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Six students waiting for their school bus at the bus stop facing north. Their names are Dibya, Rohan, Bipasha, Prabhu, Madhav and Rupali. They are sitting at the bus stop facing north. The name sequence mentioned need not be the exact that they are seated. Dibya is third to the right of Madhav. There is only one person in between Rohan and Rupali. Rupali is not at extreme. Bipasha is to the immediate right of Dibya.
Q 1 - Which of the following is the correct position of Madhav?
Answer : D
Explanation
If we analyse the data given in the question, then we can get that the sequence is: Rohan Madhav Rupali Prabhu Dibya Bipasha.
So, all the statements in A B and C are correct. Hence, option D is the correct answer.
Alphonso family lives in New York and runs a family business. There are ten persons in Alphonso family and among them four are ladies and six are gents. The name of family members are: Jenny, Jack, Hugh, George, Sam, Susan, Anita, Jon, Mark and Liv. The family ranges from grandparents to grandchildren means there are three generations of people living in the family.
Mark Alphonso is the head of the family and is grandpa of Sam. Anita is paternal-aunt of Sam. George and Jenny are brothers and sisters of Sam. Jon is son of Susan and Jack is Jons sibling. Hugh is married to Anita and Jenny is daughter of Hugh.
Q 2 - How is Liv related to Susan?
Answer : A
Explanation
After analysing the data, we can get the family tree as follows −
In the tree, we can get that Mark and Susan are head of the family and are husband and wife. They have three children and they are Jon, Jack and Anita. Jon is married to Liv and Anita married to Hugh. Sam and George are sons of Jon and Jenny is the daughter of Anita.
Liv is married to Jon, hence, daughter-in-law of Susan.
Six friends are sitting in a row and all of them are facing north. Name of all the friends are Mridul, Ram, Ragini, Rupa, Pankaj and Swarup not necessarily in the same order they are sitting. Ram is at one of the extreme ends. There are two persons sitting between Mridul and Swarup. Between Pankaj and Ragini, there is only one person. Rupa is second to the left of Mridul. Mridul is right of Ragini.
Q 3 - Who sits third to the right of Rupa?
Answer : C
Explanation
After analysing the given data, we can conclude that the sitting arrangement is like this −
Swarup-Rupa-Ragini-Mridul-Pankaj-Ram
Pankaj sits third to the right of Rupa.
There are five friends out of whom two are females. They are Sita, Roshan, Manish, Reema, and Govind. They like to study different language news papers as Bengali, Marathi, English, Hindi and Urdu. Also they like to eat various fruits such as mango, grapes, apple, pine-apple and banana. All like to wear different colour shirts of red, blue, green, black and orange colour. Consider following statement and answer the question.
Manish neither likes red colour nor blue and reads Marathi newspaper.
Govind likes green colour and his favourite fruit is pine-apple.
Reema does not like red colour and nether reads Bengali nor Urdu newspaper.
Sita likes black colour and mango fruit but do not like to study Urdu paper.
Roshan likes to eat grapes and neither likes blue colour nor Bengali news paper.
English paper is read by the person who likes green colour and no female likes to eat banana.
Q 4 - Which colour is favourite colour of Roshan?
Answer : D
Explanation
According the given statements various favourite things of all persons can be tabulated as follows.
| Name | Colour | Newspaper | Fruits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manish | Orange | Marathi | Banana |
| Govind | Green | English | Pineapple |
| Reema | Blue | Hindi | Apple |
| Sita | Black | Bengali | Mango |
| Roshan | Red | Urdu | Grapes |
From the table, it is clear that Roshan likes red colour.
There are seven friends whose names are Ahmed, Gopal, Rajeev, Sreejesh, Namita, Jack and Elizabeth. They all live in Bangalore and all work in different leading multi-national companies. They work in IBM, TCS, HCL, Infosys, Accenture, Dell and HP not necessarily in the same order. They like different cars and the cars are Wagon R, Etios, Audi, Mercedes, Sumo, Travera and Celerio. Sreejesh works in TCS and likes Mercedes car. The one who works in Infosys likes Sumo car. And the one who works in Accenture likes Travera car. Namita does not like Travera or Sumo. Jack does not like Audi or Etios. Elizabeth likes Audi car. Ahmed likes to work in IBM. Gopal likes Wagon R car. Namita likes Celerio car. Rajeev does not like Travera car. Gopal does not work in Dell or HP. Namita does not work in Dell.
