Logical Reasoning Quiz for LIC AAO 2016 – Set 7

[Directions Q. 1-5]:
Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

There are seven persons – M, P,
Q, R, S, T and U – who participated in a singing competition which started on
25th January and ended on 31st January. In the first round of the competition,
each of them performed regional songs, viz Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi,
Bengali, Kannada, Punjabi and Manipuri, but not necessarily in the same order.
They like different colours, viz Blue, Yellow, Red, Violet, Purple, Green and Orange,
but not necessarily in the same order. U, who likes Green, performed on the
fourth day of the competition but performed neither Malayalam nor Gujarati
song. Two performances were held between the performance of U and T, neither of
whom performed on the 1st day of the week. There was one performance between
the performance of R and Q. But Q’s performance did not happen either on 1st or
on 3rd day of the competition. Q likes Yellow colour and performed Malayalam
song. The one who performed Marathi song on the last day of competition, likes
Red colour. P did not perform on the day either immediately before or
immediately after the performance of R, who does not like either Purple or Blue
or Violet colour. S performed immediately after Q and he likes Blue colour. M
does not like Purple colour and performed a Bengali song. R did not perform
either Manipuri or Punjabi song. The one who performed in Kannada was scheduled
immediately after the performance of the Malayalam singer.

1. Which of the
following combinations is definitely false regarding their schedule?

1) Q-Yellow-Malayalam

2) R-Orange-Gujarati

3) M-Violet-Bengali

4) U-Green-Marathi

5) None of these

2. Who among the
following performed on the fifth day of the competition?

1) S

2) T

3) Q

4) M

5) None of these

3. Who sings Punjabi
song?

1) U

2) R

3) P

4) Either P or U

5) None of these

4. If ‘U’ is related
to ‘Yellow’, ‘S’ is related to ‘Red’, then which of the following is ‘R’
related to?

1) Purple

2) Green

3) Violet

4) Orange

5) None of these

5. Which of the
following combinations is true?

1) M’s performance was held on the fifth day of the week.

2) S likes Green colour.

3) R sings Malayalam song.

4) S’s performance was scheduled before Q but after T.

5) None of these

[Directions Q.6-10]:
Study the following information to answer the given questions.

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input of
words and numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule. The following
is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input: economy on
16 is cool hot begin 14 but new again 24

Step I: begin 14
economy on 16 is cool hot but new again 24

Step II: begin 14
on 16 economy is cool hot but new again 24

Step III: begin
14 on 16 again 24 economy is cool hot but new

Step IV: begin 14
on 16 again 24 new economy is cool hot but

Step V: begin 14
on 16 again 24 new is economy cool hot but

Step VI: begin 14
on 16 again 24 new is hot economy cool but

Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in
each of the following questions the appropriate step for the following input:

Input: Garden
heat 36 in 8 below normal in 2 over

6. Which of the following
would be the final arrangement?

1) in 2 in 8 heat 36 Garden below normal over

2) in 2 in 8 heat 36 over normal Garden below

3) in 2 in 8 heat 36 normal over Garden below

4) in 2 in 8 heat 36 normal Garden over below

5) None of these

7. Which step number
will be the following output?

in 2 in 8 heat 36 Garden below normal over

1) III

2) IV

3) VI

4) V

5) There will be no such step

8. In Step IV which
of the following words/numbers would be at eighth position from the left?

1) over

2) 36

3) below

4) Garden

5) None of these

9. Which of the
following steps will be the last but one step of the rearrangement?

1) IV

2) V

3) VI

4) VII

5) None of these

10. In step III, if
‘heat’ is related to ‘Garden’ and ‘Garden’ is related to ‘normal’ in a certain
way, which of the following would
‘36’ be related to in the same pattern?

1) Heat

2) Normal

3) 8

4) Below

5) None of these