There are 4 sections which consists of 42 questions in total and the duration is 90 mins.
1. English test (Email Writing) : 1 question & 10 mins. duration, No negative marks.
In this section you have to write an email for the given scenario in 10 minutes. For example, they might ask you to write a proposal e-mail to the company’s clients to try their new products.
2.Quantitative Ability: 20 questions & 40 mins duration, with 1/0.33 negative marks.
The TCS aptitude test generates negative marks for wrong answers. Certain questions marked with a star in the quantitative ability section signify higher weightage.
This test would cover the following topics:
Averages Mixtures & Allegations
Percentages Permutations & Combinations
Profit & loss Algebra
Ratio & proportions Probability
Speed & distance Time & Work
Functions Geometry
Numbers
3.Programming Language efficiency: 10 questions & 20 mins duration, with 1/0.33 negative
marks.
Topics in this section includes the following from C language.
Datatypes
Basic life operations
Branching statements
Looping statements
Storage classes
Key library functions
Memory management
Command line parameters
Pre processor statements.
This section also has negative marking.
4. Coding test: 1 Question & 20 mins duration. No negative marks.
In this section you have to solve 1 programming question within 20 minutes using an inbuilt online compiler by using C programming language.