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(Directions 1 – 5) Eight persons – Jabal, Sumer, Dinesh, Alka, Sudeep, Kapil, Ramesh and

Gaur went for picnic in different months – September, October, November and December

on two different dates 5th or 25th. Only one person went for picnic on one date. Each of the

persons went to different place – Jaipur, Agra, Ooty, Raxaul, Manali, Goa, Shimla, and

Mumbai but not necessarily in the same order.

Jabal went for picnic in October. Only one person went for picnic between Jabal and the one

who went to Shimla, who did not go for picnic in September. One person went for picnic

between the ones who went to Shimla and Goa. Five persons went for picnic between

Sumer and Kapil, who went for picnic after Sumer. Kapil was not the last to go for picnic.

Alka went for picnic before Ramesh and both went for picnic in the same month. No one

went for picnic before the one who went to Ooty. The number of persons went for picnic

before Sudeep is same as the number of persons went for picnic after the one who went to

Shimla. No one went for picnic between Jabal and the one who went to Agra. Dinesh did not

go to Agra. Dinesh went for picnic before Gaur but not immediately before. Four persons

went for picnic between the Gaur, who went to Manali and the one who went to Raxaul.

Gaur went for picnic after the one who went to Raxaul. One of the persons went for picnic

in November went to Jaipur.

1. Who among the following went to Goa?

a) Jabal

b) Sudeep

c) Ramesh

d) Kapil

Answer: option d

2. How many person(s) went to picnic after Ramesh?

a) None

b) One

c) Two

d) Three

Answer: option c

3. Which of the following combinations person and place is /are correct?

a) Sumer – Mumbai

b) Ramesh – Goa

c) Gaur – Shimla

d) Jabal – Raxaul

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Answer: option d

4. Who among the following visited Shimla?

a) Alka

b) Dinesh

c) Sumer

d) Gaur

Answer: option a

5. Who among the following was the first to go to picnic?

a) Sudeep

b) Sumer

c) Ramesh

d) Kapil

Answer: option b

Direction (6 – 10) There are nine persons namely Ashwin, Babli, Choti, Deeksha, Etti,

Farheen, Gopal, Harish, and Ramu, living in a same building of nine floors. Ground floor is

numbered 1; first floor is numbered 2 and so on. They all are studying in different colleges

i.e. BIT, PSG, VIT, Nirma, St. Xavier’s, Fergusson, Hans Raj, XLRI, and FMS but not necessarily

in the same order.

There are three floors between Ashwin and Ramu, who studies in St. Xavier’s College. Harish

studies in VIT College and lives immediately above the floor on which Ashwin lives. There is

only one floor between Harish and Gopal, who studies in Nirma College. Farheen studies in

PSG College and lives below the floor on which Gopal lives. Farheen does not live on even

number floor. There are only two floors between Farheen and Etti, who studies in BIT

College. Babli studies in XLRI College and lives below the floor on which Farheen lives. Gopal

does not live on ninth floor. Babli lives on even number floor. Ramu lives on the floor below

Ashwin’s floor. There is as many as floor between Babli and one, who studies in Fergusson

College as between Ashwin and Choti. Ashwin does not study in the Hans Raj college.

6. Ashwin studies in which of the following college?

a) VIT

b) FMS

c) Nirma

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d) BIT

Answer: option b

7. Deeksha lives on which of the following floors?

a) First

b) Second

c) Third

d) Fourth

Answer: option a

8. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus forms a group. Which

of the following does not belong to that group?

a) Harish and Ashwin

b) Etti and Choti

c) Farheen and Babli

d) Choti and Gopal

Answer: option d

9. Who among the following lives on the floor which is immediately above the floor

on which Etti lives?

a) Gopal

b) Harish

c) Etti

d) Ashwin

Answer: option a

10. How many floors are there between the Etti’s floor and the floor on which Babli

lives?

a) Two

b) Three

c) Four

d) One

Answer: option b

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(Directions 11- 15) Eight friends from L to S are living on eight different floors of a building

but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor is numbered as one; the floor

above is numbered two and so on.

N lives on an even numbered floor. No one lives between R and Q. Two persons live

between S and L. Number of persons living between R and N is same as between S and M. N

doesn’t live on topmost floor. Q lives on the second floor from the top. M lives on the odd

numbered floor. R and M are not immediate neighbours. P lives exactly between Q and S. L

lives two floors below N.

