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INFOSYS COLLECTIONS OF 2005

Feb 05

Hi Group

This are few questions that i remember where asked in the written

test.they may not be in order:

1] there is 30 ft well. a frog limbs 3 ft e!ery day and slips down

by " ft at the night how many days will it take for the frog to

limb up the well#

$ns "% days

"]&hadow is a '&le of begile. all the nati!es of the island are

liers and !isitors spek the truth.shadow sees a sales man

approahing him in order to hek if he is nati!e or !istor he puts

him in to a small test.he points at awoman at the ne(t table and

asks the sales man to go ask the woman if she is nati!e or !isitor.

the sales man returns and says she is a !isitor. with this an u

find out if the sales man is nati!e or !isitor#

3]$ building is surrounded by a kilometr of wire on its four

sides.there are post that hold the wire. if one them is remo!ed the

distane between the posts is inreased by 1 ")m meters. ould you

find the number of poles used.

*]a die needs to made with following onditions+ 1 and , on opposite

sides+ "+ - and 3+* respeti!ely how many ombinations an be made

in order to make a die with abo!e onditions.

-]two hildren write there e(ams and return home .father asks how

did u do your e(ams .daughter replies i got 1 of the third worng.

son says i got fi!e wrong but on an a!erage we got 3 quarters of the

answers right.

,]a eweller makes a window display. he has / gems of whih he needs

to display ,. three on the left side of the pane on three on the

right. with following onditions.

let the gems be $rmanet+ diamond+ emerald + sapphire + garnet+ opal

and ruby.


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armanet should be always displayed on left side

diamond always on the right

ruby should not be kept with diamond or garnet.

emerald and sapphire should always be on the same side.

1]what are the possible ombinations on the possible for left pane.

a] armanet+garnet + opal

b] armanet+ ruby+ garnet

] diamond+ emerald + sapphire

d] armanet + emerald+ garnet

"]what are the possible ombinations on the possible for right pane.

a]diamond+ garnet + opal

b]diamond+ ruby+ opal

]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

]armanet+emerald+sapphire

d]ruby+emerald+sapphire

*]if armanet+ ruby+ opal are on the left side what is possible

option for left side.

a]diamond+ garnet+ emerald

b]diamond+ sapphire+ garnet

]garnet+ sapphire+ emerald

d]diamond+ emerald+ sapphire

$ns 1]a "]a] 3] *]d

/]it is !ery easy gi!en few onditions like $ is younger than and

older than .

is younger than 2 and older than et an u find who is the

youngest of all.it is !ery simple.


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%] an % mark question based on profession4 i5m unable to reollet

the question would post it if i reollet.

6]there are two stations between whih trains tra!el e!ery hour the

time taken to omplete the trip for eah train is - hours . how manytrains does eah train meet during the trip.

10]unable to reollet it orretly:

three people are inter!iewed

$++

they say the following statements

$:1]i5am "" yrs old

"] is two yrs older than i5m

3] is 1 yr younger than me

]1]i5m not the youngest

"]there is 3 yrs differne between me and

3] is "- yrs old

]1]$ is older than me

"]$ is "- yrs old

3]i5m "1 yrs 7ld

if eah of them gi!es only two true statements whih of theirstatements is true.

Priti Saraswat composed on 5 Mar 2005 about INFOSYS TEST & INTERVIEW

For INFOSYS TEST, practise puzzles from books by George Summers, Shakuntala e!i "n# $a!i Narula% There r t&o#ifferent books by Shakuntala e!i%

' nee# not sol!e all puzzles (ust some selecti!e ones%%%%% if u r not able to select%% take a look on Infy)s pre!ious papers%%%%%

In the beginning, if u r not able to sol!e the puzzles%% look back for ans&ers%%%%%% then, u)ll un#erstan# ho& to approach apuzzle%%%% &hen u #e!elop an approach to sol!e the puzzles%%% mo!e to Infy)s pre!ious papers%%%%%% practice the papers &itha time limit%%%%% i%e% sol!e each paper &ithin the gi!en time &hich is * hour%%%% time+boun# preparation &ill really help u tomanage time #uring the eam%%%%%

-ut if u ha!e lesser time to prepare%%%%%%% straighta&ay start off &ith Infy papers%%%%% also #o time+boun# practices%%%%

The test also has an English section of half an hour%%%%%% the english section is !ery easy%%%% nee# not prepare if u ha!e anormal stan#ar# of English%%%%% but if u r !ery &eak u nee# to prepare%%%% it mainly chks ur grammatical skills%%%% fillingprepositions, correct form of !erb, kno&le#ge of tenses, fin#ing the correct sentence out of t&o similar sentences, fin#ingthe correct sentence out of three or four gi!en sentences .&hich may not be similar/,%%%%% etc%


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The aptitu#e .puzzles/ test has 0uestions !arying from 1 to ** 0uestions in each paper% 'sually, it has *2 0uestions in *hour% The English test has 34 0uestions in *56 hour%

INFOSYS INTE$7IE8

-asically &hat they look for in Infosys inter!ie& is ur confi#ence, ur communication skills, ur presentability, ur presence ofmin#, an# ur approach in sol!ing puzzles%%%% they also look for team management skills%%% i%e% ho& &u# u cope &ith aproblem in a team, ho& &u# u react to a particular crisis or unhappy result in the team, ho& &u# u beha!e in a team%%%%%etc%%%

For me%%%% first they aske# me to speak abt myself%%%% &hich usually inclu#es%%%%% &here ur parents r &orking%%%% from &here u#i# ur schooling%% college%%% ur strengths, &eaknesses an# hobbies%% etc%%%%

Then they aske# me three puzzles%%%%%

999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999*/ There are three frien#s staying in three rooms in a hotel%% they #on)t &ish to share their ages among themsel!es%%% ho&&u# u calculate the a!erage of their ages::

"ns; They)ll not share among themsel!es%%%% but u can ask their ages n calculate the a!erage


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". , marks

$nn and ell wrote an e(am. Their father asked+?How did u do it#?.

