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Question 1

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Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight people, namely, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, and Q, are going on tours in different months, namely January, April, May, June, July, October, November, and December, though not necessarily in the same order. O goes on a tour before P. Q does not go in a month adjacent to K’s month. The number of people who go before L is the same as the number of people who go after M. Exactly three people go between K and L. Exactly three people go between N and Q. J goes on a tour in May. K goes either two months before or two months after J. K doesn't go in the month of January.

Who goes in a month having an even number of days?

  1. AOption (a)

    L

  2. BOption (b)

    M

  3. COption (c)

    N

  4. DOption (d)

    P

  5. EOption (e)

    K

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Answer: (a)A.

L

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Question 2

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Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight people, namely, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, and Q, are going on tours in different months, namely January, April, May, June, July, October, November, and December, though not necessarily in the same order. O goes on a tour before P. Q does not go in a month adjacent to K’s month. The number of people who go before L is the same as the number of people who go after M. Exactly three people go between K and L. Exactly three people go between N and Q. J goes on a tour in May. K goes either two months before or two months after J. K doesn't go in the month of January.

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to that group?

  1. AOption (a)

    January - J

  2. BOption (b)

    May - K

  3. COption (c)

    July - L

  4. DOption (d)

    November - M

  5. EOption (e)

    October - N

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Answer: (a)A.

January - J

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Question 3

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Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight people, namely, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, and Q, are going on tours in different months, namely January, April, May, June, July, October, November, and December, though not necessarily in the same order. O goes on a tour before P. Q does not go in a month adjacent to K’s month. The number of people who go before L is the same as the number of people who go after M. Exactly three people go between K and L. Exactly three people go between N and Q. J goes on a tour in May. K goes either two months before or two months after J. K doesn't go in the month of January.

Who among the following goes in June month?

  1. AOption (a)

    K

  2. BOption (b)

    L

  3. COption (c)

    M

  4. DOption (d)

    N

  5. EOption (e)

    O

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Answer: (a)A.

K

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Question 4

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Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight people, namely, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, and Q, are going on tours in different months, namely January, April, May, June, July, October, November, and December, though not necessarily in the same order. O goes on a tour before P. Q does not go in a month adjacent to K’s month. The number of people who go before L is the same as the number of people who go after M. Exactly three people go between K and L. Exactly three people go between N and Q. J goes on a tour in May. K goes either two months before or two months after J. K doesn't go in the month of January.

Who goes immediately before M?

  1. AOption (a)

    J

  2. BOption (b)

    K

  3. COption (c)

    P

  4. DOption (d)

    N

  5. EOption (e)

    O

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Answer: (a)A.

J

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Question 5

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Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight people, namely, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, and Q, are going on tours in different months, namely January, April, May, June, July, October, November, and December, though not necessarily in the same order. O goes on a tour before P. Q does not go in a month adjacent to K’s month. The number of people who go before L is the same as the number of people who go after M. Exactly three people go between K and L. Exactly three people go between N and Q. J goes on a tour in May. K goes either two months before or two months after J. K doesn't go in the month of January.

How many people go between Q and the one who goes in October?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Three

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

  5. EOption (e)

    More than four

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Answer: (a)A.

One

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Question 6

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Directions: Read the instructions carefully and answer the question below.

In a certain code language:

‘Songs are made fun’ is written as ‘qa ne hu mi’.

‘Play daily for hours’ is written as ‘co le du pa’.

‘Daily listen to songs’ is written as ‘ti mi qe du’.

‘Play listen in fun’ is written as ‘zo ne ti co’.

What does the code 'mi' mean? 

  1. AOption (a)

    Daily

  2. BOption (b)

    Songs

  3. COption (c)

    Fun

  4. DOption (d)

    To

  5. EOption (e)

    In

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Answer: (a)A.

Daily

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Question 7

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Directions: Read the instructions carefully and answer the question below.

In a certain code language:

‘Songs are made fun’ is written as ‘qa ne hu mi’.

‘Play daily for hours’ is written as ‘co le du pa’.

‘Daily listen to songs’ is written as ‘ti mi qe du’.

‘Play listen in fun’ is written as ‘zo ne ti co’.

What could possibly be the code for ‘happy hours’?

  1. AOption (a)

    le zo

  2. BOption (b)

    le mi

  3. COption (c)

    pa ri

  4. DOption (d)

    co pa

  5. EOption (e)

    ne zo

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Answer: (a)A.

le zo

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Question 8

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Directions: Read the instructions carefully and answer the question below.

