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Study Notes for All Competitive Exam STUDY NOTES FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAM Write us : [email protected] www.mahendras.org www.mahendraguru.com myshop.mahendras.org STUDY NOTES FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAM Directions (Q.1-5) : Study the following 3. Which of the following sports does Leander information carefully and answer the questions Paes belong? given below: (1)Wrestling Seven Indian sports person Leander Paes, Saina (2) Tennis Nehwal, Anirban Lahiri, Dutee Chand, Jwala Gutta, Abhinav Bindra and Heena Sindhu is going to (3)Hockey participate in Rio Olympic 2016. They are sitting in a areoplane to go to Brajil in a row and (4) Can’t be determined facing north. All of them belongs to different (5)None of these sports viz— Tennis, Badminton, Athletics, Shooting, Hockey, Wrestling and Archery, but not 4. Which of the following combinations is necessarily in the same order. Saina Nehwal sits true? fourth to the left of the person who belongs to (1)Anirban Lahiri – Athletes wrestling. Only one person sits between Saina Nehwal and Heena Sidhu. Heena Sidhu belongs to (2) Jwala Gutta – Tennis Athletics. Either Saina Nehwal or the one who (3)Abhinav Bindra – Shooting belongs to Wrestling sits at the extreme ends of the row. The person who belongs to Tennis sits third to (4) All are true the right of Dutee Chand, who is not an immediate 5) None is true. neighbor of Heena Sidhu. Only one person sits between Jwala Gutta and the one who belongs to 5. How many persons are there between Heena Badminton. Leander Paes and Anirban Lahiri are Sidhu and Dutee Chand? immediate neighbors. Leander Paes does not belong (1)None to Wrestling. The one who belongs to Hockey sits third to the right of the one who belongs to Archery. (2) One 1. Who among the following belongs to (3)Two Shooting? (4) Three (1)Abhinav Bindra (5)None of these (2) Dutee Chand (3)Jwala Gutta (4) Leander Paes (5)None of these 2. Who among the following sits at the extreme right end of the row? (1)Anirban Lahiri (2) Leander Paes (3)Abhinav Bindra (4) Saina Nehwal (5)None of these Write us : [email protected] www.mahendras.org www.mahendraguru.com myshop.mahendras.org STUDY NOTES FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAM Directions (Q.6-10): Study the following 8. Which of the following information is true information carefully to answer the given questions. in respect of the given information? Ten members of a family are sitting in a restaurant (1)D likes Tutti Frutti. in two parallel rows of chairs containing five people each, in such a way that there is equal distance (2) P likes Mango Bar and sits on the between adjacent persons. In row 1, M, N, O, P and immediate left of N. Q are seated and all of them are facing south.In row (3)A likes Black Cherry. 2, A, B, C, D and E are seated and all of them are facing north. Each of them likes different flavors (4) E is the immediate neighbour of B and of ice cream, viz Butterscotch, Vanilla, Strawberry, D. Black Cherry, Chocobar, Mango Bar, Butter (5)None of these Cluster, Tutti Frutti, Orange Sorbet and Kurly Wurly but not necessarily in the same order. In the 9. Who faces the one who likes Butter Cluster? given seating arrangement, each member seated in a (1)E row faces another member of the other row. D sits third to the left of the person who likes Orange (2) A Sorbet. M, who likes Black Cherry faces the (3)B immediate neighbor of D. O, who likes Strawberry, sits second to the right of M. Only one person sits (4) D between N and P, who like Vanilla and Mango Bar (5)None of these respectively. B and E are immediate neighbors of each other. E who does not face M and N, likes 10. Which of the following combinations is Butterscotch. B does not like Orange Sorbet. A sits false in respect of the given information? second to the right of the person who likes Choco Bar. C likes neither Black Cherry nor Butter (1)D – Kurly Wurly Cluster.The one who likes Vanilla faces the one (2) M – Black Cherry who likes Kurly Wurly. Q does not like Black Cherry. (3)Q – Orange Sorbet 6. Who likes Black Cherry? (4) Data inadequate (1)Q (5)None of these (2) D Directions (11-15): Study the following (3)C information carefully and answer the questions (4) M given below. (5)None of these Ten students are sitting in twelve seats in two parallel rows