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1- A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H study in different standards viz. 1st, 2nd, 3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th,8.All of them seated around a circular table facing center. C sits third to right of H. H is in std 8. F sits second to left of E. E is not an immediate neighbour of C or H.The one who studies Std.1 is an immediate neighbour of E.Three people sit between H and Student of Std.7 H,C and also their immediate neighbour do not study in Std.2. Only one person sits between the student of Std.2 and G . Students of Std.3 and 4 are immediate neighbours of each other.C is neither in Std.4 nor in Std.3. Only one person sits between A and the student of Std.5. A does not study in Std.2or 3. B does not study in Std.2. 2- A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Each one of them has a different profession viz doctor, engineer, architect, teacher, clerk, shopkeeper, businessman and banker. A sits third to right of teacher. D sits second to left of G. G is not an immediate neighbour of the teacher. Only one person sits between B who is the shopkeeper and teacher. The one who is an architect sits third to right of the shopkeeper. H sits between architect and engineer. E is not an immediate neighbor of H. Engineer sits third to right of clerk. Only one person sits between businessman and F. E is neither a businessman nor a doctor. 3- Seven Lectures are scheduled to be held in a week. There is only one lecture on each of the seven days of a week, starting from Monday and Ending on Saturday. Chemistry is taught either on Wednesday or on Saturday.Three Lectures are scheduled to be held between Chemistry and English . Two Lectures are scheduled to be held between English and Computers. Lecture on Physics is scheduled on the day which is immediately next to the day when lecture on Biology is Scheduled.Lecture on Psychology is scheduled to be held after Mathematics(not necessarily immediately after Maths). Lecture on Psychology is not scheduled for Saturday or Sunday.

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1- A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H study in different standards viz. 1st, 2nd, 3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th,8.All of them seated around a circular table facing center.C sits third to right of H. H is in std 8. F sits second to left of E. E is not an immediate neighbour of C or H.The one who studies Std.1 is an immediate neighbour of E.Three people sit between H and Student of Std.7H,C and also their immediate neighbour do not study in Std.2.Only one person sits between the student of Std.2 and G . Students of Std.3 and 4 are immediate neighbours of each other.C is neither in Std.4 nor in Std.3. Only one person sits between A and the student of Std.5. A does not study in Std.2or 3. B does not study in Std.2.

2- A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Each one of them has a different profession viz doctor, engineer, architect, teacher, clerk, shopkeeper, businessman and banker.

A sits third to right of teacher. D sits second to left of G. G is not an immediate neighbour of the teacher. Only one person sits between B who is the shopkeeper and teacher. The one who is an architect sits third to right of the shopkeeper. H sits between architect and engineer. E is not an immediate neighbor of H. Engineer sits third to right of clerk. Only one person sits between businessman and F. E is neither a businessman nor a doctor.

3- Seven Lectures are scheduled to be held in a week. There is only one lecture on each of the seven days of a week, starting from Monday and Ending on Saturday.Chemistry is taught either on Wednesday or on Saturday.Three Lectures are scheduled to be held between Chemistry and English . Two Lectures are scheduled to be held between English and Computers. Lecture on Physics is scheduled on the day which is immediately next to the day when lecture on Biology is Scheduled.Lecture on Psychology is scheduled to be held after Mathematics(not necessarily immediately after Maths). Lecture on Psychology is not scheduled for Saturday or Sunday.

4- Twelve persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent 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 of them are facing north. therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row.

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P sits third to the left of T. Neither P nor T sita at an extreme end of the line. A sits second to the right of E. Neither A nor E faces T or P. A does not sit at an extreme end. R does not face A and R does not sit at an extreme end of the line. Only one person sits between F and C. Neither F nor C faces T. C does not sit at the extreme end. Only one person sits between V and Q. F is not an immediate neighbour of B and A does not face V.

5- A, B, C, D, E, F & G are members of a sports club and have liking for different games viz. Carrom, Table Tennis, Badminton, Bridge, Hockey, Football and Lawn Tennis but notnecessary in the same order. Each one of them has a liking for different musical instrument viz. Sitar, Guitar, Harmonium, Flute, Tabla, Banjo and Santoor not necessarily in the same order.B likes Carrom and Banjo. E likes to play Bridge but not Harmonium or Tabla. The one whoplays Hockey plays Sitar. F plays Guitar but not Table Tennis or Lawn Tennis. A plays Badmintonan Flute. The one who plays Lawn Tennis does not play Tabla. C plays Harmonium and G playsHockey.

6- Seven flights namely Jet Airways, British Airways, Delta, Quantas, Emirates, Lufthansa, Air India are scheduled to fly to London. There is only one flight to London on each of the seven days of the week, starting from Monday and ending on sunday.

Delta flies on wednesday. Air India flies the day next to British Airways. British Airways does not fly on friday. Two airlines fly between the days British Airways and Emirates fly. Emirates does not fly on Sunday. Quantas flies a day before Lufthansa.

7- P Q R S T V W Z ARE SITTING AROUND A CIRCULAR TABLE INSUCH A WAY DAT 4 OF THEM SIT AT A CORNERS,WHILE 4 SITE IN THE MIDDLE OF EACH SIDES.the one who is sit aat corner face the centre ,hwlie those who sit in the middle sides face outside.Qis second to the right of V,who is sitting at a corner of table.R is forth to the left of P,who sits at the middle of a side and is not an immediate neighbour of Q or V.T is not immediate neighbour of Q but doesnot sit at anycorner.W is secone to the right of S.

8- A group of 5 boys krishna,ajay vijay raju& tinku facing south and 5 gals neha sony manju pammy and tannu facing west.tinku in nt at any of the ends.vijay is on the immediate right of ajay.there are as many gals between NEHA and SONY as between MANJU and PAMMY.KRISHNA is

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second to the left of AJAY.PAMMY and MANJU are not facing either ajay or RAJU.TANU is on the immediate right of NEHA,bt not in the middle.

9- Twelve people are standing in two parallel rows each row having 6 persons. P,Q,R,S,T and U are in row 1 facing South while A,B,C,D,E and F are in row 2 facing North. They are standing in such a way that there is an equal distance between two adjacent persons. thus each person from row 1 is facing another person from row 2.

D is standing third to the right of E. C is standing third to the right of A. A and E are not immediate neighbors. U is facing the one who is to the immediate right of C. T is standing fourth to the left of S. B is not facing U. R is standing third to the left of P.

10- J,K,L,M,N,O,P and R are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Each of them was born in a different year - 1971,1975,1979,1980,1981,1984,1985 and 1990, not necessarily in the same order.

