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

Seven branded TV’s- I, J, K, L, M, N and O were launched in India in different years-1985, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2007.

M was launched in a year which is divisible by 5. Two TVs were launched between O and L, which was launched in an even numbered year. N was launched in the year which is divisible by 3, but after L. The number of TV’s launched between J and I is one less than the number of TV’s launched between I and K, which was not launched in the year which is a multiple of nine. K does not launch adjacent to J.

1) Which of the following TV brand was launched on 1999?

A.I

B.K

C.L

D.O

E.J

2) Which of the following statement(s) is/are not true with respect to the final arrangement?

A.Brand L was launched nine years before brand N.

B.Brand J was launched two brands before K

C.Three brands were launched after brand L.

D.Both a and b

E.All the given statement is false.

3) Brand I was launched seven years before brand __.

A.N

B.O

C.K

D.L

E.None of these

4) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group?

A.Brand K

B.Brand J

C.Brand M

D.Brand O

E.Brand N

5) How many TV’s launched between brands M and L?

A.As many TV’s launched after N

B.None

C.As many TV’s launched between I and O

D.Two

E.More than three

Direction (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Eight persons E, H, K, P, R, U, W and Z completed police training in eight different years viz. 2012 to 2019, but not necessarily in the same order.

P completed the training three years after U. Only three persons completed the training between K and U. K doesn’t complete on an odd numbered year. The number of persons completed before P is one more than the number of persons completed after H. Only one person completed the training between H and E. The difference between the years in which W and R completed is three years. Both Z and R completed the training in consecutive years.

6) Who among the following person completed the training in 2018?

A.The one who completed immediately after P

B.U

C.The one who completed two years after E

D.P

E.Z

7) How many persons completed the training between W and K?

A.As many persons completed between P and U

B.Five

C.As many persons completed between R and E

D.Three

E.No one

8) As many persons completed between P and H is same as between Z and ___.

A.K

B.E

C.R

D.W

E.None of these

9) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangement and thus form a group. Who among the following one does not belong to the group?

A.H

B.Z

C.E

D.R

E.P

10) If K is related to 2015 and U is related to 2019 in a certain way, then W is related to which of the following year?

A.2014

B.2012

C.2019

D.2018

E.2017

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Answers :

Directions (1-5) :

We have,

Two TVs were launched between O and L, which was launched in an even numbered year.
N was launched in the year which is divisible by 3, but after L.
M was launched in a year which is divisible by 5.

From above conditions, we have three possibilities:

Again we have,

The number of TV’s launched between J and I is one less than the number of TV’s launched between I and K, which was not launched in the year which is a multiple of nine.
K does not launch adjacent to J

While applying above conditions, case 1 and 2 gets eliminated. Thus case 3 gives the final arrangement.

1) Answer: B

2) Answer: D

3) Answer: C

4) Answer: E

(In the given options, all TV’s are launched in odd numbered years, except in option e)

5) Answer: D

Directions (6-10) :

We have,

P completed the training three years after U.
Only three persons completed the training between K and U.
K doesn’t complete on an odd numbered year.

From the above condition, there are three possibilities

Again we have,

The number of persons completed before P is one more than the number of persons completed after H.
Only one person completed the training between H and E.