IBM+ +Aptitude+Test+Questions,+e

Test Paper :3 Paper Type

: Whole Testpaper 

Test Date

: 21 September 2008

Test Location : TCE, Madurai : Nishit

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IBM PAPER ON 21st SEPTEMBER AT MADHURAI SECTION-1 [ matrix test] 15 question – 13 min.[ No negative marks for this section] SECTION-2 [ Number series test] 20 question 4 min. 15 mins mathematical[Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section.] SECTION-3[Analytical type (Apti)]12 question 15 min.[ Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section.] 1.WRITTEN

TEST:

This is the new pattern of IBM. this new pattern has been implemented. it contains 3 sections. SECTION 1, some information is given in the form of matrices, with headings for rows

as row1,row2 …. Etc.For columns with headings as column1,column 2…. Etc.those matrices r as follows. Column1 Row1

@

Row2

S

Row3

I

Row4 Questions

#

column2 *

8 r

as

column3

follows

2

Z

K

?

$

P

Z

+

F (

not

column4

Q same

questions

but

same

type)

1.if column1 , Column 4 r interchanged and row3 , row4 r interchanged and diagonal elements from top left to bottom right right r written in reverse order then what is the the element in

row1

and

column

1?

2.if Z’s in odd numbered numbered rows r replced with with 7’s and S’s in odd numbered columns columns r 

replaced

with

5’s

then

which

column

elements

sum

equals

to

9?

3.After giving similar type of conditions , what is the element left to H? In this section they gave around 4 matrices of this type and gave some questions for each matrix. Total No. of Questions r 15. these r multiple choice questions.5 answers were given for  each question. No negative marks for this section. Time Limit is 13 minutes. SECTION-2

All questions in this section r from number series. Total number of questions r 20.time limit is 4 minutes.these r also multiple choice questions( 5 options).Negative marking(1/4) 2.

is

NUMBER

SERIES

there (20

qs

for -4

mins-20

this

section.

marks-

negative

1/4)

simple but v shud b very quick....time is very very very imp 4this section frnds dont get confused really very simple section and 1more thing is the invigilaor signals time 4 every 30

secs

dont

feel

tensewth

tht

just

EX:

go

wth

ur

work..

17,18,19,34,35,19,20,___ 

Ans....21 EX:

22,21,34,33,45,____  

Ans......44 EX:

40,42,4241,41,,42,44,44,____  

Ans.....44 SECTION-3

Negative

marking(1/4)

is

there

for

this

section.

Analytical type Questions . this secton is little bit tough.u must have practice to do this section.questions 12.time 15 minutes.Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section. 1. If a company produces 15 different model of tv sets of 2 inchs screen and 4 different model of 4 inches screen size. Then how many model should vendor has for all the model so

that

all

models

will

displayed

in

the

showroom

2. If a team consists 20 members in which 20% are mathematician then how many member

should

they

hire

sothat

the

ratio

would

become

10/11.

(Similar Question) it

20% of 30 professional r mathematician how many mathematician

should

hire

so

the

ratio

vll

become

10/11

3. The rate of color toner increases $33 to $35 and rate of black&white toner increases $28 to $29. If company spends $1540 in which 3/5 is color toner then how much is total expenditure

increases

after

the

cost

hike.

4. A computer shop consists 3 brand’s alptop .Laptop of brand A is sold 3/16, B is sold 1/16

and

c is sold

¾ then

what fraction

is sold

by the

shop in

all.

5. Printer A prints 8192 character per min and printer B prints 13862 character per min four character are equal to one word. Printer A starts at 7:15 am while Printer B starts at 7:29

am

then

at

what

time

both

will have

same

no

of

words

printed.

6. In a library there are 5 cluster and each is having 44 books(module). In first weak 75  books are used, in second 95, in third 95 and in fourth 160 books are used.then tell how much

fraction

of

books

are

used.

7. We have 171 kg rice custing 7 rs/kg.we have rice at 11 rs/kg and 2 rs/kg .then after  mixing

11

rs/kg

and

2

rs/kg

rice.

What

is

quantity

of

11

rs/kg

rice.

8. Rectangular room has width half of its length. When 6 is decreased from both length and

width

then

its

area

is

differed

by

108

so

find

the

width.

9. Company A taken a truck on rent of $1280 per month another company B bought the truck in $40000 and send $120 per month. After 4 years what will be the difference in the amount

spent

by

the

both

companies

on

the

TRUCK.

10. In a company printing work is done by two machine 5% of the work done by machine A are wasted , and 40% of work done by machine B are wasted. if the 80% of the total work is done by machine A. then what is the total percentage of wastage. Here no GD was been conducted directly they switched to the Communication Test :Detail

about

IBM

Voice/Communication

test

First they'll conduct a written test of 10 mins and 15 questions of simple english. It contains about . . articles, arranging the senteces in right order and finding errors in the sentences. Then after that they will give you the cell phone and . . you have to make a call to the given

no.

then

enter your

TIN(Test Identification No.) provided

by them

This is the most important round and the most of the guys had been eliminated from this round only.Be careful and sit at the place where the external noise inference is too less. 1st

u'll

round

be

given

-

a

"Read

paper

which

the

contain

10-12

sentences"

sentences

in

english.

u'll be asked to read the sentences like "Read the sentence no 6..." there will be 8-9 sentences to read. (easiest round) 2nd

round

-

"Repeat

the

sentences"

The server will say some sentences and u have to repeat them. The sentences will be in different voices, speed, accent (easy one) Every time when you move ahead . . the length of the sentences increasing so be careful and attentive. 3rd

round

-

"Make

senetence

from

Jumble

words"

The server will pronounce some jumbled words and u have to make senetence from that U can't add ur own words/articals/adjectives and all to make the sentences. u have to useonly the senetences pronounced by the server. ( it would be a normal used sentences like - "eat i daily mango" (Most difficult among all) 4th

round

-

"one

word

answer"

The server will ask question which u have to reply in one word. Like...

what

What

is

Which

how

many

or

thinner:finger weeks minutes

r r

color

water

faster:cat

is many

the

frozen

is

Which how

is

or there

there

in

1

of called?

(ICE)

worm?

(CAT)

leg? in

a

and

a

(FINGER) year? half

What do u wear when u go out in cold:sweater or shirt? How

many

eggs

are

there

milk?

in

a

hr?

(52) (90)

(SWEATER)

dozen?

(12)

If you are going out for lunch with your mother,who are you:daughter or sister? (DAUGHTER) Which

is

smaller

castle

or

cottage?

(COTTAGE)

Afternoon trees

comes

have

before

more

no.

how

many

months

U

see

with

or

after

of

branches

or

are

there

in

ur

eyes

lunch? trunks? two

or

(BEFORE) (BRANCHES) years?

ears?

(24) (EYES)

the whole process will take 10-12 min. The accent will be of US, UK , Australia . The  problem people face is understanding the sentences. The questions are very easy to answer

but

u

have

to

catch

what

the

server

is

saying.

The the interview . .for the name sake only . .They will ask you only .. that HR questions. Best of Luck . . to you all !!

Hi all out there tis is S.Sathappan(B.E-ECE 04-08) from A.M.A.C.E(Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College Of Engineering-Tamil Nadu). I attended IBM off campus in VEL MULTIMEDIA college avadi Chennai on 21 st november 2008. Actually u all know it’s a 2 days process of recruitment but for us it got over on 21st itself  since IBM expected nearly 1000 but only around 400 came so these are the rounds: 1)WRITTEN TEST:

a) 3 Matrices will be given each has 5 qns totally 15 qns and time limt:13 mins for tis section(no –ve marking for tis section-so attend all must k )  b) Number series completion total 20 qns time limit:4 mins for tis section (-ve marking of 0.25 is present) as the time is limited on cing the qns answer it else skip and forward BUT TIS IS DAMN EASY I attended 16/20 in tis section very easy c)Aptitude totally 12 qns and time limit is:15 mins(-ve marking of .25 is there)(qns were from profit and loss,area,percentage,time and distance,age problems and etc but no qns similar to R.S.Aggarwal but similar to tat k so prepare well) ONE ADVANTAGE NO SECTIONAL CUT OFF HERE IN TOTAL ONLY THEY CHECK THE RESULT…………GALS NEVER MIND SINCE IF THEY R THRO IN WRITTEN THEY R INTO IBM BUT BOYS MAN OPEN UR MOUTH ELSE PROBLEM ONLY FOR MALE CANDIDATES GUYS………… MATRICES:

1)

