Reasoning Quiz

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

Six persons – A, B, C, D, E and F – are sitting in two cars namely X and Y but not necessarily in the same order. Out of six persons two are driving the cars. There are three persons in each car and one person must be on front seat besides the person who is driving the car. In car X, D is neither driving nor sitting on the back seat. F is sitting on the back seat in car Y. C is on the driver’s seat but not in the car X. A is neither driving any car nor travelling in the car Y. E is not on the driver’s seat in any car.

Q.1. Who among the following is sitting on the driver’s seat in the car X?
1) D
2) F
3) B
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these

Q.2. Who among the following is sitting on the front seat in the car Y?
1) E
2) A
3) F
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these

Q.3. Which of the following groups of three persons are travelling in the car X?
1) B, E and F
2) B, D and E
3) A, C and E
4) A, B and D
5) None of these

Q.4. Which of the following pairs represents the persons sitting on the front seats in the car X and car Y respectively?
1) D and F
2) D and E
3) B and E
4) A and C
5) None of these

Q.5. In the given arrangement if D shifts his position to the driver’s seat in his car, who will shift his position to the driver’s seat in other car following the same pattern?
1) E
2) F
3) A
4) B
5) C

Directions (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
Give answer (1) if the data in Statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (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.
Give answer (3) if the data in Statement I alone or in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (4) if the data in both the Statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (5) if the data in both the Statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

Q.6. How is H related to B?
I. H is married to P. P is the mother of T. T is married to D. D is the father of B.
II. B is the daughter of T. T is the sister of N. H is the father of N.

Q.7. Among five persons D, E, F, G and H, each of whom having different height, who is the second tallest?
I. D is taller than only G and E. F is not the tallest.
II. H is taller than F. G is taller than E but shorter than D.

Q.8. In which direction is J with respect to R?
I. R is to the west of P. P is to the south of G. J is to the west of G. When R, P, G and J are joined by straight lines, a square is formed.
II. K is to the south of J. H is to the east of K. R is to the north-west of H. When R, K and H are joined by straight lines, a right angled triangle (right angled at K) is formed.

Q.9. What is the position of K from the right end in a row?
I. There are even number of students in the row. There are not more than 11 students in the row.
II. C stands at the extreme left end of the line. There are five students between C and B. O is third to the right of B. K is not at the extreme end. There is only one student between O and K.

Q.10. On which day of the week(starting from monday and ending on sunday) did Arvind visit Mumbai?
I. Arvind visited Mumbai after Monday but before Thursday but not on an odd day of the week.
II. Arvind visited Mumbai before Friday but after Monday.

Solutions:

Ans.1. 3; Car X B is driving the Car X.
D is sitting on the front seat.
A is sitting on the back seat.
Car Y C is driving the Car Y.
E is sitting on the front seat.
F is sitting on the back seat.
B is on the driver’s seat in the Car X.

Ans.2. 1; Car X B is driving the Car X.
D is sitting on the front seat.
A is sitting on the back seat.
Car Y C is driving the Car Y.
E is sitting on the front seat.
F is sitting on the back seat.
E is sitting on the front seat in the Car Y.

Ans.3. 4; Car X B is driving the Car X.
D is sitting on the front seat.
A is sitting on the back seat.
Car Y C is driving the Car Y.
E is sitting on the front seat.
F is sitting on the back seat.
A, B and D are travelling in the Car X.

Ans.4. 2; Car X B is driving the Car X.
D is sitting on the front seat.
A is sitting on the back seat.
Car Y C is driving the Car Y.
E is sitting on the front seat.
F is sitting on the back seat.
D is sitting on the front seat in the Car X and E is sitting on the front seat in the Car Y.

Ans.5. 1; Car X B is driving the Car X.
D is sitting on the front seat.
A is sitting on the back seat.
Car Y C is driving the Car Y.
E is sitting on the front seat.
F is sitting on the back seat.
D is on the front seat in the Car X and E is on the front seat in Car Y.

Ans.6. 3; From statement I
P is the wife of H.
P is the mother of T.
H is the father of T.
T is the wife of D.
T is the mother of B.
Therefore, H is the grandfather of B.
From statement II
H is the father of T and N.
B is the daughter of T.
Therefore, H is the grandfather of B.

Ans.7. 1;

Ans.8. 3;

Ans.9. 5; From statement I
The number of students may be 4, 6, 8 or 10.
From statement II
C | | | | | B K | O
It is clear that there are 10 students in the row. K is third from the right.

Ans.10. 1; From statement I
Arvind visited Mumbai on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Wednesday is an odd day.
Therefore, Arvind visited Mumbai on Tuesday.
From statement II
Arvind visited Mumbai on Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday.