‭Question Paper - Software Engineer‬

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‭Instructions:‬
‭ his question paper has the following sections. Please take a moment to review‬
T
‭before you begin writing the test:‬
‭●‬ ‭Section 1 - Aptitude MCQs (10 questions)‬
‭●‬ ‭Section 2 - Technical MCQs (10 questions)‬
‭●‬ ‭Section 3 - Programming (5 questions)‬
‭●‬ ‭Section 4 - Personality Assessment (4 questions)‬

‭Total duration for the test is ONE hour.‬

 ‭Aptitude MCQs‬
‭1. If A is the brother of B, and C is the sister of B, how is A related to C?‬
‭(A) Brother‬
‭(B) Sister‬
‭(C) Cousin‬
‭(D) Uncle‬

‭2. Find the next term in the series: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?‬
‭(A) 37‬
‭(B) 36‬
‭(C) 35‬
‭(D) 34‬

‭3.‬ ‭If‬‭a‬‭company‬‭produces‬‭200‬‭units‬‭in‬‭5‬‭days,‬‭how‬‭many‬‭units‬‭can‬‭it‬‭produce‬‭in‬‭20‬
‭days?‬
‭(A) 400‬
‭(B) 800‬
‭(C) 1600‬
‭(D) 2000‬

‭4. If a coin is tossed twice, what is the probability of getting heads both times?‬
‭(A) 1/4‬
‭(B) 1/2‬
‭(C) 3/4‬
‭(D) 1‬

‭5.‬‭If‬‭A‬‭can‬‭do‬‭a‬‭work‬‭in‬‭12‬‭days‬‭and‬‭B‬‭can‬‭do‬‭the‬‭same‬‭work‬‭in‬‭15‬‭days,‬‭how‬‭many‬
‭days will they take to complete the work together?‬
‭(A) 6‬
‭(B) 7‬
‭(C) 8‬
‭(D) 9‬

‭6.‬ ‭The‬ ‭average‬ ‭age‬ ‭of‬ ‭5‬ ‭students‬ ‭is‬ ‭18.‬ ‭If‬ ‭one‬ ‭student's‬ ‭age‬ ‭is‬ ‭removed,‬ ‭the‬
‭average becomes 17. What is the age of the student who was removed?‬
‭(A) 20‬
‭(B) 22‬
‭(C) 23‬
‭(D) 25‬

‭7.‬‭The‬‭HCF‬‭of‬‭two‬‭numbers‬‭is‬‭12‬‭and‬‭their‬‭LCM‬‭is‬‭180.‬‭If‬‭one‬‭of‬‭the‬‭numbers‬‭is‬‭36,‬
‭what is the other number?‬
‭(A) 60‬
‭(B) 72‬
‭(C) 84‬
‭(D) 96‬

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‭8.‬ ‭If‬ ‭the‬ ‭ratio‬ ‭of‬ ‭boys‬ ‭to‬ ‭girls‬ ‭in‬ ‭a‬ ‭class‬ ‭is‬ ‭3:2,‬ ‭and‬‭there‬‭are‬‭20‬‭boys,‬‭how‬‭many‬
‭girls are there?‬
‭(A) 12‬
‭(B) 13‬
‭(C) 14‬
‭(D) 15‬

‭9.‬‭A‬‭sum‬‭of‬‭money‬‭at‬‭simple‬‭interest‬‭amounts‬‭to‬‭₹1000‬‭in‬‭2‬‭years‬‭and‬‭to‬‭₹1200‬‭in‬
‭3 years. What is the principal amount?‬
‭(A) ₹800‬
‭(B) ₹900‬
‭(C) ₹1000‬
‭(D) ₹1100‬

‭10. If 20% of a number is 50, what is the number?‬

‭(A) 100‬
‭(B) 200‬
‭(C) 250‬
‭(D) 300‬

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 ‭Technical MCQs‬

‭1.‬ ‭What will be the output of the following code?‬

‭print(type(‬‭6‬‭/‭2
‬ ‬‭))‬
‭ .‬
a ‭ class 'int'>‬
<
‭b.‬ ‭<class 'float'>‬
‭c.‬ ‭Error‬
‭d.‬ ‭<class 'fraction'>‬

‭2.‬ W
‭ hat is the correct way to declare a variable that cannot be changed in‬
‭Python?‬
‭a.‬ ‭const x = 10‬
‭b.‬ ‭x = 10‬
‭c.‬ ‭final x = 10‬
‭d.‬ ‭Python does not have built-in support for constants.‬

‭3.‬ ‭What will be the output of the following code?‬

‭print(bool(‬‭'False'‬‭))‬
‭ .‬
a ‭ rue‬
T
‭b.‬ ‭False‬
‭c.‬ ‭Error‬
‭d.‬ ‭None‬

‭4.‬ ‭Which of the following is not a valid data type in Python?‬

‭a.‬ ‭tuple‬
‭b.‬ ‭set‬
‭c.‬ ‭list‬
‭d.‬ ‭stack‬

‭5.‬ ‭What is the output of the following code?‬

x‭ = [‬‭1‬‭,‬‭2‬‭,‬‭3‬‭]‬
‭y = x‬
‭y.append(‬‭4‬‭)‬
‭print(x)‬
‭ .‬
a [‭1, 2, 3]‬
‭b.‬ ‭[1, 2, 3, 4]‬
‭c.‬ ‭[4]‬
‭d.‬ ‭Error‬

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‭6.‬ ‭Which of the following keywords is used to create a generator in Python?‬
‭a.‬ ‭yield‬
‭b.‬ ‭return‬
‭c.‬ ‭async‬
‭d.‬ ‭await‬

‭7.‬ ‭Which method is used to remove the last element from a list in Python?‬
‭a.‬ ‭remove()‬
‭b.‬ ‭pop()‬
‭c.‬ ‭del()‬
‭d.‬ ‭clear()‬

‭8.‬ ‭What is the purpose of the return statement in a Python function?‬

‭a.‬ ‭To define the function's name‬
‭b.‬ ‭To specify the function's parameters‬
‭c.‬ ‭To send a value back to the caller‬
‭d.‬ ‭To create a new function‬

‭9.‬ ‭What is the difference between a class and an object in Python?‬

‭a.‬ ‭A class is a blueprint for an object, while an object is an instance of a‬
‭class.‬
‭b.‬ ‭A class is an instance of an object, while an object is a blueprint for a‬
‭class.‬
‭c.‬ ‭There is no difference between a class and an object.‬
‭d.‬ ‭A class is a data type, while an object is a variable.‬

‭10.‬‭What is the purpose of inheritance in Python?‬

‭a.‬ ‭To create new classes from existing ones‬
‭b.‬ ‭To avoid code duplication‬
‭c.‬ ‭To promote code reusability‬
‭d.‬ ‭All of the above‬

‭5‬
 ‭Programming‬
‭1.‬ ‭Write a Python function that:‬
‭a.‬ ‭Accepts a sentence as input.‬
‭b.‬ ‭Reverses each word individually (without reversing the order of words).‬
‭c.‬ ‭Removes any duplicate spaces between words.‬
‭d.‬ ‭Joins the words back into a single string and returns the result.‬

‭●‬ ‭Test Case 1‬

"Hello world"‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
"olleH dlrow"‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭ ‬ ‭Test Case 2‬
●
"Python is fun"‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
"nohtyP si nuf"‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭ ‬ ‭Test Case 3‬
●
" Keep moving forward "‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
"peeK gnivom drawrof"‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭ ‬ ‭Test Case 4‬
●
"OpenAI rocks the world"‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
"IAnepO skcor eht dlrow"‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭ ‬ ‭Test Case 5‬
●
"Test case with multiple spaces"‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
"tseT esac htiw elpitlum secaps"‬
‭○‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭

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‭2.‬ ‭Write a Python function to find the second largest number in a list.‬
‭Input: A list of integers.‬
‭Output: Return the second largest number.‬

‭●‬ ‭Test Case 1‬

[10, 20, 4, 45, 99]‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
45‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭●‬ ‭Test Case 2‬
[5, 5, 5, 5, 5]‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
None‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭ ‬ ‭Test Case 3‬
●
[2, 3]‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
2‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭●‬ ‭Test Case 4‬
[7, -2, 5, 0, 9]‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
7‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭ ‬ ‭Test Case 5‬
●
[1]‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
None‬
‭○‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭

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‭3.‬ ‭Write a Python function that:‬
‭○‬ ‭Takes a list of strings as input.‬
‭○‬ ‭Returns a dictionary where:‬
‭i.‬ ‭The keys are the first characters of the strings.‬
‭ii.‬ ‭The values are lists of strings that start with that character.‬
‭○‬ ‭Ensure the values (lists of strings) are sorted alphabetically.‬

‭●‬ ‭Test Case 1‬

["apple", "banana", "apricot", "blueberry",‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
"cherry"]‬
‭
{'a': ['apple', 'apricot'], 'b':‬
‭○‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
‭'banana', 'blueberry'], 'c': ['cherry']}‬
[
‭ ‬ ‭Test Case 2‬
●
["dog", "cat", "duck", "deer", "cow"]‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
{'d': ['deer', 'dog', 'duck'], 'c':‬
‭○‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
‭'cat', 'cow']}‬
[
‭●‬ ‭Test Case 3‬
["kiwi", "kangaroo", "koala", "kite"]‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
{'k': ['kangaroo', 'kite', 'kiwi',‬
‭○‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
‭koala']}‬
'
‭●‬ ‭Test Case 4‬
["sun", "moon", "star", "sky"]‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
{'s': ['sky', 'star', 'sun'], 'm':‬
‭○‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
‭'moon']}‬
[
‭ ‬ ‭Test Case 5‬
●
[""]‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
{'': ['']}‬
‭○‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭

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‭4. Write a Python function that:‬

‭ .‬ T
a ‭ akes two lists of integers as input.‬
‭b.‬ ‭Returns a set containing the intersection of both lists.‬
‭c.‬ ‭Removes any values from the set that are prime numbers.‬

‭●‬ ‭Test Case 1:‬

list1 = [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭ list2 = [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]‬
‭,‬‭
{4, 6}‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭●‬ ‭Test Case 2:‬
list1 = [10, 15, 20]‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭ list2 = [15, 20, 25]‬
‭,‬‭
{20, 15}‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭●‬ ‭Test Case 3:‬
list1 = [11, 13, 17, 19]‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭ list2 = [11, 17, 19, 23]‬
‭,‬‭
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○ set()‬
‭●‬ ‭Test Case 4:‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭ list1 = [1, 2, 3]‬ list2 = [2, 'a', 3]‬
‭,‬‭
‭○‬ ‭Expected Output: Error (TypeError)‬
‭ ‬ ‭Test Case 5:‬
●
list1 = []‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭ list2 = []‬
‭,‬‭
set()‬
‭○‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭

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 ‭ . Write a Python function to find the longest word in a sentence and return its‬
5
‭length. However, if two or more words have the same longest length, return‬
‭the length of the word that appears last in the sentence.‬
‭Input: A string (sentence).‬
‭Output: An integer representing the length of the longest word (last‬
‭occurrence if there’s a tie).‬

‭●‬ ‭Test Case 1‬

"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
5‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭●‬ ‭Test Case 2‬
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
single step"‬
‭
7‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭●‬ ‭Test Case 3:‬
"To be or not to be that is the question"‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
8‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭●‬ ‭Test Case 4‬
"May the force be with you"‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
5‬
‭ ‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭
○
‭●‬ ‭Test Case 5‬
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur‬
‭○‬ ‭Input:‬‭
adipiscing elit"‬
‭
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‭○‬ ‭Expected Output:‬‭

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 ‭Personality Assessment‬
‭(Answer in 3-4 sentences)‬

‭1.‬ ‭What qualities do you believe are required to be a successful engineer?‬

‭2.‬ D
‭ escribe one challenging situation you faced during your college life /‬
‭previous career and what steps did you take to convert the challenge into a‬
‭success ?‬

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‭3.‬ ‭How do you picture yourself in your career, 5 years from now?‬

‭4.‬ W
‭ hat do you know about Tenxerlabs? What makes you want to join‬
‭Tenxerlabs?‬

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