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Analytical Reasoning/ LR – 02
Directions (Q. Nos. 1 - 4) Read the following passage and solve the questions based on it.
King Amitabh of Bollysteel organised initials to decide the groom for his daughter in two steps—The preliminary stage and the
final stage. The preliminary stage comprised of a written test whereas in the final stage there was an archery competition. The
archery competition consisted of five rounds wherein the contestants could score from 2 to 9 points in each round.
The prince who scored the maximum points in these five rounds would be considered the winner in the overall standing and
would marry the princess.
When the results of the preliminary stage were announced, it was found that only five princes — A, B, C, D and E qualified the
preliminary stage and hence these were the only contestants left to complete in the final stage.
During the final stage, however, the judge who was tabulating the scores of the princes started taking sporadic short naps and so
at the end, when King Amitabh asked for the score card to find out final the winner, he was presented the following table

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Prince
Round Round Round Round Round
A 9 - 8 - 5
B - 2 3 - -
C 2 9 4 8 -
D 4 6 - 5 8
E - 3 - - 9
However, the judges has made the following observations too
(i) No two princes had scored equally in any round.
(ii) The difference between the total points scored by Prince A and Prince D was 6 points.
(iii) Prince B 's total points were always greater than that of Prince C 's total points.
(iv) Princes A scored an even number of points both in the 2nd and the 4th rounds
(v) Each of the five princes scored greater than or equal to 24 points in the five rounds,
(vi) There was tie between any two princes in their overall points.

1. Prince D won the competition and married the Princess. Also, Prince B scored 28 points from the five rounds. Then,
which of the following could be false?
(a) Prince C scores more points than Prince E in round 4
(b) Prince A scores more points than Princes E in round 2
(c) Prince B scores more points than Prince E in round 1
(d) Prince D scores more than Prince A in round 3

2. If Prince D scores 5 points in the 3rd round and Prince C scores 4 points in the 5th round, then which of the following
will definitely be false?
(a) Prince A is 1st in the overall standing
(b) Prince E is 2nd in the overall standing
(c) Prince C is 3rd in the overall standing
(d) Prince D is 4th in the overall standing

3. If Prince E scores 2 points in the 3rd round. Then, which of the following statements is sufficient to decide the winner?
I. Prince C scores the maximum possible points in the 5th round.
II. Prince D scores the maximum possible points in the 3rd round.
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) I and II (d) Even I and II together are not sufficient to decided the winner

4. If Prince C scores 5 points in the 5th round but Prince E becomes the winner with the least possible total points, then
what is the least possible points scored by Prince E in the 3rd round?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 7

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Directions (Q. Nos. 5 – 7): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on that.
Each of five people-A, B, C, D and E owns a different car among Maruti, Mercedes, Sierra, Fiat and Audi and the colours of
these cars are Black, Green, Blue, White and Red, not necessarily in that order. No two cars are of the same colour. It is also
known that
(i) A's car is not Black and it is not a Mercedes.
(ii) B's car is Green and it is not a. Sierra,
(iii) E's car is not White and it is not an Audi,
(iv) C's car is a Mercedes and it is not Blue.
(v) D's car is not Red and it is a Fiat.

5. If A owns a Blue Sierra, then E's car can be a

(a) Red Maruti (b) White Maruti (c) Black Audi (d) Red Audi

6. If A owns a White Audi, then E's car can be a

(a) Red Maruti (b) Blue Maruti (c) Green Audi (d) Black Sierra

7. If A's car is a Red Maruti and D's car is White, then E owns a
(a) Black Audi (b) Blue Sierra (c) Black Sierra (d) Blue Audi

Directions (Q. Nos. 8 – 10): These questions are based on the data given below.
On the eve of a special function in view of 'National Integration', seven participants- A, B, C, D, E, F and G, are to be
accommodated in two rooms, each room having a capacity of four persons only. For the allocation, the following conditions
must be considered.
(i) A, a Gujarati, also speak Tamil and Bengali.
(ii) B and F are both Bengali and speak only that language.
(iii) C, a Gujarati, also speaks Tamil,
(iv) D and G are Tamilians and speak only Tamil.
(v) E, a Gujarati, also speaks Bengali,
(vi) Bengalis and Tamilians refuse to share their rooms with each other.
Further, it is necessary for each participant in a room to be able to converse with atleast one other participant in the same room,
in atleast one language.

