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Seven members- A through G- are the members of a family and are related to each other, each one of these belongs to a different profession among- Engineer, Doctor, Teacher, Tennis player, Musician, Journalist and Accountant- not necessarily in the same order. These are three couples in the family, One in the first generation and two in the second generation.It is known that ::
(i) The journalist is married to G whose father is the Engineer.
(ii) The Tennis player is the nephew of C
(iii) F, the teacher, is B's paternal grandmother
(iv) A and B are of same gender
(v) D, the brother-in-law of the doctor, is married to the Accountant.
Q. No. : 1
Question :What is the profession of D?
A :
Accountant
B :
Engineer
C :
Journalist
D :
Musician
Answer: D
Q. No. : 2
Question :How is C related to D?
A :
Sister-in-law
B :
Wife
C :
Mother
D :
Sister
Answer: B
Q. No. : 3
Question :How is the Tennis player related to the Accountant?
A :
Nephew
B :
Son
C :
Niece
D :
Cousin
Answer: A
A cube is cut in two equal parts along a plane parallel to one of its faces. One piece is then coloured red on the two larger faces and green on the remaining, while the other is coloured green on two smaller adjacent faces and red on the remaining. Each is then cut into 32 cubes of same size and mixed up.
Q. No. : 4
Question :How many cubes have only one coloured face each ?
A :
32
B :
8
C :
16
D :
0
Answer: C
Q. No. : 5
Question :What is the number of cubes with at least one green face each ?
A :
36
B :
32
C :
38
D :
48
Answer: C
Q. No. : 6
Question :How many cubes have two red and one green face on each ?
A :
0
B :
8
C :
16
D :
4
Answer: D
Q. No. : 7
Question :How many cubes have no coloured face at all ?
A :
32
B :
8
C :
16
D :
none 
Answer: D
Q. No. : 8
Question :How many cubes have each one red and another green ?
A :
24
B :
20
C :
16
D :
8
Answer: A
P, Q, R, S and T are five cars. It is further known that T is faster and more powerful than R, which is costlier than T. P is costlier than R and faster than Q, which is more powerful than T. S is the slowest and the cheapest of all the cars, but is the most powerful. R is more powerful and faster than P but is the third costliest.
Q. No. : 9
Question :Which of the following car is the fastest?
A :
P
B :
Q
C :
R
D :
T
Answer: D
Q. No. : 10
Question :Which of the following cars has as many cars more powerful and as many cars less powerful than it?
A :
P
B :
T
C :
Q
D :
R
Answer: B
Q. No. : 11
Question :Which of the following cars has two cars faster than it and as many cars slower than it?
A :
S
B :
T
C :
P
D :
Q
Answer: C
Q. No. : 12
Question :Which of the following cars can be the costliest?
A :
R
B :
Q
C :
S
D :
T
Answer: B
Q. No. : 13
Question :Which of the following cars is fastest as well as cheaper than R?
A :
T
B :
Q
C :
P
D :
S
Answer: A
A team consisting of five members has to be formed from among five boys P,Q,R,S,T and three girls U,V,W as per the following restrictions.
The team should have at least three boys and at least one girl.
If P is selected, R cannot be selected.
If S is selected, V cannot be selected.
Q. No. : 14
Question :If Q, R and V are the three members of the team, then which of the following can be the other two members?
A :
U and W
B :
S and W
C :
T and U
D :
None of these
Answer: C
Q. No. : 15
Question :If P and Q are two boys selected to form the team, and V is not selected for the team, then which of the following can be the possible team?
A :
PQSVW
B :
PQTUW
C :
PQSRW
D :
PQRVW
Answer: B
Q. No. : 16
Question :If P and S are the two boys selected, then in how many ways can the team be formed?
A :
1
B :
2
C :
3
D :
4
Answer: D
Q. No. : 17
Question :If four boys are selected for the team, then which of the following girls can never join the team?
A :
U
B :
V
C :
W
D :
Both (A) and (B)
Answer: B
Q. No. : 18
Question :Which of the following can never be a team consisting of boys and the girls?
A :
PQRVW
B :
PQSTU
C :
PQTVW
D :
PQSUW
Answer: A
The following details regarding the age, weight and height of six different individuals are available. the six person are Bradman, Andrews, Christopher, Dheeraj, Florence and Elantra.
