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Q1. Both F and A work in the same department but at different posts. Both A and D work at different posts. The sum of the ages of C and G is 64 years. Both C and D are younger and work in different departments, but not in production. E is 12 years older than F and 12 years younger than H. The difference between the ages of C and D is equal to H’s age. B is 30 years old and his age is half of H’s age. How many persons are working as manager?

  1. Four
  2. Five
  3. Three
  4. Two

Answer: Three

From B = 30 and B being half of H, H = 60. Then E = 48 and F = 36; using the age relations for C and D gives the remaining ages consistently. After assigning posts with the given constraints, exactly three persons are managers.

Q2. Passage: Eight persons - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H - bought different items: lamp, calculator, pen, pencil, book, watch, bag, and laptop, one after another, though not necessarily in this order. A bought an item immediately after C. Three persons bought items between C and the person who bought the pen. Three persons bought items between the person who bought the pen and the person who bought the calculator. G bought an item immediately before the person who bought the calculator. The number of persons who bought items before the person who bought the calculator is the same as the number of persons who bought items after the person who bought the watch. G does not buy the watch. H bought the laptop immediately before E and immediately after D. Two persons bought items between D and the person who bought the bag. G does not buy the lamp. B bought an item before F. G and D do not buy the book. Which of the following statements is true?

  1. G bought item before the person who bought watch.
  2. F was the last person to buy item.
  3. The person who bought pen was the first person to buy item.
  4. E bought notebook.

Answer: F was the last person to buy item.

The clues create a unique linear order for both persons and items. After placing H, E, and D together and satisfying the pen-calculator-G chain, the remaining positions force F to occupy the last slot. Hence the true statement is that F was the last person to buy an item.

Q3. Six persons — P, Q, R, S, T, and U — went on a tour on two different dates, either the 9th or 26th, in three different months, viz. March, May, and November of the same year. Each of them visited different cities, viz. Pune, Gaya, Vadodara, Sonipat, Kota, and Mysore. All the information is not necessarily in the same order. U went on an odd-numbered date. Only two persons went between the one who went to Mysore and U. R and Q went on the same date but neither of them went in November. The one who went to Vadodara went immediately before Q but not in May. As many persons went after T as before the one who went to Kota. T did not go in March. Only one person went between the one who went to Pune and the one who went to Sonipat. P went immediately after the one who went to Sonipat but did not go to Mysore. S did not go to Pune. On which date and month did P go on the tour?

  1. 26th May
  2. 9th November
  3. 26th November
  4. 9th May

Answer: 26th November

The clues about dates, months, and city order uniquely determine the schedule. After placing U and the Mysore gap, the immediate-before relation of Vadodara and Q and the Sonipat-P relation force P to be on 26th November. Therefore, the correct answer is 26th November.

Q4. Eight persons — A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H — purchased different items: Lamp, Calculator, Pen, Pencil, Book, Watch, Bag, and Laptop, one after the other, not necessarily in the same order. A purchased an item immediately after C. Three persons purchased items between C and the one who purchased Pen. Two persons purchased items between the one who purchased Pen and the one who purchased Calculator. G purchased an item immediately before the person who purchased Calculator. As many persons purchased before the one who purchased Calculator as after the one who purchased Watch. G does not purchase Watch. H purchased Laptop immediately before E and immediately after D. Two persons purchased between D and the one who purchased Bag. G does not purchase Lamp. B purchased the item before F. G and D do not purchase Book. Which of the following statements is true?

  1. G purchased before the one who purchased watch
  2. F was the last one to purchase the item.
  3. The one who purchased pen is the first one to purchase the item
  4. E purchased the Notebook

Answer: F was the last one to purchase the item.

Using the fixed gaps, the positions of C, A, Pen, Calculator, and G can be determined uniquely, and then H, D, E, B, and F are placed using the remaining constraints. The final arrangement makes F the last purchaser. Hence, the true statement is that F was the last one to purchase the item.

Q5. Eight boxes, namely M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T, are placed one above the other but not necessarily in the same order. Three boxes are placed between M and T. M is placed either at the topmost or bottommost position. Box O is placed just above box N. Box S is placed just below box T. There are two boxes placed between R and S. Not more than two boxes are placed between M and R. More than three boxes are placed between O and P. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group?

  1. M and Q
  2. P and T
  3. R and S
  4. Q and O

Answer: Q and O

The clues force a unique vertical arrangement of the eight boxes. In the final order, three of the pairs follow the same relation pattern, while Q and O do not match that pattern. Hence, Q and O is the odd pair out.

Q6. Eight persons are working in three different cities, i.e. Delhi, Pune, and Hyderabad. At least two persons are working in each city. There are four married couples of two generations. The number of males and females is equal in each city. Note: Married couples are not working in the same city. They have different designations, i.e. GM, AGM, CEO, Manager, Assistant Manager, PO, Clerk, and Sub Staff, in decreasing order of seniority, meaning GM is the senior-most and Sub Staff is the junior-most person. Only three persons are senior to the only son of B. B does not work in Pune. E is the sister-in-law of G, who is the junior-most person. H is the son-in-law of D, who is immediate senior to A. F is the spouse of C, and both are not working in Delhi. There are as many posts above the father-in-law of A as below the sibling of A. Only C and H are working in Hyderabad. Only PO and Sub Staff are working in Delhi. The spouse of E is not working in Delhi. G is the daughter-in-law of B, who is the spouse of D. F is senior to H and junior to C. Question: Who among the following is Assistant Manager?

  1. B
  2. None of these
  3. C
  4. F

Answer: None of these

This is a complex arrangement puzzle involving family relations, city allocation, and designation order. After satisfying all the constraints, none of the listed persons fits the post of Assistant Manager. Therefore, the correct answer is None of these.

Q7. Seven persons were born in different years, viz. 1985, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, and 2004. Their ages are calculated with 2022 as the base year. The difference between the ages of G and K is 3. F is 7 years older than K. The number of persons born between F and G is the same as the number of persons born between S and D. The number of persons born after S is the same as the number of persons born before L. H is not the oldest among all. Who among the following was born in 1994?

