PATNI PAPER ON 1st AUGUST

This company had come for the first time in Karnataka for the campus recriutments and it had just three rounds.

Initailly it had a written test which consisted of two parts Quantitative Aptitude which was very simple and full of R.S. Aggarwal type. Covering just few chapters of R. S. Aggarwal like Percentage, Problems on Ages, Ratio and Proportion, and some common sense would be enough to solve that part.

The second part was English which was very easy and all were basic English which was just to fill the articles and i guess there was a passage too......

There was a Group Discussion after this round in which the some four topics were given and we were asked to choose the topic. It was for about 15 minutes.

After the GD there was a single round of interview which was just HR but some of my friends from computers stream were asked technical questions also. But I was asked questions on Web Designing, which was my field of interest. And my whole interview was just based on that. And I got through.....

So All The Best for All of You......

PATNI PAPER ON 18th JUNE 2007

hi friends..... the whole interview consist of 3 sections.....providing with sectional cutoff but no negative markings
1.APTITUDE(60 question in 70 min)
2.GROUP DISCUSSION(GD)
3.HR

Aptitude comprises of three sections...ie..verbal(15)logical reasoning(15) quants(30)... Really believe me my friends this s my 6th company in our campus.... i just gone with no hopes but having confidence... TOTALLY there were nearly 200 students...Cleared aps is nearly 75...cleared GD s abt 46..Finally they shortlisted only 26... i was just one among them...

In aps,verbal s very easy then comes reasoning it used 2 take time but understanding d concept s matters..then quants(PROFIT AND LOSS, PERCENTAGES, RATIOS all r from R.S AGARWAL only so don neglect those topics)time provide matter 4 u...so manage d time

GD TOPIC given 2 us was ADVERTISEMENT IS ALL ABOUT GLITTERS BUT NO REALITY....
totally v were 10 in a group...they selected 6 of us.... The main idea behind GD is analysing our confidence level,gesture,eye contact so talk boldly with high pitch of confidence ... then u vil b selected...

finally comes HR
it may consist of very basics of technical knowledge and general HR questions my question s al abt.......
Tell me about yr self
OOPS concept
INHERITENCE
what s CLASS and y v need it in programming
how wil u handle the confliction in a teamwork between u and yr team player...

ALL THE BEST MY GUYS..... HOPE SEE U ALL IN PCS........

PATNI PAPER ON 18th FEBRUARY AT NOIDA

Hi Friends,

I have given the test of patni Apptitude,

The pattern was -> 1hr Appt. followed by Technical ->C/C++/VC++ (1hr) followed by Tecnical and HR Interviews.

The Question paper was quite tough having 45 questions to be done in 1 hr duration.

Questions were from every Section as -> General Mathematical equatin solving, General Men-Work problems, Time-Distance, Ratio - proportions, Volume based, Cubes questions. But i was not able to solve the paper hence disqualified in 1st round.

Moral is go on practicing the papers u will definetly do it on very 1st attempt.

PATNI PAPER ON 13th JULY AT COIMBATORE

Hi all!
I am Karthik B.S. from GCT, Coimbatore. This year (2007) PCS (Patni Computer Systems) held the campus recruitment jointly for CIT and GCT at the formers campus on 13.07.2007.

The selection procedure consists of 3 stages:

1. Aptitude

   1. 15 questions Verbal (minimum cut-off is 8)

   2. 15 questions Critical Reasoning (minimum cut-off is 8)

   3. 30 questions Analytical Reasoning (minimum cut-off is 16)

2. G.D.

3. Technical + HR

Verbal round was damn easy. A word from a sentence will be italicized and the closest-matching synonym has to be selected. The minimum cut-off here is 8 out of 15.

Critical Reasoning consisted of 15 questions. A paragraph was given about a family consisting of several members. Their professions were given. And you have to find who's who. A little bit of concentration will do.

Regarding Aptitude they asked ALMOSE ENTIRE QUESTIONS from Percentage, Profit and Loss and Ratio & Proportion. If you are strong enough in those topics, you can easily sail through in this round. R.S. Aggarwal and going through old PATNI question papers is enough.

In G.D., there were totally 9 batches. Each batch consisted of 9 candidates. The topic given to our batch was "Why are we not able to excel in other industries as we are in Software Industry?" The candidates in my batch were dominating to say the least. At one point of time some 2 or 3 guys were simultaneously "shouting" for nearly 30 seconds. And no wonder both were not short-listed. So the key-point here is don't try to dominate others in G.D. Utilize the opportunity when you get one. Finally, 5 from each batch were short-listed for the final Technical-cum-HR round. So totally 45 candidates were short-listed and I was one among them. :-)

The HR round was pretty easy. It lasted some 30 minutes. My panel consisted of single HR person only (which is both an advantage and a disadvantage). He asked some basic questions from DBMS, OOPS, my U.G. Project, SDLC, Networking etc.

Finally the results were announced at 7 p.m the same day. My name was read aloud even as my heart kept pounding out of anxiety. Woah! I am a PATNI-ite now! :-) Meet you at PATNI.

PATNI PAPER ON 22nd SEPTEMBER AT BHOPAL

HI, Its JAGENDRA DESHMUKH

I am participated in open campus of patni computer at Bhopal on 22-23sep2007

There are three round in the selection process

1->ROUND:{written}

it consist of three section

i->verbal

2->quanta

3->analytical reasoning

question paper is simple,one day preparation is enough to brake the test.

2->GD.mainly gd topics are following

i->orkut should be banned or not

ii->gambling should be legalized or not

iii->china threats India

iv->the role of media in India

3->hr cum technical round

TOTAL STUDENT PARTICIPATED=AROUND 1000

CLEARED WRITTEN=220

CLEARED GD=48

FINALLY=16 AND LUCKILY I AM ONE OF THEM AFTER THE REJECTED BY

1->TCS

2->INFOSYS

3->PERSISTENT

4->MASTEK

5->ZENSAR IN FINAL HR ROUND

SO FRIENDS DON’T LOSSE HOPES UNTILL YOU WIN. TRY & TRY & TRY UNTILL REACH ON THE WAY OF SUCCESS

BEST OF LUCK,MEET AT PATNI COMPUTERS

PATNI PAPER ON 18th OCTOBER 2007

Hi. this is tripurari chaudhary frm Yamuna nagar, haryana.i m very happy 2 be placed at Patni Computer services.i had been 2 Baddi(HP) 4 a joint campus on 18th oct 2007. On first day there was only written exam. total candidates appeared =8000, 70 colleges the procedure 4 PCS is

1. Written
60 ques=15 eng,15 verbal,30 apti
cut-off-11 eng,11 verbal,26 apti with negative marks of 0.5 very difficult 2 clear out this round but joint efforts of 2 or more candidates can clear out this test out of 8000, 360 cleared out this test

2. GD
12 students in a group pannel of 2 members are there
they were selecting 2 mem in a grp. t
otal of 160 cleared this round

3. Tech /HR
out of 160, 39 cleared this round
guys i was very happy 2 be selected because my name was there in lesser no of candidates
don't lose hopes.
all the very best
meet u in mumbai

PATNI PAPER ON 8th OCTOBER AT CHENNAI

hi friends
i am jack and i got placed in patni computer system(pcs) through offcampus held in St.joseph engg college oct 8th.

The PCS recruitment process consist of
1. Written test
2. G.D
3. Personal Interview (tech + hr)

After getting clearing these 3 round they gave 3 cds and 3 weeks time.
Asked us to submit assignment on the subject on the cd.
the Cd consist of tutorial and lab exercise.

After submiting the assignment there is pre-assessement test and based on performance of assignement and test they will send for training(patni preparatory program ppp)..

The training will be 6 to 8 weeks and the stripen for the training will be paid along with our first month salary.We have to sign a two year agreement and also pay 75k refundable deposit. This deposit is refundable after 2 years.

About the written test is very easy question but no time.. it has three section.
1.verbal
2.analytical
3. technical
All the three sections are very easy but we have to rush with time. no negative marks.

The rule to follow it is try to solve as many question as possible.
i) first solve all easy question.
ii) dont read the comphension paragraph without solving all other question.

about the g.d.
patni g.d is a selection processs. They kept written test and g.d on same day. They just check the communication skill. people with some moderate communication skill will easily get shortlisted..

about the interview
The interview call was after 4 weeks. The personal interview is truely depend upon the candidate fate. It may be purely H.R for some people. and There may also be tech questions.

1. tell me abt urself.
2. what is ur hobbies.
3. what is ur project.
4. explain briefly abt ur project.

my tech questions are
1. o.s
2. scheduling
3. pre-emptive and non pre-emptive
4. deadlock
5. data structure
6. binary search
7. how to build binary tree
8. some sorting algorthim
9. collision in hash table.
10.java
11.thread

these are my experience with Patni Computer System.i hope u may get some idea about the process. Please go with full confience to all interview.
This was my 20th software company interview and finally i got it.

All the best..

PATNI PAPER PATTERN ON 21st JANUARY AT MUMBAI

hello friends, i had given Patni aptitude test

Total time: 70 minutes

Total Questions: 60

Sections

English(30)

Logical(30)

Maths(30)

About test

- No negative marking

- Sectional Cutoffs

Section 1: English

Level: simple

Q type: fill in the blanks (using prepositions / articles) <- simple level

Q type: Meaning of words <- simple level

Q type: Passage: no direct questions, littile tough

Section 2: Logical

Level: ok

Q type: caselet normal one

i had got some moveis one that 6 movies per day with timings and conditions (puzzle kind)

others were normal placement type logical

Section 3: Maths

Level: little tough due to time

please study

-percentage

-profit n loss

-ratio proportion

-simple interest n compound interest

-chain rule

try to solve as early as possible

10-12 per class were selected for GD on the same day

GD was in 10 mins. simple one but do speak as it is also an elimination round

once GD is done, result comes out n they will call u for interview later!

BEST OF LUCK

PATNI PAPER ON 13th APRIL AT ORISSA

Hello Friends........ I m Lingaraj from Orissa.......... Branch: CSE

I have appeared the campus recruitment process of PCS( Patni Computer Systems ) on 13th and 14th april of 2007.........
Eligibility criteria: 60% career........

Process
Written Test [ 60 questions in 70 minutes ]
GD
Interview ( Tech+HR )

Total 750 apperared........235 quallified for the GD.............. 120 quallified for the Interview........ Finally 70 selected..............I was one of them..................I appeared this in my 6th semester.............. The written test was damn easy......

