The TCS NQT also known as TCS National Qualifier Test or TCS Ninja is expected to be conducted as an Online Test for 2021 Passouts on Oct 24, 25 and 26, 2020.
TCS has not declared the syllabus for TCS NQT 2021 passout yet, but most probably it's going to be same as previous years pattern. So let's take a look at the TCS NQT syllabus and pattern from last year.
The TCS Ninja (TCS NQT) test last year for 2020 passous was having duration of 90 minutes and questions were from the following categories.
1) English
2) Quantitative Aptitude
3) Programming Logic
4) Coding
TCS NQT Exam Pattern Last Year
TCS Will soon announce the official Dates and along with they will also release a mock test for TCS NQT aspirants 2021 to get familiar with TCS Ninja Exam pattern and syllabus. Until then, we advice you to take up the previous year mock test for better understanding of TCS Ninja exam pattern.
TCS NQT Syllabus Last year
TCS Ninja exam syllabus 2020 Graduates for each section was as follows. Carefully prepare each of these topics in TCS Ninja syllabus to crack TCS NQT.
Note: TCS is known to repeat topics and question types between years. So please prepare carefully.
1) English
This section contains 15 questions to be answered in 10 minutes. The questions last year were of the Passage type (Cloze passage)- A small passage will be given with blanks in between the passage. You have to answer each blank by selecting a suitable option from the drop-down menu.
This section contains no negative marking.
The questions in Cloze Passage can be answered by learning the basics in the following topics - apart from the knowledge of how to solve Cloze Passages overall.
Vocabulary
Tenses
Prepositions
Articles
Subject-Verb Agreement
Pronoun Agreement
Modifiers
Comparison
Practice TCS NQT English questions
2) Quantitative Aptitude
This section contained 15 aptitude questions which you had to solve in 30 minutes.
There were 'Fill up the blank' as well as MCQ Questions. MCQs have negative marking, while FITB did not.
The topics covered in this section were:
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
3) Programming Logic
This section consisted of 10 questions which you have to solve in 20 minutes. It also had MCQs and FITB questions. The marking scheme is the same as the Quantitative ability section.
This 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 questions
4) Coding
This coding section consisted of one question, which is to be solved in 30 minutes. Candidates will use an inbuilt compiler to solve their questions in C/C++/Java/Perl/Python programming language. There is no limit to the number of times you can compile the code.
Practice TCS NQT Coding questions
Insights from the Online Test Last year
The test will flow as per the order of appearance mentioned in the above table. Once you move from one group to another group, you cannot go back to the earlier group. For example, once you have moved to Quantitative Aptitude, you cannot go back to English and so on.
The countdown timer displayed on the test screen will indicate the time remaining to complete each group. There are separate timers for each group and the timer will start the moment the first question appears on the screen.
The test duration for each group is fixed. For example: If you complete a given group in less than the allotted time, the left over time will not be carried forward to the remaining groups.
Click SUBMIT at the end of every group to move to the next group.
TCS NQT Exam and Syllabus related FAQs
1) Is there negative marking in TCS NQT Ninja?
Yes. Negative marking is applicable for all the MCQ questions in TCS NQT exam, whereas questions based on Fill in blanks are excluded from negative marking.
2) What is the duration of TCS NQT Exam?
The pattern last year was for 90 minutes containing 4 groups - English, Quantitative Aptitude, Advanced Programming Logic and Coding.
4) What all languages are available for coding section in TCS NQT?
You can code in C/C++/Java/Perl/Python programming languages.
5) What type of questions will be asked in the TCS NQT?
The type of questions asked in TCS Ninja/TCS NQT exam are:
Multiple Choice Questions
Fill in the blanks
6) 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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