Logic Based

Data Interpretation
Example 1
Q1 to 3: Each of Amar, Akbar, Anthony and Amitabh participates in one of Badminton or Table Tennis
competition.
• If Amar participates in Table Tennis, then the rest three must participate in the same game , which can be
either Table Tennis or Badminton.
• If Akbar participates in Table Tennis, then Anthony participates in the game in which Amitabh does not
participate.
• If Anthony participates in Table Tennis, then Amar participates in the game in which Amitabh does not
participate.
• If Amitabh participates in Table Tennis, then Amar participates in the game in which Anthony participates
.

Q1. Who will definitely participate in Badminton?

(1) Amar (2) Amitabh (3) Anthony (4) Akbar

Q2. If Amar and Akbar plays the same game, which game do they participate in?
(1) Badminton (2) Table Tennis (3) Condition not possible (4) Cannot be determined

Q3.If Akbar and Anthony participate in different games, then Amitabh participates in –
(1) Badminton (2) Table Tennis (3) Akbar and Anthony can't participate indifferent games (4) Cannot be
determined
 AMAR AKBAR ANTHONY AMITABH

B
Each of Amar, Akbar, Anthony and Amitabh participates in one of Badminton or Table Tennis B B B
If Anthony participates in Table Tennis, then
competition
Amar participates in the game in which Amitabh B B B T
does not participate.
If Akbar participates in Table Tennis, then B B T B
IfAnthony
Amar participates
participatesinin
Table Tennis,
the game in then the rest three must participate
which
inAmitabh
the samedoes
game B B T T
not, which can be either Table Tennis orBadminton
participate.
B T B B

Therefore we are left with only 4 rows B T B T

B T T B
B T T T
If Amitabh participates in Table Tennis, then
Amar participates in the game in which T B B B
Anthony participates . T B B T
T B T B
T B T T
T T B B
T T B T
Lets assign B for badminton and T for table tennis
So we form 16 cases as per the table T T T B
T T T T
 Q1. Who will definitely participate in Badminton?
(1) Amar (2) Anthony (3) Amitabh (4) Akbar AMAR AKBA ANTH AMIT
R ONY ABH
Q2. If Amar and Akbar plays the same game, which game
they participate in? B B B B
(1) Badminton (2) Table Tennis
(3) Condition not possible (4) Cannot be determined
B B B T
Q3.If Akbar and Anthony participate in different games,
then Amitabh participates in –
B T B T
(1) Badminton (2) Table Tennis
(3) Akbar & Anthony can't participate in different games
(4) Cannot be determined T B B B
Example 2
There are 8 companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H in the market. Two companies are said to be
'Competitors' of each other, if they sell their furniture in the same region. The following bar-
graph provides information about the number of competitors of seven of these eight
companies. Assume that these are the only eight companies in the market.

B
A
A

8 C5; Number of
Companies; 7
7 C3; Number of C8; Number of
Companies; 6 Companies; 6
6

5 C4; Number of
Companies; 4
4 C2; Number of C7; Number of
Companies; 3 Companies; 3
3

2 C1; Number of
Companies; 1
1

0
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C7 C8
A B C D E G H
Company Number of Name of the Competitors
competitors

A 1
E
B 3
E C H
C 6 E B D F G H A
D
4 E C H F
E
7 A B C D F G H
F 4 E C H D
G 3 E C H
H 6 E B C D E F A
Company Number of Name of the Competitors
competitors

A 1
E
B 3
E C H
C 6 E B D F G H A
D
4 E C H F
E
7 A B C D F G H
F 4 E C H D
G 3 E C H
H E B C D E F A
6
Questions

1. How many competitors does ‘F’ have?

(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) Can't say

2. Which of the following is not a competitor of ‘F’ ?

(1) E (2) C (3) B (4) Can't say

3. Which of the following is a competitor of ‘G’ ?

(1) D (2) H (3) B (4) A
Example 3
• In a sports event, six teams (A, B, C, D, E and F) are competing against
each other.
• Matches are scheduled in two stages.
• Each team plays three matches in stage I and two matches in Stage-II.
• No team plays against the same team more than once in the event.
• No ties are permitted in any of the matches.
• The observations after the completion of Stage-I and Stage - II are as given
below.
 1. The two teams that defeated the leader of Stage-l
Stage-l:
are:
• One team won all the three matches.
(1) F&D (2) E &F
• Two teams lost all the matches. (3) B &D (4) E & D
• D lost to A but won against C and F.
• E lost to B but won against C and F. 2. The only team(s) that won both matches in Stage-
• B lost at least one match. II is (are):
• F did not play against the top team of Stage-I (1) B (2) E & F
(3) A, E & F (4) B, E & F
Stage – II
3. The teams that won exactly two matches in the
• The leader of Stage-l lost the two matches in
event are:
Stage-ll. (1) A, D &F (2) D &F (3) E & F (4) D,
• Of the two teams at the bottom after Stage-l one E&F
team won both matches, while the other lost
both matches. 4. The team(s) with the most wins in the event is
• One more team lost both matches in Stage - II. (are):
(1) A (2) A &C (3) B & E (4) E
Pair making & Notations

A B D E F
C

A 1

C
0

F
 Stage-l : 3 matches
One team won all the three matches.
Two teams lost all the matches.
D lost to A but won against C and F.
E lost to B but won against C and F.
B lost at least one match.
F did not play against the top team of Stage-I
A B C D E F

A
1 1 1
B
0 0 1 1
C
0 0 0
D
0 1 1
E
0 1 1
F
0 0 0
 Stage-l I: 2 matches

• The leader of Stage-l lost the two matches in Stage-ll.

