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Reasoning

Directions (Q.No. 1-5): In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then de-cide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer
    1)    if only conclusion I follows
    2)    if only conclusion II follows
    3)    if either conclusion I or II follows
    4)    if neither conclusion I nor II follows
    5)    if both conclusions I and II follow
1.    Statements:All doctors are graduates
    All professors are graduates
    No graduate is illiterate.
    Conclusions:
    I.    At least some professors are illiterates.
    II.    Some professors are not illiterates.
2.    Statements: No red is a pen.
    Some pens are big.
    Some big are costly.
    Conclusions:
    I.     All red being costly is a possibility.
    II. Some big are definitely not red.
3.    Statements: Some Books are magazines.
    All magazines are novels.
    Some magazines are not papers.
    Conclusions:
    I.    Some papers are not novels
    II.    some novels are not papers
4.    Statements: All cars are four wheelers.
    All four wheelers are grand.
    No car is cheap
    Conclusions:
    I.    All cheap being grand is possible.
    II.    All cheap being four wheelers is a possibility.
5.    Statements: All tables are red.
    No red is chair
    Some chairs are desks
    Conclusions:
    I.    Some desks are not red.
    II.    Some red are not desks.

Directions (Q.No. 6-10): In these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statement(s). The statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer
    1)    if only conclusion I is true.
    2)    if only conclusion II is true.
    3)    if either conclusion I or II is true.
    4)    if neither conclusion I nor II is true.
    5)    if both conclusions I and II are true.
6.    Statements: A ³ B = C; Q > R £ L
    Conclusions: I. R < C   II. A ³ R
7.    Statements: Z > Y ³ L; K < Y > R
    Conclusions: I. Z < K   II. Z > R
8.    Statements: K £ B £ C; R > B > S
    Conclusions: I. C > S   II. K < R
9.    Statements: T ³ P > N ; A £ P £ R
    Conclusions: I. T < A    II. R < N
10.    Statements: G > S; J ³ E; G = E;
                 J £ D
    Conclusions: I. E < D     II. G = D
Directions (Q.No. 11 - 18): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
There are eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing towards the centre, but not necessarily in the same order. Each one is wearing a different coloured hat i.e. violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red and black. E is sitting on the second position towards the right of the person who is wearing an orange hat. Between the person who is wearing Indigo hat and E, only one person is sitting. H is sitting on the third place towards the right of the person who is wearing a blue hat. The person who is wearing blue hat is neither E nor sitting beside the person who is wearing Indigo colour hat. The person who was wearing a green hat is not sitting beside E.
D is sitting beside the person who is wearing a green hat. D was wearing neither Indigo hat nor blue hat.
E was not wearing a green hat. There are only two persons sitting between the person who was wearing green hat and the person who was wearing yellow hat. Only two persons are sitting between G and the person who was wearing yellow coloured hat. G was not wearing a green hat. The person who was wearing red hat is sitting at the right side of C. F was wearing violet hat. A was not wearing blue hat.
11.    Who is sitting exactly in front of C?
    1) D    2) H    3) A
    4) Data inadequate    5) None of these
12.    Which colour hat A is wearing?
    1) green    2) orange    3) black
    4) indigo    5) None of these
13.    Which colour hat G is wearing?
    1) green    2) orange    3) black
    4) red    5) None of these
14.    Who is sitting immediate right of D?
    1) H     2) A     3) E
    4) B     5) None
15.    In which of the following third person is sitting between first and second person?
    1) ADH    2) AHD    3) BAD
    4) BAG    5) None of these
16.    In which of the following is second person is immediate left of first person?
    1) DH    2) HE     3) EF
    4) AB    5) None of these
17.    Which of the following is not correct?
    1) A – green hat    2) D – orange hat
    3) B – blue hat    4) G – black hat
    5) None of these
18.    If all the people are made to sit in alphabetical order in anticlockwise direction starting from A, the position of whom amongst the followi-ng remains the same(excluding A)?
    1) H     2) G     3) E
    4) F     5) None  of these

