Thursday 18 August 2011

Iinfosys placement paper


Here are the INFY QUESTIONS of test held in SCT
college at Trivandrum
I am proud to say that they had shortlisted 97 of us
and selected 84 from  it...

1)A person while going thro' a book observed that it
had no page numbers. So, he began to mark the page
numbers. After he was done with it, he observed that
he altogether used 61   3's. How many pages did the
book consist of?

      ANS: 300

2)3 people A,B and C went for a buffet.each of them
went several times.A took 2.4 times as many trips as
B.C went 6 times more than B.find the minimum total
number of trips taken to the buffet.

      ANS:28
3)a wizard said "i'm thrice as old as my son.my father
is 40 more than double my age.the sum of our ages is
"1240" what is the wizard's age?

      ANS:360

4) A man asks a weatherman what`s the past five days
temp? he says i didn`t remember but i can say their
product is 12 and all are diff temperatures. what are
the five temperatures?

ans: -2,-1,1,2,3


5) A recent murder case centered around the six men,
clarke, filip, gront, herm, mark, and walt. In one
order or another these man were the victim, the
murderer, the witness, the police, the judge, and the
hangman. The facts of the case were simple. The victim
had died instantly from the effect of gunshot wound
inflicted a shot.the witness heard the shot but didn't
see the murder. After a lengthy trial the murderer was
convicted, sentenced to death, and hanged.

"      Mark knew both the victim and the murderer.
"      In court the judge asked clarke his account of
the
shooting.
"      Walt was the last of the six to see filip
alive.
"      The police testified that he picked up gront
near
the place where the body was found.
"      Herm and walt never met.
What role did each of the following play in this
melodrama ?
ANS a)      Murderer - Filip.
    b)      Victim     - Herm.
    c)      Judge      - Mark.
    d)      Witness   - Gront.

6). Racing competition.Participants were from 3 tribes

Sonorean-always says truth
Midorean-alternatively says T and F ,not with any
particular start.
Nororean-always  False
A says-     1.  I am the winner
            2.  C is the winner.
B says -    1.  I am  the winner.
            2.  A is the winner
C says-     1.  I am the winner
            2.  B always speaks false
IDentify the tribes of each.

Ans:      Sonorean - C
          Midorean - A
          Nororean - B

7)Jack excitedly told his mother"we had a running
race.28 steps taken by ann is euivalent to 24 of
doug's steps and 21 of my steps.when ann takes 8
steps,doug takes 7 steps and i take 6 steps"
so who won?
    ANS:doug

8)5 shopowners have one daughter each.each of them
name their shop after another's daughter.
  certain details given.who is dimple's father?
ANS:mrinal

9)7 precious stones.2 shelves each able to accomodate
3 each.asphalt on left.diamond on right.
  *ruby and diamond are never kept together
  *emerald and saphire always together
   4 questions based on this

10)

a wall clock,table clock,alarm clock and watch were
set together at 12 noon.for every hour the wall clock
loses 10 mins.for every hour on the wall clock,the
table clock gains tens minutes.for every hour on the
table clock the alarm clock gains 5 mins.and for every
hour on the alarm clock the watch loses 5 mins.what is
the time on the watch at 6 pm

   ANS:5:48pm




July 4  2005 - chennai


The Infosys Question paper held on 4th July 2005, Chennai.

 00……

1. There is a circle race going on. One of them says,”1/3 of those in front of me and ¾  of those behind me, give the total number of children in the race”. Then the number of children took part in the race?

Ans : 12

2. In an Isalnd the natives lie and visitors speak truth. A man wants to whether a salesman beside him in a bar is a native or visitor. He asked him to ask a woman beside him whether she is a native or visitor. He replied that she says “she is a visitor”. Whether the salesman is a native or visitor?

Ans : Visitor ( not sure )

3.A man fixed an appointment to meet Mr.X, X asked him to meet two days after the day before the after tomorrow. Today is Friday. Whats the appointed day.

Ans: Tuesday.

4. A jewel problem, with some conditions and it is quite easy to solve.

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

Ans: 86

6.Jack,Droug and Ann, 3 children had a race when returning from school. Ann takes 28 steps when Droug takes 24 steps, meantime Jack takes 21 steps. Jack explained that his 6 steps equals Droug’s 7 steps and Ann’s 8 steps. Who won the race?

Ans: Droug

7. Every day a cyclist meets a car at the station.The road is straight and both are travelling in the same direction. The cyclist travels with a speed of 12 Kmph.
    One day the cyclist comes late by 20 min. and meets the car 5km before the
Station. What is the speed of the car?

Ans: 60 kmph

8. A problem of persons and profession. Quite easy one.

9.A lady goes for shopping. She bought some shoestrings. 4 times the number of shoestrings, she bought pins and 8 times, handkerchiefs. She paid each item with their count as each piece’s cost. She totally spent Rs. 3.24. How many handkerchiefs did she buy?
Ans : 16
10. Complete the series :

a)      3,6,13,26,33,66,____
b)      364,361,19,16,4,1,___

Ans :  a) 73
c)      1 or -1
d)       

July 17 2005


  1. There is a truck, which contains 12 gallons of Fuel that comes for 300miles/hr.  The driver has not seen the hole in it, and has taken that truck and drove for 4hrs after which the fuel was lasted.  How much fuel was lost during the journey?

  2. On a field, 40 cows were put for fed, which can last grass in 40 days. If 30 cows were put, they can empty the field in 60 days. How many days 20 cows will take to last that grass?

  3. There are some bees flying on some flowers.  One-fifth of the bees flew to the first flower.  One-third of the bees flew to second flower.  3 times the difference of the above two flew to the third flower.  One bee is flying around two flowers.  Totally, how many flowers are there?

  4. A case includes six people Mark, Fillip, Graham, Walt, Hunt and Clark who play the roles of Murderer, victim, witness, Judge, Policeman, Hang man, but not in the same order. 

i.                    Policeman took Graham to the place of incident.
ii.                  Mark knows both the victim and murderer.
iii.                Hunt and Walt never met.
iv.                Walt is one of the persons who have seen Fillip alive.
(Some more such conditions have given.)
Who played the roles below in the melodrama?







Role

Person

Murderer

Policeman

Judge

Witness


  1. On a skating plane, Michel and Jennie are in a distance of a mile on each side of a point.  They are going to skate to the direction of each other’s.  Jennie, having added force with the flow of the wind, skated two and one-half miles faster than Michel and beat her 6 minutes. What are the times taken by both of them?

  2. (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)

7.      James has come out of Jail after 6 years.  When he was punished with imprisonment, his age was 5 times his son’s age.  Now, his age is 3 times his son’s age. What was his age when his son was born?
8.      A Boy has taken a short cut on which there is a railway track that goes through a narrow bridge.  When the boy covered 7/16th of the track in the bridge, he heard the whistle of the train.  Then he ran out of that bridge, when the train came to that bridge.  If he were taken actual root, he would have reached the destination on time, rather taking the shortcut and running out of that bridge.  If the boy covers 4km/hr, what was the speed of the train?
9.      Three persons A, B & C who can be named according to their behavior.  They can be named as Sororean, the name that can be given to the one who always wins; Nororean, the name that can be given to the one who always tells the truth; Midrorean, the name that can be given to the one who always lies.  Then, given some statements (not exactly the same I’ve given), based on which to answer the question (we need to write the names that A, B & C can be given in the table given)

A.                 1) C has beaten B.
            2) C always tells truth.
            3) C is the winner.
B.                 1) A is the winner.
            2) B doesn’t tell truth.
C.                 1) B beat C.
                        2) A is the winner.
     



A
B
C



 
10.   (one  more question was there, I could not remember it)

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