Reasoning Quiz – 28 (Puzzle)

Reasoning Ability one of the scorer subjects in Banking Exams. Students are advised to prepare this section fully as it has the ability to fetch a job in Banking Sector.

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are eight friends studying in three different engineering colleges – A, B and C in three disciplines – Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics with not less than two and not more than three in any college. Not more than three of them study in any of the three disciplines. W studies Electrical in college B with only T, who studies Mechanical. P and Z do not study in college C and study in the same discipline but not Electrical. R studies Mechanical in college C with V, who studies Electrical. S studies Mechanical and does not study in the same college where R studies. Q does not study Electronics. [Corporation Bank PO Exam–2006]

Questions:

1. Which of the following combinations of college-student-specialisation is correct?
1) C-R-Electronics
2) A-Z-Electrical
3) B-W-Electronics
4) B-W-Electrical
5) B-Z-Electronics

2. In which of the following colleges do two students study in Electrical discipline?
1) A only
2) B only
3) C only
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these

3. In which discipline does Q study?
1) Electrical
2) Mechanical
3) Electrical or Mechanical
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

4. In which of the colleges at least one student studies in Mechanical discipline?
1) A only
2) B only
3) C only
4) Both A and B
5) All A, B and C

5. S studies in which college?
1) A
2) B
3) A or B
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight employees working in three departments – Marketing, Finance and Production – in an organisation with at least two of them in any department. Each of them has a different choice of TV channels from Star, Zee, ESPN, DD, Sony, NDTV, Aaj Tak and BBC not necessarily in the same order. D likes ESPN and he works in Production department with only G. B and F do not work in the same department. H likes DD and does not work in Finance department. A does not work in the same department with either F or C, who does not work in Marketing department. E works with C in the same department and likes Star. B likes Aaj Tak and none of his colleagues in the department likes either Sony or NDTV. G likes Zee. F does not like Sony. [Central Bank of India PO Exam–2006]

Questions:

1. Which channel does A like?
1) DD
2) NDTV
3) BBC
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

2. In which department does F work?
1) Marketing
2) Production
3) Finance
4) Marketing or Finance
5) None of these

3. Which channel does F like?
1) Zee
2) NDTV
3) BBC
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

4. Which of the following groups work in Marketing department?
1) BAC
2) BGE
3) HBE
4) BAE
5) None of these

5. In which department does B work?
1) Marketing
2) Production
3) Finance
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

Answers with Explanations

College                 Student
A P(Electronics), Z (Electronics), S(Mechanical)
B W (Electrical), T (Mechanical)
C R (Mechanical), V (Electrical), Q (Electrical)
1. 4
2. 3
3. 1
4. 5
5. 1

Marketing: H(DD), A(BBC), (Aaj Tak)
Finance: C(Sony), F(NDTV), E(Star)
Production: D(ESPN), G(Zee)
1. 3
2. 3
3. 2
4. 5; H, A and B
5. 1


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