IGATE Aptitude Questions

1.

The average age of a man and his son is 28 years. The ratio of their ages is
3 :1 respectively. What is the man's age ?

30 years

38 years

44 years

42 years

None of these

Answer: Choice
No. D
Total sum of mans age & his sons age =28 2 = 56 Now, the Ratio of their ages is 3 :
1.Therefore,
Mans
age
=
(3/4)

56
=
42
So, the correct answer is option D.
2.

A basket contains 3 blue, 5 black and 3 red balls. If 3 balls are drawn at
random what is the probability that all are black?

2/11

1/11

3/11

8/33

None of these

Answer: Choice
Ways
of
selecting
Total
ways
of

No. E
black
balls
selecting

out
3

of
balls

- 5C 3
- 11C3

The required probability =

3.

The ratio of the capacity to do work of A and B is 3 : 2. If they together can

complete a work in 18 days, then how long does A take to complete the work
alone?

45

30

24

40

None of these

Answer: Choice
LLet
A
and
B
1/3x+1/2x=1/18
So A will take 45 days.
4.

take

3x

2x

to

complete

the

work
x=15

How many integers are there between 300 and 600 that are divisible by 9?

33

31

28

25

None of these

Answer: Choice
The
sequence
594=306+(n-1)9288=(n-1)9n=33
5.

and

No. A
days

No. A
is

306,

594

The sum of two numbers is 14. If the sum of their reciprocals is 7/24, find
the numbers:

4,8

8,12

4,10

6,8

None of these

Answer: Choice
No. C
Going by option , option number 3 and 4 will give sum = 14 but 4th option will give l.c.m 24
and third option gives LCM as 20. It has to be the fourth option.

6.

A, B, C and D are four consecutive odd numbers and their average is 42.
What is the product of B and D?

1860

1890

1845

1677

None of these

Answer: Choice
No. C
As there are As diff. Is same so average should lie between B and C so B is 41 & C is 43 so D
must be 45 as we have to find the product of B and D so it would be 1845.
7.

The product of two alternative multiples of 4 is eight more than five times
their sum. What are the two numbers?

16,32

12,20

8,16

16,24

None of these

Answer: Choice
No. C.
Though options, 3rd option satisfies all the conditions.
8.

Find the three terms in arithmetic series such that their sum is 30 and
product is 910

8,10,12

7,10,13

6,10,14

5,13,14

None of these

Answer: Choice
Option 2nd gives product 910.
9.

10.

No. B

A car covers the first 30 km of its journey in 45 minutes and the remaining
25 km in 30 minutes. What is the average speed of the car?

40km/hr

64km/hr

49km/hr

48km/hr

None of these

Answer: Choice

No. E

Average speed =

= 44 km/hr So option E is the answer.

What is 25% of 30% of 2/5 of 2000 ?

36

40

56

60

None of The above

Answer: Choice
No. D
25% of 30% of 2/5 of 2000 1/4 3/10 2/5 2000 =60

IGATE Verbal Ability

DIRECTIONS for the question 1-2: Choose the word which is opposite in meaning of the
underlined word in the sentence

1.

Renu did not heed the disdain she had to bear at the hands of her stepmother

1. Penitence

2. Humility

3. Pride

4. Admiration

Answer: 3
The word disdain means the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's
consideration or respect, hence the answer is option 4, which means the opposite.

2.

Ambiguity of thoughts can prove disastrous.

rigidity

Clarity

Certainty

Rationality

Answer: 2
thoughts can prove disastrous- from this line it is clear , that ambiguity means to be
unclear , and thus the answer is option 2 , which is the opposite of ambiguity.

DIRECTIONS for the question 3-4: Choose the option which befit expresses the meaning
of the Underlined idiom/phrase in the sentence.

3.

He (is) cut out (for) a sailor.

not suitable

looks like

o
o

especially suited to be
behaving like

Answer: 3
Cut out means to be suited for.
4.

Whenever I meet him, he pulls a long face.

looks angry
looks cheerful

o
o

looks gloomy

looks indifferent

Answer: 1
Pulling a long face means to be gloomy.

DIRECTIONS for the question 5: Choose the option that is the plural form of the given
word.

5.

Radius

Radies

Radiuses

Radii

Radius

Answer: 3
The plural of the word RADIUS is RADII.

DIRECTION for question 6-10: Read the passage and answer the question based on it.

