Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Reasoning Quiz - II

Directions (Q.1 - 5): In each question below, a question is followed by information given in statements. You have to decide the information given in which of the following statement is necessary to answer the question.

1. How many days did Rihana take to complete his assignment work?
I. Krish correctly remembers that Rihana took more than two days but less than seven days to complete her assignment.
II.  Pavitra correctly remembers that Rihana took more than 5 days but less than 10 days to complete her assignment.
III. Arayan correctly remembers that Rihana completed her assignment within 12 days.
1)  All I, II & III together
2) Only II
3) Only I and II
4) Only I and III
5) None of these


2. Ayana is in which direction with respect to Ritu?
I. Manav is to the south of Ritu and Ayana is to the east of Pihu who is to the north of Manav.
II. Pihu is to the south of Ritu.
III. Pihu is to the west of Tilak.
1) Only I
2 ) Only II & III
3) All
4) Only I & II
5) None of these

3. How many sisters Ritesh have? Ritesh is a boy.
I. Kavita, the mother of Ritesh, is the only child of Monika. Monika has only two grand children.
II. Sarvesh, the son-in-law of Monika, has a son and a daughter.
1)  Only I
2 ) Only II
3) Both I & II
4)  Either I or II
5) Neither I nor II

4. Among A, B, C, D and E sitting in a row, facing east, who its exactly in the middle of the line?
I. D sits third to the left of B. D is an immediate neighbour of both A and E.
II. Two people sit between E and C. C does not sit at either of the extreme ends. A sits second to the right of E.
1) Only I
2) Only II
3) Both I and II
4) Either I or II
5) Neither I nor II

5. How is 'Sweet' coded in a code language?
I. 'I love sweet chocolate' is written as 'qa la ti mi' and 'she is sweet girl is written as 'ja ra mi ka'.
II. 'Bright and Sweet' is written as 'zi mi na' and 'who is sweet' is written as 'mi yo di'.
1)  Only I
2)  Only II         
3)  either I or II alone
4)  neither I nor II
5) both I & II

Directions (6 -10): Study the following information and answer the questions following it:

A festival was held by The Times of India group in the capital of India. In this festival Ken, Tim, Kat and Aish, each won a first place in one of the four events: jumping, dancing, singing and swimming, not necessarily in that order. Curiously, each winner also won a second place and a third place in two other of these four events. 

Study the following clues and answer the questions that follow:

(i) The one who was placed second in swimming was third in dancing.
(ii) The winner of the singing contest was placed third in swimming.
(iii) Aish did not come first in jumping or dancing.
(iv) Aish was a close second behind Kat in one of the four events.
(v) Tim was placed third in singing, but did not get a place in jumping, and was not first in dancing.

6. Who is the winner in the swimming event?
(1) Ken
(2) Tim
(3) Kat
(4) Aish
(5) Both Kat and Tim

7. Which of the following is/are correct?

I. Kat won first position in jumping.
II. Kat won second position in swimming.
III. Kat won third position in dancing.

(1) Only I
(2) Only II
(3) Only III
(4) All I, II and III
(5) None of these

8. Which of the following is/are wrong?

I. Ken won first position in jumping.
II. Ken won second position in swimming.
III. Ken won third position in dancing.

(1) Only II and III
(2) Only I and III
(3) Only I and II
(4) All I, II and III
(5) None of these

9. Who among the following did not occupy any position, from 1st, 2nd and 3rd, in singing?
(1) Kat
(2) Ken
(3) Tim
(4) Aish
(5) Can’t say

10. Who among the following did not occupy any position, from 1st, 2nd and 3rd, in swimming?
(1) Can’t say
(2) Kat
(3) Ken
(4) Tim
(5) None of these

Directions (11-15): Study the following information, carefully to answer the given questions.

Five friends F, M, K, N and Y are working in 5 different hospitals C, P, O, S and U and they earn different salaries i.e. 8000, 12000,15000,18000 and 20000 and they all are of different ages i.e. 24, 26, 27, 29 and 30 years. These all information’s are not necessarily in same order.
Person who is 29 year old earns highest salary but does not work in C and P hospital. Y does not work in S and U hospital and his age is not 30. The salary of N is less than 15000. The person who is 26 years old earns 18000 per month. F earns 12000 per month but does not work in P and S. M works in C hospital and earns more than 15000. Person who is 27 years old works in U. 30 years old person earns at least 15000.

11. In which hospital does F work?
(1) U
(2) C
(3) P
(4) S
(5) O

12. Who works in Hospital P?
(1) M
(2) K
(3) N
(4) Y
(5) Cannot be determined

13. If the name of the person represents it’s salary then which of the following is true?
(1) F + M = K
(2) K + N = U
(3) N +Y=M
(4) F+N=Y
(5) None of these

14. The person whose age is a prime number works in hospital
(1) C
(2) P
(3) O
(4) S
(5) Cannot be determined

15. Which of the following combinations is definitely true?
(1) M - 29 years - C - 20000
(2) N-24 years-P-8000
(3) F-24 years-S-12000
(4) Y - 29 years - O -20000
(5) None of these




ANSWERS
Solutions (1-5)
1. 3;
(i) 7 days < 2 days
(ii) 10 days < 5 days
from (i) & (ii) we can find the days he took.

2. 4;
only (i) & (ii) are sufficient to answer.

3. 3;
only (i) & (ii)


4. 2;

5. 3;
I -----> qa
Love -----> la
Sweet -----> ti
Chocolate ------> mi

Solutions (6-10)

Jumping
Dance
Singing
Swimming
I
Kat
Ken
Aish
Tim
II
Aish
Tim
Ken
Kat
III
Ken
Kat
Tim
Aish

6. 2
7. 4
8. 4
9. 1
10. 3

Solutions (11-15):



11. 1
12. 5
13. 4
14. 3
15. 4

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