Scheduling: Reasoning Questions with Answers – Free Practice!

Ans: D

Days = Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Breakfast = Bread, Noodles, Rice, Burger, Pizza, Soup, and Corn
1) The soup was served three days after the day on which Rice was served.
Implies, Rice was served either on Thursday or before Thursday.
2) Rice was not served either on Tuesday or Thursday.
Implies, Rice was served either on Monday or Wednesday, and accordingly, the soup was served on either Thursday or Saturday.
3) Either Corn or Noodles were served on Thursday.
Implies, the soup was not served on Thursday. Thus, Rice was served on Wednesday and the soup was served on Saturday.
4) The bread was served on one of the days after the day on which soup was served.
As the soup was served on Saturday, implies, the Bread was served on Sunday.
Days Breakfast Monday Tuesday Wednesday Rice Thursday Corn/Noodles Friday Saturday Soup Sunday Bread 5) Pizza was served on one of the days after Rice was served. There is only one option for Pizza i.e. Friday as we have already identified the items served on other days. Days Breakfast Monday Tuesday Wednesday Rice Thursday Corn/Noodles Friday Pizza Saturday Soup Sunday Bread 6) The burger was served immediately the next day after Noodles were served. Implies, the Noodles were not served on Thursday because Pizza was served on Friday. Thus, Noodles were served on Monday and the Burger was served on Tuesday. It further implies that Corn was served on Thursday. Days Breakfast Monday Noodles Tuesday Burger Wednesday Rice Thursday Corn Friday Pizza Saturday Soup Sunday Bread Hence, Noodles is the correct answer.
5) Pizza was served on one of the days after Rice was served.
There is only one option for Pizza i.e. Friday as we have already identified the items served on other days.
6) The burger was served immediately the next day after Noodles were served.
Implies, the Noodles were not served on Thursday because Pizza was served on Friday. Thus, Noodles were served on Monday and the Burger was served on Tuesday. It further implies that Corn was served on Thursday.
Hence, Noodles is the correct answer.

Ans: A

Persons : T, N, R, C, G
Days : Monday to Friday
Cloths : Cotton, Silk, Wool, Leather, Linen.
1) Five persons T, N, R, C and G went to the market on different days of a week from Monday to Friday, but not necessarily in the same order.
⇒ We can draw the following table according to the information given.
2) The number of persons who went to the market before N is more than the number of persons went to the market after N.
⇒ We can draw the following cases :
3) Two persons went to the market between R and N.
⇒ We can place R in both the cases as shown below:
4) Three persons went to the market between the persons who wore Cotton and Leather. R and G did not wear Leather.
⇒ We get to know that persons wearing Cotton and Leather must have gone on either Monday or Friday. Thus from Case 2 we have one more case.
4) T wore Silk cloth and went on one of the days after C. R and G did not wear Leather. C did not go to the market on Monday.
⇒ Here Case 1 and Case 2A gets eliminated as G is wearing Leather in these cases.
5) C did not wear Linen.
⇒ We get that R wore Linen and C wore Wool. Thus we get completed arrangement as shown below.
We can see that, G went to the market on Monday.

Ans: D

People = A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I
Months = January, April, and September
Date = 3 rd , 8 th and 23rd
1) D visited the dentist in one of the months which has 30 days in it.
2) At least three people visited the dentist after D who visited the dentist on a numerically prime date.
(Implies, D visited the dentist either in April or September, but as at least three people visited the dentist after him, implies, D visited the dentist in April.
There are two possibilities for the date either 3 rd of April or 23 rd of April.)
3) The two people who visited the dentist between C and E visited in one of the months which has 31 days in it.
(This is only possible if C visited the dentist on 3 rd of January and E visited the dentist on 3 rd of April or vice-versa.
This further implies, that D visited the dentist on 23 rd of April.)
Month/Date
3 rd
8 th
23 rd
January
C/E
April
D
September
4) H visited the dentist on date 3 rd of one of the months.
(It is only possible if H visited the dentist on 3 rd of September.)
H
5) B went for his check up on one of the days before E but I visited the dentist on one of the days before B did.
(Implies, E must have visited the dentist on 3 rd of April. Now, as both C and I visited the dentist before B, implies, B went for the check up on 23 rd of January, I visited on 8 th of January and C visited on 3 rd of January.)
C
I
B
E
6) Two people went for their check up between F and A.
7) No body visited the dentist between A and G.
(Implies, F and A visited the dentist on 8 th April and 8 th September, but not necessarily in the same order. Also, if we assume that A visited the dentist on 8 th April then there is no way we can place G in the table so that it satisfies the condition given above. Thus, our assumption was wrong, F visited the dentist on 8 th April, A on 8 th Sept, and G on 23 rd Sept.)
F
A
G
Clearly, H visited the dentist immediately before A.

Ans: D

(1) The sum of ages of R and S is one less than the age of U.
That means U was born in 1960 and we don’t know the year of R and S.
(2) The age of V is multiple of 6 and 8 both.
That means V was born on 1971 and age of V is 48 years.
(3) S is not the youngest person.
That means S was born on 1987 and R was born on 1993.
Representation is given below:-
Age
Year
Person
70
1949
63
1956
59
1960
U
54
1965
48
1971
V
41
1978
32
1987
S
26
1993
R
(4) The difference between the ages of T and Q is multiple of 3 and T is the older than Q.
That means T was born in 1956 and age of T is 63 and Q was born in 1965 and age of Q is 54.
(5) P is not the oldest person.
That means P was born in 1978 and one person left i.e. W, who was born in 1949.
So our final arrangement is given below:-
W
T
Q
P
we can see that Q was born on 1965.
Hence, the correct Answer is 1965.

Ans: C

Persons: Eight friends Deepak, Mani, Pankaj, Joe, Prince, Neetu, John, and Raghu
Born Years: 1978, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1996 and 1999
Fruits: Guava, Orange, Pineapple, Banana, Kiwi, Litchi, Peach and Grapes
1) Joe likes Grapes who is elder to three persons.
2) The one who likes Guava eight years younger than Joe.
3) The one who born before the year 1985 likes peach.
4) Neetu and the one who likes banana born in consecutive years and Neetu is the eldest between them. Neetu was born in 1985 and likes Kiwi.
Case I: Case II:
PERSON
YEAR
FRUITS
1978
1983
Peach
Neetu
1985
1986
Banana
Joe
1988
Grapes
1991
1996
Guava
1999
5) The one who likes kiwi born one year before the year in which Prince was born.
6) The Pankaj is eight years elder than the one who likes Pineapple but was not born in 1983.
Case I:
Kiwi
Prince
Pankaj
Pineapple
Case II:
7) The age difference between Mani and Deepak is three years and Deepak does not like Guava.
8) The one who was born in an even numbered year does not like Orange.
9) The one who born in the year 1991 does not like Orange.
(from statement 8 and 9, Orange cannot be placed corresponding to the years 1978 and 1991, hence Orange will be placed corresponding to year 1983, hence case I gets eliminated).
Orange
Litchi
Mani
Deepak
10) John is not the eldest among all.
Raghu
John
Prince does not like Grapes.
Hence Prince – Grapes is the correct answer.

Ans: D

Persons: A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.
Cities: Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Pune, and Lucknow.
Months: January, Feb, June and August
1. E attends the meeting on 9 th of the month which has only 30 days and in Mumbai.
2. Only three people attend the Meeting between E and G.
3. 2 people attend Meetings between G and D.
4. D attend meeting in Chennai.
Month
Date
No. of days
Person
City
January
9
31
G
18
February
28
D
Chennai
June
30
E
Mumbai
August
5. There are 3 meetings between the meetings of Chennai and Kolkata.
6. H attends the Meeting before D.
7. H and D attend the Meeting on the same date.
8. There are five meetings between meeting in Bangalore and meeting in Kolkata.
H
Bangalore
Kolkata
9. Meeting in Hyderabad is on an even number date.
10. C does not attend the Meeting on 18 th of any months and not in the city Lucknow.
11. C and A attend the Meeting in the same month but not in February.
12. Meeting in Pune is before the Meeting in Bangalore.
13. B does not attend the meeting on even number date.
Pune
B
Lucknow
F
Hyderabad
C
Delhi
A
This is the final arrangement.
Hence, B attends meeting in Lucknow.

Ans: C

Snacks: Pasta, Pizza, Burger, Lasagne, Nachos, Tortilla and Falafel.
Days: Monday to Sunday.
According to the question,
1) Pasta is made on the last day.
2) Nachos are made in middle of the week.
3) Lasagne is made on Tuesday.
Day
Food
Monday
Tuesday
Lasagne
Wednesday
Thursday
Nachos
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Pasta
4) Tortilla is made just 2 days after Falafel.
Important Points
This means that there is a gap of 1 day between Tortilla and Falafel.
5) Tortilla and Pizza are made between Thursday and Sunday.
(This means that Falafel is made on Wednesday and Tortilla is made 2 days after Falafel i.e. Friday).
Falafel
Tortilla
Pizza
Only burger is left now, so it must be made on Monday.
Burger
Hence, Burger is made on Monday.

Ans: B

According to the given information :
Six subjects Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Ecology, Hindi, and English are taught from Monday to Saturday.
1) Physics and Ecology are taught on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
2) Hindi is taught just after Ecology and just before English.
3) Biology is taught after English.
So, Chemistry subject is taught on Monday.
Hence, the correct answer is “Chemistry”.

Ans: D

Persons – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H
Months – January, March, April, June, July, September, October and December
Years – 1990, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2017.
1. The difference in the years of graduating of A and the person, who graduated in March, is 7 years.
2. Person, who graduated in June, graduated from the college just before the person, who graduated in March.
CASE 1
CASE 2
CASE 3
CASE 4
Year
Person
Month
1990
June
1993
A
March
1998
2000
2008
2011
2015
2017
3. Two persons graduated from the college between G and the person, who graduated in June.
Hence, Case 4 get eliminated
G
4. E graduated in September but not in an even numbered year.
5. Two persons graduated from the college between E and the person, who graduated in October. (This eliminate case 1 because wherever E sits A will graduate in October that violet the condition)
6. Both A and H didn’t graduate in October.
October
E
September
7. F, who graduated in April, graduated just before the person, who graduated in December (This eliminate case – 1 as there is no place for F in this case)
8. C graduated just before H. More than one person graduated between B and C.
9. The one who graduated in January graduated before the one joins in July.
F
April
December
C
H
D
January
B
July
Hence, three persons graduated after the person who graduated in October.

Ans: B

Persons: P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V.
1) Q attends a seminar on Thursday.
2) Only one person attends a seminar between Q and V.
3) P attends seminar immediately after V.
Case 1:
Persons
Days
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Q
Thursday
Friday
V
Saturday
P
Sunday
Case 2:
4) The number of people who attend a seminar before P is the same as who attend the seminar after R.
R
5) Only one person attends a seminar between R and S.
6) U attends seminar after S.
This is not possible in case 2. So, case 1 is correct.
T
S
U

Ans: D

Eight persons – A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H.
Months – January, March, July, and September.
Date – 7 th and 18 th .
1) Two persons attend the seminar between E and C.
2)  E attends the seminar on the month which has 30 days.
3)  F attends the seminar on 7 th March.
Case 1:
Case 2:
Month
Days
Date
Person
January
31
7 th
18 th
March
F
C
July
September
30
E
8 th
4)  H attends the seminar immediately after E. This will eliminate case 2.


5) Only one person attend the seminar before B.
6) Number of persons attend the seminar before A is one more than the number of persons attend the seminar after A.
7) G is not the person who attends the seminar first.
D
B
A
G
H
Hence, seven persons attend the seminar after D.

Ans: A

Persons : P, Q, R, S, T, U
Months : May, September, November
Dates : 9, 16
1) Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U were born in three different months May, September and November, on two different dates- 9 and 16 not necessarily in the same order.
⇒ We can draw following table according to the information given.
2) Number of persons born before S is equal to the number of persons born after T. T was born in a mon th having even number of days.
⇒ T can be born in September or November. Thus we can have the following cases :
3) Two persons were born between R and T.
⇒ We can place R according to the condition given. Case 3 will be eliminated as it is not possible to place R in case 3.
T
4) P was born after R but not on the same date as that of R.
⇒ We can place P according to the condition given. Case 1 is eliminated as there is no suitable place for P. From Case 2 we get one more case as shown below :
P
5) Q and U were born in the same month.
⇒ This is possible only in case 2.
No further information is given for Q and U, hence Q and U can be born on either 9th or 16th of November. Thus Case 2 will be our final solution.
We can see that, either Q or U must have born on 16th November.