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Question 921

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Directions (90-91) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

There are seven persons P, Q, C, T, O, Y and J in a family of three generations. P is the husband of Q who has two children. J is the daughter-in-law of Q and aunt of C who is the only granddaughter of P. The mother of C is the sister of Y who is the father of T.

Who among the following is the daughter of P?

  1. AOption (a)

    T

  2. BOption (b)

    O

  3. COption (c)

    C

  4. DOption (d)

    Either (B) or (C)

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (b)B.

O

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Question 922

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How many meaningful words can be formed with the first, second, third and seventh letter of the word ‘PREVIOUS’?

  1. AOption (a)

    None

  2. BOption (b)

    Three

  3. COption (c)

    Two

  4. DOption (d)

    One

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (d)D.

One

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Question 923

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Directions (93-97) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Ten persons J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S stand in two rows but not necessarily in the same order. Five persons stand in row 1 and face north and rest five persons stand in row 2 and face south.

[Note- The persons have their name start with adjacent alphabets are not immediate neighbours. Ex- A does not stand adjacent to B. B does not stand adjacent to C and A.]

P stands diagonally opposite to L who stands in row 1. Two persons stand between K and M. J stands third to the right of R. S stands in row 1 but not opposite to M and Q. N and Q are immediate neighbours to each other. R does not stand opposite to Q.

Who among the following stands opposite to K?

  1. AOption (a)

    L

  2. BOption (b)

    R

  3. COption (c)

    J

  4. DOption (d)

    S

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (e)E.

None of these

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Question 924

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Directions (93-97) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Ten persons J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S stand in two rows but not necessarily in the same order. Five persons stand in row 1 and face north and rest five persons stand in row 2 and face south.

[Note- The persons have their name start with adjacent alphabets are not immediate neighbours. Ex- A does not stand adjacent to B. B does not stand adjacent to C and A.]

P stands diagonally opposite to L who stands in row 1. Two persons stand between K and M. J stands third to the right of R. S stands in row 1 but not opposite to M and Q. N and Q are immediate neighbours to each other. R does not stand opposite to Q.

How many persons stand to the left of N?

  1. AOption (a)

    None

  2. BOption (b)

    One

  3. COption (c)

    Two

  4. DOption (d)

    Three

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (c)C.

Two

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Question 925

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Directions (93-97) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Ten persons J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S stand in two rows but not necessarily in the same order. Five persons stand in row 1 and face north and rest five persons stand in row 2 and face south.

[Note- The persons have their name start with adjacent alphabets are not immediate neighbours. Ex- A does not stand adjacent to B. B does not stand adjacent to C and A.]

P stands diagonally opposite to L who stands in row 1. Two persons stand between K and M. J stands third to the right of R. S stands in row 1 but not opposite to M and Q. N and Q are immediate neighbours to each other. R does not stand opposite to Q.

Four among the following five are alike in a certain way and related to a group. Which among the following does not belong to that group?

  1. AOption (a)

    M-R

  2. BOption (b)

    Q-J

  3. COption (c)

    N-S

  4. DOption (d)

    K-O

  5. EOption (e)

    P-R

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Answer: (a)A.

M-R

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Question 926

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Directions (93-97) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Ten persons J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S stand in two rows but not necessarily in the same order. Five persons stand in row 1 and face north and rest five persons stand in row 2 and face south.

[Note- The persons have their name start with adjacent alphabets are not immediate neighbours. Ex- A does not stand adjacent to B. B does not stand adjacent to C and A.]

P stands diagonally opposite to L who stands in row 1. Two persons stand between K and M. J stands third to the right of R. S stands in row 1 but not opposite to M and Q. N and Q are immediate neighbours to each other. R does not stand opposite to Q.

Who among the following stands in row-2?

  1. AOption (a)

    K

  2. BOption (b)

    O

  3. COption (c)

    Both (A) and (E)

  4. DOption (d)

    J

  5. EOption (e)

    N

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

Both (A) and (E)

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Question 927

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Directions (93-97) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Ten persons J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S stand in two rows but not necessarily in the same order. Five persons stand in row 1 and face north and rest five persons stand in row 2 and face south.

[Note- The persons have their name start with adjacent alphabets are not immediate neighbours. Ex- A does not stand adjacent to B. B does not stand adjacent to C and A.]

P stands diagonally opposite to L who stands in row 1. Two persons stand between K and M. J stands third to the right of R. S stands in row 1 but not opposite to M and Q. N and Q are immediate neighbours to each other. R does not stand opposite to Q.

Who among the following sits immediate right of O?

  1. AOption (a)

    J

  2. BOption (b)

    K

  3. COption (c)

    R

  4. DOption (d)

    S

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (d)D.

S

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Question 928

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Directions (98-100) : Study the information given and answer the following questions:

Point A is 8m west of point B. Point B is 12m north of point C which is 6m west of point D. Point E is north of point D and east of point B. Point F 8m east of point E and 6m north of point G.

What is the direction of point E with respect to point A?

  1. AOption (a)

    North-east

  2. BOption (b)

    South-east

  3. COption (c)

    East

  4. DOption (d)

    West

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (c)C.

East

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Question 929

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Directions (98-100) : Study the information given and answer the following questions:

Point A is 8m west of point B. Point B is 12m north of point C which is 6m west of point D. Point E is north of point D and east of point B. Point F 8m east of point E and 6m north of point G.

What is the shortest distance between point E and point G?

  1. AOption (a)

    10m

  2. BOption (b)

    14m

  3. COption (c)

    11m

  4. DOption (d)

    12m

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (a)A.

10m

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Question 930

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Directions (98-100) : Study the information given and answer the following questions:

Point A is 8m west of point B. Point B is 12m north of point C which is 6m west of point D. Point E is north of point D and east of point B. Point F 8m east of point E and 6m north of point G.

If point K is the mid-point of point B and point C, then what is the direction of point K with respect to point G?

  1. AOption (a)

    East

  2. BOption (b)

    West

  3. COption (c)

    North-west

  4. DOption (d)

    South-west

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (b)B.

West

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Question 931

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Directions (66-70) : Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

There are six employees A, B, C, D, E, F of a company and all of them are working on six different designations of a company viz. CMD, MD, CEO, COO, SE, JE. All the designations given are to be considered in a given order (as CMD is considered as Senior-most and JE is considered as the Junior-most) . All of them like different colour.
F is not COO and likes yellow colour. More than one person is junior to B. Two designations gap between B and D who likes brown colour. The one who likes blue colour is senior to B. The number of persons junior to D is same as the number of persons-senior to the one who likes green colour. F is junior to the one who likes green colour. There are two designations gap between F and A who does not like blue colour. C likes purple colour and senior to A and junior to E. One of the persons like pink colour. The one who likes green color is not designated as JE.

Who among the following likes pink colour?

  1. AOption (a)

    The one who is MD

  2. BOption (b)

    A

  3. COption (c)

    E

  4. DOption (d)

    The one who is COO

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

A

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Question 932

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Directions (66-70) : Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

There are six employees A, B, C, D, E, F of a company and all of them are working on six different designations of a company viz. CMD, MD, CEO, COO, SE, JE. All the designations given are to be considered in a given order (as CMD is considered as Senior-most and JE is considered as the Junior-most) . All of them like different colour.
F is not COO and likes yellow colour. More than one person is junior to B. Two designations gap between B and D who likes brown colour. The one who likes blue colour is senior to B. The number of persons junior to D is same as the number of persons-senior to the one who likes green colour. F is junior to the one who likes green colour. There are two designations gap between F and A who does not like blue colour. C likes purple colour and senior to A and junior to E. One of the persons like pink colour. The one who likes green color is not designated as JE.

Who among the following is COO of the company?

  1. AOption (a)

    A

  2. BOption (b)

    B

  3. COption (c)

    C

  4. DOption (d)

    D

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

C

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Question 933

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Directions (66-70) : Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

There are six employees A, B, C, D, E, F of a company and all of them are working on six different designations of a company viz. CMD, MD, CEO, COO, SE, JE. All the designations given are to be considered in a given order (as CMD is considered as Senior-most and JE is considered as the Junior-most) . All of them like different colour.
F is not COO and likes yellow colour. More than one person is junior to B. Two designations gap between B and D who likes brown colour. The one who likes blue colour is senior to B. The number of persons junior to D is same as the number of persons-senior to the one who likes green colour. F is junior to the one who likes green colour. There are two designations gap between F and A who does not like blue colour. C likes purple colour and senior to A and junior to E. One of the persons like pink colour. The one who likes green color is not designated as JE.

How many persons are junior to F?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Four

  4. DOption (d)

    Three

  5. EOption (e)

    None

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

Three

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Question 934

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Directions (66-70) : Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

There are six employees A, B, C, D, E, F of a company and all of them are working on six different designations of a company viz. CMD, MD, CEO, COO, SE, JE. All the designations given are to be considered in a given order (as CMD is considered as Senior-most and JE is considered as the Junior-most) . All of them like different colour.
F is not COO and likes yellow colour. More than one person is junior to B. Two designations gap between B and D who likes brown colour. The one who likes blue colour is senior to B. The number of persons junior to D is same as the number of persons-senior to the one who likes green colour. F is junior to the one who likes green colour. There are two designations gap between F and A who does not like blue colour. C likes purple colour and senior to A and junior to E. One of the persons like pink colour. The one who likes green color is not designated as JE.

