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 #5 PUZZLE AND SEATING ARRANGEMENT

#23 INEQUALITY

#24 SYLLOGISM

#29 CODING - DECODING

#33 MISCELLANEOUS

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below.
Eight people - P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, and P8 are attending the seminar on
two different dates either 7 or 13 of four different months - January, March,
June, and September of the same year, but not necessarily in the same order.
P3 attends immediately after P5. The number of people attending before P3 is
the same as the number of people attending after P4. The number of people
attending between P6 and P8 is the same as the number of people attending
between P1 and P2. P1 attends before P2, who neither attends adjacent to P6
nor P3. P8 attends the seminar two people before P5. P5 attends in the month
which has an even number of days. P6 attends two people before P7.

आठ लोग - P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, और P8 एक ही वर्ष के चार अलग-अलग महीनोों
- जनवरी, माचष, जू न और सितों बर की दो अलग-अलग तारीखोों 7 या 13 पर िेसमनार में
भाग ले रहे हैं , ले सकन जरूरी नहीों सक इिी क्रम में हो. P3, P5 के तु रोंत बाद उपस्थित होता
है । P3 िे पहले भाग ले ने वाले लोगोों की िोंख्या P4 के बाद भाग ले ने वाले लोगोों की िोंख्या
के िमान है । P6 और P8 के बीच भाग ले ने वाले लोगोों की िोंख्या P1 और P2 के बीच भाग
ले ने वाले लोगोों की िोंख्या के िमान है । P1, P2 िे पहले उपस्थित होता है , जो न तो P6
और न ही P3 के सनकट भाग ले ता है । P5 िे दो व्यस्ि पहले P8 िेसमनार में भाग ले ता है ।
P5 उि महीने में उपस्थित होता है सजिमें सदनोों की िोंख्या िम होती है । P6, P7 िे पहले
दो लोगोों की िेवा ले ता है ।

1) Who among the following person does not attend in the month which has
an odd number of days?

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1) सनम्नसलस्खत में िे कौन िा व्यस्ि उि महीने में शासमल नहीों होता है सजिमें सदनोों की
िोंख्या सवर्म है ?
a) P6
b) P4
c) The one who attends two people before P8
d) The one who attends immediately after P5
e) P7

2) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group.
Who among the following one does not belong to that group?

2) सनम्नसलस्खत पाों च में िे चार एक सनसित तरीके िे िमान हैं और इि प्रकार एक िमूह
बनाते हैं । सनम्नसलस्खत में िे कौन उि िमूह िे िों बोंसित नहीों है ?
a) P4
b) P7
c) P1
d) P8
e) P5

3) How many people attend before P8?

3) P8 िे पहले सकतने लोग उपस्थित होते हैं ?

a) 4
b) 7
c) 2
d) 3
e) No one

4) In which of the following month and date does P1 attend the seminar?

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4) सनम्नसलस्खत में िे सकि महीने और तारीख में P1 िेसमनार में भाग ले ता है ?
a) March 7
b) January 7
c) March 13
d) June 7
e) June 13

5) Which of the following combination is true with respect to the final

arrangement?

5) अोंसतम व्यवथिा के िोंबोंि में सनम्नसलस्खत में िे कौन िा िोंयोजन ित्य है ?

a) January 7- P4
b) January 13- P7
c) March 13- P8
d) September 7- P3
e) September 13- P6

ANSWERS:

1. D
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. A

SOLUTIONS:

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MONTH / DATE PERSON

JANUARY 7 P4

JANUARY 11 P6

MARCH 7 P1

MARCH 11 P7

JUNE 7 P8

JUNE 11 P2

SEPTEMBER 7 P5

SEPTEMBER 11 P3

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Study the following information carefully and answer the question given
below:

Certain number of people are sitting in a straight row facing the north
direction. Not more than 27 people are sitting in the row. Madhu sits fourth to
the left of Karan. Only two people sit between Ranjit and Madhu. Only seven
people sit between Ranjit and Laxman who sits towards the right of Karan. Ritu
sits third to the left of Laxman. Only four people sit between Ritu and Ajay.
Chetan sits second to the right of Ajay. Only three people sit to the right of
Chetan. The number of people sitting to the right of Madhu is one more than
the number of people sitting to the left of Ranjit.

