TCS TALENT TEST
TCS C Test
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) TCS -1 (Aptitude Test)
TCS -2 (Phychometry Test)
Verbal ACUMEN
a. exactness
b. potential
c. shrewdness
d. bluntness
e. None of these
BEHEST
a. behavior
b. hold down
c. hold up
d. relieve
e. condemn
DISCRETION
a. prudence
b. consistency
c. precipice
d. disturbance
e. distemper
ORDAIN
a. arrange
b. command
c. contribute
d. establish
e. control
FLORID
a. ornate
b. thriving
c. artistic
d. elegant
e. None of these
PENITENCE
a. liking
b. insightful
c. attractive
d. penetrable
e. compunction
WHET
a. stimulate
b. humorous
c. inculate
d. dampen
e. None of these
INCENTIVE
a. reflex
b. amplitude
c. inflection
d. provocation
e. escutcheon
LATITUDE
a. scope
b. segment
c. globule
d. legislature
e. lamentation
MORTIFY
a. make a cavity
b. displease
c. humiliate
d. relapse
e. murder
ADAGE
a. advice
b. proverb
c. enlargement
d. advantage
e. usage
TO DISPEL
a. to dissipate
b. to dissent
c. to distort
d. to disfigure
e. to dissect
ERRATIC
a. unromantic
b. free
c. popular
d. steady
e. unknown
TO MERIT
a. to embrace
b. to devote
c. to deserve
d. to combine
e. to display
RAPT
a. lively
b. concealed
c. engrossed
d. prototype
e. None of these
TO HEAP
a. to pile
b. to forbid
c. to proceed
d. to share
e. to stoop
CAJOLE
a. coax
b. motivate
c. profound
d. mollify
e. evade
OVULATE
a. penury
b. immunize
c. fertilize
d. reproduce
e. incisions
ABODE
a. clay
b. obstacle
c. dwelling
d. bind
e. to beguile
POTENTIAL
a. latent
b. hysterical
c. conventional
d. symmetrical
e. conscientious
EXTRICATE
a. terminate
b. isolate
c. liberate
d. simplify
e. frustrate
DISPARITY
a. inequality
b. impartiality
c. unfairness
d. twist
e. None of these
TO CONFISCATE
a. to harass
b. to repulse
c. to console
d. to appropriate
e. to congregate
PIOUS
a. historic
b. devout
c. multiple
d. fortunate
e. authoritative
LETHARGY
a. reminiscence
b. category
c. fallacy
d. unanimity
e. stupor
CARGO
a. cabbage
b. camel
c. lance
d. freight
e. flax
OVATION
a. oration
b. gesture
c. emulation
d. applause
e. nourish
Aptitude
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) 1 m/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
Passage
All the questions are of multiple choice type. You have to
answer the questions based on the preceding paragraph. All the
questions have the same answer choice. The choices are as given
below:
(a) True.
(b) False.
(c) Cannot Say.
Consider the following paragraph:
Researchers in Mumbai have found that certain
types of gallstones can be dissolved by
injecting them with a gasoline additive in the
form of ether. The ether is injected through a
tube directly into the gall bladder. The one-day
treatment works only on cholesterol-based
stones, not those composed largely of calcium.
However, as the cholesterol stones are by far
the most common type, for millions of gallstone
sufferers the treatment should offer a welcome
alternative to surgery, the commonest option in
most hospitals.
# "It takes more than one day for ether to dissolve a
calcium-based gallstone".
# "Gallstones can only be dissolved by injections".
# "Gallstones can quickly be cured with surgery".
# "Ether is largely used for dissolving gallstones".
# "Calcium stones can be cured in one day".
# "Hundreds of people contains calcium stones".
Consider the following paragraph:
My father had no brothers, but his three sisters
are all married and each has two children. My
grandfather has two sons.
# "My father was the only child".
# "I have only one uncle".
# "One of my aunts is a spinster".
# "I have six cousins on my father's side".
# "My grandfather was the only son".
Consider the following paragraph:
In the Totalitarian days, the words have very
much devalued. In the present day, they are
becoming domestic, that is, the words will be
much more devalued. In that days, the words will
be very much effected in political area. But at
present, the words came very cheap. We can say
they come free at cost.
