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Questions
Instructions
A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row. But C and D cannot be together. Also B cannot be at the third place.
Question 1
If A and B are together, then which of the following must be necessarily true?

A C is not at the first place

B A is at the third place

C D is at the first place

D C is at the first place

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Instructions
A shopping mall has a large basement parking lot with parking slots painted in it along a single row. These slots
are quite narrow; a compact car can fit in a single slot but an SUV requires two slots. When a car arrives, the
parking attendant guides the car to the first available slot from the beginning of the row into which the car can
fit.
For our purpose, cars are numbered according to the order in which they arrive at the lot. For example, the first
car to arrive is given a number 1, the second a number 2, and so on. This numbering does not indicate whether
a car is a compact or an SUV. The configuration of a parking lot is a sequence of the car numbers in each slot.
Each single vacant slot is represented by letter V.
For instance, suppose cars numbered 1 through 5 arrive and park, where cars 1, 3 and 5 are compact cars and 2
and 4 are SUVs. At this point, the parking lot would be described by the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. If cars 2 and 5
now vacate their slots, the parking lot would now be described as 1, V, V, 3, 4. If a compact car (numbered 6)
arrives subsequently followed by an SUV (numbered 7), the parking lot would be described by the sequence 1, 6,
V, 3, 4, 7.
Answer the following questions INDEPENDENTLY of each other.
Question 2
Suppose that car 4 is not the first car to leave and that the sequence at a time between the arrival of the car 7
and car 8 is V, 7, 3, 6, 5. Then which of the following statements MUST be false?

A Car 2 is a compact.

B Car 7 is a compact.

C Car 4 is an SUV.

D Car 6 is a compact.

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Question 3
Suppose eight cars have arrived, of which two have left. Also suppose that car 4 is a compact and car 7 is an
SUV. Which of the following is a POSSIBLE current configuration of the parking lot?

A 8, 2, 3, V, 6, 5, 7

B V, 2, 3, 7, 5, 6, 8

C 8, 2, 3, V, 5, 7, 6

D 8, 2, 3, V, 5, 6, 7

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Instructions
The first year students in a business school are split into six sections. In 2019 the Business Statistics course
was taught in these six sections by Annie, Beti, Chetan, Dave, Esha, and Fakir. All six sections had a common
midterm (MT) and a common endterm (ET) worth 100 marks each. ET contained more questions than MT.
Questions for MT and ET were prepared collectively by the six faculty members. Considering MT and ET
together, each faculty member prepared the same number of questions.

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Each of MT and ET had at least four questions that were worth 5 marks, at least three questions that were
worth 10 marks, and at least two questions that were worth 15 marks. In both MT and ET, all the 5-mark
questions preceded the 10-mark questions, and all the 15- mark questions followed the 10-mark questions.
The following additional facts are known.
i. Annie prepared the fifth question for both MT and ET. For MT, this question carried 5 marks.
ii. Annie prepared one question for MT. Every other faculty member prepared more than one questions for MT.
iii. All questions prepared by a faculty member appeared consecutively in MT as well as ET.
iv. Chetan prepared the third question in both MT and ET; and Esha prepared the eighth question in both.
v. Fakir prepared the first question of MT and the last one in ET. Dave prepared the last question of MT and the
first one in ET.
Question 4
Which of the following questions did Beti prepare in ET?

A Seventh question

B Fourth question

C Ninth question

D Tenth question

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Question 5
The second question in ET was prepared by:

A Chetan

B Beti

C Esha

D Dave

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Instructions
At a management school, the oldest M dorms, numbered 1 to 10, need to be repaired urgently. This following
diagram represents the estimated repair costs (in Rs. Crores for, the 10 dorms. For any dorm, the estimated
repair cost (in Rs. Crores ) is an integer. Repairs with estimated cost Rs. 1 or 2 Crores are considered light
repairs, repairs with estimated cost Rs. 3 or 4 are considered moderate repairs and repairs with estimated cost
Rs. 5 or 6 Crores are considered extensive repairs.

Further, the following information is known.


1. Odd-numbered dorms do not need light repair; even-numbered dorms do not need moderate repair and
dorms, whose numbers are divisible by 3, do not need extensive repair.
2. Dorms 4 to 9 all need different repair costs, with Dorm 7 needing the maximum and Dorm 8 needing the
minimum.
Question 6
What is the total cost of repairing the odd-numbered dorms (in Rs. Crores)?

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Instructions
There were seven elective courses - E1 to E7 - running in a specific term in a college. Each of the 300 students
enrolled had chosen just one elective from among these seven. However, before the start of the term, E7 was
withdrawn as the instructor concerned had left the college. The students who had opted for E7 were allowed to
join any of the remaining electives. Also, the students who had chosen other electives were given one chance to
change their choice. The table below captures the movement of the students from one elective to another
during this process. Movement from one elective to the same elective simply means no movement. Some
numbers in the table got accidentally erased; however, it is known that these were either 0 or 1.

Further, the following are known:


1. Before the change process there were 6 more students in E1 than in E4, but after the reshuffle, the number of
students in E4 was 3 more than that in E1.
2. The number of students in E2 increased by 30 after the change process.
3. Before the change process, E4 had 2 more students than E6, while E2 had 10 more students than E3.
Question 7
How many elective courses among E1 to E6 had a decrease in their enrollments after the change process?

A 4

B 1

C 2

D 3

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Instructions
Eight friends: Ajit, Byomkesh, Gargi, Jayanta, Kikira, Manik, Prodosh and Tapesh are going to Delhi from Kolkata
by a flight operated by Cheap Air. In the flight, sitting is arranged in 30 rows, numbered 1 to 30, each consisting
of 6 seats, marked by letters A to F from left to right, respectively. Seats A to C are to the left of the aisle (the
passage running from the front of the aircraft to the back), and seats D to F are to the right of the aisle. Seats A
and F are by the windows and referred to as Window seats, C and D are by the aisle and are referred to as Aisle
seats while B and E are referred to as Middle seats. Seats marked by consecutive letters are called consecutive
seats (or seats next to each other). A seat number is a combination of the row number, followed by the letter
indicating the position in the row; e.g., 1A is the left window seat in the first row, while 12E is the right middle
seat in the 12th row.
Cheap Air charges Rs. 1000 extra for any seats in Rows 1, 12 and 13 as those have extra legroom. For Rows 2-
10, it charges Rs. 300 extra for Window seats and Rs. 500 extra for Aisle seats. For Rows 11 and 14 to 20, it
charges Rs. 200 extra for Window seats and Rs. 400 extra for Aisle seats. All other seats are available at no
extra charge.
The following are known:
1. The eight friends were seated in six different rows.
2. They occupied 3 Window seats, 4 Aisle seats and 1 Middle seat.
3. Seven of them had to pay extra amounts, totaling to Rs. 4600, for their choices of seat. One of them did not
pay any additional amount for his/her choice of seat.
4. Jayanta, Ajit and Byomkesh were sitting in seats marked by the same letter, in consecutive rows in increasing
order of row numbers; but all of them paid different amounts for their choices of seat. One of these amounts
may be zero.
5. Gargi was sitting next to Kikira, and Manik was sitting next to Jayanta.
6. Prodosh and Tapesh were sitting in seats marked by the same letter, in consecutive rows in increasing order
of row numbers; but they paid different amounts for their choices of seat. One of these amounts may be zero.
Question 8
Who among the following did not pay any extra amount for his his/her choice of seat?

A Kikira

B Manik

C Gargi

D Tapesh

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Question 9
How much extra did Jayanta pay for his choice of seat?

A Rs. 300

B Rs. 400

C Rs. 500

D Rs. 1000

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Instructions
The schematic diagram below shows 12 rectangular houses in a housing complex. House numbers are
mentioned in the rectangles representing the houses. The houses are located in six columns - Column-A
through Column-F, and two rows - Row-1 and Row-2. The houses are divided into two blocks - Block XX and
Block YY. The diagram also shows two roads, one passing in front of the houses in Row-2 and another between
the two blocks.

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Some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available for sale.
The road adjacency value of a house is the number of its sides adjacent to a road. For example, the road
adjacency values of C2, F2, and B1 are 2, 1, and 0, respectively. The neighbour count of a house is the number
of sides of that house adjacent to occupied houses in the same block. For example, E1 and C1 can have the
maximum possible neighbour counts of 3 and 2, respectively.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if
it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 × (road adjacency
value) + 3 × (neighbour count). The following information is also known.
1. The maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs. The minimum quoted price of a house in
block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in Column-E.
2. Row-1 has two occupied houses, one in each block.
3. Both houses in Column-E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
4. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
Question 10
What is the maximum possible quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) for a vacant house in Column-E?

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Instructions
DIRECTIONS for the following three questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
Five friends meet every morning at Sree Sagar restaurant for an idli-vada breakfast. Each consumes a different
number of idlis and vadas. The number of idlis consumed are 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8, while the number of vadas
consumed are 0, 1, 2, 4, and 6. Below are some more facts about who eats what and how much.

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i. The number of vadas eaten by Ignesh is three times the number of vadas consumed by the person who eats
four idlis.
ii. Three persons, including the one who eats four vadas eat without chutney.
iii. Sandeep does not take any chutney.
iv. The one who eats one idli a day does not eat any vadas or chutney. Further, he is not Mukesh.
v. Daljit eats idli with chutney and also eats vada.
vi. Mukesh, who does not take chutney, eats half as many vadas as the person who eats twice as many idlis as
he does.
vii. Bimal eats two more idlis than Ignesh, but Ignesh eats two more vadas than Bimal.
Question 11
Which of the following statements is true?

A Mukesh eats 8 idlis and 4 vadas but no chutney.

B The person who eats 5 idlis and 1 vada does not take chutney.

C The person who eats equal number of vadas and idlis also takes chutney.

D The person who eats 4 idlis and 2 vadas also takes chutney.

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Instructions
Directions for the following two questions: Answer the following questions based on the information given
below.
Elle is three times older than Yogesh. Zaheer is half the age of Wahida. Yogesh is older than Zaheer.
Question 12
Which of the following can be inferred?

A Yogesh is older than Wahida

B Elle is older than Wahida

C Elle may be younger than Wahida

D None of these

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Instructions
Twenty five coloured beads are to be arranged in a grid comprising of five rows and five columns. Each cell in
the grid must contain exactly one bead. Each bead is coloured either Red, Blue or Green. While arranging the
beads along any of the five rows or along any of the five columns, the rules given below are to be followed:
1. Two adjacent beads along the same row or column are always of different colours.
2. There is at least one Green bead between any two Blue beads along the same row or column.
3. There is at least one Blue and at least one Green bead between any two Red beads along the same row or
column.
Every unique, complete arrangement of twenty five beads is called a configuration.
Question 13
What is the maximum possible number of Red beads that can appear in any configuration?

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Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually
Question 14
Six persons are playing a card game sitting around a circular table. Suresh is facing Raghubir who is to the left
of Ajay and to the right of Pramod. Ajay is to the left of Dhiraj. Yogendra is to the left of Pramod. If Dhiraj
exchanges his seat with Yogendra and Pramod exchanges with Raghubir, who will be sitting to the left of Dhiraj?

A Yogendra

B Raghubir

C Suresh

D Ajay

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Instructions
Twenty four people are part of three committees which are to look at research, teaching, and administration
respectively. No two committees have any member in common. No two committees are of the same size. Each
committee has three types of people: bureaucrats, educationalists, and politicians, with at least one from each
of the three types in each committee. The following facts are also known about the committees:

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1. The numbers of bureaucrats in the research and teaching committees are equal, while the number of
bureaucrats in the research committee is 75% of the number of bureaucrats in the administration committee.
2. The number of educationalists in the teaching committee is less than the number of educationalists in the
research committee. The number of educationalists in the research committee is the average of the numbers of
educationalists in the other two committees.
3. 60% of the politicians are in the administration committee, and 20% are in the teaching committee.
Question 15
Which of the following CANNOT be determined uniquely based on the given information?

A The size of the teaching committee

B The size of the research committee

C The total number of bureaucrats in the three committees

D The total number of educationalists in the three committees

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Question 16
What is the number of bureaucrats in the administration committee?

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Instructions

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There were seven elective courses - E1 to E7 - running in a specific term in a college. Each of the 300 students
enrolled had chosen just one elective from among these seven. However, before the start of the term, E7 was
withdrawn as the instructor concerned had left the college. The students who had opted for E7 were allowed to
join any of the remaining electives. Also, the students who had chosen other electives were given one chance to
change their choice. The table below captures the movement of the students from one elective to another
during this process. Movement from one elective to the same elective simply means no movement. Some
numbers in the table got accidentally erased; however, it is known that these were either 0 or 1.

Further, the following are known:


1. Before the change process there were 6 more students in E1 than in E4, but after the reshuffle, the number of
students in E4 was 3 more than that in E1.
2. The number of students in E2 increased by 30 after the change process.
3. Before the change process, E4 had 2 more students than E6, while E2 had 10 more students than E3.
Question 17
Later, the college imposed a condition that if after the change of electives, the enrollment in any elective (other
than E7) dropped to less than 20 students, all the students who had left that course will be required to re-enroll
for that elective.
Which of the following is a correct sequence of electives in decreasing order of their final enrollments?

A E2, E3, E6, E5, E1, E4

B E3, E2, E6, E5, E4, E1

C E2, E5, E3, E1, E4, E6

D E2, E3, E5, E6, E1, E3

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Question 18
After the change process, which course among E1 to E6 had the largest change in its enrollment as a
percentage of its original enrollment?

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A E1

B E2

C E3

D E6

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Instructions
The schematic diagram below shows 12 rectangular houses in a housing complex. House numbers are
mentioned in the rectangles representing the houses. The houses are located in six columns - Column-A
through Column-F, and two rows - Row-1 and Row-2. The houses are divided into two blocks - Block XX and
Block YY. The diagram also shows two roads, one passing in front of the houses in Row-2 and another between
the two blocks.

Some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available for sale.
The road adjacency value of a house is the number of its sides adjacent to a road. For example, the road
adjacency values of C2, F2, and B1 are 2, 1, and 0, respectively. The neighbour count of a house is the number
of sides of that house adjacent to occupied houses in the same block. For example, E1 and C1 can have the
maximum possible neighbour counts of 3 and 2, respectively.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if
it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 × (road adjacency
value) + 3 × (neighbour count). The following information is also known.

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1. The maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs. The minimum quoted price of a house in
block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in Column-E.
2. Row-1 has two occupied houses, one in each block.
3. Both houses in Column-E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
4. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
Question 19
Which of the following options best describes the number of vacant houses in Row-2?

A Exactly 3

B Either 3 or 4

C Exactly 2

D Either 2 or 3

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Instructions
Princess, Queen, Rani and Samragni were the four finalists in a dance competition. Ashman, Badal, Gagan and
Dyu were the four music composers who individually assigned items to the dancers. Each dancer had to
individually perform in two dance items assigned by the different composers. The first items performed by the
four dancers were all assigned by different music composers. No dancer performed her second item before the
performance of the first item by any other dancers. The dancers performed their second items in the same
sequence of their performance of their first items.
The following additional facts are known.
i) No composer who assigned item to Princess, assigned any item to Queen.
ii) No composer who assigned item to Rani, assigned any item to Samragni.
iii) The first performance was by Princess; this item was assigned by Badal.
iv) The last performance was by Rani; this item was assigned by Gagan.
v) The items assigned by Ashman were performed consecutively. The number of performances between items
assigned by each of the remaining composers was the same.
Question 20
Which pair of performances were composed by the same composer?

A The first and the seventh

B The third and the seventh

C The second and the sixth

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D The first and the sixth

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Instructions
The schematic diagram below shows 12 rectangular houses in a housing complex. House numbers are
mentioned in the rectangles representing the houses. The houses are located in six columns - Column-A
through Column-F, and two rows - Row-1 and Row-2. The houses are divided into two blocks - Block XX and
Block YY. The diagram also shows two roads, one passing in front of the houses in Row-2 and another between
the two blocks.

Some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available for sale.
The road adjacency value of a house is the number of its sides adjacent to a road. For example, the road
adjacency values of C2, F2, and B1 are 2, 1, and 0, respectively. The neighbour count of a house is the number
of sides of that house adjacent to occupied houses in the same block. For example, E1 and C1 can have the
maximum possible neighbour counts of 3 and 2, respectively.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if
it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 × (road adjacency
value) + 3 × (neighbour count). The following information is also known.
1. The maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs. The minimum quoted price of a house in
block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in Column-E.
2. Row-1 has two occupied houses, one in each block.
3. Both houses in Column-E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
4. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
Question 21
Which of the following houses is definitely occupied?

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A A1

B D2

C B1

D F2

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Instructions
The pages of a book are numbered 0, 1, 2 . upto M, M>0. There are four categories of instructions that direct a
person in positioning the book at a page. The instruction types and their meanings are :
1. OPEN : Position the book at page No. 1
2. CLOSE : Position the book at page No. 0
3. FORWARD, n :From the current page move forward by n pages; if, in this process, page number M is reached,
stop at M.
4. BACKWARD, n : From the current page, move backward by n pages; if in this process, page number 0 is
reached, stop at page number 0.
In each of the following questions, you will find a sequence of instructions formed from the above categories. In
each case, let n1 be the page number before the instructions are executed and n2 be the page number at which
the book is positioned after the instructions are executed.
Question 22
FORWARD, 10; FORWARD, 10. Which of the following statements about the above instructions is true?

A n2 − n1 = 20 only if n1 = 0
​ ​ ​

B n2 − n1 = 20 if M > 20 and n1 = 1
​ ​ ​

C n2 − n1 = 10 if M = 21 and n1 = 0
​ ​

D n2 > n1 if M > 0
​ ​

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Instructions

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The schematic diagram below shows 12 rectangular houses in a housing complex. House numbers are
mentioned in the rectangles representing the houses. The houses are located in six columns - Column-A
through Column-F, and two rows - Row-1 and Row-2. The houses are divided into two blocks - Block XX and
Block YY. The diagram also shows two roads, one passing in front of the houses in Row-2 and another between
the two blocks.

Some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available for sale.
The road adjacency value of a house is the number of its sides adjacent to a road. For example, the road
adjacency values of C2, F2, and B1 are 2, 1, and 0, respectively. The neighbour count of a house is the number
of sides of that house adjacent to occupied houses in the same block. For example, E1 and C1 can have the
maximum possible neighbour counts of 3 and 2, respectively.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if
it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 × (road adjacency
value) + 3 × (neighbour count). The following information is also known.
1. The maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs. The minimum quoted price of a house in
block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in Column-E.
2. Row-1 has two occupied houses, one in each block.
3. Both houses in Column-E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
4. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
Question 23
Which house in Block YY has parking space?

A E1

B F2

C E2

D F1

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Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually
Question 24
Albert, David, Jerome and Tommy were plucking mangoes in a grove to earn some pocket money during the
summer holidays. Their earnings were directly related to the number of mangoes plucked and had the following
relationship: Jerome got less money than Tommy. Jerome and Tommy together got the same amount at Albert
and David taken together. Albert and Tommy together got less than David and Jerome taken together. Who
earned the most pocket money? Who plucked the least number of mangoes?

A David, Jerome

B David, Albert

C Jerome, Tommy

D Jerome, Albert

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Instructions
Direction for the following four questions: Answer the questions based on the following information. Mr
Bankatlal acted as a judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz. Ms Andhra Pradesh, Ms
Uttar Pradesh, Ms West Bengal and Ms Maharashtra. Mrs Bankatlal, who was very anxious about the result,
asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Mr Bankatlal just told that the one who was wearing the
yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs Bankatlal pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows: All of
them were sitting in a row. All of them wore sarees of different colours, viz. green, yellow, white, red. There was
only one runner-up and she was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra. The runner-up was wearing the green saree.
Ms West Bengal was not sitting at the ends and was not the runner up. The winner and the runner-up are not
sitting adjacent to each other. Ms Maharashtra was wearing white saree. Ms Andhra Pradesh was not wearing
the green saree. Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.
Question 25
Who wore the red saree?

A Ms Andhra Pradesh

B Ms West Bengal

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C Ms Uttar Pradesh

D Ms Maharashtra

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Question 26
Ms. West Bengal was sitting adjacent to

A Ms Andhra Pradesh and Ms Maharashtra

B Ms Uttar Pradesh and Ms Maharashtra

C Ms Andhra Pradesh and Ms Uttar Pradesh

D Ms Uttar Pradesh

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Question 27
Which saree was worn by Ms Andhra Pradesh?

A Yellow

B Red

C Green

D White

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Instructions
A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row. But C and D cannot be together. Also B cannot be at the third place.
Question 28
If A is not at the third place, then which of the following options does C have?

A The first place only

B The third place only

C The first and third place only

D Any of the places

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Instructions
DIRECTIONS for the following two questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

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The Head of a newly formed government desires to appoint five of the six elected members A, B, C, D, E and F to
portfolios of Home, Power, Defence, Telecom and Finance. F does not want any portfolio if D gets one of the
five. C wants either Home or Finance or no portfolio. B says that if D gets either Power or Telecom then she
must get the other one. E insists on a portfolio if A gets one.
Question 29
Which is a valid assignment?

A A-Home, B-Power, C-Defence, D-Telecom, E-Finance.

B C-Home, D-Power, A-Defence, B-Telecom, E-Finance.

