Wipro NLTH — Aptitude: Pattern, Syllabus & Mock Test
Wipro NLTH — Aptitude pattern: 52 questions in 48 minutes across 3 sections. Sample questions, a preparation guide and a free timed mock.
- Pattern: Wipro
- Duration: 48 minutes
- Questions: 52
- Timing: Sectional — each section on its own clock
- Negative marking: None
Fifty-two questions in forty-eight minutes. The fastest pace of any services paper.
- No negative marking
- Under a minute per question
- Sectionally timed
Sections
| Section | Questions | Time | Kind | Marks each |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantitative Ability | 16 | 16 min | Multiple choice | 1 |
| Logical Ability | 14 | 18 min | Multiple choice | 1 |
| English Ability | 22 | 14 min | Multiple choice | 1 |
Wipro NLTH — Aptitude syllabus
Quantitative Ability
- Number System
- Percentages
- Profit & Loss
- Ratio & Proportion
- Averages
- Problems on Ages
- Time & Work
- Time, Speed & Distance
- Simple & Compound Interest
- Permutations & Combinations
- Probability
- Mixtures & Alligation
- Mensuration
- Tables & Charts
- Caselets
Logical Ability
- Number & Letter Series
- Coding & Decoding
- Blood Relations
- Direction Sense
- Syllogisms
- Seating & Puzzles
- Analogies & Classification
- Mathematical Reasoning
English Ability
Instructions
The aptitude block of Wipro's National Level Talent Hunt is short and quick: fifty-two questions in forty-eight minutes, under a minute each.
- Verbal is the largest section and gets the least time — twenty-two questions in fourteen minutes. Read the question before the passage.
- Sectionally timed, in a fixed order.
- No negative marking in the aptitude block.
The NLTH also has a twenty-minute written communication essay and a sixty-minute two-problem coding round. Neither is part of this paper.
How to prepare for this pattern
A guide to the aptitude block of Wipro's National Level Talent Hunt (NLTH), the quickest services paper in this catalogue at under a minute a question.
What the paper looks like
Three sections, sat in a fixed order: Quantitative Ability, 16 questions in 16 minutes; Logical Ability, 14 questions in 18 minutes; and English Ability, 22 questions in 14 minutes. That is 52 questions in 48 minutes. Each question is worth one mark and there is no negative marking in the aptitude block. Each section is timed separately and closes when you leave it, so nothing can be revisited. The paper is not adaptive. The real NLTH also has a written communication essay and a two-problem coding round; neither is part of this paper. Of every pattern here this one has the least certain question counts: the 48-minute window and the three sections are agreed everywhere, but four different totals circulate, and this split was chosen because its section timings add up to exactly 48 minutes.
How to prepare, section by section
- Quantitative Ability is a minute a question, mostly arithmetic with a little data interpretation. Speed comes from Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Averages, Profit & Loss, Time & Work and Simple & Compound Interest, plus quick reads of Tables & Charts.
- Logical Ability has the most time per question. Half the draw is Number & Letter Series, Coding & Decoding, Blood Relations and Direction Sense; the rest is Syllogisms, Seating & Puzzles, Analogies & Classification and Mathematical Reasoning.
- English Ability is the largest section with the least time. Sentence Correction, Synonyms & Antonyms and Fill in the Blanks & Para Jumbles should be answerable in seconds, which leaves time for Reading Comprehension.
The coding round has its own mock: Wipro NLTH — Programming.
On the day
There is no negative marking, so every question gets an answer. English Ability allows about 38 seconds a question: read the question before the passage, answer the grammar and vocabulary items first, and guess anything still blank before the clock closes the section. Quantitative Ability allows a minute each; if a question has not given way in that time, mark your best option and move on. Logical Ability is the only section with slack, at about 77 seconds a question, so it is where a seating puzzle can be drawn out properly. Unused minutes do not carry over, so there is no reward for leaving a section early.
