Reasoning Ability Quiz For LIC AAO Mains 2023-6th March

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Ten persons are sitting in two parallel rows facing each other. A, B, C, D and E sits in row 1 and faces South. P, Q, R, S and T sit in row 2 and faces north. Each of them has different salaries i.e., 6k, 7k, 8k, 9k, 10k, 12k, 15k, 18k, 19k, 20k but not necessarily in the same order. There are two persons sitting between E and C whose salary is second lowest. A is not facing R and do not earn the highest salary. Q is sitting second to the right of P and is not facing either E or C. R is facing the person whose salary is a multiple of 5. B who is not an immediate neighbor of E is sitting at one of the extreme ends of the line. T who is not facing B and is not getting the highest salary is second to the left of P. Salary of A is double the salary of B but not 18k. S whose salary is 1k lesser than the salary of D is not an immediate neighbor of T and is not getting 19k. Q is getting salary more than S and less than E who is not getting the second highest salary. R is getting a salary of 8k. Difference between the salaries of Q and P is 5k.

Q1. Who is sitting second to the left of the one who is getting 12k?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) E
(d) D
(e) None of these

Q2. Who amongst the following is getting the highest salary?
(a) E
(b) Q
(c) P
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

Q3. Which of the following is false regarding S?
(a) S is facing C
(b) Salary of S is more than that of B
(c) R is sitting second to the left of S
(d) S is at extreme end of the line
(e) P is an immediate neighbor of S

Q4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and belong to a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
(a) T-12k
(b) A-19k
(c) B-20k
(d) R-7k
(e) E-8k

Q5. Which of the following is true regarding E?
(a) E is an immediate neighbor of A
(b) E faces immediate neighbor of P
(c) E is getting the highest salary
(d) E is sitting third to the right of C
(e) P is getting lesser salary than E

Directions (6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions:
There are ten people sitting in two rows such that in row 2 M, N, O, P, Q are sitting and facing in north direction and in row 1 D, E, F, G, H are sitting and facing in south direction and they are of different ages 15, 20, 23, 30, 33, 35, 38, 45 ,49, 50 but not in the same order. No two persons are sitting together according to alphabetical order, except G and F.
There are two people sitting between M and Q and either M or Q is sitting at one of the extreme ends. G is 20 years old and sits third to the left of H. Neither H nor F sits opposite to M and Q, who is not the oldest. The age of P is a multiple of 11. G sits opposite to N whose age is a multiple of 7. Two persons sits between the one who is the youngest and the one who sits opposite to the one whose age is 35. Three persons sit between the one whose age is 49 and the one who is the youngest. O’s age is twice the age of H. The age of the person who is facing the person who is sitting 2nd to the left of Q is a prime number. The age of M is equal to the sum of ages of H and O. Only one person is sitting between H and F.

Q6. What is the age of F?
(a) 23 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 45years
(d) 15 years
(e) None of these

Q7. Who among the following is the oldest?
(a) H
(b) O
(c) E
(d) D
(e) None of these

Q8. Who among the following sits to the immediate left of E?
(a) P
(b) O
(c) no one
(d) H
(e) None of these

Q9. Which of the following combination is true regarding the given arrangement?
(a) E- 50
(b) M- 45
(c) F- 33
(d) D- 49
(e) none of these

Q10. Who among the following is 33-year-old?
(a) H
(b) G
(c) P
(d) E
(e) None of these

Direction (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Eight persons from different cities sit in three rows facing south as per the diagram given below.

N Sits to the immediate right of P who sits at extreme end but not in row 2. Person who is from Hyderabad sits 2nd to the left of the person who is from Delhi. R sits 2nd to the right of the person who is from Kanpur but not in row 3. Persons who are from Allahabad and Varanasi sit adjacent to each other but not in row 1. No one sits to the right of M who is neither from Delhi nor from Varanasi. S who is from Jhansi sits immediate right of T. O is not from Delhi and Lucknow. Q sits adjacent to the person who is from Kolkata.

Q11. Who among the following sits in row 2?
(a) M
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) S
(e) T

Q12. Who among the following is from Kolkata?
(a) P
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) N
(e) None of these

Q13. R is from which of the following city?
(a) Delhi
(b) Lucknow
(c) Kolkata
(d) Hyderabad
(e) None of these

Q14. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) R is from Kolkata
(b) Q sits in row 2
(c) One person sits between Q and N
(d) No one sit left of S
(e) None is true

Q15. If R is related to Jhansi, M is related to Varanasi then, in the same manner N is related to _____?
(a) Delhi
(b) Varanasi
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Kolkata
(e) None of these

Solutions