Reasoning puzzle questions for bank exams (part 1)(5 puzzles)

1) There are six houses F, G, H, I, J and K. Three houses are located on each side of the road. All the houses are painted in different colours viz, Violet, Blue, Brown, Magenta, Yellow and Black. The houses are of different heights.

G, the tallest house, is exactly opposite the Violet house.

The shortest house is exactly opposite the Brown house.

F, the Magenta house, is located between K and H.

I, the Yellow house, is exactly opposite K.

J, the Brown house, is exactly opposite F. 

K, the Black house, is taller than I, but shorter than H and J.

1.Which of the following houses is the shortest?

1) J

2) F

3) I 

4) Can’t be determined

5) None of these

2.How many houses are shorter than H?

1) Two 

2) Three

3) Four

4) Can’t be determined

5) None of these

3.Which of the following house is between G and I?

1) Brown 

2) Magenta

3) Black

4) Blue

5) None of these

4.What is the colour of the tallest house?

1) Black 

2) Brown 

3) Blue

4) Yellow

5) None of these

5.What it the colour of the house located diagonally opposite the Yellow house?

1) Violet

2) Black

3) Magenta

4) Blue

5) None of these

Answers)

1.2
2.4
3.1
4.3
5.1

2)M, T, D, F, H, R and W are seven students studying in three different colleges I, II and III with at least two in each college. Each of them has a favourite subject from – English, History, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, not necessarily in the same order. D’s favourite subject is Physics and studies in college II with only M. H does not study in college III and he likes English. F studies in college III and does not like Mathematics. Those who like Geography and Chemistry study in the same college. W likes Biology and does not study in college I. R does not study with H. R does not like Chemistry. M does not like History.

1. Which of the following combinations is correct?

1) I – M – Mathematics 

2) III – F – Chemistry 

3) III – F – Physics

4) III – F – History 

5) None of these

2. Which of the following groups of students study in college I?

1) HF 

2) HR 

3) TR 

4) HT 

5) None of these

3. Which of the following groups of students study in college III?

1) FWR 

2) FM 

3) FTR 

4) Data inadequate 

5) None of these

4. What is T’s favourite subject?

1) Biology 

2) Mathematics 

3) Chemistry 

4) Data inadequate 

5) None of these

5. In which college do three of them study?

1) I 

2) II 

3) III 

4) II or III 

5) Data inadequate

Answer)

Student - College - Subject

        D - II - Physics

       M - II - Mathematics

       H - I - English

       F - III - Chemistry

       W - III - Biology

       R - III - Geography

       T - I - History

3) A group of people has six family members and an advocate. These are L, M, N, O, P, Q and R and having different professions. Each one of them is a journalist, businessman, architect, doctor and pilot but not necessarily in this order. There are three males and three females in the family out of which there are two married couples. M is a businessman and is the father of P. Q is a doctor and grandfather of P who is a male. N is a housewife and is daughter-in-law of O. L is neither a pilot nor a journalist. R is an advocate. N is not the mother of P and M is married but not to O. No lady is a journalist.

1. Which of the following groups represents the three ladies in the group?

1) N, P, L 

2) P, L, N 

3) L, N, O 

4) O, P, L 

5) None of these

2. Who is married to Q?

1) N 

2) O 

3) L 

4) Can’t be determined 

5) None of these

3. Who among the following family members is an architect?

1) L 

2) O 

3) P 

4) Can’t be determined 

5) None of these

4. Which of the following is the profession of P?

1) Architect 

2) Pilot 

3) Architect or pilot 

4) Journalist 

5) None of these

5. How is Q related to O?

1) Father 

2) Mother 

3) Mother-in-law 

4) Son-in-law 

5) None of these

Answer)

4) A group of seven friends, A, B, C, D, E, F and G, work as Economist, Agriculture Officer, IT Officer, Terminal Operator, Clerk, Forex Officer and Research Analyst, for Banks L, M, N, P, Q, R and S, but not necessarily in the same order. C works for Bank N and is neither a Research Analyst nor a Clerk. E is an IT Officer and works for Bank R. A works as Forex Officer and does not work for Bank L or Q.The one who is an Agriculture Officer works for Bank M.The one who works for Bank L works as a Terminal Operator. F works for Bank Q. G works for Bank P as a Research Analyst. D is not an Agriculture Officer.

1. Who amongst the following works as an Agriculture Officer?

(1) C

(2) B

(3) F

(4) D

(5) None of these

2. What is the profession of C?

(1) Terminal Operator

(2) Agriculture Officer

(3) Economist

(4) Cannot be determined

(5) None of these

3. For which bank does B work?

(1) M

(2) S

(3) L

(4) Either M or S

(5) None of these

4. What is the profession of the person who works for Bank S?

(1) Clerk

(2) Agriculture Officer

(3) Terminal Operator

(4) Forex Office

(5) None of these

5. Which of the following combinations of person, profession and bank is correct?

(1) A- Forex Officer – M

(2) D-Clerk-L

(3) F -Agriculture Officer – Q

(4) B -Agriculture Officer – S

(5) None of these

Answers:

1. (2)

2. (3)

3. (1)

4. (4)

5. (5)

5) A, B, C, D, E and F are six friends. They have their accounts with different banks. Two of those banks are ICICI and SBI. They live in five sectors of Dwarka, viz V, VI, VII, VIII and IX. Two of them live in the same sector. A has an account with Canara Bank and he lives in Sector VII. D has no account with South Indian Bank and he lives in sector IX. B has account neither with South Indian Bank nor with ICICI and he does not live in sector V or VIII. The person who has an account with UCO bank lives in sector VIII. E does not live in sector VI or VIII. F has an account with Bank of India and he lives in the sector in which B lives.

1. In which of the following sectors do two friends live?

1) VIII

2) VII

3) VI

4) V

5) None of these

2. Who among the following has an account with UCO bank?

1) B 

2) F

3) D

4) C

5) None of these

3. Which of the following banks does B have an account with?

1) ICICI

2) SBI

3) UCO bank

4) Canara Bank

5) None of these

4. In Which of the following  sector does C live?

1) VIII

2) VI

3) VII

4) IX

5) None of these

5. Which of the following combinations is not true?

1) D–ICICI

2) C–SBI

3) C–UCO

4) E–South Indian

5) None of these

Answers:
1.3
2.4
3.2
4.1
5.2

Parallel row facing north and south puzzles for bank exams(Part 1)

1)Ten persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing five persons each. In row 1, Amitabh, Rakesh , Akshay, Arti and Ritesh are sitting and all of them are facing south. In row 2, Jaya, Poonam, Twinkle, Gaurav and Jenelia are sitting and all of them are facing north. In the given seating arrangement, each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. Moreover, each of them belongs to different cities — Meerut, Gurgaon, Begusarai, Hajipur, Noida, Cuttack, Banaras, Haridwar, Allahabad and Mednipur but not necessarily in the same order.  

There are only two persons sitting between the person from Merrut, who sits at an extreme end, and Ritesh. Jaya, who sits in the middle of the row, is not an immediate neighbour of Poonam, who is not from Mednipur. Jenelia is sitting at an extreme end. Ritesh, from Noida , sits on the immediate right of the person from Gurgaon and faces the immediate neighhour of Poonam. Rakesh is not sitting at the extreme left end. Jaya is not from Allahabad. There is only one person between Akshay and Arti, who is from Meerut. Gaurav, from Cuttack, is an immediate neighbour of the person from Mednipur and does not face the person from Begusarai.Twinkle, who is from Hajipur, is an immediate neighbour of the person from Allahabad, who in turn faces the immediate neighbour of the person from Noida. There are two persons between the person from Banarasand the person from Begusarai. Rakesh is not from Banaras. Jenelia is not from Haridwar.

1. Amitabh belongs to which of the following cities? 

1) Haridwar

2) Banaras

3) Begusarai

4) None of these

5) Can't be determined  

2. Who is from Haridwar?

1) Twinkle

2) Rakesh

3) Jenelia

4) Jaya

5) Can't be determined 

3. ‘Merrut’ is related to 'Banaras' in a certain way, based on their seating positions. Then  Mednipur  is related to whom, following the same seating positions? 

1) Haridwar

2) Allahabad

3) Gurgaon

4) Cuttack

5) Hajipur

4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their seating positions and so form a group. Which of the following is different from the group? 

1) Noida

2) Banaras

3) Mednipur

4) Hajipur

5) Cuttack

5. Which of the following statements is/are definitely false? 

1) Rakesh is from Begusarai. 

2) There are two persons sitting between the person from cuttack and the person from Allahabad. 

3) The person from Gurgaon faces the person from Haridwar . 

4) The person who is from Allahabad sits opposite the person from Merrut. 

5) All are true 

Answers)

2) Six faculties A, B, C, D, E and F of six different subjects- English, Computer, Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness and Marketing are sitting in two parallel rows containing three people each such that they are equidistant from each other. Three of them in row I are facing south and another three in row-II are facing north. Therefore in the given seating arrangement, each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row.

C is the faculty of General Awareness and sits in the same row in which A sits. F is seated immediate left of the faculty who faces to the faculty of General Awareness. The faculty of Quantitative Aptitude sits immediate near to B. D is not near to the faculty of General Awareness and Reasoning. The faculty of English does not sit near to the faculty of Reasoning or Computer but he/she is not A or B. A sits second to the right of the faculty of Marketing. D does not sit at any of the extreme ends.

1. Who is seated opposite to the faculty of Reasoning?

(a) A 

(b) C

(c) E

(d) F

(e) D

2. Which of the following statement is true?

(a) D sits opposite to E

(b) B sits opposite to C

(c) E sits opposite to F

(d) C sits opposite to D

(e) F sits opposite to C

3. Who of the following is in the middle of the row?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) F

(e) E

4. Who is the faculty of Marketing?

(a) E

(b) B

(c) D

(d) F

(e) Cannot be determined

5. Who sits near to the faculty of Computer?

(a) Reasoning’s faculty

(b) General Awareness’s faculty 

(c) Marketing’s faculty

(d) Quantitative Aptitude’s faculty

(e) Cannot be determined

3)  Study the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow—

Eight persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-I A, B, C and D are seated and all of them facing south while they are experts in 4 different games Sudoku, Chess, Carom and Snooker (one of each). In row-II P, Q, R and S are seated and all of them are facing north while they are expert in 4 different games Football, Badminton, Tennis and Polo (one of each).

