TCS Placement Paper on 31st Jan 2010, Indore

1)APTITUDE TEST: Questions = 82 ; time limit = 90 minutes. no negative marking.

Offline (paper &

pen) test and a PSYCHOMETRY TEST also. Section 1: VERBAL ( 32 Questions ,20 minutes )
Directions for questions 1-10:Find the synonyms of the following words 1. ADAGE A. advice advantage Ans: B 2. TO DISPEL A. to dissipate disfigure Ans: A B. to dissent C. to distort D. to

B. proverb

C. enlargement

D.

3. ERRATIC A. unromantic steady Ans: B 4. TO MERIT A. to embrace combine Ans: C 5. RAPT A. lively Ans: B 6. TO HEAP A. to pile Ans: A

B. unknown

C. popular

D.

B. to devote

C. to deserve

D. to

B. concealed

C. engrossed

D. prototype

B. to forbid

C. to proceed

D. to share

7. OVULATE A. penury Ans: C 8. Motley A. Uniform

B. immunize

C. fertilize

D. reproduce

B. homogenous

C. monochrome

D. Assorted

Ans: D 9. mitigate A. palliate Ans: A 10. Compunction A. Regret Ans: D Directions for questions 11-20:Find the Antonyms of the following words 11. Moribund A. declining Ans: D 12. Repudiate A. reject Ans: C 13. Inundate A. starve Ans: A 14. Tenacity A. obstinacy Ans: B 15. Sobriety A. flippancy Ans: A 16. Hidebound A. narrow-minded minded Ans: D 17. Nebulous B. conservative C. prejudiced D. broadB. temperance C. moderation D. soberness B. irresolution C. firmness D. resolve B. swamp C. deluge D. drown B. disclaim C. acknowledge D. renounce, B. dilapidated C. waning D. thriving B. scruple C. qualm D. None of these B. Aggravate C. exacerbate D. None of these

A. vague Ans: C 18. Debacle

B. imprecise

C. precise

D. hazy

A. catastrophe Ans: C 19. Candid A. frank Ans: B 20. Dangle A. stick up Ans: A

B. fiasco

C. success

D. shambles,

B. guarded

C. open

D. truthful

B. sway

C. suspend

D. droop

Directions for Questions 21-26: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. Educational planning should aim at meeting the educational needs of the entire population of all age groups. While the traditional structure of education as a three layer hierarchy from the primary stage to the university represents the core, we should not overlook the periphery which is equally important. Under modern conditions, workers need to rewind, or renew their enthusiasm, or strike out in a new direction, or improve their skills as much as any university professor. The retired and the aged have their needs as well. Educational planning, in their words, should take care of the needs of everyone. Our structures of education have been built up on the assumption that there is a terminal point to education. This basic defect has become all the more harmful today, A UNESCO report entitled 'Learning to Be' prepared by Edger Faure and others in 1973 asserts that the education of children must prepare the future adult for various forms of self-learning. A viable education system of the future should consist of modules with different kinds of functions serving a diversity of constituents. And performance, not the period of study, should be the basis for credentials. The writing is already on the wall. In view of the fact that the significance of a commitment of lifelong learning and lifetime education is being discussed only in recent years even in educationally advanced countries, The possibility of the idea becoming an integral part of educational thinking seems to be afar cry. For, to move in that direction means such more than some simple rearrangement of the present organisation of education. But a good begining can be made by developing open university programmes for older learners of different categories and introducing extension services in the conventional colleges and schools. Also these institutions should learn to co-operate with the numerous community organizations such as libraries, museums, municipal recreational programmes, health services etc.

