Placement Paper - TCS - Aptitude 1

1. A family, planning a weekend trip, decides to spend not more than a total of 8 hours driving. By leaving early in the morning, they can average 40 miles per hour on the way to their destination. Due to the heavy Sunday traffic, they can average only 30 miles per hour on the return trip. What is the farthest distance from home they can plan to go?
(a) 120 miles or less                               (b) Between 120and 140 miles                   (c) 140 miles
(d) Between 140 and 160 miles              (e) 160 miles or more
2. A car is filled with four and half gallons of fuel for a round trip. If the amount of fuel taken while going is 1/4 more than the amount taken for coming, what is the amount of fuel consumed while coming back?
(a) Less than 2 gallons                            (b) 2 gallons                                               (c) 2 1/2 gallons
(d) 3 gallons                                           (e) More than 3 gallons

3. A 3-gallon mixture contains one part S and two parts R. In order to change it to a mixture containing 25% S, how much R should be added?
(a) 1/2 gallon               (b) 2/3 gallon               (c) 3/4 gallon               (d) 1 gallon               (e) 1 1/2 gallon

4. A tree grows only 3/5 as fast as the one beside it. In four years the combined growth of the two trees is eight feet.
How much does the shorter tree grow in two years?
(a) Less than 2 feet                                         (b) 2 feet                                                       (c) 2 1/2 feet
(d) 3 feet                                                        (e) more than 3 feet.
5. Wind flows at 160 miles in 330 minutes, for traveling 80 miles how much time does it require?
(a) 1 hour 30 minutes                                      (b) 1 hour 45 minutes                                     (c) 2 hours
(d) 2 hours 45 minutes                                    (e) 3 hours

6. A stationary engine has enough fuel to run 12 hours when its tank is 4/5 full. How long will it run when the tank is 1/3 full?
(a) Less than 2 hours                                       (b) 2 hours                                                     (c) 3 hours
(d) 4 hours                                                      (e) 5 hours
7. If A is traveling at 72 km per hour on a highway. B is traveling at a speed of 25 meters per second on a highway. What is the difference in their speeds in meters per second?
(a) 1/2 m/sec                                                   (b) 1m/sec                                                     (c) 1 1/2 m/sec                         (d) 2 m/sec                                                      (e) 3 m/sec
8. A salesperson by mistake multiplied a number and got the answer as 3, instead of dividing the number by 3. What is the answer he should have actually got?
(a) 0                              (b) 1/3                         (c) 1                                   (d) 2                            (e) 3
9. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 30% and the width is decreased by 20%, then the area is increased by...
(a) 10%                        (b) 5%                          (c) 4%                                (d) 20%                        (e) 25%

10. In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible number of students who speak both the languages?
(a) 5                               (b) 20                       (c) 15                               (d) 10                      (e) 30

11. The most economical prices among the following prices is:
(a) 10 kilo for Rs.160                                     (b) 2 kilo for Rs.30                                   (c) 4 kilo for Rs.70
(d) 20 kilo for Rs.340                                     (e) 8 kilo for Rs.130

12. A truck contains 150 small packages, some weighing 1 kg each and some weighing 2 kg each. how many packages weighing 2 kg each are in the truck if the total weight of all the packages is 264 kg?
(a) 36                           (b) 52                         (c) 88                               (d) 124                       (e) 114
13. A man was arrested for exceeding the speed limit by 10 miles an hour. A second man was charged with exceeding the same limit by twice as much. The second man was driving 35 miles per hour. What was the speed limit?
(a) 10 miles per hour                                       (b) 15 miles per hour                               (c) 20 miles per hour
(d) 25 miles per hour                                       (e) 30 miles per hour

14. One year ago Pandit was three times his sister's age. Next year he will be only twice her age. How old will Pandit be after five years?
(a) 8                               (b) 12                       (c) 11                           (d) 13                     (e) 15
15. If two pencils cost 8 cents, then how much do 5 pencils cost?
(a) 18 cents                   (b) 20 cents               (c) 22 cents                  (d) 23 cents            (e) 24 cents

 

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Placement Papers - TCS- Aptitude 2

1. WHICH IS THE NEXT NO:
5,6,7,8,10,11,14,?        ANS: 18
2. BFGE  CODED AS  CEHD   THEN  CODE     PVHDJ. ANS: QUICK
3. FIND THE NO. OF  Y FOLLOWED BY W BUT THAT IS NOT FOLLOWED BY Z.
Y W R U D D Y W Z ...............

