Test Paper :2
Paper Type : Candidate Experiences
Test Date : 13 October 2005
Posted By : Jai

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KEANE INDIA LTD.
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Hi everybody,
Yesterday (13 Oct 2005) I attended Keane India interview. The course for which I have applied is TESTING. And I would like to share my first interview experience to all of u. I am 2004 passed out completed my B.Tech in ECE.

Keane selection pattern consists of 4 rounds. Namely:
1) Written test (Elimination Round)
2) GD (Elimination round)
3) Psychometric test (Not an Elimination Round)
4) Technical Interview.

About 1500 to 1600 people attended the written, out of which 125 were short-listed.
Out of 125 about 6 batches were made for GD (21 in each batch).
About 80 were short listed in GD (from each batch 7 members were eliminated).
Finally they will be selecting 35 members from interview (i.e., the batch size they required for testing is 35 only. For other courses I heard the batch size is 40)

Written Pattern:
Written pattern would be based on the course you have applied for.
For testing paper was quite easy.
Consists of 60 Questions to be answered in 60 min. There were 3 sections.
1) Quantitative Aptitude---------------------------25 questions.
2) Verbal and comprehension---------------------25 questions.
3) Logical Reasoning and Computer Basics-------10 Marks.

For other development side courses like Mainframes and Peoplesoft the pattern was somewhat tough. Tough in the sense the no of questions in each section were more.
Consists of 75 Questions to be answered in 60 min. There are 3 sections.
1) Mathematical Ability & Aptitude------------30 marks
2) Verbal and Comprehension-----------------25 marks
4) Computer Basics & Logical reasoning-----20 marks.

SECTION 1: Mathematical Ability & Aptitude
Questions on
* Number systems like--
How many numbers between 100 and 200 are odd, divisible by 3, but not by 7?
Also on lcm, hcf, etc.
*Time &work
*Time&Distance
*Races
*Probability
*Areas and volumes, length of chord etc.

SECTION 2: Verbal and Comprehension
*Analogies
*Antonyms
*Reading Comprehension
*sentence completion...
*Arranging sentences in correct order.
eg:
P: Alas! she had only 30 rupees with her.
Q: Bindu got late for the exam and she started in a hurry.
R: She called an auto and he demanded 50 rupees..
S: She blamed her hurry, as in hurry, she forgot to bring more money.
T: She went to the bus stop and there were no buses.
The following is the exact order of sentences:
a) PRSTQ b) QTRPS c) RSQPT d)QPRTS e)none of these
Answer :b

SECTION 3: Computer Basics & Logical reasoning
Logical Reasoning like
eg:
P: All girls are Bindus.
Q: Some Bindus are boys.
R: All Bindus are boys.
S: Some boys are not girls.
T:All girls are boys.
U:All boys are girls.
The following sentences are logically related:
a) UTQ b) PQS c) TSP d) RPS e) QSP
Answer : b

GD:
Even GD round was different for testing and other courses.
In my case our batch consists of 21 members. Topic was
"Population In India-Pros and Cons-Steps to control'
Each member was called at random and he needs to talk on the topic for about 1 or 2 min. We need to talk only when our chance comes.
It's not like general GD.
But for other courses it was like general GD only.
Other topics, which my friends faced, were:
"Youth role in Politics-Pros and Cons',
"Impact of Globalization on Indian Economy',
"Mobile Phones ad their Nuisance',
"IT development in India', etc.

Psychometric test: It's not so important. About 10 questions were given with 2 choices. We need to tick one of them. The test reflects our personality.
For e.g.,
How do you sit while talking to others?
a) Lean forwards.
b) Sit backwards.
I heard that they would consider this only while selecting in final round if two persons have same scores.

Technical Interview:
There were 9-pannels to interview us.
They will ask to take a slip from a bowl. Depending upon the no. we get that particular panel will interview us.
I got panel 6.
There were two people. Both are technical members. They were very friendly and cool.
I wished them and took my seat.
1) Tell me about yourself.
2) Did u write GRE? I said I wrote, But my parents are not willing to send US.
3) What are Your extra-curricular activities?
4) Asked my favorite subject in my Btech.
I told Microprocessors (As I am Btech ECE).
Then they asked questions on Microprocessors.
5) What did u learn in Microprocessors? I said 8086 Architecture.
6) Then he asked me whether 8086 is 8-bit or 16-bit. I said 16-bit.
7) Then he asked about the registers in 8086.
8) About length of address and data in 8086 (add-16 and data-16).
9) What's the maximum Address you can access with a 16-bit Address? Ans: FFFF
10) What we call if we place the address of a data in memory location in another location? I said Indirect Addressing.
11) What are the Addressing Modes of 8086? Told the Addressing modes.
12) Then he asked me to give an example for immediate addressing.
13) Then asked me to write simple addition program.
14) What is a DMA controller?
15) What is Your PC configuration?
16) What are the DMA devices and non DMA devices in your PC?
17) Then he asked about Difference Between RAM and CACHE memory.
18) Then they asked me to draw the diagram of a microcomputer.
19) Then he asked other than this what Programming languages you know well. I said ORACLE.
20) Then they asked questions on ORACLE.
21) What is Normalization? Need for Normalization.
22) What are the Normal forms we have?
23) What is a Trigger?
24) What's the difference between DDL and DML statements?
25) What are the DDL commands we have?
26) What is a view?
27) Can we update the data in a table from a view? I said no.
28) What are Entry controlled loops and Exit controlled loops? I said Entry controlled if LOOP -------- ENDLOOP and Exit controlled is REPEAT ----- UNTILL.
29) Asked about While LOOP.I said Entry controlled. Don't know correct answer. I think While is also Exit controlled.
30) Then he asked again other than this what you know like C, C++. I said I don't know C++. Then asked me do u remember C. I said somewhat.
31) Then asked me "You are 2004 passed out Why did u take this much time to get a job I said I spent 3 to 4 months for GRE, afterwards learned Oracle and SAP-ABAP.
32) Then they asked is there any specific reason you have chosen SAP-ABAP. I told since it is some what database related I choose it.
33) Then asked me where you want yourself to be seen in next 3 years.
34) Finally they asked any questions for us?

Test Paper :3
Paper Type : General - other
Test Date : 13 October 2005
Posted By : Unknown

KEANE PAPER, GD & INTERVIEW - 13 OCT 2005
Hi ,
Yesterday (13 Oct 2005) I attended Keane India interview. The course for which I have applied is TESTING. And I would like to share my first interview experience to all of u. I am 2004 passed out completed my B.Tech in ECE.


Keane selection pattern consists of 4 rounds. Namely:
1) Written test (Elimination Round)
2) GD (Elimination round)
3) Psychometric test (Not an Elimination Round)
4) Technical Interview.

About 1500 to 1600 people attended the written, out of which 125 were short-listed. Out of 125 about 6 batches were made for GD (21 in each batch).
About 80 were short listed in GD (from each batch 7 members were eliminated).
Finally they will be selecting 35 members from interview (i.e., the batch size they required for testing is 35 only. For other courses I heard the batch size is 40)

Written Pattern:

Written pattern would be based on the course you have applied for.
For testing paper was quite easy.Consists of 60 Questions to be answered in 60 min. There were 3 sections.
1) Quantitative Aptitude---------------------------25 questions.
2) Verbal and comprehension---------------------25 questions.
3) Logical Reasoning and Computer Basics-------10 Marks.

For other development side courses like Mainframes and Peoplesoft the pattern was somewhat tough. Tough in the sense the no of questions in each section were more.

Consists of 75 Questions to be answered in 60 min. There are 3 sections.
1) Mathematical Ability & Aptitude------------30 marks
2) Verbal and Comprehension-----------------25 marks
4) Computer Basics & Logical reasoning-----20 marks.




SECTION 1: Mathematical Ability & Aptitude

Questions on
* Number systems like--
How many numbers between 100 and 200 are odd, divisible by 3, but not by 7?
Also on lcm, hcf, etc.

*Time &work
*Time&Distance
*Races
*Probability
*Areas and volumes, length of chord etc.


SECTION 2: Verbal and Comprehension

*Analogies
*Antonyms
*Reading Comprehension
*sentence completion...

*Arranging sentences in correct order. eg:
P: Alas! she had only 30 rupees with her.
Q: Bindu got late for the exam and she started in a hurry.
R: She called an auto and he demanded 50 rupees..
S: She blamed her hurry, as in hurry, she forgot to bring more money.
T: She went to the bus stop and there were no buses.

The following is the exact order of sentences:
a) PRSTQ b) QTRPS c) RSQPT d)QPRTS e)none of these
Answer :b

SECTION 3: Computer Basics & Logical reasoning
Logical Reasoning like eg:
P: All girls are Bindus.
Q: Some Bindus are boys.
R: All Bindus are boys.
S: Some boys are not girls.
T:All girls are boys.
U:All boys are girls.

The following sentences are logically related:
a) UTQ b) PQS c) TSP d) RPS e) QSP
Answer : b

GD:

Even GD round was different for testing and other courses. In my case our batch consists of 21 members. Topic was Population In India-Pros and Cons-Steps to control.Each member was called at random and he needs to talk on the topic for about 1 or 2 min. We need to talk only when our chance comes.

It's not like general GD. But for other courses it was like general GD only.Other topics, which my friends faced, were:
Youth role in Politics-Pros and Cons,
Impact of Globalization on Indian Economy,
Mobile Phones ad their Nuisance,
IT development in India


Psychometric test: It's not so important. About 10 questions were given with 2 choices. We need to tick one of them. The test reflects our personality.

For e.g.,
How do you sit while talking to others?
a) Lean forwards.
b) Sit backwards.

I heard that they would consider this only while selecting in final round if two persons have same scores.

Technical Interview:

There were 9-pannels to interview us.
They will ask to take a slip from a bowl. Depending upon the no. we get that particular panel will interview us.
I got panel 6.

There were two people. Both are technical members. They were very friendly and cool.
I wished them and took my seat.
1) Tell me about yourself.
2) Did u write GRE? I said I wrote, But my parents are not willing to send US.
3) What are Your extra-curricular activities?
4) Asked my favorite subject in my Btech.
I told Microprocessors (As I am Btech ECE).
Then they asked questions on Microprocessors.
5) What did u learn in Microprocessors? I said 8086 Architecture.
6) Then he asked me whether 8086 is 8-bit or 16-bit. I said 16-bit.
7) Then he asked about the registers in 8086.
8) About length of address and data in 8086 (add-16 and data-16).
9) What's the maximum Address you can access with a 16-bit Address? Ans: FFFF
10) What we call if we place the address of a data in memory location in another location? I said Indirect Addressing.
11) What are the Addressing Modes of 8086? Told the Addressing modes.
12) Then he asked me to give an example for immediate addressing.
13) Then asked me to write simple addition program.
14) What is a DMA controller?
15) What is Your PC configuration?
16) What are the DMA devices and non DMA devices in your PC?
17) Then he asked about Difference Between RAM and CACHE memory.
18) Then they asked me to draw the diagram of a microcomputer.
19) Then he asked other than this what Programming languages you know well. I said ORACLE.
20) Then they asked questions on ORACLE.
21) What is Normalization? Need for Normalization.
22) What are the Normal forms we have?
23) What is a Trigger?
24) What's the difference between DDL and DML statements?
25) What are the DDL commands we have?
26) What is a view?
27) Can we update the data in a table from a view? I said no.
28) What are Entry controlled loops and Exit controlled loops? I said Entry controlled if LOOP -------- ENDLOOP and Exit controlled is REPEAT ----- UNTILL.
29) Asked about While LOOP.I said Entry controlled. Don't know correct answer. I think While is also Exit controlled.
30) Then he asked again other than this what you know like C, C++. I said I don't know C++. Then asked me do u remember C. I said somewhat.
31) Then asked me -You are 2004 pased out Why did u take this much time to get a job? I said I spent 3 to 4 months for GRE, afterwards learned Oracle and SAP-ABAP.
32) Then they asked is there any specific reason you have chosen SAP-ABAP. I told since it is some what database related I choose it.
33) Then asked me where you want yourself to be seen in next 3 years.
34) Finally they asked any questions for us?

Test Paper :5
Paper Type : Technical - Java
Test Date : 16 March 2005
Posted By : Ramesh

KANBAY PATTERN - EXPERIENCED - 16 MAR 2005 - HYDERABAD
(PAPER) Details of written & tech interview of KANBAY, Hyd for 2+exp JAVA/J2EE


Hi ,

This Ramesh from Hyderabad. I have taken the written test 16 march 2005 and pattern is

CORE JAVA : 20
JSP, SERVLETS : 10
EJB : 10
STRUTS : 5
OOAD : 5
DB : 5
Total :55
cut off 60% ie. 33 they said.

do strong enough in core java they r so tricky reaming r ok
DB also simple like use of TO_CHAR() function.....

I cleared the written and they called me Thursday 24,and told me I am having tech on Sunday 27. I cleared tech also.

Again in interview they concentrated on core java. They have taken around 45 mts in which they asked around 35 mts on corejava.

Right from oops, inheritance, polymorphism, exceptions, threading. They asked some theoretical questions as well as they will gave some sample code and ask whether they compile or not,r un or not...like. they asked overloading, overriding which includes exceptions. So guys&gals be strong in CORE JAVA. later they asked few questions on servlets/jsp.

(Paper Submitted By: Ramesh)

Test Paper :6
Paper Type : General - other
Test Date : 3 January 2004
Posted By : Jai

KEAN INDIA LTD., WRITTEN TEST PAPER HELD ON 3-01-2004>


Qualifying mark: 50% marks in each section. (sometimes it is 60%)

Paper consists of 3 sections. No separate timing for each section. You can divide it as and how u wish.

section 1: Mathematical Ability & Aptitude---------30 marks
section 2: Verbal and Comprehension-----------------25 marks
section 3: Computer Basics & Logical reasoning---20 marks


SECTION 1: Mathematical Ability & Aptitude-----30 marks

Questions


* Number systems like--
How many numbers between 100 and 200 are odd, divisible by 3, but not by 7?
Also on lcm, hcf, etc.

*Time &work
*Time&Distance
*Races
*Probablity
*Areas and volumes, length of chord etc.


SECTION 2: Verbal and Comprehension-----------------25 marks

Analogies---5---5 marks
Antonyms---5---5 marks
Reading Comprehension----2 passages (big but easily understandable)--- 2*5=10 marks
Arrange the sentences--------5 questions, 5 marks, each question is as follows.........
eg:
P: Alas! she had only 30 rupees with her.
Q: Bindu got late for the exam and she started in a hurry.
R: She called an auto and he demanded 50 rupees..
S: She blamed her hurry, as in hurry, she forgot to bring more money.
T: She went to the busstop and there were no buses.

The following is the exact order of sentences:
a) PRSTQ b) QTRPS c) RSQPT d)QPRTS e)none of these
Answer :b


SECTION 3: Computer Basics & Logical reasoning---20 marks


Computer Basics----very very easy------10 marks
Logical Reasoning------ 10 arks, 10 questions, each question is like this........
eg:
P: All girls are Bindus.
Q: Some Bindus are boys.
R: All Bindus are boys.
S: Some boys are not girls.
T:All girls are boys.
U:All boys are girls.

The following sentences are logically related:
a) UTQ b) PQS c) TSP d) RPS e) QSP
Answer : b


There will be 4, 5 sets of question papers. So, each one will get a different question paper.
The model of the paper itself seems tough(for me, atleast) and one would end up with no time.
Hence, to get through this paper, TIME MANAGEMENT is the crucial factor. One needs to keep
oneself cool too, while answering the paper.



1) first personal
2) asked about cobol,basic fundamentals
3) about project (i have done vb,oracle) so that there were
questions about sql,queries
4) 2 questions on arithmatic like(2 trains starting in opposite
direction one bird flying and so on...)
5) 2 questions on management life if u are head of a school
and there are no profits for ur school, then what will u do?
6) last about family background ?


1) c concepts,programs asked to write
2) c++(virtual functions,static ,polymorphism)
3) cobol divisions
4) project questions(asp)
5) data base questions
6) some personal details and 3 puzzles like largest number
with 6 numbers etc.
7) about my ur self.


1) project
2) dead lock and prevention,detection methods
3) page faults with example
4) OSI reference model
5) swaping with out using 3rd variable
6) inorder, preorder, postorder(data structures traversals with example)
7) some sql queries containing having, orderby, groupby and subqueries
8) multi level threads, multi tasking difference
9) query for count the employees departmentwise
10) database types
11) diff. b/w dbms and rdbms
12) tcp/ip networking model
13) diff. b/w ring topology and bus topology
14) hr question : if u r officer incharge of hitech city like a plane
crashes into wto towers a plane crashes into the hitech city
then what r the measures taken by you to save the people inside
the building ?
15) diff b/w physical memory and logical memory ?
16) query for converting one to many relation in to a one to one relation ?
for this he was given his own table !
17) binary search algorithm ?


