UPSC CSE Prelims CSAT (Paper II) previous year questions on Multiple Correlations Puzzles (Logical Reasoning), asked from 2011–2026, with answers. There are 64 questions in this post. Attempt each question, then click Show Answer to check.
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1] Two identical straight rods are painted in five distinct colours so that each of them gets divided into five equal parts along the length. In one of them, the portions are marked P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 (not necessarily in that order) whereas in the other, they are marked Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 and Q5 (not necessarily in that order). When the rods are kept parallel to each other side by side, P1 and Q3 match, P4 matches Q1 or Q2, and Q4 matches P3 or P5. If Q3 and Q5 are adjacent, which of the following is/are possible?
I. Q3 is marked at the middle portion of the straight rod.
II. P2 is marked at one of the extreme portions of the straight rod.
Select the answer using the code given below. [2026/34]
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
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Ans: (c) Both I and II
2] Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G travel by three cars X, Y, Z. A and another two of them travel by X. Only E travels with G. C travels by Z, but B does not travel by Y. Besides, A and B do not travel by the same car. Then which of the following are correct?
I. No one travels alone.
II. Only D travels with F.
III. Only C travels with B.
Select the answer using the code given below. [2026/35]
(a) I and II only
(b) I and III only
(c) II and III only
(d) All the three
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Ans: (b) I and III only
3] Seven books P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are placed side by side. R, Q and T have blue covers and other books have red covers. Only S and U are new books and the rest are old. P, R and S are law reports; the rest are Gazetteers. Books of old Gazetteers with blue covers are [2021/25]
(a) Q and R
(b) Q and U
(c) Q and T
(d) T and U
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Ans: (c) Q and T
Directions for the following 2 (two items):
Read the following information and answer the two items that follow:
The plan of an office block for six officers A, B, C, D, E and F is a follow: Both B and C occupy office to the right of the corridor (as one enters the office block) and A occupies on the left of the corridor. E and F occupy office on opposite sides of the corridor but their offices do not face each other. The offices of C and D face each other. E does not have a corner office. F’s office is further down the corridor than A’s, but on the same side.
4] If E sits in his office and faces the corridor, whose office is to his left? [2018/25]
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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Ans: (c) C
5] Who is/are F’s immediate neighbour/ neighbours? [2018/26]
(a) A only
(b) A and D
(c) C only
(d) B and C
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Ans: (a) A only
Directions for the following 6 (six) items:
Read the information given below and answer the six items that follow.
A, B, C and D are students. They are studying in four different cities, viz., P, Q, R and S (not necessarily in that order). They are studying in Science college, Arts college, Commerce college and Engineering college (not necessarily in that order), which are situated in four different States, viz., Gujarat, Rajasthan, Assam and Kerala (not necessarily in that order). Further, it is given that—
i. D is studying in Assam
ii. Arts college is located in city S which is in Rajasthan
iii. A is studying in Commerce college
iv. B is studying in city Q
v. Science college is located in Kerala
6] A is studying in [2018/43]
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) city Q
(d) Kerala
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Ans: (b) Gujarat
7] Science college is located in [2018/44]
(a) city Q
(b) city S
(c) city R
(d) city P
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Ans: (a) city Q
8] C is studying in [2018/45]
(a) Science college
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) city Q
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Ans: (b) Rajasthan
9] Which one of the following statements is correct? [2018/46]
(a) D is not studying in city S.
(b) A is studying in science college.
(c) A is studying in Kerala.
(d) Engineering college is located in Gujarat.
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Ans: (a) D is not studying in city S.
10] Which one of the following statements is correct regarding Engineering college? [2018/47]
(a) C is studying there.
(b) B is studying there.
(c) It is located in Gujarat.
(d) D is studying there.
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Ans: (d) D is studying there.
11] Which one of the following statements is correct? [2018/48]
(a) Engineering college is located in Assam.
(b) City Q is situated in Assam.
(c) C is studying in Kerala.
(d) B is studying in Gujarat.
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Ans: (a) Engineering college is located in Assam.
12] Lakshmi, her brother, her daughter and her son are badminton players. A game of doubles is about to begin:
i. Lakshmi’s brother is directly across the net from her daughter.
ii. Her son is diagonally across the net from the worst player’s sibling.
iii. The best player and the worst player are on the same side of the net.
