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Directions (1-5): Study the information carefully and a. Three

answer the question given below. b. One
Nine persons A, Q, B, S, C, U, V, D and X. They live on c. Two
a separate floor each of a nine floor building but not d. Five
necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is e. Seven
numbered 1, the first floor is numbered 2 and so on until 3. Who lives on the floor immediately below C?
the topmost floor is numbered Nine. X lives an odd a. U
number floor above the floor number 5. There are two b. T
persons live between X and S. B lives on odd number c. S
floor but not immediate above and immediate below S. d. Q
There are as many persons live between S and U as live e. X
between S and V. U lives below S. Q live on ground 4. How many persons live between the floors on
floor. There is one person lives between C and X. D does which Q and S live?
not live on an even number floor. A lives on even a. Three
numbered floor but above on 2nd floor. b. More than three
1. Which of the following is true with respect to A as c. None
per the given arrangement? d. Two
a. Only three persons live between A and Q e. One
b. Only three persons live above A. 5. Who lives on the floor numbered 5?
c . Only one person lives between A and S. a. U
d . A lives on even numbered floor. b. Q
e . None of these. c. S
2. On which of the following floor numbers does D d. P
live? e. None of these
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Directions (6-10): Read the given information a. Harish

carefully and answer the questions given beside: b. Chunnu
Eight people Aarush, Bindu, Chunnu, Divya, Etti, c. Prithvi
Prithvi, Gopal and Harish live in an eight storey building, d. Etti
but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost e. None of these
floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 9. Who among the following lives on the seventh
8.Aarush lives on an even-numbered floor but not on the floor?
floor numbered second or fourth. Only three floors are a. Etti
there between Aarush and Bindu. Only two people live b. Prithvi
between Chunnu and Etti. Prithvi lives on a floor above c. Gopal
Divya. There are equal numbers of floors between the d. Chunnu
floors on which Etti and Bindu live and between the e. None of these
floors on which Aarush and Etti live. Harish lives 10. Which of the following statements is/are true?
immediately below Divya’s floor. Gopal lives a. Aarush lives on the sixth floor.
immediately below Aarush’s floor. b. Divya lives on the topmost floor.
6. Prithvi lives on which of the following floors? c. There are two people between Prithvi and Chunnu.
a. Third d. Harish lives just above Aarush.
b. Fifth e. Chunnu lives on the third floor.
c. Sixth
d. Second Directions (11 – 15): Answer the questions on the
e. None of these basis of the information given below.
7. How many floors are there between Bindu and 8 boxes – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are placed one
Divya? above the another but not necessarily in the same order.
a. Five There are four boxes placed between D and G. Two
b. One boxes are placed between B and G. Number of boxes
c. Two between A and G is same as between H and B. A is
d. Three placed above G. Two boxes are placed between A and H.
e. None of these C is placed just above G. There are at least 2 boxes
8. Who among the following lives on the first floor? between E and B.

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11. Which box is at top most position? c. 2

a. C d. 3
b. A e. 4
c. E
d. H
e. None of these Direction (16-20): Read the given information
12. How many boxes are between boxes E and A? carefully and answer the questions;
a. None Eight boxes A, B, C, D, E, G, H, and F are placed one
b. Three above another (but not necessarily in the same order). No
c. One two boxes according to alphabetical order are placed
d. Five adjacent to each other. (A is not placed just above and
e. Four below B). Box E is placed at 2nd position either from
13. Which box is placed just above box B? top or from bottom. Only 2 boxes are between F and C.
a. A Box D is placed just below F. Box B is placed above C
b. C but not at top. Only 1 box is placed between C and G.
c. E 16. Which of the following box is placed at top?
d. H a. C
e. D b. B
14. How many boxes are below box F? c. A
a. Three d. H
b. Four e. None of these
c. None 17. How many boxes are in between box E and box F?
d. Two a. Three
e. Six b. Two
15. If all the box are arranged in the alphabetical c. Four
order from top to bottom, then how many boxes are d. More than four
remain same position after the arrangement? e. None of these
a. 0 18. Which of the following box is placed just above
b. 1 box A?

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a. B c. Q
b. H d. T
c. D e. Y
d. E 22. How many persons were born between A and Q?
e. None of these a. One
19. Which of the following box is placed at bottom? b. Three
a. G c. Four
b. A d. Two
c. B e. None of these
d. D 23. How many persons born were before R?
e. None of these a. One
20. Which of the following is true regarding E? b. Three
a. E is placed above A c. Four
b. E is at 2nd position from bottom d. Two
c. C is just below E e. None of these
d. E is placed below G 24. Who among the following is the oldest?
e. None of these a. C
b. A
Directions (21-25): Read the following information c. Q
carefully and answer the questions given below. d. T
Six persons A, C, Q, R, T, Y were born in six different e. Y
months January, April, May, August, September, 25. Which of the following is not true regarding Y?
December of a year. Three persons were born in between a. Four persons born between box C and Y
A and Y. A was born before Y. No one was born in b. R was born before Y
between C and A. Two persons were born in between C c. Q is born immediately after Y
and R. T was born before Q. d. Only Q was born between Y and R
21. Who among the following was born in May? e. No one was born after Y
a. C
b. A

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Directions:(26-30) Read the following information d. G

and answer the questions. e. None of these
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H are going to visit 29. Four of the following are alike in a certain way so
WOW on two different dates 4 and 27 of four different form a group then which of the following does not
months viz. August, September, October and November. belong to that group?
Only one person goes to WOW on one date of one a. D
month. D goes on an even date of a month. Three person b. F
goes in between D and B. A goes immediately before H. c. H
F goes immediately before C in same month. D goes in a d. B
month which has 30 days. Only one person goes in e. C
between C and A. A goes before B. E does not go in a 30. Who among the following go on 4th October?
month which has 30 days. a. C
26. Who among the following goes immediately after b. H
B? c. E
a. C d. G
b. H e. None of these
c. E
d. G Directions(31-35): Read the given information
e. None of these carefully and answer the questions given beside:
27. How many persons go in between F and H? Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H have their
a. Four birthdays on different months of the year viz. January,
b. Three April, May and July, such that not more than two persons
c. Two have their birthdays in the same months. All the
d. One birthdays are either on 14th or 23rd of the month. No two
e. None of these persons have their birthdays on the same day of the same
28. Who among the following go on 27th September? month. The following information is also known about
a. C them. F does not have birthday in May. E wasn’t born in
b. A July. H’s birthday is immediately after B’s. E celebrates
c. E his birthday before B. The number of persons who have