1) about my self
2) about project
3) computer networks- in which layer router is used
4) stack program
5) types of a database - explain them
main stress on relational database.
6) what is compaction.
7) operating system.


1) normalization
2) data abstraction
3) use of trees
4) types of data base systems
5) finding an element in hierarchical database
6) sql queries
7) operator overloading, overloading ---> difference
8) polymorphism implementation
9) tcp / ip
10) osi/iso layers
11) differences in tcp and iso
12) functions of layers in tcp,iso
13) relation between primary key,foreign key

1) questions on my project
2) what is ur favourite subject
i answered 'neutral networks'
3) what is ur favourite programming lang.
my answer is 'c'
4) they asked me to write a program for bubble sort ?
5) wap to print pyramid of stars?
6) program to check whether the given no is armstrong
number or not?
7) they asked one question on o.s.concepts ?
8) a puzzle "there are three bulbs in a room and there
r three switches outside the room........" ?
9) another puzzle "there r 2 stations a and b of distance of 200km
and two trains start from each station oppositely...."
10) do u have any doubts ?


1) referential integrity constraint
2) different sql statements(dml,ddl,dcl) ?
3) diff. b/w commit and rollback(save point) ?
explain with example?
4) primary key, foreign key ?
5) write a query to get maximum salary from
each dept with all details?
6) paging ?
7) segmentation ?
8) what is OS ?
9) cpu scheduling algorithms all explain ?
10) network layers ?
11) do we require all layers?
ans : no (don't require presentation and session layer)
12)a) diff. b/w javascript and vbscript ?
ans : java script for client side and vbscript for server side
b) can i use java script for server side scripting ?
ans : yes
13) hashing in datastructers
14) in cobol
do u know cobol ?(ans is no,not comfortable)
15) what happens if u have tables with many to many relationships ?
ans: redundancy ,anamolies etc will occur


1) acadamic and family background ?
2) favourite subjects in MCA curriculam ?
i have selected SE,CPP,OS
3) what is SDLC and explain phases ?
4) what is requirement analysis and how it is?
5) what are different types of testing techniques ?
6) what is OS ?
7) what are the functions of OS ?
8) how cpu time is scheduled and what are the algorithm
9) explain round robin algorithm ?
10) what is deadlock situation ?
11) how we can prevent deadlocks
12) how a program can be run ?
13) draw computer block diagram ?
14) write a program to print as follows
* * * *
* * *
* *
*
15) program to sort the array (any sorting technique
ur wish)
16) what is .obj file and when it will be generated?
17) how .exe file will come into existance ?
18) they the subject what i have in curriculum and
asked randomly ?
19) what is osi reference model ?
20) explain layers in osi
21) where the error will be caught while transmitting ?
22) diff. b/w queues and stacks ?
23) how linked list different from stacks and queues?
24) how many sorting techniques are there
25) what is a register,how it will be useful ?


1) operating system - system calls,disk scheduling algorithms
2) RDBMS - embedded sql,4-5 queries
3) normalization
4) write 2nd normalization form of a table
5) s/w engg : reverse engg
6) how you used s/e engg in ur project
7) c: dynamic memory alloaction
8) project details


1) tell me about ur self
2) what is ur opinion about hyderabad and which places u like ?
3) normalization ?
4) diff. b/w primary key and unique key
ans: unique key accepts null value
primary key dont accept any null value
5) whether one null value is equal to another null value ?
6) types of dbms ?
7) constraints and their types ?
8) query to retrive the ename start with A ?
9) 200km dist,both trains started at speed 100km oppositely and one bird
is starting with one train at 120 km then what is the distance travelled
by bird if both the trains collide ? (ans: 120 km)
10) if u litting a thread it will take one hour for complete buring
of thread what do u do if i want to burn it in halfen hour ?
11) three bulbs, three switches how to identify which switch is for which bulb?
0
12) how to prove A =1(a power zero is equal to one)


