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30 Repeated Technical Questions 2007

1. Two twins have vertain peculiar charcteristics.

One of them always lies on Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

The other always lies on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
On the other days they tell 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

What day is today?

Ans: Today is Tuesday.

2. Answer the following questions based on the conditions from the choices A, B, C, D, E as described below:

(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

• person 1 says N<5>
• person says N>5
• person 3 says 3N>20
• person 4 says 3N>10
• person 5 says N<8>

3. Three criminals were arrested for shop lifting.
However, when interrogated only one told the truth in both his statements, while the other two each told one true
statement and one lie.
The statements were:

• ALBERT :(a)Chander passed the merchandise. (b)Bruce created the diversion.
• BRUCE :(a)Albert passed the merchandise. (b)I created the diversion.
• CLIVE :(a)I took the goods out of the shop. (b)Bruce passed them over.
  

4. Seven members sat around a table for three days for a conference.
The member's names were Abhishek, Amol, Ankur, Anurag,Bhuwan ,Vasu and Vikram.
The meetings were chaired by Vikram.
On the first evening members sat around the table alphabetically.
On the following two nights, Vikram arranged the seatings so that he could have Abhishek as near to him as
possible and abesent minded Vasu as far away as he could.
On no evening did any person have sitting next to him a person who had previously been his neighbour.
How did Vikram manage to seat everybody to the best advantage on the second and third evenings?

Ans:
Second evening:Vikram,Ankur,Abhishek,Amol,Vasu,Anurag and Bhuwan.
Third evening :Vikram,Anurag,Abhishek,Vasu,Bhuwan,Ankur,Amol.

5. Complete the series:
5, 20, 24, 6, 2, 8, ?

Ans: 12 (as 5*4=20, 20+4=24, 24/4=6, 6-4=2, 2*4=8, 8+4=12).

6. Four prisoners escape from a prison.
The prisoners, Mr East, Mr West, Mr South, Mr North head towards different directions after escaping.
The following information of their escape was supplied:

• The escape routes were The North Road, South Road, East Road and West Road.
• None of the prisoners took the road which was their namesake.
• Mr.East did not take the South Road
• Mr.West did not the South Road.
• The West Road was not taken by Mr.East

What road did each of the prisoners take to make their escape?

Ans: Mr.East took the North Road
Mr.West took the East Road
Mr.North took the South Road
Mr.South took the West Road.

7. 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.

8). 8 Kigs and 14 Ligs can do 510 tors of work in10days. 13 Kigs and 6 Ligs
can do 484 tors of work in 12 days.
Then find work done by Kigs and Ligs individually in tors/hr?

(5Marks)

9. A hotel has two wings,the east wing and the west wing.
Some east wing rooms but not all have an ocean view.
All west wing rooms have a harbour view.
The charge for all rooms is identical, except as follows :

• Extra charge for all harbour view rooms on or above the 3rd floor
• Extra charge for all ocean view rooms except those without balcony
• Extra charge for some harbour rooms on the first two floor & some east wing rooms without ocean view but
  having kitchen facilities.

10. A hotel has two wings,the east wing and the west wing.
Some east wing rooms but not all have an ocean view.
All west wing rooms have a harbour view.
The charge for all rooms is identical, except as follows :

• Extra charge for all harbour view rooms on or above the 3rd floor
• Extra charge for all ocean view rooms except those without balcony
• Extra charge for some harbour rooms on the first two floor & some east wing rooms without ocean view but
  having kitchen facilities.

Which of the following cannot be determined on the basis of the nformation given:

I. Whether there are any rooms without a balcony for which an extra charge is imposed.
II. Whether any room without a kitchen or a view involves an extra charge.
III. Whether two extra charges are impsed for any room.

(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II and III

(This question is from 1999 Barrons GRE Guide model Test 3 - section 6, question 22)

Ans: (A)

11. Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts from 1 kg to 121 kgs, to the nearest kg.
What are the minimum number of weight required and how heavy should they be?

Ans: .The minimum number is 5 and they should weigh 1,3,9,27 and 81 kgs.

12. Mr.Mathurs jewels have been stolen from his bank locker .
The bank has lockers of 12 people which are arranged in an array of 3 rows and 4 columns like:

1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12

• The locker belonging to JONES was to the right of BLACK'S locker and directly above MILLAR'S.
• BOOTH'S locker was directly above MILLAR'S.
• SMITH'S locker was also above GRAY's (though not directly).
• GREEN'S locker was directly below SMITH'S.
• WILSON'S locker was between that of DAVIS and BOOTH.
• MILLAR'S locker was on the bottom row directly to the right of HERD'S.
• WHITE'S locker was on the bottom right hand corner in the same column as BOOTH'S.

Which box belonged to Mr.Mathurs?

Ans: Box number 9 belongs to Mr.Mathurs.

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

Ans : 383 + 1 = 384

14. 500 men are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns according to their heights.
Tallest among each row of all are asked to fall out.
And the shortest among them is A.
Similarly after resuming that to their original podsitions that the shortest among each column are asked to fall out.
And the tallest among them is B .
Now who is taller among A and B ?

Ans A

15. 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

16. How can 1000000000 be written as a product of two factors neither of them containing zeros

Ans: 2 power 9 x 5 power 9

17.There are five persons with surnames Mukherjee, Misra, Iyer, Patil and Sharma.
There are 4 persons having first or middle name of Kumar, 3 persons with Mohan, 2 persons with Dev and 1 Anil.
Either Mukherjee and Patil have a first or middle name of Dev or Misra and Iyer have their first or middle name of Dev.
Of Mukherkjee and Misra, either both of them have a first or middle name of Mohan or neither have a first or
middle name of Mohan.
Either Iyer or Sharma has a first or middle name of Kumar but not both.
Who has the first or middle name of Anil?

Ans: Kumar Misra Dev
Mohan Iyer Dev
Kumar Patil Mohan
Mohan Sharma Kumar

18.Professor Kittredge’s literature seminar includes students with varied tastes
in poetry.All those in the seminar who enjoy the poetry of browing also enjoy
the poetry of eliot.Those who enjoy the poetry of eliot despise the poetry of coleridge.

