Puzzles, arrangements & general mental ability: practice set 4

P, Q, R, S and T are ranked 1 to 5 (not necessarily in that order). The rank of P is 4, the rank of Q is not 5, the rank of R is 1, the rank of S is not 2, the rank of T is not 3. Then which of the following is/are correct?

1. I.If the rank of S is 3, then that of T is 2.
2. II.If the rank of Q is 3, then that of T is 5.

Select the answer using the code given below.

A solid cube is painted yellow on all its faces. The cube is then cut into 60 smaller but equal pieces by making the minimum number of cuts. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. I.The minimum number of cuts is 9.
2. II.The number of smaller pieces which are not painted on any face is 6.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

What is X in the sequence 1, 3, 6, 11, 18, X, 42?

What is the angle between the minute hand and hour hand when the clock shows 4:25 hours?

If today is Sunday, then which day is it exactly on 10¹⁰ th day?

Three persons A, B and C are standing in a queue not necessarily in the same order. There are 4 persons between A and B, and 7 persons between B and C. If there are 11 persons ahead of C and 13 behind A, what could be the minimum number of persons in the queue?

Following is a matrix of certain entries. The entries follow a certain trend row-wise. Choose the missing entry (?) accordingly.

In the series _b_a_ba_b_abab_aab; fill in the six blanks ( _ ) using one of the following given four choices such that the series follows a specific order.

A wall clock moves 10 minutes fast in every 24 hours. The clock was set right to show the correct time at 8:00 a.m. on Monday. When the clock shows the time 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, what is the correct time?

Directions for the following 3 (three) items: Read the following information and answer the three items that follow:

Six students A, B, C, D, E and F appeared in several tests. Either C or F scores the highest. Whenever C scores the highest, then E scores the least. Whenever F scores the highest, B scores the least.

In all the tests they got different marks; D scores higher than A, but they are close competitors; A scores higher than B; C scores higher than A.

If B scores the least, the rank of C will be

Directions for the following 3 (three) items: Rotated positions of a single solid are shown below. The various faces of the solid are marked with different symbols like dots, cross and line. Answer the three items that follow the given figures.

What is the symbol on the face opposite to that containing the cross?

Directions for the following 6 (six) items: Read the information given below and answer the six items that follow.

A, B, C and D are students. They are studying in four different cities, viz., P, Q, R and S (not necessarily in that order). They are studying in Science college, Arts college, Commerce college and Engineering college (not necessarily in that order), which are situated in four different States, viz., Gujarat, Rajasthan, Assam and Kerala (not necessarily in that order). Further, it is given that—

1. i.D is studying in Assam
2. ii.Arts college is located in city S which is in Rajasthan
3. iii.A is studying in Commerce college
4. iv.B is studying in city Q
5. v.Science college is located in Kerala

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Lakshmi, her brother, her daughter and her son are badminton players. A game of doubles is about to begin:

1. i.Lakshmi’s brother is directly across the net from her daughter.
2. ii.Her son is diagonally across the net from the worst player’s sibling.
3. iii.The best player and the worst player are on the same side of the net.

Who is the best player?

A watch loses 2 minutes in every 24 hours while another watch gains 2 minutes in every 24 hours. At a particular instant, the two watches showed an identical time. Which of the following statements is correct if 24-hour clock is followed?

Directions for the following 3 (three) items: Consider the given information and answer the three items that follow.

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are Lecturers from different cities—Hyderabad, Delhi, Shillong, Kanpur, Chennai, Mumbai and Srinagar (not necessarily in the same order) who participated in a conference. Each one of them is specialized in a different subject, viz., Economics, Commerce, History, Sociology, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics (not necessarily in the same order). Further

1. 1.Lecturer from Kanpur is specialized in Geography
2. 2.Lecturer D is from Shillong
3. 3.Lecturer C from Delhi is specialized in Sociology
4. 4.Lecturer B is specialized in neither History nor Mathematics
5. 5.Lecturer A who is specialized in Economics does not belong to Hyderabad
6. 6.Lecturer F who is specialized in Commerce belongs to Srinagar
7. 7.Lecturer G who is specialized in Statistics belongs to Chennai

Who is specialized in Geography?

Directions for the following 3 (three) items: Consider the given information and answer the three items that follow.

Eight railway stations A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are connected either by two-way passages or one-way passages. One-way passages are from C to A, E to G, B to F, D to H, G to C, E to C and H to G. Two-way passages are between A and E, G and B, F and D, and E and D.

If the route between G and C is closed, which one of the following stations need not be passed through while travelling from H to C?

Directions for the following 5 (five) items: Consider the following information and answer the five items that follow:

There are five persons in a group — P, Q, R, S and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor.

Who is the lawyer?

A daily train is to be introduced between station A and station B starting from each end at 6 AM and the journey is to be completed in 42 hours. What is the number of trains needed in order to maintain the shuttle service?

A military code writes SYSTEM as SYSMET and NEARER as AENRER. Using the same code, FRACTION can be written as: