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1.Raywritesatwodigitnumber.Heseesthatthenumberexceeds4timesthesumofitsdigitsby3.Ifthe
numberisincreasedby18,theresultisthesameasthenumberformedbyreversingthedigits.Findthenumber.

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b)42

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d)57

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4(x+y)+3=10x+y.......(1)
10x+y+18=10y+x....(2)
Solving1stequationweget2xy=1.....(3)
Solving2ndequationwegetyx=2.....(4)
Solving3and4,wegetx=3andy=5

2.a,b,carenonnegitiveintegerssuchthat28a+30b+31c=365.a+b+c=?
a)Greaterthan14
b)lessthanorequalto11
c)13
d)12
Inacalender,
Numberofmonthshaving28days=1
Numberofmonthshaving30days=4
Numberofmonthshaving31days=7
28x1+30x4+31x7=365
Here,a=1,b=4,c=7.
a+b+c=12

3.Georgecandoapieceofworkin8hours.Paulcandothesameworkin10hours,Haricandothesameworkin
12hours.George,paulandharistartthesameworkat9am,whilegeorgestopsat11am,theremainingtwo
completethework.Whattimewilltheworkcomplete?
a)11.30am
b)12noon
c)12.30pm
d)1pm
Letthetotalwork=120units.
AsGeorgecompletesthisentireworkin8hours,hiscapacityis15units/hour
Similarly,thecapacityofpaulis12units/hour
thecapacityofHariis10units/hour
All3startedat9amandworkedupto11am.Sototalworkdoneupto11am=2x(15+12+10)=74
Remainingwork=12074=46
Nowthisworkistobedonebypaulandhari.46/(12+10)=2hours(approx)
Soworkgetscompletedat1pm

4.Ifx^ydenotesxraisedtothepowery,Findlasttwodigitsof(1141^3843)+(1961^4181)

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a)02
b)82
c)42
d)22

Remember1raisedtoanypowerwillgive1asunitdigit.
Tofindthedigitinthe10thplace,wehavetomultiply,10thdigitinthebasexunitdigitinthepower.

SotheLasttwodigitsofthegivenexpression=21+61=82

5.Jcandigawellin16days.Pcandigawellin24days.J,P,Hdigin8days.HalonecandigthewellinHow
manydays?
a)32
b)48
c)96
d)24
Assumethetotalwork=48units.
CapacityfoJ=48/16=3units/day
CapacityofP=48/24=2units/day
CapacityofJ,P,H=48/8=6units/day
FromtheabovecapacityofH=623=1
SoHtakes48/1days=48daystodigthewell

6.IfalemonandappletogethercostsRs.12,tomatoandalemoncostRs.4andanapplecostsRs.8morethana
lemon.Whatisthecostoflemon?
L+A=12...(1)
T+L=4.....(2)
L+8=A
Taking1and3,wegetA=10andL=2

7.3mangoesand4applescostsRs.85.5applesand6peachescosts122.6mangoesand2peachescosts
Rs.144.Whatisthecombinedpriceof1apple,1peach,and1mango.
a)37
b)39
c)35
d)36
Sol:Note:Itis114not144.
3m+4a=85..(1)
5a+6p=122..(2)
6m+2p=114..(3)
(1)x2=>6m+8a=170
(3)=>6m+2p=114
Solvingweget8a2p=56..(4)
(2)=>5a+6p=122
3x(4)=24a6p=168
Solvingwegeta=10,p=12,m=15
Soa+p+m=37

8.Anorganisationhas3committees,only2personsaremembersofall3committeebuteverypairofcommittee
has3membersincommon.whatistheleastpossiblenumberofmembersonanyonecommittee?
a)4

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b)5
c)6
d)1
Sol:

Total4membersminimumrequiredtoserveonlyononecommittee.

