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Reasoning Made

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Index

Chapter 1 Puzzles

Chapter 2 Input Output

Chapter 3 Data Sufficiency

Chapter 4 Sitting Arrangements

Chapter 5 Syllogism

Chapter 6 Blood Directions

Chapter 7 Analogy

Chapter 8 Coded Inequality

Chapter 9 Coding Decoding

Chapter 10 Decision Making

Chapter 11 Direction Sense

Chapter 12 Letter and Number Series

Chapter 13 Logical Arrangement

Chapter 14 Mathematical Operations

Chapter 15 Odd Man Out Series

Chapter 16 Ranking Based problems

Chapter 17 Arithmatic Reasoning

Chapter 18 Classification

Chapter 19 Dice Problem

Chapter 20 Statement and Arguments

Chapter 21 Statement and Assumptions

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Chapter-1

Puzzles

Directions (Q. 1-2) Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

In one floor of a building there are eight flats – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H in two rows. One row of flats faces north and the other row faces south. D is exactly opposite of F which faces North. Neither A nor C faces South. A is not at any ends and is second to the left of F. E is exactly opposite of B which faces South. G is third to the right of D.

1. Which of the following pairs of flats facing south are at the two ends?

a) GD b) GH c) BH

d) Cannot be determined e) None of these

2. Which of the following pairs of flats facing North are at the two ends?

a) EA b) EC c) CF

Directions (Q. 3-4) Study the following information to answer the given questions:

In a five letter English word (which may or may not be a meaningful English word), there are two letters between L and P. S is not placed immediately next to L. There is only one letter between S and A. S is towards the right of A. S is not placed immediately next to E.

3. Which of the following is correct with respect to the word thus formed? a) E is at one of the extreme ends of the word

b) P is not placed immediately next to A

c) There are two letters between A and E in the word thus formed d) P is placed second to the right of E

e) None of correct

4. Which of the following words will be formed based on the given conditions?

a) SPAEL b) PEALS c) LEAPS

d) SEPAL e) LAPSE

Directions (Q. 5-9) Study the following information and answer the given questions.

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Eight chemicals A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, contained in eight different bottles, are placed around a circular table in such a manner that the tap fixed to each bottle is directed outward from the centre of the table. Each chemical is opf a different colour, viz Blue, Yellow, Orange, White, Green, Violet, Brown and Black, but not necessarily in the same order.

i) Chemical B is placed third to the right of Chemical D.

ii) The Yellow chemical is placed on the immediate left of chemical B. iii) The colour of chemical B is not white.

iv) Chemical F is placed fourth to the left of chemical A.

v) Neither chemical F nor chemical A is an immediate neighbour of chemical B.

vi) The colour of chemical C is violet and is placed third to the left of the Yellow chemical.

vii) The Green chemical is placed second to the right of the violet chemical. viii) The Brown chemical is placed second to the right of chemical B.

ix) H is the Orange chemical and is placed exactly between chemical C and chemical A.

x) The Blue chemical is placed second to the left of the Orange chemical. xi) Chemical G is placed third to the right of chemical C.

5. Which of the following chemicals is of White colour?

a) D b) E c) G

d) F e) None of these

6. What is H’s position with respect to F? a) Third to the left

b) Second to the left c) Third to the right d) Second to the right e) Fourth to the left

7. How many chemical bottles are placed between chemical A and G (counted from G clockwise)?

a) One b) Two c) Three

d) Four e) None of these

8. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence from a group. Which of the folowing does not belong to that group?

a) Violet-Brown b) Black-Green c) Orange-White d) Yellow-Blue e) Green -Yellow

9. What is the colour of chemical B?

a) Blue b) Black c) Yellow

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Directions (Q. 10-14) Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven friends working in a call centre. Each of them has different day offs in a week from Monday to Sunday not necessarily in the same order. They work in three different shifts I, II and III with at least two of them in each shift.

R works in shift II and his day off is not Sunday. P’s day off is Tuesday and he does not work in the same shift with either Q or W. None of those who work in shift I has day off either on Wednesday or on Friday. V workds with only T in shift III. S’s day off is Sunday. V’s day off is immediate next day of that of R’s day off. T’s day off is not on Wednesday. W’s day off is not on the previous day of P’s day off. S works in shift I. Q does not work in the same shift with R and his day off is not on Thursday.

10. Which of the following is W’s day off?

a) Tuesday b) Monday c) Saturday

d) Data inadequate e) None of these 11. Which of the following is R’s day off?

a) Friday b) Thursday c) Tuesday

d) Wednesday e) None of these

12. Which of the following groups of friends work in shift II?

a) RP b) RV c) QWS

d) Data inadequate e) None of these 13. Which of the following is Q’s day off?

a) Friday b) Wednesday c) Thursday

d) Monday e) None of these

14. Which of the following groups of friends work in shift I?

a) RV b) RP c) QWS

d) Data inadequate e) None of these

Directions (Q. 15-18) Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it.

Six friends Abhishek, Deepak, Mridul, Pritam, Ranjan and Salil married within a year in the months of February, April, July, September, November and December and in the cities of Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata but not necessarily following the above order. The brides names were

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Geetika, Jasmine, Hema, Brinda, Ipsita and veena, once again not following any order. The following are some facts about their weddings.

(i) Mridul’s wedding took place in Chennai; however he was not m arried to Geetika or Veena.

(ii) Abhishek’s wedding took place in Ahmedabad and ranjan’s in Delhi however neither of them was married to Jasmine or Brinda.

(iii) The wedding in Kolkata took place in February.

(iv) Hema’s wedding took place in April, but not in Ahmedabad.

(v) Geetika and Ipsita got married in February and November and in Chennai and Kolkata but not following the above order.

(vi) Pritam visited Bengaluru and Kolkata only after his marriage in December.

(vii) Salil was married to Jasmine to September. 15. Hema’s husband is

a) Abhishek b) Deepak c) Ranjan

d) Pritam e) Mridul

16. Deepak’s wedding took place in

a) Bengaluru b) Mumbai c) Kolkata

d) Delhi e) Chennai

17. In Mumbai, the wedding of one of the friends took place in the month of

a) April b) September c) November

d) December e) July

18. Salil’s wedding was held in

a) Bengaluru b) Chennai c) Kolkata

d) Delhi e) Mumbai

Directions (Q. 19-23) Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

There are five married couples in a family and there is a child to every couple. Ages of children are 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 years. Name of males are M, N, O, P and Q. Name of children are A, B, C, D and E. Name of females are V, W, X, Y and Z. Name of M’s child is not C and E and he is not eldest or youngest. Age of X’s child is 6 years and her husband is one among N, O and Q. Age of D is 3 years but she is not a child of O. A’s age is multiple of 3 but she is not a child of M and V. W’s husband is O or Q. Age of Z’s child is 5 years but the name of child is not B or E. V is wife of O.