Some of those who enjoy the poetry of eliot also enjoy the poetry of Auden.
All of those who enjoy the poetry of Coleridge also enjoy the poetry of Donne.
Some of those who enjoy the poetry of Auden also despise the poetry of Coleridge.
All of those who enjoy the poetry of Donne also enjoy the poetry of Frost.

i.
Miss Garfield enjoys the poetry of Donne.Which of the following must be true?
(A) she may or may not enjoy the poetry of coleridge.
(B) She does not enjoy the poetry of Browing.
(C) She does not enjoy the poetry of eliot.
(D) She enjoys the poetry of Coleridge.

ii.
Mr.Huxtable enjoys the poetry of Browing.He may also enjoy any of the following
poets except
(A) Auden.
(B) Coleridge
(C) Donne
(D) Eliot
(E) Frost

iii.
Miss Inaguchi enjoys the poetry of Coleridge.Which of the following must be false?
(A) she does not enjoy the poetry of Auden.
(B) She enjoys the poetry of Donne.
(C) She enjoys the poetry of Frost.
(D) She does not enjoy the poetry of Browning.
(E) She may enjoy the poetry of Eliot.

iv.
Based on the information provided,which of the following statements concerning
the members of the seminar must be true?
(A) All the those who enjoy the poetry of eliot also enjoy the poetry of Browning.
(B) None of those who despise the poetry of Frost enjoy the poetry of Auden.
(C) Some of those who enjoy the poetry of Auden despise the poetry of Coleridge.
(D) None of those who enjoy the poetry of Browning despise the poetry of Donne.
(E) Some of those who enjoys the poetry of Frost despise the poetry of Donne.
19.A lorry starts from Banglore to Mysore at 6.00 A.M,7.00am.8.00 am.....10 pm. Similarly one another starts from Mysore to Banglore at 6.00 am,7.00 am, 8.00 am.....10.00pm. A lorry takes 9 hours to travel from Banglore to Mysore and vice versa. (i) A lorry which has started at 6.00 am will cross how many lorries. (ans. 10 )
(ii)A lorry which had started at 6.00pm will cross how many lorries. (ans. 14)
20. A theif steals half the total no of loaves of bread plus 1/2 loaf from a backery. A second theif steals
half the remaing no of loaves plus 1/2 loaf and so on. After the 5th theif has stolen there are no more
loaves left in the backery. What was the total no of loaves did the backery have at the biggining. (ans: 31).

21. Three persons A, B, c run a race. They belong to the following categories not in order: Sororean, who always told the truth; Nororean, who always told lies and Midrorean who told lies and truth alternatively but not necessarily in this order. After the race they said the following.

Runner A
1) C has interrupted me in the race.
2) B has won the race.
3) I have not won the race.

Runner B
1) I have not won the race.
2) A has won the race.

Runner C
1) B has won the race.
2) I have not interrupted A in the race.

To which categories did they belong?

Ans: A=Nororean; B=Sororean; C=Midrorean
22. The age of A when reversed becomes B's age. when age of B is taken away from A it is twice C's age. B's age is ten times that of C's. What are their ages?

Ans: A=54; B=45; C=4.5

23.Shahrukh speaks truth only in the morning and lies in the afternoon, whereas Salman speaks truth only in the afternoon. A says that B is Shahrukh. Is it morning or afternoon and who is A - Shahrukh or Salman.

Ans: Afternoon ; A is Salman.

24.Two trains each 1/6 mile in length run in opposite dirctions to each other with equal speed of 60 miles/hour. What is the time taken to completely cross over the two trains.

25.Speed at which two trains travel towards eachother = 60+60 = 120 miles/hour.
Total length to be covered = (1/6)+(1/6) = 2/6 mile.
Time to taken to cover 2/6 mile at speed of 120 miles/hour is.....
(2/6)/120 = 1/360 hour = 10 seconds.

26. Lets say A spent x and y rupees on hat and suit respectively.
from the conditions we can say B spent y and x-1 rupees on hat and dress respectively.
From what B told to A we can write that.....
=> x + y = 15 = (3/2)x + (x-1)
=> (3/2)x + (x-1) = 15
=> (5/2)x - 1 = 15
=> (5/2)x = 16
=> x = 16 * (2/5)
=> x = 32/5 = Rupees 6.40 paise
(a) answer is 6.40 Rupees.
(b) Total A alone spent = x+y =15.
B spent = y + (x-1) = (x+y)-1 = 15-1 = 14 Rupees.

27.A cube of 3cm side is coloured red on all of its six faces. It is cut into
small cubes of side 1cm each.
(a) No. of small cubes with 3 faces coloured red : 8
(b) No. of small cubes with 2 faces coloured red : 12
(c) No. of small cubes with 1 face coloured red : 6
(d) No. of small cubes with no faces coloured red : 1

28. There are three associates and they have some money in a room. But no one is believing others alone. so,
a) No one should be able to open the room alone.
b) When any 2 persons are combined they should be able to open the room.
What is the minimun no. of locks & keys required.? (5M)

29.Ann, Boobie, Cathy and Dave are at their monthly business meeting.
Their occupations are author, biologist, chemist and doctor, but not necessarily in that order.
Dave just told the biologist that Cathy was on her way with doughnuts.
Ann is sitting across from the doctor and next to the chemist.
The doctor was thinking that Boobie was a goofy name for parent's to choose,but didn't say anything.
What is each person's occupation?

Ans: Since Dave spoke to the biologist and Ann sat next to the chemist and across the doctor, Cathy must be the author
and Ann the biologist.
The doctor didn't speak, but David did, so Bobbie is the doctor and Dave the chemist.

30.Replace each letter by a digit.
Each letter must be represented by the same digit and no beginning letter of a word can be 0.

O N E
O N E

O N E

O N E3
-------
T E N

Ans: 0 =1, N = 8 ,E = 2, T = 733

PAPER ON 21ST JULY2007

APTITUDE:

All questions were of REASONING type -----30 questions(R.S Aggarwal reasoning book is more than enough)

here time management is very important

One question was time consuming for me and

that was from the puzzle test so be prepared wid all 7 models of PUZZLE TEST

we had DATA INTETERPRETATION and as i couldnt solve the 1st question properly i had to solve this

so dont waste time for the questions u cannot solve instead do the one which is easier n refer(r s aggarwal quantitative aptitude for this)

mostly bar charts,tables and pi charts are given(we were given a table)

5 questions were from FIGURES

we were given 3 figures followed by a '?'

in this the 1st two figures are have some relationship b/w them n based on that we hav to pick an answer figure which matches the 3rd figure

this was an easy one

5 questions were from SYLLOGISM

this was a bit different from wht i thought

they give 5 statements naming them a,b,c,d,e

then the answers choices were like 3 were paired eg:1)abe 2)dbe 3)aeb 4)dae

n we hav to find the pair which corretly matchs it if u do r.s aggarwal n r perfect wid all rules of syllogism i dont thing this would b tough

5 questions were of DATA SUFFICIENCY type

i felt this was easy

the questions i remember were from mensuration,length of train,ages of people

thts it in this part, we were not told the cutoff but i think its better to try for atleast 20 out of 30

VERBAL:

40 questions were there

i scored 24 marks

there were 2 RCs one was of 2 pages i attempted in the last 5 min but i did it well i believe

then we had

correction of sentences

fill in the blank with correct word

around 5to 6 passages for which we had go choose the correct summary

u hav to read these very fast

time management is very very imp. here

do not waste even one min looking here and there coz tht one min costs a loooooooot

finally i was called my name for HR n i was on the top of the world

i actually got thru wipro also but the joy of getting into a dream company is just great

one should definately experience it

HR:

One important thing is tht dont think tht its just HR

u should always remember tht there is one more hurdle to pass

in my 1st interview i hav learnt a lot "wht to do n wht not to do in the HR round" so if u hav not yet been placed then first analyze why tht has happened n try to improve on that coz there r huge oppertunities in this world

some way or the other u can get thru once u improve on ur flaws

so be confident and dont be jelous abt the ones who hav already got its a very bad thing

