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| A person wanted to withdraw X rupees and Y paise from the
bank. But cashier made a mistake and gave him Y rupees and
X paise. Neither the person nor the cashier noticed that.
After spending 20 paise, the person counts the money. And
to his surprise, he has double the amount he wanted to
withdraw. Find X and Y. | Bajaj | 3 |
| There is a perfect sphere of diameter 40 cms. resting up
against a perfectly straight wall and a perfectly straight
floor i.e. the wall and the floor make a perfect right angle.
Can a perfect sphere of diameter 7 cms. pass through the
space between the big sphere, the wall and the floor?
Support your answer with valid arguments. Don't submit just
"Yes" or "No". | | 3 |
| Question asked in Infosys Campus Recruitment Held at
Pragathi.
On an iceland few customs are there .Men always speak
truth, no women tells consecutive truth or false i.e. If
first statement is true ,second is false and vice versa.
same with children also.
There was a family couple and a child. A passenger asked
the child ?are you a boy or a girl? the boy spoke german.
one of the parent said ? he is a boy? the other said ?he
is a girl? ?he is lying?.
(i)The kid is boy or girl
(ii)who spoke the first mother/father
| Infosys | 11 |
| I bought a car with a peculiar 5 digit numbered licence
plate which on reversing could still be read. On reversing
value is increased by 78633.
Whats the original number if all digits are different? | | 2 |
| Four couples are going to the movie. Each row holds eight
seats. Betty and Jim don't want to sit next to Alice and
Tom. Alice and Tom don't want to sit next to Gertrude and
Bill. On the otherhand, Sally and Bob don't want to sit next
to Betty and Jim.
How can the couples arrange themselves in a row so that they
all sit where they would like? | | 2 |
| There are 3 ants at 3 corners of a triangle, they randomly
start moving towards another corner.
What is the probability that they don't collide?
| | 2 |
| There are 3 colored boxes - Red, Green and Blue. Each box
contains 2 envelopes. Each envelope contains money - two of
them contain Rs. 25000 each, two of them contain Rs. 15000
each and remaining two contain Rs. 10000 each.
There is one statement written on the cover of each box.
* Red Box: Both, a red box and a blue box contain Rs. 10000
each.
* Green Box: Both, a green box and a red box contain Rs.
25000 each.
* Blue Box: Both, a blue box and a green box contain Rs.
15000 each.
Only one of the above 3 statements is true and the
corresponding box contains the maximum amount.
Can you tell which box contains the maximum amount and how much? | | 1 |
| The cricket match between India and Pakistan was over.
? Harbhajan scored more runs than Ganguly.
? Sachin scored more runs than Laxman but less than Dravid
? Badani scored as much runs as Agarkar but less than Dravid
and more than Sachin.
? Ganguly scored more runs than either Agarkar or Dravid.
Each batsman scored 10 runs more than his immediate batsman.
The lowest score was 10 runs. How much did each one of them
score | | 1 |
| At University of Probability, there are 375 freshmen, 293
sophomores, 187 juniors, & 126 seniors. One student will
randomly be chosen to receive an award.
What percent chance is there that it will be a junior? Round
to the nearest whole percent | | 2 |
| A ship went on a voyage. After it had travelled 180 miles a
plane statrted with 10 times the speed of the ship. Find
the distance when they meet from starting point. | Infosys | 8 |
| Five friends with surname Batliwala, Pocketwala, Talawala,
Chunawala and Natakwala have their first name and middle
name as follow.
1. Four of them have a first and middle name of Paresh.
2. Three of them have a first and middle name of Kamlesh.
3. Two of them have a first and middle name of Naresh.
4. One of them have a first and middle name of Elesh.
5. Pocketwala and Talawala, either both are named Kamlesh or
neither is named Kamlesh.
6. Either Batliwala and Pocketwala both are named Naresh or
Talawala and Chunawala both are named Naresh.
7. Chunawala and Natakwala are not both named Paresh.
Who is named Elesh? | | 2 |
| Two trains at speed 60 km/hr comes in the opposite
direction. At a particular time the distance between the
two trains is 18km. A shuttle flies between the trains at
the speed of 80 km/hr. At the time the two trains crashes
what is the distance traveled by shuttle? | iGate | 3 |
| There is a grid of 20 squares by 10 squares. How many
different rectangles are possible?
Note that square is a rectangle. | | 1 |
| RAW means | Geometric-Software | 7 |
| If you started a business in which you earned Rs.1 on the
first day, Rs.3 on the second day, Rs.5 on the third day,
Rs.7 on the fourth day, & so on.
How much would you have earned with this business after 50
years (assuming there are exactly 365 days in every year)?
| | 4 |
| A boy asked a girl her name she replied your name is behind
your scooty Behind the scooty is written 7.3 3.3 9.3 2.3
What is her name | Wipro | 42 |
| there are 5 ppl's in a circle all must wear hat either
white or black
1st condition: atleast 2 must wear white
2nd condition: atleast 2 must wear black
3rd: they should not talk each with other
Question: How they come to know which colour of hat they
are wearing
| | 1 |
| A tank can be filled by pipe A in 30 minutes and by pipe B
in 24 minutes. Outlet pipe C can empty the full tank in X
minutes.
If the tank is empty initially and if all the three pipes A,
B and C are opened simultaneously, the tank will NEVER be
full. Give the maximal possible value of X. | | 1 |
| Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts
from 1 kg to 121 kgs, to the nearest kg. What are the
minimum number of different weights required and how heavy
should they be? | | 3 |
| Mr. D'souza has bought four cars - Merc, Honda, Ford, Zen -
as presents for his sons' birthdays, all of which are next
week. Given the following information, what will each son get?
Alan will not get the Honda unless Barry gets the Merc and
Denzil gets the Ford. Barry will not get the Ford unless
Carl gets the Zen and Alan gets the Merc. Denzil will not
get the Zen unless Alan gets the Honda and Barry gets the
Merc. Alan will not get the Merc unless Carl gets the Zen
and Denzil gets the Ford. Barry will not get the Merc unless
Alan gets the Zen and Denzil gets the Ford. Alan will not
get the Zen unless Barry gets the Honda and Carl gets the
Merc. Carl will not get the Zen unless Barry gets the Honda
and Alan gets the Ford. Alan will not get the Ford unless
Barry gets the Zen and Denzil gets the Honda. Carl will not
get the Merc unless Denzil gets the Honda. | | 1 |
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