TANCET MCA 2024 MOCK TEST

Question Code: 202401

1. The average age of 30 boys in the VI class is 16. If the teacher's age is included, the
average increases by one. What is the teacher's age?
a. 37 years
b. 30 years
c. 47 years
d. 57 years

2. A man buys a T.V. set listed for Rs. 18,000 at a 10% discount. He gets a further discount
of 2% on the balance because he paid cash. The amount he paid for the T.V. set is
a. Rs. 16,256
b. Rs. 16,200
c. Rs. 15,876
d. Rs. 15,840

3. An album has 20 pages, each page measuring 20 15cm. A boy purchases daily six stamps
measuring 2'2.5cm. In how many days the album will be completely pasted with stamps?
a. 160
b. 180
c. 196
d. 200

4. If Rs. 10,000 is deposited for one year at the rate of 8% per annum and if the interest is
accumulated to the capital every 6 months, what will be the interest for one year?
a. Rs. 416
b. Rs. 816
c. Rs. 832
d. Rs. 1.632
5. In the year 1996, the age of a mother was three times the age of her only son. In the year
2006, the age of the mother will be only two times that of her son. In the year 2002, the
ratio of the age of the mother to the age of her son is
a. 12:5
b. 9:4
c. 8:3
d. 5:2

Directions for questions 6-8:

A software project can be completed by Priya in 40 days. If Barma joins
Priya, then they can complete the project in 24 days. If Hema joins Priya and
Bama, then they can complete the project in 15 days. If Kavitha also joins
with these three girls. then the project can be completed just in 9 days.

6. Among these four girls, which pair has equal efficiency?

a. Priya and Hema
b. Bama and Hema
c. Kavitha and Barma
d. Priya and Kavitha

7. Which girl is more efficient?

a. Priya
b. Bama
c. Hema
d. Kavitha

8. If Bama alone does the project, in how many days will she complete the project?
a. 60 days
b. 45 days
c. 40 days
d. 30 days

9. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr. crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length
of the train?
 a. 540 metres
b. 180 metres
c. 324 metres
d. 150 metres

10. A, B, and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30, and 60 days respectively. In how many days
can A do the work if it is assisted by B and C on every third day?
a. 12
b. 15
c. 16
d. 18
11. In a store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price
remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?
a. 30
b. 70
c. 100
d. 250

12. The sum of the ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is
the age of the youngest child?
a. 4 years
b. 8 years
c. 10 years
d. None of the above

13. The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than
zero?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 10
d. 19

14. A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, and D in the proportion of 5:2:4: 3. II

C gets Rs. 1,000 more than D, what is B's share?
 a. Rs. 1,500
b. Rs. 500
c. Rs. 1,800
d. Rs. 2,000

15. Seats for Mathematics, Physics, and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5:7:8. There is a
proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50%, and 75% respectively. What will be the
ratio of increased seats?
a. 2:3:4
b. 6:7:8
c. 6:8:9
d. None of these

16. In a mixture of 60 liters, the ratio of milk and water is 2:1. If the ratio is to be 1:2, then
the quantity of water to be further added is
a. 20 litres
b. 30 litres
c. 40 litres
d. 60 litres

17. There are 100 students in a class and they were given two tests. In the first test, only 37
passed whereas in the second test, 49 passed. At least how many students failed in both
tests?
a. 12
b. 14
c. 43
d. 51
18. A landlord wanted to give some area of land for his sincere most worker. He called that
worker and gave a fence 120 meters long and told him to cover as much area as possible
by fencing the land in a rectangular form. If the worker is clever enough, how much area
of land he will get?
a. 900 sq. m.
b. 2000 sq. m.
c. 3600 sq. m.
 d. 800 sq. m.

19. Four bells ring simultaneously at the starting and intervals of 6 sec, 12 sec, 15 sec, and 20
sec respectively. How many times do they ring together in 2 hours?
a. 120
b. 60
c. 121
d. 112

20. If 3√5 + √125 = 17.88, then what will be the value of √80 + 16√5?
a. 22.35
b. 44.7
c. 13.41
d. 21.66

21. John gets on the elevator at the 14th floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 84
floors per minute. At the same time, Vinod gets on an elevator at the 58th floor of the
same building and rides down at the rate of 92 floors per minute. If they continue
traveling at these rates, then at which floor will their paths cross?
a. 32
b. 36
c. 38
d. 35

22. A money lender lends Rs.2000 for 6 months at 20% per annum whereas the interest is
compounded quarterly. After the given period, he will get the amount of
a. Rs. 2205
b. Rs. 2200
c. Rs. 2160
d. Rs. 2040

23. The sum of the squares of three consecutive natural numbers is 2030. What is the middle
number?
a. 25
 b. 27
c. 28
d. 26

24. In a class, 20% of the members won only two cars each, 40% of the remaining owned
three cars, each, and the remaining members owned only one car each. Which of the
following statements is true from the given statement?
a. Only 20% of the total members own three cars each
b. 48% of the total members own only one car each
c. 60% of the total members own at least two cars each
d. 80% of the total members own at least one car.

25. If three numbers are in the ratio 3: 3: 5 and are such that the sum of their squares is
equal to 1862. What are the numbers?
a. 21, 41 and 35
b. 18, 17 and 16
c. 14, 18 and 24
d. 24, 48 and 120

Directions for questions 1 to 5:

Amit, Bharat, Chandan, Dinesh, Eeshwar and Ferguson are cousins. None of them are of
the same age, but all of them have birthdays on the same date. The youngest of them is 17
years old and Eeshwar, who is the eldest, is 22 years old. Ferguson is somewhere
between Bharat and Dinesh in age. Amit is older than Bharat and Chandan is older than
Dinesh.

26. Which of the following is not possible?

a. Dinesh is 20 years old
b. Ferguson is 18 years old
c. Ferguson is 19 years old
d. Ferguson is 20 years old

27. If Bharat is 17 years old, then which of the following could be the ages of Dinesh and
Chandan respectively?
 a. 18 and 19
b. 19 and 21
c. 18 and 20
d. 18 and 21

28. If two of the cousins are between Chandan and Ferguson in age, then which of the
following must be true?
a. Amit is between Ferguson and Dinesh in age
b. Bharat is 17 years old
c. Bharat is younger than Dinesh
d. Ferguson is 18 years old

29. If Amit is one year older than Chandan, the number of logically possible orders of all six
cousins by increasing age is
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
30. If Chandan is 19 years old, which of the following must be true?
a. Amit is 20 years old and Dinesh is 21 years old
b. Bharat is 18 years old and Amit is 20 years old
c. Bharat is 20 years old and Amit is 21 years old
d. Dinesh is 17 years old and Bharat is 21 years old

31. Amit introduces Rahul as the son of the only brother of his father’s wife. How is Rahul
related to Amit?
a. Cousin
b. Son
c. Uncle
d. Son-in-law

32. A + B means A is the mother of B

A – B means A is the brother of B
A @ B means A is the father of B and
 A × B means A is the sister of B,
Which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q?
a. Q – N + M × P
b. P + S × N – Q
c. P – M + N × Q
d. Q – S @ P

33. Look at this series: 5.2, 4.8, 4.4, 4, ... What number should come next?
a. 3
b. 3.3
c. 3.5
d. 3.6

34. Find out which of the figures (1), (2), (3), and (4) can be formed from the pieces given in
Figure (X).

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

35. What is the minimum number of colors required to fill the spaces in the given diagram
without any two adjacent spaces having the same color?

