Reasoning Quiz

Q1 – 5 : Seven friends S, T, U, V, W, X and Y are working in different cities viz. Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Indore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them has different profession viz., C.A, Doctor, Professor, Engineer, Banker, Lawyer and Architect not necessarily in the same order. 

~ T is a Lawyer and he works in Jaipur. 
~ V is a Doctor and he does not work in Chennai.
~ The C.A. works in Mumbai.
~ X works in Indore. 
~ Architect works in Hyderabad.
~ W is a Banker and he works in Bengaluru.
~ S is an Engineer.
~ U does not work in Mumbai.

1. Who is an architect  ?
a. X
b. W
c. V
d. U
e. None of these

2. Who is working in Mumbai ?
a. T
b. Y
c. V
d. W
e. None of these

3. Engineer works in which city ?
a. Ahmedabad
b. Chennai
c. Mumbai
d. Bengaluru
e. None of these

4. Who is a professor ?
a. X
b. U
c. V
d. S
e. None of these

5. Which of the following combinations of the person, profession and city is definitely correct ?
a. S – Engineer – Bengaluru
b. V – Architect – Hyderabad
c. W – Banker – Mumbai
d. X – Professor – Jaipur
e. None of these

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 aat 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 – Q5:
Correct arrangement :
S – Chennai – Engineer
T – Jaipur – Lawyer
U – Hyderabad – Architect
V – Ahmedabad – Doctor
W – Bengaluru – Banker
X – Indore – Professor 
Y – Mumbai – CA

1 – d
2 – b
3 – b
4 – a
5 – e

6 – 10: 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.

6 – c
7 – c
8 – c
9 – a
10- d Previous steps can’t be determined.