which includes checking and changing a variable’s value iteratively.
She decides to use a loop/condition. Which of the following options should she use such that the
body of the loop/condition is executed at least once whether the variable satisfies the entering
condition or not?
a. For Loop
b. While Loop
c. Do While Loop
d. Switch Case
5. In breadth-first search, which of the following option is true?
a. Beginning from a node, first all its adjacent nodes are traversed.
b. Beginning from a node, each adjacent node is fully explored before traversing the next adjacent
node.
c. Beginning from a node, nodes are traversed in cyclical order
d. None of these
6. Tanuj writes the code for a function that takes as input n and calculates the sum of first n natural
numbers
If(??)
Return 1
Else
Return (n+sum(n-1))
End
a. n equals 1
b. n equals 2
c. n>=1
d. n>1
7. Consider a Binary tree implementation. The root address is stored in the variable root. Given the
address of a node in variable node, its value, right and root child node address can be accessed using
the following statements respectively: node->value, node->right, node->left. Sameer writes the
following function to do a preorder traversal of the tree
function preordertraverse(node)
{
print node->value
if(Condition X)
{
preordertraverse(node->left)
}
if (Condition Y)
{
preordertraverse(node->right)
}
return
}
What is condition X and condition Y?
a. Condition X: node -> left isnotequal null
Condition Y: node -> right isnotequal null
b. Condition X: node -> right isnotequal null
Condition Y: node -> left isnotequal null
c. Condition X: node ->left isnotequal null
Condition Y: node -> right isnotequal null
d. Condition X: node -> right isnotequal null
Condition Y: node -> left isnotequal null
8. Following program is to print the sum of all cubes, where the value of the cubes go from 0 to 100.
a. Statement 1
b. Statement 2
c. Statement 3
d. Statement 4
e. No Error
9. What will the Prefix equivalent for the given notation – (M+N)-(O+P*Q)/R*S
a. /-+MN*+O*PQRS
b. -/+MN*+OPQ*RS
c. -+MN*/+OPQ*RS
d. -+MN*/+O*PQRS
10.
integer i=0, j
while (i<2)
{
j=0;
while (j<=3*i)
{
print j
print blank space
j=j+3
}
print end of the line // takes cursor to next line
i=i+1
}
What is the output?
a. 0
03
b. 0 3
036
c. 0 3
036
0369
d. 0 3
036
0369
0 3 6 9 12
11. What will be the output of the following pseudo – code statements
Float c
c=a/b
Print c
a. 984
b. 98.4
c. 98.0
d. Error
12. Sharma writes a piece of code, where a set of three lines occur around ten times in different parts of
the program. What programming concept can he use to shorten his program code length?
a. Use for loops
b. Use functions
c. Use arrays
d. Use classes
13. Which of the following options describes a tree?
a. An unconnected graph
b. A connected graph
c. A connected acyclic graph
d. A complete graph
14. Which of the following items may or may not have its methods implementations?
a. Interface
b. Abstract class
c. Generic class
d. Anonymous class
15. A queue is implemented as a single linked list. Each node has an element and pointer to another
node. Rear and Front contain the addresses of rear and front node respectively. If the condition
(rear is equal front) is true and neither is NULL, What do we infer about the linked list?
a. It has no elements
b. It has one element
c. There is an error
d. None
16. A sort which uses the binary tree concept such that any number in the tree is larger than all the
numbers in the subtree below it, is called
a. Selection sort
b. Insertion sort
c. Heap sort
d. Quick sort
17. A destructor may be invoked in which of the following situations?
a. When the object is created
b. When the object is assigned value 0
c. Only at the end of the code
d. When the scope of the object is over
18. Kiran writes a program in C++ and passes it on to Mohan. Mohan does some indentations in some
statements of the code. What will this do
a. Faster Execution
b. Lower Memory requirement
c. Correction of errors
d. Better readability
19. What does function overloading imply? (consider assumptions as in C++)
a. Many function definitions with same name, same arguments and different returns types
b. Many function definitions with same name and different arguments
c. Many function definitions with same name and same argument
d. None
20. In C++, Which of the following creates a pigeon object of class bird?
a. Pigeon bird
b. Bird pigeon
c. Object pigeon of bird
d. None
21. Roopa has a large list of fixed length numbers. She needs to sort this list using and effective
technique. Which of the following techniques can she use?
a. Selection Sort
b. Radix Sort
c. Shell Sort
d. Quick Sort
e. Bubble Sort
22. Amar is writing a program in C++. C++ uses the ‘for’ key word for loops. Due to distraction, Amar
writes ‘gor’ instead of ‘for’. What will happen now
a. The code will not compile
b. The code will give an error during execution
c. The code may work for some inputs and not for others
d. It will create no problems
23. Sowmya has a 10,000 lines of code. She is trying to debug it. She knows there is a logical error in the
first 25 lines of the code. Which of the following options will be an efficient way of debugging?
