Reasoning Ability

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

T, R, S, Q, M, L, P and K are eight friends sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. Those who sit at the four corners face away from the centre while those who sit in the middle of the sides face the centre of the square table.

P sits third to the right of S, who faces the centre. Q sits third to the left of M, who does not sit in the middle of the sides. Only one person sits between Q and R. R is not an immediate neighbor of M. T faces the centre. K is not an immediate neighbor of R.

Q1.Who sits exactly between Q and R?

(a) K

(b) L

(c) P

(d) T

(e) M

Q2.What is the position of M with respect to L?

(a) Second to the right

(b) Fifth to the right

(c) Third to the left

(d) Fourth to the left

(e) Second to the left

Q3.Which of the following pairs represents the persons seated in the middle of the sides who face each other?

(a) K, L

(b) T, Q

(c) R, Q

(d) T, S

(e) S, Q

Q4.Who among following sits opposite to K ?

(a) S

(b) P

(c) L

(d) R

(e) Q

Q5.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) M

(b) K

(c) R

(d) P

(e) L

Solution (1-5):

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol.

S2. Ans.(e)
Sol.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol.

Directions (6-10): In each question below is given a group of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols numbered (a), (b), (c) and (d). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters based on the following coding system and mark the number of that combination as your answer. If none of the four combinations correctly represents the group of letters, mark (e), ‘None of these’, as the answer

Conditions 

1. If the first letter in the group is a vowel and the last letter is a consonant their codes are to be interchanged.

2. If the first letter in the group is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel are to be coded as the code for vowel.

3. If the first as well as the last letter is a vowel both are to be coded as the code for the first letter.

Q6.IRHMEJ

(a) 743*@2

(b) 243*@7

(c) 243*@2

(d) 743*@7

(e) None of these

Q7.ALFJHE

(a) 69$23@

(b) @9$23@

(c) 69$236

(d) @9$236

(e) None of these

Q8.FIKLRU

(a) 87#94$

(b) 57#94$

(c) 87#948

(d) $7#94$

(e) None of these

Q9.TFIKAR

(a) %$7#6%

(b) %$6#74

(c) 4$7#64

(d) 4$7#6%

(e) None of these

Q10.MHEJKQ

(a) ©3@2#@

(b) *3@2#*

(c) *3@2#©

(d) ©3@2#*

(e) None of these

Solution(6-10):

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. With the help of condition 1- IRHMEJ= 243*@7

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. With the help of condition 3- ALFJHE= 69$236

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. With the help of condition 2- FIKLRU= 87#948

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. None of these.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. MHEJKQ= *3@2#©

Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

In a certain code 

‘all candidates must qualify’ is written as ‘na li ja pa’, 

‘qualify in all subjects’ is written as ‘ta ja li ra’ and 

‘candidate read all subjects’ is written as ‘sa li na ra’.

Q11.What does ‘li’ stand for?

(a) Subject

(b) Qualify

(c) Must

(d) All

(e) None of these

Q12.Which word will be coded as ‘ja na’?

(a) Must qualify

(b) Candidate subjects

(c) Qualify subjects

(d) Can’t be determined

(e) Candidate qualify

Q13.How will ‘all subjects’ be coded?

(a) li sa

(b) li ra

(c) ra ja

(d) pa li

(e) None of these

Q14.What will be the code for ‘must’?

(a) pa

(b) ka

(c) li

(d) na

(e) Can’t be determined

Q15.How could be ‘candidate should read all subjects’ coded as ?

(a) ka na pa li ra

(b) sa li ran a ja

(c) na aka sa li ra

(d) na ja sa li ra

(e) na pa sa li ra

Solution(11-15):
Candidates= na
Must= pa
Subject=ra
In=ta
All=li
Qualify=ja
Read=sa

S11. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S12. Ans.(e)
Sol.

S13. Ans.(b)
Sol.

S14. Ans.(a)
Sol.

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol.