Reasoning Ability for Previous Papers

Directions (1-5): Study the following information to answer the given questions :

Eight people are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons.  In row – 1 A, B, C and D are seated (but not necessarily in the same order ) and all of them are facing North, in row-2 P, Q, R and S are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing South.  Therefore in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row.

S sits second to left of Q.  A faces the immediate neighbor of S.  Only one person sits between A and C.  P does not face A.  B is not an immediate neighbor of A.

1.Which of the following is true regarding D ? (4)

                (1) D sits at one of the extreme ends of the line                  (2) A sits to immediate left of D

(3) Q faces D                                                                           (4) C is an immediate neighbor of D

(5) No immediate neighbor of D faces R

2.Who amongst the following faces C ? (1)

(1) P                        (2) Q                        (3) R                        (4) S                        (5) Cannot be determined

3.Who amongst the following sits to the immediate right of the person who faces C? (2)

(1) P                        (2) Q                        (3) R                        (4)S                         (5) Cannot be determined

4.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ? (5)

                (1) A                        (2) Q                        (3) R                       (4) B                        (5) S

5.Who amongst the following faces R ? (1)

                (1) A                        (2) B                        (3) C                        (4) D                        (5) Cannot be determined