TCS CodeVita S9 Pre-Qualifier Round Qestion Paper
Elections
Problem Description
Elections are going on, and there are two
candidates A and B, contesting with each other. There is a queue of voters and
in this queue some of them are supporters of A and some of them are supporters
of B. Many of them are neutral. The fate of the election will be decided on
which side the neutral voters vote. Supporters of A and supporters of B make
attempt to win the votes of neutral voters.
The way this can be done is explained below:
1. The voter queue is denoted by three characters,
viz {-, A, B}. The - denotes neutral candidate, A denotes supporter of
candidate A and B denotes supporter of candidate B.
2. Supporters of A can only move towards the left
side of the queue.
3. Supporters of B can only move towards the right
side of the queue.
4. Since time is critical, supporters of both A and
B will move simultaneously.
5. They both will try and influence the neutral
voters by moving in their direction in the queue. If supporter of A reaches the
neutral voter before supporter of B reaches him, then that neutral voter will
become a supporter of candidate A.
6. Similarly, if supporter of B reaches the neutral
voter before supporter of A reaches him, then that neutral voter will become a
supporter of candidate B.
7. Finally, if both reach at the same time, the
voter will remain neutral. A neutral vote cannot decide the outcome of the
election.
8. If finally, the queue has more votes for
candidate A, then A wins the election. If B has more votes, then B wins that
election. If both have equal votes, then it will be a coalition government.
Refer Examples section for understanding the
dynamics of how the supporters influence the neutral voters.
Your task is to find the outcome of the election.
Note: There are no test cases where all votes are
neutral.
Constraints
1 <= length of queue <= 10 ^ 5
Input
First line contains an integer which is length of
queue of voters.
Second line contains characters {-, A, B}, in which
denotes
· A = voter who is supporter of candidate A
· B = voter who is supporter of candidate B
· - = neutral voter
Output
Print candidate with maximum number of votes. If
they have equal number of votes, print “Coalition government“.
Time Limit
1
Examples
Example 1
Input
14
--AB--AB---A--
Output
A
Explanation:
For starting positions where there is no opposition
from supporter of B, supporter of A can promote in left side of the queue. The
voting queue will then look like below:
A A A B - - A B - - - A - -
From 4th place (in
voting queue) B supporter is moving towards the right side, simultaneously 7th placed
A supporter is also moving towards the left side. Then the voting queue will
look like below:
A A A B B A A B - - - A - -
From 8th place B
supporter is moving towards the right side, simultaneously 12th placed
A supporter is also moving towards the left side. Then the voting queue will
look like below:
A A A B B A A B B - A A - -
Since supporters of both A and B will
reach the 10th voter at the same time, 10th voter
will remain neutral.
Since supporter of A at 12th place
cannot move towards right, last 2 voters will not be influenced and remain
neutral. Then the voting queue will look like below:
A A A B B A A B B - A A - -
Since all voter have now cast their votes, election
results can now be declared.
So final result is: A A A B B A A B B - A A - -
A has 7 votes, B has 4 votes hence, A wins the
election.
Example 2
Input
4
A---
Output
A
Explanation:
Since supporter of A at 1st place
cannot move towards right, last 3 voters will not be influenced and will remain
neutral. Then the voting queue will look like below:
A - - -
Since all voter have now cast their votes, election
results can now be declared.
So final result is: A - - -
A has 1 vote, B has 0 votes hence, A wins the
election.
Example 3
Input
5
A---B
Output
Coalition government
Explanation:
Since supporter of A at 1st place
cannot move towards right, supporter of B at 5th cannot move
towards left, middle 3 voters will not be influenced and will remain neutral.
Then the voting queue will look like below:
A - - - B
So final result is: A - - - B
A has 1 vote, B has 1 vote hence, output will be
“Coalition government“.
Single Lane Highway
Problem Description
Certain number of cars are passing a single lane
road. Speeds of all cars vary. It is easy to see, that depending on the speeds
of the cars various groups will be formed.
Being a single lane road passing/overtaking is not
allowed. Given speeds of cars, calculate how many groups can be formed if all
possible permutations are taken into account. Refer example1 for better
understanding.
