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 #5 PUZZLE AND SEATING ARRANGEMENT

#23 INEQUALITY

#24 SYLLOGISM

#29 CODING - DECODING

#33 MISCELLANEOUS

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Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Eight viz., Eva, Ella, Edison, Emma, Esha, Edward, Elisha and Elena are sitting
around a square table in such a way that four of them are sitting at the corners
and facing the centre while four of them are sitting in the middle of the sides
and facing away from the centre. Edward sits two places away from the one
who faces Emma. Elisha sits second to the right of Ella, where neither of them
is an immediate neighbour of Esha. Elena is an immediate neighbour of the
one who sits opposite to Edison. Emma, who faces the centre, sits second to
the right of Elena. The number of sitting between Edison and Edward is one
less than the number of sitting between Elena and Esha.

आठ अर्था त् ईवथ, एलथ, एडिसन, एम्मथ, ईशथ, एिविा , एलीशथ और ऐलेनथ एक वर्था कथर
मेज के चथर ों ओर इस प्रकथर बैठे हैं डक उनमें से चथर क न ों पर बैठे हैं और केंद्र की ओर
मुख डकए हुए हैं जबडक उनमें से चथर मेज के चथर ों ओर बैठे हैं । भुजथओों के बीच में और
केंद्र से दू र की ओर मुख करके। एिविा उस व्यक्ति से द स्र्थन दू र बैठथ है ज एम्मथ के
सथमने है । एलीशथ, एलथ के दथईों ओर दू सरे स्र्थन पर बैठी है , जहथों उनमें से क ई भी ईशथ
कथ डनकटतम पड सी नहीों है । ऐले नथ उस व्यक्ति की डनकटतम पड सी है ज एडिसन के
डवपरीत बैठथ है । एम्मथ, डजसकथ मुख केंद्र की ओर है , ऐले नथ के दथईों ओर दू सरे स्र्थन पर
बैठी है । एडिसन और एिविा के बीच बैठने की सोंख्यथ ऐले नथ और ईशथ के बीच बैठने की
सोंख्यथ से एक कम है ।

1. Who among the following person is an immediate neighbour of Edward?

1. डनम्नडलक्तखत में से कौन सथ व्यक्ति एिविा कथ डनकटतम पड सी है ?

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I. Edison
II. Esha
III. Ella
a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Only I and III
d) Only I and II
e) All I, II and III

2. How many people sit between Edward and Elena?

2. एिविा और ऐले नथ के बीच डकतने ल र् बैठे हैं ?

a) Two
b) Three
c) One
d) Four
e) None

3. Who among the following person sits at the corner of the table?

3. डनम्नडलक्तखत में से कौन सथ व्यक्ति मेज के क ने पर बैठथ है ?

a) The one who sits to the immediate right of Elisha
b) Edison
c) Ella
d) The one who sits to the immediate right of Elena
e) Eva

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4. If the position of Elisha and Ella are interchanged, in the same way the
position of Eva and Edison are interchanged, then who among the following
person sits second to the left of Elisha?

4. यडद एलीशथ और एलथ कथ स्र्थन आपस में बदल डदयथ जथए, उसी प्रकथर ईवथ और
एडिसन कथ स्र्थन भी आपस में बदल डदयथ जथए, त डनम्नडलक्तखत में से कौन सथ व्यक्ति
एलीशथ के बथईों ओर दू सरे स्र्थन पर बैठथ है ?
a) Edison
b) Ella
c) Edward
d) Emma
e) Eva

5. Who among the following person sits second to the left of Esha?

5. डनम्नडलक्तखत में से कौन सथ व्यक्ति ईशथ के बथयीों ओर दू सरे स्र्थन पर बैठथ है ?

a) Ella
b) The one who sits second to the left of Elena
c) Elena
d) The one who sits to the immediate left of Ella
e) Eva

ANSWERS:

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

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SOLUTIONS:

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Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Eight people - Gagan, Gauri, Goli, Gaurav, Gautam, Ganesh, Girik, and Garv live
on eight different floors of an eight storey building where the lowermost floor
is numbered one and the floor immediately above it is numbered two and so
on. No two people live on the same floor. Ganesh lives immediately below
Gagan. As many people live above Ganesh as below Gaurav. Only two people
live between Gaurav and Garv. More than three people live between Goli and
Girik, who live above Gautam. Only three people live between Gagan and
Gauri, who live on an even numbered floor. Gauri does not live above the sixth
floor. Goli and Garv live on the adjacent floors.

