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PUZZLES(BY-YASH PAL SINGH)

Directions (Q. 1-5) : Study the following information carefully and answer the given question. Amit, Arun, Ajay, Arvind, Amar, Amarjeet, Avinash and Ajit are eight friends studying in engineering colleges in different streams, viz Aeronautical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technical Engineering, but not in the same order. All of them are seated around a circular table, facing away from the centre. Amit sits third to the left of the person who studies Electrical Engineering. Only two persons sit between Amar and Avinash. Neither Amar nor Avinash studies Electrical Engineering. The person who studies Technical Engineering sits second to the right of Arvind. Arvind is not an immediate neighbour of Amit. Arvind does not study Electrical Engineering and Amit does not study Technical Engineering. The one who studies Aeronautical Engineering sits third to the left of Amarjeet. The one who studies Aeronautical Engineering and the one who studies Electrical Engineering are not immediate neighbours. Only one person sits between Arvind and the one who studies Chemical Engineering. The person who studies Electronic Engineering and the one who studies Computer Engineering are immediate neighbours. Only one person sits between Arun and the one who studies Civil Engineering. The one who studies Civil Engineering is an immediate neighbour of Ajit. Avinash and Arun are not immediate neighbours. Arvind does not study Computer Engineering, How many people sit between Amar and the one who studies Civil Engineering (when counted in clockwise direction from Amar) ? (l) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Four (5) Five Who studies Aeronautical Engineering? (1) Arun (2) Ajay (3) Amit (4) Amar (5) Amarjeet Which of the following combinations is, definitely true? (1) Arvind - Electrical Engineering (2) Ajay-Civil Engineering (3) Avinash-Chemical Engineering (4) Arun - Electronic Engineering None of these Who studies Chemical Engineering? (1) Arun (2) Amarjeet (3) Ajit (4) Amar (5) Can‘t be determined What is the position of the person who studies Mechanical Engineering with respect to Ajay? (1) Immediate left (2) Second to the left (3) Third to the right (4) Third to the left (5) Second to the right Directions (Q. 6-10) : Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow. There are six boys A, B, C, D, E and F. They want to go out with six girls P, Q, R, S, T and U, not necessarily in the same order. The pairs went to different cities Delhi, Mumbai, Haridwar, Shimla and two of them went to Jaipur. They like different bikes, viz Karizma, Bullet, Passion and Discover. But Karizma and Bullet are preferred by two pairs. Further information is as follows: I. A and D visit Jaipur but do not like either Karizma or Discover. II. F does not go out with T Both of them do not like Passion. S and R want to go to Delhi and Haridwar respectively. The persons visiting Mumbai like the same bike as B does. IV. C goes out with U to Mumbai but does not like either Bullet or Discover. V. B goes to Delhi and likes Karizma. VI. E does not go out either with P or Q; he does not go to Haridwar; he likes neither Passion nor Bullet. Which bike does C like? (1) Karizma (2) Discover (3) Passion (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these If A goes out with P, who among the following likes Passion? (1) P (2) S (3) F (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these

[2] 8. Who went to Shimla? (1) PD (2) Q,T (3) T, E (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Which bike does R like? (1) Discover (2) Bullet (3) Passion (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Who among the following visits Haridwar? (1) E (2) B (3) F (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Directions (Q. 11-15): Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions. A banking institute organised mock test for different subjects—Maths, English, Reasoning, GS, Computer and Marketing—on six days of a week, not necessarily in the same order. The exams start from Monday with a holiday on any day of the week. One full day is devoted to one exam. The exam of Maths is scheduled immediately after the exam of English. The exam of GS is scheduled on Wednesday but not after the exam of Marketing. The exam of Reasoning is scheduled on Friday. There is only one exam between the exams of Computer and Maths. There is only one day when no paper is scheduled but that is not Saturday. The exam of Marketing is scheduled just before the holiday. How many exams are schedueld between the exams of Reasoning and Marketing? (1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) Four Ȁ ⸀Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ 刀 Ā Ȁ ⸀Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ Ā ⸀ W hich day is a holiday? (1) Saturday (2) Tuesday (3) Friday (4) Sunday (5) Thursday On which of the following days is the exam of Maths scheduled? (1) Monday (2) Tuesday (3) Wednesday (4) Friday (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is correct? (1) Tuesday-English (2) Saturday - Reasoning (3) Friday-Maths (4) Monday - Computer (5) Wednesday - GS Which two exams are scheduled on the second and fifth day respectively? (1) Reasoning, English (2) Computer, Maths (3) Marketing, GS (4) Maths, Reasoning (5) None of these Directions (Q. 16-21): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions: There are seven Indian cricketers, namely Sachin, Sehwag, Dhoni, Kohli, Raina, Yuvraj and Dravid. Each of them belongs to a different state, viz Maharashtra, Jharkhand, UP, Punjab, Delhi, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Moreover, each of them also has a liking for different foods, namely Chicken Tikka, Veg Biryani, Fish Curry, Chicken Biryani, Mutter Paneer, Mutton Curry and Afghani Chicken, not necessarily in the same order. Sachin, who likes Fish Curry, is neither from Maharashtra nor from Punjab. Raina is not from Jharkhand and does not like Chicken Tikka. Yuvraj, who hails from Tamil Nadu, does not like Veg Biryani. Kohli, who likes Afghani Chicken, is not from Karnataka. The one who is from Jharkhand is fond of Mutton Curry. Dhoni likes Mutter Paneer and is from UP while Sehwag, who likes Veg Biryani is from Delhi. Raina likes which of the following foods? (1) Mutton Curry (2) Veg Biryani (3) Chicken Biryani (4) None of these (5) Can‘t be determined Who among the following belongs to Karnataka? (1) Raina (2) Dravid (3) Sachin (4) None of these (5) Can‘t be determined Kohli belongs to which of the following states? (1) Jharkhand (2) Karnataka (3) Maharashtra (4) Punjab (5) Can‘t be determined

[3] Which of the following statements is/are false? (1) Sachin belongs to Karnataka and likes Fish Curry. (2) Dravid likes Mutton Curry. (3) Dhoni is from Jharkhand. (4) None is true (5) None is false Who among the following belongs to Punjab? (1) Dravid (2) Raina (3) Kohli (4) None of these (5) Can‘tbe determined Chicken Tikka is the favourite food of who among the following? (1) Dravid (2) Yuvraj (3) Raina (4) None of these (5) Can‘t be determined Directions (Q. 22-26) : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow. Anil, Karan, Manish, Ranjan, Arun and Nikhil live on different floors in the same building. All of them own one car . each, and each car is of a different company, namely Hyundai, Mahindra, Tata, Ford, Maruti and Fiat (not necessarily in the same order) . The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it number 2, and so on, and the topmost floor is numbered 6. Karan lives on an even-numbered floor and does not own Mahindra or Tata car; only two people live between the floors on which Karan and Nikhil live. Ranjan lives on the floor immediately above the floor on which Manish lives. Ranjan does not live on an odd-numbered floor and lives immediately below that of one who owns a Hyundai car. Anil does not live on the floor immediately above or immediately below the floor on which Arun lives. Anil does not live on the lower-most floor, ie floor number 1. Ranjan owns a Maruti car. Anil owns a Fiat car. Who amongst the following live on the floors between the floors on which Karan and Nikhil live?

(1) Manish, Ranjan (2) Anil, Manish (3) Ranjan, Arun (4) Anil, Arun (5) Can‘t be determined Who amongst the following lives on floor number 5? (1) Anil (2) Karan (3) Arun (4) Nikhil (5) Can‘t be determined 24. On which of the following floors does Arun live? (1) 3rd (2) 5th (3) 1st (4) 4th (5) Can‘t be determined

How many people live on the floors above the floor on which Anil lives? (1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) Can‘t be determined Which car is owned by the person who lives on the 3rd floor? (1) Mahindra (2) Tata (3) Ford (4) Fiat (5) Can‘t be determined Directions (Q. 27-31) : Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions. There are four boys and three girls in a group of college students. They are A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Each student is from a different college - KA, GLA, ISBM, KITE, GS, MLD and BND - and studies different subjects, viz Hindi, English, Maths, Science, Arts, History and Psychology but not necessarily in the same order. None of the girls is from MLD or KA college. C is in ISBM and she studies Arts. A studies History. B is not in KITE college. E is in BND college and studies English. F is from KA college and does not study Hindi. G is from MLD college and studies Maths. The student who is from KITE college studies Psychology. The student who is from GS college studies History. The student from GLA college studies Hindi. None of the girls studies History or Psychology. The student who studies History is from which of the following colleges? (1) KITE (2) BND (3) GS (4) MLD (5) None of these Who are three girls in the group? (1) B, C, D (2) B, E, F (3) C, D, F (4) F, E, G (5) None of these D studies which subject? (1) Hindi (2) Psychology (3) English (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these 30. Who studies Science? (1) B (2) E (3) F (4) G (5) None of these

