RAMCO SYSTEMS LTD.

Profile:

Ramco Systems started out in 1989 as a division of Ramco Industries Ltd, part of the 60 year old Ramco Group. Ramco Systems was spun off an independent company in April 1999. Today, Ramco Systems employs over 1200 software professionals and business analysts operating out of a 120,000 square feet technology center in Chennai (Madras), India and subsidiary companies in Asia (India, Malaysia, Singapore), Europe (Switzerland, UK), and USA. Ramco Systems is a leading provider of high-end software solutions. They work in key IT fields like E-commerce applications, ERP, Human resources management, Real time solutions, Enterprise asset management, IT consulting services and Networking Solutions.

Ramco solutions run at over 650 customer locations worldwide at companies like Intel, Swatch, NEC, Indian Airlines, Hyundai, ICICI and Sunkist Growers. It is ranked among the Top 100 software companies in surveys by trade publications like Manufacturing Systems, Computers Today, Dataquest, and START.

For more information about this company visit their homesite at http://www.ramco.com/

Written Test:

The written test consists of both aptitude and a technical test.
The aptitude section of the test has 60 Questions of MCQ type. These further consist of 30 Questions each on Quantitative and Verbal. A good guide for this section will be Baron's GRE preperation-book.

The technical section is based mostly on C concepts and programming.

Interview:

The test is followed by a Technical and a HR interview. The technical interview is highly specialized and covers almost all subjects you have done in your curriculum. Special emphasis is laid on C and Data Structures. The technical interview is followed by an H R interview.

SAMPLE PAPER 1:

Directions: Each of the following question has a question and two statements labelled as (i) and (ii). Use the data/information given in (i) and (ii) to decide whether the data are sufficient to answer the question record your answer as

A) If you can get the answer from (1)alone but not from (2)
B) If you can get the answer from (2)alone but not from (1)
C) If can get the answer from (1)and (2)together ,although neither statement by itself suffice
D) If statement (1)alone suffices and statement (2) alone also suffice.
E) If can't get the answer from statements (1) and (2) together and you need more data.

Q1)What will be the population of city X in 1991?
1) Population of the city has 55% annual growth rate
2) in 1991,the population of city X was 8 million Ans:C

Q2) Was it Rani's birthday yesterday?
1)Lata spends Rs.100 on Rani's birthday
2)Lata spent Rs.100 yesterday Ans: E

Q3)Is 3*5 or is 4*6 greater ?
1)a*b =b*a 2)a*b is the remainder of ab%(a+b) Ans:B

Q4)Will the graph X-Y pass through the origin?
1) x proportional to the Y
2) increment in y per units rise of x is fixed. Ans:E

Q5) What was the value of the machine 2 years ago?
1) the depreciation of the value of the machine per year is 10%
2)present value of the machine is rs 8000/ Ans:C

Q6) What will be the area of a square that can be inscribed in a circle?
1) Radius of the circle is T
2) Length of a diagonal of the square is 2r Ans:D

Q7) Can it be concluded that the port made more profit in 1988 than in 1987
1) 1987
Total tonnage handled by the port 10 million tones Expenditure made by the port to handle one tonne of cargo
Rs.20/-

2) 1988
Total tonnage handled by the port 12.5 million tonnes Expenditure made by the port to handle one tonne of cargo Rs 25/-
Ans: E

Q8) There are two figures viz., a circle and a square. Which having greater area?
1) Perimeter of the circle is the same as the perimeter of the square.
2) Eleven times the radius is equal to seven times the length of one side of the square.
Ans: D

Q9) A candidate who was found to be under weightin medical test had been selected provisionally subject to his attainment of 60Kg weight within one year. What should be the percentage increase of his weightso that selection is confirmed after one year.
1) Weight (Kg)=16+8 Height (ft) is standard equation for the Indian population. The candidates height is 5.5
2) His present weight is 55Kg. Ans: D

Q10) Is angle µ=90
1) sin**2(µ)+cos**2(µ)=1
2) sin**2(µ)-+cos**2(µ)=1 Ans: E