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Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

In a party there are eight friends in which four are boys and remaining are girls, in which girls are Ela, Ishita, Chitra and Diya and boys are Badal, Hitesh, Faruq and Ganesh. In between these eight friends one girl and one boy are the host. They are sitting around a rectangular table. Three are on the longer side of the rectangular table and hosts are on the remaining side. Some additional information is given below:

(a) All four girls are sitting adjacent to each other and Diya is 3rd right of Ganesh.
(b) Ganesh is the host sitting 2nd left of Chitra. Hitesh and Chitra are sitting opposite to each other.
(c) Ishita is 3rd left of Ganesh. Faruq is third left of Ela.

1. Who is the 2nd host in this arrangement?
(1) Hitesh
(2) Badal
(3) Ela
(4) Chitra
(5) none of these

2. What is the Chitra’s position?
(1) Immediate left of Ganesh
(2) Immediate right to Ganesh
(3) Faruq’s 2nd right
(4) Faruq’s immediate right
(5) Immediate left of Ela.

3. Who is immediate left of Diya?
(1) Ishita
(2) Badal
(3) Faruq
(4) Ganesh
(5) None of these

4. How many girls and boys are sitting opposite to the same gender?
(1) One
(2) Three
(3) None
(4) Two
(5) None of these

5. Which of the following statement is true?
(1) Three boys are sitting on one longer side
(2) Ishita is the another host
(3) Faruq and Ela are opposite to each other
(4) One girls is sitting to the second right of Badal
(5) None of these

6. Vinay moves towards South-East a distance of 14m. then he moves towards West and travels a distance of 28m. From here, he moves towards North-West a distance of 14m. and finally he moves a distance of 8m towards East and comes to a halt. How far is the starting point where he stood?
(1) 20 m
(2) 22 m
(3) 6 m
(4) 8 m
(5) None of these

7. From the word ‘INTENSIFICATION’, how many independent words can be made without changing the order of the letters and using each letter only once?
(1) Four
(2) Five
(3) Six
(4) More than six
(5) None of these

8. In a class of 180, where girls are twice the number of boys, Rupesh, a boy, ranked thirty-fourth from the top. If there are eighteen girls ahead of Rupesh, how many boys are after him in rank?
(1) 45
(2) 44
(3) 60
(4) Can’t be determined
(5) None of these

9. Two priests A and B were talking to each other. A said to B, “My mobile set rings every 15 minutes”. B retorted, “My mobile set rings every 18 minutes.” The mobile sets of both A and B rang simultaneously at 8 am. Four of the following five timings of a certain day are alike with respect to the above situation and hence form a group. Which of the following timings is different from the group?
(1) 6.30 am
(2) 5.30 pm
(3) 3.30 pm
(4) 9.30 am
(5) 6.30 pm

10. Pointing to a girl, Mr Raju said, “This girl is the daughter of the husband of the mother of my wife’s brother.” Who is Raju to the girl?
(1) Husband
(2) Brother-in-law
(3) Father-in-law
(4) Either husband or brother-in-law
(5) None of these





ANSWERS
Solutions  (1-5):
E = Ela,
I = Ishita,
C = Chitra,
D = Diya,
B = Badal,
H = Hitesh,
F = Faruq,
G = Ganesh

1. (3)
2. (4)
3. (5)
4. (4)
5. (5)

Solutions (6-10)

6. (1)

7. (4)
8. (2)
9. (2)
10. (4)

Reasoning Mix Quiz | Puzzle Assumptions| Course of Action| Relations

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it:

In a SAARC meeting eight delegates A, B C, D, E, F, G, and H of different countries are sitting around a square table facing the centre not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them is belongs to different countries India, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. 


F sits second to the right of the delegate of Sri Lanka. Bangladesh is an immediate neighbour of delegate of Sri Lanka. Two people sit between the delegate of Bangladesh and B. C and E are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither C nor E is an immediate neighbour of either B or delegate of Sri Lanka. The delegate of Pakistan sits second to the right of D, who is the delegate of Maldives. G and the delegate of India is immediate neighbour of each other. B is not the delegate of India. Only one person sits between C and D. H sits third to left of the delegate of Bhutan. The delegate of Nepal sits second to left of the delegate of Afghanistan. 

1. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?
(1) E is an immediate neighbour of the delegate of India
(2) E is the delegate of Maldives
(3) The delegate of India is an immediate neighbour of F
(4) The delegate of Bhutan sits between F and delegate of Nepal
(5) Shopkeeper sits second to the right of the teacher

2. H is the delegate of which country?
(1) India
(2) Pakistan
(3) Sri Lanka
(4) Afghanistan
(5) Bhutan

3. What is the position of delegate of Afghanistan with respect to delegate of Bangladesh?
(1) Immediately to the left
(2) Third to the left
(3) Second to the right
(4) Fourth to the left
(5) Second to the left

4. Who sit/s exactly between the delegate of Maldives and C?
(1) H  
(2) Delegate of Pakistan
(3) Delegate of Nepal
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) F

5. What is the position of delegate of Pakistan when counted anti-clock wise direction from C?
(1) Immediately to the left
(2) Third to the left
(3) Second to the right
(4) Fourth to the left
(5) None of these



Directions (6-8): Read the following information and answer the given questions. 
In the following question, a statement a statement is followed by two Assumption/ Course of Action I and II.
Give your answer as:
(1) If only I follow.
(2) If only II follows.
(3) If either I or II follows.
(4) If neither I nor II follows.
(5) If both I and II follows.

6. Statement: While presenting a stage show in a Saifai (Uttar Pradesh), the famous actor and actress declared that they have a practice of either taking full payment or none for their stage shows.

Assumptions: 
I. They took full payment for their recent show.
II. They did not take any money for his recent show.

7. Statement: The Delhi court has directed the government to respond to a PIL alleging that politicians were misusing government’s funds worth crores in the name of sports on advertisement for their publicity.

Course of Action:
I. Government should respond to the PIL and ensure that this type of incident do not occurs in future.
II. Government should identify those politicians and must warn them not to do this again.

8. Statement: ‘We are here to announce that you are appointed as a Content Manager with a probation period of six months and your performance will be reviewed at the end of the period for confirmation’ – A line in an offer letter.

Assumptions: 
I. The performance of an individual generally is not known at the time of joining.
II. Generally an individual tries to prove his worth in the probation period.

Directions (9-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
(i) A X B means “A is the father of B”
(ii) A + B means “B is the sister of A”
(iii) A – B means “B is the mother of A”
(iv) A ÷B means “A is the brother of B”

9. Which of the following means P is nephew of R?
(I) R x K ÷ P
(II) R – N + P – K
(III) R ÷ K x P + M
(1) Only I
(2) Only II
(3) Only III
(4) Either II or III
(5) None of these

10. If it is given K x P ÷ R + S – Q. then which of the following is true?
(1) R is the brother of P
(2) K is the husband of S
(3) Q is the wife of K
(4) R is the sister of S
(5) None of these


Solutions (1-5)

1. (4)
2. (3)
3. (2)
4. (3)
5. (5)

Solutions (6-8):
6. (3) As given in the condition in the statement, the actor and actress either will take the full payment for his recent show or will not take any money for the same. Hence, either of the assumptions follows.
7. (5) Both Course of Actions follows.
8. (5) The performance of the individual has to be tasted over a span of time as the statement mentions. So I is implicit. The statement mentions that the individual’s worth shall be reviewed (during probation period) before confirmation so II is also implicit.

Solutions (9-10):
9. (5) Either 1 or 4
10. (3) Q is the wife of K