Mu Sigma headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, US is a big data analytics and decision sciences company helping companies systemize

better data-driven decision making. The recruitment in Mu Sigma is done for many technical posts.
Selection Process:
Mu Sigma conducts recruitment process every year to select new candidates. The selection process of the company consists of 6
rounds. These rounds are as follows:
 Mu Sigma Aptitude & Personality Test (MuApt)
 Video Synthesis
 Pseudo Code & case study
 Group Discussion
 Technical Interview
 HR Interview
Academic Criteria:
 Applicant should be an engineering graduate from any recognized university
 Minimum of 60% in graduation are required.
 No backlogs are allowed.
Pattern of Written Exam:
Section No. of questions Time(in minutes)
Quant & Logic 15
Language 10
Critical Thinking 10 90 Minutes
Personality Profile 20
Total 55
The total time allotted for the written exam is 50 minutes. There is 0.5 negative markingexcept in personality section in the paper.
Details:
 Mu Sigma Aptitude & Personality Test consists of questions on Quant, Critical Reasoning, Logical Reasoning. Questions
are generally based on time & works, percentages, data sufficiency.
 Language:Language section contains grammar, fill in the blanks and RCs.
 Critical Thinking:This section includes questions related to visual thinking and visual representation.
 Video SynthesisThis round tests the listening and grasping skills. In this round, a video will be shown and you will be asked
to summarize it.
 Pseudo Code & Case Study round consists of a written test wherein a pseudo code will be given and you have to write the
output. And in Case Study a situation will be given and some questions will be asked to that problem. This round is for 30
minutes.
Overall the level of the paper is moderate to difficult. Only those candidates who clear the written exam will qualify for the next
rounds that are Group Discussion and interviews.
*The Company reserves the right to make changes in the written exam.
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Mu-Sigma Aptitude Questions

Mu sigma Aptitude Paper

Mu sigma Aptitude Paper for Preparation:

1. How many mashes are there in 1 square meter of wire gauge if each mesh is 8mm long and 5mm wide ?
(a) 2500
(b) 25000
(c) 250
(d) 250000
Ans B

2. x% of y is y% of ?
(a) x/y
(b) 2y
(c) x
(d) can't be determined
Ans. C

3. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar so that expenditure on sugar
can be same as before ?
(a) 15%
(b) 16.66%
(c) 12%
(d) 9%
Ans B
4. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest in a bank.
If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary ?
(a) Rs.500
(b) Rs.1500
(c) Rs.1000
(d) Rs. 900
Ans C

5. The population of a city increases @ 4% p.a. There is an additional annual increase of 4% of the population due to the influx of job
seekers, find the % increase in population after 2 years ?

6. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2 Out of these 10% the boys and 25% of girls are scholarship holders. %
of students who are not scholarship holders.?

7. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would it take for 21 women if 3 women do
as much work as 2 men?
(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 29
Ans. A

8. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same size are made from the material obtained, what is the
diameter of each sphere?
(a) 5 cms
(b) 2 cms
(c) 3 cms
(d) 4 cms
Ans C

9. A rectangular plank (2)1/2 meters wide can be placed so that it is on either side of the diagonal of a square shown below.(Figure is
not available)What is the area of the plank?
Ans :7*(2)1/2

10. The difference b/w the compound interest payble half yearly and the simple interest on a certain sum lent out at 10% p.a for 1 year
is Rs 25. What is the sum?
(a) Rs. 15000
(b) Rs. 12000
(c) Rs. 10000
(d) none of these
Ans C

11. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a perfect square ?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
Ans. C

12. A father is 30 years older than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son after 5 years what is father's present age ?
(a) 40 yrs
(b) 30 yrs
(c) 50 yrs
(d) none of these
ans:A

13. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station travelling in the same direction at an average
speed of 16 km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The average speed of the freight train was?
a) 30
b) 40
c) 58
d) 60
Ans: b

14. 02: 1/3 of girls , 1/2 of boys go to canteen .What factor and total number of classmates go to canteen?
Ans: Cannot be determined.
15. The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the profit is 10% over selling price what is the selling price?
Ans: Rs 13.86/-

16. An equilateral triangle of sides 3 inch each is given. How many equilateral triangles of side 1 inch can be formed from it?
Ans: 9

17. 20% of a 6 litre solution and 60% of 4 litre solution are mixed. What percentage of the mixture of solution?
Ans: 36%

18. There are 12 boys and 15 girls, How many different dancing groups can be formed with 2 boys and 3 girls. Which of the
following fractions is less than 1/3?
a) 22/62
b) 15/46
c) 2/3
d) 1
Ans: b

19. Find the value of ( 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.001 ) / ( 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.075 + 0.01)?
a) 0.845
b) 1.908
c) 2.312
d) 0.001
Ans: a

20. If a man buys 1 lt of milk for Rs.12 and mixes it with 20% water and sells it for Rs.15, then what is the percentage of gain?

21. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years will it become 9 times itself?
a) 6
b) 8
c) 10
d) 12
Ans: a

22. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest in a
bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary ?
a) Rs.500
b) Rs.1500
c) Rs.1000
d) Rs. 900
Ans: c

Mu-Sigma Placement Paper

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candidates. This is a model placement paper of Mu-Sigma which contains aptitude questions for preparations.

Mu Sigma Placement Paper

1: The average age of a class of 39 students is 15 years .If the age of the teacher be included, then the average increases by 3 months.
Find the age of the teacher.
A. 25 years
B. 27 years
C. 35 years
D. 28 years

2: Three years ago, the average age of A, B and C was 27 years and that of B and C, 5 years ago was 20 years. A’s present age is?
A. 30 yrs
B. 35 yrs
C. 40 yrs
D. 48 yrs

3: The average of eight numbers is 14. The average of six of these numbers is 16.The average of the remaining two numbers is?
A.4
B. 8
C.16
D. None
4: In an examination, 35% of the students passed and 455 failed. How many students appeared for the examination?
A. 490
B. 700
C. 845
D. 1300

5: The average age of a class of 39 students is 15 years .If the age of the teacher be included, then the average increases by 3 months
.Find the age of the teacher.
A. 25 years
B. 27 years
C. 35 years
D. 28 years

6: The average of six numbers is 30.If the average of first four is 25 and that of last three is 35, the fourth number is?
A. 25
B. 30
C.35
D.40

7: 2 is what percent of 50?

A.2%
B.10%
C.100%
D.4%

8: 5% of (25% of Rs. 1600) is?

A.Rs. 5
B.Rs. 17.50
C. Rs. 20
D.Rs. 25

9: The average age of 30 students is 9 years .If the age of their teacher is included, it becomes 10 years. The age of the teacher (in
years) is?
A. 27
B. 31
C. 35
D. 40

10: At an election a candidate who gets 84% of the votes is elected by a majority of 476 votes. What is the total number of votes
polled?
A. 672
B. 700
C. 749
D. 848

11: The average of ten numbers is 7. If each number is multiplied by 12; then the average of new set of numbers is?
A7
B. 19
C. 82
D. 84

12: A batsman makes a score of 87 runs in the 17th inning and thus increases his average by 3 . Find his average after 17th inning.
A. 39
B. 38
C. 38.5
D. 39.5

13: Out of four numbers, the average of first three is 16 and that of the last three is 15. If the last number is 18, the first number is?
A. 20
B. 21
C. 23
D. 25

14: Narasimha, Madhu and Pavan started a business by investing Rs. 1, 20,000, Rs. 1, 35,000 and Rs 1, 50,000 respectively. Find the
share of Pavan, out of an annual profit of Rs 56,700.
A. Rs .16, 800
B. Rs.18, 900
C. Rs.21, 000
D. None

15: Anand and Deepak started a business investing Rs. 22,500 and Rs.35, 000 respectively. Out of a total profit of Rs. 13,800,
Deepak’s share is?
A. Rs .5400
B. Rs. 7200
C. Rs. 84,000
D. 94,000

16: A starts business with Rs. 35,000 and after 5 months, B joins with A as his partner. After a year, the profit is divided in the ratio
2:3. What is B’s contribution in the capital?
A. Rs .7500
B. Rs. 8000
C. Rs. 8500
D. Rs. 9000

17: A & B are partners in a business. A contributes 1/4 of the capital for 15 months and B received 2/3 of the profit .For how long B’s
money was used?
A. 6 months
B. 9 months
C. 10 months
D. 1 year

18: X and Y invested in a business. They earned the profit, which they divided in the ratio of 2:3. If X invested Rs. 40,000, the
amount invested by Y is?
A. Rs .60, 000
B. Rs. 8000
C. Rs. 50,000
D. Rs. 90,000

19: A, B and C enter into a partnership and their shares are in the ratio 1/2:1/3:1/4.After 2 months, A withdraws half of his capital and
after 10 months, a profit of Rs. 378 is divided among them. What is B’s share?
A. Rs .129
B. Rs. 144
C. Rs. 156
D. Rs. 168

20: A, B, C enters into a partnership investing Rs 35000 Rs 45000 and Rs 55000 respectively. The respective shares of A, B and C in
annual profit of Rs 40,500 are
A. Rs.10, 500, Rs.13, 500, Rs.16, 500
B. Rs.11, 500, Rs.13, 000, Rs.16, 000
C. Rs.11, 000, Rs.14, 000, Rs.15, 500
D. Rs.11, 500, Rs.12, 500 Rs16, 500

21: Q is not equal to zero and k = (Q x n – s)/2 find n?

A. (2 x k + s)/Q
B. (2 x s x k)/Q
C. (2 x k – s)/Q
D. (2 x k + s x Q)/Q (e) (k + s)/Q

22: What does the hexa-number E78 in radix 7?

A. 12455
B. 14153
C. 14256
D. 13541

23: Printing process in which ink is applied to paper or board from raised portions of printing plates or type is called-
A. Printing, Letterpress
B. Printing, Flexographic
C. Printing, Silk screen
D. None of the above

24: A Printing Machine that transfers impressions from Flat Plate to Rubber Cylinder, thence to paper is called-
A. Laser Printer
B. Press, Offset
C. Digital Printer
D. All of the above
25: What is the remainder of (3682*3684*3686) divided by 19?
A. 0
B. 12
C. 1
D. 11

26: A puts a share of 1/3, B puts a share of 1/2, and the remaining share is put by c and start a business their total profit is Rs 4800,
what is the share of A?
A. 400
B. 800
C. 1200
D. None

27: After replacing an old member by a new member, it was found that the average age of five members of a club is the same as it was
3 years ago. What is the difference between the ages of the replaced and the new member?
A. 8 yrs
B. 15 yrs
C. 4 yrs
D. 2 yrs

28: Three years ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 years. A baby having been born, the average age of the family
is the same today. The present age of the baby is?
A. 3 yrs
B. 2.4 yrs
C. 2 yrs
D. 1.5 yrs

29: The average of six numbers is 30.If the average of first four is 25 and that of last three is 35, the fourth number is?
A. 25
B. 30
C.35
D.40

30: The average weight of 6 men decreases by 3 kg when one of them weighing 80 kg is replaced by a new man. The weight of the
new man is?
A. 56kg
B. 58 kg
C. 62 kg
D. 76 kg

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1. What is the output of the following code?

x=0;y=1;
for(j=1;j<4;j++){
x=x+j;
y*=j;
}

2. There is a 200 miles long tunnel. one train enters the tunnel at a speed of 200mph while the other trains enter the tunnel in the opposite
direction at a speed of 1000 mph. A bee travels at a speed of 1500 mph enters the tunnel goes to and back until it reaches the train. What
is the distance covered by the bee when the two train collides (the bee survives)

3. List the two advantages of views.

4. Which layer is encryption and decryption done

5. What are the various modes used to send data over the network

6. Write a query to display the name of the students whose total marks is divisible by 25 (total marks may be 175, 200, 150...)
7. P(S1)
a++;
P(S2)
v++;
V(S2)
V(S1)
P-wait, V-signal, S1 and S2 are semaphores. Consider two threads running. Is there a
deadlock .If yes in which situation does the deadlock occur.

8. How do you find the port number of the remote host?

Date; who>logfile
What is the difference between the two statements.

10. How do you find the machine MAC address

11. How many children did not try any of the rides. ?

(55-20=)35 kids * 2 rides = Rs. 70

60 + 70 = Rs. 130
So, Rs. (145 – 130 = ) 15 are left for the other (85 – 55 = ) 30 kids . so only 15 of them
can take a ride and rest 15 will be left out.
145 rides were taken. 20 of them took all three, i.e. Rs. 60 were spent, so 145-60= Rs. 85
are left for the others. Total kids were 85, so rest were 65. out of these 65,

12. How many children took exactly one ride?

13. Four cities are connected by a road network as shown in the figure. In how many ways can you start from any city and come back
to it without travelling on the same road more than once ?
Consider the top city, the following are the 3 routes possible, starting from the leftmos edge. Since there are 3 edges emanating from
each city and the figure is erfectly symmetrical, these 3 routes are possible from each edge, hence for any given city, the total number
of routes = 4 * 3 = 12.

14. Directions for question nos 14 to 15A, B, and C are three numbers, Let@(A, B)= Average of A and B*(A, B)=Product of A and
B/(A, B)=A divided by B

15 If A=2 and B=4 the value of @( / (*(A,B),B),A) would be

16. Sum of A and B is given by

17. Let x<0, 01 which of the following is false:

A) (x2-z2)has to be positive.
B) yz can be less than one.
C) xy can never be zero
D) (y2-z2) is always negative

18. If A's income is 25% less than B's ,by what % is B's income greater than that of A ?

Directions for Questions Nos: 19 to 20

Kya-Kya is an island in the south pacific .The inhabitants of Kya-Kya always Answerany question with two sentences, one of which is
always true and other is always false.