In a certain code language:

‘Songs are made fun’ is written as ‘qa ne hu mi’.

‘Play daily for hours’ is written as ‘co le du pa’.

‘Daily listen to songs’ is written as ‘ti mi qe du’.

‘Play listen in fun’ is written as ‘zo ne ti co’.

What is the code for the word ‘made’?

  1. AOption (a)

    du

  2. BOption (b)

    qa

  3. COption (c)

    hu

  4. DOption (d)

    Either 1 or 2

  5. EOption (e)

    Either 2 or 3

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Answer: (a)A.

du

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Question 9

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Directions: Read the instructions carefully and answer the question below.

In a certain code language:

‘Songs are made fun’ is written as ‘qa ne hu mi’.

‘Play daily for hours’ is written as ‘co le du pa’.

‘Daily listen to songs’ is written as ‘ti mi qe du’.

‘Play listen in fun’ is written as ‘zo ne ti co’.

What does the code 'du' represent? 

  1. AOption (a)

    Are

  2. BOption (b)

    Songs

  3. COption (c)

    Daily

  4. DOption (d)

    Fun

  5. EOption (e)

    For

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Answer: (a)A.

Are

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Question 10

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Direction: In the question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

Only a few income is salary.

No salary is dollar.

All salary is pound.

Conclusions:

I. All income is pound.

II. No income is pound.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion I follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Either conclusion I or II follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion I nor II follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Both conclusion I and II follows

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Answer: (a)A.

Only conclusion I follows

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Question 11

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Direction: In the question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

Some mangoes are fruit.

Some potatoes are mango.

Only few fruits are bananas.

Conclusions:

I. Some banana is Potato.

II. Some fruits are not bananas.

  1. AOption (a)

    Both I and II follows

  2. BOption (b)

    None follows

  3. COption (c)

    Only II follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Only I follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Either I or II follows

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Answer: (a)A.

Both I and II follows

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Question 12

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Direction: The question below is given three statements followed by two conclusions: I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement:

All bike are wheels

No road is a bike

All road is a track

Conclusion:

I. Some road being wheels is a possibility

II. Only a few bikes is a track

  1. AOption (a)

    Both I and II follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Neither I nor II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Only I follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Only II follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Either I or II follows

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Both I and II follows

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Question 13

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on given information.

Eight students P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are standing in a row in a decreasing order of their heights but not necessarily in same order. T is taller than Q but shorter than R. W is taller than V and S. Only one person is shorter than S. As many persons taller than P as many persons shorter than U. P is taller than R who is taller than W. Q is not just taller than S. T is shorter than W but taller than V.

How many persons are taller than T?

  1. AOption (a)

    Two persons

  2. BOption (b)

    Four persons

  3. COption (c)

    One person

  4. DOption (d)

    Three persons

  5. EOption (e)

    More than four persons

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Answer: (a)A.

Two persons

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Question 14

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on given information.

Eight students P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are standing in a row in a decreasing order of their heights but not necessarily in same order. T is taller than Q but shorter than R. W is taller than V and S. Only one person is shorter than S. As many persons taller than P as many persons shorter than U. P is taller than R who is taller than W. Q is not just taller than S. T is shorter than W but taller than V.

If the height of S is 150 cm then what could be the possible height of U?

  1. AOption (a)

    153 cm

  2. BOption (b)

    154 cm

  3. COption (c)

    146 cm

  4. DOption (d)

    158 cm

  5. EOption (e)

    Cannot be determined.

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Answer: (a)A.

153 cm

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Question 15

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on given information.

Eight students P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are standing in a row in a decreasing order of their heights but not necessarily in same order. T is taller than Q but shorter than R. W is taller than V and S. Only one person is shorter than S. As many persons taller than P as many persons shorter than U. P is taller than R who is taller than W. Q is not just taller than S. T is shorter than W but taller than V.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect?

A) P is the second tallest person.

B) V is taller than Q.

C) Only R is taller than W.

  1. AOption (a)

    Both A and B

  2. BOption (b)

    Both B and C

  3. COption (c)

    Both A and C

  4. DOption (d)

    None of these

  5. EOption (e)

    All of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Both A and B

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Question 16

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on given information.

