TCS TALENT TEST 020
INSTRUCTIONS
Please read the following instructions and understand before starting to answer the TCS
Talent Test.
DO NOT start answering until you are told to do so.
The TCS Talent Test comprises THREE PARTS
PART I
PART II
PART III
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Verbal Reasoning
Quantitative / Logical Reasoning
Critical Reasoning
TOTAL DURATION FOR THE TEST IS TWO HOURS.
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Write your answers against the Correct Question Numbers in the answer booklet separately provided. For example, if you are not attempting Q12, write the answer to
Q13 correctly at the assigned place. If by mistake, you write the answer to Q13 against
Q12, everything from there onwards will go wrong and we can not help you.
Write the following on your Answer booklet:
1. Copy No. of the Question booklet printed at the top right corner of the cover page
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3. Your name
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PART I
For each of the words in Capital letters, choose from among the answers, the word that is closest in meaning:
(1) AWRY
(A) recommended (B)commiserating (C) startled (D)crooked (E)psychological
(2) BALEFUL
(A) doubtful (B)virtual (C)deadly (D)conventional (E)virtuous
(3) BALMY
(A) venturesome (B)dedicated (C)mild (D)fanatic (E)memorable
(4) BANAL
(A) philosophical (B)trite (C)dramatic (D)heedless (E)discussed
(5) BANEFUL
(A) intellectual (B)thankful (C) decisive (D)poisonous (E)remorseful
(6) BOISTEROUS
(A) conflicting (B)noisy (C)testimonial (D)grateful (E)adolescent
(7) BOMBASTIC
(A) sensitive (B)pompous (C)rapid (D)sufficient (E)expensive
(8) BOORISH
(A) brave (B)oafish (C)romantic (D)speedy (E)dry
(9) BOUILLON
(A) insight (B)chowder (C)gold (D)clear soup (E)stew
(10) BRACKISH
(A) careful (B)salty (C)chosen (D)tough (E)wet
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For each of the words in Capital letters, choose from among the answers, the closest word that has the opposite meaning:
(11) PERIPHERY
(A) authority (B)distance (C)velocity (D)center (E)sequence
(12) ENIGMATIC
(A) frenetic (B)genuine (C)unambiguous (D)vulnerable (E)antagonistic
(13) REPUDIATE
(A) mislead (B)minimize (C)ascertain (D)isolate (E)accept
(14) ALOOFNESS
(A) exaggeration (B)simplicity (C)concern (D)complacency (E)disingenuousness
(15) EXHUME
(A) decay (B) inhale (C) fertilize (D) restrain (E)inter
(16) DESPOTIC
(A) erratic (B)impertinent (C)reflective (D)insouciant (E)humble
(17) OBFUSCATE
(A) insinuate (B)exacerbate (C)protract (D)clarify (E)placate
(18) PAEAN
(A) dirge (B)prologue (C)chorale (D)anthem (E)coda
(19) CONCATENATE
(A) disclaim (B)impede (C)unlink (D)derail (E)vacillate
(20) RECOLLECT
(A) comprise (B)misplace (C)settle (D)forget (E)administer
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Read the following text. The passage contains some blank spaces. Choose the sentence from the list A – I, that best fits in each of the blank spaces. The numbers in brackets refer to Question numbers.
Observe the dilemma of the fungus; it is a plant, but it is a plant, but is possesses no chlorophyll. While all other plants put the sun’s energy to work for them combining the nutrients of ground and air into the body structure the chlorophyll ___21_____ . It finds it in those other plants which, having received their energy free from the sun, relinquish it
____22____.
In this search for energy the fungus has become the earth’s major source of rot and decay. Wherever you see mold forming on a piece of bread, or a pile of leaves turning to compost, or a bloom down tree becoming pulp on the ground, ----23-----. With the fungus action the earth would be poled high with ____24_____.
In fact, certain plants which contain resigns that are ___25____ specimen of the redwood, for the instance, can still be found ___26____
A.
You are watching a fungus eating.
B.
Resting on the forest floor centuries after having been brown down,
C.
Responsible for the decomposition of much plant life.
D.
Fungus must look elsewhere for an energy supply.
E.
Cannot produce their own store of energy.
F.
The dead plant life of past centuries.
G.
At some point in their cycle either to animal or to fungi.
H.
Fungus is vastly different from other plants.
I.
Toxic to fungi will last indefinitely.
In the summer of 999, Leif Erikson voyaged to Norway and spent the following winter with King Olaf Tryggvason. Substantially the same account is given by both the
Saga of Erica and Red and the Flat Island Book. The latter says nothing about Leif’s return voyage to Greenland, but according to the former it was during this return voyage that Lief discovered America. The Flat Island Book, however, tells of another and earlier landfall by Biarni, that some prominent man named Heriulf makes the voyage to the new land by Lief. In brief, like Biarni and his companions who sight three countries in succession before reaching Greenland, come upon each new until Biarni comes to land directly in front of his father’s house in the last-mentioned country.
This narrative had been rejected by later writers, and they may be justified.
Possibly Biarni was a companion of Lief when he voyaged from Norway to Greenland via America, or it may be that the entire tale is but a garbled account of that voyage
Brainy another name for Life. It should be noted, however, that the stories of Lief’s visit
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to King Olaf and Biarni’s to that king’s predecessor, are in the same narrative in the Flat
Island Book, so there is less likelihood of duplication then if they were from different sources. Also, Brainy landed on none of the lands he passed, but Lief apparently landed on one, for he brought back specimens of wheat, vines, and timber. Nor is there any good reason to believe that the first land visited by Biarni was Wine land. The first land was
“level and covered with woods”, and “there were small hillocks upon it.” Of forests, later writers do not emphasize them particularly in connection with Wine land, though they are often noted incidentally; and of bills, the Saga says of Wine land only “wherever there was hilly ground, there were vines”.
Additionally, if the two narratives were taken from the same source we should expect closer resemblance of Hell land. The Saga says of it: “They found there hellus
(large flat stones).” According to the Biarni narrative, however, “this land was high and mountaineous.” The intervals of 1,2,3 and 4 “doer” in both narratives are suggestive, but mythic formulas of this kind may be introduced into narratives without altogether destroying their historicity. It is also held against the Biarni narrative that its hero is made to come upon the coast of Greenland exactly in front of his father’s home. But it should be recalled that Heriulfsness lay below two high mountains, which served as landmarks for navigators.
I would give up Biarni more readily were it not that the story of Leif’s voyage contained in the supposedly more reliable Saga is almost as amazing. But Leif’s voyage across the entire width of the North Atlantic is said to be “probable” because it is incorporated into the narrative of preferred authority, while Biarni’s is “improbable” or even “impossible” because the document containing it has been condemned.
(27)
The author’s primary concern is to demonstrate that
A.
Leif Erikson did not visit America
B.
Biarni might have visited America before Leif Erikson
C.
Biarni did not visited Wine land
D.
Leif Erikson visited Wine land
E.
Leif Erikson was the same person as Biarni
(28) The passage provides information that that defines which of the following terms
I.
Doer
II.
Hellus
III.
Heriulfsness
A.I only
B.II only
C.III only
D.I an II only
E.II and III only
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(29) According to the passage, Wine land was characterized by which of the following geographical features
I.
Woods
II.
Flat rocs
III.
Hills
A.I only
B.III only
C.I and III only
D.II an III only
E.I., II and III
(30) It can be inferred from the passage that scholars who doubt the authenticity of the
Biarni narrative make all of the following objections BUT
A.
Biarni might have accompanied Leif Erikson on the voyage to America, and that is why a separate, erroneous narrative was invented
B.
The similarity of the voyages described in the Sage and in the Flat Island
Book indicates that there was but one voyage, not two voyages.
C.
It seems very improbable that a ship, having sailed from America to
Greenland, could have found its way to precise point on the coast of
Greenland
D.
The historicity of the Saga of Eric the Red is well documented, while the historicity of the Flat Island Book is very doubtful.
E.
Both the Saga Eric and Red and the Flat Island Book make use of mythical formulas, so it is probable that they were written by the same person
(31) The author mentions the two high mountains in order to show that it is
A. Reasonable for Biarni to land precisely at this fathers home.
B. Possible to sail from Norway to Greenland without modern navigational
equipment.
C. Likely the Boarni landed on America at least 100 years before Leif Erikson
D. Probable that Leif Erikson followed the same course as Birani
E. Questionable whether Birani required the same length of time to complete this
voyage as Lief Erikson
(32) All of the following are mentioned as similarities between Leif Erikson voyage and Biarni’s voyage EXCEPT
A.
Both visited Norway
B.
On the return voyage, both visited three different lands
C.
Both returned to Greenland
D.
Both visited Wine land
E.
