Practice Puzzles test - verbal reasoning Online Quiz (set-2) For All Competitive Exams

Directions:
Study the following information carefully to answer the questions:
    * B, D, H, K, P, R and T are seven friends who studied in three management institutes X, Y and Z.
    * They had opted for one out of the three specializations - Marketing, Finance and Personnel - with at least two of them in each specialization.
    * No two persons have the same combination of institute and specialization. The Marketing specialist from institute Y earns the maximum.
    * D studied in institute Z with Personnel specialization and earns more than only B and K.
    * H studied in institute X with Marketing and earns less than only P and T.
    * R studied in institute Z with Finance and earns more than D but less than H.
    * T studied in institute X with Finance specialization.
    * K, A personnel specialist, studied in institute Y and is not the least earner among them.
    * B is the only Finance specialist from one of these institutes among them.

[R.B.I. 2004]

Q-1)   In which of the institutes did B study?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

B studied in institute Y.


Directions:
Study the following information carefully to answer the questions:
    * B, D, H, K, P, R and T are seven friends who studied in three management institutes X, Y and Z.
    * They had opted for one out of the three specializations - Marketing, Finance and Personnel - with at least two of them in each specialization.
    * No two persons have the same combination of institute and specialization. The Marketing specialist from institute Y earns the maximum.
    * D studied in institute Z with Personnel specialization and earns more than only B and K.
    * H studied in institute X with Marketing and earns less than only P and T.
    * R studied in institute Z with Finance and earns more than D but less than H.
    * T studied in institute X with Finance specialization.
    * K, A personnel specialist, studied in institute Y and is not the least earner among them.
    * B is the only Finance specialist from one of these institutes among them.

[R.B.I. 2004]

Q-2)   Whose income is the second-highest among them?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

T's income is the second-highest.


Directions for the following questions:

Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow:

A, B, C, D and E are five towns out of which two are hill stations and the rest are in plains. Two towns, which are in plain, are harbours. Four towns out of live are capitals and two are industrial towns. Population of two towns is less than 5 lacs.

It is 20 lacs of one town and more than 50 lacs of two towns. Two towns are on the same latitudes and other two are on the same longitudes. Latitudes and longitudes of both harbours are different and out of these one is an industrial town. The population of both industrial towns is more than 50 lacs.The longitudes of one hill station and one of the industrial towns are same.

The latitudes and longitudes of the other hill station and other harbour are different. One industrial town is neither a hill station nor a harbour. None of the hill stations is an industrial town. The hill station, of which longitudes are same as that of a harbour, is a capital. B is a hill station while the longitudes of A and E are same. E is a harbour.

The latitudes of D and C are same and the population of D is 20 lacs. Both the harbours are capitals and one of them is an individual town.

[M.B.A. 2006]

Q-3)   Which of the following towns is not a capital?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

Clearly, B is not a capital.


Directions for the following questions:

Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow:

A, B, C, D and E are five towns out of which two are hill stations and the rest are in plains. Two towns, which are in plain, are harbours. Four towns out of live are capitals and two are industrial towns. Population of two towns is less than 5 lacs.

It is 20 lacs of one town and more than 50 lacs of two towns. Two towns are on the same latitudes and other two are on the same longitudes. Latitudes and longitudes of both harbours are different and out of these one is an industrial town. The population of both industrial towns is more than 50 lacs.The longitudes of one hill station and one of the industrial towns are same.

The latitudes and longitudes of the other hill station and other harbour are different. One industrial town is neither a hill station nor a harbour. None of the hill stations is an industrial town. The hill station, of which longitudes are same as that of a harbour, is a capital. B is a hill station while the longitudes of A and E are same. E is a harbour.

The latitudes of D and C are same and the population of D is 20 lacs. Both the harbours are capitals and one of them is an individual town.

[M.B.A. 2006]

Q-4)   Which of the following is harbour, capital, and industrial town?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

Harbours are E and D, capitals are A, C, D and E and industrial towns are C and E.

