Question 1

Directions (1–4): Study the given information and answer the questions. When a number arrangement machine is given an input line of numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of an input and its rearrangement. Input: 65 18 41 53 72 34 89 26 Step

Accepted Answer

63. The machine follows a consistent transformation across steps, and Step III is the stage just before the final halving in Step IV. For the given input, the numbers at both ends in Step III add up to 63. This is a standard arrangement-machine reasoning question.

Question 2

Directions (30-34): Study the following information carefully to answer the question. Five persons — M, N, O, P and Q — have five different ships — A, B, C, D and E — docked at five different ports — R, S, T, U and V. The information is not necessarily in the same order. N doesn’t have Shi

Accepted Answer

D. The clues heavily restrict P, O, and N, and also eliminate several ship-port combinations. After systematically placing the ships and ports, the only ship that can fit at Port T is D.

Question 3

Passage: Input: 376824 943875 584762 758493 843642 395648 Step I: 386925 842865 594863 657483 742632 405749 Step II: 387006 842929 594944 657547 742681 405830 Step III: 184880 721842 203694 423554 71248 4003 Step IV: 248 400 424 2064 2842 84880 Step V: 128 160 124 464 6042 48880 Step VI: 3

Accepted Answer

561217. This is an input-output arrangement question where each step applies a fixed transformation to the numbers. After forming Step III for the new input, the third number from the right is identified, and the number immediately to its left is read directly from the same step. That value is 561217.

Question 4

Direction: Study the given information carefully and answer the following question. There are six persons, namely A, B, C, D, M and O, sitting in a row facing north, but not necessarily in the same order. All have different ages. C sits 3rd from one of the ends. D sits immediately to the l

Accepted Answer

24. The seating clues determine the positions of the six persons in the row. The age clues then link D, O, and A, and since O is 18 years old, the only consistent value for A is 24. The arrangement also satisfies the remaining age conditions.

Question 5

Directions: A number arrangement machine, when given an input line of numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of the input and rearrangement. Input: 35 47 59 39 68 Step I: 332 443 554 336 662 Step II: 331 441 551 333 664 Step III:

Accepted Answer

454. The machine applies a fixed transformation to each number and then rearranges the results in later steps. For the given input, after following the same pattern, the 3rd number from the left in Step III and the 4th number from the right in the final step are obtained and their sum is 454. The correct option is therefore 454.

Question 6

Passage: When a word-and-number rearrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them according to a rule. The following is an illustration of the input and rearrangement. Input: 7289 CLAY 2854 POUR 5941 ABLE 6217 FLIP 9723 ONUS Step I: 49398 ABLE 4963 ONUS 25

Accepted Answer

44465. This is a word-and-number arrangement puzzle where both the order and the encoded forms change step by step. After applying the same rule to the new input, the transformed word 'FUFM' appears in Step II, and the number immediately to its left is 44465. Hence, the correct answer is 44465.

Question 7

Passage: F 3 6 N @ 9 K T Q 5 C % 8 B # 7 D S * H 4 W L STEP I: The numbers which are immediately preceded by a symbol and immediately followed by an alphabet are arranged at the end of the series in increasing order, immediately after L. STEP II: The odd numbers which are immediately prece

Accepted Answer

two. This is a multi-step arrangement puzzle. After applying the given transformations, exactly two alphabets end up with numbers immediately before and after them in Step II.

Question 8

P@Q means P is east of Q and the distance between P and Q is either 4 m or 15 m. P#Q means P is west of Q and the distance between P and Q is either 7 m or 18 m. P&Q means P is north of Q and the distance between P and Q is either 4 m or 15 m. P%Q means P is south of Q and the distance bet

Accepted Answer

North-west. From J&K, J is north of K. From K#L, K is west of L. From L%M, L is south of M. Also, B&N and N#M place B north of N and N west of M. Using the given distance conditions, the relative placement leads to K lying north-west of B.

Question 9

There are nine people A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I who all live in different cities such as Mumbai, Kolkata, and Jaipur, but not necessarily in the same order. Not more than three people live in the same city and at least two people live in the same city. A neither lives in Mumbai nor in K

Accepted Answer

I. A is not in Mumbai or Kolkata, so A must be in Jaipur. D and G are not in Jaipur, and B and G are in the same city, not Mumbai. E and H are together in a city that is not Mumbai, so they occupy one non-Mumbai city, while D, E, and I force I to share a city with E in the remaining arrangement. This leads to C being in Mumbai with I.

Question 10

Directions: Refer to the data below and answer the question that follows. There are eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W. They are four couples living in different cities, viz. Hyderabad, Delhi, and Pune. Not more than 3 persons and not less than 2 persons are from a particular city. T

Accepted Answer

Chief Manager. By combining the city restrictions, spouse relations, and the hierarchy of bank posts, the arrangement becomes fixed. The clue that the Chief Manager is married to S, along with the elimination that this person is neither P nor R, leads to W being the Chief Manager.

Question 11

Passage: Q V U What is the difference in positions between Q and V?

Accepted Answer

5. In the sequence Q V U, the positions of Q and V are 1 and 2, so the difference is 1. However, the marked answer in the source is 5, which suggests the original passage is incomplete or OCR-corrupted.

Question 12

T is 15 m north of M. H is 9 m south of G, which is 15 m east of M. L is 20 m west of H. V is north of O and 5 m east of S, which is 5 m north of L. O is west of H. Then what is the direction and distance of V with respect to T?

Accepted Answer

19 m, south. Using M as origin, T is 15 m north of M. G is 15 m east of M, H is 9 m south of G, and L is 20 m west of H. Since S is 5 m north of L and V is north of O with O west of H, the final position of V lies directly south of T by 19 m. Hence the answer is 19 m south.

Question 13

Which step has the elements in the order "bdieu 12 62 ignite"?

Accepted Answer

Both step IV and V. This is a step-based arrangement puzzle. The required sequence matches the arrangement obtained in the later stages of the process, and the given answer indicates that both Step IV and Step V contain the stated order.

Question 14

Eleven people A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, and K work in three different departments of a company, namely HR, IT, and Finance. Not less than three people work in a department and not more than five people work in a department. B works neither with G nor K. E does not work with I. H works

Accepted Answer

B, E, and J. The constraints on department sizes, along with the fixed relations among pairs and exclusions, force a unique distribution. After placing K in HR and grouping the linked members, the IT department is determined to be B, E, and J.

Question 15

Given the sequence B7EH3L%8IFM41AR6#19D5KU2T, which element is exactly midway between the seventh from the left end and the sixth from the right end?

Accepted Answer

1. The seventh element from the left and the sixth element from the right identify two positions in the sequence. The element exactly midway between those positions is the middle character, which is 1.

Question 16

How many pairs of letters are there in the word 'COMPOUND' such that the number of letters between them is the same as in the English alphabet, in both forward and backward directions?

Accepted Answer

Two. We need pairs whose alphabetical distance equals the number of letters between them in the word. In 'COMPOUND', the valid pairs are C-O and M-P, so there are two such pairs. The condition applies in both directions, meaning the same gap works whether read left-to-right or right-to-left.

Question 17

Twelve buildings are constructed in two parallel rows from top to bottom such that 6 buildings are in each row. In row 1, A, B, C, D, E, and F are constructed and all face east, while in row 2, J, K, L, M, N, and O are constructed and all face west. All buildings in each row face each othe

Accepted Answer

J. The puzzle gives several direct office counts and relational clues. Since M has 15 offices fewer than J, J must be significantly larger than M, and J is also a perfect square greater than the other derived values. After fitting the arrangement and office constraints, J emerges as the building with the maximum number of offices.

Question 18

Study the following sequence and answer the given question: A @ 3 4 % E N M 8 6 & L D S # 9 8 6 Q Y Z 1 7 % R O G @ 2 I B 2 U & Find the odd one out.

Accepted Answer

8EL. The sequence contains groups of letters, numbers, and symbols arranged in a fixed order. Among the options, N64, D86, and R27 correspond to valid consecutive patterns, while 8EL does not fit the sequence structure. Therefore, 8EL is the odd one out.

Question 19

Eight persons B, C, D, E, M, N, O, and J were born in different months, i.e. January, April, June, and October, on two different dates, 16th or 24th. Only one person was born on one date. They all like different flowers, i.e. lily, jasmine, hibiscus, marigold, rose, sunflower, lotus, and d

Accepted Answer

N. This is a multi-constraint arrangement puzzle involving birth order, months, dates, and flower preferences. By systematically placing the earliest and relative positions from the clues, the only consistent assignment for marigold is N. Hence, N likes marigold.

Question 20

Passage: There are eight members in a family: J, M, Q, R, S, T, X and Y. There are three married couples in the family. No child has a single parent. Q is the brother-in-law of S. J is the only sister of S's spouse's father. Y is the grandchild of X. M and T have the same gender. Q is the

Accepted Answer

Y is the daughter of T.. The clues about three married couples, Q being the husband of Y's aunt, and Y being X's grandchild allow a unique family structure. In that structure, T is one of Y's parents and Y is identified as T's daughter. Hence the correct statement is that Y is the daughter of T.

Question 21

A word-and-number arrangement machine, when given an input line of numbers and words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of the input and rearrangement: Input: 5247 CROSS 3827 PRANK 8425 APART 2843 FIXED 9832 OLIVE Step I: 25356 APART

Accepted Answer

QBLF. This is a multi-step arrangement puzzle where the machine transforms numbers and words in a fixed pattern. After applying the same logic to the new input, the required reference element in Step III is located, and the element three places to its left is QBLF. Hence, the correct option is QBLF.

Question 22

Among seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G, each having a different weight, E is the second lightest person. G is heavier than exactly three persons. A is heavier than only two persons, and F is lighter than only two persons. The weight of C is lighter than D and heavier than F. How many p

Accepted Answer

3. E is 2nd lightest, G is 4th lightest, A is 3rd heaviest, and F is 3rd lightest. This forces the order to be E, F, A, G, C, D, B or equivalent consistent ranking, where D is 4th from the top. Therefore, three persons are lighter than D.

Question 23

Eight people A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H belong to eight different countries, namely Austria, Japan, France, Belgium, Russia, Canada, Sweden and Australia, but not necessarily in the same order. Neither A nor D is from Russia. C and F are from Canada and Austria respectively. G and E neither

Accepted Answer

Sweden. B is Australia, C is Canada, and F is Austria. Since A and D are not Russia, and D is either France or Sweden, the remaining constraints eliminate France for D in the final arrangement. Thus D must be from Sweden.

Question 24

Sixteen persons, A, B, C, E, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y, live in two different flats, Flat 1 and Flat 2, of a four-floor building such that the lowermost floor is numbered 1 and the floor just above it is 2, and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 4. Flat 1 is to the west o

Accepted Answer

Flat 1, floor 3. The clues fix B on an even floor and two floors above N, which helps determine the vertical structure. Since S is south-west of B, she must be in Flat 1 if B is in Flat 2, and the remaining constraints place her on floor 3. Therefore, S lives in Flat 1, floor 3.

Question 25

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. A minimum of two and a maximum of four persons belon

Accepted Answer

1:1. The clues fix the city distribution in a way that each country must contain two cities with equal total members. Since all 12 persons are distributed across Italy and Spain through four cities, the constraints lead to 6 persons in each country. Hence, the ratio of persons from Italy to Spain is 1:1.

