1. There is a merry-go-round race going on.

One person says,"1/3 of those 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% of participants 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 )ants to no) )hether a salesman beside him in a bar is a native or visitor. /e as ed him to as a )oman beside him )hether she is a native or visitor. /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! $ns % 0ative & 1ra) table and see 3.$ man fi'ed an appointment to meet the manager, 2anager as ed him to come t)o days after the day before the day after tomorro). Today is 3riday. 4hen )ill the manager e'pect him! "repeated from previous papers# $ns% 2onday &1on5t 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 a li8uor shop, 1/9 and 6 years as a politician and a good husband respectively. $t that time :im )as born. :im )as elected as $lderman four years bac .)hen he )as half of his age. 4hat is his age! "repeated from previous papers# $ns% ;4 years &$ssume that he lived ' years. </7 * '/1. * '/9 * 6 * 4 * '/. + '. =olving '+ ;4, =ame as >uestion in =ha undala 1evi boo 7.:ac ,1oug and $nn, 3 children had a running race )hile returning from school.2om as ed )ho )on the race. Then :ac replied" ( )ont tell u.( )il give u a clue,4hen $nn ta es .; steps 1oug ta es .4 steps, meantime ( ta e .1 steps. :ac e'plained that his 7 steps e8uals 1roug5s 9 steps and $nn5s ; steps. 4ho )on the race! "repeated from previous papers# $ns% 1oug

& $nn steps + ;,17,.4,.; --- finished by 3 ? half full steps 1oug steps+9,14,.1,.4 --- finished before 3 ? half full steps :ac steps+ 7,1.,1;,.1 --- finished by 3 ? half full steps =o 1oug )on the race 9. @very day a cyclist meets a car at the station.The road is straight and both are travelling in the same direction. The cyclist travels )ith a speed of 1. mph.One day the cyclist comes late by .A min. and meets the car 6miles before the =tation. 4hat is the speed of the car! $ns% 7A mph &Bery similar to =ha untala 1evi puCCles to puCCle you problem no% 3; D.$ lady goes for shopping. =he bought some shoestrings. 4 times the number of shoestrings, she bought pins and ; times, hand erchiefs. =he paid each item )ith their count as each piece5s cost. =he totally spent Es. 3..4./o) many hand erchiefs did she buy! "repeated from previous papers# 1A. Fomplete the series % a# b# # $ns % 3,7,13,.7,33,77,GGGG"repeated from previous papers# 374,371,1D,17,4,1,GGG" " " a# 73 b# 1 "

11. Hucia is a )onderful grandmother. /er age is bet)een 6A and 9A.@ach of her sons have as many sons as they have brothers. Their combined number gives Hucias age. 4hat is the age! $ns% 74 1..There are t)o to)ers $ and I. Their heights are .AAft and 16Aft respectively and the foot of the to)ers are .6Aft apart. T)o birds on top of each to)er fly do)n )ith the same speed and meet at the same instant on the ground to pic a grain. 4hat is the distance bet)een the foot of to)er $ and the grain! $ns%DAft 13 Jrass in la)n gro)s e8ually thic and in a uniform rate. (t ta es 4A days for 4A co)s and 7A days for 3A co)s to eat the )hole of the grass. /o) many days does it ta e for .A co)s to do the same! $ns% 1.A

13. 3our tourists $,I,F,1 and four languages @nglish, Jerman, 3rench and (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 I and F. 0o one spo e both 3rench and Jerman. $ no)s Jerman and )as able to converse )ith 1 )ho doesnt no) a )ord in Jerman. Only one language )as spo en by more than t)o persons. @ach spo e t)o languages. 3ind )ho spo e )hat. $ns % $Ic1Jerman,(talian 3rench,(talian Jerman,@nglish (talian,@nglish

14. There is a five digit number. (t has t)o prime digits "1 is not a prime number#. Third digit is the highest. =econd digit is the lo)est. 3irst digit is one less than the third digit. The fifth digit is half of the fourth. The sum of 4th and 6th is less than the first. 3ind the number. $ns 91;4. 16.7. 3our persons $, I, F and 1 are playing cards. @ach person has one card, laid do)n on 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 the table are Eed, Jreen, Eed and Ilue respectively. They see the color on the reverse side and give the follo)ing comment. $% I% F% 1% Kello) or Jreen 0either Ilue nor Jreen Ilue or Kello) Ilue or Kello)

Jiven that out of the 4 people . al)ays lie find out the colours on the cards each person. $ns% $IF1Kello) Kello) Jreen Eed

17. $ 1 .m. long )ire is held by n poles. (f one pole is removed, the length of the gap becomes 1./3m. 4hat is the number of poles initially! $ns%7 m

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$ns%

3ind the digits <,K,L < < < < K K K K * L L L L -------------K < < < L ---------------< K L D 1 ;

1;. $ man starts )al ing at 3 pm . ha )al s at a speed of 4 m/hr on level ground and at a speed of 3 m/hr on uphill , 7 m/hr do)nhill and then 4 m/hr on level ground to reach home at D pm. 4hat is the distance covered on one )ay! $ns% 1. m

1D. $ grandma has many sons, each son has as many sons as his brothers. 4hat is her age if its the product of the no% of her sons and grandsons plus no% of her sons!"age b/) 9A and 1AA#. $ns% ;1 .A. $n electric )ire runs for 1 m b/) some no% of poles. (f one pole is removed the distance b/) each pole increases by 1 ./7 "mi'ed fraction#. /o) many poles )ere there initially! .1. There is a church to)er 16A feet tall and another catholic to)er at a distance of 36A feet from it )hich is .AA feet tall. There is one each bird sitting on top of both the to)ers. They fly at a constant speed and time to reach a grain in b/) the to)ers at the same time. $t )hat distance from the church is the grain! $ns% DA ... $ person )ants to meet a la)yer and as that la)yer is busy he as s him to come three days after the before day of the day after tomorro)! on )hich day the la)yer as s the person to come! ans% thursday .3. $ person is ;A years old in 4DA and only 9A years old in 6AA in )hich year is he born! ans% 49A .4.$ person says that their speed )hile going to a city )as 1Amph ho)ever )hile returning as there is no much traffic they came )ith a speed of 16mph. )hat is their average speed! ans% 1.mph

.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 she says false statement ne't and vice versa. $ boy and girl also goes in the same )ay. one day i as ed a child " )hat r u a boy or a girl" ho)ever the child replied in their language that i dint understand but the parents 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 his Mourney? mill at 1/4 of his Mourney the time ta en him to )al bet)een rail)ay station ? mill is 6 mins. $lso he 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 "obMective type# the e'aminer use the formula to calculate the score is =+3A*4c-) here c is number of correct ans)er and ) is number of )rong ans)er , the e'aminer find the score is more than ;A, tell ho) may 8uestions are correct ! if the score is little less but 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 his five children in the manner that ecah son having .A rs more than the younger one , )hat )ill be the share of youngest child ans- 17A .D.raMu having some coins )ant to distribute to his 6 son , 6 daughter and driver in a manner that , he gave fist coin to driver and 1/6 of remaining to first son 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 ravi and the binder cut the pages of the boo ,

decided to mar the pages by himself o)n , )hat he found that number of three appears 71 times find of number of pages ans)er ans - 3AA 31. a painter )ent in a e'hibition to purchases some pictures )here T,N,B,4,<,K,L pictures )ere remaining , he )ant to buy only five in the condition on that if T is there then < should not be there, if N is there than y should be there if if v is there then < should be there )hich is the combination the painter can have "a# T,N,B,4,K "b#T,L,N,4,< "c#T,<,N,B,4 "d#T,N,K,4,L ans "d# 3..There are 1AA phone, 96O o)n a a house. 4hat phone, o)n a car =ol% 16O 33. There are 1A Eed, 1A Ilue, 1A Jreen, 1A Kello), 1A 4hite balls in a bag. (f you are blindfolded and as ed to pic up the balls from the bag, )hat is the minimum number of balls re8uired to get a pair of atleast one colour ! " . 2ar s# =ol %7 balls. 34. Triplet )ho usually )ear same ind and siCe of shoes, namely, $nnie, 1anny, 3anny. Once one of them bro e a glass in itchen and their shoe prints )ere there on floor of itchen. 4hen their mother as ed )ho bro e $nnie said, ( didnt do it, 3anny said 1anny did it, 1anny said 3anny is lieing, here t)o of them are lieing, one is spea ing truth. Fan you find out )ho bro e it ! "3 2ar s# =ol % $nnie 36. 4 players )ere playing a card game. Fards had different colours on both sides. 0either of cards had same colour on both sides. Folours )ere . Eed, . Ilue, . Jreen, . Kello). Fards )ere lying in front of each player. 0o), each player ne) the colour on other side of his card. They are re8uired to tell their colour. =tatement given by each of them )as % $nnie % Ilue or Jreen men in to)n. Out of )hich ;6O )ere married, 9AO have a car, ;AO o)n is the ma'imum number of people )ho are married, o)n a and o)n a house ! " 3 mar s#

Iobby % 0either Ilue nor Jreen Findy % Ilue or Kello) 1anny % Ilue or Kello) colours of cards that are visible to all )ere Eed, Ilue, Jreen, Ilue in order of their names. @'actly t)o of them are telling truth and e'actly t)o of them are lieing. Fan you tell the colour on other face of card for each player ! "7 2ar s# =ol % $nnie Iobby Findy 1anny % % % % Kello) "Hieing# Kello) "Telling truth# Ilue "Telling truth# Jreen "Hieing#

37. (n a game i )on 1. games, each game if i loose i )ill give u one chocolate, Kou have ; chocolates ho) many games played. $ns % 3. 3;. 96 persons 2aMor in physics, ;3 maMor in chemistry, 1A not at maMor in 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 is behind of $ by 1A mts. Then they start running race, )ho )ill )on! $ns $ 4A. $*I*F*1+1*@*3*J+J*/*(+19 given $+4.3ind value of J and /! $ns % J + 6 @+1 41. One guy has Es. 1AA/- in hand. /e has to buy 1AA balls. One football costs Es. 16/, One Fric et 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+3,T+67,F+41 4.. The distance bet)een =tation $tena and =tation Iarcena is DA miles. $ train starts from $tena to)ards Iarcena. $ 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. The bird ma es these Mourneys from Iarcena to the train and bac to Iarcena continuously till the train reaches Iarcena. The bird finally returns to Iarcena and rests. Falculate the total 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 train is 7A miles per hour. I

"b# the bird flies at 7A miles per hour and the speed of the train is 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., a player is out of the tournament )hen he loses a match. "a# /o) many players participate in the tournament if 16 matches are totally played! "b# /o) many matches are played in the tournament if 6A players totally participate! $ns% "a#17 "b#4D

44.4hen ( add 4 times my age 4 years from no) to 6 times my age 6 years from 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 )ant anybody to no) about them. One day, his )ife as ed, "/o) many gold coins do )e have!" $fter pausing a moment, he replied, "4ellQ (f ( divide the coins into t)o une8ual numbers, then 39 times the difference bet)een the t)o numbers e8uals the difference bet)een the s8uares of the t)o numbers." The )ife loo ed puCCled. Fan you help the merchant5s )ife by finding out ho) many gold E $ns%39 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. .1 matches are totally played, ho) many teams participated! $ns %9 49. Jlenn and :ason each have a collection of cric et balls. Jlenn said that 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 balls does :ason have! $ns% 14 4;. =uppose ; mon eys ta e ; minutes to eat ; bananas. a# /o) many minutes )ould it ta e 3 mon eys to eat 3 bananas! "b# /o) many mon eys )ould it ta e to eat 4; bananas in 4; minutes

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$ns% a#4; I#7 4D. (t )as vacation time, and so ( decided to visit my cousin5s home. 4hat a grand time )e hadQ (n the mornings, )e both )ould go for a Mog. The evenings )ere spent 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 home all 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. 3or ho) many days did ( stay at my cousin5s place! $ns % .. days 6A $ 31" ' 31" s8uare metal plate needs to be fi'ed by a carpenter on to a )ooden board. The carpenter uses nails all along the edges of the s8uare such that there are 3. 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! $ns %1.4

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61. $ man starts his )al ing at 3R2 from point $, he )al s at the rate of 4 m/hr in plains and 3 m/hr in hills to reach the point I. 1uring his return Mourney he )al s at the rate of 7 m/hr in hills and 4 m/hr in plains and reaches the point $ at DR2. 4hat is the distance bet)een $ and I! $ns% 1. m 6.... $ boy as s his father, " )hat is the age of grand father!". 3ather replied " /e is ' years old in 'S. years", and also said, ")e are tal ing about .Ath century". )hat is the year of birth of grand father! $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 . 4al ing time is t)ice that of the time the boys riding time. /o) many times the riding speed as that of the )al ing speed! $ns% 4 times. 64. (n a Tnoc out tournament 61 teams are participated, every team thro)n out of the tournament if they lost t)ice. /o) many matches to be held to choose the )inner!

$ns% 1A1 matches 66. $ man sold . pens. (nitial cost of each pen )as Es. 1.. (f he sell it together one at .6O profit and another .AO loss. 3ind the amount of loss or gain, if he sells them seperately. $ns% 7A Raise gain 67. 3ind the 3 digit no. )hose last digit is the s8uareroot of the first digit and second digit is the sum of the other t)o digits. $ns% 47. 69. 2eera )as playing )ith her brother using 66 bloc s.=he gets bored playing and starts arranging the bloc s such that the no. of bloc s in each ro) is one less than that in the lo)er ro). 3ind ho) many )ere there in the bottom most ro)! $ns% 1A 6;. T)o people are playing )ith a pair of dies. (nstead of numbers, the dies have different colors on theirsides. The first person )ins if the same color appears on both the dies and the second person )ins if the colors are different. The odds of their )inning are e8ual. (f the first dice has 6 red sides and 1 blue side, find the color"s# on the second one. $ns% 3 Eed, 3 Ilue 6D. $ person travels in a car )ith uniform speed. /e observes the milestone,)hich has . digits. $fter one hour he observes another milestone )ith same digits reversed. $fter another hour he observes another milestone )ith same . digits separated by A. 3ind the speed of the car! $ns % 46 7A. Three persons $, I ?F )ent for a robbery in different directions and they theft one horse, one mule and one camel. They )ere caught by the police and )hen interrogated gave the follo)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. 3ind )ho has stolen )hich animal! $ns%

$- 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. 4hat is the present time! $ns% D%37$2 7.. $fter )orld )ar (( three departments did as follo)s 3irst department gave some tan s to .nd ?3rd departments e8ual to the number they are having. Then .nd department gave some tan s to 1st ? 3rd departments e8ual to the number they are having. Then 3rd department gave some tan s to .nd ?1st departments e8ual to the number they are having. Then each department has .4 tan s. 3ind the initial number of tan s of each department! $ns , $-3D I-.1 F-1. 73. $, I, F, 1?@ 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. 1 is older than @ by . days. This time J5s birthday came on )ednesday. Then find the day of each of their birthdays! $ns% Iirthday of 1 on =N01$K Iirthday of I on 2O01$K Iirthday of @ on TN@=1$K Iirthday of J on 4@10@=1$K Iirthday of $ on T/NE=1$K 74. $ girl 5$5 told to her friend about the siCe and color of a sna e she has seen in the beach. (t is one of the colors bro)n/blac /green and one of the siCes 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.

(f it )ere not blac

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

a# 4hat is the color of the sna e! b# 4hat is the length of the sna e! $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=4@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

.. @ither F is oldest or $ is youngest. 4ho is Koungest and )ho is Oldest! $ns $ is youngest n I is oldest. 7D. 3ather says my son is five times older than my daughter. my )ife is 6 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 is closed every Tuesday, the grocery store is closed every Thursday and the ban is open only on 2onday, 4ednesday and 3riday. @verything is closed on =unday. One day $, I, F and 1 )ent shopping together, each )ith a different place to go. They made the follo)ing statements% $ 1 and ( )anted to go earlier in the )ee but there )asnt day )hen )e could both ta e 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. 1 @ither yesterday or tomorro) )ould have suited me. 4hich place did each person visit ! $ns % $-IONT(>N@ I-I$0T F-JEOF@EK 1-=/O@ 91. 3odder, 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 orders if pepsi orders coffee, then fodder orders the drin that cereale doesnot oder if cereale orders tea, then fodder orders the drin that pepsi orders )hich person/persons al)ays orders the same drin after dinner ! $ns%3odder 9.. $t a recent birthday party there )ere four mothers and their children. $ged 1,.,3 and 4. from the clues belo) can you )or out )hose

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. 1aniel is older than Fharlie is. Teresas child is the oldest. Fharlie is older than Hauras child. $ns% :ane Fharlie -3 Haura Irian . Teresa 1aniel 4 =arah $nne - 1 93. 4e are given 1AA pieces of a puCCle. (f fi'ing t)o components together 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 he has done only half of the other guy completed )hich is e8ual to half of )hat is left QQQ VUOVU =o ho) much faster than the other is this 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 a larger patch than last year and hence more cabbages thios year.Then ho) many cabbages i have this year.! $ns%1A7P1A7+11.37 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. because one of them )as

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 ! $ns%IN1. 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. 4hat portion of container F5s mi'ture is )ine ! $ns%33.33O 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 replace it. 1A minutes to

$fter that they traveled )ith a speed of 3A miles/hr and reached the marriage 3A minutes late to the scheduled time. The driver told that they )ould be late by 16 minutes only if the 1A minutes )as not )aste. 3ind the distance bet)een the t)o to)ns! $ns% 1.A miles ;A. $ bargainhunter bought some plates for U 1.3A from a sale on saturday,)here price .cents )as mar ed off at each article .On monday she )ent to return them at regular prices,and bought some cups and saucers 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 3 cents hence she brought 1A saucers more than the cups, /o) many cups and saucers she bought and at )hat price!

$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 a total of 36 pins are to be used on the each side of the cardbo'.3ind the total number of pins used . $ns% .1A

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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, Aptitu e, !erbal) ") #ersonal ($R) Interview WRITT N !A":%he written e&a' consiste of first () 'ins contribute to logical reasoning an aptitu e consisting of *) +uestions of nor'ally average level, "A#$R AR A% C$& R ': 1) -.LL/0I-1 ") /22 /34 /5% FI05R4 *) 6AR 7$AR% 2A%A I3%4R#R4%A%I/3 () 2A%A -5FFI7I437. %he ne&t *8'ins in the written e&a'ination was for verbal test consisting of ()+uestions, (inclu ing " co'prehensions followe by 8 +uestions each, sentence correction, fill in the blan9s etc,) /ne 'ust prepare at least the 16A 'aterials to clear the written e&a'inations, ( R%$NA) INT R&I W:Well frien s, after clearing the written e&a'ination I was pretty cool until I was calle to wait near the oor for the interview, 1e: 1ay I co'e in sir;(confi ently at last) $R: /f course, please ta9e your seat, 1e: ('ore relieve by his war' welco'e) than9 you sir, $R: -o, 1r,Ra<ish,R what oes this =R= stan for; 1e: (answere as if prepare for it) $R: an whats the 'eaning of your na'e, 1e: (tol ) $R: you hail fro' >erala right; $ow co'e you eci e to o your 4ngineering in /rissa;; 1e: (sai ) $R: why i u change fro' I7-4 in 1)th to 76-4 in 1"th; 1e: -ir, 'y rea' was to beco'e an 4ngineer an for the entrance e&a'inations 1athe'atics was the 'ost i'portant part, I ha hear fro' 'y seniors that this is better in 76-4 as co'pare to I7-4 fro' the entrance point of view, $R: well thats o9 but your e&cellence in 1athe'atics oesnt reflect in your written test to ay; (till now he ha nt opene the result of the written test in his han ) 1e: (6it tense but co'pose 'yself) -ir if it is so then I lac9 so'ething on which I 'ust wor9 upon to be better, (the $R now sees the result of the written) $R: /h ya, you have one well in your written, aptitu e, reasoning an verbal too, o9 now tell 'e have u one any pro<ects yet; 1e: (wasnt prepare for this +uestion or rather hurrie up 'y 'in to search for all info regar ing 'y pro<ect) well yes sir, i have one a 'inor pro<ect in 'y ?th se' which i a'

continuing it into the final se', $R: (a bit epresse )but why; why ont you finish the pro<ect in ?th se',win it up an start a whole new one in the @th se'; 1e: -ir actually I have <ust one the software i'ple'entation but I believe if we are able to o the har ware i'ple'entation then it woul be great, $R: (satisfie ) tell 'e the whole fun a of your pro<ect starting fro' your planning stage, 1e: (i starte off to e&plain in etail for aroun 1'inute when he interrupte ),,,,, $R: o9 <ust tell 'e your role; 1e: (starte e&actly where i left for that was 'y part),,,,,Ae&plaine B C followe by *C( +uestions on it, $R: give 'e an e&a'ple where you 'a e lot of planning an ti'e 'anage'ent; 1e: (i was waiting for this an now the stri9er was in 'y han ) sir i was wor9ing for a 5base co'pany for ,,,,,,,,,,,Ae&plaine B $R: / 0oo but woul you prove 'e that you 9now how to 'anage ti'e very well; 1e: (on the seventh clou for it was the secon stri9e that I was offere ) -ir if you coul please ta9e a loo9 at the ti'e by 'y watch you can notice that it is *)'ins ahea of the actual ti'e,,,, $R: (i'presse but interrupte ) an why o you o that; 1e: -ir I actually li9e to o things 'uch before the actual ti'e or ea line,in short i li9e racing with ti'e an gain 'yself on this co'petition, $R: than9s a lot Ra<ish, woul you please sign here(he forwar e the application i fille up in the beginning of written e&a'ination) 1e: (in 'y tense 'oo I ha actually forgotten to ta9e 'y pen) sir 'ay I borrow a pen please, $R: /h sure(he offere 'e a pen which wasnDt wor9ing) 1e: -ir I a' afrai this pen isnDt wor9ing, 1ay I borrow another pen,(now he offere 'e another one an fortunately this wor9e ) $R: than9 you Ra<ish, you can leave now, 1e: than9 you sir, nice 'eeting you, I never thought of the result whether it woul be goo or ba but of course as ti'e passe an the result wasnDt on boar I starte getting tense , Fortunately I got selecte an so'e of 'y very goo frien s too, /ne a vice to you frien s, never prepare for the interview, it woul be 'ore or less e&te'pore an 'ay be you woul feel ba after the interview that you coul not o or tell what you ha planne (before the results), I hope this woul help you too, ALL %$4 64-%,

1, .ou are given two can les of e+ual siEe, which can burn 1 hour each, .ou have to 'easure F) 'inutes with these can les, (%here is no scale or cloc9), Also u r given a lighter, Ans: 1, First light up the two en s of the 1st can le, When it will burn out light up one en of the secon can le, (*)GH)IF)) ", %ry the si'ilar proble' to 'easure (8 'inutes, Ans: First lightCup the two en s of the 1st can le an one en of the "n can le, When the 1st can le will burn out ,then light up the both en s of the "n can le (18G*)I(8) *, .ou r given a ther'o'eter, What can u o by this without 'easuring the te'perature; Ans: if u put ther'o'eter into a tree it won;t grow any'ore, will <ust ie off (, $ow it is possible to place four points that are e+ui istance fro' each other; /R 5 r a lan scape esigner an your boss as9e u to esign a lan scape such that you shoul place ( trees e+ui istance fro' each other, (2istance fro' each tree to the other 'ust be sa'e) Ans: /nly * points can be e+ui istant fro' each other, 6ut if u place points in the shape of a pyra'i then its possible 8, .ou are given a ca9eJ one of its corner is bro9en, $ow will u cut the rest into %wo e+ual parts; Ans: -lice the ca9e H, $ow will you recogniEe the 'agnet K 'agnetic 'aterial K nonC'agnetic 'aterial; Ans: 2rag one piece of 'aterial over another, %here is no attractive force in the 'i le portion of the 'agnet, /R 0et a piece of threa an tie up with the one bar an chec9 for poles, If it iron bar then it 'oves freely an if it is 'agnetic bar then it fi& in one irection accor ing to poles, ?, If one tyre of a car su enly gets stolen,,,, an after so'eti'e u fin the tyre without the screws how will u 'a9e ur <ourney co'plete; Ans: /pen * screws, 1 fro' each tyre an fi& the tyre, @, $ow can u 'easure a roo' height using a ther'o'eter; Ans: te'p varies with height, but its epen ent on various other factors li9e hu'i ity, win etc, F, What is the height of roo' if after entering the roo' with a watch ur hea stri9es a hanging bulb; Ans: /scillate the hanging bulb, 7alculate the ti'e perio for one co'plete

oscillation by -i'ple $ar'onic 1otion (-$1) of the han ing bulb, #ut it in the for'ula %I" L *,1( L (LM0)N1M" L will be the length of the hanging threa , A the L with ur height to get the height of the roo', /R Ans: 2rop it fro' the roo' an fin the ti'e at which it stri9es the floor, 5sing physics for'ula s I (atN")M" (I1 3/% -5R4 A6/5% %$I- /34) 1), 7olor of bear,,,, if it falls fro' 1' height in 1s, Ans: We get DgD perfect 1) which is only in poles,,,hence polar bear,,,color White 11, $ow will you 'easure height of buil ing when you are at the top of the buil ing; An if you have stone with you, Ans: 2rop the stone an fin the ti'e ta9en for the stone to reach the groun , fin height using the for'ula s I a G gt ( s I height, aI initial velocityI), gIF,@'Ms, t I 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 out the true state'ents, Ans: ; 1(, 7an u 'a9e 1") with 8 Eeros; Ans: Factorial (factorial ())Gfactorial ())Gfactorial ())Gfactorial ())Gfactorial ())) I 1") 18,%here are three people A, 6, 7, Liars are of sa'e type an %ruth spea9ing people are of sa'e type, Fin out who is spea9ing truth an who is spea9ing false fro' the following state'ents: a) A says: 6 is a liar, b) 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 are not of sa'e type, 1H,8 swi''ers A, 6, 7, 4, F an 'any con itions 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 the average spee of both the laps is @)9'ph, for eg, consi er one lap istance I @)9', ti'e re+, to cover 1 lap I @)9'M()9'ph I " hrs,

if the avg, spee is @)9'ph, then the total ti'e woul have ta9en I 1H)9'sM@)9'ph I " hrs, sa'e is the case with any other istance u consi er, so the avg to be @)9'ph is i'possible 1@, .ou have to raw * concentric circles with a line passing thru their center without lifting han , Ans: -tart the line co'plete one circle 'ove insi e circles along the line an then raw secon circle, Li9e wise rest, 1F, 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 $alf of it an then fol the part that cut an selects half of it an then cut along the fol ing, (I 2/3% 5324R-%A32 %$I- /34OO) "), !alue of (&Ca)(&Cb);;;,,(&CE) Ans: ) as there;s PCP ter' "1, %here are F coins, @ are of 1 g' an 1 is of " gra's, $ow will you fin out the heavier coin in 'ini'u' nu'ber of weighing an how 'any weighing it will nee ; Ans: " weighing ( 2ivi e the nu'ber of coins into * parts at each weighing)