21. What is the main thrust of the author ? A) Traditional systems should be strengthened B) Formal education is more important than non-formal C) One should never cease to learn D) It is impossible to meet the needs of everyone E) There is no substitute for the extent system of education Ans: C 22. Which of the following best describes the purpose of the author ? A) To criticise the present educational system. B) To strengthen the present educational practices C) To support non-conventional educational organisations. D) To present a pragmatic point of view E) None of these Ans : D 23.Which of the following is most nearly the same in meaning as the word 'meeting' as used in the passage. A) Approaching satisfying Ans: E 24. Which of the following is most opposite in meaning to the word 'integral' as used in the passage. A) essential Ans: B 25. According to the author, what should be the basis for awarding credentials? A) Duration of the course B) Competence of the course teachers C) Diversity of the topics covered D) Real grasp of matter or skill B) independent C) major D) minor E) unwilling B) Contacting C) introducing D) representing E)

E) Participation in community activities Ans: D 26. According to the author, educational plan should attempt to A) train the people at the core B) encourage conventional schools and colleges C) decide a terminal point to education D) overlook the people on the periphery E) fulfil the educational needs of everyone. Ans : A Directions 27-32 : Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete. 27. .............you meet my son in the market, ask him to come home at once A) Will Ans : C 28. Sanjay was sure..............getting a first class in the examination A) at B) of C) on D) about B) While C) Should D) Would

Ans : B 29. She seems offended .................my remarks A) with Ans : D 30. The mounting pressure was so overwhelming that he ultimately.................to her wish A) agreed in Ans : C 31. He has no objection.................my proposal A) to Ans: A 32. Wash your hands.............water B) for C) in D) towards B) cowed in C) gave in D) yielded in B) for C) upon D) at

A) from Ans: B

B) with

C) by

D) in

Section 2: QUANTITATIVE/LOGICAL REASONING ( 38 questions , 40 minutes )

1. Two Pencils 8 cents 5 Pencils cost Ans: 20 cents 2.

If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=? (a)15 (b)12 (c)18 Ans. (b)

(d)10

Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins. If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill the tank (a) 17 1/7 mins (b) 20 mins (c) 8 mins (d) none of these Ans. (a)
3.

Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the job? (a) 8 hrs (b) 7 1/2 hrs (c) 7 hrs (d) 9 hrs Ans. (b)
4.

A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long. Find the area it can graze? (a) 38.5 sq.m (b) 155 sq.m (c) 144 sq.m (d) 19.25 sq.m Ans. (a)
5.

Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a tube station. He found that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30 seconds to reach the bottom. However, if he steps down 34 stairs he would only require 18 seconds to get to the bottom. If the time is measured from the moment the top step begins to descend to the time he steps off the last step at the bottom, find out the height of the stair way in steps? Ans.46 steps.
6.

The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it was 4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced by a young member. Find how much younger is the new member? Ans.40 years.
7.

ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a rectangle. AB = 10 and EC = 20. What is the length of AE?
8.

Ans. AE = 10.
9.Three

cards are drawn at random from an ordinary pack of cards. Find the probability that they will consist of a king, a queen and an ace. Ans. 64/2210. A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal number of mice. Each cat killed more mice than there were cats. How any cats do you think there were ? Ans. 991
10. 11. If Log2 x - 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the value / values of x be? Ans. x = e2 or e3. 12. The square of a two digit number is divided by half the number. After 36 is added to the quotient, this sum is then divided by 2. The digits of the resulting number are the same as those in the original number, but they are in reverse order. The ten's place of the original number is equal to twice the difference between its digits. What is the number? Ans. 46 13. A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each hour, it hops 3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much time would it take the monkey to reach the top? Ans.18 hours 14. What is the missing number in this series? 8 2 Ans. 9 14 6 11 ? 14 6 18 12

