36207981 infosys placement papers

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1. There is a merry-go-round race going on.One person says,"1/3 ofthose in front of me and 3/4

of those behind me, give the total number of children in the race".Then the number of children

too part in the race! repeated from previous papers#$ns % 13

& $ssume there are ' participants in the race.(n a round race,no% ofparticipants in front of a person )il be '-1 an that behind him )il b '-1. i.e, 1/3'-1# * 3/4'-1# + ' solving ' + 13

. (n an (sland the natives lie and visitors spea truth. $ man )antsto no) )hether a salesman besidehim in a bar is a native or visitor. e ased him to as a )omanbeside him )hether she is a native orvisitor. e replied "she says she is a visitor". Then he ne) that

the salesman is a native or visitor.salesman is in )hich category , native or visitor!

$ns % 0ative

& ra) table and see

3.$ man fi'ed an appointment to meet the manager, 2anager ased him tocome t)o days after the day before the day after tomorro). Today is riday. hen )ill the manager e'pecthim! repeated from previous papers#

$ns% 2onday

&on5t confuse it )ith Tuesday.the correct ans)er is 2onday

6.$ man said he spent 1/7 of his as a child, 1/1 as salesman in ali8uor shop, 1/9 and 6 years as a politician and a good husband respectively. $t that time :im )as born. :im )aselected as $lderman four years bac.)hen he)as half of his age. hat is his age! repeated from previous papers#

$ns% ;4 years

&$ssume that he lived ' years.


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& $nn steps + ;,17,4,; --- finished by 3 ? half full stepsoug steps+9,14,1,4 --- finished before 3 ? half full steps

:ac steps+ 7,1,1;,1 --- finished by 3 ? half full steps =o oug )on the race 9. @very day a cyclist meets a car at the station.The road is straightand both are travelling in the same direction.

The cyclist travels )ith a speed of 1 mph.One day the cyclist comeslate by A min. and meets the car 6miles before the =tation. hat is the speed of the car!$ns% 7A mph

&Bery similar to =hauntala evi puCCles to puCCle you problem no% 3;

D.$ lady goes for shopping. =he bought some shoestrings. 4 times thenumber of shoestrings, she bought pins and ; times, handerchiefs. =he paid each item )ith their count as each piece5scost. =he totally spent Es. 3.4.o) many handerchiefs

did she buy! repeated from previous papers#

1A. Fomplete the series %

a# 3,7,13,7,33,77,GGGGrepeated from previous papers#b# 374,371,1D,17,4,1,GGG " " "#$ns % a# 73

b# 1

11. Hucia is a )onderful grandmother. er age is bet)een 6A and 9A.@achof her sons have

as many sons as they have brothers. Their combined number gives Huciasage. hat is the age!

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1.There are t)o to)ers $ and I. Their heights are AAft and 16Aftrespectively and thefoot of the to)ers are 6Aft apart. T)o birds on top of each to)er flydo)n )ith the samespeed and meet at the same instant on the ground to pic a grain. hatis the distancebet)een the foot of to)er $ and the grain!

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13 Jrass in la)n gro)s e8ually thic and in a uniform rate.(t taes 4A days for 4A co)s and 7A days for 3A co)s to eat the )holeof the grass.o) many days does it tae for A co)s to do the same!

$ns% 1A


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13. our tourists $,I,F, and four languages @nglish, Jerman, renchand (talian.They are not able to converse among themselves in one language.Though $ does not no) @nglish he can act as an interpreter bet)een Iand F.0o one spoe both rench and Jerman. $ no)s Jerman and )as able toconverse )ith

)ho doesnt no) a )ord in Jerman. Only one language )as spoen by morethan t)o persons.@ach spoe t)o languages. ind )ho spoe )hat.

$ns % $- Jerman,(talian I- rench,(talian c- Jerman,@nglish - (talian,@nglish

14. There is a five digit number. (t has t)o prime digits 1 is not aprime number#.

Third digit is the highest. =econd digit is the lo)est. irst digit isone lessthan the third digit. The fifth digit is half of the fourth. The sum of4th and 6th isless than the first. ind the number.

$ns 91;4

16.7. our persons $, I, F and are playing cards. @ach person hasone card, laid do)non the table belo) him, )hich has t)o different colours on either side.0o card has the same color on both sides. The colours visible on thetable are Eed,

Jreen, Eed and Ilue respectively. They see the color on the reverseside and give thefollo)ing comment.$% Kello) or JreenI% 0either Ilue nor JreenF% Ilue or Kello)% Ilue or Kello)Jiven that out of the 4 people al)ays lie find out the colours on thecards each person.

$ns% $- Kello) I- Kello)

F- Jreen - Eed17. $ 1 .m. long )ire is held by n poles. (f one pole is removed,the length of the gap

becomes 1/3m. hat is the number of poles initially!

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19. ind the digits


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6. There is a peculiar island )here a man al)ays tells truth and a)omen never says t)o consecutive truth or false statements that is if she says truth statement then shesays false statement ne't and vice versa. $ boy and girl also goes in the same )ay. one day i ased a child ")hat r u a boy or a girl" ho)ever the

child replied in their language that i dint understand but theparents ne) my language and one parent replied

that " ibi is a boy" the other one said that "no ibi is a girl,ibi lied". a% is ibi a boy or a girl b% )ho ansered first mother or father!

ans% ibi is a girl and mother ans)ered first.

7. The boy goes to school reaches rail)ay station at his 1/3 of hisMourney? mill at 1/4 of his Mourney the time taen him to )al bet)een rail)ay station ? mill is 6 mins. $lsohe reaches rail)ay station at 9.36am)hen he

started from house? )hen he reaches school!

$ns% 9%16to;.16

9. if a person is sitting in a e'am having 3A 8uestions obMectivetype#the e'aminer use the formula to calculate the score is =+3A*4c-) here cis numberof correct ans)er and ) is number of )rong ans)er , the e'aminer findthe scoreis more than ;A, tell ho) may 8uestions are correct ! if the score islittle lessbut still more than ;A then u )ont be able to ans)er.

ans %- 17

;. if a person having 1AAA rs and he )ant to distribute this to hisfive childrenin the manner that ecah son having A rs more than the younger one ,)hat )illbe the share of youngest child

ans- 17A

D.raMu having some coins )ant to distribute to his 6 son , 6 daughterand driver

in a manner that , he gave fist coin to driver and 1/6 of remaining tofirstson he again gave one to driver and 1/6 to nd son and so on....at last he e8ually distributed all the coins to 6 daughters.ho) many coins raMu initially have!!!

ans%-;;1

3A.if ravi binded his boo and the binder cut the pages of the boo ,ravi


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decided to mar the pages by himself o)n , )hat he found that number ofthreeappears 71 times find of number of pages ans)er

ans - 3AA

31. a painter )ent in a e'hibition to purchases some pictures )hereT,N,B,,


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Iobby % 0either Ilue nor JreenFindy % Ilue or Kello)anny % Ilue or Kello)

colours of cards that are visible to all )ere Eed, Ilue, Jreen, Iluein order of their names. @'actly t)o of them are telling truth and e'actly t)o of them arelieing. Fan you tell the colour on other face of card for each player ! 7 2ars#

=ol % $nnie % Kello) Hieing#Iobby % Kello) Telling truth#Findy % Ilue Telling truth#anny % Jreen Hieing#

37. (n a game i )on 1 games, each game if i loose i )ill give u onechocolate, Kou have ; chocolates ho) many games played.

$ns % 3

3;. 96 persons 2aMor in physics, ;3 maMor in chemistry, 1A not at maMorin these subMects u )ant to find number of students maMoring in both subMects

$ns 7;.

3D. if $ )ins in a race against I by 1A mts in a 1AA 2eter race. (f Iis behind of $ by 1A mts. Then they start running race, )ho )ill )on!

$ns $

4A. $*I*F*+*@**J+J**(+19 given $+4.ind value of J and !$ns % J + 6 @+1

41. One guy has Es. 1AA/- in hand. e has to buy 1AA balls. Onefootball costs Es. 16/, One Fricet ball costs Ee. 1/- and one table tennis ball costs Es. A.6 e spend the)hole Es. 1AA/- to buy the balls.

o) many of each balls he bought!

ans %+3,T+67,F+41

4. The distance bet)een =tation $tena and =tation Iarcena is DA miles.

$ train starts from $tena to)ardsIarcena. $ bird starts at the same time from Iarcena straight

to)ards the moving train. On reaching the train, it instantaneously turns bac and returns to Iarcena. Thebird maes these Mourneys from Iarcena to

the train and bac to Iarcena continuously till the train reachesIarcena. The bird finally returns to Iarcena and rests. Falculate thetotal distance in miles the bird travels in the follo)ing t)o cases%

a# The bird flies at DA miles per hour and the speed of the trainis 7A miles per hour.


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b# the bird flies at 7A miles per hour and the speed of the trainis DA miles per hour

$ns% time of train+1hr.so dist of bird+7AP1+7Amiles

43. $ tennis championship is played on a noc-out basis, i.e., aplayer is out of the tournament )hen he loses a match.

a# o) many players participate in the tournament if 16matches are totally played!

b# o) many matches are played in the tournament if 6Aplayers totally participate!

