Distribution

Q1. There are four trees - lemon, oak, pine and apple each at different corner of rectangular plot. A well is
located at one corner and a cabin at another corner. Lemon and oak tree are on either side of the gate which is
located at the center of the side opposite to the side at whose extremes the well and the cabin are located. The
pine tree is not at the corner where the cabin is located.

1. Which of the following pairs can be diagonally opposite to each other in the plot?
A. Apple tree and lemon tree
B. Cabin and apple tree
C. Pine tree and well
D. Oak tree and lemon tree

2. If the lemon tree is diagonally opposite to the well then oak tree is diagonally opposite to?
A. Pine tree B. Well C. Cabin D. Gate

3. If oak and apple trees cannot be at adjacent corners of the plot, then which of the following will have to be at
diagonally opposite corners of the plot?
A. Oak tree and well
B. Lemon tree and cabin
C. Lemon tree and oak tree
D. Lemon tree and well

4. Which of the following must be true?

A. Cabin and well are not at adjacent corners.
B. Cabin and oak tree cannot be at adjacent corners.
C. Apple tree and well are at adjacent corners.
D. Apple tree and well are not at adjacent corners.

5. Which of the following is definitely false?

A. Pine tree is adjacent to well at one corner of the plot.
B. Apple tree is adjacent to cabin at one corner.
C. Oak tree is at the adjacent corner to well.
D. Lemon tree is not on the same side of the plot as the gate.

Q2. Each of the five persons Raj, Ravi, Rekha, Rupa, Radha is wearing different colored cloths among white,
black, brown, indigo and yellow. Raj is wearing neither a black nor a yellow colored cloth. Ravi is wearing
neither a white colored or indigo colored cloth. Rekha is wearing neither an indigo nor yellow colored cloth. If
Rupa and Radha are wearing black and indigo colored cloths, then which colored cloth is Ravi is wearing?
A. Brown B. Yellow C. White D. Cannot be determined

Q3. In an apartment of five floors, each floor is owned by a different person among Dia, Divya, Deeksha,
Darshan and Deepa. Each floor is painted among different colors among red, orange, blue, white and yellow.
Deepa owns the fourth floor and her floor is not painted red. Dia stays in blue colored floor and does not own
the fifth floor. Divya owns first floor and is not red colored. Darshan owns a yellow colored floor. Deeksha owns
third floor.

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1. Which floor does Darshan own?
A. Fifth B. Fourth C. Third D. Second
2. What is the color of fourth floor?
A. Orange B. Red C. White D. White or Orange
3. Which of the following combinations is definitely true? (Floor - Owner - Color)
A. 1-Divya-Orange B. 2-Dia-Blue C. 4-Deepa-White D. More than above

Q4. The Banerjees, the Sharmas, and the Ramans 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
only for this meal. Use the clues below to answer the following question.
i. The Sharma family eats at noon.
ii. The family that serves fried brinjal uses blue chinaware.
iii. The Banerjee family eats at 2 o'clock.
iv. The family that serves sambar does not use red chinaware.
v. The family that eats at 1 o'clock serves fried brinjal.
vi. The Raman family does not use white chinaware.
vii. The family that eats last likes makkai-ki-roti.

Which one of the following statements is true?

A. The Banerjees eat makkai-ki-roti at 2 o'clock, the Sharmas eat fried brinjal at 12 o'clock and the Ramans eat sambar
from red chinaware.
B. The Sharmas eat sambar served in white chinaware, the Ramans eat fried brinjal at 1 o'clock, and the Banerjees eat
makkai-ki-roti served in blue chinaware.
C. The Sharmas eat sambar at noon, the Ramans eat fried brinjal served in blue chinaware, and the Banerjees eat
makkai-ki-roti served in red chinaware.
D. The Banerjees eat makkai-ki-roti served in white chinaware, the Sharmas eat fried brinjal at 12 o'clock and the
Ramans eat sambar from red chinaware.

