SBI PO Prelims 2017: Puzzle Quiz - Set 16

Directions for Questions 1 to 7:  Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six plays A, B, C, D, E and F are to be staged starting from Monday and ending on Sunday with one of the days being an off day, not necessarily in the same order, Each of the plays has different time duration: ½ hour, 1 hour, 1 ½ hours, 2 hours, 2 ½ hours and 3 hours, again not necessarily in the same order. Sunday is not an off day and a Play of ½ hour duration is staged on that day. Play A is staged immediately before Play E. There are two plays staged between Play F which is for 3 hours and Play C which is for 1 ½ hours. The off day is after the staging of Play E and there are two days between the off day and Play A. Play D which is for 2 hours is not staged on Monday. The play staged immediately before the off day is of 3 hours. Play A is for less than 2 ½ hours.

1. What is the time duration of Play B?

1) 2 ½ hours

2) 2 hours

3) 1 hour

4) ½ hour

5) None of these

2. Which day is the off day?

1) Tuesday

2) Monday

3) Friday

4) Saturday

5) Cannot be determined

3. Which of the following combinations of Play - Day - Time Duration is correct ?

1) E - Wednesday - 2 hours

2) A - Tuesday - 1 hour

3) C - Thursday – 1 ½ hours

4) F - Tuesday - 3 hours

5) None is correct

4. On which day is Play D staged?

1) Wednesday

2) Saturday

3) Tuesday

4) Friday

5) Cannot be determined

5. How many plays are staged before the off day?

1) Two

2) One

3) Five

4) Three

5) None of these

Directions (Q. 6-7): Keeping all the other information the same, if D is staged on Monday, then ________.

6. A play of what time duration would be staged on Thursday?

1) 2 hours

2) 2 ½ hours

3) 1 hour

4) 3 hours

5) Cannot be determined

7. Which day would be the off day?

1) Tuesday

2) Monday

3) Friday

4) Saturday

5) None

Directions for Questions 8 to 10: Answer the questions on the basis of the data given below.

Five colleges, P, Q, R, S and T, participated in an intercollegiate tournament comprising five events: Swimming, Running, Cycling, Discus Throw and Horse Riding. In each of the events of this tournament, the top 3 colleges were awarded a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. Shamik, one of the spectators, recalled the following information. i. Each college won at least one medal but not more than two medals of the same type, i.e., no college won more than two gold medals, more than two silver medals, or more than two bronze medals. ii. College Q won gold medals in two games, in which college P won bronze medals. iii. College T won a gold and a silver medal but not a single bronze medal. iv. Only R won 4 medals, the highest number of medals won by any college. v. R, S and Q won a gold, silver and a bronze medal respectively in Discus Throw. vi. P and S won a gold and a silver medal re spectively in Swimming.

8. How many bronze medals did college R win in these five events?

1) 0

2) 1

3) 2

4) 3

5) Cannot be determined

9. If college T won a gold in Running and a silver in Cycling, who won a bronze in Horse Riding?

1) Q

2) P

3) R

4) S

5) None of these

10. Which of the following colleges, won a silver medal in Running? (Refer to the data in previous question)

1) R

2) P

3) Q

4) S

5) Cannot be determined

Swimming-S, Running-R, Cycling-C, Discus Throw-D and Horse Riding-H From (ii), (v) and (vi), Q won 2 gold medals but not in S or D. From (iii), T won gold in one from among R or C while T did not win silver in S or D. 

From (i), S did not win silver in those events in which Q won gold medals. Hence, S did not win any medals in those events. 

From (iv), R won 4 medals and the other colleges won 3 or less medals. So, the medals won by the remaining 4 colleges are 3, 3, 3 and 2. T has won 2 medals (i.e., 1 gold and 1 silver (using iii). P has won 3 medals. 

So, it must have won 1 gold in silver and 2 bronze in two from among R, C and H. The gold medals are exhausted as P-1, Q-2, R-1, T-1, S can win 3 medals: 2 silver and 1 bronze. Q has won 3 medals: 2 gold among from R, C and H, and 1 bronze. R won 4 medals: bronze in S, gold in D and 2 silver. 

Medal-winning combinations are: