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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5): Study the following information DIRECTIONS (Qs. 6-10): Study the following information
carefully and answer the following questions given below: carefully and answer the following questions given below:
Seven girls - Anjali, Booby, Cheri, Doly, Ekta, Fenny, and Geemy.- Eight persons -Abhishek, Bhupendra, Chetan, Dipak, Pawan,
have different hobbies, viz Cooking, Jooging, Reading, Learning, Pushkar,Ganesh and Hemant. are working in different departments
Dancing, Riding, and Drawing. but not necessarily in the same viz. Agriculture Officer, Finanace Manager and Credit Manager of
order. Each of them belongs to a different city, viz Noida, Delhi, a bank with at least two and not more three in any department.
Patna, Ranchi, Chennai, Hedrabad, and Hisar, but not necessarily They are in three different scales viz. I, II and III with at least two
in the same order, Anjali belongs to Chennai. Doly likes drawing. in any one scale.
The girl who likes dancing is from the city of Delhi. The girl who Both the employees in finance department are in scale II. Dipak
likes reading is from the city of Hedrabad. Fenny does not belong works in Credit department and belongs to Scale I. Abhishek works
to Hedrabad, Delhi, Noida or Ranchi. Fenny does not like riding, in Agriculture department and does not belong to scale I. Two
jogging or learning. Bobby does not belong to Patna, Delhi, Noida employees in Credit department belong to one scale. Pushkar
or Ranchi. Bobby does not like learning, cooking, jogging, or riding. works with only Hemant in one of the departments. Chetan works
Cheri does not like dancing and she is not from Ranchi or Noida. with Pawan in one of the departments. Bhupendra does not work
Neither Doly nor Geemy belongs to Noida. Anjali does not like with either Chetan or Abhishek in the same department. Ganesh
jogging. The girl from Patna likes riding. does not belong to scale III. Pawan does not belong to scale I.
1. Who among the following likes riding? 6. Ganesh belongs to which scale?
(a) Anjali (b) Cheri (c) Ekta (a) II (b) III (c) I
(d) Geemy (e) Cannot be determined (d) I or II (e) None of these
2. Which of the following combination is true according to the 7. Hemant belongs to which scale?
given information? (a) I (b) II (c) IIII
(a) Anjali - Cooking-Chennai (d) Data inadequate (e) None of these
(b) Cheri - Reading - Hedrabad 8. Which of the following combination is correct?
(c) Ekta - Jogging - Hisar (a) Finance - Pushkar -I
(d) Doly - Drawing - Ranchi (b) Finance - Hemant - III
(e) All are true (c) Credit - Bhupendra - II
3. Who among the following belongs to the City of Hisar ? (d) Agriculture - Pawan - III
(a) Bobby (b) Dolly (c) Fenny (e) All are correct
(d) Ekta (e) Cannot be determined 9. Chetan belongs to which scale ?
4. Which of the following combination is true about Geemy? (a) I (b) II (c) IIII
(a) Dancing - Delhi (d) I or II (e) None of these
(b) Drawing - Hisar 10. Which of the following groups of employees work in credit
(c) Reading - Hedrabad department?
(d) Riding - Patna (a) Dipak Bhupendra Pawan
(e) Cooking - Hisar (b) Dipak Bhupendra Chetan
5. The girl who belongs to Noida, likes? (c) Dipak Bhupendra Ganesh
(a) Cooking (b) Dancing (c) Drawing (d) Data inadequate
(d) Jogging (e) Learning (e) None of these

