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An"# $ha%anTotally 10 &"estions to 'e ans%ered in 1 ho"r! 1! fo"r family names are (iven clar) *fl"re*miller *#ac+ and their mem'ers name are (iven Stacy *ro'in*,rica*mandy ! '"t not in order!- " hav to find %hich frend 'elon(s to %hich family. ,ach friend prepares salad "sin( / different fr"its ! they are (iven apple* cherry* (rape* 'anana!* no t%o friends "ses the same com'ination! 0ario"s conditions are (iven and 1 &"es as)ed! 1! 2o'in is not 'elon(in( to miller family he "sed apples! 2! ,rica is not a miller not a Clar)! /! Clar) family "sed cherries and (rapes '"t fl"re "sed one of these not 'oth! 1! andy and miller "sed apples and cherries 1! 3hich fr"it did andy didn t "sed4 2! 3hat are the fr"its "sed in miller salad4 /! 2o'in 'elon(s to %hich family4 1! 3hat r the Common fr"its "sed in ro'in and ,rica salads4 2! there r some 'ees in a (arden!!155th of them %ent to a partic"lar flo%er*15/rd %ent to another flo%er*/ times the difference of the a'ove t%o %ent to third flo%er!!n one %as remainin( n it %as roamin( aro"nd!!ho% many 'ees %ere there4 -/ mar)s. 6o"r persons A* B* C and $ are playin( cards! ,ach person has one card* laid do%n on the ta'le 'elo% him* %hich has t%o different colo"rs on either side! The colo"rs visi'le on the ta'le are 2ed* 7reen* 2ed and Bl"e! They see the color on the reverse side and (ive the follo%in( comment! A8 9ello% or 7reen B8 :either Bl"e nor 7reen C8 Bl"e or 9ello% $8 Bl"e or 9ello% 7iven that o"t of the 1 people 2 al%ays lie find o"t the colo"rs on the cards each person! 1! In a dar) room* there is a 'o; containin( 5 %hite 'alls* 5 'lac) 'alls* 5 yello% 'alls* 5 'l"e 'alls* and 5 red 'alls! 3hat is the least n"m'er of 'alls to 'e chosen so as to ens"re

a pair of soc)s has 'een dra%n 4 5! o"t of 100 people * <5 had cars* =0 had mo'iles* <0 had o%n ho"se*=5 people had 'i)es! >o% many people had all of these+ 4 ?! ?! A and B to(ether had set their %atch at sho%in( same time! @n)no%in( to 'oth of them* AAs %atch is fast 'y 1 min"te and BAs %atch is slo% 'y 2 min"tes! After the co"ple of ho"rs* %hen they loo)ed at their %atch ** it %as fo"nd that AAs %atch %as 1 ho"r ahead of BAs %atch!! Can yo" say ho% lon( it is 'efore their difference in time is 1 ho"r!!'"t after settin( their %atch at same time!! =! A#it %as drivin( do%n the co"ntry side %hen he sa% a farmer tendin( his pi(s and d"c)s in his yard! A#it as)ed the farmer ho% many of each he had! The farmer replied that there %ere ?0 eyes and <? feet 'et%een them! >o% many d"c)s and ho% many pi(s %ere there 4 <! This &"estion a'o"t footprint in )itchen!! three 'rothers annie* danny* fanny! Their mother as)s them a'o"t somethin( stolen from the )itchen!! 6rom these children* one tells tr"th* and other t%o tell lies !Annie says BI didnAt do it B* 6anny says B $anny did itC* and $anny says B fanny says lie B!! the &"estion is to find %hose footprint in the )itchen+ 9! This &"estion is a'o"t to find the a(es of three persons!! Three statements from each person %ill 'e (iven! And from the / statements from each person* one statement %ill 'e false and the other t%o %ill 'e tr"th! So totally 9 statements there! 3ith the help of these information * %e have to find the a(es of these / persons! 10! In a 'o;* there %ill 'e a certain n"m'er of papers in some order* each containin( person name! A mana(er %as as)ed to choose the people from the 'o; randomly* say 5D!-ie!* 5D of people sho"ld have to 'e ta)en.! The mana(er pic)s first one and left the ne;t* pic)s third one and left ne;t 2 * and pic)s si;th one and left ne;t /! and (oes on! 3hen he pic)s the last one* it is act"ally the final one in the 'o;!EE!! so he (ot 5D people from the 'o;!! %hat %as the total no of papers in the 'o; 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Infosys Placement Paper and Sample Paper ,;am 15th ay 2005 10 p"FFles GGGGGGGGGG 1H- / mar)s.