आठ ल र् - र्र्न, र्ौरी, र् ली, र्ौरव, र्ौतम, र्णे श, डर्रीक और र्वा एक आठ मोंडजलथ

इमथरत की आठ अलर्-अलर् मोंडजल ों पर रहते हैं , जहथों सबसे डनचली मों डजल कथ क्रमथों क
एक है और उसके ठीक ऊपर वथली मोंडजल कथ क्रमथों क द है और इसी तरह आर्े भी।
क ई भी द व्यक्ति एक ही मोंडजल पर नहीों रहते हैं । र्णे श, र्र्न के ठीक नीचे रहतथ है ।
डजतने ल र् र्णे श के ऊपर रहते हैं उतने ही र्ौरव के नीचे भी रहते हैं । र्ौरव और र्वा के
बीच केवल द व्यक्ति रहते हैं । र् ली और डर्ररक, ज र्ौतम के ऊपर रहते हैं , के बीच
तीन से अडिक ल र् रहते हैं । र्र्न और र्ौरी, ज सम क्रमथों डकत मोंडजल पर रहते हैं , के
बीच केवल तीन व्यक्ति रहते हैं । र्ौरी छठी मोंडजल से ऊपर नहीों रहती है । र् ली और र्वा
बर्ल की मोंडजल पर रहते हैं ।

1. The sum of the floor number of _____ and _____ is equal to 12.

1. _____ और _____ की मोंडजल सोंख्यथ कथ य र् 12 के बरथबर है ,

a) Garv and Gauri
b) Gautam and Goli
c) Goli and Gaurav
d) Ganesh and Gaurav
e) Garv and Girik

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2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given
arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does not
belong to the group?

2. दी र्ई व्यवस्र्थ के आिथर पर डनम्नडलक्तखत पथों च में से चथर एक डनडित तरीके से समथन हैं
और इस प्रकथर एक समूह बनथते हैं । डनम्नडलक्तखत में से कौन सथ समूह से सोंबोंडित नहीों है ?
a) Goli
b) Ganesh
c) Gagan
d) Gauri
e) Gaurav

3. Who among the following pair of people live on the adjacent floors?

3. डनम्नडलक्तखत में से कौन सथ ज डथ आसन्न मोंडजल पर रहतथ है ?

a) Gagan, Gaurav
b) Garv, Gautam
c) Ganesh, Gauri
d) Girik, Gautam
e) Gaurav, Girik

4. If Gaurav is related to Gagan and Gautam is related to Girik in a certain way,

then in the same way who among the following person is related to Garv?

4. यडद एक डनडित तरीके से र्ौरव र्र्न से सोंबोंडित है और र्ौतम डर्ररक से सोंबोंडित है ,

त उसी प्रकथर डनम्नडलक्तखत में से कौन सथ व्यक्ति र्वा से सोंबोंडित है ?
a) Ganesh
b) Gauri
c) Goli
d) Gaurav

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e) Gagan

5. Who among the following person lives on the fourth floor?

5. डनम्नडलक्तखत में से कौन सथ व्यक्ति चौर्ी मोंडजल पर रहतथ है ?

a) The one who lives two floors below Goli
b) Girik
c) Gauri
d) Gautam
e) The one who lives immediately above Girik

ANSWERS:

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

SOLUTIONS:

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FLOOR PERSON

8 GOLI

7 GARG

6 GAGAN

5 GANESH

4 GAURAV

3 GIRIK

2 GAURI

1 GAUTAM

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Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Ten people are sitting in two parallel rows containing five people each in such a
way that there is an equal distance between adjacent people. In row 1: T1, T2,
T3, T4 and T5 are seated and all of them are facing north. In row 2: T6, T7, T8,
T9 and T10 are seated and all of them are facing south. Each person in row 1
faces exactly one person in row 2. As many people sit between T1 and T2 as
between T7 and T10. T6 and T8 are not immediate neighbours. T4 sits
immediately to the left of the one who faces T8, who sits third to the left of T9.
T7 faces neither T5 nor T4. Only one person sits between T4 and T1. T2 sits
second to the right of T5, who does not sit at the extreme end of the row.