Q5. A team of six professors – Govind, Manoj, Prasad, Arvind, Bharath and Raman are scheduled training.
Each professor trains in different areas among - Arithmetic, Logical Reasoning, Pure Maths, English, Current
Affairs and Communication Skills on different days among Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of a week.
The following information is available about the schedule.
i. Training in Pure Maths is scheduled on Tuesday but it is not by Arvind.
ii. Govind’s session is scheduled on Wednesday but not Logical Reasoning.
iii. The session on Current Affairs and Communication Skills are scheduled on two consecutive days.
iv. Arvind’s session is scheduled on the day immediately after the day on which Manoj’s session is scheduled.
v. Prasad’s session is on English but it is scheduled neither on Monday nor on Saturday.
1. Whose session is scheduled on Friday?
A. Bharath B. Raman C. Arvind D. Manoj
2. Which subject is scheduled on Monday?
A. Logical Reasoning B. Pure Maths C. Communication Skills D. English
3. If Arvind’s session is on Current Affairs, then on which day of the week is the session on Communication
Skills scheduled?
A. Monday B. Wednesday C. Thursday D. Friday
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 Ordering and Sequencing
The term “order sequence” is self–explanatory. In questions on this category, you will be asked to deal with relative
positions of subjects. The absolute values of the subjects are not what you should be interested in. It is the comparison
between different subjects that you need to deal with. The data also specifies the relationships like “A is greater than
B” or “C is not less than D” and so on. Words like “who, and, which, but” used in the data play a significant role in
analyzing the data. “And” and “But” play the same role, whereas “Who” and “Which” play the same role.

Q1. Sansa ranks nineteenth in a class of 68 students. What is her rank from last?
A. 50 B. 51 C. 49 D. 48

Q2. Sam is 5 ranks ahead of Jon in a class of 46 students. If Jon’s rank is twelfth from the last, what is Sam’s
rank from the start?
A. 35 B. 29 C. 30 D. 31

Q3. In a class of 90, where girls are twice that of boys, Neville ranked fourteenth from the top. If there are 10
girls ahead of Neville, how many boys are after him in rank?
A. 27 B. 26 C. 25 D. 16

Q4. Each one of five persons - A, B, C, D and E is of different height. B is taller than A and C. D is not as tall as
E but is taller than A, who is not the shortest. Who is the shortest?
A. A B. B C. C D. D

Q5. P, Q, R, S and T are five girls competing in a running race. R and P have at least two girls ahead of each of
them. T and P do not have more than one girl behind each of them. Who arrives at the finish line after two girls
as well as before two other girls, if no two girls finish the race at the same time?
A. Q B. S C. T D. R

Q6. J, K, L, M and N are five boys in a class. They are ranked in the order of height- from the tallest to the
shortest- and in order of cleverness- from the cleverest to dullest. K is taller than N, but not as clever as J and
L, whereas M is the cleverest of all but shorter than J, while L is shorter than M but taller than K. L is not as
clever as J. No two persons got the same ranks in any of these parameters.

1. Who is the third in the order of heights?

A. J B. N C. L D. Cannot be determined

2. If N is not the last in at least one of the two comparisons, which of the following is the dullest of all the five?
A. K B. L C. M D. Cannot be determined

3. If L is the third in order of cleverness, who is the dullest of all?

A. K B. N C. J D. Cannot be determined

4. Who among the following is cleverer as well as taller than K?

A. L and J only B. N C. L and N only D. J, L and M

5. How many people are definitely shorter than K?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
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Q7. A ranks fourth in a class. B ranks ninth from the last. If C is ninth after A and just in the middle of A and
B, how many students are there in the class?
A. 33 B. 32 C. 30 D. 31

Q8. Each of the 4 athletes – J, B, L and P competed in a tournament with different events in race of 100m, 200m,
400m and 800m. In each event these 4 finished in the top 4 positions and none finished any two events in the
same position.
i. Athlete who finished first in 100m finished 4th in 800m
ii. Athlete who finished 2nd in 200m finished 3rd in 400m and 1st in 800m
iii. B finished 2nd in 100m and L is not the last one to finish in 200m
iv. J finished after B in 200m and 800m

1. Who is the 4th to finish the 200m race?

A. J B. B C. L D. P

2. Who is the 1st to finish the 400m race?

A. J B. B C. L D. P

3. Who is the 3rd to finish the 800m race?

A. J B. B C. L D. P

Q9. Four companies-W, X, Y and Z declared their results for the financial year. No two companies have either
the same income or the same profit.
i. The income of company W is greater than that of X and its profit is less than that of company Y.
ii. The income as well as the profit of company Y is greater than that of company Z.
iii. The company X has the third highest income and its profit is less than that of company Z.
iv. Profit of company X is not as much as that of company W.

1. Which company has the highest income?

A. W B. X C. Y D. Either (A) or (C)

2. Which company is the second highest in profit?

A. W B. X C. Y D. Cannot be determined

3. Which company has the least income?

A. W B. X C. Z D. Y

4. How many companies have more profit than company X?

A. One B. Two C. Three D. Either (A) or (B)

5. If no company has same position in profit and income which company has the second highest income?
A. W B. X C. Y D. Cannot be determined

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