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Directions1:Studythefollowinginformationcarefullyand
answerthequestionsgivenbelow:
Six chemicals L, M, N, O, P and Q are kept in bottles of
differentcoloursviz,green,red,blue,white,pinkandviolet,not
necessarilyinthesameorder.
These bottles are arranged from left to right, again not
necessarily in the sameorder.Chemical M is kept in white
bottle.ChemicalLisnotkeptingreenbottleandiskepttothe
immediate left of the violet bottle. Chemical O is kept in
thebluebottleandiskeptexactlybetweenthebottlescontaining
chemicalsLandM.Theredbottleisattheextremeleftend.The
bottlescontainingchemicalQisnotkeptateitheroftheends.
Thegreenbottleiskeptattheextremerightend.ChemicalPis
notkeptnearthewhitebottle.
Questions:
1.Fourofthefollowingfivearealikeinacertainwaybased
ontheirpositionsintheabovearrangementandsoforma
group.Whichistheonethatdoesnotbelongtothegroup?
l)LM
2)LP
3)QO
4)LQ
5)NO
2.WhichbottlecontainschemicalL?
1)Pink
2)Blue

3)Red
4)Cannotbedetermined
5)Noneofthese
3. Which of the following combinations of chemical and
bottleiscorrect?
1)PRed
2)NGreen
3)PGreen
4)QPink
5)Noneofthese
4.Whichbottlecontainschemical?
1)Pink
2)Green
3)Violet
4)Cannotbedetermined
5)Noneofthese
5.Ifallthesixchemicalsarearrangedalphabeticallyfrom
lefttoright,positionsofhowmanywillremainunchanged?
1)None
2)One
3)Two
4)Three
5)Four
6.WhichbottlecontainschemicalN?
1)Green

2)Red
3)Pink
4)Cannotbedetermined
5)Noneofthese
7.Whichchemicaliskeptinthebottleattheextremeright
end?
1)P
2)N
3)L
4)Cannotbedetermined
5)Noneofthese
Directions2:Studythefollowinginformationcarefullyand
answerthequestionsgivenbelow:
SixplaysA,B,C,D,EandFaretobestagedstartingfrom
MondayandendingonSundaywithoneofthedaysbeinganoff
day,notnecessarilyinthesameorder,Eachoftheplayshas
differenttimeduration:1/2hour,1hour,11/2hours,2hours,2
1/2hoursand3hours,againnotnecessarilyinthesameorder.
Sunday is not an off day and a Play of 1/2hour duration is
stagedonthatday.PlayAisstagedimmediatelybeforePlayE.
TherearetwoplaysstagedbetweenPlayFwhichisfor3hours
andPlayCwhichisfor11/2hours.Theoffdayisafterthe
stagingofPlayEandtherearetwodaysbetweentheoffdayand
PlayA.PlayDwhichisfor2hoursisnotstagedonMonday.
Theplaystagedimmediatelybeforetheoffdayisof3hours.
PlayAisforlessthan21/2hours.

Questions:
1.WhatisthetimedurationofPlayB?
1)21/2hours
2)2hours
3)1hour
4)Vihour
5)Noneofthese
2.Whichdayistheoffday?
1)Tuesday
2)Monday
3)Friday
4)Saturday
5)Cannotbedetermined
3.WhichofthefollowingcombinationsofPlayDayTime
Durationiscorrect?
1)EWednesday2hours
2)ATuesday1hour
3)CThursday11/2hours
4)FTuesday3hours
5)Noneiscorrect
4.OnwhichdayisPlayDstaged?
1)Wednesday
2)Saturday
3)Tuesday
4)Friday

5)Cannotbedetermined
5.Howmanyplaysarestagedbeforetheoffday?
1)Two
2)One
3)Five
4)Three
5)Noneofthese
(Q.67):Keepingalltheotherinformationthesame,ifDis
stagedonMonday,then________
6. A play of what time duration would be staged on
Thursday?
1)2hours
2)21/2hours
3)1hour
4)3hours
5)Cannotbedetermined
7.Whichdaywouldbetheoffday?
1)Tuesday
2)Monday
3)Friday
4)Saturday
5)Cannotbedetermined
Directions3:Studythefollowinginformationcarefullyand
answerthequestionsgivenbelow:

