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Tech Mahindra — Aptitude & Technical

The one paper where a wrong answer can cost you. Five short sections, fifteen minutes each.

The pattern and syllabus · 10 sample questions

Negative markingSectionally timedTwo technical blocks

The sitting

1h 15m

total time

60

questions

5

sections

−0.25

negative marking

Start the test

The clock starts as soon as you click. Your paper is drawn fresh, so a second sitting is a different set.

Proctored sitting

  • Laptop or desktop only, with a webcam. Phones and tablets can't start a test.
  • The test runs full screen, with the site's navigation hidden.
  • Your webcam stays on and is checked on your computer — nothing is recorded or uploaded.
  • Leaving full screen, switching tab or window or minimising blurs the paper — and so does the camera seeing no one, someone else, a phone, or you looking away. The clock keeps running.
  • Each is a warning; the third ends the sitting. It is graded so you can review it, but marked disqualified and never counted as your best.
  • Pasting, copying, right-click and printing are off.

The paper

1

Logical Reasoning

12 Q

15 min

Number & Letter Series · Coding & Decoding · Blood Relations · Direction Sense · Syllogisms · Seating & Puzzles · Analogies & Classification · Mathematical Reasoning

2

Quantitative Aptitude

12 Q

15 min

Quantitative Aptitude · Data Interpretation

3

Verbal Ability

12 Q

15 min

Verbal Ability

4

Computer Programming

12 Q

15 min

Programming Fundamentals · Pseudocode

5

Computer Science

12 Q

15 min

Data Structures & Algorithms · OS, DBMS & Networks

Before you start

Tech Mahindra is the only pattern here where negative marking is credibly reported, so this paper applies it.

  • A quarter mark is deducted for a wrong answer. A blank costs nothing. Guess only when you can eliminate two options.
  • Five sections of twelve questions, fifteen minutes each, in a fixed order with no going back.
  • Computer Programming and Computer Science are separate blocks: the first is output tracing and OOP, the second is OS, DBMS, data structures and networks.

The essay, the seventy-two question psychometric inventory, the Automata code-completion round and the AI communication assessment are not part of this paper.

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Tech Mahindra — Aptitude & Technical: Pattern, Syllabus & Mock Test

Tech Mahindra — Aptitude & Technical pattern: 60 questions in 75 minutes across 5 sections, with negative marking.

  • Pattern: Tech Mahindra
  • Duration: 75 minutes
  • Questions: 60
  • Timing: Sectional — each section on its own clock
  • Negative marking: 0.25 marks per wrong answer

The one paper where a wrong answer can cost you. Five short sections, fifteen minutes each.

  • Negative marking
  • Sectionally timed
  • Two technical blocks

Sections

SectionQuestionsTimeKindMarks each
Logical Reasoning1215 minMultiple choice1
Quantitative Aptitude1215 minMultiple choice1
Verbal Ability1215 minMultiple choice1
Computer Programming1215 minMultiple choice1
Computer Science1215 minMultiple choice1

Tech Mahindra — Aptitude & Technical syllabus

Logical Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude

Verbal Ability

Computer Programming

Computer Science

Instructions

Tech Mahindra is the only pattern here where negative marking is credibly reported, so this paper applies it.

  • A quarter mark is deducted for a wrong answer. A blank costs nothing. Guess only when you can eliminate two options.
  • Five sections of twelve questions, fifteen minutes each, in a fixed order with no going back.
  • Computer Programming and Computer Science are separate blocks: the first is output tracing and OOP, the second is OS, DBMS, data structures and networks.

The essay, the seventy-two question psychometric inventory, the Automata code-completion round and the AI communication assessment are not part of this paper.

How to prepare for this pattern

A guide to the Tech Mahindra aptitude and technical paper, the one services pattern in this catalogue where a wrong answer costs marks.

What the paper looks like

Five sections, sat in a fixed order, each 12 questions in 15 minutes: Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal Ability, Computer Programming and Computer Science. That is 60 questions in 75 minutes. A correct answer earns one mark, a wrong answer loses a quarter of a mark, and a blank scores nothing. Each section has its own clock and there is no going back once you leave it. The paper is not adaptive. Computer Programming and Computer Science are separate blocks: the first is output tracing and object-oriented programming, the second is OS, DBMS, data structures and networks. The essay, the psychometric inventory, the Automata code-completion round and the AI communication assessment are not part of this paper.

