Directions (1-7): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, W, X and Z are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them belongs to a different profession viz. Engineer, Architect, Dancer, Teacher, Lawyer, Manager, Actor and Doctor.
T sits third to right of the Doctor. Only two people sit between the Doctor and Z. Teacher and the Architect are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither T nor Z is a Teacher or a Architect. Teacher is not an immediate neighbour of the Doctor. Engineer sits second to left of S. S is not an immediate neighbour of Z. The Engineer is an immediate neighbour of both Manager and the Actor. Actor sits third to right of R. R is not the Teacher. X sits to the immediate right of the Dancer. T is not the Dancer. Q is not an immediate neighbour of T. W is not an immediate neighbour of the Engineer
1. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?
1) The Manager is an immediate neighbour of the Teacher.
2) W sits second to right of P.
3) The Manager and the Architect are immediate neighbours of each other.
4) The Dancer sits to the immediate left of the Doctor.
5) The Manager sits second to the left of P.
2. Which of the following is R’s profession?
1) Dancer
2) Engineer
3) Architect
4) Lawyer
5) Actor
3. Who amongst the following sit exactly between the Doctor and Z?
1) Z and the Dancer
2) R and W
3) The Dancer and X
4) Q and X
5) S and the Manager
4. Who amongst the following is the Manager?
1) X
2) Q
3) W
4) Z
5) T
5. Who amongst the following sits third to the left of S?
1) Engineer
2) W
3) T
4) Actor
5) R
6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(1) Q - Dancer
(2) W - Teacher
(3) P – Engineer
(4) T - Actor
(5) R - Doctor
7. Who amongst the following is the Teacher?
1) T
2) X
3) Z
4) W
5) P
Directions(8-12): In each question below are two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two/three given statements to be true even if they seen to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer-
1) if only conclusion I follows
2) if only conclusion II follows
3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows
4) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
5) if both conclusion I and conclusion II follow
8. Statements:
Some chairs are Fans.
Some belts are chairs.
Conclusions:
I. No Fan is a belt.
II. All belts being Fans is a possibility.
9. Statements:
All doors are bags.
All sheets are doors.
No pen is a bag.
Conclusions:
I. Some doors being pens is a possibility.
II. At least some bags are sheets.
10. Statements:
No moon is a plate.
Some stars are plates.
Conclusions:
I. No moon is a star.
II. All stars are moons.
11. Statements:
Some clips are caps.
All caps are socks.
Conclusions:
I. All clips being socks is a possibility.
II. All such clips which are not socks can never be caps
12. Statements:
All weeks are months.
All months are years
No month is a century.
Conclusions:
I. No century is a year.
II. At least some centuries are years.
ANSWERS
1. (4)
2. (3)
3. (5)
4. (2)
5. (4)
6. (2)
7. (4)
Solutions (31-35)
8. (2)
9. (2)
10. (4)
11. (5)
12. (3)
Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, W, X and Z are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them belongs to a different profession viz. Engineer, Architect, Dancer, Teacher, Lawyer, Manager, Actor and Doctor.
T sits third to right of the Doctor. Only two people sit between the Doctor and Z. Teacher and the Architect are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither T nor Z is a Teacher or a Architect. Teacher is not an immediate neighbour of the Doctor. Engineer sits second to left of S. S is not an immediate neighbour of Z. The Engineer is an immediate neighbour of both Manager and the Actor. Actor sits third to right of R. R is not the Teacher. X sits to the immediate right of the Dancer. T is not the Dancer. Q is not an immediate neighbour of T. W is not an immediate neighbour of the Engineer
1. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?
1) The Manager is an immediate neighbour of the Teacher.
2) W sits second to right of P.
3) The Manager and the Architect are immediate neighbours of each other.
4) The Dancer sits to the immediate left of the Doctor.
5) The Manager sits second to the left of P.
2. Which of the following is R’s profession?
1) Dancer
2) Engineer
3) Architect
4) Lawyer
5) Actor
3. Who amongst the following sit exactly between the Doctor and Z?
1) Z and the Dancer
2) R and W
3) The Dancer and X
4) Q and X
5) S and the Manager
4. Who amongst the following is the Manager?
1) X
2) Q
3) W
4) Z
5) T
5. Who amongst the following sits third to the left of S?
1) Engineer
2) W
3) T
4) Actor
5) R
6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(1) Q - Dancer
(2) W - Teacher
(3) P – Engineer
(4) T - Actor
(5) R - Doctor
7. Who amongst the following is the Teacher?
1) T
2) X
3) Z
4) W
5) P
Directions(8-12): In each question below are two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two/three given statements to be true even if they seen to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer-
1) if only conclusion I follows
2) if only conclusion II follows
3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows
4) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
5) if both conclusion I and conclusion II follow
8. Statements:
Some chairs are Fans.
Some belts are chairs.
Conclusions:
I. No Fan is a belt.
II. All belts being Fans is a possibility.
9. Statements:
All doors are bags.
All sheets are doors.
No pen is a bag.
Conclusions:
I. Some doors being pens is a possibility.
II. At least some bags are sheets.
10. Statements:
No moon is a plate.
Some stars are plates.
Conclusions:
I. No moon is a star.
II. All stars are moons.
11. Statements:
Some clips are caps.
All caps are socks.
Conclusions:
I. All clips being socks is a possibility.
II. All such clips which are not socks can never be caps
12. Statements:
All weeks are months.
All months are years
No month is a century.
Conclusions:
I. No century is a year.
II. At least some centuries are years.
ANSWERS
1. (4)
2. (3)
3. (5)
4. (2)
5. (4)
6. (2)
7. (4)
Solutions (31-35)
8. (2)
9. (2)
10. (4)
11. (5)
12. (3)
