Portsmouth Grammar School Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Ques:- Explain how you overcame a major obstacle?
Ques:- What kind of personality do you work best with and why
Ques:- How do you design a clock for blind people?
Recent Answer : Added by Elcin Kumar M On 2022-05-17 08:55:19:

I would design a voice integrated clock that reads out the time aloud whenever people ask for time

Ques:- WHAT IS YOU EXPERIENCE
Ques:- What is the importance of computer.
Ques:- Three sets of English, Mathematics and Science books containing 336, 240 and 96 books respectively have to be stacked in such a way that all the books are stored subject wise and the height of each stack is the same. Total number of stacks will be
A. 7
B. 14
C. 21
D. 28
Recent Answer : Added by Durgesh On 2022-09-15 16:36:52:

14

Ques:- Are you willing to do night shift?
Ques:- At what rate percent on simple interest will a sum of money double itself in 30 years?
Recent Answer : Added by Amudha A On 2021-09-09 07:24:42:

A=P+SI——(1)
sum of money after 30 years = Double the money
A=2P———-(2)

Equate 1 and 2
P+SI=2P
SI=2P-P
SI=P————-(3)

WKT, SI= PTR/100

Equate 3 and SI

P=PTR/100
P=P*30*R/100
R=P*100/P*30
R=100/30 or 10/3 or 3(1/3) %

Ques:- 1.What are your significant functional achievements in the present company? How did they contribute to the total process
Ques:- The smallest number that must be added to 803642 in order to obtain a multiple of 11 is
A. 1
B. 4
C. 7
D. 9
Recent Answer : Added by Suvo On 2021-08-19 11:07:28:

8+3+4=15
15+(7)=22
22 is divisible by 11.
So,7 is right answer. Option C

Ques:- Distance between two poles is 50 meters. A train goes by 48 at a speed of kmph. In one minute how many poles will be crossed by the train ?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:01:58:

16 poles per min
48kmph=48000 meters per hr
=800 meters per min
800/50=16 poles per min

Ques:- What product would you make and how will you sell the idea to your boss in case you are working in a brand selling Laptop mouse?
Ques:- The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 must be put in the depicted triangle, in such a way that the sums of the numbers on each side are equal. How should the numbers be arranged in the triangle?
Recent Answer : Added by Sandeep tomar On 2021-08-25 14:15:29:

Average = (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)/3
= 45/3 = 15
Every side will contain sum of 15.
1st side contains 8 and 7.
2nd side contains 9 and 6.
3rd side contains 1,2,3,4 and 5.

Ques:- India?s largest electronics and home appliances company is :
A. Philips
B. Videocon
C. BPL
D. None of these
Recent Answer : Added by Sowmiya Sowmiya On 2023-07-06 06:58:48:

Phillips

Ques:- A and B are started a business in partnership investing Rs.20,000 and Rs.15,000 respectively. After six months, C joined them with Rs.20,000. What will be B’s share in the total profit of Rs.25,000 earned at the end of 2 years from the starting of the business?
A. Rs. 7000
B. Rs. 7500
C. Rs. 9000
D. Rs. 9500
Recent Answer : Added by Chathura On 2022-05-17 09:09:31:

A = 20k x 2y, B = 15k x 2y, C = 20k x 1.5y => 100Ky
B contribution = (15k x 2y) /100ky
B will get 0.3 from 25k which is 7.5k = 7500

Ques:- Why are you doing MBA ?
Ques:- 'A' has a lock and its key. 'B' has a and its key. A needs to send a letter to B in a Box. How do they do it if they don't want to share their keys with each other?
Ques:- Do you consider yourself to be thoughtful, analytical or do you usually make up your mind fast? Give an example. (Watch time taken to respond)
Ques:- A cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If both the taps are opened simultaneously, then after how much time will the cistern get filled?
Ques:- Whom do you love more your father or mother and why?
Ques:- Two employees were there. Employee one says to employee two — your work experience twice as me amp; employee2 to employee1 but two years before you said that your work experience is thrice as me. Employee2 said yes its also true. What are their work experience?…
Ques:- The LCM of two numbers is 2079 and their HCF is 27. If oneof the numbers is 189, find the other number.
A. 248
B. 128
C. 297
D. 336
E. None of these
Recent Answer : Added by Mahek On 2021-09-05 11:26:36:

297

Ques:- If 70% of an equal to 40% of b, then ratio between a and b is?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2022-09-30 08:09:03:

answer= 4:7

Ques:- In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.
Statements :
All pens are roads. All roads are houses.
Conclusions :
I. All houses are pens.
II. Some houses are pens.
A. if only conclusion I follows
B. if only conclusion II follows
C. if either conclusion I or II follows
D. if neither conclusion I nor II follows
E. if both conclusions I and II follow
Recent Answer : Added by Ritu Verma On 2021-12-20 03:54:58:

A.

Ques:- In a certain code, PEAK is written as 3512 and DINE is written as 6895. How is KIND written in that code?
Recent Answer : Added by S pushpa On 2021-06-17 10:43:50:

C-2896

Ques:- In town of 500 people, 285 read Hindu and 212 read Indian express and 127read Times of India 20 read hindu and times of India and 29 read hindu and Indian express and 35 read times of India and Indian express. 50 read no news paper. Then how many read all the three paper?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:15:

500 = Total+50
Total(450) = only one paper(p) + 29+20+35 + all three (g)
285+212+127 = p + 2( 29+20+35 )+ 3g
solve above .. to get g = 45 …
( small corrctn .. i think .. questn shud be 20 read ONLY
hindu and
times of India and 29 read ONLY hindu and Indian express
and 35
read ONLY times of India and Indian express)

Ques:- Why should we select for our company?
Ques:- Find out the total numbers between 1 to 999 that are neither divisible by 8 nor by 12?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:07:

divisible by 8 – 124
” 12 – 83
” both – 41
124 + 83 – 41 = 166
999 – 166 = 833
ans is 833…..

Ques:- Rs.800 amounts to Rs.920 in 3 years at simple interest. If the interest is increased by 3%, it would amount to how much?
Ques:- IN which year planning commission was set up in Independent India

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