INFOSYS Puzzles

INFOSYS

1. I bought a suit and sold it for 10% profit. If i had bought it for 10% less and sold it for 20% profit, i would have sold it for 25np less. Find the actual cost? (4 Marks)

2. x power 1/3 - x power 1/9 = 60. Find the value of x? (4 Marks)

3. Three squares are chosen at random in a chess board. Find the probability that the chosen squares form a diagonal. (6 Marks)

4. There are two stations A and B 99Kms apart. At each other station in between them, there is a sign post indicating the distance from A & B.

On how many posts, there are only two digits. (E.g. 33, 66) (6 Marks)

5. Allen, Betty, C, Gim, Ohio are a professional dancer, Oracle Professional, Harpic player and one is in waiting.

He got married. Now, if only the Oracle Professional speaks truth,

Given some conditions:

A : B is not a Professional dancer

B :

C : G is not Oracle Professional

G :

O : I will marry

Find the professions of each. (6 Marks)

6. Two dice are thrown. The numbers shown on the dice are not added but multiplied.

Some conditions are given

I

II 3 less than first throw

III 2 less than half of I

IV

V

Find the scores of these five throws. (8 Marks)

7. There are two families Smiths and H family. and four children Rohan, Praveen, Praneeth, and Latif.

Some relation between their ages is given

1) Praneeth is the oldest

2) Youngest of H family is 2 years less than the youngest of Smiths family.

3)

4)

Find their ages (8 Marks)

8. T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z are the persons available. Out of them, 5 persons should be chosen.

1) T will not work with X

2) If V is there, X should also be there

3) If U is there, Y should also be there

4)

5)

Four questions are given on their arrangement (Multiple Choice Questions) (8 Marks)

Total Marks : 50

Total Time : 60 mins

And One Essay. – 15mins

INFOSYS Puzzles

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PAPER 1:

Part 1.

(1) 9 cards are there. u have to arrange them in a 3*3 matrix.

cards are of 4 colors. they are red, yellow, blue, green.

conditions for arrangement: one red card must be in first row

or second row.2 green cards should be in 3rd column. Yellow

cards must be in the 3 corners only. Two blue cards must be in

the 2nd row. Atleast one green card in each row.

Solution:

Yello Red Gren

Blu Blu Gren

Yello Gren Yello


2. 4 cards are placed on a table, each card has two colors. U

don't know the color of the back side of eachcard.4 persons A

B C and D are sitting on the table before the cards. They can

see Red, Green Red and blue .Out of the 4 poeple 2 always lie.

They see the color on the reverse side and give the following

comment

A: Yello/green

B: Neither Blue/nor Green

c: Blue/Yello

D: Blue/ Yello

find out the color on the other side of the 4 cards.


3.Red and brown tribes [FROM BARRONS GRE] Conditions to

get married with each other.



4. Venn diagram regarding Rich, muscular, soft-skinned,

employed, etc.,( Refer BARRONS GRE GUIDE)


PART 2.

1. SAKUNTALA DEVI'S PUZZLE BOOK : PUZZLES TO PUZZLE YOU.

problem no: 3. ( Brothers and Sisters)

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?

ans: 4 boys and 3 girls.


2. No. of animals is 11 more than the no. of birds. If the

no. of birds were the no. of animals and no. of animals

were the no. of birds( ie., interchanging no.s of animals

and birds.), the total no. of legs get reduced by one fifth

(1/5). How many no. of birds and animals were there?

ans: birds:11,animals:22


3. In a soap company a soap is manufactured with 11 parts.

For making one soap you will get 1 part as scrap. At the

end of the day u have 251 such scraps. From that how many

soaps can be manufactured? ans: 22 + 2+ 1 = 25.


4. 2 * * |

3 * * | No. 7 does not occur in this

---------------- |

5 * * | multiplication.

* 4 * |

* * 3 | Find the product.

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* * * * * |

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ans 2 8 1

3 2 2

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5 6 2

5 6 2 0

8 4 3 0 0

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9 0 4 8 2

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5. There is a 5digit no. 3 pairs of sum is eleven each.

Last digit is 3 times the first one.

3 rd digit is 3 less than the second.

4 th digit is 4 more than the second one.

Find the digit. ans : 25296.


6. There are five thieves, each loot a bakery one after the

other such that the first one takes 1/2 of the total no.

of the breads plus 1/2 of a bread. Similarly 2nd, 3rd,4th

and 5fth also did the same. After the fifth one no. of

breads remained are 3. Initially how many breads were there?

ans : 31.


7.ESCALATOR PROBLEM OF SAKUNTALA DEVI 'PUZZLES TO PUZZLE'book.

Problem No: Problem 27( Down the escalator)

ans : the no of steps in the stair way : 46.


8.Harbour line and Main line Problem of Sakuntala Devi Puzzle

book. Ans : 4/5.

( More Puzzles book)


9.There are some chicken in a poultry. They are fed with corn

One sack of corn will come for 9 days.The farmer decides to

sell some chicken and wanted to hold 12 chicken with him.

He cuts the feed by 10% and sack of corn comes for 30 days.

So initially how many chicken are there?


10.Two people X & Y walk on the wall of a godown in opposite

direction. They meet at a point on one side and then go

ahead. X after walking for some time, walks in opposite

direction for 15 mtrs.Then again he turns back and walks

in the original direction. What distance did Y walk before

they met again, if X walks 11 mtrs by the time Y walks

8 mtrs.


11.Problem from SAKUNTALA DEVI 'PUZZLES TO PUZZLE U'.

Problem no: 23( Walking back to happiness.)

The walking time : 55 mins.
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PAPER 3:


INFOSYS - 99 AT JU, CALCUTTA.

(1). ALL TALLMEN ARE ANDSOME,FAIRSKIMED,LEAN,NULSCULAR

RICH AND EMPLOYED.

1. ALL HANDSOME PERSONS ARE FAIRSKIMED

2. SOME NULSCULAR ARE FAIR SKIMED AND HANDSOME

3. ALL LEANS ARE NUSCULAR PERSONS

4. NO FAIRSKIMED PERSON WHO IS NOT HANDSOME IS

RICH

5. NEITHER FAIRSKIMED NOR NULSCULAR ARE EMPLOYED.

THERE ARE 4 QUESTIONS BASED ON THE ABOVE.

8 MARKS


(2). PROBLEM

(3). A SOFTWARE ENGINEER STARTS FROM HOME AT 3PM FOR

EVENING WALK.HE WALKSPEED OF 4KMPH ON LEVEL

GROUND AND THEN AT A SPEED OF 3 KMPH ON THE UPHILL

AND THEN DOWN THE HILL AT A SPEED OF 6KMPH TO THE

LEVEL GROUND AND THEN AT A SPEED OF 4KMPH TO THE

HOME AT 9PM. WHAT IS THE DISTENCE ON ONE WAY?

4MARKS


(4). A BAG CONTAINS CERTAIN NUMBER OF FILES. EACH FILE IS

NUMBERED WITH ONE DIGIT OF 0 TO 9. SUPPOSE THE

PERSON WANT TO GET THE NUMBER BETWEEN 1 TO

2000 (OR 7000 CHECK ) . HOW MANY MIN NO. OF FILES

SHOULD BE PRESENT IN THE BAG.

3MARKS


(5). A + B + C +D = D + E + F + G = G + H + I =17.

IF A = 4 WHAT ARE THE VALUES OF D AND G. EACH

LETTER TAKEN ONLY ONE OF THE DIGIT FROM 1 TO 9.

8MARKS


ANS : A = 4 ,B = 2, C =6, D = 5, E = 3, F = 8,

G = 1, H = 7, I = 9.


(6). SIX PERSONS A,B,C,D,E &F WENT TO SOLIDER CINIMA.

THERE ARE SIX CONSEUTIVE SEATS. A SITS IN THE

FIRST SEAT FOLLOWED BY B, FOLLOWED BY C AND SOON. IF A TAKEN ONE OF THE SIX SEATS, THEN

B SHOULD SIT ADJACENT TO A. C SHOULD SIT

ADJACENT A OR B. D SHOULD SIT ADJACENT TO A, B,ORC AND SOON. HOW MANY

POSSIBILITIES ARE THERE?


(7). SUPPOSE THERE ARE 4 GRADES A, B, C, D. (A IS THE BEST

AND D IS THE WORST) 4 PERSONS JACK,JEAN,POUL,LUCY

WROTE THEN FINAL EXAM AND MADE THE STATEMENTS

LIKE THIS.

1. JACK: IF I WILL GET A THEN LUCY WILL GET D

LUCY: IF I WILL GET C THEN JACK WILL GET D .
JACK GRADE IN BETTER THEN POUL GRADE.

JEAN: IF JEAN DOESNOT GET A, THEN LACK WILL NOT
GET A.

4. POUL: IF JACK GET A , THEN JEAN WILL NOT GET B.

LUCY WILL GET C, I WON'T EITHER A OR B.

IF ALL THE ABOVE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE, THEN WHICH PERSON WILL GET WHICH GRADES.


(8). EACH MAN DANCES WITH 3 WOMEN. EACH WOMEN DANCES WITH

3 MEN. AMONG EACHG PAIR OF MEN THEY HAVE EXACTLY TWO WOMEN IN COMMAN.
FIND THE NO. OF MEN & WOMEN.


ESSAY.


1. INTERNET REVOLUTION

2. ROLE OF MEDIA FOR YOUNG.

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PAPER 4:

THIS IS INFOSYS 99 FROM IIT BHU

q1)A frog jumps 3 ft comres bacfk 2ft in a day in how many day

it will come out of 30ft deep well (2 marks )ns ans 28 day


q2) A-B=C

D/E=F

G+H=I

C.F=I ANS A=9,B=5,C=4,F=2.


Q3)when the asctual time pass 1hr wall clock ic 10 min behind it

when 1 hr is shown by wall clock, table clock shows 10 min ahead

of ih when table clock shows 1 hr the alarm closck goes 5minbehind

it,when alarm clock goes 1 hr wrist watch is 5 min ahead of it assuming

that all clocks are correcrt with actual tinme at 12 noon what will

be time shown by wrist watch after 6 hr

ans---5:47:32.5

(n X 60 )50/60 X 70/60 X 55/60 X 65/60


q4)a soft. engr just returned from US has eaten too mucgh fat &put

a lot of weight everfy sunday he starts walking 4 km/hr on level

ground then up at 3 km\hr then back down hill at 6km\hr then again

on level grounggd at 4km\hr till he reaches his destination if he

returned home at 9 p.m. e what distance did he covered

ans 24km

it is aslo asked in some parer fingd half of the dist covered by hoim

in this case ans 12km


q5 ] one family promblem was there in wich varios relations are givern

ans is correcr 3 families


q6] one question was about cards 4 persons play yjthe game of cards

cards are of 4 colour yellow green blue,red fing colours of playing
cards which are hiddeden ans remember the sequence Yellow,yellow,
green,blue,probably frob gre


q7] one very easy question just solve two eq, about ages

i rembemer only ans boy=10yrsor girl =4 yrs or vice versa pl. check it


q8]ans the questions from facts 8marks

the member of certain tribe are divided into 3 casts abhor,dravid magar

1 an abhor woman cant marry dravid nman

2 a nmagar man cant marry a dravid man

3 a son takes the caste of his father a dauhgter takes cast of her mother

5 all marriages except those mentioned are not permirtted 6 there

are no childern born out of a wedlock

1]aliertnates cant rem u acan previos question

some ans are

q]an abhor woman a alternative istrue ---can have a dra, grandson

q]it can be refer from conditions described that a magar man

ans is 2 &3 only iii choice --cant have a dravid mother & may have abhou mother

q]an abhor marreies & has thr e childern allof are members aof

abhor acsateeich of ffoloewing is true

ans i & ii only --i is if c were married toa magar man

ii-- if c were married to abhor man,they have a male child

one more q] there are 2 scales of temp A & B it was given A 14 to 133

B 36 to 87 find the temp when temp oa a is eq. to temp of b

ans 52.5

let t=mx+c c=-70 m=51/119

a=a.51/119 -70 ; a=52.5
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PAPER 5:



1. There are 4 married couples out ofwhich 3 a group

is needed . But her 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 allowed

Ans 64


3. Two 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 directionin 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

family 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 : Perich

Anandya: drummy

Madan : Zombie

murali: Madeena


7.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 place

2.Theleft of jack is a heart and itsright is king

3. 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 8M

1.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 handsome

All lean are also muscular

Some lean are also fair skinned.

All rich man inot fair skinned but all rich manare handsome


10 Some questions follows.

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 revolution

2.Media for youth
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PAPER 6:

MARKS: 50

I. Rohith can catch either the harbour line train or main line
train from his nearest railway station kandala to reach his office.
Both the trains have a frequency of 10 min. In the morning office Hours.
The harbour line trains arrive evary 10min. Starting from 5:00a.m
and the main line trains arrive at every 10min. Starting from 5:02a.m

ii. In a certain department store the position of

Buyer,cashier,clerk, floorwalkar, & manager are held, though not necessarily
Respectively ,by m$ the cashier & the manager were roommates in college.
the buyer is bachelor, evans & miss ames have only business contacts
with each other mrs conroy was greatly dosappointed when her
husband told her That the manager had refuge to give him a
raise. davis is going to be the best man when the clerk
& the cashier Are married .

what position does each person held.?


iii. tanveer and kunal went down a descending escalator .
The escalator Was going down at a contant speed . Kunal
walked down the steps and Had to cover 50 steps to reach
the bottom.tanveer on the other hand , ran Down the steps
of the escalator and hence had to take 75 steps to reach
The bottom . Actually , tanveer took 3 steps in the same
time it took Kunal to take 1 step . How many steps would
be visible when the ecalator Is stopped and not operating.?

iv. In a four team foot-ball tournament , all the teams played each

Other in three rounds of matches are shown in the table -a . Some of

The results of the tournament are shown in the table _b . Using the

Clues given below, please fill -in the blank columns in the result

Table-b (goals for & goals for against ? ).

note : two points for win , one point for draw & zero points for

Defeat are awarded .

clues :

East zone won the tournament despite scoring one less goal than The runners -up.
2. North zone scored an odd number of goals in their first round Game
3. South zone , who failed to score in their final match , were

Beaten by a two -goal margin in the first round.

