Reasoning Quiz for SBI PO Prelims 2015 – Set 23

Directions (Q. 1-3):
Study the following information to answer the given questions – An
apartment has seven floors numbered one to seven, in such a way that the ground
floor is numbered one, the floor above it, number two and so on and the topmost
floor is numbered seven. One out of seven people viz. P, Q, R , S, T, U and V
lives on floor. P lives on each fourth floor. T lives on the floor immediately
below U’s floor. U does not live on the second or the seventh floor. R does not
live on an odd numbered floor. Q does not live on a floor immediately above or
below R’s floor. S does not live on the topmost floor. V does not live on any
floor below T’s floor.

1. Who lives on the
topmost floor?

(a) Q

(b) R

 (c) T

(d) V

(e) Can’t be determined

2. Who lives immediately
above S’s floor?

(a) P

(b) Q

(c) R

(d) U

(e) V

3. 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) U

(b) S

(c) Q

(d) V

(e) R

Directions (Q. 4-5):
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow.

 If ‘A × B’ means ‘A
is son of B’.

If ‘A + B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’.

 If ‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A
is wife of B’.

If ‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’.

4. What will come in
place of the question mark, to establish that ‘Q is mother of N’ in the below
expression? ‘N + O – P ? Q’

(a) +

(b) ×

(c) –

(d) ÷

(e) Either (a) or (b)

5. Which of the
following relation is true based upon the relations given in the equations ‘S ÷
T × V – W + Y’?

(a) T is brother of Y

(b) S is daughter in-law of W

(c) S is daughter in-law of Y

 (d) Y is daughter of
V

(e) None is true