(i). Bradman is the oldest person and taller than Christopher but shorter than Andrews and heavier than Dheeraj.
(ii). Florence is not heavier than Christopher but heavier than Elantra and older than Dheeraj, who is older than Andrews, who is the youngest person.
(iii). Andrews is the heaviest person and shorter than Florence, who is shorter than Dheeraj.
(iv). Christopher is taller and older than Elantra but not heavier than Dheeraj.
Q. No. : 19
Question :Who is the tallest person?
A :
Dheeraj
B :
Florence
C :
Andrews
D :
Christopher
Answer: A
Q. No. : 20
Question :Which of the following cannot be the order of the names of the persons from the oldest to the youngest?
A :
Bradman, Florence, Dheeraj, Christopher, Elantra, Andrews
B :
Bradman, Christopher, Florence, Dheeraj, Elantra, Andrews
C :
Bradman, Florence, Christopher, Andrews, Dheeraj, Elantra
D :
Bradman, Christopher, Florence, Elantra, Dheeraj, Andrews
Answer: C
Q. No. : 21
Question :How many person are taller, heavier as well as older than Florence?
A :
1
B :
0
C :
4
D :
2
Answer: B
Q. No. : 22
Question :If at most two persons are older than Elantra, then how many persons are younger than Dheeraj?
A :
2
B :
1
C :
3
D :
4
Answer: B
Q. No. : 23
Question :How many persons are heavier than Christopher?
A :
1
B :
2
C :
4
D :
3
Answer: D
The 5 questions below are based on the following information:
Ten candidate appear for a interview and six of them are selected. There are two M.A.s, two MBAs two MCAs and four Btechs among the candidates. If at least one MBA candidate is selected, then exactly two B.Tech candidates must be selected, and vice versa. Of the six candidates, exactly one must be an MA candidate.
Q. No. : 24
Question :Which of  the following statements is definitely TRUE, if two B.Tech candidates are selected?
A :
Two MCAs and two MAs are selected
B :
Only two MBAs and only one MCA are selected
C :
One MBA and two MAs are selected
D :
Two MBAs are selected
Answer: D
Solution
Q. No. : 25
Question :If two MCA candidates are selected, then which of the following satatements can be TRUE?
A :
One MBA and one B.Tech candidate are selected
B :
Three B.Tech candidates are selected
C :
Only one MBA and two B.Techs are selected
D :
One MA and Three B.Tech candidates are selected
Answer: C
Solution
Q. No. : 26
Question :Which of the following statements is definitely FALSE
A :
If four B.Tech candidates are selected, then two MBA candidates must be selected
B :
One MA candidate, one MBA candidate and two MCA candidates can be selected
C :
One MA, one MBA, two MCAs and two B.Techs is a possible combination of selection
D :
More than one of the above
Answer: A
Solution
Q. No. : 27
Question :Which of  the following statements if TRUE will make the selection of six candidates impossible?
A :
Two MBAs are selected
B :
Two MCAs are selected
C :
Two B.Techs are selected
D :
No MCA is selected
Answer: D
Q. No. : 28
Question :If only one MBA candidate is selected, then which of the following is definitely TRUE?
A :
Only one B.Tech is selected
B :
Two MCAs need to be selected
C :
No B.Tech is selected
D :
Two MCAs must be selected
Answer: D
Six friends are sitting in a circle and are facing the centre of the circle.
Deepa is between Prakash and Pankaj.
Priti is between Mukesh and Lalit.
Prakash and Mukesh are opposite to each other.
Q. No. : 29
Question : Who is sitting opposite to Prakash ?
A :
Mukesh
B :
Deepa
C :
Pankaj
D :
Lalit
Answer: A
Solution
Q. No. : 30
Question : Who is just right to Pankaj ?
A :
Mukesh
B :
Deepa
C :
Prakash
D :
Priti
Answer: B
Solution
Q. No. : 31
Question :Who are the neighbours of Mukesh ?
A :
Prakash and Deepa
B :
Deepa and Priti
C :
Priti and Pankaj
D :
Lalit and Priti
Answer: C
Solution
Q. No. : 32
Question :Who is sitting opposite to Priti ?