Both visited Helluland
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PART II
Q1. Fill in the missing number in the sequence
7 8 9 11 13 ?? 19 26
(a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 19 (e) 15
Q2. In the following series, how many Us are there such that each U is followed by an
F next to it if the F is not followed by a R next to it.
U F U R Q M U F R M F U F F U Q M U
U F Q U F R F U A M F U F M
(a)3 (b)5 (c)6 (d) 4 (e)7
Q3. If FROSXWHU is coded as COMPUTER how will GLVSODB be coded?
(a) PROCESS (b) CENTRAL (c) PLEASE (d) DISPLAY (e) SURMISE
Q4. Suppose the first and second letters in the word SUPERSTITION were interchanged, also the third and fourth letters, the fifth and sixth etc. Print the letter that would then be the twelfth letter counting from the right.
(a) S (b) I (c) N (d) O (e) U
Q5. In which number system would 1432 represent the decimal number 380?
(a) (b) (c) Base - 6 (d) (e)
Q6. What is the largest prime number that can be stored in a 7-bit word computer?
(a) 123 (b) 129 (c) 121 (d) 127 (e) 119
Q7. If n = 15 x 28 x 26, which of the following is NOT an integer? a. d. n / 70 n / 15 b. e. n / 42 n / 39 c. n / 128
Q8. Which of the following is a power of 2? a. d.
4148
4244
Pick the odd one out b. e.
4096
4048
Q9. (a) ORACLE
(d) DB2
(b) HTTP c.
(e) SYBASE
4198
(c) INGRESS
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Q10. (a) C++
(d) MVS
(b) WINDOWS NT
(e) LINUX
(c) UNIX
Q11. The three numbers in brackets represent the angles of a triangle. Which of these does not represent a proper triangle?
(a) (90º, 40º, 50º) (b) (60º, 90º, 30º) (c) (6º, 87º, 87º)
(d)
(70º, 60º, 50º) (e) (80º, 60º, 60º)
Q12. The three numbers in brackets in each of the following options represents the number of edges, the number of vertices and the number of faces respectively.
Find out which of these represents a solid planar cube?
(a) (4,8,6) (b) (12,8,6) (c) (8,4,6) (d) (4,4,4) (e) (6,12,8)
Q13. Which set of data exhibits a higher Standard Deviation?
(a) -4, -4, -4, -4, -4, -4 (b) 4, -4, 4, -4, 4, -4 (c) 4, 0, -4, 4, 0, -4
(d) 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 (e) 4, 4, 4, 0, 4, 4
The three circles below represent the number of people speaking French, German and English. Answer the next three questions based on the diagram
German
14
45
16
12
13
49
English
51
French
Q14. How many more (or less) people speak English than people who speak German?
(a)2 (b)3 (c)4 (d)5 (e) 1
Q15. What percentage of people speaking French can also speak German but not
English?
(a) 13.6 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 17.4 (e)18
Q16. What percentage of total people can speak all three languages?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c)4 (d)3 (e)2
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The figure on the left represents number of members in a Club and the figure on the right depicts profession wise distribution for 1998
140
120 Executives
100
Members (in "00s)
80
60
40
Others
8%
Doctors
12%
20
25%
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Q17. Which year has registered the maximum percentage growth in members?
(e) 1996 (a) 1998 (b) 1886 (c) 1994 (d) 1686
Q18. What are the average members for 1995-1999?
(a) 7700 (b) 6800 (c) 7800 (d) 4800 (e) 8800
Q19. If 10% of members in 1998 left the Club, how many fresh members were made in
1999?
(e) 5400 (a) 4500 (b) 4600 (c) 4400 (d) 4900
Q20. A hypothetical physical quantity is defined as
(Momentum X Velocity) / (Acceleration X Distance)
In what fundamental units would this quantity be expressed?
(a)Time (b) Power (c) Mass (d) Distance (e) None
Q21. A can do a piece of work in 24 days while B alone can do it in 16 days. With the
Help of C, they finish the work in 8 days. In how many days can alone do the work?
(a) 48 (b) 46 (c) 54 (d) 36 (e) 24
Businessmen
55%
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Q22. Which of these matrices is singular
A =
24 20
B =
-1 7 3 2
C = D =
0 3
6 5 0 6 5 9 3 0
(a)A (b)B (c)C (d)D (e) None
Q23. Match the following relationships:
(i) Animal – Lion
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Mushroom – Vegetable
Snake – Reptile
Sentence – Paragraph
(1) Not a type of
(2)
(3)
(4)
Part of
A type of
Superset of
(a) i-3,ii-1,iii-4,iv-2 (b) i-4,ii-1,iii-3,iv-2 (c)i-4,ii-1,iii-2,iv-3
(d) i-3,ii-2,iii-1,iv-4 (e) i-1,ii-4,iii-3,iv-2
Q24. If @ stands for squaring and + stands for square root what is the value of
@ @ + (9) + + @ (25)?
