January 2011 Infosys Placement Paper:1) If a die has 1,6 and 3,4 and 2,5 opposite each other

how many such dies can be made. 2) There are three boxes , In one box Two white ba s , In two box 2 b ac! ba s In three box 1 white "1 b ac! The ab es on the boxes are not correct.Then you ha#e to open one box and to find the co our of the ba s in a boxes. $o ution% &pen the box ab ed b ac!" white If white ba s are there then the box ab ed with white ba s contain b ac! ba s and ab ed with b ac! ba s contain one b ac! and one white ba and #ice#ersa if two b ac! ba sare there. 3) there are containin' 5 , ( , 14 , 16 , 1) , 2* ba s of either red or b ue in co our. $ome boxes contain on y red ba s and others contain on y b ue . &ne sa es man so d one box out of them and then he says + I ha#e the same number of red ba s eft out as that of b ue +. ,hich box is the one he so ds out Ans : total no of balls = 89 and (89-29 /2 = 0/2 = !0 and a so 14 . 16 / 5 . ( . 1) / 30 4) 1 chain is bro!en into three pieces of e2ua enths containin' 3 in!s each. It is ta!en to a bac!smith to 3oin into a sin' e continuous one . 4ow many in!s are to to be opened to ma!e it - 1ns % 2. 5) when the actua time pass 1hr wa c oc! is 10 min behind it when 1 hr is shown by wa c oc!, tab e c oc! shows 10 min ahead of it when tab e c oc! shows 1 hr the a arm c oc! 'oes 5min behind it, when a arm c oc! 'oes 1 hr wrist watch is 5 min ahead of it assumin' that a c oc!s are correct with actua time at 12 noon what wi be time shown by wrist watch after 6 hr Ans---":#$:!2%" 5n 6 60 )50760 6 (0760 6 55760 6 65760 6) comp ete the fo owin' a. 8 9 9 8 : 9 - ; : : ; ; 8 - - some what simi ar i!e this...but not c ear. b. 1 , 3 , ( , 13 , 21 , << , 43 1ns % 31 c. 1, 3, *, << , 16*00 () 1 'ir too! part in a 5some) 'ame with many others in a circu ar c osed circuit. 1fter peda in' for se#era minutes, he found that 173th of the cyc ists ahead of her and 374th of the cyc ists behind him to'ether formed the tota no. of participants. 4ow many were participatin' in the race)) &= a pets i ha#e, except 2 a are rabbits &= a pets i ha#e, except 2 a are fish &= a pets i ha#e, except 2 a are cats 4ow many rabbits, fish and cats are there*) 'i#en carpenter . painter / 1100 painter . e ectrician / 3200 e ectrician . p umber / 5100 p umber . mason / 2200 mason . abour / 3000 abour . painter / 1100 find e#ery person>s cash- 5i dont !now the exact amount mentioned abo#e.) () out of 30 2uestions, the three persons 1,? " @ answered 45 correct answers, ? answered 55A of 1, ? and @ to'ether answered 25 A more of what 1 answered. =ind how many answers each answered-

)) Bim,?ud and sam were rounded up by the po ice yesterday. because one of them was suspected of ha#in' robbed the oca ban!. The three suspects made the fo owin' statements under intensi#e 2uestionin'. Bim% I>m innocent ?ud% I>m innocent $am% ?ud is the 'ui ty one. If on y one of the statements turned out to be true, who robbed the ban!*) There are two containers on a tab e. 1 and ? . 1 is ha f fu of wine, whi e ?, which is twice 1>s siCe, is one2uarter fu of wine . ?oth containers are fi ed with water and the contents are poured into a third container @. ,hat portion of container @>s mixture is wine 10) 1 wa c oc! oses 10 minutes e#ery 1 hour. In 1 hour by the wa c oc! , a tab e c oc! 'ets 10 minutes ahead of it. In 1 hour by the tab e c oc! an a arm c oc! fa s 5 minutes behind it. In 1 hour of the a arm c oc!, a wristwatch 'ets 5 minutes ahead it. 1t noon, a 4 timepieces were set correct y. To the nearest minutes, what time wi the wrist show when the correct time is 6 p.m. on the same day 11) +Dou see,+ said Ers.Eurphy,+Faddy is now one and oneGthird times as o d as he was when he too! to drin!, and itt e Bimmy, who was forty months o d when paddy too! to drin! is now two years more than ha f as o d as I was when Faddy too! to drin! , so when itt e Bimmy is as o d as Faddy was when he too! to drin!.our three a'es combined wi amount to 3ust one hundred years+ 4ow o d is itt e Bimmy12) ?oth the 1 ens and the $miths ha#e two youn' sons under e e#en. The name of the boys whose a'es rounded off to the nearest year are a different are 1rthur, ?ert, @ar and Ha#id . Ta!in' the a'es of the boys on y to the nearest year , the fo owin' staements are true 9 1rthur is three years youn'er than his brother 9 ?ert is the o dest 9 @ar is ha f as o d as one of the