A :
Praksh
B :
Deepa
C :
Pankaj
D :
Lalit
Answer: B
Solution
Q. No. : 33
Question :Who is just left to Priti ?
A :
Mukesh
B :
Lalit
C :
Prakash
D :
Deepa
Answer: B
Solution
P, Q, R, S, T and U are six post offices, in each of which, one position out of A,B,C,D,E and F works. No postman works in two post offices. A works neither in post office P nor in S while B works neither in post office T nor in U. C works neither in post office Q nor in R but D works in T and A works in Q.
Q. No. : 34
Question :If B works in the post office P and C does not work in post office U, then E works in
A :
S
B :
U
C :
S or U
D :
R or U
Answer: D
Q. No. : 35
Question :If C and E works in S and U, then which of the following is definitely FALSE?
A :
C works in Q
B :
E works in U
C :
B works in R
D :
D works in T
Answer: A
Q. No. : 36
Question :Who can work in post office U?
A :
B or C or F
B :
C or D or F
C :
C or E or F
D :
B or E or F
Answer: C
Q. No. : 37
Question :In which of the following post offices can C works?
A :
R or S or P
B :
S,P and U
C :
R, S and T
D :
T or U or S
Answer: B
Q. No. : 38
Question :Which of the following statements is definitely FALSE?
A :
A works in Q
B :
E works in Q
C :
C works in S
D :
B works in S
Answer: B
The following 5 questions are based on the information given below:

All the opposite faces of a big cube are coloured with red, black and green colours. After that is cut into 64 small equal cubes.
Q. No. : 39
Question :How many small cubes are there where one face is green and other one is either black or red ?
A :
28
B :
8
C :
16
D :
24
Answer: C
Solution
Q. No. : 40
Question :How many small cubes are there whose no faces are coloured ?
A :
0
B :
4
C :
8
D :
16
Answer: C
Solution
Q. No. : 41
Question :How many small cubes are there whose 3 faces are coloured ?
A :
4
B :
8
C :
16
D :
24
Answer: B
Solution
Q. No. : 42
Question :How many small cubes are there whose only one face is coloured ?
A :
32
B :
8
C :
16
D :
24
Answer: D
Solution
Q. No. : 43
Question :How many small cubes are there whose at the most two faces are coloured ?
A :
48
B :
56
C :
28
D :
24
Answer: B
Solution
Five boxes of distinct weights(in kgs) are weighed in sets of three. The following weights were recorded.
34,37,39,40,41,43,44,46,47 and 49 kgs. Each box weighed not more than 30kg.
Q. No. : 44
Question :What is the total weight of all the five boxes?
A :
60kg
B :
70kg
C :
80kg
D :
90kg
Answer: B
Q. No. : 45
Question :What is the weight of the heaviest box?
A :
21 k
B :
19kg
C :
18kg
D :
20kg
Answer: D
Q. No. : 46
Question :How many boxes weigh less than 12 kg?
A :
0
B :
1
C :
2
D :
3
Answer: C
Q. No. : 47
Question :What is the weight of the lightest box?
A :
10kg
B :
9kg
C :
8kg
D :
7kg
Answer: A
Mill, John, Rad and Pam are four executives of a company. Each of them visit exactly two of the eight cities- Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Bhopal and jaipur - and each city is visited by only one person. Rad does not visit Mumbai and Delhi, while Pam does not visit Kolkata and Hyderabad. John does not visit Bhopal and Jaipur, whereas Mill does not visit Bangalore and Chennai. Jaipur and Bangalore are visited neither by John nor by Rad.
Q. No. : 48
Question :If Delhi and Bhopal were visited by Mill, then which one of the following cities could John visit?
A :
Delhi
B :
Bangalore
C :
Bhopal
D :
Mumbai
Answer: D
Q. No. : 49
Question :If Pam visits Bhopal and Mill visits Hyderabad, then which of the following must be TRUE?
A :
Rad visits Chennai and Kolkata
B :
John visits Delhi, but does not visit Mumbai
C :
Mill visits Bhopal in addition to Hyderabad
D :
Pam does not visit Bangalore but visits Jaipur.
Answer: A
Q. No. : 50
Question :If Rad does not visit Chennai and Hyderabad, and Pam visits Chennai, then which of the following could be TRUE?
A :
John visits Hyderabad and Mumbai.
B :
Mill visits Kolkata, but does not visit Jaipur.
C :
Rad visits Bhopal and Bangalore
D :
Mill visits Delhi and Bhopal
Answer: A
Q. No. : 51
Question :If John visits Hyderabad and Chennai, then all the following could be TRUE, except
A :
Pam visits Mumbai
B :
Rad visits Bhopal and Bangalore
C :
Mill visits Delhi
D :
Delhi is visited by Pam, who does not visit Hyderabad
Answer: B
Q. No. : 52
Question :If Rad visits Hyderabad and Bhopal, Mumbai is visited neither by Pam nor by Mill and Jaipur is not visited by Mill, then all of the following could be TRUE except?
A :
Kolkata is visited by Mill
B :
Pam is visiting Jaipur and Bangalore
C :
Hyderabad is visited by Mill
D :
John is visiting Chennai and Mumbai.
Answer: C
Any students in a class has to select five subjects from Philosophy, Sociology, History, Economics, Anthropology, French, German, Russian and Ecology, subjects to the following conditions::
Only one language out of french, German and Russian must be chosen.
Only one out of Philosophy and Sociology must be chosen.
If Economics is chosen, then ecology must be chosen.
Sociology and Anthropology cannot be chosen together.
Q. No. : 53
Question :If a student selects Sociology and French as two of his subjects, then which of the following must be the other three subjects that he chooses?
A :
Philosophy, Economics and History
B :
Economics, History and Anthropology
C :
Economics, Ecology and History
D :
Cannot be determined
Answer: C
Q. No. : 54
Question :A student who chooses Ecology, Russian and Anthropology can choose the remaining subjects as 
A :
Economics and French
B :
Philosophy and Sociology
C :
History and Sociology
D :
Philosophy and History
Answer: D
Q. No. : 55
Question :Which of the following must be TRUE?
A :
If  Russian and Philosophy are chosen, Anthropology must be chosen.
B :
If  Philosophy, Russian and French are not chosen, then Anthropology cannot be chosen but German must be chosen.
C :
If Russian and Sociology are chosen, then Economics is not chosen.
D :
None of these
Answer: B
Q. No. : 56
Question :If Sociology, History and Economics are the three subjects chosen by a students, then which of the following must be chosen by him as one of the other two subjects?
A :
Russian
B :
Ecology
C :
Philosophy
D :
Anthrapology
Answer: B
Q. No. : 57
Question :Which of the following is not an acceptable combination of five subjects?
A :
Philosophy, Economics, German, Sociology and History.
B :
History, Economics, Ecology, German and Sociology
C :
Philosophy, Anthropology, History, Ecology and Russian.
D :
Russian, Economics, Ecology, Philosophy and History
Answer: A
Three faces of a cube are painted blue, such that a pair of opposite faces are painted blue. Another pair of opposite faces of a cube are painted in green colour and the remaining face in purple colour. Then it is cut into 216 smaller and identical cubes.
Q. No. : 58
Question :How many smaller pieces have either purple and green or purple and blue on them but no other colour?
A :
17
B :
16
C :
15
D :
12
Answer: B
Q. No. : 59
Question :How many smaller pieces have only two colours on them?
A :
44
B :
48
C :
42
D :
38
Answer: A
Q. No. : 60
Question :How many smaller pieces have at most one colour on them?
A :
112
B :
100
C :
168
D :
120
Answer: C
A green grocer sells five types of vegetables- Carrot, Tomato, Brinjal, Cabbage and Cauliflower. Tomato is more fresh and heavier than cauliflower. Carrot is heavier than Brinjal and more fresh than Cabbage. Cabbage is heavier than tomato, but less fresh than Cauliflower. Brinjal is heavier than Tomato, but less fresh than it.
Q. No. : 61
Question :Which of the following is the lightest of all the vegetables?
A :
Cauliflower
B :
Tomato
C :
Carrot
D :
Brinjal
Answer: A
Q. No. : 62
Question :Which of the following must be the least fresh of all the vegetables?
A :
Cabbage
B :
Carrot
C :
Tomato
D :
Cabbage or Brinjal
Answer: D
Q. No. : 63
Question :If Cabbage is the heaviest of all, then the second heaviest can be
A :
Cauliflower
B :
Tomato
C :
Carrot
D :
Brinjal
Answer: C
Q. No. : 64
Question :If carrot is not the freshest of all the vegetables, then which of the following is the most fresh of all of them?
