SOLUTIONS TO TODAY'S ACCENTURE BASED MOCK TEST SET A Training and Placement Cell(2011)

Accenture Mock(2011) Time: 60 min SET-A Question:56 Direction for Question 1-3: Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete. 1. Fate smiles ... those who untiringly grapple with stark realities of life. A. with B. over C.on D. round Ans c 2. Catching the earlier train will give us the ...... to do some shopping. A.chance B. luck C.possibility D. occasion Ans a 3. That the poor in our country, are happy is. A.a dream B. a vision C.an ideal D.an illusion Ans d Direction for Question 4-6: Part of the sentence is italicised and underlined. Below are given alternatives to the italicised part which may improve the sentence. 4. His powerful desire brought about his downfall. A. His intense desire B. His desire for power C. His fatal desire D. No improvement Ans b 5. The poor villagers have waited in the bitter cold for more than 4 hours now. A. have been waiting B.had waited C. has been waiting D.No improvement Ans a 6.Not long back, in Japan, a mysterious nerve gas affected a large number of people. A. effected B.infected C. infested D. No improvement Ans b Directions for Questions 7-10: Choose the answer option which will correctly fill the blank. 7._______ study compares office occupancy costs in 202 key locations across 57 countries around ______ world. A. the, an B. the, the C. an, the D. a, the Ans b 8.It is pleasant to have ______sleep in ______ afternoon A. a, a B. A, an C . An, the D. a, the Ans d 9.The US is ______ open economy and _____ strong proponent of free trade globally A. an, a B. The, the C. a, the D. in, the Ans a 10._______ study compares office occupancy costs in 202 key locations across 57 countries around ______ world. A. the, an B. the, the C. an, the D. a, the Ans b Directions for Questions 11-15: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. Today perhaps your only association with the word 'polio' is the Sabin Oral Vaccine that protects children from the disease. Fifty five years ago this was not so. The dreaded disease, which mainly affects the brain ans spinal cord, causing stiffening and weakening of muscles, crippling and paralysis - which is Why I am in a wheelchair today. If somebody had predicted, when I was born, that this

