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I.  Tanya is older than Eric.

II. Cliff is older than Tanya.

III.Eric is older than Cliff.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A) true B) false
C) uncertain D) none
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) false

Explanation:

Because the first two statements are true, Eric is the youngest of the three, so the third statement must be false

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I.  During the past year, Josh saw more movies than Stephen.

II. Stephen saw fewer movies than Darren.

III.Darren saw more movies than Josh.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A) true B) false
C) uncertain D) none
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) uncertain

Explanation:

Because the first two sentences are true, both Josh and Darren saw more movies than Stephen. However, it is uncertain as to whether Darren saw more movies than Josh.

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I.  All the offices on the 9th floor have wall-to-wall carpeting.

II. No wall-to-wall carpeting is pink.

III.None of the offices on the 9th floor has pink wall-to-wall carpeting.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A) true B) false
C) uncertain D) none
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) true

Explanation:

If no wall-to-wall carpeting is pink and all the offices have wall-to-wall carpeting, none of the offices has pink wall-to-wall carpeting.

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I.  Apartments in the Riverdale Manor cost less than apartments in The Gaslight Commons.

II. Apartments in the Livingston Gate cost more than apartments in the The Gaslight Commons.

III.Of the three apartment buildings, the Livingston Gate costs the most.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A) true B) false
C) uncertain D) none
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) true

Explanation:

Since the Gaslight Commons costs more than the Riverdale Manor and the Livingston Gate costs more than the Gaslight Commons, it is true that the Livingston Gate costs the most.

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I.  Class A has a higher enrollment than Class B.

II. Class C has a lower enrollment than Class B.

III.Class A has a lower enrollment than Class C.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A) true B) false
C) uncertain D) none
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) false

Explanation:

From the first two statements, we know that of the three classes, Class A has the highest enrollment, so the third statement must be false.

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M and N have children A and B.
F is spouse of B.
D is child of F.
P is son in law of N.
K is kid of P.

Who is male chiled of M and N ?

A) B B) A
C) None D) Can't be determined
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) B

Explanation:

Spouse means a person's partner in marriage, it can be male or female.
But given F is spouse of B
And P is Son in law of N
Relation between F and B
Relation between P and A only
and p is male So, A must be female
=> B is male child.

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Four persons can cross a bridge in 3,7,13,17 minutes.Only two can cross at a time.Find the minimum time taken by the four to cross the bridge ?

A) 17 minutes B) 20 minutes
C) 34 minutes D) 12 minutes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 20 minutes

Explanation:

First send 17 and 7. After 7 minutes, 7 is at finish and 17 needs 10 more minutes to complete his travel. now send 13. After 10 minutes 17 reaches finish and 13 needs 3 more minutes to complete. now send 3. both 3 and 13 reach destination at the same time after 3 minutes. hence the time taken is 7+10+3=20 minutes.

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Directions:

A string of words is fed into a computing machine. It processes the input and gives an output in the following manner:

Input: Honesty is the best policy.

Step 1: is Honesty the best policy

Step 2: is the Honesty best policy

Step 3: is the best Honesty policy

Step 4: is the best policy Honesty

Output: is the best policy Honesty

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If the input is "A rolling stone gathers no moss", what will be the fifth word in the string after 4 steps?

A) Moss B) No
C) Stone D) A
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A

Explanation:

For the input "A rolling stone gathers no moss", the steps followed are:

Step 1: rolling A stone gathers no moss

Step 2: rolling stone A gathers no moss

Step 3: rolling stone gathers A no moss

Step 4: rolling stone gathers no A moss

 

After 4 steps the fifth word is "A".

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