Reasoning Quiz

Directions (Q. 1-5): Each of the questions below consists of a question and three statements numbered I, II and III given below it. You have to decide the data provided in which of the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Choose your answer accordingly.

1. Ram, Mukesh, Raju, Raheem, Rohit and Rajesh are sitting around a circular table facing outside. Who is sitting opposite to Ram?

I. Mukesh and Raju are sitting opposite to each other.

II. Rohit may sit either on the immediate right of Mukesh or on the immediate left of Raju.

III. Raheem can't sit opposite to Rohit and Ram can't sit opposite to Rohit.

1) Only I and II 

2) Only II and III 

3) Only I and II or III

4) All I, II and III 

5) Data inadequate

2. How is Mayank related to Seema?

I. Rajeev has two daughters. One of them is Reema who is married to Mayank.

II. Seema is mother of Rinki the younger sister of Reema.

III. Rajeev is Seema's husband.

1) Only I and II 

2) Only I and III 

3) Only I and either II or III

4) Any two of three 

5) All are necessary

3. Who among A, B, C, D and E was the first to reach the station?

I. B reached earlier than E. A and C were not the first to reach.

II. A reached earlier than both C and E but could not reach earlier than D who was at the station before B reached.

III.C didn't reach just after A.

1) Only I and II 

2) Only I and II or III 

3) Only II and III

4) All I, II and III 

5) None

4. If A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row facing south, who among them is in the middle?

I. E is at the left end of the row.

II. D sits between A and C.

III. Neither A nor C sits at an extreme end.

1) Only I and II 

2) Only II and III 

3) Any two of three

4) All I, II and III 

5) Data inadequate

5. On which day of the week did Anika arrive?

I. Her sister Teena correctly remembers that she did not arrive on Wednesday.

II. Her friend Meena correctly remembers that she arrived on before Friday.

III. Her mother correctly remembers that she arrived before Friday but after Tuesday.

1) Only I and II 

2) Only II and III 

3) Only I and III

4) All are correct 

5) Data inadequate

Directions (Q. 6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Dinesh, Mukesh, Rahul, Geeta, Rashmi, Sunil, Naveen and Sonam are eight students pursuing doctorate in eight different subjects, viz Statistics, Physics, Economics, English, Management, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany. They are debating on a topic and sitting around a circular table. The student of Physics is two places away from Geeta, who is neither the student of Zoology nor of English. Dinesh is third to the left of the student of Statistics and opposite to student of Management. The student of Management is not in front of Rahul and Sonam. Rahul studies neither Physics nor Chemistry. Sonam doesn’t study Botany. Geeta is to the immediate right of the person who is opposite to the student of Chemistry. Rashmi is opposite to either the student of Economics or English but she is near to the student of Physics. Naveen sits immediate to the right of the student of English, who is third to the left of the student of Botany. The student of English is two places to the right of student of Chemistry. Mukesh is the immediate neighbour of the student of Chemistry and Naveen is one place away from Sunil.

6. Who does study Management?

1) Geeta 

2) Sunil 

3) Rahul 

4) Sonam 

5) Can't be determined

7. How many students do sit between Dinesh and Geeta?

1) None 

2) One 

3) Two 

4) Three 5) Can't be determined

8. Which of the following statements is true about the arrangement?

1) The student of Zoology is the neighbour of the student, who is opposite to the student of Management.

2) The student of Management and the student of Economics are adjacent to each other.

3) Sonam is opposite to the person, who is immediate to the left of Geeta.

4) The student of Economics is opposite to the student of Statistics.

5) None of these

9. Which of the following combinations is true?

1) Mukesh-Zoology 

2) Naveen-Management

3) Sunil-Physics 

4) English-Rahul

5) Sonam-Statistics

10. Which of the following statements is correct?

1) There is only one student between the students of English and Economics.

2) Sonam is student of Chemistry but Geeta can never be a student of Management.

3) The student of Botany is opposite to Rahul.

4) Naveen is third to the left of the student of Economics.

5) None of these

Answers:

1. 4

2. 3

3. 5

D > B and D > A > C, E

4. 2

From I: Right _ _ _ _ E left

From II: ADC or CDA

From III:A and C do not sit on the ends of the row

From I and II: B's position is not clear

So, I and II together are not sufficient

From II and II: Two arrangement are not possible

_ADC _

_CDA _

In both the arrangements, D sits at the middle position therefore II and III together are sufficient from I and III.

We can't say who sits at middle position as exact position of

A, B, C and D is not clear

So, I and III eaven together are not sufficient.

5. 3

6. 1

7. 4

8. 3

9. 3

10. 4