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Logical
Reasoning
Sets
every CAT aspirant must solve
 Analytical Reasoning Online Assignment
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 & 2: Study the following information and answer the questions below.

Mr. and Mrs. Hua along with Mr. and Mrs. Nahua are traveling in a four seater car two of them on the
front seat and two others on the rear seat.
They are returning after getting their laboratory test reports for SARS. It is known that exactly one of them,
has tested positive, and that exactly one of them has tested negative. Doctors have failed to conclude
anything about the remaining two.
The person testing positive and the person testing negative are sitting together.
One of the ladies is sitting behind the other lady.
Mr. Nahua is seated diagonally across the spouse of the person who tested negative.

1. Which of the following has tested negative for SARS?

1. Mr. Hua 2. Mrs. Hua 3. Mr. Nahua 4. Cannot be determined

2. Which of the following has tested positive for SARS?

1. Mr. Hua 2. Mrs. Hua 3. Mr. Nahua 4. Mrs. Nahua

DIRECTIONS for questions 3 to 5: Refer to the following information and answer the questions given
below.

Five friends Seema, Diya, Grusha, Babita and Meera live in different floors of a housing complex which has
ground floor reserved for parking. From the first to the fifth floor the complex has residential flats in such a
way that each floor has flats of only particular plan; the plans are called Gold, Silver, Ruby, Deluxe and
Super (not necessarily in that order). The five women are married to Deepak, Amir, Subodh, Peter and
Mayank (not in order). There is a lawyer, an engineer, an accountant, a manager and a civil servant among
these five persons.
The Deluxe flat is immediately below the Engineers flat.
Seemas flat is immediately above the Super flat.
Meeras flat is immediately below Mayanks.
The civil servants flat is immediately above the accountants flat and immediately below Diyas.
The accountant lives in Super flat and Meera lives in Silver flat.
Babitas and Grushas flats are not on topmost or lowest residential floors.
Neither Diya nor Grusha lives in a Ruby flat.
Peter lives in a flat immediately below Amirs.
Subodh is married to either Babita or Diya.
There are exactly two floors between lawyers and Subodhs

3. Diya lives in which type of flat?

1. Ruby 2. Super 3. Deluxe 4. Gold

4. Who is married to Grusha?

1. Deepak 2. Mayank 3. Peter 4. Amir

5. Who lives in the Silver flat?

1. Deepak 2. Amir 3. Grusha 4. Subodh

DIRECTIONS for questions 6 to 9: Read the information given below and answer the questions.

Pawan and four of his friends arranged an elaborate holi celebration for their families. Each is from a
different state in India, and each brought a different main dish (one was burfi) and arranged for a different
entertainment activity. From the clues below, determine which participant was from which state, brought
which food, and arranged for which activity.

1. Rupa brought fried potatos for the celebration.

2. The Gujarat citizen did not arrange for the fireworks.
3. Joshi arranged for a festive dance.
4. The one who brought chamcham also set up the pine dance.
5. Jabbar is from Delhi.
6. Toasts were not brought by the one from Calcutta who arranged for the theatre.
7. The Rajasthan citizen who brought biryani either arranged for the merry-go-round rides or set up the pine
dance.
8. Kamalnayan, who did not arrange for the merry-go-round rides, is neither from Orissa nor from Gujarat.

6. Kamalnayan is from

1. Gujarat 2. Calcutta 3. Delhi 4. Rajasthan

7. Fireworks were arranged by

1. Rupa 2. Pawan 3. Jabbar 4. Joshi

8. The one who is from Delhi arranged

1. Theatre 2. Dance 3. Pinedance 4. Fireworks

9. Which of the following is not a correct matching triplet?

1. Kamalnayan burfi theatre 2. Joshi Gujarat toasts

3. Rajasthan merry-go-round rides biryani 4. Pinedance Delhi fried potatoes

DIRECTIONS for question 10 to 12: Read the information given below and answer the questions that
follow.

In a group of six persons M, N, O, X, Y and Z there are two married couples.

Each of them belongs to different states, viz. UP, MP, West Bengal, Gujarat, Haryana and Karnataka, but
not necessarily in the same order.
Each person is engaged in different professions viz. Artist, Tailor, Engineer, Carpenter, Professor and
Principal.
No lady is Professor or Engineer. Husband of O is Professor and he belongs to the state of MP.
Y is the native of Karnataka and is an Artist while Z is Carpenter.
Both the Artist and the Carpenter are males. M, the husband of the Tailor, is a Professor and his wife
belongs to the state of Haryana.
The lady principal belongs to the state of Gujarat and she is the wife of X who belongs to the state of UP.

10. Who amongst the following is a native of West Bengal?

1. O 2. X 3. Y 4. Z

11. Who amongst the following is the Principal?

1. N 2. O 3. Either N or O 4. None of these

12. Which of the following pair represents the unmarried members?

1. M and O 2. O and X 3. Y and Z 4. Cannot be determined

DIRECTIONS for questions 13 to 16: Read the information given below and answer the questions that
follow.

Kamal Babu came home just after judging a beauty contest where there were four semi-finalists, Ms. Andhra
Pradesh, Ms. Uttar Pradesh, Ms. Maharashtra and Ms. West Bengal. His wife was very keen on knowing
who the winner was and Kamal Babu replied immediately that it was the one wearing the yellow saree.
When his wife asked for more details, he gave the following information.