[4] Who is from GLA college? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) Data inadequate Directions (Q. 32-36) : Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions. Among five students P, Q, R, S and T, each got a different percentage of marks in the written examination for SBI PO held in 2011. P scored more than Q but less than S. Q scored 79% marks. The one who scored the minimum marks scored 63% and the one who scored the highest marks scored 88% . R scored more than only T. Who scored most likely 68%? (1) P (2) R (3) S (4) T (5) Can‘t be determined Who scored the second highest marks in the SBI PO exam held in 2011? (1) Q (2) T (3) P (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Which of the following is true with respect to the given information? Q‘s percentage of marks was definitely less than T. Only three students scored more than R. The possible percentage of marks obtained by P is 72% . P scored more than only Q and R. None of these Which of the following is false with respect to the given information? (1) R scored less than only P and Q. (2) S scored the highest percentage. (3) T scored the least percentage. (4) All are true (5) None of these Who scored the second lowest marks? (1) P (2) Q (3) R (4) T (5) None of these Directions (Q. 37-41): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Eight persons from‘ different cities - Delhi, Gujarat, Patna, Mumbai, Chennai, Agra, Ranchi and Shimla, - are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 Raj, Ramesh, Roshan and Ratan are seated and all of them are facing north. In‘ row 2, Mohan, Mitesh, Madan and Mihir are seated and all of them are facing south. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement, each member is seated in a row facing another member of the other row. (All the information given above does not necessarily represent the order of seating as in the final arrangement). Roshan sits second to right of the person from Shimla. Madan is an immediate neighbour of the person who faces the person from Shimla. Only one person sits between Madan and the person from Mumbai. The immediate neighbour of the person from Mumbai faces the person from Patna. The person from Delhi faces the person from Agra. Madan is not from Agra. Mohan is not from Mumbai. Mohan does not face the person from Shimla. Mitesh faces the person from Chennai. The one who faces Mihir sits on the immediate left of Raj. Ramesh does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. The person from Shimla does not face the person from Gujarat. Who is sitting between Madan and the person from Mumbai? (1) The person from Agra (2) Mohan (3) Mitesh (4) The person from Guj arat (5) Mihir Who amongst the following sit at extreme ends of the rows? (1) Ratan and the person from Mumbai (2) The persons from Delhi and Ranchi (3) The person from Chennai and Mohan (4) The person from Gujarat and Ratan (5) Roshan and Mitesh Who amongst the following faces the person from Shimla? (1) The person from Ranchi (2) Mohan (3) Madan (4) The person from Gujarat (5) The person from Patna

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Who amongst the following is from Gujarat? (1) Roshan (2) Madan (3) Mohan (4) Ratan (5) Raj Roshan is from which of the following cities? (1) Delhi (2) Gujarat (3) Chennai (4) Agra (5) Patna Directions (Q. 42-46) : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions: Eight persons from different companies, viz Tata, Mahindra, Hyundai, Maruti, Toyota, BMW, Skoda and Mercedes, are sitting in two parallel rows containing four persons each in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1- P, Q, R and S are sitting and all of them are facing north. In row - 2, A, B, C and D are sitting and all of them are facing south- Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member sitting in a row faces another member of the other row. (All the information given above does not necessarily represent the; order of seating, as in the final arrangement.) The person, from Toyota faces the one who sits on the immediate left of R. R is neither from Mahindra nor from Hyundai. An immediate neighbour of A faces the person from Tata. The person from BMW faces the person who sits on the left of the person from Mahindra. There is only one person sitting between the persons from Mahindra and Skoda but that person is not R. The persons from Mahindra and Hyundai are not sitting at the extreme ends. B sits on the immediate left of the person from Toyota. The persons from Maruti and BMW are immediate neighbours. C and Q are not sitting at any of the ends. S faces the one who is sitting on the immediate right of the person from BMW. A is not from BMW or Maruti. P does not face BMW. Who among the following is from Mercedes? (1) A (2) R (3) B (4) S (5) Can‘t be determined R is from which of the following companies? (1) Skoda (2) Tata (3) Maruti (4) BMW (5) None of these 44. Who is sitting between D and the person from Toyota? (1) The person who is from Hyundai (2) B (3) S (4) The person who faces the one who is from Hyundai (5) None of these Who among the following faces the one who is from BMW? (1) The person who is from Mahindra (2) R (3) S (4) The person who is from Mercedes (5) Q Who among the following sit on the extreme ends of the row? (1) B and the person from Hyundai (2) The persons from Skoda and Toyota (3) The persons from Tata and BMW (4) S and the person from Mahindra (5) D and B Directions (Q. 47-50) : Study the following information to answer the given questions. There are six lectures to be given on six days of a week starting from Monday and ending on Saturday. The different lectures are on Maths, English, Reasoning, GK, Computer and GS. Moreover, some additional information is also given. Lecture on neither GK nor GS is scheduled on the first day and there are two lectures between them. There is one lecture between GK and Maths and that lecture is not on English. ―The lecture on Reasoning is just before that on GS and not after English.‖ The lecture on Maths is not on the first day. Which of the following lectures is given on Thursday? (1) English (2) GK (3) Computer (4) Maths (5) None of these How many lectures are given between GK and Reasoning? (1) Three (2) Two (3) One (4) None (5)Can‘t be determined ‗Reasoning‘ is related to ‗Maths‘ in a certain way on the basis of the above arrangement and

[6] ‗Computer‘ is related to ‗English‘ in the same way. Then, which of the following is ‗GS‘ related to, following the same pattern? (1) Maths (2) Computer (3) GK (4) Reasoning (5) English Which of the lectures is definitely given on the last day? (1) Reasoning (2) GS (3) Computer (4) Maths (5) English Directions (Q. 51-54): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow. There are seven friends -Anita, Binod, Chandni, David, Ejaj, Fazal and Gauri. All of them are working in an organisation and have different mobile phones - Nokia, Samsung, Spice, Blackberry, Motorola, Micromax and Videocon - but not necessarily in the same order. Moreover, they are also using the services of different service providers-Aircel, Vodafone, Reliance, Idea, Tata, Uninor and Airtel. Further, some more information is also given. David, a Spice user, does not use Aircel. The one who uses Micromax is a subscriber to Tata. Anita does not use Vodafone while Binod, who is a Samsung user, is a subscriber to Idea. Ejaj and Fazal do not use Micromax. Ejaj, a Reliance user, has Videocon mobile, while the person who uses Blackberry is subscribed to Vodafone. Chandni is a Uninor subscriber, while Gauri, who does not use Nokia, is an Aircel user. Who among the following uses Blackberry? (1) Gauri (2) Fazal (3) Chandni (4) Ejaj (5) None of these Which of the following services is used by Anita? (1) Airtel (2) Aircel (3) Reliance (4) Tata (5) None of these Which of the following statements is/are definitely false with respect to the above information? (1) Fazal uses Videocon mobile. (2) Anita is an Airtel subscriber. (3) David is a Reliance subscriber (4) All are true (5) None of these Who among the following uses Motorola mobile phones? (1) Anita (2) Gauri (3) Ejaj (4) Fazal (5) Chandni Directions (Q. 55-57): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow. There are five friends -A, B, C, D and E - living on five different floors of an apartment with the lowermost floor as floor 1 and so on. Further, some more information is also given: C cannot live on an odd-numbered floor and B cannot live on an even-numbered floor. E lives on the floor which is immediately above the floor on which D lives. There is only one person who lives on the floor between D‘s and A‘s floor. A lives neither at the bottom nor on the top floor. Who among the following lives on the top floor? (1) A (2) E (3) D (4) B (5) Can‘t be determined A lives on which of the following floors?

(1) Second (2) Third (3) Fourth (4) Fifth (5) None of these How many floors are there between the floors on which B and E live? (1) Four (2) Three (3) Two (4) One (5) None of these Directions (Q. 58-63) : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

There are six movies, viz Rockstar, Kahani, Dabang, Barfi, Wanted and 3 Idiots. All of them have been directed by six different directors, namely Abhijit Sarkar, ImtiazAli, Abhinav Kashyap, Prabhu Deva, Anurag Basu and Raj Kumar Hirani, but not necessarily in the same order. Moreover, each of the

[7] six movies won a Filmfare award each, in six different categories, namely Best Actor, Director, Music, Costume, Story, and Lyrics, but not necessarily in the same order. Raj Kumar Hirani did not direct Rockstar while Wanted won the award for Best Music. 3 Idiots was awarded for the Best Story and was directed by Prabhu Deva. Barfi lost the award for Best Direction.

Wanted-was directed neither by Anurag Basu nor by Raj Kumar Hirani.

Kahani was directed by Imtiaz Ali and Dabang won the award for Best Costume. The movie that won the Award for Best Actor was directed by Abhinav Kashyap. Rockstar won the award for Best Lyrics. Which movie won the award for Best Actor? (1) Kahani (2) Barfi (3) Wanted (4) Rockstar (5) Can‘t be determined

Imtiaz Ali‘s movie won the award for which category? (1) Best Actor (2) Best Music (3) Best Director (4) Best Costume (5) None of these Who is the director of the movie Wanted?

(1) Raj Kumar Hirani (2) Imtiaz Ali (3) Anurag Basu (4) Abhijit Sarkar (5) Can‘t be determined Raj Kumar Hirani directed which of the following movies? (1) 3 idiots (2) Wanted (3) Dabang (4) Rockstar (5) None of these

The award for Best Movie went to

(1) Barfi (2) Rockstar (3) Kahani (4) Dabang (5) None of these Who directed the movie Rockstar”?

(1) Anurag Basu (2) Abhinav Kashyap (3) Raj Kumar Hirani (4) Abhijit Sarkar (5) Can‘t say Directions (Q. 64-67) : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Mr X is trying to make a team of four players for a tennis tournament. He has seven players for that purpose. Among them. A, B and C are males and M, N, O and P are females. All players are of equal ability and there must be at least two males in a team. For a team of four, all players must be able to play with each other. Player B cannot play with player M. Player C cannot play with Player P. Player M cannot play with Player O. If Player O is selected and Player B is rejected then the team will consist of which of these four players? (1) A, C, M and O (2) A, C, N and O (3) A, C, P and O (4) A, N, P and O (5) None of these If Player M is on the team, which other players must be there on the team? (1) A,B and N (2) A,C and N (3) A,C and O (4) A,C and P (5) None of these Which statement(s) is/are false considering the above information? Player B and C are never selected together. Player C and O are never selected together. Player C and N are never selected together.

