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                                                                             TALENT TEST
            This test in not conducted by TCS directly, but by a consultancy, named Venture Management Associates, based in Trivandrum, Kerala.
Directions:
            The duration of the test is 2 hours. The test is divided into 3 parts.
                Part I                     English Synonyms etc     34 Questions
                Part II                   Arithmetic                      32 Questions                    Total: 78 Questions
                Part III                  Critical Reasoning          12 Questions.
            Part I and Part III are Multiple Choice Questions and Part II is filling up the Blanks model.
            There are 10 synonyms, 10 antonyms, both of MCQ type.
            In section I there is a passage with seven blank spaces and nine sentences as answer choices. This passage is about 'mind power'. You have to choose the correct sentence and put the correct choice in the appropriate blank in the main passage. You have to be thorough with the English to answer this Question. The rest of the section is simple Mathematics problems. It would be good if you take a quick glance to the +2 Maths, since they ask questions curves, equations and gradients.
            Section II consists of simple arithmetic problems and some reasoning problems. You have write the answer on the answer sheet and no choices are given.
            Section III is "Critical Reasoning", and the questions are of MCQ type.
            They have SIX Question paper sets, named A, B, C, D, E and F. We have tried to draw a general pattern and have included many sample questions which are in the same pattern with the papers.


SYNONYMS


 CENSURE
        a. purify
        b. approve
        c. edit
        d. uncertain

ONUS
         a. honest
         b. inclination
         c. responsibility
         d. accuse

DIVERGENT
        a.
        b.
        c. deviating
        d.

FIDELITY
        a. restlessness
        b. disloyalty
        c. feeble
        d. vagueness

SURVEILLANCE
        a. inattention
        b. visibility
        c. census
        d. prevention

WHIMSICAL
        a. victorious
        b. swift
        c. fanciful
        d. momentary

NASCENT
        a. threat
        b. purpose
        c. quality
        d. emerging

BENIGN
        a. kindly
        b. malignant 
        c. envy
        d. tenfold

ANALOGOUS
        a. capable
        b. culpable
        c. comparable
        d. corporeal

ATTENUATE
        a. appear
        b. weaken
        c. testify
        d. soothe

EFFUSIVE
       a. wise
       b. reserved
       c. peaceful
       d. spontaneous

GREGARIOUS
        a. logical
        b. helpful
        c. solitary
        d. noisy

EMPIRICAL
       a. theoretical
       b. mathematical
       c. verbal
       d. royal

CITE
       a. galvanize
       b. quote
       c. locate
       d. visualize

TENACIOUS
       a. intentional
       b. obnoxious
       c. holding fast
       d. collecting

TRANSIENT
       a. ephemeral
       b. permanent
       c. clear
       d. emptiness

VOLUBLE
       a. worthwhile
       b. loquacious
       c. circular
       d. serious

CANDID
       a. vague
       b. outspoken
       c. experienced
       d. anxious

VERACITY
         a.
         b.
         c. truthfullness
         d.

STANDING
         a. reputation
         b. activity
         c. long time 
         d. duration

SACROSANCT
         a. too important
         b. worship
         c. sacrifice
         d. best

CLUTCH
       a.
       b.
       c.
       d.

AUGMENT
        a. decrease
        b. belittle
        c. simplify
        d. magnify

GENERIC
        a. external
        b. particular
        c. personal
        d. subdued

DIVULGE
        a. look
        b. refuse
        c. deride
        d. reveal

EFFIGY
        a. dummy
        b. organ
        c. charge
        d. accordion

PRECARIOUS
        a. hazardous
        b. priceless
        c. premature
        d. primitive

SONOROUS
        a. reassuring
        b. resonant
        c. repetitive
        d. sisterly

CIRCUITOUS
        a. indirect
        b. complete
        c. obvious
        d. aware

PEDIGREE
         a. dogs
         b. vast
         c. courage
         d. line of ancestry

ANTONYMS:

EXPEDIENT
        a. illiterate
        b. delayed
        c. mistake
        d. impediment

IRRADIATE
         a. agreement
         b. distance
         c. flight
         d. clarity

ANOMALY
         a. desperation
         b. requisition
         c. registry
         d. regularity

BENIGN
         a. peaceful
         b. blessed
         c. wavering
         d. malignant

ANALOGUE
         a. same
         b. digital
         c. lengthy
         d. dull

ANALOGOUS
         a. not comparable
         b. not capable
         c. not culpable
        d. not congenial

CENSURE
        a. process
        b. enclose
        c. praise
        d. penetrate

DIVULGE
       a. converge
       b. intake
       c. involve
       d. conceal

SURVEILLANCE
        a. inattention
        b. visibility
        c. census
        d. prevention

HAMPER
         a.
         b.
         c.
         d.