दस व्यक्ति द समथनथों तर पोंक्तिय ों में इस प्रकथर बैठे हैं डक प्रत्येक पोंक्ति में पथाँ च व्यक्ति हैं
तथडक आसन्न व्यक्तिय ों के बीच समथन दू री ह । पोंक्ति 1 में: T1, T2, T3, T4 और T5 बैठे हैं
और वे सभी उत्तर की ओर मुख डकये हुए हैं । पोंक्ति 2 में: T6, T7, T8, T9 और T10 बैठे हैं
और वे सभी दडिण की ओर मुख डकये हुए हैं । पोंक्ति 1 कथ प्रत्येक व्यक्ति पोंक्ति 2 के ठीक
एक व्यक्ति के सम्मुख है । T1 और T2 के बीच उतने ही व्यक्ति बैठे हैं डजतने T7 और T10
के बीच बैठे हैं । T6 और T8 डनकटतम पड सी नहीों हैं । T4, T8 की ओर मुख करने वथले
व्यक्ति के ठीक बथईों ओर बैठथ है , ज T9 के बथईों ओर तीसरे स्र्थन पर बै ठथ है । T7 कथ मुख
न त T5 और न ही T4 की ओर है । T4 और T1 के बीच केवल एक व्यक्ति बैठथ है । T2, T5
के दथयें से दू सरे स्र्थन पर बैठथ है , ज पोंक्ति के अोंडतम छ र पर नहीों बैठथ है ।

1) How many people sit to the right of T10?

1) T10 के दथईों ओर डकतने ल र् बैठे हैं ?

a) As many people sit to the left of T8
b) One
c) As many people sit between T7 and the one who faces T2.
d) Two
e) Four

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2) Who among the following person faces T9?

2) डनम्नडलक्तखत में से कौन सथ व्यक्ति T9 के सम्मु ख है ?

a) T2
b) T1
c) T4
d) T5
e) T3

3) If all the people are arranged in numerical order within the row from left to
right, then how many people remain unchanged in their position?

3) यडद सभी ल र् ों क बथएों से दथएों पोंक्ति के भीतर सोंख्यथत्मक क्रम में व्यवक्तस्र्त डकयथ
जथतथ है , त डकतने ल र् अपने स्र्थन पर अपररवडता त रहते हैं ?
a) None
b) Four
c) Two
d) One
e) Three

4) If T7 and T6 are interchanged their positions in the same way T1 and T2 are
interchanged, then who among the following person sits immediately to the
left of the one who faces T2?

4) यडद T7 और T6 क उसी तरह से बदल डदयथ जथतथ है जै से T1 और T2 क बदल डदयथ

जथतथ है , त डनम्नडलक्तखत में से कौन सथ व्यक्ति T2 की ओर मुख करने वथले व्यक्ति के ठीक
बथईों ओर बैठतथ है ?
a) T7
b) T6
c) T10
d) T8
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5) Which of the following statements is/are true as per the given arrangement?

5) दी र्ई व्यवस्र्थ के अनुसथर डनम्नडलक्तखत में से कौन सथ कर्न सत्य है /हैं ?

a) Only one person sits between T6 and T8
b) T8 and T2 are facing each other
c) No one sits to the left of T3
d) Two people sit between T3 and the one who faces T10
e) All the statements are true

ANSWERS:

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

SOLUTIONS:

T7 T9 T6 T10 T8

T3 T1 T5 T4 T2

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The given questions, the relationship between different elements is shown in
the statements followed by some conclusions. Find the conclusion which is
definitely true.

1) Statements: D = Z < K < C > Y; M < L = C > A > H

Conclusions:
I) Y < M
II) L > D
a) Only conclusion I is true
b) Only conclusion II is true
c) Either conclusion I or II is true
d) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
e) Both conclusions I and II are true

2) Statements: E > G > I < T < B; U > P > I > S < N

Conclusions:
I) T > N
II) N > T
a) Only conclusion I is true
b) Only conclusion II is true

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c) Either conclusion I or II is true
d) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
e) Both conclusions I and II are true

3) Statements: Q < R = A > C > J; I > V > A < X < W

Conclusions:
I) W > C
II) R > X
a) Only conclusion I is true
b) Only conclusion II is true
c) Either conclusion I or II is true
d) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
e) Both conclusions I and II are true

4) Statements: U < M < G > P; L > Q = V > G; A < O < V < T

Conclusions:
I) P < T
II) A < L
a) Only conclusion I is true
b) Only conclusion II is true
c) Either conclusion I or II is true
d) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
e) Both conclusions I and II are true

5) Statements: B > C > F > E; W < X < F > S; J > X > R > N
Conclusions:

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I) N < E
II) B > J
a) Only conclusion I is true
b) Only conclusion II is true
c) Either conclusion I or II is true
d) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
e) Both conclusions I and II are true

ANSWERS:

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

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Study the following statements and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding the
commonly known facts.

