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Analytical Reasoning 02
Blood Relations, Numerical and General Analytical Reasoning

Number of Questions : 40 CEX–9255/21-B

1. A person while looking at the photograph of a Directions for question 5 : Read the following
man said, "He is the father-in-law of the information carefully and answer the question given
husband of my father's sister." How is the below.
i. ‘A + B’ means ‘A is the father of B’
person related to the man in photograph.
ii. ‘A – B’ means ‘A is the mother of B’
(a) Daughter (b) Niece
iii. ‘A × B’ means ‘A is the brother of B’.
(c) Son (d) Grand Son/Daughter
5. If ‘P – R × Q’, which of the following
Directions for questions 2 to 4: Read the given statements is true?
information carefully and answer the given questions (a) Q is the mother of P
based on it. (b) Q is the brother of P.
Jyoti, Rati, Anuja, Raima, Shree and Niharika are (c) P is the father of Q
(d) P is the mother of Q.
six friends. They have 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 and 72
candies with them (not necessarily in that order).
6. While viewing my family album. Seeing a
Further information is given as person’s photo I remembered the comment
i. Jyoti has twice as many candies as with made by the person: “Instead of having two
Niharika. sons if I had one son and a daughter, then
ii. Rati has thrice as many candies as with you would have an aunt instead of uncle. ”How
Shree. is the person related to me”?
iii. Anuja has 12 candies more than Raima. (a) Grandfather (b) Uncle
(c) Grandson (d) Cannot be determined
2. What is the total number of candies with
Directions for questions 7 to 10: Answer the
Jyoti? following questions based on the given information.
(a) 24 (b) 48 One day three friends namely Girish, Ram and
(c) 72 (d) Cannot be determined Lokesh whose surnames are Achrekar, Karmarkar
and Wandrekar (not necessarilly in the given order)
3. What is the sum of number of candies with met in ‘Cafe Coffee Day’. Each of them was wearing
Niharika and Anuja? a different garment of a different color. The garments
(a) 60 (b) 96 they were wearing was Sweater, Jacket and Raincoat
and the color of the garment was among blue, brown
(c) 36 (d) Cannot be determined
and grey (not necessarily in the given order). Further
it is given as:
4. Who among the following have maximum 1. Neither Ram nor Wandrekar was wearing the
number of candies? grey sweater.
(a) Anuja (b) Jyoti 2. Achrekar wasn’t wearing the raincoat.
(c) Shree (d) Cannot be determined 3. Lokesh was wearing the brown jacket.

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4. The garment worn by Karmarkar or Achrekar 12. Which of the following is a wrong combina-
was not of brown color. tion?
(a) Alok – Punjab (b) Yusuf – AP
7. Who wore the sweater? (c) Ravi – Scholar (d) Ravi – MP
(a) Girish (b) Ram
(c) Lokesh (d) Cannot be determined 13. Who among the following friends belongs to
AP ?
8. Karmarkar was the surname of the person (a) Sanjay (b) Ravi
wearing (c) Yusuf (d) Cannot be determined
(a) Sweater (b) Jacket
(c) Raincoat (d) None of these 14. If Sanjay belongs to UP, then which of the
following is the profession of Vishal?
9. Lokesh’s surname was (a) Lecturer (b) Clerk
(a) Achrekar (b) Karmarkar (c) Professor (d) Manager
(c) Wandrekar (d) None of these
Directions for questions 15 to 17: Answer the
10. The raincoat was of which colour? following questions based on the given information.
(a) Grey (b) Brown In a family, there are 8 persons namely Aadi, Brinda,
(c) Blue (d) None of these Chandra, Dhara, Ela, Geet, Hari and Kiran.
There are three generations in the family.
Directions for questions 11 to 14: Read the infor- i. There are two married couples and 4 unmarried
mation given and answer the questions that follows. persons.
Five friends Alok, Ravi, Sanjay, Yusuf and Vishal ii. Kiran is the granddaughter of Brinda.
work in an office. Each one of them belongs to a iii. Dhara is the grandmother of Chandra.
different state and has a different profession. Their iv. Chandra likes his aunt Ela but Kiran likes her
professions are lecturer, professor, clerk, manager uncle Hari.
and scholar. They belongs to states UP, MP, AP, HP v. Geet has only two children.
and Punjab. Further more information is follows as:
15. How is Geet related to Kiran?
i. Neither Alok nor Vishal is a Scholar. (a) Mother (b) Father
ii. The one who is a scholar is from AP. (c) Aunt (d) Cannot be determined
iii. Alok who is a Professor neither belongs to
UP nor HP. 16. How many grandchildren is/are in the family?
iv. The one who is a lecturer belongs to UP . (a) 1 (b) 2
v. Ravi who belongs to MP is neither a lecturer (c) 3 (d) 4
nor a clerk.
vi. Sanjay does not belong to AP. 17. If Geet is Hari’s sister-in-law, then how is Ela
related to Aadi?
11. Who among the following friends is a lecturer? (a) Sister (b) Brother
(a) Sanjay (b) Ravi (c) Sister-in-law (d) Brother-in-law
(c) Yusuf (d) Cannot be determined

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Directions for questions 18 to 21: Answer the Directions for questions 24 to 27: Answer the
following questions based on the given information. following questions based on the given information.
Ten people D, A, N, G, E, R, O, U, S and L are Six members H, V, Z, R, Q and B are sitting in two
sitting around a circular table facing the center, rows with equal number of members in each row.
according to the following conditions. Members of one row are facing south and those in
• People whose initials are adjacent in the other row are facing north. Each member in one
alphabetical order sit opposite to each other. row is sitting exactly opposite a member in the other
• N sits two positions to the right of D. row. R sits in row facing south, to the immediate left
• R cannot sit beside N, D and O. of V who is exactly opposite to B. H sits right of Q.
• There is only one person sitting between A 24. Which of the following members sit at end
and G. points?
(a) B, V (b) H, Z
18. Who is sitting to the immediate right of R? (c) Z, Q (d) B, H
(a) A (b) G
(c) E (d) L 25. Which of the following members sit in the
same row?
19. Who is sitting opposite to L? (a) R, V, Z (b) B, Q, Z
(a) A or G (b) G or U (c) V, R, H (d) H, Q, Z
(c) U or A (d) A
26. Who sits immediate right of B?
20. If L is sitting beside R, then who are the (a) Q (b) H
neighbours of A? (c) H or Q (d) Q or Z
(a) E and O (b) R and N
27. Which of the following members sit exactly
(c) S and O (d) Cannot be determined
opposite to each other?
(a) R, Q (b) Z, H
21. Using the data given in above question. If A is
(c) H, R (d) None of these
opposite to U, then who are the neighbours
of G?
Directions for questions 28 to 30: Answer the
(a) E and O (b) R and N
following questions based on the given information .
(c) S and O (d) D and N
Anu, Anup and Anurag are three persons of a family.
All of them are of different ages but none of them is
Directions for questions 22 and 23: Answer the over 100 years. The product of their ages is 1001.
following questions based on the given information.
Six members A, C, H, M, P and Y of a family are 28. Which one of the following can be the age of
sitting in a hall for dinner. the eldest person of the family?
i. C is the mother of H and P. (a) 91 years (b) 76 years
ii. A has only one daughter, H who is unmarried. (c) 43 years (d) Cannot be determined
iii. Y eats only with her parents P and M.
29. Which of the following cannot be the sum of
the ages of eldest and youngest member of
22. How many females are there in the given
the family?
members of the family?
(a) 92 years (b) 78 years
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 49 years (d) 20 years
(c) 4 (d) 3 or 4
30. If the youngest member of the family ages 1
23. How is M related to A?
years, then what was the age of the eldest
(a) Daughter (b) Son
member of family?
(c) Son-in-law (d) Daughter-in-law
(a) 91 years (b) 77 years
(c) 13 years (d) Cannot be determined