EightpeopleS,R,N,L,M,T,OandParesittinginacircle
facingthecentre.Alleightbelongtodifferentprofessions
reporter, doctor, cricketer,teacher, accountant, shopkeeper,
painter and supervisor.They are notnecessarily seatedin the
mentionedorder.MissittingthirdtotheleftofO.Thedoctoris
totheimmediaterightofMandMisnotareporter.Rissitting
fourth to the right of P. Neither R nor P isan immediate
neighbourofM.Tisateacherandissittingthirdtotheright
ofthedoctor.Theshopkeeperissittingsecondtotheleftofthe
teacher. Thepainter is sitting second to the left of M. S the
cricketerissittingexactlybetweenTandP.Theaccountantis
sittingsecondtotherightofthecricketer.Nissittingthirdtothe
leftofT.
Questions:
1.Whoamongstthefollowingisareporter?
1)O
2)L
3)N
4)R
5)Noneofthese
2.WhatisS'spositionwithrespecttoR?
1)Thirdtotheright
2)Secondtotheright
3)Thirdtotheleft
4)Secondtotheleft
5)Fourthtotheright

3. How many people are sitting between P and N when

countedinananticlockwisedirectionfromN?
1)One
2)Two
3)Three
4)Four
5)None
4.Fourofthefollowingfivepairsarealikeinacertainway
based on theirpositions in the above arrangement and so
formagroup.Whichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtothe
group?
1)TeacherPainter
2)SupervisorShopkeeper
3)CricketerReporter
4)DoctorAccountant
5)ShopkeeperDoctor
5.Whichoneofthefollowingstatementsisfalseaccordingto
theabovementionedarrangement?
1)Nistotheimmediaterightofthesupervisor
2)Thecricketeristhirdtotherightoftheshopkeeper
3)Thedoctorissittingexactlybetweenthesupervisorandthe
accountant
4)Lisneitherateachernorasupervisor
5)ThereareonlythreepeoplebetweenSandN
Directions4:Studythefollowinginformationcarefullyand
answerthequestionsgivenbelow:

Six friends Deepak, Varun, Anit, Nilesh, Rajesh and

Siddharth arestudying six different specialisations of
engineering which are metallurgy,telecommunication,
software,mechanical,electricalandhardwarenotnecessarilyin
the same order. Each one likes a different sport hockey,
cricket,swimming,football,badmintonandtennisagainnotin
the same order.Nilesh is not studying hardware Rajesh is
studyingsoftwareandlikeshockey.Anitlikesswimmingandis
notstudyinghardware.Theonewholikesfootballisstudying
electrical. Siddharth is studying mechanical anddoes not like
tennis. The one who likes badminton is
studyingtelecommunication. Deepak and Varun do not like
badminton.Deepakdoesnotliketennis.
Questions:
1.WhichspecialisationisVarunstudying?
1)Metallurgy
2)Mechanical
3)Hardware
4)Electrical
5)Noneofthese
2.WhichsportdoesDeepaklike?
1)Football
2)Cricket
3)Hockey
4)Cannotbedetermined
5)Noneofthese

3.Whichofthefollowingpersonspecialisationcombination
iscorrectaccordingtothegiveninformation?
1)NileshHardware
2)VarunElectrical
3)AnitMetallurgy
4)SiddharthSoftware
5)Noneiscorrect
(Q. 45): If all six friends are asked to sit in a straight
line,facing north, in an alphabetical order (according to
theirnames),fromlefttoright,then________
4. Who will be to the immediate left of the one studying
electrical?
1)Theonewholikesbadminton
2)Theonewhoisstudyingtelecommunication
3)Theonewhoisstudyinghardware
4)Theonewholikeshockey
5)Noneofthese
5. Which of the following combinations will represent the
favouritesportoftheimmediateneighboursofRajesh?
1)BadmintonFootball
2)CricketTennis
3)CricketFootball
4)TennisFootball
5)CricketBadminton