Eight persons K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R lives on a four storey building which consists of two flats on each floor but not necessarily in same order. Floor 1 is the lower most floor, floor 2 is just above floor 1 and floor 3 is just above floor 2 and floor 4 is the top most floor. Flat 1 is in west of flat 2. Flat 1 of floor 1 is immediately below the flat 1 of floor 2 and so on and flat 2 of floor 1 is just below the flat 2 of floor 2 and so on. K lives two floors above the floor of R who lives in odd number floor. Q and N lives on same floor. M lives on odd number flat but not in the same floor as P or R. O lives to the Northeast of Q. P and R lives on different types of flats and floors. K does not live on even number flat. P and L do not live in Flat 1.

Who among the following person lives to the east of M?

  1. AOption (a)

    P

  2. BOption (b)

    L

  3. COption (c)

    O

  4. DOption (d)

    N

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

P

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Question 17

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on given information.

Eight persons K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R lives on a four storey building which consists of two flats on each floor but not necessarily in same order. Floor 1 is the lower most floor, floor 2 is just above floor 1 and floor 3 is just above floor 2 and floor 4 is the top most floor. Flat 1 is in west of flat 2. Flat 1 of floor 1 is immediately below the flat 1 of floor 2 and so on and flat 2 of floor 1 is just below the flat 2 of floor 2 and so on. K lives two floors above the floor of R who lives in odd number floor. Q and N lives on same floor. M lives on odd number flat but not in the same floor as P or R. O lives to the Northeast of Q. P and R lives on different types of flats and floors. K does not live on even number flat. P and L do not live in Flat 1.

In a certain way four of the five are alike find the one who does not belong to that group.

  1. AOption (a)

    M

  2. BOption (b)

    K

  3. COption (c)

    Q

  4. DOption (d)

    L

  5. EOption (e)

    R

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Answer: (a)A.

M

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Question 18

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on given information.

Eight persons K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R lives on a four storey building which consists of two flats on each floor but not necessarily in same order. Floor 1 is the lower most floor, floor 2 is just above floor 1 and floor 3 is just above floor 2 and floor 4 is the top most floor. Flat 1 is in west of flat 2. Flat 1 of floor 1 is immediately below the flat 1 of floor 2 and so on and flat 2 of floor 1 is just below the flat 2 of floor 2 and so on. K lives two floors above the floor of R who lives in odd number floor. Q and N lives on same floor. M lives on odd number flat but not in the same floor as P or R. O lives to the Northeast of Q. P and R lives on different types of flats and floors. K does not live on even number flat. P and L do not live in Flat 1.

As many floors above P as many below whom?

  1. AOption (a)

    M

  2. BOption (b)

    O

  3. COption (c)

    R

  4. DOption (d)

    L

  5. EOption (e)

    Q

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

M

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Question 19

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on given information.

Eight persons K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R lives on a four storey building which consists of two flats on each floor but not necessarily in same order. Floor 1 is the lower most floor, floor 2 is just above floor 1 and floor 3 is just above floor 2 and floor 4 is the top most floor. Flat 1 is in west of flat 2. Flat 1 of floor 1 is immediately below the flat 1 of floor 2 and so on and flat 2 of floor 1 is just below the flat 2 of floor 2 and so on. K lives two floors above the floor of R who lives in odd number floor. Q and N lives on same floor. M lives on odd number flat but not in the same floor as P or R. O lives to the Northeast of Q. P and R lives on different types of flats and floors. K does not live on even number flat. P and L do not live in Flat 1.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding N?

A) N lives just above the floor of P.

B) N and M lives on adjacent floors.

C) Only one floor gap between O and N.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only A

  2. BOption (b)

    Only C

  3. COption (c)

    Both A and B

  4. DOption (d)

    Both A and C

  5. EOption (e)

    All of these

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Answer: (a)A.

Only A

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Question 20

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on given information.

Eight persons K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R lives on a four storey building which consists of two flats on each floor but not necessarily in same order. Floor 1 is the lower most floor, floor 2 is just above floor 1 and floor 3 is just above floor 2 and floor 4 is the top most floor. Flat 1 is in west of flat 2. Flat 1 of floor 1 is immediately below the flat 1 of floor 2 and so on and flat 2 of floor 1 is just below the flat 2 of floor 2 and so on. K lives two floors above the floor of R who lives in odd number floor. Q and N lives on same floor. M lives on odd number flat but not in the same floor as P or R. O lives to the Northeast of Q. P and R lives on different types of flats and floors. K does not live on even number flat. P and L do not live in Flat 1.

Who among the following person lives to the Northwest of P?

  1. AOption (a)

    None

  2. BOption (b)

    O

  3. COption (c)

    K

  4. DOption (d)

    M

  5. EOption (e)

    Q

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

None

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