9.Thereare5sweetsJammun,kaju,Peda,Ladu,Jilebiwhichcanbeconsumedin5consecutivedays.Mondayto
Friday.Apersoneatsonesweetaday,basedonthefollowingconstraints.
(i)Ladunoteatenonmonday
(ii)IfJamuniseatenonMonday,Ladushouldbeeatenonfriday.
(iii)PedaiseatenthedayfollowingthedayofeatingJilebi
(iv)IfLadueatenontuesday,kajushouldbeeatenonmonday
basedonabove,pedacanbeeatenonanydayexcept
a)tuesday
b)monday
c)wednesday
d)friday
Fromthe(iii)clue,pedamustbeeatenafterjilebi.soPedashouldnotbeeatenonmonday.

10.IfYWVSQis2523211917,ThenMKIGF
a)1311876
b)12357
c)98765
d)7853
MKIGF=1311976
Note:thisisadummyquestion.Dontanswerthesequestions

11.Additionof641+852+973=2456isincorrect.Whatisthelargestdigitthatcanbechangedtomakethe
additioncorrect?
a)5
b)6
c)4
d)7
Sol:
641
852
963

2466
Largestamongtensplaceis7,so7shouldbereplacedby6toget2456

12.Valueofascooterdepriciatesinsuchawaythatitsvalueattheendofeachyearis3/4thofitsvalueatthe
beginningofthesameyear.Iftheinitialvalueofscooteris40,000,whatisthevalueofthescooterattheendof3
years.
a)23125
b)19000
c)13435
d)16875
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valueofthescooterattheendoftheyear=40000 (

=16875

13.Attheendof1994,Rwashalfasoldashisgrandmother.Thesumoftheyearsinwhichtheywerebornis
3844.HowoldRwasattheendof1999
a)48
b)55
c)49
d)53
In1994,AssumetheagesofGMandR=2k,k
thentheirbirthyearsare19942k,1994k.
Butgiventhatsumoftheseyearsis3844.
So19942k+1994k=3844
K=48
In1999,theageofRis48+5=53

14.Whennumbersarewritteninbaseb,wehave12x25=333,thevalueofbis?
a)8
b)6
c)None
d)7
Letthebase=b
So,(b+2)(2b+5)=(b + 2)(2b + 5) = 3b

2b
2

+ 9b + 10 = 3b

+ 3b + 3

+ 3b + 3

6b 7 = 0

Solvingwegetb=7or1
Sob=7

15.Howmanypolynomialsofdegree>=1satisfyf (x

) = [f (x)]

= f (f (x)

a)morethan2
b)2
c)0
d)1
Sol:Letf(x)=x

f (x ) = [ x ]
2

(f (x))

= x
2

= [x ]

= x

f (f (x)) = f (x ) = [x ]

= x

Only1

16.Figureshowsanequilateraltriangleofsideoflength5whichisdividedintoseveralunittriangles.Avalidpath
isapathfromthetriangleinthetoprowtothemiddletriangleinthebottomrowsuchthattheadjacenttrianglesin
ourpathshareacommonedgeandthepathnevertravelsup(fromalowerrowtoahigherrow)orrevisitsa
triangle.Anexampleisgivenbelow.Howmanysuchvalidpathsarethere?
a)120
b)16
c)23
d)24

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Sol:
Numberofvalidpaths=(n1)!=(51)!=24

17.Inthequestion,A^Bmeans,AraisedtopowerB.Ifx*y^2*z<0,thenwhichoneofthefollowingstatementsmust
betrue?
(i)xz<0(ii)z<0(iii)xyz<0
a)(i)and(iii)
b)(iii)only
c)None
d)(i)only
Asy^2isalwayspositive,x*y^2*z<0ispossibleonlywhenxz<0.Optiondiscorrect.

18.Themarkedpriceofacoatwas40%lessthanthesuggestedretailprice.Eeshapurchasedthecoatforhalfthe
markedpriceatthefiftiethanniversarysale.WhatpercentagelessthanthesuggestedretailpricedidEeshapay?
a)60
b)20
c)70
d)30
LettheretailpriceisRs.100.thenmarketpriceis(10040)%of100=60.Eeshapurchasedthecoatforhalfofthis
price.ie.,30only.whichis70lessthantheretailprice.SoOptionCiscorrect.