My HR round was coool

HR: come in swathi

me: yes sir

HR: cmon take ur seat

me: thank u sir (he had asked my resume and asked me to sign on it n also at few places on the application form)

HR: so ur father works as so n so

me: yes sir

HR: so where does he work

me: said

HR: do u hav ny bros or siss

me: said

HR: whr did he do his scholling

me: said (so be prepared wid ur family members' details also)

HR: so ur hobbies r travelling n music

me: yes sir

HR: whre hav u travelled

me: said a lot of places in India n i mentioned tht i like cold places

HR: k then which was the coldest place u saw

me: shillong in winter, then comes munnar

HR: so would there b snow fall fall

me: (me sadly)no sir yet to see such a place once

HR: do u like travelling coz of ur fathers transferable job

me: no sir even otherwise i never miss a chance to travel

HR: he gave me 3 topics and asked me to speak on 1

me: spoke abt supermarket (he was impressed)

HR: is there an incident in ur life whr u hav improved or had to changed ur work culture

me: said

HR: then she asked me abt my paper presentation(it was on face detection which comes under AI)

HR: how would u explain to a 7th class kid abt AI

me: i definately had an answer for tht so i answered n i think he was happy wid my answer

HR: k swathi there r 6 matchsticks here arrange them so that "each one touches one another"

me : i could make 5 to touch each other but not the 6th one

HR: then he asked me to make 4 equlateral triangles with those sticks

me: (the answer is to make a pyramid out of it)i almost did it then he sait to leave it aside

HR: k so wht sports do u play

me: i enjoy playing badminton and these days i hav started playing TT too n i njoy tht too

HR: do u hav ny questions

me: asked 2 questions n he had answered them very patiently

HR: k then u can leave now and cal the next person and ALL the Best

me: thank u sir

PAPER ON 17th JULY MJCET , HYDERABAD2007

Hello friends , this is harsha tumuluri, i would like to thank all the students who gave their suggestions at the frehshersworld.com....we had our infosys campus placement today at Muffakham jah college of engg and technology , it was an oncampus for us....

At first the pre placement talk will be given , please do listen to that carefully and if possible jot down some necessary points...i would rather suggest u to learn about the history of inofosys from the wikipedia.org or u can go to the infosys website....

After the preplacement talk we were asked to fill up the forms , the details of that will be given by the ppl over there...but do fill ur %'s correctly as they may later on verify and they even take the signature from u stating that all the data written on that form is true...

QUANTITATIVE EXAM: 30 questions 40 minutes
1) The quant paper was average , the first question was a shocker and it was a big paragraph in which a question related to the card game "flash"
was asked(sorry i dont remember)
2) Questions 5 to 10 were on the figures , 3 figures will be given and u have to spot the next figure.
U can get these questions from classifications chapter in R S Agarwal(non verbal reasoning)
3) Questions 10-15 were on data sufficiency(RS Agarwal section 1 verbal and non verbal)
4) Questions 15-20 were on data interpretation ,some pie chart was given and questions were asked on that.(data interpretation RS agarwal
quantitative aptitude book)
5) Questions 20-25 were on questions like u need to contruct a table and fill in the date to answer such question.(I would suggest u to do the
entire puzzle test chapter in the RS agarwal verbal n non verbal reasoning book perfectly)
6) Questions 25-30 were syllogisms, they were not the regular syllogism's like 2 statements will be given and u need to derive a conclusion , 6
statements were given and u need to find out the corect combination of the sentences which form a sense.
These type of problems can be found in RS agrawal(verbal n non verbal ssection 2 -logic) do all of them.

Blood relations,number ranking sequence ,series , cubes and dices are very important although they were not asked for us....

ENGLISH EXAM: 40 questions 30 mins
If ur basics are strong then no need to go through any books , yeah but if u want to have practice then try to solve the problems of wren and martin grammer n composition
(prepositions, tenses,direct and indirect speech,conditions statements)
2 RC's will be given , dont start with this , time will not be sufficient...
start with other sections like sentence corection(10 Q's) , fill with appropriate word (10 Q's), deriving conclusion from the passages(10 Q's).
some people wuld suggest to solve CAT problems for this but i personally feel that the questions given were not even close to the CAT standard....they were very simple.
But yeah u can go thru the correct usage of the tenses and prepostions from the CAT material...
We waited for 2 hrs and after that the results were declared , i was shortlisted..

HR INTERVIEW:
Try to stay very cool and calm , i know that it is very tough but just try to b e relaxed. Don't panic b4 the interviewer , just consider them as ur frends or consider him as a person who doesnt know anything and u are explaining to him!! Keep smiling and be confident , they look at ur confidence....They will have a look at ur resume and then ask questions from them , will give u a sheet of paper in which there will be 5 topics u have to choose one and speak on that topic , one real time problem will be given and how do u face that...and finally puzzles will be asked..
be prepared with topics like IT companies growth , which sectors in india are considered to develop in the next few years....If u have organized any event then they will ask u about that event n the difficulties faced in that event and how did u overcome it?? few puzzles will be given like

1)how can u make 5 one rupee coins to touch each other...every coin shud touch the other 4 coins...
2) U are given a 3 containers 20 liters , 5 liters and 3 liters and the 20 litre can is full of milk , u need to get 4 liters of milk somehow by using all the containers..
3) 6 match sticks will be given u need to contruct a structure such that it has 4 equilateral triangles...ans is contruct a pyramid with base as triangle

Guys be careful about ur hobbies , one of my frends said that his hobby was volleyball and immediately the HR person asked doubts like what is the weight of the ball , dimentions of the court and height of net etc.....the interviewer is just trying to annoy u by asking these questions , dont panic and say confidently that u dont know!
or else u learn every thing about ur hobbies....I am a fan of tennis so b4 going to the interview i learned that weight of the tennis ball is 57g and height of the net is 36 inches in the middle and 42 at the ends , the different courts and etc....
go to wikipedia.org to find out more information

PAPER ON 26th JUNE AT HYDERABAD

hi, This isVAMSI iam from biomedical engg,JBIT,i got selected for infosys,here is the whole test paper.There will be two rounds one is the written test and the other is HR.In written test thr will be two sections:

1.General aptitude
2.Verbal

the aptitude section is given 40 min to solve and the verbal is given 30 min. if u prepare well for the exam u can solve aptitude section in less than 40 min

1.In general aptitude the first q is on cubes,the q goes like:There is a cube of size 15cm and is cut equally into smaller cubes of 3cm each and is painted with red ,yellow and green on opposite sides based on these answer the following q
(1)how many number of cubes will be there with no sides painted??
(2)how many number of cubes will be there with 1 side painted???
(3)how many number of cubes will be there with 2 sides painted
(4)how many number of cubes will be there with 3 different colours painted on there sides?and one mre q i couldnt rememberbut it was an easy one,i solved it in less than 2min.

