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2005
Hi Chetanaites
I wana thank chetna mam and each and every member of chetna group without whom i could not
do my paper well. i have attached paper of 18th dec infy.
1. There are seven paintings T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z of which five has to be selected for an exhibition.
Following are the conditions
(i) If T is selected, X cannot be selected
(ii) If U is selected, Y must be selected
(iii) If V is selected, X must be selected 8 Marks
Four questions following this.
a) Which one of the following is an acceptable combination for inclusion in the exhibition
b) If painting T is chosen to be among the paintings included in the exhibition which one of the
following cannot be chosen to be among the paintings included in the exhibit?
A) U B) V C) W D) Y E) Z
c) Which one of the following substitutions can the artist always make without violating
restrictions affecting the combination of paintings given that the painting mentioned first was not,
and the painting mentioned second was, originally going to be chosen?
d) If the artist chooses painting V to be included among the paintings in the exhibit, which one of
the following must be true of that combination of paintings?
1. a) E
b) B
c) E
d) A
3. Andy,Brian,Cedric,Dave are architects ,barber, case worker and dentist but not in the order.
*Architect will have the letter 'r' in his name.
*Atleast one of the person should have coincidence in the first letter of their name and their
occupation but not all [eg: andy-architect]
* Barber and dentist share their name by only one letter
What is the occupation of each person?
Ans:
Andy - Caseworker
Brian - Barber
Cedric - Architect
Dave - Dentist 3 marks
( THIS QUESTION WAS SAME THERE, BUT THEY CHANGED THE COND.)
4. There is log weighing 30kgs. The log having twice thickness and twice short as first one will
weigh howmuch ??
Ans:60
5.. A + B + C +D = D + E + F + G = G + H + I =17.
IF A = 4 WHAT ARE THE VALUES OF D AND G. EACH
LETTER TAKEN ONLY ONE OF THE DIGIT FROM 1 TO 9.
8MARKS
ANS : A = 4 ,B = 2, C =6, D = 5, E = 3, F = 8,
G = 1, H = 7, I = 9.
( LIKE THIS TYPE OF QUESTION )
8 marks
6. a and b run a race of 100 yards. a beats b by 10 yards. next time, a starts 10yards behind to
compensate. who wins the race?
a wins
7. relation type question ..this was simple..one. any one could solve.
8. 7. There were few diamonds. First thief takes half of the diamonds +2. Second thief takes half
of the diamonds +2. 3rd thief takes half of the diamonds +2 4th thief takes half of the diamonds
+2 when 5 th thief arives there were one diamond left. find total no. of diamonds.
Ans: 76. 6 marks
9. put one digit before 15 and one digit after 15 ..this 4 digit number should divisble from 15
..how may such numbers are there?
Answer :5
10 I forget this one but this was not from old infy and also not from shakuntala or summer.
I solved there 9 out of 10 but its enough to solve 8 out of 10th.english paper was pretty easy. It
was objective type and of 30 minutes.and no negative marking there.
Never loose the hope first finish shakuntla 1st and papers this is sufficient after that if u have time
then take 2nd shakulnta devi and solve relation type of question frm ims correspondence( m.b.a.)
material.
BEST OF LUCK
2.clock strikes once at 1:00, twice at 2:00 & so on. if it takes 6 sec to strikes at 5:00 & 12 sec to
strike at 9:00 & also time to strike at 1:00 is negligible than find time spent to strike for 24 hours.
3. if john do part time job from 1 june & did job at every 2 day, and marry did part time from 2
june & did job at every 3 days. than find the day when they meet .
5. if shopkeeper arrranges oranges in row of 3 , 5 ,7 , 9 than 1 orange is left but if arranges in row
of 11 none left than findno of oranges
7. george hav scarf if & only if rimmie has glove (like that)
8.if driver has 5 sons & 5 daughter . if he give 1 coin to driver tthan 1/5th of remaing to 1 st son
again give 1 coin to driver & 1/5th of remaining to 2 nd son & so on. at last distribute equally
remaining amount among daughter than find no of coins.
10.if there are 4 couples. than find no of ways to make a group of 3 people such that there is no
two wives in group. Regards
There were totally 10puzzles.All repeated from old papers.followed by English test which is very
easy but confusing. for the model I am giving it at my best.
Here the questions:
1. There was a race going. The participants are Dennis, jack, samatha, Jim, Louise. Louise was
not the last person. Dennis beat jack. Samantha was beaten by Jim and Louise in that order. Jack
was not the first person. Jack beat Jim. Who is the winner?
Ans: Dennis.
Order was: Dennis, jack, Jim, Louise, Samantha.
2. My husband?s age is the reverse of my age. He is senior to me. The difference of our age is the
one 1/11 of their sum. What was my age?
Ans: my age: 45.
My husband?s age: 54.
Let mine be xy i.e. 10x+y.
Then my husband?s 10y+x.
Given 9(y-x) =1/11(11x+11y).
3. Ram traveled 2/3 rd of the distance by bicycle. After the tyre was punctured so he walked the
remaining distance for double time. How fast he raided the cycle as he walk?
Ans: 4 times faster than his walking.
2x/3 ------- in t time.
X/3 -------in 2t time.
Now v1/v2 = (2x/3t)/(x/3*2t).
4. There was a cube painted red color. IF its is cut in to 27 equal pieces how many faces will be
with
(i) No red color
(ii) 1 red face
(iii) 2 redf aces
(iiii) 3 red faces
Ans: (i) 1 (center)
(ii) 6 (Middle)
(iii) 12 (Side faces)
(iiii) 8 (corners)
5.some passage like there were 7 gems exhibiting through left and right windows.teh gems are
ruby,diamond,sapphire,emerald,???.some conditions.4 questions were asked.( refer barrons gre
analytical section).
6. Three persons A, B & C who can be named according to their behavior. They can be named
as Sororean, the name that can be given to the one who always wins; Nororean, the name that can
be given to the one who always tells the truth; Midrorean, the name that can be given to the one
who always lies. Then, given some statements (not exactly the same I?ve given), based on which
to answer the question (we need to write the names that A, B & C can be given in the table given)
A. 1) C came across to me and so I lost.
2) C always tells truth.
3) C is the winner.
B. 1) A is the winner.
2) C is not nororean.
C. 1) B is the winner...
2) I din?t came across A he is lying.
A nororean
B sororean
Cmidrorean
7. In a game of cricket azahar scored 28 less than dravid.and sachin scored 72 more than
Azahar.the total runs made by Azahar and robin are 94.robin scored 26 more than zadeja.dravid
scored 26 more than robin. What is the score?
Ans: 338
Z: x
R: x+26
D: x+52
A: x-24
S: x+72-24
A+R=94
8. We traveled to picnic early in the morning with a speed of 15kmph.while returning as traffic is
heavy we drove at 10kmph.What is the average speed.
Ans: 12kmph.
V=D/T
D=x+x=2x
T=t1+t2;
Now t1=x/15, t2=x/10
INTERVIEW:
Sir: Good evening kalpana (my interview was done at 9:30 p.m).take Ur seat.
Me: ThankQ sir.
Sir: tell me about Ur self.
Me: I am kalpana doing my final yr (he interrupted me here)
Sir: Actually I am not supposed to tell these things to the applicants but I don?t know why I am
mentioning this to u.he told me that when some asks to tell something about ourselves we have to
start from our father becoz he is Ur origin.
Me: ThankQ u sir.
Sir: ok continue.
Me: I am from a middle class family .My father??????all family details in order and then my
strengths and weaknesses.
Sir: he gave a puzzle to form 1000 from sixteen 4s.
Me: I answered it quickly.
I am giving it: 444+444+44+44+4+4+4+4+4+4
Sir: one more puzzle. Cut the shape in to 6 blocks. Very easy.
Sir: another puzzle to make 31 from five 3s.
Me: 3^3+3+3/3
33-3+3/3.
Sir: so kalpana u said that (I mentioned in the application form) Ur a team worker. What r the
projects u have taken as a team.
Me :( Actually I din?t do anything .I just write it becoz I have no choice left on that time so?I
answered it like this.)
Sir actually we did no projects but we our classmates form as groups and discuss different
topics, share our views and try to improve our skills by getting feed back from our team
members.
Sir: Ur active in Organizing events (this is also I mentioned).so what are the events u have
organized this year.
Me: we organized a state level technical conference on the occasion of our college silverjublee
function namely ?spurthi-2005?.
Sir: ok last yrs projects?
Me: ?spurthi-2004? our departmental event.
Sir: In Ur inter and 10 th classes. What did u organize?
Me: we organized our college freshers and farewell parties and also annual days.
Sir: now in this sem Ur going to work on a project.what u would like to be? Eiher leader or
member?
Me: obviously leader.
Sir: how could u manage the team?
Me: Since for every project there are 7 levels, I will plan a schedule; explain it to all my team
members. I will make sure that they should do their work in the time. I will also instruct them
how precious the time is? Not only that I will made them feel comfortable to express their views
to me by moving closely with them. I never command them but also never request them I tell
them to feel the responsibility and at times I will assign some power to one of them to guide
others so that they can involve with greater interest from then onwards.
Sir: ok if any team member complaints against u that u r crossing Ur limits. Then how can u solve
that? www.chetanas.com
Me: I will straight away go to him and talk to him personally for that matter and try to know
what's my mistake or what about me made him feel like that. We will have a 15 to20 mins
discussin on it and if my fault is there I will ask him apology and will have our
misunderstandings be sorted out. After that we will work together as usually.
Sir: two of Ur project members were very irregular people and they have pending work today and
u have to submit Ur project work tomorrow. Then?
Me: Sir, since I am friendly with all my members there is no question of such situation arising in
my project. If there is any problem they will definitely intimate me before hand
Becoz I will create such an environment to all my team members. If at all by some reason if such
situation occurs I will take whole responsibility, when u decide to lead, u have to be ready to
accept the responsibilities and to take risk. Any way I will have other team members with whose
help I will complete the project. www.chetanasinterview.com
Sir: so u will take pain to complete the project?
Me: yes sir.i do.
Sir: Any questions?
Me: what r my day to day responsibilities if I enter in to infosys?
Sir: so eagerly waiting for accepting the responsibilities. Ok Miss kalpana u will be taught Ur
responsibilities in Ur training period and don?t bother much about them.
Me:ThankQ sir.
Sir: ok kalpana All the best.
Me: ThankQ sir???.. (waited for 2 mins) asked him shall I leave sir?
Sir: he looked at me surprisingly and told me if u want u can (with a smile on his face)
Me: I also smiled at him and told that Sir I din't mean it but???.
Sir: its ok.have any more questions?
Me: is there any thing else that u want me to learn in order to fit into infosys?
Sir: (After 1 min pause) ok kalpana u r fit.
It's been long waiting to know the results. Next day at 1.15 p.m they declared the results. Thank
god I have selected .so friends I think after going through this u might have understand that
getting in to infosys is not a hard job. Don't ever loose heartened .keep trying. All the best to all of
u once again thanks to all members of this group for their support.
I attended infy (off-campus) test on 27 nov at sydenham college at mumbai and interview on the
very next day at one office in nariman point around 120 people were shortlisted 4 interview. I got
my call letter today i.e. on 07 dec and my joining date is 19dec in mysore this was possible only
bcoz of the chetana group
thank u thank u chetana mam
now for the test, if only 4 to 5 days are remaining 4 the test then start solving the previous ques
papers. remember the key to crack the test is to solve prev ques papers
1ST PART:APTITUDE
1)A man spends 60 days in jail.the jailor gives him rs 7 for each day that he works but the man
has to pay rs 3 if he dosen't work for any day.he earns rs 170.for hw many days was the man in
jail?(3 mks)
2)a tailor sells cloth 40% above the wholesale price.but the scale which he uses to measure cloth
while selling is not correct.so that he earns only 39% more. what is the length of the scale?(4
mks)
3)3 people A B and C go in three diff directions and each brings with him an animal a camel ,a
mule and a horse.the CBI catches them and interrogates them, each one gives the foll statements:
4)(i dont remember this ques correctly) it is sumthing lik this: a lady gives half of her cents and 1
penny to a beggar.then she gives half of the remaing money and 2 pennies to another.again she
gives half of the remaining money and 3 pennies to another.now how she is left with 1 penny(or
cent..i dont remember)much money did she have earlier.
5)(repeated)A software engineer returns from America. As he is fat he decided to have evening
walk he starts at 3pm. he walks along the road at 4km/hr for some time then he climbs a upward
slope area at 3km/hr then back downwards at the rate of 6km/hr.then again the road at 4km/hr.
what is the distance he covered in one way if he reaches back home at 9pm
6)in a tug of war,jack pulls hank and bert(not sure if this is the name) together.but jack and bert
are just able to hold tuck and jack but when jack and bert exchange places .tuck and bert easily
pull jack and hank.list them in the asending order of strengths.
7)series:
8)(repeated)Four persons A, B, C and D are playing cards. Each person has one card, laid down
on the table below him, which has two different colours on either side.No card has the same color
on both sides. The colours visible on the table are Red,Green, Red and Blue respectively. They
see the color on the reverse side and give the following comments.
A: Yellow or Green
B: Neither Blue nor Green
C: Blue or Yellow
D: Blue or Yellow
out of the 4 people 2 always lie find out the colours on the cards each person.
9)(this was a repeated ques) one on 5 people and languages they speak,foll condtions were given
i) b and c speak english but when e joins them they also start lerning spanish since spanish is the
only common language betn them
ii) spanish is the most common language
iii) 3 people speak portugese
iv) ..many more conditions were there but sorry i do not remember
10)e has holiday on thur,e's holiday is in between a and c. Find when do a b c and d hav a holiday
ANSWERS
1) X+Y = 60
7X-3Y = 170
solve simultaneously ans : 35 days
3) A camel
B mule
C horse
5) 12 kms
7) a)i did'nt get the ans but people some were saying 30 and some 32
b)73
A and D r lying
10) sorry
this is really easy. no need to refer any books. only if ur below average in english then only spend
time in preparation of this section but dont ignore this since it has a cut-off
if u r good in english then try to solve this as quickly as possible and if time permits solve the apti
ques if any ques if left coz the answer paper of apti section will b there with u till the end
Hello Chetanaites, I wrote exam in infosys on 27th nov 2005, Paper was a bit easy. There were 10
puzzles in analytical.
1. A thief was sentenced to jail for 60 days. In jail he earns 7 rs a day on which he works. and rs 3
will be deducted from the amount if he does not work for a day.Now while leaving the jail he
takes back with him 170 rs. How many days did he work?
Answer
7(w)-3(nw)=170 ---------eq 1
w+nw = 60 -------------eq 2
here 'w' is no of working days and nw is now of days in which he did not work.
Solving these two we get the answer as 35 days
2. A merchant buys cloth from a retailer. By selling the cloth he earns 40% profit. But the meter
stick he uses is a false one. So earns a profit of only 39%. And the meter stick he uses to buy the
cloth is exact one, now find the length of the meter stick which he uses to sell???( this one
stumped me)
3. A man came from usa , he was fat so he decided to walk to reduce fat in his body. So he daily
starts walking at exactly at 3pm he walks at 4km/hr for some distance and then 3km/hr on
inclined road while going up. And 6km/hr while coming down and 4km/hr on the normal road.
While returning also he follows the same road. He returns home at 9pm. Now find the distance he
travelled for oneway!!!!!
(just don't answer it from previous papers friends)
4. hey this is our favourite question. Yellow yellow blue green is the answer.
I shall type the question now Names are differently given
Four persons A, B, C and D are playing cards. Each person has one card, laid down on the table
below him, which has two different colors on either side. The colors visible on the table are Red,
Green, Red and Blue. They see the color on the reverse side and give the following comment.
A: Yellow or Green
B: Neither Blue nor Green
C: Blue or Yellow
D: Blue or Yellow
Given that out of the 4 people 2 always lie find out the colors on the cards each person.
Ans
yellow (lie)
Yellow(Truth)
Blue(truth)
Green(lie)
The person who has stolen the horse always tell the truth and The person who has stolen the
camel always tell the lie. Find who has stolen which animal?
Ans:
A- Camel
B- Mule
C- Horse
Ofcourse names were changed this is very easy one.
