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INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES MODEL PAPER

Reasoning Ability (30 questions, 40 minutes)

S.No Section No. of questions 1. Logical Reasoning/Analytical Reasoning 5 2. Logic (figure type questions) 5 3. Data Sufficiency 5 4. Data Interpretation 5 5. Logical Puzzles 5 6. Deductive Reasoning, Syllogism 5

Important: Try solving out similar questions from “A modern approach to verbal and non verbal reasoning” by R.S. Aggarwal

LOGICAL REASONING

Note:

• Do not attempt to solve fully. in most cases "solving" is not as important as "observation" • Time Management is the key resource to crack this paper • Try to observe questions (not only this but all) carefully and examine the fact it helps to save the time. • Only when it is needed factually you should do the calculations. • You need to concentrate on the Puzzle Test Section in book “A modern approach to verbal and non

verbal reasoning” by R.S. Aggarwal. 6 topics are there, please don’t ignore any topic.

1) 4 players A,B,C,D are playing a game. The rule of the game is that the person who loses the game will double the money of other players from the money he is having. They play 4 consecutive games and after the completion of 4 games each player had 32 rupees. If each player loses in one game and that in alphabetical order of their names, then answer the following: Five Questions like who started with what money, or what amount of money a person has after a particular round. if u solve the puzzle the questions wont take more than a minute. Solution to this puzzle: In these types of questions always follow the reverse order. in this question since money is to remain same that is 32 X 4 = 128, so this condition should be satisfied at every step. Since in last round D loses and thus before this round (ie in 3rd round) A,B,C must have had half the money they own now (ie 16) because D must have doubled their money in 4th round, Money with D in 3rd round can be calculated by subtracting money owned by A,B,C from 128 (ie 128 - 16X3 = 80). We can proceed in similar fashion to get the money persons owned before starting to play game. Make a table like this; it will speed up the process. so, after the round x : money with A : B : C : D 4 : 32 : 32 : 32 : 32 3 : 16 : 16 : 16 : 80 2 : 8 : 8 : 72 : 40 1 : 4 : 68 : 36 : 20 starting of game : 66 : 34 : 18 : 10 Now u can answer the questions based on the puzzle from the table. 2) A DI questions has to pass through three stages A,B,C.. There are 4 men to check at stage A, 10 men at stage B and 4 men at stage C. each man works for 10 hrs a day.. A DI question takes 1 hr at Stage A,2 hrs at Stage B and 1 hr at Stage C and an aptitude questions takes 45 mins at Stage A,2hrs at stage B and 1 hr at Stage C. There were 5 questions based on the data provided.. like… At most how many DI questions could be solved in a day.. If 3 more men get involved in stage A then at most how many questions can be solved in a day..

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3) At a CL institute there are 4 consulters, 10 conceptors, 4 readers... Each work 10 hours a day. A consultor can frame his part of questions in 1 hour, conceptor- half hour, reader- 1 hour... A) max how many questions can be framed in a day..? B) how many questions can be framed if number of readers are increased by 10..? C) if number of conceptor work is 5 less than the readers work than how many questions framed in one day..? 4) There are 6 bikes A,B,C,D,E,F to be sold within a week, one bike is sold each day of week F sold on Tuesday, D sold immediately after C. 5) P,Q,R and S are standing at the 4 corners of a square…n/w ,n/e, s/w, and s/e respectively… N something like…If P and R move one and a half distance in the clockwise direction…Q and S one n a half in the anticlockwise direction then in Which direction is P with respect to S? 6) Gopal and Mohan bought 2 types of trees lemon and coconut in the ratio 1:5 Gopal spent 2 lakhs in other thing would like levelling, labour etc,, They totally invested 12 lakhs after they sold coconuts they got 5,00,000.as revenue ,,, total field was 5 hectares ,, and the output of fields were in the ratio 2:3 ,,they sold a coconut for Rs.5. To find the numbers of coconuts? The number of lemons Total revenue of lemon. 7) 2 friends hired a piece of land and invested money in ratio of 3:1. They harvested coconuts and lemon in ratio of 2:1.Lemon trees were 100. In 1996 the profit was 28,000.In 1998, it was 5% of the total amount 8) A,B,C,D are 4 person. All are some money their sum is Rs. 100 and A and B have same amount of money that C and D have. A has more money than B. C have half of money that D have and A = d+5 1. How much money did 'c' have? 2. Who has the highest amount? 3. How much money does B have? 4. What is the ratio of C:D? 5. Who have second highest money? 9) 100 coins r distributed among five persons satisfying conditions below: 1) None got equal no. of coins 2) J got coins equal to sum of K & L's coins. 3) L got 3 coins more than cube of a number. 4) K got coins equal to Square or Cube of an integer. 5) M & N got the lowest no. of coins. There were 5 questions based on that 1) Who got the highest no. of coins Ans: J 2) How many coins did J get. Ans: 46 3) How many coins more/less did K get than L Ans: 14 10) There is six friend Arun, Sourabh, Gaurav, Kiran,,….,…. and Arun and Gaurav play golf, Kiran and arun play cricket and golf both …………like this six game .. 11) In a college hostel there are 100 rooms for 100 boys during holiday all boys returned home and every room of hostel was locked. after holidays when 1st boy returned he opened all 100 doors when 2nd boy arrived he closed every 2nd door when third boy arrived he operated on every third door (if door was opened he closed it and vice versa) This process continued toll the 100th boy arrived 1) which of the door was opened at the end of process? a)80 b)68 c)75 d)100 2)find the odd one out in the following doors 81st, 16th, 96th, one more a) 81 b)16 c)96 d)one more and three more questions

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12) There is a cuboid of dimensions 7 X 6 X 5. It is painted on two opposite faces of 7X6 with red color, one 6 X 5 face with violet and the face opposite to it with green color and the remaining two with 5X7 with Blue and Yellow. Now it is cut into small cubes of 1 cm sides. then answer the following questions on the basis of above facts: 1)How many cubes are there with no face painted? Ans: 60 2)How many cubes are there with 3 face painted with Red, Yellow and Green? Ans: 02 3)How many were painted with one face RED? Ans: 40 4)How many with two face painted ? Ans: 36 5) how many .... 13) Exam is to be held between Monday to Sunday. There is 1 holiday in between papers. 9 papers were: English, Hindi, math, history, civics, geography, biology, physics, and chemistry. Conditions were: a) exams will start either on Sunday or Wednesday with biology and no other paper will b there on that day. b) Geography paper can be followed by 1 other paper but not on Monday. c) Hindi & English cannot be accompanied by others. d) Saturday is a half day and Sunday is after the holiday. e) Number of papers before holiday is less than that after the holiday. 5 questions were there like: 1) when the exams start?? a) Sunday b) Wednesday c) Monday d) Friday ans: b) Wednesday 2) when is the holiday? a) Sunday b) Friday c) Saturday d) Thursday ans: b) Friday The sequence was like this sol: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday biology history holiday English Hindi civics geography physics maths chemistry 14) A starts from point 'A' and walk 10m towards south to reach point 'B'.. Then he turn right and walk 10m to reach point C'.. Then he turn left and walk 10m to reach point 'D''.. Then he turn right and walk 10m to reach point 'E'.. Then he turn left and walk 10m to reach point 'F''.. Then he turn right and walk 10m to reach point G''.. Then he turn left and walk 10m to reach point 'G'./Then he turn right and walk 10m to reach point 'H'.. He kept on walking 50m further toward west to reach point 'I'...and the walk towards north 60m to reach point 'K'.. 1) Find the shortest distance from point 'A' to 'H'.. 2) Find the shortest distance from point 'I' to 'K'.. 15) A man used to rob the computers and he is active only for quarter of a year.....he rob three computers .....vayu,,tejas and agni..,....January was unfortunate month for tejas...vayu was stolen in march....now he used three tools plier, screwdriver and hook to rob all the parts from the computer and make his own computer....he rob monitor from tejas but does not use hook...he rob printer from vayu and use plier....and from third computer he rob keyboard.... 1) In which month was agni...?? 2) Which tool was used for tejas.. 16) There are 4 sisters S,T,U,V arranged in age sequence is S is oldest and T is youngest. they play sum gambling game. If anybody loses then she has to distribute her money in such a way that the remaining 3 sisters have double their money ie if 3 sisters have 10 rs each after the loss of one sister they will have 20 rupees. after 4 rounds each has 32 rs each. the questions were like 1) Who has max money. 2) Who has min money 17) In a football match each player scored a prime no. of goals. n none of them had the same no. of goals. their average was also a prime no. which was not equal to one of the individual scores. No1 scored more than 45 goals. There were 11 players. 1) What was d avg? (23) 2) What was d max. scored by an individual? (43) 3) What was d lowest score? (5)

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4) What was d second lowest score? (7) 5) How many scored above 20? (5.. check on this) 18) There are 6 operations performed to manufacture a computer chip. A, B, C, D, E, and F conditions given 1 only A, B and D are the first operation to be performed 2. operation F is performed immediately after A 3. operation C is performed after F 4. operation E is performed immediately after C Questions 1 If operation A is performed at the third position then how many combinations are possible 2. if operation B is performed first then how many combinations are possible 3. if C and E operations are replaced by a single operation G then the total no of possibilities are reduced or increased compared to the previous possibilities 4 if operation A is performed first then how many possible combinations are possible 5 if operation A costs 1, B costs 2, C costs 3 and so on.. Then what will be the manufacturing cost of 81 chips 19) Problem on Ravan. It was like Ravan was going to die ..he had 4 sons. He had a box of gold coins. each worth Rs1 lakh. .to be distributed amongst 4. A b the eldest one would get the maximum. D be the youngest one would get least...nobody will get less than 3...B has one lakh more than C...and so on.. How many gold coins were there? How much did A get? 20) There is MR...he has to visit 7 doctors daily from 9am to 4pm...namely M,N,O,P,Q,R,S.. After every visit he takes 25min (travel n rest) to move to another doctor. After the 5th visit he takes 50min break for lunch.. He has to visit O before M...S is to be visited third aft visiting N.etc. Who was d first to b visited? If doc S says to meet him again aft he visits last person. Then how will he manage.. At what time he will go to him? Who will he visit aft R? 1. Ram is 10th from front and Shyam is 10th from back. if both interchange their positions then Ram is 27th from front, then Shyam’s position from back is (1) 25 (2) 26 (3) 27 (4) 28 2. Hari stands 10th in the class and mohan stands 17th from back and there are 4 students in between them then the total strength of the class is….. 21) To manufacture a computer chip 6 operations r required (A,B,C,D,E,F),

Let B or A or D operations occur first Operation C is performed after E F comes after A E is not performed immediately after F

1. If Operation B occurs first then what is the state of A (Ans is either (i) or (ii) i) 2nd stage ii) 3rd stage iii) either I and ii iv) None 2. If a single operation costs Rs.21 then what is the total cost for manufacturing 80 chips… By specifying the state of any operations and asking to find the other operation states….. 22) A puzzle on sequences...some statements were given like x comes b4 y n y two places b4 z......so complete order had to be determined...and then reversed to get ranks of each person...set of 5 questions on this. 23) A,B,C and D four girls living in Chennai and Mumbai. Their unique hobbies and some relations between their home towns are given. Answer the five questions on this.

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24) There are 3 sections in one class. A, B and C are elected as the representatives for these sections. The total votes polled for this election are 317. A got only 4 votes more than C. The unit's digit of C is two times that of B. the votes polled for B is b/n 100 and 200. One digit in his number of votes is zero 25) From Cube basically 3*3,4*4,5*5 are only. To solve them fast and easily. draw the cube and divide it into different layers and then solve the questions given. For example: a 3*3 cube is given and painted in all sides. And the cube is cut into 27 small cubes of equal size. Now the questions will be How Many cubes are not painted in any side. Then u can solve it like this 3*3 cube have 3 layers: 1 layer - 0 not painted, 2 layer - 1 not painted, 3 layer - 0 not painted and finally add all the three you will get the answer. 26) A cube problem 15 cm cut into 3cm and opposite sides is painted with black, green and yellow. i. How many cubes have three sides painted ans. 27 ii. how many cubes have two sides painted ans. 36 iii. how many cubes with one side painted ans. 54 iv. how many cubes with no side painted ans. 8 v. how many cubes with different colour sides painted. ans. 8 formula is no of cuts = n no side = n-2 power 3 one side = n-2 power 2 multiply 6 two side = n-2 multiply 12 three side = 8 . 27) A cube of 15m in length is cut into few smaller cubes in such a way that the cubes are equally 3m in side, and the cube is painted green ,blue, yellow on all the pair of opposite sides, answer the following questions. A) How many cubes are no side painted B) How many cubes 1 side painted C) How many cubes 2 sides painted D) How many cubes 3 sides painted E) How many cubes painted 3 sides with 3 different colors. Solution: Please refer to cubes and dices topic from verbal and non-verbal reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal Approach can be like this. What ever the cube is given take it into layers. Top layer, bottom layer and the middle layer(s). Since this cube is 5*5 u have 3 middle layers. Draw down the cube immediately and use pencil, blue pen and black pen to isolate the 1 side painted, 2 side painted, 3 sides painted. This is how you can approach. Cube problem always consumes time. So my suggestion is to have it as a last option.

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LOGIC

Note: • You need to have concentration more and your observing needs to be fixed on to the paper. • Never ignore the RS Aggarwal “Non Verbal Reasoning” figure problems.

Some clues are :

First check for the shapes, then direction, then fig in, fig out combinations. Addition of new figure will be little complicated don’t get screwed up. If there is an elimination of a part in the figure just check out if there is addition of a new figure. You need to spend min 5 mins maximum of 10 mins.

The following topics are covered in this paper:

Find the odd one among the five pictures given Five figures were given in each question; we have to find the 6th one of it from the options Four figures and next was to be found which completed the series.

Find the odd figure in following 1) a) a pentagon inside a hexagon b) a rectangle inside a pentagon c) a triangle inside a rectangle d) a pentagon inside a rectangle e) a hexagon inside a septagon 2) a) two intersecting circles b) two intersecting squares c) two intersecting triangles d) one square intersecting with triangle e) two intersecting pentagons 3) There were 5 different figures every fig has one circle intersected with square and there were two dots every fig has dot in intersection apart from the answer which does not have the dot in intersection area.

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DATA SUFFICENCY

Note:

Remember you don't have to solve the questions but to find out whether which choice is the best to answer.