would happen to me, no one would have believed it. I was seventh child in a family of four pairs of brothers and sisters, with huge 23 year gap between the first and last. I was so fair and brown haired that I looked more look like a foreigner than a Dawood Bohri. I was also considered to be the healthiest of the brood. 11. In his childhood, the narrator was A. a weakling B. very healthy C. tall and slim D. short and stout Ans b 12. In this passage, the word 'brood' refers to A. polio victims B. foreign children C. children in the family D. Indian Children Ans c 13. The narrator was the seventh child in a family of A. 8 children B. 16 children C. 23 children D. 4 children Ans a 14. In this passage, the narrator is a patient of A. heart disease B. polio C. paralysis D. nervous weakness Ans b 15. In his childhood, the narrator looked "more like a foreigner than a Dawood Bohri" This was because he was A. a foreign child B. a very healthy boy C. tell and smart D. fair and brown haired Ans d Passage 1 Directions for Questions 16-20: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. No effort is made to understand the reasons for these recurring disasters. Nobody has or the time or the inclination to understand the reasons. Unless and until we make an effort to understand these disasters will continue year after year with ever-increasing intensity. The paramount need of day is information, education, and planning. Information would mean gathering data from all over the world about environmental degradation, loss of forest cover or mangroves, and pollution of all kinds. Education would mean informing the rules the mankind the reasons for these distressed. People must be made aware of the phenomenon of global warming. The vaporous by products of human activities create gas, like carbon dioxide-CO2 which traps vast amount of heat resulting in the increase of earths temperature, which boosts sea-level, shifts seasons. Unseasonal floods, rains, droughts etc. are the direct pattern of seasons but not so under E1 Nino. Increase of two degrees in global warming can cause a havoc. Greenhouse effect is another phenomenon, which haunts us, incoming sunlight has an energy equivalent to about 3,100 watts bulbs per sq yard. Lower air layers, which contain a number of gases, water vapour , CO2 and many others, trap the heat when these gases warm up, some of the heat is radiated back to earth s surface. This is broadly known as green effect. CO2 emission accounts for 60 percent of warming and has a life span of about 100 years in the atmosphere. Water vapour in contrast has a life span of eight days only. Ozone-level depletion is another cause of series concern as it causes killer cancer for which as yet there is no cure. Once we understand the causes, it is easy to take to remedial measures. This brings us to planning. Effluent management planning is the dire need of the day. There should be steering committee of governmental ministers, scientists, industries, NGOs, to devise means to develop and install machineries to prevent major cause of polluting effluents mentioned earlier. Within a time-bound framework, these devices must be installed, failing which the erring industries must be closed down. No new industries should be permitted without efficient effluent management and treatment. Chemical pesticides should be phased out gradually. Indian farmer for centuries depended upon organic fertilizers. Let us opt for them again. Recently, studies showed that mothers milk has DDT contents, obviously from consuming food having agrochemicals or pesticides. The indiscriminate use of pesticides kills both predatory and beneficial insects also. Let us bring back use of Neem for a pesticide, which kills only predatory insects or Tulsi for cleaning the atmosphere from suffocating pollution. Planting these trees on war footing in the urgent need of the day. A country needs more than 30 percent forest cover. Trees retain water in soil and act as buffers against the waves. They are necessary for maintaining the regular cycle of seasons. India has less than 20 percent of forest cover. All this is possible if we opt for information technology. Vast sources of information are available. Let us use them to bring the knowledge to the doorstep of a common man, the executive, the politicians and the judiciary. Environment is a finely-tuned and extremely well balanced ecological mechanism. Flora and fauna, birds, animals and, of course, humans play a vital role. Touch one adversely and all suffer. We are courting irreversible disaster. We have turned our back on Nature. Let us go back to Nature- at least for our survival.

16. According to the author, the various constituents of the environment are A. Supplementary B. Independent C. Mutually in exclusive D. Interdependent Ans d 17. According to the author, the first step toward any remedy is A. Understanding the cause B. Analysis of the existent resources C. Planning D. Sound implementation of ideas Ans a 18. Which of the following is not inferable from the passage? I. Cancer is Incurable. II. The present nature of mens interaction is unsustainable. III. Mothers milk is not advisable. A. I only B. I and II C. II and III D. All I, II and III Ans b 19. Which is the main culprit that causes greenhouse effect? A. incoming sunlight B. trapping gases C. gaseous radiation D. lower air-layers Ans c 20. Indias forest cover is roughly A. Half of what is needed B. Adequate C. Adequate for mangroves D. None of these Ans a Passage 2 I felt the wall of the tunnel shiver. The master alarm squealed through my earphones. Almost simultaneously, Jack yelled down to me that there was a warning light on. Fleeting but spectacular sights snapped into ans out of view, the snow, the shower of debris, the moon, looming close and big, the dazzling sunshine for once unfiltered by layers of air. The last twelve hours before re-entry were particular bone-chilling. During this period, I had to go up in to command module. Even after the fiery re-entry splashing down in 81o water in south pacific, we could still see our frosty breath inside the command module. 21. The word 'Command Module' used twice in the given passage indicates perhaps that it deals with A.an alarming journey B.a commanding situation C.a journey into outer space ANS C D.a frightful battle.

22. Which one of the following reasons would one consider as more as possible for the warning lights to be on? A.There was a shower of debris. B. Jack was yelling. C. A catastrophe was imminent. Ans C D.The moon was looming close and big.

23. The statement that the dazzling sunshine was "for once unfiltered by layers of air" means A.that the sun was very hot B.that there was no strong wind C.that the air was unpolluted

D.none of above Ans D Section 2 -Analytical Ability 24. A square garden has fourteen posts along each side at equal interval. Find how many posts are there in all four sides (a)56 (b)52 (c) 44 (d) 60 ans b 25. Average age of students of an adult school is 40 years. 120 new students whose average age is 32 years joined the school. As a result the average age is decreased by 4 years Find the number of students of the school after joining of the new students (a)1200 (b) 120 (c) 360 (d) 240 ans d 26. The number of times a bucket of capacity 4 litres to be used to fill up a tank is less than the number of times another bucket of capacity 3 litres used for the same purpose by 4. What is the capacity of the tank? (a)360 lts (b) 256 lts (c) 48 lts (d) 525 lts ans c 27. A certain quantity of rice is spent daily for 30 students in a hostel. One day some students were absent as a result, the quantity of rice has been spent in the ratio of 6 : 5. How many students were present on that day? (a) 24 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 25 ans d 28. Look carefully for the pattern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes next 28 25 5 21 18 5 14 (a)11 5 (b)10 7 (c)11 8 (d)5 10 (e)10 5 ans a 29. Find the ratio of purchase price and sell price if there is loss of 12 %. (a) 7:8 (b) 8:7 (c)2:25 (d) 25:2 ans b 30. The rate of failure in an examination is 39.25%. Find the least number of total candidates appeared in the examination. (a)500 (b)400 (c) 125 (d) 260 ans b 31. 0.8 portion of a tank is filled with water. If 25 litres of water is taken out from the tank, 14 litres of excess water over the half filled up tank remains in it. Find the capacity of the tank. (a) 100 ltrs (b) 130 ltrs (c) 200 ltrs (d) 150 ltrs ans b 32. The ratio of the age of a gentleman and his wife is 4 : 3. After 4 years this ratio will be 9 : 7. If at the time of their marriage the ratio was 5 : 3, how many years ago they were married? (a)10 yrs (b) 8 yrs (c) 12 yrs (d) 15 yrs ans c 33. 42 oranges are distributed among some boys and girls If each boy gets 3 then each girl gets 6. But if each boy gets 6 and each girl gets 3, it needs 6 more. The number of girls is: (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 10 ans a 34. Two identical bottles A and B of sweet drinks contain sugar such that 30% of sugar in A is equal to 40% sugar in B.The ratio of sugar in the two bottles is: (a)4:3 (b) 3:4 (c)12:1 (d) 1:12 ans a 35. The volume is decreased by 10% when ice is melted into water. If water is freezed, the volume is increased by: (a) 11 1/10% (b)11 1/9% (c) 9 1/11% (d) 10 % ans b 36. A man retired from his service at the age of 60. He served for 3/5 yrs of his retirement age.He joined his job at the age of:

(a)36 yrs (b) 24 yrs (c)18 yrs (d) 30yrs ans b 37. An alloy of zinc and copper contains the metals in the ratio 5 : 3. The quantity of zinc to be added to 16 kg of the alloy so that the ratio of the metal may be 3 : 1 is : (a) 2kg (b) 4kg (c) 3 kg (d) 8 kg ans d 38. In a row of 60,If Ram is standing at 17th from the first,what is his position from the last? (a)25 (b) 43 (c) 44 (d) 45 ans c 39. A man said to a lady,Your mothers husbands sister is my aunt .How is the aldy related to man? (a) Daughter (b) Grand Daughter (c) Mother (d) Sister ans d 40. A schoolyard contains only bicycles and 4 wheeled wagons. On Tuesday, the total number of wheels in the schoolyard was 134. What could be possible number of bicycles? (a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 18 (d) 14 Ans b 41. Paul is twice as old as Peter as peter was as old as paul is now. So what is the present age of Paul now if sum of there ages is 35years? a)20 b)15 c)23 d)12 ans a Directions for Questions 42-46: In a certain code, the symbol for 0 (zero) is. * and that for 1 is $. The numb.:rs greater than 1 are to be written only by using the two symbols given above. The value of the symbol for 1 doubles itself every time it shifts one place to the left. (For example, 4 is written as $**; and; 3 is written as $$) 42) 11x 17 / 10 + 2 x 5 + 3 / 10 can also be represented as: A) $*$$* B) $*$$$ C) $$$*$ D) $**$$ ANS C 43) 260 can be represented as: A) $****$** B) $$*$$$$$ C) $$*$$$$** D) $*****$** ANS D 44) 60 / 17 can also be represented as: A) $$$*$*** / $$**$$ B) $$$***** / $$**$$ C) $*$$*$** / $$**$$ D) $$*$*$** / $$**$$ ANS C 45) $***$ can be represented as: A) $$$ / $* B) $*$**- $$