(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) Only A and B (5) A, B and C Which statement is certainly true? If M plays, A also plays. If O plays, B also plays. If M plays, O also plays. (1) Only C (2) Only B (3) Only A (4) Only A and B (5) Only A and C

[8] Directions (Q. 68-71): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions. Five friends -A, B, C, D and E - belong to five different cities, viz. Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore. They study in college X, taking History, Geography, Science, Maths and Management as their optional subjects. A neither belongs to Bangalore nor studies Geography. C belongs to Mumbai and studies Science. The one who studies Maths is neither from Delhi nor from Chennai, and the one who is from Kolkata studies History, but he is not B. The one who studies Geography is neither from Kolkata nor from Bangalore. Neither A nor D is from Kolkata. B does not study Management. He is neither from Delhi nor from Chennai. Who studies Maths as an optional subject? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) Either A or B (5) Either A or D Whose optional subject is Geography? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E The one who studies Management as an optional subject has his home town in (1) Delhi (2) Chennai (3) Bangalore (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these Bangalore is the home town of (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E Directions (Q. 72-78): Study the information below and answer the given questions. Seven members, viz. A, B, C, D, E, F and G, are family members. Three of them are female members. There are two couples in the family. Each of them has a different profession, viz. Architect, Teacher, Lawyer, Doctor, Engineer, Manager and Music Director, but not necessarily in the same order. B is a Lawyer and his wife is F, who is a Manager. A is brother of G, who is an Architect. C, who is a Doctor, is a female and is unmarried. D is a Teacher and sister of G. E is not an Engineer and is father of C. Which of the following combinations according to the given information is true? (1) C-Female-Manager (2) B-Female-Lawyer (3) F-Male-Manager (4) G-Male-Architect (5) None of these Who among the following is daughter of D? (1) C (2) A (3) F (4) G (5) None of these Which of the following is true about A? (1) A is husband of C (2) A is a Music Director (3) A is brother of G and D (4) A is sister of E (5) None of these If B is father of A, then what is the relation between F and G? (1) G is mother of F (2) F is mother of G (3) F is sister of G (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Which of the following pairs is a couple? (1) E and A (2) D and E (3) B and G (4) A and B (5) None of these What is the profession of E? (1) Lawyer (2) Manager (3) Teacher (4) Music Director (5) None of these If D is daughter of F, then how is C related to B? (1) C is son of B (2) C is daughter of B (3) C is granddaughter of B (4) C is grandson of B (5) Can‘t be determined Directions (Q. 79-82): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions. Six friends - L, M, N, O, P and Q - are living on different floors in the same building having six floors numbered one to six. (The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it number 2, and so on, and the top floor is number 6.)

[9] O does not live on floor number 2. M does not live on an odd-numbered floor. N does not live on any of the floors below Q‘s floor. P does not live on a floor immediately above or immediately below the floor on which M lives. L lives on an even-numbered floor. There are two floors between the floors on which O and Q live. Q lives on a floor above O‘s floor. On which of the following floors does Q live? (1) 2nd (2) 5th (3) 4th (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Who amongst the following live on the floors exactly between Q and O? (1) M, N (2) N, P (3) L, M (4) L, P (5) None of these Who among the following lives immediately above the floor on which N lives? (1) L (2) M (3) P (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these How many persons live on the floor exactly between O and M? (1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Four (5) None of these Directions (Q. 83-85): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow: Seven participants A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a straight line facing east. All of them have participated in a hundred-metre race. B sits fourth to the right of the person whose rank is 6th in the race. Either B or the sixth ranker sits at the extreme end of the line. Only one person sits between B and G. G is the third ranker. The person whose rank is first sits third to the left of D. D is not an immediate neighbour of G. Only one person sits between E and the person who finished at the second place. A and C are immediate neighbours. A is not at the sixth rank. The person whose rank is fifth sits third to the left of the person who finished seventh. Who ranked at the fourth place? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) F E‘s rank in the race is (1) First (2) Second (3) Fifth (4) Sixth (5) Seventh How many persons are sitting between A and F? (1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Four (5) Five Directions (Q. 86-90): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow: Seven students A, B, C, D, E, F and G study in school X. They are in three different standards, viz. VI, VII and VIII. They wear shirts of different colours, viz. Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Black, Orange and White but not necessarily in the same order. At least two students study in the same standard. D wears White shirt and studies in Std VI. The one who wears Yellow shirt does not study in Std, VIII. F wears Orange shirt and studies in Std VII with only B. A neither wears Black shirt nor studies in Std VI. E wears Red shirt but is not in Std VI. G wears Green shirt but does not study in Std VI No one studying in Std VI wears either Blue or Black shirt. Which of the following represents the group studying in Std VIII? (1) D, B, F (2) C, E, G (3) A, G, D (4) G, E, A (5) None of these In which of the following standards does C study? (1) VI (2) VII (3) VIII (4) Can‘t be determined (5) Either VI or VIII The colour of B‘s shirt is (1) Yellow (2) Blue (3) Black (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Who among the following is in Yellow shirt? (1) B (2) C (3) E (4) A (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is true? (1) A-Black-VIII (2) B-Yellow-VI (3) C-Yellow-VIII (4) G-Green-VI (5) None, of these

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[10] Directions (Q. 91-95): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Seven friends A, B, C, D, E, F and G go to market on different days - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday for part-time jobs at different. shops, viz Medical, Grocery, Bakery, Electronics, Garment, Hardware and Mobile, but not necessarily in the same order. C works at the Bakery shop but goes there neither on Saturday nor on Thursday. E goes on Tuesday and works at the Hardware shop. A goes on Friday but works neither in the Medical shop nor in the Garment shop. The one who goes on Monday works at the Grocery shop. The one who works in the Medical shop goes there on Wednesday. F works in the Garment shop. G works in the Electronics shop and goes on Saturday. D does not go to the market on Monday. Who among the following works at the Grocery shop? (1) A (2) B (3) D (4) C (5) E On which day does F go to market? (1) Monday (2) Tuesday (3) Wednesday (4) Thursday (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is true? (1) E – Thursday – Hardware (2) D – Tuesday – Medical (3) C – Sunday – Bakery (4) F – Friday – Garment (5) B – Monday – Mobile Who among the following goes to work on Sunday? (1) B (2) D (3) C (4) E (5) G The person going on Saturday works in which of the following shops? (1) Electronics (2) Medical (3) Garment (4) Grocery (5) Mobile Directions (Q. 96-100): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions. Seven actors H, I, J, K, L, M and N act in different types of drama, viz Action, Thriller, Romantic, Suspense, Comedy, Horror and Inspirational, but not necessarily in the same order. All the seven actors are engaged on three different days of the week, viz Monday, Tuesday and Friday. H is engaged on Monday only with L and his drama is Thriller. K is acting in Horror drama and does not act on Friday. The one who is acting in Comedy acts on Tuesday. I and J do not act on the same day. Those who act on Monday do not perform Romantic drama. M acts in Suspense drama but does not act on Tuesday. N acts on the same day as M. J acts in Action drama. Who acts in Comedy? (1) L (2) M (3) N (4) I (5) None of these Which of the following combinations of actor-day-drama is definitely correct? (1) M - Friday - Romantic (2) N - Friday - Romantic (3) K - Tuesday - Action (4) L - Tuesday - Inspirational (5) None of these Which of the following groups of actors performs on Friday? (1) JM (2) LMN (3) JMN (4) MN (5) None of these I and K act on which of the following days of the week?

(1) Tuesday (2) Friday (3) Monday (4) Monday or Friday (5) None of these L acts in which type of drama? (1) Suspense (2) Romantic (3) Action (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Directions (Q. 101-105): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

In a family of ten persons -A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J -there are five males and five females. All of them are sitting for evening snacks, viz Pizza, Cola, Lemonade, Chocolate (Temptation), Coffee, Tea, Burger, Ice Cream (Strawberry), Icecream (Vanilla), Chocolate (Nestle), but not necessarily in the same order. No couple eat the flavour of the same eatable. In the family of three generations, each female member, except B and H, has two sisters and

[11] one brother. The grandson of J does not like Pizza. B has no sister-in-law. A is not drinking tea. No male member eats Chocolate (Temptation) and takes Tea. I is father-in-law of F and he eats Ice cream of Vanilla flavour. G, who eats Chocolate (Nestle), is the son-in-law of B. D, who drinks Coffee, is the unmarried sister of E, who does not like Cola. C is sister-in-law of F but she does not like Cola, Lemonade or Tea. E is G‘s brother-in-law. B‘s father is H‘s husband, who does not like Pizza. The grandparents neither drink any beverages nor eat any sweet stuff. Who among the following likes Chocolate (Temptation)? (1) C (2) A (3) F (4) Can‘t say (5) None of these F has which of the following drinks/eatables? (1) Icecream (Strawberry) (2) Cola (3) Lemonade (4) Can‘t say (5) None of these Which of the following pairs of persons do not represent a couple?

(1) B and I (2) A and F (3) G and C (4) H and J (5) E and D How many grandsons does J have? (1) Two (2) Three (3) One (4) Can‘t say (5) None of these How is A related to E? (1) Mother (2) Sister (3) Wife (4) Can‘t say (5) None of these Directions (Q. 106-111): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

A committee has nine members A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I and it is divided into three groups, viz Play group, Entertainment group and Food group - with three members in each group. There are certain conditions for the formation of the groups. Only three members will be selected in each group. One person cannot be selected for more than one group. A is in the Play group. H is in the Entertainment group. C and D are in the same group but not in the group of I. A and B are not in the same group. E is not in the same group as I but is in the Food group. F is in the group in which either H or B or both ―of them are present. I and H are not in the same group. F is neither with E nor with I. C and D are in which of the following groups? (1) Play group (2) Entertainment group (3) Food group (4) Both Play and Food group (5) Can‘t be determined Which of the following statements is true about G? (1) G is in the Play group with H. (2) G is in the Food group with A. (3) G is in the Play group with C and D. (4) Can‘t be determined None of these Which of the following members represents the Food group? (1) ECD (2) AHG (3) CDI (4) HBF (5) None of these F is associated with which of the following groups? (1) Play group (2) Food group (3) Both Play and Food group (4) Entertainment group Can‘t be determined A can be grouped with who among the following?

