In a row of 8 people, A is 3rd from the left. B is 2 positions to the right of A. C is immediately to the left of B. What is C's position from the left?
Answer: A
A is 3rd from left. B is 2 positions right of A = 5th position. C is immediately left of B = 4th position.
Q.2Easy
If CRICKET is coded as FWHBMHW, how is PUZZLE coded?
Answer: B
Each letter is shifted 3 positions forward (C→F, R→U, I→L, C→F, K→N, E→H, T→W). Applying same: P→S, U→X, Z→C(wraps), Z→C, L→O, E→H becomes SXZZOH.
Q.3Easy
Pointing to a photograph, a woman says 'This man's mother is my mother's daughter.' How is the man related to the woman?
Answer: B
Woman's mother's daughter = Woman herself. So man's mother = Woman. Therefore, man is Woman's son.
Q.4Medium
All birds are animals. Some animals are mammals. Therefore, ___
Answer: C
From given premises, we cannot definitively conclude about birds being mammals as 'some animals are mammals' doesn't specify which animals.
Q.5Medium
In a circular arrangement, 6 friends sit around a table. P sits opposite to Q. R is to the immediate right of P. S is between Q and R. T and U fill remaining seats. If T is to the left of Q, where is U sitting relative to P?
Answer: A
Circular arrangement: P at top, Q opposite (bottom). R right of P. S between Q and R. T left of Q. U must be immediate left of P.
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Q.6Easy
A man walks 10 km north, then 5 km east, then 10 km south, then 5 km west. Where is he relative to starting point?
Answer: A
North 10 km + South 10 km = 0 net vertical. East 5 km + West 5 km = 0 net horizontal. Man returns to starting point.
Series of prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19. Missing number is 17.
Q.8Medium
If MATHEMATICS is coded as MHEATAMTICS, how many letters remain in their original positions?
Answer: C
M(1)-M, A(2)-H, T(3)-E, H(4)-A, E(5)-T, M(6)-A, A(7)-T, T(8)-I, I(9)-C, C(10)-S. Letters at positions 1,6,8,9 remain same after analysis. Count=4.
Q.9Medium
Seven boxes are arranged in a row. Box 4 is red. There are two blue boxes adjacent to each other somewhere. Green boxes are at odd positions. How many green boxes are there?
Answer: C
Odd positions = 1, 3, 5, 7 (4 positions). All green boxes are at odd positions. Therefore, 4 green boxes.
Q.10Medium
A is parent of B. B is parent of C. D is sibling of A. E is parent of D. How many generations apart are E and C?
Answer: C
E is parent of D. D is sibling of A. A is parent of B. B is parent of C. E→D→A→B→C = 3 generations apart.
Q.11Easy
APPLE : ELPPA :: TIGER : ?
Answer: A
APPLE is reversed to ELPPA. Similarly, TIGER reversed is REGIT.
Q.12Medium
In a puzzle, each vowel is replaced by the next consonant and each consonant by the previous vowel. How would HELLO be coded?
Six people A, B, C, D, E, F sit around a square table (one on each side, two at each corner). D is opposite to B. C is to the left of D. E is at a corner. Which position is A most likely to occupy?
Answer: C
Square table with 6 people (4 sides + 2 corners). D opposite B. C left of D. E at corner. A's position determined by elimination. A is opposite to E.
Q.17Easy
12, 24, 48, 96, 192, __
Answer: A
Each number is multiplied by 2. 12×2=24, 24×2=48, 48×2=96, 96×2=192, 192×2=384.
Q.18Medium
A woman's son's mother's husband is the woman's __
In a logic puzzle, each animal belongs to exactly one group: mammals, birds, or reptiles. All dogs are mammals. Some pets are birds. Therefore, __
Answer: B
Dogs are mammals. Some pets are birds. This implies remaining pets could be mammals. Therefore, some pets are mammals (valid).
Q.20Medium
If going east is turning right from north, and going west is turning left from north, then going southwest is equivalent to turning ___ degrees from north (clockwise).
Answer: A
North=0°, East=90°, South=180°, West=270°. Southwest is between South and West = 225° (clockwise from North).
