Practice Questions – Reasoning -2

Practice Questions – Reasoning – 2

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.

Seven friends F, H, J, K, L, M and P are working in different cities viz. Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Jaipur, Indore, Ahmadabad, and Hyderabad not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them has a different profession viz. CA, Doctor, Professor, Engineer, Banker, Lawyer and Architect not necessarily in the same order. H is a Lawyer and he works in Jaipur. K is a Doctor and he does not work in Chennai. The CA works in Hyderabad. L is a Banker and he works in Bangalore. F is an Engineer. J does not work in Mumbai.

1. Who is an architect?

(a) J

(b) P

(c) K

(d) L

(e) None of these

2. Which of the following combinations of person, profession and city is definitely correct?

(a) F – Engineer – Bangalore

(b) K – Architect – Hyderabad

(c) L – Banker – Mumbai

(d) M- Professor – Jaipur

(e) None of the above

3. Who is working in Mumbai?

(a) J

(b) K

(c) M

(d) P

(e) None of these

4. Engineer works in which city?

(a) Ahmadabad

(b) Chennai

(c) Mumbai

(d) Bangalore

(e) None of these

5. Who is a Professor?

(a) P

(b) J

(c) M

(d) M or J

(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): Read the following information and choose the right alternate for the questions given after wards.

The Sports week of an institute was organized from 19^th to 26^th of a month, 19^th being a Wednesday. During that period six games – Cricket (C), Badminton (B), Table Tennis (T), kho-kho (K) Hockey (H) and football (F) were played, one game on each day. Further information is

(i) Hockey was not played on the closing day, i.e., on 26^th.

(ii) Table Tennis was played on the previous day of Cricket.

(iii) Football was not played either on Wednesday or Saturday.

(iv) No game was played on Thursday and Sunday.

(v) Kho-Kho was played on Monday

(vi) There was a gap of two days between cricket and Football.

6. The sports week started with which game?

(a) Table tennis

(b) Cricket

(c) Kho – Kho

(d) Hockey

(e) None of these

7. How many days gap is there between Hockey and Football?

(a) three

(b) Four

(c) Five

(d) Two

(e) None of these

8. Which pair of games was played on Wednesday?

(a) Hockey and Badminton

(b) Hockey and cricket

(c) Cricket and Table tennis

(d) Cannot be determined

(e) None of these

9. Which game exactly precedes Kho-Kho?

(a) Hockey

(b) Football

(c) Cricket

(d) Table Tennis

(e) None of these

10. Table tennis following which game?

(a) Hockey

(b) Cricket

(c) Table tennis

(d) Cannot be determined

(e) None of these

Answer Key

1. (a) 2. (e) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (e) 10. (b)

Explanations

(1-5):

1. J is an Architect.

2. None of the given combination is correct.

3. P is working in Mumbai.

4. Engineer works in Chennai city.

5. M is a professor.

(6-10): On the basis of given information and conclusions as well as sub conclusions drawn then, we can construct the following chart.

6. The sports week was started with Hockey

7. The gap between Hockey and football is of 5 days.

8. Hockey and badminton were played on Wednesday.

9. Kho- Kho will be preceded by the rest day on which no game is played.

10. Table tennis is followed by cricket which is also given in the information (ii).