REASONING PUZZLE FOR UPCOMING EXAMINATION 

Directions (Q. 1-3) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below

There are six employees – A, B, C, D, E and F in a company. A is more experienced than two employees. D has more experience than employee C. D has less experience than employee F. E has less experience than D. E does not have the least experience. F is not the most experienced employee. The employee who is 2nd most experienced has an experience of 13 years. The employee who is second least experienced has an experience of five years.

1. Who among the following may have an experience of 10 years?
a) E
b) D
c) A
d) Either A or D
e) F

2. Who among the following is less experinced than only B?
a) F
b) C
c) D
d) A
e) E

3. Who among the following is more experienced than only C?
a) A
b) D
c) E
d) F
e) Cannot be determined

Directions (Q. 4-8) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below

Seven persons – A, B, C, D, E, F and G – bought different watches viz., Rado, Omni, Fas Track, Seiko, Casio, Tissot and Titan on different days of the same week from Monday to Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order.

The watch of Omni Company was bought on Friday. F bought Titan watch on Tuesday. Onle one watch was bought between the watches Omni and Rado. B bought Tissot watch immediately after the person who bought Casio watch. Seiko watch was not bought after the Tissot watch. G bought watch immediately after B but before C and D. A does not buy the watch of Casio company. D does not buy the watch of Rado Company.

4. Who among the following bought Seiko watch?
a) D
b) C
c) E
d) A
e) None of these

5. On which of the following days of the week D bought a watch?
a) Saturday
b) Sunday
c) Thursday
d) Friday
e) None of these

6. Who among the following did buy Casio watch?
a) G
b) E
c) D
d) C
e) None of these

7. Who among the following did buy Omni watch on Friday?
a) C
b) D
c) G
d) E
e) None of these

8. Which of the following combinations of Day-Person-Watch is correct?
a) Friday-A-Fast Track
b) Monday-E-Omni
c) Wednesday-B-Casio
d) Saturday-C-Tissot
e) Sunday-C-Rado

Directions (Q. 9-13) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight persons working in three different departments viz. Operations, Sales and Finance of an organisation with at least two and not more three in any department. They are in three different scales viz. I, II and III with at least two in any one scale.

Both the employees in Operations departments are in Scale II. D works in Sales department and belongs to Scale I. A works in Finance departments and does not belong to Scale I. Two employees in Sales departments belong to one scale. F works with only H in one of the departments. C works with E in one of the departments. B does not work with either C or A in the same department. G does not belong to Scale III. E does not belong to Scale I.

9. Which of the following combinatins is correct?
a) Operation-F-I
b) Operation-H-III
c) Sales-B-II
d) Finance-E-III
e) All are correct

10. Which of the following groups of employees work in sales department?
a) DBE
b) DBC
c) DBG
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these

11. H belongs to which scale?
a) I
b) II
c) III
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these

12. G belongs to which scale?
a) II
b) III
c) I
d) I or II
e) None of these

13. C belongs to which scale?
a) I
b) II
c) III
d) I or II
e) None of these

Directions (14 - 18) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Ø 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. 

Ø  In row-1 P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated and all of them are facing South. 

Ø  In row-2 A, B, C, D, E and F are seated 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. 

Ø  P sits third to the left of T. Neither P nor T sits at an extreme end of the line. A sits second to the right of E. Neither A nor E faces T or P. A does not sit at an extreme end. 

Ø  R does not face A and R does not sit at an extreme end of the line. Only one person sits between F and C. Neither F nor C faces T. 

Ø  C does not sit at the extreme end. Only one person sits between V and Q. F is not an immediate neighbour of B and A does not face V.

14. How many persons are seated between B and D?

1) One

2) Two

3) Three

4) Four

5) None

15. V is related to B in the same way as Q is related to C. To which of the following is P related to, following the same pattern?

1) F

2) A

3) D

4) E

5) None of these

16. Which of the following is true regarding V?

1) V faces A

2) T is not an immediate neighbour of V.

3) C faces the one who is second to left of V

4) V sits at one of the extreme ends of the line

5) R sits third to the right of V

17. Who amongst the following sits at extreme ends of the rows?

1) D, F

2) V, S

3) Q, S

4) B, D

5) None of these

18. Who amongst the following faces B?

1) V

2) S

3) Q

4) R

5) T

Directions (19-25): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Ø  Six chemicals L, M, N, O, P and Q are kept in bottles of different colours viz, green, red, blue, white, pink and violet, not necessarily in the same order. 

Ø  These bottles are arranged from left to right, again not necessarily in the same order. 

Ø  Chemical M is kept in the white bottle. Chemical L is not kept in the green bottle and is kept to the immediate left of the violet bottle. 

Ø  Chemical O is kept in the blue bottle and is kept exactly between the bottles containing chemicals L and M. 

Ø  The red bottle is at the extreme left end. The bottles containing chemical Q is not kept at either of the ends. The green bottle is kept at the extreme right end. Chemical P is not kept near the white bottle.

19. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?

l) LM

2) LP

3) QO

4) LQ

5) NO

20. Which bottle contains chemical L?

1) Pink

2) Blue

3) Red

4) Cannot be determined

5) None of these

21. Which of the following combinations of chemical and bottle is correct ?

1) P – Red

2) N – Green

3) P – Green

4) Q – Pink

5) None of these

22. Which bottle contains chemical?

1) Pink

2) Green

3) Violet

4) Cannot be determined

5) None of these

23. If all the six chemicals are arranged alphabetically from left to right, positions of how many will remain unchanged?

1) None

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) Four

24. Which bottle contains chemical N?

1) Green

2) Red

3) Pink

4) Cannot be determined

5) None of these

25. Which chemical is kept in the bottle at the extreme right end ?

1) P

2) N

3) L

4) Cannot be determined

5) None of these

ANSWER

1. Option D
F is not the most experienced. So, B is the most experienced. Now, B > F > D > A > E > C

2. Option A
F has less experience than only B.

3. Option C
E is more experienced than only C.

Answer (4 - 8)

4. Option D

A bought Seiko watch on Monday.

5. Option A

D bought Fast Track watch on Saturday.

6. Option B

E bought Casio watch on Wednesday.

7. Option C

G bought Omni watch on Friday.

8. Option E

The combination Sunday-C-Rado is correct

Answer (9 - 13)

9. Option D
The combination Finance-E-III is correct.

10. Option C
B, D and G work in Sales department.

11. Option B
H belongs to scale II

12. Option C
G belongs to Scale I

13. Option C
C belongs to scale III

Answer (14 - 18)

14. 2; To persons – A and C – are seated between B and D.

15. 1; V and B are opposite diagonally. Therefore, P is related to F.

16. 4; V sits at one of the extreme ends of the line.

17. 2; V and S are at extreme ends of the Row-1.

18. 5; T faces B.

Answers (19 - 25)

19. 4; Except in LQ, in all others, there is a gap of one bottle.

20. 1; Chemical L is in Pink bottle.

21. 3; P- Green is correct.

22. 3; Chemical Q is in Violet bottle.

23. 2;

24. 2; Chemical N is in Red bottle.

25. 1; Chemical Pis kept in the bottle at the extreme right.