Puzzle Set - 3 for SBI PO & IBPS

Puzzle Set - 3 for SBI PO & IBPS

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Ques 1 - Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
P, Q, R, S, T, W and Z are seven students studying in three different institutes - A, B and C. There are three girls among the seven students who study in each of the three institutes. Two of the seven students study BCA, two study medicine and one each studies Aviation Technology, Journalism and MBA. R studies in the same college as P, who studies MBA in college B. No girl studies Journalism or MBA. T studies BCA in college A and his brother W studies Aviation Technology in college C. S studies Journalism in the same college as Q. Neither R nor Z studies BCA. The girl who studies BCA does not study in college C.
Questions:
1. Which of the following pairs of students study medicine?
1) QZ 
2) WZ 
3) PZ
4) SZ 
5) None of these
2. In which college does Q study?
1) A 
2) B 
3) C
4) Data inadequate 
5) None of these
3. In which of the colleges do three of them study?
1) A 
2) B 
3) A and B
4) C 
5) None of these
4. What is the field of study of Z?
1) Aviation Technology 
2) BCA
3) MBA 
4) Medicine
5) None of these
5. Which of the following three represents girls?
1) SQR 
2) QRZ 
3) SQZ
4) Data inadequate 
5) None of these

Ques 2 - Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
M, D, P, K, R, T and W are sitting around a circle facing the centre. D is second to the right of P, who is third to the right of K. T is third to the right of W, who is not an immediate neighbour of D. M is third to the left of R.
Questions:
1. Who is second to the right of T?
1) D 
2) K 
3) M
4) Data inadequate 
5) None of these
2. In which of the following pairs is the second person sitting to the immediate right of the first person?
1) DT 
2) TP 
3) PR
4) KW 
5) None of these
3. Who is on the immediate left of R?
1) W 
2) P 
3) K
4) T 
5) None of these
4 .Who is on  the immediate left  of  M?
1)  K 
2)  W
3)  D    
4)  T
5) None of these
5 . Who  is third  to the left  of  D?
1) W
2) P
3) K
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

Ques 3 - Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. P sits third to the right of W and third to the left of Q. S sits second to the right of T. V sits second to the left of R. T is not the neighbour of Q while U is neither a neighbour of T nor of W.
Questions:
1. Who sits second to the left of V?
1) R 
2) P 
3) U
4) T 
5) None of these
2. Who sits between U and P?
1) S 
2) R 
3) V
4) Q 
5) None of these
3. Starting from P’s position, if all the eight are arranged in alphabetical order in clockwise direction, the seating position of how many members (excluding P) would not change?
1) None 
2) One 
3) Two
4) Three 
5) Four
4. Which of the following pairs has only one person sitting between them, if the counting is done in the clockwise direction?
1) T, V 
2) V, Q 
3) W, P
4) R, P 
5) None of these
5. Four of the following are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the seating arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) W,T 
2) P, U 
3) S, Q
4) R, P 
5) P, Q

Ques 4 - Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A group of friends having seven members A, B, C, D, E, F and G contains four men and three ladies. Each one of them has a different profession— stockbroker, lawyer, doctor, professor, engineer, businessman and banker— and each one has passed out of a different college—P, S, V, W, X, Y and Z, not necessarily in the same order. None of the ladies is a businessman or a stockbroker. C is a doctor and she has passed out from ‘College X’. A is a ‘College Y’ passout. B is not a professor. E is a banker and is a ‘College S’ passout. F is a stockbroker and has not studied in ‘College P’. G is a businessman and has studied in ‘College V’. The professor is a ‘College Z’ passout. The lawyer has studied in ‘College P’. None of the ladies has studied in ‘College Y’ or ‘College S’.
Questions:
1. What is the profession of D?
1) Doctor 
2) Stockbroker 
3) Engineer
4) Professor 
5) None of these
2. Who among the following is a lawyer?
1) A 
2) B 
3) E
4) G 
5) None of these
3. Which of the following groups represents ladies in the group of friends?
1) A, B, C 
2) E, F, G 
3) B, C, D
4) B, E, G 
5) None of these
4. From which of the following colleges has the stockbroker passed out?
1) W 
2) Y 
3) S
4) X 
5) None of these
5. Which of the following combinations is correct?
1) B-Doctor-Female 
2) C-W-Male 
3) A-Businessman-Y
4) D - Professor - Male 
5) None of these

Ques 5 - Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle facing the centre. E is third to the left of G, who is on the immediate right of B, who is third to the left of A. H is second to the right of F, who is not an immediate neighbour of E. D is not an immediate neighbour of B.
Questions:
1. Who is second to the right of B ?
1) F 
2) A 
3) H
4) D 
5) None of these
2. Which of the following pairs has the first person on the immediate left of the second person?
1) GB 
2) AF 
3) CE
4) HD 
5) None of these
3. Which of the following is the correct position of B with respect to D?
1) Second to the right 
2) Second to the left 
3) Third to the right
4) Third to the left 
5) None of these
4. Who sits between A and D?
1) F 
2) E 
3) G
4) B 
5) H
5. What is E’s position with respect to C?
1) On the immediate right 
2) On the immediate left
3) Second to the right 
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these

