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S.1-5) Read the below information and answer the questions that follow.
Six boxes are arranged in a row. The boxes are marked as B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and
B6. Each box contains a different number of pillows from among 5, 10, 15, 20, 25
and 30, but not necessarily in the given order. Also, each box has different
coloured pillows from the following colours - Brown, Green, Orange, White, Pink
and Yellow, but not necessarily in the given order. Consider all the boxes to be
facing the east direction.
The box B6 is arranged third on the right of the box with White pillows. The box
with Pink pillows has three times the number of pillows as in box B5. The box B4 is
arranged exactly between the box with Orange pillows and box B1. The box with
Green pillows has 20 pillows and it is at one of the extreme ends. The total number
of pillows in B6 and the number of pillows in the box on its immediate right is
equal to the number of pillows in box B1. There are exactly two boxes between
boxes B4 and B5. The box B3 is second on the left of the box with 30 pillows. The
box B4 contains 15 pillows. The box with Brown pillows contains more pillows than
box B5.
Q.1) Which of the below boxes has 30 pillows?

a) Box with Brown pillows
b) Box with Yellow pillows
c) Box with White pillows
d) Box with Pink pillows
e) Cannot be determined
Q.2) Which of the below boxes is arranged second on the left of the box with
Pink pillows?
a) The box with 10 pillows
b) Box B3
c) The box with 15 pillows
d) Box B5
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Q.3) How many pillows are present in the box with White pillows?
a) 5
b) 10
c) 15
d) 25
Q.4) How many boxes are present between the boxes with Yellow and Brown
pillows?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) None
Q.5) What is the total number of Yellow and White pillows?

a) 35
b) 45
c) 40
d) 55
e) None of these
Five personnel - Karman, Narsimha, Darshan, Larry and Rudra - from five different
food delivery places among FoodPanda, UberEats, Zomato, Grubhub and Swiggy,
not necessarily in the given order, are standing in a queue at a restaurant. They are
there to order different items among Biryani, Noodles, Enchiladas, Pizza and
Waffles, in no specific order.
The FoodPanda person is ahead of the Grubhub person and he is not ordering
Noodles. Narsimha is not from UberEats and he is behind Larry in the queue. The
Swiggy person, who is ordering Pizza, is not Rudra. Karman’s order is after the
Waffles and is not Enchiladas.
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Darshan is not from FoodPanda and the person immediately after him orders
Biryani. The Noodles dish, which is ordered ahead of three other dishes, is ordered
by Narsimha. The only person between the Zomato and Grubhub persons is the
person who ordered Waffles. Larry is not ordering the Enchiladas. The Grubhub
order is not Biryani.
Q.6) What did Larry order?

a) Noodles
b) Biryani
c) Waffles
d) Pizza
Q.7) What was the order after Narsimha’s order?

a) Noodles
b) Waffles
c) Biryani
d) Enchiladas
e) Pizza
Q.8) Who is the delivery person from FoodPanda?

a) Larry
b) Karman
c) Rudra
d) Narsimha
Q.9) Which delivery place placed the order for Enchiladas?

a) Zomato
b) Swiggy
c) Grubhub
d) UberEats
e) FoodPanda
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Q.10) Who was the third in the queue after Narsimha?

a) Karman
b) Rudra
c) Darshan
d) Larry
e) No one
There are a total of twelve vehicles in a parking lot, belonging to Rashid, Tanvi,
Shijo, Pritam, Kamal, Yusuf, Gowri, Uday, Ishan, Rupa, Krish and Reshma, in parking
spots across 4 rows and 3 columns, all facing the north direction. Among these
vehicles, four of them are bikes and the remaining are cars. The rows are counted
from the north and columns are counted from the west. No two bikes are parked
adjacent to each other, either in vertical, horizontal or diagonal directions. There is
a minimum of one bike in each row. The vehicles belonging to Tanvi, Shijo, Yusuf
and Reshma are parked in the same column in the second, fourth, third and first
rows respectively. Rashid’s vehicle is a bike and is parked in front of Pritam’s
vehicle, and behind Kamal’s vehicle. Rupa’s vehicle is a car and is parked in front of
Uday’s vehicle and behind Krish’s vehicle.
Q.11) If Uday’s vehicle is a bike which is parked in the fourth row and third
column, then whose vehicle could be parked in the first row and first column?
a) Gowri
b) Reshma
c) Tanvi
d) Kamal
e) None of these
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Q.12) If Rupa’s vehicle is parked between those of Tanvi and Rashid in the same
row, then who amongst the following definitely has a bike?
a) Shijo
b) Gowri
c) Ishan
d) Yusuf
e) None of these
Q.13) If Shijo’s vehicle is parked in the first column, then whose vehicle definitely
has another vehicle parked in all directions, both vertically and horizontally?
a) Rashid
b) Uday
c) Rupa
d) Gowri
e) None of these
Q.14) If Tanvi’s vehicle is parked in the second column, then what is the
maximum number of ways that the vehicles can be arranged?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 4
d) 8
e) None of these
Q.15) What can be the maximum number of bikes that can be parked around
Uday’s vehicle, in all of vertical, horizontal and diagonal directions?
a) 3
b) 1
c) 4
d) 2
e) None of these
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Q.16) What can be the maximum number of cars parked around any vehicle?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 2
d) 6
e) None of these
Q.17) If Ishan’s vehicle is a car in the fourth row and first column, and Pritam’s
vehicle is in the third column then who among the following have parked their
bikes in the parking lot?
a) Rashid, Tanvi, Shijo, Gowri
b) Rashid, Uday, Krish, Gowri
c) Rashid, Yusuf, Reshma, Krish
d) Tanvi, Gowri, Uday, Krish
e) None of these
Ten tenants are living on the same floor in an apartment in two parallel rows of six
flats each. One flat is vacant in each row. Varna, Joshua, Kiran, Priya and Dhanush
are living in the row of flats facing east. Emraan, Ritu, Yash, Nadia and Sharon are
living in the row of flats facing west. Each of the tenants likes a different flavour of
ice cream from Chocolate, Butterscotch, Blackberry, Coconut, Vanilla, Raspberry,
Strawberry, Banana, Coffee and Mango. Nadia lives third on the right of Yash and
likes Coconut flavour. Exactly two people live between Ritu and the vacant flat in
the corresponding row. Ritu does not like either Vanilla or Blackberry flavours.
Dhanush does not live immediately next to Kiran. Joshua likes the Mango flavour.
The person who likes Blackberry flavour lives opposite to the one who likes Banana
flavour. The person who likes Blackberry flavour lives opposite to the one who
lives third on the right of the person who lives opposite to Nadia. Kiran does not
live immediately next to Priya. Sharon, who likes neither Vanilla nor Raspberry
flavours, does not live opposite to a vacant flat. Neither Nadia nor Yash live at any
of the extreme ends of the rows. Priya lives opposite to Yash.
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The vacant flats are not opposite to each other. There are exactly two flats
between Kiran and Joshua, who lives third on the right of the person who likes
Strawberry flavour. The person who likes Coffee flavour lives opposite the one
who likes Coconut flavour. The tenants who like the Chocolate and Banana
flavours live adjacent to one another. The vacant flat in the row with flats facing
east is not immediately next to Priya’s flat. Ritu lives at one of the extreme ends of
a row. The vacant flat in the row with flats facing east is not opposite Nadia’s flat.
Q.18) How many people live between Emraan and Ritu?

a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
e) More than four
Q.19) Which of the following flavours does Sharon like?

a) Mango
b) Coconut
c) Strawberry
d) Butterscotch
e) Coffee
Q.20) Who among the following likes the Raspberry flavour?