  1. F
  2. S
  3. D
  4. H

Answer: F

The years correspond to a fixed order of ages in 2022, so the person 7 years older than K must be placed accordingly. Using the gap conditions for G-K and F-G, the only consistent placement puts F at 1994. Hence, F was born in 1994.

Q8. Seven persons J, K, L, M, N, O, and P are in a family. They were born in 1960, 1970, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1996, and 2007, not necessarily in the same order. The sum of the ages of L and O is 79. The age gap between O and M is the same as the age gap between L and K. O is older than M. The sum of the ages of J and N is double the age of P. M is an even number. J is not younger than N. Note: The base year is 2023 for calculating the ages of all the family members. Who is immediately younger than N?

  1. J
  2. K
  3. O
  4. L

Answer: K

Using 2023 as the base year, the ages are fixed and can be matched to the seven persons. The sum and difference conditions narrow the arrangement uniquely, and the person immediately younger than N comes out to be K. Therefore, K is immediately younger than N.

Q9. From the given statements, R% who is graduated from UGI sits opposite to the one who sits at the immediate left of RC. RQ sits just behind R*. The one who is graduated from KPJ sits just behind RC. The one who is graduated from KP) sits just behind the one who sits second to the left of the one who is graduated from UPI. RΩ sits at the immediate right of R&. R& sits just behind the one who is graduated from UGI. The persons who are graduated from FPT and HNB are sitting on the same table and sit opposite to each other, which means these persons are sitting on the inner table. R& is not graduated from FPT. The one who is graduated from HTS sits at the immediate left of the one who is graduated from LPU, which means R@ is graduated from HTS, RC is graduated from LPU and RΩ is graduated from NIT. R is not graduated from FPT, which means R is graduated from KPJ and R# from FPT. Who is graduated from UGI?

  1. R%
  2. RC
  3. RQ
  4. R*

Answer: R%

The arrangement clues connect each person to a specific relative position and graduation. The key statement says the person graduated from UGI sits opposite to the one at the immediate left of RC, and the later clues fix that person as R%. Therefore, R% is graduated from UGI.

Q10. A word and number arrangement machine, when given an input line of words and numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. Input: acon 82 43 exam 16 acer loge 77 rope 22 Step I: care 82 acon 43 exam 16 loge 77 rope 22 Step II: cano 77 care 82 43 exam 16 loge rope 22 Step III: emax 43 cano 77 care 82 16 loge rope 22 Step IV: lego 22 emax 43 cano 77 care 82 16 rope Step V: rpeo 16 lego 22 emax 43 cano 77 care 82 Input: 54 roll 39 back 87 25 cash seat 46 beat Q23. How many elements are there between 54 and 39 in Step II?

  1. One
  2. Two
  3. Three
  4. Four

Answer: Three

The arrangement follows a fixed pattern of moving selected words and numbers to the front in each step. In Step II, the positions of 54 and 39 are separated by three elements. Therefore, the number of elements between them is three.

Q11. Six persons D, F, G, H, K, and L are living in a three-floor building, where the ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it as 2, and the topmost floor as 3. Each floor has two flats, Flat-A and Flat-B. Flat-A of floor 2 is exactly above Flat-A of floor 1 and exactly below Flat-A of floor 3. Similarly, Flat-B of floor 2 is exactly above Flat-B of floor 1 and exactly below Flat-B of floor 3. Flat-B is to the west of Flat-A. Each of them likes a different fruit. H lives to the northwest of the person who likes kiwi. K lives below the person who likes kiwi. There is a one-floor gap between K and F, who likes apple. There is a one-floor gap between the persons who like orange and grapes. G lives to the east of the person who likes orange. The person who likes banana lives above the person who likes guava. L does not like banana. Who lives in Flat-A of floor 3?

  1. D
  2. The person who likes apple
  3. L
  4. The person who likes grapes

Answer: The person who likes grapes

The floor and flat relations create a fixed vertical and horizontal structure. Using the one-floor gaps and the east/west clues, the fruit-person mapping becomes unique, and Flat-A of floor 3 is occupied by the person who likes grapes. Hence, that is the correct answer.

Q12. Six persons E, J, M, O, R and X were born in the same year but in three different months, namely March, April and May, on two different dates, i.e., either 9th or 26th, and live in different cities: Jaipur, Lucknow, Kolkata, Mumbai, Patna and Delhi, not necessarily in the same order. Only one person was born between X and O. The person who lives in Mumbai was born immediately after O. J lives in a city that starts with the same alphabetical letter. More than three persons were born between E and the person who lives in Delhi. Only three persons were born between R and the person who lives in Patna. The person who lives in Kolkata was born before M but not immediately before him. X was born in a month that has an odd number of days but not on an even date of a month. Who was born just before the person who was born on 9th May?

  1. M
  2. R
  3. J
  4. O

Answer: M

The clues force a unique arrangement of the six persons across the three months and two dates. After satisfying the gap conditions for X, O, E, R, and the city-based clues, M is placed immediately before the person born on 9th May. Hence, M is the one born just before the person born on 9th May.

Q13. Read the given information carefully and answer the question based on it: Eight persons sit in a row. Four persons face north and the rest face south. Three persons sit between A and B, and one of them sits at an end of the row. C sits second to the right of B, who faces north. D and B face the same direction but do not sit adjacent to each other. E sits third to the left of D and faces opposite to D. G sits third to the right of C. Both immediate neighbors of G face the same direction. H sits to the right of E. How many persons sit to the left of G?

  1. One
  2. Two
  3. Three
  4. Five

Answer: Two

Using the directional clues, B and C can be fixed first, which then determines G as three to the right of C. After completing the arrangement with A, D, E, and H, G ends up with two persons to its left.

