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Q: Four girls are sitting on a bench to be photographed. Shikha is to the left of Reena. Manju is to the right of Reena. Rita is between Reena and Manju. Who would be second from the left in the photograph?

Correct answer: ReenaTake the clues in turn. Shikha is left of Reena, and Manju is right of Reena, giving Shikha – Reena – Manju. Rita lies between Reena and Manju, so she goes into that gap. The full order from the left is therefore Shikha, Reena, Rita, Manju, and the second from the left is Reena. Rita is third.

Q: Of the six men of literature A, B C. D. E and F being considered here, two belonged to the 17th century, three to the 19th and one to the 20th century. Four were recognised as great poets, three as great novelists and three as great dramatists. One contributed to Bengali literature, two to Hindi, two to Marathi and one to Tamil. The 20th century writer wrote poetry only and contributed to Marathi literature and the other Marathi writer contributed to poetry, novel and drama. One Hindi writer and the only Tamil writer belonged to the 19th century. The former contributed to poetry and novel while the latter to novel and drama. The Bengali writer belonged to the 17th century and contributed to poetry only. A belonged to the 20th century. B wrote drama only, C contributed to Marathi literature, D was a Hindi poet and novelist and belonged to the 19th century. E also belonged to the 19th century, and F contributed to poetry only. To which language did B contribute ?

Clearly, there is one belonging to 20th century. So, A who belongs to 20th century contributes to Marathi poetry. Also, D is a Hindi poet and novelist who belongs to the 19th century. There are only two Marathis. So, C who is a Marathi will contribute to poetry, novel and drama. Clearly, there are only four poets. So, F who is a poet, will be Bengali belonging to the 17th century. There is now no other Bengali, no other Marathi and no other poet. B, who wrote drama only cannot be Tamil and does not belong to 19th century. So, B belongs to 17th century and is a Hindi dramatist. Thus, E belonging to the 19th century is a Tamil novelist and dramatist. C will belong to the 19th century. B contributes to Hindi.

Q: Five girls are sitting in a row. Rashi is not adjacent to Sulekha or Abha. Anuradha is not adhacent to Sulekha. Rashi is adjacent to Monika. Monika is at the middle in the row. Then, Anuradha is adjacent to whom out of the following ?

Correct answer: RashiMonika is at the middle, position three, and Rashi is next to her, so Rashi is at two or four. Take Rashi at two. Her other neighbour, position one, can be neither Sulekha nor Abha, so it must be Anuradha - who then sits at the end with only Rashi beside her. Rashi at four gives the mirror image with the same result, so Anuradha is adjacent to Rashi either way.

Q: Sudhanshu is as much older than Kokila as he is younger than Praveen. Nitin is as old as Kokila. Which of the following statement is wrong ?

In terms of age we have : Kokila < Sudhanshu, Sudhanshu < Praveen, Nitin = Kokila. So, the sequence becomes : Nitin = Kokila < Sudhanshu < Praveen. Clearly, Praveen is the oldest. Hence, (d) is the incorrect statement

Q: There are six persons A, B, C, D, E and F in a school. Each of the teachers teaches two subjects, one compulsory subject and the other optional subject. D's optional subject was History while three others have it as compulsory subject. E and F have Physics as one of their subjects. F's compulsory subject is Mathematics which is an optional subject of both C and E. History and English are A's subjects but in terms of compulsory and optional subjects, they are just reverse of those of D's. Chemistry is an optional subject of only one of them. The only female teacher in the school has English as her compulsory subject. Which of the following groups has History as the compulsory subject ?

The given information can be analysed as follows : Let 'O' denote optional and 'C' denote compulsory . A B C D E F History C C C O - - Physics - - - - C O Mathematics - - O - O C English O - - C - - Chemistry - O - - - - One compulsory subject of F is Mathematic. F has Physics as one of the subjects. So, Physics is optional of F. F has Mathematics as optional and Physics as one subject. So, Physics is the compulsory subject of E. A and D have the same subjects -- History and English. D has History as optional subject and so English is the compulsory subject of D. Subjects of A and D are reverse in regard of optional and compulsory. So, A has History as compulsory subject and English as optional. Chemistry is the optional subject of only one teacher. So, it is the optional of B, which only remains. We know that History is the compulsory subject of three teachers. So, it is compulsory for A, B and C. D is the teacher having English as her compulsory subject. So, D is the only female teacher. A, B and C have History as the compulsory subject.

