Di-Lr: Catapult Courseware
Di-Lr: Catapult Courseware
Di-Lr: Catapult Courseware
Module 4
DI-LR
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CATapult
DATA INTERPRETATION
CLASS EXERCISE
1. A survey was taken of 100 employees in a company. Exactly 28 of them had an MBA. The
number of women without an MBA was 12 more than the number of men with an MBA. What
fraction of the surveyed employees were men?
1) 16 2) 2 3) 3 4) 13
25 5 5 25
2. A poll of the superhero preferences of 85 people at the DC panel of Comicon revealed that
40 liked Shazam, 45 liked Wonder Woman and 35 liked Aquaman. Find the minimum and
maximum number of people who liked exactly all three superheroes.
1) Min = 0, Max = 17 2) Min = 0, Max = 35
3) Min = 1, Max = 17 4) Min = 1, Max = 35
3. There are 150 members in a gym, each of whom does at least 1 of aerobics, weights, tread-
mill and yoga. In all, 120 people do aerobics, 118 do weights, 115 do treadmill and 112 do
yoga.
a) What is the maximum number of people who do all 4?
4. Amongst 150 students of a class, 80 students pass in Physics, 70 students pass in Chemistry
and 55 students pass in Biology. Amongst these, 50 students pass in Physics and Chemistry,
35 students pass in Chemistry and Biology, while 40 students pass in Physics and Biology.
a) Minimum number of students who pass in all the 3 subjects.
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DATA INTERPRETATION
The Association of Tennis Professionals has decided to institute a year-end award for the best
emerging player on the tour. Accordingly, they have collected data about a hundred players aged
between 16 and 20, regarding their participation in the 4 major events of the year (called Grand
Slams): the Australian Open (A), the French Open (F), the US open (U) and Wimbledon (W), which
took place in the given order (i.e. A, F, U, W). The following information was gathered:
45 people participated in A, 42 in F, 48 in U and 41 in W, but only 1 played in all four
tournaments.
7 people participated in A, F and U, 6 in A, F and W, 7 in A, U and W, and 5 in F, U and
W.
18 people participated in A and F, 19 in A and U, 15 in A and W, 18 in F and U, 19 in F
and W and 21 in U and W
5. How many people played in Wimbledon but not in any of the other 3 Grand slams?
6. How many people did not play in any of the four Grand Slams?
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THEORY
PQR Analytics had organised a picnic at Lonavala last year for the employees of its Mumbai and
Pune offices. They collated the data about Location (Mumbai or Pune), Gender (Male or Female)
23 9 12
15 11
12 11 6
Veg Non-veg
11. What is the ratio of the number of females to the number of males?
1) 1 : 1 2) 13 : 16 3) 9 : 11 4) Cannot be determined
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Challengers
Survey IT conducted a survey of employees with 2-3 years of work experience in the IT industry.
Every one of the respondents was proficient in one or more of the languages Python, C++ and
Java. The following data was noted:
a) In all there were 80 respondents.
b) 45 respondents were proficient in Python, 42 in C++ and 38 in Java.
c) The average salary of all the respondents was Rs. 9.5 lakhs
d) Fewer than 10 people were proficient in all 3 languages.
e) Among those proficient in exactly two languages, the number proficient in only C++ and Java
was 25% less than the number proficient in only Python and C++, which in turn was 50%
more than the number proficient in Python and Java.
f) The average salary of the respondents who were proficient in exactly two languages was Rs
10 lakhs while that of those who were proficient in all 3 was Rs 15.75 lakh.
3. What was the average salary, in Rupees, of the respondents who were proficient in exactly
1 language?
4. If the average salary of the respondents who were proficient in only Python and Java was
Rs 9.4 lakhs and that of the respondents who were proficient in only C++ and Java was Rs
9.2 lakhs, what was the average salary, in lakhs of Rupees, of the respondents who were
proficient in only Python and C++?
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PRACTICE EXERCISE-1
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 4: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
1. What percentage of students who like Mango like exactly one more fruit?
1) 30% 2) 32% 3) 40% 4) 45%
2. What percentage of students who like Apple like Orange but not Mango?
1) 20% 2) 24% 3) 25% 4) 30%
3. What percentage of students who like Orange like Apple and Mango as well?
1) 16.67% 2) 21.67% 3) 22.22% 4) 33.33%
4. What percentage of students who like at least one fruit like exactly one fruit?
1) 50.45% 2) 52.63% 3) 57.89% 4) 59.65%
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DATA INTERPRETATION
DIRECTIONS for questions 5 to 8: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
In 2016, three popular movies (named A, B and C) were released. A survey was conducted among
all students of National Institute of Management-Indore (NIM-I) about the movies they have watched.
Each student watched at least one movie. Following points are known:
1. For each movie, the number of students who watched only that movie is equal to the num-
ber of the students who watched both remaining movies but did not watch that particular
movie. For example, the number of students who watched only A is equal to the number of
students who watched both B and C (but not A). This is valid for all the three movies.
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2. The number of students who have watched only B is the total number of students in
8 th
(NIM-I).
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3. The number of students who have watched only A is times the number of students who
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have watched only B and times the number of students who have watched only C.
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4. The number of students who have watched both A and B is more than the number of stu-
dents who have watched both A and C by 10.
5. The number of students who have watched both B and C both is less than the number of
students who have watched both A and B by 20.
6. In all 40 students have watched all the three movies.
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DIRECTIONS for questions 9 to 12: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
A B C D E F
A 24
B 8 40
C 20 0 14
D 0 24 0 12
E 0 0 0 4 4
F 0 0 10 0 36 2
Following points are known:
1] The number of students specializing in Finance and Operations both is two times the number
of students who are specializing in General Management and HR both, but was one-third the
number of students specializing in Operations and HR both.
2] The number of students specializing in Finance and Systems is two times the number of
students specializing in Marketing and Systems, but is four less than the number of students
specializing in Operations and HR.
11. What is the absolute value of the difference between the number of students who are spe-
cializing in both Finance and Marketing and in both Systems and Operations?
12. What is the absolute value of the difference between the number of students specializing in
only Marketing and the number of students specializing in only Operations?
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DATA INTERPRETATION
DIRECTIONS for questions 13 to 16: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
Applicants for the doctoral programmes of Ambi Institute of Engineering (AIE) and Bambi Institute
of Engineering (BIE) have to appear for a Common Entrance Test (CET). The test has three sections:
Physics (P), Chemistry (C), and Maths (M). Among those appearing for CET, those at or above the
80th percentile in at least two sections, and at or above the 90th percentile overall, are selected
for Advanced Entrance Test (AET) conducted by AIE. AET is used by AIE for final selection.
For the 200 candidates who are at or above the 90th percentile overall based on CET, the following
are known about their performance in CET:
1. No one is below the 80th percentile in all 3 sections.
2. 150 are at or above the 80th percentile in exactly two sections.
3. The number of candidates at or above the 80th percentile only in P is the same as the
number of candidates at or above the 80th percentile only in C. The same is the number of
candidates at or above the 80th percentile only in M.
4. Number of candidates below 80th percentile in P: Number of candidates below 80th percentile
in C: Number of candidates below 80th percentile in M = 4:2:1.
BIE uses a different process for selection. If any candidate is appearing in the AET by AIE,
BIE considers their AET score for final selection provided the candidate is at or above the 80th
percentile in P. Any other candidate at or above the 80th percentile in P in CET, but who is not
eligible for the AET, is required to appear in a separate test to be conducted by BIE for being
considered for final selection. Altogether, there are 400 candidates this year who are at or above
the 80th percentile in P.
13. What best can be concluded about the number of candidates sitting for the separate test for
BIE who were at or above the 90th percentile overall in CET?
1) 3 or 10 2) 10 3) 5 4) 7 or 10
(Past CAT question)
14. If the number of candidates who are at or above the 90th percentile overall and also at or
above the 80th percentile in all three sections in CET is actually a multiple of 5, what is the
number of candidates who are at or above the 90th percentile overall and at or above the
80th percentile in both P and M in CET?
(Past CAT question)
15. If the number of candidates who are at or above the 90th percentile overall and also at or
above the 80th percentile in all three sections in CET is actually a multiple of 5, then how
many candidates were shortlisted for the AET for AIE?
(Past CAT question)
16. If the number of candidates who are at or above the 90th percentile overall and also are
at or above the 80th percentile in P in CET, is more than 100, how many candidates had to
sit for the separate test for BIE?
1) 299 2) 310 3) 321 4) 330
(Past CAT question)
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PRACTICE EXERCISE-2
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 4: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
Polyglot Language Academy is a foreign language training academy based in Mumbai. All the
students of this academy study at least of one of the following four languages – French, German,
Swedish and Norwegian. In all, 120 members study French and the number of students studying
only French, only German, only Swedish and only Norwegian are 23, 14, 21 and 18 respectively.
The number of students studying French, German and Swedish is 20. The number of students
studying German, Swedish and Norwegian is 26. The number of students studying French, German
and Norwegian is 24. The number of students studying French, Swedish and Norwegian is 27.
The number of students studying French and German is 50 and the number of students studying
Swedish and Norwegian is 55. The numbers of students who study exactly two languages are
all equal except for those who study only French and German and only Swedish and Norwegian.
1. What can be the maximum number of students who study only French and Norwegian (but
no other language)?
1) 20 2) 22 3) 24 4) Cannot be determined
2. What can be the maximum number of students who study only Norwegian and Swedish (but
no other language)?
1) 20 2) 22 3) 24 4) Cannot be determined
3. If in all 14 students study only German and Norwegian (but no other language), how many
students study French, Swedish and Norwegian but not German?
1) 16 2) 18 3) 19 4) 21
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DATA INTERPRETATION
DIRECTIONS for questions 5 to 8: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
Every year, National Institute of Management-Kozhikode (NIM-K) admits 200 students to their flagship
one-year PGDM programme in Management. The institute offers courses in Finance, Marketing and
Operations. Students can choose to take courses in only one or any two or all the three of these
disciplines depending on their likings. Accordingly, the students may have only one or any two or
all the three specializations.
The following points are known about the batches of 2015-16 and 2016-17:
1] The number of students who specialized in only one discipline in 2015-16 was more than
the number of students who are specializing in only one discipline in 2016-17 by 20.
2] The number of students who specialized in only two disciplines in 2015-16 was less than
the number of students who are specializing in only two disciplines in 2016-17 by 5.
3] The number of students who are specializing in all the three disciplines in 2016-17 is two
times the number of students who specialized in all the three disciplines in 2015-16.
4] The number of students who are specializing in only one discipline in 2016-17 is more than
the number of students who are specializing in only two disciplines in 2016-17 by 30.
5] The number of students who specialized in Finance in 2015-16 is equal to the number of
students who are specializing in Finance in 2016-17 and that number is 115.
6] The number of students who specialized in Marketing in 2015-16 was 80 while the number
of students who are specializing in Marketing in 2016-17 is 110.
7] The number of students who specialized in both Finance and Marketing (but not in Opera-
tions) in 2015-16 was less than the number of students who specialized in both Marketing
and Operations (but not in Finance) in 2015-16 by 5.
8] The number of students who are specializing in both Finance and Marketing (but not in Oper-
ations) in 2016-17 is equal to the number of students who are specializing in both Marketing
and Operation (but not in Finance) in 2016-17.
5. If the number of students who specialized only in Finance was the highest among the stu-
dents who specialized in only one discipline in 2015-16, which of the following can be the
number of students who specialized in both Marketing and Operations (but not in Finance)
in 2015-16?
1) 10 2) 12 3) 8 4) 36
6. What can be the maximum number of students who are specializing only in Finance in 2016-17?
1) 35 2) 55 3) 50 4) 40
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7. Each of the following options contains two quantities. In which of the following options can
8. If the number of students who are specializing in only Marketing in 2016-17 is equal to the
number of students who are specializing only in Operations in 2016-17, what is the number
of students who are specializing in both Finance and Operations (but not in Marketing) in
2016-17?
1) 20 2) 25 3) 30 4) 40
DIRECTIONS for questions 9 to 12: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
In a class of 150 students, students can either choose Electronics or Computer Science or neither
(but not both). All students, whether they choose Electronics or Computer Science or neither,
have to choose Mathematics. Every student has to choose at least one subject. The sum total of
the number of students who choose Electronics and the number of students choosing Computer
Science is a multiple of 9.
9. If the number of students who choose only one subject is more than twice the number of
students who choose two subjects, then what is the minimum value of the number of stu-
dents who choose only one subject?
1) 79 2) 67 3) 105 4) None of these
10. If the number of students who choose only one subject is a multiple of 13, and the number
of students who choose Electronics is a non-zero multiple of 8, then what can be the min-
imum and maximum values of the number of students who choose both Mathematics and
Computer Science?