19. What is the age of B.

a) 4 b) 6 c) 5

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20. What is the name of M’s wife?

a) W b) X c) Y

d) Z e) None of these

21. Name of Mother, farther and age of E? a) X, N and 6

b) V, O and 9 c) X, O and 6 d) V, N and 9

e) Can’t be determined

22. What is the name and the age of P’s child? a) B and 6

b) E and 9 c) C and 4 d) C and 5 e) None of these

23. What are the names of Q’s wife and his child? a) W and D

b) X and A c) W and C d) X and D e) None of these

Directions (Q. 24-27) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow.

Five friends A, B, C, D, and E are working in 5 different departments M, N, O, P and Q and they earn different salaries i.e. 10,000, 15,000, 20,000, 25,000 and 30,000 and they all are of different ages i.e. 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32 years. These all informations are not necessarily in the same order.

 B works in department M and earns more than 20,000. Person who is 28 years old works in department Q. 32 year’s old person earns at least 20,000.  The person who is 26 years old earns 25,000. A earns 15,000, but does not

work in department N or P.

Person who is 30 years old earns highest salary but does not work in department M and N. E does not work in department P or Q, and his age is not 32. The salary of D is less than 20,000.

24. Who works in department N?

a) B b) C c) D

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25. If the name of the person represents its salary then which of the following is true? a) A + B = C b) C + D = B c) D + E = B d) A + D = E e) None of these

26. Which of the following combination is definitely true? a) B-30 years-M-30,000

b) D-24 years-N-10,000 c) A-24 years-P-15,000 d) E-30 years-O-30,000 e) None of these

27. The person whose age is 30 works in which department?

a) M b) N c) O

d) P e) None of these

Directions (Q. 28-29) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow:

Education is the most important investment one makes in life. Higher studies and specialization in certain fields call for additional financial support from time-to-time.

28. Which of the following can be inferred from the given information? (An inference is something that is not directly stated but can be inferred from the given information)

a) People generally lack finances to pay for higher education

b) The rich and wealthy sections of our society are unwilling to spend money on the education of their children

c) Higher education requires higher amount of money than primary education d) Now-a-days even the poor and needy desire to educate their children e) None of these

29. Which of the following statements is an assumption implicit in the above given proposition? (An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted)

a) Higher education need not much finances as it is subsidized by the government b) Education is one of the most essential parts of one’s life

c) Education is mostly neglected in our society

d) Specialization in education is most sought after thing today e) None of these

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Directions (Q. 30-34) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Six executives Akash, Bipasha, Deepak, Jyoti, Kartik and Priya have to advertise four products, i.e. Soap, watches, computers and chocolates on 3 different channels i.e. go, one and spice either alone or in pairs. An executive can visit only one channel and advertise only one product. Not more than two executives can advertise on a channel.

(i) Bipasha and Jyoti both visit the same channel but advertise different product (ii) Akash who visits ‘Go’ advertises neither soap nor computers

(iii) Kartik does not advertise chocolates (iv) No girl advertises soap

(v) The two executives who advertise chocolates visit spice 30. Who advertises watches?

a) Deepak b) Kartik c) Akash

d) Priya e) None of these

31. Which channel does Kartik visit?

a) Go b) Spice c) One

32. Which of the following channel product pairs is definitely incorrect?

a) Go-Watch b) One-Computer c) Go-Soap

d) One-Soap e) One-Watch

33. What will Jyoti advertise?

a) Chocolates b) Watches c) Computers or watches

d) Can’t be determined e) None of these

34. If Bipasha advertises computers which of the following must be true? a) Jyoti advertises soap

b) Jyoti advertises watches c) Kartik advertises computers d) Kartik works for spice e) None of these

Directions (Q. 35-40) Study the following information carefully and answer the following questions.

An organisation decided to distribute seven types of laptops on week days starting from Monday to Sunday. The seven laptops to be distributed are of Sony, Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Dell, HP and HCL but non necessarily in the same order. Dell laptops are to be given on Saturday. Lenovo laptops are given just after Asus laptops and Asus laptops are not given on Wednesday. HP laptops are given two days after the distribution of Asus laptop. Acer laptops are distributed just after

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Sony laptop. HCL laptops are distributed before Acer laptops. HP laptops are distributed after Dell laptops.

35. On which day of the week Lenovo laptops are distributed?

a) Tuesday b) Wednesday c) Friday

d) Sunday e) None of these

36. Which laptops are distributed just between the days when Lenovo and HP are distributed?

a) Asus b) Dell c) Sony

d) HCL e) None of these

37. Which laptops are distributed on Wednesday?

a) Acer b) Lenovo c) HCL

d) HP e) None of these

38. On which day of the week Asus are distributed?

a) Monday b) Sunday c) Tuesday

d) Wednesday e) None of these

39. If HCL is related with Tuesday, Sony is related with Wednesday; similarly Lenovo is related with which day?

a) Thursday b) Friday c) Saturday

d) Sunday e) None of these

40. Which laptops are distributed in the middle of the week?

a) Acer b) Asus c) Lenovo

d) HCL e) None of these

Directions (Q. 41-42) In the following questions below is given a statement

followed by two courses of action I and II. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.

Give Answer:

a) Only I follow b) Only II follows c) Either I or II follows d) Neither I nor II follows e) Both I and II follows

41. Statement: Despite good economic progress of country, significant

number of under nourished children has been observed in the rural parts of the country.

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I. Government should increase wealth tax and income tax and use that money for up-liftment of the deprived class

II. Government should introduce schemes like free meals in primary schools and make primary education compulsory

42. Statement: The police department has come under a cloth with recent

revelations that atleast two senior police officials are suspected to have been involved in the illegal sale of a large quantity of weapons from the state police amoury.

Courses of action

I. A through investigation should be ordered by the State Government to bring out all those who are involved in the illegal sales of arm.

II. State police armoury should be kept under Central Government’s control.

Directions (Q. 43-47) 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, 6thand 7thsuch that not less than two friends study in the same standard. Each friend also has a different favourite subject namely 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 and English)

D studies in the 6thstandard with only one person and does not like Civics. E studies with only one friend. The one who likes history does not study in 5thor 6th standard. E does not like languages. C does not like English, Hindi or Civics. 43. Which combination represents E’s favourite subject and the standard in which

he studies? a) Civic s and 7th b) Economics and 5th c) Civics and 6th d) History and 7th e) Economics and 7th

44. Which of the following is I’s favourite subject?

a) History b) Civics c) Marathi

d) Either English or Marathi e) Either English or Hindi 45. Who amongst the following studeis in the 7thstandard?

a) G b) C c) E

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46. Which of the following combinations is definitely correct? a) I and Hindi b) G and English c) C and Marathi d) B and Hindi e) E and Economics

47. Which of the following subjects does G like? a) Either Maths or Marathi

b) Either Hindi or English c) Either Hindi or Civics d) Either Hindi or Marathi e) Either Civics or Economics

Directions (Q. 48-50) Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Despite repeated announcements that mobile phones were not allowed in the examination hall, three stuidents were caught with their mobile phones.

A. Mobile phones nowadays have a lot of features and it is easy to cheat with their help.

B. The invigilator must immediately confiscate the mobile phones and ask the students to leave the exam hall immediately.