DANGLE
         a. hanging
         b. loose
         c. secure
         d. mingle

SPENDTHRIFT
         a. miser
         b. savings
         c. cautious
         d. extravagant

INDIGENOUS
         a.
         b.
         c.
         d.

CRYPTIC
         a. futile
         b. famous
         c. candid
         d. indifferent

OPTIMUM
         a. pessimistic
         b. minimum
         c. chosen
         d. worst

RETROGRADE
         a. progressing
         b. inclining
         c. evaluating
         d. concentrating

TRANSIENT
         a. carried
         b. close
         c. permanent
         d. certain

VERITY
         a. falsehood
         b. sanctity
         c. rarity
         d. household

CENSURE
         a. augment
         b. eradicate
         c. enthrall
         d. commend

EMPIRICAL
       a. theoretical
       b. mathematical
       c. verbal
       d. royal

AUGMENT
         a. keep away
         b. be disturbed
         c. to increase
         d. dig out

BOLSTER
         a. defeat
         b. to strengthen
         c. be angry
         d. depth

COMPLIANCE
         a. light
         b. fresh
         c. take away
         d. energize

DEBILITATE
         a. balmy
         b. bedevil
         c. animate
         d. deaden

DEROGATORY
         a. roguish
         b. immediate
         c. conferred
         d. praising

ERRONEOUS
         a. accurate
         b. dignified
         c. curious
         d. abrupt

EXONERATE
         a. forge
         b. accuse
         c. record
         d. reimburse

GREGARIOUS
         a. anticipating
         b. glorious
         c. antisocial
         d. similar

OBJECTIVE
         a. indecisive
         b. apathetic
         c. emotionally involved
         d. authoritative


SECTION I                                              


1. If VXUPLVH is written as SURMISE, what is SHDVD ?
                    Ans. PEASA (hint: in the first word, the alphabets of the jumbled one is three alphabets after the corresponding alphabet in the word SURMISE. S = V-3, similarly find the one for SHDVD)

2. If DDMUQZM is coded as CENTRAL then RBDJK can be coded as ---------
                    Ans. QCEIL (hint: Write both the jumbled and the coded word as a table, find the relation between the corresponding words, i.e C= D-1, N=M+1 & so on

3. In the word ECONOMETRICS, if the first and second , third and forth ,forth and fifth, fifth and sixth words are interchanged up to the last letter, what would be the tenth letter from right?
                    Ans. word is CENOMOTEIRSC tenth word is R

4. Find the result of the following expression if, M denotes modulus operation, R denotes round-off, T denotes truncation:  M(373,5)+R(3.4)+T(7.7)+R(5.8)
                    Ans. 19

5. What is the largest prime number that can be stored in an 8-bit memory?
                    Ans. 

6. Find the physical quantity in units from the equation: (Force*Distance)/(Velocity*Velocity)
                    Ans. Ns2/m

7. Find the value of @@+25-++@16, where @ denotes "square" and + denotes "square root".
                    Ans: 621

8. If f(0)=1 and f(n)= f(n-1)*n, find the value of  f(4).
                    Ans: 24

9. Convert the decimal number 310 to the base 6.
                    Ans: 1234

10. Find the missing number in the series: 2,    5,    __ ,    19 ,    37,     75
                    Ans: 9

11. In a two-dimensional array, X(9,7), with each element occupying 4 bytes of memory, with the address of the first element X(1,1) is 3000, find the address of X(8,5).
                    Ans.

12. Find the fourth row, having the bit pattern as an integer in an 8-bit computer, and express the answer in its decimal value.
                        A   0  0  0  0  1  1  1  1
                        B   0  0  1  1  0  0  1  1
                        C   0  1  0  1  0  1  0  1
          (AU(B-C))   ?
                    Ans. 29

13. Complete the series 2, 7, 24, 77,__  (hint: 2*12= 24, 7*11= 77, therefore 24*10= 240)
                    Ans: 240

14. Consider the following diagram for answering the following questions:


        A. Find the difference between people playing cricket and tennis alone.
                        Ans: 4

        B. Find the percentage of people playing hockey to that playing both hockey and cricket.
                        Ans: 

        C. Find the percentage of people playing all the games to the total number of players.
                        Ans: 6%

15. One more question of the same type (Same type of diagram; of course in a different set)

    1. How many more or less speak English than French?

    2. What % people speak all the three languages?

    3. What % people speak German but not English?

{In another set cricket, hockey and tennis are changed with the name of some computer languages, such as Java, Cobol, Fortran (may be some other name)}

16. Select the odd one out
            a. Oracle                             b. Linux                             c. Ingress                             d. DB2 

17. Select the odd one out
            a. SMTP                             b. WAP