TCS - Quantitative Aptitude Questions Part1

Solve these Quantitative Aptitude Questions and post your answers in the comment section below. These questions have been asked in previous years by TCS.
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1. A farmer built a fence around his 17 cows,in a square shaped region.He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he need altogether???
   


2. A group consists of equal number of men and women. Of them 10% of men and 45% of women are unemployed. If a person is randomly selected from the group. Find the probability for the selected person to be an employee.
   
   


3. A radio when sold at a certain price gives a gain of 20%. What will be the gain percent, if sold for thrice the price?
   


4. The diameter of the driving wheel of a bus is 140cm. To achieve the speed of 66 kmph, how many revolutions the wheel must make per minute?
   


5. In a college ,1/5 th of the girls and 1/8 th of the boys took part in a social camp.What of the total number of students in the college took part in the camp?
   


6. 5/9 part of the population in a village are males. If 30% of the males are married, what is the percentage of unmarried
   females in the total population?
   
   


7. If the first day of 2003 is Sunday what day is the second last day?
   


8. Walking 5/6 of its usual speed, a train is 10min late. What is the usual time to cover the journey?
   


9. Two persons A and B working together can dig a trench in 8 hrs while A alone can dig it in 12 hrs. In how many hours B alone can dig such a trench?
   


10. A man buys an article for Rs. 27.50 and sells it for Rs. 28.60. What is his gain percent?
    


11. The time in a clock is 20 minute past 2. What is the angle between the hands of the clock?
    


12. How long will it take for a sum of money to grow from Rs.1250 to Rs.10,000, if it is invested at 12.5% p.a simple interest?
    


13. A moves 3 kms east from his starting point. He then travels 5 kms north. From that point he moves 8 kms to the east.How far is A from his starting point?
    


14. In the word ORGANISATION if we exchange first with the second, second with the third, third with fourth and so on.Till last then what will be the 10 letter from right?Explain clearly step by step
    


15. If log 0.317=0.3332 and log 0.318=0.3364 then find log 0.319.
    


16. A work is done by the people in 24 min. One of them can do this work alone in 40 min. How much time required to do the same work for the second person
    


17. In a company 30% are supervisors and 40% employees are male if 60% of supervisors are male. What is the probability that a randomly chosen employee is a male or female?
    


18. If TAP is coded as SZO, then how is FREEZE coded?
    


19. Which term comes next in the series : YEV, WFD, UHG, SKI?
    


20. Kailash faces towards north. Turning to his right, he walks 25 meters. He then turns to his left and walks 30 meters. Next, he moves 25 meters to his right. He then turns to his right again and walks 55 meters. Finally, he turns to the right and moves 40 meters. In direction is he now from his starting point?
    

These questions 'll help you brush up your quantitative aptitude. Wish you all the best!.