C A-Home, B-Power, E-Defence, D-Telecom, F-Finance.

D B-Home, F-Power, E-Defence, C-Telecom, A-Finance.

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Instructions
Direction for the following four questions: Answer the questions based on the following information. Mr
Bankatlal acted as a judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz. Ms Andhra Pradesh, Ms
Uttar Pradesh, Ms West Bengal and Ms Maharashtra. Mrs Bankatlal, who was very anxious about the result,
asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Mr Bankatlal just told that the one who was wearing the
yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs Bankatlal pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows: All of
them were sitting in a row. All of them wore sarees of different colours, viz. green, yellow, white, red. There was
only one runner-up and she was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra. The runner-up was wearing the green saree.
Ms West Bengal was not sitting at the ends and was not the runner up. The winner and the runner-up are not
sitting adjacent to each other. Ms Maharashtra was wearing white saree. Ms Andhra Pradesh was not wearing
the green saree. Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.
Question 30
Who was the runner-up?

A Ms Andhra Pradesh

B Ms West Bengal

C Ms Uttar Pradesh

D Ms Maharashtra

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A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row. But C and D cannot be together. Also B cannot be at the third place.
Question 31
Which of the following must be false?

A A is at the first place

B A is at the second place

C A is at the third place

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D A is at the fourth place

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Instructions
Directions for the following two questions: Answer the following questions based on the information given
below.
Elle is three times older than Yogesh. Zaheer is half the age of Wahida. Yogesh is older than Zaheer.
Question 32
Which of the following information will be sufficient to estimate Elle’s age?

A Zaheer is 10-year-old

B Both Yogesh and Wahida are older than Zaheer by the same number of years

C Both the above statements are needed

D None of these

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Instructions
DIRECTIONS for the following two questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The Head of a newly formed government desires to appoint five of the six elected members A, B, C, D, E and F to
portfolios of Home, Power, Defence, Telecom and Finance. F does not want any portfolio if D gets one of the
five. C wants either Home or Finance or no portfolio. B says that if D gets either Power or Telecom then she
must get the other one. E insists on a portfolio if A gets one.
Question 33
If A gets Home and C gets Finance, then which is NOT a valid assignment of Defense and Telecom?

A D-Defence, B-Telecom.

B F-Defence, B-Telecom.

C B-Defence, E-Telecom.

D B-Defence, D-Telecom.

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Instructions
Direction for the following two questions: Answer the questions based on the following information. Amar,
Akbar and Anthony are three friends. Only three colours are available for their shirts, viz. red, green and blue.
Amar does not wear red shirt. Akbar does not wear green shirt. Anthony does not wear blue shirt.
Question 34

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If two of them wear the same colour, then how many of the following must be false? I. Amar wears blue and
Akbar does not wear green II. Amar does not wear blue and Akbar wears blue III. Amar does not wear blue and
Akbar does not wear blue IV. Amar wears green, Akbar does not wear red, Anthony does not wear green
A None

B One

C Two

D Three

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Question 35
If Akbar and Anthony wear the same colour of shirts, then which of the following is not true?

A Amar wears blue and Akbar wears green

B Amar wears green and Akbar wears red

C Amar wears blue and Akbar does not wear blue

D Anthony wears red

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Instructions
DIRECTIONS for the following three questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
A, B, C, D, E, and F are a group of friends. There are two housewives, one professor, one engineer, one
accountant and one lawyer in the group. There are only two married couples in the group. The lawyer is
married to D, who is a housewife. No woman in the group is either an engineer or an accountant. C, the
accountant, is married to F, who is a professor. A is married to a housewife. E is not a housewife.
Question 36
How many members of the group are males?

A 2

B 3

C 4

D Cannot be determined

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Question 37
What is E's profession?

A Engineer

B Lawyer

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C Professor

D Accountant

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Question 38
Which of the following is one of the married couples?

A A&B

B B&E

C D&E

D A&D

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Instructions
The pages of a book are numbered 0, 1, 2 . upto M, M>0. There are four categories of instructions that direct a
person in positioning the book at a page. The instruction types and their meanings are :
1. OPEN : Position the book at page No. 1
2. CLOSE : Position the book at page No. 0
3. FORWARD, n :From the current page move forward by n pages; if, in this process, page number M is reached,
stop at M.
4. BACKWARD, n : From the current page, move backward by n pages; if in this process, page number 0 is
reached, stop at page number 0.
In each of the following questions, you will find a sequence of instructions formed from the above categories. In
each case, let n1 be the page number before the instructions are executed and n2 be the page number at which
the book is positioned after the instructions are executed.
Question 39
FORWARD, 5; BACKWARD, 4. Which of the following statements about the above instructions is true?

A n2 = n1 + 4 Provided 1 < n1 < 7


​ ​ ​

B n2 = n1 provided M < 6
​ ​

C n2 = n1 + 1 provided M − n1 > 5
​ ​ ​

D n2 − n1 < 0 provided M > 0


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Question 40
FORWARD, 25 ; BACKWARD, 10. which of the following statements is true?

A n1 = n2 if M=10 and n1 = 0
​ ​ ​

B M = 20 provided n1 > 0

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C n1 > 30 provided M = 900

D n1 = 37 provided M = 25

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Instructions
DIRECTIONS for the following three questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
Seven varsity basketball players (A, B, C, D, E, F, and G) are to be honoured at a special luncheon. The players will
be seated on the dais in a row. A and G have to leave the luncheon early and so must be seated at the extreme
right. B will receive the most valuable player's trophy and so must be in the centre to facilitate presentation. C
and D are bitter rivals and therefore must be seated as far apart as possible.
Question 41
Which of the following pairs cannot be seated together?

A B&D

B C&F

C D&G

D E&A

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Question 42
Which of the following cannot be seated at either end?

A C

B D

C F

D G

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Instructions
Directions for the next 2 questions: There are three bottles of water, A, B, C, whose capacities are 5 litres, 3
litres, and 2 litres respectively. For transferring water from one bottle to another and to drain out the bottles,
there exists a piping system. The flow through these pipes is computer controlled. The computer that controls
the flow through these pipes can be fed with three types of instructions, as explained below:

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Initially, A is full with water, and B and C are empty.
Question 43
Consider the same sequence of three instructions ‘and the same initial state mentioned above. Three more
instructions are added at the end of the above sequence to have A contain 4 litres of water. In this total
sequence of six instructions, the fourth one is DRAIN (A). This is the only DRAIN instruction in the entire
sequence. At the end of the execution of the above sequence, how much water (in litres) is contained in C?

A One

B Two

C Zero

D None of these

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Instructions
DIRECTIONS for the following two questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Some children were taking free throws at the basketball court in school during lunch break. Below are some
facts about how many baskets these children shot.
i. Ganesh shot 8 baskets less than Ashish.
ii. Dhanraj and Ramesh together shot 37 baskets.
iii. Jugraj shot 8 baskets more than Dhanraj.
iv. Ashish shot 5 baskets more than Dhanraj.
v. Ashish and Ganesh together shot 40 baskets.
Question 44
Which of the following statements is true?

A Dhanraj and Jugraj together shot 46 baskets.

B Ganesh shot 18 baskets and Ramesh shot 21 baskets.

C Dhanraj shot 3 more baskets than Ramesh.

D Ramesh and Jugraj together shot 29 baskets.

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Question 45
Which of the following statements is true?

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A Ramesh shot 18 baskets and Dhanraj shot 19 baskets

B Ganesh shot 24 baskets and Ashish shot 16 baskets

C Jugraj shot 19 baskets and Dhanraj shot 27 baskets

D Dhanraj shot 11 baskets and Ashish shot 16 baskets

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Instructions
DIRECTIONS for the following three questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
Seven varsity basketball players (A, B, C, D, E, F, and G) are to be honoured at a special luncheon. The players will
be seated on the dais in a row. A and G have to leave the luncheon early and so must be seated at the extreme
right. B will receive the most valuable player's trophy and so must be in the centre to facilitate presentation. C
and D are bitter rivals and therefore must be seated as far apart as possible.
Question 46
Which of the following pairs cannot occupy the seats on either side of B?

A F&D

B D&E

C E&G

D C&F

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Instructions
Four students — Ashish, Dhanraj, Felix and Sameer sat for the Common Entrance Exam for Management
(CEEM). Each of the students has one profession among the four: Doctor, Chartered Accountant, Engineer, and
Economist. One student got admission offers from three NIMs (National Institutes of Management), another
from two NIMs, the third from one NIM, while the fourth got none. Below are some of the facts about who got
admission offers from how many NIMs and what is their educational background.
I. The one who is an engineer didn’t get as many admissions as Ashish.
II. The one who got the offer for admissions in two NIMs isn’t Dhanraj nor is he a chartered accountant.
III. Sameer is an economist.
IV. Dhanraj isn’t an engineer and received more admission offers than Ashish.
V. The doctor got the most number of admission offers.
Question 47
Which one of the following statements is necessarily true?

A Ashish is a chartered accountant and got offer for admission in three NIMs.

B Dhanraj is a doctor and got admission offer in one NIM.

C Sameer is an economist who got admission offers in two NIMs.

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D Felix who is not an engineer did not get any offer for admission.

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Instructions
DIRECTIONS for the following two questions: These questions are based on the situation given below: A, B, C, D,
E and F are a group of friends from a club. There are two housewives, one lecturer, one architect, one
accountant and one lawyer in the group. There are two married couples in the group. The lawyer is married to D
who is a housewife. No lady in the group is either an architect or an accountant. C, the accountant, is married to
F who is a lecturer. A is married to D and E is not a housewife.
Question 48
How many members of the group are male?

A 2

B 3

C 4

D None of these

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Question 49
What is E?

A Lawyer

B Architect

C Lecturer

D Accountant

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Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually
Question 50
Three children won the prizes in the Bournvita Quiz contest. They are from the schools: Loyola, Convent and
Little Flowers, which are located at different cities. Below are some of the facts about the schools, the children
and the city they are from.
I. One of the children is Bipin.
II. Loyola School’s contestant did not come first.
III. Little Flower’s contestant was named Riaz.
IV. Convent School is not in Hyderabad.
V. The contestant from Pune is not from Loyola School.
VI. The contestant from Bangalore did not come first.
VII. Convent School’s contestant’s name is not Balbir.

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VIII. The contestant from Pune came in third.
Which of the following statements is true?
A 1st prize: Riaz (Little Flowers), 2nd prize: Bipin (Convent), 3rd prize: Balbir (Loyola)

B 1st prize: Bipin (Convent), 2nd prize: Riaz (Little Flowers), 3rd prize: Balbir (Loyola)

C 1st prize: Riaz (Little Flowers), 2nd prize: Balbir (Loyola), 3rd prize: Bipin (Convent)

D 1st prize: Bipin (Convent), 2nd prize: Balbir (Loyola), 3rd prize: Riaz (Litttle Flowers)

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Question 51
I happened to be the judge in the all India Essay Competition on Nylon Dying, organized some time back by a
dyestuff firm. Mill technicians were eligible to enter the competition. My work was simplified in assessing the
essays, which had to be done under five heads-Language, Coherence, Subject Matter, Machinery and Recent
Developments. Integral marks were to be given out of a maximum of 20 under each head. There were only five
entries. The winner got 90 marks. Only a single person can be made the winner. Akhila got 13 in Coherence and
Divya 10 in Machinery. Bhanu.s total was less than Akhila.s. Charulata has sent an entry. Ela had got as many
marks as Divya. None got 20 under any head. Who was the winner?

A Divya

B Charulata

C Ela

D Bhanu

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Question 52
Persons X, Y, Z and Q live in red, green, yellow or blue coloured houses placed in a sequence on a street. Z lives
in a yellow house. The green house is adjacent to the blue house. X does not live adjacent to Z. The yellow
house is the only house in between the green and red houses. The colour of the house X lives in is:

A blue

B green

C red

D not possible to determine

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Question 53
At a village mela, the following six nautankis (plays) are scheduled as shown in the table below.

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You wish to see all the six nautankis. Further, you wish to ensure that you get a lunch break from
12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. Which of the following ways can you do this?
A Sati Savitri is viewed first; Sundar Kand is viewed third, and Jhansi ki Rani is viewed last

B Sati Savitri is viewed last; Veer Abhimanyu is viewed third, and Reshma aur Shera is viewed first

C Sati Savitri is viewed first; Sundar Kand is viewed third, and Joru ka Ghulam is viewed fourth

D Veer Abhimanyu is viewed third; Reshma aur Shera is viewed fourth, and Jahansi ki Rani is viewed fifth

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Question 54
Mrs Ranga has three children and has difficulty remembering their ages and months of their birth. The clue
below may help her remember.
. The boy, who was born in June, is 7 years old.
. One of the children is 4 years old but it was not Anshuman.
. Vaibhav is older than Suprita.
. One of the children was born in September, but it was not Vaibhav.
. Suprita’s birthday is in April.
. The youngest child is only 2-year-old.
Based on the above clues, which one of the following statements is true?

Vaibhav is the oldest, followed by Anshuman who was born in September, and the youngest is Suprita
A
who was born in April

Anshuman is the oldest being born in June, followed by Suprita who is 4-year-old, and the youngest is
B
Vaibhav who is 2-year-old

Vaibhav is the oldest being 7-year-old, followed by Suprita who was born in April, and the youngest is
C
Anshuman who was born in September

Suprita is the oldest who was born in April, followed by Vaibhav who was born in June, and Anshuman
D
who was born in September

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Question 55
There is a vertical stack of books marked 1, 2 and 3 on Table-A, with 1 at the bottom and 3 on top. These are to
be placed vertically on Table-B with 1 at the bottom and 2 on the top, by making a series of moves from one
table to the other. During a move, the topmost book, or the topmost two books, or all the three, can be moved
from one of the tables to the other. If there are any books on the other table, the stack being transferred should
be placed, on top of the existing books, without changing the order of books in the stack that is being moved in
that move. If there are no books on the other table, the stack is simply placed on the other table without
disturbing the order of books in it. What is the minimum number of moves in which the above task can be
accomplished?

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A One

B Two

C Three

D Four

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Question 56
The Bannerjees, the Sharmas, and the Pattabhiramans each have a tradition of eating Sunday lunch as a family.
Each family serves a special meal at a certain time of day. Each family has a particular set of chinaware used
for this meal. Use the clues below to answer the following question.
. The Sharma family eats at noon.
. The family that serves fried brinjal uses blue chinaware.
. The Bannerjee family eats at 2 o’clock.
. The family that serves sambar does not use red chinaware.
. The family that eats at 1 o’clock serves fried brinjal.
. The Pattabhiraman family does not use white chinaware.
. The family that eats last likes makkai-ki-roti.
Which one of the following statements is true?

The Bannerjees eat makkai-ki-roti at 2 o’clock, the Sharmas eat fried brinjal at 12 o’clock and the
A
Pattabhiramans eat sambar from red chinaware

The Sharmas eat sambar served in white chinaware, the Pattabhiramans eat fried brinjal at 1 o’clock,
B
and the Bannerjees eat makkai-ki-roti served in blue chinaware

The Sharmas eat sambar at noon, the Pattabhiramans eat fried brinjal served in blue chinaware, and the
C
Bannerjees eat makkai-ki-roti served in red chinaware

The Bannerjees eat makkai-ki-roti served in white chinaware, the Sharmas eat fried brinjal at 12 o’clock
D
and the Pattabhiramans eat sambar from red chinaware

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Question 57
Five boys went to a store to buy sweets. One boy had Rs. 40. Another boy had Rs. 30. Two other boys had Rs.
20 each. The remaining boy had Rs. 10. Below are some more facts about the initial and final cash positions.
I. Alam started with more than Jugraj.
II. Sandeep spent Rs. 1.50 more than Daljeet.
III. Ganesh started with more money than just only one other person.
IV. Daljeet started with 2/3 of what Sandeep started with.
V. Alam spent the most, but did not end with the least.
VI. Jugraj spent the least and ended with more than Alam or Daljeet.
VII.Ganesh spent Rs.3.50.
VIII. Alam spent 10 times than what Ganesh did.
In the choices given below, all statements except one are false. Which one of the following statements can be
true?

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A Alam started with Rs. 40 and ended with Rs. 9.50

B Sandeep started with Rs. 30 and ended with Re. 1

C Ganesh started with Rs. 20 and ended with Rs. 4

D Jugraj started with Rs. 10 and ended with Rs. 7

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Instructions
A tea taster was assigned to rate teas from six different locations — Munnar, Wayanad, Ooty, Darjeeling, Assam
and Himachal: These teas were placed in six cups, numbered 1 to 6, not necessarily in the same order. The tea
taster was asked to rate these teas on the strength of their flavour on a scale of 1 to 10. He gave a unique
integer rating to each tea. Some other information is given below:
a: Cup 6 contained tea from Himachal.
2. Tea from Ooty got the highest rating, but it was not in Cup 3.
3. The rating of tea in Cup 3 was double the rating of the tea in Cup 5.
4. Only two cups got ratings in even numbers.
5. Cup 2 got the minimum rating and this rating was an even number.
6. Tea in Cup 3 got a higher rating than that in Cup 1.
7. The rating of tea from Wayanad was more than the rating of tea from Munnar, but less than that from Assam.
Question 58
If cups containing teas from Wayanad and Ooty had consecutive numbers, which of the following statements
may be true?

A Cup 5 contains tea from Assam

B Cup 1 contains tea from Darjeeling

C Tea from Wayanad has got a rating of 6

D Tea from Darjeeling got the minimum rating

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Question 59
If the tea from Munnar did not get the minimum rating, what was the rating of the tea from Wayanad?

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A 3

B 5

C 1

D 6

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Question 60
What was the number of the cup that contained tea from Ooty?

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Question 61
What was the second highest rating given?

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Instructions
DIRECTIONS for the following two questions: These questions are based on the situation given below: Seven
university cricket players are to be honored at a special luncheon. The players will be seated on the dais along
one side of a single rectangular table. A and G have to leave the luncheon early and must be seated at the
extreme right end of the table, which is closest to the exit. B will receive the Man of the Match award and must
be in the center chair. C and D who are bitter rivals for the position of wicket keeper, dislike one another and
should be seated as far apart as possible. E and F are best friends and want to sit together.
Question 62
Which of the following pairs may not be seated together?

A E&A

B B&D

C C&F

D G&D

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Question 63
Which of the following may not be seated at either end of the table?

A C

B D

C G

D F

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Instructions
A supermarket has to place 12 items (coded A to L) in shelves numbered 1 to 16. Five of these items are types
of biscuits, three are types of candies and the rest are types of savouries. Only one item can be kept in a shelf.
Items are to be placed such that all items of same type are clustered together with no empty shelf between

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items of the same type and at least one empty shelf between two different types of items. At most two empty
shelves can have consecutive numbers.
The following additional facts are known.
1. A and B are to be placed in consecutively numbered shelves in increasing order.
2. I and J are to be placed in consecutively numbered shelves both higher numbered than the shelves in which
A and B are kept.
3. D, E and F are savouries and are to be placed in consecutively numbered shelves in increasing order after all
the biscuits and candies.
4. K is to be placed in shelf number 16.
5. L and J are items of the same type, while H is an item of a different type.
6. C is a candy and is to be placed in a shelf preceded by two empty shelves.
7. L is to be placed in a shelf preceded by exactly one empty shelf.
Question 64
Which of the following statements is necessarily true?

A All biscuits are kept before candies.

B There are two empty shelves between the biscuits and the candies.

C All candies are kept before biscuits.

D There are at least four shelves between items B and C.

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Question 65
Which of the following can represent the numbers of the empty shelves in a possible arrangement?

A 1, 7, 11, 12

B 1, 5, 6, 12

C 1, 2, 6, 12

D 1, 2, 8, 12

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Question 66
Which of the following items is not a type of biscuit?

A L

B A

C B

D G

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Question 67
In how many different ways can the items be arranged on the shelves?

A 8

B 4

C 2

D 1

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Instructions
Fuel contamination levels at each of 20 petrol pumps P1, P2, …, P20 were recorded as either high, medium, or
low.
1. Contamination levels at three pumps among P1 - P5 were recorded as high.
2. P6 was the only pump among P1 - P10 where the contamination level was recorded as low.
3. P7 and P8 were the only two consecutively numbered pumps where the same levels of contamination were
recorded.
4. High contamination levels were not recorded at any of the pumps P16 - P20.
5. The number of pumps where high contamination levels were recorded was twice the number of pumps where
low contamination levels were recorded.
Question 68
If contamination level at P15 was recorded as medium, then which of the following MUST be FALSE?

A Contamination levels at P13 and P17 were recorded as the same.

B Contamination levels at P11 and P16 were recorded as the same.

C Contamination level at P14 was recorded to be higher than that at P15.

D Contamination levels at P10 and P14 were recorded as the same.

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Question 69
What best can be said about the number of pumps at which the contamination levels were recorded as
medium?

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A At least 8

B More than 4

C Exactly 8

D At most 9

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Question 70
Which of the following MUST be true?

A The contamination level at P20 was recorded as medium.

B The contamination level at P13 was recorded as low.

C The contamination level at P12 was recorded as high.

D The contamination level at P10 was recorded as high.