a en boys 9 Ha#id is fi#e years o der than the youn'er smith boy 9 the tota a'es of the boys in each fami y differ by the same amount today as they did fi#e years a'o 4ow o d is each boy and what is each boys fami y name. 13) In a certain or'aniCation there are either men e i'ib e to ser#e on a e i'ib e to ser#e on a new y estab ished commitee of four. The se ection of the members is not an easy matter , howe#er for there are 3ea ousies and attachements amon' the candidates which pre#ents a free choice of four committeemen, if you were the president of the or'aniCation cou d you se ect a committee of four satisfyin' a these whims9 1mes wi ser#e with anybody 9 ?rown won>t ser#e un ess @ ayton ser#es 9 @ ayton wont ser#e with I#ans 9 Ha#is wont ser#e without hu'hes 9 e#ans wi ser#e with anybody 9 =rench wont ser#e with Ha#is un ess Jrant ser#es too, and wont ser#e with @ ayton un ess Ha#is a so ser#es 9 Jrant wont ser#e with both ?rown and @ ayton and wont ser#e with either 1mes or I#ens 9 4u'hes wont ser#e un ess either ?rown or =rench ser#es and wont ser#e with @ ayton un ess Jrant ser#es too and wont ser#e with both 1mes and I#ans 14) 1n artist has exact y se#en paintin's GGG ,T,K,L,,,6,D, and M GG from which she must choose exact y fi#e to be in an exhibit. 1ny combination is acceptab e pro#ided it meets the fo owin' conditions% 9 If T is chosen , 6 cannot be chosen 9 If K is chosen , D must a so be chosen 9 If L is chosen , 6 must a so be chosen 15) ,hich one of hte fo owin' is an aceptab e combination of paintin's for inc usion in the exhibit-

1. T,K,L,6,D ?. T,K,L,D,M @. T,,,6,D,M H. K,L,,,D,M I. K,L,,,M,D 16) If paintin' T is chosen to be amon' the paintin's inc uded int he exhibit which one of the fo owin' cannot be chosen to be amon' the paintin's inc uded in the exhibit1. K ?. L @. , H. D I. M (() ,hich one of the fo owin' substitutions can the artist a ways ma!e without #io atin' restrictions affectin' the combination of paintin's 'i#en that the paintin' mentioned first was not, and the paintin' mentioned first was not, and the paintin' mentioned second was, ori'ina y 'oin' to be chosen 1. T rep aces L ?. K rep aces D @. L rep aces 6 H. , rep aces D I. M rep aces , 1)) If the artist chooses paintin' L to be inc uded amon' the paintin's in the exhibit, which one of the fo owin' must be true of that combination of paintin's1. T is not chosen ?. D is not chosen @. K is chosen H. , is chosen I. M is chosen 1*) Desterday my mother as!ed me to buy some stamps. $tamps are a#ai ab e in 2 paise,(paise,10paise,15paise and 20paise denominations. =or three types of stamps I was as!ed to buy fi#e of each. =or the other two types of stamps. I was as!ed to buy six of each. Knfortunate y I for'ot which I was supposed to buy fi#e of and which to buy six of Nuc! y my mother had 'i#en me the exact money re2uired to buy the stamps , Os. 3.00 and the shop!eeper was ab e to 'i#e me the correct stamps. ,hich stamps did I buy20) =armer Bones so d a pair of cows for Os. 210 , &n one he made a profit of ten percent and on the other he ost ten percent. 1 to'ether he made a profit of fi#e percent. 4ow many did each cow ori'ina y cost him21) Eeera was p ayin' with her brother usin' 55 b oc!s.$he 'ets bored p ayin' and starts arran'in' the b oc!s such that the no. of b oc!s in each row is one ess than that in the ower row. =ind how many were there in the bottom most row22) Oahu too! part in a cyc in' 'ame with many others in a circu ar c osed circuit. 1fter peda in' for se#era minutes, he found that 175th of the cyc ists ahead of him and 576th of the cyc ists behind him to'ether formed the tota no. of participants. 4ow many were participatin' in the race23) Tom wants to catch a hare. 4e is standin' 250 yards south from the hare. The hare starts mo#in' due east.Tom, instead of mo#in' in the northeast direction,mo#es in such a way that at e#ery instant, he is 'oin'towards the hare. If speed of tom is one and oneGthird times that of the hare, find the distance each tra#e ed before he cau'ht the hare. 24) Two peop e are p ayin' with a pair of dies. Instead of numbers, the dies ha#e different co ors on their sides. The first person wins if the same co or appears on both the dies and the second person wins if the co ors are different. The odds of their winnin' are e2ua . If the first dice has 5 red sides and 1 b ue side, find the co or5s) on the second one.