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Directions for questions 31 to 35: Read the given 35. Which of the following is always included in
information and answer the following questions based any possible team?
on it. (a) Pratibha (b) Charl
In an office, a committee for ‘Cost Checking’ is to be (c) Qadira (d) Sarika
formed. A total of nine employees were selected from
the office and a team of five was to be chosen. The Directions for questions 36 and 37: Read the
team must have 3 males and 2 females. The instructions and answer the questions that follow.
employees were Ankur, Bhanu, Charl, Deepak, Earl, X – Y means X is the husband of Y
Pratibha, Qadira, Ruchira and Sarika. Among these X + Y means X is the daughter of Y
Pratibha, Qadira, Ruchira and Sarika were female X × Y means X is the brother of Y
while the rest of them were male. Due to bad
mismanagement all of them had a verbal spat with 36. If A + B × C, then which of the following is
each other and some of them refused to work with true?
each other. Following are the constraints while (a) A is the daughter-in-law of C
choosing a team. (b) A is the aunt of C
(c) A is the niece of C
i. Ankur and Deepak cannot be in the same
(d) A is the daughter of C
team.
ii. Charl and Ruchira cannot be in the same 37. If A + B – C, then which of the following is
team. true?
iii. Earl and Pratibha cannot be in the same (a) C is the mother-in-law of A
team. (b) C is the aunt of A
iv. Qadira and Ankur cannot be in the same team. (c) C is the mother of A
v. Bhanu and Earl cannot be in the same team. (d) C is the sister-in-law of A
31. If Bhanu is in any team, then which of the 38. Mannu while walking with his friend meets
given is always selected in the same team? another man. Introducing the newcomer to
(a) Deepak (b) Charl his friend, Mannu says, “He is the son of my
(c) Pratibha (d) Sarika father-in-law’s only daughter.” How is the
newcomer related to Mannu?
32. If Deepak and Charl are selected, then in how (a) Son (b) Cousin
many different ways a team can be selected? (c) Brother (d) Nephew
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 5 (d) 4 39. Pointing to a boy, Ramesh said, “He is son of
the only child of my father”. How is Ramesh’s
33. Which of the following can be a list of selected wife related to that boy?
team? (a) Daughter (b) Mother
(a) Pratibha, Deepak, Charl, Ankur, Bhanu (c) Aunt (d) Sister
(b) Bhanu, Ruchira, Sarika, Earl, Deepak
(c) Charl, Qadira, Earl, Deepak, Pratibha 40. Amit, Bunty, Devesh and Rahul were counting
(d) Sarika, Charl, Earl, Qadira, Deepak number of toys with them. Amit says, he has
twice the number of toys with Bunty. Bunty
34. If Sarika is selected in any team, then which says, he has one-third the number of toys
of the following cannot be included in any with Devesh. Devesh says, he has one-fourth
possible team? the number of toys with Rahul. Who has the
(a) Ankur (b) Qadira least number of toys among them?
(c) Ruchira (d) Earl (a) Bunty (b) Devesh
(c) Amit (d) Cannot be determined

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 CEX–9255/21-B Analytical Reasoning – 2 PLUS
Answers and Explanations

1 d 2 b 3 b 4 a 5 d 6 d 7 a 8 c 9 c 10 c
11 d 12 c 13 c 14 b 15 d 16 b 17 a 18 c 19 a 20 d
21 c 22 c 23 d 24 b 25 a 26 c 27 d 28 a 29 c 30 d
31 b 32 d 33 d 34 c 35 b 36 c 37 c 38 a 39 b 40 a

1. d 'Father-in-law of husband of my father's sister' is also 6. d According to the statement of the person, I am his
the 'father of my father's sister' or the father of my grand son / grand daughter. Also nothing is clear about
the sex of person.
father, i.e. my (persons) grandfather but it is not clear
whether the person is male or female. So he is either For questions 7 to 10: From the given information the
the granddaughter or the grandson of the man in the following table deduced as:
photograph.
Name Surname Garment Colour
For questions 2 to 4: According to the given condition, we Ram Karmarkar Raincoat Blue
can conclude that Lokesh Wandrekar Jacket Brown
Number of candies with Jyoti = 24, 48, 72 Girish Achrekar Sweater Grey
Number of candies with Niharika = 12, 24, 36
Number of candies with Rati = 36, 72 7. a
Number of candies with Shree = 12, 24
Number of candies with Anuja = 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 8. c
Number of candies with Raima = 12, 24, 36, 48, 60
9. c

Case I: Shree has 12 candies. 10. c

Then as per the conditions given, the others have following
candies: For questions 11 to 14:
Rati = 36, Niharika = 24, Jyoti = 48, Anuja = 72 and Raima = 60.
Professor

Manager
Lecturer

Scholar
Clerk

Case II: Shree has 24 candies.

Then as per the conditions given, the others have following
candies:
Rati = 72, Jyoti = 48 and Niharika = 24, as Shree and Niharika
both cannot have the same number of candies, case II is not
Alok x √ x x x Punjab
possible. Hence the correct distribution of candies is:
Ravi x x x √ x MP
Shree =12, Rati = 36, Niharika = 24, Jyoti = 48, Anuja = 72 and Sanjay x x x
Raima = 60.
Yusuf x x x x √ AP
2. b As Jyoti has 48 candies. Vishal x x x

3. b Niharika + Anuja = 24+ 72 = 96.

11. d

4. a Anuja has 72 candies, the maximum. 12. c

5. d From the relation given in the question P – R × Q, R is 13. c

the brother of Q and P is the mother of R. It is clear that
14. b
P is the mother of Q.

