Complex Puzzles for IBPS PO/RRB
Directions (Q.1-5): Study the following information and answer the questions given below:
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are playing a game of musical chairs. The chairs placed around a circular table face away from the table. Each person knows a different language – Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Hindi and English – but not necessarily in the same order. When all of them are sitting in the chairs during the game, the following conditions were fulfilled.
C is a Hindi speaker and sits third to the left of E. The Tamil and the Punjabi speaker are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither the Punjabi nor the Tamil speaker is an immediate neighbour of either E or C. The Telugu and the English speaker are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither E nor D speaks English.
The one who speaks Punjabi sits to the left of B, who speaks Kannada. A speaks Telugu and is not an immediate neighbour of the Hindi speaker. Only F sits between the Punjabi and the Marathi speaker. G sits third to the left of the person who speaks English.
1. Which of the following pairs represents the immediate neighbours of the Marathi speaker?
1) Punjabi and Bengali
2) English and Punjabi
3) Telugu and Bengali
4) Kannada and Tamil
5) None of these
2. Who among the following speaks English?
1) G
2) H
3) F
4) E
5) None of these
3. How many persons sit between the Hindi speaker and D when counted in clockwise direction from the Hindi speaker?
1) None
2) One
3) Two
4) Three
5) Four
4. E speaks which of the following languages?
1) Tamil
2) Bengali
3) Punjabi
4) Marathi
5) None of these
5. Who among the following sits exactly between B and H?
1) Telugu speaker
2) Tamil speaker
3) Punjabi speaker
4) Marathi speaker
5) Hindi speaker
Directions (Q. 6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are eight members of a family. They belong to three different generations. There are three married couples. All of them are sitting around a circular table facing away from the centre, but not necessarily in the same order.
There is only one person sitting between R and his niece V, but that person is not V’s father. V is not an immediate
neighbour of her aunt Q. S is sitting second to the left of her husband U. R and his sister-in-law are immediate neighbours. R and P are offspring of S. P is not an immediate neighbour of his mother. No three females are sitting together. T is a bachelor who sits third to the right of his uncle P, but neither to the opposite nor on the immediate left of his father.
neighbour of her aunt Q. S is sitting second to the left of her husband U. R and his sister-in-law are immediate neighbours. R and P are offspring of S. P is not an immediate neighbour of his mother. No three females are sitting together. T is a bachelor who sits third to the right of his uncle P, but neither to the opposite nor on the immediate left of his father.
6. Which of the following represents a group of male members of the family?
1) TQ
2) UV
3) RV
4) UP
5) Can’t be determined
7. Who among the following is sitting opposite his wife?
1) U
2) R
3) P
4) T
5) None of these
8. How many females are there in the family?
1) Two
2) Three
3) Five
4) Can’t be determined
5) None of these
9. Who among the following is V’s father?
1) U
2) P
3) W
4) Q
5) Can’t be determined
10. What is the position of S with respect to her grand-daughter?
1) Second to the left
2) Fourth to the right
3) Third to the right
4) Fourth to the left
5) Immediate left
Answers:
1. 5
2. 2
3. 4
4. 2
5. 5
6. 4
7. 2
8. 5
9. 2
10. 3
