REASONING QUIZ - 14

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Directions (Q.1 - 6): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

There are eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are sitting around the square table. Those four persons who sit at the four corners are facing towards centre and rest are facing away from the centre and sitting exactly at the middle of four sides. They are related to different professions viz. Doctor, Politician, Actor, Teacher, Pilot, Writer, Artist and Engineer but not necessarily in the same order.

P is second to the left of Pilot. There are three persons between Teacher and W. Actor is facing away from the centre. Q is between T and W. Z is an Artist. S and Politician are not at the corners of the square. Doctor is an immediate left of Teacher. Pilot and Engineer are facing each other. The one who is an Engineer is third to the right of Artist, who is not facing towards the centre. T is not Teacher but facing away from the centre. Engineer is not the immediate neighbour of Q. V is not a Pilot, but an immediate neighbour of actor. The politician sits second to the left of Z. Q is not an Engineer and second to the left of V. P is a doctor.

1. Who among the following is a Politician?

a) R 

b) T 

c) W 

d) S 

e) Z

2. Who among the following is exactly between Teacher and Artist?

a) Doctor 

b) Pilot 

c) Politician 

d) Writer 

e) Actor

3. Four of the following are alike in some way, thus form the group find out the odd one?

a) S 

b) Z 

c) W 

d) Q 

e) T

4. Who among the following is second to the right of an Engineer?

a) S 

b) P 

c) Z 

d) W 

e) T

5. How many persons are there between Artist and Actor?

a) One 

b) Two 

c) None 

d) Three 

e) Other than given options

6. Which of the following does match correctly?

a) S- Writer 

b) Z- Politician 

c) R- Pilot 

d) V- Doctor 

e) All are correct

Directions (Q.7 – 10): Following sentences are written in a certain code language–

'business is easy in India' ---> 'lk tx bi na tp'

'in business everything is fair' ---> 'nic bi tx jk lk'

'doing business was not fair' ---> 'lk hr jk pt nt'

'how everything is not easy' ---> 'et bi nic na pt'

Based on the above information. Give the answers of the following questions.

7. Which of the following is code for 'how'?

a) bi 

b) na 

c) et 

d) nic 

e) wt

8. What is the code for 'how fair'?

a) et jk 

b) jk nt 

c) et nic 

d) et na 

e) pt et

9. What is the code for 'doing'?

a) hr 

b) nt 

c) jk 

d) lk 

e) Either a) or b)

10. What does the code 'tp' stand in the given code language?

a) business 

b) India 

c) is 

d) easy 

e) in

Answers: 1- C, 2- A, 3- D, 4- B, 5-D, 6- C, 7- C, 8- A, 9- E, 10- B
Explanation: (Puzzle - Clockwise)
T - Actor - Outward (Facing)
Q - Writer - Inward
W - Politician - Outward
R - Pilot - Inward
Z - Artist - Outward
P - Doctor - Inward
S - Teacher - Outward
V - Engineer - Inward