C. Mobile phones are very expensive and leaving them in bags outside the exam hall is not safe.

D. There have been incidents where students who left the exam hall early stole the mobile phones kept in the bags of the students who were writing the exam.

E. The school authorities must ask the students to leave their phones in the custody of the invigilator before the exam in order to avoid thefts of mobile phones.

F. None of the other students were carrying their phones in the exam hall. 48. Which of the following among A, B, C, and D may be a strong arguments

in favour of the three s tudents who were caught with the mobile phone?

a) Only A b) A and B c) C and D

d) Only C e) B and D

49. Which of the following among A, B, E and F may be the reason behind the school making such announcements before the exam?

a) Only B b) D and E c) Only F

d) Only A e) None of these

50. Which of the following among A, B, D and F can be an immediate course of action for the invigilator?

a) Only B b) A and D c) Only A

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Directions (Q. 51-55) In these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer

a) If only conclusion I is true. b) If only conclusion II is true. c) If either conclusion I or II is true. d) If neither conclusion I nor II is true. e) If both conclusions I and II are true.

(51-52): Statement: W > H = I > C = L < E 51. Conclusions: I. W > L II. E > H 52. Conclusions: I. E < W II. I > L 53. Statement: P = R > E < S = N > T Conclusions: I. P > T II. N > R 54. Statement: C > B > L, Q = E > P = C Conclusions: I. Q > B II. L < E 55. Statement: D < H = J < K > P > R Conclusions: I. D = K II. K > D

Directions (Q. 56-60) Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

A man has six sons U, V, W, X, Y and Z, who stay in four metro cities. They work in different companies, viz Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Tata, Nike, Walmart and Titan but not necessarily in the same order. Z stays in Mumbai and works with Nike. Those who stay in Kilkata work with Tech Mahindra and Walmart. One of the two Mumbaikars works with Titan. The one who works with Infosys lives in Chennai. Z does not live in Chennai. U works with Tata. V works with Tech Mahindra. Y works with Walmart.

56. Who amoing the following works with Infosys?

a) U b) W c) X

d) Y e) None of these

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a) XY b) ZX c) VY

d) WU e) None of these

58. Z works with which of the following companies?

a) Walmart b) Titan c) Tata

d) Cannot be determined e) None of these 59. In which of the following metros does W live?

a) Delhi b) Chennai c) Kolkata

d) Cannot be determined e) None of these 60. Which of the following combinations is true?

a) V – Mumbai – Walmart b) Z – Kolkata – Walmart c) Y – Delhi – Titan d) W – Chennai- Infosys e) None of these

Directions (Q. 61-65) Study the following information carefully and give the answers.

Sixteen teams have been invited to participate in the ABC Gold Cup cricket tournament. The tournament is conducted in two stages. In the first stage, the teams are divided in to two groups. Each group consists of eight teams, with each team playing every other team in its group exactly once. At the end of the first stage, the top four teams from each group advance to the second stage while the rest are eliminated. The second stage comprises of several rounds. A round involves one match for each team. The winner of a match in a round advances to the next round; while the loser is eliminated the team that remains undefeated in the second stage is declared the winner and claims the gold cup.

The tournament rules are such that each match results in a winner and a loser with no possibility of a tie. In the first stage, a team earns one point for each win and no points for a loss. At the end of the first stage, teams in each group are ranked on the basis of total points to determine the qualifiers advancing to the next stage. Ties are resolved by a series of complex tie- breaking rules so that exactly four teams from each group advance to the next stage.

61. What is the total number of matches played in the tournament?

a) 28 b) 55 c) 63

d) 35 e) None of these

62. The minimum number of wins needed for a team in the first stage to guarantee its advancement to the next stage is:

a) 5 b) 6 c) 7

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63. What is the highest number of wins for a team in the first stage in spite of which it would be eliminated at the end of first stage?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3

64. What is the number of rounds in the second stage of tournament?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3

65. Which of the following statements is true?

a) The winner will have more wins than any other team in the tournament. b) At the end of the first stage, no team eliminated from the tournament will have more wins than any of the team qualifying for the second stage. c) It is possible that the winner will have the same number of wins in the entire tournament as a team eliminated at the end of the first stage.

d) The number of tems with exactly one win in the second stage of the tournament is 4.

e) None of these

Directions (Q. 66-70) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Five friends P, Q, R, S and T are Musician, Architect, Doctor, Engineer and Artist by profssion and like White, Blue, Red, Yellow and Green colour but not necessarily in that order.

 The person whose hobby is dancing preferred lemonade to cola while others preferred cola to lemonade in beverages.

 The four friends who took cola were P, the one who is an Engineer, the person whose favourite colour is Green and t he o ne whose hobby is net surfing.

 S did not take lemonade and his favourite colour is White.  Q’s favourite colour is Blue. He did not like lemonade.  T’s hobby is not painting, reading or gardening.  S clicks a picture of his friend who is an Engineer.

 The person whose favourite colour is Red likes painting and the person who is artist like gardening.

 S is not a doctor. The person who is a doctor takes cola. The person who is an Engineer likes Blue colour.

 The musician’s favourite colour is not yellow. R’s favourite colour is Green.

66. Who among the following is a Doctor?

a) R b) P c) S

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67. Q’s hobby is

a) Reading b) Painting c) Gardening

d) Can’t say e) None of these 68. The person who likes Blue colour is a/an

a) Architect b) Musician c) Engineer

d) Can’t say e) None of these 69. Whose favourite colour is Yellow?

a) T b) R c) The one who is an artist

d) Can’t say e) None of these

70. Which of the following combinations is not correctly matched? a) T-Architect-Yellow-Dancing-Cola

b) R-Artist-Green-Gardening-Cola c) Q-Engineer-Blue-Reading-Cola d) P-Doctor-Red-Painting-Cola e) None of these

Directions (Q. 71-73) Read the given information carefully and answer the questioins that follow.

Independence Day is considered as a day of rejoicing. Thousands of heroes of independence struggle made the supreme sacrifice of their lives so that we can enjoy freedom. But see how we have misused the hard won freedom over the last 67 years – exactly in the same way the racist representatives of the British, Winston Churchill, predicted before India wrested independence from the British. Independence Day and Republic Day do not kindle patriotic fervour in a large section of our society any longer. They have only been non-working days where people sit back at h ome and enjoy with their families. They produce only total revulsion for our corrupt political class, self-serving bureaucracy, greedy business empires and the completely undisciplined people. The gullible people of the country have been taken for a ride by the promises made by their leaders all these years while they have been bleeding the nation white in scam after scam. To millions of patriotic Indians Independence Day will remain a sad day until all these parasites are totally annihilated.

I. Communal harmony will be disturbed in the country. II. Caste system will be promoted.

III. Terrorism activities will increase in the country. IV. The economy of the country will be affected.

71. Which of the following assumptions is implicit in the above passage? a) People of India lack in nationalism

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b) Increasing corruption in India has ended the patriotic feelings among the Indians

c) Bureaucracy is the hurdle in national integrity

d) The freedom movement of India was not public; it was confined to only a few individuals.

e) None of these

72. Which of the following will be the effect of lack of patriotism in India?

a) Only I b) Only I and II c) Only III

d) Only III and IV e) Only I, II and IV

73. Which of the following statements are in line with the above passage? a) The independence of India was very hard-earned.

b) People of India are not respecting the hard-earned freedom of India. c) Increasing corrcuption in India is c reating anger among the people. d) Independence day is just like a public holiday where people sit at home and enjoy

e) All of these

Directions (Q. 74-78) Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U from six different areas, viz. Rohini, Indirapuram, Dwarka, Kaushambi, Munirka and Vaishali, go for shopping in six different shopping complexes, viz. Sahara, GIP, CSM, V3S, Shipra and Select Citywalk, but not necessarily in the same order. Three different types of transports are used by them, viz. Car, Bus and Metro, in such a manner that two persons use the same type of transport but not necessarily in the same order.

 P uses car and lives in Vaishali but he does not go to CSM and Select Citywalk.

 The person going to Shipra Complex uses car and the one going to GIP uses bus.

 T uses the same type of transport as the person from Dwarka.  CSM Complex is chosen by the person who uses bus.

 R is neither from Rohini nor from Munirka and he goes to Shipra Complex.  One of the persons who use Metro goes to Sahara Complex.

 Q is from Kaushambi and goes to GIP. He does not use the same transport as S.

 U is neither from Indirapuram nor from Munirka.

 Select Citywalk and GIP Complex are not visited by the persons who use car.

 The persons from Kaushambi and Rohini are using the same type of transport.

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74. Who are using Metro?

a) S and T b) U and S c) T and P

d) P and U e) None of these

75. Who is going to V, S Complex for shopping?

a) U b) P c) R

d) S e) None of these

76. Who is using the same transport as U?

a) P b) Q c) T

d) R e) None of these

77. S belongs to which of the following places?

a) Indirapuram b) Vaishali c) Munirka

d) Dwarka e) None of these

78. R is using which of the following transports?

a) Car b) Bus c) Metro

Directions (Q. 79-83) Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z seven persons belong to seven different families, viz. Punjabi, Rajasthani, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada and Malayali, but not necessarily in the same order. All of them are travelling in a train in AC tier II. They occupy two lower berths, three middle berths and two upper berths. V is a Punjabi and is not on the upper berths. The Gujarati is the only other person who occupies the same type of berth as V. U and Y are not on the middle berths and they are Malayali and Bengali respectively. T is a Marathi. Z is neithr a Kannada nor a Gujarati. X occupies the same type of b erth as the Rajasthani.

79. Z belongs to which of the following families?

a) Rajasthani b) Kannada c) Gujarati

d) Bengali e) None of these

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

a) U, V b) Y, U c) W, V

d) T, V e) None of these

81. Who belongs to the Gujarati family?

a) Y b) W c) X

d) Z e) None of these

82. Which of the following combinations is true? a) W-Gujarati-Upper

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b) Y-Bengali-Lower c) X-Kannada-Lower d) Z- Rajasthani-Middle e) None of these

83. Which of the following groups occupies the middle berths?

a) Z, Y, U b) Z, X, V c) X, T, Z

d) W, T, X e) None of these

Directions (Q. 84-88) Study the given information carefully and answer the given questions.

Seven plays – A, B, C, D, E, F and G are to be held on seven consecutive days (starting on Monday and ending on Sunday) not necessarily in the same order. Only one play can be held on one day. Only two plays will be held after play G. Only three plays will be held between play B and play E. Play B will not be held on Sunday. Play A will be held before play D and play C (not necessarily immediately before). Play C will be held after play D (not necessarily immediate after)

84. Play D will be held on which day?

a) Monday b) Tuesday c) Wednesday

d) Thursday e) Saturday

85. Which play will be held immediately after Play C?

a) Play E b) Play F c) Play B

d) Play G e) None of these

86. Which play will be held on Monday?

a) Play F b) Play B c) Play E

d) Play D e) Play A

87. If all seven plays are held in the alphabetical order of their names starting on Monday and ending on Sunday, the positions of how many will remain unchanged as compared to the original schedule?

a) Three b) More than three c) One

d) None e) Two

88. Play F is related to Monday in a certain way based on the given schedule. Similarly, Play G is related to Thursday. In the same way, Play B is related to which of the following days?

a) Wednesday b) Friday c) Tuesday

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Directions (Q. 89-93) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.

(i) There are eight books Mathematics, Sanskrit, English, Physics, History, Geography, Hindi and Biology. (Not necessarily in the same order). (ii) Geography’s book is fourth from the bottom and Sanskrit’s book is

third from the top.

(iii) There are three books between the books of English and Biology. (iv) Hind i book is at exact between the books of History and Biology. (v) The book of Physics is at just below the book of Mathematics. 89. Which book is at top?

a) Mathematics b) Physics c) Biology

d) Cannot find e) None of these

90. How many books are taken between the books of History and English?

a) Two b) Three c) Four

d) Cannot find e) None of these 91. The book of Physics is placed between

a) Biology-Mathematics b) Geography-Biology c) Mathematics-Sanskrit d) Sanskrit-Biology

92. Which of the following book is placed at bottom?

a) Physics b) Biology c) Hindi

d) Cannot find e) None of these

93. What is the position of the book of History from the top?

a) Fifth b) Fourth c) Sixth

d) Seventh e) None of these

Directions (Q. 94-96) On the basis of the following information, answer the questions given below.

(i) Five persons lived in five houses out of six houses P, Q, R, S, T and U. All houses are in series from North to South. Main gate of each house was facing west.

(ii) From North, Dhirendra’s house is the third from Sanjay’s house

(iii) In North, Manoj’s house is at as much distance from Vijay’s house as in South, Sanjay’s house is at from Dhirendra’s house.

(iv) In South, Kunal’s house is just aftre Vinay’s house. 94. Which of the following lived at last in South?

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d) Sanjay e) None of these 95. Which house was empty?

a) P b) Q c) R

d) S or T e) None of these

96. Which of the following statement was not necessary?

a) IV b) III c) II

d) I e) None of these

Directions (Q. 97-101) these questions are based on the following information. Study it carefully to answer the questions.

Seven officers L, M, N, P, Q, R and S work in three different shifts I, II and III with atleast two persons working I n each shift. Each one of them has a different weekly off from Monday to Sunday not necessarily in the same order.

M works in second shift only with R whose weekly off is on Friday. Q’s weekly off is on the next day of L’s weekly off and both of them work I n different shifts. P works in third shift and his weekly off is on Saturday. S has a weekly off on Monday and he works in first shift. The one who has a weekly off on Sunday works in first shift. L and P do not work in the same shift; L’s weekly off is on Tuesday.

