About Cognizant
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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTS) is an American multinational corporation that provides custom information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services.Originally founded as an in-house technology unit of Dun & Bradstreet in 1994, Cognizant started serving external clients in 1996.
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Founder: Kumar Mahadeva, Francisco D’Souza
CEO: Francisco D’Souza
Founded: January 26, 1994
Headquarters: Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
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Cognizant Placement Pattern – Online Test Pattern (Based on AMCAT Pattern)
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Analytical Ability Test
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Quantitative Ability
nNumber of questions – 16
nDuration – 16 minutes
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Logical Reasoning
nNumber of questions – 14
nDuration – 14 minutes
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Verbal Ability
nNumber of questions – 25
nDuration – 25 minutes
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Total
nNumber of questions – 55
nDuration – 55 minutes
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Cognizant Placement Pattern – Online Test Pattern (Based on MeritTrac Pattern)
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Analytical Ability Test
nNumber of questions – 30
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Verbal Ability Test
nNumber of questions – 25
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Total
nNumber of questions – 55
nDuration – 50 minutes
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AMCAT Pattern
nFeatures of the test
n> No negative marking for wrong answers
n> It is a Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) – it is a form of computer-based test that adapts to the examinee’s ability level. For this reason, it has also been called tailored testing. If a student gives a wrong answer, the computer follows up with an easier question; if the student answers correctly, the next question will be more difficult
n> No option of coming back to previous questions
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Topic Importance
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High Occurence – Questions from these topics are asked frequently. If these topics are your strong areas, you will be able to solve more questions thus score more!
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Medium Occurence – Questions from these topics are asked in moderate frequency. You should aim to attempt all questions that come your way from these areas.
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Low Occurence – These topics are not the question paper setters favourites. However, if you prepare for these topics you might score extra in questions other students are not targeting!
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Quantitative Aptitude
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Medium Occurence
n> Numbers
n> Time and Work
n> Ratios and Proportions
n> Averages, Profit and Loss
n> Time, Speed and Distance
n> Percentages
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Low Occurence
n> Permutations and Combinations
n> Probability
n> Logarithms and Geometry
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Verbal Ability
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High Occurence
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> Reading Comprehension
n> Para-jumbles
n> Sentence Completion
n> Sentence Correction
n> Vocabulary
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Medium Occurence
n> Sentence Improvement
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Logical Reasoning
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High Occurence
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> Data Arrangements
n> Blood Relations
n> Coding and Decoding Series
n> Analogy
n> Odd man out
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Medium Occurence
n> Data Sufficiency
n> Direction Sense
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Low Occurence
n> Logical Sequence
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MeritTrac Pattern
nFeatures of the test
n> No negative marking for wrong answers
n> There are sectional cut-offs (Expected cut-offs given below)
Analytical ability – 15 to 18 Marks
Verbal ability reasoning – 13 to 15 Marks
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Analytical Ability
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Medium Occurence
n> Data Interpretation
n> Visual Reasoning
n> Data Sufficiency
n> Syllogism
n> Coding Decoding
n> Data Arrangements
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Verbal Ability
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High Occurence
n> Reading Comprehension
n> Sentence Correction
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Medium Occurence
n> Para-jumbles
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