Sunday, 15 July 2018

Daily Reasoning Quiz - 16th July 2018

Direction (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Ten persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing 5 persons in each row in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In the 1st row P, Q, R, S and T are sitting and all of them are facing south. In the 2nd row J, K, L, M and N are sitting and all of them are facing north but not necessarily in the same order. There are two vacant places, one in each row.

The one who is an immediate neighbour of S is facing M. Q does not sit at the extreme ends of the row and faces vacant place of another row. L and N are immediate neighbours. There are only two places between T and R. N sits third to the left of M. J sits at the immediate left of N. K sits at extreme end of the row. R faces immediate neighbour of J. S sits at extreme left end of the row. One of the immediate neighbors of T faces one of the vacant place. P does not sit to the left of R.

Q1. Who among the following sits between R and T?
(a) S
(b) Q
(c) P
(d) J
(e) None of these

Q2. Who among the following faces R?
(a) K
(b) L
(c) S
(d) N
(e) None of these

Q3. Who among the following sits second to the right of the person who faces K?
(a) Q
(b) T
(c) M
(d) L
(e) None of these

Q4. How many persons sit between P and S?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these

Q5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) R, N
(b) Q, L
(c) M, T
(d) K, S
(e) J, P

Solutions (1-5)

Case-2


Step-2:-R faces immediate neighbour of J and J sits immediate left of N. K sits extreme end of the row. S sits at extreme left end of the row, from this condition Case-2 is eliminated:-


Step-3:-Q does not sit at the extreme ends of the row and faces vacant place of another row. L and N are immediate neighbours. There are only two places between T and R. One of the immediate neighbor of T faces one of the vacant place. P does not sit to the left of R.

S1.Ans.(b)
S2.Ans.(d)
S3.Ans.(a)
S4.Ans.(c)
S5.Ans.(b)

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

Eight friends J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are seated in a straight line facing north, but not necessarily in the same order.

N sits third to the left of O who sits at one of the extreme ends of the row.Neither N nor O is an immediate neighbor of L.Q and L are immediate neighbors. Neither Q nor L sits extreme end of the row. K sits third to the right of L.M does not sit at any extreme end of the row.Neither M nor Q is neighbour of N. J is third to the left of M.

Q6. What is the position of J with respect to K?
(a) Immediate left
(b) Immediate right
(c) Second to the left
(d) Second to the right
(e) None of these.

Q7. How many persons sit between L and O?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) None
(e) None of these

Q8. Based on the given arrangement, which of the following is true with respect to N?
(a) Only two persons sit between N and M.
(b) Only two persons sit to the right of N.
(c) None of the given options is true.
(d) Both J and K are immediate neighbors of N.
(e) J sits on the immediate right of N.

Q9. Who among the following represents the person seated at the extreme end of the line?
(a) M
(b) P
(c) K
(d) L
(e) Q

Q10. Who sits between L and J?
(a) N
(b) K
(c) No one
(d) M
(e) None of these.

Solutions (6-10):
Sol. Step-1:- N sits third to the left of O who sits at one of the extreme end of the row. Neither N nor O is an immediate neighbor of L.

S6. Ans.(c)
S7. Ans.(e)
S8. Ans.(d)
S9. Ans.(b)
S10. Ans.(c)

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