Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Cruise = a sea voyage for pleasure.
All other words are related to ‘journey on land, sea with an aim’

- There are 7 letters in the word

- The middle letter has been left intact

- The first and the last letters  of the word have interchanged their position. Similarly, the second and the third letters and the fifth and sixth letters have interchanged their position.

From the two statements, we find that maximum (243 x 3)  i.e, 729 visitors saw the exhibition, But the exact number cannot be determined  

Three persons A, B, C can be arranged in a queue in six different ways, ie ABC, CBA, BAC, CAB, BCA, ACB. But since there are only 3 persons ahead of C, so C should be in front of the queue. Thus, there are only two possible arrangements, ie CBA and CAB.

We may consider the two cases as under:

Case I:  ←3C↔8B↔5A→21

Clearly, number of persons in the queue = (3+1+8+1+5+1+21=) 40

Case II:  ←3C A↔5B

Number of persons between A and C                  

= (8 - 6) = 2   

∵[C↔8B A→21B]

Clearly number of persons in the queue = (3+1+2+1+21) = 28

Now, 28 < 40. So, 28 is the minimum number of persons in the queue.                                                     

Statement II reveals that 17th Was a Saturday and therefore, 14th was Wednesday So, only statement II is needed