Reasoning Ability Test Paper – 4

Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow. Each of the five persons – Ajit, Biru, Charu, Fiza and Sonu – is working in one of five different companies – TCS, HP, Intel, Wipro and IBM (not necessarily in same order). All the five companies have offices in exactly one of the cities among – Gurgaon, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai – with each city having office of atleast one company. Employee of a company lives in the same city as of his/her office. It is also known that:

(i) Fiza who does not work for TCS or Wipro lives in Bangalore.
(ii) Biru works for IBM and does not live in Gurgaon.
(iii) Persons who work for HP and TCS do not live in Bangalore and Gurgaon respectively.
(iv) Exactly two persons live in Bangalore and Ajit does not live in Gurgaon.
(v) Sonu who lives in Delhi does not work for Wipro or TCS

1. Who works in HP?

1. Ajit
2. Sonu
3. Charu
4. Fiza
5. Cannot be determined

2. Who works in Intel?

1. Fiza
2. Ajit
3. Charu
4. Biru
5. None of these

3. Which of the following companies has its office in Gurgaon?

1. TCS
2. IBM
3. HP
4. Intel
5. Wipro

4. If Ajit lives in Chennai, then who else other than Fiza lives in Banglore?

1. Charu
2. Sonu
3. Biru
4. Either (1) or (3)
5. Neither (1) nor (3)

5. For how many persons can we exactly determine the companies they are working for?

1. 3
2. 2
3. 5
4. 1
5. 4

Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. A number arrangement machine when given an input of numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and steps of rearrangement

Input: 48 245 182 26 99 542 378 297
Step I: 542 48 245 182 26 99 378 297
Step II: 542 26 48 245 182 99 378 297
Step III: 542 26 378 48 245 182 99 297
Step IV: 542 26 378 48 297 245 182 99
Step V: 542 26 378 48 297 99 245 182
This is the final arrangement and step V is the last step for this input.

6. What will the fourth step for an input whose second step is given below?
Step : 765 42 183 289 542 65 110 350

1. 765 42 542 350 183 289 65 110
2. 765 42 542 65 110 183 289 350
3. 765 42 65 542 183 289 110 350
4. Cannot be determined
5. 765 42 542 65 183 289 110 350

7. What should be the third step of the following input?
Input: 239 123 58 361 495 37

1. 495 37 361 123 239 58
2. 495 37 58 361 123 239
3. 495 37 58 123 361 239
4. 495 37 361 58 239 123
5. 495 37 361 239 123 58

8.How many steps will be required to get the final output from the following input?
Input: 39 88 162 450 386 72 29

1. Two
2. Three
3. Five
4. Six
5. Four

9. What should be the last step of the following input?
Input: 158 279 348 28 326 236

1. 348 28 326 158 279 236
2. 348 28 326 236 158 279
3. 348 28 236 158 279 326
4. 348 28 158 326 236 279
5. None of these

10.If the first step of an input is “785198 32 426 373 96 49”,
then which of the following steps will be “785 32 426 49 198 373 96”?

1. Third
2. Second
3. Fifth
4. Fourth
5. None of these

Explanations

For questions 1 to 5: Given information can be shown as:

1. 2

2. 1

3. 5

4. 3 If Ajit lives in Chennai, then Biru must be living in Bangalore as two persons live in Bangalore.

5. 3

6. 5 Given
Step 2: 765 42 183 289 542 65 110 350
Step 3: 765 42 542 183 289 65 110 350
Step 4: 765 42 542 65 183 289 110 350

7. 5 Input: 239 123 58 361 495 37
Step 1: 495 239 123 58 361 37
Step 2: 495 37 239 123 58 361
Step 3: 495 37 361 239 123 58
8. 3 Input: 39 88 162 450 386 72 29
Step 1: 450 39 88 162 386 72 29
Step 2: 450 29 39 88 162 386 72
Step 3: 450 29 386 39 88 162 72
Step 4: 450 29 386 39 162 88 72
Step 5: 450 29 386 39 162 72 88

9. 1 Input: 158 279 348 28 326 236
Step 1: 348 158 279 28 326 236
Step 2: 348 28 158 279 326 236
Step 3: 348 28 326 158 279 236

10. 4 Given
Step 1: 785 198 32 426 373 96 49
Step 2: 785 32 198 426 373 96 49
Step 3: 785 32 426 198 373 96 49
Step 4: 785 32 426 49 198 373 96