1) 8 and 64 2) 16 and 76 3) 0 and 72 4) 0 and 64
11. If the number of students who choose only one subject is a multiple of 13 and the number
of students who opt for Electronics is 24, what percent of the total students opt for Computer
science?
1) 25% 2) 32% 3) 30% 4) 40%
12. If in the next year, additional 90 students are enrolled and in the combined batch, the number
of students who choose only one subject is a multiple of 13, and the number of students who
choose Electronics is a non-zero multiple of 8, then what can be the minimum and maximum
values of the number of students who choose both Mathematics and Computer Science?
1) 2 and 160 2) 0 and 64 3) 2 and 154 4) 5 and 37
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DATA INTERPRETATION
Direction for question 13 to 16: Answer the following question based on the information given
below.
Fun Sports (FS) provides training in three sports – Gilli-danda (G), Kho-Kho (K), and Ludo (L).
Currently it has an enrollment of 39 students each of whom is enrolled in at least one of the
three sports. The following details are known:
1] The number of students enrolled only in L is double the number of students enrolled in all
the three sports.
2] There are a total of 17 students enrolled in G.
3] The number of students enrolled only in G is one less than the number of students enrolled
only in L.
4] The number of students enrolled only in K is equal to the number of students who are en-
rolled in both K and L.
5] The maximum student enrollment is in L.
6] Ten students enrolled in G are also enrolled in at least one more sport.
13. What is the minimum number of students enrolled in both G and L but not in K?
(Past CAT question)
14. If the numbers of students enrolled in K and L are in the ratio 19:22, then what is the
number of students enrolled in L?
1) 19 2) 22 3) 17 4) 18
(Past CAT question)
15. Due to academic pressure, students who were enrolled in all three sports were asked to
withdraw from one of the three sports. After the withdrawal, the number of students enrolled
in G was six less than the number of students enrolled in L, while the number of students
enrolled in K went down by one. After the withdrawal, how many students were enrolled in
both G and K?
(Past CAT question)
16. Due to academic pressure, students who were enrolled in all three sports were asked to
withdraw from one of the three sports. After the withdrawal, the number of students enrolled
in G was six less than the number of students enrolled in L, while the number of students
enrolled in K went down by one. After the withdrawal, how many students were enrolled in
both G and L?
1) 5 2) 6 3) 7 4) 8
(Past CAT question)
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DATA INTERPRETATION
CLASS EXERCISE
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 4: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Mazaksthan is a large country with several political parties. The country is divided into 3000 electoral
regions or “seats”, and the party holding the maximum number of seats forms the government.
In the penultimate elections held there, in 2009, there were 6 contesting parties represented
in the table as A, B, C, D, E and F; while in the most recent elections in 2014, there was one
additional contesting party, represented as G. The table below shows the movement of seats
between parties from the 2009 election to the 2014 one (for example, out of those seats where
A had won in 2009, A won again in 2014 in 315 seats, B won in 11 seats, C in 42 seats and so
on). A seat which was won by the same party in both elections may be defined as a “stronghold
seat” for that party, while a seat which changed allegiance to a different party is defined as a
“weathervane seat”.
2014 A B C D E F G
2009
A 315 11 42 33 41 33 68
B 48 268 51 19 47 25 68
C 17 22 337 28 18 33 63
D 48 32 38 278 31 23 54
E 7 15 21 33 282 45 78
F 33 41 45 37 31 149 92
1. If the parties are arranged in the ascending order of the seats garnered in 2014, then which
of the following is a correct sequence?
1) B, G, D, E, A 2) C, A, E, D, G 3) E, D, C, B, A 4) F, B, D, G, E
2. Considering the seats won by each party in 2014 as a base, the party with the highest
percentage of stronghold seats and the party with the lowest percentage (excluding G) are
respectively:
1) C and B 2) C and F 3) A and F 4) B and F
3. Which party lost the lowest percentage of its 2009 seats to other parties in 2014?
1) F 2) E 3) B 4) C
4. If the parties are ranked in descending order of total seats won in each election, how many
parties retain the same rank in 2014 that they had in 2009?
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
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CATapult
DATA INTERPRETATION
DIRECTIONS for questions 5 to 7: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
In a library, on a particular day, the following statistics for 5 different books were noted:
Table–1 shows the number of readers of each of the five books. Table-2 shows the number of
persons to read different combinations of the books. The readers have been categorized gender
wise. Every visitor reads atleast 1 book and no more than 2 books.
Also, it was known that the person who read books 1 and 5 was male.
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DIRECTIONS for questions 8 to 11: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
THEORY
Five cricketers played three matches to qualify for the national side. The minimum runs required to
be scored by any batsman to qualify for the national side is 23, 26 and 21 in matches 1, 2 and
9. What could be the maximum possible difference between the total scores of any two players?
1) 4 2) 8 3) 6 4) 11
10. What could be the maximum possible total score of a person with the least total score?
1) 215 2) 216 3) 217 4) None of these
11. If in a revised selection criteria, only the players with a total score of 217 or more will be
qualified for the national side, then at most how many players can qualify for the national
side?
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
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DATA INTERPRETATION
DIRECTIONS for questions 12 to 15: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow:
The Continental Invitational Championships are under way and 20 athletes from 4 countries are
vying for the Triathlon competition. Each athlete is given a score out of 10 in the three events
and the total score for each athlete is a weighted average of the three individual event scores.
Athletes are ranked according to their total score. If two athletes get the same total score, then
the one with the higher number of 10s will be ranked higher.
The table below gives the scores (both event-wise and total) of the athletes. Note that a few
scores have been intentionally replaced by letters. In the table, the athletes of a given country
have been arranged according to their final rank.
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THEORY
1) The average score of each country’s athletes in event 2 is the same.
2) The overall winner belongs to the country with the highest median total score.
3) France has the lowest average total score.
15. The country with the highest average total score was awarded a trophy. Then:
1) Italy definitely wins the trophy.
2) France can win the trophy if Carlo scores a 0 in Event 1.
3) Spain can win the trophy if Carlo scores a 0 in Event 1.
4) Germany can win the trophy if Carlo scores a 0 in Event 1.
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DATA INTERPRETATION
DIRECTIONS for questions 16 to 19: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that
follow:
The company “Star Tech” has been selling accessories (headphones, printers and keyboards) for
several years. Since the sales of these items has not been growing, in 2011, the dynamic new
CEO decided to diversify into other tech products, beginning with smart phones, and then adding
laptops, tablets, pen drives and power banks over the next few years. In 2015, the CEO wishes
to get an overview of the business, and to this end he collects data for two-year intervals starting
in 2008-2009, as well as a prediction for the coming two-year interval (2016-2017). The table
below shows the data at his disposal:
Note: Revenue in any period = (Number of units sold during that period) × (Average price per
unit during that period)
16. The total revenue has increased with every time period till 2017 for every product except:
1) Smart phones 2) Printers 3) Keyboards 4) Both (2) and (3)
17. By what percent has the total revenue of Star Tech increased in 2013 over 2011?
1) 53% 2) 92% 3) 134% 4) 228%
18. Over the entire period covered in the table (till 2017), which product has generated the
maximum total revenue for Star Tech?
1) Smart phones 2) Printers 3) Tablets 4) Laptops
19. If the actual total revenue of 2017 increases by roughly the same amount over that of 2015
as the revenue of 2015 increased over that of 2013, then what would be the percentage
error in the estimate made in the above table as compared to the actual value?
1) 23.2% 2) 30.2% 3] 37.5% 4) 44.4%
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Challengers
THEORY
There are four judges J1, J2, J3, J4 who heard 250, 200, 250 and 400 cases respectively. Out
of the cases they heard, the verdict were as follows:
60
50
P1
40
P2
30 P3
P4
20
P5
10
0
J1 J2 J3 J4
1. Out of the verdicts pronounced by Judge J3, how many people were finally pronounced guilty?
1) 82 2) 168 3) 132 4) 118
2. In how many cases was the initial verdict overturned by the Supreme Court?
1) 74 2) 55 3) 87 4) 104
3. In how many cases was the initial verdict challenged in the Supreme Court?
1) 335 2) 283 3) 363 4) 208
4. For which of the following judges was the ratio of number of cases challenged to the number
of verdicts given the lowest?
1) J1 2) J2 3) J3 4) J4
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PRACTICE EXERCISE-1
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 4: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
Alex Pvt. Ltd, a Bangalore based company has four departments, namely R&D, Marketing, Finance
and Engineering. As a part of annual appraisal process, each employee of the company is rated
and is given one of the following four grades: A, B, C or D.
Table 1 shows the percent-wise breakup of employees in different departments who got different grades.
Table 2 shows the percent-wise breakup of employees who got different grades in different
departments.
A B C D
R&D 1 1 24 6
31 % 28 % 24 % 34 %
4 8 49 11
Marketing 1 3 36 9
6 % 18 % 36 % 21 %
4 4 49 11
Finance 1 3 18 8
31 % 43 % 18 % 12 %
4 4 49 11
Engineering 1 3 20 10
31 % 9 % 20 % 30 %
4 8 49 11
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%
1. Out of the employees working in all the four departments of the company, what percentage
of employees got ‘A’ grade?
1) 24.50%
2) 32.00%
3) 16.00%
4) More information is required to answer this question
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2. What is the ratio of total number of employees in Finance department to the total number
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DATA INTERPRETATION
DIRECTIONS for questions 5 to 8: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
Bits & Bytes Computer Education is a computer training institute that offers training for various
computer courses. Their courses are divided into different modules, named module A, B, C, D, E,
F, G, H, I and J. Some of the modules have some other modules as ‘prerequisites’ and cannot
be completed unless prerequisites have been completed. The list of prerequisites of the modules
and the number of days needed to finish the module is as follows:
The institute starts offering modules starting with module A on 1st January 2016. The institute
offers more than one module simultaneously whenever possible. The new module is started on
the next working day immediately after all its prerequisites have been completed. Once all the
modules have been offered, one cycle is completed. The institute starts the next cycle after
finishing the previous cycle starting on the next working day and offers the modules in the same
sequence in every cycle.
The institute is closed for one day after the completion of every even numbered cycle and before
the beginning of the odd numbered cycle. That means the institute is closed for one day between
2nd cycle and 3rd cycles, between 4th and 5th cycles, between 6th and 7th cycles and so on and
so forth. Except for these days, the institute remains open on all other days.
A student can begin his/her modules in any cycle with module A. Depending on the time available,
a student can choose to take multiple modules simultaneously. If enough time is not available, a
student can take a few modules in one cycle and the remaining modules in the following cycle(s).
A student can take modules in any order provided all the prerequisites of the modules have been
completed. Once a student completes all the 10 modules, he/she is said to have completed the
course and if conferred a certificate by the institute.
5. If we define a term ‘Module days’ for each day as the number of modules being offered
simultaneously, what is the sum of ‘Module days’ for each cycle?
1) 54 2) 55 3) 57 4) 58
6. On which of the following days was the institute closed in the year 2016?
1) 25th May 2) 24th May 3) 23rd May 4) 22nd May
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7. Ajay, a student who started his first module on 1st January 2016, cannot take more than two
8. Shweta, a student who started her first module on 1st January 2016, wanted to finish all the
modules in minimum possible time. However she stays far and has to travel long distances
everyday. As a result, she could not take more than one module simultaneously. What is the
maximum number of modules that she would have completed by 10th March 2016?
1) 6 2) 7 3) 8 4) 9
DIRECTIONS for questions 9 to 12: Refer to the data given below and answer the questions
that follow:
A trading company trades four products, named A, B, C and D. Graph-1 shows the profit made
by the company (in Rs. Lakhs) on these four products in the year 2014.
The absolute value of profit on all the four products shows a peculiar pattern. In all the odd
years (for all products), it increases by 20% over its corresponding value in the previous year
while in all the even years (for all products), it reduces by 20% over its corresponding value in
the previous year.
The following graph shows the Cost Price (in Rs. Lakhs) of products A and D over the years 2012,
2013, 2014 and 2015. The same graph also shows the average Cost Price of the four products.
All that is procured in a given year is sold in the same year and as a result there is no inventory
in any year.
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Profit = Total Sales – Total Cost Price (Profit can be measured for the four products as well as
for the company)
9. Which of the following is closest to the average annual Sales of product D over the given
four years period?
1) Rs. 61 Lakhs 2) Rs. 72 Lakhs 3) Rs. 109 Lakhs 4) Rs. 89 Lakhs
10. What is the percent change between the sales of product A between 2014 and 2015?
1) Decrease of 36.85% 2) Increase of 23.33%
3) Decrease of 23.33% 4) Increase of 56.17%
11. What is the percent change in the Cost Price of products B and C combined between the
years 2013 and 2015?
1) 33.33% 2) 44.44% 3) 0% 4) 22.22%
12. In which year was the ratio of Total Sales of D to Total Sales of A the highest?
1) 2012 2) 2013 3) 2014 4) 2015
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DIRECTIONS for questions 13 to 16: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
The college follows the following rules for academic progress of students:
a. A student with zero backlogs is said to have passed the year and unconditionally moves to
the next year.
b. A student with one or two backlogs in any of 1st to 4th years is conditionally promoted to
the next year. Such a student has to appear for the exams of all backlog subjects next year.
Suppose a student named ‘Kumar’ has got 2 backlogs in the 1st year in 2015-16. He will be
promoted to the 2nd year in 2016-17. But he will have to appear for exams of all 2nd year
subjects and the backlog subjects of the 1st year in May 2017.
c. A student with more than 2 backlogs in any of 1st to 4th years fails and has to repeat the
academic year with the junior batch the next year. Suppose a student gets 3 backlogs in the
2nd year in 2015-16. He will have to repeat the 2nd year with his junior batch in 2016-17.
d. A student who gets any backlog in the 5th year is deemed to have failed the 5th year and
has to repeat the 5th year with his/her junior batch the next year.
e. All students who complete the 5th year without any backlog are conferred a degree certificate
by the college.
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14. In all, how many students failed in the 5 years combined in 2015-16?
1) 30 2) 35 3) 50 4) 45
15. What can be the maximum number of students who passed the 3rd year examination in
2014-15 without any backlog?
1) 75 2) 80 3) 85 4) 90
16. If the number of students who passed the 3rd year examination in 2015-16 (i.e. without any
backlog and hence unconditonally promoted to 4th year) was 18 times the number of students
who were conditionally promoted to the next year (i.e. from 3rd year to 4th year) with up-to
2 backlogs in the 3rd year in 2015-16, how many students passed the 2nd year examination
in 2014-15 without any backlog?
1) 65 2) 75 3) 85 4) 95
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PRACTICE EXERCISE-2
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 4: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
The sum total of the number of players from India who participated in the previous three Summer
Olympic games held at Beijing, London and Rio was 255, out of which 60.39% were males and the
remaining 39.61% were females. Out of the total number of male players from India, in all, 20.13%
players participated in Beijing Olympics and 38.96% players participated in London Olympics. Out
of the total number of female players from India, in all, 23.76% participated in Beijing Olympics
and 22.77% participated in London Olympics.
The following table shows the number of male and female players from India who participated in
each of the three Olympics in different events as a percentage of the total number of players of
that particular gender from India who participated in that particular Olympics. For example, out
of all the male players who participated in Beijing Olympics, 12.90% participated in Swimming.
1. What is the absolute value of the difference in the number of male players who participated
in Athletics in London Olympics and the number of female players who participated in Ath-
letics in Rio Olympics?
1) 7 2) 8 3) 9 4) 10
2. What is the sum total of the total number of players who participated in the events other
than the events mentioned in the table in the three Olympics combined?
1) 97 2) 102 3) 105 4) 107
3. What is the difference between the number of male players who participated in Rio Olympics
and the number of female players who participated in Rio Olympics?
1) 7 2) 8 3) 9 4) 10
4. For the events mentioned in the table, what is the maximum number of players (men and
women combined) who participated in any event in any Olympic?
1) 32 2) 34 3) 36 4) 38
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DIRECTIONS for questions 5 to 8: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
In the final semester at Mahatma Business Academy, Marketing students are expected to do a
live project with a company. Along with that, each student has to select a minimum of 1 and a
maximum of 2 electives (to complete the credit requirements) out of the 8 available electives
(A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H). Interestingly, it was observed that no two students in the Marketing
batch selected the exact same combination of electives. All students in a particular elective will
attend the lectures for that elective together. If two students have no elective in common, they
will not attend any lectures together. 100% attendance was recorded by all the students during
the semester.
6. If Joffrey selected electives C and G, what could be the maximum number of other students
who attend at least one lecture along with him during the semester?
7. If Gregor selected only elective F, what could be the maximum number of students who do
not attend any lecture with him during the semester?
8. If each of Petyr and Varys selected elective D along with exactly one other elective, what
could be the maximum number of other students whom both Petyr and Varys encounter
during classes during the semester?
DIRECTIONS for questions 9 to 13: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
The following partially-filled table shows the marks scored by 5 students named A, B, C, D and
E in five different subjects, namely Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and Statistics. The
marks scored by all students in all subjects were natural numbers.
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2] C got 3 different perfect square marks in 3 different subjects and equal non-perfect square
12. The highest marks scored by any student in any subject were scored in which of the following
subjects?
1) Physics 2) Chemistry 3) Mathematics 4) Cannot be determined
13. The difference between B’s and D’s scores in Statistics is:
1) 10 2) 11 3) 21 4) Cannot be determined
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DIRECTIONS for questions 14 to 17: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
The following table shows the information on the number of students who got a first class in two
subjects (Physics and Chemistry) in two years (FY and SY) of B.Sc over four calendar years (2012,
2013, 2014 and 2015) in Imperial College of Science.
One entry has been disguised as ‘a’. A total of 30 students got a first class in both Physics and
Chemistry in SY in 2014.
14. How many students did not get a first class in any of the two subjects in SY in 2014?
15. What is the maximum number of students who got a first class in both subjects in a partic-
ular academic year (FY or SY) in a particular calendar year (2012, 2013, 2014 or 2015)?
16. Among the four calendar years, in which year did the maximum number of students get a
first class in at least one subject?
17. What is the sum of the number of students who got a first class in FY or SY in at least one
subject in the four years combined?
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CLASS EXERCISE
Teaser
Indiana Jones was lost in the jungles of South America, trying to find the legendary city of gold,
El Dorado. Suddenly he came to a fork in the road, with a monstrous Sphinx standing guard. Next
to the Sphinx was the following sign:
What question should Indiana ask the Sphinx to find the correct road to El Dorado?
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DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 4: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
Five students applied for a position of 'research fellow' at the IIT. They were all alumni of the
same institute with Grade Point Average (GPA) scores of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Their work experience
was 0, 1, 2, 4 and 5 years, not necessarily in the same order.
- Ankit's GPA score was twice that of Shubham but he was not selected.
- The institute did not select the student who had a GPA score half as much as Karan's but
work experience twice as much as his.
- Rohit had a work experience of 3 years more than Ninad's but a GPA of 3 less than Ninad's.
