Placement Papers - Infosys

INFOSYS PAPER - 27 NOV 2005 - MUMBAI
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Hi Friends
I attended infy (off-campus) test on 27 nov at sydenham college at mumbai and interview on the very next day at one office in nariman point around 120 people were shortlisted 4 interview. I got my call letter today i.e. on 07 dec and my joining date is 19dec in mysore this was possible only bcoz of the Friends group
thank u thank u Friends mam
now for the test, if only 4 to 5 days are remaining 4 the test then start solving the previous ques papers. remember the key to crack the test is to solve prev ques papers
1ST PART:APTITUDE
1)A man spends 60 days in jail.the jailor gives him rs 7 for each day that he works but the man has to pay rs 3 if he dosen\'t work for any day.he earns rs 170.for hw many days was the man in jail?(3 mks)
2)a tailor sells cloth 40% above the wholesale price.but the scale which he uses to measure cloth while selling is not correct.so that he earns only 39% more. what is the length of the scale?(4 mks)
3)3 people A B and C go in three diff directions and each brings with him an animal a camel ,a mule and a horse.the CBI catches them and interrogates them, each one gives the foll statements:
A 1.B has taken the horse
B 1.A is lying
2.B is lying
3.i haven\'t taken anything
C 1.A is lying
2.B has taken the mule
later it was found out that the person who had taken the camel is lying and the one who has taken the horse is telling the truth. Find out who has taken which animal.
4)(i dont remember this ques correctly) it is sumthing lik this: a lady gives half of her cents and 1 penny to a beggar.then she gives half of the remaing money and 2 pennies to another.again she gives half of the remaining money and 3 pennies to another.now how she is left with 1 penny(or cent..i dont remember)much money did she have earlier.
5)(repeated)A software engineer returns from America. As he is fat he decided to have evening walk he starts at 3pm. he walks along the road at 4km/hr for some time then he climbs a upward slope area at 3km/hr then back downwards at the rate of 6km/hr.then again the road at 4km/hr. what is the distance he covered in one way if he reaches back home at 9pm
6)in a tug of war,jack pulls hank and bert(not sure if this is the name) together.but jack and bert are just able to hold tuck and jack but when jack and bert exchange places .tuck and bert easily pull jack and hank.list them in the asending order of strengths.
7)series:
a) 2 4 6 8 10 12 12 18.. and some more nos. but dont remember them
b) 3 6 13 26 33 66 __ (repeated)
8)(repeated)Four persons A, B, C and D are playing cards. Each person has one card, laid down on the table below him, which has two different colours on either side.No card has the same color on both sides. The colours visible on the table are Red,Green, Red and Blue respectively. They see the color on the reverse side and give the following comments.
A: Yellow or Green
B: Neither Blue nor Green
C: Blue or Yellow
D: Blue or Yellow
out of the 4 people 2 always lie find out the colours on the cards each person.
