Analytical and Logical Reasoning Quiz for MBA entrance exams
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Directions for questions 1 to 3: Refer to the following data and answer the
questions that follow:
There are only four members of a family viz., A, B, C
and D and there is only one couple among them. When asked about their
relationships, following were their replies:
a. A: B is my son. D is my
mother.
b. B: C is my wife. D is my father.
c. C: D is my mother-in-law. A is my daughter.
d. D: A is my grand-daughter. B is my daughter-in-law.
1. Who always speaks the truth?
(a) A (b)
B (c) C (d) D
2. How is B related to C?
(a) Father (b)
Mother (c) Wife (d) Husband
3. Which of the following statements must be true?
(a) A’s grandmother alternates between the truth and
lie.
(b) C’s wife always speak the truth.
(c) A’s grandfather always speaks the truth.
(d) B’s daughter always tells lies.
Directions for questions 4 to 6: Refer to the following data and answer the
questions that follow:
A cube of 7 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm is kept in the corner of
a room and painted in three different colours, each face in one colour. The
cube is cut into 343 smaller but identical cubes.
4. How many smaller cubes do not have any face
painted?
(a) 125 (b)
180 (c) 144 (d) 216
5. How many smaller cubes have exactly one colour on
them?
(a) 108 (b)
72 (c) 36 (d) 24
6. How many smaller cubes have at the most two faces
painted?
(a) 343 (b)
342 (c) 256 (d) 282
Directions for questions 7 to 10: Refer to the following data and answer the
questions that follow:
A numerical machine accepts two values X
and Y. Then it updates these values as X = XY and Y = Y + 1 in every step. The
machine stops at XY ≥ N.
7. For X = 3, Y = 2 and N = 100, how many
steps are performed before the machine stops?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d)
5
8. In the above question (7), what is the
final value of X?
(a) 6 (b) 20 (c) 72 (d)
360
9. In the above question (7), what is the
final value of Y?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d)
20
10. If the value of N is changed to 500, what would be
the final value X?
(a) 360 (b) 500 (c) 560 (d)
2160
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Answers
1(d) 2(c)
3(d) 4(d) 5(a)
6(b) 7(c) 8(d)
9(c) 10(d)