Reasoning Ability Quiz For SBI Clerk Mains 2022- 22nd December

Directions (1-5): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
There are eight persons namely, A, R, B, M, S, E, Z and D sitting around a regular pentagonal table which contains 10 seats, such that five seat are at the corners and remaining five are on the middle of the sides of the table. Each person faces towards the centre of the table. Two of the seats are vacant. Each person drinks different drinks among – Cider, Wine, Cocktail, Coffee, Tea, Milk, Beer and Juice in the gathering but not in the same order.
Note: If a person sits immediate right/left of another person, then there may or may not be a vacant seat between them. If a person is immediate neighbour of another person, then their seats are adjacent to each other. If a person sits opposite to another person, then the number of seats between them (from either direction) is same.
Person who drinks Milk sits immediate right of E who drinks Juice and both of them sit on the sides of the table. One of the vacant seats is on the side of the table. Two persons sit between E and R from either side of the table. Person who drinks Tea sits immediate right of M who drinks Coffee and both of them sit at the corner of the table. A who drinks Beer sits opposite to the one of the vacant seats. A is an immediate neighbour of the person who drinks Cider. R doesn’t drink Cider. S sits opposite to the person who likes Cocktail. D who drinks Wine is not immediate neighbour of Z. If B drinks Tea then he must sit adjacent to a vacant seat. Z doesn’t sit opposite to the person who drinks Juice.

Q1. Who sits third to the right of the person who drinks Wine?
(a) The person who drinks Coffee
(b) Z
(c) The person who drinks Beer
(d) S
(e) None of the above

Q2. How many persons sit between S and the person who drinks Tea when counted from the right of S?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of the above

Q3. How many persons sit between R and the person who drinks Juice when counted from the left of R?
(a) Two
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Six
(e) None of the above

Q4. Four of the following five are related to each other in some manner. Find the odd one out.
(a) D
(b) Z
(c) S
(d) E
(e) M

Q5. Who among the following person drinks Milk?
(a) D
(b) Z
(c) S
(d) R
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Thirteen persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, and Y sit in two parallel rows (Row 1 and Row 2) such that 7 persons and 6 persons sit in row 1 and row 2, respectively. Row 1 is in west of Row 2. Persons who sit in row 2 face west direction and the persons who sit in row 1 face east direction. The persons who sit in row 2 face the persons who sit in row 1 and vice versa except for one person who sits at either extreme end of row 1 (i.e., only 6 persons of row 1 are facing the 6 persons of row 2 and vice versa). Seven of these persons have different bikes (Java, Honda, Bullet, Hero, TVS, Bajaj and Yamaha). The distance between any two adjacent persons in each row is same.
V sits 3rd to the right of U who has Bajaj. U doesn’t sit adjacent to S but sit in the same row as S. O faces P who doesn’t sit at any of the extreme ends. N sits 3rd to the left of M who sits at one of the extreme ends. Y faces the person who sits immediate left of N. Three persons sit between Y and S who has Java. O and V sit in different rows. Two persons sit between P and R. The person who has Bullet faces one of the immediate neighbours of R. The person who has Honda faces the person who has Yamaha. The person who has Honda and W sit in different row. Q who has Hero sits to the left of T who doesn’t have Bullet. The person who has TVS sits 2nd to the right of W.

Q6. What is the position of the person who faces the person who has Bullet with respect to the person who has Honda?
(a) They sit in different row
(b) 2nd to the left
(c) 3rd to the left
(d) 3rd to the right
(e) None of these

Q7. Which of the following combination of persons represents the same number of persons that are sitting between the person who has Yamaha and Q as between them?
I. M and the person who has Bullet
II. V and P
III. R and X
(a) Only I
(b) Only I and II
(c) Only II and III
(d) Only III
(e) All I, II and III

Q8. N sits 2nd to the left of which of the following person?
(a) V
(b) W
(c) R
(d) T
(e) None of these

Q9. If one of the immediate neighbours of O has Ducati bike then which of the following statements is/are definitely correct?
(a) The person who has Ducati faces the person who has Bullet
(b) The person who has Ducati faces the person who has Java
(c) The person who has Ducati faces the person who has Bajaj
(d) The person who has Ducati faces the person who has Hero
(e) None of these

Q10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on a group. Which among the following does not belong to that group?
(a) S
(b) X
(c) P
(d) U
(e) N

Directions (11-15): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
In the PO Entrance examination eight aspirants A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H were seated around a circular table facing the centre. Each person was of a different age and attempted different number of questions in the reasoning section.

D (24) B (30) C (19) H (11) > F (33) > A (29) E (31)> G (14)

The sequence given above shows their arrangement as per their age. Thus, D was the eldest and G was the youngest. The number in bracket denotes the number of questions attempted by them. Each person wore a different coloured shirt.
The person who wore the purple shirt was 3rd to the right of the one who wore the white shirt. C was seated 2nd to the right of a person who attempted lesser questions than that attempted by D. H was seated opposite to A who was immediate neighbour of C. G was to the immediate right of a person who was younger to F. The person who seated immediate left of E wore the blue shirt. The person who seated opposite to B wore the pink shirt and was to the immediate right of the one who wore the green shirt. A did not wear the green shirt. The person who wore the red shirt was elder to H but attempted lesser number of questions than A. One person wore a yellow shirt. F was 2nd to the left of the one who wore the golden shirt.

Q11. Who wore the yellow shirt?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) F
(e) None of these

Q12. Who was seated opposite to F?
(a) B
(b) E
(c) C
(d) G
(e) None of these

Q13. How many questions did the person wearing white shirt attempt?
(a) 31
(b) 29
(c) 14
(d) 11
(e) None of these

Q14. What was the position of B with respect to the one who wore the yellow shirt?
(a) Immediate left
(b) Opposite
(c) Immediate right
(d) 3rd to the right
(e) 2nd to the right

Q15. Who among the following was seated 3rd to the right of the one who wore green shirt?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) F
(d) D
(e) None of these

Solutions

Solution (1-5):
Sol.

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