Technical Round

Intro about the company

• Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is an Indian

multinational information technology (IT) service, consulting
and business solutions company Headquartered in Mumbai,
Maharashtra.
• It is a subsidiary of the Tata Group and operates in 46
countries.
• TCS is now placed among the ‘Big 4’ most valuable IT services
brands worldwide.
• TCS is one of the largest private sector employers in India, and
the fourth-largest employer among listed Indian companies
(after Indian Railways, Indian Army and India Post).

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 TCS Technical round

• There are two components of technical questions. MCQ's and

Programming.

• MCQ (or) Fill in the blanks

– 20 Minutes
– 10 Questions

• Coding round
– 20 Minutes
– One C program

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Coding platform

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 Coding platform - Instructions

• There is only one question for 20 minutes.

• It has 10 attempts(We can compile only 10 times).
• We must start our code from the scratch.
• The coding platform is divided into two, one for writing the
code and other for output. We should write the whole
program.
• We can't use any input functions like scanf(), getch(),
getchar().
• The input to be provided should be read as command line
arguments.

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 Coding platform - Instructions
• We must only print exact output.
• Output must not be re-framed by extra words.
• If there is any error, the error will be shown in the output
dialog box.
• The errors are clearly mentioned.
• If there are no errors, a message like "compiled successfully"
will be printed.
• Along with that they will mention four test cases are 'passed'
or 'failed'. They are indicated like private and public test
cases. They have not mentioned what is the test case, which is
difficult to understand.
• There is no time limit. But, when all the 10 attempts are over,
a message like "attempts exhausted" will be shown.
• To compile and run there is a button provided. To run the
code, just click on that.
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We can't use any input functions like
scanf(), getch(), getchar().
The input to be provided should be
read as command line arguments.

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 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS IN C:
main() function of a C program accepts arguments from command
line or from other shell scripts by following commands.
They are argc and argv[]
where,
argc – Number of arguments in the command line
including program name (integer).
argv[] – This is carrying all the arguments including
program name (pointer array ).

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 command line arguments
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) //command line arguments
{
printf("\n Program name : %s \n", argv[0]);
printf("1st arg : %s \n", argv[1]);
printf("2nd arg : %s \n", argv[2]);
return 0;
}

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 PROGRAMS
Program 1:
Factorial program in c using command line arguments.

Factorial of a non-negative integer n, denoted by n!, is

the product of all positive integers less than or equal
to n.
For example, The value of 5! is 5*4*3*2*1 = 120

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#include<stdio.h>
int main(int a, char *b[]) //command line arguments
{
Int x,y,f=1;
x=atoi(b[1]);
for(i=1;i<=x;i++)
{
f=f*i;
}
printf("%d",f);
return 0;
}
//atoi function is to convert a character to integer
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Program 2:
Write a c program, to find the area of a circle
when the diameter is given, using command
line arguments.
The input diameter is an integer and the output
area should be a floating point variable with 2
point precision

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#include<stdio.h>
#define PI 3.14
int main(int a, char *b[]) //command line arguments
{
int d;
float area =0;
d= atoi(argv[1]);
area =(float) PI*(d/2)*(d/2);
printf(“%0.2f", area);
return 0;
}
%0.2f is to print the answer with 2 values after decimal
point.
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Program 3:
Write a c program, to check whether the given
year is a leap year or not using command line
arguments.
A leap year is a calendar year containing one
additional day (Feb 29th) added to keep the
calendar year synchronized with
the astronomical year.
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#include<stdio.h>
int main(int a, char*b[])
{
Int year;
year=atoi(b[1]);
if(year%100==0){
if(year%400==0)
{ printf(“LEAP YEAR”); }
else{ printf(“NOT LEAP YEAR”); }
}
else if(year%4==0)
{ printf(“LEAP YEAR”); }
else{ printf(“NOT LEAP YEAR”); }
return 0;
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Program 4:
Write a c program, to find the GCD of the given
2 numbers, using command line arguments.
The input is 2 integer and the output GCD also
should be an integer value.

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#include<stdio.h> if((a%i==0)&&(b%i==0))
int main(int x, char *y[]) {
{ printf("%d",i);
inta,b,small,i; break;
a=atoi(y[1]); }
b=atoi(y[2]); }

small=a>b?b:a; return 0;
for(i=small;i>=1;i--) }
{

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Try more basic level programs using
command line arguments

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1) How many times the below loop will be executed?

#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int x, y;
for(x=5;x>=1;x--)
{
for(y=1;y<=x;y++)
printf("%d\n",y);
}
}

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Options

A. 15

B. 11

C. 10

D. 13

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2) Where the local variables are stored?

A. Disk

B. Stack

C. Heap

D. 13

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3) Select the missing statement?

#include<stdio.h>
long int fact(int n);
int main()
{
\\missing statement
}
long int fact(int n)
{
if(n>=1)
return n*fact(n-1);
else
return 1;
}
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Options

A. printf(“%ll\n",fact(5));

B. printf("%u\n",fact(5));

C. printf("%d\n",fact(5));

D. printf("%ld\n",fact(5));

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4) Which of the following indicate the end of the file?

A. Feof()

B. EOF

C. Both feof() and EOF

D. None of the mentioned

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5) If a function’s return type is not explicitly defined
then it’s default to ______ (In C).

A. int

B. float

C. void

D. Error

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6) For passing command line argument the main
function should be like _______

A. int main(char *argv[], int argc)

B. int main(int argc)

C. int main(char *argv[])

D. int main( int argc, char *argv[])

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7) How many times the below loop will be executed?

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i;
for(i=0;i<5;i++)
{
printf("Hello\n");
}
}

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Options

A. 5

B. 1

C. 0

D. 3

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8) Which of the following is a User-defined data type?

A. long int

B. double

C. unsigned long int

D. enum

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9) Which has the highest precision?

A. float

B. double

C. unsigned long int

D. Long int

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Floating point types

The following table provide the details of standard floating-point

types with storage sizes and value ranges and their precision −

Type Storage size Value range Precision

float 4 byte 1.2E-38 to 3.4E+38 6 decimal places
double 8 byte 2.3E-308 to 1.7E+308 15 decimal places
long double 10 byte 3.4E-4932 to 1.1E+4932 19 decimal places

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10) What will be the output/error?(for input: 6, 9

#include<stdio.h> {
int fg(int,int); while(x!=y)
int main() {
{ if(x>y)
int n1,n2,g; return fg(x-y,y);
scanf("%d%d", else
&n1,&n2); return fg(x,y-x);
g=fg(n1,n2); }
printf("%d",g); return x;
} }
int fg(int x,int y)
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Options

A. 3

B. 6

C. 9

D. Error

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 Tips to Crack Test

• Never guess an answer

• Attend only the questions you are reasonably certain of
answering correctly
• If you don’t get the answer in the first try then skip the
question
• Read the question fully once and find out what they are
asking
• Try not to panic at the sight of those long programming
questions.
• Most programming questions are very simple which require
you to do some logical thinking with a clear mind.

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