M is sitting second to the right of K. L is sitting third to right of J. L and J were born before 1980. Only the one born in 1984 is sitting exactly between J and K. N who is the eldest is not am immediate neighbor of J and M. R is older than only M. R is sitting second to the left of P. P is not a immediate neighbor of N. J is younger than L, K was born before O.

11- Twelve people are standing in two parallel rows each row having 6 persons. P,Q,R,S,T and U are in row 1 facing South while A,B,C,D,E and F are in row 2 facing North. They are standing in such a way that there is an equal distance between two adjacent persons. thus each person from row 1 is facing another person from row 2.

D is standing third to the right of E. C is standing third to the right of A. A and E are not immediate neighbors. U is facing the one who is to the immediate right of C. T is standing fourth to the left of S. B is not facing U. R is standing third to the left of P.

12- P,Q,R,S,T,V and W are seven students belongs to Three Specializations Marketing, Finance and HR with atleast two in each Specialization. Each of them has a different choice of Soft Drink as Coco-Cola, Pepsi, Thumps_Up, sprite, Limca, Fanta and 7-UPnot necessarily in the same order.

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R has HR specialization and his choice of soft drink is 7-UP.

V does not like either Pepsi or Fanta and has the same specialization of W among them.

Q's specialization is same as that of P but neither HR nor finance.

T's specialization is not HR and he likes Sprite.

The one who likes Coca-Cola does not have Specialization of either Finance or Marketing

P likes Thumps_Up

The one who likes Fanta does not have marketing

13- A B C D E F G & H sitting around a circle and no 12345678 but not in the same order as given above.

B, 7 no 3rd to right of A which is no 3. C is not neighbor of both A & B. G is 3rd to right of D which is immediate left of A. G & E are neighbors. No 2 sit b/w no 3 and no 8. C is neither no 1 nor no 8. F and no 1 not neighbor of B. No 4 sit b/w no 5 and no 1. H is not no 5

14- P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W and X are captains of eight different Cricket teams namely Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Srilanka, England, West Indies and South Africa, but not necessarily in the same order. All of them are seated around a circular table and are facing the center.

P is sitting third to the left of the Sri Lankan captain.

Only two people sit between T and W. Neither T nor W is an immediate neighbor of P. Neither T nor W is the captain of Sri Lanka.

The captain of South Africa sits second to the right of S. S is not an immediate neighbor of P. S is not Sri Lankan captain and P is not the captain of South Africa.

The Australian captain sits second to the left of V. Australian and Sri Lankan captains are not immediate neighborhoods of each other.

Only two persons sit between S and the Indian captain.

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Captains of Pakistan and New Zealand are immediate neighbors of each other.

S is not the captain of New Zealand's team.

Only one person sits between Q and the captain of England.

The captain of England is not immediate neighbor of X. W and Q are not immediate neighbors of each other.

15- P,Q,R,S,T,V and W are seven students belongs to Three Specializations Marketing, Finance and HR with atleast two in each Specialization. Each of them has a different choice of Soft Drink as Coco-Cola, Pepsi, Thumps_Up, sprite, Limca, Fanta and 7-UPnot necessarily in the same order.

R has HR specialization and his choice of soft drink is 7-UP.

V does not like either Pepsi or Fanta and has the same specialization of W among them.

Q's specialization is same as that of P but neither HR nor finance.

T's specialization is not HR and he likes Sprite.

The one who likes Coca-Cola does not have Specialization of either Finance or Marketing

P likes Thumps_Up

The one who likes Fanta does not have marketing

Nandu I got more than one solution for dis question..........I think by lookng questions we can choose wch onw is rht!!!

16- Study the given information carefully to answer the questions that followAn organization consists of 2400 employess working in different depts viz HR, Marketing, IT, Production and Accounts. the ratio of male to female employess in the organization is 5:3 respectively. 12% of males work in HR dept. 24% of females work in Accounts dept. The ratio of males to females working in HR dept is 6:11 respectively. One ninth of the females work in IT dept. 42% of the males work in production dept. Number of females working in the production dept is 10% of the males working in the same. The remaning females work in the Marketing dept. The total number of

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employees working in the IT dept is 285. Twenty two percent of the males work in marketing dept and the remaining work in the Accounts dept.

1. The number of males working in It dept forms appromixately what percent of the total number of males in the organization?

2. How many males work in the accounts department

3. The total number of employees working in the Account department forms what percentof the total number of employees in the organization?(roundded off to two digits after decimal)

4. The number of females working in the production department forms what percent of the total number of females in the organization

5. what is the total number of females working in HR and Marketing departments together?

I m not giving the options..work it out :p:

17- P, Q, R, S, T, V, X and Y are seated in the straight line facing North.

P sits 4th to the Left of V.

V sits Either 6th from the left end or 4th from the right end of the line.

S sits 2nd to the right of R. R is not an immediate neighbor of V.

T and Q are immediate neighbors of Each other, but neither of them sit at the end of the line.

Only one person sits between T and X.

X does not sit at the extreme end of the line

18- P,Q,R,S,T AND U are six members of a family, each of them engaged in a different profession - doctor,lawyer, teacher,enginear, nurse,manager. each of them remains at home on a different day of the week from monday to saturday. The lawyer in the family remains at home on thursday . R remains at home on tuesday . P the doctor does not remains at home either saturday or wednesday .S is

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neither the doctor nor the teacher and remains at home on friday. Q is the engineer and T is manager.19- Eight members of a colony A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H are sitting around a circle facing the centre . they are related to diff. profession banker,bussinessman,teacher,scientist,driver,student,doctor and player.

A is neither businessman nor driver and second to the right of scientist who is between F and H.F is third to the right of C who is second to the right of banker and neither doctor nor student . G is a player and sitting between doctor and teacher. E is immediate neighbour of teacher and A , and is neitherdriver nor scientist .D is neither driver nor doctor. student is second to the left of driver.

20- A,B,C,D,E,F,G AND H ARE SITTING AROUND THE CIRCLE FACING THE CENTER. EACH ONE OF THEM HAS A DIFFERENT PROFFESSION VIZ DOCTOR,ENGINEER,ARCHITECT,TEACHER,CLERK,SHOPKEEPER,BUSINESSMAN AND BANKER.A SIT THIRD TO THE RIGHT OF TEACHER.D SIT SECOND TO THE LEFT OF G.G IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOUR OF THE TEACHER.ONLY ONE PERSON SIT BETWEEN B WHO IS SHOPKEEPER AND TEACHER. THE ONE WHO IS ARCHITECT SITS THIRD TO THE RIGHT OF THE SHOPKEEPER. H SITS BETWEEN ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. E IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOUR OF H. ENGINEER SITS THIRD TO THE RIGHT CLERK. ONLY ONE PERSON SITS BETWEEN BUSINESSMAN AND F. E IS NEITHER A BUSINESSMAN NOR A DOCTOR.