$ns% a#17 b#4D

44.hen ( add 4 times my age 4 years from no) to 6 times my age 6 yearsfrom no), ( get 1A times my

current age. o) old )ill ( be 3 years from no)!

$ns%$ge+41 years.

46.$ rich merchant had collected many gold coins. e did not )antanybody to no) about them. One day, his )ife ased, "o) many gold coins do )e have!" $fterpausing a moment, he replied, "ellQ (f ( divide the coins into t)o une8ual numbers, then 39 timesthe difference bet)een the t)o numbers e8uals the difference bet)een the s8uares of the t)onumbers." The )ife looed puCCled. Fan you help the merchant5s )ife by finding out ho) many gold E

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47. $ set of football matches is to be organiCed in a "round-robin"fashion, i.e., every participating team plays a match against every other team once and only once. (f1 matches are totally played, ho) many teams participated!

$ns %9

49. Jlenn and :ason each have a collection of cricet balls. Jlenn saidthat if :ason )ould give him of his balls they )ould have an e8ual number but, if Jlenn)ould give :ason of his balls,

:ason )ould have times as many balls as Jlenn. o) many ballsdoes :ason have!

$ns% 14

4;. =uppose ; moneys tae ; minutes to eat ; bananas.a# o) many minutes )ould it tae 3 moneys to eat 3 bananas!b# o) many moneys )ould it tae to eat 4; bananas in 4;

minutes


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4D. (t )as vacation time, and so ( decided to visit my cousin5s home.hat a grand time )e hadQ (n the mornings, )e both )ould go for a Mog. The evenings )erespent on the tennis court. Tiring

as these activities )ere, )e could manage only one per day, i.e.,either )e )ent for a Mog or played tennis each day. There )ere days )hen )e felt laCy and stayed homeall day long. 0o), there )ere 1 mornings )hen )e did nothing, 1; evenings )hen )e stayed at home,and a total of 14 days )hen )e Mogged

or played tennis. or ho) many days did ( stay at my cousin5splace!

$ns % days

6A $ 31" ' 31" s8uare metal plate needs to be fi'ed by a carpenter onto a )ooden board. The carpenter

uses nails all along the edges of the s8uare such that there are3 nails on each side of the s8uare. @ach nail is at the same distance from the neighboring nails. o)many nails does the carpenter use!

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61. $ man starts his )aling at 3R2 from point $, he )als at the rateof 4m/hr in plains and 3m/hr in hills to reach the point I. uring his return Mourney he )als at the rate of 7m/hr in hillsand 4m/hr in plains and reaches the point $ at DR2.

hat is the distance bet)een $ and I!

$ns% 1m

6.. $ boy ass his father, " )hat is the age of grand father!".ather replied " e is ' years old in 'S years", and also said, ")eare taling about Ath century". )hat is the year of birth of grandfather!

$ns% 1;D

63. $ boy travels in a scooter after covering /3rd of the distance the)heel got punctured he covered the remaining distance by )al.

aling time is t)ice that of the time the boys riding time. o)many times the riding speed as that of the )aling speed!

$ns% 4 times.

64. (n a nocout tournament 61 teams are participated, every teamthro)n out of the tournament if they lost t)ice. o) many matches to be held to choose the )inner!
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$ns% 1A1 matches

66. $ man sold pens. (nitial cost of each pen )as Es. 1. (f he sellit together one at 6 profit and another A loss. ind the amount ofloss or gain, if he sells them seperately.

$ns% 7A Raise gain

67. ind the 3 digit no. )hose last digit is the s8uareroot of thefirst digit and second digit is the sum of the other t)o digits.

$ns% 47

69. 2eera )as playing )ith her brother using 66 blocs.=he gets boredplaying and starts arranging the blocs such that the no. of blocs ineach ro) is

one less than that in the lo)er ro). ind ho) many )ere there inthe bottom most ro)!

$ns% 1A

6;. T)o people are playing )ith a pair of dies. (nstead of numbers, thedies have different colors on theirsides. The first person )ins if thesame color appears on both the dies and the second person )ins if the colorsare different. The odds of their )inning are e8ual. (f the first dicehas 6 red sides

and 1 blue side, find the colors# on the second one.

$ns% 3 Eed, 3 Ilue

6D. $ person travels in a car )ith uniform speed. e observes themilestone,)hich has digits. $fter one hour he observes anothermilestone )ith same digits reversed. $fter another hour he observes anothermilestone )ith same digits separated by A. ind the speed of the car!

$ns % 46

7A. Three persons $, I ?F )ent for a robbery in different directionsand they theft one horse, one mule and one camel.

They )ere caught by the police and )hen interrogated gave thefollo)ing statements$% I has stolen the horse

I% ( didn5t rob anything.

F% both $ ? I are false and I has stolen the mule.

The person )ho has stolen the horse al)ays tell the truth and

The person )ho has stolen the camel al)ays tell the lie.

ind )ho has stolen )hich animal!

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$- camel

I- mule

F- horse

71. One 8uarter of the time till no) from midnight and half of the time

remaining from no) up to midnight adds to the present time. hat is thepresent time!

$ns% D%37$2

7. $fter )orld )ar (( three departments did as follo)s irstdepartment gave some tans to nd ?3rd departments e8ual to the number they are having. Then nd department gave some tans to1st ? 3rd departments e8ual to the number they are having. Then 3rd department gave some tans to nd ?1st departmentse8ual to the number they are having. Then each department has 4 tans.

ind the initial number of tans of each department!

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$-3D

I-1

F-1

73. $, I, F, ?@ are having their birthdays on consecutive days of the)ee not ecessarily in the same order. $ 5s birthday comes before J5s

as many days as I5s birthday comes after @5s. is older than @by days. This time J5s birthday came on )ednesday. Then find the day

of each of their birthdays!

$ns%

Iirthday of on =N0$K

Iirthday of I on 2O0$K

Iirthday of @ on TN@=$K

Iirthday of J on @0@=$K

Iirthday of $ on TNE=$K

74. $ girl 5$5 told to her friend about the siCe and color of a snaeshe has seen

in the beach. (t is one of the colors bro)n/blac/green and one of thesiCes 36/46/66.

(f it )ere not green or if it )ere not of length 36 it is 66.

(f it )ere not blac or if it )ere not of length 46 it is 66.


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(f it )ere not blac or if it )ere not of length 36 it is 66.

a# hat is the color of the snae!

b# hat is the length of the snae!

$ns%

a# bro)n

b# 66

76. There are pesons each having same amount of marbles in the

beginning. after that 1 person gain A more from second person n he

eventually lose t)o third of it during the play n the second person

no) have 4 times marble of )hat 1st person is having no).

find out ho) much marble did each had in the beginning.

$0=@E - 1AA each

77. $ lady )as out for shopping. she spent half of her money in buying$

and gave 1 doller to bagger. futher she spent half of her remaining

money and gave doller to charity. futher she spent half of

remaining money n gave 3 dollor to some childrans. no) she has left

)ith 1 doller. ho) much she had in the beginning!

$ns U4

79. There are certain diamonds in a shop.

1 thief stole half of diamonds and more.

thief stole half of remaining and more

3. same as above

4 same as above.

6 came nothing )as left for that.

ho) many dimands )as there!!!

$ns 7A diamonds

7;. There are three frens $ I F.

1. @ither $ or I is oldest


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. @ither F is oldest or $ is youngest.

ho is Koungest and )ho is Oldest!

$ns $ is youngest n I is oldest.

7D. ather says my son is five times older than my daughter. my )ife is6

times older that my son. ( am t)ice old from my )ife and altogether

sum of our ages# is e8ual to my mother 5s age and she is celebrating

her ;1 birthday. so )hat is my son5s age!

$ns - 6 years.

9A.. (n 2ulund, the shoe store is closed every 2onday, the bouti8ue isclosed every Tuesday, the grocery store is closed every Thursday

and the ban is open only on 2onday, ednesday and riday.@verything is closed on =unday.

One day $, I, F and )ent shopping together, each )ith a differentplace to go. They made the follo)ing statements%

$ and ( )anted to go earlier in the )ee but there )asnt day )hen )ecould both tae care of our errands.I ( did not )ant to come today but tomorro) ( )ill not be able to do)hat ( )ant to do.F ( could have gone yesterday or the day before Must as )ell as today. @ither yesterday or tomorro) )ould have suited me.

hich place did each person visit !

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91. odder, pepsi and cereale often eat dinner out.

each orders either coffee or tea after dinner.if fodder orders coffee, then pepsi orders the drin that cereale

ordersif pepsi orders coffee, then fodder orders the drin that cerealedoesnot oderif cereale orders tea, then fodder orders the drin that pepsi orders)hich person/persons al)ays orders the same drin after dinner !

$ns%odder

9. $t a recent birthday party there )ere four mothers and theirchildren. $ged 1,,3 and 4. from the clues belo) can you )or out )hose


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child is )hose and their relevant ages !

(t )as Manes childs birthday party.Irian is not the oldest child.=arah had $nne Must over a year ago.

