Father's age is three years more than three times the son's age.

After three years,

father's age will be ten years more than twice the son's age. What is the father's
present age.
33 years. (2 marks)

Find the values of each of the alphabets.

NOON
SOON
+MOON
----------
JUNE

9326 (2 marks)

There are 20 poles with a constant distance between each pole A car takes 24
second to reach the 12th pole. How much will it take to reach the last pole.
41.45 seconds (2 marks)
Let the distance between two poles = x
Hence 11x:24::19x:?

A car is travelling at a uniform speed. The driver sees a milestone showing a 2-digit
number. After travelling for an hour the driver sees another milestone with the
same digits in reverse order. After another hour the driver sees another milestone
containing the same two digits. What is the average speed of the driver.
45 kmph (4 marks)

The minute and the hour hand of a watch meet every 65 minutes. How much does
the watch lose or gain time and by how much?
Gains; 5/11 minutes (4 marks)

Ram, Shyam and Gumnaam are friends. Ram is a widower and lives alone and his
sister takes care of him. Shyam is a bachelor and his niece cooks his food and looks
after his house. Gumnaam is married to Gita and lives in large house in the same
town. Gita gives the idea that all of them could stay together in the house and share
monthly expenses equally. During their first month of living together, each person
contributed Rs.25. At the end of the month, it was found that Rs 92 was the
expense so the remaining amount was distributed equally among everyone. The
distribution was such that everyone received a whole number of Rupees. How much
did each person receive?
Ans. Rs 2 (4 marks)
(Hint: Ram's sister, Shyam's niece and Gumnaam's wife are the same person)

At 6'o a clock ticks 6 times. The time between first and last ticks is 30 seconds. How
long does it tick at 12'o clock.
66 sec. (2 marks)

Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total
number of bullets remaining is equal to the bullets each had after division. Find the
original number divided.
18 (2 marks)

Initially . x x x
Now x-4 x-4 x-4
Equation is 3x-12 = x

A ship went on a voyage. After it had travelled 180 miles a plane started with 10
times the speed of the ship. Find the distance when they meet from starting point.
200miles. (2 marks)
Distance travelled by plane = 1/10 distance travelled by ship + 180

Complete the Table given below:

Three football teams are there. Given below is the group table. Fill in the x's

Played Won Lost Draw Goals For Goals Against

A22xxx1
B2xx124
C2xxx37

Ans : The filled table is given below (4 marks)

Played Won Lost Draw Goals For Goals Against

A220071
B201124
C201137
There are 3 societies A, B, C. A lent cars to B and C as many as they had already.
After some time B gave as many tractors to A and C as many as they have. After
sometime c did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had
24. Find the cars each originally had.
A had 39 cars, B had 21 cars & C had 12 cars (4 marks)

There N stations on a railroad. After adding X stations on the rail route 46 additional
tickets have to be printed. Find N and X.
x=2 and N=11

Let initially, N(N-1) = t

After adding, (N+X)(N+X-1) = t+46
By trail and error method (4 marks)

Given that April 1 is Tuesday. A, B, C are 3 persons told that their farewell party was
on
A - May 8, Thursday
B - May 10,tuesday
C - June 5, Friday
Out of A, B, C only one made a completely true statement concerning date, day and
month
The other told two one told the day right and the other the date right..
What is correct date, month, day.

Ans: B - (May 10) SUNDAY

C - June 6 (Friday). (5 marks)

The Bulls, Pacers, Lakers and Jazz ran for a contest. Anup, Sujit, John made the
following statements regarding results.
Anup said either Bulls or Jazz will definitely win
Sujit said he is confident that Bulls will not win
John said he is confident that neither Jazz nor Lakers will win
When the result came it was found that only one of the above three had made a
correct statement. Who has made the correct statement and who has won the
contest.
Sujit; Lakers (5marks )

Five people A ,B ,C ,D ,E are related to each other. Four of them make one true
statement each as follows.
(i) B is my father's brother.
(ii) E is my mother-in-law.
(iii)C is my son-in-law's brother
(iv)A is my brother's wife.

(i) D
(ii) B
(iii) E
(iv) C (10 marks)

Mr.Mathurs jewels have been stolen from his bank locker . The bank has lockers of
12 people which are arranged in an array of 3 rows and 4 columns like:
1234
5678
9 10 11 12
The locker belonging to JONES was to the right of BLACK'S locker and directly above
MILLAR'S.
BOOTH'S locker was directly above MILLAR'S.
SMITH'S locker was also above GRAY's (though not directly).
GREEN'S locker was directly below SMITH'S.
WILSON'S locker was between that of DAVIS and BOOTH.
MILLAR'S locker was on the bottom row directly to the right of HERD'S.
WHITE'S locker was on the bottom right hand corner in the same column as BOOTH'S.

Which box belonged to Mr.Mathurs?

Box number 9 belongs to Mr.Mathurs.

Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock, how many
minutes is it to six o'clock?
Twenty six minutes.

If a clock takes 7seconds to strike 7, how long will the same clock take to strike 10?
The clock strikes for the first time at the start and takes 7 seconds for 6 intervals-thus for
one interval time taken=7/6.
Therefore, for 10 seconds there are 9 intervals and time taken is 9*7/6=10 and 1/2 seconds.

Three criminals were arrested for shop lifting. However, when interrogated only one
told the truth in both his statements, while the other two each told one true
statement and one lie. The statements were:
ALBERT :(a)Chander passed the merchandise. (b)Bruce created the diversion.
BRUCE :(a)Albert passed the merchandise. (b)I created the diversion.
CLIVE :(a)I took the goods out of the shop. (b)Bruce passed them over.
Albert passed the goods. Bruce created the diversion..Clive took the goods out of the shop.

Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts from 1 kg to 121 kgs, to
the nearest kg. What are the minimum number of weight required and how heavy
should they be?
The minimum number is 5 and they should weigh 1,3,9,27 and 81 kgs.

A hotel has 10 stores. Which floor is above the floor below the floor, below the floor
above the floor, below the floor above the fifth.
The sixth floor.

Seven members sat around a table for three days for a conference. The member's
names were Abhishek, Amol, Ankur, Anurag, Bhuwan, Vasu and Vikram. The
meetings were chaired by Vikram. On the first evening members sat around the
table alphabetically. On the following two nights, Vikram arranged the seating so
that he could have Abhishek as near to him as possible and absent minded Vasu as
far away as he could. On no evening did any person have sitting next to him a
person who had previously been his neighbor. How did Vikram manage to seat
everybody to the best advantage on the second and third evenings?
Second evening: Vikram, Ankur, Abhishek, Amol, Vasu, Anurag and Bhuwan.
Third evening :Vikram, Anurag, Abhishek, Vasu, Bhuwan, Ankur, Amol.

Two trains start from stations A and B spaced 50 kms apart at the same time and
speed. As the trains start, a bird flies from one train towards the other and on
reaching the second train, it flies back to the first train. This is repeated till the
trains collide. If the speed of the trains is 25 km/h and that of the bird is 100km/h.
How much did the bird travel till the collision.
100 kms.

Four prisoners escape from a prison. The prisoners, Mr East, Mr West, Mr South, Mr.
North head towards different directions after escaping. The following information of
their escape was supplied: The escape routes were The North Road, South Road,
East Road and West Road.
None of the prisoners took the road which was their namesake.
Mr. East did not take the South Road
Mr. West did not the South Road.
The West Road was not taken by Mr. East
What road did each of the prisoners take to make their escape?
Mr. East took the North Road
Mr. West took the East Road
Mr. North took the South Road
Mr. South took the West Road.

Complete the series:

5, 20, 24, 6, 2, 8, ?
12 (as 5*4=20, 20+4=24, 24/4=6, 6-4=2, 2*4=8, 8+4=12).

Replace each letter by a digit. Each letter must be represented by the same digit
and no beginning letter of a word can be 0.
ONE
ONE
ONE
ONE
-------
TEN

0 =1, N = 8 ,E = 2, T = 7

Ann, Boobie, Cathy and Dave are at their monthly business meeting. Their
occupations are author, biologist, chemist and doctor, but not necessarily in that
order. Dave just told the biologist that Cathy was on her way with doughnuts.
Ann is sitting across from the doctor and next to the chemist. The doctor was
thinking that Boobie was a goofy name for parent's to choose, but didn't say
anything. What is each person's occupation?
Since Dave spoke to the biologist and Ann sat next to the chemist and across the doctor,
Cathy must be the author and Ann the biologist. The doctor didn't speak, but David did, so
Bobbie is the doctor and Dave the chemist.

Sometime after 10:00 PM a murder took place. A witness claimed that the clock
must have stopped at the time of the shooting. It was later found that the position
of both the hands were the same but their positions had interchanged. Tell the time
of the shooting (both actual and claimed).
Time of shooting = 11:54 PM
Claimed Time = 10:59 PM

Next number in the series is

1 , 2 , 4 , 13 , 31 , 112 , ?

224.
No number has digits more than 4. All of them are 1 , 2, 4, 8 , 16 , 32 , 64 converted to
numbers in base 5

Shahrukh speaks truth only in the morning and lies in the afternoon, whereas
Salman speaks truth only in the afternoon. A says that B is Shahrukh. Is it morning
or afternoon and who is A - Shahrukh or Salman.
Afternoon ; A is Salman.

Two trains starting at same time, one from Bangalore to Mysore and other in
opposite direction arrive at their destination 1 hr and 4 hours respectively after
passing each other. How much faster is one train from other?
Ans: Twice

There are 6 volumes of books on a rack kept in order ( ie vol.1, vol. 2 and so on ).
Give the position after the following changes were noticed.
All books have been changed
Vol.5 was directly to the right of Vol.2
Vol.4 has Vol.6 to its left and both weren't at Vol.3's place
Vol.1 has Vol.3 on right and Vol.5 on left
An even numbered volume is at Vol.5's place
Find the order in which the books are kept now.
Ans: 2 , 5 , 1 , 3 , 6 , 4

I bought a car with a peculiar 5 digit numbered license plate which on reversing
could still be read. On reversing value is increased by 78633.Whats the original
number if all digits were different?
Only 0 1 6 8 and 9 can be read upside down. So on rearranging these digits we get the
answer as 10968

Supposing a clock takes 7 seconds to strike 7. How much long will it take to strike
10?
10 1/2 seconds.

