Digi Notes 06-01-2016 Reasoning New
Digi Notes 06-01-2016 Reasoning New
Digi Notes 06-01-2016 Reasoning New
Puzzles are problems intentionally designed to stimulate the brain into devising
solution, you would be given a series of interlinked information or data and you
would be expected to have the ability to analyse the data in order to reach certain
conclusions
The ability to make a relevant tabular structure for using the clues seamlessly and
to perceive what indirect clues are talking about and how to use them and the
ability to convert clues written in language form into visual clues so that you do not
need to read the text again and again,
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Q.1-7.Eight friends P,Q,R,S,T,V,W and Y are sitting around a square table in such
a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square while four sit in the
middle of each of the four sides. The ones who sit at the four corners faces the
centre while those who sit in the middle of the sides face outside. S sits third to
the right of P. P faces the centre. Y is not an immediate neighbour of P or S. T sits
third to the right of R. R does not sit in the middle of any of the sides and also R
is not an immediate neighbour of Y. Only one person sits between P and V. Q is
not an immediate neighbour of V.
Q.1. If all the persons are made to sit in alphabetical order in clockwise direction,
starting from P, the positions of how many (excluding P) will remain unchanged
as compared to their original seating positions?
A) None
B) One
C) Two
D) Three
E) Four
Q.2. which of the following is true regarding Y?
A) T is not immediate neighbour of Y
B) Y sits in the middle of one of the sides
C) R sits second to left of Y
D) P and V are immediate neighbours of Y
E) None is true
Q.3. Who amongst the following sits fourth to the left of V?
A) Y
B) R
C) T
D) Q
E) W
Q.4. what is the position of Q with respect to R?
A) Immediately to the left
B) Second to the left
C) Third to the left
D) Third to the right
E) Immediately to the right
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Q.5. 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 the group?
A) T
B) W
C) V
D) S
E) Q
Q.6. Who sits third to the right of W?
A) R
B) S
C) Q
D) Y
E) cannot be determined
Q.7. How many people sit between T and Q?
A) None
B) One
C) Two
D) Three
E) Four
1. (A)
2. (C)
3. (A)
4. (E)
5. (C)
6. (D)
7. (B)
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Q.8-12.Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that
follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
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Q.11. which of the following clues is not necessary to answer question nos. 146,
147 and 148?
(1) 8
(2) 4
(3) 7
(4) All are necessary
Q.12. what is the profession of B?
(1) Lawyer
(2) Teacher
(3) Author
(4) None of these
Answer:
Q.8. (1)
Q.9. (4)
Q.10. (1)
Q.11. (4)
Q.12. (3)
(Doctor) A+
(Teacher) E-
(Author) B+
(Engineer) D-
(Student) F+
(Lawyer) C-
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Q.13-17. Read the following information and answer the questions that follows:
P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are seven teachers. W, X, Y and Z are four coaching
institutes. These coaching institutes are operated by the group of seven teachers
mentioned above. The institutes open only on Sunday. At least one teacher visit
the coaching institutes on each Sunday but no institute is visited by more than
two teachers. Each teacher teaches different subjects. Subjects are Hindi,
English, Maths, History, Biology, Physics and Sanskrit. The name of the subjects
are not necessarily in the same order as the name of the teachers.
Now study some additional clues:
1. U, who teaches Sanskrit, visit alone the institute X.
2. The one who teaches maths does not visit the institute W. Also, he never
visits with T or V.
3. S visit the institute Z with the person who teaches physics.
4. Q visits the institute Y. He does not trach Maths.
5. R visits the institute Y. v does not teach physics.
6. The one who teaches maths visits the institute with the person who
teaches the Hindi.
7. The one who teaches history visits the institute Z.
8. P teaches neither English nor physics. All the persons follow the same
routine on every Sunday.
Q.13. P visits which of the following institutes?
(1) Cant say
(2) W
(3) X
(4) Y
(5) None of these
Q.14. Who among the following teaches History?
