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TEST DATE : 03 JUL 2005
LOCATION : Meenakshi College, CHENNAI
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TEST DATE : 04 July 2005
LOCATION : CHENNAI
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Hi friends...
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
1) shakuntaladevi puzzles to puzzle you,and
2) just 4 important questions from shak devi mor puzz to puzz you which ver mentioned in some mail in this group and
3) R.S agarwal important topics like train,distance an speed,chain rule,average,numbers,boat an streams,pipes an cisterns atc..and
4) analytic part of GRE Barrons(very important 4 solving 8 mark problems)and
5) lots of previous question papers..
I dint go thru george summers.its not necessary.
I'am giving u the questions of ma paper..
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..
3rd july 2005 at Meenakshi College,Chennai :: Infosys Q paper held on 3 July 2005, Delhi
Infosys Question paper held on 4th July 2005, Chennai.
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/ Ans : 12
[ 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? --------- Ans : Visitor Native (not sure)
[ Draw table and see ]
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
[Don't confuse it with Tuesday.the correct answer is Monday]
4. A jem merchant wants to exhibit his 7 precious jewels in an exhibition, Amethist, Diamond, Ruby, Opel ,G, Sapphire and Emarald.He shows either through the left window or through the right window.At a time he shows only 3 out of his 7 jewels he had. some conditions where given like
(i) A should be shown only through the left window.
(ii) D should be shown only through the right window
(iii) E and S ahould be shown together
(iv) R should not be shown though the same window as O or G
(v) Some more conditions...I 4got the remaining..
4 questions where asked on this and 4 options where given like..
[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..
[C] and [D] questions where also there.----------------------------------8 marks
It was an easy question. (Repeated from previous papers)
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 / Ans: 86
[Assume that he lived x 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
[ Ann steps = 8,16,24,28 --- finished by 3 & half full steps
Doug steps=7,14,21,24 --- finished before 3 & half full steps
Jack steps= 6,12,18,21 --- finished by 3 & half full steps
So Doug won the race ]
7. Every day a cyclist meets a car at the station.The road is straight and both are travelling 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
[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..
(i) Clove and Jones drive together to work
(ii) Clove earns more income than Morgan...I 4got the conditions..
Clove : Druggist
Jones : Grocer ---------------------------------------------------8 marks
Morgan : Butcher
Smith : Policeman
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)------------ Ans : 16
10. Complete the series :
a) 3,6,13,26,33,66,____(repeated from previous papers) ---------------------- Ans : a) 73
b) 364,361,19,16,4,1,___( " " " ) ---------------------- Ans : b) 1 or -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 will b helpful 4 u..
You have 4 options 4 al the questions..read al the options b4 choosing the answer.
1. 1 passage and 4 questions related 2 that..
[4 such type,read the questions b4 u read the passage.it'l help u 2 save time]
2. some questions based on tenses.
3. some questions based on spelling mistakes..very easy part..
4. some questions 2 choose the correct meaning of the phrase..
5. some fill ups were there with choices
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The very next day I attended the interview..
No technical questions. Only HR questions..
1) What is ur father?
2) Say something abt ur college?
3) And abt u?
4) Some differences between Coimbatore and kerala...(I'am a keralite and did BE in coimbatore)
5) Do u've any preferable place 2 work?
6) 2 puzzles...1) To find the missing no: from a 3/3 matrix?
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?
7) The most creative thing u've done?
8) Any questions..?
And said if shortlisted I'l b informed in 2 weeks...
Every1 Please pray 4 me ..Thank you..
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..
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TEST DATE : 04 Sep 2005
LOCATION : Mumbai
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Infosys Paper 4th September, 2005, Mumbai
Logical Reasoning and Arithmatics (50 Marks)
Q1) Problem on ages. Slightly confusing text. (3Marks)
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)
Q3) Complete the series:- --------------------------------------------(6Marks)
a) 1,9,2,8,3,7,4,6,5,5,6,4,7,3,8,2, , , (two blanks)----------------- (Ans: 9,1)
b) 2,4,8,32,512, (one blank) (Ans: 2 raise to n-1, so it will be 2 raise to 17, ie. 131072)
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.
Q6) If i multiplied by i is me. me multiplied by multiplied by me is she. What is the value of she? (4Marks)-------------Ans: i=4, so m=1 and e=6, Therefore s=2, h=5 and e=6, hence she is 256.
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.
Q8) Profit Loss sum for around 3 Marks.
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)
Q10) Assume you have a huge cube. All the 6 sides of the cube are painted red. Then 6 straight cuts are made across the cube to give 125 cubes of equal size.------------------------------- 8 Marks
a) find the number of cubes with 3 sides painted red.
b) find the number of cubes with 2 sides painted red.
c) find the number of cubes with 1 side painted red.
d) find the number of cubes with no side painted red.
e) If all the cubes are put into a bag, and one cube is removed at random, what is the probability that its surface pointing towards you is red in colour?
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.
Hopefully this will help all you people. All the best. Regards, ------------ William
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TEST DATE : 07 August 2005
LOCATION :
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Infosys off campus ( 7-August-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
4) What is the value of X,Y and Z?
X X X X Y Y Y Y Z Z Z Z
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Y X X X Z ----------------------------------------------------- Ans: X=9, Y=1, Z=8
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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.----------------------------------------- Ans:80 days (check it)
6) A person from washington came to india. One evening at 6.00 p m he started walking at the peed 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.
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10) a question on racing. asking who is the first in the race.
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TEST DATE : 07 AUG 2005
LOCATION :
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-Hi all. I’m Viju. I attended the Infosys test conducted on 7th Aug 2005.
-First of all start with R. S. Aggarwal’s Mathematics [ MBA ].Then go practice
-Shakuntala Dev’s puzzle books [Puzzles to puzzle you and More puzzles to puzzle you].
-Then practice George Summers’ Mind Teasers. The main point is try to do as many previous
question papers as possible. Ill suggest two sites. There re more than 100 question papers.
-Test was very easy. I got thru the test and also attended the interview. Now awaiting my results.
ALL THE VERY BEST TO U GUYS.
Questions
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?
3. 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 does it take for 20 cows to do the same?
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?
9. Find the digits X,Y,Z X X X X
Y Y Y Y +
Z Z Z Z
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Y X X X Z
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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
1. Let the no. of Lucia’s sons = n Lucia’s age= n-1 * n-1
No. of brothers for each son = n-1 = a perfect square between 50 and 70
No. of sons for each of Lucia’s son = n-1 = 64
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,
200*200 + x*x = (250-x)*(250-x)+150 * 150
x = 90ft
3. 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 96 days
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 -------------------------------------------- Ans: n = 120
4. Think logically.
Ans
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
7. Let the dist traveled on level ground = x and on the hill be y.
x/4 + y/3 + y/6 + x/4 = 6
(x+y)/2 = 6km
8. Let the no. of poles originally = n
After taking away one pole (n-1)*12/3 = 1000 n = 251
9. x+y+z = z ==> x+y = 10 max value for y = 1 hence x = 1
also, (carry)1+x+y+z = x ==> 1+y+z = 10
hence z=8
10.The possible positions in the race are,
Andrew Andrew
Jim Jim
Jack Lucia
Lucia Jack
Dennis Dennis -------- In either case Andrew is the winner.
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TEST DATE : 07 AUG 2005
LOCATION : BANGALORE
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INFOSYS TEST PAPER ----- 7TH AUG 2005
1) Find the value of X,Y and Z in the following X X X X
Y Y Y Y
Z Z Z Z
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Y X X X Z------------- Ans:X=9 , Y=1; Z=8
2) A man starts walking at 3 pm . ha walks at a speed of 4 km/hr on level ground and at a speed of 3 km/hr on uphill , 6 km/hr downhill and then 4 km/hr on level ground to reach home at 9 pm. What is the distance covered on one way?--------------------------------------------- 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 (check)
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 : 40 60 X ----------------------- Find the no.of days ie., X.
Cows : 40 30 20
7) Puzzle on color and cards.
8) Puzzle on languages and people.
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.
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TEST DATE : 07 August 2005
LOCATION : St. Michael Academy, adaiyar, Chennai
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First Section
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1) Lusie age is between 54-70.she has sons and each sons has sons as many brothers they have. The combined number of sons and grandsons give lusie's age ? how old is she ?
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 ?
4) here is a five digit number. the fifth one is half of fourth digit, there must be two primes ( 1 not considered as prime) the second digit is lowest digit the third digit is highest. 1'st digit greater than sum of last two digit
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 What is the value of X, Y,Z ?
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
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English section
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This section also has cutoff. one who know grammar and English language, can easily make.
1)passage and questions based on that
2) choosing wrong statement
3) choosing correct statement
4 )tense filling (like.. is sitting, was sitting, sit )
5) fill in the blanks with correct phrase.
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
3) actually I got 120 for the given data. I forgot the figures, but i give u the step how to calculate
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
10) easy analytical u can solve it.
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I cleared written and attend interview on the next day.
Date of Interview:08.08.2005
Venue: Infosys head office, sholinganallur, chennai.
Time :10.20 A.M
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1)tell something about ur native place
2)tell something about ur project
3)who is leader
4)what motivates u
5)how u organize a event
6)ur extra curricular activities
7)if u r made principal of ur college what changes u would do ?
puzzle section
8)easy number sequence..
9) a ^b +b ^a =786 ----- a ? b ?
10)any questions ?
tats all
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tips to clear written test:
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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 )
Regards -------------------------------------------------- Ganesh
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TEST DATE : 07 August 2005
LOCATION : Pune
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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
Y Y Y Y
+ Z Z Z Z Find the values of X, Y, and Z. ( 6 Marks )
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Y X X X Z
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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
1. 64 yrs ( 8 Sons and 56 grandsons )
2. 90 feet ( speed and time are same. so distance must b same. Pythagorus theorem)
3. 120 days 4. X - 9, Y - 1, Z - 8. 6. 12 Kms
5. 71842 (there can be other numbers also. Like 70821 etc.) But i wrote 71842 over there )
7. 24 Poles and distance between each pole is 40 m
8. Andre ( order will be Andrew Jim Louise Jack Denish ) But I am not sure but it must b Andre or Louise.
9. A -> German and Italian B -> French and English
C -> French and Italian D -> English and Italian
10. A -> Yellow (False) B -> Yellow (True)
C -> Blue (True) D -> Green (False)
About The Interview.....
Interview was on the following day in Infosys's, Pune office. It was totally HR Interview. They check on ur's confidence, Thinking, and team-management skills. they asked me following questions starting from the first.
- How much do you expect in ur Analytical paper?
- How much do you expecting your English paper?
- Do you know how to drive a car?
- Do you know how many wheels are there in a car?
- do you know the number of nuts in a car?
- Suppose you are going all alone in your car on a highway and suddenly one type of your car got punctured and also you misplaces all the four nuts of that wheel. what will you do?
- Have you done work in any team ?
- Do you read any book?
- Which one was the latest you have been through?(I said Alchemist)
- Tell ur something about the story of Alchemist.
- Tell us about ur strengths?
- tell us what have you learnt after going through Alchemist.
- She said i think u do believe in Intuitions ( i said i do)
- she asked tell us any incident about ur intuition.
- then she asked suppose you are going in your car with ur driver for a very important presentation and suddenly a tree fells on ur car. Driver got injured. what will you do in that situation? Will you take care of driver or will go for ur presentation as it is also very important.
- then she gave me a puzzle. there r 9 dots in 3x3 matrix. and you have connect them with the four lines without picking up the pen. ( from Shakuntla Devi's puzzle books )
Dsats it Friends..........The key is stay cool and b confident...
All D Best...
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TEST DATE : 08 August 2005
LOCATION :
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The test took place on 8/8/05 consisted of two parts
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
some of questions are: time given for puzzles is 1hr 10 questions
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
6.another similar to above problem and surnames are given solve it by table method in barron's
7.the average speed problem from shakuntaladevi use formula (2xy/(x+y))
8.a person gives 1/2 money to charity, & rest 1/2 to other that same Q 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 with regards Shashi
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TEST DATE : 08 May 2005
LOCATION : Bangalore
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hello friends,
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?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------a:31 (3 marks)
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? ----------------------------------------- a: 1,-1,2,-2,3 ( i think this one is correct but please check it out) (5 marks)
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
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English paper was for 30 min and a very easy paper no need of any preparation for that.
this is all I can remember hope this one helps u.
all the best regards Monica.
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TEST DATE : 08 MAY 2005
LOCATION : CHENNAI
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Hi friends,
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.
My HR interview was scheduled on 9-5-2005. But since I had my university semester examination on 9th, I couldn't attend it. I conveyed my problem to one of the Infosys staffs at the test centre and was given assurance that my interview would be re-scheduled to sometime around May 22nd.
As for the others, friends, I am attaching the question paper with the answers. I think I got all the 10 puzzles right.
-----------------------------------------------------------Regards...Archana
QUESTIONS PAPER - MAY 8, 2005
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1) There was a cycle race going on. 1/5th of the those in front of a person and 5/6th of those behind him gives the total number of participants. How many people took part in the race? (3 marks)
---------------------------------------------------------------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 yrs old in 490 & 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
Ans: a. 8 (4 corner cubes + 4 corner cubes) b. 12 (center cubes at each EDGE)
c. 6 (center cubes at each FACE) d. 1 (cube at the center of the original cube)
Approach
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:
Let the distance be X Distance/ Time=Speed
Time taken for forward journey=X/10 Time taken for return journey=X/15
Total time for to and fro journey T =[(X/10)+(X/15)]
Total distance covered D=2X Hence, average speed= D/T = 12mph
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?-------- Ans: The child is a girl and father 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: I am a Sorobean C: I am a Sorobean Ans: A -Midorean,
B is a Narobean C is a Midorean A is a Midorean B-Narobean, C-Sorobean
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.
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TEST DATE : 09 August 2005
LOCATION : Kochin
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1. There were 2 systems A n B.14 degrees in A is equivalent to 36 in system B and 133 in A is equivalent to 87 in B. now what is the temperature where they both r equal?----------(4 marks)
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
10...
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TEST DATE : 09 OCT 2005
LOCATION : UNKNOWN
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INFOSYS OCT 9th :
Best thing to do is to practice the previous papers…solve all the previous papers and sakuntala devi books , u will get through easily.
English was very very easy.Dont worry about it.Time is more than enough for that.
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.
(I did not remember the questions 6,7,8 exactly)
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 5 to 6 questions are asked related to them)
9.) The wife of X gave birth to 15 children with a gap of one and a 1/2 year between each child.The older one claimed that she is 18 yrs of that 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?
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TEST DATE : 09 OCT 2005
LOCATION : CHRIST COLLEGE, BANGALORE
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Infosys Question –October (9/10/2005)Bangalore-Christ College
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. Those who attended the interview please inform me as soon as u get the result in this batch
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. ------------------------------------------------------------ ans; 63+85-90=68 (3 mark)
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.
3. This problem is like ..... IF A= 4,A+B+C+D = D+E+G+H=G+H+I=17..
whats the value of D and G. --------------------------------- ans; d=5 g=1 (6 mark)
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.... --------- 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 (3 mark)
5. In this problem , they gave 6 equations .. like M+E=1000 E+C=4000.. ..... .... .....
.... upto 6 equations.. 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. (8 mark)
6. there are 2 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 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. (I was not able to solve this problem if any one can plz send me the soln) ( 6marks).
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..--------------------------------------------------------------- Ans :Jan robinson
8. This problem was to arrange 7 gems in right & left window 3 in each very easy ..this question carries 8 marks... Its easy.... U can do it..
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) Ans: X=8Y, X=Y+21 Solving X=24
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(doubt)I put as 31
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TEST DATE : 09 OCT 2005
LOCATION : CHRIST COLLEGE, BANGALORE
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infosys question oct-09/2005 at bangalore morning batch
HI I am prakash satapathy (from Nist Orissa)
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
4) A+B+C+D=D+E+F+G=G+H+I=17, then the value of D and G?
----------------------------------------Ans(A=4,B=2,C=6,D=5,E=3,F=8,G=1,H=7,I=9)
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
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TEST DATE : 09 OCT 2005
LOCATION : CHRIST COLLEGE, BANGALORE
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Hi all,
I have attended infy exam at Christ college Bangalore.
v completed the exam at around 11:00 am
results were declared on the same day at 5:00pm
I wasn't selected
I think the paper was bit tough..
none from Shakuntala Devi...
English was easy.. a person with basic knowledge can answer it..
My advice to future infy aspirants is go thru shakuntala devi books
and george summers.... But don't depend on those books
completely...try solving previous papers.... But don't expect
quesionts to repeat.. Go to the exam hall like questions are going to
be new.. .... If questions from previous papers comes then it is
ok ..if it doesn't get upset but give ur 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 selecting
b;coz some people who solved 5,6,7 q's got selected.my two friends one
has done 5 and other 7 q's .they got selected.so it's also depend on
your luck.b'coz in this center outof 1000 (150) got selected for
interview.if 100 student solved 7 or any same no of q's they taking
randomely 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 xam...
Success will be yours...
Hope everyone who reads this mail gets into infosys...
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
3.related to dice problem the problem goes like this.. there is a dice .. if 1 nd 6, 2 and 5, and 3 and 4 come on opposite sides of a six faced dice.. wats the number of ways of getting the answer which satisfies the above condition....---------------------------------------------------------- Ans: 1
4.In this problem , they gave 6 equations ..
like M+E=1000 E+C=4000.. ..... .... ..... .... upto 6 equations.. and ask us to find out the value of each variable.. [U need to go for trial and error method..]
5.Fifth problem is like .....this IF A= 4,A+B+C+D = D+E+G+H=G+H+I=17..
wats the value of D and G.. Ans : Go for trial and error method.. d=5,g=1
6.Its on space officers pproblem.. dont remember exactly..
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..
9. related ages problem..... (4M) one woman has 15 childrens . in all the diff is 1.5 year.if oldest is
8 times of youngest.tell oldest boy's age.
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?--- Ans: 32 days 5 marks
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TEST DATE : 09 OCT 2005
LOCATION : CHRIST COLLEGE, BANGALORE
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Appeared : 3000+
Shorlisted : Waiting 4 my Results(5 pm) Now its Time 3.00pm i have completed my test By 1.30pm
Questions
1. 75 persons Major in physics, 83 major in chemistry, 10 not at major in these subjects u want to find number of students majoring in both subjects ------------------------- Ans 68.
