Reasoning Ability practice exercise -2

REASONING ABILITY EXERCISE – 2

Directions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Five friends meet every morning at Sree Sagar restaurant for an idli-vada breakfast. Each consumes a different number of idlis and vadas. The number of idlis consumed are 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8, while the number of vadas consumed are 0, 1, 2,4, and 6. Below are some more facts about who eats what and how much.

i. The number of vadas eaten by Ignesh is three times the number of vadas consumed by the person who eats four idlis.

ii. Three persons, including the one who eats four vadas, eat without chutney.

iii. Sandeep does not take any chutney.

iv. The one who eats one idli a day does not eat any vadas or chutney. Further, he is not Mukesh.

v. Daljit eats idli with chutney and also eats vada.

vi. Mukesh, who does not take chutney, eats half as many vadas as the person who eats twice as many idlis as he does.

vii. Bimal eats two more idlis than Ignesh, but Ignesh eats two more vadas than Bimal.

1. Which of the following statements is true?

[1] Mukesh eats 8 idlis and 4 vadas but no chutney.

[2] The person who eats 5 idlis and 1 vada does not take chutney.

[3] The person who eats equal number of vadas and idlis also takes chutney.

[4] The person who eats 4 idlis and 2 vadas also takes chutney.

2. Which one of the following statements is true?

[1] Daljit eats 5 idlis.

[2] Ignesh eats 8 idlis.

[3] Bimal eats 1 idli.

[4] Bimal eats 6 idlis.

3. Which of the following statements is true?

[1] Sandeep eats 2 vadas.

[2] Mukesh eats 4 vadas.

[3] Daljeet eats 6 vadas.

[4] Bimal eats 4 vadas.

Directions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. Five women decided to go shopping to M.G. Road, Bangalore. They arrived at the designated meeting

place in the following order:

1. Archana,   2. Chellamma,          3. Dhenuka, 4. Helen,        and     5. Shahnaz.

Each woman spent at least Rs.1000. Below are some additional facts about how much they spent during their shopping spree.

i. The woman who spent Rs. 2234 arrived before the lady who spent Rs. 1193.

ii. One woman spent Rs. 1340 and she was not Dhenuka.

iii. One woman spent Rs. 1378 more than Chellamma.

iv. One woman spent Rs. 2517 and she was not Archana.

v. Helen spent more than Dhenuka.

vi. Shahnaz spent the largest amount and Chellamma the smallest.

4. The woman who spent Rs. 1193 is

[1] Archana.

[2] Chellamma.

[3] Dhenuka.

[4] Helen.

5. What was the amount spent by Helen?

[1] Rs. 1193.

[2] Rs. 1340.

[3] Rs.2234.

[4] Rs.2517.

6. Which of the following amounts was spent by one of them?

[1] Rs. 1139.

[2] Rs. 1378.

[3] Rs.2571.

[4] Rs.2718.

 

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