Who is the best player? [2018/72]
(a) Her brother
(b) Her daughter
(c) Her son
(d) Lakshmi
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Ans: (a) Her brother
13] In a group of six women, there are four tennis players, four postgraduates in Sociology, one postgraduate in Commerce and three bank employees. Vimala and Kamla are the bank employees while Amala and Komala are unemployed. Komala and Nirmala are among the tennis players. Amala, Kamla, Komala and Nirmala are postgraduates in Sociology of whom two are bank employees. If Shyamala is a postgraduate in Commerce, who among the following is both a tennis player and a bank employee? [2017/29]
(a) Amala
(b) Komala
(c) Nirmala
(d) Shyamala
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Ans: (c) Nirmala
Directions for the following 3 (three) items:
consider the given information and answer the three items that follow.
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are Lecturers from different cities—Hyderabad, Delhi, Shillong, Kanpur, Chennai, Mumbai and Srinagar (not necessarily in the same order) who participated in a conference. Each one of them is specialized in a different subject, viz., Economics, Commerce, History, Sociology, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics (not necessarily in the same order). Further
1. Lecturer from Kanpur is specialized in Geography
2. Lecturer D is from Shillong
3. Lecturer C from Delhi is specialized in Sociology
4. Lecturer B is specialized in neither History nor Mathematics
5. Lecturer A who is specialized in Economics does not belong to Hyderabad
6. Lecturer F who is specialized in Commerce belongs to Srinagar
7. Lecturer G who is specialized in Statistics belongs to Chennai
14] Who is specialized in Geography? [2017/69]
(a) B
(b) D
(c) E
(d) Cannot be determined as data are inadequate
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Ans: (a) B
15] To which city does the Lecturer specialized in Economics belong? [2017/70]
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Mumbai
(c) Neither Hyderabad nor Mumbai
(d) Cannot be determined as data are inadequate
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Ans: (b) Mumbai
16] Who of the following belongs to Hyderabad? [2017/71]
(a) B
(b) E
(c) Neither B nor E
(d) Cannot be determined as data are inadequate
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Ans: (b) E
17] In a school, there are five teachers A, B, C, D and E. A and B teach Hindi and English. C and B teach English and Geography. D and A teach Mathematics and Hindi. E and B teach History and French. Who teaches maximum number of subjects? [2017/72]
(a) A
(b) B
(c) D
(d) E
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Ans: (b) B
18] There are five hobby clubs in a college –photography, yachting, chess, electronics and gardening. The gardening group meets every second day, the electronics group meets every third day, the chess group meets every fourth day, the yachting group meets every fifth day and the photography group meets every sixth day. How many times do all the five groups meet on the same day within 180 days? [2016/13]
(a) 5
(b) 18
(c) 10
(d) 3
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Ans: (d) 3
Directions for the following 5 (five) items:
Consider the following information and answer the five items that follow:
There are five persons in a group — P, Q, R, S and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor.
19] Who is the doctor? [2016/15]
(a) T
(b) P
(c) Q
(d) R
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Ans: (a) T
20] Who is the artist? [2016/16]
(a) P
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) T
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Ans: (c) R
21] Who is the spouse of R? [2016/17]
(a) P
(b) T
(c) Q
(d) S
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Ans: (b) T
22] Who is lawyer? [2016/18]
(a) P
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) S
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Ans: (b) Q
23] Who of the following is definitely a man? [2016/19]
(a) P
(b) S
(c) Q
(d) None of the above
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Ans: (c) Q
Direction for the following 3 (three) items:
Consider the given -formation and answer the three items that follow.
Six boxes A, B, C, D, E and F have been painted with six different colours viz., violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow and orange and arranged from left to right (not necessarily either kept or painted with the colours in the same order). Each box contains a ball of any one of the following six games: cricket, hockey, tennis, golf, football and volleyball (not necessarily in the same order). The golf ball is in violet box and is not in the box D. The box A which contains tennis ball is orange in colour and is at the extreme right. The hockey ball is neither in box D nor in box E. The box C having cricket ball is painted green. The hockey ball is neither in the box painted blue nor in the box painted yellow. The box C is fifth from right and next to box B. The box B contains volleyball. The box containing the hockey ball is between the boxes containing golf ball and volleyball.
24] Which one of the following boxes contains the golf ball? [2016/34]
(a) F
(b) E
(c) D
(d) None of the above
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Ans: (b) E
25] Which of the following statements is/are correct? [2016/35]
(a) D is painted yellow
(b) F is painted indigo
(c) B is painted blue
(d) All of the above.
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Ans: (b) F is painted indigo
26] The football is in the box of which colour? [2016/36]
(a) Yellow
(b) Indigo
(c) Cannot be determined as data are inadequate
(d) Blue
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Ans: (c) Cannot be determined as data are inadequate
Direction for the following 3 (three) items:
Consider the given information and answer the three items that follow.