Q 5 - The one who works in HCL likes which car?
Answer : A
Explanation
If we look at the question and analyse the data then we can find that −
| Name | Company | Cars |
|---|---|---|
| Gopal | HCL | Wagon R |
| Rajeev | Infosys | Sumo |
| Sreejesh | TCS | Mercedes |
| Namita | HP | Celerio |
| Jack | Accenture | Travera |
| Eizabeth | Dell | Audi |
| Ahmed | IBM | Etios |
Gopal works in HCL and likes Wagon R car. So, option A is correct.
Mohapatra family lives in Jagatsinghpur and runs a family business. There are ten persons in Mohapatra family and among them four are ladies and six are gents. The name of family members are: Lalita, Soumya, Rakesh, Sukant, Satyadeep, Rachita, Amrita, Abhinash, Suresh and Sanju. The family ranges from grandparents to grandchildren means there are three generations of people living in the family.
Suresh Mohapatra is the head of the family and is grandpa of Satyadeep. Amrita is paternal-aunt of Satyadeep. Sukant and Lalita are brothers and sisters of Satyadeep. Abhinash is son of Rachita and Soumya is Abhinashs sibling. Rakesh is married to Amrita and Lalita is daughter of Rakesh.
Q 6 - How is Sanju related to Rachita?
Answer : A
Explanation
After analysing the data we can get the family tree as like −
In the tree, we can get that Suresh and Rachita are head of the family and are husband and wife. They have three children and they are Abhinash, Soumya and Amrita. Abhinash married to Sanju and Amrita married to Rakesh. Satyadeep and Sukant are sons of Abhinash and Lalita is the daughter of Amrita.
Sanju is married to Abhinash, hence, she is the daughter-in-law of Rachita.
Six friends are sitting in a row and all of them are facing north. Name of all the friends are Gyan, Mayank, Chinmayee, Suvarna, Piyush and Rohan not necessarily in the same order they are sitting. Mayank is at one of the extreme end. There are two persons sitting between Gyan and Rohan. Between Piyush and Chinmayee, there is only one person. Suvarna is second to the left of Gyan. Gyan is right of Chinmayee.
Q 7 - Who sits third to the right of Suvarna?
Answer : C
Explanation
After analysing the given data, we can conclude that the sitting arrangement is like this −
RohanSuvarna Chinmayee Gyan Piyush Mayank
Piyush sits third to the right of Suvarna.
Read the information and answer the questions following them.
Kamalakant, Nandini, Akruti, Sekhar, Sushil and Sneha are six members of a family.
Sushil is the father of Sekhar.
Kamalakant is the grandson of Nandini.
There are two married couples among them. The total number of female members in the family is three.
Akruti is the mother of Kamalakant and Sneha.
Based on the given information, answer the following question −
Q 8 - Who is the wife of Sushil?
Answer : A
Explanation
| Male | Female | |
| Grand Parents | Sushil | Nandini |
| Parents | Sekhar | Akruti |
| Children | Kamalakant | Sneha |
Nandini is wife of Sushil
Study the following information carefully to answer the given question.
Five friends A, B, C, D, and E have their favourite subjects- Hindi, Maths, Sanskrit, Science and Computer Science, but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them studies in a different standard- V, VI, VII, VIII and IX but not necessarily in the same order.
Cs favourite subject is Hindi and he studies neither in Std VI nor in Std IX. B likes Sanskrit and studies in std VII. The one who likes Science studies in Std VI.D likes Computer Science and studies in Std VIII.E do not like Science.
Q 9 -Which is As favourite subject?
Answer : C
Explanation
A Science VI
B Sanskrit VII
C Hindi V
D Computer Science VIII
E Math IX
Science is As favourite subject. So, option C is correct.
A family consists of six members Payal, Sajan, Rohan, Sita, Tutu and Balram. There are two married couples. Sajan is an IAS and the father of Tutu. Balram is grandfather of Rohan and is a businessman. Sita is grandmother of Tutu and is a housewife. There is one IAS, one businessman, one air hostess, one housewife and two students in the family.
Based on the data provided, answer the following question.
Q 10 - What is the profession of Tutu?
Answer : A
Explanation
The family tree is like this −
| Persons | Professions |
|---|---|
| Payal | Air Hostess |
| Sajan | IAS |
| Rohan | Student |
| Sita | Housewife |
| Tutu | Student |
| Bairam | Business man |
Tutu is a student.