You generally can’t find maths based DS questions in R.S. Aggarwal. Go for some CAT material. 1) Find the angle ADC in cyclic quadrilateral ABCD 1. angle BCD + angle ADC = 77 2. angle BAD= 55 a) 1 alone is sufficient to answer the question. b) 2 alone is sufficient to answer the question. c) either of 1 or 2 is sufficient to answer the question. d) both are insufficient to answer the question. e) both are required to answer the question. Ans to above is e 2) Angle ABC of a triangle is right angled.. (a).if other two angles are equal (b).if some of other two angles is equal to angle ABC Ans: only (b) require 3) We can determine the distance between office and house of Mohan? (a). If Mohan travels at a speed of 30kmph then he reaches office 10 minutes late (b). If Mohan travels at a speed of 40kmph then he reaches office 10 minutes earlier Ans: both the statement are required 4) The length of diagonal BD of a rhombus ABCD, where the major diagonal is AC, can be known if: (a).the length AC=10cm (b).the length CD=6cm Ans: both are required I5) n a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, angle ABC is obtained: (a) Angle BCD is 70 degrees (b) Sum of angle CDB and BCD is 130 1) is x-3/x=27? (i) x^2=9 (ii) x<-1 2) calculate area of rectangle ABCD (i) AD=10 (ii) BC=5 3)value of X? (i) LCM of x and 21 is 63 (ii) HCF of x is 3 4) calculate x,y,z (i) xy-21=3z (ii) yz-7x=6 A question was given followed by 2 statements 1) If the first statement alone was enough to answer the question 2) If the second statement alone was enough to answer the question 3) If the both the statements were required to answer the question 4) If the question could not be answered using both the statements

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6) If either statement alone was sufficient to answer the question :: is g+3>h+2? 1.g>0and h>0 2.cube of g >cube of h Mark a if question can be answered using a only b if question can be answered using b only c if either of them d if neither of them 7) X2Y3-XY)/(X2-Y2) a)X=2 b)Y-=5 8) Ram lent Rs. 5000 at certain rate of interest. What will be the interest? a) if he had lent it for 2% more he would have received Rs. 500 more b) I don't remember A. A alone is sufficient to come to the conclusion B. B alone is sufficient C. Both A and B are required. D. Data Insufficient. 9) x3 = x5 a) x>-3 b) x<0 Some fig. with dimensions was given and one side PQ couldn't be deduced from that. So they asked what would be required to calculate the Area. 10) PQ=3 b) PS=6. For three nos. a,b,c in A.P condition required a) a+c=2b b) a+b>c and two more such type of questions.. 11)Find the area of quadrilateral ABCD. a right angled quadrilateral figure was given. 1) AC=5 2) BC=13 ANS was b) both are required to find the area 12) a^2+b^2+c^2=0...Is b>a;... 13) Find the angle ADC in cyclic quadrilateral ABCD 1. angle BCD + angle ADC = 77 2. angle BAD= 55 14) What is the value of M+N? A. (X+M)(X+N)=X^2+5X+MN B. M+N&gt;0 You will have to select from the following A alone is enough B alone is enough A and B are require A and B cannot give the answer. 15) A Diagram was given that looked more like a blueprint of a house (with dimensions). Some dimensions were missing. The data given was; PQ = 3 and QR = 4. Find the value of PS? PS = 3 PS &gt; 0 Options A alone is enough B alone is enough A and B are require A and B cannot give the answer.

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16) Find X; 1. X^5=X^3 2. X&gt;0 A alone is enough B alone is enough A and B are require A and B cannot give the answer. 17) 12 men & 12 rooms are there. How will they paint the rooms in 10 days? Ans: A 18) A) if AOB angle is given B) If Angle of OAE= angle of OBE What is the angle of AEB? 1) Only A is enough 2) Only B is enough 3) Both are required 4) Neither of these is not required 19) To solve the following expression (X^2Y^3-X^3Y^2)/(XY^2) A) X=5 B) Y=2 1) A only 2)B only 3) Both are required 4) none 20) pnr calculation, find p . Data given were n separately and r separately 21) A square with diagonal was given, and the data were measure of the side and the value of the diagonal. Question was to say if it is a square or not. 22) A theoretical question to find if ravi is an engineer or not data were a) all ram’s friends are engineers b) ravi is not ram’s friend. 23) A equation was given and the constant was asked algebraically calculation. Both the data were required.

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DATA INTERPRETATION Note:

Practice DI questions from Quantitative Aptitude by R.S Aggarwal Look 2 or 3 direct questions and answer them first. Calculate the average and if you have patience to do that do it, else ignore the other questions Some questions were lengthy calculations and I would suggest you to apply hit and trial here.

1) Table of imports from diff countries to India was given and 5 questions were based on it.. there were very lengthy calculations and I would suggest to apply hit and trial here otherwise you'll end up wasting most of your time. 2) We were given a table tat had the info about the sales of 3 companies A,B and C for different years..1990 to 1998.. The total sales n price/unit was given.. Calculate stuff like 1) Average price/unit of company C 2) The percentage increase in the no. of units produced by Company A from 1991 to 1992 3) The year in which the no. of units produced by Company C decreased a second time 4) The year in which maximum no of units was produced…something like tat The price/unit was given in decimals like 3.4 and the sales something like 501 etc.. Hence there was a lot of division to do…Try to approximate the values n calculate wherever comparison is involved. 4) 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --------------------------------------------------- a 30 31 20 27 32 --------------------------------------------------- b ---------------------------------------------------- c ---------------------------------------------------- d Some data was given like that 1. Brand for which shares increases 3 times in a row is called 'strong brand ' 2. Almost same sentence as 1 with consistent brand some data as same as 1st was given ,, questions was To find the most consistent brand To find the strongest brand.. 5) A bar graph was given about no. of states vs. % of un electrified villages. The data’s were as follows: STATES % A - 25 B - 45 C - 60 D - 35 E - 20 F - 15 Questions were 1) Which is the state where the Govt. has to spend the maximum money for electrification? 2) What is the ratio of electrified to un electrified villages in state D? 3) If there are villages in the state B & D in the ratio of 8:5,then find the ratio of the villages that are to be electrified.

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6) A DI question 3 graphs were given one for steel production, second for automobiles production and third one for ship building. All were in millions so it became easy to solve. A table was given like: Product Machine A Machine B A 4 hours 2 hours B 3 hours 5 hours C 4 hours 4 hours 7) The table looked like above. The data may be different. Then 5 questions were asked. Like if efficiency of machine A is double to that of B then What is the ratio of and b drawings Horsepower rating of these machines On most efficient way to utilize the machines. 8) Data Interpretation very easy pie chart with all the details Eg. A has a sales of 10% and B has a sales of 32%. How much is B's increase over A Ans is 137% and not 22% 9) A table was given..containing average fuel production...in 96-97,00-01,,05-06..of coal, natural gas. etc. Which fuel had least increased prod over the years? Which had completed the current demand? 10) A tabular column was given with the Columns as Red, Yellow, Green and total. The Rows as Cube, Cuboids, Cones and Total. Some of the columns were unfilled. You will have to fill up the blank columns with the help of the data. Then answer the five subdivisions in them. What is the ratio between Red Cubes and Yellow cones? If all Green cones were replaced by yellow cubes, what is the ratio between Yellow cubes and Red Cuboids? 11) One graph on Solubility Vs temperature for 6 different compounds like calcium sulphate, calcium chloride, etc.. was given.. 5 ques followed it… this was little tough as there were 6 different lines in a small graph .. which has the highest solubility… (1) calcium chloride at 29deg (2)calcium sulphate at 15deg (3)sodium chloride at 22deg (4)potassium chloride at 20deg.