6. A lady was out for shopping. She gave half of her money to a beggar and gave 1 cent to the
begger. futher she gave half of her remaining money and gave 2 cents to 2nd beggar . futher she
gave half of remaining money to third beggar gave 3 cents more to same beggar. now she is left
with 1 cent. how much she had in the beginning?
Ans 42 cents
Answer
Mon tue wed thu fri sat sun
GDBFECA
8. B & C initially speak English but when D joined spanish, they also took up spanish. The only
common language between A, B and E is French. The only common language between C and E is
Italian. Three people speak Portuguese. Most common language is spanish.One person knows all
5 languages. One person knows 4. One person knows 3. One person 2. One person 1.Who speaks
what ?
9. There were 4 boys playing a game in which the person who is the strongest would win. The 4
boys were tom, hank, bill & Joe. Hank could pull bill & Joe with some effort. Hank & bill
together could just hold Joe and tom (i.e., neither could pull each other). But when hank & Joe
interchanged their places, bill and Joe could be easily pulled.(here comes the twist friends,
arrange the members in the ascending order of their strengths!!!!!!!)
Becareful while answering previous questions even in the 3rd question there was the twist!!!!!!!!
Don't blindly answer from the previous years question papers)
Ans:J<B<H<T
ans : a) 30,20
b) 63,126
I did 9 problems I cleared the exam on 27th I had my interview on 28th nov 2005, I shall send my
interview experience in the next mail.
Finally I could clear the test because of chetana madam, this is very good group for the job
seekers with out their help I might have not cleared the exam friends!
Once a gain thanks to CHETANA and the people who are organizing. U are doing excellent job!!!
Books to be referred:- George Summers the first part, Shakuntala Devi both the books & solve
previous yrs Q papers.
II part:-English(comprehension, filling in the proper words, meaning of the idioms, filling in the
proper verbs, choosing the right sentence that differs in the tense & analogies type).45
Q's,Duration:-30mins.
I part:-
1) Hancy,Alex & Alisa are 3 good friends.Either Alex or Alisa is the oldest.Among hancy & Alex
,either of them is the oldest or the youngest.find out who is the oldest n the youngest among them.
(3 marks)
Ans.
Youngest
oldest
Hancy
alex
2) There are 4 married couples.A committee of 3 out of the 8 ppl has to be formed.give the no. of
ways in which it can be done. (3 marks)
b) if fodder orders coffee, then pepsi orders the drink that cereale orders
c) if pepsi orders coffee, then fodder orders the drink that cereale doesnot oder.
d) if cereale orders tea, then fodder orders the drink that pepsi orders
Which person/persons always orders the same drink after dinner ?(4 marks)
Ans. Fodder.
4) Ann and Bell wrote an exam. Their father asked,"How did u do it?".
Ann said," I answered 1/3 rd of the questions right". Bell said," I
answered 5 of the questions wrong". But both together had answered
3/4th of the questions correctly.
How many did Ann answer correctly? (5 marks)
5)I didn't get enough time to solve this Q.The Q may not be correct but 4 getting an idea I m
tryin to recollect the Q.. its something like this...Mr. A,B,C&D have their profession as
architect,druggist,grocer & dentist but not in order.few conditions were given like as follows:-
e)...
Ans. 11 trains
Let us consider the train frm NY to WT leaves at 9 am then it wil reach at 2pm.at the same time
the trains frm WT to NY wil leave at 9,9.30,10,10.30,11,11.30,12,12.30,1.00,1.30 & 2pm=11
trains.
a) 512,343,216,125,64,27,_,1.
Ans. 2cube=8
b)3,10,7,8,_,12,9,16
Ans.11
8). B & C initially speak English but when D joined Spanish, they also took up Spanish. The only
common language between A, B and E is French. The only common language between C and E is
Italian. Three people speak Portuguese. Most common language is Spanish. One person knows all
5 languages. One person knows 4. One person knows 3. One person 2. One person 1.Who speaks
what ? (8 marks)
Ans:
A-3
B-5
C-4
D-1
E-2
9) A horse covers half of the distance with a speed of 12km/hr with no load.After the horse is
loaded with some load its speed decreases by 4km/hr. find out the average speed. (3 marks)
Ans. 9.6km/hr
10) Afarmer grows 5 crops in two consecutive years which are kale,beans,corn,peas & ragi.if he
grows beans then he gows corn along with that.If he grows kale in one year then he doesn't grow
kale the next year.In each year he grows only 3 crops.find out the combination of the crops grown
in 2 consecutive years. (5 marks)
Some options were given, don't remember them but it was very easy.
INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE:
It was for around half an hour.2 sirs took my interview asked me the normal questions n gave me
2 puzzles to solve.asked 5 uses of wooden duster other than dusting.asked one q regarding the
ball thrown in the same direction could b cought or not n few more things.
ALL the best to all of u appearing for the test.hope this information provided by me would b
helpful for u ppl.
I attended infy test on 6th nov. cleared the test and also appeared for the interview. this is my
experience..
PAPER
write paper very neatly.. even in the rough sheets u write as if u r writing ur engineering paper.. it
counts and helps alot i think..
1.Frog problem where a frog fell into 30 mt deep well and try to getout,it goes 3mts up and fall
2mts we have to calculate no of days it take to getout.
my ans.. 28 day..=27*1 + 3=30 mt
2.There was a robbery happend at a bank and 3 suspects taken into custody.Their statements
A:I am innocent
B: I am innocent
C:B did it.
I dont remember names, In these three two r lying and we have to find the culprit
my ans. A is not innocent.. so he did it.
3.There is 30kg solid is there,what is weight of it if the length is halved and circumference is
doubled
my ans.. 15 kg.. check it ..
4. XYZ XYZ
+AB - AB
---------- ----------
CDEF BGA
we have to find the values of X, Y, Z.
my ans.. X=9, Y=4, Z=5.
5.Some cards problem is given where four people having four colored cards in front of them.
there 2 Green,2 red, 2 blue colors
some statements r given we have to find corresponding cards infront of them
this is known puzzle.. asked many times.. the two sides of card r different.
My ans.. yellow, yellow, blue, green.. check it out.. i m not sure.
6.Age problem, where a man spends 1/12 of his age as child these kind of values r given,it is in
prev paper
ANS is 84,check out prev papers for question.this is given in shakuntla devi also.
7.Car problem,where some person is going to sometown for someones marriage and his tyre got
punctured 10 min for tyre change and like this problem is given with some conditions we have to
find total distance travelled.
this i couldnt answer.. this is asked many times.. check out..
8.Some survey is conducted on customers who r using detergentcake and powder some values are
given we have to find no of customers surveyed by the company
ans.. this is related to venn diagram.the no. of customers that I got is 735 customers..
10.Chocolate problem.Sister tells her brother that she given half of the chocolates to mother these
kind of question given we have to find no of chocolates before she distributed them.
ans.. my ans.. 7 chocolates.. this is given in shakuntala devi with orange i think instead of
chocolates.
on the whole i could attempt 9 puzzles out of 10.in which i was confident about 7.
so, at last i could see my name in the list of 55 people selected for da interview.
ENGLISH SECTION
it was damn easy. no need to practice for that.
___________________
INTERVIEW
first question: introduce yourself. i gave my educational, family & region background.
2nd: about my interests.. i said dance. they asked smthin about it.i was asked what attributes u
wld see in ur partners.. i explained.
5th: how can i provide i.t. solutins to my city. i mean how can i implement it .. how it would be
useful.. i explained..
6th: now it was time for puzzles.. i was asked two puzzles.
1. the frog puzzle.. asked in the paper the day before.. i answered quickly.
2.the puzzle to find counterfeit coin from 12 coins.. but the main thing is u dont know the
counterfeit coin weighs heavier or lesser then the real ones.i gave many trials but could not solve..
7th: my educational background, some extra querries
I had given the test for Infosys on 6th Nov @ Bangalore... the test was mostly repeated questions.
The easiest way to crack the test is to go thru the previous questions and of course the puzzles
book by Sakunthala Devi.... frankly I just prepared for a week.... went thru loads of previous
question papers that really helped me a lot!!
I gave the interview on the next day... I dint perform it that well.. anyways hoping to get a
positive reply from them in 3 weeks time....
I'm just giving the gist of the paper since I dont remember the exact.. it was as follows...
1) Frog leapt 3 ft and falls 2 ft... hw many days to come out of 30ft deep well..
3) X Y Z
+A B C D
--------
EFGH
XYZ
-ABC
--------
A.... (4marks)
something like this and we have to find values of X, Y, Z. This is easy but time consuming and do
by trail & error method...
4) In a city the following survey was done and the data input is as follows
1/3 people dont use powder
2/5 dont use liquid
427 use both liquid and powder
1/5 dont use both
Find the total no of people who were surveyed (6marks)
6) A log weighs 30kg. if its diameter is doubled and the height is reduced by half, what will be its
weight? (3marks)
7) Man travels to a place, his car tire gets punctured, reaches 30min late... the man says if his tire
had got punctured before some distance he would have reached only 15 min late... something like
this.... find the distance.. (Similar problem in Puzzles to Puzzle you)
Ans 120 Miles
8) A girl gave 1/2 chocolate to mother, 1/2 to father... then she ate another half, gave1/2 to her
pet... the remaining to her brother... how many chocolates did she have totally...
Ans: I thnk ans is 7... I am not sure pls chk it...
The verbal is very easy... I didnt prepare from any book. so am not sure of which book to
follow....
TODAY
2.A ten digit number whose first digit is the number of ones, second digit is the number of twos,
third digit is the number of threes, fourth digit is the number of fours, fifth digit is the number of
fives, sixth digit is the number of sixes, seventh digit is the number of sevens, eight digit is the
number of eights, ninth digit is the number of nines and tenth digit is the number of zeros. what is
that digit.
3,There was a burglary in a diamond shop. three thieves were arrested, Smith,J,D. All the three
blamed that " one of the other two stole the diamonds. I didnt do it ".Atlast the police found out
that J was lying and that only one of them robbed. Who is tat.
4..A lady goes for shopping. She bought some shoestrings. 4 times the number of shoestrings, she
bought pins and 8 times she bought handkerchiefs. And she paid number of coins in the same as
the number of items she bought in each. How many handkerchiefs did she buy.
5.If one-fifth of a hive of bees flew to the badamba flower, one-third flew to the slandbara, three
times the difference of these two numbers flew to an arbour, and one bee continued to fly about,
attracted on each side by the fragrant Ketaki and Malati, what was the total number of bees ?
6.Three couples were playing golf. A,B,C are the wives names and X,Y,Z are the husbands names
but not in order. The winner of the game is the one who has the least number of points.
7.If a large cube painted red from out side , if it cut into 125 equal part by six straight lines, then
how many cubes were there with
What is the probability that the 125 cubes taken at random is red.
8.Jack went for shopping to five stores. In each store he spent Rs.1 more than half of what was
left from the previous purchase. How much money he had when he entered the first store.
9.A man enquires a person about the past 5 days temperatures at 12 noon in that region. The other
replies that he doesn't remember the actual figures but there was a different temperature on each
day and that their product gives 12. Assuming the temperature to the nearest degree what are the
temperatures on the five days?
Ans: -1,-2,1,2,3
Approach:
We know that the smallest two integers that can give a product of 12 is 3*4 which is spilt up as
2*2*3. But no temperature is the same...hence use -2 instead of 2. Now the product becomes -12.
Choose the other temperatures such that value of the product does not change but only the sign
changes. So naturally, the other two options are -1 and 1.
Though the following questions may not be as it is but they will give some idea
I attended 16 oct 2005 (hyd) Infosys written test
some questions (sorry i dont remember complete question but i can give topic)
1.a red painted cube which is cut across by 6 straight lines (probably it is 9) and into 125 cubes.
onthis there were 5 questions
a)3 red coloured faced cubes
a)2 red coloured faced cubes
c)1 red coloured faced cubes
d)0 red coloured faced cubes
1.2 if all placed in a bag and randomly drawn what is the probability that i get a cube with red
face.
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2.a question on bees: 1/3 went to one flower ,1/5 went to another .... Q) no. of bees
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3.a boy visits 5 shops and spends all his amount when he reaches 5 th shop
men women
---=x ---=x1
---=y ---=z1
---=y ---=z1 here x,x1,y,y1,z,z1 are diff numbers
2)if sal and saul start race at same time and saul beats sal by 10 yards now if saul starts 10 yards
behind who will win the race (saul is answer)
3)a series of euations r given we have to find the value of eachsome 8 to 9 equations r given
5)how many ways we can arrange numbers on dice such that 1 and 6 r opposite ,5and 2 r opposite
and 4and 3 r opposite on a dice ans is 24
6)some milk water problem i dont rember (iam very very sorry)
9)there r two couple they had 15 children with a gap of 1 and half years b/n each other and the
elder says he is 8 times elder than youngest what r their ages www.chetanasinterview.com
ans)24_elder
in the interveiwthey asked me abt projects and general only at last i got in infosys by the grace of
god only
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1] 100 applications are invited for a post. In which 83 candidates have carried out atleast physics
and 65 of them atleast of chemistry. And 10 of them neither carried physics nor chemistry. Find
how many have versed in both physics and chemistry. [Ans:68]
2] a dice has numbers from 1 to 6. in how many denominations the dice can be arranged by
having the numbers 1,6 :2,5: and 3,4 are alloted always be at opposite sides of the dice. [Ans:6
ways]
3] the alphabets a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,I are assigned with values randomly fro, 1 to 9. a is 4. find out the
values of d, g for the following expression
4] two girls played chess every day. They played only one game in each day. For each lose the
loser has to give one chocolate to the winner. At finally, first girl says "I have obtained more wins
than the other. she gave me 8 chocolates though she has won 12 games". How many games totally
have been played. [Ans:12+8+no. of first girl's wins] www.chetanasinterview.com
5] A and B contain pure water and pure milk initially at some quanitity respectively.. A is poured
into B to make B's content double. Then the content of B poured into A to make A's previous
quantity double. Finally some of A's content poured into B to make those both contents equal.
B] finally, how much of mixers were in A and B.[Hint B contained one gallon more of water than
the amount of milk in A]. [ans.: A-3litres Of water, B had 1 litre of milk]
6] A and B had a running race. A beat B by 10 metre in 100 mtrs. race. And in the second race A
behind B by 10 mtres., they both started the race at the same time. This time who will reach the
destination at first if they both have their speed as had in their previous one. [ans. They both reach
the target at the same time]
7] a building owner built a house. For his new house he paid rs.1100 for both painter and
plumber, rs.1300 for plumber and mason, rs. 4000 for both mason and carpenter, and rs.5300 for
both carpenter and plumber. Totally how much he spent for his newly builit house. [don't know
the answer]
8] a married couple had totally 15 children. All those childs born at the time span of one and half
year. Consider X is the eldest son and Y is the younger most brother of Z. if the age of X is eight
times of Y. find out the present age of X. [ans. 21 years]
And some of the conditions were given to arrange those things in those columns.
[Note: all answers based on my calculations. So better you yourself work out and find the
answers again.]
Coming to Logical, the questions are like this:I may not present them exactly.But iam giving u the
idea of the question
1.) There are 100 people.Out of them, 10 percent did not take any course in physics or chemistry
76 people took course of physics.83 people took course of
chemistry.How many people took the course of both physics and chemistry.
2) Sam and saul participated in running race.Sam won with the distance of 10 yards. Next time ,
again both of them participated , but now sam started 10
yards behind the time..and both of them raced with the same speed as in the previous race.
3.) consider A to I. The values of A to I are equal to 1to 9, not necessarily in sequential manner.
And A=4. Now A+B+C+D=D+E+F+G=G+H+I=17.
What is the value of D,G.
4.)There is a six faced die.Numbering should be done from 1 to 6.How many ways the numbering
can be done , with a condition that 1 and 6, 2 and 5 , 3 and 4 comes on the opposite sides of the
die.
5.) A man built a house. He should pay amount to these persons: paper hanger,painter, plumber,
merchant , carpenter. He found that, ha should pay for
Paperhanger+ painter=1100
Painter+plumber=1700
Plumber+merchant=1100
Merchant+carpenter=3500
(some equation were given in this way,did not remember exactly).
