Olympiad – Class IX – Reasoning ( Verbal ) - Puzzle Test

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Question - 1

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
(i) Eight doctors P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W visit a charitable dispensary every day except on a holiday i.e., Monday.
(ii) Each doctor visits for one hour from Tuesday to Sunday except Saturday. The timings are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. is lunch break.
(iii) On Saturday, it is open only in the morning i.e., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and each doctor visits for only half an hour.
(iv) No other doctor visits the dispensary before doctor Q and after doctor U.
(v) Doctor W comes immediately after lunch break and is followed by R.
(vi) Scomes in the same order as P in the afternoon session.
Doctor P visits in between which of the following pairs of doctors?

  • A S and V
  • B U and W
  • C R and W
  • D R and U

Question - 2

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
(i) Eight doctors P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W visit a charitable dispensary every day except on a holiday i.e., Monday.
(ii) Each doctor visits for one hour from Tuesday to Sunday except Saturday. The timings are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. is lunch break.
(iii) On Saturday, it is open only in the morning i.e., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and each doctor visits for only half an hour.
(iv) No other doctor visits the dispensary before doctor Q and after doctor U.
(v) Doctor W comes immediately after lunch break and is followed by R.
(vi) Scomes in the same order as P in the afternoon session.
At what time the visit of doctor R gets over on Sunday?

  • A 1 p.m.
  • B 3 p.m.
  • C 4 p.m.
  • D 5 p.m.

Question - 3

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
(i) Eight doctors P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W visit a charitable dispensary every day except on a holiday i.e., Monday.
(ii) Each doctor visits for one hour from Tuesday to Sunday except Saturday. The timings are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. is lunch break.
(iii) On Saturday, it is open only in the morning i.e., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and each doctor visits for only half an hour.
(iv) No other doctor visits the dispensary before doctor Q and after doctor U.
(v) Doctor W comes immediately after lunch break and is followed by R.
(vi) Scomes in the same order as P in the afternoon session.
At what time the visit of doctor T would be over on Saturday?

  • A 10 a.m.
  • B 11 a.m.
  • C Either 10 a.m or 11 a.m.
  • D Data inadequate

Question - 4

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
(i) Eight doctors P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W visit a charitable dispensary every day except on a holiday i.e., Monday.
(ii) Each doctor visits for one hour from Tuesday to Sunday except Saturday. The timings are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. is lunch break.
(iii) On Saturday, it is open only in the morning i.e., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and each doctor visits for only half an hour.
(iv) No other doctor visits the dispensary before doctor Q and after doctor U.
(v) Doctor W comes immediately after lunch break and is followed by R.
(vi) Scomes in the same order as P in the afternoon session.
If the lunch break and subsequent visiting hours are reduced by 15 minutes, at what time doctor U is expected to attend the dispensary?

  • A 3.15 p.m.
  • B 4 p.m
  • C 4.15 p.m.
  • D 4.45 p.m.

Question - 5

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Six lectures A, B, C, D, E and F are to be organised in a span of seven days - from Sunday to Saturday, only one lecture on each day in accordance with the following:
(i) A should not be organised on Thursday.
(ii) C should be organised immediately after F.
(iii) There should be a gap of two days between E and D.
(iv) One day there will be no lecture (Friday is not that day), just before that day D will be organised.
(v) B should be organised on Tuesday and should not be followed by D.
On which day there is no lecture?

  • A Monday
  • B Friday
  • C Sunday
  • D Cannot be determined

Question - 6

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Six lectures A, B, C, D, E and F are to be organised in a span of seven days - from Sunday to Saturday, only one lecture on each day in accordance with the following:
(i) A should not be organised on Thursday.
(ii) C should be organised immediately after F.
(iii) There should be a gap of two days between E and D.
(iv) One day there will be no lecture (Friday is not that day), just before that day D will be organised.
(v) B should be organised on Tuesday and should not be followed by D.
How many lectures are organised between C and D?

  • A None
  • B One
  • C Two
  • D Three

Question - 7

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Six lectures A, B, C, D, E and F are to be organised in a span of seven days - from Sunday to Saturday, only one lecture on each day in accordance with the following:
(i) A should not be organised on Thursday.
(ii) C should be organised immediately after F.
(iii) There should be a gap of two days between E and D.
(iv) One day there will be no lecture (Friday is not that day), just before that day D will be organised.
(v) B should be organised on Tuesday and should not be followed by D.
Which day will the lecture F be organised?

  • A Thursday
  • B Friday
  • C Saturday
  • D Sunday

Question - 8

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Six lectures A, B, C, D, E and F are to be organised in a span of seven days - from Sunday to Saturday, only one lecture on each day in accordance with the following:
(i) A should not be organised on Thursday.
(ii) C should be organised immediately after F.
(iii) There should be a gap of two days between E and D.
(iv) One day there will be no lecture (Friday is not that day), just before that day D will be organised.
(v) B should be organised on Tuesday and should not be followed by D.
Which of the following is the last lecture in the series?

  • A A
  • B B
  • C C
  • D Cannot be determined

Question - 9

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Six lectures A, B, C, D, E and F are to be organised in a span of seven days - from Sunday to Saturday, only one lecture on each day in accordance with the following:
(i) A should not be organised on Thursday.
(ii) C should be organised immediately after F.
(iii) There should be a gap of two days between E and D.
(iv) One day there will be no lecture (Friday is not that day), just before that day D will be organised.
(v) B should be organised on Tuesday and should not be followed by D.
Which of the following information is not required in finding the complete sequence of organisation of lectures?

  • A (i) only
  • B (ii) only
  • C (i) and (ii) only
  • D All are required

Question - 10

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
A sales representative plans to visit each of six companies M, N, P, Q, R and S exactly once during the course of one day. She is setting up her schedule for the day according to the following conditions:
(i) She must visit M before N and R.
(ii) She must visit N before Q.
(iii) The third company she visits must be P.
Which of the following must be true of the sales representative's schedule?

  • A She visits M before Q.
  • B She visits N before R
  • C She visits P before M
  • D She visits P before S