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LOGICAL PUZZLES Note:

Refer RS Aggarwal (A modern approach to Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning) chapter - Puzzles test and do all the six types of puzzles given.

Do the chapter on Blood Relations as well! 1. It was like there were six people A,B,C,D,E sitting in 2 rows.. B and C can not sit in corner and other relevant data and then 5 questions based on it.. 2. A family with members A, B, C, D, E and F….2 married couples…3 females…n the relations among them were given… Questions like.. Which of the following pairs represents a married couple? Draw a family tree…it’ll help u answer the questions 3. Ram , Lakhan and Kishan are doctor, teacher and engineer respectively ,, all are married with wives Sita, Gita and Radha not in the same order ,,also working and some conditions were given such as A. Teacher's wife also teaches B. A secret affair of 2 4. Seema is older than Manju.Reena is older than manju but younger than Seema.Sita is younger than Manju.Meena is yonger than Sita but older than Beena who is older than Sanju. Jafar is older than Mughal but younger than Sanju. Heena is older than Reena but younger than Seema. 1) Who is the youngest? Ans: Mughal 2) Who is the oldest? Ans: Seema 3) Who is 4th oldest? Ans: Manju 4) Who is older between Sanju & Sita? Ans: Beena 5) Who will be the neighbour os Jafar if,Seema,Sanju,Manju,Beena & rekha are to be seated according to their age. Ans: Sanju 5. There are 4 frnds meena , meera ,anju, (one more say rita ) two frnd lived in mumbai and there hobies were gardening , the girl who lived in Chennai has the hobby of clay modeling and singing , meera has the hobby of painting and she live in Mumbai ,anju likes gardening as her hobby and some more statements ........every gal has two hobbies Meena meera anju rita Delhi Mumbai chennai gardening singing clay modeling by making the above table questions can easily b answered 6. About lectures A,B,C,D,E,F and some data related to it like a, c must not be on alternate days and holiday except Saturday and questions based on that.... like Which Day was holiday? On which Day lecture A took place? 7. There were 8 persons and there had to be seated in a circular table there were various conditions like a is adjacent to C. C and E can never be together etc if u arrange the conditions you will easily find the answers they had 5 linked questions like Who was sitting next to A? . 8. Blood relations A is a farmer and he has two sons and a daughter D is a unmarried daughter E is a lawyer and brother of C B is a teacher and wife of C 1. How many unmarried persons are there in family Ans: 2 2. Who is the married family Ans: B, C 3. Whose occupation is not known Ans: D, C

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4. How many women’s are there in the family Ans: 2 5. Who are the sons of a Ans: E, C 9. A question where the data is given like, Sunday or Wednesday the exam starts and it is Biology, there are nine papers and none takes place on a single day. One day is declared as holiday in between. Maths comes after Chemistry. Physics is two days after English etc.... when did the exam start? When was the holiday? What is the paper after Geography etc? 10. There are six persons A,B,C,D,E,F…each person wore a cap and a tie. No person wore same coloured cap and tie. caps colour were red, black, brown, yellow, green, white. Tie colours were red, blue, yellow, brown, orange, green… E wore cap as the colour of the F’s tie. C wore cap as the colour of the D’s tie………. Five questions followed it… 11. In a family there r five members A,B,C,D,E. and their professions r farmer, doctor, lawyer, trader, nurse. A) B (nurse) is the daughter of A, who is a farmer. B) C (lawyer) is the brother of E, who is a only married couple in the family. C) A has two sons and 1 daughter D) The daughter in law of A is a doctor.

Among these which one forms the male group… (Ans. A,C,E) Female groups (Ans. B,D) Who is the trader in the family (Ans. E) Who is the doctor in the family (Ans. D) The married couple (Ans. ED) We can get the solution by forming a flowchart………. A(farmer) his son and daughter ______________|_________________________________ | | | B(Nurse, daughter) C(lawyer,son-1) E(son, married,son-2,trader) | D(doctor, wife of E) 12. Details were given and for each person their room no., city, course had to be determined...conditions were like...these people stay from room no.504 to so on and x cannot stay with y z dates one who is pursuing chemistry but not one form Calcutta...n so on....actually analysing the data was difficult because of the bulk of conditions given....tough!! 13. Like this 6 persons sitting in a round table facing each other. then color of the shirt were given and what thy ate. It was a bit confusing. Try to solve the puzzle in the last. Only one question with 5 sub question in this was asked. 14. Radha and manillal had 2 children simma and shilpa, sima is married to anuj son of jaggar and monish they have 2 children rita and sony.prathika who is anuj sister got married to shushim they have a child arjun.

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SYLLOGISM Note:

• This is again there in Verbal And Non Verbal Reasoning by R.S Aggarwal • Remember all nine rules given in R.S.Aggarwal “Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning” • If you prepare it thoroughly you can easily get 5/5 in less time. Saving time for others. • Best way to solve these problems are to draw a Venn Diagram yourself, if you don't find it easy, take

the options from the answers and select the best logical answer All pens are pencils. All cups are pens.. Conclusion:. I: All pencils are pens II: All pencils are cups a) T is taller than Q b) R and S are of the same height c) T is taller than S d) R is shorter than T e) Some other statement Which of these are logically related? 1) eab 2) abc 3) cbd 4) ade All cloud is white No sky is blue. 1) All kites are dogs 2) All dogs are cupboards. Conclusion: I: All cupboards are dogs II: All kites are cupboards. a) All A are B b) Some B are C c) No B are C d) All C are A e) Some A are C. and then one has to identify the valid argument?? Options: abc bcd cda abe cdf.. Question: Statement A: Some men are educated. B: Educated persons prefer small families C: All small families are educated. D: some men prefer small families. E: Choose from the following which is logically correct.. 1. ABC 2. EBC 3. ACD 4. ABD Here the answer is ABD. Like wise some 5 questions.

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They will give two statements like a. Some cats are dogs b. Some dogs are horses and then they will give two statements like A. Some horses are dogs B. All cats are horses and u have to say whether I) A is correct II) B is correct III) Both A and B are correct IV) None of them are correct 2. Select the best logical answer; A. Tata Sumo has long life B. Tata Suma uses XXX spark plug C. Old spark plugs are weaker D. Some trucks are Tata Sumos E. Some trucks are useless (Something like this) Options, ABE, DEC, AEB etc 3. Select the best logical answer; Some Cheetahs are Giants Some Giants are weak Not all Giants are week etc Options, ABE, DEC, AEB etc ... a) All cats are animals. b) Some animals are not dogs. c) Elephant is an animal. d) Some elephants are cats. Then you have to find the correct series from the given options. 1) ade 2) bde 3) ced.... 1.All the detergents are chemicals. Some chemicals are harmful. Some detergents are harmful. a) All the detergents are chemicals b) All the detergents are harmful c) Brand x is a detergent d) Brand x is not harmful e) Brand x is harmful so if u understand the sense in it u can logically arrange it.