There were 3 sections......... Sectional cut-off was there........No -ve marking..........
Section-I English section of 15 questions..........
1) Sporadic : ( Synonym ) ?
2) Apathetic : ( Synonym ) ?
3) Charisma : ( Synonym ) ?
4) A passage had been given......5 questions on that..........( Very Easy,,,,,Just read the passage and u will get all the answers )
5) Some fill in the blank questions on simple English grammar...............

Section-II 30 Analytical questions............
Very Very easy...........Questions on Profit-loss, Percentage, SI & CI, Numbers....5 resoning questions..........

Section-III 15 questions
Some verbal Questions like fill in the blanks on prepositions..........
Some apti on probability and permutation-combination...........
The cut-off for each section............
Sec-I : 11 out of 15
Sec-II : 24 out of 30
Sec-III : 12 out of 15

Group discussion: Some of the topics given :
1) Do or Die
2) Education vs Success
3) Failure of Indian cricket in WC-2007
4) We don't learn from history, We repeat it ( My group topic )

Interview:
Int : Good Evening lingaraj, Take a seat .
Int : Tell me about yourself .
Int : What are ur strengths
Int : What are ur views on the topic u were given in the GD .
Int : Tech question on RDBMS, C++, DSTC, C
Int : Do u have any Questions ?

My interview was of around 20-25 minutes................
Before being selected in PCS, I have appeared in TCS, Wipro, Mind Tree, Mastek, Atos Origin.....In all this i have been rejected in the Interview..........Finnaly i got it at PCS.........

Work Hard ......Success will touch ur feet....THANK YOU ALL..

Patni Whole Testpaper

Hi friends I am srinivas got selected in patni. I really inspired by this site and benifitted a lot.

In written he selected 60/150 , in GD he cleared 30 for interview finally 16 are selected.

here is the selection process,
IN written
there will be 60 q's 70 min
15---- English
Here concentrate on articles(3q's), synonyms(3q's very easy) ,prepositions , and paragraph questions ( big paragraph some what tough )

dont start paragraph

15---- analytical
It is little bit hard but u can crack ...Venn diagrams(2Q's (VIMP),Blood relations ,clocks,seating arragements.

30---- Quantitative (VIMP)
prepare , Profit and loss , Ratio and proportin , and time and work , SI & CI.
here 70 % ( nearly 20 Q ) are only from Profit and loss , Ratio and propotion & SI & CI ...... don't leave these three ....

some questions are

1. cost price of 12 apples = selling price of 10apples then profit%? (same q repeated for 3 times with different numbers ).

2. selling price given and market price given asked to find cost price .

3. cost price is given and bonus,SP is given asked to find MP.

4. a:b, b:c, c:d are given and asked to find a:b:c:d

5. a:b, b:c, c:d are given and total amount they have is given asked to find d's share .

6. SI is given and for the same number of years CI also given .....etc and asked to find initial amount.( Related 3 Q's)

Time management is very important factor . Never start with english or analytical. Start with quant then analytical finally in 10 min u can solve Eng.

overall the paper was easy .

even u know how to do but struct somewhere, blindly left and go for the other

Next GD one pannel min 10 ( in my pannel 11) he selected 4 from 11

current topics only he gave . Here 3 pannels got "Ragging should be banned in the campus" , "Is Foreign coach necessary for Indian team .

I got the first one. u have to talk something, they wil give everyone a chance.

Next HR+tech

i failed in 2 HR's till now but i never experienced such a nice interview. He is so cool and helpful . He is so friendly and even helped

me when i structed .
purely ur subject, he didnt ask anyone from C, C++ ...

everything he asked from my core electronics like

what is Mux, Demux. How can we multiplex different signals.

then he asked What is microprocessor, What is the difference between Microcontroller and microprocessor.

about optical fiber operation ,

About my strengts and weakness he asked

finally he asked me any questions. I asked him a question on recent collabaration of patni with a Telecommunication company

which they didnt mention in the PPT . On that he nearly talked for 4-5 min .That question helped me a lot to get.

All the best to all, lets meet in mubai .

Patni VNIT -NAGPUR

Hi friends,............

I am Vaibhav Patil (VNIT-NAGPUR) doing M.Tech. In Heat Power Engg I got selected in PCS by campus in our college.

PROCEDURE:

1. Brief Preplacement Talk.
2. Aptitude Test
3. Group Discussion
4. (Tech+HR)Interview

PACKAGE:

B.TECH ----3LACS

M.TECH-----3.25LACS

ON 20^TH AUG 2007

1.THE COMPANY MEMBERS GIVEN PREPLACEMENT TALK

2. APTITUDE TEST

Time 1hr 10min

Total questions =60

THERE IS NEGATIVE MARKING & SECTIONAL CUT-OFF

A) ENGLISH

1. PASSAGE…………………………………………...7MARKS

2. FILL IN THE BLANKS(EASY)………....................8 MARKS

B) LOGICAL REASONING

1. Critical Reasoning consisted of 15 questions. A paragraph was given about a family consisting of several members. Their professions were given. And you have to find who’s who. A little bit of concentration will do…………...15 MARKS

C) QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE………………...............30 MARKS

Very easy section. Always start with this section. Question like if a:b=1:2, b:c=3:2,c:d=4:5 then a:b:c:d=?

