Reasoning New Pattern Questions for NICL AO prelims

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Directions (1-5): Study the information and answer the given questions:
Eight persons S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z lives on eight storey building with ground floor being numbered one and the next floor is number 2 and so on. They have their birth date on August, May, September, November, July, December, June, and October but not necessarily in same order.
S lives on even numbered floor above fourth floor. Two people lives between the floors on which S lives and the one who was born in July. Four people lives between the floors of U and X. U lives on even numbered floor above X. The person who was born in May lives on odd numbered floor above the one who born in July and below the floor upon which S lives. Number of people living between the one who born in July and S, is two more than the number of persons between the one who was born in May and U. T was not born in May. As many people live between the one who born in June and October same as between the one who born in May and person T. The person who was born in June lives on one of the floor above the one who born in October and lives on even number floor below 8th floor but not on 4th floor.
Y lives on odd floor immediately above V. Four people lives between the one, who born in December and November. The person who born in December lives on one of the floors above the person who born in November. T lives immediately above Z. V was not born in August. The number of person born between U and the one born in October is less than 3.

Q1. S lives on which of the following floor ?
(a) First
(b) Fifth
(c) Seventh
(d) Eight
(e) None of these

Q2. T borns in which of the following month?
(a) June
(b) July
(c) October
(d) November
(e) None of these

Q3.How many floor between Z and S?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Two
(d) Five
(e) None of these

Q4.V borns in which of the following month?
(a) July
(b) October
(c) November
(d) September
(e) None of these

Q5. In some way S is related to W and Y is related to V, in the same way T is related to?
(a) Z
(b) Y
(c) V
(d) X
(e) None of these

Q6. Each odd digit in the number 5263187 is substituted by the next higher digit and each even digit is substituted by the previous lower digit and the digits so obtained are rearranged in ascending order, which of the following will be the third digit from the left after the rearrangement ?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
(e) None of these

Q7. Ashok started walking towards South. After walking 50 metres he took a right turn and walked 30 metres. He then took a right turn and walked 100 metres. He again took a right turn and walked 30 metres and stopped. How far and in which direction was he from starting point ?
(a) 50 metres South
(b) 50 metre North
(c) 180 metres East
(d) 50 metres South
(e) None of these

Q8. Town D is towards East to town F. Town B is towards North of town D. Town H is towards South of town B. Towards which direction is town H from town F ?
(a) East
(b) South-East
(c) North-East
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these

Q9. In a certain code language ‘how many goals scored’ is written as ‘5 3 9 7’; ‘many more matches’ is written as ‘9 8 2’; and ‘he scored five’ is written as ‘1 6 3’. How is ‘goals’ written in that code language ?
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 5 or 7
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these

Directions (10-11): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Amongst five friends, each got a different percentage of marks in the examination. Poonam scored more than Ben but less than Ajay. Ajay scored 70% marks. Shreya scored less marks than only Kim. The one who scored the minimum marks scored 65% marks and the one who scored the highest, scored 87% marks.
Q10. Who scored the second lowest marks ?
(a) Ben
(b) Kim
(c) Shreya
(d) Ajay
(e) Poonam

Q11. Who is the most likely to have scored 82% marks ?
(a) Ben
(b) Poonam
(c) Shreya
(d) Kim
(e) Either Kim or Ben

Directions (12-15): Read each of the following statements carefully and answer the questions.

Q12. Which of the following expressions will be true if the given expression ‘A > B ≥ C < D < E’ is definitely true ?
(a) A ≥ C
(b) E > C
(c) D ≥ B
(d) A > D
(e) None of these

Q13. If the expressions ‘E < J ≤ H > Z’, ‘H ≤ Y’ and ‘E > F’ are true, which of the following conclusions will be definitely false ?
(a) F < Y
(b) Y > E
(c) F < H
(d) J ≤ Y
(e) None of these

Q14. Which of the following symbols should replace the question mark in the given expression in order to make the expressions ‘K ≤ H’ and ‘M > J’ definitely true ?
H ≥ I = J ? K ≤ L < M
(a) >
(b) ≥
(c) ≤
(d) Either < or ≤
(e) =

Q15. In which of the following expressions will the expression ‘P > S’ be definitely false ?
(a) P > Q ≥ R = S
(b) S ≤ R ≤ Q < P
(c) R = P > Q ≥ S
(d) S > Q ≥ R < P
(e) S < Q ≤ R < P

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