A man collects cigarette stubs and makes one full cigarette with every 8 stubs. If he
gets 64 stubs how many full cigarettes can he smoke.
Ans: 8+1=9

A soldier looses his way in a thick jungle. At random he walks from his camp but
mathematically in an interesting fashion. First he walks one mile East then half mile
to North. Then 1/4 mile to West, then 1/8 mile to South and so on making a loop.
Finally how far he is from his camp and in which direction.
Ans: Distance travelled in north and south directions
1/2 - 1/8 + 1/32 - 1/128 + 1/512 - and so on
= 1/2/((1-(-1/4))
Similarly in east and west directions
1- 1/4 + 1/16 - 1/64 + 1/256 - and so on
= 1/(( 1- ( - 1/4))
Add both the answers

How can 1000000000 be written as a product of two factors neither of them

containing zeros
Ans: 2 power 9 x 5 power 9

Conversation between two mathematicians:

First : I have three children. The product of their ages is 36. If you sum their ages, it
is exactly same as my neighbor's door number on my left.
The second mathematician verifies the door number and says that it is not sufficient.
Then the first says " Ok one more clue is that my youngest is really the youngest".
Immediately the second mathematician answers .
Can you answer the question asked by the first mathematician? What are the
children ages?
Ans 1,6 and 6

Light glows for every 13 seconds . How many times did it glow between 1:57:58 and
3:20:47 am.
Ans: 383 + 1 = 384

500 men are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns according to their
heights.
Tallest among each row of all are asked to fall out.
And the shortest among them is A.
Similarly after resuming that to their original positions that the shortest among each
column are asked to fall out.
And the tallest among them is B .
Now who is taller among A and B ?

Ans A

A person with some money spends1/3 for cloths, 1/5 of the remaining for food and
1/4 of the remaining for travel. He is left with Rs 100/- . How much did he have
with him in the beginning ?
Ans: Rs 250/-

There are six boxes containing 5 , 7 , 14 , 16 , 18 , 29 balls of either red or blue in

color. Some boxes contain only red balls and others contain only blue. One sales
man sold one box out of them and then he says " I have the same number of red
balls left out as that of blue ". Which box is the one he sold out ?

Ans: Total no of balls = 89 and (89-29 /2) = 60/2 = 30

and also 14 + 16 = 5 + 7 + 18 = 30

A chain is broken into three pieces of equal lengths containing 3 links each. It is
taken to a blacksmith to join into a single continuous one . How many links are to to
be opened to make it ?

Ans: 2.

Grass in lawn grows equally thick and in a uniform rate. It takes 24 days for 70
cows and 60 days for 30 cows to eat the whole of the grass. How many cows are
needed to eat the grass in 96 days.?

Ans: 20
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 + 24*r = 70 * 24 * y
g + 60*r = 30 * 60 * y
g + 96*r = n * 96 * y
Solving, n = 20.

From a vessel, 1/3rd of the liquid evaporates on the first day. On the second day
3/4th of the remaining liquid evaporates. What fraction of the volume is present at
the end of the second day.

Ans: 50%

An orange glass has orange juice and white glass has apple juice both of equal
volumes. 50ml of the orange juice is taken and poured into the apple juice.
50ml from the white glass is poured into the orange glass. Of the two quantities,
the amount of apple juice in the orange glass and the amount of orange juice in the
white glass, which one is greater and by how much?

Ans: The two quantities are equal

There is a 4 inch cube painted on all sides. This is cut down into of 1 inch cubes.
What is the no of cubes which have no pointed sides.

Ans: 8

Sam and Mala have a conversation.

Sam says I am certainly not over 40
Mala says I am 38 and you are atleast 5 years older than me
Now Sam says you are atleast 39
All the statements by the two are false.
How old are they really?

Ans: Mala = 38 yrs

Sam = 41 yrs.

In a railway station, there are two trains going. One in the harbor line and one in
the main line, each having a frequency of 10 minutes. The main line service starts at
5 o'clock and the harbor line starts at 5.02A.M. A man goes to the station every day
to catch the first train that comes. What is the probability of the man catching the
first train?

Ans: 0.8

A family X went for a vacation. Unfortunately it rained for 13 days when they were
there. But whenever it rained in the mornings, they had clear afternoons and vice
versa. In all they enjoyed 11 mornings and 12 afternoons. How many days did they
stay there totally?

Ans: 18

Each alphabet stands for one digit in the following multiplication.

THIS
xIS
---------
XFXX
XXUX
------------
XXNXX
------------
What is the maximum value T can take?
Ans: T max value = 4

An escalator is descending at constant speed. A walks down and takes 50 steps to

reach the bottom. B runs down and takes 90 steps in the same time as A takes 10
steps. How many steps are visible when the escalator is not operating?
Ans: 150 steps

Every day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossing. The road is straight before
the crossing and both are travelling in the same direction. The cyclist travels with a
speed of 10 Kmph. One day the cyclist comes late by 25 min. and meets the train
5km before the crossing. What is the speed of the train?

Ans: 60 kmph

There are five persons with surnames Mukherjee, Misra, Iyer, Patil and Sharma.
There are 4 persons having first or middle name of Kumar, 3 persons with Mohan, 2
persons with Dev and 1 Anil. Either Mukherjee and Patil have a first or middle name
of Dev or Misra and Iyer have their first or middle name of Dev. Of Mukherjee and
Misra, either both of them have a first or middle name of Mohan or neither have a
first or middle name of Mohan. Either Iyer or Sharma has a first or middle name of
Kumar but not both. Who has the first or middle name of Anil?

Ans: Kumar Misra Dev

Mohan Iyer Dev
Kumar Patil Mohan
Mohan Sharma Kumar

Two twins have certain peculiar characteristics. One of them always lies on
Monday, Wednesday, Friday. The other always lies on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays. On the other days they tell the truth. You are given a conversation.
Person A-- today is Sunday my name is Anil
Person B -- today is Tuesday, my name is Bill
What day is today?

Ans: Today is Tuesday.

There is a safe with a 5 digit number as the key. The 4th digit is 4 greater than
second digit, while 3rd digit is 3 less than 2nd digit. The 1st digit is thrice the last
digit. There are 3 pairs whose sum is 11. Find the number.

Ans: 65292
A hotel has two wings, the east wing and the west wing. Some east wing rooms but
not all have an ocean view. All west wing rooms have a harbor view. The charge for
all rooms is identical, except as follows :
Extra charge for all harbor view rooms on or above the 3rd floor
Extra charge for all ocean view rooms except those without balcony
Extra charge for some harbor rooms on the first two floor & some east wing rooms
without ocean view but having kitchen facilities.
Which of the following cannot be determined on the basis of the information given:
I. Whether there are any rooms without a balcony for which an extra charge is imposed.
II. Whether any room without a kitchen or a view involves an extra charge.
III. Whether two extra charges are impsed for any room.

(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II and III

Ans: (A)

Which of the following involves context switch,

a) system call
b)privileged instruction
c)floating point exception
d)all the above
e)none of the above
Ans: a

For 1 MB memory no of address lines required,

a)11
b)16
c)22
d) 24
Ans: 16

Semaphore is used for

a) synchronization
b) dead-lock avoidance
c)box
d) none
Ans : a

Y=10;
if( Y++>9 && Y++!=10 && Y++>10)
printf("........ Y);
else printf("".... )

Ans : 13

f=(x>y)?x:y
a) f points to max of x and y
b) f points to min of x and y
c)error
d) ........

Ans : a

if x is even, then

(x%2)=0
x &1 !=1
x! ( some stuff is there)

a)only two are correct

b)three are correct

Ans : all are correct

Which of the function operator cannot be over loaded

a) <=
b)?:
c)==
d)*
Ans: b and d

10,20,30,40,50,60 : give the order when put in a queue and in a stack

Ans : Queue : 10,20,30,40,50,60

stack : 60,50,40,30,20,10

Debugging is the process of finding

Ans : logical and runtime errors

Trace the error:

void main()
{
int &a;
/* some other stuff here */
}

Ans: syntax error

A problem with a function named 'myValue' will be given and asked to find the
value of main() for an argument of 150,

Ans : 150

INFOSYS PAPER - 08 JAN 2006 - CHENNAI

I attended infy written on 8 jan 2006-chennai.

i hope this ques can help u a little bit. all the best.

JAN 8 2006-CHENNAI

1.the time between first and last was 30 sec for striking 5.what about stricking for 11. (repeated one)
ans:66

2. this was aptitude.a seller got 5gm for one amount &3gm for another amount. he sells it at the rate of
..like this.this model is in agarwal.

3. there are some birds &trees in a garden.the number of birds in a tree is equal to the number of trees
in the garden.the birds were between 2000 & 2100.find the number of birds?

4. the man died in 1984.what is his dob.(rep)

5. some conditions where given. the amount got bybanker was twice savy(3 condn). find who is
banker,savy,archt,drunker?(6 marks)

6. forgot
7.how many clinks in glasses.persons where 11.(repeated)

8.i gave half of my chocolate to father& half of it to mom.then half to brother & half to dog.i was left
with 1.how much i had.(repeated)

9.this was a long one.time consuming.different houses & different people norway etc.some had dog, etc.
some had tea ,cofee, ..some had horse ,mule.
3 question where asked.(8 mark)(this model was asked already)

10.a slow train takes 3 days to reach a destination.a man starts on a day.how many trains will he
meet.(rep)

(PAPER) INFOSYS TEST HELD ON 15 TH JANUARY 2006

HAI ALL MEMBERS

THANKS TO THIS GROUP
I ATTENDED THE TEST ON 15 TH JANURY 2006 AND WAS SHORTLISTED TODAY I
ATTENDED MY INTERVIEW
THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WILL GET BACK TO ME IN 3 WEEKS
MOSTLY THE PAPER CONTAINED ALL THE OLD QUESTIONS
N THE PAPER GOES LIKE THIS

1.TAXI DRIVER PROBLEM FROM SHAKUNTALA DEVI

ANS:121

2.A MAN HAS SEVEN FRENS 1 ST ONE VISITS HIM ALL THE SEVEN DASY OF A
WEEK ,2 FREN ON EVERY 2 DAY LIKE THAT
ON WHICH DAY ALL FRENS R TOGETHER

ANS:
I WROTE IT IS 420 I T8 OF TAKING THE L.C.M BUT I AM NOT SURE

3.ONE MAN GOES OT RAILWAY STATION AT 5.00 AM AND 5.02 AM

FREQENCY OF TRAINS IS EVERY 10 MINS AND ........
WAT IS THE PROBABILITY
ANS:
0.8

4.TEHRHE R 6561 BALLS AND ONE IS HEAVIER IN HOW MANY WEIGHINGS

ANS:8

5.ONE RICH PERSON HAS SOME GOLD COINS HE HAD 5 SONS N DAUGHTERS N
ONE CRA DRIVER.
HE GAVE 1 ST COIN TO CAR DRVER N 1 /5 TH OF REMAINING TO THE 2 ND
SON 1 MORE COIN TO DRIVER N 1/5 TH SAME
N REMAINING MONEY TO EQUAL AMTS TO 5 DAUGHTERS.
LET THE 5 TH SON PERSON HAVE Y RS
4 TH 1+5Y
....1 ST PERSON 156+625Y
LET THE Y VALUE BE 1
SO COINS R 781.
LET THE DAUGHERS GOT 100 RS
SO HE HAD A TOTAL 881 COINS

6.A BIG QUESTION ABT DIRECTIONS I DIDNT ANSWERED IT

7.XYZ
+AB..........THIS PROBLEM
ANS IS 945+78 AND 945-78

8.JAN 1ST AND JAN2 ND QUESTION

9. CABBAGES PROBLEM I DONT REMEMBER

10.ITS A BIG ANLATYCAL QUESTION BUT ITS EASY......

