Reasoning (Pre Mains level)

2021-08-15 10:25:24 STATEMENT & ASSUMPTION


(a) if only assumption I is implicit.

(b) if only assumption II is implicit.

(c) if either assumption I or II is implicit.

(d) if neither assumption I nor II is implicit.

(e) if both assumption I and II are implicit.

Statement : The catastrophic impact of monsoon rainfall on several districts of Kerala has come as a grim reminder that the vigil against unpredictable natural disasters must never be relaxed. More than three dozen people have diedand an estimated ₹8,316 crore worth of economic assets have been lost in the seasonal rain, particularly over the past week.

Assumptions :

I) Crucial support has come from the armed forces as well to normalise the situation.

II) All States naturally look to Kerala, with its record of social development, for evolving best practices to handle such natural disasters.

Statement : India a popular hub of medical tourism, attracting a large number of foreign patients every year.

Assumptions :

I) Medical treatment in India include reduced costs, the availability of latest medical technologies, and a growing compliance on international quality standards, Doctors trained in western countries including US and UK, as well as English speaking personnel, due to which foreigners are less likely to face language barrier in India.

II) India was “one of the lowest cost and highest quality of all medical tourism destinations, it offers wide variety of procedures at about one-tenth the cost of similar procedures in the United States

CAUSE AND EFFECT

(a) If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect;

(b) If statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect;

(c) If both the statements I and II are independent causes;

(d) If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes; and

(e) If both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.

Statement I : RBI, for the purpose ofForeign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), accords special status to students going abroad for studies. They would be treated as NRIs from the day of their departure from India.

Statement II : He/She must intimate banks about the change in her residential status (under FEMA) before her departure. She can also update her KYC details with mutual fund houses and other financial institutions.

Statement I : Noise levels above 80 decibels produce damaging effects to the ear.

Statement II : When ear is exposed to extreme loud noise (above 100 decibels) for a considerable period of time, it can cause irreparable damage and lead to permanent hearing loss.

Statement I : RBI, for the purpose ofForeign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), accords special status to students going abroad for studies. They would be treated as NRIs from the day of their departure from India.

Statement II : He/She must intimate banks about the change in her residential status (under FEMA) before her departure. She can also update her KYC details with mutual fund houses and other financial institutions. Open / Comment

2021-08-15 10:21:29 PRELIM PUZZLE


Seven people – Sanchit, Ankit, Nikhil, Ruchita, Vaibhav, Ajit and Soniya – are sitting in a straight line with equal distance between each other, but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing north and some are facing south.

Only two people are sitting to the left of Ajit. Only two people sit between Ajit and Nikhil and none of the two sit at extreme ends. Sanchit sits second to the left of Nikhil. The immediate neighbours of Sanchit face opposite directions (i.e. if one of the neighbors faces south then the other faces north and vice versa). Only one person sits between Sanchit and Ruchita. Vaibhav sits third to the left of Ruchita.

Soniya is not an immediate neighbor of Nikhil. Both the immediate neighbours of Ruchita face the same direction (i.e. if one neighbor faces south then the other neighbour also faces south and if one neighbor faces north then the other neighbor also faces north). Sanchit faces the same direction as Ruchita. Ankit faces north. Nikhil sits on the immediate left of Ankit.

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2021-08-15 10:21:29 PRELIM PUZZLE


There are eight students Pawan, Sonu, Sam, Kavya, Chhavi, Ruby, Pankaj and Praveen of different schools P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W seating in a row such that all are facing north direction. They are having different coloured bags Pink, Yellow, Blue, Red, White, Black, Cyan and Green not necessarily in the same order.

No one is sitting to the left of Pawan. Three students are sitting between Praveen and Kavya. Sonu is an immediate neighbour of Pawan. Kavya is not in neighbour to Sonu. Praveen is not sitting third to the right of Pawan. Pankaj is fourth to the right of Sam. Ruby is not in neighbour to Kavya. The student of the school of T and U are sitting at the ends of the row. Praveen is from school U. Ruby is from school V and Kavya is from school Q. The person from school S is an immediate neighbour of Sam. The student from school P is to the immediate left of Ruby.

Pankaj is not from school R. Student from school W has a cyan colour bag. The students with pink and green colour bags are at the ends of the row. The student with a pink colour bag is not in neighbour to Sonu. The student with a red colour bag is second to the left of Ruby. The students with white and black colour bags are sitting together. Sonu is neither having black nor white colour bags. The student having a black colour bag is not neighbour of the student having a red colour bag. Sam has a yellow colour bag.


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2021-08-15 10:21:11 PRELIM PUZZLE


Seven Person P, Q, R, S, T, U and V have weekly off on seven different days of the same week starting from Monday.

V has off before Wednesday. Three person has off between V and U. R has off immediate after P. Q has off immediate after S but not on the last day. T doesn’t have off after S.

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2021-08-15 10:21:11 PRELIM PUZZLE


Eight people M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting around a circular table. Four of them face towards the center and the rest face outside the center. Each of them has different choice of mobile brands- Apple, Sony, Nokia, HTC, LG, LYF, XOLO and VIVO, but not necessarily in the same order. There are three male members and five female members amongst them.

