Opportunities Today :- August  2004 Issue

PREPARE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

 

QUANTITATIVE TEST

A] Read the following information and answer the questions given below:

 
• There is a family of six persons L,M,N,O,P and Q. They are Professor, Businessman, Chartered accountant, Bank Manager, Engineer and Medical Representative.
• There are two married couples in the family.
• 'O', the Bank Manager is married to the lady Professor.
• 'Q', the Medical Representative is the son of 'M' and brother of 'P'.
• 'N', the Chartered Accountant is the daughter-in-law of 'L'.
• The Businessman is married to the Chartered Accountant.
• 'P' is an unmarried Engineer.
• 'L' is the grandmother of 'Q'.

 

1) How is 'P' related to 'Q'?
a) Brother b) Sister c) Cousin Sister d) brother or sister e) NT

2) Which of the following is the profession of 'M'?
a) Professor b) Chartered Accountant c) Businessman d) Medical Representative e) None of these

3) Which is the profession of 'L'?
a) Professor b) Chartered Accountant c) Businessman d) Engineer e) None of These


4) Which of the following is one of the couples?
a) QO b) OM c) PL d) LN e) None of These

5) How is 'O' related to 'Q'?
a) Father b) Grandfather c) Uncle d) Brother e) Grandmother

B] There is a group of six students M, N, O, P, Q and R in a class. Each of the six students opt for two subjects, one  compulsory and the other optional subject. P's optional subject was Geography while three others have it as compulsory  subject. Q and R have Chemistry as one of their subjects. R's compulsory subject is Physics, which is an optional subject of  both O and Q. Geography and English are M's subjects, as compulsory and optional respectively. Biology is an optional subject of only one of them. The only female student in the group is the one who has Geography as the optional subject and English as the compulsory one.

6) Who is the female student in the group?
a) M b) N c) O d) P e) Q

7) What is the compulsory subject of 'O'?
a) Geography b) Chemistry c) Physics d) English e) Biology

8) Which of the following have the same “compulsory/ optional” set as that of R?
a) M b) N c) O d) P e) None of These

9) Disregarding which is the compulsory and which is the optional subject, who has the same combination as that of R?
a) M b) N c) O d) P e) Q

10) Which of the following groups of students have geography as their compulsory subject?
a) M,O,P b) O,N,P c) O,P,R d) M,N,O e) M,P,R


C] There are six students A,B,C,D,E and F in a group. Each student can opt for only three choices out of the six- Music, Reading, Painting, Badminton, Cricket and Tennis. The students A, C and F like Reading. D doesn't like Badminton, but likes Music. Both B and E like Painting and Music. A and D don't like Painting but they like Cricket. All students except one like Badminton. Two students like Tennis. F doesn't like Cricket, Music and Tennis. 

11) Which pair of students has the same combination of choices?
a) A, C b) C, D c) B, E d) D, F e) C, F


12) Which among the following students like both Tennis and Cricket?
a) A, B b) C only c) B, D d) D only e) D, E


13) How many students like Painting and Badminton both?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

14) Who among the following doesn't like Music?
a) A, C, D       b) A, B, C       c) A, C, F       d) B, D, F      e) D, E, F


15) Which of the following is the most popular choice?
a) Tennis b) Badminton c) Reading d) Painting e) Cricket


D] Harish and Sita passed in English and Science both. Sanjay and Shirish failed in History and Geography both. Harish and Sita are from city 'A'. A boy from city 'A' failed in History. Two boys from city 'C' failed in History, Geography and Maths. Gita from city 'B' failed in Science only. Shirish from city 'D' passed in three subjects. Only two boys failed in English. Girish passed only in two subjects. Rita and Sanjay failed in Science. Students from city 'A' passed in Geography and Math's both. Manish from city 'B' passed in three subjects and failed in Math's. Rita passed in three subjects. All girls passed in History. 

16) Who among the following failed in all subjects?
a) Gita b) Rita c)Manish d) Sanjay e) Girish


17) How many students failed in Science?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

18) Who among the following passed in all subjects?
a) Sita b) Gita c) Rita d) Harish e) Manish

19) Who among the following failed both in History and Geography?
a) Girish, Manish, Harish b) Sanjay, Harish, Shirish c) Girish, Shirish, Sanjay d) Shirish, Harish, Rita e) Harish, Sanjay, Girish

20) How many Students are there from city 'B'?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 e) 6

21) Who among the following failed exactly in three subjects?
a) Sanjay b) Shirish c) Rita d) Girish e) All of these

22) How many students failed in more than two subjects?
a) 1 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 e) 6

23) In how many subjects did Girish pass?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

24) Who among the following passed exactly in four subjects?
a) Rita only b) Gita only c) Shirish only d) Manish and Gita e) Harish and Gita

