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Puzzles and seating arrangement by kavita raikwar

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Directions(Q. 1-6): Study following information carefully and answer In an apartment there are 5 floors i.e, ground, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the same order, each

floor have two flats. 10 students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J of different classes, B.com.,

B.sc., B.A., B.C.A., B.tech. (Bachelor degree classes), M.A., M.sc., M.com., M.C.A. and

M.tech. (Master degree classes) live in this apartment such that one student is in one flat.

The student of B.sc. live on the 4th floor. I live on the floor on which C lives. J is the student

of M.tech live on 3rd floor. The student of M.com lives on the 4rd floor but he is not A, E or I.

The student of B.C.A. lives on the same floor on which H lives, who is not a student of B.A. or

M.A. and does not live on the ground floor. A is a student of B.C.A. D lives on 4th floor while

I lives on 1st floor and a student of B.A.. G lives on the same floor on which student of M.sc.

lives but not on 4th floor. On the ground floor both students are from bachelor degree and C is

a student of B.com. J lives one floors below to F, who is living on the same floor on which the

student of M.C.A. lives and the student of M.C.A. lives on the immediate floor below the

student of B.Com.E Does not study M.Tech.

1. Who is the student of M.tech?(a) D (b) E(c) H (d) J(e) I

2. Which of the following statement is true?(a) F is student of M.sc.(b) I is student of

B.C.A.(c) G is student of M.A.(d) H is student of B.Sc.(e) None of the above is true.

3. Which of the following pair of students stays on the same floor? (a) B and H (b) H and I(c) G and F (d) B and E(e) C and A

4. Which of the following statement is true? (a) The student of M.tech is H and lives on 2nd floor

(b) E is student of B.sc. and lives on 3rd floor

(c) The student of M.sc. is I and lives on 2nd floor

(d) The student of BA is G and lives on 1st floor(e) None of the above are true.

5. Which of the following streams is studied by D? (a) M.tech. (b) B.A.(c) B.tech. (d) B.Sc.(e) B.C.A.

6. Which of the two are living on the 1st floor? (a) F and G(b) The student of B.A. and B.C.A.

(c) B and E(d) The student of B.A. and M.sc.(e) C and J

ANSWERS:

1.d 2.a(3).c(4).e(5).d(6).a(7).c

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight employees of an organization working in three

departments, viz Content, Transport and Franchisee with not more than three of them in any

department. Each of them has a different choice of sports from Squash, Baseball, Snooker,

F1, Chess, Swimming, Long Jump and High Jump, not necessarily in same order.D works in

Transport and does not like either Squash or Baseball. F works in Content with only A, who


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likes High Jump. E and H do not work in same department as D. C likes Long Jump and does

not work in Franchisee. G does not work in Transport and does not like either Baseball or F1.

One of those who work in Transport likes Squash. The one who like Snooker works in

Content. None of those who work in Transport likes either F1 or Chess. H does not like

Baseball.

1. Which of the following groups of employees work in Transport department? 1) EGH(2) AF(3) BCD(4) BGD(5) Data inadequate

2. In which department does E work?

1) Content2) Franchisee3) Transport4) Data inadequate5) None of these

3. Which of the following combinations of employee-department-favourite sport is correct?

1) E - Transport - Baseball2) F - Content - Chess3) H - Franchisee - Chess

4) B - Transport - High Jump5) None of these

4. What is E favourite sport?1) Baseball2) F13) Swimming4) Chess5) None of these

5. What is G favourite sport?1) Baseball2) F13) Swimming4) Chess5) None of these

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given

Seven persons R, J, M, Q, L, T and K conduct workshop on Developing Managerial skills in

seven different companies A, B, C, D, E, F and G on a different day of the week from Monday

to Sunday. The order of persons, companies and days of the week are not necessarily the

same.

J organises workshop in Company D on Wednesday. Q does not conduct workshop for

companies A or C and conducts on the next day of L who conducts the workshop for Company

F. T conducts workshop for Company E on Friday. K conducts workshop on Monday but not

for Company C or G. M conducts workshop for Company A but not on Tuesday. 6. Who conducts workshop on Saturday?1) M2) Q3) L4) Q or L5) None of these

7. On which day does Q conduct the workshop? 1) Sunday2) Saturday3) Tuesday4) Cannot be determined5) None of these

8. M conducts workshop on which day? 1) Saturday2) Sunday3) Tuesday4) Thursday5) None of these

9. Which of the following combinations of person-company and day is correct? 1) K-B-Wednesday2) R-B-Monday3) K-C-Monday

4) K-G-Sunday5) None of these

10. Who conducts workshop for Company C and on which day? 1) R, Thursday2) R, Tuesday3) Q, Saturday4) Q, Sunday5) None of these

Answers:-

A Content High Jump

B Transport Squash

C Transport Long Jump

D Transport Swimming

E Franchisee Baseball

F Content Snooker

G Franchisee Chess

H Franchisee F1

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

R C Tuesday


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(6). 3(7). 1(8). 4(9). 5(10). 2

Ques: (1-5)Study the information given below and answer the questions based on

Eight CEO's A,B,C,D,E,F,H,I of eight companies viz. Sony, Apple, Samsung, Hitachi, HP,

HTC, Motorola and Lenovo, not necessarily in the same order, are sitting for a round table

conference facing the centre. The following data is given:

• CEO of HP is sitting third to the left of CEO of Sony.

• C and B are sitting opposite to each other.

• C is CEO of Samsung.

• CEOs of HP and Apple are immediate neighbors.

• A is sitting third to the right of CEO of Sony.

• E is sitting second to the right of I and is also the CEO of Motorola.

• Neither A nor F is the CEO of Lenovo also A is not the CEO of Motorola

• D the CEO of Hitachi is sitting third to the right of F.

• H is sitting immediate right of CEO of Hitachi.

1.Which of the following is incorrect? a) CEO of Sony is second to the right of F

b) CEO of HTC and Samsung are next to each other

c) H is CEO of Lenovo (d) D is sitting between B and H

e) CEO of Hitachi is sitting second to the right of the CEO of HP

2.Who is sitting in between I and E? a) B (b) CEO of Apple 0(c) C (d) CEO of HTC (e) CEO of HP

3. HTC:Motorola :: Sony: ? a) Hitachi (b) Apple (c) Lenovo (d) Samsung (e) HP

4. Who among following is CEO of Motorola? a) F (b) A (c) H (d) I (e) E

5. Which of the following is a correct statement? a) H is the CEO of Sony. (b) CEO of Sony and Motorola are neighbors.

c) A is the CEO of Apple.

d) CEO of Samsung is sitting opposite to CEO of Lenovo. (e) All are correct.

J D Wednesday

M A Thursday

Q G Sunday

L F Saturday

T E Friday

K B Monday


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ANSWERS:

Directions: Study the following information and answer the questions given below :

Four Maruti Suzuki's cars - Ertigo,Celerio, Swift and Wagon'r and four Hyundai's cars - I-

10, Verna, I-20 and Santa Fe are on a display in a circular auto expo centre. two Maruti

Suzuki's cars and two Hyundai's cars are not facing the centre of the auto expo centre. Swift

is placed second to the left of Verna, which is not placed immediate next to Celerio. I-10 is

third to the left of Santa Fe and one of them is not facing centre of the auto expo centre.

Ertigo is third to the right of Celerio, which is facing the centre of the auto expo centre. I-20

and Wagon'r are facing each other and both are not placed immediate next to Celerio or

Santa Fe. No three Hyundai's car's are placed together.