(1) S
(2) Q
(3) T
(4) Cant say
(5) None of these
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Answer:
Q.13. (2)
Q.14. (1)
Q.15. (1)
Q.16. (4)
Q.17. (4)
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Institute
W
X
Y
Z
Teacher
V (English), P (Biology)
U (Sanskrit)
Q (Hindi), R (Maths)
S (History), T (Physics)
Answer:
Q.18. (3)
Q.19. (5)
Q.20. (1)
Q.21. (4)
Q.22. (2)
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Floor Number
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Persons
O
S
Q
N
M
R
P
Cartoon Character
Flinstone
Tweety
Chipmunk
Popeye
Scooby Doo
Simpson
Jetson
Q.23-26. During TVS Cup cricket match four friends A, B, C and D gathered at Ds
residence to watch a one day match on TV in which India was playing against
Australia. Each friends belongs to different state- E, F, G or H and has different
occupations- P, Q, R and S. Now study some more clues.
1. Two of Ds friends were A and the person whose occupation was Q.
2. B, who does not belongs to the state G, is an Australian Fan.
3. As occupation is not P. All the persons are of the same sex.
4. The person who belongs to state H left for his home in disappointment. Soon
after the Indian openers were dismissed for a duck in the first over.
5. C and the person whose home state is E were in festive mood during the 7 th
over when Australia lost their last wicket on 250, chasing a huge total of 300.
6. The person whose occupation is R watched the match till the last ball and was
the last person to go home.
7. The person whose home state is G is not associated with occupation Q.
Q.23. Who among the following persons is associated with Q?
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
Q.24. which of the following statement is not true about the person who is an
Australian fan?
1. The person has intimacy with A, C and D.
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2. His three friend are C, and the person who belongs to state G, and the
person whose occupation is P.
3. His home state is F.
4. His friends occupation are R, P and S.
Q.25. which of the following represents the occupations of the three Indian fans?
1. R, P and Q
2. P, Q and S
3. R, P and S
4. None of these
Q.26. which of the following shows the correct combinations?
1. C, E, R
2. D, H, P
3. A, F, S
4. None of these
Answer:
Q.23. (2)
Q.24. (2)
Q.25. (3)
Q.26. (4)
S. NO
1.
2.
3.
4.
Person
C
D
A
B
State
G
E
H
F
Occupation
R
P
S
Q
Fan
Indian
Indian
Indian
Australian
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Q.27-31. Read the following information and answer the question that follows:
1. There are six neighbours Mr Sharma, Mr Tendulkar, Mr Dravid, Mr Prasad, Mr
Johar and Mr Aiyar- living in a triple storey building with six flats.
2. Those who have four or more children occupy the top floor.
3. The lawyer has a kelvinator fridge while the CA has Godrej.
4. The ground floor occupants have a cheerful disposition.
5. Mr Tendulkar, a cricketer, has three children.
6. Mr Dravid, an unmarried man, occupies the middle floor.
7. Mr Johar and Mr Aiyar have gloomy dispositions while the rest are cheerful.
8. Mr Prasad, a middle floor occupant, owns a Voltas fridge.
9. One of the neighbours having two children each, owns a Videocon fridge and is
a journalist.
10. Two neighbours, of whom one is a teacher, do not won a fridge.
11. The teacher does not stay on the top floor.
Q.27. which fridge does Mr Dravid own?
1. Godrej
2. Kelvinator
3. Godrej or kelivinator
4. No fridge
5. None of these
Answer:
Q.27. 4
Q.28. 4
Q.29. 2
Q.30. 3
Q.31. 3
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Neighbours
S
T
D
P
J
A
No. of
children
2
3
0
2
3+
3+
Profession
Floor
Fridge
Disposition
Journ
Cri
Teach
Law or CA
Law or CA
Ground
Ground
Middle
Middle
Top
Top
Videocon
None
None
Voltas
Kel/God
Kel/God
Cheer
Cheer
Cheer
Cheer
Gloomy
Gloomy
Q.32-39 Seven persons Himanshu, Lakhan, Rakesh, Ravi, Rajeev, Rajesh, and Raja
work in three different departments Finance, Marketing, Human resource
department of a company. Their weekly off day are on the different days of week
from Monday to Sunday but not on same day. Not more than three persons work in
the same department. Person who works in marketing department, does not have
Thursday as off day. Lakhan works with only one person, whose off day is
Saturday, but not in human resource department.
