Puzzle Quiz for IBPS Clerk & RBI Assistant Prelims 2017 – 5

Study the following information carefully answer the given questions :

Eight friends, Meenal, Rumia, Shikha, Ali, Peter, Harleen, Ketan
and Bharat, are sitting around a square table in such a way that
four of them sit at four corners of the square while four sit in the
middle of each of the four sides. The ones who sit at the four
corners face the centre while those who sit in the middle of the
sides face outside.
Bharat sits second to the right of Shikha. Bharat does not
sit at any of the corners. Meenal sits third to the right of Peter.
Peter is not an immediate neighbour of Shikha. Rumia and Ketan
are immediate neighbours of each other but Rumia does not sit at
any of the corners of the table. Harleen is an immediate neighbour
of neither Peter nor Shikha.

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

(a) Peter

(b) Rumia

(c) Harleen

(d) Shikha

(e) Bharat

2. Who sits third to the left of Ali?

(a) Bharat

(b) Rumia

(c) Shikha

(d) Peter

(e) Cannot be determined

3. What is the position of Peter with respect to Meenal?

(a) Immediate to the left

(b) Second to the left

(c) Third to the left

(d) Third to the right

(e) Second to the right

4. Who amongst the following sits second to the right of Ketan?

(a) Shikha

(b) Ali

(c) Bharat

(d) Harleen

(e) Meenal

5. Who amongst the following represent the immediate neighbours of Harleen?

(a) Meenal, Ketan

(b) Bharat, Rumia

(c) Bharat, Meenal

(d) Ali, Rumia

(e) Ali, Ketan

Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions
:

Seven participants A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a straight line facing east. All of them have participated in a hundred-metre race. B sits fourth to the right of the person whose rank is 6th in the race. Either B or the sixth ranker sits at the extreme and of the line. Only one person sits between B and G. G is the third ranker. The person whose rank is first sits third to the left of D. D is not an immediate neighbour of G. Only one person sits between E and the person who finished at the second place. A and C are immediate neighbours. A is not at the sixth rank. The person whose rank is fifth sits third to the left of the person who finished seventh.