Reasoning Ability Quiz For IBPS PO Prelims 2022- 10th October

Directions (1-3): Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
D, L, N, X, W and V are six friends. Each of them has different weight. L is heavier than only N. W is lighter than only two people. V is not the heaviest. The difference between the weight of third lightest and the lightest person is 12kg. D is heavier than W but is not the heaviest. The weight of V is 70 kg.

Q1. How many persons are heavier than V?
(a) Four
(b) Three
(c) Two
(d) One
(e) None of these

Q2. Which of the following statement is true if weight of L is 66 kg?
(a) The difference between the weight of V and L is 6 kg.
(b) Weight of W is 65 kg.
(c) Weight of D is 24 kg.
(d) The difference between the Weight of L and N is 8 kg.
(e) None is true

Q3. What could be the possible Weight of W?
(a) 62 kg
(b) 66 kg
(c) 80 kg
(d) 69 kg
(e) 59 kg

Q4. If all the letters in the word Reasonable are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right in such a way that all vowels are arranged first followed by consonants, then how many letters are there in between O and S after the arrangement?
(a) Two
(b) One
(c) None
(d) Three
(e) Four

Q5. If in the number 639429687, 1 is added to each of the digit which is less than five and 1 is subtracted from each of the digit which is greater than five then how many digits are repeating in the number thus formed?
(a) Two
(b) One
(c) None
(d) Three
(e) Four

Directions (6-10): Study the information and answer the following questions:
T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are seven friends who live in seven storey building. The first floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each of them belongs to a different city viz, Rewa, Satna, Allahabad, Bokaro, Kurukshetra, Karnal and Chandigarh but not necessarily in the same order.
The person who belongs to Chandigarh lives above T. Z lives on the fifth floor. Neither X nor Z belongs to Satna. There are two floors between the floor in which X and V live. The person who belongs to Karnal lives on the topmost floor. The one who belong to Kurukshetra lives just above X. V lives on an even-numbered floor. Y is from Allahabad. There is only one floor between U and the one who is from Satna. There are three floors between T and the one who is from Rewa. Z and X are not from Bokaro.

Q6. Who is from Rewa?
(a) V
(b) W
(c) X
(d) Z
(e) None of these

Q7. Which of the following groups live on an even numbered floor?
(a) V, X, Y
(b) U, W, Z
(c) Y, X, Z
(d) V, U, Y
(e) None of these

Q8. Which of the following statements is/are true?
(a) T lives on an even-numbered floor.
(b) There are two floors between the one who are from Rewa and Chandigarh.
(c) The one who is from Satna lives below W
(d) None is true
(e) None of these

Q9. How many floors are there between Y and T?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) None
(e) None of these

Q10. Who among the following lives on the topmost floor?
(a) Y
(b) V
(c) W
(d) X
(e) None of these.

Directions (11-15): Read the information carefully and answer the questions:
Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W live on different floors in the same building, the building has eight floors from 1 to 8 in such a way that ground floor is numbered 1, the above floor is numbered 2 and so on. The top most floor is numbered 8.
S lives on even numbered floor above the floor numbered 5. There are only two persons live between the floor on which V and W live. P lives immediate above the floor on which U lives. V lives on an even numbered floor below the floor on which S lives. R lives on floor numbered 4. There are only three persons lives between U and T who lives on odd numbered floor above the floor on which R lives.

Q11. Who among the following lives on topmost floor?
(a) W
(b) V
(c) Q
(d) S
(e) None of these

Q12. T lives on which of the following floor?
(a) 1st
(b) 3rd
(c) 4th
(d) 5th
(e) None of these

Q13. How many floors are between Q’s floor and U’s floor?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Three
(d) Two
(e) None of these

Q14. W lives on which floor?
(a) 4th
(b) 3rd
(c) 2nd
(d) 1st
(e) 6th

Q15. How many floors are between the one who lives immediately below W and V?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) One
(d) Five
(e) No one

Solutions

Directions (1-3):
Sol. X > D > W > (70kg) V > L > N (58)

S1. Ans. (b)
S2. Ans. (d)
S3. Ans. (c)

S4. Ans. (e)
Sol. After arrangement: AAEEOBLNRS

S5. Ans. (a)

Solutions (6-10)
Sol.