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Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually
Question 71

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In a ‘keep-fit’ gymnasium class there are 15 females enrolled in a weight-loss programme. They all have been
grouped in any one of the five weight-groups W1, W2, W3, W4, or W5. One instructor is assigned to one weight-
group only.
Sonali, Shalini, Shubhra and Shahira belong to the same weight-group.
Sonali and Rupa are in one weight-group, Rupali and Renuka are also in one weight-group.
Rupa, Radha, Renuka, Ruchika, and Ritu belong to different weight groups.
Somya cannot be with Ritu, and Tara cannot be with Radha.
Komal cannot be with Radha, Somya, or Ritu.
Shahira is in W1 and Somya is in W4 with Ruchika.
Sweta and Jyotika cannot be with Rupali, but are in a weight-group with total membership of four.
No weight-group can have more than five or less than one member.
Amita, Babita, Chandrika, Deepika and Elina are instructors of weight-groups with membership sizes 5, 4, 3, 2
and 1 respectively. Who is the instructor of Radha?
A Babita

B Elina

C Chandrika

D Deepika

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Instructions
DIRECTIONS for the following three questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
Five friends meet every morning at Sree Sagar restaurant for an idli-vada breakfast. Each consumes a different
number of idlis and vadas. The number of idlis consumed are 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8, while the number of vadas
consumed are 0, 1, 2, 4, and 6. Below are some more facts about who eats what and how much.
i. The number of vadas eaten by Ignesh is three times the number of vadas consumed by the person who eats
four idlis.
ii. Three persons, including the one who eats four vadas eat without chutney.
iii. Sandeep does not take any chutney.
iv. The one who eats one idli a day does not eat any vadas or chutney. Further, he is not Mukesh.
v. Daljit eats idli with chutney and also eats vada.
vi. Mukesh, who does not take chutney, eats half as many vadas as the person who eats twice as many idlis as
he does.
vii. Bimal eats two more idlis than Ignesh, but Ignesh eats two more vadas than Bimal.
Question 72
Which of the following statements is true?

A Sandeep eats 2 vadas.

B Mukesh eats 4 vadas.

C Ignesh eats 6 vadas.

D Bimal eats 2 vadas.

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Question 73
Which one of the following statements is true?

A Daljit eats 5 idlis

B Ignesh eats 8 idlis

C Bimal eats 1 idli.

D Bimal eats 6 idlis.

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Instructions
At a management school, the oldest M dorms, numbered 1 to 10, need to be repaired urgently. This following
diagram represents the estimated repair costs (in Rs. Crores for, the 10 dorms. For any dorm, the estimated
repair cost (in Rs. Crores ) is an integer. Repairs with estimated cost Rs. 1 or 2 Crores are considered light
repairs, repairs with estimated cost Rs. 3 or 4 are considered moderate repairs and repairs with estimated cost
Rs. 5 or 6 Crores are considered extensive repairs.

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Further, the following information is known.
1. Odd-numbered dorms do not need light repair; even-numbered dorms do not need moderate repair and
dorms, whose numbers are divisible by 3, do not need extensive repair.
2. Dorms 4 to 9 all need different repair costs, with Dorm 7 needing the maximum and Dorm 8 needing the
minimum.
Question 74
Suppose further that:
1. 4 of the 10 dorms needing repair are women's dorms and need a total of Rs. 20 Crores for repair.
2. Only one of Dorms 1 to 5 is a women's dorm.
Which of the following is a women's dorm?

A Dorm 2

B Dorm 5

C Dorm 8

D Dorm 10

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Question 75
Suppose further that:
1. 4 of the 10 dorms needing repair are women's dorms and need a total of Rs. 20 Crores for repair.
2. Only one of Dorms 1 to 5 is a women's dorm.
What is the cost for repairing Dorm 9 (in Rs. Crores)?

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Question 76
Which of the following is NOT necessarily true?

A Dorm 1 needs a moderate repair

B Dorm 5 repair will cost no more than Rs. 4 Crores

C Dorm 7 needs an extensive repair

D Dorm 10 repair will cost no more than Rs. 4 Crores

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Instructions
DIRECTIONS for the following three questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
Five women decided to go shopping to M.G. Road, Bangalore. They arrived at the designated meeting place in
the following order:
1. Archana,
2. Chellamma,
3. Dhenuka,
4. Helen, and
5. Shahnaz.

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Each woman spent at least Rs. 1000. Below are some additional facts about how much they spent during their
shopping spree.
i. The woman who spent Rs. 2234 arrived before the lady who spent Rs. 1193.
ii. One woman spent Rs. 1340 and she was not Dhenuka.
iii. One woman spent Rs. 1378 more than Chellamma.
iv. One woman spent Rs. 2517 and she was not Archana.
v. Helen spent more than Dhenuka.
vi. Shahnaz spent the largest amount and Chellamma the smallest.
Question 77
The woman who spent Rs. 1193 is

A Archana

B Chellamma

C Dhenuka

D Helen

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Question 78
Which of the following amounts was spent by one of them?

A Rs. 1139

B Rs. 1378

C Rs. 2571

D Rs. 2718

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Question 79
What was the amount spent by Helen?

A Rs. 1193

B Rs. 1340

C Rs. 2234

D Rs. 2517

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Instructions
Directions for the following three questions: Answer the following questions based on the statements given
below:

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(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.
(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.
Question 80
What is the colour of the tallest house?

A Red

B Blue

C Green

D Yellow

E none of these

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Question 81
Which is the second tallest house?

A P

B S

C Q

D R

E cannot be determined

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Question 82
What is the colour of the house diagonally opposite to the Yellow coloured house?

A White

B Blue

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C Green

D Red

E none of these

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Princess, Queen, Rani and Samragni were the four finalists in a dance competition. Ashman, Badal, Gagan and
Dyu were the four music composers who individually assigned items to the dancers. Each dancer had to
individually perform in two dance items assigned by the different composers. The first items performed by the
four dancers were all assigned by different music composers. No dancer performed her second item before the
performance of the first item by any other dancers. The dancers performed their second items in the same
sequence of their performance of their first items.
The following additional facts are known.
i) No composer who assigned item to Princess, assigned any item to Queen.
ii) No composer who assigned item to Rani, assigned any item to Samragni.
iii) The first performance was by Princess; this item was assigned by Badal.
iv) The last performance was by Rani; this item was assigned by Gagan.
v) The items assigned by Ashman were performed consecutively. The number of performances between items
assigned by each of the remaining composers was the same.
Question 83
The sixth performance was composed by:

A Badal

B Dyu

C Ashman

D Gagan

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Question 84
Which of the following is FALSE?

A Samragni did not perform in any item composed by Ashman.

B Princess did not perform in any item composed by Dyu.

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C Rani did not perform in any item composed by Badal.

D Queen did not perform in any item composed by Gagan.

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Question 85
Which of the following is true?

A The second performance was composed by Dyu.

B The third performance was composed by Dyu.

C The third performance was composed by Ashman.

D The second performance was composed by Gagan.

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Instructions
Directions for the following four questions: Answer the questions based on the following information.
A and B are two sets (e.g. A = Mothers, B = Women).
The elements that could belong to both the sets (e.g. women who are mothers) is given by the set C =A∩B
.

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The elements which could belong to either A or B, or both, is indicated by the set D =A∪B.
A set that does not contain any elements is known as a null set represented by ϕ(e.g. if none of the women in
the set B is a mother, then C = A ∩ B is a null set, or C = ϕ).
Let ‘V’ signify the set of all vertebrates, ‘M’ the set of all mammals, ‘D’ dogs, ‘F’ fish, ‘A’ alsatian and ‘P’, a dog
named Pluto.
Question 86

If P ∩ A = ϕ and P ∪ A = D, then which of the following is true?

A Pluto and alsatians are dogs

B Pluto is an alsatian

C Pluto is not an alsatian

D Both A and C

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Question 87

If Z = (P ∩ D) ∪ M , then

A the elements of Z consist of Pluto, the dog, or any other mammal

B Z implies any dog or mammal

C Z implies Pluto or any dog that is a mammal

D Z is a null set

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Question 88

If Y = F ∩ (D ∩ V ) is not a null set, it implies that

A all fish are vertebrates

B all dogs are vertebrates

C some fish are dogs

D None of these

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Question 89

Given that X = M ∩ D is such that X = D. Which of the following is true?

A All dogs are mammals

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B Some dogs are mammals

C X=ϕ

D All mammals are dogs

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Instructions
Twenty five coloured beads are to be arranged in a grid comprising of five rows and five columns. Each cell in
the grid must contain exactly one bead. Each bead is coloured either Red, Blue or Green. While arranging the
beads along any of the five rows or along any of the five columns, the rules given below are to be followed:
1. Two adjacent beads along the same row or column are always of different colours.
2. There is at least one Green bead between any two Blue beads along the same row or column.
3. There is at least one Blue and at least one Green bead between any two Red beads along the same row or
column.
Every unique, complete arrangement of twenty five beads is called a configuration.
Question 90
The total number of possible configurations using beads of only two colours is:

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Question 91
What is the minimum number of Blue beads in any configuration?

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Question 92
Two Red beads have been placed in ‘second row, third column’ and ‘third row, second column’. How many more
Red beads can be placed so as to maximise the number of Red beads used in the configuration?

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The schematic diagram below shows 12 rectangular houses in a housing complex. House numbers are
mentioned in the rectangles representing the houses. The houses are located in six columns - Column-A
through Column-F, and two rows - Row-1 and Row-2. The houses are divided into two blocks - Block XX and
Block YY. The diagram also shows two roads, one passing in front of the houses in Row-2 and another between
the two blocks.

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Some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available for sale.
The road adjacency value of a house is the number of its sides adjacent to a road. For example, the road
adjacency values of C2, F2, and B1 are 2, 1, and 0, respectively. The neighbour count of a house is the number
of sides of that house adjacent to occupied houses in the same block. For example, E1 and C1 can have the
maximum possible neighbour counts of 3 and 2, respectively.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if
it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 × (road adjacency
value) + 3 × (neighbour count). The following information is also known.
1. The maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs. The minimum quoted price of a house in
block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in Column-E.
2. Row-1 has two occupied houses, one in each block.
3. Both houses in Column-E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
4. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
Question 93
How many houses are vacant in Block XX?

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Instructions
The first year students in a business school are split into six sections. In 2019 the Business Statistics course
was taught in these six sections by Annie, Beti, Chetan, Dave, Esha, and Fakir. All six sections had a common
midterm (MT) and a common endterm (ET) worth 100 marks each. ET contained more questions than MT.
Questions for MT and ET were prepared collectively by the six faculty members. Considering MT and ET
together, each faculty member prepared the same number of questions.
Each of MT and ET had at least four questions that were worth 5 marks, at least three questions that were
worth 10 marks, and at least two questions that were worth 15 marks. In both MT and ET, all the 5-mark
questions preceded the 10-mark questions, and all the 15- mark questions followed the 10-mark questions.
The following additional facts are known.
i. Annie prepared the fifth question for both MT and ET. For MT, this question carried 5 marks.
ii. Annie prepared one question for MT. Every other faculty member prepared more than one questions for MT.
iii. All questions prepared by a faculty member appeared consecutively in MT as well as ET.
iv. Chetan prepared the third question in both MT and ET; and Esha prepared the eighth question in both.
v. Fakir prepared the first question of MT and the last one in ET. Dave prepared the last question of MT and the
first one in ET.
Question 94
Who prepared 15-mark questions for MT and ET?

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A Only Beti, Dave, Esha and Fakir

B Only Dave and Fakir

C Only Esha and Fakir

D Only Dave, Esha and Fakir

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Question 95
How many 5‐mark questions were there in MT and ET combined?

A 13

B 12

C 10

D Cannot be determined

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Instructions
There were seven elective courses - E1 to E7 - running in a specific term in a college. Each of the 300 students
enrolled had chosen just one elective from among these seven. However, before the start of the term, E7 was
withdrawn as the instructor concerned had left the college. The students who had opted for E7 were allowed to
join any of the remaining electives. Also, the students who had chosen other electives were given one chance to

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change their choice. The table below captures the movement of the students from one elective to another
during this process. Movement from one elective to the same elective simply means no movement. Some
numbers in the table got accidentally erased; however, it is known that these were either 0 or 1.

Further, the following are known:


1. Before the change process there were 6 more students in E1 than in E4, but after the reshuffle, the number of
students in E4 was 3 more than that in E1.
2. The number of students in E2 increased by 30 after the change process.
3. Before the change process, E4 had 2 more students than E6, while E2 had 10 more students than E3.
Question 96
After the change process, which of the following is the correct sequence of number of students in the six
electives E 1 to E6?

A 19, 76, 79, 21, 45, 60

B 19, 76, 78, 22, 45, 60

C 18, 76, 79, 23, 43, 61

D 18, 76, 79, 21, 45, 61

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Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually
Question 97
Eight people carrying food baskets are going for a picnic on motorcycles.

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Their names are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H. They have 4 motorcycles M1, M2, M3 and M4 among them. They also
have 4 food baskets O, P, Q and R of different sizes and shapes and each can be carried only on motorcycles
M1, M2, M3 and M4 respectively.
No more than 2 persons can travel on a motorcycle and no more than one basket can be carried on a
motorcycle. There are 2 husband-wife pairs in this group of 8 people and each pair will ride on a motorcycle
together.
C cannot travel with A or B. E cannot travel with B or F. G cannot travel with F, or H, or D.
The husband-wife pairs must carry baskets O and P. Q is with A and P is with D.
F travels on M1 and E travels on M2 motorcycles.
G is with Q, and B cannot go with R.
Who is travelling with H?
A A

B B

C C

D D

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Question 98
Abraham, Border, Charlie, Dennis and Elmer and their respective wives recently dined together and were seated
at a circular table. The seats were so arranged that men and women alternated and each woman was three
places distant from her husband. Mrs. Charlie sat to the immediate left of Mr. Abraham. Mrs. Elmer sat two
places to the right of Mrs. Border. Who sat to the right of Mr. Abraham?

A Mrs. Dennis

B Mrs. Elmer

C Mrs. Border

D Mrs. Border or Mrs. Dennis

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Instructions
A shopping mall has a large basement parking lot with parking slots painted in it along a single row. These slots
are quite narrow; a compact car can fit in a single slot but an SUV requires two slots. When a car arrives, the
parking attendant guides the car to the first available slot from the beginning of the row into which the car can
fit.
For our purpose, cars are numbered according to the order in which they arrive at the lot. For example, the first
car to arrive is given a number 1, the second a number 2, and so on. This numbering does not indicate whether
a car is a compact or an SUV. The configuration of a parking lot is a sequence of the car numbers in each slot.
Each single vacant slot is represented by letter V.
For instance, suppose cars numbered 1 through 5 arrive and park, where cars 1, 3 and 5 are compact cars and 2
and 4 are SUVs. At this point, the parking lot would be described by the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. If cars 2 and 5
now vacate their slots, the parking lot would now be described as 1, V, V, 3, 4. If a compact car (numbered 6)
arrives subsequently followed by an SUV (numbered 7), the parking lot would be described by the sequence 1, 6,
V, 3, 4, 7.
Answer the following questions INDEPENDENTLY of each other.
Question 99
Suppose the sequence at some point of time is 4, 5, 6, V, 3. Which of the following is NOT necessarily true?

A Car 4 is a compact.

B Car 1 is an SUV.

C Car 3 is an SUV

D Car 5 is a compact.

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Question 100
Initially cars numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 arrive among which 1 and 4 are SUVs while 2 and 3 are compact cars. Car
1 then leaves, followed by the arrivals of car 5 (a compact car) and car 6 (an SUV). Car 4 then leaves. Then car 7
(an SUV) and car 8 (a compact car) arrive. At this moment, which among the following numbered car is parked
next to car 3?

A 8

B 5

C 6

D 7

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Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually
Question 101
Five persons with names P, M, U, T and X live separately in any one of the following: a palace, a hut, a fort, a
house or a hotel. Each one likes two different colours from among the following: blue, black, red, yellow and
green. U likes red and blue. T likes black. The person living in a palace does not like black or blue. P likes blue
and red. M likes yellow. X lives in a hotel. M lives in a:

A hut

B palace

C fort

D house

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Instructions

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Eight friends: Ajit, Byomkesh, Gargi, Jayanta, Kikira, Manik, Prodosh and Tapesh are going to Delhi from Kolkata
by a flight operated by Cheap Air. In the flight, sitting is arranged in 30 rows, numbered 1 to 30, each consisting
of 6 seats, marked by letters A to F from left to right, respectively. Seats A to C are to the left of the aisle (the
passage running from the front of the aircraft to the back), and seats D to F are to the right of the aisle. Seats A
and F are by the windows and referred to as Window seats, C and D are by the aisle and are referred to as Aisle
seats while B and E are referred to as Middle seats. Seats marked by consecutive letters are called consecutive
seats (or seats next to each other). A seat number is a combination of the row number, followed by the letter
indicating the position in the row; e.g., 1A is the left window seat in the first row, while 12E is the right middle
seat in the 12th row.
Cheap Air charges Rs. 1000 extra for any seats in Rows 1, 12 and 13 as those have extra legroom. For Rows 2-
10, it charges Rs. 300 extra for Window seats and Rs. 500 extra for Aisle seats. For Rows 11 and 14 to 20, it
charges Rs. 200 extra for Window seats and Rs. 400 extra for Aisle seats. All other seats are available at no
extra charge.
The following are known:
1. The eight friends were seated in six different rows.
2. They occupied 3 Window seats, 4 Aisle seats and 1 Middle seat.
3. Seven of them had to pay extra amounts, totaling to Rs. 4600, for their choices of seat. One of them did not
pay any additional amount for his/her choice of seat.
4. Jayanta, Ajit and Byomkesh were sitting in seats marked by the same letter, in consecutive rows in increasing
order of row numbers; but all of them paid different amounts for their choices of seat. One of these amounts
may be zero.
5. Gargi was sitting next to Kikira, and Manik was sitting next to Jayanta.
6. Prodosh and Tapesh were sitting in seats marked by the same letter, in consecutive rows in increasing order
of row numbers; but they paid different amounts for their choices of seat. One of these amounts may be zero.
Question 102
How much extra did Gargi pay for her choice of seat?

A 0

B Rs. 300

C Rs. 400

D Rs. 1000

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Question 103
In which row was Manik sitting?

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A 10

B 11

C 12

D 13

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Instructions
Twenty four people are part of three committees which are to look at research, teaching, and administration
respectively. No two committees have any member in common. No two committees are of the same size. Each
committee has three types of people: bureaucrats, educationalists, and politicians, with at least one from each
of the three types in each committee. The following facts are also known about the committees:
1. The numbers of bureaucrats in the research and teaching committees are equal, while the number of
bureaucrats in the research committee is 75% of the number of bureaucrats in the administration committee.
2. The number of educationalists in the teaching committee is less than the number of educationalists in the
research committee. The number of educationalists in the research committee is the average of the numbers of
educationalists in the other two committees.
3. 60% of the politicians are in the administration committee, and 20% are in the teaching committee.
Question 104
What is the number of educationalists in the research committee?

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Question 105
Based on the given information, which of the following statements MUST be FALSE?

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A In the teaching committee the number of educationalists is equal to the number of politicians

B In the administration committee the number of bureaucrats is equal to the number of educationalists

C The size of the research committee is less than the size of the teaching committee

D The size of the research committee is less than the size of the administration committee

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Instructions
Directions for the next 2 questions: There are three bottles of water, A, B, C, whose capacities are 5 litres, 3
litres, and 2 litres respectively. For transferring water from one bottle to another and to drain out the bottles,
there exists a piping system. The flow through these pipes is computer controlled. The computer that controls
the flow through these pipes can be fed with three types of instructions, as explained below:

Initially, A is full with water, and B and C are empty.


Question 106
After executing a sequence of three instructions, bottle A contains one litre of water. The first and the third of
these instructions are shown below:
First instruction: FILL (C, A)
Third instruction: FILL (C, A)
Then which of the following statements about the instruction is true?

A The second instruction is FILL (B, A)

B The second instruction is EMPTY (C, B )

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C The second instruction transfers water from B to C

D The second instruction involves using the water in bottle A

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Instructions
The pages of a book are numbered 0, 1, 2 . upto M, M>0. There are four categories of instructions that direct a
person in positioning the book at a page. The instruction types and their meanings are :
1. OPEN : Position the book at page No. 1
2. CLOSE : Position the book at page No. 0
3. FORWARD, n :From the current page move forward by n pages; if, in this process, page number M is reached,
stop at M.
4. BACKWARD, n : From the current page, move backward by n pages; if in this process, page number 0 is
reached, stop at page number 0.
In each of the following questions, you will find a sequence of instructions formed from the above categories. In
each case, let n1 be the page number before the instructions are executed and n2 be the page number at which
the book is positioned after the instructions are executed.
Question 107
BACKWARD, 5; FORWARD, 5. Which of the following statements is true about the above set of instructions?

A n1 = n2 provided n1 >= 5
​ ​ ​

B n1 = n2 provided n1 > 0
​ ​ ​

C n2 = 5providedM > 0

D n1 > n2 providedM > 0


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Instructions
Fuel contamination levels at each of 20 petrol pumps P1, P2, …, P20 were recorded as either high, medium, or
low.
1. Contamination levels at three pumps among P1 - P5 were recorded as high.
2. P6 was the only pump among P1 - P10 where the contamination level was recorded as low.
3. P7 and P8 were the only two consecutively numbered pumps where the same levels of contamination were
recorded.
4. High contamination levels were not recorded at any of the pumps P16 - P20.
5. The number of pumps where high contamination levels were recorded was twice the number of pumps where
low contamination levels were recorded.
Question 108
If the contamination level at P11 was recorded as low, then which of the following MUST be true?

