Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Reasoning - 4

Reasoning – 4

(Question 1 – 6) Please read the following information and then answer the questions that follow..                   

Nine individuals - Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S and R - are the only candidates, who can serve on three committees– A, B and C, and each candidate should serve on exactly one of the committees.
Committee A should consist of exactly one member more than committee B.
It is possible that there are no members of committee C.
Among Z, Y and X none can serve on committee A.
Among W, V and U none can serve on committee G.
Among T, S and R none can serve on committee C.


1. In case T and Z are the individuals serving on committee B, how many of the nine individuals should serve on committee C?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 7


2. Of the nine individuals, the largest number that can serve together on committee C is
(A) 9
(B) 8
(C) 7
(D) 6
(E) 5


3. In case R is the only individual serving on committee B, which among the following should serve on committee A?
(A) W and S
(B) V and U
(C) V and T
(D) U and S
(E) T and S


4. In case any of the nine individuals serves on committee C, which among the following should be the candidate to serve on committee A?
(A) Z
(B) Y
(C) W
(D) T
(E) S


5. In case T, S and X are the only individuals serving on committee B, the total membership of committee C should be:
(A) Z and Y
(B) Z and W
(C) Y and V
(D) Y and U
(E) X and V


6. Among the following combinations which could constitute the membership of committee C?
(A) Y and T
(B) X and U
(C) Y, X and W
(D) W, V and U
(E) Z, X, U and R


7. In the year 1201, a woman was 35 years old.  In the year 1206, the same woman was 30. How is this possible?

8. How can you throw a ball as hard as you can so that it comes back to you? The ball should have nothing attached to it, it shouldn't hit anything, and no one else should catch it or throw it.

9. Put a coin in a bottle and then stop the opening with a cork. How can you get the coin out of the bottle without pulling out the cork or breaking the bottle? 

10. An archaeologist came across two perfectly preserved and naked bodies at her dig. One was male and the other was female. Immediately she knew they were Adam and Eve. How?

Coding - Decoding
11.       COMPUTER – RFUVQNPC
MEDICINE - ?
(a) EOJDJEFM                                    (b) EOJDEJFM   
(c)  MFEJDJOE                                    (d)  MFEDJJOE

12.          HEATER – KBDQHO
COOLER - ?

(a) ALRIHV                                                          (b) FLRIHO
(c)  FLIRHO                                                          (d)  FRLIHO

13.          MUNICIPALITY – INMUAPCIYTLI
JUDICIAL - ?

(a) UJDILACI                                                       (b) IDUJLACI
(c)  IDJULAIC                                                      (d)  IDJULACI

14.          In a certain code language, ‘Ka Bi Pu Ya’ means ‘You are very intelligent’; ‘Ya Lo Ka Wo’ means ‘They seem very intelligent’; ‘La Pu Le’ means You can see’ and ‘Sun Pun Yun Ya’ means ‘How intelligent’ she is’. In that language, which of the following words means ‘are’?

(a) Ka                    (b) Bi                     (c)  Le                    (d)  Pu

15.          If in a certain code, ‘bir le nac’ means ‘green and tasty’; ‘pic nac hor’ means ‘tomato is green’ and ‘coc bir hor’ means ‘food is tasty’. Which of the following means ‘tomato is tasty’ in that code?
(a) bir le hor                                                       (b) pic horn ac
(c)  hor bir pic                                                     (d)  None

16.          Looking at a portrait of a man, Harsh said, "His mother is the wife of my father's son. Brothers and sisters I have none." At whose portrait was Harsh looking?
(a) His son                                                           (b) His cousin
(c)  His uncle                                                       (d)  His nephew

17.          A girl introduced a boy as the son if the daughter of the father of her uncle. The boy is girl's
(a) Brother                                                          (b) Son
(c)  Uncle                                                             (d)  Son-in-law

18.          Introducing a man, a woman said, "His wife is the only daughter of my father." How is that man related to the woman?
(a) Brother                                                          (b) Father-in-law
(c)  Maternal uncle                                          (d)  Husband

19.          Spot is bigger than King and smaller than Sugar.
Ralph is smaller than Sugar and bigger than Spot.
King is bigger than Ralph.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
(a) true                 (b) false                               (c)  uncertain.

20.          A fruit basket contains more apples than lemons.
There are more lemons in the basket than there are oranges.
The basket contains more apples than oranges.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
(a) true                 (b) false                               (c)  uncertain.

21.          Tanya is older than Eric.
Cliff is older than Tanya.
Eric is older than Cliff.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
(a) true                 (b) false                              (c)  uncertain

22.          A man is facing south. He turns 135o in the anticlockwise direction and then 180o in the clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?
(a) North-east                                                   (b) North-west                
(c)  South-east                                                  (d)  South-west

23.          A man is facing north-west. He turns 90o in the clockwise direction, then 180o in the anticlockwise direction and then another 90o in the same direction. Which direction is he facing now?
(a) South                                                             (b) South-west
(c)  West                                                              (d)  South-east

24.          A survey of 60 people was taken and the following results were seen:
ª  12 customers drank only tea and coffee
ª  6 customers drank only juice
ª  29 customers drank tea
ª  2 customers drank only tea and juice
ª  10 customers drank tea, coffee and juice
ª  33 customers drank coffee
ª  1 customer drank only juice and coffee

A. How many customers drank juice?
(a) 6                       (b) 19                    (c)  14                    (d) 1

B. How many customers did not drink juice, tea or coffee?
(a) 10                     (b) 39                    (c)  35                    (d)  14

C. How many customers drank only coffee?
(a) 10                     (b) 33                    (c)  23                    (d)  None

D. How many customers drank only tea?
(a) 14                     (b) 5                       (c)  29                    (d)  10

25.          In a class of 150 students, 45 take History, 65 take Geography and 10 take both History and Geography.
A. How many students take only Geography?
(a) 65                     (b) 55                    (c)  100                  (d)  50

B. How many take only History?
(a) 35                     (b) 95                    (c)  115                  (d)  55

C. How many do not take either History or Geography?
(a) 50                     (b) 110                  (c)  140  (d)  None of the above

D. How many students take at least one subject?
(a) 90                     (b) 10                    (c)  50                    (d)  100

E. How many students do not take any of the two subjects?
(a) 50                     (b) 110                  (c)  140                  (d)  None of the above

Answers: 

1 (b)            2. (d)         3. (e)        4. (c)       5. (a)      6. (b)     

7. (The dates are B.C and not A.D)     8. (throw it up in the air)   9.  (push the cork into the
bottle and shake the coin out)     10.  (They didn't have any belly buttons.) (Because Adam and
Eve are the Biblical first man and woman they were not born like the rest of us.)
11. (a)      12.  (b)     13.   (d)      14.   (b)     15.  (c)    16.  (a)      17.  (a)     18.  (d)     19.  (b)    20.  (a)

21.   (b)    22.  (d)     23.   (d)

24.   A  (b)     B   (d)     C   (a)    D    (b)

25.   A  (b)     B   (a)     C   (c)     D   (d)    E    (a)



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