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their birthdays between the birthdays of G and H is equal c. May

to the number of persons who have their birthdays d. July
between the birthdays of B and D.D was born in July. e. Can’t be determined
Birthdays of both E and B are in the same month. There 35. How many people have birthdays before G?
are three birthdays between the birthdays of F and C. G a. 1
and F have birthday in same month. b. 3
31. Who among the following were born in the same c. 5
month? d.7
a. A and D e. None of these
b. B and C
c. C and F Directions (36-40): Study the following information
d. D and G and answer the questions given below:
e. None of these There are seven persons, namely A, B, C, D, E, F and G.
32. Who was born on 23rd July? All of them go to market in a week starting from Monday
a. A to Sunday (of the same week) but not necessarily in the
b. B same order. Only one person goes to market on each day.
c. C Three persons go to market between F and A. F goes to
d. D market one of the days before on which A goes to
e. None of these market. Only one person goes to market between A and
33. Which of the following Birthday – Person G. Two persons go to market between G and B. Only one
combination is correct? person goes to market between B and E. D does not go to
a. January 23rd – G market immediately before or immediately after the days
b. April 14th – E on which G goes to market. D goes to market
c. May 23rd – H immediately before the days on which C goes to market.
d. July 14th – C 36. Who among the following goes to market on
e. None of these Sunday?
34. In which month C has his birthday? a. B
a. January b. C
b. April c. D

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d. G d. Four
e. F e. One.
37. Four of the following five are alike in a certain
way and so form a group. Which of the following does Directions (41-45): Study the following information
not belong to that group? and answer the questions given below:
a. F-Wednesday There are seven students R, S, T, U, V, X and Y. All of
b. A-Sunday them go to library in a week starting from Monday to
c. D-Thursday Sunday (of the same week) but not necessarily in the
d. C-Friday same order. Only one student goes to library on each
e. B-Tuesday day. T goes to library one of the days before on
38. Which of the following is true about C? Wednesday. Two students go to library between T and
a. C goes to market on Wednesday. X. Only one student goes to library between X and V.
b. C goes to market immediately before the days on Two students go to library between V and R. Only one
which E goes to market. students go to library between R and Y. Two students go
c. Only two people go to market between C and G. to library between S and U. U does not go to library on
d. C goes to market immediately after the days on which Wednesday.
A goes to market. 41. Who among the following goes to library on
e. None of these Saturday?
39. D goes to market on which of the following days? a. Y
a. Friday b. S
b. Sunday c. U
c. Monday d. V
d. Wednesday e. R
e. Tuesday 42. Four of the following five are alike in a certain
40. How many person go/es to market before the days way and so form a group. Which of the following does
on which F goes to market? not belong to that group?
a. No one. a. T- Tuesday
b. Two b. S-Thursday
c. Three c. U- Sunday

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d. V- Friday born before E and D is not one of them. F was not born
e. None of these immediately after E. B was born after F. A was born
43. Who among following goes to library immediately immediately before the month in which G was born.
before the days on which R goes to library? Only two persons were born between G and F.
a. Y 46. How many persons were born between C and E?
b. S a. Three
c. U b. Two
d. V c. Four
e. X d. Five
44. S goes to library on which of the following days? e. None of these
a. Friday 47. Who amongst the following is the oldest?
b. Saturday a. A
c. Monday b. C
d. Wednesday c. E
e. Tuesday d. B
45. How many students go to library before T? e. F
a. One 48. Who amongst the following was born between the
b. Two months in which A and D were born?
c. Three a. E
d. No one. b. G
e. Four c. C
d. B
e. Both E and G
Directions (46-50): Read the following information 49. How many persons were born after D?
carefully and answer the following questions. a. One
Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G were born on b. Three
different months viz. January, February, March, April, c. Four
June, August and October of the same year, but not d. Two
necessarily in the same order. Only three persons were e. None of these

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50. Who amongst the following is the person who was c. G

born in the month which has less than 30 days? d. C
a. F e. A
b. B

Answer Key with Explanation

Solutions (1-5): 1 Harish

6. B 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. E
Solutions (11-15):
From top to bottom – H > W > D > A > B > F > C > G

11. D 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. B

Solutions (16-20):

1. D 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. E
Solutions (6-10):
Floor
Person
Number
8 Aarush
7 Gopal
16. D 17. A 18. C 19. A 20. B
6 Etti
Solutions (21-25):
5 Prithvi
4 Bindu

3 Chunnu
2 Divya

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31. A 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. E

Solutions (36-40):

21. D 22. D 23. B 24. A 25. C

Solutions (26-30):
Months ( Days)/
4th 27th
Dates 36. D 37. E 38. A 39. E 40. A
August (31) F C Solution (41-45):
September (30) D A

October (31) H E

November (30) B G

26. D 27. B 28. B 29. E 30. B

Solutions (31-35):
Month Day Person
41. C 42. D 43. E 44. D 45. D
th
January 14 G
Solution (46-50):
rd
January 23 F
April 14th E
rd
April 23 B
May 14th H
May 23rd C
July 14th A
July 23rd D
46. B 47. B 48. E 49. D 50. E