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$i frien s,, I atten e Infy on 8th 'arch, ")1) at R01, 3an yal (An hra #ra esh), %here are " Roun s:C Written An $R We ha " report before F a' in the 'orning, %hen there was a #owerpoint #resentation about the Infosys (about 1 hour), ##% was i''e iately followe by written test, Written Test: It consists of " sections C reasoning(*) +uestions,() 'in) K vocab(() +ues, *8 'in), -ectional 7utoff C Reasoning H)Q (1@M*)), !ocabulary 8)Q (")M()), For a stu ent who atten e 7A% is a s'ooth roa to crac9 the written test, R A%$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 Ruestions 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 correspon ingly " state'ents are given for each +uestion, %he options for all the 8 +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 a itional ata is nee e 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' %I14 'aterial, -0-41/ 'ata Interpretation Felt a'n tough this one, I i nDt o this at all, A table is given n 8 +uestions are given correspon ingly, 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,

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 $1!, %I#-, %C-eries, !enus, -ony, %here are 8 fil's 2ha 9an, FiEa, etc, %here are 8 'usic irectors A,R, Rah'an, Anu'ali9, Is'ail 2arbar, etc, 8 +uestions are given, very easy if you practice well, "HC*)) -yllogis's (%opic: 2e uctions in %I14, Logic in R, -, Agarwal) !ery easy if u practice, For concept, refer ti'e 'aterial, onDt stu y R, -, Agarwal (.ou will be 'essing if u stu y R, -, Agarwal), -o please refer %I14 for concept, An practice +uestions fro' both ti'e as well as R, -, Agarwal for perfection, I i all -yllogis's, 2ata -ufficiency n 1st puEEle test perfectly, * +uestions fro' "n #uEEle %est, ( Ruestions fro' o figures, (18 G * G (I "" +uestions perfectly), I guesse all the +uestions of ata interpretation, &$CA6*)ARY % CTI$N: 4asy if u have strong 4nglish 6asics (5se of %enses, Articles, #repositions, A <ectives etc), %i'e 'anage'ent is the 9ey an the 'ost n 'ost n 'ost i'portant factor in this section, --./ Rea ing co'prehension, very lengthy one, 0iven etaile infor'ation of bananas, its uses, etc, It was a straight lift fro' %I14 'aterial, First rea the +uestion an then rea the passage, %ry to scan the 9eywor s of the +uestion in the passage firstly, After u get the 9eywor , try rea ing fro' * lines before the 9eywor an " lines after the 9eywor , %ry to rea as fast as you can, 0--1/ Rea ing co'prehension again, !ery lengthy one, 0iven etaile infor'ation of the -weatshops (3ot sweet, itDs sweat), Labour, $u'an rights, etc, Follow sa'e tips, ----7/ -entence correction,(practice fro' %I14), A very lengthy sentence is given, an the wrong part is un erline , ( options are given, choose the correct one, -8-40/ %entence Completion A blan9 is given in the +uestion, pic9 the correct answer fro' the ( options, 49-:;/ %entence Correction ( sentences are given, All the ( sentences are sa'e with slight gra''atical ifferences, /ff fro' ( sentences, /nly 1 is correct, 7hoose the correct one, :.-;1/ Inferences 4ach +uestion has a passage, ( state'ents are given for each +uestion, #ic9 up the appropriate inference, All the sentences given in sentence co'pletion an sentence correction are very lengthy, Accor ing to 'y 9nowle ge, I i al'ost *)C*8 +uestions correctly, I co'plete the vocabulary test in "* 'in only, An I ha ? 'in to rechec9 the paper, %he answer sheet is given along with a blan9 paper for rough wor9, 1st reasoning +uestion paper is given, after the co'pletion of () 'in, reasoning +uestion paper (not the answer sheet) is ta9en bac9, n vocabulary +uestion paper is given, I crac9e the written test, 0ot *r place out of @)) 'e'bers atten e totally, At first, they announce top ") 'e'bers in the test, I got the *r place, %hen they announce the total -hortliste can i ates who crac9e the written test, H( 'e'bers got through the written test, <0;=71/ As i got the *r place, they calle to atten $R accor ing to the ran9 basis, there were * $Rs, there was roughly not 'ore than 8 'inutes for 'e to atten the $R,

I atten e 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, Lea ership -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<ect, onDt tell anything other than this,= InCspiteCof this I 'anage well, -o I a vise you all to prepare well for your pro<ect also, 1y interview was co'plete at ( p' in the evening, At about F p' the results were announce , %o 'y greatest surprise, I was shoc9e for not being selecte , 1y na'e wasnDt there in the list, :< /ut of H(, *? stu ents were selecte at last, I onDt 9now the criteria for the selection, =L57>= shoul also favor for our success, Company Name: Infosys Type: Fresher, Job Interview $i all, I a' -hrey 1ehrotra fro' Anan 4ngineering 7ollege, Agra, Infosys ca'e at $in ustan 7ollege of -cience an %echnology, 1athura on 1?th of feb,")1), $in ustan an Anan 7ollege are part of -har a 0roup of Institutions, -o both of the colleges were appearing for infy, I ont 9now the e&act figures of $in ustan but fro' 'y college "*" can i ates 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(,FF was not allowe , /ut of "*" only "* were able to clear the written e&a'ination an "" were finally selecte , -o the 1AI3 part is written,,,,W/R> $AR2 F/R I%,,,,0I!4 ./5R 64-%OOOO ' TAI)%: There were 4 rounds: Aptitu e %est Reasoning -ection !erbal -ection $R interview In aptittu e 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 <ust ont go for flu9e li9e 'ar9ing all bDs,,,,If u are going for flu9e then also o it s'artly because i thin9 they even chec9 that, Reasoning %ection <:1 ,ues> ;1 min/- R% Aggarwal &er?al 8 +ues on 2ata -ufficiencySeasyT 8 +ues on -eries(figure Interpretation)Sagain easyT 8 +ues on 2ata IntrepretationSaverageT 8 +ues on #uEEleSnor'alT 8 +ues on another #uEEleSa bit ifficult an ti'e ta9ingT 8 +ues on -yllogis'Seasy if practise T &er?al %ection<;1 ,ues> :. min/---deciding factor@time management is re,uiredA %wo passages an 8 +uestion fro' each passagesS2o it at the last as passages are lengthy an ti'e ta9ing,Also before rea ing the passage see the +uestion one ti'e,T

 -entence 7orrectionS6e careful about tense 'ista9e, spelling 'ista9e, using of

pronoun, 1y opinion 'ar9 the option which clic9s you first an ont waste too 'uch ti'e on this part,,,Rest is at your wishT Fill in the 6lan9sS%hese were 'ostly prepositions,,2o this part also fastT %he'e 2etection I entification of so'e supporting or wea9ening sentences about a paragraph given, I a' sure if you are well prepare then reasoning part can be one easily(65% 64 A775RA%4 K A%%41#% 1API151) but 'anage your ti'e well for verbal(as ti'e given is less an +uestions are 'ore), Just prepare well for written as interview is an easy part(in case of infy i shoul say as they select aprro& F)Q of stu ents who ha cleare the apti) BR InterCiew: 3ow the final section, %he best way to face the interview is to stay cal' an polite, A'swer confi ently an if you ont 9now any answer then a 'it it,,,you can say =-orry sir ID' unable to recollect it right now= instea of irectle saying =sorry=, 1ain thing is to spea9 confi ently,,,,1a9e yourself presentable, "y Dperience: $R was cool though there were situations at which he pressurise 'e but <ust to ivert 'e fro' 'y cal' nature(which i tol hi' as 'y strong point), I was the last one to go for interview so was pretty 'uch rela&e an was not nervous at all ( onDt 9now why),,,1y interview was a funny one instea of being serious, 1e: -ir please 'ay i co'e in, $R: .es, 1e: 0oo 4vening sir, $R: 0oo 4vening an have a seat, Fill up this for'( he gave 'e for') 1e: While i was filling the for' there i ha to 'ention ti'e of interview but i ont ha so i as9e hi' for ti'e(a blun er so always ta9e your watch) $R: %ell 'e about yourself(A general +uestion <ust to chec9 your confi ence level) 1e: I tol hi' all 'y etails an when i was out of 'atter i sai to hi' =%hatDs it= $R: %hatDs it(in an unusual way) 1e: 6y his reaction I again continue telling hi' about 'y social service events which were the part of 'y resu'e,,,(he was interste in that) 6. %$I- %I14 I WA- %// R4LAP42 $R: Interuppting 'e =6oy it oesnDt see's to be that you are here for the interview= 1e: Why sir, $R: .ou are not li9e your other batch'ates who were tense an nervous an were also serious,.ou are too cal' an rela&e , 1e: -ir i cant help it out as i a' li9e that only,,'ay be this is because cal'ness is 'y strong point,, $R: Is this your first interview; 1e: .es sir,, $R: /9 tell 'e 'ore about yourself; 1e: At this point i too9 a pause as i was co'pletely out of 'atter at that point, then after thin9ing i iverte hi' to 'y hobbies an e&plaine that,

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$R: What was your 'ost e'barrasing 'o'ent; 1e: (%his one was une&pecte )I answere ,, $R: 7an you e&plain it that what e&actly happene (relate to e'barrasing 'o'ent) 1e: -orry sir i onDt want to iscuss it right now,,ItDs personal $R: $e pressurise 'e,, 1e: Again i sai sorry in a ru e way(as i got frustrate ) $R: If you will tell 'e iDll surely select you,, 1e: I stic9e to 'y point,, $R: .ou were saying that you are a cal' person an now you are getting frustrate ; 1e: -orry sir for being ru e but its really personal,,,bla bla bla $R: Why shoul i hire you; 1e: 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 suc9s,at that ti'e I will be present there with a screwC river an will repair 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 1e: -orry sir for crac9ing the <o9e,, $R: 3o proble',,,6oy you have a goo sense of hu'our,,, 1e: %han9 you sir,,, $R: Anything that you want 'e to as9; 1e: I irectly sai no as i was not at all prepare for the interview an was not 9nowing how to answer such type of +uestions, $R: o9 thatDs it,, 1e: 3ice being here an eagerly waiting to 'eet you again, I left,,,S%hat was all an finally I was selecte T ALL %$4 64-% %/ 4!4R./34,,, #R4#AR4 WI%$ F5LL 242I7A%I/3,,,,, $/#4 %$I- #/-% WILL 64 5-4F5L %/ ./5,,,

Company Name : I3F/-.Type : Fresher, Job Interview Hi, Friends I got Infosys 7a'pus Interview %his .ear January ")1), As usual there are two roun s, /ne is Aptitude an other is BR, In Aptitu e totally *8 +uestions an the uration is () 'inutes,In that each +uestion carries one 'ar9, %hat inclu e si'ple Reasoning Euestions, Figure %eries, 'ata %ufficiency (6ase on Ruantitative), 'ata Interpretation, (u55les (R,-, Agarwal), -yllogy, In $R they as9e whatever I have written in 'y resu'e, An so'e basic +uestions li9e:

 Tell me a?out yourself F Why do you choose your collegeF liGewise33

All the ?est33 "y Dam=InterCiew 'ate : January "n Wee9 ")1) No of Rounds : Aptitu e %est (lacement (aper (attern H Fe?- 41-1 Company Name : Infosys Type : Fresher, Job Interview There were 4 roundsAptitude Test CReasoning -ection C!erbal -ection BR interCiew : In aptittu e 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 ,ues> ;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 Ruant) 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 in epen ently, 8) ata insufficient, E3 Find the third side AC of the triangle A6C3 (i) A6I* c' (ii)67I @ c' A, 8) E3 :D-0yI.3 find y3 (i) &C"yI8M@ (ii) &I*, (u55leAll 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 <acent to green, blue is a <acent to white which is a <acent to brown, E3 6rown is opposite to 1) 0reen ")6lac9 *) 6lue ()none of these E3which four colors are adJacnt1) re , blue, blac9, green ") green, white, re , blue *)blac9, brown, white, green () All of these &er?al %ection <:. min> ;1 ,ues/ C " 7o'prehensionsC 8 +ues each C choose the gra''atically correct sentence,