This mock is modelled on a published NLTH pattern whose section timings sum to the agreed 48 minutes, though the question counts remain disputed; CodeKairo is not affiliated with Wipro.
Practice questions for the Wipro NLTH — Aptitude test
Three times now, twice later
A man is three times as old as his son. Fifteen years hence he will be twice as old. What is the man's present age?
- 36
- 40
- 45
- 48
Show the answer
C. 45 Worked solution
Five consecutive even numbers, the smallest
The average of five consecutive even numbers is 24. What is the smallest of them?
- 18
- 20
- 22
- 26
Show the answer
B. 20 Worked solution
Splitting a travel budget
A team's travel budget of ₹90,000 is split between flights, hotels and meals in the ratio 5 : 3 : 1. Flights later cost 10% less than budgeted, and the saving is added to meals.
What is the final meals budget?
- ₹10,000
- ₹12,500
- ₹15,000
- ₹17,500
Show the answer
C. ₹15,000 Worked solution
The three-year gap
The difference between compound and simple interest on a sum for 3 years at 10% per annum is ₹93. What is the sum?
- ₹2,500
- ₹3,000
- ₹3,500
- ₹4,000
Show the answer
B. ₹3,000 Worked solution
Double and add
5 : 12 :: 8 : ?
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 20
Show the answer
C. 18 Worked solution
Four generations
A is the father of B, C is the daughter of B, and E is the son of C. How is E related to A?
- Grandson
- Great-grandson
- Son
- Nephew
Show the answer
B. Great-grandson Worked solution
A substitution language: good boys play
In a certain language:
- 'nik ka pa' means 'you are good'
- 'ka la ma' means 'good boys play'
- 'pa ni ma' means 'you play cricket'
Which word means 'play'?
- ka
- la
- ma
- pa
Show the answer
C. ma Worked solution
The tone of the library passage
The public library is a strange institution by the standards of modern economics. It gives away, free of charge, a service that people would pay for. It admits everyone regardless of what they can spend. And it survives, in most countries, on a budget that would embarrass a mid-sized company. Its defenders no longer argue chiefly about books; they argue about the library as one of the few remaining places a person may sit for an afternoon without being asked to buy anything.
The tone of the passage is best described as:
- Dismissive
- Sympathetic
- Hostile
- Neutral and statistical
Show the answer
B. Sympathetic Worked solution
Ordering four sentences
Arrange the sentences into a coherent paragraph:
P. Within fifty years it had spread across Europe. Q. The printing press was developed in Germany in the fifteenth century. R. Today most printing is digital. S. It made books cheap enough for ordinary readers.
- Q P S R
- Q S P R
- P Q S R
- S Q P R
Show the answer
A. Q P S R Worked solution
Reported speech
Choose the correct reported form of: 'I am going to Delhi tomorrow,' he said.
- He said that he is going to Delhi tomorrow.
- He said that he was going to Delhi the next day.
- He said that he was going to Delhi tomorrow.
- He says that he was going to Delhi the next day.
Show the answer
B. He said that he was going to Delhi the next day. Worked solution
To hit the nail on the head
What does the idiom 'to hit the nail on the head' mean?
- To describe something exactly
- To act violently
- To make a mistake
- To finish a job
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A. To describe something exactly Worked solution
The author's tone
The new scheme has been announced with considerable fanfare. Its targets are ambitious, its funding uncertain, and its timeline, by the admission of its own architects, optimistic. One waits with interest.
The author's tone is best described as:
- Indifferent
- Enthusiastic
- Sceptical
- Hostile
Show the answer
C. Sceptical Worked solution
About this pattern
The lowest-confidence pattern here. The 48-minute window and three sub-sections are agreed everywhere, but four different question counts circulate (52, 48, ~36 and 20). The 16/14/22 split is used because its sub-timings sum exactly to 48 minutes. Essay and coding are excluded.
Modelled on the published pattern; not affiliated with Wipro. Every sitting draws a fresh paper from the aptitude bank.
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