P-1 (BS)
Reasoning
Data Arrangement-2
Number of Questions : 50
1. Each of the four different games was played
on a different day from Monday to Thursday.
Hockey and Cricket were not played on two
consecutive days. Ludo was played after
Hockey but before Chess. Which game was
played on Tuesday?
(a) Cricket (b) Hockey
(c) Ludo (d) Either (b) or (c)
2. Five lectures of one hour each are scheduled
from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in a day. L1 and
L2 are scheduled just after L3. L4 is
scheduled just after L5. Exactly two lectures
were scheduled between L2 and L5. Which
lecture was scheduled from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00
p.m.?
(a) L5 (b) L3
(c) L4 (d) Cannot be determined
3. Each of the five students – A, B, C, D and E
– appeared for at least one among the five
MBA entrance tests. At least one among them
appeared for each test. B appeared only for
MAT and CAT. D did not appear for ATMA and
XAT. A did not appear for XAT and CMAT. B
and A did not appear for any common test
and the same is true for A and E. Each student
appeared for a different number of tests. How
many students appeared for CAT?
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
4. Four friends – Gopal, Kishan, Madhav and
Vishnu – own different cars among – I-10, I-
20, Ritz and Getz – in no particular order.
The cars are of different colours – Yellow, Blue,
Green and Red. It is also known that:
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(i) I-20 is either a red or a green coloured
car.
(ii) Kishan owns either Ritz or Getz.
(iii) Gopal owns I-10 and Vishnu owns a yellow
coloured car.
(iv) Neither I-10 nor Getz is a blue coloured
car.
Which of the following combinations of friend-
car-colour is definitely correct?
(a) Kishan-Ritz-Blue
(b) Vishnu-Ritz-Yellow
(c) Madhav-I-20-Red
(d) Gopal-I-10-Green
5. Five professionals are standing in a voting
queue one behind the other. There are two
persons between the professor and the doctor.
The journalist is standing just behind the
doctor. The banker and the photographer are
not standing next to each other. Who among
the five will vote first?
(a) Banker (b) Photographer
(c) Doctor (d) Cannot be determined
6. In a cricket match, Rohit scored 16 runs on 6
balls with a different score on each ball. The
maximum runs were scored on the 3rd ball
and the minimum runs were scored on the
1st ball. Four runs were scored on third ball
after the one on which 2 runs were scored. It
is also known that ball on which 1 run was
scored was neither the first nor the last. How
many runs were scored on the last ball?
(a) 3 (b) 1
(c) 4 (d) Either (a) or (b)
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7. Each of the five friends – A, B, C, D and E –
has his/her birthday on a different day of a
week from Monday to Friday. A will be
celebrating his birthday on the day next to
that of E’s Birthday. B will be celebrating his
birthday on Friday. D’s Birthday is not on
Monday. On which of the following days, C’s
birthday cannot fall?
(a) Monday (b) Tuesday
(c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
8. In a family of 7 members – A, B, C, D, E, F
and G – there are two married couples. A is
the granddaughter of B, who is the father of
C. D is the brother-in-law of F. E is the mother
of G, who is the mother of A. C and F are
siblings. How will A address C?
(a) Uncle (b) Aunt
(c) Brother (d) Cannot be determined
9. Five different juices are kept on a table in a
straight row such that Mango juice is not
kept next to the Litchi juice; Orange juice
and Mix fruit juice are kept next to each other;
Guava juice is kept next to the Mango juice
as well as the Mix fruit juice. Which of the
following juices are kept at the extreme
ends?
(a) Mango juice and Mix fruit juice
(b) Litchi juice and Mix fruit juice
(c) Mango juice and Litchi Juice
