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? Ans. (a) Container A (6 red, 4 blue) (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? Ans.- (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. Ans.- (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. Ans.- (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? Ans.- (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. Ans.- (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:Ans (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). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Interview Questions: Mostly HR related

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?

Results:

Total offers made -12

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this college.. Shalini said: I seriously dint understand the 6th question.someone elaborate...very ambiguous, while explains anything... para said: answers: c,c,b,a,d,b,d Karan said: At Bits Pilani , Goa Campus , they are offering 3.6 ctc in 1st yr,5-6 in 2nd yr , 7-8 in 3rd yr + 3 lacs retention bonus at the end of 3 yrs.. Pretty good i must say.. kaivalya said: may i know how to crack them Rashmi said: can i get d answers of all these questions????plz somraj said: It would have been better if they also provided with the answers. answer 6 is also not clear to me. I think its about how to improve the comments of the students,but is it in the positive way or negative thats not clear...! somraj said: ANSWERS ARE:1-c,2-d,3-a,4d(because they did not mentioned whether the dice is unbiased or not),5-d,6-d,7-c lijo said: i think answer would be as it increases the no. comments(average) in the class

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anonymous said: @para .. Please recheck your answers :X pradeep said: I think the answers for the above questions are c,b,b,b,a,d,d ranjith kumar said: for 2 (c) will be wrong because... total no of students is 110... and houses are 50.... divide it as 26 and 24.... (((if more households in the town have 3 children than have 2 children))))..... by multiplying 3 with 26 and 2 with 24..answer will be 126..... it should be equal to 110.... so that option will be wrong pagal guy!!! said: i think the answet for qstn no.6 is "b". question is notso clear but if we see logically then we should look for the maximum no. of comments. so the answet is b. bikash said: hi may you give me ur i will explain ans.of 6th

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harsha said: what are the gd topics that mu sigma usually gives for freshers ?? Hi said: @shalini - i work at mu sigma.. and once i worked here, i figured out the answer to be - throw out the 22 and take the avg of the rest abphkk said: answers: c,b,b,b,a,c,d in my opinion not sure abt 6th. @para:what the hell!

5th ques: correction "which is more probabiliy to occur?" 6th: tif she wants just increse the numbers then And D. but if overall avg.(comments per student) then C. for more contact me.

abphkk@gmail.com harshit said: i dint get the 6th one....rest answers are as follows: 1.c 2.b 3.a 4.a 5.d 7.d viju said: pls mail me d answers pls.............. jyo said: pls send the answers of the questions given during the mu sigma recruitment i want to clarify the answers anup said: is there any chance of salary hike after 1 yr. 3.3 is really an underpay shashank said: interview questions are given on glassdoor.com..visit the website to get more more knowledge about thee typee of questions asked.. jayvin said: for ans. 6..no of comments cannot be increased because avg=T.no. of comments/T.students..By throwing out the student only the average will change,whereas total no. of comments will remain same..... mcmano said: plzzz fwd me some apti & interview questions wid soln ...& wht is d GD topic,plz send me as soon as posible.my email id is mcmano.sit@gmail.com Rakesh said: pls send me all the recruitment papers if possible solutions too sheetal said: I need the placement papers of Mu Sigma.Please forward them to me. T DANGARHARPI said: mu sigma is coming for recruiment in my collage s.g.s.i.t.s. indore.pls help me by providing complete paper with ans....n what r d topics i should prepare for g.d....my email id is

arpit.origin@gmail.com... ABHISHEK said: HI....can anyone send me the papers mu sigma....or tell me where i can get papers of that ..plzz?? mail id : abhishek1988anp@gmail.com sekhar said: worst paper and let me know the key Sandhana lakshmi said: please send me mu sigma placement papers... mamatha said: pls sir tel me how 2 prepare for aptitude test.........which topics their will cover ? in dec 4th i hav aptitude test pls suggestion me..fwd placements paper with solutions pls help me sir Raghavendra Yadav said: I have exam on December 4th so please can u send me the latest placement papers of MuSigma if possible answers also otherwise no need.please Can u send me the question paper before 4th of december.Iam waiting for ur reply.ThanQ Sudha said: plz let me knw the frequently asked GD topics.. suman said: pls send me the answers to the above questions suman said: pls send me the ans for the above que prashanth said: plz post the musigma latest question papers plz guru said: what type question will be in musigma and how to prepare for the interview, tell me as soon as possible because i am having on dec 4...

suchi said: please send me placement papers kk said: hi RAVI TEJA. IF U DONT MIND CAN U UPDATE ALL QUESTIONS BCZ THE SAME COMPANY RECRUTING IN HYD kk said: hi sheetal can u plz forword MUSIGMA PAPERS to me. after u get them needajob21@ymail.com teja said: can u plzz tell me aptitude and quant topics were we have to concentrate more n also the gd topics binladen said: I think for businees anlyst post no need to be an engineering graduate... from key skills given at the add... ritesh said: hey can u send me more paper today of musigma....please ritesh jain said: my mail id is riteshzjain@gmail.com deb said: can anyone send me the previous yrs mu sigma placement paper , its urgent before 18th december 2010. sunil said: pls send me mu sigma placement papers to my mail sunil.momidi@gmail.com arun said: 1-c,because 4/6 0r 40/60 the probability remains the same 2-b or d,because children per household are 2.2 total hoseholds= 50 total children =50*2.2=110 40 households*2 children + 10 households*3=110 both b and d suits the solution 3-b, its not given anywhere in the

data 4-b,result 1-(5,6),(6,5)=2/36 result 2-(5,5)=1/36 probability of result 1 is more than result 2 5-a ,solve similar to above 6-d,the avg cannot be improved in any of the 3 options given in first 2 options the avg can the changed by varing the no of students it cannot b improved 7-d i think these are the ans can anyone tell me what were the GD topics plz swaroopa said: I need placement papers of MUSIGMA. Pls do fwd me.. isha said: plz send all the Q n A of this company.. plz help guys thx vali said: catch me at vali.nagoor533@gmail.com these prblms are easy to do... send me the some more papers Anshul Goyal said: As per my knowledge:1.c 2.b 3.b 4.b 5.a 6.d 7.d suchi said: send me mu sigma placement papers praneeth said: plz send me ques and anws shirisha said: i want tha pattern of mu-sigma.plzzz can anyone tell me the patter for this company.plz farward to me..plzz reply me.... fathima said: 6) add al the 8 nos and den divide it by 8 to obtain the result. chandrasekhar said: Is there any negative marking in written test?

suresh said: can you send me the answers plz kavitha said: hi can any one send me mu sigma placement papers n gd topic to the following id kavithakesavan89@gmail.com .... dec 4 th is interview. raviteja said: sorry guys i remembered only these 7 oonly next time i wil send total paper dont worry kehsav said: what was the GD topic ? Asha Kiran said: Answers: 1:C. 2:B,(becoz according to 50 households some may have and some may not have children but the total will be 110). and there is a chance for "D" also becoz if every household hv children minimum is 2 and some may have more than that also. 3:A. 4:D(because they did not mentioned whether the dice is unbiased or not). 5:D. 6:D. 7:D. i have written according to myself. Asha Kiran said: Answers: 1:C. 2:B,(becoz according to 50 households some may have and some may not have children but the total will be 110). and there is a chance for "D" also becoz if every household hv children minimum is 2 and some may have more than that also. 3:A. 4:D(because they did not mentioned whether the dice is unbiased or not). 5:D. 6:D. 7:D. i have written according to myself. Kumar said:

GD topic was : Social Network : Boom or Vain