TCS NQT 2025 Batch Test Pattern

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Part A - Foundation Section

Numerical Ability 20 Q's 25
Verbal Ability 25 Q's 25
Reasoning Ability 20 Q's 25
Part B - Advanced Section
10 Q's
Advanced Quantitative
25
Aptitude & Reasoning Ability
Coding 2 Q's 90
Total Duration 77 Q's 190

Syllabus: The following was the syllabus which was tested in the slot.
Numerical ability:
 Data Interpretation
 Statistics
 Time and Work, Pipes & Cisterns
 Mensuration
 Number System
 Time, Speed and Distance
 Ratio and Proportions, Allegations
 Linear Equations, Simplification, Surds & Indices
 Simple Interest and Compound Interest
 Percentages
 Profit and Loss
 Weighted average
 Permutation & Combinations, Probability
 Verbal Ability:
 Reading comprehension
 Sentence correction
 Sentence completion
 Passage Completion - Missing words (Cloze passage)
 Knowledge of Formal/Informal language
 Para Jumbles

Reasoning Ability:
 Attention to detail
 Unboxing a cube
 Data Arrangements
 Coding and Decoding
 Cuts and unfolds
 Venn diagrams
 Blood relations
 Data Sufficiency
 Visual reasoning
 Syllogisms
 Statements and Assumptions
Coding:
 Fundamentals of Programming - Conditional and looping statements,
Arrays, Strings.
Numerical Ability
Q1. What is the fourth proportional of 0.006,1.2 & 6/25 ?
A. 36

B. 48

C. 4.8

D. 3.6

Q2. The present ages of three brothers are in the proportion 12:14:17.
The difference between the ages of the elder and the eldest is 6 years.
What will be the proportion of their ages after four years?
A. 14:16:19

B. 40:46:55

C. 16:18:21

D. 13:15:18
Q3. Two ants of length 1cm and 1.2 cm crawl in opposite directions with
average speeds 2 and 1 mm per second respectively. How many seconds
will they take to cross each other?
A. 4.4

B. 2.8

C. 0.4

D. 1.5

Q4. The index numbers of five commodities are 121,123,125,126,128 and

the weights assigned to these are respectively 5,11,10,8,6. Then what is
the weighted average index number?
A. 123.8

B. 124.2

C. 124.6

D. 125.2
Q5. Which one among the following has the least value?
A. √75 - √74

B. √74 - √73

C. √77 - √76

D. √76 - √75

Q6. The Range and the Standard Deviation of a data are R & S
respectively. With the shift of origin of the data change(s) occur in the
value(s) of:
A. Both R & S

B. Neither R nor S

C. R only

D. S only
Q7. A sum was lent to X for three years by an organisation who fixed a
yearly rate of 10% compound Interest for repayment along with the
condition of recovery in equal installments of Rs.31944. What percentage
(correct to two decimal places) above the borrowed amount had X to pay
the organization?
A. 18.43

B. 21.25

C. 16.52

D. 20.63
Q8. A retailer purchased 25 identical toys for a price Rs P and sold some
of them for Rs P. If he calculated his profit as 8%, with selling price as
base instead of cost price then how many did he sell?
A. 24

B. 20

C. 21

D. 23

Q9. The Table below presents the percentage marks obtained by three
students X, Y, Z in the four components of assessment, A, B, C, D of a
paper whose respective weightages are 4, 3, 2, 2, 1.
Students/Marks A B C D
X 78 85 72 76
Y 65 68 64 73
Z 82 76 81 75
What is the ratio of the average percentage of X in A, B to that of Y, Z
combined in C, D?
A. 324:283

B. 326:293

C. 28:25

D. 81:73
Q10. A city water supply tank has two inlet pipes X and Y, which can fill
it in 20 and 30 hours respectively, and an outlet pipe Z which can empty
a full tank in 40 hours. If the tank is empty and the taps are opened in
succession for one hour each, and the process continues, in how many
hours will the tank get filled?
A. 49 1/4

B. 51 3/7

C. 49 ½

D. 49 1/7
Q11. A sum of Rs.12500 is invested on 1st January 2016 at 4% simple
interest p.a. How much interest in RS. gets accrued on the end of the
day on 1st July 2016?
A. 240

B. 400

C. 250

D. 500

Q12. What is the real value of (0.000314 + 0.000198)^(1/3)?

