WIPRO Verbal Test 2006

1.In the following sentence one important punctuation-mark is missing select the suitable signs from
the given alternatives. what a pity
a)"" b)? **c)! d):
2.Select the option that gives the correct meaning of the given idiomatic expression or phase.To put up
with
a)to stay with b)to tolerate **c)to deal with people d)to keep things up
3.For the following sentence,choose the most suitable word from the given options.In England an
Indian _____ does not actually enjoy the same rights as an Englishman.
a)emigrant b)emigrent c)immigrant d)immegrant
4.Select the word among the given choices that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word RABID
a)Decent b)fair **c)rational d)pure
5.Given below are words three of which belong to the same category.Find the word which does not
belong to that category
a)danger b)peril c)jeopardy **d)innocuous
6.Select among the given choices the word or phrase for each blank that best fits the meaning of the
sentence as a whole though business is in a ______ Indian corporates see it as a "learn and innovate"
period
a) Slump b)low c)lean d)soup
7.Select the word or phrase among the given choices that is most nearly similar in meaning to the word
MINION
a)power b)wing c)small measure **d)Hanger-on
8)Choose the lettered pair that expresses a relationship most similar to the relationship expressed in the
capitalized pair CONTINENT: ISLAND
a)ocean:lake **b)isthmus: peninsula c)cape: cove d)river:canal
9)In the following sentence one important puntuation-mark is missing.Select the suitable signs from the
given alternatives Having been disappointed in love he took to alcohol.
**a), b). c); d)!
10)For the following sentence ,choose the most suitable word from the given options.In the____ of the
quarrel,the cabuliwallah had struck him.
a) coarse b) curse c) course d) cause
In the following passage some of the words have been left out.First read the passage over and try to
understand what it is about.Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
Successful______(1)is about understanding people and setting them to share the_______(2)of the
organization.The manager must________(3)what is going on at all times and the ________(4)must
know what is_________(5)of them.
11. First blank is
A) leaders B)emotion **C) management D) managers
12. Second blank is
A)rewards **B)vision C) spoils D)profit
13. Third blank is
A)demand B)ink C)manage **D)know
14. Fourth blank is
A)employees B)laborers C)workers D) boss
15. Fifth blank is
A)expected B)nice C)wanting D)credible
16.which one number will complete the series?
7,9,12,14,17,19,?
a)20 b)21 c)22 d)24
17."the theoritical principal of democracy is majority rule,but at least
in presidential politics,majority rule has never triumphed.in every
presidential election,more people of voting age failed to vote than voted for
the eventual winner."none of the above" is evidently the perennially favorite
candidate of most citizens."
the conclusion of the passege is based on which of the following
assumptions?
A)NOn-presidential elections are less worthy of study than are presidential
elections.
b)people of voting age who fail to vote in presidential elections do so to
express their dissatisfaction with the candidates.
c)a presidential candidate need not receive votes from a majority of those who actually
vote in order to win an election.
d)the principal of majority rule has never been correctly defined
18.pallavi doesn't feel she is really a child anymore.ten years ago,her mother was
five times her age.now she is three sevenths of her mothers age,and in five years she will be half her
mother's age
.how old will she be when sheis half her mother's age.
a)18 b)20 c)22 d)28
19.a university acting classes is presenting a series of five skits
use six performers, m,n,o,p,q,r
1.each performer must perform in exactly three of the skit
2.only o and p will perform in the first skit
3.r and three others will perform in the second skit
4.only n will perform in the third skit
5.more people will perform in the 4th skit than in the fifth skit
for which of the follwing pairs of performers is true that if one appears
in a skit,the other must also appear?
a)m and n b)m and r c)p and o d)p and r
20.in a garden there are 10 rows and 12 columns of mango trees. the distance btween
each tree is 2 metres and a distance of one meter is left from all sides of the boundary of the garden
. the length of the garden is
a)20 m b)22m c)24m d)26m
21.in a row of boys anand is eleventh from the left and deepak is
fifteenth from the right.when anand and deepak interchange their positions,
anand will be fifth from the left,which of the follwing will be deepak's position
from the right?
a)seventh b)seventeenth c)eighth d)ninth
22.a watch ,which gains uniformly is 2min.show at noon on monday,and is 4min.48 seconds
fast at 2pm.on the follwing monday.when was it correct?
a)2 days 6hrs b)2 days 2 hrs c)3days 1hr d)3days 6hrs
23.on the occasion of a certain meeting each member gave shake hand to
the remaining number.if the total shake were 1176,how many members were present for the meeting.
a)48 b)58 c)49 d)59
24.a multiple phtostat copier can create 120 copies in 30 seconds.how much time
would it take to from 2000 copies on two such machines working simultaneously.
a)4min 08sec b)4min 10sec c)4min 25sec d)4min 30sec
25 raj kumar started walking towards south and after walking 15 m turn to
his right and walked another 15m,turned to his left and stopped.which direction is he from the starting
point?
a)south b)south-west c)south-east d)west
26 some boys are standing in a row ,sunil is 10 th from right and
anant is seventh from left .if there are five boys in between sunil and ananth,
how many boys are there in the row?