a. 6
b. 5
 c. 4
d. 3

36. Choose the alternative that closely resembles the water image of the given combination.

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

37. A, B, C, D, and E play a game of cards. A says to B, "If you give me three cards, you will
have as many as E has and if I give you three cards, you will have as many as D has." A
and B together have 10 cards more than what D and E together have. If B has two cards
more than what C has and the total number of cards is 133, how many cards does B have?
a. 22
b. 23
c. 25
d. 35

38. In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is three times that of
his daughter and the age of the son is half of that of his mother. The wife is 9 years
younger than her husband and the brother is seven years older than his sister. What is
the age of the mother?
a. 40 years
b. 45 years
c. 50 years
d. 60 years

Directions to Solve 39,40

Dev, Kumar, Nilesh, Ankur, and Pintu are standing facing to the North in a playground such as
given below:

1. Kumar is at 40 m to the right of Ankur.

 2. Dev is 60 m in the south of Kumar.
3. Nilesh is at a distance of 25 m in the west of Ankur.
4. Pintu is at a distance of 90 m in the North of Dev.

39. Which one is in the North-East of the person who is to the left of Kumar?
a. Dev
b. Nilesh
c. Ankur
d. Pintu

40. If a boy starting from Nilesh, met Ankur and then Kumar and after this he to Dev and
then to Pintu and whole the time he walked in a straight line, then how much total
distance did he cover?
a. 215 m
b. 155 m
c. 245 m
d. 185 m
41. ZRYQ : KCJB :: PWOV : ?
a. GBHA
b. ISJT
c. ELDK
d. EOFP

42. 'Reading' is related to 'knowledge' in the same way as 'Work' is related to:
a. Money
b. Employment
c. Experience
d. Engagement

43. Which symbol will be on the face opposite to the face with the symbol ‘ * ‘?
 a. @
b. $
c. 8
d. +

44. Statements: Some papers are pens. All the pencils are pens.

Conclusions:

1. Some pens are pencils.

2. Some pens are paper.

a. Only (1) conclusion follows

b. Only (2) conclusion follows
c. Neither (1) nor (2) follows
d. Both (1) and (2) follow

45. Question: How is 'No' coded in the code language?

Statements:

1. 'Ne Pa Sic Lo' means 'But No None And' and 'Pa Lo Le Ne' means 'If None And
But'.
2. 'Le Se Ne Sic' means 'If No None Will' and 'Le Pi Se Be' means 'Not None If All'.

a. I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient

b. II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient
c. Neither I nor II is sufficient
 d. Both I and II are sufficient

46. Question: How is 'DATE' written in the code language?

Statements:

1. DEAR is written as $#@? in that code.

2. TREAT is written as %?#@% in that code.
3. TEAR is written as %#@? in that code

a. Only I and II
b. Only II and III
c. All I, II, and III
d. Only I and either II or III

47. Introducing a boy, a girl said, "He is the son of the daughter of the father of my uncle."
How is the boy related to the girl?
a. Brother
b. Nephew
c. Uncle
d. Son-in-law

Directions to Solve 48 - 51
Five girls are sitting on a bench to be photographed. Seema is to the left of Rani and to
the right of Bindu. Mary is to the right of Rani. Reeta is between Rani and Mary.

48. Who is sitting immediately right next to Reeta?

a. Bindu
b. Rani
c. Mary
d. Seema

49. Who is in the middle of the photograph?

a. Bindu
 b. Rani
c. Reeta
d. Seema

50. Who is second from the right?

a. Mary
b. Rani
c. Reeta
d. Bindu

51. Who is the second from the left in the photograph?

a. Reeta
b. Mary
c. Bindu
d. Seema

Directions to Solve 52 - 55
Study the following figure and answer the questions given below.

52. How many educated people are employed?

a. 9
b. 18
c. 20
d. 15

53. How many backward people are educated?

a. 9
b. 28
c. 14
d. 6
 54. How many backward uneducated people are employed?
a. 14
b. 5
c. 7
d. 11

55. How many backward people are not educated?

a. 3
b. 14
c. 22
d. 25

Directions to Solve (Questions No. 56 to 59):

In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.

