Test 1 Prelims

Amit. Basheer, Chris. Dharam and Esso are 5 friends. All of them are of different heights. The tallest person’s position is numbered 1, the next tallest 2, and so on, till the shortest whose position number is 5.

1.The sum of Amit’s position number and Esso ‘s position number is equal to the sum of Dharam’s position number and Chris’ position number.

2.Chris is not the shortest and Amit is not the tallest.

3.Chris is shorter than Amit, and Dharam is shorter than Basheer.

If Dharam is shorter than Chris. then which of the following is true?

• if made to stand in decreasing order of their heights, no two persons whose names start with consecutive alphabets (as in the alphabetical series) stand adjacent to each other.

• The sum of the position numbers of Chris and Amit is equal to the position number of Esso.

• The sum of the position numbers of Dharam and Esso is a prime number.

• Basheer is not tallerthan Chris.

Eight persons, A through H, were sitting around a circular table with eight equally spaced chairs. There are exactly four married couples among the eight. Among the eight persons, A, D, E and F are males, while the rest are females. Each person wore a dress of a colour among Red, Blue and Green. it is known that any two persons wearing a dress of the same colour neither sit adjacent to each other nor sit opposite each other. Further, any two persons married to each other do not wear a dress of the same colour, do not sit adjacent to each other and do not sit opposite each other.

Further, it is also known that

1.A, who was wearing a Green dress, was sitting opposite C, while E, who was wearing a Blue dress, was sitting opposite G.

2. H is the spouse of F, while D, who was not wearing a Red dress, is not the spouse of G.

3.B, who was wearing a Green dress, was sitting to the left of C and to the right of the spouse of C.

Who among the following is definitely sitting adjacent to F?

• A

• G

• B

• None of the above

Eight persons, A through H, were sitting around a circular table with eight equally spaced chairs. There are exactly four married couples among the eight. Among the eight persons, A, D, E and F are males, while the rest are females. Each person wore a dress of a colour among Red, Blue and Green. it is known that any two persons wearing a dress of the same colour neither sit adjacent to each other nor sit opposite each other. Further, any two persons married to each other do not wear a dress of the same colour, do not sit adjacent to each other and do not sit opposite each other.

Further, it is also known that

1.A, who was wearing a Green dress, was sitting opposite C, while E, who was wearing a Blue dress, was sitting opposite G.

2. H is the spouse of F, while D, who was not wearing a Red dress, is not the spouse of G.

3.B, who was wearing a Green dress, was sitting to the left of C and to the right of the spouse of C.

What is the colour of the dress of the spouse of D?

• Red

• Blue

• Green

• Cannot be determined

Eight persons, A through H, were sitting around a circular table with eight equally spaced chairs. There are exactly four married couples among the eight. Among the eight persons, A, D, E and F are males, while the rest are females. Each person wore a dress of a colour among Red, Blue and Green. it is known that any two persons wearing a dress of the same colour neither sit adjacent to each other nor sit opposite each other. Further, any two persons married to each other do not wear a dress of the same colour, do not sit adjacent to each other and do not sit opposite each other.

Further, it is also known that

1.A, who was wearing a Green dress, was sitting opposite C, while E, who was wearing a Blue dress, was sitting opposite G.

2. H is the spouse of F, while D, who was not wearing a Red dress, is not the spouse of G.

3.B, who was wearing a Green dress, was sitting to the left of C and to the right of the spouse of C.

Both the persons sitting adjacent to which of the following persons are wearing a dress of the same colour?

• A

• B

• F

• G

Eight persons, A through H, were sitting around a circular table with eight equally spaced chairs. There are exactly four married couples among the eight. Among the eight persons, A, D, E and F are males, while the rest are females. Each person wore a dress of a colour among Red, Blue and Green. it is known that any two persons wearing a dress of the same colour neither sit adjacent to each other nor sit opposite each other. Further, any two persons married to each other do not wear a dress of the same colour, do not sit adjacent to each other and do not sit opposite each other.

Further, it is also known that

1.A, who was wearing a Green dress, was sitting opposite C, while E, who was wearing a Blue dress, was sitting opposite G.

2. H is the spouse of F, while D, who was not wearing a Red dress, is not the spouse of G.

3.B, who was wearing a Green dress, was sitting to the left of C and to the right of the spouse of C.

The spouse of which of the following persons is wearing a Red dress?

• C

• D

• E

• None of the above

In the following questions, the symbols @, &, %, $ and # are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:

‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’

‘P &Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’

‘P# Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’

‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’

‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.

Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the three conclusions follow and give answer accordingly.

Statements: F#K % M, M #T

Conclusions:

I. T&K

II. F % M

III. T& F

• Only I is true

• Only II is true

• Only I and II are true

• All are true

The question has a set of four statements. Each statement has three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two, but not just from one of them.

(a) Citizens of Yes Islands speak only the truth. Citizens of Yes Islands are young people. Young people speak only the truth.

(b)Citizens of Yes Islands speak only the truth. Some Yes Islands are in the Atlantic. Some citizens of Yes Islands are in the Atlantic .

(c)Citizens of Yes Islands speak only the truth. Some young people are citizens of Yes Islands. Some young people speak only the truth.

(d)Some people speak only the truth. Some citizens of Yes Islands speak only the truth. Some people who speak only the truth are citizens of Yes Islands.

• a only

• b only

• c only

• d only

What can be the possible conclusions drawn from the given venn diagrams for the statement "Some A's are not B" ?

• Some B are not A is a possibility

• All B being A is a possibility

• No B is A is a possibility

• All of the above

What can be the possible conclusions drawn from the given venn diagrams for the statement "Some A's are B's " ?

• Some A are not B is a possibility

• All B being A is a possibility

• Only 2

• Both 1 and 2

In the following questions, the symbols *, %, > and < are used with the following meanings as illustrated below. Study the following information and answer the given questions. In each of the questions given below statements are followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically does not follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

A*B – All A is B.

A%B – Some A is B.

A<B – No A is B.

A>B – Some A is not B.

? - possibility case

Note: if ? is placed after any of the symbols mentioned above then it will be considered as possibility case of the symbol. E.g. A%?B means some A being B is a possibility.

Statement: lashes % eyes < spects* lens

• lens > eyes

• lens * spects

• lens *? spects

• spects > eyes