C) $*$*$- $$ D) $$$***$ - $$ ANS B 46) 30^2 can be represented as: A) ($$*$$ ) $*+ $*$*$$*$ B) ($$*$$ ) $* + $$****$ C) ( $$*$$ ) $$ + $*$**** D) ( $$*$$ ) $$ + $*$**$ ANS A Directions for Questions 47-50 : For the post of a manager of a leading call centre -Arkade Inc. - situated in Ludhiana, the following are the criteria the candidate must satisfy: - The candidate should have a Management Degree. - The candidate should have at least 4 years of similar experience at-another call center. - The candidate should be more than 30 years of age as on the 1st of July 2003. - The candidate should have 6 months of international exposure, i.e. should have been posted in a foreign country. If a candidate does not satisfy the 1st condition but has more than 2 years of international experience, then the VP operations, will interview him. If a candidate does not satisfy the 4th condition, then the HR manager will interview him. 47) Shakuntala was selected for a managerial position in an international call center after she passed out from AIM Management Institute. After working for 3 years in the call center, she took a sabbatical. She is 29 years of age as on the date of application. She will be: A) Interviewed only by the HR B) Interviewed only by the VP C) Rejected ANS C D) Data insufficient 48) Rajiv has been working as a Manager in Zephyr Inc. for 4 years now. He is an Engineering graduate from a premier engineering institute. His certificate lists his date of birth as 17/12/1974. He has worked in the hotel industry at the executive level. He is: A) Give an aptitude test B) Interviewed by the VP C) Data insufficient D) Not considered ANS D 49) Soma has 2 years of experience in Welsh Inc. and 2 years of experience in Franc Inc., both leading call centers, as a manager. She has a management degree from a premier management organization. She turned 30 this December (2002). She is a B.Com Graduate from St. Xavier's, Calcutta. If she applies for the post, she will: A) Be interviewed directly by the VP Operations B) Not be considered C) Be interviewed by the HR D) Have to give an aptitude test ANS C 50) Salina has over 4 years of experience in Care Touch, a leading call center, as a manager. She completed her MBA from Ranchi and worked in Singapore for UNO for 2 years before joining Care Touch. She will be: A) Recruited B) Rejected C) Interviewed by dIe VP Operations D) Data insufficient ANS D Direction for question 51-56: Find the output of program 51.#include<stdio.h> int main() { int i=3, *j, k; j = &i; printf("%d\n", i**j*i+*j); return 0; } A.30 B.27 C.9 D.3 ANS A 52.void main()

{ float j; j=1000*1000; printf("%f",j); } A. 1000000 B. Overflow C. Error D. None ANS D 53. void main() { int i; printf("%d",scanf("%d",&i));}// value 10 is given as input here A. 1 B.10 C. Compile Error D. Run-time ANS A 54. void main() { int i; for(;scanf("%d",&i);printf("%d",i));}//How many time loop will execute? A. One-time B. Infinite time C. Compile Error D. Run-time ANS B 55. #include<stdio.h> #define SWAP(a, b, c)(c t; t=a, a=b, b=t) int main() { int x=10, y=20; SWAP(x, y, int); printf("%d %d\n", x, y); return 0; } A. It compiles B. Compiles with an warning C. Not compile D. Compiles and print nothing ANS C 56.#include<stdio.h> void main() { int i=2; printf("%d",i); main: } A.Garbage value B.1 C.2 D. Compile Error ANS C