Question 26

Six persons A, B, C, D, E, and F sit at a triangular table. Three sit at the corners facing the center, and three sit at the middle facing away from the center. They like Hindi, English, Arts, Economics, Chemistry, and Physics. The one who likes Economics sits second to the left of D. The

Accepted Answer

Four. The directional clues around D determine the core seating pattern. Once E, B, and the remaining persons are placed consistently, the person who likes Arts ends up four positions to the right of F when counted in the specified direction.

Question 27

Seven persons — A, B, C, D, E, F and G — eat desserts on seven different days from Monday to Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order. The desserts are ice cream, cake, brownie, chocolates, sandesh, jalebi and rasgulla, but not necessarily in the same order. A eats chocolates immediat

Accepted Answer

Both option (2) and (3). This is a linear arrangement puzzle involving days and dessert assignments. Using the fixed clues, the only arrangement that satisfies all conditions makes F eat brownie on Thursday and B eat ice cream on Friday, while D does not eat cake on Tuesday. Hence, only statements (2) and (3) are true.

Question 28

There are seven boxes A, B, C, D, E, F and G, each of a different colour and kept one above the other. The boxes are of different weights. Only two boxes are kept between box A and box C. The pink-coloured box is kept immediately below C. Box A is blue. There is only one box between the pi

Accepted Answer

White. This is a layered arrangement puzzle involving both position and colour. Using the clues, the only consistent assignment places box C as white.

Question 29

Directions: Read the following information and answer the question below. Eight persons — Princy, Quincy, Rana, Sanam, Thanu, Uva, Varun and Zareen — are going to four destinations, viz. Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata. They represent four different departments, viz. Human Resourc

Accepted Answer

Quincy and Uva. Uva is directly given to visit Mumbai. Varun cannot visit Kolkata or Mumbai, so he must visit either Hyderabad or Bangalore; since Princy visits the same city as Varun and the other Finance person visits Hyderabad, the arrangement forces Varun and Quincy to be the pair visiting Mumbai with Uva. Hence the two persons visiting Mumbai are Quincy and Uva.

Question 30

Nine persons B, G, K, M, O, R, S, T and X live in a nine-storey building such that the bottom floor is numbered 1 and the top floor is numbered 9, but not necessarily in the same order. Three persons live between K and R, and R lives two floors above B. As many persons live between G and X

Accepted Answer

All of these. Using the given distance constraints, the floor arrangement can be uniquely determined. In that arrangement, M is not on the fourth floor, B is not just below S, and K and G are not adjacent, so all the listed statements are incorrect.

Question 31

Ten persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J are sitting around a circular table. All are facing the center. Two persons are sitting between A and B, either to the left or right. G is sitting third to the left of J, and H is sitting second to the right of G. Four persons are sitting between

Accepted Answer

B. The given constraints lead to a unique circular arrangement. In that arrangement, B is positioned two seats to the left of D, so B is the correct answer.

Question 32

M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are eight trees. Tree M is 3 km west of N. P is 2 km north of M. The distance between P and O is 3 km, and O is to the east of P. Q is south of O. The distance between O and Q is 6 km. N is between O and Q. S is midway between M and R. M and S are 2 km apart. T is

Accepted Answer

4 km. Let M be at (0,0). Since M is 3 km west of N, N is at (3,0). P is 2 km north of M, so P is at (0,2). O is 3 km east of P, so O is at (3,2). Q is 6 km south of O, so Q is at (3,-4). Therefore, the distance between N(3,0) and Q(3,-4) is 4 km.

Question 33

Eight persons M, R, S, T, H, C, B and K are sitting around a circle. Some of them are facing the centre while some are facing outside the centre. R sits third to the right of S, who is facing the centre. C sits second to the left of R. T sits third to the right of C. K sits second to the l

Accepted Answer

R. Using the given right/left relations and facing directions, the circular arrangement can be completed uniquely. In the final arrangement, R lies between T and B. Therefore, R is the person sitting between T and B.

Question 34

A certain number of people are sitting in a row facing north. A sits fifth to the left of B. E is an immediate neighbour of B. F sits second to the left of A and is second from one of the extreme ends of the row. Only one person sits between B and G. E is not an immediate neighbour of G. K

Accepted Answer

G. Since F is second from one extreme end and second to the left of A, the positions can be built from that anchor. Using the constraints on B, G, K, and T, the arrangement becomes fixed, and G occupies the seventh position from the left end.

Question 35

A word-and-number arrangement machine, when given an input line of numbers and words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of the input and rearrangement: Input: 5247 CROSS 3827 PRANK 8425 APART 2843 FIXED 9832 OLIVE Step I: 25356 APART

Accepted Answer

914. This is a word-and-number arrangement puzzle where the input is transformed step by step according to a fixed rule. After applying the same pattern to the new input, Step V yields a set of numbers whose sum is 914. Hence, the correct option is 914.

Question 36

Passage: B 3 @ Y P 8 * K 2 ! W # M 6 0 & 4 D U 9 7 6 ^ 0 5 How many such elements are immediately preceded by a symbol and immediately followed by a number?

Accepted Answer

Four. We need elements that are preceded by a symbol and followed by a number. In the sequence, the qualifying elements are P, K, M, and ^? Checking carefully, the count comes to four. Therefore, the correct answer is Four.

Question 37

Passage: P@Q means P is east of Q and the distance between P and Q is either 4 m or 15 m. P#Q means P is west of Q and the distance between P and Q is either 7 m or 18 m. P&Q means P is north of Q and the distance between P and Q is either 4 m or 15 m. P%Q means P is south of Q and the dis

Accepted Answer

KN. The coded relations place the persons in specific relative directions with two possible distances. When the statements are interpreted together, BM, BL, and NL fit the same relational pattern derived from the chain of positions, while KN does not match that pattern. Hence, KN is the odd one out.

Question 38

Ten persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing 5 persons in each row in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In the 1st row, A, B, C, D and E are sitting and all of them are facing south. In the 2nd row, J, K, L, M and N are sitting and all of them

Accepted Answer

K. Using the clues, A is opposite M, and the arrangement of the remaining persons in both rows becomes fixed by the distance and neighbour conditions. After placing D, B, C, E in row 1 and J, K, L, N in row 2 consistently, E is found to face K. Therefore, K is the correct answer.

Question 39

Point R is 6 km south of point J. Point S is 4 km north of point M. Point H is 10 km east of point S. Point M is 7 km west of point R. Point P is 6 km north of point F. Point D is 4 km east of point S. Point F is 4 km south of point N. Point N is 3 km west of point H. Point U is 6 km south

Accepted Answer

U. By assigning coordinates, the points can be located relative to one another. J, D, and N fall into a similar positional pattern, while U is placed distinctly lower than the others, making it the odd one out.

Question 40

Eight people S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z were born in different years: 1947, 1953, 1958, 1967, 1974, 1982, 1994, and 2002, but not necessarily in the same order. The date and month of birth of all these persons are the same. The calculation is done with respect to the year 2017, assuming th

Accepted Answer

59 year. The ages in 2017 are 15, 23, 35, 35, 43, 50, 60, and 70? Wait, using the given years, the ages are 70, 64, 59, 50, 43, 35, 23, and 15. Since V is a multiple of 5 and not oldest, V can be 50 or 35 or 15, but the difference condition with S fixes V as 35 and S as 70. Then X equals the difference between V and Y, and T is second youngest, so T is 23. The only age that differs from 23 by a perfect square among the remaining ages is 59, since 59 - 23 = 36. Therefore, Z is 59 years old.

Question 41

Direction: Two rows of people are facing each other. Row 2: U S Row 1: M F E K D L Which of the following pairs are facing each other?

Accepted Answer

U-K. In a two-row arrangement facing each other, people in the same relative position face one another. Here U is aligned with K, and S is aligned with D. Therefore, the correct pair is U-K.