• Of the two teams at the bottom after Stage-l one team won both
matches, while the other lost both matches.
• One more team lost both matches in Stage - II.

A B C D E F

A
0 0
B
1 1
C
0 0
D
0 0
E
1 1
F
1 1
6. The two teams that defeated the leader of Stage-l are:
(1) F&D (2) E &F (3) B &D (4) E &
D

7. The only team(s) that won both matches in Stage-II is (are):

(1) B (2) E & F (3) A, E & F (4) B, E & F

8. The teams that won exactly two matches in the event are:
(1) A, D &F (2) D &F (3) E & F (4) D, E & F

9. The team(s) with the most wins in the event is (are):

(1) A (2) A & (3) B & E (4) E
Example 4
Directions: The Dean office recently scanned student results into the central computer system. When their
character reading software cannot read something, it leaves the space blank. The scanner output read as
follows:
• In the grading system, A, B, C, D, and F
grades fetch 6, 4, 3, 2, and 0 grade points
respectively. The Grade Point Average
(GPA) is the arithmetic mean of the grade
points obtained in the five subjects. For
example Nisha GPA is (6 + 2 + 4 + 6 +
0) / 5 = 3.6. Some additional facts are
also known about the students grades.
These are:

(a) Vipul obtained the same grade

in Marketing as Aparna obtained in Finance
and Strategy.
(b) Fazal obtained the same grade in Strategy
as Utkarsh did in Marketing.
(c) Tara received the same grade in exactly
three courses.
Questions
1. What grade did Preeti obtain in Statistics?
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D

2. In operations, Tara could have received the same grade as

1. Ismet 2. Hari 3. Jagdeep 4. Manab

3. In Strategy, Gowri grade point was higher than that obtained by

1. Fazal 2. Hari 3. Nisha 4. Rahul

4. What grade did Utkarsh obtain in Finance?

1. B 2. C 3. D 4. F
Q1-5) Prof. Singh has been tracking the number of visitors to his homepage. His service provider
has provided him with the following data on the country of origin of the visitors and the university
they belong to:
 USA 6
Canada 2 OR 7 (Cant take 1 + 5)
UK 4 + 2 OR 4 + 7
India 8 + 1 OR 8 + 5
Netherlands 3 + 5 OR 3 + 1
1) To which country does University 5 belong?
(1) India or Netherlands but not USA (2) India or USA but not Netherlands
(3) Netherlands or USA but not India (4) India or USA but not UK

2) University 1 can belong to

(1) UK (2) Canada (3) Netherlands (4) USA

3) Which among the listed countries can possibly host three of the eight listed universities?
(1) None (2) Only UK (3) Only India (4) Both India and UK

4) Visitors from how many universities from UK visited Prof. Singh's homepage in the three
days?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

5) Which of the following universities belong to Canada?

(1) University 2 (2) University 7 (3) Either 2 or 7 (4) Neither 2 nor 7
Q6-10) A country has the following types of traffic signals:
3 Red Lights = Stop
2 Red Lights = Turn Left
1 Red Light = Turn Right
3 Green Lights = Go at 100kmph speed
2 Green Lights = Go at 40kmph speed
1 Green Light = Go at 20kmph speed
 3 Red Lights = Stop
2 Red Lights = Turn Left
1 Red Light = Turn Right
3 Green Lights = Go at 100kmph speed
2 Green Lights = Go at 40kmph speed
1 Green Light = Go at 20kmph speed

6. The total distance traveled by the motorist from the

starting point till the last signal is?
(1) 90km
(2) 100km
(3) 120km
(4) None of these
 3 Red Lights = Stop
2 Red Lights = Turn Left
1 Red Light = Turn Right
3 Green Lights = Go at 100kmph speed
2 Green Lights = Go at 40kmph speed
1 Green Light = Go at 20kmph speed

7. What is the position (radial distance) of the

motorist when he reaches the last signal?
(a) 45 km directly north of Starting Point
(b) 30 km directly to the east of the Starting Point
(c) 50 km away to the northeast of the Starting Point
(d) 45 km away to the northwest of the Starting Point
 3 Red Lights = Stop
2 Red Lights = Turn Left
1 Red Light = Turn Right
3 Green Lights = Go at 100kmph speed
2 Green Lights = Go at 40kmph speed
1 Green Light = Go at 20kmph speed

8. After the starting point if the 1st signal was 1 Red and
2 Green lights and the rest were the same, what would
be the final position of the motorist w.r.t. the starting
point?
(a) 30 km to the west and 20 km to the south
(b) 30 km to the west and 40 km to the north
(c) 50 km to the east and 40 km to the north
(d) Directly 30 km to the east
 3 Red Lights = Stop
2 Red Lights = Turn Left
1 Red Light = Turn Right
3 Green Lights = Go at 100kmph speed
2 Green Lights = Go at 40kmph speed
1 Green Light = Go at 20kmph speed

Start
9. If at the starting point, the car was heading towards
south, what would be the final position of the motorist?
(a) 30 km to the east and 40 km to the south
(b) 50 km to the east and 40 km to the south
(c) 30 km to the west and 40 km to the south
(d) 50 km to the west and 20 km to the north
End
 3 Red Lights = Stop
2 Red Lights = Turn Left
1 Red Light = Turn Right
3 Green Lights = Go at 100kmph speed
2 Green Lights = Go at 40kmph speed
1 Green Light = Go at 20kmph speed

Start

10. Using the information in Question 9, how far will

the motorist be from his starting point?
(a) 50km
(b) 55km
(c) 45km
(d) 60km
End
Thank You!