$nn said+? ' answered 1)3 rd of the questions wrong?. ell said+? '

answered 1)-th of the questions wrong?. ut both together had answered

@some frationA of the questions orretly.

How many did $nn answer orretly#

3. % marks

There are se!en gems $methyst+ 2iamond+ >uby+ Garnet+ merald+

&apphire and 7pal+ whih ha!e to be plaed for a window display.

There are " ases+ left ase and right ase. 7nly three gems an be

plaed in one ase at a time.

ased on the onditions only the gems must be plaed in eah ase.

onditions.

1.$methyst must be inluded in the ase and kept in left ase.

".2iamond must be inluded in the ase and kept in left ase.

3.>uby annot be plaed in the ase while 2iamond or Garnet is plaed.

*.merald and &apphire are to be plaed together in the same ase.

Buestions were like:

1. 'f $methyst is plaed in the left ase what other gems should beplaed along with it.

7ptions

a

b

d

e

".merald and &apphire in right ase then what must be plaed in left ase.

;> &'CD= $82 $&.

7&& 79 ='C'8$T'78 T7 GT 7>>T 7DT'78.

*. % marks

Geoffrey+ Hallmann and Colly attend and inter!iew and gi!e three

different statements eah.

To make it a little omple(+

7ut of the three statements made by eah one+ one is false.

Geoffrey says: ' am "" 4 false

Hallmann is elder than me by one year.

Colly is "-

Hallmann says: ' am not the youngest 4

Geoffrey is " years younger than me

Colly is younger than me by one year 4 false

Colly says: Geoffrey is "3 ' am a year younger than Geoffrey

@' don5t remember this statement but it is false.A

$nswer:

Goeffrey is "" as Goef states+

$nd GoefEE "3 as Colly states.

oth annot be true.

ither one has to be true or either one has to be false.

&tart deri!ing from this point and u get+


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Geoffrey Hallmann Colly

$ge: "3 "- ""

-.% marks

lark+ Fones+ &mith and Corgan are uther+ Groer+ 2ruggist and Dolieman.

ased on the gi!en onditions find who is who.

1. lark and Fones are neighbors and they dri!e eah other on

alternati!ely to work.

".The uther always walks to work.

3.lark beats &mith at the bowl regularly.

*.The Dolieman has met the Groer only one when he arrested him for speeding.

-.The Dolieman and the 2ruggist are not neighbors.

,.Fones earns more than Corgan.

/.The Dolieman earns more than the druggist or Groer.

Buite onfusing and time onsuming for me.

larkEE#

CorganEE#

&mithEE#

FonesEE#lark and Fones are not buthersIIIII

Droeeding like this sol!e it.

,. There is a ube+ whih has to be insribed with the following pair

of numbers on opposite sides.

1 and ,+

" and *

3 and -.

How many different ways an it be done#

/. 3 marks

There5s an eletri wire running 1 km from the side of a building.

The number of poles in between them is plaed in an inter!al of

distane between eah other.

'f one pole is remo!ed then the distane between eah pole beomes 1 ")3 meters.

9ind out how many poles were kept.

%. , marks

The time taken to tra!el in train from Town $ to Town is - hours.

There are trains starting from both towns at an inter!al of 1 hour.

How many trains meet in 1 trip#

$nswered+ but not sure

$ns : 10 trains hek it as trains ome from both sides e!ery hour.

6.

&hadow went to an 'sle where the nati!es lie and the !isitors speak truth.

&hadow saw a salesman and wanted to know whether he was a nati!e or a !isitor.He did not pose a question diretly but asked him indiret instead.

&hadow saw a woman and asked the salesman+?'s that a 8$T'; or

;'&'T7>#? .9or whih the salesman replied+? &he is a !isitor?.

's the salesman a 8ati!e or a ;isitor#

$ns :

&ine &hadow himself saw him)her as a woman and asked the salesman.

The &alesman replied +?&H ? by whih he speaks truth and is a ;isitor.

&alesman is a ;isitor.


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10. ' don5t remember but attempted 10 out of whih % are definitely orret.

'nter!iew Buestions.

1. ou so look different in photo than in person+ Jhy#

". Fust lea!e this resume. Tell us something personally about urself.

3. Jhy did u take up Caster5s in Cultimedia and then disontinue#

*. Jhy aren5t u seeing urself as a flash de!eloper now#

-. Tell us something abt ur proet#

,. 2oes it apply only in Telephones

/. Jhat are real time pratial appliations of this proet#

%. Jhat do u feel about this trainer ob#

6. with what kind of questions your students ha!e approahed you#

10. not tehnial . >egarding ob opportunities and faking

e(perienes# ' said ' would not support it and these questions didn5t

ome up in lass.

