Tuesday, February 23, 2010

TCS c TEST

C Test

1. The C language terminator is
(a) semicolon (b) colon (c) period (d) exclamation mark

2. What is false about the following -- A compound statement is
(a) A set of simple statements (b) Demarcated on either side by curly brackets
(c) Can be used in place of simple statement (d) A C function is not a compound statement.

3. What is true about the following C Functions
(a) Need not return any value (b) Should always return an integer
(c) Should always return a float (d) Should always return more than one value

4. Main must be written as
(a) The first function in the program (b) Second function in the program
(c) Last function in the program (d) Any where in the program

5. Which of the following about automatic variables within a function is correct ?
(a) Its type must be declared before using the variable (b) They are local
(c) They are not initialized to zero (d) They are global

6. Write one statement equivalent to the following two statements: x=sqr(a); return(x);
Choose from one of the alternatives
(a) return(sqr(a)); (b) printf("sqr(a)");
(c) return(a*a*a); (d) printf("%d",sqr(a));

7. Which of the following about the C comments is incorrect ?
(a) Comments can go over multiple lines
(b) Comments can start any where in the line
(c) A line can contain comments with out any language statements
(d) Comments can occur within comments

8. What is the value of y in the following code?
x=7;
y=0;
if(x=6) y=7;
else y=1;
(a) 7 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 6

9. Read the function conv() given below
conv(int t)
{
int u;
u=5/9 * (t-32);
return(u);
}
What is returned
(a) 15 (b) 0 (c) 16.1 (d) 29

10. Which of the following represents true statement either x is in the range of 10 and 50 or y is zero
(a) x >= 10 && x <= 50 || y = = 0 (b) x<50
(c) y!=10 && x>=50 (d) None of these

11. Which of the following is not an infinite loop ?
(a) while(1)\{ ....} (b) for(;;){...}
(c) x=0; (d) # define TRUE 0
do{ /*x unaltered within the loop*/ ...
.....}while(x = = 0); while(TRUE){ ....}

12. What does the following function print?
func(int i)
{
if(i%2)return 0;
else return 1;
}
main()
{
int =3;
i=func(i);
i=func(i);
printf("%d",i);
}
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2

13. How does the C compiler interpret the following two statements
p=p+x;
q=q+y;
(a) p= p+x; (b)p=p+xq=q+y; (c)p= p+xq; (d)p=p+x/q=q+y;
q=q+y; q=q+y;

For questions 14,15,16,17 use the following alternatives:
a.int b.char c.string d.float

14. '9'

15. "1 e 02"

16. 10e05

17. 15
18. Read the folllowing code
# define MAX 100
# define MIN 100
....
....
if(x>MAX)
x=1;
else if(xx=-1;
x=50;
if the initial value of x=200,what is the value after executing this code?
(a) 200 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) 50

19. A memory of 20 bytes is allocated to a string declared as char *s then the following two statements are executed:
s="Entrance"
l=strlen(s);
what is the value of l ?
(a)20 (b)8 (c)9 (d)21

20. Given the piece of code
int a[50];
int *pa;
pa=a;
To access the 6th element of the array which of the following is incorrect?
(a) *(a+5) (b) a[5] (c) pa[5] (d) *(*pa + 5}


21. Consider the following structure:
struct num nam
{
int no;
char name[25];
}
struct num nam n1[]={{12,"Fred"},{15,"Martin"},{8,"Peter"},{11,Nicholas"}};
.....
.....
printf("%d%d",n1[2],no,(*(n1 + 2),no) + 1);
What does the above statement print?
(a) 8,9 (b) 9,9 (c) 8,8 (d) 8,unpredictable value


22. Identify the in correct expression
(a)a=b=3=4; (b)a=b=c=d=0; (c)float a=int b= 3.5; (d)int a; floatb;a=b=3.5;


23. Regarding the scope of the varibles;identify the incorrect statement:
(a) automatic variables are automatically initialized to 0 (b) static variables are are automatically initialized to 0
(c) the address of a register variable is not accessible (d) static variables cannot be initialized with any expression

