Reasoning Module 2

Arrangements Solved Example Number 1- Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow. A sales representative plans to visit each of the six companies M, N, P, Q, R and S exactly once during the course of once day. She is setting up her schedule for the day according to the following conditions:

I. She must visit M before N and R. II. She must visit N before Q.

III. The third company she visits must be P. 1. Which of the following must be true of the sales representative’s schedule? (a) She visits M before Q (b) She visits N before R (c) She visits P before M (d) She visits P before S 2. If the sales representative visits S first, which company must she visit second? (a) M (b) N (b) P (d) Q 3. The sales representative could visit any of the following companies immediately after P except? (a) S (b) R (c) Q (d) M 4. If the sales representative visits Q immediately before R and immediately after S, she must visit Q? (a) First (b) Second (c) Fourth (d) Fifth 5. Which of the following could be the order in which the sales representatives visit the six companies? (a) M, S, P, N, R, Q (b) Q, N, P, R, S, M (c) M, R, N, Q, P, S (d) P,S, M, R, Q, N Solution and Answers: Q1- Answer (a) It is clear the she visits M before N and N before Q. So, she must visit M before Q. Q2- Answer (a) Of the six companies, if S is the first, P is the third and the orders M N Q and M R are followed, then M must be visited second. Q3- Answer (d) Since P is at the third place and

orders M, N, Q and M, R are to be followed, so immediately after P she can visit any company except M, which may occupy first or second place, because Q, R and N cannot precede it. Q4- Answer (d) If Q is visited just before R and immediately after S, the order followed will be M N S Q R. Since P must be in the 3rd place, so we have M N P S Q R that is Q will be fifth. Q5- Answer (a) According to the information, P must be in the third place and the order M N Q must not be violated; this is followed only in the arrangement M S P N R Q. Solved Example Number 2-

Five persons are sitting in a row. One of the two persons at the extreme ends is intelligent and the other one is fair. A fat person is sitting on the right of a weak person. A tall person is on the left of the fair person and the weak person is sitting between the intelligent and the fat persons. Questions:

1. The tall person is at which place, counting from right? (a)First (b) Second (c) Third (d) Fourth

2. Which of the following describes the person on the left of the weak person?

(a)Intelligent (b) Fat (c) Fair (d) Tall 3. Which of the following persons is sitting at the centre? (a)Fair (b) Weak (c) Intelligent (d) Fat 4. On whose left is the fat person sitting? (a)Fair (b) Intelligent (c) Tall (d) Weak

5. If the fair person and the fat person exchange their positions, and also do the tall and the weak ones, then who will be sitting on the left of the weak person?

(a) Tall (b) Fair (c) Fat (d) Intelligent Solution and Answers: Let the fair person sit on the extreme right because it is given that a tall person is on his left. This means that the order Tall, Fair is followed. Also, then the intelligent person will be on the extreme left. A fat person is on the right of a weak person, that

is the order Weak, Fat is followed. The weak person is sitting between the intelligent and tha fat persons means the order Intelligent, Weak, Fat is followed. Combining the information, we have Intelligent, Weak, Fat, Tall, Fair. Q1- Answer (b) The tall person is second from the right. Q2- Answer (a) The person on the left of the weak person is intelligent. Q3- Answer (d) The fat person is sitting at the centre. Q4- Answer (c) The fat person is on the left of the tall person. Q5- Answer (b) If positions are exchanged as given, the new arrangement will be Intelligent, Tall, Fair, Weak, Fat. So, the fair person will be on the left of the weak person.

Coherent paragraph INSTRUCTION: Sentence given in each question, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph-

1. A."What manner of creature is this, that has form but no substance?" ; B. "Think of the air, my friend, think of the clouds"; C. "For such a one am I, born of dreams and flights of fancy"; D. "I can see, but I cannot feel ... "

A. BCDA B. BDAC C. DBCA D. DABC

Correct Answer: D

2. A. Naturally, the committee assumes that anybody interested in national heritage is fluent in Latin; B. So avers the National Heritage committee's new report, recalling the inscription in memory; C. But for those readers whose classic are a bit rusty , it traslate as: "If you seek a monument to him, look about you"; D. "Si momentum requiris,circumspice"

A. BCAD B. DBAC C. DCBA D. ADCB

Correct Answer: B 3. A. Most of these 32 stories are of romance and doom; B. The

ex-swindler, for instance, who leaves the grocer's daughter on their wedding eve. Lovers are parted through the inequity of their social status: the young lord and the pretty milkmaid, or

the professor and the gardener's sister; C. Lovers are parted through the inequity of their social status the young lord and the pretty milkmaid or the professor and the gardener's siste; D. Other- couples are parted when the past misdemeanors or crimes of the man threaten to bring shame on them.

A. ABCD B. ACDB C. CDBA D. CBDA

Correct Answer: B

4. 1. Soon, auto rickshaws might be polluting the city much less. A. The Government, however, will have to ensure that they are equipped with conversion kits; B. With the capacity of the Gas Authority plant doubling next month, about 700 tonnes will be available; C. Experts say 500 tonnes of propane would be required daily to run the 80,000 rickshaws plying in the city; D. Sufficient propane - the green fuel - will be available to run them. 6. And the residents might be able to breathe a sigh of relief - and take in less pollutants while doing so!

A. BCAD B. DACB C. ACDB D. CDAB

Correct Answer: B

5. A, B, C, D and E are sitting on a bench. A is sitting next to B, C is sitting next to D, D is not sitting with E who is on the left end of the bench. C is on the second position from the right. A is to the right of B and E. A and C are sitting together. In which position A is sitting ?

A. Between B and D B. Between B and C C. Between E and D D. Between C and E

Correct Answer: B Explanation: E B A C D - herefore, A is sitting in between B and C.

Logical Sequence INSTRUCTION: The following questions have six statements each. Choose the set of three statements which make a logical sequence. a) Some cricket players are golfers. b) All golfers are cricket players. c) Susheel is a cricket player. d) Sohail is a golfer. e) Susheel is a golfer. f) Sohail is a cricket player.

A. ace B. bce C. dbc

D. ebc Correct Answer: D

Codes

6. If TAP is coded as SZO, then how is FREEZE coded? A. EQDDYD B. ESDFYF C. GQFDYF D. EQDFYG

Correct Answer: A

7. IF LEARNING is written as MGDVSOUO then SURPRISE would be:

A. TWUTWOAL B. TWUTWOZM C. TWVUXPAN D. TWUSVNZK

Correct Answer: B

8. In a certain code, FORGE is written as FPTJI. How is CULPRIT written in that code?

A. CXOSULW B. CVNSVNZ C. CVMQSTU D. CSJNPGR

Correct Answer: C

9. If in a certain code, COVET is written as FRYHW, which word would be written as SHDUO?

A. REPAY B. PEARL C. QUAKE D. STINK

Correct Answer: C

10. In a certain code language 24685 is written as 44887. How is 35791 written in that code?

A. 44880 B. 46682 C. 44682 D. 44826

Correct Answer: B