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Directions (1-5): Study the following information 1. Which of the following is true with respect to V as
carefully to answer the given questions per the given information’?
Seven people P, Q, R, S, T, U and V live on separate a.The one who lives immediately below V is travelling to
floors of a 7-floor building. Ground floor is numbered 1, Mumbai
first floor is numbered. 2 and so on until the topmost b.V lives on floor no. 7
floor are numbered 7. Each one of these is travelling to a c.V lives immediately below T
different city, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Chennai, d.V lives on the lowermost floor
Kolkata, Bangalore and Lucknow but not necessarily in e.V is travelling to Bangalore
the same order. Only three people live above the floor on 2. Who among the following lives on floor no. 3?
which P lives. Only one person lives between P and the a.The one travelling to Chennai
one travelling to Bangalore. U lives immediately below b.The one travelling to Kolkata
the one travelling to Mumbai. The one travelling to c.R
Mumbai lives on an even-numbered floor. Only three d.V
people live between the ones travelling to Bangalore and e.T
Patna. T lives immediately above R. T is not travelling to 3. Who lives on the floor immediately above T?
Patna. Only two people live between Q and the one a.P
travelling to Kolkata. The one travelling to Kolkata lives b.Q
below the floor on which Q lives. The one travelling to c.S
Delhi does not live immediately above or immediately d.V
below Q. S does not live immediately above or e.U
immediately below P. V does not travel to Chennai. 4. To which of the following cities is S travelling?
a.Mumbai
b.Bangalore
c.Patna
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d.Kolkata who plays Metal Gear lives immediately below B.B

e.Chennai neither lives on the topmost floor nor plays Roadrash.
5. How many people live between the floors on which F lives on odd numbered floor but not on the lowermost
S and the one travelling to Mumbai live? floor. Only two people live between F and the one who
a.None plays Resident Evil. Only one person lives between D
b.Two and the one who plays Castlevania. H lives immediately
c.One below the one who plays Contra.
d.More than three 6. Which of the following games does D play?
e.Three a. San Andreas
b. Roadrash
Direction (6-10): Study the following information and c. Tekken3
answer the question below. d. Castlevania
Eight people –A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H live on eight e. Metal Gear
different floors of building. The lowermost floor of the 7. How many people live between G and the one plays
building is numbered one, the one above that is Contra?
numbered two, and so on till the topmost floor is a.None
numbered eight. Each one of them plays a different game b. One
namely-San Andreas, Roadrash, Contra, Castlevania, c. Two
Resident Evil, Tekken3, Dragon Quest and Metal Gear. d. Four
G lives on the even numbered floor above the floor e. Five
numbered two. Only three people live between G and the 8. Which of the following statement is TRUE with
one who plays Roadrash. E lives immediately below the respect to the given information?
one who plays Roadrash. A does not play Castlevania. a. G plays Resident Evil
Only two people live between E and the one who plays b. C lives immediately below the one who plays Contra
Tekken3.C lives immediately above the one who plays c. All the given statements are true
Tekken3.The one who plays San Andreas lives on an d. B lives immediately above D
even numbered floor below C. e. Only four people live between D and one who plays
Only two people live between the one who plays San Roadrash
Andreas and the one who plays Dragon Quest. The one

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9. Who amongst the following live exactly between A b. Q

and the one who plays Dragon Quest? c. M
a. D, the one who plays Resident Evil d. K
b. C,B e. N
c. E,H 12. What is the difference between the ages of K and
d. E, the one who plays Tekken3 O?
e. F, the one who plays Roadrash a. 20 years
10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain b. 7 years
way and so form a group. Which one of the following c. 1 years
does not belong to that group? d. 24 years
a. A-contra e. None of these
b. H-Castlevania 13. Who among the following born in year 1985?
c. F-San Andreas a. P
d. B-Metal Gear b. Q
e. C-Tekken3 c. L
d. K
Directions: (11-15): Read the following information e. None of these
and answer the questions. 14. What is the sum of ages of L and P?
Seven persons K, L, M, N, O, P, Q were born in seven a. 47 years
different years viz. 1989, 1985, 1965, 1993, 1964, 1998, b. 73 years
2004. (All the ages of the given persons have been c. 45 years
calculated on base year 2018). The sum of ages of N and d. 24 years
L is equal to the age of O. The age of M and P is an even e. None of these
number but none of them is an oldest person. The 15. How many persons are older than N?
difference between the ages of P and N is a perfect a. Four
square. The difference between the ages of K and P is the b. Three
age of Q. c. Two
11. Who among the following is the youngest person? d. One
a. P e. None

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Directions (16-20): Study the information and answer c. D

the given questions: d. E
There are seven people A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. They all e . None of these
were born on different year’s viz. 1947, 1960, 1972, 19. What will be the age of B after three year from
1987, 1993, 1998 and 2002 but not necessarily in same now?
order. But the date and month of birth of all these a. 18 year
persons are same. Calculation is done with respect to the b. 33 year
present year 2017 and assuming months and date to be c. 61 year
same. d. 48 year
The age of A is in multiple of 5(five). A is neither the e. None of these
oldest nor the youngest. The difference between the age
of A and G is perfect cube. G was not born in 1947. The 20. What is the age of E?
difference between the age of G and B is half the age of a. 19 year
C. D was born in odd number of year. E is not youngest. b. 57 year
16. G was born in which of the following year? c. 45 year
a. 1947 d. 24 year
b. 1987 e. None of these
c. 1993
d. 1960 Direction (21-25): Study following information
e. None of these carefully and answer the questions given below.
17. How many person are younger than A? Seven persons-S, T, U, V, W, X and Y are born in seven
a. Four different days in the same week starting from Monday
b. Three and ending on Sunday. Each of them likes different
c. Two colors, viz. Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Pink, White and
d. One Black, but not necessarily in the same order.
e None of these W was born immediately after Y. Only two persons were
18. Who among following is oldest? born between the one who likes Yellow and S. The one
a. A who likes Red was born on Monday. Only three persons
b. C were born between X and U. V was born on one of the

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days before Y. T was born one of the days before d. Friday

Wednesday. The one who likes Black and the one who e. None of these
likes White was born in consecutive days. Only two 24 Which of the following colour V likes?
persons were born between U and the one who likes a. Black
Green. X like neither White nor Pink. The number of b. White
persons born after T is same as the number of persons c. Blue
born before the one who likes Yellow. The one who likes d. Yellow
Black was born in one of the days before the one who e. None of these
likes White. X was born immediately before S. 25. How many persons were born after the one who
21. How many persons were born between U and the likes White?
one who likes Blue? a. 1
a. Three b. 2
b. Two c. 4
c. Four d. 3
d. One e. None of these
e. None of these
22. Who among the following likes Blue? Directions (26-30): Study the following information
a. V carefully and answer the questions given below :
b. X Seven persons A,B,C,D,E,F and G were appointed to
c. U company on seven different days of the same week
d. W starting from Monday to Sunday (but not necessarily in
e. None of these the same order).
23. V is related to Wednesday in a certain way based Each) person also plays a different game namely-Cricket,
on the given arrangement. In the same way W is Hockey, Football, Squash , Volleyball, Tennis and Kho-
related to Sunday. Which of the following days is X kho , but not necessarily in the same order.
related to following the same pattern? Only two persons were appointed after the one who plays
a. Thursday Hockey. E was appointed on one of the days after the
b. Monday one who plays Hockey. Only three persons were
c. Tuesday appointed between E and G. Only one person was

