Reasoning Daily Question – Dated 9 May 2018

Number of Question – 15                                                          Timing -15 Min

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Puzzle

Seven people namely B, C, D, E, F, G and H have to attend a workshop but not necessarily in the same order, in seven different months of the same year namely January, March, April, July, August, September and December. Each of them also likes a different bank namely CANARA, SBI, ICICI, HDFC, AXIS, PNB and Yes but not necessarily in the same order. The one who likes AXIS will attend a workshop in the month which has less than 31 days. Only one person will attend a workshop between the one who likes AXIS and B. The one who likes CANARA will attend a workshop immediately before B. Only three people will attend a workshop between one who likes AXIS and the one who likes SBI. H will attend a workshop immediately after B. Only three people will attend a workshop between H and G. The one who likes PNB will attend a workshop immediately before G. The one who likes ICICI will attend a Workshop immediately before the one who likes Yes. E will attend a Workshop immediately after the one who likes Yes. C will attend a workshop in a month which has only 30 days. F does not like CANARA.

1. How many people will attend a workshop between the months in which G and D will attend a Workshop?

a) Two

b) One

c) Three

d) More than three

e) None

2. As per the given arrangement, G is related to CANARA and B is related to SBI following a certain pattern, which of the following is D related to following the same pattern?

a) ICICI

b) PNB

c) Axis

d) CANARA

e) Yes

3. Which of the following represents the month in which F will attend a workshop?

a) March

b) January

c) December

d) April

e) Cannot be determined

4. Which of the following represents the people who will attend a workshop in March and December respectively?

a) G, H

b) F, B

c) F, E

d) F, H

e) G, E

5. Which of the following banks does G like?

a) ICICI

b) CANARA

c) AXIS

d) HDFC

e) SBI

Decision Making

Directions (6 – 10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Following are the conditions for selecting a Manager in a company. The candidate must –

(i) be a graduate in any discipline with at least 55% marks.

(ii) be a post graduate in Management with specialization in Finance with at least 65% marks.

(iii) have work experience of at least 4 years in finance department.

(iv) be at least 26 years and not more than 36 years as on 01-12-2016.

In the case of candidate who fulfills all conditions except –

(a) at (ii) above, but has secured at least 60% marks in post graduate in Management with specialization in Finance and at least 70% marks in graduation, his case to be referred as DGM.

(b) at (iii) above, but has work experience of at least 2 years as Assistant Finance Manager, his case to be referred as GM.

In each question below, details of a candidate are provided followed by a question and 5 courses of action. Select the course of action that applies to the person’s candidature.

6. Karan was born on 19th March 1986. He has been working in finance department of an organization for the past 5 years. He has secured 67% marks in B.Com and 75% marks in his post-graduation. Which of the following will be a course of action if Karan applies?

a) Karan will be selected.

b) Data provided are inadequate to take the decision.

c) Karan will not be selected.

d) Karan will be offered as DGM post.

e) Karan will be offered as GM post.

7. Bhuvan was born on 7th November 1987. He has been working for the past four years as Assistant Finance Manager in an organization. He has secured 70% marks in B.Sc and 70% marks in his post-graduation in Management with specialization in Finance. Which of the following will be a course of action if Bhuvan applies?

a) He will be selected.

b) Data provided are inadequate to take the decision.

c) He will not be selected.

d) He will be offered as DGM post.

e) He will be offered as GM post.

8. Karuna has been working in the finance department of an organization for the past 7 years after completing her post-graduation with 68% marks. She secured 52% in her graduation and was born on 12th January 1988. Which of the following will be a course of action if Karuna applies?

a) She will be selected.

b) Data provided are inadequate to take the decision.

c) She will not be selected.

d) She will be offered as DGM post.

e) She will be offered as GM post.

9. Meeta was born on 26th July 1989. She has been working in the finance department of an organization. Which condition/s below will lead to her selecting as the DGM.

(i) She secured 66% marks in post-graduation and 57% marks in graduation.

(ii) She worked in finance department for 5 years.

(iii) She secured 63% marks in post-graduation and 74% marks in graduation.

a) Both (i) and (ii)

b) Only (iii)

c) Only (i)

d) Both (ii) and (iii)

e) None of these

10. Medha has been working as Assistant Finance Manager in an organization for the past 3 years. Which condition/s below will lead to her selecting as the GM.

(i) She was born on 5th April 1992

(ii) She was born on 4th November 1990

(iii) She secured 69% marks in post-graduation and 74% marks in graduation.

a) Either (i) or (ii) and (iii)

b) Only (iii)

c) Both (ii) and (iii)

d) Both (i) and (iii)

e) None of these

Puzzle

Directions (11 – 15): Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Ten friends are sitting on twelve seats in two parallel rows containing five people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In Row 1: A, B, C, D and E are seated and all of them are facing south, and in Row 2: P, Q, R, S and T are sitting and all of them are facing north. One seat is vacant in each row. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. All of them like different colors – Red, Green, Black, Yellow, White, Blue, Brown, Purple, Pink and Grey, but not necessarily in the same order.

There are two seats between Q and the vacant seat. Q does not like White, Red and Purple. E is not an immediate neighbor of C. B likes Grey. Vacant seat of row 1 is not opposite to S and is also not at any of the extreme ends of Row-1.The one who likes Black sits opposite to the one, who sits third to the right of the seat, which is opposite to S. C is not an immediate neighbor of D. T, who likes neither White nor Blue, does not face vacant seat. D faces R. The vacant seats are not opposite to each other. Two seats are there between C and B, who sits third right of the seat, on which the person who likes Brown is sitting. S sits third to the right of seat on which R sits and likes Yellow. The one who likes Pink faces the one who likes Yellow. The persons who like Red and Purple are adjacent to each other. The vacant seat in row 1 is not adjacent to D.Q sits at one of the extreme ends. E neither likes Pink nor faces the seat which is adjacent to the one who likes Blue. The one who likes White is not to the immediate right of the one who likes Yellow. The person who likes Green doesn’t face the person who likes Purple.

11. How many persons are sitting between T and the one who likes yellow color?

a) None

b) One

c) Two

d) Three

e) None of these

12. Which of the following faces the vacant seat of Row – 2?

a) The one who like white color

b) A

c) D

d) The one who likes grey color

e) Cannot be determined

13. Who is sitting at the immediate left of person who likes purple color?

a) E

b) D

c) The one who likes black color

d) The one who likes green color

e) The one who likes grey color

14. Who amongst the following sits at the extreme end of the row?

a) R, Q

b) E, S

c) T, C

d) C, D

e) None of these

15. If Q is made to sit on vacant seat of his row, then how many persons are there between the persons who sit opposite to Q now and who sat opposite to Q previously?

a) Two

b) Three

c) Four

d) None

e) One

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