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NTS Analytical Reasoning Past Paper Question MCQs
Question No-5
In a game, six various small balloons colored violet, pink, blue, green, yellow and orange are to be placed on six different small tables. There are six tables numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and one balloon is to be placed on one table.
- Violet cannot be placed immediately before or after the pink.
- Blue must be placed after the green.
- Orange cannot be on table 6.
Q. No-1: Which of the following balloon cannot be placed on table no -1?
a. Violet
b. Pink
c. Green
d. Blue
Q. No-2: If green is placed on table no-3 then blue must be placed on which table?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 5
Q. No-3: If violet is placed on table no-5 which of the following balloons must be placed on table no-6?
a. Pink
b. Blue
c. Green
d. Yellow
Q. No-4: If orange is placed on table no-3, immediately before the green then which balloon must be placed on table no-5?
a. Violet
b. Pink
c. Blue
d. Yellow
Answer Key:
- D
- C
- D
- C
Explanation of Each Question
Question 1: Which of the following balloon cannot be placed on table no-1?
Correct Answer: D (Blue)
Justification:
- Blue must be placed after the green, meaning blue cannot be placed on table 1 because there is no table before 1 to put green. Therefore, Blue cannot be placed on table 1.
- Violet, pink, and green can be placed on table 1 without violating any rules.
- Hence, the correct answer is Blue (D).
Question 2: If green is placed on table no-3, then blue must be placed on which table?
Correct Answer: C (4)
Justification:
- Since blue must come after green, and green is placed on table 3, blue must be placed on a table after table 3. The first available table after table 3 is table 4.
- Therefore, blue must be placed on table 4.
- Hence, the correct answer is 4 (C).
Question 3: If violet is placed on table no-5, which of the following balloons must be placed on table no-6?
Correct Answer: D (Yellow)
Justification:
- Violet cannot be placed immediately before or after pink, so pink cannot be placed on table 6.
- Blue must come after green, so blue cannot be placed on table 6 unless green is on table 5, but in this case, violet is on table 5.
- Green could have been placed on table 4, but this still does not leave room for blue on table 6.
- Thus, the only option left for table 6 is yellow.
- Hence, the correct answer is Yellow (D).
Question 4: If orange is placed on table no-3, immediately before the green, then which balloon must be placed on table no-5?
Correct Answer: C (Blue)
Justification:
- If orange is placed on table 3 and green is placed immediately after on table 4, then blue must be placed after green. So, blue must be placed on table 5.
- Violet cannot be placed on table 5 since it doesn’t match the condition about the blue-green sequence.
- Pink and yellow are not restricted but based on the condition for blue, blue must be on table 5.
- Hence, the correct answer is Blue (C).