4. East zone lost their match aginst west zone.

5. All four teams scored goals in the second round matches

6. West zone scored the same number of goals against east
zone as North zone scored aginst them.

7. East zone scored four goals in round two match.

table - a ( matches played )

round 1 north zone vs south zone

west zone vs east zone.

round 2 south zone vs west zone

east zone vs north zone

round 3 south zone vs east zone

west zone vs north zone


table - b ( results

played won draw lost golas for goals

Points

against

$

east zone 3 - - - ? 3

4

north zone 3 - - - ? ?

4

west zone 3 - - - 4 3

3

south zone 3 - - - 2 5

1

v. at six o'clock the wall clock struck 6 times . Checking with my

Watch , i noticed that the time between the first & last strokes was 30

Seconds. How long will the clock take to stike 12 at mid night (ans 66

Seconds)

vi. Plese answer the q's with reference to the facts given below ( 8

Marks )

1 . The members of a certain tribe are divided into three castes

-abhor , dravid , & magar castes

2. An abhor women cannot marry a dravid man

3. A magar man cannot marry a dravid women.

4. A son takes the caste of his father , a daughter takes the

Caste of

her mother .

5. All marriages except those mentiond above are permitted

6 . There are no children born out of wed lock.


q's


1) an abhor woman marries and has three children , all of whom are Member$

i) if she were to be married to a magar man , they have

No male$

ii) if she were to be married to abhor man ,they may have

Male chi$

iii) if her fourth child is male , he may be a dravid,.

a) i only

b) iii only

c) i & ii only

d) ii & iii only

e) i , ii & iii

2) it can be inferred from the condition described that a magar man

i) cannot have a dravid grand mother

ii) cannot have a dravid mother

iii ) may have a abhor mother

a) i only

b) ii only

c) i & ii only

d) ii & iii only

e) i , ii & iii

3) when two dravids are married , it is impossible for them to have

i) any female abhor descendents

ii ) an abhor great_ grand daughter \

iii) an abhor grand daughter

a)i only

b) iii only

c) i & ii only

d) ii & iii only

e) i , ii & iii

4) an abhor woman

a)can have a dravid grandson

b) cannot have a magar son

c) cannot have a magar grand son

d) can have a magar daughter -in - law

e) cannot have a dravid grand daughter

vii. ( 2 marks )

in certain community there are thousand married couples .

Two

thirds of the husbands who are taller than their wives are also

Heavier

and three quarters of the husbands who are heavier than their
wives Are also taller . If there are 120 wives who are taller
and heavier

Than their husbands, how many husbands are taller and heavier than their wives ?

viii. Both the gupthas and sinhas have two young sons whose ages
are Under eleven. The names of the boys, whose ages roundedoff to

The nearest year are all different, are rajesh, praveen,lalith and

Prathap. taking the ages of the ages of the boys only to the nearest

Year, the following statements are true.

rajesh is three years younger than his brother is.

praveen is the oldest.

prathap is 5yrs older than the younger sinhas boy.

lalith is half as old as one of the guptha boys.

the total ages of the boys in each family differ by the

Same

amount today as they did five years ago. --- 7 marks.

ix. A long division sum ---- 7 marks

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in the complete solution there are four 5's.

find the missing digits.



x. Following services are operated by asian airlines between the two


are located in different countries with different time zones.

As is is normally done, the time shown is the local time- viz ist

& tst. regular flight supersonicflig

arrive alexandria 17:10 tst 15:40 tst

depart " " 20:50 tst 22:50 tst

arrive rampur 23:40 ist ? Ist

the arrival time of supersonic flight into rampur from

Alexandr$ arrival time of the super sonic flight assuming each

Service- regular and supersonic maintains its own constant speed

Of flig$

don't answer for all the puzzules. 8 are the safe one.



PAPER 7:



1)A,B,C,D,E related.4 of them made these statements each.

i)C is my son in law's brother.

ii)B is my father's brother.

iii)E is my mother in law.

iv)A is my brother's wife.

who made these statements?(person mentioned is one of A,B,C,D,E)(10 mar ks).



2)e means belong.

All members of E e D.

All members of D e A.

Not all members of D e E.

Not all members of A e D.

All members of C e both A and B.some questions are asked about
relatio n.use venn diagram.(5 marks).



3)complete the table.

Played won lost draw goals goals

for against

A 2 2 1

B 2 1 2 4

C 2 3 7



A,B,C are 3 hockey teams.(2 marks).



4) A says Party was held on :Thursday ,May 8th.

B says Party was held on :Tuesday,May 10th.

C says party was held on :Friday ,June 8th.

Given April 1 st was Tuesday.one of A,B,C says 1 correct.one says 1

wrong.and one was completely wrong of date,Month and day.
Find the Day the party held. (5marks).



5) A ship is away from the shore by 180 miles.A plane is travelling at

10 times speed of the ship.How long from the shore will they meet?

(2marks)



6) Every station in N railroad issue everyother station's ticket.

some stations are added.Now they have to issue 46 more tickets.

say the No.of stations after and before added.(5 marks).



7) 3 persons say these statements.

A says either Democratic or liberal wins the elections.

B says Democratic wins.C says neither democratic nor liberal wins

the election.of these only one is wrong.who wins the election?

(5 marks).



8) A clock showing 6 o'clock takes 30 secs to strike 6 times.How long

will it take to strike 12 at midnight?Ans.66 secs.(2marks)



9) Only boys aged > 16 wear coats.

Boys aged > 15 go to watch football.some more statements are given.

What can be said about those who are watching football ? (age and

costume)

(5 marks).



10) There are 3 societies A,B,C having some tractors each.

A Gives B and C as many tractors as they already have.

After some days B gives A and C as many tractors as they have.

After some days C gives A and B as many tractors as they have.

Finally each has 24 tractors.what is the original No.of

tractors each had in the beginning?

Ans.A -39.

B- 21.

C- 12.(7 marks).

11) 4,5 statements.From that find the answer.(7 marks).





PAPER 8:



1a) BE * BE = ACB

A,B,C,E ARE NON ZERO NUMBERS FIND B,E.

ANS) B=1 E=9



2) A,B,C,D,E ARE HAVING NUMERICAL VALUES. THERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS GIVEN a) A=C <===> B!=E

b) DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A AND C AS SAME AS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN C
AND B AS SAME AS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A AND D

c) CD

THEN FIND A,B,C,D,E



3) THERE ARE SIX CARDS IN WHICH IT HAS TWO KING CARDS. ALL CARDS ARE
TURNED DOWN AND TWO CARDS ARE OPENED

a) WHAT IS THE POSSOBILITY TO GET AT LEAST ONE KING.

b) WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY TO GET TWO KINGS.



4) A PERSON WENT TO A SHOP AND ASKED FOR CHANGE FOR 1.15PAISE.
BUT HE SAID THAT HE COULD NOT ONLY GIVE CHANGE FOR ONE RUPEE.
BUT ALSO FOR 50P,25P,10P AND 5P. WHAT WERE THE COINS HE HAD?
ans) 1-->50 4--->10P 1--->25P


5) THERE ARE 3 NURSES AND THEY WORK ALTOGETHER ONLY ONCE IN A
WEEK.NO NURSE IS CALLED TO WORK FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
NURSE 1 IS OFF ON TUESEDAY,THURSDAY AND SUNDAY.

NURSE 2 IS OFF ON SATURDAY.

NURSE 3 IS OFF ON THURSDAY,SUNDAY.

NO TWO NURSES ARE OFF MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK.

FIND THE DAY ON WHICH ALL THE 3 NURSES WERE ON WORK.



6) THERE ARE 5 PERSONS A,B,C,D,E AND EACH IS WEARING A BLOCK
OR WHITE CAP ON HIS HEAD. A PERSON CAN SEE THE CAPS OF
THE REMAINING 4 BUT CAN'T SEE HIS OWN CAP. A PERSON WEARING
WHITE SAYS TRUE AND WHO WEARS BLOCK SAYS FALSE.

i) A SAYS I SEE 3 WHITES AND 1 BLOCK

ii) B SAYS I SEE 4 BLOCKS

iii) E SAYS I SEE 4 WHITES

iiii) C SAYS I SEE 3 BLOCKS AND 1 WHITE.

NOW FIND THE CAPS WEARED BY A,B,C,D AND E



7) THERE ARE TWO WOMEN, KAVITHA AND SHAMILI AND TWO MALES SHYAM,
ARAVIND WHO ARE MUSICIANS. OUT OF THESE FOUR ONE IS A PIANIST,
ONE FLUTIST, VIOLINIST AND DRUMMER.

i) ACROSS ARAVIND BEATS PIANIST

ii) ACROSS SHYAM IS NOT A FLUTIST

iii) KAVITHA'S LEFT IS A PIANIST

iiii) SHAMILI'S LEFT IS NOT A DRUMMER

FLUTIST AND DRUMMER ARE MARRIED.

8) 1/3 ED OF THE CONTENTS OF A CONTAINER EVAPORATED ON THE
1 ST DAY.3/4 TH OF THE REMAINING CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINER
EVAPORATED THE SECOND DAY. WHAT PART OF THE CONTENTS OF
THE CONTAINER ARE LEFT AT THE END OF THE SECOND DAY.



9) A MAN COVERED 28 STEPS IN 30 SECONDS BUT HE DECIDED
TO MOVE FAST AND COVERED 34 STEPS IN 18 SECONDS.
HOW MANY STEPS ARE THERE ON THE ESCALATOR WHEN STATIONARY.



10) ALL FAIR SKINNED, RICH, HANDSOME, MUSCULAR, LEAN AND EMPLOYED ARE TALL MEN

1) ALL LEAN MEN ARE MUSCULAR.

2) NO FAIRSKINNED PERSON WHO IS NOT RICH IS HANDSOME.

3) SOME MUSCULAR MEN ARE HANDSOME.

4) ALL HANDSOME ARE FAIRSKINNED.

5) NO PERSON WHO IS NEITHER FAIR SKINNED NOR MUSCULAR IS ENPLYED.

6) we unable to recall this condition and question also incomplete.

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PAPER 9:



This paper contains INFOSYS interview questions.



1> S: Satch J:Jute ANS

person1: Most of us are satch J

person2:Most of us are jute S

person3:Two of us are satch J

person4: Three of us are jute J

person5:I am satch J

we have to find who is satch and who is jute.



2> Four persons are three to cross a bridge they have one torch light

one person A can cross in 1 min

person B can cross in 2 min

person C can cross in 5 min

person D can cross in 10 min

They have to cross bridge with in 17 min.

At a time only two persons can cross

I A&B ----> 2

II A <----1

III C&D ---->10

IV B <----2

V A&B ---->2

__________

Total 17



3>7 hours hour glass

11 hours hour glass

you have to boil one egg for 15 hours



4> What is the maximum number of slices can you obtain by cutting

a cake with only 4 cuts?

ANS: 16



5> Three are three boxes ,

In one box Two white balls

In two box 2 black balls

In three box 1 white &1 black

The lables on the boxes are not correct.Then you have to open

one box and to find the colour of the balls in all boxes.



Solution: Open the box labled black& white

If white balls are there then the box labled with white balls

contain black balls and labled with black balls contain one

black and one white ball and viceversa if two black ballsare there.





PAPER 10:



1)A begger collects cigarette stubs and makes
one ful cigarette with every 7 stubs. Once he gets 49 stubs .
How many cigarettes can he smoke totally.?

Ans. 8

2). A soldiar looses his way in a thick jungle at random walks
from his camp but mathematically in an interestingg fashion.
First he walks one mile east then half mile to north.
Then 1/4 mile to west, then 1/8 mile to south and so
on making a loop. Finally hoe far he is from his camp
and in which direction. ans: in north and south directions

1/2 - 1/8 + 1/32 - 1/128 + 1/512 - and so on

= 1/2/((1-(-1/4))

similarly in east and west directions

1- 1/4 + 1/16 - 1/64 + 1/256 - and so on

= 1/(( 1- ( - 1/4))

add both the answers



3). how 1000000000 can be written as a product of two factors
neither of them containing zeros

Ans 2 power 9 x 5 ppower 9 ( check the answer )







4). Conversation between two mathematcians:

first : I have three childern. Thew pproduct of their ages
is 36. If you sum their ages . it is exactly same as
my neighbour's door number on my left. The sacond
mathematiciaan verfies the door number and says that
the not sufficient. Then the first says " o.k one more
clue is that my youngest is the youngest" Immmediately
the second mathematician answers . Can you aanswer

the questoion asked by the first mathematician?

What are the childeren ages? ans 2 and 3 and 6



5). Light glows for every 13 seconds . How many times did it between 1:57:58 and 3:20:47 am

ans : 383 + 1 = 384



6). 500 men are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns.
ALL tallest among each row aare asked to fall out.
And the shortest among THEM is A. Similarly after
resuming that to their originaal podsitions that the
shorteest among each column are asked to fall out.

