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8 Q:Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Six persons P, Q, R, S, T, and U are living in a three-storey building such that ground floor is numbered as 1, above it is floor 2 then top floor is numbered as 3. Each of the floor has 2 flats in it as flat-X and flat-Y. FlatX of floor-2 is immediately above flat-X of floor-1 and immediately below flat-X of floor-3. In the same way flat-Y of floor-2 is immediately above flat-Y of floor-1 and immediately below flat-Y of floor-3. Flat-X is in west of flat-Y. They all are from different cities.
The one who is from Kolkata lives immediately above U. S lives to the west of U. P and the one who is from Kolkata do not live on the same floor. Neither S nor Q is from Bangalore. U is either from Pune or from Agra. There is one floor between Q and the one who is from Delhi who lives above Q. T does not live in flat Y. The one who is from Mumbai lives on the same floor on which the one who is from Agra lives. P lives on an odd numbered floor in flat X.
Which of the following combination is the correct?
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64dccb7780ef1e74b4edd060- 1T - Mumbaifalse
- 2Q - Delhifalse
- 3Q - Banglorefalse
- 4S - Mumbaitrue
- 5R - Agrafalse
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Answer : 4. "S - Mumbai"
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A company XYZ Ltd has three units - P, Q and R. In each of these units there are five departments— Production, Marketing, Finance, HR and Accounts. The total number of employees in P, Q and R are in the ratio 3 : 5 : 4. The total number of employees in Production, Marketing, Finance, HR and Accounts in all the three units together are in the ratio 5 : 3: 1 : 1: 2. The ratio of the number of male employees of XYZ Ltd to that of the female employees of XYZ Ltd is 2 : 1. In each of the three units, there is no female employee in the Production department and no male employee in the HR department. In each of Marketing, Finance and Accounts departments at each of the units, males and females are equal in number. Also the total number of employees in Marketing, Finance and Accounts departments are equally distributed among each of the units. The company has 36,000 employees in total and the number of male employees in the production department at P, Q and R are in the ratio 2 : 8: 5.
The number of female employees in the HR and the Marketing departments together is what percentage of the total number of employees in production department ?
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5df9be1680cad641a0c9888cA company XYZ Ltd has three units - P, Q and R. In each of these units there are five departments— Production, Marketing, Finance, HR and Accounts. The total number of employees in P, Q and R are in the ratio 3 : 5 : 4. The total number of employees in Production, Marketing, Finance, HR and Accounts in all the three units together are in the ratio 5 : 3: 1 : 1: 2. The ratio of the number of male employees of XYZ Ltd to that of the female employees of XYZ Ltd is 2 : 1. In each of the three units, there is no female employee in the Production department and no male employee in the HR department. In each of Marketing, Finance and Accounts departments at each of the units, males and females are equal in number. Also the total number of employees in Marketing, Finance and Accounts departments are equally distributed among each of the units. The company has 36,000 employees in total and the number of male employees in the production department at P, Q and R are in the ratio 2 : 8: 5.
- 125%false
- 250%true
- 335%false
- 420%false
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 2. "50%"
Q:Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Poonam, Qurashi, Risha, Sonika, Tanvi, Uma, Varun and Waseem are eight friends. Three of them play Hockey and Chess each and two of them play Golf. They all are of different heights. The shortest does not play Hockey and the tallest does not play Golf. Uma is taller than Poonam and Sonika, but shorter than Qurashi and Waseem. Tanvi, who does not play Hockey, is taller than Qurashi and is second tallest. Varun is shorter than Sonika, but only taller than Poonam. Waseem plays Chess with Sonika, and is fourth from the top. Varun does not play Hockey or Golf. Qurashi does not play Golf.
Who is the shortest ?
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608be4a68899c91069d37a98Poonam, Qurashi, Risha, Sonika, Tanvi, Uma, Varun and Waseem are eight friends. Three of them play Hockey and Chess each and two of them play Golf. They all are of different heights. The shortest does not play Hockey and the tallest does not play Golf. Uma is taller than Poonam and Sonika, but shorter than Qurashi and Waseem. Tanvi, who does not play Hockey, is taller than Qurashi and is second tallest. Varun is shorter than Sonika, but only taller than Poonam. Waseem plays Chess with Sonika, and is fourth from the top. Varun does not play Hockey or Golf. Qurashi does not play Golf.
- 1Sonikafalse
- 2Poonamtrue
- 3Varunfalse
- 4Data Inadequatefalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 2. "Poonam "
Q: Study the information carefully to answer the question that follow.
In a college there are 900 students who are doing Post Graduation (PG) in any one of the subjects, out of five different subjects, out of the five different subjects viz. Zoology, Botany, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics. The ratio between the boys and the girls among those is 5:4 respectively, 20% of the total girls are doing PG in Zoology and 25% of the total girls are doing PG in Statistics. Total number of students doing PG in Botany is 220. Total students who are doing PG in Mathematics is 150. Respectively ratio between the number of girls and the number of boys doing PG in statistics is 2:3. Twenty percent of the total number of boys are doing PG in Mathematics is 1:2 respectively. There are equal number of boys and girls who are doing PG in PG in Physics. 180 students are doing PG in Zoology.