A definite reason for the sudden decline of the Indus Valley Civilization is still elusive, since
there are no reliable records for the period, historians can only speculate. Broadly speaking,
the principal theories thus far proposed fall under four headings. The first is gradual
environmental change, such as a shift in climatic patterns and consequent agricultural
disaster, perhaps coinciding with rapid population growth. Second, some scholars have
postulated more precipitous environmental changes, such as tectonic events leading to the
flooding of Mohenjodaro, the drying up of Saraswati river, or other such calamities. Third, it
is conceivable that human activities such as invasions of tribespeople from the hills to the

west of the Indus valley, perhaps even Indo-Aryans, contributed to the breakdown of Indus
external trade links or more directly disrupted the cities. The fourth theory posits the
occurrence of an epidemic or similar agent of devastation. It is still far from certain at what
date the urban society broke down. The decline probably occurred in several stages, perhaps
over a century or more; the period between about 2000 and 1750 BC is a reasonable
estimation. The collapse of the urban system does not necessarily imply a complete
breakdown in the life-style of the population in all parts of the Indus region, but it seems to
have involved the end of whatever system of social and political control had preceded it.
After this date the cities, as such, and many of their distinctively urban traits- the use of
writing and of seals and number of the specialized urban crafts- disappear. The succeeding
era, which lasted until about 750 BC, may be considered as post- Harappan or perhaps
better as post- urban. In Sindh, the Post Urban phase is recognizable in the Jhukar culture
at Chanhu-daro and other sites. Here certain copper or bronze weapons and tools appear to
be of foreign type,and may be compared with examples from farther west (Iran and
Central Asia) a different, but parallel, change is seen at Pirak, not far from Mehrgarh. In the
Rann of Kachchh and Saurashtra there appears to have been a steady increase in the
number of settlements, but all are small and none can compare with such undoubtedly
Harappan cities as Dholavira. In this region, however, the distinctive, Foreign metal
elements are less prominent. In the Sarasvati valley there is a very interesting development:
here, the early Post-Urban stage is associated with the pottery known from the so-called
Cemetery H at Harappa. This coincides with a major reduction in both the number and size
of settlements, suggesting deterioration in the environment. In the eastern Punjab, too,
there is a disappearance of the larger, urban sites but no comparable reduction in the
number of smaller settlements. This is also true of the settlements farther east in the
Ganges-Yamuna valleys. It is probably correct to conclude that, in each of these areas during
the Post-Urban Period, material culture exhibited some tendency to develop regional
variations, sometimes showing continuations of features already present during the PreUrban and Urban phases.
6.

What is the central idea of the passage?

An attempt to understand the reasons behind the decline of the

Harappan culture

A brief mention of the facts pertaining to the end of the Harappan culture
and the post-urban developments

A discussion on the various factors that have contributed to the beginning

of the Harappan culture

An informative article that tries to shed light on the diverse views about
the socio-economic issues pertaining to the Harappan culture

Answer: 2
Although in the first paragraph, author gives the reason for the fall of harappan society, but
in the third and the fourth paragraphs the author briefly describes post-Harappan era.
7.

According
to
the
passage
A. It is likely that an impoverished agricultural base due to over-exploitation, or a
succession
of
devastating
floods
wiped
out
the
Harappan
culture.
B. Gradual environmental change, such as a shift in climatic patterns and
consequent agricultural disaster, perhaps coinciding with rapid population
growth.
C. It appears that invasions of tribespeople from the surrounding areas hastened
the
disappearance
of
harappan
civilization.
D. Most likely tectonic events leading to the flooding of Mohenjo-Daro and the
drying up of the Sarasvati River, or other such calamities led to the end of the
Indus civilization.

o
o

A and B
B, C and D

A and C

All of the above

Answer: 4
The answer to this question is given in the first paragraph. In the first para, the author has
clearly mentioned four factors that could be the reasons behind the decline of harappan
civilization. Statement C can be understood by reading the lines It is phases given in
the last few lines of the passage.

8.

What piece of information does the author share about Rann of kuchchh
and Saurashtra regions?

There was a collapse of the urban system due to deterioration in the

social and political control

Use of tools made of copper and bronze were more prominent

There seems to be a steady increase in the number of settlements

The increase in the number of settlements was more than as seen in

Harappan cities

Answer: 3
After reading the lines There appears to have been ..of settlements given in the third
paragraph, we get the answer. Moreover, the opposite is stated in statement 4 and that
makes it incorrect. Statement 2 is incorrect as per the last line of the third para In this
regionless prominent.Statement 1 gives us information about Indus region.
9.

Which of the following is not considered as a reason for the decline of Indus
civilization?

Population growth.

Natural calamities

Loss of social and political control.

Wars amongst themselves.

Answer:4
All
the
factors
mentioned
in
options
1,
The one mentioned in 4 is not there in the passage.
10.

and

are

mentioned.

What is the synonym for the word precipitous?

Decrease

Careful

Abrupt

Enormous

Answer: 3
The synonym for the word precipitous is abrupt.

IGATE Reasoning Ability

DIRECTIONS for the questions 1 to 5: After a few statements, conclusion/conclusions
is/are

given.

Mark

your

1.

If

the

conclusion

2.

If

the

conclusion

3.

If

the

conclusion

is

answer
is
is
probably

as
true
False
true

4.

If

the

conclusion

is

probably

false

5. Data is inadequate to reach conclusion

1.

Statement: If all the saucepans were made with diamond we could never fry
eggs.
Conclusion: Therefore, no saucepan is made with diamond.

Answer: C
Since we can fry eggs we can conclude that there must be at least one saucepan that is not
made of diamond. Hence, to say that NO saucepan is made of diamond is very drastic,
though possible.
2.

