Reasoning 5 IMP Puzzles (3) asked in various exams for IBPS Clerk Mains

Puzzle 1

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Twelve friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L were born in different months of the same year. A was born in the month of April and G was born in  the month of August. J was born in the month immediately preceding the month in which K was born and immediately succeeding the month in which C was born. J was not born in the month of October nor in February. There is a gap of two months between the birthdays of L and B. There were 30 days in the month in which L was born. D was born in the month immediately after the month in which I was born. There were 31 days in the month in which D was born. There is a gap of one month between the birthdays of B and F. E and H were born in that months which had 31 days each.

 Questions:

1. In which of the following months B was born?

1) December 2) June 3) March

4) November 5) September

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

1) L 2) A 3) J

4) K 5) B

3. Who among the following was born in the month of February?

1) J 2) L 3) E or H

4) C 5) I

4. How many friends did celebrate their birthdays after F ?

1) None 2) Three 3) Four

4) Five 5) Six

5. If I is related A and B is related to J on the basis of months in which they were born, then with which of the following L is related on the same basis?

1) G 2) A 3) K

4) E 5) H

Puzzle 2

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Twelve persons are sitting in two parallel lines in such a way that there are six persons in each row at equidistance. A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in row-1 and they face towards east. P, Q, R, S, T and V are sitting in row-2 and they face towards west. One person of one row faces the other person of the other row. P, who is sitting at one of the ends of the row, is second to the right of T. A does not face P or T. A is third to the left of F. There are two persons between Q and V. There is only one person between C and D. C and D do not face P. B is neighbour of C. S, who does not face D, is not the neighbour of Q.

Questions:

1. Who among the following faces F?

1) Q 2) T 3) S

4) R 5) V

2. How many persons are sitting between E and C?

1) One 2) Two 3) Three

4) Four 5) None

3. E is related to R in the same way as B is related to S. On this pattern F is

related to

1) V 2) P 3) T

4) Q 5) None of these

4. Which of the following statements is true about B?

1) Q is the neighbour of that person who faces B

2) C is not the immediate neighbour of B

3) E is second to the right of B

4) T faces B

5) B is second from the left end of the row

5. Who are sitting at the ends of the row?

1) P, V 2) F, A 3) D, E

4) P, S 5) None of these

Puzzle 3

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Seven friends A, B, C, D, E, F and G studied in colleges X, Y and Z and are currently in different professions, namely Medicines, Fashion Designing, Engineering, Business, Acting, Teaching and Architecture (not necessarily in the same order). At least two and not more than three friends had studied in the same college. C is an architect and studied in college Y. E is not a businessman. Only G amongst the seven friends studied in college X along with E. F is an engineer and did not study in college Y. B is an actor and did not study in the same college as F. A did not study in college Z. Those who studied in college X are neither Fashion Designers nor teachers. None of those who studied in college Y is a teacher.

Questions:

1. Who amongst the following have studied in college Z?

1) B, A 2) C, F 3) B, D, F

4) A, D 5) D, F

2. Which of the following groups represents the students of college Y?

1) C, E, G 2) A, C, D 3) A, B, C

4) D, B, C 5) None of these

3. What is the profession of F?

1) Engineering 2) Business 3) Medicines

4) Acting 5) None of these

4. Who amongst the following is in the profession of Medicine?

1) E 2) G 3) A

4) D 5) None of these

5. What is the profession of A?

1) Teaching 2) Medicine 3) Business

4) Fashion Designing 5) None of these

6. Which of the following combinations of person, college and profession is definitely correct?

1) E-X-Fashion Designing 2) F-X-Engineering

3) A-Y-Businessman 4) D-Z-Teaching

5) None of these

7. Who amongst the following is a teacher?

1) A 2) D 3) E

4) G 5) None of these

Puzzle 4

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Eight friends Q, R, S, T, V, W, Y and Z are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. There are three males and five females in the group of friends. No two males are immediate neighbours of each other. l V sits second to the right of his wife. S sits third to the right of V.  W sits second to the right of her husband Z. Z is not an immediate neighbour of V’s wife. T is a male and Y is not an immediate neighbour of V. R sits second to the right of Q.

Questions:

1. What is the position of T with respect to Z?

1) Second to the left

2) Immediately to the right

3) Third to the left

4) Second to the right

5) Third to the right

2. Which of the following statements regarding S is definitely correct?

1) S is one of the male members of the group.

2) Both the immediate neighbours of S are females.

3) S sits third to the left of T.

4) W is an immediate neighbour of S.

5) S sits second to the right of Q.

3. Who amongst the following is V’s wife?

1) Q 2) Y 3) R

4) T 5) None of these

4. Who amongst the following has a male sitting to the immediate left and the right?

1) Y 2) R 3) Q

4) S 5) None of these

5. Which of the following is not true regarding T?

1) T is an immediate neighbour of Z’s wife.

2) No male is an immediate neighbour of T.

3) Q sits second to right of T.

4) The one who sits third to the left of T is a male.

5) All are true

6. Which of the following pairs represents the immediate neighbours of T?

1) RQ 2) WZ 3) YV

4) WY 5) None of these

7. How many people sit between V and S when counted in anti-clockwise direction?

1) None 2) One 3) Two

4) Three 5) Four

8. Who amongst the following sits exactly between V and Y?

1) Q 2) W 3) R

4) T 5) Z

Puzzle 5

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

In an international meet, representatives A, B, C, D, E, F G and H from eight different countries, viz Thailand, France, Holland, Austria, US, Spain, India and Germany (not necessarily in the same order), sit around a circular table facing the centre. A, who represents Germany, sits third to the left of E. The one who is from India sits on the immediate right of A. D, who is from Holland, sits second to the right of B. B is not an immediate neighbour of E. C, who is from Spain, sits exactly in the middle of people representing US and India. G, the representative from France, sits second to the left of H, who is from Thailand.

Questions:

1. How many people sit between A and the representative from Austria when

counted in clockwise directions?

1) None 2) One 3) Two

4) Three 5) Four

2. Which of the following is TRUE regarding representative F?

1) F is the representative of Austria.

2) F sits second to the left of the representative from Thailand.

3) The representative from Germany is not an immediate neighbour of F.

4) E sits third to the right of F.

5) None of these

3. In which of the following pairs is the representative from the first country sitting on the immediate left of the representative from the second country?

1) India-Thailand 2) Austria-US 3) Thailand-Holland

4) Spain-Germany 5) US-Spain

4. What is the position of B with respect to the position of the representative from the US?

1) Third to the left 2) Fourth to the right 3) Fourth to the left

4) Second to the right 5) Second to the left

5. Which of the following pairs represents the immediate neighbours of the representative from Holland?

1) CG 2) BE 3) AH

4) HB 5) GE

6. The representative from which of the following countries is seated second to the left of the Indian representative?

1) Thailand 2) US 3) France

4) Spain 5) None of these

7. The representative from which of the following countries sits exactly in the middle of the representatives from Thailand and France?

1) Holland 2) Austria 3) Germany

4) US 5) None of these

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