A :
Cabbage
B :
Tomato
C :
Cabbage or Brinjal
D :
Brinjal or Tomato
Answer: B
Q. No. : 65
Question :Which of the following vegetables can have the same ranking in terms of freshness as well as weight?
A :
Tomato
B :
Cauliflower
C :
Brinjal
D :
Brinjal and Carrot
Answer: D
The 5 questions are based on the following information:
P,Q,R are three girls and A,B,C are three boys. Q is taller than R but shorter than C, who is taller than A. P is taller than B, who is taller than C.
Q. No. : 66
Question :Who is the tallest of all the six?
A :
P
B :
Q
C :
C
D :
A
Answer: A
Solution
Q. No. : 67
Question :Who is the shortest of the three girls?
A :
P
B :
Q
C :
R
D :
Either P or Q
Answer: C
Solution
Q. No. : 68
Question :Which of the following boys cannot be the shortest?
A :
R
B :
A
C :
C
D :
D
Answer: C
Solution
Q. No. : 69
Question :The correct order from the tallest to the shortest of the boys is
A :
A,B and C
B :
B,C and A
C :
A,C and B
D :
B,A and C
Answer: B
Solution
Q. No. : 70
Question :Which of the following can be one of the correct orders of the boys and gorls from the tallest to the shortest?
A :
P,B,C,A,Q and R
B :
P,B,A,C,Q and R
C :
P,A,B,C,Q and R
D :
P,C,B,A,R and Q
Answer: A
Solution
Below 5 questions are based on following information:
Four boys P,Q,R,S and four girls J,K,L,M give their notes to one another. P gives his notes to K and M and takes notes from L and R, whereas Q gives his notes to M and K but takes notes from L and J. On the other hand, the persons who exchange their notes are M and J, P and L, M and K; S and Q. No boy and no girl can pass his/her notes in any other way.
Q. No. : 71
Question :Who gives notes to every other person directly or through any other person but doesnt take anybody's notes?
A :
S
B :
J
C :
Q
D :
R
Answer: D
Solution
Q. No. : 72
Question :Which of the following boys gives his notes directly to maximum number of girls?
A :
P
B :
Q
C :
R
D :
Cant be determined
Answer: A
Solution
Q. No. : 73
Question :If L wants to give her notes to J, then she has to pass her notes through
A :
M
B :
Q
C :
P
D :
Both (A) and (B)
Answer: A
Solution
Q. No. : 74
Question :Which of  the following two persons cannot exchange their notes at all, either directly or through any other person?
A :
L and Q
B :
K and J
C :
L and S
D :
S and M
Answer: C
Solution
Q. No. : 75
Question :Which of the following girls cannot take notes from any of the four boys?
A :
J
B :
K
C :
L
D :
M
Answer: C
Solution
Following Five questions are based on following data:

A survey was conducted among 300 Room air conditioner owners. It was found that 125 people had Voltas and 90 people had Fedders Lloyd air conditioner with them. Thirty two of them had exactly two out of the three brands of air conditioner.
Q. No. : 76
Question : How many had all the three brands of air conditioner?
A :
28
B :
14
C :
21
D :
35
Answer: B
Solution
Q. No. : 77
Question :If six owners had only Voltas and Fedders Lloyd air conditioners with them, then how many have only Carrier Aircon with them?
A :
65
B :
45
C :
75
D :
85
Answer: D
Q. No. : 78
Question :If 110 owners had only Voltas air conditioners, then how many have only Carrier Aircon and Fedders Lloyd with them?
A :
11
B :
17
C :
8
D :
23
Answer: A
Solution
Q. No. : 79
Question :How many of the owners have exactly one brand of air conditioners?
A :
300
B :
196
C :
228
D :
254
Answer: D
Solution
Q. No. : 80
Question :If ten of the owners have only Carrier Aircon now buy Voltas also; and 5 of the owners who had only Voltas and fedders Lloyd now buy Carrier Aircon also, then how many have atleast two out of the three brands of air conditioners?
A :
61
B :
68
C :
73
D :
56
Answer: D
Solution