a. Compile the whole code and step into it line by line
b. Use an interpreter on the first 25 lines
c. Compile the whole code and run it
d. None
24. Prathima writes a sorting algorithm which takes different amount of time to sort two different lists
of equal size. What is the possible difference between the two lists?
a. All numbers in one list are more than 100, while in the other are less than 100
b. The ordering of numbers with respect to magnitude in the two list has different properties
c. One list has all negative numbers, while the other has all positive numbers
d. One list contains 0 as an element, while the other does not
25. A sorting algorithm iteratively traverses through a list to exchange the first element with any
element less than it. It then repeats with a new first element. What is this sorting algorithm called?
a. Insertion Sort
b. Selection Sort
c. Heap Sort
d. Quick Sort
Logical Ability
If AC%BC, then
a. A/C
b. B#C
c. C#B
d. B+A
8. Rahul is facing south, he walks straight for 15 meters and turns left and walk 25 meters, then
turn left again and walks 15 meters, and finally he turns left and walks 40 meters. How far and
in which direction is he standing from the starting point?
a. 10 meters, west
b. 10 meters, east
c. 15 meters, west
d. 15 meters, north-west
9. A player “X” stands 50 yards away from “Y” in the west. He moves 10 yards straight towards
south and then turns eastward going up to 50 yards, while Y also comes down southward and
meets X at the same point. How far is Y from his original position?
a. 50 yards
b. 40 yards
c. 20 yards
d. 10 yards
10. From the given anagrams select the odd man out
a. CABBAGES
b. CARROTS
c. DATES
d. CHERRIES
11. 6:60:120:
a. 12
b. 240
c. 210
d. 480
12. Saurabh had to go to his brother’s paternal uncle’s sister’s husband’s father-in-law’s only
granddaughter’s house. Whose house did saurabh have to go
a. Sister
b. Sister or cousin
c. Brother
d. Daughter
13. A recent communication noted that India’s foreign minister told officials in UK that New Delhi
intends to maintain and extend her open door policy to the west. The minister also said that
India would continue with her program of political and economic changes despite a recent
campaign against western ideas and foreign aid. Based on this passage which of the following
statements can be inferred
a. Although internal changes in India may not follow western ideas, foreign trade with the
west shall continue
b. India would make amends to reconcile with the western ideas by following an open
door policy
c. India’ s internal policies are not dependent on her foreign relations
d. India would continue her open door policy with other western countries despite her
issues with UK
14. The aspect where the film “Bombay” loses out is where every commercial film congenitally goes
awry – it was too simplistic to address serious issues and failed to translate real life to reel.
Which of the following statement can be inferred from this passage?
a. The film was successful in spite of its short comings
b. The film’s director aimed at recreating real lie on the silver screen
c. The film was too simplistic for the audience taste
d. None
Passage:
A, B, C, D and E are five friends in a class. They have their birth dates from January to May, each one
born in one of these months. Each one likes one particular item for his / her birthday out of rice,
mutton, chicken, burger and pizza. The one who likes pizza is born in March. C does not like pizza but
brings rice for D in April. E who is fond of burger is born in the next month immediately after B. B does
not like burger or mutton.
Passage:
Following 2 questions based on same data. Answer the questions based on the given information.
A marketing company requires a qualified engineer with a management degree. The candidate must
20. Ravi aged 26 has done B.Tech in I.T in first class. He has done MBA from IGNOU in first class. He
is currently working with Raheja Industries as Technical Officer where he has held this post for
the last three years. He scored 56% in the Sr. Secondary Examination.
a. The candidate is to be selected
b. The candidate is not to be selected
c. Insufficient data
d. The candidate is to be referred to General Manager
e. The candidate is to be referred to Managing Director
21. Sneha is a 27 years old B.Tech graduate from Pune University. He has also done MBA from IIM.
He secured 65% marks in his Sr. Secondary Examination. He has been working with a reputed
Engineering Company. Chennai for the last 3 years
a. The candidate is to be selected
b. The candidate is not to be selected
c. Insufficient data
d. The candidate is to be referred to General Manager
e. The candidate is to be referred to Managing Director
22. Re arrange the following in most meaningful order
1. Water
2. Kneading
3. Flour
4. Baking
5. Wheat
a. 5,3,1,4,2
b. 5,1,3,2,4
c. 5,3,1,2,4
d. 5,1,3,4,2
23. Problem Question:
Statements:
Statements:
1. His Birthday falls between October 27 and 30, October 27 being a Tuesday
2. His birthday is not on Thursday
a. Statement 1 alone is sufficient to answer the problem
b. Statement 2 alone is sufficient to answer the problem
c. Bothe statement put together are sufficient to answer the problem
d. Bothe statement even put together are not sufficient to answer the problem
e. Either of the statements are sufficient