2. if A wins in a race against B by 10 mts in a 100 Meter race. If B is behind of A by 10 mts. Then they start running race, who will won? -------------------------------------- Ans A
3. A+B+C+D=D+E+F+G=G+H+I=17 given A=4 Find G and H? -------- Ans : G = 5 E=1
4. Question goes like this
Plumber+ painter = 1100 painter + electrician = 1300'
wireman + woodcutter = 5300......... Find each Share ------ 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
7. 8 mark I cant able 2 remember 4 persons jan robinson, smith, peter, 4 nickname, Find who is pilot some conditions ------------------------------------------ Ans: jan robinson
8. Question about diamond, orpal,rupy, aremanld....... 4 questions, options given
----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ans a,a,b,e 8 Mark
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.
10. Chocolate Problem In a game i won 12 games, each game if i loose i will give u one chocolate, You have 8 chocolates how many games played------------------------------- Ans : 32
For English Sections go thru verbal in GRE
My advice is please Prepare Old Question papers From 2004 to 2005
No Need of Shakuntha Devi or any other Books.
Needed : 400,468 puzzles + Question Papers from year 2004 to 2005.. .. ( 2003)
If u are not able to solve any Puzzle Just Mug up the answers,
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TEST DATE : 09 OCT 2005
LOCATION : CHENNAI
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hai friends,
I attended infy exam yesterday(oct-9) at Chennai.
this morning i attended de interview
for written test there were abt 950 students. 53 were selected for the interview.
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)
3.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. (6 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 no. 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)
8.if the charges are as follows
plumber +painter=900 painter +electrician=
electrician+carpenter=
like this 6 values and the persons are paint hanger,painter,plumber,carpenter,electrician,mason.
find their individual charges (very easy to solve) (6 marks)
9.one confusing logical reasoning for 6 marks
10. a dice is there. it should contain 1,6 and 2,5 and 3,4 pairs as opposite to each other(i,e, if 1 is at the top 6 should be at the bottom) how many possible ways are there?
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TEST DATE : 09 OCT 2005
LOCATION : HYDERABAD
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Hi friends,
This is Adarataiah.A.I wrote he infy exam on 9th in hyd,I cleared the test,and attended the interview.iam waiting for my result.
Paper Pattern:
Here 2 sections they will give
1.Analytical and reasoning (prepare Shakuntala Devi (puzzl to puzz,More puzz),Geore Summors,GRE Barrons old edn(8-11)& most impartent is go through prevoius papers)-10 Q in 1hr.
2.English (Its dead easy,no worry abt this,45 Qns in 30 mins)
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)
2. A+B+C+D=D+F+G+H=H+I+J=17 AND if A=4 then D=?H=?Ans:D=5,H=1
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
4.I dont remember this one plz check it with others
Plumber+Paperhanger=1100 Plumber+Painter=1300 Painter+electrision=...like this 8 statements given you have to find each persons value?its dead easy
5.One milk boy have 2 cans.in one can some water and in 2 can some milk is there(ie in A,B cans).He take some quantity from A mixed with B then B Qty doubled,Then He took some qty from B then mixedwith A then A qty doubled.Again He take some quantity from A mixed with B then B Qty doubled,again He took some qty from B then mixedwith A then A qty doubled.Finally how much milk is there intially and also water qty?after final mixing hw much qty each milk and water in each can?Ans:Intially in A 2 ltrs Milk,in B 1 ltr water.then caluculate the second ans
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.
They given 4 qns about arrangemant its dead easy.
Thats what i remember
Thats it from HYDERABAD center
if u have any doubts rearding this test fell free to contact me
Adharathaiah.Aadharathaiah@gmail.com
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TEST DATE : 09 OCT 2005
LOCATION : Sydneham College, MUMBAI
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Dear friends 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.
Some tips 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
NOW THE PAPER:
10 Puzzles 1 hr
1. There are 100 students among them 10 dont study both physics & chemistry,63 studying physics,85 studying chemistry. How many of them are studying both chemistry and physics ----------------------------------- ans; 63+85-90=68 (3 mark) (similar Qn. Asked prev)
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) -------------------------------------------------------- ans; D=5 G=1
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. -------------------------------------------------- Ans: I wrote 24 ways. (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?---------------- Ans :Jan robinson
[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) ----- Ans: 24 yrs
youngest is 3 yrs. X=8Y, X=Y+21 Solving X=24
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
Sita 12 games won ----12 days Sita 12 days lost------- 12 days Sita 8 games lost----8 days tot: 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 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 9:30 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 asked first to introduce mainly education & 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.
Askd any Qns I have……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.
All the Best and Thanks for all for the help. …………Smitha.T.
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TEST DATE : 10 SEP 2005
LOCATION : DELHI
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Hi everyone !!
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.
Here are a few Questions I remember :
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 mark--- 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.
Here is how it went:
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.
1st question was : Tell me about urself.- the man asked = I said what I had prepared for 2 pages. it was good and the person seemed impressed.
(bouncers followed)
Who is the table tennis national champion? - he asked --------I said i donno, i am sorry.
Has there been any change in the rules of the game recently?- he asked
( i thot i had come to a wrong place!! perhaps I should not have written Table tennis as one of my interests) I'm not sure . - i said (he wanted an answer. )
" Related to the points"? - he asked yes - i said. previously there were 15 pts , now its 20 pts.
"Sure?" yes- i said
" Related to the size of the ball " ?- he asked = i gave a smile. i donno - i said. The lady had meanwhile seen my application.
So u like music?- she asked yes. very much. In fact music is my passion and i have won inter college competition in 2004 in vocals.- i said
have you taken any professional training ? i have a junior diploma in classical music.- i said
From which university? Prayag university in Allahabad- i said
NOW THE MAN COMES INTO THE ACT
How many institutes do u know of in india which give such training ?
i know none other than prayag - i said
So u like chess too? yes
Who is the champion of chess in India? i waited ...then said Mr. Vishwanathan Anand
Tell me how many squares are there in a chess board? i said 64 . then said no. there are many more.
(they gave me a paper and pen to solve) I had solved it a yr ago. but it just did'nt strike me at that time. i said 8! but couldn't prove it.
(when i came out, it struck me that the answer was 8^2+ 7^2+......1^2)
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.
So do you read newspapers?- he asked = Everyday- i said
Which place was most affected by the recent Hurricane ? The Mississippi region.
(he shakes his head) which was the city which was asked to evacuate?
i said ..yes...but i could not recollect.
He said - the name Started with "New". i thot ..then said New Orleans.
So what kind of music is famous over there? i gave a smile... and said i dont know.
I thot u were interested in music ? -he said = Yes. but i really donno the answer of that, i'm sorry
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.