Hauras Fhild )ill be ne't birthday.

aniel is older than Fharlie is.Teresas child is the oldest.Fharlie is older than Hauras child.$ns% :ane Fharlie -3

Haura Irian

Teresa aniel 4

=arah $nne - 1

93. e are given 1AA pieces of a puCCle. (f fi'ing t)o componentstogether is counted as 1 move a component can be one piece or an

already fi'ed set of pieces#, ho) many moves do )e need to fi' the entire puCCle.

$ns% DD

94. T)o guys )or at some speed...$fter some time one guy realises hehas done only half of the other guy completed )hich is e8ual to half of )hat is left QQQ VUVU =o ho) much faster than the other isthis guy supposed to do to finish )ith the first.$ns% one and half times or 3/

96. There is a s8uare cabbage patch.e told his sister that i have alarger patch than last year and hence more cabbages thios year.Then ho) many cabbages i have this

year.!

$ns%1A7P1A7+1137

97. There are three guesses on the color of a mule

1 says%itC not blac

says%itC bro)n or grey

3 says% itC bro)n

$tlest one of them is )rong and one of them is

true.....Then )hatC the color of mule!

$ns% Jrey

99. :im,Iud and sam )ere rounded up by the police yesterday. becauseone

of them )as


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suspected of having robbed the local ban. The three suspects made

the follo)ing statements

under intensive 8uestioning.

:im% (5m innocent

Iud% (5m innocent

=am% Iud is the guilty one.

(f only one of the statements turned out to be true, )ho robbed the

ban!

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9;. There are t)o containers on a table. $ and I . $ is half full of

)ine, )hile I, )hich is t)ice $5s siCe,

is one8uarter full of )ine . Ioth containers are filled )ith )ater

and the contents are poured into a

third container F. hat portion of container F5s mi'ture is )ine !

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9D. $ man )as on his )ay to a marriage in a car )ith a constant speed.

$fter hours one of the tier is punctured and it too 1A minutes toreplace it.

$fter that they traveled )ith a speed of 3A miles/hr and reached themarriage

3A minutes late to the scheduled time. The driver told that they )ouldbe

late by 16 minutes only if the 1A minutes )as not )aste.

ind the distance bet)een the t)o to)ns!

$ns% 1A miles

;A. $ bargainhunter bought some plates for U 1.3A from a sale onsaturday,)here price cents )as mared off at each article .On mondayshe )ent to return them at regular prices,and bought some cups andsaucers from that much amount of money only.the normal price of plate)ere e8ual to the price of 5one cup and one saucer5.

(n total she bought 17 items more than previous. saucers )ere only of 3cents hence she brought 1A saucers more than the cups,

o) many cups and saucers she bought and at )hat price!


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$ns% ;,1; Rrice% 1,3.

;1. 2r. T has a )rong )eighing pan.One arm is lengthier than other.1

ilogram on left balances ; melons on right.1 ilogram on right

balances melons on left.(f all melons are e8ual in )eight,)hat is

the )eight of a single melon!

$ns%AA gms

;. $ card boarb of 34 P 14 has to be attached to a )ooden bo' and atotal

of 36 pins are to be used on the each side of the cardbo'.ind the total

number of pins used .

$ns% 1A

SOURCE:JKC


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Company Name:Infosys

Type: Fresher, Job Interview

As usual according to the latest system of INFY selection process there were two

rounds:-

1) Written (Logical Reasoning, Aptitue, !erbal)

") #ersonal ($R) Interview

WRITTN !A":-

%he written e&a' consiste of first 'ins contribute to logical reasoning an aptitue

consisting of * +uestions of nor'ally average level

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%he ne&t *8'ins in the written e&a'ination was for verbal test consisting of +uestions

(incluing " co'prehensions followe by 8 +uestions each, sentence correction, fill in the

blan9s etc) /ne 'ust prepare at least the 6A 'aterials to clear the written e&a'inations

(R%$NA) INTR&IW:-

Well friens, after clearing the written e&a'ination I was pretty cool until I was calle to wait

near the oor for the interview

e: ay I co'e in sir;(confiently at last)

$R: /f course, please ta9e your seat

e: ('ore relieve by his war' welco'e) than9 you sir

$R: -o, rRa


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continuing it into the final se'

$R: (a bit epresse)but why; why ont you finish the pro


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1 .ou are given two canles of e+ual siEe, which can burn 1 hour each .ou haveto 'easure 'inutes with these canles (%here is no scale or cloc9) Also u rgiven a lighter

Ans: 1 First light up the two ens of the 1st canle When it will burn out light upone en of the secon canle (*GH)

" %ry the si'ilar proble' to 'easure 8 'inutes

Ans: First lightCup the two ens of the 1st canle an one en of the "n canle

When the 1st canle will burn out ,then light up the both ens of the "n canle(18G*8)

* .ou r given a ther'o'eter What can u o by this without 'easuring thete'perature;

Ans: if u put ther'o'eter into a tree it won;t grow any'ore, will


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oscillation by -i'ple $ar'onic otion (-$) of the haning bulb #ut it in thefor'ula %" *1 (LM0)N1M"L will be the length of the hanging threaA the L with ur height to get the height of the roo'

/RAns: 2rop it fro' the roo' an fin the ti'e at which it stri9es the floor 5sing

physics for'ula s (atN")M" (I 3/% -5R4 A6/5% %$I- /34)

1 7olor of bear if it falls fro' 1' height in 1s

Ans: We get DgD perfect 1 which is only in poleshence polar bearcolor White

11 $ow will you 'easure height of builing when you are at the top of the builing;An if you have stone with you

Ans: 2rop the stone an fin the ti'e ta9en for the stone to reach the groun finheight using the for'ulas a G gt ( s height, a initial velocity, g@'Ms, t ti'e ta9en)

1" $ow wu u catch an receive a ball in sa'e irection; (2ropping is fro' north

An receiving fro' botto' not accepte, as it is " irections)

Ans: ;

1* "8 state'ents given -o'e tell truth, so'e false an so'e alternators Fin outthe true state'ents

Ans: ;

1 7an u 'a9e 1" with 8 Eeros;

Ans: Factorial (factorial ()Gfactorial ()Gfactorial ()Gfactorial ()Gfactorial ()) 1"

18%here are three people A, 6, 7 Liars are of sa'e type an %ruth spea9ing peopleare of sa'e type Fin out who is spea9ing truth an who is spea9ing false fro' thefollowing state'ents:

a) A says: 6 is a liarb) 6 says: A an 7 are of sa'e type

Ans: lets assu'e A is spea9ing truth It 'eans 6 is a liar then it 'eans A an 7 arenot of sa'e type

1H8 swi''ers A, 6, 7, 4, F an 'any conitions of their positions li9e there are%wo bMw A K F, 6 oesnDt win etc the +uestion was to fin who was bMw li9e 4 K 2;

Ans: ;

1? in a race u rove 1st lap with 9'ph an in the secon lap at what spee u'ust rive so that ur average spee 'ust be @9'ph

Ans: its i'possibleO if u rove the first lap in 9'ph, its i'possible that theaverage spee of both the laps is @9'ph

for eg consier one lap istance @9'ti'e re+ to cover 1 lap @9'M9'ph " hrs


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if the avg spee is @9'ph, then the total ti'e woul have ta9en

1H9'sM@9'ph " hrs

sa'e is the case with any other istance u consier so the avg to be @9'ph isi'possible

1@ .ou have to raw * concentric circles with a line passing thru their centerwithout lifting han

Ans: -tart the line co'plete one circle 'ove insie circles along the line an thenraw secon circle Li9e wise rest

1 A rectangular paper is there At a corner a rectangular siEe paper is ta9en fro'it 3ow you have to cut the re'aining paper into two e+ual halves

Ans: try it on the paper .ou 'ust fol the part that has co'plete paper an select$alf of it an then fol the part that cut an selects half of it an then cut alongthe foling (I 2/3% 5324R-%A32 %$I- /34OO)

" !alue of (&Ca)(&Cb);;;(&CE)

Ans: as there;s PCP ter'

"1 %here are coins @ are of 1 g' an 1 is of " gra's $ow will you fin out theheavier coin in 'ini'u' nu'ber of weighing an how 'any weighing it will nee;

Ans: " weighing ( 2ivie the nu'ber of coins into * parts at each weighing)

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$i friens

I attene Infy on 8th 'arch, "1 at R0, 3anyal (Anhra #raesh) %here are "

Rouns:C

Written An $R

We ha " report before a' in the 'orning %hen there was a #owerpoint #resentation about

the Infosys (about 1 hour) ##% was i''eiately followe by written test

Written Test:

It consists of " sections C reasoning(* +uestions, 'in) K vocab( +ues, *8 'in) -ectional

7utoff C Reasoning HQ (1@M*), !ocabulary 8Q ("M) For a stuent who attene 7A% is

a s'ooth roa to crac9 the written test

RA%$NIN+ consisted of following ,uestions:-

-./ #uEEle %est, !ery a'n easy A para was given on the basis of the buttons on the

re'ote control %here are so'e buttons

6RCsee9s the channel to " places up (?H to ?@, 1* to 18)