So, E is harbour, capital and industrial town.


Directions for the following questions:

Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow:

A, B, C, D and E are five towns out of which two are hill stations and the rest are in plains. Two towns, which are in plain, are harbours. Four towns out of live are capitals and two are industrial towns. Population of two towns is less than 5 lacs.

It is 20 lacs of one town and more than 50 lacs of two towns. Two towns are on the same latitudes and other two are on the same longitudes. Latitudes and longitudes of both harbours are different and out of these one is an industrial town. The population of both industrial towns is more than 50 lacs.The longitudes of one hill station and one of the industrial towns are same.

The latitudes and longitudes of the other hill station and other harbour are different. One industrial town is neither a hill station nor a harbour. None of the hill stations is an industrial town. The hill station, of which longitudes are same as that of a harbour, is a capital. B is a hill station while the longitudes of A and E are same. E is a harbour.

The latitudes of D and C are same and the population of D is 20 lacs. Both the harbours are capitals and one of them is an individual town.

[M.B.A. 2006]

Q-5)   Which one of the following towns is a hill station as well as a capital?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

The capitals are A, C, D, and E.

The hill stations are A and B.

So, A is a hill station as well as a capital.


Directions:
Study the following information and answer the questions given below it:

A blacksmith has five iron articles A, B, C, D and E, each having a different weight.

    (i) A weights twice as much as B.
    (ii) B weights four and a half times as much as C.
    (iii) C weights half as much as D.
    (iv) D weights half as much as E.
    (v) E weights less than A but more than C.

[I.A.M. 2003]

Q-6)   Which of the above-given statements is not necessary to determine the correct order of articles according to their weights?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

Clearly, statement (v) is not required to determine the order of weights.


Directions:
Study the following information carefully to answer the questions:
    * B, D, H, K, P, R and T are seven friends who studied in three management institutes X, Y and Z.
    * They had opted for one out of the three specializations - Marketing, Finance and Personnel - with at least two of them in each specialization.
    * No two persons have the same combination of institute and specialization. The Marketing specialist from institute Y earns the maximum.
    * D studied in institute Z with Personnel specialization and earns more than only B and K.
    * H studied in institute X with Marketing and earns less than only P and T.
    * R studied in institute Z with Finance and earns more than D but less than H.
    * T studied in institute X with Finance specialization.
    * K, A personnel specialist, studied in institute Y and is not the least earner among them.
    * B is the only Finance specialist from one of these institutes among them.

[R.B.I. 2004]

Q-7)   How many of them earn more than D?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

Four persons - P, T, H, and R - earn more than D.


Directions:
Read the following information carefully to answer these questions.

A teacher's training institute has to conduct a refresher course for teachers of seven different subjects. History, Geography, Political science, Hindi, Sanskrit, Music and English from 12th December to 19th, December.
    I. The course should start with Geography.
    II. 13th December being a Sunday, should be a holiday.
    III. Music should be on the day previous to english.
    IV. The course should end with History.
    V. Political science should be immediately after the holiday, Sanskrit follows political science.
    VI. There should be a gap of one day between sanskrit and English and between music ans hindi.

[N.I.F.T. (PG) 2014]

Q-8)   How many days gap is there between Music and Political science?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

From the above table, it is clear that there is a one day gap between music and political science.


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

P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are going to three destination Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad in three different vehicles - Honda city, Swift D'Zire and Ford lkon. There are three females among them-one in each car. There are atleast two persons in each car. R is not travelling with Q and W. T, a male, is travelling with only Z and they are not going to chennai. P is travelling in Honda city and is going to Hyderabad. S is the sister of P and is travelling by Ford lkon. V and R are travelling together. W is not going to Chennai.

[I.B.P.S. (PO) 2011]

Q-9)   Which of the following combination represents the three female members?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

S and Z are definitely females but nothing can be determined about the third female.