4. WHAT IS THE LARGEST PRIME NO THAT IS STORED IN 8
BIT PATTERN.                  ANS: 253 (NOT SURE)

5.WHICH WILL GIVE GOOD STANDARD DEVIATION
1. (7,0,-7,0,7)    2. (7,-7,7,-7,7)    3. (1,0,-1,0,1)
6. WHICH IS NOT A SIDE OF A RECTANGULAR
1. (2,3,4)        2.(3,4,7)        3. (3,5,9)
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
8. WHICH EQUATION THAT BEST SUITS THIS CURVE
A LINE CUTS X AT -1 WHEN Y=0 AND X=0 WHEN Y=3 AND
GOES UPWARD
Y

X
9.  A MAN , WOMAN AND A BOY JOINDLY DID A JOB IN 6
DAYS.  A MAN ALONE FINISHES IN 10 DAYS, A WOMEN ALONE
FINISH IN 24 DAYS.  THEN HOW MANY DAYS THE BOY CAN
TAKE TO FINSH?

10. FOR TEMPERATURE A FUNCTION  IS GIVEN ACCORDING TO
TIME :  ((t**2)/6) + 4t +12
WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE RISE OR FALL BETWEEN
4.AM TO 9 AM

11. AN AEROPLANE STARTS FROM A (SOME LATITUDE IS GIVEN
ACCORDING TO PLACE)AT 2 AM LOCAL TIME TO B(SOME
LATITUDE). TRAVELLLING TIME IS 10 HOURS. WHAT IS THE
LOCAL TIME OF B WHEN IT REACHES B

12. A FILE IS TRANSFERRED FROM A PLACE TO
ADESTINATION CAPABLE OF 10 KB .  THEY GIVEN SOME RATE
OF TRANSFER. U HAVE FIND A EQUATION THAT BEST SUIT
THIS.

13. IN A PLANAR CUBE , THE NO. OF VERTICES, NO OF
EDGES AND NO OF FACES ARE
1. 6,6,6    2. 4,8,12    3....     4.........

14. VENN DIAGROM below
1.    HOW MANY PERSON KNOW ENGLISH MORE THAN FRENCH
2.    HOW MUCH % OF PEOPLE KNOWS ALL THE 3 LANGUAGES
3.    HOW MUCH % OF PEOPLE  THOSE WHO KNOWS FRENCH AND
GERMAN AND NOT ENGLISH

FRENCH    

15. CORRECT CHART WITH CORRECT VALUES
X- YEAR
Y- NO OF PERSONS
1.    AVERAGE NO. OF PERSONS FROM 1995 - 1999
2.    WHICH YEAR HAS LARGE DIFFERENCES IN NO OF PERSONS
3.    IF 10% OF PEOPLE LEAVES THE OFFICE IN 1998 THEN,
HOW MANY FRESH CANDIDATES CAN BE ADDED IN THE NEXT
YEAR

16. WHAT IS THE VALUE OF
M(373, 7) + R(6.8) -T(3.4) + R( 3.4)
M- MODULAS    R- ROUNDOFF    T- TRUNCATE

17. WHAT IS THE VALUE OF
% # % (5) + # % # (2)
WHERE   % - DOUBLING    #- RECIPROCAL

18. MATCH THE FOLLOWING
A                         B
1. SENTENCE, PARAGRAPH    1. TYPE OF
2. BASMATI, WHEAT        2. A PART OF
3. BROTHER, SISTER        3. NOT A TYPE OF
4. BREIGAL, DOG            4. SIBLING
ANS: 1-> 2        2->1        3->3    4->4

19. G (0) =1 G (1)= -1 IF G (N)=2* (G (N-1))- 3(G
(N-2)) THEN WHAT IS THE VALUE  OF G (4)?
20.    A    0    0    0    0    1    1    1    1
B    0    0    1    1    0    0    1    1
C    0    1    0    1    0    1    0    1
( A U B ) P C

21.     TIME        DEGREE
2    7 ° 6'  43.15"
4    5° 31'  4.3"
THEN WHAT WILL BE THE DEGREE WHEN  TIME IS 3 O CLOCK

22.    THREE COMPANIES WORKING INDEPENDENTLY AND GET
SAVINGS 10%,  20%, 25%. IF THE COMPANIES WORK JUST OPPOSITE THEN
WHAT WILL  BE THE NET SAVING?

23. WHICH ONE WILL BE THE EXACT POWER OF 3
(i) 2768    (ii)2678    (III) 2187

24. SOME RELATION THAT IS DEDUCE TO
A (POW 2) DIRECT PROPORTIONAL TO X (POW 3)
B (POW 2) DIRECT PROPORTIONAL TO Y (POW 3)
SOME FOUR ANSWERS WERE GIVEN
ANS: ALL OF THE ABOVE

25. 900 M WIDE 3000 M WIDTH
SOMETHING I CAN'T REMEMBER SOME VALUES ARE GIVEN
BY AIR PER M Rs. 4    BY GROUND PER M Rs. 5
THEN WHERE U WILL CUT ADD MAN OUT

26.  1.JAVA    2.SMALLTALK    3.LISP    4.EIFFEL

27.  1.SAP    2.ARP        3.WAP        4.TCP IP

28. WHICH IS THE PERFECT ONE AMONG THE 4
1. 2x +3y=4    2. x + y= -1    3. Y=2x+ 3

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Placement Papers - TCS- Aptitude 3

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 how many 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?

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 question of same type - Odd man 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 Barons GRE data interpretation problems8.    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. 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 response 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 ----------

16.    A Planar solid cube contains how many vertices, how many 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.

 

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Placement Paper - TCS - Aptitude 4

1. If two pencils cost 8 cents, then how much do 5 pencils cost?
Ans. 20 cents

2. Some work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them can do this work alone in 40 minutes. How much time does the second person take to do the same work ?
Ans. 60 minutes

3. A car is filled with four and half gallons of fuel for a round trip.If the amount of fuel taken while going is 1/4 more than the amount taken for coming, what is the amount of fuel consumed while coming back?
Ans.2 gallons

4. The lowest temperature in the night in a city A is 1/3 more than 1/2 the highest during the day. Sum of the lowest temperature and the highest temperature is 100 degrees. Then what is the low temp?
Ans.40 degrees

5. Javagal, who decided to go to weekened trip should not exceed 8 hours driving in a day. The average speed of forward journey is 40 miles/hr.Due to traffic on sundays, the return journey's average speed is 30 m/h. How far he can select a picnic spot?
a) 120 miles
b) between 120 and 140 miles
c) 160 miles
Ans. 120 miles

6. A salesperson by mistake multiplied a number and got the answer as 3, instead of dividing the number by 3.What is the answer he should have actually got?
Ans. 3

7. A building with height D shadow upto G. What is the height of a neighbouring building with a shadow of C feet.
Ans. (C*D)/G

8. A person was fined for exceeding the speed limit by 10 mph. Another person was also fined for exceeding the same speed limit by twice the same. If the second person was travelling at a speed of 35 mph, find the speed limit.
Ans. 15 mph

9. A bus started from bustand at 8.00am, and after staying for 30 minutes at a destination, it returned back to the busstand. The destination is 27 miles from the busstand. The speed of the bus is 18mph. During the return journey bus travels with 50% faster speed.At what time does it return to the busstand?
Ans. 11.00am

10. In a mixture, R is 2 parts and S is 1 part. In order to make S to 25% of the mixture, how much of R is to be added?
Ans.One part of R

11. Wind flows 160 miles in 330 min, for travelling 80 miles how much time does it require?
Ans. 2 hrs 45 mins

12. With a 4/5 full tank a vehicle can travel 12 miles, how far can it travel with a 1/3 full tank
Ans. 5 miles

13. There are two trees in a lawn. One grows at a rate 3/5 of the other in 4 years. If the total growth of trees is 8 ft. What is the height of the smaller tree after 2 years
Ans. 1 1/2 feet

14. Refer to the figure below.A ship started from P and moves at a speed of I miles per hour and another ship starts from L and moving with H miles per hour simultaneously.Where do the two ships meet?
||---g---||---h---||---i---||---j---||---k---||---l---||
PG H I J K L are the various stops in between denoted by || . The values g, h, i, j, k, l denote the distance between the ports.
Ans. Between I and J, closer to J

