1.solution to terrorism in india.

2.role of youth in reducing corruption.

3.illeteracy and unemployment go hand in hand.
4.education necessary to enter politics.
5.brain drain good for india
6.printing media vs electronic media.
7.is us a friend or foe to india.
8.are women better employees.
9.sports persons are they on an endorsement spree?
10.kbc money making or money gaining?

My topic is “CAPITAL PUNISHMENT”

i Friends

I attended an off campus drive for Satyam on June 14, 2008 in Anna University, Trichy,
Tamil Nadu. I feel sorry for Satyam for missing me. But I have immense pleasure to
share the valuable experience that I got there. As Per our schedule it starts at 2.00 pm.
But I reached there around 9 am to get used to the condition. It was so hot out there and I
also feel the heat since it's my maiden interview. All set to begin.. We are asked to fill up
the hall ticket around 12 noon. Don't forget your reference number in the hall ticket since
the get back the hall ticket after the aptitude and you are referred by that reference
number in further selection process. Its about 1.45pm we asked to enter into the hall
college wise.. As they are so many students they conducted aptitude in 3 batches..
Fortunately I belong to the Batch 1. I am so confident about aptitude but when I enter into
the hall I get perplexed. I would like to add a note here, don't get trapped by this situation
it's a crucial juncture where you have to held your nerves... It was 2.35pm when they
finish the seating arrangement. About 2.40 they distribute the answer sheet where you are
asked to fill your ref no, name, 10th, 12th and your Degree percentage and also about
your backlogs if any ...

It was a single sheet which organize the 15 questions with multiple choice as 5 as follows
1) a b c d e
We are asked to put a X mark over the corresponding choice (It may vary, so keenly go
through instructions provided in the question paper Since one of my friend put a tick
mark instead and get eliminated). Fine.... At last they provided the question paper at
2.45PM. Kindly go through the instruction provided in it. It was 15 Questions and 30
Minutes. -ve Mark is 0.25 for each wrong answer and 1 mark for correct answer. So be
careful while answering.

The questions are as follows

1. The present population of a city is XXXXX (I don't remember the actual value). What
is the difference between the population 3 years and 2 years ago. (Very easy).
2. A number series problem. (I didn't find it)

3. It was big question about greedy thieves who rob large no of gold coins and stay in a
home at night. They Planned to divide it equally on tomorrow and went to sleep. Each
thief take some amount of gold coins and leave some amount (Sorry I forget the actual
value.) At last the remaining amount of coins is XX. Then what is the original amount of
gold coins (I didn't answer it)

4. A time and distance problem (Very easy)

5. An another big passage about coding a integer into binary values as per the given rule
and they ask the result of equation. (I not even try to solve as it was so complex)

6. A logical puzzle. Once again a large passage. The problem is to put Seven types of
Birds A,B,C,D,E,F,G into some amount of cages. They give some restrictions on putting
a bird on cages. (I didn't answer it. I took some time in solving this puzzle but all in vain.
I got little panic at this time as I consumed about 15 min and only answered 2 out of 6. )

7. A calendar problem (Thank god.. Easy one, I solved.. But once again I took too much
time. )

8. i) a2 + b2 = some value
ii) ab = 22.
To find the values of a and b we need
1) statement (1) only
2) statement (2) only
3) Both statement (1) and (2)
4) Either (1) or (2)
5) None of these (Very very easy... I got my confidence back.. since it took only about 10
seconds)

9. Conclusion from passage type problem. Once again a big passage, I apply the a reverse
method here i.e., take a choice and check whether it is true in the passage. fortunately I
got the 3rd choice as right.... (I smell the success at this time)

10. An another conclusion from passage type problem. It's also a big passage. But this
time fortune is not in favor of me. I took about 3 minutes and unable to find out the
solution... (I scold myself at this time as I wasted some precious time)

11. A tree height problem. Present height is some value and if it grows by 1/20th of its
height then what will be its height in 2 years... (Easy one and I answered)

