Reasoning PYQs

Given number: 63854687

 

The 3^rd digit from the left end is 9 and the 5^th digit from the right end is 3.

So, Sum = 9 + 3 = 12

Hence, 12 is correct.

Given: Seven persons – T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z – buy different fruits: Pear, Banana, Orange, Mango, Grapes, Kiwi, and Litchi – but not necessarily in the same order.

Each of them buys different fruit one after the other in the same week starting from Monday to Sunday.

1. Only one person buys fruit between T and the one who buys Mango.
2. At most two persons buys before T.
3. X buys immediately before T.
4. The one who bought orange, buys it three persons after the one who buys Mango. 

 

There are 2 cases i.e., Case 1, and Case 2. 

 

 

5. U buys kiwi, two persons before W.
6. W doesn’t buy orange.
7. Z buys immediately before V. Case 2 is eliminated because after placing U (Kiwi) and W, there are no two consecutive empty days available to place Z immediately before V. 

 

 

8. As many persons buys fruit before Grapes as after the one who buys Litchi.
9. X and T doesn’t buy Grapes and Pear. 

 

 

The person who bought Banana, buys it on Monday.

 

Hence, the correct answer is ‘Monday’

Given: Seven persons – T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z – buy different fruits: Pear, Banana, Orange, Mango, Grapes, Kiwi, and Litchi – but not necessarily in the same order.

Each of them buys different fruit one after the other in the same week starting from Monday to Sunday.

1. Only one person buys fruit between T and the one who buys Mango.
2. At most two persons buys before T.
3. X buys immediately before T.
4. The one who bought orange, buys it three persons after the one who buys Mango. 

 

There are 2 cases i.e., Case 1, and Case 2. 

 

 

5. U buys kiwi, two persons before W.
6. W doesn’t buy orange.
7. Z buys immediately before V. Case 2 is eliminated because after placing U (Kiwi) and W, there are no two consecutive empty days available to place Z immediately before V. 

 

 

8. As many persons buys fruit before Grapes as after the one who buys Litchi.
9. X and T doesn’t buy Grapes and Pear. 

 

 

The number of persons buy fruit before Y is same as the number of persons buy fruit between X and the one who bought Pear.

 

Hence, the correct answer is ‘Pear’

Given: Seven persons – T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z – buy different fruits: Pear, Banana, Orange, Mango, Grapes, Kiwi, and Litchi – but not necessarily in the same order.

Each of them buys different fruit one after the other in the same week starting from Monday to Sunday.

1. Only one person buys fruit between T and the one who buys Mango.
2. At most two persons buys before T.
3. X buys immediately before T.
4. The one who bought orange, buys it three persons after the one who buys Mango. 

 

There are 2 cases i.e., Case 1, and Case 2. 

 

 

5. U buys kiwi, two persons before W.
6. W doesn’t buy orange.
7. Z buys immediately before V. Case 2 is eliminated because after placing U (Kiwi) and W, there are no two consecutive empty days available to place Z immediately before V. 

 

 

8. As many persons buys fruit before Grapes as after the one who buys Litchi.
9. X and T doesn’t buy Grapes and Pear. 

 

 

Y bought Mango.

 

Hence, the correct answer is ‘Y’

Given: Seven persons – T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z – buy different fruits: Pear, Banana, Orange, Mango, Grapes, Kiwi, and Litchi – but not necessarily in the same order.

Each of them buys different fruit one after the other in the same week starting from Monday to Sunday.

1. Only one person buys fruit between T and the one who buys Mango.
2. At most two persons buys before T.
3. X buys immediately before T.
4. The one who bought orange, buys it three persons after the one who buys Mango. 

 

There are 2 cases i.e., Case 1, and Case 2. 

 

 

5. U buys kiwi, two persons before W.
6. W doesn’t buy orange.
7. Z buys immediately before V. Case 2 is eliminated because after placing U (Kiwi) and W, there are no two consecutive empty days available to place Z immediately before V. 

 

 

8. As many persons buys fruit before Grapes as after the one who buys Litchi.
9. X and T doesn’t buy Grapes and Pear. 

 

The one who likes Grapes buys fruit two days after Y.