Directions:Studythefollowinginformationcarefullyand
answerthequestionsgivenbelow:
SixfriendsA,B,C,D,EandFworkinginthesameofficetake
differenttime to reach office. All of them take time in the
multiples of ten in such amanner that the one who reaches
officetheearliest,reachesin10minutesandtheonewhotakes
maximumtimereachesofficein60minutes.Dtakesmoretime
thanEbutlesstimethanA.Areachesin30minutes.Btakes
lesstimethanonlyF.
Questions:
1.HowmuchtimedoesCtaketoreachoffice?
1)60minutes
2)50minutes
3)40minutes
4)20minutes
5)Cannotbedetermined
2.Whoamongstthefollowingtakesmaximumtimetoreach
office?
1)B
2)C
3)D
4)F
5)Cannotbedetermined
3.HowmanypeopletakemoretimetoreachofficethanD?
1)Four

2)Three
3)Two
4)One
5)None

Answers
Direction1:

1.4;ExceptinLQ,inallothersthereisagapofonebottle.
2.1;ChemicalLisinPinkbottle.
3.3;PGreeniscorrect.
4.3;ChemicalQisinVioletbottle.
5.2;
NM O L Q P
LM N O P Q
6.2;ChemicalNisinRedbottle.
7.1;ChemicalPiskeptinthebottleattheextremeright.
Direction2:
Days
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesda
y
Thursday

Play
C
A
E

Duration
1Hour
1Hour
2Hour

3Hours

Friday
Saturday
Sunday

D
B

Offday
2Hours
1/2Hour

1.4;DurationofPlayBis1/2Hour.
2.3;Fridayisoffday.
3.2;ATuesday1Houriscorrect.
4.2;DisstagedonSaturday.
5.5;Fourplayswerestagedbeforetheoffday.
6.2;IfDisstagedonMonday,PlayEof21/2Hoursduration
willbestagedonThursday.
7.4;Now,Saturdaywouldbetheoffday.
Direction3:

1.1;Oisareporter.
2.1;SisthirdtotherightofR.
3.4;FourpersonsR,O,TandS.
4.5;ShopkeeperandDoctorareimmediateneighbours.
5.3;ThedoctorissittingexactlybetweentheSupervisorand
Shopkeeper.
Direction4:

Friend Specialisation
Sport
Deepak Electrical
Football
Varun Hardware
Tennis
Anit Metallurgy
Swimmin
g
Nilesh Telecommunicatio Badminto
n
n
Rajesh
Software
Hockey
1.3;Varunisstudying
Siddhart Mechanical
Cricket
Hardware.
h
2.1;Deepaklikes
Football.
3.3;ThecombinationAnitMetallurgyiscorrect.
(45):

4.5;DeepakisstudyingElectrical.Anitistotheimmediateleft
ofDeepak.
AnitisstudyingMetallurgyandlikesSwimming.
5.5;ImmediateneighboursofRajeshareNileshandSiddharth.
Nilesh
likesBadmintonandSiddharthlikesCricket.
Direction5:
E<D<A
102030
B<F
5060

E=10MinutesD=20Minutes
A=30MinutesC=40Minutes
B=50MinutesF=60Minutes
1.3;Ctakes40minutes.
2.4;Ftakesmaximumtime.
3.1;Fourpersons.

Important Number And Ranking Quiz

Questions

DIRECTIONS (Q. 15) : Study the following

arrangementcarefully and answer the questions given
below:
426138958165158539492321572624274
1. If all the even digits are deleted from the above
arrangement,whichofthefollowingwillbeseventhfromthe
rightendofthearrangement?
(a)3
(b)5
(c)1
(d)9
(e)7
2. How many such 2s are there in the above
arrangementeachofwhichisimmediatelyprecededbyan
odddigitandalsoimmediatelyfollowedbyanodddigit?
(a)None
(b)One
(c)Two
(d)Three

(e)Morethanthree
3. How many such 1s are there in the above
arrangement,each of which is immediately preceded by a
perfectsquare?
(a)None
(b)One
(c)Two
(d)Three
(e)Morethanthree
4.Ifoneisaddedtoeachoftheevendigitsandtwoisadded
to each of the odd digits given in BOLD in theabove
arrangement,howmanydigitswillappeartwiceinthenew
numberthusformed?
(a)None
(b)One
(c)Two
(d)Three
(e)Morethanthree

5. Which of the following is seventh to the right of

thenineteenth digit from the right end of the above
arrangement?
(a)3
(b)5
(c)1
(d)7
(e)Noneofthese
6. Pratap correctly remembers that his mother's birthday
isbeforetwentythirdApril but after nineteenth April,
whereashissistercorrectlyremembersthattheirmother's
birthday isnot on or aftertwentysecondApril. On which
dayinAprilisdefinitelytheirmother'sbirthday?
(a)Twentieth
(b)Twentyfirst
(c)TwentiethorTwentyfirst
(d)Cannotbedetermined
(e)Noneofthese

7.Inarowoffortychildren,Riseleventhfromtheright
endandtherearefifteenchildrenbetweenRandM.Whatis
M'spositionfromtheleftendoftherow?
(a)Fourteenth
(b)Fifteenth
(c)Thirteenth
(d)Cannotbedetermined
(e)Noneofthese
8.InarowoffortyboysfacingNorth,Ristwelfthfromthe
leftendandTiseighteenthfromtherightend.Howmany
boysarebetweenRandTintherow?
(a)10
(b)11
(c)12
(d)Cannotbedetermined
(e)Noneofthese
9.Mohitcorrectlyremembersthathisfather'sbirthdayis
notaftereighteenthofApril.Hissistercorrectlyremembers
thattheir father's birthday is before twentieth but

afterseventeenth of April. On which day in April was

definitelytheirfather'sbirthday?
(a)Seventeenth
(b)Nineteenth
(c)Eighteenth
(d)SeventeenthorEighteenth
(e)Noneofthese

10.Ifitispossibletoformonlyonesuch
numberwiththethird,thesixthandtheseventhdigitsofthe
number7394261whichistheperfectsquareofatwodigit
oddnumber,whichofthefollowingwillbethefirstdigitof
thattwodigitoddnumber?
(a)9
(b)3
(c)5
(d)Nosuchnumbercanbeformed
(e)Morethanonesuchnumbercanbeformed

Answers
1.(d)13951515539931577
2.(c)4261389581651585394923215726242
74
3.(a)4261389581651585394923215726242
74
Therearenosuch1s.
4.(c)537359
Thustherearetwodigits5and3thatappeartwice.
5.(a)7thtotherightof19thfromtheright.=(197=)12th
fromtheright=3
6.(c)AccordingtoPratap:20,21or22...(i)
Accordingtohissister:not22...(ii)
From(i)and(ii),thebirthdayfallsonApr20or21.
7.(a)R'sposition=11thfromright

=M'sposition=(11+15+1=)27thfromright=(4027+1
=)14thfromleft
8.(a)R=12thfromleft
T=18thfromright=(4018+1=)23rdfromleft
=No.ofboysbetweenRandT=23121=10
9.(c)AccordingtoMohit:Apr18orearlier...(i)
Accordingtohissister:April18or19...(ii)
From(i)and(ii),wegetApr18.
10.(e)169,196and961,whicharethesquaresof13,14and
31respectively.Ofthese,14isruledoutbecauseitiseven.We
arestillleftwithtwosuchnumbers13and31.