24. cond 1?cond 2?cond 3?:exp 1:exp 2:exp 3:exp 4;
is equivalent to which of the following?
(a) if cond 1
exp 1;
else if cond 2
exp 2;
else if cond 3
exp 3;
else exp 4;
(b) if cond 1
if cond 2
if cond 3
exp 1;
else exp 2;
else exp 3;
else exp 4;
(c) if cond 1 && cond 2 && cond 3
exp 1 |exp 2|exp 3|exp 4;
(d) if cond 3
exp 1;
else if cond 2 exp 2;
else if cond 3 exp 3;
else exp 4;

25. The operator for exponentiation is
(a) ** (b) ^ (c) % (d) not available

26. Which of the following is invalid
(a) a+=b (b) a*=b (c) a>>=b (d) a**=b

27. What is y value of the code if input x=10
y=5;
if (x==10)
else if(x==9)
else y=8;
(a)9 (b)8 (c)6 (d)7

28. What does the following code do?
fn(int n, int p, int r)
{
static int a=p;
switch(n)
{
case 4:a+=a*r;
case 3:a+=a*r;
case 2:a+=a*r;
case 1:a+=a*r;
}
}
(a) computes simple interest for one year (b) computes amount on compound interest for 1 to 4 years
(c) computes simple interest for four year (d) computes compound interest for 1 year

29. a=0;
while(a<5)
printf("%d\\n",a++);
How many times does the loop occurs?
(a) infinite (b)5 (c)4 (d)6

30. How many times does the loop iterated ?
for(i=0;i=10;i+=2)
printf("Hi\\n");
(a)10 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) None of these

31. What is incorrect among the following
A recursive function
(a) calls itself (b) is equivalent to a loop
(c) has a termination condition (d) does not have a return value at all

32. Which of the following go out of the loop if expn 2 becoming false
(a) while(expn 1)\{...if(expn 2)continue;} (b) while(!expn 1)\{if(expn 2)continue;...}
(c) do{..if(expn 1)continue;..}while(expn 2); (d) while(!expn 2)\{if(expn 1)continue;..\}

33. Consider the following program
main()
{
unsigned int i=10;
while(i>=0)
{
printf("%u",i)
i--;
}
}
How many times the loop will get executed
(a)10 (b)9 (c)11 (d) infinite

34.Pick out the odd one out
(a) malloc() (b) calloc() (c) free() (d) realloc()

35.Consider the following program
main()
{
int a[5]={1,3,6,7,0};
int *b;
b=&a[2];
}
The value of b[-1] is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) -6 (d) none

36. # define prod(a,b)=a*b
main()
{
int x=2;
int y=3;
printf("%d",prod(x+2,y-10));
}
the output of the program is
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) None

37.Consider the following program segment
int n,sum=1;
switch(n)
{
case 2:sum=sum+2;
case 3:sum*=2;
break;
default:sum=0;
}
If n=2, what is the value of sum
(a) 0 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) None of these

38. Identify the incorrect one
1.if(c=1)
2.if(c!=3)
3.if(a4.if(c==1)
(a) 1 only (b) 1&3 (c) 3 only (d) All of the above

39. The format specified for hexa decimal is
(a) %d (b) %o (c) %x (d) %u

40. Find the output of the following program
main()
{
int x=5, *p;
p=&x
printf("%d",++*p);
}
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) none of these

41.Consider the following C code
main()
{
int i=3,x;
while(i>0)
{
x=func(i);
i--;
}
int func(int n)
{
static sum=0;
sum=sum+n;
return(sum);
}
}
The final value of x is
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 1 (d) 3

43. Int *a[5] refers to
(a) array of pointers (b) pointer to an array (c) pointer to a pointer (d) none of these

44.Which of the following statements is incorrect
(a) typedef struct new
{
int n1;
char n2;
} DATA;

(b) typedef struct
{
int n3;
char *n4;
}ICE;

(c) typedef union
{
int n5;
float n6;
} UDT;

(d) #typedef union
{
int n7;
float n8;
} TUDAT;

TCS CAMPUS INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Placement Paper For TCS | July 2008 ( Campus Recruitment)

1. In a class 3/5 of the students are girls and rest are boys. If 2/9 of the girls and ?
of the boys are absent. What parts of the total number of students are present?
(1) 23/30
(2) 23/36
(3) 18/49
(4) 17/25
2. The maximum number of students among whom 1001 pens and 910 pencils can be distributed in such a way that each students
gets same number of pens and same number of pencils. is :
(1) 91
(2) 910
(3) 1001
(4) 1911
3. Unit digit in (264) ^102+ (264)^ 103+ is:
(1) 0
(2) 4
(3) 6
(4) 8