A The contamination level at P12 was recorded as high.

B The contamination level at P15 was recorded as medium.

C The contamination level at P18 was recorded as low.

D The contamination level at P14 was recorded as medium.

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Answers
1.B 2.D 3.D 4.D 5.D 6.19 7.C 8.D
9.C 10.21 11.C 12.B 13.9 14.C 15.A 16.4
17.A 18.D 19.D 20.D 21.C 22.B 23.A 24.B
25.B 26.C 27.A 28.C 29.B 30.C 31.A 32.C
33.D 34.B 35.A 36.B 37.A 38.D 39.C 40.A
41.D 42.C 43.C 44.A 45.A 46.C 47.C 48.B
49.B 50.C 51.B 52.A 53.C 54.C 55.D 56.C
57.D 58.B 59.B 60.4 61.7 62.A 63.D 64.D
65.C 66.D 67.A 68.B 69.C 70.D 71.B 72.C
73.A 74.D 75.3 76.D 77.C 78.A 79.B 80.B
81.E 82.D 83.A 84.D 85.A 86.D 87.A 88.C
89.A 90.2 91.6 92.6 93.3 94.D 95.A 96.D
97.C 98.D 99.C 100.D 101.B 102.D 103.A 104.3
105.C 106.B 107.A 108.D

Explanations
1. B
If A and B are together, then it can't be at first and second place as C and D will be together which is not
possible.
Now if A can be at third place and B is at second place then C and D can be placed accordingly.
Answer will be B).

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2. D
Here we can see that cars 3 and 5 are still in their position. Thus car 4 was not the first car to leave, either 1 or 2
left before 4. Let's say only car 2 left before car 4. Now supposingly if car 2 is an SUV, car 6 was parked in that
lot. Thus car 2 and car 7 are compact cars. Option 4 is correct.

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3. D
Let's look at option 4.
Order of cars is 8,2,3,V,5,6,7. This sequence is easily possible.
Let's say cars 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 arrive one after the another.
Now Car 1 leaves and Car 8 takes that place.
Finally Car 4 leaves. Hence we can see that this combination of cars is possible

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4. D
All six sections had a common midterm (MT) and a common end term (ET) worth 100 marks each.
Each of MT and ET had at least four questions that were worth 5 marks, at least three questions that were
worth 10 marks, and at least two questions that were worth 15 marks.
5x4=20, 10x3=30, 15x2=30

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The total possible with considering the minimum number of questions of each type = 20+30+30=80 marks.
Rest 20 marks are possible by the following cases: {5,5,5,5} {5,5,10} {10,10} {5,15}
ET contained more questions than MT.
Thus MT cannot consider the case {5,5,5,5}
The number of questions in each case:
1) {5,5,5,5} = 9+4 =13 questions
2) {5,5,10} = 9+3 =12 questions
3) {10,10} = 9+2 =11 questions
4) {5,15} = 9+2 =11 questions
Considering MT and ET together, each faculty member prepared the same number of questions. The total
number of questions should be multiple of 6, thus the total number of questions will be 24.
For ET and MT, there are 2 cases :
{5,5,5,5}{5,15}
{5,5,5,5}{10,10}
According to the statement (i), Annie prepared the fifth question for both MT and ET. For MT, this question
carried 5 marks. Thus {10,10} case is not possible.
MT {5,5,5,5,5,10,10,10,15,15,15}
ET {5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,10,10,10,15,15}
From statement (i),(ii),(iv),(v), every other faculty member prepared two questions for MT.
we can create the following table:

{ Annie(A), Beti(B), Chetan(C), Dave (D), Fakir(F) }


There are 24 questions in total so each faculty will make 4 questions.
We can create the following table for ET.

Hence the correct option is D

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5. D
All six sections had a common midterm (MT) and a common end term (ET) worth 100 marks each.
Each of MT and ET had at least four questions that were worth 5 marks, at least three questions that were
worth 10 marks, and at least two questions that were worth 15 marks.
5x4=20, 10x3=30, 15x2=30
The total possible with considering the minimum number of questions of each type = 20+30+30=80 marks.
Rest 20 marks are possible by the following cases: {5,5,5,5} {5,5,10} {10,10} {5,15}
ET contained more questions than MT.

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Thus MT cannot consider the case {5,5,5,5}
The number of questions in each case:
1) {5,5,5,5} = 9+4 =13 questions
2) {5,5,10} = 9+3 =12 questions
3) {10,10} = 9+2 =11 questions
4) {5,15} = 9+2 =11 questions
Considering MT and ET together, each faculty member prepared the same number of questions. The total
number of questions should be multiple of 6, thus the total number of questions will be 24.
For ET and MT, there are 2 cases :
{5,5,5,5}{5,15}
{5,5,5,5}{10,10}
According to the statement (i), Annie prepared the fifth question for both MT and ET. For MT, this question
carried 5 marks. Thus {10,10} case is not possible.
MT {5,5,5,5,5,10,10,10,15,15,15}
ET {5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,10,10,10,15,15}
From statement (i),(ii),(iv),(v), every other faculty member prepared two questions for MT.
we can create the following table:

{ Annie(A), Beti(B), Chetan(C), Dave (D), Fakir(F) }


There are 24 questions in total so each faculty will make 4 questions.
We can create the following table for ET.

Hence the correct option is D

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6. 19
Odd numbered dorms need either moderate or extensive repair.
Even numbered dorms need either light or extensive repair.

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It has been given that dorms 4 to 9 all require different repairing costs. The dorms 3 and 9 should require
moderate repair (going by the table). Dorm 7 costs the highest. Therefore, dorm 7 should require 6 crores to
repair. Dorm 8 requires the least cost to repair. Therefore, dorm 8 should cost 1 crore to repair. We can eliminate
these dorm numbers from other 2 lists.

Dorms 4 to 9 cost different costs to repair. => Both dorms 5 and 9 cannot require the same cost of repair.
Dorms 1 and 3 should require 3 crores to repair.

Dorm 6 should require light repair (2 crores) since dorm 8 requires 1 crore to repair.
=> Dorm 4 requires 5 crore to repair.

Cost = 3 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 4 = Rs.19 crores. Therefore, 19 is the correct answer.

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7. C
From the table we can say that number of students who opted for E2 after reshuffle = 5 + 34 + 6 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 16
= 76.
It is given us that the number of students in E2 increased by 30 after the change process. Hence, we can say
that the number of students who were enrolled in E2 before reshuffle = 76 - 30 = 46.
It is given that before the change process there were 10 more students in E2 than in E3. Therefore, the number
of students who were enrolled in E3 before reshuffle = 46 - 10 = 36.
Number of students who moved from E1 to all other electives are known. Therefore, the number of
students who were enrolled in E1 before reshuffle = 9 + 5 + 10 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 31.
It is given that before the change process there were 6 more students in E1 than in E4. Therefore, the number of
students who were enrolled in E4 before reshuffle = 31 - 6 = 25.
Also, it is given that E4 had 2 more students than E6 before reshuffle. Therefore, the number of students who
were enrolled in E6 before reshuffle = 25 - 2 = 23.

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All the students from E7 moved to one of electives among E1 to E6.
Therefore, the number of students who were enrolled in E7 before reshuffle = 4 + 16 + 30 + 5 + 5 + 41 = 101.
Except E5 we know the number of students who were enrolled in all electives. We also know that there were
total 300 students who opted for exactly 1 elective.
Hence, the the number of students who were enrolled in E7 before reshuffle = 300 - (46+36+31+25+23+101) =
38.
For each elective, the number of students who were enrolled before reshuffle will be same as sum of the
number of students who moved from that elective to another elective including no movement cases.

For elective E2,


Number of students who moved to E1 + 34 + 8 + Number of students who moved to E4 + 2 + 2 = 46
i.e. Number of students who moved from to E1 = Number of students who moved from to E4 = 0

For elective E4,


Number of students who moved to E1 + 3 + 2 + 14 + Number of students who moved to E5 + 4 = 25
i.e. Number of students who moved from to E1 = Number of students who moved from to E5 = 1 {As the
remaining blanks can be filled by either 0 or 1}

For elective E6,


Number of students who moved to E1 + 7 + 3 + Number of students who moved to E4 + 2 + 9 = 23
i.e. Number of students who moved from to E1 = Number of students who moved from to E4 = 1 {As the
remaining blanks can be filled by either 0 or 1}

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It is given that after the reshuffle, the number of students in E4 was 3 more than that in E1.
As of now the number of students enrolled in E4 after reshuffle = 1 + 0 + E3 to E4 + 14 + E5 to E4 + 1 + 5 = 21 +
{E3 to E4} + {E5 to E4}
Also, the number of students enrolled in E1 after reshuffle = 9 + 0 + 2 + 1 + E5 to E1 + 1 + 4 = 17 + E5 to E1.
Hence, it is possible only when E5 to E1 = 1 and E3 to E4 = E5 to E4 = 0.

Remaining blank places can be filled easily as we know the total sum of each row.
Therefore, the number of students who moved from E3 to E5 = the number of students who moved from E5 to
E3 = the number of students who moved from E5 to E6 = 1.

Form the table we can see that the number of students who enrolled for E1 and E4 decreased from 31 and 25 to
18 and 21 respectively.
Therefore, option C is the correct answer.

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8. D
We are given that Jayanta, Ajit and Byomkesh were sitting in seats marked by the same letter, in consecutive
rows in increasing order of row numbers; but all of them paid different amounts for their choices of seat.
Let us see how the friends are supposed to pay for the seats they choose:-
In row 1-1000
In row 2-10 - 300 for window and 500 for aisle

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In row 11 - 200 for window and 400 for aisle
In row 12,13 - 1000
In row 14-20 - 200 for window and 400 for aisle
In row 21-30 - 0
Thus, As we can see 10, 11 and 12 are the only consecutive seats in which the amounts is different.
Thus, Jayanth, Ajit and Byomkesh sat in row 10, row 11 and row 12.
Manik sat beside Jayantha and thus Manik is also sitting in row 10.
Now we are given that 7 of the 8 friends paid a total of 4600 Rs.
Let's start with the cases:-
It is obvious that 5 friends cannot pay 1000 Rs for their seat because the amount will exceed 4600
Case 1:- 4 friends pay 1000 Rs each. Thus, the remaining friends will pay 600 Rs.
This is possible only when each of them pay 200 Rs.
So the case is- 1000*4 , 200*3
Case 2 :- 3 friends pay 1000 Rs each. Thus, the remaining friends will pay 1600 Rs.
There are 2 cases where this is possible:-
1000*3, 500*2, 400, 200
1000*3, 400*4
Case 3:- 2 friends pay 1000 Rs each. Thus, the remaining 5 friends will pay 2600 Rs.
This is not possible as each friend can pay a maximum of 500 Rs.
Thus, the possible cases are
1000*4 , 200*3
1000*3, 500*2, 400, 200
1000*3, 400*4
As there is no case in which a friend has to pay 300 Rs thus, Jayantha must be sitting in row 10 aisle seat.
Thus, Jayantha paid 500 Rs.
Thus, the case is:-
1000*3, 500*2, 400, 200
Thus, Manik must have also paid 500 sitting in row 10 aisle seat
Ajit must be sitting in row 11 aisle seat paying 400 Rs.
Byomyesh must be sitting row 12 aisle seat paying 1000 Rs.
Thus, among Gargi, Kikira, Pradosh and Tapesh 2 must have paid 1000, 1 must have paid 200 and the remaining
person must have paid nothing.
Now we know Gargi and Kikira are sitting adjacent to each other and thus, either both or none of them must
have paid 1000 Rs.
Among Pradosh and Tapesh a maximum of 1 person could have paid 1000 Rs.
Thus, the only possible case here is :-
Gargi and Kikira paid 1000 each.
Pradosh is sitting ahead of Tapesh and one of them paid 200 Rs.
Since, both of them were sitting in seats marked by the same letter, in consecutive rows thus, the only
possibility is Pradosh sitting in row 20 window seat and paying 200 and Tapesh sitting in row 21 paying nothing.
Thus, the amount paid by each friend is as shown below:-

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Tapesh did not paid any amount.

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9. C
We are given that Jayanta, Ajit and Byomkesh were sitting in seats marked by the same letter, in consecutive
rows in increasing order of row numbers; but all of them paid different amounts for their choices of seat.
Let us see how the friends are supposed to pay for the seats they choose:-
In row 1-1000
In row 2-10 - 300 for window and 500 for aisle
In row 11 - 200 for window and 400 for aisle
In row 12,13 - 1000
In row 14-20 - 200 for window and 400 for aisle
In row 21-30 - 0
Thus, As we can see 10, 11 and 12 are the only consecutive seats in which the amounts is different.
Thus, Jayanth, Ajit and Byomkesh sat in row 10, row 11 and row 12.
Manik sat beside Jayantha and thus Manik is also sitting in row 10.
Now we are given that 7 of the 8 friends paid a total of 4600 Rs.
Let's start with the cases:-
It is obvious that 5 friends cannot pay 1000 Rs for their seat because the amount will exceed 4600
Case 1:- 4 friends pay 1000 Rs each. Thus, the remaining friends will pay 600 Rs.
This is possible only when each of them pay 200 Rs.
So the case is- 1000*4 , 200*3
Case 2 :- 3 friends pay 1000 Rs each. Thus, the remaining friends will pay 1600 Rs.
There are 2 cases where this is possible:-
1000*3, 500*2, 400, 200
1000*3, 400*4
Case 3:- 2 friends pay 1000 Rs each. Thus, the remaining 5 friends will pay 2600 Rs.
This is not possible as each friend can pay a maximum of 500 Rs.
Thus, the possible cases are
1000*4 , 200*3
1000*3, 500*2, 400, 200
1000*3, 400*4
As there is no case in which a friend has to pay 300 Rs thus, Jayantha must be sitting in row 10 aisle seat.
Thus, Jayantha paid 500 Rs.
Thus, the case is:-
1000*3, 500*2, 400, 200
Thus, Manik must have also paid 500 sitting in row 10 aisle seat
Ajit must be sitting in row 11 aisle seat paying 400 Rs.
Byomyesh must be sitting row 12 aisle seat paying 1000 Rs.

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Thus, among Gargi, Kikira, Pradosh and Tapesh 2 must have paid 1000, 1 must have paid 200 and the remaining
person must have paid nothing.
Now we know Gargi and Kikira are sitting adjacent to each other and thus, either both or none of them must
have paid 1000 Rs.
Among Pradosh and Tapesh a maximum of 1 person could have paid 1000 Rs.
Thus, the only possible case here is :-
Gargi and Kikira paid 1000 each.
Pradosh is sitting ahead of Tapesh and one of them paid 200 Rs.
Since, both of them were sitting in seats marked by the same letter, in consecutive rows thus, the only
possibility is Pradosh sitting in row 20 window seat and paying 200 and Tapesh sitting in row 21 paying nothing.
Thus, the amount paid by each friend is as shown below:-

Jayanta paid 500 for her choice of seat.

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10. 21

It is given that some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available
for sale.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if
it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 × (road adjacency
value) + 3 × (neighbor count).
It is also known that the maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs
Hence, there can be two cases for the maximum quoted price of a house in block XX.
Case 1: House with parking space:
=> 12+5a+3b = 24 => 5a+3b = 12 ( a = road adjacency value, b= neighbor count)
The only value for which the equation satisfies is (a = 0, and b=4). But the value of b can't be 4 because the
maximum neighbor count can be at most 3.

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Hence, case 1 is invalid.
Case 2: House without parking space:
=> 10+5a+3b = 24 => 5a+3b = 14
=> (a, b) = (1, 3)
Hence, the house must have 3 neighbors and 1 road connected to it. Hence, the only possible case is B2.
Therefore, the neighbor houses of B2, which are (B1, A2, and C2) are also occupied.
It is known that Row 1 has two occupied houses, one in each block. Since B1 is already occupied, it implies A1,
and C1 are vacant.
Hence, the configuration of block XX is given below: (Where U = Unoccupied/ Vacant, and U = Occupied)

Now for block YY, we know that both houses in Column E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at
least one occupied house. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
It is also known that the minimum quoted price of a house in block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in
Column E.
Case 1: The minimum quoted house is E2:
We know that the road adjacency of E2 is 1, hence we can calculate whether the house has parking space or
not, and the neighbor count (b)
If the house has parking space, then: 12+5*1+3*b = 15 => 3b = -2 (which is not possible)
Hence, the house has no parking space => 10+5*1+3b = 15 => b = 0
b = 0 implies all the neighbor house of E2 is vacant, which are (E1, D2, and F2).
It is known that each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house, which implies D1, and F1
must be occupied.
But D1 and F1 can't be occupied together since the total number of occupied houses in Row 1 is 2 (one in each
block).
Hence, This case is invalid.
Case 2: The minimum quoted house is E1:
We know that the road adjacency of E1 is 0, hence we can calculate whether the house has parking space or
not, and the neighbor count (b).
i) If the house has no working space, then: 10+5*0+3b = 15 => b = 5/3 (this is not possible since b has to be an
integer value)
Hence, the house has parking space => 12+5*0+3b = 15 => b = 1 => One neighbor house is occupied among D1
and F1.
We already know that E2 is vacant. Among the houses D2, and F2, at least one must be occupied since each of
Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
Therefore, the final diagram is given below:

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From the diagram, the vacant house with the maximum possible quoted price in column E is E2 when both D2
and F2 are occupied.
The maximum possible quoted price of E2 is 10+5*1+3*2 = 21 Lacs. ( E2 has no parking space because E1 has
the parking space and it is given that there is only one house with parking space in Block YY.)

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11. C
Considering (i), Ignesh has to eat 6 vadas, since 6 is the only multiple of 3.
Also, using the same information, we can say that a person consumes 2 vadas and 4 idlis.
Using (vii), Bimal eats 2 more idlis than Ignesh.
Possibilities:
Bimal - 8, Ignesh - 6
Bimal - 6, Ignesh - 4
But Ignesh cannot have 4 idlis because the person who eats 4 idlis eats 2 vadas.
Hence we take Bimal - 8 and Ignesh - 6.
Also, we get that Bimal eats 6 - 2 = 4 vadas.
So far, we get the following information.

Using (vi), there is a person who eats twice as many idlis as Mukesh. The only pair satisfying is 8, 4.
So, Mukesh eats 4 idlis. Plus the person who eats 4 idlis eats 2 vadas. Hence, we get

Daljit also eats Vada as per info (v), so we get the following

(iv) gives us the information that the one who eats 1idli does not have vada.

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Considering the persons who had chutney and those who didn't, 3 persons do not have chutney. Bimal is one of
them(the one eating 4 vadas).
Mukesh is the second one to not take chutney(last hint). Also, Sandip does not take chutney. Hence, we get this
information as well.

Hence, Ignesh eating 6 vadas and 6 idlis eat Chutney.

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12. B
E = 3Y
Z = W/2
Y>Z
So, Y > W/2 => 2Y > W => 2E/3 > W => E > 3W/2 => E > W
So, Elle is older than W

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13. 9

Maximum 9 red beads are possible as shown here

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14. C
The correct original circular arrangement sequence in clockwise manner is Suresh, Dhiraj, Ajay, Raghuveer,
Pramod, Yogendra.

So after the changes, Suresh is to the left of Dhiraj.

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15. A
Let us draw a table according to the information given.

It is given that the numbers of bureaucrats in the research and teaching committees are equal, while the
number of bureaucrats in the research committee is 75% of the number of bureaucrats in the administration
committee. Let '4x' be the number of bureaucrats in Administration committee.

The number of educationalists in the teaching committee is less than the number of educationalists in the
research committee. The number of educationalists in the research committee is the average of the numbers of
educationalists in the other two committees. Let us assume that 'y' is the number of educationalists in the
research committee and 'd' be the difference in the number of educationalists in Research and teaching
committees.

60% of the politicians are in the administration committee, and 20% are in the teaching committee. Let '5z' be
the number of total number of politicians.

We can say that

⇒ 10x+3y+5z = 24
We can see that each of x, y and z has to a natural number integer. If x > 1, then both y and z can't take any
natural number.
Hence, we can say that x = 1.
At x = 1, 3y+5z = 14. If y = 1 or 2, Z is not an integer.
At x = 1 and y = 3, z = 1 which is the only possible solution.

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We can see that 'd' can assume two possible values. d = 1 or 2.

From the table, we can not uniquely determine the size of the teaching committee. Hence, option A is the
correct answer.

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16. 4
Let us draw a table according to the information given.

It is given that the numbers of bureaucrats in the research and teaching committees are equal, while the
number of bureaucrats in the research committee is 75% of the number of bureaucrats in the administration
committee. Let '4x' be the number of bureaucrats in Administration committee.

The number of educationalists in the teaching committee is less than the number of educationalists in the
research committee. The number of educationalists in the research committee is the average of the numbers of
educationalists in the other two committees. Let us assume that 'y' is the number of educationalists in the
research committee and 'd' be the difference in the number of educationalists in Research and teaching
committees.

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60% of the politicians are in the administration committee, and 20% are in the teaching committee. Let '5z' be
the number of total number of politicians.