15. A certain type of mixture is prepared by mixing brand A at Rs.9 a kg. with brand B at Rs.4 a kg. If the mixture is worth Rs.7 a kg , how many kgs. of brand A are needed to make 40kgs of the mixture? Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs. 16. A wizard named Nepo says "I am only three times my son's age. My father is 40 years more than twice my age. Together the three of usare a mere 1240 years old." How old is Nepo? Ans. 360 years old. 17. One dog tells the other that there are two dogs in front of me. The other one also shouts that he too had two behind him. How many are they? Ans. Three. 18. A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating 6 more than the previous day. How many bananas did he

eat on the first day? Ans. Eight. 19. If it takes five minutes to boil one egg, how long will it take to boil four eggs? Ans. Five minutes. 20.Daal is now being sold at Rs. 20 a kg. During last month its rate was Rs. 16 per kg. By how much percent should a family reduce its consumption so as to keep the expenditure fixed? Ans. 20 % 21. Can you find out what day of the week was January 12, 1979? Ans. Friday 22. From 5 different green balls, four different blue balls and three different red balls, how many combinations of balls can be chosen taking at least one green and one blue ball? Ans. 3720. 23. Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a tank. A & B can fill it in 20 & 30 minutes respectively while C can empty it in 15 minutes. If A, B & C are kept open successively for 1 minute each, how soon will the tank be filled? Ans. 167 minutes. 24. A person walking 5/6 of his usual rate is 40 minutes late. What is his usual time? Ans. 3 hours 20 minutes. 25. A garrison of 3300 men has provisions for 32 days, when given at a rate of 850 grams per head. At the end of 7 days reinforcement arrives and it was found that now the provisions will last 8 days less, when given at the rate of 825 grams per head.How, many more men can it feed? Ans. 1700 men 26. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the circle at A and B respectively and the chord BC is parallel to tangent PA. If AC = 6 cm, and length of the tangent AP is 9 cm, then what is the length of the chord BC? Ans. BC = 4 cm 27. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4 hrs. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of thewater current? (a) 1/2 kmph (b) 7/12 kmph (c) 5 kmph (d) none of these Ans. (b) 28. Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38 and product 1728 (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) none of these Ans. (c) 29. If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x? (a)12 Ans. (b) (b)8 (c)16 (d)6

30. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ? (a) 99/1020 (b) 99/10 (c) 0.9 (d) none of these Ans. (a) 31.A train running at 72 kms per hour crosses a coconut tree standing by the side of the track in 7 seconds. The length of the train is: (A) 104 metres Ans: B 32. If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men and 24 boys can do it in 4 days, the ratio of daily work done by a man to that done by a boy is: (A) 1 : 3 Ans: C 33. A cistern is filled by a tap in 3 1/2hours. Due to a leak in its bottom, it takes 12 hour longer to fill. If cistern is full, how long will it take to leak to empty it? (A) 7 hours Ans: D 34. A can do a piece of work in 7 days of 9 hours each whereas B can do the same work in 6 days of 7 hours each How long will it take to complete the work together working 8 2/5 hours a day? (A) 2 days Ans: B 35. A bus left Delhi for Ambala at 50 km/hr and turned over the same route at 40 km/hr. Thus it took 1 hour more on the return trip. The distance between Delhi and Ambala is: (A) 200 kms Ans: A 36. A man purchased a bag of rice containing 70 kgs for Rs 175. He sold it at the rate of Rs 2.75 per kg. Find the profit and loss per cent. (A) 10% profit Ans: A (B) 10% loss (C) 12.5% profit (D) 12.5% loss (B) 180 kms (C) 400 kms (D) None of these (B) 3 days (C) 3 1/7 days (D) 4 2/5 days (B) 8 hours (C) 14 hours (D) 28 hours (B) 1 : 2 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 3 : 1 (B) 140 metres (C) 504 metres (D) 540 metres

37. A shopkeeper gives 3 consecutive discounts of 10%, 15% and 15% after which he sells his goods at a percentage profit of 30.05% on the cost price. Find the value of the percentage profit that the shopkeeper would have earned if he had given discounts of 10% and 15% only: (A) 53% Ans: A 38. A journey of 192 kms takes 2 hours less by a fast train than by a slow train. If the average speed of the slow train is 16 kmph less than that of a fast train, what is the average speed of the fast train? (A) 30 kmph Ans: B (B) 48 kmph (C) 20 kmph (D) 25 kmph (B) 62.5% (C) 72.5% (D) 68.6%

Section 3: CRITICAL REASONING ( 12 questions , 30 minutes)

Directions 1-12: Answer the questions given below the passage or statement as true, false or can't say. PASSAGE : In the past helicopters were forced to ground or crash because of the formation of the ice on the rotors and engines. A new electronic device has been developed which can detect the water content in the atmosphere and warns the pilot if the temperature is below freezing temperature about the formation of the ice on the rotors and wings. Answer questions 17-20 based on passage 1.The electronic device can avoid formation of the ice on the wings Ans.False 2. There will be the malfunction of rotor & engine because of formation of ice Ans.True 3. The helicopters were to be crashed or grounded Ans.True 4. There is only one device that warn about the formation of ice Ans.True PASSAGE : Human existence is suspicious of arbitrary divide between concise and unconcise. The concise world invades shape activity of the unconcise, while many of great activity of humanity waking as whole or partially improved by dreams. Even it could be ignored that dreams precede exceptional such a dichotomy could not be drawn as the influence of dream on waking state

would remain unclear. But as yet no company rebuilt exists to record the substitute of prenatal dreaming. Answer questions 5- 8 based on passage 5. Sleepy can be creative state Ans. True 6. It is difficult to tell whether a sleeper is dream or not Ans. True 7. If we know what babies would dream about before they are born we could show that the concise and unconcise mind influence on one another . Ans. Can't say 8. It is untrue claim that concise and unconcise world never impinge one another Ans.True PASSAGE : Although invaders represent a threat to the conservation of flora and fauna, there are two special cases in which invasion have been deliberately brought about. One is the desire to control presents by natural predators, which may have to be brought in from other countries. The second is releasing organisms into the wild (or on to farms, from which they might escape) that are completely novel, because they have been genetically engineered. There is nothing intrinsically sinister about engineered organisms, but any novelty must be regarded as a potential invader. Answer questions 9-12 based on passage 9.Pest control does not threat the conservation of flora and fauna. Ans.True 10.Genetically engineered organisms must always be regarded as potentially dangerous. Ans. False 11.Natural predators are work harmful than pests. Ans. True 12.Genetically engineered organisms escaped from the farm, they will be pose a threat to wildlife. Ans. True

TCS JAVA Technical Interview Questions Tell me about your project? Few questions on final year project. What are Java beans? Alternative feature for AWT in JAVA Additional features in JDK1.5.1 compared to JDK 1.4.1

(springs, framework.) What is a servlet? Describe portability? What are your favorite subjects? ans C,java,SQl Is platform independence useful property in Java? What is redundancy? He started with sql What is denormalisation? How can u invoke Servlets? What is data structure? What are the various forms of data structures? What are the advantages of normalisation? What is a kernal? What is a view? diff b/w view and a table What is the difference between array and vector? A question on group-by clause? What are the difference between sequential and index file system? What are the functons of kernal? Write a C program if str1=anil samal str2=sa str3=b if str2 is found in str1 then replace str2 with str3? The TCS HR interview: Tell me about yourself? Tell me about your family background What you will be in next five years? (I answered as consultant as it was one of the post described in ppt) What do u know about TCS? Why TCS? Can you shift anywhere globally? Are you willing to sign the bond for 2 years? Any more queries?

TCS Placement Paper on 30th Jan 2010 (Candidate Experience)

Hi guys I am vamsi from CRR College of engineering, TCS came to our campus on 30th Jan 2010. First there will be a pre placement talk, please listen it carefully and take some notes this may be very useful in interviews. The exam is an online one, there is no sectional cutoff so attempt all of them. The pattern is the same as earlier. There will be three sections. 1. Verbal-32 questions-20 minutes. 2. Aptitude section-38 questions-40 minutes. 3. Critical reasoning-12 questions-30 minutes. Though the pattern is same the questions are a bit different from previous ones. Every person will get one section very tuff and the other two sections easy compared to it. I got verbal very toughly. The software used by them is QUBEX. There will be a timer at the top right corner of the window, after every one minute the window will refresh itself, if the time of the section is completed the next section starts immediately, so in the last minute try to attempt all the

