BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com Practice Sets on Reasoning Puzzles Directions (1 – 5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questiongiven below. Eight friends Ankita, Yogita, Madhavi, Sonal, Preeti, Arti, Pratibha and Neha are Sittingaround a circular table. Ankita & Yogita are facing towards the centre while others are facingopposite to the centre. Ankita is sitting second to the right of Neha. Yogita sits third to the left of Ankita. Sonal sits second to the right of Pratibha. Pratibha is immediate neighbour of neither Yogita nor Ankita. Preeti and Arti are immediateneighbours and are facing outside. 1). What is the position of Madhavi with respect to Sonal ? a) Third to the right b) Third to the left c) Fourth to the left d) Fourth to the right e) Second to the left 2). Who is sitting to the immediate right of Neha ? a) Madhavi b) Sonal c) Preeti d) Pratibha e) None of these 3). Which of the following pairs represents thepeople who are immediate neighbour of Madhavi? a) Yogita and Pratibha b) Yogita and Neha c) Pratibha and Neha d) Sonal and Pratibha e) None of these 4). Who is sitting third to left of Pratibha? a) Ankita b) Sonal c) Preeti d) Arti e) Either Preeti or Arti 5). How many people are there between Yogita and Sonal? a) Two b) Three c) Four d) One e) None Directions (6 – 10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Ten people are sitting in two parallel rows having five people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 - V, W, X, Y and Z are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing North. In row 2 - F, G, H, I and J are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing south. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement, each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. Y sits third to the left of W. The one who faces Y sits second to the right of F. Only one person sits between F and I. H and J are immediate neighbors of each other. J does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. The one who faces G sits to the immediate right of Z. X is not an immediate neighbor of Z. 6). Who amongst the following faces H? a) Y
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BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com b) V c) Z d) W e) X 7). Who amongst the following sits to the immediate left of the person who sits exactly in the Middle of the row with south facing people? a) J b) H c) I d) G e) F 8). Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? a) H b) I c) W d) Y e) X 9). Who amongst the following sits third to the right of the person who faces X? a) G b) F c) J d) I e) H 10). Which of the following is true regarding V? a) An immediate neighbour of V faces F b) X is an immediate neighbour of V c) W sits immediate right of V d) V faces I e) None is true Directions (11 – 15): Study the following information and answer the questions below: Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G live on separate floors of a 7-floor building. Ground floor is numbered 1, first floor is numbered. 2 and so on until the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each one of these having different cars-Cadillac, Ambassador, Fiat, Maruti, Mercedes, Bedford and Fargo but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people live above the floor on which A lives. Only one person lives between A and the one having a car Cadillac. F lives immediately below the one having a car Bedford. The one having a car Bedford lives on an even-numbered floor. Only three people live between the ones having a car Cadillac and Maruti. E lives immediately above C. E is not having a car Maruti. Only two people live between B and the one having a car Fargo. The one having a car Fargo lives below the floor on which B lives. The one having a car Fiat does not live immediately above D or immediately below B. D does not live immediately above or immediately below A. G does not have a car Ambassador. 11). How many people live between the floors on which D and the one having a car Bedford? a) One b) Two c) Three d) More than three e) None 12). Which of the following is true with respect to G as per the given information’? a) The one who lives immediately below G is having a car Bedford b) G lives immediately below E c) G is having a car a Cadillac d) G lives on floor no. 6 e) G lives on the lowermost floor
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BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com 13). Who lives on the floor immediately above E? a) one having a car Fiat b) one having a car Fargo c) one having a car Mercedes d) one having a car Ambassador e) one having a car Bedford 14). Which of the following cars does D have? a) Fiat b) Fargo c) Cadillac d) Ambassador e) Maruti 15). Four of the following are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? a) DG b) CF c) BA d) FE e) AE Directions (16 – 20): Study the following information and answer the questions followed: Prem, Ruksar, Reshmi, Sravan, Tinku ,Vaibhav and Jeevan are sitting in a straight line facing East. Each of them live on a different floor in the same building, which is numbered from 1 to 7. Ruksar sits fourth to the left of the person living on the 6th floor. Either Ruksar or the person living on the 6th floor sits at the extreme at ends (top or bottom) of the building. Only one person sits between Ruksar and Jeevan. Jeevan lives on the 3rd floor. The person living on 1st floor sits third to right of Sravan. Sravan is not an immediate neighbour of Jeevan. Only one person lives between Tinku and the person who lives on the second floor. Prem and Reshmi are immediate neighbours of each other. Prem does not live on the 6th floor.Onewho lives on 5th floor sits third to right of the one who lives on the 7th floor. 16). Who among the following lives on the 2nd floor ? a) Tinku b) Vaibhav c) Sravan d) Reshmi e) Ruskar 17). Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement, which of the following does not belong to that group ? a) Ruskar b) Jeevan c) Sraven d) Prem e) Tinku 18). On which of the following floors does Tinkulive ? a) 1st b) 4th c) 6th d) 5th e) 7th 19). How many floors are there between the floors on which Vaibhav and Premlive ? a) 5 b) 1 c) 3 d) 2 e) 4
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BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com 20). If all the persons are instructed to live in original numbering order from the bottom-most floor to the top most floor. Then who would still live on the same place as the original arrangement? a) Ruskar b) Jeevan c) Sravan d) Reshmi e) Vaibhav Answer Key with Explanation: Direction (01 to 05):
1. B) 2. B) 3. A) 4. E) 5. B) Direction (6 to 10):
6. A) 7. D) 8. C) 9. C) 10. A) Direction (11 to 15):
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BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com 11. C) 12. E) 13. B) 14. D) 15. D) Direction (16 to 20):
16. B) 17. C) 18. A) 19. D) 20. B)
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