The four girls were wearing sarees of different colors (yellow, red, green, white) and the runner-up was
wearing green.
The four girls were sitting in a row, and Ms. West Bengal was not sitting at either end.
There was only one runner-up and she was sitting next to Ms. Maharashtra.
The girls wearing yellow and white sarees occupied the seats at either end.
Ms. West Bengal was neither the winner nor the runner-up.
Ms. Maharashtra was wearing white.
The winner and the runner-up were not sitting next to each other.
The girl wearing the green saree was not Ms. Andhra Pradesh.

13. What was the colour of the saree that Ms. Andhra Pradesh was wearing?

1. White 2. Yellow 3. Red 4. Data inadequate

14. Between which two was Ms. West Bengal sitting?

1. Ms. Andhra Pradesh and Ms. Maharashtra

2. Ms. Andhra Pradesh and Ms. Uttar Pradesh
3. Ms. Uttar Pradesh and Ms. Maharashtra
4. Cannot be uniquely determined.

15. Who was wearing the red saree?

1. Ms. Andhra Pradesh 2. Ms. Uttar Pradesh

3. Ms. West Bengal 4. Cannot be uniquely determined.

16. What was the colour of the saree that Ms. Uttar Pradesh was wearing?

1. White 2. Green 3. Red 4. Yellow

DIRECTIONS for questions 17 to 20: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.

A fortune teller has a unique way of predicting his customer prognosis. He has three parrots kept in 3
different cages. Each cage also has three cards with a single-digit, non-zero number inscribed on every card.
No two cards have the same number and no cage contains two cards with numbers adding upto ten. Further,
the total of three cards in the first cage is greater by two than the second and by four than the third. When a
customer orders for his prognosis, the fortune teller lets out the three parrots which randomly pick one card
out of the respective cages. Before the prognosis is made, the fortune teller totals the digits on the three cards
picked out and charges the customer, the same number of rupees as the total of the cards. One day a
customer paid seven rupees for his prognosis.

17. What is the lowest payment possible?

1. Rs. 5 2. Rs. 7 3. Rs. 6 4. Rs. 8

18. What is the maximum possible that anyone can pay?

1. Rs. 22 2. Rs. 23 3. Rs. 24 4. Rs. 45

19. Which is the combination of 3 cards randomly chosen for a prognosis that is impossible?

1. 1, 2, 3 2. 5, 8, 9 3. 7, 2, 3 4. 5, 7, 6

20. Which of the following payments can never be made by the customer?

1. Rs. 19 2. Rs. 17 3. Rs. 16 4. Rs. 23

DIRECTIONS for questions 21 to 23: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below.

Sally and Sue have a strong desire to date Sam, they all live on the same street yet neither Sally nor Sue
knows where Sam lives. The houses on this street are numbered 1 to 99.

Sally asks Sam. Is your house number a perfect square? He answers. Then Sally asks. Is it greater than
50? He answers again. Sally thinks she now knows the address of Sams house and decides to visit. When
she gets there, she finds out she is wrong. This is not surprising, considering Sam answered only the second
question truthfully.

Sue, unaware of Sallys conversation, asks Sam two questions. Sue asks, Is your house number a perfect
cube? He answers. She then asks, Is it greater than 25? He answers again. Sue thinks she knows where
Sam lives and decides to pay him a visit. She too is mistaken as Sam once again answered only the second
question truthfully.

Sams house number is less than the numbers of the houses where Sue and Sally live, and that the sum of all
three of their numbers is a perfect square multiplied by two.

21. What is Sallys house number?

1. 64 2. 81 3. 25 4. Cant say

22. What is Sues house number?

1. 64 2. 81 3. 55 4. Cant say

23. What is Sams house number?

1. 45 2. 55 3. 65 4. 75

DIRECTIONS for questions 24 to 26: Study the following information and answer the questions following
it.

Zoe removes the low-denomination coins from her purse every evening and puts them in a row of piggy
banks. She acquired the piggy banks while on holiday and each of them contains coins of different
denomination. Last night Zoe counted the money in them. Here is what she found:

(i) There was just more than 1.40 in the Plastic piggy bank, which contained coins of a higher
denomination than the ones Zoe keeps in the piggy bank she bought from Bournemouth, which is
not where she got the bank that holds her 2p pieces.
(ii) The 5p pieces are not kept in the Terracotta piggy bank, which contained less than 1.75.
(iii) The coins in the bank made of Tin were of the denomination of an even number of pence and this
bank contained coins of a lower denomination than the ones in the piggy bank from Southwald.
 (iv) One of the piggy banks yielded 1.50, but not the one purchased in Weston-Super-Mare. The piggy
bank used to store 20p pieces contained a greater sum of money than the one containing 5p pieces.
(v) The China bank, which is used to store coins of one of the lowest three denominations, contained
20p more than was in the piggy bank from Margate.
(vi) The bank that she bought in Torquay may or may not have been the one made of Wood. Given that
Zoe found totals of 1.40, 1.50, 1.60, 1.70, 1.75, and the coins she kept were in denominations
of 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, and 20p (100p = 1).

24. Which of the following statements is/are not true regarding the piggy bank made of Terracotta?

I. It was bought from Southwald.

II. It consists of only coins of 20p denomination.
III. It consists of 1.60 as a total amount.

1. All are true 2. Only II and III 3. Only I and III 4. Only I and II

25. Which of the following statements is/are definitely true regarding the piggy bank made of Tin?

I. It consists of coins of 10p denomination.

II. It consists of 1.40 as a total amount.
III. It was brought from Torquay.

1. None 2. Only I and II 3. Only II and III 4. All I, II and III

26. Which of the following statements is/are definitely false regarding the piggy bank made of
Plastic?
I. It was brought from Bournemouth.
II. It consists of 1.75 as a total amount.
III. It consists of coins of 1p denomination.

1. None 2. Only I and II 3. Only II and III 4. All I, II and III

DIRECTIONS for questions 27 to 30: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below:

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members of a family. Each one of them has a different profession
Paperwala, Phoolwala, Chakkiwala, Painter, Sabziwala, Truckwala and Rickshawwala and their incomes are
different. There are two married couples in the group. R is the Paperwala and earns more than the Painter
and the Chakkiwala. T earns the least and her husband is the Truckwala. No lady is either Chakkiwala or
Painter. Q the Phoolwala earns less than P the Rickshawwala. W is married to Q and he earns more than S
and P. V is neither the Chakkiwala nor the Truckwala. The Truckwala earns less than the Chakkiwala but
more than the Rickshawwala. Painter earns the third highest salary in the group.

27. Who earns the maximum in the family?

1. V 2. W 3. R 4. S

28. Which of the following is a pair of married couple?

1. RT 2. VT 3. QT 4. ST

29. What is Ps position from the top when they are arranged in descending order of their income?

1. Second 2. Fourth 3. Third 4. None of these

30. At least how many male members are there in the family?

1. Two 2. Three 3. Four 4. Five

DIRECTIONS for questions 31 to 34: Refer to the information given below and answer the questions that
follow.

At the IIM (A) 5 areas of specialisation are available. They are Marketing, Finance, Production, Personnel
and Systems. However it is necessary for any student to take up a combination of two of the above.
Based on common preference, preset combinations called modules are offered, coded M001, M002, M003,
M004 and M005. Each allows two specialisations such that every specialisation is assigned to two modules.
Further to allow for uncommon preferences a student is allowed to take up more than one combination in
such a manner that the specialisation common to the two modules is necessarily dropped. However, a smart
student, by manipulating combinations, may be able to specialise in more than two subjects.
Additional information is as follows :
M001 has not been assigned Production. M003 has not been assigned Marketing. M004 has not been
assigned Finance. By choosing M001 and M003 one may specialise in Marketing and Systems. By choosing
M001 and M002 one may specialise in Marketing, Production, Finance and Personnel. By choosing M001
and M004 one may specialise in Finance and Personnel.

31. What is the maximum number of modules any person may take to specialise in at least two areas?

1. 2 2. 4 3. 5 4. 3

32. Which of the following number of specialisations is impossible?

1. 2 2. 3 3. 4 4. None of these

33. Personnel is available in modules

1. M002 and M003 2. M001 and M003 3. M002 and M004 4. M003 and M005

34. Finance is available in modules

1. M001 and M003 2. M003 and M004 3. M002 and M003 4. M001 and M004

DIRECTIONS for questions 35 & 36: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
based on it.

Logical Larry was upset to learn that his recent submission to a logic problem magazine had multiple
solutions. As it turns out, the magazine editor accidentally omitted one of his clues.
Here is a problem as it was printed;
Four children (Betty, Bobby, Billy and Brian) enter a store selling bikes, balls and balloons, each of which
come in blue, brown and Beige.

From the clues below, determine what each child purchased:

1. Betty did not purchase a balloon.

2. Bobby and Billy purchased the same-color item, which was not brown. Betty and Bobby purchased the
same item.
3. Betty thought it best to purchase a brown item.
4. Brian is the only one who purchased both his item and his color different from others.
5. A brown ball was not purchased. Neither was a blue Bike.

The missing clue should have read, A balloon was not purchased by _________. However, Larry cannot
remember what should be in the blank to make the problem solvable.
35. What should be in the blank?

1. Betty 2. Bobby 3. Billy 4. Anyone

36. Which of the following statements are definitely true?

I. Betty purchased a brown bike.

II. Bobby purchased a beige bike.
III. Billy purchased a beige bike.
IV. Brian purchased a blue ball.

1. Only I, II and III 2. Only II, III and IV 3. Only I, III and IV 4. All I, II, III and IV

DIRECTIONS for questions 37 to 39: Please refer to the following information and answer the questions
given below.

Traditionally, airlines paid a fixed-rate commission of 7 percent for point-to-point domestic ticket sales. In
return for creating conditions that made the travel agency profitable, airlines have always been able to write
the rules governing agency competition. A Civil Aeronautics Board rule, however, abolished the fixed-rate
commission and ordered carriers to propose new plans for compensating travel agents. Officials of the
agency indicated that the intent was to promote retail price competition and encourage new alternative retail
outlets.

United Airlines was the first to respond, proposing to pay a flat $8.50 per ticket. Travel agencies reacted by
diverting traffic to other airlines offering higher commissions. United suffered a 14 percent sales drop in one
month as a result, in part, of the new commission. Finally, United withdrew the plan and offered a sliding-
scale plan paying travel agents from $7.50 to $37.50 depending on the distance flown. Other airlines offered
different plans. For examples, Eastern, now defunct, proposed a commission ranging from 8 to 11 percent,
the former Frontier Airlines plan called for 10 to 11 percent, and American Airlines plan was so complex
that most agents indicated that they could not understand it.

37. United Airlines sales in the month before the flat commission plan was implemented were $ 300
million. Assuming the average ticket to cost $ 120 and all ticket sales are being made through agents
what was the change in the commission paid to travel agents after the flat plan was implemented
approximately ( $ m) ?

1. 21 2. 19 3. 3 4. 2

38. If Frontier airlines market share shot up from 5 to 7 % during the month in which United
implemented its flat commission system, mostly at the expense of United which lost 2% market
share, then what was the $ increase in Frontiers revenue that month over the previous one ? (You
may use data from the previous question)

1. 210 m 2. 42 m 3. 12,900 m 4. Cannot be determined

DIRECTIONS for questions 39 to 43: Refer to the following questions and answer the questions given
below.

The nation of Zox consists of five islands Zog, Zod, Zob, Zop, and Zoz. The total population of all the five
islands is 750 Zoxians. Figure out how many Zoxians live on each island. Below are some clues to help
you.

a. The smallest island has 1/10 as many Zoxians as all of Zox.

b. The largest island is Zod. The smallest island is not Zoz.
c. One island has 1/5 of the total population of Zox. Another island has 1/3
 d. The number of Zoxians that Zob is having is one and a half times of one of the other islands.
e. Zop has 100 more Zoxians than the smallest island.

39. Which is the smallest island?

1. Zog 2. Zob 3. Zop 4. None of the above

40. What is the sum of the population of Zod and Zob?

1. 275 2. 250 3. 325 4. 400

41. What is the sum of population of Zop and Zoz?

1. 250 2. 275 3. 350 4. 400

42. The sum of the population of which two islands is more than half the total population of Zox?

1. Zod and Zop 2. Zoz and Zob 3. Zod and Zoz 4. Zod and Zog

43. What is the population of the island of Zoz?

1. 75 2. 100 3. 150 4. 180

DIRECTIONS for questions 44 to 48: Please refer to the following information and answer the questions
given below.

Companies X, Y & Z were the super performers during the year. Mr. Desai, Mr. Mukherjee & Mr. Hegde
are the Presidents of these 3 companies though not necessarily in that order. Among them are 3 secretaries
whose names were coincidentally Ms. Desai, Ms. Mukherjee & Ms Hegde. The President of the company Y
lived in Jamshedpur & one of the secretaries who had just celebrated her 25th birthday also hails from this
place. Ms. Hegde is from Banglore & the secretary who had the same name as the President of the company
Y hails from Bombay. While it was widely known that Mr. Desai was a very close friend of the President of
company Z, it was not so well known that Ms. Mukherjee had been a secretary for over forty years.

44. Who is the President of company X?

1. Mr. Desai 2. Mr. Mukherjee 3. Mr. Hegde 4. Insufficient Information

45. Which Secretary hails from Bombay?

1. Ms. Desai 2. Ms. Hegde 3. Ms .Mukherjee 4. Both 2 and 3

46. Who is the President of company Y?

1. Mr. Desai 2. Mr. Hegde 3. Mr. Mukherjee 4. None of these

47. Who celebrated her 25th Birthday?

1. Ms. Desai 2. Ms. Mukherjee 3. Ms. Hegde 4. Ms. Rekha

48. Which company has Mr. Hegde as the President?

1. X 2. Y 3. Z 4. W
DIRECTIONS for questions 49 to 51: Choose the best alternative.

Ram Kumar Multiplier is a smart mathematician. While negotiating his salary with his prospective
employer, he worked out and proposed a novel salary plan, which his employer accepted as he was one of
the smartest salesmen around. According to the plan, his salary would increase every day of his employment
such that on any day his income would be two rupees more than the square of the number of the days he has
been employed for with the company.

Back home his wife Gita congratulated him on working out an excellent deal and then together they planned
their expenses in tune with the new salary plan. As they expected their income to be increasing on a daily
basis they planned their expenses in a way that the expenses of any day would be met by the days income
itself, moreover they planned to make a neat saving (which would be the difference of income and the
expenses of the day) out of the days income.

Thus they expected their expenses to be one rupee more than twice the number of days Ram Kumar would
have been employed for on that day, with the company.

49. On which day of employment did Ram Kumar Multipliers savings exceed Rs. 100?

1. 10th 2.11th 3.12th 4. 13th

50. Ram Kumar Multiplier wanted to get into Limca Book of Records. He eyed the category which
listed the person holding the record for the maximum salary increase in a single day. The person
currently holding the record is Share Khan who was given a raise of ` 12,000 in a single day. If Ram
Kumar were to beat his record he will have to remain in this job for a minimum of

1. 5,999 days 2. 6,000 days 3. 6,001 days 4. 6,002 days

51. Ram and Gita planned to put each days savings into their savings bank account. They also decided
that they would regularly purchase Fixed Deposits in multiples of ` 300 from their savings in the
account. They would purchase their first Fixed Deposit on the

1. 11th day 2. 18th day 3. 17th day 4. 10th day

DIRECTIONS for questions 52 to 56: Refer to the following data.

