TCS Pool Campus Drive: Aptitude Test-10

1. A can completely code a project in 20 days and B can completely code the same project In 30 days.
The company, they work always practice both top down and bottom up testing strategy, in order to
maintain the integrity of the system after delivering to the client side. The number of days taken to
test the project is the H.C.F of the number of days taken to code the project by A and B separately. If
A and B start working on the project together and A quits 10 days before the project is completed, in
how many days coding of the project will be completed?
a. 18 days
b. 27 days
c. 26.67 days
d. 16 days
2. If 30 mason working 7 hours per day can do a work In 18 days. It is
important to understandthat the
masons are well-built and span an outstanding energy of 4000 calories. These masons are assumed to
be the best of their sort in and around the local region. Given that, in how many days will 21 mason of
the kind, working 8 hours a day do the same work?
a. 22 days
b. 22.5 days
c. 23.5 days
d. 23 days
3. There are 12 pipes that are connected to a tank. The tank contains impure water. The capacity of the
tank remains constant and the level of impurity in the water is proportional to the impurities that the
pipe contains. Some of them are fill pipes and the others are drain pipes. Each of the fill pipes can fill
the tank in 8 hours and each of the drain pipes can drain the tank completely in 6 hours. If all the fill
pipes and drain pipes are kept open, an empty tank gets filled in 24 hours. How many of the 12 pipes
are fill pipes?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 7
d. 5
4. John leaves Town A. at 12:02 PM and drives to Town B. a distance of 120 miles. His average speed for
the first 60 miles was 50 mph and for the final 60 miles it was 40 mph. Jim leaves Town A. at 12:20
PM and also drives to Town B. What must Jims average speed be in order to arrive at Town B at the
same time that John arrives?
a. 60
b. 72
c. 50
d. 48
5. A motorist covers 39 km in 45 mins of his journey by moving at the speed of x km/ph for first 15
mins. Then moving at double the original speed for next 20 mins and then again moving at his
original speed x km/ph for the rest of the journey. Now, x=?
a. 45
b. 27
c. 54
d. 36
6. A train with 15 coaches crosses the platform in 20 sec, runs at the speed of 54kmph. The same train
takes 12 sec to pass a man walking at 6kmph in the same direction in which train is going. Find the
length of the train and length of platform?
a. 160 & 140
b. 140 & 160
c. 130 & 140
d. 140 & 130
7. Among 5 children there are 2 siblings. In how many ways can the children be seated in a row so that
the siblings do not sit together?
a. 38
b. 46
c. 72
d. 86
8. From a group of 3 boys and 3 girls, 4 children are to be randomly selected. What is the probability that
equal numbers of boys and girls will be selected?
a. 1/10
b. 4/9
c. 1/2
d. 3/5
9. (i)In a family of six persons, A,B,C,D,E and F, there are two married couples
(ii) D is the grandmother of A and mother of B
(iii) C is the wife of B and mother of F
(iv) F is the granddaughter of E
Who among the following is one of the couples?
a. CD
b. DE
c. Cannot be determined d. None of these
10. (i) A $ B means A is mother of B
(ii) A # B means A is father of B
(iii) A @ B means A is husband of B
(iv) A % B means A is daughter of B If G $ M @ K, how is K related to G?
a. Daughter in law
b. Mother in law
c. Daughter
d. None of these
11. Find the odd man out 6, 15, 35, 77, 165, 221
a. 35
b. 77
c. 165
d. 221
12. Complete the series: Q1F, S2E, U6D, W21C,__
a. Y44B
b. Y66B
c. Y88B
d. Z88B
13. If -2 = < x=< 2 and 3 < = y < = 8, which of the following represents the range of all possiblevalues of y
- x?
a. 5<=y-x<=6
b. 1<=y-x<=5
c. 1<=y-x<=6
d. 1<=y-x<=10
14. A passenger jet took three hours to fly 1800 miles in the direction of the jet stream. The return trip
against the jets stream took four hours. What is the jets speed in still air and the jet streams speed?
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a. 600100
b. 52575
c. 57525
d. 450125
15.The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day,2200
people enter the fair and $5050 is collected. By fact, the number of children visiting the fair is higher
than the number of adults visiting the fair by a margin of 900. Now, on that certain day given above,
the number of children exceeded the adults by?
a. 700
b. 800
c. 900
d. 1000
16. Ten years ago, the average of family of four members was 24 years. Three children having been
born, the average age of family is same today. What are the present ages of children if two children
are identically twins and differ by two years from the younger one?
a. 12, 12, 10
b. 8, 8, 6
c. 13, 13, 11
d. None
17. The average of three numbers is 45. The first number is much more than the average as the second
number is less than the average. Find the third number.
a. 40
b. 45
c. 50
d. 55
18.5 is placed to the right of two - digit number, forming a new three - digit number. The newn umber is
392 more than the original two-digit number. What was the original two-digit number?
a. 43
b. 53
c. 63
d. 73
19. At what time between 1 and 2 are the hands of the clock coincide?
a)5 (8/11)
b)6 (8/11)
c)5 (5/11)
d)4 (5/11)
20. A merchant sells an item at a 20% discount, but still makes a gross profit of 20 percent of the cost.
What percent of the cost would the gross profit on the item have been if it had been sold without the
discount?
a. 20%
b. 40%
c. 50%
d. 60%
21. 60 liters of diesel is required to travel 600 km using an 800 cc engine. If the volume of diesel
required to cover a distance varies directly as the capacity of the engine, then how many liters of
diesel is required to travel 800 km using 1200 cc engine?
a. 80 liters
b. 120 liters
c. 140 liters
d. 170 liters
22. Rs. 432 is divided amongst three workers A, B and C such that 8 times As share is equal to 12 times
Bs share which is equal to 6 times Cs share. How much does A get?
a. Rs. 192
b. Rs. 133
c. Rs. 144
d. Rs. 128
23. John has a camera that takes film that allows 24 exposures, whereas Nancy has a camera that takes
film that allows 36 exposures. Both of them want to be able to take same number of photographs and
complete their rolls of film. How many rolls (minimum) should each buy?
a. 6 & 4
b. 2 & 3
c. 3 & 3
d. 3 & 2
24.Four prime numbers are written in ascending order of their magnitudes. The product of firstthree
numbers is 715 and that of last three is 2431. What is the largest given prime number?
a. 19
b. 17
c. 23
d. 13
25. An old woman goes to market and a horse steps on her basket and crashes the eggs. The rider offers
to pay for the damages and asks her how many eggs she had brought. She does not remember the
exact number, but when she had taken them out two at a time, there was one egg left. The same
happened when she picked them out three, four, five, and six at a time, but when she took them
seven at a time they came out even. What is the smallest number of eggs she could have had?
a. 101
b. 202
c. 301
d. 401
26. A shopkeeper bought 150 calculators at the rate of Rs.250 per calculator. He spent Rs.2500 on
packing and transportation. If the marked price of a calculator is Rs.320 per calculator and the shop
keeper gives the discount of 5% on the marked price, what will be the percentage profit / loss
incurred?
a. +20
b. +14
c. -10
d. -5
27. The Full House Casino is running a new promotion. Each person visiting the casino has the
opportunity to play the Trip Aces game. In Trip Aces, a player is randomly dealt three cards, without
replacement, from a deck of 8 cards. If a player receives 3 aces, they will receive a free trip to one of
10 vacation destinations. If the deck of 8 cards contains 3 aces, what is the probability that a player
will win a trip?
a. 1/336
b. 1/120
c. 1/56
d. 1/1440
28. A goat is tied to the corner of a 5-by-4-meter shed by an 8-meter piece of rope. Rounded to the
nearest square meter, what is the area grazed by the goat?
a. 170
b. 160
c. 140
d. 150
29. A wood frame for pouring concrete has an interior perimeter of 14 meters. Its length is one meter
greater than its width. The frame is to be braced with twelve-gauge steel cross-wires. Assuming an
extra half-meter of wire is used at either end of a cross-wire for anchoring, what length of wire
should be cut for each brace?
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a. 3
b. 5
c. 4
d. 6
30. Snehs age is 1/6th of her fathers age. After ten years, Snehs fathers age will be twice the age of
Vimals age. If Vimals eighth birthday was celebrated two years back, then what is Snehs present
age?
a. 5 yrs
b. 6 yrs
c. 7 yrs
d. 8 yrs