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Rules for deriving the conclusion: 1. The conclusion does not contain the middle term. Example: Statements: 1. All men are girls. 2. Some girls are students Conclusions: 1. All girls are men. 2. Some students are girls Since both the conclusions 1 and 2 contain the middle term ‘girls’, so neither of them can follow. 2. No term can be distributed in the conclusion unless it is distributed in the premises. Example: Statements: 1. Some dogs are goats. 2. All goats are cows. Conclusions: 1. All cows are goats. 2. Some dogs are cows. Statements 1 is an I type proposition which distributes neither the subject nor the predicate. Statement 2 is an A type proposition which distributes the subject. i.e. ‘goats’ only. Conclusion 1 is an A type proposition which distributes the subject ‘cow’ only. Since the term ‘cow’ is distributed in conclusion 1 without being distributed in the premises, so conclusion 1 cannot follow. 3. The middle term (M) should be distributed at least once in the premises. Otherwise, the conclusion cannot follow. For the middle term to be distributed in a premise.

(i) M must be the Subject if premise is an A proposition. (ii) M must be Subject or Predicate if premise is an E proposition. (iii) M must be Predicate if premise is an O proposition.

Note that in an I proposition, which distributes neither the Subject nor the Predicate, the middle term cannot be distributed. Example: Statements 1. All fans are watches. 2. Some watches are black. Conclusions 1. All watches are fans. 2. Some fans are black. In the premises, the middle term is ‘watches’. Clearly, it is not distributed in the first premise which is an A proposition as it does not form its subject. Also, it is not distributed in the second premise which is an I proposition. Since the middle term is not distributed at least once in the premises, so no conclusion follows. 4. No conclusion follows (a) if both the premises are particular Example: Statements: 1. Some books are pens. 2. Some pens are erasers. Conclusions: 1. All books are erasers. 2. Some erasers are books. Since both the premises are particular, no conclusion follows. (b) if both the premises are negative Example: Statements: 1. No flower is mango. 2. No mango is cherry. Conclusions: 1. No flower is cherry. 2. Some cherries are mangoes. Since both the premises are negative, neither conclusion follows. (c) if the major premise is particular and the minor premise is negative. Example: Statements: 1. Some dogs are bulls. 2. No tigers are dogs. Conclusions: 1. No dogs are tigers. 2. Some bulls are tigers. Here the first premise containging the middle term ‘dogs’ as the Subject is the major premise and the second premise containing the middle term ‘dogs’ as the Predicate is the minor premise. Since the major premise is particular and the minore premise is negative, so no conclusion follows. 5. If the middle term is distributed twice, the conclusion cannot be universal.

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Example: Statements 1. All fans are chairs. 2. No tables are fans. Conclusions: 1. No tables are chairs. 2. Some tables are chairs. Here, the first premise is an A proposition and so, the middle term ‘fans’ forming the subject is distributed. The second premise is an E proposition and so, the middle term ‘fans’ forming the predicate is distributed. Since the middle term is distributed twice, so the conclusion cannot be universal. 6. IF one premise is negative, the conclusion must be negative. Example: Statements: 1. All grasses are trees. 2. No tree is shrub. Conclusions: 1. No grasses are shrubs. 2. Some shrubs are grasses. Since one premise is negative, the conclusion must be negative. So, conclusion 2 cannot follow. 7. If on premises is particular, the conclusion is particular. Example: Statements: 1. Some boys are thieves. 2. All thieves are dacoits. Conclusions: 1. Some boys are dacoits. 2. All dacoits are thieves. Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular. So, conclusion 2 cannot follow. 8. If both the premises are affirmative, the conclusion would be affirmative. Example: Statements: 1. All women are mothers. 2. All mothers are sisters. Conclusions: 1. All women are sisters. 2. Some women are not sisters. 9. If major premise be affirmative, the conclusion must be particular. Example: Statements: 1. All plays are stories. 2. Some poems are plays. Conclusions: 1. Some poems are stories. 2. All stories are poems. The first premise containing the middle term ‘plays’ as the subject is the major premise. Also, it is affirmative. So, the conclusion must be particular. Hence, conclusion 2 cannot follow.

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Important Model Questions Directions: Each question given below has a problem and two statements numbered I and II giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements is sufficient for answering the problem. Indicate your answer as

(a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question; (b) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient answer the question; (c) If the data either I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question; (d) If the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question; (e) If the data in both the statements together are needed.

1. What is Reena’s rank in the class? I. There are 26 students in the class. II. There are 9 students who have scored less than Reena (e) From I and II, we conclude that there are 16 students above Reena in rank. Thus, Reena’s rank is 17th in the class. So, both the statements are necessary. 2. Among four friends A, B, C and D, who is the heaviest? I. B is heavier than A, but lighter than D. II. C is lighter than B. (e) From I, we have A<B<D From II, we have C<B. Combining (i) and (ii), we can conclude that D is the heaviest. So, both the statements are needed. 3. Rohit, Kajol, Tanmay and Suman are four friends. Who is the oldest among them? I. The total age of Kajol and Tanmay together is more than that of Suman. II. The total age of Rohit and Kajol together is less than that of Suman (d) From given statements, we fid that: K+T>S and R+K<S. Thus, who is oldest is not known 4. How is B related to A? I. A is B’s sister II. D is the father of A and B. (d) From statements I and II together, we can conclude only that either B is the sister or brother of A. So, even from both the statements, the exact relation cannot be known. 5. How much was the total sale of the company? I. The company sold 8000 units of product A each costing Rs. 25. II. This company has no other product line. (e) From statements I and II together, we find that company sells only product A and total sale of product A=Rs.(8000x25)=Rs.200000, which is also the total sale of the company. So, both I and II are required. A solid cube has been painted yellow, blue and black on pairs of opposite faces. The cube is then cut into 36 smaller cubes such that 32 cubes are of the same size while 4 others are of bigger size. Also no face of any of the bigger cubes is painted blue. (1) How many cubes have at least one face painted blue? (2) How many cubes have only one face painted? (3) How many cubes have only two faces painted? (4) How many cubes have at least one of their faces painted yellow or blue? (5) How many cubes have no face painted? Solution: There are 36 cubes, 32 of which are of the same size and 4 others are of bigger size. Clearly, each side of bigger cubes is twice as large as that of smaller cubes. Also, since no face of any of the larger cubes is painted blue, so, each one of the larger cubes has one face painted red, one face painted black and all other faces unpainted.