U can use it as a whistle- i said
Tell me 2-3 more i thot ,thot and thot. more than a min. then said- u can put it in ur pocket and roam around when u dont have a pen. 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.
if you get through Infosys, which one will you prefer and why?
Trust me, i said. i have been looking forward to join infosys for the last 1 and a 1/2 yrs now. to me infosys is the no.1 company in india, everybody says that and it is the most respected company among all. The striking feature of infosys is that it is driven by values,which is more important to me than money or anything else.
what values do u look in a company? Excellent working culture, wonderful growth oppertunities.-i said
You u read magazines also? Yes. i said. Digit Magazine
what do you know about the recent changes in theindustry? these days, Mainframes , dot net and J2EE are in a lot of demand. thats all i know
what is Lenovo? -he asked Its a partner of IBM which has taken over the hardware business of IBM. (i had read it somewhere)
what else are you trying to learn? i said i am trying to develop a habit of reading. o really? she said.
what books have you read? i recently bought Ignited Minds by Mr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
have u read it? the 1st chapter
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.
So ur really into it? - she said very much- i said
do u have any questions? yes. i said. infosys is driven by values: C-LIFE . is it an acronym or just C-LIFE?
it is not an acronym. it is just C-LIFE -both of them said.
Ok Amit. Wish you all the best. - he said Thank you and i came out of the room.
Thats my experience in short. The duration was more than 40 mins. they will declare the results in about 3-4 weeks.
do write back if you have any comments, suggestions or views. i'll be glad to respond to any of your queries. Do share your experiences too. Also tell me will you like to vote for me or against me or be neutral to the question: Will i get into infy or not?
Feel free as i have been
Regards, ------------------------------- Amit.
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TEST DATE : 11 JULY 2005
LOCATION : Panjabi University, Patiala
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Hello Friends,
So, finally I did that. I have cleared the selection process of Infosys Held on July 11, 2005 .I really thank Chetana Group, which has really helped me out to achieve my goal, nearly all the question papers which I have practiced were taken from here. Actually, the pattern that I followed for preparation was:
BOOKS FOLLOWED:
1. Puzzle to puzzle u ---- Shakuntla Devi. 2. More puzzle-to-puzzle u ----- Shakuntla Devi
3. Quantitative Aptitude ----R.S Aggarwal. 4. very imp------qns papers of previous years.
There is no need to do George summers .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.--------------------- 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 (3 marks)
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.
Ans day after tomorrow-Sunday The day before day after tomorrow-Saturday
2 days after Saturday=Monday Monday
Q 4 Tell a 5 digit number which satisfies:
· It has 2 prime numbers. · The 3rd digit is largest. · The 2nd digit is smallest.
· The 1st digit is greater than the sum of 4th and 5th digits.
· The 5th digit is between 2nd and 1st digit and is half of 4th digit. Find the number. (6 marks)
Ans IT IS THE SIMPLEST QUESTION SO TRY SOLVING IT
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:
· 2 of these were roommates in college (Don’t remember the names).
· The buyer is a bachelor.
· Mrs colonoy was angry when her husband told her that the manager refused for give him promotion.
· Davis was the best man when the clerk and cashier got married.
· Aimes and paul had the business relations only. (8 marks)
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:
Find lcm of no.s given like 2,6,5,7… As it is completely divisible by them ,so that is the answer.
Q 7 Complete the series:
· 1,2,3,5,16,_ · 1,2,3 (I don’t remember). (6 marks)
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 9 sorry, I don’t remember
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.
• He asked me to sign my resume and hand it over to him. I did that.
• In infosys application form they ask u about the recent surgery u had, so I had mentioned the one I had in 1994 for appendicitis.
So he asked how am I now?
A: fine sir.
what all was ur surgery about?
A:I explained the reason and why problem occurred.
• 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……
• Next question to me was why did I joined B.Tech?---------I said that it was my dream to become an engineer in computer ‘s field so I did that. and gave some more explanation……………………
• 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.
OVERALL IT WAS A NICE EXPERIENCE…………………………………………………..
INTERVIEWS NEED CONFIDENCE AND A KNOWLEDGE ABOUT YOURSELF AND UR PRESENCE OF MIND……………………………..BEST OF LUCK ALL OF U
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TEST DATE : 11 SEP 2005
LOCATION : UNKNOWN
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1. 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.
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?
5. a. Rimmie wears a hat only if goerge wears a tie.
b. George wears a scarf only if Johnie wears a tie.
c. Vickie wears a googles only if Rimmie wears a hat. d,e,f,g,h some what like this there are 8 statements, from that we have to determine who wears what.
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.
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TEST DATE : 11 September 2005
LOCATION :
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Infosys Test 9/11/05 (FOR EXPERIENCED)
1. There are 100 balls .20red,20 blue,20,20,20 What is the min no of balls u shld pick so that u can make a pair
1.1/5 of those in front = 5/6 of those behind how many in the race?
3. There is train from New York to Washington every hour from Washington to New York every ½ an hour total journey takes 5 hours how many trains u will see if go from New York to Washington
4. don’t remember………………………
5. 2 temperature systems A & B 14 in A = 36 in B 133 in A =87 in B at what temp both will be equal ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ans 52.5
6. There are 5 positions in an office Manager, Cashier, Clerk, Floorwalker, Buyer
& 5 people Miss A ,Miss B, Mr C, Mr D, Mr E 5 Conditions are given.
a. Cashier & manger were roommates in college
b. Buyer is a bachelor
c. E has only business relations with Miss A
d. Mrs C was very upset when her husband told her manager refused to give a raise
a.Davis will be the best man when cashier weds clerk.-----------Find the position of all
7. from a to b it is 8 km up hill and 24 km downhill. Mr X goes from a to b in 2 hr 50 min and b to a in 4 hrs 30 min
Find the uphill and downhill velocity
8. a red cube cut into 27 pieces how many --------------ans: 7-no side painted 8-1 side painted
9-two side painted 10-3 side painted
9 there are stamps of 2 p,7p,10p,15p,20p Stamps are to be bought in two sets 3 kind of stamps 5 each,2 kind 6 each Total money to be spent is Rs 3 find the two sets
10. M is sister of P, O`s husband is L`s brother, N is father of K & grandfather of P There are 2 fathers, 1 mother & 3 brothers Find who is husband of O,No of male members, The group of brothers
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TEST DATE : 11 SEP 2005
LOCATION : Meenakshi College, CHENNAI
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I attended Infosys written test on 11th Sep 2005 at Meenakshi College at Chennai.
