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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) |
TCS -1 (Aptitude Test) |
TCS -2 (Phychometry Test) |
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.
CENSURE a. purify b. approve c. edit d. uncertain ONUS WHIMSICAL ANALOGOUS |
EFFUSIVE a. wise b. reserved c. peaceful d. spontaneous GREGARIOUS CITE TENACIOUS CANDID VERACITY STANDING |
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 EFFIGY CIRCUITOUS PEDIGREE |
ANTONYMS:
EXPEDIENT a. illiterate b. delayed c. mistake d. impediment IRRADIATE DIVULGE SURVEILLANCE HAMPER |
DANGLE a. hanging b. loose c. secure d. mingle SPENDTHRIFT a. miser b. savings c. cautious d. extravagant INDIGENOUS CRYPTIC OPTIMUM EMPIRICAL |
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 DEBILITATE DEROGATORY |
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