hello friends... the aptitude papers
were not so tough...
First Paper (Numerical)
q1: 54 boys ate Biscuits and 65 boys ate Cake. 7 boys ate biscuit,cake
and pastry. 14 boys ate cake and pastry only. 20 boys ate biscuit and cake
only.15 boys ate biscuit and pastry only. total no of boys are 224....(datas
are not right....its a very easy sum to do) (now 5 qstins are there with
that problem)
i) no of boys ate only pastry?
ii)ratio of no of boys ate biscuits to no of boys ate pastry?
iii).........?
iv)........?
v).......?
solution:- draw then vann
diagram....its really easy....the data given by me....i frgt the original
data...
q2: A cube is cut into 64 equal
cubes....now from each side of the original cube, 2nd and 3rd small cube
are removed...now the whole thing is painted black.
i) no of cubes which are not painted
ii) no of cubes which are painted 1 face
iii) no of cubes which are painted 2 faces
iv) no of cubes which are painted 3 faces
v) no of cubes which are painted in more than 3 faces
solution:- imagine the figure...2nd
and 3rd cube from each side(edge) is removed...so total 24 cubes are
removed...40 cubes r remaining..
now if it is painted...32 cubes will be pained in 3 faces and 8 cubes will
be painted in 6 faces...so the answers are...
i) 0
ii)0
iii) 0
iv)32
v) 8
q3: (thre is a qstion of coding...like
if * is 0 and $ is 1..and bla bla bla....u can find this ype of qstin in
Agarwal...this qstin also has 5 individual qstins like above)
solution hint: solve these qstins in binary method
sorry frnds i cant remmember the
other qstins....
Second Part(english)
english part was really hard....specially the passages are really
tough...there are two passages...
TIPS:- read the passage once with
full concentrtin....u dnt have to under stnd the whole meaning..just read
it....if u read it i'm assuring u...u can answer it...
because qstions are based on the
lines of the passage....if u read each lines atleast once u can answer...dnt
leave the passage as well as hope if u cant understand it....
There are qstins like find the correct
statement.....find the wrong sentence....these are really easy....go through
the grammars...dats it.
Third Part(Logical)
1) logical qstins...u can solve it easily.....these are copied frm
Agarwal...
examples....All mangos are oranges...all oranges are tube light....few tube
lights are mangos...(these are really easy.... plz do all these from
RSAgarwal)
2) in this qstions thre are
statements like..."if i'm in hotel i always eat mutton" now there are 4
statements given like..
.i) i eat mutton
ii) i dont eat mutton if i'm not in hotel
iii)...........
iv).........
now which statement(s) is more
significant......
a)only i
b) i and iii
c) i,ii and iv
d)noneof these (this is an EXAMPLE....u can do it by own)
3)odd man out Just do
Agarwal...dats it...enough...there are some pictures..u have find the odd
man.....reallly funny...some pictures contain cartoon figures...reallly
easy...
N.B. one thing i want to add...there
are no negetive marks...i'm sure CTS doesnt give -ve marks for wrong
answers.... so answer all qstions...try to go for option B or C...it is
always shown dat max answers are of option B and C....Go for it...
Interview:
My interview was really cool....he is a nice man, who took my intrvw...
me: May i come in sir?
sir: yes come in.....u r aritra...right?
me: yes sir.
sir: u did well in the apti..(holding my apti answer sheet in his hand)...
me: thank u sir..(i was still standing..there)
sir: lets have a sit..
me: (i sat down) thank u very much sir...
sir: can i have ur brief intro?
me: i said..(plz mention ur marks u got in class 10 and 12...and if u r
telling about ur family,plz mention ur parents name and what they do..)
sir: ok very good....y should i take u??
me: (i told all my qualities...adaptability, flexibility, leadership quality
and good communicator...with real life examples)
sir: very good.....( i mentiond in the blue form that i play
guitar)..aritra..do u play guitar??????
me: yes sir...(i added)i also have a rock band.
sir: (smiling)ok...so u rock?
me: yes sir...(smiling)I rock...
sir: (suddenly he switched into technical part..it was a surprise for
me)...now tell me what is polymorphsm?
me: i said him..
sir: can u right a program to find the largest number among three numbers in
c++?
me: (honestly replied) sir...i dont know c++..because it was not in our
course till now...but JAVA is covered in our course...can i right it in
JAVA...
sir: ok ok no problem...the coding is same for the both...u can do it in
JAVA...carry on..
me :(i did it in that paper...its a very simple program...always use ur own
pen...if interviewer offers..tell him politely that i'v my own pen)...sir
i'v completed it.
sir: (he saw it) thank u aritra...we r done for today..
me: thank you very much sir..(i left the room)
This is my interview...and i'm
selected..its a on campus held in our collegeRCC Institute Of Information
Technology...60 students r selected among 145 students....and i'm among
them...
BEST OF LUCK GUYS......
just show themm ur
confidence....thats it....ur frst appearnce and ur intro will make the
difference...so try to prepare a good intro...be smart...
Hope to see u in Cognizant....best
of luck....
thank you.
