Hai, here is the paper given for us in written exam conducted by TCS on sep 1-3 ..

Recriutement process includes 1)Written Test ( ONLINE 2) Technical/MR 3)HR.. Questions in my paper are: 1. The IT giant Tirnop has recently crossed a head count of 150000 and earnings of $7 billion. As one of the forerunners in the technology front, Tirnop continues to lead the way in products and services in India. At Tirnop, all programmers are equal in every respect. They receive identical salaries and also write code at the same rate. Suppose 17 such programmers take 17 minutes to write 17 lines of code in total. How long will it take 7 programmers to write 7 lines of code in total? a)7 sol: b)119 c)17 d)49 must be equal in both cases i.e., 17*17/17=7*x/7; ans: C 35q -80min)

(men*time)/work

2. . After the typist writes 40 letters and addresses 40 envelopes, she inserts the letters randomly into the envelopes (1 letter per envelope). What is the probability that exactly 1 letter is inserted in an improper envelope? a)0 b)1/40 c)1-1/40 d)39/40

sol: exactly one letter cant be inserted in wrng position because there are equal no. of envelopes and letters so the probability will be zero; ans: A 3.The citizens of planet nigiet are 4 fingered and have thus developed their decimal system in base 4. A certain street in nigiet contains 100 (in base Cool buildings numbered 1 to 100. How many 2s are used in numbering these buildings? Express your answer in base 10 a)8 b)16 c)20 d)none

sol: for this type of problem proceed like this say give base=x, then No. of 2s 3s..9s in 1-100=2x,..in 1-1000=3x^2; therefore in 1-100 no of 2s in base 4=2*4=8 ans: A 4.A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 17. For all values of n from 1 to 17, statement n says: 'Atmost n of the statements on this sheet are true.' Which statements are true and which are false? (a) The even numbered statements are true and the odd numbered statements are false. (b) The odd numbered statements are true and the even numbered statements are false. (c) All the statements are true. (d) All the statements are false

Sol: for this problem everyone has to memorize 3basics Atleast-false:first half are true remaining falsei.e first n/2 statements (if given 1 to n statements) Atleast-true:first n/3 are true remaining false Exactly true/false: (n-1)th or last but one statement is true rest are false Atmost-true/false: all are true so ans : C 5.A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 70. For all values of n from 1 to 70. Statement n says ' At least n of the statements on this sheet are false. Which statements are true and which are false? a) The even numbered statements are true and the odd numbered are false. b) The odd numbered statements are true and the even numbered are false. c) The first 35 statements are true and the last 35 are false. d) The first 35 statements are false and the last 35 are false. Same sol as previous problem so ans: C 6. . If there are 62 cans out of them one is poisoned if a person tastes very little he will die within 14 hours so if there are mice to test and 24 hours to test, how many mices are required to find the poisoned can? a)7 b)4 c)2 d)6

sol: 2^n>=given No. of cans i.e 2^6>62 => 64>62.Min value of n for which 2^n value is just greater than given no of cans. Ans: D 7. There are two boxes, one containing 9 red balls and the other containing 22 green balls. You are allowed to move the balls between the boxes so that when you choose a box at random and a ball at random from the chosen box, the probability of getting a red ball is maximized. This maximum probability is a)0.63 b)0.5 c)1 d)0.1 Sol:in order to get max probability for red ball move all the red balls from box1 to box2 except 1 ball i.e.,,, we have 9red 22green move 8red into box2 now we wil have total no. of balls in box1=1( 1red),.box2=30(8red+22green).now the probability is given by P=1/2(1+8/30) ans: A 8. Samita was making a cube with dimensions 5*5*5 using 1*1*1 cubes. What is the number of cubes needed to make a hollow cube looking of the same shape. If we are painting only 1 face of each cube then how many faces will remain unpaint??? a)900 b)613 c)563 d)98 sol: cubes required for making hollow cube is:5*5*5-(5-2)*(5-2)*(5-2)=5^3-3^3=98

