Infosys Placement Papers 2026: Pattern, Sections, Solutions

The Infosys online aptitude test now runs across five sections, not the three-section format many older prep guides still describe.

The ‘2019’ in this page’s URL is legacy. The InfyTQ-era test structure that Infosys adopted around that year remains the current format for 2025 and 2026. What has changed is the hiring context: three distinct tracks now offer starting packages at different CTC bands, and the gap between them is wider than it used to be.

This article covers the full paper at the section level: structure, worked examples across all five sections (1 to 2 per section), CTC bands, and eligibility. For high-volume drill on a specific section, the sibling guides are the right destination.

What the Infosys Online Test Looks Like in 2026

The current five-section format, used across both SE and SP campus drives:

Section	Questions	Time	Marks per question
Mathematical Ability	10	35 min	1
Logical Reasoning	15	25 min	1
Verbal Ability	20	20 min	1
Pseudocode Ability	5	30 min	2
Puzzle Solving	5 to 6	variable	1

Two test rules that catch students off guard:

• No negative marking. Leaving a question blank scores zero; a wrong answer also scores zero. The strategy follows: never leave a question unanswered.
• No backward navigation. Once you submit an answer and move to the next question, you cannot return. Time management per section matters more than on tests that allow review.

The platform runs as a proctored, browser-based environment. Camera and stable internet are required. Infosys sends a test link by email after shortlisting from the application pool.

Three Hiring Tracks and Their Starting CTC

The track determines your starting package. It is set at the time of offer, not after joining.

Track	Starting CTC	How to qualify
System Engineer (SE)	₹3.6 LPA	Standard aptitude test + technical interview + HR
Specialist Programmer (SP)	₹6.5 LPA	Stronger coding section + DSA-focused technical + HR; InfyTQ holders preferred
Power Programmer (PP)	₹9.5 LPA	HackWithInfy top performers or strong InfyTQ scores; typically 7.5+ CGPA

Eligibility baseline for all three tracks: 60% aggregate across 10th, 12th, and UG, with no active backlogs at the time of application. InfyTQ (Infosys’s own certification platform at infytq.infosys.com) covers Java, Python, database, and agile fundamentals. Completing the certification does not guarantee shortlisting, but it is a consistent signal in SP and PP selection. The InfyTQ certification guide covers registration, exam pattern, and preparation in full.

Mathematical Ability: What It Tests and Two Worked Examples

The Mathematical Ability section gives 10 questions in 35 minutes. That is a generous 3.5 minutes per question. The topic mix covers: time and work, time and distance, profit and loss, percentages, ratios and proportions, simple and compound interest, and number properties.

Worked Example 1: Time and Work

• Q: A alone can finish a job in 12 days. B alone can finish the same job in 18 days. How many days will they take working together?
• Step 1: A’s rate = 1/12 of the job per day. B’s rate = 1/18 of the job per day.
• Step 2: Combined rate = 1/12 + 1/18. LCM of 12 and 18 is 36. So 3/36 + 2/36 = 5/36 per day.
• Step 3: Days together = 36/5 = 7.2 days.
• Answer: 7.2 days (7 days and 4.8 hours).

Worked Example 2: Profit and Loss

• Q: A shopkeeper buys an article for ₹800 and sells it for ₹1,000. What is the profit percentage?
• Step 1: Profit = 1,000 - 800 = 200.
• Step 2: Profit % = (200 / 800) x 100 = 25%.
• Answer: 25%.

For high-volume number series practice, the number series guide covers the six pattern types that Infosys repeats most often in the Mathematical Ability section.

Logical Reasoning: Category Map and Where to Drill

The Logical Reasoning section gives 15 questions in 25 minutes. That is 100 seconds per question. Topics include: syllogisms, blood relations, coding-decoding, statement-conclusion, and data sufficiency.

Worked Example 1: Syllogism (Venn Diagram Approach)

• Q: Statements: (1) All engineers are graduates. (2) All graduates are employed. Conclusions: (I) All engineers are employed. (II) Some employed people are engineers.
• Step 1: Draw circles. “All engineers are graduates” places the engineers circle fully inside the graduates circle.
• Step 2: “All graduates are employed” places the graduates circle fully inside the employed circle.
• Step 3: By transitivity, the engineers circle is fully inside the employed circle. Conclusion I follows.
• Step 4: Since all engineers are employed, some employed people are engineers. Conclusion II also follows.
• Answer: Both conclusions follow.

