Infosys Aptitude Test

1. It has been reported in recent years that a very large number of seats in the engineering colleges in the country remain vacant at the
end of the admission session.
Which of the following may be the probable cause of the above effect?
(a) There has been a considerable decrease in hiring of engineering graduates due to economic slow-down in the recent years.
(b) Students have always preferred to complete graduation in three years time instead of four years for engineering.
(c) The Govt. has recently decided to provide post qualification professional training to all engineering graduates at its own cost.
(d) There has always been a very poor success rate among the engineering students.
(e) None of these

2. The Govt. has appealed to all citizens to use potable water judiciously as there is an acute shortage in supply. Excessive use may
lead to huge scarcity in future months.
Which of the assumptions is implicit in the above statement?
(An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted)
(a) People may ignore the appeal and continue using water as per their consideration.
(b) Govt. may be able to tap those who do not respond to the appeal.
(c) Govt. may be able to put in place alternate sources of water in the event of a crisis situation.
(d) Large number of people may positively respond to the govt.’s appeal and help tide over the crisis
(e) Only poor are going to suffer from this shortage of water supply

3. There has been a considerable drop in sales of four wheelers during the past six months when compared to the number of four
wheelers sold during this period last year.
Which of the following can be probable cause of the above phenomenon?
(A) The govt. has imposed higher excise duty on four wheelers during the past eight months.
(B) The petrol prices have risen considerably during the past eight months.
(C) The rate of interest on home and car loans have been rising for the past seven months.
(a) All (A), (B) & (C)
(b) (A) & (C) only
(c) (B) & (C) only
(d) (B) only
(e) (A) only

Directions (4-5): Question consists of Six statements followed by five conclusions. Consider the given statements to be true
even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given
conclusions does not logically follow from the given statements using all statements together.
4. Statements: Some file is copy. All copy is kite. Some kite is joy. All joy is orange. All orange is toy. All file is black.
Conclusions:
(a)Some kite is black (b)Some kite is orange (c)Some kite is toy (d) Some copy is black (e) Some toy is copy

5. Statements: Some mango is banana. No banana is apple. All grapes are apple. Some grapes are tree. No tree is green. All green is
good.
Conclusions:
(a)No grapes is banana. (b)Some mango is not apple. (c)All tree being good is a possibility
(d)Some apple is tree (e)Some good are tree.

Directions (6-7): In the questions below are given two conclusions followed by five set of statements. You have to choose the
correct set of statements that logically satisfies given conclusions either definitely or possibly. Assume the given statements to
be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.

Q6. Conclusions: Some air is system. Some road is control.

Statements:
(a)All air is control. Some control is system. All system is idea. Some idea is traffic. All traffic is road.
(b)All air is road. Some air is traffic. All traffic is control. All control is system. Some system is idea.
(c)Some air is road. All road is idea. Some idea is traffic. All traffic system. All system is control.
(d) All air is traffic. Some traffic is control. All control is system. Some system is idea. All idea is road.
(e) None of these.

7. Conclusions: Some man is not doll. Some toy is man.

Statements:
(a)All toy is boy. Some boy is child. No child is man. All man is girl. All girl is doll.
(b)Some toy is man. All man is doll. No doll is girl. All boy is girl. Some girl is child.
(c)Some toy is child. All child is man. Some man is girl. No girl is doll. All boy is doll.
(d)Some toy is girl. All girl is doll. No doll is child. All boy is child. Some child is man.
(e) None of these.

(8-12) J, K, L, M, P, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table facing the centre at equal distances between each other (but
not necessarily in the same order). Each one of them is also related to M in some way or the other. Only two people sit between
Q and L. M sits second to the left of Q. Only three people sit between L and M’s sister. M’s son sits second to the right of M’s
sister.
Only one person sits between the son of M and S. J sits on the immediate right of R. R is neither the son nor the mother of M.
S is an immediate neighbour of M’s mother. Only three people sit between M’s mother and M’s brother. M’s daughter sits
second to the left of M’s brother.
M’s father is not an immediate neighbour of M. M’s wife sits third to the right of K.