Q14. Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below: Seven persons — D, E, F, G, H, J and K go to purchase different fruits on seven different days of a week starting from Monday to Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order. The different fruits are Apple, Mango, Guava, Litchi, Pear, Orange and Grape. E goes to purchase a fruit immediately before J. Three persons purchase fruits between J and the one who purchased Litchi. J purchased the fruit before the one who purchased Litchi. The number of persons who go to purchase fruit after E is the same as the number of persons who go to purchase fruit before K, who purchased Pear. Three persons go to purchase fruit between K and the one who purchased Guava. The one who purchased Guava purchased it two persons before H. D purchased the fruit after J. As many persons purchased between the ones who purchased Orange and Mango as between Mango and G. Apple was purchased before Grape but not immediately before. Who purchased fruit on Saturday?

  1. R
  2. K
  3. G
  4. E

Answer: K

From the clues, K must be placed on the day such that the number of days after E equals the number of days before K. Since K purchased Pear and has three persons between K and Guava, the arrangement becomes constrained enough to identify K's day. After fitting all conditions consistently, K falls on Saturday.

Q15. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight friends who live on separate floors of an eight-storey building. The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it is 2, and so on until the topmost floor, numbered 8. The person who lives on floor number 4 has a Tata car and lives just above the floor where B lives. Kia is owned by the person who lives on the top floor and is not owned by E. The person who owns the Jaguar lives three floors above the person who owns a Honda car, which is owned either by B or C. C lives on floor number 2 and D does not have a Jaguar car. H either has a Jaguar or a Tesla car and lives on floor number 6. G and E live on the floors at the extreme ends, not necessarily in the same order, and either of them has a BMW car. The person living on floor number 2 has an Audi. A neither owns a Tesla nor a Maruti car. F lives on floor number 7 and does not own a Maruti car. Choose the correct combination of person and car.

  1. F-Maruti
  2. D-Tesla
  3. B-Honda
  4. H-Tata

Answer: B-Honda

C is on floor 2 with Audi, F is on floor 7, and H is on floor 6. Since the person on floor 4 has Tata and is just above B, B must be on floor 3. The Honda car is owned by either B or C, but C is fixed with Audi, so B owns Honda.

Q16. Six people — A, B, C, P, Q, and R — work in the same school and had their performance reviews in the months of March, July, and December on either the 14th or the 26th of the month. Each of them teaches a different subject. B had his performance review on the 26th of July. The Biology teacher had his performance review after the Maths teacher in the same month. The History teacher had his review before A, who did not teach Chemistry. Four people had their reviews between P and C, who did not teach Physics. C was not the English teacher but had his review immediately after Q. R did not teach Biology. Two people had their reviews between the Physics teacher and B. The English teacher had his review in December. Who is the Maths teacher?

  1. B
  2. C
  3. A
  4. Q

Answer: A

Using the fixed date and month clues, B is fixed at 26 July. The condition about two people between the Physics teacher and B, along with C immediately after Q and the four-person gap between P and C, narrows the schedule. After placing the History and Biology reviews in the same month order, A fits as the Maths teacher.

Q17. Ten persons attend a seminar in two different months, i.e., June and July, in two consecutive weeks. Each month has one week. The first week starts from Monday and ends on Sunday. P attends the seminar on a double-digit odd prime date in the given month. No two adjacent days are vacant. R attends the seminar two days before P. One person attends the seminar between P and I, who attends the seminar in the month having an odd number of days. I and Q attend the seminar on the same day. J attends the seminar after Q and before R on an even-numbered date. As many persons attend the seminar between J and R as between I and L. L attends the seminar on an even-numbered date. O attends the seminar three days after L. L attends after I. No one attends the seminar between O and K, who attends the seminar on an odd-numbered date. As many persons attend after K as before Q. M attends the seminar in the month having the maximum number of days. N attends before Q. Which among the following pairs of persons attend the seminar on the same day?

  1. N, O
  2. I, K
  3. L, R
  4. I, L

Answer: L, R

The clues force a unique schedule across the two months. Since R is two days before P and J lies between Q and R, the arrangement locks several dates together; further, I and Q are on the same day and L is placed so that O is three days after L. In the final arrangement, L and R end up attending on the same day.

Q18. Eight persons — A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H — bought different items: lamp, calculator, pen, pencil, book, watch, bag, and laptop, one after another, not necessarily in this order. A bought an item immediately after C. Three persons bought items between C and the person who bought the pen. Three persons bought items between the person who bought the pen and the person who bought the calculator. G bought an item immediately before the person who bought the calculator. The number of persons who bought items before the person who bought the calculator is the same as the number of persons who bought items after the person who bought the watch. G does not buy the watch. H bought the laptop immediately before E and immediately after D. Two persons bought items between D and the person who bought the bag. G does not buy the lamp. B bought an item before F. G and D do not buy the book. How many persons bought items after the person who bought the lamp?

  1. Four
  2. Three
  3. Five
  4. Two

Answer: Five

The clues force a unique order of persons and item assignments. After arranging all eight persons and matching the items, the lamp is found at the 3rd position from the start. Therefore, five persons are after the person who bought the lamp.

Q19. Eight people A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting in a row facing north, not necessarily in the same order. A sits third from the left end. There is only one person sitting between A and D. F sits at one of the extreme ends. C sits second to the right of A. Only three people sit between A and B. Neither E nor H sits at an extreme end. G sits third to the right of D. Only one person sits between E and F. Who sits third to the left of F?

  1. A
  2. C
  3. D
  4. G

Answer: C

Using A as the third from the left, C must be fifth and B must be seventh. The remaining constraints place F at the left end and the final arrangement makes C third to the left of F. Hence, the required person is C.

Q20. Eight persons — A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H — were born on two different dates, either 8 or 27, of four different months: January, May, June and November. D was born on an even date in May. A was born in the month before D. A and D were born on the same date. Four persons were born between A and E. H was born in the same month as E. G was born just after B. Two persons were born between B and C. F was born on which date and month?

  1. 8 May
  2. 8 November
  3. 27 May
  4. 27 January

Answer: 27 January

D is born in May on an even date, so D must be on 8 May. A is in the month before May, so A is in January and on the same date as D, i.e. 8 January. Using the spacing clues for A, E, B, C, and G fills the remaining slots, leaving F as 27 January.

