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PART A SAMPLE TEST PAPER OF APTITUDE REASONING FOR INFOSYS

Directions (Questions 1-5) Each of the following questions consists of five figures marked A, ,!, D and E called the "ro#lem $igures followed #% five other figures marked 1, &, ', and 5

called the Answer $igures *elect a figure from amongst the Answer $igures which will continuethe same series as esta#lished #% the five "ro#lem $igures*elect a figure from amongst the Answer $igures which will continue the same series asesta#lished #% the five "ro#lem $igures"ro#lem $igures+ Answer $igures+

A 1 & ! ' D E 5Ans+ !

E lanation+ .n each ste , element at the u er-right osition gets enlarged, inverts verticall% andreaches the lower-left corner/ the e isting element at the lower-left osition, is lost and a newsmall element a ears at the u er-right osition& *elect a figure from amongst the Answer $igures which will continue the same series asesta#lished #% the five "ro#lem $igures"ro#lem $igures+ Answer $igures+

A 1 & ! ' D E 5Ans+ E lanation+ .n each ste , the elements move in the sequence

' *elect a figure from amongst the Answer $igures which will continue the same series asesta#lished #% the five "ro#lem $igures



"ro#lem $igures+ Answer $igures+

A 1 & ! ' D E 5

E lanation+ .n each ste , the !0-end element moves to the A!0-end osition *elect a figure from amongst the Answer $igures which will continue the same series as

esta#lished #% the five "ro#lem $igures"ro#lem $igures+ Answer $igures+

A 1 & ! ' D E 5Ans+ AE lanation+ he 2 3 moves one ste and two ste s A!0 alternativel% and a s%m#ol is addedeach time it moves one #efore and the other after alternativel%

5 *elect a figure from amongst the Answer $igures which will continue the same series asesta#lished #% the five "ro#lem $igures"ro#lem $igures+ Answer $igures+

(A) ( ) (!) (D) (E) (1) (&) (') ( ) (5)A 1 & ! ' D E 5Ans+ EE lanation+ .n each ste , the figure rotates A!0 and the tra e4ium gets inverted he others%m#ol gets re laced #% a new one alternativel%

Directions (Questions -16) Each of the following Questions consists of five o tions !hoose the

#est o tion that suits the question given

7ithin was counting down from '& *umit was counting u wards the num#ers starting from 1and he was calling out onl% the odd num#ers 0hat common num#er will the% call out at thesame time if the% were calling at the same s eed8

A 19 &1 ! && D he% will not call out the same num#erE 7one of theseAns+ D



E lanation+ 7ithin+ '& '1 '6 &9 &: &; & &5 & &' && &1 &6< *umit+ 1 ' 5 ; 9 11 1' 15 1; 19 &1 &' &5<!learl% it is seen that the% never call out same nm#er at the same time

; =adha moves towards *outh-east a distance of ; km, then she moves towards 0est and travelsa distance of 1 m $rom here, she moves towards 7orth-west a distance of ; m and finall% shemoves a distance of m towards East and stod at that oint >ow far is the starting oint fromwhere she stood8

A ' m m ! : m D16 m E 11 mAns+D

E lanation+ he movements of =adha are shown as #elow+

!learl% =adha3s distance from starting oint ? @ ?D @ (?! !D) @(A -!D) @ (1 - ) m @ 16 m

: .n a certain office, 1B' of the workers are women, C of the women are married and 1B' of themarried women have children .f 'B th of the men are married and&B' rd of the married menhave children, what art of workers are without children8A 5B1: B9 ! 11B1: D1;B1:E 1;B' Ans+ !E lanation+ et total no of workers #e

7um#er of women @ B' and num#er of men @ & B'0omen married@1B& B' @ B0omen having children @ 1B' B @ B1:Farried Fen @'B & B' @ B&Fen having !hildren @&B' B& @ B'0orkers with children @ B' G B1: @ ; B1:>ence, workers without children @ - ; B1: @ 11 B1:

9 A, ", =, H, * and I are sitting in a row * and 4 are in the centre A and " are at the ends = issitting to the left of A 0ho is to the right of "8A " A ! H D * E IAns+ !E lanation + he seating arrangement is as follows +" H * I = A>ence , right of " is H

16 .ntroducing a #o%, a girl said, J>e is the son of the daughter of the father of m% uncle J >owis the #o% related to the girl8

A rother 7e hew ! Kncle D son in law E grand fatherAns+ AE lanation+he father of the #o%Ls uncle M the grandfather of the #o% and daughter of the grandfather Msister of father



Directions (Questions 11-1&)+ Each Question Niven elow has a ro#lem and two statementsnum#ered . and .. giving certain .nformation Oou have to decide if the information given in thestatements is sufficient for answering the ro#lem .ndicate %our answer as(i) if data in statement. alone are sufficient to answer the question/(ii) if data in statement .. alone are sufficient to

answer the question/(iii) if data either in . or .. alone are sufficient to answer the question/(iv) if the data even in #oth the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question/(v) if the data in #oth the statements are needed

11 .s Anil taller than *achin8. Dinesh is of the same height as Arun and *achin.. *achin is not shorter than DineshA i iii ! ii D v E ivAns+ AE lanation+ $rom statement ., we can conclude that Dinesh, Arun and *achin are of sameheight *o, Arun is not taller than *achin *o, onl% statement . is sufficient to answer the

question

1& .n a certain code language, 21'3 means 2sto smoking3 and 2593 means 2inPurious ha#it3 0hatis the meaning of 293 and 253 res ectivel% in that code8. 215;3 means 2sto #ad ha#it3.. 2:'93 means 2smoking is inPurious3A ii iii ! v D iv E i Ans+ E lanation+ 2593 means 2inPurious ha#it3 and 215;3 means 2sto

#ad ha#it3 >ence common letter 253 denotes 2ha#it3 >ence 293 is o#viousl% 2inPurious3 *o .alone can #e sufficient Also, 2593 is 2inPurious ha#it3 and 2:'93 is 2smoking is inPurious3 fromwhich it can #e im lied that 293 is 2inPurious3 >ence .. alone can also #e sufficient >ence either. or .. alone can #e sufficient

Directions (1'- 15)+ .n the following ro#lem, there is one question and three statements ., .. and... #elow the question Oou have to decide whether the data given in the statements is sufficientto answer the question =ead all the statements carefull% and find out the ro#a#le air which can

#e sufficient to answer the question

1' $ive ersons --- A, , !, D and E are sitting in a row 0ho is sitting in the middle8. is in #etween E and ! .. is to the right of E ... D is in #etween A and E . and .. together .. and... together ! . and ... togetherD ., .. and ... together E Data insufficient Ans+ DE lanation+$rom ., the order is E, , ! or !, , E$rom .., the order is E, $rom ..., the order is A, D, E!om#ining all the three, we get the order as+ A, D, E, , !!learl%, E is sitting in the middle>ence all the three statements are required

1 $our *u#Pects --- "h%sics, !hemistr%, Fathematics and iolog% were taught in four



Ans+ AE lanation+

7o of managers in 1995 @ ; 6 7o of managers #% &666 @ (; 6 G &:6 G 1;9 G 1 5 G 1 6 G 19') (1&6 G 9& G :: G ;& G 9 ) @1&5&

>ence, ercentage of increase @ (1& &-; 6)B; 6 166 @ ; *imilarl% we can calculate forthe rest of em lo%ees

1: 0hat is the difference #etween total num#er of echnicians added to the com an% and totalnum#er of Accountants added to the com an% during the %ear 199 to &666 at the ma imum8A1&: 11& ! 9 D :: E ;&Ans+ DE lanation+ (&;& G & 6 G &' G &5 G &::) (&66 G && G & : G &;& G & 6) @ ::

19 0hat was the total no of eons working in the com an% in the %ear 19998A 1'1& 119&

! 16:: D 9 : E 96:Ans+ E lanation+ (:&6 G 1: G 15& G 19 G && ) (9 G :: G :6 G 1&6) @ 119&

&6 0hat is the ooled average of all em lo%ees in the %ear 199;8A 1'&5 1&:5 ! 1& 5 D1&'5 E 1195Ans+ EE lanation+Fanagers+ (; 6 G &:6 G 1;9) (1&6 G 9&) @ 166;echnicians+ (1&66 G &;& G & 6) (1&6 G 1&:) @ 1? erators+ (::6 G&5 G& 6) (16 G 1&6) @ 115&Accountants+ (11 6 G&66 G&& ) (166 G 16 ) @ 1':6

"eons+ (:&6 G 1: G 15&) (9 G ::) @ 9;&>ence ooled average of 5 categories @ (166; G 1 G 115& G 1':6 G 9;&)B5 @ 1195 Directions (Questions &1-&5)+ he following questions are #ased on the information given!hoose the a ro riate answer that suits the question #ased on the information

A cu#e is cut in two equal arts along a lane arallel to one of its faces ?ne iece is thencolored red on the two larger faces and green on remaining 0hile the other is colored green ontwo smaller adPacent faces and red on the remaining Each is then cut into '& cu#es of same si4eand mi ed u &1 >ow man% cu#es have onl% one colored face each8A '& : ! 1 D & E6Ans+ !E lanation+



: from first half and : from second half of the main cu#e >ence total of 1 cu#es&& 0hat is the num#er of cu#es with at least one green face on each8A ' '& ! ': D : E6Ans+ !

E lanation+

& from . and 1 from ..&' >ow man% cu#es have two red and one green face on each8A 1 1& ! : D E 6Ans+ DE lanation+



7one from . and from ..& >ow man% cu#es have no colored face at all8 A '& & ! 1 D : E 6Ans+ EE lanation+

here is no cu#e in all, when all the faces are enclosured&5 >ow man% cu#es have each one red and another green8A 6 : ! 1 D & E '&Ans+ DE lanation+



&: *tatements+ All the windows are doors 7o door is a wall !onclusions+*ome windows are walls

7o wall is a doorEither (1) or (&) follows?nl% (&) conclusion follows

oth (1) and (&) follow 7either (1) nor (&) follows?nl% (1) conclusion followsAns+ E lanation+

&9 *ome actors are singers All the singers are dancers !onclusions+*ome actors are dancers

7o singer is actor?nl% (1) conclusion follows?nl% (&) conclusion followsEither (1) or (&) follows

7either (1) nor (&) followsoth (1) and (&) followAns+ AE lanation+

'6 *tatements+ All the encils are ens All the ens are inks !onclusions+All the encils are inks*ome inks are encils



?nl% (&) conclusion follows?nl% (1) conclusion followsEither (1) or (&) followsoth (1) and (&) follow

7either (1) nor (&) follows

Ans+ DE lanation+

PART B SAMPLE TEST PAPER OF VERBAL ABILITY FOR INFOSYS

Directions (Questions 1-:)+ 0hich of hrases given #elow each sentence should re lace the hrase rinted in #old t% e to make the grammaticall% correct8 .f the sentence is correct as it is,mark LEL as the answer 1 Oou need not come unless %ou want toA Oou donLt need to come unless %ou want toOou come onl% when %ou want to

! Oou come unless %ou donLt want toD Oou neednLt come until %ou donLt want toE 7o correction requiredAns+ A

& he% were all shocked at his failure in the com etition

A were shocked at allhad all shocked at

! had all shocked #%D had #een all shocked onE 7o correction required

Ans+ E



' Des ite of their differences on matters of rinci les, the% all agree on the demand of hike issalar%8A Des ite their Des ite of the

! Des ite for their

D Des ite off their E 7o correction required

Ans+ A >e is a singer of re ute, #ut his %esterda%Ls erformance was quite disa ointing

A erformances of %esterda% were%esterda% erformance was

! esterda% erformance wereD erformances a#out %esterda% wereE 7o correction requiredAns+ E

5 he crime has growth ra idl% in =ussia since the disintegration of the communist s%stemA ra id crime has growncrime has grown ra idl%

!crimes grow ra idl%D crimes have #een ra idl% grownE 7o correction requiredAns+

F% hair stood off ends when . saw the horri#le sightA stood at endstood on ends

! stood to endsD stands on endsE 7o correction requiredAns+ ; he cro s are d%ing/ it must not had rainedA must had notmust not #e

! must not haveD must not have #eenE 7o correction required

Ans+ !: he intruder stood quietl% for few momentsA for few timefor the few moments

! for momentsD for a few momentsE 7o correction required

Ans+ DDirections (Questions 9-1 )+ .n questions given #elow, a art of the sentence is italici4ed and



to #ear with! to #ear awa%D 7o im rovementAns+ 1 .n .ndia toda% man% of our intellectuals still talk in terms of the $rench =evolution and the

=ights of Fan, not a reciating that much has ha ened since then

A much has #een ha eningmuch had ha ened

! much might ha enD 7o im rovementAns+ DDirections (Questions1;-& )+ "ick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill inthe #lank to make the sentence meaningfull% com lete1; !atching the earlier train will give us the to do some sho ingA chance

luck ! ossi#ilit%D occasionAns+ A1: Fan% of the advances of civili4ation have #een conceived #% %oung eo le Pust on the of adulthood

A #oundar%threshold

! eak D hori4on

Ans+ 19 .f . take a state roadwa%s #us, .Lll get late 8

A isnLt itwonLt .