सनसित िोंख्या में लोग उत्तर सदशा की ओर मुख करके एक िीिी पोंस्ि में बैठे हैं । पोंस्ि में
27 िे असिक व्यस्ि नहीों बैठे हैं । मिु, करण के बाएों िे चौिे थिान पर बैठी है । रों जीत और
मिु के बीच केवल दो व्यस्ि बैठे हैं । रों जीत और लक्ष्मण जो करण के दाईों ओर बैठे हैं , के
बीच केवल िात लोग बैठे हैं । ररतु , लक्ष्मण के बायीों ओर तीिरे थिान पर बैठी है । ररतु और
अजय के बीच केवल चार व्यस्ि बैठे हैं । चेतन, अजय के दायें िे दू िरे थिान पर बैठा है ।
चेतन के दाईों ओर केवल तीन व्यस्ि बैठे हैं । मिु के दायीों ओर बैठे व्यस्ियोों की िोंख्या
रों जीत के बायीों ओर बैठे व्यस्ियोों की िोंख्या िे एक असिक है ।

1) What is the total number of people are sitting in the row?

1) पोंस्ि में बैठे व्यस्ियोों की कुल िोंख्या सकतनी है ?

a) 27
b) 26
c) 25
d) 24
e) 23

2) If only one person sits between Madhu and F then the number of people
sitting to the left of F is the same as the number of people sitting to the right of
____.
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2) यसद मिु और F के बीच केवल एक व्यस्ि बैठता है तो F के बाईों ओर बैठे लोगोों की
िोंख्या ____ के दाईों ओर बैठे लोगोों की िोंख्या के िमान है ।
a) Ajay
b) Ritu
c) Karan
d) Madhu
e) Ranjit

3) If four people sit between K and Ranjit, then how many people sit to the left
of K?

3) यसद K और रों जीत के बीच चार लोग बैठे हैं , तो K के बाईों ओर सकतने लोग बैठे हैं ?
a) Same as the people sit between Madhu and Ritu
b) Same as the people sit between Ranjit and Chetan
c) Same as the people sit between Chetan and Ritu
d) Same as the people sit between Ajay and Karan
e) None of these

4) ____ sits third to the left of Ranjit.

4) ____ रों जीत के बायीों ओर तीिरे थिान पर बैठा है ।

a) Laxman
b) Unknown
c) Karan
d) Ajay
e) Chetan

5) If the position of Ajay and Ritu are interchanged, then what is the position of
Madhu with respect to Ajay?

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5) यसद अजय और ररतु की स्थिसत आपि में बदल दी जाए, तो अजय के िोंबोंि में मिु की
स्थिसत क्या है ?
a) Third to the left
b) Fifth to the right
c) Second to the left
d) Fourth to the right
e) Sixth to the left

ANSWERS:

1. A
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. C

SOLUTIONS:

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below.

Eight people Lily, Archi, Krish, Avi, Disha, Tanu, Rose and Rita are living on
different floors of an eight storey building, but not necessarily in the same
order. The lowermost floor is numbered as 1 and the floor immediately above
it is numbered as 2 and so on. The number of people living below Lily is one
more than the number of people living above Archi. Krish lives three floors
below Rita, who lives above Tanu. Not more than one person lives between Avi
and Rose. Lily lives on an even numbered floor but below the fifth floor. Only
three people live between Lily and Avi. Only two people live between Archi and
Tanu.