1. Statements:
All G is H
Some H is K
Only a few K is F
No F is X
Conclusions:
I. Some K is definitely not X
II. Some K can be H
a) Only conclusion I follows
b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows
d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) Both conclusions I and II follow

2. Statements:
Few cake are chocolate

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Only a few chocolate is toffee
No chocolate is pastries
Some pastries is sweets
Conclusions:
I. All sweets being chocolate is a possibility
II. All cake can never be pastries
a) Only conclusion I follows
b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows
d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) Both conclusions I and II follow

3. Statements:
All glass is bottle
Only a few glass is cup
No cup is plate
All plate is bowl
Conclusions:
I. Some glass is definitely not plate
II. All bowl can never be cup
a) Only conclusion I follows
b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows
d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) Both conclusions I and II follow

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4. Statements:
Only a few mobile is tablet
Some tablet is not Ipad
All Ipad is laptop
No laptop is PC
Conclusions:
I. All Ipad can never be tablet
II. Some PC being Ipad is a possibility
a) Only conclusion I follows
b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows
d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) Both conclusions I and II follow

5. Statements:
No Pepsi is Cola
Only a few Cola are Limca
All Limcas are Sprite
No Sprite is Frooti
Conclusions:
I. Some Pepsi is Frooti
II. No Frooti is Pepsi
a) Only conclusion I follows
b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows
d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

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e) Both conclusions I and II follow

ANSWERS:

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

SOLUTIONS:

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Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

In a certain code language

‘UPS monitor mouse printer’ is coded as ‘vgm tyu lqn gha’,
‘CPU UPS keyboard Email’ is coded as ‘jic vgm ext qrm’,
‘monitor cable keyboard network’ is coded as ‘tyu trn ery ext’,
‘CPU wire mouse canon’ is coded as ‘jic lqn opl mnt’
(Note: All the given codes are three letter codes only)

1) What is the word for the code "lqn" in the given code language?
a) mouse
b) wire
c) canon
d) CPU
e) monitor

2) What is the code for the phrase ‘printer cable’ in the given code language?
a) vgm jic
b) trn tyu
c) trn gha
d) gha ery
e) Can’t be determined

3) What is the word for the code 'opl' in the given coded language?
a) wire
b) canon

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c) CPU
d) Either b or c
e) Either a or b

4) If the phrase “cable Email” is coded as “ery qrm” then what is the phrase for
the code “trn tyu” in the given code language?
a) mouse keyboard
b) network printer
c) UPS monitor
d) network monitor
e) Can’t be determined

5) What is the code for the phrase ‘mouse monitor keyboard’ in the given code
language?
a) lqn trn jic
b) lqn tyu qrm
c) vgm vrn ext
d) gha ext vrn
e) ext tyu lqn

ANSWERS:

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

SOLUTIONS:

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UPS vgm

monitor tyu

mouse lqn

printer gha

CPU jic

keyboard ext

email qrm

Cable / network trn / ery

Wire / conon opl /

mnt

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Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions

7 % B 9 D # C 8 $ 4 L R * M ^ X J 5 @ P Z+ 3 2 V 6 ! Q & 1

1) If all the symbols are dropped from the given series, then how many
elements are between C and Z?
a) 13
b) 12
c) 09
d) 10
e) 11

2) What is the sum of all the numbers which are either immediately followed
or immediately preceded by a symbol in the given series?
a) 29
b) 34
c) 35
d) 31
e) 30

3) What is the place value of the element (as per alphabetical series) which is
sixth to the left of the ninth element from the right end in the given series?
a) 25
b) 13
c) 12
d) 24
e) 15
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4) If in the given series, 1 is subtracted from the number which is greater than
5 and 1 is added to the number which is smaller than 5, then how many
numbers are repeated more than one
time?
a) Four
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
e) None

5) How many odd numbers are there to the right of the tenth element from
the left end in the given series?
a) More than three
b) Three
c) Two
d) One
e) None

ANSWERS:

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

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