12. A Probability type problem. There are 5 women and 4 men and how many ways that
we can form a group which contain more women than men.. (I give up this as I didn't
remember the method that has to apply this type of problem)
13. A figure series problem. (Easy one but it required a clear frame of mind. I did it)

14. A number pyramid is given and asked to find out a number in the apex (Easy and I
answered)

15. They given a no with its last digit as * (unknown value) and ask what value it would
be so that it is divided by 72. (At this time I heard "Time Up", Incautiously I made a
guess at it. I don't know what forces me to guess the answer. But it happened in a flash
and unintentionally)

The Satyam People who took charge this preliminary told that the result will be
announced after 6 and also told that the HR will be tomorrow. I will definitely thank the
god for postponing the HR round. I get dehydrated because of hot climate and feel so
weak around 5.

The Climax : With a lot of enthusiasm all those who appeared in aptitude gathered in
front of the main building there around 6. But the result is announced only at 7.15. They
started to announce the result college wise. My college is the first. Everyone feel their
heart in their mouth!!! They announced my name..

BOTTOMLINE : Luck is a spoon of sugar. Hard work is a glass of milk. God give the
spoon of sugar to only those who have the glass of milk... Its really true even though I
wander with various thoughts while answering the question I get selected and the reason
behind that is I worked really hard for aptitude for the last 20 days by spending at least 8
hours per day and reap the benefit of those hard work when it matters.. I think the Lower
cut off is 6 as one of my friend get selected by answering only 6 questions.

My suggestions : To be honest, I am not good at solving aptitude. So I worked very hard

to get rid of it. "HardWork" is the only medicine to cure the disease called "Failure". Ya
its true.. My success is truly because of my hard and smart work. So work hard you will
definitely reap the benefit. The Books I followed are
1.Quantitative aptitude by R.S Agarwal
2.Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning by R.S Agarwal
3.Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey

Filling Up the RESUME: After the completion of announcement, we people who cleared
the aptitude are asked to gather in a room there and we are asked to fill up the resume
form given by them. In that form they ask about our personal details, reference, and
percentage in 10th, 12th, and degree. There is also some fields for academic mini-
projects, extra-curricular activities and for some additional information. Be careful while
filling up this form since the question in HR will be based on this. After completing the 2
pages of that Resume form, You are asked to write a essay about 300 pages on the third
page of the form on the topic they give. My Topic is "Other side is always look greener".
It is conducted to asses how good we are in English and also our understanding of the
topic. Other topics are
1.Growing up in a small town
2.Have you ever struggled for something and end with failure
3.How your friends know you
4.Whom do you want to interview and why
5.Living for working or working for living

It was around 9 when they get back the resume form. We are instructed to be there at
8am, next day for HR.. In this way the most unforgettable day of my life ends. And I
went to sleep with endearing dreams..

The DAY 2: We all gathered at 8am. They call us by our reference no and from various
batches. I was designated to Batch 9 and instructed to take my interview in room no 210.
There are 5 students in my batch including me. I was called as 3rd person.

