05 · General Ability — Q121–150 — KIPS Mock Tests — CSS MPT 2026

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30 original questions + 30 related recall exercises. Study solutions, not an official KIPS key. Wording and options are retained with spacing and obvious numbering normalised. Consult the attached original PDF for exact typography.

Q121

If Z=52 and ACT=48, then BAT will be equal to:

a) 39

b) 41

c) 44

d) 46

Source PDF page 11.

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Try adding alphabet positions, then applying the same multiplier as the example.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — 46

Reasoning: Use twice the sum of alphabet positions: BAT=2×(2+1+20)=46.

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Related practice: What is CAT in the same code?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 48.

Why / remember: CAT gives 3+1+20=24; doubling gives 48.
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Q122

A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 12 days independently, the number of days in which A and B can

together finish the work is:

a) 4 days

b) 6 days

c) 8 days

d) 18 days

Source PDF page 12.

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Convert working times into daily rates before adding.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — 4 days

Reasoning: B’s rate=1/12; A’s rate=2/12. Combined rate=3/12=1/4 job per day.

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Related practice: How long does A alone take?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 6 days.

Why / remember: Twice B’s speed means half B’s time: 12/2=6 days for A alone.
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Q123

The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father’s age was five times the age of son. After

6 years, son’s age will be?

a) 12 years

b) 14 years

c) 18 years

d) 20 years

Source PDF page 12.

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Write present-age and past-age equations separately.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — 20 years

Reasoning: F+S=60 and F−6=5(S−6). Thus S=14 now, so after six years S=20.

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Related practice: What is the father’s current age?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 46.

Why / remember: The equations give son 14 now and father 46 now; 46+14=60 checks the total.
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Q124

Salman is younger than Rizwan by 7 years. If their ages are in the respective ratio of 7:9, how old is Salman?

a) 16 years

b) 18 years

c) 28 years

d) 24.5 years

Source PDF page 12.

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The difference in ratio parts corresponds to the age difference.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — 24.5 years

Reasoning: Two ratio parts equal 7 years, so one part=3.5. Salman=7×3.5=24.5.

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Related practice: What is Rizwan’s age?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 31.5 years.

Why / remember: Rizwan has nine parts, each 7/(9−7)=3.5 years; age=31.5.
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Q125

The present ages of three persons in proportions 4:7:9. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 56. Find their present ages

(in years).

a) 8, 20, 28

b) 16, 28, 36

c) 20, 35, 45

d) None of these

Source PDF page 12.

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Move the combined age total forward by three people times eight years.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 16, 28, 36

Reasoning: Present total=56+3×8=80. Twenty ratio parts give one part=4.

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Related practice: What were their ages eight years ago?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 8,20,28.

Why / remember: Subtract eight from each present age: 16,28,36 become 8,20,28 and sum to 56.
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Q126

In a certain class the ratio of men to women is 3:5. If the class has 24 people in it, how many are women?

a) 9

b) 12

c) 15

d) 18

Source PDF page 12.

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Add all ratio parts before taking the women’s share.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — 15

Reasoning: Women represent 5 of 8 parts; 24×5/8=15.

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Related practice: How many men are there?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 9.

Why / remember: Men are 3/(3+5) of 24, giving 9; check 9+15=24.
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Q127

If x+y=9 and x-y=1 then y=?

a) 5

b) 4

c) 8

d) 10

Source PDF page 12.

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Add or subtract the two equations to eliminate one variable.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 4

Reasoning: Subtract x−y=1 from x+y=9: 2y=8.

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Related practice: What is x?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 5.

Why / remember: Adding x+y=9 and x−y=1 gives 2x=10, so x=5.
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Q128

Subtract 27+514 from 43+16

a) 384

b) 582

c) 482

d) None of these

Source PDF page 12.

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The words subtract A from B require B−A.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — None; −482 as printed

Reasoning: “Subtract 27+514 from 43+16” means 59−541=−482. Positive 482 reverses the order.

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Related practice: What does subtract A from B mean?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: B−A.

Why / remember: Order matters: subtract 27+514 from 43+16 means (43+16)−(27+514), not the reverse.
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Q129

10% written as a decimal is:

a) 1.0

b) 0.1

c) 0.01

d) 0.001

Source PDF page 12.

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Percent means divide by one hundred.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 0.1

Reasoning: Percent means per hundred: 10/100=0.1.

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Related practice: Write 0.1% as a decimal.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 0.001.

Why / remember: 0.1%=0.1/100=0.001; moving from percent to decimal shifts two places left.
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Q130

One nautical mile is equal to:

a) 5760 feet

b) 5970 feet

c) 6076 feet

d) 6800 feet

Source PDF page 12.

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Do not confuse a nautical mile with the 5280-foot statute mile.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — approximately 6076 feet

Reasoning: One international nautical mile is exactly 1852 metres, about 6076.12 feet.

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Related practice: What speed unit means one nautical mile per hour?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: A knot.

Why / remember: A knot measures speed; a nautical mile measures distance. One knot is one nautical mile per hour.
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Q131

Four masons build a wall 4 feet high in four hours. How many feet high wall can one mason build in one hour?

a) 1

b) 1/4

c) 3/4

d) 4

Source PDF page 12.

