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Question 21. Read the text and the statements carefully, and answer the questions.Four people of different nationalities live on the same side of a street in four houses each of different colours. Each person has a different favourite drink. The following additional information is also known:A. The Englishman lives in the red house.B. The Italian drink tea.C. The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left.D. In the second house from the right they drink milk.E. The Norwegian lives adjacent to the blue house.F. The Spaniard drinks fruit juice.G. Tea is drunk in the blue house.H. The white house is to the right of the red house.Milk is drunk by:
  1.    Norweign
  2.    Englishman
  3.    Italian
  4.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Englishman


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Question 22. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:The head of  a newly formed government desires to appoint five of the six elected members A, B, C, D, E and F to portfolios of Home, Power, Defence, Telecom and Finance. F does not want portfolio if D gets one of the five. C wants either Home or Finance or no portfolio. B says that if D gets either power of Telecom then she must get the other one. E insists on a portfolio if A gets one.If A gets Home and C gets Finance, then which is NOT a valid assignment for Defence and Telecom?
  1.    D-Ddefence, B-Telecom
  2.    F-Defence, B-Telecom
  3.    B-Defence, E-Telecom
  4.    B-Defence, D-Telecom
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> B-Defence, D-Telecom


If D gets portfolio F does not or vise-versa.C wants only home or finance or none.If D gets power B must get telecom or D telecom then B must get power.If A gets portfolio E should get.


Question 23. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:Some children were taking free throws at the basketball court in school during lunch break. Below are some facts about how many baskets these children shot.i. Ganesh shot 8 baskets less than Ashish.ii. Dhanraj and Ramesh together shot 37 baskets.iii. Jagrai shot 8 baskets more than Dhanraj.iv. Ashish shot 5 baskets morethan Dhanraj.v. Ashish and Ganesh together shot 40 baskets.Which of the following statement is true?
  1.    Dhanraj and Jugraj together shot 46 baskets
  2.    Ganesh shot 18 baskets and Ramesh shot 21 baskets
  3.    Dhanraj shot 3 more baskets than Ramesh
  4.    Ramesh and Jugraj together shot 29 baskets
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Dhanraj and Jugraj together shot 46 baskets


G + 8 = AD + R + 37J = D + 8A = D + 5A + G = 402G = 32, G = 16, A = 24D = 19, J = 27, R = 18D + J = 46


Question 24. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:Some children were taking free throws at the basketball court in school during lunch break. Below are some facts about how many baskets these children shot.i. Ganesh shot 8 baskets less than Ashish.ii. Dhanraj and Ramesh together shot 37 baskets.iii. Jagrai shot 8 baskets more than Dhanraj.iv. Ashish shot 5 baskets morethan Dhanraj.v. Ashish and Ganesh together shot 40 baskets.Which of the following statement is true?
  1.    Ramesh shot 18 baskets and Dhanraj shot 19 baskets
  2.    Ganesh shot 24 baskets and Ashish shot 16 baskets
  3.    Jugraj shot 19 baskets and Dhanraj shot 27 baskets
  4.    Dhanraj shot 11 baskets and Ashish shot 16 baskets
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Ramesh shot 18 baskets and Dhanraj shot 19 baskets


G + 8 = AD + R + 37J = D + 8A = D + 5A + G = 402G = 32, G = 16, A = 24D = 19, J = 27, R = 18


Question 25. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:  A,B,C,D,E and F are a group of friends. There are two house wives, one professor , one engineer, one accountant and one lawyer in the group.There are only two married couples in the group. The lawyer is married to D, who is a housewife. No women in the group is either an engineer or an accountant. C, the accountant, is married to F, who is a professor. A is married to housewife. E is not a housewife.What is E's profession?
  1.    Engineer
  2.    Lawyer
  3.    Professor
  4.    Accountant
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Engineer


(+) - male (-) - FemaleA(Lawyer) (+) --- Couple --- D(Housewife) (-)C(Accountant) (+) --- Couple --- F(Professor) (-)or F(Professor) (+) --- Couple --- C (Accountant) (-)B(Housewife) (-)E(Engineer) (+).


