Reasoning Ability, Puzzles Quiz For IBPS RRB PO, Clerk Prelims 2021- 02 July |

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Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:
Ten persons P, Q, R, S, T, A, B, C, D and E are living in a five storey building such that ground floor is numbered as 1, above it is floor 2 then top floor is numbered as 5. Each of the floor has 2 flats in it as flat-1 and flat-2. Flat-1 of floor-2 is immediately above flat-1 of floor-1 and immediately below flat-1 of floor-3 and so on. In the same way flat-2 of floor-2 is immediately above flat-2 of floor-1 and immediately below flat-2 of floor-3 and so on. Flat-1 is in west of flat-2.
Q lives in an odd numbered floor. Both T and B lives in the same flat number. R and A live in the same floor. C does not live in flat number 2. There is a gap of two floors in which Q and P lives. Both P and Q do not live in the same flat number. T lives immediately above P in the same flat number. There is a gap of one floor in which T and B lives. E, who lives on an even numbered floor, lives below A and both lives in the same flat number. D lives above S and both live in the same flat number. C and S neither live in the same flat number nor in the same floor.

Q1. Who among the following lives in flat-2 of 4th floor?
(a) R
(b) A
(c) P
(d) E
(e) None of these

Q2. Who among the following lives with Q in the same floor?
(a) C
(b) B
(c) E
(d) D
(e) None of these

Q3. How many floors are there between C and R?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) None
(d) Three
(e) Cannot be determined

Q4. B lives on which of the following floor?
(a) Floor-1
(b) Floor-2
(c) Floor-3
(d) Floor-4
(e) Floor-5

Q5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group, which among the following does not belong to that group?
(a) A
(b) E
(c) S
(d) D
(e) T

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Eight persons i.e. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting in a circular table but not necessarily in same order. All are facing towards center.
P sits 2nd to the right of Q, who is an immediate neighbor of R. Three persons sit between R and T, who is not an immediate neighbor of P. W sits 2nd to the left of V, who is not an immediate neighbor of S.

Q6. Who among the following person sits immediate right of S?
(a) P
(b) R
(c) T
(d) Q
(e) None of these

Q7. Who among the following person faces U?
(a) Q
(b) R
(c) S
(d) T
(e) None of these

Q8. How many persons are sitting between W and Q?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) One
(d) Four
(e) Either (a) or (d)

Q9. Who among the following persons are immediate neighbors of V?
(a) T and Q
(b) T and U
(c) P and R
(d) P and S
(e) None of these

Q10. Four of the following five are alike in certain way based on a certain pattern, find the one which does not belong to that group?
(a) P-V
(b) P-U
(c) Q-W
(d) R-T
(e) S-U

Directions (11-15): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Seven boxes P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are placed one above other in a stack. Each box contains different numbers of pens i.e. 21, 17, 13, 25, 36, 8 and 15. All information is not necessarily in same order.
Two boxes are placed between P and U. The number of pens in box U is a prime number. Box R placed just above the box which contain 17 pens. Box V is placed just below box P and contains lowest number of pens. Two boxes are placed between box V and box Q, which contains 36 pens. Box P contains 8 pens more than box U. Box P does not contain less than 22 pens. Two boxes are placed between box S and box T. Box T contain more numbers of pen than box S. Box Q does not placed just above and just below box S. The number of pens in box Q is perfect square of a number. Box R contains number of pens that is multiple of 5.

Q11. Which of the following box is placed just above the box which contains 36 pens?
(a) R
(b) P
(c) T
(d) U
(e) None of these

Q12. Which of the following box contains 13 pens?
(a) T
(b) Q
(c) V
(d) R
(e) None of these

Q13. Which of the following pair of boxes is placed just above and just below respectively of box T?
(a) U, P
(b) Q, P
(c) R, Q
(d) P, S
(e) None of these

Q14. Four of the following five are alike in certain way based from a group, find the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) U-21
(b) Q-25
(c) R-13
(d) T-8
(e) S-25

Q15. How many boxes are placed between box U and Box S?
(a) Two
(b) Three
c) Four
(d) More than Four
(e) None

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