19 You are walking on a road and come to a fork. You ask the inhabitants Ram, Laxman, Lila,”Which road will take me to the village?”
Ram says,”I never speak to strangers. I am new to this place”
Laxman says,”I am married to Lila. Take the left road”.
Lila says,”I am married to ram. He is not new to this place”
Which of the following is true?

A) Left road takes you to the village

B) Right road takes you to the village
C) Lila is married to laxman
D) None of above

Ram said he never talked to strangers, but he spoke to a stranger, this meAns that this statement is false, hence his other statement must
be true, hence the second statement of Lila is false, hence her first statement is true that is she is married to ram, hence the first statement
of Laxman is false, hence his second statement is true, that is take the left road.
20. You find that your boat is stolen.You question three inhabitants of the island and they
reply as follows:
John says,”I didn't do it. Mathew didn't do it”
Matthew says,”I didn't do it. Krishna didn't do it.”
Krishna says,”I didn't do it .I don't know who did it.”

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Mu-Sigma Arithmetic Questions 2015

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Q1. Q is not equal to zero and k = (Q x n - s)/2 find n?

(a) (2 x k + s)/Q
(b) (2 x s x k)/Q
(c) (2 x k - s)/Q
(d) (2 x k + s x Q)/Q (e) (k + s)/Q

Q2. Yellow (lemon), Magenta (cold red), Cyan (blue-green) are the three

(a) Process Colors

(b) Monitor Colors
(c) Special Colors
(d) Spot Colors

Q3. Leading specifies:

(a) The space between the lines in a paragraph.

(b) The space between the base of a line to the base of the following line in a paragraph.
(c) The space between the top of the X height and the bottom of the X height of the following line in a paragraph
(d) The space between the beard of the top line and the beard of the bottom-line.

Q4. Which is a typical page layout program out of the following software products:

(a) Adobe Photoshop

(b) Adobe PageMaker
(c) Macromedia FreeHand
(d) Macromedia Director

Q5. What does the hexanumber E78 in radix 7.

(a) 12455
(b) 14153
(c) 14256
(d) 13541
(e) 131112

ANS: (d)

Q6. In a school football team the captain was the eldest of all with ,the next was the goal keeper with 26, in a particular match both the
players were shown red cards. the average age of the remaining people raised by? what was the average age of the team?

Q7. Which of the following is false

(a) QA is a process defined to attain Quality Standards

(b) QC is testing of the product during its production workflow
(c) A Test case could contain many Test Plans.
(d) A Test Plan could contain many Test Script & Test Cases

ANS: c
Q8. A Printing Machine that transfers impressions from Flat Plate to Rubber Cylinder, thence to paper is called

(a) Laser Printer

(b) Press, Offset
(c) Digital Printer
(d) All of the above

ANS: maybe Offset

Q9. Printing process in which ink is applied to paper or board from raised portions of printing plates or type is called:

(a) Printing, Letterpress

(b) Printing, Flexographic
(c) Printing, Silk screen
(d) None of the above

ANS: maybe letterpress

Q10. A puts a share of 1/3, B puts a share of 1/2, and the remaining share is put by c,and start a business their total profit is Rs 4800,
what is the share of A?

Q11. What is the remainder of (3682*3684*3686) divided by 19?

Q12. Mr. loyd wants to fence his Square shaped land of 120 Sqft each side. If apole is laid every 12ft how many poles do he need?

Q13. If 105 is represented as 253 in base 6,how is 253 represented in base 6?

Q14. The cost of 5 chairs and 3 mugs is Rs 1900, and the cost of 8 chairs and 5 mugs is Rs 2900, what is the cost of 5 chairs and 8
mugs?

Q15. Mr Roy found an old bill which shows that he brought 10 hens for Rs_67.92_ the first and the last digits were missing. what was
the cost of each hen?
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Q1. Sum of A and B is given by

A) *(@(A, B), 2)
B) /(@(A,B),2)
C) @(*(A,B),2)
D) @(/(A,B),2

ANS: A.

Q2. Let x<0, 0<y1 which of the following is false:</y

A) (x2-z2)has to be positive.
B) yz can be less than one.
C) xy can never be zero
D) (y2-z2) is always negative

ANS: A.

Q3. If As income is 25% less than Bs ,by what % is Bs income greater than that of A ?
A) 35%
B) 25%
C) 30%
D) None of these

ANS: D.

Directions for Questions Nos: 4 to 5

Kya-Kya is an island in the south pacific .The inhabitants of Kya-Kya always Answer any question with two sentences, one of
which is always true and other is always false.

Q4. You are walking on a road and come to a fork. You ask the inhabitants Ram, Laxman, Lila,Which road will take me to the
village?
Ram says,I never speak to strangers. I am new to this place
Laxman says,I am married to Lila. Take the left road.
Lila says,I am married to ram. He is not new to this place
Which of the following is true?

A) Left road takes you to the village

B) Right road takes you to the village
C) Lila is married to laxman
D) None of above

ANS: A.

Explanation:

Ram said he never talked to strangers, but he spoke to a stranger, this means that this statement is false, hence his other statement must
be true, hence the second statement of Lila is false, hence her first statement is true that is she is married to ram, hence the first statement
of Laxman is false, hence his second statement is true, that is take the left road.

Q5. You find that your boat is stolen.You question three inhabitants of the island and they reply as follows:
John says,I didnt do it. Mathew didnt do it
Matthew says,I didnt do it. Krishna didnt do it.
Krishna says,I didnt do it .I dont know who did it.
Who stole your boat?

A) John
B) Matthew
C) Krishna
D) None of them.

Q6. Write a query to display the name of the students whose total marks is divisible by 25 (total marks may be 175, 200, 150---)

Q7.
P(S1)
a++;
P(S2)
v++;
V(S2)
V(S1)
P-wait, V-signal, S1 and S2 are semaphores.

Consider two threads running. Is there a deadlock. If yes in which situation does the deadlock occur.

Q8. How do you find the port number of the remote host?

Q9.
(Date; who)>logfile
Date; who>logfile

What is the difference between the two statements.

Q10. How do you find the machine MAC address

A) 0
B) 8
C) 16
D) 32

ANS: A

Q11. How many children did not try any of the rides. ?

A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20

ANS: 15.

Explanation:

kids * 3 rides = Rs. 60

(55-20=)35 kids * 2 rides = Rs. 70
60 + 70 = Rs. 130
So, Rs. (145 - 130 = ) 15 are left for the other (85 - 55 = ) 30 kids . so only 15 of them can take a ride and rest 15 will be left out.
145 rides were taken. 20 of them took all three, i.e. Rs. 60 were spent, so 145-60= Rs. 85 are left for the others. Total kids were 85, so
rest were 65. out of these 65.

Q12. How many children took exactly one ride?