a) Sharon
b) Nadia
c) Ritu
d) Priya
e) None of these
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Q.21) Four among the following pairs form a group based on a certain pattern.
Which of the following does not belong to that group?
a) Dhanush, Mango
b) Emraan, Blackberry
c) Ritu, Vanilla
d) Joshua, Coffee
e) Sharon, Coconut
Q.22) Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

a) Priya – Mango
b) Emraan – Vanilla
c) Sharon – Strawberry
d) Ritu – Coffee
e) Yash – Coconut
Q.23) Which flavour does the person living on the left of the one living opposite
Nadia like?
a) Mango
b) Banana
c) Coffee
d) Strawberry
e) It is a vacant flat
Q.24) Four of the below five belong to a certain group based on a specific pattern
in the arrangement. Identify the one that does not belong to that group.
a) Raspberry
b) Coconut
c) Chocolate
d) Vanilla
e) Butterscotch
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Q.25) Who amongst the following likes the Butterscotch flavour?

a) Emraan
b) Sharon
c) Varna
d) Dhanush
e) None of these
Twelve friends sit together in a restaurant to decide which movie to watch on a
movie night. They are seated in two parallel rows on opposite sides of a table with
six of them on each side such that there is equal distance between adjacent
persons. Amrita, Rekha, Viren, Sumit, Firoz and Daya are seated on one side facing
east, and Kalki, Harita, Marina, Ishika, Sudeep and Nikki are seated on the other
side facing west, but not necessarily in the given order. Each of them likes a
different movie from among Star Trek, Avatar, Harry Potter, Mission Impossible,
Joker, Inception, Rush Hour, Star Wars, Transformers, Interstellar, Aquaman and
Matrix, but not necessarily in the given order.
Amrita does not like both Avatar and Star Wars. The person who likes Harry Potter
is seated on the immediate right of the one who is seated facing Rekha. Exactly
two people are seated between the ones who like Inception and Aquaman. The
person who likes Inception is not seated at an extreme end of the rows. The ones
who like Inception and Aquaman are not facing the east direction. The ones who
like Mission Impossible and Joker are facing the west direction. The one who likes
Star Wars faces Sudeep. Viren, who likes Transformers, is seated third on the left
of Daya. Exactly four people are seated on the right of Rekha, who likes the Matrix.
The person who likes Transformers is seated immediately next to the persons who
like the Matrix and Avatar. The one who likes Interstellar is seated third on the
right of the person who is facing the one who likes Star Wars. Neither the person
who likes Inception nor the person who likes Aquaman is seated immediately next
to the person who likes Harry Potter. The person who likes Joker is facing the
person who is seated on the immediate left of the person who likes Rush Hour.
Exactly three people are seated between Sudeep and Kalki.
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Ishika is facing the person who likes Avatar. Sumit is seated facing the person
seated on the immediate left of Marina. Exactly one person is seated between
Nikki and the person who likes Mission Impossible. Nikki is not seated facing the
person who likes the Matrix.
Q.26) Which one of the following statements is/are true?

a) Amrita likes Star Wars.
b) Ishika likes Joker and is seated second on the right of the person who likes
Interstellar.
c) The person who likes Avatar is seated facing the person seated second on the
left of the person who likes Interstellar.
d) The person who likes the Matrix is seated on the immediate right of Viren.
e) None of these.
Q.27) Four of the following are similar in a certain way and thus form a group.
Which of them doesn’t belong to that group?
a) Star Trek – Nikki
b) Inception – Firoz
c) Rush Hour – Kalki
d) Aquaman – Amrita
e) Harry Potter – Daya
Q.28) Who amongst the following is seated fourth on the left of Firoz?
a) The one who is facing the person who is seated on the immediate left of Harita.
b) The one who is seated diagonally opposite to the person who likes Joker.
c) The one who is seated second on the left of the person who likes Avatar.
d) The one who likes Star Wars and is facing the person who is seated on the
immediate right of Nikki.
e) None of these
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Q.29) If Interstellar is related to Firoz and Joker is related to the Matrix, in the
same way Harry Potter is related to which of the following?
a) The person who likes Mission Impossible
b) The person facing the east direction and facing the person who is seated second
on the left of Ishika.
c) The one who is seated at an extreme end of the row and seated second on the
right of Firoz.
d) Either b or c
e) None of these
Q.30) If the positions of Amrita and Daya are interchanged in their corresponding
row and the positions of Kalki and Nikki are interchanged in their corresponding
row, then who among the following is seated diagonally opposite to the one who
likes Rush Hour?
a) Daya
b) Amrita
c) Nikki
d) Harita
e) None of these
During a group debate, ten students are seated in two parallel rows facing each
other, with five persons in each group. Group A consists of Radha, Meena, Farhan,
Garima, and Rashi and Group B consists of Raveena, Swagat, Tara, Parul and
Rizvan. Each student is good at a different subject from Physics, Literature, History,
Geography, Zoology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany, Astronomy and Politics, but
not necessarily in the given order.
Rashi has the same number of students on both her left and right and is facing the
student who is good at Zoology. Exactly one student is seated between Parul and
the student who is good at Zoology. Parul is seated facing a student who is seated
immediately next to the one who is good at Chemistry. There are exactly two
students between Meena and the student who is good at Chemistry.
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Meena is seated facing the one who is good at Botany. Raveena is seated facing a
student who is seated immediately next to Farhan. Raveena is not the one who is
good at Botany. Garima is seated immediately next to Farhan. The student who is
good at Geography is seated immediately next to Raveena. Rizvan is not seated
immediately next to Raveena but is seated facing the student who is good at
Literature. Tara is seated facing the student who is good at Astronomy. The one
who is good at Politics is from Group A. Raveena is not facing the student who is
good at Politics. The one who is good at Physics is on the immediate right of the
student who is good at Mathematics. Parul is not the one who is good at Physics.
The one facing Farhan is not good at Mathematics and Garima is seated facing
Parul.
Q.31) What subject is the student seated opposite Farhan good at?
a) Maths
b) Physics
c) Botany
d) History
e) None of these
Q.32) Who amongst the following are seated at extreme ends of the rows?
a) Farhan and Parul
b) Tara and Meena
c) Garima and Rizvan
d) Radha and Swagat
e) None of these
Q.33) Who is seated third on the right of Radha?

a) Garima
b) Farhan
c) No one
d) Rashi
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Q.34) Who is seated second on the right of the person seated opposite Garima?
a) Tara
b) Cannot be determined
c) Swagat
d) Raveena
e) No one
Q.35) What subject is Tara good at?

a) Zoology
b) Geography
c) Astronomy
d) History
Eight insurance agents Paresh, Moksh, Hari, Suman, Naresh, Amish, Vijay and
Dharam are seated in a row facing the east direction as they wait to be called for
their monthly review discussion. The seats are arranged adjacently at equal
distance from one another. They have sold a total of 2000 policies among the eight
of them during the quarter, with no two persons having sold the same number of
policies.
Paresh is seated fourth on the left of the agent who sold 156 policies which is not
the least count of policies sold by any of the agents. The agent who sold 316
policies is seated immediately next to Naresh. Hari is seated on the immediate
right of the agent who sold half as many policies as Vijay. Paresh and Moksh
together sold a total of 640 policies, where the policies sold by Paresh is a perfect
square between 120 and 360 and Moksh sold a number of policies which is equal
to four times a prime number. Dharam is seated third on the right of Paresh, who
is not seated immediately next to Naresh. Naresh is seated at one of the extreme
ends of the row and the number of policies sold by him is a square between 140
and 280, which is not the least number of policies sold.
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Vijay sold 336 policies and is seated third on the left of the agent who sold 300
policies. Suman sold 156 policies but is not seated at any of the extreme ends.
None of the agents has sold more than 340 policies.
Q.36) What is the least number of policies sold and by whom among the
following?
a) 124, Amish
b) 144, Dharam
c) 144, Amish
d) 168, Amish
e) 152, Dharam
Q.37) Which of the following is the difference in the policies sold by the agents
seated at the extreme ends?
a) 100
b) 108
c) 140
d) 80
e) None of these
Q.38) How many policies were sold by Naresh?

a) 256
b) 144
c) 100
d) 196
e) None of these
Q.39) Who amongst the following sold the highest number of policies?
a) Vijay
b) Paresh
c) Suman
d) Hari
e) Moksh
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Q.40) Which of the following combinations is incorrect?

a) Suman – 156
b) Paresh – 324
c) Dharam – 104
d) Vijay – 336
e) Naresh – 256
Nine guests to an event - Shyam, Karthik, Trish, Jadie, Disha, Pavan, Chetan, Nirmal
and Amber park their cars in a row facing either the east or west direction, not
necessarily in the given order. The cars are of different colours from Magenta,
Yellow, Red, Brown, Purple, White, Green, Black and Blue, but not necessarily in
this order.
Pavan and Amber have their cars parked immediately next to Trish’s car, but face
opposite directions to each other. Chetan and Nirmal have their cars facing the
same direction. Shyam, whose car is Purple, parked his car in the middle of the
row and facing the west. The White car is on the immediate right of a car facing
the east direction. The cars parked in the first and last position from the north are
facing the east direction and are Green and Red in colour respectively. The Black
car is parked on the immediate right of Karthik’s car. Pavan’s car is not parked with
that of Shyam. Disha’s car is parked second on the left of Jadie’s car, but it isn’t
Red in colour. Nirmal’s car is two places away from that of Shyam. Jadie’s car is the
only car between those of Chetan and Nirmal. The cars parked by Karthik and Trish
are facing the same direction. The Yellow car is fourth on the left of the White car,
but neither of them belongs to Nirmal. The Blue and Magenta cars are parked
adjacent to each other. The Magenta car is fourth on the right of Pavan’s car.
Q.41) Who parked the Magenta car?

a) Karthik
b) Pavan
c) Nirmal
d) Jadie
e) Disha
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Q.42) What is the colour of Chetan’s car?

a) Brown
b) White
c) Black
d) Blue
e) Red
Q.43) Which of the following persons parked their cars at the extreme ends of
the row?
a) Jadie and Trish
b) Karthik and Amber
c) Nirmal and Chetan
d) Amber and Disha
e) Disha and Shyam
Q.44) The purple car is parked third on the left of whose car?
a) Chetan
b) Pavan
c) The one whose car is Blue
d) The one whose car is Yellow
e) Both options c and d
Q.45) Which of the following combinations is correct?

a) Chetan – White – West
b) Trish – Yellow – West
c) Disha – Magenta – East
d) Jadie – Green – West
e) None of these
Ten members of a project, namely Prakash, Natasha, Medha, Sumit, Teja, Ujwal,
Vanita, Harsha, Ishita and Yogi are seated in two parallel rows with five members
in each row such that adjacent persons are equidistant from each other.
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The ones seated in Row A are facing the east direction while the ones seated in
Row B are facing the west direction, such that the members in both rows are
seated facing each other. They have joined the project in the months of February,
March, May, July, August, October and December. Exactly two persons joined the
project in each of the months of May, July and August. All the above information is
not necessarily in the given order.
Sumit is seated exactly in the middle of Row A, facing the east. Teja is seated with
Ishita and Harsha, and opposite Ujwal. Prakash is seated on the extreme right end
of the row facing west. There is exactly one person seated between both the team
members who joined in May. Natasha is seated opposite to Medha and on the
immediate right of the team member who joined in the month of July. Medha is
not seated facing the west direction. Harsha joined the project in December. The
team member who joined in March is seated on the immediate right of Yogi and
opposite to the team member who joined in May. The team member who joined
in February is seated towards the right of the one who joined in October, but they
are not seated at any of the extreme ends. There is exactly one person seated
between both the team members who joined in July.
Q.46) Who is seated on the immediate right of Ujwal?

a) The one who joined in August
b) The one who joined in October
c) The one who joined in March
d) The one who joined in July
e) None of these
Q.47) Which of the following pairs of team members joined the project in the
same month?
a) Yogi and Vanita
b) Prakash and Natasha
c) Medha and Teja
d) Both A and B
e) Both A and C
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Q.48) In which month did the team member who is seated opposite Ishita join
the project?
a) February
b) October
c) July
d) August
e) None of the above
Q.49) Four of the following five are similar in a certain way and thus form a
group. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a) Medha – March
b) Teja – May
c) Ujwal – February
d) Vanita – August
e) Yogi – October
Q.50) Which of the following statements is definitely true?

a) Exactly two people are seated between Prakash and Ishita.
b) The team members who joined in August are seated in different rows.
c) The team member who joined in March is seated third on the left of Ujwal.
d) The team members who joined in December and March are seated diagonally
opposite to each other.
e) None of the above
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Solutions
Q.1) Answer- D
Since the one with Pink pillows has three times those in B5, it can either be 15 or
30, and B5 contains either 5 or 10 pillows. Also, pillows in B6 + pillows on the box
on its right = pillows in B1. There is at least one box on the right of B6. Since B6 is
third on the right of the box with White pillows, there are at least three boxes on
its left. So, B6 can be at either the fourth or fifth position from the left.
We get the below table, taking B6 at the fourth position from the left, since taking
it at fifth position leads to incorrect arrangement based on trial and error.
Box Pillow count Pillow colour
White
B6
20 Green
Pink - 15/30
B5 - 5/10
B1 - 20/25/30
B4 - 15
Green - 20
B3 - 5/10/20/25
Based on the given information, the orders of boxes are as follows
Orange, B4, B1
White, -, -, B6, -
B3, -, 30
B4, -, -, B5
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Considering the order of Orange, B4, B1 from right to left, leads to the below
which is wrong since B5 cannot have 20 pillows.
White
B1
B4
B6 Orange
20 Green
So, we take Orange, B4 and B1 from left to right, which gives the position of B5 as
well.
Also, considering that B3 and the box with 30 pillows have one box in between, we
can safely say that B2 has 30 pillows. So, B6 + 15 (box on the right of B6) = 20,
which means B6 has 5, which in turn means that B5 has 10 pillows and the box
with Pink pillows has 30 pillows. The box with 30 Pink pillows can be either B2 or
B3, at either the first or third position. But since the first box has White pillows,
the Pink pillows should be in the third box.
White
B5 10
30 Pink
B6 5 Orange
B4 15
B1 20 Green
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This leaves the first box to have 25 pillows. Since the box with Brown pillows has
more pillows than B5, the only other option for it is B4, which leaves B5 to have
Yellow pillows. Now, we are left to determine positions of B2 and B3. Since B3 and
the box with 30 pillows are separated by one box, B3 is the first box from the left
and B2 is the third box from the left.
The final arrangement is as follows
B3 25 White
B5 10 Yellow
B2 30 Pink
B6 5 Orange
B4 15 Brown
B1 20 Green
The box with Pink pillows has 30 pillows.
Q.2) Answer- B
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White
B6
20 Green
Pink - 15/30
B5 - 5/10
B1 - 20/25/30
B4 - 15
Green - 20
B3 - 5/10/20/25
Orange, B4, B1
White, -, -, B6, -
B3, -, 30
B4, -, -, B5
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White
B1
B4
B6 Orange
20 Green
well.
Box Pillow Pillow
count colour
White
B5 10
30 Pink
B6 5 Orange
B4 15
B1 20 Green
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Box Pillow Pillow
count colour
B3 25 White
B5 10 Yellow
B2 30 Pink
B6 5 Orange
B4 15 Brown
B1 20 Green
Box B3 is arranged second on the left of the box with Pink pillows.
Q.3) Answer- D
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White
B6
20 Green
Pink - 15/30
B5 - 5/10
B1 - 20/25/30
B4 - 15
Green - 20
B3 - 5/10/20/25
Orange, B4, B1
White, -, -, B6, -
B3, -, 30
B4, -, -, B5
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White
B1
B4
B6 Orange
20 Green
well.
Box Pillow Pillow
count colour
White
B5 10
30 Pink
B6 5 Orange
B4 15
B1 20 Green
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B3 25 White
B5 10 Yellow
B2 30 Pink
B6 5 Orange
B4 15 Brown
B1 20 Green
25 pillows are present in the box with White pillows.
Q.4) Answer- B
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White
B6
20 Green
Pink - 15/30
B5 - 5/10
B1 - 20/25/30
B4 - 15
Green - 20
B3 - 5/10/20/25
Orange, B4, B1
White, -, -, B6, -
B3, -, 30
B4, -, -, B5
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White
B1
B4
B6 Orange
20 Green
well.
White
B5 10
30 Pink
B6 5 Orange
B4 15
B1 20 Green
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B3 25 White
B5 10 Yellow
B2 30 Pink
B6 5 Orange
B4 15 Brown
B1 20 Green
Two boxes are present between the boxes with Yellow and Brown pillows.
Q.5) Answer- A
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White
B6
20 Green
Pink - 15/30
B5 - 5/10
B1 - 20/25/30
B4 - 15
Green - 20
B3 - 5/10/20/25
Orange, B4, B1
White, -, -, B6, -
B3, -, 30
B4, -, -, B5
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White
B1
B4
B6 Orange
20 Green
well.
White
B5 10
30 Pink
B6 5 Orange
B4 15
B1 20 Green
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B3 25 White
B5 10 Yellow
B2 30 Pink
B6 5 Orange
B4 15 Brown
B1 20 Green
The total number of Yellow and White pillows is 35.
Q.6) Answer- D
As per the given information, the person ordering Noodles is followed by three
others. So, Narsimha, who ordered Noodles, is second in line. Darshan’s order is
immediately followed by the Biryani order. Given that the Grubhub order is not
Biryani, and the Zomato, Waffles and Grubhub orders are consecutive ones, the
Grubhub order can only be the fourth one, since these can only be the second,
third and fourth orders, given that the first order is from Swiggy. So, the second
order is Zomato, the third order is Waffles, and the fourth one is Grubhub.
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Person Order Delivery place

Pizza Swiggy
Narsimha Noodles Zomato
Waffles
Darshan Grubhub
Biryani
So, the only remaining order in the above table is Enchiladas, which is the fourth
order. The FoodPanda order is before the Grubhub order, so it can only be the
third order. This leaves the UberEats order to be the fifth one. Since it is given that
Narsimha is behind Larry, Larry makes the first order. Given that Karman’s order is
after the Waffles order, it can only be the fifth one. This leaves Rudra to be the
third one to order. Which gives the final arrangement as below.
Larry Pizza Swiggy
Rudra Waffles FoodPanda
Darshan Enchiladas Grubhub
Karman Biryani UberEats
Larry ordered Pizza.
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Q.7) Answer- B
Pizza Swiggy
Waffles
Darshan Grubhub
Biryani
Larry Pizza Swiggy
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The order after Narsimha’s order was Waffles.
Q.8) Answer- C
Pizza Swiggy
Waffles
Darshan Grubhub
Biryani
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Larry Pizza Swiggy
Rudra is from FoodPanda.
Q.9) Answer- C
Pizza Swiggy
Waffles
Darshan Grubhub
Biryani
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Larry Pizza Swiggy
The Grubhub order was Enchiladas.
Q.10) Answer- A
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Pizza Swiggy
Waffles
Darshan Grubhub
Biryani
Larry Pizza Swiggy
Karman was third in the queue after Narsimha.
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Q.11) Answer- A
The bikes can only be present alternately in first and third columns. Given that
Rashid’s vehicle is a bike, Kamal, Rashid and Pritam have parked their vehicles
consecutively either in the first or third column.
Given that Uday’s vehicle is a bike parked in the fourth row and third column, since
it is given that Kamal, Rashid and Pritam have parked their vehicles in the same
column, it must be the first column. Also, since the bikes are alternated between
the first and third column in each consecutive row, the first row must have a bike
in the first column. So, the vehicle in the first row and first column must belong to
either Gowri or Ishan.
Q.12) Answer- D
Given that Rupa’s vehicle is parked between those of Tanvi and Rashid, and that
Tanvi’s vehicle is in the second row, Tanvi, Rupa and Rashid have parked their
vehicles in the second row. Based on this, Reshma, Rashid, Yusuf and Gowri/Ishan
have a bike.
Q.13) Answer- C
If Shijo’s vehicle is parked in the first column, Krish, Rupa and Uday have their
vehicles parked in the second column. So, Rupa’s vehicle definitely has vehicles in
all directions.
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Q.14) Answer- B
If Tanvi’s vehicle is parked in the second column, the possible arrangements can be
different based on the first and third columns only. The arrangements can
different based on the positions of Gowri and Ishan and interchanging the possible
first and third columns.
Possibility 1 : 2 arrangements as below x 2 by interchanging first and third columns
=4
Column 1 Column 3
Krish Kamal
Rupa Rashid
Uday Pritam
Gowri/Ishan Gowri/Ishan
Possibility 2 : 2 arrangements as below x 2 by interchanging first and third columns
=4
Column 1 Column 3
Gowri/Ishan Gowri/Ishan
Krish Kamal
Rupa Rashid
Uday Pritam
Possibility 3 : Taking combinations of first and third columns from the first two
possibilities = 4
So, a total of 12 arrangements are possible.
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Q.15) Answer- A
For any given vehicle, there can be a maximum of 3 bikes in all the specified
directions as per below possible patterns.
Possibility 1
Bike Car Car
Car Uday’s vehicle Bike
Bike Car Car
Possibility 2
Car Car Bike
Bike Uday’s vehicle Car
Car Car Bike
Q.16) Answer- B
For any given vehicle, there can be a maximum of 5 cars in all the specified
directions as per below possible patterns.
Possibility 1
Bike Car Car
Car Vehicle Bike
Bike Car Car
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Possibility 2
Car Car Bike
Bike Vehicle Car
Car Car Bike
Q.17) Answer- B
If Pritam’s vehicle is in the third column, given that Ishan’s vehicle is a car is in the
fourth row and first column, the arrangement is as below. So, Krish, Uday, Rashid
and Gowri have parked their bikes in the parking lot.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Krish (Bike) Reshma Kamal
Rupa Tanvi Rashid (Bike)
Uday (Bike) Yusuf Pritam
Ishan Shijo Gowri (Bike)
Q.18) Answer- A
As per given information,
Row 1 - East facing - Varna, Joshua, Kiran, Priya, Dhanush, VACANT
Row 2 - West facing - Emraan, Ritu, Yash, Nadia, Sharon, VACANT
The person who likes Blackberry flavour lives opposite to the one who lives third
on the right of the person who lives opposite to Nadia. So, Nadia is in row 2, and
the person who likes Blackberry, which is not Ritu, lives third on the left of
Nadia(who likes Coconut), and the person who likes Banana is in row 1.
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Since Nadia lives third on the right of Yash, Yash is the one who likes Blackberry.
Sharon does not like either Vanilla or Raspberry. The people who like Strawberry,
Coffee, Chocolate, Banana and Mango flavours live in row 1. So, Sharon must like
the Butterscotch flavour. Since Ritu does not like either Vanilla or Blackberry
flavours, she must like the Raspberry flavour, which leaves Emraan who must like
the Vanilla flavour. We now have a clear idea of the person-flavour combinations
for row 2 as follows.
Emraan(Vanilla), Ritu(Raspberry), Yash(Blackberry), Nadia(Coconut),
Sharon(Butterscotch)
Neither Nadia nor Yash live at any of the extreme ends of the row and Nadia lives
third on the right of Yash. The ones who like Chocolate and Banana are adjacent,
so the one who likes Chocolate can be in the fourth or extreme right flat in row 1.
The vacant flat in row 1 is not immediately next to Priya, so it has to be either the
first or third one on the left. Given that there are exactly two flats between Kiran
and Joshua, who lives third on the right of the person who likes Strawberry
flavour. If Kiran does not like Strawberry, then Kiran has to be third on the right of
Joshua, which is not possible since there are only 6 flats and Kiran cannot be
adjacent to Priya. So, Kiran is the one who likes Strawberry flavour. Kiran’s flat and
the Vacant flat are either the first or third from the left in row 1. So, Dhanush and
Joshua live either in the fourth or sixth flat from the left in row 1. This means the
person in the second flat in row 1, who likes Coffee, has to be Varna.
So, the below partial arrangement can be determined based on the information so
far.
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Row 1 (facing east) Row 2 (facing west)

