2008 INFOSYS PLACEMENT PREPARATION

WRITTEN: -------(1)REASONING: --------it comprised of 30 questions to be answered within 40 mins.R.S.

Aggarwal is the key man. For this section maximum ques. were directly frm it.
---6 sections---------5 questions were in each section.
Section 1:
A simple puzzle based on cube. A cube painted---6 faces----6 colors. detailed account was
given.----------R.S. Aggarwal-Ex.14B page-359, q. no. 4.
Section 2:
Figure series -> 5 ques. a bit tricky, but R.S. Aggarwal more than suff. for practice.
Section 3:
Data sufficiency. 5 ques.-very very easy (R.S. Aggarwal)
Section 4:
Data Interpretation-2 figs.(correct ans. in this section would make a difference)
Section 5:
Tough puzzle--time consuming. but then good news was that, it was directly frm R.S.
Aggarwal. Suppose not practiced earlier, try to extract answers. Dont just make blind
guesses.
Ques. was:--5 boys, A,B,C,D,E-two r good, one is poor................like that {page no 302, ques
no 21-25(jumbled puzzles) of R.S. Aggarwal}
Section 6:
Syllogism-> very, very, easy. Free marks to score. Again refer R.S. Aggarwal (sufficient)--Section II: logical reasoning--page no 02(u will find it there.)
As 40 mins get over, dont be in a hurry for making blind guesses of ur own. Only question
paper will have to be submitted. After a gap of 5 mins u will get English paper. That means,
in this 5 mins gap .u r smart enuf..
English Paper
40 ques within 30 to 35 minutes
This paper is the deciding factor for selectionu got to have more than 15 to 20 answers
correct.
1. two passages 5+5=10 ques
2. error rectification (long sentences having mistakes of prepositions , sub verb
aggrement.etc(ques 11-18)
3. Substitution of underlined part of sentence by correct phrase
4. fill in the blanks(options were tough words but commonly used) u have to know the
meanings.

5. conclusion based on small paragraphs (or story)

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