Practice Problem solving - verbal reasoning Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Directions:
Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
A group of people has six family members and an advocate. These are L, M, N, O, P, Q and R and having different professions. Each one of them is a journalist, businessman, architect, doctor and pilot but not necessarily in this order. These are three males and three females in the family out of which there are two married couples. M is a businessman and is the father of P. Q is a doctor and grandfather of P. N is a housewife and is daughter-in-law of O. L is neither a pilot nor a journalist. R is an advocate. N is not the mother of P and O is not married to M. No lady is a journalist.
Q-1) Who among the following family members is an architect?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
| Person | Sex | Relationship | Profession |
| L | Female | Wife of M | Architect |
| M | Male | Father of P. Husband of L. Son of Q and O. | Businessman |
| N | Female | Daughter-in-law of O and Q. | Housewife |
| O | Female | Wife of Q. | Pilot |
| P | Male | Son of M and L. | Journalist |
| Q | Male | Grandfather of P. Husband of O. Father of M. | Doctor |
| R | - | ------ | Advocate |
Directions:
Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
A group of people has six family members and an advocate. These are L, M, N, O, P, Q and R and having different professions. Each one of them is a journalist, businessman, architect, doctor and pilot but not necessarily in this order. These are three males and three females in the family out of which there are two married couples. M is a businessman and is the father of P. Q is a doctor and grandfather of P. N is a housewife and is daughter-in-law of O. L is neither a pilot nor a journalist. R is an advocate. N is not the mother of P and O is not married to M. No lady is a journalist.
Q-2) Who is married to Q?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
| Person | Sex | Relationship | Profession |
| L | Female | Wife of M | Architect |
| M | Male | Father of P. Husband of L. Son of Q and O. | Businessman |
| N | Female | Daughter-in-law of O and Q. | Housewife |
| O | Female | Wife of Q. | Pilot |
| P | Male | Son of M and L. | Journalist |
| Q | Male | Grandfather of P. Husband of O. Father of M. | Doctor |
| R | - | ------ | Advocate |
Directions:
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
Six products U, V, W, X, Y and Z are to be placed in display windows of a shop. There are six display windows – numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and one product is to be put in one window. Moreover, U cannot be immediately to the left or immediately to the right of V. W must be immediately to the left of X. Z cannot be in window number 6 :
Q-3) If U is placed in window no 5, then which of the following products must be placed in window no. 6 ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
If U is placed in window no. 5, then Y will placed in window 6.
Directions:
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
Six products U, V, W, X, Y and Z are to be placed in display windows of a shop. There are six display windows – numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and one product is to be put in one window. Moreover, U cannot be immediately to the left or immediately to the right of V. W must be immediately to the left of X. Z cannot be in window number 6 :
Q-4) If X is placed in window no. 3, then W must be placed in which window ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Clearly, W must be placed in window no. 2 as dictated by the restrictions.
Directions:
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
Six products U, V, W, X, Y and Z are to be placed in display windows of a shop. There are six display windows – numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and one product is to be put in one window. Moreover, U cannot be immediately to the left or immediately to the right of V. W must be immediately to the left of X. Z cannot be in window number 6 :
Q-5) Which of the following products cannot be placed in window no. 1 ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
As W is to be placed immediately to the left of X, we cannot place X in window 1.
Directions:
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :
In a group of five persons A, B, C, D and E :
- B and C are intelligent in Mathematics and Geography
- A and C are intelligent in Mathematics and History
- B and D are intelligent in Political Science and Geography.
- D and E are intelligent in Political Science and Biology.
- E is intelligent in Biology. History and Political Science
Q-6) Who is intelligent in Political Science, Geography and Biology ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
We prepare a table from the given data as under :
| Maths | Geography | History | Political Sci. | Biology | |
| A | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | x |
| B | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | x |
| C | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | x |
| D | x | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| E | x | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Clearly, from the table D is intelligent in Political Science, Geography and Biology.
Directions:
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :
In a group of five persons A, B, C, D and E :
- B and C are intelligent in Mathematics and Geography
- A and C are intelligent in Mathematics and History
- B and D are intelligent in Political Science and Geography.
