TCS BSc Ignite 2026 – Test Preparation & Question Bank (Numerical, Verbal, Reasoning, Coding)

Overview

If you’ve registered for TCS BSc Ignite Hiring 2026, your next step is the 120-minute in-centre test on 26 August — split across Numerical Ability, Verbal Ability, Reasoning Ability, and an optional Coding section, with no negative marking. This guide breaks down each section’s topics, question counts, time limits, and a practice question bank so you walk in prepared rather than guessing what to expect.

Test Structure at a Glance

• Total duration: 120 minutes, conducted in-centre by TCS iON
• Numerical Ability: ~26 questions, 40 minutes
• Verbal Ability: ~24 questions, 30 minutes
• Reasoning Ability: ~30 questions, 50 minutes
• Coding: Optional, but attempting it can meaningfully boost your overall score
• No negative marking — attempt every question, since wrong answers don’t cost you

Numerical Ability — Topics to Cover

This section tests core quantitative aptitude. Focus your revision on: percentages, ratios and proportions, time-speed-distance, time and work, number systems, simple and compound interest, profit and loss, averages, and basic geometry and mensuration.

Sample Practice Questions

1. A shopkeeper marks an item 40% above cost price and offers a 25% discount. What is his overall profit percentage?
2. A train 150m long crosses a platform 250m long in 20 seconds. What is the speed of the train in km/hr?
3. If 8 workers can complete a task in 15 days, how many days will 12 workers take to complete the same task?
4. The average of 5 numbers is 42. If one number is excluded, the average becomes 40. What is the excluded number?
5. A sum of money doubles itself in 8 years at simple interest. In how many years will it triple?

Verbal Ability — Topics to Cover

This section checks your command over English fundamentals: sentence completion, spotting grammatical errors, word and sentence rearrangement, reading comprehension, and formal/informal tone recognition. Reading English news daily in the weeks before your test genuinely helps build reading speed and accuracy under time pressure.

Sample Practice Questions

1. Identify the error in the sentence: “Neither of the students have completed their assignment.”
2. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: “Despite the heavy rain, the event proceeded as ______.”
3. Rearrange the jumbled sentence parts into the correct order: (P) the meeting / (Q) was postponed / (R) due to / (S) unavoidable circumstances
4. Select the correctly spelled word: (a) Recieve (b) Receive (c) Receeve (d) Receve
5. Choose the closest synonym for “meticulous”: (a) careless (b) thorough (c) hasty (d) vague

Reasoning Ability — Topics to Cover

This is typically the largest section by question count. Core topics include: number and letter series, seating arrangements, blood relations, syllogisms, coding-decoding, data sufficiency, and mirror/figure-based visual reasoning.

Sample Practice Questions

1. Find the next number in the series: 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, ___
2. Five friends A, B, C, D, and E are sitting in a row. B is to the immediate right of A. C is at one end. D is between B and E. Who is sitting at the other end?
3. If “CAT” is coded as “24-2-40” using a specific pattern, how would “DOG” be coded using the same logic?
4. Statements: All pens are pencils. Some pencils are erasers. Conclusion: Some pens are erasers. Is this conclusion valid based only on the statements?
5. A is the brother of B. C is the mother of A. D is the father of C. How is B related to D?

Coding (Optional) — What to Prepare

Even though this section is optional, attempting it well can differentiate you from candidates who skip it entirely. Focus on writing clean, working code — logic, loops, conditionals, strings, and arrays — in one programming language you’re genuinely comfortable with, rather than trying to learn something new right before the test.

Sample Practice Problems

1. Write a program to check whether a given number is a prime number.
2. Write a program to reverse a string without using a built-in reverse function.
3. Write a program to find the largest element in an array.
4. Write a program to count the number of vowels in a given string.
5. Write a program to check whether a given string is a palindrome.

General Preparation Tips

• Take timed mock tests — the in-centre time limit can catch you off guard if you haven’t practiced under similar pressure
• Attempt every question — since there’s no negative marking, an educated guess is always better than leaving a question blank
• Don’t neglect Reasoning — it carries the most questions and the most preparation time, so it deserves proportional focus
• Read the official sample paper — TCS provides one directly on their site, and it reflects the actual format closely
• Don’t cram the night before — steady daily practice over the next few weeks works far better than last-minute intensity for this kind of aptitude test

Haven’t Registered Yet?

If you’re eligible and haven’t registered, don’t wait — registration closes 22 July 2026, and test centre seats fill up on a first-come-first-serve basis. See our full breakdown of eligibility and the application process: TCS BSc Ignite Hiring 2026 — Full Details

Get Interview-Ready

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