11. How many person(s) live between P and S?

a) One

b) Two

c) None

d) Three

Answer: option c

12. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which

of the following does not belong to the group?

a) L

b) M

c) O

d) S

Answer: option a

13. If all the persons are arranged in alphabetical order from top to bottom, then how

many persons retain their original position?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) None

Answer: option d

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14. Which of the following persons lives on 4th floor?

a) L

b) R

c) N

d) Q

Answer: option c

15. Which of the following persons lives between N and L?

a) S

b) P

c) M

d) O

Answer: option d

Directions (16 – 20) Six friends Pant, Quan, Raah, Saaz, Taju and Udey are having different

chocolates among Cadbury, Five Star, Kit Kat, Munch, Perk and Temptation but not

necessarily in the same order. The cost of each chocolate is multiple of 5 in Rupees and no

two chocolates have same price. All friends like different colors among Black, Blue, Green,

Pink, Red and White but not necessarily in the same order. A person can have only one

brand of chocolates. Raah has Five-Star chocolate and its cost is Rs.10 and he doesn’t like

White color. Udey likes Green color. Quan did not have Cadbury or Munch chocolate. Taju

has a chocolate which costs Rs.20. The one person who likes Black color has Munch

chocolate. Pant has Kit Kat chocolate which costs Rs.25 and he likes Blue color. The cost of

chocolate that Saaz have is less than that of Five-Star chocolate. The costliest chocolate is

Perk and its cost is thrice the cost of Five-Star chocolate and Quan doesn’t have Perk. The

cost of Cadbury chocolate is 10 Rupees less than the cost of Perk chocolate. The one who

likes Pink color has Temptation chocolate. One of the persons have a chocolate which costs

thrice the amount of the one who likes Back color.

16. Which among the following colors was liked by the one who has Cadbury

chocolate?

a) Red

b) Green

c) White

d) Cannot be determine

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Answer: option c

17. What is the cost of the Udey’s chocolate?

a) Rs.30

b) Rs.15

c) Rs.5

d) Rs.50

Answer: option a

18. Which of the following combinations is correct?

a) Temptation-Rs-20

b) Cadbury-White

c) Saaz-Cadbury

d) Green-Five star

Answer: option b

19. What is the cost of Temptation chocolate?

a) Rs.10

b) Rs.20

c) Rs.15

d) Rs.30

Answer: option c

20. Who has the Chocolate which costs 30 rupees?

a) Raah

b) Saaz

c) Taju

d) Udey

Answer: option d

Directions (21 – 25) Seven students – Arav, Roma, Bhavy, Kaka, Pran, Nair and Manav were

ranked one above the other. Each of these students scored different number of marks in

mathematics ranging from 10-90. The rank of these students was determined on the basis

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of total marks therefore it might be possible that the student to have less marks in

mathematics but was ranked above the student who scored better marks than him.

Not more than four students were ranked above Arav. Two students were ranked between

Arav and the student who scored 41 marks, who was ranked below Box Arav. Marks scored

by Kaka were thrice the number of marks scored by Roma. Bhavy scored 50 marks and was

not ranked at the top. The number of marks scored by Manav was a perfect cube of a

number. Only one student was ranked between the students who scored 41 marks and 39

marks. Kaka has scored less number of marks than Arav. One of the students scored 78

marks. Five students were ranked between student who scored 64 marks and Bhavy. Manav

was ranked immediately above Pran and but scored fewer marks than Pran. Kaka was not

ranked immediately above or below Roma. Three students were ranked between Kaka and

Nair. Kaka was ranked above Nair.

21. Which of the following combinations represents the correct order of maximum and

minimum marks obtained by a person?

a) Arav, Roma

b) Kaka, Manav

c) Arav, Manav

d) Nair, Roma

Answer: option d

22. Which of the following combinations of person and marks is/are correct?

a) Manav – 64

b) Kaka – 39

c) Arav – 78

d) Pran – 41

Answer: option b

23. Who among the following is/are ranked between Manav and Roma?

a) No one

b) Pran, Nair

c) Kaka

d) None of These

Answer: option d

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24. How many student(s) were ranked above Pran?

a) None

b) One

c) Three

d) Two

Answer: option c

25. What is the sum of the marks of Bhavy and Arav?

a) 114

b) 89

c) 128

d) 91

Answer: option a

Directions (26 – 30) There are seven teachers Gaurav, Rajesh, Vasant, Sanjay, Daneil,

Mahadev and Jaipriya taking class on different subjects Tamil, English, Zoology, Botany,

Physics, Chemistry and Social Science on different days starting from Monday to Sunday. All

the above information is not necessarily in the same order.