Q: (i). Jayant, Kamal, Namita, Asha and Tanmay are five members of a family. (ii). They have their birth dates from January to May, each member in one of these months. (iii). Each one likes one particular item for his/her birthday out of Bengali Sweets, Chocolates, Pastries, Ice Cream and Dry Fruits. (iv). The one who likes Pastries is born in the month which is exacty middle in the mmonths given. (v). Asha does not like Ice cream but brings Chocolates for Jayant in February. (vi). Tanmay who is fond of Bengali sweets is born in the next month immediately after Namita. (vii). Namita does not like Dry fruits or Ice Cream. What is the choice of Kamal ?

(I) Choice : Jayant likes Chocolates; Tanmay likes Bengali sweets. Namita does not like Dry fruits or Ice cream. So, Namita likes Pastrises. Asha does not like Ice cream. So, she is fond of Dry fruits. Finally, Kamal likes Ice cream. (II) Date of Birth : The one who likes Pastrises i.e., Namita is born in the middle of months given i.e., in March. Tanmay is born in next month after Namita i.e., in April. Jayant's birthday is in February. Choice Date of Birth Jayant Chocolates February Kamal Ice cream January or May Namita Pastries March Asha Dry fruits January or May Tanmay Bengali sweets April The choice of Kamal is Ice cream.

Q: Five children were administered psychological tests to know their intellectual levels. In the report, psychologists pointed out that the child A is less intelligent than the child B. The child C is less intelligent than the child D. The child B is less intelligent than the child C and child A is more intelligent then the child E. Which child is the most intelligent ?

Correct answer: DRead each comparison as a link in one chain. A is less than B, B is less than C, and C is less than D, giving \( A < B < C < D \). The clue that A is more intelligent than E places E at the bottom, so the full order is \( E < A < B < C < D \) and D is the most intelligent.

Q: In a group of six women, there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailja do not know how to play on the vilion. Shailja and Tanuja are among the dancer. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is both a dancer and a violinist ?

The four vocal musicians and one actress in the group are given. Two dancers are Shailja and Tanuja. Two violinists are Girija and Vanaja. Since Jalaja and Shailja cannot be violinists. so, remaining two violinists are Tanuja and Pooja. Clearly, Tanuja is both a violinist andd a dancer.

Q: Seven books are placed one above the other in a particualr way. History book is placed exactly above Civics book. Geography book is fourth from the bottom and English book is fifth from the top. There are two books in between Civics and Economics books. How many books are there between Civics and Science books ? To answer this question, which other extra information is required, if any, from the following ?

Clearly, the sequence of the five books mentioned, from top to bottom is : ---, History, Civics, Geography, English, Economics, ---- Clearly, (c) gives us the clue that Science book is placed at the bottom. Thus, we know that there are three books between Civics and Science.

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311.

(i) There is a group of five girls.
(ii) Kamini is second in height but younger than Rupa.
(iii) Pooja is taller than Monika but younger in age.
(iv) Rupa and Monika are of the same age but Rupa is tallest between them.
(v) Neelam is taller than Pooja and elder Rupa.

If they are arranged in the ascending order of height, who will be in third position ?

A.Monika
B.Rupa
C.Monika or Rupa
D.Data inadequate
E.None of these

Answer: E

We first find the sequence of height :
By (iii), we have : M < P.
By (v), we have : P < N.
Now, Rupa is tallest and Kamini is is second in height.
So, the sequence of heights is : M < P < N < K < R.
Now, we determine the age sequence :
By (ii), we have : K < R.
By (iii), we have : P < M.
By (iv), we have : R = M.
By (v), we have : R < N.
So, the sequence of ages is : N < R = M < K < P or N < R = M < P < K.
Clearly, in the increasing order of height, Neelam is in third position.
Hence, the answer is (e).

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312.

Four girls are sitting on a bench to be photographed. Shikha is to the left of Reena. Manju is to the right of Reena. Rita is between Reena and Manju. Who would be second from the left in the photograph?