I HAVE CLEARED APTI WITH 43/60 MARKS

3. GROUP DISCUSSION

They haven’t taken G.D.

5. INTEVIEW

Questions

1 Tell me abt ur self?

Ans: RATA HUA THA…

2 Diff bet otto cycle & diesel cycle?

Ans:Given

3 U r m.tech in heat power then why u r swiching to software industry?

Ans: RATA HUA THA…

4 HOw u can apply ur mechanical Knowledge to software?

Ans: LAMBA FEKA……..

5 Asked Abt project??

Ans: BATA DIYA

6 Why ur joining Patani????????/

Ans: BATA DIYA

7 Which languages & database u know?//

Ans. C.c++, VB6.0

CANDIDATES APPEARED=45

APTI CLEARED BY =16

FINALLY SELECTED = 08(M.TECH=3,B.TECH=5)

PCS (PATNI) PAPER ON 10th NOVEMBER AT CHENNAI

Hi buddies, My name is Felix. Im from trichy,Tamilnadu. I paticipated in Patni offcampus on november 10,2007 and got placed. Let me help you with my experience.

there are 3 rounds:
aptitude test,
GD,
Interview.

Aptitude:
70 mins ...60 questions.
30n from verbal..its easy to score 25 from it.
eg.he was standing ___ a corner
a)at, b)on, c)in, d)around....
like these only...u can easily finish this section in 15 to 20 mins.....easy remaining 40 questions were from percentage and profit and loss...practise it....

GD:
some of the topics asked were:
1.Is china tigery?
2.Reservation
3.Is GD necessary or not?

Like these only. for me it was
Arranged marriage vs. Love marriage.
10 persons per group.

I think PCS gives chance to all persons in GD.So if u speak one valid point in good english u r definitely shortlisted.from my group 6 were shortlisted.

Interview:
Since i was from non-it stream very few technical questions were asked:
1.Is 8085 8 bit or 16 bit?
2.What is stack pointer?
3.What is stack and queue?(Data structures?)
4.Talk something about communication systems?(I had this paper in 5th sem.So i spoke something for 2 mins)
5.Tell something about DSP?

Other questions were HR related only like
!.Introduce yourself
2.Leadership qualities
3.Extracurricular activities
4.Ur intersts.

thats it!!!!
my interview was for 15 mins...i did well....and spoke confident n tried to give all answers...some questions i told...sorry sir i couldnt recollect..
totally 800 participated
210 selected for GD
105 shortlisted for interview
52 got placed....
im one among them.....
Be confident and cool...thats enough to succeed!!!
Patni was my 19th interview.....
So dont worry if ur success is delayed..
keep ur confidence high and be casual...thats enough to succeed.....

Other than this for interview point of view,make ur resume simple because most of the questions will be from it only...try to prepare some concepts of C,data structures,oops...thats more than enough....wish u all success

Patni Sample Technical - C & C++

1. #include
   /* This problem is given in PCS BOMBAY walk-in-interview.
   * What is the final value of i and how many times loop is
   * Executed ?
   */
   
   main()
   
   {
   int i,j,k,l,lc=0;
   /* the input is given as 1234 567 */
   printf("Enter the number string:<1234>\n");
   scanf("%2d%d%1d",&i,&j,&k);
   for(;k;k--,i++)
   for(l=0;l> printf("%d %d\n",i,l);}
   printf("LOOPS= %d\n", lc-1);
   }
   /* Ans: i = 17, and loop is executed for 169 times */

2. #include
   main()
   {
   func(1);
   }
   func(int i){
   static char *str[] ={ "One","Two","Three","Four"};
   printf("%s\n",str[i++]);
   return;
   }
   /* Ans:- it will give warning because str is pointer to the char but
   it is initialized with more values
   if it is not considered then the answer is Two */

3. #include
   main()
   {
   int i;
   for (i=1;i<100; i++)
   printf("%d %0x\n",i,i);
   }
   /* Ans:- i is from 1 to 99 for the first format,
   for the second format 1to9, ato f, 10 to 19,1ato1f, 20 to 29, etc */

4. #include
   /* This problem was asked in PCS Bombay in a walk-in-interview
   * Write a recursive function that calculates
   * n * (n-1) * (n-2) * ....... 2 * 1
   */
   
   main() {
   int factorial(int n);
   int i,ans;
   printf("\n Enter a Number:");
   scanf("%d",&i);
   ans = factorial(i);
   printf("\nFactorial by recursion = %d\n", ans);
   }
   int factorial(int n)
   {
   if (n <= 1) return (1);
   else
   return ( n * factorial(n-1));
   }

5. #include
   /* This problem is asked in PCS Bombay walk-in-interview
   * What is the output of the following problem
   */
   main(){
   int j,ans;
   j = 4;
   ans = count(4);
   printf("%d\n",ans);
   }
   int count(int i)
   {
   if ( i < 0) return(i);
   else
   return( count(i-2) + count(i-1));
   }
   
   /* It is showing -18 as an answer */

6. #include
   /* This problem is given in PCS BOMBAY walk-in-interview.
   * What is the final value of i and how many times loop is
   * Executed ?
   */
   
   main()
   