The Interview:
ME: Excuse sir, May I come in
HR: Yes Come in....(When I tried to open my mouth to wish good morning to him)
HR: Take your Seat..
ME: Thank you sir..
HR: TamizhVendan.. am I pronouncing correct?
ME: Yes sir, you are right (With a slight smile)
HR: ok TamizhVendan, Tell me about your family background
ME: I am hailing from a typical middle class family. My father is working as a
accountant in a small retail store
HR: which store ?
ME: Cement store sir
HR: k, continue
ME: My mother is a house wife and I have a younger sister who is doing her first year in
BE - CSE.
HR: What's your hobbies?
ME: My Hobbies are Participating Technical Internet Forums, Playing Cricket and
Origami.
HR: Origami...! What is it..
ME: It's a Japanese art of folding paper into creative shapes sir...
HR: Oho.. How do You learn it..
ME: Sir I was inspired by a documentary about origami in National Geographic channel.
Then I surf the net and get a ebook about origami and learn about it sir.
HR: So you learned it by reading those instructions in that book.
ME: Yes sir..
HR: Do you watch Movies...
ME: Occasionally sir..
HR: Do you watch TV..
ME: Yes sir.. I watch roughly about an hour..
HR: What kind of programs do you watch in TV?
ME: News and Cricket sir....
HR: News...! Well what is the recent news..
ME: Inflation rate rises to 8.75% which is 7 year high sir..
HR: What is the reason for that....
ME: There are several factors but predominantly they are two. The first one is the supply
Side factors i.e. supply doesn't meet its demand sir.. Another factor is rise in Crude oil
price.
HR: oh!... What is the oil price now
ME: Its135$ per gallon sir (I made a mistake here).
HR: gallon... Are you confident about it?
ME: Yes sir.. I am confident about it..
HR: What is gallon....
ME: It is a measure to scale liquid sir...
HR: Then what is barrel ?
(Now I got that It is barrel but I told it as gallon wrongly. As I told I am confident about
that answer I didn't confess my mistake)
ME: It is also a measure sir..
HR: What is mean by m3
ME: meter cube sir.. used in volume measurement
HR: what is meant by cc..
ME: Sorry sir.... I am unaware of this domain sir..
HR: Any other recent news is there...
ME: There is a debate on IPL sir....
HR: What is it all about...
ME: Its about whether IPL is a success or not...
HR: What is your view on it....
ME: It is a successful one by money wise but it opens a wrong door for younger players
sir..
HR: Why you say like that..
ME: In T-20 form of cricket you are encouraged to play unorthodox shots which would
fluctuate the techniques of a batsman and it was hard for them to cop up in one day and
Test cricket... Any one can hit a six sir.. But only very few have the ability to stand and
deliver a good innings in a test match.. So Test cricket is the only form of cricket which
test the techniques and temperament of a batsman sir..
HR: What's your favorite subject in Twelfth standard..
ME: Computer Science sir..
HR: Ok TamizhVendan.. Can You solve a problem in maths..
ME: Yes sir,,, I can..(He Drew a 28x24 rectangle and ask me to form a box with large
volume by cutting a square of same size in all the four corners)
ME: Sir.. Can I take some time to solve this problem..
HR: Take your own time... (Nothing comes into my mind about that problem.. but I
pretend like solving that problem)
HR: Do you think can you solve this problem..
ME: Yes sir.. I can... (After some time.. I give up and said him sorry sir I am unable to
find the solution for it sir.. )
HR: Its ok.. Do you think this problem have the solution..
ME: Every Problem has the solution sir....
HR: But So many problems in the world don't have solution..
ME: Yes sir.. But for those problems that we don't have the solution in today may have
the solution on tomorrow... Its all depend on how we look at it sir...
HR: yes.. But still there are certain problems that has been proved that there is no solution
for it.
ME: Yes sir I accept your view sir... But those are exceptions... Exceptions are not
examples sir..
HR: Ok.. TamizhVendan..I am Satisfied with your answer.. You can go now..
ME: Thank You sir.....
(Since its my maiden interview I don't know whether I answered properly or not)

THE PANEL INTERVIEW:

After HR, they conducted a panel interview as an additional round. Around 30 people
were selected and I was one among them. I blame myself for the downfall in this round as
I was not prepared for this kind of panel interview. There are 3 people in that panel and
each one pick a topic and ask from it. I felt this as a rapid fire round. It finished in a flash.
Really I struggled to answer the questions, as they asked almost simultaneously. Finally
after 1 week they announced the result and Satyam missed me. I took it as sportive and
started to move towards the next drives.

Hello Friends,

Myself San.

