Success Story Ashitosh Shirke 2019-20

Student of Computer Science and Engineering Department, Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering and Technology Ashta

TCS is my dream company, I will tell in short why it is so. When I was in first year there is TCS campus drive in our institute, at that time I asked to some of seniors about the company and they told me in short and was very curious to know more about the company, to get more information about the company I started surfing on google and collected information and decided that this is the only company where I want to work. This is how the TCS became my dream company. To take my dream into reality I started working accordingly. When I got know that TCS take certain rounds, like Aptitude, technical interview, and HR interview. For aptitude round I need work on my quantitative aptitude and technical aptitude. In second year I started working on my technical skills, like improving my coding ability in languages like C, C++ which are the basic languages to learn any language. I started practicing the program in C also in C++. When we are in third I decided to start with the general quantitative aptitude, and fortunately our college arranged one month training program on general aptitude which was taken by Aptech. The training helped me a lot to work on my aptitude. After completing the training, I was much confident that I can crack the aptitude test of the TCS by practicing the aptitude question. For practicing the aptitude question I used spend some time on indiabix, which is one of the best website for practicing the aptitude questions and Quantitative aptitude by R.S Agarwal is also best book for aptitude. At the same time I started improving my technical skills, from my seniors I came to know about the GeeksForGeeks website which is one of the best website for computer science students, and this website helped me a lot during the preparation of interview. Because there are lot of interview experiences are present which helped me for preparing for technical as well as HR interview. The test was scheduled on 3rd & 4th Aug, till the test date I am continuously practicing general aptitude, technical aptitude & programs. Finally the wait is over and test day is arrived. My shift was on 4th Aug, on 3rd Aug I slept early because I want to appear for test with fresh mind. The test started at 11:30 a.m. It was one and half hour test, which is divided into four section such as English, Quantitative Aptitude, Programming Concepts and Coding. Each carrying negative marking except coding section. In English section there are fill in blank type questions, I have solved 13 out of 15. The quantitative aptitude section was bit difficult, I have solved around 7-8 questions out of 15, looking at the difficulty of test it was great number for me. There are 10 questions in programming concepts section, I attempted 7 questions out of it. In coding section there was one problem statement for which we have to code. My problem statement was bit easy, I solved it and code in 15-18 minutes, out of 12 test case my code was passing 7 test case, rest time I was thinking on how to pass other test case, but unfortunately I was not able to cover it. The test end at 1 p.m., at that I was feeling relaxed because my test went good. The result of test was announced on 10th Aug and I got shortlisted for the interview. The interview was scheduled on 26th of Aug, it was scheduled in R.I.T Islampur. It is video conference type interview taken on their own platform. It was my first ever attempt to give interview through video conference. Due to this I was bit nervous and waiting for my call. I was very lucky that day, when my name is called I went for the interview, and the interviewer said please be seated and wait for 5 minutes. After listening these words I was bit relaxed and I groomed myself in that environment. After five minutes my interview started. First of all they asked a relaxing question. 

Interviewer : How are you doing? 

Me: I am fine and good. 

Interviewer: Tell me something which not in your resume? 

Me: I told about my internship and my area of interest (They started asking questions on my internship) 

Interviewer: What problems have you analysed during your internship period for your project.? 

Me: Answered. 

Interviewer: What things you done to make your project innovative and attractive? 

Me: Answered. 

Interviewer: Which language you used in back end? 

Me: PHP ( Same question asked two times to check my confidence) 

Interviewer: So basically you are web developer? 

Me: Answered. 

Interviewer: How you done the memory management of your website? 

Me: Not able to answer , But I told that we are not up to that point where can think of memory management. 

Interviewer: Do you have any interest in other languages like C,C++? 

Me: Yes , I do have. (Then started asking question on C, C++ and OOPS concepts) 

Interviewer: Tell me the difference between break and continue? 

Me: Answered. 

Interviewer: What is inheritance? 

Me: Answered. 

Interviewer: What is constructor? 

Me: Answered. (The interviewer asking technical questions said I am done, Now HR round Started) 

Interviewer: What things Frustrate you the most? 

Me: Answered. 

Interviewer: How do you control your frustration? 

Me: Answered 

Interviewer: What will you do if we don’t select you? 

Me: I will analyse the my mistakes and will try cover them in next interview. 

Interviewer: Are you aware about TCS one year Agreement? 

Me: Yes 

Interviewer: I am done. (They said me to leave, I thanked everyone) 

After the interview is done we are waiting for the results. The results were announced by the TPO on 13th Sept and I got selected for TCS ninja So this is all about my journey of cracking the TCS. It was a great experience during all the selection process. Thank You …..!

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Success Story Gauri Joshi 2019-20

Student of Computer Science and Engineering Department, Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering and Technology Ashta

I would like to share my experience in TCS drive. As you know TCS interviews held in Islampur on 26th August and I cracked that interview. So I am very glad to share my experience. TCS is my dream company. As we know TCS is multinational software company and highest-ranked IT services company and the top Indian company. Every year it hires near about 20000-25000 fresher’s. To get more information about the company I started surfing on Google and collected information. The hiring process is starts with online TNQT exam. This contains main four categories, English, Quantitative aptitude, Programming Logic MCQs and Coding. After completion of 5th semester in December our college organized Aptitude Training program for cracking TNQT this training has helped lot to me. Near about all topics related to TCS NQT are covered in this 15 days training. Then in 6th semester, I practice on aptitude. Unexpectedly, I cracked TNQT and I got eligible for TCS Ninja Interview. The result of TNQT was declared on 10th August 2019. Then I had contacted to seniors who had cracked TNQT. They told about important subjects, possible questions which are required for interview. That time I was in my hometown. Due to flood all roads was blocked. No any single book, no any study material was available to me. That time I had taken the help of YouTube and educational websites like Geeksforgeeks, Tutorialspoint, and Stack Overflow. For technical interview I have referred careerride.com website. My uncle Prof. Avinash Joshi had guided me lot of for interview. He daily sends me some links of YouTube for preparation of HR interview. 5 days before final interview, college organized mock technical and HR interview. That time, I hadn’t performed well. They guided me, how to give appropriate answers. They shown me my weaknesses and told me where and in which subjects I had to improve. Then our CSE department also organized subject wise mock interviews. I worked lot of after mock interview. I studied C, C++, database, data structure, some concepts of java, and details of project. During this tensed period, my family especially my mom and dad supported me lot. They told me that only few days are remaining. Do your best. Don’t take tension. I will crack the interview. Finally the day came. On 26th August 2019, my first professional interview held at RIT, Islampur. I went to interview with lot of blessings, best wishes with confidence. It was video conferencing. 

