INFOSYS QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

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1. At an examination in which full marks were 500. A got 10% less than B, B got 25% more than C and C
got 20% less than D. If A got 360 marks, what percentage of full marks was obtained by D?
(a) 70% (b) 90% (c) 75% (d) 80%

2. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he had:
(a) 588 (b) 672 (c) 600 (d) 700

3. During the testing of drug the result were found to be 85% positive in the first phase of 100 tests and
55% positive of second phase. If the overall results were 75% positive. What was the total number of
tests conducted in first phase and second phase?
(a) 125 (b) 135 (c) 145 (d) 150

4. There is a merry-go-round race going on. One person says,”1/3 of those in front of me and 3/4 of
those behind me, give the total number of children in the race”. Then the number of children took
part in the race?
(a) 11 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 15

5. How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, which are divisible by 5
and none of the digits is repeated?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20

6. Class P has 30 students of which 20 like Music. In class Q, 10 students like Music. Find the number of
students in Class Q if the average number of students who like Music in a class is 16.
(a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 25

7. A man said he spent 1/6 of his as a child, 1/12 as salesman in a liquor shop, 1/7 and 5 years as a
politician and a good husband respectively. At that time Jim was born. Jim was elected as Alderman
four years back when he was half of his age. What is his age?
(a) 74 years (b) 78 years (c) 82 years (d) 84 years

8. Every day a cyclist meets a car at the station. The road is straight and both are travelling in the same
direction. The cyclist travels with a speed of 12 mph. One day the cyclist comes late by 20 min. and
meets the car 5 miles before the Station. What is the speed of the car?
(a) 55 mph (b) 50 mph (c) 60 mph (d) 65 mph

9. Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs.5 and sold at 5 articles for Rs.6. Gain percent is:
(a) 30% (b) 33.33% (c) 35% (d) 44%

10. There is a church tower 150 feet tall and another catholic tower at a distance of 350 feet from it
which is 200 feet tall. There is one each bird sitting on top of both the towers. They fly at a constant
speed and time to reach a grain in b/w the towers at the same time. At what distance from the church
is the grain?
(a) 80 (b) 70 (c) 60 (d) 90

11. A person is 80 years old in 490 and only 70 years old in 500 in which year is he born?
(a) 300 (b) 400 (c) 410 (d) 570

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12. A completes a work in 2 days, B in 4 days, C in 9 and D in 18 days. They form group of two such that
difference is maximum between them to complete the work. What is difference in the number of days
they complete that work?
(a) 11/3 (b) 12/5 (c) 14/3 (d) None of these

13. A motor cyclist participant of a race says “We drove with the speed of 10 miles an hour one way, but
while returning because of less traffic we drove on the same route with 15 miles per hour.” What was
their average speed in the whole journey?
(a) 14 miles per hour (b) 12 miles per hour (c) 10 miles per hour (d) None of these

14. Three customers want haircut and a shave. In a saloon, two barbers operate at same speed. They take
quarter of an hour for the haircut and 5 mins for the shave. How quickly can they finish the haircut
and shave of these three customers?
(a) 25 mins (b) 20 mins (c) 30 mins (d) None of these

15. Three different types of objects are kept in a bucket. How many times does one need to select object
from the bucket to get atleast 3 objects of the same type?
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 11

16. A boy travels in a scooter after covering 2/3rd of the distance the wheel got punctured he covered the
remaining distance by walk. Walking time is twice that of the time the boy’s riding time. How many
times the riding speed as that of the walking speed?
(a) 2 times (b) 4 times (c) 3 times (d) 5 times

17. A man sold 2 pens. Initial cost of each pen was Rs.12. If he sell it together one at 25% profit and
another 20% loss. Find the amount of loss or gain, if he sells them separately.
(a) 50 paise gain (b) 40 paise loss (c) 60 paise loss (d) 55 paise loss

18. 125 small but identical cubes are put together to form a large cube. This large cube is now painted on
all six faces. How many of the smaller cubes have no face painted at all.
(a) 27 (b) 64 (c) 8 (d) 36

19. Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 24 minutes and 27 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are
opened simultaneously, after how much time should B be closed so that the tank is full in 8 minutes?
(a) 14 minutes (b) 12 minutes (c) 15 minutes
(d) 18 minutes (e) None of these

20. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘MATHEMATICS’ be arranged so that the
vowels always come together?
(a) 10080 (b) 4989600 (c) 120960 (d) None of these

21. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 4 days. If A alone can complete the same work in 12
days, in how days can B alone complete that work?
(a) 9 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6

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22. ‘A’ and ‘B’ started a business in partnership investing Rs.20000/- and Rs.15000/- respectively. After
six months ‘C’ jointed them with Rs.20000/-. What will be B’s share in the total profit of Rs.25000/-
earned at the end of two years from the starting of the business?
(a) 8500 (b) 7500 (c) 9500 (d) 10400

23. Jack and Jill went up and down a hill. They started from the bottom and Jack met Jill again 20 miles
from the top while returning. Jack completed the race 1 min a head of Jill. If the hill is 440 miles high
and their speed while down journey is 1.5 times the up journey. How long it took for the Jack to
complete the race?
(a) 13.5 (b) 12.5 (c) 12.6 (d) 14.3

24. The sum of ages of 5 children born at intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the
youngest child?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7

25. In a class there are less than 500 students. When it is divided by 3 it gives a whole number. Similarly
when it is divided by 4, 5 or 7 gives a whole number. Find the no. of students in the class.
(a) 430 (b) 420 (c) 440 (d) 410

