Logic and Reasoning

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In a certain code, SUBSTITUTION is written as ITSBUSNOITUT. How is DISTRIBUTION written in that code ? (a) IRTSIDNOITUB (6) IRTSIDNOIBUT (c) IRTDISNOITUB (d) IRTDISNOIUTB (e) None of these

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS IRTSIDNOITUB AS THE LOGIC IS TO BREAK THE WORD AND REVERSE THE SEQUENCE.

If MADRAS is written as ARSARS, how can we write ARKONAM in that code? (1) ROAAKNM (2) ROKANAM (3)NONE

Ans is (1) we are picking alternate digits to form the code so logically the answer is (1).

Statements : Some camels are ships. No ship is a boat. Conclusions : I. Some ships are camels. II. Some boats are camels. III.Some camels are not boats. IV.All boats are camels. (a) Only I follows (b) Only II and III follow (c) Only I and III follow (d) Only I and II follow (e) Only either III or IV follows

Option C is correct solve by venn diagrams

Statements: All young scientists are openminded. No open-minded men are superstitious. Conclusions: I. No scientist is superstitious. II. No young people are superstitious

Neither conclusion is valid conclusion.

Before reaching his office from home, Ram had to turn right 7 times, and left 8 times. His home is facing East. Is his office North facing or south facing or east or west facing?

Ans: The office is South Facing .

In a group of persons travelling in a bus, 6 persons can speak Tamil, 15 can speak Hindi and 6 can speak Gujarati. In that group, none can speak any other language. If 2 persons in the group can speak two languages and 1 one person can speak all the three languages, then how many persons are there in the group ? (a) 21 (6)22 (c)23 (d) 24 23 is the answer.

A bus starts from city X. The number of women in the bus is half of the nunber of men. In the city Y, 10 men leave the bus and five women enter. Now, number of men and women is equal. In the beginning, how many passengers entered the bus ? (a)15 (6)30 (c)36(d) 45

45 is the right answer.

Between two book-ends in your study are displayed your five favourite puzzle books. If you decide to arrange the five books in every possible combination and moved just One book every minute, how long would it take you ? (a) 1 hour (2) hours (c) 3 hours (d) 4 hours

2 hours is the right answer.

At what time between 3 and 4, are the two hands of the clock apart by 45 degree?
3 plus 8.18 minutes or 3 plus 24.55 minutes approximate.

18th of June of a particular year is on Friday then 4th April of next year falls on which day of the week?

Cannot be determined.

If MANGO is coded as NFMZL and APPLE is coded as DKOOZ, then how is LIMBO coded ? If LIMBO is code then what is the original word?
NALHK IS THE ANSWER, IN THE SECOND CASE THE ORIGINAL WORD WILL BE PCNJM.

A basket contains caps of which 25% are green caps. If the percentage of green caps in the basket has to be raised to 40%, what percentage of total caps in the basket has to be added? 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%
The answer is 15%.

An ant can climb 90 ft. at a speed of 9 ft. per minute, but after climbing every 9 ft. it slips down by 6 ft in next 1 min. After how many minutes, it will reach at the top?
55 minutes is the right anwer (90-9 = 81/3 *3 ==27*2 = 54 +1 == 55 minutes.

If alphabet are written, only the first half of alphabet is reversed, Which letter is 3rd to the left of 7th letter to the right of E?

A is the answer as you can see it mlkjihgfedcbanopqrstuvwzyz

In what proportion must water be mixed with spirit to gain 16.66% by selling at cost price?

Add approx. 1/6th water to the spirit.

I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep 2, 3 or 4 in a pack, I am left with one sweet, if I keep 5 in a pack, l am left with none, What is the minimum number of sweets that I have to pack and, distribute ? A)25 b)37 c)54 (d)65

25 is the right answer.

A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to B, If you give me three cards, you will have as many as E has and if I give you three cards, you will have as many as D has." A and B together have 10 cardsmore than what D and E together have. If E has 2 card more than what C has, and the total number of cards be 133, how many cards does B have ? (a) 22 (b)23 (c) 25(d) 35

In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong answer. If he attempts all 75 questions and secures 125 marks, the number of questions he attempts correctly, is (a) 35 (b) 40 (c) 42 (d) 46

40 is the right answer (40*4 35*1)

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