Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-5): Study the information below and answer the given questions.

Eight persons L, M, N, 0, P, Q, R and S are sitting around a rectangular table in such a way that two persons on each of the four sides of the table are facing the centre. Persons sitting on opposite sides are exactly opposite each other. 0 faces north and sits exactly opposite S. P is facing south and sits on the immediate right of S. L and N are not immediate neighbours. R is exactly opposite M, and is on the immediate right of N. L is not second to the right of O. M and Q are not immediate neighbours.


1. Who is next to R in clockwise direction?
(1) P
(2) S
(3) N
(4) 0
(5) L

2. Which of the following statements is definitely true?
(1) S is facing north.
(2) M is sitting opposite to N.
(3) Q is to the left of L.
(4) P is facing south.
(5) None of these

3. Which of the following pairs of persons has both the persons sitting on the same side with the first person sitting on the right of the second person?
(1) QO
(2) NR
(3) LM
(4) 0N
(5) None of these

4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the information given above and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? 
(1) PQ 
(2) RM 
(3) 0S
(4) LR
(5) NL

5. How many people are sitting between S and Q (in anticlockwise direction)?
(1) One
(2) Two
(3) Three
(4) More than Three
(5) Cannot be Determined

Directions (6-10): Study the following information to answer the given questions:

In a certain code ‘going to market’ is written as ‘ma pe ro’, ‘going for walk’ is written as ‘pe jo ki’, ‘walk to market’ is written as ‘ma ki ro’.

6. How is ‘going’ written in that language?
(1) Ki
(2) pe
(3) ma 
(4) ro
(5) None of these

7. How is ‘market’ written in that language?
(1) ma
(2) ro
(3) pe 
(4) ki
(5) can’t be determined

8. How will be ‘walk for good’ be written in that language?
(1) Ki ma re               
(2) ro pe jo         
(3) ki jo re       
(4) ma se pe          
(5) ro  jo  ki   

9. What is the code for ‘for’?
(1) Pe
(2) ki
(3) ma     
(4) ro
(5) jo

10. What is the code for ‘walk’ in that language?
(1) Pe
(2) Ki
(3) ma    
(4) ro
(5) jo


ANSWERS

1.         (3)

2.         (4)

3.         (3)

4.         (4)

5.         (3)

Solution -

going – pe

market – ro/ma

walk  –   ki

for   -  jo

to  –  ma/ro

1.       (2)

2.       (5)

3.       (3)

4.       (5)

5.       (2