1000+ Verbal, Non Verbal Reasoning Online Test - 1

Question: 1

Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
i. There are seven books one each on Psychology, Hindi, English, Sociology, Economics, Education and Accountancy, lying on a table one above the other.
ii. Sociology is on the top of all the books.
iii. Accountancy is immediately below Education which is immediately below Sociology.
iv. Economics is immediately above Psychology but not in the middle.
v. Hindi is immediately below Psychology.
Economics is between which of the following books?

(A) Accountancy and Education

(B) Psychology and Sociology

(D) English and Psychology

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Ans: D

Question: 2

Which three books are between Accountancy and Hindi?

(A) Economics, Psychology and Hindi

(B) Economics, Psychology and Education

(D) Cannot be determined

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Ans: C

Sociology is on top of all books. Education is below Sociology. Accountancy is below Education.
Economics is above Psychology and Psychology is above Hindi.
Economics is not in the middle. So, in the middle lies the seventh book i.e. English.
Thus, the sequence from top to bottom is: Sociology, Education, Accountancy, English, Economics, Psychology, Hindi.
There are three books between Accountancy and Hindi, English, Economics, Psychology.

Question: 3

If Sociology and English, Accountancy and Hindi and Education and Psychology interchange their positions, which book will be between Psychology and Sociology?

(A) Economics

(B) Hindi

(D) Accountancy

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Ans: B

Sociology is on top of all books. Education is below Sociology. Accountancy is below Education.
Economics is above Psychology and Psychology is above Hindi.
Economics is not in the middle. So, in the middle lies the seventh book i.e. English.
Thus, the sequence from top to bottom is: Sociology, Education, Accountancy, English, Economics, Psychology, Hindi.
The new sequence formed on interchanging places in English, Psychology, Hindi, Sociology, Economics, Education, Accountancy.

Question: 4

In a shop, the items were arranged in a shelf consisting of six rows. Biscuits are arranged above the tins of chocolates but below the rows of packets of chips, cakes are at the bottom and the bottles of peppermints are below the chocolates. The topmost row had the display of jam bottles. Where exactly are the bottles of peppermints? Mention the place from the top.

(A) 2^nd

(B) 3^rd

(D) 5^th

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Ans: D

Sociology is on top of all books. Education is below Sociology. Accountancy is below Education.
Economics is above Psychology and Psychology is above Hindi.
Economics is not in the middle. So, in the middle lies the seventh book i.e. English.
Thus, the sequence from top to bottom is: Sociology, Education, Accountancy, English, Economics, Psychology, Hindi.
Jam bottles are at the top.
Biscuits are below chips, chocolates are below biscuits, peppermints are below chocolates and cakes are at the bottom.
So, the sequence from top to bottom is:
Jam bottles, Chips, Biscuits, Chocolates, Peppermint, Cakes.

Question: 5

In a pile of reading material, there are novels, story books, dramas and comics. Every novel has a drama next to it, every story book has a comic next to it and there is no story book next to a novel. If there be a novel at the top and the number of books be 40, the order of the books in the pile is

(A) nscd

(B) ndsc

(D) dncs

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Ans: B

Sociology is on top of all books. Education is below Sociology. Accountancy is below Education.
Economics is above Psychology and Psychology is above Hindi.
Economics is not in the middle. So, in the middle lies the seventh book i.e. English.
Thus, the sequence from top to bottom is: Sociology, Education, Accountancy, English, Economics, Psychology, Hindi.
Clearly, the sequence is : novel, drama, story-book, comic i.e. ndsc.

1000+ Verbal, Non Verbal Reasoning Online Test - 1

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