Tata Consultancy Services Aptitude Paper Set-1

VERBAL SECTION

Directions for questions 1-15:Find the synonyms of the following words

1. Merry

Ans. Gay,Happy

2. Alienate

Ans. Estrange

3. Solicit

Ans. To request

4.Heap

Ans. To pile

5.Cargo

Ans. Freight

6.Momentary

Ans. Transient

7. Volume

Ans.Quantity

8.Veer

Ans.Diverge

9.Dispel

Ans.Dissipate

10.Admonish

Ans.Cautious

11.Meager

Ans.Scanty

12.Latitude

Ans.Scope

13.Latent

Ans.Potential

14.Covet

Ans.Crave

15.Discretion

Ans. Prudence

QUANTITATIVE SECTION

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

Ans. 20 cents

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

Ans. 60 minutes

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

Ans.2 gallons

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

Ans.40 degrees

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

a) 120 miles
b) between 120 and 140 miles
c) 160 miles

Ans. 120 miles

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

Ans. 3

7. A building with height D shadow upto G. What is the height of a neighbouring building with a shadow of C feet.

Ans. (C*D)/G

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

Ans. 15 mph

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

Ans. 11.00am

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

Ans.One part of R

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

Ans. 2 hrs 45 mins

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

Ans. 5 miles

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

Ans. 1 1/2 feet

14. Refer to the figure below.A ship started from P and moves at a speed of I miles per hour and another ship starts from L and moving with H miles per hour simultaneously.Where do the two ships meet?

||---g---||---h---||---i---||---j---||---k---||---l---||

PG H I J K L are the various stops in between denoted by || . The values g, h, i, j, k, l denote the distance between the ports.

Ans. Between I and J, closer to J

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

Ans. 1 m/sec

CRITICAL REASONING SECTION

The critical reasoning section consists of some passages followed by 4 to 7 questions per passage. The questions are such that they require ability to read fast and comprehend. The questions asked in this section have three choices TRUE, FALSE, CAN'T SAY. Some examples of questions are given below. Please note that these passages are not the exact passages asked. The passages used a good deal of difficult words which have been removed in this reproduction. Also the passages appearing in the actual paper are much lengthier.

Directions: Answer the questions given below the passage or statement as true, false or can't say.

PASSAGE A: My father has no brothers. He has three sisters who has two childs each.

Answer 1-5 based on the passage A

1.My grandfather has two sons .

Ans. False   

2. Three of my aunts have two sons

Ans. Can't say

3. My father is only child to his father

Ans. False

4. I have six cousins from my mother side

Ans. Can't say

5. I have one uncle

Ans. Can't say(uncle can be from the mother's side as well)

PASSAGE B: Ether injected into gallablader to dissolve colestrol based gallstones. This type one day treatment is enough for gallstones not for calcium stones. This method is alternative to surgery for millions of people who are suffering from this disease.

Answer questions 6-9 based on passage B

6.Calcium stones can be cured in oneday

Ans. False

 7. Hundreds of people contains calcium stones

Ans. Can't say

8. Surgery is the only treatment to calcium stones

Ans. True

9. Ether will be injected into the gallbleder to cure the cholestrol based gall stones

Ans. True

PASSAGE C: Hacking is illegal entry into another computer. This happens mostly because of lack of knowledge of computer networking. With networks one machine can access to another machine.Hacking go about without knowing that each network is accredited to use network facility.

Answer questions 10-12 based on passage B

10. Hackers never break the code of the company which they work for

Ans. Can't say

11. Hacking is the only vulnerability of the computers for the usage  of the data

Ans. False

12.Hacking is done mostly due to the lack of computer knowledge

Ans. False 

PASSAGE C: Alphine tunnels are closed tunnels.In the past 30 yrs not even a single accident has been recorded for there is one accident in the rail road system. Even in case of a fire accident it is possible to shift the passengers into adjacent wagons and even the live fire can be detected and extinguished with in the duration of 30 min.

Answer questions 13-16 based on passage C

13. No accident can occur in the closed tunnels

Ans. True

14. Fire is allowed to live for 30 min

Ans. False

16. All the care that travel in the tunnels will be carried by rail shutters.

Ans.True

PASSAGE D: 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 watercontent 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 D

17.The electronic device can avoid formation of the ice on the wings

Ans.False

18. There will be the malfunction of rotor & engine because of formation of ice

Ans.True

19. The helicopters were to be crashed or grounded

Ans.True

20. There is only one device that warn about the formation of ice

Ans.True

PASSAGE E:In the survey conducted in mumbai out of 63 newly married house wives not a single house wife felt that the husbands should take equal part in the household work as they felt they loose their power over their husbands. Inspite of their careers they opt to do the kitchen work themselves after coming back to home. the wives get half as much leisure time as the husbands get at the week ends.

Answer questions 21-23 based on passage E

21.Housewives want the husbands to take part equally in the household

Ans.False

22. Wives have half as much leisure time as the husbands have

Ans. False

23. 39% of the men will work equally in the house in cleaning and washing

Ans. False

PASSAGE F:Copernicus is the intelligent. In the days of copernicus the transport and technology development was less & it took place weeks to comunicate a message at that time,wherein we can send it through satellite with in no time.Even with this fast developments it has become difficult to understand each other.

Answer questions 24-27 based on passage F

24. People were not intelligent during Copernicus days

Ans.False

25. Transport facilities are very much improved in noe a days

Ans.Can't say

26. Even with the fast developments of the techonology we can't live happily.

Ans. Can't say

27. We can understand the people very much with the development of communication

Ans. False.

 PASSAGE G:Senior managers warned the workers that because of the intfoductors of japanese industry in the car market. There is the threat to the workers.They also said that there will be the reduction in the purchase of the sales of car in public.the interest rates of the car will be increased with the loss in demand.

Answer questions 28-31 based on passage G

28. Japanese workers are taking over the jobs of indian industry.

Ans.False

29.Managers said car interests will go down after seeing the raise in interest rates.

Ans.True

30. Japanese investments are ceasing to end in the car industry.

Ans. False

31. People are very interested to buy the cars.

Ans.False

PASSAGE H:In the totalitariturican 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.

Answer questions 32-34 based on passage H

32.Totalitarian society words are devalued.

Ans.False

33. Totalitarians will have to come much about words

Ans.True

34. The art totalitatian society the words are used for the political speeches.

Ans. False

PASSAGE I:There should be copyright for all arts. The reele has came that all the arts has come under one copy right society,they were use the money that come from the arts for the developments . There may be a lot of money will come from the Tagore works. We have to ask the benifiters from Tagore work to help for the development of his works.

Answer questions 35-39 based on passage I

35. Tagore works are came under this copy right rule.

Ans. False

36. People are free to go to the public because of the copy right rule.

Ans.Can't say

38. People gives to theater and collect the money for development.

Ans.Can't say

39. We have  ask the Tagore resedents to help for the developments of art.

Ans.Can't say

PYSCHOMETERIC TEST

You don't need to fret much about this test. This test consists of 150 questions and is just a pyshcology test which should be answered confidently and doesn't require any preparation.One must try being consistent while answering as the same questions are repeatedly asked in different forms.Also one must answer all questions.Questions are of yes,no or can't say kind.

1. Will you be interested in social activities.

2. While going upstairs do you move two steps at a time.

3. Can you make friends with people of the same sex or with opposite sex also

4. Your friends consider you as a leader in your group

5. People think that your'e serious minded.

6. There are times you feel dull without any reason.

7. You host several parties

8. When relatives come to your house do you entertain them.

9. You can work for long hours without tireness.

10. In your company you want to lead the organisation.

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Infosys Aptitude Paper Set-6

1. Find out the sum of all the numbers up to four digit made by 1, 2, 3 and 4 (repetition are allowed)

E.g. 1+2+3+4+11+12+13+14+21+22+23+24+ …+4441+4442+4443+4444? (MARKS: 3/4/5)

2. A grass field of 120-sq. meter bounded by a equilateral triangular compound. Three goats tied up with ropes that can just touch the opposite line. A goat can eat all grass which it only gets, half of that two can eat , and one third of that three can eat. How much a goat can eat? (Mark 2) ans.: one-third i.e. 40-sq meter.

3. There are 100 bulbs and 100 switches.

i. All bulbs are switched on.

ii. All bulbs divided by two are switched on if off and switched off if on.

iii. ,, ,, ,, ,, three --do-

iv. This continues upto 100 i.e. at last the bulb dived by 100 is switched on if off and off if on.

How many bulbs wiil be in on condition after this? (Marks: 4/5)

5. When a boy is asked abt his age he said I'm 2.5 times the age of my sis now.Last yr.Iwas 3 times the age of hers.2 yrs. before Iwas 4 times her age .Before 3 yrs. I was7 times her age .Find out age of both.

(Marks:4 )Ans:10, 4

Solution:

2.5x=y;3(x-1)=y-1;4(x-2)=y-2;7(x-3)=y-3; Boy(y)=10,Sis(x)=4.

6. In a apartment there are some families.

i) No. of children > No.of Boys>No.of Girls>No.of families

ii) Every family has children

iii) A Girl has at least one Brother and at most one Sis

iv) Children of one family > Sum (Children of all other families)

Find out no. of families ,boys ,girls

7. Someone says to A,B,C,"I've a horse and his color is either Black,Brown,Grey."

A says it's not Black

B says it's either Brown or Grey

C says it's Brown

The person said among you one is correct and one is wrong .

Find out the color of the horse .Ans:color is Grey;B is correct and C is wrong.Mark:2

8. There are 2 systems for temperature measurement A,B.

System A System B

19 33

133 87

Find out the temp.when A=B.Ans.52.5 degree

Soln:Take 2 consts.A,B.

A+19B=33 and A+133B=87. Find Out A,B.Final eqn A+Bt=t.

9.A Sultan has 3 Queens Amina ,Fatin,Safie.Three thieves Abu,Kirsha,Badri stole 3 Jewels from these three

Queens.Three jewels are Dimond ,Emerald,Ruby

i) The Dimond thief is a bachelore and the dangerous among the three thieves.

ii) Amina is younger to one who has Emerald.

iii) Abu's brother in law Kirsha is less dangerous than who take Emerald .

iv) Badri has not stolen fromFatin(not sure sbt this stmnt)

Who has which jewels and who theft which? Mark:8

Ans:Abu ---Emerald(from Fatin)

Kirsh----Ruby (from Amina)

Badri----Dimond (from Safie)

10. There is a circle whose diameter is equal to the length of a chess board . If that is put on the chessboard how many complete squares will be in the circle.

Ans.: It can be done both by calculation and graphical method.

Answer is 32. Draw a square inside the circle.

No: of square (area of inner square)/(area of single square of chess)

11. There is an idler and a devil. The devil said to the idler "cross the bridge and your money will be doubled. But you have to give 24$ to me every time you cross." The idler did so. First time he crossed he find his money doubled and gave 24$ to the devil. He did so for the second time. When he crossed the bridge for the third time he found his total money equal to 24$ and has to give all to the devil. How much did he have at first?

Ans.: 21$. Start from the last and go backward.

12. There is train moving at some speed (say x km/h). A person is also moving at some speed (2 km/h) towards certain direction either same as the train or opposite to that of the train. Find out how much time will it take for the train to cross the person?

13. Mathematician and children problem. Ans.: 6,6,1 years.

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Infosys Aptitude Paper Set-5

1 . There are 4 political parties . Day Flight , Eat well , Good Sleep =

Deposit Loss. The 3 statements are

a. Either Day Flight or Eat Well will win the election.

b. Day Flight cannot win election.

c. Neither Deposit Loss nor Eat well can win the election.

Only one statement is true while other two are false .who win the = election =85

Soln : Deposit Loss ( F T F )

2. Javed , Roshan , Bharati and Sheela are supposed to have won prizes =

in math , French , Logic , and Eng. But its not clear who won what.

a. Sheela guessed that Roshan must have won logic.

b. Roshan guessed that Sheela will never win Math. =20

c. Javed guessed that Bharati has won French.

d. Bharati guessed Javed has got Eng.

Of those guesses the winners of Math and logic prizes guessed correctly =

while other two guessed wrong. Who won which prize.

Soln Sheela ----English.

Roshan ---French

Bharati---Logic

Roshan-Maths.

3. there are 10 cig packs each conatining an unknown no of cigs( each =

pack has between 50 and 100). One pack has all bad cigs . Each good cig =

( if u can agree that any cig is good) weighs 1gm. Each bad cig weighs =

1.1 gm or .99 gm but all bad cigs weigh same. Using a spring chemical =

balance ( which gives u the exactweight) .Find out which pack is bad , =

using the balace only once.

4. 24 apples were divided among 3 brothers . Each of them got the same =

no of apples as their age 3 years ago. The youngest of them kept half =

of his share and divided the rest of them equally between other two. =

Other two did the same thing. They all ended up with 8 apples each . =

Determine their ages.

Ans 7 , 10 , 16.