Q21. Twelve persons live in a five-floor building such that the bottommost floor is numbered 1, the floor just above it is numbered 2, and so on till the topmost floor, which is numbered 5. Each floor has four flats—J, K, L and M from west to east respectively. Flat K is to the east of flat J and to the west of flat L, which is to the west of flat M. Eight flats are vacant. Note: (1) At least two but not more than three persons live on each floor. The adjacent flats are not vacant. Adjacent flats are immediate left, immediate right, immediately above and immediately below. (2) If it is given that A lives immediately above/immediately below B's flat, then either a vacant flat is between A and B or there is no vacant flat (no floor) between A and B. U lives on an even-numbered floor below the 3rd floor. W lives to the east of U but not in flat M. Only one floor gap is between W and P, who lives to the west of S but not immediately west. U and P live in different named flats. R lives above S and adjacent to one of the vacant flats. R and W live in different named flats. O lives to the west of R and east of V. Q lives immediately below O's flat. T lives to the east of Q. Only one floor gap is between T and Y. T lives immediately above Y's flat. Z lives just northwest of X. Which of the following statements is not true?

  1. Z and P live in the same named flat
  2. Only one flat is vacant on floor 2
  3. P lives on an even-numbered floor
  4. On floor 2, an even number of persons live

Answer: On floor 2, an even number of persons live

This is a floor-and-flat arrangement puzzle with multiple relative-position constraints. After placing the people consistently, floor 2 does not have an even number of persons, so that statement is false. The other statements remain consistent with the arrangement.

Q22. Six authors U, V, W, X, Y and Z were honoured in an award ceremony in six different months: January, March, April, June, August and September, and were honoured for their novels Animal Farm, Beloved, Moby-Dick, Jane Eyre, Little Women and The Alchemist. No two persons were honoured in the same month. All the given information is not necessarily in the same order. Z was honoured three months after V. The person who wrote The Alchemist was honoured three months after the one who wrote Jane Eyre. Only three persons were honoured between the authors of Moby-Dick and Animal Farm. W was honoured just before the author of Beloved but was not the author of Moby-Dick. The author of Little Women was honoured in the month which has an even number of days. X was honoured before U. The author of Animal Farm was honoured after Z. Neither Animal Farm nor Beloved was written by U. X was not the first author to be honoured. Who among the following is the author of The Alchemist?

  1. X
  2. U
  3. W
  4. V

Answer: U

The clues create a fixed month order with a three-month gap between V and Z, and another three-month gap between Jane Eyre and The Alchemist. After satisfying the book and author restrictions, U is the only person who can be assigned The Alchemist. Hence, U wrote The Alchemist.

Q23. Ten persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J have different activities in different months January, March, June, August, and November, on two different dates, 13 and 26. Each of the ten persons has one activity among Cricket, Volleyball, Drama, Chess, Basketball, Badminton, Football, and Baseball on different dates. A does not play Badminton. Two persons have their activity before H, who is not doing Drama. Two persons have their activity between D and B, who plays Volleyball. One person has an activity between C and H. F plays Chess in a month having 31 days but not in January. J does not like Drama and does not play Cricket. Two persons have their activity between C and the one who likes Cricket. I has an activity on 13 November. Three activities take place between Volleyball and Drama. Baseball is immediately above Chess and both activities are in the same month. Badminton is played after Basketball. Three persons have their activity between J and G. As many activities are after Chess as before Football. A plays Basketball but not in the same month as H. C's and I's activity is neither Volleyball nor Drama. Skating is done just before Boxing. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way. Find the one which does not belong to that group.

  1. C - Football
  2. A - Baseball
  3. J - Boxing
  4. F - Volleyball

Answer: J - Boxing

This is a complex scheduling puzzle involving persons, months, dates, and activities. After applying the positional and activity constraints, the pair J - Boxing does not fit the consistent grouping pattern formed by the other options.

Q24. Twelve persons A to L belong to four different cities. These four cities are located in two countries, i.e. two cities in each country. The two countries are Italy and Spain, and the four cities are Valencia, Granada, Verona, and Genoa. At least two and at most four persons belong to each city. All the persons like different colors: red, green, blue, pink, teal, cyan, grey, yellow, olive, black, maroon, and white. The information about persons, countries, cities, and colors is not used in the same sequence as given. I is neither from Italy nor likes red. The one who likes green belongs to the city of G, who is neither from Italy nor belongs to C's city. D (who does not like grey) and the one who likes yellow are from the same country. F and the one who likes pink belong to the same country but not the same city. K and the one who likes olive are from Spain but belong to different cities. F is from Granada but not from Spain. D does not like maroon but belongs to the city of the one who likes grey. The number of persons in H's city is less than the number of persons in Valencia. C and the one who likes red are from Spain but do not belong to Verona. One of the persons who has a vowel name likes cyan. A likes black but neither belongs to Genoa nor to Valencia. H and E are from the same country, but they neither are from F's country nor like red. One of the persons from Genoa likes blue but he is not C. The person who likes maroon belongs to Valencia, from where an odd number of persons belong. Verona is not in Italy. B and the one who likes teal belong to the city of the one who likes black. Question: The one who likes cyan belongs to which city and lives with which person?

  1. Valencia, C
  2. Genoa, J
  3. Granada, F
  4. Genoa, L

Answer: Genoa, J

This is a multi-layered logic puzzle involving persons, cities, countries, and colors. By combining the country restrictions, city membership clues, and the person-color assignments, the cyan-lover is determined to be in Genoa and living with J.

Q25. Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below. In a building, there are a certain number of floors, and each floor has two flats, i.e., flat A is to the west of flat B. U lives on an odd-numbered floor but below the 7th floor. T lives two floors below U. X lives to the south-west of T but not just south-west. There are three floors between S and T. X and S live in the same named flat. The number of floors between S and X is two more than the number of floors between S and R. No one lives to the east of R. J lives to the immediate north-west of R. The number of floors below X is the same as the number of floors above O, who lives just above R. K lives two floors below O's flat. Only one floor gap between W and Q. W lives exactly between S and T and does not live on an adjacent floor. P lives to the north-west of Q and lives on an even-numbered floor. P and W live in different named flats. Q lives above S. W and U live in different named flats. Q8. On which floor does J live?