97. Whose weekly off falls on Thursday?

a) L b) N c) Q

98. Which of the following combinations of shift, person and weekly off is definitely correct?

a) II, M, Sunday b) III, N, Sunday c) II, P, Sunday d) I, L, Tuesday e) None of these

99. Whose weekly off is on Sunday?

a) L b) M c) N

d) Q e) None of these

100. On which day is Q’s weekly off?

a) Tuesday b) Wednesday c) Thursday

d) Cannot be determined e) None of these 101. Which of the following group of officers work in shift I?

a) L, N, S b) L, S c) N, S

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102. In a certain code PARTICLE is written as USBQFMDJ, how is DOCUMENT written in that code?

a) VDEPUONF b) VDPENFUQ c) VDPENFOU

d) VDPEUOFN e) None of these

Directions (Q. 103-107): In these questions letters are to be coded by the digits and symbols as per the scheme and conditions given below. In each question a group of letters is given followed by four combinations of digits/symbols numbered a, b, c and d. The serial number of the combination which correctly represents the letter group is your answer. If none of the combinations is correct your answer is e) i.e. None of these.

Letters: K E T J H I F A L U B M O R P Digit/Symbol Code: 3 7 % $ 4 * 1 9 8 6 # @ 2 5 ©

Conditions

(i) If the first as well as the last letter is a vowel their codes are to be swapped.

(ii) If the first as well as the last letter is a consonant b oth are to be coded by $.

(iii) If the first letter is as vowel and the last letter is a consonant, t he vowel is to be coded by ^ and the consonant is to be added by --.

103. TARIFM

a) $95*1$ b) %95*1@ c)

%95*1%

d) @95*1@ e) None of the above

104. AJTKLU a) 9$%386 b) $$%38$ c) ^$%38— d) --$%38^ e) None of these 105. ORBETH a) –5#7%^ b) ^5 #7%-- c) 25#7%4

d) 45#7%2 e) None of the above

106. KEOMPA

--72@©^ b) ^72@©-- c)

372@©9

d) 972@©3 e) None of the above

107. IJLTPU

a) *$8%©6 b) *$8%©* c)

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d) 6$8%©* e) None of the above

Directions (Q. 108-112): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.

Seven friends F, H, J, K, L, M and P are working in different cities viz. Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Indore, Ahmedabad, and Hyderabad not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them has a different profession viz., C.A., Doctor, Professor, Engineer, Banker, Lawyer and Architect not necessarily in the same order. H is a Lawyer and he works in Jaipur. K is a Doctor and he does not work I n Chennai. The C.A. works in Mumbai. M works in Indore. Architect works in Hyderabad. L is a B anker and he works in Bengaluru. F is an Engineer. J does not work in Mumbai.

108. Who is an architect?

a) J b) P c) K

d) L e) None of these

109. Which of the following combinations of person, profession and city is definitely correct?

a) F-Engineer-Bengaluru b) K-Architect-Hyderabad c) L-Banker-Mumbai d) M-Professor-Jaipur e) None of the above

110. Who is working in Mumbai?

a) J b) K c) M

d) P e) None of these

111. Engineer works in which city?

a) Ahmedabad b) Chennai c) Mumbai

d) Bengaluru e) None of the above 112. Who is a professor?

a) P b) J c) M

d) M or J e) None of these

113. In a certain code, DOWN is written as 5139 and NEAR is written as 9486. How is RODE written in that code?

a) 6514 b) 6154 c) 9154

114. In a certain code ORGANISE is written as BHSPDRHM. How is DOUBTFUL written in that code?

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a) CVPEKTES b) CVPIMVGU c) ATNCKTES d) ATNCMVGU e) None of these

115. If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word with the first, the se cond, the fourth and the tenth letters of the word M A J E S T I C A L, which of the following will be the second letter of that word? If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as the an swer and if mor e than one such word can be made, give ‘Y ‘ is the answer

a) M b) E c) L

d) X e) Y

116. In a certain code language, ‘pit ne’ means ‘come here’, ‘ne ta ja’ means ‘come and go’ and ‘ja sa re’ means ‘you and me’. What does ‘ta’ means in that code language?

a) come b) and c) here

d) go e) Cannot be determined

117. ‘RT’ is related to ‘VX’ and ‘BD’ is related to ‘FH’, in the same way as ‘KM’ is related to

a) NP b) OR c) OQ

d) PR e) None of these

118. In a certain code GEAR is written as ‘5%9$’ and FIRM is written as ‘3@$7’. How is FAME written in that code?

a) 397% b) 3%97 c) 597%

Directions (Q. 119-122) In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

119. Statements: Some books are trees.

All trees are roads. All roads are wheels.

Conclusions: I. Some wheels are books.

II. Some roads are books. III. Some wheels are trees. a) Only I and II follow

b) Only II and III follow c) Only I and III follow d) All I, II, III follow e) None of the above

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120. Statements: All stones are rivers. All rivers are cars. Some cars are trains.

Conclusions: I. Some trains are stones

II. Some cars are stones. III. Some trains are rivers. a) None follows

b) Only I follows c) Only II follows d) Only III follows e) Only II and III follow

121. Statements: All desks are rooms.

Some rooms are halls. All halls are leaves.

Conclusions: I. Some leaves are desks.

II. Some halls are desks. III. Some leaves are rooms. a) None follows

b) Only I follows c) Only II follows d) Only III follows e) Only II and III follow

122. Statements: Some bags are plates.

Some plates are chairs. All chairs are tables.

Conclusions: I. Some tables are plates.

II. Some chairs are bags. III. No chair is bag. a) Only I follow

b) Only II follows c) Only III follows d) Only II and III follow e) None of these

Directions (Q. 123-128) In the following questions, the symbols $, %, @, © and * are used with the following meaning as illustrated below.

‘P % Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’. ‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.

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‘P © Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’. ‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’. 123. Statements: R @ K, K $ F, F * N

Conclusions: I. N © R

II. F @ R III. F © R a) Only I is true

b) Only either II or III is true c) Only I and either II or III are true d) Only III is true

e) None of the above

124. Statements: J © M, M * K, K % D Conclusions: I. J © D II. D * M III. K © J a) None is true b) Only I is true c) Only II is true d) Only III is true e) Only I and II are t rue

125. Statements: H * T, T $ B, B © R

Conclusions: I. R © H

II. B © H III. T * R a) Only I is true

b) Only I and II are true c) Only I and III are true d) Only II and III are true e) None of the above

126. Statements: R $ D, D @ N, N © F

Conclusions: I. F * D

II. F * R III. N % R a) Only I and II are true

b) Only I and III are true c) Only II and III are true d) All are true

e) None of the above

127. Statements: F $ B, B @ H, H % K

Conclusions: I. B % F

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III. K $ B a) Only I is true

b) Only II is true c) Only III is true d) Only I and III are true e) None of these 128. Statements: M % D, D * K, K $ N Conclusions: I. K © M II. N © D III. M © N a) Only I is true b) Only II is true c) Only III is true d) Only I and II are true e) None of these

Directions (Q. 129-133) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven students of a college. Each of them has a favourite subject from Physics, Chemistry, English, Biology, History, Geography and Philosopy, not necessarily in the same order. Each of them also has a favourite sport from Football, Cricket, Hockey, Volleyball, Badminton, Table Tennis and Basketball, not necessarily in the same order.

