REASONING QUIZ
Direction ( Q . 1 – 3) : Study t h e following information carefully to answer these questions.
Six employees P, Q, R, S, T and U are working in ABC publishing company. All of them have been assigned composing of different books. All the books are for General Awareness but have been named as Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V and Part VI. There are two females in the group. No female member has been assigned composing part III and VI. Q is a woman and she is composing part V. P and R are not composing part II. S is composing part IV. T, a woman, is not composing part II.
1.Who is composing Part II ?
A. P B. Q
C. R D. None of these
2.Who is composing part III ?
A. P B. T
C. R D. Either P or R
3.If the women employees delay their duty then which parts of General Awareness will be affected the most ?
A. I and V B. II and V
C. III and V D. Cant say
4.Mr X took leave for a few days from his office. He spent his first day shopping and at night left for town Y to meet his wife and son. Next day he reached town Y. Hardly had he spent three days in town Y when Mr X again started the journey for town Z to meet his father. He took 24 hours in the second journey. IfMr X left his father after 72 hours and started journey for his office and reached office after 24 hours on Monday morning, then on which day did he start his journey to meet his wife and son ?
A. Sunday B. Monday
C. Saturday D. Tuesday
5.How many pairs of letters are there in the word SPECIALISATION which have as many letters between them as in the English alphabet ?
A. two B. three
C. four D. five
Direction (Q. 6 – 10) : Study t h e following information to answer these questions.
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H belonging to different cities Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur, Lucknow, Hyderabad and Patna, not necessarily in the same order, went to Bangalore to attend an awareness programme to restrict AIDS from expanding. Each one had a. different specialisation, viz Acting, Choreography, Literature, Science, Economics, Marketing, Designing and Information Technology.
E is from Kolkata. G does not have specialisation in Acting or Choreography. C is a man from Kanpur and he has specialisation in Economics. Neither F nor G has specialisation in Science or Marketing. One who is from Kolkata has specialisation in Designing. A and B have specialisation ei ther in Marketing or in Information technology. D does not have specialisation in Science and F does not have specialisation in Choreography. One who is from Chennai has specialisation in Acting and one who is from Delhi has specialisation in Choreography. G and H belong either to Hyderabad or to Mumbai. A and G do not belong to Patna and Hyderabad respectively. One who belongs to Lucknow has specialisation in Information Technology.
6.Which of the following persons is from Chennai ?
A. A B. C
C. D D. F
7.Who is specialised in Acting ?
A. D B. F
C. G D. H
8.The person with specialisation in Choreography comes from
A. Chennai B. Delhi
C. Lucknow D. Data inadequate
9.Which of the following combinations of person, city and specialisation is correct ?
A. G — Hyderabad — Literature B. H — Mumbai — Science
C. A — Lucknow —Marketing D. None of these
10.Who is specialised in Choreography ?
A. A B. B
C. C D. None of these
11.How many such 4’s are there in the following sequence that the sum of the immediately following two digits is greater than the sum of the immediately preceding two digits ?
2 4 4 5 4 7 4 2 9 8 7 4 7 3 4 5 2 1 4 1 3 4 4 4 8 7 3 3 9 1 1 4 2 1
A. seven B. six
C. five D. four
12.If the position of the first letter of English alphabet is interchanged with the position of the fourteenth letter, second letter with fifteenth letter, and so on, in such a way that M is interchanged with Z, then which of the following letters will be 7th to the right of 13th letter from the right ?
A. U B. G
C. H D. 1
13.If all the consonants starting from B are given sequen tially the value of even numbers such as B = 2, C = 4 and so on, and all the vowels are given double the value of the preceding vowel and value of A is 5, then what is the value of REASONING ?
A. 167 B. 177
C. 185 D. 187
14.If A + B means “A is the sister of B”, A x B means “A is the wife of B”, A + B means “A is the father of B”, and A – B means “A is the brother of B”, then which of the following expresses the relationship that “Z is the son of L” ?
A. K ÷ L ÷ P – U + Z + M B. M ÷ Z ÷ U – P + L – K
C. K ÷ L ÷ P – U + Z – M D. Z – B + T – K ÷ T x L
Direction (Q.15 – 20) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
An institute XYZ provides scholarship to its employees for higher studies in the US. Following are the conditions for awarding scholarship to the employees. The candidate must:
(i) not be more than 30 years of age as on April 1,2011
(ii) have secured more than 70 per cent marks in postgraduation and 75 per cent marks in graduation.
(iii) have at least two years’ work experience in the XYZ institute.
(iv) be ready to sign a bond for two years with the company.
(v) have got A or A+ rating for his/her work in the last two years.
However, in case of a candidate who fulfils all the criteria EXCEPT
(a) (ii) above, but has secured minimum 60 per cent marks in graduation and postgraduation and he/ she has PhD, may be referred to the Director.
(b) (v) above, but has work experience of three years with B+, may be referred to the Chairman.
(c) (iv) above, but is ready to pay Rs 50,000 in case he/ she has to leave the institute, may be referred to the President.
Based on these criteria and information provided below decide the appropriate course of action in each case. You are not to assume anything. The cases are given to you as on April 1,2011. If the data provided are not adequate to decide the given course of action, your answer will be “data inadequate”.
15.Kapil Sachdeva is twenty-six years old. He is a postgraduate in Physics. He has registered for PhD. He scored 80% and 82% marks in graduation and postgraduation respectively. He has been working in the XYZ institute since 2007. His performance ratings in the last three years are B+, A+ and A respectively. He is ready to sign two years’ bond with the institute.
A. To be selected B. Refer to the President
C. Refer to the Chairman D. Refer to the Director
16.Gopal Mishra is 29 years old and has PhD and postgraduation in chemistry. His percentages of marks in postgraduation and graduation are 76% and 77% respectively. He has been working in the institute for last three-and-a-half years and his performance ratings in the last three years are A+, B+ and A respectively. He is ready to sign the bond for two years.
A. Not to be selected B. To be selected
C. Refer to the Director D. Refer to the Chairman
17.Ankita Suman is a postgraduate in History. She had secured 7 1% marks in postgraduation and 75% marks in graduation. She has been working in the institute for a period of more than two years. Her performance ratings are A+ and A in the last two years. She is not ready for a bond for two years but is ready to pay the required money if required to leave. Her date of birth is 02.04.1981.
A. To be selected B. Refer to the President
C. Refer to the Director D. Refer to the Chairman
18.Amarnath Tripathy has been working in the XYZ institute for the last two years. His’performance is good and he secured rating A+ in both years. He secured 70 per cent and 75 per cent marks in graduation and postgraduation respectively. He is ready to sign the bond for two years. His date of birth is 31-01-1984. He has done PhD also.
A. To be selected B. Data inadequate
C. Refer to the Director D. Refer to the President
19.Manoj Bhave has been working in the XYZ institute for the last three years. He has shown miraculous performance and has got A+ rating in these three years. He has done postgraduation and graduation with 70% marks in each. He is ready for the bond for two years. His date of birth is 1 April, 1982.
A. To be selected B. Data inadequate
C. Refer to the Director D. None of these
20.Dinesh Malhotra, whose date of birth is 31 March, 1981, has secured 71 % marks in postgraduation and 76% marks in graduation. He has been working in the XYZ institute for the last five years. His performance during this period has been praiseworthy. Each year he got A+ rating for his work. He is ready to sign a bond for two years with the company.
A. Not to be selected B. To be selected
C. Data inadequate D. Refer to the Chairman
ANSWERS –
1.Answer : Option D
2.Answer : Option D
3.Answer : Option A
4.Answer : Option C
5.Answer : Option D
6.Answer : Option D
7.Answer : Option B
8.Answer : Option B
9.Answer : Option D
10.Answer : Option D
11.Answer : Option A
12.Answer : Option C
13.Answer : Option D
14.Answer : Option C
15.Answer : Option A
16.Answer : Option D
17.Answer : Option B
18.Answer : Option C
19.Answer : Option D
20.Answer : Option A
