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Technical Questions in the second round --
1. If 1/4 of the time from midnight plus 1/2 of the time from now to midnight is the present time,then what is the present time ?

2. In a 10 digit number, if the 1st digit number is the number of ones,2nd digit number is the number of twos, and ... so on. 10th digit is the number of zeroes,then find the number

3. A train blows a siren one hour after starting from the station. After that it travels at 3/5th of its speed it reaches the next station 2 hours behind schedule. If it had a problem 50 miles farther from the previous case,it would have reached 40 minutes sooner. Find the distance between the two stations .

4. An army 50 miles long marches at a constant rate. A courier standing at the rear moves forward and delivers the message to the first person and then turns back and reaches the rear of the army as the army completes 50 miles. Find the distance travelled by the courier.

5. A person grows cabbage, he uses a larger square this year than previous year and produces cabbages than previous year.what is the no. of cabbages produced this year

6. Olympic race :4 contestants : Alan,charlie, Darren ,Brain.There are two races and average is taken to decide the winner.one person comes at the same position in both the race. Charlie always come before darren. Brian comes first once. Alan comes third atleast once. Find the positions. Alan never comes last. Charlie & darren comes 2nd atleast once.

8. Problem finding who is husband,wife & son from 4 set of families.9. Rank the persons from set of conditions.

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/* THIS FILE INCLUDES INFOSYS PAPERS FOR YEAR 2000 HELD AT IISc AND NAGPUR.*/
INFOSYS TEST @ IISC - 2000

1:there is a robery and four persons are suspected out of them one isactualthief,these are the senteces said by each one of them!A says D had doneB says A had doneC says i dddnt doneD B lied when he said that i am thief
out of these only one man is true remaining are falseans C is thef,D is true!maks 3

2 how many four digit numbers divisible by four can be formed using
1,2,3,4;repetions are not allowed!ans 6;marks 43 a vender solds two things at same cost 12 RS with one item at 25%profitand other at 20%loss,by this transaction he made profit or loss by howmuchans loss,60paise
marks 3

4 two friends A,B are running up hill and then to get down!length if road is 440 yards A on his return journy met B goin up at20 yards from top,A has finished the rase .5 minuit earlier thanB,then how much time A had taken to complete the rase.
ans 6.3 minuitsmarks 4

5 barons question diagnostic test question 8-12,5 men and 5 women went forfoot ball match.........
marks 8

6 write a five digit number ,which will be having two prime numbers,and some two more conditions,like 1st digit greater than 2nd etcits easy(remember one is not a prime number,most people don mistaketaking 1as prime number)
ans 71842

5 marks

7 two employs were thereemploy one says to employ two your work ezxperience twice as meemp2 exactlyemp1 but two years before you said that your work experience isthrice as meemp2 yes its also truewhat are their work experienceans 4,8marks 3

8 ther are four persons A,B,C,D and for languages english ,french,germanitalian,conditions1 only one language is spoken by more than two men2 A dont know english3 a man can speak either french or german but not both4 all man cannot spek in a group(no common language)5 A can mediate when B and C want to speak with each other6 each men can speak two languagesansA french italianB english frenchC german italianD german italian
marks 7

9 there are 3 women ,they having three jewells,named diamond emerald,ruby
3 women A,B,C3 thiefs D,E,Feach thef had taken one jewel from each of the womenfollowing conditionsone who had taken diamond is the bachelor and most dangerousD 's brother in law E who is less dangerous than the thief who had--------------------------------------------------------------------stolen emerald--------------(this is the key from this e had stolen ruby)D did nt stolen from Bone more condition is there
marks 7

10 ther were five persons out of which two persons heir went whiteand three persons hair is blackconditionsif A 's hir is white then B'hair is whiteA,s hair is not blakck if C's hair is not blacktwo more conditionsbut we can easily solve it from first coditionans is Aand B's hair is whitemarks 5
essayin this age of super computer computer will repalce man!
what is contribution of industry towards humn growth
interview questions!

1 two time glases 7,4 how you measure 92 four persons have to cross the bridge they are having one torchligtfour persons take 1,2,5,10 minuits respectively ,when two persons are going the will take the time of the slowestpersonwhats the time taken to cross allof them
ans 17minuits3 a non uniform rope burns for one hour how you will measurehalf an hourans lit it from both sides!
BEST OF LUCK!
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INFOSYS TEST @ NAGPUR - 2000questions

1. there were three suspects for a robbery that happend in a bank, tommy,joy and bruceEach of them were saying that I haven't done anything and theother two has done it.police found that tommy was lying .who is the thief.3M (MARKS).