आठ लोग सलली, आची, कृर्, असव, सदशा, तनु, रोज़ और रीता एक आठ मोंसजला इमारत
की सवसभन्न मोंसजलोों पर रह रहे हैं , ले सकन जरूरी नहीों सक इिी क्रम में होों। िबिे सनचली
मोंसजल को 1 क्रमाों सकत सकया गया है और उिके ठीक ऊपर वाली मोंसजल को 2 क्रमाों सकत
सकया गया है और इिी प्रकार आगे भी। सलली के नीचे रहने वाले लोगोों की िोंख्या आची के
ऊपर रहने वाले लोगोों की िोंख्या िे एक असिक है । कृर्, रीता िे तीन मोंसजल नीचे रहता
है , जो तनु के ऊपर रहती है । एवी और रोज़ के बीच एक िे असिक व्यस्ि नहीों रहते हैं ।
सलली िम िोंख्या वाली मोंसजल पर रहती है ले सकन पाों चवीों मोंसजल िे नीचे। सलली और असव
के बीच केवल तीन व्यस्ि रहते हैं । आची और तनु के बीच केवल दो व्यस्ि रहते हैं ।

1) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group.
Find the one who doesn’t belong to that group?

1) सनम्नसलस्खत पाों च में िे चार एक सनसित तरीके िे िमान हैं और इिसलए एक िमूह
बनाते हैं । उि व्यस्ि को खोजें जो उि िमूह िे िोंबोंसित नहीों है ?
A. Avi
B. Lily
C. The one who lives immediately above Disha
D. Archi
E. The one who lives two floors below Rose.

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2) In which of the following floor does Rose live?

2) रोज़ सनम्नसलस्खत में िे सकि मोंसजल पर रहता है ?

A. Third floor
B. Fourth floor
C. Fifth floor
D. Sixth floor
E. Seventh floor

3) How many people live between Disha and Lily?

3) सदशा और सलली के बीच सकतने लोग रहते हैं ?

A. Same as between Avi and Rita
B. Same as between Rita and Krish
C. Same as between Archi and Krish
D. Both a and c
E. Both a and b

4) How many person sit between Rita and Krish?

4) रीता और कृर् के बीच सकतने व्यस्ि बैठे हैं ?

A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
E. None

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5) If Avi is related to Archi in the same way Rita is related to Tanu, then Lily is
related to who among the following person?

5) यसद असव आची िे उिी प्रकार िोंबोंसित है सजि प्रकार रीता तनु िे िों बोंसित है , तो सलली
सनम्नसलस्खत में िे सकि व्यस्ि िे िोंबोंसित है ?
A. Krish
B. The one who lives on third floor
C. The one who lives on sixth floor
D. Rita
E. Disha

ANSWERS:

1. E
2. E
3. E
4. B
5. A

SOLUTIONS:

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FLOORS PERSON

8 AVI

7 ROSE

6 ARCHI

5 RITA

4 LILY

3 TANU

2 KRISH

1 DISHA

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In each of the following questions, the relationship between different
elements is shown in the statements followed by some conclusions. Find a
conclusion which logically follows the given statements.

1) Statements: B = C ≥ A > N ≥ U = V ≥ M > O = I

Conclusions:
I. M ≤ A
II. O > B
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either conclusion I or II follows
D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows
E. Both conclusions I and II follow

2) Statements: U ≥ T ≥ L = V ≤ C = J > A = B
Conclusions:
I. U > A
II. B < C
A. If only conclusion I follows
B. If only conclusion II follows

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C. If either conclusion I or II follows
D. If neither conclusion I nor II follows
E. If both conclusions I and II follow

3) Statements: N > T < D = R ≥ O > Q = K > X = U

Conclusions:
I. D > U
II. O ≤ N
A. If only conclusion I follows
B. If only conclusion II follows
C. If either conclusion I or II follows
D. If neither conclusion I nor II follows
E. If both conclusions I and II follow

4) Statements: A < P < X < B ≤ Y = R < I = U < C

Conclusions:
I. A < C
II. U > X
A. If only conclusion I follows
B. If only conclusion II follows
C. If either conclusion I or II follows
D. If neither conclusion I nor II follows
E. If both conclusions I and II follow

5) Statements: G < N > L < U ≥ Q > O > T = X < B < K

Conclusions:

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I. N > O
II. B > L
A. If only conclusion I follows
B. If only conclusion II follows
C. If either conclusion I or II follows
D. If neither conclusion I nor II follows
E. If both conclusions I and II follow