- The only one who got selected had the highest total of GPA score + work experience (in years).
3. What was Karan's total of GPA score + work experience (in yrs)?
1) 5 2) 6 3) 7 4) 8
DIRECTIONS for questions 5 to 8: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
Five people went to a pizza delivery shop at different times on a Sunday morning. They spent
exactly 15 mins, 16 mins, 20 mins, 25 mins and 35 mins (in some order) in the shop. Not more
than two people were in the shop at the same time. The following information is known:
- Mr. Nayak entered at 10:47.
- Mr. Shetty and Mr. Nayak were both together in the shop for exactly 8 mins.
- The person who came 44 mins after Mr. Das entered, spent 25 mins in the shop.
- Mr. Kamat complained that he was made to wait too long.
- Mr. Shetty entered 8 mins after Mr. Chitale did and left 23 mins after the latter left.
- The last person left at 11:27.
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1) 10:20 2) 10:37 3) 10:55 4) 11:27
8. What is the difference in the entry times of Mr. Chitale and Mr. Das?
1) 9 mins 2) 27 mins
3) 44 mins 4) Cannot be determined
DIRECTIONS for questions 9 to 11: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that
follow.
A multiplex has 5 screens screening 5 shows each, one after the other, every day. Currently 5
movies are being shown belonging to 3 different genres – Horror, Action and Comedy. No two
consecutive shows on any screen belong to the same genre. No movie is shown simultaneously in
any of the screens and no movie is shown more than once on any screen in a day. All the shows
start at the same time and assume that all the movies are of equal duration.
The following information on the daily schedule for the current week is known:
9. The movie, screened as the 2nd show on screen 1, belongs to which genre?
1) Action 2) Horror
3) Comedy 4) Cannot be determined
10. If ‘Hangover’ is screened as the 5th show on screen 4, then which movie is screened before
‘Hangover’ on screen 5?
1) Exorcist 2) Die Hard
3) Shutter 4) Cannot be determined
11. If ‘Hangover’ is screened as the 5th show on screen 2, then which movie is screened first
on screen 4?
1) Exorcist 2) Die Hard
3) Shutter 4) Cannot be determined
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DIRECTIONS for questions 12 to 15: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
At the annual awards ceremony of the International Cricket Association, the 12 winners are seated
in line for a photo in seats numbered 1 to 12 from left to right. The following data is observed:
1] There are 4 cricketers from New Zealand, 3 from India, 2 each from South Africa and En-
gland, and 1 from Afghanistan.
2] No two cricketers from the same country are sitting adjacent to one another.
3] Seats 1 to 5 have no two cricketers from the same country.
4] Similarly seats 9 to 12 also have no two cricketers from the same country.
5] The two players from England have 5 other players in between them, one of whom is the
player from Afghanistan.
6] All the New Zealanders are sitting in even numbered seats, while all the South Africans are
in odd numbered seats.
12. If a cricketer from Afghanistan is in seat number 4, then the cricketer in seat 11 must be from
1) England 2) South Africa 3) India 4) Either (2) or (3)
14. If a cricketer from England is in seat 3, then the nationalities of the cricketers on how many
other seats can be uniquely determined?
15. What is the maximum possible difference between the seat numbers of two cricketers of the
same nationality?
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DIRECTIONS for questions 16 to 18: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
THEORY
Ten singers, from five different regions of India, participated in the Sursangeet singing competition.
A and B belonged to west region, C and D belonged to North region, E and F belonged to South
16. Which of the following might be a correct combination of a participant and his rank in round 3?
1) A-1st 2) C-2nd 3) E-4th 4) G-8th
17. If, in round 1, A ranked higher than E but lower than F, while C ranked higher than I but
lower than J, which of the following statements is definitely true?
1) A ranked 9th in Round 1 2) C ranked 6th in Round 1
3) F ranked 7th in Round 1 4) Both (1) and (3)
18. If no participant ranked at the same position in any of the two rounds, which of the following
statements is false?
1) A ranked 6th in round 1 while E ranked 4th in round 3.
2) E ranked 10th in round 1 while F ranked 8th in round 3.
3) C ranked 5th in round 1 while D ranked 3rd in round 3.
4) F ranked 9th in round 2 while E ranked 8th in round 1.
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Challengers
Total 18 students of Saraswati Secondary School with roll numbers 1 to 18 are to be divided
into three groups consisting of 6 students each for representing the school in three different
competitions, namely Quiz, Singing and Dancing. Each student is a member of only one group.
The following points are known:
1] The sum of the roll numbers of the students in one group is higher than the sum of the roll
numbers of the students in one other group by one, which in turn is higher than the sum of
the roll numbers of the students in the remaining group by one.
2] Each group consists of exactly two students with roll numbers that are multiples of 3.
3] The group representing the school in Quiz competition has all students with odd roll numbers.
The other two groups have at least one student with an odd roll number.
4] The group representing the school in the Singing competition has students with roll numbers
12 and 16.
5] The student with roll number 7 represented the school either in the Singing or in the Dancing
competition.
6] The students with roll numbers 1 and 5 are not together in any group.
7] The students with roll numbers 15 and 18 are not together in any group.
8] The sum of the roll numbers of the students in the Dancing group is odd.
2. If the student with roll number 18 does not represent the school in the Dancing competition,
in how many ways can the three groups be formed?
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
3. Which of the following roll numbers is definitely a member of the group that represented the
school in the Dancing competition?
1) 2 2) 6 3) 8 4) 10
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PRACTICE EXERCISE-1
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 4: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
Hometowns of five friends named Abhijeet, Ajit, Arijit, Ashutosh and Avijit are five different towns
named Agra, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Allahabad and Amritsar (in no particular order).
Each of the five friends is travelling to the hometown of one of the remaining four friends subject
to following conditions:
1] Abhijeet is travelling to Avijit’s hometown
2] Ashutosh is travelling to Abhijeet’s hometown
3] Arijit is travelling to Ajit’s hometown
4] Avijit is travelling to Ashutosh’s hometown
5] Ajit is travelling to Arijit’s hometown
6] Ashutosh is not travelling to Ahmedabad. His hometown is not Allahabad.
7] Neither the hometown nor the destination of Avijit is Ahmednagar.
Data recorded in a computer was corrupted and as a result, neither the hometown nor the
destination of any friend was correctly mentioned in the computer data. The corrupted data recorded
on the computer is as follows:
2. The hometowns and destinations of how many friends can be uniquely determined?
1) All 5 2) Only 3 3) Only 2 4) Only 1
3. Which two cities are associated with Ajit (his hometown and his destination, in no specific
order)?