4. Which one of the following is the least?
(1) 71/10
(2) 4/2
(3) 5/4
(4) 1/2
5. A person who spends 66 2/3% of his income is able to save Rs.1, 200 per month.
His monthly expenses (in Rs) is:
(1) 1,200
(2) 2,400
(3) 3,300
(4) 3,200

6. If 80% of A =50% of B and B =x% of A, then the value of x is :
(1) 400
(2) 300
(3) 160
(4) 150

7. If x is 80% of y, what percent of x is y?
(1) 75%
(2) 80%
(3) 100%
(4) 125%

8. In a town, the population was 8000. In one year, male population increased by 10% and female population increased by 8% but the total population increased by 9%. The number of males in the town was:
(1) 4000
(2) 4500
(3) 5000
(4) 6000
9. In an examination, there were 1000 boys and 800 girls. 60% of the boys and 50% of the girls passed. Find the percent of the candidates failed?
(1)42.6
(2) 48.4
(3) 44.4
(4) 49.6
10. If A exceeds B by 40%, B is less than C by 20%, then A: C is:
(1) 28: 25
(2) 26: 25
(3) 3: 2
(4) 3: 1
11. Price of sugar rises by 20%. By how much percent should the consumption of
sugar be reduced so that the expenditure does not changes?
(1) 20
(2) 10
(3) 16 2/3
(4) 15
12. In a school 70% of the students are girls. The number of boys are 510. Then the
total number of students in the school is :
(1) 850
(2) 1700
(3) 1830
(4) 1900

13. Applied to a bill for Rs.1, 00,000 the difference between a discount of 40% and
two successive discount of 36% and 4% is :
(1) Nil
(2) Rs.1,440
(3) Rs.2,500
(4) Rs,4,000

14. A tradesman marks his goods 10% above his cost price. If he allows his customers 10% discount on the marked price, how much profit or loss does he make, if any?
(1) 1% gain
(2) 1%loss
(3) 5%gain
(4) No gain, no loss
15. A discount of 15% on one article is the same as discount of 20% on a second
Article. The costs of the two articles can be :
(1)Rs.85, Rs.60
(2)Rs.60, Rs.40
(3)Rs.40, Rs.20
(4).Rs.80, Rs.60
16. An agent gets a commission of 2.5% on the sales of cloth. If on a certain day, He gets Rs.12.50 as commission, the cloth sold through him on that day is worth:
(1) Rs.250
(2) Rs.500
(3) Rs.750
(4) 1,250

17. Compound interest (compounded annually) on a certain sum of money for 2 Years at 4% per annum is Rs.102.The simple interest on the same sum for the same rate and for the same period will be :
(1) Rs.99
(2) Rs.101
(3) Rs.100
(4) 98
18. A sum of money becomes 7/6 of itself in 3 years at certain rate of simple interest. The rate per annum is :
(1)16%
(2) 6 %
(3) 18%
(4) 25%
19. The simple interest in a certain sum at 5% per annum for 3 years and 4 years differ by Rs.42. The sum is :
(1) Rs.210
(2) Rs.280
(3) Rs.750
(4) Rs.840
20. If 'M ? N' means 'M is the daughter of N', 'M + N' means 'M is the father of N', M ÷ N' means ' 'M is the mother of N',
and 'M – N' means 'M is the brother of N' then in the expression 'P ÷ Q + R- T ? K', how 'P is related to K'?
1) Daughter-in-law
2) Sister-in-law
3) Aunt
4) Mother
5) None of these

Passage
A few days ago when the alleged murderer of Meerut professor Kavita Rani decided to turn himself in to the law, he chose a television studio to enact his surrender. For the rest of the day, the 'dramatic' act was played ceaselessly on the channel, the flashing ticker a constant reminder that the channel had exclusive pictures of the surrender.
To be honest, it wasn't a surprise. A few months ago, we at IBN7 were telephoned by another killer on the run offering to come to the studio to 'announce' his surrender. We prevaricated, and even suggested to the man that he might be better off going to the police station. Sure enough, an hour later, the killer had surfaced in a rival studio just a few hundred metres away. May be next time we won't be quite so diffident. Maybe next time it won't just be a surrender, but an actual 'murder' that takes place inside a television studio, with the obvious flash, “only on this channel”.
I am being dead serious. In the maddening whirl of 24-hour news television, no one is quite sure just what direction so-called 'Reality TV' will take. Why should you want to watch Bigg Boss when the real thing is here?
The year 2006 was when Reality TV on Indian news channels took off — making the car chases and courtroom dramas that have dominated American television shows seem like yesterday's tired features. A Patna professor and his teenaged lover played out their love story on prime time. A retired IPS officer transformed himself into a real-life Radha for the television cameras. An elderly man from Madhya Pradesh brought an obscure village onto the national map by claiming that he could predict the time of his death. An item girl fought a smalltime musician over a public kiss. A village of snakes, a car that allegedly could be driven without anyone at the wheels, sea water that had turned sweet... there was no end, it seems, to the 'imagination' of the television channels. Not to forget the 'prince' of reality television: a little boy from Haryana who, by falling into a roadside pit, ensured that his rescue became a 24x7 soap opera that appeared to bring an entire nation to a standstill.
The self-appointed media critics have been quick to jump at these stories, accusing television channels of being purveyors of 'tamasha news'. The socialist-style condescension that marks so much of television criticism is not without irony The very newspapers and newsmagazines that will write dismissively about news channels will not think twice before doing cover stories on Ten ways to achieve celebrity status' or spurious sex surveys on the Indian male. Bottom line this is not a battle between 'responsible' print versus 'tabloid' television. Instead, this is symptomatic of a deeper crisis of content that pervades the entire media, print and television.
As newspapers have many more supplements, as television channels become more and more competitive, there is obvious pressure to fill news space. The results are apparent — trivia gets passed off as news, titillation of the viewer/ reader takes precedence over solid information. Nor is it easy for a news editor to make the right choices. Just put yourself in the mind of a television news editor, especially in a Hindi news channel, where the competitive are perhaps the greatest. What does the editor do when week after week he finds that the programmes that get him maximum ratings are those where he has 'found' —or, worse still, 'created' — some 'action', preferably live and unedited?
If the choice is between a group of professors engaged in a minor scuffle with the police, and a cabinet meeting on disinvestments, the temptation to stay with the 'action' story is obvious. After all, as the venerable British broadcaster, the late Sir Robin Day, once put it, “ Television tends to be a tabloid medium, at its best, when there is war and disaster.”
And yet let's not dismiss reality television as is being played out on the news channels as being necessarily harmful. What the television critics keep missing out on is that Reality TV, like all technology, is uniquely amoral. It is neither good nor bad. It simply exists, like the Internet. It exists and funnels social and political power to far greater numbers of people than before.
During the Socialist Raj, Doordarshan dispensed advice through Krishi Darshan and the viewers were supposed to have no mind of their own. Reality TV recognizes the viewer as king. Maybe this leads to sensationalism; maybe this leads to tamasha news and to tabloid bulletins. But it also empowers the viewer in a very unique way. It empowers him to sensationalize his life, to become an activist for justice and to participate in public debates as never before. In the process, it is heralding a much-needed change in traditional news 'hierarchies'.
The classical question of 'What is news?' is now being subjected to its sternest examination yet. Should every speech made by the Prime Minister or the President in Vigyan Bhavan merit the top headline of the day? Why should ministerial handouts and banal statements make the only 'news' in this country?
As a power shift is effected from State to civil society, should 'news' not reflect more and more of the energies of the new India? And why should individual stories of hope and despair not be prime time news?
Take for example, the Prince story. At the end of the day, the struggle of a little boy to live was not just 'of' public interest, but also was 'in' public interest. It's a story that deserved to be told, and told well. The real question is: did it deserve to be told non-stop for 48 hours as if there was no other news across the country and the world for an entire weekend?
It is also important to recognize that the interests of civil society are enhanced only when the complexities of the world around us are unraveled. Not all these stories have 'action' or are necessarily 'viewer-friendly'. But that alone cannot minimize their importance. So, while the Indo-US nuclear deal might not seem like the ideal television story, it's story that again must be told and vigorously debated.
Similarly, while 'little Prince in the pit' might be an ideal television news 'event', just why so many children below the age of six are still going hungry in this country as revealed in a recent study is also a story that deserves the same commitment to news gathering. The 'hunger story' may not quite get the ratings of a reality show, but to be a prisoner of ratings alone would be to destroy the very soul of journalism.