Find, how much should he pay to each of them individually.
6.)There is a milk man.He has pure milk in one can, and water in second can.First he poured milk
from first can to other can.(did not remember exactly) the water from and the milk are mixed
from one can to other can..he gave some conditions)Finally, in second can, one gallon of water
remained than that of water.
Q. a) How much water and milk remained in both the cans at last.
b) Initially,how much milk and how much water is present in the two cans.
7.)There are three persons Robert Jones,James,X(did not remember the name). Two of them work
as pilot,biochemist,not necessarily in the manner specified..(he gave some conditions). Who is
working as pilot?
8.)There is a stone merchant.He want to place arrange two showcase windows on left and right,to
place the stones for the exhibition of the stones to the coustomers who come to his shop.He want
to place emerald, ruby,garnet (given, some other stone names).(Some conditions are specified and
5to 6 questions are asked related to them)
9.) The wife of X gave birth to 15 children with a gap of one and a half year between each
child.The older one claimed that she is 18 years of that of the age of the younger one.How old is
the older one?
10.)My friend came to my home for vacation. Every day we played a chess game.Where the
looser should give the winner a choclate.Finally one day my friend gave me 8 choclates even
though she won 12 games.How many days did she stay in my home?
I was shortlised in the written test and I attended the interview .Hopefully waiting for the result.
And one more thing, they r checking the rough work so don't by heart and write.
1.There are 100 students among them 10 dont study both physics and chemistry,63 studying
physics,85 studying chemistry. how many of them are studying both chemistry and physics
(3 mark)
ans; 63+85-90=68
2. sal and saul are taking part in 100 yards running race in which sal beats saul by 10 yards. If sal
starts 10 yards behind the starting line who will win the race?
Ans;sal wins saul by 1 yard, because as sal covers 10 yards saul covers only 9 yards.
4.In a dice the nos 1&6, 2&5, 3&4 are to be in opposite face . how many chances are there to
attain this by satisfying the above condition.... (3 mark)
Ans: 48(u need to place the nos in the die in such a way it satisfies all the condition i.e. right-1
left-6 top-2 bottom-5 front-3 back-4
and ask us to find out the value of each variable. in this type of problem just cancel the common
variables in given equation by either addition or subtraction.
6.there are two cans A&B can A contains water, can B contains pure milk .first double the amount
of liquid in can B by adding water from can A , the double the content of can A by adding content
of can B, then finally double the amount of can B by can A at last the amount in both the cans are
equal and the water in can B is 1 gallon more the amount of milk .find the amount of milk &water
start with. (6 mark)
7.Jan robinson, kate jones, john smith are engineer, pilot & biochemist not in the order .they have
three martian assistants . as they find difficulty with martian names they gave them nick names as
smith, robinson, jones as their masters name.
1.robinson is an yomi
2.all martians speak uri.
3.the martians name is the same as the bio chemist is naim
4.robinson beats engineer in the chess
(one more condition) who is the pilot?
dont remember exactly..
9.a parent has 15 children who where born in an interval of 1.5 years each . the first child`s age is
8 times that of last child. what's the age of the first child? (4M)
10.Sita goes to Gita's house during vacation. they play a game of chess everyday and the loser
has to give a chocolate to the winner for every game . Sita gave 8 chocolates to Gita at the end of
the vacation, although she had won 12 games. How long did she stay there? 5 marks
Hi Chetanaites
1) There are 100 student. Out of which at least 75 register in chemistry 83 register in physics.
10% did not register in any course. What is the no of student register in both the courses?
Ans 68
2) Mr. and Mrs. bouncer has 15 children each has a gap of 1and half year gap .the older one is 8
times the youngest. The age of the oldest one is?
Ans 24(consider the age 1.5 first then age of oldest is 22.5, if 3 then the age is 24)
3) In the vacation my cousin came to our house. We had a chess match every day. There was a bet
of a chocolate if one wins. If my cosions won 12 matches and I have 8 chocolates then no of days
he lived in our house or the period of vacation was
Ans 32
5) There was a cube which hag to be inscribed with following pairs of no. on opposite side
1-6
2-4
3-5
Then how many different ways can it be done?
Ans-24
6) if Saul and sal played a game of 100 meter and sal wins by 10 meter. In the next time sal kept
10 meter behind from the stating point then who will win the game
Ans-sal
7)A jeweler makes a window display , he has 7 gems of which he needs to display 6,three on the
left side of the pan and three on the right side of the pan. with following condition let the gems be
Armnet, dimond, emerald, sapphire, garnet, opal and ruby,armnet should be always displayed on
left side . Diamond always displayed on right side Ruby should not be kept with diamond or
garnet emerald and sapphire should be displayed on same side
a) What are the possible combination on left side (ans Armanet, garnet, opal)
b) What are the possible combination on right side (ans Dimond,garnet ,opal)
c) if garnet ,dimond,opal are on the right side what is the possible combination for left side ( ans
armnet,emerald,sapphire)
d) if armnet ruby opal are on the left side what is the possible combination for right side (ans
diamond, emerald,sapphire)
8)Three persons in aircraft one is engineer pilot and biochemist. the three people names are
Robinson ,jerk, and one more name . And some condition is missing. The question was who was
the pilot (ans Robinson)
9)one problem was on carpenter, electrician, painter, paper maker, hangman, plumber, and some
value were assigned to the combination and the condition was
Carpenter+painter=1100
Painter+electrician=
Electrician+hangman=
Hangman+plumber=
Plumber+papermaker=
Painter+papermaker=
You have to find the individual amount, the combination value were given sorry I have forgotten.
But it was a very simple problem
Ans (painter=900,plumber=3000,paper maker=2300,carpenter=200,)
10) There was a problem on solution water and milk kept in two different container A and B. first
water is taken equivalent to the amount of milk from and put in in container B. then from B some
amount of milk is taken equivalent to the amount in B and putted in B. and some condition were
given. You have to find the amount of milk and water in both containers
Ans (sorry)
I solved 9 puzzles correctly out of 10. The only problem I left was the milk and water, which was
a question of 8 marks. I think they putted a cut of 10 out of 10 or 45 or 47 out of 50. so try to do
the 8 marks questions at any cost.
HOPE THIS QUESTION MAY HELP YOU FOR INFY TEST
My advice to future infy aspirants is go thru Shakuntala Devi Books and George Summers but
dont depend on those books completely. Try solving previous papers, but dont expect questions to
repeat. Go to the exam hall like questions are going to be new. If questions from Previous papers
come, then it is ok. if it does not come, dont get upset but give your best shot and one more thing
show ur rough work clearly in the space provided. I think they r also taking into account this
rough work. I have done this and I have solved 8 out of 10. 7 were sure correct. I am not sure
about Infy selection in which criteria they are selecting becoz some people who solved 5,6,7 q's
got selected. My two friends one has done 5 and other 7. They got selected. So it also depend on
your luck becoz in this center out of 1000, 150 got selected for interview. If 100 students solved 7
or any same no of q's they take randomly some. So luck is also important. Work very hard, solve
as many puzzles as possible. start solving, utilize time efficiently effectively, keep all things aside
and concentrate on this exam. Success will be yours.
Good Luck
10 questions 60min
The question paper is as follows:
1.
2. its like this... sal and saul running race.. sal reached first ..while saul was 10 yards behind..in
the next race... if saul was to start 10 yards from the starting point... then who is the winner..
ans: saul
7.In seventh problem,v were given problem on milk and water mixing..
(dont remember exactly), last they are going to ask for the values of A and B
could not do this prob...little bit tricky
ANS:3 1/2 , 11 1/2 ( 8 M )
8. This problem was easy .. its like this v were given a small passage and some conditions.. and 4
bits ..total question carries 8 marks...
Its easy.... U can do it..
10.Sita goes to Gita's house during vacation. they play a game of chess everyday and the loser has
to give a chocolate to the winner for every game . Sita gave 8 chocolates to Gita at the end of the
vacation, although she had won 12 games.how long did she stay there? 5 marks
Ans : 32 days
Question paper
1.A publishing company advertisd the job opening.The response was good. One hundred people
applied for the post. The company wanted someone expert in both physics and chemistry. Out of
which 10 did not had any specalization.75 of them had got physics training and 83 got training in
chemistry.how many applicants had got training in both physics and chemistry? (3 marks)
2.sal & saul had a race for 100 yards.sal won de race and saul is 10 yards behind him(i.e, in de
mean time saul covered 90 yards).if sal is 10 yards behind the start line
and runs with the same speed as b4 who will win?
(4 marks)
4. A mother has 15 children with a interval of 1.5 years between each child.now if the oldest child
(given some name)is three times the youngest one (given some name)
what is the age of oldest one? (3 marks)
5.. Last Year my cousin came to my place and we played a game where the loosing one has to
give one choclate to the person who won the game .At the end of the vacation,i.e the day my
cousin was leaving she counted number of games that i won an she won.At last she gave me a
total of 8 choclates even though she won about 12 games.Find the mumber of games that we
played.
(4 marks)
6. a jeweller makes a window display. he has 7 gems of which he needs to display 6. three on the
left side of the pane on three on the right. with following conditions.let the gems be Armanet,
diamond, emerald , sapphire , garnet, opal and ruby.
1.armanet should be always displayed on left side
2.diamond always on the right
3.ruby should not be kept with diamond or garnet.
4.emerald and sapphire should always be on the same side. (8 marks)
1]what are the possible combinations on the possible for left pane.
a] armanet,garnet , opal
b] armanet, ruby, garnet
c] diamond, emerald , sapphire
d] armanet , emerald, garnet
2]what are the possible combinations on the possible for right pane.
a]diamond, garnet , opal
b]diamond, ruby, opal
c]armanet,emerald, sapphire
d]diamond,garnet,ruby
3]if garnet, diamond, opal are on the right side what is possible
option for right side.
a]ruby,armanet,sapphire
b]armanet,emerald,ruby
c]armanet,emerald,sapphire
d]ruby,emerald,sapphire
4]if armanet, ruby, opal are on the left side what is possible option for left side.
a]diamond, garnet, emerald
b]diamond, sapphire, garnet
c]garnet, sapphire, emerald
d]diamond, emerald, sapphire
7.a milkman says to a boy "in one can there is spring water.other can contains a cream milk.i will
mix some water with de milk to provid wholesome diet.if i take some quantity from can A and
pour it into can B such that its content doubles.again take some quantity from can B and pour it
into can A such that its content doubles.again take some quantity from can A and pour it into can
B such that its content doubles.Finally quantity of milk in both the cans are same but the amount
of water is one gallon more than the milk.(they didnt specify what the can A & can B contains)
(1) what is the initial amount of milk and water?
(2) what is the final amount of milk and water?
(8 marks)
Questions are:
1.There is 100 yards run race b/n sal and saul.Sal win by saul 10 yards.If at the beginning sal took
10 yards behind the saul who wins the race?(they maintained const speed)
3.if anu came to rama's home to the vacation.They played one card game per each day.the
condition is that who losses the game should give a chacolate to the winer.at he end of the
vacation eventhough anu won 12 games she gave 8 chacolates to rama,then for how many days
the vacation lasted?
Ans:32
6.Die is there u have to mark each side with 1-6 numbers but the cond is that 1-6,2-4,3-5 must be
oppite side hen how many ways u can do that one?
7.This one a little bit confusing regarding 3 persons and there profeessions some 3 stmts given
finally who is the pilot.
8.there is one jewallary show room there they want to exhibit some jewels in front of the shop.for
hat shop 2 wings r there ie left and right.in each wing u have to place 3 jewels.
-Emorold should be in left wing.
-diomond should be in right wing-if garnet is there ruby doesnt be there.
Dear Chetanaites
I am passing on Infosys paper test held on 9th Oct 2005 at Sydneham College, MUMBAI. And
the subsequent interview experience.
FIRST OF ALL THANKS TO CHETANA MAM FOR THIS WONDERFUL GROUP. It truly
helped me for preparation.
I did Shakuntala Devi Puzzle to Puzzle and More puzzle. In one of the Chetana mails only I had
found explanations for few Shakuntala Devi Puzzles..it really helps, u get idea how to proceed
any problem.
Then previous Papers are must. Qnes r repeated they save your time and that u can devote to new
puzzles in paper during test. This will boost ur confidence while solving. My test had nearly 50%
puzzles repeated. So previous papers really helped me a lot. Acc to me PREV PAPERS IS THE
KEY TO CRACK THE TEST.
George Summers rough overview is good if times there go a bit thoroughly but don't spend much
time
10 Puzzles 1 hr
1.There are 100 students among them 10 dont study both physics and chemistry,63 studying
physics,85 studying chemistry. How many of them are studying both chemistry and physics
(3 mark) (similar Qn. Asked prev)
ans; 63+85-90=68
2. sal and saul are taking part in 100 yards running race in which sal beats saul by 10 yards. If sal
starts 10 yards behind the starting line who will win the race?
Ans: Sal.
When 100mtrs is covered by Sal ,Saul covers only 90 mtrs. acc 1st race In 2nd race Sal has to
run tot 110 mtrs while Saul 100 mtrs but when Saul covers 90mtrs Sal has coverd 100mtrs ie now
for both 10 mtrs r rem but Sal is faster than Saul as he won 1st rece so this 10 mtrs Sal will
complete first and will win by 1 mtr.
3. A+B+C+D = D+E+G+H=G+H+I=17.
If A=4,Find value of D and G. (present in prev paper) (6 mark)
4.In a dice the nos 1&6, 2&5, 3&4 are to be in opposite face . How many ways u can do this
arrangement. (prv paper)
Suppose 1and 6 we fix in any 2 faces rem nos we can arrange in 4 ways again 4 combi in same
way but 1 and 6 interchanged ie 8 combi for 1 pair so 8x3=24 combi. Chk out tis one.
5. Plumber+Paperhanger=1100
Plumber+Painter=1300
Painter+electrision=..... and so on 6 equation. (8 mark) (repe)
Ans: You can solve equation or try few values u get the ans.. i didn't had enough time so I put
values and tried luckily I got correct answer
6.Some milkman problem. There are two cans A&B can A contains water, can B contains pure
milk . To dilute the milk first he put water frm Can A to Can B so that he doubles the qty in Can
B. then poured some qty frm Can B to Can A to double qty in Can A and then again frm Can A to
Can B to double qty in Can B. At the end he finds both Qty same but in Can B 1 gallon water is
more than Can A (something like this I'm sorry I don't remember exactly the last sentence). So
what is the initial quantity of milk and water (6 or 8 mark)
I didn't solve only tis qn. If ny1 has d ans plz put it in group mail.
7.Jan robinson, kate jones, john smith are engineer, pilot & biochemist not in the order .they have
three martian assistants . as they find difficulty with martian names they gave them nick names as
smith, robinson, jones as their masters name. 1.robinson is an yomi 2. martians speak uti. 3.the
martians name is the same as the bio chemist 4.robinson beats engineer in the chess
(conditions I don't remember properly) who is the pilot?
U have to work out the conditions and analyze some 2 conditions r imp u get the idea so
concentrate and do.
8. This was gem problem .7 gems to be arranged on window 3 on left 3 on rt. diamond always on
rt, Emrald on lf always sapphire and something always together ruby wont go with some gems etc
etc.4 sub qns asked very easy u can easily solve this.
(8 mrks) (repeated)
9.Mr. And Mrs. XYZ has 15 children who where born in an interval of 1.5 years each . the first
child`s age is 8 times that of last child. what's the age of the eldest child?.(4M)
10.Sita goes to Gita's house during vacation. They play a game of chess everyday and the loser
has to give a chocolate to the winner for every game . Sita gave 8 chocolates to Gita at the end of
the vacation, although she had won 12 games. how many days she stay there? 5 marks (repe)
Ans : 32 days
English Section half an hr easy but make sure u attempt full and b quick .hint:1st will be mostly a
passage don't waste time over here read the qn first the then passage para wise u get ans
simultaneously. rest was one story fill ups this for checking tenses then correct sent,
prepositions,meanings of general expre. all options present so don't have to think much just be
quick and understd the meaning.
I think some 500 + roughly appeared for test and they shortlisted some 60-80 candidates. inter
was scheduled next day slots were given. i had my int at 930 slot at some office at nariman pt.
Interview experience:
There were 2 ladies 1 a little older around 40s and 1 young. the inter they check ur confidence
how u handle it b positive and don't drop ur confidence in any case. Dare to face any question.
They askedd first to introduce mainly education and family. They were impressed by my marks
appreciated me. then jumped to extra curricular activities I told abt the robotics compete I partici
and won then abt paper presentat, sports events in college.
Then they asked in detail each one regarding robotics ..i explained all mechanism Then paper
pres what topics seminars which all in grp or alone .they asked in grp how was it working? any
probs u faced? how u solved. I told ya every person has his/her own ideas /views we discussed it
out sometimes fought but overcame it and came out with what is best for as a team. they were
impressed.
As the robotics car topic was going on the senior lady asked me how I will design a car for 1
legged and 1 hand person. This was a bit tough to impress her then also I handled it by giving her
maximum ideas as I could all thru she was asking how I will design the steering ,the brakes clutch
etc the gear systems first I felt little tough but then I thought i am not gonna loose it maintained
my confidence.
They asked have u ever been a leader to any team here I told I shared my sports activities then
asked how I became captain, how I selected team members inside team conflicts any how I
resolved. quite impressed coz I showed them I am well as team member and team leader.
Then gave me 1 puzz frm paper that A+B+C= 17 askd the approach
One situation. I am going to a meeting for infy and the deal is very imp on highway my tyre
punctures in attempt to fix it loose all the screws wat will u do?? I told ask for help to any
passenger or cell phone etc. they told nothing there, i told I will fix it using 1 screw for other 3
tyres. askd is it safe?? will wrk??? I told if the deal is that imp I am ready to take the risk but I'll b
careful, impressed
And lastly then what if I am posted to mohali ..r u clear with ur family? I said I will definitely
miss them but infy work will be interesting enough to handle it.
told I will be informed in 3 weeks . I am selected ultimately by Gods Grace and join infy this
month end. I was struggling from more than a year for getting a job and ultimately God gave me
a good break. so much waiting and hard work is worth now. Prepare Well and don't loose hope
God will definitely ans evey1s prayer, b sincere and keep trying and b confident and positive.
Ans 68.
Ans A
3. A+B+C+D=D+E+F+G=G+H+I=17
given A=4
Find value of G and H?
Ans : G = 5 E=1
Ans , 200,900,800,300,3000,2300
5. If 1-6, 2-5,3-4 are facing opposite 2 eacher how many ways are possible to arrange
Ans : 24.
6. I cant able 2 remember question is A, B are 2 jugs u have to weigh equal amount of water and
milk
8.8 Mark
Question about diamond, orpal,rupy, aremanld.......
4 questions, options given
Ans a,a,b,e
9. Age problem
A father and a mother, For each one and a half year a child born, total they have 15 childrens
at the end of n years, The oldest is 8 time younger, find age of oldest
Ans : 24.
Ans : 32
IT MAY BE POSSIBLE YOU MAY ALSO FACE THE SAME PAPER IN INFY EXAM. BEST
OF LUCK the questions may not be in correct sequence i am giving you my answers also (that
may not be correct)
4.raju having some coins want to distribute to his 5 son, 5 daughter and driver
in a manner that, he gave fist coin to driver and 1/5 of remaining to first
son he again gave one to driver and 1/5 to 2nd son and so on.. at last he equally distributed all the
coins to 5 daughters. how many coins raju initially have??? ans:-881(i was not able to do this
question)
5. a,b,c, are three person in a city there can only three type of person can
be found sososean:- who speaks truth always, norosean who speaks false always, midsean who
speak truth / false alternately but which come first time it is not known
(a) A says (1) i am sorosean ( 2) b is norosean
(b)b says (1) i am sorosean (2) c is midsean
(c) C says (1) i am sorosean (2) a is midsean
6. a painter went in a exhibition to purchases some pictures where T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z pictures were
remaining , he want to buy only five in the condition on that
if T is there then X should not be there,
if U is there than y should be there
if if v is there then X should be there
ans (d)
7. if ravi binded his book and the binder cut the pages of the book, ravi
decided to mark the pages by himself own, what he found that number of three
appears 61 times find of number of pages answer - 300
8. if a die is marked according like that 1-6, 2-5,3-4 comes apposite to each
other, what is the number of combination that a die can be marked????
ans - 1 only ( as i think)
9. if deepak & suresh were going to school by cycle with 12 mile /hour speed
deepak shouted "hey suresh see the same bus of blue color that we have see
before 20 minutes ago" suresh replied "ya this buses comes in each 14 minutes on stop" can u
find the speed of bus answer 40 mile /hour
2). B & C initially speak English but when D joined Spanish, they also took up Spanish. The only
common language between A, B and E is French. The only common language between C and E is
Italian. Three people speak Portuguese. Most common language is Spanish. One person knows all
5 languages. One person knows 4. One person knows 3. One person 2. One person 1.
Ans:
A-3.
B-5.
C-4.
D-1.
E-2.
3). A cyclist is cycling in a circular path. he is at some point on the path, at that point 1/5th of the
cyclists infront of him and 5/6th back to him gives the total number of clyclists participating in
the race. What is the total number of cyclists?
Ans:31.(4 Marks)
4) Players were playing a card game. Cards had different colours on both sides. Neither of cards
had same colour on both sides. Colours were 2 Red, 2 Blue, 2 Green, 2 Yellow. Cards were lying
in front of each player. Now, each player knew the colour on other side of his card. They are
required to tell their colour.
Colours of cards that are visible to all were Red, Blue, Green, Blue in order of their names.
Exactly two of them are telling truth and exactly two of them are lieing. Can you tell the colour
on other face of card for each player ? (6 Marks)
Sol :
Annie : Yellow (Lieing)
Bobby : Yellow (Telling truth)
Cindy : Blue (Telling truth)
Danny : Green (Lieing)
5) 5 Shop-owners have one daughter each. Each of them name their shop after another's daughter.
certain details given. Who is dimple's father?
Ans :- 16 ( 6Marks)
7) This was a simple question about a running race. I couldn't recollect the correct question.
Samantha beat Jack. Jim was forwarded by jack and Tom and so on. Jack was not the last to
reach. Jim was not the first. Who won the race??
8)A Father Has to Give Coins to his Childern, The Oldest Son will get 1/2th, then next son will
get 1/4 th of Remaining, theirs son will get 1/5th of Remaining and then his youngest son get 49
Coins. So Initially How Much coins that Father Had?? ( 3 Marks)
9) There are 3 teachers and 6 subjects. Some conditions like when the biology teacher was
playing cards with the geography teacher, the history teacher was in class. Te1 and the geography
teacher are ighbours .. I Don't Remember the Entire Question ( 6 Marks)
1. A person is 80 years old in 490 and only 70 years old in 500 in which year is he born?
Ans: 570 BC (years are increasing and accordingly age is decreasing)
2. I spent one-sixth of my age as a boy and one-12th in youth, remarked the boss "spent one-
seventh and five years in matrimony". My son born just after that period was elected as a
governor 4 years back when he was half of my present age. What is the age of the boss?
Ans: 84
3. A person travels in a car with uniform speed. He observes the milestone, which has 2 digits.
After one hour he observes another milestone with same digits reversed. After another hour he
observes another milestone with same 2 digits separated by 0. Find the speed of the car?
Ans : 45 ( 1st milestone is 16 2nd is 61 n 3rd is 106, the diff b/w the 2 milestones is 45 n
time given is 1 hr - D=S*T)
4.A farmer has certain number of chickens. If he sells 75 of them then the feed for chickens will
continue for extra 20 days but if he buys 100 more of them then feed for chickens will be over 15
days earlier. Find out the number of chickens tht he has now.
Ans: 300 chickens and food qty is for 60 days
( let no of chickens be x and no of days food will last be y
(x-75) (y+20)= xy and (x+100) (y-15)=xy http://www.ChetanaS.com
Solve for x and y; x will be 300 chickens and y will be 60 days)
5. Last Year my cousin came to my place and we played a game where the loosing one has to give
one choclate to the person who won the game. At the end of the vacation,i.e the day my cousin
was leaving she counted number of games that i won an she won.At last she gave me a total of 8
choclates even though she won about 12 games.Find the mumber of games that we played.
Ans: 20
6. The time taken to travel in train from Town A to Town B is 5 hours. There are trains starting
from both towns at an interval of 1 hour for half hr. How many trains meet in 1 trip? Answered,
but not sure
Ans : 7 trains (I'm not sure abt it)
7.Clark, Jones, Smith and Morgan are Butcher, Grocer, Druggist and Policeman.
Based on the given conditions find who is who.
1. Clark and Jones are neighbors and they drive each other on alternatively to work.
2.The Butcher always walks to work.
3.Clark beats Smith at the bowl regularly.
4.The Policeman has met the Grocer only once when he arrested him for speeding.
5.The Policeman and the Druggist are not neighbors.
6.Jones earns more than Morgan. Che tanaS
7.The Policeman earns more than the druggist or Grocer.
Quite confusing and time consuming for me.
Clark==?
Morgan==?
Smith==?
Jones==? (8 marks)
8. this question was related to find time for the meeting....i don't remember this question
9. around 6 statements were given regarding captain and his colleagues n we were supposed to
find out their positions in the game. 3 persons' name were written and we had to write down
their respt positions based on the given 6 statements. (time consuming; 6 marks)
I cleared the written test and the Interview was on the next day at sholinganallur Chennai. There
were 4 to 7 panels (not sure about it).Each panel has 2 members and some have one member only.
Interview was 0% technical.
1. A person is 80 years old in 490 and only 70 years old in 500 in which year
is he born?
2. I spent one-sixth of my age as a boy and one-12th in youth, remarked the boss "spent one-
seventh and five years in matrimony". My son born just after that period was elected as a
governor 4 years back when he was half of my present age. What is the age of the boss?
3. A person travels in a car with uniform speed. He observes the milestone, which has 2 digits.
After one hour he observes another milestone with same digits reversed. After another hour he
observes another milestone with same 2 digits separated by 0. Find the speed of the car?
4. 'A' says if seventy five chickens are sold from what we have now the feed will last for extra 20
days but 'B' says if we buy additional 100 chickens then feed will get over 15 days earlier. Find
the no. of chickens both are having now?
5. Trains leave from New York to Washington every hour on the hour (1:00, 2:00..).Trains leave
from Washington to New York every hour on the hour and half hour (1:00, 1:30, 2:0, 2:30..).It
takes a train 5 hrs to complete its journey from Washington to New York as well as from New
York to Washington. A train leaves from New York to Washington. Find out how many trains it
will meet before it reaches Washington.
9. One question similar to 11th question on "Puzzles to puzzle u" but not that much easier
question (related to that) (4 line question).
There were 3 logical question of 8, 8, 6 marks. And one more 3 marks aptitude question.
7. Captain is making a race between some friends (5 members) and some 6 condition were given
asked to find out their positions in the race. (6 mark)
10.11 to 14 sentences were given about that and 4 person names and 4 things as hat, tie, and scarf
and asked who is wearing what. (Most difficult one)(8 mark)
Interview Experience:
U r looking different from the photo and real (as I was wearing glass on the time of interview and
not in the photo)
What is your father?
What is Patrol leader in school? (B'coz I specified in the achievements about that)
And then they gave two puzzles but I can't solve it at that time. But I can solve it after I came out
from the room. They were.
1. There are two vessels of same size with water in it and one is 20 degree Celsius and other is 20
degree Fahrenheit. When a coin is put in both vessel which will reach bottom first.
Ans: as 20 degree Fahrenheit is definitely a freezing pt, at this time none can be be immersed so
at 20 degree Celsius the coin will immerse first.
2. A Doctor and Nurse gave birth to a child. The child becomes 15 years of age then one day
teacher asked the child about their parents and she said that his father is not a doctor and his
mother was not a nurse. How is it possible?
Ans: The doctor and Nurse processed the delivery of child and not they are the father and Mother
of the child.
Hi Chetanaites
This is Elavarasan, I thank u all for Ur help. When I got the call letter I had no hope of doing it,
but the valuable information that u all gave made me to clear Infosys Aptitude test, but I didn't do
the Interview well, sorry not even fine! All because of my carelessness. In this mail I am giving u
the way how I prepared for the written test and along with that my Interview questions. I hope u
all would have got enough aptitude test question papers so I am leaving that.
Preparation
I got the hall ticket on 31st August 2005. A week before that I went through about 100 puzzles in
Shakuntala Devi's Puzzle to puzzle you. I found that very boring and took many days to go
through. As soon as I got the hall ticket I send a mail requesting for help to all my mailing groups.
I received lot of help from the groups. I seriously prepared for the exam for about 4 days. In that
4 days I finished two books of Shakuntala devi ( puzzles to puzzle you and more puzzles ). Then I
took George Summers' puzzle book. It was very tough and I lost my hope and concentration. I
spent 2 days in George Summers, but I was able to go through only 17 problems in that. Then I
had four days left. I started to prepare previous year question papers. I first started with the latest
one i.e., 2005 papers, then I worked out 2004 question papers. I noticed many question were
repeating and gave an extra attention to the repeating questions. I also went through R.S.Agarwal
for problems on age, time and work, time and distance and clock. This is all I did.
The Exam
My exam venue was at Meenakshi College, Chennai. When the question paper was given I found
most of the questions were from previous test papers. I was able to answer many questions
without solving them (but I neatly presented the steps in the paper), because I solved those
questions many time while I was preparing for the test. But even then it was highly impossible for
me to answer the entire question set in time. I left 3 questions. The English section was very easy
and I completed that very quickly.
The result
I didn't have any hope of getting selected. But to my surprise I found my name in the notice board
and time for the Interview was printed next to that as 2:00 P.M. As it was very crowded, I just saw
my name and the time, but didn't see the Venue!!!!!
Interview
For interview, I just went through my project. The next day I dressed well and went to Meenakshi
College exactly at 2.00 P.M for attending Interview. Only after going there I came to know that
the venue was at Infosys campus which is about 30 K.M from the college. I felt "Oh my God, I
made a very big mistake!" and immediately phoned Infosys but both the phone numbers were
busy! Without knowing what to do I dove to Infosys campus (In the heavy traffic ofChennai city).
After clearing the security I went to the interview block. I was 1hr late for the interview.
I met the coordinator for 2 o clock batch and apologized him for my mistake. He was very kind
and spoke to me calmly. Then came a senior officer (He must be a senior HRD manager), He was
very angry on me and he didn't seemed to be convincing. I was already scared about the
interview, added with that his tension made me feel very bad. I was immediately called for the
interview (I didn't even have a second to wash my dusty face or comb my hair!!).
In the interview panel there were twoladies. Here I use L1, L2, and ME, for the
interviewers and me. And.. here is my interview.
ME-- I am extremely sorry for being late. I should have been here by 2 o clock but I taught the
venue was at Meenakshi College and I went there, only after going there I came to know that the
venue is here, that is why I am late mam.
ME-- Mam there was heavy rush at Meenakshi College yesterday, so once I saw my name and my
interview time I left.
ME-- no mam.
L1 -- Prince! Why?
ME -- because.. (L2 interrupted and said to L1 that the word "Elavarasan" in Tamil means Prince)
ME-- I started with my home town, then about my family, then about my education about my
hobbies and finally the prizes won in competitions.
ME -- mam I think it is time management. I concentrate much on fine details and always leave
time.
ME -- yes mam, even while preparing for my exams if I struck up in a topic I wouldn't move to
next topic.
L1 -- Elavarasan, let us think that u have joined the company and after joining the company you
are asked to go to California, where there is a threat that Bin
Laden is going to attack California. All the seniors don't want to go because of the threat so you
are chosen, because you are a fresher. So, what will u do in such a situation?
L1 -- what? Is that practical? Be pragmatic are u ready to risk Ur life for a company?
ME -- mam I am practical. If the death is going to come for a man it will come to him, no matter
where he is even if he stays in India he will face death.