When three friends A, B and C met, it was found that each of them wore an outer garment of a different colour. In random order, the garments are: jacket, sweater and tie; and the colours are: blue, white and black. Their surnames in random order Ribeiro, Kumar and Singh.
Further, we know that:
1. Neither B nor Ribeiro wore a white sweater
2. C wore a tie
3. Singh’s garment was not white
4. Kumar does not wear a jacket
5. Ribeiro does not like to wear the black colour
6. Each of the friends wore only one outer garment of only one colour
27] What is C’s surname? [2016/54]
(a) Ribeiro
(b) Kumar
(c) Singh
(d) Cannot be determined
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Ans: (a) Ribeiro
28] What is the colour of the tie? [2016/55]
(a) Black
(b) Blue
(c) White
(d) Cannot be determined
Show Answer
Ans: (b) Blue
29] Who wore the sweater? [2016/56]
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) Cannot be determined
Show Answer
Ans: (a) A
30] Two men, Anil and David, and two women. Shabnam and Rekha are in a sales group. Only two speak Tamil. The other two speak Marathi. Only one man and one woman can drive a car. Shabnam speaks Marathi. Anil speaks Tamil. Both Rekha and David can drive.
Which of the following statements is true? [2015/75]
(a) Both the Tamil speakers can drive a car.
(b) Both the Marathi speakers can drive a car.
(c) Both of those who can drive a car speak Marathi.
(d) One of those who can drive a car speaks Tamil.
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Ans: (d) One of those who can drive a car speaks Tamil.
31] A society consists of only two types of people — fighters and cowards. Two cowards are always friends. A fighter and a coward are always enemies. Fighters are indifferent to one another. If A and B are enemies, C and D are friends, E and F are indifferent to each other, A and E are not enemies, while B and F are enemies.
Which of the following statements is correct? [2015/78]
(a) B, C and F are cowards,
(b) A, E and F are fighters.
(c) B and E are in the same category.
(d) A and F are in different categories.
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Ans: (b) A, E and F are fighters.
32] Six books are labelled A, B, C, D, E and F and are placed side by side. Books B, C, E and F have green covers while others have yellow covers. Books A, B and D are new while the rest are old volumes. Books A, B and C are law reports while the rest are medical extracts. Which two books are old medical extracts and have green covers? [2014/21]
(a) B and C
(b) E and F
(c) C and E
(d) C and F
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Ans: (b) E and F
33] A question paper must have a question on one of the eight poets: A, B, C, D, E, F, G or H. first four belong to the medieval period While the rest are considered modern poets. Generally, modern poets’ figure in the question paper in alternate years. Generally, those who like H like G also; and those who like F like E also. paper-setter does not like to ask about F as he has written a book on F, but he likes F. Last year, the paper contained a question on A. On the basis of the information given, this year’s paper is most likely to contain a question on [2014/59]
(a) C
(b) E
(c) F
(d) H
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Ans: (b) E
34] In a group of six women there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailaja do not know how to play on the violin. Shailaja and Tanuja are among the dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is certainly a dancer and a violinist? [2014/60]
(a) Jalaja
(b) Pooja
(c) Shailaja
(d) Tanuja
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Ans: (d) Tanuja
35] Examine the following statements:
1. George attends – Music classes on Monday.
2. He attends Mathematics classes on Wednesday.
3. His Literature classes are not on Friday.
4. He attends History classes on the day following the day of his Mathematics classes.
5. On Tuesday, he attends his Sports classes.
If he attends just one subject in a day and his Sunday is free, then he is also free on [2014/66]
(a) Monday
(b) Thursday
(c) Saturday
(d) Friday
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Ans: (d) Friday
Directions for the following 3 (three) items:
Read the passage given below and answer the items that follow.
A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer, and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter-in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family.
36] What is the profession of B? [2014/78]
(a) Judge
(b) Lawyer
(c) Draughtsman
(d) Cannot be determined
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Ans: (a) Judge
37] Which of the following is/are a couple/couples? [2014/79]
(a) AD only
(b) BC only
(c) Both AD and BC
(d) Both AC and BD
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Ans: (c) Both AD and BC
38] What is the profession of D? [2014/80]
(a) Judge
(b) Stenographer
(c) Doctor
(d) Cannot be determined
Show Answer
Ans: (b) Stenographer
Directions for the following 4 (four) items:
Read the following statements and answer the four items that follow:
Five cities P, Q, R, S and T are connected by different modes of transport as follows:
P and Q are connected by boat as well as rail
S and R are connected by bus and boat.
Q and T are connected by air only.
P and R are connected by boat only.
T and R are connected by rail and bus.
39] Which mode of transport would help one to reach R starting from Q, but without changing the mode of transport? [2013/11]
(a) Boat
(b) Rail
(c) Bus
(d) Air
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Ans: (a) Boat
40] If a person visits each of the places starting from P and gets back to P, which of the following places must he visit twice? [2013/12]
(a) Q
(b) R
(c) S
(d) T
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Ans: (b) R
41] Which one of the following pairs of cities is connected by any of the routes directly without going to any other city? [2013/13]
(a) P and T
(b) T and S
(c) Q and R
(d) None of these
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Ans: (d) None of these
42] Between which two cities among the pairs of cities given below are there maximum travel options available? [2013/14]
(a) Q and S
(b) P and R
(c) P and T
(d) Q and R
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Ans: (a) Q and S
Directions of the following 3 (three) items:
Read the following passage and answer the three items that follow:
A tennis coach is trying to put together a team of four players for the forthcoming tournament. For these 7 players are available: males A, B and C; and females W. X, Y and Z. All players have equal capability and at least 2 males will be there in the team. For a team of four, all players must be able to play with each other. But B cannot play with W. C cannot play with Z and W cannot play with Y.
43] If Y is selected and B is rejected, the team will consist of which one of the following groups? [2013/15]
(a) A, C, W and Y
(b) A, C, X and Y
(c) A, C, Y and Z
(d) A, W, Y and Z
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Ans: (b) A, C, X and Y
44] If B is selected and Y is rejected, the team will consist of which one of the following groups? [2013/16]
(a) A, B, C and W
(b) A, B, C and Z
(c) A, B, C and X
(d) A, W, Y and Z
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Ans: (c) A, B, C and X
45] If all the three males are selected, then how many combinations of four member teams are possible? [2013/17]
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
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Ans: (b) 2
46] The music director of a film wants to select four persons to work on different aspects of the composition of a piece of music. Seven persons are available for this work; they are Rohit, Tanya, Shobha, Kaushal, Kunal, Mukesh and Jaswant. Rohit and Tanya will not work together. Kunal and Shobha will not work together. Mukesh and Kunal want to work together.
Which of the following is the most acceptable group of people that can be selected by the music director? [2013/18]
(a) Rohit, Shobha, Kunal and Kaushal
(b) Tanya, Kaushal, Shobha and Rohit
(c) Tanya, Mukesh, Kunal and Jaswant
(d) Shobha, Tanya, Rohit and Mukesh
Show Answer
Ans: (c) Tanya, Mukesh, Kunal and Jaswant
Directions for the following 3 (three) items:
Examine carefully the following statements and answer the three items that follow:
Out of four friends A, B, C and D,
A and B play football and cricket,
B and C play cricket and hockey,
A and D play basketball and football,
C and D play hockey and basketball.
47] Who does not play hockey? [2013/20]
(a) D
(b) C
(c) B
(d) A
Show Answer
Ans: (d) A
48] Who plays football, basketball and hockey? [2013/21]
(a) D
(b) C
(c) B
(d) A
Show Answer
Ans: (a) D
49] Which game do B, C and D play? [2013/22]
(a) Basketball
(b) Hockey
(c) Cricket
(d) Football
Show Answer
Ans: (b) Hockey
50] A, B, C, D and E belong to five different cities P, Q, R, S and T (not necessarily in that order). Each one of them comes from a different city. Further it is given that:
1. B and C do not belong to Q.
2. B and E do not belong to P and R.
3. A and C do not belong to R, S and T.
4. D and E do not belong to Q and T.
Which one of the following statements is not correct? [2013/29]
(a) C belongs to P
(b) D belongs to R
(c) A belongs to Q
(d) B belongs to S
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Ans: (d) B belongs to S
51] Seven men, A, B, C, D, E, F and G are standing in a queue in that order. Each one is wearing a cap of a different colour like violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. D is able to see in front of him green and blue, but not violet. E can see violet and yellow, but not red. G can see caps of all colours other than orange. If E is wearing an indigo-coloured cap, then the colour of the cap worn by F is [2013/30]
(a) Blue
(b) Violet
(c) Red
(d) Orange
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Ans: (c) Red
52] Three persons A, B & C wear shirts of Black, Blue and Orange colours (not necessarily in the order) and pants of Green, Yellow and Orange (not necessarily in that order). No person wore shirt and pant of the same colour. Further, it is given that,
