REASONING ABILITY FOR UPCOMING EXAMINATION 

Directions (Q. 1-5): Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Nine people, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I stay in a building, but not necessarily in the same order. The building has nine floors and only one person stays on one floor. All of them own one car each, and each car is of a different colour, i.e. blue, grey, white, black, yellow, green, red, orange and pink, but not necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it is numbered 2, and so on, and the topmost floor is numbered 9.

H owns a black-coloured car and stays on an even numbered floor. A stays on any even-numbered floor below the floor on which H stays. The one who owns an orange- coloured car stays on the fourth floor. E stays on the second floor and owns a white-coloured car. The one who owns a pink-coloured car stays on the third floor. A does not own a green-coloured car. There are two floors between the floors on which the people owning the red and the black-coloured cars stay. C owns a grey-coloured car. There are three floors between the floors on which C and G stay. D stays on a floor immediately above I’s floor. There is one floor between the floors on which F and G stay. F does not own the pink- coloured car. The one who owns the blue car stays on the topmost floor. F does not stay on the ground floor.

1). Who amongst the following owns the green coloured car?

a)    D

b)    I

c)    G

d)    F

e)    5) None of these

2). Who amongst the following stays on the topmost floor?

a)    F

b)    G

c)    D

d)    C

e)    None of these

3). A owns a car of which of the following colours?

a)    Orange

b)    Pink

c)    Yellow

d)    Blue

e)    None of these

4).  Who stays on the floor which is exactly between the floor on which H stays and the floor on which A stays?

a)    B

b)    G

c)    C

d)    F

e)    None of these

5). How many floors are there between the floor on which I stays and the floor on which C stays?

a)    One

b)    Two

c)    None

d)    Three

e)    More than three

Directions (Q. 6-10):- In each of the question below, two/three statements are given followed by conclusions/group of conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume are the statements to be true if they seem to be at variance with the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given two conclusions logically follows from the  information given in the statements.

Give answer :-

a)    If only conclusion I follows.

b)    If only conclusion II follows.

c)    If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

d)    If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

e)    If both conclusion I and II follow.

6). Statements :    

All birds are stones.

Some stones are mountains.

Some rocks are mountains.

Conclusion:

I. Some birds being mountain is a possibility.

II. All birds are mountain.

(Q. 7-8)

Statements :          

All teachers are bankers.

All lawyers are teachers.

No Doctor is a banker.

7). Conclusion :

I. Some teachers being doctor is a possibility.

II. At least some bankers are lawyers.

8). Conclusion :

I. No banker is a lawyer.

II. All teachers being lawyer is a possibility.

9). Statements :    

Some cities are towns.

All towns are urban.

Conclusion:

I. All cities being urban is a possibility.

II. Some town can never be cities.

10). Statements : 

No flower is a rose.

Some roses are red.

Conclusion:

I. All red being flower is a possibility.

II. At least some flower are red.

Answers:

Directions (Q.1-5):

Person	Floor	Colour of car
A	6	Yellow
B	9	Blue
C	1	Grey
D	4	Orange
E	2	White
F	7	Green
G	5	Red
H	8	Black
I	3	Pink

1). D)   

2). E)   

3). C)   

4). D)   

5). A)  

Directions (Q. 6-10):

6). A)

7). B)

8). B)

9). A)

Only I follows

10). D)