1. Which of the following Car is placed between Celerio and Wagon'r ? 1) Swift 2) Verna 3) Santa Fe 4) I - 10 5) None of these

2. How many cars are placed between I-10 and Verna ? 1) Three 2) Two 3) One 4) Can't be determined 5) None of these

3. Which Car is displayed third to the left of Ertigo ? 1) Celerio 2) Wagon'r 3) I-20 4) I-10 5) None of these

4. Which of the following groups of four Cars are not facing the centre ? 1) Swift, Wagon'r, Ertigo and Verna 2) Verna, I-10, Ertigo and Wagon'r

3) Ertigo, Verna. I-10 and Swift 4) I-20, I-10, Santa Fe and Celerio 5) None of these

5. Who is placed between I-20 and Santa Fe ? 1) I-10 2) Ertigo 3) Swift 4) Verna 5) None of these

ANSWERS:


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Direction (6-10): Study following information carefully and answer the given questions

Eight friends Alia, Bikram, Cia, Danny, Ela, Farah, Genifar and Heena, out of whom one is

a Teacher, Housewife,Shopkeeper,Engineer,Flowerist, Athlete, Contractor or a Serviceman

(but not necessarily in same order), are sitting among a circular table, facing centre.

(A) Danny who is an Athlete sits third to right of Heena.

(B) The Housewife and the serviceman are immediate neighbors of each other, neither the

Housewife nor the serviceman is an immediate neighbor of either Heena or Danny.

(C) Contractor and Teacher are immediate neighbors of each other. Neither Heena nor

Genifar is a Teacher.

(D)The one who is a Housewife sits second to the right of Ela who is a Flowerist. Farah who

is a Contractor is not an immediate neighbor of the Athlete.

(E) Only Cia sits between Housewife and Engineer. Alia sits third to right of Teacher.

6. Which of the following pairs represents the immediate neighbor of the Engineer? (1) Housewife-Shopkeeper (2) Teacher-Housewife(3) contractor-Shopkeeper

(4) Flowerist-serviceman(5) None of these

7. What is the position of the Shopkeeper with respect to the Teacher? (1) Third to the left (2) Second to the left(3) Immediately to the right

(4) Fourth to the right(5) Second to the right

8.Who sits third to the right of the Housewife? (1)The Athlete (2) Bikram (3)The Contractor (4) The Flowerist (5) None of these

9.Which of the following is true regarding Cia? (1) He is a Engineer (2) He is an immediate neighbor of the Teacher.

(3) Cia sits between Bikram and Ela.

(4) He is an immediate neighbor of the Housewife(5) None of these

10.How many people sit between Athlete and ‘Genifar’ when counted in anticlockwise

direction from the Athlete?(1) None (2) one(3) two (4) three(5) four

ANSWERS:

Directions (Q. 7-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the

(i) Seven subjects Sociology, Psychology, English, History, Geography, Economics and

Hindi are taught between Monday and Friday by five persons A, B, C, D and E.


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(ii) Each person teaches at least one subject. At least one subject is taught every day. No

person teaches two subjects on the same day. B teaches Sociology on Wednesday, History is

taught by E but not on Monday or Thursday. English is taught on Monday by A.

Geography and Economics are taught on Monday and Tuesday respectively. D teaches only

one subject Psychology on Tuesday. Geography is not taught by E or B.

7. Who teaches Geography? 1) C2) E3) B4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

8. Which subject is taught on Friday?1) Hindi 2) Economics3) History

4) Data inadequate5) None of these

9. Who teaches Economics?1) E2) A3) B4) Data inadequate5) None of these

10. Which subject is taught on Thursday? 1) History 2) Economics 3) Geography4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

ANSWERS:( 7).1(8).3(9) .4(10).5

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

Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that

there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-1, P, Q, R, S, T and V are

seated and all of them are facing south. In row-2, A, B, C, D, E and F are seated and all of

them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in

a row faces another member of the other row.

A sits third to right of D. Neither A nor D sits at extreme ends. T faces D. V does not face A

and V does not sit at any of the extreme ends. V is not an immediate neighbour of T. B sits

at one of the extreme ends. Only two people sit between B and E. E does not face V. Two

persons sit between R and Q. R is not an immediate neighbour of T. C does not face V. P is

not an immediate neighbour of R.

1. Who amongst the following sit at extreme ends of the rows? (1) B, E(2) S, T(3) P, R(4) B, F(5) None of these

2. Who amongst the following faces A?(1)R (2)T(3)P(4)Q(5)S

3. How many person are seated between T and S?(1) One (2) Two (3) Three(4) Four(5) None

4. P is related to V in the same way as C is related to F. Two which of the following to E

related to, following the same pattern?(1) B(2) D(3) C(4) A(5) None of these

5. Which of the following is true regarding F? (1) F sits second to right of C(2) F is not an immediate neighbour of A

(3) F sits third to left of D(4) F sits at one of the extreme ends of the line(5) F faces V

ANSWERS:

Direction (1-6): Read the following information and answer the questions.

Eight players E, F, H, M, D, J, S, & V play for three different teams MDR, DV and PTV and

like eight different colours viz. Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red and White


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not necessarily in the same order. At least two and not more than three players play for the

same team. F plays for DV and likes Violet. H likes Green but do not play for MDR. No one

from PTV likes White. The only other person in same team with F likes Blue. D likes White

and J likes Indigo. V does not like Blue and plays for the same team with D. E and S both play

for PTV. The one who plays for PTV does not like Orange. S does not like Red.

1. Which colour does S like? (1) Red (2) Yellow (3) Orange (4) None of these (5) Cannot be determined

2. Who likes Blue?(1) M (2) S (3) V (4) M or S (5) None of these

3. Which team has only two of the eight players?

(1) MDR (2) PTV (3) DV (4) PTV or MDR (5) Cannot be determined

4. Which of the following group of persons play for PTV? (1) MES (2) ESJ (3) EHD (4) EHS (5) None of these

5. Which of the following combinations of team, person & colour is correct? (1) PTV – E – Orange (2) DV – F – Blue(3) MDR – V – Violet

(4) MDR – S – Yellow (5) None of these

Directions (1 – 6) :

Player Team Colour

E PTV Red

F DV Violet

H PTV Green

M DV Blue

D MDR White

J MDR Indigo

S PTV Yellow

V MDR Orange

ANSWER:1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (3) 4. (4) 5. (5)

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

Five friends Lalit, Manish, Pandey, Questa and Roshni like five different types of watches,

viz Titan, Sonata, Q&Q, HMT and Fastrack, five different type of cars, viz WagonR, Alto,

Santro, Swift and Micra and also five different types of pens, viz Linc, Reynolds, Parker,

Cello and Montex. Questa likes WagonR but does not like Parker or HMT.

Lalit likes Sonata and Reynolds but he does not like Micra, Manish likes Micra and Q&Q.

Roshni likes Santro and Cello. The person who likes WagonR also likes Fastrack.

Linc pen is liked by the person who likes Swift and HMT.

Solutions:


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1. Who among the following likes Montex pen? (a)Pandey(b)Questa(c)Roshni(d)Manish(e)None of theseAnswer: (b)

2. Which of the following cars is liked by Lalit? (a) Alto (b) Micra (c) Santro (d) Swift (e) None of theseAnswer: (a)

3. Who among the following like Parker pen and Fastrack respectively? (a) Lalit, Questa (b) Roshni, Pandey (c) Manish, Questa (d) Manish, Roshni

(e) None of theseAnswer: (c)

4. Titan is liked by which of the following persons? (a) Lalit (b) Manish(c) Questa (d) Roshni(e) None of theseAnswer: (d)

5. Which of the following combinations is/are true? (a) Roshni – HMT – Swift – Linc (b) Questa – Fastrack – WagonR – Montex

(c) Manish – Q&Q – Santro – Cello (d) Only (a) and (c) are true

(e) None of theseAnswer: (b)

Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions:

Seven people, P, Q, R, S, T, U and V have a seminar, but not necessarily in the same order,

in seven different months (of the same year), namely January, February, March, June,

August, October and December. Each of them also likes a different fruit, namely Banana,

Grapes, Papaya, Orange, Mango, Litchi and Apple, but not necessarily in the same order.

R has a seminar in a month which has less than 31 days. Only two people have a seminar

between R and S. The one who likes Banana has a seminar immediately before S. Only one

person has a seminar before the one who likes Papaya. Q has a seminar immediately after

the one who likes Papaya. Only three people have a seminar between Q and the one who

likes Mango. T likes neither Mango nor Papaya. P has a seminar immediately before T. V

likes Apple. The one who likes Grapes has a seminar in the month which has less than 31

days. The one who has a seminar in March does not like Orange.

Solutions:

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6. In which of the following months does S have a seminar?

(a) January (b) Cannot be determined (c) October(d) December (e) JuneAnswer: (d) 7. Who among the following have seminars in January and June respectively? (a) V, S (b) U, S (c) Q, T (d) V, R (e) U, RAnswer: (d)

8. How many people has/have a seminar between month in which V and R have seminars? (a) None (b) Two (c) Three (d) One (e) More than threeAnswer: (b)

9. As per the given arrangement, R is related to Banana and Q is related to Orange

following a certain pattern. Which of following is V related to following same pattern? (a) Mango (b) Litchi (c) Apple (d) Papaya (e) GrapesAnswer: (b)

10. Which of the following fruits does U like?

(a) Orange (b) Papaya (c) Mango (d) Banana (e) Grapes Answer: (b) Direction (1– 5): Study the given information carefully to answer the given question:

A, B, C, D, K, L and M live on seven different floors of a building but not necessarily in the

same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is

numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered seven. Each one of them also

likes different games namely. Snooker, Badminton, Chess, Ludo, Cricket, Hockey and Polo

(but not necessarily in the same order.) Only three people live between B and K. B lives on

one of the floors above K. K does not live on the lowermost floor. Only one person lives

between B and the one who like Chess. The one who likes Polo lives on one of the even

numbered floors above the one who like Chess. Only two people live between M and the

one who likes Chess. The one who likes Snooker lives immediately above M. A lives

immediately above L. A does not like Chess.

The one who likes Ludo lives on one of the odd numbered floors below L. M does not like

Ludo. D lives on one of the Floors above C. Only one person lives between the one who

likes Cricket and one who likes Hockey. D does not like Cricket. M does not like

Badminton.

Solutions:

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1. Which of the following games does B like? (a) Snooker (b) Ludo (c) Polo (d) Badminton(e) ChessAnswer: (d)

2. Who amongst the following lives on the floor numbered 4? (a) The one who likes Hockey (b) The one who likes Chess (c) A (d) L (e) BAnswer: (a)

3. Which of the following statements is true with respect to the given arrangement? (a) Only two people live between K and M

(b) The one who likes Hockey lives immediately above K (c) C likes Chess

(d) C lives on an even numbered floor

(e) None of the given options is trueAnswer: (b)

4. If all the people are made to sit in alphabetical order from top to bottom, the positions of

how many people will remain unchanged? (a) None(b) Three(c) Two(d) One(e) FourAnswer: (c)

5. Which of the following combinations is true with respect to the given arrangement ? (a) Polo–C(b) Ludo–B(c) Cricket–K(d) Chess–L(e) Snooker–AAnswer: (d)

Directions (6 –10) : Study the following information car and answer the questions given P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are seven friends having different professions, viz HR, Lawyer,

Operator, Shopkeeper, Businessman, Teacher and Doctor. Each of them has a different

choice of food, viz Pizza, Pasta, Biryani, Paneer Tikka, Manchurian, Chow Mein and Dosa,

but not necessarily in the same order. Q does not like Manchurian or Biryani. S is an

Operator. R is a Lawyer and likes Dosa.

The one who is a Shopkeeper likes Chow Mein. P likes Pizza but is not an HR. U likes Pasta

and is a Doctor. The one who likes Manchurian is a Businessman. V does not like Chow

Mein and is not a Businessman. Q likes Chow Mein. T is not an HR. V is not an Operator

and does not like Dosa or Manchurian.

Solutions:

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6. Who among the following likes Paneer Tikka? (a)V (b) S (c)T (d) Either a) or b) (e) None of theseAnswer: (d)

7. Which of the following statements is/are true? (a) U is a Doctor and likes Biryani. (b) T is a Businessman and likes Manchurian.

(c) V is a Lawyer and likes Paneer Tikka. (d) All are true


8. Who among the following is a Businessman? (a) V (b) P (c) T (d)Can't be determined (e) None of theseAnswer: (c)

9. The one who is a teacher likes which of the following foods?

(a) Pizza (b) Pasta (c) Biryani (d) Can't be determined (e) None of theseAnswer: (a)

10. Who among the following is a Shopkeeper?

(a) U (b)Q (c) T(d) V (e) None of theseAnswer: (b) Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given

A building has eight floors 1 to 8 in such a way that ground floor is numbered 1, the floor

above it is numbered 2 and so, on. The topmost floor is numbered 8. Eight persons G, P, M,

R, Q, A, D and C are staying each on one of these floors mentioned above. A is staying on

Floor no. 6. There is a gap of three floors between G and R. C is staying on the topmost

floor. Neither P nor M is staying on floor no. 5. Q is staying in the middle of floor P and M.

R is staying on floor no. 1. M is not an immediate neighbor of G.

Solutions:

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1. Who is staying on floor no. 7? (a) A (b) P(c) D(d) R(e) MAnswer: (c)

2. How many person are staying between floor D and P? (a) Three (b) Four (c) Two(d) One(e) None of theseAnswer: (c)

3. Who is staying on the second floor? (a) Q(b) M (c) P(d) A(e) Q or MAnswer: (b)

4. If all the person are arranged in an alphabetical order in such a way that A occupies

floor no. 1 then who will occupy floor no. 5? (a) G(b) Q(c) R(d) M(e) PAnswer: (d)

5. Who among the following are the immediate neighbours of the person who is staying on

floor no. 3? (a) R and P (b) A and P (c) G and M (d) P and M (e) D and GAnswer: (d)

Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions

There are six family members I, J, K, L, M and N. All of them like a different colour, viz

Blue, Red, White, Orange, Yellow and Green, but not necessarily in the same order. N likes

Blue and his grandfather likes Yellow. The one who likes Red is married to I. There are

only two married couples in the family. K likes Orange and is married to the one who likes

White. J is mother of N and M. M is sister of N.

Solutions:

6. M likes which of the following colors? (a) White (b) Green(c) Red(d) Can’t be determined (e) None of theseAnswer: (b)

7. How many male members are there in the family? (a) Two(b) Three(c) Four(d) Can’t be determined (e) None of theseAnswer: (b)

8. How is M related to I? (a) Granddaughter (b) Grandson (c) Son (d) Wife (e) None of theseAnswer: (a)

9. Which of the following pairs is a couple? (a) I, K (b) L, J(c) J, K(d) K, M(e) None of theseAnswer: (c)

10. Which of the following likes White? (a) L(b) I(c) K(d) J(e) MAnswer: (d)

Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions :

Eight people A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of

the table but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them has a different profession, viz

Teacher, Singer, Doctor, Accountant, Lawyer, Banker, Businessman and Actor. A sits third to

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the right of the Actor. Only two people sit between the Actor and H. Doctor and Businessman

are immediate neighbours. Neither A nor H is either Businessman or a Doctor. The

Businessman is not an immediate neighbour of the Actor. The teacher sits second to the left of

E. E is not an immediate neighbour of H. The Teacher is an immediate neighbour of both the

Accountant and Lawyer. The Lawyer sits third to the right of B. B is not Businessman. C sits

on the immediate right of the singer. A is not a Singer. F is not an immediate neighbour of A.

