Reasoning Questions and Answers

Suresh, a 7 year old kid, loves writing numbers. One day he sat down to write numbers from 1 to 100. How many times did he write 7?

An apartment has six floors, referred to as floors 1 to 6 with 1 being the lowest and 6 being the highest. Six friends Lakhan, Manoj, Nandu, Ojas, Pankaj and Qatar occupy the six floors, not necessarily in the same order, with only one person living on one floor. Find below some additional information on their stay in the apartment?
(i) Nandu is same number of floors apart from Manoj as Manoj is from Lakhan.
(ii) Pankaj and Qatar are not on adjacent floors.
(iii) Qatar is on a higher floor than Ojas.
(iv) Lakhan is on the floor 5.
Which of the following must be true, if Nandu is on floor 1

A building has n floors including the ground floor. People from different departments work on
different floors of the building. Ram works on the floor which is 23 floors below the topmost
occupied floor. John works on 17th floor. There are two floors between the floors of Ram and
John. Two floors at the top are unoccupied. What is the value of n if it is known that Ram works at
an Department which is above John’s Department?

Study the following information and answer the questions given below it:
A blacksmith has five iron articles A, B, C, D and E, each having a different weight.
I. A weighs twice as much as B.
II. B weighs four and a half times as much as C
III. C weighs half as much as D.
IV. D weighs half as much as E.
V. E weighs less than A but more than C. 

Which of the following is the lightest in weight?

While playing a game of cards, a player holds 13 cards of all four suits, of which seven are black and six are red. There are twice as many diamonds as spades and twice as many hearts as diamonds. How many clubs does he hold? /  ताश के पत्तों का खेल खेलते समय एक खिलाड़ी के पास चारों प्रकार के 13 पत्ते हैं जिनमे से 7 काले और 6 लाल हैं। उनमें जितने पत्ते हुकुम के हैं उससे दोगुने पत्ते ईंट के हैं, और जितने पत्ते ईंट के हैं, उससे दोगुने पत्ते पान के हैं। उसके पास कितने पत्ते चिड़ी के हैं?

In a group of six women, there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailja do not know how to play on the violin. Shailja and Tanuja are among the dancers. Vanaja, Shailja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is both a dancer and a violinist? /छह महिलाओं के एक समूह में चार नर्तकियों है, चार बांसुरी वादक, एक अभिनेत्री है और तीन वायलिन वादक हैं।गिरिजा और वनजा वायलिन वादक मे से है, जबकि शैलजा और जल्जा वायलिन बजाना नहीं जानती। शैलजा और तनुजा नर्तकियों में से हैं। वनजा, शैलजा  और तनुजा बांसुरी वादक हैं और उनमें से दो वायलिन वादक भी हैं। यदि पूजा अभिनेत्री है, तो निम्न में से कौन नर्तकी  और वायलिन वादक दोनों  है ।

Study the following information carefully to answer the question: / निर्देश: प्रश्‍न का उत्तर देने के लिए निम्नलिखित जानकारी को ध्यान से पढें:
P × Q means ‘P is brother of Q’ / P × Q का मतलब है ' P, Q का भाई है'।
P - Q means ‘P is sister of Q’ / P - Q का मतलब है ' P, Q की बहन है'।
P + Q means ‘P is mother of Q’ / P + Q का मतलब है ' P, Q की माँ है'।
P ÷ Q means ‘P is father of Q’ / P ÷ Q का मतलब है ' P, Q का पिता है'।
What does A + B - C means ? / A + B - C का मतलब  क्या है

A, B, C, D and E are five friends who like different places. A, C and E likes Goa, B, C and D likes Ladakh, A, B and E likes Punjab, B, C and E likes Shimla. A and D likes Manali, B, D and E likes Bangalore. / A, B, C, D और E पाँच दोस्त है जो कि विभिन्‍न जगहों को पसंद करते है। A, C और E गोवा को पसंद करते है, B, C और D लद्दाख को पसंद करते है, A, B और E पंजाब को पसंद करते है, B, C और E शिमला को पसंद करते है, A और D मनाली को पसंद करते है,B, D और E बैंगलोर को पसंद करते है।
Which places does C like? / किस जगह को C पसंद करता है?

A lady plans to visit six shops to buy her stuff. The shops are A, B, C, D, E and F which she visits exactly once. She decided: / एक महिला अपना सामान खरीदने हेतु छः दुकानों पर जाना निश्चित करती है। A, B, C, D, E और F दुकानें है जिन पर वह केवल एक ही बार जाती है। उसने निर्धारित किया कि:
(i) She must visit A before B and E ./ उसे B और E से पूर्व A पर अवश्‍य जाना चाहिये।
(ii) She must visit B before D. / उसे D से पूर्व B पर अवश्‍य जाना चाहिये।
(iii) The third shop she visited must be C which is just after B. / तीसरी दुकान जिस पर वह जाएगी, वह निश्चित ही C होनी चाहिये जो कि B के तुरंत बाद होगी।
Which is the first shop she visited? / वह सबसे पहले किस दुकान पर गई?

Study the following information carefully to answer the question? / सवाल का जवाब देने के लिए निम्नलिखित जानकारी को ध्यान से पढें?
P × Q means ‘P is brother of Q’ / P × Q का मतलब है ' P, Q का भाई है'
P - Q means ‘P is sister of Q’ / P - Q का मतलब है ' P, Q की बहन है'
P + Q means ‘P is mother of Q’ / P + Q का मतलब है ' P, Q की माँ है'
P ÷ Q means ‘P is father of Q’ / P ÷ Q का मतलब है ' P, Q का पिता है'
What does A × B ÷ C means? / A × B ÷ C का मतलब क्या है?

Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 seconds respectively. In 30 minutes, how many times do they toll together?

A kid was playing with a basket with 65 toys inside it. He took 25 from it but put 18 back to the basket. Then again he took 22 out but put 17 back into the basket. Lastly, he took 18 toys out from the basket. So, how many toys are there inside and outside the basket?

All the faces of the cube of side 15 cm are painted in red, then it is divided into smaller cubes of 3 cm. How many smaller cubes have only two surface painted?

A, B & C start running at the same time and in the same direction on a circular path. A completes a round in 252 seconds, B in 308 seconds and C in 198 seconds. After what time will they all meet again for the first time?

A cube of side 12 cm is painted red on all faces and cut into smaller cubes each of 3 cm each. What is the total number of smaller cubes having none of their faces painted?