TCS Paper
SECTION
1: VERBAL
COMPREHENSION HAD SIX QUESTIONS.SO HAD
FILL IN THE BLANKS.FORMER WAS A VERY BORING PASSAGE.FILL IN
HAD A PASSAGE WITH SIX SENTENCES IN BETWEEN TO BE FILLED WITH
EIGHT CHOICES GIVEN.ALL STUDENTS HAD DIFFERENT PASSAGES.THE
DATABASE IS VERY LARGE.FOR FILL IN GRE BOOK IS
RECOMMENDED.
MOST OF THEM WERE NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
PASSAGE.
I HAVE GIVEN BELOW THE WORDS THAT WERE ASKED
IN SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS.
1. WHIMSICAL
2.
CENSURE.
3. OPTIMUM.
4. MISAPPREHENSION.
5.
CANDID.
6. TORSE.
7. CITE.
8. EFFUSIVE.
9.
IRRADIATE.
10. TENACIOUS.
11. VOLUBLE.
12.
BANAL.
13. RUPTURE.
14. STANDING.
15. NASCENT.
16.
TRANSIENT.
17. CLUTCH.
18. GENERIC.
19.
EMPIRICAL.
20. ANOMALY.
21. CIRCUITOUS.
22.
HAMPER.
23. SURVEILLANCE.
24. OBJECTIVE.
25.
RAUCOUS.
26. VORACIOUS.
27. PEDIGREE.
28.
FIDELITY.
29. AUGMENT.
30. PRECARIOUS.
31.
TRANSIENT.
32. ALACRITY.
33. DEROGATORY.
34.
ONUS.
35. ANALOGUE.
36. EXPEDIENT.
37.
ANALOGOUS.
38. ASSUAGE.
39. COMPLIANCE.
40.
IRRADIATE.
41. DIFFIDANT.
42. PLAINTIVE.
43.
INCINUATE.
44. MISDEMEANOR.
45. EXONERATE.
46.
GREGARIOUS.
47. ANATHEMATIZE.
48. BENIGN.
49.
ATTENUATE.
50. SONOROUS.
51. BOLSTER.
52.
DIVERGENT.
53. DECOLLATE
54. HETERODOX
55.
RESTIVENESS
56. IGNONIMOUS.
57. PLAGARIOUS.
58.
EFFIGY.
59. TENACIOUS.
60. RETROGADE.
61.
SACROSANCT.
62. DANGLE.
63. ANOMALY.
64.
CRYPTIC.
65. DEBILIATE.
66. DIVULGE.
67.
SCEPTIC.
68. SPENDTHRIFT.
69. INDIGENOUS.
70.
ERRONIUS.
71. RUPTURE.
72. MINION.
73.
VERACITY.
74. QUAIL.
75. DESULTORY.
76.
SAGE.
SECTION 2:
QUANTITATIVE AND LOGICAL REASONING.
MOST OF THE
QUESTIONS WERE FROM TCS OLD PAPERS.
THE QUESTIONS WILL BE
OF THIS PATTERN TO EVERYONE. ONLY THE DATA GETS
CHANGED.
1. 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).
2. In the word ORGANISATIONAL, 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?
3. What is the largest prime number that
can be stored in an 8-bit memory?
4. Select the odd one
out. a. Java b. Lisp c. Smalltalk d. Eiffel.
5. Select the
odd one out a. SMTP b. WAP c. SAP d. ARP
6. Select the odd
one out a. Oracle b. Linux c. Ingress d. DB2
7. Select the
odd one out a. WAP b. HTTP c. BAAN d. ARP
8. Select the odd
one out a. LINUX b. UNIX c. SOLARIS d. SQL SEVER
9. Select
the odd one out a. SQL b. DB2 c. SYBASE d. HTTP
10. The
size of a program is N. And the memory occupied by the program
is given by M = square root of 100N. If the size of the
program is increased by 1% then how much memory now
occupied?
11. A man, a woman, and a child can do a piece of
work in 6 days. Man only can do it in 24 days. Woman can do it
in 16 days and in how many days child can do the same
work?
