Abhinav’s Reasoning Challenges for Bank PO Exams 2016 – 21 October, 2016

Directions(1-5) Study
the following information carefully and answer the questions below:

Ravi, Minal, Himanshu, Amit, Santosh, Ankit, Usha and Savita
are eight persons sitting around a circle facing center in one arrangement and
in a straight line facing north in another arrangement. Usha sits on the
immediate left of Savita in the circle, but both are not immediate neighbours
of each other in the straight line. Santosh sits third to the right of Minal in
the circle, while fourth to his left in the straight line. The one who sits on
the immediate left of Minal in straight line is sitting on the immediate right
of Minal in the circle. Ankit and Himanshu are the immediate neighbour of Minal
in both the arrangements, but Himanshu is not at the extreme ends of the row.
One of the immediate neighbour of Savita in straight line sits opposite Savita
in the circle. The one who sits on the extreme left end sits second to the
right of Santosh in the circle. Savita is not on the immediate left of Ankit in
both the arrangements. Amit sits third to right of Ankit in the straight line.

1. Who sits third to left of Ravi in the circle?                      

a) Santosh b) Minal c) Himanshu d) Savita e) None of these

2. Which of the following pair sits at extreme ends of the
row?

a) Savita, Minal b) Usha, Ravi c) Amit, Ankit d) Amit, Usha
e) None of these

3. Who among the following sits on the immediate left of Amit
in the circle?

a) Ravi b) Minal c) Himanshu d) Santosh e) None of these

4. The person sitting exactly between Usha and Ankit in the
straight line is sitting at what position in the circle?

a) Second to right of
Minal

b) Immediate right of
Ravi

c) Between Himanshu and Usha

d) Third to left of Santosh

e) None of these

5. The one who sitting in the left end of the row is sitting
at what position in the circle?

a) Between Minal and
Ankit    b) Immediate right of
Savita   c) Between Santosh and Usha     d) Second to the right of Santosh e) None
of these

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Directions(6-10)Study the below information and answer the
questions below:

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, G, H and J live on eight
different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost
floor of the building is numbered 1 and the topmost floor of the building is
numbered 8. The DOB of each of the persons falls in different months i.e.
March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October, but not
necessarily in the same order. All persons like different types of fruits i.e.
Guava, Apple, Grapes, Mango, Banana, Pineapple, Litchi and Orange but not
necessarily in the same order. The one whose DOB is in August does not live on
an odd-numbered floor and does not like Apple & Litchi. J lives just below
the one whose DOB is in October. The one who lives on third floor likes Guava.
The one whose DOB is in April lives on an even-numbered floor but not on the
topmost floor and likes either Orange or Pineapple. Only one person lives between
G and the one whose DOB is in July. The one who likes Banana lives immediately
above the floor in which J lives. E likes Litchi. The one whose DOB is in June
lives on an even numbered floor and lives just above the person whose DOB is in
October. C’s DOB is not in July or October. The persons (who likes Apple,
Mango, Orange and Grapes) lives on even numbered floor. The one who likes
Grapes lives below the one who likes Mango. Only two persons live between the
one whose DOB is in August and the one whose DOB is in March. D’s DOB is not in
September. Only two persons live between G and the one whose DOB is in April.
Neither E nor C lives on the first floor. Only one person lives between C and
the one whose DOB is in May. A lives just above G. Only two persons live
between E and A. The one whose DOB is in July does not live on floor number
one. A does not like Grapes or Mango. B lives on an even-numbered floor and
just above C

6. How many persons live between the person whose DOB is in
September and the one who likes Apple? 1) Six
2) Two     3) Four      4) Five       5) None of these

7. Which of the following fruits does D like?

1) Guava 2) Pineapple
3) Banana 4) Litchi 5) Grapes

8. 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) June 2) Grapes 3) April 4) Banana 5) Mango

9. Which of the following statement is true?

1) B’s DOB is in April
and lives on the 5th floor.

2) H’s DOB is in May
and lives on the first floor.

3) The one whose DOB is in October lives on the 6th floor.

4) E lives on floor numbered five and likes Litchi.

5) G lives on floor numbered seven and likes Mango.

10. J is related to Orange in the same way as G is related to
Litchi. Which of the following is B related to, following the same pattern?

1) Guava 2) Pineapple 3) Mango 4) Apple 5) Grapes