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

There are seven persons namely- H, I, J, K, L, M, N. They attend a seminar on various days from Monday to Sunday. All of them are taking different subjects viz Chemistry, Physics, Zoology, Botany, Maths, Social, Economics.All the above information is not necessarily in the same order.

M attends the seminar two days before the one who takes Maths subject. Number of persons attends the seminar before L is same as the number of persons attends the seminar after N, who takes Physics. Two persons attend the seminar between I and K, who takes economics. One who takes social attends the seminar two days after I, who takes Botany subject on Thursday. One who takes Maths subject attends the seminar two days before K. One who takes zoology attends the seminar immediately after N. One person attends the seminar between J and the one who takes zoology. J attends the seminar immediately before L.

1) Who attends the seminar on Friday?

A) H

B) One who takes Chemistry

C) L

D) J

E) None of these

2) How many persons attend the seminar between L and the one who takes zoology?

A) One

B) Three

C) Two

D) Four

E) None

3) Who attends the seminar three days before the one who takes social?

A) M

B) N

C) I

D) H

E) J

4) If N is related to zoology and J is related to social, in the same way, L is related to which of the following subject?

A) Botany

B) Maths

C) Chemistry

D) Economics

E) Physics

5) Seminar on which subject has been conducted on Wednesday?

A) Chemistry

B) Zoology

C) Physics

D) Botany

E) Social

Misc

6) How many pairs of letters are there in the word “ACREAGE” which has as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet (Only forward direction)?

A) One

B) Two

C) Three

D) Four

E) None of these

Syllogism

Direction (7-10): In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer:

(a) If only I conclusion follows

(b) If only II conclusion follows

(c) If either I or II follows

(d) If neither I nor II follows and

(e) If both I and II follow

7) Statements:

Only a few lily are lotus

All lotus are rose

No lotus is begonia

All begonia are aster

Conclusions:

I). All lotus can never be aster

II). All lily are begonia

8) Statements:

Only a few HCL is TCS

All HCL are CTS

All TCS is IBM

No IBM is Accenture

Conclusions:

I). All HCL can never be Accenture

II). All CTS can never be IBM

9) Statements:

Only a few Pens are eraser

Only a few erasers are pencil

No pencil is scale

Only a few scales are sketch

Conclusions:

I). All pen can be sketch

II). All eraser can never be scale

10) Statements:

Only a few pesos are euro

No euro is dollar

Some dollars are rupee

Conclusions:

I). Some pesos are not rupee

II). All euros are rupee is a possibility

Answers :

Directions (1-5):

Two persons attend the seminar between I and K, who takes economics. One who takes social attends the seminar two days after I, who takes Botany subject on Thursday. One who takes Maths subject attends the seminar two days before K.

M attends the seminar two days before the one who takes Maths subject. Number of persons attends the seminar before L is same as the number of persons attends the seminar after N, who takes Physics.

One who takes zoology attends the seminar immediately after N. One person attends the seminar between J and one who takes zoology. J attends the seminar immediately before L.