Reasoning Quiz

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

When a word and number arrangement is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. (All the numbers are two digit numbers.)

Input : 43 nobody chase 32 45 desk top feast 67 82 97 guess oracle 29

Step I: 43 nobody chase 32 45 desk feast 67 82 97 guess oracle top 29

Step II: 43 nobody chase 45 desk feast 67 82 97 guess top 29 oracle 32

Step III: chase 45 desk feast 67 82 97 guess top 29 oracle 32 nobody 43

Step IV: chase desk feast 67 82 97 top 29 oracle 32 nobody 43 guess 45

Step V: chase desk 82 97 top 29 oracle 32 nobody 43 guess 45 feast 67

Step VI: chase 97 top 29 oracle 37 nobody 43 guess 45 feast 67 desk 82

Step VII: top 29 oracle 37 nobody 43 guess 45 feast 67 desk 82 chase 97

And step VII is the last step of the above arrangement. As per the rules followed in the step, find out the appropriate step for the given input.

Input: 35 quant hear cute 50 65 98 silent giant 71 82 19 oliver melody

1. How many steps will be required to complete the given input?

1) Five 

2) Six 

3) Seven 

4) Eight 

5) Four

2. Which of the following is the first element from the left end of step VI?

1) 19 

2) silent 

3) melody 

4) cute 

5) oliver

3. What is the position of 'melody' in the last step but one?

1) Seventh from right

2) Second from left 

3) Sixth from right 

4) Fourth from right

5) Other than given options

4. Which element is fourth to the right of 'silent' in step V?

1) 35 

2) cute 

3) 98 

4) quant 

5) oliver

5. Which of the following is step IV of the given input?

1) hear cute 65 98 giant 71 82 melody silent 19 quant 35 oliver 50.

2) hear cute 98 65 giant 71 82 silent 19 quant 35 oliver 50 melody .

3) hear cute quant 82 50 giant 35 19 65 98 silent 71 oliver melody.

4) hear cute 98 giant 71 82 silent 19 quant 35 oliver 50 melody 65

5) Other than given options.

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Abhishek, Deepak, Dipika and Vipin are four students of different coaching centres i.e. Lucknow, Delhi, Patna and Cuttack of ABC, and each student belongs to a different state i.e. UP, Uttrakhand, Bihar and Odisha but not necessarily in the same order. ABC arranged Mock–Test series in four test centre, i.e. Banglore, Kolkata, Dehradun and Chennai. All four students appeared for the test series. When the results were declared got first to fourth position in All–India ranking.

• The one who appeared at the Banglore test centre got the 4th position in All–India ranking. But he is not Deepak.
• The one who appeared at Chennai for the test got the First position. The one who belong to Uttrakhand got the third position, while the one who studied at the Lucknow centre got the second position.
• Abhishek and Deepak studied neither at the Lucknow centre nor at Delhi. They appeared for test neither at Kolkata nor at Dehradun centre. They belong neither to Odisha nor to Uttrakhand.
• The one who studied at the Patna centre does not belong to Bihar. The one who belongs to Uttrakhand is not Vipin.
• The one who studied in Delhi did not appear for the test at Kolkata centre. The one who belongs to UP did not appear at Banglore centre.

6. In which of the following Test centre did Dipika appear for the test?

1) Banglore 

2) Dehradun 

3) Chennai 

4) Kolkata

5) Either Chennai or Kolkata

7. Which of the following combinations is definitely true in respect of the given information?

1) Deepak–2 

2) Dipika–4 

3) Vipin–3 

4) Abhishek–1 

5) None is true

8. Deepak belongs to which of the following states?

1) UP 

2) Bihar 

3) Odisha 

4) Can't say 

5) Other than given options

9. Who got the first positions in All–India ranking?

1) Abhishek 

2) Deepak 

3) Dipika 

4) Vipin 

5) Can't say

10. Which of the following person belongs to Odisha?

1) Abhishek 

2) Deepak 

3) Dipika 

4) Vipin

5) Either 'Abhishek' or 'Dipika'

Answers:

Words are arranged in reverse alphabetical order and the numbers are arranged in ascending order. One word and one number is arranged in each step. The arrangement is done from right to left.

Input: 35 quant hear cute 50 65 98 silent giant 71 82 19 oliver melody

Step I: 35 quant hear cute 50 65 98 giant 71 82 oliver melody silent 19

Step II: hear cute 50 65 98 giant 71 82 oliver melody silent 19 quant 35

Step III: hear cute 65 98 giant 71 82 melody silent 19 quant 35 oliver 50

Step IV: hear cute 98 giant 71 82 silent 19 quant 35 oliver 50 melody 65

Step V: cute 98 giant 82 silent 19 quant 35 oliver 50 melody 65 hear 71

Step VI: cute 98 silent 19 quant 35 oliver 50 melody 65 hear 71 gaint 82

Step VII: silent 19 quant 35 oliver 50 melody 65 hear 71 gaint 82 cute 98

1. 3

2. 4

3. 3

4. 5

5. 4

6. 2

7. 5

8. 1

9. 2

10. 4