Reasoning

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Q321.
Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow. 
A, B, C, D, E, F. G and H are eight sportspersons, each of them playing a different game, viz Cricket, Football, Golf, Hockey, Chess, Baseball, Badminton and Tennis (not necessarily in the same order). All of them are seated around a circular table facing the centre. A, who plays Golf, sits third to the left of E. The one who plays Baseball sits second to the right of D. D, who plays Badminton, sits second to the right bf B, who cannot sit adjacent to E. C, who plays Football, sits between the players of Chess and Baseball. G is a Tennis player, and sits second to the left of H, who is a Cricketer.

What is the position of B with respect to the Chess player ? 
1) Fourth to the right 2) Third to the left
3) Second to the right 4) Fourth to the left
5)Second to the left
Answer : Second to the right
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Q322.
Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow. 
A, B, C, D, E, F. G and H are eight sportspersons, each of them playing a different game, viz Cricket, Football, Golf, Hockey, Chess, Baseball, Badminton and Tennis (not necessarily in the same order). All of them are seated around a circular table facing the centre. A, who plays Golf, sits third to the left of E. The one who plays Baseball sits second to the right of D. D, who plays Badminton, sits second to the right bf B, who cannot sit adjacent to E. C, who plays Football, sits between the players of Chess and Baseball. G is a Tennis player, and sits second to the left of H, who is a Cricketer.

Which of the following is definitely true in the context of F ? 
1) F sits second to the left of the Cricketer. 2) F sits third to the right of A.
3) F is a Hockey player. 4) The one who plays Golf is not an immediate neighbor of F.
5)None of these
Answer : None of these
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Q323.
Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow. 
A, B, C, D, E, F. G and H are eight sportspersons, each of them playing a different game, viz Cricket, Football, Golf, Hockey, Chess, Baseball, Badminton and Tennis (not necessarily in the same order). All of them are seated around a circular table facing the centre. A, who plays Golf, sits third to the left of E. The one who plays Baseball sits second to the right of D. D, who plays Badminton, sits second to the right bf B, who cannot sit adjacent to E. C, who plays Football, sits between the players of Chess and Baseball. G is a Tennis player, and sits second to the left of H, who is a Cricketer. 

Who among the following pairs represent immediate neighbors of the Badminton player ?  
1) GA 2) BH
3) AH 4) Can't be determined
5)None of these
Answer : AH
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Q324.
Pointing to a boy in the photograph, Minati said, "His sister is the only daughter of my father". How is the boy related to Minati's father ?
1) brother 2) uncle
3) son 4) cousin
5)None of these
Answer : son
Explanation :
My father's onlydaughter means Minati herself. She is the sister of the boy in the photograph.This means the boy is the brother of Minati. Therefore, he is the son of Minati's father.

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Q325.
X and Y are brothers. C and D are sisters. X's son is D's brother. How is Y related to C ?
1) son 2) father
3) brother 4) uncle
5)None of these
Answer : uncle
Explanation : It has been clearly indicated that Y is the brother of X, X's son is D's brother. This implies that D is the daughter of X. Since C and D are sisters, C is also the daughter of X. 
So, Y is the uncle of C.
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Q326.
A is brother of B, C is the father of A, D is a brother of E, E is a daughter of B. Who is the uncle of D ?
1) A 2) B
3) C 4) can't be determined
5)None of these
Answer : A
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Q327.
M and N are a married couple. O and P are brothers. O is the brother of M. How is P related to N ?

1) brother 2) uncle
3) brother-in-law 4) Cousin brother
5)None of these
Answer : brother-in-law
Explanation :
M and N are husband and wife. Since O and P are brothers, and O is the brother of M, P is also the brother of M. Thus, P is the brother-in-law of N.

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Q328.
Directions : In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer:

1) If only I follows  
2) If only II follows
3) If either I or II  follows 
4) If neither I nor II follows 
5) If both I and II follow

Statements:  All nut are shell. No shell is bonus.  All bonus are dent.
Conclusions: 
I. At least some dent are shell.
II. No dent is shell.
1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
5)5
Answer : 3
Explanation :
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Q329.
Directions : In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer:

1) If only I follows  
2) If only II follows
3) If either I or II  follows 
4) If neither I nor II follows 
5) If both I and II follow

Statements:  All nut are shell. No shell is bonus.  All bonus are dent.

Conclusions: 
I.  All nut being dent is a possibility.
II.  No nut is bonus.

1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
5)5
Answer : 5
Explanation :
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Q330.
Directions : Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and I! 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
1) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to, answer the question, while the data in statement alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
2)  if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
3)  if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
4)  if the data even in both statements I and I! together are not sufficient to answer the question.
5)  if the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

Who among A, B, C, D and E teaches History ?
1) 1 2) 2
3) 3 4) 4
5)5
Answer : 1
Explanation :
From I: A teaches History among A, B, C, D and E [The name of other four subjects is given in the statement and A teaches none of them.]
From II: Either B or D teaches History.

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