Saturday 30 May 2015

CAPGEMINI - Reasoning

Capgemini – Reasoning

Question (1-4) A question is asked with two statement following it. You will have to answer the question based on the following: 
A)        I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient
B)        II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient
C)        Either I or II is sufficient
D)        Neither I nor II is sufficient
E)         Both I and II are sufficient

1.       Is the GDP of country X higher than Country Y? 
Statements:
i. GDPs of X and Y have been increasing at a compounded annual growth rate of 5% and 6% over the past 5 yrs
ii. 5 years ago GDP of X was 1.2 times of Y
Ans: (E)

2.       A boat can ferry 1500 passengers across a river in 12 hrs. How many round trips does it make during the journey? 
Statements:
i. The boat can carry 400 passengers at a time
ii. During its journey, the boat takes 40 minutes time each way and 20 minutes waiting time at each end.
Ans: (E)

3.       What are the values of m and n? 
Statements:
i. n is an even integer, m is odd integer and m is greater than n.
ii. The product of m and n is 30
Ans: (E)

4.       How much is the weight of 20 mangoes and 30 oranges? 
Statements:
i. 1 orange weighs twice that of 1 mango
ii. 2 mangoes and 3 oranges weigh 2 kg
Ans: (B)

Direction for Question 5- 8:   Read the following and then answer the questions that follow:

Five teams participated in Pepsi Cup. Each team played against each other. The top teams played finals. A win fetched 2 pts and a tie 1 point
1) South Africa were in the finals
2) India defeated SA but failed to reach the finals
3) Australia lost only one match in the tournament
4) The match between India and Sri Lanka was a tie
5) The undefeated team in the league matches lost in the finals
6) England was one of the best teams that did not qualify

5.       Who were the finalists? 
(A) SA & India    (B) Aus & SL        (C) SA & SL          (D) None
Ans: (C)
6.       Who won the finals? 
(A) Aus                 (B) SL                     (C) SA                    (D) Can’t be determined
Ans: (D)

7.       How many matches did India Win? 
(A) 0                      (B) 1                       (C) 2                       (D) can’t be determined
Ans: (D)

8.       What was the outcome of the India England Match 
(A) India won     (B) England won               (C) It was a tie   (D) Can’t be determined
Ans: (D)

Question 9 & 10 are based on the situation given below:

A, B, C, D, E, F, and G the seven cricket players are to be honoured at a special luncheon. The players will be seated on a dais along one side of a single rectangular table.
A and G have to leave the luncheon early and must be seated at the extreme right end of table, which is closest to exit.
B will receive Man of the Match and must be in the centre chair
C and D who are bitter rivals for the position of Wicket keeper dislike one another and should be seated as far apart as possible
E and F are best friends and want to seat together.

9.       Which of the following may not be seated at either end of the table? 
(A) C                      (B) D                      (C) G                      (D) F
Ans: (D)

10.   Which of the following pairs may not be seated together? 
(A) E & A              (B) B & D              (C) C & F               (D) G & D
Ans: (A)

Question 11-14 are based on the following information:

An employee has to allocate offices to six staff members. The offices are numbered one to six and are arranged in a row and they are separated from each other by dividers. Hence voices, sounds and cigarette smoke flow easily from one office to another

Miss R needs to use the telephone quite often throughout the day. Mr. M and Mr. B need adjacent offices as they need to consult each other often while working. Miss H is a senior employee and his to be allotted the office no. 5, having the biggest window.

Mr D requires silence in office next to his. Mr. T, Mr M and Mr. D are all smokers. Miss H finds tobacco smoke allergic and consecutively the offices next to hers are occupied by non-smokers. Unless specifically stated all the employees maintain an atmosphere of silence during office hrs.

11.   The ideal candidate to occupy office farthest from Mr. B will be 
(a) Miss H            (b) Mr. M            (c) Mr. T               (d) Mr. D
Ans: (c)

12.   The three employees who are smokers should be seated in the offices 
(a) 1 2 4                (b) 2 3 6                (c) 1 2 3                 (d) 1 2 6
Ans: (c)

13.   The ideal office for Mr. M would be 
(a) 2                       (b) 6                       (c) 1                       (d) 3
Ans: (d)

14.   In the event of what occurrence within a period of one month since the assignment of the offices would a request for a change in office be put forth by one or more employees? 
(a) Mr D quitting smoking
(b) Mr. T taking over duties formally taken care of by Miss R
(c) The installation of a water cooler in Miss H?s office
(d) Mr. B suffering from anaemia
Ans: (b)

Question 15-17 are based on the following information:

Ten coins are distributed among four people P, Q, R, S such that one of them gets a coin, another gets 2 coins,3rd gets 3 coins, and 4th gets 4 coins. It is known that Q gets more coins than P, and S gets fewer coins than R.

15.   If the no. of coins distributed to Q is twice the no. of coins distributed to P then which one of the following is necessarily true? 
(a) R gets even no. of coins
(b) R gets odd no. of coins
(c) S gets even no. of coins
(d) S gets odd no. of coins
Ans: All the above are possible answers. (There appears to be a mistake in the question)

16.   If R gets at least two more coins than S which one of the following is necessarily true? 
(a) Q gets at least 2 more coins than S
(b) Q gets more coins than P
(c)  P gets more coins than S
(d) P and Q together get at least five coins
Ans: (b)

17.    If Q gets fewer coins than R, then which one of the following is not necessarily true? 
(a) P and Q together get at least 4 coins
(b) Q and S together get at least 4 coins
(c) R and S together get at least 5 coins
(d) P and R together get at least 5 coins
Ans: (a)

Question 18-19 are based on the following information:

Elle is 3 times older than Zaheer. Zaheer is as old as Waheeda. Yogesh is elder than Zaheer.

18.    What is sufficient to estimate Elle’s age? 
(a) Zaheer is 10 yrs old
(b) Yogesh and Waheeda are both older than Zaheer by the same no of yrs.
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a)

19.   Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the info above? 
(a) Yogesh is elder than Waheeda
(b) Elle is older than Waheeda
(c) Elle’s age may be less than that of Waheeda
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c) This is wrong and can be inferred from the above.


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