First technical interview started. Some questions asked during interview are listed below: 

• Tell me about yourself. 
• Which programming language have you used for coding in TNQT?  Some concepts based on database: o What is joins? o Tell me about inner and left joins? 
• One example is given and they asked me, how many tuples will come in inner and left join? 
• Write a Fibonacci series program. 
• Which are the types of sorting? 
• One example is given and asked me to sort it by bubble sort. 
• Difference between C and Java. 
• Difference between C and C++. 
• Which are OOP’s concepts? 
• What is inheritance? 
• Tell scenario how multilevel inheritance occurs in C++. 

I had answered all most all the questions confidently. And then second interview started. That was Managerial Round. Questions asked by him are: 

• Which is your favorite subject in 12th standard?
• Concepts of chemistry like diffusion. 
• Who has invented periodic table? 
• In which language you have written first program? 
• Which most interesting program have you done ever? 
• Questions asked me in HR interview: 
• What you have learnt from college life other than studies? 
• Have you know about Guwahati? 
• Where it is? 
• If you don’t know about your job location then how will you reach there? 
• Can you work at any shift?

All these questions are asked to me during interview. The experience of my interview was good. After interview I was somewhat confident about selection. On 12th September, the result came. And I was selected. That was the happiest moment of my life.

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Success Story MohdAquid Mushrif 2019-20

Student of Computer Science and Engineering Department at Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering and Technology Ashta

“Success is a result of a ton of hard work with a slight touch of smartness.” A Job with the Leading MNC like Tata Consultancy Services is the aim for every Engineering Student and when I got this Opportunity through TCS Digital it was like a dream come true. Campus Placements are a very integral part of Engineering. Having a Job before you finish your last year gives you a high stack of confidence to face the industry.

                The First Round of almost every Company is the Quantitative Aptitude Test. The main Key to crack this round is Practice, practice and loads of practice. Till you don’t get a flavor of all the various types of questions that would be asked you won’t be able to face this Aptitude Round. TCS has the ‘National Qualifier Test’ (Ninja) which consists of 4 Sections: Verbal, Quantitative, Technical and Coding. The Verbal Section Consists of 15 questions the Time allotted to this section is 10 mins. Most of these questions would be fill up the blanks with articles, synonyms and Sentence rearrangement. The Quant Section will have 15 questions the Time in this section would be 30 mins, it is not advisable to give 2 mins to each question, a common mistake made by many students. Try to wind up and solve the easy questions in a less amount of time so that you can give more time to the difficult and time consuming ones. These questions are from general Aptitude Topics like Time-Rate-Work, P&C, Probability, Ages, Number Systems, etc. The technical section has 10-15 questions and the time allotted would be 20-25 mins. This section is comparatively of moderate difficulty. The Coding section will have 1 problem statement and 30 mins to solve it. The Tricky part in Aptitude is Negative Marking. Read the INSTRUCTIONS carefully understand them completely and then proceed.

                The Preparation for Aptitude can be started from 1^st Year itself but if you’re in the 7^th semester and if you’ve still not started practicing aptitude daily then it’s a quite alarming situation. Use any Book to take up aptitude questions or better lookup on the internet. Websites like Faceprep, Indiabix.etc provide an adrenaline of questions. I myself used a book called ‘Aptipedia’, It has all the questions topic wise and with increasing difficulty. Solving Company specific Mock Tests in allotted time is another great practice to deal with the pressure during the test. One key to keep in Mind is that the Company is not judging our Math solving skills, from Aptitude it is actually judging our Problem Solving Skills so keep in mind that most of the questions can be solved by Approximation and Basic Logical Tricks. The training by Sanir Kittur Sir from APTECH helped me the most to crack this round. His Logical Insight to every problem made it very easy to solve. The Aptitude Round Result does not only depend on your knowledge of Aptitude it also depends on the state of your mind while giving the test, its necessary to have a calm state of mind and to control your nervousness as it may lead to own disadvantage.

                The Bonus round for Ninja Test Toppers is the Digital Test which gives you an opportunity to get a higher package. This Digital Test has Increased Difficulty and advance level questions. A tip to crack this test is to focus on the Coding Section and Pass all the Test Cases. Here too the Negative Marking Coin plays a vital role. If you crack this test you get a chance to give interviews for digital role else you can continue with the Ninja interviews.

                Regarding the Preparation for Interviews I would say, prepare 100% of your Resume. The questions will be asked on the basis of what you’ve written in your Resume. So be careful while preparing your Resume, do not put unnecessary things that you don’t fully know about, that would lead to some unwanted questions. The Flow of your Interview is in your hands, Answer in a way that the next question will automatically be from your previous Answer. The questions would judge your knowledge about the technologies you’ve mentioned in your Resume.  

                A Final but a very crucial tip from my side Confidence plays a very important role in cracking any challenge any test. The Outcome depends 70% on your knowledge and 30% on your confidence with which you present your Knowledge.

                I would like to thank all my teachers and our HOD for their precious guidance and encouragement. I would express my gratitude to our Dean Training & Placement Suhel Sayyad Sir and the whole Campus Placement Team for Mentoring, Motivating and guiding me to success. Also I want to thank Sanir Kittur Sir and the whole APTECH team for the valuable training they provided. I would like to express my gratitude to my College, Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering and Technology for providing me this platform where I could achieve my dreams.           

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Success Story Monika Mohite TCS 2016-17

Listen from student of Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering and Technology Ashta, department of computer science and engineering about her success story for getting placed in Tata Consultancy Services.

Success Story Monika Mohite TCS 2016-17

Hello..!! I am Ms. Monika Mohite.

Thank you for giving me chance to express my success story.17 September 2016 is really unforgettable day, the day when I got placed in TCS (Tata Consultancy Services).