I want to share my experience with all you assuming that it will catalyze your endeavor
for MBT(Tech Mahindra Entrance EXams for freshers).
The whole procedure is as following:

1) Tech M specified following criteria for eligible students who will be able to write the
placement paper on campus as-
10th/12th/B.Tech(EI,EC,CSE,IT)-60% mandatory,no relaxation for any,even 59.99 will
not be considered eligible.

2) Tech M visited the campus on 23rd evening and conducted a presentation,introducing

their technology,policy and focus.
Their team was including 3 members(an HR,an IT Architect, a Network Pro).

3) They provided a form which included columns for bio-data,skills,projects,and a

declaration. It was to b submitted at the time of written test with the resume attached and
a photograph.

4) Soon after the ppt, a written test(Online) was conducted. The test was online and we
need to login into a session with our id's which was in the form. There were some
protocols to be followed which was defined to us by them.

The written paper was as such :

* Aptitude Test - 40min / 70Questions /70 marks

Pattern was this:

* Logical Reasoning:35 Questions
* Non-verbal:20 Qustns.
* Quant Apti:15 Qustns.

I'll like to throw some light on this.

See,all the questions were normal with no such difficulty. So all of you can solve the
problems after doing your homework(like practicing arithmetic and reasoning
problems).The main focus must be on managing your time rightly.

I attempted the quant section in the beginning and was able to solve all of them in 10 min
hardly,so left with 30 min.

Then I jumped to non verbal(which is the easiest section) and finished that in next 10
min.
The logical section was mixed up with figure and some other pattern questions
I ended up with 56 out of 70.

The next session was of objective english.

100 Questions-100 marks - 40 minutes.

Contains 8 sections articles(10),subject verb agreement(20),confusing verbs(20),sentence
framing(10), vocab(10), comprehension(10), voice(10),tense(10).

Buddies, u need to clear your language basics for this section,all questions were
easy,again time management was major factor.

I referred all these concepts a day before from an English grammar book.
I ended with all 100 questions only in 30 minutes.

5) By 10pm at night, result of the written test was announced, with 39 students out of 156
appeared were shortlisted. I was in the list.
We were told to report next morning at 7am sharp.

6) The next round was Technical Interview,we need to carry our resume,photograph,all
marksheets and their photcopies to be submitted at the time of interview.
See,Tech M is known to not to concentrate in depth technical skills of the candidates.

What they need is confidence, clear basics and a good resume.

The interview started(only one member in the panel,the IT architect,as
parallel tech interviews were conducted at that time) with introduction.
I was asked about my position in my class and justify it.
Then he threw a data structure question on me,heap sort. I explained the basic also.
Then he checked my resume and asked few core java concepts.
Polymorphism,etc.

Then he asked me to implement a code for overriding.

I did with ease,but he added some objects in the program and called the function
available in both based and derived class.

He then asked me which function will be called,I answered correctly. Then he asked me
about access specifiers,,packages,util package,ArrayList,HashMap and difference
between them. Some questions on my project and then asked to leave and tell if I have
any question( I will request you all readers to use this opportunity and keep few good
question with you to ask to them,as it may mark a good impression of yours).

7) The technical round ended and 32 students were shortlisted for HR Round. I was able
to make it.

8) In the HR round, students were called in group of 5-6,and a joint session was
conducted.

Each of us was given a topic,on which we were asked to express our views for 2
minutes,and then an open,informal GD was conducted on the topic. So,6 topics was
distributed and 6 GDs were conducted on them. The topics were common,feel free to
express,quote some practical and real examples. Don't loose the fluency and
confidence,as HR round is the most important one in Tech M.

9) Finally result was announced with 21 students placed.

I was able to make it in TechM.

The package is 3.07 lpa.
Joining date is yet to be intimated.

All the best guys! Have a nice day!

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Q1.A+B+C+D is57,average weight of A+B is 43,Average weight ofC+D is 67,find

out the ratio of students of section A and D?
Q2:There is a question on age?

