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Q1:

In an election there were five constituencies S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 with 20 voters each all of whom voted. Three parties A, B, and C contested the elections. The party that gets the maximum number of votes in a constituency wins that seat. In every constituency there was a clear winner. The following additional information is available:
- Total number of votes obtained by A, B, and C across all constituencies are 49, 35 and 16 respectively.\newline - S2 and S3 were won by C while A won only S1. \newline - Number of votes obtained by B in S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 are distinct natural numbers in increasing order.
The number of votes obtained by A in S5 is
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Option: 3
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Q2:

In an election there were five constituencies S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 with 20 voters each all of whom voted. Three parties A, B, and C contested the elections. The party that gets the maximum number of votes in a constituency wins that seat. In every constituency there was a clear winner. The following additional information is available:
- Total number of votes obtained by A, B, and C across all constituencies are 49, 35 and 16 respectively.\newline - S2 and S3 were won by C while A won only S1. \newline - Number of votes obtained by B in S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 are distinct natural numbers in increasing order.
The constituency in which B got lower number of votes compared to A and C is
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Option: 3
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Q3:

In an election there were five constituencies S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 with 20 voters each all of whom voted. Three parties A, B, and C contested the elections. The party that gets the maximum number of votes in a constituency wins that seat. In every constituency there was a clear winner. The following additional information is available:
- Total number of votes obtained by A, B, and C across all constituencies are 49, 35 and 16 respectively.\newline - S2 and S3 were won by C while A won only S1. \newline - Number of votes obtained by B in S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 are distinct natural numbers in increasing order.
Comparing the number votes obtained by A across different constituencies, the lowest number of votes were in constituency
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Option: 4
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Q4:

In an election there were five constituencies S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 with 20 voters each all of whom voted. Three parties A, B, and C contested the elections. The party that gets the maximum number of votes in a constituency wins that seat. In every constituency there was a clear winner. The following additional information is available:
- Total number of votes obtained by A, B, and C across all constituencies are 49, 35 and 16 respectively.\newline - S2 and S3 were won by C while A won only S1. \newline - Number of votes obtained by B in S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 are distinct natural numbers in increasing order.
The number of votes obtained by B in S2 is
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Option: 3
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Q5:

In an election there were five constituencies S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 with 20 voters each all of whom voted. Three parties A, B, and C contested the elections. The party that gets the maximum number of votes in a constituency wins that seat. In every constituency there was a clear winner. The following additional information is available:
- Total number of votes obtained by A, B, and C across all constituencies are 49, 35 and 16 respectively.\newline - S2 and S3 were won by C while A won only S1. \newline - Number of votes obtained by B in S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 are distinct natural numbers in increasing order.
Assume that A and C had formed an alliance and any voter who voted for either A or C would have voted for this alliance. Then the number of seats this alliance would have won is
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Option: 3
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Q6:

A pharmaceutical company has tested five drugs on three different organisms. The following incomplete table reports if a drug works on the given organism. For example, drug A works on organism R while B and C work on Q.
Drug Organism P Organism Q Organism R
A ✔
B ✔
C ✔
D
E
Following additional information is available:
Each drug works on at least one organism but not more than two organisms. \newline Each organism can be treated with at least two and at most three of these five drugs. \newline On whichever organism A works, B also works. Similarly, on whichever organism C works. D also works.\newline D and E do not work on the same organism.
The organism(s) that can be treated with three of these five drugs is(are)
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Option: 4
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Q7:

A pharmaceutical company has tested five drugs on three different organisms. The following incomplete table reports if a drug works on the given organism. For example, drug A works on organism R while B and C work on Q.
Drug Organism P Organism Q Organism R
A ✔
B ✔
C ✔
D
E
Following additional information is available:
Each drug works on at least one organism but not more than two organisms. \newline Each organism can be treated with at least two and at most three of these five drugs. \newline On whichever organism A works, B also works. Similarly, on whichever organism C works. D also works.\newline D and E do not work on the same organism.
Organism R can be treated with
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Option: 4
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Q8:

A pharmaceutical company has tested five drugs on three different organisms. The following incomplete table reports if a drug works on the given organism. For example, drug A works on organism R while B and C work on Q.
Drug Organism P Organism Q Organism R
A ✔
B ✔
C ✔
D
E
Following additional information is available:
Each drug works on at least one organism but not more than two organisms. \newline Each organism can be treated with at least two and at most three of these five drugs. \newline On whichever organism A works, B also works. Similarly, on whichever organism C works. D also works. \newline D and E do not work on the same organism.
Drug E works on
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Option: 4
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Q9:

A pharmaceutical company has tested five drugs on three different organisms. The following incomplete table reports if a drug works on the given organism. For example, drug A works on organism R while B and C work on Q.
Drug Organism P Organism Q Organism R
A ✔
B ✔
C ✔
D
E
Following additional information is available:
Each drug works on at least one organism but not more than two organisms. \newline Each organism can be treated with at least two and at most three of these five drugs. \newline On whichever organism A works, B also works. Similarly, on whichever organism C works. D also works.\newline D and E do not work on the same organism.
Organism P can be treated with:
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Option: 1
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Q10:

A pharmaceutical company has tested five drugs on three different organisms. The following incomplete table reports if a drug works on the given organism. For example, drug A works on organism R while B and C work on Q.
Drug Organism P Organism Q Organism R
A ✔
B ✔
C ✔
D
E
Following additional information is available:
Each drug works on at least one organism but not more than two organisms. \newline Each organism can be treated with at least two and at most three of these five drugs. \newline On whichever organism A works, B also works. Similarly, on whichever organism C works. D also works.\newline D and E do not work on the same organism.
Drug D works on:
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Option: 1
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Q11:

A showroom is open on all seven days of the week throughout the year. There are five employees Alex, Bhabha, Cathy, Dilip and Ethan who work in the showroom. Every day except Sunday, two employees are required while on Sunday three employees need to work. Every employee works for three days in a week. Some additional information is also provided:

- Every employee works on two consecutive days while the third day is not consecutive.

- Alex and Dilip work together on Tuesday and Wednesday while the other working day differs for them.

- Neither Bhabha nor Cathy works with Alex on any day.

- Cathy does not work either on Saturday or on Monday.

Number of days Bhabha and Cathy work together in a week is
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Option: 4
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Q12:

A showroom is open on all seven days of the week throughout the year. There are five employees Alex, Bhabha, Cathy, Dilip and Ethan who work in the showroom. Every day except Sunday, two employees are required while on Sunday three employees need to work. Every employee works for three days in a week. Some additional information is also provided:

- Every employee works on two consecutive days while the third day is not consecutive.

- Alex and Dilip work together on Tuesday and Wednesday while the other working day differs for them.

- Neither Bhabha nor Cathy works with Alex on any day.

- Cathy does not work either on Saturday or on Monday.

The consecutive days on which Ethan works are
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Option: 3
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Q13:

A showroom is open on all seven days of the week throughout the year. There are five employees Alex, Bhabha, Cathy, Dilip and Ethan who work in the showroom. Every day except Sunday, two employees are required while on Sunday three employees need to work. Every employee works for three days in a week. Some additional information is also provided:

- Every employee works on two consecutive days while the third day is not consecutive.

- Alex and Dilip work together on Tuesday and Wednesday while the other working day differs for them.

- Neither Bhabha nor Cathy works with Alex on any day.

- Cathy does not work either on Saturday or on Monday.

Which among the following employees do not work together on any of the days?
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Option: 4
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Q14:

A showroom is open on all seven days of the week throughout the year. There are five employees Alex, Bhabha, Cathy, Dilip and Ethan who work in the showroom. Every day except Sunday, two employees are required while on Sunday three employees need to work. Every employee works for three days in a week. Some additional information is also provided:

- Every employee works on two consecutive days while the third day is not consecutive.

- Alex and Dilip work together on Tuesday and Wednesday while the other working day differs for them.

- Neither Bhabha nor Cathy works with Alex on any day.

- Cathy does not work either on Saturday or on Monday.

Employees who work on Sunday are
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Option: 1
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Q15:

A showroom is open on all seven days of the week throughout the year. There are five employees Alex, Bhabha, Cathy, Dilip and Ethan who work in the showroom. Every day except Sunday, two employees are required while on Sunday three employees need to work. Every employee works for three days in a week. Some additional information is also provided:

- Every employee works on two consecutive days while the third day is not consecutive.

- Alex and Dilip work together on Tuesday and Wednesday while the other working day differs for them.

- Neither Bhabha nor Cathy works with Alex on any day.

- Cathy does not work either on Saturday or on Monday.

One of the days Alex works on is
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Option: 4
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Q16:

Five friends A, B, C, D and E travelled to five different cities; Pune, Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai by different modes of transport; bus, train, aeroplane, car and boat from Goa. Further, the following information is given :
(A) The person who travelled to Delhi did not travel by boat.
(B) C went to Bengaluru by car and B went to Kolkata by aeroplane.
(C) D travelled by boat and E travelled by train
(D) Goa is not connected by bus to Delhi and Pune.
Now, which of the following pair of person and mode of transport is NOT correct?
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Option: 4
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Q17:

Six girls are sitting in a circle facing towards the centre of the circle. Sonia is sitting opposite Radhika. Purnima is sitting to the right of Radhika but to the left of Deepti. Monika is sitting to the left of Radhika. Kamini is sitting to the right of Sonia and to the left of Monika. Now Deepti and Kamini, Monika and Radhika mutually exchange their positions. Who will be sitting to the left of Deepti ?
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Option: 1
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Q18:

Six books of various subjects are kept in a shelf one on the top of the other. Electronics book is just above the Chemistry book. Statistics book is between Commerce book and Environmental Science book. The book of Botany is between Electronics and Commerce books. The book of which subject is at the top?
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Option: 3
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Q19:

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting around a circle, facing the center. E sits fourth to the right of F while second to the left of A. D is not the neighbour of A & C. B sits third to the right of D. F never sits next to H. Which of the following pairs sit between G and A?
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Option: 1
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Q20:

Six persons P, Q, R, S, T, and U were sitting around a hexagon table facing the center. U was sitting opposite to P, who was in the immediate left of R. S was sitting to the immediate right of U and T was exactly between P and S. What was the sitting location of Q?
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Option: 3
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Q21:

  1. Neither S nor the person from Calcutta plays Cricket.
  2. Q plays either Football or Chess.
  3. P is from Bombay.
  4. P plays either Chess or Tennis.
  5. The person who plays Tennis is from Jaipur.
Each of four persons P, Q, R, and S play one game out of four different games namely Chess, Tennis, Cricket, and Football not necessarily in the same order. These persons live in one of the four different cities of Bombay, Calcutta, Ahmedabad, and Jaipur not necessarily in the same order. Further information is provided. The person who lives in Ahmedabad plays which of the following sports?
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Option: 3
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Q22:

Four friends Jaspreet, Rohit, Rihanna and Blessy like different sports. All of them are active members of their clubs. One person can become a member of one club only. There are three clubs- Dance, Theatre and Eco club in the school. Jaspreet, who likes swimming, is not a member of the dance club. Rihanna is a member of a dance club but does not like tennis. Rohit likes badminton but is not a member of the theater or dance club. Blessy is a member of Eco club and does not like swimming and badminton. Who likes badminton and is a member if Eco club?
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Option: 2
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Q23:

Study the information given below and answer the question that follow. There are four friends A, B, C, D. One of them is a cricketer and studies chemistry and biology. A and B play football. Both football players study mathematics. D is a boxer. One football player also studies physics. The boxer studies mathematics and accounts. All the friends study two subjects each and play one game each. How many games are played and subjects studied by the friends A, B, C, D?
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Option: 4
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Q24:

Eight Girls M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a line facing north and likes different colours such as Red, Pink, Yellow, White, Blue, Violet, Brown and Black but not necessarily in the same order. The one who likes yellow sits fourth to the right of M. Neither M nor yellow sits at extreme ends. N sits third to the left of R. The number of girls sits between T and the one who likes violet is same as S and the one who likes blue. T sits to the immediate left of black. The number of girls sits between the one who likes red and white is same as the one who likes white and pink. P does not sit adjacent to T. R likes violet colour and O likes brown colour. One person sits between S and the one who likes yellow. S does not like red colour and does not sit at any of the extreme end.
How many girls sit between M and N?
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Option: 1
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Q25:

Eight Girls M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a line facing north and likes different colours such as Red, Pink, Yellow, White, Blue, Violet, Brown and Black but not necessarily in the same order. The one who likes yellow sits fourth to the right of M. Neither M nor yellow sits at extreme ends. N sits third to the left of R. The number of girls sits between T and the one who likes violet is same as S and the one who likes blue. T sits to the immediate left of black. The number of girls sits between the one who likes red and white is same as the one who likes white and pink. P does not sit adjacent to T. R likes violet colour and O likes brown colour. One person sits between S and the one who likes yellow. S does not like red colour and does not sit at any of the extreme end.
T likes which of the following colour?
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Option: 2
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Q26:

In a procession, 7 boys are standing in a row. Kavikant is standing left to Anurag but right to Bipin. Jayant is standing right to Gourav and left to Bipin. Similarly, Komal is standing right to Anurag and left to Ramu. Find out who is standing in the middle.
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Option: 3
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Q27:

A total of 78 celebrities were standing in a row. Karan Johar was standing at the 25th position from the left. Salman Khan was standing at 20th position from the right. How many celebrities were standing between Karan Johar and Salman Khan?
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Option: 3
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Q28:

In a trade fair 7 cars of different companies - Cadillac, Ambassador, Fiat, Maruti, Mercedes, Bedford and Fargo are standing facing to east in the following order: Cadillac is next to right of Fargo. Fargo is fourth to the right of Fiat. Maruti car is between Ambassador and Bedford. Fiat which is third to the left of Ambassador, is at one end.
Which of the cars are on both the sides of cadillac car?
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Option: 3
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Q29:

In a trade fair 7 cars of different companies - Cadillac, Ambassador, Fiat, Maruti, Mercedes, Bedford and Fargo are standing facing to east in the following order: Cadillac is next to right of Fargo. Fargo is fourth to the right of Fiat. Maruti car is between Ambassador and Bedford. Fiat which is third to the left of Ambassador, is at one end.
Which of the following statement is correct?
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Option: 1
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Q30:

Five plays A, B, C, D and E are to be staged from Monday to Friday of a week. On each day, only one play will be staged. D or E should not be either the first or last to be staged. E should be immediately followed by C. B should be staged immediately after D. One play is staged between A and B.
Which is the first play to be staged?
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Option: 1
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Q31:

Five plays A, B, C, D and E are to be staged from Monday to Friday of a week. On each day, only one play will be staged. D or E should not be either the first or last to be staged. E should be immediately followed by C. B should be staged immediately after D. One play is staged between A and B.
Which of the following is the correct sequence of staging all the plays?
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Option: 1
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Q32:

Five plays A, B, C, D and E are to be staged from Monday to Friday of a week. On each day, only one play will be staged. D or E should not be either the first or last to be staged. E should be immediately followed by C. B should be staged immediately after D. One play is staged between A and B.
Which play was staged on Wednesday?
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Option: 2
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Q33:

Who is C's partner in a game of cards involving four players A, B, C and D?
\newline I. D is sitting opposite to A. \newline \newline II. B is sitting right of A and left of D.
Who is C's partner in a game of cards involving four players A, B, C, and D?
Statement I: D is sitting opposite to A.
Statement II: B is sitting right of A and left of D.
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Option: 3
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Q34:

Each Question given below has a problem and two statements numbered I, II and III giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements is sufficient for answering the problem.
Five persons - A, B, C, D, and E are sitting in a row. Who is sitting in the middle?
I. B is between E and C\newline II. B is to the right of E \newline III. D is between A and E.
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Option: 4
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