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TCS -2000

Vocabulary

Admonish-usurp,
meager-scant,
alienate-estrange
merry-gay,
brim-boarder,
obstinate-stubbourn
solicit-urge,
subside-wane,
furtive-stealthy,
misery-distress,
volume-quantity,
veer-diverge,
stiffle-snithy,
adhesive-sticky,
hamper-obstruct
belief-conviction,
lament-wail,
incentive-spur,
innert-passive,
baffle-frustrate,
confiscate-appropriate,
covert-crave,
caprice-whim,
concur-acquiesce,
cargo-frieght,
dispel-scatter,
divulge-reveal,
tomerit-todeserve,
discreation-prudence,
emancipate-liberate,
efface-obliterate,
hover-linger,
heap-to pile,
instigate-incite,
latitude-scope,
latent-potential,
lethargy-stupor
momentary-transient,
pretentious-ostentatious,
embrace-effigy

Apptitude

1)2 pencils costs 8 cents,then 5 pencils cost how much
a)20c
2)a work is done by the people in 24 min.one of them can do this work a lonely in 40 min.how much time required to do the same work for the second person
a)60min
3)a car is filled with four and half gallons of oil for full round trip. fuel is taken 1/4 gallons more in going than coming.what is the fuel consumed in coming up.
a)2 gallons
4)low temperature at the night in a city is 1/3 more than 1/2 hinge as higher temperature in a day.sum of the low temp and high temp is 100 c. then what is the low temp.
a)40 centigrade
5)a person who decided to go weekend trip should not exceed 8 hours driving in a day average spped of forward journey is 40 mph.due to traffic insundays the return journey average speed is 30 mph.how far he can select a picnic spot.
a)120 miles
6)a sales person multiplied a number and get the answer is 3 instead of that number divided by 3.what is the answer he actually has to get.
a)1/3
7)a ship started from a port and moving with I mph and another ship started from L and moving with H mph.at which place these two ships meet.
a)between I and J and close to J
8)a building with height D ft shadow upto G.A neighbour building with what height shadow C ft is a)B ft
9)a person was fined for exceeding the speed limit by 10mph.another person was also fined for exceeding the same speed limit by twice the same if the second person was travellling at a speed of 35 mph.find the speed limit
a)15mph
10)a bus started from bustand at 8.00am and after 30min staying at destination it returned back to the bustand.the destination is 27 miles from the bustand the speed of the bus 50percent fast speed at what time it returns to the bustand.
a)11.00am
11)in a mixture,R is 2 parts,s is 1 part in order to make s to 25% of the mixture,howmuch r is to be added
a)one part
12)wind flows 160 miles in 330min.for 80 miles how much time required
a)---
13)with 4/5 full tand vehicle travels 12 miles, with 1/3 full tand how much distance travels
a)5 miles
14)2 trees are there.one grows at 3/5 of the other.In 4 years total growth of the trees is 8 ft.what growth will smaller tree will have in 2 years.
a)2 ft
15)a storm will move with a velocity of --- towards the center in --- at the same rate how much far will it move in hrs
a)8/3 or 2 2/3
15 not clear

Reasoning

A.
my father had no brothers but his 3 sisters are all married and each has 2 children.my grandfather has 2 sons.
1.my father was an only child F
2.3 of my aunts have sons C
3.i have six cousins on my mother's side C
4. i have only one uncle F

B.
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 in evitable downturn i the car market and the recent rise in interst rates whaich had already hit
demand.

5.some senior managers said that more people will want to buy new cars in
the future. F
6.managers told workers that japanese workers are taking jobs away from indian workers in the car industry. F
7.the managers issued their warning after a rise in interest rates. T
8.the increased rate of the interest will mean that japanese firms will cease to operate in this country. C
C.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 a tube directly into the gallbladder.the one day treatment works only on cholesterol-based stones.not those composed largely o calcium.however as the
clolesterol stones are by far the most common typefor millions of gallstones sufferers the treatment should offer a welcome alternative to surgery the commonest option in nost hospitals.
9.injecting ether into the gallbladder dissolves most gallstones T
10.surgery is the only treatment for calcium stones T
11.hundreds of peoplecontains calcium stones C
12.calcium stones will be cured in one day F

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 center 81% working wives return home to do all the cooking.The average male has nearly half as much more tfree 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 do not expect their husbands to share chores equally. T
14.the average wife has half as much free time at weekends as her husband. F
15.some women collude in the unequal distribution of house hold work because they want to retain control C
16. 39% of all men with working wives do the cooking and all the cleaning F
E.confucius said that to know the future we have to understand thepasthis time transport ,communications and scientific knowledge were less developed than they are today.news took weeks to travel where as today satellite links connect the continents virtually
instantaneously.but our technological advances in the field of communications seem not to have improved our capacity to understand one another
17.in confucius daay people were more intelligent C
18.we understand each otheer better now than in confucius time because we can travel more quickly. F
19.we have made great improvements in transport since confucius day T
20.none of our scientific discoveries has really improved our lives C
F.words in totalitarian systems have an unhealthy importance and in such states now attempting to return to a more democratic normality there has been a natural inevitable and healthy devaluation of words whereas previously a single word used in a sppech or even a play or poem
could be a serious political event now the words come cheaper almost free. politics is politics again and poetry only poetry.

21.totalitarian state devalue words T
22.only non-totalitarian regimes produce poetry of political importance T
23.writers under totalitarian regimes have to choose their words care fully T
24. the democratic political system is healthier than others C
G.statistics show that millions of vehicals have been carried by shuttle
over the past 30 years through alpine tunnels withouty one ever catching tire.in the alpine tunnels.drivers and passengers sit in theirvhehicals on the shuttle trains.only one vehical has evercaught fire on the bussy french motorail equivalent system.this sort of accidents is not
possible in a closed shuttle. assertinos that a vehical fire will lead to catastophe have no basis. since the resoures exit do detect,control and extingush a fire and to remove any persons present safely to an adjoning wagon, leaving any surviving fire facing rapid extinction within a
wagan built to contain fire for 30 minutes. catastrophe seems very unlikely.

25. if a car cauget fire in a rail shuttle, probably none would be killed. (T)
26.at least one vehical has cauht fire in an alpine tunnel.(f)
27.if a fire started in a wagon, it would be allowed to burn itself out in 30 minutes.(f)
28.if would theoreticaly be possible for a car to cath fire in a closed shuttle system.(F)
H)every form of art is protected by copy write,upon the expiration of which the property passes into the public domain and becomes freely available to any one wishing to exploit it commercialy. the time has come when all treasures shoud pass to the controled of a trust,and by this
made readily available to anyone on pament of a fee or royality.the income fromthe works of tagore would alone be enarmous.these who now main financial benefit from his genius should make some contribution to the welfare of the arts in general.

29.tagore's plays are not protected by copyright. F
30.tagore's decendants should be asked to make some contribution to the arts C
31.instead of buying a ticket , theatregoers should pay a fee to trust for the benefit of the arts. C
32. More people could go to the theatre if copy rightwere abolished C

I. Hacking is a crime made possible by a relatively new technology, which one of the reasons it is often poorly understood and reported. Many computers, but no means all,are now linked togetherin 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 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 entty into the computers themselves.Most people do not need to break into the networks they use,since they are already accredited users.

33. Most hackers are authorised to break into networks F
34. Computers are only vulerable to the unauthorised manipulation of their data via another computer if they are networked T
35.The main reason why it is relatively easy to break into a computer is that few people understand the technology. C
36.Hackers do not work fot the firms whose networks they break into. T

J.Although invaders represent a 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 presents by natural predators, which may have to be brought in from other countries.The second is releasing organisms into the wild(or on to farms,from which they might escape)that are completely novel,beacause they have been genetically engineered.There is nothing intrinsically sinister about engineered organisms,but any novelty must be regarded as a potential invader.
37.Pest control does not threat the conservation of flora and fauna. T
38.Genetically engineered organisms must always be regarded as potentially dangerous. F
39.Natural predators are work harmful than pests.T
40.Genetically engineered organisms escaped from the farm,they will be pose a threat to wildlife. T

K.electronics technology is coming to the rescue of helicopters which can be grounded or crash in icy conditions the machines are especially vulnerable to the build up of ice on both their rotors and engine air intake when operating in cold damp conditions.the problem is 2 fold ice increases the weight and the build upp makes the aerofoils less efficient .now at last a detector has been devised which the company hopes will mean safer flights and less frequent grounding.unlike most devices in use at present it can detect the liquid water content of cloud above freezing level.so the warning is ginven before the potential hazard is encountered.
39.an electronic device has been invented which will prevent the build up of ice on helicopter rotors F
40.helicopters are sometimes grounded because in cold damp weather their engine air intakes and rotors malfuntion owing to the formatrion of ice. T
41.only one device can at present detect the liquid water content of cloud above freezing level C
42.in future fewer helicopters will crash or have to grounded T

L.anyone whos has systematically examined faces will have perceived a prepondreance although not a proliferation of asymmtry.whether or not the expression is volitinal and self controlled or spontaneous appears to predict facial asymmetry as does the type of emotion protrayed.positive emotions are usually displayed symmetrically although a left sided representation of a negative emotion is more common.posed expressions and negative emotions are less likely to be symmetrically represented.
43.an angry person is more likely to have a lopsided expression than someone who is smiling T
44.a deliberately assumed facial expression will always be asymmetrical F
45.an actor is likely to smile symmetrically when acting C
46.more self conscious people are likely to have less asymmetrically facial expressions than those who are less aware of themselves T

M. human existence is not susceptible of arbitary division between consciousness and unconsciousness.the conscious world invades and shapes the activities of the unconscious while many of the great achievements of humanity's waking hours were wholly or partly inspires bu dreams
..even if
it could be argued that dreams precede experience such a dichotomy could not be drawn as the influence of dreaming on the waking state would remain unclear but as yet no common vocabulary exists to record the substance of prenatal dreaming
47.sleep can be a creative state. T
48.it is difficult to tell whether a sleeper is dr3eaming or not C
49. if we knew what babies dream about before they are born we could
show that conscious and unconscious mond influence one another F
50. it is untrue to claim that the conscious and unconscious worlds never impinge on one another F

New twenty questions
N. disease x succeeds lung disease.it may also occur healthy persons the person looks healthier from outside.the number of red blood cells in the blood increased and this leads to thickness fo the blood as a result of which blood lacks inside the vessels .the person suffers heart attact.
one possible solution is to remove a litre of blood or to control the growth of red blood cells.
53.lung disease precedes the disease x T
54.a person who gets heart attack always has disease x F
55.people suffering from disease x look healthier C
56.one litre of blood must be removed to cure this T

O.a starfire engine has been designed to work only for unleaded petrol.this crossfire engine is designed for both 1500 and `1800 cc they internally and externally look alike except for the difference in wheels ----,2000 cc is differentr from the above.two in terms of 3 features --- ----- ---- on the bumber.
57.the engine run only on the leaded petrol F
58.1500 and 1800 cc look alike F
59.apart from cross fire engines they manfacture ---- F
60.internal structure of the 2000cc is same as that of both 1500 and 1800 cc C

P.a weed killer to kill the weeds has been developed.the weed killer solution has to be applied to the growing tips. it need not to be applied to all the tips.the solution has to be prepared in a can in one hand and the plants are taken in the other hand with a glove and are immersed
in the solution if we cannot immerse them in the solution the solution can be applied to the roots with a brush.it used without care it can pose danger to other plants.
61.the solutions has to applied to growing leaves
62.to use the weedkiller first take the plants in the cn as then pour the solution into it.
63.it is sufficient to apply it only to some roots
64.it effects to the other plants.

Q.
65.flora 3 sofa set gives value to ur money
66.padding is used to increase durablity
67.flora will made all other products other than sofa sets
68.can we use wood as ----- T

R.
69.the length of the cracker will be less than 12 cm F
70.the center part of the crackers is 4cm T

these are the questions given from tcs paper
dont answer all questions.
In reasoning test at the end of each question we indicated
F,T,C
where F represents False
" T " True
" C " cant say.

After this test,psychmetry test will be there.dont bother about it.
it is just formal. They will not consider it. But answer all 150 questions in 30