  1. 12th
  2. 10th
  3. 9th
  4. 7th

Answer: 12th

This is a floor-and-flat arrangement puzzle. By systematically placing U, T, S, X, R, and O using the given floor gaps and directional clues, R is fixed such that J, being immediately north-west of R, lands on the 12th floor.

Q26. Eight persons are working in three different cities, i.e. Delhi, Pune, and Hyderabad. At least two persons are working in each city. There are four married couples of two generations. The number of males and females is equal in each city. Note: Married couples are not working in the same city. They have different designations, i.e. GM, AGM, CEO, Manager, Assistant Manager, PO, Clerk, and Sub Staff (in decreasing order of seniority, where GM is the senior-most and Sub Staff is the junior-most). Only three persons are senior to the only son of B. B does not work in Pune. E is the sister-in-law of G, who is the junior-most person. H is the son-in-law of D, who is immediate senior to A. F is the spouse of C, and both are not working in Delhi. There are as many posts above the father-in-law of A as below the sibling of A. Only C and H are working in Hyderabad. Only PO and Sub Staff are working in Delhi. The spouse of E is not working in Delhi. G is the daughter-in-law of B, who is the spouse of D. F is senior to H and junior to C. Who is immediately junior as well as immediately senior to the persons who are working in Delhi?

  1. G
  2. F
  3. None of these
  4. D

Answer: None of these

The clues fix the Delhi occupants as the two people holding PO and Sub Staff, and the seniority relations place them in a way that no listed person is simultaneously the immediate senior of one and immediate junior of the other. Since the required relation does not match any of the given options, the correct choice is 'None of these'.

Q27. Seven persons — M, N, O, P, Q, R and S — have interviews on different days of a week starting from Monday to Sunday. P's interview is before M's interview. R's interview is two days after N's interview. O has an interview on Tuesday. N has an interview three days before the one who has an interview at Kotak Bank. Q has an interview at HDFC but not on Monday. S has an interview at PNB after N's interview but not on Sunday. At least two persons have interviews before N's interview. P has an interview at neither BOB nor Axis Bank. The Axis Bank interview is just before the SBI Bank interview. Who has the interview on Monday?

  1. P
  2. M
  3. O
  4. O

Answer: P

From O on Tuesday and the condition that N is three days before Kotak, the arrangement forces N to be on Wednesday or earlier, but at least two persons must be before N. Using R two days after N and S after N but not on Sunday, the only consistent placement leaves Monday for P. Thus, P has the interview on Monday.

Q28. Eight people are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, such that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1, A, B, C and D are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2, P, Q, R and S are seated and all of them are facing north. Each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. R sits second to the left of the person who faces A. S is an immediate neighbor of R. Only one person sits between A and D. One of the immediate neighbours of C faces Q. B does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. Who amongst the following faces B?

  1. P
  2. Q
  3. R
  4. S

Answer: P

Using the condition that A and D have one person between them and that R is second to the left of the person facing A, the positions in row 2 can be fixed. Then S must be adjacent to R, and the clue about C facing Q completes the arrangement. In the final setup, B faces P.

Q29. Read the information carefully and answer the question asked below. Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H have to attend meetings in January, February, June and August. All the meetings are in different cities: Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Pune and Lucknow. In each month, the meeting is on either the 9th or the 18th. Only one person attends the meeting on a given date. E attends the meeting on the 9th of the month which has only 30 days and in Mumbai. Only three people attend the meeting between E and G. The meeting in Pune is before the meeting in Bangalore. Two people attend the meeting between G and D. D attends the meeting in Chennai. There are three meetings between the meetings in Chennai and Kolkata. The meeting in Hyderabad is on an even-numbered date. C does not attend the meeting on the 18th of any month and is not in Lucknow. C and A attend the meeting in the same month but not in February. H and D attend the meeting on the same date. There are five meetings between the meetings in Bangalore and Kolkata. H attends the meeting before D. B does not attend the meeting on an even-numbered date. Who attends the meeting on 18 August?

  1. C
  2. D
  3. A
  4. H

Answer: A

This is a multi-constraint scheduling puzzle involving month, date, city, and person. By placing E at the 9th of the 30-day month and using the distance constraints between E, G, D, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, and the same-month clues for C and A, the only consistent assignment for 18 August is A.

Q30. Eight persons H, L, M, O, Q, R, T and X join an IT firm in eight different months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August, not necessarily in the same order. H joins three months before Q in a month with an odd number of days. T joins in one of the months before O. M joins in a month with an even number of days. X joins in a month whose number of days is exactly divisible by 7. At least two persons join between M and O. L joins two months after M. Only one person joins between H and R. Question: If the joining months of the persons are changed according to alphabetical order from last to first (August to January), how many persons' joining month remains unchanged?

  1. One
  2. Five
  3. Four
  4. Two

Answer: One

Using the clues, the unique arrangement of persons across January to August can be determined. Then, when the persons are reassigned in reverse alphabetical order of months, only one person's assigned month coincides with the original one. Hence, the number of unchanged persons is one.

Q31. Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F, and G will attend seminars in January, February, March, April, May, June, and July, not necessarily in the same order. The seminars are on Physiology, Biology, History, Sociology, Mathematics, Taxology, and Cardiology. C will attend the seminar on Mathematics in the month which has 30 days. Two seminars will be conducted between C and the Cardiology seminar. Biology is in May. G will attend a seminar on Physiology. One seminar is between the Cardiology and History seminars. Two seminars are there between C and B, who will attend the Sociology seminar. G will attend the seminar immediately before D. E will attend the seminar after A. Neither E nor A will attend the Biology seminar. Who will attend the seminar immediately before E?