8. Which of the following combinations of participants in a room will satisfy all conditions for both the rooms?
(a) B, C, F (b) C, D, F, G (c) A, D, E, G (d) D, G, C, E

9. What is the total number of various combinations of room-mates possible, which satisfy all the conditions mentioned?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

10. If another participant, H, is to join the group, then he can be placed with any of the following, except
(a) B, E and F, if H is a Bengali (b) C, D and G, if H is a Tamilian
(c) B, E and F, if H is a Tamilian (d) A, B and F, if H is a Gujarati

Directions (Q. Nos. 11 – 15): Answer the questions based on the following information.
A significant amount of traffic flows from point S to point T in the one-way street network shown below. Points A, B, C and D
are junctions in the network and the arrows mark the direction of traffic flow. The fuel cost in rupees for travelling along a street
is indicated by the number adjacent to the arrow representing the street.

Motorists travelling from point S to point T would obviously take the route for which the total cost of travelling is the
minimum. If two or more routes have the same least travel cost, then motorists are indifferent between them. Hence, the traffic
gets evenly distributed among all the least cost routes.

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The government can control the flow of traffic only by levying appropriate toll at each junction, e.g., if a motorist takes the
route S-A-T (using junction A alone), then the total cost of travel would be `14. (i.e., `9 + `5) plus the toll charged at junction
A.
11. If the government wants to ensure that all motorists travelling from S to T pay the same amount (fuel costs and toll
combined) regardless of the route they choose and the street from B to C is under repairs (and hence unusable), then a
feasible set of toll charged (in rupees) at junctions A, B, C and D respectively to achieve this goal is
(a) 2, 5, 3, 2 (b) 0, 5, 3, 1 (c) 1, 5, 3, 2 (d) 2, 3, 5, 1
(e) 1, 3, 5, 1

12. If the government wants to ensure that the traffic at S gets evenly distributed along streets from S to A, from S to B and
from S to D, then a feasible set of toll charged (in rupees) at junctions A, B, C and D, respectively to achieve this goal is
(a) 0, 5, 4, 1 (b) 0, 5, 2, 2 (c) 1, 5, 3, 3 (d) 1, 5,3,2
(e) 0, 4, 3, 2

13. If the government wants to ensure that no traffic flows on the street from D to T, while equal amount of traffic flows
through junctions A and C, then a feasible set of toll charged (in `) at junctions A, B, C and D respectively to achieve
this goal is
(a) 1, 5, 3, 3 (b) 1, 4, 4, 3 (c) 1, 5, 4, 2 (d) 0, 5, 2, 3
(e) 0, 5, 2, 2

14. If the government wants to ensure that all routes from S to T get the same amount of traffic, then a feasible set of toll
charged (in `) at junctions A, B, C and D respectively to achieve this goal is
(a) 0, 5, 2, 2 (b) 0, 5, 4, 1 (c) 1, 5, 3, 3 (d) 1, 5, 3, 2
(e) 1, 5, 4, 2

15. The government wants to devise a toll policy such that the total cost to the commuters per trip is minimised. The policy
should also ensure that not more than 70% of the total traffic passes through junction B. The cost incurred by the
commuter travelling from point S to point T under this policy will be
(a) `7 (b) `9 (c) `14 (d) `10
(e) `13

Directions (Q. Nos. 16 – 20): Answer the questions based on the following information.
Two traders, Chetan and Michael, were involved in the buying and selling of MCS shares over five trading days. At the
beginning of the first day, the MCS share was priced at `100, while at the end of the fifth day it was priced at `110. At the end
of each day, the MCS share price either went up by `10, or else, it came down by `10. Both Chetan and Michael took buying
and selling decisions at the end of each trading day. The beginning price of MCS share on a given day was the same as the
ending price of the previous day. Chetan and Michael smarted with the same number of shares and amount of cash and had
enough of both. Below are some additional facts about how Chetan and Michael traded over the five trading days.
Each day if the price went up, Chetan sold 10 shares of MCS at the closing price. On the other hand, each day if the price went
down, he bought 10 shares at the closing price. If on any day, the closing price was above `110, then Michael sold 10 shares of
MCS, while if it was below `90, he bought 10 shares, all at the closing price.
16. If Chetan sold 10 shares of MCS on three consecutive days, while Michael sold 10 shares only once during the five days,
what was the price of MCS at the end of day 3?
(a) `90 (b) `100 (c) `110 (d) `120
(e) `130