Q3: The the ratio of the salary of ramesh and gautam one year ago is 7:9,the ratio of their
income one year ago to this yearare 4:5and 3:4.The sum of income of both at present is
14000.find out the income of gautam?

Q4:if today 21st may 2004 is a suday then what day is on 21 may 1994?

Q5:IF one person travelat a speed of 3m/sec then how much he travels in one hour 40
minutes?

Q 6:There is one ques like we have to add if e=0, some values are given from which we
have to find out the value for O

GOGLE

+YAHOO

————

76547 ?

Q7:There is a question based on figure ?this is common to all sets

Q8:There is a question on some input given to a machine which performs acc to a pattern
described?

Q9:the probability of students appeared for CAT is 4/5 and for MAT is 2/5.then find out
the prob. that student appeared for at least one tes

GD topic:

To advertise Meshine guns should we take Veerappan or army commander

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1.Father age was the same as of son now, when son was born. Now father is 38
then what is the age of son 5 years back.

2.For gravelling floor with bed area the cost of gravelling bed area and the remaining are
of the floor are 3 rs and 4 rs resectivel. If the length and width of the floor is 13 then what
is the length of the bed area.

3.A is father of C. D is daughter of H. Gis the son of A. H is the wife of C. F is the

daughter of C. Then how is D is related to G.

4.
28

496

8086

138496

what is the value in the – osition. i. 4 ii. 6 iii. 16 iv. None of these

5. In how amy two factors can you get the value 8064 i. 20 ii. 21 iii. 24 iv. None of these

6. A train is 20% faster than car. They started from A and reaced B at the same time. The
thain is with 12.5 min stoppages. What is the speed of the car

i. 50 ii. 55 iii.60 iv. None of these

7. seating arrangements with A to H and some with some conditions.

8. Then

Is IN the 1st triange arrows are given up side and

In the second triangle they are down side. We

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9. one question on cylinder but the numbers are in points

10. one table is given with the roduct and revenues. We have to find the % rev more than
the revious year.

GD topic:

To advertise Meshine guns should we take Veerappan or army commander

1. A Trinary number(Base 3) is given(i remember

211212). You have to convert it to Decimal.

2. Five figures are drawn and you have to tell the

sixth figure.(Bank PO type question) Ans: choice 1

3. One circle, One triangle and Two rectangles are

drawn in a jumbled way. You have find the
area(or,length of a side) of some intersection.

4. A detailed description is given and on the basis of

which one question was asked. I don’t remember much
but…i think the story goes like this….one neckless
has been stolen by one of the ten Persons(there names
are given…..A says B has Stolen…B say C has Stolen
like that….Only one of them is telling truth…So
who has stolen the neckless.

5. One question was on Pipes and Cisterns.

6. A tent has conical roof and Cylindrical base. You

have to find out the Surface Area. Dimension were
given..Height of conical roof = 4.8 m, Diameter of
Base= 9 m…
7. A $ B means “A is brother of B” , A*B means “A is
father of B” A % B means “A is wife of B”…so on
Which of the following option means that P is Father
in law of U? then 5 optons were given with long
expressions.

8. If 19+48 = 34 , 24 + 48 = 24 …etc………….so
56 + 23 = ?

9. If D means “less than” F means “not greater than” C

means ” Equals To” etc……Then two expressions were
given in this notation and you have to deduce the
resultant expression (obviously in same
notation)..easiest question….attempt it first.

10. A figure was drwan showing the Flight Route of a

Mine Vehicle along with the probability of Accidents
in diffenrent regions of the Route as well as the time
taken by the vehicle to cross that region. You have to
find the region where the Chances of Accident is
least.

11. One more question was there to be solved on the

basis of detailed description given with it. I
remember some series of numbers was given.
Questions from a previous placement exam test paper - techmahindra / axes it
technologies company recruitment - employment test.

