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PUZZLES : LOGICAL REASONING MCQs

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Question 171. In a parking area eight cars of different companies are parked, with four cars adjacent to each other on one side of the walk way and the other four opposite to them. The following information is known about them.(i) Tata is parked between Mercedes and BMW.(ii) Maruti is parked to the immediate right of, on the same side.(iii) Toyota is parked opposite to Flat and both of them(iv) Ford card is parked opposite to Tata.(V) Hyundai is parked opposite to BMW and both of them are at an extreme ends.(Vi) Ford is parked exactly between Hyundai and Maruti.If the positions of Fiat and BMW are interchanged, then which car is parked opposite to Toyota?
  1.    Maruti
  2.    Fait
  3.    BMW
  4.    Ford
  5.    Cannot be determined.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> BMW


In the following explanation, Fi → Fiat, Ma → Maruti, Ta → Tata, To → Toyota, Me → Mercedez, Fo → Ford and Hy → Hyundai.From conditions (ii) and (iii), we get the following arrangement.To __ __ __Fi Ma __ __As BMW and Hyundai are parked opposite to each other and at one end (from condition r) and Tata is between BMW and Mercedez (from conditions i) and, we get the final following final arrangement.
Fi           Me           Ta           BMWTo           Ma           Fo           Hy
If the positions of BMW and Fiat are interchanged, then BMW is parked opposite Toyota.


Question 172. Eight persons - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circular table. S is to the immediate right of W. V is not next to either R or T. W is to the immediate right of T, who is sitting opposite to R. U and W are sitting opposite to each other.If V is to the immediate left of P, then who is to the immediate left of R?
  1.    U
  2.    P
  3.    Q
  4.    S
  5.    Cannot be determined.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Q

S is to the immediate right of W and W is to the immediate right of T. So, we get the following arrangement.
 Eight Persons - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V And W Are Sitting Aroun...
R and U are opposite to T and W respectively.
 Eight Persons - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V And W Are Sitting Aroun...
V is not sitting next to either R or T and there is no information about P and Q. Hence, we get the following arrangement.
 Eight Persons - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V And W Are Sitting Aroun...
If V is to the immediate left of P, then Q is to the immediate left of R.


Question 173. In a round table conference six persons are participating, They are Andy, Bob, Charles, Douglas, Elena and Fred. Bob is sitting between Charles and Elena and is opposite to Andy. Douglas is sitting to the left of Elena.If each person interchanges his/her place with the person sitting opposite, then who is sitting to the right of Charles?
  1.    Elena
  2.    Bob
  3.    Andy
  4.    Fred
  5.    Douglas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Fred

As Bob is sitting between Charles and Elena and Douglas is sitting to the left of Elena. We get following arrangement. In A Round Table Conference Six Persons Are Participating, ...
Andy is opposite Bob. Therefore, the final arrangement is as follows.
 In A Round Table Conference Six Persons Are Participating, ...
Fred will be sitting right of Charles, if each person interchange his/her place with the person sitting opposite them.


Question 174. Four couples sit around a circular table in a party. Every husband sits to the right of his wife. P, Q, R and S are husbands and T, U, V and W are wives. Q - U and R - V are two married couples. S does not sit next to V. T sits to the left of P, who sits opposite S.If every husband interchange his position with the person sitting opposite to him, then who sits between S and R?
  1.    T
  2.    U
  3.    V
  4.    W
  5.    P
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> T

As T sits to the left of P who is sitting opposite S, we get the following arrangement
 Four Couples Sit Around A Circular Table In A Party. Every ...
From the above it is clear that P is T's husband.=> S is W's husband.V does not sit next to S. So V has to sit to the right of P. So Q and U will be sitting between S and T. Therefore, the final arrangement is as follows.
 Four Couples Sit Around A Circular Table In A Party. Every ...
After effecting the changes, T sits between S and R.


Question 175. A - W, B - X, C - Y and D - Z are four married couples. In a restaurant they are sitting around a rectangular table, with three persons along each of the longer sides of the table and one person along each of the shorter sides. All the male persons(A, B, C and D) are sitting along the longer sides and no the male persons are sitting together. X is sitting to the right of C. W and Z are sitting at the longer sides and neither of them is sitting adjacent to their respective husbands. Y is sitting to the right of A.If A and D interchange their places and C and W interchange their places, then who sits to the left of C?
  1.    A
  2.    Z
  3.    W
  4.    O
  5.    X
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> A

As no two husbands sit adjacent to each other and they sit at the longer side, we get the following arrangement. A - W, B - X, C - Y And D - Z Are Four Married Couples. In ...
X is sitting to the right of C and Y is sitting to the right of A. X and Y are not sitting at the longer sides as W and Z are sitting at the longer side of the table. The arrangement will be,
 A - W, B - X, C - Y And D - Z Are Four Married Couples. In ...
W and Z are sitting at the longer sides but not adjacent to their husbands. i.e. Z is adjacent to A and W is adjacent to C. Since neither of Z and W is adjacent to her husband. Hence, D is adjacent to W and B is adjacent to Z. Thus we get the following arrangement.
 A - W, B - X, C - Y And D - Z Are Four Married Couples. In ...
When the places are interchanged as given, A will be sitting to the left of C.


Question 176. How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day ?
  1.    24
  2.    21
  3.    20
  4.    22
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 22


The hands of a clock coincide 1 1 times in every 12 hours (Since between
11 and 1, they coincide only once, i.e. at 12 o'clock.
The hands coincide 22 times in a day.


Question 177.

How many times in a day, the hands of a clock are straight?

  1.    22
  2.    44
  3.    24
  4.    48
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 44


In 12 hours, the hands coincide or are in opposite direction 22 times.


In 24 hours, the hands coincide or are in opposite direction 44 times a day.


Question 178. At 3.40, the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock form an angle of?
  1.    120o
  2.    130o
  3.    125o
  4.    135o
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 130o


Angle traced by hour hand in 12 hrs = 360o
Angle traced by it in 11/3 hrs =(360/12) * (11/3) = 100o.
Angle traced by minute hand in 60 mm. = 360o.
Angle traced by it in 40 mm = (360/60) * 40 = 240o.
Required angle = (240 - 110)o = 130o.


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