TNPSC Verbal Reasoning - Puzzle Test
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a row facing towards North. C is sitting between A and E. D is not at the end. B is sitting immediate right to E. F is not at the right end.
Which of the following pairs is sitting to one side of D?
- (a)
FB
- (b)
FC
- (c)
FE
- (d)
Cannot be determined
- (e)
None of these
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Five plays A, B, C, D and E are to be staged from Monday to Friday of a week. On each day, only one play will be staged.D or E should not be either the first or last to be staged. E should be immediately followed by C. B should be staged immediately after D. One Play is staged between A and B.
Which is the first play to be staged?
- (a)
A
- (b)
B
- (c)
Cannot be determined
- (d)
None of these
In a shop, there were 4 dolls of different heights A, B, C and D. D is neither as tall as A nor as short as C. B is shorter than D but taller than C. If Mani wants to purchase the tallest doll, which one should she purchase?
- (a)
Only A
- (b)
Only D
- (c)
Either A or D
- (d)
Either B or D
- (e)
None of these
( 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
( 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.
Which of the following groups of friends is sitting to the right of G?
- (a)
CHDE
- (b)
CHDF
- (c)
IBJA
- (d)
ICHDF
- (e)
None of these
(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.
Which of the following statements is true in the context of the above sitting arrangement?
- (a)
There are three students sitting between D and G
- (b)
K is between A and J.
- (c)
B is sitting between J and I.
- (d)
G and C are neighbours sitting to the immediate right of H
- (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.
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
(i) P, Q, R, S, T and U Are six members in a family in which there are two married couples.
(ii) T, a teacher, is married to the doctor who is mother of R and U.
(iii) Q, the lawyer, is married to P.
(iv) P has one son and one grandson.
(v) Of the two married ladies, one is a housewife.
(vi) There is also one student and male engineer in the family.
Who among the following is the housewife?
- (a)
P
- (b)
Q
- (c)
S
- (d)
T
- (e)
None of these
Study the following information and answer the question given below:
A blacksmith has five iron articles A, B, C, D and E, each having a different weight.
(i) A weighs twice as much as B.
(ii) B weighs four and a half times as much as C.
(iii) C weighs half as much as D.
(iv) D weighs half as much as E.
(v) E weighs less than A but more than C.
Which of the following is the lightest in weight?
- (a)
A
- (b)
B
- (c)
C
- (d)
D
- (e)
E
Study the following information and answer the question given below:
A blacksmith has five iron articles A, B, C, D and E, each having a different weight.
(i) A weighs twice as much as B.
(ii) B weighs four and a half times as much as C.
(iii) C weighs half as much as D.
(iv) D weighs half as much as E.
(v) E weighs less than A but more than C.
Which of the following represents the descending order of weights of the articles?
- (a)
A, B, E, D, C
- (b)
B, D, E, A, C
- (c)
E, C, D, A, B
- (d)
C, A, D, B, E
- (e)
A, B, D, E, C
Read the following information and answer the question given below it:
(i) Seven students P, Q, R, S, T, U and V take a series of tests.
(ii) No two students get similar marks.
(iii) V always scores more than P.
(iv) P always scores more than Q.
(v) Each time either R scores the highest and T gets the least, or alternatively S scores the highest and U or Q scores the least.
If S is ranked sixth and Q is ranked fifth, which of the following can be true?
- (a)
V is ranked first or foruth
- (b)
R is ranked second or third
- (c)
P is ranked second or fifth
- (d)
U is ranked third or fourth.
- (e)
T is ranked fourth or fifth.
In a pile of 10 books, there are 3 of History, 3 of Hindi, 2 of Mathematics and 2 of English. Taking from above, there is an English book between a History and Mathematics book, a History book between a Mathematics and an English book, a Hindi book between an English and a Mathematics book, a Mathematics book between two Hindi books and two Hindi books between a Mathematics and a History book. Book of which subjects is at the sixth position from the top?
- (a)
English
- (b)
Hindi
- (c)
Mathematics
- (d)
History
These questions are based on the following information:
From time to time, the Managing Director of a company appoints Planning Committees, each consisting of exactly three members. Eligible for appointment are three executives from finance - B, C and D - and three executives from Operations - E, F, and M. Any given committee is subject to the following restrictions on appointments:
(i) At least one member must be from finance, and at least one member must be from Operations.
(ii) If B is appointed, C cannot be appointed.
(iii) Neither D are F can be appointed unless the other is also appointed.
(iv) If E is appointed, M must be appointed.
Which of the following is an acceptable committee?
- (a)
E, F and M
- (b)
D, E and F
- (c)
D, F and M
- (d)
B, D and M
These questions are based on the following information:
From time to time, the Managing Director of a company appoints Planning Committees, each consisting of exactly three members. Eligible for appointment are three executives from finance - B, C and D - and three executives from Operations - E, F, and M. Any given committee is subject to the following restrictions on appointments:
(i) At least one member must be from finance, and at least one member must be from Operations.
(ii) If B is appointed, C cannot be appointed.
(iii) Neither D are F can be appointed unless the other is also appointed.
(iv) If E is appointed, M must be appointed.
If the restrictions on appointments apply also to a four - member committee appointed from the same group of executives, which of the following will be true?
- (a)
If B is appointed, M must also be appointed.
- (b)
If F is appointed, C must also be appointed.
- (c)
If C is appointed, E must also be appointed.
- (d)
None of the above will be true.
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
(i) A, B, C, D, E and F are six members in a family in which there are two married couples.
(ii) D is brother of F. Both D and F are lighter than B.
(iii) B is mother of D and lighter than E.
(iv) C, a lady, is neither heavest nor the lightest in the family.
(v) E is lighter than C.
(vi) The grand father in the family is the heaviest.
Who among the following will be in the second place if all the members in the family are arranged in the descending order of their weights?
- (a)
A
- (b)
C
- (c)
D
- (d)
Data indequate
- (e)
None of these
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.
Which of the following pairs of statements is elder to D?
- (a)
BA
- (b)
BC
- (c)
BE
- (d)
EA
- (e)
None os 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
Seven friends Kamla, Manish, Rohit, Amit, Gaurav, Pritam and Priya are sitting in a circle. Kamla, Manish, Rohit, Amit, Pritam and Priya are sitting at equal distances from each other. Rohit is sitting two places right of Pritam, who is sitting one place right of Amit. Kamla forms an angle of 90 degrees from Gaurav and an angle of 120 degrees from Manish. Manish is opposite Priya and is sitting on the left of Gaurav.
Who is the only person sitting between Rohit and Manish?
- (a)
Pritam
- (b)
Amit
- (c)
Gaurav
- (d)
Kamla
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 information given below and answer the questions that follow:
A, longtitudesB, C, D and E are five towns out of which two are hill stations and the rest are in plains.two towns, which are plain, are harbours.Four towns out of five are capitals and two are industrial towns.Population of two is less than 5 lacs.It is 20 lacs of one town and more than 50 lacs of the two towns.Two towns are on the same latitude and other two are longitudes.Latitude and longitudes of both harbours are different and out of these one is an industrial town.The population of both industrial towns is more than 50 lacs.The longitudes of one hill station and one of the industrial towns are same.The latitudes and longitude of the other hill station and other harbour are different.One industrial town is neither a hill station nor a harbour.None of the hill stations is an industrial town.The hill station, of which longitudes are same as that of a harbour, is a capital.B is a hill station while the longitudes of A and E are same.E is a harbour.The latitudes of D and C are same and the population of D is 20 lacs.Both the harbours are capitals and one of them is an industrial town.
Which one of the following towns is a hill station as well as a capital?
- (a)
B
- (b)
C
- (c)
E
- (d)
D
- (e)
A
Score Board
Pakistan: Saeed Answer c Fleming b Vaughan 1; Aamir Sohail st Germon b Patel 16; Shahid Afridi c Greatbatch b Larsen 21; Ijaz
Ahmed c Fleming b Astle 10; Salim Malik lbw Carins 40; Azam Khan Greatbatch b Harris 22; Moin Khan lbw Carins 32; Wasim Akram c
Vaughan b Patel 0; Saqlain Mushtaq lbw Harris 0;Waqar Younis run out 0;Mushatq Ahmed not out 4.
