TCS TALENT TEST 023

PART I
For each of the words in Capital letters, choose from among the answers, the word
that is closest in meaning:
(1) CLEFT
(A) split (B)waterfall (C)assembly (D)adherence (E)surplus
(2) CLICHÉ
(A) increase (B)vehicle (C)morale (D)platitude (E)pique
(3) COERCE
(A) recover (B)begin (C)force (D)license (E)ignore
(4) COGNIZANCE
(A) policy (B)knowledge (C)advance (D)omission (E)examination
(5) COHERE
(A) hold together (B)occur simultaneously (C) recollect (D)materialize (E)understand
(6) DAZE
(A) to trick (B) lease (C) steal (D)stun (E)clarify
(7) ATTENUATED
(A) coarse (B) anxious (C) thin (D) eager (E) possibility
(8) SCATHING
(A) sharp (B)steep (C)stingy (D)scornful (E) generate
(9) ICON
(A) symbol (B)document (C) portrayal (D) fashionable (E) scent
(10) FRAUGHT
(A) full of (B)manufactured (C)empty (D)bitter (E)superstition
For each of the words in Capital letters, choose from among the answers, the closest
word that has the opposite meaning:
(11) LAPIDARIAN
(A) inelegant (B) proximity (C) augmentation (D) orderliness (E) inclination
(12) PAGAN
(A) tell the truth (B) respond as expected (C) religious (D) collect (E) shrink
(13) PROSPEROUS
(A) disengage (B) impoverished (C) refute thoroughly (D) answer hypothetically (E)
consider genuinely
(14) SPENDTHRIFT
(A) postpone (B) dissemble (C) miserly (D) prohibit (E) justify
(15) SYNERGY
(A) salvage (B)decelerate (C) confusion (D) distract (E) anchor
(16) DEPENDABILITY
(A) savant (B) unorganized (C) whiner (D) irresponsible (E) capable
(17) HESITANT
(A) confident (B) diligently (C) clumsily (D)gloomily (E) respectfully
(18) DEMONIC
(A) haughty (B) divine (C) frivolous (D) tentative (E) rough
(19) FASCINATE
(A) depressed (B) normality (C) mundane (D) questionable (E) methodical
(20) AMICABLE
(A) antipathy (B) dishonest (C) inexperience (D) languor (E) rancor
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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.
The emancipation of women, “James Joyce told one of his friends, “ has caused the
greatest revolution in our time in the most important relationship there is - that between
men and women. “ Other modernists agreed: Virginia Wolf claming that in about 1910
“ human character changed”, and illustrating ___21_____. “ Read the Agamemnon,” and
see whether your sympathies are not almost entirely with Clytemnestra. “D.H.Lawrance
Cosote, “Perhaps the deepest fight for 2000 years and more, __22_____
But if modernist writers considered women’s revolt _23_____, only recently – in
perhaps the past 15 years has literacy criticism begun to catch up with it. Not that the
images of __24_____ have gone un-remarked for from it. But what we are able to
__25____ and now that women- enough to make a difference- ______26_________,
the landscapes of literacy history and the features of individual books have begun to
change options for answers.
A. has been the fight for women’s independence
B. sexual antagonism that about in modern literature
C. noting instances of hostility between man and women
D. the new balance between the sexes.
E. are reforming canons and interpreting literature
F. see in literacy works depends on the perspectives we bring to them
G. modernist writers and search for equality
H. against man’s domination one of their “greatest” and “deepest” themes
I. the interest in feminist issues is not now.
The history of mammals dates back at least to Triassic time. Development was
retarded, however, until the sudden acceleration of evolutional change that occurred in
the oldest Paleocene. This led in Eocene time to increase in an average size, larger mental
capacity, and special adaptations for different modes of life. In the Oligocene Epoch,
there was further improvement, with appearance of some new lines extinction of others.
Miocene and Pliocene time was marked by culmination of several groups and continued
approach toward modern characters. The peak of the career of the mammals in variety
and average large size was attained in the Miocene.
The adaptation of mammals to almost all possible modes of life parallels that of
the reptiles in Mesozoic time, and except for greater intelligence, the mammals do not
seem to have done much better than corresponding reptilian forms. The bat is doubtlessly
a better flying animal than the pterosaur, but the dolphin and whale are hardly more fish
like than the ichthyosaur. Many swift–running mammals excel any of the dinosaurs. The
tyrannosaur was a more ponderous and powerful carnivore than any flesh-eating
mammal, but the lion or tiger is probably a more efficient and dangerous beast of prey
because of a superior brain. The significant point to observe is that different branches of
the mammals gradually fitted themselves for all sorts of life, grazing on the plains and
able to run swiftly (horse, deer, bison), living in rivers and swamps ( hippopotamus,
beaver), dwelling in trees(sloth, monkey), digging underground(mole, rodent), feeding on
flesh in the forest(tiger) and on the plain (wolf), swimming in the sea(dolphin, whale,
seal) and flying in the air(bat). Man is able by mechanical means to conquer the physical
world and to adapt himself to almost any set of conditions.
This adaptation produces gradual changes of form and structure. It is biologically
characteristic of the youthful, plastic stage of a group. Early in its career, an animal
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assemblage seems to possess capacity for change, which, as the unit becomes old and
fixed, disappears. The generalized types of organisms retain longest the ability to make
adjustments when required, and it is from them that new, fecund stocks take origin-
certainly not from any specialized end products. So, in the mammals, we witness the
birth, plastic spread in many directions, increasing specialization, and in some branches
the extinction, which we have learned from observation of the geologic record of life is a
characteristic of the evolution of life.
(27) Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?
(A) From Dinosaur to Man
(B) Adaptation and Extinction
(C) The Superiority of Mammals
(D) The Geologic Life Span
(E) Man, Conqueror of the Physical World.
(28) It can be inferred from the passage that the chronological order of the geologic
periods is
(A) Paleocene, Miocene, Triassic, Mesozoic
(B) Paleocene, Triassic, Mesozoic, Miocene
(C) Miocene, Paleocene, Triassic, Mesozoic
(D) Mesozoic, Oligocene, Paleocene, Miocene
(E) Mesozoic, Paleocene, Eocene, Miocene
(29) It can be inferred from the passage that the pterosaur
(A) resembled the bat
(B) was a Mesozoic mammal
(C) was a flying reptile
(D) lived in the sea
(E) evolved during the Miocene period
(30) According to the passage, the greatest number of forms of mammalian life is
found in the
(A) Triassic period
(B) Eocene period
(C) Oligocene epoch
(D) Pliocene period
(E) Miocene period
(31) Which of the following statements, if true, would weaken the statement made by the
author?
(A) Tyrannosaur had been found to have a larger brain than was previously though
(B) Mammals will become extinct within the next thousands years.
(C) Forms of flying ichthyosaurs have recently been discovered.
(D) The tiger has been proved to be more powerful than the carnivorous reptiles
(E) Computers have been developed that can double human mental capacity
(32) It can be inferred format he passage that the evidence the author uses in discussing
the life of the past time periods.
(A) Was developed by Charges Darwin.
(B) Was uncovered by the author
(C) Had been negated by more recent evidence
(D) Was never definitely established
(E) Is based on fossil remains.

