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Re: Infosys Aptitude Test Papers

As per your request here I am sharing the Infosys Aptitude Test Paper:

18. What is the difference between total number of Technicians added to the company and total number of Accountants added to the company during the year 1996 to 2000 at the maximum? A. 128 B. 112 C. 96 D. 88 E. 72 Ans: D Explanation: (272 + 240 + 236 + 256 + 288) – (200 + 224 + 248 + 272 + 260) = 88

19. What was the total no. of peons working in the company in the year 1999? A. 1312 B. 1192 C.1088 D.968 E.908 Ans: B Explanation: (820 + 184 + 152 + 196 + 224) – (96 + 88 + 80 + 120) = 1192

20. What is the pooled average of all employees in the year 1997? A. 1325 B. 1285 C. 1265 D. 1235 E. 1195 Ans: E Explanation: Managers: (760 + 280 + 179) – (120 + 92) = 1007 Technicians: (1200 + 272 + 240) – (120 + 128) = 1464 Operators: (880 +256 +240) – (104 + 120) = 1152 Accountants: (1160 +200 +224) – (100 + 104) = 1380 Peons: (820 + 184 + 152) – (96 + 88) = 972 Hence pooled average of 5 categories = (1007 + 1464 + 1152 + 1380 + 972)/5 = 1195

PART B
SAMPLE TEST PAPER OF VERBAL ABILITY FOR INFOSYS
Questions: 40 Duration: 35 Minutes
Directions (Questions 1-8): Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.
1. You need not come unless you want to.

Ans: E
3. Despite of their differences on matters of principles, they all agree on the demand of hike is salary?

A. Despite their B. Despite of the
C. Despite for their D. Despite off their
E. No correction required


Ans: A
4. He is a singer of repute, but his yesterday's performance was quite disappointing.



A. performances of yesterday were
B. yesterday performance was
C. yesterday performance were
D. performances about yesterday were
E. No correction required


Ans: E
5. The crime has growth rapidly in Russia since the disintegration of the communist system.

A. rapid crime has grown B. crime has grown rapidly
C. crimes grow rapidly D. crimes have been rapidly grown
E. No correction required


Ans: B
6. My hair stood off ends when I saw the horrible sight.

A. stood at ends B. stood on ends
C. stood to ends D. stands on ends
E. No correction required


Ans: B
7. The crops are dying; it must not had rained.

A. must had not B. must not be
C. must not have D. must not have been
E. No correction required


Ans: C
8. The intruder stood quietly for few moments

A. for few time B. for the few moments
C. for moments D. for a few moments
E. No correction required


Ans: D
Directions (Questions 9-16): In questions given below, a part of the sentence is italicized and underlined. Below are given alternatives to the italicized part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.
9. If the room had been brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before bed time.

A. If the room was brighter B. If the room are brighter
C. Had the room been brighter D. No improvement



Ans: C
10. If you are not clear about the meaning of a word, it is wise to look toa dictionary.
A. look for B. look at
C. look up D. No improvement


Ans: C
11. There is no more room for you in this compartment.

A. there is no more seat B. there is no more space
C. there is no more accommodation D. No improvement


Ans: B
12. More than one person was killed in accident.

A. were killed B. are killed
C. have been killed D. No improvement


Ans: A
13. Every time I go in a lift to my sixth floor apartment, I remember the calm and serenity of my ancestral home in the village.

A. move in a lift B. ascend in a lift
C. take a lift D. No improvement

Ans: C
14. My friend was in hospital for a week afteran accident.
A. through B. following
C. for D. No improvement


Ans: B
15. If you are living near a market place you should be ready to bear the disturbances caused by traffic.

A. to bear upon B. to bear with
C. to bear away D. No improvement




Ans: D
Directions (Questions17-24): Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
17. Catching the earlier train will give us the ...... to do some shopping.

A. chance B. luck
C. possibility D. occasion


Ans: A
18. Many of the advances of civilization have been conceived by young people just on the ...... of adulthood

A. boundary B. threshold
C. peak D. horizon


Ans: B
19. If I take a state roadways bus, I'll get late...?

A. isn't it B. won't I
C. will I D. is it


Ans: B
20. The paths of glory lead ...... to the grave.

A. straight B. but
C. in D. directly


Ans: B
21. Wheat ...... carbohydrates, vitamins, proteins, and dietary fibre in our daily diet.



A. has B. gives
C. yields D. provides


Ans: C
22. ...... all intents and purposes, the manager is the master of the firm.

A. in B. upon
C. with D. to


Ans: D
23. He ...... in wearing the old fashioned coat in spite of his wife's disapproval.

A. insists B. persists
C. desists D. resists


Ans: B
24. We shall not to be able to use your ability in court unless we can find someone to ...... to statements.

A. corroborate B. avouch
C. verify D. approve


Ans: A
Directions (Questions25-30): Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it. Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.
25. Due to enormous profits involved in smuggling, hundreds of persons have been attracted towards this anti-national activity. Some of them became millionaires overnight. India has a vast coastline both on the Eastern and Western Coast. It has been a heaven for smugglers who have been carrying on their activities with great impunity. There is no doubt, that from time to time certain seizures were made by the enforcement authorities, during raids and ambush but even allowing these losses the smugglers made huge profits. The passage best supports the statement that

A. Smuggling hampers the economic development of a nation.
B. Smuggling ought to be curbed.
C. Authorities are taking strict measures to curb smuggling.
D. Smuggling is fast increasing in our country owing to the quick profit it entails.