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

P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are going to three destination Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad in three different vehicles - Honda city, Swift D'Zire and Ford lkon. There are three females among them-one in each car. There are atleast two persons in each car. R is not travelling with Q and W. T, a male, is travelling with only Z and they are not going to chennai. P is travelling in Honda city and is going to Hyderabad. S is the sister of P and is travelling by Ford lkon. V and R are travelling together. W is not going to Chennai.

[I.B.P.S. (PO) 2011]

Q-10)   Members of which of the following combination are travelling in Honda city?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

Clearly, P, Q and W are travelling in Honda city.


Directions:
Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

XYZ Ltd. Presently has three accounts assistants - A, B and C - and five accounts officers - D, E, F, G and H. Its management is planning to open a new office in another city using three accounts officers and two accounts assistants from its present staff. The following guidelines have been established to set up the new office:
    (i) A and C are constantly finding faults with each other and should not be sent as members of the same team.
    (ii) C and E function well alone but not as a team. They should not be sent as members of the same team.
    (iii) D and G do not enjoy good relation. They should not be sent as members of the same team.
    (iv) Since D and F have been completing for a promotion, they should not be sent as members of the same team.

[U.P.S.C. 2005]

Q-11)   if D goes to the new office, then which of the following is/are correct? 1. C cannot go. 2. A cannot go. 3. H must also go.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

If D is selected, neither F nor G can be selected. So, the other two accounts officers selected must be E and H.

If E is selected, then C must noy be selected. So, the two accounts assistants selected must be A and B.


Directions:
Study the following information carefully and answers the questions given below:
    * M, K, J, R, T, R, D and W are seven members of a family.
    * There are two married couples among them belonging to two different generations.
    * Each of them has a different choice of Cuisine - Chinese, Continental, Thai, Punjabi, South indian, Gujarati and Malwani.
    * The grandfather is the family likes Gujarati food. None of the ladies likes continental or Thai food.
    * T is son of M, who likes Chinese food.
    * W is J's daughter-in-law and she likes south Indian food.
    * K is grandfather of D, who likes Punjabi food.
    * J is mother of R, who likes continental food.

[Bank P.O. 2004]

Q-12)   How is R related to D?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

R is the brother of M, who is the father of D.

So, R is the uncle of D.


Directions:
Study the information given below and answers the questions that follow:
    * There is a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F.
    * They are Lawyer, Doctor, Teacher, Salesman, Engineer and Accountant.
    * There two married couples in the family. D, the salesman, is married to the lady Teacher.
    * The Doctor is married to the Lawyer. F, the Accountant, is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer, is the daughter-in-law od A.
    * E is the unmarried Engineer. A is the grandmother of F.

[A.I.M.A.T.S. 2002]

Q-13)   What is the profession of A?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

A is the lady teacher.


Directions:
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
    * A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members of a family.
    * Each of them has a different profession - Doctor, Teacher, Lawyer, Engineer, Architect, Chartered accountant (CA) and Banker and their incomes are different.
    * There are two married couples in the group.
    * C is the Doctor and earns more than the Engineer and the Lawyer.
    * E is married to the CA and she earns the leeast.
    * No lady is either lawyer or Engineer.
    * B, the Teacher, earns less than A, the Banker.
    * G is married to B and he earns more than D and A.
    * F is not the lawyer. The CA earns less than the Lawyer but more than the Banker.

[S.B.I.P.O. 2002]

Q-14)   What is A's position from the top when they are arranged in descending order of their incomes?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

A is fifth the top in the descending order of incomes.


Directions:
Read the information given below to answer these questions:

    (i) Aarti is older than Sanya.
    (ii) Muskan is elder than Aarti but younger than Kashish.
    (iii) Kashish is elder than Sanya.
    (iv) Sanya is younger than Muskan.
    (v) Gargi is the eldest.

[M.A.T. 2003]

Q-15)   Who is the youngest?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

Sanya is the youngest.