1) tell me about ur self
2) how will u store the data in oracle from vb form and how will u retrive
data from oracle to vb ?
3) what is referential integrity ?
4) diff between primary key and unique ?
5) what is foreign key ?
6) display the employs those who r getting salary greater than
average of all employees ?
7) count the no of employees for question 6 ?
8) display all the details of deptname and deptcode whose no of employees
in a particular department is < 2 ?
9) types of databases
10) display each deptname and no of employees exist in that particular dept
11) SDLC phases,what is the output of analysis ?
12) types of testing,regression testing,integration testing ?
13) what do u do in analysis phase ?
14) how much % u got in ur mca ?
15) why do u fail in dcf 1st sem of mca ?
16) c program for sum of digits of a number ?
17) c program for swaping numbers without using third variable ?
18) 200km dist,both trains started at speed 100km oppositely and one bird
is starting with one train at 120 km then what is the distance travelled
by bird if both the trains collide ? (ans: 120 km)
19) if u litting a thread it will take one hour for complete buring
of thread what do u do if i want to burn it in halfen hour ?
20) what do u call in oracle %,_ (wild characters)


1) tell me about ur project ?
2) dbms normalization,queries,referential integrity,constraints ?
3) what is paging,virtual memory ?
4) program to insert a node into linked list ?
5) about trees and their uses ?
6) microprocessors : 8085 (explain instrctutions)


Data Structures


1.what is meant by tree
2.draw a binary tree
write postorder,preorder,inorder for that tree
3.complexties of sortings
4.write aprogram for stack
5.applications of stacks,tree
6.something on linked list


Operating System


1.jobscheduling
2.paging
3.os services
4.system calls
5.file management
DBMS


1.how mant primary keys can exist for a table
2.define constraints one by one
sql(nearly ten+ queries )
1.subqueries
2.joins
3.select 2nd highest salary
4.groupby,having,orderby rules with examples
cn
1.osi model
2.function of each layer
3.protocol means tell some protocol
4.ethernet
C Programing


1.write a program for prime number checking
2.write a program for quicksort
3.explain quick sort with a example
4.break,continue

1)ell about ur self
2)about project, favorite subs in mca
3)diff b/w array,stack and queue
4)normalisation
5)cobol divisions
6)what did u learn in mobile computing,sys adm,s/w reuse tech
7)cobol format
8)s/w eng phases
9)write prog on factorial
10)more questions on cobol
11)page fault
12)testing and types of testing
13)primary key,foreign key

1. what is ur project ?
2. which algorithms used and why ? why don't choose other algorithms ?
3. some basic questions on my project
Microprocessors


4. do you know assembly lang(8085)? [i am btech ece]
5. tell me basic structure of that lang ?
6. can you explain JNC,JZ commands ?
7. what do u know mean cisc and risc and what is the diff b/w them ?
8. do you know the functions of risc ?
digital electronics
9. what do you mean by switching ?
10. can you write the truth table of NAND and NOR gates ?
11. can you tell about logic families ?

1. introduction to c
2. pointers in c
3. swap two numbers without using temparory variable
4. what is object based lang ?
5. what is object oriented lang ?
6. what is normalization(1nf,2nf,3nf) ?
7. DataBase models
8. prove a power zero is equal to one ?
9. integrity constraints
10. what is diff. b/w inline functions and macros ?

Test Paper :7
Paper Type : Candidates Experiences
Posted By : Rohit

KEANINDIA PATTERN

Hi guys..
these r some of d questions i remember in first round that is apti...It consists of 3 sections..verbal nd comprehension...maths and mental ability..and computer concepts..there is no negative marking..
the paper is for 1 hr..
1)maths nd mental ability..25 qs_
Here there r majority of qs on probability(little typical 2 understand itself)..and sums on average,time nd distance,...to find mean,median nd mode...and one sum on finding the number of spherical slots from a cone of given volume...one sum on to find the length of perpendicular drwan frm d greatest side of triangle 2 its opposite side(a scalene triangle is given)...
These r few qs i remember..i will soon send d remaining..

3)Computer concepts(15 qs)


1)pick the electronic database frm following
a)Online catalogue b)Electronic student record c)... d)...

2)Uploading d data means
a)transfering file into host computer b)saving on disk drive c)saving on hard disk

I will soon send d remaining..
all d best guys...
Rohit.