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Sample Logical Questions

March 3rd, 2010 | 5 Comments | Posted in Logical Reasoning

Sample Logical Questions: Directions for next 3 Sample Logical Questions: Answer these samplelogical questions on the basis of the information given below.

Each of five friends purchased exactly one fruit basket from among five fruit baskets – P, Q, R, S and T. Each of the five baskets contained four apples or five bananas or six oranges or seven mangoes or eight guavas. No tiw baskets contained the same varity of fruits. Q contained six fruits in it. Each of the five friends then transferred at least one and at most two fruits from her respective basket to each of the other baskets. None of the friends transferred any fruit that they received from another. After all the transfer, it is observed that
(i) R has no guavas in it.
(ii) P has a total of ten fruits, at least three of which are mangoes.
(iii) T has fruits in all, none of which is an apple.

1. How many fruits were there in S initially?
a. 8
b. 6
c. 7
d. 5

2. Which fruit is present in all the baskets after all transfers?
a. Banana
b. Orange
c. Mango
d. Both Orange and Mango

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Logical & Aptitude Interview Questions and Answers – fireup

January 19th, 2010 | 2 Comments | Posted in Logical Reasoning

Logical & Aptitude Interview Questions and Answers – Directions for next 3 Logical reasoning questions: Answer the logical reasoning questions based on the passage below.

A group of three or four has to be selected from seven persons. Among the seven are two women, Meena and Teena, and five men: Rajesh, Samuel, Daniel, Arun and Santosh. Rajesh would not like to be in the group if Samuel is also selected. Samuel and Santosh want to be selected together in the group. Teena would like to be in the group only if Daniel is also there. Daniel, if selected, would not like Arun in the group. Rajesh would like to be in the group only if Arun is also there. David insists that Meena be selected in case he is there in the group.

1. Which of the following statements is true?
a. Teena and Rajesh can be part of a group of four.
b. A group of four can have two women.
c. A group of four can have all four men.
d. None of the above

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Logical Interview Questions

January 6th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Logical Reasoning

Logical Interview Questions – Directions for next 4 Logical Questions: Refer to the data below and answer the logical questions that follow.

Four boys and four girls sit around a round to discuss strategies to improve their performance in CAT. Each one of them likes two of the three sections English, Maths and DI and is weak in the third section which they dislike. Also,

1. Namrata is equidistant from Manju and Ritu and likes Maths and DI.
2. Sachin is equidistant from Abhay and Swati but not adjacent and does not like English.
3. Person sitting two places to the right of Amar does not like English.
4. Swapnil likes Maths and sits to the immediate left of Namrata and to the immediate tight of Manju.
5. Person opposite Ritu likes only one of the sections that Ritu likes.
6. Abhay and the person sitting opposite him don’t like Maths.
7. Person to the immediate left of Swati likes DI and English.

1. Which are the two sections that Manju likes?
a. English and Maths
b. English and DI
c. [a] and [c]
d. [b] and [c]

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Logical & Aptitude Interview Questions

January 4th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Logical Reasoning

Logical & Aptitude Interview Questions- Directions for next 2 Logical Questions: Answer these logical questions on the basis of the information given below.

Harish and Sachin are playing a game of matchsticks. There are N matchsticks on the table to start with. Each player, in his turn, picks up at least one matchstick and at most eight matchsticks. The two players take turn alternately. The player who clears the table loses. Assume that each player plays intelligently with an objective of winning. The first move is Haris’s. No player is allowed to pass his turn without picking up any matchsticks.

1. If, for some N, it is known that the number of matchsticks up by Harish in his first four moves were 6, 4, 3 and 6 respectively, then how many matchsticks would Sachin have picked up in his third move? Assume that Harish wins the game?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 6
d. insufficient data.

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Logical Questions

December 15th, 2009 | 4 Comments | Posted in Logical Reasoning

Logical Reasoning.

Directions for next 3 Logical Questions: Answer the logical questions based on the following information.

We are three friends—Saptarsh, Rushat and Trivendra – each has some red and white balls.

I. Saptarsh has atleast one red ball and twice as many white balls as red balls.

II. Rushat has atleast one red ball and three times as many white balls as red balls.

III. Trivendra has atleast one red ball and three more white balls than red balls.

IV. When I tell you the number of balls we have altogether – the number is less than 25, you will know how many balls I have, but not how many balls each of the others has.”

1. How many balls do these three people have altogether?

a. 12

b. 19

c. 24

d. 29

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CAT Logical Questions

December 14th, 2009 | 11 Comments | Posted in Logical Reasoning

CAT Logical Questions- Directions for next 3 CAT Logical Questions: Answer the CAT Logical Questions based on the following information.

The holy town of Mantralayam has 3 temples. The magical powers of each temple doubles the flowers a devotee carries every time he/she passes under the doorway at the entrance of the temple. He/she then offers some flowers to the idol and exits the temple with the remaining flowers.

1. Chari carries X flowers to temple 1. At each of the 3 temples, he places an identical number of flowers (Y). He exits the temple 3 without a single flower. X was most probably:
a. 2 flowers
b. 5 flowers
c. 6 flowers
d. 7 flowers

2. In the questions 1, Y was most probably:
a. 8 flowers
b. 5 flowers
c. 6 flowers
d. 7 flowers

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Sample Logical Questions

December 7th, 2009 | 7 Comments | Posted in Logical Reasoning

Sample Logical Questions- Direction for next 3 Sample Logical Questions: Answer the sample logical questions based on the given information.

A toy cube pictures of different fruits on its six faces. Top face has the picture of orange. Banana is adjacent to melon and orange. Apple is not at the bottom of the cube and melon is opposite the peach.

1. The neighbouring faces of the sixth fruit mango do not have the picture of
a. apple
b. orange
c. peach
d. banana

2. Which of the following does not represent correct pair of fruits on opposite faces?
a. Orange-mango
b. Apple-banana
c. Apple-mango
d. All of these

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Logical Questions

November 26th, 2009 | 12 Comments | Posted in Logical Reasoning

Logical Questions- Directions for next 3 Logical Questions: A cricket tournament was to be organized in Mumbai in which six teams were to participate. The six teams are A, B, C, D, E and F. Each team had to play each of the other teams once. The tournament is scheduled to be held between 25th to August to 4th September 1998. Following information are given:

(i) There has to be a gap of at least 1 day between the matches played by a particular team.
(ii) There cannot be more than two matches on any given day.
(iii) Team C has to play the 1st match of the tournament on 25th August and the last match is to be held on 4th September.
(iv) A plays C on 3rd September and D on 31st August.
(v) D plays C on 25th August, F on 27th August, E on 29th August and play their last match on 4th September.
(vi) No matches are to be held on 26th August and 2nd September. Only 1 match is to be held on 4th September.

1. Which of the following matches cannot be held on 25th August?
a. C vs B
b. B vs A
c. B vs F
d. None of these

2. E vs F match cannot be scheduled on
a. 30th August
b. 31st August
c. 1st September
d. 3rd September

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Sample Logical Questions

November 25th, 2009 | 7 Comments | Posted in Logical Reasoning

Sample Logical Questions- Direction for next 2 Sample Logical Questions: Answer the sample logical questions on the basis of the information given below.

A certain perfume is available at a duty-free shop at the Bangkok international airport. It is priced in the Thai currency Baht but other currencies are also acceptable. In particular, the shop accepts Euro and US Dollar at the following rates of exchange:

US Dollar 1 = 41 Bahts

Euro 1 = 46 Bahts

The perfume is priced at 520 Bahts per bottle. After one bottle is purchased, subsequent bottles are available at a discount of 30%. Three friends S, R and M together purchase three bottles of the perfume, agreeing to share the cost equally. R pays 2 Euros. M pays 4 Euros and 27 Thai Bahts and S pays the remaining amount in US Dollars.

1. How much does M owe to S in US Dollars?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6

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