Reasoning Quiz

Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-6): Study the given information and answer the following questions.

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule.

 The following is an illustration of input and its rearrangement:

Input: bag new 15 12 20 ask ball 22 figure 25

Step I: 12 15 bag new 20 ask ball 22 figure 25

Step II: 12 15 ask bag new 20 ball 22 figure 25 

Step III: 12 15 ask bag 20 22 new ball figure 25 

Step IV: 12 15 ask bag 20 22 ball figure new 25 

Step V: 12 15 ask bag 20 22 ball figure 25 new

Step V is the last step of the rearrangement. As per the rules followed in the above steps,

 find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the following input.

Input: 46 16 professor male 31 correct 33 35 39 female doctor 42 study

1. Which element is third to the right of 'female' in Step V?

1)35

2) professor

3) study

4) 42

5) None of these

2. How many steps will be required to complete the arrangement of the given input?

1) Five

2) Six

3) Seven

4) Eight

5) None of these

3. Which of the following is the third element from the left end of Step III?

1) 35

2) 46

3) correct

4) doctor

5) None of these

4. What is the position of 'male' in the final step?

1) 7th from the left

2) 2nd from the right

3) 8th from the left

4) 5th from the right

5) None of these

5. Which step number is the following output?

16 31 correct doctor 33 35 female male 39 42 46 professor study

1) Step V

2) Step VI

3) Step VII

4) There is no such step

5) None of these

6. Which of the following steps is the last step but one? 

1) Step III

2) Step V

3) Step VI

4) Step IV

5) None of these

Directions (7-13): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

A group of seven friends S, T, U, V, W, X and Y has four males and three females. Each of them has a different type of watch, 

viz Titan, HMT, Rado, Fastrack, Reebok, Casio and Tissot, and each of them has passed out from a different college —

GLA, HCC, PTC, RKC, GNC, SPDC and SRMC but not necessarily in the same order. None of the females has Casio or Titan.

 U has Rado and she has passed out from GNC. S has passed out from SPDC. T does not have Fastrack.

 W has Tissot and has passed out from HCC. X has Titan and has not studied in GLA. Y has Casio and has studied in PTC. 

The one who has Fastrack has passed out from SRMC. The one who has HMT has studied in GLA.
None of the female members has studied either in SPDC or in HCC.

7. Which of the following watches does V have?
1) Casio
2) Fastrack
3) HMT
4) Rado
5) None of these

8. Which of the following combinations is true?
1) U-Rado-GNC-Female
2) S-Reebok-HCC-Male
3) Y-HMT-GLA-Female
4) W-Tissot-HCC-Female
5) None of these

9. Which of the following groups has only female members?
1) XVT
2) WUY
3) UVT
4) VST
5) None of these

10. The one who has Titan has passed out from which of the following colleges?
1) HCC
2) GNC
3) SPDC
4) RKC
5) Can't be determined

11. From which of the following colleges did W pass out?
1) PTC
2) HCC
3) RKC
4) Can't be determined
4) None of these

12. Who possesses HMT?
1) T
2) U
3) V
4) W
5) X

13. Which of the following statements is true?
1) V has passed out from GLA college.
2) U is a male and possesses Rado.
3) X possesses Titan and has passed out from RKC.
4) Y is a female and possesses Casio.
5)  All are true


Solutions (1-6):
The machine rearranges the numbers and words in such a manner that the numbers are arranged in each alternate step-

 in ascending order while words are also arranged in each alternate step in alphabetical order. In each alternate step two numbers and two words are arranged.
Input: 46 16 professor male 31 correct 33 35 39 female doctor 42 study
Step I: 16 31 46 professor male correct 33 35 39 female doctor 42 study
Step II: 16 31 correct doctor 46 professor male 33 35 39 female 42 study
Step III: 16 31 correct doctor 33 35 46 professor male 39 female 42 study
Step IV: 16 31 correct doctor 33 35 female male 46 professor 39 42 study
Step V: 16 31 correct doctor 33 35 female male 39 42 46 professor study
Step VI: 16 31 correct doctor 33 35 female male 39 42 professor study 46
Step VI is the last step.

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

Solutions (7-13):

PERSON COLLEGE WATCH GENDER
S SPDC Reebok Male
T GLA HMT Female
U GNC Rado Female
V SRMC Fastrack Female
W HCC Tissot Male
X RKC Titan Male
Y PTC Casio Male

7. (2)
8. (1)
9. (3)
10. (4)
11. (2)
12. (1)
13. (3)