Arrangement

Five friends A, B, C, D and E bought 10 chocolates and distributed those among themselves such that each of them received a distinct integral number of chocolates. Each of them also likes to watch a TV show among Sportscenter, Raw, Wrestlemania, Smackdown and Hitz (not necessarily in that order). Sportscenter and Hitz are sports shows and rest are wrestling shows. No two persons like the same TV show.

Following informations are also given:
(i) C, who didn’t receive any chocolate, does not like any wrestling show.
(ii) A received more chocolates than B, whereas E did not receive the maximum number of chocolates.
(iii) Difference in the number of chocolates with A and C is equals to the difference in the number of chocolates with D and B.
(iv) B and C like TV shows starting with the same alphabet.
(v) The person receiving the maximum number of chocolates likes a sports show.


1. The sum of the number of chocolates with B and D is
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 6

2. Who likes Wrestlemania?
(1) A (2) E (3) D (4) Cannot be determined

3. If the person with 3 chocolates likes Raw, then how many chocolates does the person who like Wrestlemania have?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4


4. D likes
(1) Raw (2) Wrestlemania
(3) Hitz (4) Cannot be determined

Set Theory

At a certain conference of 100 people, there are 29 Indian women and 23 Indian men. Of these Indian people, 4 are doctors and 24 are either men or
doctors. There are no foreign doctors.

How many foreigners are attending the conference?
(1) 51 (2) 55 (3) 52 (4) 48

How many women doctors are attending the conference?

An old woman had the following assets:

(a) Rs.70 lakh in bank deposits
(b) 1 house worth Rs.50 lakh
(c) 3 flats, each worth Rs.30 lakh
(d) Certain number of gold coins, each worth Rs.1 lakh

She wanted to distribute her assets among her three children; Nishi, Sweety and Gayatri. The house, any of the flats or any of the coins were not to be split. That is, the house went entirely to one child; a flat went to one child and similarly, a gold coin went to one child.

Q. 1 Among the three, Nishi received the least amount in bank deposits, while Gayatri received the highest. The value of the assets was distributed equally among the children, as were the gold coins. How much did Sweety receive in bank deposits (in lakhs of rupees)?

Q. 2 Among the three, Nishi received the least amount in bank deposits, while Gayatri received the highest. The value of the assets was distributed equally among the children, as were the gold coins. How many flats did Nishi receive?


Additional Information:
The value of the assets distributed among Nishi, Sweety and Gayatri was in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3, while the gold coins were distributed among them in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4. One child got all three flats and she did not get the house. One child, other than Gayatri, got Rs.30 lakh in bank deposits.

Q. 3 How many gold coins did the old woman have?

Q.4 How much did Gayatri get in bank deposits (in lakhs of rupees)?

Q.5 What is the ratio of the amount Nishi, Sweety and Gayatri get in their bank deposits?

(1) 2 : 2 : 3
(2) 2 : 3 : 2
(3) 3 : 2 : 2
(4) Cannot be determined

Distribution

Each of eight friends – Avinash, Bimal, Chandan, Dhruv, Emli, Farhan, Ganesh and Harjeet – belongs toa city among Patna, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Ranchi, Noida and Varanasi not necessarily inthat order. They are Doctor, Engineer, Teacher, Architect, Army man, Police, Manager and Businessman, in any order and earn Rs. 50,000, Rs. 87500, Rs. 57500, Rs. 62500, Rs. 55000, Rs. 1, 25,000, Rs. 1 lakh, Rs. 1,12,500 per month not necessarily in that order. It was also know that:

I. Avinash, who is from Mumbai, is neither Architect nor Army man. Emli, who is from Kolkata, earns double as that of the friend who is from Varanasi.
II. The sum of the earnings of Chandan and Dhruv is equal to that of Ganesh and Harjeet. Chandan is neither from Delhi nor Noida.
III. The total earnings of the friends from Chennai and Ranchi is Rs. 1.50 lakh and they are police and Manager in any order.
IV. The income of friend who is Manager was less than that of the friend who is police. The income of Dhruv is less than that of Harjeet whose income is less than that of Ganesh.
V. The income of Bimal is more than that of at least three friends but less than that of at least one friend and he is from Patna. Farhan is from Chennai.
VI. The income of an Engineer is higher than that of a Teacher which in turn is higher than that of each of Architect and Army man.
VII. The income of Doctor and Businessman is the highest and the lowest among them.