Worked Example 2: Coding-Decoding (Shift Method)

• Q: In a code, MAKE is written as OCMG. How is TAKE written in the same code?
• Step 1: Find the shift. M(13) to O(15) = +2. A(1) to C(3) = +2. K(11) to M(13) = +2. E(5) to G(7) = +2. Shift is +2 for every letter.
• Step 2: Apply to TAKE. T(20)+2 = V(22). A(1)+2 = C(3). K(11)+2 = M(13). E(5)+2 = G(7).
• Answer: VCMG.

The Infosys logical reasoning guide covers all five topic types in depth with multiple solved examples per type and the mechanical method for each. Use that guide for drill volume on syllogisms, blood relations, and coding-decoding.

Verbal Ability: Reading Comprehension and Grammar Patterns

The Verbal Ability section gives 20 questions in 20 minutes. One minute per question. It is the most time-pressured section in the test.

Topics covered: reading comprehension (1 to 2 passages, 5 questions per passage), fill in the blanks, error correction, sentence completion, and para-jumbles.

Worked Example: Reading Comprehension (Inference Question)

The passage type Infosys favours is a 150 to 200-word general-interest passage followed by 5 comprehension questions. One common question type asks for an inference the passage supports.

• Strategy for inference questions: Re-read the sentence or two that discuss the factor. Look for the answer option that paraphrases, not copies, the relevant passage line.
• Common trap: Answer choices that use the exact wording of the passage are often wrong. They restate without inferring. The correct answer typically restates the same idea in different words.
• For error correction questions: The most common patterns are subject-verb agreement, tense consistency, and misuse of prepositions. Identify these three patterns first before reading the full sentence.

Pseudocode Ability: Reading Code Logic Without a Language

The Pseudocode section gives 5 questions and 30 minutes, at 2 marks each for 10 marks total. This section tests whether you can trace logic written in a language-agnostic pseudocode syntax. No programming language knowledge is required, but you do need to be comfortable with: conditional statements (if/else), loops (while, for), assignments, and basic arithmetic operations.

Worked Example: Tracing a Loop

x = 0
i = 1
WHILE i <= 5
    x = x + i
    i = i + 1
END WHILE
PRINT x

• Step 1: i=1. x = 0+1 = 1. i becomes 2.
• Step 2: i=2. x = 1+2 = 3. i becomes 3.
• Step 3: i=3. x = 3+3 = 6. i becomes 4.
• Step 4: i=4. x = 6+4 = 10. i becomes 5.
• Step 5: i=5. x = 10+5 = 15. i becomes 6. Loop exits (6 > 5).
• Answer: PRINT outputs 15.

The two-mark weight makes Pseudocode Ability disproportionately valuable. Getting 4 of 5 correct (8 marks) here has more scoring impact than getting 4 of 10 correct (4 marks) in Mathematical Ability. Allocate your full 30 minutes to this section.

Puzzle Solving: Pattern and Strategy

Puzzle Solving (sometimes listed as Reasoning Puzzles) is the fifth section. The question count is 5 to 6, covering: number-based pattern puzzles, visual reasoning puzzles, and word puzzles.

Worked Example: Number Pattern Puzzle

• Q: Find the missing number: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?
• Step 1: Check differences. 6-2=4. 12-6=6. 20-12=8. 30-20=10. Differences: 4, 6, 8, 10. Pattern: even numbers increasing by 2.
• Step 2: Next difference = 12. Missing number = 30 + 12 = 42.
• Answer: 42.

Visual reasoning puzzles in this section typically ask you to identify the rule in a series of shapes (rotation, reflection, addition or removal of elements). Approach: look at one rule at a time (shape count, orientation, shading) before trying to see the full pattern.

Preparing for the AI-Attuned Tracks (SP and PP)

The SP and PP tracks are where compensation diverges from the bulk SE intake. According to Salil Parekh, CEO of Infosys, in Q4 FY26 earnings commentary, Infosys has different starting compensation for candidates with skills more attuned to AI, and is building a pool of forward-deployed engineers to do AI solution work directly with clients. Infosys onboarded 20,000 freshers in FY26 and plans the same intake for FY27 per the same source.

The prep path for SP and PP goes beyond the aptitude test. The skill profile that matters: strong DSA fundamentals (for the coding round), InfyTQ certification (for shortlisting signal), and working familiarity with AI tooling (for the forward-deployed engineering pool Infosys is building).

The table earlier in this article shows the SP-to-PP compensation step. If you are targeting SP or PP and want to build that AI layer before campus drives begin, TinkerLLM starts at ₹299, the entry point for hands-on LLM work for engineering students who have not shipped AI projects yet. For the full roadmap of what AI-attuned engineers at companies like Infosys are expected to know, the AI roadmap for Indian engineers maps the skill sequence from zero to production-ready.