1. A did not wear shirt of black colour.
2. B did not wear shirt of blue colour.
3. C did not wear shirt of orange colour.
4. A did not wear the pants of green colour
5. B wore pants of orange colour.
What were the colours of the pants and shirts worn by C respectively? [2012/20]
(a) Orange and black
(b) Green and blue
(c) Yellow and blue
(d) Yellow and black
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Ans: (b) Green and blue
53] Given that,
1. A is the brother of B
2. C is the father of A.
3. D is brother of E.
4. E is the daughter of B
Then, the uncle of D is? [2012/26]
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) E
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Ans: (a) A
54] Only six roads A, B, C, P, Q and R connect a military camp to the rest of the country. Only one out of A, P, and R are open at any one time. If B is closed so is Q. Only one of A & B is open during storms. P is closed during floods. In the context, which one of the following statements is correct? [2012/40]
(a) Under normal conditions only three roads are open.
(b) During storms at least one road is open.
(c) During floods only three roads are open
(d) During calamities all roads are closed
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Ans: (b) During storms at least one road is open.
55] Four political parties W, X, Y and Z decided to set up a joint candidate for the coming parliamentary elections. The formula agreed by them was the acceptance of a candidate by most of the parties. For aspiring candidates, A, B, C and D approached the parties for their ticketsssssssssssssssssssss.
A was acceptable to W but not Z
B was acceptable to Y but not X
C was acceptable to W and Y
D was acceptable to W and X
When candidate B was preferred by W and Z, candidate C was preferred by X and Z and candidate A was acceptable to X but not Y: Who got the ticket? [2012/42]
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Show Answer
Ans: (c) C
Directions for the following 5 (five) items:
Examine the information given in the following paragraph and Solution: the items that follow:
Guest lectures on five subjects viz., Economics, History, Statistics, English and Mathematics have to be arranged in a week from Monday to Friday. Only one lecture can be arranged on each day. Economics cannot be scheduled on Tuesday. Guest faculty for History is available only on Tuesday. Mathematics lecture has to be schedules immediately after the day of Economics lecture. English lecture has to be scheduled immediately before the day of Economics lecture.
56] Which lecture is scheduled on Monday? [2012/57]
(a) History
(b) Economics
(c) Mathematics
(d) Statistics
Show Answer
Ans: (d) Statistics
57] Which lecture is scheduled between Statistics and English? [2012/58]
(a) Economics
(b) History
(c) Mathematics
(d) No lecture
Show Answer
Ans: (b) History
58] Which lecture is the last one in the week? [2012/59]
(a) History
(b) English
(c) Mathematics
(d) Economics
Show Answer
Ans: (c) Mathematics
59] Which lecture is scheduled on Wednesday? [2012/60]
(a) Statistics
(b) Economics
(c) English
(d) History
Show Answer
Ans: (c) English
60] Which lecture is scheduled before the mathematics lecture? [2012/61]
(a) Economics
(b) History
(c) Statistics
(d) English
Show Answer
Ans: (a) Economics
61] In five flats, one above the other, live five professionals. The professor has to go up to meet his IAS officer friend. The doctor is equally friendly to all, and has to go up as frequently as go down. The engineer has to go up to meet his MLA friend above whose flat lives the professor’s friend.
From the ground floor to the top floor, in what order do the five professionals live? [2012/65]
(a) Engineer, Professor, Doctor, IAS officer, MLA
(b) Professor, Engineer, Doctor, IAS officer, MLA
(c) IAS officer, Engineer, Doctor, Professor, MLA
(d) Professor, Engineer, Doctor, MLA, IAS officer
Show Answer
Ans: (d) Professor, Engineer, Doctor, MLA, IAS officer
Read the following passage and answer the items that follow:
A, B, C, D and E are members of the same family. There are two fathers, two sons, two wives, three males and two females. The teacher was the, wife of a lawyer who was the son of a doctor. E is not male, neither also a wife of a professional. C is the youngest person in the family and D is the eldest. B is a male.
62] How is D related to E? [2011/57]
(a) Husband
(b) Son
(c) Father
(d) Wife
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Ans: (a) Husband
63] Who are the females in the group? [2011/58]
(a) C and E
(b) C and D
(c) E and A
(d) D and E
Show Answer
Ans: (c) E and A
64] Whose wife is the teacher? [2011/59]
(a) C
(b) D
(c) A
(d) B
Show Answer
Ans: (d) B
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