containing five student each, in such a 7. Who sits third to the left of N? way that there is an equal distance between adjacent (1)P persons. In row 1, A, B, C, D and E are seated and (2) Q all of them are facing south, and in row 2, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting and all of them are facing north. (3)M One seat is vacant in each row. Therefore, in the (4) O given seating arrangement each student seated in a (5)None of these row faces another student of the other row. All of them like different subjects i.e. Hindi, English, Write us : [email protected] www.mahendras.org www.mahendraguru.com myshop.mahendras.org STUDY NOTES FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAM Maths, Science, History, Geography, Civics, Art, 14. Who among following likes Urdu subject? Sanskrit and Urdu. A sits second to left of one who (1)Q like Hindi subject. T sits one of the extreme ends of the row. There are three student sit between T and (2) R S, who likes English subject. Immediate neighbor of T faces B. One of immediate neighbor of B (3)T faces R, who likes Maths subject. C likes Science (4) A subject and sits second to left of vacant seat. One of immediate neighbor of R is Q and he likes (5)B History subject. One of immediate neighbor of Q 15. Who among following faces immediate faces D and he likes Geography subject. The one neighbor of P? who likes Civics subject sits immediate left of the one who likes Art subject. The one who likes (1)The one who likes Civics Sanskrit subject sits third to left of person who likes (2) The one who like Hindi Urdu subject. Either the seat which is adjacent to A or the one who likes Hindi subject is on the extreme (3)The one who likes Geography end of the row. There are no vacant seats adjacent (4) C to R (5)None of these 11. Who among following faces P? Directions (16-20): Read the following information (1)B carefully and answer the questions that follow. (2) E Eight friends A, B, C, D , E, F, G and H are sitting (3)C in straight line in such a way that some of them are facing north and some of them are facing south. (4) A Each of them is like different subject viz. Hindi, (5)D English, Sanskrit, Math, Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Art but not necessarily in the same 12. Who among following likes Civics? order. A sits third to left of H who likes Hindi. F (1)C sits immediate right of G who faces towards the north direction. F does not sit adjacent to A. F does (2) P not sit extreme end of the row. B likes English and (3)A sits second to left of E. A sits 2nd left of G who likes Art. B is not immediate neighbor of G. The one (4) B who likes Sanskrit sits second to right of one who likes Math. The one who likes Math faces south (5)Q direction. Immediate neighbor of F faces same 13. How many persons are sit between E and B? direction as F (Same direction means if F faces towards the North direction then both the neighbor (1)Two of F faces towards the north direction and vice-vers (2) One a). D does not sit any of the extreme end of the row. Only one person sits between the one who likes (3)More than three Physics and the one who likes Chemistry and both (4) None of these of them faces north direction. C does not sit adjacent to person who likes Chemistry. A does not (5)Three like Chemistry. E sits second to left of B. C does not Write us : [email protected] www.mahendras.org www.mahendraguru.com myshop.mahendras.org STUDY NOTES FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAM like Physics or Chemistry. D sits immediate right B 20. Who sits third to right of D? who faces south direction.D faces north direction. (1)C 16. Four of the following five are alike in a (2) A certain way based on their seating positions and so form a group. Which of the (3)B following is different from the group? (4) E (1)H (5)H (2) B Directions (21-25): Study the following (3)A information carefully and answer the given questions. (4) D Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are the (5)None of these member of the family. Among them four are males 17. Who among following sits second to left of and four are females. There are three husbands, A? three wives, two daughters, and two sons in the family. Each member of the family likes different (1)H Flowers i.e) Rose, Lotus, Jasmine, Sunflower, (2) A Lilly, Tulip, Marigold and Daffodil.
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