R likes Philospy and his favourite sport is Hockey. The one who likes Football likes English. T’s favourite sport is not badminton or Table Tennis. V does not like either History or Bilogy. The one whose favourite sport is Basketball does not like Physics. W likes Chemistry and his favourite sport is Volleball. S likes Geography. Q’s favourite sport is Badminton. V does not like English and his favourite sport is not Basketball. P’s favourite sport is Cricket. The one whose favourite sport is Badminton does not like Biology.

129. Who likes History?

a) P b) R c) Q

d) V e) Data inadequate

130. Whose favourite sport is Basketball?

a) S b) W c) Q

d) Data inadequate e) None of these 131. Which subject does T like?

a) Biology b) Physics c) Chemistry

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132. What is Q’s favourite sport?

a) Cricket b) Table Tennis c) Football

d) Badminton e) None of these 133. Which subject does P like?

a) History b) Biology c) Chemistry

134. ‘Mustard’ is related to ‘seed’ in the same way as ‘Carrot’ is related to

a) Fruit b) Stem c) Flower

d) Root e) None of these

135. How many meaningful English words can be formed made with the letters ESTR using each letter only once in each word?

a) None b) One c) Two

d) Three e) More than three

136. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

a) Cup b) Jug c) Tumbler

d) Plate e) Pitcher

a) Copper b) Mercury c) Iron

d) Aluminium e) Zinc

138. ‘FI’ is related to ‘LO’ in the same way as ‘PS’ in related to

a) VY b) VZ c) WZ

d) UX e) None of these

a) 217 b) 143 c) 241

d) 157 e) 181

140. ‘Gram’ is related to ‘Mass’ in the same way as ‘Centimetre’ is related to

a) Area b) Volume c) Length

d) Sound e) Energy

a) 12 b) 28 c) 52

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142. If ‘white’ means ‘black’, ‘black’ means ‘red’, ‘red’ means ‘blue’. ‘blue’ means ‘yellow’ and ‘yellow’ means ‘grey’ then which of the following represents the colour of clear sky?

a) Blue b) Red c) Yellow

d) Can’t be determined e) None of these

143. In a certain code, MODEL is written as ‘513#2’ and DEAR is written as ‘3#%8’. How is LOAD written in that code?

a) 21%3 b) 23%1 c) 25%3

d) 21#3 e) None of these

P, Q, R, S, T and M are six students of a school, one each studies in Class I-VI. Each of them has a favourite colour from red, black, blue, yellow, pink and green, not necessarily in the same order.

Q likes black and does not study in Class IV or V. The one who studies in Class IV does not like green. P studies in Class II. M likes blue and does not study in Class IV. The one who likes yellow studies in Class VI. S likes pink and studies in Class I. R do not study in Class VI.

144. In which class does R study?

a) V b) III c) IV

d) Data inadequate e) None of these 145. Which colour does R like?

a) Black b) Yellow c) Green

d) Blue e) None of these

146. Which colour does P like?

a) Green b) Yellow c) Red

d) Data inadequate e) None of these 147. Which of the following combinations is correct?

a) P-II-Yellow b) Q-III-Green c) S-I-Black d) T-V-Yellow e) None of these

148. In which class does M study?

a) IV b) III c) II

d) V e) None of these

149. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters MASTE using each letter only once in each word?

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a) 78 b) 48 c) 72

d) 54 e) 42

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven students of a school. Each of them studies in different standard from standard IV to standard X not necessarily in the same order. Each of them has favourite subject from English, Science, History, Geography, Mathematics, Hindi and Sanskrit not necessarily in the same order.

Q studies in VII standard and does not like either Mathematics or Geography. R likes English and does not study either in V or in IX. T studies in VIII standard and likes Hindi. One who likes Science studies in X standard? S studies in IV standard. W likes Sanskrit. P does not study In X standard. One who likes Geography studies in V standard.

151. In which standard does W study?

a) VII b) IX c) X

d) Data inadequate e) None of these 152. Which subject does P like?

a) Geography b) Mathematics c) English

d) History e) None of these

153. Which subject does S like?

a) History b) Geography c) Mathematics

d) Data inadequate e) None of these 154. In which standard does P study?

a) IV b) VII c) IX

d) X e) None of these

155. Which of the following combination of student standard subject is correct? a) T-VIII-Mathematics

b) W-VII-Sanskrit c) Q-VII-Geography d) V-X-Science e) None of these

Directions (Q. 156-160) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below

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(i) A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are 8 students each having a different height. (ii) D is shorter than A but taller than G.

(iii) E is taller than H but shorter than C. (iv) B is shorter than D but taller than F. (v) C is shorter than G.

(vi) G is not as tall as F.

156. Which of the following is definitely false? a) G is shorter than F

b) C is shorter than F c) F is taller than C d) B is taller than E e) All are true

157. If another student J who is taller than E but shorter than G is added to the group. Which of the following will be definitely true?

a) C and J are of same height b) G is shorter than D c) G is shorter than H d) G is taller than A e) None of the above

158. Which of the following will definitely be the third from top when 8 students are arranged in descending order of height?

a) B b) F c) G

d) B or G e) Cannot be determined 159. How many of them are definitely shorter than F?

a) Three b) Four c) Five

160. Which of the following is redundant to answer all the above questions? a) (ii) only

b) (ii) and (iii) only c) (iii) and (iv) only d) (ii) and (v) only

e) All are necessary to answer the above questions

161. A, B, C, D and E are five students in a class. D did not enter along with A or E but entered before C. B did not enter before C but entered along with A. E was n ot t h e last to enter. Which of the following I s definitely true? a) C entered the class only after D

b) D entered the class only after E c) B entered the class after A d) A entered the class after D e) None of the above

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162. Among A, B, C, D and E, each having a different weight, D is not lighter than B and E is not heavier than A. C is not the heaviest. Who among them is the lightest?

a) D b) B c) E

163. Each consonant in the word BISCUIT is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet and each vowel is replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet and the letters so obtained are rearranged in alphabetical order, which of the following will be the 3rd from the left end after the rearrangement?

a) C b) D c) H

d) T e) None of these

164. In a certain code DONE is written as ‘5139’ and SEAL is written as ‘8942’. How is LOAD written in that code?

a) 2415 b) 2145 c) 2945

a) 215 b) 143 c) 247

d) 91 e) 65

a) Gold b) Nickel c) Platinum

d) Tungsten e) Diamond

167. Among P, Q, T, A and B each having a different h eight, T is taller than P and B but shorter than A and Q. P is not the shortest. Who among them is the tallest?

a) A b) Q c) P

d) P or B e) Data inadequate

168. How many meaningful English words can b e made with the letter RBAE using each letter only once in each word?

d) Three e) More than three

169. What should come next in the following letter series? H G F E D C B A G F E D C B A G F E D C B

a) E b) G c) F

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170. Mohan correctly remembers that his father’s birthday is before 20thJanuary but after 16th January whereas his sister correctly remembers that their father’s birthday is after 18th January but before 23rd January. On which date in January is definitely their father’s birthday?

a) 18th b) 19th c) 20th

171. If ‘P’ denotes ‘×’, ‘R’ denotes ‘+’, ‘M’ denotes ‘⎯’ and ‘W’ denotes ‘+’ then

20 R 5 W 12 M 3 P 4 =?

a) 4 b) 16 c) 28

172. If the positions of 2nd and 3rddigits within each number are interchanged, which of the following will be the sum of the first and 2nd digits of the 3rd highest number?

a) 16 b) 10 c) 9

173. Which of the following are the sum of the first and the third digits of the second lowest number?

a) 16 b) 10 c) 18

174. If the positions of the first and the second digits within each number are interchanged, which of the following will be the difference between the highest and the second highest number?

a) 203 b) 133 c) 385

d) 182 e) 144

175. If the positions of the first and the third digits within each number are interchanged, which of the following will be the sum of the second and third digits of the lowest number?

a) 8 b) 11 c) 15

There are six employees – A, B, C, D, E and F in a company. A is more experienced than two employees. D has more experience than employee C. D has less experience than employee F. E has less experience than D. E does not have the least experience. F is not the most experienced employee. The employee who is 2nd most experienced has an experience of 13 years. The employee who is second least experienced has an experience of five years.

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176. Who among the following may have an experience of 10 years?

a) E b) D c) A

d) Either A or D e) F

177. Who among the following is less experinced than only B?

a) F b) C c) D

d) A e) E

178. Who among the following is more experienced than only C?

a) A b) D c) E

d) F e) Cannot be determined

Seven persons – A, B, C, D, E, F and G – bought different watches viz., Rado, Omni, Fas Track, Seiko, Casio, Tissot and Titan on different days of the same week from Monday to Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order.

The watch of Omni Company was bought on Friday. F bought Titan watch on Tuesday. Onle one watch was bought between the watches Omni and Rado. B bought Tissot watch immediately after the person who bought Casio watch. Seiko watch was not bought after the Tissot watch. G bought watch immediately after B but before C and D. A does not buy the watch of Casio company. D does not buy the watch of Rado Company.

179. Who among the following bought Seiko watch?

a) D b) C c) E

d) A e) None of these

180. On which of the following days of the week D bought a watch?

a) Saturday b) Sunday c) Thursday

d) Friday e) None of these

181. Who among the following did buy Casio watch?

a) G b) E c) D

d) C e) None of these

182. Who among the following did buy Omni watch on Friday?

a) C b) D c) G

d) E e) None of these

183. Which of the following combinations of Day-Person-Watch is correct? a) Friday-A-Fast Track

b) Monday-E-Omni c) Wednesday-B-Casio d) Saturday-C-Tissot

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e) Sunday-C-Rado

184. Present ages of father and son are in the ratio of 5:1 respectively. Seven years later this ratio becomes 3:1. What is the son’s present age in years?

a) 8 b) 7 c) 6

185. From the given alternative words, select the word which can be formed using the letters of the given word: TRADITIONAL

a) NATION b) RADIO c) ANIMAL

d) DIRTY e) None of these

186. A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many sheep are left?

a) 9 b) 8 c) 7

187. Select the missing number from the given responses.

1 4 2 3 2 ?

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4

188. Town A and Town B were 600 km. apart. Joshua left town A for town B and travelled at an average speed of 65 km/h. At the same time, Menon left town B for town A. The two of them met 5 hours later. Find Menon’s average speed.

a) 55 km/h b) 60 km/h c) 65 km/h

d) 120 km/h e) None of these

189. In a certain code ALIVE is written as WFHBM. How is VALUE written in that code?

a) VFMWB b) VFKWB c) WBAVF

d) WBKVF e) None of these

190. The letters in the word DANGEROUS are changed in such a way that the consonants a rereplaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet and the vowels are replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet. Which of the following will be the 3rdletter from the left end of the new set of letters?

a) B b) M c) O

d) L e) None of these

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight persons working in three different departments viz. Operations, Sales and Finance of an organisation with at least two

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and not more three in any department. They are in three different scales viz. I, II and III with at least two in any one scale.

Both the employees in Operations departments are in Scale II. D works in Sales department and belongs to Scale I. A works in Finance departments and does not belong to Scale I. Two employees in Sales departments belong to one scale. F works with only H in one of the departments. C works with E in one of the departments. B does not work with either C or A in the same department. G does not belong to Scale III. E does not belong to Scale I.

191. Which of the following combinatins is correct? a) Operation-F-I

b) Operation-H-III c) Sales-B-II d) Finance-E-III e) All are correct

192. Which of the following groups of employees work in sales department?

a) DBE b) DBC c) DBG

d) Data inadequate e) None of these 193. H belongs to which scale?

a) I b) II c) III

d) Data inadequate e) None of these 194. G belongs to which scale?

a) II b) III c) I

d) I or II e) None of these

195. C belongs to which scale?

a) I b) II c) III d) I or II e) None of these Answers: 1. Option A 2. Option C 3. Option E 4. Option C 5. Option A 6. Option A 7. Option B 8. Option E 9. Option B 10. Option C 11. Option D

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12. Option A 13. Option D 14. Option C 15. Option C 16. Option C 17. Option D 18. Option A 19. Option A 20. Option C 21. Option B 22. Option D 23. Option A 24. Option E 25. Option E 26. Option D 27. Option C 28. Option C 29. Option B 30. Option C 31. Option A 32. Option D 33. Option A 34. Option B 35. Option C 36. Option B 37. Option A 38. Option E 39. Option C 40. Option B 41. Option E 42. Option A 43. Option C 44. Option A 45. Option A 46. Option C 47. Option B 48. Option C 49. Option D 50. Option A 51 Option A 52. Option B 53. Option D 54. Option E 55. Option C 56. Option B 57. Option C

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58. Option B 59. Option B 60. Option D 61. Option C 62. Option A 63. Option A 64. Option C 65. Option C 66. Option B 67. Option A 68. Option C 69. Option A 70. Option A 71. Option B 72. Option D 73. Option E 74. Option A 75. Option B 76. Option B 77. Option D 78. Option A 79. Option A 80. Option C 81. Option B 82. Option D 83. Option C 84. Option D 85. Option A 86. Option E 87. Option E 88. Option C 89. Option A 90. Option E 91. Option C 92. Option B 93. Option C 94. Option A 95. Option C 96. Option C 97. Option E 98. Option D 99. Option C 10. Option B 101. Option A 102. Option D 103. Option A

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104. Option E 105. Option B 106. Option C 107. Option D 108. Option A 109. Option E 110. Option D 111. Option B 112. Option C 113. Option B 114. Option A 115. Option E 116. Option D 117. Option C 118. Option A 119. Optoin D 120. Option C

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121. Option D

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123. Option C

R= K, K ≤ F, F < N R = K ≤ F < N

N > R, F > R, F = R

So, either II or III and I are true. 124. Option A

J > M, M < K, K ≥ D J > M < K ≥ D

The relations cannot made between J and D, D and M and K and J. So none is true. 125. Option E H < T, T ≤ B, B > R H < T ≤ B > R or B > H Only II is true. 126. Option B R ≤ D, D = N, N > F R ≤ D = N > F F < D and N ≥ R Only I and III are true. 127. Option A

F ≤ B, B = H, H ≥ K F ≤ B = H ≥ K

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Only I is true. 128. Option B M ≥ D, D < K, K ≤ N M ≥ D < K ≤ N Only II is true. Student P Q R S T V W

Sports Cricket Badmint

on Hocke y Basket ball Footbal l Table Tennis Volleyba ll

Subject Bilogy History Philos

ophy Geogra phy English Physic s Chemistr y 129. Option D 130. Option A 131. Option E 132. Option D 133. Option B 134. Option D

As ‘mustard’ is related to ‘seed’ in the same way ‘carrot’ is related to ‘root’. 135. Option B

Meaningful word is REST. 136. Option D

‘Plate’ is normally used for solid matters. 137. Option B

Except ‘mercury’ all are available in solid form at general or normal temperature.

