IBPS / LIC Clerk Prelims Reasoning Ability Questions 2019 (Day-05)

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Puzzle

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

Eight boxes A to H are placed above one another in different floors and they contain different items in it but not necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 8. One box is empty. Box G is kept in an even prime numbered floor. Three boxes are kept between Box G and Box which contains Pencil. Box F is kept in an odd numbered floor but not on first floor. Two boxes are kept between Box F and the Box E. Box which contains Watch is kept immediately above box F. Box B and box H which is empty are adjacent to each other. Box A which contains Eraser is kept below box which contains Glasses but above the box D. Box E does not contain Glasses. Box which has scale is placed above the box which contains books but below the box which contains pen. A is not placed immediately below glasses.

1) Which among the following boxes contains Pen in it?

a) B

b) C

c) F

d) E

e) None of these

2) How many boxes are kept between Box B and Box D?

a) One

b) Four

c) Two

d) None

e) None of these

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

a) Box E

b) Box G

c) Box D

d) Box H

e) Box A

4) Which among the following boxes has Glasses in it?

a) D

b) F

c) G

d) B

e) None of these

5) Which of the following item does G has?

a) Watch

b) Pen

c) Eraser

d) Books

e) Scale

seating arrangement

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

Six persons are sitting around a triangle in such a way that persons sitting at corner are facing outside while the persons sitting at middle are facing inside. They have different number of chocolates. P does not face inside. Two persons sit between P and the one who has 30 chocolates. Only one person sits between the one who has 18 chocolates and T who is to the immediate left of P. Only one person sits between L and M who has number of chocolates as a perfect square. M does not sit opposite T and has 12 chocolates more than T. S has 30 chocolates and 6 chocolates less than M.  One of the persons is N. P does not have 12 chocolates. One of the persons has 42 chocolates.

6) Who among the following sits third left of N?

a) L

b) S

c) M

d) T

e) None of these

7) Who among the following has 12 chocolates?

a) L

b) T

c) P

d) S

e) None of these

8) Who among the following has 24 chocolates?

a) T

b) N

c) P

d) L

e) None of these

9) Who among the following sits at the middle of the table?

a) S

b) M

c) P

d) L

e) None of these

10) Which of the following statements is true about T?

a) T has 18 chocolates

b) All are true

c) There are only two persons sitting between P and T

d) N sits opposite T

e) None is true

Answers :

Directions (1-5):

Box G is kept in an even prime numbered floor. Three boxes are kept between Box G and Box which contains Pencil. Box F is kept in an odd numbered floor but not on first floor. Two boxes are kept between box F and the box E. From the statements, we get Case 1, Case 2 and Case 3.

Box which contains Watch is kept immediately above box F. Box B and box H which is empty are adjacent to each other. From the statements, Case 1 is eliminated.

Box A which contains Eraser is kept below box which contains Glasses but above the box D. Box E does not contain Glasses. Box which has scale is placed above the box which contains books but below the box which contains pen. A is not placed immediately below glasses. From this case 3 gets eliminated.

From the statements, we get

1) Answer: d

2) Answer: b

3) Answer: d

4) Answer: b

5) Answer: e

Directions (6-10):

P does not face inside. Two persons sit between P and the one who has 30 chocolates. Only one person sits between the one who has 18 chocolates and T who is to the immediate left of P. From the statements, we get

Only one person sits between L and M who has number of chocolates as a perfect square. S has 30 chocolates and 6 chocolates less than M.  M does not sit opposite T and has 12 chocolates more than T. From the statements, we get

M does not sit opposite T and has 12 chocolates more than T. One of the persons is N. P does not have 12 chocolates. One of the persons has 42 chocolates. From the statements, we get

6) Answer: c

7) Answer: a

8) Answer: a

9) Answer: a

10) Answer: e

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