Statement: Only butterflies can fly. Anything made with butter is a

butterfly.
Helicopters
are
certainly
not
made
with butter.
Conclusion: Helicopters cannot fly

Answer: E

The Venn diagram may be (though not necessarily): B = Butterfly, b = butter F = Fly H =
Helicopter We do not know the relation
3.

Statement: All Christians are Jews. No Jew is a Hindu. Every Hindu is an

Eskimo.
Conclusion: Therefore some Eskimos are not Christians.

Answer: A
At least those Hindus who are Eskimo's will not be Christians..

4.

Statements: Some text-books have no centrifugal force. Anything with

centrifugal
force
is
a
jelly-fish.
Some
jelly
fishes
are
textbooks.
Conclusion: Therefore, some jelly fish have no centrifugal force.

Answer: C
It is not necessary that the jelly fish that are text books overlap with text books which have
no centrifugal force. Hence this conclusion is only a possibility.
5.

Statements: All books are soap-cases. All soap-cases are bird's nests.
Conclusion: Therefore, all books are bird's nests.

Answer: A
f all X are Y and all Y are Z, then all X are Z.
DIRECTIONS for the questions 6 to 8: Solve the following question and mark the best
possible option.
6.

If 'wind' is called 'stone', 'stone' is called 'water', 'water' is called 'breeze',

'breeze' is called 'rain', 'rain' is called 'hot' and 'hot' is called cold' in a certain
language, what do we wash our hands 'with', in that language?

Water

Breeze

Cold

Stone

None of these

Answer: B
"We
wash
our
hands
with
water
So therefore we wash our hands with breeze."
7.

and

water

is

called

breeze.

If 'dust' is called 'air', 'air' is called 'white', 'white' is called 'yellow', 'yellow'
is called 'water' and 'water' is called 'red', then where do the birds fly in?

Yellow

White

Air

Water

Green

Answer: B
Birds fly in the air and the air is called white. Therefore correct answer is white.
8.

If 'water' is called 'food', 'food' is called 'tree', 'tree' is called 'well', 'well' is
called 'sky', on which of the following grows a flower?

Water

Tree

Food

Sky

Well

Answer: E
Flower
grows
on
tree
Therefore correct answer is well.

and

as

given

tree

is

called

well.

DIRECTIONS for the questions 9 to 10: Answer the following question as per the best of
your ability. From among the given five figures 1 to 5, choose the figures that represent the
relationship among the three given classes in the questions that follow.
9.

Writers, Cellists, Musicians

o
Answer: B
"Cellists
are
people
who
play
cello
(a
musical
instrument)
Therefore all the people who play cello must be musicians. Further, musician can also be a
writer, therefore B shows it accurately."

10.

Horses, Young animals, Filly

o
Answer: A
Filly is a young female horse. So all Fillys would be Horses as well as young animals and
some horses will also be young animals. Hence first option will be the best answer.

IGATE Technical Questions

1.

What is the Big O notation of bubble sort?

O(n2)

O(nlogn)

O(n)

O(2n)

Answer:A

2.

Which of the following is true about Java memory management?

It has automatic garbage collector.

Memory is implicitly allocated in the stack

Explicitly allocated and deallocated from the heap.

None of the above

Answer:A
The programmer determines when objects are created, and the Java runtime is responsible
for recovering the memory once objects are no longer in use.

3.

Which of the following is not true about C++?

It has write once, run anywhere language

It is object oriented and generic programming language

It supports native unsigned arithmetic

None of the above

Answer:A
C++ has feature of write once,complie anywhere language.Java is write once ,run anywhere
language.
4.

Which of the following is not supported by Java?

Operator overloading

Multiple inheritances for classes

None of these

Both (a) and (b)

Answer:D

5.

Which of the following is the latest C++ update?

C++11

C++14

C++i

None of these

Answer:B
After a minor C++14 update, released in December 2014, various new additions are planned
for 2017.

6.

Which of the following class access protected and private members of other
class?

Friend class

Virtual class

Main class

None of these

Answer:A
Thers is more coupling between classes when using friend class

Selection Process:
The company conducts recruitment process every year to select new candidates. The selection process
of the company consists of 3 rounds. These rounds are as follows:

Written Exam

Technical Interview

HR Interview

Academic Criteria:

Candidate must be a B.tech (C.S / I.T/E.C.E).

60 percent throughout (Class X, XII and Graduation).

Education gap of not more than one year.

Pattern of Written Exam:

Testing Areas
Number of Questions
Aptitude
15
Reasoning

15
Verbal
20
Total
50
Time allotted for the written exam is 60 minutes.

Aptitude section consists of questions from the topics like algebra, time & work,

time, speed & distance, arithmetic, percentages, profit & loss, geometry and ratio and
proportion. This section is of moderate level.
Reasoning section consists of questions from areas like visual reasoning and

syllogisms.
Verbal section
preposition.

consists

of

questions

from

areas

like

synonyms,

antonyms,