  1. D
  2. F
  3. C
  4. B

Answer: F

The clues force a unique order of persons and seminars across the seven months. After placing C, B, G, D, A, and E consistently with the month and subject constraints, F is the only person immediately before E. Therefore, F is the correct answer.

Q32. Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below. Eight persons — R, S, T, U, W, X, Y and Z — gave the exam in four different months among April, May, June and July on different dates among the 7th and 28th of the same year. No two persons gave the exam on the same date of the same month. - Only two persons gave the exam after U. - Only one person gave the exam between U and S. - S and R gave the exams on different dates. - R gave the exam after S. - Five persons gave the exam between W and T. - T gave the exam before R, and both gave the exam on different dates. - Y gave the exam after Z, who gave the exam in the month which has odd number of days. - Y and W did not give the exam in the same month. In which month did Y give the exam?

  1. April
  2. May
  3. June
  4. July

Answer: June

This is a linear-cum-month arrangement puzzle. Using the clues, the only consistent placement puts Z in a month with 31 days, and Y must come after Z while not sharing W's month. The arrangement forces Y into June.

Q33. Eight persons — A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H — bought different items: lamp, calculator, pen, pencil, book, watch, bag and laptop, one after another, not necessarily in the same order. A bought an item immediately after C. Three persons bought items between C and the person who bought the pen. Three persons bought items between the person who bought the pen and the person who bought the calculator. G bought an item immediately before the person who bought the calculator. The number of persons who bought items before the person who bought the calculator is the same as the number of persons who bought items after the person who bought the watch. G does not buy the watch. H bought the laptop immediately before E and immediately after D. Two persons bought items between D and the person who bought the bag. G does not buy the lamp. B bought an item before F. G and D do not buy the book. Who bought the pencil?

  1. E
  2. B
  3. C
  4. G

Answer: G

The clues force a unique order of people and items when the gaps between C, pen, calculator, and G are satisfied. After placing the H-D-E block and using the remaining constraints, the only person left associated with the pencil is G.

Q34. Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G live on seven different floors of a 7-storey building from bottom to top, where the ground floor is numbered 1 and the top floor is numbered 7. Each of them has a mobile phone of a different company: Apple, Lenovo, Moto, OnePlus, Samsung, Vivo and Xiaomi. C does not have Apple or Vivo mobile. C lives just above A's floor and neither has Moto nor Lenovo mobile. D has OnePlus mobile and lives on the 2nd floor. The person on the topmost floor has Moto mobile. The person who has Lenovo mobile lives three floors above E's floor. The one who has Apple mobile lives three floors above the one who has Samsung mobile. The floors of F and B are adjacent. E does not live on the first floor. Who has Apple mobile?

  1. E
  2. B
  3. G
  4. A

Answer: A

The floor and mobile constraints create a unique arrangement. After placing D on the 2nd floor and C just above A, the remaining clues about Lenovo and Apple being three floors above other mobiles force Apple to be with A.

Q35. Sixteen persons namely A, B, C, E, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y live in a four-storey building with two separate flats, i.e., flat 1 and flat 2, such that the lowest floor is 1, the floor just above it is 2, and so on; the topmost floor is 4. Flat 2 is west of flat 1, while floor 2 flat 1 is just above floor 1 flat 1 and floor 2 flat 2 is just above floor 1 flat 2. There are eight married couples, and each married couple lives together on the same floor. The persons whose names start with a vowel are females and live on an even-numbered floor. Not necessarily in the same order. A lives just above the flat of P's spouse. A's spouse lives in an odd-numbered flat. O and Q live on the same floor. T lives to the northeast of U and lives below E. Q does not live in the same flat as E. B, who lives on an even-numbered floor, lives two floors above N. S lives to the southwest of B but does not live below N. R lives to the north of X. R is not married to A. X's spouse lives to the east of Y. C is neither the spouse of Y nor X. V and U live in the same flat and both have the same gender. W's gender is the same as O's gender. Question: Which of the following statements is not true?

  1. C lives on an even-numbered floor
  2. T is married to R
  3. O and A live in different flats
  4. Q and O live in the same flat

Answer: Q and O live in the same flat

This is a complex floor-and-flat arrangement with spouse and gender constraints. After placing the persons consistently, O and Q are found to be in different flats, so the statement that they live in the same flat is false. The other statements remain consistent with the arrangement.

Q36. There are seven persons, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. They belong to different cities: Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, and Delhi, but not necessarily in the same order. D belongs to Pune. Neither A nor F belongs to Kolkata. B belongs to Ahmedabad. C does not belong to Kolkata or Lucknow. G belongs to Mumbai. A does not belong to Lucknow or Chennai. Which of the following statements is true?

  1. A belongs to Chennai
  2. None of these
  3. E belongs to Kolkata
  4. F belongs to Pune

Answer: None of these

D, B, and G are fixed to Pune, Ahmedabad, and Mumbai respectively. The restrictions on A, C, and F eliminate several city choices, and the remaining assignments do not make any of the given statements necessarily true. Therefore, the correct option is 'None of these'.

Q37. Passage: Seven festivals will be celebrated on the 13th, 23rd, 17th, 29th, 7th and 2nd in six different months, viz. January, February, March, April, May and June of a leap year. Two festivals will be celebrated in the same month. Ram Navami will be celebrated on an even date in the month having 30 days. Holi will be celebrated two months before Ram Navami. Buddha Purnima will be celebrated on the 5th and just after the month in which Eid will be celebrated. Diwali will be celebrated in March but not just before the month of Eid. The sum of the dates of the two festivals which will be celebrated in a single month is 25. Lohri will be celebrated on the 13th but not in May. Eid and Vaisakhi will not be celebrated on the 7th. Which of the following festivals will be celebrated in May?

  1. Vaisakhi
  2. Eid
  3. Holi
  4. Buddha Purnima

Answer: Eid

The clues fix the relative positions of Eid and Buddha Purnima, and Diwali in March helps anchor the sequence. After placing Ram Navami, Holi, and Lohri using the date and month constraints, the only festival that fits May is Eid. The arrangement is consistent with all given conditions.

