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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven friends working in a call centre. Each of them has different day offs in a week from Monday to Sunday not necessarily in the same order. They work in three different shifts I, II and III with at least two of them in each shift. R works in shift II and his day off is not Sunday. P’s day off is Tuesday and he does not work in the same shift with either Q or W. None of those who work in shift I has day off either on Wednesday or on Friday. V works with only T in shift III. S’s day off is Sunday. V’s day off is immediate next day of that of R’s day off. T’s day off is not on Wednesday. W’s day off is not on the previous day of P’s day off. S works in shift I. Q does not work in the same shift with R and his day off is not on Thursday.
Solution & Explanation S works in shift I. Q cannot work with R and W cannot work with P. Hence Q, W and S work in shift I.
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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Seven children — P, Q, R, S, T, U and V — were born on seven different days of the same week, starting from Monday to Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order.
Only one child was born between U and P.
As many children were born before P as after V.
Q was born before V but after U.
Only two children were born between U and S.
S was born on Thursday.
R was born immediately after V.
Solution & Explanation Final arrangement: Monday-U, Tuesday-Q, Wednesday-P, Thursday-S, Friday-V, Saturday-R, Sunday-T. Therefore, Q was born on Tuesday.
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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven friends working in a call centre. Each of them has different day offs in a week from Monday to Sunday not necessarily in the same order. They work in three different shifts I, II and III with at least two of them in each shift. R works in shift II and his day off is not Sunday. P’s day off is Tuesday and he does not work in the same shift with either Q or W. None of those who work in shift I has day off either on Wednesday or on Friday. V works with only T in shift III. S’s day off is Sunday. V’s day off is immediate next day of that of R’s day off. T’s day off is not on Wednesday. W’s day off is not on the previous day of P’s day off. S works in shift I. Q does not work in the same shift with R and his day off is not on Thursday.
Solution & Explanation P has Tuesday off, so W cannot have Monday off. Also, shift I cannot have Wednesday or Friday as weekly off. After satisfying all constraints, W gets Saturday as weekly off.
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Direction: Study the given information carefully and answer the questions.
Seven persons — Rahul, Ramesh, Garvit, Angad, Arjun, Mahesh and Ravish — went to an event with three different gadgets: Laptop, TV, Tablet (not necessarily in the same order). Not more than 3 people have the same gadget.
Clues:
Ramesh went to the event with TV.Mahesh has a gadget not the same as Ramesh's (not TV).Tablet was owned by Garvit.Angad went to the event with Laptop.Arjun's gadget is not the same as Ramesh's (not TV).Rahul's gadget is neither the same as Angad's (not Laptop) nor Garvit's (not Tablet).Only two people have gadget TV.Mahesh does not have Laptop.Ravish's gadget is not the same as Garvit's (not Tablet).Arjun's gadget is not the same as Mahesh's.Derived assignment: Laptop: Angad, Arjun, Ravish | TV: Ramesh, Rahul | Tablet: Garvit, Mahesh
Solution & Explanation Arjun's gadget: not TV (≠ Ramesh), not Tablet (≠ Mahesh's Tablet, and not Garvit's Tablet). Therefore Arjun has Laptop. Answer: A.
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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Seven persons A, U, S, T, J, Z and M live on four different floors. The lowermost floor is floor number 1 and the topmost floor is floor number 4. Two persons live on each floor while only one person lives on any one floor. They go to movies in different months viz. January, February, March and April. They go to movies either on the 13th of the month or on the 27th of the month. Two persons go in each month while only one person goes in one of the months.
A lives neither on floor 1 nor on floor 4.M goes to a movie in the month which has the least number of days, but not on the 27th.U does not go to a movie on the 13th of any month.Only one person lives on floor 3, and he goes to movies in February.J and Z go to movies in the same month, but not in January. They live on the same floor.A does not go to a movie on the 13th of any month.U does not live above M.Only one person goes to a movie in February.S and T go to movies in different months.S does not live with U or T.T goes in March along with A.J goes after Z. J and Z can't be on the first floor.S does not go to a movie on the 27th of any month.T goes on the 13th of the month.
Solution & Explanation Floor1: U,T | Floor2: A,S | Floor3: M | Floor4: J,Z. Movie schedule: S-Jan13, U-Jan27, M-Feb13, T-Mar13, A-Mar27, Z-Apr13, J-Apr27. Chronological order: S(Jan13)-U(Jan27)-M(Feb13)-T(Mar13)-A(Mar27)-Z(Apr13)-J(Apr27). Between U (2nd) and J (7th) are M, T, A and Z: four persons, i.e. 'more than three'.