- D and E are intelligent in Political Science and Biology.
- E is intelligent in Biology. History and Political Science
Q-7) Who is intelligent in Political Science, History and Biology?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
We prepare a table from the given data as under :
| Maths | Geography | History | Political Sci. | Biology | |
| A | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | x |
| B | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | x |
| C | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | x |
| D | x | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| E | x | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
E is intelligent in Political Science, History and biology.
Directions:
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :
In a group of five persons A, B, C, D and E :
- B and C are intelligent in Mathematics and Geography
- A and C are intelligent in Mathematics and History
- B and D are intelligent in Political Science and Geography.
- D and E are intelligent in Political Science and Biology.
- E is intelligent in Biology. History and Political Science
Q-8) Who is intelligent in Mathematics and History but not in Geography ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
We prepare a table from the given data as under :
| Maths | Geography | History | Political Sci. | Biology | |
| A | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | x |
| B | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | x |
| C | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | x |
| D | x | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| E | x | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
A is intelligent in Mathematics and History but not in Geography.
Directions:
Study the following information carefully to answer the questions that follow :
There are six teachers A, B, C, D, E and F in a school. Each of the teachers teaches two subjects, one compulsory subject and the other optional subject. D's optional subject is History while three others have it as compulsory subject. E and F have Physics as one of their subjects. F's compulsory subject is Mathematics which is an optional subject of both C and E. History and English are A's subjects but in terms of compulsory and optional subjects, they are reverse of those of D's. Chemistry is an optional subject of any one of them. There is only one female teacher in the school who has English as her compulsory subject.
Q-9) Who among the following has same optional subjects as that of the compulsory subject of F?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The given information is summarised in a table as follows:
| Teachers | Subjects | |
| Compulsory | Optional | |
| A | History | English |
| B | History | Chemistry |
| C | History | Mathematics |
| D (Female) | English | History |
| E | Physics | Mathematics |
| F | Mathematics | Physics |
The compulsory subject of F (Mathematics) is the optional subject of C.
Directions:
Study the following information carefully to answer the questions that follow :
There are six teachers A, B, C, D, E and F in a school. Each of the teachers teaches two subjects, one compulsory subject and the other optional subject. D's optional subject is History while three others have it as compulsory subject. E and F have Physics as one of their subjects. F's compulsory subject is Mathematics which is an optional subject of both C and E. History and English are A's subjects but in terms of compulsory and optional subjects, they are reverse of those of D's. Chemistry is an optional subject of any one of them. There is only one female teacher in the school who has English as her compulsory subject.
Q-10) Disregarding which is compulsory and which is the optional subject, who has the same two subjects combination as F ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The given information is summarised in a table as follows:
| Teachers | Subjects | |
| Compulsory | Optional | |
| A | History | English |
| B | History | Chemistry |
| C | History | Mathematics |
| D (Female) | English | History |
| E | Physics | Mathematics |
| F | Mathematics | Physics |
E has physics and Mathematics as his two subjects.
Directions:
Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
A group of people has six family members and an advocate. These are L, M, N, O, P, Q and R and having different professions. Each one of them is a journalist, businessman, architect, doctor and pilot but not necessarily in this order. These are three males and three females in the family out of which there are two married couples. M is a businessman and is the father of P. Q is a doctor and grandfather of P. N is a housewife and is daughter-in-law of O. L is neither a pilot nor a journalist. R is an advocate. N is not the mother of P and O is not married to M. No lady is a journalist.