G is not an immediate neighbour of the Teacher.

1. Who among the following sits third to the left of E ? 1) Teacher (2) Lawyer (3) Singer (4) Banker (5) None of these

2. Who among the following is a Banker ?1) A (2) C (3) H (4) G (5) D

3. What is the profession of B ? 1) Teacher (2) Banker (3) Doctor (4) Businessman (5) None of these

4. Who among the following is an Accountant ?1) C (2) F (3) G (4) H (5) A

5. Which of the following pair is true ? 1) F – Lawyer (2) A – Businessman (3) B – Doctor (4) E – Actor (5) None of these

ANSWERS: (1). 2(2). 1(3). 3(4). 2(5). 3;

Directions (Q. 1-7): Study the following information carefully and answer the question given

Pravin, Questa, Ricky, Shane, Tim, Uber and Vivan are seven friends. Each of them

watches a different TV channel, viz Star News, BBC News, News Nation, Discovery, DD

News, Aaj Tak and Zee News. All of them have a different profession, viz Doctor, CA, CS,

Player, Professor, Businessman and Reporter, but not necessarily in the same order.

Shane is a CS but he does not watch Discovery Channel or DD News. Vivan is neither a

Doctor nor a Businessman, but he watches DD News. Ricky, who is a Professor, does not

watch Zee News or BBC News. Uber watches News Nation and he is a Player. Pravin is not

a Businessman, but he watches Discovery channel. The one who is a Businessman watches

BBC News. Tim is a Reporter and he does not watch Aaj Tak. The one who is a Professor

does not watch Star News.

Solutions

Directions (1-7):

Friends TV channel Profession

Shane Zee news/Star

news

CS

Vivan DD news CA


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Ricky Aaj Tak Professor

Uber News Nation Player

Pravin Discovery Doctor

Questa BBC Businessman

Tim Zee news/Star

news

Reporter

1. Who among the following watches Aaj Tak? (a) Professor (b)CS(c) Reporter (d) Doctor(e) Can’t be determinedAns:(a)

2. The reporter watches which of the following channels? (a) Zee News (b) DD News(c) Star News

(d) Can’t be determined(e) None of theseAns:(d)

3. Who among the following is a Doctor? (a) Vivan (b) Uber(c) Pravin (d) Shane(e) None of theseAns:(c)

4. What is the profession of Questa? (a) Doctor (b) Businessman(c) CA (d) Player(e) None of theseAns:(b)

5. Which of the following combinations is true? (a) Pravin — CA — DD News (b) Questa — Player — Zee News

(c) Ricky — Professor — Aaj Tak (d) Shane — CS — News Nation

(e) None of theseAns:(c)

6. Which of the following statements is/are true? (a) Shane is a CS and watches Star News. (b) Tim watches either zee News or Star News.

(c) Ricky is a Professor and watches DD News. (d) All are true(e) None is trueAns:(b)

7. What is the profession of Vivan? a) Reporter(b) Player(d) Doctor(e) CAAns:(e)


Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line facing North, but not

necessarily in the same order. B sits second to the left of A. Three persons are sitting

between G and B. G sits on the extreme left end of the row. D is an immediate neighbor of

G. F and B are not neighbours. C sits second to the right of D but is not the immediate

neighbor of E. There are three persons between C and F.

Solutions Directions (8-10):

8. Who among the following sits between C and D? (a)F (b)E(c)B (d)H(e)None of theseAns:(d)

9. Who among the following sits third to the left of F?

(a) B (b) A(c) C (d) E(e) None of theseAns:(a)

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10. Who among the following sits on the extreme ends of the row? (a) D, A (b) G, E(c) G, F (d) H, F(e) None of theseAns:(c)

Directions : These questions are based on the following information.

In a board meeting of officers there were eight members, whose names are Aman, Baman,

Chaman, Dhawan, Gagan, Magan, Naman, Pawan. Following information is about their

sitting arrangement around a rectangular table on which three persons sit on the each longer

side and one sits on the each smaller side.

1. There are two head officers and they sit on the single sides of the table. Dhawan and Pawan

are not near Aman.

2. Magan sits on the corner of the longer side.

3. Gagan is diagonally opposite to Magan.

4. There is only one person between Gagan and Chaman

5. Baman is the head officer. He sits near Chaman, who is diagonally opposite to Naman.

6. Magan and Baman are not adjacent. Pawan is 3rd left of Gagan and he is not head officer.

7. Aman sits on the middle of longer side.

1. Who is in front of Pawan? 1) Aman (2) Magan (3) Naman (4) Gagan (5) Dhawan

2. Who is the second head other than Baman? 1) Magan (2) Dhawan (3) Pawan (4) Aman (5) Naman

3. Who are these three persons who sit on the same side? 1) Gagan, Aman, Dhawan (2) Chaman, Pawan, Gagan

(3) Naman, Aman, Chaman.(4) Aman, Naman, Gagan (5) Can’t be determined

4. Who is between Dhawan and Gagan? 1) Aman, Pawan (2) Aman, Naman (3) Naman, Magan

(4) Aman, Magan (5) Magan, Pawan

5. What is the sitting position of Pawan? 1) 2nd left of Magan (2) 3rd right of Aman (3) diagonally opposite of Gagan

4) 2nd right of Dhawan (5) 2nd left of Chaman





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ANSWERS: (1). 2(2). 1(3). 3(4). 2(5). 3;












Solutions

Directions (1-7):


Shane Zee news/Star

news

CS

Vivan DD news CA


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Tim Zee news/Star

news

Reporter
























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are not near Aman.



















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ANSWERS: (1). 2(2). 1(3). 3(4). 2(5). 3;












Solutions

Directions (1-7):


Shane Zee news/Star

news

CS

Vivan DD news CA


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Tim Zee news/Star

news

Reporter
























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are not near Aman.















Direction (Q. 1-6): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.


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Kunal, Lalit, Manish, Nutan, Obama, Prince, Queen and Rishbh live on eight different floors of a

building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one,

the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. Each of them

also likes a different superhero, namely Batman, Superman, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Wolverine,

Nova and Ironman, but not necessarily in the same order.

• The one who likes Thor lives on an even-numbered floor. Only three people live between the one

who likes Thor and Manish.

• Only two people live between Manish and Nutan. Nutan does not live on the lowermost

floor.Only three people live between Nutan and one who likes Hulk.

• Obama lives immediately above Kunal. Obama lives on an even-numbered floor. Kunal does not like

Hulk. Kunal lives neither on the floor numbered three nor five.

• Only two people live between Kunal and the one who likes Nova.

• Only one person lives between the one who likes Nova and Ironman. The one who

likes Ironman lives below the one who likes Nova.

• Lalit lives immediately above Queen. Only one person lives between Queen and the one

who likes Captain America.

• The one who likes Wolverine lives immediately above the one who likes Batman.

• Prince does not like Thor. Kunal does not like superman.

1. Which of the following pairs represent those who live immediately above and immediately below

Nutan?

(a) Rishbh, Lalit

(b) Other than those given as options

(c) Lalit, Manish

(d) Kunal, Queen

(e) Rishbh, Queen

2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangement and so form a

group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?

(a) Kunal – Floor numbered five(b) Queen – Floor numbered six


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(c) Lalit – Floor numbered two(d) Nutan – Floor numbered seven(e) Rishbh – Floor numbered eight

3. Which of the following superheroes does Rishbh like?

(a) Other than those given as options(b) Superman(c) Nova(d) Thor(e) Batman

4. Which of the following superheroes does Prince like? (a) Iron man(b) Wolverine

(c) Batman(d) Captain America(e) Other than those given as options

5. Nutan lives on which of the following floor numbers?

(a) Five(b) Three(c) Seven(d) One(e) Other than those given as options

6. As per the given arrangement, Prince is related to Nova and Nutan is related to Wolverine in a

certain way. To which of the following is Manish related to in the same way?

(a) Superman(b) Batman(c) Captain America(d) Thor(e) Hulk

Directions (Q. 7-11): Study the given information carefully to answer the given questions:

Eight people Ela, Fan, Gun, Henry, Watson, Xcock, Yaami and Zarin are sitting in two parallel rows

containing four people each. Ela, Fan, Gun and Henry are sitting in row-1 facing north and Watson,

Xcock, Yaami and Zarin are sitting in row-2 facing south (but not necessarily in the same order). Thus,

each person sitting in row-1 face another person sitting in row-2. Each of the two rows consists of one

Doctor, one Engineer, one Pilot and one Scientist (but not necessarily in the same order).

• The Doctor of row-1 sits second to the right of Henry.Xcock faces one of the immediate neighbours

of Henry. Only one person sits between Xcock and the Scientist.

• The one who faces the Scientist of row-2 is an immediate neighbour of Ela. Only one person sits

between Ela and the Pilot.

• Watson sits second to the right of Zarin. Yaami does not face Gun. The Scientist of row-1 faces the

Engineer of row-2.

• Gun faces one of the immediate neighbours of the Doctor of row-2. The Doctor of row-2 does not sit

at any of the extreme ends of the line. Zarin is not a Doctor.

7. Which of the following represents the people sitting at extreme ends of both the lines?

(a) Fan, Henry and Xcock, Yaami(b) Fan, Henry and Zarin, Watson

(c) Gun, Ela and Zarin, Xcock(d) Ela, Henry and Xcock, Zarin(e) Gun, Ela and Watson, Yaami

8. Who amongst the following sits on the immediate left of Pilot of row-1?

(a) Henr(b) The Doctor of row-1


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(c) The Engineer of row-1(d) Gun(e) Fan

9. Which of the following represent both the immediate neighbours of Yaami?

(a) Zarin and the Scientist of row-2(b) Xcock and the Engineer of row-2

(c) Watson and the Doctor of row-2(d) Xcock and the Pilot of row-2

(e) Watson and the Pilot of row-2

10. Which of the given statements is true with respect to the given arrangement?

(a) Yaami sits on the immediate right of Xcock.(b) Fan and Zarin face each other.

(c) Gun is a Scientist.(d) None of the given statements is true

(e) The Engineer of one row faces the Doctor of another row.

11. If Yaami and Xcock interchange their places, so do Henry and Zarin, then who amongst the

following faces Ela? (a) Yaami(b) Henry(c) Fan(d) Watson(e) Other than those given as options

(7-11)

Directions : Study the following information and answer the following questions :


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Seven person A, B, C, D, E, F and G visit a restaurant on four days - Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and

Sunday - in a week. At least one person but not more than two person visits the restaurants on each of

these days. Each of them is working in different professions - Lawyer, Doctor, Engineer, Hotelier,

Professor, Pilot and Businessman. D visit on Saturday with pilot. The Engineer does not visit on Sunday

nor with E and G. The businessman F visits alone on Wednesday. B visits on Friday and he is not

engineer. C visits on Friday. G is not pilot. The Engineer visits with lawyer. The Hotelier visits on

Saturday. A is neither professor nor pilot.

4. What is the profession of A ?

(1) Lawyer (2) Engineer (3) Doctor (4) Pilot (5) Professor

5. On which day of week does E visit restaurant ?

1) Wednesday (2) Saturday (3) Friday (4) Sunday (5) Data Inadequate

6. Who among them visits restaurant along with A ?

(1) G (2) E (3) D (4) Either E or D (5) None of these

7. On which of the following days does Doctor and Professor visit restaurant ?

1) Wednesday (2) Friday (3) Sunday (4) Either Saturday or Sunday(5) None of these

8. What is D's Profession ?1) Pilot (2) Lawyer (3) Engineer(4) Professor(5) Hotelier

ANSWERS: (4). 3(5). 2(6). 1(7). 38. 5

Direction : Study the following information and answer the questions given below :

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Four Maruti Suzuki's cars - Ertigo,Celerio, Swift and Wagon'r and four Hyundai's cars - I-10, Verna, I-20

and Santa Fe are on a display in a circular auto expo centre. two Maruti Suzuki's cars and two

Hyundai's cars are not facing the centre of the auto expo centre. Swift is placed second to the left of

Verna, which is not placed immediate next to Celerio. I-10 is third to the left of Santa Fe and one of

them is not facing centre of the auto expo centre. Ertigo is third to the right of Celerio, which is facing

the centre of the auto expo centre. I-20 and Wagon'r are facing each other and both are not placed

immediate next to Celerio or Santa Fe. No three Hyundai's car's are placed together.

1. Which of the following Car is placed between Celerio and Wagon'r ?

1) Swift (2) Verna (3) Santa Fe (4) I - 10 (5) None of these

2. How many cars are placed between I-10 and Verna ?

1) Three (2) Two (3) One (4) Can't be determined (5) None of these

3. Which Car is displayed third to the left of Ertigo ?

1) Celerio (2) Wagon'r (3) I-20 (4) I-10 (5) None of these

4. Which of the following groups of four Cars are not facing the centre ?

1) Swift, Wagon'r, Ertigo and Verna (2) Verna, I-10, Ertigo and Wagon'r

3) Ertigo, Verna. I-10 and Swift (4) I-20, I-10, Santa Fe and Celerio (5) None of these

5. Who is placed between I-20 and Santa Fe ?

1) I-10 (2) Ertigo (3) Swift (4) Verna (5) None of these

Answers:

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

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

Seven students of a college—Sujeet, Meenu, Shuya, Laxmi, Jincy, Manish and Ajeet attended three

different subjects — Physics, Biology and Mathematics. Each of them attended on different days of

the week (no two persons attended on the same day), starting from Sunday and ending on Saturday.

Minimum two students attended each subject and Physics is the only subject which three students

attended. Sujeet attended Physics on Monday. Manish attended Biology but neither on Tuesday nor

on Saturday. Ajeet attended on Sunday but not Mathematics. One of the two who attended Biology

attended on Tuesday and another who attended Mathematics attended on Saturday. Jincy attended

on Wednesday. Shuya attended Physics but not on Thursday. Meenu did not attend Mathematics.

1.If everyone's class is postponed by one day, who will be attending on Wednesday?

a) Manish (b) Shuya(c) Meenu(d) Jincy(e) None of these

2.Who amongst the seven students attended class on Saturday?

a) Laxmi(b) Meenu(c) Shuya(d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these

3.Which of the following combinations is true according to the given information?

a) Manish-Thursday-Physics (b) Laxmi-Wednesday-Mathematics

(c) Ajeet-Monday-Physics (d) Shuya-Friday-Biology (e) None of these

4.What class and on which day did Meenu attend?

a) Physics, Wednesday (b) Biology, Friday (c) Biology, Thursday

d) Biology, Tuesday (e) None of these

5.Who was the last one to attend?

a) Sujeet(b) Shuya(c) Ajeet(d) Laxmi(e) None of these

Directions(1-5):

Name Subject Day

Ajeet Physics Sunday

Sujeet Physics Monday

Meenu Biology Tuesday

Jincy Maths Wednesday

Manish Biology Thursday


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Shurya Physics Friday

Laxmi Maths Saturday

Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following information and answer the question given:

Seven persons I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII are sitting on a round table. Five of them are

facing towards the centre and two of them away from the centre.

