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Friday 7 May 2010

Logical Reasoning

ANALYTICAL ABILTIY    

Directions (Q. 1-5): Below the  letters and their numeric codes are given and  that of some conditions are 
to be followed while codifying the given letter groups in each question. Study  them and find out
the correct numeric coded form of the given letter group in each question. If none of the coded
forms is correct, your answer will be (d) i .e. ‘none of these’.
  Letters  :   M Q I N E Y U G R
  Numeric Codes   :    2  5  3 7 1 8  4  6  9
  
  Conditions:
  (i)   If the first and last letters are vowels both are to be coded as $. 
  (ii)  If the second letter is a vowel and the third is a consonant a single code is to be used and both
are to be coded jointly as %
  (iii) If the first letter is a conson ant and the last letter is a vowel both are to be code as?

1.  UNGRE                                
  (a)  $769$      (b)  4769$  
  (c)  47691      (d)  none of these

2.  EINUM
  (a)  1%72      (b)  0%42  
  (c)  1374?      (d)  none of these

3.  GENIR
  (a)  ?173?      (b)  6%39  
  (c)  6%79      (d)  none of these

4.  ENIMY
  (a)  1%28      (b)  ?732?  
  (c)  17328      (d)  none of these

5.  QUERI
  (a)  5%93      (b)  ?413?  
  (c)  ?419?      (d)  none of these

6.  Vinita bought a watch with 24% discount on the selling price. If the watch cost her Rs. 779. What
is the original selling price of  the watch?
  (a)  Rs. 1,000      (b)  Rs. 950  
  (c)  Rs. 1,040      (d)  none of these

7.  Samantha, Jessica and Roseline begin to Jog around a circular stadium, they complete their
revolutions in 84 s, 56 s and 63 s respectively. After how many seconds will they be together at
the starting point?
  (a)  336      (b)  504  
  (c)  252      (d)  cannot be determined
             
8.  A sum of money is to be divided amongst A, B and C in the respective ratio of 
3 : 4 : 5 and another sum of money is to be divided between E and F equally. If F got Rs. 1,050
less than A, how much amount did B receive?
  (a)  Rs. 750      (b)  Rs. 2,000  
  (c)  Rs. 1,500      (d)  cannot be determined


9.  16 men can complete a piece of work in 8 days. In how many days can 12 men complete the same 
piece of work?
  (a)  10      (b)  28/3
  
  (c)  32/3      (d) 34/3

10.  If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 200% and the denominator is increased by 160%, the
resultant fraction is  7/13 . What is the original fraction?
  (a) 7/15      (b) 2/15

  (c) 8/15      (d) 5/7




ANALYTICAL ABILITY
1.  (a)  2.  (d)  3.  (b)   4.  (c)  5.  (c)
6.  (d)  7.  (b)   8.  (d)  9.  (c)  10. (a)