Chintu on his tour to Las Vegas visited Rockys casino. There are 3 games in the casino. Before you play
any game you are required to deposit some money. You either win or lose in a game.
Game 1: If you win game 1, you get twice the amount that you deposited, if you lose your deposit is
forfeited.
Game 2: If you win game 2, you get five times the amount that you deposited, if you lose your deposit is
forfeited.
Game 3: If you win game 3, you get one and a half times the amount that you deposited, if you lose half
your deposit is forfeited.

Chintu enters the casino with $ x.

First he plays game 1. He deposits the entire $ x in order to play. He wins game 1.
Then he plays game 2 by depositing half of what he had at the end of game 1. He loses game 2.
Then he plays game 3 by depositing half of what he had at the end of game 2. He wins game 3.
He once again plays game 1 by depositing all of what he had at the end of game 3. He wins game 1 again.
Then he leaves to watch the Olympics in Atlanta with $ 375 in his pocket.

52. Chintu entered the casino with how many dollars?

1. 100 2. 350 3. 250 4. 150

53. How many dollars did Chintu have at the end of game 2?

1. 200 2. 250 3. 150 4. 100

54. What is the difference between the amount of money Chintu had at the end of game 3 and game 1
(when he played game 1 for the first time)?

1. $ 62.5 2. $ 87.5 3. 112.5 4. $ 225

55. If instead of game 1, which Chintu played after game 3, he had played game 3 again and deposited
all the amount he had at that time, what would have been the final sum of money with him, if he had
won the game?

1. $ 281.25 2. $ 181.25 3. $ 101.25 4. $ 588.25

56. Each ticket of the hockey final at the Olympic costs $ 200 and Chintu wanted to buy 4 tickets. He
decided to finance this by gambling at Rockys casino. He started with $ 300 and he played exactly
in the same order as mentioned in the main paragraph. The results were also the same. He would still
fall short of the required amount by -

1. $ 75 2. $ 50 3. $ 100 4. $ 200

DIRECTIONS for questions 57 to 60: Refer to the following data.

There are five houses in a row, each of a different color, and inhabited by 5 people of different states, with
different pets, favorite drinks, and favorite sports.

The Maharashtrian lives in the red house.

The Rajasthani owns the dog.
Coffee is drunk in the green house.
The Bihari drinks tea.
The green house is immediately to the right of the white house.
The hockey player owns a Cat.
The football player lives in the yellow house.
Milk is drunk in the middle house.
The Punjabi lives in the first house on the left.
The table tennis player lives in the house next to the man with the Camel.
The football player lives next to the house where the horse is kept.
The basketball player drinks orange juice.
The person from MP likes Cricket.
The Punjabi lives next to the blue house.

57. The Punjabi plays which sport?

1. Table tennis 2. Football 3. Cricket 4. Hockey

58. Who drinks orange juice?

1. Punjabi 2. Maharashtrian 3. Bihari 4. Rajasthani

59. Who lives in the red house?

1. MP 2. Punjabi 3. Maharashtrian 4. Rajasthani

60. Which of the following statements is true?

1. The Punjabi drinks tea.

2. The Bihari plays hockey.
3. The person in the White house drinks orange juice.
4. The Rajasthani owns the camel.
 Answer key & Explanations
Q No. Key Explanation
1-2 In this case we can arrange the sitting arrangement of 4 persons in 4 ways.

Front Front Front Front

Mr. H Mr. H Mr. N Mr. N

Mrs. H Mrs. N Mrs. N Mrs. H

Rear Rear Rear Rear

Mr. N Mr. N Mr. H Mr. H

Mrs. N Mrs. H Mrs. H Mrs. N

If we look it closely than last two ways are similar to first two ways. So, we have to concentrate on
first two ways.

1. 4 In this question we have to find out the person who tested negative. Now if we look on the first
way than by condition (iii) Mr. Nahua is seated diagonally to the spouse of person who tested
negative. It means that Mr. Hua is tested negative. But if we look on the second way than Mr.
Nahua is tested negative. So, we cannot conclude one answer of the question. Hence cannot be
determined.

2. 1 In these questions we have to find out the person who tested positive. Now if we look at the first
case than by condition (iii) we can find out that Mr. Hua is tested negative, than From condition
(i) it is clear that Mrs. Hua is tested positive.

Now, if we look at the second case than by condition (iii) we can find out that Mr. Nahua is tested
negative, then from condition (i) it is clear that Mrs. Hua is tested positive. So, the answer is Mrs.
Hua tested Positive.

3-5. Proceeding systematically with every clue while canceling out non-viable alternatives, following
arrangement can be arrived at:
Floor Wife Husband Flat Prof
V Diya Subodh Gold Engg
IV Seema Amir Deluxe Civ Ser
III Grusha Peter Super Acct
II Babita Mayank Ruby Lawyer
I Meera Deepak Silver Mgr
3. 4 Diya lives in the Gold flat.
4. 3 Grusha is married to Peter.
5. 1 Deepak lives in the Silver flat.
6-9. Chamcham was brought by the one who set up pinedance (4) and the theatre was arranged by the
one from Calcutta (6), so the one who brought biryani (from Rajasthan [7]) arranged merry-go-
rides (7).
Biryani was not brought by Rupa (fried potatoes [1]), Jabbar (Delhi [5]), Joshi (Dance [3]) or
Kamalnayan (8), so it was Pawan.
Since Pawan is from Rajasthan, Jabbar is from Delhi (5), and Kamalnayan is not from Orissa or
Gujrat (8), Kamalnayan is from Calcutta and he arranged for the threatre (6).
Since Rupa, who brought the fried potatoes (1), did not set up the pinedance (chamcham [4]), so
she arranged the fireworks.
Therefore, Jabbar (from Delhi [5]) set up the pinedance, and Rupa is from Orissa, and Joshi is from
Gujarat.
Toasts were not brought by Kamalnayan (Calcutta [1]), so they were brought by Joshi.
 And Kamalnayan brought the burfi.
Summary:

Kamalnayan Calcutta Burfi Theatre

Joshi Gujarat Toasts Dance
Jabbar Delhi Chamcham Pine dance
Pawan Rajasthan Biryani Merry-go-round Rides
Rupa Orissa Fried potatoes Fireworks

6. 2 Kamalnayan is from Calcutta.

7. 1 Fireworks were arranged by Rupa.
8. 3 The one who is from Delhi arranged Pinedance.
9. 4 Pinedance Delhi fried potatoes is not a correct matching triplet.
10-
1 Name State Occupation Sex
2 M MP Professor Male
. N Gujarat Principal Female
. O Haryana Tailor Female
X UP Engineer Male
Y Karnataka Artist Male
Z West Carpenter Male
Bengal

M is husband of O. and N is wife of X.

Unmarried = Y & Z
10. 4 Z is a native of West Bengal.
11. 1 N is the Principal.
12. 3 Y and Z are unmarried members.
13-16 Combine the information given in the points and make the following tables:

Ms. Maharashtra Ms. UP Ms. WB Ms. AP

White Green Red Yellow
II I

OR

Ms. AP Ms. WB Ms. UP Ms. Maharashtra

Yellow Red Green White
I II

Now all the questions can be answered.

13. 2 Ms. Andhra Pradesh was wearing yellow color saree.
14. 2 Ms. West Bengal sitting between Ms. Andhra Pradesh and Ms. Uttar Pradesh.
15. 3 Ms. West Bengal was wearing the red saree.
16. 2 Ms. Uttar Pradesh was wearing Green saree.
17. 3 Let total of cards in the third cage be x.
So total of cards in the second cage = x + 2.
Hence total of cards in the third cage = x + 4.
So x + x + 2 + x + 4 = 45. Hence x = 13.
So total of cards in the second cage = 15 and total of cards in the first cage = 17.
The only case satisfying all the given conditions is: Cage 1: 9, 6, 2.
Cage 2: 3, 8, 4.
Cage 3: 5,7,1.
(considering condition of Rs. 7 also)
So lowest payment is Rs. 3 + Rs. 2 + Rs. 1 = Rs. 6. Hence, (3).
18. 3 Maximum possible payment
= Rs. 7 + Rs. 8 + Rs. 9 = Rs. 24.
 Hence, (3).
19. 4 Option (4) is not possible.
20. 4 Customer cannot pay Rs. 23 as 23 = 9 + 8 + 6 and 9 and 6 are in the same cage.
Hence, (4).
21. 2 Since Sally thinks she has enough information, we deduce that Sam answered his house number
was a perfect square greater than 50 (answering Yes to both).
There are two of these {64,81} and Sally must live in one of them in order to have decided she
knew where Sam lives.
Sam answered only the second question truthfully, so his house number is greater than 50, but not a
perfect square.
Since Sam answered Sues second question truthfully, he had to have answered yes to Is it greater
than 25?. Sue was able to deduce Sams number, so he also must have said it was a perfect cube.
Cubes greater than 25: {27,64}. Sue must live in one of these houses to deduce Sams number.
Since Sams number is greater than 50 and is less than Sues number, she must live in 64.
Since Sue and Sally are not roommates (were told there are three numbers), Sally must live in 81.
Given fact: the sum of their numbers is a perfect square multiplied by two.
Sue + Sally + Sam = 2p (for p an integer)
Or, 64 + 81 + Sam = 2p2
Applying the constraint that Sams number is greater than 50 and less than 64, it looks like Sam =
55 (p = 10).
In summary,
Sam = 55 Sue = 64 Sally = 81
Option (2).
22. 1 Option (1).
23. 2 Option (2).
24-26. 1 Let us start to arrange the whole information. Can each of the denominations add up to each of the
total? Answer is No. See the chart given below for its details:

Denomination Possible total

1p 1.40, 1.50, 1.60, 1.70, 1.75
2p 1.40, 1.50, 1.60, 1.70
5p 1.40, 1.50, 1.60, 1.70, 1.75
10p 1.40, 1.50, 1.60, 1.70
20p 1.40, 1.60

Now, see clue (iv).

We get that the piggy bank used to store 20p pieces contained a greater sum of money than the one
containing 5p pieces.
Obviously, among the possible totals 1.40 and 1.60, the sum 1.40 is not possible because it the
least value.
Hence the piggy bank used to store 20p pieces contained a sum equal to 1.60.
This implies that the sum in the piggy bank which is used to store the 5p pieces may be either 1.40
or 1.50. Again, a total of 1.75 can be obtained only through the denomination of 1p or 5p.
Hence, the amount 1.75 can be totalled only with the help of coins of 1p.
Again, from clue (v), we get that the sum in the China bank may be either 1.60, or 1.70.
And the total 1.60 was added by highest denomination 20p pieces.
Hence, the China bank stored 1.70 as a total amount whereas the piggy bank from Margate
contained 1.50.
Now using the above information, let us make a table as given below:

Table I
S.
Material Bought from Denomintion Total
No.
1 1.40
2 Margate 1.50
3 20p 1.60
4 China 1.70
5 1p 1.75
Again, the China bank contained coins of one of the lowest three denominations1p or 2p or 5p
(see clue v).
 But it cant be 1p coins (see the chart given above).
Also, it cant be coins of 5p (because 5p adds to a total of 1.40 or 1.50).
Hence, we can conclude that the China bank contained 2p coins.
Put the above information in table I.
Again, from clue (iii), we get the coins in the bank made of Tin were 2p or 10p or 20p.
But it cant be 2p coins (because 2p coins were stored in China bank) or 20p coins (because it is the
coin of the highest denomination).
Hence, the piggy bank made from Tin contained 10p coins. And, the 20p coins were stored in the
bank bought from Southwald.
Now, from clue (ii), we get that 1p coins were not stored in the piggy bank of Terracotta because
the Terracotta bank contained less than 1.75.

Also, it was not stored in the piggy bank made of Plastic [from clue (i)].
Also, it was not stored in the bank made of Tin (because the piggy bank made of Tin contained 10p
coins). Thus, we can conclude that 1p coins were stored in the bank made of Wood.

Again, from clue (ii), we get that 5p coins were not kept in the piggy bank made from Terracotta.
Hence, we can conclude that 20p coins were kept in the piggy bank made from Terracotta whereas
5p coins were kept in the piggy bank made from Plastic.

The obtained information now are as follows, as mentioned in the table II.

Table II

S. Bought
Material Denomination Total
No. from
1 1.40
2 Margate 1.50
3 Terracotta Southwald 20p 1.60
4 China 2p 1.70
5 Wood 1p 1.75

Again, the Plastic piggy bank contained more than 1.40 [see clue (i)]. Hence, we can conclude
that it is the Plastic piggy bank bought from Margate whereas the Tin piggy bank contained 1.40.

Again, clue (i), we get that the denomination of coins in Plastic piggy banks are higher than 2p and
the bank bought from Bournemouth. Hence, we can conclude that the piggy bank made from Wood
was bought from Bournemouth.
Thus, the obtained information can be summarized as follows:

Table III

S.No. Material Bought from Denomination Total

Weston-
1 Tin Super-Mare or 10p 1.40
Torquay
2 Plastic Margate 5p 1.50
Terra
3 Southwald 20p 1.60
cotta
Torquay or
4 China Weston -Super- 2p 1.70
Mare
5 Wood Bournemouth 1p 1.75
24. 1 Option (1).
25. 2 Option (2).
26. 4 Option (4).
27-30.
P Q R S T V W
PROFESSION RW PHW PPW TW SW CW PTR
Income Position 5 6 1 7 3 2
MAX MIN

SEX CANT SAY FEMALE CANT SAY MALE FEMALE MALE MALE

RW- RICKSHAWALA
PHW-PHOOLWALA
PPW- PAPERWALA
TW- TRUCKWALA
SW- SABZIWALA
CW- CHAKKIWALA
PTR- PAINTER
Answering question no. 26th firstly..it is given that Ts husband is truckwala and as we know that V
is not truckwala hence VT is not possible.
Coming to 2nd option it is already given that R is a paperwala.
So RT is also not possible.
And Q is already is married to W. Also not possible.
Hence S is married to T.
Now 3 Professions are left i.e. painter, chakkiwala and sabziwala.
Now as T is Female, she can neither be painter nor chakkiwala, hence T is sabziwala.
Moreover given that V cant be chakkiwala.
Hence V is a Painter.
And W is a chakkiwala.
27. 3 R earns the maximum in the family.
28. 4 ST is married couple.
29. 4 When they are arranged in descending order of their income, then Ps position from the
top is fifth.
30. 2 There are three members in the family.
31-34. The main thing is that if any specialization is common to the 2 modules selected it gets dropped
and is not a specialization.
M001 does not have production and M003 does not have marketing.
But their combination gives us marketing and systems so M001 must have marketing since M001
and M002 have 4 different subjects there must be no common specialization and M002 will not
have marketing but will have production M003 will have systems included because it is not a part
of M001 so M001 will have finance or personnel and it will be common to M003. Since the M001
and M004 combination does not have marketing as a specialization it means that they have
marketing in common.
Since they have finance and personnel in common M001 has finance and M004 has personnel.
So M002 also has personnel.
So M003 must also have finance.
This leaves M005 with production and systems.