III sits third to the left of IV and both face towards the centre. V is an immediate

neighbour of neither IV nor III. The one sitting exactly between IV and VI is facing away

from the centre. VII sits third to the right of I and VII is towards the centre. One of II's

neighbours is facing away from the centre.

6. Which of the following pairs represents persons facing away from the centre?

a) I and VI (b) V and VI (c) I and V (d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these

7. Who is sitting second to the left of I?

a) III (b) VII (c) V (d) II (e) None of these

8. Who is sitting to the immediate left of V?

a) III (b) VII (c) II (d) I (e) None of these

9. What is the position of VI with respect to II?

a) 4th to the left (b) 2nd to the right (c) 3rd to the right

d) 2nd to the left (e) None of these

10. If all the persons are asked to sit in a clockwise direction in an ascending order

starting from I, the position of how many will remain unchanged excluding I?

a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) None (e) 4

Answers:Directions (6-10):

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6. (c)7. (d)8. (b)9. (e)10. (c)

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

Seven exhibitions on Computer Science, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Textile, Civil

and Aeronautics were scheduled to be held in Mysore, Patna, Dehradun, Hissar,

Allahabad, Baroda and Chandigarh, one on a day in a week starting from Monday and

ending on Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order.

The exhibition on Textile was held in Hissar on Friday. Only one exhibition was held

between exhibitions on Textile and Mechanical. Exhibition on Civil was held immediately

after Electrical but immediately before Aeronautics. Exhibition on Civil was not held in

Allahabad. The exhibition held on Monday was held in Dehradun.

Only one exhibition was held between the exhibition on Aeronautics and the exhibition

held in Mysore. The exhibition on Electrical was not held in Mysore. The exhibition in

Patna was held immediately before the exhibition in Allahabad. The exhibition on

Electronics was not held on Monday. The exhibition in Chandigarh was not held after

exhibition in Mysore.

Exhibition City Days

Comp. Science Dehradun Monday

Electrical Chandigarh Tuesday

Civil Patna Wednesday

Aeronautics Allahabad Thursday

Textile Hissar Friday

Electronics Mysore Saturday

Mechanical Baroda Sunday

1. If Dehradun is related to Patna and Aeronautics is related to Electronics in a certain way, then to

which of the following would Allahabad be related to, following the same pattern?

a) Baroda (b) Chandigarh (c) Mysore (d) Dehradun (e) None of these

2. In which of the following cities was the exhibition on Aeronautics held?

a) Chandigarh (b) Mysore (c) Dehradun (d) Allahabad (e) None of these

3. How many exhibitions were held between texhibition on Computer Science and that on

Electronics? (a) None (b) One (c) Two (d) Three (e) Four


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4. On which of the following days was the exhibition on Electrical held?

(a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday (e) Friday

5. Which ofthe following exhibitions was held on Monday?

a) Aeronautics (b) Civil (c) Electrical (d) Computer Science (e) Cannot be determined

Direction (Q.6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six boys P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in a straight line facing North, not necessarily in the same order.

Q is sitting second to the right of S. P is sitting fourth to the left of U and U is not sitting on the

extreme end of the line. R is sitting second to the right of Q.

6. What is the position of T with respect to R?

a) Immediate left (b) Second to left (c) Third to left(d) Third to right (e) None of these

7. Which of the following pairs represents the people standing at the extreme ends of the line?

a) SU (b) PR (c) RQ (d) PU (e) None of these

8. Who is sitting second to the right of P? a) S (b) Q (c) T (d) R (e) None of these

9. Four of following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in above arrangement and

so form a group. Which of following does not belong to group? a) PT (b) TR (c) TU (d) QR (e) SQ

10. If all the people are asked to stand in alphabetical order from left to right, the positions of how

many will remain unchanged?

a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) None (e) None of these

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

A, B, C, D, E, G and I are seven friends who study in three different standards namely

5th, 6th, and 7th such that not less than two friends study in the same standard. Each

friend also has a different History, Civics, English, Marathi, Hindi, Maths and Economics

but not necessarily in the same order.

A likes Maths and studies in the 5th standard with only one other friend who likes

Marathi. I studies with two other friends. Both the friends who study with I like

languages (Here languages include only Hindi, Marathi, English). D studies in the 6th

standard with only one person and does not like civics. E studies with only one friend.

The one who likes history does not study in 5th or 6th standard. E does not like

languages. C does not like English, Hindi or Civics.

6. Which combination represents E’s favourite subject and standard in which he studies?

(1) Civics and 7th(2) Economics and 5th(3) Civics and 6th

(4) History and 7th(5) Economics and 7th

7. Which of the following is I’s favourite subject?(1) History(2) Civics(3) Marathi

(4) Either English or Marathi(5) Either English or Hindi

8. Who amongst the following studies in the 7th standard?

(1) G(2) C(3) E(4) D(5) Either D or B

9. Which of the following combinations is definitely correct ?

(1) I and Hindi(2) G and English(3) C and Marathi(4) B and Hindi(5) E and Economics

10. Which of the following subjects does G like?(1) Either Maths or Marathi

(2) Either Hindi or English(3) Either Hindi or Civics

(4) Either Hindi or Marathi(5) Either Civics or Economics

Answers:1.(5)2.(2)3.(3)4.(1)5.(2)

Direction(6-10):

Friends Standard Favorite

Subject

A 5th Maths

B 7th Hindi / English


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C 5th Marathi

D 6th Economics

E 6th Civics

G 7th Hindi / English

I 7th History

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

Eight friends Jyoti, Kavita, Lamba, Mohini, Neha, Pooja, Queen and Reshma are sitting around a

square table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Two persons are sitting on each

of the four sides of the table. Neha and Kavita are sitting exactly opposite each other. Pooja is sitting

on the immediate right of Kavita on the same side. Jyoti and Reshma are sitting on the same side of

the table. Reshma is sitting exactly opposite Lamba, who is on the immediate left of Mohini. Lamba

and Mohini are not the neighbours of Neha.

1. Which of the following statements is definitely true?

(a) Jyoti sits to the left of Kavita. (b) Queen sits opposite Mohini.

(c) Lamba sits on the immediate right of Neha.(d) Reshma sits opposite Jyoti.(e) None is true

2. Who among the following sits opposite Jyoti?

(a) Mohin(b) Lamba(c) Neha(d) Can’t be determined(e) None of these

3. Who among the following sits opposite Pooja?

(a) Neha (b) Queen(c) Lamba(d) Jyoti(e) None of these

4. Who among the following is sitting next to Mohini in anticlockwise direction?

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(a) Kavita(b) Lamba(c) Neha(d) Queen(e) None of these

5. Who among the following is sitting third to the left of Lamba?

(a) Jyoti(b) Kavita(c) Reshma(d) Pooja(e) None of these

Directions(1-5):Study the following information to answer the given questions:

Pravin, Queen, Rakesh ,Suresh , Trilok, Umesh,Vivaan and Watson live on eight different

floors , Ground floor is no 1, 1stfloor is no 2 and so on, and the topmost floor is numbered

8. There are 2 floors between the floor on which Queen and Watson live. Suresh lives on

an odd – numbered floor and he does not live immediate below or above Umesh’s floor.

Umesh lives below Watson’s floor. Suresh lives on floor no.7.Suresh does not live

immediately below or above Queen’s floor. Pravin does not live on an even numbered

floor. Rakesh does not live on the topmost floor. Vivaan lives on 6th floor. Trilok does not

live below Watson and Queen lives on floor no. 5.

1.How many floors are there between the floors on which Suresh and Watson live ?

a)One(b)Two(c)Three(d)Four(e)Five

2.Who among the following lives on the floor no 3?

a)Pravin(b)Queen(c)Rakesh(d)Umesh(e)Trilok

3.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which does

not belong to that group ?

a)Trilok,Suresh(b)Queen,Rakesh(c)Watson,Umesh(d)Queen,Pravin(e)Rakesh,Pravin

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4.Trilok lives on which of the following floor ?

