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Study the following information carefully and answer the question (1-5) given below:

Seven friends I, J, K, L, M, N, and O live in a seven-floor building. The ground floor is no. 1, the floor above it is no. 2 and so on.

M does not live on an even numbered floor. O does not live on the topmost floor. Only one person lives between M and O. I does not live on an even numbered floor and does not live below N. L does not live immediately above or immediately below O. Two person lives between L and M. Both K and J do not live on and odd-numbered floor. There are two floors between the floors on which O and K live. N lives on floor number 5. 

1.      I lives on which floor ?

a.     First

b.    Fifth

c.     Third

d.     Seventh

e.     None of these.

2.     How many person lives between L and N  ?

a.     One

b.    None

c.     Three

d.     One

e.     None of these

3.     Who among the following live on floor number 2 ?

a.     O

b.    J

c.     K

d.     L

e.     None of these

4.     How many person lives between I and O  ?

a.     Two

b.    Three

c.     Five

d.     Four

e.     None of these

5.     If K interchanges his floor with the one who lives on floor number 2, the who among the following lives exactly between L and J ?

a.     N

                  b.    I

c.     O

d.     M

e.     None of these

 6. Heena obtained an amount of Rs. 8376 as simple interest on a certain amount at 8% after 6 years. What is the amount invested by Heena ?

A. Rs. 17180

B. Rs. 18110
C. Rs. 16660
D. Rs. 17450
E. None of these.

7.  A person covered some distance in 24 hours. He covered half the distance by rail @ 150km/h and the rest by car @ 90 km/h. The total distance covered by his was ?

A. 2900 km

B. 2700 km
C. 2675 km
D. 2800 km
E. None of these.

8.  What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?

29  31  37  49  69  ?

A. 108

B. 99
C. 94
D. 103
E. 88

Direction (9-10): The question has two statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

 9. Statements:

    All buses are car.
    Some buses are trucks.
   Conclusions:
       I. Some buses are definitely not trucks.
      II. At least some trucks are cars.

              A. Only conclusion I follows.

              B. Only conclusion II follows
              C. Either conclusion I or II follows
              D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows
              E. Both conclusion I and II follows

10. Statements:

       Some animals are plants.
       All plants are rocks.
      Conclusions:
         I. All plants are animals.
        II. At least some rocks are animals.

               A. Only conclusion I follows.

               B. Only conclusion II follows
               C. Either conclusion I or II follows
               D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows
               E. Both conclusion I and II follows