1) Agra and Amritsar 2) Ahmednagar and Allahabad
3) Agra and Ahmedabad 4) Amritsar and Allahabad
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DIRECTIONS for questions 5 to 8: Refer to the data and answer the questions that follow.
5. Who among the following cannot be seated next to Arvind (not necessarily along the same
side of the table)?
1) Dinanath 2) Farid 3) Hari 4) None of these
6. Which of the following pairs of friends cannot be seated facing each other?
1) Bijoy and Charu 2) Gaurav and Charu
3) Ehsaan and Dinanath 4) Ehsaan and Hari
7. If Kisan is sitting adjacent and to the left of Jayendra, who sits to the immediate right of
Gaurav?
1) Kisan 2) Laxman
3) Charu 4) Cannot be determined
8. If Charu, Laxman and Hari are sitting along the same side of the table, who among the fol-
lowing definitely sit along one other side of the table?
1) Arvind, Kisan and Farid
2) Bijoy, Isaac and Ehsaan
3) Jayendra, Dinanath and Gaurav
4) Charu, Laxman and Hari cannot sit along the same side of the table
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DIRECTIONS for questions 9 to 12: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
In this set, all times are reported in 24-hour format. For example, 9 a.m. is written as 0900 hrs;
while 2 p.m. is written as 1400 hrs.
Cathay Pacific, Lufthansa, KLM, Delta Airlines, Etihad Airways, Scandinavian Airlines and Qantas are
the airlines having daily flights to one out of Hanoi, Panama City, Skopje, Tehran, Nairobi, Yalta
and Osaka (not necessarily in that order) from London.
There are four slots of one hour duration each starting from 0900 hrs to 1300 hrs. A slot must
have at least one flight, but no slot has more than three flights. Also, the following conditions
are known:
1] The flights to Hanoi and Tehran are not in the same slot.
2] Etihad Airways must fly in the same slot as Cathay Pacific or Lufthansa.
3] Qantas must fly in the same slot as the flight going to Panama City.
4] Delta Airlines doesn’t fly in the first slot.
5] KLM, in order to reach Tehran on time, has to travel in the slot beginning at 1000 hrs.
6] Cathay Pacific doesn’t fly to Nairobi. It doesn’t fly in the last slot.
7] KLM and Lufthansa fly in the same slot.
8] The flight to Osaka is the only flight that has no other flights in its slot.
The database of the London airport got destroyed in a fire, and the records of four of the airlines
were found in the old archives. All their time slots are wrong and the destinations of only two of
them are correct. They are as follows:
Airline Destination Slot
Lufthansa Skopje 1100 hrs
Etihad Yalta 1000 hrs
Scandinavian Nairobi 0900 hrs
Delta Hanoi 1200 hrs
9. If the destinations of the flights are arranged in reverse alphabetical order and they are given
ranks accordingly (the first destination is given rank 1 and the last is given rank 7), what will
be the rank of the destination of Qantas?
11. The flight going to Hanoi takes 5 hours to reach Hanoi. It stops at Hanoi for 4 hours and
the same flight returns to London. If the time taken for the return journey is also 5 hours,
what is the earliest time that the flight can reach back to London?
Enter the time in the 24-hour format.
12. To go to Singapore, I need to board a flight from Yalta. Considering I have 3-hour transit
time at Yalta and the length of the journey of the flight from London to Yalta is 7 hours, at
what earliest local time in Yalta can I board the flight to Singapore?
Note: Transit time is defined as the time spent at the airport between the two connecting
flights. Consider local time of Yalta as London time + 2 hours)
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DIRECTIONS for questions 13 to 16: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
1] There are no married individuals in the 3rd generation and each married couple has at least
one child.
2] Shanti is sitting 3 places to the left of her niece.
3] Janaki is sitting to the immediate right of her son.
4] Vishal is sitting 3 places to the right of his daughter.
5] Jeevan is sitting 3 places to the right of his grandfather.
6] Shekhar is sitting directly opposite his father-in-law.
7] Kusum is sitting directly opposite her grandmother.
8] Exactly one mother-son duo and one married couple are sitting opposite each other.
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PRACTICE EXERCISE-2
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 4: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
Anthony, Margeaux, Samuel, Dorothy, Ernstmayer and Theodore have gathered in San Diego for
a worldwide comic-con. Their nationalities are one out of American, Dutch, Singaporean, Turkish,
Malaysian and Estonian. Their occupations are one out of Engineer, Sportsman, Archaeologist, Tarot
Reader, Mining Expert and Dermatologist. They live in one out of the following cities - Dresden,
Amsterdam, Tijuana, Sao Paulo, Milwaukee and Edinburgh. Their nationalities, occupations and
cities of residence may or may not be in the given order. Name, nationality, occupation and city
of residence are called as ‘entities’. Furthermore, the following information is known:
1] All of them have exactly two entities having the same initials.
2] No two of them have the same two entities with the same initials. For example, if Anthony
is American, then no one else would have name & nationality starting with the same initial.
3] The engineer lives in Amsterdam & Ernstmayer lives in Sao Paulo.
4] Margeaux and Anthony arrive together. One of them is a Mining Expert while the other is an
engineer. The Mining Expert lives in Dresden.
5] Samuel is Singaporean & Theodore is Estonian. None of them is a Sportsman or a Tarot
Reader.
6] Dorothy is neither Dutch nor lives in Edinburgh.
7] The Dermatologist has his nationality and city of residence starting with the same initials.
8] The Archaeologist came to San Diego from Tijuana.
9] Ernstmayer is not Turkish by nationality.
2. If Dorothy wants to travel from her city of residence to Samuel’s city of residence, what will
be the starting point & destination of her journey?
1) Milwaukee – Tijuana 2) Tijuana – Dresden
3) Milwaukee – Dresden 4) Milwaukee – Edinburgh
3. For how many individuals can all the four entities be uniquely determined?
1) 3 2) 2 3) 4 4) 6
4. If the places of residence of the American and the Sportsman are interchanged, what will
be the place of residence of Ernstmayer?
1) Dresden
2) Edinburgh
3) Cannot be done as they both are the same person
4) Cannot be determined
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DIRECTIONS for questions 5 to 8: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
1] On each day, the second assignment of the day requires longer time to complete than the
first assignment.
2] The total time required to complete both the assignments was equal on exactly three days.
These days are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
3] The total time required to complete both the assignments on Monday and Wednesday is 192
minutes and 180 minutes respectively.
4] Only one employee works on both the assignments on exactly one day. That day is not
Tuesday. On all other days, no employee works on both the assignments of the day.
5] Anil does not work on Monday and Eckert does not work on Tuesday and Thursday.
6] Bharat and Chandru don’t work together on the same assignment on Thursday.
7. Who worked on only the 1st assignment on all days when he worked?
1) Bharat 2) Anil 3) Deepak 4) No one
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DIRECTIONS for questions 9 to 13: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
The finals of the 4 × 100m relay race of Jio Olympics had 4 teams—USA, Uzbekistan, Japan and
Jamaica—eyeing for the gold. The race consisted of 4 laps. In each lap, one representative of
each country ran with a baton in his hand. The runner in any lap had to carry the baton for the
entire lap before passing it to his team member running the next lap. Eventually, the runners in
the fourth lap who were the first, second and third to cross the finish line won the gold, silver
and bronze medals respectively for their countries. The 16 players who participated in the race
were Lewis, Heller, Maxim, Charis, Johannes, Erwin, Kohlberg, Oberlin, Austin, Festus, Nolan, Bailey,
Gordon, Dalton, Isner and Planck. The following information is also known.
10. Who among the following did not run the same lap as Charis?
1) Maxim 2) Gordon 3) Festus 4) Austin
12. If one of the runners shares the initials of his name with his country’s name, who passed
the baton to Austin? Use information from the previous question.
1) Oberlin 2) Planck 3) Heller 4) Johannes
13. If Planck is from Uzbekistan, who among the following is not from the USA? Use the infor-
mation from the previous questions.
1) Oberlin 2) Erwin 3) Kohlberg 4) Nolan
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DIRECTIONS for questions 14 to 17: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
Entry Exit
History Government History Government
Journalists Journalists
Students Employees Students employees
8:00 AM 1
9:00 AM 4
10:00 AM 0 3 0
11:00 AM 0 0 0
12 noon 1 2 8
1:00 PM 0 2
2:00 PM 2 0 1 0
3:00 PM 2
14. What is the total number of visitors of the three types taken together who entered the me-
morial at 8 AM or 9 AM?
1) 12 2) 13 3) 14 4) Cannot be determined
15. If the number of Journalists who entered the memorial at 11 AM was equal to the number of
Journalists who entered the memorial at 12 noon, which of the following can be the number
of Journalists who entered at 10 AM?
1) 4 2) 5 3) 6 4) 8
16. What is the number of Journalists who left the memorial at 1 PM?
1) 7 2) 8 3) 9 4) Cannot be determined
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PRACTICE EXERCISE-3
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 3: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
In all, six individuals named A, B, C, D, E and F are standing in a straight line. At least one of
them is facing north while at least one of them is facing south. No person faces any direction
other than north or south.
The following points are known:
1] In all, 4 persons are standing to the left of A.
2] In all, 3 persons are standing to the left of B.
3] In all, 5 persons are standing to the left of D.
4] In all, 3 persons are standing to the left of E.
5] Only one person is standing to the left of F.
6] Nobody is standing to the left of C.
1. Who among the following are definitely standing next to each other?
1) B and E 2) A and B 3) A and E 4) A and D
2. Who among the following are definitely facing the same direction?
1) C and F 2) A and E 3) A and F 4) B and D
3. If B and F are standing facing the same direction, who among the following can be standing
to the left of D?
1) B 2) A 3) C 4) E
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DIRECTIONS for questions 4 to 8: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
4. The genders of how many individuals can be definitely matched with their names?
5. The institutes of how many individuals can be definitely matched with their names?
6. Consider the following four individuals: A, D, G and I. How many of these individuals are
supporting the government stand?
7. Out of the 5 individuals opposing the government stand, the professions of how many indi-
viduals can be definitely determined?
8. Out of the Marketing Professional, Professor, Politican and Consultant, how many individuals
are opposing the government stand?
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DIRECTIONS for questions 9 to 12: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
Seven friends— A, B, C, D, E, F and G—are sitting in 7 chairs that are arranged from left to right
along a straight line. The chairs are aligned such that two people sitting next to each other are
either facing each other or facing away from each other or facing the same direction. For any two
persons, the person sitting on the chair on the left is said to be sitting to the left of the other
person. The following information is known.
1] There are three pairs of friends who are adjacent to each other and are facing each other.
2] B, C and F are facing the same direction.
3] D, E and G are facing the same direction.
4] C, D and F are sitting next to each other such that two of them sitting next to each other are
facing each other and two of them sitting next to each other are facing the same direction.
5] There are exactly two persons sitting between B and D (excluding B and D).
9. Which of the following pairs of individuals are definitely not sitting next to each other?
1) C & F 2) A & B 3) B & G 4) B & E
10. Which of the following pairs of individuals are definitely sitting next to each other?
1) A & E 2) C & D 3) A & D 4) A & G
11. If F is sitting to the immediate left of D, who is sitting in the rightmost position?
1) E or G 2) B or G 3) B or E 4) C or E
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DIRECTIONS for questions 13 to 16: Refer to the data and answer the following questions.
13. What is the maximum number of professors who can attend the meeting in the morning
session?
1) 6 2) 7 3) 8 4) 9
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14. If both the sessions require presence of at least two professors who can express their views
on the courses offered by the department of Economics, which of the following cannot be a
combination of professor and the departments on which he expresses his views for either a
morning or an afternoon session?
1) Prof. Mukherjee and Prof. Gowda on HR; Prof. Nayar on Economics
2) Prof. Mukherjee on HR; Prof. Nayar, Prof. Shah and Prof. Gowda on Economics
3) Prof. Gowda on HR; Prof. Nayar, Prof. Shah and Prof. Mukherjee on Economics
4) All of the above
15. Out of Profs. Panwar, Subramaniam, Gokhale and Gowda, how many professors definitely
attend morning session?
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
16. Which of the following can be the correct match for the professors and the sessions in which
they attend the meetings?
I: Profs. Chandrachud, Awasthi, Panwar, Mukherjee, Shah: Morning
II: Profs. Awasthi, Bhalla, Gokhale, Mukherjee, Shah: Afternoon
III: Profs. Chandrachud, Subramaniam, Gokhale, Gowda, Nayar: Afternoon
1) Only I 2) Only II and III
3) Only I and II 4) All I, II and III
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