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Reasoning

 Directions(Q.1-4): Five friends Lokesh, Manoj, Gopal, Raveesh and Rohit have agreed to work together on a part-time job offered by a local restaurant. The restaurant opens 5 days a week and this group have following schedules when they can work.
 *    Neeraj and Raveesh can work on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
 *    Raveesh and Rohit can work on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
 *    Rohit and Lokesh can work on Monday, Friday and Thursday
 *    Lokesh and Manoj can work on Friday, Tuesday and Thursday.
 *    Neeraj and Manoj can work on Friday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
 Based on the above passage, answer the following questions.
 1.    Which one of the five friends cannot work on Thursday?
     a) Neeraj    b) Raveesh
     c) Rohit    d) Lokesh
     e) Manoj
 2.    Which is the one who cannot work on Tuesday?
     a) Neeraj    b) Raveesh
     c) Rohit    d) Lokesh
     e) Manoj
 3.    Name the person who cannot work on Friday?
     a) Neeraj    b) Rohit
     c) Manoj    d) Raveesh
     e) Lokesh
 4.    Name the person who cannot work on Monday?
     a) Rohit     b) Manoj
     c) Raveesh     d) Lokesh
     e) Neeraj
 Answers(1-4): To answer this kind of questions, tabulating the given information is very useful.
     
     *    People working on monday- Neeraj, Raveesh, Rohit and Lokesh.
     *    People working on Tuesday- Neeraj, Raveesh, Lokesh and Manoj
     *    People working on Wednesday - Neeraj, Raveesh, Rohit and Manoj
     *    People working on Thursday - Raveesh, Rohit, Lokesh and Manoj
     *    People working on Friday - Rohit, Lokesh, Manoj and Neeraj
 
 1.    Ans: a.
     From the above table, it is clear that Neeraj Cannot work on Thursday.
 2.    Ans: c.
     Rohit Cannot work on Tuesday.
 3.    Ans: d.
     Raveesh Cannot work on Friday.
 4.    Ans: b.
     Manoj cannot work on Monday.
 Directions(Q.5-7): Four couples are invited to a dinner party. They will be seated at a circular table. Follo- wing are the seating conditions.
 *    Geeta refuses to sit next to Ali
 *    Lata wants to sit in between Tilak and Hari
 *    Champa refuses to sit next to Farooq
 *    Niti is seated on Ali's right hand side
 *    Farooq and Tilak are seated exactly opposite to each other
 *    The seating arrangement is such that one women is always between two men.

 5.    Which of the following is the only possible seating arrange-ment to suit the above condi-tions?
     a) Niti is to the right of Tilak
     b) Lata is in between Geeta and Farooq
     c) Champa is opposite to Geeta
     d) Farooq is adjacent to Champa
     e) Ali is to the right of Geeta
 6.    Which of the following combi- nations is not as per the instru- cted sitting arrangement?
     a) Geeta, Farooq, Lata
     b) Ali, Champa, Tilak
     c) Hari, Lata, Tilak
     d) Farooq, Niti, Ali
     e) Hari, Geeta, Farooq
 7.    Which of the following state-ments are correct?
     I.    Ali is on Champa's right
     II.   Lata is on Tilak's left
     III. Farooq is between Niti and  
             Geeta
     1) I       2) II    3) III     4)  
 Answers(5-7):
 Male members:
 Ali, Tilak, Hari and Farooq
 Female members:
 Geeta, Lata, Champa and Niti.
 From the given data the seating arrangement of the 4 couples is as follows.
 5.    Ans: c.
     From the above arrangement, it is clear that Champa and Geeta are exactly opposite.
 6.    Ans: a.
     Geeta, Farooq, Lata are not seated in this order.
 7.    Ans: e.
     From the above arrangement, it is clear that Ali is on Champa's right, Lata is on Tilak's left and Farooq is between Niti and Geeta.
 Directions(Q.8-12): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions.
 l    Six friends p,q,r,s,t and u are members of a club and play a different game of Football, Cricket, Tennis, Basket ball, Badminton and Volleyball.
 *    'T' who is taller than 'P' and 'S' plays Tennis.
 *    The tallest among them plays Basketball
 *    The shortest among them plays Volleyball    
 *    'Q'&'S' neither plays Volleyball nor Basketball
 *    'R' plays Volleyball
 *    'T' is between Q who plays Football and 'P' in order of height

 8.    What does 'S' play?
     a) Football    
     b) Either cricket or Badminton
     c) Cricket    d) Badminton
     e) None of these
 9.    Who among them is taller than 'R' but shorter than P?
     a) T          b) Data inadequate
     c) Q                d) U
     e) None of these
 10.    Which of the following state-ments is not true?
     a) 'T' is taller than 'R'
     b) 'U' is taller than 'Q'
     c) 'P' is shorter than 'R'
     d) 'Q' is taller than 'S'
     e) 'S' is taller than 'P'  
 11.    Who among the following plays Basketball?
     a) S      b) U    c) Q    d) K
     e) None of these
 12.    Who will be at the third place if they are arranged in descen- ding order of their height?
     a) T      b) Q      c) P      d) S
     e) None of these
 Answers(8-12): From the given information, it is clear that 'R' plays Volleyball, 'T' plays Tennis and 'Q' plays Football. 'S' plays either Cricket or Badminton.
     Order of Heights
     Q>T>P and T>P&S
      Q>T>P> S>P
     (\R is the shortest)
     The tallest person shall plays Basketball, so it is only 'U' who can play Basketball. Hence 'P' also plays either Cricket or Badminton. Tabulating the above information...
     
     Name    Game      Rank
               in Height
     U    Basketball        1
     Q    Football        2
     T    Tennis        3
     P    Cricket &        4
     S    Badminton        5
     R    Volley ball        6
 
 8.    Ans: b.
     'S' plays either cricket or Badminton
 9.    Ans: e.
     'S' is taller than 'R' but shorter than 'P'
 10.    Ans: c.
     From the above table, it is clear that 'P' is taller than 'R'
 11.    Ans: b.
     'U' Plays Basketball.
 12.    Ans: a.
     From the table, it is clear that 'T' is third from top if they are arranged in descending order.
 Directions(Q.13): Persons X,Y,Z and Q live in red, green, yellow and blue coloured houses not necessarily in the same order. 'Z' lives in a yellow house. The green house is adjacent to the blue house. 'X' does not live adjacent to 'Z'. The yellow house is in between the green and red houses. The colour of the house X lives in is _______
     a) blue      b) green
     c) red               d) can't be determined
 Ans: a.    
     From the given information, Z lives in a yellow house, Which is in between green and red houses. and also 'X' is not adjacent to 'Z'. Therefore 'X' lives in blue house.
 Directions(Q.14): Five persons with names P, M, U, T and 'X' live separately in A palace, a hut, a fort, a house, a hotel. Each one likes two different colours from among the Blue, Black, Red, Yellow, Green. 'U' likes red and blue. 'T' likes black. The person living in a palace does not like black or blue. 'P' likes blue and red. 'M' likes yellow. 'X' lives in a hotel.
 14.    'M' lives in a –––––?
     a) hut        b) fort
     c) palace    d) house
 Ans: c.
     Given information can be tabulated as follows.
 
 Person:    U    T    P    M    X
 Colours:    Red/    Black    Blue/    Yellow    –         Blue        Red
 
     It is given that the person living in palace does not like black or blue. so U, T and P cannot live in palace. Also it is given that 'X' lives in a hotel. Therefore the only person left over is 'M' and he lives in palace.