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SharbaniYataniteDutta amonthago

Whatismeantbyadummyquestion?ImeanifIfacesuchaquestionthenifIansweritwillitbe
countedasanegativeoneforbeingwrong?Willitbestillcountednegativeevenifalltheoptions
arewrong?

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sravani amonthago

cansomeoneplzexplainquestionno.16
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sandeepyadav>sravani amonthago

LabelthehorizontallinesegmentsinthetriangleL1,L2,...L5
Sincethepathgoesfromthetoptriangletoatriangleinthebottomrowandnever
travelsup,thepathmustcrosseachofL1,L2,L3,L4exactlyonce.Thediagonallines

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inthetriangledivideLkintokunitlinesegmentsandthepathmustcrossexactlyone
oftheseksegmentsforeachk.Thepathiscompletelydeterminedbythesetof4line
segments
whicharecrossed.Soasthepathmovesfromthekthrowtothe(k+1)strow,
therearekpossiblelinesegmentswherethepathcouldcrossLk.Sincethereare
1*2*3*4=4!waysthatthepathcouldcrossthe4horizontallines,

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kamalbiswas 2monthsago

answerofquestionno10willbeoption(a)becauseifvisdecreasedby1thenthealphabetof
thesamepositionofV.Imeanhere"i"alsobedecreasedby1

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jalpa 8monthsago

whentheresultofTCSoffcampustestwilldeclare?
2

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SanjayChouhan 8monthsago

anyoneknowinhowmanydaysresultofwrittentestoftcsopencampusdeclare...

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KeerthanaReddy 8monthsago

anyone....plsxplainQ9

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SathishKumarKonanki>KeerthanaReddy amonthago

BecausePedawillbeeatenonthefollowingdayofjelebi.Aseveryweekdayexcept
mondaywillbethefollowingday,becausemondayisthefirstdayasconsidered.So
mondayistheanswer

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RajdeepSah>KeerthanaReddy amonthago

mondaywillbetheans

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sachinpal 8monthsago

someonepleaseanswertha4question...............

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bharath 8monthsago

fistqu
letnumber=xy
thatisx(10)+y=4(x+y)+3
anddigitsofnumberxyreversedthatisyxthatisy(10)+x=(10x+y)+18
2

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sarath 8monthsago

plsexplainthe1stque
1

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Deep 8monthsago

10thisnotadummyquestion..howoverconfidentyouare...inthemiddlepositionvshouldbe
22butcoded1so..Ishouldbeas8..

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pandu 8monthsago

Thereare5sweetsJammun,kaju,Peda,Ladu,Jilebiwhichcanbeconsumedin5consecutive
days.MondaytoFriday.Apersoneatsonesweetaday,basedonthefollowingconstraints.
(i)Ladunoteatenonmonday
(ii)IfJamuniseatenonMonday,Ladushouldbeeatenonfriday.
(iii)PedaiseatenthedayfollowingthedayofeatingJilebi
(iv)IfLadueatenontuesday,kajushouldbeeatenonmonday
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PradeepKumarReddy 8monthsago

cananyoneexplainfirstquestion
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lakshman 9monthsago

y^2ispositivei.eifyisnegativeno.thensquareofitispositive
forproducttobenegative.....(x*z)shouldbenegativeorelsex*y^2*zwillnotbenegative
becauseifonlyz<0andifx<0thentotalproductofx*y^2*zwillnotbe<0gotit

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ujwalak.nimbulkar 10monthsago

Pleaseanyoneexplainque.no.17th
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ujwalak.nimbulkar 10monthsago

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ForamChokshi ayearago

someonepleaseexplainthe4thquestion...
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Abbas>ForamChokshi ayearago