Therefore in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. (All the information given above does not necessary in the same order)

B is seated second to the right of the person who plays Chess. C is seated opposite to the person who plays Badminton, who is seated second to the left of S.

Q is seated immediate left of the person who plays Tennis. A is seated immediate right of the person who plays Snooker. The person who plays Football is seated opposite to B. P is seated opposite to the person who plays Sudoku but not at the end.

6. Who is seated between A and the person who plays Carom?

(a) B

(b) C

(c) D

(d) Person who plays Sudoku

(e) Person who plays Snooker

7. Who amongst the following sit at extreme ends of the rows?

(a) Q and the person who plays Football

(b) R and the person who plays Polo

(c) S and the person who plays Badminton

(d) D and the person who plays Carom

(e) A and the person who plays Chess

8. Who amongst the following faces the person who plays Polo?

(a) The person who plays Sudoku

(b) The person who plays Carom

(c) The person who plays Snooker

(d) The person who plays Chess

(e) D

9. Who amongst the following plays Carom?

(a) B 

(b) C

(c) D

(d) A

(e) Cannot be determined

10. Which of the following game is played by R?

(a) Football

(b) Badminton 

(c) Polo

(d) Tennis

(e) Cannot be determined

Answers 

1. d

2. d

3. c

4. a

5. d

6. b

7. d

8. d

9. a

10. a

4) Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row l, P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2, A, B, C, D, E and F are seated and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row.

A sits third to right of D. Neither A nor D sits at extreme ends. T faces D. V does not face A and V does not sit at any of the extreme ends. V is not an immediate neighbour of T. B sits at one of the extreme ends. Only two people sit between B and E. E does not face V. Two persons sit between R and Q. R is not an immediate neighbour of T. C does not face V. P is not an immediate neighbour of R.

1.Who amongst the following sit at extreme ends of the rows?

(1) B, E                       

(2) S, T

(3) P, R                        

(4) B, F                       

(5) None of these

2.Who amongst the following faces A?

(1) R                            

(2) T

(3) P                             

(4) Q                           

(5) S

3.How many persons are seated between T and S?

(1) One                        

(2) Two

(3) Three                     

(4) Four                       

(5) None.

4.P is related to V in the same way as C is related to F. Which of the following is E related to, following the same pattern?

(1) B                            

(2) D

(3) C                            

(4) A                            

(5) None of these.

5.Which of the following is true regarding F?

(1) F sits second to right of C.

(2) F is not an immediate neighbour of A.

(3) F sits third to left of D.

(4) F sits at one of the extreme ends of the line.

(5) F faces V.

Answers)

1. (3)
2. (5)
3. (2)
4. (1)
5. (5)

5) Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-1 P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated and all of them are facing South. In row-2 A, B, C, D, E and F are seated and all of them are facing North. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. P sits third to the left of T. Neither P nor T sits at an extreme end of the line. A sits second to the right of E. Neither A nor E faces T or P. A does not sit at an extreme end. R does not face A and R does not sit at an extreme end of the line. Only one person sits between F and C. Neither F nor C faces T. C does not sit at the extreme end. Only one person sits between V and Q. F is not an immediate neighbour of B and A does not face V.

1) How many persons are seated between B and D?
1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four
5. None

2) V is related to B in the same way as Q is related to C. To which of the following is P related to, following the same pattern?
1. F
2. A
3. D
4. E
5. None of these

3) .Which of the following is true regarding V?
1. V faces A
2. T is not an immediate neighbour of V
3. C faces the one who is second to left of V
4. V sits at one of the extreme ends of the line
5. R sits third to the right of V

4). Who amongst the following sit at extreme ends of the rows?
1. D, F
2. V, S
3. Q, S
4. B, D
5. None of these

5).Who amongst the following faces B?
1. V
2. S
3. Q
4. R
5. T

Answer
1- 2
2- 1
3- 4
4- 2
5- 5

6) Ten members A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J are split into two teams X and Y of 5 members each. Members in the two teams are made to sit in two rows facing each other in such a way that one member of team X is sitting exactly opposite of a member in team Y. Members of team X are facing North. D is third to the right of A and sits exactly opposite of G. B sits to the immediate right of G and is facing South. H is third to the right of B and is exactly opposite of F. C sits between A and E and is opposite of I.

1. Who is second to the left of C?

1) F 

2) A 

3) B 

4) D 

5) None of these

2. Which of the following group of persons sit in the same row?

1) HIE 

2) ACB 

3) GDI 

4) HIG 

5) None of these

3. Who is to the immediate right of B?

1) C 

2) E 

3) I 

4) A 

5) None of these

4. Who is to the immediate left of J?

1) H 

2) C 

3) E 

4) B 

5) None of these

5. Who sits exactly opposite of J?

1) H 

2) A 

3) F 

4) C 

5) None of these

Answer)