25) 1 company>s director said durin' the board meetin'% + The company>s income from roads wi be sufficient to pay 6A of the entire stoc! issue, but since we are payin' (.5A interest on the preferred stoc! of Os.4, 000,000 we are ab e to pay on y 5A of the common stoc!+. =ind the #a ue of the common stoc!. 26) Er. 1PDE1P eft 1PDT&,P by car to attend a weddin' at 1PD@ITD. 4e had been dri#in' for exact y two hours when the car 'ot punctured. It too! his dri#er exact y ten minutes to chan'e the whee . In order to p ay safe they co#ered the remainin' distance at a speed of 30 mph. conse2uent y, Er. 1PDE1P was at weddin' ha f anG hour behind schedu e. 4ad the car 'ot the puncture on y 30 mi es ater , I wou d ha#e been on y =I=TIIP minutes ate he to d the dri#er . 4ow =ar is 1PD@ITD from 1PDT&,P. Ans: 120 m&les 2() 1 pha, ?eta , 'amma, de ta and epsi on are friends and ha#e birthdays on consecuti#e days thou'h may not be in order. Jamma is as many days o d to 1 pha as ?eta is youn'er to Ipsi on. He ta is two days o der then Ipsi on. JammaQs ?irthday is on ,ednesday. Te whose birthday is when. Ans: Alp'a: (r&day )eta : *aturday +amma: ,ednesday -elta: .uesday /ps&lon: .'ursday 2)) The 2uarter of the time from midni'ht to present time added to the ha f of the time from the present to midni'ht 'i#es the present time. ,hat is the present timeAns: 9'rs past ! m&nutes A0 2*) 1 man is 'oin' to a weddin' party. 4e tra#e s for 2hrs when he 'ets a puncture. @han'in' tyres ta!es 10mins. The rest of the 3ourney he tra#e s at 30 mi es7hr. 4e reaches 30mins behind schedu e. 4e thin!s to himse f that if the puncture had occurred 30mi es ater, he wou d ha#e been on y 15mins ate. =ind the tota distance tra#e ed by the man 30) 1fter wor d war II three departments did as fo ows =irst department 'a#e some tan!s to 2nd "3rd departments e2ua to the number they are ha#in'. Then 2nd department 'a#e some tan!s to 1st " 3rd departments e2ua to the number they are ha#in'. Then 3rd department 'a#e some tan!s to 2nd "1st departments e2ua to the number they are ha#in'. Then each department has 24 tan!s. =ind the initia number of tan!s of each departmentAns 1 A-!9 )-21 2-12 31) 1 'ir >1> to d to her friend about the siCe and co or of a sna!e she has seen in the beach. It is one of the co ors brown7b ac!7'reen and one of the siCes 35745755. If it were not 'reen or if it were not of en'th 35 it is 55. If it were not b ac! or if it were not of en'th 45 it is 55. If it were not b ac! or if it were not of en'th 35 it is 55. a) ,hat is the co or of the sna!eb) ,hat is the en'th of the sna!eAns: a3 bro4n b3 "" 32) 1 man was on his way to a marria'e in a car with a constant speed. 1fter 2 hours one of the tier is punctured and it too! 10 minutes to rep ace it. 1fter that they tra#e ed with a speed of 30 mi es7hr and reached the marria'e 30 minutes ate to the schedu ed time. The dri#er to d that they wou d be ate by 15 minutes on y if the 10 minutes was not waste. =ind the distance between the two towns33) Three c oc!s where set to true time. =irst run with the exact time. $econd s ows one minute7day. Third

'ains one minute7day. 1fter how many days they wi show true time. 34) There were some containers of 2uantity 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 15, 22, 24, 3) iters. Iach was fi ed with some i2uid except one. The i2uids are mi !, water and oi . Ruantity of each was i!e this. ,ater / 29 mi ! oi / 29 water. =ind out which container was empty and containers fi ed with mi ! and oi . 35) Two tra#e ers, one with 64 barre s of wine, other with 20 barre s of wine. They don>t ha#e enou'h money to pay duty for the same. =irst tra#e er pays 40 francs and 'i#es his 5 barre s, $econd tra#e er 'i#es his 2 barre s but 'ets 40 francs in exchan'e. ,hat>s #a ue of each barre , and duty for each barre Ans: 5alue of eac' barrel-120 francs6 -uty on eac'-10 francs 36) ,hat is 1nn>s re ation with her husband>s mother>s on y dau'hterGinG aw>s sister>s husbandAns: )rot'er-&n-la4 3() $ome 'uy ho din' a ' ass of wine in his hand oo!in' around in the room says, +This is same as it was four years a'o, how o d are your two !ids now-+ &ther 'uy says +Three now, Fam had one more in the meanwhi e.+ Fam says, +If you mu tip y their a'es, answer is *6 and if you add the a'es of first two !ids, addition is same as our house number.+ The first 'uy says, +Dou are #ery smart but that doesn>t te me their a'es.+ Fam says, +It>s #ery simp e, 3ust thin!.+ ,hat are the a'es of three !idsAns: 86 6 2 3)) 1 motor cyc ist participant of a race says +,e dro#e with the speed of 10 mi es an hour one way, but whi e returnin' because of ess traffic we dro#e on the same route with 15 mi es per hour.+ ,hat was their a#era'e speed in the who e 3ourneyAns: 12 m&les per 'our 3*) Ji#en fo owin' se2uence, find the next term in the series% 5i) 0, 2, 4, 6, ), 12, 12, 20, 16, <<<< 1ns% 12 5ii) 3, 6, 13, 26, 33, 66, <<< 1ns% 53 40) Three customers want haircut and a sha#e. In a sa oon, two barbers operate at same speed. They ta!e 2uarter of an hour for the haircut and 5 mins for the sha#e. 4ow 2uic! y can they finish the haircut and sha#e of these three customersAns: !0 m&nutes 41) 1 shop!eeper i!es to arran'e and rearran'e his co ection of stamps. 4e arran'es them sometimes in pair, sometimes in bund e of three, sometimes in bund e of fours, occasiona y in bund e of fi#es and sixes. I#ery time he>s eft with one stamp in hand after arran'ement in bund es. ?ut if he arran'es in the bund e of se#en, he>s not eft with any stamp. 4ow many stamps does a shop!eeper ha#eAns: !01 42) Three different types of ob3ects in a buc!et. 4ow many times does one need to se ect ob3ect from the buc!et to 'et at east 3 ob3ects of the same typeAns: $ 43) 1 stamp co ector has the habit to arran'e or rearran'e the stamps accordin' y. whi e doin' this he some times !eeps the stamps in pairs, or in 'roup of 3 or in 4 or in or in 6 and rea ises that in any case he is eft with 1 stamp and when he arran'es them in 'roups of ( no stamps remain. what is the number of stamps he has44) amy whi e wa !in down the street with her dau'hter, meets her husband>s mother>s on y dua'hter in aw>s sister>s husband. how is the re ated to her-

45) there are 3 custoners who wants to ta!e a hair cut and sha#e. there are 2 barbers who ta!es one 2uarter of an hour for a hair cut, and 5 minutes for a sha#e. both the barbers want to finish off and 'o 2uic! y to their homes. in what time can do it. 46) we tra#e ed to a p ace at the rate of 10 mi es per hour and offcourse returned the same way, but owin' to ess traffic at the rate of 15 mi es per hour.what was our re ati#e speed. 4() there are 3 types of app es in a box. what is the number of app es we shou d ta!e so that we end up with 3 app es of one !ind. 4)) a).3,6,13,26,33,66,< b).0, 1,2,13 ,6,33 ,12, 63,20, 103,< 4*) Iach a phabet 1,?.. M is a constant.1/1,?/2,@/3S2,H/4S* n so on.Iach etter is assi'ned a #a ue Gthe position of that etter raised to the #a ue of precedin' a phabet.5@ / 3 S?,H/ 4 S @ n so on) @ompute the numerica #a ue of 56G1)56G?)56G@)....56GD)56GM). 50) Er. T has a wron' wei'hin' pan.&ne arm is en'thier than other.1 !i o'ram on eft ba ances ) me ons on ri'ht.1 !i o'ram on ri'ht ba ances 2 me ons on eft.If a me ons are e2ua in wei'ht,what is the wei'ht of a sin' e me on-