25) Who among the following failed only in English and Science together?
a) Manish b) Rita c) Gita d) Rita, Manish e) NOT


26) Who among the following are from city 'B' and passed in only three subjects?
a) Gita and Manish b) Gita and Rita c) Rita and Manish d) Gita, Rita, Manish e) NOT

27) Who among the following failed only in one subject?
a) Gita only b) Harish, Gita c) Manish only d) Manisah, Rita e) Manish, Gita


28) In which of the following subjects did Gita fail?
a) Science b) History c) English d) Geography e) Maths


29) In which of the following subjects did all the boys pass?
a) English b) History c) Geography d) Maths e) NOT

30) Rita and Manish are from which city?
a) Both from A b) Both from B c) A & B respectively d) B & A respectively e) Both from C

E] There are eight students M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T, of which two are from class Xth, four from class IXth and two  from class VIIth. M likes Cricket but dislikes basketball. M and O are in the same class. O and T like Volleyball. N, Q and R are in T's class. O from class X does not like Swimming. T likes football and Basketball but not Cricket. N does not like badminton but likes Football. A student who dislikes three games is in the IXth class. Two students from class IX do not like Cricket. A student from class VIII does not like any game. P likes Badminton and does not like Tennis. R likes Tennis but does not like Basketball. Q likes Tennis.

31) Who among the following does not like any game?
a) M b) S c) Q d) R e) T

32) Who among the following does not like Cricket?
a) Q,S,T b) M only c) Q & T d) Q only e) T only

33) How many students like Tennis?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

34) T likes how many games?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

35) Which of the following games is liked by both N and T?
a) Volleyball b) Tennis c) Cricket d) Football e) Basketball

36) Which game does S like?
a) Cricket b) Tennis c) Swimming d) Badminton e) NOT 

37) Which student likes Tennis but not Cricket?
a) M b) P c) Q d) R e) T

38) Which of the above statements is not necessary for answering the above questions?
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7 e) 8

F] Five professors, residing at five different cities, teach five different subjects. Mr. A does not stay at either Bangalore or Lucknow. He teaches Philosophy. Mr. B does not stay at either Hyderabad or Lucknow. He teaches Maths. Mr. D stays at Jaipur. Mr. E does not stay at either Bangalore or at Delhi. He teaches Geography. Mr. C does not take History and he stays at Delhi. 

39) Who stays at Bangalore?
a) Mr. A b) Mr. B c) Mr. C d) Mr. D e) Mr. E


40) Which of the following subjects does Mr. C teach?
a) Philosophy b) Math's c) History d) Geography e) Economics

41) At which of the following places does Mr. E stay?
a) Bangalore b) Hyderabad c) Lucknow d) Delhi e) Jaipur

42) Which of the following subjects does Mr. D teach? 
a) Math's b) Philosophy c) Economics d) History e) Geography


43) Which of the following combinations is wrong?
a) Mr. A- Hyderabad b) Mr. B- Geography c) Mr. C- Delhi d) Mr. D- History e) Mr. E- Lucknow

G] I : X is older than L
II : M and N are of equal age
III : Z is the youngest
IV : Y is younger than N
V : Y is older than X 


44) Which two of the above statements indicate that Y is older than L?
a) I and IV b) I and V c) IV and V d) NOT


45) Which statement/s indicate/s that And is older than Z?
a) III only b) II and III c) III and IV d) NOT

46) Which statement/s is/ are not required to prove that L is younger than M?
a) III and IV b) III only c) III and V d) IV and V


47) Which set of statements prove that X is younger than M?
a) II, IV, We b) I, IV, V c) I, II, IV d) NOT


H] Class assignments are being made for 5 teachers F,G,H,I and J and 5 assistants K, L, M, N and O. The  classrooms are all in a line on one side of a corridor and are numbered consecutively from 1 to 6. One teacher and one assistant will be assigned to each of the 5 classrooms, and one classroom will remain unassigned. The assignments must conform to the following conditions:

i) F is assigned to the same room as K.
ii) G is not assigned to the same room as O.
iii) I is assigned to either room 2 or room 3.
iv) J is assigned to room 5.
v) M is assigned to room next to F's room.
vi) The unassigned room is not either one of the end rooms.


48) M can be assigned to which of the following rooms?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 6


49) If G is assigned to room 3, then which of the following must be true?
a) F is assigned to room 1 b) I is assigned to room 1 c) L is assigned to room 3 d) N is assigned to room 4

50) If room 2 is the unassigned room, then which of the following could be true?
a)G is assigned to an end room b) M is assigned to an end room c) M is assigned to the same room as H d) M is assigned to a room next to I's room