Virtusa is a global IT company which was originally set up in Sri Lanka and has now

expanded globally with headquarters in USA.

The test for placement in normally consists of 5 sections. There are a total of 120 questions
which are to be answered in a time limit of 120 minutes.

The different sections in the paper are:

- Aptitude - 30 questions
- Reasoning - 20 questions
- General English - 20 questions
- Technical - 40 questions
- Reading Ability - 10 questions

Virtusa Aptitude Questions and Answers

1. AGE

Eighteen years ago, a father was three times as old as his son. Now the father is only twice
as old as his son. Then the sum of the present ages of the son and the father is

A. 54.
B. 72
C. 105
D. 108 (Correct Answer)

2. INTEREST

The price of a T.V set worth Rs.20, 000 is to be paid in 20 installments of Rs. 1000 each. If
the rate of interest be 6% per annum, and the first installments be paid at the time of
purchase, then the value of the last installments covering the interest as well will be

A. Rs.1050
B. Rs.2050
C. Rs.3000
D. Rs.19000 (Correct Answer)

3. AVERAGE

A batsman makes a score of 87 runs in the 17th inning and thus increases his averages by
3. Find his average after 17th inning?

A. 19
B. 29
C. 39 (Correct Answer)
D. 49

4. TRAINS

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A train 100 m long is running at the speed of 30 km/hr. Find the time taken by it to pass a
man standing near the railway line.

A. 10 sec.
B. 12 sec. (Correct Answer)
C. 14 sec.
D. 16 sec.

5. HEIGHTS AND DISTANCES

The angle of elevation of the sun, when the length of the shadow of a tree is v3 times the
height of the tree is

A. 30° (Correct Answer)

B. 45°
C. 60°
D. 90°
6. PARTENERSHIP

Aman started a business investing Rs.70,000. Rakhi joined him after six months with an
amount of Rs. 1, 05,000 and Sagar joined them with Rs.1.4 lakhs after another six months.
The amount of profit earned should be distributed in what ratio among Aman, Rakhi and
Sagar respectively, 3 years after Aman started the business?

A. 7: 6: 10
B. 12: 15: 16 (Correct Answer)
C. 42: 45: 56
D. cannot be determined

The next section on ANALYTICAL AND LOGICAL Reasoning checks the mental ability of
the examinee. It includes questions on:

1. BLOOD RELATIONS

A is father of C and D is son of B. E is brother of A. If C is sister of D, how is B related to E?

A. Daughter (Correct Answer)

B. Brother-in-law
C. Husband
D. Sister-in-law

2. CODING DECODING

In a code, CORNER is written as GSVRIV. How can CENTRAL be written in that code?
A. DFOUSBM
B. GIRXVEP (Correct Answer)
C. GNFJKER
D. None of these

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3. SERIES COMPLETION

4. PROBLEMS ON WORD ARRANGEMENT

5. PROBLEMS ON SEATING ARRANGEMENT

The next section on English Grammar checks your vocabulary, grammar and
comprehensive skills. It has direct questions like:

1. SYNONYMS/ANTONYMS
2. PASSAGE BASED QUESTIONS
3. SENTENCE COMPLETION

Next comes the Technical section which tests your skill on various computer languages
including

•C
• C++
• Java
• DBMS
• OS

The last section is perhaps the simplest one. Reading ability tests your ability to register the
written material, comprehend, recall, reason and answer. The key to this is presence of mind
and a good memory.

Following the written paper, the selected candidates sit for a group discussion. Groups of 8-
10 candidates are formed and recent topics like brain drain, effect of movies on youth,
terrorism, attack on women etc. are discussed. Each discussion lasts for 5-10 minutes and
ends with elimination of 5-6 candidates.

Following the GD is the HR interview. This is the one with the major nervousness. The key to
crack it is a cool mind and a confident look.

The interview begins with enquiry about your recent undertakings and mainly focuses on
your areas of expertise. It aims at understanding the candidate's stress handing capacity,
presence of mind, personality and communication skills.