C correct the un erline part C fill the blan9s with 'ost apt choice C eriving conclusions fro' s'all passagesC8 +ues BR interCiew: Fun a C 6e cal' an co'pose , Answer politely but confi ently, 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=,, $R %ea' not loo9s 1))Q percent correct answers, but right people who can e&press s'artly, what they 9now, -o 'a9e yourself presentable, "y Dperience$r was a nice person, he 'a e '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 we ing 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 <ust up to 'y @th class that too cE it was a co'pulsory sub<ect, $R: 5 stoo in "n class,, give 'e any three reasons ( y u stoo "n ;,, o other fails ts y,,;; "e said: 1,no sir, i wor9e har for it,, ", though i aspire for 1st position,but i 'ust be lac9ing s'whr,, li9e i usually fell short of ty' in 'a last &a's n wsnt able to atte'pt 8CH 'ar9s paper, *, i ws involv in e&tra activities too, li9e i ws class coor inator too, $R: so ti'e 'anage'ent is your proble',, if so'eone 'anages ti'e for you u woul be winner; 'e: 'yt be, but i woul li9e to 'anage 'y ti'e on 'y own,, even ' wor9ing on t,,, ( n he as9e 'e hw u r wor9ing on it, 'any trpaps were there, though it too9 'e great eal to stisfy it, yet i 'anage it well i thin9, i tol hi' how i plan 'y ti'e before atte'pting 'a paper) $R: o you ne planning b( ur &a' yi'e too; 'e: yes sir as in &a' we <s nee to ate'pt 8 +uesM@, i generally go throu last year papers to select chaps t constitue of 'ore weightage,, $R: so you believe in selective stu y; 'e: yes sir $R: it 'eans u 9nw ( to 8 +ues <s in paper,, 'e: no usually H +ues,, $R: your teachers tell you the +uestions,,;; 'e: (7onfuse ) no sir, y shoul they, i 9now the' by 'yself $R: n how o you the +uestions; (again a trap here, but i caught it) 'e: well sir, i 9now the A3-W4R- to those +uestions,, (he s'ile 'ore broa ly n satisfactorily) $R: nething u want to tell'e; 'e: yes sir i love writing poe's $R: (pointing to a flower in the vase 9ept on the table) tell 'e two lines on this,, 'e: can i t9 a 'inute " thin9,,; $R: sure

'e: flower, the sy'bol of love n hapiness ' gift it to you, so you e&cel in your life, $R: thats solve fro' 'y si e you 'ay leave,, 'e: it was nice to 'eet you sir $R: sa'e here 'e: than9u sir, I left,,, (I was selecte ,,, i than9 go , 'y fa'ily an frien s for their support an best wishes) ALL %$4 64-%,,, 0/2 6L4-- 5OO Dam=InterCiew 'ate : )(CFebC")1) No of Rounds : Aptitu e %est Contri?utor: Ana'i9a INF$%Y% )atest #o? InterCiew (lacement (aper (attern - Fe?- 41-1 H Bydera?ad Company Name : Infosys Type : Fresher, Job Interview )ocation: 1J, /5, $y eraba

Infy visite 'y ca'pus on 1st Feb an the ay was the best ay of 'y life with a e+ually wil , terrifying e&perience,, .ou nee to have a clear plan to get into infosys,, You face two rounds 1) Aptitu e ") $R

If u can clear aptitu e you can consi er yourself in,, an as far as $R is concerne ,, its a ca9e wal9,, irrespective of your level of english,,

Aptitude consists of 4 rounds -/ E*ANT% - *) +uestions (() 'inutes) )C8 ( general +uestions) 3ee no practice .--1( 2ata sufficiency ) <ust have a loo9 at the 'o el of ata sufficiency ,,refer any boo9 its not a proble',, you can easily solve these +uestions

-1--. ( ata interpretition) Just go through a few 'o els fro' any 2I boo9,, (-/L!4 I% I3 %$4 432) -.-41 ( -.LL/0I-1) easiest of all ,, refer 7A% 'aterial or R- A0ARWAL,, (-/L!4 FIR-%) 41-4. (%A6L4, 1A%RIP) a , b , c, +uestions bla bla bla,, ,, hail fro' hy , el, bo', ,, such

4.-:1 ( /22 1A3 /5% FI05R4) 0/ through a few +uestions ,, say *) +uesions,, <ust to get an i ea,,,

IF Y$* %( N' 0 hours for studying33 then you can easily clear ,uants33

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1--1/ R4A2I30 7/1#R4$43-I/3,, <ust have a loo9 at a few passages,, try to solve the',, practice a few an it shou l be fine,, go through the solving techni+ues,, A-/L!4 LA-%B ,, -1-41/ 7/RR47%I/3 /F -43%4374.ou nee to spen so'e ti'e on this topic while preparing,, Its which is going to eci e your fate,, <ust spen so'e +uality ti'e stu ying the type of errors,, an all those,, you can refer any gra''ar boo9,, in case if u ont have any ,, try to stu y correction of sentences fro' 01A%,, its high level but if you get fa'iliar with it ,, you can easily crac9 infosys,,

41-4./ fill in the ?lanGs Its really easy,, nee not worry ,, <ust rea the blan9,, get the i ea,, loo9 at the options,, an choose the best

4.-:1/ A *C( line passage will be given an base on it so'ething will be as9e ,, Its li9e a s'all co'prehension passage,, you can easily answer it -o in 4nglish,, <ust concentrate on -43%4374 7/RR47%I/3 an R4A2I30 7/1#R4$43-I/3 while stu ying,,

BR INT R&I W: $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

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I"($RTANT: I3F/-.- ppl,, they ont e&pect e&tra or inary people,, they nee <ust nor'al people,, they nee people who are honest,,, so ont try to be e&tra or inary an in oing so you 'ay get stuc9,, so 9eep it si'ple an honest,,,, (F/R04% A6/5% 430LI-$) And thanks to Allah.. I am into Infy. Dam=InterCiew 'ate : )1CFebC")1) No of Rounds : Aptitu e %est, 7lientM1anager Interview )ocation : $y eraba Contri?utor: 6at 'an Infosys )atest (lacement (aper (attern on ;th Fe? 41-1 H Bydera?ad Rounds: 1), Written test "), $R roun only Bi> Friends> There was no any Technical Round3 %o no need to preparation for it33 #ust focus for BR Round3 N$ T CBNICA) R$*N'F 6ecauseK %hey will train u for HC@'onths when u get to <oin in their co'pany, Infosys onVt bother about your %echnical s9ills, ligi?ility: H@Q(strict) Ano H?,FFQ alsoB with ) active bac9logs, consistent H)Q 1)th,inter 'ar9s, At first ,at about F:*)a' we ha a (resentation %eminar on the !ision, 0oals, Achieve'ents of Infosys which was given by a $R fro' Infosys, %ry to be attentive guys an Note 'own Interesting (oints in this se'inar because it will help u at the en of the ay in the InterCiew Round, %his went about for (8 'ins an soon they gave application for's an +uestion papers to all the stu ents, First they will give you Aptitude <)ogical Reasoning/ paper, you will have li9e " 'ins to go through, %his is very i'portant as soon as u get the paper, Just try to review the +uestions at a glance in those " 'ins, Quickly..

%his is the ti'e where u will get to 9now about +uestions pattern, or er,, .ou nee to i entify the easy ones an har onesW2onVt worry I will tell u which ones are easy an har , %o the Aptitude (aper Will BaCe: *) Ruestions 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 con itions 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 Agarwal NonCer?al an u will beco'e fa'iliar with these 9in of +uestions if u o so, ----./ 'ata %ufficiency Euestions: W0uys here it will test your EuantitatiCe Aptitude3 1 1 1 1 1 Ruestion base on Ages, Rues base on nu'bers, Rues base on 7o'poun Interest, Rues base on -elling #rice, #rofit 7oncept, Rues 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 'i le itself, 4--4./ A (u55le para is given, very ti'e ta9ing, co'ple& Rues 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 1aterial only, 2onDt follow R- Agarwal %echni+ues given for 2ata -yllogis', It is ti'e ta9ing, An it ruine 'eWthis is 'ost easy +uestions an you shoul solve this first,

%hen i''e iately 4nglish Ruestion #aper, (() Ruestions in *) 'ins)

---1/ %wo R7 paras with five +uestions each ,,%i'eta9ing,, 2o this at the last, Follow tips fro' 6arrons +R 3 &ery useful33 ---41/ %entence correction3 !ery easy if u have basic gra''ar s9ills its enough, 4--:1/ -entence co'pletion with 1eaningful, Appropiate, -uitable, #ractical solutions to be chosen fro' the ( options,,this is so'e what easy but a 'an with goo 4nglish vocabulary an gra''ar s9ills can o this easily, :--;1/ Theme 'etection: 1) paras,each followe by a +uestion regar ing the the'e of that para, .ou have to select fro' the ( options given, For 4nglish, I i nDt prepare fro' any boo9, As I ha a goo 9nowle ge of basic gra''ar, A ecent vocabulary so I was able to o *) Ruestions 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 nee e in Aptitu e #aper, -o practice +ues, learn tric9s to solve the' easily,I i nDt o well in 'y Aptitu e #aper, I struggle with the first five +ues itselfW1) 'ins, Went by, there itself, An then I i figure se+uence, I cleare easily solve ( +ues outta 8, /ne +uestion I cl nt answerWi guesse it,, %hen I solve -ufficiency Rues, 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 confi ent that I can o that, 6ut it was a long para with so 'any relationships (a bit ifficult Rues,, 6ut I in 9now that it was a har one), An I cl nt 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 all,,4verything went wrong for 'e, An I really panic9e ,,an I cl nt even gaEe at 2I +uestions, I guesse all those 2I +uestionsWI 'esse up 'y whole paper was a very ba ay for 'e, -o guys 'y a vice is first o 2ata -yllogis' +uestions (practice only fro' %I14 'aterial, 6e thorough with the +uestions in that 'aterial), %hen go for figure se+uence +ues,, %hen epen ing 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 can i ates for interview roun process, About *8stu ents 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 proCed that Talent wins, 6ut 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 cl nt '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 'ar9s,,nor 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 Frien s e&periences an also ta9ing account of 'y 9nowle ge for the InterCiew3 First be thoroughly (repared With Your Resume3 4ach an every wor , line etc, Try to Geep your resume simple and concise3 'on2t giCe a harsh looG or ?ad font or large font or Colors> 'esigns to ur Resume3 Leep it %imple3 TBAT2% ITM

Ruestions %hey $ave As9e : $R

-/ %ell 'e Abut .ourself; 4/ %ell 'e Abut your #ro<ect; #repare well Abut yout pro<ect an paper se'inars if u
have 'entione , %hey onVt go 'uch eep into your pro<ect but they only see your presentation s9ills there, %ell Abut your pro<ect in a si'ple 'anner, Without going too 'uch into the technical etails, #resent yourself well hereW6e prepare for this +uestion :/ .our hobbies an activities, ;/ -trengths an Wea9nesses ./ .our lea ership s9ills with 4&a'ple, %ea' #layer, Lea er s9ills with 4&a'ple, organiEation s9ills with e&a'ple, %hey will as9, All the 6estNNNN3 :/ Infosys H (lacement (aper (attern - 4431-3-1

Company Name : Infosys Type : Fresher Dam=InterCiew 'ate : ""CJanC")1) No of Rounds : Aptitu e %est, 7lientM1anager Interview Contri?uted ?y : eepa9 o<ha Euestion (aper : I3F/-.- #A#4R /3 ""<an ")1) A% In ore $i Frien s, I a' eepa9 o<ha fro' svits,in ore, %here was a ca'pus rive by Infosys in our college ca'pus on ""<an ")1),their eligibility criteria is H)Q for class 1)th an 1"th,H8Q for 6,4,(guys beaware it is avg, 'ar9s not the aggregate) an they are very 'uch strict about their criteria,even H(,FF Q is not allowe , about 1@) eligible stu ents appeare for the written test of infy, An frien s goo news that I a' the one of luc9y one to get chance to ta9e training fro' 1ysore training center,the largest corporate university in the worl , , %tatistic: %otal -tu entsIabout 1@) -tu ents who cleare Aptitu e %estI?1(6e careful huge re uction in this section) -tu ents -elect in interviewI88(I a' one of the') %ome Gey points: 1,if u clear the written,there r F)Q chances of selection, ",always reply in interview with full confi ence an preferably by ta9ing an e&a'ple, *,Its not a big proble' if you are not very fluent in 4nglish, (,6e specific an precise( nee not to tell Xbe politeY ), %election (rocedure: Infosys is such a co'pany where there is no barrier in strea', %hat 'eans stu ents fro' any strea' can sit in Infosys, %here are no irect %echnical roun in Infosys, %he whole -election #rocess contains two section Aptitu e test,