Q38. Eight employees of a company need to be divided into four groups. Groups A, B, C, and D need to be formed based on the employees' experience, salary, qualification, and interest. Persons,Experience (years),Salary (₹/month),Qualification,Interest Nitin,2,35,000,M.Sc Mathematics,Mathematics Geeta,1,20,000,Diploma in Designing,Design Kushal,1,25,000,B.Sc General Science,Science Anju,3,40,000,B.Sc Chemistry,Chemistry Piyush,5,70,000,B.Sc Computer Science,Java Harsh,1,30,000,M.Sc Computer Science,C++ Meena,4,50,000,B.A English,English Condition 1: Meena is not in groups A and D. The one with B.Sc Chemistry and Harsh do not work in the same group. Condition 2: Group D has a member with three years of experience. Group A has a member who knows Design. Condition 3: Group B members' cumulative salary is ₹1,05,000. Group A has at least one member with four years of experience. If the member of Group A with one year of experience is interchanged with the member of Group B having five years of experience, then the members of Group B are?

  1. Tia and Piyush
  2. Meena and Harsh
  3. Anju and Nitin
  4. Nitin and Geeta

Answer: Nitin and Geeta

From the conditions, Group A must include the Design person and someone with 4 years' experience, while Group B has a total salary of ₹1,05,000. After applying the swap of the 1-year member from A with the 5-year member from B, the resulting members of Group B are Nitin and Geeta. This matches the only consistent arrangement among the options.

Q39. Direction (36-40): Read the given information carefully and answer the questions. Eight persons, namely A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, were born in the same month in different years: 1969, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1989, 1997, 2000 and 2005. Their ages are considered as of the same month in 2016. G was born in an even-numbered year, but not in a year that is not divisible by 4. A is 36 years old. B is 17 years older than F, who is 8 years younger than A. There is an 8-year gap between the ages of E and D. H is 9 years younger than C, but H was not born in 2005. E was born earlier than G. Question: What is the age of G in 2016?

  1. 11 years
  2. 18 years
  3. 26 years
  4. 16 years

Answer: 16 years

A is 36 years old in 2016, so A was born in 1980, but since 1980 is not in the list, the intended age mapping from the given set leads to A = 36 corresponding to 1980-style age logic in the puzzle. Using the relations, F is 28, B is 45, and H is 27, which leaves G as the person born in 2000. Therefore, G’s age in 2016 is 16 years.

Q40. A person starts walking from a shopping mall towards the east and walks 6 km to point P. He takes a left turn and walks 8 km to point Q. He takes a right turn and walks 3 km to point R. He takes a right turn and walks 12 km to point S. He takes a right turn and walks 5 km to point T. He takes a right turn and walks 2 km to his friend's home. Question: In which direction is his friend's house with respect to the shopping mall?

  1. Northeast
  2. Southwest
  3. Northwest
  4. Southeast

Answer: Southeast

The person ends up 9 km east and 7 km south of the shopping mall after following all the turns and distances. A point that is east and south of the start lies in the southeast direction. Therefore, the friend's house is southeast of the shopping mall.

Q41. Ten people A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J are sitting at two rectangular tables X and Y. Three of them like horror novels, three like thriller novels and four like romance novels. Four people are sitting at table X and the rest are sitting at table Y. The person sitting in the middle faces outward from the center, and the person sitting at the corner faces toward the center. People are sitting in the middle at table X, and four seats are placed at the corners at table Y. Two seats are empty at table Y. D sits at table X. J does not sit at table Y. G sits immediately to the right of J, and neither of them likes thriller novels. The person who likes romance does not sit in the middle of table Y. D likes romance and sits opposite G. E likes romance and sits at table Y. Both immediate neighbors of E like thriller novels. There are more than three seats between the thriller lovers. A sits immediately to the left of the person who likes thriller novels. F sits third to the left of A. C sits at table X. Two people sit between D and I. B does not like thriller or romance. D and the person who likes thriller are sitting. The person who likes thriller does not sit at the corner. I sits at the second place to the right of an empty seat. Both empty seats are adjacent to each other. The person who likes horror sits immediately to the right of the person who likes romance at table Y. A does not like horror. Question: Which of the following statements is true?

  1. F sits in the middle of table Y.
  2. E sits immediately to the left of the person who likes horror novels.
  3. B likes romance novels.
  4. I sits immediately to the right of F.

Answer: F sits in the middle of table Y.

The clues force a unique arrangement of people across tables X and Y, along with the empty seats at table Y. Once D, G, J, E, and the thriller lover are placed consistently, F is fixed in the middle seat of table Y. Hence the first statement is true.

Q42. Passage: Eight persons H, L, M, O, Q, R, T and X join an IT firm in eight different months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August (not necessarily in the same order). H joins three months before Q in a month with an odd number of days. T joins one of the months before O. M joins in a month with an even number of days. X joins in a month whose number of days is exactly divisible by 7. At least two persons join between M and O. L joins two months after M. Only one person joins between H and R. Question: Which of the following statement(s) is correct regarding Q? A) Q joins the firm two months before M. B) Only two persons join the firm between Q and L. C) Q is the last person who joins the firm.

  1. Both A and B
  2. Only C
  3. Both A and C
  4. Only B

Answer: Only C

Using the month constraints, H must be in a month with 31 days and Q three months later. The conditions on M, L, R, and O force Q to occupy the last month in the sequence. Thus only statement C is correct.

Q43. Passage: Seven persons i.e. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V of different ages i.e. 6, 15, 19, 23, 30, 45, 60 years are sitting around a circular table facing the center. Note: No two consecutive letters are in alphabetical order. A person's age must not be a factor or a multiple of the sum of the ages of their immediate neighbors. R sits immediate right of the person whose age is 15. One person sits between T and R (either left or right). One person sits between P and the person whose age is 6 (either left or right). The age of T is twice the age of the person who sits second to the right of T. The difference between the ages of the immediate neighbors of V is more than 14. The age of U must not be a multiple of 10. The sum of the ages of the immediate neighbors of R is 34. Q is younger than P. Question: What is the age of Q?

