Reasoning Ability Quiz 2017 – Puzzles | Set 3 | RBI Assistant Mains

Directions (Q. No. 1
– 5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below:

There are six persons A, B, C, D,
E and F each one on a different floor. The ground floor is numbered one. Each
one occupies different occupation, viz; doctor, engineer, teacher, accountant,
lawyer, journalist. A is not on even numbered floor and is also not on first
floor. A is not an accountant. There are two floors between the floors of
accountant and doctor. The floor of accountant lies below the floor of doctor.
B does not live on odd numbered floor. He is also not on fourth floor. B is not
lawyer. C is not on fifth floor as well as on sixth floor. D is on odd numbered
floor, but not on the first floor. E is not on odd numbered floor and he is
also not on the top most floor. C does not live on a floor immediately above or
immediately below the floor on which B lives. Doctor does not live on a floor
immediately above or immediately below the floor on which D lives. The floor in
which teacher lives is exactly in between the floors of D and A. F is neither a
teacher nor a journalist, and he is neither on the top floor nor on the bottom
floor. The floor of A is as away from the Accountant’s which is as away from
the floor of C. Engineer is on fifth floor.

1. What is the profession of C?

1) Lawyer

2) Engineer

3) Teacher

4) Accountant

5) Journalist

2. Who stays on floor 3?

1) Engineer

2) Lawyer

3) Doctor

4) Accountant

5) Teacher

3. Which of the following combinations is definitely true?

1) C – Teacher – Floor 1

2) D – Lawyer – Floor 2

3) E – Accountant – Floor 3

4) A – Engineer – Floor 5

5) None of these

4. Which of the following combinations is definitely false?

1) C – Journalist – Floor 1

2) B – Doctor – Floor 6

3) E – Accountant – Floor 3

4) A – Engineer – Floor 5

5) None of these

5. In which floor Teacher lives? 

1) 1 

2) 5 

3) 4 

4) 6 

5)
Can’t be determined

Directions (Q. 6 –
12): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below:

P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are
four married couples sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them
sit at four corners of the square table 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. Three males sit at the
corners while one male sit in the middle of the sides. V sits second to the
right of P who is facing away from the centre. There are three persons between
R and his wife who is not an immediate neighbour of P or V. Q sits third to
right of her husband who is facing the centre. Only S sits between Q and W. W
is the husband of P. V and U are married couples. Two males face each other. T
and U are immediate neighbours of P and V respectively.

6. How many people sit between Q and R when counted in
anticlockwise direction from Q?

1) One

2) Two

3) Three

4) Four

5) None

7. Who is second to the left of Q?

1) P

2) V

3) W

4) U

5) None of these

8. What is the position of T with respect to R?

1) Immediate left

2) Second to the left

3) Third to the right

4) Immediately to the right

5) Second to the right

9. Who among the following is Q’s husband?

1) R

2) U

3) T

4) V

5) Cannot be determined

10. Who among the following is the wife of R?

1) S

2) U

3) Q

4) V

5) None of these

11. Which of the following pairs sits adjacent to each
other?

1) QR

2) ST

3) QV

4) PT

5) None of these

12. Who is third to the left of P?

1) S

2) U

3) Q

4) V

5) None of these