Analytical Wednesday with Logical Reasoning
Directions (1-6): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
There are eight persons viz, A, B, C, D, E, F, H and J are sitting around a circle. Five of them are facing towards the center. They read different newspapers viz, Hindustan Times (H.T), The Indian Express, The Hindu, The Economic Times, Navbharat Times, Washington Post, The Herald and The Dawn, but not necessarily in the same order. D is facing away from the center but reads neither "The Hindus 'nor' The Indian Express.' The one who reads The Washington post sits exactly between F and B. C is on the immediate right of H, who is not facing away from the center. The one who reads The Indian Express is not the neighbor of B. The one who reads The Economic Times is on the immediate right of C. There are three persons between H and B. E sits second to the left of D and he reads The Indian Express. F is an immediate neighbor of both C and the one who reads The Washington Post. The Economics Times is read by either H or B. The one who read 'The Herald' is facing towards the center. D sits on the immediate right of the one who read Navbharat Times. The one who reads The Dawn sits exactly between J and the one who reads The Hindu. A does not read The Washington Post. The one who is on the immediate right of H read the Hindu and is not facing the centre.
1. Which of the following papers is read by the one who sits on the immediate right of J?
a. The Hindu
b. The Herald
c. The Dawn
d. Navbharat Times
e. The Economic Times
2. Which of the following is matched correctly?
a. A- Hindustan Times
b. H- The Dawn
c. C- The Economic Times
d. B- The Herald
e. E- The Hindu
3. Which of the following groups is facing away from the centre?
a) A, B, D
b) A, C, D
c) E, A, D
d) J, C, D
e) H, D, B
4. If D is related to A and in the same way H is related to C in a certain way, then F is related to
a. J
b. C
c. None
d. A
e. B
5. How many persons sit between the one who reads The Dawn and the one who reads Navbharat Times?
a. Three
b. Two
c. One
d. None
e. Other than the given options
Answers
1. B
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. A