A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20

ANS: 15

Q13. Four cities are connected by a road network as shown in the figure. In how many ways can you start from any city and
come back to it without travelling on the same road more than once ?

A) 8
B) 12
C) 16
D) 20

ANS: 12.

Explanation:

Consider the top city, the following are the 3 routes possible, starting from the leftmost edge. Since there are 3 edges emanating from
each city and the figure is perfectly symmetrical, these 3 routes are possible from each edge, hence for any given city, the total number
of routes = 4 * 3 = 12.

Q14. Directions for question nos 14 to 15

A, B, and C are three numbers, Let

@(A, B)= Average of A and B
*(A, B)=Product of A and B
/(A, B)=A divided by B

Q15. If A=2 and B=4 the value of @( / (*(A,B),B),A) would be

A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 16

ANS: 2

Q16. What is the output of the following code?

x=0;y=1;
for(j=1;j<4;j++){
x=x+j;
y*=j;
}

Q17. There is a 200 miles long tunnel. one train enters the tunnel at a speed of 200 mph while the other trains enter the tunnel in the
opposite direction at a speed of 1000 mph. A bee travels at a speed of 1500 mph enters the tunnel goes to and back until it reaches the
train. What is the distance covered by the bee when the two train collides (the bee survives)

Q18. List the two advantages of views.

Q19. Which layer is encryption and decryption done?

Q20. What are the various modes used to send data over the network?
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Q1. A puts a share of 1/3, B puts a share of 1/2, and the remaining share is put by c, and start a business their total profit is Rs
4800, what is the share of A?

ANS: 800

Q2. What is the remainder of (3682*3684*3686) divided by 19?

ANS: 0

Q3. Mr. loyd wants to fence his Square shaped land of 120 Sqft each side. If apole is laid every 12ft how many poles do he need?

Q4. If 105 is represented as 253 in base 6,how is 253 represented in base 6?

Q5. The cost of 5 chairs and 3 mugs is Rs 1900, and the cost of 8 chairs and 5 mugs is Rs 2900, what is the cost of 5 chairs and 8 mugs?

Q6. Mr Roy found an old bill which shows that he brought 10 hens for Rs_67.92_ the first and the last digits were missing. what was
the cost of each hen?

Q7. In a school football team the captain was the eldest of all with ,the next was the goal keeper with 26, in a particular match both the
players were shown red cards. the average age of the remaining people raised by? what was the average age of the team?

Q8. Which of the following is false

Q9. A Printing Machine that transfers impressions from Flat Plate to Rubber Cylinder, thence to paper is called

ANS: Offset
Q10. Printing process in which ink is applied to paper or board from raised portions of printing plates or type is called:

(a) Printing, Letterpress

(b) Printing, Flexographic
(c) Printing, Silk screen
(d) None of the above

ANS: letterpress

Q11. Yellow (lemon), Magenta (cold red), Cyan (blue-green) are the three

(a) Process Colors

(b) Monitor Colors
(c) Special Colors
(d) Spot Colors

Q12. Leading specifies:

(a) The space between the lines in a paragraph.

(b) The space between the base of a line to the base of the following line in a paragraph.
(c) The space between the top of the X height and the bottom of the X height of the following line in a paragraph
(d) The space between the beard of the top line and the beard of the bottom-line.

Q13. Which is a typical page layout program out of the following software products:

(a) Adobe Photoshop

(b) Adobe PageMaker
(c) Macromedia FreeHand
(d) Macromedia Director

Q14. What does the hexa number E78 in radix 7.

(a) 12455
(b) 14153
(c) 14256
(d) 13541
(e) 131112

ANS: (d)

Q15. Q is not equal to zero and k = (Q x n - s)/2 find n?

(a) (2 x k + s)/Q
(b) (2 x s x k)/Q
(c) (2 x k - s)/Q
(d) (2 x k + s x Q)/Q (e) (k + s)/Q

ANS: (a)
Mu-Sigma Aptitude questions May 2014
Posted on :13-02-2016
Mu sigma Aptitude Paper

Q1. How many mashes are there in 1 square meter of wire gauge if each mesh is 8mm long and 5mm wide ?

(a) 2500
(b) 25000
(c) 250
(d) 250000

ANS: B
Q2. x% of y is y% of ?

(a) x/y
(b) 2y
(c) x
(d) cant be determined

ANS: C

Q3. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar so that expenditure
on sugar can be same as before ?

(a) 15%
(b) 16.66%
(c) 12%
(d) 9%

ANS: B

Q4. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest
in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary ?

(a) Rs.500
(b) Rs.1500
(c) Rs.1000
(d) Rs. 900

ANS: C

Q5. The population of a city increases @ 4% p.a. There is an additional annual increase of 4% of the population due to the influx of job
seekers, find the % increase in population after 2 years?

Q6. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2 Out of these 10% the boys and 25% of girls are scholarship holders. %
of students who are not scholarship holders?

Q7. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would it take for 21 women if 3
women do as much work as 2 men?

(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 29

ANS: A

Q8. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same size are made from the material obtained, what
is the diameter of each sphere?

(a) 5 cms
(b) 2 cms
(c) 3 cms
(d) 4 cms

ANS: C

Q9. A rectangular plank (2)1/2 meters wide can be placed so that it is on either side of the diagonal of a square shown
below.(Figure is not available)What is the area of the plank?

ANS: 7*(2)1/2
Q10. The difference b/w the compound interest payable half yearly and the simple interest on a certain sum lent out at 10% p.a
for 1 year is Rs 25. What is the sum?

(a) Rs. 15000

(b) Rs. 12000
(c) Rs. 10000
(d) none of these

ANS: C

Q11. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a perfect square?

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

ANS: C

Q12. A father is 30 years older than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son after 5 years what is fathers present
age?

(a) 40 yrs
(b) 30 yrs
(c) 50 yrs
(d) none of these

ANS: A

Q13. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station travelling in the same direction at an
average speed of 16 km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The average speed of the freight
train was?

a) 30
b) 40
c) 58
d) 60

ANS: b

Q14. 02: 1/3 of girls , 1/2 of boys go to canteen .What factor and total number of classmates go to canteen?

ANS: Cannot be determined.

Q15. The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the profit is 10% over selling price what is the selling price?

ANS: Rs 13.86/-

Q16. An equilateral triangle of sides 3 inch each is given. How many equilateral triangles of side 1 inch can be formed from it?

ANS: 9

Q17. 20% of a 6 litre solution and 60% of 4 litre solution are mixed. What percentage of the mixture of solution?

ANS: 36%

Q18. There are 12 boys and 15 girls, How many different dancing groups can be formed with 2 boys and 3 girls. Which of the
following fractions is less than 1/3?
a) 22/62
b) 15/46
c) 2/3
d) 1

ANS: b

Q19. Find the value of ( 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.001 ) / ( 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.075 + 0.01)?

a) 0.845
b) 1.908
c) 2.312
d) 0.001

ANS: a

Q20. If a man buys 1 lt of milk for Rs.12 and mixes it with 20% water and sells it for Rs.15, then what is the percentage of gain?

