How do I crack the TCS NQT 2024?

March 9, 2024

How to clear TCS NQT 2024?

If you are looking for How do I crack TCS NQT 2024 then you are at correct place. Before this you must know when it is going to happen? TCS NQT mainly focuses on hiring 2024 passouts. This year TCS aims to select only the best and the skilled freshers and here we are to make your selection a bit easier. This article is to tell you about the updated syllabus of TCS NQT and clear your confusion about the new syllabus of TCS NQT. This time NQT will have 2 Parts:

Detailed Analysis of TCS NQT

How do I crack TCS NQT 2024: Step-by-step guide

TCS NQT Foundational Round

Part 1 will have 65 questions that need to be answered in 75 minutes. The overall difficulty level of Round 1 varies from medium to high. To crack this section: Start with the weak section: You need to clear the sectional cutoff to crack this round and the sectional cutoff is high. So, prepare your weak section first.

Section	No. of questions in the test	Time
Verbal Ability	25	75 minutes(shared)
Reasoning Ability	20	75 minutes(shared)
Numerical Ability	25	75 minutes(shared)

Prepare section-wise and topic-wise: This will help you remember what you studied and practiced. While preparing for various topics, we get confused about what we studied or may get confused with the formulas. So, this approach will help you keep things in mind.

Time management: TCS NQT does not have some rocket science topics. It has everything you already know, you just now have to solve them in a limited time. Learn short tricks to solve the questions quickly and save time.

How do I crack TCS NQT 2024: Written Exam

TCS NQT Foundational Part

Verbal Ability: 25 questions in 25 minutes

This section has topics like Word Completion, Sentence Completion, Error Identification, Arrangement, Formal or Informal Sentences, Sentence Joining, Meanings, Reading Comprehension, etc.
This section is all about how well you can grab the content and answer the question. We all have studied basic grammar rules in school, we all know it. You just need to get handy with the rules again.

Read newspapers, articles, and magazines and try to figure out what questions can be asked from it. This will make you get used to picking up the important points in the paragraph while reading it. And reading will also help you in the vocabulary and antonyms, synonyms too.

An important topic in this section: Antonyms & Synonyms
Topic with high difficulty level: Reading Comprehension

Reasoning Ability: 20 questions in 25 minutes.

This section has topics like Word Pattern, Letter Series, Number Series, Seating Arrangements, Blood Relations, Directional Sense, Cube Folding, Paper Cuts and Folds, Statement and Conclusion, etc.

This section is to test your logical and analytical thinking. This is to check how efficiently you can find the solution to a problem. So, to ace this section you need to think logically and analyze the problem. Don’t rush to the options as it may distract and confuse you, focus on understanding the question first.

Being already familiar with the types of questions asked will help you wonder in this section. The practice is the only key to this section. Try solving puzzles, sudoku, crosswords, etc this will help you train your brain and make it more familiar with the skills.

Important topics in this section: Seating Arrangement, Mathematical Operational Arrangement.
Formula-based topics: Distance & Directions, Data Sufficiency, Ages.

Numerical Ability: 20 questions in 25 minutes.

The topics under this section are Divisibility, Numbers & Decimal Fractions, Geometry, Area, Shapes & Perimeter, Percentages, Allegations and Mixtures, Ratios, Proportion, Work and Time, etc.

You might have studied all these topics in elementary school and some of them in college too. This section is to check your approach toward the problem and your efficiency under time pressure.

You need to have all the formulas on your figure tips to crack this round. And as mentioned above, learn short tricks to escape long calculations.

Be known to the pattern of questions asked from a topic, and practice accordingly.

Important topics in this section: Equations, Series & Progressions, Work & Time, Reasoning, Probability.
Difficult topics: Permutation & Combination, Work & Time, Probability.

TCS NQT Advanced Part

After clearing the Foundational part, you get to attempt round 2. The overall difficulty level of this round is high. Advanced Round has 2 sections and is a 115-minutes round.

Advanced Quantitative Ability : 15 questions(approx) in 25 minutes(shared with advanced reasoning).

This section consists of Questions (variable) with a time limit of 25 minutes (shared).

This section will test your knowledge of Quantitative Ability. To crack this round you need to know all the concepts and logic of elementary-level as well as higher-level quantitative problems.
The questions will be mostly HCF & LCM and Number System, Geometry, Ages, Allegations and Mixtures, Averages, Clocks and Calendars, Equations, Percentages, Permutations, and Combinations questions and you can solve the question in any language of your choice. So, have a good practice of each topic.

Important topics: Time and Work, Percentages, Profit & loss, Data Interpretation, Permutations & Combinations.
Difficult topics: Clocks & Calendars, Pie Charts, Allegations and Mixtures, Geometry.

Advanced Reasoning Ability: 15 questions(approx) in 25 minutes(Shared with advanced quants).

This section consists of Reasoning Questions (variable) with a time limit of 25 minutes (shared).

This section will test your knowledge of Reasoning Ability. To crack this round you need to know all the concepts and logic of elementary-level as well as higher-level reasoning problems.
The questions will be mostly

Words Identification, Meaningful Word Creation, Numerical Patterns, Letter Analogy, Ages, Blood Relations, Complex Seating Arrangements, Distance and Directions, Odd Man Out, Symbols and Notations, Cube and Paper Folding questions and you can solve the question in any language of your choice. So, have a good practice of each topic.

Important topics: Odd Man Out, Blood Relations, Numerical patterns, Letter Analogy.
Difficult topics: Words identification, Cube and paper folding, Numerical patters.

Advanced Coding : 3-4 questions in 90 minutes.

This section will have 3-4 questions(Variable) with a given time limit of 90 minutes. Given below all the topics asked in TCS NQT

The questions in these sections will be statement problems and you need to write the code. Your code must pass all the test cases and should reach the output. This is the most important section in the test, even after scoring 100% in all the above sections, you need to clear this to be eligible for the interview.

You can code in any language from

C
C++
Java
Python
Perl.

Again to clear this round, you need to be handy with any programming language. Make sure you practice enough coding questions before sitting for the exam.