ALL THE BEST

INTERVIEW IS VERY COOL BUT I DONNO WHAT BASIS THEY WILL SELECT..

INFOSYS PAPER & INTERVIEW - 16 JUN 2006 - CHENNAI

INFOSYS PAPER HELD IN ANNA UNIVERSITY,CHENNAI ON 16,JUNE'06 

Hai Friends,

Iam shobana. Infosys came to our college on 16th June2006. It was the first company to come in
this academic year for recruitment. Iam very very happy I was selected in the first company in my
very first attempt for job.

Total no of Students attended:2400

Shortlisted :800
selected : 596

The paper was very easy, mostly old Questions. same pattern (questions not in order) 

1. Four persons A,B,C,D are playing cards. Each person has one card, laid down on table, which
has two different colours on either side.The colours visible on the table are red, green, red and
blue. they see the colour on reverse side and give folling comments.
A:yellowor green B:neither blue nor green
C:blue or yellow D:blue or yellow
Given that out of 4 people 2 always lie .find out colours on the cards of each. 

2. There few diamonds 1st thief takes half diamonds +2, 2nd thief takes half diamonds +2,3rd thief
takes half diamonds +2,4th thief takes half diamonds +2. when 5th thief comes no diamonds.Find
the no of diamond (ans:60) 

3. There was a person whose age was 80 in year 490, and in year 500 his age was 70. find his year
of birth(values may not be correct) ANS:510 B.C (since age decreases with year increase its B.C
,its very important) 

4. Some statements were given and Q were asked from that (sorry i forgot)but very easy. 

5. A man travels at speed of 12m/h and at return speed was 15m/h (data not correct)
ans:2xy/x+y x=12, y=15 

6. Two train starts from two town for each hour. it takes 5hours to rach oter town.how many trains
does the train come across. (ans i dont know) 

7.sum on series (easy) 10. sory i forgot . 

Next day shortlisted students had interview. mainly HR questions were asked very rarely technical.
Each panel has only one person. The person who came for me was the head of global recuirement
for infy. He was very friendly, soft spoken and Very smart. 
ME: Excuse me sir.(my slot was 10.15, but called at 12.30)
HE: sorry shobana,waiting for such long time!(he might have seen me waiting)
ME :full of smiless!!!!!!!!!!
HE: tell about urselves
ME: said in 7 minutes.
he: why u want to join IT field (I belong to mechanical background)
me: gave very smart ans
he : (visibly he was satisfied)VERY GOOD!!!!!!!!
HE: if posted outside chennai ,will u be happy?
me: very very happy sir and explained it(Iam bit jovial and so said that iam bored with
chennai!!!!!! blah blah)
HE: (With all smiles )VERY GOOD!!!!!!Any Question to me?
me: asked a ques he had never expected (i asked about client satisfaction and feedbacks)
HE: (explained very well). then asked to submit my mark sheets.THEN gave shake hands and
asked 2 wait till evening
Me:THank u sir!!!!!!!!!!(i was confident that i will be selected) 

For interview they mainly see our confidence level, english, our commitement to join infy and
personality also matters!!!!! (Be well dressed with light colour formal dress its very important).
Some times being short listed from written test might need luck also . so dont loose hope if not
shortlisted. This year every IT company need about 20,000 -30,000 enggs. So if not in one
company u will be placed in another. I pray to god that all members of this wonderfull group will
be placed within this year. ALL THE BEST

Paper Type : Whole Testpaper

Posted By : Vikranth

INFOSYS PAPER - 11 JUN 2006

Hi,

I wrote infosys written on 11th, almost all are from previous models only.

refer these Books,

1.SakuntalaDevi(more puzzles,puzzles to puzzle u) (2 to 3 q's)
2.puzzles and teasers by J.Summers(8 marks Q's)
3.some units frm R.S.Agarwal.

These r Q's, iam not sure abt wording but iam trying

1.one having 1000 rupees want t distribute to his five sons like younger one get 20 rupees more
than elder one.wht is amt the younger one get.
a:x+x+20+x+40+x+60+x+80=1000

2.in a party total handshakes were 1275,then how many attended for that party.
a:nc2=1275

3.one fifth of bees are gone some way,two third of bees gone another way,three times of diff b/w
above two gone another way,there is one bee remaining,then how many bees are thr.
a:x-((x/5)+(2x/3)+3(x/5-2x/3))=1.

4.i saw my frnd after stepped down 7 steps,he is starting to come up,his speed is double to my
speed,when he reached top i have to step down 4 steps. how many total steps r thr.
a:2(x-7-4)=x (not sure)

5.two sequence problems.

6.temp of five days is 12, all days have diff temp then give temp of each day.
a:1,-1,2,-2,3

7. x y z x y z
(+) a b (-) a b
--------- -----------
cdefbga

wht r x,y,z,g
a:x=9,y=4,z=5,g=6

8.one Q's frm J.Summers(8 marks)

9.suresh age is 3 times his sons age.suresh father age in 6 more than twice of suresh. thr sum of
ages is 120,wht is suresh present age.

In interview they ask general Q's like Tell me abt ur self,hobbies.......,& simple puzzles frm
sakuntaladevi and also puzzles frm written test. be prepared abt current affairs in past one month.

(Paper Submitted By : Vikranth)

Paper Type : Whole Testpaper

Test Location : CHENNAI
Posted By : Himanshu

NFOSYS PAPER - 11 JUN 2006 - CHENNAI

Hai,

It's Himanshu Rajendrakumar Khatri. I had written Infosys on 11th June at Saint Michaels
Academy , Chennai. It was really a nice experience. As usual results get declared on the day itself
but this time they had taken too much time to declare it. They announced it in the evening at 7:30 .
I cleared the test & I had 9 answers right out of 10. I was not sure about 10th question which was
logical reasoning. But later I came to know that I have 2 ans right from 4. So in all I had 9 & half
ans right from 10. English pattern was easy nothing special to refer it. But try to summarize tenses
& u can follow cbse pattern. This is all about test.

I had interview on 13th at Infosys centre. Here are the questions that appeared in the test. I tried to
give the exact words from the test & I think I did well. Also I had given detail answers.

Q.1) Dr. Watson has 5 nephews. After he died he mentioned in his will that each of his brother's
sons should get money according to their ages. The difference between each son is Rs. 20 &
youngest son got least money. Total money to be shared is 1000. How much youngest son will get?

Ans:
Let the third i.e. middle son will get Rs. x then youngest son will get Rs. x-40.
=> Adding their shares = 1000
=> (x-40) + (x-20) + x + (x+20) + (x+40) = 1000
=> x = 200
=> x - 40 = 160
=> Youngest son will get Rs.160

Q.2) In a party there r total 1275 handshakes assuming each person did handshake with other
fellow. How many people attended the party?
Ans:
Let number of people attended the party = x then
Number of handshakes =xC2 = 1275
=> x * (x - 1) = 1275
2*1
=> x2 - x - 2550 =0
=> (x - 51)(x + 50) = 0
=> x cannot be negative
=> x = Number of people attended party = 51

Q.3) If one fifth of a hive of bees flew to the rose flower, one third flew to the lotus flower, three
times the difference of these two numbers flew to slandbara & one bee continued to fly about,
attracted on each side by the fragrant of ketaki & malati, what was the total number of bees?

Ans:
X + X + 3( X - X ) +1 = X
3 5 3 5

=> X = 15 = Number of bees.

Q.4) Due to some defect in our elevator, I was climbing down the staircase. I had climbed down
just 7 steps when I saw professor Zorkoski on the ground floor. Continuing to walk down, I
greeted him & I was surprised to see that when I was yet to get down 4 steps to reach the ground
floor, professor had already finished the climbing up 2 steps for every 1 of mine. How many steps
did the staircase have?

Ans:
7 X 4
|-------------- |------------------|----------------|

From figure, equation becomes : 7 + X + 4 = 2X

=> X = 11

=> Total number of steps = 7 + 11 + 4 = 22

Q.5) Complete the following series:

a) 3, 6, 13, 26, 33, 66, ?

Ans:
3*2=6
6 + 7 = 13
13 * 2 = 26
26 + 7 = 33
33 * 2 = 66
66 + 7 = 73
73 * 2 = 146
Series : 3, 6, 13, 26, 33, 66, 76, 146

b) 364, 361, 19, 16, 4, 1, ?

Ans:
364 - 3 = 361
O(364) = 19
19 - 3 = 16
O(16) = 4
4-3=1
O(1) = 1
1 - 3 = -2

Series: 364, 361, 19, 16, 4, 1, 1, -2

Q.6) A man was asked to meet a lady lawyer who had a good logical skill. Today is Saturday. A
man wanted her appointment. She called her three days after the day before the day after
tomorrow. What is the appointment day?
Ans:
Today = Saturday
Day after tomorrow = Monday
Day before the day after tomorrow = Sunday
Three days after the day before the day after the tomorrow = Wednesday
Therefore, Appointment day is Wednesday.

Q.7) Find the values of X, Y, Z & B using following equations. Substitute values from 0 to 9
without repetition.

X Y G X Y G
+ -
A B A B
-------------- -------------
C D E F B G A

Ans: 9 4 5 9 4 5
+ -
7 8 7 8
--------------------- -------------------
0 2 3 8 6 7

Q. 8) Somebody asked a wizard, Alchimiro about his age. He answered that he is still young
according to age of wizards. Let me tell u, I m thrice my son's age & my father's age is 40 more
than twice of my age. Total of our ages is 1240 years. What is the age of wizard?

Ans:

Let wizard's son age = X then wizard's age = 3X & his father's age = (6X+40)
=> X + 3X + 6X + 40 = 1240
=> X = 120

Wizard's age = 360 years

Q.9) This was 8 marks question regarding the committees of 5 juniors & 4 seniors they have to
form 3 committees. Some conditions had given & based upon that we have to answer 4 questions.
I solved it last. Sorry for not remembering the question.

Q.10) A man enquires a person about the past 5 day's temperature at noon in that region. The other
replies that he doesn't remember the actual figures but there was a different temperature on each
day & their product gives 12. Assuming the temperature to the nearest degree what are the
temperatures on the five days in Celsius?

Ans: Temperatures on 5 consecutive days are: -2, -1, 1, 2, 3 in degree Celsius.

HR interview was cool. They didn't ask me to explain myself, a most imp question. Being a
chemical engineer they keep asking me why you are not interested in chemical industry & what u
did in last 1 year. I explained them all truly & they look convinced. So my advice is be true to
them, they are among top mind readers. They will easily catch your bluffs. They asked me which
concept from computer u like most. I told them about OOPS & explained it. They also asked me
how u will adjust within a team. Such HR questions. Then they had given me a simple puzzle.

Well this is all about my Infosys experience. I am waiting for the result

NFOSYS PAPER - 11 JUNE 2006 - HYDERABAD

1) "How old are you,Alchemerion?" asked one of the wizards apperences.the wizards answer with
a riddle, "I am still Very young as wizards go.I am only three times my son's age. My father is 40
year more than twice of my age. Together the three of us are a 1240 year old".how old is
Alchemerion?.
ans.360

2)A problem related to bees like some bees are travelling to some flower while some other travels
to other. while one flower remain in one flower. How many bees are there ?
ans.

3)There are 1275 handshakes in a party.How many people are there in the party.
ans. n(n-1)/2=1275 => n=51

4)a)3,6,13,26,33,66,__ ans.73
b)364,361,19,16,4,1,__ ans

5) Easy question,
John was asked to meet a lady who had a good logic skill. Today is Friday. She asked John to meet
her three days after the day before day after the tomarrow. Which day should John meet her?
ans.wednesday

6) for 8 Marks
XYZ X Y Z
+A B -AB
------- -------
CDEF BGA
find X,Y,Z,G

Ans: 945
+ 78
----------
1023

945
- 78
------
867

8)a problem related to ladder.Mr X is moving down 7 steps while see another person coming
up.He greeted him while crossing him.Mr X saw that he had 4 steps to go while the person had
reached the floor.Mr X thought that the person's speed was twice the speed of him. Find the
number of steps in the ladder.
Ans.
10) the temparature of the city when multiplied get to 12 and each day the temparature was distict
find each days temperature..
ans : 1,2,3,-1,-2

Best wishes for all the Job Seekers, Never loose Hope, keep Trying and one day u will surely make it

INFOSYS PAPER - 11 JUN 2006 - CHENNAI

1. A man asked about last 5 days temperature.one man said, i don no exactly, but each temperature
is different.multiple is 12.
ans:-1,1,2,-2,3.

2. There r some bees in a garden..1/5th of them went to a particular flower,1/3rd went to another
flower,3 times the difference of the above two went to third flower..n one was remaining n it was
roaming around..how many bees were there? (3 marks)
Ans:15

3. F,G,H,J,K are some juniors and P,Q,R,S are some seniors...and there are 3 communities
Cultural,Recreation n Ethics..n each contained 3 members each..n each one was a member of only
one committee..
i)F,Q are in Cultural committee.
ii)P is in recreation committee.
iii)J wont be in a committee where H or Q are there.
iv)G will be in recreation committe if S also works in recreation committee.
v)there will be atleast one senior in each committee.
vi)R wont be in a committee is S is there
In this 4 parts were there they gave some conditions and asked to choose from the
options..(8marks)

4. X Y Z XYZ
+AB -AB
--------------- ------------------
 CDEF BGA
find X,Y,Z,G

5. in a party There are 1275 hand shacks so how many members will be there? ans:50

6. .A man have thousand rupees.he wants to distribute tat to his 5 sons.second son will get RS 20
more than the younger one, 3rd son will get 20 more than second and so on..finally how much the
youngest will get? (ans:160)

7. Number series
364, 361, 19, 16, 4, 1, _? (ans+1,-1)
3,6,13,26,33,66-? (ans:73)

8. Due to some defect in our elevator, I was climbing down the staircase. I'd climbed down just 7
steps when I saw a man on the ground floor. Continuing to walk down, I greeted the man and I was
surprised to see that when I was yet to get down 4 steps to reach the ground floor, the man had
already finished climbing the staircase. He perhaps climbed up 2 steps for every 1 of mine. How
many steps did the staircase have? Ans:22 steps

9. I went to meet my friend,today is saturday, he asked me to come 3 days after, the day before,
the after tomorrow. wats the day?

10.one wizard is telling that his age is 3 times as his son's age.and his father age is 40 more than
twice of his age.how old the wizard is?.

INFOSYS INTERVIEW - 29 MAY 2006 - CHENNAI

Hi,

I got tho infosys and this is my interviwe expereince.

I wrote the test on 28 th may in chennai and all the problems are repeated ones.

For the test I prepared only for 4 days and I gone thro alll the previous year papers and other
papers
available in freshersworld.com. For the test u have to mention the method of getting answer. I
solved 8 problems
correctly and guessed 2 Prblms. I found that I got only one three mark problem wrong so my
cutoff must be 47/50.

Enlish Section needs no preparation and 20 minutes is enough. So take hints of the puzzles which
u cant solve in ur answer sheet so that u can solve during eng section. I solved three problems
during
eng section remaining time. I cleared test.

One more thing becareful in filling the form during test and all my interview questions are from
the form
filled by me.

INTERVIEW :

Next day my interview time 12.40 pm. I reached thr at 12.00pm at 12.45 they told me to go to the
HR room. There was a gentle man around 55-60 years of age and woman around 40 years of age r
thr.
First I asked them may I comin but tey told me to wait for two minutes after that they signalled me
to
come in, M- HR MAN W-HR WOMAN I-ME

M: hello plz take ur seat

I: thanks
W: Is it ur first experience with infy (in my form I mentioned I attended test one year back)
I: no, its second time
M: ya its in the form, then why don't u clear that time? have u analyzed ? Which part u
didn't do welll eng or appti that time

I: appti I done 8 marks wrong

M: so this time u prepared well u wrote 8 marks correctly
I:ya
W:give ur resume ( I mentioned that I was workin as a lecturer that time)
W:How students behave with u.. how did u clear their doubts etc
I: I told some answers related to that
M: what r subjects handled by u
I: Multimedia, microprocessor etc..
M: what tools did u teach in Multimedia
I: flash, photoshop, soundforge ec
( then the man told I ll add this to ur form and noted down these things in my form )
M: what r the subjects studied by u in ur final semester
I: can I see my marksheet and tell
M: no, no tell wat u remember
I: Dataminig, neural n/w,etc
M: Wat is Datamining
I: minig new info from datawarehouse
M: Wat is Datawarehouse
I: ..collection of several data bases
M: wat is a database
I: told answer
M: wat r diff datastructures
I: I told stack, , queue,linkedlist..
M: u might have studied 4 tears back isn't it.. tell differrent data
base stuctures
I: relational , hierarchical, n?w based..
M; what is relational database
I : told ans..
M: can a database can have same data more than once
I: ya it can have but..( he interupted before I finish)
M: is it desirable if not why
I : memory waste, concurrency problem, updation and deletion problem
M: ( to woman) ya correct he told all things correctly
W: tell abt ur extra curricular activities
I: can I tell abt my hobbies and interests
W:ya
I :Playing cricket, listening to music
W: wat u specialise in that
I : wicket keeping (then the man told I ll add this to ur form and noted down these things in my
form)
W: wat qualities a W/K should have
I: he should be alert, expect every ball to come at him, encourage all players
M: it also helps to watch the batsman closely isn't it
I: yes sir
M: wat is the reason for indias' failure in WI oneday series
I: they underestimated them, didn't adapt to that condition
M: wat u think abt Greg chappel words
I: y , ( told abt that) he shouldn't have spoken like that
M: so we shuold be careful abt our words (ha ha he is laughing)
M: ok wat we ll u do if we post in J&k or ASSAM
I: do infosys have branches there sir
M: we ll start a branch and post u (ha ha)
I: no problem sir
W: u r 2004 passed out u lll workin as a fresher with ur junior like 2006 passed out do u have any
problem
I: no problem
W: they are younger to u
I : I am also looking like a youngster madam
W: (laughing)
The man asked abt my family
M:Ok thats it solomon
Woman asked me to check whether the mail id mentioned by me is correct
And they told results ll be announced in a week

The interview was very easy and they were very friendly its like chatting with our friends and the
questions
are mainly from wat ever u mention in the form

INFOSYS PAPER & INTERVIEW - 28 MAY 2006 - HYDERABAD

Hai all,

Iam Mani Prasad. I had taken the infy on 28th of May and I had cleared the written and attend the
interview on 29th. Today that means on 9th June I got the offer letter.
I want to tell all of u about my experience. When I got the Call letter I was very happy bcoz I was
waiting for that from 1 year. 

I had prepared well and taken the test. 

Firstly I completed all the previous papers of 2006 then I worked out the Analytical reasoning of
GSR and RS AGARWAL. Only for the 8 marks Questions. That's it. All my preparation is that
only. 

Infosys 28-May-06 Hyderabad Written Exam Pattern 

10 Questions. 

3Marks Questions - 3 
4Marks Questions - 2 
5Marks Questions - 1 
6Marks Questions - 2 
8Marks Questions - 2 

1. This Question is based on a Race between some persons. A, B, C, D, E & F. A is forward

than D, E is second from the last ..Such that I didn't remember Who is the winner? 
2. There was Cycle Race in a Circular Ground. After some laps I found that there was 1/5 th
of the total members are ahead of me and 5/6 th of the total members are behind me. What
is the total members in the Race? 
3. In a Journey to A to B I traveled with 15mph and in the return journey due to traffic I
managed only 12mph. What is the average speed of my whole journey?  
4. Sorry, I didn't remember.. 
5. There was Cube which is painted with red on all the sides. Then it was cutted into 27 equal
parts. 
a. How many are there with red paint on all the 3 sides. 
b. How many are there with red paint on all the 2 sides. 
c. How many are there with red paint on all the 1 sides. 
d. How many are there with no paint on all the sides.
6. A watch was there. It was 1 minute slow per hour in the day time and 2 minutes fast per
hour in the night time. It was shown me the same time when I looked it before. After how
many hours I had seen it again? 
7. It was from the previous papers. Sachin made 78 more than Azhar. Azhar and Robin both
combined 96.like this some conditions are given and they had asked about the total score of
the match?
8. Sorry, I didn't Remember. 
9. Problem on the arrangements. Given that A-E who Speaks Languages Spain , English,
Portuguese, French etc. One Speaks 5, One Speaks 4, One Speaks 3, One Speaks 2, One
Speaks 1 and Some other Conditions and four Questions asking who speaks which
languages. 
10. Problem on Series. 
a. 3, 7, 10, 8, _, 9, 12, 16. 
b. 1, _, 27, 256, 3125, 46656.
Then on 29th I faced the interview. It was a little bit tough for me as I was shivered a little bit in the
beginning. 

