Reasoning Quiz For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 -19th July

Directions (1-5): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
10 persons W, X, Y, Z, A, B, C, D, E and F live in a 10-floor building (but not necessarily in the same order) such that the bottom most floor is numbered as 1 and the top most floor is numbered as 10.
Only four persons live above A. W lives two floors below A. Five persons live between E and the one who lives just above F. Two persons live between F and D. Two persons live between W and Z who lives just below E. X lives just above Y. B does not live on 3rd floor.

Q1. Which of the following statement is/are correct?
I. E lives on 2nd floor
II. D lives on 9th floor
III. Three persons live between W and X
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Only III
(d) Both I and II
(e) All are correct

Q2. Who lives on 8th floor?
(a) C
(b) B
(c) X
(d) Y
(e) None of these

Q3. How many persons live between F and the one who lives just below C?
(a) Three
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Four
(e) None of the above

Q4. B lives on which of the following floor?
(a) 7th floor
(b) 3rd floor
(c) 1st floor
(d) 5th floor
(e) None of these

Q5. Four from the following are similar in a certain way and forms a group. Find out the one who does not belong to that group.
(a) D
(b) Y
(c) A
(d) X
(e) W

Q6. If in a given number ‘376843658‘, 1 is added to all even digits and 1 is subtracted from all odd digits and then arrange them in ascending order from left to right, then what will be the sum of third digit from right end and second digit from left end?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 11
(d) 8
(e) None of the above

Q7. How many pairs of letters are there in the word ‘STARTERS’ which has as many letters between them as in English alphabetical series from both forward and backward direction?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Six
(e) None of the above

Q8. How many pairs of letters are there in the word ‘SOURCES’ which has as many letters between them as in English alphabetical series from both forward and backward direction?
(a) One
(b) Four
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) None of the above

Q9. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th letters of word “DESTROYER“, then which will be the 2nd letter of the meaningful word? If no such word is formed, mark the answer as ‘Y’. If more than one word can be formed mark the answer as ‘X’.
(a) Y
(b) E
(c) D
(d) S
(e) X

Q10. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th letters of word “LAVENDER“, then which will be the 1st letter of the meaningful word? If no such word is formed, mark the answer as ‘M’. If more than one word can be formed mark the answer as ‘K’.
(a) M
(b) N
(c) D
(d) V
(e) K

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