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Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the given information carefully to answer the given questions


Jack, Krishna, Leon, Monty, Prince, Queen, Ricky and Smith are sitting around a circular table facing the centre at equal distances between each other (but not necessarily in the same order). 

  • Each one of them is also related to Monty in some way or the other. Only two people sit between Queen and Leon. 
  • Monty sits second to the left of Queen. Only three people sit between Leon and Monty’s sister. Monty’s son sits second to the right of Monty’s sister. 
  • Only one person sits between the son of Monty and Smith. Jack sits on the immediate right of Ricky. 
  • Ricky is neither the son nor the mother of Monty. Smith is an immediate neighbor of Monty’s mother. 
  • Only three people sit between Monty’s mother and Monty’s brother. Monty’s daughter sits second to the left of Monty’s brother. 
  • Monty’s father is not an immediate neighbor of Monty. Monty’s wife sits third to the right of Krishna. 
1. Who sits second to the right of Ricky? 
a) Monty’s brother
b) Monty
c) Ricky
d) Krishna
e) Monty’s daughter 

2. How many people sit between Krishna and Leon, when counted from the left of Leon? 
a) Six
b) One
c) None
d) Two
e) Four 

3. Which of the following statements is true with respect to the given information? 
a) Ricky sits second to the right of Monty’s wife.
b) Krishna is an immediate neighbor of Ricky. 
c) Monty sits second to the left of Leon.
d) All the given options are not true.
e) Smith is son of Leon. 

4. How is Krishna related to Ricky?
a) Son-in-law
b) Uncle
c) Niece
d) Brother
e) Daughter 

5. Who amongst the following is the wife of Monty? 
a) Nathan 
b) Leon
c) Octavo
d) Queen
e) Jack

Directions (Q. 6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: 
  • Ten businessmen Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Anand Mahindra, Sunil Mittal, Vijay Mallya, Rahul Bajaj, Dilip Sanghvi, Azim Premji, Lakshmi Mittal and Cyrus Mistry are travelling by ten different airlines to ten different destinations. 
  • The Airlines are – Air India, Lufthansa, Virgin Airlines, British Airways, Go Air, Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific, Thai Airways, Fly Emirates and Air Arabia. 
  • The ten destinations are Brazil, South Africa, Sydney, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, Myanmar, Durban, Dubai and Paris, but not necessarily in the same order. 
  • Anil Ambani is travelling to South Africa. 
  • Vijay Mallya is travelling by Go Air and going to Hong Kong. 
  • The person travelling by Air Arabia is going to Paris. 
  • Dilip Sanghvi is travelling by Cathay Pacific. 
  • Laskshmi Mittal is travelling to Dubai.
  • Azim Permji is travelling to Durban.
  • Rahul Bajaj is travelling to Seoul by Qatar Airways.
  • Sunil Mittal is travelling by British Airways to New York. 
  • Neither Mukesh Ambani nor Anil Ambani is travelling by Fly Emirates. 
  • Lakshmi Mittal is not travelling by Air India or Lufthansa. 
  • Mukesh Ambani travels neither by Air India nor by Thai Airways. 
  • The person who travels to Sydney is using Virgin Airlines. 
  • Mukesh Ambani is travelling to Brazil. 
  • Anand Mahaindra is travelling by Virgin Airlines and Azim Premji by Thai Airways. 
6. Lakshmi Mittal is travelling by which airline? 
(a) Thai Airways 
(b) Go Air
(c) Air India 
(d) Other than given options
(e) Virgin Airlines 

7. Dilip Sanghvi is travelling to which destination? 
(a) Myanmar
(b) Dubai 
(c) Paris
(d) South Africa 
(e) Hong Kong

8. Which of the following pairs is correct? 
(a) Cyrus Mistry – Air Arabia – Hong Kong 
(b) Azim Premji – Thai Airways – Sydney
(c) Anand Mahindra – British Airways – Sydney
(d) Rahul Bajaj – Qatar Airways – Seoul
(e) Dilip Sanghvi –Go Air – Myanmar 

9. Anil Ambani is travelling by which airline? 
(a) Air India
(b) Lufthansa 
(c) Thai Airways
(d) Fly Emirates 
(e) Either Air India or Lufthansa 

10. Mukesh Ambani is travelling by which airline and to which destination? 
(a) Qatar Airways – Seoul
(b) British Airways – New York 
(c) Lufthansa – Sydney
(d) Lufthansa – Brazil
(e) Virgin Airlines – Sydney

11. This consists of a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II given below it. 
course of action is an administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy etc. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follows from the given statement. 