 

Hence, the correct answer is ‘The one who likes Grapes’

Given: Seven persons – T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z – buy different fruits: Pear, Banana, Orange, Mango, Grapes, Kiwi, and Litchi – but not necessarily in the same order.

Each of them buys different fruit one after the other in the same week starting from Monday to Sunday.

1. Only one person buys fruit between T and the one who buys Mango.
2. At most two persons buys before T.
3. X buys immediately before T.
4. The one who bought orange, buys it three persons after the one who buys Mango. 

 

There are 2 cases i.e., Case 1, and Case 2. 

 

 

5. U buys kiwi, two persons before W.
6. W doesn’t buy orange.
7. Z buys immediately before V. Case 2 is eliminated because after placing U (Kiwi) and W, there are no two consecutive empty days available to place Z immediately before V. 

 

 

8. As many persons buys fruit before Grapes as after the one who buys Litchi.
9. X and T doesn’t buy Grapes and Pear. 

 

 

Four persons buy fruit between V and the one who likes Litchi.

 

Hence, the correct answer is ‘Four’

The least possible diagram based on the given information,

Clearly, point G is to the south-east of point X.

The least possible diagram based on the given information,

Clearly, the distance between points T and X is 10 km.

The least possible diagram based on the given information,

Clearly, point Z is 5 km to the East of point T.

Given: Ten persons – Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z – work in a company.

Each of them belongs to one of the three different departments: Finance, Marketing, and Operations.

Each department has at least three persons, but not more than four persons.

1. Q works in operations.
2. Z works in the same department as S but doesn’t work in marketing.
3. R and X doesn’t work in operations and both of them work in different departments.
4. W and R work in the same department but not with S. 

 

There are 3 cases i.e., Case 1, Case 2, and Case 3.

 

 

5. Y and V work in the same department.
6. V doesn’t work in marketing.
7. U doesn’t work in finance.
8. Z and U work in different departments.
9. W and U work in different departments. 
10. Not more than two persons works with U. 

 

Case 2 is eliminated because there is no valid place for U. 

 

Case 1 is eliminated because Y and V must be placed in Operations to avoid exceeding the maximum limit in Finance. This forces U into Marketing, which violates the condition that W and U work in different departments. 

 

 

11. S and T work in different departments. So, the final arrangement:

 

Both the persons work in the same department. So, C is related to G.

Hence, the correct answer is ‘X’.

Given: Ten persons – Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z – work in a company.

Each of them belongs to one of the three different departments: Finance, Marketing, and Operations.

Each department has at least three persons, but not more than four persons.

1. Q works in operations.
2. Z works in the same department as S but doesn’t work in marketing.
3. R and X doesn’t work in operations and both of them work in different departments.
4. W and R work in the same department but not with S. 

 

There are 3 cases i.e., Case 1, Case 2, and Case 3.

 

 

 

5. Y and V work in the same department.
6. V doesn’t work in marketing.
7. U doesn’t work in finance.
8. Z and U work in different departments.
9. W and U work in different departments. 
10. Not more than two persons works with U. 

 

Case 2 is eliminated because there is no valid place for U. 

 

Case 1 is eliminated because Y and V must be placed in Operations to avoid exceeding the maximum limit in Finance. This forces U into Marketing, which violates the condition that W and U work in different departments. 

 

 

11. S and T work in different departments. So, the final arrangement:

X, U and T work in the Marketing department.

 

Hence, the correct answer is ‘X, U, T’

Given: Ten persons – Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z – work in a company.

Each of them belongs to one of the three different departments: Finance, Marketing, and Operations.

Each department has at least three persons, but not more than four persons.

1. Q works in operations.
2. Z works in the same department as S but doesn’t work in marketing.
3. R and X doesn’t work in operations and both of them work in different departments.
4. W and R work in the same department but not with S. 

 

There are 3 cases i.e., Case 1, Case 2, and Case 3.

 

 

5. Y and V work in the same department.
6. V doesn’t work in marketing.
7. U doesn’t work in finance.
8. Z and U work in different departments.
9. W and U work in different departments. 
10. Not more than two persons works with U. 

