TCS 1

On - Campus
Year : JUNE 2003


TOTAL STUDENTS APPEARED: 600
SHORTLISTED FROM TEST 1: 530
SHORTLISTED FROM TEST 2: 250
SHORTLISTED FROM INTERVIEW 1: 105

FINAL SELECTION FROM INTERVIEW 2: 80

ELECTRONICS: 16
MCA: 11
MECHANICAL: 10
EEE: 10
ECE: 9
CSE: 8
INSTRUMENTATION: 5
IT: 4
PRODUCTION: 3
PG: 4


TEST 1: APTITUDE TEST

THIS TIME EACH STUDENT GETS DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, BUT OF SAME PATTERN
AND TYPE.

DURATION: 90 MINS

SECTION 1: VERBAL
DURATION: 20 MINS
NO OF QUESTIONS: 30
SYNONYMS: 10
ANTONYMS: 10
COMPREHENSION: 1 PASSAGE – 5 QUESTIONS
SENTENCE COMPLETION: 1 PASSAGE – 5 BLANKS
DURATION IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.
MOST OF THE QUESTIONS WERE NOT ABLE TO ANSWER
NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THIS SECTION AS THERE IS NO CUTOFF FOR EACH
SECTION.
MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ARE FROM BARRON’S GRE BOOK

SECTION 2: QUANTITATIVE AND LOGICAL REASONING
DURATION: 40 MINS
NO OF QUESTIONS: 45
TIME WILL BE VERY LESS.
MOST OF THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO READ ONLY ABOUT 35-40 QUESTIONS.
MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ARE FROM OLD TCS PAPERS

SECTION 3: ANALYTICAL (CRITICAL) REASONING
DURATION: 30 MINS
NO OF QUESTIONS: 3 PASSAGES WITH 4 QUESTIONS EACH, TOTAL -12 QUESTIONS.
TIME WILL BE SUFFICIENT
JUST A CAREFUL READING IS ENOUGH.
ALL THE QUESTIONS WERE FROM BARRON’S GRE BOOK

MOST OF THE STUDENTS GOT THROUGH THE APTITUDE TEST BECAUSE OF SECTION 2
AND 3

NO NEGATIVE MARKING.

WITHIN EACH SESSION WE CAN GO FOR ANY QUESTIONS, EVEN WE CAN MAKE
CHANGES TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE ANSWERED.

ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS.


TEST 2: PSYCHOMETRY TEST
DURATION: 30 MINS
NO OF QUESTIONS: 150
WE CAN COME BACK TO ANY QUESTION.

THE QUESTIONS WERE THE EXACT SET OF LAST YEAR PATTERN

MOST OF THE STUDENTS WERE REJECTED FROM THIS TEST




INTERVIEW 1: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

TOTAL NO OF PANELS: 14
EACH PANEL COMPRISES OF 3 PERSONS
DURATION: 20-40 MINS
QUESTIONS WERE FROM WHAT WE SAY IN “TELL ABOUT YOU”, OUR FIELD OF
INTEREST, OUR PROJECT.
EVERYONE WAS ASKED QUESTIONS IN C.
FOR CIRCUIT BRANCHES MOST OF THE QUESTIONS WERE FROM C AND C++.
IT IS BETTER TO DIVERT THE PANEL TOWARDS SOMETHING WHAT WE KNOW BY
INFORMING THEM IN “TELL ABOUT YOU”.
OTHERWISE MORE NO OF TECHNICAL QUESTIONS WERE ASKED.
THEY EXPECT AN ELLABORATE ANSWER THAN A SHORT ONE.
SOME HR QUESTIONS WERE ALSO ASKED. FOR SOME STUDENTS INCLUDING ME, 90 %
WERE HR QUESTIONS


INTERVIEW 2: HR INTERVIEW

TOTAL NO OF PANELS: 3
PANEL 1 - THOMAS.
PANEL 2 - ELIZABETH.
PANEL 3 – RAJESH AND ONE MORE PERSON.

PANEL 1:
MOST OF THE STUDENTS FEARED AS IT WAS LIKE STRESS INTERVIEW. TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS WERE ALSO ASKED BUT ONLY TO TEST THE PATIENCE AND COOLNESS.
HE ASKED ABOUT 40-50 QUESTIONS TO EACH FROM VARIOUS FIELDS INCLUDING
TECHNICAL. MANY OF THE STUDENTS WHO GOT SELCTED FROM THIS PANEL HAVENT
ANSWERED MANY QUESTIONS BUT THEY REMAINED COOL DURING THE ENTIRE SESSION.
THOMAS WILL NEVER SHOW ANY REACTION, HE JUST ASKS QUESTIONS RAPIDLY.
DURATION: 10 – 30 MINS.

PANEL 2:
THIS PANEL HEADED BY ELIZABETH WAS VERY EASY.
DURATION: 5-10 MINS.
MOST OF THE STUDENTS FELT RELAXED FROM THIS PANEL AS THERE WERE NO
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
ONLY HR QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. MORE ADVICES WERE GIVEN IN THIS PANEL.
YOU WILL BE ASKED TO TALK ABOUT ANY CURRENT AFFAIR.

PANEL 3:
DURATION: 10-20 MINS
FEW TECHNICAL QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. BUT MOSTLY HR QUESTIONS WERE ASKED.
IT IS BETTER TO GO THROUGH THE TCS WEBSITE FOR THIS PANEL.


IN ALL THE THREE PANELS FOLLOWING WERE LOOKED:
DRESS CODE
PATIENCE
COMM. SKILLS





Verbal
ACUMEN
a. exactness
b. potential
c. shrewdness
d. bluntness
e. None of these
BEHEST
a. behavior
b. hold down
c. hold up
d. relieve
e. condemn
DISCRETION
a. prudence
b. consistency
c. precipice
d. disturbance
e. distemper

ORDAIN
a. arrange
b. command
c. contribute
d. establish
e. control

FLORID
a. ornate
b. thriving
c. artistic
d. elegant
e. None of these
PENITENCE
a. liking
b. insightful
c. attractive
d. penetrable
e. compunction

WHET
a. stimulate
b. humorous
c. inculate
d. dampen
e. None of these

INCENTIVE
a. reflex
b. amplitude
c. inflection
d. provocation
e. escutcheon

LATITUDE
a. scope
b. segment
c. globule
d. legislature
e. lamentation MORTIFY
a. make a cavity
b. displease
c. humiliate
d. relapse
e. murder

ADAGE
a. advice
b. proverb
c. enlargement
d. advantage
e. usage

TO DISPEL
a. to dissipate
b. to dissent
c. to distort
d. to disfigure
e. to dissect
ERRATIC
a. unromantic
b. free
c. popular
d. steady
e. unknown

TO MERIT
a. to embrace
b. to devote
c. to deserve
d. to combine
e. to display

RAPT
a. lively
b. concealed
c. engrossed
d. prototype
e. None of these

TO HEAP
a. to pile
b. to forbid
c. to proceed
d. to share
e. to stoop

CAJOLE
a. coax
b. motivate
c. profound
d. mollify
e. evade
OVULATE
a. penury
b. immunize
c. fertilize
d. reproduce
e. incisions ABODE
a. clay
b. obstacle
c. dwelling
d. bind
e. to beguile

POTENTIAL
a. latent
b. hysterical
c. conventional
d. symmetrical
e. conscientious

EXTRICATE
a. terminate
b. isolate
c. liberate
d. simplify
e. frustrate

DISPARITY
a. inequality
b. impartiality
c. unfairness
d. twist
e. None of these

TO CONFISCATE
a. to harass
b. to repulse
c. to console
d. to appropriate
e. to congregate
PIOUS
a. historic
b. devout
c. multiple
d. fortunate
e. authoritative

LETHARGY
a. reminiscence
b. category
c. fallacy
d. unanimity
e. stupor

CARGO
a. cabbage
b. camel
c. lance
d. freight
e. flax
OVATION
a. oration
b. gesture
c. emulation
d. applause
e. nourish

Aptitude
1. A family, planning a weekend trip, decides to spend not more than a total of 8 hours driving. By leaving early in the morning, they can average 40 miles per hour on the way to their destination. Due to the heavy Sunday traffic, they can average only 30 miles per hour on the return trip. What is the farthest distance from home they can plan to go?
(a) 120 miles or less (b) Between 120and 140 miles (c) 140 miles
(d) Between 140 and 160 miles (e) 160 miles or more
2. A car is filled with four and half gallons of fuel for a round trip. If the amount of fuel taken while going is 1/4 more than the amount taken for coming, what is the amount of fuel consumed while coming back?
(a) Less than 2 gallons (b) 2 gallons (c) 2 1/2 gallons
(d) 3 gallons (e) More than 3 gallons