Each cube will be having 6 faces i.e 98*6=588 facesgiven 1 face of the cube is painted.e only 25 small cube faces will be there so 588-25=563 ans:C 9. . Mr. Beans visited a magic shop and bought some magical marbles of different colors along with other magical items. While returning home whenever he saw a colored light, he took out marbles of similar colors and counted them. So he counted the pink colored marbles and found that he has bought 25 of them. Then he counted 19 green marbles and then 46 yellow marbles. He later counted 30 purple colored marbles with him. But when he reached a crossing, he looked at a red light and started counting red marble sand found that he had bought 24 Red marbles. As soon as he finished counting, it started raining heavily and by the time he reached home he was drenched. After reaching home he found that the red, green and yellow marbles had magically changed colors and became white, while other marbles were unchanged. It will take 1 day to regain its colors, but he needs to give at least one pair of marbles to his wife now. So how many white marbles must be choose and give to his wife so as to ensure that there is at least one pair of red, yellow and green marbles ? a)78 b)72 c)74 d)67

sol: in order to solve this problem go like this he is asking about red,green,yellow there are 46Y,24R,19G add two large no.s+2=46+24+2=72 ans:B 10. 24 people {a1, a2, ..., a36} meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. In other words, there are totally 36 handshakes involving the pairs, {a1, a2}, {a2, a3}, ..., {a23, a24}, {a24, a1}. Then size of the smallest set of people such that the rest have shaken hands with at least one person in the set is a)12 b)11 c)13 d)8 sol:min set of people are n/3=24/3=8 (a2,a5,a8.a23) ans:D 11. Sudha Patel +> perfume factory some ques like this read last two lines ans for my que is two parts lemon 12. A circular dartboard of radius 1 foot is at a distance of 20 feet from you. You throw a dart at it and it hits the dartboard at some point Q in the circle. What is the probability that Q is closer to the center of the circle than the periphery? (a) 0.75 (b)1 (c) 0.5 (d)0.25 Sol: (r/2)^2/r^2=0.25 ans:D 13. A hare and a tortoise have a race along a circle of 100 yards diameter. The tortoise goes in one direction and the hare in the other. The hare starts after the tortoise has covered 1/6 of its distance and that too leisurely. The hare and tortoise meet when the hare has covered only 1/8 of the distance. By what factor should the hare increase its speed so as to tie the race? a)39.67 b)8 c)48 d)6

sol: we can solve in normal manner but the short cut is multiply the denominators of the fraction i.e 8*6=48.subtrct least between two of the numbers followed by the other i.e..48-6=42 42-8=34 now mul these two no.s 34*42/(6^2) => 39.67 ans: A but for tcs exam you need not solve this ans is given in one option with decimal point only 14. . Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression: N = 20+ X *( Y Z) Where X, Y and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9), Alok would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Alok chooses a single digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y or Z). Alok then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally Alok proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both play to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be (a) 0 (b) 27 (c) 38 (d) 20 Sol: remember 3 eq.s X+Y-Z=11X-Y-Z=2.X*(Y-Z)=18

15. . The IT giant Tirnop has recently crossed a head count of 150000 and earnings of $7 billion. As one of the forerunners in the technology front, Tirnop continues to lead the way in products and services in India. At Tirnop, all programmers are equal in every respect. They receive identical salaries and also write code at the same rate. Suppose 11 such programmers take 11 minutes to write 11 lines of code in total. How many programmers are required to write 19 lines of code in 19 minutes? a)11 b)209 c)19 d)none

Sol: same as 1st problem ans: A 16. . Given 3 lines in the plane such that the points of intersection form a triangle with sides of length 20, 20 and 20, the number of points equidistant from all the 3 lines is (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0 Sol: since the lines form a triangle we have incenter and 3 excenters which are equidistant from sides so the ans will be 4.if given line segments it is only one.bur for tcs only lines and ans is 4 ans: A 17. 1. (1/3) of a number is 6 more than the (1/6) of the same number? a) 16 b)36 c)35 d)21

sol: simple eq

x/3=x/6+6

ans:

18. For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with amazing success. It is rumored that in a match between 2 teams A and B, Paul picks A with the same probability as A's chances of winning. Let's assume such rumors to be true and that in a match between Ghana and Bolivia, Ghana the stronger team has a probability of 9/10 of winning the game. What is the probability that Paul will correctly pick the winner of the GhanaBolivia game? (a) .55 (b) .81 (c) 1 (d) .82 Sol: paul being correct is P=9/10*9/10+(1-9/10)*(1-9/10)=82/100=0.82 ans: D

19. There is a relation is given which is n/P=195 Where n- no of steps in meters P- pace length These Is a man shivam he know his pace length =185cm then what will be the speed of shivam kmph? Ans: I dont remember the options but his speed in kmph=195*1.85*1.85*3/50=40.04kmph 20. . On planet korba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its equator. 18 years after the ice melts, tiny planetoids called echina start growing on the rocks. Echina grows in the form of circle, and the relationship between the diameter of this circle and the age of echina is given by the formula d = 4*(t-18) for t >18 where d represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since the solar blast.what is the diameter of some echina after 43years? a)18 b)25 c)100 d)50

sol: d=4*(43-18)=4*25=100 21. Given a collection of points P in the plane, a 1-set is a point in P that can be separated from the rest by a line, .i.e the point lies on one side of the line while the others lie on the other side. The number of 1-sets of P is denoted by n1(P). The maximum value of n1(P) over all configurations P of 12 points in the plane in general position (.i.e no three points in P lie on a line) is a)3 b)12 c) 2 d)1 ans: B Sol: for max it is No. of points itself i.e 12 for this problem. If it is min ans will be 3. 22. Anoop managed to draw 9 circles of equal radii with their centres on the diagonal of a square such that the two extreme circles touch two sides of the square and each middle circle touches two circles on either side. Find the ratio of the radius of the circles to the side of the square a)1:10.4 b)1:11.8 c)1:13.2 d)1:14.6 Sol: Let the radius of circle be r.let the side of square be a.then diagonal of square= a*sqrt(2).This diagonal length = 16*r + 2r * sqrt(2) (because the extreme circle's radius is perpendicular to side of square.). Thus we get 16*r+2r*sqrt(2)=a*sqrt(2) r(8*sqrt(2)+2)=a

r/a=1/(8*sqrt(2)+2)

Thus ratio: r:a = 1:(8*sqrt(2)+2) Ans: 1:(8*sqrt(2)+2)

23. In there is a planet Oz in which there is 36 hrs in a day & 90 minutes in a hrs and 60 seconds in 1 minute it is having same pattern as our watch. Then what will be angle between hour hand and minute hand at 10:40? a) 29 b) 49 c) 69 d) 89 and for 40min=2/9*40=9 total =209

sol:calc angle for hours hand 10*20=200

for minutes hand 90min=360deg => 40min=160deg therefore angle =209-160=49ans: B 24 This type of Q's repeated 4times for me but values are different. Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression N = 36 + X + Y - Z Where X, Y and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9), Alok would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Alok chooses a single digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y or Z). Alok then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally Alok proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both play to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be a) 0 b) 47 c)54 d) 38 25. . A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 40. For each value of n from 1 to 40, statement n says "Exactly n of the statements on this sheet are true." Which statements are true and which are false? a) The even numbered statements are true and the odd numbered are false. b) The first 26 statements are false and the rest are true. c) The first 13 statements are true and the rest are false. d) second statement from last is true rest are false Ans: D 26. Middle- earth is a fictional land inhabited by hobbits, elves, dwarves and men. The hobbits and elves are peaceful creatures that prefer slow, silent lives and appreciate nature and art. The dwarves and the men engage in physical games. The game is as follows. A tournament is one where out of the two teams that play a match, the one that loses get eliminated. The matches are played in different rounds, where in every round; half of the teams get eliminated from the tournament. If there are 9 rounds played in knock out tournament, how many matches were played? a) 513 b) 512 c) 72 Ans: 511 D d) 511

Sol: 2^n-1=2^9-1=511.if it is no of players then ans is 2^n=2^9=512

27. . Alice and Bob play the following coins-on-a-stack game. 50 coins are stacked one above the other. One of them is a special (gold) coin and the rest are ordinary coins. The goal is to bring the gold coin to the top by repeatedly moving the topmost coin to another position in the

stack. Alice starts and the players take turns. A turn consists of moving the coin on the top to a position i below the top coin (0 = i = 20). We will call this an i-move (thus a 0-move implies doing nothing). The proviso is that an i-move cannot be repeated; for example once a player makes a 2-move, on subsequent turns neither player can make a 2-move. If the gold coin happens to be on top when it's a player's turn then the player wins the game. Initially, the gold coin is the third coin from the top. Then (a) In order to win, Alices first move should be a 0-move. (b) In order to win, Alices first move should be a 1-move. (c) Alice has no winning strategy.( I am not sure but it is 99% correct) (d) In order to win, Alices first move can be a 0-move or a 1-move. 28. . 5 people {a1, a2, ..., a5} meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. In other words, there are totally 5 handshakes involving the pairs, {a1, a2}, {a2, a3}, ..., {a5, a1}.if there has to be no cycle how many handshakes are possible??? a)10 b)4 c)5 d)6 ans: B

since no cycle it wil be n-1 therefore ans is 5-1=4

29. 45 suspects are rounded by the police and questioned about a bank robbery. Only one of them is guilty. The suspects are made to stand in a line and each person declares that the person next to him on his right is guilty. The rightmost person is not questioned. Which of the following possibilities are true? (a) All suspects are lying (b) leftmost suspect is guilty c)rightmost suspect is guilty (a) A only (b) Both A and B (c) B only (d) C only