11. Jhy should 'nfosys take you#

1". an u plant * trees equidistant from eah other in a piee of land #

13. $ ar tra!els -m)hr from $ to and 10m)hr from to $ find

a!erage speed.

1*. < find a piee of torn paper on the road and u pik it up and findust four lines without no date or information. $fter reading the *

lines u get interested in the artile and want to read the whole

matter. How will you find it out#

1-. 'n all these days what did you learn related to software#

1,. How did u enoy ur ollege life#

1/. $ny e(tra urriular ati!ities#

1%. $ny other field other than software and multimedia that interests you#

16. Jhat kind of daning and are u trained in it#

"0. Jhat do u think about reloating to 7rissa#

"1. Jhat about working in Cysore#

' think they test ur attitude here. ut ' said ' would be tough

working in 8orth 'ndia.

"". $re u married#

&ine ' had problem reloating.

1/.$ny questions # no

"3. Jhen did u start wearing glasses#

"*. why no glasses in photo#

"-. why no lenses now#

7k fine.

$ll best

< will reei!e a mail in " to 3 weeks.ye.

Dlease make sure that u resemble urself in the photo as the

inter!iewer had a doubt whether ' was the same person in photo . '

wonder what they are gonna deide.

May 15 2005

10 puzzles

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1>( 3 marks)

Sandy's uncle died leaving 1000 rs behind to be distributed among his ive nephe!s"

#he money is to be divided among the nephe!s according to their ages" $ person gets

%s &0 more than his immediate younger brother"Sandy being the youngest !hat !as his share

$ns" %s 10"0

t !as *uite an easy one"

let sandy's share be +

+,+,&0,+,-0,+,0,+,.0=1000

/+,&00=1000

+=.00/

+=10

&> ( - marks)

%ohit !as descending rom the elavator !hich !as not !orking" hen he had stepped do!n

2 steps his sir started rom the bottom o the elevator and they passed each other and !hen %ohit had still -

steps to go do!n his sir reached at the top" #aking into consideration that sir4s & steps took same time as %ohit4s

one !hat !ere the total no o steps

$ns

&& steps

let no o steps be +

speed=distancetime

5istance covered by %ohit = +626- (2 steps already covered and - !ere still to go)


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5istance covered by sir = +

Speed o %ohit =s

Speed o sir = &s

#ime taken is e*ual in both the cases so

#ime(rohit)=time(sir)

(+626-) s = + &s

&+ 7 && = +

+=&&

3> ( 3 marks)

$ vendor !ho is an e+6mathematician has a number o apples and !hen he arranges them in ro!s o 3 he is let

!ith one more !hen he arranges them in ro!s o / again he is let !ith 1 more Same happens !ith !hen he

tries to arrange them in ro!s o 2 and 8 that is 1 apple is let e+tra"

9ut !hen he arranges them in a ro! o 11 he is let !ith none" :an u tell me ho! many apples !ere there

$ns

8-

the no is a multiple o 3/28 , a remainder o 1" So

3; /; 2; 8= 8-/ , 1 =8-

8- 11= .

so it is divisible by 11 also"

-> ( - marks)


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$ thet !as reported in a p ( . marks)

#here are ive persons in an oice in the post o buyer clerk oot!alker managercashier"

$llen 9enett :lark B!inger 5avis holds the post"

$mong the / t!o have their lunch time rom 11?306 1&?30 and the rest have it in 1&?30 71?30

@rs $llen and @rs 9enett are sisters"

:ashier and clerk share their lunch among themselves"#!o 9achelors share their rooms"

5avis and B!inger doesn4t ace each other rom the day 5avis reported B!inger to the @anager !hen he

returned rom lunch and ound out that B!inger has already let or lunch beore time"

$ns?


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m not sure about the ans!ers bt *uestion !as like this

5avis?9uyer

:lark?:ashier

$llen? @anager

9enett?:lerk

B!inger?Aoot!alker

unch 11?30 7 1&?30

#!o

5avis ( rom the /th point he takes lunch in the earlier session)

5avis cant be manager

lunch 1&?30 7 1?30

three

B!inger( orm the /th point he takes

lunch in &nd session

B!inger cant be manager

2> (-marks)

$ dice has aces 1 against 3 against / and & against - al!ays" o! many such combinations o aces are

possible in a dice


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$ns

&-

keeping 1 and i+ed !e can have t!o combinations o and 3 and t!o o & and - that means our" $ndinterchanging 1 and !e can have t!o more combinations that means !ith one pair . combinations are there ?

-;&=." Similarly !ith other t!o also . combos" So in all .;3=&- combos are possible"

.> (- marks)

$ boy4s age is / times as old as his sister" is ather4s age is t!ice to that o his mother !ho is ive times as oldas the boy" #he sum o all o them e*uals to that o his grandmother !ho is celeberating his .1st birthday" o!

old is the boy

$ns?

/ years old

let boys age b +

sister4s = +/

mother4s=/+

atther4s=&(/+)

grandmother4s=.1

.1=+/,+,/+,10+

.1;/ = +,/+, &/+ ,/0+

-0/ = .1+

+= -0/.1

+=/

so boys age is / years

8> ( marks)


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t !as something like -persons take part in a race and got dierent ranks"!hat !eretheir ranks? Cohn black

ee $nthony

:onditions !ere given like

Cohn stood irst then !ee cant be on -th position and $nthony at &nd postion"Similarly - / conditions !ere given

10> (. marks)

$n easy *uestion !ith - subparts

$ painter has 2 paintings and he ollo! certain rules !hile e+hibiting the paintings?

