1. If a date oct,02,2001 is written as 10022001(mmddyy), Then which date before 01,oct,2000 gives
the maximum valued
palindrome(the digits must be same when reversed) ?
Ans:12311321
2. There are eight different colored eggs in a basket, among them 23 are in red, 17 blue, 21 green,
18 yellow, 16 black,
12 white, 25 violet. What is the probability of getting at least one pair of the same color, when you
draw a least
number?
Ans:...................
3. What is the number whose positive integer digits when multiplied gives the maximum value and
added gives the exact
100. Ans:(2+2+........+50 times)=100, i.e 2 power 50.
4. In my garden the gross grows equally in every year. It takes 24 days for the 70 cows to eat and it
takes 60 days for
the 30 cows to eat. Then how many number of cows can eat in 96 days?
Ans:17.5 so considered as 18
5. In the investigation regarding one theft among the suspects A,B,C one who is the thief always
tells lies, the helper to
the thief tells both truth and lies , the other fellow who is innocent always tell the truth. They made
the following
statements
A: I'am a doctor B is a barber and C is the taxi driver.
B: I'am an employee of water works dept, A is the taxi driver and C is the doctor.
C: I'am a lawyer A is a taxi driver and B is the doctor.Who is the thief?
Ans:.......................
6. In one country they prefer only boys to have. If it is a girl in the first birth then there must be the
other child to have,
if it is also a girl then they will go for the next birth and stops when they got the boy. Then what is
the proportion of
girl to boys in that country?
Ans: (n+1)/2:1
7. While three friends Abe, Bob, Cort in a restaurant taking their snacks one lady came and she
asked them how many
children you have. One of them replied "By looking at the total number of children we have you can
uniquely identify
the no of children I'am having" but she failed to guess then he made the following statements Abe
is having atleast one
girl and twice as many boys as girls. Bob is having atleast one girl and thice as many boys as girls.
Cort is having
three more than boys that he have girls The no of children they have is less than 25.Who has
replied to that lady and
how many children he have. How many
total no of children they have? Ans: Abe, and is having 3children (1G+2B),total is 12
About OMAP
Onmobile is a sister concern of Infosys. It was part of Infosys till June, 2000 and now it's separate.
But seems to be a good company. The Bangalore office in inside Infosys office, Electronics City.
They are dealing with Mobile communciation Starting pay for freshers may be around Rs 17,000
per
month (not sure). Exam is of Infosys written test type. But with negative marking. So, be careful
and
attempt only those questions you are confident of the right answer.
Total no of puzzles : 6, for total of 50 marks. (Each question has different marks) The questions
may be reasonably tough. Some questions may come directly from Shankula Devi books. So refer
Shankula Devi puzzle books (Puzzles to Puzzle You, More Puzzles), George Summers puzzle
book.Also prepare Analytical questions in : "GRE : Barrons" (Old editions of book, because no
Analytical questions in new GRE pattern).You can expect probability questions mostly.If u answer
4 questions correctly, you may get the interview.
Some Previous Questions '
The questions may not be complete. They are just to give you an idea of how the test will be.
1. A, B, C are three persons. among these 3 persons only one is having a key to open a treasure.
Each person always either speaks truth or lies. The three persons made the following
statements.
A: I have the key
B: I dont have the key
C: B dont have the key.
Among the three, atleast one always speak truth. Find out who got the key?
2. A train is travelling from A to B. During its travel it met with an accident after travelling for half
an hour. After the accident it travels with 3/5th of its original speed and arrives the destination
two hours late. If accident occurs 50 km farther it will arrive the destination by 40 mins late.
Then find the distance between A and B?
3 A starts from x to y at noon. his friend B, starts from y to x at 2 pm and met him at 4:05 pm and
then both of them reached their destinations at the same time. Find arrival time.
4 There are innumerable packets of neggets each of which contain either 3 or 6 or 9 nuggets. You
cannot break a packet ( i.e., u can not have 1 or 2 nuggets, they are available only in packets
of 3, 6 and 9).
5 Problem is to find a number N starting from which it is possible to get any number of nuggets
without breaking any of the packets.
Ans : There is no such number exists. It's not possible to find out. So, answer should be
"Infinite".
6 An item x is available in 6,9,20 peices of packets. A customer purchased least N peices such
that N+1, N+2, N+3.......peices also can be purchased. Find N. Ans : 44
7 Three ants are present on the 3 vertices of triangle.They need to change their positions. what
is probability of getting their positions changed with the condition that no two ants collide
each other while exchanging their positions. You need to chose "n" numbers such that their
sum is 100 and they give the maximum product when multiplied
8. A business guy got 4 weigths and he can weight up to 40 kgs. What are denominations ?
Ans : 1,3,9,27
9. In a game where three dice are thrown, a player guesses a number. If the guessed number
appears on only one die, he gets double amount. If the guessed number appears on two dies, he
gets thrice the amount. If the guessed number appears on three dies, he quadraples his money.
Find the probability to win triple or quadraple amount of the bet.
10 Tom, Dolly and Mouly are living in a street having door numbers 1-99. But they dont know each
others house numbers.Mouly asked Tom, "is your dno a perfect square?". He replied. Again she
asked, "is it greater than 50?". He replied. With this information she went to Tom house, but she
could not find out his address. Then she realizes that the second answer is only the correct
one. Then dolly, who is unaware of the above conversation, asked Tom, "Is ur dno a perfect
cube?". He replied. Again she asked, "is it greater than 25?". He replied. With this information
she went to Tom house, but she could not find out his address. Then she realizes that the
second answer is only the correct one.If sum of door numbers of the three is equal to a perfect
square multiplied with 2. Tom's door number is less than that of Dolly. Also Tom's door number is
less than that of Mouly. Then find out the door numbers of all the three people.
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