We can say that


⇒ 10x+3y+5z = 24
We can see that each of x, y and z has to a natural number integer. If x > 1, then both y and z can't take any
natural number.
Hence, we can say that x = 1.
At x = 1, 3y+5z = 14. If y = 1 or 2, Z is not an integer.
At x = 1 and y = 3, z = 1 which is the only possible solution.

We can see that 'd' can assume two possible values. d = 1 or 2.

From the table, we can see that the number of bureaucrats in the administration committee = 4.

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17. A
From the table we can say that number of students who opted for E2 after reshuffle = 5 + 34 + 6 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 16
= 76.
It is given us that the number of students in E2 increased by 30 after the change process. Hence, we can say
that the number of students who were enrolled in E2 before reshuffle = 76 - 30 = 46.

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It is given that before the change process there were 10 more students in E2 than in E3. Therefore, the number
of students who were enrolled in E3 before reshuffle = 46 - 10 = 36.
Number of students who moved from E1 to all other electives are known. Therefore, the number of
students who were enrolled in E1 before reshuffle = 9 + 5 + 10 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 31.
It is given that before the change process there were 6 more students in E1 than in E4. Therefore, the number of
students who were enrolled in E4 before reshuffle = 31 - 6 = 25.
Also, it is given that E4 had 2 more students than E6 before reshuffle. Therefore, the number of students who
were enrolled in E6 before reshuffle = 25 - 2 = 23.
All the students from E7 moved to one of electives among E1 to E6. Therefore, the number of students who
were enrolled in E7 before reshuffle = 4 + 16 + 30 + 5 + 5 + 41 = 101.
Except E5 we know the number of students who were enrolled in all electives. We also know that there were
total 300 students who opted for exactly 1 elective.
Hence, the the number of students who were enrolled in E7 before reshuffle = 300 - (46+36+31+25+23+101) =
38.
For each elective, the number of students who were enrolled before reshuffle will be same as sum of the
number of students who moved from that elective to another elective including no movement cases.

For elective E2,


Number of students who moved to E1 + 34 + 8 + Number of students who moved to E4 + 2 + 2 = 46
i.e. Number of students who moved from to E1 = Number of students who moved from to E4 = 0

For elective E4,


Number of students who moved to E1 + 3 + 2 + 14 + Number of students who moved to E5 + 4 = 25
i.e. Number of students who moved from to E1 = Number of students who moved from to E5 = 1 {As the
remaining blanks can be filled by either 0 or 1}

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For elective E6,
Number of students who moved to E1 + 7 + 3 + Number of students who moved to E4 + 2 + 9 = 23
i.e. Number of students who moved from to E1 = Number of students who moved from to E4 = 1 {As the
remaining blanks can be filled by either 0 or 1}

It is given that after the reshuffle, the number of students in E4 was 3 more than that in E1. As of now the
number of students enrolled in E4 after reshuffle = 1 + 0 + E3 to E4 + 14 + E5 to E4 + 1 + 5 = 21 + {E3 to E4} +
{E5 to E4}
Also, the number of students enrolled in E1 after reshuffle = 9 + 0 + 2 + 1 + E5 to E1 + 1 + 4 = 17 + E5 to E1.
Hence, it is possible only when E5 to E1 = 1 and E3 to E4 = E5 to E4 = 0.

Remaining blank places can be filled easily as we know the total sum of each row.
Therefore, the number of students who moved from E3 to E5 = the number of students who moved from E5 to
E3 = the number of students who moved from E5 to E6 = 1.

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We can see from the table that number of students enrolled in E1 dropped to 18. Hence, all the students who
moved from E1 to any other elective will have to re-enroll in E1.
We can see that the number of students who enrolled for E1 prior to reshuffle = 31. Out of these 31 students, 9
students didn't move to any other elective whereas remaining 22 students moved to other electives. Hence, all
these 22 students have to re-enroll in E1.
Therefore, the total number of students in E1 post re-enrollment = 18 + 22 = 40 which is shown in the table.

Therefore, the sequence of electives in decreasing order of their final enrollments = E2, E3, E6, E5, E1, E4.
Hence, option A is the correct answer.

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18. D
From the table we can say that number of students who opted for E2 after reshuffle = 5 + 34 + 6 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 16
= 76.
It is given us that the number of students in E2 increased by 30 after the change process. Hence, we can say
that the number of students who were enrolled in E2 before reshuffle = 76 - 30 = 46.
It is given that before the change process there were 10 more students in E2 than in E3. Therefore, the number
of students who were enrolled in E3 before reshuffle = 46 - 10 = 36.
Number of students who moved from E1 to all other electives are known. Therefore, the number of
students who were enrolled in E1 before reshuffle = 9 + 5 + 10 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 31.
It is given that before the change process there were 6 more students in E1 than in E4. Therefore, the number of
students who were enrolled in E4 before reshuffle = 31 - 6 = 25.
Also, it is given that E4 had 2 more students than E6 before reshuffle. Therefore, the number of students who
were enrolled in E6 before reshuffle = 25 - 2 = 23.
All the students from E7 moved to one of electives among E1 to E6. Therefore, the number of students who
were enrolled in E7 before reshuffle = 4 + 16 + 30 + 5 + 5 + 41 = 101.
Except E5 we know the number of students who were enrolled in all electives. We also know that there were
total 300 students who opted for exactly 1 elective.

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Hence, the the number of students who were enrolled in E7 before reshuffle = 300 - (46+36+31+25+23+101) =
38.
For each elective, the number of students who were enrolled before reshuffle will be same as sum of the
number of students who moved from that elective to another elective including no movement cases.

For elective E2,


Number of students who moved to E1 + 34 + 8 + Number of students who moved to E4 + 2 + 2 = 46
i.e. Number of students who moved from to E1 = Number of students who moved from to E4 = 0

For elective E4,


Number of students who moved to E1 + 3 + 2 + 14 + Number of students who moved to E5 + 4 = 25
i.e. Number of students who moved from to E1 = Number of students who moved from to E5 = 1 {As the
remaining blanks can be filled by either 0 or 1}

For elective E6,


Number of students who moved to E1 + 7 + 3 + Number of students who moved to E4 + 2 + 9 = 23
i.e. Number of students who moved from to E1 = Number of students who moved from to E4 = 1 {As the
remaining blanks can be filled by either 0 or 1}

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It is given that after the reshuffle, the number of students in E4 was 3 more than that in E1. As of now the
number of students enrolled in E4 after reshuffle = 1 + 0 + E3 to E4 + 14 + E5 to E4 + 1 + 5 = 21 + {E3 to E4} +
{E5 to E4}
Also, the number of students enrolled in E1 after reshuffle = 9 + 0 + 2 + 1 + E5 to E1 + 1 + 4 = 17 + E5 to E1.
Hence, it is possible only when E5 to E1 = 1 and E3 to E4 = E5 to E4 = 0.

Remaining blank places can be filled easily as we know the total sum of each row.
Therefore, the number of students who moved from E3 to E5 = the number of students who moved from E5 to
E3 = the number of students who moved from E5 to E6 = 1.

We are asked the largest change in its enrollment as a percentage of its original enrollment for all 6 electives
but as we can see there are only 4 electives. Hence, we will check only for E1, E2, E3 and E6.
18 − 31
The percentage change in the number of students for E1 = × 100 ≈ 42 %
31

76 − 46
The percentage change in the number of students for E2 = × 100 ≈ 65 %
46

79 − 36
The percentage change in the number of students for E3 = × 100 ≈ 119 %
36

61 − 23
The percentage change in the number of students for E6 = × 100 ≈ 165 %
23

We can see that the percent change in the number of student for E6 is the largest. Therefore, option D is the
correct answer.

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19. D

It is given that some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available
for sale.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if
it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 × (road adjacency
value) + 3 × (neighbor count).
It is also known that the maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs
Hence, there can be two cases for the maximum quoted price of a house in block XX.
Case 1: House with parking space:
=> 12+5a+3b = 24 => 5a+3b = 12 ( a = road adjacency value, b= neighbor count)
The only value for which the equation satisfies is (a = 0, and b=4). But the value of b can't be 4 because the
maximum neighbor count can be at most 3.
Hence, case 1 is invalid.
Case 2: House without parking space:
=> 10+5a+3b = 24 => 5a+3b = 14
=> (a, b) = (1, 3)
Hence, the house must have 3 neighbors and 1 road connected to it. Hence, the only possible case is B2.
Therefore, the neighbor houses of B2, which are (B1, A2, and C2) are occupied.
It is known that Row 1 has two occupied houses, one in each block. Since B1 is already occupied, it implies A1,
and C1 are vacant.
Hence, the configuration of block XX is given below: (Where U = Unoccupied/ Vacant, and U = Occupied)

Now for block YY, we know that both houses in Column E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at
least one occupied house. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.

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It is also known that the minimum quoted price of a house in block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in
Column E.
Case 1: The minimum quoted house is E2:
We know that the road adjacency of E2 is 1, hence we can calculate whether the house has parking space or
not, and the neighbor count (b)
If the house has parking space, then: 12+5*1+3*b = 15 => 3b = -2 (which is not possible)
Hence, the house has no parking space => 10+5*1+3b = 15 => b = 0
b = 0 implies all the neighbor house of E2 is vacant, which are (E1, D2, and F2).
It is known that each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house, which implies D1, and F1
must be occupied.
But D1 and F1 can't be occupied together since the total number of occupied houses in Row 1 is 2 (one in each
block).
Hence, This case is invalid.
Case 2: The minimum quoted house is E1:
We know that the road adjacency of E1 is 0, hence we can calculate whether the house has parking space or
not, and the neighbor count (b).
i) If the house has no working space, then: 10+5*0+3b = 15 => b = 5/3 (this is not possible since b has to be an
integer value)
Hence, the house has parking space => 12+5*0+3b = 15 => b = 1 => One neighbor house is occupied among D1
and F1.
Let's take the case that house D1 is occupied and F1 is empty. In that case, the value of house F1 would be
10(there is no parking space)+ (5*0) + (3*the number of neighbours)
Here, even if we take the number of neighbours to be 1, which is maximum for F1 in this case, the value of F1
would be a maximum of 13. This is lower than the lowest value house in block YY. Therefore, F1 cannot be
empty.
Let us see the other scenario of D1 being unoccupied.
Here, the value of D1 can be 15 or 18 depending on if D2 is unoccupied or occupied respectively.
We do not know the status of houses D2 and F2.
Therefore, the final diagram is given below:

From the diagram, we can say that the number of vacant houses in Row 2 in Block XX is 1, and the number of
vacant houses in Row 2 in Block YY is either 1 or 2.
Hence, the total number of vacant houses is either 2 or 3
The correct option is D

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20. D

Since the dancers performed their second items in the same sequence of their performance of their first items.
The table will be as follows:

The items assigned by Ashman were performed consecutively. The number of performances between items
assigned by each of the remaining composers was the same.
Also, the first items performed by the four dancers were all assigned by different music composers. Badal can
come only at the place as shown in the table.

Then Ashman can only compose for the following performances.

Hence Dyu will compose for the following performances:

From (i) No composer who assigned item to Princess, assigned any item to Queen.
From (ii) No composer who assigned item to Rani, assigned any item to Samragni.
Hence Dyu will compose for Samragni 1st Performance and Gagan will compose for Queen 1st Performance.
Also, Badal will compose for Samragni 2nd Performance and Dyu will compose for Queens 2nd Performance.
Hence, the complete table is as follows:

The first and the sixth items were composed by Badal. Hence D is the answer.

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21. C

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It is given that some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available
for sale.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if
it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 × (road adjacency
value) + 3 × (neighbor count).
It is also known that the maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs
Hence, there can be two cases for the maximum quoted price of a house in block XX.
Case 1: House with parking space:
=> 12+5a+3b = 24 => 5a+3b = 12 ( a = road adjacency value, b= neighbor count)
The only value for which the equation satisfies is (a = 0, and b=4). But the value of b can't be 4 because the
maximum neighbor count can be at most 3.
Hence, case 1 is invalid.
Case 2: House without parking space:
=> 10+5a+3b = 24 => 5a+3b = 14
=> (a, b) = (1, 3)
Hence, the house must have 3 neighbors and 1 road connected to it. Hence, the only possible case is B2.
Therefore, the neighbor houses of B2, which are (B1, A2, and C2) are also occupied.
It is known that Row 1 has two occupied houses, one in each block. Since B1 is already occupied, it implies A1,
and C1 are vacant.
Hence, the configuration of block XX is given below: (Where U = Unoccupied/ Vacant, and U = Occupied)

Now for block YY, we know that both houses in Column E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at
least one occupied house. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
It is also known that the minimum quoted price of a house in block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in
Column E.
Case 1: The minimum quoted house is E2:
We know that the road adjacency of E2 is 1, hence we can calculate whether the house has parking space or
not, and the neighbor count (b)
If the house has parking space, then: 12+5*1+3*b = 15 => 3b = -2 (which is not possible)
Hence, the house has no parking space => 10+5*1+3b = 15 => b = 0
b = 0 implies all the neighbor house of E2 is vacant, which are (E1, D2, and F2).
It is known that each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house, which implies D1, and F1
must be occupied.
But D1 and F1 can't be occupied together since the total number of occupied houses in Row 1 is 2 (one in each
block).

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Hence, This case is invalid.
Case 2: The minimum quoted house is E1:
We know that the road adjacency of E1 is 0, hence we can calculate whether the house has parking space or
not, and the neighbor count (b).
i) If the house has no working space, then: 10+5*0+3b = 15 => b = 5/3 (this is not possible since b has to be an
integer value)
Hence, the house has parking space => 12+5*0+3b = 15 => b = 1 => One neighbor house is occupied among D1
and F1.
We already know that E2 is vacant. Among the houses D2, and F2, at least one must be occupied since each of
Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
Therefore, the final diagram is given below:

From the diagram, we can see that B1 is definitely occupied. The rest opinions are not definitely correct.
The correct option is C

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22. B
Let's consider each statement one by one

A) Suppose M=50, n1 =5 ​

In this case, n2 = 5 + 10 + 10 = 25. Hence, n2


​ ​
− n1 = 20 even though n1 

= 0. Hence, statement A is false.
​ ​

B) Suppose M=21 and n1 =1 ​

In this case, n2 = 1 + 10 + 10 = 21. Hence, n2


​ ​ − n1 = 20. Thus, if M>20 then this statement is true.

If M = 19

In this case, the process stops when M is reached. Hence, n2 =19 and n2 ​ − n1 = 18. Hence, option B is true.

C) As we have seen earlier, n2 ​ − n1 = 20 in this case. Hence, option C is false.


D) Suppose n1 ​ = M . In this case, n2 = n1 . Hence, option D is false.


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23. A

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It is given that some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available
for sale.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if
it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 × (road adjacency
value) + 3 × (neighbor count).
It is also known that the maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs
Hence, there can be two cases for the maximum quoted price of a house in block XX.
Case 1: House with parking space:
=> 12+5a+3b = 24 => 5a+3b = 12 ( a = road adjacency value, b= neighbor count)
The only value for which the equation satisfies is (a = 0, and b=4). But the value of b can't be 4 because the
maximum neighbor count can be at most 3.
Hence, case 1 is invalid.
Case 2: House without parking space:
=> 10+5a+3b = 24 => 5a+3b = 14
=> (a, b) = (1, 3)
Hence, the house must have 3 neighbors and 1 road connected to it. Hence, the only possible case is B2.
Therefore, the neighbor houses of B2, which are (B1, A2, and C2) are also occupied.
It is known that Row 1 has two occupied houses, one in each block. Since B1 is already occupied, it implies A1,
and C1 are vacant.
Hence, the configuration of block XX is given below: (Where U = Unoccupied/ Vacant, and U = Occupied)

Now for block YY, we know that both houses in Column E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at
least one occupied house. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
It is also known that the minimum quoted price of a house in block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in
Column E.
Case 1: The minimum quoted house is E2:

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We know that the road adjacency of E2 is 1, hence we can calculate whether the house has parking space or
not, and the neighbor count (b)
If the house has parking space, then: 12+5*1+3*b = 15 => 3b = -2 (which is not possible)
Hence, the house has no parking space => 10+5*1+3b = 15 => b = 0
b = 0 implies all the neighbor house of E2 is vacant, which are (E1, D2, and F2).
It is known that each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house, which implies D1, and F1
must be occupied.
But D1 and F1 can't be occupied together since the total number of occupied houses in Row 1 is 2 (one in each
block).
Hence, This case is invalid.
Case 2: The minimum quoted house is E1:
We know that the road adjacency of E1 is 0, hence we can calculate whether the house has parking space or
not, and the neighbor count (b).
i) If the house has no working space, then: 10+5*0+3b = 15 => b = 5/3 (this is not possible since b has to be an
integer value)
Hence, the house has parking space => 12+5*0+3b = 15 => b = 1 => One neighbor house is occupied among D1
and F1.
We already know that E2 is vacant. Among the houses D2, and F2, at least one must be occupied since each of
Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
Therefore, the final diagram is given below:

From the diagram, we can see that E1 has the parking space (case 2).
The correct option is A

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24. B
According to given question Jerome + Tommy = Albert + David eq.(1) ; Jerome < Tommy eq. (3)
Albert + Tommy < David + jerome eq. (2)
Now adding above two equations we will get
2David > 2Tommy
or David > Tommy
or Tommy > Jerome > Albert ( from eq.(3) )
Now David should earn most pocket money as to hold equation (2) to be true.
Hence David > Tommy > Jerome > Albert.

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25. B

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Since the people wearing yellow saree and the white saree were at the ends, Ms West Bengal was not sitting at
one of the ends and was not a runner up, the arrangement is as shown below:

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26. C
Since the people wearing yellow saree and the white saree were at the ends, Ms West Bengal was not sitting at
one of the ends and was not a runner up, the arrangement is as shown below:

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27. A
Since the people wearing yellow saree and the white saree were at the ends, Ms West Bengal was not sitting at
one of the ends and was not a runner up, the arrangement is as shown below:

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28. C
If A is not at the third place, then it has only two choices either 2nd or 4th position
So if A is at 2nd position, then B has only fourth position as choice and C can have either first or third position.
And if A is at 4th position, then B has only 2nd position and again C can have either first or third position.
Hence answer will be C.

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29. B
Since C wants either home or finance or none so options A and D are eliminated.
Since F does not want any portfolio if D gets one, Option C is eliminated.

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30. C
Since the people wearing yellow saree and the white saree were at the ends, Ms West Bengal was not sitting at
one of the ends and was not a runner up, the arrangement is as shown below:

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31. A
Among all positions for A, if it has first position then either B will be at the 3rd position or C and D will be
together which is not possible Hence answer will be A) .

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32. C
E = 3Y
Z = W/2
Y>Z
Using statement A alone, Z and W can be determined but not E
Using statement B, Y = W. So, using this statement alone, we can get a relation between all the four ages but
cannot determine the absolute values.
Using both the statements, we can determine the value of E.
10 = W/2
W = 20 = Y
E = 3*20 = 60
So, c) is the correct answer.

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33. D
B says that if D gets power or telecom then he must get the other one.Option D clearly violates that.

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34. B
The different possible cases are:

From the table we can see among all of the statements, only fourth statement is false, as if amar wears green,
anthony has to wear green.

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35. A
Akbar can wear either red or blue.
Anthony can wear either red or green.
So when both of them wear same colour that has to be red.
And Amar can wear either blue or green.
Hence our answer will be A.

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36. B

According to given conditions we are able to infer,

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Thus, there are 3 males.

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37. A

According to given conditions we are able to infer,

Hence E is an engineer.

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38. D

According to given conditions, we are able to infer following relations

So A and D are married couple.

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39. C
For option A, put n1 = 1, then n2 will be 2 , hence equation won't hold true.
​ ​

Now for option B, if we say M = 5 , then n1 will be 0 and n2 will be 1, hence equation won't hold true.
​ ​

And equation in option D will not hold true too as put M = 5 , then n1 will be 0 and n2 will be 1.
​ ​

Now in option C, equation is valid as put n1 = 1 , then n2 will be 2. Which is holding the equation valid too.
​ ​

Hence our answer will be C.

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40. A
Option B and C are irrelevant and in option D, n1 should be 0

Hence option A will be our answer as n1 is the value before instruction as 0 and n2 is value after instructions
​ ​

which is also 0.

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41. D

According to given conditions following arrangements are possible,

Hence E and A cannot be seated together.

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42. C

According to given conditions we can conclude ,

Hence , F cannot be seated at either end.

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43. C
We know that after 3 operations A contain 1 ltr and 4 th operation is Drain(a) , so 1 ltr is drained and only 4 ltrs
remain in all there cylinders. Also after 6 operations A should have all the 4 ltrs in it. hence the other 2 vessels
must contain 0 ltrs because there is only one drain operation in the entire sequence.

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44. A

Let a,d,j,g be the shots put by ashish,dhanraj,ganesh and jugraj respectively. According to given conditions we
have ,
g=a-8;
d+r=37;
j=d+8;
a=5+d;
a+g=40 .
Solving we have a=24, d=19 and j=27.so d+j=45

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45. A
Let a,d,j,g be the shots put by Ashish, Dhanraj, Ganesh and Jugraj respectively.
According to given conditions we have ,
g = a-8; d + r = 37; j = d + 8; a = 5 + d; a + g = 40
Solving these equations, we have a = 24, d = 19 and j = 27 and r = 18. Hence option A is the correct answer.