5. a city is divided into 16 blocks with rows passing betwwen them =

Find the no of ways one can move from A and C. ( if u can only move =

upwards and to the right. Different paths may have common routes in =

some parts

ans 8 C 4 =3D 70.

6. A is murdered And the statements given by B , C , D are

B - I am a lawyer.

I haven't killed.

C - I am a layer

I haven't killed.

D- I am not a lawyer.

A lawyer is a murderer.

Out of these 6 2 are are correct and two of them lawyer.

Ans . first 2 are Truth . Last four are false . c has killed.

7 . Baron's guide problem colur prob.

7 C E E=20

T E S S

_______________ =20

9 9 9 9

8. From the north pole a flight takes up with full capacity of fuel =

It can travel half of the globe. You canchange fuel and do whatever =

you like in air. How many minimum flights will be reqd travel the =

earth once through south pole.

Ans 3.

9. Every day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossing . The =

road is straight. The cyclist travels with a speed of 10 kmph . one day =

the cyclist comes late by 25 min and meets the train 5 km from the =

crossing. What is the speed of the train?

Ans assume that the man and the train normally meet at the crossing =

at 8 a.m . he is 5 km behind at 7.30 . But when the cyclist is late he =

arrives at the crossing at 8.25 and therefore 5 km behind at 7.55 am =

. Since the train takes 5 min to travel 5 km , the speed of the train =

is 60 kmph.

10.A frog starts climbing a 30 ft wall.Each hr he climbs 3 ft and slips back 2. How many days does it

take him to reach the top and get out ?

Ans: 28hrs

At the end of 27 hrs hes 3ft from the top. And during the 28th hr he climbs the remaining 3ft

And hes out. So 28 hrs (shankuntala Devis more puzzles to puzzle u, 197th question).

11. A truck and a car are moving in the same direction at 40 and 60km/hr respectively. Truck was 1500 m Ahead of the car at the start. After some time they both crash. What was distance one minute b4 the Crash.

Convert them into m/sec and do it. The figures 40 and 60 hes not sure.

Suppose one is 15m/s another is 10m/s.

So in one sec car covers 5m.

For 1500m it will take 300s =5 min.

One min b4 I: e 4min I; e 240 sec … it will cover 240 * 5 = 1200.

So the distance b/w them is 300. THE FIGURES ARE NOT THE SAME. It's been just an example.

12. Professor Kittredge's literature seminar includes students with varied tastes in poetry. All those in the seminar who enjoy the poetry of browning also enjoy the poetry of Eliot. Those who enjoy the poetry of Eliot despise the poetry of colridge.

Some of those who enjoy the poetry of Eliot also enjoy the poetry of Auden.

All those who enjoy the poetry of Coleridge also enjoy the poetry of Donne.

Some of those who enjoy the poetry of donne also enjoy the poetry of Eliot.

Some of those who enjoy the poetry of auden despise the poetry of cleridge

All those who enjoy the poetry of donne also enjoy the poetry of frost.

1. Miss garfield enjoys the poetry of donne. Which of the following must be true?

A) she may or may not enjoy the poetry of coleridge.

B) She doesn't enjoy the poetry of bropwning.

C) She enjoys the poetry of auden.

D) She doesnot enjoy the poetry of eliot.

E) She enjoys the poetry of coleridge.

2. Mr. Huxtable enjoys the poetry of browning. He may also enjoy any of the following poets except

A) auden

B) coleridge

C) donne

D) eliot

E) frost

3) Miss inaguchi enjoys the poetry of coleridge. Which of the fllwing must be false?

A) she doesnot enjoy the poetry of auden.

B) She enjoys the poetry of donne.

C) She enjoys the poetry of frost.

D) She doesnot enjoy the poetry of browning.

E) She may enjoy the poetry of eliot.

4) Based on the info provide, which of the following stmnts concerning the members of the seminar must be true?

a) all those who enjoy the poetry of eliot also enjoy the poetry of browning.

b) None of those who despise the poetry of frost enjoy the poetry of auden.

c) Some of those who enjoy the poetry of auden des-ise the poetry of coleridge.

d) None of those who enjoy the poetry of browning despise the poetry of donne.

e) Some of those who enjoy the poetry of frost despise the poetry of donne.

Ans

13) The person meets one train at the crossing every day.

One day hes 20 min late . He meets the train 5 miles from the place If the speed of the man is 12 mile/hr

What is trains speed.

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Ans 53)*****(971 I think this is the ans so that u can find the rest. Any way check it out again.

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