2.this is to find the missing figure.one can solve this easily by jst looking at it.its very easy.
3.this one is on data sufficiency.even this is easy,.concentrate on SI,CI,profit and loss,geometry.
4.DI.this is the difficult section ive come across..do this at last.the q goes like ,there is an hydropower station ,the water is stored in the reservoir and is usedto run the turbines ,the water in it is drained bewen 5pm and 8pm andreplenished between 5am to 10am ,the next day and the content in it is measured at 11am.and below a tabular column is given with some unknown parameters a,b,c,d,e,f,g.we need to find them.it si very time consuming

5.this one is a puzzle..u find this type of problems in VERBAL AND NONVERBAL REASONING BY RS AGARWAL..go through "puzzle test" exercise in it.this one is also easy but a bit tricky
6.this one is based on syllogisms...goin through syllogsm exercise in RS agarwal jst gives u an idea on how to solve,but the one u get in infosys exam are pretty different from those in RSagarwal ,there is no necessity to remember those 9 rules dont waste time by doin so..the model which we came across in the exam is like:

they will give u five statements a,b,c,d,e. and below 4 options each option consists of three statements like abc or adc or bcd .we need to find the option basing on the condition that the last statement should be derived form first two.even this section is easy..

2. Verbal...this section is very easy and needs no kind of preparation.u can do it if u r good at grammar..

next is HR..they jst see how u r responding,ur communication skills.most of the interviewers asked abt situational q and puzzles...it doesnt matter whether u solve it or not..but don give up keep on trying....if u get a good score in written test ur chance of gettin into infy wll b high.

HOPE,THIS PAPER WILL HELP U..........

PAPER ON 19TH JUNE

QUANTITATIVE:::::(30 MARKS)
5 MARKS::u got to be perfect at deductions....i e syllogisms...do thm welll..easy way of scoring

5 MARKS::next i wasnt prepared wth data interpretation....but got a very simple problem wth it....EASY TO SCORE...

5 MARKS::data sufficiecy probs will cme for sure ...easy only depends on question u get must be perfect wth concepts like time nd work stuff in aptitude....concepts will be sufficient

5 MARKS::the 1 to 5 questions,,,,i got were very difficult....i couldnt do thm at all...nd many also found tht difficult....it was on ages....one wat bigger when sme conditions were given....sort of reasoning question.....

5 MARKS::arrangement or selection type questions can score easily.......

5 MARKS::figure questons...like given set of figures...find odd man out will be one sort nd other is...fine the next preceeding one..i got the secnd type...for this u need to refer verbal nd non verbal r s aggarwal for sure.......
quantitative will be quite easy except one set.....where i feeel u can do it by seeing options...refer verbal nd non verbal by r s agarwaal...nd doo time matl....

VERBAL(40 MARKS)
PEOPLE SAY CUTOFF WILL BE MAINLY ON HW U DO VERBAL.....
GETTING EXCELLENT IN QUANT..ND GETTING LESS IN VERBAL IS NT GOING TO HELP U AT ALLL...ull be having a seperate cut off for verbal...
verbal i think it was 30 min 40 questions....nd im damn sure time wnt be sufficient

5 MARKS::deriving conclusions from passages...u got to do this frm r s agarwaal..this will be helpful..nd try to read the small para or senetences thorughly first time this will help u...nd easy to score..

SENTENCE COMPLETION::i think it was 6 to 8 marks...it will be easy..do sme practice frm general grammar books or time matls...nd crt matls....one or 2 mite be toug..

SENTENCE CORRECTION::this depends on u...practice thm welll...long sentence with a a bit long underlined part will be givenn....it will be easy only errors will be on tenses nd spellings...nd others will be general corrctions..one was like error in rise and raise which i got....
so u got to see the question carefullly

10MARKS::2 reading comprehensions will be given each sme one and half page.its tough to read it nd generally all of thm do it at end...many do it at end
main thing to note here is 2 to 3 questions will be frm 1 st para.....nd last will be frm last 2 paras...oone mite be sme conclusion sort of thing which ull be able to guess....

THT S IT WTH INFI...APTITUDE...IF U COMPLETE APTITUDE 80% IS OVER.....
NEXT HR....
SME HR S MITE BE RASH LIKE THEY DNT C UR FACE WHN U SAY GUD MRNING SORT OF....OT MITE HURT ALSO BEING NON IT Y DO U WANNA ME CANT U GET SETTLED IN UR FIELD....ND STUFF....
BUT ONE THING U GOT TO KNOW IS........BE DAMN COOOOOL...DNT FEEL NERVOUS AT ALLL..IF THY GET TO SEE UR NERVOUS....IM SURE THY WILL TRY TO ELIMINATE U...BY SME MEANS....ASING TOUGH QUESTIONS ND STUF...
BE PREPARED WTH TELL ME ABT URSLEF ND ALL.....THY WILL ASK U UR WEAKNESS ND WAT HE DOES IT AFFECT U AND ALLL..
PREPARE HR QUESTIONS.....PUZZLES....
SME EASY PUZZLES....WILL B ASKED....U NEED NOT GET THE SOLUTION...JUS U GOT TO TRY IT WITH IN TIME ND C THT U GET THE MOST ACCURATE SOLUTIONS...
ND U MITE BE DOING SHAKUNTALA DEVI...MOSTLY PUZZLES WILL BE ON HW TO ARRANGE MATCH STICKS CIRCLES...COINS.....CAKES...CANDLES...ROPE ...ND SME LIKE 3 MONEKY EAT 3 BANANAS IN DAYS HW MUCH TIME DOES IT TAKE FOR 4 MONKEYS TO EAT 4 BANANAS......ND IF U ANSWER THT THY WILL REVERSE THE QUESTION LIKE HW MANY MONKEYS CAN EAT 12 BANANS IN 12 DAYS ULL GET A LOGIC CHANGE HERE

ND EVEN IF U TELLING WRONG BE CONFIDENT
SAY THT U R 100% SURE....ND BE CONFIDENT ND COOL...DNT GET NERVOUS...TRY TO SPEAK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE......
HE WILL ASK U TO SPEAK ABT SME TOPIC....HE MITE GIVE U A GENERAL TOPIC..OR HE MITE ASK US TO CHOOSE BY OUR OWN....
ND ASUSUAL THERE WILL BE SITUATION...THY MITE ASK NYTHING....
LIKE THY ASKED WHM DO U WANT TO BE???
ONE OF MA FREN ANSWERED RAJINIKANNTH...SHE NEXT SHOWERED HIM WTH A FEW DIFFICULT HR QUESTIONS.....AND HE LOST
SO BE CAREFUL IN ANSWERING SUCH QUESTIONNS.......

ND PREPARE ABT WAT U WANNA SAY UR WEAKNESS WELLL...
BECAUSE IT WAS OFF CAMPUS...SME GAL FRM OTHER COLLEGE TOLD THT HER WEAKNESS WAS SHORT TEMPER....THT HR JUS SIMPLY TOLD HER TO GET OUT...SO BE CAREFULLL....
THT S IT GUYS ABT INFI....