Of course, this is easier said than done in today's market-driven media environment. But as journalists look to the future, the time for introspection has come.
Maybe in 2007, there will be more stage-managed studio surrenders, and many more stories of crime and passion that will be played out. We will cover them no doubt with frenetic energy. But maybe we need to save some of the energy to ask why murderers are choosing television studios to make their confessional statements. The answer may be interesting, if discomfiting.
21. According to the passage, Reality TV is
1) a nomenclature that snacks of vagueness.
2) a befitting nomenclature.
3) a befitting nomenclature given the success of shows like Bigg Boss.
4) not a just name because acts on it are after all orchestrated.
5) not dependence on any script.

22. The author takes a dig at media critics because he feels
1) they should not sit in judgment on what their television counterparts do.
2) the print media is a worse titillator.
3) they are as much guilty of highlighting trivia.
4) they fail to recognize the main issue of crisis of content.
5) they are harping on something that has now become a part of the wave.

23. The author makes Krishi Darshan
1) a major demerit of Doordarshan.
2) a major demerit of the Socialist Raj.
3) a symbol of the Doordarshan dictatorship.
4) a symbol of the Socialist Raj.
5) an antithesis of democracy.

24. The author is of the view that Reality TV
1) will continue to rule the roost as this is what viewers want.
2) should be taken with a pinch of salt because reality is not the same a portrayed on your TV.
3) deserves a place on the TV but it should not usurp space of significant issues.
4) will not last long because fashion is a fleeting concept.
5) needs to be stopped if people are to be saved from turning into morons.

25. Which of the following is a correct statement on the basis of the passage?
1) The author is among the first to grab at an opportunity for a Reality TV show.
2) Bigg Boss is the epitome of Reality TV.
3) Television is not as responsible as the print media.
4) Reality TV is not necessarily harmful.
5) Reality TV keeps us away from art that is far removed from reality.


ANSWERS: 1.(1) 2.(1) 3.(1) 4.(4) 5.(2) 6.(3) 7.(4) 8.(1) 9.(3) 10.(1) 11.(3) 12.(2)13.(2) 14.(2) 15.(4) 16.(2) 17.(3) 18.(1) 19.(4) 20.(5) 21. (1) 22. (3) 23. (4) 24. (3) 25. (4)

TCS MATHS,ENG

Latest Sample Placement Paper Of TCS For Year-2009-10 (Mathematic,English)
1. (38 x 142) ÷ (4096) =?
1) 337.25
2) 269.8
3) 490
4) 84.3125
5) None of these

2. 3 + 33.3 + 3.03 + 333 =?
1) 666
2) 636.33
3) 372.33
4) 672.66
5) None of these

3. (17.52)2 =?
1) 280.9504
2) 290.5904
3) 306.9504
4) 280.5904
5) None of these

4. (37% of 2370) – (41% of 2105) =?
1) 13.85
2) 12.56
3) 13.10
4) 12.15
5) None of these

Directions (Q. 5-14): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate words. It is a 5 that Communists are opposed to economic reforms. The fact of the life is that Communists are the most 6 fighters for economic reforms, the reforms that lead to self-reliant and democratic economic development with social justice. To term the market-oriented changes as reform is a 7. The development strategy 8 under Structural Adjustment and dictated by the World Bank, IMF and WTO is a strategy for the 9 development of capitalism under which the working people, who are the main productive force, are made 10, kept unemployed, thrown out of jobs, and so on. It has no social relevance. In the phase of globalization, no country can develop in 11 and entry of the foreign capital can not be12 altogether. Integration with world economy has to ensure the free and speedy 13 of the national economy. Foreign capital has to be allowed in the areas where we really need huge investment, which our resources cannot meet, and where we need technology, not available in the country. Economic14 should not mean license for plunder by MNCs.

