Friday, June 7, 2013

REASONING QUIZ FOR GIC EXAM

Direction (1-8): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions it.

Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z, out of whom one is a Pilot, Professor, Businessman, Doctor, Lawyer, Banker, Cricketer or an Architect (but not necessarily in the same order), are sitting among a circular table, facing the centre.

·      S who is a banker sits third to right of Z
·      The professor and the architect are immediate neighbors of each other, neither the professor the architect is an immediate neighbor of either Z or S.
·      Cricketer and the pilot are immediate neighbors of each other. Neither Z nor W is a pilot.
·      The one who is a professor sits second to the right of T who is a lawyer. V who is a cricketer is not an immediate neighbor of the banker.
·      Only R sits between the professor and the doctor. P sits third to the right of the pilot

1.      Which of the following pairs represents the immediate neighbor of the doctor?
(1) professor-businessman         (2) pilot-professor
(3) cricketer-businessman          (4) lawyer-architect
(5) None of these

2.      What is the position of the businessman with respect to the pilot?
(1) Third to the left                       (2) Second to the left
(3) Immediately to the right         (4) Fourth to the right
(5) Second to the right
3.      Who sits third to the right of the professor?
(1)The banker                              (2) Q               
(3)The cricketer                           (4) The lawyer
(5) None of these

4.      Which of the following is true regarding R?
(1) He is a doctor
(2) He is an immediate neighbor of the pilot
(3) R sits between Q and T
(4)He is an immediate neighbor of the professor
(5) None of these

5.      How many people sit between the banker and ‘W’ when counted in anticlockwise direction from the banker?
(1) None                          (2) one
(3) two                             (4) three
(5) four

6.      Who amongst the following is a pilot?
(1) P                                             (2) Q
(3) R                                            (4) Z
(5) None of these

7.      What is the profession of Z?
(1) businessman              (2) architect
(3) doctor                         (4) professor
(5) None of these

8.      Who amongst the following of sits exactly between T and Q?
(1) cricketer                     (2) architect
(3) professor                    (4) doctor
(5) banker

Directions (9-11): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Four friends Amrita, Deepa, Smita and Riya complete their Ph.D. in different number of years. The one who took maximum time took eight years to complete her Ph.D. While the one who took least time, took only three years to complete it. Riya took more time only than Amrita and completed her Ph.D. in five years. Smita did not take longer time than Deepa to complete her Ph.D.

9.      How many years did Amrita take to complete her PH.D?
(1) 8                                             (2) 3
(3) 4                                             (4) 6 or 7
(5) Cannot be determined

10.    How many years did Smita take to complete her PH.D?
(1) 8                                             (2) 3
(3) 4                                             (4) 7
(5) Cannot be determined

11.    Who amongst the following took the maximum number of year to complete PH.D?
(1) Amrita                                    (2) Riya
(3) Smita                          (4) Deepa
(5) Cannot be determined

Solutions:















1. (3)      2. (1)      3. (3)    4. (4)     5. (3)    6. (2)      7. (3)      8. (5)

Solutions (9-11)
Follow the summarize information

Amrita  > Riya > Smita > Deepa
   
Candidate
Time taken to complete Ph.d
Amrita
3 yr.
Riya
5 yr.
Smita
6 or 7 yr.
Deepa
8 yr.


9. (2)
10. (4)
11. (4)

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