Dever places + and y in the same e+hibit

y is there z is also there

E is there i and i only ! is there

Aollo!ing these constraints - *uestions !ere asked based on the possible combinations in the e+hibit

66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666

$ter the puzzle round hal an hours general english test !as there " t !as very easy having -/ *uestions

%esult !as anounced the same day

De+t day in the morning had my intrvie! " t !as very general hr round "#!o persons !ere there asking

general *uaFestions"

Guestions o intrv!?

!hat is the dierence u aced !hile !orking in a team during ur training 5on4t u think more options andsuggestions mean conusion"

hat i a person in ur team is al!ays talking against u in all matters !ithout listening to ur part(leave it to

team leader)hy /th gear is provided in ne! cars(or speed)

@y dad !as rm army"So they asked !at u like abt army"(uniorm respect discipline)

hat all places have u been during the transers and ho! did that aect u in ur lie and y did u think so"( adHustable and adaptable)

#hey gave me one se*uence o numbers and !ithout giving much time asked me the approach !as ollo!ing

to solve that" !as nt able to solve it bt e+plained d approach to them"

$sked my hobbies "@y toughest time in !hole lie an happiest moment"


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Guestions u !ant to ask rom us"

IahooJ ndia @atrimony? Aind your lie partner online"

May 23 2005

hello riends

may &3

yesterday i gave inosys e+am in bangalore" paper !as very easy" !as not selected i got only .10 correct ithink they shorlisted candidates getting 1010 because paper !as easy" nearly 100061/00 people !rote the e+am

and they selected around 1/0 " i am sending all the *uestions i remember so that this !ill be useul or others

!ho r preparing or iny"

1" there is a cycle race going on and 1/th o the total in ront a person and /th o the total behind that person

gives up the total number o participants" total ho! many participants r there (3 marks)a?31

&" a person !ants to meet a la!yer and as that la!yer is busy he asks him to come three days ater the beoreday o the day ater tomorro! on !hich day the la!yer asks the person to come

a? thursday

3" a person is .0 years old in -80 and only 20 years old in /00 in !hich year is he borna? -20

-" a man en*uires a person about the past / days temperatures in the 1& noon in that region" but the other saysthat he dont remember the actual igures but there is dierent temperature on each day and that their

multiplication gives 1&" assuming the temperature to the nearest degree !hat are the temeratures on the ive

days (/ marks)a? 161&6&3 ( i think this one is correct but please check it out)

/" a cube is painted red and it is divided into &2 e*ual cubes then ho! many cubes r there !hich 3&10 sides

painted red"a?.1&1

"a person says that their speed !hile going to a city !as 10mph ho!ever !hile returning as there is no muchtraic they came !ith a speed o 1/mph

!hat is their average speed

a? 1&mph

2" there is a peculiar island !here a man al!ays tells truth and a !omen never says t!o & conse*utive truth or

alse statements that is i she says truth statement then she says alse statement ne+t and vice versa" a boy and


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girl also goes in the same !ay" one day i asked a child K !hat r u a boy or a girlK ho!ver the child replied in

their language that i dint understand

but the parents kne! my language and one parent replied that K kibi is a boyK the other one said that Kno kibi is agirl kibi liedK(. marks)

a? is kibi a boy or a girl

b? !ho ansered irst mother or atherans? kibi is a girl and mother ans!ered irst"( i think its correct but check it out)

." there is a couple and they have many children" 2 o them dont eat aloo / ot them dont eat carrot o themdont eat beans" - o them dont eat neither aloo or carrot & o them eat neither aloo or beans 3 o them dont eat

neither carrot or beans" and 1 dont eat neither alo carrot or beans total ho! many children r there

a? .

8" there r three tribes in a village sororean tribe al!ays tell the truth nororean al!ays lie and mororean ho!ever

truth and alse statements alternately ho!ever his irst statement is uncertain three persons $ 9 : replies in the

ollo!ing !ay

$? 1" i am soroean&" 9 is not mororean

9? 1" i am mororean( not e+actly in this order i dont remeber correctly) but ans!er is $? mororean 9? nororean :? sororean

10" this one is the si+th *uestion i dont remeber this one but a easy one regarding the light coming late had it been hours late """ !e !ould have been !aiting or only """"(sorry i dont remeber)

a? -pm

english paper !as or 30 min and a very easy paper no need o any preperation or that"

this is all i can remember hope this one helps u"

all the best

regards:B#$D$6CL9S6subscribeMyahoogroups"com

monica"

Jun 12 2005

nosys CEDB 1&th paper (9angalore)

1" i sachin score 2more than ahzar and azhar and robin scores sum is 8- and azhar scores 2 less than

dravid and dravid score & more than robin " hat !as the total socre done in match

&" a large cube is painted red and cut into &2 smaller cubes using


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only si+ straight lines"

ho! many cubes !ith aces

1)0 side painted&)1 side painted

3)& side painted

-)3 side paintedans . 1& 1

3"#here are ive persons in an oice in the post o buyer clerk oot!alker managercashier"

$llen 9enett :lark B!inger 5avis holds the post"

$mong the / t!o have their lunch time rom 11?306 1&?30 and the rest have it in 1&?30 71?30@rs $llen and @rs 9enett are sisters"

:ashier and clerk share their lunch among themselves"