Q21. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years will it become 9 times itself?

a) 6
b) 8
c) 10
d) 12

ANS: a

Q22. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest
in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary?

a) Rs.500
b) Rs.1500
c) Rs.1000
d) Rs. 900

ANS: c

Mu-Sigma Verbal Ability 2014

Posted on :13-02-2016
Mu-Sigma Placement Paper

Q1. 1/4th of 1/2 of 3/4th of 52000 = ?

(1) 4875
(2) 4857
(3) 4785
(4) 4877
(5) None of these

ANS: 1

Q2. What is the output of the following program?

void main()
{
int a[5] ={1,2,3,4,5},i,j=2,b;
for (i =0;i<5;i++ )
func(j,a[i]);
for (i =0;i<5;i++ )
printf(?%d?,a[i]);
}
func(int j,int *a)
{
j=j+1;
a=a+j;
b= b+2;
}

ANS: 12345

Q3. A survey of a village showed that 1 / 10 of the total population speak neither Hindi nor English. 1 / 5 of them cannot speak
English and 3 / 7 of them cannot speak Hindi. What percentages of people know only one language?

A) 42.86 %
B) 40 %
C) 34 %
D) None of these

Q4. Mr Roy found an old bill which shows that he brought 10 hens for Rs_67.92_ the first and the last digits were missing. what was
the cost of each hen?

Q5. Four cities are connected by a road network as shown in the figure. In how many ways can you start from any city and
come back to it without travelling on the same road more than once ?

A) 8
B) 12
C) 16
D) 20

ANS: 12.

Q6. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would it take for 21 women if 3
women do as much work as 2 men?

(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 29

ANS: a

Q7. The cost of 5 chairs and 3 mugs is Rs 1900, and the cost of 8 chairs and 5 mugs is Rs 2900, what is the cost of 5 chairs and 8 mugs?

Q8. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same size are made from the material obtained, what
is the diameter of each sphere?

(a) 5 cms
(b) 2 cms
(c) 3 cms
(d) 4 cms

ANS: C

Q9. What is the output of the following program?

void main()
{
int a[5] ={1,2,3,4,5,6,7},i,j=2,b;
for (i =0;i<7;i++ )
func(j,a[i]);
for (i =0;i<7;i++ )
printf(?%d?,a[i]);
}
func(int j,int *a)
{
j=j+1;
a=a+j;
b= b+2;
}

ANS: 1234567

Q10. If an item costs Rs.3 in 99 and Rs.203 in 00.What is the % increase in price?

(a) 200/3 %
(b) 200/6 %
(c) 100%
(d) none of these

ANS: A

Q11. A student scores 55% marks in 8 papers of 100 marks each. He scores 15% of his total marks in English. How much does
he score in English?

1) 55
2) 66
3) 77
4) 44
5) None of these

Q12. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a perfect square ?

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

Q13. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If however there were 10 men less it will take 10 days more
for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally?

(a) 110 men

(b) 130 men
(c) 100 men
(d) none of these

ANS: A

Q14. What will be output of the following program ?

void main()
{
const int i=60;
int *p;
p=&i;
*p=40;
clrscr();
printf("%d",i);
getch();
}

Q15. 4 9/10 + 3/11 + 7/15 = ?

(1) 1 217/330
(2) 1 221/330
(3) 1 211/330
(4) 1 197/330
(5) None of these

ANS: 3

Q16. A, B, C and D go for a picnic. When A stands on a weighing machine, B also climbs on, and the weight shown was 132 kg.
When B stands, C also climbs on, and the machine shows 130 kg. Similarly the weight of C and D is found as 102 kg and that of
B and D is 116 kg. What is Ds weight

A. 58kg
B. 78 kg
C. 44 kg
D. None

ANS: C

Q17. There are 8 people, F, G H J K L M N. 2 groups are to be formed. F will always go with J. G and M will never go together. H will
always go with L. N will always go with G. find out the two groups.

Q18. If log 0.317=0.3332 and log 0.318=0.3364 then find log 0.319?

Q19. A person travels in a car with uniform speed. He observes the milestone, which has 2 digits. After one hour he observes
another milestone with same digits reversed. After another hour he observes another milestone with same 2 digits separated by
0. Find the speed of the car?

ANS: 45

Q20. What is the output of the following code?

#include main()
{
int i;
for (i=1;i<100; i++)
printf("%d %0x ",i,i);
}

ANS: i is from 1 to 99 for the first format,

for the second format 1 to 9, ato f, 10 to 19,1a to1f, 20 to 29, etc */c

Mu sigma selection procedure

First round was the online test which contains both general aptitude and technical (basic c concepts).
Next was Group discussion, Case studies and Technical and Hr Interview

Im sharing you guys some questions based on my memory

Written test:
There were 16 aptitude questions given for 20 minutes.
1. 2 containers labeled A and B are filled with red and blue marbles in given quantities: -

Container RED BLUE

A 6 4
B 60 40
Each container is shaken vigorously. After choosing 1 of the container, without looking, draw out a marble.
From which container you have the max probability of choosing a blue marble?
(a) Container A (6 red, 4 blue)-Ans.
(b) Container B (60 red, 40 blue)
(c) Equal chances from each container.

2. The school committee of a small town wanted to determine the average children per household of the town.
They divided the total no. of children in the town by total no. of households.
Total no. of households = 50. Which of the following statements must be true if the average children per household are 2.2?
(a) Half the households in the town have more than 2 children
(b) There are total of 110 children in the town.
(c) More households in the town have 3 children than have 2 children.
(d) The most common no. of children in a household is 2.

3. For 1 month, 500 elementary students kept a daily record of the no. of hours of watching television.
The average no. of hours per week spent watching television was 28hours. Researchers conducting the study also obtained report
cards for each of the students.
It was found that the students, who did well in school spent less time watching television and those who spent more time, did poorly.
Listed below several possible statements concerning the research.
Place a check on the statement that is definitely not true.
(a) The students who watch television more performed poorly.
(b) If the students will not watch television their performance will improve.

4. When 2 dice are simultaneously thrown, is it possible that one of the ____ occurs.
Result 1: A 5 and a 6 are obtained.
Result 2: A 5 is obtained twice. Select the response that you agree with the most.
(a) The chances of obtaining each of these results is equal.
(b) There is more chance of obtaining result 1.
(c) There is more chance of obtaining result 2.
(d) It is impossible to give an answer. (Please explain why)

5. When 3 dice are simultaneously thrown, which of the following would be obtained?
(a) Result 1: “ A 5, a 3 and a 6”
(b) Result 2:” A 5 three times”
(c) Result 3:” A 5 twice and a 3”
(d) All three results are equally likely.

6. A teacher wants to change the seating arrangement in the class in order to improve the no. of comments given by the students in the
class.
She 1st decides to change the seating arrangement of the students in the class. The no. of comments made by 8 students during a
period are given below:
Serials A.A R.F G.H D.C A.F C.M S.S C.G
No. of comments 0 5 2 22 2 3 4 1
What should be the method adopted by her to get the accurate results.
(a) Throw out the 22, add up the other 7 no.s and divide by 7
(b) Throw out the 0, add up the other 7 no.s and divide by 7
© Add the 8 no.s and divide by 8.
(d) None of these.

7. A new medicine has been developed and its effectiveness has been determined by carrying out an experimental study. 30 patients
were divided into groups of 20 and 10.
The group having 20, were given medicine while the other group dint get any medication. The results obtained where as follows:-

Medication Non-medication
Improved 8 2
Unimproved 12 8
Based on data, I think medication was:-
(a) somewhat effective as in 8 patients improved while in other only 2 improved.
(b) Basically ineffective because difference between improved and unimproved where 6 and 4 respectively.
(c) Basically ineffective because in the control group, also 2 patients improved without taking any medicine.
d) Somewhat effective because 40% of the students improved in medication (8/20), and only 20% improved in case of control (2/10).

Technical and HR Interview Questions:

The next interview was HR..They showed us a few pictures and asked to make a story out of it.The rest of the stuff was
generic...hobbies, personal life etc
They mainly involved puzzles and grilling based on your skills(from resume).
They also test your analysis skills.Among other small puzzles , they gave me this problem for analysis -
A client tells you that he wants to build a supermarket.Ask him as many questions as you want and come up with the number of
people he wil have to employ.

1) Tell me something about yourself and started to grill on the basis of the resume.
2) Your strength and weakness, any 3?
3) Explain yourself?
4) Tell us about your hobbies?
5) Why Mu Sigma? What you know about Mu Sigma India?
Technical covers C,C++ and a bit of java

Puzzles:
A bacterium doubles in a day. A bacterium is kept in a container. After 10 days the container is completely filled with bacteria. How
much time will take to half fill the container?

Mu-Sigma Question-Paper 23234

Mu Sigma is a management consulting firm that primarily offers analytics services. Mu sigma recruites every year a large number of
candidates. This paper contains Model question paper of Mu-Sigma which gives the students an idea about how to prepare for Mu-
Sigma recruitements.

Mu-Sigma Model Question Paper

1. Sum of A and B is given by

A) *(@(A, B), 2)
B) /(@(A,B),2)
C) @(*(A,B),2)
D) @(/(A,B),2
Ans. A.

2. Let x<0, 0<y<1, Z>1 which of the following is false:

A) (x2-z2)has to be positive.
B) yz can be less than one.
C) xy can never be zero
D) (y2-z2) is always negative
Ans. A.

3. If A's income is 25% less than B's ,by what % is B's income greater than that of A ?
A) 35%
B) 25%
C) 30%
D) None of these
Ans. D.

Directions for Questions Nos: 4 to 5

Kya-Kya is an island in the south pacific .The inhabitants of Kya-Kya always Answer any question with two sentences, one of which
is always true and other is always false.

4. You are walking on a road and come to a fork. You ask the inhabitants Ram, Laxman, Lila,” Which road will take me to the
village?”
Ram says,” I never speak to strangers. I am new to this place”
Laxman says,” I am married to Lila. Take the left road” .
Lila says,” I am married to ram. He is not new to this place”

Which of the following is true?

A) Left road takes you to the village
B) Right road takes you to the village
C) Lila is married to laxman
D) None of above
Ans. A.

5. You find that your boat is stolen.You question three inhabitants of the island and they reply as follows:
John says,” I didn't do it. Mathew didn't do it”
Matthew says,” I didn't do it. Krishna didn't do it.”
Krishna says,” I didn't do it .I don't know who did it.”

Who stole your boat?

A) John
B) Matthew
C) Krishna
D) None of them.

6. Write a query to display the name of the students whose total marks is divisible by 25 (total marks may be 175, 200, 150...)

7. P(S1)
a++;
P(S2)
v++;
V(S2)
V(S1)
P-wait, V-signal, S1 and S2 are semaphores. Consider two threads running. Is there a deadlock .If yes in which situation does the
deadlock occur.

8. How do you find the port number of the remote host?

9. (Date; who)>logfile
Date; who>logfile
What is the difference between the two statements.

10. How do you find the machine MAC address

A) 0
B) 8
C) 16
D) 32
Ans. A

11. How many children did not try any of the rides. ?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20
Ans. 15.

12. kids * 3 rides = Rs. 60

(55-20=)35 kids * 2 rides = Rs. 70
60 + 70 = Rs. 130
So, Rs. (145 – 130 = ) 15 are left for the other (85 – 55 = ) 30 kids . so only 15 of them can take a ride and rest 15 will be left out.
145 rides were taken. 20 of them took all three, i.e. Rs. 60 were spent, so 145-60= Rs. 85 are left for the others. Total kids were 85, so
rest were 65. out of these 65,

12. How many children took exactly one ride?

A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20
Ans. 15

13. Four cities are connected by a road network as shown in the figure. In how many ways can you start from any city and come back
to it without travelling on the same road more than once ?
A) 8
B) 12
C) 16
D) 20
Ans. 12.

Consider the top city, the following are the 3 routes possible, starting from the leftmost edge. Since there are 3 edges emanating from
each city and the figure is perfectly symmetrical, these 3 routes are possible from each edge, hence for any given city, the total
number of routes = 4 * 3 = 12.

14. Directions for question nos 14 to 15

A, B, and C are three numbers, Let
@(A, B)= Average of A and B
*(A, B)=Product of A and B
/(A, B)=A divided by B

15 If A=2 and B=4 the value of @( / (*(A,B),B),A) would be

A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 16
Ans. 2

16. What is the output of the following code?

x=0;y=1;
for(j=1;j<4;j++){
x=x+j;
y*=j;
}

17. There is a 200 miles long tunnel. one train enters the tunnel at a speed of 200mph while the other trains enter the tunnel in the
opposite direction at a speed of 1000 mph. A bee travels at a speed of 1500 mph enters the tunnel goes to and back until it reaches the
train. What is the distance covered by the bee when the two train collides (the bee survives)

18. List the two advantages of views.

19. Which layer is encryption and decryption done

20. What are the various modes used to send data over the network

Mu sigma Technical Paper

Mu-sigma Technical and aptitude placement papers:

1. What is the output of the following code?

x=0;y=1;
for(j=1;j<4;j++){
x=x+j;
y*=j;
}

2. There is a 200 miles long tunnel. one train enters the tunnel at a speed of 200mph while the other trains enter the tunnel in the
opposite direction at a speed of 1000 mph. A bee travels at a speed of 1500 mph enters the tunnel goes to and back until it reaches the
train. What is the distance covered by the bee when the two train collides (the bee survives)

3. List the two advantages of views.

4. Which layer is encryption and decryption done

5. What are the various modes used to send data over the network

6. Write a query to display the name of the students whose total marks is divisible by 25 (total marks may be 175, 200, 150...)