21- A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H are 8 students of class C1 to C8 sitting around circle and facing centre.

F is C8 student 3rd to left of D.

E is not C3 student.

C2 student is not neighbor of F & D.

C7 student 3rd to left of F.

G 3rd to left of C5 student.

D is not student of C5 & C3.

C1 student 2nd to left of C2 student.

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B sited b/w G & H.

A is 3rd to left of C4 student.

C3 and C4 students are neighbors’

22- Seven Friends A,B,C,D E and F applied for 3 banks P, Q and R .

Out of these two applied for each bank.

There is a Girl who applied for only one bank.

Out of Seven Three were selected for One bank, out of these was only one girl.

B is the sister of G, both applied for same bank but not Q.

A applied for bank R with E only, who is a girl.

F applied for bank P but he is not selected.

C who is the wife of D has been selected.

23- among nine members A B C D E F G H I eight members are sitting around a circle such that there are four males and four females .each one has various profession such as P Q R S T U V W X.A AND B ,E AND F ALWAYS SITS TOGETHER.THE PROFESSION OF A AND B CAN BE EITHER P OR Q.WHEN THERE ARE NINE MEMBER IN THE CIRCLE,THERE ARE 4 MEMBERS BETWEEN A AND F.WHEN THERE ARE EIGHT MEMBERS IN THE CIRCLE,THERE ARE ALSO 4 MEMBERS B/W A AND F IN THE CIRLCE. AMONG C D G H I,ONE MEMBER IS ALWAYS LEFT OUT WHEN THERE ARE EIGHT MEMBERS IN THE CIRCLE.ALWAYS W IS OPPOSITE TO R,AND U IS OPPOSITE TO V. G,H,D,C CAN CHOOSE U W V R X AS THEIR PROFESSION.F HAS THE PROFESSION S,WHICH IS 4 TH FROM THE LEFT OF B.THE PROFESSIONS P,Q ALWAYS SITS TOGETHER.THE PROFESSION P IS OPPOSITE TO T,THE PROFESSIONS Q IS OPPOSITE TO S.WHEN THERE ARE NINE MEMBERS IN THE CIRCLE THE POSITION OF P WITH RESPECT TO B IS UNCHANGED.THE NEIGHBOUR OF E IS D,NEIGHBOUR OF H IS G.S, W, SITS TOGETHER.WHICH PERSON IS LEFT OUT,WHAT IS HIS PROFESSION,AND IF INCLUDED WHAT WILL BE HIS POSITION FROM B, WHEN COUNTED IN CLOCK WISE AND ANTI CLOCKWISE DIRECTION.

24- Eight People - S, R, N , M, L ,T,O and P are sitting in the circle facing the center. All eight belongs to different professions as

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Reporter, doctor, cricketer, teacher, accountant,shopkeeper, painter and supervisor.

M is setting 3rd to the left of O.

The doctor is to a immediate neighbor right of M and M not a reporter.

R sits 4th to the right of P.

Neither P nor R is an immediate neighbor of M.

T is the Teacher sitting 3rd to the right of Doctor.

The shopkeeper is sitting 2nd to the left of the teacher.

The Painter is sitting 2nd to the left of M.

S is the cricketer is sitting exactly between T and P.

The accountant is second to the right of Cricketer.

N is sitting 3rd to the left of T.

25- Hv constructed this puzzle fr home practice,,,hope u all like it

Puzzle circular inward outward

P Q R S T U & V 7 frnds sitting arround a circle such that sm of them inward or facingcenter and sm of them r outward.

V 3rdto right of R and both facing center.

Q neghbour of R and 3rd to the left of T.

S is 2nd to right of U and nt neighbour of V.

Both neighbours of R are inward.

1 of the neighbour of V is outward.

Que :

how much outward gv there name.

26- ABCPQR sitting arround circle such that 3 inward & 3 outward

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B 2nd to the right of A which is inward.

Q 2nd to the right of R and not neighbour of B.

C immediate left of P and Q immediate left of C.

If any prsn sitted b/w two outward is alwz inward.

1 neihbour of A is inward

27- a,m,p,r,s,O,z,l are sits in circle some are out word some are inwards(toward the center) ,some are outward(away frm centre) each have different profession pilot ,draftman,lawyer,engineer ,politician ,arch,policeman ,doctorDoctor is 2nd to the right of r .p is not immediate neighbour of enggin and sits immediate right of doctorz is 3rd to the left of r .3 people sits between draftman and arch o,s are immediate neighbour both are not immediate neighbour of doctorPolitician is sits immediate left of engineer and 4th to the left of pilotL,A is immediate neighbour and a is not immediate neighbour of z.R is sit 2nd to the left of engineerArch ,is not immediate neighbor of doctor and engineer,draftman sits 2nd to the left of M.A IS NOT DOCTOR NOT IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOUR OF RLAWYER AND DRAFTMAN ARE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURS.S is politician3 people inwards is sits between the 2 outward persons .

I HOPE THIS IS CORRECT BECZ THAT PUZZLE WAS GIVE ME MY FRND YOU SOLVE AND CONSIDER THE OUTWARD AND INWARD POINT.Q IS REPLACE BY O.

28- A B C D X Y and Z are 7 friends sitting around a circle such that some of them facing the center (inward) or facing away from center (outward).

A is 3rd to the left of B both faces the center.

One of the neighbors of A is inward and D is 2nd to the right of A.

Z is 2nd to the left of C; X is 3rd to the left of Y.

If any person seated between the two outside always faces inside.

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Enjoy solving.....

29- Vijaya bank Po 2010..

There are 8 people A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H sitting on a circular table. No two neighbours face same side.G is second to the left of C. G is between H&D.E is second to the right of G.B is opposite to G & second to the left of C.D & C are neighbors of each other. F&D are opposite to each other. A is second to the left of F. A & H are facing towards centre."

30- here are 8 people p,q,r,s,t,v,y,w sitting in a square such that 4 people sitting on the four corners,and 4 in the middle of each side.People sitting in the middle face outside while those on the sides face center of the square.

s is sitting third to right of p,who faces center.y is not a neighbor of p or s.t is third right of r,and r does not sit in the middle of any side.r is not neighbor of y.there is only one person between p and v.q is not neighbor of p.

What would be the possible arrangement ?

31- There are five friends A, B, C, D and E. Two of them are businessmen while the other three belong to different professions i.e. Medical, engineering and legal.