Virtusa – Logical Reasoning Questions from previous

year’s papers

Choose the option which logically means the same:

1. a. All burgers are eatables.

b. Some cows are burgers.

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A. All eatables are cows
B. At least some eatables are cows
C. No cows are eatables
D. Some cows have no eatables

2. a. All towns contain houses

b. All states haves towns

A. All houses have states

B. Not all houses have states
C. All states have houses
D. No valid conclusion can be made

3. a. All Kitchens contain cabinets

b. All cabinets have shelves in them

A. All shelves contain kitchens

B. All kitchens have shelves
C. No valid construction can be made
D. Some kitchens contain shelves.

a. All dogs are brown

b. All bull dogs are brown
A. At least some dogs are Bull Dogs
B. All Bull dogs are dogs
C. Some dogs are bull dogs
D. No valid Conclusion is possible

4. a. No horses can be considered molluscs

b. All crabs are considered horses

A. No crabs can be considered molluscs

B. Some horses are not crabs
C. No molluscs can be considered horses.
D. No valid conclusion is possible

5. Consider five item which are being popped on the stack one after other: A, B, C, D and E
starting from A. This stack is popped 4 times and then each of the element is inserted in a
particular queue. If two of the elements are removed from the queue and then again pushed
back into stack, and then again one item is popped onto the stack. The popped item is:

A. B
B. A
C. C
D. D

6. In a certain code:

Sand = Brick
Brick= House

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House = Temple
Temple = Palace

Where do you worship then according to the code?

A. Palace
B. Temple
C. Brick
D. Sand

7. A is father of C and D is son of B. E is brother of A. If C is sister of D, how is B related to

E?
A. Daughter (Correct Answer)
B. Brother-in-law
C. Husband
D. Sister-in-law

8. In a code, CORNER is written as GSVRIV. How can CENTRAL be written in that code?
A. DFOUSBM
B. GIRXVEP (Correct Answer)
C. GNFJKER
D. None of these

9. In how many possible ways can a rectangle be cut into 4 parts equal in area?

10. What is the next number in the series:

1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 7, 8, 3,

11. Find the odd one out:

A. Alpha
B. Delta
C. Sigma
D. Omega

12. Find the odd one out:

DEAF
REST
BACK
HELD

13. Using numbers 1, 2, 3, 25, 50, 75, 100

Use these numbers only once, with basic operators (Addition, Subtraction)
Make the numbers:

A. 81
B. 223

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14. Complete the series:

Jupiter, , , Neptune, Earth, Venus, , Mercury

A. Saturn, Uranus, Mars

B. Uranus, Saturn, Mars
C. Mars, Uranus, Saturn
Mars, Saturn, Uranus

Virtusa - Mathematical aptitude questions

1. Eighteen years ago, a father was three times as old as his son. Now the father is only
twice as old as his son. Then the sum of the present ages of the son and the father is

A. 54
B. 72
C. 105
D. 108

2. The price of a T.V set worth Rs.20, 000 is to be paid in 20 installments of Rs. 1000 each.
If the rate of interest be 6% per annum, and the first installments be paid at the time of
purchase, then the value of the last installments covering the interest as well will be

A. Rs.1050
B. Rs.2050
C. Rs.3000
D. Rs.19000

3. A batsman makes a score of 87 runs in the 17th inning and thus increases his averages
by 3.Find his average after 17th inning?

A. 19
B. 29
C. 39
D. 49

4. A train 100 m long is running at the speed of 30 km/hr. Find the time taken by it to pass a
man standing near the railway line.

A. 10 sec.
B. 12 sec.
C. 14 sec.
D. 16 sec.

5. The angle of elevation of the sun, when the length of the shadow of a tree is v3 times the
height of the tree is

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A. 30°
B. 45°
C. 60°
D. 90°

6. Aman started a business investing Rs.70,000. Rakhi joined him after six months with an
amount of Rs. 1, 05,000 and Sagar joined them with Rs.1.4 lakhs after another six months.
The amount of profit earned should be distributed in what ratio among Aman, Rakhi and
Sagar respectively, 3 years after Aman started the business?

