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Question 81

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• Reasoning/Logical Aptitude

Six friends, R, S, T, G, H and I, live on six different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it is numbered 2 and so on, till the topmost floor, which is numbered 6.

No one live above S. Only two people live between S and R. I lives on an odd-numbered floor but not on the lowermost floor. Only two people live between I and H. T lives immediately below I.

How many people live between G and I?

  1. AOption (a)

    Three

  2. BOption (b)

    None

  3. COption (c)

    One

  4. DOption (d)

    Two

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Answer: (a)A.

Three

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Question 82

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• Reasoning/Logical Aptitude

Select the option figure in which the given figure (X) is embedded as its part (rotation is NOT allowed).

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Answer: (a)A.
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Question 83

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• Reasoning/Logical Aptitude

A question is followed by two statements numbered I and II. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and select the most appropriate answer.

Five friends D, F, G, J, and R are of different heights. How many of them are taller than D?

(I) J is taller than D. G is taller than F.

(II) R is taller than G. G is taller than D.

  1. AOption (a)

    Data in Statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement I is not

  2. BOption (b)

    Both statements I and II together are NOT sufficient to answer the question

  3. COption (c)

    Both statements I and II together (and not statement I alone or statement II alone) are sufficient to answer the question

  4. DOption (d)

    Data in Statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement II is not

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Data in Statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement I is not

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Question 84

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• Reasoning/Logical Aptitude

In this question, two statements I and II have been given. These statements may be independent causes or effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of the statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and select the correct option.

Statements:

I. Heavy rains have caused water logging in several areas of the city.

II. The prices of vegetables have increased sharply in the local markets.

  1. AOption (a)

    Statement I is the cause and Statement II is its possible effect.

  2. BOption (b)

    Both Statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

  3. COption (c)

    Statement II is the cause and Statement I is its possible effect.

  4. DOption (d)

    Both Statements I and II are effects of a common cause.

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Answer: (a)A.

Statement I is the cause and Statement II is its possible effect.

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Question 85

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• Reasoning/Logical Aptitude

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

All oils are creams.

All creams are dispensers.

Some dispensers are lotions.

Conclusions:

(I): Some oils are lotions.

(II): Some creams are lotions.

  1. AOption (a)

    Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion (II) follows

  3. COption (c)

    Only conclusion (I) follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows

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Answer: (a)A.

Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow

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Question 86

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• Reasoning/Logical Aptitude

In a certain code language,

'A + B' means 'A is the son of B'

'A - B' means 'A is the brother of B'

'A × B' means 'A is the wife of B'

'A ÷ B' means 'A is the father of B'

Based on the above, how is C related to M if 'C+V÷R×N-M'?

  1. AOption (a)

    Brother's wife's brother

  2. BOption (b)

    Brother's wife's father

  3. COption (c)

    Wife's father

  4. DOption (d)

    Wife's brother

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Answer: (a)A.

Brother's wife's brother

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Question 87

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• Reasoning/Logical Aptitude

Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-cluster pairs are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which letter-cluster pair DOES NOT belong to that group?

(Note: The odd one out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter-cluster.)

  1. AOption (a)

    YP-FB

  2. BOption (b)

    LC-SI

  3. COption (c)

    OF-VL

  4. DOption (d)

    JA-QG

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Answer: (a)A.

YP-FB

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Question 88

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• Reasoning/Logical Aptitude

In a certain code language,

'A + B' means 'A is the mother of B'

'A - B' means 'A is the brother of B'

'A × B' means 'A is the wife of B'

'A ÷ B' means 'A is the father of B'

Based on the above, how is C related to M if 'C×V-R÷N+M'?

  1. AOption (a)

    Mother's mother's brother's wife

  2. BOption (b)

    Mother's mother's brother's daughter

  3. COption (c)

    Mother's father's brother's wife

  4. DOption (d)

    Mother's father's brother's daughter

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Answer: (a)A.

Mother's mother's brother's wife

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Question 89

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• Reasoning/Logical Aptitude

In a certain code language,

A + B means 'A is the son of B',

A - B means 'A is the brother of B',

A @ B means 'A is the wife of B' and

A % B means 'A is the father of B'.

How is W related to U if 'W@E-R+H % U'?

  1. AOption (a)

    Brother's daughter

  2. BOption (b)

    Daughter

  3. COption (c)

    Brother's wife

  4. DOption (d)

    Wife

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Answer: (a)A.

Brother's daughter

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Question 90

IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) 2025• Reasoning/Logical Aptitude

Seven people, C, D, E, F, L, M and N, are sitting in a row, facing north.

Only two people sit to the left of N. Only three people sit between N and L. C sits second to the right of N. Only two people sit between C and M. D sits at some place to the right of E but at some place to the left of F.

How many people sit to the right of D?

  1. AOption (a)

    Two

  2. BOption (b)

    One

  3. COption (c)

    Three

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

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Answer: (a)A.

Two

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