Analytical K Logical reasoning i,e, aptitu e test:(*) +uestion : () 'inutes) 4nglishMverbal section: (() +uestion : *8 'inutes)
Frien s they will not tell about any sectional cut off be careful about section cutoff,but i thin9 that there 'ight be a sectional cutoff,so o well in both sections to ensure ur selection, After Aptitude test BR interCiew3 Analytical O )ogical reasoning Frien s the or er of +uestions are as followsC(there is no negative 'ar9ing) E --. are base on ran9s, they r very 'uch easy an can be solve within 8 'inutes, E 0--1 on choose the o 'an out fro' the figure series(so'e are easy so'e r 'o erate) E ----. base on nor'al 'athe'atics,(i o not re'e'ber the' properly) E -0-41 base on pieC chart ,a very easy one E 4--4. base on a puEEle, puEEle is li9e that =there r 8 persons in the fa'ily a,b,c, ,e an they are far'er , octor,tra er,lawyer,engineer an we have to fin the correct 'atch for each a,b,c, ,e base on so'e 'ore info given=, E 40-:1 base on syllogis's, nglish=Cer?al %ection: Frien s o this section with a very cool 'in becoE ti'e given for this is less, %wo passages an 8 +uestion fro' each passages: 2o it at the last, An before rea ing the passage see the +uestion one ti'e,

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

pronounW,, Fill in the 6lan9s: 0ain a etails i ea on preposition, phrase, i io's, %he'e 2etection, i entification of so'e supporting or wea9ening sentences about a paragraph given BR InterCiew 3ow the final section, %he only one solution to crac9 the interview is 9eeping yourself cool, Frien s 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<ect you, 6e frien ly, polite with the' an follow the proper etti+uetesWW 'y hr panel cosists of one person,he is of aroun 88CH) years of age,he is too goo an very frien ly, InterCiew 1e: 1ay I co'e in sir; $R: yes,please co'e in,have a seat, then he stoo up an sha9e han s with 'e, 1e: %han9 you sir, $R: o9 tell 'e so'ething about ur routine wor9; 1e: i tol hr:how u prepare for ur e&a's,tell 'e the whole process by ta9ing an e&a'ple, 'e:i tol hr: o u have given any paper presentation; 'e:tol with the e&a'ple of instance when i gave the se'inar; hr:are u a goo lea er; 'e:yes, i a' an e&plain this by ta9ing the e&a'ples of 'y pro<ects an ifficulties encountere in that an how i overco'e that an acco'plish the pro<ect successfully, hr:o9, eepa9 o u rea boo9s; 'e:yes sir,an tol the na'e of boo9s that i rea an how they benefitte 'e, hr:then he as9e 'e about 'y fa'ily an <ust a casual tal9 after that, hr:o9, eepa9 nice to tal9 u, atlast,he stoo up an shoo9 han s with 'e, then i gently stoo up an say,, 'e:than9 u sir an have a nice ay 'y interview was goo an i a' +uite sure that i a' through an got selecte in 'y rea' co'pany,it was li9e a rea' co'es true, o9,,,'y frien s so this is 'y story that how i crac9e the infy, 'eet you at 'ysore,,,,,, 0oo bye W,an $ave 0oo Luc9 nfosys H (lacement (aper (attern <Aptitude/ - 1.-#an-41-1 Company Name : Infosys Type : Fresher Dam=InterCiew 'ate : )8CJanC")1) No of Rounds : Aptitu e %est, 7lientM1anager Interview )ocation : 2elhi

Written test: Aptitude pattern is change , 3o puEEles were there, *) +uestions () 'ins set -: a cube +uestion, a cube painte with ifferent colors, so'e si es an colrs given on the basis of ata given fin colors on other si es an ans so'e +uestions(easy one) set 4: series co'pletion, where so'e figures are given, practice the' fro' Ragarwal( verbal an non verbal reasoning) set :: 8CH ata sufficiency +ustions, easy but still practice the' fro' 16A preparation stuff set ;: a bar graph +uestion, <ust calculation base , set . : logical reasoning +uaetion, heights an weights of so'e frien s given , so'e con itions given( this was the toughest +uestion) an i coul nDt o it at all, set 0: syllogys' li9e ,all ADs are 6Ds , so'e 7Ds are not ADs ( please practice these type of +uestion, otherwise u will get confuse there, as these type of +uestion are as9e in 'any co'panies) !,i'p N+)I%B % CTI$N:: () +ues, *) 'ins ! i'p section, this is the eli'inating section, 'ost guys o not +ualify this sectionDs cut off, soo pleeE prcatice for verbal scetion, refer 16A stuff, not at higher level but <ust the 'ost basic level, -pee is very i'portant for this section, " #A--A04-( very long, ont o the' first unless u r very confi ent on ur verbal section) other things: gra''er correction +ues, conclusion , inference e uce type of +uestion, choose the correct sentence +uestion, I i one passage at en , i atte'pte * +uestion without rea ing passage even once, because " +uestion were !ocab relate , one was v si'ple, not sure but cutoff was 8)Q verbal an H) Q apti $R interview: 'a9e si'ple resu'e, prepare +uestion li9e =about urself=, hobies, about infosys, current news, etc etc( u 'us be 9nowing all that) i will tell how u answer the' nicely, Listen guys, no one is perfect neither a' I, so if u coul Dnt figure out ur strengths , wea9nesses, i'pressive hobbies , pleE sit an thin9 over, what u o in free ti'e , what u o aily, every one has so'e goo +ualities no 'atter how s'all they are, stu y urself a lot as this will help not only in Infosys but everywhere u go for <ob in ur entire life, <ust ont say ur strenght is har wor9ing or I ont have any wea9nesses, I 'ean what ever u say u 'ust be rea y to state instances fro' ur life an bac9en it up, Rest only 7onfi ence is nee e , 1y Interview went li9e as if I was busy in iscussion with 'y Frien , it was so nice, I sai 'y strenghts are lea' lea ership an tea' wor9ing, as I ha e&a'ples to support the' , %he interviewer fire 1any situation li9e =what woul u o if a person wor9ing un er u oes not o the wor9 u assigne hi'=, =which tea' woul u <oin , on etea' has all goo people, other tea' has all bothering people=, =how u 'anage ur pro<ect in tea'=, =what u learnt when u were $ouse captain in ur school= etc etc, -o guys, ont worry, Its vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv easy to get in I3F/-.-, 2o ur best, 'eet u in Infosys,

6y : -$56$A1 >51AR 0/4L Infosys H (lacement (aper 41-1 - InterCiew Company Name : Infosys Type : Fresher Dam=InterCiew 'ate : )@CJanC")1) No of Rounds : Aptitu e %est, 7lientM1anager Interview Infy ca'e to our college C I4%C2A!!(in ore) on @th of <an with a criteria of H8Q average till Hth se'ester, Written test was a'n easy for all those who have prepare for 7A%, 1)H out of 1*8 cleare the written test, FH were finally selecte , As e&pecte Infy too9 only $R interview, Interviewer was H)G an an II% gra , $e was really a nice person, ,-3/ tell me a?out yourselfF Ans,) I a' a cal' an co'pose person,,,,I a' aggressive,,, blah blah,,,,,(1C" lines 'ore),, thats it, ( I 'esse up the things,) ,34/ tell me a?out your family ?acGgroundF Ans, ,,%ol ,,,,, ,3:/ +entle man your career graph is going down1)th C @@Q 1"th C ?HQ 1st yr C ?)Q "n yrC H*Q,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, why is that so;;;;; Ans3/ This was the weaGest point of my C&3 I had to giCe such an answer so that he couldn2t coss ,uestion me333333 so I sai CCC In "))H i was un er epression,, coE i coul nDt 'a e it to II%, in "))?C)@( 'y "n yr) I ha a brea9 up, ( W%F O;ZOZ;), ,:3/<continued/ %o now are you oGFF Ans, .es sir an thats why I pic9e up in *r yr(?*Q), ( 'y bluff really wor9e for 'e,,, JC) ) ,;3/ Be looGed at my eDtra curricular actiCitiesO achieCements333 and was impressed ?y that- 2i co'paring in RobarooC"))F( 0haEal 3ight by 5sta Ah'e $ussain an 5sta 1uha''a $ussain), 2i co'paring in 3aach( Inter 7ollege ance co'petition) in "))@ an "))F, !olunteere in WaveEC)@(7oncert by #a9istani ban XJALY), CCWon InterC-chool speech co'petition organiEe by 6hra'o -a'a<("))8), CC7leare 3%-4 ("))(), ,.3/ Tell me a?out your proJect and the role you played in it3 Ans, 1y pro<ect was =1ultivariate 2ata !isualiEation techni+ues=, I playe the role of analyst,,,,,blah blah ( prepare this +uestion e&tre'ely well an be specific,,,,, I fu'ble again), ,03/ 6eing a computer engineer your sGill setis way too less than other candidates< only cPP3Core #aCa :-< /333FFFF Ans,(this was the turning point of the interview),,,,, -ir its so because I was stu ying finance,,,,(he as9e why I stu ie so,,,,,,I e&plaine the

nee of financial planning,,,an nee " un erstan the concepts of personal finance,,,,,since I a' a tra er 'yself an constantly consult 'y frien s ,,,, it was piece of ca9e for 'e,) ,39/ 'o you haCe any certifications in this fieldFFFF ans,) I showe 'y 37F1 certificationsC A1FI registere 'utual fun a viser (registration no, ?H*))), NCF" :7o''o ities 1ar9et 1o ule [ F?,8Q, 7urrency 2erivatives 1o ule [ @*Q, 2epository #articipant 1o ule [ @)Q, (these certifications 'a e 'y ay,,,,,interviewer 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 professionals,,,an role of 6F-I seg'ent in revenues of Infy,,,, an blah blah,,, blah,,, It was frien ly =pravachan= going on,,,, when the peon interrupte ,,,,, he bought tea an biscuits for hi',,,,an 'y interview en e 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: -i harth Jain mail : si <ain@FAatBg'ail,co' Infosys )atest (lacement (aper (attern on ;th Fe? 41-1 H Bydera?ad Rounds: 1), Written test "), $R roun only Bi> Friends> There was no any Technical Round3 %o no need to preparation for it33 #ust focus for BR Round3 N$ T CBNICA) R$*N'F 6ecauseK %hey will train u for HC@'onths when u get to <oin in their co'pany, Infosys onVt bother about your %echnical s9ills, ligi?ility: H@Q(strict) Ano H?,FFQ alsoB with ) active bac9logs, consistent H)Q 1)th,inter 'ar9s, At first ,at about F:*)a' we ha a (resentation %eminar on the !ision, 0oals, Achieve'ents of Infosys which was given by a $R fro' Infosys, %ry to be attentive guys an Note 'own Interesting (oints in this se'inar because it will help u at the en of the ay in the InterCiew Round, %his went about for (8 'ins an soon they gave application for's an +uestion papers to all the stu ents, First they will give you Aptitude <)ogical Reasoning/ paper, you will have li9e " 'ins to go through, %his is very i'portant as soon as u get the paper, Just try to review the +uestions at a glance in those " 'ins, Quickly.. %his is the ti'e where u will get to 9now about +uestions pattern, or er,, .ou nee to i entify the easy ones an har onesW2onVt worry I will tell u which ones are easy an har ,

%o the Aptitude (aper Will BaCe: *) Ruestions 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 con itions 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 Agarwal NonCer?al an u will beco'e fa'iliar with these 9in of +uestions if u o so, ----./ 'ata %ufficiency Euestions: W0uys here it will test your EuantitatiCe Aptitude3 1 1 1 1 1 Ruestion base on Ages, Rues base on nu'bers, Rues base on 7o'poun Interest, Rues base on -elling #rice, #rofit 7oncept, Rues 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 'i le itself, 4--4./ A (u55le para is given, very ti'e ta9ing, co'ple& Rues 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 1aterial only, 2onDt follow R- Agarwal %echni+ues given for 2ata -yllogis', It is ti'e ta9ing, An it ruine 'eWthis is 'ost easy +uestions an you shoul solve this first,

%hen i''e iately 4nglish Ruestion #aper, (() Ruestions in *) 'ins)

---1/ %wo R7 paras with five +uestions each ,,%i'eta9ing,, 2o this at the last, Follow tips fro' 6arrons +R 3 &ery useful33 ---41/ %entence correction3 !ery easy if u have basic gra''ar s9ills its enough, 4--:1/ -entence co'pletion with 1eaningful, Appropiate, -uitable, #ractical solutions to be chosen fro' the ( options,,this is so'e what easy but a 'an with goo 4nglish vocabulary an gra''ar s9ills can o this easily, :--;1/ Theme 'etection: 1) paras,each followe by a +uestion regar ing the the'e of that para, .ou have to select fro' the ( options given, For 4nglish, I i nDt prepare fro' any boo9, As I ha a goo 9nowle ge of basic gra''ar, A ecent vocabulary so I was able to o *) Ruestions 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 nee e in Aptitu e #aper, -o practice +ues, learn tric9s to solve the' easily,I i nDt o well in 'y Aptitu e #aper,

