Argusoft interview questions
Question 1 (very imp)
i) Derive equation to find angle between hour hand and minute
hand, where hour hand moves at its normal speed, but minute
hand moves at twice of its normal speed.
ii) Derive equation to find angle between hour hand and second
hand, where hour hand and second hand moves at their normal
speed.
Question 2
Three friends A, B and C shared chocolates from a bowl. A took
1/3rd of the chocolates, but returned four to the bowl. B took
1/4th of what was left but returned three chocolates to the bowl.
C took half of the remainder but return two back into the bowl. If
the bowl has 17 chocolates left, how many chocolates were
originally there in the bowl?
Question 3
By giving 25% discount a trader earns 25% profit. If he sells the
item at 10% discount, what is the profit?
Question 4
40% of the population of a village migrated to different cities in
search of jobs. 10% of the remaining population died due to
floods. The present population is 1,08,000. The original
population was:
Question 5
Four train tickets from city A to B and Two tickets from city A to
C cost Rs. 80 but two tickets from city A to B and four tickets
from city A to C cost Rs. 70. What are the fares for cities B and C
from A?
Question 6
Suppose one bus is at depot and going to it's first station A. At
the travelling distance s seventh part at 6 AM it is arrives at a
Hotel. and at distance third part it is at fire station at 6:20 AM.
Assume that it's speed is constant and find out the time when
bus is at it's first station.
Question 7
In an organization with 70 employees, 30 are females and 30
employees are married. 24 employees hold a graduation degree.
19 married employees are graduates of which 7 are males. 12
males are graduates while 15 males are married. How many
unmarried graduate females are employed in the organization?
Question 8
There are some chairs in a room. If 6 men sit on each chair, then 4
chairs are left unoccupied. However, if 4 men sit on each chair, 4
men are left standing. How many men are there in the room?
Question 9
Once a mule and a donkey were talking. The mule said, "I am'
carrying more racks than you. In fact. if you give me one of your
racks, then I would have twice as many as you have. and If I give
you a rack, our loads would be equal." How many racks was the
donkey carrying?
Question 10
A dealer incurs a loss of 5% if he sells an article for Rs. 1805.
What price must he sell the article so as to gain 5% on that
article?
Question 11
a bus want to go to its first stop,
when it covers 1/5th of the distance it reaches a
hotel @ 6:05 PM and when it covers 1/3rd of distance
it reaches to fire station @ 6:15, when it will reach its
first station
Question 12 (imp)
monil wants to quit smoking, he has 64
cigarettes, he want to smoke one by one, but he
smoke only 1/4th of a cigarettes, he realised that if
he joins 4 of the butts, (remaining part) then it would
be equal to 1 cigarettes, tell how many cigarattes he
smoke in all
Question 13
Q. What is the difference between the angle of hour hand and
minute hand?
Question 14
A flock of birds comes, and each bird sits on one branch of the
tree. During this process, 3 branches broke, and it is seen that 12
birds did not get a branch to sit. Out of 12 birds, 3 flew away
never to return. All the remaining birds formed back the flock
and start sitting in groups this time, so everyone gets a branch to
sit on. During this process, 3 branch broke again. Later it's seen
that 3 branches are empty, 3 branches have two birds each, and
the rest branches have three birds each. How many total birds
and branches were at the start?
Question 15
There are 70 employees working with hitbullseye of which 30 are
females. Also, 30 employees are married. 24 employees are
above 25 years of age. 19 married employees are above 25 years,
of which 7 are males. 12 males are above 25 years of age. 15
males are married. How many unmarried females are there and
how many of them are above 25.
Question 16
A clock at 8 AM ticks 8 times. It takes 35 seconds between 1st
and last tick. How long does it tick at 11 AM.
Question 17
Nikhil gets Rs.250 from his parents every week for his expenses.
He puts Rs.5 in his piggy bank on everyday except Sunday when
he puts Rs.10 in the piggy bank. He eats subsidized lunch in the
college canteen for Rs. 10 on all college days except Saturday
when he treats himself to the special lunch for Rs.25. Bus fare to
college is Rs.4 each way. He has got a holiday on Sunday. This
week, Nikhil wants to buy a book which costs Rs.100. For this, he
was walking to and from the college. He is left with Rs.3 after
buying the book. Assuming no other expenses, how many times
did Nikhil walk this week?
Question 18
Consider three boxes, one has red balls, the other box has blue
balls and the last box has both red and blue balls,
but these three boxes are incorrectly labeled and you have to
determine the correct labeling of boxes. But you are allowed to
take one ball from a box, that too only once.
Question 19
A tree has some leaves. Some birds try to sit on those leaves and
when one bird sits on one leaf, there is no leaf left for 1 bird. And
when two birds sit on one leaf, 1 leaf becomes vacant.
Find the number of birds and number of leaves in the tree.
Question 20
A person has a number of socks of 10 different colors.
The following table shows the color of the sock and the number
of socks available for that color:
Color 1-2 socks
Color 2-4 socks
Color 3-6 socks
Color 4-8 socks
Color 5-10 socks
Color 6-12 socks
Color 7-14 socks
Color 8-16 socks
Color 9-18 socks
Color 10-20 socks
A bag contains all these socks (mixed up).
The person has to travel to some other place in the morning, and
lights were not available, the room is completely dark. He has to
put three pairs of socks in his bag such that all three pairs of
socks
are of different colors.
Find out the minimum number of socks the person is required to
put into his bag to ensure the same.
5). (A variation of 4) Find out the minimum number of socks the
person has to put into his bag to ensure that
3 pairs are of same color.
Question 21
There are 25 typists and we need to determine the
top 3 typists.
But we have only 5 computers available so we can race atmost 5
typists at a time. Find out the minimum number of races required
to find top 3 typists, assuming that every race only outputs the
relative ranking and not the typing speed of the typists.