A businessman and the lawyer stay in the same locality S while the other 3 stays in three different localities i.e. P, Q and R.

Two of these five persons are Hindus while the remaining three belong to different religions via Muslim, Christian and Sikh.

The lawyer is the oldest in age while the businessman who runs a factory is the youngest.

The other businessman is a cloth merchant and lies between the doctor and the lawyer age wise.

D is a cloth merchant and stays in locality S while E is a Muslim and stays in locality R.

The doctor is a Christian and stays in locality P. B is a Sikh while A is a Hindu and runs a factory.

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1. What is B's occupation???

2. What is E's occupation?

3. Age wise, who lies between A and C??

4. What is D's religion?

5. Who stay in the locality S?

32- SBI PO 2010 Puzzle

A B C D E F G and H are 8 employees of an organization working in 3 departments Marketing , personnel and Administration with not more than three of them in each department.

Each of them different choice of Sport as Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Badminton, lawn tennis, basketball, Hockey and Table tennis.

D likes in administration and does not like either Cricket or Football.

F works in Personnel with only A, who likes Table Tennis.

E and H do not work in same department as D.

C likes Hockey and does not work in Marketing.

G does not work in administration and does not like either cricket or badminton.

One of those who works in administration likes Football.

One who likes Volleyball works in Personnel.

None of those who works in administration likes either badminton or lawn tennis.

H does not like Cricket.

33- A,B,C,D,E,F,G AND H are eight students of school .They study in std .6th ,7th, and 8th with not more than three in any std.

Each of them has a favorite subject from physics, geography, English, Marathi, math’s, chemistry, biology and economics not necessarily in the same order.

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D likes chemistry and studies in std 8th with only H .

B does not study in std 7th .E and A study in the same std .

who study in std 6th do not like math’s or biology .

F likes physics.

The one who studies in std 8th likes English .

C does not like geography .A likes Marathi and g does not like biology.

34- P Q R S T V and W are 7 members of a family. Each one of them have a different profession- Doctor,Teacher ,Lawyer,Engineer, Architect, CA and Banker and their Incomes are different There are two married Couples in the group.R is Doctor and earns more than Engineer and Lawyer. T is married to the CA and she earns the least. No lady is either Lawyer and Engineer. Q ,the Teacher earns less than P-the Banker. W is married to Q and he earns more than S and P. V is not the Lawyer. The CA earns less than Lawyer But more than Banker.35- A private bank had deputed 8 of its managers P, T, D, E, J, Q, M and R. to different cities Bangalore, Delhi, Cochin, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmadabad, Pune and Jaipur for marketing of three products X, Y and Z.Each product is marketed in not less than two cities and not more than three cities.T goes to Delhi for Marketing. J goes to Hyderabad for Marketing of Z.E does not go to Bangalore or Jaipur and Markets the same product as M who goes to Ahmadabad.R goes to Chennai for product Z.Same product is marketed only in Bangalore and Delhi.E and Q marketing the same product.P goes to Pune for marketing same product as of R

36- From SBI archive:

A famous museum issues entry passes to all its visitors for security reasons. visitors are allowed in batches after every one hour. In a day there are six batches. A code is printed on entry pass which keeps on changing for every batch. Following is an illustration of pass-codes issued for each batch.

Batch Iclothes neat and clean liked are all by

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Batch IIby clothes neat all are and clean liked

Batch IIIliked by clothes clean and neat all areand so on..............

1) If pass-code for the third batch is 'night succeed day and hard work to for'. what will be the pass code for sixth batch?

2)If 'visit in zoo should the we time day' is the pass-code for the fifth batch. 'zoo we the should visit day time in' will be the pass-code for batch number?

3) Shyam visited the museum in the fourth batch and was issued a pass-code 'to fast rush avoid not do very run'. What would have been the pass-code for him had he visited the museum in the second batch?

4) Subodh went to visit the museum in the second batch. He was issued a pass-code 'length the day equal of and night are'. However, he could not visit the museum in the second batch as he was little late. He then preferred to visit in fifth batch. What will be the new pass-code issued to him?

5) If pass-code for the second batch is 'to confidence hard you leads work and success'. What will be the pass-code for the fourth batch?

6) If the pass-code issued for the last(sixth) batch is 'and pencil by all boys used are pen'. What will be the pass-code for the first batch?

7) If the pass-code for the sixth batch is 'not go the way to of out do'. What wil be the pass-code for the third batch?

37- (i) There are three houses on each side of the road.(ii)These six houses are labeled as P, Q, R, S, T and U.(iii) The houses are of different colours, namely, Red, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow and White.(iv) The houses are of different heights.(v) T, the tallest house, is exactly opposite to the Red coloured house.(vi) The shortest house is exactly opposite to the Green coloured house.(vii) U, the Orange coloured house, is located between P and S.(viii) R, the Yellow coloured house, is exactly opposite to P.

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(ix) Q, the Green coloured house, is exactly opposite to U.(x) P, the White coloured house, is taller than R, but shorter than S and Q.

1. What is the colour of the tallest house? (1) Red (2) Blue (3) Green (4) Yellow (5) none of these

2. What is the colour of the house diagonally opposite to the Yellow coloured house? (1) White (2) Blue (3) Green (4) Red (5) none of these

3. Which is the second tallest house? (1) P (2) S (3) Q (4) R (5) cannot be determined

38- A B C D E F G are 7 members wearing a different color shirts- White,red ,black,green,yellow,blue and violet.and a different color Trousers - blue,red,white,black,cream,yellow and Indigo.Dese are not in same order as above.No person is wearing shirt and trouser of same color.B is wearing red color shirt ans is not wearing cream or yellow color trouser.D is wearing green color shirt and Indigo color trouser.color of A's shirt and F's trousers is same. Color of E's shirt and C's trousers is same.G is wearing blue shirt and E is wearing blue trouser.F is not wearing any yellow dress.Red and blue is not the combination of shirt and trousers of any person.

39- A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are 7 persons south and 7 other persons P, Q, R, S,T U and V are facing north.

A is 3rd to the right of F, Neither A nor F at the extreme ends. P faces F and B does not face Q.

One who faces G is 4th from the Left end. T is at one of the extreme end and 3 sits between T and S.

2 sit between D and G. C not a neighbor of A and not at the ends.

Q is 2nd to the left of R. U is 3rd to the right of P.

40- (LIC AAO 2009)

The President of a club is appointing nine officials A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I to serve on three committees to study three different aspects of activities of the club. There will be a Games Committee, a Food Service Committee and an Entertainment Committee.