30. In a country x we are having diff types of coins ranging from 256..4096. All coins having different integral value the difference between two coins comes out to be 50% more than the former coin. Then how many coins can be made? Ans : 7 coins Sol.256,,,,,256*1.5=384,,,,,,,,384*1.5=576,,,,,,,,,576*1.5=864,,,,,,,,864*1.5=1296,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1296*1.5=1944,,,,,,1944*1.5=2916,,,,,,(2916*1.5=4374)x. so total 7coins are formed 31.Ferrari S.P.A is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.P.A. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One where it has employed great success .Rohit once bought a Ferrari. It could go 3 times as fast as Mohan's old Mercedes. If the speed of Mohan's Mercedes is 31 km/hr and the distance traveled by the Ferrari is 984 km, find the total time taken for Rohit to drive that distance. a) 20.72 b)10.58 c) 238.25 d) 6.18 Sol: 984/(31*3)=10.58 ans:B

32. By using 1,2,3,4,5,how many 9 digit no. can be formed which is divisible by 4,repetation of no. is allowed?? Sol:5^8 since last two places are filled in 5ways i.e( 12 24 32 44 52) and remaining 7blanks in 5^7 ways total is 5^8=390625 33. There are two water tanks A and B, A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of 1 liter every hour in A, it gets filled up like, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160 in tank B. (At the end of first hour, B has 10 liters, second hour it has 20 liters and so on). If tank B is 1/4 filled of the 10 hours, what is total duration of hours required to fill it completely? a) 12 b) 25 c) 5 Ans: 12 (A) d) 40

since it is if 1/(2^n)=1/4 we get n=2 ans wil be 10+2=12hours

34. . The IT giant Tirnop has recently crossed a head count of 150000 and earnings of $7 billion. As one of the forerunners in the technology front, Tirnop continues to lead the way in products and services in India. At Tirnop, all programmers are equal in every respect. They receive identical salaries and also write code at the same rate. Suppose 14 such programmers take 14 minutes to write 14 lines of code in total. How many lines will 98 programmers can write in 98min????? Sol: same as 1st model Ans : 686 35. A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue, 20 red, and 21 yellow. The lights are out and it is totally dark. In spite of the darkness, she can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes out an item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each color? (a) 40 (b) 43 (c) 41 (d) 42 Ans: 20+21+2=43( I explained this in prevous problem) B (men*time)/work should be equal..14*14/14=98*98/x solve for x.

Out of 799students 420 cleared the test Technical/MR: 1.Tell about yourself ?????(traits/strengths with real time examples proved better) 2.can you tell me about your paper??(I mentioned paper presentation on Gi-Fi) 3.How the PC gets connected to the Wi-Fi???(Frankly speaking he doesnt know the answer and so I got chance to use my creativity and told the ans which suited there he is impressed) 4.what is nanotechnology????(it is all about the devices in the size of nano meters and told I have no idea about fabrication in nanotech)if you dont know the ans exactly tell them you dont know it clearly

5.what is DBMS???(I compared file system with DBMS andtold the uses like exact query within no time storage all such things) 6.what is relational DBMS i.e RDBMS???(I dont know sir) 7.what are the devices that you know???(diodes,transistors,FETs..) 8.can you explain me how the elements gets sorted in the array??(I told it depends on the type of array k explain he told and I started explaining bubble sort.over) 9.which sorting is faster???( immediately I told quick sort .but if the No. of elements in the array are less than 10 it is insertion sort) 10.can you explain the same example above mentioned with quick sort???( sure sir,,,,and I started to explain but before I finished he told k fine you can leave..thank you sir) This is my TR/MR.out of 420students 253cleared this round. HR: 1.tell about yourself??? 2.why IT from ECE??? 3.will you go if someone offers 10lakhs????(No I told he is not listening wat I am saying) 4.I am done with my ques if you have any you can ask me???? Always it is better to ask ques I asked 3 ques.. 1.what are induction and development programs??? 2.duration of training period and the contents??? 3.can you suggest me some languages to be known in advance???? This all about my TCS selection process and out of 253 .221 are selected from our college and I am the one amongI think I didnt mention my name my name is K.VEERANJANEYULURVR&JC College of ENGG ALL THE BEST GUYS..meet you in TCS..