Reasoning Quiz

Directions (Q. 1-5): Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and Z – are going to the four destinations viz. Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata and they represent four different departments viz., Human Resources, Sales, Finance and Marketing but not necessarily in the same order. At least two persons belong to the same department and at least two of them visit the same destination.
P belongs to the Finance Department and he visits the same city as that of V. V does not belong to the Finance, Marketing or Human Resources Department. V does not visit Kolkata or Mumbai. R visits Chennai and belongs to the Human Resources Department. The person who belongs to the Finance Department other than P visits Chennai. Q and V belongs to the same Department. U visits Mumbai and he does not belong to Sales and Marketing Department. The two persons who belong to the Marketing Department visit Kolkata. S does not belong to the Marketing Department.

Q.1. Which of the following combinations of Persons – City – Department is correct ?
1) P – Mumbai – Finance
2) R – Chennai – Human Resources
3) Q – Kolkata – Marketing
4) S – Chennai – Sales
5) U – Delhi – Marketing

Q.2. Which of the following two persons visit Mumbai?
1) Q and V
2) R and S
3) Q and S
4) R and U
5) Q and U

Q.3. T belongs to which department?
1) Marketing
2) Sales
3) Human Resources
4) Finance
5) Cannot be determined

Q.4. Who among the following belongs to the Sales Department?
1) Q and Z
2) R and V
3) Q and V
4) R and Z
5) U and Z

Q.5. Which of the following cities is visited by S?
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) Delhi
4) Chennai
5) Either Chennai or Delhi

Directions (Q. 6-10): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and given answer
(1) If the data in Statement I are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question
(2) If the data in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question
(3) If the data either in Statement I alone or in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question
(4) If the data given in both the Statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question
(5) If the data in both the Statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question

Q.6. How many toys does Anket have?
I. Anket has 3 toys more than what Tejas has.
II. Mangesh has 7 toys which are 5 more than what Shailesh has and 2 less than what Tejas has.

Q.7. Which of the five airlines A, B, C, J and S is the best?
I. J airlines is better than S airlines, A airlines and C airlines but not as good as B airlines.
II. J airlines is better than C airlines but not as good as B which is better than S airlines.

Q.8. The Coral Island is towards which direction from city S?
I. The museum is to the North of city S and to the East of Coral Island.
II. The musical fountain is to the West of City S and to the South of Coral Island.

Q.9. How is D related to C?
I. A told B that C is my father’s nephew.
II. D is A’s cousin but not brother of C.

Q.10. What is the number of girls in the second half of the row?
I. In a row of 36 pupils, there are 8 boys and 28 girls.
II. In a row of 36 pupils, the first boy is followed by one girl, the second boy is followed by 2 girls, the third boy is followed by 3 girls and so on.

Solutions:

Ans.1. 2
Ans.2. 5
Ans.3. 1
Ans.4. 3
Ans.5. 4

Ans.6. 5

Ans.7. 1

Ans.8. 3;

Ans.9. 5; Statement I: Any information about D is not given, so this statement alone is not sufficient.
Statement II: any relation between D and C is not given, so this statement alone is not sufficient.
Combining statements I and II, D is cousin of C.

Ans.10. 2; Statement I: There is not enough information given, so it is not sufficient to answer.
Statement II: The total students are 36 , so the number of girls can be found counting the number of girls.
So, this statement is sufficient to answer the question.