SBI CLERK PRELIM LEVEL PUZZLE QUESTIONS
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight persons – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are cutting three different trees for making chair viz. Teak, Oak and Pine. At least two persons but not more than four persons cut the same tree. D cuts neither Teak nor the same tree as G. A and G cut the same tree. A doesn’t cut Oak. C and E cut different trees but none of them cut the same tree as D. H cuts the same tree as neither C nor D. B and H cut the same tree but not Pine. F doesn’t cut Oak.
1. Who among the following pair of persons do not cut the same tree?
a) DF
b) EA
c) CB
d) Both a and b
e) Both b and c
2. Which of the following combination is true?
a) F-Teak
b) D-Oak
c) G-Pine
d) H-Oak
e) A-Pine
3. If I cuts the same tree as E, then who among the following person cuts the same tree as I?
I. H
II. B
III. G
a) Only I
b) Only II and III
c) Only I and II
d) Only III
e) All I, II and III
4. Which of the following statements is/are true as per the given arrangement?
a) Only two persons cut the Teak tree
b) D cuts the same tree as F
c) As many persons cutting Oak tree as Pine tree
d) Only four persons cut Oak tree
e) All the statements are true
5. __and__ cut __ tree.
a) C, F, Pine
b) E, B, Teak
c) D, F, Pine
d) G, H, Oak
e) A, B, Teak
Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight people – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W scanned the paper in eight different months viz. January, March, April, June, July, September, October and December of the same year. Only one person scanned the paper in each month.
Q scanned the paper in the month having only 30 days. W scanned three months after Q. As many people scanned the paper before W as after T. P and T scanned in the months having the same number of days. U scanned immediately after P. Only one month gap between the months in which U and R scanned the paper. S scanned in one of the months after V, who didn’t scan in January.
6. The people who scanned the paper between V and W scanned the paper in which of the following months?
I. March
II. October
III. June
IV. September
a) Only I, III and IV
b) Only II, III and IV
c) Only I and II
d) Only II and IV
e) All I, II, III and IV
7. U scanned the paper in which of the following month?
a) October
b) April
c) March
d) December
e) July
8. If X has scanned the paper two months after Q, then how many people scanned between X and W?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Five
d) Six
e) No one
9.__ scanned the paper three months after__ respectively.
a) S, V
b) R, P
c) T, W
d) Both a and b
e) Both b and c
10. Who among the following person scanned before R but after P?
a) The one who scanned in April
b) T
c) V
d) The one who scanned two persons after S
e) Q
Direction (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
A certain number of persons are sitting in a linear row facing north. Only five persons sit between E and Y, who sits third to the right of A. U sits immediate right of A. Only three persons sit between U and I, who sits third from one of the extreme ends. Only six persons sit between I and J. The number of persons sitting between Q and J is two more than the number of persons sitting to the right of E. V sits second to the right of Q. Not more than four persons sit between V and Y. N sits fifth to the right of E.
11. What is the sum of the number of persons sitting in the row and the number of persons sitting to the right of E?
a) 32
b) 27
c) 25
d) 42
e) 39
12. If P sits immediate left of Q, then who among the following person sits sixth to the right of P?
a) Y
b) J
c) E
d) A
e) U
13. The number of persons sitting between V and I is one less than the number of persons sitting between __and __.
a) J, N
b) U, Y
c) Q, E
d) Y, I
e) A, Q
14. Who among the following person sits fifth to the left of Y?
a) Q
b) The one who sits seventh to the left of E
c) N
d) The one who sits immediate right of I
e) No one, Y sits at extreme left end
15. What is the position of A with respect to J?
a) Fourth to the left
b) Twelfth to the right
c) Sixth to the left
d) Ninth to the right
e) Fourteenth to the right
Direction (16-20): 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: L, M, N, O and P are seated and all of them are facing north. In row 2: S, T, U, V and W are seated and all of them are facing south. Each person in row 1 faces exactly one person in row 2.
M sits third to the right of P. The one who faces M sits second to the left of V. Only one person sits between V and S. The number of persons sitting to the left of S is one less than the number of persons sitting to the right of L. T sits second to the right of W. N sits to the left of O. Neither U nor V faces O.
16. Who among the following pair of persons sit at the extreme ends?
a) U, M
b) V, N
c) W, P
d) V, O
e) S, N
17. If all the persons are made to sit in the alphabetical order from right to left in Row-1, then who among the following person remain unchanged in their position?
a) N
b) M
c) P
d) Both a and b
e) Both b and c
18. The number of persons sitting between V and W is two more than the number of persons sitting to the right of __.
a) The one who sits immediate left of T
b) M
c) P
d) The one who sits second to the right of L
e) S
19. Who among the following persons are immediate neighbours of N?
I. The one who faces T
II. M
III. The one who faces U
a) Only I and II
b) Only I and III
c) Only II and III
d) Only II
e) All I, II and III
20. If V is related to L and S is related to O in a certain way, then who among the following person is related to M?
a) T
b) V
c) U
d) W
e) S
Answer Key
Directions (1-5):
1) Answer: E
2) Answer: D
3) Answer: C
4) Answer: B
5) Answer: C
Directions (6-10):
6) Answer: D
7) Answer: B
8) Answer: E
9) Answer: D
10) Answer: A
Direction (11-15):
11) Answer: C
12) Answer: E
13) Answer: B
14) Answer: D
15) Answer: A
Direction (16-20):
16) Answer: C
17) Answer: E
18) Answer: D
19) Answer: B
20) Answer: A