#!o 9achelors share their rooms"

5avis and B!inger doesn4t ace each other rom the day 5avis reported B!inger to the @anager !hen hereturned rom lunch and ound out that B!inger has already let or lunch beore time"

$ns?

m not sure about the ans!ers bt *uestion !as like this

5avis?9uyer

:lark?:ashier

$llen? @anager

9enett?:lerk

B!inger?Aoot!alker

unch 11?30 7 1&?30

#!o

5avis ( rom the /th point he takes lunch in the earlier session)

5avis cant be manager

lunch 1&?30 7 1?30

three

B!inger( orm the /th point he takes

lunch in &nd session


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B!inger cant be manager

-" some thing like""

t!o cities $ N 9 e*uidistant has rail !ay lines i or every one hr one train leaves at same times at same speedrom $ and 9 then thaen a train travelling to other city in /hrs !ill meet ho! may trains on the !ay

/" triplet !ho usually !ear same kind and size o shoe" namely $nnie" 5anny Aanny" Lnce one o them broke aglass in kitchen and their shoe prints !ere there on loor o kitchen" !hen their mother asked !ho broke $nnie

saidKi didn't do itKO Aanny saidK 5anny did itKO 5anny saidK anny is lieingKO here t!o o them are lieing one is

speaking truth" :an u ind out !ho borke it

"complete the series by inding missing number

a"1 P&2&/"""

b" 310 2P.P&8""

2"sometimes a small to!n ta+i driver can be rude" Lne ta+i driver i had the occasion to travel !ith !as

particularly lacking in courtesy and so i asked or his number" #he driver gave me a sardonial smile andsaidK!ell id u divide my nos by &3-/ or u !ill ind there is al!ays 1 remainder" but i u divide by 11 no

remainder" 5o u !nat to kno! some thing more K there is no cabby in this t!on !ith a lo!et number than

6!ho can say the ame and he drove o "" !hat !as the mans numberans 1&1

." in a amily each boy has has as many sis as many brother" 9ut each girl has t!ice as many borthers as sis"

o! many brothers and sisters are thereans - brothers 3 sisters"

8" a !omen in her conversation said K i u reverse my o!n age in igures represent my husbands age" he is ocourse senior to me and dierence bet!een our age is one 0ne6eleventh o their sum" !hat is the !oman's and

her husbands age

ans !omen -/ N husband /-"

10 some thing similar to"""

i !as driving in a car at a paricular speed i sa! a speed limit board 0 & digits ater a hr again i sa! speed limit

board reverse o the previous & digits and had same number as previous and ater a hr again sa! the & digits back!ard and or!ard separated by zero(3 digit) as speed limit board" !hat !as the total speed at !hich i !as

travelling

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SRILAKSHMI


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Infy 19 2005

Question Paper of Infosys Exam held on 19-June-2005 in e! "elhi

#here !ere t!o papers ? 6 $ptitude and Bnglish

$ptitude Qaper contained 10 *uestions in 0 mins?

1" hile driving through the countryside one day sa! a armer tending his pigs and ducks in his yard"

!as curious to kno! ho! many o each he had" stopped the car and in*uired"eaning on the stile Hovially he replied R have altogether 0 eyes and . eet bet!een them"

drove o calculating in my mind e+act dugs and pigs he had" hat do you think is the ans!er (-@arks)

Sol ? 13 Qigs and 12 5ucks"

&" ere is a simple arithmetical puzzle set by ongello! in his o!n lo!ery poetical language"

one6ith o a hive o bees le! to the badamba lo!er one6third le! to the slandbara three times the

dierence o these t!o numbers le! to an arbour and one bee continued to ly about attracted on each

side by the ragrant Tetaki and @alati !hat !as the total number o bees (- @arks)Sol ? #he number o bees !as 1/"

3" #here are 100 men in to!n" Lut o !hich ./U !ere married 20U have a phone 2/U o!n a car .0Uo!n a house" hat is the ma+imum number o people !ho are married o!n a phone o!n a car and

o!n a house ( 3 marks)

Sol? 1/U (check it)"

-" #here are 10 %ed 10 9lue 10 Vreen 10 Iello! 10 hite balls in a bag" you are blindolded and

asked to pick up the balls rom the bag !hat is the minimum number o balls re*uired to get a pair o

atleast one colour ( & @arks)Sol ? balls"

/" #riplet !ho usually !ear same kind and size o shoes namely $nnie 5anny Aanny" Lnce one o them broke a glass in kitchen and their shoe prints !ere there on loor o kitchen" hen their mother asked

!ho broke $nnie said R didn4t do itO Aanny said R5anny did itO 5anny said RAanny is lieingO here

t!o o them are lieing one is speaking truth" :an you ind out !ho broke it (3 @arks)Sol ? $nnie

" - players !ere playing a card game" :ards had dierent colours on both sides" Deither o cards had

same colour on both sides" :olours !ere & %ed & 9lue & Vreen & Iello!" :ards !ere lying in ront o


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each player" Do! each player kne! the colour on other side o his card" #hey are re*uired to tell their

colour"

Statement given by each o them !as ?$nnie ? 9lue or Vreen

9obby ? Deither 9lue nor Vreen

:indy ? 9lue or Iello!5anny ? 9lue or Iello!

:olours o cards that are visible to all !ere %ed 9lue Vreen 9lue in order o their names" B+actly t!o

o them are telling truth and e+actly t!o o them are lieing" :an you tell the colour on other ace o cardor each player ( @arks)

Sol ?

