Reasoning Quizzes For IBPS Clerk Mains 2022- 8th October

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
Eight friends A, B, C, D, T, U, V and W are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square while the other four sits in the middle of each side. All of them like different subjects viz. History, Polity, Science, Geography, Reasoning, Aptitude, Physics and Biology. The ones who sit at the four corners faces away from the center while those who sit in the middle of the sides faces inside. C likes Geography and sits third to the right of T. Only two persons sit between T and the one who likes Polity. D likes History and is an immediate neighbor of C. A likes Science. W does not like Polity. B sits second to the right of the one who likes Aptitude. The one who likes Geography faces the one who likes Reasoning. U is not an immediate neighbor of the one who likes Reasoning. U likes Physics. Neither V nor W likes Aptitude.

Q1. Who sits exactly between T and A, when counted from the left of T?
(a) B
(b) U
(c) The one who likes Polity
(d) The one who likes Reasoning
(e) Cannot be determined

Q2. What is the position of V with respect to A?
(a) Immediate left
(b) Third to the right
(c) Immediate right
(d) Third to the left
(e) Either (a) or (c)

Q3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Who among the following does not belong to that group?
(a) V
(b) U
(c) W
(d) C
(e) T

Q4. What is the position of D with respect to the one who likes Biology?
(a) Second to the left
(b) Second to the right
(c) Third to the right
(d) Fourth to the right
(e) Cannot be determined

Q5. How many persons sit between the one who likes Science and the one who likes Biology?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) Cannot be determined

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully to answer the question given below:
Ten people are sitting in two parallel rows containing five people each in such a way that there is equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1-P, Q, R, S and T are seated and all of them are facing North and in row 2-M, N, O, U and V, are seated and are facing south (but not necessarily in the same order). Each person also likes a different Colour, namely Blue, Black, Green, Pink, Red, Grey, Brown, Magenta, Purple and White (not necessarily in the same order).
T sits exactly in the middle of the row and faces the one who likes Red. Only one person sits between U and the one who likes Red. U faces one of the immediate neighbours of the one who likes Grey. Only two people sit between Q and the one who likes Grey. Q faces the one who likes Magenta. M faces one of the immediate neighbours of R. M does not like Magenta. S is an immediate neighbour of R. The one who likes Pink is not an immediate neighbour of R. V is not an immediate neighbour of M but faces the one who likes Black. O faces the one who likes Purple. The one who likes White faces north. M does not face the one who likes White. The one who likes blue sits on the immediate right of the person who likes Brown. M does not like Blue. V sits at the rightmost end of row 2. M is not an immediate neighbour of U.

Q6. Which of the following pairs represent the people sitting at the extreme ends of two rows?
(a) U, S
(b) N, R
(c) M, T
(d) N, P
(e) O, R

Q7. Who amongst the following likes Pink?
(a) U
(b) M
(c) V
(d) O
(e) N

Q8. Who amongst the following is the immediate neighbour of the one who likes White?
(a) The one who likes Grey
(b) The one who like Brown
(c) Q
(d) The one who likes Black
(e) V

Q9. Which of the following Colour does V like?
(a)Blue
(b) Red
(c) Grey
(d) Brown
(e) Magenta

Q10. Who amongst the following likes Black colour?
(a) U
(b) M
(c) V
(d) Q
(e) N

Directions (11-13): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below
An uncertain number of persons are sitting in a row facing North direction. Five persons sit between P and N. M is fourth from the left end. Only eight persons sit between T and N. There are four persons sit between X and P. There are six persons sit between X and A, who sits to the immediate left of M. D is eleventh from the left end. There are three persons sit between O and D. Only five persons sit to the right of T.

Q11. How many persons are sitting in the row?
(a) 19
(b) 26
(c) 32
(d) 23
(e) Can’t determined

Q12. How many persons sit between P and T?
(a) Five
(b) None
(c) Two
(d) Seven
(e) Four

Q13. What is the position of O with respect to N?
(a) Immediate right
(b) Second to the left
(c) Fourth to the right
(d) Third to the left
(e) Sixth to the right

Q14. In the word ‘MANAGEMENT’ all consonants are written as their preceding letter and all vowels are written as their following letters. Now 2nd, 3rd, 6th letter of the word from left are eliminated. Then, how many such pairs of letters are there, each of which have as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?
(a) None
(b) Two
(c) Four
(d) Three
(e) More than four

Q15. In the given number ‘435678323’ if ‘2’ is added to each odd number and ‘1’ is subtracted to each even number then how many digits are not repeated in the resultant thus obtained?
(a) one
(b) two
(c) three
(d) four
(e) None

Solutions

Solutions (1-5):
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