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1. (d) Cubes having at least one face painted blue are those which lie along the two surfaces painted blue. Since each blue surface has 16 cubes, so, there are 16 x 2 = 32 such cubes. 2. (c) The cubes having only one face painted are the 4 central cubes along each of the two surfaces painted blue. Thus, there are 4 x 2 = 8 such cubes. 3. (b). Leaving the 4 central cubes on each of the blue surface and 8 cubes at the edges of the block; all the rest have two faces painted. Thus, the cubes having only two faces painted are 8 cubes on each of the blue surfaces and 4 larger cubes. i.e. there are (8x2)+4 = 20 such cubes. 4. (a) The number of cubes having at least one of the faces painted yellow is 20. Also, the number of cubes having at least one of the faces painted blue is 32. (Those lying along the two blue surfaces). But there are 16 cubes lying along the 4 edges common to blue and yellow surfaces. Thus, the cubes having at least one of their faces painted yellow or blue is (20+32-16)=36. 5. (d) The number of cubes having at least one of the faces painted are the 16 cubes, each along the surfaces painted blue and 4 larger cubes. Thus there are (16x2)+4=36 cubes having at least one of the faces painted. Since, there are 36 cubes in all, therefore, number of cubes having no face painted = 36-36=0. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in two rows, three in each. E is not at the end of any row. D is second to the left of F. C, the neighbour of E, is sitting diagonally opposite to D. B is the neighbour of F. 1. Which of the following are sitting diagonally opposite to each other? (a) F and C (b) d and A (c) A and C (d) A and F (e) A and B 2. Who is facing B? (a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) F 3. Which of the following are in the same row? (a) A and E (b) E and D (c) C and B (d) A and B (e) C and E 4. Which of the following are in one of the two rows? (a) FBC (b) CEB (c) DBF (d) AEF (e) ABF 5. After interchanging seat with E, who will be the neighbours of D in the new position? (a) C and A (b) F and B (c) Only B (d) Only A (e) Only C C is neighbour of E and is sitting diagonally opposite to D means C is under F in the other row i.e. D – F - E C B is the neigbour of F. So, the arrangement must be D B F A E C 1. Other than D and C (given). A and F are sitting diagonally opposite to each other, as seen in the arrangement. So, the answer is (d). 2. Clearly, E is opposite to B in the other row. So, E is facing B and the answer is (d). 3. Clearly, from amongst the given alternatives, A and E are in the same row. So, the answer is (a). 4. Clearly, from amongst the given alternatives, D, B and F are in the same row. So, the answer is (c). 5. Clearly, neighbours of E are A and C. So, on interchanging the seat with E, the new neighbours of D will be A and C. So, the answer is (a). Seven friends Kamla, Manish, Rohit, Amit, Gaurav, Pritam and Priya are sitting in a circle. Kamla, Manish, Rohit, Amit, Pritam and Priya are sitting at equal distances from each other. Rohit is sitting two places right of Pritam, who is sitting one place right to Amit, Kamla forms an angle of 90 degrees from Gaurav and an angle of 120 degrees from Manish. Manish is just opposite Priya and is sitting on the left of Gaurav. 1. Who is the only person sitting between Rohit and Manish? (a) Pritam (b) Amit (c) Gaurav (d) Kamla 2. Gaurav is not sitting at equal distances from (a) Rohit and Pritam (b) Amit and Kamla (c) Manish and Pritam (d) All of the above 3. Gaurav is sitting………… of Priya

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(a) to the left (b) to the right (c) two places right (d) None of these 4. The angel between Gaurav and Manish in the clockwise direction is (a) 150° (b) 180° (c) 210° (d) None of these 5. Which of the following statements is not correct? (a) Pritam is between Manish and Kamla (b) Manish is two places away from Priya (c) Gaurav is sitting opposite Pritam (d) All of the above. Clearly in a circle the arrangements is as shown 1. (c) Gaurav is sitting between Rohit and Manish 2. (d) Gaurav is not at equal distances from Rohit and Pritam or Amit and Kamla or Manish and Pritam 3. (d) Gaurav is three places left or four places right of Priya 4. (d) The angle between Gaurav and Manish in clockwise direction is 30°. 5. (d) Clearly, all the statements follow from the diagram above. At an Electronic Data Processing Unit, five out of the eight program sets P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are to be operated daily. On any one day, except for the first day of a month, only three of the program sets must be the ones that were operated on the previous day. The program must also satisfy the following conditions:

(i) If program P is to be operated on a day, V cannot be operated on that day. (ii) If Q is to be operated on a day, T must be one of the programs to be operated after Q. (iii) If R is to be operated on a day, V must be one of the programs to be operated after R. (iv) The last program to be operated on any day must be either S or U.

1. Which of the following could be the set of programs to be operated on the first day of a month? (a) V, Q, R, T, S (b) U, Q, S, T, W (c) T, U, R, V, S (d) Q, S, R, V, U (e) P, R, V, S, U 2. Which of the following is true of any day’s valid program set operation? (a) P cannot be operated at third place (b) Q cannot be operated at third place (c) R cannot be operated at fourth place (d) T cannot be operated at third place (e) U cannot be operated at fourth place 3. If R is operated at third place in a sequence, which of the following cannot be the second program in that sequence? (a) Q (b) S (c) T (d) U (e) W 4. If the program sets R and W are to be operated on the first day, which of the following could be the other programs on that day? (a) P, T, V (b) Q, S, V (c) Q, T, V (d) T, S, U (e) T, S, V 5. If the program sets operated on a day is P, Q, W, T, U, each of the following could be the next day’s program set except: (a) W, T, U, V, S (b) W, T, S, P, U (c) W, R, V, T, U (d) Q, T, V, W, S (e) Q, R, V, T, U 1. (c): Condition (i) makes (e) incorrect Condition (ii) is not followed in (d). Condition (iii) is not followed in (a) Condition (iv) is not followed in (b) So, the only correct set is (c) 2. (c) Clearly, if R is operated at the fourth place, V must be operated somewhere after it. This is not possible since the fifth program is the last one which has to be either S or U. So, R cannot be operated at the fourth place. 3. (a) If R is operated at third place, it will be followed by V at the fourth place and S or U at the end. So, Q which must have T as one of the programs after it, cannot be at the second place. 4. (e) Since R is operated, so V must also be operated. Also, S or U is to be taken at the end. So, the possible combinations are Q, S, V and T, S, V.

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Now, Q must have T as one of the programs after it, which is not possible. So, Q, S, V is incorrect. 5. (b) It is given that on any one day, only three of the program sets must be the ones that were operated on the previous day. But, (b) contains four programs out of those operated on the first day. So, it is the wrong combination. Madhu and Shobha are good in Dramatics and Computer Science. Anjali and Madhu are good in Computer Science and Physics Anjali, Poonam and Nisha are good in Physics and History Nisha and Anjali are good in Physics and Mathematics Poonam and Shobha are good in History and Dramatics 1. Who is good in Computer Science, History and Dramatics? (a) Anjali (b) Madhu (c) Shobha (d) Nisha 2. Who is good in Physics, Dramatics and Computer Science? (a) Shobha (b) Poonam (c) Madhu (d) Anjali 3. Who is good in Physics, History and Dramatics? (a) Poonam (b) Shobha (c) Madhu (d) Anjali 4. Who is good in History, Physics, Computer Science and Mathematics? (a) Poonam (b) Nisha (c) Madhu (d) Anjali 5. Who is good in Physics, History and Mathematics but not in Computer Science? (a) Madhu (b) Poonam (c) Nisha (d) Anjali The given information can be analysed as under: Dramatics Comp. Scie. Physics History Mathematics Madhu √ √ √ Shobha √ √ √ Anjali √ √ √ √ Poonam √ √ √ Nisha √ √ √ 1. (c): Shobha is good in Computer Science, History and Dramatics 2. (c): Madhu is good in Physics, Dramatics and Computer Science 3. (a): Poonam is good in Physics, History and Dramatics 4. (d) Anjali is good in History, Physics, Computer science and Mathematics 5. (c): Nisha is good in Physics, History and mathematics but not in Computer Science (i) In a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F, there are two married couples. (ii) D is grandmother of A and mother of B (iii) C is wife of B and mother of F. (iv) F is the grand daughter of E. 1. What is C to A? (a) Daughter (b) Grandmother (c) Mother (d) Cannot be determined 2. How many male members are there in a family? (a) Two (b) Three (c) Four (d) Cannot be determined 3. Which of the following is true? (a) A is brother of F (b) A is sister of F (c) D has two grandsons (d) B has two daughters (e) None of these 4. Who among the following is one of the couples? (a) CD (b) DE (c) EB (d) Cannot be determined (e) None 1. (c): C is the wife of B and D is mother of B. so, C is grandmother of A. so, C is the mother of A 2. (d) Clearly, the sex of A cannot be determined 3. (e) The sex of A is not known. So, neither (a) nor (b) definetly true. Clearly, D is the grandmother of A and F.

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4. b): C is wife of B. So, one couple is BC. Now D is grandmother of A. B is the son of D and his wife C is the mother of F. So, D is also the grandmother of F. But F is the granddaughter of E. So, E is the grandfather of F and the husband of D. Thus, DE is another couple. (i) There is a group of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F from a family. They are Psychologist, Manager, Lawyer, Jeweller, Doctor and Engineer. (ii) The doctor is the grandfather of F who is a Psychologist (iii) The Manager D is married to A. (iv) C, the Jeweller is married to the Lawyer (v) B is the mother of F and E. (vi) There are two married couples in the family 1. What is the profession of E? (a) Doctor (b) Jeweller (c) manager (d) Psychologist (e) None of these 2. How is A related to E? (a) Brother (b) Uncle (c) Father (d) Grandfather (e) None of these 3. How many male members are there in a family? (a) One (b) Three (c) Four (d) Data Inadequate (e) None of these 4. What is the profession of A? (a) Doctor (b) Lawyer (c) Jeweller (d) Manager (e) None of these 5. Which of the following is one of the pairs of couples in the family? (a) AB (b) AC (c) AD (d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these Given F is a psychologist B is the mother of F and E means E is the brother or sister of F. There are only two married couples in the family. Since D is married to A, so C, the jeweler, who is married to a lawyer, will be married to B. Again, the Manager D is married to A means A is the doctor and Grandfather of F and E. Also, no one else is an Engineer. So, E must be an Engineer 1, Clearly, E is an Engineer. So, the answer is (e) 2. Clerarly, A is the grandfather of F an dE is the brother or sister of F. So, A is the grandfather of E. Hence the answer is (d) 3. Since nothing is mentioned about E and F, so the number of males cannot be determined. Hence the answer is (e) 4. Clearly, A who is the grandfather of D is the doctor. Hence, the answer is (a) 5. Clearly, D, the manager is married to A. So, AD is one of the couples in the family. Hence, the answer is (c).

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INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES MODEL PAPER

English Aptitude (40 questions, 35 minutes)

S.No Section No. of questions

01 Reading Comprehension 10 02 Sentence Correction 10 03 Critical Reasoning 10 04 Fill in the blanks 05 05 Inferential Questions 05

Note:

• Two long Reading Comprehensions are there. Attempt at last if time permits else go for guess work. There is no negative marking.

• First one is big, second is little easy than first some direct questions are there. So first read the question and direct search the answer in passage.

• Sentence Correction: Four statements almost the same but with some difference are there. Mark the one which is grammatically correct.

• Inferential Type: Simple paragraphs were given and questions were asked like which of these statements can be inferred from the para, which is false according to the para.

• Fill in the blanks: Choose the best phrase that would fit in like that. • This is only a model paper. So prepare generally.

Reading Comprehension Argument – Conclusion (Critical Reasoning Type): They will give you a paragraph, containing one situation and one response. You have to judge whether the response correct or not (or) you have to find the right situation from the given options Stock analyst: "We believe Company A's stock will appreciate at 35% a year for the next 5 to 7 years. Company A just became the leader in its industry and we expect its sales to grow at 8% a year." Commentator: "But how can the stock's price be expected to grow more quickly than the company's underlying sales?" 1) Which of the following facts would best support the stock analyst?

a. The company's expenses will be declining over the next 5 to 10 years. b. The company just won a patent on a new product. c. Company A's stock is currently overvalued by a significant amount. d. The 5 to 7 year time frame is too long for anyone to accurately forecast. e. Company A's industry peer group is expected to experience stock appreciation rates of 30% over the same

time horizon. Acme brand aspirin claims to be the best headache relief available on the market today. To prove this claim, Acme called 10 people and asked them their thoughts on headache relief products. All 10 of them stated that they unequivocally use Acme brand aspirin on a regular basis and that they believe it to be the best headache relief available on the market today. 2) Which of the following would most weaken this argument?

a. Acme brand aspirin is highly addictive. b. The 10 people called were married to the company's top 10 executives, and they were coached on what to

say. c. Most people choose to suffer silently through their headaches and take no medicines whatsoever. d. This survey was conducted by an independent company. e. The 10 people were selected at random.

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My neighbor's dogs bark and howl every time their owner lets them outside. My CPA told me that dogs tend to bark and howl when they see birds resting in the top branches of their favorite trees. I personally believe they bark and howl because they enjoy disrupting my meditations. 3) Which of the following can be inferred from the preceding passage?

a. The dogs must be abused by their owners. b. The dogs' owners do not care how they are viewed by their neighbors. c. There are many pedestrians who walk by this neighbor's house, and the dogs are starving for attention. d. The dogs enjoy being outside. e. The dogs will bark and howl at 3 a.m. if they are outside at that time.

Most citizens are very conscientious about observing a law when they can see the reason behind it. For instance, there has been very little need to actively enforce the recently-implemented law that increased the penalty for motorists caught leaving a gas station without paying for gas they had pumped into their vehicles. This is because citizens are very conscientious of the high cost of gasoline and they know that stealing gas will only further increase the price of gasoline for everyone. 4) Which of the following statements would the author of this passage be most likely to believe?

a. The increased penalty alone is a significant motivation for most citizens to obey the law. b. There are still too many inconsiderate citizens in the local community. c. High gasoline prices can be brought down if everyone does his or her part and pays for the gasoline they

use at the pumps. d. Society should make an effort to teach citizens the reasons for its laws. e. People would be more likely to speed on a stretch of deserted highway than to not pay for gasoline.

Answers: 1) A. Answer choices C and D weaken the analyst's argument. Answer choice E is irrelevant, because we do not know how the analyst believes Company A's stock will perform in comparison to its industry peer group over the next 5 to 7 years. It's possible that the analyst does not expect Company A to remain the leader for very long, so we cannot assume he expects it will outperform the sector. Choice B is not conclusive because it indicates the patent is on a new product and we do not know if the patent is for a product consumers will demand. Answer choice A is the best one available. If the revenues increase and the expenses decrease, then the company can significantly increase its profits and be more likely to enjoy a high stock price appreciation rate. 2) B. Answer choices D and E actually strengthen the argument – which is the opposite of what the question asks you to do. Answer choice C is completely irrelevant to the argument. Acme could still be the best product, even if most people don't intend to use it. Answer choice A certainly does not bode well for the quality of Acme's aspirin, but it is nonetheless possible that competing brands are even more addictive. Answer choice B is correct. It weakens the passage's argument by undercutting its implied assumption that a sample of 10 people must give accurate results. 3) E. Answer choice E can be easily, directly, and correctly inferred from the statement that the dogs bark and howl every time their owner lets them outside. 4) D. Choice D is correct because it neatly summarizes the main theme of the passage. We can instantly eliminate answer choice A because the passage never states how the increased penalty affects citizens. Choice B is too extreme, and overly negative. Besides, the overall theme of the passage is positive; the negative tone of choice B is out of keeping with it. Answer choice C is incorrect because the author stated only that adherence to the law would prevent the price of gasoline from rising further. He never said that this action would lower gas prices.