3. A 3-gallon mixture contains one part S and two parts R. In order to change it to a mixture containing 25% S, how much R should be added?
(a) 1/2 gallon (b) 2/3 gallon (c) 3/4 gallon (d) 1 gallon (e) 1 1/2 gallon

4. A tree grows only 3/5 as fast as the one beside it. In four years the combined growth of the two trees is eight feet.
How much does the shorter tree grow in two years?
(a) Less than 2 feet (b) 2 feet (c) 2 1/2 feet
(d) 3 feet (e) more than 3 feet.
5. Wind flows at 160 miles in 330 minutes, for traveling 80 miles how much time does it require?
(a) 1 hour 30 minutes (b) 1 hour 45 minutes (c) 2 hours
(d) 2 hours 45 minutes (e) 3 hours

6. A stationary engine has enough fuel to run 12 hours when its tank is 4/5 full. How long will it run when the tank is 1/3 full?
(a) Less than 2 hours (b) 2 hours (c) 3 hours
(d) 4 hours (e) 5 hours
7. If A is traveling at 72 km per hour on a highway. B is traveling at a speed of 25 meters per second on a highway. What is the difference in their speeds in meters per second?
(a) 1/2 m/sec (b) 1 m/sec (c) 1 1/2 m/sec
(d) 2 m/sec (e) 3 m/sec
8. A salesperson by mistake multiplied a number and got the answer as 3, instead of dividing the number by 3. What is the answer he should have actually got?
(a) 0 (b) 1/3 (c) 1 (d) 2 (e) 3
9. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 30% and the width is decreased by 20%, then the area is increased by...
(a) 10% (b) 5% (c) 4% (d) 20% (e) 25%

10. In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible number of students who speak both the languages?
(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 10 (e) 30

11. The most economical prices among the following prices is:
(a) 10 kilo for Rs.160 (b) 2 kilo for Rs.30 (c) 4 kilo for Rs.70
(d) 20 kilo for Rs.340 (e) 8 kilo for Rs.130

12. A truck contains 150 small packages, some weighing 1 kg each and some weighing 2 kg each. how many packages weighing 2 kg each are in the truck if the total weight of all the packages is 264 kg?
(a) 36 (b) 52 (c) 88 (d) 124 (e) 114
13. A man was arrested for exceeding the speed limit by 10 miles an hour. A second man was charged with exceeding the same limit by twice as much. The second man was driving 35 miles per hour. What was the speed limit?
(a) 10 miles per hour (b) 15 miles per hour (c) 20 miles per hour
(d) 25 miles per hour (e) 30 miles per hour

14. One year ago Pandit was three times his sister's age. Next year he will be only twice her age. How old will Pandit be after five years?
(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 11 (d) 13 (e) 15
15. If two pencils cost 8 cents, then how much do 5 pencils cost?
(a) 18 cents (b) 20 cents (c) 22 cents (d) 23 cents (e) 24 cents

Passage
All the questions are of multiple choice type. You have to answer the questions based on the preceding paragraph. All the questions have the same answer choice. The choices are as given below:
(a) True.
(b) False.
(c) Cannot Say.

Consider the following paragraph:
Researchers in Mumbai have found that certain types of gallstones can be dissolved by injecting them with a gasoline additive in the form of ether. The ether is injected through a tube directly into the gall bladder. The one-day treatment works only on cholesterol-based stones, not those composed largely of calcium. However, as the cholesterol stones are by far the most common type, for millions of gallstone sufferers the treatment should offer a welcome alternative to surgery, the commonest option in most hospitals.

# "It takes more than one day for ether to dissolve a calcium-based gallstone".

# "Gallstones can only be dissolved by injections".

# "Gallstones can quickly be cured with surgery".

# "Ether is largely used for dissolving gallstones".
# "Calcium stones can be cured in one day".
# "Hundreds of people contains calcium stones".
Consider the following paragraph:
My father had no brothers, but his three sisters are all married and each has two children. My grandfather has two sons.

# "My father was the only child".

# "I have only one uncle".

# "One of my aunts is a spinster".

# "I have six cousins on my father's side".

# "My grandfather was the only son".
Consider the following paragraph:
In the Totalitarian days, the words have very much devalued. In the present day, they are becoming domestic, that is, the words will be much more devalued. In that days, the words will be very much effected in political area. But at present, the words came very cheap. We can say they come free at cost.

# "In Totalitarian society, words are devalued".

# "Totalitarians will have to come much about words".

# "In the Totalitarian society the words are used for the political speeches".

Consider the following paragraph:
In past helicopters were forced to ground or crash because of the formation of the ice on the rotors and engines. A new electronic device has been developed which can detect the water content in the atmosphere and warns the pilot, if the temperature is below freezing temperature; about the formation of ice on the rotors and wings.

# "The electronic device can avoid the formation of ice on the wings".

# "There will be malfunction of rotor and engine because of formation of ice".

# "The helicopters were to be crashed or grounded".

# "There is only one device that warns about the formation of ice".

Consider the following paragraph:
Human existence is not susceptible of arbitrary division between consciousness and unconsciousness. The conscious world invaders and shapes the activities of the unconscious, while many of the great achievements of humanity's waking hours where wholly or partly inspired by dreams. Even if it could argued that dreams precede experience such a dichotomy could not be drawn, as the influence of the dreaming on the waking state would remain unclear, but as yet no common vocabulary exists to record the substance of prenatal dreaming.

# "Sleep can be a creative state".

Consider the following paragraph:
FLORA 3-piece sofa-set is at the top of our upholstery range. This high-backed quality sofa-set boasts an impressive specification which starts with a hardwood frame in teak and a padded front edge ensuring really deep, long-lasting comfort. Seat cushions are of high resilience foam and back cushions of softest hollow fill. The whole set is carefully upholstered throughout in a choice of superb fabrics ranging from cotton print to velvet.

# "The padding is there to ensure that the furniture will last for a long time".

# "The firm sells other upholstery furniture".
Consider the following paragraph:
Hacking is a crime made possible by a relatively new technology, which is one of the reasons it is often poorly understood and reported. Many computers, but by no means all, are now linked together in networks which allow users on one computer to communicate with others on the same network. If a computer is not networked, no manipulation of its data from another machine possible. So long as users are authorized, networking is just a way of making work easier more productive. Hacking, on the other hand is the unauthorized use of networks or unauthorized entry into the computers themselves. Most people do not break into the networks they use, since they are already accredited users.

# "Hackers do not work for the firms whose networks they break into".
# "Hacking is the only vulnerability of the computers for the usage of the data".
# "Hacking is done mostly due to the lack of computer knowledge".
Consider the following paragraph:
Polycythemia often occurs in people who have chronic lung disease, but can appear spontaneously in healthy individuals. Excessive numbers of red blood cells manufactured by the body and the individual then develops a very healthy-looking, ruddy complexion. The blood becomes thicker and is liable to clot and block major blood vessels. High blood pressure is another frequent complication. Treatment involves venesection, in which a liter or so of blood is removed from the body. Medication may also be given to reduce the numbers of red blood cells manufactured in the body.

# "Lung disease frequently precedes polycythemia".

Consider the following paragraph:
Bindweed is only effectively controlled by applying a solution of brushwood-killer to the growing tips. It is necessary to unwind a suitable length from the host plant before treatment, but this is not so very difficult, and it does not seem essential to find and treat every leader on the same weed. The solution should be made up in a can which is carried in one hand, while the other, in a rubber glove, inserts the leaders in the can. If the the leaders can be laid out on the the ground , they can easily be wetted with a small brush. As long as the weather is calm, there is no real risk of damage to adjacent plants, and in two or three weeks the weeds should have disappeared.

# "Brushwood-killer can pose a threat to other plants in the garden".

Consider the following paragraph:
Senior managers in a leading company said that new Japanese investment in India was transforming the car industry, and warned that jobs were under threat from Japanese competition. They stated that increasing competition would be coupled with an inevitable downturn in the car market and the recent rise interest rates which has already hit demand.

# "The managers issued their warning after a rise in the interest rates".

# "According to the senior managers, the Japanese investment in India will lead to a glut in the car market".

# "Some senior managers said that more people will want to by new cars in the future".

# "The perception of the senior managers is the new Japanese investment in India is leading to more automation of the car industry".

# "The increased rate of interest will mean that Japanese firms will cease to operate in this country".

# "The increase in loan interest will adversely affect car sales".
# "Japanese workers are taking over the jobs of Indian industry".
# "Managers said that interests in car will go down after seeing the raise in interest rates".
# "People are very interested to buy the cars".
Consider the following paragraph:
The new Starfire has an advanced four-cylinder engine with catalytic converter and uses only unleaded petrol. Versatility is a major feature of the range and the 1500 and 1800 models have the same high level of specification inside and out. The only obvious visual difference, internally and externally, is the use of alloy wheels on the 1800 version, together with a discreet change in badging. The StarFire 2000 is distinguished by its tailgate spoiler and the rectangular fog and driving lamps integrated into the front bumper which are also included in the specification.