I struggle with the first five +ues itselfW1) 'ins, Went by, there itself, An then I i figure se+uence, I cleare easily solve ( +ues outta 8, /ne +uestion I cl nt answerWi guesse it,, %hen I solve -ufficiency Rues, 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 confi ent that I can o that, 6ut it was a long para with so 'any relationships (a bit ifficult Rues,, 6ut I in 9now that it was a har one), An I cl nt 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 all,,4verything went wrong for 'e, An I really panic9e ,,an I cl nt even gaEe at 2I +uestions, I guesse all those 2I +uestionsWI 'esse up 'y whole paper was a very ba ay for 'e, -o guys 'y a vice is first o 2ata -yllogis' +uestions (practice only fro' %I14 'aterial, 6e thorough with the +uestions in that 'aterial), %hen go for figure se+uence +ues,, %hen epen ing 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 can i ates for interview roun process, About *8stu ents 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 proCed that Talent wins, 6ut 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 cl nt '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 'ar9s,,nor 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 Frien s e&periences an also ta9ing account of 'y 9nowle ge for the InterCiew3 First be thoroughly (repared With Your Resume3 4ach an every wor , line etc, Try to Geep your resume simple and concise3 'on2t giCe a harsh looG or ?ad font or large font or Colors> 'esigns to ur Resume3 Leep it %imple3 TBAT2% ITM

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have 'entione , %hey onVt go 'uch eep into your pro<ect but they only see your presentation s9ills there, %ell Abut your pro<ect in a si'ple 'anner, Without going too 'uch into the technical etails, #resent yourself well hereW6e prepare for this +uestion :/ .our hobbies an activities, ;/ -trengths an Wea9nesses ./ .our lea ership s9ills with 4&a'ple, %ea' #layer, Lea er s9ills with 4&a'ple, organiEation s9ills with e&a'ple, %hey will as9, All the 6estNNNN3 :/

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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 si es an colrs given on the basis of ata given fin colors on other si es an ans so'e +uestions(easy one) set 4: series co'pletion, where so'e figures are given, practice the' fro' Ragarwal( verbal an non verbal reasoning) set :: 8CH ata sufficiency +ustions, easy but still practice the' fro' 16A preparation stuff set ;: a bar graph +uestion, <ust calculation base , set . : logical reasoning +uaetion, heights an weights of so'e frien s given , so'e con itions given( this was the toughest +uestion) an i coul nVt o it at all, set 0: syllogys' li9e ,all AVs are 6Vs , so'e 7Vs are not AVs ( please practice these type of +uestion, otherwise u will get confuse there, as these type of +uestion are as9e in 'any co'panies) !,i'p N+)I%B % CTI$N:: () +ues, *) 'ins ! i'p section, this is the eli'inating section, 'ost guys o not +ualify this sectionVs cut off, soo pleeE prcatice for verbal scetion, refer 16A stuff, not at higher level but <ust the 'ost basic level, -pee is very i'portant for this section, " #A--A04-( very long, ont o the' first unless u r very confi ent on ur verbal section) other things: gra''er correction +ues, conclusion , inference e uce type of +uestion, choose the correct sentence +uestion, I i one passage at en , i atte'pte * +uestion without rea ing passage even once, because " +uestion were !ocab relate , one was v si'ple, not sure but cutoff was 8)Q verbal an H) Q apti $R interview: 'a9e si'ple resu'e, prepare +uestion li9e Xabout urselfY, hobies, about infosys, current news, etc etc( u 'us be 9nowing all that) i will tell how u answer the' nicely, Listen guys, no one is perfect neither a' I, so if u coul Vnt figure out ur strengths , wea9nesses, i'pressive hobbies , pleE sit an thin9 over, what u o in free ti'e , what u o aily, every one has so'e goo +ualities no 'atter how s'all they are, stu y urself a lot as this will help not only in Infosys but everywhere u go for <ob in ur entire life, <ust ont say ur strenght is har wor9ing or I ont have any wea9nesses, I 'ean what ever u say u 'ust be rea y to state instances fro' ur life an bac9en it up, Rest only 7onfi ence is nee e , 1y Interview went li9e as if I was busy in iscussion with 'y Frien , it was so nice, I sai 'y strenghts are lea' lea ership an tea' wor9ing, as I ha e&a'ples to support the' , %he interviewer fire 1any situation li9e Xwhat woul u o if a person wor9ing un er u oes not o the wor9 u assigne hi'Y, Xwhich tea' woul u <oin , on etea' has all goo people, other tea' has all bothering peopleY, Xhow u 'anage ur pro<ect in tea'Y, Xwhat u learnt when u were $ouse captain in ur schoolY etc etc, -o guys, ont worry, Its vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv easy to get in I3F/-.-, 2o ur best, 'eet u in Infosys, 6y : -$56$A1 >51AR 0/4L

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1)A#%I%524 %4-%: Ruestions I ?) J ti'e li'it I ?8 'inutes, -ectional cutCoff in each section its aroun H)Q in Logical Reasoning part an 8)Q 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 chil ren, 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 8 igit 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"FH, (, 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

8, %wo twins have certain peculiar characteristics, /ne of the' always lies on 1on ay, We nes ay, an Fri ay, %he other always lies on %ues ays, %hurs ays an -atur ays, /n the other ays they tell the truth, .ou are given a conversation, #erson ACC to ay is -un ay 'y na'e is Anil #erson 6 CC to ay is %ues ay, 'y na'e is 6ill What ay is to ay; Ans: %o ay is %ues ay 2irections H:1) In each of the +uestions given below which one of the five answer figures on the right shoul co'e after the proble' figures on the left, if the se+uence were continue ; Answers HC1) H 4, ?, 7 @, 6 F,4 1), 2 2irections 11C18: 4ach proble' consists of a proble' followe by two state'ents, 2eci e whether the ata in the state'ents are sufficient to answer the +uestion, -elect your answer accor ing to whether: (A) state'ent 1 alone is sufficient, but state'ent " alone is not sufficient to answer the +uestion (6) state'ent " alone is sufficient, but state'ent 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the +uestion (7) both state'ents ta9en together are sufficient to answer the +uestion, but neither state'ent alone is sufficient (2) each state'ent alone is sufficient (4) state'ents 1 an " together are not sufficient, an a the +uestion 11, If & an y are both positive integers, how 'uch greater is & than y; 1, & G y I ") ", & I y] 1, A, ", 6, itional ata is nee e to answer

*, 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 <ournalis', how 'any of the articles on current affairs are written by <ournalists with 'ore than 8 years e&perience; 1, ") articles are written by staff 'e'bers, ", /f the articles on topics other than current affairs, 8) percent are by staff 'e'bers with less than 8 years e&perience, 1, A, ", 6, *, 7, (, 2, 8, 4, Ans: A 1*, Is &y Z ) ; 1, &My ^ ) ", & G y ^ ) 1, A, ", 6, *, 7, (, 2, 8, 4, Ans: A 1( /ne nu'ber, n, is selecte at ran o' fro' a set of 1) integers, What is the probability that _ n G 1* I ) ;

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 (Ruestion 1H to 1F ) : Rea the following infor'ation carefully an answer the +uestions given below it, I!, i) %here are si& frien s 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

1H, Who plays !olleyball ; A) 6 6) 7 7) F 2) 2ata ina e+uate 4) 3one of these Ans: 6 1?, Which coloure car F owns ; A) 0reen 6) 6lue 7) 4ither 0reen or 6lue 2) 2ata ina e+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) Re C $oc9ey 4) 3one of these Ans: 6 1F, In a group of si& wo'en, there are four ancers, four vocal 'usicians, one actress an three violinists, 0iri<a an !ana<a are a'ong the violinists while Jala<a an -haila<a o not 9now how to play on the violin, -haila<a an %anu<a are a'ong the ancers, Jala<a, !ana<a, -haila<a an %anu<a are all vocal 'usicians an two of the' are also violinists, If #oo<a is an actress, who a'ong the following is both a ancer an violinist ; A) Jala<a 6) -haila<a 7) %anu<a 2) #oo<a Ans: 7 "), -alay wal9e 1) ' towar s West fro' his house, %hen he wal9e 8 ' turning to his left, After this he wal9e 1) ' turning to his left an in the en he wal9e 1) ' turning to his left, In what irection is he now fro' his starting point; (A) -outh (6) 3orth (7) 4ast (2) West (4) 3one of these Ans : (6) "1,1anish goes ? 9' towar s -outhC4ast fro' his house, then he goes 1( 9' turning to West, After this he goes

? 9' towar s 3orth West an in the en he goes F 9' towar s 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 A ityaDs house faces the east, Fro' the bac9 si e of his house, he wal9s straight 8) 'etres, then turns to the right an wal9s 8) 'etres, then turns towar s left an stops after wal9ing "8 'etres , 3ow A itya is in which irection fro' the starting point; (A) -outhC4ast (6) 3orthC4ast (7) -outhC West (2) 3orthCWest (4) 3one of these Ans : (2) "(, #, R, R an - are playing a ga'e of carro', #, R, an -, R are partners, - is to the right of R who is facing west, %hen R 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 towar s 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 towar s -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 7,H) 'etres 2, @) 'etres 4 3one of these

Ans: 4 2irections "?C*) :%he table below shows the nu'ber of people who respon e 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 respon ents un er *1 , in icate that blues in their favorite style; A, ?,1 6, ?,H 7, @,* 2, 1(,1 4, ?," Ans: 6 "@, What percentage of respon ents age "1C*) in icate that <aEE is their favorite style; A, H( Q 6, H)Q 7, ?8Q 2, *HQ 4, (HQ Ans: A "F, What percentage of the total sa'ple in icate that JaEE is heir favorite style of 'usic; A, H Q 6, @Q 7, ""Q 2, (Q 4, 11Q Ans: 4 *), What percentage of the total sa'ple were age "1C*); A, *1 Q 6, "*Q 7, "8Q 2, 1(Q 4, *)Q Ans: 7 !erbal Ability %est (() Ruestions in *8 'inutes) 2irections for Ruestions 1C8: Rea the passage an answer the +uestions that follow on the basis of the infor'ation provi e in the passage, 1uch of the infor'ation we have to ay about chi'panEees co'es fro' the groun brea9ing, longCter' research of the great conservationist, Jane 0oo all, Jane 0oo all was born in Lon on, 4nglan , on April *, 1F*(, /n her secon birth ay, her father gave her a toy chi'panEee na'e Jubilee, Jubilee was na'e after a baby chi'p in the Lon on Uoo, an see'e to foretell the course JaneVs life woul ta9e, %o this ay, Jubilee sits in a chair in JaneVs Lon on ho'e, Fro' an early age, Jane was fascinate by ani'als an ani'al stories, 6y the age of 1), she was tal9ing about going to Africa to live a'ong the

ani'als there, At the ti'e, in the early 1F()s, this was a ra ical i ea because wo'en i not go to Africa by the'selves, As a young wo'an, Jane finishe school in Lon on, atten e 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 9nowle ge of Africa an its wil life, an hire her to assist hi' an his wife on a fossilChunting e&pe ition to /l uvai 0orge, 2r, Lea9ey soon realiEe that Jane was the perfect person to co'plete a stu y he ha been planning for so'e ti'e, -he e&presse her interest in the i ea of stu ying ani'als by living in the wil with the', rather than stu ying ea ani'als through paleontology, 2r, Lea9ey an Jane began planning a stu y of a group of chi'panEees who were living on the shores 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 wil s of Africa alone, 6ut JaneVs 'other, !anne, agree to <oin her so that she woul not be alone, Finally, the authorities gave Jane the clearance she nee e in or er to go to Africa an begin her stu y In July of 1FH), Jane an her 'other arrive at 0o'be 3ational #ar9 in what was then calle %anganyi9a an is now calle %anEania, Jane face 'any challenges as she began her wor9, %he chi'panEees i not accept her right away, an it too9 'onths for the' to get use to her presence in their territory, 6ut she was very patient an re'aine focuse on her goal, Little by little, she was able to enter their worl , At first, she was able to watch the chi'panEees only fro' a great istance, using binoculars, As ti'e passe , she was able to 'ove her observation point closer to the' while still using ca'ouflage, 4ventually, she was able to sit a'ong the', touching, patting, an even fee ing the', It was an a'aEing acco'plish'ent for Jane, an a brea9through in the stu y of ani'als in the wil , Jane na'e all of the chi'panEees that she stu ie , stating in her <ournals that she felt they each ha a uni+ue personality, /ne of the first significant observations that Jane 'a e uring the stu y was that chi'panEees 'a9e an use tools, 'uch li9e hu'ans o, to help the' get foo , It was previously thought that hu'ans alone use tools, Also than9s to JaneVs research, we now 9now that chi'ps eat 'eat as well as plants an fruits, In 'any ways, she has helpe us to see how chi'panEees an hu'ans are si'ilar, In oing so, she has 'a e us 'ore sy'pathetic towar these creatures, while helping us to better un erstan ourselves,