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Sentence Correction. They will give you an underlined sentence. You have to find the correct Sentence from the given options. 1) The message conveyed by the conference speakers make me feel fortunate that I did not invest all of my money in stocks traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange. a. make me feel fortunate that I did not invest all of my money in stocks traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange. b. make me feel fortunate that I did not invest all of my money in NASDAQ stocks. c. make me feel fortunate that I did not invest my money in NASDAQ stocks. d. makes me feel fortunate that I did not invest all of my money in NASDAQ stocks. e. makes me feel fortunate that I did not invest my money in NASDAQ stocks. 2) Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. a. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. b. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. c. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. d. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices. e. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they could increase ticket prices. 3) The Navy used the nuclear submarine accident off the coast of Hawaii to show that everyone must be held responsible for their actions. a. to show that everyone must be held responsible for their actions. b. to demonstrate their belief that everyone must be held responsible for their actions. c. to demonstrate its belief that everyone must be held responsible for their actions. d. to signal how no one should be able to get away with committing acts of terrible negligence. e. to show that everyone must be held responsible for his actions. 4) I never fail to get frustrated on the golf course: nonetheless, I always resolve to continue my involving in the game. a. on the golf course: nonetheless, I always resolve to continue my involving in the game. b. on the golf course: nonetheless I always resolve to continue my involvement in the game. c. on the golf course; nonetheless, I always resolve to continue my involvement in the game. d. on the golf course; nonetheless I always resolve to continue my involvement in the game. e. on the golf course but I always still manage to find a way to resolve my self to continue my pursuit of the involvement of the game. 5) Each of the movies were great and the choice for the best one among all three was very difficult indeed. a. were great and the choice for the best one among all three was very difficult indeed. b. was great and the choice for the best one among all three was very difficult indeed. c. were great and the choice for the best one between all three was very difficult indeed. d. was great and the choice for the best one between all three was very difficult indeed. e. were great and the choices between all three were very difficult indeed. Answers: 1) D. The underscored portion of the sentence lacks conciseness. This should be rather obvious. What may not be as obvious, however, is the subject-verb disagreement between "message" and "make." Choices A, B, and C can be eliminated because they each begin incorrectly with the verb "make." Choice E is wrong because it changes the meaning of the sentence. The speaker of the sentence never stated that he or she did not invest any money in NASDAQ stocks, but simply that he or she did not invest all of his or her money in those stocks. 2) A. 'Fewer' answers the question, "How many?" (fans, balls, hot dogs) and 'less' answers the question, "How much?" (soda, dirt, salt). This eliminates answer choices B, D, and E. Answer choice C is unnecessarily wordy and introduces temporal ambiguity. 3) E. The pronoun 'everyone' is singular. Answer choices A, B, and C can now be quickly eliminated. Answer choice D changes the meaning of this sentence too much. One could reasonably argue that the speaker of the sentence did not intend to convey that strong of an opinion on the accident.

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4) C. A semicolon should be used instead of a colon in this sentence. This means we can eliminate answer choices A and B. A comma is needed after the word "nonetheless," so we can also eliminate answer choice D. Answer choice E can be eliminated because it is too wordy, and incorrectly uses "my self" instead of "myself." 5) B. This question tests your knowledge of subject-verb agreement. Each of the two nouns used in the sentence is singular and should be followed by 'was' instead of 'were.' Answer choices A, C, and E can therefore be eliminated. Answer choice D differs from B in that it uses 'between' and answer choice B uses 'among.' 'Between' is only used when only 2 subjects are involved. In the case of the 3 movies, the word "among" should be used. Inferential Questions Simple paragraphs of about three or four sentences then choose the option that supports the paragraph or condemns the paragraph or is the theme of the paragraph Inferential questions are questions which require you to read between the lines, not simple who/ where/ when questions. For example: The girl is wearing swimsuit. Inferential question: What season is it? The student comes to conclusion: summer! 2) Depression afflicts nearly 25 mn. Indians. Dr. Gill states that depression is more commonly disabling than arthritis, ulcers, diabetes or high BP all of which have been considered more serious in past. As far as limiting people in their physical functioning or causing them to stay in bed depression proved as bad as emphysema or back problems. The study is important because it shows which of the following best completes the passage above a) that arthritis is not that serious as was once thought b) mental disorders can be avoided c )emphysema may be psychometric d )depression is very costly affliction The passage is talking about depression. so the answer is (d) Word Meaning: The word was given and four choices are there, you had to find the meanings closest to it. Fill in the blanks with suitable phrases 1) -------------------- lost my wallet I had to go back home to get the money a) as I had b) though I c) even when d) because 2) the workers are made to ----- captivity by many landlords in India on compulsion of ------ a) endure, life b) undergo , death c) bear, mere subsistence d) live in , their family See in this kind of problems the way to solve is to go by the method of elimination.... so going by the elimination we can straight away reduce the 2nd option as undergo captivity is a mismatch ...similarly fourth is also not correct as it

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says on the compulsion of their family .....Which again is a mismatch ... now we start comparing the two remaining options .... Here endure is normally used in a positive sense .... we say that harry can endure stress is talking something positive about harry ... and also if u check option to be filled in second blank ... the word mere subsistence well with the desperation shown in the sentence ...... so the answer is (c) 3) After a brief and violent ______ that ousted the president, General Monsanto declared himself the dictator of the country. a. nuance b. coup c. solicitation d. upbraiding e. lament The answer is choice b. A coup (n.) is a sudden and decisive change of leadership illegally or by force, a takeover. What (the cause) led the general to declare himself dictator (the result)? Something brief and violent, that ousted the president, a coup. 4) The city council formed a committee to simplify several dozen ______ city ordinances that were unnecessarily complicated and out-of-date. a. feckless b. empirical c. byzantine d. slovenly e. pedantic The answer is choice c, byzantine, an adjective that means “highly complicated and intricate.” 5. She hadn’t eaten all day, and by the time she got home she was ______. a. blighted b. confutative c. ravenous d. ostentatious e. blissful Ans: c. Ravenous (adj.) means extremely hungry. 6. The movie offended many of the parents of its younger viewers by including unnecessary ______ in the dialogue. a. vulgarity b. verbosity c. vocalizations d. garishness e. tonality Ans: a. Vulgarity (n.) means offensive speech or conduct. 7. His neighbors found his ______ manner bossy and irritating, and they stopped inviting him to backyard barbeques. a. insentient b. magisterial c. reparatory d. restorative e. modest Ans: b. Magisterial (adj.) means overbearing or offensively self-assured. 8. Steven is always ______ about showing up for work because he feels that tardiness is a sign of irresponsibility. a. legible b. tolerable c. punctual d. literal e. belligerent Ans:c. Punctual (adj.) means arriving exactly on time. 9. Candace would ______ her little sister into an argument by teasing her and calling her names. a. advocate b. provoke c. perforate d. lamente e. expunge Ans: b. To provoke (v.) is to incite anger or resentment; to call forth a feeling or action. 10. The dress Ariel wore ______ with small, glassy beads, creating a shimmering effect. a. titillated b. reiterated c. scintillated d. enthralled e. striated Ans: c. To scintillate (v.) means to emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light, creating a shimmering effect; to sparkle.