Reasoning Questions for RBI assistant mains 2017 |

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Eight friends, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them holds a different post – Manager, Company Secretary, Chairman, President, Vice President, Group Leader, Financial Advisor and Managing Director.

A sits third to the right of the Managing Director. Only two person sit between the Managing Director and H. The Vice President and the Company Secretary are immediate neighbours. Neither A nor H is a Vice President nor a Company Secretary. The Vice President is not an immediate neighbour of the Managing Director. The Manager sits second to the left of E. E is not an immediate neighbour of H. The Manager is an immediate neighbour of both the Group Leader and the Financial Advisor. The Financial Advisor sits third to the right of B. B is not the Vice President. C sits on the immediate right of the Chairman. A is not the Chairman. F is not an immediate neighbour of A. G is not an immediate neighbour of the Manager.

Q1. Who amongst the following sits third to the left of E?

(a) Manager

(b) G

(d) Financial Advisor

(e) B

Q2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) F – Chairman

(b) G – President

(d) A – Financial Advisor

(e) B – Managing Director

Q3. Who amongst the following is the President of the company?

(a) A

(b) C

(d) G

(e) D

Q4. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?

(a) The Group Leader is an immediate neighbour of the Vice President.

(b) G sits second to the right of D.

(d) The Chairman sits to the immediate left of the Managing Director.

(e) The Group Leader sits second to the left of D.

Q5. Which of the following posts does B hold in the company?

(a) Chairman

(b) Manager

(d) Vice President

(e) Financial Advisor

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight employees of an organization working in three departments, viz HR, Account and Management with not more than three of them in any department. Each of them has a different choice of sports from football, cricket, volleyball, badminton, lawn tennis, basketball, hockey and table tennis, not necessarily in the same order.

D works in Account and does not like either football or cricket. F works in HR with only A, who likes table tennis. E and H do not work in the same department as D. C likes hockey and does not work in Management. G does not work in Account and does not like either cricket or badminton. One of those who work in Account likes football. The one who likes volleyball works in HR. None of those who work in Account likes either badminton or lawn tennis. H does not like cricket.

Q6. Which of the following groups of employees work in Account department?

(a) EGH

(b) AF

(d) BGD

(e) Data inadequate

Q7. In Which department does E work?

(a) HR

(b) Management

(d) Data inadequate

(e) None of these

Q8. Which of the following combinations of employee-department-favourite sport is correct?

(a) E – Account – Cricket

(b) F – HR – Lawn Tennis

(d) B – Account – Table Tennis

(e) None of these

Q9. What is E’s favourite sport?

(a) Cricket

(b) Badminton

(d) Lawn Tennis

(e) None of these

Q10. What is G’s favourite sport?

(a) Cricket

(b) Badminton

(d) Lawn Tennis

(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions:

Seven friends P, Q, R, S, T, U and V perform in stage shows on a different day from Monday to Sunday, not necessarily in the same order. Each one performs a different item, viz. Music, Dance, Mimicry, Play, Debate, Speech and Monologue, not necessarily in the same order.

Q performs ‘Play’ on Thursday and T performs ‘Music’ on Sunday. V performs ‘Mimicry’ but not on Tuesday or Saturday. R’s performance is on the next day of V’s performance. S performs on Monday but not ‘Dance’ or ‘Debate’. P performs ‘Monologue’ which is on the next day of ‘Speech’. ‘Dance’ is not performed on Saturday.

Q11. Who performs Dance?

(a) R

(b) U

(d) R or S

(e) None of these

Q12. Which item is performed by S and on what day?

(a) Mimicry – Monday

(b) Music – Tuesday

(d) Speech – Monday

(e) None of these

Q13. P performs on which day of the week?

(a) Tuesday