SBI CLERK PRELIM LEVEL PUZZLE QUESTIONS
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight grains – L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S were sowed on two different dates either 4th or 11th of four different months viz. January, April, July and November of the same year. Only one grain was sowed on each date and only two grains were sowed in each month.
Grain O was sowed in the month having only 30 days. Grain R was sowed three months before O, where both grains were sowed on different dates. As many grains sowed before R as after L. Only two grains were sowed between L and P. Grain Q was sowed immediately after P. Grain N was sowed on the same date as Q. Grain M was sowed after S, which was not sowed on an odd numbered date.
1. Which of the following combination is true?
a) R-11th-April
b) M-4th-Novemebr
c) P-11th-April
d) L-4th-Novemebr
e) Q-11th- January
2. Which among the following pair of grains were sowed in the month having the same number of days?
I. QL
II. RO
III. NP
a) Only I
b) Only I and II
c) Only II and III
d) Only III
e) All I, II and III
3. Which among the following grains were sowed three months after S?
a) Grain P
b) Grain R
c) Grain Q
d) Both b and c
e) Both a and c
4. The number of grains sowed after grain N is twice that of the number of grains sowed before__.
a) Grain O
b) Grain M
c) Grain L
d) Grain P
e) Grain Q
5. How many grains were sowed between grains L and O?
a) As many grains sowed before M
b) Four
c) As many grains sowed between Q and N
d) One
e) Five
Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight people – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are staying on different decks of an eight storeyed cruise ship, where the lowermost deck is numbered one and the deck immediately above it is numbered two and so on. No two people stay on the same deck.
Only three people stay between F and A, who stays on one of the decks above F. D stays two decks above A. Only two people stay between D and H. C stays immediately below H. As many people stay between C and F as between B and E. Not more than three decks between E and G, who doesn’t stay on an odd numbered deck.
6. If B and C are interchanged their decks, then how many people stay between B and F?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Five
d) One
e) Six
7. Which among the following pair of people stay on the adjacent decks?
a) BA
b) GF
c) HD
d) EG
e) AF
8. What is the sum of the deck numbers of G and E?
a) 10
b) 07
c) 13
d) 12
e) 08
9. Who among the following person stays on an even numbered deck?
I. The one who stays immediately above D
II. A
III. The one who stays two decks below H
a) Only II and III
b) Only II
c) Only I and III
d) Only III
e) All I, II and III
10. If all the people are staying in the reverse alphabetical order from the topmost deck, then who among the following person remains unchanged in his position?
a) C
b) G
c) A
d) B
e) E
Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting in a linear row and facing north.
U sits third from one of the extreme ends of the row. Only two persons sit between U and P. The number of persons sitting to the right of P is one more than the number of persons sitting to the left of W. Only one person sits between W and T. S sits third to the left of V. Q sits to the left of R, who is not an immediate neighbour of V.
11. What will come in the place of __?
SR, QT, PU, __.
a) TS
b) WU
c) VW
d) QR
e) PV
12. Which of the following pair of persons sit at the extreme ends of the row?
a) QP
b) VQ
c) WR
d) ST
e) RS
13. What is the position of Q with respect to S?
a) Immediate right
b) Second to the left
c) Third to the right
d) Fourth to the left
e) Fifth to the right
14. The number of persons sitting to the left of W is __ the number of persons sitting to the right of Q.
a) Two more than
b) The same as
c) Two less than
d) Three more than
e) One more than
15. Which of the following statements is/are true as per the given arrangement?
I. More than three persons sit between Q and U
II. As many persons sit between U and T as to the left of S
III. Neither R nor S sits at any of the extreme ends.
a) Only I and III
b) Only III
c) Only II and III
d) Only II
e) All I, II and III
Directions (16-20): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Nine persons – A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are sitting around a circular table facing the centre.
D sits second to the right of H. Only two persons sit between D and I (either from left or right). F sits immediate left of I. Only one person sits between F and B (either from left or right). As many persons sit between H and B as between A and C. E sits second to the left of C. E and A are not immediate neighbours.
16. If one of the neighbours of F is I, then who among the following person is the second neighbour?
a) The one who sits immediate right of E
b) C
c) G
d) A
e) The one who sits second to the right of H
17. __sits __ to the right of H.
a) E, Fourth
b) F, Second
c) D, Second
d) Both a and b
e) Both a and c
18. How many persons sit between I and B when counted from the left of I?
a) One
b) Two
c) Four
d) Three
e) No one
19. Who among the following person sits fourth to the left of D?
a) A
b) G
c) B
d) F
e) H
20. If all the persons are facing away from the centre, then what is the position of A with respect to E?
a) Second to the left
b) Immediate left
c) Third to the right
d) Fourth to the right
e) Second to the right