Print number of groups divided by the number of
permutations.
Constraints
0 <= N < 10 ^ 5
0 <= speed of individual vehicle < 10 ^ 9
Input
First line contains an integer N, which denotes the
number of vehicles
Second line contains N space separated integers
which denotes the speed of individual vehicle.
Output
Print number of groups divided by the number of
permutations rounded upto 6 decimal places.
Time Limit
1
Examples
Example 1
Input
3
10 20 30
Output
1.833333
Explanation:
So all possible permutations are:
{10 20 30}
{10 30 20}
{20} {10 30}
{20 30} {10}
{30} {10 20}
{30 20} {10}
So here there are total 6 permutations, and total
number of groups are 11.
So, output is 11/6 = 1.833333
Example 2
Input
4
56 78 13 92
Output
2.083333
Explanation:
So here there are total 24 permutations,
For example:
{56 78 13 92}
{92} {13 78 56}
{56} {13 92 78}
{78 92} {13 56}
.
.
So on and so forth. The total number of groups are
50.
So, the output is 50/24 = 2.083333
Corona Virus
Problem
Description
A city is represented as
two-dimensional rectangular matrix. The outer wall of the given matrix denotes
the boundaries of the city. Citizens are dispersed in the city at different
locations. They are either depicted by {a, c}. Corona Virus has already
infected the city.
The
Corona Virus enters the city from coordinate (0, 0) and traverses along a
diagonal path until it encounters a human. If it encounters a human, designated
as a , its trajectory rotates anti clockwise (right to
left) by 90 degrees. Similarly, if it encounters a human, designated as c ,
its trajectory rotates clockwise (left to right) by 90 degrees. After infecting
the person, the virus continues to move along its diagonal path.
During its traversal if it
hits the boundary of the city for the first time, it rotates 90 degrees to
reenter the city. However if it hits any of the boundary wall, the second time,
the virus gets destroyed.
You have to calculate the
trajectory taken by the virus, print the city map where infected citizens can
be found and finally report the number of safe and infected citizens.
Input
An input matrix of 9 rows and
20 columns comprising of {*, a, c, . } characters where
·
* denotes an element on the boundaries of the city
·
a denotes citizen after encountering whom the virus trajectory
changes by 90 degrees (anti clockwise direction)
·
c denotes citizen after encountering whom the virus trajectory
changes by 90 degrees (clockwise direction)
·
. (dot) denotes empty location within the city
Output
Random number of lines each
denoting the coordinates of the trajectory of the virus.
From next line an output
matrix of 9 rows and 20 columns comprising of {*, a, c, ., - } characters where
·
* denotes an element on the boundaries of the city
·
a denotes citizen after encountering whom the virus trajectory
changes by 90 degrees (anti clockwise direction)
·
c denotes citizen after encountering whom the virus trajectory
changes by 90 degrees (clockwise direction)
·
. (dot) denotes empty location within the city
·
- denotes the location of the infected citizen
And the next two lines print
the number of safe and infected citizens in the city
Refer Examples section for
better understanding.
Constraints
0 <= x <= 20
0 <= y <= 8
The virus cannot hit the
three corners (20, 8) (20, 0) (0, 8)
Time Limit
1
Examples
Example 1
Input
********************
*....c.............*
*...c..............*
*c.................*
*.............a....*
*c.c...............*
*.a................*
*...........c......*
********************
Output
0 0
1 1
2 2
1 3
2 4
3 5
4 6
5 5
6 4
7 3
8 2
9 1
10 0
11 1
12 2
13 3
14 4
13 5
12 6
11 7
10 8
********************
*....c.............*
*...-..............*
*c.................*
*.............-....*
*-.c...............*
*.-................*
*...........c......*
********************
safe=4
infected=4
Explanation
The
virus trajectory starts from (0,0) and crosses (1,1) (2,2). At (2,2) we have a
citizen of type a causing the virus trajectory to be
rotated by 90 degrees anti clockwise. It moves until the next citizen in its
path is encountered at (1, 3) of type c causing the
virus trajectory to be rotated by 90 degree clockwise. It continues on its path
till it reaches the next human in its path at (4,6) of type c Virus
trajectory is again rotated by 90 degrees clockwise until it hits the boundary
at (10,0). Since this is the first time that the virus hits the boundary, it
rotates by 90 degrees anticlockwise to reenter the city. The trajectory then
continues towards (11,1) (12,2) (13,3) and finally a citizen at (14,4) of type
a rotating the trajectory to 90 degree anticlockwise. From there it continues
its trajectory and hits the boundary at (10,8).