After 10th I had decided to go for engineering and taken admission for diploma in Computer Engineering. When I was in last year of diploma my cousin got placed in TCS from ADCET. Since that moment I was thinking that I have to get admission in good college and get placed in good company like TCS and Fortunately, I got admission in same college. In my life I have achieved lot of things, I was always topper in academics also but, placement success is greatest achievement of my life. I have no words to express my happiness of getting offer letter.                  

My journey begins one month before an interview. I was in first 5 toppers and TCS had policy to conducts only E-mail writing round for toppers. But, this year TCS changed toppers policy and we came to know it only few days before the drive.  After knowing this I was little bit tensed because I had not practiced aptitude. But, from next day immediately I had started to prepare for same. College had taken lots of practice, training sessions and many tests were conducted. I had also written in my diary that “Yes I can do it and I have to do it.” I had also prepared schedule for study. My parents are taking lots of efforts for my education. So now it is my responsibility to make them happy and proud. My mother always gives me inspiration and tells me that “Try honestly, definitely success is yours”.

Finally the day came – 13th September 2016-The first day. On that day aptitude and e-mail writing test was scheduled in ADCET, Ashta and 8:00 am is the reporting time. I was tensed. After some time test get started. First round was e-mail writing for 10 min. I had written good mail in 9 minutes by using all the words given. After that I felt confident. Next section is aptitude. Total 30 questions were there and 60 minutes to solve. I had tried to solve maximum questions of aptitude. In test out of 30,  total 24 questions I have attempted and I felt confident that I can crack the first round. But, since result were not declared .So I was little bit tensed.

We all were waiting for result. Finally, results were announced on 15th September after one day and 31 are shortlisted for interview from our college. My joy knew no bound when I come to know that I am one of them. The next day there was interview at RIT, Islampur. I went to Sayyad Sir and said I am tensed. Then sir has told me “No more rejections”. At that time I have decided that “I have to do it”. Sir had sent me to Prof. Mr. Sachin Patil sir for the interview. I had prepared some programs and questions that were asked for TCS interview which are given by sir. After that sir had taken my technical interview and it was really beneficial for me. Sir had given me good suggestions. He had taken my HR interview which helped to build my confidence.

Finally the day for which I have waited and struggled for the three years came 16th September 'The TCS Interview' and that day became remarkable day in my life. I went to college in morning with full energy and enthusiasm. We had practice interviews in college which help us to get rid of tension and fear of interview. With the blessings of Prof. Touheed Mujawar Sir, Prof. Suhel Sayyad Sir and team we left the college. We reached RIT at near about 1 pm. We were waiting for interview. I was the first for TI from my college. The first question was obviously Introduce yourself. I had tried my level best to answer the question. Then I was asked about my mini and major projects and the interview continues near about 25-30 minutes with C,C++ and JAVA based  basic questions. As I have certification in .NET so some questions were asked about .NET like what is framework ? And I was also asked to rate myself out of 10 for .NET and  JAVA. And I was asked to solve one problem on speed,time,distance and one simple puzzle.

Within 5 minutes I was called for MR. Interviewer asked me about myself and my family background. As I had mentioned in my introduction that leadership is my strength so Interviewer had given me some situations and asked for my reactions that how would I react, may be to judge my answer. Their expressions make me feel that I am on right track and I am satisfying their expectations. I was called for the HR after some time. I was asked about some common question like Are you willing to relocate?, Can you work in any shift (day or night) and interviewer started explaining about policies of company.

As I was the first student for interview from my college so I have gone through all rounds earlier than other friends and then I have waited for them to complete their interviews. We Left RIT at 10:00pm. And reached hostel at 11:00pm. I was very excited and little bit tensed about results of interview. With same feelings I have managed to sleep as I was so tired.

Next morning brings lots of happiness and feeling of satisfying expectations of parents and teacher. YES I have done it and I got placed in one of dream company of every software engineer TCS. I would like to give credit of my success to my parents, teachers, Prof. Mr. Touheed Mujawar Sir(TPO), blessings of my well-wishers, dear friends and my hard work. Mujawar sir make us feel that we have spirit and we will do anything .But trust me without his efforts and support I could not do so. So special gratitude towards Mujawar sir and I cannot forget head of our family(CSE dept) Prof. Mr. Suhel Sayyad sir whose blessings  and guidance made me capable to achieve the success in terms of placement in TCS. Thank you for everything.

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

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Success Story Supriya Mohite ADCET 2014

Hello Readers,

Here is the success story for you. All were eagerly waiting for this one. Yes, this is from a TCS Placed Candidate Supriya Mohite from Department of Computer Science and Engineering, ADCET Ashta. So you would be eagerly waiting to listen to this Success Story. Below is success story in her own words.

Success Story Supriya Mohite ADCET 2014

Career building is a tough procedure. It takes patients & hard work to be own self as a successful professional.First interview is always a special experience in anyone's life & surely the TCSer makes it more special. It was a big dream for me work in TCS and ofcourse I cant express my feelings when I got to know that I was selected for the best company in the world. I can't forget the day I got the offer letter.

At very first  our college announced name of five students of CSE dept that are eligible for TCS. I was shoked that I was eligible for TCS.Then I would come to know that TCS has first round on 20th September 2013 at RIT college Islampur. Our TPO “Prof Sayyad Sir” told us first round was “Email Writing” for that you have time of ten minutes  and if you want to crack that round you have to practice for email on MS word or any other tool that will help you for writing email , because of that you would get good writing speed as well as less spelling mistake. I follow the instruction given by Sayyad sir and practic for email using MS Word. 

Finally that day came i.e  20th September  and we went to RIT Islampur, there were so many students for first round . By seeing all students I was little bit  nervous. But  I motivated myself and I boost up for first round. I went to exam hall and started with email writing. There were 10-12 words given for writing email and only 10 minutes, by arranging all words in sequential manner and given time I wrote a mail. For writing mail the time is very important factor. Next day there was result of that round and Sayyad sir told the result to me and I was surprised that I was shortlisted for next round, I was very happy that time.