A. 7: 6: 10
B. 12: 15: 16
C. 42: 45: 56
D. cannot be determined

VIRTUSA – English questions from previous years

Read the comprehension mentioned below and accordingly answer the questions that are
about to follow:

It is the need of the hour, for the sake of human existence that we must continually look
forward to undoing what evils history has brought, the evils which are a result of information
of the physical world hurriedly and apparently gained to prominence by people living, who
are actually not aware themselves of the changes that this physical world has brought upon
them, if for nothing else then for the progress of human sciences.

The road leading to a much happier world than any known before lays open arms if the
horrific destructive obsessions of humankind can be kept in check. Fear is omnipresent, it
has always been there, it always will be there, but hope is power which is equally rational
and far more competent of producing good fruit. The point of all this is that we must for once
learn to think less about the danger looming ahead and needing avoidance and more of the
good that will come to us if we believe enough in it, and let good dominate our thoughts for a
change. Science is arguably the most basic liberator from everything destructive. We, in the
age that we are living in are on the threshold of a gigantic disaster or achievement
unprecedented. No previous generation has fought with a crisis so huge yet ignored and
science could be our saviour.

1. Science is the liberator from what?

A. Bondage to nature
B. Ideas of a beautiful future
C. Slavery in these passions
D. Destructive obsessions

2. To begin a brighter future, a man should?

A. Analyse all the immense dangers that may occur

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B. Try to avoid all these dangers
C. Have a better outlook of things
D. Overcome fears with violence

3. Fear and Hopes according to the author:

A. Are equally rational and are closely linked

B. Can bear good fruit
C. Can be both for good and worse
D. Are irrational in nature

4. According to the author, in a time like this what is our only hope?

A. Wisdom
B. Science
C. Weapons
D. Character

5. If the bestial yearning of a man is under control

A. A man’s bestial yearning is under control

B. Future will be a lot better than present
C. Present is a lot better than future
D. Present could actually become liveable

Read the comprehension mentioned below and accordingly answer the questions that are
about to follow:

Charles Darwin said those four words that whole world, mindful world that is, is aware of,
“Survival of the Fittest”. Weak fall prey to the strong. Weak and soft structured animals,
Caterpillars in particulars are a species that often ends up as prey to insatiable predators like
reptiles and birds. Despite being the clear loser in this fight and having no immediate means
of defence with weapons like jaws or claws, they have evolved equally efficient counter
mechanisms.

There is a species of caterpillars, a particular species living at altitudes as high as 2,500

metres in Himalayas. The species uses outstanding color the get information of its predators
in terms of their edibility. In turn of events when a predator did kill the caterpillar, it would
vomit it soon after and hence forth further resist from attacking the same type of creature
again. Although it will do the poor martyr no good, it is the species that benefits. Thick is a
rare example of martyrism among animal kingdom.

6. What is the meaning of “other equally efficient counter mechanisms”?

A. Preventive weaponry which has equal effect

B. Mechanism which will help in scaring off predators equally well
C. Deterrents which can be related to caterpillars equally well
D. A preventive equipment which is as good as something already told in the passage

7. The main reasons caterpillars fail to defend themselves is because?

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A. Caterpillars are lazy animals
B. Caterpillars have no weapons
C. Caterpillars are passive animals
D. Caterpillars have no jaws or claws in them

8. Himalayan Caterpillar uses the technique of outstanding color to:

A. Reveal its identity

B. Defend itself
C. Warn itself of a predator attack
D. Attack the predator

9. Birds do not attack these Himalayan Caterpillars because they think that they are?

A. Repulsive
B. Aggressive
C. Inedible
D. Sick

10. According to the passage, a martyr is one who dies

A. For saving others’ life

B. For no gain of his own
C. Without putting up a fight
D. While defending his homeland

Fill in the blanks with most appropriate answer from the options given below:

11. The sun at 7 last evening

A. Set
B. Setted
C. Was setting
D. Sat

12. A responsible father help his children their homework.

A. Do
B. Studying
C. To doing
D. In doing

13. All of us cricket each and every day of the week when we were young.

A. Use to play
B. Were playing
C. Would play
D. Were used to play

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14. This room for a conference this evening.

