Puzzle Quiz for NIACL Assistant 2017 – Set 2

Directions (Q. 1-7): Study the following information carefully and
answer the given questions.

P, Q, R, S, W, V, T and U are
eight family members sitting around a circular table, facing the centre, but
not necessarily in the same order. Each member has a different hobby, viz
Watching TV, Swimming, Cooking, Singing, Reading, Dancing, Walking and
Listening to Music, but not necessarily in the same order. P is the head of his
family and sits third to the left of wife Q. T has two sisters and sits second
to the right of his grandfather, whose hobby is Watching TV. S sits on the
immediate left of her brother, who sits in front of his father. V sits between
the person who likes Swimming and the person who likes Singing. Her hobby is
Reading. Q has two sons and one of the sons’ hobby is Singing. U sits in front
of her mother-in-law, whose hobby is Music. W’s son’s hobby is Walking. R and
his sister-in-law like Singing and Cooking respectively.

1. How is W related to P?

1) Brother

2) Father

3) Daughter

4) Son

5) None of these

2. How many couples are there in
the family?

1) One

2) Two

3) Three

4) Either 2) or 3)

5) None of these

3. Who among the following sits
third to the left of W?

1) Q

2) R

3) T

4) S

5) None of these

4. Which of the following pairs
of hobbies are a couple’s hobbies?

1) Cooking – Dancing

2) Music – Singing

3) Watching TV – Reading

4) Swimming – Cooking

5) None of these

5. What is the hobby of S?

1) Cooking

2) Singing

3) Dancing

4) Reading

5) None of these

6. Who among the following sits
in front of R and what is the relationship between them?

1) Q, who is brother of R

2) P, who is daughter of R

3) Q, who is mother of R

4) P, who is father of R

5) None of these

7. Which of the following
statements is true?

1) P is grandfather of V and sits
third to the right of V.

2) W is husband of U and sits on
the immediate right of R.

3) T is sister of V.

4) All are true

5) None of these

Directions (Q. 8-11): Study the following information carefully and
answer the given questions.

The festival of an institute was
organised from 23rd to 30th November. 23rd was Wednesday. During that period
six functions were organised, viz Singing, Painting, Debate, Dancing, Drama and
Sports. Only one function is organised on each day according to further
information. Drama was not organised on the closing day, ie on the 30th
November. Debate was organised on the previous day of Singing. Sports was
organised neither on Wednesday nor on Saturday. No function was organised on
Thursday and Sunday. Dancing was organised on Monday. There was a gap of two
days between Singing and Sports.

8. Which of the following
functions exactly precedes Dancing?

1) Sports

2) Drama

3) Singing

4) Painting

5) None of these

9. Which of the following pairs
of functions was organised on Wednesdays?

1) Painting – Drama

2) Drama – Singing

3) Singing – Dance

4) Can’t be determined

5) None of these

10. A gap of how many days was
there between Drama and Sports?

1) Two

2) Three

3) Four

4) Five

5) None of these

11. The festival started with
which of the following functions?

1) Debate

2) Singing

3) Drama

4) Sports

5) None of these