A.Reena
B.Shikha
C.Manju
D.Rita

Answer: D

Correct answer: Reena

Take the clues in turn. Shikha is left of Reena, and Manju is right of Reena, giving Shikha – Reena – Manju. Rita lies between Reena and Manju, so she goes into that gap. The full order from the left is therefore Shikha, Reena, Rita, Manju, and the second from the left is Reena. Rita is third.

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313.

Of the six men of literature A, B C. D. E and F being considered here, two belonged to the 17th century, three to the 19th and one to the 20th century. Four were recognised as great poets, three as great novelists and three as great dramatists. One contributed to Bengali literature, two to Hindi, two to Marathi and one to Tamil. The 20th century writer wrote poetry only and contributed to Marathi literature and the other Marathi writer contributed to poetry, novel and drama. One Hindi writer and the only Tamil writer belonged to the 19th century. The former contributed to poetry and novel while the latter to novel and drama. The Bengali writer belonged to the 17th century and contributed to poetry only. A belonged to the 20th century. B wrote drama only, C contributed to Marathi literature, D was a Hindi poet and novelist and belonged to the 19th century. E also belonged to the 19th century, and F contributed to poetry only.

To which language did B contribute ?

A.Bengali
B.Hindi
C.Marathi
D.Tamil

Answer: B

Clearly, there is one belonging to 20th century. So, A who belongs to 20th century contributes to Marathi poetry.
Also, D is a Hindi poet and novelist who belongs to the 19th century.
There are only two Marathis. So, C who is a Marathi will contribute to poetry, novel and drama.
Clearly, there are only four poets. So, F who is a poet, will be Bengali belonging to the 17th century. There is now no other Bengali, no other Marathi and no other poet. B, who wrote drama only cannot be Tamil and does not belong to 19th century. So, B belongs to 17th century and is a Hindi dramatist. Thus, E belonging to the 19th century is a Tamil novelist and dramatist. C will belong to the 19th century.
B contributes to Hindi.

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314.

Five girls are sitting in a row. Rashi is not adjacent to Sulekha or Abha. Anuradha is not adhacent to Sulekha. Rashi is adjacent to Monika. Monika is at the middle in the row. Then, Anuradha is adjacent to whom out of the following ?

A.Rashi
B.Sulekha
C.Abha
D.Monika
E.Cannot be determined

Answer: A

Correct answer: Rashi

Monika is at the middle, position three, and Rashi is next to her, so Rashi is at two or four. Take Rashi at two. Her other neighbour, position one, can be neither Sulekha nor Abha, so it must be Anuradha - who then sits at the end with only Rashi beside her. Rashi at four gives the mirror image with the same result, so Anuradha is adjacent to Rashi either way.

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315.

Sudhanshu is as much older than Kokila as he is younger than Praveen.
Nitin is as old as Kokila.
Which of the following statement is wrong ?

A.Kokila is younger than Praveen
B.Nitin is younger than Praveen
C.Sudhanshu is older than Nitin
D.Praveen is not the oldest
E.Kokila is younger than Sudhanshu

Answer: D

In terms of age we have :
Kokila < Sudhanshu, Sudhanshu < Praveen, Nitin = Kokila.
So, the sequence becomes :
Nitin = Kokila < Sudhanshu < Praveen.
Clearly, Praveen is the oldest.
Hence, (d) is the incorrect statement

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316.

There are six persons A, B, C, D, E and F in a school. Each of the teachers teaches two subjects, one compulsory subject and the other optional subject. D's optional subject was History while three others have it as compulsory subject. E and F have Physics as one of their subjects. F's compulsory subject is Mathematics which is an optional subject of both C and E. History and English are A's subjects but in terms of compulsory and optional subjects, they are just reverse of those of D's. Chemistry is an optional subject of only one of them. The only female teacher in the school has English as her compulsory subject.

Which of the following groups has History as the compulsory subject ?

A.A,C,D
B.B,C,D
C.C,D
D.A,B,C
E.A,D

Answer: D

The given information can be analysed as follows :
Let 'O' denote optional and 'C' denote compulsory .