Subjects present Subjects not present

M001 Marketing, Finance X Prod.
M002 Production, Personnel
M003 Systems, Finance X Mark.
M004 Marketing, Personnel X Finance
M005 Production, Systems
31. 2 One can choose M001, M002, M003, and M004 and still study only two subjects because
whichever subject comes common will be dropped.
Hence Option(2)
32. 2 Option (2). We can never get 3 specializations.
It will either be 2 or 4, but never 3 subjects.
33. 3 Option (3).
34. 1 Option (1).
35-36. The published clues yield that Betty bought a brown bike, Bobby bought a Beige bike, Billy bought
something Beige, and Brian bought something blue. Also, we know from clue 4 that Brian did not
have the same item as anyone else did.
If the missing clue were to read, A balloon was not purchased by Billy, then Billy could still have
bought a bike or a ball. Brian could have bought a balloon or, if Billy had a bike, a ball, so this clue
would still leave the problem indeterminate.
If the missing clue read, A balloon was not purchased by Brian, then Brian must have purchased
a ball, but Billy could still have bought a bike or a balloon. Nothing can be further deduced, so this
cant be the solution either.
Thus, the only way to make the problem solve is by taking away more options. Note that the
problem doesnt say that the blank was filled with a name. The clue should have read, A balloon
was not purchased by anyone. That means, again that Brian must have purchased a ball, but Billy
in this case must have purchased a bike.
With that clue, heres what everyone bought, again:

Betty Brown Bike

Bobby Beige Bike
Billy Beige Bike
Brian Blue Ball
35. 4 Option 4.
36. 4 All statements are definitely true.
37. 3 The commission paid in the original plan was 7% of $300 million = $21 million.
After the new plan, sales dropped by 14% to become $ 258 million.
The commission paid was (8.5 x 258 million)/120 = $18.275 million.
Thus the change in commission was
21 18.275 = $2.725 million or
approximately $ 3 million.
38. 2 From the previous question it is known that United lost $42 million in revenues.
This corresponds to 2% of the market share.
So, Frontiers revenues increase by $ 42 million.
39-43. The smallest island has 1/10 750 = 75 Zoxians [from(a)]
The largest is Zod
One island has 1/5 750 =150 Zoxians
Another has 1/3 750 = 250 Zoxians
Zob = 1.5 one of the islands
Zop = 100 + 75 = 175
the fifth island has = 750 - (75 + 150 + 250 +175) = 100 Zoxians
Zog 75 Smallest
Zod 250 Largest
Zob 1.5100 = 150
Zop 175
Zoz 100
Zox(Total) 750
39. 1 Zog is the smallest island.
40. 4 400 is the sum of the population of Zod and Zob.
41. 2 275 is the sum of population of Zop and Zoz.
42. 1 Half the population of Zox=375
Zod and Zop=425
Zoz and Zob=250
Zod and Zoz=350
Zod and Zog=32
43. 2 Zozs population is 100.
44-48
From the given information,

X Y Z Bombay Banglore Jamshedpur

Mr. Desai

Mr. Mukherjee

Mr. Hegde

Mrs. Desai

Mrs. Mukherjee

Mrs. Hegde

From the given data we can make out that Mr. Desai is President of company X , Mr. Hegde is the
president of company Z & Mr. Mukherjee, president of company Y.

44. 1 Mr. Desai is the president of company.

45. 3 Ms. Mukherjee hails from Bombay.
46. 3 Mr. Mukherjee is the president of Company Y.
47. 1 Ms. Mukherjee Celebrated her 25th birthday.
48. 3 As Mr Desai was the friend of the president of the company who owned the coampany Z so it can
be inferred that Mr. Desai cannot be the owner of the company Z , rest can be inferred from the
given information that Mr. Hegde is the President of company Z.
49. 3 Equation, No. of days he worked= n
Salary = n2 + 2 where n 1 --------(1)
Expenses = 2n + 1 where n 1 ------(2)
Saving = (n 1)2 where n 1 -------(3)
Putting the values of n & savings in equations (3) the answer is 12th day.
50. 3 Increment after n days (means he has worked
for n +1 days) = ((n + 1)+2) - (n+2) > 12,000 implies
2n + 1 > 12,000. Hence n greater than 5999.5 = 6000,
he has worked for n + 1 days which is equal to
6000 +1 = 6001
51. 1 Saving = n 2n + 1 = (n 1) , therefore
(n 1) > 300, put n 1 = y,
sum = y (y + 1) (2y + 1)/6; at y = 10, this satisfies hence n 1= 10 or n = 11.
52. 4 He wins game 1.
Amount with him = 2x
He invests x in game 2.
He loses so still has a balance = 2x x = x.
Invests x/2 in game 3.
Wins so gets back 1.5x/2 = 3x /4.
In addition he has x/2 so total of 5x/4
Invests 5x/4 in game 1 and wins.
So amount with him is 5x/2
Now 5x/2 = 375.
So x = 150.
Hence 4.
53. 3 Amount of money at the end of 2 is = x = 150.
Hence 3.
54. 3 Required difference = 1.25x 2x
= -0.75x = -112.5 $
Answer is 3.
 55. 1 He wins game 3 after investing 1.25x and so gets
1.5 1.25 = 1.875x.
= 1.875 150 = 281.25.
Hence 1.
56. 2 Amount required to watch hockey match is
4 200 = 800.
Total amount at the end = 2.5x = 2.5 300 = 750.
So shortfall of 800 750 = 50 dollars.
Hence 2.
57-60. HOUSE 1 HOUSE 2 HOUSE 3 HOUSE 4 HOUSE 5
Color Yellow Blue Red White Green
State Punjab Bihar Maharashtra Rajasthan MP
Table
Sport Football Hockey Basketball Cricket
Tennis
Drink Water Tea Milk Orange Juice Coffee
Pet Camel Horse Cat Dog Rabbit

57. 2 Punjabi plays Football.

58. 4 Rajasthani drinks orange juice.
59. 3 Maharashtrian lives in the red house.
60. 3 The person in the White house drinks orange juice is true statement.