(a)79 (b)67 (c) 76 (d)56 (e)45
Q25. A sequence is defined recursively as f(0) = 1; f(1) = -1 f(n) = f(n-1) + f(n-2)
What will be the value of f(6)?
(a)3 (b)-3 (c)4 (d)5 (e)8
Q26. What curve best suits the following data:
X
0.99
Y
0.00001
10.04
99.98
1000
9990
1.02
1.997
3.0
4.004
(a) y = logn x (b) y = log10 x (c) y = e x (d) y = -log10 x (e) y = - e x
Q27. A Two-dimensional array X (7,9) is stored linearly Row-wise in a computer's memory. Each element requires 4 bytes for storage of the value. If the first byte address of X (1,1) is 1258, what would be the last byte address of X (5, 8)?
(a) 1342 (b) 1543 (c) 1433 (d) 1653 (e) 1764
Q28. Of the four vectors A, B, C, D find out which pair forms an orthogonal set
A = 5i-3j, B = -7i+j, C = 3i+5j, D = i+j
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(a)AC (b) AD (c) AB (d) BD (e) BC
Q29. Evaluate the expression
M (373,9) + R (3.4) + T (7.7) - R (5.8) where
M stands for Modulo arithmetic, R stands for Round-off operation and T stands for Truncation Operation
(a)7 (b)6 (c) 8 (d)9 (e)4
Q30. Three independent strategies A, B and C have been initiated for cost cutting in a company producing respectively 30%, 20% and 25% savings. Assuming that they operate independently, what is the net saving achieved?
(a)45% (b) 64% (c) 58% (d) 56% (e) 54%
Q31. The log values of two numbers to the base 10 are given as below:
X
3.141
3.142
Find log
10
3.143. log
10
X
0.4970612341
0.4972061807
(a) 0. 49734 (b) 0.59720 (c) 0.49110 (d) 0.49420
Q32. What equation best describes the curve shown below:
(e) 0.49440
Y
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
-2 0 2
(a)y = tan x (b) y + 3 = x (c)y + x = 0 (d) y = Cos x (e) y = e x
X
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(a)3 (b)4 (c)5 (d)1 (e)2
Q36. A file is transferred from one location to another in 'buckets'. The size of the bucket is 10 kilobytes. The bucket gets filled at the rate of 0.0001 kilobytes per millisecond. The transmission time from sender to receiver is 10 milliseconds per bucket. After the receipt of the bucket the receiver sends an acknowledgement that reaches sender in 100 milliseconds. Assuming no error during transmission, write a formula to calculate the time taken in seconds to successfully complete the transfer of a file of size N kilobytes.
(a) 10.11 N (b) 10.011 N (c) 11.01 N (d) 11.011 N (e) 10.101 N
Q37. The electricity used in a device is given by the function P(N) = 4000 √N, where N is the time for which device is used. Find the percentage change in electricity usage if the time used by the device is increased by 1%.
(a) 0.5% (b) 0.25% (c) 0.75% (d) 1% (e) 2%
Q38. A power cable is to be run from a power plant on the bank of a river 900 meters wide to a factory that is located 3000 meters downstream on the opposite bank. If the cost of laying cable under water is Rs. 5 per meter and that of laying overhead on land is
Rs. 4 per meter, find the point downstream where the cable is to cut across the river.
(a) 450 (b) 3900 (c) 2100 (d) 1800 (e) 2700
Q33. The temperature at Kochi is given by the function: -t
2
/6+4t+12 where t is the elapsed time since noon. What is the percentage rise (or fall) in temperature between 6.00 PM and 9.00 PM?
(a) 25% (b) 32% (c) 12% (d) 15% (e) 18%
Q34. An aircraft takes off from A (72 o
N Lat, 45 o
E Long) at 2.00 AM local time to B
(32 o
N Lat, 45 o
W Long). If the flying time is 10 hours what is the local time of landing at B?
(a) 5.40 AM (b) 4.00 AM (c) 6.00 AM (d) 7.00AM (e) 8.00AM
Q35. Fill in the last row of the following Truth Table:
A
B
C
(A

B )

C
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
Interpret the resulting bit pattern as an integer in an 8-bit computer and write the decimal value.