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The appointments must respect the following—>> Each committee must have exactly three members.>> No person can serve on more than one committee.>> H must serve on the Entertainment Committee.>> C and D must serve on the same committee.>> A and B cannot serve on the same committee.>> E cannot serve on the same committee as I.>> F must serve on the same committee as B or H or both B and H.

1. If B and G serve on the Games Committee, which of the following must serve on the Food Service Committee?(A) A(B) D(C) E(D) F

2. Which of the following groups could constitute the Games Committee?

(A) A, B, E(B) A, D, G(C) C, H, E(D) F, I, B

3. If A is assigned to Food Committee service and C is appointed to Entertainment Committee, then which of the following must be true?i. G is appointed to a Food service Committeeii. E is appointed to a Games Service Committeeiii. I is Appointed to the Entertainment Service Committee.

(A) I only (B) iii only (C) i and iii only (D) ii and iii only.

4. If F serves on Food Service Committee and C serves on Same Committee as H then which of the following must serve on the games Committee?i. A ii. G iii. I

(A) i only (B) iii only (C)i and ii only (D) ii and iii only.

5. If I on the Entertainment Committee and B is on the Food Service Committee then which of the following must be true?

(A) F is on the Entertainment Committee.(B) C is on the Games Committee.

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(C) G is on the Food Service Committee(D) F in on the Games Committee

41- A, B, C, D, F, G, H and K are eight villages in a taluk.

They are located in such a way that Villages B, G, H and K are at four vertices of a rectangle.

K, H and B are on one of the shorter sides.

G, A and H are on one of the longer sides.

D is not located exactly opposite of B. F is towards the left of K and G towards the left of H.

42- My Next puzzle.. one from IOB paper held before

There are seven Members 4 men and 3 women in a family L, M, N, O, P, Q and R. M is a businessman and father of P. Q is the parental grandfather of P and is a doctor. N, who is a housewife, is daughter-in-law of O. R is P’s uncle and is an advocate. There is one Architect, one Pilot and one journalist in the family. N is not P’s Mother. O is not married to M. There are 3 married coupes in the family.

Questions:

1. If Q is the grandfather of the Pilot, what is his daughter-in-law Profession?

2. If O is a Pilot and the journalist is not a female, then P’s Profession is

3. if the Pilot does not have any child, then who is a Pilot?

4. Group of male members?

5. If P’s Mother is an architect, which is the set of three Couples?( in Alphabets)

43- P, Q, R, S, T V,W and X are seated in a straight line facing north.

T sits fourth to the left of W. Neither T nor W sits at the extreme end of the line. Only one person sits between X and R. Neither X nor R is an immediate neighbor of W. P sits 2nd to the right of X. Only

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two person sits between P and S. Q is not a immediate neighbor of S.

44- Puzzle on Circle Arrangement

L, M, N, P, Q, R and S are 7 friends’ playing Cards.N, who is a neighbor of P, is not a neighbor of R.Q is 2nd to the left of R.N is 2nd to the left of S, who is neighbor of M.

45- A,b,c,d,e,f,g are sitting in a straight line facing north .e sits third to right of a.e sits second to left of f.only one person sits between g and b.neither g nor b is an immediate neighbour of f. C is not immediate neighbour of f.c is not an immediate neighbour of either b or f.

Who sits at the extrme right end of the line?

If all the person sits alphabaticalay order 4m left to right .how many person remains unchanged ?

46- All the roads of a city are either perpendicular or parallel to one another . The roads are straight. Roads A,B,C,D and E are paralle to one another. Roads G,H,I,j,K,L and M are parallel to on another.

1. Road A is 1KM east of road B.2. Road B is 1/2 KM west of road C.3. Road D is 1KM west of road E.4. Road G is 1/2 KM south of road J.5. Road I is 1 KM north of road J.6. Road K is 1/2 KM north of road L.7. Road K is 1KM south of road M.

47- A, B, C, D, E, F and G are 7 friends contain 4 men and 3 ladies. Each of them having different professions stockbroker, Lawyer, Doctor, Professor, engineer, Businessman and Banker and each one has passed out from different colleges P, S, V, W, X, Y and Z not necessarily in the same order.

None of the ladies is Businessman or Stockbroker. C is a Doctor and she has passed out from college X. A is a College Y passed out. B is not a professor. E is a Banker is College S passed out. F is a Stockbroker and has not studied in College P. g is a Businessmen And studied in College V. The Professor is College Z passed out.

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Lawyer is studied in College P. None of the Ladies studied in College or S.

48- UCO bank Puzzle 2:

Six plays A, B, C, D, E, F are to be staged from Monday to Sunday with one day being an off day, though not necessarily in the same order. Each play has different time duration of 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes, 150 minutes and 180 minutes and again not in the same order.

Sunday is not the off day and the play of 30 minutes duration was staged on that day.Play A got staged immediately before Play E.There are two plays between play F and Play C.Play F is of 180 minutes duration and play C is of 90 minutes duration.The off day is after the staging of play E and there are two days between off day and play A.Play D is for 120 minutes and not staged on Monday.The play staged immediately before off day is of 180 minutes.Play A is less than 150 minutes.

49- UCO bank Puzzle 3:

Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in a way such that there is equal distance in between adjacent persons. In row 1 P,Q,R,S,T,V are seated all facing south. In row 2 A,B,C,D,E,F are seated all facing north. So in the arrangement each member faces another member of the row.

P sits third to left of T. neither P nor T sits at extreme end of the line .A sits second to the right of E. Neither A nor E faces T or P. A does not sit at the extreme ends. R is not facing A and R is also not at the extreme ends of the line. Only one person is between F and C. neither F nor C faces T.C is not at the extreme ends. Only one person is between V and Q.F is not an immediate neighbour of B and A does not face V.

50- Four friends – Vikrant, Vikram, Jasneet and Saurabh – were born in four different months – January, March, July and December – of the same year, not necessarily in the same order. Each friend has a distinct surname among Joshi, Singh, Gupta and Agarwal, not necessarily in the same order. It is also known that:(i) Vikrant is younger than Gupta.(ii) Jasneet was not born in December.

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(iii) Saurabh, who is not the youngest, was not born in March.(iv) Joshi is not the youngest and was also not born in January.(v) Vikram was born before Vikrant but after Agarwal.(vi) Agarwal was not born in January.

