Practice Question and answers set 3 - 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 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-6) If all the three males are selected, then how many combination of four member teams are possible?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
If males A, B and C are selected, we need to select only one more person to make up a four member team. As B is selected, W cannot be selected and as C is selected, Z cannot be selected. So the choice is between X and Y. Then we have the following possibilities :
(A, B, C, X) and (A, B, C, Y)
So, we have two options of team.
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-7) Which of the following groups of employees work in Administration department?
(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 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-8) 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 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-9) 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 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-10) Which of the following groups represents the three ladies in the group?
(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 |