Reasoning Quizzes Quiz For IRDA AM 2023 – 07th May

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Twelve persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, and X live on different floors of a 12-floor building but not necessary in the same order. The bottommost floor is numbered as 1st floor and topmost floor is numbered as 12th floor.
S lives immediately above T such that both live on prime numbered floor. X lives at most two floors above S. W lives four floors above X. W doesn’t live on 9th floor. M lives on prime numbered floor above W. Q lives immediately above U but below W. O lives immediately below P. R does not live above U. N lives above Q and below V.

Q1. V lives on____________.
(a) 12th floor
(b) 9th floor
(c) 7th floor
(d) 10th floor
(e) None of these

Q2. Q lives _________ floors below W.
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) Seven
(e) Six

Q3. Who lives on 1st floor?
(a) U
(b) R
(c) O
(d) T
(e) Cannot be determined

Q4. Which among of the following statement is/are definitely true?
I. U lives on 5th floor.
II. One person lives between M and O.
III. N lives on 8th floor.
(a) Only I
(b) Only III
(c) Both I and III
(d) Both I and II
(e) Only II

Q5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Who among the following doesn’t belong to that group?
(a) V
(b) P
(c) W
(d) Q
(e) N

Directions (6-7): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Rajeev leaves his house and walks 9m in east direction. After walking 9m, he stops at cinema hall. From there, he moves 11m to his left and stops at a mall. From there, he moves 13m to his left and stops at a bakery shop. At last, he moves 5m to his right and stops at a medical store. The bakery is 7m north of a railway station.

Q6. Mall is in which direction with respect to medical store?
(a) South-West
(b) South – East
(c) North – West
(d) North – East
(e) None of the above

Q7. What is the shortest distance between the railway station and the medical store?
(a) 11m
(b) 17m
(c) 12m
(d) 20m
(e) None of these

Directions (8-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Point A is 4m north of point B and 6m west of point J. Point K is 4m west of M and 6m north of point N. Point N is 14m west of point L. Point O is 5m south of point M. Point J is 10m north of point L.

Q8. What is the direction of point O with respect to point A?
(a) South-West
(b) South – East
(c) North – West
(d) North – East
(e) None of the above

Q9. What is the shortest distance between point B and point M?
(a) 4m
(b) 6m
(c) 8m
(d) 5m
(e) None of these

Q10. What is the direction of point L with respect to point A?
(a) South-West
(b) South – East
(c) North – West
(d) North – East
(e) None of the above

Q11. If it is possible to make a five-letter meaningful word from 2nd, 4th, 5th, 10th & 14th letters from the left end of the word “QUANTITATIVELY”, then which will be the 4th letter of the meaningful word? If more than one such word can be formed then ‘J’ is your answer. If no such word is formed, then ‘Y’ is your answer.
(a) T
(b) Y
(c) I
(d) N
(e) J

Q12. If all the consonants of the Word “CONSOLIDATED” are replaced by immediately preceding letter in the alphabetical series, how many vowels are there in the rearranged word?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
(e) None of the above

Q13. Which of the following letter will be the exact middle letter if the letters of the word “MAHARASHTRA” are arranged in Reverse alphabetical order from left to right?
(a) M
(b) R
(c) H
(d) S
(e) None of the above

Q14. How many pairs of letters are there in the word “MOSQUITO” which has as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabetical series (both in forward and backward direction)?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of the above

Q15. How many pairs of letters are there in the word “ELECTRICIAN” which has as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabetical series (both in forward and backward direction)?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S11. Ans. (a)
Sol.2nd, 4th, 5th, 10th & 14th letters of the given word are U, N, T, I, Y. So, the word formed is UNITY. Hence, fourth letter of the word is T.

S12. Ans. (d)
Sol. Consonants are replaced by its immediately preceding letter i.e., BOMROKICASEC.
So, there are five vowels in the rearranged word. Hence, option (d) is the answer.

S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. If we arrange the letters in reverse alphabetical order, then we will get the following word “TSRRMHHAAAA”. So, the exact middle letter is H. Hence, option (c) is the answer.