51. Who among the four friends is the youngest?(a) Vikrant Singh (b) Vikram Gupta © Vikrant Joshi (d) Cannot be determined

52. Who among the four friends was born in March?(a) Saurabh Gupta (b) Vikram Gupta © Jasneet Agarwal (d) Cannot be determined

51- Six plays, P, Q, R, S, T and U are to be held during the week i.e, from Sunday to Saturday. In theday, only one play can be shown, and the showing of the plays is subject to the followingconditions:

A two day gap should exist between the showing of plays T and S.The showing of U should be followed immediately by the showing of R.P cannot be shown on Thursday.Q should be shown on Tuesday and should not be followed by S.These won’t be any play on day. Friday or Sunday is not that day and just beforethis day, S has to be shown.

1) No play is shown on:

2) On which day will the play R be shown?

3) Which play is the last one to be shown?

4) How many plays are shown between S and U?

52- A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H are officers in eight different banks namely UBI,BOB,PNB,ICICI,SBI,UCO,OBC and BOM,but not in the same order.all of them are seated around a circular table and are facing centreA is sitting 3rd to the left of the person who is in ICICI.only two people sit between E and G. neither E nor G is an immediate neighbour of A.neither E nor G is in ICICI bank.the person who is in BOM sits 2nd to the right of D.D is not an immediate neighbour of A.D is not in ICICI and A is not in BOM The one who is in UBI 3rd to the left of F.the person who is in ICICI and UBI are not immediate neighbours of each other.only one person sits between

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D and the one who is in PNB.the person who work in SBI and that in BOB are imediate neighbours of each other.D is not in BOB.only one person sits between B and the one who works in UCO.the person who works in UCO is immediate neighbour of H.G and B are not immediate neighbours of each other.53- A B C D E F G and H are officers in 8 different bank namely UBI,BOB,PNB,SBI,ICICI,UCO,OBC and BOM but not necessarily in same order.All of them are seated around a circular table and are facing the center.A is sitting third to the left of the person who is in ICICI.only 2 people sit between E and G neither E nor G is an immediate neighbor of A.Neither E nor G in ICICI bank,The person who is in BOM sits second to the right of D.D is not an immediate neighbor Of A.D is not in ICICI and A is not in BOM The person who is in UBI third to the left of F.ICICI and UBI are not immediate neighbor of each other.only one person sit between D and the who work in PNB.SBI and BOB are immediate neighbor of each other.D is not in BOB.only one persont sit between B and the one who work in UCO.uco is immediate neighbor of H.G and B are not immediate neighbor of each other.54- six chemicals L,M,N,O,P and q are kept in bottles of different colour green,red ,blue,white ,pink and violet ,not necessarily in the same order.these bottles are arranged from left to right,again nt necerrily in the same orderchemical m is kept in white bottle.chemical l is not kept in green bootle and is kept to immd left of the violet bottle. chemical o is kept in the blue bottle and is kept exactly betwween the bottles containing chemicals l and m.the red bottle is at the extreme left end.the bottle containiong chemical q is not kept either end.the green bottle is kept at the extreme right end.chemical p is nt kept near the white bottle.55- A,b,c,d,e,f,g,h are different department personal,administration,and marketing not more than three any department .choice of sports ,football ,crickets,volleyball ,badminton,lt ,basketba,hockey ,tt .D works in administration and does not like either football or crickets .f works in personal with only A , who likes tt .e and h donot work in the same department as d.c likes hockey and does not work in marketing .g does nt work in administration and does not like either crickets or badminton.one of those who work in administration like fotball .the one who likes volley ball works in personal.none of those who work in administration like either badminton or lt .h does nt like crickets .

56- A B C D E are 5 towns out of which 2 are hill stations and rest are in plains.Two towns wch are in palins ,are Harbour.Four town out of 5 are capitals of two Industrial towns.Populations of two towns is less than 5 lakhs.it is 20 lakhs in one town and more than

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50 lakhs in 2 towns.Two towns are on the same Latitudes and other two are on the same Longitude.Latitude and Longitude of both Harbour are different and out of dese one is an Industrial town.The population of both the Industrial town is more than 50 lakhs.The longitude of one hill station and one of the Industrial town is same.The latitude and longitude of other hill station and other Harbour are different.One Industrial town is neither hill station nor Harbour.None of the hill station is Industrial town.The hill station of wch Longitude are same as that of Harbour ,is a capital.B is a hill station while longitude of A and E are same.E is a Harbour.The latitude of D and C are same and population of D is 20 lakhs.Both the Harbour are capitals and one of them is industrila town.

Questions:1)Wch of the following two towns have population less than 5??2)Wch of the following is a harbour,a capital and an industrial town.?3)wch of the following have population more than 50 lakhs??

57- A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H r employs of an org workng in 3 depts,viz personnel,admin and marktng with not more dan 3 in any dept. Each of dem has a dif choice of sports from fotbal, hocky,crickt,volybal,badminton,lawn tenis, basket bal, tt, not necsarly in d sam order.

D woks in admin nd doesn't like either footbal or cricket. F works in personel wit only a,who likes tt. E and h don't work in sam dept as d. C liks hocky and doesn't work in marktng. G doesn't work in admin nd doesn't lik ether crickt or badmintn. One of dose who wrk in admin liks fb. The one who liks volybl wrks in personel. None of dose who work in admin liks ether badmntn or lawnt. H doesn't lik crickt.

58- Seven bands were scheduled to perform during the week of music festival .The festival began on a Monday and ended on Sunday. Each day only one band performed. Seven bands - Cactus, Axis, Mystic,Brisk, Fish, Dhoom and Thunder.

The festival schedule followed the conditions: the performance of Thunder, the home band,did not precede the performance of any other band.Among the visiting bands three were rock bands and the other three were fusion bands. All three bands of the same genre were not allowed to perform consecutively. Brisk, which was a rock band, refused to perform immediately before or after Fish. Meet, who was a lead singer with a rock band, refused to perform after Angelina.

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Angelina, the only female lead singer in the music festival besides Bony, was with the band Mystic. Angelina refused to perform on or after Thursday. Ali, who was the lead singer of a rock band, was not with the rock band Dhoom, and did not perform on Friday or Saturday. Sid, the lead singer of the rock band Cactus, could perform only on Monday. Rupam, the only male among the lead singer of the fusion band, was with Fish and performed on Wednesday.Bands performed only in presence of their lead singer.Arrange the schedule of music shows.