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appointed between G and the one who plays Volleyball. d. Monday

A was appointed immediately after the one who plays e. Saturday
Volleyball. Only three persons were appointed after the 29. Which of the following combinations is not true as
one who plays Kho-Kho. C was appointed immediately per the given arrangement?
after F, but not on Friday. Only two persons were a. C-Squash
appointed between F and the one who plays cricket. B b. Thursday -G
was appointed immediately before one who plays c.Saturday-Squash
Cricket. Only two person were appointed between D and d. Monday-Volleyball
the one who plays Tennis. C does not play Football. e. F-Hockey
26. Who amongst the following was appointed on 30. How many persons were appointed before G ?
Wednesday? a. two
a. The one who plays Kho-kho b. one
b. A c. three
c. B d. four
d.The one who plays Football e. None
e. F
27. Which of the following statement is true as per the Directions (31-35): Study the following information
given arrangement ? carefully to answer the given questions.
a. Only one person was appointed between F and the one Eight persons-C, D, E, F, W, X, Y & Z - have to attend a
who plays Squash wedding in January, April, September & December
b. Only three persons were appointed before C months of the same year. In each month the wedding is
c. A plays Tennis on either the 11th or the 24th of the month. Not more
d. B was appointed on Saturday than two of the given people have to attend a wedding in
e. None of the given options is true. the same month. W has to attend a wedding on the 11th
28. The person who plays Tennis was appointed on of the month which has only 30 days. Only three people
which of the following day ? have to attend a wedding between W & Y. C & Y have
a. Thursday to attend a wedding neither on the same date nor in the
b. Tuesday same month. C does not have to attend a wedding in
c. Sunday April. Only two people have to attend a wedding

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between C & F. X & F have to attend a wedding on the a. Both C & X

same date. D has to attend a wedding on one of the days b. Only W
before X. Only one person has to attend a wedding c. None
between D & E. Less than four people have o attend a d. Both F & W
wedding between E & Z. e. Only F
31. How many people have to attend a wedding 35. As per the given arrangement, four of the
between F & Z? following five are alike in a certain way & so they
a. 2 form a group. Which of the following does not belong
b. 3 to the group?
c. None a. W
d. More than 3 b. Z
e. 1 c. F
32. When does X have to attend a wedding ? d. Y
a. 24 th April e. X
b. cannot be determined
c. 11 th January Directions (36-40): Answer the questions on the basis
d. 24 th September of the information given below.
e. 11 th December Eight friends – A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H were born on
33. If all the people are made to attend the wedding in in March, June, September and December on either 3rd
alphabetical order starting from 11 th January and or 8th (all born on different dates). The ones who were
ending on 24th December., the schedule of how many born in a month having 30 days like different fruits –
people will remain unchanged? Banana, Apple, Mango and Litchi not necessarily in the
a. 3 same order. The ones who were born in a month having
b. 2 31 days like different colours – Red, Yellow, Blue and
c. 5 Green not necessarily in the same order.
d. None E was born in June. Only one person was born
e. one between E and D. D does not like any colour. B likes red
34. Who among the following has to attend a wedding colour. Same number of people were born before A as
before Y? after D. No person was born between the ones who like

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yellow colour and mango. The one who likes yellow d. C

colour was not born on 8th of any month. No person was e. E
born between E and one who likes litchi. One person was 39. Who was born on 3rd September?
born between B and one who likes Banana. A does not a. The one who likes mango
like Banana. The ones who like apple and banana were b. E
born either on same date or in same month. One person c. C
was born between A and H. F does not like any fruit. No d. D
person was born between C and one who likes blue e. The one who likes litchi
colour. H does not like fruit. Same number of persons 40. C likes which of the following fruit/colour?
were born between the ones who like green colour and a. Yellow
apple and who like blue colour and mango. b. Mango
36. Who likes Green colour? c. Litchi
a. C d. Blue
b. F e. Banana
c. G
d. H Directions (41-45): Read the following information
e. E and answer the questions.
37. How many people were born between B and one Eight players Sachin, Virat, Rohit, Dhawan,
who likes Litchi? Dhoni, Rahane, Gambhir, &Ashwin play for three
a. Four different teams SRH, MI and KKR and like eight
b. Two different colours viz. Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green,
c. Three Yellow, Orange, Red and White not necessarily in the
d. None same order. At least two and not more than three players
e. One play for the same team. Virat plays for MI and likes
38. Four of the following forms a group based on Violet. Rohit likes Green but do not play for SRH. No
certain pattern. Who does not belong to this group? one from KKR likes White. The only other person in
a. A same team with Virat likes Blue. Dhoni likes White and
b. G Rahane likes Indigo. Ashwin does not like Blue and
c. D plays for the same team with Dhoni. Sachin and Gambhir

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both play for KKR. The one who plays for KKR does not a. Blue
like Orange. Gambhir does not like Red. b. Orange
41. Who likes Blue colour? c. Yellow
a.Dhawan d. Violet
b.Gambhir e. None of these
c.Ashwin
d.Dhawan or Gambhir Directions (46-50): Study the following information
e. None of these carefully and answer the given questions.
42. Which team has only two of the eight players? Seven persons A, D, F, Q, V, X, Z travelled from the
a. SRH flights of different airlines Air India, Go Air, Indigo,
b. KKR Emirates, Jet Airways, Vistara, Spicejet. Also each flight
c. MI is scheduled on different time 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm,
d. KKR or SRH 3:45pm, 4:15 pm, 5:30 pm, 6:00pm, 8:00pm in a day. F
e. Cannot be determined travelled from Jet Airways. X’s flight is scheduled
43. Which of the following group of persons play for immediately after V’s flight. Only one flight is scheduled
KKR? between Q and Z, who travelled from Go Air. A’s flight
a.Dhawan, Sachin, Gambhir is scheduled at 3:45pm. The flight of Spicejet is
b.Sachin, Gambhir, Rahane scheduled at 5:30pm. D travelled from Air India. Neither
c.Sachin, Rohit, Dhoni Q nor X travelled from Spicejet. Flight of Vistara is
d.Sachin, Rohit, Gambhir scheduled only before one flight. Only two flights are
e. None of these scheduled between Go Air’s flight and Jet Airways’
44. Which of the following combinations of team, flight. A did not travelled from Emirates. F’s flight is not
person &colour is correct? scheduled at 1:00pm.
a. KKR – Sachin – Orange 46. Z’s flight is scheduled at what time?
b. MI – Virat – Blue a. 4:15 pm
c. SRH – Ashwin – Violet b. 8:00 pm
d. SRH – Gambhir – Yellow c. 5:30 pm
e. None of these d. 2:30 pm
45. Which colour does Gambhir like? e. None of these

