TCS Ninja Aptitude questions – Set 1 (Standard section)

1) A^B means A raised to the power B. If f(x) = ax^4  – bx^2 + x + 5 and f(-3) = 2, then
f(3) = ?
a. 3
b. 8
c. -2
d. 1

Answer: b
Explanation: 
f(-3) = a(-3)4 – b(-3)2 + (-3) + 5 = 81a – 9b + 2 = 2 So 81a – 9b = 0, 
f(3) = a(3)4 – b(3)2 + (3) + 5 = 81a – 9b + 8
Substituting the value of 81a – 9b = 0 in the above we get f(3) = 8

2) 1/4 of the tank contains fuel. When 11 liters of the fuel is poured into the tank, the
indicator rests at the 1/2 mark. Find the capacity of the tank in liters.

a. 44
b. 36
c. 6
d. 8

Answer: a
Explanation:
Let the capacity of the tank be x liters. 
Given, 1/4 of x + 11 = 1/2 of x
By solving we get the x value as 44 liters. 

3) You have been given a physical balance and 7 weights of 47, 46, 43, 48, 49, 42, and
77 kgs. Keeping weights on one pan and object on the other, what is the maximum you
can weigh less than 178 kgs.

a. 172
b. 174
c. 175
d. 177

Answer: b
Explanation:
The maximum weight that can be weighed less than 178 kgs is 174 (48 + 49 + 77 = 174
kgs).
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4) How many 6-digit even numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
so that the digits should not repeat and the second last digit is even?

a. 320
b. 6480
c. 2160
d. 720

Answer: d
Explanation: 
To form 6-digit even number, the last digit should be an even number so 3 ways (2, 4, or
6) to fill the last digit and second last digit also should be even for which it will take 2
ways to fill. 
The last two digits are filled in 6 ways( 2 x 3 = 6 ways). The rest of the 4 digits can be
filled in 5P4 ways i.e. 120 ways. Hence altogether to fill 6-digit even number = 120 * 6 =
720 ways.

5) Out of a group of swans, 7/2 times the square root of the total number are playing
on the shore of the pond. The remaining 2 are inside the pond. Find the total number of
swans.

a. 16
b. 25
c. 4
d. 9

Answer: a
Explanation: 
Let the number of swans = x2
x2 = 7x/2 + 2 –> x2 = (7x + 4)/2
2x2 = 7x + 4, —>  2x2 – 7x – 4 = 0
The roots of x are 4, -1/2. Here -1/2 is not possible, so the x value will be 4.
The total number of swans is x2 i.e 16.

6) In a village, every weekend, three-eighth of the men and one-third of the women
participate in a social activity. If the total number of participants is 54, and out
of them 18 are men then the total number of men and women in the village is:

a. 180
b. 156
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c. 204
d. 228

Answer: b
Explanation:
3/8th of men and 1/3rd of women participated and given that the total participants are
54. 
Out of total participants 54, 18 were men and the rest will be women (54-18 = 36
women). From this, we can say that –> 3/8 * men = 18, therefore men = 48. And 1/3 of
women = 36 –> women = 108.
The total number of men and women in the village is 156.

7) If M is 30% of Q, Q is 20% of P, and N is 50% of P, then M/N = ?

a. 6/5
b. 4/3
c. 3/25
d. 3/250

Answer: c
Explanation: 
Q = 20% of P
M    =    30% of  Q —> 30% of (20% of P)   —> 30/ 100 * 20/100 * P  –> 6/100 * p
N    =    50% of P  –> 5/10 * P
M/ N = (6/100 * P) / (5/10 * P) = 6/50 = 3/25

8) There are 20 persons among whom two are sisters. Find the number of ways in
which we can arrange them around a circle so that there is exactly one person between
two sisters? Please note that the exact position on the circle does not matter (no seat
numbers are marked on the circle), and only the relative positions of the people matter.

a. 2! * 19!
b. None of these
c. 2 * 18!
d. 18!

Answer: c
Explanation: 
Fix the position of two sisters. Hence there are only 18 people left
So there are 18 ways in which a person can sit between the two sisters. Now if we swap
the bothers we get another 18 ways.
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So hence we have a total of  = 2 * 18 combinations
Consider the group of three people(two brothers and the person between them) as a
single entity.
we have another 17 people left so there are 18 entities to be arranged in total.
Arranging 18 entities around a circle can be done in (18-1)! = 17! ways
Total no of ways = 2 * 18 * 17! = 2 * 18!