(d) Data inadequate
10. A train leaves Church gate station at intervals
of 3 and 6 min, alternatively. On a particular
day, if the first train left at 4:25 a.m. and the
second at 4:28 a.m., then how many trains
would have left the station by 1:00 a.m. on
the next day?
(a) 276 (b) 273 (c) 274 (d) 275
11. Ramesh gave <1, <4, <7, <10, ... to his
daughter to buy chocolates on the 1st, 2nd,
3rd, 4th day, ... respectively of a month. If
she bought exactly 20 chocolates on the 6th
day, then how many chocolates did she buy
on the 10th day of the month?
(a) 40 (b) 20 (c) 35 (d) 38
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12. Four students A, B, C and D are sitting one
each at the four corners of a square all facing
the centre of the square. The student E sitting
at the centre is facing only C and the student
A is sitting facing the back of E. If D is sitting
on the right of E, where B will be sitting to E?
(a) B is sitting on the left of E
(b) B is to the back of E
(c) A is facing B and E
(d) B is on the right of E
13. Six girls are standing in such a way that they
form a circle, facing the centre. Subbu is to
the left of Pappu. Revathi is between Subbu
and Nisha, Aruna is between Pappu and
Keerthana. Who is to the immediate right of
Pappu?
(a) Subbu (b) Keerthana
(c) Nisha (d) Aruna
14. Six persons are sitting in a circle facing the
center. A is facing B, B is to the right of E and
left of C. C is to the left of D. F is to the right
of A. Now D exchanges his seat with F and E
with B. Who will be sitting to the left of D?
(a) D (b) E
(c) A (d) B
15. There are four relatives—Ram, Shyam, Ajay
and Vivek. Ram is four times as old as Shyam.
Vivek is twice as old as Ajay. Shyam is older
than Ajay. Which of the following must be true?
(a) Ram is younger than Vivek.
(b) Shyam is younger than Ajay.
(c) Ram is older than Vivek.
(d) None of these.
16. Dan has been in Delhi for the past two weeks
to visit his friends. He is leaving tomorrow
morning and his flight is from IGI airport. Most
of his friends live near the IGI airport. The
distances of the residing places of Sam,
Prakash and Samar from the airport are 10
miles, 5 miles and 7 miles respectively.
Distance of residing place of Alan from the
airport is greater than that of Prakash, but
less than that of Samar. If Dan is presently
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 staying with Alan, which of the following may
be the distance covered by him in the morning
while going to the airport?
(a) 9 miles (b) 6 miles
(c) 5 miles (d) 8 miles
17. Each of the five children—R, S, T, U and V—
plays a different game—cricket, football, lawn
tennis, snooker and chess—on a different day
of a week from Monday to Friday, not
necessarily in that order. It is also known that:
- V neither plays snooker nor plays on
Tuesday.
- S plays chess, but neither on Monday
nor on Friday.
- The person, who plays cricket, plays on
Thursday.
- T, who plays on Wednesday, does not
play snooker.
- The lawn tennis is played on Friday.
- R plays on Monday and U does not play
lawn tennis.
20. The flag of a country named Udia consists of
5 coloured strips – Blue, Black, Brown, Green
and White – placed side by side, not in that
order. Blue is to the immediate right of Black.
White is at one of the ends. Green is to the
immediate left of White and Blue is to the
immediate left of Brown. Which coloured strip
is in the middle?
(a) Blue (b) Green
(c) Black (d) Brown
21. There are four classmates – Ram, Rajesh,
Rakesh and Rohit. Ram is heavier than
Rakesh, and is as old as of Rajesh. Rohit is
neither the lightest nor the heaviest of them,
but is the eldest among them. Rakesh is
younger than Rajesh. How many of the
following statements must be true?
I. Rajesh is either heaviest or lightest among
them.
II. Rakesh is youngest of them.
III. Rohit is heavier than Rajesh.