Q-11) Which of the following is the profession of P?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
| Person | Sex | Relationship | Profession |
| L | Female | Wife of M | Architect |
| M | Male | Father of P. Husband of L. Son of Q and O. | Businessman |
| N | Female | Daughter-in-law of O and Q. | Housewife |
| O | Female | Wife of Q. | Pilot |
| P | Male | Son of M and L. | Journalist |
| Q | Male | Grandfather of P. Husband of O. Father of M. | Doctor |
| R | - | ------ | Advocate |
Directions:
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :
In a building there are thirteen flats on three floors— II, III and IV. Five flats are unoccupied. Three managers, two teachers, two lawyers and one doctor occupy the remaining flats. There are at least three flats on any floor and not more than six flats on any floor. No two persons of the same profession stay on any floor. On the second floor, out of four flats, one occupant is the lawyer and has only one neighhour. One teacher lives one floor below the other teacher. The doctor is not the neighbour of any of the lawyers. No flat is unoccupied on the third floor
Q-12) How many flats are occupied on the fourth floor?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Total Number of flats = 13; Unoccupied flats = 5
Occupied flats = 8
Number of flats on second floor = 4
Second floor comprises four flats. One occupant is lawyer and since he has only one neighbour, this implies that out of four flats on second floor, two are unoccupied.
Again, since no flat is unoccupied on the third floor, it implies that there are three unoccupied flats on floor IV.
Since there are at least three flats on any floor and no two same profession stay on any floor and the doctor is not the neighbour of any lawyer, then floor III comprises only three flats. Thus, floor IV comprises six flats (3 occupied + 3 unoccupied).
Since there are three managers and no two same profession stay on any floor, therefore, there will be a manager in each floor. Also there are only two occupant in second floor and one of them is lawyer, therefore, second occupant should be manager.
Again, since there are two teachers, there will be a teacher each on floors III and IV. Again, doctor can't be neighbour of a lawyer. Hence, the doctor and lawyer will not reside on same floor. Therefore, on floor III – either Doctor or Lawyer then,
on floor IV – either Lawyer or Doctor.
| Floor | Total Flats | Occupied flats | Unoccupied flats | Occupants |
| II | 4 | 2 | 2 | Lawyer, Manager |
| III | 3 | 3 | 0 | Teacher, Manager, Lawyer or Doctor |
| IV | 6 | 3 | 3 | Teacher, Manager, Doctor or Lawyer |
There are three flats occupied
Q-13) My son adores chocolates. He likes biscuits. But he hates apples. I told him that he can buy as many chocolates he wishes. But then he must have biscuits twice the number of chocolates and apples more than biscuits and chocolates together. Each chocolate costs Re. 1. The cost of apple is twice of chocolate and four biscuits are worth of one apple. Then which of the following can be the amount that I spent on that evening on my son?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
If number of chocolates is NC then those of biscuits
$N_B = 2N_C$
and number of apples i.e $N_A > 3N_C$
also, total amount spent
= $2N_A + N_C + 1/4 (2N_B) = 2N_A + 2N_C$
(note that amount of money spent is even number)
option (b) 33 = 8 + 24 + 1
but 2$N_A$ ≠ 25
option (c) is not possible
So, option (a) 34 = 8+ 24 + 2
$↙{even}2N_A, [N_A > 3N_C also]↙{satisfied}$
So, option (c) is correct
Q-14) In a group of six women there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailaja do not know how to play on the violin. Shailaja and Tanuja are among the dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is certainly a dancer and a violinist ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
| Profession | ||||
| Women | Dancers | Musicians | Actress | Violinists |
| Girija | √ | |||
| Vanaja | √ | √ | ||
| Jalaja | √ | × | ||
| Shailaja | √ | √ | × | |
| Tanuja | √ | √ | √ | |
| Pooja | √ | |||
Directions:
Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
A group of people has six family members and an advocate. These are L, M, N, O, P, Q and R and having different professions. Each one of them is a journalist, businessman, architect, doctor and pilot but not necessarily in this order. These are three males and three females in the family out of which there are two married couples. M is a businessman and is the father of P. Q is a doctor and grandfather of P. N is a housewife and is daughter-in-law of O. L is neither a pilot nor a journalist. R is an advocate. N is not the mother of P and O is not married to M. No lady is a journalist.