9) Find the length of the longest pole that can be placed in an indoor stadium 24m long,
18m wide and 16m high.

a. 36m
b. 34m
c. 30m
d. 25m

Answer: b
Explanation:

Length of the longest pole = diagonal of rectangular indoor stadium 

= √( l²+b²+h²)
= √(24²+18²+16²)
= √(576+324+256)
= √1156
= 34 m

10) Of a set of 30 numbers, the average of first 10 numbers is equal to the average of
last 20 numbers. Then the sum of the last 20 numbers is:

a. Sum of first ten numbers

b. 2 X sum of the first ten numbers
c. Cannot be determined with the given data
d. 2 x sum of last ten numbers

Answer: b
Explanation: 
Average = (sum of n numbers)/(n)
(sum of first 10 numbers)/10 = (sum of last 20 numbers)/20
Hence, (sum of last 20 numbers) = 2*(sum of first 10 numbers)
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11) Thomas takes 7 days to paint a house completely whereas Raj would require 9 days
to paint the same house completely. How many days will it take to paint the house if
both of them work together (give answers to the nearest integer)?

a. 4 days
b. 2 days
c. 5 days
d. 3 days

Answer: a
Explanation: 
Work done by Thomas in a day = 1/7
Work done by Raj in a day = 1/9
Work done by both in a day = 1/7 +1/9 =16/63
Days required if they both work together = 63/16 = 3.9 = 4 days

12) The University of Vikramasila has enrolled nine Ph.D. candidates: Babu, Chitra,
Dheeraj, Eesha, Farooq, Gowri, Hameed, Iqbal, Jacob.

– Farooq and Iqbal were enrolled on the same day as each other, and no one else was
enrolled that day.
– Chitra and Gowri were enrolled on the same day as each other, and no one else was
enrolled that day.
– On each of the other days of hiring, exactly one candidate was enrolled.
– Eesha was enrolled before Babu.
– Hameed was enrolled before Dheeraj.
– Dheeraj was enrolled after Iqbal but before Eesha.
– Gowri was enrolled after both Jacob and Babu.
– Babu was enrolled before Jacob.

Who were the last two candidates to be enrolled?

a. Eesha and Jacob

b. Babu and Chitra
c. Gowri and Chitra
d. Babu and Gowri

Answer: d
Explanation:
1.  Easha < Babu
2. Hameed < Dheeraj
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3. Iqbal < Dheeraj < Easha
4. Jacob/Babu < Gowri
5. Babu < Jacob
from 1 and 5, Easha was before Babu and Jacob so she cannot be in the last two. Option
B ruled out
from 4 and 5, babu is before Jacob and Gowri so he cannot be in the last two. Options a,
c ruled out.
So option d is correct.

13) In a certain city, 60 percent of the registered voters are Party A supporters and the
rest are Party B supporters. In an assembly election, if 75% of the registered Party A
supporters and 20% of the registered Party B supporters are expected to vote for
Candidate A, what percent of the registered voters are expected to vote for Candidate
A?

a. 20
b. 60
c. 75
d. 53

Answer: d
Explanation:
let there be x number of registered voters
60% are Party A supporters = 60% of x
40% are Party B supporters = 40% of x
Out of 60%, 75% voted for party A = 75%(60% of x) = 18x/40
Out of 40% ,20% voted for party B = 20%(40% of x) = 8x/100
=18x/40+8x/100=106x/200
Percentage of registered voters expected to vote for A = 106x/200*100 = 53% of x

14) When 100 is to be successively divided by 6, 3, 4, first divide 100 by 6. Then divide
the quotient 16 by 3. Then divide the quotient 5 by 4.

A number when successively divided by 5, 3, 2 gives the remainder of 0, 2 and 1

respectively in that order. What will be the remainders when the same number is
divided successively by 2, 3 and 5 in that order?

a. 4, 1, 2
b. 1, 0, 4
c. 2, 1, 3
d. 4, 3, 2
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Answer:  b
Explanation:
Let us assume the number to be N. Now, N is first divided by 5 and leaves a remainder 0.
So,  N = 5X+0
Then the quotient (X) is divided by 3 and leaves a remainder of 2. So, X = 3Y+2
Again, the quotient (Y) is divided by 2 and leaves a remainder of 1. So, Y = 2Z+1
Now, let us assume that Z = 1, then Y = 3, X = 11, N=55
Now, 55/2 remainder is 1, 27/3 remainder is 0 and 9/5 remainder is 4. So the answer is
1, 0, 4

15) Professor Nitwit obtains a hash number of a given positive integer > 3 as follows.
He subtracts 2 from the number (to get the new number), and multiplies the new
number by 2 to get a term. He repeats this with the new number (to get newer numbers
and terms) until the number becomes 2 or 1. The hash is defined as the sum of all the
terms generated in this process.

For example, with the number 5, he multiplies (5-2 =3) by 2 to get the first term 6. He
multiplies (3-2=1) by 2 to get the second term 2.  As the number has become 1, he
stops. The hash is the sum of the two terms (6+2) or 8.

If professor Nitwit is given 3 numbers 4, 9 and 13, what is the sum of the hash numbers
he obtains for the three numbers?

Explanation:

We need to continuously subtract 2 from the given number until it becomes 1 or 2 and
then we multiply each of those numbers by 2. Following the same,
For example, as given for 5: (3 + 1) × 2 = 8

Now, let us apply the same for 4, 9, 13.

4 : (2) x 2 = 4
9 : (7 + 5 + 3 + 1) × 2 = 32
13 : (11 + 9 + 7 + 5 + 3 + 1) × 2 = 72
Sum of the hash numbers = 4 + 32 + 72 = 108
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