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Three of the following four are alike in a certain way

LOGICAL REASONING based on their positive in the above arrangement and so
form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to
ATTENTION TO DETAIL that group?
1. How many 7s are there in the following series which are (a) 406 (b) F%A (c) @#1 (d) $H9
not immediately following by 3 but immediately preceded 10. 6R0T4A8%BF1E#W@9HI$MN*32V$5GP7Q
by 8?
If all the symbols are eliminated from the above
898762263269732872778737794 arrangement, than which of the following will be the 5 th to
(a) nil (b) one (c) two the right of 10thelement from the right end?
(d) three (e) More than three (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) V (d) A

2. How many 8's are there in the following number series which 11. M3R#AP49@KD1UH5$2N$WEQ6TV7*8BX
are exactly divisible by its immediately preceding and also Which of the following elements is the fourth to the right
exactly divisible by immediately succeeding numbers? of 12th from right end?
824517284842282698454832843183 (a) 9 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) $

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 12. M3R#AP49@KD1UH5$2N$WEQ6TV7*8BX

(d) 4 (e) None of the above How many such numbers are there in the above
arrangement which are immediately preceded by a
3. Which pair of numbers has least and maximum frequency symbol?
in the given sequence?
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) None (d) 3
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13. Study the following arrangement of digits, letters and
(a) 4 and 5 (b) 2 and 6 (c) 3 and 8
symbols and answer the questions given below:
(d) 2 and 5 (e) None of the above
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4. Count each 7 which is not immediately preceded by 5 but Which of the following is exactly in the middle between
is immediately followed either 2 or 3. How many much 7's the fifth from the left and the ninth from the right?
are there? (a) # (b) 2 (c) 7
57265738373257273482678 (d) # or 7 (e) None of these

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 14. Study the following arrangement of digits, letters and
(d) 5 (e) Nil symbols and answer the questions given below:
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5. In the following number sequence how many such even
How many such symbols are there in the above
numbers are there which are exactly divisible by its
immediate preceding number but not exactly divisible by arrangement each of which both immediately preceded
its immediate following number? and immediately followed by a digit?

38415728348939421582 (a) None (b) One (c) Two

(a) Two (b) Three (c) Four (d) Three (e) None of these
(d) More than four (e) One 15. Study the following arrangement of digits, letters and
symbols and answer the questions given below:
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How many such consonants are there in the above
arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a How many such digits are there in the above arrangement
consonant and immediately followed by a number? each of which immediately preceded as well as
(a) None (b) One (c) Two (d) Three immediately followed by a letter?
(a) None (b) One (c) Two
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(d) Three (e) None of these
How many such vowels are there in the above
arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a 16. Answer these questions referring to the symbols-letter-
letter but immediately not followed by a symbol? number sequence given below:
(a) None (b) One (c) Two (d) Three EG4BH75@K8DN£QZ$W3C19*LB2S6
8. 6R0T4A8%BF1E#W@9HI$MN*32V$5GP7Q How many such consonants are there in the above
Which of the following is the fourth to left of the twelfth sequence which are immediately preceded by a symbol
from the left end? and immediately followed by a digit?
(a) 8 (b) B (c) 2 (d) % (a) One (b) Two (c) None
(d) Three (e) More than three
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17. Use the following series of elements (alpha-number-symbol) 23. Study the following letter/number series to answer these
to answer these questions. Every two-digit number (given in questions:
brackets) is to be treated as single number. F6Z71T3UXR529P4BA78D46FGH2P3QR
2 * 8 56 B 9 $ Q 3 E 1 7 R D 4 £ (13) U . K (18) A (14) P How many numbers are there in the series which are
If each of the letters in the above series of elements is immediately preceded by a number and immediately
given a value equivalent to its serial number in the English followed by a letter?
alphabet, what will be the difference between the sum of (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
the consonants and the sum of the vowels used in the (d) 5 (e) None of these
series?
24. Study the following letter-symbol-number series and
(a) 109 (b) 41 (c) 82
answer the questions given below:
(d) 27 (e) None of these
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18. Study the following arrangement of digits, letters and If the positions of the first and the sixteenth element,
symbols and answer the questions given below: second and seventeenth element and so on up to the
MK3$RE5F%TUJ*8PHBN2IS#A37D4 fifteenth and the last element are interchanged, which
letter/number/symbol will be sixteenth to the right of
How many such consonants are there each of which is
twentieth letter/numbers/symbol from the right?
either immediately preceded by a number and/or
immediately followed by a symbol? (a) 9 (b) B (c) G

(a) None (b) One (c) Two (d) # (e) None of these

(d) Three (e) None of these 25. Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the
questions given below:
19. Study the following arrangement of digits, letters and
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symbols and answer the questions given below:
How many such consonants are there in the above
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arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based symbol but not immediately followed by a vowel?
on the above arrangement and form a group. Which is the
(a) None (b) One (c) Two
one that does not belong to that group?
(d) Three (e) More than three
(a) 3RF (b) %U8 (c) 8H2
(d) 1#7 (e) H8U DATA ARRANGEMENT – I
20. Answer these questions referring to the letter sequence Directions for Q1 to Q5: Study the following information
given below: carefully to answer the given questions.
NOPQYBZARSHIJKLMTUVGFEWXDC Eleven students, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are sitting in the
If letter of above given series are written in reverse order first row of the class facing the teacher.
then which letter will be third to the left of eighteenth (i) D who is to the immediate left of F is second to the right of
letter from your right? C.
(a) Z (b) F (c) I (ii) A is the second to the right of E, who is at one of the ends.
(d) L (e) None of these (iii) J is the immediate neighbour of A and B and third to the
left of G.
21. In the following number series how many such 7's are
there which are immediately preceded by a pair of (iv) H is to the immediate left of D and third to the right of I.
numbers whose product is more than the product of pair
1. Who is sitting in the middle of the row?
of numbers immediately following 7?
(a) B (b) C (c) I (d) G
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(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 2. Which of the following statements is true in the context of
(d) 3 (e) None of these the above seating arrangements?
(a) There are three students sitting between D and G.
22. Study the following letter/number series to answer these (b) K is between A and J.
questions:
(c) B is sitting between J and I.
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(d) G and C are neighbours sitting to the immediate right
How many letters are there in the series which are of H.
immediately preceded as well as immediately followed by
a number? 3. Which of the following group is sitting to the right of G?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (a) CHDE (b) CHDF (c) IBJA (d) ICHDF
(d) 4 (e) None of these

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4. In the above seating arrangement, which of the following 11. Who is the only person sitting between Rajesh and
statements is superfluous? Mahesh?
(a) (i) (b) (iv) (c) (ii) (d) None (a) Prasad (b) Abhi
5. If E and D, C and B, A and H and K and F interchange their (c) Ganesh (d) Kiran
positions, which of the following pairs of students is
sitting at the ends? 12. Ganesh is not sitting at equal distance from
(a) D and E (b) D and K (a) Mahesh & Prasad (b) Abhi & Kiran
(c) D and A (d) K and F (c) Rajesh & Prasad (d) All of the above

Directions for Q6 to Q10: Study the following information 13. Ganesh is sitting .............. of Parveen.
carefully to answer the given questions. (a) to the left (b) two places right
Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting in a row of chairs (c) to the right (d) three places left
facing South. Each of them is drinking a different beverage – Tea,
Coffee, Juice, Mineral Water, Lemonade, Cola, Coconut Water and 14. The angle between Ganesh and Mahesh in the clockwise
Milk, but not necessarily in the same order. Q is sitting second to direction is
the left of U. The person drinking milk is an immediate (a) 30 degree (b) 210 degree
neighbour of U. Only one person sits between the person
(c) 180 degree (d) 90 degree
drinking mineral water and P. The person drinking coffee is on
the immediate right of the person drinking mineral water. W is 15. Which of the following statements is not correct?
second to the right of U. S is drinking milk. R and T are
(a) Prasad is between Mahesh and Kiran.
immediate neighbours. Neither R nor T is drinking mineral
water. The person drinking lemonade is on the immediate left of (b) Mahesh is two places away from Parveen.
Q. The person drinking cola is at the extreme East. The person (c) Ganesh is sitting opposite to Prasad.
drinking coffee is second at the extreme West. The person
(d) All the above
drinking coconut water is an immediate neighbour of the person
drinking mineral water. R is in the sixth position to the left of the Directions for Q16 to Q20: Study the following information
person drinking tea at the extreme West. carefully to answer the given questions.
6. Who is second to the left of P? Eight friends M, N, O, P, U, V, W and X are sitting in two circles in
(a) Q (b) V (c) S (d) T such a manner that each member of the inner circle sits exactly
opposite to the member of the outer circle. The members sitting
7. What is the position of V with respect to the person
in the outer circle are U, V, W and X and all of them are facing
drinking milk?
towards the centre while the members of the inner circle are M,
(a) Second to the right (b) Second to the left
N, O and P and they are facing away from the centre. Each of
(c) Third to the right (d) Third to the left them likes a different colour, viz Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, White,
Black, Orange and Purple, but-not necessarily in the same order.
8. Who among the following is drinking coconut water?
(a) Q (b) U (c) V (d) W P likes neither Yellow nor White and faces W, who likes neither
Black nor Purple. The person who likes Orange faces the person
9. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way
who likes Red. M, who likes Green, faces the immediate neighbor
based on the given arrangement and hence form a group.
of the person who likes Blue.
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
(a) Mineral water-T (b) Cola-U W sits second to the left of X. The persons who like White and Red
(c) Lemonade-V (d) Tea-S are in separate circles. The person who likes Black sits on the
immediate left of X. V, who does not like Blue, does not face M.
10. Which of the following person is drinking tea?
(a) P (b) R (c) V (d) T and S The persons who likes Black and Purple are immediate
neighbors, and one of them faces N, who likes Yellow. The
Directions for Q11 to Q15: Study the following information persons who like Orange and Green sit in the same circle but
carefully to answer the given questions. they are not immediate neighbors.

Seven friends Kiran, Mahesh, Rajesh, Abhi, Ganesh, Prasad and 16. Which of the following colours does U like?
Parveen are sitting in a circle. Kiran, Mahesh, Rajesh, Abhi, Prasad (a) Red (b) Purple (c) Blue (d) Green
and Parveen are sitting at equal distances from one another. Rajesh
17. Who among the following likes White?
is sitting after two places right of Prasad, who is sitting one place
(a) M (b) O (c) V (d) W
right of Abhi. Kiran forms an angle of 90 degrees from Ganesh and
an angle of 120 degrees from Mahesh. Mahesh is just opposite
Parveen and is sitting on the left of Ganesh.

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18. Who among the following does V face? Directions for Q26 to Q30: Study the following information
(a) The one who likes Yellow carefully to answer the given questions.
(b) The one who likes Blue 12 People are sitting in 2 parallel rows containing 6 people each
(c) The one who likes Green in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent
(d) The one who likes Orange persons. In row 1 – P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated and all of them
are facing South. In row 2 – A, B, C, D, E and F are seated and all
19. In a certain way if ‘M’ is related to ‘Green’ and ‘P’ is related to of them are facing North. A sits 3 rd to right of D. Neither A nor D
‘Orange’, then which of the following is ‘N’ related to? sits at extreme ends. T faces D. V does not face A and V does not
(a) Yellow (b) Purple
sit at any of the extreme ends. V is not an immediate neighbor of
T. B sits at one of the extreme ends. Only 2 people sit between B
(c) Blue (d) Cannot be determined and E. E does not face V. 2 persons sit between R and Q. R is not
20. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and an immediate neighbor of T. C does not face V. P is not an
immediate neighbor of R.
hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong
to that group? 26. Who among the following sits at extreme ends of the rows?
(a) Blue (b) White (c) Purple (d) Black (a) C, A (b) P, R (c) C, B (d) Both B and C

