Advanced Reasoning Quiz



Directions(1 – 5) Read each statement carefully and answer the following questions :

1. Which of the following symbols should be placed in the blank spaces respectively (in the same orderfrom left to right) in order to complete the given expression in such a mannerthat makes the expression ‘F > N‘ and ‘U > D‘ definitely false ?
F _ O _ U __ N __ D
(1) <,<,>,=
(2) <,=,=,>
(3) <,=,=,<
(4) >,=,=,>
(5) >,>,=,<

2. Which of the following symbols should be placed in the blank spaces respectively (in the same orderfrom left to right) in order to complete the given expression insuch a mannerthat makes the expressions ‘B > N‘ as well as ‘D < L’ definitely true ? 
B_L_O_N_D
(1) =,=,>,>
(2) >,>,=,>
(3) >,<,=,<
(4) >,=,=,>
(5) >,=,>,>

3. Which of the following 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 that makes the expression ‘A < P‘ definitely false ?
_______ ≤ _______ < ________ > ___________
(1) L, N, P, A
(2) L, A, P, N
(3) A, L, P, N
(4) N, A, P, L
(5) P, N, A, L

4. Which of the following expressions will be true if the expression R>O=A>S<T is definitely true ?
(1) O >T
(2) S < R
(3) T > A
(4) S = O
(5) T < R .

5. Which of the following symbols-should replace the question mark (?) in the given expression in order to make the expressions 'P > A' as well as 'T ≤ L' definitely true ? 
P>L?A≥N=T 
(1) ≤
(2) >
(3) <
(4) ≥
(5) either < or <

Directions (6 – 10) Study the following information and answer the questions given below: 
A, B, C, D, E, G, and I are seven friends who study in three different standards namely 5th, 6th and 7th such that not less than two friends study in the same standard. Each friend also has a different favourite subject namely History, Civics, English, Marathi, Hindi, Maths and Economics but not necessarily in the same order. 
A likes Maths and studies in the 5th standard with only one other friend who likes Marathi. l studies only with two other friends. Both the friends who study with I like languages (Here languages include only Hindi, Marathi and English). D studies in the 6th standard with only one person and, does not like civics. E studies with only one friend. The one who likes history does not study in 5th or 6th standard. E does not like languages. C does not like English, Hindi or and Civics.

6. Which of the following is I’s favourite subject?
(1) History
(2) Civics
(3) Marathi 
(4) Either English, or Marathi
(5) Either English or Hindi

7. Who amongst the following studies in the 7th standard?
(1) G
(2) C
(3) E
(4) D
(5) Either D or B

8. Which combination represents E's favourite subject and the standard in which he studies?
(1) Civics and 7th
(2) Economics and 5th
(3) Civics and 6th  
(4) Economics and 7th
(5) None of these

9. Which of the following subjects does G like?
(1) Either Maths or Marathi
(2) Either Hindi or English
(3) Either Hindi or Civics
(4) Either Hindi or Marathi
(5) Either Civics or Economics

10. Which of the following combinations is definitely correct?
(1) I and Hindi
(2) G and English
(3) C and Marathi
(4) B and Hindi
(5) E and Economics

Directions (11 – 15) Study the information and answer the following questions: 
In a certain code language-  
‘economics is not money‘ is written as, ‘ka la ho ga’ 
‘demand and supply ‘economies' is written as, ‘mo ta pa ka‘ 
‘money makes only part' is written as, ‘zi la ne ki’ 
‘demand makes supply economies‘ is written as, zi mo ka ta’

11. What is the code for 'makes' in the given code language?
(1) mo
(2) pa
(3) ne
(4) zi
(5) ho

12. What is the code for ‘money‘ in the given code language?
(1) ga
(2) mo
(3) pa
(4) ta
(5) ta

13. What may be the possible code for ‘work and money‘ in the given code language ?
(1) pa gala
(2) pa la tu
(3) mo la pa
(4) tu la ga
(5) pa la ne

14. What is the code for ‘supply’ in the given code language?
(1) only ta
(2) only mo
(3) either pa or mo
(4) only pa
(5) either mo or ta

15. What may be the possible code for ‘demand only more‘ in the given code language ?
(1) Xi ne mo
(2) mo zi ne
(3) ki ne mo
(4) mo zi ki
(5) xi ka ta


Answers:
1.   3
2.   4
3.   5
4.   2
5.   4

FRIENDS
STANDARD
SUBJECTS
A
5th
Maths
B
7th
Hindi/English
C
5th
Marathi
D
6th
Ecnomic
E
6th
Civics
G
7th
Hindi/English
I
7th
History

6.   1
7.   1
8.   3
9.   2
10. 3
11. 4
12. 5
13. 2
14. 5
15. 1

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