Birlasoft Placement Paper -1 (Logical Reasoning)
Directions:Each question or set of questions is based on a preceding passage or set of conditions.Choose the best answer
for each question .It may be helpful in some instances to sketch a simple diagram
Questions 1-6:
In an International organization of nine nations (O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W) provide staff for the three technical agencies
designated B,C and D.Each nation provides one technician who must work in only one of the agencies .
· Agency D may not have a member from U,V or W
· Agency C may not have a member from R,S or T
· Agency B may not have a member from O,P or Q
· Agency D may have no members
· Agency B must have exactly one or more member than Agency C
1.If U and O are only members of agency C,how many of the nine technician members must work in Agency D ?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) 7
Answer:- C) 5
2. In Agency D,the greatest number from the nine nations who can serve together is :
A) 9 B)8 C) 7 D) 6 E) 5
Answer:-
3. Which nations provide staff for Agency B if W is the only one of the nine providing a member for Agency C?
A) R&V B) S&T C) S&U D) T&V E) U&V
Answer:-
4. If none of the nine nations are represented in Agency D ,which nation must be represented in Agency B?
A) O B)P C) R D)U E)V
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5. If Agency C has members from only U,V, and Q ,the members of Agency D could be :
A) O&P B) O&R C) P&S D) P&T E) Q&S
Answer:-
6. Agency D could be made up from which of the following nations
A) P&U B) Q&T C) P,Q and R D) R,S and T E) O,Q,T and W
Answer:-
Questions 7-9
A tire maker codes tires with four symbols using numbers 1 through 4 and the letters A through D.Each code has two
numbers and two letters .The two numbers must be next to each other and the two letters must be next to each other
.The two letters must be different .The numbers on the right must be more then one on the left .
7. If the fourth symbol is 3 ,what could be the third symbol be ?
A) A B) B C) C D) 1 E) 4
Answer:-D) 1
8. If the letter A occurs ,what must be also true ?
A) B also occurs B) C also occurs C) D also occurs D) A occurs once E) A occurs twice
Answer:- D) A occurs once
9. If 2 is the first symbol,which of the following could not be in one of the other three positions
A) 1 B) 3 C) 4 D) C E) D
Answer:- A) 1
Questions 10-14
Ms.Jones has invited three couples to have dinner with her and her husband .She has three seats on either side of the
table and one at each end .The four women are Gloria,Heidi,Isabela and Jasmine and the four gentlemen are
Rembrandt,Scott,Tom and Upton.Ms Jones has some particular restrictions on the seating arrangements .
· The persons at the head and foot of the table must differ in sex.
· On either side of the table ,persons of the same sex may not be next to each other
· Tom and Isabela may not be on either side
· Upton may not be seated on the same side as Jasmine
10. If Isabela is in the middle seat and Upton is at the head ,which of the following must be true ?
A) Jasmine is at the foot
B) Rembrandt is at the foot
C) Gloria is on the same side as Isabela
D) Scott is seated on the side opposite Isabela
E) Tom is seated on the side opposite Isabela
Answer:-
11. Which of the following could not be at the foot if Jasmine is at the head ?
A) Heidi B) Rembrandt C) Scott D) Tom E) Upton
Answer:-
12. Where must Tom sit if Scott is at the foot ,Upton is at an end on one side and Isabela is at an end on the other side ?
A) At the end B) Middle seat on Upton's side C) End seat on Upton's side
D) Middle seat on Isabela's side E) End seat on Isabela's side
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13. If Tom is at the head ,Rembrandt in middle seat and Isabela in the othe middle seat what else may be true ?
A) Gloria is at the foot B) Heidi is on Isabela's side C) Jasmine is on Isabela's side
D) Scott is on Rembrandt's side E) Upton is on Rembrandt's side
Answer:-
14. If Tom is at the foot ,Upton is in the middle seat ,who must be seated at the head ?
A) Gloria B) Heidi C) Jasmine D) Rembrandt E) Scott
Answer:-
Questions 15-19
A landscape contractor is planting a row of seven kinds of trees .One tree has not arrived yet .We will label the trees A
through F and number the evenly spaced holes 1 through 7 ,from left to right.The landscape architect has specified the
following :
· The distance from A to B must be same as that from C to D
· Trees E and F must be in adjacent holes
· The empty hole must not be the extreme right one
15. Which of the following placements conforms to the rules ?
A) B,empty ,A,E,F,D,C
B) B,C,empty, D,A,F,E
C) D,E,B,C,F,empty,A
D) D,F,E,A,C.empty,B
E) Empty,D,C,F,E,A,B
Answer:- E)
16. If F is the second hole ,what else must be true ?
A) A is in 3 B) B is in 4 C) Cis in 5 D) Dis in 7 E) E is in 1
Answer:-
17. If A is in 1 and C is in 3,which hole is empty ?
A) 2 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) 7
Answer:-c)5
18. If A is in 3 and Bis in 4 what could be true ?
A) C is in 6 B) C is in 5 C) D is in 6 D) F is in 1 E) 6 is empty
Answer:-
19. Which of the following could be an empty hole ?
A) 7 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 6
Answer:-c)3
Questions 20-24:
The following data is about people killed in accidents in India over a period of 10 years .Study the data carefully and
answer the following questions.
Year Total People killed No. of people killed in coal mines
1986 1230 415
1987 1150 395
1988 1300 406
1989 946 324
1990 1040 256
1991 1250 115
1992 1154 108
1993 948 121
1994 1278 285
1995 846 89
20. Which year showed the highest % increase in the number of people killed in Coal mines over the preceding year ?
A) 1989 B) 1993 C) 1994 D) 1991 E) 1986
Answer:-A) 1989
21. In which year were minimum number of people killed in industrial accidents other then those killed in Coal Mines
A) 1993 B) 1992 C) 1989 D) None of these E) 1995
Answer:-C) 1989
22. The difference between % of the number of people killed in Coal Mines to the total number of people killed in 1992
and 1993 is
A) 17.2 % B) 13.2% C) 6.31 % D) 3.5 % E) 8.21%
Answer:-
23.If the total number accidents in 1996 is 1472 and decrease in % of coal accidents from 1995-96is 20% the number of
Coal accidents in 1996 is
A) 155 B) 124 C) 71.2 D) None of these E) 96
Answer:-
24. 35% of the people killed in industrial accidents during 1988 were insured by LIC and LIC paid Rs10920.0000 towards
insurance .What was the amount paid to each person ?
A) 24000 B) 77000 C) 46000 D) 22000 E ) 35000
Answer:-
25. If August 15,1947 was a Friday,then what day was August 15 1987 ?
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26. If May 6,1969 was a Tuesday,the next time May 6 was a Tuesday was in the year 19_ _ ?
Answer:-
27. At 1.05 what is the angle formed by the minute hour hand ?
Answer:-2.5degree
28.If the minute hand passes the hour hand once every 65 minutes then what can be said of the accuracy of the clock.Is
it fast ,slow or on time ?
Answer:-Fast
29. Two clocks chime together on the hour .One gains 5 minutes while the other loses 5 minutes every hour .After how
many hours will they chime together again ?
Answer:-6 hour
30. A watch which loses 6 min every half an hour is set to the correct time at 12 noon .What is the actual time when
the time indicated by watch is 8 pm ?
Answer:-10pm
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