 

Case 2 is eliminated because there is no valid place for U. 

 

Case 1 is eliminated because Y and V must be placed in Operations to avoid exceeding the maximum limit in Finance. This forces U into Marketing, which violates the condition that W and U work in different departments. 

 

 

11. S and T work in different departments. So, the final arrangement:

Correct combination: S – Operations

 

Hence, the correct answer is ‘S – Operations

Given: Ten persons – Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z – work in a company.

Each of them belongs to one of the three different departments: Finance, Marketing, and Operations.

Each department has at least three persons, but not more than four persons.

1. Q works in operations.
2. Z works in the same department as S but doesn’t work in marketing.
3. R and X doesn’t work in operations and both of them work in different departments.
4. W and R work in the same department but not with S. 

 

There are 3 cases i.e., Case 1, Case 2, and Case 3.

 

 

5. Y and V work in the same department.
6. V doesn’t work in marketing.
7. U doesn’t work in finance.
8. Z and U work in different departments.
9. W and U work in different departments. 
10. Not more than two persons works with U. 

 

Case 2 is eliminated because there is no valid place for U. 

 

Case 1 is eliminated because Y and V must be placed in Operations to avoid exceeding the maximum limit in Finance. This forces U into Marketing, which violates the condition that W and U work in different departments. 

 

 

11. S and T work in different departments. So, the final arrangement:

T works in Marketing.

 

Hence, the correct answer is ‘Marketing’

Given: Ten persons – Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z – work in a company.

Each of them belongs to one of the three different departments: Finance, Marketing, and Operations.

Each department has at least three persons, but not more than four persons.

1. Q works in operations.
2. Z works in the same department as S but doesn’t work in marketing.
3. R and X doesn’t work in operations and both of them work in different departments.
4. W and R work in the same department but not with S. 

 

There are 3 cases i.e., Case 1, Case 2, and Case 3.

 

 

5. Y and V work in the same department.
6. V doesn’t work in marketing.
7. U doesn’t work in finance.
8. Z and U work in different departments.
9. W and U work in different departments. 
10. Not more than two persons works with U. 

 

Case 2 is eliminated because there is no valid place for U. 

 

Case 1 is eliminated because Y and V must be placed in Operations to avoid exceeding the maximum limit in Finance. This forces U into Marketing, which violates the condition that W and U work in different departments. 

 

 

11. S and T work in different departments. So, the final arrangement:

 

True

Statement:

Y works in the Finance department.

 

Hence, the correct answer is ‘Y works in the Finance department’

The alphabets are positioned as in the following order:

Given word → IMPORTANT

The given word can be represented as follows,

So, In the forward direction → "MO", "PR", "OT" and "MT".

In the backward direction → "OP".

Hence, Five pairs are there in the word ‘IMPORTANT’, each of which has as many letters between them in the word (both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the English Alphabet

Hence, the correct answer is "Five".

Given: Seven boxes- P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are kept one above the other in the form of the stack.

Each box has different colours- Green, Red, White, Grey, Brown, Blue and Black but not in the same order.

1. Four boxes are kept between box R and the box which has Black colour.
2. The box which has White colour is kept immediately above box R.
3. As many boxes are kept above box Q as below box R. 

There are 3 cases i.e., Case 1, Case 2 and Case 3.

 

4. Box Q is kept above the box which has Blue colour.
5. The box which has Blue colour is kept three boxes above the box P.

Case 3 is eliminated because there is no space left for Blue colour.

 

6. Box U is kept three boxes above the box which has Red colour.
7. The number of boxes kept between box S and box T is one more than the number of boxes kept between box T and the box which has White

colour. 8. Box V is kept below the box which has Brown colour but not just below. 9. The box which has Green colour is kept above the box which has Grey colour. 

 

Case 2 is eliminated because there is no position for T.

 

 

Four boxes are kept between box U and the box which has Grey colour.

 

Hence, the correct answer is ‘Four’.

Given: Seven boxes- P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are kept one above the other in the form of the stack.

