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
We have sequence : A < B, C< D, B < C and E < A. So, the sequence becomes : E < A < B < C < D. Clearly, child D is the most intelligent
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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 ?
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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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 ?
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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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. Which of the following possibilities would make two roads coincide ?
Answer: E
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.
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Seven executives P, Q, R, S, T, U andW reach office in a particular sequence.
U reaches immediately before P but does not immediately follow S. R is the last one to reach office. T follows immediately after P and is subsequently followed by W. Among the executives, who reaches the office first ?
Answer: B
Clearly, U is followed by P; P by T; T by W.
Now, U does not immediately follow S and R reaches last.
So, the order of reaching office is : S, Q, U, P, T, W, R.
S is the first to reach office.
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There are five different houses, A to E, in a row. A is to the right of B and E is to the left of C and right of A. B is to the right of D. Which of the houses is in the middle ?
Answer: A
B is to the right of D. A is to the right of B. E is to the right of A and left of C. So, the order is : D, B, A, E, C. Clearly, A is in the middle.
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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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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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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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(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.
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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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