RESPONSE 1. a b c d e 2. a b c d e 3. a b c d e 4. a b c d e 5. a b c d e
GRID 6. a b c d e 7. a b c d e 8. a b c d e 9. a b c d e 10. a b c d e
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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 11-15): Read the following information and DIRECTIONS (Qs. 16-20): Read the following information and
answer the questions that follow: answer the questions that follow:
There are five boys Alok, Bunty, Chetan, Dinesh and Kailash, Mr Mahesh has a Godrej. There are five levels L1, L2, L3, L4, and
two are good, one is poor and two are average in studies. Two of L5 in the Godrej. The order of the levels indicates the levels
them study in postgraduate classes and three in undergraduate from bottom to top. L1 is the bottom level while L5 is the top
classes. One comes from a rich family, two from middle-class level. There are 21 drawers in the Godrej. The drawers are
families and two from poor families. One of them is interested designed in such a manner that only one book can be kept in a
in playing, two in singing and one in reading. Of those studying drawer. Any level consists of at least three drawers but not more
in undergraduate classes, two are average and one is poor in than six drawers. Mr Mahesh has kept 16 books in the Godrej
studies. Of the two boys interested in singing, one is a These books are of Economics (2). History (2), Geography (3),
postgraduate student. The one interested in playing comes from Civics (5) and Polity (4). No two books of any subject can be
a middle-class family. Both the boys interested in singing are kept at the same level.
not industrious. The two boys coming from middle-class families Books of History have been kept in levels at extreme ends only.
are average in studies and one of them is interested in singing. Number of places for books in L5 is double the number for places
The boy interested in reading comes from a poor family, while of books in L1. Number of places for books in L4 is half the sum of
the one interested in playing is industrious. Kailash is industrious, the number of places for books in L5 and L2 together. L1 consists
good in studies, comes from a poor family and is not interested of neither a book of Polity nor a book of Geography. The books of
in singing, playing or reading. Chetan is poor in studies in spite Geography have been kept only in those levels where at least four
of being industrious. Alok comes from a rich family and is not books can be kept. Both the books of Economics have been kept
industrious but is good in studies. Bunty is industrious and comes in adjacent levels. Level L1 has no place to keep any more books.
from a middle-class family. 16. How many drawers are there in level L1?
11. Name the boy interested in reading. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
(a) Alok (b) Bunty (c) Chetan (d) 6 (e) None of these
(d) Dinesh (e) None of these 17. In which level is the number of drawers maximum?
12. Name the boy interested in playing. (a) L1 (b) L2 (c) L3
(a) Alok (b) Bunty (c) Chetan (d) L4 (e) None of these
(d) Dinesh (e) None of these 18. How many drawers are empty in level L5?
13. Name the middle-class family boy interested in singing. (a) Can't say (b) 0 (c) 1
(d) 2 (e) None of these
(A) Alok (b) Bunty (c) Chetan
19. In which of the following levels, there is not any book of
(d) Dinesh (e) None of these
Polity?
14. Name the boys studying in post-graduate classes.
(a) Can't say (b) L1 (c) L2
(a) Alok , Kailash (b) Bunty , Chetan
(d) L3 (e) None of these
(c) Alok , Dinesh (d) Dinesh , Kailash
20. If all the books are collected from those levels of the Godrej
(e) None of these which consist of, books of Economics the total then number
15. Name the boy who is not industrious and is average in of books will be
studies. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
(a) Alok (b) Bunty (c) Chetan (d) Can't say (e) None of these
(d) Dinesh (e) None of these

RESPONSE 11. a b c d e 12. a b c d e 13. a b c d e 14. a b c d e 15. a b c d e

GRID 16. a b c d e 17. a b c d e 18. a b c d e 19. a b c d e 20. a b c d e
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Hints and Solutions

6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (c)
Solutions (1-5) : Solutions (11-15):
Girls Hobby City
Boys Family Hobby Studying Studied
Anjali Learning Chennai
Kailash Poor x PG Good Industrious
Bobby Reading Hedrabad
Cheri Riding Patna
Alok Rich Singing PG Good Not Industrious
Bunty Middle Playing UG Average Industrious
Doly Drawing Ranchi
Ekta Jogging Noida Dinesh Middle Singing UG Average Not Industrious
Fenny Cooking Hisar
Chetan Poor Reading UG Poor Industrious
Geemy Dancing Delhi 11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (d)
1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (d) Solutions (16-20):
Solutions (6-10):
Sub Civics Polity Geog History Eco Empty Total no. of
Persons Departments Scale Level drawers drawers
Abhishek Agriculture Officer II L5 P P P P × 2 6
Bhupendra Credit Manager III L4 P P P × × 2 5
Chetan Agriculture Officer I L3 P P P× × × 1 3
L2 P P P × P 0 4
Dipak Credit Manager I
L1 P × × P P 0 3
Pawan Agriculture Officer III
Pushkar Finanace Manager II 16. (a) 17. (e) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (b)
Ganesh Credit Manager I
Hemant Finanace Manager II