56. CONCEDE
a. Object
b. Refuse
c. Grant
d. Accede

57. VIRTUOUS
a. Wicked
b. Corrupt
c. Vicious
d. Scandalous

58. LUCID
a. Glory
b. Obscure
c. Noisy
d. Distinct
59. ACQUITTED
a. Freed
b. Burdened
c. Convicted
d. Entrusted

60. In a family E is the father of two sons and an unmarried daughter. The daughter-in-law
is an officer whose brother-in-law A is an Engineer. 'C is a doctor. The sister of B is a
Violinist who learned Violin from B's wife. Then what is the relationship between A and
B
a. FATHER
b. SON
c. BROTHER
d. SISTER
61. Senior managers warned the workers that because of the introduction of Japanese
industry in the car market. There is a threat to the workers. They also said that there will
be a reduction in the purchase of the sales of cars in public. The interest rates of the car
will be increased with the loss in demand. Which of the following statement/s are false?

I. Japanese workers are taking over the jobs of Indian industry.

II. Managers said car interests will go down, after seeing the rise in interest rates.
III. Japanese investments are ceasing to end in the car industry.

a. I and III
b. only II
c. only I
d. All three

62. In organizing a newspaper, four editors are needed: The managing editor, the news
editor, the sports editor, and the entertainment editor. The managing editor can work
only on Wednesday morning, Thursday afternoons, and Friday the whole day. The news
editor can work only on Monday afternoons, Tuesdays, and Thursdays the whole day.
The sports editors can work only on Monday afternoons, Tuesday mornings, and
Wednesday the whole day. The entertainment editor can work all day on Mondays and
 Wednesdays the whole day. The entertainment editor can work all day on Mondays and
Wednesdays only. If the managing editors cannot edit until each of the others has
completed at least a full day of work, when is the earliest the managing editor can work?
a. Monday afternoon
b. Wednesday morning
c. Tuesday afternoon
d. Friday afternoon

63. A wheel rotates 10 times every minute and moves 20 cm during each rotation. How
many cm does the wheel move in 1 hour?
a. 2000
b. 600
c. 1200
d. 12000

64. 'A' is the brother of B. B is the sister of C, 'D' is the father of C and E is the father of D's
wife F. D has a son G. How is G related to B.
a. Uncle
b. Nephew
c. Daughter
d. Grand Daughter

65. In some languages, "EXAM" is coded as "FYBN". In the same language, how will we code
"RESULT"?
a. SFTVMU
b. REPTUY
c. ERICCART
d. KYLEBROW

Direction (Q. 58 - Q.62): Read the following information and answer the
questions below:
- Eight teachers A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H are sitting on a cement bench. Some are
facing north and some are facing south. They all like different colours; Green,
yellow, blue, white, brown, pink, black and red.
 - G is not an immediate neighbor of A. E sits fifth to the right of G
- A & D sitting at the extreme ends and no one sitting at the extreme ends like
black or yellow.
- E doesn't like white or black or green and faces the direction opposite to that of
H.
- B faces south. And none of the people who sit at the extreme ends face south.
- The one who likes pink is the immediate neighbor of two north-facing teachers.
There are four people between A & C
- None of the people who face north like pink, white, or blue. H likes red.
- G sits third to the right of F and does not sit on any ends. There are as many
people between E & H as there are to the right of C.

66. What color does F like?

a. Black
b. Red
c. Green
d. Cannot be determined

67. Who is sitting third to the left of E?

a. G
b. B
c. The one who likes green
d. The one who liked red

68. Who likes green?

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. A or D
69. Find the odd one out:
a. A
b. F
c. H
d. C
 70. If A likes green, what color does C like?
a. Pink
b. Brown
c. Yellow
d. Cannot be determined

Direction (Q. 71 - Q.73): Read the following information and answer the questions
below:
In each of the following questions, various terms of an alphabet series are given with one
or more terms missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.
In each of the following questions, various terms of an alphabet series are given with one or
more terms missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.

71. AZ, GT, MN, ?, YB

a. KF
b. RX
c. SH
d. TS

72. AZ, CX, FU,?

a. IR
b. IV
c. JQ
d. KP

73. AZ, BY, CX,?

a. EF
b. GH
c. IJ
d. DW

74. 66. DKY, FJW, HIU, JHS, ?

a. KGR
 b. LKQ
c. KFR
d. LGQ

75. ?, SIY, OEU, KAQ, GWM, CSI

a. WNE
b. WNB
c. WMC
d. WMD

76. What is the result when a decimal 5238 is converted to base 16?
a. 327.375
b. 12.166
c. 1388
d. 1476

77. Which command is used to remove a directory?

a. Rd
b. Dldir
c. rmdir
d. rdir

78. TCP port number 80 is usually reserved for?

a. EMAIL
b. HTTP
c. UDP
d. HTTPS

79. A computer program that instructs other programs to perform a particular type of
operation is
 a. system software
b. application program
c. Compiler
d. interpreter

80. Accessing records from a file directly without searching from the beginning of the file is
a. time sharing
b. Random
c. direct access
d. access time

81. The most important advantage of an 1C is its

a. Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
b. Extremely high reliability
c. Reduced cost
d. Low power consumption

82. The microprocessor of a computer cannot operate on any information if that information
is not in its
a. Secondary storage
b. Main storage
c. ALU
d. Control unit
83. Pick the odd one out.
a. Random value
b. Return address
c. Local variable space
d. Global variable space
84. The complexity of merge operation on two sorted arrays of size m and n (given m > n)
a. O (mn)
b. O (m + n)
c. O (m/n)
d. O (m)

85. DOS in MS-DOS stands for

a. Disk open system
b. Disk operating system
c. Disk open standards
d. Device operating system

86. Which helps you to build documents from very simple letters to comprehensive
manuscripts?
a. MS-Excell
b. MS-Word
c. MS-Access
d. MS-Powerpoint

87. The result if binary addition 111011+100001 is

a. 111100
b. 1011101
c. 1101010
d. 1011100

88. The hexadecimal number A0 has a decimal value

a. 80
b. 100
c. 160
 d. 256

89. what would be the output of the following program?

Main ()

float a = 0.7;

If (a<0.7) Printf(“C”);

Else Printf(“C++”);

a. C
b. C++
c. Error
d. None of the above

90. The time taken by a disk to rotate once is known as

a. Maximum access time
b. Maximum latency time
c. Maximum rotation time
d. Maximum spindle time

91. How many stacks will be needed for the evaluation of a prefix expression?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 0
d. 3
92. LAST in the FIRST out data structure is called
a. Queue
b. Tree
c. Stack
d. Graph

93. Which of the following is not a programming language?

a. ADA
b. LISP
c. PL/1
d. BEANS

94. Browsers are programs that run on

a. Server machines
b. Client machines
c. Printers
d. Copiers

95. XHTML is used to describe

a. Computations
b. the form and layout of documents
c. Communications
d. location/ address

96. What is WSDL?

a. Web Specification and Description Logic
b. Web Support and Distribution Limited
c. Web Systems and Data Labs
d. Web Services Definition Language
97. What is a firewall?
a. It protects the network from unwanted traffic
b. It prevents the system from generating excessive heat
c. It detects the occurrence of any fault in the functioning of the network
d. It analyses the failure rate of the system

98. The system software that translates high-level language to machine language is called
a. Interpreter
b. Compiler
c. Assembler
d. Translator

99. A language based on graphics for use in education is

a. PROLOG
b. LOGO
c. COBOL
d. BASIC

100. Ethernet uses

a. Bus topology
b. Ring topology
c. Star topology
d. Tree topology