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AP-TCS-12-02 TCS Sample Test

1.A box of 153 packets consists of 2 kg packets and 3 kg packets. Total weight of box is 400 kg. How many 3 kg packets are
there?
(A) 124 (B) 114 (C) 94 (D) 116
2.A fisherman's day is rated as good if he catches 9 fishes, fair if 7 fishes and bad if 5 fishes. He catches 53 fishes in a week and
had all good, fair and bad days in the week. How many fair days did the fisher man had in the week?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 4
3.Three companies are working independently and have the savings 20%, 30% and 40% respectively. If the companies work
together, what will be their net expenditure?
(A) 70% (B) 60% (C) 50% (D) 80%
4.If G(0)= –1, G(1)=1 and G(N)=G(N–1)–G(N–2) then what is the value of G(6)?
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
5.If Arun can type 50 pages in 10 hrs and Arun and Biswas together can type 70 pages in 10 hrs, how much time does Biswas take
to type 26 pages?
(A) 12.5 hrs (B) 13 hrs (C) 13.5 hrs (D) 14 hrs
6.What is the number of zeros at the end of the product of the numbers from 1 to 100?
(A) 28 (B) 22 (C) 26 (D) 24
7.A man, a woman and a child can do a piece of work in 6 days. If a man can do it in 14 days and a woman in 16 days then
approximately in how many days can a child do the same work?
(A) 24 (B) 26 (C) 28 (D) 30
8.The average runs made by Sunil in first 50 innings were 50. After the 51st innings his average was 51. How many runs did he
make in the 51st innings?
(A) 51 (B) 50 (C) 101 (D) 100
9.Hari who decided to go to a weekend trip should not exceed 8 hours driving a day. The average speed of forward journey is 40
km/hr. Due to traffic on Sundays; the return journey’s average speed is 30 km/h. How far can he select a picnic spot?
(A) 100 km (B) 108 km (C) 120 km (D) 125 km
10.How many positive integer solutions does the equation 2x+3y = 100 have?
(A) 16 (B) 22 (C) 33 (D) 26
11.A person had to multiply a number by 35. Instead he multiplied it by 53 and the product went up by 540. What was the raised
product?
(A) 780 (B) 1040 (C) 1590 (D) 1720
12.Rita bought 5 pens, 7 pencils and 4 erasers. Ritu bought 6 pens, 8 erasers and 14 pencils for an amount which was half more
than what Rita had paid. What % of the total amount paid by Rita was paid for pens?
(A) 37.5% (B) 62.5% (C) 55.5% (D) 47.5%
13.The lowest score in an aptitude test is 1/3rd more than 1/2 the highest score. If the sum of the highest and lowest scores is 100,
the lowest score is?
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 50
14.With 4/5th full battery, a mobile runs for 12 hrs. How long will the mobile run with 1/3rd full battery?
(A) 4 hrs (B) 5 hrs (C) 5.5 hrs (D) 6 hrs
15.I sold two watches for Rs. 300 each, one at a loss of 10% and the other at a profit of 10%. What is the percent loss (–) or the
percent profit (+) that resulted from the transaction?
(A) +10 (B) –1 (C) +1 (D) 0
16.The ratio of milk to water in a container of 64 litres is 3:1. How much more water should be added so that the water in the
container becomes 1/3rd of the total volume?
(A) 6 litres (B) 12 litres (C) 8 litres (D) 10 litres
17.A man goes to a shop 27 kms away at a speed of 18 km/hr at 8:00 am. He stays at the shop for 30 mins and returns home. If
one day he increases his speed by 50%, at time will he reach back home?
(A) 9 am (B) 12 am (C) 10 am (D) 11:00 am
18.The ratio of incomes of C and D is 3:4 and the ratio of their expenditures is 4:5. Find the ratio of their savings if the savings of
C is one fourths of his income?
(A) 17/19 (B) 13/19 (C) 12/17 (D) 12/19
19.Find average speed if a man travels at speed of 24 kmph up and 36 kmph down at an altitude of 200 m.