A. 0.04

B. 0.08

C. 0.8

D. 0.4
Q13. What is the simplified value of (10/15*6)[22/2/5 of [(64-2*8) +2]-⅖?
A. 6

B. 4

C. 5

D. 2

Q14. A man who has to walk 11 Km, finds that in 30 minutes he has
travelled two-ninth of the remaining distance. What is his speed in
Km/h?
A. 4.8

B. 4

C. 4.2

D. 4.5
 Q15. Six square plots are connected end to end to obtain a rectangular
plot area 726 m2. If we take, π=22/7, by what factor is the perimeter of
this plot more than that of the circumference of a circle of radius 10 m?
A. 1.45

B. 2.45

C. 2.1

D. 2.8

Q16. The mean and standard deviation of the data which is comprised of a set
of ten positive numbers are 8 and 2 respectively. If the sum of squares of nine
among ten numbers is 599.What is the tenth number?
A. 7

B. 8

C. 9

D. 11
Q17. With what value should the highest quantity in data 65, 52, 14, 26,
18, 35, 32, 38 be replaced so that the mean and median become equal?
A. 51

B. 66

C. 64

D. 53

Q18. A work is assigned to 6 men and 12 women and they could

complete it in 3 days. It was also observed that together they can do 7
times as much work a man and a woman can do. In how many days
would 14 women have done the work?
A. 10

B. 6

C. 12

D. 9
Q19. If the HCF of 180 and 432 is expressed as (180m + 432n), where m
and n are integers, then what is the difference between m and n?
A. 3

B. 7

C. 9

D. 8
Q20.If (x+10)% of 240 is 60% more than x% of 180, then 15% of (x+20) is
what percent less than 25% of x?
A. 16
B. 15
C. 15 ½
D. 191/21

Q21. A sales representative‘s commission is 6% on all sales upto Rs.15000

and 5% on all sales exceeding this. He remits Rs.47350 to his company
after deducting his commission. What were the total sales?
A. Rs.49000

B. Rs.47500

C. Rs.50500

D. Rs.50000
Q22. The sales (in multiples of hundred) of three brands A, B, C of car
from a showroom during four consecutive years, 2012 - 2015 have been
presented through the Bar Graph given below.

In which year is the sale of A and B together is 125% of that of C?

A. 2013

B. 2014

C. 2015

D. 2012

Q23. The List Price of an item was kept 40% above what the shopkeeper had
paid to the manufacturer. On selling the item a profit of 8.64% was earned
after allowing two successive discounts, the first one of which was 20%. What
was the percentage of the second discount?
A. 3.25

B. 3.6

C. 3.84

D. 3
Q24. In a competitive exam, 5 marks are awarded for every correct
answer and for every wrong answer, 2 marks are deducted. Sathwik
scored 32 marks in this examination.
If 4 marks has been awarded for each correct answer and 1 mark had
been deducted for each incorrect answer, Sathwik would have scored
34 marks. If Sathwik attempted all the questions, how many questions
were there in the test?
Q25. Raju lends Rs. 3000 to Bharath and a certain sum to Charan at the
same time at 6% per annum simple interest. If after 5 years, Raju
altogether receives Rs. 1650 as the interest from Bharath and Charan,
what is the sum lent to Charan?
A. Rs. 2500
B. Rs. 2750
C. Rs. 3250
D. Rs. 3300

Q26. What is the difference between the Range and the Standard
Deviation of all the natural numbers between 81 and 90, both
inclusive?
Q27. A takes 10 days less than B to complete a work, and together they
do it in 12 days. In how many days can B alone do the work?

Q28. The total surface area of a solid hemisphere is 75 times the area
of a circle whose diameter is 6 cm. What is the radius (in cm) of the
hemisphere?
Q29. A shopkeeper calculated his profit as 12% with the selling price of
an article as the base. What would have been his actual profit
percentage if the selling price was 20% more?

