KPIT Placement Paper

Aptitude test pattern:
Test is of 35 marks for 30 minutes.
Negative marking of 0.25 marks per question

1)QUANTITATIVE (20 Questions): 
problems based on heights & distances, boats & streams, numbers, profit-loss, percentage, time n work, time n distance, allegation or mixtures, pipes & cisterns (RS Aggrawal is enough).

Following are some question that I remembered…

1)50 man can build a wall of 40m height 30m breadth 50m width in 20 days. then in how many days 40 man can build a wall of 30m,40m,60m?

2)There are three pipes A,B,C . A can fill a tank in 15hours, B can fill a tank 20hours,c can empty a tank in 25 hours.a man can start a tap A at 3 o'clock B at 4 o'clock & C at 5o'clock.find at what time tank can full? (pls note ,values are incorrect).

3) abcd = 1 then minimum possible value of (1+a)(1+b)(1+c)(1+d)?
ans. 16

4)Fresh grapes contain 90% water when they are dried they turn into resins containing 20% water .find how many kg of resins can be obtained from 20kg of fresh grapes
(ans 2.5)

5) a,a+2,a+4 are prime numbers ,then find number of possible solution of a?
(ans. only 3 satisfies)

6)2 boats running in opposite direction with 10 km/hr & 5 km/hr(distance between boats is given).Find distance between 2 boats ,1 min before collision?

2)ENGLISH(15 Questions):
Its really very very easy .Some part of sentence is underlined & we have to replace it with appropriate sentence from given options.

NOTE: Friends I suggest u to solve English section first ,it will definitely help u, coz quantitative questions are really time consuming.

1 hr later results were declared .After that interview session.

INTERVIEW:
There were 2 separate interviews Both the interview faced by me were technical type.

1st interview:
I was totally nervous ,I entered interview hall with smiling face
I: May I come in sir
He: Pls come in
I: wished him good evening
He: pls have a seat He just pass through my resume & test paper He asked me about my family background,
I : answered it.
He: so Mr.Pritesh how many questions did u solve today in paper?
I: Sir, 23 questions (confidently) , 15 english & 8 from quantitative.
He: How many other company did u appeared before & what happened in it?
I: answered(be honest)
He: Ok Pritesh what r ur favorite subjects?
I: Sir , C,C++,data structure
He: may I ask u questions from DBMS? (Actually I was not prepared with DBMS )
I: Sir I m not prepared well with it.
He: Whether it is completed in ur syllabus?
I: Yes sir
He: Then I don’t want any excuse
I: Ok sir u may ask me ,I will answer u. He gave me a paper & told to write definition of DBMS,I wrote it & shown him immediately
He: give me some good eg & explain it
I: Sir our college attendance system… He stopped me & told it is common eg I want something different
He: explain with courier service eg.
I: explained him well
He: what is functional key?
I : answered
He: which will be functional key in ur courier service eg?
I: answered
He: Anyway , pritesh have u played carrom.
I: Yes sir
He: when did u played it last time?
I: A year ago.
He: I want u to design a carrom game ,how u will start (Rules & graphics part is already considered)? He just wants how & what logic u will apply.
I: Sir, first of all I will consider the speed of the striker with which it collides the coin.
He: some other term for speed
I: (Thought for 2 to 3min) Force He smiled & said its correct
He: Any laws that it follows
I: It follows all the laws of Newton (explained all) He got impressed
He: Which subjects u will require for making these game?
I: (Thought for moment) Only physics
He: No, one more sub u will require ,u r learning it from 11th standard
I: (paused for 1min) No sir ,only physics
He: U will require geometry He explained me everything how geometry is required
He: Will u work anywhere?
I: Sir anywhere in INDIA
He: Good,Ok pritesh thank u
I: Thank u very much sir. Friends it lasted for 40 min ,Discussion on carrom game designing was more

Then he asked me to wait outside .After 5 min I was called for next interview

2nd INTERVIEW:
It lasted for only 10 min. All questions on project work.

He passed through my resume reading each & every line from it.He asked me to draw DFD of my project. I was unaware about it so I explained him brief overview of my project. My project was related to managing data of library in C++ (using file ).He told it would better if it is design using database. Then he asked me to convert the same project into new one using some database. I had done it easily.