Reasoning Quiz for IBPS Clerk Mains 2015 – Set 3

Directions (Q. 1-5):
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions following it.

A hostel accommodates twelve
persons in six rooms. The persons are A, B, C, D, E, F, P, Q, R, S, T and U.
The rooms are #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6. Each room of the hostel is coloured
with different colours. Those colours are: blue, green, yellow, beige, pink and
white. Each room accommodates only two persons. A, B, Q, R, T and U are the
only males in the group. Females’ rooms are odd-numbered whereas males’ rooms
are even-numbered. A and B share a room. C’s roommate is not D. E does not live
in #6, which is yellow. Neither room #5 nor room #4 is blue or beige. The pink
room has an odd number but it is not room #3. F lives in room #5 with D. P’s
roommate is not S. The blue room is even-numbered. R lives in the green room
whereas D lives in the white room. S does not live in room #3. T’s room is
blue.

1. Who among the
following are accommodated in the pink coloured room?

1) E and S

2) C and S

3) P and C

4) Data inadequate

5) None of these

2. Who among the
following are accommodated in room #3?

1) P and C

2) P and E

3) C and E

4) Data inadequate

5) None of these

3. In which room are
A and B accommodated?

1) #2

2) #4

3) #6

4) Data inadequate

5) None of these

4. Which of the
following statements is/are definitely true?

I. U is the partner of T.

II. Q is the partner of T.

III. R is the partner of Q.

IV. U is the partner of R.

1) Only I

2) Only II

3) Only III

4) Both I and III

5) None

5. Which of the
following statements is/are definitely false?

I. A and B are accommodated in the yellow room.

II. Q is accommodated either in the blue room or in the
green room.

III. C is accommodated either in the pink room or in the
beige room.

IV. U is accommodated in room #2.

1) None

2) Only IV

3) Only I and IV

4) Only II and IV

5) All are true

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6. What would be the
total number of ‘the symbols immediately preceding the letters’ and ‘the numbers followed by the letters’ together
in the above sequence if every fifth element disappears from the left end of the sequence, dropping
‘K’ first ?

1) Eight

2) Five

3) Seven

4) Six

5) None of these

7. How many letters
and numbers are there in the first twenty elements in the sequence which are
either immediately preceded or
immediately followed by a symbol?

1) Seven

2) Eight

3) Nine

4) Six

5) None of these

8. Which of the
following indicates the total number of symbols, letters and numbers
respectively in the new sequence if
the first ten elements are written again in the end (ie, after Y)?

1) 12, 17, 10

2) 11, 16, 11

3) 10, 16, 12

4) 10, 17, 12

5) None of these

9. If every sixth
part of the sequence is written in the reverse order, what will be 4th to the
left of 7th to the right of 11th
from the left?

1) B

2) 2

3) K

4) C

5) None of these

10. What should come
in place of the question mark(?) in the following sequence?

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1) M89

2) l 8M

3) 98M

4) l @

5) None of these