1. Who is from Ranchi?

2. For how many friends is it possible to determine their income?

Binary Logic

Aman, Varun, Tarun, Ruchi and KD are chef, teacher, businessman, politician and lawyer, not necessarily in the same order. They made two statements, each out of which one is true and one is false.

Aman: Either me or Ruchi is businessman. I am a chef.
Tarun: Either me or Varun is a lawyer. KD is not a politician.
Varun: Tarun is the businessman. KD is a lawyer.
KD: Neither Ruchi nor Varun is a chef. Tarun is the teacher.
Ruchi: Aman is not a politician. Tarun is not a politician.

1. If Varun is the chef, then who is the Politician?
(1) Varun (2) Aman (3) Tarun (4) Cannot be detrmined


2. If Aman is the politician, then the chef is

(1) Aman (2) Varun (3) Either Varun or Aman (4) Either Tarun or Varun


3. If Aman is the chef, then Ruchi is a
(1) Politician (2) Teacher (3) Lawyer (4) Chef

4. Who is definitely a lawyer?
(1) KD (2) Aman (3) Varun (4) Tarun

Caselets

Bhavesh won a lottery amount of Rs 5 lakhs in a lucky draw at a jewellery showroom. He deposited 20% of it in a bank at a compound rate of interest of 10% p.a. He invested 35% of the amount in shares and with the rest he bought a piece of land. His investment in shares appreciated by 20% in the first year and depreciated by 10% in the subsequent year while the price of the land appreciated by 10% each year. He encashed all his investments at the end of the second year.

1. What was the total value of his investments at the end of the first year?

(A) 5.675 lakhs (B) 5.75 lakhs (C) 5.875 lakhs (D) 5.95 lakhs

2. What is the ratio of the amount he got from the bank and shares together at the end of the second year to the price of the land at the end of the first year?

(A) 2 : 1 (B) 4 : 3 (C) 5 : 4 (D) 6 : 5

3. What is the increase in the total value of his investment from the beginning of the first year to the end of the second year?
(A) 85,150 (B) 1,10,250 (C) 1,15,150 (D) 82,250

4. What is the percentage increase in the value of the investment from the beginning of the first year to the end of the first year?

(A) 13.5% (B) 17.5% (C) 19.5% (D) 21.5%

5. What is the ratio of the increase in the value of his investment from the beginning of the first year to the end of the first year to the increase in the value of his investment from the end of the first year to the end of the second year?

(A) 210 : 89 (B) 270 : 59 (C) 410 : 109 (D) 510 : 119

Ranking

P, Q, R are three girls and A, B, C are three boys.
Q is taller than R but shorter than C, who is taller than A.
P is taller than B, who is taller than C.

1.  Who is the tallest of all the six?
(A) P (B) Q (C) C (D) A
2. Who is the shortest of the three girls?
(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) Either (A) or (B)

Binary Logic

Four players – Aditya, Bikash, Chinmay and Divyanshu – are from four different cities among Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. Each of them plays a different game among Chess, Badminton, Tennis and Bridge and they are of different heights. Each of them gives three statements to any question such that the three statements given by each person are alternately true and false in any order. The second statement made by exactly two persons is true and Aditya is one of them. When asked about them, the following were their replies.

Aditya : Bikash is from Delhi. Chinmay plays Chess. Divyanshu is not the tallest.

Bikash : Aditya is from Kolkata. Chinmay is not the shortest. Divyanshu plays Badminton.

Chinmay : Aditya is the 2nd tallest. Bikash plays Tennis. Divyanshu is from Delhi.

Divyanshu : Aditya plays Chess. Bikash is from Mumbai. Chinmay is not from Hyderabad.

1. Who is from Delhi?
2. Who is the Chess player?
(A) Aditya
(B) Bikash
(C) Chinmay
(D) Cannot be determined
3. Who is the shortest person?
(A) The Badminton player.
(B) The Chess player.
(C) The person from Delhi.
(D) The person from Kolkata.
4. Which two persons’ second statements are true?
(A) Aditya, Bikash
(B) Aditya, Chander
(C) Aditya, Divyanshu
(D) Cannot be determined

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