PAPER ON 22nd MAY AT VISAKHAPATNAM

hi all frehsers, n engineers....recently infosys visited our campus ( ANITS, Visakhapatnam) on 22nd may 2007.233 candidates appeared only from our coll. and at the end 99 made through.

The written exam pattern is completely changed it consists of two sections :
---Reasoning
---Verbal ability

In Reasoning all over 30questions were asked for 35minutes
1st five questions are of "Number Ranking and sequencing"

few questions which i remember:
1. IF Ram's rank from the beginning is 10th in a classroom of students and ranks 12th from the last. how many students are there in the classroom.
ANS. 9 students before ram +ram+ 11 students from end==== 9+1+11=21
similarly some models of above..

2. IF therre are 31 students in a classroom and if ram stands 13th from beginning ,wat is his rank from the end.?

3. IF Ram ranks 12th from beginning and Shyam ranks 11th from end . and if Ram and Shyam exchange their places. then Shyam's rank from end is 15th from end . wat is the rank of Ram from the beginning now?

4.& 5. similar model.
6----10 questions were based on missing figures ,
11----15 were based on DATA SUFFICENCY (easy ones only)
16--20 were based on data interpretation
A pie chart which gives the distribution of the "times group magazine"it consists of two cirlces ,the incircle gives the disturbution of one newspaper "times of india" and the outcirlce gives the distribution of " indiatimes.com" on same parameters.......
5 questions were asked on this piechart
doesnt need much of calculations...

21--25 seating arrangemnt of 11 students A,B,C,D,E.F,G,H,I,J,K. ( 4 CONDITIONS WERE GIVEN LIKE)
D ,who sits to immeidite left of E,is 2nd to the left of C.

26----30 "SYLLOGISMS" we have to draw the conclusion of two statements which are logically connected,,,it is based on distribution lists of subject and predicate in both statements,..verify " logical reasonin g by r s agarwal,or time material of reasoning"
example: some cats are dogs.
all dogs are pigs.
the conlcusion for this is " some pigs are cats"

the second paper is " VERBAL; ABILITY"----OBJECTIVE--40MIN
1---5 READING COMPREHENSION
5--10 READING COMPREHENSION( ONE EASY ONE TOUGH)
11---20 Find the correct statement from the options( grammer part jjust go through all ur basics tenses , prepostions)
21 ---25 a statement is given where the underlined phrase or line has to be corrected
we have to find the right choice from the options;<>
26---30 fill in the blanks with the right option there again tenses ,prepostions,,conjunctions,,
30---40 logical reasoning where a certain situation is given we have to find the conclusion of it or the assumption of the author...
in verbal ability time management is important ...

ALL THE BEST to be INFOSCIANS

PAPER ON 19TH MAY

1.Apptitude n Reasoning
2.English

1.Apptitude n Reasoning: In this section the time alloted is 45mins for 30 questions.It consists of,
* 5 ques based on the data given (In our paper we had the data given about colours tht painted on a six sided cube n ques based on the data)
* 5 ques based on Odd fig out.(A bit easy)
* 5 ques on Data Sufficiency.
* 5 ques on Data Interpretation.(Learn abt. Bar charts,Pie charts,line graphs,etc...)
* 5 ques based on an anlytical problem.(Here v have to corelate the given facts with the help of a table n in our paper it was a bit difficult)
* 5 ques based on 9 rules of Syllogism.(plz learn the 9 rules of syllogism from R.S.Agarwal perfectly so tht u can answer thm very easily)

The way i have answered was...first i answered data related ques i.e,abt the cube colours n thn syllogism ques,next odd fig out n thn data sufficiency next data interpretation n at last analytical problem....In this way I was able to answer most of the questions....

2.English: In this section the time alloted is 35mins for 40 ques. It consists of,
* 10 ques on Comprehension passages(v will have two long passages given n 5 ques each based on each passage.plz don't start with this...)
*10 ques based on Correction of sentences(don't start with this also)
* 7 ques based on correcting the underlined phrase.
* 7 ques based on filling with an appropriate word.(Better to start with this)
* 6 ques based on paragraph n inferences(easy)

On the whole,the paper is not tht much hard to tackle but our reading speed n understanding power plays an important role...Let me tel how I have ansewered it in time...first i started with filling the appropriate word,next correcting underlined phrases n thn paragraph inferences n thn correction of sentences....n thn i was left with 10 mins...now i read the questions n the options given for comprehension n thn i searched for the answers in the given passage....so in this way I was able to answer most of the ques given...in this way i was able to answer my paper within time...whenever u feel a ques is a bit difficult plz leave it n go for the next one...don't waste even a single second...

Our test was completed by 1:20 n our results were announced at 5:30p.m n thn v had our HR interview immediately....a total of 51 members out of 150,were selected from our colg after the written test. Now let me share my HR interview experience

PAPER ON 12TH MAY

THE WRITTEN TEST PAPER--------
APTITUTE-(30 mins)

1) THE FIRST TYPE QUESTION(1-5) was a puzzle..it was something like there were 4 guests n the two host sitting on the dining table.the two hosts sit opposite..no two males sit together(it wa something like tht i dont exactly remember)..It was quite tricky and i would suggest u to attempt those at the last...

2)THE SECOND TYPE OF QUESTION(6-10) was based on figure...most of them were adjusted clockwise or anticlockwise..give a try..i hope it works for u too..

3)THE THIRD TYPE OF QUESTION(11-15) was the general puzzle question from RS Agarwal a bit time consumingbut u can do it...

4)THE FOURTH TYPE OF QUESTION(16-20)was data intepretion..this was a simple question like the other br graph questions given in RS AGARWAL..But was time consuming..So hurry through...Dont waste time looking around..And always keep calm n cool..

5)THE FIFTH TYPE OF QUESTION(21-25) were the data sufficiency questions(all of them were numerical)..For solving these questions u need to hv a knowledge of the data required to solve a question...For example if u have to find the volume of a cylinder u should know its height and radius..

6)THE SIXTH TYPE OF QUESTION(26-30) was based on syllogism..well practice them from RS AGARWAL and i will suggest u to try them with the help of venn diagram and u will do it in a flash..

ENGLISH-(40min) It had 40 questions-
1)TIPS:....just practise from any of your school days books and thats more than sufficient.and do pay enphasis on GRAMMAR.
TYPE 1) 2 Passages: the lengthiest of the questions...as every prior infoscian i too would suggest to attemp them at the last
TYPE 2) 2-3 lines given with a part underlined(containing silly grammatical mistake) .Take it as a late birthday gift..It cant get easier than that.
TYPE 3) a word was given and the closest meaning was to be selected.TIPS: :read carefully and analyse which is most suited.Its actually general words but or a bit tougher..But u can do it if u analyse carefully.
type 4) 7-8 lines complex paragraph and 4 options to each were given,we were supposed to relate each sentence with the paragraph and
choose the one which can be directly concluded from the passage.These were quite easy.I suggest you try these with a calm mind..