Statement: There have been structural shifts from agriculture to industry in country Z. While industries contribute to 67% of the country’s GDP, it is leading to a steady and undesirable decline in the participation of labour force in agriculture. 

I. The government should curtail the number of industries borrowing up in the country in order to promote agriculture. 

II. Incentives for working in agriculture should be made competitive with that of other sectors. 

(a) Either I or II is true

(b) Both I and II are true

(c) Neither I nor II is true 

(d) Only II is true

(e) Only I is true

12. Read the following information carefully and answer the question which follows:

As per a recent survey 85% of the work force today is either actively looking for a job or open to talking to recruiters and relevant opportunities; the ones who are satisfied with their job are few in number.
Which of the following may be a reason for the above mentioned results of the survey?

(a) As there is a wide array of opportunities today and headhunters are always seeking for professionals, people are not willing to let go of an opportunity to do something new and challenging. 

(b) As per a recent survey more than 40% people today are dissatisfied with their jobs there is the wide gap between what they study in the class room as compared to the actual work they do.

(c) Some people in the country take education loan for completing higher education and are expected to repay the loans themselves after they start working. 

(d) As employees today are of different age group and backgrounds it becomes difficult for the HR department to organize employment engagement activities to improve the job satisfaction of employees. 

(e) Only a few people study for highly specialized courses in the country and they are always in demand as there is a high scale gap in many organizations. 

Directions (13-14): Each of the following questions consists of a statement followed by two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide which of the given statements numbered I and II weakens or strengthens the statement and mark the appropriate answer. 

13. Statement: The world should move towards using bio-fuels in the future as these are more environment-friendly as compared to regular fossil fuels. 

I. While bio-fuels are cleaner to burn, the process to produce the fuel, including the necessary machinery, leads to very high carbon emission. 

II. As bio-fuels are manufactured from materials such as crop waste, manure and other by-products, these, unlike fossil fuels, are easily renewable. 

(a) Statement I weakens the information while statement II is a neutral statement. 

(b) Both statement I and II weaken the information. 

(c) Statement I strengthens the information while statement II weakens it. 

(d) Statement I weakens the information while statement II strengthens it. 

(e) Both statement I and II strengthen the information. 

14. Statement: Always remain in an air-conditioned environment for better health and well-being. 

I. Filters in the air-conditioners lower exposure to allergy–creating pollen and other outdoor allergies. 

II. Spending too much time in an air-conditioned environment results in gradual intolerance of the body towards natural temperatures. 

(a) Statement I weakens the information while statement II is a neutral statement. 

(b) Both statement I and II weaken the information. 

(c) Statement I strengthens the information while statement II weakens it. 

(d) Statement I weakens the information while statement II strengthens it. 

(e) Both statement I and II strengthen the information. 

15. Read the given information carefully and answer the given question.
Five fishermen from Country X were sentenced to death by the High Court of Country Y on charges of smuggling narcotics from Country X to Country Y.
Which of the following supports the legal action taken by country Y?

(A) Country X had given details of a new fisherman that had no record of involvement in drug-related activities. 

(B) The naval authorities of both the country X and Y have found traces of narcotics in the fish boxes that were shipped from Country X to Country Y by these fishermen.

(C) All the fish boxes that are shipped between countries undergo a strict process of checking.

(D) It was found that two of the five fishermen who were sentenced to death penalty were earlier imprisoned for the same reason a few years back. 

(a) Both B and C

(b) Both B and D

(c) Only D

(d) None of the given statements 

(e) Only B

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