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1) 5 famous classical musicians of India met in a recording studio to record a fusion album. These musicians are of different ages which are multiples of 5. The dresses they wear are Dhoti kurta, pajama kurta, Shirt Trousers, Pathani suit and Nehru Jacket. Each musician wears a different dress.
(a) Ravi Shankar wears a pajama kurta.
(b) Bismillah Khan plays Tabla but never wears a Pathani suit.
(c) Sitar is not played by the musician who is 40 years of age.
(d) Sarod is played by a person who is 50 years old.
(e) The 55year old musician wears a Nehru Jacket.
(f) Hafiz Ali khan is 60 years old. He is a Shehnai player and wears Shirt Trousers.
(g) Flute is played by the person who is 30 years of age.
(h) Zakir Hussain is 55 years old.
(i) Hari Prasad Chourasia is also present at the recording. He is 50 years old.
1.. Who wears a Dhoti?
(1) HariPrasad Chourasia (2) Hafiz Ali
(3) Zakir Hussain (4) Ravi Shankar (5) Bismillah Khan
2.. What is the sum of the ages of Bismillah Khan and Hari Prasad Chourasia?
(1) 95 (2) 85
(3) 90 (4) 105
(5) None of these
3.. Which of the following is a correct combination?
(1) Pajama Kurta, 40, Tabla (2) Hafiz Ali, Shirt Trouser, Shehnai
(3) Zakir Hussain, Nehru Jacket, Sitar (4) Hari Prasad Chourasia, 55, Sitar (5) More than one of the above
4. If the Flute player goes to learn Sitar, who would go to whom?
(1) Zakir Hussain to Bismillah Khan (2) Bismillah Khan to Zakir Hussain
(3) Ravi Shankar to Zakir Hussain (4) Hafiz Ali to Ravi Shankar
(5) Hari Prasad Chourasia to Ravi Shankar
2)There are 8 person sitting around a round table; A, B, C, D, E, F G and H having different professions.
1. A is sitting 3 place left to H and the Doctor is sitting 3 place right of F.
2. C is sitting to the immediate left of F and B is sitting 4 places right to Author.
3. E is sitting 2 place left of Teacher and 3 place right of Banker.
4. Astrologer is sitting three places left of Engineer and Painter is sitting next to B and F.
5. G is sitting next to E and D. Also F is sitting somewhere between A and H.
6. One of them is a student.
1.. The profession of D is
(1) Teacher (2) Author
(3) Banker (4) Astrologer
2... Who sits to the immediate left of the Doctor?
(1) E (2) B
(3) G (4) H
2.. If G is a student, then the profession of B is
(1) Teacher (2) Astrologer
(3) Painter (4) Engineer
3)There is a cricket fan whose hobby is to collect information about cricket players. He tabulates them under the following heads: name of the player, the player's team, the magazine read by the player, the company of which the player is the brand ambassador.
There are 6 players who play for 6 different teams and read different magazines. They are the brand ambassadors of 6 different companies. Some information regarding the players:
I1: Ashish Nehra is the brand ambassador of Pepsi, but does not play for Australia T20 or Bangladesh T20.
I2: Adam Gilchrist plays for England T20, but does not read Caribbean Cricket or Cricket Samarat.
I3: Brian Lara reads Cricmania and is the brand ambassador of Airtel and does not play for India T20.
I4: Caribbean Cricket & Cricmania are not liked by the person who plays for Australia T20.
I5: MRF's brand ambassador Sachin R. Tendulkar does not read Cricinfo.
I6: M. Kartik is not the brand ambassador of Garnier or Tanishka and the person who plays for S. Africa T20 is the brand ambassador of Tanishka.
I7: M. Kartik reads Cricket Nirvana and M.S. Dhoni reads Cricket365.
I8: Coco Cola's brand ambassador plays for Pakistan T20.
1.. Who Plays for Australia T20?
(1) Sachin R. Tendulkar (2) Brian Lara
(3) M.S. Dhoni (4) M. Kartik (5) Ashish Nehra
2... Who is the brand Ambassador of Coco Cola?
(1) Sachin R. Tendulkar (2) Adam Gilchrist
(3) M. Kartik (4) M.S. Dhoni (5) Cannot be determined
3... The person who reads Caribbean Cricket is the brand ambassador of which company?
(1) MRF (2) Airtel
(3) Tanishka (4) Coco Cola (5) Pepsi
4.. Which of the following is the correct combination of the information about M.S. Dhoni?
(1) Australia T20 - Coco Cola (2) S. Africa T20 Tanishka
(3) Bangladesh T20 Airtel
(4) Bangladesh T20 Tanishka (5) India T20 - Coco Cola
5.. For how many players is it possible to determine all the information?
(1) 3 (2) 5
(3) 4 (4) All the players
4) Each of the five students - Ashish, Bimal, Coral, Disha and Eshan - gave a presentation on each of the five topics - Corruption, Terrorism, Globalisation, Human Cloning and Business & Ethics - in a week starting on Monday and ending on Friday. Exactly five presentations were given on each of the five days, no two of which were on the same topic. No student gave more than one presentation on any of the five days. It is also known that:
(i) Coral gave a presentation on Globalisation on Tuesday.
(ii) Eshan gave a presentation on Human Cloning on Monday.
(iii) Ashish gave a presentation on the same topic on Monday on which Disha gave a presentation on Friday. The topic was not Globalisation.
