Reasoning Quiz

Direction (Q1-Q5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions:

Eight family members P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circular table facing the centre, but not necessarily in the same order.

◘ U, the wife of S, is sitting third to the right of R.


◘ V sits second to the left of S’s son. Only two person sit between W and P’s brother. Neither R nor S is the brother of P.


◘ P is the son of W. P is sitting second to the left of S. S is an immediate neighbour of neither U nor R. No male is an immediate neighbour of S. 


◘ S’s son and the wife of S’s son are immediate neighbours of each other. 


◘ V is the sister of T.


◘ U is the mother of W and is an immediate neighbour of neither Q nor V.

Q1. Who among the following is S’s son?
a. T
b. V
c. P
d. Q
e. Cannot be determined

Q2. Who sits second to the left of V?
a. P’s mother
b. V’s mother
c. S
d. Q’s father
e. P’s aunt

Q3. How many people sit between P and his brother?
a. None 
b. One
c. Two
d. Three
e. Four

Q4. Who among the following is sitting exactly between W and U?
a. S’s wife
b. S’s son
c. S
d. Q
e. P

Q5. Who among the following is the brother of P?
a. T
b. V
c. P
d. Q
e. Cannot be determined

Q6. Which of the following expression will be true if the expression “B ≤ H = R < T ≤ C > D > J” is definitely true?

a. R > D
b. J > H
c. B = R
d. R < C
e. None of these

Q7. Which of the following symbols should replace the question mark(?) in the given expression in order to make the expression B < D as well as C > E definitely true?

Q ≤ C = U > B ? E ≤ D

a. <
b. ≤ 
c. >
d. Either b or c
e. None of these

Q8. Which of the following symbols should be placed in the blank spaces respectively (in the same order from left to right) in order to complete the given expression in such a manner that makes the expression B > C an D > F definitely false?

B_S_E_C_D_F_P

a. >, >, >, =, ≥, >
b. >, >, >, =, >, >
c. >, ≥, ≥, =, >, <
d. ≥, ≥, >, =, >, >
e. ≥, >, ≥, =, >, >

Q9. Which of the following expressions will be false if the expression R < F ≤ C ≤ P ≥ N < V is definitely true?

a. F ≤ P
b. R < P
c. F ≥ N
d. R < C
e. None of these

Q10. Which of the following symbols should replace the question mark (?) in given expression in order to make the B > Q as well as E < F definitely true?

B > C ? Q ? F ? E

a. < 
b. >
c. ≥
d. Either > or ≥
e. None of these






Solutions:

Q1 – d
Q2 – a
Q3 – b
Q4 – e
Q5 – a
Q6 – d
Q7 – e
Q8 – a
Q9 – c
Q10 – b