Directions for questions (1-4): There are six athletes Anju, Bina, Chinu, Manu,

Nanu and Om out of which Manu, Nanu and Om are males and remaining are
females. Nanu is faster than Om but slower than Chinu, who is faster than Anju.
Manu is faster than Bina who is faster than Chinu.
1. Who is the fastest of all six?
a. Manu
b. Chinu
c. Nanu
d. Anju
Ans: a
2. Who is slowest of the females?
a. Bina
b. Chinu
c. Anju
d. Cant be determined
Ans: c
3. Which of the following males cant be the slowest?
a. Om
b. Nanu
c. Chinu
d. None of these
Ans: b
4. Which of the following is the correct order of athletes from slowest to fastest?
a. Manu, Bina, Chinu, Anju, Nanu, Om
b. Manu, Nanu, Anju, Chinu , Bina, Om
c. Om, Nanu, Anju, Manu, Chinu , Bina
d. Om, Nanu, Anju, Chinu , Bina, Manu
Ans: d
Explanation: After analyzing the statements following is the order of their
rank from fastest to slowest:
Manu+ > Bina- > Chinu- > Anju- >Nanu+
>Om+ where (+) is used for males and (-) is used for females.
5. There are eight animals jackal, bull, lion, monkey, tiger, dog, cat and
elephant. These are to be sent to another zoo in two groups of four each.
Jackal and lion will not be sent together. Monkey and dog are also not sent
together. Bull and elephant are sent together. If bull and lion are sent
together in a group, then which of the animals are in other group?
a. jackal, monkey, tiger, cat
b. jackal, tiger, dog, cat
c. jackal, tiger, dog, monkey

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d. Cant be determined
There are six software packages: Lotus, WordStar, Excel, Tally, Power point
and Clip art out of which only three are to be loaded in a hard disk. WordStar
and Tally cant be loaded together. Similarly, Lotus and WordStar cant be
loaded together. If Power point is loaded then lotus must be loaded but Clip
art cant be loaded. If WordStar is loaded then which software packages must
be loaded?
a. Power point and Clip art
b. Lotus and Clip art
c. Excel and Clip art
d. None of these
Ans: c
Explanation: If WordStar is loaded then Tally and Lotus cannot be loaded.
Hence, Power point can also not be loaded. This means remaining two Excel
and Clip art are the only possibilities.

Directions for questions (7-10): Manu, Nanu, Om and Piku live around a
rectangular park. Each persons house is situated in such a way that they have one
house to their left, one to right and one opposite to them. There is a special feature
in all these persons. If you ask something, they will always answer in two
statements. Among these persons there is exactly one truth teller (whose both the
statements will be true), and exactly one alternator (whose one statement will be
true and other will be false in any order). When they were asked about the position
of their houses, they replied in the following manner.
Nanu: My house is to the right of Manu. Pikus house is to the right of Om.
Manu: Pikus house is opposite to me. Pikus house is to the right of Om.
Piku: Oms house is opposite to me. My house is to the left of Nanu.
Om: Nanus house is to my right. My house is to the right of Piku.
It is also known that exactly one definite arrangement is possible after analyzing
their statements.
7. Who is a truth teller?
a. Manu
b. Nanu
c. Om
d. Piku
Ans: b
8. Who among them are liars?
a. Manu and Nanu
b. Om and Piku

c. Manu and Piku

d. Cant be determined
Ans: b
9. Who sits opposite to Piku?
a. Manu
b. Nanu
c. Om
d. Cant be determined
Ans: b
10.Who is an alternator?
a. Manu
b. Nanu
c. Om
d. Piku
Ans: a
Explanation: Let Manu be a truth teller. Then following will be the positions of their
houses.
Om

Ist
statem
ent
True

Piku

Man
u
Nan False
u
According to
Piku False
Om
False
exactly one
hence Manu is not a truth teller.

