Section C - Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making

 

Answer question nos. 96 to 98 based on the following information:

 

On a certain day six passengers from Chennai, Bengaluru, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Hyderabad boarded the New Delhi bound Rajdhani Express from TataNagar. The following facts are known about these six passengers:

 

·       The persons from Kochi and Chennai are less than 36 years of age.

·       Person Z, the youngest among all is a doctor.

·       The oldest person is from Kolkata and his/her profession is same as that of the person who got down at Mughal Sarai.

·       The persons from Bengarluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai got down at four different stations. The eldest among these four got down at Koderma and the youngest at Kanpur. The person who got down at New Delhi is older than the person who got down at Mughal Sarai.

·       The engineer from Bengaluru is older than the engineer from Chennai.

·       While arranging the teachers in increasing order of age it was observed that the middle person is as old as the engineer from Chennai.

·       Peron Y who got down at Mughal Sarai is less than 34 years old.

·       The teacher from Kochi is four years older than the 31 year old doctor who is not from Mumbai.

·       In the past, three of the travellers have served in the Indian Army.

 

96   Which of the following options is true?

       A.    The person from Chennai is older than the person from Kochi.

       B.    The oldest teacher is form Mumbai.

       C.   The person from Mumbai is older than at least one of the engineers.

       D.   The person from Kochi got down at Mughal Sarai, and was an engineer.

E.   The person who got down at New Delhi is older than Y, who in turn is older than the person from Hyderabad.

 

       Explanation:

From the given information, there are three teachers, two engineers and one doctor. As the youngest among them is Z, who is a doctor, his age must be 31. The persons from Bengaluru and Chennai are engineers, while the persons from Kolkotta, Kochi and Mumbai are teachers. Therefore, the person who is the doctor must be from Hyderabad. The person who got down at Mughal Sarai is a teacher and is less than 34 years old.

 

The persons from Kochi and Chennai are 35 years old. The person from Bengaluru got down at Koderma, while the person from Hyderabad got down at Kanpur.

The final distribution is as follows.

 

Age

Person

Profession

Belongs

to

Departure

>35

 

Teacher

Kolkatta

 

>35

 

Engineer

Bengaluru

Koderma

35

 

Engineer

Chennai

 

35

 

Teacher

Kochi

 

(31-34)

 

Y

Teacher

Mumbai

Mughal Sarai

31

Z

Doctor

Hyderabad

Kanpur

 

From the given choices, only choice (E) is true.                                                                                                                                                                                                            Choice (E)

 

97   All six travellers are working in the same organization for at least one year. The organization recruits two categories of employees – fresh graduates and those who have at least five years of experience in the Indian Army. In both cases a new recruit should be less than 30 years of age. Among the travellers from same profession, those with military background are at least five years older than the travellers who joined as fresh graduates. Identify the travellers who joined the organization as fresh graduate(s):

       A.    Only Y

       B.    The person Y and the traveller from Chennai.

       C.   The person Y and the travellers form Kochi and Hyderabad.

       D.   The travellers form Kochi and Hyderabad.

       E.    The teacher from Mumbai, the traveller from Kochi and the younger engineer.

 

       Explanation:

From the given information, there are three teachers, two engineers and one doctor. As the youngest among them is Z, who is a doctor, his age must be 31. The persons from Bengaluru and Chennai are engineers, while the persons from Kolkotta, Kochi and Mumbai are teachers. Therefore, the person who is the doctor must be from Hyderabad. The person who got down at Mughal Sarai is a teacher and is less than 34 years old.

 

The persons from Kochi and Chennai are 35 years old. The person from Bengaluru got down at Koderma, while the person from Hyderabad got down at Kanpur.

The final distribution is as follows.

 

Age

Person

Profession

Belongs

to

Departure

>35

 

Teacher

Kolkatta

 

>35

 

Engineer

Bengaluru

Koderma

35

 

Engineer

Chennai

 

35

 

Teacher

Kochi

 

(31-34)

 

Y

Teacher

Mumbai

Mughal Sarai

31

Z

Doctor

Hyderabad

Kanpur

 

As the six travellers are working in the same organisation for atleast one year and some are five years older than the fresh graduates, the present ages of people who are fresh graduates must be less than 35 years and more than 31 years. Three people satisfy the above conditions. They are the teacher from Mumbai, the traveller from Kochi and the young engineer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Choice (E)

 

98   If W is neither the youngest nor the oldest among the travellers from her profession, which of the following is true about her?

       A.    She got down at Koderma.

       B.    She is 36 years old.

       C.   She got down at Mughal Sarai.

       D.   She is from Kochi.

       E.    None of the above

      

       Explanation:

From the given information, there are three teachers, two engineers and one doctor. As the youngest among them is Z, who is a doctor, his age must be 31. The persons from Bengaluru and Chennai are engineers, while the persons from Kolkotta, Kochi and Mumbai are teachers. Therefore, the person who is the doctor must be from Hyderabad. The person who got down at Mughal Sarai is a teacher and is less than 34 years old.

 

The persons from Kochi and Chennai are 35 years old. The person from Bengaluru got down at Koderma, while the person from Hyderabad got down at Kanpur.

The final distribution is as follows.

 

Age

Person

Profession

Belongs

to

Departure

>35

 

Teacher

Kolkatta

 

>35

 

Engineer

Bengaluru

Koderma

35

 

Engineer

Chennai

 

35

 

Teacher

Kochi

 

(31-34)

 

Y

Teacher

Mumbai

Mughal Sarai

31

Z

Doctor

Hyderabad

Kanpur

 

As W is neither the youngest nor the oldest among the travellers who belong to her profession, she must be the teacher from Kochi. Only choice (D) is true about W.             Choice (D)