26. There is well of depth 30 m and frog is at bottom of the well. He jumps 3 m in one day and falls back 2
m in the same day. How many days will it take for the frog to come out of the well?
(a) 21 days (b) 28 days (c) 7 days (d) 14 days

27. A tank is fitted with two taps. The first tap can fill the tank completely in 45 minutes and the second
tap can empty the full tank in one hour. If both the taps are opened alternately for one minute, then in
how many hours the empty tank will be filled completely?
(a) 2 hours 55 minutes (b) 3 hours 40 minutes
(c) 4 hours 48 minutes (d) 5 hours 53 minutes

28. There is a escalator and 2 persons move down it. A takes 50 steps and B takes 75 steps while the
escalator is moving down. Given that the time taken by A to take 1 step is equal to time taken by B to
take 3 steps. Find the no. of steps in the escalator while it is stationary.
(a) 50 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d) 100

29. A cube is divided into 729 identical cubelets. Each cut is made parallel to some surface of the cube.
But before doing that the cube is colored with green color on one set of adjacent faces, red on the
other set of adjacent faces, blue on the third set. So, how many cubelets are there which are painted
with exactly one color?
(a) 49 (b) 98 (c) 392 (d) 294

30. A team of 4 members is chosen from a team of 3 trainees, 3 engineers and 5 managers. Find the
probability that exactly 3 of them are managers?
(a) 2/11 (b) 1/11 (c) 2/33 (d) 3/12

31. How many numbers are divisible by 4 between 1 to 100?

(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 20 (d) 24

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32. A man sold two cows for Rs.210 at a total profit of 5 %. He sold one cow at a loss of 10% and another
at a profit of 10%. What is the price of each cow?
(a) 175 & 25 (b) 150 & 50 (c) 125 & 75 (d) 100 & 100

33. 25 liters of 70% HCL solution is mixed with X liters of 40% HCL solution to make a 50% HCL solution.
Find the amount of 40% HCL solution added.
(a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 23 (d) 55

34. How many kgs of wheat costing Rs.24/- per kg must be mixed with 30 kgs of wheat costing
Rs.18.40/- per kg so that 15% profit can be obtained by selling the mixture at Rs.23/- per kg?
(a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) 12

35. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 4 days. If A alone can complete the same work in 12
days, in how days can B alone complete that work?
(a) 9 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6

36. A person with some money spends 1/3 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?
(a) 150 (b) 100 (c) 200 (d) 250

37. There are 8 digits and 5 alphabets. In how many ways can you form an alphanumeric word using 3
digits and 2 alphabets?
(a) 12000 (b) 12500 (c) 26430 (d) 43200

38. How many three digit numbers abc are formed where at least two of the three digits are same.
(a) 150 (b) 160 (c) 252 (d) 200

39. 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?
(a) 90 (b) 95 (c) 100 (d) 105

40. 7 people have to be selected from 12 men and 3 women, Such that no two women can come together.
In how many ways we can select them?
(a) 2552 (b) 2772 (c) 2110 (d) 3545

41. There are 8 digits and 5 alphabets. In how many ways can you form an alphanumeric word using 3
digits and 2 alphabets?
(a) 48 (b) 104 (c) 58 (d) 30

42. A man reaches his office 20 min late if he walks from his home at 3 km per hour and reaches 30 min
early if he walks 4 km per hour. How far is his office from his house?
(a) 20 km (b) 16 km (c) 14 km (d) 10 km

43. Two painters P1 and P2 paint the house in 3 days. If P1 alone can paint the house in 12 days, in how
many days can P2 alone complete the same paint work?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3

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44. Pipe A fills a tank in 30 minutes. Pipe B can fill the same tank 5 times as fast as pipe A. If both the
pipes were kept open when the tank is empty, how much time will it take for the tank to overflow?
(a) 3 minutes (b) 2 minutes (c) 5 minutes
(d) 4 minutes (e) None of these

45. A dog takes 4 leaps for every 5 leaps of hare but 3 leaps of dog is equal to 4 leaps of hare compare
speed ?
(a) 15/14 (b) 11/12 (c) 16/15 (d) 1

46. A shop has 4 shelf, 3 wardrobes, 2 chairs and 7 tables for sell. You have to buy
(A) 1 shelf
(B) 1 wardrobe
(C) either 1 chair or 1 table
How many selection can be made?
(a) 50 (b) 70 (c) 98 (d) 108

47. There are 19 red balls and one black ball. Ten balls are put in one jar and the remaining 10 are put in
another jar. What is the possibility that the black is in the right jar.
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/2 (c) 2/7 (d) 3/8

48. A family I know has several children. Each boy in this family has as many sisters as brothers but each
girl has twice as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there?
(a) 4 boys and 3 girls (b) 5 boys and 2 girls
(c) 3 boys and 4 girls (d) 3 girls and 4 boys

49. Find the least value of * for which 684*628 is divisible by 12?
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) None of these

50. Joe’s age, Joe’s sister’s age and Joe’s fathers age sums up to a century. When son is as old as his father,
Joe’s sister will be twice as old as now. When Joe is as old as his father then his father is twice as old
as when his sister was as old as her father. Find the age of her father?
(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) 55

51. If this side of rhombus is 10 cm and one diagonal is 16 cm then find the area of rhombus.
(a) 96 cm2 (b) 76 cm2 (c) 160 cm2 (d) 80 cm2

52. There are 1000 junior and 800 senior students in a class. And there are 60 sibling pairs where each
pair has 1 junior and 1 senior.1 student is chosen from senior and 1 from junior randomly. What is
the probability that the two selected students are from a sibling pair?
(a) 0.008925 (b) 0.004534 (c) 0.234567 (d) 0.004323

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