F7Csee9s to our favorite channel

43Csee9s to ne&t even nu'bere channel

#3Csee9s to ne&t pri'e nu'bere channel

#7Csee9s to ne&t channel

#RCsee9s to previous channel

8 uestions are given on the basis of the above ata

0-1/ %his is also very easy if u have practice 8 figures are given in each +uestion we shoul

pic9 the o figure one u can fin these +uestions in R - Agarwal !ery easy ones if u have

thorough practice

-./ ata sufficiency +uestions

A +uestion n corresponingly " state'ents are given for each +uestion %he options for all the8 +uestions are sa'e

A -tate'ent 1 alone is sufficient but state'ent " alone is not sufficient to answer the

+uestion as9e

6 -tate'ent " alone is sufficient but state'ent 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the

+uestion as9e

7 6oth state'ents 1 an " together are sufficient to answer the +uestion but neither

state'ent is sufficient alone

2 4ach state'ent alone is sufficient to answer the +uestion

4 -tate'ents 1 an " are not sufficient to answer the +uestion as9e an aitional ata is

neee to answer the state'ents

'on2t practice them from R3 %3 Agarwal3%he level of toughness is so'e what higher than R - Agarwal +uestions #ractice fro' %I4

'aterial

0-41/ 'ata Interpretation

Felt a'n tough this one I inDt o this at all A table is given n 8 +uestions are given

corresponingly I felt tough because the ata is given in the for' of ton, ounce, troy ton, troy

ounce, etc as I onDt 9now this conversion I int o this


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4-4./ Again (u55le Test3 - easy one.

#ractice all the H sections of puEEle test fro' R - Agarwal thoroughly very easy if u have

enough practice %here are 8 'usic co'panies $!, %I#-, %C-eries, !enus, -ony %here are 8

fil's 2ha9an, FiEa, etc, %here are 8 'usic irectors AR Rah'an, Anu'ali9, Is'ail 2arbar,

etc 8 +uestions are given very easy if you practice well

"HC*) -yllogis's (%opic: 2euctions in %I4, Logic in R - Agarwal)

!ery easy if u practice For concept, refer ti'e 'aterial onDt stuy R - Agarwal (.ou will be

'essing if u stuy R - Agarwal) -o please refer %I4 for concept An practice +uestions

fro' both ti'e as well as R - Agarwal for perfection

I i all -yllogis's, 2ata -ufficiency n 1st puEEle test perfectly * +uestions fro' "n #uEEle

%est uestions fro' o figures (18 G * G "" +uestions perfectly) I guesse all the

+uestions of ata interpretation

&$CA6*)ARY %CTI$N:

4asy if u have strong 4nglish 6asics (5se of %enses, Articles, #repositions, A


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I attene the $R interviewer was aroun the age of 8 For $R I prepare co''on

+uestions li9e tell 'e about yourself, $obbies, Activities in college, Leaership -9ills etc

I was e&pecting these +uestions but it was li9e a short pitch bouncer bowle at 1H 9'ph case

for 'e /nly +uestion I was as9e is =onDt tell 'e anything Just tell about your pro=

shoul also favor for our success

Company Name:Infosys

Type: Fresher, Job Interview

$i all,

I a' -hrey ehrotra fro' Anan 4ngineering 7ollege, Agra

Infosys ca'e at $inustan 7ollege of -cience an %echnology, athura on 1?th of feb,"1

$inustan an Anan 7ollege are part of -hara 0roup of Institutions -o both of the colleges

were appearing for infy I ont 9now the e&act figures of $inustan but fro' 'y college "*"

caniates were short liste out of which "" were finally selecte an i a' one of the luc9y

one

%heir criteria was H,H an H8(in 6C%ech) %here was no leniency on percentage 4ven H

was not allowe /ut of "*" only "* were able to clear the written e&a'ination an "" were

finally selecte -o the AI3 part is writtenW/R> $AR2 F/R I%0I!4 ./5R 64-%OOOO

'TAI)%:

There were 4 rounds:

Aptitue %est

Reasoning -ection

!erbal -ection

$R interview

In aptittue test there was sectional cutCoff,reasoning paper was easy an the verbal one was

average but the 'ain proble' was sectional cutCoff which i thin9 was high so be accurate an

atte'pt a lot(there was no negative 'ar9ing) Also


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$R: What was your 'ost e'barrasing 'o'ent;

e: (%his one was une&pecte)I answere

$R: 7an you e&plain it that what e&actly happene(relate to e'barrasing 'o'ent)

e: -orry sir i onDt want to iscuss it right nowItDs personal

$R: $e pressurise 'ee: Again i sai sorry in a rue way(as i got frustrate)

$R: If you will tell 'e iDll surely select you

e: I stic9e to 'y point

$R: .ou were saying that you are a cal' person an now you are getting frustrate;

e: -orry sir for being rue but its really personalbla bla bla

$R: Why shoul i hire you;

e: I tol hi' 'y strength an other things%hen sai =As you 9now ID' an electrical

engineer an 'ay be one ay while wor9ing in your co'pany you woul call 'e up an say

hey -hrey 'y table la'p suc9sat that ti'e I will be present there with a screwCriver an willrepair it within few 'inutes -o IDll serve you as a software engineer cu' electrician always at

you service (%his one was goo an he was s'iling at the answer)

$R: /hhhhOOOO

e: -orry sir for crac9ing the


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Tell me a?out yourself

Why do you choose your college

liGewise33

All the ?est33

"y Dam=Interiew 'ate : January "n Wee9 "1

No of Rounds : Aptitue %est

(lacement (aper (attern H Fe?- 411

Company Name : Infosys

Type :Fresher, Job Interview

There were 4 rounds-

Aptitude Test

CReasoning -ection

C!erbal -ection

BR interiew : In aptittue test there were the sectional cutCoffs, reasoning paper was very

easy an the verbal one, if not a'n easy, was average

Reasoning %ection ;1 min/- R% Aggarwal &er?al

C8 +ues on 2ata -ufficiency

C8 +ues on -eries(figure Interpretation)(R- aggrval non verbal)

C8 +ues on 2ata Intrepretation(Rs aggrval uant)

C8 +ues on #uEEle

C8 +ues on another #uEEle

C8 +ues on -yllogis' (eriving conclusions)

%ome ,ues were in this section were-

'ata %ufficiency

1)only (i) is re+uire

") only (ii) is re+uire

*) both (i) an (ii) are re+uire

) either of two can be use inepenently

8) ata insufficient

E3 Find the third side AC of the triangle A6C3

(i) A6* c' (ii)67 @ c'

A 8)

E3 D-0y.3 find y3

(i) &C"y8M@ (ii) &*

(u55le-

All H faces of a cube are colore using si& ifferent colors re, blac9, blue, green, brown an

white re is opposite to blac9 re is on the top blue is a


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C correct the unerline part

C fill the blan9s with 'ost apt choice

C eriving conclusions fro' s'all passagesC8 +ues

BR interiew: Funa C 6e cal' an co'pose Answer politely but confiently If you onDt

9now the answer, a'it it politely if you nee so'e ti'e to thin9, re+uest the' li9e =7an i

have a 'inute to thin9, sir= $R %ea' not loo9s 1Q percent correct answers, but right

people who can e&press s'artly, what they 9now -o 'a9e yourself presentable

"y Dperience-

$r was a nice person he 'ae 'e co'fortable but at the sa'e ti'e he trie to trap 'e in 'y

answers the'selves(both of us were s'iling uring the entire nterview) I entere the roo'

with his per'ission, wishe hi' 0oo 4vening $e as9e 'e to sit own, i sat own K than9e

hi'

$R: so you ont have any na'e; (ana'i9a)

'e: i o hv a na'e sir, its a snas9rit wor that 'eans weing finger

$R: oes it have any other 'eaning li9e na'eless;

'e: no sir, its oes not 'ean na'eless

$R: u r 'ore fon of -ans9rit or 4nglish;

'e: 4nglish sir, i have rea -ans9rit


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1-. ( ata interpretition) Just go through a few 'oels fro' any 2I

boo9 (-/L!4 I% I3 %$4 432)

.-41 ( -.LL/0I-) easiest of all refer 7A% 'aterial or R- A0ARWAL

(-/L!4 FIR-%)

41-4. (%A6L4, A%RIP) a , b , c, hail fro' hy, el, bo', such

+uestions bla bla bla

4.-1 ( /22 A3 /5% FI05R4) 0/ through a few +uestions say * +uesions


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BR INTR&IW:

$R is a ca9e wal9 only if you ont o anything stupi, an by

'eaing =anything stupi= i 'ean ont write any thing stupi in your resu'e

otn write anything that you ont 9now .ou nee to 9now every bit of wats

there in your resu'e if its fa9e its nto a proble' but thing is you nee to

9now how things wor9 li9e eg: u wrote u organiEe so'e event so he will as9 u

how u i that -o be prepare for answering +uestions li9e

$/W 2I2 ./5 /R0A3IU4; (etaile e&planation ) try to

give every bit of etail

#R/6L4- ./5 FA742; ( if you int face any then 'a9e so'e

proble')

$/W 2I2 ./5 -/L!4 %$4;

I"($RTANT:I3F/-.- ppl they ont e&pect e&tra

orinary people they nee Friends> There was no any Technical Round3%o no need to preparation for it33