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47. X travelled from which airline? 49. Who among the following travel through
a. Spicejet Emirates?
b. Air India a. D
c. Indigo b. A
d. Vistara c. Q
e. None of these d. X
48. How many flights are scheduled between D and e. None of these
V’s flight? 50. Which Airline’s flight is scheduled immediately
a. Four before Spicejet?
b. Three a. Go Air
c. Two b. Air India
d. One c. Indigo
e. None d. Vistara
e. None of these

Answer Key with Explanation

Solution(1-5):

FLOOR PERSON CITY

7 S Chennai

6 Q Patna

5 V Lucknow

4 P Mumbai

3 U Kolkata

2 T Bangalore

1 R Delhi

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

Solution(6-10):
Floor People Games
8 A Roadrash
7 E Contra
6 H Resident Evil
5 C Dragon Quest
4 G Tekken3
3 F Castlevania
2 B San Andress
1 D Metal Gear

6. E 7. C 8. D 9. C 10. B

Solution (11-15):
11. C 12. C 13. B 14. C 15. B

Solutions (16-20):

16. D 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. A

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Solutions (21-25):

21. A 22. B 23. A 24. E 25. A

Solutions (26-30):
Day Person Game
Monday B Volleyball
Tuesday A Cricket
Wednesday G Football
Thursday D Khokho
Friday F Hockey
Saturday C Squash
Sunday E Tennis

26. D 27. E 28. C 29. B 30. A

Solutions (31-35):

Month Date Person Alphabetical Order

January 11 th Y C
24 th D D
April 11 th F E

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24 th E F
September 11 th W W
24 th C X
December 11 th X Y
24 th Z Z
31. D 32. E 33. A 34. C 35. B

Solutions (36-40):

36. D 37. B 38. D 39. E 40. A

Solutions (41-45):

41. A 42. C 43. D 44. E 45. C

Solutions (46-50):
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Directions (1-5): Study the given information e) 38 years

carefully and answer the following questions. 2. Which of the following year is the birth year of U?
Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are born in a a) 1984
month of March in different years. Their ages are b) 1993
calculated on the same month with respect to 2018. c) 2000
Note: If it is mentioned that a person’s age is considered d) None of these
as the last two digits of another person’s birth year, then e) 1982
it will be at any sequence. For example, if the age of X is 3. If W was born between R and U then which of the
considered as last two digit of birth year of Y which is following can be the birth year of W?
1945; then the age of X might be either 45 or 54. a) 1980
None of the persons were born before 1974 and after b) None of these
2008. c) 1990
P was born on1998.The difference between the age of P d) 1982
and T is 5 years. R’s age is equal to the last two digit of e) 1985
birth year of T and his age is not an even number. U’s 4. What will be the sum of ages of Second youngest
age is a square number between T’s age and R’s age. S’s and Third eldest person in the group?
age is half of the age of V’s age whose age is last two a) 55 years
digit of U’s birth year. The sum of ages of P and S is two b) 52 years
more than that of the age of Q. c) 60 years
1. What is the age of S? d) 49 years
a) None of these e) None of these
b) 16 years 5. Which of the following statement is true?
c) 14 years a) U is younger than Q
d) 22 years b) T is three year elder than V
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c) None of the options are true d. The one who is a Manager

d) S is not the youngest person e. None of these
e) Number of person born after Q is same as before T 7. Which of the following combination is true?
a. N, Cuttack
Directions (6-10): Study the following information to b. None of those given as option
answer the given questions: c. P, CK
There are six people namely K, M, N, J, P and T; each d. K, MG
likes six different destinations viz. Trissur, Goa, Cuttack, e. J, Gwalior
Shimla, Kochi and Gwalior but not necessarily in the 8. How many people hold a position between M and
same order. Each of them are in different designations the one who like Shimla?
viz. General Manager (GM), Deputy General Manager a. One
(DGM), Chief Manager (CM), Manager (MG), Officer b. Two
(OR) and Clerk (CK) such that lower most post is Clerk c. Three
and the higher most post is General Manager. Only two d. None
people are Junior to the one who likes Kochi. The one e. More than three
who like Trissur is senior to the one who like Kochi. 9. In a certain way J is related to Gwalior, N is
Only two people hold a position between K and the one related to Cuttack to form a group, in the same way
who like Trissur. As many people senior to the one who K is related to?
likes Cuttack is as same as Junior to K. No one hold a a. Shimla
position between N and the one who like Cuttack. The b. Cuttack
one who like Gwalior is immediate senior of the one who c. None of those given as option
like Cuttack. Two people hold a position between the d. Trissur
one who like Cuttack and the one who like Shimla. M is e. Goa
senior to T and P but not the senior most people. T 10. Who among the following hold the position of
doesn’t like Goa. DGM?
6. Who among the following likes Shimla? a. J
a. J b. None of those given as option
b. The one who is an Officer c. The one who like Gwalior
c. T d. P