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Work out output per mason-hour under the stated uniform-rate assumption.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 1/4 foot

Reasoning: Four masons×four hours=16 mason-hours for four feet; each mason-hour produces 1/4 foot under uniform productivity.

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Related practice: How high can two masons build in two hours?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 1 foot under the same assumptions.

Why / remember: Two masons for two hours give four mason-hours; at 1/4 foot each that produces one foot.
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Q132

14 percent of 24 is equal to:

a) 2.36

b) 3.36

c) 4.36

d) None of these

Source PDF page 12.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Convert fourteen percent to 0.14.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 3.36

Reasoning: 0.14×24=3.36.

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Related practice: What is 24% of 14?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Also 3.36.

Why / remember: a% of b equals b% of a because both equal ab/100; 24% of 14 is also 3.36.
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Q133

A number exceeds another number by 5. The sum of the numbers is 19. Find the smaller number?

a) 5

b) 6

c) 7

d) 12

Source PDF page 12.

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Let the smaller number be x and the larger x+5.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — 7

Reasoning: Let smaller=x; x+(x+5)=19, so 2x=14.

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Related practice: What is the larger number?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 12.

Why / remember: The smaller is 7, so the larger is 7+5=12; their sum is 19.
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Q134

What percent is 3/4 of 5/6?

a) 75%

b) 80%

c) 90%

d) 111%

Source PDF page 12.

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Divide the quantity being compared by the reference quantity, then multiply by 100.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — 90%

Reasoning: Interpret as “3/4 is what percentage of 5/6?” (3/4)÷(5/6)×100=90%.

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Related practice: What is 5/6 as a percentage of 3/4?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 111⅑%.

Why / remember: Reversing the comparison gives (5/6)/(3/4)×100=111⅑%; percentage comparisons are directional.
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Q135

If 9(PxPxP)/3(PxPxP)-P=0, then P=?

a) 1/9

b) 27

c) 1/3

d) 3

Source PDF page 13.

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Clarify the denominator’s grouping and note where division would be undefined.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — 3, intended grouping

Reasoning: Reading the expression as [9P³/(3P³)]−P=0 gives 3−P=0, with P≠0. The denominator needs explicit brackets.

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Related practice: Why is P=0 excluded?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: The denominator would be zero.

Why / remember: P=0 makes 3P³ zero, so cancellation is valid only for nonzero P.
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Q136

If Arif can read 39 pages of a book in half an hour. How long will it take him to finish a book that is 1287 pages?

a) 16 hours

b) 16.5 hours

c) 17 hours

d) 15.5 hours

Source PDF page 13.

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First convert pages per half-hour into pages per hour.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 16.5 hours

Reasoning: Rate=39/0.5=78 pages/hour. Time=1287/78=16.5.

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Related practice: How many pages in two hours?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 156.

Why / remember: At 78 pages/hour, two hours gives 78×2=156 pages.
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Q137

Man standing at point A. He moves towards east and walked 300 meters then turns toward north and walked 400 meters then

he turns towards west and walks 300 meters. How many meters he is away from the starting point?

a) 300 meters

b) 400 meters

c) 500 meters

d) 600 meters

Source PDF page 13.

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Separate total path length from straight-line displacement.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 400 metres

Reasoning: East and west movements cancel; the remaining displacement is 400 m north.

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Related practice: What total distance was walked?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 1000 metres.

Why / remember: Total walked is 300+400+300=1000 m even though the displacement is only 400 m.
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Q138

8 is what percent of 2?

a) 100%

b) 200%

c) 300%

d) 400%

Source PDF page 13.

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The smaller reference value belongs in the denominator.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — 400%

Reasoning: 8/2×100=400%. A percentage can exceed 100.

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Related practice: What percentage is 2 of 8?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 25%.

Why / remember: 2/8×100=25%; reversing part and reference changes 400% to 25%.
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Q139

A car travels at the speed of 120km/h. How long it will travel in 15 minutes?

a) 10km

b) 40km

c) 30km

d) 15km

Source PDF page 13.

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Convert fifteen minutes into a fraction of an hour.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — 30 km

Reasoning: 15 minutes=1/4 hour; distance=120×1/4=30.

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Related practice: How far in 10 minutes at the same speed?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 20 km.

Why / remember: Ten minutes is 1/6 hour; 120×1/6=20 km.
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Q140

Find the value of x if the average of 1.0, 0.8, 0.2 and x is exactly 0.6:

a) 0.4

b) 0.2

c) 2.4

d) 0.66

Source PDF page 13.

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Use total = average × number of observations.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — 0.4

Reasoning: Required total=4×0.6=2.4; known total=2, so x=0.4.

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Related practice: What is the mean if x=0.8?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 0.7.

Why / remember: With x=0.8, total is 2.8 and mean 2.8/4=0.7.
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Q141

Javed loses 5% by selling a table for Rs. 1045. For how much should he sell table to gain 5% profit on it?

a) 1155

b) 1100

c) 1180

d) 1090

Source PDF page 13.