Ans: D
27. It is up to our government and planners to devise ways and means for the mobilization of about ten crore workers whose families total up about forty crore men, women and children. Our agriculture is over-manned. A lesser number of agriculturists would mean more purchasing or spending power to every agriculturist. This will result in the shortage of man-power for many commodities to be produced for which there will be a new demand from a prosperous agrarian class. This shortage will be removed by surplus man-power released from agriculture as suggested above. The passage best supports the statement that:

A. Employment in production is more fruitful than employment in agriculture.
B. Indian economy is in a poor shape basically due to improper mobilization of man-power.
C. A shift of labour from agricultural sector to the industrial sector would uplift the living standard.
D. The industrial sector is labour-deficient while the agricultural sector is over-manned in our country.


Ans: B
28. The only true education comes through the stimulation of the child's powers by the demands of the social situations in which he finds himself. Through these demands he is stimulated to act as a member of a unity, to emerge from his original narrowness of action and feeling, and to conceive himself from the standpoint of the welfare of the group to which he belongs. The passage best supports the statement that real education -

A. Will take place if the children imbibe action and feeling.




B. Will take place if the children are physically strong.
C. Is not provided in our schools today.
D. comes through the interaction with social situations


Ans: D
29. The virtue of art does not allow the work to be interfered with or immediately ruled by anything other than itself. It insists that it alone shall touch the work in order to bring it into being. Art requires that nothing shall attain the work except through art itself. This passage best supports the statement that:

A. Art is governed by external rules and conditions.
B. Art is for the sake of art and life.
C. Art is for the sake of art alone.
D. Artist realizes his dreams through his artistic creation.


Ans: C
30. The attainment of individual and organizational goals is mutually interdependent and linked by a common denominator - employee work motivation. Organizational members are motivated to satisfy their personal goals, and they contribute their efforts to the attainment of organizational objectives as means of achieving these personal goals. The passage best supports the statement that motivation -

A. Encourages an individual to give priority to personal goals over organizational goals.
B. Is crucial for the survival of an individual and organization.
C. Is the product of an individual's physical and mental energy?
D. Is the external force which induces an individual to contribute his efforts?


Ans: A
Directions (Questions31-40): The following section consists of two passages followed by set of questions. Read the passage thoroughly and answer the set of questions given below the passage.
(31 – 35):In the world today we make health and end in itself. We have forgotten that health is really means to enable a person to do his work and do it well. A lot of modern medicine and this includes many patients as well as many physicians pays very little attention to health but very much attention to those who imagine that they are ill. Our great concern with health is shown by the medical columns in newspapers. The health articles in popular magazines and the popularity of television programmers and all those books on medicine. We talk about health all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness. The healthy man should not be wasting time


Ans: C
33. Talking about the health all time makes people

A. always suffer from imaginary illness
B. sometimes suffer from imaginary illness
C. rarely suffer from imaginary illness
D. often suffer from imaginary illness


Ans: D
34. The passage tells us

A. how medicine should be manufactured
B. what healthy man should or should not do
C. what television programmers should be about
D. how best to imagine illness



Ans: B
35. A healthy man should be concerned with

A. his work which good health makes possible
B. looking after his health
C. his health which makes work possible
D. talking about health


Ans: A
(36-40): Organizations are institutions in which members complete for status and power. They compete for resource of the organization, for example finance to expand their own departments, for career advancement and for power to control the activities of others. In pursuit of these aims, grouped are formed and sectional interests emerge. As a result, policy decisions may serve the ends of political and career systems rather than those of the concern. In this way, the goals of the organization may be displaced in favor of sectional interests and individual ambition. These preoccupations sometimes prevent the emergence of organic systems. Many of the electronic firms in the study had recently created research and development departments employing highly qualified and well paid scientists and technicians. Their high pay and expert knowledge were sometimes seen as a threat to the established order of rank, power and privilege. Many senior managers had little knowledge of technicality and possibilities of new developments and electronics. Some felt that close cooperation with the experts in an organic system would reveal their ignorance and show their experience was now redundant.
36. The theme of the passage is

A. Groupism in organizations
B. Individual ambitions in organizations
C. Frustration of senior managers
D. Emergence of sectional interests in organizations


Ans: D
37. "Organic system" as related to the organization implies its

A. growth with the help of expert knowledge
B. growth with input from science and technology
C. steady all around development
D. natural and unimpeded growth




Ans: B
38. Policy decision in organization would involve

A. cooperation at all levels in the organization
B. modernization of the organization
C. attracting highly qualified personnel
D. keeping in view the larger objectives of the organizations


Ans: C
39. The author makes out a case for

A. organic system
B. Research and Development in organizations
C. an understanding between senior and middle level executives
D. a refresher course for senior managers

Ans: A
40. The author tends to the senior managers as

A. ignorant and incompetent
B. a little out of step with their work environment
C. jealous of their younger colleagues
D. robbed of their rank, power and privilege


Ans: A



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