# "Internally, the Starfire 2000 looks like the 1500 model".

Consider the following paragraph:
Pierre Claude Jean Allouez explored lake superior from 1665 to 1667. At his little mission station near the western end of the lake, he heard from the Indians of a great river to the west. Pierre Jacques Marquette determined to investigate. In 1673, accompanied by Louis Jolliet and five others, he left St. Ignace mission and ascended the fox river, which flows into green bay crossed over to Wisconsin river and followed it to the upper Mississippi. The party then descended the Mississippi to the mouth of Arkansas. These Frenchmen were not first Europeans to sight or travel the Mississippi. De Soto and Moscoso had done so a century and a half before. The report of the exploration was rushed back to Quebec, where, in 1672, Count Frontenac had arrived as Governor of the province. He and his friend, the remarkable La Salle-who earlier may have penetrated the Ohio river valley-listened with deep interest.

# "Allouez explored the western end of lake superior".

# "Marquette and his party were not the first French men to travel the Mississippi river".

# "La Salle listened with deep interest- the report of exploration of De Soto and Moscoso".

# "La Salle explored the Mississippi river valley".
Consider the following paragraph:
Dr. Goddard was the first to fire a rocket that reached a speed faster than the speed of sound. He was the first to develop a gyroscopic steering apparatus for rockets. He was the first to use vanes in the jet stream for rocket stabilization during the initial phase of a rocket flight. And he was the first to patent the idea of step rockets. After proving on paper and in actual tests that a rocket can travel in vacuum, he developed the mathematical theory of rocket propulsion and rocket flight, including basic designs for long-range rockets. All of this information was available to our military men before World War II, but evidently its immediate use didn't seem applicable. Near the end of World War II we started intense work on rocket-powered guided missiles, using the experiments and developments of Dr. Goddard and the American Rocket Society.

# "The stabilization problem of rockets in the initial phase was solved by Dr. Goddard."

# "Rockets can travel faster than sound, thanks to gyroscopic steering."

# "Goddard lived before World War II".

# "After careful mathematical calculations, Dr. Goddard proved that rockets can travel in vacuum".

Consider the following paragraph:
In March 1513, de Leon sailed off confidently from Peuto Rico for the Bahamas. Landing briefly at San Salvador, Bahamas, he wound through unchartered islands until he sighted an extensive coastline. He had no reason to suspect that it is anything more than an island, but he followed the coast for a day without rounding its end or finding a suitable landing place. He named the "island" La Florida. This name came to be applied by the Spanish to the entire Southeastern United States and beyond. Then, near the 30th parallel, de Leon landed at the mouth of the St. Johns river. Determined to be the first to circumnavigate the "island", he turned south, traced the coast around the tip of the peninsula, moved to the west, perhaps reaching Tampa bay. After 7 weeks, he gave up hope of circling the northern tip of this "island"; it was incredibly large and he may have suspected that he had discovered the long sought mainland. If so, it all belonged to his King, for he had earlier planted the Spanish flag and claimed Florida for Ferdinand.

# "de Leon is from Spain, ruled by Ferdinand".

# "de Leon is very patriotic".

# "de Leon discovered part of US during his journey".

Consider the following paragraph:
James Madison understood that interests groups will inevitably develop within a free political system. The problem, as Madison saw it, was to prevent any single interest group from becoming so strong that it was able to dominate the political system. This could be accomplished by legislating restrictions on political behavior, but that solution meant a sacrifice of some of the freedom that Madison prized so highly. A better solution, he thought, was to extend the territorial scope of the government. This would allow for greater diversity of interests in the nation, and a greater number of groups competing for power. Each interest group would thereby find it more difficult to appeal to a majority of the people, and to dominate the political process.

# "The more interest groups there are in a political system, the less freedom there is for everyone."

# "Legislating restrictions on political behavior is sometimes the only method of preserving political freedom."

# "Increasing the territorial scope of a government can help to preserve freedom."

# "According to Madison, in a free political system, interest groups are undesirable."

Consider the following paragraph:
The regulations and expenses to invent, patent and market new ideas and products imposes a heavy burden on inventors. The cost is often absorbed by large corporations with research and development facilities they provide. Corporations also help creative people contribute to society without suffering the loss of income or security of the private inventor. The realities of this arrangement are that many good ideas are never brought into the marketplace and the cost of products on the market is high because of the development cost. However, protection provided by the patents and the safety to the public to avoid placing harmful products on the market is important to maintain. Thus, as is often the case, rules and regulations have their favorable and unfavorable consequences.

# "The regulations and expenses to invent, patent and market new ideas is an expensive proposition to the inventors".

# "Good ideas are never brought into the marketplace because of the costs involved in inventing, patenting marketing them".

# "Corporations steal the individual inventor of their inventions".
Consider the following paragraph:
Being born female and black were two handicaps Gwendolyn Brooks states that she faced from her birth, in 1917, in Kansas. Brooks was determined to succeed. Despite the lack of encouragement she received from her teachers and others, she was determined to write and found the first publisher for one of her poems when she was 11. In 1945, she marketed and sold her first book; national recognition ensued. She applied for and received grants and fellowships from such organizations as the AAAL and the Guggenheim Foundation. Later she received the Pulitzer prize for poetry; she was the first black woman to receive such an honor. Brooks' reaction to fame is atypical. She continues to work and work hard. She writes, travels, and helps many who are interested in writing. Especially important for her is increasing her knowledge of her black heritage and encouraging other people to do the same. She encourages dedication to the art to would-be writers.

# "Brooks' story illustrates the power of strong determination".

# "She became the author of a book in her teens".

# "Gwendolyn received the Pulitzer prize for her first poetry".

Consider the following paragraph:
A cave is a natural opening in the ground extending beyond the zone of light and large enough to permit the entry of man. Occurring in a wide variety of rock types and caused by widely differing geological processes, caves range in size from single small rooms to interconnecting passages many miles long. The scientific study of caves is called speleology. It is a composite science based on geology, hydrology, biology and archeology, and thus holds special interest for earth scientists. Caves have been natural attractions since prehistoric times. Prolific evidence of early man's interest has been discovered in caves scattered throughout the world. Skeletons of some of the earliest manlike creatures (Australopithecines) have been discovered in cave deposit in South Africa, and the first evidence of primitive Neanderthal man was found in Germany. Cro-Magnon man created his remarkable murals on the walls of caves in France.

# "Primitive human form originated in Germany".

# "Study of caves is the study of earth, water, life and early man".

# "Cro-Magnon man was more intelligent than Neanderthal man".

# "Caves are a natural attraction because they reveal information about the early man".

Consider the following paragraph:
Although invaders represent the threat to the conservation of flora and fauna, there are two special cases in which invasion have been deliberately brought about. One is the desire to control pests by natural predators, which may have to be brought from other countries. The second is releasing organisms into the wild (or on to farms, from which they might escape) that are completely novel, because they have been genetically engineered. There is nothing intrinsically sinister about engineered organisms, but any novelty must be regarded as potential invader.

# "Pests are more dangerous than their natural predators".

Consider the following paragraph:
Life in colonial times was harsh, and the refinements of the mother country were ordinarily lacking. The colonists, however, soon began to mold their English culture into the fresh environment of new land. The influence of religion permeated the entire way of life. In most Southern colonies, the Anglican church was the legally established church. In New England, the Puritans were dominant; and in Pennsylvania, the Quakers. Especially in the New England colonies, the local or village church was the hub of community life; the authorities strictly enforced the Sabbath and sometimes banished non-believers. Unfortunately, the same sort of religious intolerance, bigotry and superstition associated with the age of Reformation in Europe also prevailed in some of the colonies, though on a lesser scale. In the last half of the 17th century, during sporadic outbreak of religious fanaticism and hysteria, Connecticut authorities tried and hanged several women as "witches". Early in the 17th century, some other witchcraft persecution occurred in Virginia. As the decades passed, however, religious tolerance developed in colonies.

# "New England was part of the Southern colonies".

# "During the mid 17th century there was significant improvement in religious tolerance and superstition".

# "Life in colonial times was harsh due to the strong influence of religion".

# "The Anglican church used to govern the people in most Southern colonies".
Consider the following paragraph:
Confucius said that to know the future we have to understand the past. in his time, transport, communications and scientific knowledge were less developed than they are today. news took weeks to travel whereas today satellite links connect the continents virtually instantaneously, but our technological advances in the field of communications seem not to improved our capacity to understand one another.