15. If A is travelling at 72 km per hour on a highway. B is travelling at a speed of 25 meters per second on a highway. What is the difference in their speeds in m/sec.
Ans. 1 m/sec

 

 

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Placement Paper - TCS - Aptitude 5

1. There are 150 weights .Some are 1 kg weights and some are 2 kg weights. The sum of the weights is 260.What is the number of 1kg weights?
Ans. 40

2. A is driving on a highway when the police fines him for overspeeding and exceeding the limit by 10 km/hr.At the same time B is fined for overspeeding by twice the amount by which A exceeded the limit.If he was driving at 35 km/hr what is the speed limit for the road?
Ans. 15 kmph

3. A moves 3 kms east from his starting point . He then travels 5 kms north. From that point he moves 8 kms to the east.How far is A from his starting point?
Ans. 13 kms

4. A car travels 12 kms with a 4/5th filled tank.How far will the car travel with 1/3 filled tank?
Ans. 5 kms

5. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 8. When 18 is added to the number, the digits are reversed. Find the number?
Ans. 35

6. The cost of one pencil, two pens and four erasers is Rs.22 while the cost of five pencils, four pens and two erasers is Rs.32.How much will three pencils, three pens and three erasers cost?
Ans. 27

7. Fathers age is 5 times his son's age. 4 years back the father was 9 times older than son.Find the fathers' present age.
Ans. 40 years

8. What number should be added to or subtracted from each term of the ratio 17 : 24 so that it becomes equal to 1 : 2.
Ans. 10 should be subtracted

9. What is the 12th term of the series 2, 5, 8, ....
Ans. 35

10. If 20 men take 15 days to to complete a job, in how many days can 25 men finish that work?
Ans. 12 days

11. In a fraction, if 1 is added to both the numerator at the denominator, the fraction becomes 1/2. If numerator is subtracted from the denominator, the fraction becomes 3/4. Find the fraction.
Ans. 3/7

12. If Rs.1260 is divided between between A, B and C in the ratio 2:3:4, what is C's share?
Ans. Rs. 560

13. A shopkeeper bought a watch for Rs.400 and sold it for Rs.500.What is his profit percentage?
Ans. 25%

14. What percent of 60 is 12?
Ans. 20%

15. Hansie made the following amounts in seven games of cricket in India: Rs.10, Rs.15, Rs.21, Rs.12, Rs.18, Rs.19 and Rs.17(all figures in crores of course).Find his average earnings.
Ans. Rs.16 crore

 

 

 

 

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Placement Papers - TCS- Aptitude 6

1) ONE RECTANGULAR PLATE WITH LENGTH 8INCHES, BREADTH 11 INCHES AND
2 INCHES THICKNESS IS THERE.WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF THE CIRCULAR ROD WITH DIAMETER 8 INCHES AND EQUAL TO VOLUME OF RECTANGULAR PLATE?
ANS: 3.5 INCHES
2) WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF ZEROS AT THE END OF THE PRODUCT OF THE NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 100

3) In some game 139 members have participated every time one fellow will get bye what is the number of matches to choose the champion to be held?
ans: 138  
4) one fast typist type some matter in 2hr and another slow typist type the same matter in 3hr. if both do together in how much time they will finish.
ans: 1hr 12min
5) in 8*8 chess board what is the total number of squares refer Model
ans:204
6) falling height is proportional to square of the time. one object falls 64cm in 2sec than in 6sec from how much height the object will fall.
7) Gavaskar average in first 50 innings was 50. After the 51st innings his average was 51 how many runs he made in the 51st innings
8)2 oranges, 3 bananas and 4 apples cost Rs.15. 3 oranges 2 bananas 1 apple costs Rs.10. what is the cost of 3 oranges, 3 bananas and 3 apples?
Ans: Rs.15
9) In 80 coins one coin is counterfeit what is minimum number of weighing to find out counterfeit coin
10)In a company 30% are supervisors and 40% employees are male. if 60% of supervisors are male. What is the probability that a randomly chosen employee is a male or female?
11) statement: all green are blue are blue, all blue are white
conclusion:
I) some blue are green II) some white are green
III)some green are not white IV) all white are blue
a) he has given four choices like gre type
12)all teachers are students. some students are girls.this type of questions are there. we cant able to reproduce them.

 

 

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