And the longest among them is B . Now who is

taller among A and B ? ans A



7). A person spending out 1/3 for cloths , 1/5 of the remsaining
for food and 1/4 of the remaining for travelles is
left with Rs 100/- . How he had in the begining ?

ans RS 250/-



8). there are six boxes containing 5 , 7 , 14 , 16 ,18, 29
balls of either red or blue in colour. Some boxes
contain only red balls and others contain only blue .
One sales man sold one box out of them and then he says "
I have the same number of red balls left out as that of blue ".
Which box is the one he solds

out ? Ans : total no of balls = 89 and (89-29 /2 = 60/2 = 30

and also 14 + 16 = 5 + 7 + 18 = 30









9) A chain is broken into three pieces of equal lenths
conttaining 3 links each. It is taken to a backsmith to
join into a single continuous one . How many links are
to to be opened to make it ?

Ans : 2.



10). Grass in lawn grows equally thickand in a uniform rate.
It takes 24 days for 70 cows and 60 for 30 cows .
How many cows can eat away the same in 96 days.?

Ans : 18 or 19



11). There is a certain four digit number whose fourth digit
is twise the first digit.Third digit is three more than
second digit.Sum of the first and fourth digits twise the
third number.What was that number ?

Ans : 2034 and 4368



1. From a vessel on the first day, 1/3rd of the liquid
evaporates. On the second day 3/4th of the remaining
liquid evaporates. what fraction of the volume is
present at the end of the II day.

2. an orange galss has orange juice. and white glass has apple juice.
Bothe equal volume 50ml of the orange juice is taken and
poured into the apple juice. 50ml from the white glass is
poured into the orange glass. Of the two quantities, the
amount of apple juice in the orange glass and the amount of
orange juice in the white glass, which one is greater and by how much?



3. there is a 4 inch cube painted on all sides. this is cut
into no of 1 inch cubes. what is the no of cubes which have
no pointed sides.



4. sam and mala have a conversation. sam says i am
vertainly not over 40. mala says i am 38 and you are
atleast 5 years older than me. Now sam says you are atleast 39.
all the sattements by the two are false. How hold are they realy.



5. ram singh goes to his office in the city, every day from his
suburbun house. his driver mangaram drops him at the railway
station in the morning and picks him up in the evening.
Every evening ram singh reaches the station at 5 o'clock.
mangaram also reaches at the same time. one day ramsingh
started early from his office and came to the station at 4 o'clock.
not wanting to wait for the car he starts walking home.
Mangaram starts at normal time, picks him up on the way
and takes him back

house, half an hour early. how much time did ram singh walk.

6. in a railway station, there are tow trains going. One in the
harbour line and one in the main line, each having a
frequency of 10 minutes. the main line service starts
at 5 o'clock. the harbour line starts at 5.02a.m. a man
goes to the station every day to catch the first train.
what is the probability of man catchinhg the first train7.
some people went for vaction. unfortunately it rained for
13 days when they were there. but whenever it rained in
the morning, they had clean afternood and vice versa.
In all they enjoyed 11 morning and 12 afternoons. how many days
did they stay there totally

8. exalator problem repeat 9. a survey was taken among
100 people to firn their preference of watching t.v. programmes.
there are 3 channels. given no of



people who watch

at least channel 1

" " 2

" " 3

no channels at all

atleast channels 1and 3

" " 1 and 2

" " 2 and 3

find the no of people who watched all three.



10. albert and fernandes they have two leg swimming race.
both start from opposite and of the pool. On the first leg,
the boys pass each other at 18 mt from the deep end of the
pool. during the II leg they pass at 10 mt from the shallow
end of the pool. Both go at const speed. but one of them is faster.
each boy rests for 4 sec to see at the end of the i leg.
what is the length of the pool.11. T H I S Each alphabet stands for one

I S digit, what is the maximum value T

-------------- can take

X F X X

X X U X

--------------

X X N X X

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1. 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.

2. every day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossing.
the road is straignt before the crossing and both are travelling
in the same direction. cyclist travels with a speed of 10 Kmph.
One day the cyclist comes late by 25 min. and meets the train
5km before the crossing. what is the seppd of the train.

3. five persons muckerjee, misra, iyer, patil and sharma, all
take then first or middle names in the full names. There are
4 persons having I or middle name of kumar, 3 persons with
mohan, 2 persons withdev and 1 anil.

--Either mukherjee and patil have a I or middle name of dev
or misra and iyer have their I or middle name of dev

--of mukherkjee and misre, either both of them have a first
or middle name of mohan or neither have a first or middle name
of mohan--either iyer of sharma has a I or middle name of kumar hut not both.who has the I or middle name of anil



4. reading comprehension

5. a bird keeper has got pigeon, M mynas and S sparrows. the

keeper goes for lunch leaving his assistant to watch the birds.

a. suppose p=10, m=5, s=8 when the bird keeper comes back, the

assistant informs the x birds have escaped. the bird keeper

exclaims oh no! all my sparrows are gone. how many birds flew

away.

b. when the bird keeper come back, the assistand told him that

x birds have escaped. the keeper realised that atleast2 sparrows

have escaped. what is minimum no of birds that can escape.

6. select from the five alternatives A,B,C,D,E

AT THE end of each question ,two conditions will be given.

the choices are to filled at follows.

a. if a definete conclusion can be drawn from condition 1

b. if a definete conclusion can be drawn from condition 2

c. if a definete conclusion can be drawn from condition 1 and 2

d. if a definete conclusion can be drawn from condition 1 or 2

e. no conclusion can be drawn using both conditions

1. person 1 says N<5

person says n>5

person 3 says 3N>20

person 4 says 3n>10

person 5 says N<8

whaT IS value of N

a) 1. no of persons who speak false being less than no of persons

who tells the truth.

2. person 2 is telling the truth.

b) 1. no of persong telling the truth is greater than no of

persons telling lies

2. person 5 is telling the truth.

7. there are N coins on a table. there are two players A&B.

you can take 1 or 2 coins at a time. the person who takes the

last coin is the loser. a always starts first

--1. if N=7

a) A can always win by taking two coins in his first chanse

b) B can win only if A takes two coins in his first chance.

c) B can always win by proper play

d) none of the above

--2. A can win by proper play if N is equal to

a) 13 b) 37 c) 22 d) 34 e) 48 ans. e.

--3. B can win by proper play if N is equal to

a) 25 b)26 c) 32 d) 41 e) none

--4. if N<4, can A win by proper play always



8. Two turns have vertain pecular charcteristics. One of them

always lies on Monday, Wednesday, Friday. \the other always lies

on Tuesdays, thursdays and saturdays. On the other days they tel

the truth. You are given a conversation.

person A-- today is sunday my name is anil

person B-- today is tuesday, my name is bill



answers for selected questions

2. equal 1. 150

3. 8 2. 60 kmph

4. 37(M),41(S) 3. Mukherjee

5. 45 min. 8. today is tuesday

6. 0.8

7. 18

11. T max value = 4





INFOSYS Puzzles

1.In a competition, Tom Dick & Harry had 9,2 and 2 points respectively. Harry came 2nd in athletics, who came first in high jump?

2.A ship was on a dock .A rung was hanging for any one to climb on the ship. Miss Gary was supposed to climb the ship at 11a.m when 3 steps were visible .The distance between each step was 3 inches. The height of the tide was rising at 4 inches per hour. How many steps will Miss Gary have to climb when she reaches the dock at noon?

3.4 people are standing at the corners of a square with sides of 5km .The speed of 2nd person is double that of 1st. The speed of 3rd person is double that of 2nd .The speed of 4th person is double that of 3rd.What is the distance between 2nd and 4th person after an hour?

4.There was a river with a semi-circular bridge to cross it. The height of the bridge at the center was 40metres and at a distance of 20 meters from the bank it was 10 meters. What is the length of the bridge?

5.In a 5 digit nos., the 2nd digit is twice the 3rd ….

The 1st digit is thrice the 5th..

…..similar relations like that….determine the no.?

6.In a day according to ram, prob. of raining was ½.his success rate was 50% and according to shyam, prob. of raining was ¼.his success rate was 50%. What is the prob. That it will rain.

7.A man can carry food sufficient for a man for 4 days. He has to cross a desert and he will need food sufficient for 6 days. How many supporters he should engage to successfully cross the desert?

(hint: supporter must return after half way)

8.Questions on series….

Eg.

0,10,100,…….

Options were:- 6,7,8,9.

9.questions like 4 person are sitting around a table………….few instructions were given like A is sitting diagonal to D,B is sitting beside C……

Who is sitting to the right of A?

(the above is just an indicative eg.)

10.5 people were staying together(a,b,c,d,e) .their professions were…..

doctor was staying in room beside b.

c was engg. By profession….

Some more statements.

Who was staying in the 3rd room?

INFOSYS Puzzles


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Question Paper
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Part 1.
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(1) 9 cards are there. u have to arrange them in a 3*3 matrix.
cards are of 4 colors.they are red,yellow,blue,green.
conditions for arrangement: one red card must be in first row
or second row.2 green cards should be in 3rd column.Yellow
cards must be in the 3 corners only. Two blue cards must be in
the 2nd row. Atleast one green card in each row.
Solution:
Yello Red Gren
Blu Blu Gren
Yello Gren Yello
2. 4 cards are placed on a table, each card has two colors. U
don't know the color of the back side of eachcard.4 persons A
B C and D are sitting on the table before the cards. They can
see Red, Green Red and blue .Out of the 4 poeple 2 always lie.
They see the color on the reverse side and give the following
comment
A: Yello/green
B: Neither Blue/nor Green
c: Blue/Yello
D: Blue/ Yello
find out the color on the other side of the 4 cards.

3.Red and brown tribes [FROM BARRONS GRE] Conditions to
get married with each other.

4. Venn diagram regarding Rich, muscular, soft-skinned,
employed, etc.,( Refer BARRONS GRE GUIDE)

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1. SAKUNTALA DEVI'S PUZZLE BOOK : PUZZLES TO PUZZLE YOU.
problem no: 3. ( Brothers and Sisters)
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?
ans: 4 boys and 3 girls.
2. No. of animals is 11 more than the no. of birds. If the
no. of birds were the no. of animals and no. of animals
were the no. of birds( ie., interchanging no.s of animals
and birds.), the total no. of legs get reduced by one fifth
(1/5). How many no. of birds and animals were there?
ans: birds:11,animals:22
3. In a soap company a soap is manufactured with 11 parts.
For making one soap you will get 1 part as scrap. At the
end of the day u have 251 such scraps. From that how many
soaps can be manufactured? ans: 22 + 2+ 1 = 25.
4. 2 * * |
3 * * | No. 7 does not occur in this
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5 * * | multiplication.
* 4 * |
* * 3 | Find the product.
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* * * * * |
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ans 2 8 1
3 2 2
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5 6 2
5 6 2 0
8 4 3 0 0
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9 0 4 8 2
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5. There is a 5digit no. 3 pairs of sum is eleven each.
Last digit is 3 times the first one.
3 rd digit is 3 less than the second.
4 th digit is 4 more than the second one.
Find the digit.
ans : 25296.
6. There are five thieves, each loot a bakery one after the
other such that the first one takes 1/2 of the total no.
of the breads plus 1/2 of a bread. Similarly 2nd, 3rd,4th
and 5fth also did the same. After the fifth one no. of
breads remained are 3. Initially how many breads were there?
ans : 31.
7.ESCALATOR PROBLEM OF SAKUNTALA DEVI 'PUZZLES TO PUZZLE'book.
Problem No: Problem 27( Down the escalator)
ans : the no of steps in the stair way : 46.
8.Harbour line and Main line Problem of Sakuntala Devi Puzzle
book. Ans : 4/5.
( More Puzzles book)
9.There are some chicken in a poultry. They are fed with corn
One sack of corn will come for 9 days.The farmer decides to
sell some chicken and wanted to hold 12 chicken with him.
He cuts the feed by 10% and sack of corn comes for 30 days.
So initially how many chicken are there?
10.Two people X & Y walk on the wall of a godown in opposite
direction. They meet at a point on one side and then go
ahead. X after walking for some time, walks in opposite
direction for 15 mtrs.Then again he turns back and walks
in the original direction. What distance did Y walk before
they met again, if X walks 11 mtrs by the time Y walks
8 mtrs.
11.Problem from SAKUNTALA DEVI 'PUZZLES TO PUZZLE U'.
Problem no: 23( Walking back to happiness.)
The walking time : 55 mins.

With this The paper has been completed. For the lack time
I have'nt typed those probs, which are in Sakuntala Devi
Puzzle books. I wish all of you the best.
Send me the mail immediately after the written test will
be over. thank you.
-Sarma. B. Y.

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Infosys 2000 - I.I.T.,Madras


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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INFOSYS TEST @ IISC - 2000

1:there is a robery and four persons are suspected out of them one is
actual
thief,
these are the senteces said by each one of them!
A says D had done
B says A had done
C says i dddnt done
D B lied when he said that i am thief


out of these only one man is true remaining are false
ans 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 4
3 a vender solds two things at same cost 12 RS with one item at 25%profit
and other at 20%loss,by this transaction he made profit or loss by how
much
ans 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 at
20 yards from top,A has finished the rase .5 minuit earlier than
B,then how much time A had taken to complete the rase.

ans 6.3 minuits
marks 4

5 barons question diagnostic test question 8-12,5 men and 5 women went for
foot 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 etc
its easy(remember one is not a prime number,most people don mistake
taking 1
as prime number)

ans 71842

5 marks

7 two employs were there
employ one says to employ two your work ezxperience twice as me
emp2 exactly
emp1 but two years before you said that your work experience is
thrice as me
emp2 yes its also true
what are their work experience
ans 4,8
marks 3

8 ther are four persons A,B,C,D and for languages english ,french
,german
italian,
conditions
1 only one language is spoken by more than two men
2 A dont know english
3 a man can speak either french or german but not both
4 all man cannot spek in a group(no common language)
5 A can mediate when B and C want to speak with each other
6 each men can speak two languages
ans
A french italian
B english french
C german italian
D german italian


marks 7

9 there are 3 women ,they having three jewells,named diamond emerald
,ruby

3 women A,B,C
3 thiefs D,E,F
each thef had taken one jewel from each of the women
following conditions
one who had taken diamond is the bachelor and most dangerous
D 's brother in law E who is less dangerous than the thief who had
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stolen emerald
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(this is the key from this e had stolen ruby)
D did nt stolen from B
one more condition is there

marks 7

10 ther were five persons out of which two persons heir went white
and three persons hair is black
conditions
if A 's hir is white then B'hair is white
A,s hair is not blakck if C's hair is not black
two more conditions
but we can easily solve it from first codition
ans is Aand B's hair is white
marks 5

essay
in 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 9
2 four persons have to cross the bridge they are having one torch
ligt
four persons take 1,2,5,10 minuits respectively ,
when two persons are going the will take the time of the slowest
person
whats the time taken to cross allof them

ans 17minuits
3 a non uniform rope burns for one hour how you will measure
half an hour
ans lit it from both sides!


BEST OF LUCK!

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INFOSYS TEST @ NAGPUR - 2000
questions
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 the
other 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 many
days they will show true time. 3M.

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

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

5. In a six level building,a person lives .suppose the persons are
A,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 understood
the question--
u have to find person living at each level. 5M

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

7. there were few diamonds.
1st thief takes half of the diamonds +2
2nd thief takes half of the diamonds +2
3rd thief takes half of the diamonds +2
4th thief takes half of the diamonds +2
when 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. Hunter
having the same name with the animal didn't kill it. Each hunter has
missed
some animal.
A animal was hunt by the hunter whose name matches with animal hunt by
hunter B.
C animal was hunt by the hunter whose name matches with animal hunt by
hunter 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 they
shifted to Spanish.A,E knows French .B,E knows Italian.Portoguese was
known
to 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 options
B knows ? 4 options
C knows ? 4 options
E knows ? 4 options 8M
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Aptitude 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 your
mother's mother in law".What is the relation of the
boy with the fellow speaking at the other end.(3marks).

2.Imagine a rectangle.Its length=2*width.A square of 1
inch is cut on all corners so that the remaining portion
forms a boxwhen folded.the volume of the box is_____ cubic
inches.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' works
every second day.'B' works every 3rd day.If 'A'works on 1st june
and '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 steals
1/2 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 thief
enters and steals 1/2 of the remaining+2.When the 5th one enters
he finds 1 diamond on the table.Find out the total no. of diamonds
originally 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 pair
could

win and pull AD to thier side.Order the 4 persons in Ascending order
according to thier strengths. (3 marks).

6.Consider a beauty contest.3 persons participate.Their names are
Attractive,
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 persons
in 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.to12.30
2.others 12.30 to 1.30
3.Mrs.Allen and Bernett play durind lunch time.
4.clerk and cashier share Bachler rooms.
5.Ewing and Twain are not in good terms because
one day when Twain retuned early from lunch
he saw Ewing already sitting fro lunch and reported
about 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 1st
semester and 4 in 2nd semester THe candiadates hired for the post are
k,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 and
3 options for each question were given (8 marks).


9. I don't remember

10.I don't remember.

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INFOSYS
--------

written test.

There are passages from A to M.Each one is having four questions.

A.My father had no brothers.but his three.....
1.My father was only child. (F)
2.Three of my aunts have sons. (C)
3.I have six cousins on my mothers side (C)
4.I have only one uncle. (F)
B.Senoir manegers in a leading company..........
1.Some senoir managers said that more people will want to buy new
cars in the future. (F)
2.Managers told workers that Japanese workers are taking jobs
away form India Workers in the car industry (F)
3.The managers issued their warning after a rise in interest rates(T).
4.The increased rate of interest will mean that Japanese firms
will cease to operate in this country.
C.Reaserchers in Mumbai have found that............
1.Injecting eather into the gallbladdre dissolves most gallastones.(T)
2.Surgery is the only treatment for calcium based gallastones(T)
3.Only a few hundred people suffer from calcium based gallastones(C)
4.It takes more than one day for the eather to dissolve calcium gallastones.
(F)

Here is a small trick for D,E,F,G
D. T F T F

E.F F T C

F.F F T C

G.T F T F

D and G are same and E and F are same.Be carefull.
-------------------------------------------------

H. Every form of art is proteted by copyright...........(Tagore)
1.Tagore plays are not protected by copyright(F)
2.Tagore's desecendents should be asked to make some contribution
to the arts.(T)
31.Instead of buying a ticket,theatregoers should pay a fee to a
trust for the benifit of the arts. (F)
32.More people could go to the theatre if copyright were
abolished (C)
I. Hacking is a crime..............

33.Most hackers are authorised to breaks into networks
34.Computers are only vulnerable to the unauthorised manipulation

of thier data via another computer if they are networked. (C)
35.The main reason why it is relatively easy. (T)
36.Hackers do not work for the firms whose networks they break into(C)
J. In this only two questions

37.F
38.T
K.Electronics......

39.F
40. to 42 all are True
L.
All are true.(43 to 46)

M. All are true (47 to 50)
No of candidates appeared : 220
For the Interview : 90.

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> The Questions are follows
>
>
> 1. Number of null pointers in any binary tree = n+1
>
> 2. max(t1,t2,...tn) = pipelining
>
> 3. 50% -DBETXXXXXX - density
>
> 4. print (Head(T))
> Traverse(left(T))
> print (Head(T))
> Traverse(right(T)) - ans: none of the above
>
> 5. Boolean expn Evalvate
>
> 6. Common subexpn : - ans : a + e
>
> 7. LRU : 1, 2, 3.
>
> 8. Tr. Delay - 10000 bits ans. 10.01
>
> 9. Grammar of Number of shift / reduce operator : ans. 4
>
> 10. CPU scheduling 9,8 ?
>
> 11. if even x/2
> else p(p(3x+1))
>
> 2^k + 1: 3 . 2^(k-1) clarify this with sans
>
> 12. allocation ans: (ii) only
>
> 13. swapping : ans: reference only
>
> 14. Compiler - related Qn.
>
> 15. LAN frames - ? related Qn.
>
> 16. parameter passing (35,20)
>
> 17. sliding window protocol
> - BUFFER SIZE large
>
> 18. kernel mode - deallocate resource
>
> 19. logic circuit
> ans . Minimum OR = 3
>
> 20. Combinatorics related
>
> 21. priority scheduling
>
> 22. cobegin
> begin x = y; x= x+1; y= x
> begin x =y; z= z+1; y= z
> coend
>
> ans. Number of values possi = 2
>
> 23. 2 bits flip / 2 bits exchange
>
> ans : the word with one '1'
>
> 24. any addr
> K^+ v(a) + 2I - 2a
>
> clarify with SANS.
>
>

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Infosys

--------



1) There are two balls touching each other circumferencically.

The radius of the big ball is 4 times the diameter of the small

ball.The outer small ball rotates in anticlockwise direction

circumferencically over the bigger one at the rate of 16 rev/sec.

The bigger wheel also rotates anticlockwise at Nrev/sec. what is

'N' for the horizontal line from the centre of small wheel always

is horizontal.

2) 1 2 3 4

+ 3 4 5 5

----------

4 6 8 9

- 2 3 4 5

----------

2 3 4 4

+ 1 2 5 4

------------

3 6 9 8

Q) Strike off any digit from each number in seven rows (need not

be at same place) and combine the same operations with 3 digit numbers

to get the same addition. After this strike off another digit from all

and add all the No.s to get the same 2 digit No. perform the same

process again with 1 digit No.s. Give the ' no.s in 7 rows at

each stage.

3) there is a safe with a 5 digit No. The 4th digit is 4 greater than

second digit, while 3rd digit is 3 less than 2nd digit. The 1st digit

is thrice the last digit. There are 3 pairs whose sum is 11. Find

the number. Ans) 65292.

4) there are 2 guards Bal and Pal walking on the side of a wall of a

wearhouse(12m X 11m) in opposite directions. They meet at a point and

Bal says to Pal " See you again in the other side". After a few moments

of walking Bal decides to go back for a smoke but he changes his

direction again to his previous one after 10 minutes of walking in

the other(opposite) direction remembering that Pal will be waiting

for to meet.If Bal and Pal walk 8 and 11 feet respectively, how

much distance they would have travelled before meeting again.

5) xxx)xxxxx(xxx

3xx

-------

xxx

x3x

------

xxx

3xx

------

Q) Find the 5 digit No.

Hint: 5 is used atleast once in the calculation.

6) Afly is there 1 feet below the ceiling right across a wall length

is 30m at equal distance from both the ends. There is a spider 1 feet

above floor right across the long wall eqidistant from both the ends.

If the width of the room is 12m and 12m, what distance is to be

travelled by the spider to catch the fly? if it takes the shortest

path.

7) Ramesh sit around a round table with some other men. He has one

rupee more than his right person and this person in turn has 1 rupee

more than the person to his right and so on, Ramesh decided to give

1 rupee to his right & he in turn 2 rupees to his right and 3 rupees

to his right & so on. This process went on till a person has

'no money' to give to his right. At this time he has 4 times the

money to his right person. How many men are there along with Ramesh

and what is the money with poorest fellow.

8)Question related to probabilities of removing the red ball from a

basket,given that two balls are removed from the basket and the other

ball is red. The basket contains blue,red,yellow balls.

9)Venkat has 1boy&2daughters.The product of these children age is 72.

The sum of their ages give the door numberof Venkat.Boy is elder of

three.Can you tell the ages of all the three.

ANALYTICAL

----------

1)L:says all of my other 4 friends have money

M:says that P said that exact one has money

N:says that L said that precisely two have money

O:says that M said that 3 of others have money.

P:Land N said that they have money.

all are liers.Who has money&who doesn't have?

2)A hotel has two,the east wing and the west wing.some east wing rooms

but not all have an ocean view(OV).All WW have a harbour view(HV).The

charge for all rooms is identical, except as follows

* Extra charge for all HV rooms on or above the 3rd floor

* Extra charge for all OV rooms except those without balcony

* Extra charge for some HV rooms on the first two floor&some EW rooms

without OV but having kitchen facilities. (GRE modrl Test 3-question

1J-22)

3)Post man has a data of name surname door no.pet name of 4 families.

But only one is correct for each family.There are a set of statements

&questions.

4)4 couples have a party.Depending on the set of statements,find who

insulted whom and who is the host of the party.

5)5 women given some of their heights(tall,medium,short)Hair( long,

plainted),stards(Black or Brown), sari,2 medium,2-short.Tall->no

sari.Plainted->medium.Answer the combinations.

1) A person has to go both Northwards&Southwards in search of a job.

He decides to go by the first train he encounters.There are trains for

every 15 min both southwards and northwards.First train towards south

is at 6:00 A.M. and that towards North is at 6:10 .If the person arrives

at any random time,what is the probability that he gets into a train

towards North.

2) A person has his own coach&whenever he goes to railway station he

takes his coach.One day he was supposed to reach the railway station

at 5 O'clock.But he finished his work early and reached at 3 O'clock.

Then he rung up his residence and asked to send the coach immediately.

He came to know that the coach has left just now to tje railway station.

He thought that the coach has left just now to the railway station.He

thought that he should not waste his time and started moving towards

his residence at the speed of 3mi/hr.On the way,he gets the coach and

reaches home at 6 o'clock.How far is his residence from railway

station.

3)Radha,Geeta&Revathi went for a picnic.After a few days they forgot the

date,day and month on which they went to picnic.Radha said that it was

onThursday,May 8 and Geeta said that it was Thursday May 10.Revathi

said Friday Jun 8.Now one of them told all things wrongly,others one

thing wrong and the last two things wrongly.If April 1st is tuesday

what is the right day,date and month?

