REASONING ABILITY  FOR UPCOMING EXAMINATION

Directions (Ques 1 to 5): Read the following information and answer the questions that follow:

Four hunters A, B, C, and D went for a hunt. They caught six hares altogether. One man caught Three, another caught Two, one caught one and one failed to catch any hare. Each one used chocolate (for bait) of different companies. Those companies are – W, X, Y, and Z. Now study some additional clues.
(I) The one who caught two hares was not A nor the one who used the chocolate of company Y.
(II) The one who use the chocolate of company X did not catch as many hares as D.
(III) The chocolate of company Z made the user the best performer according to the number of hares caught on that day.
(IV) B used the chocolate of company W whereas A did not use the chocolate of company X.

Q1. Which of the following clues is/are redundant to infer that the hunter who did not catch any hare was C?

 (A) All are necessary

 (B) Only II

 (C) Only III and IV

 (D) Only III

 (E) None of these

Q2. Who among the following caught two hares?

 (A) A

 (B) B

 (C) C

 (D) D

 (E) None of these

Q3. C used the chocolate of which company?

 (A) W

 (B) X

 (C) Y

 (D) Z

 (E) None of these

Q4. How many hares did A, B and D catch together?

 (A) Three

 (B) Four

 (C) Five

 (D) Six

 (E) None of these

Q5. Which of the following is/are not correctly match?
      

 (A) Only II          

 (B) Only III

 (C) Both II and III

 (D) Only Either II or III

 (E) None of these

Directions (Ques 6 to 10): Read the following information and answer the questions that follow:

In a certain code language,

give solution for problem – # E4 , $R3, *M7, @N8

pure first sale great – @E4, $T5, # T5 , *E4

sensed ghostly form – *T3, $M4, @D6, # Y7

spa guards picked flake – # S6 , *D6, $E5, @A3

Q6. What is the code for ‘solution’?

 (A) #E4

 (B) $R3

 (C) *M7

 (D) @N8

 (E) Cannot be determined

Q7. Which of the following code can be coded for ‘FRIENDS’?

 (A) # S7

 (B) $R7

 (C) $S7

 (D) @S6

 (E) Cannot be determined

Q8. What is the code for ‘search from page’?

 (A) *E4 @H6 $M4

 (B) $R3 *E4 @D5

 (C) *M7 @H5 #E4

 (D) @N8 $M4 @H5

 (E) Cannot be determined

Q9. What is the code for ‘Gross’?

 (A) # S5

 (B) $S3

 (C) *S7

 (D) # N5

 (E) Cannot be determined

Q10. What is the code for ‘Payment’?

 (A) # T4

 (B) $T7

 (C) *T7

 (D) @N7

 (E) Cannot be determined

ANSWERS 

1. All are necessary

2. (B) B

3. (B) X

4. (D) Six

5. (C) Both II and III

6. (D) @N8

7. (C) $S7

8. (A) *E4 @H6 $M4

9. (A) # S5

10. (C) *T7