Next round was on 30th September 2013 at TCS branch Pune.  I reach to TCS branch Hinjewadi on 30th September at 8 AM. There were total 3 rounds. 1. Technical Round, 2. Management Round, 3. HR Round. 

In Technical round they ask me questions related to Operating system, Software Engineering, Computer Network, Database, C, and ask me to explain TE project. Some questions are what is OS? , What are types of OS? , What is deadlock?, Difference between real time and multiprocessor system?,What is multiprocessor system?    What is Software Engineering? , What is SDLC? , What are models in Software Engeering?, Draw Waterfall model and Spiral model and explain difference between them? What is OSI Model draw and explain? Explain Join. Why it is used? Write a query to retrieve first 1000 rows from table? Write a program to reverse a string. This is all about technical round,  after  half an hour I got my result and I was shortlisted for MR.  

Management Round was totally depends on my final year project. After cracking the MR, final round was HR round. In HR Round first question for me was to introduce yourself?  The next question was Tell me your strengths? What you know about TCS?  Why should I hire you? Next question was What are other skills you have? Final question for me was Do you have any question for me? This is all about my 3 rounds. 

For HR round I would like to say some important points that you should know 2 or 3 strength and weaknesses  about yourself with explanations. You must know about company profile  in detail and you should able to explain yourself in very well manner and so on.

After completing all rounds next day i.e 1st October 2013 there was result and  I was very afraid about result which was given to our TPO  Arif sir. At time passes my heart beats were increasing for getting result. At 11 am on 1st October I made call to Arif sir and asked about result, sir told me that you are got placed in TCS, now you are a part of TCS family. Really I was very excited when I heard that, I was part of TCS family. I feel it's my honor to be get placed in it. I was really very happy because I can see a huge blow of happiness on my parents face. My family was happy and it was something good to share with my wellwishers. I am feeling pride to be a part of TATA group. I am really thankful to GOD, Parents, Teachers, Friends and TCS for giving this opportunity. The first interview faced and cracked at the end gave immense joy and happiness. The assurance of my secured future among expertise gave the delight worth remembering.

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Tata Consultancy Services Sample Aptitude Questions for Practice 2014 Recuritment

TCS SAMPLE PAPER :-

Time :- 80 mins
(1)No. of Aptitude question:- 30

1) 23 people are there, they are shaking hands together, How many hand shakes possible, if they are in pair of cyclic sequence ?

2) 10 men and 10 women are there, they dance with each other, is there possibility that 2 men are dancing with same women and vice versa.

3) B is taller than j and 3 pillars. P is shorter than B and 2 pillars is j shorter/taller than P?

4) In school there are some bicycles and 4wheeler wagons. One Tuesday there are 58 wheels in the campus. How many bicycles are there?

5) Which is the smallest no divides 2880 and gives a perfect square?

a) 1         b) 2         c) 5        d) 6

6) Rearrange and categorize the word ‘RAPETEKA’?

7) Key words in question (Fibonacci series, infinite series, in the middle of the question one number series is there. I got the series 3 12 7 26 15 b?

8) What is the value of [(3x+8Y)/(x-2Y)]; if x/2y=2?

9) There are two pipes A and B. If A filled 10 liters in hour B can fills 20 liters in same time. Likewise B can fill 10, 20, 40, 80,160. If B filled in (1/16) th of a tank in 3 hours, how much time will it take to fill completely?

10) There is a toy train that can make 10 musical sounds. It makes 2 musical sounds after being defective. What is the probability that same musical sound would be produced 5 times consecutively?

11)  Six friends go to pizza corner there are 2 types of pizzas. And six different flavors are there they have to select 2 flavors from 6 flavors. In how many ways we can select?

12) 3, 15, x, 51, 53,159,161. Find X

13) A hollow space on earth surface is to be filled. Total cost of filling is Rs20000. The cost of filling per mt3 is Rs 225 .how many times a size of 3 mt3 soil is required to fill the hollow space?

14) There are different things like p,q,r,s,t,u,v. We can take p and q together. If r and s are taken together then t must has to be taken. u and v can be taken together.v can be taken with p or s. every thing can be taken together except.
a) p       b) t      c) v      d) s

15) There are 11 boys in a family. Youngest child is a boy. Probability  is 1 that of all are boys out of?
a) 2           b)  2         C) 2048           d) 1024

16) Given a collection of points P in the plane, a 1-set is a point in P that can be separated from the rest by a line, .i.e the point lies on one side of the line while the others lie on the other side.The number of 1-sets of P is denoted by n1(P). The minimum value of n1(P) over all configurations P of 5 points in the plane in general position(.i.e no three points in P lie on a line) is:
a) 3       b) 5       c) 2      d)1

17) The citizens of planet nigiet are 8 fingered and have thus developed their decimal system in base 8.A certain street in nigiet contains 1000 (in base 8) buildings numbered 1 to 1000.How many 3s are used in numbering these buildings?
a) 54      b) 64       c) 265      d) 192

18) Given 3 lines in the plane such that the points of intersection form a triangle with sides of length 20, 20 and 30, the number of points equidistant from all the 3 lines is
a) 1        b) 3         c) 4         d) 0

19) Hare in the other. The hare starts after the tortoise has covered 1/5 of its distance and that too leisurely3. A hare and a tortoise have a race along a circle of 100 yards diameter. The tortoise goes in one direction and the. The hare and tortoise meet when the hare has covered only 1/8 of the distance. By what factor should the hare increase its speed so as to tie the race?
a) 37.80         b) 8         c) 40        d) 5

20) Here 10 programers, type 10 lines with in 10 minutes then 60 lines can type within 60 minutes. How many programmers are needed?
a) 16       b) 6       c) 10         d) 60

21) Alice and Bob play the following coins-on-a-stack game. 20 coins are stacked one above the other. One of them is a special (gold) coin and the rest are ordinary coins. The goal is to bring the gold coin to the top by repeatedly moving the topmost coin to another position in the stack.Alice starts and the players take turns. A turn consists of moving the coin on the top to a position i below the top coin (0 = i = 20). We will call this an i-move (thus a 0-move implies doing nothing). The proviso is that an i-move cannot be repeated; for example once a player makes a 2-move, on subsequent turns neither player can make a 2-move. If the gold coin happens to be on top when it’s a player’s turn then the player wins the game. Initially, the gold coins the third coin from the top. Then

a) In order to win, Alice’s first move should be a 1-move.
b) In order to win, Alice’s first move should be a 0-move.
c) In order to win, Alice’s first move can be a 0-move or a 1-move.
d) Alice has no winning strategy.

