Way 2 Freshers

Recruitment Pattern
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 ———

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.
ans 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
———-

16. A Planar solid cube contains howmany vertices,
howmany corner points and how many faces?

17. Which of the equation satisfies the graph?
4 equations given.

18. Square of the <> is directly proportional to the cube of
the <> . If the <> is ‘a’ and<>
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 for 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 varieties are 6. Like red, green etc. Questions based on these
arrangements.

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