2. three clocks where set to true time .First run with the exact time..second slows one minute/day. third gains one minute/day. after how manydays they will show true time. 3M.

3. A,B,C,D,E are some numbers.if AB * CD = EEE and CD - A =CCTHEN what is AB * D =? IN SAME CODE .5M.

4. Joe started from bombay towards pune and her friend julie in oppositedirection.they meet at a point .distance travelled by joe was 1.8 milesmorethan that of julie.after spending some both started there way.joe reachesin2 hours while julie in 3.5 hours.Assuming both were travelling with constant speed.Wath is the distancebetween the two cities. 5M.

5. In a six level building,a person lives .suppose the persons areA,B,C,D,E,F. --- and there were few clues like---A cann't live above third level,B cann't live above A and below C.-- i am recalling each.did u understoodthe question--u have to find person living at each level. 5M

6. There were some containers of quantity 1,3,4,5,6,12,15,22,24,38liters.each was filled with some liquid except one.the liquids are milk,water and oil.quantity of each was like thiswater = 2* milkoil = 2* waterfind out which container was empty and cantainers filled with milk andoil.6M

7. there were few diamonds.1st thief takes half of the diamonds +22nd thief takes half of the diamonds +23rd thief takes half of the diamonds +24th thief takes half of the diamonds +2when
5 th thief arives there were no diamonds. find total no. of diamonds.(ans 60) 6M.

8. there were five hunters A,B,C,D,E and five animals A,B,C,D,E. Hunterhaving the same name with the animal didn't kill it. Each hunter hasmissedsome animal.A animal was hunt by the hunter whose name matches with animal hunt byhunter B.C animal was hunt by the hunter whose name matches with animal hunt byhunter D.E has hunt C and missed D .find out animals hunted by A,B,C. 6m.

9. Five students A,B,C,D,E.when conversation started B,C were speaking english.When D join them theyshifted to Spanish.A,E knows French .B,E knows Italian.Portoguese wasknownto there of them.Spanish was the most common language between them.one of them knows five languages.one of them knows four languages.one of them knows there languages.one of them knows two languages.one of them knows only one languages.
A knows ? 4 optionsB knows ? 4 optionsC knows ? 4 optionsE knows ? 4 options 8M------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Infosys Technologies ltdAptitude Test 9th july 2000

1.A boy picks up the phone and asks" who are you?"The voice from the other side answers" I am yourmother's mother in law".What is the relation of theboy with the fellow speaking at the other end.(3marks).

2.Imagine a rectangle.Its length=2*width.A square of 1inch is cut on all corners so that the remaining portionforms a boxwhen folded.the volume of the box is_____ cubicinches.find the original dimensions of the box. (3 marks).

3.2 persons are doing part time job in a company9say a and b).THe company is open for all the 7 days of the week.'A' worksevery second day.'B' works every 3rd day.If 'A'works on 1st juneand 'B' works on 2nd june.Find out the date on which both 'A'and 'B' will work together. (4 marks).

4.Consider a pile of Diamonds on a table.A thief enters and steals1/2 of th e total quanity and then again 2 extra from the remaining.After some time a second thief enters and steals 1/2 of the remaining+2.Then 3rd thief enters and steals 1/2 of the remaining+2.Then 4th thiefenters and steals 1/2 of the remaining+2.When the 5th one entershe finds 1 diamond on the table.Find out the total no. of diamondsoriginally on the table before the 1st thief entered. (4 marks).

5.Imagine 4 persons A,B,C,D.(It is a strength determining game).A found it hard,but could pull 'c' and 'd' to his side.AC and BD pairs on opposite sides found themselves equally balanced.When A and B exchanged thier positions to form pairs AD and BC ,BC paircould
win and pull AD to thier side.Order the 4 persons in Ascending orderaccording to thier strengths. (3 marks).

6.Consider a beauty contest.3 persons participate.Their names areAttractive,Delectable,Fascinating.THere 3 tribes Pukkas,Wottas,Summas.Pukkas - Always speak truth.Wottas - Always speak lies.Summas - Speak truth and lies alternatively.Each of the 3 persons make 2 statements.
Attractive - (1)(2)
Delectable - (1) i don't remember(2)
Fascinating- (1)(2)The person who speaks truth is the least beautiful
>From the statements they give and the character of the 3 tribal types,find out which person belongs to which tribe.Also find out the personsin the Ascending order of their beauty. (8 marks).