# "In Totalitarian society, words are devalued".
# "Totalitarians will have to come much about words".
# "In the Totalitarian society the words are used for the
political speeches".
Consider the following paragraph:
In 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 ice on the
rotors and wings.
# "The electronic device can avoid the formation of ice on the
wings".
# "There will be malfunction of rotor and engine because of
formation of ice".
# "The helicopters were to be crashed or grounded".
# "There is only one device that warns about the formation of ice".
Consider the following paragraph:
Human existence is not susceptible of arbitrary
division between consciousness and unconsciousness.
The conscious world invaders and shapes the
activities of the unconscious, while many of the
great achievements of humanity's waking hours where
wholly or partly inspired by dreams. Even if it
could argued that dreams precede experience such a
dichotomy could not be drawn, as the influence of
the dreaming on the waking state would remain
unclear, but as yet no common vocabulary exists to
record the substance of prenatal dreaming.
# "Sleep can be a creative state".
Consider the following paragraph:
FLORA 3-piece sofa-set is at the top of our
upholstery range. This high-backed quality sofa-set
boasts an impressive specification which starts with
a hardwood frame in teak and a padded front edge
ensuring really deep, long-lasting comfort. Seat
cushions are of high resilience foam and back
cushions of softest hollow fill. The whole set is
carefully upholstered throughout in a choice of
superb fabrics ranging from cotton print to velvet.
# "The padding is there to ensure that the furniture will last
for a long time".
# "The firm sells other upholstery furniture".
Consider the following paragraph:
Hacking is a crime made possible by a relatively
new technology, which is one of the reasons it
is often poorly understood and reported. Many
computers, but by no means all, are now linked
together in networks which allow users on one
computer to communicate with others on the same
network. If a computer is not networked, no
manipulation of its data from another machine
possible. So long as users are authorized,
networking is just a way of making work easier
more productive. Hacking, on the other hand is
the unauthorized use of networks or unauthorized
entry into the computers themselves. Most people
do not break into the networks they use, since
they are already accredited users.
# "Hackers do not work for the firms whose networks they break
into".
# "Hacking is the only vulnerability of the computers for the
usage of the data".
# "Hacking is done mostly due to the lack of computer knowledge".
Consider the following paragraph:
Polycythemia often occurs in people who have chronic
lung disease, but can appear spontaneously in
healthy individuals. Excessive numbers of red blood
cells manufactured by the body and the individual
then develops a very healthy-looking, ruddy
complexion. The blood becomes thicker and is liable
to clot and block major blood vessels. High blood
pressure is another frequent complication. Treatment
involves venesection, in which a liter or so of
blood is removed from the body. Medication may also
be given to reduce the numbers of red blood cells
manufactured in the body.
# "Lung disease frequently precedes polycythemia".
Consider the following paragraph:
Bindweed is only effectively controlled by
applying a solution of brushwood-killer to the
growing tips. It is necessary to unwind a
suitable length from the host plant before
treatment, but this is not so very difficult,
and it does not seem essential to find and treat
every leader on the same weed. The solution
should be made up in a can which is carried in
one hand, while the other, in a rubber glove,
inserts the leaders in the can. If the the
leaders can be laid out on the the ground , they
can easily be wetted with a small brush. As long
as the weather is calm, there is no real risk of
damage to adjacent plants, and in two or three
weeks the weeds should have disappeared.
# "Brushwood-killer can pose a threat to other plants in the
garden".
Consider the following paragraph:
Senior managers in a leading company said that
new Japanese investment in India was
transforming the car industry, and warned that
jobs were under threat from Japanese
competition. They stated that increasing
competition would be coupled with an inevitable
downturn in the car market and the recent rise
interest rates which has already hit demand.
# "The managers issued their warning after a rise in the
interest rates".
# "According to the senior managers, the Japanese investment in
India will lead to a glut in the car market".
# "Some senior managers said that more people will want to by
new cars in the future".
# "The perception of the senior managers is the new Japanese
investment in India is leading to more automation of the car
industry".
# "The increased rate of interest will mean that Japanese firms
will cease to operate in this country".
# "The increase in loan interest will adversely affect car sales".
# "Japanese workers are taking over the jobs of Indian industry".
# "Managers said that interests in car will go down after
seeing the raise in interest rates".