Directions (Q.No. 19 - 23): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements marked I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer:
    1)    If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, wh-ile the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
    2)    If the data in statements I alone are not sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
    3)    If the data either in statement I or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
    4)    If the data even in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
    5)    If the data in both statements I and II together are needed to answer the question.
19.    What does ‘Pe’ stands for in the code language?
    I. ‘Pa Ni Nok Pe’ means ‘I work till night’ and ‘Ri Nok Pe Pam’ means ‘they work till morning’ in that code language.
    II. ‘Mi Pe Mo Nam’ means ‘work to earn money’ and ‘Pe Mok Sac Li’ means ‘how will you work’ in that code language.
20.    Who amongst P, Q, R, S, T and U, who are at different heights, is the tallest?
    I.    P is shorter than only R.
    II.    Only R is taller than P.
21.    What is Kiran’s rank in a class of 77 students?
    I.    Raj, whose rank is 17th in the class, is ahead of Shyam by 8 ranks. There are 7 persons between Shyam and Kiran.
    II.    Suresh is 26 ranks ahead of Kiran and Mala is 6 ranks behind Kiran. Savita stands exactly in the middle of Mala and Suresh.
22.    Towards which direction is Q from R?
    I.    Q is exactly to the south east of M.
    II.    R is exactly to the south of M.
23.    How many daughters does M have?
    I.    P and Q are the only daughters of N.
    II.    D is brother of P and son of M.

Directions (Q.No. 24-27): Study the following statements carefully and answer the questions given below:
In a certain code language ‘reach the goal’ is coded as ‘ra sa ku’, ‘reach and enjoy’ is coded as ‘nu ku pa’ and ‘enjoy any goal’ is coded as ‘ta ra nu’.
24.    What does ‘sa’ stand for?
    1) read     2) book     3) the
    4) and     5) None of these
25.    What may be the code for ‘enjoy the goal’?
    1) pa ta sa     2) nu ku ta
    3) ku pa ta     4) ra nu sa
    5) None of these
26.    How ‘fix the goal’ may be coded?
    1) nu pa ra     2) ra nu ku
    3) zu sa ra    4) pa ku sa
    5) None of these
27.    What is the code for ‘enjoy’?
    1) sa    2) nu    3) pa
    4) ku     5) ta

Directions (Q.No. 28 – 34): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square table while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. The ones who sit at the four corners face the centre while those who sit in the middle of the sides face outside.
Three females sit in the middle of the sides and two at the corners. A sits second to the left of G. G sits in the middle of one of the sides. C sits fourth to the right of his wife and his wife is not an immediate neighbour of A or G. B sits third to right of her husband. B does not sit at any of the corners. Only D sits between B and H. H is the husband of A. E is a male.
28.    How many people sit between B and C when counted in anticlockwise direction from B?
    1) one    2) two    3) three
    4) four    5) None
29.    Who is second to the left of B?
    1) I     2) G     3) H
    4) F     5) None
30.    What is the position of E with respect to C?
    1) Immediate left
    2) Second to the left
    3) Third to the right
    4) Immediately to the right
    5) Second to the right
31.    Who among the following is B’s husband?
    1) C    2) G    3) E
    4) G    5) Cannot be determined
32.    Who among the following is the wife of C?
    1) D     2) F     3) B
    4) G     5) None
33.    Which of the following pairs sits adjacent to each other?
    1) BC    2) ED    3) GB
    4) AE    5) None of these
34.    Who is third to the left of A?
    1) D     2) F     3) B
    4) G     5) None

Directions (Q.No. 35-37): Below is given a statement followed by two or three inferences. You have to examine each inference in the context of the statement given and decide which of the inference(s) is/ are valid. Give answer:
    1) If the inference is ‘definitely true’, i.e. it properly follows from the statement of facts given
    2)    If the inference is ‘probably true’ though not’ definitely true’ in the light of the facts given
    3)    If the ‘data are inadequate’, i.e. from the facts given you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be true or false.
    4)    If the inference is ‘probably false’ though not ‘definitely false’ in the light of the facts given.
    5)    If the inference is ‘definitely false’, i.e. it cannot possibly be drawn from the facts given for it contradicts the given facts.
A well established pharmaceuticals company in India, proficient in producing high value bulk actives, has targeted a sales turnover of Rs.50,000 crore by the year 2019. As a part of its projections for the next five years, the company envisaged Rs. 25000 crore worth of exports per year as against its present exports of Rs. 5000 crore.
35.    The company may achieve the desir-ed target of Rs. 50,000 crore by 2019.
36.    By 2019, more than 40 per cent of sales (around 50%) of the company will be expecting to get from the domestic market.
37.    The company’s present export bill is 10 per cent of the projected total sales turnover by 2019.

Key
    1) 2;    2) 5;    3) 2;    4) 5;
    5) 1;    6) 4;    7) 2;    8) 5;
    9) 4;    10) 3;    11) 1;    12) 1;
    13) 4;    14) 1;    15) 2;    16) 4;
    17) 4;    18) 2;    19) 2;    20) 3;
    21) 4;    22) 4;    23) 5;    24) 3;
    25) 4;    26) 3;    27) 2;    28) 2;
    29) 2;    30) 5;    31) 3;    32) 1;
    33) 4;    34) 1;    35) 1;    36) 1;
    37) 1.