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331.

A gorup of eight members sit in a circle. D is between A and F and is opposite to G. E is to the right of A but on the left of C, whose right hand neighbour is G. B enjoys having H to his left and F to his right. Find the member, who is diagonally opposite to A.

Answer: D

Clearly, in a circle the arrangement is as shown :
H is diagonally opposite to A.

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332.

Five children are sitting in a row. S is sitting next to P but not T. K is sitting next R who is sitting on the extreme left and T is not sitting next to K. Who are sitting adjacent to S ?

Answer: D

S is sitting next to P. So, the order S, P or P, S is followed. K is sitting next to R. So, the order R, K is followed because R is on the extreme left. T is not next to P or K. So, the arrangement will be R, K, P, S, T. Clearly, P and T are sitting adjacent to S.

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333.

There are seven books one each on Psychology, Hindi, English, Sociology, Economics, Education and Accountancy, lying on a table one above the other.
Sociology is on the top of all the books.
Accountancy is immediately below Education which is immediately below Sociology.
Economics is immediately above Psychology but not in the middle.
Hindi is immediately below Psychology.
If Sociology and English, Accountancy and Hindi and Education and Psychology interchange their positions, which book will be between Psychology and Sociology ?

Answer: C

Sociilogy is on top of all books, Education is below Sociology. Accountancy is below Education.
Economics is above Psychology and Psychology is above Hindi.
Economics is not in the middle. So, in the middle lies the seventh book  i.e. English.
Thus, the sequence from top to bottom is :
Sociology, Education, Accountancy, English, Economics, Psychology, Hindi.
The new sequence formed on interchanging places is English, Psychology, Hindi, Sociology, Economics, Education, Accountancy.
Clearly, Hindi is between Psychology and Sociology.

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334.

(i). There are six friends A, B, C, D, E and F.
(ii). Each one is proficient in one of the games, namely Badminton, Volleyball, Cricket, Hockey, Tennis and Polo.
(iii). Each owns a different coloured car, namely yellow, green, black, white, blue and red.
(iv). D plays Polo and owns a yellow coloured car.
(v). C does not play either Tennis or Hockey and owns neither blue nor yellow coloured car.
(vi). E owns a white car and plays Badminton.
(vii). B does not play Tennis, he owns a red coloured car.
(viii). A plays Cricket and owns a black car. Who plays Volleyball ?

Answer: B

(I). D plays Polo; E plays Badminton; A plays Cricket; C does not play Tennis or Hockey.
So, C plays Volleyball.
B does not play Tennis. So, he plays Hockey. Clearly, F plays Tennis.
(II). D has yelow car; E has white car; B has a red car; A has a black car.
Now, C does not have a blue car. So, colour of C's car is green.
Clearly, F owns a blue car.

 

Game

Colour of Car

A

Cricket

Black

B

Hockey

Red

C

Volleyball

Green

D

Polo

Yellow

E

Badminton

White

F

Tennis

Blue

C plays Volleyball

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335.

Five men A, B, C, D and E read a newspaper.
The one who reads first gives it to C. The one who reads last had taken from A. E was not the first or last to read. There were two readers between B and A.

B passed the newspaper to whom ?

Answer: C

Correct answer: C

Position the readers first. The one who reads first hands it to C, so C is second. The last reader took it from A, so A is fourth and someone else is fifth. Two readers between B and A puts B at the first place, and E is neither first nor last, so E is third and D is fifth. The order is B, C, E, A, D - and B, reading first, passes it to C.

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336.

(i). There are six friends A, B, C, D, E and F.
(ii). Each one is proficient in one of the games, namely Badminton, Volleyball, Cricket, Hockey, Tennis and Polo.
(iii). Each owns a different coloured car, namely yellow, green, black, white, blue and red.
(iv). D plays Polo and owns a yellow coloured car.
(v). C does not play either Tennis or Hockey and owns neither blue nor yellow coloured car.
(vi). E owns a white car and plays Badminton.
(vii). B does not play Tennis, he owns a red coloured car.
(viii). A plays Cricket and owns a black car. Which coloured car F owns ?

Answer: B

(I). D plays Polo; E plays Badminton; A plays Cricket; C does not play Tennis or Hockey.
So, C plays Volleyball.
B does not play Tennis. So, he plays Hockey. Clearly, F plays Tennis.
(II). D has yelow car; E has white car; B has a red car; A has a black car.
Now, C does not have a blue car. So, colour of C's car is green.
Clearly, F owns a blue car.

 

Game

Colour of Car

A

Cricket

Black

B

Hockey

Red

C

Volleyball

Green

D

Polo

Yellow

E

Badminton

White

F

Tennis

Blue

F owns a blue car.

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337.

All the roads of a city are either perpendicular or parallel to one another. The roads are all straight. Roads A, B, C, D and E are parallel to one another. Roads G, H, I, J, K, L and M are parallel to one another.
(i). Road A is 1 km east of road B.
(ii). Road B is ½ km west of road C.
(iii). Road D is 1 km west of road E.
(iv). Road G is ½ km south of road H.
(v). Road I is 1 km north of road J.
(vi). Road K is ½ km north of road L.
(vii). Road K is 1 km south of road M. If road E is between B and C, then distance between A and D is :

Answer: D

Clearly from statements (1) and (2), figure 1 follows; from statement (3), figure 2 follows; from statement (4), figure 3 follows; and from statement (5), figure 4 follows; and from statements (6) and (7), figure 5 follows.
From the figure in Q. 50, the distance between A and D
= AB + ED - BE = (1 + 1 - ¼) = 2 - .25  i.e. between 1.5 to 2 km.

 

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338.

Six students A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in the field. A and B are form Nehru House while the rest belong to Ghandhi House. D and F are tall while the others are short. A, C and D are wearing glasses while the others are not. Which short student of Gandhi House is not wearing glasses ?

Answer: B

We may prepare a table as under :

 

Nehru House

Ghandi House

Tall

Short

Glasses

No glasses

A

X

 

 

X

X

 

B

X

 

 

X

 

X

C

 

X

 

 

X

 

D

 

X

X

 

X

 

E

 

X

 

X

 

X

F

 

X

X

 

 

X

 E belongs to Gandhi House, is short and does not wear glasses

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339.

(i). There are six friends A, B, C, D, E and F.
(ii). Each one is proficient in one of the games, namely Badminton, Volleyball, Cricket, Hockey, Tennis and Polo.
(iii). Each owns a different coloured car, namely yellow, green, black, white, blue and red.
(iv). D plays Polo and owns a yellow coloured car.
(v). C does not play either Tennis or Hockey and owns neither blue nor yellow coloured car.
(vi). E owns a white car and plays Badminton.
(vii). B does not play Tennis, he owns a red coloured car.
(viii). A plays Cricket and owns a black car. Which of the following combination of colour of car and game played is not correct ?

Answer: B

.(I). D plays Polo; E plays Badminton; A plays Cricket; C does not play Tennis or Hockey.
So, C plays Volleyball.
B does not play Tennis. So, he plays Hockey. Clearly, F plays Tennis.
(II). D has yelow car; E has white car; B has a red car; A has a black car.
Now, C does not have a blue car. So, colour of C's car is green.
Clearly, F owns a blue car.

 

Game

Colour of Car

A

Cricket

Black

B

Hockey

Red

C

Volleyball

Green

D

Polo

Yellow

E

Badminton

White

F

Tennis

Blue


Clearly, the incorrect combination is Green - Tennis

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340.

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. Among these, who was the Tamil writer ?

Answer: C

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.
E is the Tamil write.

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