They asked about my Family Details, Current affairs and two puzzles. 
I answered only one question. 

First Puzzle:- There are 2 Threads which are uneven although their lengths. Each will burn for 60
minutes. You need to calculate 45 minutes using both those threads. You had no watch or anything,
just only the threads and the match box.
Second Puzzle:- You are given 8 balls which are common in size, but 1 is defective in them
Remaining 7 are equal in weights except that 1. You had find out the defective using the common
balance in only 2 iterations. How will u do that. 
All The Best Friends...
 
I want to say one thing Just that 10/7 days preparation before the exam is sufficient and prepare all
the previous papers that u can do..

INFOSYS PAPER - 28 MAY 2006 - HYDERABAD

1. In cycle race held in circular ground, there are 1/5 ahead of arun and 5/6 after him. Find the total
number of cyclists.

2. Reema and Mona went to shopping, they had spent half of the money plus Rs.2 in butcher shop,
then they had gone to xxx spent half of the remaining +Rs.5.then they went to bakery and spent
half of the remaining amount. finally Rs.5 was left with them. how many rupees did they carry.
Ans: 64

3.A person started two watches, he observed that after one hour, one watch gains 1 min/hr and the
second watch loses 2 min/hr. After how much time will the two watches have a difference of one
hour. Ans: 20 hrs

4.In a match Sachin scores 78 runs more than azhar,dravid's score exceeds azhars score by 76 runs.
total of azhar's and robins runs is 94.robin exceeds jadeja s score by 26 and dravid exceeds robins
score by 26 runs. Calculate the total score.        Ans: 338

5.A large cube is painted red on its outer surface and cut into 27 cubes by 6 straight cuts.
a) No of cubes whose 3 sides r painted b) No of cubes whose 2 sides r painted
c) No of cubes whose 1 sides r painted d) No of cubes whose 0 sides r painted
ans: a-8,b-12,c-6 d-1

6.On a holiday a,b,c,d,e plan to have a picnic, they had a running race.c beats d. a&e overtake b.e
is not the last.d overtakes e.who won the race. Ans:c(not sure)

7.a) 46636,3125,256,27, --, 1 Ans:4=2^2 b) 3,10,7,8,--,12,9,16 ans:11(may be)

8. A motorcyclist says "I drove with the sped of ten miles/hr while going.while returning traffic
was less so I drove the same didstance with 15miles/hr." what is his average speed.
Ans: 12miles/hr.

9. There are 2 systems And B.14 degrees in A equal to 36 in B.133 in A equivalent to 87.at what
temperature both shoe equal readings. Ans:52.5 (A=7/3B-70.)

10.5 persons A,B,C,D,E go for a meeting B and C are talking in English, when D joined they used
Spanish which was the only common language.A and E can speak only Italian.and some
conditions. one person can speak 5 languages, another 4 languages,one 3,one 2 and one can only
speak one language. 4 QUESTIONS BASED ON THIS.

INFOSYS PAPER - 28 MAY 2006 - CHENNAI

Hai,

I attened the Infosys written test on 28th may in chennai.

I couldnt clear the test, but i attend it very well. Question paper was very easy (all frm prev.papers
only) dont know the reasons for my rejection.
Anyhow i post the Questions to you all.Definitely it will help you.

Q1) In a Race Davis beats Jim.Jack is not the last .Samantha loses to both Jack and Lucia in the
order.Jim beats Jack.Who Won the race?.(4 marks)

Q2) 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
Q3)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) Ans: 51.25 (conversion A=(7/3)B-70)

Q4) A cube, which is painted red on all its sides, is cut into 27 cubes with three straight cuts. Now
how many cubes have i)No red face ii)1 red face iii) 2 red faces iv) 3 red faces

Q5) 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 chetanas.com

Q6)A, B, c, D are from different countries. They speak English, Italian, French and German. Only
one language is spoken by more than two persons. Following conditions 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

Q7)there were two clock one is getting slow by two minutes/hr and another one is gaining 1
minute every hour and exactly after how many hours there two clock has a 1hr difference.
ans(20hr)4marks

Q8)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 (avg speed=2xy/x+y)

INFY 28.05.2006, KOLKATA

1. In a race dennis beats jim. samantha is beaten by jane and louis in that order and jane is beaten
by jim.so who is the winner?

2.A cube is cut into 27 smaller cubes by 6 cuts. determine no of sides having
a)one side paineted b)2 sides painted c)3 sides painted d) no of sides having none of the sides
painted

3.1/5 the no of cyclists behind me and 5/6 ahead of me adds to the total no of cyclists. Determine
the total no of cyclists.

4.There were two clock one is getting slow by two minutes/hr and another one is gaining 1 minute
every hour and exactly after how many hours there two clock has a 1hr difference?

5. I went to a place at a speed of 10km/hr and came back at 15km/hr. so whats my average speed?

6. A question regarding the no of runs scored by different batsmen....azhar , jadeja,sachin..etc

7.6. (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
i. English, Spanish, Portuguese
ii. French, English, Spanish
iii. French, Italian, Spanish.
2. E knows
i. French, Portuguese
ii. English, Spanish, Portuguese
iii. Italian, Spanish, French
3. B knows
i. Spanish, French
ii. English, French, Italian
iii. Portuguese, English, French, Spanish.
4. C Knows
(and some options)

8. a)46656,3125,256,___ , 1
b)3,7,10,8, __,9,12, 16( similar question...)

9. There are two different temperature measurement systems, similar to Celsius and Fahrenheit,
say A & B. If A=14 then B=36 and if A=133 then B=87. What value will be equal in both systems?

INFOSYS PAPER & INTERVIEW - 28 MAY 2006 - KOLKATTA

1. In a game of cricket azahar scored 28 less than dravid.and sachin scored 72 more than
Azahar.the total runs made by Azahar and robin are 94.robin scored 26 more than zadeja.dravid
scored 26 more than robin. What is the score?
Ans: 338

2. a) 10.7.8,_,12,9,16 Ans: ? b) 46656, 3125, 256,27,_,1 Ans:4

3. 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? Ans:52.5

4. 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

5. My husband's watch gains 2 minutes every watch and my watch loses 1 minute for each hour.
One day, we were late to marriage because the difference between the time in the two watches was
1 hr and we looked at the slow watch. When did we last set our watches to the same time?
Ans : 20 hours

6. 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: C does not know -French , A-3 languages. B-5 languages. C-4 languages. D-1
languages. E-2 languages

7. There is a large cube which is painted in blue. Now this large cube is cut into 27 small cubes in
6 large cuts. How many cubes have
(i) all three sides painted (ii) two sides painted (iii) one side painted (iv) no side painted
Ans a) 8 b) 12 c) 6 d) 1

8. ..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? Ans:::::: Andrew(Pattern is same but name and sequence is changed and
according to the Question in Infosys exam, answer is Dennis )

9. . A man travels to his office at 10kms/hr. On his return journey he travels the same distance at
the speed of 15kms/hr as the road was empty. What was the average speed? Ans: 12kms/hr

10. One lady have some money,he spend money to some stores, at last she had some money,What
is his initial money? Something like this .easy one
In interview they asked Puzzle

Like

FOURTY

TEN

TEN

S I XTY

Value of each alphabet? Range is 0-9, no repeat

One more

8 litre full jug , 5 and 3 ltr empty jug.

Make such that two empty jug at last have 4 ltr and 4 ltr water

INFOSYS PAPER & INTERVIEW - 10 MAY 2006 - PATIALA

Students Appeared: 2270
Cleared Written: 394
Selected: 250

4 Questions (2x3 marks, 1x8 marks and 1x4 marks) were repeated from last time... as I could
recall them.

Repeated were as follows:

1) A frog was at the bottom of a 30 ft well. It could climb 3 ft during the day and slipped 2 ft at
night. How many days would it take to get out of the well? (Similar question has appeared with
monkey climbing a tree)

Many guys wrote 28 days for it but I think it should be 29 days coz it needs to cover >30ft to get
outta well. Please consult among ur peers...

2) 4 children buy 20 sweets for 20 cents. Fudge costed 4 cents, 4 toffees came for a penny and x
candies came for y cents (x and y were given, I dont rem them). How many candies, toffees and
fudges they bought?

U gotta know the relation between a penny and a cent...

3) A shephard counted the number of sheeps and wrote them in coded form using ~!@. U can find
this question in paper... I dont remember the numbers exactly... the first was 223 or 225, second
was 72. The 4 corresponding symbols were ~!@, @~!, !@~ (see that cyclic order is preserved)

4) A painter painted 7 paintings: W, X, Y, Z, T, U and V

a) When X is selected, T cannot be selected

b) When T is selected, V must be selected
c) when Y is selected, U must be selected

There were 4 objective questions based on these conditions...

I. Possible combination of paintings
II. A replacement that can be made in the group eg T replaces Y etc.
III. If W replaces X, then what can be a possible combination of paintings
Don't remenber the 4th ques. Also the questions and conditions are not what exactly given in the
paper, I've written it still so that the question is not new to u when u face it.

5) A couple had triplets - Annie, Fannie and Danny. One of them broke a drum with flour in it and
there were foot-prints all around the kitchen-floor. The parents could not tell to whom those
footprints belonged coz all of them wore same shoes. Then they asked their children who did it.
Annie said "I didn't do it". Fannie said "Danny did it". Danny said "Fannie is lying". Only one of
them spoke truth while the other 2 were lying. Whose the culprit?

Annie.

6) An eight mark question with 4 people having jobs in a store and a few conditions were given. It
was a time consuming one.
People were: Mr. Conroy, Miss Annie, Miss Eve, Mr. Davis and Mr. Adam
jobs: Floorwalker, manager, clerk, cashier and buyer

Conditions (all I could recall)

- buyer was bachelor

- manager and clerk were room-mates
- Davis will be the best man at manager and cashier's marriage
- Adam and Miss Eve had only business relation (names may not be right here)
- Mrs. Conroy was upset when her husband told her that his manager denied him a raise.

