TCS Pool Campus Drive: Aptitude Test-1 Among a group of 2500 people, 35 percent invest in municipal bonds, 18 percent invest in oil stocks, and 7 percent invest in both municipal bonds and oil oil stocks. f 1 person is to be randoml! selected from 2500 people, "hat is the probabilit! that the person selected "ill be one one "ho invests in municipal bonds but not in oil stocks 1.
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7 25
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2. t is dark dark in m! bedr bedroo oom m and and "ant "ant to get get t"o t"o sock sockss of the the same same colo colorr from from m! dra" dra"er er,, "hic "hich h contains contains 2$ red and 2$ blue socks. socks. %o" man! socks do have to take from the dra"er to get at least t"o socks of the same color& 'a# $ 'b# 5 'c# 3 'd# 2 3. (he age of the the t"o friends friends "ere in the the ration of of )*5. f the sum sum of their ages ages is ) ) . (hen after after ho" man! !ears their ratio "ill become 7*)& 'A# 7 'b# 5 'c# $ 'd# ) th $. A person person runs from from A to +. %e took 1$ of the time less to reach + "hen compare to run at normal normal -peed. (hen ho" man! percentage he has increased his speed& 'a# 33.3 'b# 3.33 'c# 333 'd# 3$.3 5. n a building building there there are 5 rooms. rooms. ach having having an e/ual e/ual area area .(he length length of the the room is 6m and breadth is 5 m. (he height of the rooms is 2m. f 17 bricks are needed to make a s/uare meter then ho" man! bricks are needed to make the floor of of a particular room& 'a# )10 'b# 510 'c# 512 'd# 520 ). ne man "ant to build a "all .(he length and breadth of the "all are 20cm and 30cm respectivel!. respectivel!. %e needs 35 bricks for one s/uare centimeter then ho" man! bricks he need& 'a# 22,200 'b# 23,000 'c# 22,000 'd# 21,000 7. n a hotel hotel "e can can order order t"o t"o t!pes t!pes of varie varietie ties, s, but "e "e can make make 6 more varieties in home. ne can choose the four varieties "ith t"o from hotel as must. ind ho" man! "a!s one can order. 'a# 1$ 'b# 13 'c# 15 'd# 1) 8. f a pip pipee can can fill fill the the tan tank k "ith "ithin in 6hrs.+ut due to leak it takes 30 min more. o" the tank is full then ho" much time "ill it take to empt! the tank through the leak& 'a# 7) 'b# 77 'c# 78 'd# 7 . 4ha 4hatt is the probabil probabilit! it! that a car card d dra"n at random random from a pac pack k of 52 cards cards is either either a king or a spade& a# 1752 b# $13 c# 313 d# 1352 10. A can do a piece of "ork in 2$ da!s, da!s, "hile + can do it in 30 da!s. 4ith the help of the! can finish the "hole "ork in 12 da!s. %o" much time is re/uired for to complete the "ork, alone& 11. 'a# 120da!s 'b# 130da!s 'c#125da!s 'd# 13 135da!s 12. A man is standing in front front of a painting painting of man, and he tells us the follo"ing* follo"ing* +rothers +rothers and sisters have none, but this man6s father is m! father6s son. 4ho is on the painting& 13. 'a# %is son 'b# his father 'c# his uncle 'd# his brother 1$. (he difference bet"een bet"een the ages of t"o of m! three grandchildren grandchildren is 3. ! eldest grandchild is three times older than the age of m! !oungest grandchild and m! eldest grandchild6s age is t"o !ears more than the ages of m! t"o !oungest grandchildren added together. %o" old is m! eldest grandchild& 15. 'a# 11 'b# 13 'c# 15 'd# 1) 1). n a school, for for a student out of 100 he got got 7$ of average for 7 subects subects and he got 7$ marks marks in the 8th subect. 4hat is the average of all the subects& 'a# 72 'b# 7$ 'c# 78 'd# 8$ 17. ind the number of rectangles from in a hess +oard. 'A s/uare is also considered a rectangle# 'a# 12) 'b#21) 'c#20$ 'd#25) 1 15. A lad! builds builds cm length, length, 10cm "idth and 3 cm height height bo9 using 1 cubic cm cubes. cubes. 4hat is the minimum number of cubes re/uired to build buil d the bo9& 18.