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I am sending mainly c
paper and some questions.Rao
also will send somethig.There are 15 c q's all are discriptive.

int a=2;
f1(a++);
}
f1(int c)
{
printf("%d", c);
}
1)fallacy
f()
{
int a;
void c;f2(&c,&a);
2)a=0;
b=(a=0)?2:3;
a) What will be the value of b? why
b) If in 1st stmt a=0 is replaced by -1, b=?
c) If in second stmt a=0 is replaced by -1, b=?
3)char *a[2]
int const *p;
int *const p;
struct new { int a;int b; *var[5] (struct new)
4)f()
{
int a=2;
f1(a++);
}
f1(int c)
{
printf("%d", c);
}
c=?
5)f1()
{
f(3);}
f(int t)
{
switch(t);
{
case 2: c=3;
case 3: c=4;
case 4: c=5;
case 5: c=6;
default: c=0;}
value of c?
6)Fallacy
int *f1()
{
int a=5;
return &a;
}
f()
int *b=f1()
int c=*b;
}
7)a)Function returning an int pointer
b)Function ptr returning an int ptr
c)Function ptr returning an array of integers
d)array of function ptr returning an array of integers
(See Scham series book)
8)fallacy
int a;
short b;
b=a;
9)Define function ?Explain about arguments?
10)C passes By value or By reference?
11)Post processed code for
abc=1;
b=abc1; (1 or 2 blank lines are given)
strcpy(s,"abc");
z=abc;
12)difference between my-strcpy and strcpy ?check
13)f()
{
int *b;
*b=2;
}
14)Function which gives a pointer to a binary trees const an integer value
at each code, return function of all the nodes in binary tree.(Study)Check
15)Calling refernce draw the diagram of function stack illustrating the
variables in the -----then were pushed on the stack at the point when
function f2 has been introduced
type def struct
{ double x,double y} point;
main( int argc, char *arg[3])
{double a;
int b,c;
f1(a,b);}
f1(double x, int y)
{
point p;
stack int n;
f2(p,x,y)}
f2(point p, double angle)
{ int i,j,k,int max)
}
_____________________________________________________________
1)Least no. when divide by [7 gives remainder 6,6gives 5,5 gives 4 and
soon ans;419
2)What compilation do (ans source code to obj)
3)Artficial language is provided which of the language (Lisp) check
4)241 change its equivalent octal ?
5)for cube and sphere 3 views are similarly draw one such figure?
6)Write a program to exchange two variaables without temp
7)Fortran cannot have value by reference
8)4,6,8,__
9)success is to failure, joy is to
10)MEANING OF JOLLY?
11)opposite to essential?
12)"Raw" means
13)To be good "Wrestler " one should have?
14)"Command" opposite?
15)genuine opposite?
16)Two proverbs are goven
17)Sum of two consecutive nos is 55, larger one is?
18)A person goes 4/5 of his usual speed reaches 10min lateto his
destinaton, time taken?
19)80% pass in english, 70%pass in maths , 10%fail in both , 144 pass in
both . How many all appeared to the test?
20)To get a parabola if you cut a section of?
21)Bird is flying 120km/hr b/w B to R. two trians at B to R at 60 kmph
The distance trvelled by the bird before it is killed.Ans.120
22)meaning of inert
If any are there rao will send you. Prepare well
for the interview. Mostly on graphics , geometry .Prepare questions like
(for interview)Prove some of the angles in a triangle are 180.Angle in a
half circle is 90.How will you measure hight of building when you are at
the top of the building and if you have stone with you.

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From satthi@hotmail.comSat Sep 12 21:11:49 1998
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 09:52:12 PDT
From: satish kandanuru
To: vsr@ece, anju_ksr@mailcity.com
Subject: hai..anju

hai anji ,

yesterday my self & pran sent infosys paper which is not clear.


now i am sending original & complete paper


MARKS: 50

I. ROHITH CAN CATCH EITHER THE HARBOUR LINE TRAIN OR MAIN LINE
TRAIN
FROM HIS NEAREST RAILWAY STATION KANDALA TO REACH HIS OFFICE.
BOTH
THE TRAINS HAVE A FREQUENCY OF 10 min. IN THE MORNING OFFICE
HOURS.
THE HARBOUR LINE TRAINS ARRIVE EVARY 10min. STARTING FROM
5:00a.m.
AND THE MAIN LINE TRAINS ARRIVE AT EVERY 10min. STARTING FROM
5:02a.m


II. IN A CERTAIN DEPARTMENT STORE THE POSITION OF
BUYER,CASHIER,CLERK

, FLOORWALKAR, & MANAGER ARE HELD, THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY
RESPECTIVELY ,BY M$

THE CASHIER & THE MANAGER WERE ROOMMATES IN COLLEGE.
THE BUYER IS BACHELOR,
EVANS & MISS AMES HAVE ONLY BUSINESS CONTACTS WITH EACH OTHER
MRS CONROY WAS GREATLY DOSAPPOINTED WHEN HER HUSBAND TOLD HER
THAT THE
MANAGER HAD REFUGE TO GIVE HIM A RAISE.
DAVIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST MAN WHEN THE CLErk & THE CASHIER
ARE MAR
RIED .

WHAT POSITION DOES EACH PERSON HELD.?


III.
TANVEER AND KUNAL WENT DOWN A DESCENDING ESCALATOR . THE ESCALATOR
WAS
GOING DOWN AT A CONTANT SPEED . KUNAL WALKED DOWN THE STEPS AND
HAD TO
COVER 50 STEPS TO REACH THE BOTTOM.TANVEER ON THE OTHER HAND , RAN
DOWN
THE STEPS OF THE ESCALATOR AND HENCE HAD TO TAKE 75 STEPS TO REACH
THE
BOTTOM . ACTUALLY , TANVEER TOOK 3 STEPS IN THE SAME TIME IT TOOK
KUNAL
TO TAKE 1 STEP . HOW MANY STEPS WOULD BE visible when the ecalator
is
stopped and not operating.?


Iv. In A four team foot-ball tournament , all the teams played each
other
in three rounds of matches are shown in the table -A . some of
the
results of the tournament are shown in the table _B . Using the
clues
given below, please fill -in the blank columns in the result
table-B
(goals for & goals for against ? ).

Note : two points for win , one point for draw & zero points for
defeat
are awarded .

CLUES :
1. EAST ZONE WON THE TOURNAMENT DESPITE SCORING ONE LESS GOAL THAN
THE
RUNNERS -UP.
2. NORTH ZONE SCORED AN ODD NUMBER OF GOALS IN THEIR FIRST ROUND
GAME
3. SOUTH ZONE , WHO FAILED TO SCORE IN THEIR FINAL MATCH , WERE
BEATEN
BY A TWO -GOAL MARGIN IN THE FIRST ROUND.
4. EAST ZONE LOST THEIR MATCH AGINST WEST ZONE.
5. ALL FOUR TEAMS SCORED GOALS IN THE SECOND ROUND MATCHES
6. WEST ZONE SCORED THE SAME NUMBER OF GOALS AGAINST EAST ZONE AS
NORTH
ZONE SCORED AGINST THEM.
7. EAST ZONE SCORED FOUR GOALS IN ROUND TWO MATCH.
Table - A ( MATCHES PLAYED )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Round 1 North zone vs south zone
west zone vs east zone.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
round 2 south zone vs west zone
east zone vs north zone
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Round 3 south zone vs east zone
west zone vs north zone
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Table - B ( RESULTS )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Played won draw lost golas for goals
points
against

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$
East Zone 3 - - - ? 3
4

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
North zone 3 - - - ? ?
4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
West zone 3 - - - 4 3
3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
South Zone 3 - - - 2 5
1

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


V.
At six o'clock the wall clock struck 6 times . Checking with my
watch
, I noticed that the time between the first & last strokes was 30
seconds
. How long will the clock take to stike 12 at mid night (Ans 66
seconds)


VI. PLESE ANSWER THE Q'S WITH REFERENCE TO THE FACTS GIVEN BELOW ( 8
MARKS )


1 . THE MEMBERS OF A CERTAIN TRIBE ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE CASTES
-ABHOR

, DRAVID , & MAGAR CASTES

2. AN ABHOR WOMEN CANNOT MARRY A DRAVID MAN
3. A MAGAR MAN CANNOT MARRY A DRAVID WOMEN.
4. A SON TAKES THE CASTE OF HIS FATHER , A DAUGHTER TAKES THE
CASTE OF
HER MOTHER .
5. ALL MARRIAGES EXCEPT THOSE MENTIOND ABOVE ARE PERMITTED
6 . THERE ARE NO CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WED LOCK.


Q'S

1) AN ABHOR WOMAN MARRIES AND HAS THREE CHILDREN , ALL OF WHOM ARE
MEMBER$

I) IF SHE WERE TO BE MARRIED to a magar MAN , THEY HAVE
NO MALE$
II) IF SHE WERE TO BE MARRIED TO ABHOR MAN ,THEY MAY HAVE
MALE CHI$

III) IF HER FOURTH CHILD IS MALE , HE MAY BE A DRAVID,.


A) I ONLY
B) III ONLY

C) I & II ONLY

D) II & III ONLY
E) I , II & III

2) IT CAN BE INFERRED FROM THE CONDITION DESCRIBED THAT A MAGAR MAN


I) CANNOT HAVE A DRAVID GRAND MOTHER
II) CANNOT HAVE A DRAVID MOTHER
III ) MAY HAVE A ABHOR MOTHER
A) I ONLY
B) II ONLY
C) I & II ONLY
D) II & III ONLY
E) I , II & III


3) WHEN TWO DRAVIDS ARE MARRIED , IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO HAVE

I) ANY FEMALE ABHOR DESCENDENTS
II ) AN ABHOR GREAT_ GRAND DAUGHTER \
III) AN ABHOR GRAND DAUGHTER

A)I ONLY
B) III ONLY
C) I & II ONLY
D) II & III ONLY
E) I , II & III

4) AN ABHOR WOMAN

A)CAN HAVE A DRAVID GRANDSON
B) CANNOT HAVE A MAGAR SON
C) CANNOT HAVE A MAGAR GRAND SON
D) CAN HAVE A MAGAR DAUGHTER -IN - LAW
E) CANNOT HAVE A DRAVID GRAND DAUGHTER


VII. ( 2 MARKS )
IN CERTAIN COMMUNITY THERE ARE THOUSAND MARRIED COUPLES .
TWO
THIRDS OF THE HUSBANDS WHO ARE TALLER THAN THEIR WIVES ARE ALSO
HEAVIER
AND THREE QUARTERS OF THE HUSBANDS WHO ARE HEAVIER THAN THEIR WIVES
ARE
ALSO TALLER . IF THERE ARE 120 WIVES WHO ARE TALLER AND HEAVIER
THAN THEIR
HUSBANDS, HOW MANY HUSBANDS ARE TALLER AND HEAVIER THAN THEIR WIVES
?


VIII. BOTH THE GUPTHAS AND SINHAS HAVE TWO YOUNG SONS WHOSE AGES ARE
ANDER ELEVEN. THE NAMES OF THE BOYS, WHOSE AGES ROUNDEDOFF TO
THE
NEAREST YEAR ARE ALL DIFFERENT, ARE RAJESH, PRAVEEN,LALITH AND
PRATHAP.
TAKING THE AGES OF THE AGES OF THE BOYS ONLY TO THE NEAREST
YEAR, THE
FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE.
RAJESH IS THREE YEARS YOUNGER THAN HIS BROTHER IS.
PRAVEEN IS THE OLDEST.
PRATHAP IS 5YRS OLDER THAN THE YOUNGER SINHAS BOY.
LALITH IS HALF AS OLD AS ONE OF THE GUPTHA BOYS.
THE TOTAL AGES OF THE BOYS IN EACH FAMILY DIFFER BY THE
SAME
AMOUNT TODAY AS THEY DID FIVE YEARS AGO. --- 7 MARKS.


IX. A LONG DIVISION SUM ---- 7 MARKS
xx)xxxxxxxxx(xxxxxxx
xx
---
xxx
xx
----
xxx
xx
---
xx
xx
--
xxx
xxx
-----

in the complete solution there are four 5's.
Find the missing digits.



X. FOLLOWING SERVICES ARE OPERATED BY ASIAN AIRLINES BETWEEN THE TWO

ARE LOCATED IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WITH DIFFERENT TIME ZONES.
AS IS
IS NORMALLY DONE, THE TIME SHOWN IS THE LOCAL TIME- VIZ IST
& TST.
REGULAR FLIGHT SUPERSONICFLIG
ARRIVE ALEXANDRIA 17:10 TST 15:40 TST
DEPART " " 20:50 TST 22:50 TST
ARRIVE RAMPUR 23:40 IST ? IST

THE ARRIVAL TIME OF SUPERSONIC FLIGHT INTO RAMPUR FROM
ALEXANDR$
ARRIVAL TIME OF THE SUPER SONIC FLIGHT ASSUMING EACH
SERVICE-
REGULAR AND SUPERSONIC MAINTAINS ITS OWN CONSTANT SPEED
OF FLIG$


DON'T ANSWER FOR ALL THE PUZZULES. 8 ARE THE SAFE ONE.

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INFOSYS 1997. TIME 1hr.
PAPER CODE Q/A. marks 50.
--------------------------------------------------------------
1)At 6'o clock clock ticks 6 times. The time between first and
last ticks was 30sec. How much time it takes at 12'o clock.

Ans. 66 sec. 2 marks.

2)Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them
shot 4 bullets the total no.of remaining bullets is equal to that of
one has after division. Find the original number divided.

Ans. x x x
x-4 x-4 x-4
3x-12 = x
x= 6
ans is 18 2 marks

3)A ship went on a voyage after 180 miles a plane statrted with 10 times
speed that of the ship. Find the distance when they meet from
starting point.

Ans. 180 + (x/10) = x
x = 20
ans is 180+20=200miles. 2 marks

4) Fill the empty slots.
Three FOOTBALL teams are there. Given below the list of maches.

played won lost draw Goals for Goals against
A 2 2 *0 *0 *7 1
B 2 *0 *1 1 2 4
C 2 *0 *1 *1 3 7

the slots with stars are answers. 4 marks
BC drew with 2-2
A won on B by 2-0
a won on C by 5-1
( YOU HAVE TO FILL THE BLANKS AT APPROPRIATE STAR SYMBOLS.)`
5) There are 3 societies a,b,c. a lent tractors to b and c as many
as they had. After some time b gave as many tractors to a and c
as many as they have. After sometime c did the same thing.
At the end of this transaction each one of them had 24.
Find the tractors each orginally had.

Ans a had 39, b had 21, c had 12, 4 marks

6) There N stations on a railroad. After adding x stations 46 additional
tickets have to be printed. Find N and X.