VACANT/Kiran(Strawberry)
Varna (Coffee) Nadia (Coconut)
Kiran(Strawberry)/VACANT
Joshua(Mango)/Dhanush
Priya (Banana) Yash (Blackberry)
Dhanush/Joshua(Mango)
Ritu’s flat is at one of the extreme ends.
Case 1: If we consider Ritu to be at the left extreme end of row 2, then the Vacant
flat has to be the fourth from the left in that row. Now, since the Vacant flats
cannot be opposite to each other, the Vacant flat in row 1 has to be the first flat
from the left. So, Kiran is third from the left. Dhanush cannot be next to Kiran, so
there is a clash between Dhanush and Joshua having to occupy the same sixth flat
from the left. So, this case in invalid.
Case 2: We can now consider Ritu to be on the extreme right end of row 2, so the
Vacant flat is the third one from the left in row 2.
Now, Kiran cannot be in the third flat from the left to avoid creating a clash
between Dhanush and Joshua. So, Kiran is in the first flat from the left and the
Vacant flat is the third one from the left in that row.
The partial arrangement now is as follows.
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Kiran(Strawberry) Ritu (Raspberry)
VACANT
Joshua(Mango)/Dhanush VACANT
This further gives us the position of Joshua’s flat which is third on the right of
Kiran’s flat. That leaves Dhanush to have the extreme right flat. Sharon’s flat
cannot be opposite the vacant flat, so it has to the extreme left one and Emraan’s
flat is the one left, which is the fourth flat from the left in row 2.
Kiran (Strawberry) Ritu (Raspberry)
VACANT Emraan (Vanilla)
Joshua (Mango) VACANT
Dhanush (Chocolate) Sharon (Butterscotch)
One person lives between Emraan and Ritu.
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Q.19) Answer- D
Nadia(who likes Coconut), and the person who likes Banana is in row 1. Since
Nadia lives third on the right of Yash, Yash is the one who likes Blackberry. Sharon
does not like either Vanilla or Raspberry. The people who like Strawberry, Coffee,
Chocolate, Banana and Mango flavours live in row 1. So, Sharon must like the
Butterscotch flavour. Since Ritu does not like either Vanilla or Blackberry flavours,
she must like the Raspberry flavour, which leaves Emraan who must like the
Vanilla flavour. We now have a clear idea of the person-flavour combinations for
row 2 as follows.
far.
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VACANT
Sharon likes the Butterscotch flavour.
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Q.20) Answer- C
row 2 as follows.
far.
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VACANT
Ritu likes the Raspberry flavour.
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Q.21) Answer- E
row 2 as follows.
far.
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VACANT
The pattern consists of a person and flavour that the alternate person likes.
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Q.22) Answer- B
row 2 as follows.
far.
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VACANT
Emraan likes Vanilla, which is the correctly matched pair.
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Q.23) Answer- D
row 2 as follows.
far.
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VACANT
The person living on the right of the one living opposite Nadia likes Strawberry
flavour.
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Q.24) Answer- C
row 2 as follows.
far.
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VACANT
Except for Chocolate, all other flavours are associated with the people in the flats
facing west.
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Q.25) Answer- B
row 2 as follows.
far.
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VACANT
Sharon likes the Butterscotch flavour.
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Q.26) Answer- C
As per the given information,
Row 1 - East facing - Amrita, Rekha, Viren, Sumit, Firoz, Daya
Row 2 - West facing - Kalki, Harita, Marina, Ishika, Sudeep, Nikki
Exactly four people are seated on the right of Rekha, which means Rekha (who
likes The Matrix) is seated second from the left in row 1. The person who likes
Transformers is seated immediately next to the persons who like the Matrix and
Avatar, which means they are not at the extreme end. So, the person who likes
Transformers is seated third from the left and the one who likes Avatar is seated
fourth from the left. Viren likes Transformers and is seated third on the left of
Daya. So, Daya is seated on the extreme right of the row. The person who likes
Harry Potter is seated on the immediate right of the one who is seated facing
Rekha, so they are seated on the extreme right in row 2. Ishika is facing the person
who likes Avatar, so she is seated third from the left in row 2. Exactly two people
are seated between the ones who like Inception and Aquaman, who are facing the
west. Also, neither of them is seated next to the one who likes Harry Potter, and
the one who likes Inception is not at the extreme end. Since the two of these can
only be at the first and fourth positions from the left in row 2, the one who likes
Aquaman has to be the first from the extreme left and the one who likes Inception
has to be the fourth from the left. Exactly one person is seated between Nikki and
the person who likes Mission Impossible. So, row 2 consists of people who like
Harry Potter, Inception, Aquaman, Joker, Mission Impossible, and Interstellar, not
necessarily in that order. The one who likes Interstellar is seated third on the right
of the person who is facing the one who likes Star Wars. This can only mean that
the person who likes Interstellar is fifth from the left in row 2. So, the person who
likes Star Wars is seated fifth from the left in row 1.
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(Harry Potter)
Rekha (Matrix) (Interstellar)
Viren (Transformers) (Inception)
(Avatar) Ishika
(Star Wars)
Daya (Aquaman)
Sumit is seated facing the person seated on the immediate left of Marina. This can
only be possible if Sumit is seated fourth from the left in row 1, and thus Marina is
seated fourth from the left in row 2. Sudeep is seated opposite the person who
likes Star Wars, so Sudeep is seated second from the left in row 2. Amrita does not
like both Avatar and Star Wars, so she is seated first from the left in row 1. Exactly
one person is seated between Nikki and the person who likes Mission Impossible.
So, Nikki can be either the first or fifth from the left in row 2. Since it is also given
that Nikki is not opposite the one who likes the Matrix, Nikki has to be the first
from the left, which means Ishika is the one who likes Mission Impossible. This
leaves Sudeep to be the one who likes Joker. The person who likes Joker is facing
the person who is seated on the immediate left of the person who likes Rush Hour,
so Daya must be the one who likes Rush Hour. This leaves Amrita to like Star Trek
and Firoz is the one who likes Star Wars.
The final arrangement is as follow.
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Amrita (Star Trek) Kalki (Harry Potter)
Rekha (Matrix) Harita (Interstellar)
Viren (Transformer) Marina (Inception)
Sumit (Avatar) Ishika (Mission Impossible)
Firoz (Star Wars) Sudeep (Joker)
Daya (Rush Hour) Nikki (Aquaman)
The person who likes Avatar is seated facing the person seated second on the left
of the person who likes Interstellar.
Q.27) Answer- B
Rekha, so they are seated on the extreme right in row 2. Ishika is facing the person
who likes Avatar, so she is seated third from the left in row 2. Exactly two people
are seated between the ones who like Inception and Aquaman, who are facing the
west. Also, neither of them is seated next to the one who likes Harry Potter, and
the one who likes Inception is not at the extreme end.
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Since the two of these can only be at the first and fourth positions from the left in
row 2, the one who likes Aquaman has to be the first from the extreme left and
the one who likes Inception has to be the fourth from the left. Exactly one person
is seated between Nikki and the person who likes Mission Impossible. So, row 2
consists of people who like Harry Potter, Inception, Aquaman, Joker, Mission
Impossible, and Interstellar, not necessarily in that order. The one who likes
Interstellar is seated third on the right of the person who is facing the one who
likes Star Wars. This can only mean that the person who likes Interstellar is fifth
from the left in row 2. So, the person who likes Star Wars is seated fifth from the
left in row 1.
(Harry Potter)
(Avatar) Ishika
(Star Wars)
Daya (Aquaman)
leaves Sudeep to be the one who likes Joker.
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The person who likes Joker is facing the person who is seated on the immediate
left of the person who likes Rush Hour, so Daya must be the one who likes Rush
Hour. This leaves Amrita to like Star Trek and Firoz is the one who likes Star Wars.
The final arrangement is as follow
Except for Inception – Firoz, all other pairs are combinations of persons and
movies liked of people on the extreme ends.
Q.28) Answer- E
Rekha, so they are seated on the extreme right in row 2.
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Ishika is facing the person who likes Avatar, so she is seated third from the left in
row 2. Exactly two people are seated between the ones who like Inception and
Aquaman, who are facing the west. Also, neither of them is seated next to the one