A. Used
B. Is used
C. Is using
D. Is being used

15. When I stood there to Anjali, she was done packing her lunch.

A. Speak
B. For talk
C. To speak
D. Spoke

16. Despite his best effort, despite hard, he could not clear the entrance exam.

A. He studied
B. Studying
C. He has studied
D. Study

17. She with lunch by the time I stepped in the canteen.

A. Finished
B. Was finished
C. Have finished
D. Had finished

18. She will my dog while I am off for Hawaii.

A. Be looking at
B. Be looking into
C. Be looking after
D. Be looking over

19. By the time mother arrives, we our assignment.

A. Will have finished

B. Will finish
C. Were finish
D. Finish

20. Only if he about the financial trouble she was facing, he would have helped her
out.

A. Had been knowing

B. Had known
C. Knew
D. Have known

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Virtusa C/C++ placement paper

1. What is the range of any 8 bit signed no.?

A. 0 to 255
B. -255 to 254
C. -128 to 127
D. 0 to 515

2. Consider the following statements and accordingly tell the output of these programs:

integer x = 34.54, y = 20, z = -5

print ( y > 50 AND z > 10 or x > 30)

A. 1
B. -1
C. 10
D. 0

3. Disha designs a program which can print the product of the cubes of numbers 1 – 10
(First 10 natural numbers)
This is the program:

Integer x = 0 // Statement 1
Integer sum = 0 // Statement 2
While ( x < 10) // Statement 3
{
Sum = x*x*x // Statement 4
x = x + 1 // Statement 5
}
Print sum // Statement 6

Is her program totally correct? If not where does the problem lie?

A. No error in the program

B. Statement 1
C. Statement 6
D. Statement 4

4. There is a problem which inputs a number n. This problem has a unique property that
given you can solve this problem for (n-1) you can easily solve it for n. Which technique
would apply best in such a case?

A. Recursion
B. Object Oriented Programming
C. Iteration
D. Decision Making

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5. In which area of a class are function and data directly accessible, even outside the class?

A. Private
B. Protected
C. Public
D. None

6. In programming, if a tree’s depth is 3 levels determine the size of that Tree?

A. 4
B. 8
C. 2
D. 6

7. You are to add three matrices of order N X N. What will be the time complexity?

A. O(N x N x N)
B. O x N
C. O x N x N
D. None

8. Determine the option which is a form of access and is commonly used in addition and
removal of nodes from a dedicated queue.

A. FIFO
B. LIFO
C. Both
D. None

9. x = 40
y = 35
z = 20
w = 10
If these are the values assigned, comment of output of these two statements.
Statement 1: print x * y / z – w
Statement 2: print x * y / (z – w)

A. Output will change by 80

B. Change by 160
C. Change by 50
D. Will remain the same

10. Choose the correct postfix notation for this infix notation:
((A + B)* C – (D – E)) ∧ (F + G))

A. AB + C* DE -- FG +∧
B. AB + C D*E -- FG +∧
C. A+ BC* DE - FG- +∧
D. AB + C* DE - FG -+∧

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Virtusa HR placement questions

Did you think of changing your present job earlier? If yes, what do you think made you stay
back?
Did you ever face a situation when your work was criticized? What did you do?
If you have never lead in the past, how would you do it in this role?
What do you prefer working with figures, or with words?
Are there any kinds of people you can not work with?
Have you ever fired anyone? How did you handle it?
Have you ever worked under pressure? Give example.
If you think a work should be done in a particular way while the other person thinks that it
should be done the other way, what would you do to resolve the conflict?

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