   {
   int i,j,k,l,lc=0;
   /* the input is given as 1234 567 */
   printf("Enter the number string:<1234>\n");
   scanf("%2d%d%1d",&i,&j,&k);
   for(;k;k--,i++)
   for(l=0;l> printf("%d %d\n",i,l);}
   printf("LOOPS= %d\n", lc-1);
   }
   /* Ans: i = 16, and loop is executed for 169 times */

Patni Sample Test Paper

1. square root of(PQ)=8 then 4 options
   Ans:p+q =1: is not possible

2. equilateral triangle of side 10 units. cow is teethered with a rope of length 7 units at one of the vertex. Find the area of the field grazed. ans-77/3

3. Series till 50 terms: 2+3-5 +2+3-5+.... ans:5

4. when x is diveded by 299 remainder is 100. then when x is divided by 23 remainder is ? ans:8

5. there r 2 groups A and B. A boy goes from gp A to gp B. When he goes the ave wt of both the gps A and B increases. Then? ans:ave wt of gp A>wt of boy is>ave wt of gp B

6. (7^2)^3 and 7^2^3. What is the relation between the 2 . ie >,<,= ans- (7^2)^3<7^2^3.>

7. Train speed 36kph. Dist travelled in 3minutes in meters ans-1800m

8. with the digits 1,2,3,4,5,6 make all 6 digit nos which r not divisible by 5. The no of such 6 digit nos is ans:600

9. x 2.5 3.5 1.5
   y25 49 9 then what is the relation between x and y
   ans:y is directly proportional to (2x)^2

10. 18kg of fresh grapes have 90% water. dry grapes have 20% water. then the weight of the dry grapes is ans:2.25kg

11. population is 20000. Pop increases by 10% every year, then the pop after 3 years is? ans-26620

12. Dist bet 2 places A and B is given. A man P starts from place A at 9 pm and another man Q goes from B at 10pm . Speed of Q is double of that of P. Both cover 1/4 dist in the same time interval. then A travels the entire dist in time ? ans:8hrs

13. Entry fee is Re1. There r 3 rides each is of Re1. Total boys entering is 3000. Total income is Rs 7200. 800 students do all the 3 rides. 1400 go for atleast 2 rides. None go the same ride twice. Then no of students who do not go any ride is
    ans:1400 (check-1000)

14. 1,23,45,67... ans:-89

15. m is div by 5, n is div by 5 ,m-n is div by 5 m*n is div by 25
    ans:then m+n is not div by 10
    

16. Cube of side 5 cms is fully painted in alll the 6 sides. it is then cut into cubes each of side 1 cms. then prob that 2 sides r
    painted is ans:36/125

17. A is 25% bigger than B B is 20% less than C then the relation bet A, B, C ans 5:4:5

18. A cone and a sphere have the same radius. and in the cone we put the sphere then how much of sphere will be inside the cone
    a)1/2 b)>1/2 c)<1/2>

19. there r 5 papers Ratio of marks obtained in each subject is 6:7:8:9:10. Total marks obtained is 60%. 50% is pass marks. In how many subjects did he get above 50%. ans:4

20. which one is not correct a)cube rootof 343.
    b)3.24 is not an integer Ans:none of these

21. A and B r 2 men who enter into business and they invest Rs 1000, Rs 2000resp. How will they divide the income of Rs 5000 .ans 5000/3 & 5000(2/3)

22. 9C2 + 9C3 +10C4=? ans 11c4

23. 10^23-7 is divided by 6, remainder is? ans-3

24. if x+y+z =1. then xy+yz+zx is
    a)<1/2>1/2 c)=1/2

25. .nos from 1 to 100.
    a)find all the nos which r divisble by 3,9,27 --33
    b)at least 2 --11
    c) only 2 --8
    d) none --67

26. 3 balls inside a bag having nos on it written 1 , 2, 3 on it. a ball is taken and then put inside it. Find probability that all
    3 nos r the same when it is taken 3 times ans-1/27

27. 15c6+15c7+16c8=== 17cx ans- x== 8 or 9.

28. three men invested sum. and their ratio is 5:7:6. profit is 5400.then b's share ans--2100

29. sum of all 5 digit nos formed using 1,3,5,7,9. ans---6666600 (11111+33333+55555+77777+99999)*24. each digit occupies all the places for 24 times.

30. x and y even nos. x>y which is even. a)x+y b)x-y c) 2x/y (not)

31. 1/2 divived by 1/2 of 1/2 ) whole divided by 1/2 +1/2 of 1/2
    ans----- 2 2/3. or 8/3.

32. trees of heights 30 and 40 sepatated by a river. fish in the river is at equal dis from top of the trees where two birds r
    there.ratio of the distances from fish to the root of the tress
    ans---4:3.

