Reasoning PYQ — Page 11

A person X was driving in a place where all roads ran either north-south or east-west, forming a grid. Roads are at a distance of 1 km from each other in a parallel. He started at the intersection of two roads, drove 3 km north, 3 km west and 4 km south. Which further route could bring him back to his starting point, if the same route is not repeated?

There are five persons in a group — P, Q, R, S and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor. Who of the following is definitely a man?

Four friends A, B, C and D need to cross a bridge. A maximum of two persons can cross it at a time. It is night and they just have one lamp. Persons that cross the bridge must carry the lamp to find the way. A pair must walk together at the speed of slower person. After crossing the bridge, the person having faster speed in the pair will return with the lamp each time to accompany another person in the group. Finally, the lamp has to be returned at the original place and the person who returns the lamp has to cross the bridge again without lamp. To cross the bridge, the time taken by them is as follows: A: 1 minute, B: 2 minutes, C: 7 minutes and D: 10 minutes. What is the total minimum time required by all the friends to cross the bridge?

When three friends A, B and C met, it was found that each of them wore an outer garment of a different colour. In random order, the garments are: jacket, sweater and tie; and the colours are: blue, white and black. Their surnames in random order: Ribeiro, Kumar and Singh. Further, we know that: 1. Neither B nor Ribeiro wore a white sweater 2. C wore a tie 3. Singh’s garment was not white 4. Kumar does not wear a jacket 5. Ribeiro does not like to wear the black colour 6. Each of the friends wore only one outer garment of only one colour What is C’s surname?

A cube has all its faces painted with different colours. It is cut into smaller cubes of equal sizes such that the side of the small cube is one-fourth the big cube. The number of small cubes with only one of the sides painted is:

There are five persons in a group — P, Q, R, S and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor. Who is the lawyer?

Each of A, B, C and D has ₹100. A pays ₹ 20 to B, who pays ₹10 to C, who gets ₹ 30 from D. In this context, which one of the following statements is not correct?

Consider the following statements: 1. A man had a wife, two and two daughters in his family. 2. The daughters were invited to a feast and the male members of the family went out to take part in a picnic. 3. The man’s father did not return from his work. Which of the following statements is true?

Four persons A, B, C and D consisting of two married couples are in a group. Both the women are shorter than their respective husband. A is the tallest among the four. C is taller than B. D is B’s brother. In this context which one of the following statements is not correct?

Two men, Anil and David, and two women, Shabnam and Rekha are in a sales group. Only two speak Tamil. The other two speak Marathi. Only one man and one women can drive a car. Shabnam speaks Marathi. Anil speaks Tamil. Both Rekha and David can drive. Which of the following statements is true?

All good athletes want to win and all athletes who want to win eat a well-balanced diet: therefore all athletes who do not eat a well-balanced diet are bad athletes.

The number of person who read magazine X only is thrice the number of persons who read magazine Y. The number of persons who read magazine Y only is thrice the number of persons who read magazine X. Then, which of the following conclusions can be drawn? Statement 1. The number of persons who read both the magazines is twice the number of persons who read only magazine X. 2. The total number of persons who read either one magazine or both the magazines is twice the number of persons who read both the magazines. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which one of the following is possible?

Twelve people form a club. By picking lots, one of them will host a dinner for all one once in a month. The number of dinners a particular member has to host in one year is

Geeta: Naresh has become a better boxer since he started meditation. Radha: Impossible A boxer’s most important asset is his aggressiveness. Radha’s statement reflects her belief that

What is the number of logically possible orders of all six cousins in terms of increasing age?

Usha runs faster than Kamla, Priti runs slower than Swati, Swati runs slower than Kamala. Who is the slowest runner?

In a group of persons travelling in a bus, 6 persons can speak Tamil, 15 can speak Hindi and 6 can speak Gujarati. In that group none can speak any other language. If 2 persons in the group can speak two languages only and one person can speak all the three languages, then how many persons are there in the group?

“By liberty I mean the eager maintenance of that atmosphere in which men have the opportunity to be their best selves.” Which one of the following expresses the view implied in the above statement?

Four cardboard pieces of specific shapes are shown in the following figure: [Image: image] Which one of the following figures given can be formed by joining these pieces together?

Shahid and Rohit start from the same point in opposite directions. After each 1 km, Shahid always turns left and Rohit always turns right. Which of the following statements is correct?

What is the missing number ‘X’ of the series 7, X, 21, 31, 43?

A society consists of only two types of people – fighters and cowards. Two cowards are always friends. A fighter and a coward are always enemies. Fighters are indifferent to one another. If A and B are enemies, C and D are friends, E and F are indifferent to each other, A and E are not enemies, while B and F are enemies. Which of the following statements is correct?

Consider the following matrix: 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | ? | 1 6 | 56 | 90 | 2 | 20 | 0 Which is the missing number at ‘?’ in the matrix?