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CMC
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Analytical Reasoning
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(1-5) steps problem
There are six steps that lead from the first to the second floor.
No two people can be on the same step.
Mr A is two steps below Mr C
Mr B is a step next to Mr D
Only one step is vacant ( No one standing on that step )
Denote the first step by step 1 and second step by step 2 etc.
(1) If Mr A is on the first step, Which of the following is true?
(A) Mr B is on the second step
(B) Mr C is on the fourth step.
(C) A person Mr E, could be on the third step
(D) Mr D is on heigher step than Mr C.
Ans : (D)
(2). If Mr E was on the third step & Mr B was on a higher step than
Mr E which step must be vacant
(A) step 1 (B) step 2 (C) step 4 (D) step 5 (E) step 6
Ans : (A)
(3). If Mr B was on step 1, which step could A be on?
(A) 2&e only (B) 3&5 only (C) 3&4 only (D) 4&5 only (E) 2&4 only
Ans : (C)
(4). If there were two steps between the step that A was standing and the
step that B was standing on, and A was on a higher step than D , A
must be on step
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6 Ans: (C)
(5). Which of the following is false
i. B&D can be both on odd-numbered steps in one configuration
ii. In a particular configuration A and C must either both
an odd numbered steps or both an even-numbered steps
iii. A person E can be on a step next to the vacant step.
(A) i only (B) ii only (C) iii only Ans : (C)
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