$nnie ? Iello! (ieing)

9obby ? Iello! (#elling truth):indy ? 9lue (#elling truth)

5anny ? Vreen (ieing)

2" ( don4t remember the e+act *uestion but it !as something like this only") $ddy asks Sunny to pick asnumber o cards rom a deck o cards" Sunny picks irst card picks another card by skipping 1 card

then picks another card by skipping & so on skipping one card more each time" Eltimately he inds thathe has picked up /Uo the cards" :an u ind out the number o cards ( @arks)

Sol ? 38 ( ans!er is correct don4t kno! the procedure)"

." Lne day arry and set our !atches together" Done o us !as a!are that my !atch !as getting aster by

& min per hour and arry4s !atch !as getting slo!er by 1 min per hour" $ter sometime !e discovered

that my !atch !as 1 hr ahead o arry4s !atch" :an you ind out ater ho! long !e noticed this (3

@arks)Sol ? &0 hrs

8" Aour people say $ 9 : 5 belonging to @ D L Q group not in order decided or a picnic" $ll othem brought salad rom their home in their traditional style" Aruits used in salad !ere Vrapes 9anana

$pple :herry" $ll o them used e+actly 3 ruits in their salad" Done o them used same combination o

ruits in their salad" Some clues given are ?$ doesn4t belong to group @ used $pple"

9 !ho doesn4t belong to group @ and L used $pple N :herry"

Qerson belonging to @ group used $pple N :herry in his salad"

: and person belonging to L used :herry N Vrapes both but person belonging to D used only one othem"

Guestion goes on like this and inally you need to ans!er - *uestions based on these clues ?(a) hich o the ollo!ing ruits is not used by @ group

$pple 9anana Vrapes :herry

(b) hich combination !as used by 9 Some pairs !ere given"

don4t remember the ull *uestion" t !as o . marks (- parts") 9ut !as able to solve it"

10" Lne - marks *ues !as there" don4t remember it but !as able to solve it"


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Bnglish Qaper contained /0 *ues o /0 marks in -/ min"

#here !ere / sections O

1" :omprehension ? $ paragraph !as given and *uestions !ere asked rom it"

&" Ainding out correct sentence among t!o sentences given in each *ues"3" Ainding out !rong sentence among - sentences given in each *uestion"

-" Aill up the blanks by choosing the suitable very rom the options given"

/" Aill up the blanks based on suitable !ords given in option as ?

(a) Byes like a RQarrot

a!k

Qigeon

Sparro!"

Infy 19 bang!"e

i allJ

#hese are the puzzles asked at the test"

1"$ Aarmer has some pigs and ducks !ith him"hen asked ho! many pigs

and ducks he had he replied""K have 0 eyes and . eet bet!eenthemK"o! many pigs and ducks did he have

$" 13 pigs and 12 ducks

&" 1/th o a hive o bees le! to the badamba lo!er 13rd le!

to the slandbarathree times the dierence o these t!o numbers le!

to an arbour and 1 bee continued to ly about attracted on each side by the ragrant ketaki and malati !hat !as the total no" o bees

$" 1/

3"n a colony o 100 people / o!n a house2/ o!n a car./ have

telephone./ r married the ho! amny r married and havetelephonehouse and car

-" Aour amilies 6 CoeAlure@iller:lark Aour riends 6 @andy%obinBricaStacy


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Bach riend prepares ruit salad using 3 ruits"$ll the riends

use applescherriesgrapesbanana"Do t!o riends use the same

combination o ruits"Bach t!o riends have t!o ruits in common"Some clues !ere given"!e have to ind out to !hich amily each riend

belongs and !hat r the ruits each one used in their salad"

/"Veorgearry@ichael attend an intervie! and make the ollo!ing

statements"

Veorge ? 1" am && years old"

&"arry is t!o years older than me"

3"@ichael is 1 year younger than me"

arry ? 1" am not the youngest"

&"#he dierence o ages bet!een mysel and michael is 3years"

3"@ichael is &/ yrs old"

@ichael ? 1"Veorge is && years old" &"Veorge is 1 yr older than michael

3"arry is 3 yrs older than george

t !as ound that all the three gave e+actly 1 alse statment"hat

are the ages o Veorgearry and @ichael

$" Voerge = &3 arry = &/

@ichael = &&

"$ man !hile sorting ilespicks onemisses ne+tpicks onemisses

&picks 1misses 3 and so on"e inally picks the last ile"e inds

that alltogether he had picked /U o the total iles"o! many ilesdid he pick

2"#hree triplets6$nnyAanny5anny"Somebody spoils kitchen"@om asks

them and they reply"" $nny ? didn't do it

Aanny ? 5anny did it

5anny ? Aanny is lying only one o them is telling truth!ho spoiled the kitchen

$"$nny

."$ bag consists o 100 balls66&0 blue&0 !hite&0 yello!&0 green

and &0 red"hat is the least no" o balls to be picked up so that &

o them are o same color


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8"olmes and !atson set their !atches so that both the !atches sho!

the same time"9ut they are una!are that !atson's !atch is 1 minuteslo! and olmes's !atch is & minutes ast"$ter sometime they notice

that both their !atches dier by 1 hour e+actly"$ter ho! much time

did they notice the dierence

$" &0 hours

10"Aour people 6 $9:5

Aour cards painted on both sides not !ith same color

Aour cards r placed on a table in ron to - people

Aour cards have no visible or hidden color in common $ter seeing their respective cards and their hidden colors they

make the ollo!ing statements about their hidden colors"