Person whose off day is Tuesday, works in finance department. Rajeshs off day,
who works in human resource department, is just before Rakeshs off day but not
on Monday and Saturday. Himanshu, whose off day is on Friday, works in
marketing department. Rajeev, who works in human resource department, does
not have Sunday as off day. Ravi works in marketing department but does not have
Saturday as off day.
Q.32. In which department does Rakesh work?
(1) Finance
(2) Marketing
(3) Human Resource
(4) Either 2 or 3
(5)Cant be determined
Q.33. Which day is Lakhans off day?
(1)Monday
(2)Tuesday
(3)Wednesday
(4)Thursday
(5)Friday
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Q.34. Which among the following is the correct combination about Rajas
department and off day?
(1) Marketing-Sunday
(2) Finance-Tuesday
(3)Human Resource-Monday
(4) Finance-Saturday
(5) Marketing-Tuesday
Q.35. Which among the following is Ravis off day?
(1)Wednesday
(2)Tuesday
(3)Sunday
(4)Cant be determined
(5) Friday
Q.37. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group.
Which one of the following does not belong to the group?
(1) Rajeev
(2) Rajesh
(3) Raja
(4) Lakhan
(5) Rakesh
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Answers:
Q.32. (3)
Q.33. (2)
Q.34. (4)
Q.35. (3)
Q.36. (4)
Q.37. (4)
Q.38. (1)
Q.39. (4)
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Q.40-44. Five persons Feroz, Naina, Prateek, Monika and Zack are working in five
different companies X, K, L, H and F and they all have different period of work
experience i.e. 14, 16, 17, 19 and 20 years thats why they earn different salaries i.e.
Rs 10,000, Rs 14,000 Rs 17,000, Rs 20,000 and Rs 24,000 per month. These all
information are not necessarily in same order.
Person who has work experience of 19 years, earns highest salary but does not
work in X and K companies. Zack does not work in H and F companies and he does
not have work experience of 20 years. The salary of Monika is less than Rs 17,000
per month. The person who has work experience of 16 years, earns Rs 20,000 per
month.
Feroz earns Rs 14000 per month but does not work in K and H companies. Naina
works in X company and earns more than Rs 17,000 per month. Person who has
work experience of 17 years works in F Company. The person who has work
experience of 20 years, earns at least Rs 17,000 per month.
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Q.42. If the name of the person represents its salary then which of the following
is true?
(1) Feroz + Naina = Prateek
(2) Prateek + Monika = Naina
(3) Monika + Zoro = Naina
(4) Feroz + Monika = Zoro
(5) Naina + Prateek = Zoro
Answer:
Q.40. (5)
Q.41. (4)
Q.42. (4)
Q.43. (1)
Q.44. (1)
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Q.45-49.A building has seven floors numbered one to seven, in such a way that
the ground floor is numbered one; the floor above it is numbered two and so on
such that the topmost floor numbered seven. Each person out of seven people i.e.
Ravi, Sana, Toni, Uma, Vicky, Warsi and Zack lives on each floor. Each of them
likes different movies i.e. Dilwale, Fan, Raees, Devdas, Darr, Swadesh and Paheli
but not necessary in the same order.
The one who likes Fan movie lives on topmost floor. Ravi lives on fourth floor and
likes Swadesh movie. Vicky lives on the floor immediately below Warsis floor. The
one who lives on sixth floor likes Raees movie. Warsi does not live on the second
or seventh floor.
There are three people between the persons who like Darr and Raees movies. Toni
does not live on an odd numbered floor. Sana does not live on floor immediately
above or below Tonis floor. Ravi does not likes Paheli movie. The person who likes
Paheli movie is not the neighbour of Vicky. Uma does not live on the topmost floor.