(A) 26.6 kmph (B) 32 kmph (C) 30 kmph (D) 28.8 kmph
20.Spores of a fungus, called late blight, grow and spread infection rapidly. These pathogens were responsible for the Irish potato
famine of the mid–19th century. These seem to have attacked the tomato crops in England this year. The tomato crops have
reduced and the price of the crop has risen up. The price has already gone up to $45 a box from $27 a box a month ago. How
much more would a vegetable vendor need to pay to buy 27 boxes this month over what he would have paid last month?
(A) $ 480 (B) $ 486 (C) $ 28 (D) $78
21.In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'LEADING' be arranged in such a way that the vowels always come
together?
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(A) 360 (B) 480 (C) 720 (D) 5040
22.Two unemployed young men decided to start a business together. They pooled in their savings, which came to Rs. 2,000. They
were both lucky, their business prospered and they were able to increase their capital by 50 per cent every three years. How much
did they have in all at the end of eighteen years?
(A) Rs. 22,781.25 (B) Rs. 24,034.25 (C) Rs. 23,967.25 (D) Rs. 26,426.25
23.Three clocks where set to true time. First run with the exact time. Second slows one minute/day. Third gains one minute/day.
After how many days they will show true time?
(A) 360 (B) 240 (C) 150 (D) 720
24.If "segment" is coded as "rffndou", then "ritual" is coded as?
(A) shutbm (B) qjstbk (C) qjutbk (D) qhubtk
25.Entry ticket to an exhibition ranges from 1 p to 31 p. You need to provide exact change at the counter. You have 31 p coins. In
how many parts will you divide 31 p so that you will provide the exact change required and carry as less coins as possible?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
26. 2 oranges, 3 bananas and 4 apples cost Rs. 15. 3 oranges, 2 bananas, and 1 apple costs Rs. 10. What is the cost of 3
oranges, 3 bananas and 3 apples?
(A) Rs. 24 (B) Rs. 13 (C) Rs. 15 (D) Rs. 16
27.There is a robbery and four persons are suspected out of them one is actual thief. These are the sentences said by each one of
them.
A says D has done it.
B says A has done it.
C says I didn't do it.
D says A lied when he said that I am thief.
Out of these, only one man is telling the truth and the remaining men are lying. Who committed the theft?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
28.Find the next term in series Y, W, U, S, , O, M, ?
(A) P (B) J (C) L (D) K
29.A Roman was born the first day of the 35th year before Christ and died the first day of the 35th year after Christ. How many
years did he live?
(A) 70 (B) 69 (C) 71 (D) 72
30.A man divides Rs. 8600 among 5 sons, 4 daughters and 2 nephews. If each daughter receives four times as much as each
nephew, and each son receives five times as much as each nephew, how much does each daughter receive?
(A) Rs. 800 (B) Rs. 600 (C) Rs. 400 (D) Rs. 700
31.Find the missing number in the series: 3, 22, 7, 45, 15, ?, 31
(A) 45 (B) 51 (C) 91 (D) 101
32.There are 10 reading spots in a room. Each reading spot has a round table. Each round table has 4 chairs. If different numbers
of persons are sitting at each reading spot and if there are 10 persons inside the room then how many reading spots do not have at
least a single reader?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
33.In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr
and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight is?
(A) 1 hr (B) 2 hrs (C) 3 hrs (D) 4 hrs
34.A horse chases a pony 2 hours after the pony runs. Horse takes 3 hours to reach the pony. If the average speed of the horse is
81 kmph. Then what is the average speed of the pony?
(A) 36.5 kmph (B) 54.3 kmph (C) 46 kmph (D) 48.6 kmph
35.Amrith told to Anand in front of a Photo that “He is the son of my father’s son”. Find who is in the picture if Amrith has no
brothers and sisters.
(A) Amrith (B) His father (C) His uncle (D) His son
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AP-TCS-12-02 TCS Sample Test – Answer Key

1 C 11 C 21 C 31 C
2 A 12 B 22 A 32 C
3 A 13 C 23 D 33 A
4 A 14 B 24 B 34 D
5 B 15 B 25 B 35 D
6 D 16 C 26 C
7 D 17 D 27 C
8 C 18 C 28 D
9 C 19 D 29 A
10 A 20 B 30 A