ME -- mam it's a burning house, I know it is burning so, I will not go in. But going to California
is not like that, there is a threat that's all. It may happen or it may not happen.
ME -- mam we all do believe in God. If he is my protector then I believe that he will protect me
at California too. (After a while)
L2 -- Think of a scenario in which u are the only person in ur college selected to do a project.
That requires a lot of preparation and work. If u do that u will gain a lot of technical knowledge.
At the same time you are chosen by ur principal to do another project which is not very important
for u but very important for ur principal. He wanted u to do it. Both of the project requires heavy
work and heavy
preparation, and u need to submit a report about Ur projects daily. What will u do in this
situation?
ME -- mam, firstly I'll talk to my principal and will tell him about my situation.
ME --I'll take both the project and try to do them, that's all I can do
L1 -- How can it be possible to allocate time in such a tight schedule between two different
projects?
ME -- I know it is very difficult but there is no other go, so, I have to do that so..
ME -- no, mam first I'll speak to him; if he compels me I will do the work.
L1--try to solve this puzzle (she game me puzzle in a small bit of paper) The puzzle read like this
"Starting with 1 half cup of coffee and 1 half cup of tea, if u take 1 teaspoon of tea and mix it to
the coffee and then u take a teaspoon of that mixture and mix it with the tea. At last what will be
more coffee or tea?". It is very easy puzzle; the answer is both the content remains same. But I
taught in a different way and answered wrongly!!!
ME -- If u takes a teaspoon of tea and put it into coffee.. (I shouldn't have used "put" here) tea
gets diluted. If u take a teaspoon of that mixture and add it to tea, that would have had more
coffee in that than tea.
She gave me another simple puzzle "If the only sister of your mother's only brother has only one
child then what is the relationship between u and that child?" Can you imagine a simplest puzzle
than this? But my mind worked in a different way and answered completely wrong. The actual
answer is "yourself", but I in a hurry answered "my cousin"!!!
ME -- mam , it is my cousin.
L1-- how?
ME -- If my mother's brother had a sister then, she must be my mother's sister too, hence her
child must be my cousin.
L2 -- (with lowered voice as if I have done the interview badly) Elavarasan, do u have any
question?
ME -- Hmmm no mam.
ME -- Thank u mam (and left the room, I was about to close the door, some think blinked in my
mind only then I realized that the answer to the last puzzle was just "me", I again felt "Oh my
God another big mistake")
After my interview was over I was asked to sit in a place and my ID was taken to get signed from
the HR manager. He was no other than the person who was angry at me when I went late. He
went to my interview panel and spoke for a while with the interviewers. This made me sure that I
would not be selected. After a while he came with the very same angry face and gave my ID to
my coordinator. He called out my name and asked me to return the ID to the security.
My Advice
So, friends, don't ever be careless like me and loose a valuable moment in your life. It will be a
very big lose.
1. Clark and Jones are neighbors and they drive each other on alternatively to work.
2.The Butcher always walks to work.
3.Clark beats Smith at the bowl regularly.
4.The Policeman has met the Grocer only once when he arrested him for speeding.
5.The Policeman and the Druggist are not neighbors.
6.Jones earns more than Morgan.
7.The Policeman earns more than the druggist or Grocer.
Quite confusing and time consuming for me.
Clark==?
Morgan==?
Smith==?
Jones==?
Clark and Jones are not butchers
Proceeding like this solve it.
2. Trains leave from New York to Washington every hour on the hour (1:00,2:00....).Trains leave
from Washington to New York every hour on the hour and half hour(1:00,1:30,2:0,2:30....).It
takes a train 5 hrs to complete its journey from Washington to New York as well as from New
York to Washington. A train leaves from New York to Washington. Find out how many trains it
will meet before it reaches Washington
3. A man drives with constant speed..n he after some time he sees a milestone with 2-digits..then
he travels for an hr n sees the same 2 digits in reverse order..n then after an hr he sees that the
milestone has the same 2 digits with a 0 between them.. so whats the man speed?
4. . Last Year my cousin came to my place and we played a game where the loosing one has to
give one choclate to the person who won the game .At the end of the vacation,i.e the day my
cousin was leaving she counted number of games that i won an she won.At last she gave me a
total of 8 choclates even though she won about 12 games.
How many days did my cousin stayed in my house?
6. A person is 80 years old in 490 and only 70 years old in 500 in which year is he born?
7. A solicitor says to his friend that its one hour before the end of the summer; when can we have
our meeting?
Friend : we can meet 11 hours after the town clock has 10 seconds to strike.
Solicitor : doesn't it the town clock strikes with 1 second between
Friend : yes
So what is the time of their meeting?
8. Name of some 5 persons are given say A,B,C,D,E. and it is said that they play games and some
conditions are given like if A comes second B and C are in third and fourth position.. its very
easy.. the question is to find the position of B,C,D,..
9. A farmers wife says to her husband if we have 75 chicken ,they can be fed for 20 days and if
still more 100 chicken are there they can be fed for only 15 days
how many chicken does the farmer have?
10. 1/8th of my life as a boy, said my boss,1/6th as a young man. So on like this. Jus add up the
fractions to find the age of the boss.
1) A person is 80 years old in 490 and only 70 years old in 500 in which year is he born?
Ans: 570B.C
2) A boss tells "1/6th of his life in childhood,1/12th of his in youth and 1/7 of his in bachelor, five
years more in politics and socialization. This brought me up to jimmy born. Jimmy was elected
for the governor four years ago, when he was half my present age." Find the boss age.
Ans: 84 years
3) I was driving in a car at a particular speed I saw a speed limit board 0f 2 digits after a hr again
I saw speed limit board reverse of the previous 2 digits and had same number as previous and
after a hr again saw the 2 digits backward and forward separated by zero (3 digit) as speed limit
board. what was the speed at which I was traveling ?
4) A girl visits to her cousin's house for a vacation. They both played a game for all the days she
stayed there for every win they need to give a chocolate to the other. At the day when she left she
had given 12 chocolates but had won 8 games. Find how many days she stayed there ?
Ans:32
5) Husband says if we sell 75 chickens from our farm we can feed the chickens for 20 days and if
we buy 100 chickens we would finish the feed is days sooner. how many chickens were there?
Ans:300(not sure)
6) Two trains one from New York to Washington and the other from Washington to NY travel
daily. The train from NY to Washington start for every one hour and the train from Washington to
NY start for every one hour and an half an hour (read this line carefully). Time taken by the trains
to cover the distance between is 5 hours. Find how many trains does the train from NY to
Washington happens to meet on its way?
7) Four persons who uses four different things like hat, gloves, tie, scarf. There were eleven
sentences given out of which we must find the correct combination. This is really tough (try from
Barrons the analytical section )
( 8 marks)
8) A captain coaches his four students out of the five men including the captain only three will be
selected. We need to find the number 1,2,3 position among the men selected. Here around seven
sentences are given
( 6 marks)
9) Mr. Solicitor meets his friend at an hour to the birth of summer. So they plans to fix a time to
meet( a complex English statement would be given).
(4 marks)
10) Clark, Jones, Mason, Smith are 4 people, there are four professions druggists, grocer, butcher,
policemen. Find who is who?
1.clark and Jones are neighbors and they drive each other to work.
2.Jones earn more than mason
Like this totally 6 sentences are given.( 8 marks)
Prepare the Barrons GRE analytical section.
Previous old and latest papers helps you a lot
Then you can prepare books like Shakuntala, Summers, Ravi Narula but infy papers are very
crucial.
English section:
Its consists of one reading comprehension passage, fill in the blanks based on correct form of
tense, fill in the blanks with appropriate word among the four choices given, and picking out the
wrong statement among four given statements. In total forty questions are there and the time
given is 30 minutes.
I was in Dehi for the Infosys Test and interview on 10th and 11th Sept. And here is my
experience.
I don't have the exact number but there were approx. 1200-1500 students ( 04-05 batches) for the
written exam.
It was surprising to know that many of them did'nt know the pattern of exam. there were 10
puzzles to be solved in 1 hr followed by English grammar for
1/2 hr.
1. A man is 80 yrs old in the year 490 and 90 yrs old in the year 480. when was he born? 3 Marks
Ans : 570
2. A man starts from his house and after some time he comes across a milestone that shows the
distance travelled in Kms. It is a 2 digit number. after an hr. he gets another milestone with the
same 2 digits reversed. After an hr. he gets another milestone with the same two digits but with a
Zero in between. What is his speed? 4 marks
Ans : 45kph
3. Sita goes to Gita's house during vacation. they play a game of chess everyday and the loser has
to give a chocolate to the winner for every game . Sita gave 8 chocolates to Gita at the end of the
vacation, although she had won 12 games. How long did she stay there? 5 marks
Ans : 32 days
4. There is a train from NY to Washington every 1/2 hr and 1 hr. there is a train from Washington
to NY every 1 hr. (constant speed assumed) it takes 5 hrs
from NY to Washington and 5 hrs. to come back. On your way from Washington to NY, how
many trains will cross you? 6 marks
Ans: 19 trains
There were 2 big 8 mark questions whose data I don't remember. I got one of them correct and
guessed the other. There were 2 questions that I did'nt feel like
attempting, so left the answers blank. whatever I did, I ensured that I showed it clearly in the 2
rough sheets provided. I ensured that I scored at least 30. left the rest to fate.
Results were out the same evening. I could see my name in the 180 short listed for the interview
next day.
They had given me a time 9:40 am. i reached the place at 9:05am and my name was called
exactly at 9:40. There were 2 in a panel . A man over 50 with tremendous experience and a lady
over 40 with good experience.
(bouncers followed)
( i thot i had come to a wrong place!! perhaps I should not have written Table tennis as one of my
interests)
he wanted an answer.
"Related to the points"? - he asked
yes - i said. previously there were 15 points , now its 20 points.
"Sure?"
yes- i said
yes. very much. In fact music is my passion and i have won inter college competition in 2004 in
vocals.- i said
Where do you see yourself 5 yrs down the line? - the lady asked
(i thot for a while).. as a team leader but my 1st and foremost priority is to learn as much as
possible all the time. Especially with all these changes in the
industry coming about. i want to update myself everyday with technology.
(he shakes his head) which was the city which was asked to evacuate?
i said ..yes..but i could not recollect.
Interestingly, the lady took the cap of a cello pen and placed it on the table.
Tell me some possible ways in which you could use this cap, be creative.- she said.
Both of them laughed and looked at each other. I couldn't think anything else.
So what have you been doing in the past few months?
have applied to various companies like TCS WIPRO and Satyam. I couldn't get thru the technical
rounds of TCS and WIPRO but i cleared aptitude, GD and interview in Satyam and my joining
date is in October.
what is it about?
first of all he has dedicated his book to a 12 Std. Student who said that the biggest enemy of India
is poverty. He talks about his experience in the industry and and places and people he has visited.
its an inspirational book for youngsters and..and ...everyone else. he talks about how can the
youngsters transform india into a developed nation.
Thats my experience in short. The duration was more than 40 mins. they will declare the results
in about 3-4 weeks.
(Paper Submitted By: Amit)
Q2) Two trains are approaching each other at 60mph each. The length of each train is 1/6 miles.
When the two locomotives (engines) meet, how many seconds will it take for them to pass each
other completely? (4Marks)
Q4) In a race Andrew beats Jim.Jack is not the last.Dennis loses to both Jack and Lucia.Jim beats
Jack.Who won the race? (This question came with different names) (4 Marks)
Q5) 8 Marks Question. Some information was given about some cities.
Eg: A is to the north of B and to the west of C.C is to the south of D and to the east of F. (5/6 facts
were given)
4 questions were asked with multiple choice answers.
Q7) 5 Marks question, easy one. Some facts were given like:
a) Dravid scores 26 runs more than Robin.
b) Robin and Azhar together score 94 runs.
Like these around 5/6 facts were given. Only equations had to be
formed and total runs scored by all the batsmen had to be found.
Q9) There are 5 persons who have won top five places in an event in
Olympics . one of them asks all the five
regarding their positions, they reply as
a: "i am not the last"
b: "c is in third place"
c: "E is behind A"
d: "B is in first place"
e: "D is not the first"
The persons who have won gold and silver have lied, find the
positions in order. (5Marks)
This test was of 1 hour. After this there was a multiple choice test of English as a Communicative
language. (45 Questions - 30 minutes). It consists of a passage for comprehension, some
meanings, grammar etc. Can complete easily.
Around 700-800 people attended the test, out of which 120 were short listed for the interview.
2.Grass in lawn grows equally thick and in a uniform rate. It takes 40 days for 40 cows and 60
days for 30 cows to eat the whole of the grass. How many days will 20 cows take.?
3.After gathering 770 chestnuts, three girls divided them up so that amounts were in the same
proportion as their ages. As often as mary took four chestnuts, nelli took three, and for every six
that mary received, Susie took seven. How many chestnuts did each girl get ?
4. There are 4 girls (say, ABCD). Each belonged to a different family (say,
PQRS). Each prepared a salad using different kinds of fruits. None of the girls used more than 2
kinds of fruits in common. The fruits used were cherries, grapes, bananas and apples. Some clues
were given and 4 ?s were asked.
5. Two coin is flipped. One gets $ 1 on winning. At the end of play, one had won $ 3 and the other
had won three times. How many games did they play altogether?
6.There is a peculiar island where people speak a strange language called 'Kubi'. The men always
speak truth and a women never say two 2 consecutive truth or false statements, that is, if she says
truth statement once then she says false statement next and vice versa. The boys and girls always
lie. One day I asked a child "Are you a boy or girl ?" and the child replied in Kubi. Since I didn't
know the language, I asked the child's parents what it means. One of the parents said "The child
says, I am a boy" and the other said that "The child is a girl. He lied".
a) Is the child a boy or a girl
b) Which parent answered first?
7. vendor who is an ex-mathematician has a number of apples and when he arranges them in rows
of 3 he is left with one more, when he arranges them in rows of 5 again he is left with 1 more,
Same happens with when he tries to arrange them in rows of 7 and 9 that is 1 apple is left extra.
But when he arranges them in a row of 11 he is left with none. Can u tell me how many apples
were there?
8.question like A is older than B but younger than C.. etc to find the youngest..
9.series
1 ,2, 3, 5, 16,_
don't remember
INFOSYS PAPER - 08 AUG 2005
1. Puzzles
2. English
Most questions were from Aggarwal, Barrons 12th edition and Shakuntaladevi puzzles to puzzle
you. There were no questions from summers and shakuntala devi more puzzles to puzzle you
1.the problem regarding speed in shakuntala devi in which a person sees milestone after traveling
some distance 2 digit no reverses
ans: 45 km/h
2.it is based on equations A and C score this much S and C, that much totally 5 players play
cricket. A scores 100 runs more than R some other conditions were given.
ans: form equations like A+C=runs given and solve it
3.problem on ages in shakuntaladevi in which husband and wife's age difference is 9 years and
their sum of ages divided by difference is 11.
ans: 45 years
4.the cube is painted and cut into 9 pieces find no of blank painted cubes, one side painted , 2
sides painted and 3 side painted cubes
5.this regarding jobs done by various people some conditions were given and we have to find
which person does which job.
ans: solve it by table method in 12th edition logical reasoning in barron's
8.a person gives half money to charity, and remaining half to that like that same problem is given
in shakuntaladevi
9.some people are there and total less than 500.some students are in school and number of
students is divisible by some numbers like 2,3 etc. some condition was given
ans:420. take lcm of all those numbers
10.clock problem it is worked example in agarwal very simple.2 clocks are ticking one gains 10
min in 1 hr and other loses 10 min in 1 hr at what time 2 clocks reach same time
English consisted of sentence correction, completion and reading comprehension from Barron's.
45 multiple choice questions to be chosen in 30 mins. no negative marking was there.
all the best for members
Well i got a call letter from infy that i have to attend a test on 7th august at any of the venues
provided, i chose the KOLKATA centre(LAMARTS) as am from kolkata. Since the letter was
recieved by me only 7 days b4 the test i started my preparation straight from SAKUNTALA
DEVI's "puzzles to puzzle you" book and a few past infy papers. (R.S Aggarwal is must for basic
knowledge & if u want to answer all questions in apti round u have to study George .J.Summers).
They conducted only 2rounds
1:Aptitude
2:HR interview
About Aptitude:
In this round u r given an initial 45 mins to fill up a form about ur details(hey get two references
name and number as u have to fill it in the form also if u know anyone in Infy get his name and
number, that will help a lot)
This round was a written test based on 2 set of papers.
The first set was aptitude cosisiting of puzzles and problems & a tricky summer's question(total
10 question in 1hr).I dont think its necessary at all to provide the questions....also go thru last few
papers...u will know the pattern and solve sakuntala devi book(a must). U will be given an extra
sheet to do rough,try to do them neatly and answer all quetion since there's no -ve marking,cause
u never know if u guess the right answer.
The second set was basic English knowledge like paragraph reading,tense,grammar,appropiate
word filling etc.No need to study anything for english,only answer all the questions
provided(total 50 questions in 1hr),dont leave anything.
About Interview:
X X X X
Y Y Y Y
Z Z Z Z
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Y X X X Z
Ans: 12 km
3) A grandma has many sons; each son has as many sons as his brothers. What is her age if it's
the product of the no: of her sons and grandsons plus no: of her sons?(age b/w 70 and 100).
Ans: 81 (I think)
4) An electric wire runs for 1 km b/w some no: of poles. If one pole is removed the distance
b/w each pole increases by 1 2/6 (mixed fraction). How many poles were there initially?
5) There is a church tower 150 feet tall and another catholic tower at a distance of 350 feet
from it which is 200 feet tall. There is one each bird sitting on top of both the towers. They fly at
a constant speed and time to reach a grain in b/w the towers at the same time. At what distance
from the church is the grain?
Ans: 90 (I think)
6) Days Cows
40 40
60 30
X 20
9) Find out a five digit no: which has two prime nos: and, its highest digit is 3 and lowest digit
is 2 bla bla bla..
10) Some question on truth and lie .. I don't remember the question but I think Andrew was the
ans.
INFOSYS PAPER - 07 AUG 2005
1)The age of the grand lady is between 50-70 where each of her son has as many sons as many
brothers he has. The grand lady's age is equal to the number of sons and grand sons. What is the
age of the grand lady.
Ans: 64 years
2) Four persons A, B, C and D are playing cards. Each person has one card, laid down on the
table below him, which has two different colours on either side. There are 2 red, 2green and 2
blue. The colours visible on the table are Red, Green, Red and Blue.
They see the color on the reverse side and give the following comment.
A: Yellow or Green
B: Neither Blue nor Green
C: Blue or Yellow
D: Blue or Yellow
Given that out of the 4 people 2 always lie find out the colours on the cards each person.
3) what is the 5 digit number which has only 2 prime numbers in it and satisfies the following
condition.
a>3rd digit is the largest
b>2nd digit is the smallest
c>1st digit is one less than the 3rd digit and greater than the
addition of 4th and 5th digit.
d>5th digit is between the 1st and 2nd digit and half of the 4th digit.
1 is not considered as the prime number.
Ans: 71842
5)40 cows graze a pasture in 40 days,30 cows graze the same pasture in 60 days. how many days
does 20 cows take to graze it.
6) A person from washington came to india. One evening at 6.00 p m he started walking at the
speed of 40 km/hr and climbed the slope at speed of 30 km/hr.
From there he walked back to the source at the same speed at 9.00 p m.
what is the distance he covered in one way.
Ans: 12 kms
7) A c-pole of 200 ft is 250 ft from the d-pole which is 150 ft high.. Two pigeons are sitting at the
top of each poles (one in one pole) Both pigeon fly towards a grain which is present between the
2 poles at the same speed. What is the distance between the c-pole and the grain?
8) A 1 Km wire is connected between N poles. if 1 pole is removed the distance between the pole
increases by 2/3 of the original distance. How many poles are there ?
9)A question on languages. something like... Four people are there among them they know
languages like French, Italian, German, English.
Each of them know two languages exactly.
no body knows French and German together.
--
1. A lady's age is between 50 to 70 yrs. Her sons have as many sons as one has brothers. and the
total number of her sons and grandsons equal her age. Tell her age. ( 3 Marks )
2. Catheral Tower is 200 feet high and is at a distance of 250 feet from Shark Tower which is 150
feet high. Two pigeons are sitting on each top of each tower. They fly instantly with the same
speed at a grain lying on a floor in between the two towers. They both reach on the same time.
Tell the distance from the foot of Catheral Tower where grain is lying. ( 6 Marks )
3. A Grass in a garden grows at a constant rate. 40 cows eat it at a regular rate for 40 days. 30
cows eat it for 60 days. How many days will the grass last if 20 cows were there. ( 3 Marks )
4. X X X X
YYYY
+ZZZZ
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YXXXZ
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Find the values of X, Y, and Z. ( 6 Marks )
5.There is a five-digit no. following conditions were given about the same number.
-> There are two prime nos in that number.
-> No duplicates are there.
-> Digit 3 is the highest.
-> Digit 2 is the lowest.
-> Digit 5 is between digit 2 and digit 1 and is half of digit 4.
-> Digit 1 is one less than digit 3 and is greater than sum of digit 4 and digit 5.
Find the number.(Don't take 1 as prime no.) It was given there in the paper. (5 Marks)
6. A software engineer returns from America. As he is fat he decided to have evening walk daily.
He started at 3pm. he walks along the road at 4km/hr for some time then he climbs a upward
slope area at 3km/hr then downwards at the rate of 6km/hr. then back to the home through the
same road at 4km/hr. what is the distance he covered in one way if he reaches back home at 9pm.
(4 Marks)
7. There is a 1 Km long wire. It has been fixed around a wall of the building with the help of
some poles between two telephone towers. It is noticed that if there is a increase of 1 2/3 m in the
width of two poles then there is need of one less pole. how many poles were used.( 3 Marks )
8. A group of friends participate in a akating race during their luch time. conditions are
-> Louise was not last.
-> Denish was beaten by Jack and Louise in that order
-> Jim was not first.
-> Jack was beaten by Jim.
-> Andew beated Jim.
Who won the race ?( 4 Marks )
9. A, B, c, D are from different countries. They speak English, Italian, French and German. Only
one language is spoken by more thantwo persons. Following conitions were given.
-> A speaks German but can converse with D who doesn't know a single word of German.
-> No person can speak both German and French together.
-> A and B can't converse with each other but they C can act as interpreter between them.
-> B, C, D don't have any common language between them.
-> Each person speaks two languages.
Find out the languages which each person speaks.( 8 Marks )
10. Four persons A, B, C and D are playing cards. They have one card in their hand. Each card
has two different colours on each of its side. In total there are 2 red, 2 green, and 3 blue colours.
They made following statements about their hidden colour of the card. and exactly two among
them are lying.
A -> Blue or Green
B -> Neither Blue nor Green
C -> Blue or Yellow
D -> Blue or Yellow
The visible colours are Red, Green, Red and Blue respectively in that order. Tell the hidden
colour of card for each of the person.( 8 Marks )
Answers
2) A pigeon sitting on a cathedral tower of height 200m. another pigeon sitting on another tower
of height of 150 m. the distance between the two towers is 250. in ground. there are some grains,
the birds fly at same speed, and at same instance and reaches the ground and start to eat grains.
how far is the grain in the ground level from cathedral tower. ( 6 marks )
3)on a field, 50 cows were put for fed, which can last grass in 30 days. If 30 cows were put, they
can empty the field in 60 days. How many days 60 cows will take to last the grass ?
5)4 players were playing a card game.Cards had different colours on both sides. Neither of cards
has same colour on both sides. Colours were 2 Red,2 Blue,2 Green, 2 yellow.Cards were lying in
front of each player.Now ,each playere knew the colour on other side of card. They are required
to tell their colour.
Statement given by each of them are
Annie: Blue or green
Bobby: Neither Blue nor Green
Cindy:Blue or Yellow
Dainny:Blue or yellow
Colour of cards that are visible to all were Red, Yellow,Green, Blue in order of names.Exactly
two of them are telling truth and exactly two of them are telling are lieing ? can you tell the
colour on other face of card for each player ( 8 marks )
6) A software enginner starts his walking at 3 PM from point A, he walks at the rate of 4km/hr in
plains and 3km/hr in hill to reach the point B.During his return journey, he walks at the rate of
6km/hr in hill and 4km/hr in plains and reaches point A at 9.P.M. what is the distance between A
and B ?
7)
XXX
YYY
ZZZ
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YXXZ
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8)A 1 k.m long wire is held by n poles. if one pole is removed, the length of gap is increased by
5/3 meters. What is the number of poles initially.
9) andrew beat jim, Davis,elite lost to jim, jack was beaten by jim. Jim beats davis. elite is not
last. (sorry i forgot exact order )
10) one 8 mark question based on language they speak. There are four persons. Each persons
speaking only two language
conditions: nobody speak both German and France. William donno English but he act as
interpreter b/w Jacob and Jim Jacob know German and some conditions. we have to answer what
the two languages they speak ?
Jacob William Jim Andrew
English section
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This section also has cutoff. one who know grammar and English language, can easily make.
Answers:
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1)64 condition given : Lusie age should fall between 54-70
suppose if she has 8 sons .
each son has 7 brother
each sons has 7 sons (condition given :as many brothers they have)
8 sons having 56 sons
adding 56 + 8 =64
2) 90
g - grass at the beginning r - rate at which grass grows, per day y - rate at which one cow eats
grass, per day
n - no of cows to eat the grass in 90 days
formula: g+d*r=n*d*y ( I got this from old infosys paper)
g + 30*r = 50 * 30 * y -->(1)
g + 60*r = 30 * 60 * y--->(2)
g + d*r = 60 * d * y --->(3)
frm (1)
g=1500y-30r
substitute g in (2)
1500y-30r+60r=1800y
30r=300y
r=10y
substitute y in (3)
1500y-300y+10dy=60dy
1200y=50dy
d=240 days
4)71842
5) yellow (lie)
yellow (true)
blue (true)
green (lie)
6) 12 K.M
T1 + T2=6 (3 to 9.p.m)
T1-time during forward journey
T2-time during return journey
D1+D2-forwared/Return distance
D1/4+D1/3 =T1 (forward time)
D1/4+D2/6 =T2 (return time)
Adding we will get D1+D2=12 km
7)x=9 y=1,z=8
(i tried by assuming y=1 or y=2,(y-carry) i easily got)
8) 26 poles
solution:
if n poles
(n-1) gaps of each 1000/(n-1) width
if n-1 poles
(n-2) gaps of each 1000/(n-2) width
so
1000/(n-2) -1000/(n-1)=5/3
1000(1/(n-2) -1/(n-1))=5/3
1000(1/(n-1)(n-2))=5/3
(n-1)(n-2)=(3/5)*1000=600
as 600=25*24
so number of poles should be 26
9)andrew
Date of Interview:08.08.2005
Venue: Infosys head office, sholinganallur, chennai.
Time :10.20 A.M
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tats all
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Tips to clear written test:
1) 2005 infoysys test papers (must)
2) 2004 infosys test papers (must)
3) solved infy questions (must)
4) puzzle to puzzle u by shakuntala devi (must)
5)more puzzles --(optional )
1. Lucia is a wonderful grandmother. Her age is between 50 and 70.Each of her sons have
as many sons as they have brothers. Their combined number gives Lucia's age. What is the age?
2. There are two towers A and B. Their heights are 200ft and 150ft respectively and the
foot of the towers are 250ft apart. Two birds on top of each tower fly down with the same
speed and meet at the same instant on the ground to pick a grain. What is the distance
between the foot of tower A and the grain?
4. Four tourists A,B,C,D and four languages English, German, French and Italian.
They are not able to converse among themselves in one language.
Though A does not know English he can act as an interpreter between B and C.
No one spoke both French and German. A knows German and was able to converse with D
who doesn't know a word in German. Only one language was spoken by more than two persons.
Each spoke two languages. Find who spoke what.
5. There is a five digit number. It has two prime digits (1 is not a prime number).
Third digit is the highest. Second digit is the lowest. First digit is one less
than the third digit. The fifth digit is half of the fourth. The sum of 4th and 5th is
less than the first. Find the number.
6. Four persons A, B, C and D are playing cards. Each person has one card, laid down
on the table below him, which has two different colours on either side.
No card has the same color on both sides. The colours visible on the table are Red,
Green, Red and Blue respectively. They see the color on the reverse side and give the
following comment.
A: Yellow or Green
B: Neither Blue nor Green
C: Blue or Yellow
D: Blue or Yellow
Given that out of the 4 people 2 always lie find out the colours on the cards each person.
7. A software engineer returns from America. As he is fat he decided to have evening walk.....
he started at 3pm. he walks along the road at 4km/hr for some time then he climbs a upward
slope area at 3km/hr then downwards at the rate of 6km/hr. then back to the home through
the road at 4km/hr. what is the distance he covered in one way if he reaches back home at 9pm
8. A 1 k.m. long wire is held by n poles. If one pole is removed, the length of the gap
becomes 12/3m. What is the number of poles initially?
10.In a race Andrew beats Jim. Jack is not the last. Dennis loses to both Jack and Lucia.
Jim beats Jack. Who won the race?
Answers
2.
200
150 Since the two birds travel with the same
speed and meet at the same instant the distance traveled by them is equal.
By Pythagoras theorem,
g + 40*r = 40 * 40 * y------- 1
g + 60*r = 30 * 60 * y------- 2
g + n*r = 20 * n * y-------- 3
from 1 and 2
r=10y g=120r
from 3
nr=120r
Solving, n = 120
4. Think logically.
Ans
A B C D
German
Italian French
Italian German
English Italian
English
5. Ans 71842
Hint Start with the last condition.
6. Try all possible combinations. Keep in mind two things. THE combination obtained should
satisfy the conditions
1.Two are lying and two are telling the truth
2.Neither two cards are similar nor are two sides of a card are of same color
Ans A Yellow
B Yellow
C Green
D Red
1.In a lunch hour staff in the company had a race. Samntha beat jack.
Jill hit Morris followed by Jessi in the race. At last Jack beat Jill. Who won the race?
Ans: Samantha
2.A cyclist covered 2/3 of his distance by cycle, then his type was punctured.
after that he covered the remaining distance by walk. He felt that he had walked twice the time of
he cycle. how fast he cycled than he walked.
Ans:4 times
3.The cube painted red on all sides was cut into 27 equal cubes then
how many cubes will have colored faces of
a.3 sides
b.2 sides
c.1 side
d. 0 side
ans:8,12,6,1
8.The boy goes to school reaches railway station at his 1/3 of his journey& mill at 1/4 of his
journey the time taken him to walk between railway station & mill is 5 mins. Also he reaches
railway station at 7.35amwhen he started from house& when he reaches school?
Ans:7:15to8.15
9.how many pages there will be if he writes 61 3'sso far 300 pages
thats all I remember.
All the best !!
BOOKS FOLLOWED:
Firstly do both the books of Shakuntla Devi thoroughly. After u finish with them start with the
latest question papers and after these take up the old ones.
Q 1. At some diamond shop ,a burglary happened. Police got hold of 3 suspects named Robbert,
Davis and Andy. each one of them pointed the other for the robbery. Robbert said "one of the
other 2 has done it. I have not done that." Latter police came to know that robber was telling lies.
Tell who did that. (3 marks)
ANS statement of Robert" one of the other 2 has done it. I have not done that." As it is given
that he was telling lies so "I have not done" is false. hance rebert did that.
ROBBERT
Q 2.There was a person who smoked a lot .One day he decided to quit his habit, but he had 27
cigarettes with him. So he started smoking them one by one ,to finish them. He had the habit of
smoking only 2/3rd of it and leaving the rest butt. later he found out that by joining 3 butts he can
form 1 cigarette. So ,tell haw many cigarettes in all he smoked.
ANS from 3 butts he get 1 cigarette.Hence from 27 butts he get 9 (27/3) cigarettes. 3 butts give
way 1 cigarette 27+3+1=31 I GOT THIS ANSWER. BUT ONE OF MY FRIENDS WAS
GETTING 40 AS ANSWER. check it
Q 3. one day a person wanted to meet a lawyer, but lawyer was busy,so he told the man to meet
him 2 days after the day before the day after tomorrow .Tell what the day is ,if today is Friday.
