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TCS Talent Test
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
PART I English Synonyms & Passages 34 Bits
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
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 .
Java, Lisp, Smalltalk, Eiffel
(One more wuestion of same type ? Oddman out)
4.
M 100
1
E
M 70
10
B 60
E 50
R Year
S 95 96 97
98 99
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?
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.
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 in
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 howmany vertices,
howmany corner
points
and how many faces?
Y
17. Which of the equation satisfies
the graph?
4 equations given.
3
X
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
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.
