Reasoning Quiz For NIACL AO Prelims 2023-30th July

Q1. In a family of six members, there are equal numbers of male and female. G is grandfather of M. K is brother-in-law of N who is unmarried male. F is daughter-in-law of H who has only one child. There is three generations in this family. Who among the following is the niece of N?
(a) H
(b) F
(c) Can’t be determined
(d) M
(e) None of these

Directions (2-5): word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input: 22 unity land 17 office 35 56 today export 87 boost 44
Step I: 18 export 22 unity land office 35 56 today 87 boost 44
Step II: 18 export 21 office unity land 35 56 today 87 boost 44
Step III: 18 export 21 office 36 unity land 56 today 87 boost 44
Step IV: 18 export 21 office 36 unity 43 today land 56 87 boost
Step V: 18 export 21 office 36 unity 43 today 55 land 87 boost
Step VI: 18 export 21 office 36 unity 43 today 55 land 88 boost

Step VI is the last step of the input. Now, the following questions are based on the below given input.

Input: track 65 art 38 7 chance instant 54 record 26 93 early

Q2. What will be the position of ‘track’ in the V step?
(a) Seventh from the left
(b) Sixth from the right
(c) Sixth from the left
(d) Fifth from the right
(e) None us these

Q3. Which word/number would be the fourth from the right end in Step IV?
(a) chance
(b) 37
(c) early
(d) track
(e) 65

Q4. After how many steps, no further arrangement of words is possible?
(a) Five
(b) Four
(c) Six
(d) Seven
(e) Eight

Q5. What is 6th element from left end in Step III?
(a) instant
(b) track
(c) chance
(d) 65
(e) 37

Directions (6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U sit around a triangular table, in such a way that three of them sit at each corner of the table and face outside while three sit at middle of each side and face inside. Each of them has a different number of toffees- 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 20.
The one who sits immediate left of U has 8 more toffees than U. Only two persons sit between U and P. R is not an immediate neighbor of P and sits third to the right of S. R has only two toffees more than T. The sum of the toffees of immediate neighbors of P is 20. The one who has second-highest number of toffees does not face inside.

Q6. Who among the following has second-highest number of toffees?
(a) R
(b) T
(c) P
(d) Q
(e) None of these

Q7. What is the total number of toffees U and S have?
(a) 18
(b) 20
(c) 22
(d) 21
(e) None of these

Q8. R has how many toffees?
(a) 16
(b) 9
(c) 13
(d) 11
(e) None of these

Q9. Who among the following sits third to the right of Q?
(a) P
(b) T
(c) R
(d) S
(e) None of these

Q10. What is the difference of number of toffees R and P have?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
(e) None of these

Solutions

Solutions (2-5):
Sol. Logic:
(i)- In each step, only one word and one number are getting arranged. First, the words start with vowels are arranged in ascending order from left end to right end and then the words start with consonants are arranged in descending order as they obtained in the dictionary from left end to right end.
(ii)- Numbers are arranged in increasing order but odd numbers increase by one and even numbers decrease by one in each step.

Input: track 65 art 38 7 chance instant 54 record 26 93 early
Step I: 8 art track 65 38 chance instant 54 record 26 93 early
Step II: 8 art 25 early track 65 38 chance instant 54 record 93
Step III: 8 art 25 early 37 instant track 65 chance 54 record 93
Step IV: 8 art 25 early 37 instant 53 track 65 chance record 93
Step V: 8 art 25 early 37 instant 53 track 66 record chance 93
Step VI: 8 art 25 early 37 instant 53 track 66 record 94 chance
Step VI is the final step of the input.

S2. Ans.(d)
S3. Ans.(e)
S4. Ans.(c)
S5. Ans.(a)