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TCS PAPER ON 27th JANUARY 2008.
Hi I am Vishal persuing my engineering ( 3rd yr) CSE from
There were 3 rounds:-
1) Written test
2) Technical Round
3) HR round
1)Written Test:- It consists 3 sections
1. Vocabulary:- Antonyms and Synonyms and a passage with 10 options
2. Quantative Aptitude
3. Critical Reasoning
The duration of this round is 90 minutes
ONLINE TEST
The test was conducted after d preplacement talk. U will b given user ids 2 attend d online interview. Remember
Below every question 5 options will be given choose the correct answer . So choose the correct option & click on the submit button.
Here I am describing some of the questions which I faced in that written test.
In 1st ROUND:(according to online test)
NOTE: plz go for only 12 th edition of GRE BARRON’S…Strictly
1.)VERBAl:(recently asking....)
Censure - fault, criticize
Optimum- best, most favorable
Candid- frank, open, blunt, upfront, forth-right
Cite - quote, name, mention, refer to, allude to
Effusive - demonstrative, fussy, talkative, overenthusiastic,vociferous, extroverted
Voluble - articulate, vociferous, talkative
Banal - commonplace, trivial, predictable, trite, hackneyed
Standing - rank, permanent, position, duration, status, reputation,eminence
Nascent - budding, emerging, blossoming, embryonic
Clutch - grasp, grab, hold
Generic - general, basic, common
Empirical -experimental, pragmatic, practical
Anomaly - irregularity, glitch, difference
Circuitous - roundabout, twisty, meandering, indirect, winding, tortuous
Surveillance - observation, watch, shadowing
Objective - aim, impartial, real, purpose, goal
Raucous - rough, wild, hoarse, guttering
Voracious - insatiable, avid, hungry, big, rapacious, greedy
Pedigree - rare-breed, full-blooded, lineage
Fidelity - loyalty, reliability
Augment - supplement, boost, add to, bump up
Precarious - unstable, shaky, risky, uncertain
Derogatory - disparaging, critical, insulting, offensive
Onus - responsibility, burden, obligation, duty
Analogous - similar, akin, related
Expedient - measure, convenient, device, maneuver
Compliance - fulfillment, obedience
Diffident - shy, insecure, timid
Plaintive - mournful, sad, melancholic, nostalgic, lamenting
Insinuate - imply, suggest, make-out, ingratiate yourself
Misdemeanor - wrong, sin, crime, offense
Exonerate - clear, forgive, absolve
Gregarious - outgoing, extroverted, sociable, expressive, unreserved
Benign - kind, benevolent, compassionate
Attenuate - satisfy, calm, soothe, ease
Sonorous - loud, deep, resonant, echoing
Bolster - boost, strengthen, reinforce, encourage
Heterodox - unorthodox, dissenting, contrary to accepted belief,heretical, deviating
Restiveness - impatience, restlessness, nervousness
Effigy - image, statue, model
Retrograde - retrospective, traditional, conservative,nostalgic,forward-looking(antonym)
Sacrosanct - sacred, holy, revered
Dangle - hang down, sway, droop, swing, suspend
Cryptic - mysterious, enigmatic, puzzling, hidden
Debilitate - incapacitate, weaken, hamper, encumber, hinder
Divulge - reveal, disclose
Spendthrift - wastrel, squanderer, compulsive shopper
Indigenous - native, original, local
Erroneous - mistaken, flawed, incorrect
Minion - follower, subordinate, underling, gofer
Veracity - reality, truth, sincerity.
NOTE:- Plz read all words starting with the letter A,C, P,R ,S and T from bayrrons...12 edition
Passage was about White and black.(donn rem..)You have 10 choices from which you have to fill the blanks.
For aptitude just go through the previous papers.....All que were similar,only value has changed.....Understand the concept
2.)QUANTATIVE
I don’t remember all the questions but here are some…
1)Which of the following highest Standard deviation
a.5,0,5,0,5,0 b) 5,5,5,5,5,5 c) 5,5,5,5,0,5 d) -5, 5, -5, 5,-5, 5
2)g(0)= 1, G(1)=-1 ,G(N) = G(N-1)+G(N-2) , g(6)=? 1. -2 2. 3 3. 1 4.0
3)A power unit is there by the bank of the river of 900 mtr width. a cable is made from power unit to power a plant opposite to that of the river and 3000 mtr away from the power unit. The cost of the cable bellows water Rs5 / mtr and cost of cable on the bank is Rs 4/ mtr. Find the pt where the cable cut through the river.
1.2800 2. 3000 3. 2100 4.3900 Ans: 2100
4)Which of the following are orthogonal pairs a) 5i+3j=7 b) i=-jc) 2i-j=3 d) 3i=5j+6 1.a&d 2.a&c 3.c&d 4.b&d
5) 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?
6:00 am b) 6:40am c) 7:40 d) 7:00 e) 8:00
Sol) The destination place is 80 degree west to the starting place. Hence the time difference between these two places is 5 hour 20 min. (=24hr*80/360).
6) Which of the following is power of 3 a) 2345 b) 9875 c) 6504 d) 9833
7)WHICH SHAPE WILL BE OBTAINED BY USING THESE VALUES OF X ,Y
X Y
0 0.00001
10 1.02
100 1.72
1000 3.00
9999 4.72
Ans: Y= log10(X)
8)Number of edges,faces, vertices and of a cube
1.12,6,8 2.6,8,12 3.4 ,6, 8 4.8,12,6
9)2 student get 3 and 3.5 in their class exam And 1.4 and 1.65 in final exam respectively . What might be the class marks of
3rd student who have got 0 marks in final exam? (not exactly same values)
10)Pick the odd one out
a) SYBASE b)DB2 c)ORACLE d)JAVA 5)INGRESS
11)Find the result of the following expression if , M denotes modules operation, R denotes round-off, T denotes truncations
M(363,5)+R(5.8) +T(7,7)-R(3.8)
12)If A, B, C are the mechanisms used separately to reduce the wastage of fuel by 25%, 20%, 10%. What will be the fuel economy if they were used combine?
13)Match the following:
1. Mammal, cow ---> a. A type of
2. Snake reptile ---> b. A part of
3. Roof - Building ---> c. Not a type of
4. Mushroom - Vegetables ---> d. A superset of
14)b v f q q m b v f m g v f f v f m b v f b g d v f a m v f v f f
How many v 's are such that each v is followed by f next to it, if the f is not followed by f next to it.
15)Bucket size is 10KB.it takes 0.0001 KB/milisec to fill bucket.the bucket takes 100 or 1000 milisec to reach to destination.it takes 100 milisec to pass acknowledgement from dest to source.so calculate how much time will it take to pass N KB ,asked to write formula for that.
16.)What is the unit of the following?
(Power*time) / (velocity*velocity)
17.)What is the largest prime no that will fit in 7 bit memory?
2*7= 128
Ans 127
18.)Problem on a Venn diagram:
Ex: a Venn diagram on no. of people who know only English, only French, only German, both English and French, French and German, German and English, know all the three.
->How many know English more than French?
->What % people speak all the three languages?
->What % people speak German but not English?
19.)Odd one out:
a. LINUX b. WINDOWS 98 c. SOLARIS d. SMTP ans: SMTP
a. JAVA b. LISP c. Small talk d. Eiffel ans: LISP
a. HTTP b. ARP c. SMTP d. SAP ans: SAP
a. Linux b.windows NT c. SQL server d. Unix ans: SQL server
a. SAP b. ARP c. WAP d.TCP IP ans:SAP
a. Oracle b. Linux c. Ingress d. DB2 ans:Linux
a. SMTP b. WAP c. SAP d. ARP Ans: SAP
a. WAP b. HTTP c. BAAN d. ARP ans:BAAN
a. SQL b. DB2 c. SYBASE d. HTTP Ans: HTTP
III. CRITICAL REASONING
there would be 3 passages and 4 questions each(total 12 quest)
NOTE: go through GRE BARRON'S 12th edition i m giving some important passages as seen in fresherworld :-
Model test 1: Section5 - qns 1-4 (motorist),qns 13-16 (red and brown)
Section6 - qns 1-4 (conservative,democratic),qns 8-11 (latin, sanskrit),qns 12-18 (joe,larry,ned),qns 19-22 (a causes b)
Model test 2: Section1 - qns 19-22 (wallachia and rumelia) ---i got this qn, but the names were changed as
Section6 - qns 8-12 (
Model test 3: Section6 - qns 1-4 (all Gs are Hs)
Model test 4: Section5 - qns 8-11 (horizontal row),qns 19-22 (a,b,c cause d)
Section6 - qns 8-12 (spanish, italian),qns 13-16 (all As, Bs),qns 17-22 (progressive federal party)
Model test 5: Section3 - qns8-11 (museum),qns 19-22 (A is the father)
Section7- qns 1-5 (prahtu, brahtu),qns 21-25 (scurvy)
This passages are more than enough to clear critical reasononing, without GRE barrons 12th edition it is difficult to clear the written test .
If u cannot understand them just MUG UP the answers.
This is all about my written round…. I qualified for the next round it was technical round
INTERVIEW
There were three Interviewers in my panel. Here I m explaining what they asked from me, it is as…
(Int : INTERVIEWER Me : Vishal )
Int : Good Morning Vishal, have
Me: Good morning Sir,
Int: So, Vishal tell me something about urself
Me: I tell them about my academics , my hobbies, my strengths etc
Int: Tell me about
Me:I did
Int: Tell me the various selection , sorting techniques..
Me: I explained about all sortings, then they told me to write the code for bubble sort which I easily did ( are yaar bahut hi aasan question pucha tha…yeeh)
Int: What about DBMS
Me:Sir , I know DBMS but I m not much confident in it , they give me to build a table for employees of company…I did it
Int: What is the difference b/w Applet & Servlets
Me :I told
Int: have u done any project
Me: I told about my mini project of 5th semester
Int:what r the subjects u have in
Me:I told
Int:You have written that net surfing is
Me: Sir , I use net only for my studies purpose, so there is no problem as such
Int:Exploring new places is also
Me:I explained
Int:What type of books u read?
Me: I told
Int: why
Me: I told the reason ( this question is much asked , so prepare well if
Int:Are u adaptable
Me:yes sir, u can throw me anywhere in
Int:what is SDLC?
Me:I told
Int:what are various types of testing
Me:I told
Int: what is the difference b/w applet & normal program etc,etc
Me:I told
And there are various questions relating to my strength & weakness . Some more technical questions were there… My interview lasts for about 45 minutes & they asked everything about my academics, hobbies,strengths etc
I even find it difficult to know whether I am giving technical or HR round…they can ask anything so prepare well..
Finally I was selected for HR round:
HR ROUND
The questions they asked mw are as This round lasts for about 20 minutes
Q:how was
Q: why do u want to join tcs
Q: tell me about
Q: what type of books u read
Q:why
Q:where do u see urself after 5 or 10 years
Q:what r
Q:tell me 2 reasons for why we select u?
Q: tell me 2 reasons for why we reject you?
Q:can u manage in south
Q:do u know about terms & conditions ?
And few such questions more…& finally I got selected
BE CONFIDENT in
NO need to get Nervous during interviews, be COOL & have smile on
Even if u don’t know any answer simply say “sir I m unable to recall it”
Never say “ sorry sir” or “Don’t know”…
The panels r friendly ,they just try to know
So, be confident .If u have prepare well then u will surely be getting SUCCESS.
HOPE TO SEE U THERE AT TCS……BEST OF LUCK
