This section is common for many profiles and covers basic aptitude, verbal, and reasoning skills.
Typical topics include:
Number System, LCM & HCF
Decimals, Fractions, Divisibility
Ratios & Proportions, Averages
Percentages, Profit & Loss
Time, Speed & Distance; Work & Time
Geometry: Shapes, Area & Perimeter
Series & Progressions; Clock & Calendar
Permutations & Combinations; Probability
Data Interpretation (tables, pie-charts, graphs)
Common topics include:
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sentence Completion, Fill-in-the-Blanks
Error Spotting / Grammar Correction (e.g., Active/Passive voice)
Para-jumbles, Sentence Rearrangement
Idioms & Phrases, Passage Completion / Reading Comprehension
Topics often include:
Number Series, Letter Series, Word Patterns
Blood Relations, Distance & Directions
Seating Arrangements, Syllogism, Symbol & Notation based reasoning
Cube & Paper Folding / Visual Reasoning
Data Sufficiency, Statement & Conclusion, Coding-Decoding
For higher profiles (e.g., “Digital”, “Prime” in TCS) the test moves into more complex topics, including programming/coding.
Topics build on the foundation quant topics but with a higher difficulty. E.g.:
Advanced Number Systems, Equations, Series, P&C, Probability
Mean, Median, Mode, Variance & Standard Deviation (Statistics)
Data Interpretation & Graphs/Tables at higher complexity
More challenging reasoning topics such as:
Complex Seating Arrangements, Prepositional Reasoning, Visual Reasoning
Words Identification, Meaningful Word Creation, Letter Analogy
More depth in data sufficiency, decisions, maybe advanced puzzles
This section tests programming/development skills. Topics include:
Languages allowed: C, C++, Java, Python, sometimes Perl.
Fundamental programming logic: Data types, Input/Output, Variables, Functions, Recursion, Pointers (in C)
Coding problems: Arrays, Strings, Sorting/Searching, Algorithms, maybe OOP concepts for higher roles.