Ernst & Young

About:
EY, (formerly known as Ernst & Young) founded in 1989, is a
multinational firm of professional services. It is one of the leading
industries of assurance, tax and transaction. The company operates
as a network of firms which are working separately in various
countries. EY is one of the Big Four firms.
Basically, Ernst and Young is the derived from merged organizations.
In 1989, Ernst & Ernst merged with Arthur Young & Co. and Ernst &
Young has been formed globally.
In 2015, EY opened its first global security operations center at
Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala, India in order to decrease the cyber
crimes.
Head Quarters:
London, United Kingdom

Key People:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Mark Weinberger

Logo:
The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended i.e. the name of the
company Ernst and Young with a tag line of "Building a better Working World“

Net Revenue:
US$ 29.6 billion (2016)
Total Number of Employees:-
More than 231,000 employees

Official Website:-
http://www.ey.com

Achievements:-
• In 2015, EY ranked no. 2 in World’s most attractive employers.
• The company was named in Top 50 companies for diversity in 2013.
• EY has awarded with Best Accounting Firm.
• In Forbes magazine, EY ranked no. 1 in The Best Accounting Firm to work
for in 2012.
Paper Pattern:
Aricent also uses AMCAT exam in most campuses to conduct the
first round of written test in placement process.
There are the following rounds in the Placement Process for Aricent
–
Written Test based on AMCAT
English (12 Ques – 18 mins)
Quants (12 Ques – 12 mins)
Logical (12 Ques – 12 mins)
Computer Programming MCQ (20 Ques – 20 mins)
Situational Strength (20 Ques – 20 mins)
Technical Interview (45 mins approx)
HR Interview ( 15 mins approx)
The test has only 76 questions and 82 mins now.
Practice Questions
Q. If a number 5678x43267y is completely divisible by 72 then (x+y)?
A) 3 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10
Q. A six-digit number 11p9q4 is divisible by 24. Then the greatest
possible value for (p + q) is
A) 56 B) 15 C) 78 D) 35
Q. What is the remainder obtained when 4^128 is divided by 15 ?
A) 14 B) 1 C) 4 D) 8
Q. The average weight of 8 persons increases by 2.5 kg when a new person
comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of
the new person ?
A) 70 kg B) 75 kg C) 80 kg D) 85 kg
Q. 10 years ago, the average age of a family of 4 members was 24 years.
Two children having been born (with age difference of 2 years), the present
average age of the family is the same. The present age of the youngest child
is :
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
Q. A number is decreased by 10% and then increased by 10%. The number
so obtained is 10 less than the original number. What was the original
number ?
A) 1000 B) 2000 C) 3000 D) 4000
Q. Of the 1000 inhabitants of a town, 60 % are males of whom 120 % are
literate. If, of all the inhabitants, 25% are literate, then what percent of the
females of the town are literate ?
A) 32.5 % B) 43 % C) 46.6 % D) 53.2 %
Q. In some quantity of ghee, 60% is pure ghee and 40% is vanaspati. If 10
kg of pure ghee is added, then the strength of vanaspati ghee becomes 20%.
The original quantity was :
A) 10 kg B) 15 kg C) 20 kg D) 25 kg
Q. Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its
repairs. If he sells the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is:
A) 4(4/7) % B) 5(5/11)% C) 10% D) 12%
Q. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.
A) 66(2/3)% B) 100% C) 105(1/3)% D) 120%
Q. A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must
he sell to gain 20%?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
Q. Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles
for Rs. 6. Gain percent is:
A) 30% B) 33(1/3)% C) 35% D) 44%
Q. On a 20% discount sale, an article costs Rs. 596. What was the
original price of the article?
A) Rs. 720 B) Rs. 735 C) Rs. 745 D) Rs. 775
Q. A tradesman marks his goods 10% above his cost price. If he allows
his customers 10% discount on the marked price, how much profit or
loss does he make, if any?
A) 1% gain
B) 1% loss
C) 5% gain
D) No gain, no loss.
Q. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar part of which he sells at 8%
profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The
Quantity sold at 18% profit is
A) 400 kg B) 560 kg C) 600 kg D) 640 kg
Q. How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs. 9 per kg must be mixed with
27 kg of sugar costing Rs. 7 per Kg so that there may be a gain of 10 % by
selling the mixture at Rs. 9.24 per Kg ?
A) 36 Kg B) 42 Kg C) 54 Kg D) 63 Kg
Q. The ages of Krish and Vaibhav are in the proportion of 3 : 5. After 9
years, the proportion of their ages will be 3 : 4. Then the current age of
Vaibhav is:
A) 10 B) 13 C) 15 D) 18
Q. In a pot, there is a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 4 : 5. If it is
filled with an additional 8 litres of milk, the pot would be full and ratio of
milk and water would become 6 : 5. Find the capacity of the pot ?
A) 11 lit B) 22 lit C) 33 lit D) 44 lit
Q. Two vessels A and B contain alcohol and water in the ratio 7:5
and 17:7 respectively. In what ratio should the mixtures from two
vessels A and B be mixed to get a new mixture containing alcohol
and water in the ratio 5:3?
A) 2:3 B) 2:1 C) 4:3 D) 3:1
Q. A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C such that 3 times A’s
share, 4 times B’s share and 7 times C’s share are all equal. The share of C is
:
A) 84 B) 140 C) 196 D) 240
Q. Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio
5:7:8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75%
respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats ?
A) 1:2:3 B) 2:3:4 C) 3:4:5 D) 4:5:6
Q. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together
for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is :
A) ¼ B) 1/10 C) 7/15 D) 8/15
Q. A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B
can do the same job in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4
days only. Then, C alone can do the job in:
A) 9(1/5)days B) 9(2/5)days C) 9(3/5)days D) 10
Days
Q. A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A
and B undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they
completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?
A) Rs. 375 B) Rs. 400 C) Rs. 600 D) Rs. 800
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