Since this is the second time
the virus hits the boundary, the virus is destroyed.
So, along its trajectory
starting from (0,0) it has infected 4 citizens at location (2,2) (1,3) (4,6)
(14,4). The other 4 citizens who did not come in the virus trajectory are
deemed to be safe.
Example 2
Input
********************
*..................*
*..c...............*
*....c.............*
*.........a........*
*..................*
*.......a......c...*
*..................*
********************
Output
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 4
7 3
8 2
9 3
10 4
9 5
8 6
7 7
6 8
5 7
4 6
3 5
2 4
1 3
0 2
********************
*..................*
*..c...............*
*....-.............*
*.........-........*
*..................*
*.......-......c...*
*..................*
********************
safe=2
infected=3
Explanation
The
virus trajectory starts from (0,0) and crosses (1,1) (2,2) (5,5). At (5,5) we
have a citizen of type c causing the virus trajectory to be rotated by 90
degrees clockwise. It moves until the next citizen in its path is encountered
at (8,2) of type a causing the virus trajectory to be
rotated by 90 degree anti clockwise. It continues on its path till it reaches
the next human in its path at (10,4) of type a Virus
trajectory is again rotated by 90 degrees clockwise until it hits the boundary
at (6,8). Since this is the first time that the virus hits the boundary, it
rotates by 90 degrees anticlockwise to reenter the city. The trajectory then
continues towards (9,5) (8,6) (7,7) (6,8) and renters the city by rotating the
trajectory by 90 degrees anti clockwise to follow the trajectory (5,7) (4,6)
(3,5) (2,4) (1,3) (0,2).
At (0,2) it again hits the
boundary and since this is the second time the virus hits the boundary, the
virus is destroyed. So along its trajectory starting from (0,0) it has infected
3 citizens at location (5,5) (10,4) (8,2). The other 2 citizens who did
not come in the virus trajectory are deemed to be safe.
String Pair
Problem
Description
One person hands over the
list of digits to Mr. String, But Mr. String understands only strings. Within
strings also he understands only vowels. Mr. String needs your help to find the
total number of pairs which add up to a certain digit D.
The rules to calculate digit
D are as follow
Take all digits and convert
them into their textual representation
Next, sum up the number of
vowels i.e. {a, e, i, o, u} from all textual representation
This sum is digit D
Now, once digit D is known
find out all unordered pairs of numbers in input whose sum is equal to D. Refer
example section for better understanding.
Constraints
1 <= N <= 100
1 <= value of each element
in second line of input <= 100
Number 100, if and when it
appears in input should be converted to textual representation as hundred and
not as one hundred. Hence number of vowels in number 100 should be 2 and not 4
Input
First line contains an
integer N which represents number of elements to be processed as input
Second line contains N
numbers separated by space
Output
Lower case representation of
textual representation of number of pairs in input that sum up to digit D
Note: - (If the count exceeds
100 print "greater 100")
Time Limit
1
Examples
Example 1
Input
5
1 2 3 4 5
Output
one
Explanation
1 -> one -> o, e
2 -> two -> o
3 -> three -> e, e
4 -> four -> o, u
5 -> five - > i, e
Thus, count of vowels in
textual representation of numbers in input = {2 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2} = 9. Number 9
is the digit D referred to in section above.
Now from given list of number
{1,2,3,4,5} -> find all pairs that sum up to 9.
Upon processing this we know
that only a single unordered pair {4, 5} sum up to 9. Hence the answer is 1.
However, output specification requires you to print textual representation of
number 1 which is one. Hence output is one.