33. three cones (r=r,l=2r)are arranged upright so that each cone is in contact with other two .and a circle is formed passing
    through its vertices. what will be its radius. ans 2r/sqrt(3)

34. What number must be added to 1/x to make it equal to x. Ans. (x2-1)x

35. Some pen bought something at loss for Rs 60.He then sold it the price of 81 and his profit was 20% of the loss.At what price did he buy the object. Ans. calculate. ans-77.50

36. one disk of 20cm radius, out of that 4 disk of 5cm are cut , find diffrence of leftout and cut out area:ans-200pi

37. (X)+(1/x)=3 then (xsquare) + 1/(xsquare) = ??ANS-7

38. a box contain 4 small bos, each small box again contain 3 box,again these box contain 2 box . total how many boxes ANS-1+4+12+24=41

39. between 100 to 200 how many no are divisible by both 3 and 2 and 100,200 are inclusive? ans-68

40. How many two digit no you make by 1,2,3,4,0 Ans=16 because 0 is not in the 10th place.

41. (25...) 32 and (25....)31 in both cases 6 in the last position. What should be in the blanks? Ans 6

42. In a GD there is no restriction in saying something between the participants. A, B, C, D, E be the participant. What's is probability to say B before A. i) 20%, ii) 40%, iii) 50%, iv) none of these. Ans. 50%.

43. You have only 1 kg weight. You have to weight 31kg. Min number of measurements you have to done. Ans. 5 as 1+2+4+8+16=31.

44. Min (a, b, c)=min of a, b, c Max (a, b, c,)=max of a, b, c then what is the value of MAX {min (2,5,7), max (-7, -2, -3), 3}. ans-3

45. The product of two consecutive odd no is -1, then what is the value of the sum of them. Ans. 0 as -1*1 becomes -1.

46. Few years ago on 31st January on her 26th birthday a lady laid a baby. Now what's the sum of their ages? i) 37, ii) 38, iii) 43, iv) 51. I am confused about the answer. It may be any even no. as (26+x)+x. So I think it are 38.

47. 81*82*83*84*85*86*87*89. What should be in the unit place in this product?
    Ans. It must be 0 as 5*2=10

48. In a company ones salary increases 6/5 times in every year. After 4 year of joining average salary is 1342. Then what's the starting salary of the company? A) 900, b) 1000, c) 1100, d) 1200. Ans.= 1000

49. Perimeter of an equilateral and isosceles is 45 and 40 respectively. At least one of the sides of isosceles is equal to the equilateral. What's the base of isosceles triangle? Ans. 10. As. 45/3=15. 15+15+10=40.

50. Two people P Q start a race in a circular track in opposite way different but constant speed. First they meet 900m cw from the starting pt. Then they meet 800m ccw from the starting pt. What's the circumference of the circle.
    ans-2600m

PATNI PAPER ON 21st JUNE AT MUMBAI

ok,guys n gals honestly speaking i never thought i wud ever b getting into a s/w company bcoz of my average marks in engg n poor technical skills..but,here i am writing my experience after selection which was thru a marathon process leaving us all exhausted...

The Process:
getting 2 the selection process(as,i already mentioned a marathon 1),it was divided in2 3 parts:

Aptitude Test:
basically consists of 3 sections which include quantative ability,analytical ability & english section...all tat u ppl hav 2 do is b quick at quant(simple) where stuff like ratio proportion,%age,profit/loss,simple geometry,time & work & the like topics r asked...referring 2 r.s agarwal shud get u thru quant...as far as logic goes it was a bit tricky,but its manageable..stuff like binary form where if $=1 and *=0 then wat can ($***)+$* be expressed as????some questions on groups of ppl....all of these can b easily managed by solving some practise exercises frm ne logic/reasoning book...now,as far the english part is concerned u don hav b a rocket scientist 2 clear it...it is one of the most simplest n silliest questionnaires tat i hav ever seen...some vocabulary tests(silly) followed by article insertion(super dumb) n a passage wid some questions(super super dumb)...this section is not even worth mentioning so guys just chill as far as english is concerned n try n attempt it1st...

the apti consisted of 60 questions which ver 2 b answered in 70 mins...the subdivisons were as follows:
a) English(15 qs)
b) Analytical ability(15qs)
c) Quantitative ability(30qs)

Group Discussion (GD):
they made us wait a heck of a lot 4 this particular part...i cleared this part wid out ne stress at all...the topic given 2 us was "marriage:a social trap?" pls comment...the gd honestly was a cakewalk wherein if u speak up a little bit u wud b selected..jus b forthright n clear wid in ur views n don digress frm the topic...they give u fair chance 2 speak nehow...btw
v ver divided in2 groups of 10 ppl n there ver abt12 grps...don worry 2 much abt the gd..jus speak up in a concise way n b communicative...

Personal Interview (PI):
this,basically was conducted in variations 4 different ppl wherein some like me ver subjected thru both technical n hr interviews seperately while the others jus had a single interview...i will describe my experience thru both the interviews(hr
& technical):

HR:
k,ther was this expressionless man sitting in ther who as i entered asked me 2 take a seat n straightaway asked me the time...it was around 9.30 in the night n then he asked me as 2 ven i had come 2 college...i told him at abt 9 in the morning...he asked r u not tired after staying 4 so long??i tried 2 evade his question but eventually replied tat though i was a bit stressed i was very happy wid the way the selection process was conducted & it was a very fair process..he then asked usual stuff like tell me abt urself,where i tol him abt myself n y i wanted 2 b in the s/w industry...he asked me stuff like wat i thought was challenging abt the s/w industry..2 which i replied i liked erp-sap systems n the challenges faced by the industry 2 implement it in various sectors....actually,ppl 2 b honest wid i think they chk ur confidence n communication skills,the latter being the only 1 i was counting upon....after some more grilling,he said i wud hav 2 go 4 a technical interview 4 abt 5-10 mins...this was the only scary part 4 me....

