Detailed Analysis on Cognizant Syllabus : Mandatory Section

The following is the Syllabus for On Campus pattern -

Sections No. Of Questions Time

Quants 16 16 mins

Logical 24 35 mins

English 22 18 mins

Code Debugging 7 20 mins

Total 69 89 mins
The following is the Cognizant Syllabus for Off Campus Drive -

Sections No. Of Questions Time

Quants 16 16 mins

Logical 24 35 mins

English 22 18 mins

Coding 2 60 mins

Total 64 129 mins

Cognizant Exam Syllabus Eligibility

 Candidate must be a B.tech,BCA,MCA,BE student.

 Education gap of not more than one year.
 More than 60% or CGPA > 6 in aggregate.

Cognizant contains four topics:

 Quants
 Logical
 Verbal
 Code Debugging (also known as Automata Fix)
 Coding Questions
Quants

LCM & HCF

 Number of Questions: 3-4 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Divisibility

 Number of Questions: 3-4 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Number Decimal Fraction & Power

 Number of Questions: 3-4 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Average

 Number of Questions: 3-4 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Ratio & Proportion

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Algebra
  Number of Questions: 3-4 Ques
 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Surds & Indices

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Percentage

 Number of Questions: 6-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 1min 30 Sec

Profit & Loss

 Number of Questions: 6-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 1min 30 Sec

Simple & Compound Interest

 Number of Questions: 3-4 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Speed Time & Distance

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec
Inverse

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Time & Work

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Allegation & Mixtures

 Number of Questions: 6-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 1min 30 Sec

Area, shape and perimeter

 Number of Questions: 3-4 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Logarithms

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Permutation and Combination

 Number of Questions: 3-4 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
  Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Probability

 Number of Questions: 6-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 1min 30 Sec

Pipes and Cisterns

 Number of Questions: 3-4 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Geometry, Coordinate Geometry

 Number of Questions: 6-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 1min 30 Sec

Clocks & Calendar

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Verbal
Cognizant English Syllabus 2019 (Updated)

 Vocabulary
o Synonyms
o Antonyms
 o Contextual Vocabulary

Synonyms

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Antonyms

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Contextual Vocabulary

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Error Identification

 Number of Questions: 8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 30-40 Sec

Sentence Improvement & Construction

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Subject-Verb Agreement
  Number of Questions: 8 Ques
 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 30-40 Sec

Tenses & Articles

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Preposition & Conjunctions

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Speech & Voices

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Inferential and Literal Comprehension

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Comprehension ordering

 Number of Questions: 8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Medium
 Importance: High
 Suggested time to solve: 30-40 Sec
Selecting Words

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Sentence Selection

 Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques

 Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
 Importance: Medium
 Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Logical

Cognizant Logical Syllabus 2019 (Updated)

 Deductive Reasoning
o Coding deductive logic
o Blood Relation
o Directional Sense
o Objective Reasoning
o Selection decision tables
o Syllogism

 Inductive reasoning
o Analogy and Classification pattern recognition
o Coding pattern and Number series pattern recognition
o Statement & Conclusion
o Seating Arrangements

 Abductive Reasoning
o Logical word sequence
o Data sufficiency
o Odd Man Out
o Data Arrangements
 o Mathematical Orders
o Inferred Meaning

Coding deductive logic

 Difficulty Level – High

 Importance – Medium
 Number of Questions – 4

Blood Relation

 Difficulty Level: High
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 6 Questions

Directional Sense

 Difficulty Level: Low
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Objective Reasoning

 Difficulty Level: High
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 6 Questions

Selection decision tables

 Difficulty Level: Low
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Syllogism

 Difficulty Level: High
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 6 Questions
Statement & Conclusion

 Difficulty Level: High
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 6 Questions

Seating Arrangements

 Difficulty Level: High
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 6 Questions

Coding Decoding

 Difficulty Level: Low
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Decision

 Difficulty Level: Low
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Analogy and Classification pattern recognition

 Difficulty Level – High

 Importance – Medium
 Number of Questions – 4

Coding pattern and Number series pattern recognition

 Difficulty Level: Low
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Odd Man Out

 Difficulty Level: Low
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 4 Questions
Data Arrangements

 Difficulty Level: High
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 6 Questions

Mathematical Orders

 Difficulty Level: Low
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Inferred Meaning

 Difficulty Level: Low
 Importance: Medium
 Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Logical word sequence

 Difficulty Level – High

 Importance – Medium
 Number of Questions – 4

Data sufficiency

 Difficulty Level – High

 Importance – Medium
 Number of Questions – 4

Cognizant Coding Syllabus 2019 (Updated)

Questions can be asked on topics such as:

1. Basic programming
2. Control Structures
3. Conditional statements
4. Linear data structures
5. Advanced data structures
6. Sorting and searching algorithm