who likes Harry Potter, and the one who likes Inception is not at the extreme end.
Since the two of these can only be at the first and fourth positions from the left in
row 2, the one who likes Aquaman has to be the first from the extreme left and
the one who likes Inception has to be the fourth from the left. Exactly one person
is seated between Nikki and the person who likes Mission Impossible. So, row 2
consists of people who like Harry Potter, Inception, Aquaman, Joker, Mission
Impossible, and Interstellar, not necessarily in that order. The one who likes
Interstellar is seated third on the right of the person who is facing the one who
likes Star Wars. This can only mean that the person who likes Interstellar is fifth
from the left in row 2. So, the person who likes Star Wars is seated fifth from the
left in row 1.
(Harry Potter)
(Avatar) Ishika
(Star Wars)
Daya (Aquaman)
So, Nikki can be either the first or fifth from the left in row 2.
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Since it is also given that Nikki is not opposite the one who likes the Matrix, Nikki
has to be the first from the left, which means Ishika is the one who likes Mission
Impossible. This leaves Sudeep to be the one who likes Joker. The person who likes
Joker is facing the person who is seated on the immediate left of the person who
likes Rush Hour, so Daya must be the one who likes Rush Hour. This leaves Amrita
to like Star Trek and Firoz is the one who likes Star Wars.
None of the given statements are correct about Amrita.
Q.29) Answer- B
Daya. So, Daya is seated on the extreme right of the row.
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The person who likes Harry Potter is seated on the immediate right of the one who
is seated facing Rekha, so they are seated on the extreme right in row 2. Ishika is
facing the person who likes Avatar, so she is seated third from the left in row 2.
Exactly two people are seated between the ones who like Inception and Aquaman,
who are facing the west. Also, neither of them is seated next to the one who likes
Harry Potter, and the one who likes Inception is not at the extreme end. Since the
two of these can only be at the first and fourth positions from the left in row 2, the
one who likes Aquaman has to be the first from the extreme left and the one who
likes Inception has to be the fourth from the left. Exactly one person is seated
between Nikki and the person who likes Mission Impossible. So, row 2 consists of
people who like Harry Potter, Inception, Aquaman, Joker, Mission Impossible, and
Interstellar, not necessarily in that order. The one who likes Interstellar is seated
third on the right of the person who is facing the one who likes Star Wars. This can
only mean that the person who likes Interstellar is fifth from the left in row 2. So,
the person who likes Star Wars is seated fifth from the left in row 1.
(Harry Potter)
(Avatar) Ishika
(Star Wars)
Daya (Aquaman)
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leaves Sudeep to be the one who likes Joker. The person who likes Joker is facing
the person who is seated on the immediate left of the person who likes Rush Hour,
so Daya must be the one who likes Rush Hour. This leaves Amrita to like Star Trek
and Firoz is the one who likes Star Wars.
The pair involves people from different rows and the same position from the left
of the row.
Q.30) Answer- E
fourth from the left.
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Viren likes Transformers and is seated third on the left of Daya. So, Daya is seated
on the extreme right of the row. The person who likes Harry Potter is seated on
the immediate right of the one who is seated facing Rekha, so they are seated on
the extreme right in row 2. Ishika is facing the person who likes Avatar, so she is
seated third from the left in row 2. Exactly two people are seated between the
ones who like Inception and Aquaman, who are facing the west. Also, neither of
them is seated next to the one who likes Harry Potter, and the one who likes
Inception is not at the extreme end. Since the two of these can only be at the first
and fourth positions from the left in row 2, the one who likes Aquaman has to be
the first from the extreme left and the one who likes Inception has to be the
fourth from the left. Exactly one person is seated between Nikki and the person
who likes Mission Impossible. So, row 2 consists of people who like Harry Potter,
Inception, Aquaman, Joker, Mission Impossible, and Interstellar, not necessarily in
that order. The one who likes Interstellar is seated third on the right of the person
who is facing the one who likes Star Wars. This can only mean that the person who
likes Interstellar is fifth from the left in row 2. So, the person who likes Star Wars is
seated fifth from the left in row 1.
(Harry Potter)
(Avatar) Ishika
(Star Wars)
Daya (Aquaman)
likes Star Wars, so Sudeep is seated second from the left in row 2.
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Amrita does not like both Avatar and Star Wars, so she is seated first from the left
in row 1. Exactly one person is seated between Nikki and the person who likes
Mission Impossible. So, Nikki can be either the first or fifth from the left in row 2.
Since it is also given that Nikki is not opposite the one who likes the Matrix, Nikki
has to be the first from the left, which means Ishika is the one who likes Mission
Impossible. This leaves Sudeep to be the one who likes Joker. The person who likes
Joker is facing the person who is seated on the immediate left of the person who
likes Rush Hour, so Daya must be the one who likes Rush Hour. This leaves Amrita
to like Star Trek and Firoz is the one who likes Star Wars.
After the changes, Firoz is seated diagonally opposite to the one who likes Rush
Hour.
Q.31) Answer- B
Group A - Radha, Meena, Farhan, Garima, Rashi
Group B - Raveena, Swagat, Tara, Parul, Rizvan
As per the given data, the subjects linked to people in each group are as follows,
not necessarily in that order.
Group A - Chemistry, Literature, Astronomy, Politics, History
Group B - Zoology, Botany, Geography, Physics, Mathematics
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student who is good at Zoology. So, Rashi is seated third from the left in her row,
and the one who is good at Zoology is seated third from the left in their row.
Exactly one student is seated between Parul and the student who is good at
Zoology. So, Parul is seated either first or fifth from the left in that row.
Case 1: If Parul is seated fifth from the left in that row, the one who is good at
Chemistry is seated next to the one opposite Parul and is at the second position
from the left in that row. There are two students between Meena and the one
who is good at Chemistry, so Meena is seated fifth from the left and the one who
is good at Botany is seated first from the left in their respective rows. Garima is
facing Parul, so she is at the first position from the left. The one who is good at
Physics is on the immediate right of the student who is good at Mathematics. This
is only possible if Parul is good at Physics, but it is given that Parul is not good at
Physics, so this case is invalid as seen below.
Group A Group B
Garima Parul
(Chemistry)
Rashi (Zoology)
Meena (Botany)
Case 2: If Parul is seated first from the left in that row, the one who is good at
Chemistry is seated next to the one opposite Parul and is at the fourth position
who is good at Chemistry, so Meena is seated first from the left and the one who is
good at Botany is seated fifth from the left in their respective rows. Garima is
facing Parul, so she is at the fifth position from the left. The one who is good at
Physics is on the immediate right of the student who is good at Mathematics.
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So, Parul has to be the one who is good at Mathematics and the one on her right is
good at Physics. We can now say that the person who is fourth from the left in
Group B has to be good at Geography, which is the remaining subject in that
group. Garima is seated immediately next to Farhan, so Farhan is seated fourth
from the left in that row. We now have the partial arrangement as below.
Group A Group B
Meena (Botany)
(Geography)
Rashi (Zoology)
Farhan (Chemistry) (Physics)
Garima Parul (Mathematics)
Given that Raveena is seated next to the one who is good at Geography and that
Raveena does not like Botany, we can say that Raveena is seated third from the
left and likes Zoology. Rizvan is not immediately next to Raveena, so he has to be
fifth from the left. Tara is seated facing the student who is good at Astronomy, so
Tara can only be seated at the fourth position from the left, which means Swagat is
seated second from the left. In Group A, we are left with Radha, who is seated
second from the left. Tara is facing the Astronomy student, which has to be Radha.
Rizvan is seated facing the one who is good at Literature, so this has to be Meena.
Raveena is not facing the one who is good at Politics, so Garima has to be the
Politics student, which leaves Rashi to be the one who is good at History.
The final arrangement is as follows.
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Group A Group B
Meena (Literature) Rizvan (Botany)
Radha (Astronomy) Tara (Geography)
Rashi (History) Raveena (Zoology)
Farhan (Chemistry) Swagat (Physics)
Garima (Politics) Parul (Mathematics)