Each box has different colours- Green, Red, White, Grey, Brown, Blue and Black but not in the same order.

1. Four boxes are kept between box R and the box which has Black colour.
2. The box which has White colour is kept immediately above box R.
3. As many boxes are kept above box Q as below box R. 

There are 3 cases i.e., Case 1, Case 2 and Case 3.

 

4. Box Q is kept above the box which has Blue colour.
5. The box which has Blue colour is kept three boxes above the box P.

Case 3 is eliminated because there is no space left for Blue colour.

 

6. Box U is kept three boxes above the box which has Red colour.
7. The number of boxes kept between box S and box T is one more than the number of boxes kept between box T and the box which has White

colour. 8. Box V is kept below the box which has Brown colour but not just below. 9. The box which has Green colour is kept above the box which has Grey colour. 

 

Case 2 is eliminated because there is no position for T.

 

 

I. Box P is kept above box S - False

II. Odd number of boxes are kept between box Q and box T - True

III. Box Q has Brown colour - False

Hence, the correct answer is ‘Only I’.

Given: Seven boxes- P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are kept one above the other in the form of the stack.

Each box has different colours- Green, Red, White, Grey, Brown, Blue and Black but not in the same order.

1. Four boxes are kept between box R and the box which has Black colour.
2. The box which has White colour is kept immediately above box R.
3. As many boxes are kept above box Q as below box R. 

There are 3 cases i.e., Case 1, Case 2 and Case 3.

 

4. Box Q is kept above the box which has Blue colour.
5. The box which has Blue colour is kept three boxes above the box P.

Case 3 is eliminated because there is no space left for Blue colour.

 

6. Box U is kept three boxes above the box which has Red colour.
7. The number of boxes kept between box S and box T is one more than the number of boxes kept between box T and the box which has White

colour. 8. Box V is kept below the box which has Brown colour but not just below. 9. The box which has Green colour is kept above the box which has Grey colour. 

 

Case 2 is eliminated because there is no position for T.

 

 

Box V is kept three boxes below box Q.

Hence, the correct answer is ‘Box V’.

Given: Seven boxes- P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are kept one above the other in the form of the stack.

Each box has different colours- Green, Red, White, Grey, Brown, Blue and Black but not in the same order.

1. Four boxes are kept between box R and the box which has Black colour.
2. The box which has White colour is kept immediately above box R.
3. As many boxes are kept above box Q as below box R. 

There are 3 cases i.e., Case 1, Case 2 and Case 3.

 

4. Box Q is kept above the box which has Blue colour.
5. The box which has Blue colour is kept three boxes above the box P.

Case 3 is eliminated because there is no space left for Blue colour.

 

6. Box U is kept three boxes above the box which has Red colour.
7. The number of boxes kept between box S and box T is one more than the number of boxes kept between box T and the box which has White

colour. 8. Box V is kept below the box which has Brown colour but not just below. 9. The box which has Green colour is kept above the box which has Grey colour. 

 

Case 2 is eliminated because there is no position for T.

 

 

Correct combination: Box R- Grey colour

Hence, the correct answer is ‘Box R- Grey colour’.

Given: Seven boxes- P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are kept one above the other in the form of the stack.

Each box has different colours- Green, Red, White, Grey, Brown, Blue and Black but not in the same order.

1. Four boxes are kept between box R and the box which has Black colour.
2. The box which has White colour is kept immediately above box R.
3. As many boxes are kept above box Q as below box R. 

There are 3 cases i.e., Case 1, Case 2 and Case 3.

 

4. Box Q is kept above the box which has Blue colour.
5. The box which has Blue colour is kept three boxes above the box P.

Case 3 is eliminated because there is no space left for Blue colour.

 

6. Box U is kept three boxes above the box which has Red colour.
7. The number of boxes kept between box S and box T is one more than the number of boxes kept between box T and the box which has White

colour. 8. Box V is kept below the box which has Brown colour but not just below. 9. The box which has Green colour is kept above the box which has Grey colour. 

 

Case 2 is eliminated because there is no position for T.

 

 

Box V has Green colour.

Hence, the correct answer is ‘Box V’.