In which PG course the number of girls is the highest and in which course the number of boys is the lowest (respectively)?
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5d85e387d0d7a00e4ecb5ff2In a college there are 900 students who are doing Post Graduation (PG) in any one of the subjects, out of five different subjects, out of the five different subjects viz. Zoology, Botany, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics. The ratio between the boys and the girls among those is 5:4 respectively, 20% of the total girls are doing PG in Zoology and 25% of the total girls are doing PG in Statistics. Total number of students doing PG in Botany is 220. Total students who are doing PG in Mathematics is 150. Respectively ratio between the number of girls and the number of boys doing PG in statistics is 2:3. Twenty percent of the total number of boys are doing PG in Mathematics is 1:2 respectively. There are equal number of boys and girls who are doing PG in PG in Physics. 180 students are doing PG in Zoology.
In which PG course the number of girls is the highest and in which course the number of boys is the lowest (respectively)?
- 1Botany and Mathematicsfalse
- 2Mathematics and Physicsfalse
- 3Botany and Zoologyfalse
- 4Botany and Physicsfalse
- 5Statistics and Physicstrue
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Answer : 5. "Statistics and Physics"
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A company XYZ Ltd has three units - P, Q and R. In each of these units there are five departments— Production, Marketing, Finance, HR and Accounts. The total number of employees in P, Q and R are in the ratio 3 : 5 : 4. The total number of employees in Production, Marketing, Finance, HR and Accounts in all the three units together are in the ratio 5 : 3: 1 : 1: 2. The ratio of the number of male employees of XYZ Ltd to that of the female employees of XYZ Ltd is 2 : 1. In each of the three units, there is no female employee in the Production department and no male employee in the HR department. In each of Marketing, Finance and Accounts departments at each of the units, males and females are equal in number. Also the total number of employees in Marketing, Finance and Accounts departments are equally distributed among each of the units. The company has 36,000 employees in total and the number of male employees in the production department at P, Q and R are in the ratio 2 : 8: 5.
What is the total number of male employees in units P and R together?
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5df9bbae8014020c092e1d2aA company XYZ Ltd has three units - P, Q and R. In each of these units there are five departments— Production, Marketing, Finance, HR and Accounts. The total number of employees in P, Q and R are in the ratio 3 : 5 : 4. The total number of employees in Production, Marketing, Finance, HR and Accounts in all the three units together are in the ratio 5 : 3: 1 : 1: 2. The ratio of the number of male employees of XYZ Ltd to that of the female employees of XYZ Ltd is 2 : 1. In each of the three units, there is no female employee in the Production department and no male employee in the HR department. In each of Marketing, Finance and Accounts departments at each of the units, males and females are equal in number. Also the total number of employees in Marketing, Finance and Accounts departments are equally distributed among each of the units. The company has 36,000 employees in total and the number of male employees in the production department at P, Q and R are in the ratio 2 : 8: 5.
- 17500false
- 28000false
- 38500false
- 49000false
- 5None of thesetrue
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Answer : 5. "None of these"
Q:Directions. Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
Seven boxes are placed on one above another in the stack formation. Box N is kept immediately below V. Three boxes are placed between N and L. Only two boxes are kept between L and M. S is kept at one of the positions above M. More than three boxes are kept between S and K. B is kept immediately above K.
Which box is kept at the top position?
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5e8591579873682a27407a11Seven boxes are placed on one above another in the stack formation. Box N is kept immediately below V. Three boxes are placed between N and L. Only two boxes are kept between L and M. S is kept at one of the positions above M. More than three boxes are kept between S and K. B is kept immediately above K.
- 1Strue
- 2Vfalse
- 3Nfalse
- 4Kfalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 1. "S"
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Amongst five friends, each got a different percentage of marks in the examination. Anika scored more than Alka but less than Anjali. Anjali scored 70% marks. Anamika scored less marks than only Anshika. The one who scored the minimum marks scored 65% marks and the one who scored the highest, scored 87% marks.
Who is the most likely to have scored 82% marks?
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5eeb5688bc81cb2528f2e685Amongst five friends, each got a different percentage of marks in the examination. Anika scored more than Alka but less than Anjali. Anjali scored 70% marks. Anamika scored less marks than only Anshika. The one who scored the minimum marks scored 65% marks and the one who scored the highest, scored 87% marks.
- 1Alkafalse
- 2Anikafalse
- 3Anamikatrue
- 4Anshikafalse
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Answer : 3. "Anamika "
Q: Each of A, B, C, D, E, F and G has an exam on a different day of a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week. A has an exam on Wednesday. Only one person has an exam between A and B. D has an exam on the day immediately before B. Only one person has an exam between F and B. G’s exam is on one of the days before A but on one of the days after C. On which day does G have an exam?
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64a15d8ba0e013744d596430- 1Fridayfalse
- 2Tuesdaytrue
- 3Mondayfalse
- 4Wednesdayfalse
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