Reasoning Quiz For NIACL AO Prelims 2023-18th August

Directions (1-5): Read the given information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight friends sit in a straight line. Some of them face north while some of them face south direction. All of them were born in different months starting from January to August of the same year and on same date.
R who sits at the extreme end of the row and faces south. W is not an immediate neighbour of the oldest person and faces opposite to U and R. Only three persons sit between R and V who was born in June. T is not an immediate neighbour of V and sits second to the right of Q. S sits second to the right of P who is the oldest person in the group. W is the third oldest person in the group. P is not an immediate neighbour of R and V.U was born in May and sits fourth to the left of the one who was born in March. T faces same direction as U but opposite to Q and S. R is four months older than Q.Second oldest person sits immediate right of the one who is third youngest.

Q1. Who among the following second youngest person in the group?
(a) S
(b) W
(c) U
(d) T
(e) None of these

Q2. Who among the following sits third to the right of S?
(a) Q
(b) W
(c) U
(d) P
(e) None of these

Q3. S was born in which of the following month?
(a) February
(b) January
(c) March
(d) August
(e) None of these

Q4. Which of the following statement is not true about V?
(a) V sits third to the right of the one who was born in January
(b) V was born in March
(c) W sits second to the left of V
(d) V is facing south
(e) None is true

Q5. How Many persons sit between R and U?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than four
(e) None

Directions (6-10): In the following questions, the symbols %, &, #, * and @ are used with the following meaning as illustrated below-
‘P#Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’
‘P*Q’ means ‘P is neither equal to nor smaller than Q’
‘P%Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor greater than Q’
‘P@Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’
‘P&Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statement to be true, find which of the conclusions given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

Q6. Statements: M * O @ W # S; O * E % P @ X
Conclusions:
I. M * X
II. S @ P
(a) None is true
(b) Only I is true
(c) Only II is true
(d) Either I or II is true
(e) Both are true

Q7. Statements: I & K & N % Q * W @ C * P % V
Conclusions:
I. Q * I
II. Q % I
(a) None is true
(b) Both are true
(c) Only II is true
(d) Either I or II is true
(e) Only I is true

Q8. Statements: O @ A # R % S & M; L * M % C & Z
Conclusions:
I. Z * A
II. S * O
(a) None is true
(b) Only I is true
(c) Only II is true
(d) Either I or II is true
(e) Both are true

Q9. Statements: V & Q % S % L * H * P # I
Conclusions:
I. V # H
II. I * Q
(a) None is true
(b) Only I is true
(c) Only II is true
(d) Either I or II is true
(e) Both are true

Q10. Statements: D @ M & Z * K # P; D * L * N % X
Conclusions:
I. X # M
II. Z * X
(a) None is true
(b) Only I is true
(c) Only II is true
(d) Either I or II is true
(e) Both are true

Solutions