Q-15) How is Q related to O?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
| Person | Sex | Relationship | Profession |
| L | Female | Wife of M | Architect |
| M | Male | Father of P. Husband of L. Son of Q and O. | Businessman |
| N | Female | Daughter-in-law of O and Q. | Housewife |
| O | Female | Wife of Q. | Pilot |
| P | Male | Son of M and L. | Journalist |
| Q | Male | Grandfather of P. Husband of O. Father of M. | Doctor |
| R | - | ------ | Advocate |
Directions:
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight employees of an organization working in three departments, viz Personnel, Administration and Marketing with not more than three of them in any department. Each of them has a different choice of sports from football, cricket, volleyball, badminton, lawn tennis, basketball, hockey and table tennis, not necessarily in the same order.
D works in Administration and does not like either football or cricket. F works in Personnel with only A, who likes table tennis. E and H do not work in the same department as D. C likes hockey and does not work in Marketing. G does not work in Administration and does not like either cricket or badminton. One of those who work in Administration likes football. The one who likes volleyball works in Personnel. None of those who work in Administration likes either badminton or lawn tennis. H does not like cricket.
Q-16) What is E's favourite sport?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
| Employee | Department | Sport |
| A | Pers | TT |
| B | Admin | Football |
| C | Admin | Hockey |
| D | Admin | Basketball |
| E | Mktg | Cricket |
| F | Pers | Volleyball |
| G | Mktg | Lt |
| H | Mltg | Badminton |
Directions:
Study the following information to answer the given questions.
Six lectures are scheduled in a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week. Computer Science is not on Tuesday or Saturday. Psychology is immediately after Organizational Behaviour. Statistics is not on Friday and there is one day gap between Statistics and Research Methods. One day prior to the schedule of Economics there is no lecture. (as that day is the 'off' day and Monday is not the off day.)
Q-17) Which lecture is scheduled on Friday?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
| Days | Subject |
| Monday | Organization Behaviour |
| Tuesday | Psychology |
| Wednesday | Statistics |
| Thursday | Computer Science |
| Friday | Research Methods |
| Saturday | --- |
| Sunday | Economics |
Directions:
Study the following information carefully to answer the questions that follow :
There are six teachers A, B, C, D, E and F in a school. Each of the teachers teaches two subjects, one compulsory subject and the other optional subject. D's optional subject is History while three others have it as compulsory subject. E and F have Physics as one of their subjects. F's compulsory subject is Mathematics which is an optional subject of both C and E. History and English are A's subjects but in terms of compulsory and optional subjects, they are reverse of those of D's. Chemistry is an optional subject of any one of them. There is only one female teacher in the school who has English as her compulsory subject.
Q-18) Which of the following groups of teachers has History as the compulsory subject?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The given information is summarised in a table as follows:
| Teachers | Subjects | |
| Compulsory | Optional | |
| A | History | English |
| B | History | Chemistry |
| C | History | Mathematics |
| D (Female) | English | History |
| E | Physics | Mathematics |
| F | Mathematics | Physics |
A, B and C all have History as the compulsory subjects.
Directions:
Study the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
A tennis coach is trying to put together a team of four players for the forthcoming tournament. For this 7 players are available : males A, B and C: and females W, X, Y and Z. All players have equal capability and at least 2 males will be there in the team. For a team of four, all players must be able to play with' each other. But, B cannot play with W, C cannot play with Z and W cannot play with Y.
Q-19) If B is selected and Y is rejected, team will consist of which one of the following groups?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
If B is selected, W shall not be selected. So, options (c) and (d) are out. As C cannot play with Z, option (a) is also out. Hence, (b) is correct answer.
Directions:
Study the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
A tennis coach is trying to put together a team of four players for the forthcoming tournament. For this 7 players are available : males A, B and C: and females W, X, Y and Z. All players have equal capability and at least 2 males will be there in the team. For a team of four, all players must be able to play with' each other. But, B cannot play with W, C cannot play with Z and W cannot play with Y.
Q-20) If Y is selected and B is rejected, the team will consist of which one of the following groups?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
If Y is selected, W shall not be selected. So options (c) and (d) are out. As C cannot play with Z, option (b) is also out. Hence (a) is correct answer.