LOGICAL / ANALYTICAL REASONING

DATA INTERPRETATION & DATA SUFFICIENCY

1. Five persons – Avinash, Bhoomika, Chirag, Daniel and Esha own five different cars – Alto, Santro, Zen, i10 and Swift. Neither Esha
nor Bhoomika own an Alto. Avinash and Daniel own Santro and Zen, in any order. Who owns the Alto?
1] Avinash 2] Bhoomika 3] Chirag 4] Daniel

2. An Indian, an American, an Australian, a Jamaican and a European are seated in a row. The Indian do not wish to sit immediately
next to the European or the Jamaican. The European and the Jamaican sit immediately next to each other. The Australian is at the
extreme right end of the row. The Indian is immediately to the left of the Australian. Who is seated in the middle of the row?
1] Jamaican 2] Indian 3] European 4] American

3. Five dogs Alsatian, Bulldog, Cocker Spaniel, German Shepherd and Pomeranian are in a row. Cocker Spaniel sits to the immediate
right of Pomeranian. If Alsatian and Bulldog have only two dogs sitting between them, which of the following must be true?
1] Alsatian is at an extreme end of the row.
2] Bulldog is sitting beside Alsatian.
3] Pomeranian or Cocker Spaniel must be at one extreme end of the row.
4] German Shepherd must be at one of the ends of the row.

4. Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H go on a picnic in two batches of four each. Neither A and C nor D and F go together. B and H
have to go together. If B and C go in one batch, then which of the following could be in the other batch?
1] A, D, F and G 2] A, D, E and G 3] A, D, E and F 4] A, C, E and G

5. Kavita, Archana, Mohit, Jairam, Seema and Manish are six students, out of whom three are to be selected for a quiz competition. If
Archana is selected, then neither Jairam nor Kavita is selected. If Seema is selected, then Kavita must be selected, but Manish cannot
be selected. If Archana is selected, then who must be selected?
1] Seema and Mohit 2] Kavita and Manish 3] Mohit and Manish 4] Either option 1 or option 3

6. Five friends Vijay, Ganga, Astha, Sanjeev and Tanya sit around a table. Tanya is to the right of Vijay. Ganga and Astha are on either
sides of Sanjeev. Who sits between Astha and Tanya, assuming that there is only one person between them?
1] Ganga 2] Vijay 3] Sanjeev 4] Ganga or Sanjeev

7. In a city, there are two types of people – Honesties and Swindlers. Honesties always speak the truth and Swindlers always speak lies.
One day, I met three people A, B and C of the city, and asked them ‘Who among you is the truth teller?’ The following were their
replies:
A: I am not a Swindler. B: C is not a Swindler. C: B is Honesty.
If it was known that exactly one person among the three was Honesty and the other two were Swindlers, then who among them must
be the Honesty?
1] A 2] B 3] C 4] Indeterminate

8. One day, I met three persons A, B and C, each of whom belonged to a different tribe amongst Honesters, Swindlers and Ambivators.
It is also known that the Honesters always speak the truth, the Swindlers always speak lies and the Ambivators alternate between the
truth and lies, in any order. When they are asked to introduce themselves, each of them gave two replies as given below.
A: B is the Swindler. I am the Honester. B: I am not the Swindler. C is the Honester.
C: A is not the Honester. I am not the Swindler.
Who among the three persons is a Swindler?
1] A 2] B 3] C 4] Indeterminate

9. Police arrested three persons - A, B and C - on suspicion, in a theft case. It was found that one among these three was the thief.
During the interrogation, their replies were as follows:
A: I am not the thief. Either B or C is the thief. B: I am not the thief. A is the thief.
C: I am not the thief. B is the thief.
If exactly one person among them always speaks the truth, another always speaks lies and the third alternates between the truth and
lies, in any order, then who is the thief?
1] A 2] C 3] B 4] Indeterminate
 Directions for question 10: The following question has a main statement followed by four statements labelled A, B, C and D. Choose
the ordered pair of statements where the first statement implies the second, and the two statements are logically consistent with the
main statement.

10. Either Madan is not intelligent, or he secures first rank.

A. Madan secures first rank. B. Madan is not intelligent.
C. Madan does not secure first rank. D. Madan is intelligent.
1] CB only 2] DA only 3] AB only 4] CB and DA

Directions for question 11: The following question has a main statement followed by four statements labelled A, B, C and D. Choose
the ordered pair of statements where the first statement implies the second, and the two statements are logically consistent with the
main statement.

11. If I eat an apple, then I do not fall sick.

A. I ate an apple. B. I did not fall sick. C. I fell sick. D. I did not eat an apple.
1] AB only 2] DC only 3] CD only 4] AB and CD

12. Question: Y is an outdoor game. Does X like it?

Statement A: X is a sportsman.
Statement B: There is no sportsman who does not like all outdoor games.
Which of the following is true about the sufficiency of the statements to answer the question given above?
1] Statement A alone is sufficient to answer the question, but not statement B alone.
2] Statement B alone is sufficient to answer the question, but not statement A alone.
3] Both the statements A and B together are needed to answer the question but neither statement alone is sufficient.
4] Neither statement A nor statement B is sufficient to answer the question.

13. Question: A told B, “I will marry you if you’ll get me an ice-cream”. Did A marry B?
Statement A: B gave A, a chocolate.
Statement B: All chocolates are ice-creams.
Which of the following is true about the sufficiency of the statements to answer the question given above?
1] Statement A alone is sufficient to answer the question, but not statement B alone.
2] Statement B alone is sufficient to answer the question, but not statement A alone.
3] Both the statements A and B together are needed to answer the question but neither statement alone is sufficient.
4] Neither statement A nor statement B is sufficient to answer the question.

14. Question: Did X of our town play that football?

Statement A: All ladies of our town play football.
Statement B: Y is the captain of that football team and he is the friend of X.
Which of the following is true about the sufficiency of the statements to answer the question given above?
1] Statement A alone is sufficient to answer the question, but not statement B alone.
2] Statement B alone is sufficient to answer the question, but not statement A alone.
3] Both the statements A and B together are needed to answer the question but neither statement alone is sufficient.
4] Neither statement A nor statement B is sufficient to answer the question.

15. Question: Is Ram’s height greater than 190 cm?

Statement A: If Ram grows 10 cm more his height will be more than 190 cm.
Statement B: If Ram grows 5 cm more his height will be less than 190 cm.
Which of the following is true about the sufficiency of the statements to answer the question given above?
1] Statement A alone is sufficient to answer the question, but not statement B alone.
2] Statement B alone is sufficient to answer the question, but not statement A alone.
3] Both the statements A and B together are needed to answer the question but neither statement alone is sufficient.
4] Neither statement A nor statement B is sufficient to answer the question.

16. The calendar for year 2012 is the same as that of

1] 1984 2] 2004 3] 1988 4] 1987
17. A person travels a distance of 12 m northwards and then travels a distance of 5 m westwards, then a distance of 3 m leftwards and
again 6 m leftwards and finally travels 15 m towards the south. What is the present horizontal distance from the place he had started?
Is he to the west or east of the starting point?
1] 7 m towards east 2] 1 m towards west 3] 7 m towards south 4] 1 m towards east

18. A person starts from his office and goes towards his house. To reach his house, he has to follow the following directions: Travel 5 km
towards north-east from the office followed by 5 km towards south-east; then travel 5 km towards south-west followed by 5 km towards
north-west. Approximately how far is the office from his house?
1] 5 m 2] 10 m 3] 0 m 4] 20 m

19. A’s brother’s mother’s husband is the only child of my grandmother’s husband, who happens to be Mr. X. How is A’s father related to
me?
1] Uncle 2] Grandfather 3] Father 4] Son

