Night Class: Reasoning Quiz

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

B, M, T, R, K, H and D are travelling in a train compartment with III-tier sleeper berth. Each of them has a different profession of Engineer, Doctor, Architect, Pharmacist, Lawyer, Journalist and Pathologist. They occupied two lower berths, three middle berths and two upper berths. B, the Engineer is not on the upper berth. The Architect is the only other person who occupies the same type of berth as that of B. M and H are not on the middle berth and their professions are Pathologist and Lawyer respectively. T is a Pharmacist. D is neither a Journalist nor an Architect. K occupies same type of berth as that of the Doctor.

1. What is D’s profession ?

1) Doctor 

2) Engineer 

3) Lawyer 

4) Pharmacist 

5) Data inadequate

2. Which of the following group occupies middle berth ?

1) DKR 

2) DHT 

3) HKT 

4) DKT 

5) None of these

3. Which of the following combinations of person-berth-profession is correct ?

1) R-Lower-Journalist 

2) R-Lower-Architect 

3) D-Upper-Doctor 

4) K-Upper-Lawyer 

5) None of these

4. Which of the following pairs occupy the lower berth ?

1) BD 

2) BR 

3) BT 

4) Data inadequate 

5) None of these

5. Who is the Architect ?

1) D 

2) H 

3) R 

4) Data inadequate 

5) None of these

Directions (Q. 6-10): 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.

6. Who is the youngest among P, Q, R, S and T?

I. Q is younger than R and S but not as young as P.

II. T is not the youngest.

7. How many children are there in the class?

I. If arranged in ascending order of height Suma is tenth from the top.

II. In order of height, Suma is five positions above Ranjit who is eighth from the bottom.

8. What is the code for ‘going’ in a code language?

I. In that code language ‘where are you going’ is written as ‘ma ka ta re’

II. In that code language ‘going to college’ is written as ‘ lo pe ta’

9. How is Shamim related to Mr Varghese?

I. Shamim’s son is the only grandson of Mr Varghese.

II. Mr. Varghese has only one son.

10. Village X is in which direction with respect to village Y?

I. X is to the East of Z which is to North of Y.

II. X is to the North of L which is to the East of Y.

(1-5) :

Persons - Profession - Berth

B - Engineer - Lower

M - Pathologist - Upper

T - Pharmacist - Middle

R - Architect - Lower

K - Journalist - Middle

H - Lawyer - Upper

D - Doctor - Middle

1. 1; D is Doctor.

2. 4; DKT

3. 2

4. 2; BR

5. 3

6. 5

From both the statements

Therefore, P is the youngest.

7. 5

From both the statements, Position of Suma from the top = 10th

Position of Suma from the bottom = 13th

Total number of children in the class = (10 +13) – 1 = 22

8. 5; From both the statements where are you going - ma ka ta re going to college - lo pe ta

9. 5; From statement I

Shamim is the child of Mr Varghese

The sex of Shamim is not clear.

From both the statements it is clear that Shamim is the son of Mr Varghese.

10. 3;

From statement I

X is to the North-east of Y.

From statement II

X is to the North-east of Y.