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Recover cost price from the loss, then apply the required profit to cost.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Rs 1155

Reasoning: Cost=1045/0.95=1100. Required selling price=1100×1.05=1155.

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Related practice: What is the profit in rupees at the new price?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 55.

Why / remember: Cost Rs 1100 gives a 5% profit of 0.05×1100=Rs 55.
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Q142

Train travels 60km in 1.5 hours. A plane travel doubles than the train. How many kilometers plane will travel in 20 minutes?

a) 35km

b) 27km

c) 44km

d) 40km

Source PDF page 13.

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Find train speed, double it, then convert twenty minutes to hours.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 27 km, rounded

Reasoning: Train speed=60/1.5=40 km/h; plane speed=80. In 1/3 hour it travels 26⅔ km, rounded to 27.

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Related practice: What is the exact distance?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 26⅔ km.

Why / remember: 80 km/h×1/3 hour=26⅔ km; 27 is a rounded option, not the exact result.
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Q143

14 persons earn Rs. 400 in 10 days. How many persons are required to earn Rs. 600 in 10 days?

a) 18

b) 24

c) 21

d) 15

Source PDF page 13.

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With time fixed, earnings scale with the number of equally productive workers.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — 21 people

Reasoning: Same time and productivity imply workers proportional to earnings: 14×600/400=21.

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Related practice: How much would seven people earn in ten days?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Rs 200.

Why / remember: Seven is half of fourteen, so earnings are half of Rs 400: Rs 200.
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Q144

6 persons complete a work in 16 days; 8 persons will complete the same job in how many days?

a) 12

b) 14

c) 9

d) 10

Source PDF page 13.

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For fixed work, workers×days stays constant under equal productivity.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — 12 days

Reasoning: Total effort=6×16=96 person-days; 96/8=12.

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Related practice: How many days for 12 people?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 8.

Why / remember: The job takes 96 person-days, so 12 workers require 96/12=8 days.
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Q145

Marathon is to race as hibernation is to:

a) Winter

b) Bear

c) Dream

d) Sleep

Source PDF page 13.

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Identify the relationship being compared, but do not treat the biological analogy literally.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — Sleep, conventional analogy

Reasoning: A marathon is a prolonged race; hibernation resembles prolonged dormancy. Biologically hibernation is not simply ordinary sleep.

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Related practice: What is the hot-weather dormancy analogue called?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Aestivation.

Why / remember: Aestivation is dormancy associated with hot/dry conditions, contrasted with the cold-season association of hibernation.
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Q146

Cup is to coffee as bowl is to:

a) Dish

b) Soup

c) Spoon

d) Food

Source PDF page 13.

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Match a container with its typical specific contents.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Soup

Reasoning: A cup commonly contains coffee; a bowl commonly contains soup. Food is broader and less closely matched.

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Related practice: What relationship is being tested?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Container and typical contents.

Why / remember: The relationship is cup→coffee and bowl→soup, not object→material or object→action.
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Q147

Maria runs faster than Gail. Lily runs faster than Maria. Gail runs faster than Lily. If the first two statements are true, the third

statement is:

a) True

b) False

c) Uncertain

d) None of these

Source PDF page 14.

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Write the speed inequalities in one chain.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — False

Reasoning: Lily>Maria>Gail in running speed, so Gail cannot be faster than Lily.

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Related practice: Who is fastest?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Lily.

Why / remember: Lily is above both Maria and Gail in that chain, so Lily is fastest.
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Q148

All the tulips in Zoe’s Garden are white. All the pansies in Zoe’s Garden are yellow. All the flowers in Zoe’s Garden are either

white or yellow. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is:

a) True

b) False

c) Uncertain

d) None of these

Source PDF page 14.

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Ask whether the premises exclude all unmentioned flower types.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Uncertain

Reasoning: The premises say nothing about other types of flowers in the garden.

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Related practice: What extra premise would make the conclusion true?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: The garden contains only tulips and pansies.

Why / remember: A statement that the garden contains only those two types closes the logical gap.
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Q149

Rover weighs less than Fido. Rover weighs more than Boomer. Of the three dogs, Boomer weighs the least. If the first two

statements are true, the third statement is:

a) True

b) False

c) Uncertain

d) None of these

Source PDF page 14.

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Use transitivity: if A exceeds B and B exceeds C, then A exceeds C.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — True

Reasoning: Fido>Rover>Boomer in weight; Boomer is therefore lightest.

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Related practice: Who weighs most?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Fido.

Why / remember: Fido exceeds Rover, who exceeds Boomer; Fido must therefore be the heaviest.
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Q150

On the day, the Barton triplets are born, Jenna weighs more than Jason. Jason weighs less than Jasmine. Of the three babies,

Jasmine weighs the most. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is:

a) True

b) False

c) Uncertain

d) None of these

Source PDF page 14.

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Two babies exceeding Jason tells you nothing about their order relative to each other.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Uncertain

Reasoning: Both Jenna and Jasmine exceed Jason, but their relative weights are unstated.

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Related practice: Who certainly weighs least?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Jason.

Why / remember: Jason is below both others, so the least weight is fixed even though the greatest is not.
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