(1) GH (2) IG (3) CD (4) CH (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is true? (1) Play group-ABF (2) Food group - ECB (3) Entertainment group - HFB (4) Food group - AIG (5) None of these

[12] Directions (Q. 112-116): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions. Eight groups A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are going for rock climbing in different mountain ranges, viz. Aravallis, Himalayas, Satpura, Andes, Alps, Rockies, Atlas and Appalachian but not necessarily in the same order. These groups are also going for rafting in different rivers, viz. Spree, Hudson, Amazon, Tigris, Tiber, Nile, Danube and Thames but not necessarily in the same order, Group G is going neither to river Danube nor to river Hudson, Neither group F nor group G is going to raft in the river Tigris or the river Nile. Group E is going to the Appalachian mountain range. Group C is going to the Andes mountain range and the river Tiber. The one who is going to raft‘ in the Amazon is also going to the Appalachian mountain range. Group A and B are going for rafting either in the Nile or Thames. Group D does not want to raft in the Tigris and F does not want to raft in the Hudson. The group which is climbing on the Aravallis is rafting in the Danube and the group which is climbing on the Atlas is rafting in the Hudson. A and G do not climb on the Rockies and the Satpura, The group which is climbing on the Himalayas is rafting in the Thames. Group H and G climb either on Alps or on the Satpura mountain range. Which of the following groups is going to climb on the Aravallis? (1) D (2) E (3) F (4) H (5) N one of these The group rafting in the Nile is climbing in which of the following mountain ranges? (1) Andes (2) Rockies (3) Aravallis (4) Atlas (5) None of these Which group is going to raft in the river Nile? (1) G (2) D (3) A (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is definitely true with regard to the above information? (1) C-Aravallis-Tiber (2) A-Himalayas-Nile (3) D-Atlas-Danube (4) H-Satpura-Tigris (5) G-Andes-Spree Which of the following combinations is not true with respect to the above information?, (1) G- Alps-Spree (2) F-Aravallis-Danube (3) E-Appalachian-Amazon (4) B-Rockies-Nile (5) A-Andes-Thames Direction (Q. 117-121): Read the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow. Twelve wards N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y of a hospital are in two parallel buildings. Building 1 is facing west and Building 2 is facing east. Wards P, Q, R, S, T and U are in Building 1 and wards N, O, V, W, X and Y are in Building 2. Each ward of Building 1 is exactly opposite the Other ward in Building 2. Ward V, which is at one of the ends of the building, is second to the left of ward Y. There are two wards between ward N and O. There is only one ward between ward S and T Ward U is third to the right of Q. Ward U is not opposite either V or Y. Ward S and T are not opposite V. Ward P is adjacent to ward S. Ward W, which is not opposite T, is not adjacent to N. Which ward is opposite Q? (1) N (2) Y (3) W (4) X (5) O How many wards are there between wards R and S? (1) Four (2) Three (3) Two (4) One (5) None of these Ward R is related to ward X in the same way as ward U is related to O, based on the given arrangement. Who among the following is Q related to following the same pattern? (1) N (2) V (3) W (4) Y (5) None of these Which of the following wards are at the ends of the building? (1) V, O (2) U, Q (3) V, W (4) R, T (5) None of these Which of the following statements is true about P?

[13] Ward Y is opposite ward P. Ward N is not the neighbour of that ward which is opposite P. Ward S is not adjacent to ward P. Ward P is 2nd from the right end. Ward O is opposite that ward which is 3rd to the left of ward P. Directions (Q.122-124): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Seven animated movies - Krishna, Barbi, Hanuman, Dashavatar, Bal Ganesh, Jumbo and Alibaba - were screened in a theatre, but not necessarily in the same order. The screening started on Monday and ended on Sunday. Only one movie was screened each day. Hanuman was screened on Wednesday. Bal Ganesh was screened on the fourth day after Krishna was screened. Barbi was screened before Thursday, but not on Monday. Dashavatar and Alibaba were not screened on Saturday but Dashavatar was screened before Saturday. On which of the following days was Jumbo screened? (1) Monday (2) Thursday (3) Saturday (4) Sunday (5) None of these How many movies were screened before Dashavatar? (1) One (2) None (3) Two (4) Three (5) None of these Which of the following movies was screened on Friday? (1) Jumbo (2) Alibaba (3) Dashavatar (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Directions (Q. 125-127): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

A, B, C, D, E and F are six representatives from different countries, viz China, India, Brazil, Russia, Canada and Spain, not necessarily in the same order. Each one is scheduled to represent his country on a different day of the week from Monday to Saturday. The one who is from Russia is scheduled to represent his country on Thursday. D represents his country on Tuesday. A is from China but represents neither on Wednesday nor on Saturday. C represents neither Russia nor India but has scheduled his day on Friday. B is from Brazil and E is from Spain. Who is from Canada? (1) F (2) C (3) D (4) Either C or F (5) None of these Who is scheduled to represent his country on the day after D represents his country? (1) B (2) C (3) F (4) Either B or E (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is correct? (1) D-India (2) C-Canada (3) F-Thursday (4) China-Monday (5) All are correct Directions (Q. 128-132): Study the following information and answer the questions given below.

Vishal, Rohan, Anu, Yogendra, Akash and Ritu stay on different floors of a six-storey building (ground floor is numbered as floor 1 and top floor is numbered as floor 6). Each of them plays one of the following games: Golf, Hockey, Squash, Tennis, Chess and Volleyball, but not necessarily in the same order. Rohan, stays on floor 4 and he plays neither Chess nor Volleyball. The one who plays Hockey stays on floor 3. Akash plays Tennis and he doesn‘t stays on either floor 1 or 6. Anu stays on floor 2 and plays Squash. Yogendra plays Volleyball but neither he nor Ritu stays on floor 1. Who plays Golf? (1)Ritu (2) Yogendra (3) Rohan (4) Vishal (5) None of these Which game does Vishal play? (1) Squash (2) Chess (3) Hockey (4) Golf (5) None of these

[14] On which floor does Akash stay? (1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 2 (5) None of these Who plays Hockey? (1) Rohan (2) Vishal (3) Ritu (4) Anu (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is true? (1) Vishal—Floor 1—Hockey (2) Akash—Floor 5—Chess (3) Yogendra—Floor 6 — Volleyball (4) Rohan—Floor 4—Chess (5) None of these Directions (Q. 133-138): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Six persons—A, B, C, D, E and F—stay on different floors of a six - storey building (ground floor is numbered as floor 1 and top floor is numbered as floor 6). Each of them is in a different profession, viz Doctor, Engineer, Lawyer, Architect, Journalist and Teacher. D is a lawyer but stays neither on floor 2 nor on floor 5. B is neither an Architect nor a Journalist but stays on floor 6. The Journalist doesn‘t stay below the floor of the Architect but stays below the floor of the Engineer. The Teacher stays either on floor 1 or on floor 4. E doesn‘t stay on an odd - numbered floor. A, who stays on floor 4, is either a Journalist or an Architect. Either C or F is an Engineer. If F stays on floor 1, what is the profession of C? (1) Lawyer (2) Engineer (3) Teacher (4) Architect (5) Can‘t be determined Who stays on floor 3? (1) Engineer (2) Lawyer (3) Doctor (4) Architect (5) Teacher Which of the following combinations is definitely true? (1) C-Teacher-Floor 1 (2) D-Lawyer-Floor 5 (3) E-Architect-Floor 2 (4) F-Engineer-Floor 5 (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is definitely false?

(1) A-Journalist-Floor 2 (2) B-Doctor-Floor 6 (3) E-Architect-Floor 2 (4) D-Lawyer-Floor 3 (5) None of these If the Journalist stays on Floor 2, Which floor will the Engineer stay on? (1) 1 (2) 5 (3) 4 (4) 6 (5) Can‘t say exactly What is the profession of B? (1) Engineer (2) Architect (3) Journalist (4) Doctor (5) Data inadequate Directions (Q. 139-143): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are going to three destinations, viz Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad, in three vehicles—Honda City, Swift and Ford Ikon. There are three females among them and not more than three persons can sit in a car. R is the sister of T and is going to Hyderabad. W is travelling with her brothers only. P is neither travelling in Swift nor is he going to Hyderabad. Q is travelling with T and may be accompanied with somebody, except P, V is not travelling with Z and she is going to Chennai. S is travelling in Honda City but neither with T nor with R. Those who are travelling in Swift are going to Delhi. Members of Which of the following cars are going to Hyderabad? (1) None (2) Ford Ikon (3) Honda City (4) Swift (5) Either Ford Ikon or Honda City In which of the following cars are only two members travelling? (1) Swift (2) Ford Ikon (3) Honda City (4) Either Ford Ikon or Honda City (5) Either Swift or Honda City

[15] Members of which of the following groups are going to Delhi? (1) RZW (2) WTQ (3) ZQR (4) PVS (5) None of these Who is travelling with V? (1) Only P (2) Only S (3) Both P and S (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is true? (1) R-Honda City-Hyderabad (2) V-Swift-Delhi (3) S-FordIkon-Chennai (4) W-Swift-Delhi (5) Q-Ford Ikon-Hyderabad Directions (Q. 144-145): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

In a six-letter English word (which may or may not be a meaningful English word), B is placed between F and D. E is between A and C. A is not placed next to either D or F. C is not placed next to D.