Sandy s "ncle died leavin( 1000 rs 'ehind to 'e distri'"ted amon( his five nephe%s! The money is to 'e divided amon( the nephe%s accordin( to their a(es! A person (ets 2s 20 more than his immediate yo"n(er 'rother!Sandy 'ein( the yo"n(est %hat %as his share4 Ans! 2s 1?0!0 It %as &"ite an easy one! let sandy s share 'e ; ;I;I20I;I10I;I?0I;I<0G1000 5;I200G1000 ;G<0055 ;G1?0 2H - 1 mar)s. 2ohit %as descendin( from the elavator %hich %as not %or)in(! 3hen he had stepped do%n = steps his sir started from the 'ottom of the elevator and they passed each other and %hen 2ohit had still 1 steps to (o do%n* his sir reached at the top! Ta)in( into consideration that sirAs 2 steps too) same time as 2ohitAs one %hat %ere the total no of steps4 Ans 22 steps let no of steps 'e ; speedGdistance5time $istance covered 'y 2ohit G ;-=-1 -= steps already covered and 1 %ere still to (o. $istance covered 'y sir G ; Speed of 2ohit Gs Speed of sir G 2s

Time ta)en is e&"al in 'oth the cases so Time-rohit.Gtime-sir. -;-=-1. 5 s G ; 5 2s 2; J 22 G ; ;G22 /H - / mar)s. A vendor %ho is an e;-mathematician has a n"m'er of apples and %hen he arran(es them in ro%s of / he is left %ith one more* %hen he arran(es them in ro%s of 5 a(ain he is left %ith 1 more* Same happens %ith %hen he tries to arran(e them in ro%s of = and 9 that is 1 apple is left e;tra! B"t %hen he arran(es them in a ro% of 11 he is left %ith none! Can " tell me ho% many apples %ere there4 Ans 91? the no is a m"ltiple of /*5*=*9 I a remainder of 1! So /K 5K =K 9G 915 I 1 G91? 91? 511G <? so it is divisi'le 'y 11 also! 1H - 1 mar)s. A theft %as reported in a pLolice station and police detained / persons J Tommy* Mee and Andy on the 'asis of do"'t! >o%ever everyone said that he did not steal and one amon( the other t%o is the thief! Mater on police came to )no% that Tommy %as lyin(! 3ho %as the real thief4 Ans Tommy >e (ave 2 false statements8

18 he didnAt steal tho"(h he %as the thief! 28 one amon( the other t%o did it! If he is the thief ho% can other 2 do it! It %as very easy and infact that created a do"'t n everyone cross chec)ed it a(ain n a(ain to 'e s"re as no'ody %as e;pectin( s"ch a simple p"FFle! 5H -? mar)s. The temperat"re is noted for 5 consec"tive days and it is noted that no t%o days have the same temperat"re! oreover the prod"ct of all the 5 readin(s is 12! The difference is noted to the nearest de(rees! 3hat %ere the readin(s of the temperat"re4 Ans8 -2* -1* 1* 2* / 6actors of 128 1K/*?K2 2K2K/ 't 2 cant ' repeated so J2 and to n"llify -ve si(n J1 is there so J2 K-1 K 1 K 2 K/ G 12 ?H - < mar)s. There are five persons in an office in the post of '"yer* cler)* foot%al)er* mana(er*cashier! Allen* Benett* Clar)* ,%in(er* $avis holds the post! Amon( the 5 t%o have their l"nch time from 118/0- 128/0 and the rest have it in 128/0 J 18/0 rs Allen and rs Benett are sisters! Cashier and cler) share their l"nch amon( themselves! T%o Bachelors share their rooms! $avis and ,%in(er doesnAt face each other from the day $avis reported ,%in(er to the ana(er %hen he ret"rned from l"nch and fo"nd o"t that ,%in(er has already left for l"nch 'efore time! Ans8 I m not s"re a'o"t the ans%ers 't &"estion %as li)e this $avis8B"yer Clar)8Cashier Allen8 ana(er

Benett8Cler) ,%in(er86oot%al)er M"nch 118/0 J 128/0 T%o $avis - from the 5th point he ta)es l"nch in the earlier session. $avis cant 'e mana(er l"nch 128/0 J 18/0 three ,%in(er- form the 5th point he ta)es l"nch in 2nd session ,%in(er cant 'e mana(er =H -1mar)s. A dice has faces 1 a(ainst ?* / a(ainst 5 and 2 a(ainst 1 al%ays! >o% many s"ch com'inations of faces are possi'le in a dice4 Ans 21 )eepin( 1 and ? fi;ed* %e can have t%o com'inations of ? and /* and t%o of 2 and 1 that means fo"r! And interchan(in( 1 and ? %e can have t%o more com'inations that means %ith one pair < com'inations are there 8 1K2G<! Similarly %ith other t%o also < com'os! So in all <K/G21 com'os are possi'le! <H -1 mar)s. A 'oyAs a(e is 5 times as old as his sister! >is fatherAs a(e is t%ice to that of his mother %ho is five times as old as the 'oy! The s"m of all of them e&"als to that of his (randmother %ho is cele'eratin( his <1st 'irthday! >o% old is the 'oy4

Ans8 5 years old let 'oys a(e ' ; sisterAs G ;55 motherAsG5; fattherAsG2-5;. (randmotherAsG<1 <1G;55I;I5;I10; <1K5 G ;I5;I 25; I50; 105 G <1; ;G 1055<1

x=5 so boys age is 5 years 9> (6 marks) It was something like 4persons take part in a race and got different ranks what weretheir ranks! "ohn# black# $ee# %nthony &onditions were gi'en like If "ohn stood first then wee cant be on 4th position and %nthony at (nd postion )imilarly 4 5 conditions were gi'en *+> (, marks) %n easy -.estion with 4 s.bparts % painter has / paintings and he follow certain r.les while

exhibiting the paintings! 0e'er places x and y in the same exhibit If y is there 1 is also there 2 is there if and if only w is there 3ollowing these constraints 4 -.estions were asked based on the possible combinations in the exhibit 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 4444444 %fter the p.11le ro.nd half an ho.rs general english test was there It was 'ery easy ha'ing 45 -.estions 5es.lt was ano.nced the same day 0ext day in the morning I had my intr'iew It was 'ery general hr ro.nd 6wo persons were there asking general -.a7estions 8.estions of intr'w! what is the difference . faced while working in a team d.ring .r training9 :on;t . think more options and s.ggestions mean conf.sion $hat if a person in .r team is always talking against . in all matters witho.t listening to .r part9(lea'e it to team leader) $hy 5th gear is pro'ided in new cars9(for speed) <y dad was frm army )o they asked wat . like abt army (.niform# respect# discipline) $hat all places ha'e . been d.ring the transfers and how did that affect . in .r life and y did . think so ( ad=.stable and adaptable) 6hey ga'e me one se-.ence of n.mbers and witho.t gi'ing m.ch time asked me the approach I was following to sol'e that I was nt able to sol'e it bt I explained d approach to them %sked my hobbies <y to.ghest time in whole life an happiest moment 8.estions . want to ask from .s

4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 4444444 Infosys >lacement >aper and )ample >aper ?xam on 6 th 3eb (++5 5ef @ooks A 82%06I6%6IB? %>6I62:? 4 5) %CC%5$%D(3or basic knowledge in all concepts4%tleast =.st see the form.lae and examples) A >.11les Insight 4E 5 F <ahesh (6his is a 'ery good book) 5+G4 % @ookstal atl %'en.e road#@angalore A >.11les to >.11le Eo.4)hak.ntala :e'i A >.11les and 6easers 4Ceorge " ).mmers 8.estions were marked as H#H#H#4#4#6#6#5#,#, If . find any wrong answer please send me at sapga.ra'Iyahoo com *) % frog falls down in a well H+ ft deep ?'ery day it =.mps H ft .p and e'ery night it falls down by (ft Jow many days it takes to come o.t of the well %ns (, days () 6here is a * km long wire placed on some no of poles which r in e-.al distance If the no of poles is red.ced by * then the distance of wire between each poles increases * (GH how many poles are there initially %ns! Det there r 0 poles before