Ans. let N(N-1) = t;
(N+x)(N+x-1) = t+46;
trail and error method x=2 and N=11 4 marks

7)Given that April 1 is tuesday. a,b,c are 3 persons told that their
farewell party was on
a - may 8, thursday
b - may 10,tuesday
c - june 8, friday
Out of a,b,c one is only correct one of the regarding month,day,date.
Other told two correct and the third person told all wrong.What is
correct date,month,day. 5 marks
(ans may be MAY 10 SUNDAY. check once again)
8)There are 4 parties. df,gs,dl(depositloss),ew ran for a contest.
Anup,Sujit,John made the following statements regarding results.
Anup said either df or ew will definitely win
sujit said he is confident that df will not win
John said he is confident that neither ew nor dl will win
the result has come. only one of the above three has made a correct
statement. Who has made the correct statement and who has won
the contest. 5 marks.
(ans DL )
9)Five people a,b,c,d,e are related to each other. Four of them make
one true statement each as follows.
i) b is my father's brother. (ans. d said this)
ii)e is my mother-in-law. ( b )
iii)c is my son-in-law's brother. ( e )
iv)a is my brother's wife. ( c )
who said each statement.
10 marks.

10) All members of d are also members of a
All '' e '' d
all '' c '' both a and b
not all '' a are members of d
not all '' d '' e
Some questions on these conditions.(5questions 5 marks)
11)
boys are allowed to watch football at c.v.Raman auditorium subjected to
conditions.
i)the boy over age 16 can wear overcoat
ii)no boy over age 15 can wear cap
iii)to watch the football either he has to wear overcoat or cap
or both
iv) a boy with an umberella or above 16 or both cannot wear sweater.
v) boys must either not watch football or wear sweater.

What is the appearence of the boy who is watching football.
Try to solve this question................



ok!!!!!
infosys paper 1997.
paper code q/c.
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1) be * be = acb
a,b,c,e are non zero numbers find b,e.
ans) b=1 e=9
2) a,b,c,d,e are having numerical values. there are some conditions
given
a) a=c <===> b!=e
b) difference between a and c as same as difference between c and b
as same as difference between a and d
c) cd
then find a,b,c,d,e
3) there are six cards in which it has two king cards. all cards are
turned down and two cards are opened
a) what is the possobility to get at least one king.
b) what is the possibility to get two kings.
4) a person went to a shop and asked for change for 1.15paise.
but he said that he could not only give change for one rupee.
but also for 50p,25p,10p and 5p. what were the coins he had
ans) 1-->50 4--->10p 1--->25p
5) there are 3 nurses and they work altogether only once in a week.
no nurse is called to work for 3 consecutive days.
nurse 1 is off on tueseday,thursday and sunday.
nurse 2 is off on saturday.
nurse 3 is off on thursday,sunday.
no two nurses are off more than once a week.
find the day on which all the 3 nurses were on work.
6) there are 5 persons a,b,c,d,e and each is wearing a block or white
cap on his head. a person can see the caps of the remaining 4 but can't
see his own cap. a person wearing white says true and who wears block
says false.
i) a says i see 3 whites and 1 block
ii) b says i see 4 blocks
iii) e says i see 4 whites
iiii) c says i see 3 blocks and 1 white.
now find the caps weared by a,b,c,d and e
7) there are two women, kavitha and shamili and two males shyam, aravind
who are musicians. out of these four one is a pianist, one flutist,
violinist and drummer.
i) across aravind beats pianist
ii) across shyam is not a flutist
iii) kavitha's left is a pianist
iiii) shamili's left is not a drummer
v) flutist and drummer are married.
8) 1/3 ed of the contents of a container evaporated on the 1 st day.
3/4 th of the remaining contents of the container evaporated the
second day. what part of the contents of the container are left at
the end of the second day.
9) a man covered 28 steps in 30 seconds but he decided to move fast and
covered 34 steps in 18 seconds. how many steps are there on the
escalator when stationary.
10) all fair skinned, rich, handsome, muscular, lean and employed are
tall men
1) all lean men are muscular.
2) no fairskinned person who is not rich is handsome.
3) some muscular men are handsome.
4) all handsome are fairskinned.
5) no person who is neither fair skinned nor muscular is enplyed.
6) we unable to recall this condition and question also incomplete.
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> Here are the infosys questions which appeared here., They had
> five sets of que. papers A,B,C,D,E. This is set A. Others
> are also of similar type with few modifications.
> love-kalya.
>
>
> INFOSYS
>
>
>
> > There are 5 q papers with them. this is only one of those.
> > All otheres were more or less of the same model but different
> > qs. This is just to give U an idea.
> >
> > The questions are not in order.
> >
> > 1)A,B,C,D,E related.4 of them made these statements each.
> > i)C is my son in law's brother.
> > ii)B is my father's brother.
> > iii)E is my mother in law.
> > iv)A is my brother's wife.
> > who made these statements?(person mentioned is one of A,B,C,D,E)(10 marks).
> > 2)e means belong.
> > All members of E e D.
> > All members of D e A.
> > Not all members of D e E.
> > Not all members of A e D.
> > All members of C e both A and B.some questions are asked about relatio
n.use venn diagram.(5 marks).
> >
> > 3)complete the table.
> >
> > Played won lost draw goals goals
> > for against
> > A 2 2 1
> > B 2 1 2 4
> > C 2 3 7
> >
> > A,B,C are 3 hockey teams.(2 marks).
> >
> > 4) A says Party was held on :Thursday ,May 8th.
> > B says Party was held on :Tuesday,May 10th.
> > C says party was held on :Friday ,June 8th.
> > Given April 1 st was Tuesday.one of A,B,C says 1 correct.one says 1
> > wrong.and one was completely wrong of date,Month and day. Find the
> > Day the party held. (5marks).
> >
> > 5) A ship is away from the shore by 180 miles.A plane is travelling at
> > 10 times speed of the ship.How long from the shore will they meet?
> > (2marks)
> >
> > 6) Every station in N railroad issue everyother station's ticket.
> > some stations are added.Now they have to issue 46 more tickets.
> > say the No.of stations after and before added.(5 marks).
> >
> > 7) 3 persons say these statements.
> > A says either Democratic or liberal wins the elections.
> > B says Democratic wins.C says neither democratic nor liberal wins
> > the election.of these only one is wrong.who wins the election?
> > (5 marks).
> >
> > 8) A clock showing 6 o'clock takes 30 secs to strike 6 times.How long
> > will it take to strike 12 at midnight?Ans.66 secs.(2marks)
> >
> > 9) Only boys aged > 16 wear coats.
> > Boys aged > 15 go to watch football.some more statements are given.
> > What can be said about those who are watching football ? (age and
> > costume)
> > (5 marks).
> >
> > 10) There are 3 societies A,B,C having some tractors each.
> > A Gives B and C as many tractors as they already have.
> > After some days B gives A and C as many tractors as they have.
> > After some days C gives A and B as many tractors as they have.
> > Finally each has 24 tractors.what is the original No.of
> > tractors each had in the beginning?
> > Ans.A -39.
> > B- 21.
> > C- 12.(7 marks).
> > 11) 4,5 statements.From that find the answer.(7 marks).
> >
> >
> > Reference books
> > 1.) Puzzles and teasers by summer's
> > 2.) Shakuntala Devi. (puzzles).
> >
>
>
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INFOSYS PAPER 1997.
PAPER CODE Q/C.
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1a) BE * BE = ACB
A,B,C,E ARE NON ZERO NUMBERS FIND B,E.
ANS) B=1 E=9
2) A,B,C,D,E ARE HAVING NUMERICAL VALUES. THERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS
GIVEN
a) A=C <===> B!=E
b) DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A AND C AS SAME AS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN C AND B
AS SAME AS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A AND D
c) C
D
THEN FIND A,B,C,D,E
3) THERE ARE SIX CARDS IN WHICH IT HAS TWO KING CARDS. ALL CARDS ARE
TURNED DOWN AND TWO CARDS ARE OPENED
a) WHAT IS THE POSSOBILITY TO GET AT LEAST ONE KING.
b) WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY TO GET TWO KINGS.
4) A PERSON WENT TO A SHOP AND ASKED FOR CHANGE FOR 1.15PAISE.
BUT HE SAID THAT HE COULD NOT ONLY GIVE CHANGE FOR ONE RUPEE.
BUT ALSO FOR 50P,25P,10P AND 5P. WHAT WERE THE COINS HE HAD
ans) 1-->50 4--->10P 1--->25P
5) THERE ARE 3 NURSES AND THEY WORK ALTOGETHER ONLY ONCE IN A WEEK.
NO NURSE IS CALLED TO WORK FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
NURSE 1 IS OFF ON TUESEDAY,THURSDAY AND SUNDAY.
NURSE 2 IS OFF ON SATURDAY.
NURSE 3 IS OFF ON THURSDAY,SUNDAY.
NO TWO NURSES ARE OFF MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK.
FIND THE DAY ON WHICH ALL THE 3 NURSES WERE ON WORK.
6) THERE ARE 5 PERSONS A,B,C,D,E AND EACH IS WEARING A BLOCK OR WHITE
CAP ON HIS HEAD. A PERSON CAN SEE THE CAPS OF THE REMAINING 4 BUT CAN'T
SEE HIS OWN CAP. A PERSON WEARING WHITE SAYS TRUE AND WHO WEARS BLOCK
SAYS FALSE.
i) A SAYS I SEE 3 WHITES AND 1 BLOCK
ii) B SAYS I SEE 4 BLOCKS
iii) E SAYS I SEE 4 WHITES
iiii) C SAYS I SEE 3 BLOCKS AND 1 WHITE.
NOW FIND THE CAPS WEARED BY A,B,C,D AND E
7) THERE ARE TWO WOMEN, KAVITHA AND SHAMILI AND TWO MALES SHYAM, ARAVIND
WHO ARE MUSICIANS. OUT OF THESE FOUR ONE IS A PIANIST, ONE FLUTIST,
VIOLINIST AND DRUMMER.
i) ACROSS ARAVIND BEATS PIANIST
ii) ACROSS SHYAM IS NOT A FLUTIST
iii) KAVITHA'S LEFT IS A PIANIST
iiii) SHAMILI'S LEFT IS NOT A DRUMMER
V) FLUTIST AND DRUMMER ARE MARRIED.
8) 1/3 ED OF THE CONTENTS OF A CONTAINER EVAPORATED ON THE 1 ST DAY.
3/4 TH OF THE REMAINING CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINER EVAPORATED THE
SECOND DAY. WHAT PART OF THE CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINER ARE LEFT AT
THE END OF THE SECOND DAY.
9) A MAN COVERED 28 STEPS IN 30 SECONDS BUT HE DECIDED TO MOVE FAST AND
COVERED 34 STEPS IN 18 SECONDS. HOW MANY STEPS ARE THERE ON THE
ESCALATOR WHEN STATIONARY.
10) ALL FAIR SKINNED, RICH, HANDSOME, MUSCULAR, LEAN AND EMPLOYED ARE
TALL MEN
1) ALL LEAN MEN ARE MUSCULAR.
2) NO FAIRSKINNED PERSON WHO IS NOT RICH IS HANDSOME.
3) SOME MUSCULAR MEN ARE HANDSOME.
4) ALL HANDSOME ARE FAIRSKINNED.
5) NO PERSON WHO IS NEITHER FAIR SKINNED NOR MUSCULAR IS ENPLYED.
6) we unable to recall this condition and question also incomplete.
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This paper contains INFOSYS interview questions.
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1> S: Satch J:Jute ANS
person1: Most of us are satch J
person2:Most of us are jute S
person3:Two of us are satch J
person4: Three of us are jute J
person5:I am satch J
we have to find who is satch and who is jute.
2> Four perssons are three to cross a bridge they have one torch light
one person A can cross in 1 min
person B can cross in 2 min
person C can cross in 5 min
person D can cross in 10 min
They have to cross bridge with in 17 min.
At a time only two persons can cross
I A&B ----> 2
II A <----1
III C&D ---->10
IV B <----2
V A&B ---->2
__________
Total 17

3>7 hours hour glass
11 hours hour glass
you have to boil one egg for 15 hours
4> What is the maximum number of slices can you obtain by cutting
a cake with only 4 cuts?
ANS: 16
5> Three are three boxes ,
In one box Two white balls
In two box 2 black balls
In three box 1 white &1 black
The lables on the boxes are not correct.Then you have to open
one box and to find the colour of the balls in all boxes.

Solution: Open the box labled black& white
If white balls are there then the box labled with white balls
contain black balls and labled with black balls contain one
black and one white ball and viceversa if two black ballsare there.