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 PART II
Q1. Fill in the missing number in the sequence
8 10 11 12 17 ?? 26 22
(a) 18 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 21 (e) 22
Q2. In the following series, how many Vs are there such that each V is followed by an
K next to it if the K is not followed by a D next to it?
V K V D Q M V K D M K V K K V Q M V
V K Q V K D K V A M K V K M
(a)5 (b)6 (c)7 (d)4 (e)8
Q3. If EUHDWK is coded as BREATH how will FRYHU be coded?
(a)SHEET (b)TRIAL (c) COVER (d)MIND (e)CIGAR
Q4. Suppose the first and second letters in the word SIMULTANEOUSLY 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) T (b) I (c) M (d) L (e) U
Q5. How would the decimal number 310 be represented in a base -6 number System?
(a) 1342 (b) 1324 (c) 1234 (d) 1564 (e) 1664
Q6. What is the largest prime number that can be stored in an 7-bit word computer?
(a) 113 (b) 121 (c) 129 (d) 127 (e) 119
Q7. If n = 10 x 18 x 26, which of the following is NOT an integer?
(a) n / 130 (b) n / 156 (c) n / 45
(d) n / 33 (e) n / 20
Q8. Which of the following is a power of 2?
a. 4148 b. 4196 c. 4096
d. 4244 e. 4248
Pick the odd one out
Q9. (a) ARP (b) ORACLE (c) INGRESS
(d) DB2 (e) SYBASE
Q10. (a) JAVA (b) SMALLTALK (c) EIFFEL
(d) C++ (e) LISP
Q11. The three numbers in brackets represent the angles of a triangle. Which of these
does not represent a proper triangle?
(a) (30º,81º,79º) (b) (60º,90º,30º) (c) (74º,66º,40º)
(d) (70º,60º,50º) (e) (80º,60º,40º)
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) (12,8,6) (b) (8,6,12) (c) (8,12,4) (d) (6,8,6) (e) (4,6,8)
Q13. Which set of data exhibits a higher Standard Deviation?
(a) -5, -5, -5, -5, -5, -5 (b) 5, -5, 5, -5, 5, -5 (c) 5, 0, -5, 5, 0, -5
(d) 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 (e) 5, 5, 5, 0, 5, 5

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 The three circles below represent the number of people speaking Punjabi, Hindi
and Gujarati. Answer the next three questions based on the diagram

14
45 49
Gujarati Punjabi
12
16 13

51
Hindi

Q14. How many more (or less) people speak Punjabi than people who speak Gujarati?
(a)2 (b)3 (c)1 (d)5 (e)6
Q15. What percentage of people speaking Hindi can also speak Gujarati but not
Punjabi?
(a)12.4 (b)13.6 (c)17.4 (d)14 (e) 18
Q16. What percentage of total people can speak all three languages?
(a)3 (b)4 (c)6 (d)8 (e)9
The figure on the left represents number of members in a Social Group and the
figure on the right depicts profession wise distribution for 1998

140

120 Executives
12%
100
Others
80 8%
Members (in "00s) Businessmen
60
55%
40 Doctors
25%
20

0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Q17. Which year has registered the maximum percentage growth in members?
(a) 1886 (b) 1996 (c) 1778 (d) 1456 (e) 1608
Q18. What are the average members for 1995-1999?
(a) 2340 (b) 7800 (c) 8800 (d) 7800 (e) 4500

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Q19. If 10% of members in 1998 left the Social Group, how many fresh members were
made in 1999?
(a) 8700 (b) 4600 (c) 4400 (d) 4900 (e) 6400
Q20. A hypothetical physical quantity is defined as
(Momentum X Velocity) / (Acceleration X Distance)
In what fundamental units would this quantity be expressed?
(a) Mass (b) Power (c) Velocity (d) Distance (e) None
Q21. A can do a piece of work in 24 days. If B is 60% more efficient than A, then the
number of days required by B to do the same piece of work is:
(a)16 (b)15 (c)18 (d)24 (e)12
Q22. Which of these matrices is singular
14 6 36 24 1 0 10 12
A= B= C= D=
4 3 9 6 1 2 3 4

(a)A (b)B (c)C (d)D (e) None

Q23. Match the following relationships:
(i) Male – Boy (1) Not a type of
(ii) Oven – Building (2) Part of
(iii) Square – Polygon (3) A type of
(iv) Word – Sentence (4) 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 reciprocal and # stands for doubling what is the value of
% # % (7) + # % # (2)?
(a)2 (b)3 (c) 4 (d)5 (e)6
Q25. A sequence is defined recursively as
g(0) = 1; g(1) = -1
g(n) = g(n-1) + g(n-2)
What will be the value of g(5)?
(a)3 (b)2 (c)6 (d)-2 (e)5
Q26. What curve best suits the following data:

X Y
0.99 0.00001
10.04 1.02
99.98 1.997
1000 3.0
9990 4.004

(a) y = logn x (b) y = log10 x (c) y = ex (d) y = -log10 x (e) y = - ex

Q27. A Two-dimensional array X (7,9) is stored linearly column-wise in a computer's
memory. Each element requires 2 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) 1256 (b) 1345 (c) 1365 (d) 1246 (e) 2314
Q28. Of the four straight lines A,B,C,D find out which pair forms an orthogonal set
A: 3x+5y-7 = 0, B: y = -x , C: 5x = 3y+5, D: y = 7x+3
(a)AC (b)AD (c)BC (d)CD (e)DB
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Q29. Evaluate the expression
M(737,9) + R(5.8) + T(7.7) - R(3.4) where
M stands for Modulo arithmetic, R stands for Round-off operation and T stands
for Truncation Operation
(a)12 (b)16 (c) 18 (d)17 (e)19
Q30. Three independent strategies A,B and C have been initiated for cost cutting in a
company producing respectively 20%, 30% and 25% savings. Assuming that they
operate independently, what is the net saving achieved?
(a)46% (b) 58% (c)64% (d) 48% (e) 50%
Q31. The hourly declination of moon for a given day is as follows:
Hour Declination
2 8o 6’ 43.5”
4 7o 53’ 6.1”
Find the declination of the moon at hour 3.
(a) 7o 59’ 54.8” (b) 7o 56’ 54.5” (c) 9o 46’ 33.5” (d) 7o16’ 12.5” (e) 8o 39’ 28.7”
Q32. What equation best describes the curve shown below:

0.5

0 X
100 200
-0.5

-1

(a)y = tan x (b) y = Cos x (c)y + x = 0 (d) y + 3 = x (e) y = ex

Q33. The temperature at Mumbai 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 5.00 PM and 8.00 PM?
(a)20.9% (b) 34% (c) -19.8% (d) 26% (e) 36%
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Q34. An aircraft takes off from A (72 N Lat, 45 E Long) at 2.00 AM local time to B
(32o N Lat, 45o W Long). If the flying time is 8 hours what is the local time of
landing at B?
(a)5.40 AM (b) 5.00 AM (c) 4.00 AM (d) 7.00AM (e) 8.00AM
Q35. Fill in the last row of the following Truth Table:

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 A 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
B 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
C 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
A B  C)

Interpret the resulting bit pattern as an integer in an 8-bit computer and write the
decimal value.
(a)1 (b)3 (c)5 (d)4 (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) 11.011 N (c) 11.01 N (d) 10.011 N (e)10.101 N
Q37. The storage space required is given by the function P(N) = 4000 √N, where N is
the number of boxes used. Find the percentage change in storage if the number of
boxes 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) 1800 (b) 3900 (c) 2800 (d) 2100 (e) 2700
PART III
Read the following passages and answer questions under each passage
(1). The organiser of local 58 of the hospital workers is forming a 5-person team to leaflet
a nearby hospital. The team must contain 2 persons to distribute leaflets, one speaker to
address the workers who stop, and a 2-person defense squad.
A, B, and C are possible leafletters; C, D and E are possible speakers; F, G and H are
possible members of the defense guard. A and C prefer to work with each other on the
same team. E prefers to work only if F works.
1. Which is a possible team if all preferences are respected.
(A) A, B, C, D, F
(B) A, C, D, E, F
(C) A, B, C, F, G
(D) A, C, E, G, H
(E) B, C, D, F, G
2. Which choice of personnel is impossible if all preferences are respected?
(A) A and B as leafletters, C as a speaker
(B) B and C as leafletters
(C) A and C as leafletters, F and H on defense
(D) Either D or E as speaker, with F on defense
(E) G and H on defense
3. If A and B are leafletters and all prefernces are respected, which is/ are true?
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I. C is the speaker
II. F is on defense
III. Either F or G is on defense
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) I and III only
4. How many different possible teams can the organizer assemble, if all preferences are
respected?
(A) 5
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 13
(E) 15
(2) Delegations from Wallachia and Rumelia are meeting to discuss military, trade and
diplomatic problems. Each delegation consists of a chairperson, , 2 military attachés and 2
trade experts. The Wallachian delegation consists of A, B, C, D and E ; the Rumelian
delegation of F, G, H, I and J.
Each chairperson is to occupy a rectangular table. The two delegations sit on opposite sides
of the rectangular table.
1) A insists on being seated at the opposite end of the table from B
2) G, who is deaf in his right ear, must be at the right end if the table.
3) Neither D nor F is a chairperson
4) The Wallachian military attachés, one of whom is B, are seated together, and neither is
opposite either of the Rumelian military attachés, neither of whom is G.
5) C, a trade expert, is seated opposite H.
1. F may be a:
A. trade expert seated next to I
B. military attaché seated next to I
C. military attaché seated next to J
D. trade expert seated next to H
E. trade expert seated opposite B
2. About which of the following do the stated conditions provide the least information?
A. The identity of the Wallachian chairperson
B. The identity of the Rumelian chairperson
C. The identities and the positions of the Wallachian military attaches
D. Which delegate is immediately to the right of the Wallachian chairperson?
E. Which delegate is immediately to the right of the Rumelian chairperson?
3. If J is a military attaché, which of the following must be true?
I. The Rumelian chairperson is I
II F a trade expert
III I is a trade expert
A.I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I or III but not both
E. II or III but not both
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4. Which of the following can be deduced form the introductory paragraph plus
statements ( 1), (2), (4), (5) only?
A The identities of the Rumelian trade experts
B The identifies of the Wallachian military attachés
C The identity of the Wallachian chairperson
D Which two delegates are seated between G and H?
E Which two delegates are seated between B and C?
(3) Byram and Adoniram are code clerks at the Pentagon. They are also secret agents for
foreign governments. One is in the pay of the Sulgravians and the other is in the pay of the
Carolingians. If a document is stolen, it will take four days to reach the Sulgravian
government and 5 days to reach the Carolingian government
Byram is given top secret documents to encode on October 19 and 22.
Adroninan is given a top-secret document to encode on October 21.
Byram and Adoniram have lunch together on October 20.
Agents of foreign governments do not transmit documents directly to governments that do
not employ them, but may sell documents to an agent of another government. An agent
who transmits a document always does so on the day he receives it.
1. If Adroninan is working for the Sulgravians, the Sulgravian government may receive
documents on:
I. October 24
II. October 25
III. October 26
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I and II only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II, and III
2. A top-secret document is received by thee Carolingians on October25. It could have
been:
(A) stolen and transmitted by Byram
(B) stolen and transmitted by Adoniram
(C) stolen by Adoniram and sold to Byram , who transmitted it
(D) stolen by Byram and sold to Adoniram, who transmitted it
(E) stolen by either Byram or Adoniram and sold to the other , who transmitted it.
3. If Adoniram is working for the Carolingians, which must be true?
(A) The Sulgravians may receive documents only on October 23
(B) The Carolingians may receive documents only on October 26
(C) The Sulgravians may receive documents only on October 24, 26, and 27.
(D) The Carolingians may receive documents only on October 24, 25 and 26
(E) No documents received by the Sulgravians can have been bought at Byram and
Adoniram’s lunchtime meeting.
4.Which of the following is /are possible given the conditions as stated?
I. Documents are received by one of the governments, 2 days in a row.
II. Documents are received by both the governments, 2 days in a row
II. Documents are received by one of the governments, 3 days in a row.
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I and III only
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(E) Neither I, II nor III

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