SBI CLERK PRELIM LEVEL PUZZLE QUESTIONS
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight persons viz., S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them are sitting at the corners and facing away from the centre while four of them are sitting in the middle of the sides and facing towards the centre.
U sits second to the right of V. Only three persons sit between U and Y. Only one person sits between Y and X(either from left or right). S sits second to the left of Z. Z sits adjacent to neither X nor Y. S sits opposite to T. W does not sit at the corner of the table.
1. How many persons sit between W and the one who sits opposite to X, when counted from the right of W?
a) Three
b) Two
c) Four
d) One
e) None
2. Which of the following statement is not false as per the given arrangement?
a) W sits opposite to Y
b) Z sits at the corner of the table
c) Z faces X
d) U sits second to the left of X
e) None is true
3. Who among the following person sits opposite to the one who sits third to the right of U?
a) V
b) T
c) X
d) S
e) Z
4. In which of the following option does the first person sits immediate right of the second person?
a) XS
b) UZ
c) YT
d) VY
e) Both a and c
5. If all the persons are made to sit in alphabetical order in an anticlockwise direction starting from S, then how many persons remain unchanged in their position? (Excluding S)
a) Four
b) Two
c) Three
d) One
e) None
Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Nine persons viz., P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and X are sitting around a circular table facing the centre.
Only two persons sit between W and S(either from left or right). R sits second to the left of W and is not an immediate neighbour of S. V sits second to the left of X, who is an immediate neighbour of R. Only three persons sit between Q and P(either from left or right). The number of persons sitting between Q and T(when counted from the right of T) is one more than the number of persons sitting between P and U(when counted from the right of U).
6. How many persons are sitting between T and X?
a) Three
b) Five
c) Two
d) Four
e) Either a or d
7. What is the position of U with respect to S?
a) Fifth to the left
b) Fourth to the right
c) Sixth to the left
d) Fourth to the left
e) Sixth to the right
8. In which of the following option does the first person sit exactly in the middle of the second and the third person?
a) RUW
b) QSW
c) PRV
d) TSV
e) WSV
9. Who among the following person sits third to the right of the one who sits second to the left of Q?
a) R
b) U
c) V
d) X
e) W
10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to the group?
a) QV
b) TP
c) UR
d) VS
e) PU
Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight persons viz., A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H were born on the same date of eight different months viz., January, March, April, May, August, September, October and December of the same year. Only one person was born in each month.
H was born in the month having only 30 days. Only three persons were born between H and D. One month gap is between the months in which D and B were born. As many persons born before B as after E. No one was born between A and E. Only one person was born between G and A. C was born one of the months after F. Not more than two months gap between the months in which C and G were born.
11. Who among the following person was born in the month of August?
a) C
b) E
c) G
d) F
e) A
12. How many persons were born between A and F?
a) Four
b) As many persons born between B and C
c) One
d) As many persons born between G and B
e) None
13. Who among the following person was born in the month having only 30 days?
a) G
b) D
c) F
d) A
e) Both c and d
14. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to the group?
a) DC
b) GA
c) FB
d) HE
e) GH
15. If D is related to May and G is related to October in a certain way, then who among the following person is related to April?
a) F
b) C
c) B
d) E
e) A
Directions (16-20): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Ten persons viz., I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R live on five different floors of a five storeyed building where the lowermost floor is numbered one and the floor immediately above it is numbered two and so on.
Note-I: Each floor has two type of flats viz., FlatA and Flat-B, where Flat A is to the west of Flat B.
Note-II: Flat B of floor 2 is immediately above Flat B of floor 1 and immediately below Flat B of floor 3 and so on. Similarly, Flat A of floor 2 is immediately above Flat A of floor 1 and immediately below Flat A of floor 3 and so on.
Note-III: The area of each flat on each floor is same.
Note-IV: Only two persons live on each floor and only one person lives in each flat. K lives immediately below Q, both are living in different type of flats. Q does not live on a prime numbered floor. Only one floor is between K and J. M lives three floors above the flat of J’s flat. Only one floor is between O and R, both are living in different type of flats. P lives two floors below R. I lives one of the floor above the flat of L’s flat. No one lives to the east of N.
16. Who among the following person lives on the same floor with N?
a) The one who lives immediately below the flat of Q’s flat
b) P
c) The one who lives three floors below the flat of I’s flat
d) K
e) J
17. Who among the following person lives on an even numbered floor?
a) R
b) K
c) I
d) P
e) M
18. In which of the following floor and flat does R live?
a) Floor 3, flat B
b) Floor 5, flat A
c) Floor 2, flat B
d) Floor 3, flat A
e) Floor 2, flat A
19. Who among the following person lives immediately below the flat of K’s flat?
a) J
b) L
c) N
d) O
e) I
20. If O is related to R and P is related to K in a certain way, then who among the following person is related to M?
a) N
b) P
c) R
d) L
e) I
Directions (1-5):
1. Answer: C
2. Answer: D
3. Answer: E
4. Answer: C
5. Answer: D
Directions (6-10):
6. Answer: E
7. Answer: D
8. Answer: C
9. Answer: D
10. Answer: E (First person sits immediate right of second person except option e)
Directions (11-15):
11. Answer: C
12. Answer: D
13. Answer: C
14. Answer: E (Only one person was born between both persons except option e)
15. Answer: C
Directions (16-20):
16. Answer: C
17. Answer: E
18. Answer: D
19. Answer: C
20. Answer: D