Saturday, September 27, 2014

Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-6) : Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-1 Amit, Sumit, Rohit, Harshit, Mohit and Shobhit are seated and all of them are facing south. In row-2 Sita, Rita, Gita, Nita, Mita and Anita are seated and all of them are facing North. Therefore in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row.


Harshit sits third to the right of Sumit. Either Harshit or Sumit sits at an extreme end of the line. The one who faces Sumit sits second to right of Mita. Two people sit between Rita and Anita. Neither Rita nor Anita sits at an extreme end of the line. The immediate neighbour of Rita faces the person who sits third to the left of Amit. Rohit and Mohit are immediate neighbours of each other. Gita sits second to the left of Sita. Mohit does not face the immediate neighbour of Nita. 

1. Who amongst the following sit at extreme ends of the rows?
1) Harshit, Nita 
2) Sumit, Sita
3) Shobhit, Gita 
4) Amit, Nita
5) Sumit, Anita

2.  Who amongst the following faces Harshit?
1) Sita 
2) Rita 
3) Gita 
4) Nita
5) Anita

3. How many persons are seated between Shobhit and Rohit?
1) One 
2) Two 
3) Three 
4) Four
5) None

4. Amit is related to Sita in the same way as Harshit is related to Rita based on the given arrangement. To which of the following is Mohit related to, following the same pattern?
1) Gita 
2) Nita 
3) Mita 
4) Anita
5) Cannot be determined

5. Which of the following is true regarding Mohit?
1) Anita faces Mohit
2) Shobhit is an immediate neighbour of Mohit
3) Anita faces the one who is second to right of Mohit
4) Mohit sits at one of the extreme ends of the line
5) Sumit sits second to the right of Mohit

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?
1) Sita − Mohit 
2) Rita − Mohit 
3) Anita − Amit 
4) Gita – Shobhit  
5) Mita − Sumit

Directions (7-11) : Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II  given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and —  Give answer 
(1) if the data in Statement. I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question. 
(2) if the data in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question. 
(3) if the data in Statement I alone or in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question. 
(4) if the data in both the Statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question. 
(5) if the data in both the Statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question. 

7. Which bag amongst J, K, L, M  and N is the heaviest? 
I. Bag N is heavier than J and M. Bag K is heavier only than bag L.
II. Only three bags are lighter than J. The weight of bag N is 13 kg which is 1 kg more than bag J.

8. In a row of 40 boys, how many boys are standing between A and B?
I. A is 21st from the left end of the row.
II. There are 9 students between B and C who is 9th from the right end.

9. Is the time in the clock 3 O’clock now? 
I. After half an hour, the minute and the hour hand of the clock will make an angle of exactly 900 with each other.
II. Exactly 20 minutes back, the hour and the minute’s hand of the clock coincide with each other.

10. Are all the five friends viz. P, Q, R, S and T who are seated around a circular table facing the centre? 
I. P sits third to the left of Q. Q faces the centre. S and T are immediate neighbour of each other. R sits second to the right of T
II. S sits second to the right of R. R faces the centre. Both T and P are immediate neighbours of S. Q sits second  to the right of P.

11. Is P the grandson of Q? 
I. Q is the father of M. M is the sister of T. T is the mother of P.
II. S is the son of P. V is the daughter of P. R is the brother of T.

Directions (12-17) :Study the following  information carefully and answer the questions given below:

There is a five storey building including the  ground floor and each floor has only one flat.  All these flats have been occupied by the five Manager.  Each manager likes a different pet.  The pets are :  cat, dog, rabbit, fish and parrot.  The five managers M, P, Q, S and T are employed in the different companies A, B, C, D and E but not necessarily in the same order.  Mr. M works in company E  and lives on the ground floor.  The manager who lives on fourth (top) floor does not like fish or parrot.  Mr. S  works in company B and likes fish.  The manager who works  in company C and lives on second floor likes cat.  Mr.  T lives on third floor and likes Rabbit.  Mr. Q works in company D

12. Who among the following does like parrot?
(1)P
(2)S
(3)M
(4)Can’t say 
(5)None of these

13. Who lives on the second floor ?
(1)M
(2)T
(3)Q
(4)P
(5)None of these

14. On which floor does S live ?
(1)First 
(2)Second
(3)Fourth
(4)Can’t say
(5)None of these

15. Who among the following likes cat?
(1)M
(2)P
(3)T
(4)S
(5)None of these

16. Who among the following likes dog?
(1) M
(2) P
(3) S
(4) Q
(5) None of these

17. Which of the following combinations of the manager and pet is correct ?
(1)Mr. M : fish
(2) Mr. T : dog
(3) Mr. P : parrot
(4) Mr. Q : fish
(5)None of these



Solutions  (1-6)
The given seating arrangement will be
Row-1
Amit
Shobhit
Harshit
Mohit
Rohit
Sumit
Row-2
Gita
Anita
Sita
Mita
Rita
Nita

1. (4)
2. (1)
3. (2)
4. (2)
5. (3)
6. (5)

Solutions (8-1)
7. (3)
Using either statement alone, Bag N is the heaviest.

8. (5)
Using both statements together.
B’s position from right end = 9 + 9 + 1 = 19th
B’s position from the left end = 40 + 1 – 19 = 22nd
Since A is 21st from the left end, there is no student between A and B.

9. (4)
From statement I alone, The time is not 3’O clock now as at 3:30 the angle between the two hands is not 900.
From statement II alone, The time now is not 3’O clock as at 2:40, the minute hour and the hour hand do not coincides.

10. (2)
From statement I, all the friends may or may not be facing the centre.
From statement II, P is definitely not facing the centre. Hence all of them are not facing the centre.

11. (4)From statement I and statement II, it is gender of P is not clear.

Solutions

Floor
Manager
company
Pet
fourth
Q
D
dog
third
T
A
rabbit
second
P
C
cat
first
S
B
fish
ground
M
E
parrot

12. (3)
13. (4)
14. (1)
15. (2)
16. (4) 
17. (5)

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