Directions1:Studythefollowinginformationcarefullyand
answerthequestionsgivenbelow:
SixfriendsHetal,Jayshree,Rohini,Meena,NidhiandSwati,
stayindifferentareasofacityi.e.,Dadar,Matunga,Mulund,
Vikroli, Thane andKanjurmarg not necessarily in the same
order.Allsixhavedifferenthobbieswhicharesinging,dancing,
drawing,travelling,cookingandreadingnotnecessarilyinthe
sameorder.

Hetal stays in Vikroli and her hobby is neither dancing nor

reading. Theone whose hobby is travelling stays in Mulund.
Jayshree's hobby is drawingand she does not stay in either
DadarorMatunga.MeenastaysinKanjurmargandherhobbyis
cooking.RohinilikesreadingbutsheandNidhidonotstayin
Matunga.
Questions:
1.WhatisSwati'shobby?
1)Singing
2)Dancing
3)Reading
4)Travelling
5)Noneofthese
2.Whosehobbyissinging?
1)Nidhi
2)Rohini
3)Swati
4)Hetal
5)Noneofthese
3.Whosehobbyistravelling?
1)Hetal
2)Swati
3)Nidhi
4)Rohini
5)Noneofthese

4.WheredoesJayshreestay?
1)Thane
2)Vikroli
3)Kanjurmarg
4)Mulund
5)Noneofthese
5.WheredoesRohinistay?
1)Matunga
2)Mulund
3)Thane
4)Dadar
5)Noneofthese
Directions2:Studythefollowinginformationcarefullyand
answerthequestionsgivenbelow:
Seven flights namely Jet Airways. British Airways, Delta,
Quantas,Emirates,LufthansaandAirIndiaarescheduledtofly
toLondon.ThereisonlyoneflighttoLondononeachofthe
sevendaysoftheweek,startingfromMondayandendingon
Sunday.DeltafliesonWednesday.AirIndiafliesthedaynext
toBritishAirways.BritishAirwaysdoesnotflyonMondayor
Friday.TwoairlinesflybetweenthedaysBritishAirways,and
Emiratesfly.EmiratesdoesnotflyonSunday.Quantasfliesa
daybeforeLufthansa.
Questions:
1.OnwhichofthefollowingdaysdoesJetAirwaysfly?

1)Friday
2)Sunday
3)Tuesday
4)Thursday
5)Noneofthese
2.HowmanyflightsflybetweenLufthansaandDelta?
1)None
2)One
3)Two
4)Three
5)Five
3.WhichofthefollowingflightsfliesonFriday?
1)AirIndia
2)Quantas
3)Emirates
4)Lufthansa
5)JetAirways
4. If Delta postpones its flight to Sunday owing to some
technicalreasonsandalltheflightsscheduledforThursday
to Sunday are now made to takeoil a day ahead of the
schedule, which of the following flights would nowfly on
Friday?
1)Lufthansa
2)JetAirways
3)BritishAirways
4)AirIndia

5)Quantas
5. If Emirates is related to British Airways and Delta is
relatedtoQuantasinacertainwaybaseduponthegiven
flightschedule,thenJetAirwayswillberelatedtowhichof
thefollowingbaseduponthesamerelationship'?
1)Lufthansa
2)Quantas
3)Delta
4)AirIndia
5)Noneofthese
Directions3:Studythefollowinginformationcarefullyand
answerthequestionsgivenbelow:
A,B,C,D,E,F,GandHaresittingaroundacirculartable
facingthecentre.Notwomalesortwofemalesareimmediate
neighboursofeachother.AiswifeofH.Asitsthirdtotheleft
ofE.FsitssecondtotherightofD.Disnotanimmediate
neighbourofAorE.HandCareimmediateneighboursofeach
other.FisnotanimmediateneighbourofhiswifeB.
Questions:
1.WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutG?
1)Gisamale
2)GsitsexactlybetweenFandH
3)GsitsthirdtotheleftorE
4)GsitssecondtotherightofB
5)Noneistrue