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e. The one like Kochi giving paper according to dates is not same as the
distribution of the number of students giving paper
Direction (11-15) Study the following information according to shifts. B gave paper in the shift in which
carefully and answer the question given below more than 1 person gave paper. G neither gave paper
Eight students A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H gave paper in before the one who gave in Delhi nor after the one who
three different shifts i.e. II, III and IV and on three gave in Mathura according to date. The one from
different dates i.e. 11th, 12th and 16th of the same Ghaziabad gave paper after the one who gave in Agra
month. They gave paper in different exam centers i.e. shift wise. B did not give paper in Etawah or Meerut. H
Agra, Etawah, Ghaziabad, Mathura, Meerut, Hapur, gave paper in the shift which is just before the one who
Delhi, Faridabad but not necessarily in the same order. gave paper in Meerut.E did not give paper in Meerut.
Not less than two students gave paper in one shift or on a 11. What is the ratio of the number of students giving
date. paper in II, III, IV shift respectively?
D gave paper in same shift only with the one who gave a. 3:3:2
paper in Hapur on 12th. A gave paper in II shift on 16th b. 4:1:3
in Faridabad. F gave paper in on 12th but not in Delhi or c. 3:2:3
Meerut. Neither G nor H gave paper on 11th. Only one d. 2:2:4
pair of students gave paper in same shift and on same e. None of these
date and one of them is C, which did not give paper in 12. Which of the following gave paper in Mathura?
the same shift as D nor on same date as G. The one who a. C
gave paper in Delhi, the one who gave paper on 12th and b. A
the one who gave paper in Meerut gave in same shift i.e. c. F
the last shift. E gave paper in the last shift but not on d. G
12th. G gave paper in Ghaziabad. The one who gave e. None of these
paper in Delhi gave paper on the same date with the one 13. Which two persons gave paper in the same shift
who gave in Meerut but not on the last date. D did not and on same date?
give paper in Meerut or in Agra. The one who gave a. C, B
paper in Etawah gave in the last shift and on the last date. b. A, D
E gave paper on the same date as the one who gave paper c. F, E
in Mathura. The distribution of the number of students d. G, H

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e. None of these floor. The one who likes Rose sits immediate left flat of
14. Which of the following is true regarding H? R. Number of person lives above V and below A are
a. the one gave paper in Meerut same. The onewho likes Calla sits immediate left flat of
b. The one who has same shift as A A. Two persons live between P and the one who likes
c. the one who gave paper in Hapur Calla. A does not like Orchid. Only one flat is between
d. the one who gave on same date as E M and S. Only one floor is between K and the one who
e. the one who gave in II shift likes Bupleurum. K lives either on first or third floor. J is
15. Four of the five are alike in a certain way, who second to the left of the one who lives immediately
among the following does not belongs to that group? below B. Three persons live between the one who likes
a. C Lily and the one who likes Freesia. The one who likes
b. A Freesia does not live on topmost floor. R neither likes
c. E Freesia nor likes Lily. The one who likes Coxcomb is
d. G immediate right of T. R lives on odd number flat. V lives
e. B on even number floor. B does not like coxcomb. L lives
immediately below the one who likes aster. L does not
Directions (16-20): Study the following information to like rose. N likes Heather and lives just below the one
answer the given questions: who sits right of G. Two persons sit between D and the
There are 15 persons-F, P, T, V, M, S, L, G, B, J, K, A, one who likes Daffodil. G does not like tulip. P does not
D, R and N are living in a building with five floors( live on lowermost floor. Only one person lives between
Numbered 1 to 5). Lowermost floor is number 1 and the the one who likes Dahlia and the one who likes Gerbera.
top most floor is number 5. There are three flats on each P and S do not live on same flat. R does not like Dahlia.
floor from left to right numbered 1 to 3. Each one of K lives on flat number 1. G does not like Bupleurum. T
them likes different types of flower viz., Lily, Peony, likes Peony. M does not like Daffodil.
Coxcomb, Daffodil, Aster, Orchid, Freesia, Rose, 16. Which of the following person lives on flat
Heather, Gerbera, Tulip, Calla, Dahlia, Liatris and number 2 of floor number 3?
Bupleurum but not necessarily in the same order. G lives a. D
on floor number 3. N does not live on flat number 2. b. The one who likes rose
There are two floors between R and the one who likes c. G
Orchid. The one who likes Orchid lives on even number d. F

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e. None of these Direction (21-25) Study the following information

17. How many floors are there between J and the one carefully and answer the question given below
who likes Aster? Eight members A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H live on eight
a. One different floors of a building but not necessarily in the
b. Two same order. The lowermost floor of the building is
c. Three numbered 1 and the topmost floor of the building is
d. Four numbered 8. Birthday of each of the persons falls in
e. None of these different months of the same year viz. March, April,
18. Which of the following flower is liked by V? May, June, July, August, September and October, but not
a.Liatris necessarily in the same order. All persons have different
b. Rose weights viz. 47 kg, 48 kg, 46 kg, 50 kg, 43 kg, 54 kg, 52
c. Orchid kg and 51 kg but not necessarily in the same order.
d. Daffodil The one who is 51kg of weight has his birthday in April
e.Bupleurum month and lives on an even number floor. Only three
19. Which of the following persons lives on flat persons live between E and the one who is 50kg. E lives
number 1, flat number 2 and flat number on an odd number floor. H lives on an even number floor
3 of floor number 5 respectively? but one of the floor below B and is 5kg more than the
a. J, G, B one who has birthday in August. B does not weigh 51 kg.
b. M, L, S B lives on the odd number floor and his birthday is in the
c. P, D, R month having 30 days but not in the month of June. B
d. P, T, F does not live on the 5th floor. Only one person lives
e. Cannot be determined between B and the one who born in the month of
20. On which of the following flat and floor number March.E does not have his birthday in March. A born in
does F lives respectively? the month of October and is 48 kg in weight. H lives
a. 3, 3 below A. H lives on an even number floor but one of the
b. 2, 4 floor below B. Only Three person lives between A and
c. 3, 5 H. The one who is born in September is more than 50 kg
d. Cannot be determined in weight. C is 52Kg in weight and lives immediately
e. None of these above F, who born in the month immediately after the

