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Directions : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

The morning assembly of a school is organized daily. Six different items, viz yoga, prayer, news-presentation, teacher's speech, school pledge and recitation are to be performed individually or under the leadership of one. They are A, B, C, D, E and F, not necessarily in the same order. The programme begins with prayer not sung under the leadership of C and ends with teacher's speech. A performs recitation, after news-presentation. School pledge is performed under the leadership of F just before teacher's speech. B and D are definitely students. News is not presented by E. A small break is given to students immediately after recitation with three more items remaining to be performed. B presents his programme immediately after the break.

1.         Which item is performed by D?

(1) Prayer                                                       (2) News-presentation

(3) Teacher's-speech                                   (4) Can't be determined

(5) None of these

2.         Who is teacher among the participants?

(1) C                                                                (2) E

(3) D                                                                (4) Data inadequate

(5) None of these

3.         Who was the first performer?

(1) D                                                                (2) E

(3) A                                                                (4) Data inadequate

(5) None of these

 

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Directions : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

(i)

Six books of different subjects Physics Chemistry, Biology, English, Economics and Sanskrit are being kept one above the other.

(ii)

The number of pages in these books are 205, 405, 387, 521, 296 and 417 though not respectively

(iii)

296-paged Chemistry book is second from the bottom. The book of Biology is on top and consists of 417 pages.

(iv)

The book of Economics has 521 pages and Sanskrit book is being kept 4th from the bottom.

(v)

The book of English is at bottom and has 387 pages.

(vi)

The book which has 205 pages is being kept 3rd from the bottom.

1.         Which book was kept second to last?

(1) Chemistry                                                (2) Physics

(3) Economics                                               (4) Data inadequate

(5) None of these

2.         Which book has 405 pages?

(1) Sanskrit                                        (2) Physics

(3) Biology                                         (4) Can't be determined

(5) None of these

 

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Directions : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

(i)
Seven friends Kishore, Rahul, Ajay, Sujata, Preeti, Madhukar and Harish Chandra are studying in seven different schools, viz Hansraj Model School, Modern School, Airforce Bal Bharti, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ramjas Public School, Prabhu Dayal Public School and Springdale Public School. But no student reads in the school whose name starts with the first initial letter of his/her name.
(ii)
Rahul and Preeti study in Modern School and Airforce Bal Bharti respectively.
(iii)
Ajay reads neither in Springdale Public School nor in Prabhu Dayal Public School.
(iv)
Sujata and Harish Chandra do not study in Prabhu Dayal Public School, Ramjas Public or Springdale Public School.

1.         Kishore reads in which school?

(1) Prabhu Dayal Public School     (2) Springdale Public School

(3) Kendriya Vidyalaya                    (4) Can't be determined

(5) None of the above

2.         Who studies in Ramjas Public School?

(1) Sujata                                                       (2) Ajay

(3) Either Ajay or Sujata                  (4) Can't be determined

(5) None of these

3.         Madhukar reads in which school?

(1) Springdale Public School

(2) Prabhu Dayal Public School

(3) Either Springdale or Prabhu Dayal

(4) Can't be determined

(5) None of the above

4.         Who reads in Kendriya Vidyalaya?

(1) Harish Chandra                           (2) Madhukar

(3) Rahul                                                        (4) Can't be determined

(5) None of these

5.         Who reads in Prabhu Dayal Public School?

(1) Kishore                                                     (2) Madhukar

(3) Can't be determined                 (4) Either Kishore or Madhukar

(5) None of the above

 

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Directions : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

(i)
There are four types of cards, viz King, Queen, Jack and Ace. All the four types of cards are available in four categories - Spades, Hearts, Clubs and Diamonds. These are to be distributed among four players - A, B, C and D.
(ii)
All players get all types and all categories cards.
(iii)
A gets King of Club. D gets Queen of Heart. B and C get Jack of Spade and Ace of Diamond respectively.
(iv)
D does not get Jack of Diamond.

1.         Which of the following combinations of types of cards and its categories is definitely correct for player B?

(1) Jack-Spade, King-Heart, Queen-Club, Ace-Diamond

(2) Jack-Heart, King-Spade, Queen-Diamond, Ace-Club

(3) Jack-Spade, King-Heart, Queen- Diamond, Ace-Club

(4) King-Heart, Queen-Club, Ace-Spade, Jack-Diamond

(5) None of the above

2.         Who has got the Queen of Club among the given players?

(1) A                            (2) B                            (3) C                            (4) D

(5) Data inadequate

3.         What is true about the four categories of Ace?

(1) Heart-A, Club-B, Diamond-C, Spade-D

(2) Spade-A, Club-B, Diamond-C, Heart-D

(3) Club-D, Heart-B, Spade-A, Diamond-C

(4) Data inadequate

(5) None of the above

4.         What is true about the four types of Hearts?

(1) Queen-D, Jack-C, King-A, Ace-B

(2) King-B, Queen-D, Jack-A, Ace-C

(3) Jack-C, Ace-A, King-D, Queen-B

(4) Data inadequate

(5) None of the above

5.         Who gets Jack of Diamond?

(1) A                            (2) B                            (3) C                            (4) D

(5) Data inadequate

6.         Which of the following combinations is definitely false?

(1) Queen-Heart-D                          (2) Ace-Club-B,

(3) King-Diamond-D                                     (4) Jack-Club-C

(5) Queen-Spade-A

 

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Directions : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Five friends — A, B, C, D and E — went to a restaurant and ate different dishes — Chicken Biryani, Pizza, Bhel Puri, Dosa and Veg Pulao—though not respectively. After their meal they drank different brands' cold drinks — Mirinda, Limca, Pepsi, Sprite and Teem.

D ate neither Pizza nor Veg Pulao but drank Sprite. The person who drank Mirinda ate neither Bhel Puri nor Dosa. A ate Chicken Biryani but drank neither Limca nor Pepsi. C ate Bhel Puri but did not drink Limca. E did not drink Pepsi or Teem. B did not drink Limca.

1.         Who among them ate Dosa?

(1) E                                                                (2) C

(3) B                                                                (4) Data inadequate

(5) None of these

2.         Which of the following is definitely true?

(1) E- Veg Pulao - Limca                 (2) C - Bhel Puri - Mirinda

(3) D-Veg Pulao - Sprite                  (4) A-Chicken Biryani-Teem

(5) None of these

3.         Which of the following may be true?

(1) D-Pizza-Sprite                             (2) B-Veg Pulao-Pepsi

(3) C-Bhel Puri-Limca                                  (4) A-Chicken Biryani-Sprite

(5) None of these

4.         Who drank Limca?

(1) B                                                                (2) C

(3) E                                                                (4) Data inadequate

(5) None of these

5.         The person who drank Pepsi ate

(1) Veg Pulao                                                (2) Pizza

(3) Bhel Puri                                      (4) Data inadequate

(5) None of these

 

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Directions : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement (All the numbers are two-digit numbers.)

Input : baffled 46 Iceberg 19 nation unreal 75 28 kidney 63 abandon 94

Step I : abandon baffled 46 iceberg 19 unreal 75 28 kidney 63 94 nation

Step II : iceberg abandon baffled 46 19 unreal 75 28 63 94 nation kidney

Step III: unreal iceberg abandon 46 19 75 28 63 94 nation kidney baffled

Stop IV: 75 unreal iceberg abandon 46 19 63 94 nation kidney baffled 28

Step V : 63 75 unreal iceberg abandon 19 94 nation kidney baffled 28 46

Step VI: 19 63 75 unreal iceberg abandon nation kidney baffled 28 46 94

Step VI is the last step of the above arrangement as the intended arrangement is obtained.

As per the rules followed in the given steps, find out the appropriate steps for the given input.

Input: offense 71 vaccine 12 39 garage absorb 86 earlier 25 malign 64

1.         If in the step II, 'absorb' interchanges its position with '86' and '39' also interchanges its position with 'vaccine' then which element will be seventh to the left of '25' ?

(1) 39              (2) absorb                  (3) 86              (4) 64

(5) vaccine

2.         Which of the following combinations represents the first two and the last two elements in the step IV of the given input ?

(1) earlier, 86, vaccine, 71              (2) 39, absorb, earlier, 12

(3) offense, 25,12, absorb              (4) 25, malign, garage, 86

(5) 71, offense, garage, 12

3.         In which step are the elements 'absorb 86 25 vaccine' found in the same order ?

(1) Third                     (2) Fourth                  (3) Fifth                      (4) Sixth

(5) The given order of elements is not found in any step

4.         Which elements come exactly between '25' and 'malign' in step III of the given input?

(1) Both '64' and 'vaccine'              (2) Only '39'

(3) Both '86' and 'earlier'                (4) Only 'garage' (5) Only 'offense'

5.         Which dementis third to the left of the one which is seventh from the left end in Step VI of the given input ?

(1) offense    (2) 71              (3) malign                  (4) earlier

(5) 25

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Directions : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Five people A, B, C, D and E buy different number of cookies C buys more cookies than both B and E. D buys more cookies than B but less than A and K. A does not buy the maximum number of cookies. E does not buy the third highest number of cookies. The one who buys the maximum number of cookies buys 20 cookies.

1.         Who amongst the following buys the second lowest number of cookies ?

(1) B                            (2) D                            (3) E                            (4) C

(5) A

2.         If the difference between the cookies bought by C and A is 8, then which of the following may possibly represent the number of cookies bought by E ?

(1) 12              (2) 8                            (3) 15              (4) 5

(5) 10

 

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1.         A child is looking for his father. He went 90 m in the east before turning to his right. He went 20 m before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle's place 30 m from this point. His father was not there. From here he went 100 m to his north before meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father from the starting point ?

(1) 90 m                     (2) 100 m                   (3) 260 m                   (4) 140 m

(5) 80 m

 

2.         K is a place which is located 2 km away in the north-west direction from the capital P. R is another place that is located 2 km away in the south-west direction from K. M is another place and that is located 2 km away in the north-west direction from R. T is yet another place that is located 2 km away in the south-west direction from M. In which direction is T located in relation to P ?

(1) South-west                                              (2) North-west

(3) West                                                         (4) North

(5) South-East