7. P(S1)
a++;
P(S2)
v++;
V(S2)
V(S1)
P-wait, V-signal, S1 and S2 are semaphores. Consider two threads running. Is there a deadlock .If yes in which situation does the
deadlock occur.

8. How do you find the port number of the remote host?

Date; who>logfile
What is the difference between the two statements.

10. How do you find the machine MAC address

11. How many children did not try any of the rides. ?

(55-20=)35 kids * 2 rides = Rs. 70

60 + 70 = Rs. 130
So, Rs. (145 – 130 = ) 15 are left for the other (85 – 55 = ) 30 kids . so only 15 of them
can take a ride and rest 15 will be left out.
145 rides were taken. 20 of them took all three, i.e. Rs. 60 were spent, so 145-60= Rs. 85
are left for the others. Total kids were 85, so rest were 65. out of these 65,

12. How many children took exactly one ride?

13. Four cities are connected by a road network as shown in the figure. In how many ways can you start from any city and come back
to it without travelling on the same road more than once ?

Consider the top city, the following are the 3 routes possible, starting from the leftmos edge. Since there are 3 edges emanating from
each city and the figure is erfectly symmetrical, these 3 routes are possible from each edge, hence for any given city, the total number
of routes = 4 * 3 = 12.
14. Directions for question nos 14 to 15A, B, and C are three numbers, Let@(A, B)= Average of A and B*(A, B)=Product of A and
B/(A, B)=A divided by B

15 If A=2 and B=4 the value of @( / (*(A,B),B),A) would be

16. Sum of A and B is given by

17. Let x<0, 01 which of the following is false:

A) (x2-z2)has to be positive.
B) yz can be less than one.
C) xy can never be zero
D) (y2-z2) is always negative

18. If A's income is 25% less than B's ,by what % is B's income greater than that of A ?

Directions for Questions Nos: 19 to 20

Kya-Kya is an island in the south pacific .The inhabitants of Kya-Kya always Answerany question with two sentences, one of which
is always true and other is always false.

19 You are walking on a road and come to a fork. You ask the inhabitants Ram, Laxman, Lila,” Which road will take me to the
village?”
Ram says,” I never speak to strangers. I am new to this place”
Laxman says,” I am married to Lila. Take the left road” .
Lila says,” I am married to ram. He is not new to this place”
Which of the following is true?

A) Left road takes you to the village

B) Right road takes you to the village
C) Lila is married to laxman
D) None of above

Ram said he never talked to strangers, but he spoke to a stranger, this meAns that this statement is false, hence his other statement
must be true, hence the second statement of Lila is false, hence her first statement is true that is she is married to ram, hence the first
statement of Laxman is false, hence his second statement is true, that is take the left road.

20. You find that your boat is stolen.You question three inhabitants of the island and they
reply as follows:
John says,” I didn't do it. Mathew didn't do it”
Matthew says,” I didn't do it. Krishna didn't do it.”
Krishna says,” I didn't do it .I don't know who did it.”

Mu Sigma Interview Experience

Hi Friends,
I attended Mu Sigma walk in held at Bangalore .It was for 1 to 3 years experience, there were 35 questions to be answered in 45 mins
all were on .NET and I am contributing those questions which i remember.I hope this will help thousands of Job seekers who are
trying for a job on .NET technology.

1) Can .asp & .aspx pages work if placed in same virtual directory?

2) Does different versions on .NET framework & different versions of assemblies work side by side (Clue: Side by side execution)

3) Can you typecast one Object type to another Object type or One object type to another data type (Clue: Boxing & Unboxing)

4) A question about GAC(Global Assembly cache) and the files it contains?

5) A question about Application Domain and does it interfere with OS Process.

6) A question on session timeout on an asp.net page and whether the session time out duration depend on the duration set in code or
does it depend on IIS(Internet Information Services) setting and if both are specified which setting overrides which? Also whether it
will take smaller time or greater time in to consideration.

7) How can assemblies be created in .NET ? (clue: Using visual studio.net (or) using al.exe (or) using reflection.emit)

8) What is a satellite assembly and what does it contain?

9) Also 4 to 5 questions were on assembly. I recommend to have a dissected look of the assembly.

10) What will an Erase command do? Erases the contents of array or Erases the whole array structure & frees memory.

11) How is anchoring different from docking? (clue: its related to windows/web controls)

12) What is serialization in .NET? What are different types of serialization and advantages and disadvantages?

13) Are RCW(Runtime Callable Wrapper) and P/Invoke different and how?

14) What is Strong Naming? What details does it contain? how can it be created (Clue: Using SN.exe)

15) What information does Culture identity contain?

16) What is a Diffgram? (Clue: Related to XML)

17) What is UDDI(Universal Discovery Description and Integration) ?

18) Also a program on Exception handling was given and asked which part will exectute and which throw an error?

19) What is Managed and Unmanaged code in .NET?

20) Can we use redim on array already declared in VB.NET? if yes, can we redim with in a class? within a module? or with in a
program?

These were the questions, I wish all Best of luck.

Mu Sigma Puzzle Questions

1. Two passenger trains are traveling in opposite direction. The distance between them is 110 Kms. One of them starts at 4 AM and
the other starts at 5 AM on a velocity of 20 and 25 KMPH respectively.What is the time when they both will meet?

2. In a competitive examination, 3 marks are given for every right answer and 2 marks are deducted for every wrong answer. A
student attempts 30 questions and obtains 40 marks.How many questions did he answered correctly?

3. The ratio of teenagers to adults in a town is 30:1. If the teenagers are increased by fifty and the adults by five, the ratio will change
to 25:1.How many adults are present in the town at present ?

4. The area of a square plot with each side of 6cms is equal to the area of a rectangular plot having the width of 2.5 cms each.What is
the length of the rectangular plot?

5. Can you determine how many times do the minute and hour hands of a clock overlap in a day?

6. A new company has launched a range of juicy candies. There are two flavors of which these juice candies will be available for
retail - Peach and Grape. The toffees are packed in three different boxes with one containing peach candies, one containing grape
candies and one containing a mixture of both. It is informed that the packaging person has accidentally mislabeled all the three
boxes.If you are asked to label them correctly, how many candies will you have to pick and from which jar in order to label every box
correctly?

7. You are provided by 100 kg of a fresh fruit. You are told that the fruit comprises of 68% water content and when the fruit dries, the
water content decreases to just 20%.How much dry fruits will you be able to obtain from the quantity of fruits given to you?

8. Anna is two years elder than Bella who is twice as old as Camilla. If the sum of their ages is 27, Find out the age of Bella.

9. Let Sn represent the sum of first n terms of an AP.If S2n = 3Sn, then what will be the ratio S3n/Sn be equal to?

10. A room's width is half of its length. If we reduce both length and width by 6, then the area is differed by 108.What is the length of
the room?