12. In which of the system, decimal number 384 is
equal to 1234?
13. Find the value of the 678 to the base
7.
14. Number of faces, vertices and edges of a cube
15.
Complete the series 2, 7, 24, 77,__
16. Find the
value of @@+25-++@16, where @ denotes "square" and + denotes
"square root".
17. 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)
18. If TAFJHH is coded as
RBEKGI then RBDJK can be coded as ---------
19. G(0)=-1,
G(1)=1, G(N)=G(N-1) - G(N-2), G(5)= ?
20. What is the max
possible 3 digit prime number?
21. A power unit is there by
the bank of the river of 750 meters width. A cable is made
from power unit to power a plant opposite to that of the river
and 1500mts away from the power unit. The cost of the cable
below water is Rs. 15/- per meter and cost of cable on the
bank is Rs.12/- per meter. Find the total of laying the
cable.
22. The size of a program is N. And the memory
occupied by the program is given by M = square root of 100N.
If the size of the program is increased by 1% then how much
memory now occupied?
23. In Madras, temperature at noon
varies according to -t^2/2 + 8t + 3, where t is elapsed time.
Find how much temperature more or less in 4pm to 9pm.
24.
The size of the bucket is N kb. The bucket fills at the rate
of 0.1 kb per millisecond. A programmer sends a program to
receiver. There it waits for 10 milliseconds. And response
will be back to programmer in 20 milliseconds. How much time
the program takes to get a response back to the programmer,
after it is sent?
25. A man, a woman, and a child can do a
piece of work in 6 days. Man only can do it in 24 days. Woman
can do it in 16 days and in how many days child can do the
same work?
26. If the vertex (5,7) is placed in the memory.
First vertex (1,1) ‘s address is 1245 and then address of
(5,7) is ----------
27. Which of the following are
orthogonal pairs? a. 3i+2j b. i+j c. 2i-3j d. -7i+j
28. If
VXUPLVH is written as SURMISE, what is SHDVD?
29. If A, B
and C are the mechanisms used separately to reduce the wastage
of fuel by 30%, 20% and 10%. What will be the fuel economy if
they were used combined.
30. What is the power of 2? a.
2068 b.2048 c.2668
31. Complete the series. 3, 8, --, 24,
--, 48, 63
32. Complete the series. 4, -5, 11, -14, 22,
---
33. A, B and C are 8 bit no’s. They are as
follows:
A 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
B 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
C 0 1 1
0 1 1 0 1
Find ( (A-B) u C )=?
Hint :
A-B is {A} – {A
n B}
34. A Flight takes off at 2 A.M from northeast
direction and travels for 11 hours to reach the destination
which is in north west direction. Given the latitude and
longitude of source and destination. Find the local time of
destination when the flight reaches there?
35. A can
copy 50 papers in 10 hours while both A & B can copy 70
papers in 10 hours. Then for how many hours required for B to
copy 26 papers?
36. A is twice efficient than B. A
and B can both work together to complete a work in 7 days.
Then find in how many days A alone can complete the
work?
37. A finish the work in 10 days. B is 60% efficient
than A. So how days does B take to finish the work?
38. A
finishes the work in 10 days & B in 8 days individually.
If A works for only 6 days then how many days should B work to
complete A’s work?
39. Given the length of the 3 sides of a
triangle. Find the one that is impossible? (HINT : sum of
smaller 2 sides is greater than the other one which is
larger)
40. Find the singularity matrix from a given set of
matrices?(Hint det(A)==0)
41. A 2D array is declared as
A[9,7] and each element requires 2 byte. If A[ 1,1 ] is stored
in 3000. Find the memory of A[8,5] ?
42. Sum of slopes of 2
perpendicular st. lines is given. Find the pair of lines from
the given set of options which satisfy the above
condition?
43. (a) 2+3i (b)1+i (c) 3-2i (d) 1-7i .Find
which of the above is orthogonal.
44.
(Momentum*Velocity)/(Acceleration * distance ) find
units.
