How many doctors are practising in this town ?
Statements:
1. There is one doctor per seven hundred residents.
2. There are 16 wards with each ward having as many doctors as the number of wards.
Answer: B
From 1, total number of doctors in town = (1/700 x N) , where N = total number of residents in town. But, the value of N is not known.
From 2, total number of doctors in town
= (Number of wards in town) x (Number of doctors in each ward)
= 16 x 16 = 256.
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Five persons - A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row. Who is sitting in the middle?
Statements:
1. B is between E and C.
2. B is to the right of E.
3. D is between A and E.
Answer: D
From 1, the order is : E, B, C or C, B, E.
From 2, the order is : E, B.
From 3, the order is : A, D, E.
Combining the above three, we get the order as : A, D, E, B, C. Clearly, E is sitting in the middle.
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What does 'come' represent in a code language ?
Statements:
1. 'pit na tac' means 'come and go' in that code language.
2. 'ja ta da' means 'you are good' in that code language.
3. 'na da rac' means 'you can come' in that code language.
Answer: C
To find the code for 'come', we need to have two statements which have one common code word and 'come' as the common word, which is there in 1 and 3.
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On which date in August was Kapil born ?
Statements:
1. Kapil's mother remembers that Kapil was born before nineteenth but after fifteenth.
2. Kapil's brother remembers that Kapil was born before seventeenth but after twelfth.
Answer: D
From 1, we conclude that Kapil was born on any one of the dates among 16th, 17th and 18th.
From 2, we conclude that Kapil was born on any one of the dates among 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th.
Thus, from both 1 and 2, we conclude that Kapil was born on 16th August.
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What is the code for 'mangoes' in the code language ?
Statements:
1. In that code language, 'Te Le Pa Na' means 'You eat many mangoes' and 'Le Na Da' means 'You sell mangoes'.
2. In the code language, 'Ge Na Se La Le' means 'They eat bananas and mangoes' and 'Ne De Le La' means 'Who others eat bananas'.
Answer: D
In 'You eat many mangoes' and 'Who others eat bananas', the common word is 'eat' and the common code word is 'Le'. So, 'Le' means 'eat'.
In 'You eat many mangoes' and 'They eat bananas and mangoes', the common code word 'Le' stands for 'eat'. So, the other common code word 'Na' stands for the other common word i.e. 'mangoes'.
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Of what is an investment decision an example?
Answer: D
Investments are risk bearing and, therefore, are a non-programmed decision.
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What does '$' mean in a code language?
Statements:
1. '5$#3' means 'flowers are really good'.
2. '7#35' means 'good flowers are available'.
Answer: D
In 1 and 2, the common codes are '5', '#' and '3' and the common words are 'flowers', 'are' and 'good'. Thus, in 1, the remaining code '$' stands for 'really'.
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How many employees of Bank Z opted for VRS ?
Statements:
1. 18% of the 950 officer cadre employees and 6% of the 1100 other cadre employees opted for VRS.
2. 28% of the employees in the age-group of 51 to 56 and 17% of the employees in all other age-groups opted for VRS.
Answer: A
From 1, we have: number of employees who opted for VRS = 18% of 950 + 6% of 1100 = 171 + 66 = 237.
From 2, we cannot get the required answer until and unless the number of employees in age-group 51 to 56 and other age-groups is known.
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T studies in which of the schools B, C, D, E and F ?
Statements:
1. T does not study in the same school as either R or J.
2. R and J study in schools D and F respectively.
Answer: D
As given in 1 and 2, R studies in school D and J studies in school F. So, T does not study in school D or school F. Thus, T studies in any one of the schools B, C or E.
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In a certain code, '13' means 'stop smoking' and '59' means 'injurious habit'. What do '9' and '5' mean respectively in that code ?
Statements:
1. '157' means 'stop bad habit'.
2. '839' means 'smoking is injurious'.
Answer: C
'59' means 'injurious habit' and '157' means 'stop bad habit' (from 1). Thus, the common code number '5' stands for common word 'habit'. So, '9' represents 'injurious'. Hence, 1 is sufficient.
Also, '59' means 'injurious habit' and '839' means 'smoking is injurious'. Thus, the common code number '9' stands for common word 'injurious'. So, '5' represents 'habit'. Thus, 2 is also sufficient.
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