questions left because in aptitude section you will not have enough time for solving all of them. VERBAL: 10 synonyms, 10 antonyms, passage containing 6 blanks and another passage having 6 questions. I dont know even one antonym and synonym I just kept B or C for all the questions. I read the passage for 7 minutes but cant understand it properly. The question with blanks is comparatively easy one. APTITUDE: The questions in this section are totally different from the previous papers not even one question is repeated from them. They concentrated more on data sufficiency I got nearly 15 questions only on them and also they are very easy too. This section is divided in to two groups. The first one has 30 questions mainly questions on data sufficiency. The second section has 8 questions on data interpretation. 2 parts comprising of 4 questions each. One is a passage and the other is bar or pie chart or both. It is better to answer these questions first because they are easy compared to other ones and as the time is not sufficient for answering all the questions. I remember only a few models which I am giving here. 1.) How old will C be after 10 years? Statement 1: Five years ago the average of A and B is 15 years. Statement 2: Average age of A, B and C is 20 years now. a) Statement 1 is sufficient to answer but statement 2 alone is not enough. b) Statement 2 is sufficient to answer but statement 1 alone is not enough. c) Statement 1 or statement 2 is alone sufficient to answer. d) Both statement 1 and statement 2 are not sufficient to answer the question. e) Both statement 1 and statement 2 are together sufficient to answer the question. Ans: e 2.) What is the ratio between two numbers? Statement 1: The sum of two numbers is twice their difference. Statement 2: The smaller number is 6. Ans: a Options are same for all these type of questions. 3.) The sum of ages P, Q and R is 96 years. What is the age of Q? Statement 1: P is 6 years older than R. Statement 2: The total of ages of Q, R is 56 years.

Ans: e

4.) What is the cost price of the article? Statement 1: The profit earned is one-third of the cost price. Statement 2: The article is sold for Rs.400. Ans: e 5.) A and B are in a partnership business of one year. At the end of the year, a profit of RS.20, 000 was earned. What is As share? Statement 1: A invested Rs.50, 000. Statement 2: B withdrew his capital after 8 months. Ans: d 6.) A and B together can complete a task in 7 days. B alone can do it in 20 days. What part of the work was carried out by A? Statement 1: A completed the job after A and B worked together for 5 days.

Statement 2: Part of the work done by A could have been done by B and C together in 6 days. Ans: a 7.) How much time did X take to reach destination? Statement 1: The ratio between the speeds of X and Y are 3:4. Statement 2: Y takes 36 minutes to reach the destination. e Other questions can be answered very easily. CRITICAL REASONING: This section is same as the earlier papers i.e. most of them are from Barrons, but all the names are changed. I got a passage which is not from Barrons but it is very easy. I will give the details of the passages which I and my friends got but it is good to do all the passages in Barrons 12th edition which are having 4 or more questions. Try to solve them if not simply mug them up, even the order of questions and the options does not change. 1. Large and small universities model paper 1section 5question no (8-12). 2. Eight varsity baseball players model paper 2 section 1 question no (1-4). 3. Byram and Adoniaram model paper 2 section 6 question no (1-4). 4. A, B, C and W may cause D model paper 4 section 6 question no (8-12). 5. Scurvy- model paper 5 section 7 question no (21-25). I cleared the written exam and the interviews are on the following day. INTERVIEWS: There said that there is no elimination after each round and once if you get in, technical, management and human resource rounds will be completed one after the other, but some of us are eliminated after technical round. The interviews started at around 10.30 am. There is a team of 21 members from TCS. There are 10 TR, 4 MR and two HR panels. It is good to prepare for the basic questions which are often asked and answer them with confidence, because what they check is your confidence level but not the level of knowledge you have. 1. Tell me about yourself? 2. Why TCS? 3. What do you know about TCS? 4. Why software? 5. Why should I hire you? 6. Your strengths and weakness? 7. Why your percentage is low (IF)? (My percentage is less and I faced this question in every round so guys if yours is less be prepared with a convincing answer) It is always a good practice to ask questions when the interviewer gives you a chance. Because this shows the enthusiasm you have for the company. But dont ask any stupid questions. TECHNICAL ROUND: I was called for the TR at around 2 pm, there are 2 members in the panel both are from ECE and I am from electrical. Int1: Tell me about yourself? Me: Told. Int: Why software? Me: Told. Int: Took my file and started asking questions on the subjects in my mark lists. Int: What is micro processor? Draw NAND gate? What is an IC? Diff b/w an IC and DC? What is stator, rotor? Components in a generator? Explain the principle of operation? What are a coil and some basic principles from electrical.