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month having 30 days but not in July. D lives on an even c. E

floor but not born in month of April. D born one of the d. H
month before E but one of the month after C. The one e. None of these
who is 46kg in weight does not live immediately above 25. D lives on which of the following floor?
the one who is 43 kg in weight. A does not live on top a. 4th Floor
floor. G lives above D. D is heavier than F. D was not b. 2nd Floor
born in August. C does not born in July. c. 7th Floor
21. What is the total weight of D, H and A? d. 6th Floor
a. 146kg e. None of these
b. 145kg
c. 142kg Directions (26-30): Study the following information to
d. 148kg answer the given questions:
e. None of these A, B, C, D, E, G and I are seven friends who study at
22. Weight of C is three different branches namely Mukharjee Nagar,
a. Second largest Dwarka, and Laxmi Nagar such that not less than two
b. Fourth smallest friends study in the same branch. Each friend also has a
c. Third largest different favourite subject viz. History, Civics, English,
d. Largest G.K., Reasoning, Maths and Economics but not
e. Fifth smallest necessarily in the same order. Each of the students
23. What is the total weight of C, G and E? attends the classes of his favourite subjects at different
a. 146kg time
b. 145kg B attends his classes at 10 AM. G attends his classes at 7
c. 142kg AM. A likes Maths and studies in the Mukharjee Nagar
d. 148kg branch with only one other friend who likes G.K. I
e. None of these studies with two other friends. There is only one hour
24. Who among the following born in the month of gap between the time of class of the persons from
August? Dwarka and the one whose favourite subject is G.K.
a. A Both the friends who study with I like the same subjects,
b. G which can be either Reasoning or English. D studies in

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the Dwarka branch with only one person and does not d. D
like civics. The one whose favourite subject is e. Either D or B
Economics takes his class at 8 AM. I attends his class at 29. Which of the following combinations is definitely
8 ‘O clock. The persons whose favourite subjects are correct?
Economics and History do not have their classes at the a. I and Reasoning
same time. E studies with only one friend. The one who b. G and English
likes history does not study in Mukharjee Nagar nor c. C and G.K.
Dwarka branch. E does not like G.K. subject. C does not d. B and Reasoning
like English, Reasoning or Civics. A and the one whose e. E and Economics
favourite subject is Civics have their class at 11 AM. C 30. Which of the following subjects does G like?
attends his class after D. a. Either Maths or G.K.
26. Which combination represents E’s favourite b. Either Reasoning or English
subject and the branch in which he studies? c. Either Reasoning or Civics
a. Civics and Laxmi Nagar d. Either Reasoning or G.K.
b. Economics and Mukharjee Nagar e. Either Civics or Economics
c. Civics and Dwarka
d. History and Laxmi Nagar Direction (31-35) Study the following information
e. Economics and Laxmi Nagar carefully and answer the question given below
27. I attends his class at? Seven persons G, R, F, P, Q, H and L attend the lecture
a. 11 AM in a week starts from Monday and ends on Sunday. Each
b. 8 AM one of them speaks different language English, Tamil,
c. 10 AM French, Telugu, Urdu, Malayalam and Hindi but not
d. 9 AM necessarily in the same order.
e. None of these P attends the lecture on Wednesday. As many persons
28. Who amongst the following studies in the Laxmi attend the lecture before R is same as many persons
Nagar branch? attend the lecture after the one who speaks Malayalam. H
a. G attends the lecture before the one who speaks
b. C Malayalam. F attends the lecture immediately before the
c. E one who speaks Tamil. Number of persons attend the

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lecture before F is one less than number of persons c) L-Urdu

attend the lecture after the one who speaks Telugu. P d) R-Tamil
does not speak Telugu. Two persons attend the lecture e) P-English
between P and the one who speaks Urdu. The one who 34. Which of the following person speaks Telugu?
speaks Hindi attends the lecture before the one who a) G
speaks French. Only one person attends the lecture b) Q
between H and the one who speaks Malayalam. Three c) H
persons attend the lecture between Q and the one who d) F
speaks English. L attends the lecture after G. R does not e) None of these
speak Malayalam. 35. L speaks which of the following language?
31. If R is related to Hindi, P is related to Tamil, then a) Tamil
G is related to which of the following? b) Hindi
a) Urdu c) Malayalam
b) Malayalam d) French
c) English e) None of these
d) French
e) None of these Directions (36-40): Study the following information to
32. How many persons attend the lecture between L answer the given questions:
and the one who speaks French? Eight children P, T, M, V, W, R, D and G live in eight
a) One different floors. The lowermost floor is numbered one,
b) Two the above floor is numbered two and so on. And the
c) Three topmost floor is numbered eight. Each one of them plays
d) Four different games Exion Hill Racing, Tic Tac Toe, Clash
e) None of these Of Clans, Temple Run 2, Word Search, Lep’s World 2,
33. Four of the following five are like in a certain way Traffic Rider and Angry Birds Rio. Each one of them has
based on the above arrangement. Find which one different lucky number from 1 to 8, but the person whose
does not belongs to the group? lucky number does not match with their floor number.
a) G-Tamil Only one person lives between M and the one whose
b) Q-Telugu lucky number is 6. M lives above P. Only one person

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lives between V and the one who play Lep’s World 2. W d. The one who plays Lep’s World 2’s lucky number is 2
plays Angry Birds Rio and does not live on odd number e. All are true
floor. Three persons live between the one who plays 37. Which of the following person lives on second
Temple Run 2 and W. Sum of P’s lucky number and W’s floor?
lucky number is equal to M’s lucky number. P’s lucky a. The one who plays Traffic Rider
number is even number. M’s lucky number is prime b. The one who plays Clash of Clans
number. The one who plays Tic Tac Toe’s lucky number c. The one who plays Exion Hill Racing
is 7. M does not play Tic Tac Toe. The one whose lucky d. D
number is 6 lives below M. V lives on even number floor e. Both c and d
but not on sixth floor. D lives immediately above of the 38. How many persons live between M and the one
one who plays Tic Tac Toe. D does not live on third who plays Traffic Rider?
floor. R’s lucky number is above 6. Two persons live a. One
between D and the one who plays Traffic Rider. G does b. Two
not play Traffic Rider. Two persons live between the one c. Three
who play Exion Hill Racing and the one who play d. Four
Traffic Rider. Neither R nor G play Word Search. M e. None of these
lives on odd numbered floor. P’s lucky number is below 39. Which of the following person lives immediately
5. D’s lucky number is not above 6. G does not play above the one whose lucky number is 8?
Clash of Clans. Neither R nor T plays Tic Tac Toe. P a. W
lives either on fourth or sixth floor. P does not play b. The one whose lucky number is 3
Temple Run 2. V’s lucky number is 1. The one who c. The one who plays Angry Birds Rio
plays Angry Birds Rio does not live immediately above d. The one who lives immediately below T
the one who plays Word Search. e. All the above
36. Which of the following combination is not true? 40. Four of the following five are alike in a certain
a. The one who plays Word Search lives above the one way and hence they form a group. Which one of the
whose lucky number is 3 following does not belong to that group?
b. The person who lives on seventh floor lucky number is a. M-Word Search-5
5 b. T-Traffic Rider-6
c. W’s lucky number is half of T’s lucky number c. R-Clash of Clans-8

