INFOSYS IITD 2000

IITDELHI INFOSYS
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HERE IS THE INFOSYS PAPER ASKED IN IIT D . I THINK NO QUESTION IS REPEATED AS FAR AS MY KNOWLEDGE OF PREVIOUS PAPERS ARE CONCERENED.HERE THE CUT OF WAS ARROUND 20 OUT OF 50 .144 STUDENTS WERE SHORTLISTED FOR INTERVIEW AND 71 FINALLY SELECTED.


1. A MAJOR IN ARMY (WHO GOT PARAMVIR CHAKRA IN 1971) DIES AT THE AGE OF
1/59 OF THE YEAR
IN WHICH HE WAS BORN . IN WHICH YEAR HE WAS BORN?

ANS : 1947

2. 6561 IDENTICAL BALLS EXCEPT ONE WHICH IS HEAVIER , IN HOW MANY WEIGHING U
CAN FINDOUT
THAT BALL?

ANS: 8

3.( QUESTION WAS EXACTLY NOT CLEAR BUT IT WAS LIKE THAT) 6%OF 4000000 AND THE
SUM IS EQUAL TO THE 5%OF 4000000 AND 7.5 %OF THE SUM.FIND THE SUM

4. THERE R 50 TEAMS IN A TOURNAMENT. A TEAM IS KNOCKED OUT AFTER LOSING
THREE MATCHES. HOW MANY MAX. MATCHES SHOULD BE THERE TO GET A WINNER TEAM?

ANS :149

5.A PERSON 'A' STARTS TRAVELLING FROM A PLACE X TO A PLACE Y . AT THE SAME
TIME ANOTHER PERSON 'B' STARTS FROM Y TOWARDS X . WHEN THEY MET A HAS
TRAVELLED 18 MILES MORE THAN B AND KEEP ON TOWARDS THEIR DESTENATION .AFTER
THAT A TAKES 13AND A 1/2 HOUR TO REACH Y AND
B TAKES 24 HRS. TO REACH X. HOW FAR X IS FROM Y?

ANS: 126

6.(THIS WAS IN A POEM FORM IN WHICH A PERSON'S AGE WAS CODED ).IT TAKES 2
SCORE YR. TO DECODE THE AGE . FIND THE PRESENT AGE(1 SCORE yR.=20YRS.) (THE
EXACT WORDINGS R NOT KNOWN.BUT IT WAS SOMTHING LIKE THAT) FIVE SEVENS AND
SEVEN THREES AND THE AGE IS EQUAL TO SIX NINES AND FOUR AND TWICE THE AGE LESS
THAN A SCORE YEAR.

ANS : THE EQUATION WAS ( 5*7+7*3+X=6*9 +4+2(X-20) )
X=38 AND THE PRESENT AGE IS 78

7.A TOURIST CAN REACH A PLACE BY FOUR DIFFERENT METHODS ALONG WITH A
STAGECOACH FROM HIS HOTEL.
(A)HE HAS TO REST FOR 30 MIN. IN A WAYHOUSE SOMEWHERE IN THE WAY.
(B)IF HE AND COACH LEAVES TOGETHER FROM HOTEL THAN COACH BEATS HIM BY A MILE
AT THEIR DISTINATION .
(C)IF THEY LEAVE TOGETHER FROM HOTEL THAN COACH WOULD REACH THE WAYHOUSE WHEN
TOURIST IS FOUR MILES AHEAD OF HIM BUT AS HE HAS TO REST FOR 30 MIN. IN WAY
HOUSE SO COACH REACHES WAYHOUSE AT THE SAME TIME WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE.
(D)IF TOURIST PICK UP COACH FROM WAYHOUSE THAN TOURIST REACHES THE PLACE 15
MIN. BEFORE COACH.
HOW FAR IS THE PLACE FROM HOTEL?

8. A TRAIN CREW HAVING ENGG., BRAKEMAN,CONDUCTOR AND FIREMAN NAMING ART, JOHN
,PETE,AND TOM(NOT IN SAME ORDER)
(A)JOHN IS OLDER THAN ART
(B)JOHN IS PETE'S NEPHEW
(C)ENGG. AND FIREMAN R BRITHERS
(D)BRAKEMAN HAS NO RELATIVE IN CREW
(C)FIREMAN IS NOT CONDUCTOR 'S UNCLE AND CONDUCTOR IS NOT ENGG.'S UNCLE
MATCH THE CREW AND NAME THE BROTHERS AND ALSO FATHER AND SON
ans::tom-fireman,pete-engg.,art-brakeman,john-conductor
father-tom,son-john,uncle-pete ,brother-pete & tom

9.PERSON A,B,M AND S ARE ACOUNTANT ,ARCHITECT., DENTIST AND LAWYER HAVING
OFFICE IN 18 STOREY BUILDING AT DIFFERENT FLOORS.
(A) A'S OFFICE BELOW S AND M
(B) B'S OFFICE BELOW DENTIST
(C)S'S OFFICE IS FIVE TIMES ABOVE DENTIST
(D)ARCHI GOES UP 2 FLOOR AND LANDED IN BETWEEN ACC. AND DENTIST ARCHI.
GOES DOWN 1/2 THE WAY THAN HE WILL IN BETWEEN LAWYER AND DENTIST.
MATCH THE PROFESSION AND FLOORS.

10. MRS. MARSHAL,MRS. PRICE ,MRS.TERRY AND MRS. WINTER GO FOR SHOPPING AT 2
SHOPS EACH .
ONE TO HARDWARE SHOP,2 TO BUTCHERY ,2 TO BANK AND 3 TO GROCERY.
(A) MRS. DORIC DOESN'T GOES TO THE SHOPS WHERE MRS. ERIN AND WINTER GOES
(B)MRS. MARGET RETURN HOME WITH MORE MONEY THAN SHE WAS
(C) MRS. TERRY AND MRS. LULCIL BOTH HAD TO BUY MEAT.
MATCH THE NAMES AND THE SURNAMES AND FIND THE SHOPS THEY VISITED.

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