1. There are total 15 people. 7 speaks french and 8 speaks spanish. 3 do not
speak any language. Which part of total people speaks both languages.
Ans: 1/5
2. A jogger wants to save ?th of his jogging time. He should increase his speed
by how much %age.
Ans: 33.33 %
3. A is an integer. Dividing 89 & 125 gives remainders 4 & 6 respectively. Find
a?
Ans: 17
4. In a office work is distribute between p persons. If 1/8 members are absent
then work increased for each person.
5. Question based on cubes. In which fill the blank box.
6. 120, 315, 300, 345, ? ?- 390
7. 2,1, 4, 3, 6, 6, 8, 10, 10, ?, ? ? 12, 15
8. Questions based on figure rotation
9. Questions based on figure rotation
10. A Child is saying numbers 1, 2, 3, 4. When he says 1 Another child puts white
marble in a box. On saying 2 he puts Blue marble and on saying 3 he puts
red ma rble. When child says 4 other child take out white and blue marble.
Child says some no. in a sequence then questions are based on the no. of
marbles in the box. Like this
1,1,2,3,1, 4, 1,1,3,2,2,4,111?
a) Find the no. of Blue marble in the box ? 2
b) Find the no. of White-2
c) No. of red marbles - 7
11. Questions based on logical reasoning (R. S. Agrawal)
a) all pens are hens. All hens are doctor.
(I) all pens are doctor.
 (II) all doctors are pen.
Ans: Only first conclusion is correct
12. if M person r buying a thing costing D$ each,, if 3 person get away, how
much each person has to spend so that total expenditure is same ???
13. which is smallest?
a. 1/7
b 1/8
c 2/9
d 3/13 or something similar having denominations as 11 and 13 in option ?d?
and ?e?
14. f Rix can collect 45 pieces in 1 min.. and Rax take 1 and half minute for
same,, what is time require d to collect 300 pieces when both working
together??
15. One long quiz followed by 5 questions 3 cages having 3 tags on them, sum of
digit of cage num not to exceed 10, and other cond.
16. one quest of grandfather-father-son type quest.
17. A is shorter than B but taller than E, D is tallest, C is just shorter than A,
who is shortest or similar questions?
18. Rectangular box, 25*20*2 converted in to cylinder of dia 10? what is height
in terms of ?pai?

Mahindra Satyam Placement Papers 2011

The recruitment is through written test, group discussion &
interview. There is Online written test which consists of
Technical as well as Aptitude section. There are 60
questions for which 40 Mins is given. In Aptitude section,
there are 75 questions which are from subjects like
mathematics & reasoning. The technical section consists of
25 questions which are based on computer fundamentals
like finding outputs etc.

1.Calender Problem if 2nd January 2005 is Monday what is the day of

2nd January 1895 ?

2.One question on Time and Work

3.One question is on arrange seating on a table

4.One question on Ratio Propotion

5.complete Series 2, 4, 6, 5,?, 9, 8, 10, 12

6.A question on probability when a die and coin tossed what is the
probability of getting a head and 6 on top.

7.How many 7s are there in the following series which are not
immediately following by 3 but immediately preceded by 8?

898762263269732872778737794
8.How many members are there between 1 to 100 which are divisible
by 9 and the sum of two digits is 9?

9.A and B invested money together in a business and share of capital

of A is 1/4th that of B. If they incurr a loss of Rs.500 then loss
for B is

10.If the compound interest (compounded Yearly) on a certain sum

for 2 years at 3% is Rs.101.50 then what will be the
corresponding simple interest?

11.In a race of 4Kms A beats B by 100m or 25 seconds, then time

taken by A is

12.The age of Ritu’s mother is 6 times that of Ritu’s age. After 6 years
it will be 3 times that of Ritu’s age. what is Ritu’s present age?

13.Ten years ago A was half of B’s Age. If ratio of their present ages
is 3:4 then what is the total of their present ages?

Technical Questions

G.D. TOPICS :

1.Should Mobiles Banned in Colleges or Not

2.which state is best for IT Industry ?