(a)4th floor(b)8th floor(c)3rd floor(d)2nd floor(e)1st floor

5.Who lives between Pravin and Umesh ?

a)Rakesh(b)Vivaan(c)Queen(d)Watson(e)Suresh

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

Six girls – Aish, Bobby, Chameli, Deepika, Ela and Farah are sitting in a row facing North

and six boys – Pintu, Questa, Radhe, Sonu, Tirath and Uber are sitting in a different row

facing South, but not necessarily in the same order. Each girl in a row is facing exactly

one boy from the other row. The following information is known about them. Pintu sits

second to the right of the person who sits opposite Bobby. Bobby does not sit at any end

of the row. Chameli and Deepika are immediate neighbours of Bobby, and one of them

sits at an extremes. Ela sits second to the left of Deepika but not opposite Radhe. Pintu is

a neighbour of Radhe but is not opposite Farah. Neither Questa nor Tirath are adjacent to

Pintu. Tirath is adjacent to either Radhe or Questa but not both. Uber is a neighbour of

the person who sits opposite Ela.

6.Who sits opposite Chameli?a) Sonu(b) Pintu(c) Radhe(d) Questa(e) Tirath

7.Who sits second to the left of Radhe?

a) Sonu(b) Tirath(c) Pintu(d) Questa(e) Uber

8.If Sonu and Deepika interchange their positions, then who sits to immediate left of

Deepika?a) Uber(b) Radhe(c) Pintu(d) Tirath(e) Questa

9.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Find the one

which does not belong to that group?

a) Uber, Aish(b) Pintu, Bobby(c) Deepika, Sonu(d) Chameli, Radhe(e) Deepika, Tirath

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10.Which of the following is true, according to the given information?

a) Uber and Chameli are at the extremes.(b) Radhe sits second to the right of Sonu.

c) Tirath sits to the immediate right of Questa.

d) Bobby sits second to the left of Aish.(e) All the above

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven friends. They are going for different destinations viz. Delhi, Mumbai,

Kolkata, Chennai, Ranchi, Patna and Lucknow on different days of the week i.e. Sunday, Monday,

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday but not necessarily in the same order. A goes to

Lucknow on Thursday and D goes to Mumbai but not on Sunday. E and G goes to their destinations on

Saturday and Tuesday respectively. F goes to Patna whereas the one whose destination is Kolkata

goes on Monday. Ranchi is not C’s destination but he goes on Wednesday. The person whose

destination is Delhi does not go on Tuesday or Wednesday.

1. Which of the following sequences is correctly matched?

1) E - Mumbai - Saturday (2) E- Patna - Sunday (3) C - Chennai - Wednesday

(4) B - Ranchi - Tuesday (5) D - Delhi - Friday

2. Who among the following goes to his destination on Friday?

1) F (2) B (3) G (4) D (5) None of these

3. G goes to which destination?1) Ranchi (2) Chennai (3) Mumbai (4) Patna (5) Kolkata

4. Which among the following in not correct?1) F - Sunday - Patna

(2) A - Thursday - Lucknow (3) C- Wednesday - Chennai(4) G - Saturday - Delhi (5) None of these

5. On which day F goes to his destination?

1) Sunday (2) Monday (3) Tuesday (4) Wednesday (5) Saturday

Answers:(1-5):

Person Destination Days

F Patna Sunday

B Kolkata Monday

G Ranchi Tuesday

C Chennai Wednesday


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A Lucknow Thursday

D Mumbai Friday

E Delhi Saturday

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

Directions (Q. 6 – 10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given

Eight persons P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y and Z are sitting in two parallel rows having four persons each. In row-

I all the persons are facing south and in row-II all the persons are facing north. In the given seating

arrangement each member seated in row-I faces another member of row-II.

The one who faces Y is third to the right of S, who is facing south. There is only one person between Y

and Z. P is not an immediate neighbour of S and does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the row

and the one who faces W sits on the immediate right of R. P is not facing north. There is only one

person between X and W. Q is not facing north.

6. How many persons are there between Y and X?

(a) One (b) Two(c) None(d) Either (b) or (c)(e) None of these

7. Who among the following sits on the immediate left of the person who faces S?

(a) Z(b) R(c) W(d) P(e) None of these

8. Which of the following groups is facing south?

(a) R, W, Y, S(b) Y, W, Z, X(c) Q, P, X, Z(d) Q, P, R, S(e) None of these

9. Which of the following statements is/are true?

(a) W is on the immediate left of Z and sits in row-II(b) P sits between R and Q in row-I.

(c) z sits between X and S in row-II.(d) Only (a) and (b) are true(e) None of these

10. 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 ?

(a) Q(b) X(c) Y(d) S(e) W

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

Eight friends Saurav, Seema, Rakesh, Mukesh, Neha, Meena, Rajeev and Ramesh are going to watch a

movie and they sit in the first row facing North. Seema is not sitting at any of the two ends. Only one

person is sitting between Mukesh and Seema. Mukesh and Meena are sitting adjacent to each other,

while none of them is sitting at the end of the line. Rakesh is not adjacent to Ramesh. Neha is sitting

second to the right of Rakesh. Rajeev sits fourth to the left of Ramesh. Ramesh's position is either at

the sixth from the left end or fourth from the right of the line.

1. What is the position of Meena with respect to Rajeev?

1) Immediate adjacent (2) Second to right (3) Fourth left

(4) Sixth to left (5) None of these

2. How many persons are sitting between Rakesh and Mukesh?

1) One (2) Two (3)Three (4) Four (5) None of these

3. Which of following persons is sitting between epersons who are fifth from left and third from

right?1) Ramesh (2) Saurav (3) Mukesh (4) Seema (5) None

4. Which of the following pairs sit at extreme ends?

1) Rajeev, Seema (2) Meena, Ramesh (3) Rajeev, Mukesh

4) Rakesh, Saurav (5) None of these

5. If 'Neha' is related to 'Ramesh', 'Meena' is related to 'Seema', then in the same pattern ' Mukesh' is

related to which of the following?

1) Meena (2) Rakesh (3) Ramesh (4) Saurav (5) None of these

Directions (Q. 6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven friends sitting around a circular table. Three of them are facing outside

the centre. E is between A and D and neither A nor D is facing towards the centre. G is not between F

and C but the person between F and C is facing outside the centre. F is on the immediate left of A.

6. D is related to A, E is related to F and A is related to B in a certain way and hence form a group. On

the basis of above arrangement, G is related with which of the following?

1) E (2) D (3) F (4) B (5) None of these


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7. Which of the pairs given below has the first person sitting immediately to left of second person?

1) AE (2) ED (3) DG (4) FB (5) None of these

8. Which of the following are neighbours of C?1) B and F (2) D and D

3) B and G (4) A and E (5) None of these

9. Which among the following is second to the left B?1) A (2) G (3) D (4) C (5) F

10. Which of the following statements is not correct?

1) A is second to the left of D. (2) A is second to the right of B.

3) F is not on immediate right of B.(4) G is on immediate right of D. (5) None of these

Answers: (1). 2 (2). 3 (3). 5 (4). 4 (5). 4

(6). 1 (7). 2 (8). 3 (9). 2 (10). 3

Directions (6-11) Study the following information and answer the given questions:

Eight friends – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table not necessarily in the same

order. Three of three of them are facing outside (opposite to the centre) while five are facing the

centre. There are equal number of males and females in the group.

C is facing the centre, E is sitting third to the right of C. F is sitting third to the left of E. Three persons

are sitting between F and B. The immediate niegbours of B are females. G is sitting third to the right of

F. D is sitting third to the right of A. A is not an immediate neighbor of E. The immediate neighbours of

E are males and facing the centre.