#ust focus for BR Round3

N$ TCBNICA) R$*N' 6ecauseK %hey will train u for HC@'onths when u get to


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%his is the ti'e where u will get to 9now about +uestions pattern, orer .ou nee to ientify

the easy ones an har ones2onVt worry I will tell u which ones are easy an har

%o the Aptitude (aper Will Bae: * uestions to be solve in 'ins

The following are the list of ,uestions:

-./A para is given an five +uestions are as9e on it Its relate to guys where 'oney is

istribute e+ually between A, 6 an 7, 2 an so'e conitions bla bla an the +uestions areli9e

C Who has highest 'oney an least;

C $ow 'uch oes 6 have

C how 'uch oes 7 has;

%hese are not ti'e ta9ing +uestions these +ues are of nor'al level only

0-1/Figure 7ontinuation M -e+uence %hey will give u a set of figures an followe by 8

options where in you have to select ne&t se+uence of figure fro' the five options

%his is also easy if u have practice it before 0uys practice these +uestions fro' R3%3

AgarwalNoner?al an u will beco'e fa'iliar with these 9in of +uestions if u o so

-./ 'ata %ufficiency Euestions: 0uys here it will test your Euantitatie Aptitude3

1 uestion base on Ages,

1 ues base on nu'bers,

1 ues base on 7o'poun Interest,

1 ues base on -elling #rice, #rofit 7oncept,

1 ues fro' Ratios

#ractice R% Agarwal 7erbal 6oo9 for 'ata %ufficiency3

0-41/ 'ata Interpretation Euestions:A graph is given an 8 +ues were as9e on it %his

ta9es so'e ti'e to calculate -o solve this section at the last, 6ut if you fin it as easy then

you can solve in the 'ile itself

4-4./ A (u55le para is given, very ti'e ta9ing, co'ple& ues an 8 +uestion as9e on it

0o thru all si'ple an co'ple& #uEEle +uestions fro' R% Agarwal !erbal #uEEle %est section

in it 0 Linds of (u55les> Will ?e there practice it +uysM

40-1/ 'ata %yllogism Euestions:All cats are ogs -o'e cats are ogs etc #ractice

only TI" "aterial (there is a tric9 to solve this 9in of +ues very si'ple 'etho, follow it)

All these +uestions ca'e fro' %i'e aterial only, 2onDt follow R- Agarwal %echni+ues given

for 2ata -yllogis' It is ti'e ta9ing An it ruine 'ethis is 'ost easy +uestions an you

shoul solve this first

%hen i''eiately 4nglish uestion #aper (uestions in * 'ins)

-1/%wo R7 paras with five +uestions each %i'eta9ing 2o this at the last Follow tips

fro' 6arrons +R3 &ery useful33

-41/ %entence correction3 !ery easy if u have basic gra''ar s9ills its enough

4-1/ -entence co'pletion with eaningful, Appropiate, -uitable #ractical solutions to be

chosen fro' the optionsthis is so'e what easy but a 'an with goo 4nglish vocabulary

an gra''ar s9ills can o this easily

-;1/ Theme 'etection:1 paraseach followe by a +uestion regaring the the'e of that

para .ou have to select fro' the options given For 4nglish I inDt prepare fro' any boo9

As I ha a goo 9nowlege of basic gra''ar, A ecent vocabulary so I was able to o *

uestions in "8 'ins easily an last 8 'ins I i 1 R7 para


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6ewareM %i'e 'anage'ent is very crucial for infosys test, An very 'uch neee in Aptitue

#aper -o practice +ues, learn tric9s to solve the' easilyI inDt o well in 'y Aptitue #aper

I struggle with the first five +ues itself1 'ins, Went by, there itself An then I i figure

se+uence I cleare easily solve +ues outta 8 /ne +uestion I cl nt answeri guesse it

%hen I solve -ufficiency ues with so'e logical sense I onDt 9now whether I got the' right

or not %hen I went to #uEEle test +uestions ("1C"8+ues) that para was very long for 'e 6ut

since I practice well fro' AgarwalDs 6oo9s I was confient that I can o that, 6ut it was a

long para with so 'any relationships (a bit ifficult ues, 6ut I in 9now that it was a har

one) An I clnt solve

I waste " 'ins here I thin9 I cl solve only * outta 8 an " I guesse it

%hen i went to ata -yllogis' I learnt fro' R- Agarwal, 6ut it prove 'e too costly It too9 *

'ins for each +ues, An I ha no ti'e At all4verything went wrong for 'e An I really

panic9e an I clnt even gaEe at 2I +uestions I guesse all those 2I +uestionsI 'esse

up 'y whole paper was a very ba ay for 'e

-o guys 'y avice is first o 2ata -yllogis' +uestions (practice only fro' %I4 'aterial 6e

thorough with the +uestions in that 'aterial), %hen go for figure se+uence +ues, %hen

epening upon the co'ple&ity of +uestions follow up For 4nglish it was very easy for 'e but

for those who are poor in their 4nglish s9ills, You need to worG hard guys33M

After "hours,they announce the list of all short liste caniates for interview roun process

About *8stuents got short liste to go to the ne&t roun An 'y na'e was not there in the

list I was hoping for so'e 'iracle to happen an I also ha little hope becoE I i well in 'y

4nglish paper 6ut go showe no 'ercy on 'e +od proed that Talent wins6ut not all

guys were talente

%hey i tea' wor9 in the test (copying) -o I wl also say that go showe 'ercy on few

but not on 'e I was 2isappointe, 2isguste, Frustrate It was 'y rea' to wor9 for infy It

was a blac9 ay in 'y life I prepare well for the test Following all the success stories I

carrie 'y preparation well, 6ut I clnt 'anage the ti'e s'artly I was slow while oing the

proble's %o +uys (ractice Bard and 'on2t TaGe The Test asilyM

We were not reveale about our 'ar9snor about the cutCoffs(as they say)they only

announce the list of -hort liste na'es 6ut I will tell u what I have learnt fro' 'y Friens

e&periences an also ta9ing account of 'y 9nowlege for the Interiew3

First be thoroughly (repared With Your Resume34ach an every wor, line etc Try to

Geep your resume simple and concise3 'on2t gie a harsh looG or ?ad font or large

font or Colors> 'esigns to ur Resume3 Leep it %imple3 TBAT2% ITM

uestions %hey $ave As9e: $R / %ell 'e Abut .ourself;

4/ %ell 'e Abut your #ro


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Company Name :Infosys

Type :Fresher

Dam=Interiew 'ate : ""CJanC"1

No of Rounds :Aptitue %est, 7lientManager Interview

Contri?uted ?y : eepa9 o


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-entence 7orrection: 6e care about tense 'ista9e, spelling 'ista9e, using of

pronoun

Fill in the 6lan9s: 0ain a etails iea on preposition, phrase, iio's

%he'e 2etection

ientification of so'e supporting or wea9ening sentences about a paragraph given

BR Interiew

3ow the final section %he only one solution to crac9 the interview is 9eeping yourself cool

Friens believe 'e the Infosys $R panel are the coolest person in the worl(At least for 'y

panel) An always thin9 that they are ta9ing your Interview to select you , 3ot to re


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Written test:

Aptitude

pattern is change 3o puEEles were there * +uestions 'ins

set : a cube +uestion, a cube painte with ifferent colors, so'e sies an colrs

given on the basis of ata given fin colors on other sies an ans so'e +uestions(easy

one)

set 4: series co'pletion, where so'e figures are given practice the' fro' R-

agarwal( verbal an non verbal reasoning)

set : 8CH ata sufficiency +ustions, easy but still practice the' fro' 6A preparation

stuff

set ;:a bar graph +uestion


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6y : -$56$A >5AR 0/4L

Infosys H (lacement (aper 411 - Interiew

Company Name :Infosys

Type :Fresher

Dam=Interiew 'ate : @CJanC"1

No of Rounds : Aptitue %est, 7lientManager Interview

Infy ca'e to our college C I4%C2A!!(inore) on @th of


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nee of financial planningan nee " unerstan the concepts of personal financesince I

a' a traer 'yself an constantly consult 'y friens it was piece of ca9e for 'e)

,39/ 'o you hae any certifications in this field

ans) I showe 'y 37F certificationsC

AFI registere 'utual fun aviser (registration no ?H*)

NCF" :-

7o''oities ar9et oule [ ?8Q

7urrency 2erivatives oule [ @*Q

2epository #articipant oule [ @Q

(these certifications 'ae 'y ayinterviewer was highly i'presse)

now the interview beca'e a sort of chat session he tol 'e that when was in 5- he ha

Accountants wor9ing as software professionalsan role of 6F-I seg'ent in revenues of

Infy an blah blah blah

It was frienly =pravachan= going on when the peon interrupte he bought tea an

biscuits for hi'an 'y interview ene as it was the ti'e for a tea brea9

TI(%:

Its not a big proble' if you are not very fluent in 4nglish( I fu'ble several ti'es in

+1 an +8)

Its /> if you 6L5FF but 'a9e interviewer buy it

onDt hesitate to give bol answers an reply as soon as the +uestion is as9e onDt

thin9 'uch else you woul be caught)(it wor9e for 'e in +*)

