TCS Talent Test
Time : 2
Hrs
Part I English Synonyms etc. 34 Bits
Part
II Arthimatic 32 Bits
Part III Critical Reasoning 12
Bits
Total 78 Bits 2 Hours Duration.
Part I and Part
III are Multiple Choice Questions and
Patr II is filling up
the Blanks model.
If your choice is B among A, B, C, D then
put a cross
mark on B.
i.e.
IMPORTANT : Once
you stricked off the answer you CAN
NOT CHANGE IT again. So
be careful in the first time.
Not applicable for fill up
the
blanks.
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PART I English Synonyms & Passages 34
Bits
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Nearly
20 Bits on Synonyms:
1. Clutch
2. Divergent
3.
Veracity
4. Indigenous
5. Hamper
Please go through
Barrons GRE book -> High Frequency
Words List
(especially all words starting with A
and C. But look all
the words nearly 300. Even 1 mark
makes the difference.
Don't neglect. Hardly it takes 2
hrs to remember them along
with synonyms)
Next two passages are given consisting
of some
underlines in between. Below passage, its given
some
(7-8) sentences. We have to choose the
correct
sentence and put it in the appropriate blank in
the
main passage.
Passage 1 is on Mind Power ( 8
blanks)
Passage 2 is on Investing Shares in the Companies (
6
Balnks)
Part II Arthimatic - 20
Bits
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1.
5,6,7,8,10,11,14, ?
2.
A 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1
B 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
C 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
(AuB)nC = ? [
(A union B) intersection C = ?]
3. Find the Odd
word . lisp
Java, Lisp, Smalltalk, Eiffel
(One
more wuestion of same type - Oddman
out)
4.
Year 95 96 97 98 99
Members
100 1 70 10 50
i ) Which year has maximum members
growth?
Two more questions on this. Please go
through
Barrons GRE data interpretation problems
5. In
Madras, temperature at noon varies according
to -t^2/2 + 8t
+ 3 (READ as : -t square /2 + ...),
where t is elapsed
time. Find how much temp. More or
less in 4pm to 9pm. (May
be we can solve it by
Definite Integration. Check any
way)
6. 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 howmany days child can do
the
same work? ( Numbers are not correct. Problem model
is
important)
7. What is the highest prime number
that can be stored
in a 8-bit microprocessor? 253
8.
In which of the system 384 is equal to 1234?
(Numbers are
not correct. Important is only problem
model)
9. If
D_MUQZM is coded as CENTRAL then RBDJK can be
coded as
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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. French,
English, German
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?
12. 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 responce will be back to
programmer
i`n 20 milliseconds.
Based on above
information one question is there.
13. A power unit
is there by the bank of the river 750
mts. A cable is made
from power unit to power a plant
opposite to that of the
river at 1500mts. The cost of
the cable below water is Rs.
15/- per meter ansd cost
of cable on the bank is Rs. 12/-
per meter.
Based on above information one question is
there.
14. Match the following.
i. brother -
sister a. Part of
ii. alsecian - dog b. Sibling
iii.
sentence - paragraph c. Type of
iv. d.
15. 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
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16. A Planar solid cube contains how many
vertices,
howmany corner points and how many
faces?
17. Which of the equation satisfies the
graph?
4 equations given.
18. Square of
the <<term>> is directly proportional to
the
cube of the <<another term>> . If the
<<term>> is
'a' and <<another
term>> is 'b' then which one is
correct?
4 options
given like a square / b cube =const...
Part III Critical
reasoning
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4
passages and each 3 questions.
Passage 1 : Barrons GRE
Analytical Ability ->Practice
Excercise questions 7-11.
( passage is : The office
staff of the XYZ
corporation.....) In 1996 edition
page number 377.
Any
way Iam giving the passage for those who do not
have
Barrons book.
The office staff of the XYZ corporation
presently
consists of three book keepers (A, B and C) and
five
secretaries (D,E,F,G, and H). Management is
planning
to open a new office in another city using
3
secretaries and 2 book keepers of the present
staff.
To do so they plan to seperate certain
individuals
who do not function well together. The
following
guidelines were established to set up the new
office.
1. Book keepers A and C are constantly finding
fault
with one another and should not be sent as a team
to
the new office.
2. C and E function well alone
but not as a team. They
should be seperated.
3. D
and G have not been on speaking terms for many
months. They
should not go together.
4. Since D and F have been
competing for promotion,
they should not be a
team.
Questions :
1. If A is to be moved as
one of the book keeper which
of the following CANNOT be a
possible working unit?
a. ABDEH b. ABDGH c. ABEFH d. ABEGH
e.
ABFGH
ANS) b
2. If C and F are moved to the new
office , how many
combinations are possible?
a. 1 b.2
c.3 d. 4 e. 5
ANS) a
3. If C is sent to new
office, which member of the
staff CANNOT go with C?
a. B
b. D c. F d. G e. H
ANS) b
4. Under the guidelines
developed, which of the
following MUST go to the new
office?
a. B b. D c. E d. G e. H
ANS) a
5. If D is
going to the new office which of the
following is/are
true?
I. C cannot go
II. A cannot go
III. H must also
go
a. I only
b. II only
c. I and II only
d. I and
III only
e. I, II, III
ANS)d
NOTE : Qustion paper
contains project leads and
programmers not book keepers and
secretaries.
Passage 2 : Barrons GRE Analytical Ability
->Practice
Excercise questions 14-17. ( passage is :
After
months of talent searching for an .....) In
1996
edition page number 377.
Any way Iam giving the
passage for those who do not
have Barrons book.
After
months of talent searching for an
administrative assistant
to the president of the
college the field of applicants has
been narrowed down
to five (A,B,C,D and E). It was
announced that
finalist would be chosen after a series of
all-day
group personal interviews were held. The
examining
committee agreed upon the following
procedure.
1. The interviews will be held once a
week.
2. Three candidates will appear at any
all-day
interview session.
3. Each candidate will appear
atleast once.
4. If it is necessary to call applicants
for
additional interviews, no more than one such
applicant
should be asked to appear the next week.
5.
Because of the details in the written applications,
it was
agreed that whenever candidate B appears, A
should also be
present.
6. Because of the travel difficulties, it was
agreed
that C will appear for only one
interview.
Questions:
1. At the first interview, the
following candidates
appear: A, B and D. Which of the
following
combinations can be called for the
interview to be
held the next week?
a. BCD b. CDE c. ABE
d. ABC e. ADE
ANS) b
2. Which of the following is a
possible combinations
for interviews in two consecutive
interviews?
a. ABC ; BDE
b. ABD; ABE
c. ADE;
ABC
d. BDE; ACD
e. CDE; ABC
ANS) c
3. If A, B and
D appear at the interviw and D is
called for additional
interview the following week,
which the two candidates may
be asked to appear with
D?
I. A
II. B
III.
C
IV. E
a. I and II
b. I and III only
c. II and
III only
d. II and IV only
e. III and IV
only
ANS)e
4. Which of the following correctly state(s)
the
procedure followed by the search committee?
I. After
the second interview, all appicants have
appeared atleast
once.
II. The committee sees each applicant a second
time.
III. If a third session is held it is possible fir
akk
applicants to appear atleast twice.
a. I
only
b. II only
c. I and II only
d. III
only
e. I and III only
ANS)a
Passage 3 is some
thing like this. There are swimmers
J,K,L,M,N,O,P and
different conditions given.
Passage 4 is like . A former
planted trees in 4X4
rows. No of plant verieties are 6.
Like red, green
etc. Questions based on these
arragements.