Which of the following is correct with respect to the word/s thus formed? (1) C is placed on the immediate left of D. (2) F is placed between B and C. (3) E is placed next to D. (4) C is placed between F and B. None is correct If A cannot be placed on the right (not necessarily immediate right) of D, which of the following words can be formed based on the given conditions? (1) ECFBAD (2) ACEBFD (3) AECFBD (4) ACEDBF (5) None of these Directions (Q. 146-148): Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

A, B, C, D and E are the students of five different disciplines—Arts, Engineering, Management, Medical and Law, not necessarily in the same order. They live on different floors of a building having five floors (the ground floor is numbered one, the floor above it is numbered two, and so on, and the topmost floor is numbered five). A is a Medical student and does not live on floor numbers one or four or five. B is a student neither of Engineering nor of Management. D, who is an Arts student, stays on floor number two. Neither Law student nor the Management student lives on the top floor. Neither B nor E lives on floor number four. Who stays on the top floor? (1) A (2) E (3) B (4) C (5) Can‘t be determined Which of the following is the student of Management? (1) E (2) B (3) A (4) C (5) Can‘t be determined Who stays on the ground floor (floor number one) ? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) E (5) Can‘t be determined Directions (Q. 149-154): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and X are eight persons. Each is a professor of a different subject, viz Maths, Physics, Hindi, .English, Geology, Zoology, Botany and History. Each of them pursues a different hobby, viz Singing, Music, Poetry, Shayari, Painting, Tracking, Cooking and Swimming, but not necessarily in the same order. P, who likes Cooking, is a professor of neither History nor Geology. Q is a professor of English and does not like either Singing or Poetry. The one who is a professor of Maths likes Shayari. The one who likes Swimming is a professor of Physics and the one who is a professor of Botany likes Music. X doesn‘t like Painting. T and V like Music and Tracking, though not necessarily in the same order. S likes Swimming. W is a professor of Zoology and doesn‘t like Singing. The one who is a professor of Geology likes Tracking. R is not a professor of History. The one who is a professor of Hindi doesn‘t like either Poetry or Painting.

[16] Who among of the following likes Singing? (1) X (2) W (3) S (4) T (5) None of these Who among of the following is a professor of History? (1) S (2) T (3) X (4) W (5) None of these R is a professor of which of the following subjects? (1) . Maths (2) Geology (3) Zoology (4) Hindi (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is definitely correct?

(1) R-Maths-Music (2) V-Botany-Music (3) S-Zoology-Singing (4) Q-English-Painting (5) None is correct Which of the following combinations is incorrect? (1) S-wimming (2) P-Hindi (3) W-Tracking (4) R-Shayari (5) None of these Which of the following is W‘s hobby? (1) Painting (2) Cooking (3) Singing (4) Poetry (5) None of these Directions (Q. 155-159): Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

A university organised exams for six different subjects, viz Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Electronics, Statistics and English on six days of a week, not necessarily in the same order. The exams start from Monday, with a holiday on any day of the week, One full day is devoted to one exam. The exam of Maths is scheduled immediately after the exam of Physics. The exam of Electronics is scheduled on Wednesday but not after the exam of English. The exam of Chemistry is scheduled on Friday. There is only one exam between the exams of Statistics and Maths. There is only one day when no paper is scheduled but that is not Saturday. The exam of English is scheduled just before the holiday. On which of the following days is the exam of Statistics scheduled? (1) Tuesday (2) Wednesday (3) Friday (4) Saturday (5) None of these

On which day is a holiday? (1) Sunday (2) Monday (3) Tuesday (4) Wednesday (5) None of these How many exams is/are scheduled between the exams of Maths and Electronics? (1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Four (5) None of these Which two exams are scheduled on the first and last day? (1) Electronics, English (2) Maths, English (3) Physics, Chemistry (4) Physics, English (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is correct? (1) English-Thursday (2) Maths-Monday (3) Statistics-Saturday (4) Physics-Monday (5) None of these Directions (Q. 160 -164): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Seven scientists—M, N, J, T, K, P and R—represent a different country each in an international seminar, viz India, Canada, France, Germany, China, Japan and Korea, but not necessarily in the same order. Each is a master of a different subject, viz Physics, Geophysics, Electronics, Chemistry, Maths, Meteorology and Geology, but not necessarily in the same order. J represents China in Physics. T represents Canada but neither for Maths nor for Chemistry. The one who represents Japan is a master of Geophysics. K is a master of Maths but not from Korea. M represents Germany and has excellence in Meteorology. The one who represents India is a master of Electronics. P represents neither Korea nor Japan. R excels in Chemistry. K represents which of the following countries? (1) India (2) Japan (3) France (4) Korea (5) None of these Who among the following represents Japan?

[17] (1) R (2) K (3) P (4) N (5) None of these T is a scientist of which of the following subjects? (1) Geology (2) Geophysics (3) Electronics (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is correct? (1) R - Electronics - France (2) P - Electronics - India (3) N - Geophysics - Korea (4) R - Chemistry - France None of these The scientist of Chemistry represents which of the following countries? (1) Canada (2) France (3) Japan (4) Korea (5) None of these Directions (Q. 165 168): Study the following information to answer the given questions.

In a National Film Award function, seven awardees, viz P, Q, R, S, T, V and W, are invited to receive awards for achievements in their fields. The awardees have to sit on the dias in a row. Two of the awardees—P and W—are co - hosting the function also. So, they must be seated at the extreme right. Q, the recipient of ‗Best Actor of the Year‘ award, must sit at the central position. R and S are bitter rivals and, therefore, they must be seated as far from each other as possible. Which of the following pairs cannot be seated together? (1) R and V (2) Q and S (3) S and W (4) P and T (5) Can‘t be determined Which of the following cannot be seated at either end? (1) R (2) S (3) W (4) T (5) Can‘t be determined Which of the following pairs cannot occupy the seats on either side of Q? (1) S and T (2) T and W (3) V and S (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these What can be the position of R from the right end? (1) Third (2) Fourth (3) Seventh (4) Third or seventh (5) Can‘t be determined Directions (Q. 169-173): Read the following information carefully to answer the questions given below. There is a group of six persons living in a four-storeyed building. The persons are A, B, C, D, E and F. Each storey of the building has two flats. Thus, there are eight flats in all and two of them are vacant. C is heavier than B, who in turn is heavier than F. The heaviest of the group lives on the top floor while the lightest lives on the ground floor. (iii)E is lighter than D. One of the flats on the first floor is vacant while one on the second floor is also vacant. A is neither the heaviest nor the lightest.

There are only two people heavier than C. A is not one of them. B shares the floor with the heaviest of the group while C shares it with the lightest. Who among the following is the heaviest in the group? (1) A (2) C (3) D (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these On which floor does A live? (1) Ground floor (2) First floor (3) Second floor (4) Top floor (5) Cannot be determined Who among the following shares the floor with C? (1) F (2) E (3) A

[18] (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these E and A live (1) on two adjacent floors (2) on the same floor (3) with one floor between their floors (4) with two floors between their floors Cannot be determined Starting from the heaviest of the group, what is the rank of A in order of weight? (1) Fourth (2) Fifth (3) Sixth (4) Either fourth or fifth (5) Cannot be determined Directions (Q. 174-176): Read the information carefully to answer the given questions.

Seven boys are made to stand in a row in increasing order of their height (shortest boy first). Their names are Akash, Anup, Kishan, Raj, Sumit, Keshav and Jai. Sumit is the tallest boy among them. Keshav stands between Akash and Raj. There are exactly three boys between Raj and Anup. Jai comes right after Sumit in height. How many arrangements are possible according to the given information?

(1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Four (5) None of these

How many boys take the same position in the row in all the possible arrangements?

(1) Two (2) Three (3) Four (4) Five (5) None of these

If Keshav is taller than Kishan, who is the shortest boy?

(1) Raj (2) Akash (3) Anup (4) Kishan (5) Can‘t be determined Directions (Q. 177-181): Following questions are based on the information given below.

S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are eight students in the class. Three of them study English and Commerce each and two of them study Sanskrit. Each one of them has a different weight. The heaviest does not study Sanskrit and the lightest does not study English. (iii)X is heavier than S and V, but lighter than Z and T. W, who does not study English, is heavier than T and is the second heaviest. Y is lighter than V but heavier than S. Z, who is fourth from the top, studies Commerce along with V. Y does not study either English or Sanskrit. T does not study Sanskrit. Who is the heaviest? (1) Z (2) U (3) T (4) W (5) None of these Who among the following is lighter than V? (1) Z (2) Y (3) X (4) T (5) None of these

Which of the following pairs studies Sanskrit? (1) ZX (2) WX (3) WS (4) YZ (5) Cannotbe deteremined Which of the following groups of students studies English? (1) USW (2) UTX (3) UTS (4) UWY (5) None of these Which of the following subjects does W not study? (1) Sanskrit (2) English (3) Commerce (4) Both English and Commerce (5) None of these Directions (Q. 182-183): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. L, M, N and P are to be seated in a row facing north. But N and P can‘t sit together. Also, M can‘t be at the third place from either end. Which of the following must be true? L is sitting at the first place from the left.

L is sitting at the second place from the left.

[19] L is sitting at the third place from the left. L is sitting at the fourth place from the left. None of these If L and M interchange their positions, which of the following must be true? N is sitting at the first place from the left. N is not sitting at the first place from the left. P is not sitting at the first place from the left.

L is sitting at the third place from the left. None of these Directions(Q. 184-188): Study the following information to answer the given questions.

Seven friends, viz Manjit, Navin, Parul, Hitesh, Tarun, Raghu and Sahil, are pursuing their PhD in different subjects—Maths, History, Political Science, Chemistry, Economic, Accounts and Geography, but not necessarily in the same order. They study in three different universities, viz P, Q and S. At least two friends study in the same university. Hitesh is studying Political Science in university P. The one who is studying History is not from university S. Sahil is studying Geography in university Q with only Navin. Manjit is not studying Economics and is not from university P. Raghu is studying Accounts and is not from university P. Tarun is studying Chemistry but not from university P. No one studies Maths or Economics in university P. Which of the following represents the group that studies in university S? (1) Hitesh, Navin (2) Parul, Raghu, Tarun (3) Manjit, Tarun (4) Tarun, Raghu, Manjit (5) None of these Parul is studying in which of the following universities? (1) P (2) Q (3) S (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is true?

(1) Manj it—Economics—university S (2) Navin—History—university Q (3) Parul—History—university S (4) Tarun—Chemistry—university Q None of these Navin studies which subject in PhD? (1) History (2) Maths (3) Economics (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Who among the following is studying History in PhD? (1) Navin (2) Parul (3) Raghu (4) Manjit (5) None of these Directions (Q. 189-193): Read the following information and answer the given questions.

