Directions for questions (1-4): There are six athletes Anju, Bina, Chinu, Manu, Nanu and Om out of which Manu, Nanu and Om are males and remaining are females. Nanu is faster than Om but slower than Chinu, who is faster than Anju. Manu is faster than Bina who is faster than Chinu.1. Who is the fastest of all six?a. Manub. Chinuc. Nanud. AnjuAns: a2. Who is slowest of the females?a. Binab. Chinuc. Anjud. Cant be determinedAns: c3. Which of the following males cant be the slowest?a. Omb. Nanuc. Chinud. None of theseAns: b4. Which of the following is the correct order of athletes from slowest to fastest? a. Manu, Bina, Chinu, Anju, Nanu, Omb. Manu, Nanu, Anju, Chinu , Bina, Omc. Om, Nanu, Anju, Manu, Chinu , Bina d. Om, Nanu, Anju, Chinu , Bina, ManuAns: dExplanation: After analyzing the statements following is the order of their rank from fastest to slowest: Manu+ > Bina- > Chinu- > Anju- >Nanu+ >Om+ where (+) is used for males and (-) is used for females.5. There are eight animals jackal, bull, lion, monkey, tiger, dog, cat and elephant. These are to be sent to another zoo in two groups of four each. Jackal and lion will not be sent together. Monkey and dog are also not sent together. Bull and elephant are sent together. If bull and lion are sent together in a group, then which of the animals are in other group?a. jackal, monkey, tiger, catb. jackal, tiger, dog, catc. jackal, tiger, dog, monkeyd. Cant be determined6. There are six software packages: Lotus, WordStar, Excel, Tally, Power point and Clip art out of which only three are to be loaded in a hard disk. WordStar and Tally cant be loaded together. Similarly, Lotus and WordStar cant be loaded together. If Power point is loaded then lotus must be loaded but Clip art cant be loaded. If WordStar is loaded then which software packages must be loaded?a. Power point and Clip artb. Lotus and Clip artc. Excel and Clip artd. None of theseAns: cExplanation: If WordStar is loaded then Tally and Lotus cannot be loaded. Hence, Power point can also not be loaded. This means remaining two Excel and Clip art are the only possibilities.Directions for questions (7-10): Manu, Nanu, Om and Piku live around a rectangular park. Each persons house is situated in such a way that they have one house to their left, one to right and one opposite to them. There is a special feature in all these persons. If you ask something, they will always answer in two statements. Among these persons there is exactly one truth teller (whose both the statements will be true), and exactly one alternator (whose one statement will be true and other will be false in any order). When they were asked about the position of their houses, they replied in the following manner.Nanu: My house is to the right of Manu. Pikus house is to the right of Om.Manu: Pikus house is opposite to me. Pikus house is to the right of Om.Piku: Oms house is opposite to me. My house is to the left of Nanu.Om: Nanus house is to my right. My house is to the right of Piku.It is also known that exactly one definite arrangement is possible after analyzing their statements.7. Who is a truth teller?a. Manub. Nanuc. Omd. PikuAns: b8. Who among them are liars?a. Manu and Nanub. Om and Pikuc. Manu and Pikud. Cant be determinedAns: b9. Who sits opposite to Piku?a. Manub. Nanuc. Omd. Cant be determinedAns: b10. Who is an alternator?a. Manub. Nanuc. Omd. PikuAns: aExplanation: Let Manu be a truth teller. Then following will be the positions of their houses.Ist statementIInd statement

ManuTrueTrue

NanuFalseTrue

PikuFalseTrue

OmFalseFalse

OmPiku ManuNanu

According to the given condition there can be exactly one alternator, but here we have two, hence Manu is not a truth teller.Let Nanu be a truth teller. Then following will be the positions of their houses.Ist statementIInd statement

NanuTrueTrue

ManuFalseTrue

PikuFalseFalse

OmFalseFalse

OmPiku NanuManu

According to the given condition there can be exactly one alternator, hence Nanu is a truth teller. Let Om be a truth teller. Then following will be the positions of their houses.

Ist statementIInd statement

ManuFalseFalse

NanuFalseFalse

PikuFalseFalse

OmTrueTrue

PikuOm ManuNanu

According to the given condition there can be exactly one alternator, but here we have none, hence Om is not a truth teller.Let Piku be a truth teller. Then following will be the positions of their houses. Ist statementIInd statement

PikuTrueTrue

ManuFalseFalse

NanuFalseFalse

OmFalseFalse

OmManu NanuPiku

According to the given condition there can be exactly one alternator, but here we have none, hence Piku is a not truth teller.Directions for questions (11-15): Each of the following questions consists of six statements followed by four answer options where each answer option is a group of three statements. The third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument as directed.11. (i) All actors are smart. (ii) All spot boys are laborious. (iii) All laborious are smart. (iv) All actors are directors. (v) All spot boys are smart. (vi) All directors are smart.a. i, iv, vib. ii, iii, vc. i, ii, iiid. None of theseAns: b Explanation: Going option wise (a) does not follow since both the terms directors and smart are not distributed. Option (b) follows. Option (c) does not follow since there are four terms. 12. (i) All grains are food. (ii) Some food is not tasty. (iii) Some dishes are not healthy. (iv) Some dishes are grains. (v) No grain is tasty. (vi) Some tasty are not dishes. a. iv, v, iiib. I, v, iic. Iv, v, vid. iii, iv, vAns: bExplanation: Going option wise (a) does not follow since statement (iii) has a new term healthy. Option (b) follows. Option (c) does not follow since the term dishes is not distributed but in answer statement it is distributed. Option (d) does not follow since both the statements iii and iv are of particular type.13. (i) All grains are food. (ii) No tasty is food.(iii) Some food is delicious. (iv) All delicious are fruits. (v) Some delicious are not tasty. (vi) All grains are delicious. a. ii, iii, vb. I, iii, vic. iii, Iv, vid. ii, iii, viAns: aExplanation: Going option wise (a) follows. Option (b) does not follow since the term food is not distributed. Option (c) does not follow since a new term grains is in answer statement and delicious is appearing thrice. Option (d) does not follow since one of the first two statements is negative hence answer should be negative.14. (i) All poor are cool. (ii) Some cool are peak. (iii) All boys are poor. (iv) Some boys are fool. (v) All poor are peak. (vi) Some boys are cool. a. I, ii, vb. I, iii, vic. iii, iv, vid. ii, iii, viAns: bExplanation: Going option wise option (a) does not follow since the term cool is not distributed. Option (b) follows as from a universal statement a particular statement can be drawn. Option (c) does not follow since a term boys is appearing thrice. Option (d) does not follow since there are four terms.15. (i) All A is B. (ii) Some B is C. (iii) No D is B. (iv) All F is D. (v) Some D is C. (vi) No A is D. a. ii, iii, vb. iii, v, iic. I, iii, vid. None of theseAns: bExplanation: Going option wise option (a) does not follow since one of the first two statements is negative hence answer should be negative. Option (b) does not follow since one of the first two statements is negative hence answer should be negative. Option (c) follows.