	A	B	C	D	E	F
History	C	C	C	O	-	-
Physics	-	-	-	-	C	O
Mathematics	-	-	O	-	O	C
English	O	-	-	C	-	-
Chemistry	-	O	-	-	-	-

One compulsory subject of F is Mathematic. F has Physics as one of the subjects. So, Physics is optional of F. F has Mathematics as optional and Physics as one subject.
So, Physics is the compulsory subject of E. A and D have the same subjects -- History and English. D has History as optional subject and so English is the compulsory subject of D. Subjects of A and D are reverse in regard of optional and compulsory.
So, A has History as compulsory subject and English as optional.
Chemistry is the optional subject of only one teacher. So, it is the optional of B, which only remains.
We know that History is the compulsory subject of three teachers. So, it is compulsory for A, B and C.
D is the teacher having English as her compulsory subject.
So, D is the only female teacher.

A, B and C have History as the compulsory subject.

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317.

(i). Jayant, Kamal, Namita, Asha and Tanmay are five members of a family.
(ii). They have their birth dates from January to May, each member in one of these months.
(iii). Each one likes one particular item for his/her birthday out of Bengali Sweets, Chocolates, Pastries, Ice Cream and Dry Fruits.
(iv). The one who likes Pastries is born in the month which is exacty middle in the mmonths given.
(v). Asha does not like Ice cream but brings Chocolates for Jayant in February.
(vi). Tanmay who is fond of Bengali sweets is born in the next month immediately after Namita.
(vii). Namita does not like Dry fruits or Ice Cream. What is the choice of Kamal ?

A.Ice cream
B.Bengali sweets
C.Dry fruits
D.Cannot be determined

Answer: A

(I) Choice : Jayant likes Chocolates; Tanmay likes Bengali sweets. Namita does not like Dry fruits or Ice cream. So, Namita likes Pastrises. Asha does not like Ice cream. So, she is fond of Dry fruits. Finally, Kamal likes Ice cream.
(II) Date of Birth : The one who likes Pastrises i.e., Namita is born in the middle of months given i.e., in March. Tanmay is born in next month after Namita i.e., in April. Jayant's birthday is in February.

	Choice	Date of Birth
Jayant	Chocolates	February
Kamal	Ice cream	January or May
Namita	Pastries	March
Asha	Dry fruits	January or May
Tanmay	Bengali sweets	April

The choice of Kamal is Ice cream.

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318.

Five children were administered psychological tests to know their intellectual levels. In the report, psychologists pointed out that the child A is less intelligent than the child B. The child C is less intelligent than the child D. The child B is less intelligent than the child C and child A is more intelligent then the child E. Which child is the most intelligent ?

Answer: C

Correct answer: D

Read each comparison as a link in one chain. A is less than B, B is less than C, and C is less than D, giving \( A < B < C < D \). The clue that A is more intelligent than E places E at the bottom, so the full order is \( E < A < B < C < D \) and D is the most intelligent.

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319.

In a group of six women, there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailja do not know how to play on the vilion. Shailja and Tanuja are among the dancer. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is both a dancer and a violinist ?

A.Jalaja
B.Shailja
C.Tanuja
D.Pooja

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Answer: C

The four vocal musicians and one actress in the group are given. Two dancers are Shailja and Tanuja. Two violinists are Girija and Vanaja. Since Jalaja and Shailja cannot be violinists. so, remaining two violinists are Tanuja and Pooja.
Clearly, Tanuja is both a violinist andd a dancer.

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320.

Seven books are placed one above the other in a particualr way.
History book is placed exactly above Civics book.
Geography book is fourth from the bottom and English book is fifth from the top.
There are two books in between Civics and Economics books.
How many books are there between Civics and Science books ?
To answer this question, which other extra information is required, if any, from the following ?

A.There are two books between Geography and Science books
B.There are two books between Mathematics and Geography books.
C.There is one book between English and Science books.
D.The Civics book is before two books above Economics book.

Answer: C

Clearly, the sequence of the five books mentioned, from top to bottom is :
---, History, Civics, Geography, English, Economics, ----
Clearly, (c) gives us the clue that Science book is placed at the bottom.
Thus, we know that there are three books between Civics and Science.

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