6e specific an precise( nee not to tell =be polite= )

%u?mitted 6y:

-iharth Jain

mail : si


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%o the Aptitude (aper Will Bae: * uestions to be solve in 'ins

The following are the list of ,uestions:

-./A para is given an five +uestions are as9e on it Its relate to guys where 'oney is

istribute e+ually between A, 6 an 7, 2 an so'e conitions bla bla an the +uestions are

li9e

C Who has highest 'oney an least;

C $ow 'uch oes 6 have

C how 'uch oes 7 has;

%hese are not ti'e ta9ing +uestions these +ues are of nor'al level only

0-1/Figure 7ontinuation M -e+uence %hey will give u a set of figures an followe by 8

options where in you have to select ne&t se+uence of figure fro' the five options

%his is also easy if u have practice it before 0uys practice these +uestions fro' R3%3

AgarwalNoner?al an u will beco'e fa'iliar with these 9in of +uestions if u o so

-./ 'ata %ufficiency Euestions: 0uys here it will test your Euantitatie Aptitude3

1 uestion base on Ages,

1 ues base on nu'bers,1 ues base on 7o'poun Interest,

1 ues base on -elling #rice, #rofit 7oncept,

1 ues fro' Ratios

#ractice R% Agarwal 7erbal 6oo9 for 'ata %ufficiency3

0-41/ 'ata Interpretation Euestions:A graph is given an 8 +ues were as9e on it %his

ta9es so'e ti'e to calculate -o solve this section at the last, 6ut if you fin it as easy then

you can solve in the 'ile itself

4-4./ A (u55le para is given, very ti'e ta9ing, co'ple& ues an 8 +uestion as9e on it

0o thru all si'ple an co'ple& #uEEle +uestions fro' R% Agarwal !erbal #uEEle %est section

in it 0 Linds of (u55les> Will ?e there practice it +uysM

40-1/ 'ata %yllogism Euestions:All cats are ogs -o'e cats are ogs etc #ractice

only TI" "aterial (there is a tric9 to solve this 9in of +ues very si'ple 'etho, follow it)

All these +uestions ca'e fro' %i'e aterial only, 2onDt follow R- Agarwal %echni+ues given

for 2ata -yllogis' It is ti'e ta9ing An it ruine 'ethis is 'ost easy +uestions an you

shoul solve this first

%hen i''eiately 4nglish uestion #aper (uestions in * 'ins)

-1/%wo R7 paras with five +uestions each %i'eta9ing 2o this at the last Follow tips

fro' 6arrons +R3 &ery useful33

-41/ %entence correction3 !ery easy if u have basic gra''ar s9ills its enough

4-1/ -entence co'pletion with eaningful, Appropiate, -uitable #ractical solutions to be

chosen fro' the optionsthis is so'e what easy but a 'an with goo 4nglish vocabularyan gra''ar s9ills can o this easily

-;1/ Theme 'etection:1 paraseach followe by a +uestion regaring the the'e of that

para .ou have to select fro' the options given For 4nglish I inDt prepare fro' any boo9

As I ha a goo 9nowlege of basic gra''ar, A ecent vocabulary so I was able to o *

uestions in "8 'ins easily an last 8 'ins I i 1 R7 para

6ewareM %i'e 'anage'ent is very crucial for infosys test, An very 'uch neee in Aptitue

#aper -o practice +ues, learn tric9s to solve the' easilyI inDt o well in 'y Aptitue #aper


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I struggle with the first five +ues itself1 'ins, Went by, there itself An then I i figure

se+uence I cleare easily solve +ues outta 8 /ne +uestion I cl nt answeri guesse it

%hen I solve -ufficiency ues with so'e logical sense I onDt 9now whether I got the' right

or not %hen I went to #uEEle test +uestions ("1C"8+ues) that para was very long for 'e 6ut

since I practice well fro' AgarwalDs 6oo9s I was confient that I can o that, 6ut it was a

long para with so 'any relationships (a bit ifficult ues, 6ut I in 9now that it was a har

one) An I clnt solve

I waste " 'ins here I thin9 I cl solve only * outta 8 an " I guesse it

%hen i went to ata -yllogis' I learnt fro' R- Agarwal, 6ut it prove 'e too costly It too9 *

'ins for each +ues, An I ha no ti'e At all4verything went wrong for 'e An I really

panic9e an I clnt even gaEe at 2I +uestions I guesse all those 2I +uestionsI 'esse

up 'y whole paper was a very ba ay for 'e

-o guys 'y avice is first o 2ata -yllogis' +uestions (practice only fro' %I4 'aterial 6e

thorough with the +uestions in that 'aterial), %hen go for figure se+uence +ues, %hen

epening upon the co'ple&ity of +uestions follow up For 4nglish it was very easy for 'e but

for those who are poor in their 4nglish s9ills, You need to worG hard guys33M

After "hours,they announce the list of all short liste caniates for interview roun process

About *8stuents got short liste to go to the ne&t roun An 'y na'e was not there in the

list I was hoping for so'e 'iracle to happen an I also ha little hope becoE I i well in 'y

4nglish paper 6ut go showe no 'ercy on 'e +od proed that Talent wins6ut not all

guys were talente

%hey i tea' wor9 in the test (copying) -o I wl also say that go showe 'ercy on few

but not on 'e I was 2isappointe, 2isguste, Frustrate It was 'y rea' to wor9 for infy It

was a blac9 ay in 'y life I prepare well for the test Following all the success stories I

carrie 'y preparation well, 6ut I clnt 'anage the ti'e s'artly I was slow while oing the

proble's %o +uys (ractice Bard and 'on2t TaGe The Test asilyM

We were not reveale about our 'ar9snor about the cutCoffs(as they say)they only

announce the list of -hort liste na'es 6ut I will tell u what I have learnt fro' 'y Friens

e&periences an also ta9ing account of 'y 9nowlege for the Interiew3

First be thoroughly (repared With Your Resume34ach an every wor, line etc Try to

Geep your resume simple and concise3 'on2t gie a harsh looG or ?ad font or large

font or Colors> 'esigns to ur Resume3 Leep it %imple3 TBAT2% ITM

uestions %hey $ave As9e: $R / %ell 'e Abut .ourself;

4/ %ell 'e Abut your #ro


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Written test:

Aptitude

patternis change 3o puEEles were there * +uestions 'ins

set : a cube +uestion, a cube painte with ifferent colors, so'e sies an colrs

given on the basis of ata given fin colors on other sies an ans so'e

+uestions(easy one)

set 4: series co'pletion, where so'e figures are given practice the' fro' R-

agarwal( verbal an non verbal reasoning)

set : 8CH ata sufficiency +ustions, easy but still practice the' fro' 6A preparation

stuff

set ;:a bar graph +uestion


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uestions ? ti'e li'it ?8 'inutes -ectional cutCoff in each section its aroun HQ in

Logical Reasoning part an 8Q in !erbal Ability no negative 'ar9ing /ffline (paper K pen)

test

Analytical K Logical reasoning:(* +uestion : 'inutes)4nglish section: ( +uestion : *8 'inutes)

Analytical reasoning

1 A fa'ily I 9now has several chilren 4ach boy in this fa'ily has as 'any sisters as

brothers but each girl has

twice as 'any brothers as sisters $ow 'any brothers an sisters are there;

Ans: boys an * girls

" In a soap co'pany a soap is 'anufacture with 11 parts For 'a9ing one soap you will get

1 part as scrap

At the en of the ay u have "81 such scraps Fro' that how 'any soaps can be

'anufacture;

Ans: "8

* %here is a 8igit no * pairs of su' is eleven each Last igit is * ti'es the first one * r

igit is * less than the

secon th igit is 'ore than the secon one Fin the igit

Ans : "8"H

4very ay a cyclist 'eets a train at a particular crossing %he roa is straight before the

crossing an both are

traveling in the sa'e irection %he cyclist travels with a spee of 1 >'ph /ne ay the

cyclist co'es late by

"8 'in an 'eets the train 89' before the crossing What is the spee of the train;

Ans: H 9'ph
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* 7

2

8 4

Ans: 7

1" Fifty percent of the articles in a certain 'agaEine are written by staff 'e'bers -i&ty

percent of the articles are

on current affairs If ?8 percent of the articles on current affairs are written by staff 'e'bers

with 'ore than 8

years e&perience of


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1 %he largest integer in the set is 1*

" %he arith'etic 'ean of the set is Eero

1 A

" 6

* 7

2

8 4

Ans: 4

18 Is w a whole nu'ber;

1 *w is an o nu'ber

" "w is an even nu'ber

1 A

" 6

* 7

2

8 4

Ans: 6

2irections (uestion 1H to 1 ) : Rea the following infor'ation carefully an answer the

+uestions given below it

I! i) %here are si& friens A,6,7,2,4 an F

ii) 4ach one is proficient in one of the ga'es, na'ely 6a'inton, !ollyball, 7ric9et, $oc9ey,

%ennis an #olo

iii) 4ach owns a ifferent coloure car, na'ely yellow, green, blac9, white, blue an re

iv) 2 plays #olo an owns a yellow coloure car

v) 7 oes not play either %ennis or $oc9ey an owns neither blue nor yellow coloure car

vi) 4 owns a white car an plays 6a'inton

vii) 6 oes not play %ennis, he owns a re coloure car

viii) A plays 7ric9et an owns a blac9 car


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1H Who plays !olleyball ;