# "People are very interested to buy the cars".
Consider the following paragraph:
The new Starfire has an advanced four-cylinder
engine with catalytic converter and uses only
unleaded petrol. Versatility is a major feature
of the range and the 1500 and 1800 models have
the same high level of specification inside and
out. The only obvious visual difference,
internally and externally, is the use of alloy
wheels on the 1800 version, together with a
discreet change in badging. The StarFire 2000 is
distinguished by its tailgate spoiler and the
rectangular fog and driving lamps integrated
into the front bumper which are also included in
the specification.
# "Internally, the Starfire 2000 looks like the 1500 model".
Consider the following paragraph:
Pierre Claude Jean Allouez explored lake
superior from 1665 to 1667. At his little
mission station near the western end of the
lake, he heard from the Indians of a great river
to the west. Pierre Jacques Marquette determined
to investigate. In 1673, accompanied by Louis
Jolliet and five others, he left St. Ignace
mission and ascended the fox river, which flows
into green bay crossed over to Wisconsin river
and followed it to the upper Mississippi. The
party then descended the Mississippi to the
mouth of Arkansas. These Frenchmen were not
first Europeans to sight or travel the
Mississippi. De Soto and Moscoso had done so a
century and a half before. The report of the
exploration was rushed back to Quebec, where, in
1672, Count Frontenac had arrived as Governor of
the province. He and his friend, the remarkable
La Salle-who earlier may have penetrated the
Ohio river valley-listened with deep interest.
# "Allouez explored the western end of lake superior".
# "Marquette and his party were not the first French men to
travel the Mississippi river".
# "La Salle listened with deep interest- the report of
exploration of De Soto and Moscoso".
# "La Salle explored the Mississippi river valley".
Consider the following paragraph:
Dr. Goddard was the first to fire a rocket that
reached a speed faster than the speed of sound.
He was the first to develop a gyroscopic
steering apparatus for rockets. He was the first
to use vanes in the jet stream for rocket
stabilization during the initial phase of a
rocket flight. And he was the first to patent
the idea of step rockets. After proving on paper
and in actual tests that a rocket can travel in
vacuum, he developed the mathematical theory of
rocket propulsion and rocket flight, including
basic designs for long-range rockets. All of
this information was available to our military
men before World War II, but evidently its
immediate use didn't seem applicable. Near the
end of World War II we started intense work on
rocket-powered guided missiles, using the
experiments and developments of Dr. Goddard and
the American Rocket Society.
# "The stabilization problem of rockets in the initial phase was
solved by Dr. Goddard."
# "Rockets can travel faster than sound, thanks to gyroscopic
steering."
# "Goddard lived before World War II".
# "After careful mathematical calculations, Dr. Goddard proved
that rockets can travel in vacuum".
Consider the following paragraph:
In March 1513, de Leon sailed off confidently
from Peuto Rico for the Bahamas. Landing briefly
at San Salvador, Bahamas, he wound through
unchartered islands until he sighted an
extensive coastline. He had no reason to suspect
that it is anything more than an island, but he
followed the coast for a day without rounding
its end or finding a suitable landing place. He
named the "island" La Florida. This name came to
be applied by the Spanish to the entire
Southeastern United States and beyond. Then,
near the 30th parallel, de Leon landed at the
mouth of the St. Johns river. Determined to be
the first to circumnavigate the "island", he
turned south, traced the coast around the tip of
the peninsula, moved to the west, perhaps
reaching Tampa bay. After 7 weeks, he gave up
hope of circling the northern tip of this
"island"; it was incredibly large and he may
have suspected that he had discovered the long
sought mainland. If so, it all belonged to his
King, for he had earlier planted the Spanish
flag and claimed Florida for Ferdinand.
# "de Leon is from Spain, ruled by Ferdinand".
# "de Leon is very patriotic".
# "de Leon discovered part of US during his journey".
Consider the following paragraph:
James Madison understood that interests groups
will inevitably develop within a free political
system. The problem, as Madison saw it, was to
prevent any single interest group from becoming
so strong that it was able to dominate the
political system. This could be accomplished by
legislating restrictions on political behavior,
but that solution meant a sacrifice of some of
the freedom that Madison prized so highly. A
better solution, he thought, was to extend the
territorial scope of the government. This would
allow for greater diversity of interests in the
nation, and a greater number of groups competing
for power. Each interest group would thereby
find it more difficult to appeal to a majority
of the people, and to dominate the political
process.