Who did what?

[I guess these were all the conditions mentioned there... dont worry if u cant solve it, just solve
similar questions to get the approach]

7) There were less than 500 students in a school. one-third of the number of students in the school
was a whole number and so were one-fourth , one-fifth and one-seventh of students in the school.
Whats the total no of students in the school?

3x4x5x7 = 420

8) A questions involving some girls... sorry cant recall it.

9) 10) have to apologize again... cant recall anymore ques

Then there was English paper... 45 questions in 30 minutes. Its very easy. Reading comprehension
was so simple that I could answer it without going thru it the second time. It also contained fill in
the blanks, sentence correction, re-phrasing the sentences, telling which part of paragraph has
errors, telling the meaning of some idioms, filling up the sentences with idioms etc. No need to
prepare for it... but no need to take it lightly either. I completed it 5 minutes before the stipulated
time.

Interview experinces:

Mine:

PLEASE PLEASE FILL THE PERFORMA (THE ONE THEY WILL GIVE U BEFORE
STARTING THE PAPER) INTELLIGENTLY. THEY ASK MOSTLY FROM IT.

I heard they were asking mostly from the resume... so while entering the cabin I held the resume in
my hand. It was a one on one interview. The guy didnt ask for my resume nor for any of my
marksheets or certificates...

I had written that I had allergy from mosquite repellents, so that was his first question-
Interviewer: how do u manage to cope with ur allergy?
Me: I close the doors and windows at dusk so that the mosquitoes could not come in.
Interviewer: But that isn't a sureshot way to get rid of them...
Me: Yeah
Interviewer: So what do u do?
Me: sometimes I use the mosquitoe coil as I am comfortable with it... So thats a way out
Interviewer: okay... So I see u've been travelling quite a lot throughout India [I was born in
Guwahati, stayed in Delhi for 10 yrs, then in Gujarat for 1.5 yrs and doing my engineering in
Punjab]. How has it helped u?
Me: Yes Sir, my father had a transferable job.
Interviewer: How has it helped u? Has it helped u in communicating better?
Me: Yes Sir, a lot. It has helped me to know the differing lifestyles and cultures. It has also told me
what do people like to hear. Its been a great expirience travelling. Also India being a sub-
continent...
Interviewer: Why is India called a sub-continent?
Me: India is called a sub-continent...
Interviewer: Is India called the sub-continent?
Me: Sir I mean India and its neighbouring countries, is called a sub-continent because it such a
great diversity of geography , climate and cultures as they vary across continents. U can travel
from one part of the country to another and end up in a whole new world...
Interviewer: So tell me something about Guwahati.
Me: Sir I was born there and spent my first five years there... Sorry sir, I dont remember a single
moment from that time. But I can tell you a lot about Gujarat.
Interviewer: Then tell me...
Me: Sir we stayed 100 kms from Mumbai in a small hamlet near Valsad...
Interviewer: Gujarat is a state with lot of industries...
Me: Yes Sir, my father was posted to Atul. I guess u've heard about Lalbhai group...
Interviewer: Yes yes...
Me: My father was posted in that campus. I found the people there very co-operative, soft
natured...
Interviewer: Mild...
Me: exactly sir, those people are very mild there and I find these riots and all the violence very
politically motivated. I dont think, after the expirence I've had there, that those people can involve
themselves in such activities.
Interviewer: So what do u do in ur free time?
Me: Sir I just got an Internet connection at home
Interviewer: HOME???
Me: Sir we are on 6 months training, so when I return home from work... Sir I've mentioned it in
there.
Interviewer: Oh yes... you are in the pre-final year...
Me: Sir I am interested in reverse engineering... so I update myself on that front (and blabbed some
more)
Interviewer: What do u do in ur free time?
Me: Listen to music, surf internet, I've been an author of 21 poems and do things that all other
guys do...
Interviewer: What about reading? What do u read?
Me: Mostly fiction... I read newspaper on daily basis...
Interviewer: Tell me the news of last week... besides cricket and movies.
Me: the reservation controversy, an engineer from India was killed in Afghanistan, the football
worldcup is coming up in 29 days...
Interviewer: where is it going to be held?
Me: Germany
Interviewer: Where in Germany?
Me: Sorry Sir, I dont know this.
Interviewer: So haven't gone thru the news...
Me: Actually, I was playing football on my gaming console since last three months, so I just
wanted to acquaint myself with the real thing. I am pretty excited to see it.
Interviewer: You being a computer science engineer, tell me about one latest technology
Me: SVG. It stands for Scalable Vector Graphics. Its an XML based on-the-fly image generator.
The images created by it can be displayed on any XML compatible browser.
Interviewer: What are Vector graphics?
Me: Sir there exist 2 types of graphics- raster and vector. In raster image, we store the exact image
of the memory that is to be displayed on the screen. While in the vector image we store the
mathematical formulas which are re-worked when we zoom in. Beacuse of this the images are not
pixelated as they are in the case of raster images. The edges of such images are smooth.
Interviewer: Can u solve this puzzle for me... How many squares does the chessboard have?
Me: 64
Interviewer: If u look closely, there are many more squares.
Me: Yes Sir.
Interviewer: Can u tell me the number of squares if I remove a square from third column and
fourth row?
Me: [After thinking for somtime, I couldn't arrive at the answer] way more than 62.
Interviewer: Anything that u want to ask...
Me: (Some stupid questions... coz nothin was hittin me at that moment. Finally, I couldn't hold it
back...) Sir u haven't even seen my resume.
Interviewer: I have everything in this performa...
Me: Thank You Sir.
[I've left out some finer details but most of the things I've written here are verbatim]

Expirences of other friend who were selected.

Bikramjeet Singh: Besides the resume, he was asked to kill a fly which was pestering the
interviewer... he did it. Its not a joke. U can ask him this at the e-mail I've mentioned. Please attach
this mail while askin for authenticity of this info.

Ankit Vasudeva
Interviewer: U belong to Ludhiana. For which 2 industries is it famous for?
Ankit: Woolen and cycle industries
Interviewer: Name 3 companies of each from Ludhiana
He gave the answer chetana-jobs
Interviewer: to which group does pringle belong to?
he gave the wrong answer
he's interested in dealing with stock market... so he eventually diverted the interview in that
direction and answered everything to his heart's content.
He was then given a situation in which he had to invest 50,000 over a period of six months and tell
the investor about the turnover. He told that he will first buy a second hand machine and hire a
good worker and get the market response by distributing the samples over a period of 2 months.
Then he will get a new machine based on that response... Then the interviewer asked him: wouldn't
big companies like pringle look for fineness in your work? He replied that he will surely pay
attention to quality to get good business and besides he will also target small scale indutries...

Anuj Sharma
After the regular thing about the resume, he was asked some absurd questions. Dont rem his
expirience exactly... He was asked for the latest gold prices... how do rising gold and oil prices
affect our lives. What factors are responsible for the rising prices?

Ramesh Jolly
He was asked about his girl-friend and everything about their relationship. Are men better or
women? Puzzle: India and Pakistan have no man's land in between them. Who will claim the
survivors if the plane crashes? "Ma'am, they're survivors. There's no need to claim them." One
more puzzle that he couldn't answer.

Other puzzle that guys were discussing:

> how can 14 '4s' be used to total hundred? answer: 10x4 + 4^3 - 4
> How many squares are there on a chessboard?

Other interview expriences:

> Tell me about urself that is not there in ur resume
> Asking everything about the college to which the student belonged to
> Today's headlines
> Parent's job and everything about that
> What do u dont like to do but still do it? (one good answer can be: I accept criticism)
> What are ur strenghts? Any situation in which u potrayed that strength? (keep atleast one
example of every strength and weakness that u are going to mention there. Conentrate on strengths
when they ask to tell u something about urself. Avoid as much negativity as possible throughout
the interview.)

BOTTOMLINE: Be urself in the interview. If u are going to fake it, those guys will know it. Those
guys are top of the line specialists. As I saw it, they gauged with which subject the person was best
comfortable with and asked most of the questions from that area only. AND SPEAK GOOD
ENGLISH.

INFOSYS PAPER - 01 APR 2006 - HYDERABAD

Hai,
D 
 
I have attended Infosys Off-campus at Hydebad. 
This is the paper what I Got. 

Infosys-paper:1st, April-2006 

1.A rich man died. In his will, he has divided his gold coins among his 5 sons, 5 daughters and a
manager. According to his will: First give one coin to manager. 1/5th of the remaining to the elder
son. Now give one coin to the manager and 1/5th of the remaining to second son and so on.....
After giving coins to 5th son, divided the remaining coins among five daughters equally.
All should get full coins. Find the minimum number of coins he has? 

2.One person in a prison can earn Rs.7 per day if he works, and he has to pay Rs.3 If he doesnt
work.Atlost he earned Rs.170. then how many days he worked in60 days. 

3.A boy and a girl started in opposite direction of 20km distance. A bird flys from boy to girl and
then return to boy and so on..util they met. If the spped of a girl is 15kmph, and boy & girl speeds
are 10kmph.
Then how much distance that bird can fly inbetween them. 

4.Series:
a)1,2,3,5,16,__
b)1,2,3,15,__,224 

5.Given 4 persons A,B,C,D and his disignations P,Q,R,S not respectively.

Some conditions......(I dont remember)
we need to find Who is belogs to which job? 

6.There r 5 girls A,B,C,D,E belongs to P,Q,R,S,T families has to make a fruit salad with a mixer of
Apples,Oranges,grapes,Cherrys.
They have to use min of 3 fruits but no one use same combination.
Regarding this 4 Questions(I dont remember) 

7.A women started her Shopping with some amount. she spent 1/2 of the amt and + 2 rs at bucher
shop and she spent 1/2of remainig+5rs at bakery and then went to market and bought some
vegitable with 1/2 of the remainig amt. and then she bought an ice creame with remaing rs.5
Initially How much she had? 

8.Tom says that there r 1/3 of childrean infront of me and added to 3/4 of children who stands
before me gives the total no of children.
How many children are there? 

9. A cook went to a shop and bought some eggs with 12 pounds.While he was returning from the
shop, taht shop keeper called him and gave two exta eggs to him.now cost of 1 dozen eggs are 1
pound less than what he bought initially.
Then originally how many eggs he bought? 