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shaan ayearago

ipersonallysuggest:plzdolearnthesequestionimean(ratloachitrahsay)inmycampusout
of30.25arerepeated...soifudon,tknowlogicthenlearntheansweronly...im100%sureuwill
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ParamitaMukherjee>shaan ayearago

dotheytaketheinterviewonthedameday?canutellwhichquestiondotheyask?
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AbhishekKumar ayearago

15.Howmanypolynomialsofdegree>=1satisfyf(x2)=[f(x)]2=f(f(x)
a)morethan2
b)2
c)0
d)1
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Abbas>AbhishekKumar ayearago

d)1

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Radhika ayearago

plzexplainquestionno8.

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sunny ayearago

cananyoneplzexplainQ4..meanstheconceptbehindthat..

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RamakrishnaSalagrama

Mod >sunny ayearago

Refertothisarticle.http://www.campusgate.co.in/20...

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suganya ayearago

sir,wheatherTCSLatestQuestions2015(19)isalonesufficientforpreparingTcs
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Mod >suganya ayearago

Wehavecoveredalmostallimportantquestionsgiveninpreviouspapers.Alongwiththat
ifyoucanpracticeArithmeticandReasoningsectionquestionspostedinthissite,It
wouldbeveryhelpfulforyou.DontforgettovisitourHRinterviewquestions,and
Technicalsections.
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suganya>RamakrishnaSalagrama ayearago

thanku,sir
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ParamitaMukherjee>suganya ayearago

Sirdotheyconductinterviewonthesameday?

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Sumit ayearago

Solutionforquestionno10isA.Inthequestion,thenoassignedtoVis21butVcomesat22,So
thevalueofmiddlecharacteristobedecreasedby1
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sridevi>Sumit ayearago

urrongsir.....inoptionAitsnt8it's9...

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ranjith ayearago

siriheardthatifweanswerinlessthan8secondsinTCSaptitude,willibedisqualified???
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avilashreddy ayearago

inquestion73rdequation6m+2p=144btsolvedby114
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ArchitRawat ayearago

Answerof11questionwillbe6or7?
mlittlebitconfusedwiththewordingsofquestion.

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RamakrishnaSalagrama

Mod >ArchitRawat ayearago

OptionD.

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ArchitRawat ayearago

howtosolvequestionno,17?
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Swati ayearago

Cananyoneexplainthesolutionof3rdquestionanothermethod?
Whatisthelogicbehindtaking120unit.

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RamakrishnaSalagrama

Mod >Swati ayearago

It'sLCMofgivendays

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Swati>RamakrishnaSalagrama ayearago

thanks.

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Radhika ayearago

cananyoneexplainquestionno4??

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Swati>Radhika ayearago

unitdigitof(1141^3843)is1
tensdigit=unitdigitofexponent*tensdigitofgivenno.
=4*3
=12(2istakenastensdigit)

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tensdigit=2
answer=21
same
(1961^4181)
unitdigit=1
tensdigit=unitdigitofexponent*tensdigitofgivenno.
=6
answer=61
totallasttwodigitsof(1141^3843)+(1961^4181)=21+61
=82.
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RohitShrivastava>Swati ayearago

Grt!!!!

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sunny>Swati ayearago

great!!!thanxalot..

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Swati>Radhika ayearago

(1141^3843)+(1961^4181)
21+61=82
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Swati>Radhika ayearago

questionno.4
solution
ifanylargepowerisgivenwiththeno.andtheunitdigitoftheno.is1then
alwaysunitdigitis1.
butwehavetofindthetensdigitalso,sothetensdigitisfindoutbymultiplyingtensdigit
ofno.andunitdigitofexponenttheresultofmultiplicationunitdigitwillbetensdigitanda
answerunitdigitwillbe1.
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RohitYadav>Swati ayearago

great(y)

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bhusan ayearago

whatistheconceptof16thand17thquestion?
plzreply

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Guest ayearago

plzzzzcananyoneofuexplain14question????

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