# "The more interest groups there are in a political system, the
less freedom there is for everyone."
# "Legislating restrictions on political behavior is sometimes
the only method of preserving political freedom."
# "Increasing the territorial scope of a government can help to
preserve freedom."
# "According to Madison, in a free political system, interest
groups are undesirable."
Consider the following paragraph:
The regulations and expenses to invent, patent
and market new ideas and products imposes a
heavy burden on inventors. The cost is often
absorbed by large corporations with research and
development facilities they provide.
Corporations also help creative people
contribute to society without suffering the loss
of income or security of the private inventor.
The realities of this arrangement are that many
good ideas are never brought into the
marketplace and the cost of products on the
market is high because of the development cost.
However, protection provided by the patents and
the safety to the public to avoid placing
harmful products on the market is important to
maintain. Thus, as is often the case, rules and
regulations have their favorable and unfavorable
consequences.
# "The regulations and expenses to invent, patent and market new
ideas is an expensive proposition to the inventors".
# "Good ideas are never brought into the marketplace because of
the costs involved in inventing, patenting marketing them".
# "Corporations steal the individual inventor of their inventions".
Consider the following paragraph:
Being born female and black were two handicaps
Gwendolyn Brooks states that she faced from her
birth, in 1917, in Kansas. Brooks was determined
to succeed. Despite the lack of encouragement
she received from her teachers and others, she
was determined to write and found the first
publisher for one of her poems when she was 11.
In 1945, she marketed and sold her first book;
national recognition ensued. She applied for and
received grants and fellowships from such
organizations as the AAAL and the Guggenheim
Foundation. Later she received the Pulitzer
prize for poetry; she was the first black woman
to receive such an honor. Brooks' reaction to
fame is atypical. She continues to work and work
hard. She writes, travels, and helps many who
are interested in writing. Especially important
for her is increasing her knowledge of her black
heritage and encouraging other people to do the
same. She encourages dedication to the art to
would-be writers.
# "Brooks' story illustrates the power of strong determination".
# "She became the author of a book in her teens".
# "Gwendolyn received the Pulitzer prize for her first poetry".
Consider the following paragraph:
A cave is a natural opening in the ground
extending beyond the zone of light and large
enough to permit the entry of man. Occurring in
a wide variety of rock types and caused by
widely differing geological processes, caves
range in size from single small rooms to
interconnecting passages many miles long. The
scientific study of caves is called speleology.
It is a composite science based on geology,
hydrology, biology and archeology, and thus
holds special interest for earth scientists.
Caves have been natural attractions since
prehistoric times. Prolific evidence of early
man's interest has been discovered in caves
scattered throughout the world. Skeletons of
some of the earliest manlike creatures
(Australopithecines) have been discovered in
cave deposit in South Africa, and the first
evidence of primitive Neanderthal man was found
in Germany. Cro-Magnon man created his
remarkable murals on the walls of caves in
France.
# "Primitive human form originated in Germany".
# "Study of caves is the study of earth, water, life and early
man".
# "Cro-Magnon man was more intelligent than Neanderthal man".
# "Caves are a natural attraction because they reveal
information about the early man".
Consider the following paragraph:
Although invaders represent the 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 pests by natural predators, which may
have to be brought 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
potential invader.
# "Pests are more dangerous than their natural predators".
Consider the following paragraph:
Life in colonial times was harsh, and the
refinements of the mother country were
ordinarily lacking. The colonists, however, soon
began to mold their English culture into the
fresh environment of new land. The influence of
religion permeated the entire way of life. In
most Southern colonies, the Anglican church was
the legally established church. In New England,
the Puritans were dominant; and in Pennsylvania,
the Quakers. Especially in the New England
colonies, the local or village church was the
hub of community life; the authorities strictly
enforced the Sabbath and sometimes banished
non-believers. Unfortunately, the same sort of
religious intolerance, bigotry and superstition
associated with the age of Reformation in Europe
also prevailed in some of the colonies, though
on a lesser scale. In the last half of the 17th
century, during sporadic outbreak of religious
fanaticism and hysteria, Connecticut authorities
tried and hanged several women as "witches".