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46. C

According to given conditions possible arrangement is as,

Hence E and G cannot occupy seats on either sides of B .

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47. C
From Statement I, we know that Ashish is not an engineer, and from Statement IV Dhanraj is not an engineer
either. Since Sameer is an Economist, Felix must be the engineer.

From Statement IV, Dhanraj got more offers than Ashish. Since Doctor got the most number of offers, Ashish is
not the doctor:

We know that the doctor got offers from 3 NIMs and Ashish got more offers than the engineer. Since Ashish is
a CA and did not get 2 offers, he can only get 1 offer and the engineer gets none. The final table will look like
this:

Here, we can see that Sameer is an economist with offers from 2 NIMs. Hence only Option C is correct.

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48. B
D - Housewife (Married to Lawyer)
D is married to A => A is Lawyer
C - Accountant is married to F - Lecturer
E is not housewife => E is Architect
=> B is housewife
Females - D, B, F
Males - C, A, E
=> 3 males are present.

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49. B
A - lawyer

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B - housewife
C - accountant
D - housewife
E - architect
F - lecturer
There are 2 married couple in the group - A and D and C and F
Since the lawyer is married to D, who is a housewife, A is the lawyer. E is not a housewife but there are 2
housewives in the group. So, B has to be the second housewife. Filling in all the occupations in the list, E is left
as the architect in the group.

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50. C
We can get the following from the information provided.

Hence, Option C is right.

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51. B

Given informations are as follows:


Akhila got 13 marks in coherence and divya got 10 marks in Machinary
Divya's marks = Ela's Marks (Hence they both are not winners as winner is only one)
Bhanu's marks < Akhila's marks ( Hence bhanu is also not a winner)
So winner will be either Akhila or Charulata
As Akhila got 13 marks in coherence so she must have 20 marks in some head as highest marks are 90
That's why winner will be Charulata.

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52. A
According to given condition the correct sequence of houses is 1st is blue, 2nd green, 3rd is yellow and last red.
Now in the yellow house i.e. 3rd Z lives and X doesnt live as a neighbour i.e. Green and Red house.
So, X lives in blue house.

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53. C

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According to given conditions , following time table is possible:

hence option C.

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54. C

According to given conditions ,we get

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55. D
For min steps 1st move would be to place book 3 from A to B
2nd move would be to place book 2 from A to B,
3rd move would be to place book 2 and 3 from B to A.
Last move would be to place books 2,3,1 from table A to Table B.
So 4 moves are atleast needed.

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56. C

According to given conditions we have -

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57. D
According to given condition we know that Alam started with 40 spent 35 and saved 5 , Daljeet started with 20 ,
ganesh started with 20 and saved 16.5 , Jugraj started with 10 and spent less than 3 rs , sandeep started with
30 and spent more than 1.5 rs. So among the options only option D satisfies given requirements.

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58. B

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Now we are given that the lowest rating is an even number and only 2 cups got an even number rating.
Let's take cases:-
1. The lowest rating is 4
If the lowest rating in 4 then the other ratings will be in the range 5-10.
From this we need 4 odd and 1 even numbers.
This is not possible as there are only 3 odd numbers from 5-10.
Thus, the lowest rating is not 4.
2. The lowest rating is 2.
If the lowest rating in 4 then the other ratings will be in the range 5-10.
From this we need 4 odd and 1 even numbers.
This is possible when the odd ratings are 3,5,7 and 9.
We are given that the highest rating is not even. Thus, 10 rating is not possible.
We are also given that the rating of tea in Cup 3 was double the rating of the tea in Cup 5.
Thus, the rating of the tea in cup 3 is an even number.
Thus, the rating of the tea in cup 5 must be an odd number.
Only 1 such pair is possible of 3 and 6.
Thus, the tea in cup 2 got the rating of 2.
The tea in cup 3 got a rating of 6 and the tea in cup 5 got a rating of 3.
We are given that:-
Tea in Cup 3 got a higher rating than that in Cup 1.
Thus, the tea in cup 1 got a rating of 5.
Cup 6 contained tea from Himachal and the Tea from Ooty got the highest rating.
Thus, cup 6 got a rating of 7 and cup 4 got a rating of 9.
The table is as shown below:-

It is given that the rating of Assam>Wayanad>Munnar


Hence, since Wayanad and Ooty are in consecutive cups, Wayanad can be either in cup number 3 or 5.
So Wayanad can only be in cup number 5, then Munnar will be in cup number 2. So Darjeeling and Assam can
be in cup 1 and 3 in any order.
Hence B is a possibility.

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59. B
Now we are given that the lowest rating is an even number and only 2 cups got an even number rating.
Let's take cases:-
1. The lowest rating is 4
If the lowest rating in 4 then the other ratings will be in the range 5-10.
From this we need 4 odd and 1 even numbers.
This is not possible as there are only 3 odd numbers from 5-10.
Thus, the lowest rating is not 4.
2. The lowest rating is 2.
If the lowest rating in 4 then the other ratings will be in the range 5-10.
From this we need 4 odd and 1 even numbers.
This is possible when the odd ratings are 3,5,7 and 9.
We are given that the highest rating is not even. Thus, 10 rating is not possible.
We are also given that the rating of tea in Cup 3 was double the rating of the tea in Cup 5.
Thus, the rating of the tea in cup 3 is an even number.
Thus, the rating of the tea in cup 5 must be an odd number.
Only 1 such pair is possible of 3 and 6.
Thus, the tea in cup 2 got the rating of 2.

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The tea in cup 3 got a rating of 6 and the tea in cup 5 got a rating of 3.
We are given that:-
Tea in Cup 3 got a higher rating than that in Cup 1.
Thus, the tea in cup 1 got a rating of 5.
Cup 6 contained tea from Himachal and the Tea from Ooty got the highest rating.
Thus, cup 6 got a rating of 7 and cup 4 got a rating of 9.
The table is as shown below:-

If the tea from Munnar did not get the minimum rating then it must have got the 2nd lowest rating as we know,
Assam>Wyanand>Munnar.
Thus, Wyanand must have got a rating of 5.

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60. 4
Now we are given that the lowest rating is an even number and only 2 cups got an even number rating.
Let's take cases:-
1. The lowest rating is 4
If the lowest rating in 4 then the other ratings will be in the range 5-10.
From this we need 4 odd and 1 even numbers.
This is not possible as there are only 3 odd numbers from 5-10.
Thus, the lowest rating is not 4.
2. The lowest rating is 2.
If the lowest rating in 4 then the other ratings will be in the range 5-10.
From this we need 4 odd and 1 even numbers.
This is possible when the odd ratings are 3,5,7 and 9.
We are given that the highest rating is not even. Thus, 10 rating is not possible.
We are also given that the rating of tea in Cup 3 was double the rating of the tea in Cup 5.
Thus, the rating of the tea in cup 3 is an even number.
Thus, the rating of the tea in cup 5 must be an odd number.
Only 1 such pair is possible of 3 and 6.
Thus, the tea in cup 2 got the rating of 2.
The tea in cup 3 got a rating of 6 and the tea in cup 5 got a rating of 3.
We are given that:-
Tea in Cup 3 got a higher rating than that in Cup 1.
Thus, the tea in cup 1 got a rating of 5.
Cup 6 contained tea from Himachal and the Tea from Ooty got the highest rating.
Thus, cup 6 got a rating of 7 and cup 4 got a rating of 9.
The table is as shown below:-

Thus, 4 was the number of the cup that contained tea from Ooty.

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61. 7
Now we are given that the lowest rating is an even number and only 2 cups got an even number rating.
Let's take cases:-
1. The lowest rating is 4

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If the lowest rating in 4 then the other ratings will be in the range 5-10.
From this we need 4 odd and 1 even numbers.
This is not possible as there are only 3 odd numbers from 5-10.
Thus, the lowest rating is not 4.
2. The lowest rating is 2.
If the lowest rating in 4 then the other ratings will be in the range 5-10.
From this we need 4 odd and 1 even numbers.
This is possible when the odd ratings are 3,5,7 and 9.
We are given that the highest rating is not even. Thus, 10 rating is not possible.
We are also given that the rating of tea in Cup 3 was double the rating of the tea in Cup 5.
Thus, the rating of the tea in cup 3 is an even number.
Thus, the rating of the tea in cup 5 must be an odd number.
Only 1 such pair is possible of 3 and 6.
Thus, the tea in cup 2 got the rating of 2.
The tea in cup 3 got a rating of 6 and the tea in cup 5 got a rating of 3.
We are given that:-
Tea in Cup 3 got a higher rating than that in Cup 1.
Thus, the tea in cup 1 got a rating of 5.
Cup 6 contained tea from Himachal and the Tea from Ooty got the highest rating.
Thus, cup 6 got a rating of 7 and cup 4 got a rating of 9.
The table is as shown below:-

Hence, 7 is the 2nd highest rating given.

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62. A
The arrangement of people is as follows: C/D F/E E/F B D/C A/G G/A
So, E and A can never sit together.

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63. D
___B___
A and G will sit in 6th and 7th position from left in any order.
C and D must be as far apart as possible. Hence, they'll sit in 1st and 5th positions from left in any order.
Hence, only A, C, D and G can sit in the corners.
Among, the given options F cannot sit in the extreme end.

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64. D
The total number of biscuits = 5, the total number of candies =3 and the total number of savouries = 12-(3+5)=4
Representing the candies as C, biscuits as B and savories as S. K is to be placed in shelf number 16. D, E and F
are savouries and are to be placed in consecutively numbered shelves in increasing order after all the biscuits
and candies. Since there is no empty shelf between the items of same type, D,E,F and K are savouries and
placed at 13,14,15 and 16 respectively. This can be tabulated as follows:

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The shelf 12 will be empty.
It is given that items are to be placed such that all items of same type are clustered together.
From 1, A and B are to be placed in consecutively numbered shelves in increasing order.
From 6, C is a candy and is to be placed in a shelf preceded by two empty shelves and from 7, L is to be placed
in a shelf preceded by exactly one empty shelf.
Hence C and L are items of different types. Since C is a candy, L will be a biscuit.
From 5, L and J are items of the same type, while H is an item of a different type.
Since I and J are clustered together, I, J and L are biscuits and H is a candy.
So C,H are candies and I,J,L are biscuits. It is given that A, B are place consecutively. Hence A and B are items
of same types. So A, B should be biscuits because if they are candies, there will be 4 candies.
Hence, I,J,L,A,B are biscuits and C,H and G are candies.
Now there are two empty shelves before C and exactly one empty shelf before L, then the different cases can
be tabulated as follows:
Case 1:

Case 2:

Option A and C are wrong as candies can come before biscuits and vice versa. B is not necessarily true as there
can be one empty shelf too as shown in the table. Option D is true as there are at least 4 shelves between B and
C. Hence D is the answer.

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65. C
The total number of biscuits = 5, the total number of candies =3 and the total number of savouries = 12-(3+5)=4
Representing the candies as C, biscuits as B and savories as S. K is to be placed in shelf number 16. D, E and F
are savouries and are to be placed in consecutively numbered shelves in increasing order after all the biscuits
and candies. Since there is no empty shelf between the items of same type, D,E,F and K are savouries and
placed at 13,14,15 and 16 respectively. This can be tabulated as follows:

The shelf 12 will be empty.


It is given that items are to be placed such that all items of same type are clustered together.
From 1, A and B are to be placed in consecutively numbered shelves in increasing order.
From 6, C is a candy and is to be placed in a shelf preceded by two empty shelves and from 7, L is to be placed
in a shelf preceded by exactly one empty shelf.
Hence C and L are items of different types. Since C is a candy, L will be a biscuit.
From 5, L and J are items of the same type, while H is an item of a different type.
Since I and J are clustered together, I, J and L are biscuits and H is a candy.
So C,H are candies and I,J,L are biscuits. It is given that A, B are place consecutively. Hence A and B are items
of same types. So A, B should be biscuits because if they are candies, there will be 4 candies.

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Hence, I,J,L,A,B are biscuits and C,H and G are candies.
Now there are two empty shelves before C and exactly one empty shelf before L, then the different cases can
be tabulated as follows:
Case 1:

Case 2:

From the table(case 2), only 1,2,6 and 12 are empty in the same arrangement. Hence, C is the answer.

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66. D
The total number of biscuits = 5, the total number of candies =3 and the total number of savouries = 12-(3+5)=4
Representing the candies as C, biscuits as B and savories as S. K is to be placed in shelf number 16. D, E and F
are savouries and are to be placed in consecutively numbered shelves in increasing order after all the biscuits
and candies. Since there is no empty shelf between the items of same type, D,E,F and K are savouries and
placed at 13,14,15 and 16 respectively. This can be tabulated as follows:

The shelf 12 will be empty.


It is given that items are to be placed such that all items of same type are clustered together.
From 1, A and B are to be placed in consecutively numbered shelves in increasing order.
From 6, C is a candy and is to be placed in a shelf preceded by two empty shelves and from 7, L is to be placed
in a shelf preceded by exactly one empty shelf.
Hence C and L are items of different types. Since C is a candy, L will be a biscuit.
From 5, L and J are items of the same type, while H is an item of a different type.
Since I and J are clustered together, I, J and L are biscuits and H is a candy.
So C,H are candies and I,J,L are biscuits. It is given that A, B are place consecutively. Hence A and B are items
of same types. So A, B should be biscuits because if they are candies, there will be 4 candies.
Hence, I,J,L,A,B are biscuits and C,H and G are candies.
Now there are two empty shelves before C and exactly one empty shelf before L, then the different cases can
be tabulated as follows:
Case 1:

Case 2:

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G is a candy. Hence D is the answer.

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67. A
The total number of biscuits = 5, the total number of candies =3 and the total number of savouries = 12-(3+5)=4
Representing the candies as C, biscuits as B and savories as S. K is to be placed in shelf number 16. D, E and F
are savouries and are to be placed in consecutively numbered shelves in increasing order after all the biscuits
and candies. Since there is no empty shelf between the items of same type, D,E,F and K are savouries and
placed at 13,14,15 and 16 respectively. This can be tabulated as follows:

The shelf 12 will be empty.


It is given that items are to be placed such that all items of same type are clustered together.
From 1, A and B are to be placed in consecutively numbered shelves in increasing order.
From 6, C is a candy and is to be placed in a shelf preceded by two empty shelves and from 7, L is to be placed
in a shelf preceded by exactly one empty shelf.
Hence C and L are items of different types. Since C is a candy, L will be a biscuit.
From 5, L and J are items of the same type, while H is an item of a different type.
Since I and J are clustered together, I, J and L are biscuits and H is a candy.
So C,H are candies and I,J,L are biscuits. It is given that A, B are place consecutively. Hence A and B are items
of same types. So A, B should be biscuits because if they are candies, there will be 4 candies.
Hence, I,J,L,A,B are biscuits and C,H and G are candies.
Now there are two empty shelves before C and exactly one empty shelf before L, then the different cases can
be tabulated as follows:
Case 1:

Case 2:

The number of arrangements for the first case = 2*2=4


The number of arrangements for the second case = 2*2=4
The total number of arrangements = 4+4=8

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68. B
Let us draw the table and fill all absolute information present.

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In statement 3, it is given that P7 and P8 were the only two consecutively numbered pumps where the same
levels of contamination were recorded.
In statement 1, it is given that contamination levels at three pumps among P1 - P5 were recorded as high. This
is only possible when pumps 1, 3 and 5 have high level of contamination. Also, P6 was the only pump among
P1 - P10 where the contamination level was recorded as low. Therefore, we can say that pumps 2 and 4 have
medium level of contamination.

It is given that High contamination levels were not recorded at any of the pumps P16 - P20. Therefore, we can
say that High contamination was recorded in only first 15 pumps. Therefore, we can say that the maximum
number of pumps that can have high contamination level is '8'. (Consecutive pumps don't have same
contamination level except one case)
Also, it is given that the number of pumps where high contamination levels were recorded was twice the
number of pumps where low contamination levels were recorded. Hence, we can say that the number of pumps
that have high contamination level is an even number less than or equal to '8'.
If the number of high contamination level pumps is '6', then there will be only '3' pumps with low contamination
level. Consequently, we will need 11 (20 - 6 - 3) pumps with medium contamination level which is not possible
since the number of pumps of a single type can't exceed 10.(Consecutive pumps don't have same
contamination level except one case)

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Therefore, we can say that the number of pumps that have high contamination level = 8
The number of pumps that have low contamination level = 8/2 = 4
Also, the number of pumps that have medium contamination level = 20 - 8 - 4 = 12
It is given that P7 and P8 were the only two consecutively numbered pumps where the same levels of
contamination were recorded. If P7 and P8 recorded medium contamination level then there can be at max 7
pumps (P1, P3, P5, P9, P11, P13, P15) with high contamination level. Hence, we can say that pumps P7 and P8
recorded High contamination level. Therefore, we can uniquely determine the contamination level till P10.

It is given that High contamination levels were not recorded at any of the pumps P16 - P20. Therefore, we can
say that these 5 pumps recorded low and medium contamination level. There are two cases possible.
Case 1: When there were 3 Low and 2 Medium contaminated level recorded in pumps P16 - P20.
3 Low contamination level must have recorded in P16, P18 and P20. We can fill the table as follows.

Case 2: When there were 2 Low and 3 Medium contaminated level recorded in pumps P16 - P20.
3 Medium contamination level must have recorded in P16, P18 and P20. We can fill the table as follows.

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We can see that in case 1 the contamination level at P15 was recorded as medium. Let us check all the option
one by one.
(Option :A) Contamination levels at P13 and P17 were recorded as the same. From the table, we can see that
the contamination levels at P13 and P17 were recorded as medium. Hence, we can say that this statement is
correct.
(Option :B) Contamination levels at P11 and P16 were recorded as the same. From the table, we can see that
the contamination levels at P11 was recorded as Medium whereas at P16 it was recorded as Low. Hence, we
can say that this statement is incorrect. Thus, option B is the correct answer.

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69. C
Let us draw the table and fill all absolute information present.

In statement 3, it is given that P7 and P8 were the only two consecutively numbered pumps where the same
levels of contamination were recorded.
In statement 1, it is given that contamination levels at three pumps among P1 - P5 were recorded as high. This
is only possible when pumps 1, 3 and 5 have high level of contamination. Also, P6 was the only pump among
P1 - P10 where the contamination level was recorded as low. Therefore, we can say that pumps 2 and 4 have
medium level of contamination.

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It is given that High contamination levels were not recorded at any of the pumps P16 - P20. Therefore, we can
say that High contamination was recorded in only first 15 pumps. Therefore, we can say that the maximum
number of pumps that can have high contamination level is '8'. (Consecutive pumps don't have same
contamination level except one case)
Also, it is given that the number of pumps where high contamination levels were recorded was twice the
number of pumps where low contamination levels were recorded. Hence, we can say that the number of pumps
that have high contamination level is an even number less than or equal to '8'.
If the number of high contamination level pumps is '6', then there will be only '3' pumps with low contamination
level. Consequently, we will need 11 (20 - 6 - 3) pumps with medium contamination level which is not possible
since the number of pumps of a single type can't exceed 10.(Consecutive pumps don't have same
contamination level except one case)
Therefore, we can say that the number of pumps that have high contamination level = 8
The number of pumps that have low contamination level = 8/2 = 4
Also, the number of pumps that have medium contamination level = 20 - 8 - 4 = 12
It is given that P7 and P8 were the only two consecutively numbered pumps where the same levels of
contamination were recorded. If P7 and P8 recorded medium contamination level then there can be at max 7
pumps (P1, P3, P5, P9, P11, P13, P15) with high contamination level. Hence, we can say that pumps P7 and P8
recorded High contamination level. Therefore, we can uniquely determine the contamination level till P10.

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It is given that High contamination levels were not recorded at any of the pumps P16 - P20. Therefore, we can
say that these 5 pumps recorded low and medium contamination level. There are two cases possible.
Case 1: When there were 3 Low and 2 Medium contaminated level recorded in pumps P16 - P20.
3 Low contamination level must have recorded in P16, P18 and P20. We can fill the table as follows.

Case 2: When there were 2 Low and 3 Medium contaminated level recorded in pumps P16 - P20.
3 Medium contamination level must have recorded in P16, P18 and P20. We can fill the table as follows.

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We know that medium contamination level was recorded at exactly 8 pumps. Hence, option C is the correct
answer.

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70. D
Let us draw the table and fill all absolute information present.

In statement 3, it is given that P7 and P8 were the only two consecutively numbered pumps where the same
levels of contamination were recorded.
In statement 1, it is given that contamination levels at three pumps among P1 - P5 were recorded as high. This
is only possible when pumps 1, 3 and 5 have high level of contamination. Also, P6 was the only pump among
P1 - P10 where the contamination level was recorded as low. Therefore, we can say that pumps 2 and 4 have
medium level of contamination.

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It is given that High contamination levels were not recorded at any of the pumps P16 - P20. Therefore, we can
say that High contamination was recorded in only first 15 pumps. Therefore, we can say that the maximum
number of pumps that can have high contamination level is '8'. (Consecutive pumps don't have same
contamination level except one case)
Also, it is given that the number of pumps where high contamination levels were recorded was twice the
number of pumps where low contamination levels were recorded. Hence, we can say that the number of pumps
that have high contamination level is an even number less than or equal to '8'.
If the number of high contamination level pumps is '6', then there will be only '3' pumps with low contamination
level. Consequently, we will need 11 (20 - 6 - 3) pumps with medium contamination level which is not possible
since the number of pumps of a single type can't exceed 10.(Consecutive pumps don't have same
contamination level except one case)
Therefore, we can say that the number of pumps that have high contamination level = 8
The number of pumps that have low contamination level = 8/2 = 4
Also, the number of pumps that have medium contamination level = 20 - 8 - 4 = 12
It is given that P7 and P8 were the only two consecutively numbered pumps where the same levels of
contamination were recorded. If P7 and P8 recorded medium contamination level then there can be at max 7
pumps (P1, P3, P5, P9, P11, P13, P15) with high contamination level. Hence, we can say that pumps P7 and P8
recorded High contamination level. Therefore, we can uniquely determine the contamination level till P10.

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It is given that High contamination levels were not recorded at any of the pumps P16 - P20. Therefore, we can
say that these 5 pumps recorded low and medium contamination level. There are two cases possible.
Case 1: When there were 3 Low and 2 Medium contaminated level recorded in pumps P16 - P20.
3 Low contamination level must have recorded in P16, P18 and P20. We can fill the table as follows.

Case 2: When there were 2 Low and 3 Medium contaminated level recorded in pumps P16 - P20.
3 Medium contamination level must have recorded in P16, P18 and P20. We can fill the table as follows.

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Let us check the options one by one.
(Option:A) The contamination level at P20 was recorded as medium. This need not be true as we can see that in
Case 1 at P20 low contamination level is recorded.
(Option:B) The contamination level at P13 was recorded as low. This need not be true as we can see that in
Case 2(a), at P13 high contamination level is recorded.
(Option:C) The contamination level at P12 was recorded as high. This need not be true as we can see that in
Case 2(a), at P12 medium contamination level is recorded.
(Option:D) The contamination level at P10 was recorded as high.. This is true for all cases. Hence, we can say
that option D is the correct answer.

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71. B
According to given conditions, the groups are as follows:
Case 1:
W1 : Sonali, Shalini, Shubhra ,Shahira and Rupa
W4: Somya , Ruchika, Jyotika, sweta
: Renuka, Rupali, Komal
: Ritu and Tara
: Radha
Case 2:
W1 : Sonali, Shalini, Shubhra ,Shahira and Rupa
W4: Somya , Ruchika
: Renuka, Rupali, Komal
: Ritu, Tara, Jyotika, sweta
: Radha
Hence, Radha must be alone in a group . Therefore, her trainer is Elina.

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72. C
Considering (i), Ignesh has to eat 6 vadas, since 6 is the only multiple of 3.
Also, using the same information, we can say that a person consumes 2 vadas and 4 idlis.

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Using (vii), Bimal eats 2 more idlis than Ignesh.
Possibilities:
Bimal - 8, Ignesh - 6
Bimal - 6, Ignesh - 4
But Ignesh cannot have 4 idlis because the person who eats 4 idlis eats 2 vadas.
Hence we take Bimal - 8 and Ignesh - 6.
Also, we get that Bimal eats 6 - 2 = 4 vadas.
So far, we get the following information.

Using (vi), there is a person who eats twice as many idlis as Mukesh. The only pair satisfying is 8, 4.
So, Mukesh eats 4 idlis. Plus the person who eats 4 idlis eats 2 vadas. Hence, we get

Daljit also eats Vada as per info (v), so we get the following

(iv) gives us the information that the one who eats 1idli does not have vada.

Considering the persons who had chutney and those who didn't, 3 persons do not have chutney. Bimal is one of
them(the one eating 4 vadas).
Mukesh is the second one to not take chutney(last hint). Also, Sandip does not take chutney. Hence, we get this
information as well.

Hence, Ignesh eats 6 Vadas.

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73. A
Considering (i), Ignesh has to eat 6 vadas, since 6 is the only multiple of 3.
Also, using the same information, we can say that a person consumes 2 vadas and 4 idlis.
Using (vii), Bimal eats 2 more idlis than Ignesh.
Possibilities:

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Bimal - 8, Ignesh - 6
Bimal - 6, Ignesh - 4
But Ignesh cannot have 4 idlis because the person who eats 4 idlis eats 2 vadas.
Hence we take Bimal - 8 and Ignesh - 6.
Also, we get that Bimal eats 6 - 2 = 4 vadas.
So far, we get the following information.

Using (vi), there is a person who eats twice as many idlis as Mukesh. The only pair satisfying is 8, 4.
So, Mukesh eats 4 idlis. Plus the person who eats 4 idlis eats 2 vadas. Hence, we get

Daljit also eats Vada as per info (v), so we get the following

(iv) gives us the information that the one who eats 1idli does not have vada.

Considering the persons who had chutney and those who didn't, 3 persons do not have chutney. Bimal is one of
them(the one eating 4 vadas).
Mukesh is the second one to not take chutney(last hint). Also, Sandip does not take chutney. Hence, we get this
information as well.

Option A, stating that Daljit eats 5 idlis, is right.

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74. D
Odd numbered dorms need either moderate or extensive repair.
Even numbered dorms need either light or extensive repair.

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It has been given that dorms 4 to 9 all require different repairing costs. The dorms 3 and 9 should require
moderate repair (going by the table). Dorm 7 costs the highest. Therefore, dorm 7 should require 6 crores to
repair. Dorm 8 requires the least cost to repair. Therefore, dorm 8 should cost 1 crore to repair. We can eliminate
these dorm numbers from other 2 lists.

Dorms 4 to 9 cost different costs to repair. => Both dorms 5 and 9 cannot require the same cost of repair.
Dorms 1 and 3 should require 3 crores to repair.

Dorm 6 should require light repair (2 crores) since dorm 8 requires 1 crore to repair.
=> Dorm 4 requires 5 crore to repair.

It has been given that the cost of repairing the woman dorms add up to 20. Therefore, the distribution of the
costs should be 6+6+5+3.
Dorm 4 is the dorm whose number is below 5 but is a woman's dorm. Therefore, dorm 9 should cost Rs.3 crores
to repair. Dorm 8 cannot be a woman's dorm. Therefore, dorm 10 should be a woman's dorm and should cost
Rs. 6 crore to repair.

Hence, Option D is the right answer.

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75. 3
Odd numbered dorms need either moderate or extensive repair.
Even numbered dorms need either light or extensive repair.

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It has been given that dorms 4 to 9 all require different repairing costs. The dorms 3 and 9 should require
moderate repair (going by the table). Dorm 7 costs the highest. Therefore, dorm 7 should require 6 crores to
repair. Dorm 8 requires the least cost to repair. Therefore, dorm 8 should cost 1 crore to repair. We can eliminate
these dorm numbers from other 2 lists.

Dorms 4 to 9 cost different costs to repair. => Both dorms 5 and 9 cannot require the same cost of repair.
Dorms 1 and 3 should require 3 crores to repair.

Dorm 6 should require light repair (2 crores) since dorm 8 requires 1 crore to repair.
=> Dorm 4 requires 5 crore to repair.

There are 3 dorms from 6 to 10 which are women's dorms.

It has been given that the cost of repairing the woman dorms add up to 20. Therefore, the distribution of the
costs should be 6+6+5+3.
Dorm 4 is the dorm whose number is below 5 but is a woman's dorm. Therefore, dorm 9 should cost Rs.3 crores
to repair. Dorm 8 cannot be a woman's dorm. Therefore, dorm 10 should be a woman's dorm and should cost
Rs. 6 crore to repair.
Dorm 9 will cost Rs.9 crore to repair and hence, 9 is the correct answer.

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76. D
Odd numbered dorms need either moderate or extensive repair.
Even numbered dorms need either light or extensive repair.

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It has been given that dorms 4 to 9 all require different repairing costs. The dorms 3 and 9 should require
moderate repair (going by the table). Dorm 7 costs the highest. Therefore, dorm 7 should require 6 crores to
repair. Dorm 8 requires the least cost to repair. Therefore, dorm 8 should cost 1 crore to repair. We can eliminate
these dorm numbers from other 2 lists.

Dorms 4 to 9 cost different costs to repair. => Both dorms 5 and 9 cannot require the same cost of repair.
Dorms 1 and 3 should require 3 crores to repair.

Dorm 6 should require light repair (2 crores) since dorm 8 requires 1 crore to repair.
=> Dorm 4 requires 5 crore to repair.

We can see that all options except option D are definitely true. Option D cannot be ascertained to be true. Dorm
10 can cost Rs. 1 crore or Rs. 6 crores to repair. Therefore, option D is the right answer.

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77. C
From the given statements, we can infer that the amounts spent by the women are Rs.2234, Rs.1193, Rs.1340,
and Rs.2517. Also, we know that one of the 5 women spent Rs.1378 more than Chellamma. Also, we know that
each woman spent at least Rs.1000.

The person who spent Rs.2234 cannot be the person who spent Rs.1378 more than Chellamma. Also, we know
that Chellamma spent the least among the five women.

Case 1:
Chellamma spent Rs.1193.
=> One of the 5 women spent 1193+1378 = Rs.2571.

We know that Shahnaz spent the most. Therefore, Shahnaz should have spent Rs.2571.

Archana didn't spend Rs.2517. Also, Helen spent more than Dhenuka.
Therefore, Helen should have spent Rs.2517.

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Dhenuka didn't spend Rs.1340.
Therefore, Dhenuka should have spent Rs. 2234 and Archana should have spent Rs.1340.

However, it has been given that the woman who spent Rs. 2234 arrived before the lady who spent Rs. 1193.
According to the given order, Archana arrived before Dhenuka. Therefore, we can eliminate this case.

Case 2:

Rs.2517 is the highest amount spent. Shahnaz spent Rs.2517.


=> Amount spent by Chellamma = 2517 - 1378 = Rs.1139

Dhenuka didn't spend Rs.1340. Helen spent more than Dhenuka. Therefore, Dhenuka should have spent
Rs.1193.

Now, we know that the woman who spent Rs. 2234 arrived before the lady who spent Rs. 1193. Helen did not
arrive before Dhenuka but Archana did. Therefore, Archana should have spent Rs.2234 and Helen should have
spent Rs.1340.
According to given conditions amount spent by everyone is,

Hence, option C is the right answer.

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78. A
From the given statements, we can infer that the amounts spent by the women are Rs.2234, Rs.1193, Rs.1340,
and Rs.2517. Also, we know that one of the 5 women spent Rs.1378 more than Chellamma. Also, we know that
each woman spent at least Rs.1000.

The person who spent Rs.2234 cannot be the person who spent Rs.1378 more than Chellamma. Also, we know
that Chellamma spent the least among the five women.

Case 1:
Chellamma spent Rs.1193.
=> One of the 5 women spent 1193+1378 = Rs.2571.

We know that Shahnaz spent the most. Therefore, Shahnaz should have spent Rs.2571.

Archana didn't spend Rs.2517. Also, Helen spent more than Dhenuka.
Therefore, Helen should have spent Rs.2517.

Dhenuka didn't spend Rs.1340.


Therefore, Dhenuka should have spent Rs. 2234 and Archana should have spent Rs.1340.

However, it has been given that the woman who spent Rs. 2234 arrived before the lady who spent Rs. 1193.
According to the given order, Archana arrived before Dhenuka. Therefore, we can eliminate this case.

Case 2:

Rs.2517 is the highest amount spent. Shahnaz spent Rs.2517.


=> Amount spent by Chellamma = 2517 - 1378 = Rs.1139

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Dhenuka didn't spend Rs.1340. Helen spent more than Dhenuka. Therefore, Dhenuka should have spent
Rs.1193.

Now, we know that the woman who spent Rs. 2234 arrived before the lady who spent Rs. 1193. Helen did not
arrive before Dhenuka but Archana did. Therefore, Archana should have spent Rs.2234 and Helen should have
spent Rs.1340.
According to given conditions amount spent by everyone is,

Hence, option A is the right answer.

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79. B
From the given statements, we can infer that the amounts spent by the women are Rs.2234, Rs.1193, Rs.1340,
and Rs.2517. Also, we know that one of the 5 women spent Rs.1378 more than Chellamma. Also, we know that
each woman spent at least Rs.1000.

The person who spent Rs.2234 cannot be the person who spent Rs.1378 more than Chellamma. Also, we know
that Chellamma spent the least among the five women.

Case 1:
Chellamma spent Rs.1193.
=> One of the 5 women spent 1193+1378 = Rs.2571.

We know that Shahnaz spent the most. Therefore, Shahnaz should have spent Rs.2571.

Archana didn't spend Rs.2517. Also, Helen spent more than Dhenuka.
Therefore, Helen should have spent Rs.2517.

Dhenuka didn't spend Rs.1340.


Therefore, Dhenuka should have spent Rs. 2234 and Archana should have spent Rs.1340.

However, it has been given that the woman who spent Rs. 2234 arrived before the lady who spent Rs. 1193.
According to the given order, Archana arrived before Dhenuka. Therefore, we can eliminate this case.

Case 2:

Rs.2517 is the highest amount spent. Shahnaz spent Rs.2517.


=> Amount spent by Chellamma = 2517 - 1378 = Rs.1139

Dhenuka didn't spend Rs.1340. Helen spent more than Dhenuka. Therefore, Dhenuka should have spent
Rs.1193.

Now, we know that the woman who spent Rs. 2234 arrived before the lady who spent Rs. 1193. Helen did not
arrive before Dhenuka but Archana did. Therefore, Archana should have spent Rs.2234 and Helen should have
spent Rs.1340.
According to given conditions amount spent by everyone is,

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Hence, option B is the right answer.

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80. B
Before directly trying to answer the question, it is important to gather all the information given by the question.
There are three houses on each side of the road => Draw 6 lines, 3 in each row, to accommodate P, Q, R, S, T and
U.
The houses are of different colours and different heights.
T is tallest and is opposite to red house => Let’s number T as 1.
Shortest house is opposite to green house.
U is orange and is between P and S => Two cases arise here. P-U-S is one possibility and the other possibility is
S-U-P.

R is yellow and is opposite to P.


Q is green and is opposite to U. We know that green house is opposite to the shortest house. This implies that U
is the shortest house => Number of U is 6.
P is white and is taller than R but shorter than S and Q => Apart from T, S and Q are also taller than P => S and Q
can be 2 and 3 in any order => Number of P is 4 and number of R is 5.
We know that P is opposite to R and Q is opposite to U => S is opposite to T
It is given that T is opposite to red house => S is the red house and hence T is the blue house.
T is the tallest house and hence the colour of the tallest house is blue.

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81. E
Before directly trying to answer the question, it is important to gather all the information given by the question.
There are three houses on each side of the road => Draw 6 lines, 3 in each row, to accommodate P, Q, R, S, T and
U.
The houses are of different colours and different heights.

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T is tallest and is opposite to red house => Let’s number T as 1.
Shortest house is opposite to green house.
U is orange and is between P and S => Two cases arise here. P-U-S is one possibility and the other possibility is
S-U-P.

R is yellow and is opposite to P.


Q is green and is opposite to U. We know that green house is opposite to the shortest house. This implies that U
is the shortest house => Number of U is 6.
P is white and is taller than R but shorter than S and Q => Apart from T, S and Q are also taller than P => S and Q
can be 2 and 3 in any order => Number of P is 4 and number of R is 5.
We only know that the second tallest house is either Q or S. Hence the answer is cannot be determined.

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82. D
Before directly trying to answer the question, it is important to gather all the information given by the question.
There are three houses on each side of the road => Draw 6 lines, 3 in each row, to accommodate P, Q, R, S, T and
U.
The houses are of different colours and different heights.
T is tallest and is opposite to red house => Let’s number T as 1.
Shortest house is opposite to green house.
U is orange and is between P and S => Two cases arise here. P-U-S is one possibility and the other possibility is
S-U-P.

R is yellow and is opposite to P.


Q is green and is opposite to U. We know that green house is opposite to the shortest house. This implies that U
is the shortest house => Number of U is 6.
P is white and is taller than R but shorter than S and Q => Apart from T, S and Q are also taller than P => S and Q
can be 2 and 3 in any order => Number of P is 4 and number of R is 5.

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We know that P is opposite to R and Q is opposite to U => S is opposite to T
It is given that T is opposite to red house => S is the red house and hence T is the blue house.
So, we know the colours of all houses and heights of P, R, T and U.
In this question, we are asked to find the house that is opposite to yellow house. R is the yellow house, P is
opposite to R and S is on the other corner in P’s row. Hence S is the house that is diagonally opposite to yellow
house and the colour of S is Red.

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83. A

Since the dancers performed their second items in the same sequence of their performance of their first items.
The table will be as follows:

The items assigned by Ashman were performed consecutively. The number of performances between items
assigned by each of the remaining composers was the same.
Also, the first items performed by the four dancers were all assigned by different music composers. Badal can
come only at the place as shown in the table.

Then Ashman can only compose for the following performances.

Hence Dyu will compose for the following performances:

From (i) No composer who assigned item to Princess, assigned any item to Queen.
From (ii) No composer who assigned item to Rani, assigned any item to Samragni.
Hence Dyu will compose for Samragni 1st Performance and Gagan will compose for Queen 1st Performance.
Also, Badal will compose for Samragni 2nd Performance and Dyu will compose for Queens 2nd Performance.
Hence, the complete table is as follows:

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The sixth performance was composed by Badal. Hence C is the answer.

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84. D

Since the dancers performed their second items in the same sequence of their performance of their first items.
The table will be as follows:

The items assigned by Ashman were performed consecutively. The number of performances between items
assigned by each of the remaining composers was the same.
Also, the first items performed by the four dancers were all assigned by different music composers. Badal can
come only at the place as shown in the table.

Then Ashman can only compose for the following performances.

Hence Dyu will compose for the following performances:

From (i) No composer who assigned item to Princess, assigned any item to Queen.
From (ii) No composer who assigned item to Rani, assigned any item to Samragni.
Hence Dyu will compose for Samragni 1st Performance and Gagan will compose for Queen 1st Performance.
Also, Badal will compose for Samragni 2nd Performance and Dyu will compose for Queens 2nd Performance.
Hence, the complete table is as follows:

Option A: Samragni did not perform in any item composed by Ashman. This statement is true.
Option B: Princess did not perform in any item composed by Dyu. This is also true.
Option C: Rani did not perform in any item composed by Badal. This statement is true.
Option D: Queen did not perform in any item composed by Gagan. This statement is false.
Hence D is the answer.

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85. A

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Since the dancers performed their second items in the same sequence of their performance of their first items.
The table will be as follows:

The items assigned by Ashman were performed consecutively. The number of performances between items
assigned by each of the remaining composers was the same.
Also, the first items performed by the four dancers were all assigned by different music composers. Badal can
come only at the place as shown in the table.

Then Ashman can only compose for the following performances.

Hence Dyu will compose for the following performances:

From (i) No composer who assigned item to Princess, assigned any item to Queen.
From (ii) No composer who assigned item to Rani, assigned any item to Samragni.
Hence Dyu will compose for Samragni 1st Performance and Gagan will compose for Queen 1st Performance.
Also, Badal will compose for Samragni 2nd Performance and Dyu will compose for Queens 2nd Performance.
Hence, the complete table is as follows:

The second performance was composed by Dyu. Hence A is the answer.

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86. D
We know that P ∩ A = ϕ means that the pluto is not an alsatian and P ∪ A = D means that the pluto along
with alsatian makes the set D . hence option D - Both A and C.

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87. A
From P ∩ D is a set containing just pluto ,as pluto is subset of dog D, hence P ∩ D = P . Also P ∪ M would
be set of pluto and all mammals together.

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88. C
We know that all dogs are vertebrates. Hence D ∩ V ) = D . Ahead it is given that Y = F ∩ D is not a null set
which implies that some fish are dogs. Hence , option C.

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89. A
It is given that X = M ∩ D is such that X = D, which means D is a subset of M . Which means all dogs are
mammals. Hence , option A.

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90. 2

There are only 2 configurations possible

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91. 6
To solve this question we can use the answer of the previous question, since maximum 9 red beads are
possible, filling the remaining space with green and blue beads, in such a way that number of blue beads is
minimised

Hence number of blue beads is 6

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92. 6
6 more beads can be placed as shown

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93. 3

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It is given that some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available
for sale.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if
it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 × (road adjacency
value) + 3 × (neighbor count).
It is also known that the maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs
Hence, there can be two cases for the maximum quoted price of a house in block XX.
Case 1: House with parking space:
=> 12+5a+3b = 24 => 5a+3b = 12 ( a = road adjacency value, b= neighbor count)
The only value for which the equation satisfies is (a = 0, and b=4). But the value of b can't be 4 because the
maximum neighbor count can be at most 3.
Hence, case 1 is invalid.
Case 2: House without parking space:
=> 10+5a+3b = 24 => 5a+3b = 14
=> (a, b) = (1, 3)
Hence, the house must have 3 neighbors and 1 road connected to it. Hence, the only possible case is B2.
Therefore, the neighbor houses of B2, which are (B1, A2, and C2) are also occupied.
It is known that Row 1 has two occupied houses, one in each block. Since B1 is already occupied, it implies A1,
and C1 are vacant.
Hence, the configuration of block XX is given below: (Where U = Unoccupied/ Vacant, and U = Occupied)

Now for block YY, we know that both houses in Column E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at
least one occupied house. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
It is also known that the minimum quoted price of a house in block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in
Column E.
Case 1: The minimum quoted house is E2:

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We know that the road adjacency of E2 is 1, hence we can calculate whether the house has parking space or
not, and the neighbor count (b)
If the house has parking space, then: 12+5*1+3*b = 15 => 3b = -2 (which is not possible)
Hence, the house has no parking space => 10+5*1+3b = 15 => b = 0
b = 0 implies all the neighbor house of E2 is vacant, which are (E1, D2, and F2).
It is known that each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house, which implies D1, and F1
must be occupied.
But D1 and F1 can't be occupied together since the total number of occupied houses in Row 1 is 2 (one in each
block).
Hence, This case is invalid.
Case 2: The minimum quoted house is E1:
We know that the road adjacency of E1 is 0, hence we can calculate whether the house has parking space or
not, and the neighbor count (b).
i) If the house has no working space, then: 10+5*0+3b = 15 => b = 5/3 (this is not possible since b has to be an
integer value)
Hence, the house has parking space => 12+5*0+3b = 15 => b = 1 => One neighbor house is occupied among D1
and F1.
We already know that E2 is vacant. Among the houses D2, and F2, at least one must be occupied since each of
Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
Therefore, the final diagram is given below:

From the diagram, we can see that 3 houses are vacant in block XX.