Q 5 in an office there are 5 people named miss aimes, miss benns, mr colonoy, mr Davis and Mr
Paul. And the 5 posts are floorwalker, manager, clerk, cashier and buyer .Find who is who,if:
Q 6 There are some students in a school. The 1/2 of number of students is a whole number. The
1/6 of number of students is a whole number. The 1/5 of number of students is a whole number.
The 1/7 of number of students is a whole number. Find the number of students. (SOMETHING
THIS TYPE. FIGURES ARE NOT SAME.)
Ans 420
METHOD:
Q 8It was something that 2 trains are going in opp direction.time was given and we have to find
out how many number of trains will meet train 'A' before reaching its destination.
Q 10 4 cards r placed on a table, each card has 2 colors. U don't know the color of the back side
of each card.4 persons A,B,C,D r there and they can see the top color of their cards as Red,
Green, Red, Blue. No card can have same color on both its sides. all the 4 see thee back color of
their cards and say:
A: yellow/Green.
B:neither blue nor green
C:Blue/yellow
D:Blue/Yellow.
Out of these 2 tells truth and two tells lie. tell the color of the backside of each card.
(8 marks).
A) YELLOW b) YELLOW C) BLUE D) GREEN
ANS WAS THIS ,BUT THE OPTIONS IN QUESTION ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT.
Finally in INTERVIEW:
There was one gentleman sitting. I along with my certificates went to him and wished him. Time
was 3.00 pm. he asked me to sit down.
Then he came to my hobbies part. i had mentioned that my hobbies are trekking, taking part in
debates, drawing etc. So asked me which are the places u visited for trekking and do u go in a
group or some other way?
I said that I always go with my family as my father was the captain of mountaineering team in
his college. then he asked:-
THAT if u go with them than hw it is ur hobby, it is a holiday.
I said ,sir it is not important that for fulfilling ur hobbies u should always go in group or
some other way, u can do the same in ur family and with them. HE WAS QUITE SATISFIED BY
MY ANSWER.
Then he came to debates ie what is the recent topic on which u debated? I said "pollution
control". than he said how u control the pollution. So to this I had given a long answer.
bla,bla,bla..
Then he picked the stapler lying next to him and asked me to give 3 more uses of it except of
stapling the papers?
1.As a paper weight. he said OK
2.for making sounds by pressing it. He said I don't take it as a use. So I said
3.for taking the stapled pin out of paper.
"to this he got quite satisfied and smiled and said ,"this is what I wanted.
4.next I said to make designs with pins of stapler on paper.
Next he gave me puzzle to solve ,it was a magic square.
Then he asked me about my schooling, family etc.
Murderer
Policeman
Judge
Witness
On a skating plane, Michel and Jennie are in a distance of a mile on each side of a point. They
are going to skate to the direction of each other's. Jennie, having added force with the flow of the
wind, skated two and one-half miles faster than Michel and beat her 6 minutes. What are the
times taken by both of them?
(Some conditions were given, but may not be exactly the same.)
i. A&B, who can speak English, have common language with E as Spanish.
ii. Common language for B&E is French.
iii. A, C&E can speak Italian.
iv. D&E have common language as Portuguese.
v. Portuguese is known by at least 3 persons.
There is only one person who knows all the 5 languages, only one who knows 4 languages, only
one who knows 3 languages, only one who knows 2 languages and only one who knows exactly
one language.
Based on the conditions, 4 questions were given. (Options were also not the same, I've given just
for model.)
1. A Knows
i. French, Portuguese
ii. English, Spanish, Portuguese
iii. Italian, Spanish, French
3. B knows
i. Spanish, French
ii. English, French, Italian
iii. Portuguese, English, French, Spanish.
7. James has come out of Jail after 6 years. When he was punished with imprisonment, his age
was 5 times his son's age. Now, his age is 3 times his son's age. What was his age when his son
was born?
8. A Boy has taken a short cut on which there is a railway track that goes through a narrow
bridge. When the boy covered 7/16th of the track in the bridge, he heard the whistle of the train.
Then he ran out of that bridge, when the train came to that bridge. If he were taken actual root, he
would have reached the destination on time, rather taking the shortcut and running out of that
bridge. If the boy covers 4km/hr, what was the speed of the train?
9. Three persons A, B & C who can be named according to their behavior. They can be named
as Sororean, the name that can be given to the one who always wins; Nororean, the name that can
be given to the one who always tells the truth; Midrorean, the name that can be given to the one
who always lies. Then, given some statements (not exactly the same I've given), based on which
to answer the question (we need to write the names that A, B & C can be given in the table given)
A. 1) C has beaten B.
2) C always tells truth.
3) C is the winner.
B. 1) A is the winner.
2) B doesn't tell truth.
C. 1) B beat C.
2) A is the winner.
A B C
10. (one more question was there, I could not remember it)
1. There is a circle race going on. One of them says,"1/3 of those in front of me and 3/4 of those
behind me, give the total number of children in the race". Then the number of children took part
in the race?
Ans : 12
2. In an Isalnd the natives lie and visitors speak truth. A man wants to whether a salesman beside
him in a bar is a native or visitor. He asked him to ask a woman beside him whether she is a
native or visitor. He replied that she says "she is a visitor". Whether the salesman is a native or
visitor?
3.A man fixed an appointment to meet Mr.X, X asked him to meet two days after the day before
the after tomorrow. Today is Friday. What is the appointed day.
Ans: Tuesday.
5.A man said he spent 1/6 of his as a child, 1/12 as salesman in a liquor shop, 1/7 and 5 years as a
politician and a good husband respectively. At that time Jim was born. Jim was elected as
Alderman four years back. When he was half of his age. What is his age.
Ans: 86
6.Jack,Droug and Ann, 3 children had a race when returning from school. Ann takes 28 steps
when Droug takes 24 steps, meantime Jack takes 21 steps. Jack explained that his 6 steps equals
Droug's 7 steps and Ann's 8 steps. Who won the race?
Ans: Droug
7. Every day a cyclist meets a car at the station. The road is straight and both are traveling in the
same direction. The cyclist travels with a speed of 12 Kmph. One day the cyclist comes late by 20
min. and meets the car 5km before the Station. What is the speed of the car?
Ans: 60 kmph
9.A lady goes for shopping. She bought some shoestrings. 4 times the number of shoestrings, she
bought pins and 8 times, handkerchiefs. She paid each item with their count as each piece's cost.
She totally spent Rs. 3.24. How many handkerchiefs did she buy?
Ans : 16
Ans : a) 73
b) 1 or -1
My test was in Chennai on 3rd july 2005.the result was announced the same day at 4 pm in the
evening..with al ur help I got shortlisted after the test..this group really helped me a lot.i
downloaded almost al the papers from this group an took printouts.it was really helpful 2
me..almost al the questions ver repeated from previous papers.so try solving al the previous
papers.i solved papers from 2003.atleast go thru al the papers from 2004 onwards..starting from
the latest papers..To be frank I went thru only
2) just 4 important questions from shak devi mor puzz to puzz you which ver mentioned in
some mail in this group and
The scheme is 1 hr puzzles with no choice and 30 minutes English with choice..for both parts u
don't've -ve marks..
In the case of puzzles,even if u know the answers write the steps neately in the rough sheet and
prove that u've done and got the answer..
1. There is a merry-go-round race going on. One person says,"1/3 of those in front of me and 3/4
of those behind me, give the total number of children in the race". Then the number of children
took part in the race? (repeated from previous papers)
Ans : 13
[ Assume there are x participants in the race.In a round race,no: of participants in front of a
person wil b x-1 an that behind him wil b x-1. i.e, 1/3(x-1) + 3/4(x-1) = x ; solving x = 13 ]
2. In an Island the natives lie and visitors speak truth. A man wants to know whether a salesman
beside him in a bar is a native or visitor. He asked him to ask a woman beside him whether she is
a native or visitor. He replied "she says she is a visitor". Then he knew that the salesman is a
native or visitor. salesman is in which category , native or visitor?
3.A man fixed an appointment to meet the manager, Manager asked him to come two days after
the day before the day after tomorrow. Today is Friday. When will the manager expect him?
(repeated from previous papers)
Ans: Monday
[A] Which among the following sets are possibly shown through the left window?
4 options like {a} A,D,G {b} D,O,R {c} A,G,R {d} A,S,E
[B] Which of the following should be shown through the right window if E is shown through the
right window?
4 options..
5.A man said he spent 1/6 of his as a child, 1/12 as salesman in a liquor shop, 1/7 and 5 years as a
politician and a good husband respectively. At that time Jim was born. Jim was elected as
Alderman four years back.when he was half of his age. What is his age? (repeated from previous
papers)
Ans: 84 years
X/6 + x/12 + x/7 + 5 + 4 + x/2 = x. Solving x= 84, Same as Question in Shakundala Devi book]
6.Jack,Doug and Ann, 3 children had a running race while returning from school.Mom asked who
won the race.Then Jack replied" I wont tell u.I wil give u a clue,When Ann takes 28 steps Doug
takes 24 steps, meantime I take 21 steps. Jack explained that his 6 steps equals Droug's 7 steps
and Ann's 8 steps. Who won the race? (repeated from previous papers)
Ans: Doug
Ans: 60 mph
[Very similar to Shakuntala Devi puzzles to puzzle you problem no: 38 ]
8. A problem of persons and profession. 4 persons were there- Jack, Clove, Smith, Morgan
belongs to 4 professions policeman ,Druggist ,Grocer ,Butcher.Who all belongs to which
profession?Some conditions where given like..
(ii) Clove earns more income than Morgan...I 4got the conditions..
Clove :
Jones : 8 marks
Morgan :
Smith :
9.A lady goes for shopping. She bought some shoestrings. 4 times the number of shoestrings, she
bought pins and 8 times, handkerchiefs. She paid each item with their count as each piece's cost.
She totally spent Rs. 3.24. How many handkerchiefs did she buy? (repeated from previous
papers)
Ans : a) 63
b) 1
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English part is easy but it also has cutoff.so if u r week in tat part jus go thru RS Agarwal Verbal
and Non verbal book..els any general English book..it wil b helpful 4 u..
You have 4 options 4 al the questions..read al the options b4 choosing the answer.
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3) And abt u?
2) 3 bulbs in the 3rd floor and switches in the 1st floor.u r in the 1st floor.u've 2 know
which switch belongs 2 which bulb.its not in order.u can go up once an u can switch on once.how
wil u do it?
8) Any questions..?
Al the best 4 al the job seekers..Definitely u'l get placed in ur dream company..Hardwork along
with prayers wil help u to reach the goal..
Hello Chetanaites
I have given Infosys exam on 3 July at Delhi. there were puzzles for 1hr time and then 30 min for
English exam. The puzzles are given in attachment and English exam consist of the questions
like:
go through shakuntala Devi book for puzzles. solve atleast 150 ques, u will definitely get 1 or 2
ques. also solve all the previous papers u will get 3-4 ques definitely. so u will have 5 ques in ur
hand directly. now in exam u have to solve only 3 ques coz if u correct 8 ques out of 10 then u r
selected.
1. There is a circle race going on. One of them says,"1/3 of those in front of me and 3/4 of those
behind me, give the total number of children in the race". Then the number of children took part
in the race?
Ans : 13
2. In an Island the natives lie and visitors speak truth. A man wants to whether a salesman beside
him in a bar is a native or visitor. He asked him to ask a woman beside him whether she is a
native or visitor. He replied that she says "she is a visitor". Whether the salesman is a native or
visitor?
Ans : Visitor
3.A man fixed an appointment to meet Mr.X, X asked him to meet two days after the day before
the day after tomorrow. Today is Friday. Whats the appointed day.
Ans: Monday
5.A man said he spent 1/6 of his as a child, 1/12 as salesman in a liquor shop, 1/7 and 5 years as a
politician and a good husband respectively. At that time Jim was born. Jim was elected as
Alderman four years back. when he was half of his age. What is his age.
6.Jack,Dough and Ann, 3 children had a race when returning from school. Ann takes 28 steps
when Droug takes 24 steps, meantime Jack takes 21 steps. Jack explained that his 6 steps equals
Droug's 7 steps and Ann's 8 steps. Who won the race?
Ans: Dough
7. Every day a cyclist meets a car at the station. The road is straight and both are traveling in the
same direction. The cyclist travels with a speed of 12 mph. One day the cyclist comes late by 20
min. and meets the car 5miles before the Station. What is the speed of the car?
Ans: 60 mph
8. A problem of persons and profession. 4 persons were there- Jack, Clove, Smith, Morgan. Some
conditions were there. I don't remember, but I remember the answer.
9.A lady goes for shopping. She bought some shoestrings. 4 times the number of shoestrings, she
bought pins and 8 times, handkerchiefs. She paid each item with their count as each piece's cost.
She totally spent Rs. 3.24. How many handkerchiefs did she buy?
Ans : 16
Ans : a) 73 b) 1
Leaning on the stile jovially, he replied, "I have altogether 60 eyes and 86 feet between them".
I drove off calculating in my mind exact dugs and pigs he had. What do you think is the answer ?
(4 Marks)
Here is a simple arithmetical puzzle set by Longfellow in his own flowery, poetical language.
If one-fifth of a hive of bees flew to the badamba flower, one-third flew to the slandbara, three
times the difference of these two numbers flew to an arbour, and one bee continued to fly about,
attracted on each side by the fragrant Ketaki and Malati, what was the total number of bees ? (4
Marks)
There are 100 men in town. Out of which 85% were married, 70% have a phone, 75% own a car,
80% own a house. What is the maximum number of people who are married, own a phone, own a
car and own a house ? ( 3 marks)
There are 10 Red, 10 Blue, 10 Green, 10 Yellow, 10 White balls in a bag. If you are blindfolded
and asked to pick up the balls from the bag, what is the minimum number of balls required to get
a pair of atleast one colour ? ( 2 Marks)
Sol : 6 balls.
Triplet who usually wear same kind and size of shoes, namely, Annie, Danny, Fanny. Once one of
them broke a glass in kitchen and their shoe prints were there on floor of kitchen. When their
mother asked who broke Annie said, "I didn't do it"; Fanny said "Danny did it"; Danny said
"Fanny is lieing"; here two of them are lieing, one is speaking truth. Can you find out who broke
it ? (3 Marks)
Sol : Annie
4 players were playing a card game. Cards had different colours on both sides. Neither of cards
had same colour on both sides. Colours were 2 Red, 2 Blue, 2 Green, 2 Yellow. Cards were lying
in front of each player. Now, each player knew the colour on other side of his card. They are
required to tell their colour.
Colours of cards that are visible to all were Red, Blue, Green, Blue in order of their names.
Exactly two of them are telling truth and exactly two of them are lieing. Can you tell the colour
on other face of card for each player ? (6 Marks)
(I don't remember the exact question, but it was something like this only.) Addy asks Sunny to
pick as number of cards from a deck of cards. Sunny picks first card, picks another card by
skipping 1 card, then, picks another card by skipping 2, so on skipping one card more each time.
Ultimately he finds that he has picked up 5%of the cards. Can u find out the number of cards ? (6
Marks)
One day Harry and I set our watches together. None of us was aware that my watch was getting
faster by 2 min per hour and Harry's watch was getting slower by 1 min per hour. After sometime,
we discovered that my watch was 1 hr ahead of Harry's watch. Can you find out after how long
we noticed this ? (3 Marks)
Sol : 20 hrs
Four people, say, A, B, C, D belonging to M, N, O, P group, not in order decided for a picnic. All
of them brought salad from their home in their traditional style. Fruits used in salad were Grapes,
Banana, Apple, Cherry. All of them used exactly 3 fruits in their salad. None of them used same
combination of fruits in their salad. Some clues given are :
Question goes on like this and finally you need to answer 4 questions based on these clues :
I don't remember the full question. It was of 8 marks, (4 parts.) But I was able to solve it.
One 4 marks questions was there. I don't remember it but I was able to solve it.
Recently I have attended the infy test which was an on-campus test held in BMS, college of
engineering, Bangalore.
(1)sachin scored 78 more than Azar, Jadeja scored 56less than Dravid.. something like this some
6 statements were given and it was very easy..
(2)two trains leave two towns towards each other once every hour.. the total journey from one
city to other city takes 5 hours.. how many trains will each of these two trains meet on their way..
(4)an analytical problem, for this refer GRE barrons. it was really tough.
(7)a cube painted on all the sides is cut into 27small cubes using six st lines. find no of cubes
painted on 3sides, 2 sides, 1side and no sides painted
ANS: 8,12,6,1 respectively
(8) a problem from shakuntala devi on the no of the taxi very easy.
ANS: 121
English was very easy but only if u have prepared a little bit at least.. it requires at least some
preparation. It includes communication English, passage for total of 45 qns.
interviewer: tell me something about u which is not written in the application like hobbies and
interests
me: my hobbies are playing cricket, reading computer magazines and surfing the net and my
extra curricular interests are organizing events.
interviewer: whether the skills of wicket keeping r useful for a batsman or bowler (similar to this
but in a different way)
me: ( I didn't get the meaning) there should be good conversation between the wicket keeper and
bowler
interviewer: (repeated the above one what i have written exactly, then i understood)
me: all the three skills are different, one cannot be useful to improve the other
interviewer: if u r given to talk about one minute then what topic will u choose
interviewer: I am not interested about u, (gave me some topic regarding Indian market)
interviewer: "Does a student who has completed the B.Tech should do MBA"
interviewer: u r given a choice of team member and team leader which one will u choose
me: but i did as a team member, there is nothing like that one is leader and others have to follow
his commands, we a group of friends shared our views and implemented them to organize the
events
interviewer: u r in a situation where ur team leader gives importance to ur friend in the same
team, how would u handle the situation or how would u convince the team to ur ideas
me: i would convey my ideas and the advantages we get through it and if my ideas are really
good then everybody will convince
me: fine
me: yes
interviewer: u r going on a ride for 150 km and after covering 20% then one tyre got punctured
and u r changing the tyre, suddenly ur screws fell down into a pound from where u cannot
retrieve, u don't cell phone and u won't get lift, then how will handle the situation
me: i will remove one screw from the remaining three wheels and keep for the new one
interviewer:( he handed over two nails which are bended and inserted into one another) can u
separate them
interviewer: u r alone in a room which doesn't have anything, one bulb hangs down at the middle
which touches ur head when u stand below it, then how can u measure the height or atleast tell ur
approach to solve
me: i would to wall and mark my height and then do some thing from there
interviewer: u r given two identical iron bars, how would u identify which one is magnet
interviewer: no thread
me: first i would take one bar near to other then it gets attracted and then i will turn and try again
interviewer: in both the ways the other bar gets attracted, any questions
interviewer: it is not like bond, u have to sign for a contract of one yr, any more
me: no sir
interviewer: thank u
Paper started on 15th at 9:00 am at Tagore International School in Delhi. The duration of the
paper was 2.30 hrs. For the first half an hour a form was given to us and they ask us to fill that. It
contained detailed information of our education with percentage and rank.
10 puzzles
==========
1>( 3 marks)
Sandy's uncle died leaving 1000 rs behind to be distributed among his five nephews. The money
is to be divided among the nephews according to their ages. A person gets Rs 20 more than his
immediate younger brother.Sandy being the youngest what was his share?
Ans. Rs 160.0
2> ( 4 marks)
Rohit was descending from the elavator which was not working. When he had stepped down
7 steps his sir started from the bottom of the elevator and they passed each other and when Rohit
had still 4 steps to go down, his sir reached at the top. Taking into consideration that sir's 2 steps
took same time as Rohit's one what were the total no of steps?
Ans
22 steps
let no of steps be x
speed=distance/time
Distance covered by Rohit = x-7-4 (7 steps already covered and 4 were still to go)
Distance covered by sir = x
Speed of Rohit =s
Speed of sir = 2s
Time taken is equal in both the cases so
Time(rohit)=time(sir)
(x-7-4) / s = x / 2s
2x - 22 = x
x=22
3> ( 3 marks)
A vendor who is an ex-mathematician has a number of apples and when he arranges them in
rows of 3 he is left with one more, when he arranges them in rows of 5 again he is left with 1
more, Same happens with when he tries to arrange them in rows of 7 and 9 that is 1 apple is left
extra.
But when he arranges them in a row of 11 he is left with none. Can u tell me how many apples
were there?
Ans :
946
4> ( 4 marks)
A theft was reported in a p[olice station and police detained 3 persons - Tommy, Lee and Andy on
the basis of doubt. However everyone said that he did not steal and one among the other two is
the thief. Later on police came to know that Tommy was lying. Who was the real thief?
Ans :
Tommy
It was very easy and infact that created a doubt n everyone cross checked it again n again to be
sure as nobody was expecting such a simple puzzle.
5> (6 marks)
The temperature is noted for 5 consecutive days and it is noted that no two days have the same
temperature. Moreover the product of all the 5 readings is 12. The difference is noted to the
nearest degrees. What were the readings of the temperature?
6> ( 8 marks)
There are five persons in an office in the post of buyer, clerk, footwalker, manager,cashier.
1. Among the 5 two have their lunch time from 11:30- 12:30 and the rest have it in 12:30 -1:30
2. Mrs Allen and Mrs Benett are sisters.
3. Cashier and clerk share their lunch among themselves.
4. Two Bachelors share their rooms.
5. Davis and Ewinger doesn't face each other from the day Davis reported Ewinger to the
Manager when he returned from lunch and found out that Ewinger has already left for lunch
before time.
Ans:
Davis:Buyer
Clark:Cashier
Allen: Manager
Benett:Clerk
Ewinger:Footwalker
Lunch 11:30 - 12:30
Two
Davis ( from the 5th point he takes lunch in the earlier session)
Davis cant be manager
lunch 12:30 - 1:30
three
Ewinger( form the 5th point he takes
lunch in 2nd session
Ewinger cant be manager
7> (4marks)
A dice has faces 1 against 6, 3 against 5 and 2 against 4 always. How many such combinations of
faces are possible in a dice?
Ans :
24
keeping 1 and 6 fixed, we can have two combinations of 6 and 3, and two of 2 and 4 that means
four. And interchanging 1 and 6 we can have two more combinations that means with one pair 8
combinations are there : 4*2=8. Similarly with other two also 8 combos. So in all 8*3=24 combos
are possible.
8> (4 marks)
A boy's age is 5 times as old as his sister. His father's age is twice to that of his mother who is five
times as old as the boy. The sum of all of them equals to that of his grandmother who is
celeberating his 81st birthday. How old is the boy?
Ans:
5 years old
let boys age b x
sister's = x/5
mother's=5x
fatther's=2(5x)
grandmother's=81
81=x/5+x+5x+10x
81*5 = x+5x+ 25x +50x
405 = 81x
x= 405/81
x=5
9> (6 marks)
It was something like 4persons take part in a race and got different ranks.what weretheir ranks:
John, black, Wee, Anthony
10> (8 marks)
A painter has 7 paintings and he follow certain rules while exhibiting the paintings
Never places x and y in the same exhibit
If y is there z is also there
U is there if and if only w is there
Following these constraints 4 questions were asked based on the possible combinations in the
exhibit
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After the puzzle round half an hours general english test was there . It was very easy having 45
questions
Next day in the morning I had my intrview . It was very general hr round .Two persons were there
asking general questions.
Questions of intrvw:
1> what is the difference u faced while working in a team during ur training? Don't u think more
options and suggestions mean confusion.
2> What if a person in ur team is always talking against u in all matters without listening to ur
part?(leave it to team leader)
4> My dad was frm army.So they asked wat u like abt army.(uniform, respect, discipline)
5> What all places have u been during the transfers and how did that affect u in ur life and y did
u think so.( adjustable and adaptable)
6> They gave me one sequence of numbers and without giving much time asked me the approach
I was following to solve that. I was nt able to solve it bt I explained d approach to them.
7> Asked my hobbies .My toughest time in whole life an happiest moment.
8> Questions u want to ask from us.
I attended Infosys written test on 8-5-2005 at Chennai and got short-listed. I thank Chetana
madam a lot for her service. If it was not for this group, I wudnt have cleared the written test.
Since I didn't have much time, I prepared only from the previous papers given by the group
members now and then and that has really helped. Also, I thank all the people who shared their
experience with the group. It gave me the much needed confidence. So thanks once again.
As for the others, friends, I am attaching the question paper with the answers. I think I got all the
10 puzzles right.
Ans : 31
Approach:
Let the total number of participants be X
So, [(x-1)/5 + 5(x-1)/6] = X
2) Today is Saturday. A person wants to meet a lawyer and as that lawyer is busy he asks him to
come three days after the before day of the day after tomorrow? On which day the lawyer asks
the person to come?
Ans: Wednesday
Approach:
Today=Saturday
Day after tomorrow=Monday
Day before day after tomorrow=Sunday
Three days after the day before the day after tomorrow=Wednesday
3) A person is 80 years old in 490 and only 70 years old in 500 in which year is he born?
Ans: 570 BC
Approach:
Since the age gets decreased with the years, the years should definitely be in BC and hence u
should increment the years as u decrease the age. Therefore if he is 70 years old in 500BC, he
would have born on 570 BC!!
4) A man enquires a person about the past 5 days temperatures at 12 noon in that region. The
other replies that he doesn't remember the actual figures but there was a different temperature on
each day and that their product gives 12. Assuming the temperature to the nearest degree what are
the temperatures on the five days?
Ans: -1,-2,1,2,3
Approach:
We know that the smallest two integers that can give a product of 12 is 3*4 which is spilt up as
2*2*3. But no temperature is the same...hence use -2 instead of 2. Now the product becomes -12.
Choose the other temperatures such that value of the product does not change but only the sign
changes. So naturally, the other two options are -1 and 1.
5) A cube is painted. It is cut into 27 cubes with three straight lines. Find the number of cubes
with
a. 3 sides painted
b. 2 sides painted
c. 1 side painted
d. no painted sides
Draw a cube (with front, top and side faces, dont draw the inner lines. that'll confuse) cut it into
27 cubes. thats done by drawing 3 horizontal and 3 vertical lines on the front face of the cube.
extend those lines along the other two faces. then COUNT accordingly.
6) A person travels at a speed of 10 mph from one city to another. However while returning as
there was not much traffic. He came with a speed of 15mph. what is his average speed?
Ans: 12 mph
Approach:
7) There is a peculiar island where people speak a strange language called 'Kubi'.The men always
speak truth and a women never say two 2 consecutive truth or false statements, that is, if she says
truth statement once then she says false statement next and vice versa. The boys and girls always
lie. One day I asked a child "Are you a boy or girl ?" and the child replied in Kubi. Since I didn't
know the language, I asked the child's parents what it means. One of the parents said "The child
says,"I am a boy"" and the other said that "The child is a girl. He lied".
a) Is the child a boy or a girl
b) Which parent answered first?
Approach:
Take the statement "The child is a girl. He lied". If 'He lied' is true, then the child is a girl is a
false. Likewise, is 'He lied' is false, then the child is a girl is true => The second statement was
given by the child's mother and hence the father answered first.
Take the statement "The child says,"I am a boy". Since the father always speak the truth, the
child should have said that he was a boy. But then the child lies, so he cannot be a boy => the
child was a girl. (Confused? Try reasoning it out yourself, u'll understand the logic)
8) There is a couple and they have many children. 7 of them dont eat spinach. 5 ot them dont eat
carrot. 6 of them dont eat beans. 4 of them dont eat either spinach or carrot. 2 of them eat neither
spinach or beans and 3 of them eat neither carrot or beans. and 1 dont eat spinach, carrot or beans.
How many children r there in total?
Ans: 9 children
Approach:
4 of them don't eat spinach or carrot => 4 of them eat beans alone.
2 of them don't eat spinach or beans => 2 of them eat carrots alone.
3 of then don't eat carrot or beans =>3 of them eat spinach alone.
Total children=4+2+3=9
(If some other reasoning approach was chosen, the remaining three statements could be used. But
this one is simple and I am sure that the answer is right. Try out the other approaches anyway)
9) There are three tribes in a village. The Sorobean always speaks the truth. The Narobean always
lies and the Midorean speaks truth and false alternatively. From the following statements, find out
who belongs to which tribe.
A: I am a Sorobean
B is a Narobean
B: I am a Sorobean
C is a Midorean
C: I am a Sorobean
A is a Midorean
Approach:
Simple ! Assume one as Sorobean and try to satisfy the conditions. All the above statement get
satisfied only for the above answer. I think the statements that I have given are right...am sorry if
its wrong but the answer to this puzzle in the Infy paper is the one that I have given above.
10) A flight is scheduled to depart at 12 midnight. A family arrived at the airport 10 hours late
and missed the flight. If they had arrived 4 hours earlier, they would have reached the airport 2
hours earlier to the departure of the flight. (Something like that...not sure of the values). What is
the present time ?
Ans: 4PM
Approach:
Let the present time be X
If they r 4 hours early, they arrive at airport at X+(10-4)=X-6.
The train leaves at 12 midnight => total duration from morning 12am 10 12 midnight =24 hours.
x-6 is 2 hours earlier to 12Pm =>24-(x-6)=2
X=16 hours=4PM
The paper was very easy compared to all the other papers. Have confidence and clear analytical
thinking...u can clear Infy written test.
yesterday I gave infosys exam in Bangalore. paper was very easy. I was not selected I got only
8/10 correct I think they short-listed candidates getting 10/10 because paper was easy. nearly
1000-1500 people wrote the exam and they selected around 150. I am sending all the questions I
remember so that this will be useful for others who r preparing for infy.
1. there is a cycle race going on and 1/5th of the total in front a person and 5/6th of the total
behind that person gives up the total number of participants. total how many participants r there?
(3 marks)
a:31
2. a person wants to meet a lawyer and as that lawyer is busy he asks him to come three days after
the before day of the day after tomorrow? on which day the lawyer asks the person to come?
a: thursday
3. a person is 80 years old in 490 and only 70 years old in 500 in which year is he born?
a: 470
4. a man enquires a person about the past 5 days temperatures in the 12 noon in that region. but
the other says that he dont remember the actual figures but there is different temperature on each
day and that their multiplication gives 12. assuming the temperature to the nearest degree what
are the temperatures on the five days? (5 marks)
a: 1,-1,2,-2,3 ( i think this one is correct but please check it out)
5. a cube is painted red and it is divided into 27 equal cubes then how many cubes r there which
3,2,1,0 sides painted red.
a:8,12,6,1
6.a person says that their speed while going to a city was 10mph however while returning as there
is no much traffic they came with a speed of 15mph what is their average speed?
a: 12mph
7. there is a peculiar island where a man always tells truth and a women never says two 2
consecutive truth or false statements that is if she says truth statement then she says false
statement next and vice versa. a boy and girl also goes in the same way. one day i asked a child
"what r u a boy or a girl" however the child replied in their language that i dint understand but the
parents knew my language and one parent replied that "kibi is a boy" the other one said that "no
kibi is a girl, kibi lied"(8 marks)
a: is kibi a boy or a girl
b: who ansered first mother or father?
ans: kibi is a girl and mother answered first.( i think its correct but check it out)
8. there is a couple and they have many children. 7 of them dont eat aloo 5 ot them dont eat carrot
6 of them dont eat beans. 4 of them dont eat neither aloo or carrot 2 of them eat neither aloo or
beans 3 of them dont eat neither carrot or beans. and 1 dont eat neither aloo, carrot or beans total
how many children r there?
a: 8
9. there r three tribes in a village sororean tribe always tell the truth nororean always lie and
mororean however truth and false statements alternately however his first statement is uncertain
three persons A B C replies in the following way
A: 1. i am soroean
2. B is not mororean
B: 1. i am mororean( not exactly in this order i dont remember correctly) but answer is A:
mororean B: nororean C: sororean
10. this one is the sixth question i dont remeber this one but a easy one regarding the flight
coming late had it been 6 hours late .. we would have been waiting for only ..(sorry i dont
remember)
a: 4pm
English paper was for 30 min and a very easy paper no need of any preparation for that.