1. Who sits second to the right of R?

a) M’s brother b) M c) R d) K e) M’s daughter

2. How many people sit between K and L, when counted from the left of L?
a) Six b) One c) None d) Two e) Four

3. Which of the following statements is true with respect to the given information?
a) R sits second to the right of M’s wife. b) K is an immediate neighbour of R. c) M sits second to the left of L.
d) All the given options are not true. e) S is son of L.

4. How is K related to R?
a) Son-in-law b) Uncle c) Niece d) Brother e) Daughter

5. Who among the following is the wife of M?

a) N b) L c) O d) Q e) J

Directions (13-15): In each of the following problems, there is one question and three statements I, II and III given below the
question. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements is sufficient to answer the question. Read all the statements
carefully and find which of the statements is/are sufficient to answer the given question. Choose the correct alternative in each
question.

13. A is in which direction with respect to B?

I. C is to the North of D who is to the West of B.
II. A is to the west of C.
III. A is to the North-East of D.
(a) Only I and II (b) Only III (c) Any two of the three (d) Only I and III (e) Only I

14. How is 'DATE' written in the code language?

I. DEAR is written as $#@? in that code.
II. TREAT is written as %?#@% in that code.
III. TEAR is written as %#@? in that code,
(a) Only I and II (b) Only II and III (c) All I, II and III (d) Only I and either II or III (e) None of these

15. How is M related to N?

I. L is the only daughter of S, who is the only brother of his sister.
II. T is the daughter of U, who has two sons S and N.
III. T is the daughter of M, who is the mother of L.
(a) Only I and II (b) Only II and III (c) All I, II and HI (d) I, II and III together are not sufficient (e) None of these
Directions (Q. 16-18): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
Percentage of employees in various departments of an organization and the male-female ratio

16. What is the ratio of male employees in Administration to those in Printing Department?
a) 7:4 b) 4:7 c) 3:4 d) 7:3 e) None of these

17. What is the difference between the total number of employees in IT and that in Operations Department?
a) 75 b) 150 c) 100 d) 50 e) None of these

18. What is the ratio of the total number of males in HR and Marketing to the total number of females in these two
departments?
a) 13:15 b) 15:13 c) 13:17 d) 17:14 e) None of these

19. What is the 8th term in the series 1, 4, 9, 18, 35, 68, . . .
a) 262 b) 265 c) 270 d) 220 e) None of these

20. USA + USSR = PEACE ; P + E + A + C + E = ?

a) 16 b) 15 c) 10 d) 20 e) None of these

21. In a cycle race there are 5 persons named as J, K, L, M, N participated for 5 positions so that in how many number of ways
can M make always before N?
a) 60 b) 30 c) 24 d)120 e) None of these

22. If POINT + ZERO = ENERGY, then E + N + E + R + G + Y = ?

a) 15 b) 16 c) 17 d)18 e) None of these

23.If ABC =C3 and CAB = D3, Then find D3÷B3

a) 68 b) 46 c) 64 d)86 e) None of these

24. A Lorry starts from Banglore to Mysore At 6.00 a.m, 7.00 a.m, 8.00 a.m.....10 p.m. Similarly another Lorry on another side
starts from Mysore to Banglore at 6.00 a.m, 7.00 a.m, 8.00 a.m.....10.00 p.m. A Lorry takes 9 hours to travel from Banglore to
Mysore and vice versa.
(I) A Lorry which has started At 6.00 a.m will cross how many Lorries.
(II) A Lorry which has started At 6.00 p.m will cross how many Lorries.
a) 13 b) 16 c) 14 d)11 e) None of these

25. 15 tennis players take part in a tournament. Every player plays twice with each of his opponents. How many games are to
be played?
A. 190 B. 200 C. 210 D. 220 E. 225