! will .D s itAns+ &6 he aths of glor% lead to the graveA straight#ut

! inD directl%Ans+ &1 0heat car#oh%drates, vitamins, roteins, and dietar% fi#re in our dail% dietA hasgives

! %ieldsD rovides



Ans+ !&& all intents and ur oses, the manager is the master of the firmA in u on! withD toAns+ D&' >e in wearing the old fashioned coat in s ite of his wifeLs disa roval

A insistsersists! desistsD resistsAns+ & 0e shall not to #e a#le to use %our a#ilit% in court unless we can find someone to tostatementsA corro#orateavouch

! verif%D a rove

Ans+ ADirections (Questions&5-'6)+ Each of the following questions contains a small aragra hfollowed #% a question on it =ead each aragra h carefull% and answer the question given #elowit&5 Due to enormous rofits involved in smuggling, hundreds of ersons have #een attractedtowards this anti-national activit% *ome of them #ecame millionaires overnight .ndia has a vastcoastline #oth on the Eastern and 0estern !oast .t has #een a heaven for smugglers who have

#een carr%ing on their activities with great im unit% here is no dou#t, that from time to timecertain sei4ures were made #% the enforcement authorities, during raids and am#ush #ut evenallowing these losses the smugglers made huge rofits

he assage #est su orts the statement thatA *muggling ham ers the economic develo ment of a nation*muggling ought to #e cur#ed

! Authorities are taking strict measures to cur# smugglingD *muggling is fast increasing in our countr% owing to the quick rofit it entailsAns+ D& .ndustrial e hi#itions la% a maPor role in a countr%Ls econom% *uch e hi#itions, nowregularl% held in Delhi, ena#le us to measure the e tent of our own less advanced industrial

rogress and the might% industrial ower and rogress of countries like the K R , K * A and=ussia whose avilions are the centers of the greatest attention and attractions

he assage #est su orts the statement that industrial e hi#itions

-A Nreatl% ta the oor economiesAre more useful for the develo ed countries like K * A whose roducts stand out su erior to

those of the develo ing countries! Are not of much use to the countries that are industriall% #ackwardD oost u roduction qualitativel% and quantitativel% #% anal%tical com arison of a countr%Ls



roducts with those of the develo ed countriesAns+ D&; .t is u to our government and lanners to devise wa%s and means for the mo#ili4ation ofa#out ten crore workers whose families total u a#out fort% crore men, women and children ?uragriculture is over-manned A lesser num#er of agriculturists would mean more urchasing or

s ending ower to ever% agriculturist his will result in the shortage of man- ower for man%commodities to #e roduced for which there will #e a new demand from a ros erous agrarianclass his shortage will #e removed #% sur lus man- ower released from agriculture assuggested a#ove

he assage #est su orts the statement that+A Em lo%ment in roduction is more fruitful than em lo%ment in agriculture.ndian econom% is in a oor sha e #asicall% due to im ro er mo#ili4ation of man- ower

! A shift of la#our from agricultural sector to the industrial sector would u lift the livingstandardD he industrial sector is la#our-deficient while the agricultural sector is over-manned in our

countr%Ans+ &: he onl% true education comes through the stimulation of the childLs owers #% the demandsof the social situations in which he finds himself hrough these demands he is stimulated to actas a mem#er of a unit%, to emerge from his original narrowness of action and feeling, and toconceive himself from the stand oint of the welfare of the grou to which he #elongs

A he assage #est su orts the statement that real education -A0ill take lace if the children im#i#e action and feeling

0ill take lace if the children are h%sicall% strong! .s not rovided in our schools toda%D comes through the interaction with social situationsAns+ D&9 he virtue of art does not allow the work to #e interfered with or immediatel% ruled #%an%thing other than itself .t insists that it alone shall touch the work in order to #ring it into

#eing Art requires that nothing shall attain the work e ce t through art itself

his assage #est su orts the statement that+A Art is governed #% e ternal rules and conditionsArt is for the sake of art and life