A) 6 6) 7 7) F 2) 2ata inae+uate 4) 3one of these

Ans: 6

1? Which coloure car F owns ;

A) 0reen 6) 6lue 7) 4ither 0reen or 6lue 2) 2ata inae+uate 4) 3one of these

Ans: 6

1@ Which of the following co'binations of colour of car an ga'e playe is not correct ;

A) .ellow C #olo 6) 0reen C %ennis 7) 6lac9 C 7ric9et 2) ReC $oc9ey 4) 3one of these

Ans: 6

1 In a group of si& wo'en, there are four ancers, four vocal 'usicians, one actress an

three violinists 0iri


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? 9' towars 3orth West an in the en he goes 9' towars 4ast $ow far is he fro' his

house;

(A) 8 9' (6) ? 9' (7) " 9' (2) 1 9' (4) 3one of these

Ans : (A)

"" La&'an went 18 9's fro' 'y house, then turne left an wal9e " 9's $e then turne

east an wal9e

"8 9's an finally turning left covere "9's $ow far was he fro' his house

(A) 8 9's (6) 1 9's (7) 9's (2) @ 9's (4) 3one of these

Ans : (2)

"* %he oor of AityaDs house faces the east Fro' the bac9 sie of his house, he wal9s

straight 8 'etres, then

turns to the right an wal9s 8 'etres, then turns towars left an stops after wal9ing "8'etres 3ow Aitya

is in which irection fro' the starting point;

(A) -outhC4ast (6) 3orthC4ast (7) -outhC West (2) 3orthCWest (4) 3one of these

Ans : (2)

" #, , R an - are playing a ga'e of carro' #, R, an -, are partners - is to the right

of R who is facing

west %hen is facing ;

(A) 3orth (6) -outh (7) 4ast (2) West (4) 3one of these

Ans : (A)

"8 A cloc9 is so place that at 1" noon its 'inute han points towars northCeast In which

irection oes its hour

han point at 1* p';

(A) 3orth (6) -outh (7) 4ast (2) West (4) 3one of these

Ans: 7

"H A 'an wal9s * 'etres towars -outh %hen , turning to his right, he wal9s * 'etres

%hen turning to his left,

he wal9s " 'etres again he turns to his left an wal9s * 'etres $ow far is he fro' his

initial position;

A " 'etres 6 * 'etres 7H 'etres 2 @ 'etres 4 3one of these


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Ans: 4

2irections "?C* :%he table below shows the nu'ber of people who respone to a survey

about their favorite style of 'usic 5se this infor'ation to answer the following +uestions to

the nearest whole percentage

"? What percentage of responents uner *1 , inicate that blues in their favorite style;

A ?1 6 ?H 7 @* 2 11 4 ?"

Ans: 6

"@ What percentage of responents age "1C* inicate that


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ani'als there At the ti'e, in the early 1s, this was a raical iea because wo'en i not

go to Africa by the'selves

As a young wo'an, Jane finishe school in Lonon, attene secretarial school, an then

wor9e for a ocu'entary fil''a9er for a while When a school frien invite her to visit

>enya, she wor9e as a waitress until she ha earne the fare to travel there by boat -he

was "* years ol

/nce in >enya, she 'et 2r Louis Lea9ey, a fa'ous paleontologist an anthropologist $e was

i'presse with her thorough 9nowlege of Africa an its willife, an hire her to assist hi'

an his wife on a fossilChunting e&peition to /luvai 0orge 2r Lea9ey soon realiEe that

Jane was the perfect person to co'plete a stuy he ha been planning for so'e ti'e -he

e&presse her interest in the iea of stuying ani'als by living in the wil with the', rather

than stuying ea ani'als through paleontology

2r Lea9ey an Jane began planning a stuy of a group of chi'panEees who were living on theshores of La9e %anganyi9a in >enya At first, the 6ritish authorities woul not approve their

plan At the ti'e, they thought it was too angerous for a wo'an to live in the wils of Africa

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%he stuy starte by Jane 0ooall in 1H is now the longest fiel stuy of any ani'al species

in their natural habitat Research continues to this ay in 0o'be an is conucte by a tea'

of traine %anEanians

JaneVs life has inclue 'uch 'ore than


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1 -he 9new a lot about Africa

" -he 9new a lot about African willife

* -he earne the 'oney to travel to Africa on her own

-he was intereste in stuying ani'als in the wil

Ans: 7

Which of the following is 3/% true of chi'panEees;

1 7hi'panEees are often co'fortable with strangers right away

" 7hi'panEees eat 'eat as well as plants an fruit

* 7hi'panEees use tools to help the' get foo

2ifferent chi'panEees have ifferent personalities

Ans: A

8 Jane 0ooall is now the worlVs 'ost renowne authority on chi'panEees, having stuietheir behavior for nearly forty years What oes authority 'ean;

1 an intelligent person

" one who stuies ani'als

* a scientist

an e&pert

Ans: 6

Rea this sentence fro' the article

2irections for uestions HC1: Rea the passage an answer the +uestions that follow on the

basis of the infor'ation provie in the passage

%here are so'e 'en who see' to be always on the loo9out for trouble an, to tell the truth,

they are selo' isappointe Listening to such 'en one woul thin9 that this worl is one of

the stor'iest an 'ost isagreeable places .et, after all it is not such a ba place an the

ifficulty is often in the 'an who is too thinC s9inne /n the other han, the 'an who goes

out e&pecting people to be li9e hi'self, 9in an brotherly, will be surprise at the 9inness

he 'eets even in the 'ost unli9e +uarters A s'ile is apt to be 'et 'et with a respective

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A) our isagreeable an hostile worl

6) a 9inly an pleasant worl

7) our ifferent an unresponsive worl

2) the worl an what one 'a9es of it

Ans: 2

? =they are selo' isappointe= %he state'ent enotes that such 'en

A) welco'e ifficulties as a 'orale booster

6) o not have face any trouble

7) 'anage to 9eep unruffle in the face of isco'forts

2) generally o not fail to co'e across troubles

Ans: 2

@ %he authorDs own view of the worl is that it is

A) one of the loveliest an +uietest places

6) an unpleasant an turbulent place

7) oneDs own e&cessive sensitivity that 'a9es it a ba place

2) a sori place for those who suffer in life

Ans: 7

Which of the following is opposite in 'eaning to the e&pression DthinCs9inneD as se in the

passage;

A) Insensitive

6) Intelligent

7) Aw9war

2) /bstinate


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Ans: A

1 =/n the other han unli9ely +uarter= %he state'ent shows that peopleDs reaction

to our attitue is

A) 0enerally inifferent

6) surprisingly responsive

7) often averse

2) 'ainly favourable

Ans: 6

2irections 11C1@: #ic9 out the 'ost effective wor fro' the given wors to fill in the blan9 to'a9e the sentence 'eaningfully co'plete

11For a few secons, aan wasbline by the powerful lights of the onco'ing car

A) heavily 6) largely 7) greatly 2) powerfully 4) totally

Ans: 4

1" $is interest in the stuy of hu'an behavior is inee very

A) strong 6) large 7) broa 2) vast 4) eep

Ans: 4

1* %he police havea co'plaint against four persons

A) entere 6) loge 7) registere 2) note 4) receive

Ans: 7

1 %he i'prove'ent 'ae by changes in the syste' was an i not warrant

the large e&penses

A) large 6) s'all 7) 'inute 2) 'arginal 4) uncertain

Ans: 2


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18 %he 'an who ishesitating which of the two things he will o first, will o

neither

A) persistently 6) constantly 7) insistently 2) consistently 4) perpetually

Ans: A

1H $e is tooto be eceive easily

A) strong 6) 'oern 7) 9in 2) honest 4) intelligent

Ans: 4

1? %he anager gave her his that the co'plaint woul be investigate

A assurance 6 suggestion 7 avowal 2 support

Ans: A

1@ I a' feeling better toay

A rather 6 too 7 fairly 2 very

Ans: 7

2irection uestions1C"H: In each +uestion below is given a passage followe by several

inference .ou have to e&a'ine each inference separately in the conte&t of the passage an

ecie upon its egree of truth or falsity

'ar9 your answer as :

A if the inference is D efinitely trueD ie , it irectly follows fro' the facts given in the

passage

6 if the inference is D probably trueD though not efinitely true in the light of the facts given

7 if you thin9 the ata are in ae+uate ie, fro' the facts given you cannot say whether the

inference is li9ely to be true or false

2 if you thin9 the inference is D probably falseD though not efinitely false in the light of the

facts given an

4 if you thin9 inference is D efinitely falseD ie , it contraicts the given facts


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#assage I

5rban services have not e&pane fast enough to cope with urban e&pansion Low invest'ent

allocation have tene top be uner spent 6oth public( e g water an sewage) an private