20. A meets B who is the father of a son C and a daughter D and had no other children. E is the mother of A and the daughter-in-law of
B. How is A related to B?
1] Uncle 2] Grandchild 3] Son 4] Nephew

21. In a certain code language if HARVARD is coded as IZTTDOH, then how will you code the word WHARTON?
1] XGCPWLR 2] XGEEPWL 3] XGCCWRL 4] XGCCRWL

22. I climbed 2 steps but then fell down 1 step. I again managed to climb 2 steps, but again fell down 1 step. This keeps on happening to
me until I reach the top of 10 steps. In how many attempts would I be able to climb 10 steps in total?
1] 10 2] 8 3] 9 4] 11

23. I did not purchase a tie from B, shoes from C and a jacket from A. However, I did purchase exactly 1 piece each of these three items
from these three stores A, B and C. From where did I purchase the jacket, if it is known that I did not purchase a pair of shoes from
A?
1] A 2] B 3] C 4] Indeterminate

24. Rachana said ‘While I was at the dog show, every dog that growled at me was a white poodle, and every white poodle I saw growled
at me’. Which one of the following can be properly inferred from Rachana’s statement?
1] There were no gray poodles at the dog show.
2] At the dog show, no gray dogs growled at Rachana.
3] All the white dogs that Rachana saw growled at her.
4] Rachana did not see any gray poodles at the dog show.

25. The general manager came to the office to attend a meeting at 15 minutes past 12 and he came 25 minutes before the manager who
in turn was late by 30 minutes to the meeting. At what time was the meeting supposed to start?
1] 12:00 2] 12:05 3] 12:10 4] 11:20

Directions for questions 26 and 27: Refer the data below to answer the following questions

The following are the details of different steps involved in constructing a fly-over in Bangalore. The total number of activities to be
completed is 12. Please note that in any month, one or more activities are in progress.

Other works/activities that

Duration
Sl. No. Work/Activity should be completed
(In Months)
before the work
1 M 2 -
2 J 1 -
3 K 1 J
4 O 2 M, J
5 F 4 M
6 H 6 O
7 N 3 J
8 B 4 F, H, X
9 D 1 S
 10 X 1 N
11 P 2 B
12 S 2 P

For example, the works that should be completed before the start of the work B are F, H and X.

26. What can be the maximum time gap between the start of the work H and the start of the work S?
1] 3 months 2] 9 months 3] 15 months 4] 21 months

27. What is the least possible time gap between the start of the work M and the start of work X?
1] 1 month 2] 2 months 3] 4 months 4] None of these

28. There are thirty three states (S1 to S33) in a country. The following table gives the number of deaths in each of the thirty three states
in the country.

Deaths Deaths Deaths

State State State
Reported Reported Reported
S1 1105 S12 313 S23 0
S2 31 S13 1053 S24 227
S3 88 S14 0 S25 327
S4 45 S15 2 S26 46
S5 4 S16 59 S27 57
S6 228 S17 0 S28 1
S7 308 S18 1541 S29 10
S8 227 S19 167 S30 1533
S9 0 S20 190 S31 0
S10 560 S21 27 S32 16
S11 317 S22 326 S33 0

Which is the state that accounts for nearly 12.5% of the total deaths in the country?
1] S1 2] S13 3] S18 4] S30

29. Statement: Mr. X acts in good movies. The movie Y is a bad movie.
Conclusion: So, Mr. X may have acted in movie Y.

Which of the following is true about the given conclusion on the statement given above?
1] The conclusion is definitely true. 2] The conclusion is definitely false.
3] The conclusion is probably true. 4] The conclusion is probably false.

30. Statement: Water has no calories or fats. Aqua has 5 % fats.

Conclusion: So, water is not Aqua.

Which of the following is true about the given conclusion on the statement given above?
1] The conclusion is definitely true. 2] The conclusion is definitely false.
3] The conclusion is probably true. 4] The conclusion is probably false.