Elitmus Logical Reasoning Questions from Previous Papers 2

Set 1

Find Solutions at the end of every section

Study the following information to answer the given questions:
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row – 1 A, B, C, D, E and F are seated and all of them are facing south. In row – 2 P, Q, R, S, T and V are seeded and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row.
V sits third to the right of S. S faces F and F does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. D sits third to right of C. R faces C. The one facing E sits third to the right of P. B and P do not sit at the extreme ends of the line. T is not an immediate neighbour of V and A is not an immediate neighbour of C.
Question 1: Who amongst the following faces D?
(a) T
(b) P
(c) Q
(d) R
(e) None of these
Question 2: Who amongst the following represent the people sitting at extreme ends of the rows?
(a) R, F
(b) T, A
(c) D, R
(d) C, Q
(e) S, A
Question 3: Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) B-T
(b) A-Q
(c) C – S
(d) F – P
(e) D – R
Question 4: Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) D
(b) S
(c) V
(d) T
(e) A
Question 5: How many individuals are seated between R and T?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None
Question 6: Who amongst the following faces Q?
(a) D
(b) B
(c) E
(d) A
(e) None of these
Question 7: Which of the following is true regarding B?
(a) B sits to the immediate left of C
(b) B faces Q
(c) B sits fourth from the extreme left end of the line
(d) D and F are immediate neighbours of B
(e) None is true

Answer 1: (a) T faces D Correct option is (a)

Answer 2: (b) From the table we can say that the correct option is (b)

Answer 3: (e) D- R is different. In the rest The first person to the right of the person who is opposite to the second person. Correct option is (e).

Answer 4: (b) In this case, S is the odd one out; all the others are seated in the extreme ends.

Answer 5: (b) There are two people between R and T. Correct option is (b)

Answer 6: (c) E faces Q. Correct option is (c).

Answer 7: (d) Correct option is (d).

Set 2

Find Solutions at the end of every section


A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight employees of an organisation working in three departments viz. Personnel, Administration and Marketing with not more than three of them in any department. Each of them has a different choice of sports from Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Badminton, Lawn tennis, Basketball, Hockey and Table Tennis not necessarily in the same order.
●  D works in Administration and does not like either Football or Cricket.
●  F works in Personnel with only A who likes Table Tennis.
●  E and H do not work in the same department as D.
●  C likes Hockey and does not work in Marketing.
●  G does not work in Administration and does not like either Cricket or Badminton.
●  One of those who work in Administration likes Football.
●  The one who likes volleyball works in Personnel.
●  None of those who work in Administration likes either Badminton or Lawn tennis.
●  H does not like Cricket.
1.
Which of the following groups of employees work in Administration department ?
(a)E, G, H
(b)A, F
(c)B, C, D
(d)B, G, D

2.
In which department does E work ?
(a)Personnel
(b)Marketing
(c)Administration
(d)Data inadequate

3.
What is E’s favorite sport ?
(a)Cricket
(b)Badminton
(c)Basketball
(d)Lawn Tennis

4.
Which of the following combinations of employee-department-favourite sport is correct ?
(a)E – Administration – Cricket
(b)F – Personnel – Lawn Tennis
(c)H – Marketing – Lawn Tennis
(d)None of these

5.
What is G’s favorite sport ?
(a)Cricket
(b)Badminton
(c)Basketball
(d)Lawn Tennis

1.(C)   2.(B)    3.(A)    4.(D)   5.(D)

Person                                Sports                                      Department
 
A                                         Table Tennis                             Personnel

B                                          Football                                   Administration


C                                          Hockey                                    Administration


D                                          Basketball                                Administration


E                                          Cricket                                      Marketing


F                                          Volleyball                                  Personnel


G                                          Lawn                                        Tennis Marketing

H                    Badminton                Marketing

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