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 1/7 and 5 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.
6. can’t remember……………………………………………………….
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)
8. can’t remember…………………………………………………………
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.
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 your role in your project?
-What is Patrol leader in school? (B’coz I specified in the achievements about that)
-Give a situation were u can work as a team and alone?
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.
And finally they asked-- any questions from your side??
Then they said the results will be after 4 to 6 weeks.
Regards………………………………………………………………………….JASA
(On written test the selection is based on 10th 12th, graduation aggregate and also puzzles and English. Puzzles clearing cut off is based on your 10th ,12th and BE Aggregate, so if u have more marks in all these then your cutoff will be less. This info is Up to my knowledge but not sure)
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TEST DATE : 11 Sept 2005
LOCATION : CHENNAI
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HI friends
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-- Good Evening mam. L1 and L2-- Good Evening.
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.
L2-- Didn’t you see ur venue yesterday?
ME-- Mam there was heavy rush at Meenakshi College yesterday, so once I saw my name and my interview time I left.
L1-- didn’t u consult with any others?
ME-- no mam.
ME—just now I came here so may I have some water mam?
L1—sure have some and make comfort.
ME—Thank you mam
L1—So, Ela..va…rasan Ariv….ala…gan, is this the way others call u?
ME –Yes mam, but few of my friends call me as “Prince”.
L1 – Prince! Why?
ME – because... (L2 interrupted and said to L1 that the word “Elavarasan” in Tamil means Prince)
L2 – Ok Elavarasan, tell us about you.
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.
L2 – What do u think as ur greatest strength Elavarasan?
ME – I think, my greatest strength is my commitment to work. If I am committed to do something I make sure that it has completed. (After a pause) I don’t care
about the amount of work I have to put forward or the amount of time it takes to complete the task.
L2 – So, ur greatest weakness?
ME – mam I think it is time management. I concentrate much on fine details and always leave time.
L2 – Have u faced any problem because of that?
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?
ME – I’ll go to California.
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.
L2 – Then you are ready to go into a burning house?
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.
L1 – Will ur parents accept this and send u to California?
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.
L2 – If he is very adamant that u must do that project?
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...
L1 – Won’t u try any other method?
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 – mam coffee will be more.
L1 – (with a smile) Justify it.
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.
L1 – try this puzzle.
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 and L2 – what? (At the same time)
L1 – may be u have to read it again Elavarasan.
ME – (After a while) I think it should be 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 qns?
ME – Hmmm no mam.
L1 – Ok , you may leave now.
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.
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TEST DATE : 11 SEP 2005
LOCATION : DELHI
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1.There are 100 balls in a box. 20 are blue, 20 are red, 20 are black, and 20 are white and 20 orange. Find the least no of ways to get the pair of balls.
2.There are 2p, 5p, 7p, 10p and 15p stamps are available. My mom told me to buy three stamps of 5 each and two stamps of 6 each. But I forget that. But my mom had given me the exact amount to buy the stamps Rs. 3.00. Please help me to buy the stamps.
3. In a circular bicycle race. There are 1/5th of total racers are ahead of me and 5/6th are behind me. Find the total no. of bicycle racers in the race.
4.There are tow trains. One from New York to Washington and second from Washington to New York. The total journey to a destination takes 5 hours. A train from New York to Washington leaves on hour at every hour. The train from Washington to New York leaves an hour and on half an hour. How many trains will be passing if you are traveling from New York to Washington?
5. In a school there are fewer than 500 students. The 1/3 are the whole numbers. The 1/4th and the 1/7th are the whole numbers. Find the total number of students in the school.
6. A person on his bicycle walks 8km uphill and 24km Downhill he took 2hr30minutes to complete this. He started again without any stop now he took now 4hr50minutes. Find the average speed of the cyclist at UPHILL and DOWNHILL.
7. There is question on relations. Who is the brother, wife. (8 marks)
8. There is one more question on relations. (8 marks)
9. There are two mew systems developed for temperature A and B. if A =14 the B=36, when A = 133 then B = 87. Find when both the temperature becomes equal.
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TEST DATE : 15 MAY 2005
LOCATION : Tagore International School, DELHI
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started 1 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 d detailed information of our education with percentage and rank.I think that is also considered during the evaluation of written paper.
After half an hour, there was written paper for 1 hour having ten puzzles to solve
10 puzzles
1> 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 ( 3 marks)
It was quite an easy one.
let sandy's share be x x+x+20+x+40+x+60+x+80=1000
5x+200=1000
x=800/5
x=160
2> 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 ( 4 marks)
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> 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 ( 3 marks)
the no is a multiple of 3,5,7,9 + a remainder of 1. So 3* 5* 7* 9= 945 + 1 =946
946 /11= 86 so it is divisible by 11 also.
4> 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 ( 4 marks)
He gave 2 false statements:
1: he didn't steal though he was the thief. 2: one among the other two did it. If he is the thief how can other 2 do it.
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> 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? -------------------- Ans: -2, -1, 1, 2, 3 (6 marks)
Factors of 12: 4*3,6*2
2*2*3 bt 2 cant b repeated so -2 and to nullify -ve sign -1 is there so -2 *-1 * 1 * 2 *3 = 12
6> There are five persons in an office in the post of buyer, clerk, footwalker, manager,cashier.
Allen, Benett, Clark, Ewinger, Davis holds the post. ( 8 marks)
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: I m not sure about the answers bt question was like this
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> 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 (4marks)
[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> 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 (4 marks)
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> It was something like 4persons take part in a race and got different ranks.what weretheir ranks: John, black, Wee, Anthony Conditions were given like
1. If John stood first then wee cant be on 4th position and Anthony at 2nd postion.
2. Similarly 4 5 conditions were given ------------(6 marks)
10> An easy question with 4 subparts 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 -----(8 marks)
Following these constraints 4 qns were asked based on the possible combinations in the exhibit
After the puzzle round half an hours general english test was there . It was very easy having 45 qns
Result was anounced the same day. 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)
3> Why 5th gear is provided in new cars?(for speed)
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.
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TEST DATE : 16 OCT 2005
LOCATION :
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1.In a lunch hour staff in the company had a race. Dennis beat Jim. Samantha was beat by Lousie and Jim in that order. Jack beat Jim. Jack was not first. Who won the race.----------- Ans : Dennis
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, 6th digit is the number of sixes, 7th digit is the number of sevens, 8th 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.