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The immediate neighbours of D are females and face outside. The one sitting third to the left of B is

male. No female is an immediate neigbour of G.

Q6. Who is sitting second to the right of E?(1) C (2) B(3) G (4) H(5) None of these

Q7. How many persons are sitting between H and C when travelled from the left side of H?

(1) One (2) Two(3) Three (4) Four(5) More than four

Q8. Which of the following statements are true regarding H?

(1) The one who is second to the right of H is female(2) H is facing the centre(3) H is a male

(4) The immediate neighbors of H is facing outside(5) None is true

Q9. What is D's position with respect to G?

(1) Third to the left(2) Third to the right(3) Second to the left

(4) Second to the right(5) None of these

Directions (12-16): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:

Six exams Maths, science, History, Economics, English and Hindi are to be scheduled starting from 2nd

March and ending on 8th march with Sunday being an off day, not necessarily in the same order. Each

of the exam has different time duration: 40 mins, 50 mins, 60 mins, 75 mins, 90 mins and 100 mins,

again not necessarily in the same order.

8th march is not sunday and an exam of 40 mins is scheduled on that day. Maths exam is for less than

60 mins and is scheduled immediately before English exam. There are two exams scheduled between

Hindi exam which is for 100 mins and History exam which is for 60 mins. English exam is before Sunday

and there are two days between sunday and maths exam. Economics exam which is for 75 mins is not

scheduled on 2nd march. The exam scheduled on saturday is of 100 mins.

Q12. How many exams are scheduled before sunday?

(1) Two (2) One (3) Five (4) Three (5) None of these

Q13. Which of the following combinations of Exam - Day - Time Duration is correct ?

(1) English - Wednesday - 75 mins (2) Maths - Thursday - 50 mins

(3) History - Thursday – 60 mins (4) Hindi - Tuesday - 100 mins(5) None is correct

Q14. What is the time duration of science exam?

(l) 90 mins (2) 75 mins (3) 50 mins (4) 40 mins (5) None of these


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Q15. On which day is Economics exam scheduled?(1) Monday (2) Saturday(3) Tuesday

(4) Friday (5) Cannot be determined

Q16. Which day is sunday?(1) 3rd march (2) 2nd march(3) 5th march

(4) 6th march(5) Cannot be determined

ANSWERS:

Solutions (6-11):

(6). 3(7). 2(8). 1(9) 2(10). 3(11). 4

Solutions (12-16):

Date Day Exam

Time

Duration

2nd

March Wednesday History 60 mins

3rd

March Thursday Maths 50 mins

4th

March Friday English 90 mins

5th Saturday Hindi

100

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March mins

6th

March Sunday Off Off

7th

March Monday Economics 75 mins

8th

March Tuesday Science 40 mins

(12). 5 (13). 2(14). 4(15). 1(16). 4

Directions (Q. 1 – 6): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions

Ten persons John, Krish, Leon, Monty, Nathan, Pihu, Queen, Rehan, Smith and Tret are

sitting in two rows with five persons in each row. The persons in row one are facing south

and the persons in row two are facing north. Each person in row one faces a person from the

other row.

All of them like a different soft drink, viz Sprite, Slice, Pepsi, Maaza, Fanta, Mirinda, Limca,

7up, Nimbooz and Cola, but not necessarily in the same order.

The persons who like Fanta and Mirinda sit opposite each other. Pihu sits opposite John, who

likes Sprite. The one who likes Slice sits opposite the one who likes 7up. Tret is not facing

north but sits third to the left of Queen, who likes Slice. There is only one person between

Krish and Leon. Nathan sits at one of the ends of the row and likes Mirinda. The one who

likes 7up is on the immediate right of Monty, who does not like Cola.

The persons who like Pepsi and Maaza respectively are not facing north. Leon likes Limca.

The one who likes Maaza sits opposite the one who is second to the right of Krish. Smith does

not like Cola. Nathan sits opposite the one who sits second to left of the one who likes Pepsi.

1.Who among following likes Cola?(a)Rehan(b)Tret(c)Pihu(d)Smith(e)None of these1. (a)

2. Who among the following sit at the extreme ends of the row and are facing south?

(a) Monty, Nathan(b) Smith, Leon(c) Tret, Nathan(d) Rehan, Tret(e) None of these2. (d)

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3. How many persons sit between Monty and Nathan?

(a) One (b) Two(c) Three(d) Can’t be determined(e) None of these3. (c)

4. Krish likes which of the following soft drinks?

(a) Fanta(b) 7up(c) Cola(d) Maaza(e) None of these4. (b)

5. Which of the following statements is/are true?

(a) Rehan likes Cola and sits at one of the ends of the row.

(b) Pihu is the immediate neighbour of Queen and the person who likes Fanta.

(c) The one who likes Limca sits on the immediate left of the one who likes Mirinda.

(d) Only a) and c) are true(e) None of these5. (d)

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is

the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) Rehan, Queen(b) Nathan, Leon(c) Monty, Krish(d) Tret, Smith(e) Smith, Leon6. (e)

Directions (Q. 4-10): Study the information given below and answer the given questions.

Nine people Alisa, Bruce, Cruise, Denial, Eagle, Franco, Gayle, Honey and Jocky stay in a

building, but not necessarily in the same order. The building has nine floors and only one

person stays on one floor. All of them own one car each, and each car is of a different colour,

ie blue, grey, white, black, yellow, green, red, orange and pink, but not necessarily in the

same order. The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it is numbered 2, and so on, and

the topmost floor is numbered 9.

Honey owns a black-coloured car and stayed on an even-numbered floor. Alisa is stays on any

even-numbered floor. Alisa stays on any even-numbered floor below the floor on which Honey

stays. The one who owns an orange-coloured car stays on the flourth floor. Eagle stays on the

second floor and owns a white-coloured car.The one who owns a pink-coloured car stays on

the third floor.Alisa does not own a green coloured car.There are two floors between the

floors on which the people owning the red and the black-coloured car. Cruise owns a grey-

coloured car. There are three floors between the floors on which Cruise and Gayle stay.

Denial stays on a floor immediately above Jocky’s floor. There is one floor between the floors

on which Francos and Gayle stay. Francos does not own the pink coloured car. The one who

owns the blue car stays on the topmost floor. Francos does not stay on the ground floor.

Person Floor Colour of car

Alisa 6 Yellow

Bruce 9 Blue

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Denial 4 Orange

Eagle 2 White

Francos 7 Green

Gayle 5 Red

Honey 8 Black

Jocky 3 Pink

4. Who amongst the following owns the green-coloured car?

(a) Denial(b) Jocky(c) Gayle(d) Francos(e) None of these

5. Who amongst the following stays on the topmost floor?

(a) Francos(b) Gayle(c) Denial(d) Cruise(e) None of these

6. Alisa owns a car of which of the following colours?

(a) Orange(b) Pink(c) Yellow(d) Blue(e) None of these

7. Who stays on the floor which is exactly between the floor on which Honey stays and

the floor on which Alisa stays?

(a) Bruce(b) Gayle(c) Cruise(d) Francos(e) None of these

8. How many floors are there between floor on which Jocky stays and floor on which

Cruise stays? (a) One(b) Two(c) None(d) Three(e) More than three

9. Which of the following is true as per the given information?

(a) Bruce stays on a floor immediately below the floor on which Honey stays.

(b) Gayle stays on a floor immediately above the floor on which Alisa stays.

(c) Francos stays on the eighth floor.

(d) Denial owns the orange-coloured car.(e) None of these

10. On which of the following floors does Gayle stay?

(a) 1st (b) 6th(c) 5th (d) 7th(e) None of these

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