Four boys, Pawan, Mahesh, Chandu and Ravi, and four girls, Eti, Seema, Hina and Anita, are sitting around a circular table. Two girls and two boys are not facing the centre. No three girls are sitting together. Chandu is second to the left of Seema, who is not sitting next to Mahesh. Eti is third to the left of Anita and one of them is not facing the centre. Pawan is third to the right of Mahesh, who is facing the centre. Hina and Ravi are facing each other and both are not sitting next to Mahesh or Anita. Who among the following is sitting between Mahesh and Ravi?

(1) Pawan (2) Chandu (3) Hina (4) Anita (5) None of these

How many boys are sitting between Seema and Eti?

(1) Three (2) Two (3) One (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Who is sitting third to the left of Pawan?

(1) Ravi (2) Mahesh (3) Hina (4) Eti (5) None of these

[20] Which of the following groups of four students are not facing the centre? (1) Chandu, Ravi, Seema and Pawan (2) Eti, Seema, Pawan and Ravi (3) Pawan, Seema, Eti and Chandu (4) Pawan, Chandu, Anita and Seema (5) None of these 193. Who is sitting between Hina and Anita? (1) Eti (2) Pawan (3) Mahesh (4) Seema (5) None of these Directions (Q. 194-198): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. A, B, C, D, E and F are six boys each belonging to a different city, viz Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Pilibhit and Jaipur, not necessarily in the same order. Each of them got selected in a different bank, viz Canara Bank, Syndicate Bank, UCO Bank, Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank and Central Bank, not necessarily in the same order. B belongs to Jaipur but did not get selected in either Dena Bank or,Canara Bank. D doesn‘t belong either to Delhi or to Lucknow, but got selected in Syndicate Bank. The one who got selected in Dena Bank doesn‘t belong to Jaipur. The one who got selected in Central Bank belongs to Lucknow. F did not get selected in Dena Bank. Either C or F got selected in UCO Bank but neither of them belongs to Pilibhit or Lucknow. A belongs to Kanpur and he got selected in either Canara Bank or UCO Bank. F doesn‘t belong to Delhi. Who among the following belongs to Pilibhit? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) Can‘t be determined Who among the following got selected in Dena Bank? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) Can‘t be determined The one who got selected in Vijaya Bank belongs to which of the following cities? (1) Delhi (2) Jaipur (3) Pilibhit (4) Agra (5) None of these The one who belongs to Agra got selected in which of the following banks? (1) UCO Bank (2) Dena Bank (3) Either UCO Bank or Dena Bank (4) Vijaya Bank Can‘t be determined Which of the following combinations of person-city-bank is definitely false?

(1) A-Kanpur-Canara Bank (2) D-Pilibhit-Syndicate Bank (3) F-Lucknow-Central Bank (4) C-Delhi-DenaBank (5) None of these Directions (Q. 199-203): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. One of the seven regional films—Punjabi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali and Bhojpuri—is shown on each day of a Film Festival, starting from Monday and ending on Sunday. Bengali film is shown on Thursday. Kannada film is shown on the day immediately after the day on which Marathi film is shown. Kannada film is shown neither on Tuesday nor on Saturday. Only one film is shown between Bengali and Tamil film. Two films are shown between Punjabi and Marathi film. Bhojpuri film is shown neither on Sunday nor on Monday. Telugu film is shown on which of the following days? (1) Monday (2) Tuesday (3) Wednesday (4) Thursday (5) Friday How many films are shown between Tamil film and Marathi film? (1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Four (5) None of these Which of the following regional movies is shown on Saturday? (1) Bhojpuri (2) Tamil (3) Punjabi (4) Marathi (5) None of these

[21] On which of the following days is Bhojpuri film shown? (1) Tuesday (2) Wednesday (3) Thursday (4) Friday (5) Cannot be determined Which of the following regional movies is shown just before the Bengali film? (1) Bhojpuri (2) Punjabi (3) Tamil (4) Marathi (5) Cannot be determined Directions (Q. 204-208): Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow.

Six persons, viz Sinha, Saini, Bhagat, Yadav, Gupta and Mishra plan to go to six different hill stations, viz Manali, Kullu, Mussourie, Rishikesh, Shimla and Nainital. They wish to go in six different months, viz January, March, May, June, August and December. Two of them want to travel by bus and two by rail and others are planning to go either by car or by flight. Following information is also given. Gupta goes to Manali but neither by air nor by bus. II. Sinha prefers bus journey but travels neither in August nor in May. III. Neither Mishra nor Saini goes either to Shimla or to Mussourie. IV. Rishikesh is visited in December. V. Persons going to Kullu and Shimla go by bus and car respectively. VI. Mr Bhagat goes to Nainital in March by air but Mishra does not travel in December. Who among the following visits Shimla? (1) Saini (2) Sinha (3) Mishra (4) Yadav (5) None of these Rishikesh is visited by (1) Sinha (2) Mishra (3) Saini (4) Yadav (5) Can‘t be determined Yadav visited by (1) Bus (2) Rail (3) Can‘t be determined (4) Car (5) None of these If Gupta travelled in June, Sinha must have travelled in (1) January (2) December (3) Can‘t be determined (4) August (5) None of these Which of the following places did Sinha visit? (1) Nainital (2) Mussourie (3) Kullu (4) Manali (5) Can‘t be determined Directions (Q. 209-214): Read the following information and answer the questions given below. P, Q, R, S, T, U, W and X are eight persons of a family. There are three married couples in the family. The persons are from three generations. All females of this family are married. Q and P are the offsprings of S while W and X are the offspring of T and R respectively. U is the wife of S. R is one of the females and she is not the wife of P. Among them there are three Teachers, two Businessmen, two Athletes and one Painter. Each person has only one occupation. All of them are sitting around a circular table. They sit in such a manner that only one of the grandsons of S is sitting between R and P, while only T is sitting between Q and U. One of the sons of S is on the immediate left of S. Only one person is sitting between R and Q, but it is not X. W, who is not sitting next to Q, is also not sitting opposite S. Q is not sitting opposite a female. The persons who are on the immediate left of W and immediate right of Q are not Teachers while X is a renowned Painter. The persons who are sitting next to T are neither Businessman nor Teacher. The two females who are sitting adjacent to each other are

[22] (1) R and T (2) R and P (3) T and R (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these The only person who is sitting between Q and R is a/an (1) Businessman (2) Teacher (3) Athlete (4) Painter (5) Can‘t be determined The only male who is sitting opposite a female is a/an (1) Businessman (2) Teacher (3) Athlete (4) Painter (5) Can‘t be determined Which of the following statements is true regarding the person who is sitting between W‘s father and X‘s grandmother? (1) She is sitting opposite a Teacher. (2) She is a painter. (3) He is sitting one place away from a Businessman. (4) He is the son of an Athlete. He is the grandson of a Teacher. X is sitting between which of the following persons? (1) P and R (2) R and Q (3) P and U (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Who among the following is/are not a Teacher? (1) Can‘t be determined (2) One of the grandsons of U, who is Q‘s son (3) Mother of W (4) P (5) All the above Directions (Q. 215-219) : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions. Eight persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T belonging to different cities, viz Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Lucknow, Jaipur, Pune and Bangalore, but not necessarily in the same order, went to Hyderabad to attend an awareness programme to reduce pollution in our country. Each had a different specialisation, viz Literature, Science, Economics, Marketing, Designing, Information Technology, Choreography and Acting, but not necessarily in the same order. Q is from Chennai. S does not have specialisation in Literature or Science. O is from Lucknow and he has specialisation in Designing. Neither R nor S has specialisation in Marketing or Information Technology. One who is from Chennai has specialisation in Choreography. M and N have specialisation either in Information Technology or in Acting. P does not have specialisation in Marketing and R does not have specialisation in Science. One who is from Mumbai has specialisation in Literature and one who is from Delhi has specialisation in Science. S and T belong either to Pune or to Kolkata. M and S do not belong to Bangalore and Pune respectively. One who belongs to Jaipur has specialisation in Acting. Which of the following combinations is definitely true in respect of the above information? (1) M - Jaipur - Information Technology (2) O - Mumbai - Designing (3) T - Pune - Marketing (4) P -Delhi - Literature (5) S - Chennai - Economics Who is specialised in Information Technology? (1) M (2) P (3) S (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these The person with specialisation in Information Technology comes from which of the following cities? (1) Lucknow (2) Bangalore (3) Mumbai (4) Delhi (5) None of these Which of the following persons is from Mumbai? (1) P (2) Q (3) R (4) T (5) None of these Which of the following combinations is false in respect of the given information? (1) R - Mumbai - Literature (2) N - Bangalore - Information Technology (3) S - Kolkata - Economics (4) Q - Chennai - Choreography (5) M - Lucknow - Acting

