Subjects: Seating, Puzzles, Coding-Decoding
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Six persons are seated around a triangular table, three of whom sit at the corners and the rest in the middle of the sides. The person sitting in the corner faces the center and the person sitting in the center faces the center. They also like different fruits. A sits to the left of the one who likes bananas. C and D can accommodate only two persons. F sits on the other side to the left of the one who likes grapes. is second to the right of CB. Neither F nor C like bananas. The one who likes mango sits second to the right of the one who likes apple. D sits in the center on the side and likes oranges. Neither A nor E likes guava
Q1. Who among the following likes guava?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) d
(d) e
(e) F
Q2. Who among the following sits to the right of the one who likes bananas?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) One who likes grapes
(d) Who likes oranges
(e) F
Q3. How many persons fit between A and C when counted from the right of A?
(a) None
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) one
(e) More than three
Q4. What is the position of D with respect to F?
(a) Immediate Due
(b) Third on the right
(c) To the right
(d) Third to the left
(e) Second to left
Q5. Four of the following five together form a group, which of the following does not belong to that group?
(a) F-Mango
(b) A-grapes
(c) E-Apple
(d) B-orange
(e) D-Banana
Directions (6-10): Study the given information carefully and answer the questions given below-
Nine boxes are placed on top of each other in a stack. Box H and Box K contain four boxes. Box K is placed on top of box H. A box is placed between box H and box L. Three boxes are placed between box M and box G. Two boxes are placed in box U and box T. Box Z is placed above box B. Box M is not placed immediately above or immediately below box K. Box M is placed on top of box H. Box K is not placed on the top of the stack. Box B is placed just above box M. The box is not placed on the ground floor of the T stack.
Q6. Which of the following boxes is placed immediately above box L?
(a) B
(b) M
(c) T
(D H
(e) None of these
Q7. How many boxes are placed in boxes B and G?
(a) Four
(b) one
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) None
Q8. How many of the following boxes are placed above box Z?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Four
(d) Three
(e) None
Q9. Four out of five of the following are based on a specific group, search for one that doesn’t belong to that group?
(a) km
(b) BL
(c) TU
(d) ZB
(e) GT
Q10. If the positions of box B and box T are interchanged, which of the following boxes is placed immediately below box B?
(is
(b) H
(c) L
(d) g
(e) None of these
Directions (11-15): In each question below four numbers (a), (b), (c) and (d) are given followed by a group of letters and numbers/symbols. You have to find out which combination will correctly represent the group of letters based on the following coding system and mark the number of that combination as the answer. If none of the four combinations correctly represents the group of letters, mark (e) i.e. ‘none of these’ as the answer.
Situation:
(i) If the first letter is a vowel and the last letter is a consonant, then both should be coded as the code for the consonant.
(ii) If both the first and last letters are vowels, their codes should be changed.
(iii) If both the first and last digits of the group are even numbers, both are to be entered as codes for the first digit.
(iv) If the first digit of the group is odd, it shall be given as the code for the last letter.
Solution:
Solutions (11-15):
S11. Answer (d)
Sol. Condition II applies.
S12. Answer (c)
Sol. Condition IV applies.
S13. Answer (a)
Sol. No condition applied.
S14. Answer (a)
Sol. No condition applied.
S15. Answer (d)
Sol. Condition II applies.