22) For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with amazing success. It is rumored that in a match between 2 teams A and B, Paul picks A with the same probability as A’s chances of winning. Let’s assume such rumors to be true and that in a match between Ghana and Bolivia, Ghana the stronger team has a probability of 2/3 of winning the game. What is the probability that Paul will correctly pick the winner of the Ghana-Bolivia game?
a) 1/9    b) 4/9    c) 5/9    d) 2/3

23) 36 people {a1, a2, …, a36} meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. In other words, there are totally 36 handshakes involving the pairs, {a1, a2}, {a2, a3}, …, {a35, a36}, {a36, a1}. Then size of the smallest set of people such that the rest have shaken hands with at least one person in the set is
a) 12      b) 11      c) 13      d) 18

24) After the typist writes 12 letters and addresses 12 envelopes, she inserts the letters randomly into the envelopes (1 letter per envelope). What is the probability that exactly 1 letter is inserted in an improper envelope?
a) 1/12    b) 0    c) 12/212       d) 11/12

25) A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is:
a) 1/4   b) 1/10   c) 7/15   d) 8/15

26) If VXUPLVH is written as SURMISE, what is SHDVD ?

27) If DDMUQZM is coded as CENTRAL then RBDJK can be coded as ———

28) In the word ECONOMETRICS, if the first and second , third and forth ,forth and fifth, fifth and sixth words are interchanged up to the last letter, what would be the tenth letter from right?

29) Find the result of the following __expression if, M denotes modulus operation, R denotes round-off, T denotes truncation: M(373,5)+R(3.4)+T(7.7)+R(5.8)

30) Find the missing number in the series: 2, 5, __ , 19 , 37, 75.

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TCS CodeVita 2014 and its Importance for Current BE Students

 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced that it is hosting TCS CodeVita, a contest for engineering and science students to experience the joy of coding and to sharpen their programming skills through real-life computing practices. The contest also aims at identifying the talent, besides providing the student community, an opportunity to earn peer recognition. TCS is promoting learning through fun and contests like CodeVita as programming is becoming the skill for future and provide a fast gateway to technology career.

CodeVita will be held in two phases based on the annual academic calendar. In phase 1, students from Mexico, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru, Australia, South Africa and India can register during July-August. While in phase 2, students from Canada, UK, China, Singapore and Japan can register in October.

CodeVita is a two member team contest and involves three rounds of coding. Each member has to register individually on the CodeVita portal. CodeVita contest supports coding in 7 languages – Java, C#, C, Perl, C++, Python and Ruby.
Ajoy Mukherjee, Executive Vice President said: “Coding is a mind sport. Programming skills helps engineering students to solve complex problems and promotes conceptual thinking as it blends mathematics, logic and alogrithms.”

The contest comprises three rounds:

• Round 1: Programming problem statements.
• Round 2: Top 5% of teams from Phase I countries will move into this round.
• Grand Finale: Top 15 teams from both Phase 1 and Phase 2 geographies from round 2 will be invited for the Grand Finale. Top 3 teams will be declared winners of the contest.

Winning teams will be judged based on accuracy, speed and efficiency. To avoid plagiarism and to promote the best practices, CodeVita this year has introduced the gamification element to differentiate the low, average and high performers based on time element and ranking. Converting a ‘Time advantage’ into a ‘Score advantage’ provides benefits such as using time as a currency to earn scores and thus, gamify problem solving and since time continuously changes, plagiarism will be less effective.
The Winners will receive exciting prizes, internship offers with CTO Team and provisional Offer Letters from TCS.

TCS has been actively involved in engaging students across campuses as part of its Academic Interface Programme. Through “Campus Commune” a dedicated social engagement platform which has over 300,000 student members, TCS encourages learning through discussion and interaction with other students present on the online community, as well as the TCS employees who are open to providing mentorship. The forum is extensively used to spot talent through various engagement programme as well as contests such as CodeVita, Mobeel, Testimony, EngiNX, etc. It is also used as a platform to stay connected with prospective employees throughout the academic life cycle of a student.

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Tata Consultancy Services 2014-15 Preparation Tips for All Freshers

When you choose Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as your career destination, you will discover the power of certainty. TCS new written test pattern, selection procedure, Technical and Hr interview questions asked in different Off and On campus recruitment all over India for their next batch 2014 passing out students and above. TCS is hiring from the batch of 2014 in March.If you have already registered with us and have a valid CT or DT reference ID, you need not register again. Please ensure that you have filled in the Application Form as well. Candidates shortlisted for the drive, would be intimated on the drive details and receive a Hall Ticket on their email id entered on NextStep.

TCS Online Aptitude Test Pattern For Freshers:

The first section in the TCS Online Aptitude Test is Verbal Ability
Duration: 10 minutes
Total Questions: 1
Question Type – Free Text Writing
Email writing on the given topic and using the given outline. – The sender and receiver in the email should be as given. – Email must contain a minimum of 50 words or it will not be evaluated at all. – If the outline is not strictly followed or correct English (including spelling and grammar) is not used, the score in this section will be poor.
Negative Marking is not applicable to this section Analytical Ability

The second and last section of the TCS Online Aptitude Test is Analytical Ability
Duration: 80 minutes
Total Questions: 30
Question Type: Multiple choice – Mix of Logic & Arithmetic type questions
Negative Marking is applicable to this section. Please avoid guessing.
It is possible to skip a question you do not wish to attempt.
An online scientific calculator will be provided on the test screen. You are permitted to carry your own scientific calculator too .

Sample Questions are mentioned here http://suhelsayyad.blogspot.in/2014/08/aptitude-questions-helpful-for-tata.html

TCS Sample Test Screens Process For Freshers:

    Verbal Ability Section
    Analytical Ability Section

Quick tips for TCS Interviews Process For Freshers:

•     You should have sound knowledge of your core subjects and academic projects .
•     Be sure of all aspects mentioned on your resume .
•     Know the organization you are applying to .
•     Keep yourself abreast of the latest industry and technology trends as well as current affairs .
•     Be active on Campus Commune – TCS’s Professional Network . Campus Commune hosts various industry relevant discussion forums, blogs, contests, workshops etc . that will help bridge the gap between campus and corporate .
•     Dress well in formal attire to make a positive impression .
•     Be relaxed and composed . Ask for clarification if you do not understand any question during the interview .
•     Highlight your achievements .
•     Do not misrepresent facts . Be Honest!

TCS Interview Model For Freshers:

Technical Interview:

• Subject knowledge • Practical applicability of basic concepts • Projects undertaken • Certifications • Problem Solving

Management Interview:

• Industry Orientation • Industry Trends • Career Goals • Adaptability • Culture Fitment

HR Interview:

• Communication Skills • Attitude • Interpersonal Skills • Openness to learn • Eligibility Check

All The Best! 

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Aptitude Questions Helpful for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 2014-15 Recruitment

1) A power unit is there by the bank of a river of 900 meters. A cable is made from power unit to power a plant opposite to that of the river of 2000mts. The cost of the cable below water is Rs. 5/- per meter and cost of cable on the bank is Rs. 4/- per meter. Then find out the amount to be invested to connect those two stations?
Explanation:
Required length of wire = 2000 mts cost of cable below water = 900 * 5 = 4500 cost of cable on the bank of river= (2000 - 900) * 4 = 4400 Total cost = 4500 + 4400 = 8900.

2) A farmer had 20 hens. All but 2 died. How many hens are still alive?
Explanation:
"All but 2" means 2. So, all but 2 died means that there are only two hens are alive and others were dead. So, the answer is 2.


3) At this series: 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12... What number should come next?
Explanation:
This is a simple alternating addition and subtraction series. In the first pattern, 3 are added; in the second, 2 are subtracted.

4) A college has 10 basketball players. A 5-member team and a captain will be selected out of these 10 players. How many different selections can be made?

Explanation:
We can select the 5 member team out of the 10 in 10C5 ways = 252 ways. The captain can be selected from amongst the remaining 5 players in 5 ways. Therefore, total ways the selection of 5 players and a captain can be made = 252*5 = 1260.

5) There are 3 gentlemen in a meeting: Mr. Yellow, Mr. Green and Mr. Brown. They are wearing yellow, green and brown ties. Mr. Yellow says: "Did you notice that the colors of our ties are different from our names?" The person who is wearing the green tie says, "Yes, you are right!" Do you know Brown is wearing what colour of tie?
Explanation:
We know that Mr. Yellow was not wearing a yellow tie because of his statement. He also was not wearing the green tie because the one wearing the green tie agreed to his statement. Therefore, Mr. Yellow was wearing a brown tie. Mr. Green was wearing a yellow tie. And Mr. Brown was wearing the green tie.

6) g[0]=1,g[1]=-1,g[n]=2*g[n-1]-3*g[n-2] then calculate g[4]= ?
Explanation:
From the given function g[n] =2*g [n-1]-3*g [n-2] put values of n as first 2 then 3, then 4 and you will get the answer. G[2] = 2*g[1]-3*g[0]=-2-3 =-5 , G[3]=2*g[2]-3*g[1] =2*(-5)-3*(-1)=-7, G [4] =2*g[3]-3*g[2]=2*(-7)-3*(-5) =1

7) Ten years ago X was half of Y. If the ratio of their present ages is 3:4, what will be the total of their present ages?
Explanation:
Let X's age 10 years ago = x years. Then, Y's age 10 years ago = 2x years. (x + 10)/ (2x + 10) = 3/4 => 4 (x + 10) = 3 (2x + 10) x = 5 Total of their present ages = (x + 10 + 2x + 10) = 3x + 20 = 15 + 20 = 35 years.

8) A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is:
Answer: 120KMPH

9) In a circular racetrack of length 100 m, three persons A, B and C start together. A and B start in the same direction at speeds of 10 m/s and 8 m/s respectively. While C runs in the opposite at 15 m/s. When will all the three meet for the first time after the start?
Explanation:
Since the track is a circular track A and B will meet every 50 seconds. i.e. 100 / (10-8). Since it is a multiple of 50 they will be meeting at the starting point every 50 Seconds. If you multiply 15 x 50 you will get 750 and after the second 50 it will be 1500. All of them will meet at the starting point after 100s

10) A class of 100 students. 24 of them are girls and 32 are not. Which base am I using?
Explanation:
Let the base be X. Therefore (X*X + X*0 + 0) = (2*X +4) + (3*X + 2), X * X = 5 * X + 6, X * X - 5 * X -6 = 0, (X- 6) (X+1) = 0 Therefore base is 6.


11) Siva, Sathish, Amar and Praveen are playing cards. Amar is to the right of Sathish, who is to the right of Siva. Who is to the right of Amar?
Answer: Praveen

12) Ferrari is leading car manufacturer. Ferrari S.P.A. is an Italian sports car. It has enjoyed great success. If Mohan's Ferrari is 3 times faster than his old MERCEDES which gave him 35 km/ph if Mohan travelled 490 km in his Ferrari the how much time in hours he took?

Explanation:
Time = (Distance/Speed) = (490/35) Therefore the total time = time/3 = (490/35)/3 = 4.6666 Approximately 4.7

13) My flight takes off at 2 AM from a place at 18N 10E and landed 10 Hrs later at a place with coordinates 36N 70W. What is the local time when my plane landed?
Explanation:
Total change in degrees in east-west direction = 70 + 10 degrees =80 degrees, Time change due to the change in Longitude = 80*4 = 320 minutes = 5 hrs 20 min. According to the person the time would have been = 2 am + 10 hrs = 12 am. But according to the local time the time would be = 12 - 5.20 = 6 .40am

14) A class of 25 students took a science test. 10 students had an average (arithmetic mean) score of 80. The other students had an average score of 60. What is the average score of the whole class?
Explanation:
80 × 10 + 60 × 15 = 800 + 900 = 1700 Total number of students = 25 Average weight = 1700/25 The average score of the whole class is 68.

15) The cost of one pencil, two pens and four erasers is Rs.22 while the cost of five pencils, four pens and two erasers is Rs.32. How much will three pencils, three pens and three erasers cost?

Explanation:
x + 2y + 4z = 22 -------->1 5x + 4y + 2z = 32 ------->2 multiply eqn (2) by 2 and substract from eqn(1) dividing by 3 we get 3x + 2y = 14--------->3 multiplying eqn (1) by 5 and subtracting eqn (2) then divide by 6 we get y + 3z = 13---------->4 Adding eqn (3) and (4) we get 3x + 3y +3z = 27

16) A is 20 percent more efficient than B. If the two persons can complete a piece of work in 60 days. In how many days A working alone can complete the work?
Explanation:
Ratio of time taken by A and B is 1: 1.2 i.e. 5:6 Let the time taken by A be 5x and by B be 6x , 1/5x + 1/ 6x = 1/60 => x =22. Time taken by A = 5 * 22 = 110

17) On a certain island, 5% of the 10000 inhabitants are one-legged and half of the others go barefooted. What is the least number of Shoes needed in the island?
Explanation:
In any case the one legged people will all require one shoe per head. From the remaining, half will go barefooted and therefore they need no shoes. And the rest will need two shoes per head. And this works out at one shoe per person for the others. Therefore for the whole population on the average one shoe per head

18) Look at this series: 14, 28, 20, 40, 32, 64, what number should come next?
Explanation:
This is an alternating multiplication and subtracting series: First, multiply by 2 and then subtract 8.

19) Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 24 min. and 32 min. respectively. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously, after how much time B should be closed so that the tank is full in 18 minutes?
Explanation:
Let B be closed after x minutes. Then, part filled by (A + B) in x min. + part filled by an in (18 - x) min. = 1. X {1/24 + 1/32] + (18 - x) X 1/24 = 1 or 7x/96 + (18 - x)/24 = 1 7x + 4(18 -x) = 96 or x=8 Hence, B must be closed after 8 minutes

20) At a car park there are 100 vehicles, 60 of which are cars, 30 are vans and the remaining are Lorries. If every vehicle is equally likely to leave, find the probability of car leaving second if either a lorry or van had left first :
Explanation:
Let S be the sample space and A be the event of a van leaving first. n(S) = 100 n (A) = 30 Probability of a van leaving first: P (A) = 30/100 = 3/10 Let B be the event of a lorry leaving first. n (B) = 100 - 60 - 30 = 10 Probability of a lorry leaving first: P (B) = 10/100 = 1/10 If either a lorry or van had left first, then there would be 99 vehicles remaining, 60 of which are cars. Let T be the sample space and C be the event of a car leaving. n (T) = 99 n(C) = 60 Probability of a car leaving after a lorry or van has left: P(C) = 60/99 = 20/33


21) A red house is built from red bricks. A blue house is built from blue bricks. A white house is built from white bricks. Then what is a greenhouse made from?
Explanation:
Glass i.e. Buildings are made of bricks. But a greenhouse is made of glass.

22) If Rs. 782 be divided into three parts, proportional to 1/2: 2/3: 3/4, then the first part is: www.allindiajobs.in
Explanation:
Given ratio = 1/2: 2/3:3/4 = 6: 8: 9 1st part = 782*(6/22) = 213.2727.. Approximately equals to 213 www.allindiaobs.in


23) A man decides to buy a nice horse. He pays $60 for it, and he is very content with the strong animal. After a year, the value of the horse has increased to $70 and he decides to sell the horse . But after a few days later he regrets his decision to sell the beautiful horse, and he buys it again. Unfortunately he has to pay $80 to get it back, so he loses $10. After another year of owing the horse, he finally decides to sell the horse for $90. What is the overall profit the man makes?
Explanation:
The total expenses are $60 + $80 = $140 and the total earnings are $70 +$90 = $160. The overall profit = $160 - $140 = $ 20

24) When I become as old as my father is now, I will be 5 times the age of my son. In addition, my son will be 8 yrs older than What I am now. If the sum of my father's age and my age is equal to100. How old is my son now?
Explanation:
Let us consider the ages of the man, his father & his son is m, f & s respectively. Then according to the problem F=5s............ (i) S + f-m = m+8........ (ii) F + m = 100........... (iii) Putting (i) in (iii) we get 5s+m=100........ (iv) Putting (i) in (ii) we get 6s-2m=8............ (v) Equating (iv) & (v) we get s = 13, f = 65 & m = 36

25) Nine persons went to the hostel for taking their meals, 8 of them spent Rs.12 each on their meals and ninth spend Rs. 8 more then the average expenditure of all nine. What is the total money spent by them?
Explanation:
Let average expenditure be x Then 8*12 +(x+8) = 9x i.e. 104 + x = 9x; 8x = 104 x = 13 Therefore total money spent is 9x = 9*13 =117

26) The average of a list of 6 numbers is 20. If we remove one of the numbers, the average of the remaining numbers is 15. What is the number that was removed?

Explanation:
The removed number could be obtained by difference between the sum of original 6 numbers and the sum of remaining 5 numbers i.e. sum of original 6 numbers - sum of remaining 5 numbers sum of original 6 numbers = 20 × 6 = 120 sum of remaining 5 numbers = 15 × 5 = 75 Number removed = sum of original 6 numbers - sum of remaining 5 numbers 120 - 75 = 45

27) In the word ORGANISATIONAL, if the first and second, third and fourth, fifth and sixth letters are interchanged, what would be the 12th letter from right?
Explanation:
After interchanging R O A G I N S A T I O N A L 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

28) What are the number of edges, number of vertices and number of faces of a planar cube among the following options?
We know cube has 6 faces, 12 edges and 8 vertices

29 How many alphabets need to be there in a language if one were to make 1 million distinct 3 digit initials using the alphabets of the language?

Explanation:
Let the number of required alphabets in the language be 'n'. Therefore, using 'n' alphabets we can form n * n * n = n3 distinct 3 digit initials. These n3 different initials = 1 million i.e. n3 = 106 (1 million = 106) => n3 = (102)3 => n = 102 = 100

30) Today's high school students spend too much time thinking about trivial and distracting matters such as fashion. Additionally, they often dress inappropriately on school grounds. Rather than spending time writing another detailed dress policy, we should make school uniforms mandatory. If students were required to wear uniforms, it would increase a sense of community and harmony in our schools and it would instill a sense of discipline in our students. Another positive effect would be that teachers and administrators would no longer have to act as clothing police, freeing them up to focus on more important issues.
This paragraph best supports the statement that
Options:
a) inappropriate clothing leads to failing grades
b) students who wear school uniforms get into better colleges
c) teachers and administrators spend at least 25% of their time enforcing the dress code.
d) school uniforms should be compulsory for high school students
Answer: Explanation:
The support for choice e is in the third sentence "we should make school uniforms mandatory". There is no evidence provided to support choices a, b, and d. And although we know that teachers and administrators are spending some of their time enforcing dress code, the paragraph does not quantify how much of their time is spent that way, so there is no support for choice c.

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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Off Campus Drive For Freshers 2014 Batch : Across India

When you choose Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as your career destination, you will discover the power of certainty.TCS among the top 10 technology firms in the world. Our continued rapid growth is a testament to the certainty we deliver to our stakeholders.
With TCS, you experience...
Cross-domain expertise that provides you with opportunities to function across different industry verticals, service practices, and functional domains.
Unparalleled international exposure.
A work place that balances career ambitions and lifestyle aspirations

Eligibility Criteria:

Year of Graduation: Engineering students scheduled to graduate in the year 2014 are eligible to apply.

Relevant Disciplines:

BE / B.Tech / ME / M.Tech in any of the following disciplines:

    Computer Science
    Information Technology
    Electronics and Electrical Engineering
    Electronics and Communication
    Electronics and Telecommunication
    Mechanical Engineering
    Electronics/Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering
    Electrical Engineering
    Instrumentation Engineering
    Network Engineering

MCA with BSc / BCA / BCom / BA (with Math / Statistics Background)

M.Sc in Computer Science / Information Technology

Marks Criteria

• Minimum Aggregate Marks of 60% and above in the first attempt in all academic courses Standard 10th onwards.
• Aggregate of all subjects in all semesters to be considered (All subjects mentioned on the mark sheet).
• First attempt implies securing 60% and above marks within the normal duration of the course
• Improvement exam is not first attempt and hence the marks secured in improvement exams should not be considered to calculate aggregate marks.
• In case you have done both, 12th and equivalent diploma, you should have secured minimum 60% aggregate marks in both courses.

Course Duration
Completion of all courses Standard 10th onwards, within the stipulated time as specified by the University/Institute without any extended education.

Backlog Criteria:

• No pending backlogs at the time of appearing for the TCS Selection process.
• It is mandatory to declare pending backlogs, if any, in the TCS Application Form.

Experience:
Candidates with more than 3 years of work experience are not eligible to participate in the TCS Selection process.

Course Type:
Only Full time courses will be considered.

Age Criteria:
Minimum Age-18 years and Maximum Age-28 years at the time of appearing for the TCS Selection process.

Gaps/Breaks:

• It is compulsory to declare gaps/breaks, if any, during your academics and work experience in the TCS Application form.
• Maximum up to 24 months break may be permissible for valid reasons. Relevant document proof, as applicable, will be checked for gaps in education.
• The reason for break in academics should not be extended education.

Previous Unsuccessful attempt

• Candidates who have previously appeared for the TCS selection process and have not been successful in clearing the same are not eligible to re-apply for the next 6 months
• Candidates who have appeared for the TCS Campus Selection process in the year 2013-14, are not eligible to apply for the off-campus process.

    
How To Apply:
    
Registration Process:

Interested candidates are required to register and complete the online application process on TCS Careers Portal:

https://nextstep.tcs.com -> Entry Level Freshers  ->; Off Campus Applicants

Note: If you are already registered then no need to register again, just submit your application.
Check your mail ID for DT Reference ID and password if you had forgot

Registration and Application Process closes on 11th February 2014

In Case of any queries you may connect with us on our Toll Free Helpline (1800-209-3111) or write to us at ilp.support@tcs.com

Official Post Link :http://www.careers.tcs.com/CareersDesign/Jsps/BEOffCampus/AboutTCS.html

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TCS Touchstone Test Pattern

The TouchStone Test will test your ability to demonstrate

•English Writing Skills

•Understanding of basic Mathematics concepts

•Logical reasoning

2 sections in the test:

Section 1: English writing skills

Section 2: Mathematics and Logical reasoning

Section 1

This section will consist of a task of writing a note / letter / email / paragraph.

What is given

–Situation

–Key Phrases that need to be used

–Minimum word-limit

–10min (countdown timer)

Task

–Using the key phrases the required write-up needs to be created for the given situation

Expectations

–Write-up to be grammatically correct

–Write-up should adhere to minimum word-limit mentioned

–Write-up to be such that intended message reaches the intended recipient

–Emphasis to be given on correct sentence construction

Section 2

•This section majorly consists of Multiple Choice Questions based on mathematics (class 1 to class 10 concepts) and logical reasoning

•You may expect Puzzles, SUDOKU, Crossword, diagram based questions, etcas well

•Allotted time: Around 80mins

•Countdown-timer will be present on the test screen, the timer starts once you see the 1stquestion

•Negative marking: One-third / 33%

•Questions-navigator will be present on the test screen, you may click on a question number and go to a particular question

Section 2

•Questions carrying higher weightage will be marked with a Blue Star. All Blue Starred questions carry equal weightage.

•Some questions may be long and descriptive

•Some questions may seem repeated, read through them very carefully, they might be similar, but they are not same

•Please keep on saving your answers in this section, you may come back to a question and change answers as well

•The test has in-built calculator on the test-screen, no physical calculators allowed inside the test room

•No mobile-phones allowed in the test room

Sample Topics / Concepts

TouchStone will test your understanding of Application of basic concepts like

•Ratios and Averages

•Basic Logic –AND, OR, NOT, etc

•Simultaneous linear equations

•Permutations and combinations

•Probability

•Statistics

•Compound Interest , Simple Interest

•Arithmetic and Geometric Progression

•Mensuration

•Trigonometry

•Geometry

•Quadratic Equations

•Number system

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