Infosys Sample Test #3
Infosys Sample Test #3
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1. Mr.Mathurs jewels have been stolen from his bank locker . Thebankhaslockersof12peoplewhicharearrangedinanarrayof3rowsand4columnslike: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
The locker belonging to JONES was to the right of BLACK'S locker and directly above MILLAR'S. BOOTH'S locker was directly above MILLAR'S. SMITH'S locker was also above GRAY's (though not directly). GREEN'S locker was directly below SMITH'S. WILSON'S locker was between that of DAVIS and BOOTH. MILLAR'S locker was on the bottom row directly to the right of HERD'S. WHITE'S locker was on the bottom right hand corner in the same column as BOOTH'S.
Which box belonged to Mr.Mathurs? Ans: Box number 9 belongs to Mr.Mathurs. 2. Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock,how many minutes is it to six o'clock? Ans: Twenty six minutes. 3. If a clock takes 7seconds to strike 7, how long will the same clock take to strike 10? Ans: The clock strikes for the first time at the start and takes 7 seconds for 6 intervals-thus for one interval time taken=7/6. Therefore,for10secondsthereare9intervalsandtimetakenis9*7/6=10and1/2seconds.
4. Three criminals were arrested for shop lifting. However,wheninterrogatedonlyonetoldthetruthinbothhisstatements,whiletheothertwoeach told one true statementandonelie. Thestatementswere:
ALBERT :(a)Chander passed the merchandise. (b)Bruce created the diversion. BRUCE:(a)Albertpassedthemerchandise.(b)Icreatedthediversion. CLIVE:(a)Itookthegoodsoutoftheshop.(b)Brucepassedthemover.
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Ans: Albert passed the goods.Bruce created the diversion..Clive took the goods out of the shop.
5. Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts from 1 kg to 121 kgs, to the nearest kg. Whataretheminimumnumberofweightrequiredandhowheavyshouldtheybe? Ans: .The minimum number is 5 and they should weigh 1,3,9,27 and 81 kgs.
6. A hotel has 10 storeys.Which floor is above the floor below the floor, below the floor above the floor, below the floorabovethefifth. Ans: The sixth floor. 7. Seven members sat around a table for three days for a conference. Themember'snameswereAbhishek,Amol,Ankur,Anurag,Bhuwan,VasuandVikram. ThemeetingswerechairedbyVikram. Onthefirsteveningmemberssataroundthetablealphabetically. Onthefollowingtwonights,VikramarrangedtheseatingssothathecouldhaveAbhishekasnearto him as possibleandabesentmindedVasuasfarawayashecould. Onnoeveningdidanypersonhavesittingnexttohimapersonwhohadpreviouslybeenhis neighbour. HowdidVikrammanagetoseateverybodytothebestadvantageonthesecondandthirdevenings? Ans: Second evening:Vikram,Ankur,Abhishek,Amol,Vasu,Anurag and Bhuwan. Third evening:Vikram,Anurag,Abhishek,Vasu,Bhuwan,Ankur,Amol. 8. Two trains start from stations A and B spaced 50 kms apart at the same time and speed. Asthetrainsstart,abirdfliesfromonetraintowardstheotherandonreachingthesecondtrain,it flies back to the firsttrain.Thisisrepeatedtillthetrainscollide. Ifthespeedofthetrainsis25km/handthatofthebirdis100km/h. Howmuchdidthebirdtraveltillthecollision. Ans: 100 kms. 9. Four prisoners escape from a prison. Theprisoners,MrEast,MrWest,MrSouth,MrNorthheadtowardsdifferentdirectionsafter escaping. Thefollowinginformationoftheirescapewassupplied:
The escape routes were The North Road, South Road, East Road and West Road. None of the prisoners took the road which was their namesake. Mr.East did not take the South Road
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Mr.West did not the South Road. The West Road was not taken by Mr.East
What road did each of the prisoners take to make their escape? Ans: Mr.East took the North Road Mr.WesttooktheEastRoad Mr.NorthtooktheSouthRoad Mr.SouthtooktheWestRoad.
10. Complete the series: 5, 20, 24, 6, 2, 8, ? Ans: 12 (as 5*4=20, 20+4=24, 24/4=6, 6-4=2, 2*4=8, 8+4=12).
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