Technical:
a smart looking man with a mprominent moustache who was very polite took my technical interview..he again asked me
the same things like tell me abt urself n stuff...i gave the same damn answers which i had given during the time of my hr
interview..he asked me abt bubble sort algorithm which i wrote n then went in2 some confusing details abt for loops n stuff..i gave some ans 2 which he wasnt convinced...he then said 4get programming n asked me a puzzle which i attempted but cudnt solve ultimately..he tol me tat he dint expect me 2 give the answer 2 tat puzzle n many others had failed in doing so...he then wished me luck n tat was the end of my interview...

Result Declaration:
then they declared the results at abt 11.30 in the night ven everybody was dizzy n hungry n almost asleep..but neways the joy of getting selected overpowered all of tat...i must admit their selection process is very fair,n u get a fair chance...but at times more than the actual inerviews or the gds,the waiting period makes u feel like jus walking out...but as they say"good things don come easy"...os,guys if u r like me wid average %age,lack of interest in engg but gud communicational skills n other interests i suggest u still try n pick up placements bcoz every1 out ther is jus like us even though they may hav gr8 marks..n also all companies look 4 nowadays r adequate communication skills n reasonable analytical skills.......so y give up an opportunity,ven its comin walking up2 u,isnt it????

PATNI PATTERN & GD - DEC 2004

PATNI PATTERN & GD - DEC 2004
1) APTITUDE TEST: NEGATIVE MARKING SOMETIME APPLICABLE SOMETIMES NOT. SO MAKE SURE BEFORE TEST.

2) GROUP DISCUSSION: YOU NEED TO SPEAK GENTLY AND U HAVE TO SHOW TEAMWORK, U MUST SPEAK IMPRESSIVELY.

3) TECHNICAL+HR: AS USUAL BR READY 4 PATNI PROFILE + TECHNICAL JARGONS

About the Written Test
The written test consists of aptitude and technical questions. The current pattern contains 20 questions to be done in 50 minutes and there is negative marking. Earlier the pattern was of 4 to 5 sections with questions of MCQ type. The sections were divided into analytical ,verbal , assertion and reasoning and data sufficiency. The former pattern is more commonly used in the tests.

About the Interview
The interview is preceded by a group discussion where the topics given are very general in kind.In the interview more stress is placed on HR, though technical questions (primarily on C/C++) and puzzles too are to be expected. We would suggest that you take a look at the Interview section. to get a better idea and view some useful tips for taking interviews

Profile of the Company
Patni Computer Systems (PCS) is an international software and applications outsourcing specialist, with over 20 years of experience. Founded in 1978, PCS now offers a wide range of services, including: application development / maintenance, ERP implementation & related services, E-Commerce & Web enabling solutions, Euro conversion, staff augmentation and offshore development.
PCS currently employs over 3400 software professionals at our primary development facilities in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Gandhinagar, Chennai and NOIDA (India).
PCS provides services to a varied field including Airlines, Automotive, Financial Services, Electronics, Healthcare, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Products, and Utilities.

PCS usually tests the candidates selected on the basis of the written paper through a group discussion session. The stress here is to test the ability of the candidate to think logically and present these thoughts in a lucid manner. The candidates are given a scenario and conditions applying to it and have to reach a decision according to the data. They will then be asked to explain their respective decisions.
Here are a couple of sample

GD topics:
1. In space ship 5 people are going in a spacecraft to another planet to start a cicilization.
These are:
Male doctor who is a drug addict Lady lawyer who has committed murder Lady teacher who is emotionally imbalanced 18 year old brilliant aeronautical engineer Male Noble prize winner
Suddenly some thing happens and oxygen is available to only three people to use. Which three would you choose Hint :
1. You need atleast 1 lady to have future generations.
2. Aeruonautical engineer can be a female
3. Doctor is necessary to deal with new diseases.

2. In 2050 a nuclear disaster has ocurred and 50 persons are saved. These are of age above 15. Among them these people know 5 subjects and you have to choose only 3 of five subjects so that resticted resorces can used for future.The subjects are:
Enggineering Medicine Law Social Sciences Life Sciences

many problems on percentage and profit/loss from rs agarwal.
Pattern:(All are elimination Rounds)
1) Screening Test --> out of 750, 450 been selected for Aptitude.
2) Aptitude Test --> 50 questions in 1 hour.
3) Technical --> 50 question on Java/Jsp in 40 min. JSP was bit easy.
4) GD --> It was bit easy, was on general topic.
5) Tech/Per Interview --> All about Your Project which u mentioned in ur resume and on JSP.

1.one prob regarding TRANSLATION OF AXES (COORDINATE GEOMETRY FROM INTERMEDIATE)
2.SWAP TWO NUMBERS WITHOUT USING A TEMP VARIABLE. or Aptitude test, there were 40 questions to be solved in 60 minutes. Questions were based on geometry, profit and loss, percentages and arithmetic.

For Group Discussion, they divided us into groups of 10, gave us a topic, and we had to discuss for 20 minutes. At the end of the it, the instructor would select 1 person who should summarize the entire discussion.