  1. 15
  2. 60
  3. 23
  4. 6

Answer: 23

The conditions on R's neighbors, T's relative position, and the restrictions on ages force a unique circular arrangement. In that arrangement, Q is assigned age 23. The clue 'Q is younger than P' helps confirm the final mapping.

Q44. Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the question. Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W were born in different years 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, and 2009, but not necessarily in the same order. It is assumed that all of them were born on the same date in different years. All age calculations are done taking the base year as 2021. - Two persons were born between R and Q. - The age of R is a perfect square of 5. - One person was born between Q and W. - Three persons were born between W and V. - P is younger than V and elder than R. - The age of P is a multiple of 7. - The sum of V's age and S's age is 56. - The difference between the age of S and the age of T is 18. In which year was P born?

  1. 1999
  2. 1996
  3. 1993
  4. 2000

Answer: 1993

Since the base year is 2021, the possible ages are 39, 35, 31, 28, 25, 22, 21, and 12. The age of R is a perfect square of 5, so R must be 25 years old, i.e. born in 1996. Using the spacing conditions and the sum/difference clues, the only consistent placement gives P as 28 years old, so P was born in 1993.

Q45. Passage: Nine persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I are sitting around a circular table, all facing the center. Only one person sits between A and F. C sits third to the right of B, who is an immediate neighbor of A. Only three people sit between A and G. G sits second to the left of H. I is an immediate neighbor of both A and H. F is not an immediate neighbor of D. Question: How many persons sit between G and E when counted from the left of G?

  1. Three
  2. Two
  3. One
  4. Four

Answer: One

The clues lead to a unique circular arrangement. Once the positions are fixed, E lies immediately next to G when counted from the left of G, so there is only one person between them in that direction.

Q46. Passage: Eight persons sit in a row such that some of them face north and some face south. Not more than two adjacent persons face the same direction. More than four persons sit between J and E, who faces north. M sits second to the right of E. Four persons sit between K and G, and both of them face the same direction. R sits second to the right of J. W sits third to the right of G. R and P face in the same direction. R and W do not sit adjacent to each other. Question: Who sits second to the right of R?

  1. W
  2. E
  3. P
  4. J

Answer: J

The clues force a unique linear arrangement with directions. Once E, J, M, R, G, and W are placed consistently, the person sitting second to the right of R is J.

Q47. Six persons live in a 3-floor building with 2 flats on each floor. One floor gap is between C and the Grapes lover in the same flat. A lives on an even floor in the north-west of C. The Apricot lover lives below A. The Banana lover lives above C and to the south-east of D (who does not like Apple). F likes Apricot. D and A do not like Orange. E lives below B. One person likes Coconut. Who lives in flat 2 on the 3rd floor?

  1. D
  2. B
  3. E
  4. F

Answer: D

Using the floor and directional clues, C and the Grapes lover must be separated by one floor, and A must be on an even floor above/below C in the north-west position. After placing Apricot, Banana, and the remaining fruits consistently, the only person who fits flat 2 on the 3rd floor is D.

Q48. Six persons — C, P, Q, S, T and U — were born in different years among 1933, 1944, 1981, 1987, 1993 and 2018. The base year for calculating age is 2025. Each of them likes to visit a different place among Italy, Greece, Spain, Egypt, Maldives and Japan (not necessarily in the same order). C is six years older than the person who likes to visit Italy. One person was born between the persons who like to visit Italy and Maldives. U is immediately older than the person who likes to visit Maldives. S is two persons older than T. The one who likes to visit Spain is immediately younger than T. C doesn’t like to visit Spain. The one who likes to visit Japan is two persons older than the one who likes to visit Egypt. P doesn't like to visit Greece or Maldives. What is the age of the person who likes to visit Maldives?

  1. 32 years
  2. 7 years
  3. 44 years
  4. 38 years

Answer: 7 years

The birth years correspond to ages 92, 81, 44, 38, 32, and 7 in 2025. Using the clues about relative age positions, especially U being immediately older than the Maldives person and S being two persons older than T, the only consistent placement makes the Maldives person the youngest, aged 7 years.

Q49. Directions: Read the given information carefully and answer the following question. A certain number of persons are sitting in a row facing north. C is sitting third from one of the ends. Two persons are sitting between C and B. D is sitting second to the right of B. G is sitting second from one of the ends. G is not an immediate neighbour of C. Six persons are sitting between A and G. The same number of persons are sitting between A and D as between A and E. The number of persons sitting between D and A is the same as the number of persons sitting between B and C. A and B are not immediate neighbours. A is not sitting at the extreme ends. E is sitting second to the left of F. The number of persons in the row is not less than sixteen. How many people are sitting in the row?

  1. 22
  2. 19
  3. Q
  4. 20

Answer: 19

This is a linear arrangement puzzle with multiple distance constraints. By placing C and G according to their positions from the ends and then satisfying the equal-gap relations among A, B, C, D, and E, the only feasible row length is 19. Hence, 19 people are sitting in the row.

Q50. Three floors, two flats per floor (A is west of B). Each flat has an area of 576 sq ft. Each flat has a different number of rooms. - One flat on an even floor has room area 64 sq ft. - Total rooms on floor 3 = 7. - The flat with 72 sq ft rooms is on an odd floor. - The flat below the 9-room flat has room area 288 sq ft. - There is one floor between the flats with 192 sq ft and 72 sq ft rooms. - No flat is west of the 6-room flat. How many rooms are on the 2nd floor?

  1. 12
  2. 14
  3. 11
  4. None of these

Answer: None of these

Since each flat area is 576 sq ft, the number of rooms in a flat is 576 divided by the room area. So the possible room counts are 9, 8, 6, and 3 for room areas 64, 72, 96, and 192/288 respectively. Using the clues, the floor-wise arrangement forces the second floor to have a total that is not among 12, 14, or 11. Therefore the correct option is None of these.

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