%he stu y starte by Jane 0oo all in 1FH) is now the longest fiel stu y of any ani'al species in their natural habitat, Research continues to this ay in 0o'be an is con ucte by a tea' of traine %anEanians, JaneVs life has inclu e 'uch 'ore than <ust her stu y of the chi'ps in %anEania, -he pursue a gra uate egree while still con ucting her stu y, receiving her #h,2, fro' 7a'bri ge 5niversity in 1FH8, In 1F@(, she receive the J, #aul 0etty Wil life 7onservation #riEe for =helping 'illions of people un erstan the i'portance of wil life conservation to life on this planet,= -he has been 'arrie twice: first to a photographer an then to the irector of 3ational #ar9s, -he has one son, 2r, Jane 0oo all is now the worl Vs 'ost renowne authority on chi'panEees, having stu ie their behavior for nearly () years, -he has publishe 'any scientific articles, has written two boo9s, an has won nu'erous awar s for her groun brea9ing wor9, %he Jane 0oo all Institute for Wil life Research, 4 ucation, an 7onservation was foun e in 1F?? in 7alifornia but 'ove to the Washington, 2,7,, area in 1FF@, Its goal is to ta9e the actions necessary to i'prove the environ'ent for all living things, 2r, 0oo all now travels e&tensively, giving lectures, visiting Eoos an chi'p sanctuaries, an tal9ing to young people involve in environ'ental e ucation, -he is truly a great conservationist an an a'aEing hu'an being, Rea this sentence fro' the article, 1, D6ut she was very patient an re'aine focuse on her goalD, What is an antony' for the wor focuse ; 1, bothere ", tire *, isintereste (, concerne Ans: 7 ", What is the authorVs purpose in writing this article; 1, to entertain the rea er with stories about chi'panEees ", to infor' the rea er of the i'portance of wil life conservation *, to warn the rea er about the challenges of wor9ing in Africa (, to escribe the wor9 an life of Jane 0oo all, Ans: 2 *, Which of the following is 3/% one of the reasons 2r, Lea9ey chose Jane to wor9 with hi';

1, -he 9new a lot about Africa, ", -he 9new a lot about African wil life, *, -he earne the 'oney to travel to Africa on her own, (, -he was intereste in stu ying 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 0oo all is now the worl Vs 'ost renowne authority on chi'panEees, having stu ie their behavior for nearly forty years, What oes authority 'ean; 1, an intelligent person ", one who stu ies ani'als *, a scientist (, an e&pert Ans: 6 Rea this sentence fro' the article, 2irections for Ruestions HC1): Rea the passage an answer the +uestions that follow on the basis of the infor'ation provi e 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 sel o' 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 9in ness he 'eets even in the 'ost unli9e +uarters, A s'ile is apt to be 'et 'et with a respective s'ile while the sneer is <ust as apt to provo9e a snarl, 1en living in the sa'e neighborhoo 'ay live vastly ifferent lives, 6ut it is not the neighborhoo which is +uarrelso'e, but the 'an within us, An we have it in out power to change our neighborhoo into a pleasant one by si'ply changing our own ways, H, %he passage is about

A) our isagreeable an hostile worl 6) a 9in ly an pleasant worl 7) our ifferent an unresponsive worl 2) the worl an what one 'a9es of it, Ans: 2 ?, =,,,,,,,,,,,,,,they are sel o' 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 sor i place for those who suffer in life Ans: 7 F, Which of the following is opposite in 'eaning to the e&pression DthinCs9inne D as se in the passage; A) Insensitive 6) Intelligent 7) Aw9war 2) /bstinate

Ans: A 1), =/n the other han ,,,,,,,,,,,,, unli9ely +uarter= %he state'ent shows that peopleDs reaction to our attitu e is A) 0enerally in ifferent 6) surprisingly responsive 7) often a verse 2) 'ainly favourable Ans: 6 2irections 11C1@: #ic9 out the 'ost effective wor fro' the given wor s to fill in the blan9 to 'a9e the sentence 'eaningfully co'plete, 11,For a few secon s, 1a an was,,,,,,,,,,,,,blin e 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 stu y of hu'an behavior is in ee very,,,,,,,,,,,,,, A) strong 6) large 7) broa 2) vast 4) eep Ans: 4 1*, %he police have,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,a co'plaint against four persons A) entere 6) lo ge 7) registere 2) note 4) receive Ans: 7 1(, %he i'prove'ent 'a e by changes in the syste' was ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,an the large e&penses, A) large 6) s'all 7) 'inute 2) 'arginal 4) uncertain Ans: 2 i not warrant

18, %he 'an who is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hesitating 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 too,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,to be eceive easily A) strong 6) 'o ern 7) 9in 2) honest 4) intelligent Ans: 4 1?, %he 1anager 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 to ay, A, rather 6, too 7, fairly 2, very Ans: 7 2irection Ruestions1FC"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 eci e upon its egree of truth or falsity, 'ar9 your answer as : A, if the inference is D efinitely trueD i,e, , 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 a e+uate i,e,, 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 givenJ an 4, if you thin9 inference is D efinitely falseD i,e, , it contra icts the given facts,

#assage I 5rban services have not e&pan e fast enough to cope with urban e&pansion, Low invest'ent allocation have ten e top be un er spent, 6oth public( e, g, water an sewage) an private (e,g, lowCinco'e area housing) infrastructure +uality has ecline , this i'pact of the environ'ent in which chil ren 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 1F, %here is nothing to boast about urban services Ans: A "), %he public transport syste' is in the han s 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, "(, Ruality of 'angoes is an i'portant factor in e&ports, Ans: A "8, %he state also e&ports goo +uality grapes Ans: 7

"H, %he state also cultivates a large nu'ber of 'e iu' +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 A672 Ans : A "@, .ou can get Mall the infor'ation you want M in this boo9 M 3o error A672 Ans : A "F, %he bus coul not M ascen the steep hill M because it was in the wrong gears M 3o error A672 Ans : 7 *),3o stronger M a figure than his M is prescribe in the history M 3o error A672 Ans : 7 *1, 'ost people woul have Matten e the union 'eeting M if they ha M longer notice of it M 3o error A6724 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 A6724 Ans: 4

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+uire D **, %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, 4 ucation is a strong instru'ent for 'ol ings the character of the young, A, stri9ing 6, powerful 7, potent 2, 3o 7orrection re+uire Ans : 6 *H, $e gave the I,A,-, e&a'ination in all seriousness, A, appeare 6, too9 7, un ertoo9 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, han s 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 *F, $e stoppe to wor9 an hour ago A, to wor9ing 6, to have wor9e 7, wor9ing 2, 3o 7orrection re+uire

Ans : 7 (), %he fact fin ing co''ittee has so far not 'a e any a vance'ent, A, progress 6, i'prove'ent 7, stri e 2, 3o 7orrection re+uire Ans: A $ello Frien s, %his is Rahul >u'ar fro' F4%, 0>! an I was selecte by infosys on ? Jan ")1) through pool ca'pus recruit'ent con ucte in 7/4R, Roor9ee, %he whole proce ure was as follows:C 1)#reC#lace'ent tal9 ")Written test (Analytical thin9ing n logical Reasoning G !erbal ability test (4nglish)) *)Interview 1)#reC#lace'ent tal9:C2o listen to it carefully frien s coE it helps u to 9now what 9in of ppl, infy is loo9in for n helps u to prepare better for interview, ")Written test co'prise of " pprs, i) Reasoning section:C It co'prise of *) +uestions in () 'ins, containing " puEEles with 8 +ues each,8 figurative series +uestions,8 +uestions fro' ata sufficiency,8 +ues fro' 2,I n -yllogis' each, (%hese two save 'e,,,,,),%ry to score as high as u can as +uestion is really easy n sectional cut off 'atters, Just go with the 6asic stu y 'aterial of any 16A preparation coaching, (I opte for %I14Ds),,,%hats 'ore than enough,,,,, or either go with R,- , AggrwalCverbal n nonCverbal reasoning,,,,pay 'ore stress on verbal reasoning,,,,n for 2,I <ust have a loo9 ` R,-,Aggrwal Ruant bu9,,,,,%hats it,,,, ii) 4nglish section:C() +uestions in *8 'ins n u 'ight feel ti'e is less but believe 'e its not,,,,, it consiste of " big R7Ds (Atte'pt e' ` last as its ty' ta9in) wi 8 +ues each, Fill in blan9s, sentence correction, +uestions on replacing phrases wi suitable 'eaning n the'e etection,,,,s'all +uestions,,,,rea e' once n u wll fin answer,,,For R7Ds better rea +uestions first n en start rea ing passage,,,,,,once u co'e across ne of answr 'ar9 it in ur answer sheet,,,,,so'eti'es u onDt have to rea whole passage n it saves ti'e,,,,,,For gra''ar go for ne basic gra''ar boo9 (have a loo9 at %43-4-,#R4#/-I%I/3-,AR%I7L4etc,) or again go for basic %I14Ds stu y 'aterial, *)Interview :C$Rs in infy r really cool n ey 'a9e u rela& once u enter interview roo',3o puEEle was as9e to 'e in 'y interview,,,'ine was a la ies $R n she was really a very cool la y,,,,,Just a few Ruestions base on 'y resu'e but nothing technical(no nee " wrry),,,,,until u 'ention ne pro<ect,,,,,,u <st nee to bac9up ur strengths written in ur resu'e wi e&a'ples,,,,,, nt lie or try to o'inate e',,,,, ey r s'art enough,,,,,,<ust be cool n be confi ent n 'aintain ur s'ile,,,,,basically ey wll chec9 ur co''unication s9ills n ur confi ence,,,,,'y intrvw laste for al'ost ") 'ins,,,,,,,,, n Finally results were announce ` 1 A,1 in 'orning,,,,,,,* hours after interview,,,,,,,,,, an 6I30/OOOO,,,,i was one a'ong the "" luc9y stu ents selecte fro' our college,,,,,,,, 6est of luc9 guys n i hope u fin 'y e&perience helpful,,,,, 2onDt forget to ta9e help fro' ur seniors,,,it really helps u a lot in preparation,,,,,, %han9s for rea ing,,,,,,:)

JBIT STUDENT

$i, first of all i wu li9e " than9 freeplace'entpapers,co' n all seniors (' whose e&perience iDve benifite a lot,,,a so here i ' to share 'y e&perience,,, 1, a short ppt escribing organiEation,their e&pectations,etc,,,,,,,,(go thru it seriously as ey 'ight as9 nething relate to it uring interview n also u gt so'e +ueries at u 'ight as9 at en of ur intrvw) ", written test,,,(paperCpencil base n not co'puter base ) 1ainly focuses on reasonin n english usage, a)reasoning testC*) +ues () 'in

1C8 +ues wer base on ran9ing,,,,available in rs aggarwal(verbal n nonCverbal) eg,a stu ent ran9s Fth (' top n 18th (' botto' in a class,how 'any stu ents r ere in class, +ues HC1) wer base on visual reasoning,,,,rs aggarwal ,,,8 figures r givenCfin o one out, +ues 11C18 wer on ata sufficiency,,, a +ues is given,followe by " state'ents,,,vDve " 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 sufficient, b)4nglish usageC () +uesC*8 'in, is was a tough part ( all those who ont hve a goo foun ation in english,As +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 +ues ne&t was a halfCpage passage,,,i ont re'e'ber e&act topic both passages were oable given at uDve a gu spee in rea ing long te&ts, %here were 'any +ues, on replacing un erline part wi correct option, there were also 'any +ues on sentence co'pletion,,,or say fill in blan9, also so'e of +ues i ' unable " recall, 2o not start eng, section wi passages, ey r highly ty' consu'ing,,,atte'pt e' after goin thru rest of sections, %$4R4 WA- -47%I/3AL 75%C/FF n no negative 'ar9ing, %est ppr will b ifferent at ifferent locations, After aroun " hours, results wer eclare ,A total of H@ stu ents cu clear written out of 1@)G, As ey were announcing na'es,interviews start i''e iately,(only $R interview,,,no technical) %here were aroun (C8 single interviewer panels, Interview e&perience: (As 'ine was first na'e on list,i was 1st " give interview on 'y panel n so obviously very nervious,I guess interviewer un erstoo is (' his very 1st +ues,) 'e: 1ay I c'e in,sir, hr: yes,hv a seat, ('eanwhile he ws goin thru a copy of 'y resu'e,'ar9sheets n for' at ey h as9e " fill b( written test,All ese ocu'ents r wi hr even b( u enter roo',) hr:tell 'e so'ethin Dbout urself, 'e:answere (but vry nervously,I al'ost screwe up is vry i'p +ues,) hr: tell 'e so'ethin Dbout ur 'inor n 'a<or pro<ect, 'e:answere ,(now i ws soun in a bit confi ent n rela&e ) hr: i u face ne proble's uring ur pro<ect wor9,; 'e: asnwere ,(b honest n if u i nt face ne such proble' en coo9 up one b( goin ( interview, ey r 'ore interest in ur approach to solve proble' at han ,,,if possible go ( an elaborate ans,) hr: wer ere ne situations wen uD " wor9 in ti'eCli'its, ea lines;; 'e: e&plaine about 'y wor9 urin various events in college, hr: as9e Dbout fa'ily bac9groun , 'e:answere , hr: o uDve ne e&p, of wor9in in a tea', 'e: answr , hr: wer ere ne situations wen u wer involv in a conflict wi ur tea''ate,$ow i u resolve it, 'e:answr ( ey r lu9in ( ppl who hv probl' solving s9ills,cn wor9 wi iff, ppl,,,,show at u r 1) hr:o9 en, at will b it,u cn leave now, 'e:thn9 u sir, suggestions: a total of 88 stu ents wer selecte ot of H@,,,so prepare ( written well,