Ans:

Me: Told most of them and If you dont know them say I cant recall them or if you want some time take time I asked for some time and took 2 minutes to recall a concept and explained them. Int: Do you have a pc at home? And what is its configuration? Me: Told. Int: How do you verify it? What is REGEDIT? And some other questions on it? Int: Write any program you know in C? Me: I started writing ARMSTRONG numbers program. Int: Are you coming into software field for high salaries? Me: No sir. I completed the program. He gave me another program and I wrote it. Int: What is process to do a project? Me: Told. Int: Are you interested in doing a project individually or in a team? Me: In a team sir. Int: Why? Can you explain? Me: Explained. Int:You can be placed anywhere in India. Will you go? Me: Yes sir. Int: Can you work in any time or you have any limitations? Me: Yes sir, I can work in any time, I have no such limitations. Int: Do you have any questions? Me: Yes sir and I asked him. Int: Answered the question. Int: Ok you can leave. Me: They wished me all the best. They will check some basic knowledge in our core subjects and some programming skills and confidence levels. So be cool while answering the questions. Some of us completed the technical round in morning itself and are waiting for management round up to 3 pm and then they announced a list of 10 members who are eliminated in the technical round. Then I was called for management round. MANAGEMENT ROUND: Me: G.afnun sir. Int: G.afnun, take your seat. What should I call you, with full name or just vamsi? Me: Anything sir. Int: How would you describe you? Me: Told. Int: What are your weaknesses? Me: Told. Int: Is that all? Me: Yes sir. Int: Why software? Me: Told. Int: Then why didnt join in computers? Me: Told. Int: Are you willing to go Sri Lanka if you are given job? Me: Yes sir. Int: If your parents dont allow you? Me: I will convince them sir. Int: How? Me: Told. Int: What if you got an offer with more salary after some time in TCS? Will you leave the job?

Me: No sir. I wont. (Who wont?? Even the interviewer leaves the job if he gets one!!) Int: Some more questions like goals, further studies etc. Me: Explained them. Int: OK. All the best. The round is to test the management skills of a person. In most of them stress tests are done i.e. they will be asking some questions to know how you behave under stress situations, you must stick to one ans only. In my interview I was confused that I contradicted my own statement which I didnt. They will try to confuse you but be cool and answer them with confidence. HR ROUND: There are two lady hrs for us. They only check the confidence levels of the student. Me: Tell me about your family? Int: Told. Me: Why TCS? Int: Told. Me: What are values of TCS? Int: Told. Int: What is vision of TCS? Me: Dont know mam. Int: Why your percentage is low? Me: Told. Int: What did you learn in the four years of your study here? Me: Told. Int: Are willing to go any where? Me: Yes mam. Int: Any questions? Me: Asked a question on higher educational opportunities provided by TCS. Int: She explained it. Int: You can leave. All the best. My h.r is over by 5 pm and they announced the results at 6.30 pm in the seminar hall. They took a total of 35 members from 58 who cleared written exam. Finally my name is announced and I am in TCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would like to thank all, who have helped me directly or indirectly. My sister who helped me answer many questions in TR, MR and HR. Many people who have written their experiences and my friends. If you have any questions mail me at che9@ymail.com . Prepare for the BEST and pray for a little luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All the best guys.