45. The number 362 in decimal system is given by
(1362)x in the X system of numbers find the value of X a}5 b)
6 c) 7 d) 8 e) 9
46. Given $ means Tripling and % means
change of sign then find the value of $%$6-%$%6
47. My
flight takes of at 2am from a place at 18N 10E and landed 10
Hrs later at a place with coordinates 36N70W. What is the
local time when my plane landed.
a) 6:00 am b) 6:40am
c)7:40 d)7:00 e)8:00 (Hint : Every 1 deg longitude is equal to
4 minutes . If west to east add time else subtract
time)
48. Find the highest prime number that can be stored
in an 8bit computer.
49. Which of the following set of
numbers has the highest Standard
deviation?
1,0,1,0,1,0
-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
1,1,1,1,1,1
1,1,0,-1,0,-1
50.
Match the following:
1. Male - Boy ---> a. A type
of
2. Square - Polygon ---> b. A part of
3. Roof -
Building ---> c. Not a type of
4. Mushroom - Vegetables
---> d. A superset of
Ans: 1- d, 2- a, 3- b, 4- c
51.
Match the following.
1. brother – sister ---> a. Part
of
2. Alsatian – dog ---> b. Sibling
3. sentence –
paragraph ---> c. Type of
4. car - steering ---> d.
Not a type of
Ans. 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d
*****Remaining Questions were from Graph, pie
charts, Bar chart and Venn diagram which were very
easy.
SECTION 3: CRITICAL REASONING(BRM
–LOGICAL REASONING PACKAGE WILL BE VERY HELPFUL)
I.The players G,H,J,K,L,M,N,O are to be felicitated of
representing the county team in Baseball Out of these H,M,O
also are in the Football team and K,N are there in the Basket
ball team . These players are to be seated on a table and no
two players who has represented the county in more than one
game are to sit together.
1.Which one of the orders can
they be seated in
2. Which of the orders is not
possible
3. If N is seated in the middle then which of the
following pairs cannot be seated near him .
4. If M is
seated then which of the following pairs can be seated next to
him.
Choices are given for all the questions
II
There are 2 groups named Brown and red. They can’t marry in
the same group. If the husband or wife dies then the person
will convert to their own group. If a person is married then
the husband will have to change his group to his wife’s group.
The child will own the mothers group. From these a set of 4
questions were given .Solve
them
Eg;
1.Brown’s daughter is red
(False)
2. If a person is red. Then his/her mother’s
brother belong to which group if he is married
(Brown)
III 7 people –
a,b,c,d,e,f,g
Need to make a seating arrangement for
them.
Conditions: 1)A should be at the center 2) B,F should
be at the right extreme 3)C,E always in pair 4)D,G as far as
possible
Questions from the above were
asked?
Eg:
Which of the following pairs were
not possible?
Others questions were similar to the
above. More questions were from
Barrons.
HR
QUESTIONS:
For all the questions they expect a
elaborate answer with justifications and not a short
one.
1) Market urself
2) Why TCS ?
3) Will u
switch over to any other company after joining TCS? If NO then
why?
4) R u mobile? ( R u ready to go anywhere ?)
5) R u
ready to go to places of extreme temperature. If yes what do u
think of ur safety?
6) What are the requirements for
leadership quality ?
7) Why u switch over to s/w from ur
own back ground?
8) What are the qualities required for a
s/w engineer and Project manager?
9) Rate ur good
qualities?
10) What is the difference between hard and
smart work?
11) Do u have a plan of doing higher studies
?
Technical Questions
:
General :
The questions were different for
different persons and depends on the field of interest that u
say.
Communication :
1) OSI Layers in n/w with
the functionalities
2) TCP/IP protocol
3) Bridges,
Routers, LAN, WAN, MAN
4) Token bus, FDDI,
Ethernet
C Language
:
1) Datastructures esp :Linked list and
trees
2) Structures , unions, Kind of variables ( local
,Global)
3) Strrev( ) program
4) Case structure (it is
not the usual switch case stat)
5) Calloc,malloc
6)
Divide 2 number and print the o/p ( NOTE: Check for divide by
zero error)
PSYCHOMETRY
TEST
Direction:
In this section you will find different
questions with the same meaning. In all such questions your
answer has to be same. for e.g.:
In being thrown by
chance with a stranger, you wait for the person to introduce
himself or herself.
