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HP Placement Papers 2013 - 2014 For Engineers Freshers With Answers

HP Placement Papers 2013 – 2014

HP Placement Papers 2013 - 2014 for Engineers, who are Freshers, are visualized on this well made web page With Answers for those candidates who are seriously interested in this company.

Those candidates who are going to appear in recruitment process of Hewlett Packard (HP) then don’t miss the information provided below for an idea about exam.

Selection Method

• Online/ Offline written test
• Technical viva
• Manager round
• HR interview

1st round-Aptitude

Quantitative: There will be 12 Questions on below topics-

• Time and work
• Profit and loss
• Problems on train etc.

Q.1. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is:

1. 1/4
2. 1/10
3. 7/15
4. 8/15

Answer: 3

Q.2. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?

1. 12 days
2. 15 days
3. 16 days
4. 18 days

Answer: 2

Q.3. Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 27 seconds and 17 seconds respectively and they cross each other in 23 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is:

1. 1 : 3
2. 3 : 2
3. 3 : 4
4. None of these

Answer: 2

Q.4. A train passes a station platform in 36 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, what is the length of the platform?

1. 240 m
2. 120 m
3. 300 m
4. None of these

Answer: 1

Q.5. On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is:

1. Rs. 45
2. Rs. 50
3. Rs. 55
4. Rs. 60

Answer: 4

Q.6. When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%?

1. Rs. 21,000
2. Rs. 22,500
3. Rs. 25,300
4. Rs. 25,800

Answer: 3

Verbal: This section will consist of 8 Questions (including passage).

Technical: 35 Questions will be from technical field most of them may be from-

• C++
• C
• OS
• DBMS

Q.1. Which of the following statements should be used to obtain a remainder after dividing 3.14 by 2.1?

1. rem = 3.14 % 2.1;
2. rem = modf(3.14, 2.1);
3. rem = fmod(3.14, 2.1);
4. Remainder cannot be obtain in floating point division.

Answer: 3

Q.2. What are the types of linkages?

1. Internal and External
2. External, Internal and None
3. External and None
4. Internal

Answer: 2

Q.3. Which of the following type of class allows only one object of it to be created?

1. Virtual class
2. Abstract class
3. Singleton class
4. Friend class

Answer: 3

Q.5. Which of the following is not a type of constructor?

1. Copy constructor
2. Friend constructor
3. Default constructor
4. Parameterized constructor

Answer: 2

2nd round-Technical (Elimination round)

Timing: 45 minutes

• 1st question will be brief introduction about you.
• Then may be asked to explain project in a board.
• Basic concepts of C, C++, DBMS, JAVA like inline functions, function pointer, pointers, reversing a string.
• Without using strrev, reversing a linked list, program to find factorial of a number, swings, Servlets, JDBC, etc.
• Gave me a scenario to write DBMS query.
• Puzzles.

3rd round- Managerial (elimination round)

• This round went for half an hour.
• This contained both the Technical and HR questions.
• He asked me to tell about myself.
• Difference between fault and defect.
• Compilation steps.
• Primary key and super key.
• Different Ways of sending a piece of data.
• Alternate method to replace a sequence of pointers.
• Difference between TCP and UDP.
• About IP address.
• Asked few questions from my resume.
• Most frustrating moment in your life.
• Your short term and long term goals.

HR round (No elimination)

• It may be just a formality round for 5 min.
• Again brief about yourself.
• What do you know about HP?
• Why HP?
• Are you ready to relocate?
• What is your package expectation?
• How long will you stay in HP?