CLMN1 CLMN 2 CLMN3 CLMN4 CLMN5 ROW 1

J

J

U

V

X

ROW 2

U

V

J

5

6

ROW 3

V

U

J

X

5

ROW 4

5

6

V

J

U

ROW 5

6

5

X

U

V

a) which has many maximum number of J s present in the following pairs: i)row1 and column 1 ii)row2 and column 2 iii)row3 and column3 iv)row4 and column4 v)row5 column5  b) if all j’s are replaced by 3 and u’s replaced by 4 which row or column has d maximum value of 18 c) if all rows and columns are reversed and the diagonal from left bottom to right top corner has been reversed so wats the value in row4 column2 etc many guys cant remember to correct figures since I was in a hurry for answers so cant recollect the questions  NUMBER SERIES COMPLETION:(easiest of all) 1)22,34,35,23,36,37,____  2)10,9,8,8,9,10,7,6,5,____  3)1,2,3,3,5,4,7,____  And etc many it goes on totally 20 qns its damn easy just get the answer on first sight else forward to next qns… APTITUDE:(a bit tougher tan other sections) 1) if a printerA prints 60 words per minute and printer b prints 80 words in one minute  printer A starts at 7.47 and printer b at 8.07 wen ll printer b catch up wit printer A….? 2) a fountain is of length 144cms ten width of 288 cms and depth of 91 cms so how much litres of water ll be there in 46 cms of depth in the same fountain….?

3) there is a printer consisting of color and balckwhite printer the rate of color toner  increases from $33 to $35 and black white toner from $28 to $29 if the total rate is $1600 there is 3/5 color toners wats d ike in price…..? …..tats it I can remember friends…. FIRST ROUND STARTED AT 10.30 AND RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED AT 1.30 AND GD STARTED BY 2PM 2)Group Discussion: Totally out of 500 attended only 30 were short listed for GD and 10 in each batch so from GD 28 of them advanced to next round. In GD for each and every batch there were 3 to 4 panels for us 3 panels were there…..they r helping and friendly I was in the 3 rd batch and our GD topic was “ENGINEERS SHOULD ACCEPT OTHER COUNTRIES OR NOT” JOBS FROM To everyones surprise all 10 from my 3rd batch got thro to the next round AND 28 from tis advanced to TECH+HR single round since members were minimum and they had to finish their recruitment process in a single day so only like tis…..GD results came out by 3.30……. 3)TECH+HR: IN tech+hr there were five rooms each consisted of two panels I got the room 1 where a gent and a lady were there as a panel,here s d interview wit tem: Panel 1:good afternoon and am…….. Me :a very good afternoon sir and am Sathappan(wit a warm handshake from them) Panel : give me a brief intro about urself….? Me

:said………….

Panel 1:so wat was ur final sem project brief us…..? Me

:explained in detail wit examples and wit some few diagrams….

Panel 1:so u know C…..? Me

:yes

Panel 1:so how do u find the greatest of N numbers can u write a program wit the  pseudocode……..? Me

:yes,done wit examples and briefed it with arrays…..

Panel1:can I have ur consolidated marksheet……? Me

:yes,sure…..

Panel1:he framed questions from the subjects we learnt like am from ECE so he asked from data structures,computer architecture,wats random process etc…..? Me :answered all of his questions in general not in depth as these subjects were from initial sem’s so only….. Panel 2(lady):so Sathappan wy IBM……? Me

:gave reasons wit examples…..

Panel2(lady):wat do u know about IBM…..? Me

:hmmm I prepared from IBM website wit some figures tat was helpful really

Panel2(lady):wy IBM should hire you……? Me

:just suit urself to their vacancy…..

Panel2(lady):tis is d joinin date r u ready to join….? Me :who wont join IBM hmmm everyone aspires to join IBM…..said a confident YES Panel2(lady):r u ready to get relocated……? Me

:yes,surely and gave reasons tat career is d first for a male ten only rest….

Panel1&2:together they asked do u have any questions for us…..? Me

:yes and asked one question to tem……

Panel1&2:any more…..? Me

:tats it sir done

Panel1&2:very fine meeting u Sathappan so wait for the results and gave me a warm handshake

Me

:just thanked them and came out …..

I WAITED ALONG WIT OTHERS FROM 4.15 AFTER FINAL ROUND AND RESULTS WERE FINALLY OUT BY 6.30 OUT OF 28 IN TECH+HR “17” REALLY WIT GOD’S GRACE MY NAME WAS IN TAT LIST AT 12TH POSITION REALLY was really happy no word to describe it one must feel and experience it guys THEN FROM 7-8.30 WE WERE FILLING OUT THE EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION FORM AND PROVIDED THE PHOTO COPIES OF MARKSHEETS FROM 10THB.E……….. I WISH ALL THOSE WHO ASPIRE TO JOIN “IBM” A VERY GOOD LUCK MEET U ALL SOON AT “IBM”…… JUST BELIEVE IN URSELF SURELY U LL DO D BEST FOR SURE……….. THANKING U ALL READING MY PAPER, C YA ALL IN IBM TO ALL ASPIRING “IBMers” RECRUITED BY IBM S.SATHAPPAN A.M.A.C.E