For Personal Interview, They made us fill up a form, and then generally asked us about our answers which we had given. Questions include : Strengths/ weaknesses, career goals, about being transferred to another location etc.
Moreover, I was also asked about the type of books i read and current affairs. They also go through the resume in detail and asked about extra-curricular activities. Well, i am glad that i made it. As for the experience, i feel, any one can make it. The only thing that should be kept in mind is, i guess, one should be prepared. I don't mean that one has to do extensive preparation, but just brushing up of important topics in maths, revising concepts of C, learnt earlier should be enough. As for GD/PI, confidence is important.

1.what is the angle between teo hands of a clock when time is 8-30 ans:75(appro
2.a student is ranked 13th from right and 8th from left.how many are there(similer) 3.a,b,c,d,e,f are arranged in a circle b is to right of c and so on(rs aggrewal)
4.chain rule (work&time)
5.puzzle test. some data is given and he asked three qustions below. based on data we have to answer.
6.six questions on venn diagrams.
7.5 years ago sum of ages of father and son ans:40,10
8.assertion and reasoning 1.clouds 2.capital city of developed corentira ansfor both is :a
9.man walks east & from turns to right & from to left &then 45degrees to right. in which direction he went ns:north west
10.aa-b-bb-aaa-
11.96,85,..(a series with diff 11),3,15,45,..,total 3 questions are given on series
12.a student got 70% in one subject,80% in other.to get overall 75% how much he should get in third subject.
12.a news pwper must have a.news b.advertizements 3.editor 4.date 5.paper
13.if clouds are air, air are water and so on where birds fly?
14.press,cinema,tv ans:mass media
15.3 qustions on rs aggrewal relations i.e first few chapters of aggrewal (english)
16.a man showed to a woman sitting in a pack & told to his friend. she is the daughter of my grand mother only son ans:daughter

group discussion topic
1.if you become municipal corporate what steps you take to develop your area.
2.if you become administrative officer of this university what steps you take to improve standards.
3.tell what are the seven problems in Calcutta and solutions to problems?
4.abortion is legal or illegal the following two topics are important they asked the same topics to many
students by changing the numbers
interview here they asked only personal. relating to what you have written in psychometric test and some puzzles one puzzle is 10 machines are there only one is defective teams are coming out how to do you find out which is defective second: * * * how do you reverse this in two transitions * * * * * * *

Patni Technical - Database

1. A package without body is possible.(T/F)ans:T

2. Subprograms have equal scope as variables.(T/F)

3. Can a cursor be closed for two times(T/F)ans:F

4. Transaction function can be used in trigger(T/F)ans:F

5. DDL can be used in trigger(T/F)ans:T

6. A trigger name can have the same name as that of its base table name(T/F)ans:T

7. In a PL/SQL block a variable and a table name both are same then which will get highest precedence.

8. Is PL/SQL reserved words can be used in SQL Ans:It can be used with quotation.

9. How to write a single quote in SQL
   i)"" ii)''' iii)''

10. Can a labeled go to statement goto the inner loop(T/F)ans:F

11. Which are the mandatory parts of PL/SQL procedure.

12. SQL%ISOPEN for implicit cursor is always evaluateto false(T/F)ans:T

13. Any variable not declared in the declare part assigns value ......

14. For cursor %NOTFOUND and for PL/SQL
    NO_DATA_FOUND(exception)gives the same result.(T/F)ans:T

15. If exception occured in the exception then it will
    i)raise in the same block
    ii)raise in the outer block
    iii)not raise in the same block

16. PMON command is used for__________

17. Select * from emp where emp_no=1;
    If exist then dbms_output_putline(".....")
    else dbms_output_putline("error")
    end if;
    what will be the output choices are there

18. If for Update lock is absent then will there any error in the
    following statement
    select * from emp;
    choices are there.ans is there will no error

19. Can a inbuilt exception be redifined by a user(T/F)ans:F

20. var table.value%type;
    var=5;
    insert into table(value) values(var);
    for var in reverse 4..6
    loop
    insert into table(value) values(var);
    end loop;
    insert into table(value) values(var);
    i)56545
    ii)56544(ans)
    iii)56555
    iv)65445

21. can a function overloaded differed by
    i)the no of parameters and its type only
    ii)their return type
    iii)
    iv)

22. Raise_application_error is used for.........

23. In SQL SGA area the parser tree and exceptions are stored which
    are used for multiple applications(T/F)ans:F

24. PRAGMA_EXCEPTION_INIT(mssge,code no)......

25. exceptions are executed at
    i)compile time
    ii)runtime(ans)

26. When a subprocedure will be declared within a procedure?
    i)at the end of the declaration
    ii).......
    iii)....

27. Record1 and record2 are declared.each record has two fields
    with same datatypes.
    i)Record1:=Record2;
    ii)Record1.field1:=Record2.field1;
    iii)Record1.field2:=Record2.field2;
    a)only i is legal
    b)only ii and iii are legal
    c)all are legal
    d)none is legal

28. Trigger syntax declaration without the option for each row is
    legal(T/F)ans:T

29. Tablespace contains physical data(T/F)ans:T

30. Rowid is a pseudo column of every oracle table(T/F)

31. Lpad and Rpad have default pad character is space(T/F)

32. When %ROWCOUNT is 0 what will happen
    i)NO_DAT_FOUND exception will raise
    ii)%FOUND will be false