59- Six executive Aman, Bindu, Deepa, Jitu, Kamal and Priyanka have to advertise four products i.e. soap, watches, computers and chocolates on 3 different channels, i.e. Go, Come and Fun either alone or in pairs. An executive can visit only one channel and advertise only one product. No more than two executives can advertise on a channel.(i) Bindu and Jitu both visit the same channel but advertise different products.(ii) Aman who visits ‘Go’ advertises neither soap nor computers.(iii) Kamal does not advertise chocolates.(iv) No girl advertises soap.(v) The two executives who advertise chocolates visit Spice(vi)21. Who advertises watches?(1) Deepa (2) Kamal(3) Aman (4) Priyanka(5) None of these22. Which of the following Channel-product pairs in definitely incorrect?(1) Go-watch (2) Come-computer(3) Go-soap (4) Come-soap(5) Come-watch23. Which channel does Kamal visit?(1) Go (2) Fun(3) Come (4) Cannot be determined(5) None of these24. If Bipasha advertises computers which of the following must be true?(1) Jitu advertises soap (2) Jitu advertises watches(3) Kamal advertises computers (4) Kamal works for Fun(5) None of these

25. What will Jitu advertise?(1) Chocolates (2) Watches(3) Computers or watches (4) Cannot be determined(5) None of these

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60- 6 plays r to b organised 4m mon to sun.one play each day wid 1 day when der is no play.'no play' day is not mon or sun.the plays r held in sets of 3 plays each in such a way that 3 plays r held without any break,ie.3 plays r held in such a way that there is no 'no play' between them bt immediately b4 this set or imm. after this set it is 'no play' day.play z was held on 26th n play x was held on 31st of d same mnth.play b was not held imm. after play a(bt was held after a,not necessarily immediately)n play m was held imm. b4 q.all 6 plays were held in same mnth..61- Eight Friends A, B, C,D, E, F, G, and H are sitting around a circle facing outside the centre. There are equal numbers of males and females in the group. No two females are immediate neighbours of each other. C is a male and C sits third to the right of G. D is a female and D is not an immediate neighbour of C. E sits second to the left of D. h sits fourth to the right of A and H is not an immediate neighbour of G. F is a female62- A, B, C, D AND E ARE FIVE TOWNS OUT OF WHICH TWO ARE HILL STATION AND REST ARE IN PLAIN. TWO TOWN WHICH ARE IN PLAIN ARE HARBOURS. FOUR TOWNS OUT OF FIVE ARE CAPITALS AND TWO ARE INDUSTRIAL TOWNS. POPULATION OF TWO TOWNS IS LESS THAN 5 LACKS. IF IS 20 LACKS FOR ONE TOWN AND MORE THAN 50 LACKS FOR TWO TOWNS. TWO TOWNS ARE ON THE SAME LATITUDES AND OTHER TWO ARE ON SAME LONGITUDE. LATITUDES AND LONGITUDE OF BOTH HARBOURS ARE DIFFERENT AND OUT OF THESE ONE IS INDUSTRIAL TOWN. THE POPULATION OF BOTH INDUSTRIAL TOWN IS MORE THAN 50 LACKS. THE LONGITUDES OF ONE HILL STATION AND ONE OF THE INDUSTRIAL TOWN ARE SAME. THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF OTHER HILL STATION AND OTHER HARBOUR ARE DIFFERENT. ONE INDUSTRIAL TOWN IS NEITHER A HILL STATION NOR A HARBOUR. NONE OF THE HILL STATION IS AN INDUSTRIAL TOWN. THE HILL STATION OF WHICH LONGITUDES ARE SAME AS THAT OF HARBOUR IS A CAPITAL. B IS A HILL STATION WHILE THE LONGITUDES OF A AND E ARE SAME , E IS A HARBOUR. THE LATITUDES OF D AND C ARE SAME AND POPULATION OF D IS 20 LACKS. BOTH THE HARBOURS ARE CAPITALS AND ONE OF THEM IS INDUSTRIAL TOWN.

63- In an examination , six subjects were available for a candidate of which only three had to be offered under the following conditions:

one who offer A had to offer B also and vice versa.

one who offered A could not offer E

one who offered C or D could not offer F.

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the distribution of the candidates over the subjects was as follows:A-70 ,B-70, C90, D-85, E-70 F-35

64- P,Q,R,S,T,V AND W ARE SEVEN MEMBERS OF A FAMILY,OUT OF WHICH THERE ARE THREE FEMALES AND FOUR MAILS.THERE ARE TWO MANAGERS ,TWO LAYERS,ONE TEACHERS,ONE ENGINEER AND ONE DOCTOR.NO LADY IS EITHER A TEACHER OR AN ENGINEER.R IS A LAYER AND IS MARRIED TO P,WHO IS A TEACHER.V,THE ENGINEER IS MARRIED TO S,WHO IS NEITHER A LAYER NOR A DOCTOR.NO TWO LADIES HAVE THE SAME PROFESSION.Q IS THE SISTER OF W,WHO IS A MANAGER.65- A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members standing in a row (not necessarily in the same order) facing north.(ii) C and B have as many members between them as G and C have between them.(iii) D, who is 3rd from the extreme left, is 3rd to the left of E.(iv) A and D are neighbors and F and C are neighbors.

66- In two parallel lines 12 prson r sitting in such a way that 6 in each line and at equal distance.

In line1 ABCDEF 6 prsn all r facing EAST and in line2 PQRSTV 6 prsn facing WEST. These r sitting in such a way that 1 prsn of line1 facing 1 prsn in line2 bt nt in same order as gvn above.

B 2nd to the left of D which is at 1 end.

2 prsn sit b/w T & Q and both T and Q nt facing D or B.

S 3rd to left of R and sitting at 1 end.

E 2nd to right of A and facing Q.

P facing C.

67- 7 friends P,Q,R,S,T,U and W are gathed in Mumbai airport. 5 of them are scheduled to go to different places- Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Bangalore and Calcutta

5 of them are executives each specializing in ADMN, HRM,Marketing, system and Finance.

T an executive going to Chennai and is neither from Finance nor Marketing.

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W is the system specialist and he is leaving for Delhi. U is an Executive but not going to one of the five places.

Q is an Executive from HRM, but has come to airport to see his friends

P is and Executive but not from marketing and is flying to one of the destinations but not to Bangalore or Calcutta

68- 7 friends P,Q,R,S,T,U and W are gathed in Mumbai airport. 5 of them are scheduled to go to different places- Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Bangalore and Calcutta

5 of them are executives each specializing in ADMN, HRM,Marketing, system and Finance.

T an executive going to Chennai and is neither from Finance nor Marketing.

W is the system specialist and he is leaving for Delhi. U is an Executive but not going to one of the five places.

