REASONING QUIZ

Directions (1-7): In the following questions, the symbols @, #, ©, % and * are used with the following meaning as illustrated below.

‘P©Q’ means ‘P is either greater than or equal to Q’
‘P@Q’ means ‘P is either smaller than or equal to Q’

‘P#Q’ means ‘P is smaller than Q’
‘P%Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’
‘P*Q’ means ‘P is greater than Q’.

Now in each of the following questions, assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true?
Mark answer
(1) if only conclusion I is true
(2) if only conclusion II is true
(3) if either conclusion I or II is true
(4) if neither conclusion I nor II is true, and
(5) if both conclusions I and II and true

1.    Statements:
B # F,        F @ W,            W © M
Conclusions:
I. M % F                            II. B # W

2.    Statement:
W % V,      V # K, K @ D
Conclusions:

I. D * W                             II. W # K

3.    Statements:
B © D,       D # R, R @ M
Conclusions:
I. M * B                              II. M * D

4.    Statements:
M % R,      R * T,   T © J
Conclusions:
I. J # M                              II. T # M

5.    Statements:
H * T,        T @ J, J © K
Conclusions:
I. H * J                               II. T © K

6.    Statements:
R @ E,      E % N, N © T
Conclusions:
I. N © R                             II. T @ R

7.    Statements:
V @ M,     M © N,            N % D
Conclusions:
I. D % M                            II. D # M

8.    Each of the consonants in the word TIED is changed to the next letter of the English alphabet and each of the vowels is changed to the previous letter in the English alphabet. How many meaningful English words can be made with the new set of letters using letter only once in each word?

             (1) None                               (2) One

             (3) Two                                 (4) Three

            (5) More than three

9.    Pointing to a girl, Mohan said-“her mother is the only child of my grandfather”. How is Mohan related to the girl?

             (1) Brother                                    (2) Cousin

 (3) Uncle                                       (4) Data inadequate

            (5) None of these

10.  In a certain code PRACTISE is written as DRHSQSBD. How is COMPLETE written in that code?

            (1) DSDKBNLO                            (2) DSDKDPNQ

            (3) FUFMBNLO                            (4) DPNQDSDK

            (5) None of these

   Answers:

1	2	6	1
2	5	7	3
3	2	8	1
4	5	9	1
5	4	10	2