(eg lowCinco'e area housing) infrastructure +uality has ecline this i'pact of the

environ'ent in which chilren live an the supporting services available to the' when they

fall ill, see's clear %he ecline in average foo availability an the rise in absolute poverty

point in the sa'e satisfactory irection

1 %here is nothing to boast about urban services

Ans: A

" %he public transport syste' is in the hans of private sector

Ans: 7

"1 6irth rate is higher in 5rban areas co'pare to rural areas

Ans: 7

"" LowCcost urban housing is one of the priorities

Ans: 6

"* %he environ'ent aroun plays an i'portant role on the health status

Ans: A

#assage II

%hough the state cultivate only *" la9h tonnes of 'angoes, they are of pre'iu' +uality an

with 'angoes beco'ing secon 'ost consu'e fruit in the worl after grapes the

govern'ent has been trying e&porting it through sea route which is cheaper An e&peri'ent

which was one in this regar last year has prove successful

" uality of 'angoes is an i'portant factor in e&ports

Ans: A

"8 %he state also e&ports goo +uality grapes

Ans: 7


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"H %he state also cultivates a large nu'ber of 'eiu' +uality 'angoes

Ans: 4

2irection"?C*": In each of the following +uestions, fin out which part of the sentence has an

error if there is no 'ista9e the answer is Dno errorD

"? I going there M will not solve M this co'plicate proble' M 3o error

A 6 7 2

Ans : A

"@ .ou can get Mall the infor'ation you want M in this boo9 M 3o error

A 6 7 2

Ans : A

" %he bus coul not M ascen the steep hill M because it was in the wrong gears M 3o error

A 6 7 2

Ans : 7

*3o stronger M a figure than his M is prescribe in the history M 3o error

A 6 7 2

Ans : 7

*1 'ost people woul have Mattene the union 'eeting M if they ha M longer notice of it M

3o error

A 6 7 2 4

Ans : 2

*" An though one i not M +uite believe his clai' M one saw no har' M in granting hi'

per'ission M 3o error

A 6 7 2 4

Ans: 4


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2irections** : In each +uestion, a part of sentence is printe in italics 6elow each sentence,

so'e phrases are given which can substitute the italiciEe part of the sentence If the

sentence is correct as it is, the answer is D3o correction re+uireD

** %he proble's of translation are still re'ain

A are re'ain 6 will re'aine 7 will still re'ain 2 3o 7orrection re+uire

Ans : 7

* It is ten years since I have begun living here

A begun 6 ha begun 7 began 2 3o 7orrection re+uire

Ans : 7

*8 4ucation is a strong instru'ent for 'olings the character of the young

A stri9ing 6 powerful 7 potent 2 3o 7orrection re+uire

Ans : 6

*H $e gave the IA- e&a'ination in all seriousness

A appeare 6 too9 7 unertoo9 2 3o 7orrection re+uire

Ans: 6

*? $e has coo9e that 'eal so often he can o it with his eyes close

A 'in blan9 6 eyes covere 7 hans full 2 3o 7orrection re+uire

Ans: 2

*@ %he young hi9ers went as far as they finally got lost in the valley

A so far that 6 too far that 7 so far as that 2 3o 7orrection re+uire

Ans: A

* $e stoppe to wor9 an hour ago

A to wor9ing 6 to have wor9e 7 wor9ing 2 3o 7orrection re+uire


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1C8 +ues wer base on ran9ingavailable in rs aggarwal(verbal n nonCverbal)ega stuent ran9s th ' top n 18th ' botto' in a classhow 'any stuents r ere in class+ues HC1 wer base on visual reasoningrs aggarwal8 figures r givenCfin o one out+ues 11C18 wer on ata sufficiencya +ues is given,followe by " state'entsvDve " chec9 whether state'ents r sufficient "

ans +ues or not R-Aggarwal+ues 1HC" was a si'ple set of ata interpretation"1C"8 was a puEEle on bloo relations"8C* wer on syllogis'For all +ues in is section R-Aggarwal is both necessary n sufficientb)4nglish usageC +uesC*8 'inis was a tough part all those who ont hve a goo founation in englishAs +ues wer nt' a particular boo9 or 9nown source, oneDs proficiency in english was only 9ey " clear is

section-o if u r nt very gu at eng en start ur preparation early section start wi a pageClong passage on racis'followe by 8 +uesne&t was a halfCpage passagei ont re'e'ber e&act topicboth passages were oable given at uDve a gu spee in reaing long te&ts%here were 'any +ues on replacing unerline part wi correct option

there were also 'any +ues on sentence co'pletionor say fill in blan9also so'e of +ues i ' unable " recall2o not start eng section wi passages, ey r highly ty' consu'ingatte'pt e' aftergoin thru rest of sections %$4R4 WA- -47%I/3AL 75%C/FF n no negative 'ar9ing%est ppr will b ifferent at ifferent locationsAfter aroun " hours, results wer eclareA total of H@ stuents cu clear written out of1@GAs ey were announcing na'es,interviews start i''eiately(only $R interviewnotechnical)%here were aroun C8 single interviewer panelsInterview e&perience:(As 'ine was first na'e on list,i was 1st " give interview on 'y panel n so obviouslyvery nerviousI guess interviewer unerstoo is ' his very 1st +ues)'e: ay I c'e in,sir

hr: yes,hv a seat('eanwhile he ws goin thru a copy of 'y resu'e,'ar9sheets n for' at ey h as9e " fillb written testAll ese ocu'ents r wi hr even b u enter roo')hr:tell 'e so'ethin Dbout urself'e:answere (but vry nervouslyI al'ost screwe up is vry i'p +ues)hr: tell 'e so'ethin Dbout ur 'inor n 'a


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'e:I will be frienly an try to convince the' by e&plaining about the tas9,nature of wor9,

how they get benefite by oing thatCCCCCCCC

hr:still there is no change then;

'e:then there is a nee for opti'al ecision ie,co'plaint to the lea

hr:this is the answer a' e&pecting

so o u have any +uestions to as9;

'e:yes sir

hr:ya plE

'e:what 9in of technical stuff is neee to get into infosys;

hr:nothingtechnically every aspect will be taught to u at training perio

'e:if I get selecte now what shoul I learn before getting into Infosys;

hr:h''concentrate on your area of i'prove'entyour language an accent is goo you hav

goo acae'ic +ualificationbut there are so'e gra''atical 'ista9es in your

languagethough they are unnoticable,rectifying the' brings a ifferenceso try to rectify

thatthats all

o9 gowtha'ithan9 u u can go

'e:than9 u sir

preperation I ha:

rs agarwal verbal reasoning

for the'e etection,puEEle test,+uestionCstate'ents,analogy,ata sufficiency,ata

interpretation,syllogis's

(syllogis's:

9eywors:all,no,so'e,so'e not

if all pre'ises have 9eyworsCCCCvenn iagra' 'etho

if so'e pre'ises have 9eyworsCCCCtabular 'etho

if none of the pre'ises have 9eyworsCCCCgeneral thin9ing)a rouch view of

rs agarwal non verbal +uestions on series figures

rs agarwal aptitue

for english


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$i friens I a' Ro ro all the best( K again a hansha9e)e: %han9s 'aDa'

%hen they wante to give the result along with wipro I was tense for about 18 ays Finallythey gave the result on Jan *1st, "1 1? out of " was ta9en Luc9ily, I was one ofthe'%han9s to freshersworlI wish u all the 6est6e prepare to beco'e an Infoscian :) 0oo Luc9

$ello Friens,

ID' -hah fro' !i


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%he first thing I was suggeste by 'any after 9nowing the news of the co'panyDs visit to our

ca'pus was that

chec9 out the things on freshersworlco' OO It woul be of great help

an it surely was of greatttt help O %han9s to freshersworl

%he e&periences poste by 'any of our seniors helpe 'e so 'uch an in return as than9s

giving I woul li9e to post . 4&perience too

I ca'e to 9now about the news a wee9 before the actual ay of place'ent

As suggeste by 'any, boo9s to refer:

1 -ha9untala 2evi #uEEles

" R - Aggarwal Aptitue 6oo9s

I referre the sa'e boo9s 6ut to 'y surprise in the +uestion paper, not even a single puEEle

was given OOO

It was all +uantitative aptitue an verbal, nonCverbal reasoning

6ut o not neglect the puEEles %hey o help in sharp thin9ing

ID' sorry I onDt e&actly re'e'ber the +uestion paper but it containe nonCverbal part,

syllogis's, ata sufficiency, 4nglish gra''ar, #aragraph C Inferences

For those who unerwent coaching for 7A%, A%, 0R4 9in of e&a's to clear the written

paper woul be a ca9e wal9

For those who are untraine in the area, li9e 'e, will have a little ifficulty with ti'e

'anage'ent which coul be overco'e very easily by


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$R: Where in the canteen;

e: .eah

$R: 2o all your friens eat in the canteen;

e: Well, yeah O ost of the'

$R: What about others;$o'e Foo eh; /hO What are these guys going to o when then

get into Infyho'e foo isnDt available there; %hen (I onDt 9now why he was as9ing all this

crap but you 9nowO9arna patha hai boss Job toh chahiyeOO :#)

e: It epens on the person, -ir Anyways, I onDt want to co''ent on the', its their own

stuff

$R: Alright O -o le''e chec9 your resu'e

/hhOO .ouDve one 'any pro

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