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The Twisted Ones: Reasoning

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Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

There are eight friends, namely Aniket, Neeraj, Vineet, Prashant, Saurabh, Santosh, Anand and Trilok. All of them own a different 2- wheeler, namely Bajaj, Hero, Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, TVS, LML and Harley Davidson, though not necessarily in the same order. All of them are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. 
  • Trilok is not a neighbour of Neeraj while Santosh owns neither LML nor Harley Davidson. There is only one person between Aniket and Prashant. 
  • Vineet, who owns TVS, is third to the left of the one who owns Honda. The one who is sitting opposite the one who had Hero owns Harley Davidson. 
  • Neither Aniketnor Prashant has Honda. There are two persons between Saurabh and Anand, who own Heroand Yamaha respectively, but neither of those two persons is Vineet. 
  • Aniket is second to the left of  Saurabh and owns Suzuki. Neeraj is an immediate neighbour of Anand.

1. Who among the following owns LML?
1) Trilok
2) Prashant
3) Anand
4) Santosh
5) Can’t be determined 

2. How many persons are there between Vineet and Anand? 
1) one
2) Two
3) Three
4) Four
5) None of  these 
3. Which of the following 2-wheeler is owned by Prashant? 
1) Yamaha
2) Harley Davidson
3) LML
4) Bajaj
5) None of  these
4. Who is sitting third to the right of the person possessing Bajaj? 
1) Neeraj
2) Aniket
3) Trilok
4) Prashant
5) Anand

5. Which of the following is not true about Santosh?
1) He owns Bajaj.
2) He is sitting exactly between Saurabh and Neeraj. 
3) He is sitting opposite the person who owns LML.
4) None of these 
5) All are true 
Directions (6-10): A word arrangement Machine, when given a particular input, rearranges it following a particular rule. The following is the illustration of the input and the steps of rearrangement.

Input: we again 36 early 17 morning in day 7 11
Step I : again we 36 early 17 morning in day 7 11
Step II: again 36 we early 17 morning in day 7 11
Step III: again 36 early we 17 morning in day 7 11
Step IV: again 36 early 7 we 17 morning in day 11
Step V: again 36 early 7 in we 17 morning day 11
Step VI : again 36 early 7 in day we 17 morning 11
Step VII: again 36 early 7 in 17 day we morning 11
Step VIII: again 36 early 7 in 17 day 11 we morning
Step IX: again 36 early 7 in 17 day 11 morning we 
Step IX is the last step.
6. If the following is the II step of an input what will be Vth step?
Step II: after 89 she 38 wins 11 Olympic 22 the 7
(1) after 89 she 7 the 22 Olympic 11 wins 38
(2) after 89 Olympic she 38 wins 11 22 the 7
(3) after 89 Olympic 7 she 38 the wins 11 22
(4) after 89 Olympic 7 she 38 the 11 wins 22
(5) None of these
7. Which of the following is the last step for the input ‘eat 9 fast ice-cream 22 3 umbrella cat 5’?
(1) cat eat 9 fast 5 ice-cream 22 umbrella 3
(2) eat 22 ice-cream 3 umbrella 9 cat 5 fast
(3) eat 22 umbrella 3 ice-cream 9 cat 5 fast
(4) eat 22 ice-cream 3 umbrella 5 cat 9 fast 
(5) None of these
8. Which step will be the last step for the Input ‘elephant 17 free open 41 27 danger 15’?
(1) IV
(2) V
(3) VI
(4) VII
(5) None of these
9. Which word/ number will be at 4th from the left in step V for the given input ‘elephant 17 free open 41 27 danger 15’?
(1) 41
(2) danger
(3) Open
(4)15
(5) None of these
10. Which word/ number will be 3rd to the right of “41” in step IV for the given input ‘elephant 17 free open 41 27 danger 15’?
(1) Open
(2) danger
(3) 15
(4) 17
(5) None of these
Directions (11-15): In each of the questions below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and following assumptions and decided which of the assumption is implicit for the statement.