(iv) Bimal gave a presentation on Corruption, Terrorism and Human Cloning on Monday, Wednesday and Friday respectively.
(v) Disha gave a presentation on Business & Ethics on Wednesday. She didn't give a presentation on Corruption on Thursday.
(vi) Coral gave a presentation on the same topic on Monday on which Ashish gave a presentation on Friday.
1... On which day of the week did Ashish give a presentation on Corruption?
(a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) None of these
2... On which topic did Eshan give a presentation on Thursday?
(a) Business & Ethics (b) Globalisation (c) Corruption (d) Terrorism
3... Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
I. Coral and Disha gave a presentation on Corruption on Friday and Tuesday respectively.
II. Ashish and Eshan gave a presentation on Human Cloning and Terrorism respectively on Tuesday. (a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
There are 5 serials of Allah Tele films Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai) named as KSBKBT, KGGK, KMS, KDMHMD, and KAA. The lead actors of these serials are
Hiten, Akashdeep, Viren, Mrigendra and Bhima not necessarily in the same order. Their Screen names (SName) are Ansh, Karan, Sumit, Achal and Dhruva not necessarily in the same order. The shooting locations of these serials are Lokhandwala, Khandala, Vadala, Dharavi and Mulund.
S1: Bhima dislikes KDMHMD and KAA. The SName of the lead actor of KSBKBT is Dhruva. Mrigendra dislikes Mulund and Viren dislikes Dharavi. S2: Akashdeep works in KMS. Hiten likes shooting at Vadala but does not want to work in the serial having name as KAA or KGGK. KGGK and KDMHMD do not have shooting permit at Lokhandwala or Khandala.
S3: KSBKBT has its shooting place as Mulund. Bhima's SName is not Ansh and
Hiten's SName is Sumit. The person who attends the shoot at Dharavi is not Mrigendra and his SName is Karan. The person who is working in KAA has his SName as Ansh. Akashdeep dislikes Khandala.
1. What is the SName of Akashdeep?
(1) Dhruva (2) Karan
(3) Achal (4) Sumit (5) Ansh
2. The person who shoots at Mulund is
(1) Viren (2) Bhima
(3) Akashdeep (4) Hiten (5) Mrigendra
3. Which one of the following combinations is TRUE?
(1) Hiten - Sumit - Dharavi
(2) Mrigendra - Ansh - Khandala
(3) Viren - Karan - Mulund
(4) Akashdeep - Ansh - Dharavi (5) Bhima - Ansh - Vadala
4. Who is the lead actor in KGGK?
(1) Mrigendra (2) Viren
(3) Hiten (4) Akashdeep
(5) Bhima
Four security officers - Andrew, Joseph, Parry and Lucas - were responsible for guarding the Kohinoor diamond during a 1-day exhibition held recently. The exhibition started at 10 a.m. and finished at 5 p.m. The officers operated in 1-hour shifts and at least one officer guarded the diamond in each of the seven shifts. None of the officers operated in two consecutive shifts and none of them joined or left a shift midway.
It is also known that:
(i) Andrew operated in exactly four shifts.
(ii) Two officers were operating at 12:40 p.m. One of the two was Joseph.
(iii) Parry operated in exactly three shifts. He was operating at 01:20 p.m.
(iv) Lucas operated in exactly two shifts and he operated alone in both of them.
(v) Each of the four officers operated in at least two shifts. Joseph and Parry never operated together in any of the shifts.
1. In how many shifts did Joseph operate?
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
2. How many shifts were there in which just one of the four officers operated?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) Cannot be determined
3 At what time did Joseph leave for his home if it is known that he left immediately after his last shift ended on the day of the exhibition? (a) 3 p.m. (b) 5 p.m. (c) 4 p.m. (d) 2 p.m.
125 cubes of similar size are arranged in the form of a bigger cube (5 cubes on each side, i.e., 5 x 5 x 5). From one corner of the top layer of this cube, four smaller cubes (2 x 2 x 1) are removed. From the column on the opposite side, two cubes (1 x 1 x 2) are removed, and from the third corner, three cubes (1 x 1 x 3) are removed and from the fourth column four cubes (1 x 1 x 4) are removed. All exposed faces of the block thus formed are coloured red.
Q1. How many small cubes are left in the block?
(a) 109 (b) 114 (c) 112 (d) 110
Q2. How many cubes do not have any coloured face?
(a) 38 (b) 44 (c) 26 (d) 35
Q3. How many cubes have only two coloured faces?
(a) 32 (b) 36 (c) 18 (d) 29
Q4. How many cubes in the top layer have three red faces each?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 3 (d) 4
A dice has six distinct numbers (positive integers) inscribed on its faces, the sum of numbers on opposite faces being 36, 40 and 41. Another identical dice (with identical numbering) is brought and tossed together twice. The sum of numbers thrown up was found to be 33 and 39 while the sums of hidden numbers were 43 and 38 respectively.
Q3. Let the difference between two numbers on the opposite faces be 5 and another two on the opposite faces be 14. The least number inscribed on the dice will be:
(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 13 (d) 14
Q4. Which of the following will definitely be a difference between two of the inscribed numbers?
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) None of these
14, 316, 536, 764, ?
(a) 581 (b) 1048 (c) 8110 (d) 9100 (e) 1151
72, 9, 82, 10, 88, 16, 86, 14, 99, ?
(a) 102 (b) 22 (c) 18 (d) 16