XIUS Placement paper on 11th August 2008
About Company: XIUS-bcgi is a division of Megasoft Limited. It is the leader in revenue generating solutions for mobile network operators and MVNOs worldwide. It has more than 500 employees and its worldwide customers include leading operators such as Sprint, Telefonica, Etisalat, Embarq and Hutch.  

The Xius test consists of 3 rounds.
1. Written Technical Test:

There are 50 questions in the written test.
2. HR interview
3. Technical Round
Here are the sample written test questions:

Xius bcgi Written Test Qusetions:
There are 50 technical questions and no aptitude. Most questions are objective type while some are fill in the blanks type. Here are some of the questions:
1. Describe the function pointer in C language.
2. A program is provided, you have to find the output.

#define MAX 100
main()
{
printf(“MAX”);
}

3. Differentiate between declaration and defining function ?
4. In C language, explain the method to print command line arguments of main function.
main(int argc,char *argv[])
{
for(i=0;i<argc;i++)
{
printf(“%c”,argv[i]);
}

5. Some commands in UNIX Operating system:

How to show hidden files, remove a directory, GREP Function, Purpose of CAT Comand, etc.

What is the use of WC command?

What is the use of Spool Out Command?

How can you set file permissions
What are the printer related commands?
6. How will you predict the output of a subquerry?

Write a query in rdbms to enable primary key constraint for a table.
Rdbms problems.

7. A couple of questions related to round command.

Few questions on computer networking. (osi reference model and layers)

What is TCP / IP protocol and how does it work?

What is the use of a Socket?

What do you mean by the preprocessor directive?

Boolean. Is it a wrapper?

Questions on wrapper classes in Java. Boolean command in wrapper classes.