$ Vreen or red 9 Deither green nor red

: 9lue or Iello! 5 Iello! or blue

B+actly & o them are lying!hat r the visible and hidden colors oall the - people"

Quzzles !ere given 1 hour time and Bnglish section !as or 1& an

hour"Airst there !as a passage6*uestions based on that passagedentiying gramatically incorrect statementsstatements !ith

spelling mistakesill in the blanks !ith the correct tensemeanings

o phrases"

#he intervie! !as held on the ne+t day &0th Hune at electronic

city"#here !ere t!o gents in the panel"#he *uestions !ere ?

1"#ell me about yoursel

&"Aunniest incident o u r college

3"$bout u r proHect-"i u !ere made the # ministerho! !ould u promote u r kno!ledge

and technology in rural areas

/"@easure the volume o the room u r not given any tape" given the land distance rom b'lore & u r place !hat is the air

distance

2"$ny / uses o an empty bottle other than holding any li*uid." given a proHect#here is an empty room"henever someone opens

the door lights must be on"""#here should be some message to catering

section so that the server can bring the e+act no" o !ater glasses

as the persons present in the room"o! !ould u do it"


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#he intervie! !as a bit tough""Said that they'll inorm in & !eeks i

selected" bye

vidya"

ny 7 #rivandrum

ere are the DAI GEBS#LDS o test held in S:#

college at #rivandrum am proud to say that they had shortlisted 82 o us

and selected .- rom it"""

1)$ person !hile going thro' a book observed that ithad no page numbers" So he began to mark the page

numbers" $ter he !as done !ith it he observed that

he altogether used 1 3's" o! many pages did the

book consist o

$DS? 300

&)3 people $9 and : !ent or a buet"each o them

!ent several times"$ took &"- times as many trips as9": !ent times more than 9"ind the minimum total

number o trips taken to the buet"

$DS?&.3)a !izard said Ki'm thrice as old as my son"my ather

is -0 more than double my age"the sum o our ages is

K1&-0K !hat is the !izard's age

$DS?30

-) $ man asks a !eatherman !hatWs the past ive days

temp he says i didnWt remember but i can say their

product is 1& and all are di temperatures" !hat are

the ive temperatures

ans? 6&611&3

/) $ recent murder case centered around the si+ men

clarke ilip gront herm mark and !alt" n oneorder or another these man !ere the victim the

murderer the !itness the police the Hudge and the

hangman" #he acts o the case !ere simple" #he victim

had died instantly rom the eect o gunshot !ound


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inlicted a shot"the !itness heard the shot but didn't

see the murder" $ter a lengthy trial the murderer !as

convicted sentenced to death and hanged"

K @ark kne! both the victim and the murderer"

K n court the Hudge asked clarke his account o the

shooting"

K alt !as the last o the si+ to see ilipalive"

K #he police testiied that he picked up gront

near

the place !here the body !as ound"K erm and !alt never met"

hat role did each o the ollo!ing play in this

melodrama

$DS a) @urderer 6 Ailip" b) Xictim 6 erm"

c) Cudge 6 @ark" d) itness 6 Vront"

)" %acing competition"Qarticipants !ere rom 3 tribes

Sonorean6al!ays says truth

@idorean6alternatively says # and A not !ith any

particular start" Dororean6al!ays Aalse

$ says6 1" am the !inner

&" : is the !inner"9 says 6 1" am the !inner"

&" $ is the !inner

: says6 1" am the !inner &" 9 al!ays speaks alse

5entiy the tribes o each"

$ns? Sonorean 6 : @idorean 6 $

Dororean 6 9

2)Cack e+citedly told his motherK!e had a running

race"&. steps taken by ann is euivalent to &- o

doug's steps and &1 o my steps"!hen ann takes .stepsdoug takes 2 steps and i take stepsK

so !ho !on

$DS?doug


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.)/ shopo!ners have one daughter each"each o them

name their shop ater another's daughter"

certain details given"!ho is dimple's ather$DS?mrinal

8)2 precious stones"& shelves each able to accomodate3 each"asphalt on let"diamond on right"

;ruby and diamond are never kept together

;emerald and saphire al!ays together - *uestions based on this

10)

a !all clocktable clockalarm clock and !atch !ere

set together at 1& noon"or every hour the !all clock

loses 10 mins"or every hour on the !all clockthe

table clock gains tens minutes"or every hour on thetable clock the alarm clock gains / mins"and or every

hour on the alarm clock the !atch loses / mins"!hat isthe time on the !atch at pm

$DS?/?-.pm

#$y % 2005 '(enna)

#he nosys Guestion paper held on - th Culy &00/ :hennai"

00YY

1" #here is a circle race going on" Lne o them says13 o those in ront o me and Z o those behind me give

the total number o children in the race" #hen the number o children took part in the race

$ns ? 1&

&" n an salnd the natives lie and visitors speak truth" $ man !ants to !hether a salesman beside him in a bar isa native or visitor" e asked him to ask a !oman beside him !hether she is a native or visitor" e replied that

she says Rshe is a visitor" hether the salesman is a native or visitor

$ns ? Xisitor ( not sure )

3"$ man i+ed an appointment to meet @r"[ [ asked him to meet t!o days ater the day beore the atertomorro!" #oday is Ariday" hats the appointed day"


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$ns? #uesday"

-" $ He!el problem !ith some conditions and it is *uite easy to solve"

/"$ man said he spent 1 o his as a child 11& as salesman in a li*uor shop 12 and / years as a politician anda good husband respectively" $t that time Cim !as born" Cim !as elected as $lderman our years back"!hen he

!as hal o his age" hat is his age"

$ns? .

