TESTPATTERNS Infosys: InthewrittentestofInfosys,therearetwosections,eachwithspecifiedtimelimit.Inoneofthe sections,40questionsareasked,withatimelimitof35minutes.Thissectiontestsyourverbalability. Usually,outof40questions,10questionsareonReadingComprehension(involvingtwopassages).The remainingquestionsarebasedonEnglishUsage.Thesecondsectionhas30questionstobeattempted in40minutes.Thissectiontestsyourproblemsolvingability.Thetypeofquestionscanvaryslightly from one exam to another exam.

exam. But broadly, the questions come from different areas like Data Interpretation,DataSufficiency,NonVerbalReasoning,AnalyticalReasoning,QuantitativeAptitude. Thetablebelowgivesthebreakupofthequestions(topicwise)whichhasbeenaskedinInfosysinthe recentpast.Pleasenotethatthisbreakupismerelyindicativeinnature.Thereisapossibilitythatthe typeofquestionswhichwillcomeintheexamyouappearformayvaryslightlyascomparedtotheone detailedhere.
Sno 1 2 INFOSYSPATTERN2010 Numberof Time Area Qs limit ReadingComprehension 40 35mins VerbalAbility Reasoning/QuantitativeAptitude DI 30 40mins DS DETAILEDBREAKUP(TypesofQscanvaryslightly) Numberof Time TypesofQs Qs limit Whichfigurecompletestheseries 5 StatementsandConclusions(Syllogisms) 5 DS 5 Directions(reasoning)orasetofDI 5 40mins Analyticalreasoning 5 Quants/Puzzle 5 Total 30 IdentificationofIncorrectpartofsentence 7 Replacethephraseswithsuitableones 7 Inferences/Strengthening&Weakeningof Arguments Fillintheblanks ReadingComprehension Total 8 8 10 40 Remarks

4or5optionsforeachquestion

Area

Remarks NonVerbal 3statements,3conclusions 5options Distribution(34variables) ERPV,Numbers,TD/Puzzles

Reasoning/DI/DS/Quants

ReadingComprehension/Verbal Ability

Grammar Phrases Infedrences2passages(Probably true,Definitelytrue,probablyfalse 35mins types)5options vocabbased 2passages

TataConsultancyServices(TCS): TCShasatotalof82questionsspreadacrossthreesections,eachwithspecifiedtimelimit.Atotalof 38questions,tobeattemptedin40minutes,areaskedinQuantitaiveAptitude.Thequestionscome fromvarioustopicslikeEquations,RatioandProportion,Variation,TimeandDistance,Timeand Work, Geometry, Mensuration, Averages, Mixtures, Alligations, Permutations, Combinations, Probability, Percentage,ProfitandLoss.Ithasbeenobservedthattherearenoquestions on Data InterpretationandDataSufficiency.Thetablebelowgivesthebreakupofthequestions(topicwise) whichhasbeenaskedinTCSintherecentpast.
Sno 1 2 3 TCSPATTERN2010 Area NumberofQs Quantitative/Logicalreasoning 38 Criticalreasoning 12 VerbalAbility/ReadingComprehension 32 Timelimit 40mins 30mins 20mins Remarks Nonegativemarking

Area

ReadingComprehension

Total 82 90mins DETAILEDBREAKUP(TypesofQscanvaryslightly) TypesofQs NumberofQs Timelimit Synonyms 10 Antonyms 10 20mins ReadingComprehension 6 Fillintheblanks 6 Total 32 3optionsforeachquestion(true,false, can'tsay) ERPV,TW,TD,Numbers,PPL, Geometry,Mensuration,Log,Numbers series,Others 3options(yes,no,can'tsay) 12 30mins

Remarks

Criticalreasoning

34passages(each80100 words)

Quantitative/Logical reasoning Psychometry

38 150

40mins 30mins

Wipro: Atotalof50questions,spreadacross3sections,tobeattemptedin50minutesareasked.Intestarea ofVerbalAbility,atotalof15questionsareasked.Someofthesequestionsrequiretheknowledgeof grammarwhileothersrequireagoodcommandovervocabulary.Atotalof15questionsareaskedin QuantitativeAptitude/Analyticalreasoning.Somequestionsrequirethebasicknowledgeoftopicslike Time and Distance, Time and Work, Percentages, Profit and Loss, Probability, Equations, Ratio, ProportionandVariation,Averages,MixturesandAlligations.Someotherquestionstestyouranalytical abilityandcoverareaslikeCodingDecoding,BloodRelations,DirectionSense,etc.Apartfromthese, thereare20questionswhichtestyourtechnicalknowledgeandyouneedtohavesoundunderstanding ofdifferentsubjectslikeComputerScienceandEngineering(programminglanguageslikeC,C++), ElectronicsandCommunications(Microprocessors).
WIPROPATTERN2010 NumberofQs 15 15 20 50mins Nonegativemarking

Sno 1 2 3

Area VerbalAbility

Timelimit

Remarks

Quants/Analyticalreasoning Technical

Total 50 50mins DETAILEDBREAKUP(TypesofQscanvaryslightly) Area TypesofQs Identifyingtheincorrectpartofthe sentence VerbalAbility Fillintheblanks ActivetoPassiveVoice Analogies Total DS CodingDecoding Bloodrelations Directions NumberSeries Quants(Prob,TW,others) Total Sampletopics;cachememory, Broadbandcommunicationschannel, sortingalogorithm,roundrobin scehduling,transponders,virtual memory,registers,Picard'sMethod, POP,Parsing,BinaryTrees,win32 apifunctions,8085microprocessor, Subschema,Thrashing,LINUX, codec,etc NumberofQs 5 5 2 3 15 6 2 1 1 1 4 15 UseofPrepositions Timelimit Remarks

Quants/Analytical reasoning

50mins

Technical

20

CognizantTechnologySolutions(CTS) Thepaperhasatotalof70questions,spreadacross3sections,withtimelimitforindividualsection. Thetablebelowgivesthebreakupofthequestions(topicwise)whichhasbeenaskedinCTSinthe recent past. Again, it is to be noted that this breakup is merely indicative in nature. There is a possibilitythatthetypeofquestionswhichwillcomeintheexamyouappearformayvaryslightlyas comparedtotheonedetailedhere.
CTSPATTERN2010 Numberof Timelimit Qs 25 25 20 70 25mins 30mins 20mins 75mins 0.25negativemarking

Sno 1 2 3

Area VerbalAbility Quants/DS Analyticalreasoning Total

Remarks

Area

DETAILEDBREAKUP(TypesofQscanvaryslightly) Numberof TypesofQs Timelimit Remarks Qs ReadingComprehension(2 Eachpassageoflength500800 10 passages) words Grammarusage 10 25mins Jumbledsentence 5 QuestionsbasedonSentence correction Aparagraphorasentenceis brokenupintodifferentparts. Thesepartsarescrambledand numbered.Thecorrectorderof thesepartsneedtobeselected fromthegivenalternatives Conceptslikebinarynumbers, octal,hexadecimalnumbersetc

VerbalAbility

Cubes Numbersystems Sequencing/Comparison Quantitative Aptitude Quants(Time&Work, Equations,Ratio, Proportion&Variation, Geometry&Mensuration, Boats&Streams, Alligationsetc) DataSufficiency Syllogisms Analytical Reasoning OddOneout Miscellaneous Total

5 5 5 30mins 5

5 6 8 20mins 6 70 75mins Individualquestionscoveringsub topicslikeQuantsbased reasoning,SeatingArrangement, linearsequencing,etc.