INFOSYS PAPER & INTERVIEW - 08 JAN 2006

Hi ,

I gave infy test on 8th jan 06. this time paper questions are new .Only 2 or questions from previous
year. Around 1200 students took test only 105 were short listed for interview.so start preparing
hard
I attend interview on next morning , panel of 2 hr.
1 male M,1 female F, both were good n make u comfortable

INTERVIEW
M: tellme about ur self?
Me I prepared 2 page for it n spoke it completely
M: in that I spoke about my career objective as I see myself to be the team leader of the team after
5 yrs, so hr asked me what if u will remain in team after 6 rs?
Me: I told them I am hard worker n I believe in continious improvement n I think hard work never
goes in vain I will be definitely become TL after 5 yrs.
F: asked what were doing from 6 months
Me: I told her that I was concentrated on c, sql,pl/sql ,I am also learning java n I am improving my
communication skills, basically in communication skills I concentrated on improving my speaking
skills rather than improving increasing my vocab
F: don't u think vocab is important
Me: Definetly mam vocab is important but I think the way speak represents ur personlaty
therefore if a person have normal vocab can communicate effectively,I told her even in English
reader never use typical words they use simple English. So I concentrated on the cpeaking skill,for
this I usually watch dd1 enlish news n concentrate on the correct pronunciation
I also told her that I lost many interviews n I think the reason was that I speak very fast, n I worked
on that in these 6 months.
F: from where u are learning java
Me:from a institute in jaipur
F:what all u had done for improving ur comm skills
Me: I started recording my voice I start hearing it ,this has helped me a lot in improving my
speaking ability
M: what do u mean by continious improvement
Me: I told him bla blab la as I am from IEM , so I gave him management funda
F: u are a member of so many groups as in my resume I had shown that I am the technical leader
of my dept online newsletter,also I was the editor ,n also I was the technical member of my college
website team, also member of public speaking team
F:she asked me training program which I had done in my college
Me I told her it was meant for improving communication skill
F: what were ur responsibilities in public speaking club
Me: to encouge students to speak on stake as there are many who have stage fear so we motivated
them give them a chance to speak , also tell them how to improve comm. Skills ,body language
F:Don't u have stage fear
Me : no mam
F: how u prepared urself for interview
Me: I solved shakuntala devi . N blab bla
f: do u read anything
me: yes mam I read newspaper n motivational books
f:which newspaper
me : sometimes times of India( I made the wrong statement here)
m: what about other times
me: sir as don't get so much time because I am working apart from that iam also working part time,
n also learning java so I get very little time to read news paper,then I say hindu I read
m: who is the editor of hindu?
Me: I told him that I concentrate my self on articles so I don't know who is the editor
F:do u have any thing to ask
Me: infosys is driven by values c-life what c-life means
f: I didn't get u
me : I repeated the ques I think both of them don't know about that then male speak when u join
infy u will get the idea of it

for written solve:

1 shakuntala devi
2. INFOSYS PAPERS MUST, IF U DON'T HAVE DOWNLOAD IT FROM CHETANAS .COM

I solve both the parts of shakuntala devi n previous papers

Don't get nervous if u don't find the previous year quest repeated but if u solve the pervious papers
then u will can easily clear written

Q1. about girl n brother . brother ask girl I gave chocolates what u had done with it girl replied " I
had give 1/2 maore than 1/2 of thetotalto mother (from previous year)
Ans 7

Q2: I man got paramvir chakra in 1945 , he died when he was 1/39 of his birth year.In which year
he was born
Soln: 1911

Q3: something life ,there are some birds sitting on a tree n the no of birds are as many as no of
trees the value is b/w 2000 to 2100. find the no something like that (but logic is same)
Ans: 2000(check it)

Q4: logical reasoning question (8 marks)

5 people(Norway,germany,swedan,English,m..)5 houses (yellow,red,blue,..),5
animals(bird,zebra,cat,dog) 5 drinks(tea,milk,coffee,beer,water),5 cigratees based on that some
questions were there
Q: Zebra belongs to whom
2 more questions on that one regarding who smoke .(some cigratte brand)

Q5 (from previous paper)

4 persons with different professions dentist,grocer,., some names(flan,..) have to find the
profession of the persons ,dentist income twice to architect, grocer income twice of banker income
One more condition
Ans :Easy one

Q6: some atheletics questions some conditions were given regarding games won , easy one

Q7:hand shake problem, 11 persons shake hands , how many shakes will be there
Ans 55 times

Some more questions were there I cant recall now if I recall I will mail to the group

Guys remember one thing only hard with smartness can make u crack the infy written. Gre barrons
is must for solving 8 marks questions

ENGLISH

1 passage
One passage with blanks (u have to fill blanks with proper tenses n verb)
Some sentences were given u have to find the wrong one
One line is given u have to find the meaning of that from the options
Some fill in the blanks were there
English section was very easy anyone can do it
Concentrate on puzzles , show ur rough work neately

( Paper Submitted By :Diwakar Chittora)

Paper Type : Aptitude - Puzzle

Posted By : Jai

INFOSYS PAPER - 08 JAN 2006

friends i am giving the Infosys questions on 8th jan 2006

1.a clock gongs 6 times at 6 o'clock.the time from first to last gongs is 30sec.How long does it take
to strike at 12 mid.

2.tea bought for 5bits per pound and 3 bits per pound and made a mixture to grt 40pounds.each
sold at 6 bits per pound leading to 33 and 1/3 percent profit.how many pounds of 5 bits /pound was
taken?

3.there are certains trees in a wood on which certain no. of birds sits...the no. of birds on each tree
= no. of trees in de wood.the no. of birds is b/w 2000 and 2100.

4.a brother asks his sis abt de chocolate bars he had given.. it is there in old papers.

5.some personaliti (awarded param veer in 1948)who died is now 1/138 th of his birth year. find
his year of birth.

6.in a party, the guests clinked there glasses against each other there are 11 guests.find de no. of
clinks.

7.a paragraph with 5 houses,5 colors,5 nationalists,5 drinks,5 pets,5 smokes....

8.a architct,a grocer,a draggist, a banker- Mr.A,Mr.B,Mr.C,Mr.D....

salaries in de order x,2x,4x,6x...
cldnt remember exactly...

9.an athelete race...-a big paragrah...

cldnt remember...

10. trains from hoerah starts at 09oohrs and reach bombay at 0930 hrs after 3 days..same way in de
opposite direction.. a person travels from bombay to howrah... how many trains he ll cross on his
way to howrah..

Only 45 were shortlisted...

(Paper Contributed By: Ezhilvadivu)

Paper Type : Aptitude - Puzzle
Posted By : Jai

1. A shopkeeper arranges his fruits in such a way that putting say either 3,or 9,or 7
apples in a row each time one apple is left. but when he puts say 11 apples in a row no
apple is left.find no. of apples.

ans: take l.c.m. of earlier three nos. add 1 if divided by 11 fine else multiply by 2 add
1 divide by 11 .if not divisible keep on repeating. i got ans. in 2 steps.
2. A problem of staircase:if i start going down, having gone down 4 steps i see x coming
up.i meet x in way going down.when i had still 7 steps to go down x had gone up
.find no. of steps in the staircase.condition: for each of my one step down x goes up 2
steps.
ans:22
solution:
say total no. of steps x
2(x-11)==x
x="
3. Problem of merrygoround.tom on a merrygoround finds that one third of people ahead
of him and three fourth of people behind him is equal to the no. of people on the
merrygoround.find the no. of people on the merrygoround.
ans:13
since merry gorund is circular so
3/4x+1/3x==x+1.
4. A problem of cards .four persons sitting on a table.infront of each one of them one
card is lying not having same colours on both sides.2 blue,2 red,2 green faces. each
one guesses the color of unseen face of card .(guesses i don’t remember) exactly 2
are lying.
the front faces of card are red,blue,green,red respectively.find the colors of unseen
faces of card.
5. five persons in a conference.a & b can communicate in english.when d joins the only
coomon language of communication is spanish. a ,b,e can talk to each other in french
only.exactly 3 people know portugese. the number of languages known by different
persons are 1,2,3,4,5. some other similar conditions . you have to find answers to four
questions based n these facts.
6. say ona sacle of 100:
85 have phones,80 cars,75 married,70 have houses. how many minimum persons are
married,have phone car and houses on a scale of 100.
7. some series given
3 10 20 27 54 61 _
ans .162
some other series
trick: find suare root then add some number etc.
8. some conditions on x<y<==1,xy==z choose which option would be incorrect. options
like:x<y,x>z etc.
9. afternoon temperatures of five days are recorded.each temperature is
different.multiple is 12.

ans:-1,1,2,-2,3
English
1. A simple reading comprehension 6 questions on that.
2. preposition 6 questions.
3. which sentence is correct out of do example
a. Their habits complement each other.
b. Their habits compliment each other.
4. Select senetece of similar meaning:
eg.
I was in ammessed up situation
four options
correct ans:i was confused
Interview:
 1. Introduce yourself
2. Question on hobbies.
3. How would you provide a blind person with a watch? my answer: have a button on
watch by pressing which the watch will pronounce the time.
4. One more puzzle
Paper Type : Aptitude - Puzzle
Posted By : admin

Aptitude Questions

1. One guy has Rs. 100/- in hand. He has to buy 100 balls. One football costs Rs. 15/,
One Cricket ball costs Re. 1/- and one table tennis ball costs Rs. 0.25 He spend the
whole Rs. 100/- to buy the balls. How many of each balls he bought?

2. The distance between Station Atena and Station Barcena is 90 miles. A train starts
from Atena towards Barcena. A bird starts at the same time from Barcena straight
towards the moving train. On reaching the train, it instantaneously turns back and
returns to Barcena. The bird makes these journeys from Barcena to the train and back
to Barcena continuously till the train reaches Barcena. The bird finally returns to
Barcena and rests. Calculate the total distance in miles the bird travels in the
following two cases:
(a) The bird flies at 90 miles per hour and the speed of the train is 60 miles per hour.
(b) the bird flies at 60 miles per hour and the speed of the train is 90 miles per hour

3. A tennis championship is played on a knock-out basis, i.e., a player is out of the

tournament when he loses a match.
(a) How many players participate in the tournament if 15 matches are totally played?
(b) How many matches are played in the tournament if 50 players totally participate?

4. When I add 4 times my age 4 years from now to 5 times my age 5 years from now, I
get 10 times my current age. How old will I be 3 years from now?