2.WhositsthirdtotheleftofB?
1)F
2)H
3)D
4)A
5)Noneofthese
3.HowmanypeoplesitbetweenBandFwhencountedin
anticlockwisedirectionfromB?
1)One
2)Two
3)Three
4)Four
5)Morethanfour
4.Fourofthefollowinglivearealikeinacertainwayandso
formagroup.Whichistheonethatdoesnotbelongtothat
group?
1)H
2)F
3)E
4)G
5)D
5. Which of the following groups consists of only female
membersofthegroup?
1)A,B,H
2)G,F,C

3)C,H,G
4)D,H,C
5)Noneofthese
6.Ifallthepersonsaremadetositinalphabeticalorderin
clockwisedirection, starting from A, the positions of how
many(excludingA)willremainunchangedascomparedto
theiroriginalseatingpositions?
1)None
2)One
3)Two
4)Three
5)Four
Directions4:Studythefollowinginformationcarefullyand
answerthequestionsgivenbelow:
A,B,C,D,E,F,GandHaresittingaroundacirculartable
facingthecentre.Eachoneofthemhasadifferentprofession
viz. doctor, engineer,architect, teacher, clerk, shopkeeper,
businessmanandbanker.Asitsthirdtorightofteacher.Dsits
second to left of G. G is not animmediate neighbour of the
teacher.OnlyonepersonsitsbetweenBwhoistheshopkeeper
andteacher.Theonewhoisanarchitectsitsthirdtorightofthe
shopkeeper.Hsitsbetweenarchitectandengineer.Eisnotan
immediateneighbour of H. Engineer sits third to the right of
clerk. Onlyoneperson sitsbetweenbusinessmanand F.E is
neitherabusinessmannoradoctor.
Questions:

1.Whichofthefollowingistruewithrespecttothegiven
seatingarrangement?
1)Eisanimmediateneighbouroftheengineer
2)Eisanarchitect
3)Theclerkisanimmediateneighbourofthebanker
4)TheteachersitsbetweenHandtheengineer
5)Shopkeepersitssecondtotherightoftheteacher
2.WhatistheprofessionofH?
1)Businessman
2)Architect
3)Banker
4)Teacher
5)Shopkeeper
3.Whatisthepositionofdoctorwithrespecttothebanker?
1)Immediatelytotheleft
2)Thirdtotheleft
3)Secondtotheright
4)Fourthtotheleft
5)Secondtotheleft
4. Who sits exactly between the architect and the
businessman?
1)CandH
2)Clerk
3)Bankerandshopkeeper
4)Doctor

5)Candteacher
5.Whoamongstthefollowingisaclerk?
1)C
2)D
3)E
4)F
5)G

Answers
Direction1:
Friends

PlacesofStayi Hobbies
ng
Hetal
Vikroli
Singing
Jayshree
Thane
Drawing
Rohini
Dadar
Reading
Meena Kanjurmarg
Cooking
Nidhi Mulund
Travelling
Swati Matunga
Dancing
3.3
4.1
5.
Days
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

1.2
2.4

Flights
Emirates
JetAirways
Delta
BritishAirways
AirIndia
Quantas
Lufthansa

Direction2:

1.3;JetAirwaysfliesonTuesday.
2.4;ThreeflightsflybetweenLufthansaandDelta.
3.1;AirIndiafliesonFriday.
4.5;QuantaswillflyonFriday.
5.4; There are two flights between Emirates and British
Airways.

Direction3:

AiswifeofH.

BiswifeofF.

1.4;GisafemalewhositssecondtorightofB.
2.2;HsitsthirdtotheleftofB.
3.2;TwopersonsDandGsitbetweenBandF
when counted in anticlockwise direction from
B.
4.4;Gisafemalewhileallothersaremales.
5.5;FemalemembersareA,G,BandC.
6.3;

Direction4:

1.3;Statement(3)istrue.
2.4;HisaTeacher.
3.2;D,DoctoristhirdtotheleftofBankerE.
4.4;DoctorDsitsbetweenF,ArchitectandA,Businessman.
5.5;Gisaclerk.