Which of the following games is played on (a) 2 (b) 1

Wednesday? (c) 3 (d) 0
(a) Cricket (b) Lawn Tennis
(c) Football (d) Chess 22. Each of the five persons – G, H, I, J and K –
are in a different profession – doctor, engineer,
18. There are 5 storeys in a building in which 5 shopkeeper, businessman and manager –
people – A, B, C, D, E – stay on each floor, have different number of working days varying
not necessarily in the same order. C lives from 3 to 7 days in a week, not necessarily in
below D, A lives above B, E lives above D and the same order. It is also known that:
C lives above A. Who among the following • K is a neither doctor nor has 4 working
lives on the top floor? days.
(a) C (b) E • G has 7 working days and J is not a
(c) B (d) A manager.
• H is a shopkeeper, but neither has 7 or 3
19. There are four ladies – Abha, Beena, Chanda working days.
and Dolly. Abha is twice as old as Beena. • The manager has 3 working days.
Chanda is younger than Abha and thrice as • The person, who is a businessman, has
old as Dolly. Who among the following is the 6 working days.
youngest of all? • I, who has 5 working days, is not a doctor.
(a) Chanda (b) Beena
(c) Dolly (d) Either (b) or (c) How many days does the engineer work in a
week?
(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) 7

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23. There are 36 plants in a single row. After the
first rose plant there is one cactus, after the
second rose plant, there are 2 cactuses and
so on.
What is the total number of cactuses in the
row?
(a) 24 (b) 33 (c) 28 (d) 25
24. There are 3 teachers, 2 engineers and a doctor
in family of 6 members. Some apples are
distributed among them in such a way that
each of the engineers gets twice the number
of apples as the doctor and the three teachers
get exactly one apple each. If there is a total
of 23 apples, which of the following is the
number of apples with each of the engineers?
(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 10
25. Fourth friends – Shipra, Swati, Sukriti and
Shalini – were born in the same year. Shipra
has her birthday in a month which comes
before April. Swati was born in a month which
has 30 days. Sukriti is older than Swati.
Shalini was born in a month which starts with
the letter “J”. Who among the following cannot
be the oldest among the four?
(a) Shipra (b) Sukriti
(c) Shalini (d) Swati
26. Raman is making the schedule of classes for
next week. Classes of four subjects – History,
Humanities, Home Science and Arts – have
to be scheduled from Monday to Friday such
that three classes of different subjects are
to be scheduled on each day. It is also known
that:
(i) Arts must be scheduled on at least three
days including Tuesday.
(ii) History, Humanities and Home Science
to be scheduled on Thursday.
(iii) Arts and Humanities cannot be scheduled
on same day.
(iv) Humanities and Home Science are
scheduled in two consecutive slots on
Monday.
On how many days History to be scheduled?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
(d) 3 (e) 1
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27. Five candies – Floromint, Lapto, Pentos, Terk
and Piclairs – of different flavors – Mint,
Orange, Tea, Jasmine and Vanilla (not
necessarily in that order) are kept in three
boxes B1, B2 and B3 such that each box
contains at most two candies. It is also known
that:
(i) Orange and Vanilla flavored candies are
kept in B3.
(ii) Piclairs is neither Vanilla nor Orange
flavored.
(iii)Pentos and Terk, which are not Mint-
flavored, are kept in B1 and B2
respectively.
Which of the candies is Mint flavored?
(a) Lapto (b) Pentos
(c) Terk (d) Piclairs
(e) Cannot be determined
28. Seven books – A, B, C, D, E, F and G – are
placed one above another in such a way that
F is immediately above A, but not immediately
below D. C is at the bottom. E is immediately
below A and immediately above G. D is not
immediately above C. Which is the second
book from the top?
(a) A (b) F
(c) B (d) D
(e) G
29. Each of the persons – Aman, Beeru, Chaman,
Deepak and Fatah – lives in a flat among C111,
C112, C113, C114 and C115 (not necessarily
in this order) in a society. Each one of them
has a different car among Alto, Honda City,
Indica, Santro and Tata Safari. Beeru has
Santro and he neither lives in C112 nor C113.
Deepak lives in C111 and Chaman neither has
Tata Safari nor Honda City. Fatah has Indica
and Aman does not live in C114. Persons
who live in C114 and C115, do not have either
Alto nor they have Indica.
Beeru lives in flat
(a) C115 (b) C114
(c) C111 (d) C114 or C115
(e) C112
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30. Five friends – P, Q, R, S and T – went to Goa (ii) Biman plays soccer, but does not camp
from Mumbai on same day. They travelled in at P.
different cars and no two of them reached Goa (iii) Either Chiman or Dhawan plays Golf.
at same time. They reached Goa in the same (iv) The friend, who wears Green colored cap,
order in which they had left Mumbai i.e. the plays Polo.
person who left Mumbai first, reached Goa (v) The friend, who wears White colored cap,
first. It is also known that: plays Golf.
(i) S was not the first one to leave Mumbai. (vi) Dhawan camps at R and Aman does not
(ii) Q reached Goa after S and T, but was not camp at Q.
the last one to reach.
(iii)R reached Goa before P. Who camps at P?
(a) Chiman (b) Dhawan
Who was the first person to reach Goa? (c) Aman (d) Biman
(a) R (b) T (e) Cannot be determined
(c) Q (d) Either (a) or (b)
(e) P 33. A person writes a string of letters. The letters
belong to the set {P, Q, R, S and T}. It is also
31. Five cars – C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5 – known that:
participated in a car rally. They traveled from (i) T does not appear if R appears at either
city T1 toT2 and then to T3 without any halt of the ends in the string.
in city T2. It is also known that: (ii) S can appear before Q only when P ap-
(i) C4 was the last car to leave T1, first car pears at one of the ends in the string.
to reach T2 and second car to reach T3. (iii) P appears only when Q appears in the
(ii) No car departed or arrived in any two cities string.
at the same position. (iv) R does not appear only once if Q and T
(iii) First car to leave city T1 was the fourth
both appear in the string.
car to reach T3 and the last car to arrive
in T2.
Which of the following cannot be one of the
(iv) C2 was the third car to reach T2 and the
strings?
first car to finish the rally.
(a) RRSQRP (b) TQPSTP
(v) C5 was the fourth car to leave T1, second
(c) TPSQRP (d) PSQRQR
car to reach T2 and third car to arrive in
(e) None of these
T3.
(vi) C1 was not the first car to leave city T1.
34. Four kids – P, Q, R and S – receive a total of
Which was the second car to leave T1? p, q, r and s chocolates respectively from their
(a) C1 (b) C2 (c) C3 class teacher on 64th Republic day. It is also
(d) C4 (e) C5 known that:
(i) r = p + q
32. Each of the four friends – Aman, Biman, (ii) p + r = q + s
Chiman and Dhawan – camps at one of the (iii) p + q + r + s = 8
four different sites – P, Q, R and S – not nec-
essarily in the same order. Each of them plays Who received the second highest number of
a different game among Soccer, Rugby, Polo chocolates?
and Golf and wears a different colored cap (a) P (b) Q
among Red, White, Yellow and Green. It is (c) S (d) Both Q and S
also known that: (e) Both P and Q
(i) The friend, who plays Rugby, wears Yel-
low cap and camps at Q.

