Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-7): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Aditya, Abhinav, Shipra, Shefali, Divya, Saurabh, Nikhil  and Anil are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. Each of them has a different profession, viz doctor, engineer, architect, pilot, banker, teacher, businessman and politician.

The politician sits third to the right of Nikhil  . Shipra is an immediate neighbor of Nikhil . the architect sits second to the right of Shipra. Abhinav sits third to the right of Anil. Anil is neither a politician nor an architect. Only one person sits between Shipra and the teacher. Aditya and Saurabh are immediate neighbors of each other. Neither Aditya nor Saurabh is a politician. The doctor sits second to the right of Aditya. two people sit between Shefali and the engineer. Shefali is not a politician. The pilot is not an immediate neighbor of politician. The banker sits second to the left of Aditya.

1.Who among the following is a businessman?
(1) Aditya (2) Anil (3) Shipra (4) Saurabh (5) Shefali

2.What is the position of Saurabh with respect to the politician?
(1) Immediate right (2) 3rd to the left (3) 2nd to the right   (4) 4th to the left   
(5) 2nd to the left

3.Who sit(s) exactly between the teacher and the engineer?
(1) Shipra & Anil   (2) only the politician (3) only the doctor   (4) Shipra & Abhinav
(5) architect and banker

4.Which of the following is True with respect to the given seating arrangement?
(1) Shefali is an immediate neighbor of Nikhil  
(2) Nikhil  is banker
(3) the banker and the teacher are immediate neoghbours of each other.
(4) the pilot sits exactly between the architect and the businessman.
(5) the doctor sits second to the right of the businessman.

5.What is the profession of Nikhil?
(1) businessman (2) pilot (3) banker (4) teacher (5) architect

6.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(1) Nikhil  -doctor   (2) Divya –architect (3) Anil-businessman (4) Divya –politician (5) Shefali -pilot

7.What is the profession of Divya?
(1) businessman (2) architect (3) banker (4) politician (5) engineer

Directions (8-10): In each question below are given three statement followed by three conclusion number I, II & III. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follow from the three given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Then decide which of the answer (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) is correct answer and indicate it on the answer sheet. 
8.Statements: Some blades are papers.  Some papers are books.  Some books are pens.
Conclusions:
I. Some pens are papers.
II. Some books are blades.
III. Some pens are blades.
(1) Only I follows (2) Only II follows
(3) Only III follows (4) None follows
(5) Only II and III follow

9.Statements:  Some pencils are marbles. All marbles are buses. Some buses are trucks.
Conclusions:
I. Some trucks are pencils.
II. Some buses are pencils.
III. No truck is pencil.
(1) Only I follows (2) Only II follows
(3) Only either I or III and II follow
(4) Only either I or III follows
(5) None of these

10.Statements:  Some trees are jungles. Some jungles are flowers.  All flowers are streets.
Conclusions:
I. Some streets are jungles.
II. Some streets are trees.
III. Some flowers are trees.
(1) Only I follows
(2) Only II follows
(3) Only III follows
(4) Only I and II follow
(5) None of these