Verbal Reasoning Questions and Answers
In a chess tournament each of six players will play every other player exactly once. How many matches will be played during the tournament ?
Answer: 15
I. matches of first player with other 5 players
II. matches of second player with 4 players other than the first player
III. matches of third player with 3 players other than the first player and second player.
IV. matches of fourth player with 2 players other than the first player, second player and third player.
V. matches of fifth player with 1 player other than the first player, second player, third player and fourth player.
So total matches will be 5+4+3+2+1 = 15
A, B, C and D play a game of cards. A says to B. "If I give you 8 cards, you will have as many as C has and I shall have 3 less than what C has. Also if I take 8 cards from C, I shall have twice as many as D has." If B and D together have 50 cards, how many cards have A got?
Answer: 40
Let no. of cards with B be:
D=50-x
C=x+8
A=x+5+8
= x+13
x+13+6 = 2(50-x)
x= 27
Cards with A = 27+13 =40
Reena is twice as old as Sunita. Three years ago, she was three times as old as Sunita. How old (years) is Reena now ?
Answer: 12
Let Present age of Reena= x years
present age of Sunita = x/2 years
x-3 = 3(x/2-3)
x= 12 years