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PART 1

1). A beggr collects cigarette stubs and makes one ful cigarette
with every 7 stubs. Once he gets 49 stubs . How many cigarettes
can he smoke totally.
Ans. 8
2). A soldiar looses his way in a thick jungle at random walks
from his camp but mathematically in an interestingg fashion.
First he walks one mile east then half mile to north. Then 1/4
mile to west, then 1/8 mile to south and so on making a loop.
Finally hoe far he is from his camp and in which direction.
ans: in north and south directions
1/2 - 1/8 + 1/32 - 1/128 + 1/512 - and so on
= 1/2/((1-(-1/4))
similarly in east and west directions
1- 1/4 + 1/16 - 1/64 + 1/256 - and so on
= 1/(( 1- ( - 1/4))
add both the answers
3). hoe 1000000000 can be written as a product of two factors
neither of them containing zeros
Ans 2 power 9 x 5 ppower 9 ( check the answer )
4). Conversation between two mathematcians:
first : I have three childern. Thew pproduct of their ages is 36
. If you sum their ages . it is exactly same as my neighbour's
door number on my left. The sacond mathematiciaan verfies the
door number and says that the not sufficient . Then the first
says " o.k one more clue is that my youngest is the youngest"
Immmediately the second mathematician answers . Can you aanswer
the questoion asked by the first mathematician?
What are the childeren ages? ans 2 and 3 and 6
5). Light glows for every 13 seconds . How many times did it
between 1:57:58 and 3:20:47 am
ans : 383 + 1 = 384

6). 500 men are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns .
ALL tallest among each row aare asked to fall out . And the
shortest among THEM is A. Similarly after resuming that to their
originaal podsitions that the shorteest among each column are
asked to fall out. And the longest among them is B . Now who is
taller among A and B ?
ans A
7). A person spending out 1/3 for cloths , 1/5 of the remsaining
for food and 1/4 of the remaining for travelles is left with
Rs 100/- . How he had in the begining ?
ans RS 250/-
8). there are six boxes containing 5 , 7 , 14 , 16 , 18 , 29
balls of either red or blue in colour. Some boxes contain only

red balls and others contain only blue . One sales man sold one
box out of them and then he says " I have the same number of red
balls left out as that of blue ". Which box is the one he solds
out ?
Ans : total no of balls = 89 and (89-29 /2 = 60/2 = 30
and also 14 + 16 = 5 + 7 + 18 = 30
9). A chain is broken into three pieces of equal lenths
conttaining 3 links each. It is taken to a backsmith to join into
a single continuous one . How many links are to tobe opened to
make it ?
Ans : 2.
10). Grass in lawn grows equally thickand in a uniform rate. It
takes 24 days for 70 cows and 60 for 30 cows . How many cows can
eat away the same in 96 days.?
Ans : 18 or 19
11). There is a certain four digit number whose fourth digit is
twise the first digit.
Third digit is three more than second digit.
Sum of the first and fourth digits twise the third number.
What was that number ?
Ans : 2034 and 4368


If you qualify in the first part then you have to appear for
the second i.e the following part.

Part 2.

1. From a vessel on the first day, 1/3rd of the liquid
evaporates. On the second day 3/4th of the remaining liquid
evaporates. what fraction of the volume is present at the end of
the II day.
2. an orange galss has orange juice. and white glass has apple
juice. Bothe equal volume 50ml of the orange juice is taken and
poured into the apple juice. 50ml from the white glass is poured
into the orange glass. Of the two quantities, the amount of
apple juice in the orange glass and the amount of orange juice in
the white glass, which one is greater and by how much?
3. there is a 4 inch cube painted on all sides. this is cut
into no of 1 inch cubes. what is the no of cubes which have no
pointed sides.
4. sam and mala have a conversation. sam says i am vertainly not
over 40. mala says i am 38 and you are atleast 5 years older
than me. Now sam says you are atleast 39. all the sattements by
the two are false. How hold are they realy.
5. ram singh goes to his office in the city, every day from his
suburbun house. his driver mangaram drops him at the railway
station in the morning and picks him up in the evening. Every
evening ram singh reaches the station at 5 o'clock. mangaram
also reaches at the same time. one day ramsingh started early
from his office and came to the station at 4 o'clock. not
wanting to wait for the car he starts walking home. Mangaram
starts at normal time, picks him up on the way and takes him back
house, half an hour early. how much time did ram singh walk.
6. in a railway station, there are tow trains going. One in the
harbour line and one in the main line, each having a frequency of
10 minutes. the main line service starts at 5 o'clock. the
harbour line starts at 5.02a.m. a man goes to the station every
day to catch the first train. what is the probability of man
catchinhg the first train
7. some people went for vaction. unfortunately it rained for 13
days when they were there. but whenever it rained in the
morning, they had clean afternood and vice versa. In all they
enjoyed 11 morning and 12 afternoons. how many days did they
stay there totally
8. exalator problem repeat
9. a survey was taken among 100 people to firn their preference
of watching t.v. programmes. there are 3 channels. given no of

people who watch
at least channel 1
" " 2
" " 3
no channels at all
atleast channels 1and 3
" " 1 and 2
" " 2 and 3
find the no of people who watched all three.
10. albert and fernandes they have two leg swimming race. both
start from opposite and of the pool. On the first leg, the boys
pass each other at 18 mt from the deep end of the pool. during
the II leg they pass at 10 mt from the shallow end of the pool.
Both go at const speed. but one of them is faster. each boy
rests for 4 sec to see at the end of the i leg. what is the
length of the pool.
11. T H I S Each alphabet stands for one
I S digit, what is the maximum value T
-------------- can take
X F X X
X X U X
--------------
X X N X X
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1. 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.
2. evvery day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossing.
the road is straignt before the crossing and both are travelling
in the same direction. cyclist travels with a speed of 10 Kmph.
One day the cyclist comes late by 25 min. and meets the train 5km
before the crossing. what is the seppd of the train.
3. five persons muckerjee, misra, iyer, patil and sharma, all
take then first or middle names in the full names. There are 4
persons having I or middle name of kumar, 3 persons with mohan, 2
persons withdev and 1 anil.
--Either mukherjee and patil have a I or middle name of dev or
misra and iyer have their I or middle name of dev
--of mukherkjee and misre, either both of them have a first or
middle name of mohan or neither have a first or middle name of
mohan
--either iyer of sharma has a I or middle name of kumar hut not
both.
who has the I or middle name of anil
4. reading conprehension
5. a bird keeper has got Ppigeon, M mynas and S sparrows. the
keeper goes for lunch leaving his assistant to watch the birds.
a. suppose p=10, m=5, s=8 when the bird keeper comes back, the
assistant informs the x birds have escaped. the bird keeper
exclaims oh no! all my sparrows are gone. how many birds flew
away.
b. when the bird keeper come back, the assistand told him that
x birds have escaped. the keeper realised that atleast2 sparrows
have escaped. what is minimum no of birds that can escape.
6. select from the five alternatives A,B,C,D,E
AT THE end of each question ,two conditions will be given.
the choices are to filled at follows.
a. if a definete conclusion can be drawn from condition 1
b. if a definete conclusion can be drawn from condition 2
c. if a definete conclusion can be drawn from condition 1 and 2
d. if a definete conclusion can be drawn from condition 1 or 2
e. no conclusion can be drawn using both conditions
1. person 1 says N<5
person says n>5
person 3 says 3N>20
person 4 says 3n>10
person 5 says N<8
whaT IS value of N
a) 1. no of persons who speak false being less than no of persons
who tells the truth.
2. person 2 is telling the truth.
b) 1. no of persong telling the truth is greater than no of
persons telling lies
2. person 5 is telling the truth.
7. there are N coins on a table. there are two players A&B.
you can take 1 or 2 coins at a time. the person who takes the
last coin is the loser. a always starts first
--1. if N=7
a) A can always win by taking two coins in his first chanse
b) B can win only if A takes two coins in his first chance.
c) B can always win by proper play
d) none of the above
--2. A can win by proper play if N is equal to
a) 13 b) 37 c) 22 d) 34 e) 48 ans. e.
--3. B can win by proper play if N is equal to
a) 25 b)26 c) 32 d) 41 e) none
--4. if N<4, can A win by proper play always

8. Two turns have vertain pecular charcteristics. One of them
always lies on Monday, Wednesday, Friday. \the other always lies
on Tuesdays, thursdays and saturdays. On the other days they tel
the truth. You are given a conversation.
person A-- today is sunday my name is anil
person B-- today is tuesday, my name is bill


answers for selected questions
2. equal 1. 150
3. 8 2. 60 kmph
4. 37(M),41(S) 3. Mukherjee
5. 45 min. 8. today is tuesday
6. 0.8
7. 18
11. T max value = 4

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INFOSYS

Release : '97



ROBERT,RAJ AND RASUL ALWAYS TAKE DINNER TOGETHER.AFTER DINNER EACH

WILL ORDER EITHER COFFEE OR TEA.

(a) IF RASUL ORDERS COFFEE, RAJ ORDERS WHAT ROBERT ORDERS

(b)IF RAJ ORDERS COFFEE,RASUL ORDERS WHAT ROBERT DOESN'T ORDER

(c) IF ROBERT ORDERS TEA,RASUL ORDERS WHAT RAJ ORDERS

WHO ORDERS ALWAYS SAME DRINK?

(i) RASUL (ii)RASUL&ROBERT

(iii)ALL (iv)------- ans:ALL

(2) MAJOR RAJ ,HIS BROTHER ,DAUGHTERS AND SON ARE ALWAYS PLAYING

MIXED DOUBLES

(i)MJ.RAJ BROTHER IS PLAYING ACROSS THE NET DIRECTLY OPPOSITE TO

MJ.RAJ'S DAUGHTER.

(ii) MJ.RAJ'S SON IS PLAYING DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE NET OF THE WORSTE

PLAYERS SIBLING.

(iii)EACH TEAM MADE UP OF BEST AND WORSTE PLAYER OF THE SLOT.

WHO IS THE BEST PLAYER?

(a)MJ.RAJ (b)HIS BROTHER (c)HIS SON (d) INSUFFICIENT DATA.

(1) THERE ARE NINE CARDS NUMBERING 1-9.

(i)CARD 5 IS IN CENTRE

(ii) CARD 9 IS IN ROW IN WHICH CARD 5 IS THERE

(iii) CARD FOUR IS IN SAME COLUMN IN WHICH CARD 9 IS PRESENT.

(iv)CARD 1&CARD 6 ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER

(v) SUM OF EACH ROW IS EQUAL TO 15 ONLY

(vi) SUM OF EACH DIAGONAL IS ALSO 15

(A) NINE CARDS ARE ARRANGED IN THREE ROWS AND THREE COLUMNS;

(*) ADJACENT MEANS TWO CARDS ARE IN SAME ROW OR SAME COLUMN NEXT

TO EACH OTHER.

*) NOTE: CONSIDER ALL POSSIBLE ANSWERS

(i)WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE DEFINETLY ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER

ANS;(1&5)

(ii) WHICH TWO CARDS DO NOT COME DEFINETLY ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER a)5&4

(iii) THE MIDDLE COLUMN ADDS UP TO (a) 15

iv) THE MIDDLE COLUMN CAN'T BE ADDED UP TO

X)10 Y)15 Z) 20 a) X&Z

POSSIBLE TABLES

2 7 6 6 2 7

9 5 1 1 5 9

4 3 8 3 8 4

THERE ARE '3' CASTERS IN A VILLAGE MARGONS, ADHORS,AND DRAVIDS

i)ADHOR WOMEN CAN'T MARRY DRAVID MEN

ii) MARGON MAN CAN'T MARRY DRAVID WOMAN

iii) IN A FAMILY SON WILL GET HIS FATHER'S CASTE AND DAUGHTER WILL

GET HIS MOTHER'S CASTE

iv) THERE IS NO CHILDREN OUT OF WEDLOCK

v) OTHER COMBINATION'S ARE ALLOWED EXCEPT ABOVE COMBINATIONS

QUESTIONS:

i)ADHOR FEMALES CAN HEVE

i) ii) iii)

4) IF TWO DRAVIDAN'S GOT MARRIAGE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR

i)TO HAVE

I5) ADHOR WOMAN HAVE

A) B) C) D) E)

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> > INFOSYS - 99 AT JU,CALCUTTA.
> (1). ALL TALLMEN ARE HANDSOME,FAIRSKIMED,LEAN,NULSCULAR RICH
> >AND EMPLOYED.
> > 1. ALL HANDSOME PERSONS ARE FAIRSKIMED
> > 2. SOME NULSCULAR ARE FAIR SKIMED AND HANDSOME
> > 3. ALL LEANS ARE NUSCULAR PERSONS
> > 4. NO FAIRSKIMED PERSON WHO IS NOT HANDSOME IS RICH
> > 5. NEITHER FAIRSKIMED NOR NULSCULAR ARE EMPLOYED.
> > THERE ARE 4 QUESTIONS BASED ON THE ABOVE. 8 MARKS
> >
> > (2). PROBLEM
> >
> >
> > (3). A SOFTWARE ENGINEER STARTS FROM HOME AT 3PM FOR EVENING
>WALK.
> > HE WALKSPEED OF 4KMPH ON LEVEL GROUND AND THEN AT A SPEED
>OF
> > 3KMPH ON THE UPHILL AND THEN DOWN THE HILL AT A SPEED OF
> >6KMPH
> > TO THE LEVEL GROUND AND THEN AT A SPEED OF 4KMPH TO THE
>HOME
> >AT 9PM
> > WHAT IS THE DISTENCE ON ONE WAY? 4MARKS
> >
> > (4). A BAG CONTAINS CERTAIN NUMBER OF FILES. EACH FILE IS
>NUMBERED
> >WITH ONE
> > DIGIT OF 0 TO 9. SUPPOSE THE PERSON WANT TO GET THE NUMBER
> >BETWEEN 1 TO
> > 2000 (OR 7000 CHECK ) . HOW MANY MIN NO. OF FILES SHOULD BE
> >PRESENT IN
> > THE BAG. 3MARKS
> >
> > (5). A + B + C +D = D + E + F + G = G + H + I =17.
> > IF A = 4 WHAT ARE THE VALUES OF D AND G. EACH LETTER
>TAKEN
> > ONLY ONE OF THE DIGIT FROM 1 TO 9. 8MARKS
> >
> > ANS : A = 4 ,B = 2, C =6, D = 5, E = 3, F = 8, G =
>1,
> > H = 7, I = 9.
> >
> > (6). SIX PERSONS A,B,C,D,E &F WENT TO SOLIDER CINIMA. THERE ARE
> >SIX
> > CONSEUTIVE SEATS. A SITS IN THE FIRST SEAT FOLLOWED BY B ,
> > FOLLOWED BY C AND SOON. IF A TAKEN ONE OF THE SIX SEATS ,
> >THEN
> > B SHOULD SIT ADJACENT TO A. C SHOULD SIT ADJACENT A OR B. D
> > SHOULD SIT ADJACENT TO A, B,ORC AND SOON. HOW MANY
> > POSSIBILITIES ARE THERE?
> >
> > (7). SUPPOSE THERE ARE 4 GRADES A, B, C, D. (A IS THE BEST AND D
> > IS THE WORST) 4 PERSONS JACK,JEAN,POUL,LUCY WROTE THEN
>FINAL
> >EXAM
> > AND MADE THE STATEMENTS LIKE THIS.
> > 1. JACK: IF I WILL GET A THEN LUCY WILL GET D
> > 2. LUCY: IF I WILL GET C THEN JACK WILL GET D . JACK GRADE
> > IN BETTER THEN POUL GRADE.
> > 3. JEAN: IF JEAN DOESNOT GET A , THEN LACK WILL NOT GET A.
> > 4. POUL: IF JACK GET A , THEN JEAN WILL NOT GET B.
> > LUCY WILL GET C, I WON'T EITHER A OR B.
> > IF ALL THE ABOVE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE, THEN WHICH PERSON
> > WILLGET WHICH GRADES.
> > (8). EACH MAN DANCES WITH 3 WOMEN. EACH WOMEN DANCES WITH 3
>MENS.
> > AMONG EACHG PAIR OF MEN THEY HAVE EXACTLY TWO WOMEN IN
> >COMMAN.
> > FIND THE NO. OF MEN & WOMEN.
> >
> >
> >
> > ESSAY.
> >
> > 1. INTERNET REVOLUTION
> > 2. ROLE OF MEDIA FOR YOUNG.

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THIS IS INFOSYS 99 FROM IITBHU

q1) a frog jumps 3 ft comres bacfk 2ft in a day in how many day
it will come out of 30ft deep well (2 marks )ns ans 28 day
q2) A-B=C
D/E=F
G+H=I
C.F=I ANS A=9,B=5,C=4,F=2.
Q3)when the asctual time pass 1hr wall clock ic 10 min behind it
when 1 hr is shown by wall clock, table clock shows 10 min ahead
of ih when table clock shows 1 hr the alarm closck goes 5minbehind
it,when alarm clock goes 1 hr wrist watch is 5 min ahead of it assuming
that all clocks are correcrt with actual tinme at 12 noon what will
be time shown by wrist watch after 6 hr
ans---5:47:32.5
(n X 60 )50/60 X 70/60 X 55/60 X 65/60

q4)a soft. engr just returned from US has eaten too mucgh fat &put
a lot of weight everfy sunday he starts walking 4 km/hr on level
ground then up at 3 km\hr then back down hill at 6km\hr then again
on level grounggd at 4km\hr till he reaches his destination if he
returned home at 9 p.m. e what distance did he covered
ans 24km
it is aslo asked in some parer fingd half of the dist covered by hoim
in this case ans 12km
q5 ] one family promblem was there in wich varios relations are givern
ans is correcr 3 families

q6] one question was about cards 4 persons play yjthe game of cards
cards are of 4 colour yellow green blue,red fing colours of playing cards which are hiddeden
ans remember the sequence yellow,yellow,green,blue,probably frob gre
q7] one very easy question just solve two eq, about ages
i rembemer only ans boy=10yrsor girl =4 yrs or vice versa pl. check it
q8]ans the questions from facts 8marks
the member of certain tribe are divided into 3 casts abhor,dravid magar
1 an abhor woman cant marry dravid nman
2 a nmagar man cant marry a dravid man
3 a son takes the caste of his father a dauhgter takes cast of her mother
5 all marriages except those mentioned are not permirtted 6 there
are no childern born out of a wedlock
1]aliertnates cant rem u acan previos question
some ans are
q]an abhor woman a alternative istrue ---can have a dra, grandson
q]it can be refer from conditions described that a magar man
ans is 2 &3 only iii choice --cant have a dravid mother & may have abhou mother
q]an abhor marreies & has thr e childern allof are members aof
abhor acsateeich of ffoloewing is true
ans i & ii only --i is if c were married toa magar man
ii-- if c were married to abhor man,they have a male child


eassy topic
role of media ohun youth
& interner revolution
one more q] there are 2 scales of temp A & B it was given A 14 to 133
B 36 to 87
find the temp when temp oa a is eq. to temp of b
ans 52.5
let t=mx+c c=-70 m=51/119
a=a.51/119 -70 ; a=52.5
this all came in bhu
TCS paper was repeat of 98 some crirtical reasoning new ques 50 t0 70
some new quants question i rembember some bnew q
ans are 1]some rect question %of widthis inscresaded like that ans is 4%
2]some packet of 1 a and 2 ---- ans 114 etCn

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> INFOSYS(1998-99)
>
> LOGICAL THINKING TEST
> ---------------------
> Time : 1 hour
> Total Marks : 50
>
> ALL QUESTIONS DO NOT CARRY EQUAL MARKS
>
> INSTRUCTIONS
>
> * Please do not write/mark on the question paper.
>
> * Read the questions carefully. Work your answers carefully
> and as

> rapidly as possible.
>
> * Do not spend too much time on questions that seem difficult
> for you.

> If time permits go back to the ones you have left out.
>
> * Answer sheets have been provided to you separately. Use the
> first

> sheet to write your answers and use the remaining sheets for
> the

> detailed working.
>
> * On completion, please put your answer sheet along with the
> working

> sheets, inside the question paper and hand them back to us.
>
> * There is no negative marking.
>
>
> Do not turn the page until you are told to do so.
>
>
>
>
>
> 1. 2 Marks
>
> When Arthur is as old as his father Hailey is now, he shall be
> 5 times

> as old as his son Clarke is now. By then, Clarke will be 8
> times older

> than Arthur is now. The combined ages of Hailey and Arthur are
> 100

> years. How old is Clarke ?
>
> 2. 3 Marks
>
> I have one orange glass containing orange juice and another
> white glass

> containing apple juice. I take 50 ml of orange juice and mix it
> with

> apple juice in the white glass. Then I take 50 ml of this
> mixture and

> transfer it back to the orange glass.
> If you compare amount of apple juice in the orange glass and
> amount of

> orange juice in the white glass which is more than the other
> and by

> how much ?
>
> 3. 3 Marks
>
> The seven digits in this subtraction problem are
> 0,1,2,3,4,5 and 6.

> Each letter represents the same digit whenever it occurs.
>
>
> D A D C B
>
> E B E G
>
> --------------------
>
> B F E G
>
> --------------------
>
> What digit is represented by each letter ?
>
>
> 4. 4 Marks
>
> The Jones have named their four boys after favourite
> relatives; their

> friends, the Smiths, have done the same thing with their three
> boys.

> One of the families has twin boys. From the following clues,
> can you

> determine the families of all seven children and their ages ?
>
> i) Valantine is 4 years older than his twin brothers.
> ii) Winston, who is 8, and Benedict are not brothers. They are
> each

> named after a grandfather.
> iii) Briscoe is two years younger than his brother Hamilton,
> But three

> years older than Dewey.
> iv) Decatur is 10 years old.
> v) Benedict is 3 years younger than Valentine; they are not
> related.

> vi) The twins are named for uncles.
>
>
> 5. 4 Marks
>
> Motorboat A leaves shore P as B leaves Q; they move
> across the lake at

> a constant speed. They meet first time 600 yards from P. Each
> returns

> from the opposite shore without halting, and they meet 200
> yards from

> Q. How long is the lake ?
>
>
> 6. 4 Marks
>
> Fanta, Pepsi and Citra often eat dinner out.
>
> a) Each orders either coffee or tea after dinner.
> b) If Fanta orders coffee, then Pepsi orders the drink that
> Citra orders.

> c) If Pepsi orders coffee, then Fanta orders the drink that
> Citra does

> not order.
> d) If Citra orders tea, then Fanta orders the drink that Pepsi
> orders.

>
> Which person/persons always orders the same drink after dinner
> ?

>
>
> 7. 6 Marks
>
> On the Island of imperfection there is a special road,
> Logic Lane, on

> which the houses are usually reserved for the more mathematical
> inhabitants.

>
> Add, Divide and Even live in three different houses on this
> road (which

> has houses numbered from 1-50). One of them is a member of the
> Pukka Tribe,

> who always tell the truth; another is a member of the Wotta
> Tribe, who never

> tell the truth; and the third is a member of the Shalla Tribe,
> who make

> statements which are alternately true and false, or false and
> true.

>
> They make statements as follows :
>
> ADD : 1 The number of my house is greater than that of
> Divide's.

> 2 My number is divisible by 4.
> 3 Even's number differs by 13 from that of one of the
> others.

>
> DIVIDE : 1 Add's number is divisible by 12.
> 2 My number is 37.
> 3 Even's number is even.
>
> EVEN : 1 No one's number is divisible by 10.
> 2 My number is 30.
> 3 Add's number is divisible by 3.
>
> Find to which tribe each of them belongs, and the number of
> each of

> their houses.
>
>
> 8. 8 Marks
>
>
> The names of the inhabitants of Walkie Talkie Land sound
> strange to the

> visitors, and they find it difficult to pronounce them, due to
> their

> length and a few vowel sounds they contain. The Walkie Talkie
> guide is

> discussing the names of four inhabitants - A,B,C and D. Their
> names

> each contain upto eight syllables, although none of the four
> names

> contain the same number. Two of the names contain no vowel
> sounds; one

> contains one vowel sound; and one contains two vowel sounds.
>
> From the Guide's statements below, determine the number of
> syllables

> and vowel sounds in each of the four Walkie Talkie names :
>
> i) The one whose name contains two vowel sounds is not A.
> ii) C's name does not contain more than one vowel sound or
> fewer than

> seven syllables.
> iii)The name with seven syllables does not contain exactly one
> vowel

> sound.
> iv) B and C do not have names with the same number of vowel
> sounds.

> v) Neither the name with five syllables nor the name with
> seven syllables

> contains more than one vowel sound.
> vi) Neither the name with six syllables, nor the B's name,
> contains

> two vowel sounds.
>
>
> 9. 8 Marks
>
>
> Multiplication and Division.
>
>
> (1) - - - - - (a) (2) _ _ . _ (d)
> ________________
> - - - (b) - - -) - - - - - . 0
> _________________ - - -
> _______________
> - - - - -
> - - - - - - - - -
> ___________________ - - -
> _______________
> - - - - - - - (c)
> - - -
> - - -
> ========
>
> (1) and (2) represent the same two numbers - in one case
> multiplied

> 9together, in other case divided.
>
> Given that there are no 3's. find the missing digits indicated
> as

> (a), (b), (c) and (d) above ?
>
> 10. 8 Marks
>
> Two identical twins have a very unusual characteristic.
> One tells

> nothing but lies on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and tells
> nothing

> but the truth all other days. The other tells nothing but lies
> on

> Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and tells nothing but the
> truth

> all other days. On Sundays both children speak the truth.
>
> 1) Which of the following statements can be deduced from the
> information presented ?
>
> i) If it is Sunday, the twins will both say so.
> ii) If it is not Sunday,one twin will give the correct day
> and

> the other will lie about everything.
> iii)On any given day, only one twin will give his correct
> name.

>
> a) i only
> b) i and ii only
> c) i and iii only
> d) ii and iii only
> e) i,ii and iii
>
> 2) According to the information presented, which of the
> following

> conversations will be impossible.
>
> a) Twin A : "Today you are a lier"
> Twin B : "You are telling the truth"
>
> b) Twin A : "Today you are a lier"
> Twin B : "Today I am a truthteller"
>
> c) Twin A : "Tommorow I shall be a lier"
> Twin B : "That's correct"
>
> d) Twin A : "Tommorow you will be a lier"
> Twin B : "Today you are a truthteller"
>
> e) Twin A : "Yesterday we were both truthtellers"
> Twin B : "You are lying"
>
> 3) Assume that the twins followed a different set of
> rules, so that on

> a given day both told only the truth while next day
> both only lied,

> alternating days of truth telling and lying. Under these
> rules,which

> of the following conversations would be possible ?
>
> a) Twin A : "Today you are a lier"
> Twin B : "That is correct"
>
> b) Twin A : "Today you are a lier"
> Twin B : "That is not so"
>
> c) Twin A : "Tommorow we will be liers"
> Twin B : "Yesterday we were truthtellers"
>
> d) Twin A : "Tommorow we will be liers"
> Twin B : "You are 1 year older than I am"
>
> e) Twin A : "We always tell the truth"
> Twin B : "We some times tell the truth"
>
> 4) If the twins are heard saying the following on the same
> day, which

> choice presents a correct statement ?
>
> Twin A : "It is Sunday Today"
> Twin B : "Yesterday was Sunday"
> Twin A : "it is summer season now"
>
> a) it is a summer sunday
> b) it is a summer monday
> c) it is Monday but not summer
> d) it is Sunday but not summer
> e) it is impossible to determine whether it is Sunday or
> Monday.

>
>
> -----------------*-----------------

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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 allowed
> Ans 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 : Perich
> Anandya: drummy
> Madan : Zombie
> murali: Madeena
> 7.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 place
> 2.Theleft of jack is a heart and itsright is king
> 3. 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 8M
> 1.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 handsome
> All 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 revolution
> 2.Media for youth

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