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Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the Question given below it.

Six friends Abhishek, Deepak, Mridul, Pritam, Ranjan and Salil married within a year in the months of February, April, July September, November and December and in the cities of Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, but not necessarily following the above order. The brides' names were Geetika, Jasmine, Hema, Brinda, Ipsita and Veena, once again not following any order. The following are some facts about their weddings.

(i)         Mridul's wedding took place in Chennai, however he was not married to Geetika or Veena

(ii)        Abhishek's wedding took place in Ahmedabad and Ranjan's in Delhi; however neither of them was married to Jasmine or Brinda

(iii)       The wedding in Kolkata took place in February

(iv)       Hema's wedding took place in April, but not in Ahmedabad

(v)        Geetika and Ipsita got married in February and November and in Chennai and Kolkata but not following

(vi)       Pritam visited Bengaluru and Kolkata only after his marriage in December

(vii)      Salil was married to Jasmine to September

 

1.         Hema's husband is

(1) Abhishek    (2) Deepak                  (3) Ranjan                   (4) Pritam

(5) Mridul

2.         Deepak's wedding took place in

(1) Bengaluru (2) Mumbai     (3) Kolkata       (4) Delhi

(5) Chennai

3.         In Mumbai, the wedding of one of the friends took place in the month of

(1) April                       (2) September (3) November (4) December

(5) July

4.         Salil's wedding was held in

(1) Bengaluru (2) Chennai     (3) Kolkata       (4) Delhi

(5) Mumbai

 

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

Each of the six friends, A, B, C, D, E and F scored different marks in an examination. C scored more than only A and E. D scored less than only B. E did not score the least. The one who scored the third highest marks scored 81 marks. E scored 62 marks.

1.         Which of the following could possibly be C's score?

(1) 70               (2) 94               (3) 86               (4) 61

(5) 81

2.         Which of the following is true with respect to the given information?

(1) D's score was definitely less than 60

(2) F scored the maximum marks

(3) Only two people scored more than C

(4) There is a possibility that B scored 79 marks

(5) None of the above is true

3.         The person who scored the maximum, scored 13 marks more than F's marks. which of the following can be D's score?

(1) 94               (2) 60               (3) 89               (4) 78

(5) 81

 

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Directions (Q. Nos. 26-30) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are travelling to three destinations Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad in three different vehicles-Honda City, Swift D'Zire and Ford Ikon. There are three females among them one in each car. There are at least two persons in each car R is not travelling with Q and W. T a male, is travelling with only Z and they are not travelling to Chennai. P is travelling to Honda City to Hyderabad. S is sister of P and travels by Ford Ikon V and R travel together. W does not travel to Chennai.

1.         Members in which car are travelling to Chennai?

(1) Honda City                                     (2) Swift D'Zire

(3) Ford Ikon                                        (4) Either Swift D'Zire or Ford Ikon

(5) None of the above

2.         In which car are four members travelling?

(1) Honda City or Ford Ikon                           (2) Honda City

(3) Swift D'Zire                                                (4) Ford Ikon

(5) None of these

3.         Which of the following combinations represents the three female members?

(1) QSZ                                                            (2) WSZ

(3) PSZ                                                             (4) Cannot be determined

(5) None of these

4.         Who is travelling with W?

(1) Only Q                                                       (2) Only P

(3) P and Q                                                     (4)-Cannot be determined

(5) None of these

5.         Members in which of the following combinations are travelling in Honda City?

(1) PRS                                                             (2) PQW

(3) PWS                                                           (4) Data inadequate

(5) None of these

 

Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions given below it.

Four young men Anil, Mukesh, Piyush and Yogesh are lovingly called Munna, Babboo, Prince and Pappoo by everyone. They are married to Madhu Sunanda, Jyoti and Arti.

(i)         Arti and Madhu are not married to Piyush or Anil nor is their husband called Babboo.

(ii)        Babboo is not married to Sunanda and his name is not Piyush.

(iii)       Sunanda is not married to Munna.

(iv)       Mukesh is neither Munna nor Prince nor is married to Madhu.

 

1.         Which of the following pair of husband wife is not correct?

(1) Munna, Madhu                              (2) Babboo, Jyoti

(3) Pappoo, Jyoti                                  (4) All correct

(5) None of these

2.         What is the nickname of Mukesh?

(1) Babboo                                          (2) Pappoo

(3) Munna                                           (4) Prince

(5) Neither Pappoo nor Munna

3.         Who is the husband of Sunanda?

(1) Anil                                                (2) Mukesh

(3) Piyush                                            (4) Yogesh

(5) Can't be determined

4.         Yogesh is married to whom?

(1) Sunanda                                       (2) Arti

(3) Madhu                                           (4) Jyoti

(5) Can't be determined

5.         What is the name of Munna?

(1) Anil                                                (2) Mukesh

(3) Piyush                                            (4) Yogesh

(5) Can't be determined

 

 

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

Six persons work an editorial department of a leading publishing house. No member of the editorial team can go for leave in the first half of financial year (April-March). No two of them can take leave simultaneously. But they have managed to take their leaves one by one from October to March for a month each in their respective festivals.

