TCS NQT Preparation Guide
1. Quantitative Aptitude
• Number System
• HCF & LCM
• Percentages
• Profit and Loss
• Simple and Compound Interest
• Time, Speed and Distance
• Time and Work
• Permutation and Combination
• Probability
• Geometry and Mensuration
• Logarithms
• Series and Progressions
• Data Interpretation (Tables, Graphs, Charts)
2. Verbal Ability
• Reading Comprehension
• Sentence Correction
• Error Identification
• Synonyms & Antonyms
• Fill in the Blanks
• Para Jumbles
• Sentence Completion
• Cloze Test
• Grammar (Tenses, Prepositions, Conjunctions)
3. Reasoning Ability
• Coding-Decoding
• Blood Relations
• Directions and Distances
• Seating Arrangement
• Syllogisms
• Puzzles
• Statement and Assumption
• Data Sufficiency
• Ranking & Ordering
• Analytical Reasoning
• Odd Man Out
• Visual/Non-Verbal Reasoning
4. Programming Logic
• Data Types and Variables
• Operators and Expressions
• Conditional Statements (if, else, switch)
• Loops (for, while, do-while)
• Functions
• Recursion
• Arrays and Strings
• Pointers (Basics)
• Structures and Unions
• Object-Oriented Concepts (Classes, Inheritance, Polymorphism)
• Exception Handling
• Basic Data Structures (Stack, Queue, Linked List)
5. Coding Section
• Problem Solving using C / C++ / Java / Python
• String Manipulation
• Array Operations
• Sorting and Searching Algorithms
• Recursion Problems
• Pattern Printing
• Basic Dynamic Programming
• Hashing Problems
6. Interview Preparation
• Technical Questions (C, C++, Java, Python basics)
• Database Management (SQL basics, Joins, Queries)
• Operating System concepts
• Computer Networks fundamentals
• OOPs Concepts
• Behavioral Questions (HR Interview)
• Resume Preparation & Project Discussion