Early in the 17th century, some other witchcraft
persecution occurred in Virginia. As the decades
passed, however, religious tolerance developed
in colonies.
# "New England was part of the Southern colonies".
# "During the mid 17th century there was significant improvement
in religious tolerance and superstition".
# "Life in colonial times was harsh due to the strong influence
of religion".
# "The Anglican church used to govern the people in most
Southern colonies".
Consider the following paragraph:
Confucius said that to know the future we have
to understand the past. in his time, transport,
communications and scientific knowledge were
less developed than they are today. news took
weeks to travel whereas today satellite links
connect the continents virtually
instantaneously, but our technological advances
in the field of communications seem not to
improved our capacity to understand one another.
# "We understand each other better now than in Confucius' time
because we can travel more quickly".
# "In Confucius' day people were more intelligent".
# "We have made great improvements in transport since Confucius'
day".
# "Technological advances in communication and human capacity to
understand one another are directly proportional".
# "In Confucius' day time news took months to travel".
# "According to Confucius the past has a linkage to the future".
# "Even with the fast developments of the technology we can't
live happily".
Consider the following paragraph:
Every form of art is protected by copyright,
upon the expiration of which the property passes
to the public domain and becomes freely
available to anyone wishing to exploit it
commercially. the time has come when all
treasures should pass to the control of a trust,
and by this be made readily available to anyone
on payment of a fee or royalty. The income from
the works Van Gogh would alone be enormous.
Those who now gain financial benefit from his
genius should make some contribution to the
welfare of the arts in general.
# "Instead of buying a ticket, museum goers should pay a fee to
a trust for the benefit of arts".
# "It is not desirable to pass the control of treasures to a
trust".
# "Van Gogh's paintings are not protected by copyright".
# "All artworks must be managed by a trust, so that the income
generated can be used for the welfare of the arts".
# "Copyright in art is valid only for a limited period of time".
# "Van Gogh's descendants should be asked to make some
contribution to the arts".
# "Van Gogh's works are under this copy right rule".
# "People are free to go to the public because of the copy right
rule".
# "People gives to theater and collect the money for development".
# "We have asked the Van Gogh descendants to help for the
developments of art".
Consider the following paragraph:
Organizing the home can be perceived as
conferring power, so large numbers of women are
unwilling to let go of chores, even when they
have careers. A survey found that, out of 65 new
marriages, not one single wife expected her
husband to share work equally. According to the
Family Policy Studies Center, 81% of working
wives return home to do all the cooking. The
average male has nearly half as much as more
free time at weekends than his wife, and the
typical new father spends just 37 seconds a day
talking to his baby.
# "Only career women perceive organizing the home as conferring
power".
# "The average wife has half as much free time at weekends as
her husband".
# "The family planning studies center shows that 81% working
wives do all the cooking at home".
# "19% working wives do not want to do the cooking at home".
# "Housewives want the husbands to take part equally in the
household".
# "Wives have half as much leisure time as the husbands have".
# "39% of the men will work equally in the house in cleaning and
washing".
Consider the following paragraph:
Statistics show that millions of vehicles have
been carried by shuttle over the past 30 years
through Alpine tunnels without one ever catching
fire. In the Alpine tunnels, drivers and
passengers sit in their vehicles on the shuttle
trains. Only one vehicle has ever caught fire on
the busy French motorail equivalent system. This
sort of accident is not possible in a closed
shuttle. Assertion that a vehicle fire will lead
to catastrophe have no basis. Since the
resources exist to detect, control and
extinguish a fire, and to remove any persons
present safely to an adjoining wagon, leaving
any surviving fire facing rapid extinction
within a wagon built to contain fire for 30
minutes, catastrophe seems very unlikely.
# " It is theoretically possible for a vehicle to catch fire
even in a closed wagon".
# " The French motorail system is inferior to the shuttle train
system."
# "No accident can occur in the closed tunnels".
# "Fire is allowed to live for 30 min".
# "All the cars that travel in the tunnels will be carried by
rail shutters".
