Night Class: Reasoning Quiz for BOM/IBPS Exam

Directions (Q.1 – 8): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Eight persons from different organisations, viz HCL, IBM, Oracle, GOOGLE, HDFC Bank, Syntel, Indian Bank and Bank of Maharashtra, are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 A, B, C and D are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2, P, Q, R and S are seated and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. (All the information given above does not necessarily represent the order of seating as in the final arrangement.)  C sits second to right of the person from Bank of Maharashtra. R is an immediate neighbor of the person who faces the person from Bank of Maharashtra. Only one person sits between R and the person from GOOGLE. The immediate neighbour of the person from GOOGLE faces the person from Oracle. The person from HCL faces the person from Syntel. R is not from Syntel. P is not from GOOGLE. P does not face the person from Bank of Maharashtra. Q faces the person from HDFC Bank. The one who faces S sits to the immediate left of A. B does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. The person from Bank of Maharashtra does not face the person from IBM.


1. Which of the following is true regarding A?
(a) The person from HCL faces A.
(b) The person from Bank of Maharashtra is an immediate neighbour of A.
(c) A faces the person who sits second to the right of R.
(d) A is from Syntel.
(e) A sits at one of the extreme ends of the line.

2. Who is seated between R and the person from GOOGLE?
(a) The person from Syntel
(b) P
(c) Q
(d) The person from IBM
(e) S


3. Who amongst the following sit at extreme ends of the rows?
(a) D and the person from GOOGLE
(b) The persons from Indian Bank and HCL
(c) The persons from HDFC Bank and P
(d) The persons from IBM and D
(e) C, Q

4. Who amongst the following faces the person from Bank of Maharashtra?
(a) The person from Indian Bank
(b) P
(c) R
(d) The person from IBM
(e) The person from Oracle

5. P is related to HDFC Bank in the same way as B is related to GOOGLE based on the given arrangement. Who amongst the following is D related to, following the same pattern?
(a) IBM
(b) Oracle
(c) Bank of Maharashtra
(d) Indian Bank
(e) Syntel

6. 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) Oracle
(b) R
(c) IBM
(d) Q
(e) Syntel


7. Who amongst the following is from IBM ?
(a) C
(b) R
(c) P
(d) D
(e) A

8. C is from which of the following banks ?
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) Syntel
(c) HCL
(d) IBM
(e) Oracle

Directions(9 – 13): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

A group of eight friends – O, N, Q, P, M, R, T and S – are sitting in a straight line facing north. Each of them has different professions – Dentist, Singer, Salesman, Lecturer, Journalist, Author, Typist and CA. Each of them likes different colours – Pink, Yellow, Red, Black, Blue, Orange, White and Green, but not necessarily in the same order. O, who is a Journalist, sits third to the left of R. Neither O nor R sits at the extreme ends of the line. M, who likes Pink colour, is a Salesman. M is not an immediate neighbour of either O or R. S is two places away from Q and likes Orange colour. Q, who is a Typist, likes Red colour. T, who is a Dentist, sits at an extreme end of the line and likes White colour. N, who is a Lecturer, likes Green colour and sits on the immediate left of O. O does not like either Blue or Yellow colour.  One who is a CA sits on the immediate left of the Dentist. R, who is a Singer, does not like Yellow colour.

9. What is the profession of P?
(a) Journalist
(b) Typist
(c) Author
(d) CA
(e) None of these

10. Who sits second to the left of Q?
(a) N
(b) O
(c) R
(d) S
(e) None of these

11. If ‘N’ is related to ‘Author’, ‘O’ is related to ‘Singer’, ‘Q’ is related to which of the following?
(a) Dentist
(b) Journalist
(c) CA
(d) Lecturer
(e) None of these

12. Who sits at the extreme ends of the line?
(a) NT
(b) OP
(c) MS
 (d) PR
(e) None of these

13. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position. Which one does not belong to the group?
(a) MN
(b) PQ
(c) ST
(d) PO
(e) OQ

Q14. If ‘÷’ means ‘+’, ‘-’ means ‘×’, ‘×’ means ‘÷’ and ‘+’ means ‘-’, then 15-8×6÷12+4= ?
(a) 20
(b) 28
(c) 84/7
(d) 22/3
(e) None of these

Q15. In a certain code FIVE is written as GHWD. How is HURT written in that code?
(a) ITSS
(b) ITST
(c) GTSS
(d) ITQU
(e) None of these