Deloitte Aptitude Test 2026: Pattern, Sections, and Syllabus

Deloitte’s campus aptitude test runs 95 minutes across three sections and 75 questions, with no negative marking.

That’s the pattern in one sentence. Everything below maps the sections, timing, syllabus topics, and rules you need before the drive.

Test Pattern at a Glance

Section	Questions	Time	Applies To
Quantitative Aptitude	25	35 min	Campus + Off-campus
Logical Reasoning	25	35 min	Campus + Off-campus
Verbal Ability	25	25 min	Campus + Off-campus
Programming Skills	25	Separate timer	Off-campus only

For campus candidates, the total is 75 questions in 95 minutes. The Programming Skills section is an additional, separately timed module for off-campus applicants only.

For a full walkthrough of where this test sits in Deloitte’s selection stages, the Deloitte recruitment process for freshers article covers eligibility criteria, profile screening, and the interview round that follows.

What Changed From Older Deloitte Test Formats

Students who’ve read older preparation guides or asked seniors from 2020-2022 batch drives will sometimes encounter a different picture. Two things in particular are worth correcting before you prepare.

Group Discussion and JAM rounds are gone. The Group Discussion (GD) and Just A Minute (JAM) rounds that appeared in Deloitte campus drives until roughly 2021 are no longer part of the standard process. The 2026 process moves directly from the online assessment to a combined technical-plus-HR interview.

The coding section is now part of the online test for off-campus candidates. In older formats, Deloitte’s online test was entirely aptitude-based. Off-campus drives now include a Programming Skills section. Campus drives at most colleges still run the three core sections only, but check your placement cell notice to confirm.

The core three-section structure (Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, Verbal Ability) has remained consistent. What’s changed is what surrounds it: the removal of GD/JAM and the addition of coding for off-campus tracks.

Section-by-Section Syllabus

Quantitative Aptitude

The Quantitative section gives you 35 minutes for 25 questions across 14 topics. All topics fall at the 10th-to-12th-standard mathematics level. No calculator is available during the test.

Topics covered:

• Number Systems (divisibility, HCF, LCM, remainders)
• Averages and Weighted Averages
• Percentages (increase/decrease, population problems)
• Simple Interest and Compound Interest
• Time, Speed, and Distance (relative speed, boats and streams)
• Geometry and Coordinate Geometry (areas, perimeters, basic coordinate-plane problems)
• Logarithms (log identities, solving log equations)
• Quadratic Equations (roots by factorisation; sum and product of roots)
• Probability (basic event probability, independent events)
• Permutation and Combination (arrangements vs. selections; factorial notation, e.g., 5 factorial = 120, appears in these problems)
• Time and Work (work-rate problems, pipes and cisterns)
• Ratio and Proportion (direct and inverse proportion)
• Alligation and Mixtures (combining different concentrations)
• Profit, Loss, and Discount (cost price vs. selling price, successive discounts)

Time and Work, Ratio and Proportion, and Probability are the three highest-frequency topics across recent campus drives. Cover those first. Coordinate Geometry and Logarithms appear less often and can follow once the core group is solid.

Logical Reasoning

Logical Reasoning runs the same 35 minutes for 25 questions. This section tests pattern recognition, structured deduction, and rule-following, not formula recall.

Topics covered:

• Pattern Recognition (visual and letter-based sequences; identify the next term given the governing rule)
• Data Sufficiency (determine which combination of statements makes a claim provable, without solving it directly)
• Blood Relations (decode relationship chains from multi-step verbal clues)
• Coding and Decoding (alphabetic shifts, symbol substitutions, word-encoding patterns)
• Number Series (arithmetic progressions, geometric progressions, mixed-rule sequences)
• Logical Word Sequence (arrange words into a meaningful order based on a given rule)
• Seating Arrangement (circular or linear arrangements with defined constraints)
• Syllogisms (two or three premise statements; determine which conclusions necessarily follow)

Seating Arrangements and Syllogisms consume the most time per question. A target of 90 seconds per question on those two sub-types keeps the rest of the section on pace. Number Series and Coding-Decoding yield answers faster once you identify the encoding rule in the first two terms.

Verbal Ability

Verbal Ability gives you 25 minutes for 25 questions, roughly one minute per question on average. Reading Comprehension passages take longer than grammar questions, so the effective time pressure on that sub-type is tighter.

Topics covered:

• Synonyms and Antonyms
• Contextual Vocabulary (fill-in-the-blank)
• Error Identification (locate the grammatically incorrect part of a sentence)
• Sentence Correction
• Sentence Improvement
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Tenses and Articles
• Prepositions and Conjunctions
• Reading Comprehension (passage length is typically four to six sentences with two to three questions each)

One practical rule for Reading Comprehension: read the questions before the passage. Each passage plus its questions needs to fit inside roughly three minutes; scan rather than read every word.

Programming Skills (Off-Campus Candidates Only)

If you are appearing through a campus drive, this section does not apply. Off-campus candidates sit a separately timed module covering:

• Data Types, Variables, and Operators
• Iteration, Recursion, and Decision Making
• Functions and Scope (call by value vs. call by reference)
• Arrays and Linked Lists (traversal, insertion, deletion)
• Trees and Graphs (traversal orders: in-order, pre-order, BFS, DFS)
• Stacks and Queues (LIFO and FIFO operations)
• Hash Tables and Heaps
• Searching and Sorting Algorithms (binary search, merge sort, quicksort; when each applies)
• Polymorphism, Abstraction, and Encapsulation (OOP concepts)
• Complexity Theory (Big-O notation; comparing algorithm efficiency)

Questions in this section typically give a short code snippet and ask about its output, or present two algorithm options and ask which handles the given input size more efficiently.

The Deloitte aptitude test section-wise syllabus goes deeper on each section with the full topic breakdown and preparation sequencing.

Key Rules to Know Before Test Day

A few structural rules that matter on the day of the test:

• No negative marking applies to any section. Guessing costs nothing, so attempt every question.
• Individual section thresholds exist. Clearing the aggregate score without meeting each section’s minimum passing mark does not qualify you for the next stage. Confirm the current thresholds with your Training and Placement Officer before the drive, as Deloitte does not publish them officially.
• The test is fully online and proctored. You need a working webcam, microphone, and a stable internet connection. Test your setup before the scheduled slot.
• Coding language choice (for off-campus candidates) includes C, C++, Java, Python, and C#, among others. The last version you submit is the one that counts; compilation output and test-case results are visible before final submission.

For practise questions across all three aptitude sections, the Deloitte aptitude test questions and answers article has worked examples with solutions.

IndiaBIX is also worth bookmarking as a free question bank organised by topic, useful for the initial topic-by-topic pass before moving to timed full-length mock tests.

Where to Go From Here

The test pattern above tells you what the Deloitte aptitude test looks like. The logical next reads depend on where you are in prep.

If you want the full topic-level breakdown for each section, including which Quantitative topics appear most often and how to sequence your study weeks, the Deloitte aptitude test section-wise syllabus covers exactly that.

Once you’ve mapped the syllabus, working through actual questions is the fastest calibration. The Deloitte aptitude questions article has fully worked examples across the main topic areas.

And if you’re thinking ahead to what comes after clearing the online test, Deloitte’s interview round: technical and HR covers what interviewers typically ask, including project walkthroughs and common HR questions.

The Deloitte USI careers portal is where you can register directly for off-campus openings and verify your eligibility before any drive date is announced.