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The first round comprised of MCQ questions including aptitude, logical, C output questions, and technical portions (Test Duration: 1 hour): Quantitative aptitude and Logical part were much more predominant, the questions were more intuitive and not typical paper pen/formula based. They were not very difficult but were very tricky. The technical aptitude part covered questions from computer networks, operating systems, data structures. C output questions were also there.
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