Reasoning Questions: Puzzles Set 36

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Direction(1-6): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight persons. Each is a professor of a different subject like Maths, Physics, Hindi, English, Geology, Zoology, Botany and History. Each of them having different hobby like Riding, Music, Poetry, Shayari, Painting, Rafting, Cooking and Swimming but not necessarily in the same order. A who likes cooking is a professor of neither History nor Geology. B is a professor of English and does not like either Riding or Poetry. The one who is a professor of Maths likes Shayari. The one who likes Swimming is a professor of Physics and the one who is a professor of Botany likes Music. H doesn’t like Painting. E and F like Music and Rafting, though not necessarily in the same order. D likes Swimming. G is a professor of Zoology and doesn’t like Riding. The one who is a professor of Geology likes Rafting. C is not a professor of History. The one who is a professor of Hindi doesn’t like either Poetry or Painting.

1. Who among of the following likes Riding?
   a) A
   b) B
   c) D
   d) H
   e) None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer –d) H
   
   
   
2. Who among of the following is a professor of History?
   a) E
   b) F
   c) B
   d) H
   e) None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer – d) H
   
   
   
3. C is a professor of which of the following subjects?
   a) Maths
   b) Geology
   c) Zoology
   d) Hindi
   e) None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer – a) Maths
   
   
   
4. Which of the following combinations is definitely correct?
   a) C-Maths-Music
   b) F-Botany-Music
   c) D-Zoology-Riding
   d) B-English-Painting
   e) None is correct
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer -d) B-English-Painting
   Explanation :
   
   
   
5. Which of the following combinations is incorrect?
   a) D-Swimming
   b) A-Hindi
   c) G-Rafting
   d) C-Shayari
   e) None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer – c) G-Rafting
   
   
   
6. Which of the following is G’s hobby?
   a) Painting
   b) Cooking
   c) Riding
   d) Poetry
   e) None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer – d) Poetry
   
   
   

Direction(7-10): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

Seven participants P, Q, R, S, T, U and W are sitting in a straight line facing east. All of them have participated in a hundred-metre race. Q sits fourth to the right of the person whose rank is 6th in the race. Either Q or the sixth ranker sits at the extreme end of the line. Only one person sits between Q and W. W is the third ranker. The person whose rank is first sits third to the left of S. S is not an immediate neighbour of W. Only one person sits between T and the person who finished at the second place. P and R are immediate neighbours. P is not at the sixth rank. The person whose rank is fifth sits third to the left of the person who finished seventh.

Explanation

 

7. Who ranked at the fourth place?
   a) R
   b) S
   c) W
   d) T
   e) None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer – b) S
   
   
   
8. T’s rank in the race is-
   a) second
   b) third
   c) fourth
   d) first
   e) None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer – d) first
   
   
   
9. How many persons are sitting between P and U?
   a) one
   b) two
   c) three
   d) four
   e) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer -c) three
   Explanation :
   
   
   
10. Who is sitting third to the right of the person who got 5^th rank?
    a) R
    b) P
    c) Q
    d) S
    e) None of these
    
    Answer

    Answer – c) Q
    
    
    

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