a)20 b)22 c)21 d)23
27.as a COUNSEL is to BITIRAK,so also GUIDENCE is to
a)FDHZZKAB b)HOHYBJBA c)EOHYZKBB d)FOHYZJBB
28.the number of bacteria in a test tube doubles every 3 mins.if at the end of
1 hour there are N bacteria in the test tube,at the end of how many minutes were
there exactly N/4 bacteria?
a)51 b)54 c)56 d)58
29.in a chess tornament 16 members played in tournament x and 20 played in tournament y
and 12 in both the tournaments,if each player played atleast one
of these tournaments,what is the total number of players?
a)24 b)36 c)32 d)48
30)"In a swampy area of south America, the highly poisonous coral snake and a much less venomous
kind of snake both bear red, black and white bands . Only 100 miles away on drier ground, the local
type of coral snake lacks the red bands. And there, the less poisonous species of snake lacks the red
bands too. The explanation is that in both habitants, close imitation of the coral snake affords the less
poisonous species a measure of protection it would not otherwise have."
Which of the following is most likely to be a major assumption underlying the explanation in the
passage above?
A) Coral snakes claim individual territories for themselves, which they defend against other snakes.
B) Red coloration is effective camouflage primarily in dry habitants, where natural reds are much
more common than elsewhere
C) The sight of a coral snake has a strange paralyzing effect on certain of its prey animals.
D) Predators whose diets include snakes tend to avoid those most poisonous and thus most
Technical
31) what is the output?
Main()
{
int i=0;
switch(i)
{
case 0:
i++;
printf("%d..",i);
case 1:
printf("%d..",i);
case 1:
printf("%d..",i);
}
}
A)..1..1..0 B) 0..1..1 C) 1..1..1 D) None of These
32) What will be the O/P?
Main()
{
struct xyz {
int i;
};
struct xyz *p;
struct xyz a;
p=&a;
p->i=10;
printf("%d",(*p).i);
A) 0 B) 10 C) Garbage Value D) Compile Time Error
33)What is the storage required for the name "George"?
A) Six bits of storage B) Six Bytes of Storage C) Six Pixels of Storage D) One Kilo Byte of Storage
34)What is the part of compiler that keeps track of names and their attributes?
A) Compile Table B)Symbol Table C)Table D) Logical Table
35) Which of the following operators cannot be overloaded in C++?
A) ?: B)[] C) - D) None of These
36) Which constructor is invalid for class cat?
A) void cat :: cat() { feet=4;} B)cat::cat(int f){feet=f;}
C) cat::cat(void){feet=8;} D) cat::cat(int f){this->feet=f;}
37) Typical user defined signal handler functions perform actions such as
A) abort process immediately without further ado
B) Perform minor house keeping prior to resumption
C) Roll back process state to last checkpoint
D) Tidy up to process abortion
A) 1&2 B) 2 & 4 C) 3 D) 4
38) What is the name given to the process initizlizing a microcomputer with its OS?
A) Cold Booting B) Booting C) Warm Booting D) None of these
39) Desirable attributes for memory management include
A) Protection- such memory should be protected against being written on by other processes
B) Encryption- ability to encrypt data with a randomly selected key that is discarded after use
without being disclosed so that data can never read again.
C)Uniform access rates-ability to retard faster data fetch rates so that all data fetches are
uniformly performed at the least fast data fetch rate
D)none of these
40)Major expressions used with find command to select file is it has been accessed in more than 375
days,is
A)-a time +365 B) -m time +365 C)-a time -365 D) -m time -365
41)Which of the following is not a basic computer network topology?
A)Train topology B)Bus topology C)star topology D)ring topology
42) which file contains all permanent information and is updated during processing by transactions of
data?
A) Master File B) Local File C) Parent File D) Primary File
43) Which set option is used with vi editor to display line numbers on screen?
A) nm B) nu C)ic D)li
44) Assuming you have the environment variable ENV=.kshrc set, what is the entry in ur .kshrc or
.profile that will save up to ur last 200 commands in a history list?
A) HISTSIZE=200 B) set history 200 C) HISTORY=200 D) setenv history 200
45) You have 1MB of memory left on the HDD and when booting the system crashes. What is the
reason?
A) Not enough synchronous buffer
B) Not enough contiguous memory in virtual memory
C) Not enough space on the hard drive for the swap file.
D) Not enough space on the hard drive for working memory.
46) How do I remove a file with the name '-something' ?
A) use the "--" flag to rm B) Use "##" flag to rm
C) Use the "-" flag to rm D) Use the "!" flag to rm.
47) The customer is an internet search engine with hits from global customers exceeding 10 million per
day. You identify Knowledge Management as the driving business issue. Which feature is most imp to
this customer solution?
A) Single system image B) Speed and performance
C) Very large memory, very large database D) H/W Partitioning
48) Unlike function templates, when instantiating a class template, you must explicitly instantiate the
class by giving?
A) The parameters for the class templates B) The arguments for the class templates C) The
variables for the class templates D) None
49) In private inheritance derived class members can access base class members that are 1)
Public 2) Private 3) Protected
A) 1 & 2 B) 1 & 3 C) 2 & 3 D) 1,2 & 3
50) The output of an OR Gate is LOW when
A) All inputs are LOW B) Any Input is LOW
C)Any input is high
D) All inputs are HIGH