[23] Directions (Q. 220-224) : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Raju, Ram, Rita and Reena are four students of different classroom coaching centres of ABC, a leading classroom coaching centre for IAS aspirants. Each belongs to a different state, ie UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Odisha, but not necessarily in the same order. ABC arranged an All India Mock-Test series for all the classroom coaching centres students of ABC in four cities Bangalore, Kolkata, Dehradun and Chennai. The students Raju, Ram, Rita and Reena appeared for the test series in different cities. When the results were declared they got first to fourth position in All-India ranking. They were students of ABC, ie Lucknow, Delhi, Patna and Cuttack, but not necessarily in the same order. The one who appeared at the Bangalore test centre got the 4th position in All-India ranking. But he is not Ram. The one who appeared at Chennai for the test got the first position. The one who belongs to Uttarakhand got the third position, while the one who studied at the Lucknow centre got the second position in All-India ranking. Raju and Ram studied neither at the Lucknow centre nor at Delhi. They appeared for test neither at Kolkata nor at Dehradun. They belong neither to Odisha nor to Uttarakhand. The one who studied at the Patna centre does not belong to Bihar. The one who belongs to Uttarakhand is not Reena. The one who studied in Delhi did not appear for the test at Kolkata centre. The one who belongs to UP did not appear at Bangalore centre. In which of the following cities did Raju appear for the test? (1) Bangalore (2) Dehradun (3) Chennai (4) Kolkata (5) Data inadequate Which of the following combinations is definitely true in respect of the given information? (1) Ram - Dehradun - 2 (2) Rita - Bangalore - 4 (3) Reena - Kolkata - 3 (4) Raju - Chennai - 1 (5) None is true Ram belongs to which of the following states? (1) UP (2) Bihar (3) Odisha (4) Can‘t say (5) None of these Who got the second position in the All-India ranking? (l) Ram (2) Rita (3) Raju (4) Reena (5) Can‘t say Which of the following information is not true regarding Rita? (1) Rita got 3rd position in All-India ranking. (2) Rita belongs to UP. (3) Rita appeared for the test at the Dehradun centre. (4) She was a student of Delhi centre. (5) None of these Directions (Q. 225-229) : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. There are seven friends, namely Sujata, Rahul, Riya, Preeti, Gaurav, Karan and Diya. They work in, the same organisation but in different departments, ie HR, Marketing and Finance. There are at least two persons in the same department. Moreover, each of these seven friends has a different salary as well. No two of them have the same salary. In addition to this, some information is given as follows. Karan works in Marketing department and earns more than only Diya. Sujata does not work with Rahul and Diya. Rahul stands 4th from the top when arranged in descending order of their salaries. Gaurav is neither from HR nor from the department where Preeti works. Diya and Riya are in the same department. Preeti works only with Rahul but not in HR department and she earns less than only Riya and Gaurav. At most three people can work in the same department. Among the following persons, Sujata works with whom? (1) Preeti (2) Riya (3) Gaurav (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Which of the following statements is/are false? Diya earns more than only Sujata. Gaurav works in the Finance department.

[24] The HR department has the maximum number of persons working. All are false None of these Who among the following work in the Marketing department? (1) Karan, Gaurav and Sujata (2) Karan, Preeti and Rahul (3) Riya, Diya and Karan (4) Karan, Sujata and Riya (5) None of these Who amongst them earns the most? (1) Riya (2) Gaurav (3) Diya (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Which of the following is definitely true about Riya? She works in the Marketing department. She earns the most among all the friends. She works with Diya in the Finance department. All are true None of these Directions (Q. 230-232) : Study the following information to answer the given questions. A group of six friends - M, N, O, P, Q and R – scored different marks in an IBPS PO/MT written exam. The one who scored the highest marks in the group is neither O nor N. Q scored third lowest marks. R scored more marks than only N. 0 scored more than Q but did not score the third highest marks. M scored more than Q but less than O. The one who scored fourth least marks scored 170 marks. If the marks obtained by R is 140, what is the possible marks obtained by Q in the written exam of PO/MT? (1) 170 (2) 140 (3) 156 (4) 139 (5) 172 Who scored the highest marks in the group of friends? (1) M (2) O (3) Q (4) R (5) None of these What is the possible marks obtained by O in the PO/MT written exam? (1) 172 (2) 160 (3) 192 (4) 165 (5) Can‘t be determined Directions (Q. 233-237) : Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions. Amongst five friends, M, N, O, P and Q, each got a different percentage of marks in the class 10th examination, P scored more than N but less than Q. N scored 80% marks. The one who scored the minimum marks, scored 75% marks, and the one who scored the highest, scored 97% marks. O scored more than only M. Who scored the second lowest marks? (1) N (2) O (3) M (4) P (5) None of these Who among the following is most likely to have scored 85% marks? (1) O (2) P (3) Q (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Which of the following could possibly be O‘s percentage? (1) 82% (2) 80% (3) 75% (4) Can‘t be determined (5) None of these Which of the following is true with respect to the given information? O‘s percentage was definitely less than 65% . Q scored the second highest percentage. Only two people scored more than M. The possible percentage obtained by P is 98% . None of these Which of the following is false with respect to the given information? (1) N scored more than only O and M. (2) O scored 80% marks.

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[25] (3) Q scored the highest percentage. (4) M scored the least percentage. (5) All are true Directions (Q. 238-241) : Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions: P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are seven friends working in three departments-Production, Marketing and Finance-with at least two friends in each department. Each of them has a different hobby, viz Reading, Teaching, Playing, Dancing, Singing, Cooking and Sleeping but not necessarily in the same order. R works in Finance department and his hobby is Sleeping. U‘s hobby is neither Teaching nor Cooking and works in the same department as that of only V. Q works in the same department as that of P but is neither in Finance nor in Production. T‘s department is not Finance and his hobby is Dancing. The one whose hobby is Reading does not work either in Production or in Marketing. P‘s hobby is Playing. The one whose hobby is Sleeping does not work in Marketing. V‘s hobby is not Teaching. Which of the following departments has three persons together? (1) Production (2) Marketing (3) Finance (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these Which of the following is V‘s department? (1) Production (2) Marketing (3) Finance (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these Which of the following is U‘s hobby? (1) Teaching (2) Dancing (3) Cooking (4) Reading (5) None of these Which of the following is S‘s hobby? (1) Cooking (2) Playing (3) Reading (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these Directions (Q. 242-246) : Study the following information carefully and answers the following questions. P, Q, R, S, T and U are six members of a group in which there are three female members. Females work in three departments -Account, Administration and HR - and sit on three different floors - Ground floor, first floor and second floor. Person working in the same department are not on the same floor. On each floor two persons work. No two females work in the same department or sit on the same floor. Q and T work in the same department but not in HR. S works in Administration. T and P are on the ground floor and second floor respectively and work in the same department. S, a female does not sit on the first floor. R, a male works on ground floor. U, works on the first floor; and S and P work on the same floor. Which of the following group of members are female? (1) S, T, U (2) R, S, T (3) Q, T, U (4) P, S, U (5) Can‘t be determined Which of the following pair of person work in Administration (1) R, S (2) Q, S (3) R, T (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these Which of the following pair works on second floor? (1) P, S (2) R, S (3) Q, U (4) S, T (5) None of these 245. U works in which department? (1) Account (2) HR (3) Administration (4) Either HR or Administration (5) None of these If U is Transferred to Account and T is transferred to Administration, who is to be transferred to HR to maintain the original distribution of female on each floor. (1) R (2) Q (3) Q or S (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these Directions (Q. 247-249) : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions: Six students A, B, C, D, E and F wrote an exam and the following is the data regarding their marks (maximum marks is 20) E got twice as much as A.

[26] A got one-and-a-half times as much as C. B got one-third of the marks scored by E. D got double that of C. F scored 6 marks more than A but is not the topper of the class. (All marks are in integers) Who is the topper of the class and how much marks did he obtain? (1) D-15 (2) E-12 (3) A-18 (4) D-12 (5) E-18 How much more marks does A have to score to be the topper? (only one person is on 1st position) (1) 9 (2) 6 (3) 8 (4) 10 (5) 12 What is the difference between the marks obtained by C and F? (1) 6 (2) 7 (3) 5 (4) 8 (5) 9

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Arun 5 Nkhil Hyundai Avinash Mechanical Computer 4 Ranjan Maruti Engineering Engineering 3 Manish Mahindra/T ata

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Wednesday GS 32. 2; Because 68% marks lies between 63% and 79% 33. 3 34. 2 35. 1 36. 3 Thursday Computer (37-41): Friday Reasoning Delhi Ranchi Mumbai Gujarat Saturday Marketing Madan Mihir Mitesh Mohan

Row 2 Facing South Sunday Holiday Row 1 Facing North 11. 1 12. 4 13. 2 14. 5 15. 4 Ratan Ramesh Raj Roshan

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a

VegBriyaniSehwag

Chicken TikkaYuvraj

MuttonCurryDravid

Mutter Paneer Mutter Afgani ChickenKohli

Sachin

Fish Curry Fish Dhoni Chicken Biryani Raina

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42. 3 43. 2 44. 4 45. 5 46. 5 (47-50): Person City Subject Monday - Reasoning A De lhi/Che nnai Manage me nt Tuesday - GS Wednesday - Maths B Bangalore Maths

Thursday - Computer C Mumbai Sci e nce Friday - GK D De lhi/Che nnai Ge ography Saturday - English 47. 3 48. 1 49. 2 50. 5 E Kolk ata Hi story

(51-54):

68. 2 69. 4 70. 4 71. 2 (72-78): (+) Male, (-) Female Person Phone Service provider Anita Micromax Tata M ember Profession Relation

Binod Samsung Idea A(+) Engineer Brother of G and D Lawye Chandni Nokia Uninor B(+) r Husband of F

David Spice Airtel C(-) Doctor Daughter of E and D D(-) Teacher Sister of A and G Ejaj Videocon Reliance E(+) Music Director Husband of D Fazal Blackberry Vodafone Manage F(-) r Wife of B Gauri Motorola Aircel G(+) Architect Brother of D and A

51. 2 52. 4 53.5; All are false 54. 2 72. 4 73. 1 74. 3 75. 2 76. 2 (55-57): 77. 4 78. 3 (79-82):

Person Floor Floor Person B 5th 6th M

C 4th 5th N

4th Q A 3rd

3rd P E 2nd 2nd L D 1st 1st O

55. 4 56. 2 57. 3 79. 3 80. 4 81. 2 82. 4 (58-63): (83-85): N 6 C Fil m Director Aw ard 5 A 3 Idiots Prabhu Deva Story 3 G

1 E W E Wanted Abhijit Sarkar Music 7 B Kahani ImtiazAli Director 2 F

Dabang Raj Kumar Hirani Costume 4 D S Barfi Abhinav Kashyap Actor 83. 4 84. 1 85. 3

Rockstar Anurag Basu Lyrics (86-90)

Student Class Colour 58. 2 59. 3 60. 4 61. 3 62. 5 63. 1 A VIII Blue (64-67): Possible selections of Tennis Players B VII Black

M ale Female C VI Yellow A, B, C N or O D VI White A, C MN or NO

A B NO, NP or OP E VIII Red

B,C O, N F VII Orange

64. 2 65. 2 66. 5 67. 3 G VIII Green

(68-71): 86. 4 87. 1 88. 3 89. 2 90. 5

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Person Day Shop Group Persons Play AIG A Friday Mobile

Food ECD B Monday Grocery

Entertaaiment HFB C Sunday Bakery

D Wednesday Medical 106. 3 107. 5 108. 1 109. 4 110. 2 E Tuesday Hardware 111. 3

F Thursday Garment (112-116):

G Saturday Electronics

Name M ountain River 91. 2 92. 4 93. 3 94. 3 95. 1 A Himalayas Thames

(96-100): B Rockies Nile

C Andes Tiber

D Atlas Hudson Actor Day Type of drama E Appalachian Amazon H Monday Thriller

F Aravalli s Danube I Tuesday Comedy

G Alps Spree J Friday Action H Satpura Tigris K Tuesday Horror

L Monday Inspirational 112. 3 113. 2 114. 5 115. 4 116. 5 M Friday Suspense (117-121):

N Friday Romantic V R N U 96. 4 97. 2 98. 3 99. 1 100. 5; Inspirational Y P (101-105): W S H(-) O Q (Pizza) J(+) X T (Burger) I(+) (-)B Ice cream Building 2 Building 1 (Tea) 117. 5 118. 3 119. 1 120. 4 121. 1 (Vanilla) (122-124): F(+) A(-) G(+) C(-) D(-) E(+) ( (Lemonade) (Cola) Choco Choco Ice cream Co f M f (T) (N) (S) ee Day ovie ) Monday Krishna

101. 2 102. 2 103. 5 104. 3 105. 2 Tuesday Barbi

(106-111): Wednesday Hanuman

Group Thursday Dashavatar

Person Friday Bal Ganesh Food Play Entertainment A - × Jumb Saturday o B - × Sunday Alibaba C × ×

D × × 122. 3 123. 4 124. 5; Bal Ganesh

E × × (125-127): Person A D B/E F C E/B F × × | | | | | | G × × Day  Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat H × × | | | | | |

I × × Country ChinaIndia Russia Canada

125. 2 126. 4 127. 5

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(128-132): Ground floor 1 B Law 146. 2 147. 4 148. 2 Floor P layer Game (149-154):

6 Yogender Volleyball Person Subject Hobby 5 Akash T ennis P Hindi Cooking

4 Rohan Golf Q English Painting

3 Ritu Hockey R Maths Shayari

S Physics Swimmi ng 2 Anu Squash

T Botany/Geology Music/Tracking 1 Vishal Chess V Geology/ Botany Tracking/Music

W Zoology Poetry 128. 3 129. 2 130. 1 131. 3 132. 3 X History Singing (133-138): Person Profession Floor 149. 1 150. 3 151. 1 152. 4 153. 3

B Doctor 6 154. 4 C/F Engineer 5 (155-159): A Journalist 4

D Lawyer 3 Day Paper E Architect 2 Monday Physics F/C Teacher 1 Tuesday Maths 133. 2; If F stays on floor 1, C will stay on floor 5 and then he will be the Engineer by profession. Wednesday Electronics 2 Thursday Statistics 3 Friday Chemistry 1

2; According to the given condition, the Journalist must Saturday English

stay below the floor of the Engineer. So, if the Sunday Holiday Journalist stays on floor 2, the condition is not violated. Therefore, the Engineer keeps on staying 155. 5; Thursday on floor 5, ie his original position.

4 156. 1 157. 5 158. 5 159. 4 (139-143): (160-164): Scientist Country Subject Swift Honda City Ford Ikon M Germany Meteorology | | | N Japan Geophysics Delhi Chennai Hyderabad J China Physics | | | T Canada Geology Q V (-) R (-) K France Maths T P Z P India Electronics W(-) S ( - ) sign denotes female members. R Korea Chemistry

139. 2 140. 2 141. 2 142. 3 143. 4 160. 3 161. 4 162. 1 163. 2 164. 4 (144-145): (165-168): Two arrangements are possible: The possible arrangements are A E C F B D R/S T/V V/T Q S/R P W or OR D B F C E A 2; F is placed between B and C in both the cases. R/S T/V V/T Q S/R W P

165. 4 166. 4 167. 2 168. 4 3 (169-173): (146-148): Floor Person Subject In terms of weight, two arrangements are possible. D > Top floor 5 E Engineer E > C > A > B > F 4 C Management OR 3 A Medical D > E > C > B > A > F 2 D Arts Two arrangements are possible

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Floor Flat Floor Flat 184. 4 185. 1 186. 5 187. 3 188. 2 3rd D B 3rd D B (189-193): 2nd E X 2nd A X Anita 1st A XOR 1st E X Seema Pawan Ground C F Ground C F Ravi Hina 169. 3 170. 5 171. 1 172. 1 173. 4 (174-176): Chandu Eti Mahesh Two different arrangements are possible: I. Anup - Kishan - Akash - Keshav - Raj - Jai - Sumit 189. 2 190. 4 191. 1 192. 3 193. 2 II. Raj - Keshav - Akash - Kishan - Anup - Jai - Sumit (194-198): 174. 2 175. 2 176. 3 (177-181): Peson Bank City

A Canara Kanpur Rank according Person Subject B Vijaya Jaipur

to weight C Dena Delhi

S 8 Sanskrit

D Syndicate Pilibhit T 3 English E Central Lucknow U 1 English

F UCO Agra V 6 Commerce

W 2 Sanskrit

194. 4 195. 3 196. 2 197. 1 198. 2 X 5 English

Y 7 Commerce (199-203):

Day Regional Film Z 4 Commerce Monday Telugu

The person who is ranked ‗one‘ is the heaviest Tuesday Tamil and the one ranked eighth is the lightest. Wednesday Punjabi 177. 2 178. 2 179. 3 180. 2 181. 4 182. 5; Since N and P cannot sit together, they occupy either Thursday Bengali

first and third place or second and fourth position, Friday Bhojpuri depending on the position of M. Saturday Marathi

M P/N L N/P Sunday Kannada

199. 1 200. 3 201. 4 202. 4 203. 2 N/P L P/N M (204-208): 183. 5; If L and M interchange their positions, the arrangment becomes: Name Mode of Place of the Month Transpo• L P/N M N/P visited person rtation OR Sinha Mussourie Jan/June Bus N/PM P/N L Saini Rishikesh December Rail (184-188):

Bhagat Nainital March Air Friend University Subject Manjit S Maths Jan/Aug/

Yadav Shimla Car Navin Q Economics May/June

Parul P History

Political Jan/Aug/ Hitesh P Gupta Manali Rail Science May/June

Raghu S Accounts

Sahil Q Geography Jan/Aug/ Mishra Kullu Bus May/June Tarun S Chemistry

[33] 204. 4 205. 3 206. 4 207. 1 208. 2 225. 3 226. 4 227. 1 228. 4 229. 5 (209-214): (230-232): From the given information. U(-) S(+) \ P > O > M > Q > R > N  R(-)  Q(+) P(+)  T(-) 170  3; The marks obtained by Q is most likely to be 156 X(+) W(+) marks as he is between M and R. 5; P Businessman 5; O scored more than 170 marks, so the marks obtained by O is either 192 or 172. We can‘t say about O‘s Businessman Athlete R(-) S(+) exact marks. (233-237): W(+) Q(+) Q > P > N ...... (I)

Teacher Teacher  P(+) T(-) 80% U(-) X(+) Q > P > N > O > M Teacher Athlete    Painter 97% 80% 75% 2 209. 5; T and U 2; Because P lies between the one who scored 97% marks

210. 1 211. 2 212. 4 213. 3 214. 2 and the one who scored 80% marks. (215-219): 235. 5 236. 5 237. 2 Combining both tables, we get (238-241):

Person Cities Sp ecial isation Name Department Hobby

M Jaipur Acting P Marketing Playing

N Bangalore IT Q Marketing Teaching O Lucknow Designing R Finance Sleeping P Delhi Science

Q Chennai Choreography S Finance Reading

R Mumbai Literature T Marketing Dancing S Kolkata Economics U Production Singing T Pune Marketing

V Production Cooking

215. 3 216. 5; N 217. 2 218. 3 219. 5 238. 2 239. 1 240. 5 241. 3 (220-224): (242-246): Name Cl assroom Test centre State Position Q, T - Account/Administration ... (i) S(-) - Administration - ground/second ...(ii) Raju Cuttack Bangalore Bihar 4 T works on ground floor. Ram Patna Chennai UP 1 P works on second floor.

Rita Delhi Dehradun Uttrakhand 3 T and P work in the same department ...(iii) R(+) - ground floor. Reena Lucknow Kolkata Odisha 2 U - first floor. As only two persons work on each floor. S and P work on the 220. 1 221. 5 222. 1 223. 4 224. 2 second floor. And Q and U work on the first floor. As no two (225-229): females work on the same floor, P is male similarly T is female. Department Persons From (i) and (iii), it is clear Q, T, P work in the same Marketing Karan, Sujata and Gaurav department. And as no two females work in the same department. Q is male and U is female, as S works in H R Diya, Riya Administration. T works in Account with Q and P. Now it is Finance Preeti, Rahul clear that U works in HR, Now the table will look as given below: Salary in descending order Riya/Gaurav Riya/Gaurav Preeti Rahul Sujata Karan Diya

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242. 1 243. 4 244. 1 245. 2 246. 2 (247-249): E  18 Departme Person Sex Fl oor F  15 nt D  12 Second A  9 P Male Account floor B/C  6 247. 5 248. 4 249. 5 Q Male First floor Account

HR/ Ground R Male Administr floor ation

Second Administr S Female floor ation

Ground T(–) Female Account floor

U(–) Female First floor HR

(Reasoning Notes By-YASH PAL SINGH)