6hen the distance betn two ad=acent poles is =*+++G(04*) %fter remo'ing one pole distance betn two ad=acent poles is= *+++G(04() 0ow *+++G(04*) K (5GH) = *+++G(04() (04*) L (04() =6++ )ol'e it ans is (6 H) @ is yo.nger than & and older than % 3 is yo.nger than % and older than ? C is yo.nger than J and older than 3 Dike this few more stmts were there It was so easy %ns ?dward 4) 3or e'ery one ho.r two trains will start at the same time #one from @angalore to <adras another from <adras to @angalore Mn parallel tracks %ll trains tra'el with same speed and each train will take 5 ho.rs to reach the other station Jow many trains# one train will meet d.ring the =o.rney9 %ns lN444444lN444444lN444444lN444444lN444444l * ( 5 hrs ( H + hrs H H 5 hrs 4 4 + hrs (H m)

5 5 + hrs 5) % =eweller is ha'ing a left and right window display cases and some gems like amethyst %# diamond :#?#)#5#C#M In each window he sho.ld display H ornaments * % sho.ld be only on left side window in inclined position ( : sho.ld be only on right side window in inclined position H )#? sho.ld be placed together only 4 5 cannot be placed on the side of : or C 4 -.estions were there like * $hat is the possible case on the left window # from the following ans %#5#M ( $hat is the possible case on the right side window H I f O#E pair occ.rs on left side window# what r the possibilities for right hand window 4 I f >#8 pair occ.rs on right side window# what r the possibilities for left hand window 6his was the pattern #6hey were so easy (, marks) 6) % and @ write a test % says P i got a third of the -.es wrongP b says P i got 5 wrongP together they got three -.arters of the -.estions correct

how many did % get correct (5 m) %ns s.ppose there r total x 8s then ( x L (GH ) K ( x Q5 ) = ( (x L R ) => x= H+ /) clark #=ones#mason# smith are 4 ppl there are 4 professions dr.ggists#grocer#b.tcher#policeman find o.t who is who (, m) *)clark and =ones are neighbo.rs and they dri'e each other to work ()=ones earns more than mason H) the b.tcher walks to work 4) clark always beats smith while bowling # 5) the police man earns more than the dr.ggists and the grocer 6) the policeman ne'er met dr.ggist /) policeman met the grocer only once when he ca.ght by the policeman for speeding (<eans he was ca.ght dri'ing his 'ehicle crossing the speed limit ) i hope i did not miss any conditon I don;t know the answer#If someone knows please tell me ,) 0ati'es of one town always Die Bisitors always tell tr.th Mne day I went to the town#and I met one )ales >erson and soon he became my friend $e went to one hotel to ha'e l.nch I wanted to know whether the sales person is a 'isitor or nati'e to that town witho.t asking directly I told him to go and ask a woman in

the hotel asS%5? EM2 % BI)I6M59S Je went to her and asked her#and he came back and saidS)he )aid E?)S 0ow can . tell me whether the salesperson is 'isitor or 0ati'e9 %ns ! ).ppose take the below cases 040%6IB? #B4BI)I6M5 )ales>erson $oman 0 0 0o 0 B 0o B 0 E?) B B E?) 9) H people <#J#C ga'e H statement each# of which ( are tr.e and * is false what are <#J#C s ages <! * m=(( ( h=mK( H g=m4* J! * J is not yo.ngest ( J#C difference is H H J=gK* <! * ( m=(H H

ans! m=(H#g=((#h=(5 *+) In how many ways yo. can arrange the n.mbers on the die 6here is only condition that *#6 and (#5 and H#4 will always be on the opposite sides %ns (6&H) LHT = *(+ (H marks)

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