Zack does not live on any floor below Vickys floor. The one who likes Dilwale
movie does not live on floor immediately above Vicky's floor.
Q.45. Who likes Dilwale movie?
(1) Uma
(2) Sana
(3) Vicky
(4) Toni
(5) Zack
Q.46. Who lives immediately above Ravi's floor?
(1) Zack
(2) Toni
(3) Sana
(4) Vicky
(5) Uma
Q.47. 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?
(1) Toni- Paheli
(2) Vicky- Darr
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Q.48. Who lives between the persons who likes Devdas and Dilwale movies?
(1) The one who likes darr movie.
(2) The one who lives on second floor.
(3) The one who is neighbour of Uma.
(4) Either 1 or 2 is true.
(5) Both 1 and 2 are true.
Q.49. How many people live between the persons who like Raees and Devdas
movies?
(1) One
(2) Two
(3) Three
(4) Four
(5) None
Answer:
Q.45. (2)
Q. 46. (5)
Q. 47. (2)
Q. 48. (5)
Q.49. (2)
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Answer:
Q.50. (2)
Q.51. (4)
Q.52. (3)
Q.53. (1)
Q.54. (3)
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Q.55-60. Six friends Ajay, Bablu, Chandu, Dada, Varun and Uman have three types
of cycles - Hercules, Trek and Hero and they like three school bag of different
colours - Brown, Green and Red. Each of them has a cycle and a bag. Only two of
them have the same type of cycles and only two of them like same colour's bag.
Ajay and Uman do not like Hercules cycle and red colour's bag. Chandu and Dada
do not like Trek cycle and green colour's bag. Ajay and Bablu do not like Trek cycle.
Bablu does not like Hero cycle and red colour's bag and Chandu does not like
Hercules cycle and red colour's bag. The one who has Trek cycle, does not like
brown colour's bag. Varun and Bablu do not like green colour's bag.
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Answer:
Q.55. (4)
Q.56. (2)
Q.57. (4)
Q.58. (3)
Q.59. (5)
Q.60. (4)
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Q.63. which of the following pairs correctly represents the pair of friends?
(I) E L
(II) A N
(III) C O
(1) Only II and III
(2) Only I and III
(3) Only I and II
(4) All I, II and III
(5) None of these
Q.64.Which of the following pairs of specialisations is not properly matched with
friends specialisations?
(I) J R
(II) G T
(III) I P
(1) Only I and II
(2) Only III
(3) Only II and III
(4) Only I
(5) None of these
Q.65.Which of the following represents the group of doctors having a female as a
friend?
(1) C, A and E
(2) C, A and B
(3) A, E and D
(4) C, E and B
(5) None of these
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Answer:
Q.61. (4)
Q.62. (1)
Q.63. (4)
Q.64. (2)
Q.65. (1)
S. No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Doctor
C
A
E
B
D
Specialisation
H
F
I
G
J
Executive
O (-)
N (-)
L (-)
K (+)
M (+)
Specialisation
Q
P
S
T
R
Q.66-70. P, Q, R, S, T, U, AND V are seven persons who travel to office every day
in a particular train which stops at five stations Andheri, Bandra, Vile-Parle,
Elphinston and Chinchpokli respectively after it leaves the base stations.
1. Three among them get in the train at the base station.
2. S gets down at the station next to the station at which U gets down.
3. Q does not get down either with P or T.
4. V alone gets in at Vile-Parle and gets down with R after having passed one
station.
5. P travels between only two consecutive stations and gets down at Chinchpokli.
6. None of them gets in Bandra.
7. R gets in with U but does not get in with either Q or S.
8. T gets in with two others and gets down alone after S.
9. Q and S work in the same office and they get down together at Vile-Parle.
10. None of them gets down at Andheri.
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Answers:
Q.66. (3)
Q.67. (4)
Q.68. (4)
Q.69. (3)
Q.70. (3)
STATIONS
Base Station
Andheri
Bandra
Vile-Parle
Elphinston
Chinchpokli
GETS IN
TRU/QS
QS/RU
V
P
-
GETS DOWN
U
QS
T
VRP
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