17. What could have been the maximum possible increase in combined cash balance of Chetan and Michael at the end of the
fifth day?
(a) `3700 (b) `4000 (c) `4700 (d) `5000
(e) `6000

18. If Michael ended up with 20 more shares than Chetan at the end of day 5, what was the price of the share at the end of
day 3?
(a) `90 (b) `100 (c) `110 (d) `120
(e) `130

19. If Michael ended up with `100 less cash than Chetan at the end of day 5, what was the difference in the number of shares
possessed by Michael and Chetan (at the end of day 5)?
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(a) Michael had 10 less shares than Chetan
(b) Michael had 10 more shares than Chetan
(c) Chetan had 10 more shares than Michael
(d) Chetan had 20 more shares than Michael
(e) Both had the same number of shares

20. If Chetan ended up with `1300 more cash than Michael at the end of day 5, what was the price of MCS share at the end
of day 4?
(a) `90 (b) `100 (c) `110 (d) `120
(e) Not uniquely determinable

Directions (Q. Nos. 21 – 24): Answer the questions based on the following information.
A study was conducted to ascertain the relative importance that employees in five different countries assigned to five different
traits in their Chief Executive Officers. The traits were compassion (C), decisiveness (D), negotiation skills (N), public visibility
(P) and Vision (V). The level of dissimilarity between two countries is the maximum difference in the ranks allotted by the two
countries to any of the five traits. The following table indicates the rank order of the five traits for each country.
Country
Rank India China Japan Malaysia Thailand
1 C N D V V
2 P C N D C
3 N P C P N
4 V D V C P
5 D V P N D

21. Which amongst the following countries is most dissimilar to India?

(a) China (b) Japan (c) Malaysia (d) Thailand

22. Which of the following pairs of countries are most dissimilar?

(a) China and Japan (b) India and China (c) Malaysia and Japan (d) Thailand and Japan

23. Three of the following four pairs of countries have identical levels of dissimilarity. Which pair is the odd one out?
(a) Malaysia and China (b) China and Thailand
(c) Thailand and Japan (d) Japan and Malaysia

24. Which of the following countries is least dissimilar to India?

(a) China (b) Japan (c) Malaysia ' (d) Thailand

Directions (Q. Nos. 25 - 28): Answer the questions based on the following information.
Prof. Singh has been tracking the number of visitors to his homepage. His service provider has provided him with the following
data on the country of origin of the visitors and the university they belong to
Number of visitors
DAY
Country 1 2 3
Canada 2 0 0
Netherland 1 1 0
India 1 2 0
UK 2 0 2
USA 1 0 1

DAY
UNIVERSITY 1 2 3
University 1 1 0 0
University 2 2 0 0
University 3 0 1 0
University 4 0 0 2
University 5 1 0 0

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University 6 1 0 1
University 7 2 0 0
University 8 0 2 0

25. University 1 can belong to

(a) UK (b) Canada (c) Netherland (d) USA

26. To which country does University 5 belong?

(a) India or Netherland but not USA (b) India or USA but not Netherland
(c) Netherland or USA but not India (d) India or USA but not UK

27. Which among the listed countries can possibly host three of the eight listed universities?
(a) None (b) Only UK (c) Only India (d) Both India and UK

28. Visitors from how many universities from UK visited Prof. Singh's homepage in the three days?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

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Answers Key

1. c 2. c 3. b 4. d 5. a 6. d 7. b

8. d 9. c 10. c 11. b 12. d 13. e 14. d

15. c 16. e 17. d 18. a 19. e 20. b 21. b

22. d 23. d 24. a 25. c 26. a 27. a 28. b

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