IBPS PO Prelims Reasoning Ability Mini Mock 19- Puzzle & Coding-Decoding |

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Directions (1-5): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are living in seven different floor building, in such a way ground floor is numbered as 1 and the top floor is numbered as 7. Each of the person studies in different std. i.e. VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII. All information is not necessarily in same order.
Only two persons live between A and G, who lives on even number floor. One person lives between A and the one who is studying in VI. The one who studies in XI lives just above the one who studies in VIII. E lives on sixth floor and studies in XII. The one who studies in VIII lives above the one who studies in VII and below the one who studies in X. G neither study in VIII nor study in VII. One person lives between F and the one who studies in IX. B lives above D and below C. Neither A nor G study in XI. One person lives between A and B, who does not study in VI.

Q1. Who among the following person lives the top floor?
(a) E
(b) A
(c) F
(d) B
(e) None of these

Q2. Who among the following person studies in X?
(a) The one who lives on the fourth floor
(b) F
(c) B
(d) The one who lives on the fifth floor
(e) None of these

Q3. How many persons live between E and G?
(a) Two
(b) Four
(c) Three
(d) One
(e) None

Q4. Who among the following person studies in IX?
(a) The one who lives on the second floor
(b) A
(c) The one who lives on the third floor
(d) B
(e) None of these

Q5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on a group, find the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) C
(b) The one who studies in VIII
(c) The one who studies in IX
(d) D
(e) A

Directions (6-8): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Point K is 9 m towards the west of point B. Point I is 16 m towards the north of Point C. Point K is 6 m towards the north of point D. Point F is 11 m towards the west of point D. Point C is 4 m towards the south of point D. Point L is 4 m towards the east of point D.

Q6. Point D is in which direction with respect to I?
(a) South
(b) North-West
(c) East
(d) North-East
(e) Cannot be determined

Q7. What is the shortest distance between point L and point B?
(a) 2√10m
(b) 2√5m
(c) 10m
(d) √61m
(e) None of these

Q8.What is the direction of point K with respect to C?
(a) East
(b) South-West
(c) North
(d) South
(e) None of these

Directions (9-10): In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions. Mark answer
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.

Q9. Statements: A > B ≤ C = D ≤ E, C ≥ F = G > H
Conclusions: I. G ≤ E II. A > H

Q10. Statements: H ≥ T > S ≤ Q, T ≥ U = V > B
Conclusions: I. V > S II. B ≤ H

Directions (11-15): Study the following information to answer the given questions.
In a certain code,
‘Sunday January year March’ is written as ‘bi gv oc st’
‘January April of June’ is written as ‘tm oc da pu’
‘of Sunday August Tuesday’ is written as ‘nh mk tm gv’
‘June Monday year of’ is written as ‘da st rx tm’

Q11. In the given code language, what does the code ‘nh’ stand for?
(a) Either ‘Sunday’ or ‘year’
(b) Either ‘Tuesday’ or ‘August’
(c) Monday
(d) March
(e) of

Q12. What is the code for ‘April’ in the given code language?
(a) pu
(b) rx
(c) st
(d) da
(e) None of these

Q13. What is the code for ‘Year’ in the given code language?
(a) da
(b) gv
(c) tm
(d) rx
(e) st

Q14. What is the code for ‘Sunday of March’ in coded language?
(a) gv da tm
(b) bi oc tm
(c) pus t gv
(d) tm gv bi
(e) None of these

Q15. What may be the code for ‘August of spring year’ in coded language?
(a) nh st pu tm
(b) mk tm am st
(c) mk nh bi da
(d) tm st mk oc
(e) None of these

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Solutions

Solutions (1-5):
Sol.

S1.Ans(e)
S2.Ans(d)
S3.Ans(c)
S4.Ans(a)
S5.Ans(c)

Solutions (6-8):
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol.

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol.

Solutions (9-10):
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. I. G ≤ E (TRUE) II. A > H (FALSE)
S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. I. V > S (FALSE) II. B ≤ H (FALSE)