! Art is for the sake of art aloneD Artist reali4es his dreams through his artistic creation

Ans+ !'6 he attainment of individual and organi4ational goals is mutuall% interde endent and linked

#% a common denominator - em lo%ee work motivation ?rgani4ational mem#ers are motivated



to satisf% their ersonal goals, and the% contri#ute their efforts to the attainment of organi4ationalo#Pectives as means of achieving these ersonal goals

he assage #est su orts the statement that motivation -A Encourages an individual to give riorit% to ersonal goals over organi4ational goals

.s crucial for the survival of an individual and organi4ation! s the roduct of an individualLs h%sical and mental energ%8D s the e ternal force which induces an individual to contri#ute his efforts8

Ans+ ADirections (Questions'1- 6)+ he following section consists of two assages followed #% set ofquestions =ead the assage thoroughl% and answer the set of questions given #elow the assage('1 '5)+.n the world toda% we make health and end in itself 0e have forgotten that health isreall% means to ena#le a erson to do his work and do it well A lot of modern medicine and thisincludes man% atients as well as man% h%sicians a%s ver% little attention to health #ut ver%

much attention to those who imagine that the% are ill ?ur great concern with health is shown #%the medical columns in news a ers he health articles in o ular maga4ines and the o ularit%of television rogrammers and all those #ooks on medicine 0e talk a#out health all the time Oetfor the most art the onl% result is more eo le with imaginar% illness he health% man shouldnot #e wasting time talking a#out health+ he should #e using health for work he work does thework that good health ossi#le'1 Fodern medicine is rimaril% concerned withA romotion of good health

eo le suffering from imaginar% illness! eo le suffering from real illnessD ncreased efficienc% in work

Ans+ '& he assage suggests thatA health is an end in itself health is #lessing

! health is onl% means to an endD we should not talk a#out healthAns+ !

'' alking a#out the health all time makes eo leA alwa%s suffer from imaginar% illnesssometimes suffer from imaginar% illness

! rarel% suffer from imaginar% illnessD often suffer from imaginar% illnessAns+ D' he assage tells usA how medicine should #e manufacturedwhat health% man should or should not do

! what television rogrammers should #e a#outD how #est to imagine illnessAns+



'5A health% man should #e concerned withA his work which good health makes ossi#lelooking after his health

! his health which makes work ossi#le

D talking a#out healthAns+ A(' - 6)+ ?rgani4ations are institutions in which mem#ers com lete for status and ower he%com ete for resource of the organi4ation, for e am le finance to e and their own de artments,for career advancement and for ower to control the activities of others .n ursuit of these aims,grou ed are formed and sectional interests emerge As a result, olic% decisions ma% serve theends of olitical and career s%stems rather than those of the concern .n this wa%, the goals of theorgani4ation ma% #e dis laced in favor of sectional interests and individual am#ition hese

reoccu ations sometimes revent the emergence of organic s%stems Fan% of the electronicfirms in the stud% had recentl% created research and develo ment de artments em lo%ing highl%qualified and well aid scientists and technicians heir high a% and e ert knowledge were

sometimes seen as a threat to the esta#lished order of rank, ower and rivilege Fan% seniormanagers had little knowledge of technicalit% and ossi#ilities of new develo ments andelectronics *ome felt that close coo eration with the e erts in an organic s%stem would revealtheir ignorance and show their e erience was now redundant

' he theme of the assage isA Nrou ism in organi4ations.ndividual am#itions in organi4ations

! $rustration of senior managersD Emergence of sectional interests in organi4ationsAns+ D

'; J?rganic s%stemJ as related to the organi4ation im lies itsA growth with the hel of e ert knowledgegrowth with in ut from science and technolog%

! stead% all around develo mentD natural and unim eded growthAns+ ': "olic% decision in organi4ation would involveA coo eration at all levels in the organi4ationmoderni4ation of the organi4ation

! attracting highl% qualified ersonnelD kee ing in view the larger o#Pectives of the organi4ationsAns+ !'9 he author makes out a case for A organic s%stem=esearch and Develo ment in organi4ations

! an understanding #etween senior and middle level e ecutivesD a refresher course for senior managersAns+ A6 he author tends to the senior managers as



A ignorant and incom etenta little out of ste with their work environment

! Pealous of their %ounger colleaguesD ro##ed of their rank, ower and rivilegeAns+ A

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