ANSWERS:

1. D
2. B
3. A
4. E
5. D

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Q.) In each of the questions below few statements are given followed by two
conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they
seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions
and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the
given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

1. Statement:
Only a few pepsi is sprite
Only a few sprite is mirinda
No mirinda is dew
All dew is cola

Conclusions:
I. Some sprite is dew
II. Some pepsi can be mirinda

Options :
A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows

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 E. Both I and II follows

2. Statements:
Only a few wheat is bajra
All bajra is ragi
Only a few ragi is jowar
All jowar is semolina

Conclusions:
I. Some ragi is not jowar
II. Some semolina can be wheat

Options :
A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follows

3. Statements:
Only potato is tomato
No potato is cauliflower
Only cauliflower is cabbage
Some cauliflower is peas

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Conclusions:
I. All peas is tomato
II. Some peas is cabbage

Options :
A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follows

4. Statements:
Some soil is sand
Only a few sand is leaf
All plant is sand
Some plant is tree

Conclusions:
I. Some sand is tree
II. Some leaf is not plant

Options :
A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows

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 C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follows

5. Statements:
All plus is minus
No minus is division
Only division is multiplication
No division is algebra

Conclusions:
I. No multiplication is algebra
II. Some algebra is minus

Options :
A. Only I follows.
B. Only II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follows

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Answers

1. B
2. E
3. D
4. A
5. A

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below.

In a certain code language,

“nanital ranikhet munsiyari mukhteshwar” coded as “DHV HBW ZPN GNQ”
“mukhteshwar bhimtal sattal kausani” coded as “LRZ GNQ VLG OGE”
“bhimtal kasaul manali munsiyari” coded as “ZPN CYS MJT OGE”
“shimla sattal ranikhet kullu” coded as “HVT DCP VLG HBW”

1) Which of the following code represents the word “munsiyari” in the given
code language?
a) DHV
b) CYS
c) ZPN
d) HBW
e) GNQ

2) Which of the following phrase is coded as “HBW OGE” in the given code
language?
a) kasaul, kullu
b) mukhteshwar, ranikhet
c) nanital, bhimtal
d) ranikhet, bhimtal
e) kullu, nanital

3) Which of the following code represents the word “kasaul” in the given code
language?

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a) MJT
b) OGE
c) Either a or e
d) ZPN
e) CYS

4) If the code of “shimla nanital” is “DHV HVT”, then what will be the code for
“kullu kausani mukhteshwar” in the given code language?
a) VLG GNQ MJT
b) DCP LRZ GNQ
c) GNQ LRZ HBW
d) HBW MJT DHV
e) DCP GNQ DHV

5) If the code of “manali Telugu” is “CYS DRE”, then which of the following
phrase is coded as “DRE MJT VLG” in the given code language?
a) manali munsiyari Telugu
b) kasaul shimla munsiyari
c) manali kasaul sattal
d) Telugu kasaul sattal

ANSWERS:

1. C
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. E

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NANITAL DHV

RANIKHET HBW

MUNSIYARI ZPN

MUKHTESHWAR GNQ

BHIMTAL OGE

SATTAL VLG

KAUSANI LRZ

KASAUL / MANALI CYS / MJT

SHIMLA / KULLU HVT / DCP

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below.

6QV$KT7H%3&N?PB1O!F4@L*X#MJ

1) Which of the following elements is sixth to the left of the twentieth element
from the left end in the given series?
A. N
B. B
C. P
D.?
E.&

2) How many consonants are there in the given series each of which are
immediately followed and immediately preceded by a symbol?
A. Five
B. One
C. Four
D. Two
E. Three

3) What is the sum of the numbers which are adjacent to the consonant in the
given series?
A.17
B.15
C.16
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D.20
E.18

4) Find the odd one out?

A. QVT
B. N?1
C. L*M
D. PBO
E. %3?

5) How many even numbers are preceded by vowels?

A. Five
B. One
C. None
D. Two
E. Three

ANSWERS:

1. C
2. E
3. E
4. D
5. C

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