Note: - Pairs {4, 5} or {5,
4} both sum up to 9. But since we are asking to count only unordered pair, the
number of unordered pair is this combination is only one.
Example 2
Input
3
7 4 2
Output
zero
Explanation
7 -> seven -> e, e
4 -> four -> o, u
2 -> two -> o
Thus, count of vowels in
textual representation of numbers in input = {2 + 2 + 1} = 5. Number 5 is the
digit D referred to in section above.
Since no pairs add up to 5,
the answer is 0. Textual representation of 0 is zero. Hence output is zero.
Zoo Design
Problem
Description
Aman is a rich businessman
who want to build a zoo. He wants to make enclosures for terrestrial and
aquatic animals. Terrestrial animals will be of two types, namely herbivorous
and carnivorous animals. So there will be three different enclosures.
Herbivores like Elephant,
Deer are prime attractions. Similarly, Lion and Tiger are prime attractions
amongst carnivores. Finally, Dolphins and Shark are prime attractions amongst
aquatics for tourists.
Aman being a savvy
businessman realizes that in order to minimize the cost of building the zoo
without compromising on the attractions, he has to decide how much area to
allocate to each animal type. Each animal type requires a certain area to
thrive in. This in turn impacts the area allocation, which in turn has cost
implications.
Your task is to help Aman
workout the mathematics such that the zoo building cost is minimized subject to
the following constraints:
·
Zoo needs to have minimum of X herbivores, Y carnivores and Z
aquatic animals
·
Different types of animals will need different minimum area to
thrive in
·
For animals of a given type, the minimum area required is the
same
·
There is also a maximum limit for the overall area allocated for
each animal type
·
Cost of fencing etc. is included in cost of enclosure
·
Exclude the essentials like pathways for tourists, from area and
cost calculations
Consider all areas in square
meters and cost in Rupees.
Constraints
0 < number of animals of
each type <= 20
0 < max area for each
animal type <= 500
0 < total area of land on
which zoo is to be built <= 1000
0 < min area required by
individual animals <= 15
0 < price of each type of
enclosure <= 10000
Area of each type of
enclosure should be rounded off to the nearest integer
Input
First line contains three
space separated integers denoting the cost per square meter of building the
enclosure for each type of animals viz. herbivorous, carnivorous and aquatic
respectively
Second line contains three
space separated integers denoting the maximum area that can be allocated to
each type of animal viz. herbivorous, carnivorous and aquatic respectively
Next three lines, each will
contain two space separated integers M and N, for each type of animal viz.
herbivorous, carnivorous and aquatic respectively, where M denotes minimum
number of animals of that type and N denotes minimum area required for that
animal type
Last line contains an integer
which represents the total area of land on which the zoo needs to be built
Output
Single integer containing the
minimum cost required to build the zoo
Time Limit
1
Examples
Example 1
Input
10000 1000 1500
250 250 300
5 5
15 5
10 10
500
Output
837500
Explanation
·The cost of constructing the
enclosure for herbivores is high. However, since we need to accommodate 5
herbivores as per given constraints, a 25 sq. meter land will need to allocated
for the herbivores.
·Since the cost of
constructing the enclosure for carnivores is cheapest we are able to allocate
them the maximum limit that we can allocate. Thus we are allocating 250 sq.
meters for carnivores.
·The remaining 225 sq. meters
can thus be allocated to aquatics without violating any constraint.
·Thus the minimum cost of
constructing the zoo adhering to all constraints is (25 * 10000 + 250 * 1000 +
225 * 1500) = 837500
Example 2
Input
100 1000 1500
250 250 300
5 5
15 5
10 10
500
Output
325000
Explanation
·Since the cost of
constructing the enclosure for herbivores is cheapest we are able to allocate
them the maximum limit that we can allocate. Thus we are allocating 250 sq.
meters for herbivores.
·The cost of constructing the
enclosure for aquatics is high. However, since we need to accommodate 10
aquatics as per given constraints, a 100 sq. meter land will need to allocated
for the aquatic animals.
·The remaining 150 sq. meters
can thus be allocated to carnivores without violating any constraint.