7.There are 5 positions-Clerk,Buyer,Cashier,Manager,Floorwalker.THere are 5 persons- Mrs.Allen,Mrs.CLark,Twain,Ewing,Bernett.Conditions: 1.clerk and cashier lunch time 11.30.to12.302.others 12.30 to 1.303.Mrs.Allen and Bernett play durind lunch time.4.clerk and cashier share Bachler rooms.5.Ewing and Twain are not in good terms becauseone day when Twain retuned early from lunchhe saw Ewing already sitting fro lunch and reportedabout him to the manager.Find out which person holds which post. (8 marks).

8.There are 8 courses to be handled by faculty in 2 semesters.4 in 1stsemester and 4 in 2nd semester THe candiadates hired for the post arek,l,m,n,o.The courses are Malvino,Shakespeare,Joyce,Chauncer...........Some conditions will be given like.,1.L and N handle Shakespeare and malvino.2.M and O handle Malvino and Joyce.3. .......4..... i don't remember..8. ......Only one author can handle a course in 1 semester.then 3 questions were asked based on these information and3 options for each question were given (8 marks).

9. I don't remember

10.I don't remember.
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Here is theinfosys paper It may not contain full questions and ans
Understand it

1. There are 4 married couples out ofwhich 3 a group isneeded . Butther
should not be his of her spouse .How nmany groups are possible ?
Ans 32

2.In the 4 digits 1,2,3,4 how many 4 digited numbers are possible
which are divisable by 4? Repetetions are allowedAns 64

3. Twow men are goingalong a trackf rail in the opposite direction.
One goods train crossed the first person in 20 sec. After 10 min
the train crossed the other person who is commingin opposite direction
in 18 sec .Afterthe train haspassed, when thetwo persons will meet?
Approx 72min check it once.

4. Theno. of children adults . Theno .of adults the no .of boys .
The no.of boys no. of girls .The no.of girls no.of familyi conditions
1.No family is without a child 2 Every girl has atleast one brotherand sister .
Ans c a b g f; 9 6 5 4 3 .

6.There are4 boys Anand ,Anandya ,Madan and Murali with nicmnames perich ,zomie ,drummy and madeena not in thesame order
Some com=nditons
Ans Anand : PerichAnandya: drummyMadan : Zombiemurali: Madeena7.Thereare2diomans ,1

spadeand1 club and 1ace and also 1king ,1 jack
and 1 aceare arranged in a straight line


1.The king is at third place2.Theleft of jack is a heart and itsright is king3. No two red colours arein consequtive.4.The queensareseperated by two cards. Write the orderor which suits
(hearts ,clubs )and names(jacks queensetc.)8. Writeeach statementis true or false 8M1.The sum of the1st three statements and the2nd false statement givesthe true statement.

2.The no.oftrue statements falsestatement 3. The sum of2nd true statement and 1st falsestatement gives the first
true statement.4. Thereareatmost 3 falsestatements 5.There is no two consequtive true statements 6.If this containsonly 1-5 statements ,theanswer of this is sameasthe an answer of the following question
9.Question on Venn diagram.All handsome are also fair skinned Sme musularsare fair skinned Some musculars are also handsomeAll lean are also muscular Some lean are also fair skinned.All rich man inot fair skinned but all rich manare handsome
Some questions follows.10 There are 3 pileseach containe 10 15 20 stones. There are A,B,C,D,F,G
and h persons .One man can catch upto four stones from any pile.
The last manwho takeswill win. If first A starts next B. and so on
who will win? Ans May be F
Essay writing 1 Intrnet revolution2.Media for youth

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INFOSIS-------1. A person needs 6 steps to cover a distance of one slab. if he increases his foot length(step length) by 3 inches he needs only 5 steps to cover the slabs length. what is the length of the each slab.
(ans 31 inches).

2. 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.
( The question is bit of confusing but the answer is 1/2).

3. There is one lily in the pond on 1st june. There are two in the pond on 2nd june . There are four on 3rd june and so on.The pond is full with lilies by the end of the june.(i)On which date the pond is half full.
ans. 29th. --the june has 30 days)(ii)if we start with 2 lilies on 1st june when will be the pond be full with lilies.
(ans. 29th june)

4.A lorry starts from Banglore to Mysore at 6.00 A.M,7.00am.8.00 am.....10 pm.Similarly one another starts from Mysore to Banglore at 6.00 am,7.00 am,8.00 am.....10.00pm. A lorry takes 9 hours to travel from Banglore to Mysore and vice versa.(i) A lorry which has started at 6.00 am will cross how many lorries.
(ans. 10 )(ii)A lorry which had started at 6.00pm will cross how many lorries.
(ans. 14)

5 .A person meets a train at a railway station coming daily at aparticular time . One day he is late by 25 minutes, and he meets the train 5 k.m. before the station. If his speed is 12 kmph, what is the speed of the train.
(ans. 60 kmph.)refer--Shakuntala devi book.

7. A theif steals half the total no of loaves of bread plus 1/2 loaf from a backery. A second theif steals half the remaing no of loaves plus 1/2 loaf and so on. After the 5th theif has stolen there are no more loaves left in the backery. What was the total no of loaves did the backery have at the biggining.
(ans: 31).

8. A gardener plants 100 meters towards east, next 100 meters towards north,next 100 meters towards west. 98 meters towards east, 96 meters towards north and 96 meters towards west, 94 meters towards south.and 94 meters towards east and so on.If a person walks between the trees what is thetotal distance travelled by him before he reaches the center.ans: --------------- --------- --------------------- -

9. Long division:example: 1089709/12 ?ANALYTICAL 4 question---40 marks; 40 minutes;------------------------------------1. There are four women and 3 men. They play bridge one nigth. Findwidow among them.Rules:(i) wife and husand are never partnersii wife and husand never play more than one game.One nigth they played four games as follows;1. ------ + ------ vs ------- + ---------2. ------ + ------ vs ------- + ---------3. ------ + --*--- vs ------- + ---------4. ---*-- + ------ vs ------- + ---------the woman are marked * above.ans: refer problem 21. mind teasers by Summers.2. There are 5 peoples; few of them speak true, few of them false.Identify them.3. & 4.th problems on Venn diagram


INFOSIS-------
1. A person needs 6 steps to cover a distance of one slab. If he increaseshis foot length (step length) by 3 inches he needs only 5 steps to cover the slabs length. What is the length of the each slab.

(ans 31 inches)

.3. 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 in the right jar.
( The question is bit of confusing but the answer is 1/2).

3. There is one lily in the pond on 1st june. There are two in the pond on 2nd june . There are four on 3rd june and so on.The pond is full with lilies by the end of the june.(i)On which date the pond is half full.

(ans. 29th. --the june has 30 days)
(ii)if we start with 2 lilies on 1st june when will be the pond be full with lilies.
(ans. 29th june)

4.A lorry starts from Banglore to Mysore at 6.00 A.M,7.00am.8.00 am.....10 pm.Similarly one another starts from Mysore to Banglore at 6.00 am,7.00 am,8.00 am.....10.00pm. A lorry takes 9 hours to travel from Banglore to Mysore and vice versa.(i) A lorry which has started at 6.00 am will cross how many lorries.
(ans. 10 )(ii)Alorry which had started at 6.00pm will cross how many lorries.
(ans. 14)

5 .A person meets a train at a railway station coming daily at aparticular time . One day he is late by 25 minutes, and he meets the train 5 k.m. before the station. If his speed is 12 kmph, what is the speed of the train.

(ans. 60 kmph.)refer--Shakuntala devi book.7

. A theif steals half the total no of loaves of bread plus 1/2 loaf from a backery. A second theif steals half the remaing no of loaves plus 1/2 loaf and so on. After the 5th theif has stolen there are no more loaves left in the backery. What was the total no of loaves did the backery have at the biggining.
(ans: 31)

.8. A gardener plants 100 meters towards east, next 100 meters towards north,next 100 meters towards west. 98 meters towards east, 96 meters towards north and 96 meters towards west, 94 meters towards south.and 94 meters towards east and so on.If a person walks between the trees what is thetotal distance travelled by him before he reaches the center.ans: --------------- --------- --------------------- -9. Long division:example: 1089709/12 ?ANALYTICAL 4 question---40 marks; 40 minutes;------------------------------------1. There are four women and 3 men. They play bridge one nigth. Findwidow among them.Rules:(i) wife and husand are never partnersii wife and husand never play more than one game.One nigth they played four games as follows;1. ------ + ------ vs ------- + ---------2. ------ + ------ vs ------- + ---------3. ------ + --*--- vs ------- + ---------4. ---*-- + ------ vs ------- + ---------the woman are marked * above.ans: refer problem 21. miniagrames.