# "We understand each other better now than in Confucius' time because we can travel more quickly".

# "In Confucius' day people were more intelligent".

# "We have made great improvements in transport since Confucius' day".

# "Technological advances in communication and human capacity to understand one another are directly proportional".

# "In Confucius' day time news took months to travel".

# "According to Confucius the past has a linkage to the future".
# "Even with the fast developments of the technology we can't live happily".
Consider the following paragraph:
Every form of art is protected by copyright, upon the expiration of which the property passes to the public domain and becomes freely available to anyone wishing to exploit it commercially. the time has come when all treasures should pass to the control of a trust, and by this be made readily available to anyone on payment of a fee or royalty. The income from the works Van Gogh would alone be enormous. Those who now gain financial benefit from his genius should make some contribution to the welfare of the arts in general.

# "Instead of buying a ticket, museum goers should pay a fee to a trust for the benefit of arts".

# "It is not desirable to pass the control of treasures to a trust".

# "Van Gogh's paintings are not protected by copyright".

# "All artworks must be managed by a trust, so that the income generated can be used for the welfare of the arts".

# "Copyright in art is valid only for a limited period of time".

# "Van Gogh's descendants should be asked to make some contribution to the arts".
# "Van Gogh's works are under this copy right rule".
# "People are free to go to the public because of the copy right rule".
# "People gives to theater and collect the money for development".
# "We have asked the Van Gogh descendants to help for the developments of art".
Consider the following paragraph:
Organizing the home can be perceived as conferring power, so large numbers of women are unwilling to let go of chores, even when they have careers. A survey found that, out of 65 new marriages, not one single wife expected her husband to share work equally. According to the Family Policy Studies Center, 81% of working wives return home to do all the cooking. The average male has nearly half as much as more free time at weekends than his wife, and the typical new father spends just 37 seconds a day talking to his baby.

# "Only career women perceive organizing the home as conferring power".

# "The average wife has half as much free time at weekends as her husband".

# "The family planning studies center shows that 81% working wives do all the cooking at home".

# "19% working wives do not want to do the cooking at home".
# "Housewives want the husbands to take part equally in the household".
# "Wives have half as much leisure time as the husbands have".
# "39% of the men will work equally in the house in cleaning and washing".
Consider the following paragraph:
Statistics show that millions of vehicles have been carried by shuttle over the past 30 years through Alpine tunnels without one ever catching fire. In the Alpine tunnels, drivers and passengers sit in their vehicles on the shuttle trains. Only one vehicle has ever caught fire on the busy French motorail equivalent system. This sort of accident is not possible in a closed shuttle. Assertion that a vehicle fire will lead to catastrophe have no basis. Since the resources exist to detect, control and extinguish a fire, and to remove any persons present safely to an adjoining wagon, leaving any surviving fire facing rapid extinction within a wagon built to contain fire for 30 minutes, catastrophe seems very unlikely.

# " It is theoretically possible for a vehicle to catch fire even in a closed wagon".

# " The French motorail system is inferior to the shuttle train system."
# "No accident can occur in the closed tunnels".
# "Fire is allowed to live for 30 min".
# "All the cars that travel in the tunnels will be carried by rail shutters".


PHYSCOMETRY TEST
Direction:
In this section you will find different questions with the same meaning. In all such questions your answer has to be same. for e.g.:
In being thrown by chance with a stranger, you wait for the person to introduce himself or herself.
(a) Yes (b) No (c) ?

It is difficult for you to chat about things in general with people.
(a) Yes (b) No (c) ?

These two questions have similar meanings. If you answer the first one 'NO' and the second one 'YES', i.e. if you differ in your answers to similar questions you lose marks for every question with the above meaning.

The choices to these questions are:
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) ?

1. You start to work on a project with great deal of enthusiasm.
2. You would rather plan an activity than take part in it.
3. You have more than once taken lead in organizing project or a group of some kind.
4. You like to entertain guests.
5. Your interests change quickly from one thing to another.
6. When you eat a meal with others, you are usually one of the last to finish.
7. You believe in the idea that we should " eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die."
8. When you find that something you have bought is defective, you hesitate to demand an exchange or a
refund.
9. You find it easy to find new acquaintances.
10. You are sometimes bubbling over with energy and sometimes very sluggish.
11. You are happiest when you get involved in some projects that calls for rapid action.
12. Other people think of you as being very serious minded.
13. In being thrown by chance with a stranger, you wait for the person to introduce himself or herself.
14. You like to take part in many social activities.
15. You sometimes feel "just miserable" for no good reason at all.
16. You are often so much " on the go" that sooner or later you may wear yourself out.
17. You like parties you attend to be lively.
18. If you hold an opinion that is radically different that expressed by a lecturer, you are likely to tell the
person about it either during or after the lecture.
19. It is difficult for you to chat about things in general with people.
20. You give little thought to your failures after they are passed.
21. You often wonder where others get all the excess energy they seem to have.
22. You are inclined to stop to think things over before you act.
23. You avoid arguing over a price with a clerk or sales person.
24. You would dislike very much to work alone in some alone place.
25. You often find it difficult to go to sleep at night because you keep thinking of what happened during the
day.
26. You find yourself hurrying to get to places even when there is plenty of time.
27. You like work that requires considerable attention to details.
28. You are satisfied to let some one else take the lead in group activities.
29. You enjoy getting acquainted with people.
30. It takes a lot to get you emotionally stirred up or excited.
31. You work more slowly and deliberately than most people of your sex and age.
32. You are a carefree individual.
33. When people do not play fair you hesitate to say anything about it to them.
34. It bothers you to have people watch you at your work.
35. You have usually been optimistic about your future.
36. You like to have plenty of time to stop and rest.
37. You take life very seriously.
38. You enjoy applying for a job in person.
39. You would like to be a host or hostess for parties at club.
40. You often feel uncomfortable or uneasy.
41. You are the kind of person who is "on the go" all the time.
42. You often crave excitement.
43. The thought of making a speech frightens you.
44. You find it easy to start conversation with strangers.
45. You often feel guilty without a very good reason for it.
46. People think you are a very energetic person.
47. You sometimes make quick decisions that you later wish you hadn't made.
48. You find it difficult to ask people for money or other donations, even for a cause in which you are
interested.
49. You are so naturally friendly that people immediately feel at ease with you.
50. You daydream a great deal.
51. You are quick in your actions.
52. You have a habit of starting things and then losing interest in them.
53. When you were a child many of your playmates naturally expected you to be the leader.
54. You sometimes avoid social contacts for fear of doing or saying the wrong thing.
55. You have frequent ups and downs in mood, sometimes with and sometimes without apparent cause.
56. You always seem to have plenty of vigour and vitality.
57. It is difficult for you to understand people who get very concerned about things.
58. When a clerk in a store waits on others who come after you, you call his or her attention to the fact.
59. You would be very unhappy if you were prevented from making numerous social contacts.
60. There are times when your future looks very dark.
61. You sometimes wish that people would slow down a bit and give you a chance to catch up.
62. Many of your friends think you take your work too seriously.
63. You hesitate to walk into a meeting when you know that everyone's eye will be upon you.
64. You limit your friendships mostly to members of your own sex.
65. You almost always feel well and strong.
66. You seem to lack the drive necessary to get as much as other people do.
67. You make decisions on the spur of the moment.
68. You are rather good at bluffing when you find yourself in difficulty.
69. After being introduced to someone , you just cannot think of things to say to make good conversation.
70. You feel lonesome even when with other people.
71. You are able to work for unusually long hours without feeling tired.
72. You often act on the first thought that comes into your head.
73. At the scene of an accident, you take an active part in helping out.
74. You have difficulty in making new friends.
75. Your mood often changes from happiness to sadness or vice versa without knowing why.
76. You talk more slowly than most people.
77. You like to play practical jokes upon others.
78. You take the lead in putting life into a dull party.
79. You would like to belong to as many clubs and social organizations as possible.
80. There are times when your mind seems to work very slowly and other times when it works very rapidly.
81. You like to do things slowly and deliberately.
82. You are a happy-go-lucky individual.
83. When you are served stale or inferior food in a restaurant, you say nothing about it.
84. You would rather apply for a job by writing a letter than by going through with a personal interview.
85. You are often in low spirits.
86. You are inclined to rush from one activity to another without pausing enough for rest.
87. You are so concerned about the future that you do not get as much fun out of the present as you might.
88. When you are attracted to a person whom you have not met earlier you make an active attempt to get
acquainted even though it may be quite difficult.
89. You are inclined to limit your acquaintances to select few
90. you seldom give your past mistakes a second thought.
91. You are less energetic than many people you know.
92. You often stop to analyzed your thoughts and feelings.
93. You speak out in meetings to oppose those whom you feel sure are wrong.
94. You are so shy it bothers you.
95. You are sometimes bothered by having a useless thought come into your mind over and over.
96. You get things in hurry.
97. It is difficult for you to understand how some people can be so unconcerned about the future.
98. You lie to sell things (i.e. to act as a sales person)
99. You are often "Life of the Party".
100. You find daydreaming very enjoyable.
101. At work or at play other people find it hard to keep up with the pace you set.
102. You can listen to a lecture without feeling restless.
103. You would rather work for a good boss than for yourself.
104. You can express yourself more easily in speech than in writing.
105. You keep in fairly uniform spirits.
106. You dislike to be hurried in your work.
107. You sometimes find yourself "crossing bridges before you come to them".
108. You find it somewhat difficult to say "no" to a sales person who tries to sell you something you do not
really want.
109. There are only a few friends with whom you can relax and have a good time.
110. You usually keep cheerful in spite of trouble.
111. People sometimes tell you to "slow down" or "take it easy".
112. You are one of those who drink or smoke more than they know they should.
113. When you think you recognize people you see in a public place, you ask them whether you have met
them before.
114. You prefer to work alone.
115. Disappointment affect you so little that you seldom think about them twice.
116. You are slow and deliberate in movements.
117. You like wild enthusiasm, sometimes to a point bordering on rowdyism at a football or baseball game.
118. You feel self conscious in the presence of important people.
119. People think of you as being a very social type of person.
120. You have often lost sleep over your worries.
121. You can turn out a large amount of work in a short time.
122. You keep at a task until it is done, even after nearly everyone else has given up.
123. You can think of a good excuse when you need one.
124. Other people say that it is difficult to get to know you well.
125. You daydreams are often about things that can never come true.
126. You often run upstairs taking two steps at a time.
127. You seldom let your responsibility interfere with your having a good time.
128. You like to take on important responsibilities such as organizing a new business.
129. You have hesitated to make or to accept "dates" because of shyness.
130. Your mood is very easily influenced by people around you.
131. Others are often amazed by the amount of work you turn out.
132. You generally feel as though you haven't a care in the world.
133. You find it difficult to get rid of sales person whom you do not care to listen or give your time.
134. You are a listener rather than a talker in a social conversation.
135. You almost always feel that life is very much worth living.
136. It irritates you to have to wait at a crossing for a long freight train to pass.
137. You usually say what you feel like saying at the moment.
138. You like to speak in public.
139. You like to be with people.
140. You generally keep cool and think clearly in exciting situations.
141. Other people regard you as a lively individual.
142. When you get angry, if you let yourself go, you feel better.
143. You seek to avoid all trouble with other people.
144. People seem to enjoy being with you.
145. You sometimes feel listless and tired for no good reason.
146. It is hard to understand why many people are so slow and get so little done.
147. You are fond of betting on horse races and games, whether you can afford it or not.
148. If someone you know has been spreading untrue and bad stories about you, you see the person as
soon as possible and have a talk about it.
149. Shyness keep you from being as popular as you should be.
150. You are generally free from worry about possible misfortunes.



C TEST
This test consists of 50 questions. The Set Code for this paper is D.
1. The C language terminator is
(a) semicolon (b) colon (c) period (d) exclamation mark
2. What is false about the following -- A compound statement is
(a) A set of simple statements (b) Demarcated on either side by curly brackets
(c) Can be used in place of simple statement (d) A C function is not a compound statement.
3. What is true about the following C Functions
(a) Need not return any value (b) Should always return an integer
(c) Should always return a float (d) Should always return more than one value
4. Main must be written as
(a) The first function in the program (b) Second function in the program
(c) Last function in the program (d) Any where in the program
5. Which of the following about automatic variables within a function is correct ?
(a) Its type must be declared before using the variable (b) They are local
(c) They are not initialized to zero (d) They are global
6. Write one statement equivalent to the following two statements: x=sqr(a); return(x);
Choose from one of the alternatives
(a) return(sqr(a)); (b) printf("sqr(a)");
(c) return(a*a*a); (d) printf("%d",sqr(a));
7. Which of the following about the C comments is incorrect ?
(a) Comments can go over multiple lines
(b) Comments can start any where in the line
(c) A line can contain comments with out any language statements
(d) Comments can occur within comments
8. What is the value of y in the following code?
x=7;
y=0;
if(x=6) y=7;
else y=1;
(a) 7 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 6
9. Read the function conv() given below
conv(int t)
{
int u;
u=5/9 * (t-32);
return(u);
}
What is returned
(a) 15 (b) 0 (c) 16.1 (d) 29
10. Which of the following represents true statement either x is in the range of 10 and 50 or y is zero
(a) x >= 10 && x <= 50 || y = = 0 (b) x<50
(c) y!=10 && x>=50 (d) None of these
11. Which of the following is not an infinite loop ?
(a) while(1)\{ ....} (b) for(;;){...}
(c) x=0; (d) # define TRUE 0
do{ /*x unaltered within the loop*/ ...
.....}while(x = = 0); while(TRUE){ ....}

12. What does the following function print?
func(int i)
{
if(i%2)return 0;
else return 1;
}
main()
{
int =3;
i=func(i);
i=func(i);
printf("%d",i);
}
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
13. How does the C compiler interpret the following two statements
p=p+x;
q=q+y;
(a) p= p+x; (b)p=p+xq=q+y; (c)p= p+xq; (d)p=p+x/q=q+y;
q=q+y; q=q+y;

For questions 14,15,16,17 use the following alternatives:
a.int b.char c.string d.float
14. '9'
15. "1 e 02"
16. 10e05
17. 15
18. Read the folllowing code
# define MAX 100
# define MIN 100
....
....
if(x>MAX)
x=1;
else if(x x=-1;
x=50;
if the initial value of x=200,what is the value after executing this code?
(a) 200 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) 50

19. A memory of 20 bytes is allocated to a string declared as char *s then the following two statements are executed:
s="Entrance"
l=strlen(s);
what is the value of l ?
(a)20 (b)8 (c)9 (d)21

20. Given the piece of code
int a[50];
int *pa;
pa=a;
To access the 6th element of the array which of the following is incorrect?
(a) *(a+5) (b) a[5] (c) pa[5] (d) *(*pa + 5}

21. Consider the following structure:
struct num nam
{
int no;
char name[25];
}
struct num nam n1[]={{12,"Fred"},{15,"Martin"},{8,"Peter"},{11,Nicholas"}};
.....
.....
printf("%d%d",n1[2],no,(*(n1 + 2),no) + 1);
What does the above statement print?
(a) 8,9 (b) 9,9 (c) 8,8 (d) 8,unpredictable value

22. Identify the in correct expression
(a)a=b=3=4; (b)a=b=c=d=0; (c)float a=int b= 3.5; (d)int a; floatb;a=b=3.5;

23. Regarding the scope of the varibles;identify the incorrect statement:
(a) automatic variables are automatically initialized to 0 (b) static variables are are automatically initialized to 0
(c) the address of a register variable is not accessible (d) static variables cannot be initialized with any expression

24. cond 1?cond 2?cond 3?:exp 1:exp 2:exp 3:exp 4;
is equivalent to which of the following?
(a) if cond 1
exp 1;
else if cond 2
exp 2;
else if cond 3
exp 3;
else exp 4;
(b) if cond 1
if cond 2
if cond 3
exp 1;
else exp 2;
else exp 3;
else exp 4;
(c) if cond 1 && cond 2 && cond 3
exp 1 |exp 2|exp 3|exp 4;
(d) if cond 3
exp 1;
else if cond 2 exp 2;
else if cond 3 exp 3;
else exp 4;
25. The operator for exponentiation is
(a) ** (b) ^ (c) % (d) not available

26. Which of the following is invalid
(a) a+=b (b) a*=b (c) a>>=b (d) a**=b

27. What is y value of the code if input x=10
y=5;
if (x==10)
else if(x==9)
else y=8;
(a)9 (b)8 (c)6 (d)7

28. What does the following code do?
fn(int n, int p, int r)
{
static int a=p;
switch(n)
{
case 4:a+=a*r;
case 3:a+=a*r;
case 2:a+=a*r;
case 1:a+=a*r;
}
}
(a) computes simple interest for one year (b) computes amount on compound interest for 1 to 4 years
(c) computes simple interest for four year (d) computes compound interest for 1 year

29.
a=0;
while(a<5)
printf("%d\\n",a++);
How many times does the loop occurs?
(a) infinite (b)5 (c)4 (d)6

30. How many times does the loop iterated ?
for(i=0;i=10;i+=2)
printf("Hi\\n");
(a)10 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) None of these

31. What is incorrect among the following
A recursive function
(a) calls itself (b) is equivalent to a loop
(c) has a termination condition (d) does not have a return value at all
32. Which of the following go out of the loop if expn 2 becoming false
(a) while(expn 1)\{...if(expn 2)continue;} (b) while(!expn 1)\{if(expn 2)continue;...}
(c) do{..if(expn 1)continue;..}while(expn 2); (d) while(!expn 2)\{if(expn 1)continue;..\}

33. Consider the following program
main()
{
unsigned int i=10;
while(i>=0)
{
printf("%u",i)
i--;
}
}
How many times the loop will get executed
(a)10 (b)9 (c)11 (d) infinite

34.Pick out the odd one out
(a) malloc() (b) calloc() (c) free() (d) realloc()

35.Consider the following program
main()
{
int a[5]={1,3,6,7,0};
int *b;
b=&a[2];
}
The value of b[-1] is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) -6 (d) none

36. # define prod(a,b)=a*b
main()
{
int x=2;
int y=3;
printf("%d",prod(x+2,y-10));
}
the output of the program is
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) None

37.Consider the following program segment
int n,sum=1;
switch(n)
{
case 2:sum=sum+2;
case 3:sum*=2;
break;
default:sum=0;
}
If n=2, what is the value of sum
(a) 0 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) None of these

38. Identify the incorrect one
1.if(c=1)
2.if(c!=3)
3.if(a 4.if(c==1)
(a) 1 only (b) 1&3 (c) 3 only (d) All of the above

39. The format specified for hexa decimal is
(a) %d (b) %o (c) %x (d) %u

40. Find the output of the following program
main()
{
int x=5, *p;
p=&x
printf("%d",++*p);
}
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) none of these

41.Consider the following C code
main()
{
int i=3,x;
while(i>0)
{
x=func(i);
i--;
}
int func(int n)
{
static sum=0;
sum=sum+n;
return(sum);
}
}
The final value of x is
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 1 (d) 3

43. Int *a[5] refers to
(a) array of pointers (b) pointer to an array (c) pointer to a pointer (d) none of these

44.Which of the following statements is incorrect
(a) typedef struct new
{
int n1;
char n2;
} DATA;

(b) typedef struct
{
int n3;
char *n4;
}ICE;

(c) typedef union
{
int n5;
float n6;
} UDT;

(d) #typedef union
{
int n7;
float n8;
} TUDAT;

PHYSCOMETRY TEST
Direction:
In this section you will find different questions with the same meaning. In all such questions your answer has to be same. for e.g.:
In being thrown by chance with a stranger, you wait for the person to introduce himself or herself.
(a) Yes (b) No (c) ?

It is difficult for you to chat about things in general with people.
(a) Yes (b) No (c) ?

These two questions have similar meanings. If you answer the first one 'NO' and the second one 'YES', i.e. if you differ in your answers to similar questions you lose marks for every question with the above meaning.

The choices to these questions are:
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) ?

1. You start to work on a project with great deal of enthusiasm.
2. You would rather plan an activity than take part in it.
3. You have more than once taken lead in organizing project or a group of some kind.
4. You like to entertain guests.
5. Your interests change quickly from one thing to another.
6. When you eat a meal with others, you are usually one of the last to finish.
7. You believe in the idea that we should " eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die."
8. When you find that something you have bought is defective, you hesitate to demand an exchange or a refund.
9. You find it easy to find new acquaintances.
10. You are sometimes bubbling over with energy and sometimes very sluggish.
11. You are happiest when you get involved in some projects that calls for rapid action.
12. Other people think of you as being very serious minded.
13. In being thrown by chance with a stranger, you wait for the person to introduce himself or herself.
14. You like to take part in many social activities.
15. You sometimes feel "just miserable" for no good reason at all.
16. You are often so much " on the go" that sooner or later you may wear yourself out.
17. You like parties you attend to be lively.
18. If you hold an opinion that is radically different that expressed by a lecturer, you are likely to tell the person about it either during or after the lecture.
19. It is difficult for you to chat about things in general with people.
20. You give little thought to your failures after they are passed.
21. You often wonder where others get all the excess energy they seem to have.
22. You are inclined to stop to think things over before you act.
23. You avoid arguing over a price with a clerk or sales person.
24. You would dislike very much to work alone in some alone place.
25. You often find it difficult to go to sleep at night because you keep thinking of what happened during the day.
26. You find yourself hurrying to get to places even when there is plenty of time.
27. You like work that requires considerable attention to details.
28. You are satisfied to let some one else take the lead in group activities.
29. You enjoy getting acquainted with people.
30. It takes a lot to get you emotionally stirred up or excited.
31. You work more slowly and deliberately than most people of your sex and age.
32. You are a carefree individual.
33. When people do not play fair you hesitate to say anything about it to them.
34. It bothers you to have people watch you at your work.
35. You have usually been optimistic about your future.
36. You like to have plenty of time to stop and rest.
37. You take life very seriously.
38. You enjoy applying for a job in person.
39. You would like to be a host or hostess for parties at club.
40. You often feel uncomfortable or uneasy.
41. You are the kind of person who is "on the go" all the time.
42. You often crave excitement.
43. The thought of making a speech frightens you.
44. You find it easy to start conversation with strangers.
45. You often feel guilty without a very good reason for it.
46. People think you are a very energetic person.
47. You sometimes make quick decisions that you later wish you hadn't made.
48. You find it difficult to ask people for money or other donations, even for a cause in which you are interested.
49. You are so naturally friendly that people immediately feel at ease with you.
50. You daydream a great deal.
51. You are quick in your actions.
52. You have a habit of starting things and then losing interest in them.
53. When you were a child many of your playmates naturally expected you to be the leader.
54. You sometimes avoid social contacts for fear of doing or saying the wrong thing.
55. You have frequent ups and downs in mood, sometimes with and sometimes without apparent cause.
56. You always seem to have plenty of vigour and vitality.
57. It is difficult for you to understand people who get very concerned about things.
58. When a clerk in a store waits on others who come after you, you call his or her attention to the fact.
59. You would be very unhappy if you were prevented from making numerous social contacts.
60. There are times when your future looks very dark.
61. You sometimes wish that people would slow down a bit and give you a chance to catch up.
62. Many of your friends think you take your work too seriously.
63. You hesitate to walk into a meeting when you know that everyone's eye will be upon you.
64. You limit your friendships mostly to members of your own sex.
65. You almost always feel well and strong.
66. You seem to lack the drive necessary to get as much as other people do.
67. You make decisions on the spur of the moment.
68. You are rather good at bluffing when you find yourself in difficulty.
69. After being introduced to someone , you just cannot think of things to say to make good conversation.
70. You feel lonesome even when with other people.
71. You are able to work for unusually long hours without feeling tired.
72. You often act on the first thought that comes into your head.
73. At the scene of an accident, you take an active part in helping out.
74. You have difficulty in making new friends.
75. Your mood often changes from happiness to sadness or vice versa without knowing why.
76. You talk more slowly than most people.
77. You like to play practical jokes upon others.
78. You take the lead in putting life into a dull party.
79. You would like to belong to as many clubs and social organizations as possible.
80. There are times when your mind seems to work very slowly and other times when it works very rapidly.
81. You like to do things slowly and deliberately.
82. You are a happy-go-lucky individual.
83. When you are served stale or inferior food in a restaurant, you say nothing about it.
84. You would rather apply for a job by writing a letter than by going through with a personal interview.
85. You are often in low spirits.
86. You are inclined to rush from one activity to another without pausing enough for rest.
87. You are so concerned about the future that you do not get as much fun out of the present as you might.
88. When you are attracted to a person whom you have not met earlier you make an active attempt to get acquainted even though it may be quite difficult.
89. You are inclined to limit your acquaintances to select few
90. you seldom give your past mistakes a second thought.
91. You are less energetic than many people you know.
92. You often stop to analyzed your thoughts and feelings.
93. You speak out in meetings to oppose those whom you feel sure are wrong.
94. You are so shy it bothers you.
95. You are sometimes bothered by having a useless thought come into your mind over and over.
96. You get things in hurry.
97. It is difficult for you to understand how some people can be so unconcerned about the future.
98. You lie to sell things (i.e. to act as a sales person)
99. You are often "Life of the Party".
100. You find daydreaming very enjoyable.
101. At work or at play other people find it hard to keep up with the pace you set.
102. You can listen to a lecture without feeling restless.
103. You would rather work for a good boss than for yourself.
104. You can express yourself more easily in speech than in writing.
105. You keep in fairly uniform spirits.
106. You dislike to be hurried in your work.
107. You sometimes find yourself "crossing bridges before you come to them".
108. You find it somewhat difficult to say "no" to a sales person who tries to sell you something you do not really want.
109. There are only a few friends with whom you can relax and have a good time.
110. You usually keep cheerful in spite of trouble.
111. People sometimes tell you to "slow down" or "take it easy".
112. You are one of those who drink or smoke more than they know they should.
113. When you think you recognize people you see in a public place, you ask them whether you have met them before.
114. You prefer to work alone.
115. Disappointment affect you so little that you seldom think about them twice.
116. You are slow and deliberate in movements.
117. You like wild enthusiasm, sometimes to a point bordering on rowdyism at a football or baseball game.
118. You feel self conscious in the presence of important people.
119. People think of you as being a very social type of person.
120. You have often lost sleep over your worries.
121. You can turn out a large amount of work in a short time.
122. You keep at a task until it is done, even after nearly everyone else has given up.
123. You can think of a good excuse when you need one.
124. Other people say that it is difficult to get to know you well.
125. You daydreams are often about things that can never come true.
126. You often run upstairs taking two steps at a time.
127. You seldom let your responsibility interfere with your having a good time.
128. You like to take on important responsibilities such as organizing a new business.
129. You have hesitated to make or to accept "dates" because of shyness.
130. Your mood is very easily influenced by people around you.
131. Others are often amazed by the amount of work you turn out.
132. You generally feel as though you haven't a care in the world.
133. You find it difficult to get rid of sales person whom you do not care to listen or give your time.
134. You are a listener rather than a talker in a social conversation.
135. You almost always feel that life is very much worth living.
136. It irritates you to have to wait at a crossing for a long freight train to pass.
137. You usually say what you feel like saying at the moment.
138. You like to speak in public.
139. You like to be with people.
140. You generally keep cool and think clearly in exciting situations.
141. Other people regard you as a lively individual.
142. When you get angry, if you let yourself go, you feel better.
143. You seek to avoid all trouble with other people.
144. People seem to enjoy being with you.
145. You sometimes feel listless and tired for no good reason.
146. It is hard to understand why many people are so slow and get so little done.
147. You are fond of betting on horse races and games, whether you can afford it or not.
148. If someone you know has been spreading untrue and bad stories about you, you see the person as soon as possible and have a talk about it.
149. Shyness keep you from being as popular as you should be.
150. You are generally free from worry about possible misfortunes.





Orissa Computer Application centere 2001C(bhubaneswar
TCS 2001

PART 1-A VERBAL COMPREHENSION
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1.) Merry = c) Gay
2.) To Heap = a) to pile
3.) Cargo = d) Froight
4.) Misery = e) Distress
5.) Volume = b) Quantity
6.) To Hamper = b) to obstruct
7.) To Merit = c) to deserve
8.) BRIM = a) Border
9.) Tranquil = d) Serene
10.) To Renounce = b) to reject
11.) To Baffle = e) to frustrate
12.) Meager = c) scant
13.) Obstinate = c) Stubbern
14.) To Instigate = d)
15.) To Emancipate = a) to liberate
16.) To Hover = a) to linger
17.) Belief = d) Conviction
18.) To Stifle = e) to smother
19.) Discretion = a) Prudence
20.) To Alienate = b)to estrange
21.) To solicit = e)
22.) Potential = a) Talent
23.) To Veer = e) to diverge
24.) To Subside = d) to wane
25.) To Confiscate = d) to appropriate
26.) Caprise = c)Whim
27.) Adhesive = e) Tenacious
28.) Latitude = a) Scope
29.) Inert = b) Passive
30.) To Covet! = a) to crave
31.) To Efface = b)deliberate
32.) To Concur = a) to acquisce
33.) Furtive = c) Stealthy
34.) Incentive = d) Provocation
35.) Tolerant =d)
36.) Lethargy = e)Stupor
37.) To Admonish = b) to usurp
38.) Momentary = c) Transient
39.) Pretentious = b)obtentatious
40.) To Dispel = a) to dissipate.

PART 1-B GENERAL REASONING
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1.) If 2 articles cost 8 cents, how much would five articles cost
d) 20 cents.
2.) A man was arrested for exceeding the spped limit of 10 miles an hour.
A second man was charged with exceedind the same limit by twice as much.
The second man was driving with 35 miles per hour. What was the speed limit.
b) 15 miles per hour
3.) A book keeper multiplied a number by 3 when it should have been divided by 3.
The answer she got was 3. What should the answer have been.
a) 1/3
4.) A man on motorcylcle rides 110 miles in 330 minutes .What is his average
speed in miles per hour.
a)20
5.) A stationary engine has enough fuel to run 12 hours when its tank is 4/5
full. How long will it run when it is 1/3 full.
e) 5 hours.
6.) The center of a storm shifts 45 miles in 2 hrs. At the same rate how long
wold it take to move 60 miles.
c) 2 2/3 hrs.
7.) A 3 galon mix. contains 1 part S and 2 parts R. In order to change it to! a
mix containing 25% S.How much R should be added.
d) i gallon
8.) A bus left the station at 8.00 AM on an outgoing trip that covers 27 miles.
After a 30 Min. stopover it returned. On the outgoing trip it averaged 50%
faster. What time did it return to the station.
b) 11.00 am
9.) A tree grows only 3/5 as fast as the one beside it. In four years the combined
growth of the 2 trees is 8 feet.How much does the shorter tree grow in 2 years.
a) less than 2 feet.
10.) For a round tap, a car used 4 1/2 gallons of gasoline. If it used 1/4 more
gasoline going than coming back how much gasoline was used coming back.
d) 2 gallons.
11.) A ocean liner L miles from port steams forward port at H miles per hour.
Another leaves the same port and steams towards the ocean liner at 1 mile per
hour. How many miles away from the port will thay meet.
c) Between I J. Closer to J.
12.) The lowest temp. during outgoing the night was 1! /3 more than 1/2 high as
the highest temp. during the day. The two temp. added together totalled 100 deg.
What was the lowest tem.
b) 40 deg.
13.) A family planning a week end trip .Decided to spend not more than a total
of eight hours driving.by leaving early inthe morning they can average 40 miles per
hour on the way to their destination.Due to the heavy sunday traffic,they can average
only 30 miles per hour on the return trip.What is the farthest distance from home
they can plan to go.
b) Between 120 and 140 miles.
14.) Two workers load a truck in 24 min. One of the men alone can load it in 40
min. How long will it take the other man to do the job alone.
c) 60 minutes.
15.) A bulding D feet tall casts a snadow G feet long. How tall is a neighbouring
bulding casts a shadow C feet long
b) B feet

PART 1-C CRITICAL REASONING
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D. Organising the home can be perceived as conferring power, so large numbers of women
are unwilling to let go of chores,even when they have careers.A survey found that,out of 65 new marriages,not one single wife expected her husband to share work equally.According
to the Family Policy Studies Centre, 81% of working wives return home to do all the cooking.
The average male has nearly half as much more tree time at weekends than his wife and the typical new father spends just 37 seconds a day talking to his baby .

13. Most working wives not expect their husbands to share chores equally
14.The average wife gas hall as much free time at weekands all her .
15. Some women collude in the unequal distribution of household work because life want
to retain control.
16. 39% of all men with working do the cooking and all the cleaning.

E. Confucus sad that to know the future we have to understand the past. In his time transport communications and scentific knowleage were less developed
are today. news took weeks to travel whereas today safelite links conned the con
virtually instantaneouslly, but our techological advances in the field of communication
seem not to have improved our capacity to understand one another.

17. In Confucius day people were more intelligent.
18. We understand each other better now than in Confucius time because we can travemore quckly.
19. We have made great improvements in transport since Confucius day.
20. none of our scientific discovenes has really improved our lives.

F. Words in totararian systems have an unhealthy importance and in such states now attempting to return to a more democratic normally there has been a natural inevitable and healthy devaluation of words. Whereas previously a single word used in a speed or even a play or poem, could be a serious pollitical event now the words come cheaper almost free politics is polities is polities again and poetry only poetry.

21. totalitanan states devallue words.
22. Only non-totalitarian regines produce poetry of political importance
23 Writers under totalitanan regines have to choose then words carefully
24 The democratic political system is healthier than any other

G. Statistics show that millions of vehicles have been carried by shuttle over the past 30 year
through Allpine tunnels without one ever calclung lire. In the alpine tunnels driver and passengers sit in their vehicles on the shuttle trains. Only one vehicle has ever caught fire on the
busy French motorail equivalent system this sort of accient is not possible in a closed shuttle.
Assertions that a vehicle will lead to calastrophe have no basis. Since the resources exist to derect control and extinguish a lire and to remove any persons present safety to an adjoining wagon, leaving any surviving lire facing rapid extinction within a wagon built to contain lire for 30 minutes. Calastrophe seems very unlikely.

26. If a car caught fire in a rail shuttle probably none would be killed
at least one vehicle has caught lire in an alpine tunnel.
27. if a lire staarted in a wagon it would be allowed to burn itself out in 30 minutes.
28, it would thoretically be possible for a car to catch lire in a closed shuttle system.

H. Every form of art is protected by copyright upon the experation of which the properly passes into the public domain and becomes freely available to anyone wishing to explan it commercially,
The time has come when all treasures should pass to the control of a trust, and by this be made relity available to anyone on payment of a fee or royality. The income from the words of lagore would alone be enormous. Those who now gain financial beeft from his genus should make some contribution to the welfare of the arts in general.

29. Tagore's plays are not protected by copyright.
30. Tagore's descendants should be asded to make some contribution to the art.
31. instead of of buying a ticket, theatregoers should pay a fee to a trust for the behefit of te arts.
32. More people could go to the theatre if copyright were abolished.

I. Hacking is a crime made possible by a relatively new technology, which is one of the reasons dis often poorly understood and reported. Many computers, but by no means all are now linked together in networds which allow users on one computer to communicate with others on the same network.If a computer is not networked, no manipulaton of its data from another machine is possible. So long as users are authorised networking is just a way of making work easier and more productive . Hacking on the other hand is the unauthorised use of networks or unauthorised entry into the computers themselves. Most people do not need to break into the networks use since they are already accedited users.

33. Most hackers are authorised to break into networks.
34. Computers are only vulnerable to the unauthrised manipulation of their data via another computer if they are networked.
35. the main reason why it is relatively easy to break into a computer is that few people understand the technology.
36. Hackeers do not work for the firms whose netorks they break into

J. Although invaders represent a threat to the conservation of flora and fauna, there are two special cases in which invasions has been deliberalely brought about, One is the desire to control
bests by natural predators. which mayhave to be brought in from other countries. The second
is releasing organisms into the wild (or on to larms from which they migt esscape) that are completely novel, because they have been genetically engineered. There is nothing ininnsically sinister about engineered organism, but any novelly must be regarded as a potential invader.
37. Pest control does not threaten the conservation of flora and fauna.
38. Genetically engineered organisms must always be regarded as potentially dangerous.

K1_Natural predatorn are mare harmful than bests.
K2_Genefically engineered organinms escaped from the farm, they will be pose a threat to wild life.

brectrones technology is coming to the rescue of heticopters. which can be grounded or crash in icy conditions. The machicnes are especially vulnerable to the build-up of ice on both their rotors and engine air intake when operating in cold, damo conditions. The problem is twofold; ice increased the weight and the build-up makes the aerofoils less efficient. Now at last a detector has been devised which the company hopes will mean safer flights and less frequest grounding. Unlike most devices in use at present it can detect the liquid water content of cloud
above freezing level . so the warning is given before the potential hazard is encountered.

39. An electronic device has been invented which will prevent the build up of ice on helicopter rotors.
40. Helicopters are sometimes grounded because in cold damp weather their engine air intakes and rotors maltunction owing to the formation of ice.
41. Only one device can at present detect the liquid water content of cloud above freezing level.
42. in future fewer helicopters will crasn ,or have to be grounded.

L. Anyone who has systematically examinen faces will have perceived a preponderance although not a proliteration of asymmetry. Whether or not the expression is volitional and self-controlled or spontaneous appears to predict facial aymmetry, as does the type of the
emotion portrayed. Positive emotord are usually displayed symmeincally although a left-sided representation of a negative emtion is mo;re common. Poseo expressions and negative emotions are less likely to be symmeincally represented, and where asymmetry occurs relative left-sided expressivenee is the more common.

43. An angry person os more likely to have a lopsided expression than someome who is smiling .
44. A deliberately assumed facial xpression will always be asymmetrical .
45. An actor is likely to smile symmetrically when acting.
46. more self-conscious people are likely is have less asymmetrical facial expressions than those who are less aware of themselves.

M. Human existence is not susceptible of arbitary division between consciousness and unconsciousess. The conscious world invades and shapes the activies of the unconscious while many of the great advevements of hunmanity 's waking hours were wholly or partly inspired by dreams. Evven if it could be argued that dreams precede expenence such a dichotomy could not be drawn, as the influence of dreaming on the walking state would remain unclear, but as yet no common vocabulary exists to record the substance of pcenatal dreaming.

47. Sleep can be a creative state.
48 It is difficult to tell whether a sleeper os dreaming or not.
49. If we knew what babres dream about they are bont, we could show that the conscious and unconscious mind influence one ano;ther.
50 . It is untrue to claim that the conscious and unconscious words never inpinge on one another.

PSYCHOMETRIC TEST.
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DO NOT BOTHERE ABOUT MUCH ABOUT THIS TEST. BE OPTIMISTIC WHILE ANSWERE.
THERE WILL BE 150 QUESTIONS IN 30 MIN. THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION MAY
REPEATED WITH SLIGHT VARIATIONS ANSWER SHOULD BE SAME IN BOTH THE CASES.
(ans will be as yes/no/can't say)

for example
1> you will be interested in social activities.
2> while going upstairs you will move two steps at a time.
3> you will be making friendship with same sex or with opposite sex also.
4> your friends will consider u as a leader in your group
5> people think that your'e serious minded.
6> some times you feel dull without any reason.
7> your'e host or hostes for several parties.
8> relatives come to your house you will entertain them.
9> you will do work for longtime without tireness.
10> in your company you want lead the organasition.
etc.. the qwestions may repeate several times so becareful and give same ans's.

Dear aspirants,


I have grouped the psychometric questions numbering 150. as it is not possible for me to write each question I am indicating only the numbers. Its up to u to correspond to the questions

At the outset I would like to clearly state that this version has no guarantee to be the correct version. Actually some 30/150 questions fall in to many groups and the line differentiating them is very thin. I have tried my best to group them.

Talking about the groups- they are 11 in number. As I have mentioned- this is not the only correct version- but this can be one. So if u feel u can group them more finer u can subdivide them in to many more.

I would advise u strictly to go through the whole set of groups and define urselves- the key to psychometric test is to define who u are and then start looking in to deeply the questions.

Each group represents a character or personality- u will decide which of the following attributes u would like to include in ur personality.

GROUP 1 LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

2 3 28 39 53 73 103 128

GROUP 2 SOCIABLE NATURE

4 9 13 14 24 29 44 49 54 59 64 70 74 79 88 89 109 114 119 139

GROUP 3 BALANCED PSYCHE people who are balanced- not wavery in their moods etc.. etc…

5 10 15 16 35 40 41 45 52 55 60 65 75 80 95 105 130 145 148

GROUP 4 DAYDREAMERS

50 100 107 125

GROUP 5 PATIENCE AND ATTRIBUTE OF TAKING RIGHT DECISIONS AFTER CAREFUL ANALYSIS

22 27 47 67 72 86 92 96 102 112 117 126 134 136 137 140 142 147



GROUP 6 EASYGOING AND CAREFREE NATURED PERSONALITIES

6 20 25 32 57 68 77 82 87 90 98 115 123 127 132 135 150

GROUP 7 ENTHUSIASTIC PERSONALITIES

1 17 42 66 78 85 99 110 141 144

GROUP 8 SLOW SLUGGISH DULL PERSONALITIES

7 11 21 30 31 36 46 51 56 61 76 81 91 106 116 101 146

GROUP 9 SERIOUS PERSONALITIES

12 26 37 62 97 111 120 124 143

GROUP 10 STRONG FULL OF ENERGY

71 121 122 131

GROUP 11 DIFFIDANT (shy, not able to ask even the most required thing….. etc..)

8 18 19 23 33 34 38 43(34) 48 58 63(34) 69 83 84(38) 93 104(34) 108 113 118(34) 129 133 149

read the following before proceeding

1. the last group is bigger and within the group itself a small subgrouping is done- the no. in the bracket is the parent question to which the no outside the bracket belongs to- hope u understand
2. strictly- this may not be 100 % right as many questions look very similar. So go thru and make alterations if u feel so.
3. in each groups there r 2 kinds of questions- if u say yes to some and no to others u will land up at the same definition. So its ur common sense to understand the affirmative and negative tones of each question and answer accordingly- u shld know when to answer no and yes for each question in the same group-
4. some groups itself are opposite to each other and can be grouped together- but I have separated them on the basis of finer inferences eg:- serious persons cant be easy going type. if u say no to any question on serious group question u will land as an easygoing personality and vice versa- so they can be put under a single group- but some finer points prevent from doing so

its up to u to to define urselves and answer and practice.

And guyz- this psychometry test shld not trouble u much- concentrate at the end. Prepare ur basics in mech- ur readymade answers for standard HR questios etc…and then do this at the end.

All the best!



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