5.
1) problem
2) mysticism
3) curiosity
4) misconception
5) mistake

6.
1) liberal
2) demanding
3) strident
4) detrimental
5) horrible

7.
1) misnomer
2) terrible
3) danger
4) tragedy
5) shame

8.
1) reached
2) verified
3) assembled
4) hurled
5) envisaged

9.
1) westernised
2) unfettered
3) gross
4) accumulated
5) astounding

10.
1) labourers
2) culprit
3) redundant
4) escapists
5) icons

11.
1) unison
2) liberalisation
3) coalition
4) association
5) isolation

12.
1) forced
2) loaded
3) denied
4) stated
5) scrutinised

13.
1) development
2) empowerment
3) unity
4) mobilisation
5) cohesion

14.
1) growth
2) potential
3) strategy
4) reforms
5) vitality

Directions (Q. 15-24): Given below are two passages. Read them carefully and answer the questions given below them.
Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
Passage - I
Americans have a variety of superstitions like walking under a ladder, a black cat crossing your path and the number 13, none of which seem to have a logical reason for being. However, there are no serious taboos attached to them. Individuals may have an array of sensitivities based on their personal beliefs. If you do offend someone inadvertently, a sincere apology will usually go a long way toward making amends. The one sensitivity that almost all Americans have is about slights to their country. Either complaining about the US or expressing an attitude that your culture is superior can cause Americans to take offence. Americans do possess a great deal of culture arrogance, and think that their way is the only right way. They think that the US is the best place on earth, otherwise why would everybody by trying to get here? Whether you agree or not, remember that you are a guest in the US and it would be rude for a guest to insult his host
15. Which of the following can be presumed about Americans regarding superstition?
1) It is a cultural custom for them to believe in superstitions.
2) They can satisfy you by placing arguments about the validity of superstitions.
3) Americans cannot justify their adherence to superstitions.
4) Americans are highly superstitious people.
5) None of these

16. If you offend an American inadvertently, a sincere apology will
1) take a long time to repair the damage.
2) not necessarily by enough to amend it.
3) be turned down.
4) succeed in making amends.
5) None of these

17. Americans feel usually offended whenever there is a(n)
1) argument posed before them.
2) rude remark against their culture.
3) threat to their sovereignty.
4) attack on their religion.
5) None of these

18. What makes the Americans feel that their country is the best in the world?
1) mad rush of people from other countries to America
2) the best facilities available there
3) their culture and custom which they feel is the best in the world
4) the economic superiority of America
5) None of these

19. What is the antonym of the word inadvertently as given in bold in the passage?
1) intentionally
2) occasionally
3) unwittingly
4) avowedly
5) adroitly

Passage - II
Population is one resource that never depletes and is a living development parameter. But it is at times interpreted as a hindering factor for development. This happens because population is both a consumer and producer. There are two schools of thought. One which treats population as a resource, and the other as a burden to the society. The truth, in fact, lies somewhere in between. The interplay of factors responsible for population growth and those for development decide the resourcefulness of population.

20. Why is it said that population is one resource that never depletes?
1) because other resources deplete
2) because population is an ever-increasing phenomenon
3) because population is seen as a resource
4) because it is an easily available commodity
5) None of these

21. Why population is at the same time treated as a resource and also as a burden to the society?
1) because population is the creator and at the same time it is also the user
2) because a less number of people are engaged in production and a large number of people are dependent on it
3) because population is not always a producer but it is always a consumer
4) when the growth of population is checked it is a resource and when it increases rapidly it is burden to the society
5) None of these

22. The resourcefulness of population can be decided by
(i) skilled manpower (ii) scale of development (iii) population control measures (iv) scale of population growth
1) All of the above
2) Only (i), (ii) and (iii)
3) Only (i) and (iii)
4) Only (ii) and (iv)
5) None of these

23.Which of the following is true in context of the passage?
1) It is not necessary that the population always grows.
2) Population is burdensome.
3) Most of the natural resources are exhaustible.
4) Population is a big consumer and a meager producer.
5) None of these

24.What will be the synonym of the word depletes as given in bold in the passage?
1) disappears
2) sustains
3) worsens
4) evades
5) reduces

25. – 65 x39 + 335 =?
1) – 849225
2) – 2200
3) – 2870
4) 2870
5) None of these
ANSWERS : 1. (1) 2. (3) 3. (3) 4. (1) 5. (4) 6. (3) 7. (1) 8. (5) 9. (2) 10. (3) 11. (5) 12. (3) 13. (1) 14. (4) 15. (3) 16. (4) 17. (2) 18. (1) 19. (1) 20. (2) 21. (1) 22. (3) 23. (3) 24. (5) 25.(2)

TCS PLACEMENT PAPER VERBAL

This paper is for practice before final:
Synonyms:
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

TCS Placement Paper APTITUDE

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

tcs placement papers HR

HR Questions

After clearing the test there was Technical and HR interview. The questions that were asked are as follows.

