Reasoning Quiz

Directions (Q1-Q5): Answer the questions on the basis of the following information:

Eight people are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between and adjacent persons. In row 1, Akshay, Deepali, Nidhi and Kartik are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2, Mudita, Rajeev, Sainyam and Tanu are seated and all of them are facing North. Therefore, in the given sitting arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of other row. Each one of them are going abroad on a different airline, viz. Air India, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Air France, Jet Airways, Emirates Airways and Quantas Airways but not necessarily in the same order.

Deepali sits second to the right of the person travelling by Qantas Airways. Sainyam faces the immediate neighbor of the person travelling by Qantas Airways. Only one person sits between Sainyam and the Singapore Airlines passenger. Two people sit between Tanu and the Emirates Airways passenger. Kartik faces the immediate neighbor of Singapore Airlines passenger. Only one person sits between Qatar Airways passenger and Nidhi. Qatar Airways passenger does not sit at any of the extreme ends. Immediate neighbor of Kartik faces the Oman Air Passenger, Mudita faces Air India passenger, Rajeev is not travelling by Jet Airways.

Q1. Who amongst the following sit at the extreme ends of the rows?
a. Deepali and Singapore Airline Passenger
b. Nidhi and Qantas Airways passenger 
c. Qantas Airways passenger and Sainyam
d. Sainyam and Air India Passeger
e. Akshay and Sainyam

Q2. Who amongst the following is travelling by Jet Airways?
a. Akshay 
b. Deepali
c. Nidhi
d. Mudita
e. Sainyam

Q3. Who is/are seated between the Emirates Airways passenger and the Oman Air Passenger ?
a. Singapore Airlines passenger only 
b. Sainyam and Air France passenger
c. Rajeev and Mudita 
d. Air France passenger and Jet Airways Passenger
e. No one

Q4. Who amongst the following faces the Air France Passenger?
a. Akshay
b. Person travelling by Oman Air
c. Rajeev
d. Person travelling by Qatar Airways
e. Person travelling by Qantas Airways

Q5. Which of the following is correct regarding Sainyam?
a. Kartik Faces Sainyam 
b. The Singapore Airlines passenger is an immediate neighbor of Sainyam 
c. Sainyam faces the person who is second to the left of the Jet Airways passenger
d. Sainyam is travelling by Oman Air
e. Sainyam sits at one of the extreme ends of the line

Q6 – 10: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input: sky forward 17 over 95 23 come 40
Step I: come sky forward 17 over 95 23 40
Step II: come 95 sky forward 17 over 23 40
Step III: come 95 forward sky 17 over 23 40
Step IV: come 95 forward 40 sky 17 over 23
Step V: come 95 forward 40 over sky 17 23
Step VI: come 95 forward 40 over 23 sky 17
Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement of the above input.
As per the rules followed in the above steps, answer the following questions.

6. Input: machine hire for 19 against 85 21 46
Which of the following will be Step II ?
a. against 85 hire machine for 19 21 46
b. against 85 machine 19 hire for 21 46
c. against 85 machine hire for 19 21 46
d. against 85 hire 21 machine for 19 46
e. None of these

7. Input: box at 20 53 62 gift now 32
Which of the following is Step IV ?
a. at 62 box 53 gift 32 20 now 
b. at 62 box 53 gift 32 now 20
c. at 62 box 53 gift 20 now 32
d. at 62 box 53 now 32 gift 20
e. None of these

8. Input: on at 33 27 42 sky mat 51
Which of the following steps will be the last ?
a. VI
b. VII
c. V
d. VIII
e. None of these

9. Step III of an input is: bring 63 desk 11 29 together fight 30
Which of the following steps will be the last but one ?
a. VI
b. VII
c. VIII
d. V
e. None of these

10. Step II of an input is: earn 72 31 46 higher goal 20 more
Which of the following is definitely the input ?
a. 46 72 31 earn higher goal 20 more
b. 20 31 72 46 higher goal earn more
c. higher 20 31 72 46 goal earn more
d. Cannot be determined 
e. None of these

Answers:

Q1. a
Q2. c
Q3. e
Q4. e
Q5. d

Sol - Q6 – Q10:
From the last step it can be concluded that words and numbers are arranged alphabetically whereas numbers are arranged in descending order. When the arrangement of all elements gets completed in a particular step that step is called last step.

Q6. c
Q7. c
Q8. c
Q9. a
Q10. d