Data for Questions 1 to 5 :
A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are travelling in three different vehicles.There are at least two passengers in each vehicle—Maruti, Santro, Opel, and only one of them is amale. There are two engineers, two doctors and three teachers among them.
i. C is a lady doctor and she does not travel with the pair of sisters A and F.
ii. B, a male engineer, travels with only G, a teacher in a Maruti.
iii. D is a male doctor.
iv. Two persons belonging to the same profession do not travel in the same vehicle.
v. A is not an engineer and travels in a Santro
1. What is F’s profession?
a) Engineer
b) Doctor
c) Teacher
d) Data inadequate
Explanation:
Since C and D are doctors and A is not an engineer, hence, A is a teacher.
Since A travels in a Santro, C will travel in an Opel. Also, A and F will be together. Given A and Fare pair of sisters, both are females.
In a Maruti, only two persons B & G travel, so G is a female. Two persons belonging to the same profession do not travel in the same vehicle, so D travels in a Santro. There are two doctors, two engineers and three teachers and persons of the same profession do not travel in the same vehicle, so F is an engineer. And E is a male teacher.
Hence, Option (a) is correct
2. In which vehicle does C travel?
a) Maruti
b) Santro
c) Opel
d) Data inadequate
Explanation: The answer is Opel. Option (c) is correct (Refer explanation of Question 1)
3. Which of the following represents the three teachers?
a) GEF
b) GEA
c) GBF
d) Data inadequate
Explanation: The answer is GEA. Option (b) is correct (Refer explanation of Question 1)
4. How many Iady members are there among them?
a) Three
b) four
c) Three or four
d) Data inadequate
Explanation: The answer is four. Option (b) is correct (Refer explanation of Question 1)
5. Which of the following is not correct ?
a) E-Male-Teacher
b) B-Male-Teacher
c) A-Female-Teacher
d) All are correct
Explanation: Option (d) is correct (Refer explanation of Question 1)
Data for Questions 6 to 11 : Ten students— A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J are chosen to represent their college in four sports— tennis, badminton, table tennis and snooker. The badminton team has one student less than the tennis team. A, B and C are not tennis players, individually or as a group. D, E and F are not in badminton team individually or as a group. G, H and I are not in the tabletennis team, individually or as a group. J is a table tennis player. None of the students is a snooker player.
6. Which of the following students could be table tennis players?
a) J, B & G
b) J, C & F
c) J , D, E & F
d) J, B, C & D
Explanation:
Looking at the options, the only possible solution is option (b) (as Table Tennis should be an odd number of people as Tennis + Badminton is 2n–1)
7. Of those listed, what is the largest possible number of students who could be table tennis
players?
a) 6
b) 7
c) 9
d) Data inadequate
Explanation: If Table Tennis players are 7 in number then,
n + n – 1 = 3
2n = 4
n = 2. This is possible
8. If no other student except I is in the badminton team, which of the following students could be
tennis players?
a) D and H
b) F and E
c) E and G
d) G and H
Explanation: Going through options we find that the only possibility is G and H as we would need 7 people to be Table Tennis players in such a case.
9. If the table tennis team has one member, who of the following must be a tennis player?
a) A
b) B
c) D
d) G
Explanation: If the Table-Tennis team has just one member J, then the Tennis team will surely have D, E and F as players
10. If G, H and C are the only students in the badminton team, which three must be the only
students who are table tennis players?
a) A, B and J
b) A, D and J
c) B, E and J
d) B, F and J
Explanation: A,B and J would then be definitely Table Tennis players
11. If A and G are the only badminton players, how many students must be in the table tennis
team?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 5
d) 6
Explanation: If the Badminton team has 2 players, then the Tennis team will have 3 players. The remaining players will be in the Table-Tennis team.
12. There are ten animals— two each of lions, panthers, bisons, bears and deer, in a zoo. The enclosures in the zoo are named X, Y, Z, P and Q and each enclosure is allotted to one of the following attendants: Jack, Mohan, Shalini, Suman and Rita. Two animals of different species are housed in each enclosure. A lion and a deer cannot be together. A panther cannot be with either a deer or a bison. Suman attends to animals from among bison, deer, bear and panther only. Mohan attends to a lion and panther. Jack does not attend to deer, lion or bison. X, Y and Z are allotted to Mohan, Jack and Rita respectively. X and Q enclosures have one animal of the same species. Z and P have the same pair of animals. The animals attended by Shalini are:
a) Bear & Bison
b) Bison & Deer
c) Bear & Lion
d) Bear & Panther
Explanation: Option (c) is correct