(i) A,B,C,X got points as 104,102,100,94 respectively.
(ii) Y and X got 96 and 98 but dont know who got what because their names were not put in the scoreboard.
(iii) X's wife bet Y's wife. ------------------------------- Find who is married to who.
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
(a) no face painted (b) only one face painted (c) only two faces painted
(d) three faces painted 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.
10. One eight mark question.
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TEST DATE : 16 OCT 2005
LOCATION : Hyderabad
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Hi I am Asif. 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. on this there were 5 questions
a)3 red coloured faced cubes b)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.
2.a question on bees: 1/3 went to one flower ,1/5 went to another .... Q) no. of bees
3.a boy visits 5 shops and spends all his amount when he reaches 5 th shop
in first shopp he gives 1 more than half of the money in second same... what is the amt.
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4. golf 3men and 3women(3 couples) went to play golf
men women
---=x ---=x1
---=y ---=z1
---=y ---=z1 here x,x1,y,y1,z,z1 are diff numbers
some more inferences
tell who is the wife of whom
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5. an old lady went to shopping she purchased goods of Rs.3.24
x shoelaces 4times to shoelaces shoes 8times kerchiefs she paid paise proportional to the quantity how many kerchiefs?
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6.a (confusing 8 mark) problem to find what is what hill stations harbour
population something like that
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7.in a ten digit no. places in 1st place as many no of ones in the no in 2nd place as many no of twos in the no and so on tell the no….
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TEST DATE : 17 April 2005
LOCATION : CHENNAI
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I did take the aptitude test on 17th of April 2005 at Chennai infy and it is for experienced(1+years) professionals and not for freshers. Actually my cv is forwarded by one of my friend who is working in infy Chennai. After clearing the test, very next day i took technical and HR interview.
About Aptitude Test :
Basically most of the questions from the old infy papers only. Please try to understand the solution schemes from Sakundaladevi puzzles, George summers puzzles and RS agarwal. If you know the concept to approach the questions, it will give you lot of chances to get into infy. Please write the solution scheme neatly in your working papers. It gives you the additional value when u take up interview.
My suggestions is to understand the most of questions from old infy papers. You may be asked same type of questions with some variable values. please clearly see the numerical values before start answering.
please follow the above step and surely it will fetch you from infy.
About Interview:
First i took technical interview, it was nice experience for me. I was in the development from June 2001 to Apr 2004 after that i been changed to Networking implementation. Interview panel had two member is it and they asked me brief about my self and family background. After that asked me to brief the the project which i have taken during my development period.
It was went on well. They did not asked anything much more technical and they testing your ability and attitude. Please be firm and honest.
After clearing technical interview, i have been pushed to HR interview. HR persons asked me the same questions which have been asked by technical persons. Then, she asked about my notice period ,i argued with her for notice period for one month. I was in the need of one month of notice period. Finally she said that she will consider. Nothing difficult. I have been told by them to wait for 3- 4 weeks for result.
After one weeks time, my friend told me that my profile is shorlisted for offer. bcos she only forwarded my profile, so she can view my profile status any time. After getting status from my friend, it took them 4 weeks to communicate me.
Please be honest and confident, nothing will go wrong.
I will try to send you the aptitude questions in the next email.
All the best for everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!-------------------------------------Deva
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TEST DATE : 17 JUL 2005
LOCATION : HYDERABAD
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1. There is a truck, which contains 12 gallons of Fuel that comes for 300miles/hr. The driver has not seen the hole in it, and has taken that truck and drove for 4hrs after which the fuel was lasted. How much fuel was lost during the journey?
2. On a field, 40 cows were put for fed, which can last grass in 40 days. If 30 cows were put, they can empty the field in 60 days. How many days 20 cows will take to last that grass?
3. There are some bees flying on some flowers. One-fifth of the bees flew to the first flower. One-third of the bees flew to second flower. 3 times the difference of the above two flew to the third flower. One bee is flying around two flowers. Totally, how many flowers are there?
4. A case includes six people Mark, Fillip, Graham, Walt, Hunt and Clark who play the roles of Murderer, victim, witness, Judge, Policeman, Hang man, but not in the same order.
i. Policeman took Graham to the place of incident.
ii. Mark knows both the victim and murderer.
iii.Hunt and Walt never met.
iv.Walt is one of the persons who have seen Fillip alive. (Some more such conditions have given.)
Who played the roles below in the melodrama?
Role
Murderer
Policeman
Judge
Witness
Person
5. 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?
6. (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 2. E knows
i. English, Spanish, Portuguese i. French, Portuguese
ii. French, English, Spanish ii. English, Spanish, Portuguese
iii. French, Italian, Spanish. iii. Italian, Spanish, French
3. B knows 4. C Knows…(and some options)
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)
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TEST DATE : 18 SEP 2005
LOCATION : CHENNAI
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1) A man was on his way to a marriage in a car with a constant speed. After 2 hours one of the tier is punctured and it took 10 minutes to replace it. After that they traveled with a speed of 30 miles/hr and reached the marriage 30 minutes late to the scheduled time. The driver told that they would be late by 15 minutes only if the 10 minutes was not waste.
Find the distance between the two towns?------------------------------- Ans: 120 miles (6Marks)
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. Who speaks what ? ------------------------------------------------------ Ans: A-3. B-5. C-4. D-1. E-2. (6 marks).
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. Statement given by each of them was :
Annie : Blue or Green Bobby : Neither Blue nor Green
Cindy : Blue or Yellow Danny : Blue or Yellow
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: Mrinal (4 Marks)
6)if a person is sitting in a exam having 30 questions (objective type) the examiner use the formula to calculate the score is S=30+4c-w here c is number of correct answer and w is number of wrong answer , the examiner find the score is more than 80, tell how may questions are correct ? if the score is little less but still more than 80 then u wont be able to answer.--- 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?? ---Ans:- Samantha ( 3 Marks)
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)
10) Sorry Friends…………………..(6 Marks)
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TEST DATE : 11 SEP 2005
LOCATION : CHENNAI
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Infosys Questions for the test held on SEP-11 in Chennai
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 4 years ago, when he was 1/2 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 ?------------------------- Ans: 45kmph 16,61,106
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?-------------------------------------- Ans: 7 trains (check it)
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)---------- Ans: 10 AM( check it)
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 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.