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1. errari errari -.;.A -.;.A is an talian talian sports car manufactur manufacturer er based in arane llo, tal!. ounded ounded b! nohit once bought a errari. t could go 2 times as fast as ohan?s old ercedes. f the speed of ohan?s ercedes is 32 kmhr and the distance traveled b! the errari is 52 km, find the total time taken for >ohit to drive that distance. 20. 'a# 13.88 'b# 1$.88 'c# 13.)8 'd# 15.)8 21. 21. 20. ("o bo"l bo"lss are are take taken n, one one con conta tain inss "ate "aterr and and ano another ther co contain tainss tea tea. ne ne spoo spoon n of of "ate "aterr is added to second bo"l and mi9ed "ell, and a spoon of mi9ture is taken from second bo"l and added to the first bo"l. 4hich statement "ill hold good for the above& 'a# (here is as much much tea in the first first bo"l as there there is "ater in the the second bo"l bo"l 'b# (here is as much much tea in the first first bo"l not not as there is "ater "ater in the second second bo"l 'c# ("o ("o bo"ls bo"ls contain containss tea onl! 'd# one 20. n (. (. agar agar the build building ing "ere "ere number numbered ed from from 1 to 100. (hen (hen ho" man! man! 16s 16s "ill be prese present nt in the numbers& 22. 'a# 20 'b# 22 'c# 21 'd# 2$ 21. -i9 friends friends decide decide to to share share a big cake. cake. -ince -ince all of of them like like the cake, the! the! begin begin /uarrel /uarreling ing "ho "ho gets to first cut and have a piece of the cake. ne friend suggests that the! have a blindfold friend choose from "ell shuffled set of cards numbered one to si9. @ou check and find that this method "orks as it should simulate a fair thro" of a die. @ou check b! performing multiple simultaneous trials of picking the cards blindfold and thro"ing a die. @ou @ou note that the number sho"n b! the method of picking up a card and thro"ing a real "orld die, sums to a number bet"een 2 and 12. 4hich total "ould be likel! to appear less = 8, or 10& 23. 'a# 'b# 10 'c# 11 'd# 12 22. A man man goes 50m 50m north, north, then turned turned left "alked "alked $0m, $0m, and then then turned turned left. left. n "hich "hich direction direction he is& 2$. 'a# -outh 'b# orth 'c# ast 'd# 4est 23. 23. A hors horsee chases chases a pon! pon! 3 hour hourss after after the the pon! runs runs.. %orse %orse takes takes $ hour hourss to reac reach h the pon!. pon!. f the average speed of the horse is 35 kmph, "hat is the average speed of the pon!& 25. 'a# 18 'b# 1 'c# 21 'd# 20 2$. A perso person n is manufac manufactur turing ing a house. house. %e bough boughtt 20 ropes ropes of "ire "hich "hich has a densit! densit! of 300 300 gm3. gm3. (he height of the building to be constructed is $0 m. f the capacit! of the current passed in the "ire is 20 A and the voltage capacit! is 80 Bolts. (hen "hat "ill be the opposing force to the current if the "ire is used& 'a# 2 'b# 3 'c# $ 'd# 5 A man man goes goes north north 37km 37km turns turns left left goes goes 2km turns turns righ rightt goes 17km 17km.tu .turns rns right right goes goes 2km. find distance b" starting ending point. 2). 'a# 5$ 'b# 55 'c# 5) 'd# 57 2). 4hat 4hat is the the rema remaind inder er "hen "hen )17C )17C11 117) 7) is divide divided d b! 7& 27. 'a# 0.5 'b# 0.$ 'c# 0 'd# 1 , , and ; are are all differ different ent indiv individu idualsD alsD is the the daughte daughterr of D is the son of D is the fathe fatherr of ;D among the follo"ing statements, "hich one is true& 'a# f is the daught daughter er of +, then then and and + are sisters sisters 'b# f is the daught daughter er of +, then then and + are sisters sisters 'c# f + is the daugh daughter ter of , then then and + are sisters sisters 'd# f is the daugh daughter ter of , then then and + are are sisters sisters ;eter and ;aul are t"o friends. (he sum of their ages is $2 !ears. ;eter is t"ice as old as ;aul "as "hen ;eter "as as old as ; aul is no". 4hat 4hat is the present age of ;eter& 28. 'a# 2$ 'b# 25 'c# 2) 'd# 27
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