as ( interview,,,,b urself,#repare ( above +ues wel,,,so'e of 'y frien s wer as9 puEEles also, sa'e 1ce at u fin in various infy pprs on is site,so go thru e',,,u shu 9now each n every wor of ur resu'e,,nothin at u cannot e&plain shu 'entione in resu'e, 6 confi ent,polite,%hin9 n reply,,prepare wel ( co''only as9 +ues,,,2ont panic if u i nt gve a gu start " interview,carry it well n uDll get thru, I3F/-.ate:"@C)1C")1) place: >-R1 college, 9a apa first 1 hour: filling application written test: section 1: analytical test consisting of +uestions on aptitu e an reasoning *) +uestions CCC () 'inutes cutoff:H)Q Cso'e ata is given as there are 8 frien s <,9,l,',n, each has so'e a'ount, con itions are given regar ing this,6ase on this 8 +uestions are given,We can answer this base on the given con itions, (I felt this so'e what ifficult to answer) C8 non verbal +uestions a series of ( figures will b given we shu fin the ne&t one in series, (very easy to answer) C8 +uestions on +uestionCstate'ents each +uestion given below is followe by two state'ents I an II give answer a)if only I is sufficient to answer b)if only II is sufficient to answer c)if either I or II is sufficient )if both are essential to answer e)if none is sufficient to answer 11,there is a rectangular tan9,how 'uch water is re+uire to increase the present water level by one feet; I,the i'ensions of tan9 are *))L"))L1)) cu,ft II,now the tan9 is full upto Hft 1",whats the ti'e now; I, the 'inutes han is at H II, the hours han is half way between F an 1) 1*,how 'any ays is re+uire for ( 'en to co'plete the buil ing; I,* 'en can co'plete the wor9 in 1" ays II,a 'an can conplete 1M( th of the wor9 in a ay 1(,&Zy; I ,&,y are whole nu'bers II, & is an even pri'e,8^? I forgot the re'aining one +uestion of this section C8 +uestions on ata interpretation It was very very easy

Ca puEEle test of classification type consisting of 8 +uestions base on given ata (it can be easily solve by using the tabular 'etho of solving it is si'ilar to 1st +uestion in 1st e&ercise of classification type +uestions of puEEle test) C8 +uestions on syllogis's (very si'ple) section ":english test () +uestionsCC*8 'inutes Ca paragraph is given 8 +uestions regar ing the paragraph Canother paragraph is given 8 +uestions regar ing the paragraph C1) +uestions on correction of sentences ('ostly relate to tense) C1) +uestions fin out the best alternative for the un erline part of given sentence fro' the given options C1) +uestions on the'e etection interview: it was about ") 'inutes 'e:e&cuse 'e sir hr:plE co'in ta9e ur seat so u r gowtha'i 'o9shagun a 'e:no sir its 'o9shagun a' hr:so is that ur sur na'e 'e:yes sir hr:so u r a co'puter science stu ent,why u chose co'puter science; 'e:now a ays co'puters r ruling the worl so to lea in this worl i felt that i shoul be fa'iliar with co'puters an technology so i have chosen co'puter science hr: o you thin9 co'puters are helping us; 'e:yes sir hr:'any people argue that use of co'puters is lea ing to une'ploy'ent,,what o u say; 'e: getting a <ob or being e'ploye is base on our capabilities,we shoul be a optable to technology, we cant fin fault with co'puters for that, co'puter r helping us in 'any ways li9e ,,,,etc etc,,,, hr:loo9ing into 'y resu'e h'' e&tra curriculars this is the part in which a' very 'uch intereste ,,so u presente a paper on I2-,,,can u e&plain briefly about that; 'e:i e&plaine about 'y paper hr:so you got first priEe in s9it,,can u e&plain about the the'e,the whole tea' wor9,the way u plannae , ur role etc,,,in 8 'inutes 'e: i e&plaine about the whole i ea,,etc etc hr:so u organise 'any events of your college,,,tell 'e how you i all those,, 'e:bla bla bla hr:suppose you are in a tea' of five 'e'bers an your tea' is given a tas9 an two 'e'bers of your tea' are not involving in the wor9,,what o you o to get the' involve ;

'e:I will be frien ly 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 i,e,,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 nee e to get into infosys; hr:nothing,,,technically 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'ent,your language an accent is goo you hav goo aca e'ic +ualification,,but there are so'e gra''atical 'ista9es in your language,,though they are unnoticable,rectifying the' brings a ifference,,,so try to rectify that,,thats all,,, o9 gowtha'i,,,than9 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: 9eywor s:all,no,so'e,so'e not if all pre'ises have 9eywor sCCCCvenn iagra' 'etho if so'e pre'ises have 9eywor sCCCCtabular 'etho if none of the pre'ises have 9eywor sCCCCgeneral thin9ing) a rouch view of rs agarwal non verbal +uestions on series figures rs agarwal aptitu e for english <vr english gra''ar boo9 top 1)) wor s for gre an so'e basic gra''ar rules i have wren n 'artin is also preferre by 'any but i havnt seen at an also sha9untala evi DpuEEles for uD puEEles by george su''ersCCCCCCCgo for these puEEles if possible not so i'portant (tense for's: if i go i shall 'eet ur brother if i went i woul 'eet ur brother if i ha gone i woul have 'et ur brother) in atte'pting section 1 o the ata interpretation at last in section " o passages at last

$i frien s,, I a' Ro<a fro' !asavi 7ollege of 4ngineering, $y eraba , Recently I3F/-.visite our ca'pus on <an 1?th,, First we have a test at 1) a,', It went on for ?) 'in,, %hen v have preCplace'ent tal9 by the',,, %he test pattern is li9e,, It inclu es " sections,, First the aptitu e n then the verbal section,, %he Aptitu e paper inclu es 1, (1C8) +uestions a puEEle is given,, It goes on li9e, A, 6, 7, 2, 4, F bought a bi9e each on each of the ays fro' 1on ay to -atur ay, no two buy the bi9e on sa'e ay,, an so'e H con itions are given,, -orry I onDt re'e'ber all those,,,but if u follow that con itions u can easily solve it,,,, I suggest u to o #5UUL4 %4-% e&ercise fro' !erbal K 3on !erbal Reasoning by R,-,Aggarwal,, ", (HC1)) +uestions,, Fin ing the /22 FI05R4 out,,, %hese r so easy,, Just follow R,-,Aggarwal sa'e boo9,,, *, (11C18) +uestions,,, #roble's base on 2A%A -5FFI7I437.,, %hese r also fro' the sa'e boo9 'entione above,,, (, (1HC")) +uestions,,, 2A%A I3%4R#R4%A%I/3,, A table of values r given n accor ingly the +ns r given,,, For this , follow Ruantitative Aptitu e by R,-,Aggarwal 8, ("1C"8) +uestions,, Again a puEEle is given,, si'ilar to the first one,, H, ("HC*)) +uestions,, -yllogis's,, For this follow R,-,Aggarwal !erbal n nonCverbal Reasoning,, L/0I7,, 2o 16 e&ercise in at unit,, %he !erbal -ection inclu es 1,%wo big R7s, an 1) +ns r given on at, I suggest u to o the' at last, first rea the +ns n see the passage, then it vl b easy,, ",%hen sentence co'pletion +ns,, *,%he'e etection (,2eriving 7onclusion fro' passages,, In our college ")F out of *H" are selecte for written,, An v have hr,, $R Interview: 1e: 1ay i co'e in 'aDa'; $r: .es co'e Ro<a, %a9e ur seat,,( gave han sha9e ) 1e: %han9 u 'aDa',, $r: . shoul i hire u in 'y co'pany; 1e: blah,,blah,,blah,, $r: %el 'e about ur 'ini pro<ect; 1e: sai ,, $r: %el 'e about your 'ain pro<ect; 1e: sai ,, $r: What r your e&tra curricular activities;; 1e: sai ,, $r: 2i u organiEe any events in your college; 1e: sai ,, $r: What is your goal; 1e: sai ,, $r: (as9e about 'y paper presentation in 'y resu'e) $r: > ro<a, any +uestions;; 1e: 3o 'aDa',, $r: > all the best( K again a han sha9e) 1e: %han9s 'aDa',, %hen they wante to give the result along with wipro, I was tense for about 18 ays,, Finally they gave the result on Jan *1st, ")1),, 1?( out of ")F was ta9en,, Luc9ily, I was one of the',, %han9s to freshersworl ,,, I wish u all the 6est,,,6e prepare to beco'e an Infoscian,,, :) 0oo Luc9,,, $ello Frien s, ID' -hah fro' !i<ayawa a, I face the 7a'pus Recruit'ent #rogra''e by 1Ms Infosys %echnologies on 1),1",)F

%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 freshersworl ,co' 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 1. 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 Aptitu e 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 aptitu e 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 un erwent coaching for 7A%, 1A%, 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 <ust 9eep practicing to the 'a&, $A!4 "))Q U4AL %/ 04% I3%/ %$4 7/1#A3. OO ALWA.- $A!4 %$4 7/3%I35/5- FIR4 I3 ./5R $4AR% OO W/R> I3 %$4 -I1ILAR LI34- OO C .ou will efinitely succee , (%his applies not <ust get into Infy, but into anything you rea'O :C) /nce you clear the written test paper, it is all in ./5R han s now to grab the <ob by i'pressing the interviewer, Just be cal' an confi ent, %rust that the <ob is yours, .ou are <ust going to 'a9e so'e ealing with the interviewer an ta9ing away your <ob, 7o'ing to 'y interview convo,,, $R was an ol 'an aroun H) years of age, stiff, 'ilitary 9in of with intense loo9s, 1e : 4&cuse 1e, -ir O $R: AhO 7o'e in please O,,, %a9e your seat, As I too9 'y seat, he su enly stoo up, I was a bit shoc9e but he was li9e = ahhO itDs very suffocating no;,, 2o you 'in if I switch on the fan;=,,, he 'ove towar s the switch boar , 1e: -ure sir O,, Well,, -hall I o it for you, sir; $R: /h 3oO,,ItDs fineO .ou rela&, IDl o it 'yself, (-'iling) $e then ca'e bac9 an sat, -o, $ow was your ay, ear la y; Full busy with this ca'pus stuff eh; 1e: /h it was greatO,, -o'e 9in of tense yet festive at'osphere all over sir, $R: $a your lunch; 1e: .es sir

$R: Where in the canteen; 1e: .eah $R: 2o all your frien s eat in the canteen; 1e: Well, yeah O 1ost of the' $R: What about others;,,,$o'e Foo eh;,,, /hO What are these guys going to o when then get into Infy,,,ho'e foo isnDt available there;,, %hen (I onDt 9now why he was as9ing all this crap,, but you 9nowO,,9arna pa tha hai boss,, Job toh chahiyeOO :#) 1e: It epen s 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<ects, participate in 'any events,,, thatDs great OO 7an you tell 'e about your pro<ect; #roble's face ; $ave you foreseen the'; What have you one to overco'e; .ou organiEe 'any events,, it is very ifficult to organiEe no;,,how i you 'anage;,, ,,,,,, +uestions went on O it was for about halfCanChour he interviewe 'e, Finally he as9e 'e if I ha any +uestions,,, o as9 so'ething if this was as9e to you,,, I as9e about so'e point that was tol in the preCplace'ent tal9, %his creates an i'pression that you were attentive an observative, %hatDs how went 'y interviewO -o'e people were again calle Cin for a secon roun of interview, Just onDt panic if it is so, its <ust that if they have a confusion whether to select or not in the first roun , they callCin for secon roun , I was selecte in the first roun it self, It is a great feeling to listen to you na'e when the selecte list is being announce , 3o wor s to e&press that ecstatic feeling, .ou <ust gotta e&perience OOO ALL %$4 64-% to all those getting rea y to face Infy O Just Rela&, 0et prepare , /nce the written is one, $R is in your han s OO an thatDs it O