THE RESULTS FOR THE WRITTEN WERE SCHEDULED AT 3.30 BUT WERE DECLARED AFTER AN HOUR DELAY,59 WERE SHORTLISTED(however everyone was expecting the figure to be a lot more than this) IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RESULTS THE STREAM OF INTERVIEW STARTED.

PAPER ON 10TH MAY

APTITUDE TEST:
1) A,B,C,D,E,F,G are seven friends..each of them hv a 7 digit phone no. with nos in cylic manner ...none of d nos get repeated..no phone number has digits 0,1 or 9....B has d ph no. in strictly ascending order..2 is the second last digit of A's phone no....2 is the middle digit of C's no...and sm more data were given... u need to find the phone nos of all the friends..and answer 5 ques that follow..easy one..

2) ques n Data Interpretation...5 ques to b answerd tht follow..easy one..
3)question on logical reasoning..very easy...there r 4 batsmen..sachin,ravi,kambli,dravid.....n info about each of them was given..cud b solved easily..just prepare the rows and columns n complete the table..5 ques to be answered that follow..
4) 5 ques on triangle congruency and similarity,basic maths..
5) 5 ques on Data sufficiency
6) spot the odd fig out(5 ques)

VERBAL TEST:
1) 10 ques
two passages..5-5 ques to be answered for each..

2) 5 ques
choose the grammatically correct sentence from the options given below(5 ques)........ refer either ren n martin or sm good CAT material..atleast brush up the basics b4 appearing for the test cuz the options look nearly similar..

3) 5 ques
choose the optiion which makes the sentence grammatically correct..that is, a part of the sentence is underlined and u r to choos e frm the option ,the phrase which is correct...again refer gud CAT material..

4)5 ques
fill in the blanks with a proper word...easy ones

5) 10 ques
Read the small para given..and conclude the para with a proper option..

HR INTERVIEW:
I was called twice for the interview..probably cuz i made many blunders in the first interview..

1ST INTERVIEW:(LONG ONE,LASTD FOR 45 MIN)
1)tell me bout urself..
tell him bout ur strengths n ur qualities ..he doesnt want ur formal intro..
2)tell me smthin u did creative in ur school days
3)do u have a boyfriend??
4)what all qualities wud u wish ur spouse shd have??
5)will u marry a guy who si honest but poor??
will u marry a guy who is poor cuz he s honest?
6)wud u lie for the company?
7)what wud u do if ur father is very sick and u rnt granted the leave cuz there is tonnes of work left??
9)wud u join the company now??
10)tell me if u hv workd in a grp??
11)what will u do if sm1 keeps sending u vulgar messages on ur cell and doesnt stop at ne cost??

2ND INTERVIEW: (askd mainly from the resume)
1)why did u take up electronics engg?
2)askd bout windows vista,wifi technology..
3)askd about the project..speed car design n micromouse..
4)some simple hr ques frrm rthe resume..
5)wud u like to ask ne ques??

PAPER ON 4TH MAY

WRITTEN TEST:
u all must be knowing pattern of infy...
two papers 1st RESONING IN THIS 30 QUES TO BE ANSWERED IN 40 MINUTE......

PATTERN OF RESONING:
QUES 1 TO 5 : A,B,C,D ,E,F r five cities , their populaton r given ,and a problem is given based upon some many condition like two cities have industry ,industry r in the cities wherae population is greater than 20 lakhs,position of these five cities according to the latitude ,longitude is given then they ask some q. from those conditions.its a analytical reasoning type Q. …. Do’t try it first if u r not perfect in it.
QUES 6-10: find the figure which is dissimilar in the given five figures…Very easy
QUES 11-15 : DATA SUFFICIENCY…seriously check the conditions they r belongs to elementary maths ………. AGAIN EASY
QUES 16-20 : Data Interpitation …….pi chart Q.
PI CHART JUST DO SOME CALCULATION BASED ON % AND U CAN GET THE ANSWERS
QUES 21-25: a analytical problem
a bit tricky corelate the facts wit the help of table and u can get the ans.....
ques 26-30 logic : EASIEST AND TIME SAVING SEGMENT IF U KNOW THOSE 9 RULES of syllogoism ....

THIS IS FOLLOWED BY ENGLISH: THIS SEGMENT IS LENGTHY AND TOUGH....
40 QUES IN 35 MIN
ques - 1 to 10 : long and big comprehension,,,,they r easy but dont try to solve it first
ques--11-20 : find the correct sentence among four sentences...long sentences r there so dont start with this part also .
ques 21-27 one sentence is given with underlined phases correct that phrase....easy
ques 28-35 fill in the blanks (purely grammer based segment) …….easiest
ques36-40 : paragraph and inferences easiest part in this whole tough and lengthy english paper...
dont take english lightly as there is section cutoff..........try to learn all the grammer rules and practie as much as possible....
time factor is the key for written exams and try to answer all the ques as there is no negative marking specially in english...
OUT OF AROUND 150 + CANDIDATES ONLY 32 QUALIFY IN WRITTEN

INTERVIEW:

as far as interiew is concerned if u can speak english clearly and have good communication skills then u r in…………..

prepare national,international,business and political news From gk it is very important to have knowledge of gk in infy’s interview....

chief ministers of states, chief justice,governor of rbi etc...

he may ask puzzle tell him the approach even if ur approach is wrong then also tell him that wrong approach.

THEY ASK ALL WHICH U MENTION IN UR RESUME. SO WE PREPARE FOR IT

MY INTERVIEW:

Q.HAVE U SELECTED IN ANY OTHER COMPANY?

A.YES SIR ,IN TECH MAHINDRA (SINCE INFY IS IN DREAM SLOT IN OUR COLLEGE).

Q.HOW IS UR ENLISH?

Q. WHO IS OUR PRESIDENT,FINANCE MINISTER,DEFENCE MINISTER?

Q WHO IS THE CHIEF OF ARMY, AIR FORCE,NAVY?(sincc I m a NCC cadet)

QWHICH TYPE OF LENSES R THERE IN UR SPECK?

Q.TELL A MOVEMENT OF UR LIFE WHERE U SHOW THE LEADERSHIP QUALITY?

Q. WHO WROTE OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM AND NATIONAL SONG?

Q. WHO IS THE CAPTAIN OF WEST INDIES , BANGLADESH CRICKET TEAMs?

Q COMMENT ON CAPTAINSHIP OF RAHUL DRAVID?

Q. HOW MANY cm. R THERE IN AN inch?

Q. A PUZZLE IN WHICH THEY ASK ME ABOUT THE MASS OF A CUBOID WHEN ITS DENSITY (IN gm./cc)&DIMENSIONS IN

INCHES ARE GIVEN?

Q.QUES. ABOUT MY HOBBIES AND EXPLANATION OF EACH?

Q.NAME ANY FIVE STRONG CURRENCIES NAME?

Q.AT WHAT ANGLE A GUN IS FIRIED TO REACH MAX.DISTANCE? ANS. 45 DEGREE

Q.WHAT IS THE MEANING OF BRIC? ANSWER:( BRAZIL , RUSSIA , INDIA , CHINA )

I ANSWER THESE ALL Q. WELL


THE 2 Q. WHOM DO I NOT ANSWER

Q. WHAT IS THE NAME OF A FIGURE remaining after WE CUT A CONE FROM TOP PARALLEL TO ITS BASE?

Q .WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF WESTINDIES?