Question 26. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:  A,B,C,D,E and F are a group of friends. There are two house wives, one professor , one engineer, one accountant and one lawyer in the group.There are only two married couples in the group. The lawyer is married to D, who is a housewife. No women in the group is either an engineer or an accountant. C, the accountant, is married to F, who is a professor. A is married to housewife. E is not a housewife.Which of the following is one of the married couples?
  1.    A and B
  2.    B and E
  3.    D and E
  4.    A and D
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> A and D


(+) - male (-) - FemaleA(Lawyer) (+) --- Couple --- D(Housewife) (-)C(Accountant) (+) --- Couple --- F(Professor) (-)or F(Professor) (+) --- Couple --- C (Accountant) (-)B(Housewife) (-)E(Engineer) (+).


Question 27. Refer to the following information and answer the questions that follow:"Kya-Kya" is an island in the South Pacific. The inhabitants of "Kya-Kya" always answer any question with two sentences. One of which is always true and the other always false.There is only one pilot on the island. You interview three men, Kolk, Lony and Mirna. You also notice that Kolk is wearing a cap.A. Mirna says, "Lony's father is the pilot. Lony is not the priest's son."B. Kolk says, "I am the priest. On this island, only priests can wear caps."C. Lony says, "I am the priest's son. Kolk is not the Priest."Which of the following is true?
  1.    Lony is not Kolk's son
  2.    Kolk is the pilo
  3.    Mirna is the pilot
  4.    Lony is the priest
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Kolk is the pilo


Kolk is the pilo


Question 28. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:  A,B,C,D,E and F are a group of friends. There are two house wives, one professor , one engineer, one accountant and one lawyer in the group.There are only two married couples in the group. The lawyer is married to D, who is a housewife. No women in the group is either an engineer or an accountant. C, the accountant, is married to F, who is a professor. A is married to housewife. E is not a housewife.How many members of the group are males?
  1.    1
  2.    3
  3.    4
  4.    Cannot be determined
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 4


(+) - male (-) - FemaleA(Lawyer) (+) --- Couple --- D(Housewife) (-)C(Accountant) (+) --- Couple --- F(Professor) (-)or F(Professor) (+) --- Couple --- C (Accountant) (-)B(Housewife) (-)E(Engineer) (+).


Question 29. Answer these questions on the basis of the information given below:Five friends meet every morning at Sree Sagar restaurant for an idli-vada breakfast. Each consumes a different number of idlis and vadas. The number of idlis consumed are 1, 4, 5, 6, 8. while the number of vadas consumed are 0,1,2,4,and 6. Below are some more fact about who eats what and how much.1. The number of vadas eaten by Ignesh is theree times the number of vadas consumed by the person who eats four idlis. 2. There persons, including the one who eats four vadas, eat without chuteny. 3. Sandeep does not take any chutney. 4. Teh one who eats one idli a day does not eat any vada or chutney, Further he is not Mukesh. 5. Daljit eat idli with chutney and also eats vada. 6. Mukesh, who does not take chutney, eats half as many vadas as the person who eats twice as many idlis as he does. 7. Biman eats tow more idlis than Igensh, but Ignesh eats two more vasdas than Bimal.Which one of the following statements is true?
  1.    Sandeep eats 2 vadas
  2.    Mukesh eats 4 vadas
  3.    Ignesh eats 2 vadas
  4.    Bimal eats 4 vadas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Bimal eats 4 vadas


                       Idli       VadaMukesh            4            2Dalajit               5            1Bimal                8            4Ignesh               6            6Sandeep            1            0


Question 30. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:Five women decided to go shopping to M. G. Road, Bangalore. They arrived at the designated meeting place in the following order.1. Archana, 2. Chellamma, 3. Dhenuka, 4. Helen and 5. Shahnaz. Each woman spent at least Rs. 1000. Below are some facts about how much they spent during their shopping spree.i. The woman who spent Rs. 2234 arrived before the lady who spent Rs. 1193.ii. One woman spent Rs. 1340 and she was not Dhenuka.iii. One woman spent Rs. 1378 more than Chellamma.iv. One woman spent Rs. 2517 and she was not Archana.v. Helen spent more than Dhenuka.vi. Shahnaz spent the largest amount and Chellamma the smallest.The woman who spent Rs. 1193 is:
  1.    Archana
  2.    Chellamma
  3.    Dhenuka
  4.    Helen
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Dhenuka


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