Q30. The sum of ages of two friends is 74. After one year the ratio of
their ages will be 9:10. What was the ratio of their ages nine years ago?
A. 3:4
B. 3:2
C. 13:15
D. 7:6
Q31. 10 men can complete a work in 8 days and 10 women take 12
days to complete the same work. How many days will 3 men and 6
women take to complete the same work?

Q32. A retailer purchases several pens of same cost for Rs.384 and
then sells some of them for Rs.114 at no loss or gain. What is the least
possible number of pens that he will be left with?
Q33. The percentage marks scored by two students A and B at four
consecutive monthly tests are depicted in the Bar Graph given below.
In which month is the percentage marks scored by B 40% more than
that by A?

A) June B) July C) August D) September

Q34. In case of frequency distribution for ten continuous classes, the
class width is 4 and the lower-class limit of the lowest class is 8. What
is the upper-class limit for the highest class?

Q35. A can finish a work in 16 days and B can finish the same work in
20 days. After A had worked for 4 days, B also joined with A to finish
the remaining work. In how many days will the remaining work be
finished?
Q36. 80 kg of an alloy X is mixed with 50 Kg of an alloy Y. If alloy X has
lead and copper in the ratio 3:7 and alloy Y has lead and copper in the
ratio 7:3, what is the amount of lead in the new alloy?
A. 59 kg
B. 35 kg
C. 24 kg
D. 56 kg

Q37. A boat covers 56 km upstream in 7 hours and 48 km downstream

in 4 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
A. 10 kmph
B. 8 kmph
C. 4 kmph
D. 12 kmph
Q38. The length of a rectangle is 48 m and its perimeter is 150 m. What
will be the perimeter of the square whose area is equal to this
rectangle?
A. 128 m
B. 144 m
C. 324 m
D. 360 m

Q39. What is the mean of the mode and the median of the following
data? 12, 28, 26, 27, 17, 16, 22, 25, 15, 16, 11
A. 16.5 B. 16
C. 17 D. 16.3
Q40. Mr. Raju travelled a certain distance at a certain speed. Had he
moved 4 kmph faster, he would have taken 30 minutes less to cover
the distance. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 30
minutes more to cover the distance. What is the distance travelled by
him?
A. 8 km B. 4 km
C. 12 km D. 9 km
1. If A and B can do a piece of work in 24 days, B and C can do it in 40 days, while A and C
can do it 30 days. In how many days can A alone do it?
A. 75 days
B. 60 days
C. 120 days
D. 40 days

2. The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 8:5, and their expenditures are in the ratio 13:7.
If each saves Rs.3000 what is the expenditure of B?
A. Rs.16000
B. Rs.13000
C. Rs.7000
D. Rs.10000
3. If 2-meter broad walkway is built around a garden 18 meters long and 12 meters wide.
What will be the area of the walkway (in m^2)?

4. Mr. Ramu invested Rs. 9000 at a certain rate of interest compounded annually for three
years. If it amounts to Rs. 10,890 at the end of second year, what will be the interest for the
third year?
A. Rs. 990
B. Rs. 1,331
C. Rs. 1,089
D. Rs. 1,210

5. The perimeter of a rectangle plot is 36 m. If the length is increased by 6m and the

breadth is decreased by 3m, the area of the plot remains the same, what is the length of
the plot?
A. 8 m
B. 6 m
C. 10 m
D. 12 m
6. The population of a town is 1,21,000. If it increases at the rate of 10% per annum, what is
the difference between the population 3 years hence and that of 2 years ago?
A. 61251
B. 61055
C. 61051
D. 62041

7. The average speed of X always turns out to be 150% that of Y, who can travel 20 km in
3hrs 36 min. If X sets on a journey of 150 km and stops for half an hour each at two stages
in between, what will be the total time (in hours) he had been on move?
A. 15
B. 18
C. 13.5
D. 16.5
8. If two numbers are respectively, 25% and 40% less than the third number, what is the
ratio of these two numbers?
A. 4:5
B. 5:4
C. 3:5
D. 3:4

