Floor Based and Misc. Puzzles for IBPS RRB Prelims

Reasoning Questions for IBPS RRB 2018

Directions (1-5): Study the information carefully and answer the question given below.

Nine persons A, Q, B, S, C, U, V, D and X. They live on a separate floor each of a nine floor building but not necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is numbered 1, the first floor is numbered 2 and so on until the topmost floor is numbered Nine.

X lives an odd number floor above the floor number 5. There are two persons live between X and S. B lives on odd number floor but not immediate above and immediate below S. There are as many persons live between S and U as live between S and V. U lives below S. Q live on ground floor. There is one person lives between C and X. D does not live on an even number floor. A lives on even numbered floor but above on 2nd floor.

Q1. Which of the following is true with respect to A as per the given arrangement? 

(a) Only three persons live between A and Q

(b) Only three persons live above A.

(c) Only one person lives between A and S.

(d) A lives on even numbered floor.

(e) None of these.

Q2. On which of the following floor numbers does D live? 
(a) Three
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Five
(e) Seven

Q3. Who lives on the floor immediately below C? 
(a) U
(b) T
(c) S
(d) Q
(e) X

Q4. How many persons live between the floors on which Q and S live?
(a) Three
(b) More than three
(c) None
(d) Two
(e) One

Q5. Who lives on the floor numbered 5? 
(a) U
(b) Q
(c) S
(d) P
(e) None of these

Solutions (1-5):

Step-1- X lives an odd number floor above the floor number 5. There are two persons live between X and S. B lives on odd number floor but not above or below S. There should be two possible cases

Step-2:- There are as many persons between S and U as between S and V. U lives below S. Q live on ground floor. There is one person between C and X and D does not live on even numbered floor.

Final Step:-. A lives on even numbered floor but above on 2nd floor, so Case 2 will be cancelled.

S1. Ans.(d)

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S2. Ans.(a)

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S3. Ans.(c)

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S4. Ans.(d)

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S5. Ans.(e)

Sol.

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V conduct workshop on Developing Managerial skills in seven different companies A, B, C, D, E, F and G on a different day of the week from Monday to Sunday. The order of persons, companies and days of the week are not necessarily the same as given. Q organizes workshop in Company D on Wednesday. S does not conduct workshop for companies A and C and conducts on the immediate next day when T conducts. T conducts the workshop for Company F. U conducts workshop for Company E on Friday. V conducts workshop on Monday but not for Company C and G. R conducts workshop for Company A but not on Tuesday.

Q6. Who conducts workshop on Saturday?
(a) R
(b) S
(c) T
(d) Either S or T
(e) None of These

Q7. On which day does S conduct the workshop?
(a) Sunday
(b) Saturday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of These

Q8. R conducts workshop on which day?
(a) Saturday
(b) Sunday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Thursday
(e) None of These

Q9. Which of the following combinations of person-company and day is correct?
(a) V-B-Wednesday
(b) P-B-Monday
(c) V-C-Monday
(d) V-G-Sunday
(e) None of These

Q10. Who conducts workshop for Company C and on which day?
(a) P, Thursday
(b) P, Tuesday
(c) S, Saturday
(d) S, Sunday
(e) None of These

Solutions (6–10):

Step-1:- Q organizes workshop in Company D on Wednesday. U conducts workshop for Company E on Friday. V conducts workshop on Monday but not for Company C or G. R conducts workshop for Company A but not on Tuesday.

Step-2:- S does not conduct workshop for companies A or C and conducts on the immediate next day when T conducts. T conducts the workshop for Company F. Only one place is left for T and S. from this statement we can conclude this puzzle.

S6. Ans.(c)

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S7. Ans.(a)

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S8. Ans.(d)

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S9. Ans.(e)

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S10. Ans.(b)

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Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

There are six boys M, N, O, P, Q and R. They want to go out with six girls S, T, U, V, W and X, not necessarily in the same order. The pairs went to different Countries viz. China, Australia, America, Kenya and two of the pairs of them went to Istanbul. They like different colours, viz Green, Red, Brown and White. But Green and Red are preferred by two pairs.

M and P visit Istanbul but do not like Green and White. R does not go out with W, both of them do not like Brown colour. V and U want to go to China and America respectively. The persons who are visiting Australia like the same colour as N does.

O goes out with X to Australia but does not like Red and White colour. N goes to China and likes Green colour. Q does not go out with S and T, and he does not go to America. Q likes neither Brown nor Red.

Q11. Who among the following went to China?
(a) PS
(b) WQ
(c) OX
(d) NV
(e) None of these

Q12. If M went with S then who among the following went with P?
(a) V
(b) U
(c) T
(d) W
(e) None of these

Q13. Who among the following went to Australia?
(a) X
(b) U
(c) V
(d) W
(e) None of these

Q14. Which of the following colour does O like?
(a) Green
(b) White
(c) Red
(d) Brown
(e) None of these

Q15. Which of the following is correct?
(a) O-Istanbul-Brown
(b) R-China-White
(c) U-Australia-Red
(d) Q-Kenya-White
(e) None of these

Solutions (11-15):

S11. Ans.(d)

Sol.

S12. Ans.(c)

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S13. Ans.(a)

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S14. Ans.(a)

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S15. Ans.(d)

Sol.