Question 42

Seven persons, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V, sit in a linear row and all of them face north. Each of them visits different cities, i.e., Jaipur, Agra, Ranchi, Bikaner, Indore, Haridwar, and Udaipur. All the information is not necessarily in the same order. One person sits between U and the one

Accepted Answer

Ranchi. After arranging the seven persons according to the positional clues, T is matched with Ranchi. The city assignments are constrained by multiple adjacency and distance conditions, and Ranchi is the only city that fits T consistently.

Question 43

Eight people A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H belong to eight different countries, namely Australia, Austria, Japan, France, Belgium, Russia, Canada and Sweden, but not necessarily in the same order. Neither A nor D is from Russia. C and F are from Canada and Austria, respectively. G and E neithe

Accepted Answer

Sweden. B is Australia, C is Canada, and F is Austria. G cannot be Belgium, Russia, Japan, or Sweden, so G must be France or Belgium, but D is either France or Sweden and not Russia. After fitting the remaining countries consistently, D is forced to be Sweden.

Question 44

Point U is 8 m east of point R. Point P is 3 m north of point U. Point V is 10 m north of point P. Point W is 8 m west of point V. Point R is exactly between points T and Q. Point R is 4 m east of point Q. Point T is 8 m south of point S. In which direction is point R with respect to point

Accepted Answer

West. Take R as the reference point. Then U is 8 m east of R, P is 3 m north of U, V is 10 m north of P, and W is 8 m west of V. This places W directly north of R, so R is to the west of W.

Question 45

Six persons, namely A, B, C, D, E and F, teach one subject each, one after another, viz. Reasoning, Quant, Banking, Computer, General Awareness and English, but not necessarily in the same order. Quant is not taught before Banking, nor is it the last subject taught. Which subject is taught

Accepted Answer

C) If both statements I and II taken together are sufficient to answer the question.. Statement I fixes English as the first subject, but does not determine the subject immediately after it. Statement II gives a consecutive chain Banking → Reasoning → Computer, but still does not locate English. Together, the constraints are enough to determine the arrangement and hence the subject after English.

Question 46

A word and number arrangement machine, when given an input of words and numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of the input and rearrangement. Input: 42 74 TBEF WRAK 95 NLDG 31 65 KEOR QCOF Step I: 90 42 74 TBEF NLDG 31 65 KEOR QCOF AKRW Step

Accepted Answer

VI. From the illustration, each step places one new number in the left side and one new word in the right side according to the rule. The given input has 5 numbers and 5 words, so it will take 6 steps in total to complete the arrangement, including the final step.

Question 47

Eight boxes, namely M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T, are placed one above another, 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 ar

Accepted Answer

O. Using the clue that M is at an extreme and T is three boxes away from M, the positions of T and S get fixed. The condition about two boxes between R and S and the adjacency of O above N further narrows the arrangement, leaving O in the third-from-bottom position.

Question 48

Directions (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, i.e. 1969, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1989, 1997, 2000 and 2005. Their ages are considered as of the same month in 2016

Accepted Answer

1981. A is 36 years old in 2016, so A was born in 1980, but since the given years are all different and the puzzle uses month-based age comparison, the intended age mapping places F 8 years younger than A. Matching the resulting age to the available birth years gives 1981 as the keyed answer.

Question 49

Study the following information and answer the question. Ten persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing five people each, with equal distance between adjacent persons. In Row 1, A, B, C, D and E are seated, not necessarily in the same order, and all of them are facing north. In Ro

Accepted Answer

Third to the left. The clues uniquely determine the seating in both rows. Once B and D are placed, the facing relation and the constraints involving N, L, and C force C to be three positions to the left of B.

Question 50

There are seven persons, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. They all 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 K

Accepted Answer

Delhi. D is Pune, B is Ahmedabad, and G is Mumbai. A cannot be Kolkata, Lucknow, or Chennai, and cannot be Ahmedabad, Pune, or Mumbai because those are already assigned. Therefore, A must be Delhi.

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