PAPER ON 20TH April

WRITTEN: --------
(1)REASONING: --------it comprised of 30 questions to be answered within 40 mins.R.S. Aggarwal is the key man. For this section maximum ques. were directly frm it.
---6 sections---------5 questions were in each section.

Section 1:
A simple puzzle based on cube. A cube painted---6 faces----6 colors. detailed account was given.----------R.S. Aggarwal-Ex.14B page-359, q. no. 4.

Section 2:
Figure series -> 5 ques. a bit tricky, but R.S. Aggarwal more than suff. for practice.

Section 3:
Data sufficiency. 5 ques.-very very easy (R.S. Aggarwal)

Section 4:
Data Interpretation-2 figs.(correct ans. in this section would make a difference)

Section 5:
Tough puzzle--time consuming. but then good news was that, it was directly frm R.S. Aggarwal. Suppose not practiced earlier, try to extract answers. Don’t just make blind guesses.
Ques. was:--5 boys, A,B,C,D,E-two r good, one is poor................like that {page no 302, ques no 21-25(jumbled puzzles) of R.S. Aggarwal}

Section 6:
Syllogism-> very, very, easy. Free marks to score. Again refer R.S. Aggarwal (sufficient)--- Section II: logical reasoning--page no 02(u will find it there.)

As 40 mins get over, don’t be in a hurry for making blind guesses of ur own. Only question paper will have to be submitted. After a gap of 5 mins u will get English paper. That means, in this 5 mins gap ……….u r smart enuf…..

English Paper
40 ques within 30 to 35 minutes……

This paper is the deciding factor for selection…u got to have more than 15 to 20 answers correct.

1. two passages 5+5=10 ques
2. error rectification (long sentences having mistakes of prepositions , sub verb aggrement….etc(ques 11-18)
3. Substitution of underlined part of sentence by correct phrase
4. fill in the blanks(options were tough words but commonly used) u have to know the meanings….
5. conclusion based on small paragraphs (or story)

Wren Martin will be a helping book

PAPER ON 17 APRIL
u all must be knowing pattern of infy...

two papers 1st RESONING IN THIS 30 QUES TO BE ANSWERED IN 40 MINUTE......CONC. ON THIS PART AS PUZZLES ARE NOT REALLY TOUGH IF U CAN MAKE TABLE AND CORELATE ALL THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN PUZZLE.

PATTERN OF RESONING:
QUES 1 TO 5 : A,B,C,D ARE 4 PERSON.ALL AE SOME MONEY THEIR SUM IS 100 AND A AND B HAVE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT C AND D HAVE.A HAS MORE MONEY THAN B.C HAVE HALF OF MONEY TAT D HAVE.AND A = D+5.....ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

1.who has the highest amount?
2.how much money does B have.
3. what is the ratio of C:D.
4.who have second highest money.

QUES 6-10: find the 6th figure in the series.
QUES 11-15 : DATA SUFFICIENCY AGAIN EASY
QUES 16-20 : D I
BAR CHART JUST DO SOME CALCULATION AND U CAN GET THE ANSWERS
QUES 21-25; PUZZLE
a bit tricky corelate the facts wit the help of table and u can get the ans.....
ques 26-30 logic : EASIEST AND TIME SAVING SEGMENT IF U KNOW THOSE 9 RULES....

THIS IS FOLLOWED BY ENGLISH: THIS SEGMENT IS LENGTHY AND TOUGH....
40 QUES IN 35 MIN
ques - 1 to 10 : long and big comprehension,,,, dont try to solve it first
ques--11-20 : find the correct sentence among four sentences...long sentences r there so dont start with this part also,,
ques 21-27 one sentence is given with underlined phases correct that phrase....
ques 28-35 fill in the blanks (purely grammer based segment)
ques36-40 : paragraph and inferences easiest part in this whole tough and lengthy english paper...
dont take english lightly as there is section cutoff..........try to learn all the grammer rules and practie as much as possible....

as far as interiew is concerned if u can speak english clearly and have good communication skills then u r in...prepare national,international,business and political news From gk.... chief ministers of states, chief justice,governor of rbi etc...
he may ask puzzle tell him the approach even if ur approach is wrong then also tell him that wrong approach.
he asked me 1 puzzle i told him two appraoches both were wrong but now i m in infosys.....time factor is the key for written exams and try to answer all the ques as there is no negative marking specially in english...
in interview try to answer all the ques confidentally which he ask even if u r wrong then also answer it confidentally.....


INFOSYS PAPER ON 17th APRIL AT NOIDA

following process.....
1.reporting time --- 8:00 am
2. PPT ----around 9:30 am
3.form filling followed by written exam ---- 11:00 am
4.results of written---- 2:00pm
5.interiew(h.r non technical)---2:30 pm
6.final list of selected students--- 9:00 pm

ELIGIBILITY: FOR CBSE AND ICSE: 65,65,65 IN 10th 12th AND B.TECH (RELAXATION IN ONE)
FOR U.P AND BIHAR BOARG 60,60 IN 10TH AND 12TH AND 65 IN .TECH(NO RELAXATION)

FORM FILLING : U MUST HAVE ONE PHOTOGRAPH...AND IF U HAVE ANY REFERENCE WHO IS IN INFY THEN U CAN MENTION IT ALSO.......

NOTE: be careful in formfilling because in hr interview they will check the form and ask ques from that only.my hr havent asked for my resume but u have to carry ur resume...

WRITTEN TEST:
u all must be knowing pattern of infy...

two papers 1st RESONING IN THIS 30 QUES TO BE ANSWERED IN 40 MINUTE......CONC. ON THIS PART AS PUZZLES ARE NOT REALLY TOUGH IF U CAN MAKE TABLE AND CORELATE ALL THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN PUZZLE.

PATTERN OF RESONING:
QUES 1 TO 5 : A,B,C,D ARE 4 PERSON.ALL AE SOME MONEY THEIR SUM IS 100 AND A AND B HAVE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT C AND D HAVE.A HAS MORE MONEY THAN B.C HAVE HALF OF MONEY TAT D HAVE.AND A = D+5.....ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

1.who has the highest amount?
2.how much money does B have.
3. what is the ratio of C:D.
4.who have second highest money.

QUES 6-10: find the 6th figure in the series.
QUES 11-15 : DATA SUFFICIENCY AGAIN EASY
QUES 16-20 : D I
BAR CHART JUST DO SOME CALCULATION AND U CAN GET THE ANSWERS
QUES 21-25; PUZZLE
a bit tricky corelate the facts wit the help of table and u can get the ans.....
ques 26-30 logic : EASIEST AND TIME SAVING SEGMENT IF U KNOW THOSE 9 RULES....

