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LOGICAL REASONING
Module 4
Seating Arrangement & Puzzles
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SEATING ARRANGEMENT
Directions: Based on the below seating arrangements, answer the following questions:
Some friends are sitting on a bench; Sunil is sitting next to Sunita and Sanjay is next to Bindu. Bindu is
not sitting with Sumit. Sumit is on the left end of the bench and Sanjay is on second position from right
hand side. Sunil is on the right side of Sunita and to the right side of Sumit. Sunil and Sanjay are sitting
together.
1. Sunil is sitting between
a) Sunita and Bindu
d) Sanjay and Sumit
b) Sumit and Bindu
e) Bindu and Sanjay
c) Sunita and Sanjay
2. Who is sitting in the centre?
a) Sumit
b) Sunil
c) Bindu
e) Sunita
3. Sanjay is sitting between
a) Bindu and Sunita
d) Sumit and Bindu
b) Sunil and Sumit
e) Sunil and Bindu
c) Sunita and Bindu
4. Sumit is sitting on the
a) Second place from right
d) Extreme right
b) Second place from left
e) In the middle of all
c) Extreme left
5. Bindu is sitting on the
a) Extreme left side
d) Third from left side
b) Extreme right side c) Second from left side
e) In the centre
d) Sanjay
6. Sunita is sitting how many places away from Bindu?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 4
d) 5
e) 3
Directions: Read the following information carefully and to answer the questions that follow:
Seven friends Kamla, Manish, Rohit, Amit, Gaurav, Pritam and Priya are sitting in a circle. Kamla,
Manish, Rohit, Amit, Pritam and Priya are sitting at equal distances from each other. Rohit is sitting three
places right of Pritam, who is sitting one place right of Amit. Kamla forms an angle of 90 degrees from
Gaurav and an angle of 120 degrees from Manish, Manish is just opposite Priya and is sitting on the left
of Gaurav.
7. Who is the only person sitting between Rohit and Manish?
(a) Pritam
(b) Amit
(c) Gaurav
8. Gaurav is not sitting at equal distances from
(a) Rohit and Pritam
(b) Amit and Kamla
(d) All of the above
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(c) Manish and Pritam
(d) Kamla
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9. Gaurav is sitting _____ of Priya.
(a) to the left
(b) to the right
(c) two places right
(d) None of these.
10. The angle between Gaurav and Manish in the clockwise direction is
(a) 1500
(b) 1800
(c) 2100
(d) None of these.
11. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(a) Pritam is between Manish and Kamla.
(b) Manish is two places away from Priya
(c) Gaurav is sitting opposite Pritam.
(d) All of the above
Directions: On the basis of the information provided below, answer these questions:
Six people A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting on the ground in a hexagonal shape. All the sides of the
hexagon so formed are of same length. A is not adjacent to B or C; D is not adjacent to C or E; B and C
are adjacent; F is in the middle of D and C.
12. Which of the following is not a correct neighbor pair?
(a) A and F
(b) D and F
(c) B and E
(d) C and F
13. Who is at the same distance from D as E is from D?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) F
14. Which of the following is in the right sequence?
(a) A, F, B
(b) F, A, E
(c) B, C, F
(d) D,A,B
15. If one neighbor of A is D, who is the other one?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) E
(d) F
16. Who is placed opposite to E?
(a) B
(b) C
(d) F
(c) D
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PUZZLES
Read the following information to answer the given questions.
Out of the five friends, D was the first to come to the party. A ate less than C but drank more than D and
B. E came after A, but left earlier than him. C drank more than B but less than D. The person who came
last drank and ate the least. B ate more than C and left earlier than D and E. D ate less than A and left
earlier than C.
1. Who came immediately after D?
a) C
b) A
c) B
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
2. Who was the earliest to go?
a) E
b) B
c) D
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
3. Who was the last to go?
a) C
b) E
c) A
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
4. Who ate the most?
a) B
b) C
c) A
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
5. Who drank the least?
a) C
b) A
c) D
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
6. Who came last?
a) C
b) E
c) B
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
7. Who drank the most?
a) C
b) B
c) D
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
Directions: A goldsmith has five gold rings, each having a different weight:
Statement 1: Ring D weighs twice as much as ring E
Statement 2: Ring E weighs four and one-half times as much as ring F
Statement 3: Ring F weighs half as much as ring G
Statement 4: Ring G weighs half as much as ring H
Statement 5: Ring H weighs less than ring D but more than ring F
Based on the above statements, answer the following questions:
8. Which of the following represents the descending order of weights of the rings?
a) D, E, G, H and F
b) E, G, H, D and F
c) H, F, G, D and E
d) F, D, G, E and H
e) D, E, H, G and F
9. Which of the numbered statements above is not necessary to determine the correct order of the
rings according to their weights?
a) Statement 1
b) Statement 4
c) Statement 3
d) Statement 2
e) Statement 5
10. Which of the following is the lightest in weight?
a) Ring D
b) Ring E
c) Ring F
d) Ring G
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e) Ring H
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11. If these rings are sold according to their weights as it is, which ring will fetch highest value in rupees?
a) G
b) H
c) F
d) D
e) E
12. Ring H is heavier than which of the following two rings?
a) GE
b) GF
c) DF
d) DE
e) EG
13. Ring H is lighter in weight than which of the other two rings?
a) GF
b) DE
c) DF
d) GE
e) EG
Solve the following:
Six plays A, B, C, D, E and F are to be staged one on each day from Monday to Saturday. The schedule
of the plays is to be in accordance with the following:
(1) A must be staged a day before E.
(2) C must not be staged on Tuesday.
(3) B must be staged on the day following the day on which F is staged.
(4) D must be staged on Friday only and should not be immediately preceded by B.
(5) E must not be staged on the last day of the schedule.
14. Which of the following plays immediately follows B?
a) A
b) C
c) D
d) E
e) F
15. Which of the following plays is on Monday?
a) E
b) F
c) D
e) A
d) B
16. Play D is between which of the following pairs of plays?
a) B and E
b) E and F
c) C and E
d) B and C
e) C and F
17. Which of the following is the schedule of plays, with the order of their staging from Monday?
a) E,A,B,F,D,C
b) A,F,B,E,D,C c) A,F,B,C,D,E
d) F,A,B,E,D,C
e)None of these
Directions: Read the following information to answer the given questions.
Mr. & Mrs. Dutta and their children (Samir, Madan and Neha) have different preferences for TV
programmes (MTV, ZEE, BBC, METRO, STAR) and folk dances (Bhangra, Gidda, Bihu, Dandiya and
Lavni).
Each person prefers one exclusive programme and one exclusive folk dance.
 Neha likes Gidda and MTV.
 The person who likes METRO does not like Dandiya.
 The person, who likes Bhangra, does not like BBC.
 Mr. Dutta likes STAR.
 Madan does not like BBC but likes Dandiya.
 Samir likes Lavni but not BBC.
18. Which of the following is the combination of dance and programme?
a) Bhangra – ZEE
b) Lavni – METRO
c) Bhangra – METRO
d) Dandiya – MTV
e) Gidda – ZEE
19. Who likes ZEE TV?
a) Madan
b) Samir
c) Mrs. Dutta
d) Cannot be determined
20. What is Mrs. Dutta's preference?
a) BBC – Dandiya
b) Bihu – STAR
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
21. Which TV programme is Samir’s preference?
a) ZEE
b) STAR
c) METRO
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d) MTV
e) None of these
c) Bihu – BBC
e) Cannot be determined
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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Three ladies and four men are a group of friends i.e. P, K, R, Q, J, V and X. Each one has a different
profession i.e. Lawyer, Travel Agent, Air-hostess, Doctor, Professor, Consultant and Jeweller each one
owns a different car i.e. Alto, Corolla, Santro, Lancer, Ikon, Scorpio and Esteem, not necessarily in that
order. None of the ladies is a Consultant or a Lawyer. R is an Air-hostess and she owns an Ikon car. P
owns a Scorpio. K is not a Doctor, J is a Jeweller and he owns Corolla. V is a Lawyer and does not own
Alto. X is a Consultant and owns Santro. The Doctor owns Esteem car whereas the Professor owns
Scorpio. The Travel Agent owns an Alto. None of the ladies owns a Scorpio.
22. Who are the three ladies in the group?
(a) R, K
(b) R, P, J
(c) R, K, Q
(e) None of these
(d) Data inadequate
23. What car does Q own?
(a) Esteem
(b) Lancer
(e) None of these
(d) Santro
(c) Alto
24. Who owns the car Lancer?
(a) V
(b) X
(e) None of these
(c) K
(d) Data inadequate
25. What is the profession of K?
(a) Doctor
(b) Professor
None of these.
(c) Travel Agent
(d) Data inadequate (e)
Read the information given below and answer the questions:
i) Aarti is older than Sanya.
ii) Muskan is elder than Aarti but younger than Kashish.
iii) Kashish is elder than Sanya.
iv) Sanya is younger than Muskan.
v) Gargi is the eldest.
26. Who is the youngest?
(a) Kashish
(b) Aarti
(c) Muskan
(d) Sanya
27. Agewise who is in the middle?
(a) Kashish
(b) Aarti
(c) Muskan
(d) Sanya
28. Which of the given statements is/are superfluous and can be dispensed with while answering the
above questions?
(a) Either (i) or (iii)
(b) Only (iv)
(c) Either (i) or (iv)
(d) Both (iii) and (iv)
(e) None of these
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Directions: Study the following information and answer the questions given below:
A training college has to conduct a refresher course for teachers of seven different subjects - Mechanics,
Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, Science and Engineering from 22nd July to 29th July.
(i) Course should start with Psychology.
(ii) 23rd July, being Sunday, should be holiday.
(iii) Science subject should be on the previous day of the Engineering subject.
(iv) Course should end with Mechanics subject.
(v) Philosophy should be immediately after the holiday.
(vi) There should be a gap of one day between Economics and Engineering.
(vii) Economics is conducted before sociology.
29. How many subjects are between Economics & Mechanics?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) None
(e) None of these
30. Which subject will be on Tuesday?
(a) Mechanics
(b) Engineering
(d) Psychology
(e) None of these
(c) Economics
31. Which subject precedes Mechanics?
(a) Economics
(b) Engineering
(d) Psychology
(e) None of these
(c) Philosophy
32. How many days' gap is there between Science and Philosophy?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) No gap
(e) None of these
33. Which subject is followed by Science?
(a) Engineering
(b) Psychology
(d) Economics
(e) None of these
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(c) Philosophy