END OF PART II
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PART III
Read the following passages and answer questions under each passage
(1) For motorists there are 3 ways of going from City A to City C. By way of a bridge the distance is 20 miles and the toll is 70 cents. A tunnel between the 2 cities is a distance of 10 miles and the toll is $ 1.00 for the vehicle and the driver and 10cents for the passenger.
A tow-lane highway without tolls goes east for 30 miles to City B and then 20m miles in a northwest direction to city C.
1. Which of the following is the shortest route from City B to City C?
A.
Directly on the toll-free highway to city C
B.
The bridge
C.
The tunnel
D.
The tunnel or the bridge
E. The bridge only if traffic is heavy on the toll free highway
2. The most economical way of going from City A to City B, in terms of tolls and distance, is to use the:
A.
Tunnel
B.
Bridge
C.
Bridge or tunnel
D.
Toll free highway
E.
Bridge and highway.
3. Martin usually drives form City C to City A every working day. His firm deducts a percentage of employee pay for lateness. Which factor would most probably influence his choice of the bridge or the tunnel?
A.
Whether his wife goes with him
B.
Scenic interest of each route
C.
Traffic conditions on the bridge, road and tunnel
D.
Savings of 25 cents in tolls
E.
Price of gasoline consumed in covering the 10 additional miles on the bridge.
4. In choosing between the use of the bridge and the tunnel, the chief factor(s) would be :
I.
Traffic and road conditions
II.
Number of passengers in the car
III.
Location of one’s home in the center or outskirts of one of the cities.
IV.
Desire to save 25 cents
A.
B.
I only
II only
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C.
D.
E.
II and III only
III and IV only
I and II only
(2) A project to consolidate the programs of a large university and a small college is set up.
It is agreed that the representatives work in small committees of three, with 2 representatives of the large university. It was also agreed that no committee be represented by faculty members of the same subject area.
The large university was represented by the following professors: J, who teaches English literature, K, who is chairman of the Mathematics Department and L who is in the
Department of Natural Sciences. The small college appointed the following: M, who teaches mathematics, N, who is a Latin teacher, and O and P who teach English literature.
1.
Which of the following represents a committee well composed?
A.
K, L, N
B.
K, L, M
C.
J, K, L
D.
J, O, N
E.
J, K, M
2.
Which of the following may serve with P?
A.
K and M
B.
K and L
C.
K and O
D.
J and K
E.
M and N
3.
Which of the following must be true?
I. If J serves on a committee, P must be assigned to that committee.
II. If J cannot serve on a committee, then M cannot be assigned to that committee.
III. If J cannot serve on a committee, then L must serve on that committee.
A.
I only
B.
II only
C.
III only
D.
I and II only
E.
II and III only
4.
If L is not available for service, which of the following must be on that committee?
A.
M and J
B.
O and J
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C.
N and J
D.
N and O
E.
P and J
(3) In a certain society, there are 2 marriage groups, Red and Brown. No marriage is permitted within a group. On marriage, males become part of their wife’s group; women remain in their own group. Children belong to the same group as their parents.
Widowers and divorced males revert to the group of their birth. Marriage to more than one person at the same time and marriage to a direct descendant are forbidden.
1.
A Brown female could have had:
I.
A grandfather born Red.
II.
A grandmother born Red.
III.
Two grandfathers born Brown
A.
I only
B.
III only
C.
I and II only
D.
II and III only
E.
I, II and III only
2.
A male born into the Brown group may have:
A.
an uncle in either group
B.
a Brown daughter
C.
a Brown son
D.
a son-in-law born into the Red group
E.
a daughter-in-law in the Red group.
3.
Which of the following is not permitted under the rules as stated?
A.
A Brown male marrying his father’s sister
B.
A Red female marrying her mother’s brother
C.
A man born Red, who is now a widower, marrying his brother’s widow
D.
A widower marrying his wife’s sister
E.
A widow marrying her divorced daughter’s ex-husband.
4
If widower’s and divorced males retained the group they had upon marrying, which of the following would be permissible?
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A.
A woman marrying her dead sister’s husband.
B.
A woman marrying her divorced daughter’s ex-husband
C.
A widower marrying his brother’s daughter.
D.
A woman marrying her mother’s brother, who is a widower
E.
A divorced male marrying his ex-wife’s divorced sister
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