Infosys Reasoning (Recent) - 3

Infosys Reasoning (Recent) - 3

Directions (Question 1 to 5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

There are six persons A B C D E and F in a school.  Each of the teachers teaches two subjects, one compulsory subject and the other optional subject.  D's optional subject is History while three others have it as compulsory subject. E and F have Physics as one of their subjects.  F's compulsory subject is Mathematics which is an optional subject of both C and E.  History and English are A's subjects but in terms of compulsory and optional subjects, they are just reverse of those of D's.  Chemistry is an optional subject of only one of them. The only female teacher in the school has English as her compulsory subject.

1.            What is C's compulsory subject?

(a) History    (b) Physics    (c) Chemistry    (d) English    (e) Mathematics

Ans: (a)

2.            Who is a female member in the group?
(a) A      (b) B      (c) C       (d) D      (e) E
Ans:  (d)

3.            Which of the following has same compulsory and optional subjects as those of F's?   

(a) D      (b) B      (c) A       (d) C      (e) None of these
Ans:  (e)

4.            Disregarding which is the compulsory and which is the optional subject, who has the same two subject combination as F?
(a) A     (b) B      (c) E       (d) D      (e) None of these
Ans:  (c)

5.            Which of the following groups has History as the compulsory subject? 

(a) A,C,D              (b) B,C,D              (c) C,D                   (d) A,B,C              (e) A,D
Ans:  (d)

Direction Questions (6-13) in each question below is given a passage followed by several inferences. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.
Mark your answer as:
(a) if the inference is ' definitely true' i.e., it directly follows from the facts given in the passage 
(b) if the inference is ' probably true' though not definitely true in the light of the facts given
(c) if you think the data are in adequate i.e., from the facts given you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be true or false
(d) if you think the inference is ' probably false' though not definitely false in the light of the facts given; and
(e) if you think inference is ' definitely false' ie:, it contradicts the given facts.

Passage I
A recent survey shows that India has the lowest death rate for blood cancer. China, Thailand and Myanmar (countries that have taste for spices) also have low rates. Higher rates are found in S.A where spices are not used. The typical American food remains chicken rolls, butter and beef.

6. Americans are unorthodox in their food habits.
   Ans: (d)

7. Americans dislike spices
   Ans:  (c)

8. Spices prevent blood cancer
   Ans: (a)

9. Spices promote forms of cancer other than blood cancer
   Ans: (c)

10. Chicken rolls, butter and beef promote cancer.
  Ans:  (a)

Passage II
The water resources of our country are very much underutilized . The main reason of this underutilization is the lack of capital and technology. A large portion of our water resources is wasted due to floods and unwise use of water for irrigation as well as domestic purposes. We can make full use of our water resources by building dams on rivers and by adopting policy of awareness among people not to waste water. 

11. Occurrence of floods adds to the water resources.
  Ans: (e)

12. Some people do not use water resources in a judicious way.
  Ans:  (a)

13. The country does not have enough funds to develop water resources
  Ans:  (a)

Direction 14-20: In each of the following questions, find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no mistake the answer is 'no error'

14. My father is / in bad mood / today. / No error
                A                    B            C              D
 Ans: (B)    in a bad mood

15. Both the civilians/ and armymen / joined the First World War / today. / No error
                   A                         B                             C                             D              E
Ans:  (B)    and army men

16. The school is / with in hundred yards / from my house / No error
                A                            B                              C                  D
Ans:  (B)    within hundred yards

17. As soon as the teacher entered / everyone fell /in a silence / No error
                                   A                           B                      C                 D
Ans:  (C)     in silence

18. He took to / reading Times / for better knowledge / of the facts./ No error
              A                    B                              C                       D                 E
Ans:  (B)    read Times

19. I will put on /a note in this regard /for your consideration /and necessary decision/ No error
                A                          B                                 C                                  D                    E
Ans:   (A)     I will be putting

20. He has been working on /the problem from a long time /but is still not / able to solve it/ No error
                        A                                       B                                       C                           D   

      E               

 Ans:   (E)