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35. Six persons – A, B, C, D, E and F – are 39. When did Uma’s marriage take place?
standing in a queue to buy cinema ticket. (a) January (b) March
Only E is standing between D and A. A is (c) June (d) November
standing ahead of at least three persons. (e) December
Exactly two persons are standing between C
and D. If D is standing behind both A and B, 40. In which city was Anita’s marriage held?
(a) Jaipur (b) Delhi
then who is standing at the penultimate
(c) Mumbai (d) Lucknow
position?
(e) Cannot be determined
(a) B (b) D
(c) A (d) F Directions for questions 41 to 45: Answer the
(e) C questions on the basis of the information given below.
An ice-cream parlor sells ice cream from Monday to
Directions for questions 36 to 40: Answer the Saturday (Sunday is holiday). Five flavors – Vanilla,
questions on the basis of the information given below. Strawberry, Mango, Chocolate and Butterscotch –
Five boys – Amar, Amareesh, Akbar, Amit and Ankur are served each week according to the following
– are getting married in five different months of a restrictions:
year viz. January, March, June, November and • Strawberry is served on three consecutive
December (not necessarily in the same order). The days each week, but never on Tuesday.
brides are -Uma, Vinita, Anita, Rani and Kavita. Each • Mango is served on one day each week and
of these marriages are in different cities of India viz. vanilla is served just after holiday.
• Chocolate is served on three days each week,
Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Jaipur and Raipur (not
but never on consecutive days.
necessarily in the same order).
• Strawberry and Vanilla are both served on
i. Akbar is getting married in January. Friday and Saturday.
ii. Vinita is getting married in Delhi. • Butterscotch is served five days each week.
• No more than three flavors are served on any
iii. Rani is Amar’s bride.
given day.
iv. The marriage in June was held in Mumbai.
v. Kavita is getting married in March. 41. If Chocolate is served on Wednesday, then
vi. Amit’s marriage was in Jaipur. Mango can be served on which day?
vii. Vinita’s marriage followed the marriage of (a) Monday or Tuesday
Anita. (b) Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday
viii. Kavita is Ankur’s bride. (c) Monday or Wednesday or Thursday
(d) Tuesday or Thursday
36. In which city was the marriage held in (e) None of these
December?
(a) Mumbai (b) Delhi 42. How many days the ice cream served in the
(c) Lucknow (d) Raipur parlor can be same?
(e) Cannot be determined (a) One (b) Two
(c) Three (d) Either (a) or (b)
(e) None of these
37. In which city was Akabar’s marriage held?
(a) Mumbai (b) Lucknow 43. If Mango is served on Monday, then which of
(c) Jaipur (d) Raipur the following can be true?
(e) Either (b) or (d) (a) Chocolate can be served on Monday.
(b) Butterscotch cannot be served on
38. Whom did Vinita marry? Saturday.
(a) Amit (b) Akbar (c) Chocolate can be served on Friday.
(c) Amareesh (d) Amar (d) Butterscotch cannot be served on Monday.
(e) Ankur (e) None of these

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44. One can surely get three flavors on how many 47. How is A related to E?
days? (a) Son (b) Son-in-law
(a) 1 day (b) 2 days (c) Mother (d) Mother-in-law
(c) 3 days (d) 4 days (e) None of these
(e) Either (c) or (d)
48. How many female members are there in the
45. On which day Butterscotch cannot be served? family?
(a) Monday (b) Friday (a) 3 (b) 4
(c) Saturday (d) Tuesday (c) 5 (d) 6
(e) Cannot be determined (e) Cannot be determined

Directions for questions 46 to 50: Answer the 49. If F is the aunt of B, then how is H related to
questions on the basis of the information given below. F?
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H – are eight members in a (a) Daughter (b) Son
family in which there are three married couples. (c) Niece (d) Mother
(i) A is the father of B’s cousin. (e) Aunt
(ii) D is the grandfather of H.
(iii) B is the granddaughter of E. 50. If C is the uncle of H, then which of the
(iv) H likes her aunt G, who is the daughter-in- following represents the group of males or
law of D. females in the family?
(v) E has a daughter and a son. (a) BEA (b) DAH
(c) FDG (d) HFB
46. Who is the son of D? (e) Cannot be determined
(a) F (b) C
(c) A (d) G
(e) Either (a) or (b)

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