The student seated opposite Farhan is good at Physics.
Q.32) Answer- C
facing Parul, so she is at the first position from the left.
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The one who is good at Physics is on the immediate right of the student who is
good at Mathematics. This is only possible if Parul is good at Physics, but it is given
that Parul is not good at Physics, so this case is invalid as seen below.
Group A Group B
Garima Parul
(Chemistry)
Rashi (Zoology)
Meena (Botany)
Physics is on the immediate right of the student who is good at Mathematics. So,
Parul has to be the one who is good at Mathematics and the one on her right is
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Group A Group B
Meena (Botany)
(Geography)
Rashi (Zoology)
Group A Group B
Garima and Rizvan are seated at extreme ends of the rows.
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Q.33) Answer- A
Group A Group B
Garima Parul
(Chemistry)
Rashi (Zoology)
Meena (Botany)
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Group A Group B
Meena (Botany)
(Geography)
Rashi (Zoology)
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Group A Group B
Garima is seated third on the right of Radha.
Q.34) Answer- D
facing Parul, so she is at the first position from the left.
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The one who is good at Physics is on the immediate right of the student who is
good at Mathematics. This is only possible if Parul is good at Physics, but it is given
that Parul is not good at Physics, so this case is invalid as seen below.
Group A Group B
Garima Parul
(Chemistry)
Rashi (Zoology)
Meena (Botany)
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Group A Group B
Meena (Botany)
(Geography)
Rashi (Zoology)
Group A Group B
Raveena is seated second on the right of the person seated opposite Garima.
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Q.35) Answer- B
Group A Group B
Garima Parul
(Chemistry)
Rashi (Zoology)
Meena (Botany)
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Group A Group B
Meena (Botany)
(Geography)
Rashi (Zoology)
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Group A Group B
Tara is good at Geography.
Q.36) Answer- B
As per the given information, the below are the possible policy counts for each
agent.
Suman - 156
Vijay - 336
Naresh - 144/169/196/225/256 (square between 140 and 280)
Paresh - 121/144/169/196/225/256/289/324 (square between 120 and 360)
Since Paresh and Moksh together sold a total of 640 policies, and the policy count
for Moksh is four times a prime number, we can filter out the possibilities for
Paresh to be only 324. So, Moksh sold 640-324=316 policies. There is an agent who
sold half as many policies as Vijay, which is 336/2=168. There is also an agent who
sold 300 policies.
We now have six confirmed policy counts - 156, 336, 324, 316, 168, and 300, the
total of which is 1600. So, the sum of the remaining two policy counts should be
2000-1600=400. Naresh did not sell the least number of policies, so his count
cannot be 144. Also, we are told that 156 is not the least count among them, so
the remaining policy count has to be less than 156. This can only happen if
Naresh’s count is 256, which leaves the last policy count to be 144.We now have
all the eight policy counts - 156, 336, 324, 316, 168, 300, 256, and 144.
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Paresh is seated fourth on the left of Suman, who sold 156 policies, and Dharam is
seated third on the right of Paresh. Also given that Naresh is seated at one of the
extreme ends.
Case 1: If Naresh is at the extreme left end, Paresh can only be third from the left,
since Naresh is not immediately next to Paresh and Suman is not at the extreme
end. Moksh, who sold 316 policies, is seated next to Naresh, so he is second from
the left. Hari is seated on the immediate right of the agent who sold 168 policies,
so Hari can only be seated fifth from the left, and the person on his left sold 168
policies. Vijay is seated third on the left of the agent who sold 300 policies, which
is not possible, so this case is invalid as below.
Agent name Policies sold
Naresh 256
Moksh 316
Paresh 324
168
Hari
Dharam
Suman 156
Case 2: If Naresh is seated at the extreme right end, then Moksh, who sold 316
policies, is seated second from the right end. Based on this, Paresh can be seated
either at the first or second position from the left. But if Paresh is in the first
position, then there will be a clash about where Hari and Vijay are seated. So,
Paresh can only be seated second from the left. In which case, Suman is seated
sixth from the left and Dharam is seated fifth from the left. We get the below
partial arrangement.
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Paresh 324
Dharam
Suman 156
Moksh 316
Naresh 256
Hari is seated on the immediate right of the agent who sold 168 policies, so Hari
can only be seated fourth from the left, and the person on his left sold 168
policies. Vijay is seated third on the left of the agent who sold 300 policies, so Vijay
must be first from the left, and the fourth person from the left sold 300 policies.
We are now left with Amish, who is seated third from the left, and the policy count
of 144, which belongs to Dharam.
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Vijay 336
Paresh 324
Amish 168
Hari 300
Dharam 144
Suman 156
Moksh 316
Naresh 256
Dharam sold the least of 144 policies.
Q.37) Answer- D
agent.
Suman - 156
Vijay - 336
sold 300 policies.
2000-1600=400.
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Naresh did not sell the least number of policies, so his count cannot be 144. Also,
we are told that 156 is not the least count among them, so the remaining policy
count has to be less than 156. This can only happen if Naresh’s count is 256, which
leaves the last policy count to be 144. We now have all the eight policy counts -
156, 336, 324, 316, 168, 300, 256, and 144.
extreme ends.
Naresh 256
Moksh 316
Paresh 324
168
Hari
Dharam
Suman 156
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Paresh 324
Dharam
Suman 156
Moksh 316
Naresh 256
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Vijay 336
Paresh 324
Amish 168
Hari 300
Dharam 144
Suman 156
Moksh 316
Naresh 256
The required difference is 336 - 256 = 80 policies.
Q.38) Answer- A
agent.
Suman - 156
Vijay - 336
sold 300 policies.
2000-1600=400.
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156, 336, 324, 316, 168, 300, 256, and 144.
extreme ends.
Naresh 256
Moksh 316
Paresh 324
168
Hari
Dharam
Suman 156
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Paresh 324
Dharam
Suman 156
Moksh 316
Naresh 256
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Vijay 336
Paresh 324
Amish 168
Hari 300
Dharam 144
Suman 156
Moksh 316
Naresh 256
Naresh sold 256 policies.
Q.39) Answer- A
agent.
Suman - 156
Vijay - 336
sold 300 policies.
2000-1600=400.
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156, 336, 324, 316, 168, 300, 256, and 144.
extreme ends.
Naresh 256
Moksh 316
Paresh 324
168
Hari
Dharam
Suman 156
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Paresh 324
Dharam
Suman 156
Moksh 316
Naresh 256
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Vijay 336
Paresh 324
Amish 168
Hari 300
Dharam 144
Suman 156
Moksh 316
Naresh 256
Vijay sold the highest number of policies.
Q.40) Answer- C
agent.
Suman - 156
Vijay - 336
sold 300 policies.
2000-1600=400.
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156, 336, 324, 316, 168, 300, 256, and 144.
extreme ends.
Naresh 256
Moksh 316
Paresh 324
168
Hari
Dharam
Suman 156
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Paresh 324
Dharam
Suman 156
Moksh 316
Naresh 256
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Vijay 336
Paresh 324
Amish 168
Hari 300
Dharam 144
Suman 156
Moksh 316
Naresh 256
Dharam sold 144 policies.
Q.41) Answer- D
As per the given information, Shyam has a purple car and is parked in the middle,
facing the west. The first car from the north is Green, facing east and the last car is
Red, facing east. Pavan and Amber have their cars parked immediately next to
Trish’s car, so Pavan, Trish and Amber have their cars parked adjacently in a line.
Similarly, Chetan, Jadie and Nirmal have their cars parked adjacently in a line. We
know that Pavan, Trish and Amber have their cars parked adjacently in a line.
Pavan’s car cannot be the first from the north end, since the Magenta car has to
be fourth on the right of Pavan’s car which is not possible. Pavan does not park his
car beside Shyam, so it cannot be the fourth or sixth from the north end. It cannot
be at the third position, since then Amber’s car would be facing east, which means
Pavan’s car has to face west and it is not possible for the Magenta car to be fourth
on its right. It cannot be at the ninth position, since then it would be facing the
east and the Magenta car cannot be on its right as specified.
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Case 1: If Pavan’s car is parked second from the north end, then Trish and Amber
park their cars at the third and fourth positions from the north end. Pavan’s car
has to face east so that the Magenta car is at sixth position, and Amber’s car faces
the west. Since the Magenta and Blue cars are adjacent, the Blue car is at the
seventh position. Nirmal’s car is two places away from that of Shyam. So, Nirmal’s
