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,
·
The
persons from
·
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,
·
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
·
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
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
E. The person who got down at
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,
The persons from
The final distribution is as follows.
Age |
Person |
Profession |
Belongs to |
Departure |
>35 |
|
Teacher |
Kolkatta |
|
>35 |
|
Engineer |
Bengaluru |
Koderma |
35 |
|
Engineer |
Chennai |
|
35 |
|
Teacher |
|
|
(31-34) |
Y |
Teacher |
Mumbai |
Mughal
Sarai |
31 |
Z |
Doctor |
|
|
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
D. The travellers form
E. The teacher from Mumbai, the traveller from
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,
The persons from
The final distribution is as follows.
Age |
Person |
Profession |
Belongs to |
Departure |
>35 |
|
Teacher |
Kolkatta |
|
>35 |
|
Engineer |
Bengaluru |
Koderma |
35 |
|
Engineer |
Chennai |
|
35 |
|
Teacher |
|
|
(31-34) |
Y |
Teacher |
Mumbai |
Mughal
Sarai |
31 |
Z |
Doctor |
|
|
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
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
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,
The persons from
The final distribution is as follows.
Age |
Person |
Profession |
Belongs to |
Departure |
>35 |
|
Teacher |
Kolkatta |
|
>35 |
|
Engineer |
Bengaluru |
Koderma |
35 |
|
Engineer |
Chennai |
|
35 |
|
Teacher |
|
|
(31-34) |
Y |
Teacher |
Mumbai |
Mughal
Sarai |
31 |
Z |
Doctor |
|
|
As W is neither the youngest nor the oldest
among the travellers who belong to her profession, she must be the teacher from