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We have started the 56 days Study Plan for IBPS PO Prelims. This study plan is to efficiently utilise time and hard work to channelise it towards smart work. From now quizzes on Bankersadda will be according to the given study plan and this will help you prepare important topics in limited time. Today is DAY 20 of the study plan and in Reasoning today’s chapter is Puzzle and Seating Arrangement.

Directions (1-6): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Ten persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J are sitting in two rows with five persons in each row. The persons in row one are facing south and the persons in row two are facing north. Each person in row one faces a person from the other row.

All of them like a different soft drink, viz Sprite, Slice, Pepsi, Maaza, Fanta, Limca, 7up, Nimbooz, Mirinda and Cola, but not necessarily in the same order.

The persons who like Fanta and Mirinda sit opposite each other. F sits opposite A, who likes Sprite. The one who likes Slice sits opposite the one who likes 7up. J is not facing north but sits third to the left of G, who likes Slice. There is only one person between B and C. E sits at one of the ends of the row and likes Mirinda. The one who likes 7up is on the immediate right of D, who does not like Cola. The persons who like Pepsi and Maaza respectively are not facing north. C likes Limca. The one who likes Maaza sits opposite the one who is second to the right of B. I does not like Cola. E sits opposite the one who sits second to the left of the one who likes Pepsi.

Q1. Who among the following likes Cola?

(a) H

(b) J

(d) I

(e) None of the above

Q2. Who among the following sit at the extreme ends of the row and are facing south?

(a) D, E

(b) I, C

(d) H, J

(e) None of the above

Q3. How many persons sit between D and E?

(a) One

(b) Two

(d) Can’t be determined

(e) None of the above

Q4. B likes which of the following soft drinks?

(a) Fanta

(b) 7up

(d) Maaza

(e) None of the above

Q5. Which of the following statements is/are true?

(a) H like Cola and sits at one of the ends of the row

(b) F is the immediate neighbour of G and the person who likes Fanta

(d) Only (a) and (c) are true

(e) None of the above

Q6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) H, G

(b) E, C

(d) J, I

(e) I, C

Directions (7-12): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Seven MR boys Kunal, Kartic, Krish, Kundan, Kamal, Keshav and Krishna go to seven different hospitals, viz RML, Ganga Ram, BLK, Guru Nanak, Patel, Apollo and AIIMS on four different days – Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday – of a week but not necessarily in the same order. At least one boy but not more than two boys go to hospital on each day.

Kundan goes to Guru Nanak on Sunday. Keshav goes to AIIMS alone. The one who goes to Patel does not go with Kamal or Kartic. Kartic goes on Thursday and he does not go to BLK. Krishna does not go to Apollo. Krish goes on Thursday. The person who goes to BLK goes with the person who goes to RML. The boy who goes to Apollo goes on Sunday. Kunal goes on Saturday and goes to Patel.

Q7. One of the boys goes to another hospital on the day Ganga Ram is visited. Name the other hospital.

(a) Patel

(b) Apollo

(d) RML

(e) None of the above

Q8. On which of the following days does Krishna go to Hospital?

(a) Either Sunday or Saturday

(b) Tuesday

(d) Either Tuesday or Thursday

(e) None of the above

Q9. Krish goes to which of the following hospitals?

(a) RML

(b) BLK

(d) Ganga Ram

(e) None of the above

Q10. Who among the following boys goes with Kunal?

(a) Krishna

(b) Kamal

(d) Can’t be determined

(e) None of the above

Q11. Which of the following combinations is true?

(a) Kartic – Ganga Ram – Thursday

(b) Krishna – Ganga Ram – Thursday

(d) None is true

(e) None of the above

Q12. Which of the following statements is/are true?

(a) Kamal goes to BLK on Sunday

(b) Kartic goes to Ganga Ram on Tuesday

(d) Only (a) and (c) are true

(e) None is true

Directions (13-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Eight friends P , Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a square table. Four of them are sitting in the middle of the sides and facing outward from the centre. Rest are sitting in the corners of the square and facing the centre. W is sitting in a corner and is an immediate neighbour of P and R. S sits fourth to the right of P and is not facing the centre. T is second to the left of W and is an immediate neighbour of V. U is not the neighbor of R.

Q13. How many persons sit between R and V?

(a) None

(b) One

(d) Three

(e) None of the above

Q14. Who among the following sits third to the right of S?

(a) T

(b) W

(d) U

(e) None of the above

Q15. Which of the following groups sits between T and Q if counted from right of T?

(a) R, W, P