Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-2): Read the given information carefully and answer the given question.

Point N is 8m to the west of Point O. Point P is 4m to the south of Point O. Point Q is 4m to the east of Point P. Point R is 6m to the north of Point Q. Point S is 8m to the west of Point R. Point T is 2m to the south of Point S.

Q1. How far and in which direction is Point T with respect to Point N?

(a) 4m to the east

(b) 8m to the west

(c) 4m to the west

(d) 8m to the east

(e) 6m to the south
S1. Ans.(a)
Sol.

Q2. If point T is 4m to the north of point E, then what is the distance between E and Q?

(a) 11m 

(b) 8m

(c) 15m

(d) 5m

(e) 9m
S2. Ans.(b)

Sol.

Directions (3-4): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions: 

P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y are ten members of the family. P is married to Y. Q is daughter of X. Y and X are brothers. T is sister of Q. U is mother-in-law of P. X is the son of V. R is the mother of T. S is the son of R. W is the mother-in-law of Y.

Q3.How is Y related to T?

(a) Uncle

(b)Aunt

(c) Father

(d) Mother

(e) Brother

Q4.How is V related to Q ?

(a) Grandfather

(b) Sister 

(c) Grandmother

(d) Mother

(e) Father
Solution(3-4):

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. 

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. 

Q5. Alka correctly remembers that her mother’s birthday is before twenty-third April but after nineteenth April, whereas her sister correctly remembers that their mother’s birthday is not on or after twenty-second April. On which day in April is definitely their mother’s birthday?

(a) Twentieth

(b) Twenty-first

(c) Twentieth or twenty-first

(d) Cannot be determined

(e) None of these
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. According to Alka, Alka’s mother birthday on=20 April or 21 April or 22 April
        According to Alka’s sister birthday of their mother not on 22nd April or after 22nd April

        So birthday is on= Either  20th April or 21st April

Q6. Prakash started walking towards South. After walking 50 metres he took a right turn and walked 30 metres. Then he took a right turn and walked 100 metres. Again he took a right turn and walked 30 metres and stopped. How far and in which direction was he from the starting point?

(a) 50 metres South

(b) 150 metres North

(c) 180 metres East

(d) 50 metres North

(e) None of these
S6. Ans.(d)

Sol.

Q7. Town D is towards East of town F. Town B is towards North of town D. Town H is towards South of town B. Towards which direction is town H from town F?

(a) East

(b) South-East

(c) North-East

(d) Data inadequate

(e) None of these
S7. Ans.(d)

Sol. H is below the point B but the position of H can’t be determined because there is distance is not provided in the question. H is either between the Point B and D or may be below the point D. So we can’t determine the direction of H with respect to F.

Q8. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word SEARCHES each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

(a) None

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) Three

(e) More than three
S8. Ans.(d)

Sol.

Directions (9-11): Read each of the following statements carefully and answer the questions.

Q9. Which of the following expressions will be true if the given expression ‘A > B ≥ C < D < E’ is definitely true?

(a) A ≥ C

(b) E > C

(c) D ≥ B

(d) A > D

(e) None of these
S9. Ans.(b)

Sol.

Q10. If the expressions ‘E < J ≤ H > Z’, ‘H ≤ Y’ and ‘E > F’ are true, which of the following conclusions will be definitely false?

(a) F < Y

(b) Y > E

(c) F < H

(d) J ≤ Y

(e) All are true
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol.
F<E<J≤H>Z

F<E<J≤H≤Y

Q11. Which of the following symbols should be placed in the blank spaces respectively (in the same order from left to right) in order to complete the given expression in such a manner than ‘N < K’ holds definitely true?

K – L – M – N 

(a) ≥, =, >

(b) ≤, <, =

(c) ≥, =, <

(d) >, ≥, <

(e) None of these
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol.

Directions (12-13): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow.

A, B, C, D, E and F live on different floors in the same building having six floors numbered one to six (the ground floor is numbered one, the floor above it is numbered two, and so on, and the topmost floor is numbered 6).

A lives on an even-numbered floor. There are two floors between the floors on which D and F live. F lives on a floor above D’s floor. D does not live on the floor numbered two. B does not live on an odd-numbered floor. C does not live on any of the floors below F’s floor. E does not live on a floor immediately above or immediately below the floor on which B lives.

Q12. Who among the following live on the floors exactly between D and F?

(a) E, B

(b) C, B

(c) E, C

(d) A, E

(e) B, A

Q13. On which of the following floors does B live?

(a) Sixth

(b) Fourth

(c) Second

(d) Fifth

(e) Cannot be determined
Solution(12-13):

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S13. Ans.(a)

Sol.

Q14. Six persons – A, B, C, D, E and F – live on six different floors of a building. The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it is numbered 2 and so on. C lives on the floor immediately below the floor of A. E lives on the floor immediately below the floor of D. Three persons live between the floors of F and E. A does not live on any of the floors below D. E and F live on even-numbered floors. Who lives on the 5th floor?

(a) A

(b) C

(c) D

(d) F

(e) B
S14. Ans.(a)

Sol.

Q15. A certain amount was distributed among six persons – A, B, C, D, E and F. B received more than only A. F received more than B. F received less than C. E received more than C but he did not get the highest amount. Who among the following persons received less amount than C?

(a) A, F

(b) A, B

(c) B, F

(d) A, B, F

(e) None of these

S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. D>E>C>F>B>A