Monday, December 22, 2014

Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-7): Study the following information to answer the given questions:

Arjun, Divya, Gita, Mohan, Priya, Reshma, Rohit and Salman are sitting around a circular table facing centre. No two males or two females are immediate neighbours of each other.
Arjun is the husband of Gita. Arjun sits third to the right of Priya. Mohan is second to the left to Rohit. Mohan is not an immediate neighbor of Arjun or Priya. Priya and Salman are immediate neighbor of each other. Rohit is not an immediate neighbor of his wife Divya. Reshma is fourth to the left of Divya.


1. Which of the following is true about Reshma?
(1) Reshma is the wife of Rohit.
(2) Reshma sits exactly between Mohan and Gita.
(3) Reshma sits third to the left of Divya.
(4) Reshma sits second to the right of Gita.
(5) None of these.

2. Who sits third to the left of Divya?
(1) Reshma 
(2) Salman
(3) Rohit
(4) Mohan
(5) None of these

3. How many people sit between Divya and Reshma when counted in anticlockwise directions from Divya?
(1) One
(2) Two
(3) Three
(4) Four
(5) More than Four

4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(1) Divya
(2) Reshma
(3) Salman
(4) Mohan
(5) Rohit

5. What is the correct position of Priya?
(1) second left of Mohan
(2) fourth to the right of Gita
(3) fourth to the left of Gita
(4) both 2 & 3
(5) None of these

6. Which of the following does not fit to the group of the person sitting in a particular format?
(1) Arjun, Gita and Divya
(2) Priya, Rohit and Salman
(3) Mohan, Reshma and Gita
(4) Salman, Priya and Rohit
(5) None of these

7. If all the persons are made to sit in alphabetical order in clockwise direction, starting from Arjun, the position of how many (excluding Arjun) will remain unchanged as compared to their original seating positions?
(1) None
(2) One
(3) Two
(4) Three
(5) Four

Directions (8-10): In each of the questions, there is a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. Assume everything in the statement to be true and then decide which of the two suggested courses of action logically follows.

Give answer (1): If only I follow
Give answer (2): If only II follows
Give answer (3): If either I or II follows
Give answer (4): If neither I nor II follows
Give answer (5): If both I and II follows

8. Statement: At least twenty people were killed and large number of people injured when a bomb blast took place at the gate of Delhi High Court.

Courses of action:
I. The security of the High Court should immediately be tightened to avoid such blasts.
II. The culprits of the blast should immediately be arrested and be put into jail

9. Statement: There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of requests for 3G subscribers in most of the circles of telecom providers during the current festive season.

Courses of action:
I. The telecom authority should immediately increase the license in each of these circles by allowing more spectrum services to the providers.
II. The people seeking connection should be advised to make their registration after the holiday

10. Statement: Incidence of terrorist immigration are on a instant rise border areas since last few years.

Course of action:
I. Strict control should be imposed on the checks for immigrants across the border
II. Commuters should not be allowed to carry baggage in shared public transport.



ANSWERS
Solutions (1-7):

1. (4)
2. (3)
3. (3)
4. (5)
5. (4)
6. (4)
7. (2)

Solutions (8-10):
8. (1): Only I follows II is a long term action
9. (1): only I is logical second is irrelevant to the statement
10. (1): only I is relevant

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