Shyam Rajak will take his leave neither in Sarhul nor in Dipawali. Ajay Tigga will go on leave neither in October nor in January. Nurullah Khan will take his leave either in Durga Puja or in Id-ul-Fitar. Dipawali and Durga Puja will be celebrated in October or November, though not respectively. Manoj Kacchap will take his leave in January, but he will not celebrate Holi DK Ghosh and Vimal Jain will celebrate Durga Puja and Dipawali though not respectively, Nurullah Khan will go on leave immediately after Manoj Kacchap but no, before Ajay Tigga. Christmas will be celebrated in December immediately after Dipawali.

 

1.         Who will take his leave in March?

(1) Vimal Jain                                                  (2) Ajay Tigga

(3) Shyam Rajak                                              (4) Can't be determined

(5) None of these

2.         Ajay Tigga will take his leave on

(1) Holi                                                            (2) Sarhul

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

(5) None of these

3.         Id-ul-Fitar will be celebrated in the month of

(1) January                                                     (2) February

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

(5) None of these

4.         Dipawali will be celebrated by

(1) Vimal Jain                                      (2) DK Ghosh

(3) Ajay Tigga                                      (4) Can't be determined

(5) None of these

5.         Who will celebrate Sarhul?

(1) Manoj Kacchap                              (2) Shyam Rajak

(3) Ajay Tigga                                      (4) Can't be determined

(5) None of these

6.         DK Ghosh will take his leave in

(1) November                                      (2) December

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

(5) None of these

7.         Which of the following is a true combination?

(1) Shyam Rajak-Sarhul-March           (2) Ajay Tigga-Christmas-January

(3) Manoj Kacchap-Holi-March           (4) DK Ghosh-Durga Puja-October

(5) None of the above

 

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

I.          12 friends A, B, C, D, P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y and Z are sitting in a row facing to the east

II.         X is third to the left of P, who is sixth to the right of A.

III.        R is fourth to the right of Z, who is not near to C.

IV.        B is fifth to the right end and S is second left of D.

V.         W and Q are not near to P, who is second to the right of R.

VI.        There are two friends between C and Y, who is not near to X.

 

1.         Who are sitting at the end of the row?

(1) Z and W                                         (2) W and Q

(3) Q and Z                                          (4) Can't be determined

(5) None of these

2.         What is the position of A in respect of S?

(1) immediate right                           (2) third right

(3) fourth left                                      (4) second right

(5) fifth left

3.         Who is sitting third to the right of R?

(1) B                            (2) S                             (3) Y                             (4) B or S

(5) B or Y

4.         Which two friends are sitting near to D?

(1) A and R               (2) Z and A                  (3) P and Q                   (4) A and C

(5) Can't be determined

5.         Which of the following is true?

(1) Five friends are sitting between Z and B

(2) R and X are sitting in the middle of the row

(3) D is sitting fifth to the left of B

(4) Only one friend is sitting between Y and Z

(5) More than one of the above are true

 

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

Following is the Information regarding Girdhari's Phone number.

It is a nine-digit number with each of the digits from 1 to 9 appearing once. The whole number is divisible by 9. If you remove the rightmost digit, the remaining eight-digit number is divisible by 8. Removing the next rightmost digit leaves a seven-digit number that is divisible by 7. This property continues all the way down to one digit.

 

1.         Which of the following might be the fourth digit of the phone number from the left end?

(1) 1                             (2) 3                             (3) 5                             (4) 6

(5) 9

2.         Which of the following must be the fifth digit (from the left end) of the phone number?

(1) 1                             (2) 3                             (3) 5                             (4) 7

(5) 9

3.         Which of the following might be the rightmost digit of the phone number?

(1) 5                             (2) 4                             (3) 2                             (4) 6

(5) 9

 

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

A, B, C, D, E, F G and H are eight players associated with two grades-national or international. Among them four are national players while others are international players. Four are associated with Cricket while others are associated with Badminton.

According to their plan they started a journey in a van. There were eight seats in the van. two seats in each row. Two persons occupied seats in each row. No two cricketers occupied seats in the same row Similarly, no two national players occupied seats in the same row.

(i)         A and D are associated with the same grade while A and G are associates with the same game. But B and D are not associated with the same game.

(ii)        A's and G's grades are the same as H's. B is an international player but he did not sit either with G or with H.

(iii)       H is a cricketer. Both H and F play for the same team. But H did not sit in row 4.

(iv)       A and G sat in row 1 and row 2, respectively. While C sat with D.

 

1.         Which of the following is /are not correctly matched?

I. Row 1 — A and B

II. Row 2 — G and F

III. Row 3 — H and E

IV. Row 4 — D and C

(1) I and II                                                        (2) II and IV

(3) I and III                                                       (4) All are correctly matched

(5) None of the above

2.         Which of the following statements is/are true?

I. A, G, H and D are national players.

II. B, F, E and C are international players.

III. B, F, H and D are cricketers.

(1) I and II                                                        (2) III and IV

(3) I, II and III                                                 (4) All are true

(5) None of these