General Aptitude - Critical Reasoning - Sitting / Learning Arrangement

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Question - 1

Four girls are sitting on a bench to be photographed. Shikha is to the left of Reena. Manju is to the right of Reena. Rita is between Reena and Manju. Who would be the second from the left in the photograph?

  • A Reena
  • B Shikha
  • C Manju
  • D Rita

Question - 2

Five girls are sitting in row. Rashi is not adjacent to Sulekha or Anuradha is not adjacent to Sulekh Rashi is adjacent to Monika. Monika is seated in the middle of the row. Then to whom is Anuradha adjacent in the following choices?

  • A Rashi
  • B Sulekha
  • C Abha
  • D Monika

Question - 3

On a seven members panel sitting in a row, A is in between D and F. C is in between F and G. G is a between C and E and D is in between B and A. Find the person sitting right in the middle.

  • A D
  • B C
  • C A
  • D F

Question - 4

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions give below it.
(i) Seven books are placed one above the other in a particular way.
(ii) The history book is placed directly above the civics book.
(iii) The geography book is fourth from the bottom and the English book is fifth from the top.
(iv) There are two books in between the civics and economics books.
To find the number of books between the civics and the science books, which other extra piece of information is required from the following?

  • A There are two books between the geography and the science books
  • B There are two books between the mathematics and the geography books
  • C There is one book between the English and the science books
  • D The civics book is placed before two books above the economics book

Question - 5

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions give below it.
(i) Seven books are placed one above the other in a particular way.
(ii) The history book is placed directly above the civics book.
(iii) The geography book is fourth from the bottom and the English book is fifth from the top.
(iv) There are two books in between the civics and economics books.
To know which three books are kept above the English book, which of the following information, if any, is required?

  • A The economics book is between the English and the science books
  • B There are two books between the English and the history books
  • C The geography book is above the English book
  • D No other information is required

Question - 6

Answer the questions below based on the following information.
Each of seven objects T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z is placed either on the tower, middle or top shelf of the three-shelf bookcase that contains no other objects.
(i) At least two objects are on the top shelf.
(ii) No more than four objects are on any shelf.
(iii) T and U are on different shelves.
(iv) V is either on one shelf or two shelves above the shelf that X is on.
(v) W is either on one shelf or two shelves above the shelf that X is on.
If V and W are the only objects on one of the shelves and four objects are on the middle shelf, which of the following must be true?

  • A T is on the middle shelf
  • B U is on the bottom shelf
  • C X is on the bottom shelf
  • D Z is on the middle shelf

Question - 7

Answer the questions below based on the following information.
Each of seven objects T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z is placed either on the tower, middle or top shelf of the three-shelf bookcase that contains no other objects.
(i) At least two objects are on the top shelf.
(ii) No more than four objects are on any shelf.
(iii) T and U are on different shelves.
(iv) V is either on one shelf or two shelves above the shelf that X is on.
(v) W is either on one shelf or two shelves above the shelf that X is on.
If all the objects are on two shelves, which of the following must be true?

  • A At least three objects are on the top shelf
  • B No more than three objects are on the middle shelf
  • C T, V and W are on the top shelf
  • D U is on the top shelf

Question - 8

Answer the questions below based on the following information.
Each of seven objects T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z is placed either on the tower, middle or top shelf of the three-shelf bookcase that contains no other objects.
(i) At least two objects are on the top shelf.
(ii) No more than four objects are on any shelf.
(iii) T and U are on different shelves.
(iv) V is either on one shelf or two shelves above the shelf that X is on.
(v) W is either on one shelf or two shelves above the shelf that X is on.
If V and T are the only objects on one of the shelves, which of the following must be true?

  • A W is on the top shelf
  • B X is on the bottom shelf
  • C U is on either the middle or top shelf
  • D If U and Y are on different shelves, Z is on the top shelf

Question - 9

Answer the questions below based on the following information.
Each of seven objects T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z is placed either on the tower, middle or top shelf of the three-shelf bookcase that contains no other objects.
(i) At least two objects are on the top shelf.
(ii) No more than four objects are on any shelf.
(iii) T and U are on different shelves.
(iv) V is either on one shelf or two shelves above the shelf that X is on.
(v) W is either on one shelf or two shelves above the shelf that X is on.
If T, V, Y and Z are on the same shelf, which of the following must be true?

  • A U is not on the middle shelf
  • B W is not on the middle shelf
  • C X is alone on a shelf
  • D If U is on the top shelf, W is also on the top shelf

Question - 10

Read the data given below and answer the questions that follow.
A building has six floors, referred to as 1-6 from lowest to highest. Six Companies L, M, O, P and Q occupy the six floors, not necessarily in that order, with necessarily in that order, with one company on one floor.
(i) N is the same number of floors from M as M is from L.
(ii) P and Q are not adjacent floors.
(iii) Q is on higher floor than O.
(iv) L is on floor 5.
Which of the following is(are) true?
1. M must be on either floor 3 or floor 4.
2. O must be on either floor 1 or floor 2.
3. Q must be on either floor 4 or floor 5.

  • A 1 only
  • B 2 only
  • C 3 only
  • D 1 and 3
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