TCS NQT Sample Question Paper | Numerical Ability

If log 64 = 1.8061, then the value of log 16 will be ( approx )?

A 300 m long train crosses a platform in 39 s while it crosses a signal pole in 18 s. What is the length of the platform?

A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the boat and speed of the water current respectively?

The index numbers of five commodities are 121, 123, 125, 126, 128 and the weights assigned to these are respectively 5, 11, 10, 8, 6. Then what is the weighted average index number?

A man's speed with the current is 15 km/hr and the speed of the current is 2.5 km/hr. The man's speed against the current is:

Two goods train each 500 m long, are running in opposite directions on parallel tracks. Their speeds are 45 km/hr and 30 km/hr respectively. Find the time taken by the slower train to pass the driver of the faster one.

In a competitive exam, 5 marks are awarded for every correct answer, and for every wrong answer, 2 marks are deducted. Sathwik scores 32 marks in the examination. If 4 marks had been awarded for each correct answer and 1 mark had been deducted for each incorrect answer, Sathwik would have scored 34 marks. If Sathwik attempted all the questions, how many questions were there in the test?

A boat can travel at a speed of 13 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr, find the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream.

In one hour, a boat goes 11 km/hr along the stream and 5 km/hr against the stream. The speed of the boat in still water (in km/hr) is:

Two vessels X and Y of capacities one and two litres respectively are completely filled with mixtures of two chemicals A and B. The ratio by volume of the chemicals A and B in X and Y are 3:2 and 4:5 respectively. The contents of A and B are mixed and the combination is kept in a vessel C of capacity of four litres. How many litres of Chemical A should be added to the combination so as to make the ratio of A to B equal to 1:1?

The average score of a cricketer in two matches is 27 and in three other matches is 32. Then, find the average score in all the five matches.

Tea worth of Rs. 135/kg & Rs. 126/kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1: 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be____?

The collection of numbers that comprise the data given below is arranged in ascending order. (3,7,9, N – 1,15,18,19,20) If the median of the data is 12.5, what is the value of N?

What is the mean deviation of the data 8,9,12,15,16,20,24,30,32,34?

A file of cadets consisting of ten rows and five columns measures 420 m in length along the direction of their marching. How much time (in hours and minutes) would it take to march for a stretch of 3 km, if the stride of each cadet is 80 cm and he takes 57 strides per minute?

A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr in still water goes 30 km downstream and comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:

Which one among the following has the least value?

The variation in temperatures throughout the day in a desert town was studied on the basis of the record of minimum and maximum temperatures which were 8 and 36 degrees centigrade respectively. What was the standard deviation in degree centigrade?

A father is twice as old as his son. 20 years ago, the age of the father was 12 times the age of the son. The present age of the father (in years) is

Find the least number which when divided by 5, 6, 7 and 8 leaves a remainder 3, but when divided by 9 leaves no remainder.

A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in:

The average age of the boys in a class is 18 years and that of girls is 16 years. The average age for the whole class is :
A library has an average of 430 visitors on Sundays and 270 on other days. The around average of the number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Saturday is :

A train traveling at 48 kmph completely crosses another train having half its length and traveling in the opposite direction at 42 kmph, in 12 seconds. It also passes a railway platform in 45 seconds. The length of the platform

A owes B, Rs.1573 payable 1 ^1/2 years hence. Also B owes A, Rs.1444.50 payable 6 months hence. If they want to settle the account forthwith,keeping 14% as the rate of interest.then who should pay and how much ?

8 liters are drawn from a cask full of wine and are then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of the water is 16: 65. How much wine the cask hold originally?

 A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many litres of liquid A was contained by the can initially?