SBI CLERK PRELIM LEVEL PUZZLE QUESTIONS
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
Nine persons - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I scanned the QR code one after another in the shopping mall. It is assumed that no other persons scanned the QR code other than the given persons.
F scanned the code four persons after G. Only two persons scanned the code between F and H. C scanned two persons before H. Only three persons scanned the code between C and A. As many persons scanned the code between G and C as between A and E. D scanned four persons before E. B scanned before I, who scanned immediately after D.
1. Who among the following person scanned the code three persons after B?
a) I
b) F
c) D
d) C
e) E
2. How many persons scanned the code between I and G?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) More than three
e) No one
3. What is the position of C with respect to D?
a) Two persons after
b) Four persons after
c) Three persons after
d) Two persons before
e) Three persons before
4. Due to some network issues, the last four persons couldn’t able to scan the code, who among the following person cannot scan the code?
I. C
II. H
III. I
a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Only I and III
d) Only I and II
e) Only III
5. As many persons scanned the code between I and __ as after __ respectively?
a) C, F
b) A, C
c) B, D
d) F, E
e) E, C
Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
Seven people - P, Q, R, S, T, U and V filed the divorce case in different years viz., 1973, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1988 and 1992. Only one person filed the case in each year.
T filed the case seven years after U. The number of people filed the case before U is one more than the number of people filed the case after S. There is a gap of three years between the years in which S and V filed the case. Only two people filed the case between V and R. Q filed the case before P but not immediately before.
6. Who among the following person filed the case in 1985?
a) Q
b) R
c) P
d) V
e) S
7. Which of the following statements is/are not false as per the given arrangement?
a) Only two people filed the case after T
b) R filed the case three people after U
c) Q filed the case in an odd numbered year
d) Both a and b
e) Both b and C
8. If the cases filed on an even numbered year were rejected, then who among the following person case was rejected?
I. U
II. V
III. P
a) Only II
b) Only I and III
c) Only III
d) Only I and II
e) Only I
9. Q filed the case in which of the following year?
a) 1976
b) 1973
c) 1992
d) 1985
e) 1983
10. Who among the following person filed the case four years after R?
a) S
b) The one who filed the case in 1985
c) V
d) Q
e) The one who filed the case two people after U
Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
Ten persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing five persons each in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1: P, Q, R, S and T are seated and all of them are facing north. In row 2: A, B, C, D and E are seated and all of them are facing south. Each person in row 1 faces exactly one person in row 2.
S sits second to the left of the one who faces B. Only two persons sit between B and C. As many persons sit to the left of C as to the left of T. A sits third to the right of the one who faces T, who does not sit adjacent to R. D sits two places away from the one who faces R, who does not sit at the extreme ends. P sits immediate right of the one who faces E.
11. Who among the following person sits second to the right of Q?
a) No one
b) R
c) S
d) P
e) T
12. If all the persons are made to sit in alphabetical order within the row from the left end, then how many persons remain unchanged in their positions?
a) Three
b) One
c) Five
d) Four
e) More than five
13. 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) P
b) S
c) R
d) D
e) E
14. If A and P interchange their positions, similarly D and S did the same, then which of the following statements is/are true?
a) A sits second to the right of D
b) S sits at one of the extreme ends
c) Only one person sits between P and B
d) Both a and c
e) All the given statements are true
15. If one of the neighbours of A is C, then who among the following person is the second neighbour?
a) The one who faces S
b) D
c) B
d) The one who faces R
e) None of these
Direction (16-20): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions :
Eight people viz., A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a rectangular 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 the centre.
H sits opposite to the one who is an immediate neighbour of F. E sits third to the left of F. Only one person sits between E and C(either from left or right). As many people sit between C and A as between A and D. G neither is an immediate neighbour of D nor faces B.
16. Who among the following person sits third to the right of B?
a) The one who sits opposite to H
b) E
c) A
d) G
e) The one who sits opposite to A
17. How many people are sitting between G and D, when counted from the left of D?
a) Two
b) No one
c) Four
d) One
e) More than four
18. In which of the following option the first person sits exactly between the second and the third one ?
a) CFE
b) DBG
c) HBA
d) GEA
e) AGH
19. If C is related to E and B is related to A in a certain way, then who among the following person is related to D?
a) C
b) G
c) E
d) H
e) F
20. What is the position of A with respect to H?
a) Sixth to the right
b) Immediate left
c) Second to the right
d) Immediate right
e) Seventh to the left
Answer Key
Directions (1-5):
1. Answer: C
2. Answer: B
3. Answer: C
4. Answer: D
5. Answer: E
Directions (6-10):
6. Answer: C
7. Answer: C
8. Answer: D
9. Answer: B
10. Answer: E
Directions (11-15):
11. Answer: B
12. Answer: A
13. Answer: D (In the given options, the persons are sitting in the middle of the row, except option D)
14. Answer: E
15. Answer: D
Directions (16-20):
16. Answer: B
17. Answer: C
18. Answer: C
19. Answer: D
20. Answer: B