Reasoning Quiz

DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1 - 5) : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

At a party, A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a circle. The group comprises a professor, an industrialist and a businessman. The businessman is sitting in between the industrialist and his wife D. A, the professor is married to E, who is the sister of B. The industrialist is seated to the right of C. Both the ladies are unemployed.


1. What is A to B ?
(a) Brother (b) Uncle
(c) Brother-in-law (d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these

2. A is sitting to the right of
(a) the industrialist
(b) his wife
(c) D
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these

3. Who is the industrialist ?
(a) D
(b) A
(c) B
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these

4. Who in the group is unmarried?
(a) Professor
(b) Industrialist
(c) Businessman
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these

5. Who among them must be graduate ?
(a) B
(b) A
(c) C
(d) E
(e) None of these

Answers

A, the professor is married to E and E is the sister of B.
The wife of the industrialist is D. The industrialist is seated to the right of C. Thus, A and C cannot be industrialists. Therefore, B is the industrialist and C is the business man.
Now, we come to the following deductions :

A – Professor B – Industrialist
C – Businessman D – Female, hence unemployed
E – Female, hence unemployed

1. (c) A is the husband of E and E is the sister of B. Hence, A is the brother-in-law of B.

2. (d) It cannot be determined, as no information has been provided in the paragraph about the sitting position of A.
3. (c) As deduced earlier, B is the industrialist.
4. (d) It cannot be determined whether the businessman is married or unmarried.
5. (b) As A is a professor, he must be a graduate.