Reasoning Quizzes For IBPS PO Mains 2022- 21st October

Directions (1-5): Answer the questions based on the information given below:
Ten boxes are kept one above another from bottom to top such that each of the boxes is of different colour (Purple, Black, Grey, Indigo, Blue, Yellow, White, Golden, Orange and Red) but not necessarily in same order.
There is one box between Box Q and Box P. Box Q is adjacent to white colour box. Box P is immediately below yellow colour box. Yellow colour box is fourth from the top. Box M is not kept immediately above Box Q. As many boxes are there between box M and Grey colour box as between grey colour box and box K. There are two boxes between Box T and Box R. There are two boxes between White colour box and Grey colour box which is three boxes above box M. Orange colour box is immediately above Box M and immediately below Purple colour box. Golden and Blue colour box is adjacent to Box K. Number of boxes below Box R is one more than number of boxes above Box N. Box S is below Box O and above box U. Box S is of neither Golden nor Blue colour. Box T is Indigo colour box.

Q1. How many boxes are above box R?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
(e) None of these

Q2. Which of the following statement is definitely false?
I. Box M is immediately above box S.
II. Three boxes are between box P and Orange colour box.
III. Black colour box is below Box S.
(a) Only I
(b) Only I and II
(c) Only II and III
(d) Only III
(e) None of these

Q3. If there are four boxes between Black and Golden box, then which of the following box is red colour box?
(a) M
(b) T
(c) O
(d) Q
(e) None of these

Q4. If all the boxes are arranged in alphabetical order from top to bottom, then positions of how many boxes will remain unchanged?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Two
(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) K
(b) N
(c) P
(d) S
(e) U

Directions (6-10): Answer the questions based on the information given below:
Eight persons (W, X, Y, Z, A, B, C, and D) work in the same organization on eight different designations (MD, CEO, CFO, HR, Manager, AM, Supervisor, and Intern) but not necessarily in the same order. The designations are in the decreasing order such that MD is the senior-most position and Intern is the junior-most position. Some of the persons like different fruits.
Only two persons are senior to B. X is three designations senior to Y who likes Banana. Z is two designations junior to C. The person who likes Apple is three designations junior to A. There are four designations between the person who likes Apple and the person who likes Mango. There is one designation between the designations of B and D. W who likes Peach, is immediate junior to D. The person who likes Orange is two designations senior to the person who likes Mango.

Q6. Who among the following likes Orange?
(a) CEO
(b) AM
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of these

Q7. If the person who likes Grapes is two designations senior to the person who likes Kiwi, then, which of the following statement is/are definitely correct?
I. X likes Grapes
II. X likes Kiwi
III. C likes Kiwi
(a) Only I
(b) Only I and II
(c) Only II and III
(d) Only I and III
(e) None of these

Q8. The person who likes Apple is how many designations junior to Y?
(a) Two
(b) One
(c) Three
(d) Either One or Three
(e) None of these

Q9. Who among the following is immediate senior to A?
(a) X
(b) C
(c) B
(d) Y
(e) None of these

Q10. Four from the following are similar in a certain way and forms a group. Find out the one which does not belong to that group.
(a) W – CFO
(b) Y – Intern
(c) Z – AM
(d) D – CEO
(e) X – Manager

Directions (11-15): Answer the questions based on the information given below:
Nine people i.e., A, B, C, D, E, M, N, O, and P live on nine different floors of a building but not necessarily in same order. Each floor is of different colour among White, Yellow, Magenta, Green, Red, Pink, Purple, Blue and Teal but not necessarily in same order. The bottommost floor is numbered as 1, the floor above it as 2, and so on.
O lives on a prime numbered floor above the floor number 4. O lives on red coloured floor. B lives two floors below O’s floor. B does not live on a blue-coloured floor. A prime numbered floor is coloured as Blue. There is one floor between blue and purple coloured floor. No odd numbered floor is coloured as purple. As many people live below P’s floor as above M’s floor. N lives three floors above P but not in purple coloured floor. Green coloured floor is not below purple coloured floor. White coloured floor is three floors above green coloured floor. Pink coloured floor is below Magenta coloured floor. Yellow coloured floor is immediately above Magenta coloured floor. N does not live on Magenta coloured floor. C lives on an odd floor but not on the bottommost floor. One of the prime numbered floors is Teal coloured floor. E does not live adjacent to D’s floor. A lives on an even numbered floor.

Q11. Who is living on floor 6?
(a) E
(b) P
(c) D
(d) M
(e) None of these

Q12. How many floors are there between Pink and Magenta coloured floor?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
(e) None of these

Q13. Which of the following statement is not correct?
(a) C lives on Magenta coloured floor.
(b) M lives on floor number 4.
(c) Floor 2 is coloured as Blue.
(d) There are four floors above P’s floor.
(e) All the statements are correct.

Q14. Floor numbered 3 has which of the following colour?
(a) Yellow
(b) Blue
(c) Teal
(d) Green
(e) None of these

Q15. 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) N
(b) C
(c) O
(d) B
(e) P

Solutions

Solution (1-5):
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