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TCS NQT Syllabus & Pattern | 2021 Pass-Outs

 

TCS NQT Syllabus & Pattern | 2021 Pass-Outs

Published on 27 Sep 2020

The TCS NQT (National Qualifier Test or Ninja) is confirmed to happen on 24, 25 and 26 Oct, 2020.


If you're a 2021 pass-out who's targeting the TCS NQT, please go through this link to understand the recruitment process, registration and other important FAQs about TCS Hiring.


With the pattern changed, let's look at the syllabus that will be tested.



TCS NQT Exam Pattern


SectionNumber of questionsDuration (minutes)
Verbal Ability2430
Reasoning Ability3050
Numerical Ability2640
Programming Logic1015
Coding245


TCS is expected to release an official sample paper on 30th Sep, 2020. This will help you familiarize yourself with how the test will work along with question types.


TCS NQT Syllabus for 2021 Pass-Outs


With the pattern changing, here is the syllabus of the TCS NQT for this year.


1) Verbal Ability


This section is going to test 24 questions in 30 minutes. The question that are expected in this Verbal Ability section are:


  • Reading Comprehension
  • Sentence Correction or Error-Spotting (Covering topics such as Subject Verb Agreement, Pronoun Agreement, Parallelism, Prepositions, Articles, Tenses, Modifiers etc.)
  • Sentence Completion
  • Para-Jumbles
  • Cloze Passage
  • Vocabulary
  • Phrasal Verbs and Idioms
  • Voices and Forms of Speech


2) Reasoning Ability


This is a brand new section, which will have 30 questions to be solved in 50 minutes. The questions are expected from:


  • Data Arrangements (Linear, Circular and Multi-dimensional)
  • Blood Relations
  • Data Interpretation
  • Data Sufficiency
  • Clocks, Calendars
  • Cubes and Direction Sense
  • Logical Connectives and Syllogisms
  • Venn Diagrams


3) Numerical Ability


The Numerical Ability section will have 26 questions to be solved in 40 minutes. The questions are expected from:



  • Permutation and Combination
  • Number System
  • Probability
  • Time Speed and Distance
  • Equations
  • Geometry, Mensuration and Progressions
  • Ratios and Proportions
  • Functions, Logarithms and Graphs
  • Clocks, Direction Sense
  • Profit and Loss, Averages, Mixtures and Alligations
  • Puzzles
  • Physics
  • Base Conversion


Practice TCS NQT Aptitude questions

4) Programming Logic


This section will consist of 10 questions which you have to solve in 15 minutes.


Last year, this section had questions from Fundamentals of Programming in C, C++ and Java on the following topics.


  • Operators
  • Looping statements
  • Control statements
  • Arrays
  • Strings
  • Functions


There were also questions on:


  • Object Oriented Programming (OOPS)
  • Standard Template Libraries (STL)
  • Object Modeling
  • Compiler Design
  • Threading
  • Data Structures: Linked List, Stack, Queue, Trees and Graphs
  • Recursion


60% of MCQs in TCS last year were from C++.


Practice TCS NQT Programming Logic questions


5) Coding


The Coding section will consist of 2 questions to be solved in 45 minutes. The questions are expected to be of easy to medium difficulty level.


The exact construct of this section will be:


  • 1 Question for 15 minutes
  • 1 Question for 30 minutes


The languages allowed will be C/ C++/ Java/ Python 2.7/ PERL.


You are expected to master Fundamentals of Programming in any 1 language of your choice to be able to crack this Coding Section.


Practice TCS NQT Coding questions

TCS NQT Exam and Syllabus related FAQs


1) Is there negative marking in TCS NQT Ninja?

As of last year, yes. Negative marking was applicable for all the MCQ questions in TCS NQT exam, whereas questions based on Fill in blanks are excluded from negative marking. When the official sample paper is released on 30th Sep, 2020, the official stand for this year will be divulged.


2) What is the duration of TCS NQT Exam?

It's a 180 minute test with 92 questions.


4) What all languages are available for coding section in TCS NQT?

You can code in C/C++/Java/Perl/Python 2.7 programming languages.


5) Is Command Line Programming needed for TCS NQT?

You can expect questions on both standard input/ output as well as Command Line Arguments.

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