Rajesh takes Botany class on Tuesday. There are more than two classes between the classes

of Botany and Zoology. Sanjay and Gaurav are not taking either Tamil class or Social Science

class. There is a gap of one day between Tamil class and Social Science class. Two persons

take class between Mahadev and Sanjay. Neither Mahadev nor Sanjay takes class on either

Sunday or Monday. Number of classes above and below is same for the subjects of English

and Chemistry respectively. Jaipriya does not take Tamil class. Daniel and Gaurav are not

taking classes immediately before or immediately after Sanjay. Gaurav and Jaipriya are

taking class on adjacent days. English class was held on last day.

26. How many persons take class between Gaurav and Daniel?

a) None

b) One

c) Two

d) Three

Answer: option c

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27. Who amongst the following takes class exactly between Daniel and Jaipriya?

a) The one who takes class on Thursday

b) The one who takes Zoology class

c) The one who takes Class on Tuesday

d) The one who takes Tamil Class

Answer: option d

28. If all the persons are arranged in the alphabetical order as per their names from

Monday to Sunday, then who take the Tamil class and Social Science respectively?

a) Mahadev and Rajesh

b) Jaipriya and Sanjay

c) Rajesh and Jaipriya

d) Jaipriya and Rajesh

Answer: option d

29. Which of the following combinations is true?

a) Jaipriya-Social Science-Thursday

b) Daniel-Sunday-English

c) Gaurav-Physics-Thursday

d) Vasant-Saturday-Zoology

Answer: option c

30. Who among the following takes class exactly in the middle of the week starting

from Monday and ending on Sunday?

a) Vasant

b) Gaurav

c) Rajesh

d) Either Daniel or Sanja

Answer: option b

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Directions (31 – 35) Six persons – Rohit, Ankit, Misti, Vishal, Parul and Sweta, appeared for

an exam. Each of these persons scored different marks – 16, 15, 13, 10, 8 and 5, not

necessarily in the same order.

• Marks scored by Rohit were a prime number.

• Vishal scored more marks than Sweta but less than Ankit.

• Marks of Ankit were a multiple of the marks of Misti.

• Sweta scored less marks than Parul.

• Parul didn't score 10 marks.

• The difference of marks scored by Rohit and Parul was 3.

31. Who among the following scored maximum marks?

a) Ankit

b) Vishal

c) Parul

d) Misti

Answer: option c

32. How many persons scored more marks than Vishal?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

Answer: option c

33. What marks were scored by Sweta?

a) 8

b) 10

c) 5

d) 13

Answer: option a

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34. What was the difference of the marks scored by Vishal and Misti?

a) 5

b) 3

c) 2

d) 6

Answer: option a

35. How many person(s) scored marks between Rohit and Sweta?

a) None

b) One

c) Two

d) Three

Answer: option b

(Directions 36 – 40) Here are seven boxes from A to G, which are placed one above the

other. The lowermost box is numbered as one and above as two and so on. Each of the

boxes is differentiated with respect to following colors like Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green,

Yellow, Orange and Red. All the above information is not necessarily in the same order.

Box A is placed at odd number position below sixth Box. One Box is placed between Box A

and Box F, which is Green coloured. Box B is neither Indigo colour nor Red colour. Two

Boxes are placed between Box F and Box E. Box C is of Yellow colour and it is placed

immediately above Box E. Box B and Box G are placed adjacent to each other. Two Boxes are

placed between Box A and the Indigo coloured Box. Only one Box is placed between Indigo

coloured box and Violet coloured Box. Box D is not Violet coloured. More than three boxes

are placed between the Red coloured Box and the Orange coloured Box. Box E is neither of

Red colour nor Indigo colour.

36. Which among the following box is placed immediately below Orange coloured

box?

a) None of these

b) Box B

c) Box C

d) Box D

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Answer: option a

37. Which of the following statement is true regarding Blue coloured box?

a) Red coloured box is not adjacent to Blue coloured box.

b) Violet coloured box is placed immediately below Blue coloured box. (C.)

c) Only two boxes are placed between Blue coloured box and Green coloured box.

d) None of These.

Answer: option d

38. Which among the following box is placed immediately above Green coloured box?

a) Red coloured box

b) Blue coloured box

c) Orange coloured box

d) Either A or C

Answer: option a

39. How many boxes are placed between Orange coloured box and Indigo coloured

box?

a) One

b) Two

c) None

d) Three

Answer: option c

40. Which among the following box is placed at 6th position?

a) Box B

b) Box G

c) Indigo coloured box

d) Both b & c

Answer: option d

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