"Cack5roug and $nn 3 children had a race !hen returning rom school" $nn takes &. steps !hen 5roug takes

&- steps meantime Cack takes &1 steps" Cack e+plained that his steps e*uals 5roug4s 2 steps and $nn4s . steps"ho !on the race

$ns? 5roug

2" Bvery day a cyclist meets a car at the station"#he road is straight and both are travelling in the same direction"

#he cyclist travels !ith a speed o 1& Tmph" Lne day the cyclist comes late by &0 min" and meets the car /km beore the

Station" hat is the speed o the car

$ns? 0 kmph

." $ problem o persons and proession" Guite easy one"

8"$ lady goes or shopping" She bought some shoestrings" - times the number o shoestrings she bought pins

and . times handkerchies" She paid each item !ith their count as each piece4s cost" She totally spent %s" 3"&-"

o! many handkerchies did she buy$ns ? 1

10" :omplete the series ?

a) 313&33PPPP

b) 3-31181-1PPP

$ns ? a) 23 b) 1 or 61

July 1# 2005

1" #here is a truck !hich contains 1& gallons o Auel that comes or 300mileshr" #he driver has not seenthe hole in it and has taken that truck and drove or -hrs ater !hich the uel !as lasted" o! much

uel !as lost during the Hourney

&" Ln a ield -0 co!s !ere put or ed !hich can last grass in -0 days" 30 co!s !ere put they can

empty the ield in 0 days" o! many days &0 co!s !ill take to last that grass


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3" #here are some bees lying on some lo!ers" Lne6ith o the bees le! to the irst lo!er" Lne6third o

the bees le! to second lo!er" 3 times the dierence o the above t!o le! to the third lo!er" Lne

bee is lying around t!o lo!ers" #otally ho! many lo!ers are there-" $ case includes si+ people @ark Aillip Vraham alt unt and :lark !ho play the roles o @urderer

victim !itness Cudge Qoliceman ang man but not in the same order"

i" Qoliceman took Vraham to the place o incident"ii" @ark kno!s both the victim and murderer"

iii" unt and alt never met"

iv" alt is one o the persons !ho have seen Aillip alive"(Some more such conditions have given")

ho played the roles belo! in the melodrama

R!e Person

@urderer

Qoliceman

Cudgeitness

/" Ln a skating plane @ichel and Cennie are in a distance o a mile on each side o a point" #hey are going

to skate to the direction o each other4s" Cennie having added orce !ith the lo! o the !ind skated

t!o and one6hal miles aster than @ichel and beat her minutes" hat are the times taken by both othem

" (Some conditions !ere given but may not be e+actly the same")

i" $N9 !ho can speak Bnglish have common language !ith B as Spanish"ii" :ommon language or 9NB is Arench"

iii" $ :NB can speak talian"

iv" 5NB have common language as Qortuguese"v" Qortuguese is kno!n by at least 3 persons"

#here is only one person !ho kno!s all the / languages only one !ho kno!s - languages only one

!ho kno!s 3 languages only one !ho kno!s & languages and only one !ho kno!s e+actly one

language"9ased on the conditions - *uestions !ere given" (Lptions !ere also not the same 4ve given Hust or

model")

1" $ Tno!s

i" Bnglish Spanish Qortuguese

ii" Arench Bnglish Spanish

iii" Arench talian Spanish"&" B kno!s

i" Arench Qortuguese

ii" Bnglish Spanish Qortugueseiii" talian Spanish Arench

3" 9 kno!s

i" Spanish Arenchii" Bnglish Arench talian


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iii" Qortuguese Bnglish Arench Spanish"

-" : Tno!sY(and some options)

2" Cames has come out o Cail ater years" hen he !as punished !ith imprisonment his age !as / times

his son4s age" Do! his age is 3 times his son4s age" hat !as his age !hen his son !as born

." $ 9oy has taken a short cut on !hich there is a rail!ay track that goes through a narro! bridge" henthe boy covered 21th o the track in the bridge he heard the !histle o the train" #hen he ran out o tha

bridge !hen the train came to that bridge" he !ere taken actual root he !ould have reached the

destination on time rather taking the shortcut and running out o that bridge" the boy covers -kmhr!hat !as the speed o the train

8" #hree persons $ 9 N : !ho can be named according to their behavior" #hey can be named as

Sororean the name that can be given to the one !ho al!ays !insO Nororean the name that can be given

to the one !ho al!ays tells the truthO Midrorean the name that can be given to the one !ho al!ays lies"#hen given some statements (not e+actly the same 4ve given) based on !hich to ans!er the *uestion

(!e need to !rite the names that $ 9 N : can be given in the table given)

$" 1) : has beaten 9"&) : al!ays tells truth"

3) : is the !inner"9" 1) $ is the !inner"

&) 9 doesn4t tell truth"

:" 1) 9 beat :"&) $ is the !inner"

$ % &

10" (one more *uestion !as there could not remember it)

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