DSQ Placement Paper - Logical Reasoning Questions And Answers

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1. The pendulum of a clock takes 7s to strike 4 o�clock. How much time will it take to strike 11 o�clock?
   

   (a) 18s

   (b) 20s

   (c) 19.25s

   (d) 23.33s (Ans)

2. Group the given figures into three classes using each figure only once.
   

   (a) 1,2,5; 3,7,8; 4,6,9 (Ans)

   (b) 1,7,2; 3,9,6; 4,5,8

   (c) 2,3,8; 4,6,9; 1,5,7

   (d) 5,6,9; 3,4,1; 2,7,8

3. The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?
   

   (a) 0

   (b) 1

   (c) 10

   (d) 19 (Ans)

4. A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/hr and returns at 30 km/hr. His average speed for the whole journey in km/hr is:
   

   (a) 35

   (b) 37

   (c) 37.5 (Ans)

   (d) 40

5. A man walks 5 km toward south and then turns to the right. After walking 3 km he turns to the left and walks 5 km. Now in which direction is he from the starting place?
   

   (a) West

   (b) South

   (c) North-East

   (d) South-West (Ans)

6. Kamil is 40 m South-West of Linson. If Manu is 40 m South-East of Linson, then Manu is in which direction of Kamil?
   

   (a) East (Ans)

   (b) West

   (c) North-East

   (d) South

7. Answer the question based on the following information.
   Each question is followed by two statements I and II. Answer each question using the following instructions.
   Choose 1. If the question can be answered by one of the statement alone, but cannot be answered by using the other statement alone.
   Choose 2. If the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
   Choose 3. If the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be answered by using either statement alone.
   Choose 4. If the question cannot be answered even by using both statements together.
   What are the ages of two individuals, X and Y?
   I. The age difference between them is 6 yr.
   II. The product of their ages is divisible by 6.
   

   (a) 1

   (b) 2

   (c) 3

   (d) 4 (Ans)

8. The product of the ages of Ankit and Nikita is 240. If twice the age of Nikita is more than Ankit's age by 4 years, what is Nikita's age?
   

   (a) 14

   (b) 15

   (c) 16

   (d) 12 (Ans)

9. Convert the number 1982 from base 10 to base 12. The result is:
   

   (a) 1182

   (b) 1912

   (c) 1192 (Ans)

   (d) 1292

10. Total amount of Rs 38500 was distributed among Praveen, Raisjan, and Nitesh. How much does each get?
    I. Praveen gets 2/9 of what other two get.
    II. Ranjan gets 3/11 of what other two get.
    

    (a) 1

    (b) 2

    (c) 3 (Ans)

    (d) 4