Ques 6 - Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven members H, I, J, K, L, M and N are working in different cities Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai, not necessarily in the same order. Each one has a different mother tongue–Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi and Bangla, not necessarily in the same order.
J works in Bangalore and his mother tongue is not Tamil or Marathi. K’s mother tongue is Punjabi and he works in Ahmedabad. L and M do not work in Chennai and none of them has Marathi mother tongue. I works in Hyderabad and his mother tongue is Telugu. The one who works in Delhi has Bangla mother tongue. N works in Mumbai and his mother tongue is Hindi. L does not work in Kolkata.
Questions:
1. What is J’s mother tongue?
1) Telugu 
2) Hindi 
3) Bangla
4) Kannada 
5) None of these
2. Who works in Chennai?
1) H 
2) L 
3) M
4) L or M 
5) None of these
3. Which of the following combinations is correct?
1) Marathi - I - Hyderabad 
2) Tamil - M - Kolkata
3) Marathi - I - Chennai 
4) Punjabi - K - Delhi
5) None of these
4. Who works in Delhi?
1) H 
2) M 
3) L
4) K 
5) None of these
5. What is M’s mother tongue?
1) Bangla 
2) Marathi 
3) Telugu
4) Cannot be determined

Ques 7 - Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. V is second to the left of P and second to the right of W. T is third to the right of Q and is not an immediate neighbour of V. S is third to the right of R.
Questions:
1. Who is second to the right of Q?
1) R 
2) W 
3) T
4) S 
5) None of these
2. Who is to the immediate left of S?
1) V 
2) T 
3) Q
4) W 
5) None of these
3. Who is to the immediate right of R?
1) W 
2) T 
3) P
4) Data inadequate 
5) None of these
4. In which of the following groups is the first person sitting between the second and the third persons?
1) RPQ 
2) TWS 
3) QPR
4) QVS 
5) None of these
5. Who is third to the left of V ?
1) T 
2) S 
3) W
4) R 
5) None of these

Ques 8 - Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight friends sitting around a circular table facing the centre. A sits second to the left of D, who is third to the left of E. C sits third to the right of G, who is not an immediate neighbour of E. H sits third to the right of B, who sits second to the right of G.
Questions:
1. Who sits between D and C?
1) Only B 
2) Only C and A 
3) Only G
4) Only E 
5) Only G and E
2. Who sits second to the right of E?
1) B 
2) F 
3) G
4) C 5) None of these
3. What is the position of A with respect to H?
1) Third to the left 
2) Third to the right 
3) Second to the left
4) Second to the right 
5) Fourth to the left
4. Four of the following five are alike based upon their seating arrangements and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) CH 
2) FG 
3) DA
4) BE 
5) GB
5. Which of the following pairs has the second person sitting to the immediate left of the first person?
1) DB 
2) EH 
3) FA
4) GD 
5) None of these

Ques 9 - Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven friends studying seven different branches of engineering, namely Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Electronics, Civil, Computer and Aeronautical Engineering, not necessarily in this order. Each of them studies in three different colleges, X, Y and Z. Not less than two study in any college. D studies Electrical engineering in College X. The one who studies Chemical Engineering does not study in college Z. F studies Aeronautical Engineering in college Y with only B. A does not study in college X and does not study Civil Engineering. E studies Computer Engineering and does not study in college X. G studies Electronics Engineering but not in college X. None in college X studies Mechanical or Civil Engineering.
Questions:
1. Which of the following groups represents the persons studying in college Z?
1) D, B 
2) C, E, G 
3) A, G
4) G, E, A 
5) None of these
2. In which of the following colleges does C study?
1) X 
2) Y 
3) Z
4) Either X or Z 
5) Cannot be determined
3. Which of the following combinations is correct?
1) A–Civil–Z 
2) B–Chemical–Y 
3) C–Chemical–Z
4) G –Electronics –Y 
5) None of these
4. B studies which of the following branches of engineering?
1) Chemical 
2) Mechanical
3) Civil 
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these
5. Who studies Chemical engineering?
1) B 
2) C 
3) E
4) A 
5) None of these

Ques 10 - Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a  circle facing  the centre. B is second to the right of H and third to the left of A. D is not an immediate neighbour of either B or H and is second to the right of F. C is fourth to the right of G.
Questions:
1. Who is to the immediate right of B ?
1) C 
2) E 
3) H
4) Data inadequate 
5) None of these
2. Who is third to the right of E?
1) C 
2) F 
3) D
4) Data inadequate 
5) None of these
3. In which of the following pairs is the second person sitting to the immediate left of the first person?
1) BC 
2) HE 
3) FA
4) GD 
5) None of these
4. Who is fourth to the right of H?
1) B 
2) A 
3) F
4) Data inadequate 
5) None of these
5. If E and F interchange their places, who will be second to the right of B?
1) F 
2) C 
3) D
4) Data inadequate 
5) None of these