Reasoning Quiz for LIC AAO 2016 – Set 1

Directions (Q. 1 –
5): Study the following information and answer the questions given below.

Anubhab, Ratul, Riya, Gaurav, Akarsh
and Nisha stay on different floors of a six-storey building (ground floor is
numbered as floor 1 and top floor is numbered as floor 6). Each of them plays
one of the following games: Golf, Hockey, Frisbee, Tennis, Chess and Badminton,
but not necessarily in the same order. Ratul stays on floor 4 and he plays
neither Chess nor Badminton. The one who plays Hockey stays on floor 3. Akarsh
plays Tennis and he doesn’t stays on either floor 1 or 6. Riya stays on floor 2
and plays Frisbee. Gaurav plays Badminton but neither he nor Nisha stays on
floor 1.  

1. Who plays Golf?

1) Nisha

2) Gaurav

3) Ratul

4) Anubhab

5) None of these

2. Which game does Anubhab
play?

1) Frisbee

2) Chess

3) Hockey

4) Golf

5) None of these

3. On which floor
does Akarsh stay?

1) 5

2) 4

3) 3

4) 2

5) None of these

4. Who plays Hockey?

1) Ratul

2) Anubhab

3) Nisha

4) Riya

5) None of these

5. Which of the
following combinations is true?

1) Anubhab—Floor 1—Hockey

2) Akarsh—Floor 5—Chess

3) Gaurav—Floor 6 — Badminton

4) Ratul—Floor 4—Chess

5) None of these

Directions (Q. 6 –
8): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

A, B, C, D, E and F are six
representatives from different countries, viz Japan, India, Colombia, The USA,
Canada and Germany, not necessarily in the same order. Each one is scheduled to
represent his country on a different day of the week from Monday to Saturday.
The one who is from The USA is scheduled to represent his country on Thursday.
D represents his country on Tuesday. A is from Japan but represents neither on
Wednesday nor on Saturday. C represents neither The USA nor India but has
scheduled his day on Friday. B is from Colombia and E is from Germany.

6. Who is from
Canada?

1) F

2) C

3) D

4) Either C or F

5) None of these

7. Who is scheduled
to represent his country on the day after D represents his country?

1) B

2) C

3) F

4) Either B or E

5) None of these

8. Which of the
following combinations is correct?

1) D–India

2) C–Canada

3) F–Thursday

4) Japan–Monday

5) All are correct

Directions (Q. 9 –
10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Five courses, viz A, B, C, D and
E, each of one month’s duration, are to be taught from July to November one
after the other but not necessarily in the same order by the lecturers P, Q, R,
S and T. P teaches course B but not in the month of October or November. Q
teaches course A in the month of September. R teaches in the month of July but
does not teach either course C or D.

9. Which course is
taught by S?

1) C

2) D

3) E

4) Either C or D

5) None of these

10. Which of the
following lecturers’ course immediately follows the lecture of course B?

1) P

2) Q

3) S

4) T

5) None of these