How to prepare, section by section

On the day

Negative marking changes how you treat doubt. With one mark for a right answer and a quarter off for a wrong one, a guess pays on average only when you are more than one-in-five sure. A blind pick among four options barely clears that, so it adds little but risk. Rule out one option and a guess becomes worth taking; rule out two, as the paper's instructions advise, and it is a sound bet. Below that, leave the question blank, since a blank costs nothing. Each section allows 75 seconds a question and closes for good, so answer the questions you are sure of first, then return to the doubtful ones before the section's clock runs out.

Sources disagree on whether the real paper has negative marking, and this mock, modelled on the campus AMCAT-style pattern, applies it because practising under it is the safer preparation; CodeKairo is not affiliated with Tech Mahindra.

Practice questions for the Tech Mahindra — Aptitude & Technical test

Doctor is to hospital

Doctor : Hospital :: Teacher : ?

  1. Student
  2. School
  3. Book
  4. Lesson
Show the answer

B. School Worked solution

Deepak, Ravi and Rekha

Deepak is the brother of Ravi, Rekha is the sister of Atul, and Ravi is the son of Rekha. How is Deepak related to Rekha?

  1. Son
  2. Brother
  3. Nephew
  4. Husband
Show the answer

A. Son Worked solution

Twice now, three times before

A is twice as old as B. Ten years ago A was three times as old as B. What is B's present age?

  1. 15
  2. 18
  3. 20
  4. 25
Show the answer

C. 20 Worked solution

A manager joins the company

The average salary of 20 employees is ₹15,000. When the manager's salary is added the average rises by ₹500. What is the manager's salary?

  1. ₹20,000
  2. ₹25,500
  3. ₹27,000
  4. ₹30,000
Show the answer

B. ₹25,500 Worked solution

A word in context: the monsoon passage

India's monsoon is often described as a single event, but it is really two. The south-west monsoon arrives in Kerala in early June and works north over six weeks, bringing roughly three-quarters of the country's annual rainfall. The north-east monsoon, far smaller, returns in October and waters the south-eastern coast. Forecasting either has improved markedly since the 1990s, though the models remain better at predicting the total than its distribution — which is unfortunate, because it is the distribution that determines whether a crop survives.

As used in the passage, 'distribution' most nearly means:

  1. How the rainfall is spread over time and place
  2. The delivery of relief supplies
  3. The sale of agricultural produce
  4. The total quantity of rainfall
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A. How the rainfall is spread over time and place Worked solution

A blank after 'despite'

Fill in the blank:

Despite his ______ preparation, he performed poorly in the interview.

  1. careless
  2. thorough
  3. brief
  4. reluctant
Show the answer

B. thorough Worked solution

Subscripting written backwards

What does this C program print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    int a[5] = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50};
    printf("%d", 3[a] - a[1]);
    return 0;
}
  1. 10
  2. 20
  3. 30
  4. 40
Show the answer

B. 20 Worked solution

Which branch fires

What value of grade is printed?

Integer marks, grade
Set marks = 72
If marks >= 90 Then
    Set grade = 1
Else If marks >= 75 Then
    Set grade = 2
Else If marks >= 60 Then
    Set grade = 3
Else
    Set grade = 4
End If
Print grade
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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C. 3 Worked solution

Evaluating a postfix expression

Evaluate the postfix expression 5 6 2 + * 12 4 / - using the usual stack method.

  1. 33
  2. 37
  3. 40
  4. 43
Show the answer

B. 37 Worked solution

Preemptive shortest remaining time first

Four processes arrive at different times:

ProcessArrival timeBurst time
P108
P214
P329
P435

Under shortest-remaining-time-first (preemptive SJF) scheduling, what is the average waiting time?

  1. 4.50
  2. 5.50
  3. 6.50
  4. 7.75
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C. 6.50 Worked solution

About this pattern

Sources contradict each other on negative marking: placementpreparation.io reports it as confirmed for recent drives, FACE Prep says there is none. It is applied here because practising under it is the safer preparation. Section sizes follow the campus AMCAT-style pattern.

Modelled on the published pattern; not affiliated with Tech Mahindra. Every sitting draws a fresh paper from the aptitude bank.

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