·Thus the minimum cost of
constructing the zoo adhering to all constraints is (250 * 100 + 150 * 1000 +
100 * 1500) = 325000
3 Palindrome
Problem
Description
Given an input string word,
split the string into exactly 3 palindromic substrings.
Working from left to right,
choose the smallest split for the first substring that still allows the
remaining word to be split into 2 palindromes.
Similarly, choose the
smallest second palindromic substring that leaves a third palindromic
substring.
If there is no way to split
the word into exactly three palindromic substrings, print
"Impossible" (without quotes). Every character of the string needs to
be consumed.
Cases not allowed -
After finding 3 palindromes
using above instructions, if any character of the original string remains
unconsumed.
No character may be shared in
forming 3 palindromes.
Constraints
1 <= the length of input
sting <= 1000
Input
First line contains the input
string consisting of characters between [a-z].
Output
Print 3 substrings one on
each line.
Time Limit
1
Examples
Example 1
Input
nayannamantenet
Output
nayan
naman
tenet
Explanation
The original string can be
split into 3 palindromes as mentioned in the output.
However, if the input was
nayanamantenet, then the answer would be "Impossible".
Example 2
Input
aaaaa
Output
a
a
aaa
Explanation
The other ways to split the
given string into 3 palindromes are as follows -
[a, aaa, a], [aaa, a, a],
[aa, aa, a], etc.
Since we want to minimize the
length of the first palindromic substring using left to right processing, the
correct way to split is [a, a, aaa].
Example 3
Input
aaaabaaaa
Output
a
aaabaaa
a
Explanation
The other ways to split the
given string into 3 palindromes are as follows -
[aaaa, b, aaaa], [aa, aabaa,
aa], etc.
Since we want to minimize the
length of the first palindromic substring using left to right processing, the
correct way to split is [a, aaabaaa, a].
Elections Problem Solution In C++
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int n;
string s;
cin>>n>>s;
//we have to do a
bfs for all A and store when A and B are reaching a particular point
vector<pair<int,int>> checker(n,{INT_MAX,INT_MAX});
for(int
i=0;i<n;i++)
{
//see if we
got A/B
if(s[i]=='A')
{
int
t=0; //A moves towards the left
int j=i-1;
if(j>=0)
{
for(j;j>=0;j--)
{
if(s[j]=='-')
{
checker[j].first=min(checker[j].first,t);
}
else if(s[j]=='A'||s[j]=='B')
{
break;
}
++t;
}
}
}
else
if(s[i]=='B')
{//B moves
towards the right
int t=0;
int j=i+1;
if(j<n)
{
for(j;j<n;j++)
{
if(s[j]=='-')
{
checker[j].second = min(checker[j].second,t);
}
else if(s[j]=='B'||s[j]=='A')
{
break;
}
t++;
}
}
}
}
int a_count=0;
int b_count=0;
//we got our
checker array filled
for(int
i=0;i<n;i++)
{
int x =
checker[i].first;
int y =
checker[i].second;
if(s[i]=='A')
{
a_count++;
}
else
if(s[i]=='B')
{
b_count++;
}
if(s[i]=='-')
{
//we need
to check checker
if(x>y)
{
//this
means y reached earlier
b_count++;
}
else
if(x<y)
{
a_count++;
}
}
}
//cout<<a_count<<" "<<b_count<<"
";
if(a_count>b_count)
{
cout<<"A";
}
else
if(b_count>a_count)
{
cout<<"B";
}
else
{
cout<<"Coalition government";
}
}
3 Palindrome Problem Solution In Python
def is_pallindrome(si):
n = len(si)
if n==1:
return True
for i in
range(n//2):
if si[i] !=
si[-i-1]:
return
False
return True
si = input()
def f(si):
for k in
range(1,len(si)-2):
if
is_pallindrome(si[:k]):
for j in
range(k+1,len(si)):
if is_pallindrome(si[k:j]) and
is_pallindrome(si[j:]):
print(si[:k])
print(si[k:j])
print(si[j:])
return
print("not
possible")
f(si)
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