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For questions 15 to 17: Solution for 22 and 23: The given information can be
shown as:
D h ara (F ) B rind a (M )

C (F e) A (M a)
E la (F)
H a ri (M )
A a di (M /F) G ee t (F/M )

C h an dra (M ) K iran (F )
P (M a) M (F e)
H (F e)
15. d Since gender of Aadi and Geet is not known.

16. b Chandra and Kiran are two grandchildren in the family. Y (Fe )

17. a If Geet is Hari’s sister-in-law, then Ela is Aadi’s sister. 22. c

For questions 18 to 21: Based on the given information 23. d

following are possible.
For questions 24 to 27: The given information can be
shown as:
E E
R R V R Z
A /G U /L
U /L A /G B Q H
or
O N O N
L/U Z V R
G /A
G /A Q B H
L/U S
S
D D
24. b
(i) (ii)

18. c 25. a

19. a From the basic arrangement, we can conclude that 26. c

either A or G is sitting opposite to L.
27. d
E
R
A /G For questions 28 to 30:
L
1001 canbe factorized as:
O N 1001 = 1 × 7 × 11 × 13
Now, the possible cases can be:
A /G
(1, 11, 91), (1, 13, 77) and (7, 11, 13)
U
S
D 28. a The age of eldest person of the family can be 91
years.
20. d If L is sitting beside R, then either A or G must be sitting
next to O. Thus, the possible neighbours of A will be
29. c From the given cases we can conclude that 49 years
O, E or S.
cannot be the possible one.
21. c If L is sitting beside R and A is opposite to U, then L is
sitting opposite to G. Thus, the neighbours of G 30. d If the youngest member of the family ages 1 years,
are S and O. then there are two possible cases. Thus, we cannot
determine the age of the eldest person of the family.

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31. b If Bhanu is in any team, then according to condition 5, 36. c A + B means A is the daughter of B
Earl cannot be in the same team. Among rest of the B × C means B is the brother of C
male members, a team can consist of (Bhanu, Ankur,
Charl) and (Bhanu, Charl, Deepak). B (+) B ro th er C
Case-I: When Bhanu, Ankur and Charl are selected.
According to condition 2 and 4, Qadira and Ruchira i.e.
cannot be selected in the same team. Thus, Pratibha
and Sarika will be selectded. A (–)
Case-II: When Bhanu, Charl, Deepak are selected. Clearly A is the niece of C.
According to condition 2, Ruchira cannot be selected
in the same team. Among the rest of females, they can 37. c A + B means A is the daughter of B
be chosen in pairs as (Pratibha, Qadira), (Qadira, B – C means B is the husband of C.
Sarika) and (Sarika, Pratibha).
Now, from the two cases we can conclude that Charl B (+) C (– )
is always included.
M othe r - D a ug hter
32. d If Deepak and Charl are selected, then either Bhanu or
Earl can be selected with them. A (–)
Case-I: when Deepak, Charl and Bhanu are selected C is the mother of A.
then the females can be chosen in the pairs as
(Pratibha, Qadira), (Qadira, Sarika) and (Sarika, 38. a The newcomer is son of Mannu.
Pratibha).
Case-II: When Deepak, Charl and Earl are selected 39. b
then the only pair of females cane (Qadira, Sarika).
Total possible case = 3 + 1 = 4.
Fa th er
33. d
o nly ch ild
34. c If Sarika is selected, then the possible teams are
1. Ankur, Bhanu, Charl, Pratibha, Sarika
2. Bhanu, Charl, Deepak, Pratibha, Sarika R a m e sh W ife
3. Bhanu, Charl, Deepak, Qadira, Sarika
4. Bhanu, Charl, Deepak, Earl, Sarika
Thus, we can see that among the given options only
Ruchira cannot be selected in any team. Son M othe r

35. b Based on the given condition following teams are Boy

possible.
1. Ankur, Bhanu, Charl, Partibha, Sarika
2. Ankur, Charl, Earl, Pratibha, Sarika
40. a A = 2B, D = 3B and R = 4D
3. Bhanu, Charl, Deepak, Pratibha, Qadira
We can conclude that
4. Bhanu, Charl, Deepak, Qadira, Sarika
A > B, D > B and R > D
5. Charl, Deepak, Earl, Qadira, Sarika
or, A > B and R > D > B
Thus, we can conclude that Charl is always present
Thus, we can conclude that Bunty has the least
in any possible team.
number of toys.

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