How many designations gap between E and A?

  1. AOption (a)

    Three

  2. BOption (b)

    None

  3. COption (c)

    One

  4. DOption (d)

    Two

  5. EOption (e)

    More than three

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

More than three

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Question 935

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Directions (66-70) : Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

There are six employees A, B, C, D, E, F of a company and all of them are working on six different designations of a company viz. CMD, MD, CEO, COO, SE, JE. All the designations given are to be considered in a given order (as CMD is considered as Senior-most and JE is considered as the Junior-most) . All of them like different colour.
F is not COO and likes yellow colour. More than one person is junior to B. Two designations gap between B and D who likes brown colour. The one who likes blue colour is senior to B. The number of persons junior to D is same as the number of persons-senior to the one who likes green colour. F is junior to the one who likes green colour. There are two designations gap between F and A who does not like blue colour. C likes purple colour and senior to A and junior to E. One of the persons like pink colour. The one who likes green color is not designated as JE.

The one who is designated as MD likes which of the following colour?

  1. AOption (a)

    Yellow

  2. BOption (b)

    Green

  3. COption (c)

    Purple

  4. DOption (d)

    Pink

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

Green

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Question 936

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Directions (71-74) : Study the given information carefully and answer the questions given below:
In a certain code language
‘Header row first column’ is coded as ‘ik cb sx ij’
‘First row borders’ is coded as ‘ib sx cb’
‘Banded column total review’ is coded as ‘ik cs bs kx’
‘Total row shading view’ is coded as ‘cb bs bx ci’

What is the code for ‘row’ in the given code language?

  1. AOption (a)

    cb

  2. BOption (b)

    sx

  3. COption (c)

    ib

  4. DOption (d)

    ij

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

cb

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Question 937

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Directions (71-74) : Study the given information carefully and answer the questions given below:
In a certain code language
‘Header row first column’ is coded as ‘ik cb sx ij’
‘First row borders’ is coded as ‘ib sx cb’
‘Banded column total review’ is coded as ‘ik cs bs kx’
‘Total row shading view’ is coded as ‘cb bs bx ci’

The code ‘bs’ stands for which among the following?

  1. AOption (a)

    Total

  2. BOption (b)

    Review

  3. COption (c)

    View

  4. DOption (d)

    Shading

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Total

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Question 938

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Directions (71-74) : Study the given information carefully and answer the questions given below:
In a certain code language
‘Header row first column’ is coded as ‘ik cb sx ij’
‘First row borders’ is coded as ‘ib sx cb’
‘Banded column total review’ is coded as ‘ik cs bs kx’
‘Total row shading view’ is coded as ‘cb bs bx ci’

What may be the possible code for ‘Shading review’ according to the given code language?

  1. AOption (a)

    bs bx

  2. BOption (b)

    bx kx

  3. COption (c)

    bx ci

  4. DOption (d)

    cs kx

  5. EOption (e)

    cs bs

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

bx kx

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Question 939

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Directions (71-74) : Study the given information carefully and answer the questions given below:
In a certain code language
‘Header row first column’ is coded as ‘ik cb sx ij’
‘First row borders’ is coded as ‘ib sx cb’
‘Banded column total review’ is coded as ‘ik cs bs kx’
‘Total row shading view’ is coded as ‘cb bs bx ci’

If the code for ‘total view’ is ‘bs ci’, then what may be the code for ‘first shading review’?

  1. AOption (a)

    sx cb bx

  2. BOption (b)

    bx cs kx

  3. COption (c)

    ib bx sx

  4. DOption (d)

    sx bx cs

  5. EOption (e)

    bs cb bx

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

sx bx cs

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Question 940

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Directions (75-79) : Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

Eight persons are sitting around a circular table in such a way some of them are facing inside while some of them are facing outside of the table.

No two adjacent persons are facing in same direction. S sits second to the right of W. V is not an immediate neighbor of W. Two persons sit between S and V. T sits opposite to R who is an immediate neighbor of S. Q sits second to the left of T. U sits second to the left of P who faces S.

Who among the following sits second to the left of Q?

  1. AOption (a)

    U

  2. BOption (b)

    P

  3. COption (c)

    R

  4. DOption (d)

    S

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

R

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