DATA ARRANGEMENT – II 27. How many persons are seated between T and S?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) More than 3
Directions for Q21 to Q25: Study the following information
carefully to answer the given questions. 28. Who among the following faces D?
(a) P (b) Q (c) T (d) S
Eight friends Akil, Bima, Ezhil, Kaviya, Manoj, Jai, Kamal and
Lalitha are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. All of 29. Who among the following sits between Q and S?
them have a different profession Teacher, Engineer, Doctor, (a) V (b) R (c) P (d) T
Advocate, Journalist, Judge, HR and Manager but not necessarily
in the same order. Jai is third to the right of Kaviya, who is not 30. Which of the following statements is not true?
HR and Manager. The one who is Judge is an immediate (a) Q sits between T and V.
neighbour of Kamal and Ezhil. The one who is HR is second to (b) E is an immediate neighbour of D and F.
the left of Jai, who is Advocate. The one who is Manager is (c) F is immediate left of A.
opposite to Jai. Lalitha is not an immediate neighbour of either (d) 2 people sit between T and R.
Ezhil or Jai but is third to the right of Bima. The persons who are
Judge and Doctor sit opposite to each other. Lalitha is an Directions for Q31 to Q33: Study the following information
Engineer. The one who is HR sits third to the left of the Doctor. carefully to answer the given questions.
The one who is Teacher and the one who is Manager are
A group of 6 coffee house owners in the city decide to arrange
immediate neighbours. Akil is not a Teacher. Manoj is second to weekly meets in order to devise a strategy to grow together.
the right of Akil, who is an immediate neighbour of Jai and They decide to meet for six days a particular week, Monday to
Lalitha. Saturday. Every day, they meet at one of the 6 coffee houses in
the city. Each day, they select a coffee house of one particular
21. Which of the following is the profession of Bima?
owner. There are three male owners, A, B and C and three female
(a) Engineer (b) Journalist owners. D, E and F. They decide to meet keeping in mind the
(c) HR (d) Doctor following.
1. Men and women will alternately get to select a coffee
22. Who among the following is HR? house.
(a) Ezhil (b) Kamal 2. They will meet at the E’s coffee house before they
(c) Lalitha (d) Either Ezhil or Kamal meet at C’s coffee house.
3. They meet at A’s coffee house before they meet at F’s
23. If Kamal is third to the right of Manoj, then who among
coffee house.
the following is immediate left of Bima?
4. They meet at D’s coffee house on Monday, and B’s
(a) Jai (b) Manoj (c) Ezhil (d) Kamal
coffee house on Tuesday.
24. Which of the following combinations is true?
31. Each of the following be true except,
(a) Bima-Judge (b) Manoj-Advocate (a) the owners meet at E’s coffee house on Wednesday
(c) Akil-Engineer (d) Kaviya-Judge (b) the owners meet at F’s coffee house on Friday
25. Who sits between the Journalist and the Doctor? (c) the owner’s meet at A’s coffee house on Thursday
(a) Advocate (b) Engineer (d) the owner’s meet at A’s coffee house later than they
meet at C’s coffee house
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32. On Thursday, the owners meet at the coffee house of immediate right of his mother-in-law. C has 2 children. F sits
(a) A (b) E (c) F (d) C second to the left of his father E who is third to the right of D,
who is second to the right of B.
33. F’s coffee house is used on
(a) Thursday (b) Friday The one who is wife of C does not sit on the extreme ends of the
row. D is daughter of B, who is wife of C. The one who is wife of E
(c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
sits at an extreme end of the row. E is brother-in-law of D. F is
Directions for Q34 to Q37: Study the following information the nephew of A.
carefully to answer the given questions.
38. Who among the following sits third to the left of C?
In a Public Sector Undertaking Township, there are five (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
executives – Ambrish, Amit, Rohit, Manu and Tarun and they
stay in flats, numbered 1 to 5. 39. Who among the following sits second to the right of B?

1. Two of them play Cricket while the other three play (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
different games viz. Football, Tennis and Chess. 40. How is D related to F?
2. One Cricket player and a Chess player stay in the third (a) Mother (b) Sister
flat, whereas the other three stay in different flats, i.e. (c) Sister in law (d) Daughter
2nd, 4th and 5th.
3. Two of these five players are mechanical engineers while
the other three are quality inspector, design engineer,
and power engineer respectively.
4. The chess player is the oldest in age while one of the
cricket players, who plays at the national level, is the
youngest in age.
5. The age of the other cricket player, who plays at the
regional level, lies between the football player and the
chess player.
6. Manu is a regional level player and stays in the 3 rd flat
while Tarun is a quality inspector and stays in the 5th flat.
7. The football player is a design engineer and stays in the
2nd flat.
8. Amit is a power engineer and plays Chess while Ambrish
is the mechanical engineer and plays Cricket at the
national level.

34. Who stays in the 4th flat?

(a) Ambrish (b) Amit
(c) Rohit (d) Manu

35. Which sport does Tarun play?

(a) Chess (b) Foot ball
(c) Cricket (d) Tennis

36. Who plays football?

(a) Ambrish (b) Amit
(c) Rohit (d) Manu

37. Who stay in the same flat?

(a) Ambrish and Amit (b) Manu and Tarun
(c) Amit and Manu (d) Rohit and Tarun

Directions for Q38 to Q40: Study the following information

carefully to answer the given questions.

There are 7 family members A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a

row facing North. There are 3 couples in the family. A is on the

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