car should be in eighth position. Given that the Yellow car is fourth on the left of
the White car, and neither of them belongs to Nirmal. This is not possible with the
below arrangement so far. So, this case is invalid.
Person Car colour Direction
Green East
Pavan East
Trish
Amber West
Shyam Purple West
Magenta
Blue
Nirmal
Red East
Case 2: If Pavan’s car is at eighth position, it must be facing west so that the
Magenta car is on its right at the fourth position. This means the Blue car will be in
third position. Also, Trish’s car will be at the seventh position and Amber’s car will
be at the sixth position, facing the east. Nirmal’s car is two places away from that
of Shyam, so it has to be at the second position. Given that the Yellow car is fourth
on the left of the White car, and neither of them belongs to Nirmal. This is not
possible with the below arrangement so far. So, this case is invalid.
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Green East
Nirmal
Blue
Magenta
Shyam Purple West
Amber East
Trish
Pavan West
Red East
Case 3: If Pavan’s car is seventh from the north, it would be facing west, since
Amber’s car will be at ninth position and facing east. Trish’s car will be at eighth
position and the Magenta car will be at the third position. Nirmal’s car is two
places away from that of Shyam, so it has to be at the second position. Since
Chetan, Jadie and Nirmal have their cars parked adjacently in a line, Chetan is
parked fourth and Jadie is parked third from the north. Disha’s car is not Red and is
parked second on the left of Jadie’s car, so it has to be the first car in line and
Jadie’s car should be facing the east. The partial arrangement so far is as follows.
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Disha Green East
Nirmal
Jadie Magenta East
Chetan
Shyam Purple West
Pavan West
Trish
Amber Red East
The White car is on the immediate right of a car facing the east and the fourth on
its left is the Yellow car, which is only possible if the White car belongs to Chetan
and is facing west. This means that the Yellow car belongs to Trish. This leaves
Karthik’s car to be parked in the sixth position. The Black car is on the right of
Karthik’s car, so it should belong to Pavan and Karthik’s car should be facing the
east. Since Karthik and Trish’s cars are facing the same direction, Trish’s car should
also be facing the east. Chetan and Nirmal have their cars facing the same
direction, so Nirmal’s car should face the west. The Blue car is adjacent to the
Magenta car, so it should belong to Nirmal, which leaves Karthik with the Brown
car.
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Disha Green East
Nirmal Blue West
Jadie Magenta East
Chetan White West
Shyam Purple West
Karthik Brown East
Pavan Black West
Trish Yellow East
Amber Red East
Jadie parked the Magenta car.
Q.42) Answer- B
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Green East
Pavan East
Trish
Amber West
Shyam Purple West
Magenta
Blue
Nirmal
Red East
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Green East
Nirmal
Blue
Magenta
Shyam Purple West
Amber East
Trish
Pavan West
Red East
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Disha Green East
Nirmal
Jadie Magenta East
Chetan
Shyam Purple West
Pavan West
Trish
Amber Red East
car.
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Disha Green East
Nirmal Blue West
Jadie Magenta East
Chetan White West
Shyam Purple West
Karthik Brown East
Pavan Black West
Trish Yellow East
Amber Red East
Chetan’s car is White in colour.
Q.43) Answer- D
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Green East
Pavan East
Trish
Amber West
Shyam Purple West
Magenta
Blue
Nirmal
Red East
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Green East
Nirmal
Blue
Magenta
Shyam Purple West
Amber East
Trish
Pavan West
Red East
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Disha Green East
Nirmal
Jadie Magenta East
Chetan
Shyam Purple West
Pavan West
Trish
Amber Red East
car.
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Disha Green East
Nirmal Blue West
Jadie Magenta East
Chetan White West
Shyam Purple West
Karthik Brown East
Pavan Black West
Trish Yellow East
Amber Red East
Amber and Disha parked at the extreme ends.
Q.44) Answer- E
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Green East
Pavan East
Trish
Amber West
Shyam Purple West
Magenta
Blue
Nirmal
Red East
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Green East
Nirmal
Blue
Magenta
Shyam Purple West
Amber East
Trish
Pavan West
Red East
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Disha Green East
Nirmal
Jadie Magenta East
Chetan
Shyam Purple West
Pavan West
Trish
Amber Red East
car.
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Disha Green East
Nirmal Blue West
Jadie Magenta East
Chetan White West
Shyam Purple West
Karthik Brown East
Pavan Black West
Trish Yellow East
Amber Red East
The purple car is third on the left of the blue and yellow cars.
Q.45) Answer- A
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Green East
Pavan East
Trish
Amber West
Shyam Purple West
Magenta
Blue
Nirmal
Red East
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Green East
Nirmal
Blue
Magenta
Shyam Purple West
Amber East
Trish
Pavan West
Red East
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Disha Green East
Nirmal
Jadie Magenta East
Chetan
Shyam Purple West
Pavan West
Trish
Amber Red East
car.
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Disha Green East
Nirmal Blue West
Jadie Magenta East
Chetan White West
Shyam Purple West
Karthik Brown East
Pavan Black West
Trish Yellow East
Amber Red East
The Chetan – White – West combination is correct.
Q.46) Answer- A
As per the given information, Sumit is seated third from the left in row A. Ishita,
Teja and Harsha are seated adjacently in a line, and since this is not possible in row
A, they have to be in row B. Since it is also given that Ujwal is seated opposite Teja,
Teja has to be seated second from the left in row B, and Ujwal is seated fourth
from the left in row A. Prakash is seated first from the right end in row B. Medha is
seated in row A. So, Natasha should be seated in row B and has at least one person
seated on her left. This is only possible if Natasha is seated second from the right
in row B, which means Medha is seated second from the left in row A. Also, the
person seated on the left of Natasha joined in July. Since we know that Harsha
joined the project in December, he has to be seated first from the left in row B,
which indicates that Ishita is seated third from the left in row B. There is exactly
one person seated between both the team members who joined in July. Since we
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know Ishita joined in July, we can say that Prakash also joined in July. Based on the
information so far, the partial arrangement is as follows.
Row A (facing east) Row B (facing west)
Prakash (July)
Medha Natasha
Sumit Ishita (July)
Ujwal Teja
Harsha (December)
Given that the team member who joined in March is seated on the immediate
right of Yogi and opposite to the team member who joined in May. This is only
possible if Yogi is seated first from the left in row A, Medha is the one who joined
in March and Natasha is the one who joined in May. This leaves us with Vanita
being seated first from the right in row A. Given that the team member who joined
are not seated at any of the extreme ends. These members have to be Sumit and
Ujwal, so Sumit joined in October and Ujwal joined in February. There is exactly
one person seated between both the team members who joined in May, so the
only other person who joined in May apart from Natasha has to be Teja. Since we
are now left to assign two August joining months, they can be assigned to the
remaining people, Yogi and Vanita, to complete the arrangement.
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Yogi (August) Prakash (July)
Medha (March) Natasha (May)
Sumit (October) Ishita (July)
Ujwal (February) Teja (May)
Vanita (August) Harsha (December)
The one who joined in August is seated on the immediate right of Ujwal.
Q.47) Answer- A
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Prakash (July)
Medha Natasha
Sumit Ishita (July)
Ujwal Teja
Harsha (December)
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Yogi and Vanita joined the project in the same month.
Q.48) Answer- B
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Prakash (July)
Medha Natasha
Sumit Ishita (July)
Ujwal Teja
Harsha (December)
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The team member who is seated opposite Ishita joined the project in October.
Q.49) Answer- E
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Prakash (July)
Medha Natasha
Sumit Ishita (July)
Ujwal Teja
Harsha (December)
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Except Yogi-October, all other pairs include the team member and their joining
month.
Q.50) Answer- E
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Prakash (July)
Medha Natasha
Sumit Ishita (July)
Ujwal Teja
Harsha (December)
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None of the given statements is true.
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Row 1 (facing east) Row 2 (facing west)

Row 1 (facing east) Row 2 (facing west)

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Agent name Policies sold

Agent name Policies sold

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