Reasoning Ability Quiz For LIC ADO Mains 2023-25th March

Directions (1-5): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Seven persons are living in seven floors building namely J, K, L, M, N, O and P but not necessary in the same order. They belong to different cities of India viz. Shimla, Agra, Meerut, Jaipur, Kanpur, Delhi and Rewa but not necessary in the same order. The ground floor is numbered 1, then the next floor is numbered 2 and till numbered 7.
L lives on one of the odd number floors below the floor number 4. The person who lives on 4th floor belongs to Kanpur and L does not belong to Shimla and Delhi. The person who belongs to Meerut lives on an even number floor. There are two persons live between L and K. J belongs to Delhi and lives on an odd numbered floor but not on the lowermost floor. There is only one person lives between K and O who does not belong to Meerut. There are three persons live between the person who belongs to Meerut and the person who belongs to Jaipur. The person who lives on topmost floor does not belong to Shimla. There is only one person lives between L and M who belongs to Rewa and that person lives below the person who belongs to Kanpur. There is only one person lives between P and the person who belongs to Kanpur. P lives below the person who belongs to Kanpur and P does not belong to Jaipur. There are same number of persons who live between K and O and between K and P.

Q1. On which floor does L live?
(a) Third
(b) Fourth
(c) Fifth
(d) First
(e) Seventh

Q2. How many floors are below the floor on which N lives?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Six
(e) Seven

Q3. Who among the following lives on the second floor when all the persons are arranged alphabetically from top to bottom?
(a) K
(b) M
(c) N
(d) O
(e) P

Q4. N belongs to which of the following city?
(a) Agra
(b) Shimla
(c) Kanpur
(d) Rewa
(e) Meerut

Q5. Which of the following is true regarding O?
(a) O belongs to Agra and lives on 4th floor
(b) O belongs to Shimla and lives on 8th floor
(c) O belongs to Meerut and lives on 4th floor
(d) O belongs to Kanpur and lives on 7th floor
(e) None of these.

Directions (6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the following questions.
In a certain code language
‘’some people are dangerous’’ is coded as ‘’ (6, 30), (3,15), 9,171), (4, 20)’’
‘’keep distance from those people’’ is coded as ‘’ (6, 30), (4,64), (4,52), (5,25), (8,40)’’
‘’those people should be punished’’ is coded as ‘’ (8,32), (2.,10), (5,25), (6,30), (5,20)’’

Q6. What will be the code for word ‘Remove Something’ in the same code language?
(a) (6, 24), (9, 81)
(b) (6, 30), (9, 54)
(c) (6, 36), (9, 72)
(d) (6, 30), (9, 63)
(e) None of these

Q7. What will be code for ‘temperature’ in the same code language?
(a) (11, 44)
(b) (11, 77)
(c) (11, 66)
(d) (11, 55)
(e) None of these

Q8. How can ‘(11, 220)’ be written in the same code language?
(a) Information
(b) Pedestrians
(c) Achievement
(d) Dermatologist
(e) Either (c) or (d)

Q9. How can ‘(7, 98)’ be written in the same code language?
(a) Camphor
(b) Coupes
(c) Caution
(d) Either (b) or (c)
(e) None of these

Q10. What will be the code for ‘informations’ in the same code language?
(a) (12, 228)
(b) (12, 204)
(c) (12, 216)
(d) (12, 240)
(e) None of these

Directions (11-12): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
X%Y means X is the father of Y
X@Y means X is the sister of Y
X$Y means X is the brother of Y
X*Y means X is the son of Y

Q11. In the expression P*V%C@O$U*W, how is C related to W?
(a) Brother
(b) Sister
(c) Daughter
(d) Mother
(e) Can’t be determined

Q12. In the expression W@K*U$M%T, how is M related to W?
(a) Aunt
(b) Uncle
(c) Son
(d) Mother
(e) Nephew

Directions (13-15): Study the information below and answer the following questions:
P@T means P is the husband of T
P$T means T is the brother of P
P% T means P is the mother of T
P*T means P is the daughter of T
P+T means P is the son of T

Q13. If expression ‘K$L, ‘K%D@G%C@M’ is true, then how is sister of L related to mother-in-law of M?
(a) Mother
(b) Mother-in-law
(c) Daughter-in-law
(d) Sister-in-law
(e) Daughter

Q14. If expression, ‘A%B’, C$B, B+V+M@L is true, then how is A related to husband of L?
(a) Granddaughter
(b) Daughter
(c) Daughter-in-law
(d) Sister
(e) Niece

Q15. If expression, ‘A%B’ C$B, B+V+M @ L is true, then how is C related to L?
(a) Granddaughter
(b) Daughter
(c) Grandson
(d) Niece
(e) Can’t be determined

Solutions

Solutions (6-10):
Sol. The codes are obtained by multiplying the positional value of the last letter of the word with the number of letters in the word. Example – Some is coded as (4, 20).

S6. Ans. (d)
S7. Ans. (d)
S8. Ans. (c)
S9. Ans. (c)
S10. Ans. (a)