Each male is sitting between two female members. The one who likes HTC is sitting third to the right of O, who is facing the center. P is facing the same direction as O and also he is an immediate neighbor of both M and the one who likes LYF. T and N face in the same direction i.e. towards the center.

P is sitting exactly opposite to N, who likes Apple. Both Q and R are immediate neighbors of N and neither of them likes LYF. T is an immediate neighbor of Q and she likes Nokia. O is a XOLO player and she is sitting third to the left of the one who likes Sony. P is the only male who is facing inside. The one who likes Sony is sitting second to the right of the one who likes VIVO.

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2021-08-15 10:21:11 PRELIM PUZZLE


Eight friends Hemant, Charu, Nitesh, Gaurav, Bharat, Pravin, Deepak and Isha are sitting in a row facing north. All of them like different months, viz January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August but not necessarily in the same order.

There is only one person between Nitesh and the one who likes July. Deepak is neither an immediate neighbour of Nitesh nor he likes April. Hemant sits fourth to the left of the one who likes July but he does not like February. The person who likes June is the third to the right of the one who likes April and sits on the immediate right of Hemant. The one who likes April sits at one of the extreme ends of the row. Charu does not like April.

Pravin is an immediate neighbour of both Deepak and Nitesh. Isha sits at one of the extreme ends of the row but she does not like April. The one who likes August sits second to the right of the one who likes March. The one who likes June and February are immediate neighbours. Bharat sits third to left of Nitesh and likes May. There is only one person between the persons who like May and June.

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2021-08-14 13:06:25 MAINS PUZZLE


Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are seated around a circular table such that four are facing the centre and four are facing opposite to the centre. They like different companies laptops viz, Dell, Lenovo, Apple, Samsung, Sony, HP, Acer and Asus but not necessarily in the same order. The arrangement is based on the following rules :

1) One who likes Asus is seated opposite to Q.

2) P is 3rd to the right of the one who likes HP who is seated between R and the one who likes Apple.

3) V is 3rd to the left of S who likes Acer.

4) W is to the immediate left of the one who likes Sony.

5) One who likes Asus is a neighbour of P.

6) Q does not like HP and V does not like Asus.

7) Q is 2nd to the left of T who is not a neighbour of P.

8) Either Q or V likes Sony.

9) P and R are seated facing the same direction.

10) The one who likes Apple is 2nd to the right of the one who likes Lenovo.

11) P and W do not like Lenovo. V faces outside the centre.

12) One who likes Samsung is facing the opposite direction faced by S.

13) Not more than 2 persons who sit on consecutive seats face the same direction.

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2021-08-14 13:05:54 MAINS PUZZLE


There are twelve persons namely A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L live on four different floors of a same building. Ground floor is number 1 and top floor is number 4. There are three flats on each floor- flat-1, flat-2 and flat-3 from west to east such that flat-1 of fourth floor is exactly above flat-1 of third floor which is exactly above flat-1 of second floor and Flat-1 of second floor is exactly above flat-1 of first floor and other flats are placed in the same way.


J lives in an even numbered flat. B lives on the fourth floor and B lives in an odd numbered flat. L lives in the flat which is just below to the flat of B. J does not live on the floor on which B and L lives. E lives in flat-3 but does not live on first floor. D lives in the flat which is just above G’s flat and they live in odd numbered flat. H lives on the same floor on which B lives. H lives in the flat which is just above A’s flat. G does not live on third floor. G and J do not live on the same floor.

I lives on the first floor but does not live in a flat which is just below J’s flat. C does not live on first, second and third floor. A and E do not live in the flat which is just above D’s flat. F lives on the first floor. K does not live in the flat which is just below L’s flat. K does not live in flat-2 and also doesn’t live in flat-3 of third floor. C and E does not live on same flat number.


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2021-08-14 13:05:13 MAINS PUZZLE


Six boxes are placed one above the other. All boxes are parceled different cities. Each box contains different fruits.

Box Q is parcel Chennai. The box which parceled in Bangalore does not contain mango. The box which parceled in Varanasi placed just above the box which parceled Bangalore. Box T parceled in Pune and contains guava. Two boxes are kept between box T and the box which contains litchi. The box which parceled in Chennai does not contain apple. Box T neither placed at top nor at bottom position. Box P is above Box U. The box which parceled in Chennai is placed just above the box which contains litchi.

Box S is not parcel in Varanasi and Bangalore. The box which parceled in Lucknow contains oranges in it. The Box which contains apple is neither placed immediately above nor immediately below guava. The box which contains orange is above the box which has litchi. Box S is not placed at the top. There are two boxes in between box R and box U. Box S is not parcel in Lucknow. The Box which parceled in Kolkata placed below the box which contain banana.

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2021-08-14 13:05:13 MAINS PUZZLE


Six members A, B, C, D, E and F of a family sitting around a triangular table in such a way three persons are sitting three sides of table facing inside while three persons are sitting three corners facing outside. There are three generation and two married couple in this family. Each person has different age.

Oldest person of the family sits second to the left of F who is mother of E. C sits second to the right of his mother whose age is square of an even number. E sits second to the left of his wife. A is grand father of B. E is four years older than his wife. F is 6 times older than B. E has no sibling. Oldest person is 65years old. E is not an immediate neighbour of C’s grandmother. F is 5years younger than her husband. B is 4 years older than her brother. The one whose age is an odd number does not face inside.


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