1. Tell us regarding your studies and qualifications ?

2. What are the courses that you are undergoing in IIITMK for your PGDIT?

3. What is the duration of your PGDIT? What are the courses that you are having in the final sem?

4. What are the additional courses that you are studying when compared to your MCA?

5. Which version of UML you are using?

6. What are the differences between UML of the current version and the previous version?

7. What are the diagrams in UML?

8. What are public, private and protected in Java?

9. How will you represent them in UML?

10. What is the additional access specifier in Java other than public private and protected?

11. How “default” is different from “private”?

12. What type of diagram is the Use Case? (Is it structural or behavioural)

13. How will you obtain Class diagrams from the Use Case diagram?

14. What are entity, Control and Boundary Classes?

15. What are the models that you use in the Requirement Analysis?

16. What are the different types of testing?

17. What are Black Box and white Box testing?

I had mentioned by hobbies as event management. Moreover I had also mentioned that I was the founder president of a youth club.

18. What are the events that you have conducted?

19. Do you think that you will be able to lead a team?

20. Have you noticed any thing, which took your interest in our web site?

I said, I was very much interested to know about your “SMART-Governance projects”. Being a Central Govt employee having more than 8 years of experience in the same, I think I will be better than anybody else to get associated with such projects.

21. Do you think that the implementation of such projects is on success?

Reply: That’s what I am hearing from my peers and friends.

22. Don’t you think that if people are not accepting your project it will be difficult to implement the same? How will you overcome it?

Reply: Being a software developer for the communication Ministry, I was doing the “Change Management” too. I have been instrumental in implementing our software in different parts of the country, where I had faced opposition from the employees too. I was able to convince them of the software’s importance, how it is going to help them and last but not the least I was able to train them to successfully to use it. ( Thanks to Dr.MukundDas sir for having coined the word “Change Management” for me)

23. TCS won’t be considering your experience of 4 years as software developer. Will you still be ready to work with us?

Reply: Yes ofcourse I will be most willing to work.


24. You may be posted anywhere in the country or the world? Will you still accept the same?

Reply: Yes I will.

With that my first round of Technical/HR interview was over. I was little surprised when my name was also listed among the 7 selected out of 15.
Next day though they told that it is some Validation Interview, Technical questions and HR questions were asked. The interview board consisted of Vice President Mr.Narayanan, Mr.Kesavaswamy and Mr.Thomas. The questions asked are as follows

1. What are the electives that you have taken?

2. What is the difference between IT management and Project management?

3. Why software is called a product? (ref Pressman 1st Chapter)

4. How pricing is being done on a software product? What are the factors affecting the pricing of a software product?

5. What are the models that you use in the Requirement Analysis? (Again repeated, which was asked previous day QnNo.15)

6. Name the different DBMS architectures?

7. What is an RDBMS? How it is different from others?

8. Why most of the softwares are developed using RDBMS when compared to other types?

9. What is Raman Effect?
[ note: I had studied BSc Physics, that is why they asked that. My friends, make sure that you know your basics of your degree before going to any interviews]

10. When I told that Raman Effect is related to “scattering”, they asked me how is it different from Reighlay scattering?

11. Do you know the name of the person who has predicted Raman Effect a number of years before Raman?

12. Whether Raman got Nobel Prize for “Raman Effect” or something else?

13. Why the sky appears red in the morning and evening?

14. If you were asked to improve IIITMK what suggestions you will give me?

15. Being an experienced person if you have been asked with people much below your age will not you be having the complex to work with them?


These are all the questions that I remember my friends, which was asked to me. Out of seven only two were selected, and I am very happy to note that they are most deserving candidates.


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