Give answer (1) if only assumption I is implicit.
Give answer (2) if only assumption II is implicit.
Give answer (3) if either assumption I or assumption II is implicit.
Give answer (4) if neither assumption I nor assumption II is implicit.
Give answer (5) if both assumption I and assumption II are implicit.
11. Statement: “If you ask me about the daunting challenges that I face, I would say that my government’s first priority is to improve the existing law and order situation. Then follows the issue of prices of commodities” – Mr Y, a newly appointed PM of country X.

Assumption I: If a citizen of country X can sleep peacefully, he/ she can then think of providing food to his/her family, ponder over education and move about freely in the country.
Assumption II: Prices of commodities affect the common man greatly. 
12. Statement: Many people fell ill after consuming meal at a wedding reception and were rushed to the nearby govt. or private hospital.
Assumption I: The relatives of the affected people may refuse to take them to the Govt. hospitals.
Assumption II: The nearby hospitals may be able to attend to all the affected people.
13. Statement: The govt. has recently announced an incentive package for setting up new business ventures in the rural areas and promised uninterrupted power supply to all the units.
Assumption I: The govt. may be able to supply adequate power to all such units.
Assumption II: People living in the rural areas may welcome the govt. decision.
14. Statement: The municipal authority blocked movement of traffic in and around the temple on the main festival day.
Assumption I: Very large number of devotees may visit the temple on the main festival day.
Assumption II: People travelling to the areas near the temple may postpone their journey by a day unless they have very urgent work in that area.
15. Statement: The govt. has instructed all the private schools in the city to maintain the current fees for at least two more years.
Assumption I: The authorities of private schools may not follow the govt. instruction as they are not dependent on the govt. fund.
Assumption II: The parents of the students of the private schools of the city may still be eager to pay higher fee.
Answers:
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Solutions (1-5)
1. (1)
2. (3)
3. (2)
4. (4)
5. (5)

Solutions (6-10)
Word arrangement machine first arranges words having first letter vowel in alphabetical order, after that words having first letter consonant will be arranged in alphabetical order. Alternatively the numbers are chosen such that – greatest, lowest, 2nd greatest, 2nd lowest and so on

6. (3)
Step II : after 89 she 38 wins 11 Olympic 22 the 7
Step III : after 89 Olympic she 38 wins 11 22 the 7
Step IV : after 89 Olympic 7 she 38 wins 11 22 the
Step V: after 89 Olympic 7 she 38 the wins 11 22

7. (2)

8. (3)
Input : elephant 17 free open 41 27 danger 15
Step I : elephant 41 17 free open  27 danger 15
Step II : elephant 41 open 17 free 27 danger 15
Step III : elephant 41 open 15 17 free 27 danger
Step IV : elephant 41 open 15 danger 17 free 27
Step V : elephant 41 open 15 danger 27 17 free
Step VI : elephant 41 open 15 danger 27 free 17

9. (4) 

10. (2) 
Solutions (11-15)

11. (4)
I is not implicit because it assumes too many things: education and free movement are beyond the scope of the statement. II is not implicit because the PM only assumes that law and order affects the common man more than prices do.

12. (2)
Assumptions I is absurd. In such illnesses, the patients are rushed to hospitals, irrespective of how the relatives may behave. II is implicit in rushing the affected people to the nearby hospitals.

13. (5)
When a promise is made by someone, they assume that they would be able to fulfill it. Hence I is implicit. Since the business venture are planned to be set up in rural areas, II must be implicit

14. (5)
I is implicit as the cause of blocking the traffic. II is implicit because whenever we plan something, We assume that the conditions may be favourable enough.

15. (4)
Whenever an instruction is given, it is assumed that it may be followed. Hence I is not implicit. II is also not implicit. If at all the govt does assume something about the parents, it is to the contrary: that the parents may not be able to pay higher fees.

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