HCL PLACEMENT PAPER – I

HCL PLACEMENT PAPER – I
1. How many of the integers between 25 and 45 are even?
(A) 21 (B) 20 (C) 11 (D) 10 (E) 9
Ans. (D) 10
2. If taxi fare was Rs 1.00 for the first 1/5 mile and Rs 0.20 for each 1/5 miles thereafter. The taxi fare for
a 3-mile ride was
(A) Rs. 1.56 (B) Rs. 2.40 (C) Rs. 3.00 (D) Rs. 3.80 (E) Rs. 4.20
Ans. (D) Rs. 3.80
3. A computer routine was developed to generate two numbers (x, y) the first being a random number
between 0 and 100 inclusive, and the second being less than or equal to the square root of the first.
Each of the following pair satisfies the routine EXCEPT
(A) (99,10) (B) (85,9) (C) (50,7) (D) (1,1) (E) (1,0)
Ans. (A) (99,10)
4. A warehouse had a square floor with area 10,000 sq. meters. A rectangular addition was built along one
entire side of the warehouse that increased the floor by one-half as much as the original floor. How
many meters did the addition extend beyond the original buildings?
(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 50 (D) 200 (E) 500
Ans. (C) 50
5. A digital wristwatch was set accurately at 8.30 am and then lost 2 seconds every 5 minutes. What time
was indicated on the watch at 6.30 p.m of the same day if the watch operated continuously that time?
(A) 5 : 56 (B) 5 : 58 (C) 6.00 (D) 6.23 (E) 6.26
Ans. (E) 6.26
6. A 5 liter jug contains 4 liters of a salt water solution that is 15 percent salt. If 1.5 liters of the solution
spills out of the jug, and the jug is then filled to capacity with water, approximately what percent of the
resulting solution in the jug is salt?
(A) 7.5% (B) 9.5% (C) 10.5% (D) 12% (E) 15%
Ans. (A) 7.5%
7. A plane traveled k miles in the first 96 miles of flight time. If it completed the remaining 300 miles of the
trip in 1 minute, what was its average speed in miles per hour for the entire trip?
(A)
97 60
300 k
×
+
(B)
97 60
300 k
×
−
(C)
97 60
300k
+
(D) (E)
300 k
97 60
−
×
Ans. (A)
97 60
300 k
×
+
8. A merchant sells an item at a 20 percent discount but still makes a gross profit of 20 percent of the
cost. What percent of cost would be gross profit on the item have been if it had been sold without the
discount?
(A) 20% (B) 40% (C) 50% (D) 60% (E) 66.6%
Ans. (C) 50%
9. A millionaire bought a job lot of hats 1/4 of which were brown. The millionaire sold 2/3 of the hats
including 4/5 of the brown hats. What fraction of the unsold hats was brown?
(A) 1/60 (B) 1/15 (C) 3/20 (D) 3/5 (E) 3/4
Ans. (C) 3/20
10. How many integers n greater than and less than 100 are there such that, if the digits of n are reversed,
the resulting integer is n + 9?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9
Ans. (D) 8
11. An investor purchased shares of stock at a certain price. If the stock increased in price Rs. 0.25 per
share and the total increase for the x shares was Rs. 12.50, how many shares of stock had been
purchased?
(A) 25 (B) 50 (C) 75 (D) 100 (E) 125
Ans. (B) 50
12. At a special sale, 5 tickets can be purchased for the price of 3 tickets. If 5 tickets are purchased at the
sale, the amount saved will be what percent of the original price of the 5 tickets?
(A) 20% (B) 33.3% (C) 40% (D) 60% (E) 66.6%
Ans. (C) 40%
13. Working independently, Tina can do a certain job in 12 hours. Working independently, Ann can do the
same job in 9 hours. If Tina Works independently at the job for 8 hours and then Ann works
independently, how many hours will it take Ann to complete the remainder of the jobs?
(A) 2/3 (B) 3/4 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 3
Ans. (E) 3
14. A sink has 12 litres of water. Some quantity of water is taken out. If the remaining water is 6 liters less
than the water taken out then quantity of water taken out is
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 1 (E) 2
Ans. (C) 9
15. Which is the 4 digit number whose second digit is thrice the first digit and 3rd digit is sum of 1st and
2nd and last digit is twice the second digit.
(A) 2674 (B) 1349 (C) 3343 (D) 3678 (E) None of these
Ans. (E) None of these
16. On a straight highway, 2 cars start from the same point in opposite directions. Each travels for 8 kms
and takes left turn then travel for 6 kms. What is the distance between them now?
(A) 16 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 10 (E) 14
Ans. (B) 20