138. Option A

As, F + 6 L Similarly P + 6 V

I + 6 O S + 6 Y

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140. Option C

As ‘gram’ is related to ‘mass’ in the same way ` ‘centimetre’ is related to ‘length’.

141. Option B

28 is divisible by 7. 142. Option C

Colour of clear sky is blue and according to question, blue means yellow so the colour of clear sky will be ‘yellow’.

143. Option A M O D E L 5 1 3 # 2 D E A R 3 # % 8 L O A D 2 1 % 3

Student Class Favaourite colour

P II Green Q III Black R IV Red S I Pink T VI Yellow M V Blue 144. Option C 145. Option E 146. Option A 147. Option E 148. Option D 149. Option E

Meaningful words = MATES, STEAM, TAMES and TEAMS 150. Option A

Except 78, if subtract 1 all other give a prime number.

Student Class Favourite Subject

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Q VII History R VI English S IV Mathematics T VIII Hindi V X Science W IX Sanskrit 151. Option B 152. Option A 153. Option C 154. Option E 155. Option D

(i) There are 8 students A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H (ii) A > D > G

(iii) C > E > H (iv) D > B > F (v) G > C (vi) F > G From all statements.

A > D > B > F > G > C > E > H 156. Option E

All are true. 157. Option B

A > D > B > F > G > C > E > H 158. Option A

A > D > B > F > G > C > E > H 159. Option B

G, C, E and H is smaller than F. 160. Option E

All statements are necessary. 161. Option D 162. Option D 163. Option C B I S C U I T According to question, C H T D T H U

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According to alphabet,

C D H H T T U

So, H is 3rdfrom left. 164. Option B D O N E 5 1 3 9 S E A L 8 9 4 2 So, L O A D 2 1 4 5 165. Option A

Apart from 215 all are divisible by 13.

143 = 13 × 11; 247 = 13 × 19; 91 = 13 × 7; 65 = 13 × 5 215 = 5 × 43

166. Option E 167. Option E 168. Option C

Meaningful words are BEAR, BARE 169. Option C

HGFEDCBA, GFEDCBA, GFEDCB, FEDCB Next letter series = F

170. Option B

According to Mohan, birthday may be 17, 18 or 19thJanuary. According to Mohan’s sister, birthday may be at 19, 20, 21 or 22th Jan. So common day = 19 Jan. 171. Option A 20 R 5 W 12 M 3 P 4 = ? ? = 20 ÷ 5 + 12⎯3 × 4 ? = 4 + 12⎯12 = 4 172. Option A 832⟶ 823 719⟶ 791 654⟶ 645 967⟶ 976

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481⟶ 418

3rdlargest number is 791 and the sum of their first and second digit = 7 + 9 = 16

173. Option B

Second smallest number is 654. So, the sum of the first and the third digit is 6 + 4 = 10

174. Option E

After interchanging first and second digit of number. 832⟶ 382 719⟶ 179 654⟶ 564 967⟶ 697 481⟶ 841 Highest number = 841 Second highest number = 697

Difference between them = 841⎯697 = 144 175. Option D

Interchanging the first and third digit of number 832⟶ 238 719⟶ 917 654⟶ 456 967⟶ 769 481⟶ 184 Smallest number = 184

So, the sum of second and third digit = 8 + 4 = 12 176. Option D

F is not the most experienced. So, B is the most experienced. Now, B > F > D > A > E > C

177. Option A

F has less experience than only B. 178. Option C

E is more experienced than only C.

Day Person Watch

Monday A Seiko

Tuesday F Titan

Wednesday E Casio

Thursday B Tissot

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Saturday D Fast Track

Sunday C Rado

179. Option D

A bought Seiko watch on Monday. 180. Option A

D bought Fast Track watch on Saturday. 181. Option B

E bought Casio watch on Wednesday. 182. Option C

G bought Omni watch on Friday. 183. Option E

The combination Sunday-C-Rado is correct. 184. Option B

Suppose the present age of son be x years

Therefore, the present age o f father would b e 5x years According to question, 5x + 7 / x + 7 = 3/1 5x + 7 = 3x + 21 5x⎯3x = 21 ⎯7 2x = 14 X = 7 185. Option B

There is only one ‘N’ in the given word. Therefore, the word NATION cannot be formed. There is no ‘M’ letter in the given word. Therefore, the word ANIMAL cannot be formed. There is no ‘Y’ letter in the given word. Therefore, the word DIRTY cannot be formed.

186. Option A

There are 17 sheep. All but nine died. It means 9 sheep are left. 187. Option D 1 + 3 = 4 4⎯2 = 2 2 + 1 = 3 3⎯1 = 2 2 + 3 = 5 188. Option A

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Joshua covered a distance of 65 × 5 = 325 km. in 5 hours

Menon has to cover a distance of (600⎯325) = 275 km. in 5 hours Speed of Menon = 275/5 = 55 kmph

189. Option B 190. Option B

Person Department Scale

A Finance III B Sales III C Finance III D Sales I E Finance III F Operations II G Sales I H Operations II 191. Option D

The combination Finance-E-III is correct. 192. Option C

B, D and G work in Sales department. 193. Option B

H belongs to scale II 194. Option C

G belongs to Scale I 195. Option C

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Chapter-2

Input-Output

Directions (Q. 1-5) A word can and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. Input : go now 52 38 17 for again 65

Step I: 65 go now 52 38 17 for again Step II: 65 again go now 52 38 17 for Step III: 65 again 52 go now 38 17 for Step IV: 65 again 52 for go now 38 17 Step V: 65 again 52 for 38 go now 17 Step VI: 65 again 52 for 38 go 17 now

Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.

Input: show 51 36 new far 81 46 goal

1. Which of the following steps will be the last but one?

a) VII b) VIII c) VI

d) V e) None of these

Input: home turf 39 24 86 44 roll over

2. Which of the following steps will be the last?

a) X b) IX c) VIII

d) VII e) None of these

Step II of an input is: 76 ask 12 32 begin over join 42.

3. How many more steps will be required to complete the rearrangement?

a) Four b) Five c) Six

d) Three e) None of these

Step IV of an input is: 58 box 47 dew 15 21 town pot. 4. Which of the following steps will be the last?

a) VII b) VI c) VIII

d) IX e) None of these