Reasoning Shortcut Tricks & Scoring Part Questions

 Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing away from the centre. Each of them has a different rank in mock test, viz 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th but not necessarily in the same order.

A and C, whose rank is 3rd, can never sit together. There are two persons between the persons whose ranks are 7th and 5th. The person whose rank is 5th sits second to the right of F. H does not rank 2nd or 1st and he is also immediate neighbour of the one whose rank is 5th. The person whose rank is 1st cannot sit with the person whose rank is 4th.

There are two persons sitting between C and the person whose rank is 6th. B and E are immediate neighbours of each other. The person whose rank is 1st sits on the immediate left of the person whose rank is 8th. A is second to the right of the person whose rank is 7th. D’s rank is neither 6th nor 7th. E and G are not immediate neighbours. G, who does not rank 5th, sits on the immediate right of H.

There is only one person sitting between those two persons whose ranks are 8th and 6th.There is only one person sitting between G and the person whose rank is 6th and the person can never be F.

1. Which of the following pairs of persons and ranks is definitely true?

1. C – 8th
2. D – 1st
3. G – 3rd
4. B – 7th
5. All are false

2. How many persons are sitting between E and B when counted in anticlockwise direction from B?

1. None
2. Two
3. Three
4. Five
5. Six

3. Which of the following is the position of F with respect to the person whose rank is 4th?

1. Second to the left
2. Third to the right
3. Third to the left
4. Fourth to the right
5. Can’t be determined

4. If A interchanges his place with the person whose rank is 2nd, then which of the following is the position of the person whose rank is 3rd with respect to the person whose rank is 6th?

1. Second to the left
2. Second to the right
3. Third to the right
4. Third to the left
5. None of these

5. Which of the following is the rank of H?

1. 3rd
2. 4th
3. 5th
4. 1st
5. Can’t be determined

Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are eight friends working in different banks, viz Bank of India, State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Central Bank of India, Dena Bank, Indian Bank, Syndicate Bank and HDFC Bank, but not necessarily in the same order. All of them are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. P sits third to the right of the person who is working in Dena Bank. Only two persons sit between T and V. T does not work in Dena Bank. The person who works in HDFC Bank sits second to the right of S. S is not an immediate neighbour of P. S does not work in Dena Bank and P does not work in HDFC Bank. The one who works in Bank of India sits third to the left of U. The one who works in Bank of India and the one who works in Dena Bank are not immediate neighbours. Only one person sits between S and the one who works in Punjab National Bank. The person who works in Central Bank of India and the one who works in State Bank of India are immediate neighbours. Only one person sits between Q and the one who works in Indian Bank. The one who works in Indian Bank is an immediate neighbour of W. P and V are not immediate neighbours. S does not work in State Bank of India. Q sits on the immediate left of T. U sits on the immediate left of S and on the immediate right of T.

6.How many persons sit between T and the one who works in Indian Bank (when counted in clockwise direction from T)?

1. None
2. One
3. Two
4. Four
5. Five

7. Who works in Bank of India?

1. Q
2. R
3. P
4. T
5. U

8. Who works in Syndicate Bank?

1. T
2. U
3. W
4. Q
5. Can’t be determined

9. Which of the following combinations is definitely true?

1. S – Dena Bank
2. R – Indian Bank
3. V – Punjab National Bank
4. Q – Central Bank of India
5. None of these

10. What is the position of the person who works in Syndicate Bank with respect to R?

1. Immediate left
2. Second to the left
3. Third to the right
4. Third to the left
5. Second to the right

Directions (Q. 11-15): Each of the questions given below consists of a question and three statements. I, II and III given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statement are sufficient to answer the question.

11. P, Q, R, S, T and U are six teachers in a school teaching a different subject each – M, P, S, B, G and H – but not in the same order. There are only four female teachers. Who teaches subject B?

1. Q teaches subject H. No female teacher teaches subject B or M. S, who teaches subject S, is the oldest.
2. P is older than R and teaches subject P.
3. The youngest teacher teaches subject B. U is not the youngest. T teaches subject M and is older than P but younger than Q and U.

1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Only III
4. All I, II and III are necessary
5. All are not sufficient

12. Six participants A, B, C, D, E and F participate in a painting competition. Out of these, two are ladies. Who is the sister of E?

1. E and his unmarried sister participated for the second time and completed the painting in the given time. A is brother of C.
2. Neither D’s husband nor the new participants won the competition. B could not complete the painting.
3. In the result, C was ahead of A but behind E only.

3. Only I
4. Only II
5. Only II & III
6. All are required
7. All I, II & III are not sufficient

13. Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, V, X and Z are sitting around a circular table facing outward from the centre. Who is sitting between X and V?

1. P sits third to the left of X and second to the right of R. T sits second to the right of V.
2. S and T do not sit next to each other. S sits second to the left of Q, who is not a neighbour of P.
3.  There are as many persons between R and S as between Q and P.

1. Only I and II
2. Only II
3. Only I and III
4. All I, II, III
5. None of these

14. What is the code for ‘sky’?

1. ‘sky is beautiful and white’ is written as ‘lo no po so do’.
2. ‘beautiful is water’ is written as ‘po ro so’.
3.  ‘white water is transparent’ is written as ‘so no ro qo’.

1. Only I and II
2. Only II and III
3. Only I and III
4. All I, II and III
5. All are not sufficient

15. Four elevators – P, Q, R and S – have a different speed and weight. Is the elevator with the lowest speed the heaviest?

1. P is the heaviest but does not have the highest speed.
2. S is heavier than R while Q’s speed is greater than S’s which is more than P.
3. R’s weight is not the minimum but has the highest speed.

1. Only I and II
2. All I, II and III
3. Any of the two
4. Can’t be determined
5. None of these

Directions (16-20) Read the information/ statement given in each question carefully and answer the questions.

16. Which of the following expressions may not be true if the expression ‘H ≥ R = U ≤ G’ is definitely true?

1.   U ≤ H
2.   G ≥ H
3.   R ≤ G
4.   Only (b) and (c)
5.   All are true

17. In which of the following expressions does the expression ‘P > S’ hold true?

1.   P = Q < R ≤ S
2.   S ≥ Q > R > P
3.   Q = S > R ≥ P
4.   P ≥ R >Q = S
5.   S ≤ Q > P > R

18. Which of the following expressions will be true if the expression ‘C ≥ F > V ≥ W’ is definitely true?

1.   None is true
2.   C = V
3.   C < W
4.   F ≥ W
5.   W ≤ C

19. Which of the following expressions will be true if the expression ‘E ≥ C < O = S’ is definitely true?

1.   S < C
2.   E ≥ O
3.   E < S
4.   O = E
5.   None is true

20. In which of the following expressions will the expression ‘A < B’ be definitely true?

1.   T < A ≥ Y = B
2.   A > T ≥ Y = B
3.   B = Y ≥ T > A
4.   A ≥ T > Y < B
5.   None of these