Q is an Executive from HRM, but has come to airport to see his friends

P is and Executive but not from marketing and is flying to one of the destinations but not to Bangalore or Calcutta

69- A B C D E & F are members of a family consisting of 3 generations.The family consists of 2 pairs of couples.There are only 3 females.The oldest is a female and the youngest is a male. No two persons are of the same age.Today being a Sunday they visited a restaurant and sat arround a circular table facing towards centre. D sat opposit to the person who occupies the third place when their ages are considered in descending order. A is the grand father of F and sat on the immidiate right of D,who is the fahther of C but not the husband of E. Persons of same generation sat opposit to each other .B sat on the immidiate right of a femle.F is not the youngest.70- There are five friends viz. Dugati, Gandhi, Pikalu, Mishra and Ubuntu. Each of the mentioned persons haspassed out of one of the following universities - JNU, DU, PU, HCU or BHU and has installed a differentoperating system(OS) out of Debian, Fedora, Novell, Redhat and Slackware, on their desktops. Each of thementioned persons stays in a different city out of Bangalore, Hyderabad,

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Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. It is alsoknown that Pikalu has installed Slackware and has neither passed out of DU nor out of HCU.Additional information:i. Dugati stays in Hyderabad.ii. Ubuntu has installed Fedora and Mishra has passed out of DU.iii. One who stays in Mumbai has passed out of PU.iv. Gandhi, who has passed out of BHU, has not installed Redhat.v. One who has passed out of JNU has installed Novell.14. For how many of the mentioned persons, is it possible to determine the exact information about the cityin which they stayed, the university they passed out of and the OS they have installed?(1) 3 (2) 0 (3) 1 (4) 2 (5) 515. How many of the following statements can be true?A. Ubuntu stays in Bangalore, passed out of HCU and has installed Fedora.B. Mishra stays in Kolkata, passed out of DU and has installed Debian.C. Gandhi stays in Bangalore, passed out of BHU and has installed Novell.D. Dugati stays in Hyderabad, passed out of HCU and has installed Redhat.E. Mishra stays in Bangalore, passed out of DU and has installed Redhat.(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 1 (4) 0 (5) 416. Who stays in Mumbai ?(1) Gandhi (2) Pikalu (3) Mishra (4) Ubuntu (5) Cannot be determined71- An aeroplane has 5 intermediate stops on its route. The aeroplane starts from stop 1 and then stops at stop 2,stop 3, stop 4, stop 5, stop 6 and stop 7 (in that order). Stop 1 and stop 7 are called terminal stops. In its retrunjourney, the airplane starts from stop 7 and returns to stop 1, stopping at all the above intermediate stops in thereverse order. The stops are at seven airports: Khujuraho, Barangal, Sindh, Kangi, Manthoo, Khurshi andThansu not necessarily in that order.Some additional information is also available:I. The aeroplane stops at exactly two stops between Manthoo and Sindh.II. Immediately before Barangal, the aeroplane stops at Khurshi.III. The airport at Kangi is not one of the terminal stops.72- Harish, Manish, Kavish, Ravish and Ashish are students. Each of them studies at least one of the followingthree subjects: History, Psychology and Sociology. Following additional information is available regardingtheir subject combinations.I. Manish studies Psychology and History only.II. Kavish studies each of these three subjects.III. Ashish studies only Sociology..

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73- Johnny was very fond of ice creams; however he was very selective about the flavour of the ice cream he ate.Each ice cream that Johnny ate was one or the other of the seven flavours ‘L’, ‘O’, ‘M’, ‘BS’, ‘C’, ‘BC’ and‘S’. On each day starting from Sunday to Saturday of a particular week X, he ate three ice creams, each of adifferent flavour. Also, in this particular week he ate equal number of ice creams of each of the given flavours.Additional Information Given:I. Whenever he ate flavour L, he did not eat it on the next two days.II. He never ate ice creams having flavours ‘C’ and ‘BC’ on the same day, but always ate ice creamshaving flavours ‘S’ and ‘BC’ on the same days.III. There were exactly two non consecutive days in the week in which he ate ice creams having flavours‘O’ and ‘M’ together.IV. He did not eat ice cream having flavour ‘L’ with the ice creams having one or the other of the threeflavours ‘C’, ‘M’ and ‘BS’ on any day of the week.V. He ate all the three ice creams having flavour ‘BS’ before the day on which he ate the third ice creamhaving flavour ‘O’.

74-A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J are 10 friends. These 10 friends are divided into three different groups namelygroup X, group Y and group Z. Each group must contain at least two friends.Additional Information Given:1. B and J are in the same group.2. D, E and F are in different groups.3. A is in group X.4. C is not in group Y and D is not in group Z.5. H, I and C are in the same group.75- Sixteen football teams: France, Brazil, Portugal, England, Ukraine, Italy, Argentina, Germany, Bolivia, Chile,Ecuador, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Japan, Poland and Netherlands are divided into two groups, X and Y of8 teams each. Each team has to play exactly one match against a team belonging to the other group. Matchesare positioned from first to eighth in the order in which they are played (the first match happening before thesecond match and so on) and two teams participate in a match. Further,I. France, Germany and Costa Rica are in the same group. Also, Jamaica,

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Chile and Ukraine arein the same group.II. Netherlands is in group Y and it plays against Italy.III. Sixth match is played between Jamaica and Portugal and eighth match is played betweenGermany and Chile. Germany belongs to group X.IV. England is in the group which does not have Portugal, Ecuador or Poland. Also, group havingArgentina does not have Brazil, Japan or Bolivia.V. Brazil plays its match just after Bolivia but before Netherlands.VI. Argentina and Ecuador are in the same group and they play first and second match respectively.VII. The match in which Costa Rica plays is neither first nor third nor fifth nor seventh.76- Each of the five friends namely Michelle, Luc, Niki, William and Sophia own exactly one distinct companyfrom among the five companies namely P, Q, R, S and T not necessarily in that particular order. The revenueof the five companies generated in a particular quarter is Rs.50 million, Rs.45 million, Rs.40 million, Rs.35million and Rs. 30 million not necessarily in the order in which the names of the companies are mentioned.Additional Information Given:I. Niki does not own S.II. The revenue generated by P is greater than the revenue generated by the company owned by Niki byRs.5 million.III. The revenue generated by the company owned by Michelle is greater than the revenue generated by Qby Rs. 10 million.IV. The revenue generated by the company owned by William is greater than the revenue generated byR by Rs. 10 million.V. Luc does not own T.VI. The revenue generated by S is greater than the revenue generated by the company owned by Sophia byRs. 5 million.

77- A,B,C,D,E,F and G are seven members of a family belonging to three generations.

There are two married couples, one each of first and second gen respectively.

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They travel in three different cars P, Q and R so that no car has more than three members and there is atleast one female in each car.

C, who is granddaughter, does not travel with her grandfather and grandmother.

B travels with his father E in car Q.

F travels with her granddaughter D in car P.

A travels with her daughter in car R.

78-