IInd
statem
ent
True

Manu
Nanu

True
True
False

the given condition there can be

alternator, but here we have two,

Let Nanu be a truth teller. Then following will be the positions of their houses.
Om
Piku

According to
exactly one

Nan
u
Man
u
Piku
Om

Ist
statem
ent
True

IInd
statem
ent
True

False

True

False
False

False
False

Nanu
Manu

the given condition there can be

alternator, hence Nanu is a truth teller.

Let Om be a truth teller. Then following will be the positions of their houses.

Piku
Om

Man
u
Nan
u
Piku
Om

Ist
stateme
nt
False

IInd
stateme
nt
False

False

False

False
True

False
True

Manu

Nanu

According to the given condition there can be exactly one

alternator, but here we have none, hence Om is not a truth
teller.
Let Piku be a truth teller. Then following will be the positions of their houses.
Om
Manu

Ist
statem
ent
True
False

IInd
statem
ent
True
False

Nanu

Piku
Piku
Man
u
Nan False
False
According to
u
Om
False
False
the given condition
there can be exactly one alternator, but here we have none,
hence Piku is a not truth teller.
Directions for questions (11-15): Each of the following questions consists of six
statements followed by four answer options where each answer option is a group of
three statements. The third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two
statements. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument as directed.
11.(i) All actors are smart.
(ii) All spot boys are laborious.
(iii) All laborious are smart.
(iv) All actors are directors.
(v) All spot boys are smart.
(vi) All directors are smart.
a. i, iv, vi
b. ii, iii, v
c. i, ii, iii
d. None of these
Ans: b
Explanation: Going option wise (a) does not follow since both the terms
directors and smart are not distributed. Option (b) follows. Option (c)
does not follow since there are four terms.
12.(i) All grains are food.
(ii) Some food is not tasty.
(iii) Some dishes are not healthy.
(iv) Some dishes are grains.
(v) No grain is tasty.
(vi) Some tasty are not dishes.
a. iv, v, iii

b. I, v, ii
c. Iv, v, vi
d. iii, iv, v
Ans: b
Explanation: Going option wise (a) does not follow since statement (iii) has a
new term healthy. Option (b) follows. Option (c) does not follow since the
term dishes is not distributed but in answer statement it is distributed.
Option (d) does not follow since both the statements iii and iv are of
particular type.
13.(i) All grains are food.
(ii) No tasty is food.
(iii) Some food is delicious.
(iv) All delicious are fruits.
(v) Some delicious are not tasty.
(vi) All grains are delicious.
a. ii, iii, v
b. I, iii, vi
c. iii, Iv, vi
d. ii, iii, vi
Ans: a
Explanation: Going option wise (a) follows. Option (b) does not follow since
the term food is not distributed. Option (c) does not follow since a new term
grains is in answer statement and delicious is appearing thrice. Option (d)
does not follow since one of the first two statements is negative hence
answer should be negative.
14.(i) All poor are cool.
(ii) Some cool are peak.
(iii) All boys are poor.
(iv) Some boys are fool.
(v) All poor are peak.
(vi) Some boys are cool.
a. I, ii, v
b. I, iii, vi
c. iii, iv, vi
d. ii, iii, vi
Ans: b
Explanation: Going option wise option (a) does not follow since the term
cool is not distributed. Option (b) follows as from a universal statement a
particular statement can be drawn. Option (c) does not follow since a term
boys is appearing thrice. Option (d) does not follow since there are four
terms.
15.(i) All A is B.
(ii) Some B is C.
(iii) No D is B.
(iv) All F is D.
(v) Some D is C.
(vi) No A is D.
a. ii, iii, v

b. iii, v, ii
c. I, iii, vi
d. None of these
Ans: b
Explanation: Going option wise option (a) does not follow since one of the
first two statements is negative hence answer should be negative. Option (b)
does not follow since one of the first two statements is negative hence
answer should be negative. Option (c) follows.