Reasoning Quiz

Directions(1-4) : Read the following information and answer the questions  given below:-

(i) Seven friends P, Q, R, S, T, U and W have gathered at the Mumbai airport. Five of them are scheduled to go to five different places-Delhi, Chennai,  Lucknow, Bangalore and Calcutta.

(ii) Five of them are executives, each specialising in viz.Administration (admn.), Human Resource Management (HRM), Marketing ,Systems and Finance.

(iii) T, an executive is going to Chennai and is neither from finance nor Marketing.

(iv) W is a system specialist and is leaving for Delhi. U is an executive but is not going to one of the five places.

(v) Q is an executive from HRM but has come at the airport to see his friends.

(vi) P is an executive but not from Marketing and is flying to one of the destinations but not to Bangalore or Calcutta.

1. Who is going to fly to Bangalore?

(a) Data inadequate

(b) R

(c) S             

(d) P

(e) None of these

2. Who among the following specialists in Marketing?

(a) S

(b) P

(c) U

(d) Data inadequate

(e) None of these

3. R has specialisation in which of the following fields?

(a) Finance

(b) Marketing

(c) Either Marketing or Finance

(d) None

(e) All of these

4. The one who is going to fly to Chennai is 

(a) Not an executive

(b) From administration

(c) S

(d) From Finace

(e) None of these

Direction (5-7): Read the information carefully and answer the questions:

5. Statements : All kites are trapeziums. All kites are quadrilaterals. Some quadrilaterals are squares.

Conclusions : 

I. Some kites are quadrilaterals.

II. Some trapeziums are quadrilaterals.

III. Some kites are squares.

IV. Some quadrilaterals are not squares.

(1) IV only

(2) I and IV only 

(3) II and III only 

(4) I, ii and III only

(5) I and II only

6. Statements : Some bulls are wools. Some wools are drills. No hook is a bull.

Conclusions :

I. Some wools are hooks.

II. Some wools are not hooks.

III. Some wools are not drills.

IV. Some hooks are wools.

(1) Either I or II

(2) II only

(3) Either III or IV and II

(4) III only

(5) None of these

7. Statements : All cheques are drafts. No coin is a draft. Some notes are cheques.

Conclusions : 

I. Some notes are coins.

II. Some notes are drafts.

III. Some coins are not notes.       

IV. Some notes are not coins.

(1) Only II and III follow

(2) Only II and IV follow

(3) Either I or IV follow

(4) Only IV follows

(5) None of these

Directions (8-10): In the questions given below, certain symbols are used with the following meaning:

A @ B means A is greater than B.

A * B means A is either greater than or equal to B.

A # B means A is equal to B

A $ B means A is either smaller than or equal to B

A + B means A is smaller than B

Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely True?

Give answer (a) if only conclusion I is true.

Give answer (b) if only conclusion II is true.

Give answer (c) if either conclusion I and II are true.

Give answer (d) if neither conclusion I nor II is true.

Give answer (e) if both conclusions I and II are true.

8. Statements: D + T ; E $ V ; F * T ; E @ D

Conclusions:

I. D $ V

II. D + F

9. Statements: B + D ; E $ T ; T * P ; P @ B

Conclusions:

I. P $ D

II. P @ D

10. Statements: T * U ; U $ W ; V @ L ; W + V

Conclusions:

I.  V @ T

II. L # W

Answers...

Direction (1-4)

Name	City	Profession
P	LUCKNOW	Finance
Q	-	HR
R	BANGLORE/CALCUTTA	-
S	BANGLORE/CALCUTTA	-
T	CHENNAI	Administration
U	-	Marketing
W	DELHI	System

1.  1

2.  3

3.  4

4.  2

5.  5

6.  2

7.  2

 

8.  2

9.  3

10. 4