9. The monthly expenses in a boarding house are partly fixed and partly a multiple of the
number of boarders. It is Rs. 78660 and Rs 94884 when the numbers of boarders are 62
and 75 respectively. What is the monthly expense (in Rs) when the number of boarders is
80?
A. 101534
B. 101124
C. 100804
D. 100926
10. At an election between two candidates A and B, all the eligible candidates had voted,
but 4% of votes were not valid. A, the winner got support from 52% of the voters and
defeated B by 600 votes. What was the total number of votes?
11. A number is divided by 1001 (=7*11*13) and it was divided in succession by 7, 11 and
13, to obtain the remainders 4, 6 and 12 respectively. What would have been the
remainder if the number was divided directly by 1001?
A. 828
B. 982
C. 764
D. 970

12. 72 men are engaged for a task with a timeline given beforehand. It is found that in

38 % of the given time 36% of the task is accomplished. How many additional men are to

be engaged so that the timeline can be met?

A. 12
B. 8
C. 6
D. 9
13. A person gains Rs.357 on selling a tablet at 13% gain and a chair at 6% gain. If he sells
the table at 15% gain and the chair 8% loss, he gains Rs.203. What is the actual cost of the
chair?
A. 2200
B. 2100
C. 2400
D. 1400
14. X working alone takes 75 days more than Y to do a work, and working together they
complete it in 20 days. If a certain sum has been earmarked as wages for his work, in what
ratio should it get distributed among X and Y?
A. 2: 5
B. 2: 3
C. 1: 5
D. 1: 4

15. A room measuring 6m 65cm long and 4m 55cm broad is to be paved with the least
number of squared tiles. Then the least number of squared tiles required to cover the floor
is
A. 247
B. 210
C. 257
D. 187
16. A business lady bought 400 handbags. She sold 100 of them at a profit of 20% and the
rest at 10% profit. Find her overall profit %.
A. 11.25%
B. 12.5%
C. 16.75%
D. 13.75%

17. The expenditure of Rashmi is equal to 225% of her savings. If her income increases by
20% and the expenditure increases by 40%, then her savings will _______
A. decrease by 20%
B. increase by 25%
C. increase by 33(⅓)%
D. decrease by 25%
18. The price of a commodity is reduced by 40% but its consumption is increased by 35%.
What percent of the consumption should be increased so as to keep the same expenditure
as before? (correct to one decimal place)
A. 24.2
B. 15.4
C. 18.5
D. 23.5

19. A number 452p36 is such that it is divisible by 36. What can the value of 𝑝 be?
A. 36
B. 49
C. 25
D. 16
20. Vessels A and B contain solutions of only alcohol and water. The ratio of alcohol and
water A is 3:5 and in B, it is 9:7. The contents of A and B are mixed in the ratio 3:2. How
much water (in mL) should be added to 180 mL of the resulting solution to get a new
solution containing alcohol and water in the ratio 1:2?
A. 68
B. 63
C. 65
D. 70
1. Two-fifth of a tank can be filled by pipe A in six hours, three-eighth of the tank can be
filled by pipe B in four and a half hours, while pipe C attached at the bottom of the tank can
empty one-fifth of the tank in ten hours. All the three pipes are opened simultaneously,
when the tank is empty. In how much time will the tank be filled completely?
A. 6 hours B. 8 hours C. 7 hours D. 9 hours

2. Two persons were approaching each other at 12 km/hr and 24 km/hr respectively. A
train moving in the same direction as the faster man took 25 seconds to cross him and 15
seconds to cross the other one. Find the speed of the train (in km/hr).
A. 60
B. 45
C. 78
D. 66
3. Let x, y and z be the mean, median and range, respectively of the following data:
10, 7, 12, 21, 37, 14, 19, 28, 18, 12 and 42.
What is the value of (x+y-z)?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 7

4. The percentage wise distribution of teachers who teach six different subjects is as
follows.
Total number of teachers = 1800

What is the total number of teachers teaching Chemistry, English and Biology?
A. 1226
B. 1176
C. 1116
D. 998
 5. Three years ago, the average age of a family of four members was 26 years. The average
age of the two children of the family five years ago was eight years. What is the average
age of the elder persons of the family?
A. 50 yrs
B. 45 yrs
C. 35 yrs
D. 40 yrs

6. Study the following table which shows the number of computers sold by stores A and B
in January to June 2020, and answer the question that follows:

Month Stores

A B

January 185 280

February 225 255

March 250 320

April 200 265

May 315 300

June 425 320

The average number of computers (per month) sold by store B in February, April and June
is what percent more than the average number of computers sold by store A in January and
May?
A. 12%
B. 10%
C. 12.5%
D. 7.5%

7. Rajesh runs a shop where he sells articles which are of equal marked prices. Rajesh had
bought each of these articles at an equal cost price. Even after selling articles at a discount
of 20%, Rajesh earns a profit of 20%. If on a particular day Rajesh earned a profit equal to
the cost price of 100 articles by selling articles at marked price, how many articles did
Rajesh sell on that day?
A. 200
B. 150
C. 100
D. 300

8. Working 9 hours daily, 32 men can complete a piece of work in 25 days. In how many
days, can 40 men complete 2.5 times the same work working 6 hours daily?
A. 75
B. 72
C. 60
D. 80
9. A water taxi requires 9 hrs to cover 20 km upstream or 120 km downstream. Find the
total time it takes for a round trip between city A and city B, separated by a distance of 40
km.
A. 15
B. 21
C. 22.5
D. 18

10. In a school, a total of 12 cakes of 1.5 kg each are ordered for the distribution of cakes to
the children. Each boy is given 20 grams of a piece of cake and each of the girls is given a
piece of 30 grams of cake. The number of girls in the school is twice the number of boys.
Find the total number of children in the school.
A. 675
B. 650
C. 475
D. 525

11. Simple interest on a sum after 32 months at 24 (4/9) % rate of interest is Rs. 7040.
What is the compound interest on 28 ⅓ % more sum at 20% rate of interest after 2 years?
A. Rs. 5575.4
B. Rs. 5447.4
C. Rs. 6098.4
D. Rs. 6194.4
12. At a shop, the price of rice per kg is Rs. 15 less than the price of wheat per kg, while the
price of black gram is Rs. 10 more than the price of wheat per kg. A customer bought six kg
each of rice, wheat, and black gram for Rs. 780. What is the price of 2 kg of rice and 3 kg of
black gram?

13. A candle in the shape of a cylinder has a radius of 12 cm and is 4 cm long. By how many
centimeters can the length be increased so that when the radius is increased by the same
amount, the weight of the candle increases equally?
A. 12 cm
B. 6 cm
C. 4 cm
D. 8 cm
14. The LCM and HCF of the three numbers 48, 144 and p are 720 and 24
respectively, find the least value of p.
A. 192
B. 120
C. 360
D. 180

15. Boy scored 90 marks in his mid-term exam and 105 in his end-term
exam. If the maximum marks in both the examinations are 150, then find
the increase in his marks in percentage points.
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 14.28%
D. 16.66%
16. In how many given years is the income of P in a year, more than then the
average of the income of P and Q in the same year?

A. 4 B. 2
C. 3 D. 5

17. Two taps A and B fill an empty tank in 40 mins and 60 mins respectively.
If both the taps are opened at 5 am, then at what time A be closed so that
the tank is filled in 36 mins?
A. 5.22 am
B. 5.12 am
C. 5.16 am
D. 5.05 am
18. Two numbers having their LCM 480 are in a ratio 3: 4. What will be the
smaller number of this pair?
A. 180
B. 120
C. 160
D. 240

19. In a certain amount, compound interest at the rate of 12.5% per annum
for the fifth year 2048. If the interest is compounded annually. What is the
compound interest for the 8th year?
A. $ 2592
B. $ 2304
C. $ 2916
D. $ 3280

20. R and company has two directors, X and Y who have invested Rs.
1,25,000 and 1,00,000 respectively. X is the working partner and hence
takes 5% of the profit as his salary. Find X’s share of the profit, if their
annual profit is Rs. 72,000.
A. 40,000
B. 32,000
C. 38,000
D. 42,000