9)(this was a repeated ques) one on 5 people and languages they speak,foll condtions were given
i) b and c speak english but when e joins them they also start lerning spanish since spanish is the only common language betn them
ii) spanish is the most common language
iii) 3 people speak portugese
iv) ..many more conditions were there but sorry i do not remember
10)e has holiday on thur,e\'s holiday is in between a and c. Find when do a b c and d hav a holiday
ANSWERS
1) X+Y = 60
7X-3Y = 170
solve simultaneously ans : 35 days
2) not sure abt this(i answered this wrongly)
3) A camel
B mule
C horse
4) dont remember the ans
5) 12 kms
6) jack bert hank tuck (pls check this)
7) a)i did\'nt get the ans but people some were saying 30 and some 32
b)73
8) yellow yellow blue green
A and D r lying
9) sorry.. i don\'t remember
10) sorry
2nd PART ENGLISH
this is really easy. no need to refer any books. only if ur below average in english then only spend time in preparation of this section but dont ignore this since it has a cut-off
if u r good in english then try to solve this as quickly as possible and if time permits solve the apti ques if any ques if left coz the answer paper of apti section will b there with u till the end
anyways ALL THE BEST hope this mail helps u
I attended infy (off-campus) test on 27 nov at sydenham college at mumbai and interview on the very next day at one office in nariman point around 120 people were shortlisted 4 interview. I got my call letter today i.e. on 07 dec and my joining date is 19dec in mysore this was possible only bcoz of the Friends group
thank u thank u Friends mam
now for the test, if only 4 to 5 days are remaining 4 the test then start solving the previous ques papers. remember the key to crack the test is to solve prev ques papers
1ST PART:APTITUDE
1)A man spends 60 days in jail.the jailor gives him rs 7 for each day that he works but the man has to pay rs 3 if he dosen\'t work for any day.he earns rs 170.for hw many days was the man in jail?(3 mks)
2)a tailor sells cloth 40% above the wholesale price.but the scale which he uses to measure cloth while selling is not correct.so that he earns only 39% more. what is the length of the scale?(4 mks)
3)3 people A B and C go in three diff directions and each brings with him an animal a camel ,a mule and a horse.the CBI catches them and interrogates them, each one gives the foll statements:
A 1.B has taken the horse
B 1.A is lying
2.B is lying
3.i haven\'t taken anything
C 1.A is lying
2.B has taken the mule
later it was found out that the person who had taken the camel is lying and the one who has taken the horse is telling the truth. Find out who has taken which animal.
4)(i dont remember this ques correctly) it is sumthing lik this: a lady gives half of her cents and 1 penny to a beggar.then she gives half of the remaing money and 2 pennies to another.again she gives half of the remaining money and 3 pennies to another.now how she is left with 1 penny(or cent..i dont remember)much money did she have earlier.
5)(repeated)A software engineer returns from America. As he is fat he decided to have evening walk he starts at 3pm. he walks along the road at 4km/hr for some time then he climbs a upward slope area at 3km/hr then back downwards at the rate of 6km/hr.then again the road at 4km/hr. what is the distance he covered in one way if he reaches back home at 9pm
6)in a tug of war,jack pulls hank and bert(not sure if this is the name) together.but jack and bert are just able to hold tuck and jack but when jack and bert exchange places .tuck and bert easily pull jack and hank.list them in the asending order of strengths.
7)series:
a) 2 4 6 8 10 12 12 18.. and some more nos. but dont remember them
b) 3 6 13 26 33 66 __ (repeated)
8)(repeated)Four persons A, B, C and D are playing cards. Each person has one card, laid down on the table below him, which has two different colours on either side.No card has the same color on both sides. The colours visible on the table are Red,Green, Red and Blue respectively. They see the color on the reverse side and give the following comments.
A: Yellow or Green
B: Neither Blue nor Green
C: Blue or Yellow
D: Blue or Yellow
out of the 4 people 2 always lie find out the colours on the cards each person.
9)(this was a repeated ques) one on 5 people and languages they speak,foll condtions were given
i) b and c speak english but when e joins them they also start lerning spanish since spanish is the only common language betn them
ii) spanish is the most common language
iii) 3 people speak portugese
iv) ..many more conditions were there but sorry i do not remember
10)e has holiday on thur,e\'s holiday is in between a and c. Find when do a b c and d hav a holiday
ANSWERS
1) X+Y = 60
7X-3Y = 170
solve simultaneously ans : 35 days
2) not sure abt this(i answered this wrongly)
3) A camel
B mule
C horse
4) dont remember the ans
5) 12 kms
6) jack bert hank tuck (pls check this)
7) a)i did\'nt get the ans but people some were saying 30 and some 32
b)73
8) yellow yellow blue green
A and D r lying
9) sorry.. i don\'t remember
10) sorry
2nd PART ENGLISH
this is really easy. no need to refer any books. only if ur below average in english then only spend time in preparation of this section but dont ignore this since it has a cut-off
if u r good in english then try to solve this as quickly as possible and if time permits solve the apti ques if any ques if left coz the answer paper of apti section will b there with u till the end
anyways ALL THE BEST hope this mail helps u
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