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Direction (1-5): Study following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Eight persons-A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are living in a nine floor building. The lowermost floor is numbered one and above it numbered two and so on until the topmost floor is numbered nine. One of the floors is vacant. Each of them born in different month in same year, January, February, March, April, May, August, September and December. All the above information are not necessarily in the same order.
Only one person lives between E and Vacant floor. H was born on the month of May and lives on the topmost floor. The number of floors below B is same as above the one who was born on September. Only two persons live between A and Vacant floor. F was born on one of the months immediately before D. D lives below A. Only one person lives between F and the one who was born on January. A lives on one of the floors below the vacant floor. Only two floors between the one who was born on September and the one who was born on December. E lives above the vacant floor. F lives on one of the floors above the vacant floor. The number of person lives above G is same as below C. Only one floor between A and G. D was born one of the months before H. The one who was born on April lives above the one who was born on August. A was born on one of the months before B.
1) How many persons live between the one who was born on December and the one who was born on August?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
e) None of these
2) Which of the following combinations is correct?
a) F-8th floor-February
b) G-4th floor-December
c) A-2nd floor-April
d) D-1st floor-January
e) None of these
3) Which of the following statement is correct?
a) Only one person lives between C and the one who was born on December
b) 5th floor is the vacant floor.
c) A lives on floor number two
d) Only three floors between E and the one who was born on January.
e) None of these
4) Four of the following five are alike in certain way and thus form a group as per the given arrangement. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
a) D
b) F
c) A
d) E
e) G
5) How many person lives above the vacant floor?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
e) None of these
Direction (6-10): Study following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Seven friends- S, T, U, V, W, X and Y have exam on seven different places Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Pune, but not necessarily in the same order. Exams held on seven different days in the week starting from Monday and on ending Sunday. Each of them likes seven different flowers A, B, C, D, E, F and G, but not necessarily in the same order.
W likes D and has exam on Thursday. S does not like F and the exam held in Delhi. Only two persons have exam between W and T. Only one person has an exam between V and X. The one who have exam on Sunday likes G. U does not have exam on either immediately before or immediately after V. V does not like C and F. X has exam on neither Monday nor Wednesday. V does not have exam in Bangalore and Hyderabad. X likes E and the exam held in Chennai. The one whose exam held in Mumbai likes G. The one who have exam in Pune held on immediately after the day of one who have an exam in Chennai. U has exam on neither Tuesday nor Wednesday. U does not like G. Y has exam on immediately after X and likes A. Both U and W does not have exam held in Kolkata.
6) How many persons have exam between U and the one who likes B?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
e) None of these
7) Which of the following combination is definitely not true?
a) Y-Pune
b) T-Mumbai
c) W-Bangalore
d) V-Kolkata
e) X-Chennai
8) Who among the following have exam in Hyderabad?
a) U
b) T
c) W
d) Cannot be determine
e) None of these
9) Which of the following statement is correct?
a) Only one person have exam between W and U
b) V likes B
c) W likes D and his exam held in Chennai
d) U likes C
e) None of these
10) Four of the following five are alike in certain way and thus form a group as per the given arrangement. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
a) F-C
b) D-E
c) B-D
d) Y-G
e) A-F
Answers:
Direction (1-5):
- H was born on the month of May and lives on the topmost floor.
- Only two persons live between A and Vacant floor.
- A lives on one of the floors below the vacant floor.
- Only one person lives between E and Vacant floor.
- E lives above the vacant floor.
- F lives on one of the floors above the vacant floor.
- D lives below A.
- Now we have 4 Cases.
- Only one person lives between F and the one who was born on January.
- Only one floor between A and G.
- The number of person lives above G is same as below C.
- From the above condition case 2 and case 3 were dropped.
- The number of floors below B is same as above the one who was born on September.
- Only two floors between the one who was born on September and the one who was born on December.
- From the above condition Case 4 was dropped.
- F was born on one of the months immediately before D.
- A was born on one of the months before B.
- D was born one of the months before H.
- The one who was born on April lives above the one who was born on August.
- So the final arrangement is..
1) Answer: b)
2) Answer: e)
3) Answer: d)
4) Answer: d)
5) Answer: c)
Direction (6-10):
- W likes D and has exam on Thursday.
- Only two persons have exam between W and T.
- The one who have exam on Sunday likes G.
- The one whose exam held in Mumbai likes G.
- Now we have 2 Cases.
- Only one person has exam between V and X.
- X has exam on neither Monday nor Wednesday.
- X likes E and the exam held in Chennai.
- Y has exam on immediately after X and likes A.
- Now Case 1 derived from 2 cases.
- U does not have exam on either immediately before or immediately after V.
- The one who havean exam in Pune held on immediately after the day of one who have exam in Chennai.
- U has exam on neither Tuesday nor Wednesday.
- From the above condition Case 1(b) was dropped.
- S does not like F and the exam held in Delhi.
- U does not like G.
- From the above condition Case 1 was dropped.
- The one who have exam in Pune held on immediately after the day of one who have exam in Chennai.
- Both U and W do not have exam held in Kolkata.
- V does not have exam in Bangalore and Hyderabad.
- S does not like F.
- V does not like C and F, hence V likes B.
- So the final arrangement is..
6) Answer: a)
7) Answer: c)
8) Answer: d)
9) Answer: b)
10) Answer: e)
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| Current Affairs Quiz | 9.00 AM |
| Quantitative Aptitude “20-20” | 11.00 AM |
| Vocabulary (Based on The Hindu) | 12.00 PM |
| General Awareness “20-20” | 1.00 PM |
| English Language “20-20” | 2.00 PM |
| Reasoning Puzzles & Seating | 4.00 PM |
| Daily Current Affairs Updates | 5.00 PM |
| Data Interpretation / Application Sums (Topic Wise) | 6.00 PM |
| Reasoning Ability “20-20” | 7.00 PM |
| English Language (New Pattern Questions) | 8.00 PM |
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