11. A train is going at a speed of 60kmph towards Delhi and returned back at a speed of 30kmph. What is its average speed?

12. You have 32 numbers. What is the least number of comparison needed to find the 2nd smallest out of them?

13. What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, 312211, 13112221?

14. There are three boxes. One is labeled "APPLES" another is labeled "ORANGES". The last one is labeled "APPLES AND
ORANGES". You know that each is labeled incorrectly. You may ask me to pick one fruit from one box which you choose.How can
you label the boxes correctly?
15. A frog is at the bottom of a 30 meter well. Each day he summons enough energy for one 3 meter leap up the well. Exhausted, he
then hangs there for the rest of the day. At night, while he is asleep, he slips 2 meters backwards. How many days does it take him to
escape from the well?

16. A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the
same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is:

17. A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3 : 2. If 5% of the total profit goes to charity and A's share is Rs. 855, the total profit is:

18. An accurate clock shows 8 o'clock in the morning. Through how may degrees will the hour hand rotate when the clock shows 2
o'clock in the afternoon?

19. Father is aged three times more than his son Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of Ronit's age. After further 8
years, how many times would he be of Ronit's age?

20. In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the
target of 282 runs?
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Mu-Sigma Model Numerical Aptitude Questions With Answers

1. Printing process in which ink is applied to paper or board from raised portions of printing plates or type is called:

(a) Printing, Letterpress

(b) Printing, Flexographic
(c) Printing, Silk screen
(d) None of the above

Answer: a

2. what is the remainder of (3682*3684*3686) divided by 19?

(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 0
(d) 4

Answer: c

3. x% of y is y% of ?

(a) x/y
(b) 2y
(c) x
(d) can't be determined

Answer: c

4. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest in a bank.
If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary ?

(a) Rs.500
(b) Rs.1500
(c) Rs.1000
(d) Rs. 900

Answer: c

5. A puts a share of 1/3, B puts a share of 1/2, and the remaining share is put by c, and start a business their total profit is Rs 4800,
what is the share of A?

(a) 600
(b) 800
(c) 400
(d) 200

Answer: b
6. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would it take for 21 women if 3 women do
as much work as 2 men?

(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 29

Answer: a

7. The difference b/w the compound interest payble half yearly and the simple interest on a
certain sum lent out at 10% p.a for 1 year is Rs 25. What is the sum?

(a) Rs. 15000

(b) Rs. 12000
(c) Rs. 10000
(d) none of these

Answer: c

8. what does the hexanumber E78 in radix 7.

(a) 12455
(b) 14153
(c) 14256
(d) 13541
(e) 131112

Answer: d

9. Q is not equal to zero and k = (Q x n - s)/2 find n?

(a) (2 x k + s)/Q
(b) (2 x s x k)/Q
(c) (2 x k - s)/Q
(d) (2 x k + s x Q)/Q (e) (k + s)/Q

Answer: a

10. How many mashes are there in 1 squrare meter of wire gauge if each mesh
is 8mm long and 5mm wide ?

(a) 2500
(b) 25000
(c) 250
(d) 250000

Answer: b

11. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a
perfect square ?

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

Answer: c

12. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same size are made from the material obtained, what is the
diameter of each sphere?

(a) 5 cms
(b) 2 cms
(c) 3 cms
(d) 4 cms
Answer: C

13. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar so that expenditure on sugar
can be same as before ?

(a) 15%
(b) 16.66%
(c) 12%
(d) 9%

Answer: b

14. A father is 30 years older than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son after 5 years .what is father's present age ?

(a) 40 yrs
(b) 30 yrs
(c) 50 yrs
(d) none of these

Answer: a

15. Leading specifies:

(a) The space between the lines in a paragraph.

(b) The space between the base of a line to the base of the following line in a paragraph.
(c) The space between the top of the X height and the bottom of the X height of the following line in a paragraph
(d) The space between the beard of the top line and the beard of the bottom-line

Answer: b
Mu Sigma Model Question Paper

Aptitude Questions

1. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station travelling in the same direction at an average
speed of 16 km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The average speed of the freight train was?
a) 30
b) 40
c) 58
d) 60
Ans: b

2. 1/3 of girls , 1/2 of boys go to canteen .What factor and total number of classmates go to canteen?
Ans: Cannot be determined.

3. The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the profit is 10% over selling price what is the selling price?
Ans: Rs 13.86/-

4. An equilateral triangle of sides 3 inch each is given. How many equilateral triangles of side 1 inch can be formed from it?
Ans: 9

5. 20% of a 6 litre solution and 60% of 4 litre solution are mixed. What percentage of the mixture of solution?
Ans: 36%

6. There are 12 boys and 15 girls, How many different dancing groups can be formed with 2 boys and 3 girls. Which of the following
fractions is less than 1/3?
a) 22/62
b) 15/46
c) 2/3
d) 1
Ans: b

7. Find the value of ( 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.001 ) / ( 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.075 + 0.01)?
a) 0.845
b) 1.908
c) 2.312
d) 0.001
Ans: a
8. If a man buys 1 lt of milk for Rs.12 and mixes it with 20% water and sells it for Rs.15, then what is the percentage of gain?

9. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years will it become 9 times itself?
a) 6
b) 8
c) 10
d) 12
Ans: a

10. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest in a
bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary ?
a) Rs.500
b) Rs.1500
c) Rs.1000
d) Rs. 900
Ans: c

11. If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ?

a) -5
b) 4
c) 2
d) 8
Ans: d

12. The price of a product is reduced by 30% . By what percentage should it be increased to make it 100%?
Ans: 42.857%

13. There are 6 red shoes & 4 green shoes . If two of red shoes are drawn what is the probability of getting red shoes?
Ans: 6c2/10c2

14. If A/B = 3/5,then 15A = ?

Ans: 9B

15. City A's population is 68000, decreasing at a rate of 80 people per year. City B having population 42000 is increasing at a rate of
120 people per year. In how many years both the cities will have same population?
Ans: 130 years

16. There are two circles, one circle is inscribed and another circle is circumscribed over a square. What is the ratio of area of inner to
outer circle?
Ans: 1 : 2

17. A can have a piece of work done in 8 days, B can work three times faster than the A, C can work five times faster than A. How
many days will they take to do the work together ?
a) 3 days
b) 8/9 days
c) 4 days
d) can't say
Ans: b

18. Pipe A can fill a tank in 30 mins and Pipe B can fill it in 28 mins.If 3/4th of the tank is filled by Pipe B alone and both are opened,
how much time is required by both the pipes to fill the tank completely?

19. Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32 kmph respectively. A man in the slower train observes the 15 seconds
elapse before the faster train completely passes by him. What is the length of faster train?
a) 100m
b) 75m
c) 120m
d) 50m
Ans: b

20. The population of a city increases @ 4% p.a. There is an additional annual increase of 4% of the population due to the influx of
job seekers, find the % increase in population after 2 years?