Directions:

Answers should be based on the information given below:

At the crowded annual sale of Indian Handloom sarees, there were five ladies in the queue. Each of the lady customers bought something different. The first names of the customers were Asha, kavita, Usha, Sadhna and Lata. Their last names were Bhonsle, Sargam, Krishnamurthy, Mangeshkar and Uthoop, but not necessarily in the same order.

The available sarees were: Kanjeevaram silk saree, Paithani silk saree, Gadwal silk saree, Sambalpuri cotton saree and Tangali cotton saree.

    (i) Usha Krishnamurthy was served after the customer who requested the Tangali cotton saree, but before Mrs. Uthoop.
    (ii) The second customer was Sadhna.
    (iii) The Gadwal silk saree was purchased by the customer directly after Kavita.
    (iv) Lata was the woman who bought the sambalpuri cotton saree; she was served later than Asha.
    (v) The Kanjeevaram silk saree was requested by Mrs. Mangeshkar.
    (vi) Mrs. Sargam was the third in line.
    (vii) The fourth customer in the line bought the Paithani silk saree.
[M.B.A. 2005]

Q-16)   What was the last name of the person who purchased the Gadwal silk saree?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

The last name of the person who purchased the Gadwal silk saree was Bhonsle.


Directions:
Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

A company wants to select a team of four call centre executives from its South Indian centre for transfer to North India where they are going to set up a new centre. The company is managed by professional managers and is very particular about human resources and personnel relations. There are seven team members of equal ability X, Y and Z (who are senior), and A, B, C and D (who are junior). The company requires that there should be two senior executives and two junior executives in the team. It is also necessary that all of the executives in a particular team are friendly with each other in order to have a real team spirit and avoid any personnel relations problem in the new centre being set up in the North. Following is the situation of relations among the seven executives.
    (i) Y and A are not friendly.
    (ii) Z and C are not friendly.
    (iii) A and B are not friendly.

[X.A.T. 2005; M.B.A. 2004]

Q-17)   If A is on the team, then which other executives must be on the team as well?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

If A is on the team, Y and B cannot be selected. So, the two senior executives in the team must be X and Z. Since Z and C cannot be taken together,

so the fourth member must be D.


Directions:
Read the following statements to answer the questions:
    * Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F were playing a game of cards.
    * A's father, mother and Uncle were in the group.
    * There were two women. B, the mother of A, got more points than her husband.
    * D got more points than E but less than F. Niece of E got lowest points.
    * Father of A got more points than F but could not win the game.

[L.I.T.T.M. 2003]

Q-18)   Who got the lowest points?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

A got the lowest points.


Directions:
study the following information and answer the questions given below: Seven specialist doctors P, Q, R, S, T, U and V visit a polyclinic on the four days - Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - in a week.
    At least one doctor but not more than two doctors visit the polyclinic on each of these days. Each of them is specialist of different fields - ENT, orthopaedics, paediatrics, Neurology, ophthalmology, Radiology and Oncology.
    * S visits on Friday with Radiologist, Paediatrician does not visit on Saturday nor with T and V.
    * Oncologist U visits alone on Tuesday.
    * Q visits on Wednesday and he is not Paedistrician.
    * R visits on Wednesday.
    * V is not Radiologist.
    * Paediatrician visits with ENT specialist.
    * Neurologist visits on Friday.
    * P is neither Orthopaedics nor Radiologist.

[Bank P.O. 2003]

Q-19)   What is the speciality of P?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

P is the ophthalmologist.


Directions:
Read the following information carefully to answer the question that follow.
    I. A, B, C, D, E and F are the members of a family.
    II. These members are engineer, doctor, designer, lawyer, manager and professor but not in the same order.
    III. There are two married couples in the family.
    IV. C is the designer and is married to lawyer.
    V. B is either father or mother of F and E.
    VI. A is married to manager D.
    VII. F is a professor who is the grandson or granddaughter of doctor.
    VIII. B is a female while doctor is a male member.

[Hotel Mgmt 2011]

Q-20)   How is A related to E?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

A is the grandfather of E.