THIS IS FOLLOWED BY ENGLISH: THIS SEGMENT IS LENGTHY AND TOUGH....
40 QUES IN 35 MIN
ques - 1 to 10 : long and big comprehension,,,, dont try to solve it first
ques--11-20 : find the correct sentence among four sentences...long sentences r there so dont start with this part also,,
ques 21-27 one sentence is given with underlined phases correct that phrase....
ques 28-35 fill in the blanks (purely grammer based segment)
ques36-40 : paragraph and inferences easiest part in this whole tough and lengthy english paper...
dont take english lightly as there is section cutoff..........try to learn all the grammer rules and practie as much as possible....

as far as interiew is concerned if u can speak english clearly and have good communication skills then u r in...prepare national,international,business and political news From gk.... chief ministers of states, chief justice,governor of rbi etc...
he may ask puzzle tell him the approach even if ur approach is wrong then also tell him that wrong approach.
he asked me 1 puzzle i told him two appraoches both were wrong but now i m in infosys.....time factor is the key for written exams and try to answer all the ques as there is no negative marking specially in english...
in interview try to answer all the ques confidentally which he ask even if u r wrong then also answer it confidentally.....

infosys is not very difficult to crack just concentrate on written exam specially in english if u get through written the u can easily get through hr....

ALL THE BEST FRIENDS




INFOSYS PAPER ON 10th APRIL

Written test:
duration- 45 min
questions -30
the test was tough but can be cleared with not much trouble if one lays emphasis on time management .....and off-course c2d policy can give help

Q 1-5 data interpretation (need presence of mind) i don't remember the full question but it was almost like ----
gopal and mohan bought 2 types of trees lemon and coconut in the ratio 1:5
gopal spent 2 lacs in other thingd like levelling,labour etc,,they totally invested 12 lakhs after they sold coconuts they got 5,00,000.as revenue ,,, total field was 5 hectares ,, and the output of fields were in the ratio 2:3 ,,they sold a coconut for Rs.5 ques. were on to find the number of coconuts , the number of lemons total revenue of lemon etc ....ths was quite time consuming question

Q6-10images question five figures were given in each question ,, and we have to find the 6th of it from the options ,,(do it carefully)

Q11-15data sufficiency(very easy)
one quest was :: is g+3>h+2?
1.g>0and h>0 2.cube of g >cube of h
these question test the basics of a person these can be simple quadratic equation to even plus or minus questions...
Q16-20 a mix of data interpration and puzzle test (easiest ,,, mostly candidates did it orally )mainly it was like puzzle test but a tabular data was given to give it data interpretation type look,,,, i m sure everybody might have done it without much trouble

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
---------------------------------------------------
a 30 31 20 27 32
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b
----------------------------------------------------
c
----------------------------------------------------
d
some data was given like that i don't remember exactly
1. brand for which shares increases 3 times in a row is called 'strogn brand '
2. almost same sentence as 1 with consistent brand
3.
4.
5.
6.
some data as same as 1st was given ,, questions was to find the most consistent brand, to find the strongest brand..

Q20-25 puzzle test (tricky one)
ram ,lakhan and kishan are doctor,teacher and enggineer respectively ,, all are married with wives sita, gita and radha not in the same order ,,also working and some conditions were given such as
1.techer's wife also teaches
2.a secret affair of 2
3.
4.
5.
rest i can't remember sorry
the quest was to find -1who is doctor ,2 who is married to ram 3 who is martried to engg. 4. 5.aomething like that

Q26-30 syllogism (easy )
remember all nine rules given in R.S.Aggarwal verbal and non-verbal

the test can be cleared with ease and comfort but ensure that u keep it exactly in time ,, first do syllogism 5 questions will be done in atmost 2 minutes thn do data sufficiency (these 2 sections are straight forward quetion with no link to each other hence max. chance to get max. correct) then do puzzles as most students are strong in this region atmost 5-7 minutes after wards do as u like to other questions as all other are more time consuming

English : duratin-30 min question-40
English was basic but you have to be very careful
Q1-5 a big reading comprehension (need a lot of concentration)
Q6-10 reading comprehension but not so big
rest i don't remember the sequence
some 5 questions were on sentence correction (be careful ,all options are almost alike )you have to gramatically strong to get on these one's

soem 5 questions were on inference ,,( deduce wht the paragraph say)
i remember one was like ---- jim corbett was a famous tiger hunter ,he went to some forest in search a girl whom a tiger has taken with it ,, when he got to the tiger, he was with a colie,,, tiger has just finished eating the girl ,, despite of seeing jim corbett the tiger did't moved ,,,
options were lik
1' tiger was used to see jim corbett
2' animals unlike humans are not greedy and kill only when they are hungry
3' tiger was scared of jim corbett's colie (a name was given a don;t remember)
4'

other questins were grammer like fill in the blanks with appropriate words ,,



INFOSYS PAPER HELD IN NIET Noida CAMPUS 2007

campus held at NIET Noida on 3 rd April 2007

brief abt the paper
Paper had 2 different parts
1st was the Aptitude part which had 35 ques and the time limit was 40mins
2nd was English part having 40 ques and time limit was 40 mins

Aptitude Paper

A) there is a bookshelf in which books of six subjecs are piled up with diff page numbers.
six conditions were given on the basis of which
five questions were asked(conditions were quiet simple).


B) six people sat on a round table weraring T-shirts of six diff color each of them oredrs a diff dish.
8 clues were given and 5 question were asked on this

C) five interrelated figures are given and you are required to guess the 6th one by looking at the pattern of the previous 5
(5 questions of this type were given)

D) SET OF NEXT 5 QUESTION
three sentences for each question were given and 4 option were given which were
1)1st sentence is the onclusion of the other two
2)2nd is the conclusion of the other two
3)3rd sentence is the conclusion of other two
4)none of these

E) NEXT SET OF 5 QUESTIONS
a passage of 3 lines is given in each of the next 5 question after the passage a question is Based on the passage was there
after which it is asked
which line is required to answer the question
or the data is insufficient
or just hints of the question were given.


F) NEXT SET OF 5 QUESTION
question like
x <>
conditions
1) X=5
2) Y^2=6
OPTIONS GIVEN
1)both he conditions are required
2)only condition 1 is required
3)only condition 2 is reqd
4)none of cond reqd

G) LAST SET 5 QUESTIONS
were DATA INTERPRETATION QUESTIONS.
Bar graph depicting growth and line graph showing mining were given
(very simple 5 questions were based on this)



ENGLISH Paper

there were 2 passages having 5 question each
1st passage was a long one basde on LIFE HISTORY OF A SWISS NOVEL WRITER
2nd passage was a short one based on some BIOLOGICAL DISEASE SYNDROME.

NEXT 10 QUESTION WERE GRAMMATICAL BLANKS (VERY EASY)
NEXT 10 QUESTION 1 SENTENCE WAS GIVEN IN EACH WITH FOUR OPTION U HAVE TO PICK THE BEST SUITABLE VERB OR HELPING VERB
NEXT 10 QUESTION 1 ENTENCE WAS GIVEN IN EACH WHICH WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS YOU HAD TO REPLACE SOME PART WITH BEST SUITABLE OPTION AVAILABLE.