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94. D
All six sections had a common midterm (MT) and a common end term (ET) worth 100 marks each.
Each of MT and ET had at least four questions that were worth 5 marks, at least three questions that were
worth 10 marks, and at least two questions that were worth 15 marks.
5x4=20, 10x3=30, 15x2=30
The total possible with considering the minimum number of questions of each type = 20+30+30=80 marks.
Rest 20 marks are possible by the following cases: {5,5,5,5} {5,5,10} {10,10} {5,15}
ET contained more questions than MT.
Thus MT cannot consider the case {5,5,5,5}
The number of questions in each case:
1) {5,5,5,5} = 9+4 =13 questions

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2) {5,5,10} = 9+3 =12 questions
3) {10,10} = 9+2 =11 questions
4) {5,15} = 9+2 =11 questions
Considering MT and ET together, each faculty member prepared the same number of questions. The total
number of questions should be multiple of 6, thus the total number of questions will be 24.
For ET and MT, there are 2 cases :
{5,5,5,5}{5,15}
{5,5,5,5}{10,10}
According to the statement (i), Annie prepared the fifth question for both MT and ET. For MT, this question
carried 5 marks. Thus {10,10} case is not possible.
MT {5,5,5,5,5,10,10,10,15,15,15}
ET {5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,10,10,10,15,15}
From statement (i),(ii),(iv),(v), every other faculty member prepared two questions for MT.
we can create the following table:

{ Annie(A), Beti(B), Chetan(C), Dave (D), Fakir(F) }


There are 24 questions in total so each faculty will make 4 questions.
We can create the following table for ET.

Hence the correct option is D

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95. A
All six sections had a common midterm (MT) and a common end term (ET) worth 100 marks each.
Each of MT and ET had at least four questions that were worth 5 marks, at least three questions that were
worth 10 marks, and at least two questions that were worth 15 marks.
5x4=20, 10x3=30, 15x2=30
The total possible with considering the minimum number of questions of each type = 20+30+30=80 marks.
Rest 20 marks are possible by the following cases: {5,5,5,5} {5,5,10} {10,10} {5,15}
ET contained more questions than MT.
Thus MT cannot consider the case {5,5,5,5}
The number of questions in each case:
1) {5,5,5,5} = 9+4 =13 questions
2) {5,5,10} = 9+3 =12 questions
3) {10,10} = 9+2 =11 questions
4) {5,15} = 9+2 =11 questions

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Considering MT and ET together, each faculty member prepared the same number of questions. The total
number of questions should be multiple of 6, thus the total number of questions will be 24.
For ET and MT, there are 2 cases :
{5,5,5,5}{5,15}
{5,5,5,5}{10,10}
According to the statement (i), Annie prepared the fifth question for both MT and ET. For MT, this question
carried 5 marks. Thus {10,10} case is not possible.
MT {5,5,5,5,5,10,10,10,15,15,15}
ET {5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,10,10,10,15,15}
From statement (i),(ii),(iv),(v), every other faculty member prepared two questions for MT.
we can create the following table:

{ Annie(A), Beti(B), Chetan(C), Dave (D), Fakir(F) }


There are 24 questions in total so each faculty will make 4 questions.
We can create the following table for ET.

Hence the correct option is A

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96. D
From the table we can say that number of students who opted for E2 after reshuffle = 5 + 34 + 6 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 16
= 76.
It is given us that the number of students in E2 increased by 30 after the change process. Hence, we can say
that the number of students who were enrolled in E2 before reshuffle = 76 - 30 = 46.
It is given that before the change process there were 10 more students in E2 than in E3. Therefore, the number
of students who were enrolled in E3 before reshuffle = 46 - 10 = 36.
Number of students who moved from E1 to all other electives are known. Therefore, the number of
students who were enrolled in E1 before reshuffle = 9 + 5 + 10 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 31.
It is given that before the change process there were 6 more students in E1 than in E4. Therefore, the number of
students who were enrolled in E4 before reshuffle = 31 - 6 = 25.
Also, it is given that E4 had 2 more students than E6 before reshuffle. Therefore, the number of students who
were enrolled in E6 before reshuffle = 25 - 2 = 23.
All the students from E7 moved to one of electives among E1 to E6. Therefore, the number of students who
were enrolled in E7 before reshuffle = 4 + 16 + 30 + 5 + 5 + 41 = 101.

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Except E5 we know the number of students who were enrolled in all electives. We also know that there were
total 300 students who opted for exactly 1 elective.
Hence, the the number of students who were enrolled in E7 before reshuffle = 300 - (46+36+31+25+23+101) =
38.
For each elective, the number of students who were enrolled before reshuffle will be same as sum of the
number of students who moved from that elective to another elective including no movement cases.

For elective E2,


Number of students who moved to E1 + 34 + 8 + Number of students who moved to E4 + 2 + 2 = 46
i.e. Number of students who moved from to E1 = Number of students who moved from to E4 = 0

For elective E4,


Number of students who moved to E1 + 3 + 2 + 14 + Number of students who moved to E5 + 4 = 25
i.e. Number of students who moved from to E1 = Number of students who moved from to E5 = 1 {As the
remaining blanks can be filled by either 0 or 1}

For elective E6,


Number of students who moved to E1 + 7 + 3 + Number of students who moved to E4 + 2 + 9 = 23
i.e. Number of students who moved from to E1 = Number of students who moved from to E4 = 1 {As the
remaining blanks can be filled by either 0 or 1}

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It is given that after the reshuffle, the number of students in E4 was 3 more than that in E1. As of now the
number of students enrolled in E4 after reshuffle = 1 + 0 + E3 to E4 + 14 + E5 to E4 + 1 + 5 = 21 + {E3 to E4} +
{E5 to E4}
Also, the number of students enrolled in E1 after reshuffle = 9 + 0 + 2 + 1 + E5 to E1 + 1 + 4 = 17 + E5 to E1.
Hence, it is possible only when E5 to E1 = 1 and E3 to E4 = E5 to E4 = 0.

Remaining blank places can be filled easily as we know the total sum of each row.
Therefore, the number of students who moved from E3 to E5 = the number of students who moved from E5 to
E3 = the number of students who moved from E5 to E6 = 1.

Form the table, we can see that after the reshuffle the number of students in electives E1 to E6 are 18, 76, 79,
21, 45 and 61 in that order.
Therefore, option D is the correct answer.

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97. C
It is given in the statements, that C cannot travel with A or B. E cannot travel with B or F. G cannot travel with F,
or H, or D. By formulating the table we get

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Q is with A and G is with Q => G and Q are travelling together on motorcycle M3
F travels on M1 and E travels on M2 motorcycles.
D is travelling with P on M2 => D and E are traveling together on M2
B cannot go with R => F and B go together on M1
Therefore, C and H go together on M4

So, the table can formed as below :

Hence, C would be travelling with H.

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98. D
Mrs. Abraham can't be sitting next to him as per the seating arrangement. Wives sit three places away from
their husbands.
Mrs. Charlie is sitting to the left of Mr. Abraham. So, she can't be sitting to his right.

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Mrs. Elenor is sitting two places to the right of Mrs. Border (and not Mrs. Charlie). So, she can't be sitting right
next to Mr. Abraham.
Mrs. Border and Mrs. Dennis are the remaining two wives and each is equally likely to to be sitting to the right of
Mr. Abraham.

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99. C
The original sequence as given in the question is 4,5,6,V,3
This is possible when cars 1,2,3 arrived and then cars 1 and 2 leave. After that cars 4,5 and 6 arrive.
Now there are 4 slots to the left of car 3. This is only possible when cars 1 and 2 were SUVs. Now out of these 4
slots,
3 slots are occupied by cars 4,5 and 6. As a result these are compact cars . Car 3 can be a SUV or a Compact
car and it won't impact the final solution.

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100. D
following is the order of arrival and departure of cars

As we can see that car 2 and car 7 are parked next to car 3

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101. B
According to given condition we know that P likes Blue and red , M likes yellow , U likes Red and blue , T likes
Black and x lives in a hotel . Since the person in palace doesnt like blue or black. Only 1 such person is possible
i.e. M

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102. D
We are given that Jayanta, Ajit and Byomkesh were sitting in seats marked by the same letter, in consecutive
rows in increasing order of row numbers; but all of them paid different amounts for their choices of seat.
Let us see how the friends are supposed to pay for the seats they choose:-
In row 1-1000
In row 2-10 - 300 for window and 500 for aisle
In row 11 - 200 for window and 400 for aisle
In row 12,13 - 1000
In row 14-20 - 200 for window and 400 for aisle
In row 21-30 - 0
Thus, As we can see 10, 11 and 12 are the only consecutive seats in which the amounts is different.

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Thus, Jayanth, Ajit and Byomkesh sat in row 10, row 11 and row 12.
Manik sat beside Jayantha and thus Manik is also sitting in row 10.
Now we are given that 7 of the 8 friends paid a total of 4600 Rs.
Let's start with the cases:-
It is obvious that 5 friends cannot pay 1000 Rs for their seat because the amount will exceed 4600
Case 1:- 4 friends pay 1000 Rs each. Thus, the remaining friends will pay 600 Rs.
This is possible only when each of them pay 200 Rs.
So the case is- 1000*4 , 200*3
Case 2 :- 3 friends pay 1000 Rs each. Thus, the remaining friends will pay 1600 Rs.
There are 2 cases where this is possible:-
1000*3, 500*2, 400, 200
1000*3, 400*4
Case 3:- 2 friends pay 1000 Rs each. Thus, the remaining 5 friends will pay 2600 Rs.
This is not possible as each friend can pay a maximum of 500 Rs.
Thus, the possible cases are
1000*4 , 200*3
1000*3, 500*2, 400, 200
1000*3, 400*4
As there is no case in which a friend has to pay 300 Rs thus, Jayantha must be sitting in row 10 aisle seat.
Thus, Jayantha paid 500 Rs.
Thus, the case is:-
1000*3, 500*2, 400, 200
Thus, Manik must have also paid 500 sitting in row 10 aisle seat
Ajit must be sitting in row 11 aisle seat paying 400 Rs.
Byomyesh must be sitting row 12 aisle seat paying 1000 Rs.
Thus, among Gargi, Kikira, Pradosh and Tapesh 2 must have paid 1000, 1 must have paid 200 and the remaining
person must have paid nothing.
Now we know Gargi and Kikira are sitting adjacent to each other and thus, either both or none of them must
have paid 1000 Rs.
Among Pradosh and Tapesh a maximum of 1 person could have paid 1000 Rs.
Thus, the only possible case here is :-
Gargi and Kikira paid 1000 each.
Pradosh is sitting ahead of Tapesh and one of them paid 200 Rs.
Since, both of them were sitting in seats marked by the same letter, in consecutive rows thus, the only
possibility is Pradosh sitting in row 20 window seat and paying 200 and Tapesh sitting in row 21 paying nothing.
Thus, the amount paid by each friend is as shown below:-

Gargi paid 1000 rs for her choice of seat

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103. A
We are given that Jayanta, Ajit and Byomkesh were sitting in seats marked by the same letter, in consecutive
rows in increasing order of row numbers; but all of them paid different amounts for their choices of seat.
Let us see how the friends are supposed to pay for the seats they choose:-
In row 1-1000
In row 2-10 - 300 for window and 500 for aisle
In row 11 - 200 for window and 400 for aisle
In row 12,13 - 1000
In row 14-20 - 200 for window and 400 for aisle
In row 21-30 - 0
Thus, As we can see 10, 11 and 12 are the only consecutive seats in which the amounts is different.
Thus, Jayanth, Ajit and Byomkesh sat in row 10, row 11 and row 12.
Manik sat beside Jayantha and thus Manik is also sitting in row 10.
Now we are given that 7 of the 8 friends paid a total of 4600 Rs.
Let's start with the cases:-
It is obvious that 5 friends cannot pay 1000 Rs for their seat because the amount will exceed 4600
Case 1:- 4 friends pay 1000 Rs each. Thus, the remaining friends will pay 600 Rs.
This is possible only when each of them pay 200 Rs.
So the case is- 1000*4 , 200*3
Case 2 :- 3 friends pay 1000 Rs each. Thus, the remaining friends will pay 1600 Rs.
There are 2 cases where this is possible:-
1000*3, 500*2, 400, 200
1000*3, 400*4
Case 3:- 2 friends pay 1000 Rs each. Thus, the remaining 5 friends will pay 2600 Rs.
This is not possible as each friend can pay a maximum of 500 Rs.
Thus, the possible cases are
1000*4 , 200*3
1000*3, 500*2, 400, 200
1000*3, 400*4
As there is no case in which a friend has to pay 300 Rs thus, Jayantha must be sitting in row 10 aisle seat.
Thus, Jayantha paid 500 Rs.
Thus, the case is:-
1000*3, 500*2, 400, 200
Thus, Manik must have also paid 500 sitting in row 10 aisle seat
Ajit must be sitting in row 11 aisle seat paying 400 Rs.
Byomyesh must be sitting row 12 aisle seat paying 1000 Rs.
Thus, among Gargi, Kikira, Pradosh and Tapesh 2 must have paid 1000, 1 must have paid 200 and the remaining
person must have paid nothing.
Now we know Gargi and Kikira are sitting adjacent to each other and thus, either both or none of them must
have paid 1000 Rs.
Among Pradosh and Tapesh a maximum of 1 person could have paid 1000 Rs.
Thus, the only possible case here is :-
Gargi and Kikira paid 1000 each.
Pradosh is sitting ahead of Tapesh and one of them paid 200 Rs.
Since, both of them were sitting in seats marked by the same letter, in consecutive rows thus, the only
possibility is Pradosh sitting in row 20 window seat and paying 200 and Tapesh sitting in row 21 paying nothing.
Thus, the amount paid by each friend is as shown below:

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Manik is sitting in row 10.

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104. 3
Let us draw a table according to the information given.

It is given that the numbers of bureaucrats in the research and teaching committees are equal, while the
number of bureaucrats in the research committee is 75% of the number of bureaucrats in the administration
committee. Let '4x' be the number of bureaucrats in Administration committee.

The number of educationalists in the teaching committee is less than the number of educationalists in the
research committee. The number of educationalists in the research committee is the average of the numbers of
educationalists in the other two committees. Let us assume that 'y' is the number of educationalists in the
research committee and 'd' be the difference in the number of educationalists in Research and teaching
committees.

60% of the politicians are in the administration committee, and 20% are in the teaching committee. Let '5z' be
the number of total number of politicians.

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We can say that

⇒ 10x+3y+5z = 24
We can see that each of x, y and z has to a natural number integer. If x > 1, then both y and z can't take any
natural number.
Hence, we can say that x = 1.
At x = 1, 3y+5z = 14. If y = 1 or 2, Z is not an integer.
At x = 1 and y = 3, z = 1 which is the only possible solution.

We can see that 'd' can assume two possible values. d = 1 or 2.

From the table, we can see that the number of educationalists in the research committee = 3.

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105. C
Let us draw a table according to the information given.

It is given that the numbers of bureaucrats in the research and teaching committees are equal, while the
number of bureaucrats in the research committee is 75% of the number of bureaucrats in the administration
committee. Let '4x' be the number of bureaucrats in Administration committee.

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The number of educationalists in the teaching committee is less than the number of educationalists in the
research committee. The number of educationalists in the research committee is the average of the numbers of
educationalists in the other two committees. Let us assume that 'y' is the number of educationalists in the
research committee and 'd' be the difference in the number of educationalists in Research and teaching
committees.

60% of the politicians are in the administration committee, and 20% are in the teaching committee. Let '5z' be
the number of total number of politicians.

We can say that

⇒ 10x+3y+5z = 24
We can see that each of x, y and z has to a natural number integer. If x > 1, then both y and z can't take any
natural number.
Hence, we can say that x = 1.
At x = 1, 3y+5z = 14. If y = 1 or 2, Z is not an integer.
At x = 1 and y = 3, z = 1 which is the only possible solution.

We can see that 'd' can assume two possible values. d = 1 or 2.

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Let us check the option one by one.
Option A: In the teaching committee the number of educationalists is equal to the number of politicians. We can
see that in the teaching committee the number of educationalists can be equal to the number of politicians
when both the numbers are '1'. Hence, this statement can be correct.
Option B: In the administration committee the number of bureaucrats is equal to the number of educationalists.
We can see that in the administration committee the number of bureaucrats can be equal to the number of
educationalists when both the numbers are '4'. Hence, this statement can be correct.
Option C: The size of the research committee is less than the size of the teaching committee. We can see the
maximum size of teaching committee can be '6' which is less than the size of the research committee. Hence,
the sentence is incorrect.
Option D: The size of the research committee is less than the size of the administration committee. We can see
the minimum size of Administration committee can be '11' which is more than the size of the research
committee. Hence, this statement is correct.
Therefore, we can say that option C is the correct answer.

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106. B
After first instruction: A = 5-2 = 3L. C = 2L. In the third instruction, A yields 2L to C. It means the capacity of A
before third operation was 3L. It means that C's water was either drained or transferred to B. Option B is correct.

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107. A
In option A, n1 >=5 which is before instruction value so after going 5 backward and 5 forward value of n2 will
​ ​

remain equal to n1 ​

So our answer will be A as other options have insufficient information

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108. D
Let us draw the table and fill all absolute information present.

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In statement 3, it is given that P7 and P8 were the only two consecutively numbered pumps where the same
levels of contamination were recorded.
In statement 1, it is given that contamination levels at three pumps among P1 - P5 were recorded as high. This
is only possible when pumps 1, 3 and 5 have high level of contamination. Also, P6 was the only pump among
P1 - P10 where the contamination level was recorded as low. Therefore, we can say that pumps 2 and 4 have
medium level of contamination.

It is given that High contamination levels were not recorded at any of the pumps P16 - P20. Therefore, we can
say that High contamination was recorded in only first 15 pumps. Therefore, we can say that the maximum
number of pumps that can have high contamination level is '8'. (Consecutive pumps don't have same
contamination level except one case)
Also, it is given that the number of pumps where high contamination levels were recorded was twice the
number of pumps where low contamination levels were recorded. Hence, we can say that the number of pumps
that have high contamination level is an even number less than or equal to '8'.
If the number of high contamination level pumps is '6', then there will be only '3' pumps with low contamination
level. Consequently, we will need 11 (20 - 6 - 3) pumps with medium contamination level which is not possible
since the number of pumps of a single type can't exceed 10.(Consecutive pumps don't have same
contamination level except one case)
Therefore, we can say that the number of pumps that have high contamination level = 8
The number of pumps that have low contamination level = 8/2 = 4
Also, the number of pumps that have medium contamination level = 20 - 8 - 4 = 12
It is given that P7 and P8 were the only two consecutively numbered pumps where the same levels of
contamination were recorded. If P7 and P8 recorded medium contamination level then there can be at max 7
pumps (P1, P3, P5, P9, P11, P13, P15) with high contamination level. Hence, we can say that pumps P7 and P8
recorded High contamination level. Therefore, we can uniquely determine the contamination level till P10.

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It is given that High contamination levels were not recorded at any of the pumps P16 - P20. Therefore, we can
say that these 5 pumps recorded low and medium contamination level. There are two cases possible.
Case 1: When there were 3 Low and 2 Medium contaminated level recorded in pumps P16 - P20.
3 Low contamination level must have recorded in P16, P18 and P20. We can fill the table as follows.

Case 2: When there were 2 Low and 3 Medium contaminated level recorded in pumps P16 - P20.
3 Medium contamination level must have recorded in P16, P18 and P20. We can fill the table as follows.

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We can see that in case 2(a) the contamination level at P11 was recorded as low. Let us check all the option
one by one.
(Option : A) The contamination level at P12 was recorded as high. This statement is incorrect as we can see in
the table, the contamination level at P12 was recorded as medium.
(Option : B) The contamination level at P15 was recorded as medium. This statement is incorrect as we can see
in the table, the contamination level at P15 was recorded as High.
(Option : C) The contamination level at P18 was recorded as low. This statement is incorrect as we can see in
the table, the contamination level at P18 was recorded as Medium.
(Option : D) The contamination level at P14 was recorded as medium. This statement is correct as we can see
in the table, the contamination level at P14 was recorded as Medium. Hence, we can say that option D is the
correct answer.

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