(a) Yes (b) No (c)
?
It is difficult for you to chat about things in
general with people.
(a) Yes (b) No (c)
?
These two questions have similar meanings. If
you answer the first one 'NO' and the second one 'YES', i.e.
if you differ in your answers to similar questions you lose
marks for every question with the above
meaning.
The choices to these questions
are:
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) ?
1. You start to
work on a project with great deal of enthusiasm.
2. You
would rather plan an activity than take part in it.
3. You
have more than once taken lead in organizing project or a
group of some kind.
4. You like to entertain guests.
5.
Your interests change quickly from one thing to another.
6.
When you eat a meal with others, you are usually one of the
last to finish.
7. You believe in the idea that we should "
eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die."
8. When you
find that something you have bought is defective, you hesitate
to demand an exchange or a
refund.
9. You find it easy
to find new acquaintances.
10. You are sometimes bubbling
over with energy and sometimes very sluggish.
11. You are
happiest when you get involved in some projects that calls for
rapid action.
12. Other people think of you as being very
serious minded.
13. In being thrown by chance with a
stranger, you wait for the person to introduce himself or
herself.
14. You like to take part in many social
activities.
15. You sometimes feel "just miserable" for no
good reason at all.
16. You are often so much " on the go"
that sooner or later you may wear yourself out.
17. You
like parties you attend to be lively.
18. If you hold an
opinion that is radically different that expressed by a
lecturer, you are likely to tell the
person about it either
during or after the lecture.
19. It is difficult for you to
chat about things in general with people.
20. You give
little thought to your failures after they are passed.
21.
You often wonder where others get all the excess energy they
seem to have.
22. You are inclined to stop to think things
over before you act.
23. You avoid arguing over a price
with a clerk or sales person.
24. You would dislike very
much to work alone in some alone place.
25. You often find
it difficult to go to sleep at night because you keep thinking
of what happened during the
day.
26. You find yourself
hurrying to get to places even when there is plenty of
time.
27. You like work that requires considerable
attention to details.
28. You are satisfied to let some one
else take the lead in group activities.
29. You enjoy
getting acquainted with people.
30. It takes a lot to get
you emotionally stirred up or excited.
31. You work more
slowly and deliberately than most people of your sex and
age.
32. You are a carefree individual.
33. When people
do not play fair you hesitate to say anything about it to
them.
34. It bothers you to have people watch you at your
work.
35. You have usually been optimistic about your
future.
36. You like to have plenty of time to stop and
rest.
37. You take life very seriously.
38. You enjoy
applying for a job in person.
39. You would like to be a
host or hostess for parties at club.
40. You often feel
uncomfortable or uneasy.
41. You are the kind of person who
is "on the go" all the time.
42. You often crave
excitement.
43. The thought of making a speech frightens
you.
44. You find it easy to start conversation with
strangers.
45. You often feel guilty without a very good
reason for it.
46. People think you are a very energetic
person.
47. You sometimes make quick decisions that you
later wish you hadn't made.
48. You find it difficult to
ask people for money or other donations, even for a cause in
which you are
interested.
49. You are so naturally
friendly that people immediately feel at ease with you.
50.
You daydream a great deal.
51. You are quick in your
actions.
52. You have a habit of starting things and then
losing interest in them.
53. When you were a child many of
your playmates naturally expected you to be the
leader.
54. You sometimes avoid social contacts for
fear of doing or saying the wrong thing.
55. You have
frequent ups and downs in mood, sometimes with and sometimes
without apparent cause.
56. You always seem to have plenty
of vigour and vitality.
57. It is difficult for you to
understand people who get very concerned about things.
58.
When a clerk in a store waits on others who come after you,
you call his or her attention to the fact.
59. You would be
very unhappy if you were prevented from making numerous social
contacts.
60. There are times when your future looks very
dark.
61. You sometimes wish that people would slow down a
bit and give you a chance to catch up.
62. Many of your
friends think you take your work too seriously.
63. You
hesitate to walk into a meeting when you know that everyone's
eye will be upon you.
64. You limit your friendships mostly
to members of your own sex.
65. You almost always feel well
and strong.
66. You seem to lack the drive necessary to get
as much as other people do.
67. You make decisions on the
spur of the moment.
68. You are rather good at bluffing
when you find yourself in difficulty.
69. After being
introduced to someone , you just cannot think of things to say
to make good conversation.
70. You feel lonesome even when
with other people.
71. You are able to work for unusually
long hours without feeling tired.
72. You often act on the
first thought that comes into your head.
73. At the scene
of an accident, you take an active part in helping out.
74.
You have difficulty in making new friends.
75. Your mood
often changes from happiness to sadness or vice versa without
knowing why.
76. You talk more slowly than most
people.
77. You like to play practical jokes upon
others.
78. You take the lead in putting life into a dull
party.
79. You would like to belong to as many clubs and
social organizations as possible.
80. There are times when
your mind seems to work very slowly and other times when it
works very rapidly.
81. You like to do things slowly and
deliberately.
82. You are a happy-go-lucky
individual.
83. When you are served stale or inferior food
in a restaurant, you say nothing about it.
84. You would
rather apply for a job by writing a letter than by going
through with a personal interview.
85. You are often in low
spirits.
86. You are inclined to rush from one activity to
another without pausing enough for rest.
87. You are so
concerned about the future that you do not get as much fun out
of the present as you might.
88. When you are attracted to
a person whom you have not met earlier you make an active
attempt to get
acquainted even though it may be quite
difficult.
89. You are inclined to limit your acquaintances
to select few
90. you seldom give your past mistakes a
second thought.
91. You are less energetic than many people
you know.
92. You often stop to analyzed your thoughts and
feelings.
93. You speak out in meetings to oppose those
whom you feel sure are wrong.
94. You are so shy it bothers
you.
95. You are sometimes bothered by having a useless
thought come into your mind over and over.
96. You get
things in hurry.
97. It is difficult for you to understand
how some people can be so unconcerned about the future.
98.
You lie to sell things (i.e. to act as a sales person)
99.
You are often "Life of the Party".
100. You find
daydreaming very enjoyable.
101. At work or at play other
people find it hard to keep up with the pace you set.
102.
You can listen to a lecture without feeling restless.
103.
You would rather work for a good boss than for
yourself.
104. You can express yourself more easily in
speech than in writing.
105. You keep in fairly uniform
spirits.
106. You dislike to be hurried in your
work.
107. You sometimes find yourself "crossing bridges
before you come to them".
108. You find it somewhat
difficult to say "no" to a sales person who tries to sell you
something you do not
really want.
109. There are only a
few friends with whom you can relax and have a good
time.
110. You usually keep cheerful in spite of
trouble.
111. People sometimes tell you to "slow down" or
"take it easy".
112. You are one of those who drink or
smoke more than they know they should.
113. When you think
you recognize people you see in a public place, you ask them
whether you have met
them before.
114. You prefer to
work alone.
115. Disappointment affect you so little that
you seldom think about them twice.
116. You are slow and
deliberate in movements.
117. You like wild enthusiasm,
sometimes to a point bordering on rowdyism at a football or
baseball game.
118. You feel self conscious in the presence
of important people.
119. People think of you as being a
very social type of person.
120. You have often lost sleep
over your worries.
121. You can turn out a large amount of
work in a short time.
122. You keep at a task until it is
done, even after nearly everyone else has given
up.
123. You can think of a good excuse when you need
one.
124. Other people say that it is difficult to get to
know you well.
125. You daydreams are often about things
that can never come true.
126. You often run upstairs
taking two steps at a time.
127. You seldom let your
responsibility interfere with your having a good time.
128.
You like to take on important responsibilities such as
organizing a new business.
129. You have hesitated to make
or to accept "dates" because of shyness.
130. Your mood is
very easily influenced by people around you.
131. Others
are often amazed by the amount of work you turn out.
132.
You generally feel as though you haven't a care in the
world.
133. You find it difficult to get rid of sales
person whom you do not care to listen or give your
time.
134. You are a listener rather than a talker in a
social conversation.
135. You almost always feel that life
is very much worth living.
136. It irritates you to have to
wait at a crossing for a long freight train to pass.
137.
You usually say what you feel like saying at the
moment.
138. You like to speak in public.
139. You like
to be with people.
140. You generally keep cool and think
clearly in exciting situations.
141. Other people regard
you as a lively individual.
142. When you get angry, if you
let yourself go, you feel better.
143. You seek to avoid
all trouble with other people.
144. People seem to enjoy
being with you.
145. You sometimes feel listless and tired
for no good reason.
146. It is hard to understand why many
people are so slow and get so little done.
147. You are
fond of betting on horse races and games, whether you can
afford it or not.
148. If someone you know has been
spreading untrue and bad stories about you, you see the person
as
soon as possible and have a talk about it.
149.
Shyness keep you from being as popular as you should
be.
150. You are generally free from worry about possible
misfortunes.
PSYCHOMETRY
GROUPING
I have grouped the psychometric questions numbering
150. as it is not possible for me to write each question I am
indicating only the numbers. Its up to u to correspond to the
questions
At the outset I would like to clearly state
that this version has no guarantee to be the correct version.
Actually some 30/150 questions fall in to many groups and the
line differentiating them is very thin. I have tried my best
to group them.
Talking about the groups- they are 11 in
number. As I have mentioned- this is not the only correct
version- but this can be one. So if u feel u can group them
more finer u can subdivide them in to many more.
I
would advise u strictly to go through the whole set of groups
and define urselves- the key to psychometric test is to define
who u are and then start looking in to deeply the
questions.
Each group represents a character or
personality- u will decide which of the following attributes u
would like to include in ur personality.
GROUP 1
LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
2 3 28 39 53 73 103
128
GROUP 2 SOCIABLE NATURE
4 9 13 14 24 29 44
49 54 59 64 70 74 79 88 89 109 114 119 139
GROUP 3
BALANCED PSYCHE people who are balanced- not wavery in their
moods etc.. etc…
5 10 15 16 35 40 41 45 52 55 60 65 75
80 95 105 130 145 148
GROUP 4
DAYDREAMERS
50 100 107 125
GROUP 5 PATIENCE AND
ATTRIBUTE OF TAKING RID=GHT DECISIONS AFTER CAREFUL
ANALYSIS
22 27 47 67 72 86 92 96 102 112 117 126 134
136 137 140 142 147
GROUP 6 EASYGOING AND
CAREFREE NATURED PERSONALITIES
6 20 25 32 57 68 77 82
87 90 98 115 123 127 132 135 150
GROUP 7 ENTHUSIASTIC
PERSONALITIES
1 17 42 66 78 85 99 110 141
144
GROUP 8 SLOW SLUGGISH DULL PERSONALITIES
7
11 21 30 31 36 46 51 56 61 76 81 91 106 116 101
146
GROUP 9 SERIOUS PERSONALITIES
12 26 37 62 97
111 120 124 143
GROUP 10 STRONG FULL OF
ENERGY
71 121 122 131
GROUP 11 DIFFIDANT (shy,
not able to ask even the most required thing…..
etc..)
8 18 19 23 33 34 38 43(34) 48 58 63(34) 69 83
84(38) 93 104(34) 108 113 118(34) 129 133 149
read the
following before proceeding
1. the last group is bigger
and within the group itself a small subgrouping is done- the
no. in the bracket is the parent question to which the no
outside the bracket belongs to- hope u understand
2.
strictly- this may not be 100 % right as many questions look
very similar. So go thru and make alterations if u feel
so.
3. in each groups there r 2 kinds of questions- if u
say yes to some and no to others u will land up at the same
definition. So its ur common sense to understand the
affirmative and negative tones of each question and answer
accordingly- u shld know when to answer no and yes for each
question in the same group-
4. some groups itself are
opposite to each other and can be grouped together- but I have
separated them on the basis of finer inferences eg:- serious
persons cant be easy going type. if u say no to any question
on serious group question u will land as an easygoing
personality and vice versa- so they can be put under a single
group- but some finer points prevent from doing
so