MindTree placement papers - 3

MINDTREE
45 quesitons and 60 mins........
attend the quesions from the end for this paper........
every wrong answer carried -1 marking and every right
question carried +3 marking.
i am sending u few questions that i got from friends:
1) a person losses and gains 10% on selling a object for 200.
ans:he losses
2)sum of 1 to 100 is divisible by
1.1,2,4,8
2.2 & 4
3.2
4.none
ans: 2
3)10 consonants and 4 vowels , how many words with 3 consonants and 2
vowels?
1) 720 , 2)7200 ...
complete series
4)AZX....
5)ABCEFGIJK......( ver easy )
6)how many nos start and end with 2 b/w 100 and 300?
7)if a sphere of dia 3 cm is melted & formed into 3 spheres ,
the diameter of 1st is 1.5cm and that of second is 2.0 cm , what is
the
diameter of the third??
8)5 logical reasoning like ::
All elephants are trained
a few animals are trained
..........etc -> refer to IMS material for this
9)there are 6 steps from 1st floor to 2nd floor
A si 2 stes below C
B is next to D
ONly one step is vacant
NO 2 people are on any step
Q!)if a is on the first step , which of the following are true
(( very very easy ))
10) there are 4 novels like thriller , mystery , romance , fiction
written by ,a,b,c,d not necessarily in the same order and published
by e , f , g , h, not necessarily in the same order...and questions
on this
(( very very easy ))
11)6 people compete in a race A,b,c,d,e,f
b is not in the 1st place
there are 2 runners b/w d and e
a is ahead of d
( one more condition ) and 2 quesitions --very easy
12)if prizes are increased by 25% , by how much should i reduce the
consumption to keep the expenditure same??
13)how many factors ( or what nos) divide 6400
1)24 , 2) 25 3) ....
14) "COURTESY" - how many words can be constructed with C in the
begining
and Y at the end
15) My mother's husband's father in laws son's child->what is the
relation?
16)3 glasses containing mixture of water and alco in ratio 2:3 , 3:4
, 5:9
when all 3 are mixed what is the new ratio??
I am Naresh from NITW.MindTree had visited our campus
yesterday(20/9/2003).I am giving some details
regarding the exam.
120 attended the exam
24 short listed for GD.
8 short listed for Interview.
2 are finally short listed.
In Interview they are asking to explain the program
you have written. and also about one of your
intersting subject. HR questions are cool.Tell me
about yourself and family.
GD topics.
1. if both husband and wife are working in the same
organisation.
2.cordination between educational institutions and
companies.
3.Linux Vs Microsoft . Which will perish?.
For written test
45 aptitute questions.These Questions take time.
1 programing question. We have to write program(This
program will be evaluated if you are qualified for
Interview).you will be given choice(ie write one out
of two given)
both the programs are on files
1. we have to count the 3 letter,4letter and 5letter
words from a file and print the number of 3
letter,4letter and 5letter words. Delimiter is
space,tab,hifen.Also we should not consider the line
in the file after we encounter # in that line.(ie
after # we should not consider the portion of line)
2. in file count the number of charecters,number of
words,number of line.Delimiter between words is given
as command line argument.
1hour 15 min is given for the test. we have to answer
both apptitue and program with in this time.
some of the apptitue questions.
1. the is a meeting organised, every person shake
hands with the other only once.if there are 60 shake
hands,how many persons are there in the meeting?.
2.A fater has 8 children ,he takes 3 at a time to a
zoo.probability of a child going to the zoo.
3. a father has six children .all the children are
born at regular intervels.if the sum of their ages of
all the children and father is 186. calculate the age
of the elder son, when the younger sons age is 3.
4.count the numbers between 100 and 300, that starts
with 2 and ends with 2. Ans: 10.
5.some reasoning questions
1. there are six steps,5 people a,b,c,d,e .
conditions are , a is two steps below c,no two people
are on same step,b is next to d.
4 Questions based on this
2. 5 people participating in the race .conditions are
given about the positions.
6.a ball is dropped from a height of 10 feet.Every
time it rebounces to half of the height. how many
feet it travelled?
7.There are 3 jars. The ratio of spirit to water in
each of these jars is 3:2,4:5,5:7. the three jars are
mixed into a single jar. What is the ration of spirit
to water in single jar.
8. What is the relation with your mothr's sister's
brother's wife's child with you.?
9.what is the relation with your mother's husband's
father-in-law's son's child with you?
10.we were asked to fill the series, alpabet sreris 4
questions are given.
11. 5 questions are given, we are asked to find the
logical connection betwween them.
like all managers are drinkers,all drinker are smokers
,questions like this.
Thats all i remember. Hope this will give you idea
about MindTree. Best of luck .