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8 Q: There are five friends A, B, C, D and E. Two of them are businessmen while the other three belong to different occupations viz. medical, engineer and legal. One businessman and the lawyer stay in the same locality S, while the other three stay in three different localities P, Q and R. Two of these five persons are Hindus while the remaining three come from three different communities viz. Muslim, Christian and Sikh. The lawyer is the oldest in age while one of the businessmen who runs a factory is the youngest. The other businessman is a cloth merchant and age wise lies between the doctor and the lawyer. D is a cloth merchant and stays in locality S while E is a Muslim and stays in locality R. The doctor is a Christian and stays in locality P, B is a Sikh while A is a Hindu and runs a factory.
What is C's occupation?
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607d19670372d85428917492- 1Lawyerfalse
- 2Doctortrue
- 3Businessfalse
- 4Engineerfalse
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Answer : 2. "Doctor"
Explanation :
A is a Hindu, B is a Sikh, E is a Muslim. Now, the doctor is a Christian and D is a cloth merchant. So, C is a Christian and D is a Hindu.
II.) D stays in locality S. E stays in locality R. Now, one businessman i.e. D and the lawyer stay in S. C is a doctor, stays in locality P. Clearly, A stays in locality Q.
III.) Clearly, A is a factory owner, B is a lawyer, C is a doctor, D is a cloth merchant and E is an engineer.
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IV.) B, the lawyer, is oldest. A, the factory owner, is the youngest. D, the cloth merchant lies between doctor and lawyer i.e. B and C in age.
So, age wise sequences: B > D > C > E > A.Hence, C is a doctor.
Q:Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.
Eight persons Milan, Naina, Ora, Pratik, Qamar, Rajesh, Sabira and Tanu belonging to different cities, viz Dehradun, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Mathura, Ludhiana, Jodhpur, Patna and Bhopal, but not necessarily in the same order, went to Lucknow to attend an awareness programme to reduce pollution in our country. Each had a different specialisation, viz Literature, Science, Economics, Marketing, Designing, Technology, Choreography and Acting, but not necessarily in the same order.
Milan and Naina have specialisation either in Technology or in Acting. Pratik does not have specialisation in Marketing and Rajesh does not have specialisation in Science. Sabira does not have a specialisation in Literature or Science. Ora is from Ludhiana and he has specialisation in Designing. Neither Rajesh nor Sabira has specialisation in Marketing or Technology. One who is from Chandigarh has specialisation in Choreography. One who is from Mathura has specialisation in Literature and one who is from Dehradun has specialisation in Science. Sabira and Tanu belong either to Patna or to Kanpur. Milan and Sabira do not belong to Bhopal and Patna respectively. One who belongs to Jodhpur has specialisation in Acting. Qamar is from Chandigarh.
Who is specialised in Technology?
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5eb01c954c5c6a1e28ce3b4dEight persons Milan, Naina, Ora, Pratik, Qamar, Rajesh, Sabira and Tanu belonging to different cities, viz Dehradun, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Mathura, Ludhiana, Jodhpur, Patna and Bhopal, but not necessarily in the same order, went to Lucknow to attend an awareness programme to reduce pollution in our country. Each had a different specialisation, viz Literature, Science, Economics, Marketing, Designing, Technology, Choreography and Acting, but not necessarily in the same order.
Milan and Naina have specialisation either in Technology or in Acting. Pratik does not have specialisation in Marketing and Rajesh does not have specialisation in Science. Sabira does not have a specialisation in Literature or Science. Ora is from Ludhiana and he has specialisation in Designing. Neither Rajesh nor Sabira has specialisation in Marketing or Technology. One who is from Chandigarh has specialisation in Choreography. One who is from Mathura has specialisation in Literature and one who is from Dehradun has specialisation in Science. Sabira and Tanu belong either to Patna or to Kanpur. Milan and Sabira do not belong to Bhopal and Patna respectively. One who belongs to Jodhpur has specialisation in Acting. Qamar is from Chandigarh.
- 1Sabirafalse
- 2Milanfalse
- 3Pratikfalse
- 4Nainatrue
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Answer : 4. "Naina "
Q:Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.There are seven friends namely A, B, C, D, E, F and G each of them aspires to become something. Each of them likes different colours viz. Blue, Yellow, Green, Violet, Red, Black and Pink but not necessarily in the same order.Each of them wants become Lawyer, Doctor, Engineer, Actor, Pilot, Soldier and Cricketer but not necessarily in the same order.
E likes violet colour and wants to become a Doctor.
C likes yellow colour and wants to become a Cricketer.
G doesn’t like black colour and doesn’t want to become an Engineer.
The person who likes red colour, wants to become an Actor while the person who wants to be a Pilot, likes blue colour.
A likes pink colour but F doesn’t like green or black colour and he doesn’t want to become an Actor.
D wants to become a Lawyer. B doesn’t want to become an Engineer or a soldier.
Who does want to become a soldier?
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5e85c7a51603713ff289752fE likes violet colour and wants to become a Doctor.
C likes yellow colour and wants to become a Cricketer.
G doesn’t like black colour and doesn’t want to become an Engineer.