5. A rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He did not want anybody to know
about them. One day, his wife asked, "How many gold coins do we have?" After
pausing a moment, he replied, "Well! If I divide the coins into two unequal numbers,
then 37 times the difference between the two numbers equals the difference between
the squares of the two numbers." The wife looked puzzled. Can you help the
merchant's wife by finding out how many gold R

6. A set of football matches is to be organized in a "round-robin" fashion, i.e., every

participating team plays a match against every other team once and only once. If 21
matches are totally played, how many teams participated?

7. Glenn and Jason each have a collection of cricket balls. Glenn said that if Jason would
give him 2 of his balls they would have an equal number; but, if Glenn would give
Jason 2 of his balls, Jason would have 2 times as many balls as Glenn. How many
balls does Jason have?

8. Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas.

(a) How many minutes would it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas?
(b) How many monkeys would it take to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes
 9. It was vacation time, and so I decided to visit my cousin's home. What a grand time
we had! In the mornings, we both would go for a jog. The evenings were spent on the
tennis court. Tiring as these activities were, we could manage only one per day, i.e.,
either we went for a jog or played tennis each day. There were days when we felt lazy
and stayed home all day long. Now, there were 12 mornings when we did nothing, 18
evenings when we stayed at home, and a total of 14 days when we jogged or played
tennis. For how many days did I stay at my cousin's place?

10. A 31" x 31" square metal plate needs to be fixed by a carpenter on to a wooden board.
The carpenter uses nails all along the edges of the square such that there are 32 nails
on each side of the square. Each nail is at the same distance from the neighboring
nails. How many nails does the carpenter use?

Answer and Explanation.

1. F + C + T = 100-------------eq1
15F + C + 0.25T = 100-------------eq2
eq1=eq2 .solve to get F=3T/56 ;F=3,T=56,C=41

2. a) There is no need to consider their meeting pt at all.the train has been running for
90miles/(60miles/hr)=1.5hrs.bird flies till train reaches destination frm strting pt.so
bird flies for1.5hrs at the vel given(90).so dist=1.5*90=135miles

b) time of train=1hr.so dist of bird=60*1=60miles

3. (a) u don't need to sum it up.since it's a knock out only 1 person emerges winner
finally.so15+1=16is answer.becos after15 matches finally we shud've 15losers and
1winner.

(b) 49:its always one less than no of players as per the idea given above.so no need to
check okay cos its always true.ans is 49.

4. Let x= current age

4(x+4)+5(x+5)=10x ;so x=R 41 years

5. 37(x-y)=x^2-y^2. u no tht x^2-y^2=(x-y)(x+y).so (x-y) cancels on both sides to give

x+y=37.so sum of unequal halves=37 which is the req answer.

6. R ans:7 teams okay.for a match u need 2 teams.suppose there r totally 'n 'teams.
Now uve to choose 2 teams out of 'n' teams.so answer =no of such choices=no. of
possible combinations. So we've ans = nC2(ncombination2)=21;solve to get n=7.
Sol: n(n-1)/2=21. so n=7.if u don't understand c the graph below
each team plays no. of matches=no of teams ahead of it. One bar '|' represents one
team.
| | | | | | | ------------7
6 5 4 3 2 1 0 -----------21
last team is written as 0 matches becos this team has already played with all other
teams-hence sum of matches =6+5+4+3+2+1=21 which is correct only if no of teams
=7

7. R 14
1. G+2=j-2
 2. 2(G-2)=J+2.
solve these 2 to get
J=14

8. a). Sol:each mky takes 8 min to eat a banana

b).ans:8m=48 m=6

9. Use sets and venn diagram to solve such questions.a,b ,aub,anb etc.
12=tennis+leave
18=jog +leave
so jog-tennis=6
again jog+tennis=14.so solve and get jog=10,leave=8,tennis=4.so tot=22

10. Ans= 32*2 + 30*2=124

INFOSYS PAPER ON 20th JULY 2006 AT CHENNAI

INFOSYS PAPER ON 20th JULY 2006 AT CHENNAI

Hey friends I attended the Infosys campus of jUly 2007. Am posting the questions. All the questions were repeated from
previous year papers. Jus go through "Sakuntala Devi's Puzzles to Puzzle You" and those previous year papers. It is
more than enough.

The questions are as follow.

1. Some group of friends are there. They are going for a treat. The bill is 2400 and they've already decided to pay it
equally shared among themselves. But two of the friends say that they've forgot the purse in their house. When the
other friends are paying the bill they have to pay 100 rs extra. Totally how many were there in the group.

Ans: 8. Each friend pays 400 rs except those 2.

2. Four theives robbed a bank. The police surrounded them and during the investigation the following are the
statements given by the four persons.

Aaron: Ben did it.

Ben: Don dit it.
Guy: I dint do it.
Don: Ben is lying. Someone else did it.
One of the above statement is true. Who is the guilty person among the four.

Ans: Guilty-Guy. Statement of Don was true.

3. Mary was one day on a spending spree. she went to a shop and bought some clothes and wen she came outside
she gave a begger a rupee more than wat she had in her purse. She then went to a restaurant and tipped off the waiter
with 2 rupees more than half the money she had then. Then while returning back to her hotel, she was approached by a
religious group and she gave them 3 rupees more than wat she had. At last when she returned to her hotel, she found
that she had only one rupee remaining. How much she initially had in her purse?

Ans: Rs. 42

4. There are 6561 balls out of which 1 is heavy. Find the minimum number of times the ball has to be weighed for
finding out the heavy ball.

Ans: 8.

Method:

6561/3= (2187,2187,2187)
2187/3= (729, 729, 729)
like that till one comes we hav to divide. It will hav eight weighing till 1.

5. This is a very simple one. Finding the murderer problem. Its der in previous papers. plz check it out. I forgot the
questions. (8 Marks)

Ans: Murderer-Walt
Victim -Fillip
 Judge -Mark
Witness -Graham

6.My cousin came to my house for vacation. During the course of her stay we played chess everyday. The one who
wins gives a chocolate to the other. At the last day of her stay she gave me 8 chocolates and she herself had won 12
chocolates. So how many days did she stay in my place.

Ans: 20 days.

7. Temperature problem.. I dont exactly remember the temperatures. But When A was 14 B was 36 and similarly when
A was 133 B was something (sorry). It was given that both A and B were equal at some point indirectly.

Ans: 52.5

Method - Formula: A=7/3B-70

3A=7B-210
since A=B
4A=210
A=52.5

8. One day my friend and me went to a fun park. We went on a merry go round. 1/3 of those were before me and three
quarter of them were behind me. What were the total number of ppl who were on the merry go round.

Ans: 13

9. This is a reasoning problem. Somewat very big. Something like georgie wil not have hat until vickie gets a scarf..
some 10 conditions were given like this. We have to find what each one gets at the end. (9 Marks)

10. Series.. very eas

. A die needs to made with following conditions, 1 and 6 ,

2n5 and 3n4 respectively on opposite sides. how
many combinations can be made in order to make a die with above conditions.

2. Similar the Celsius-Fahrenheit scale . A different measurement was use in which System A
measured 14 and System B 36. Another reading gave System A measured 84 and System B
measured 138. At what temperature both System A and B have the same temperature?

Ans: 52.5 degrees hint: A=7/3b-70

4. a man goes out from his house at 3 pm and came back at 9 pm.he walk down the road at 4
km/hr,then on hill top at 3 km/hr and return from hill at 6 km/hr.then he went bak to his home with
the same 1st path.wat was his one way distance travelled?

5. 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.armanet should be always displayed on left
side diamond always on the rightruby should neither be kept with diamond or garnet. emerald and
sapphire should always be on the same side.

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
Ans 1]a 2]a] 2 more questions were asked in similar way.

6. A horse travels half the distance with no load at a speed of 12 miles/hr. The other hal mile the
horse is loaded and it travels with a speed of 4 miles\hr. What is the average speed of the horse?
Ans: 6 miles\hr

7. 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)

Ans: 20 hrs

8. There is a peculiar island where a man always tells truth and a women never says two 2
consequtive 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" howver 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: a. kibi is a girl

b. mother answered first.( i think its correct but check it out)

9. We are given 100 pieces of a puzzle. If fixing two components together is counted as 1 move ( a
component can be one piece or an already fixed set of pieces), how many moves do we need to fix
the entire puzzle.

Ans: 99

11. Find the next term of the series:

a) 1,2,3,5,16,__
b) 1,2,3,8,__,224

. 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 .

ans. 12km

approach.

let plain road is=xkm

uphill=downhill=ykm

total time of walk =9-3=6hrs

that is

x/4+y/3+y/6+x/4= 6

=&gt;x+y=12

thus one way distance =12 km

2.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. 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 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

Ans 1]a 2]a] 3]c 4]d

3. in how many ways we can arrange numbers on a dice such that 1 and 6are opposite, 5 2nd 2 r
opposite and 4 and 3 r are opposite on a dice

ans 6*4 =24

4. complete the series

1, 2, 3, 5, 16,_

ans 231

approach

2^2-1^2=3

3^2-2^2=5

5^2-3^2=16

16^2-5^2=231

1, 2, 3, 8, -, 224

ans 27

approach

2*1+1=3

2*3+2=8

3*8+3=27

27*8+8=224

5. one watch gains 1minute/hr another watch loses 2minute/hr. in how much time the difference of
time between them would be

one hour.

ans 20 hrs

approach

diff between time in 1 nour is 1+2=3 minutes

 thus

3 minutes diference in 1hr

60 minutes dofference in 3/60=20 hrs

6. a horse goes half of the distance with the speed 12miles/hr, and after that rest half with luggage
at 4 miles/hr. what is its

average speed?

ans 6 miles/hr

approach

avg speed=distance covered/ time taken

=2x/(x/4+x/12)

=6

7.in a jigsaw puzzle there are 100 pieces. minimum how many turns r needed to complete it. at a
time you can append 2 pieces only.

ans 99

8 there r two temperature scales A and B. 14 degrees in A is eqivalent to 36 in B. and 133 in A is

eqivalent to 87 in B

what is the temperature where they both are equal?

ans 52.5 degrees

approach

let the temp be =X

and caliberation in A=a

caliberation in B=b

A(X-14)=B(X-36)

A(X-133)=B(X-87)

thus

(x-14)(x-87)=(x-36)(x-133)

solving

x=52.2

9. a man picking up letters in a way that when picks up one misses one, picks up another one
misses 2, picks up another

one misses 3 ...........so on.

at the end he found he picked up 5% OF THE TOLTAL, HOW MANY LETTERS DI

HE PICK?

ans 39

approach

when picked 1st.......dropped 1

2nd....... 2

3rd....... 3

----------------------------------------

picked nth.........dropped totlly sum of n natural nos

thus

n/{n(n+1)/2} = 5/100

=&gt;n =39