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  1. Question 1

    This type asked 5 times: 18 Sep 2025 S3, 19 Sep 2025 S2, 21 Sep 2025 S1, 26 Sep 2025 S1, 26 Sep 2025 S3. This one: 26 Sep 2025 S3 See all 5 of this type

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    Direction: Read the information given below and answer the question that follows. There is office of eight companies – Airtel, Amazon, Facebook, Flipkart, Google, HCL, Infosys and Jio on different floor of 8-storey building. The bottommost floor is numbered as 1 while the topmost floor is numbered as 8. At least two companies have offices above the office of Flipkart. Neither Facebook nor Google has office adjacent to the office of HCL. The office of Flipkart is two floors above the office of Jio. The office of Airtel is on even numbered floor. The office of HCL is on 7th floor and is not adjacent to office of Airtel. The office of Infosys is neither on any even numbered floor nor on any prime numbered floor. There is one floor between the office of Facebook and Google. How many floors are above the office of Google?

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  2. Question 2

    This type asked 4 times: 23 Sep 2025 S1, 23 Sep 2025 S3, 24 Sep 2025 S2, 24 Sep 2025 S3. This one: 24 Sep 2025 S3 See all 4 of this type

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    In a series of seminars held daily from 11th11^{th} to 18th18^{th} Feb, Calicut – 18th18^{th} Feb 2022, Patna – 12th12^{th}Feb 2022, Tiruchirappalli – 17th17^{th}Feb 2022, Raipur – 11th11^{th} Feb 2022, Rourkela –14th14^{th}Feb 2022 Jamshedpur – 13th13^{th} Feb 2022, Durgapur – 15th15^{th} Feb 2022, Warangal –16th16^{th} Feb 2022 Arrange the following cities in order of their seminar dates (earliest to latest):Warangal, Raipur, Jamshedpur, Patna

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  3. Question 3

    Asked 3 times: 12 Sep 2025 S2*, 14 Sep 2025 S1*, 15 Sep 2025 S3 (* = numbers or wording changed that year) See all 3 times it was asked

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    In a row of 60 students, Meena is 25th from the left and Rupa is 20th from the right. How many students are there between them?

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  4. Question 4

    Asked 2 times: 23 Sep 2025 S1*, 23 Sep 2025 S3 (* = numbers or wording changed that year) See all 2 times it was asked

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    The seminar in Nashik was held 2 days after the one in Surat. Indore's seminar was 3 days before the one in Surat. If the seminar in Indore was on 8th8^{th} April, when did the seminar in Nashik happen?

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  5. Question 5

    Asked once: 26 Sep 2025 S1 (same type asked 5 times) See all 5 of this type

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    Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions based on it. There are six people A, B, C, D, E and F who live in a six-storey building, the lowest floor is numbered 1 and the highest is numbered 6. E lives on an even-numbered floor. There are 2 floors between E and C and 1 floor between E and F. C lives on the first floor. F doesn’t live immediately above C. There are 2 people between A and D. D doesn’t live on an odd floor. Who lives 2 floors below B?

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  6. Question 6

    Asked once: 24 Sep 2025 S2 (same type asked 4 times) See all 4 of this type

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    In a series of seminars held daily from 11th11^{th} to 18th18^{th}Feb, Calicut – 18th18^{th} Feb 2022, Patna – 12th12^{th} Feb 2022, Tiruchirappalli –17th17^{th} Feb 2022, Raipur – 11th11^{th}Feb 2022, Rourkela – 14th14^{th} Feb 2022 Jamshedpur –13th13^{th} Feb 2022, Durgapur – 15th15^{th} Feb 2022, Warangal – 16th16^{th} Feb 2022 Which city's seminar was held exactly two days after the seminar in Patna?

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  7. Question 7

    Asked once: 21 Sep 2025 S1 (same type asked 5 times) See all 5 of this type

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    Directions: Study the following information to answer the given Questions: Eight persons Dhruv, Dipak, Khush, Sapna, Sudhir, Vaibhav, Vimal and Vivek lives on eight different floors of 8-storey building from bottom to top such as ground floor is numbered as 1st and top floor is numbered as 8th.Vaibhav lives on even numbered floor but not on 6th floor. Vivek lives below Khush’s floor. Sudhir lives two floors above Dipak’s floor. Dhruv lives on an even numbered floor but not adjacent to Sudhir’s floor. Vaibhav lives just above Vimal’s floor. Khush lives on 3rd floor. Sudhir does not live on topmost floor. Sapna’s floor is not adjacent to Dipak’s floor. How many persons live between Vaibhav’s and Dipak’s floor?

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  8. Question 8

    Asked once: 19 Sep 2025 S2 (same type asked 5 times) See all 5 of this type

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    Direction: Read the given information carefully and answer the questions asked below. Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F, and G live on seven different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered as 1 and topmost floor is numbered as 7. A does not live on the topmost floor. B lives immediately below F. C lives on an even-numbered floor. Three people live between F and C. The number of people living between F and D is equal to the number of people living between D and C. More than four people live between E and G. B lives on one of the floors below G. Who among the following lives two floors below A?

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  9. Question 9

    Asked once: 18 Sep 2025 S3 (same type asked 5 times) See all 5 of this type

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    Direction: Study the information carefully and answer the given questions. Eight People Tina, Raj, Dia, Viraj, Soma, Meena, Neha and Ria are living in an eight-storey building, but not necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is numbered 1 and the floor above it is numbered 2, and so on, until the topmost floor is numbered 8. Dia lives on the lowermost floor. Only three people live between Dia and Ria. Tina lives on the 4th floor. Only two people live between Tina and Raj. Only five people live between Viraj and Soma. Neha lives on an odd numbered floor. Only one person lives between Meena and Viraj. Who lives three floors below the one who lives immediate below Raj?

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  10. Question 10

    Asked once: 21 Sep 2025 S3

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    Direction: Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below. Seven persons have to attend a seminar in seven different months i.e. January, March, April, May, July, August, September. Each of them works in seven different professions, i.e. Dentist, Surgeon, Police officer, Boxer, Journalist, Singer, and engineer but not necessarily in the same order. U is an engineer and attended the seminar on the month which has 30 days. Two persons attend seminars between U and the one who is a police officer. S attends the seminar just before the one who is a journalist. Three persons attend seminar between R and Q and both of them doesn't attend seminar either in March or May. The one who is a boxer attends the seminar just after the dentist. The one who is a surgeon attends the seminar just after the one who is an engineer. R attend seminar after U. Q and S both are not Police. Boxer attends the seminar in March. T attend the seminar after P but before V. Who attends the seminar in May?

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