The person who likes red colour, wants to become an Actor while the person who wants to be a Pilot, likes blue colour.
A likes pink colour but F doesn’t like green or black colour and he doesn’t want to become an Actor.
D wants to become a Lawyer. B doesn’t want to become an Engineer or a soldier.
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- 2Cfalse
- 3Ffalse
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Answer : 1. "G"
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Answer : 3. "Four"
Q:Direction : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven persons were born in different years i.e. 1953, 1963, 1968, 1976, 1990, 1993, 1998. 2019 is the base year for measuring the age of all persons. Not more than two persons were born before P. One person was born between V and S and none of them have even numbered age. There are as many persons were born before U as after Q. Difference between the age of T and S is not less than 20 years. T was born before Q and after R. Either P or U have odd numbered age.
Which of the following pair of combination is true?
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603f156be759ac364c8f6a7fSeven persons were born in different years i.e. 1953, 1963, 1968, 1976, 1990, 1993, 1998. 2019 is the base year for measuring the age of all persons. Not more than two persons were born before P. One person was born between V and S and none of them have even numbered age. There are as many persons were born before U as after Q. Difference between the age of T and S is not less than 20 years. T was born before Q and after R. Either P or U have odd numbered age.
- 1P- 29false
- 2Q-26true
- 3R-56false
- 4S-43false
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Answer : 2. "Q-26"
Q: (i). There is a group of five persons – A, B, C, D and E.
(ii). One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocated.
(iii). Three of them – A, C and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them – B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea.
(iv). The industrialist and D and A are friend to one another but two of these prefer coffee to tea.
(v). The horticulturist is C`s brother. Which of the statements above is superfluous?
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607d0876c91527511d8aac4e(ii). One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocated.
(iii). Three of them – A, C and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them – B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea.
(iv). The industrialist and D and A are friend to one another but two of these prefer coffee to tea.
(v). The horticulturist is C`s brother. Which of the statements above is superfluous?
- 1(iv)false
- 2(iii)false
- 3(v)false
- 4(ii)false
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Answer : 5. "Nil"
Explanation :
A prefers tea. So, from (iv), the industrialist and D prefer coffee. But, from (iii), B and the journalist prefer coffee. So, B is the industrialist and D is the journalist.
Now, A, C and advocate remain. Clearly, E is the advocate.
The horticulturist is C's brother. It can be only A. C is a physicist.
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Since all the statements are required to analyse the given data, none of them is superfluous.
Q:Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :
Sagar sells mobiles of seven different companies viz., Samsung, HTC, Lenovo, Intex, Micromax, Nokia and Oppo starting from Monday and ending on Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order. Sagar sold HTC on Monday. He sold only three mobiles between HTC and Samsung. He does not sell any mobile between the day he sold Samsung and Lenovo. He sold only two mobiles between Lenovo and Oppo. He sold Micromax mobiles the day immediately before the day he sold Oppo mobiles. He sold Intex on one of the days after Oppo but not on Sunday.
On which day Sagar sold Micromax?
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5e749118ab844a18ffede05bSagar sells mobiles of seven different companies viz., Samsung, HTC, Lenovo, Intex, Micromax, Nokia and Oppo starting from Monday and ending on Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order. Sagar sold HTC on Monday. He sold only three mobiles between HTC and Samsung. He does not sell any mobile between the day he sold Samsung and Lenovo. He sold only two mobiles between Lenovo and Oppo. He sold Micromax mobiles the day immediately before the day he sold Oppo mobiles. He sold Intex on one of the days after Oppo but not on Sunday.
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- 2Tuesdaytrue
- 3Fridayfalse
- 4Saturdayfalse
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Answer : 2. "Tuesday "
Q:Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Poonam, Qurashi, Risha, Sonika, Tanvi, Uma, Varun and Waseem are eight friends. Three of them play Hockey and Chess each and two of them play Golf. They all are of different heights. The shortest does not play Hockey and the tallest does not play Golf. Uma is taller than Poonam and Sonika, but shorter than Qurashi and Waseem. Tanvi, who does not play Hockey, is taller than Qurashi and is second tallest. Varun is shorter than Sonika, but only taller than Poonam. Waseem plays Chess with Sonika, and is fourth from the top. Varun does not play Hockey or Golf. Qurashi does not play Golf.
Who is the tallest ?
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608be5b936f5727dff2ba9d7Poonam, Qurashi, Risha, Sonika, Tanvi, Uma, Varun and Waseem are eight friends. Three of them play Hockey and Chess each and two of them play Golf. They all are of different heights. The shortest does not play Hockey and the tallest does not play Golf. Uma is taller than Poonam and Sonika, but shorter than Qurashi and Waseem. Tanvi, who does not play Hockey, is taller than Qurashi and is second tallest. Varun is shorter than Sonika, but only taller than Poonam. Waseem plays Chess with Sonika, and is fourth from the top. Varun does not play Hockey or Golf. Qurashi does not play Golf.
- 1Waseemfalse
- 2Rishatrue
- 3Qurashifalse
- 4Data Inadequatefalse
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