Reasoning Questions - 8

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Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-5) : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight friends- Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and X are sitting arounda square table in such a way that four of them 'sit at fourcorners of the square while four sit in the middle of eachof the four sides. The ones of those who sit in the middle ofthe sides face the centre while those who sit at the fourcorners face outside (i. e. opposite to the centre). R sitsto immediate left of T. T sits at one of the corners of thetable. Only two people sit between R and W. X sits second toright of S. S faces the same direction as W (i. e. , if We
faces the centre then S also faces the centre and vice-versa.) U is neither an immediate neighbour of X nor T. V isnot an immediate neighbour of W.

1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way andso form a group. Which is the one that does not belong tothat group?

(a) X 
(b) Q 
(c) V 
(d) R 
(e) U

 ( Ans : a)

2. Who sit exactly between R and W when counted from the left, of W?

(a) Q, T 
(b) S, V 
(c) S, U 
(d) V, X 
(e) U, X

 (Ans : a)

3. Who sits second to the right of U?

(a) X 
(b) R 
(c) W 
(d) T 
(e) Q 

(Ans : e)

4. Which of the following is true regarding Q ?

(a) None of the given options is true 
(b) Q is an immediate neighbour of R
(c) T sits to immediate left of Q 
(d) Q sits exactly between U and S
(e) Q faces outside

 ( Ans : a)

5. What is the position of X with respect to T ?

(a) Third to the left 
(b) Second to the right 
(c) Fourth to the left
(d) Second to the left 
(e) Third to the right 

(Ans : d)

Directions (6-10) : Study the given information carefullyto answer the given questions.

'keep your eyes open' is written as 'nx co kh wd'
'eyes on school bus' is written as 'vy co rs te'
'keep bag in bus' is written as 'rs ef bn kh'
'open your school bag' is written as 'wd ef nx vy'
(All codes are two letter codes only)

6. What is the code for 'bus' in the given code language?

(a) rs 
(b) vy 
(c) bn
 (d) ef 
(e) Other than those given as options 

(Ans : a)

7. In the given code language, what does the code 'nx'stand for ?

(a) in 
(b) Either 'your' or 'open'
 (c) eyes
(d) school 
(e) Either 'bag' or 'keep'

 ( Ans : b)

8. What may be the possible code for 'garbage bag' in thegiven code language?

(a) av bn 
(b) ef av
 (c) kh bn
 (d) efkh 
(e) nx rs 

( Ans : b)

9. What is the code for 'school' in the given code language?

(a) vy 
(b) nx
 (c) co
 (d) wd 
(e) ef

 ( Ans : a)

10. If 'keep on track' is coded as 'kh pe te' in the given codelanguage, then what is the code for 'track' ?

(a) te 
(b) rs
 (c) kh
 (d) Cannot be determined
 (e) pe

 ( Ans :e)

Directions (11-15) : Study the following informationcarefully and answer the questions.
A building has eight floors numbered one to eight, in such away that the ground floor is numbered one, the floor aboveit, number two and so on such that the topmost floor isnumbered eight. One out of eight people viz, J, K, L, M, R,S, T and U lives on one of these floors. L lives on an evennumbered floor but not on floor number 2. Only threepeople live between L and R. J lives on an odd numbered
floor. Only two people live between J and M. J lives on afloor above M. U lives immediately below T. U does not live onany of the floors above R. K does not live on the lowermostfloor.

11. Which of the following is true with respect to the given arrangement?

(a) S lives on the lowermost floor.
(b) L lives on a floor immediately above M's floor.
(c) None of the given options is true. 
(d) K lives on an even numbered floor.
(e) L lives on floor numbered 6.

 (Ans : a)

12. Who lives on floor number 3 ?

(a) U 
(b) M 
(c) T 
(d) J
 (e) K 

( Ans : e)

13. Who lives on the topmost floor (i.e. floor numbered 8) ?

(a) R
 (b) T
 (c) K 
(d) S 
(e) L 

( Ans : a)

14. Who amongst the following lives on the floor immediately below the floor on which U lives?

(a) K 
(b) L
 (c) J 
(d) M 
(e) No one as U lives on the lowermost floor.

 (Ans : c)

15. Who live exactly between the floors on which J and Mlive?

(a) L, S 
(b) L, T 
(c) R, U
 (d) S, T
 (e) K, L 

(Ans : e)

16. All the letters of the word CRUMBLE are arranged asper the English alphabetical series. Then a meaningfulEnglish word (starting with L) is formed 'with the second,fourth, sixth and seventh alphabets so formed, which ofthe following will be the third letter of the 'word from theleft?

(a) U
(b) No meaningful English word can be formed 
(c) R
 (d)E 
(e) C

 (Ans : b)

17. How many alphabets (as per the English alphabeticalorder) are there between the second and seventh letters ofthe word SACREDLY ?

(a) 8 
(b) 12
 (c) 7 
(d) 10
 (e) 15

 ( Ans : d)

Directions (18-20) : Study the following information and answer the given questions.K is the father of J. J is the sister of L. L is the mother ofD. K is married to T. T has only two daughters. T is the
mother of U. T is the sister of M.

18. How is T related to D ?

(a) Mother 
(b) Aunt
 (c) Grandmother 
(d) Cannot be determined
 (e) Granddaughter 

( Ans : c)

19. How is M related to L ?

(a) Brother 
(b) Sister
 (c) Father 
(d) Mother 
(e) Cannot be determined 

(Ans : e)

20. If R is married to U, then how is R related to T ?

(a) Son 
(b) Daughter
 (e) Cannot be determined
 (d)Daughter-in-law
 (e) Son-in-law

 (Ans : d)