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d. W-Angry Birds Rio-3 a) Only one person lives between L and the one who
e. G-Tic Tac Toe-7 works in CTS
b) Four persons live between R and the one who works
Directions (41-45):Study the following information in Tech Mahindra
carefully and answer the questions given below: c) As many persons live above R is same as below P
Eight persons P, L, S, F, D, R, M and N live in eight d) More than three persons live above the one who works
different floors. Lowermost floor is numbered 1, above in IBM
floor is numbered 2, and so on. Top most floor is e) None is true
numbered 8. Each one of them works in different 42. Which of the following person works in Wipro?
company TCS, CTS, HCL, Accenture, Tech Mahindra, a) N
Infosys, Wipro and IBM. b) R
More than five persons live between D and the one who c) F
works in CTS. M lives immediately above the one who d) S
works in Infosys. More than three persons live between e) None of these
M and the one who works in TCS. S lives immediately 43. How many persons live between S and the one
below the one who works in TCS. Only one person lives who works in Wipro?
between P and the one who works in IBM. F lives a) Four
immediately above the one who works in Accenture. b) Six
Three persons live between F and the one who works in c) Five
HCL.Two persons live between L and the one who d) Three
works in Infosys. P does not work in Infosys. L does not e) None of these
work in IBM. More than three persons live between N 44. If M is related to HCL, R is related to TCS, then
and the one who works in Tech Mahindra. D does not which of the following is related to Wipro?
work in TCS. As many persons live above the one who a) L
works in IBM live below the one who works in b) P
Accenture. M does not live on lowermost floor. F lives c) S
on odd numbered floor. D does not live on topmost floor. d) D
R does not work in Accenture. e) None of these
41. Which of the following is true? 45. Which of the following is not true?

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a) P lives immediately below the one who works in who likes Banana. The one who likes peach attends the
Accenture seminar immediately after N.G attends the seminar on
b) R lives below the one who works in CTS odd numbered date in a month which has maximum
c) Two persons live between the one who works in TCS number of days. Only one person attends the seminar
and R between K and the one who likes peach. As many
d) S lives immediately above the one who works in HCL persons attend the seminar after K is same as many
e) All are true persons attend the seminar before the one who likes
orange. The one who likes orange attends the seminar
Direction (46-50) Study the following information neither in January nor in September. X likes Mango.
carefully and answer the question given below Two persons attend the seminar between X and the one
Twelve persons M, R, G, Q, Y, P, L, N, K, V, X and Z who likes watermelon. G does not like watermelon.
attend the seminar in four different months January, Three persons attend the seminar between the one who
March, April and September on three different dates 5, likes Apple and the one who likes Strawberry.N and the
12 and 20 in a month. Each one of them likes different one who likes peach does not attend the seminar in same
fruit Kiwi, Banana, Apple, Orange, Avocado, month. As many persons attend the seminar before the
Strawberry, Pear, Watermelon, Cherries, Peach, Mango one who likes Strawberry is three more than as many
and Jackfruit. All the above information is not persons attend the seminar after V. Q attends the seminar
necessarily in the same order. immediately before the one who likes Avocado. M
L attends the seminar in April but not on even number attends the seminar before R, who does not like
date. Four persons attend the seminar between L and the Jackfruit.Q does not like Kiwi.
one who likes Jackfruit. As many persons attend the 46. How many persons attend the seminar between
seminar before the one who likes Jack fruit is same as the one who likes pear and Q?
many persons attend the seminar after the one who likes a) Four
Kiwi. Y attends the seminar immediately after G. Three b) Seven
persons attend the seminar between Y and the one who c) Six
likes cherries. Y does not like Jackfruit. As many persons d) Three
attend the seminar after the one who likes cherries is two e) None of these
less than as many persons attend the seminar before P. 47. Which of the following is true?
Two persons attend the seminar between P and the one

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a) The one who likes watermelon attends the seminar e) None of these
before Y 49. Which of the following is not true?
b) More than three persons attend the seminar between R a) Y attends the seminar before the one who likes Pear
and the one who likes cherries b) Three persons attend the seminar between V and the
c) The one who likes Jackfruit attends the seminar before one who likes Strawberry
G c) R attends the seminar before the one who likes peach
d) Two persons attend the seminar between K and the d) More than four persons attend the seminar between X
one who likes Strawberry and the one who likes Avocado
e) None is true e) All are true
48. If M is related to Jackfruit, V is related to 50. Z likes which of the following fruit?
Banana, in the same way Y is related to which of the a) Watermelon
following? b) Cherries
a) Pear c) Avocado
b) Peach d) Jackfruit
c) Watermelon e) None of these
d) Mango

Answer Key with Explanation

Directions (1-5):

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

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Solution (6-10)

6. C 7. D 8. B 9. E 10. C

Solution (11-15)

11. D 12. E 13. A 14. C 15. B

Solution (16-20)

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16. C 17. A 18. D 19. D 20. C

Solution (21-25)

21. A 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. A

Solution (26-30)
Favourite Subject Branch Person Time
Maths Mukharjee Nagar A 11 AM
Reasoning / English Laxmi Nagar B 10 AM
GK Mukharjee Nagar C 9 AM
Economics Dwarka D 8 AM
Civics Dwarka E 11 AM
Reasoning/ English Laxmi Nagar G 7 AM
History Laxmi Nagar I 8 PM
26. C 27. E 28. A 29. C 30. B
Solution (31-35)

31. D 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. C

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Solution (36-40)

36. E 37. E 38. A 39. E 40. D

Directions (41-45):

41. C 42. B 43. D 44. B 45. E

Solution (46-50)

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46. D 47. B 48. C 49. E 50. D

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