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TEST DATE : 19 JUN 2005
LOCATION : DELHI
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There were two papers : - Aptitude and English
Aptitude Paper contained 10 questions in 60 mins:
1.While driving through the countryside one day I saw a farmer tending his pigs and ducks in his yard. I was curious to know how many of each he had. I stopped the car and inquired. 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)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Sol : 13 Pigs and 17 Ducks.
2.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)---------------------------------------------------------------- Sol : The number of bees was 15.
3.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) --------------------------------------- Sol: 15% (check it).
4. 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.
5. 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
6.4 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. Statement given by each of them was :
Annie : Blue or Green Bobby : Neither Blue nor Green
Cindy : Blue or Yellow Danny : Blue or Yellow
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)
7.(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) ----------------------------- Sol : 39 ( answer is correct I don’t know the procedure).
8.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
9.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 :
A -doesn’t belong to group M used Apple.
B -who doesn’t belong to group M and O used Apple & Cherry.
Person belonging to M group used Apple & Cherry in his salad.
C -and person belonging to O used Cherry & Grapes both, but person belonging to N used only one of them.
Question goes on like this and finally you need to answer 4 questions based on these clues :
(a) Which of the following fruits is not used by M group ? Apple, Banana, Grapes, Cherry
(b) Which combination was used by B ? Some pairs were given.
I don’t remember the full question. It was of 8 marks, (4 parts.) But I was able to solve it.
10.One 4 marks questions was there. I don’t remember it but I was able to solve it.
English Paper contained 50 questions of 50 marks in 45 min.
There were 5 sections ;
1.Comprehension : A paragraph was given and questions were asked from it.
2.Finding out correct sentence among two sentences given in each ques.
3.Finding out wrong sentence among 4 sentences given in each question.
4.Fill up the blanks by choosing the suitable very from the options given.
5.Fill up the blanks based on suitable words given in option as :
(a) Eyes like a “ Parrot Hawk Pigeon Sparrow.
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TEST DATE : 23 May 2005
LOCATION : Bangalore
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Hi friends
Recently I have attended the infy test which was an on-campus test held in BMS, college of engineering, Bangalore.
well the pattern goes like this............
(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...
(3)some problem on triplets..........of course it was a medium qn.........
(4)an analytical problem......for this refer GRE barrons.....it was really tough.....
(5)a qn on series completion........it was easy........no need to worry....
(6)a problem on time and dist..........quite easy.......
(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
I remember only this much from aptitude section.......
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........
I cleared the infy test. hope this would help some of u at least.................Dattatrey Sindol
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TEST DATE : 23 MAY 2005
LOCATION : HYDERABAD
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Hi friends,
I have attended my interview at Hyderabad Infosys. I did not perform well. Does anybody know the details of the results like when they will inform or whom should we contact. I request all those who attended Infosys interview at Hyderabad to plz share their experience with me. Please inform me if any group is formed for the
people who attended interview at Hyderabad on 23rd.my experience is as follows:
interviewer: welcome Naveen
me: good morning sir
interviewer: take your seat
me: thank u sir
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: what is ur role in cricket
me: I am wicket keeper and opener non-striker batsman
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
me: I want to speak about me
interviewer: I am not interested about u, (gave me some topic regarding Indian market)
me: i don't have any idea
interviewer: "Does a student who has completed the B.Tech should do MBA"
me: (bla bla for 30 seconds)
interviewer: u have spoken not even 30 seconds
me: sorry sir
interviewer: u r given a choice of team member and team leader which one will u choose
me: i will choose team member
interviewer: why so, u said u organized events
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
interviewer: how good r u at puzzles?
me: fine
interviewer: do u know car driving
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: will there be any problem then
me: i don't know
interviewer: ( he handed over two nails which are bended and inserted into one another) can u separate them
me: (tried) no sir
interviewer: ok atleast they can be separated or not?
me: (tried again) no sir
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
me: with the help of a thread
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
me: will there be any bond
interviewer: it is not like bond, u have to sign for a contract of one yr, any more
me: no sir
interviewer: thank u
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TEST DATE : 28 Sept 2005
LOCATION : JAIPUR
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Hello every body
This is so strange that infy people gave same paper on two dates 28 Oct 2004 and 28 Sep 2005 these two dates having more than 9 month gap that means on 28 Sep 2005 some persons were writing same paper that they have written on 28 Oct 2004
IT MAY BE POSSIBLE YOU MAY ALSO FACE THE SAME PAPER IN INFY EXAM
BEST OF LUCK the question are may not be in correct sequence i am giving you my answers also (that may not be correct)
here is that paper
1. if a person is sitting in a exam having 30 questions (objective type) the examiner use the formula to calculate the score is S=30+4c-w here c is number of correct answer and w is number of wrong answer , the examiner find the score is more than 80, tell how may questions are correct ? if the score is little less but still more than 80 then u wont be able to answer.--------- answer :- 16
2. if a cube of 27 meter *meter*meter painted red from out side , if it cut into 27 equal part , then how many cubes were there
(a) no face painted ----------------------ans 1 (b) only one face painted----------------ans 6
(c) only two faces painted...................ans 12 (d) three faces painted.........................ans 8
3. if a person having 1000 rs and he want to distribute this to his five children in the manner that ecah son having 20rs more than the younger one , what will be the share of youngest child ans- 160
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
very esay one answer is A is midsean F/T, B is Norosean, C is Sorosean
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 which is the combination the painter can have
(a) T,U,V,W,Y (b)T,Z,U,W,X (c)T,X,U,V,W (d)T,U,Y,W,Z ----------------------- ans (d)
some more question on this basis
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
10. last question forgotten.....................SORRY
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TEST DATE : August 2005
LOCATION : Anna University common placement, Chennai
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I am Aruna, I want to share my experience there in common placement undertaken by Anna university for INFY. There were a mass of 1700 students all were above76% of aggregate
The Questions we had was,
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
4.The Pigeon And cathedral tower problem -----------------------------------------------Ans :90 ft
5 The two Systems of C & F when the come equal(I went wrong here) ------------------Ans:51.25
6.In jewel shop...Right pane...left pane prob-----------------------------------------ans: a,a,b,e (choices)
7.Position of captain..long jack..williad prob-------------------------------------------ans:4,2,1
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:7:15 to 8.15
9.how many pages there will be if he writes 61 3'sso far 300 pages thats all I remember. All the best !!
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