Previous Puzzles Questions Year RBI Astt. Mains Exam

Previous Puzzles Questions Year RBI Astt. Mains Exam

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information and answer the questions.

Seven friends namely T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are standing in a straight line facing north, but not necessarily in the same order. U stands exactly in the centre of the line. Only one person stands between U and T. Only one person stands between Z and W.

Z stands neither on the immediate left nor on the immediate right of U. X stands second to the right of Y. V stands on the immediate right of Z.

1. Four of the following five form a group as per the given arrangement. Which of the following does not belong to that group?

      1) XY    2) ZW    3) YW   4) TV     5) UT

2. What is the position of X with respect to U?

      1) Third to the right

      2) Immediate right

      3) Third to the left

      4) Immediate left

      5) Second to the left

3. Which of the following is true regarding V?

      1) V stands at one of the extreme ends of the line.

      2) V stands second to the left of Y.

      3) Only one person stands between V and U.

      4) Only two persons stand between V and W.

      5) T is one of the immediate neighbours of V.

4. Which of the following represents the position of W from the right end of the line?

      1) Second        2) Third           3) First

      4) Fifth            5) Sixth

5. Which of the following pairs stand at the extreme ends of the line?

      1) V, Y  2) Z, X  3) Y, Z  4) V, X  5) T, X

Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following information and answer the given questions.

Eight persons, J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre with equal distance between each other but not necessarily in the same order. K is an immediate neighbour of both J and O. Only one person sits between J and L. M sits second to the left of P. P is not an immediate neighbour of O. Only one person sits between M and N.

6. Which of the following pairs of letters represents the people who sit exactly between L and N when counted from the right hand side of N?

      1) JK     2) OQ    3) OP     4) KM   5) MQ

7. What is P’s position with respect to the one who is on the immediate left of Q?

      1) Second to the right 2) Third to the right

      3) Fourth to the left    4) Second to the left

      5) Third to the left

8. How many people are sitting between O and P when counted in the clockwise direction starting from P?

      1) Four                        2) More than four 

      3) One                         4) Three

      5) Two

9. Which of the following is true regarding Q as per the given arrangement?

      1) Only three persons sit between Q and P.

      2) M sits second to the left of Q.

      3) None of the given options is true

      4) Q is an immediate neighbour of both P and J.

      5) One of the immediate neighbours of Q sits on the immediate right of L.

10. Who is sitting on the immediate right of O?

      1) M      2) K       3) L       4) N       5) Q

Directions (Q. 11-15): Study the following information and answer the given question.

Eight friends M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight.

Q lives on an odd-numbered floor but not on the floor numbered 7. T lives immediately below Q. Only three people live between T and M. O lives on an even-numbered floor immediately above S. Only two people live between N and R. N lives on one of the floors above R. P does not live on the floor numbered 5.

11. Who lives exactly between the floors on which T and O live?

      1) M      2) R       3) P        4) Q       5) S

12. Who amongst the following lives on the floor numbered 5?

      1) Q       2) N       3) R       4) M      5) S

13. Which of the following is true about N as per the given arrangement?

      1) S lives on one of the floors above N.

      2) Only two people live between N and Q.

      3) N lives on the topmost floor.

      4) N lives immediately below P.   

      5) All the given statements are true

14. If M and S interchange their positions and so do P and T, who amongst the following will live between T and Q as per the new arrangement?

      1) No one        2) Both S and P    3) Only N

      4) Both R and M                     5) Only M

15. Four of the following five are alike as per the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?

      1) NR              2) QO              3) TP

      4) QM             5) TR

Answers:

1. 4
2. 1
3. 3
4. 4
5. 2
6. 5
7. 3
8. 1
9. 3
10. 4
11. 2
12. 1
13. 4
14. 3
15. 5