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Data-driven ranking of all 17 General Aptitude topics by how frequently they appear in placement tests.
Based on analysis of TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, Cognizant, and other campus placement patterns.
Start with the Very High importance topics first, then work your way down.
Every placement test has 2-4 percentage-based questions. It underlies discount, profit-loss, and data interpretation problems.
Often combined with: Profit-Loss Simple-Interest-Compound-Interest Data-Interpretation-Sets
Direct questions appear in 90%+ of tests. Frequently combined with percentages and ratio concepts.
Often combined with: Percentages Ratio-Proportion
Core to time-work, mixtures, and age problems. Tested directly and as a building block for other topics.
A staple in every major placement exam. Pipe-cistern and efficiency variants are especially common.
Often combined with: Ratio-Proportion Time-Speed-Distance
Simple but ubiquitous. Often embedded in DI sets and combined with other arithmetic topics.
Often combined with: Data-Interpretation-Sets Ratio-Proportion
Appears in almost every logical reasoning section. Quick to solve with pattern recognition practice.
Common in product-based company tests (Amazon, Microsoft). Also tested in banking and insurance exams.
Often combined with: Permutations-Combinations
Train problems, relative speed, and average speed questions are exam favorites. Requires unit conversion skill.
Often combined with: Ratio-Proportion Averages
Growing in importance — TCS NQT and Infosys now include DI. Tests ability to extract insights from tables and charts.
Often combined with: Percentages Averages Ratio-Proportion
Essential for banking exams (SBI, IBPS). Less frequent in pure IT placement tests but still relevant.
Often combined with: Percentages
Product companies and analytics roles test this. Foundational for probability problems.
Often combined with: Probability
Appears in 50-60% of tests, often as a standalone problem or combined with ratio and percentages.
Often combined with: Ratio-Proportion Percentages
Basic linear and quadratic equations appear regularly. A building block for word problems.
Often combined with: Quadratic-Problems
Area, perimeter, and Pythagoras questions appear in ~50% of tests. Mensuration is the most common subtype.
Ranking, arrangement, and deduction puzzles. More common in consulting (Deloitte, KPMG) than IT companies.
Tests ability to chain multiple concepts. Typically appears as 1-2 questions in a 20-question test.
Roots, discriminant, and sum/product of roots. Important for banking and MBA entrance, less for IT placements.
Often combined with: Algebraic-Equations