Verbal Reasoning - Puzzle test
Exam Duration: 60 Mins Total Questions : 30
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 representatives 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.
- (e)
She visits Q before R.
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.
The sales representative could visit any of the following companies immediately after P except :
- (a)
S
- (b)
R
- (c)
Q
- (d)
N
- (e)
M
Garima is taller than Sarita but not taller than Reena. Reena and Tanya are of the same height. Garima is shorter than Anu. Amongst all the girls, who is the shortest?
- (a)
Anu
- (b)
Reenaand Tanya
- (c)
Garima
- (d)
Sarita
( i) Eleven Students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are sitting the first row of the class facing the teacher.
(ii) D who is to the immediate left of F is second to the right of C.
(iii) A is second to the right of E, who is at one of the ends.
(iv) J is the immediate neighbour of A and B and third to the left of G.
(v) H is to the immediate left of D and third to the right of I.
Who is sitting in the middle of the row?
- (a)
B
- (b)
C
- (c)
G
- (d)
I
- (e)
None of these
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that bellow:
At an Electronic Data Processing Unit, five out of the eight program sets P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are to be operated daily. On any one day, except for the first day of a month, only three of the program sets must be the ones that were operated on the previous day. The program operating must also satisfy the following conditions:
(i) If Program P is to be operated on a day, V cannot be operated on that day.
(ii) If Q is to be operated on a day, T must be one of the programs to be operated after Q.
(iii) If Q is to be operated on a day, V must be one of the programs to be operated after R.
(iv) The last program to be operated on any day must be either S or U.
If R is operated at third place in a sequence, which of the following cannot be the second program in that sequence?
- (a)
Q
- (b)
S
- (c)
T
- (d)
U
- (e)
W
Read the following statements carefully to answer the question:
I. X is older than L.
II. M and N are of equal age.
III. Z is the youngest.
IV. Y is younger than N.
V. Y is older than X.
Which statement(s) is/are not required to prove that L is younger than M?
- (a)
III only
- (b)
III and IV
- (c)
IV and V
- (d)
III and V
(i) Six children B, D, C, M, J and K are split into tow groups of three each and are made to stand in two rows in such a way that a child in one row is exactly facing a child in the other row.
(ii) M is not at the ends of any row and is to the right of J, who is facing C. K is to the left of D, who is facing M.
Which of the following groups of children is in the same row?
- (a)
BDC
- (b)
BMD
- (c)
MJK
- (d)
MJD
- (e)
None of these
B is twice as old as A but twice younger than F. C is half the age of A but twice the age of D. Which two persons from the pair of oldest and youngest?
- (a)
F and A
- (b)
F and D
- (c)
B and F
- (d)
F and C
- (e)
None of these.
Answer the questions based on the following information:
In a family of 6, there are 3 men X, Y and Z and 3 women A, B and C. The six are Architect, Lawyer, Chartered Accountant (CA), Professor, Doctor and Engineer by profession but not in the same order.
I. There are two married couples and 2 unmarried persons.
II. Z is not A's husband.
III. The doctor is married to the lawyer.
IV. A's father is a professor.
V. Y is not X's son, nor is he an architect or professor.
VI. The lawyer is C's daughter-in-law.
VII. X is married to the CA.
Which of the following is a married couple?
- (a)
X and B
- (b)
X and C
- (c)
Y and A
- (d)
Z and A
Six persons A,B.C, D, E and F were playing a game of cards. A's father, mother and uncle were in the group. There were two women. B the mother of A got more points than her husband. D got more points than E but less than F. Niece of E got lowest points. Father of A got more points than F but could not win the game.
B was one of the ladies. Who was the other lady?
- (a)
A
- (b)
C
- (c)
D
- (d)
E
Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below it:
(i) A, B, C, D and E are five friends.
(ii) B is elder to E, but not as tall as C.
(iii) C is younger to A, and is taller to D and E.
(iV) A is taller to D, But younger than E.
(v) D is elder to A but is shortest in the group.
If a selection is to be made among them who would be relatively order and also taller, who among them should be chosen?
- (a)
A
- (b)
B
- (c)
C
- (d)
D
- (e)
E
In a car exhibition, seven cars of seven different companies viz. Cardilac, Ambassador, Fiat, Maruti, Mercedes, Bedford and Fargo were displayed in a row, facing east such that;
(1) Cardilac car was to the immediate right of Fargo.
(2) Fargo was fourth to the right of Fiat.
(3) Maruti car was between Ambassador and Bedford.
(4) Fiat, which was third to the left of Ambassador car, was at one of the ends.
Which cars are on the immediate either sides of the Cardilaccar??
- (a)
Ambassador and Maruti
- (b)
Maruti and Fiat
- (c)
Fiat and Mercedes
- (d)
Ambassador and Fargo
- (e)
None of these
In a building, there are thirteen flats on three floors -II, III and IV. Five flats are unoccupied. Three managers, two teachers, two lawyers and one doctor occupy the remaining flats. There are at least three flats on any floor and not more than six flats on any floor. No two persons of the same profession stay on any floor. On the II floor, out of four flats, one occupant is the lawyer and he has only one neighbour.One lawyer lives one floor below the other. The doctor is not the neighbour of any of the lawyers.No flat is unoccupied on the III floor.
Who among the following is the neighbour of the other lawyer?
- (a)
Teacher
- (b)
Manager
- (c)
Both Manager and Teacher
- (d)
Data inadequate
- (e)
None of these
study the following information carefully and answer the questions:
A, B, C, E, F, G and H are seven employees in an organisation working in the departments of Administration, Accounts and Operations. There are at least two employees in each department. There are three females, one in each department. Each of the seven employees earns different amount. F works in Administration and his only other colleague G earns the maximum. C, the least earner, works in Accounts. B and E are brothers and do not work in the same department. A, husband of H, works in Accounts and earns more than each of F, B and E . The wife in the couple earns more than the husband.
Which of the following is a group of females?
- (a)
GCE
- (b)
GEH
- (c)
GCH
- (d)
GHS
- (e)
None of these
Read the following information to answer the questions given below it:
(i) In a family of six persons, there are people from three generations.Each person has separate profession and also they like different colours.There are two couples in the family.
(ii) Rohan is a CA and his wife neither is a doctor nor like green colour
(iii) Engineer like red colour and his wife is a teacher
(iv) Mohini is mother-in-law of Sunita and she likes orange colour
(v) Vinod is grandfather of Tanmay and Tanmay, who is a principal, likes black colour.
(vi) Nanu is granddaughter of Mohini and she likes blue colour, Nanu's mother likes white colour.
What is the profession of Sunita?
- (a)
Engineer
- (b)
Doctor
- (c)
Teacher
- (d)
Cannot be determined
- (e)
none of these
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members of a family.Each of them has a different profession-Doctor, Teacher, Lawyer, Chartered Accountant(CA) and Banker and their incomes are different.There are two married couples in the group .C is the Doctor and earns more than the engineer and the lawyer.E is married to the CA and she earns the least.No lady is either lawyer or engineer .B, the teacher, earns less than A, the banker.G is married to B and he earns more than D and A.F is not the lawyer.The CA earns less than the lawyer but more than the banker
Which of the following is a pair of married couple?
- (a)
BE
- (b)
CE
- (c)
DE
- (d)
EF
- (e)
None of these
Read the following statements carefully to answer these questions:
From a batch of six boys A, B, C, D, E and F and four girls P, Q, R and S, a team of six is to be selected.
Some of the criteria are:
B and D have to be together.
C cannot go with Q.
F cannot go with A or D.
P and R have to be together.
P cannot go with S.
A and E have to be together.
Unless otherwise mentioned, the above criteria are applicable to all the following questions:
If not more than one member has to be a girls, then the team consists of
- (a)
A, B, C, D, E, S
- (b)
A, B, C, D, E, Q
- (c)
A, B, C, D, E, P
- (d)
A, B, C, E, F, R
Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:
M, K, J, T, R, D and W are seven members of a family. there are two married couples among them belonging to two different generations. Each of them has a different choice of cuisine-Chinese, Continental, Thai, Punjabi, South Indian, Gujarati and Malwani. The grandfather in the family likes Gujarati food. None of the ladies likes Continental or Thai food. T is son of M, who likes Chinese food. W is J's daughter-in-law and she likes south Indian food. K is grandfather of D, who likes Punjabi food. J is mother of R, who likes Continental food.
Which food does T like?
- (a)
Gujarati
- (b)
Thai
- (c)
Malwani
- (d)
data inadequate
- (e)
None of these
Answer the questions based on the following information:
In a family of 6, there are 3 men X, Y and Z and 3 women A, B and C. The six are Architect, Lawyer, Chartered Accountant (CA), Professor, Doctor and Engineer by profession but not in the same order.
I. There are two married couples and 2 unmarried persons.
II. Z is not A's husband.
III. The doctor is married to the lawyer.
IV. A's father is a professor.
V. Y is not X's son, nor is he an architect or professor.
VI. The lawyer is C's daughter-in-law.
VII. X is married to the CA.
Which of the following combinations of person and profession is correct?
- (a)
B --- Doctor
- (b)
Y --- Professor
- (c)
Z --- Lawyer
- (d)
C ---Chartered Accountant
Mr. Bankatlal acted as a judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, Viz.
Ms. Andhra Pradesh, Ms. Uttar Pradesh, Ms. west Bengal and Ms. Maharashtra. Mrs. Bankatlal, who was very anxious about the result asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Mr. Bankatlal just told that the one who was wearing the yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs. Bankatlal pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows:
(A) All of them were sitting in a row.
(B) All of them wore sarees of different colours viz., green, yellow, white, red.
(C) There was only one runner-up and she was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra.
(D) the runner-up was wearing the green saree.
(E) Ms. West Bengal was not sitting at the ends and was not the runner-up.
(F) The winner and the runner-up are not sitting adjacent to each other.
(G) Ms. Maharashtra was wearing white saree.
(H) Ms. Andhra Pradesh was not wearing the green Saree.
(I) Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.
Which saree was worn by Ms. Andhra Pradesh?
- (a)
White
- (b)
Green
- (c)
Red
- (d)
Yellow
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven students in a class. They are sitting on three benches I, II and III in such a way that there are at least two of them on each bench and there is at least one girl on each bench. C, a girl student, does not sit with A, E and D. F, a boy student, sits with only B. A sits with his best friend in bench I. G sits on bench III. E is brother of C.
How many girl students are there?
- (a)
3
- (b)
4
- (c)
3 or 4
- (d)
Data inqdequate
- (e)
None of these
Study the information given below and answer the question that follow :
(i) A, B, C, D, E and F are six students in a class.
(ii) B and C are shorter than F but heavier than A.
(iii) D is heavier than B and taller than C.
(iv) E is shorter than D but taller than F.
(v) F is heavier than D.
(vi) A is shorter than E but taller than F.
Which of the following statements is true for F as regrads height and weight?
- (a)
He is lighter than E and taller than E
- (b)
He is heavier than B and taller tha E.
- (c)
He is heavier than B and C but shorter than D.
- (d)
He is lighter than E and also shorter than E.
- (e)
He is lighter than B and C but taller than D.
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
At the end of cricket series, when five players were arranged in the ascending order of runs scored by them, O was fourth while N was first. When they were arranged in descending order of wickets taken by them, K replaces O while O replaces L. M's position remains unchanged. K has scored more runs than M. L is having first rank in one ranking and fifth in another.
Who has taken the lowest number of wickets?
- (a)
L
- (b)
M
- (c)
P
- (d)
Can't be determined
- (e)
None of these
There are seven students - A , B , C , D ,E , F and G - in a class. Each of them has a different favourite subject - English, Mathematics , Physics chemistry , Biology , Sociology and philosophy. Each of the students secured different marks in the examination. C has secured second highest marks and neither English nor Mathematics is his favourite subject . E secured the least marks and neither Sociology nor Mathematics is his favourite subject. The favourite subject of D is Physics and he secured more marks than B and G but less than A. The favourite subject of B is Biology and his marks are more than the marks of E but less than the marks of G. The favourite subject of A is philosophy. the student, whose favourite subject is chemistry , got the highest marks.
what is the favourite subject of G ?
- (a)
Mathematics
- (b)
Sociology
- (c)
Either Mathematics or Sociology
- (d)
Data inadequate
- (e)
None of these
(i) A,B,C,D,E,F and G are playing cards sitting around a circular table.
(ii) D is not neighbour of C or E .
(iii) A is neighbour of B and C.
(iv) G, who is second to the left of D, is the neighbour of E and F .
Which of the following is correct ?
- (a)
B is between A and D
- (b)
D is between F and G
- (c)
E is to the immediate right of G
- (d)
F is to the immediate left of G
- (e)
None of these
Six people A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting on the ground in a hexagonal shape. All the sides of the hexagon so formed are of same length.A is not adjacent to B or C; D is not adjacent to C or E; B and C are adjacent; F is in the middle of D and C.
Who is placed opposite to E?
- (a)
B
- (b)
C
- (c)
D
- (d)
F
study the following information carefully and answer the questions:
A, B, C, E, F, G and H are seven employees in an organisation working in the departments of Administration, Accounts and Operations. There are at least two employees in each department. There are three females, one in each department. Each of the seven employees earns different amount. F works in Administration and his only other colleague G earns the maximum. C, the least earner, works in Accounts. B and E are brothers and do not work in the same department. A, husband of H, works in Accounts and earns more than each of F, B and E . The wife in the couple earns more than the husband.
What will be the position of A from the top when they are arranged in descending order of their incomes?
- (a)
Second
- (b)
Third
- (c)
Fourth
- (d)
Fifth
- (e)
None of these
Read the following information carfully and answer the questions given below it:
(i) There is a family of six members A,B,C,D,E and F
(ii) There are two married couples in the family and the family memebers represent three generations
(iii) Each member has a distinct choice of colour amongst green,yellow,black,red,white and pink
(iv) No lady member likes either green or white
(v) C, who likes black colour,is the daughter-in-law of E
(vi) B is brother of F and son of D and likes pink
(vii) A is grandmother of F and F does not like red
(viii) The husband has a choice of green colour,his wife likes yellow
Which of the following is one of the married couples?
- (a)
AC
- (b)
CD
- (c)
DA
- (d)
Cannot be determined
- (e)
None of these
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
There are five identical looking boxes having different objects in it and every box has a label indicating their contents.The following is the description of the contents and the label of each box:
Contents |
Label |
Two pins | PP |
Two balls | BB |
two clips | CC |
one pin and one clip | PC |
one ball and one clip | BC |
Somebody has mischievously interchanged these labels in such a way no box contains the label correctly explaining its contents.
If the information is available that box PC does not contain either any pin or any clip and box pp does not contain any pin and box CC contains one clip and one Ball, Which of the following will definitely be true if only one of the remaining boxes is opened?
- (a)
It will have one pin and one clip
- (b)
it will have at least one clip
- (c)
it will have two pins
- (d)
it will have at least one pin
- (e)
none of these
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Seven instructors - J, K, L, M, N, P and Q - teach management courses at a premier institute in east India. Each instructor teaches during exactly one term : the first term, the second term or the third term.
The following conditions apply:
(i) K teaches during the third term.
(ii) L and M teach during the same term.
(iii) Q teaches during either the first term or the second term.
(iv) Exactly twice as many instructors teach during the third term as teach during the first term.
(v) N and Q teach during different terms.
(vi) J and P teach during different terms.
If more instructors teach during the second term than teach during the first term, then which one of the following instructors must during the second term?
- (a)
J
- (b)
M
- (c)
N
- (d)
P