Extras:(lb-12,w-2);14
Total: (all out in 48.5 overs);160
Fall of wickets:1-4, 2-32, 3-51, 4-63, 5-116, 6-120, 7-120, 8-138, 9-145
Bowling: Vaughan 8-0-33-1; Larsen 9-1-22-1; Cairns 9.5-0-24-2; Astle 3-0-7-1; Harris 9-2-32-2; Patel 10-2-30-2
New Zealand:Bryan Young b Akram 5; Mark Greatbatch c Ijaz Mushtaq 52; Adam Parore lbw Saqlain 22;Nathan Astle c Mushtaq b
Saqlain 8; Stephen Fleming lbw Younis 4;Chris Carins lbw Akram 8; Chris Harris c Afridi b Mushtaq 2; Lee Germon lbw Akram 5;
Dipak Patel lbw Afridi 1; Justin Vaughan not out 1; Gavin Larsen b Afridi 0
Extras:(w-5,nb-6);11
Total:(all out in 36.5 overs);119
Fall of wickets:1-7,2-66,3-81,4-98,5-102,6-111,7-114,8-117,9-119.
Bowling:Akram 8-1-20-3; Younis 8-0-22-1; Saqlain 8-0-32-2; Afridi 2.5-0-14-2; Mushtaq 10-0-31-2
If runs per wicket is the criterion for evaluating bowling performance, then which bowler had the best bowling performance in the match?
- (a)
Astle
- (b)
Younis
- (c)
Afridi
- (d)
Akram
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 immediately after F.
(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
- (e)
None of these
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
(i) P, Q, R, S, T and U Are six members in a family in which there are two married couples.
(ii) T, a teacher, is married to the doctor who is mother of R and U.
(iii) Q, the lawyer, is married to P.
(iv) P has one son and one grandson.
(v) Of the two married ladies, one is a housewife.
(vi) There is also one student and male engineer in the family.
Which of the following is true about the granddaughter in the family?
- (a)
She is a lawyer.
- (b)
She is a student.
- (c)
She is an engineer.
- (d)
Data indequate
- (e)
None of these
(i) There are seven books one each on Psychology, Hindi, English, Sociology, Economics, Education and Accountancy, Lying on a table one above the other.
(ii) Sociology is on the top of all the books
(iii) accountancy is immediately below Education which is immediately below Sociology.
(iv) Economics is immediately above Psychology but not in the middle.
(v) Hindi is immediately below Psychology.
Economics is between which of the following books?
- (a)
Accountancy and Education
- (b)
Psychology and Hindi
- (c)
English and Psychology
- (d)
Psychology and Sociology
- (e)
None of these
Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
(i) Six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U are members of a club and play a different game of football cricket, Tennis, Basketball, Badminton and Volleyball.
(ii) T, who is taller than P and S, plays Tennis.
(iii) The tallest among them plays Basketball.
(iv) The shortest among them plays volleyball.
(v) Q and S neither play Volleyball nor Basketball.
(vi) R plays Volleyball.
(vii) T is between Q who plays Football and P in order of height.
Who will be at the third place if they are arranged in the descending order of their heights?
- (a)
Q
- (b)
P
- (c)
S
- (d)
T
- (e)
None of these
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 scored the highest runs in the series?
- (a)
K
- (b)
L
- (c)
M
- (d)
can't be determined
- (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
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.
Which of the following is not a correct neighbour pair?
- (a)
A and F
- (b)
D anf F
- (c)
B and E
- (d)
C and F
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
There are five friends A, B, C, D and E.Two of them are businessmen while the other three belong to different occupations viz.medical, engineer and legal.One businessman and the lawyer stay in the same locality S, while the other three stay in three different localities P, Q and R.Two of these five persons are Hindus while the remaining three come from three different communities viz. Muslim, Christian and Sikh.The lawyer is the oldest in age while one of the businessmen who runs a factory is the youngest.The other businessman is a cloth merchant and agewise lies between the doctor and the lawyer.D is a cloth merchant and stays in locality S while E is a Muslim and stays in locality R. The doctor is a Christian and stays in locality P, B is a Sikh while A is a Hindu and runs a factory.
What is B's occupation?
- (a)
Business
- (b)
engineer
- (c)
lawyer
- (d)
doctor
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
From amongst five doctors A, B, C, D and E, four engineers G, H, K and L and six teachers M, N, O, P, Q and R, some teams are to be selected. Of these, A, B, G, H, O, P and Q are females and the rest are males.
The formation of teams is subject to the following conditions:
Wherever there is a male doctor, there will be no female teacher.
Wherever there is a male engineer, there will be no female doctor.
There shall not be more than two male teachers in any team.
If the team consists of three doctors, two male engineers and two teachers, the members of the team could be
- (a)
A, B, C, K, L , M, R
- (b)
B, C, D, K, L, M, N
- (c)
C, D, E, K, L, M, N
- (d)
C, D, E, K, L, P, R