Puzzle for IBPS Clerk Main/Syndicate Bank
Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
Ten members of a family are sitting in a restaurant in two parallel rows of chairs containing five people each, in such a way that there is equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1, M, N, O, P and Q are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2, A, B, C, D and E are seated and all of them are facing north. Each of them likes different flavours of ice cream, viz Butterscotch, Vanilla, Strawberry, Black Cherry, Chocobar, Mango Bar, Butter Cluster, Tutti Frutti, Orange Sorbet and Kurly Wurly but not necessarily in the same order. In the given seating arrangement, each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row.
D sits third to the left of the person who likes Orange Sorbet. M, who likes Black Cherry faces the immediate neighbour of D. O, who likes Strawberry, sits second to the right of M. Only one person sits between N and P, who like Vanilla and Mango Bar respectively.
B and E are immediate neighbours of each other. E who does not face M and N, likes Butterscotch. B does not like Orange Sorbet. A sits second to the right of the person who likes Choco Bar. C likes neither Black Cherry nor Butter Cluster. The one who likes Vanilla faces the one who likes Kurly Wurly. Q does not like Black Cherry.
- Who likes Black Cherry?
1) Q 2) D 3) C 4) M 5) None of these
- Who sits third to the left of N?
1) P 2) Q 3) M 4) O 5) None of these
- Which of the following information is true in respect of the given information?
1) D likes Tutti Frutti.
2) P likes Mango Bar and sits on the immediate left of N.
3) A likes Black Cherry.
4) E is the immediate neighbour of B and D.
5) None of these
- Who faces the one who likes Butter Cluster?
1) E 2) A 3) B 4) D 5) None of these
- Which of the following combinations is false in respect of the given information?
1) D – Kurly Wurly 2) M – Black Cherry
3) Q – Orange Sorbet 4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
Directions (Q. 6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Ten persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing five persons each. In row 1, A, B, C, D and E are sitting and all of them are facing south. In row 2, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting and all of them are facing north. In the given seating arrangement, each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. Moreover, each of them belongs to different countries – Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Belgium, Japan, India, Romania, Indonesia, Iran and Russia but not necessarily in the same order.
There are only two persons sitting between the Australian, who sits at an extreme end, and E. P, who sits in the middle of the row, is not an immediate neighbour of Q, who is not a Russian.
T is sitting at an extreme end. E, a Japanese, sits on the immediate right of the person from Brazil and faces the immediate neighhour of Q. B is not sitting at the extreme left end. P is not from Iran.
There is only one person between C and D, who is from Australia. S, an Indian, is an immediate neighbour of the Russian and does not face the person from Bulgaria.
R, who is from Belgium, is an immediate neighbour of the person from Iran, who in turn faces the immediate neighbour of the Japanese. There are two persons between the Romanian and the Bulgarian. B is not from Romania. T is not from Indonesia
- A belongs to which of the following countries?
1) Indonesia 2) Romania 3) Bulgaria
4) None of these 5) Can’t be determined
- Who is from Indonesia?
1) R 2) B 3) T
4) P 5) Can’t be determined
- ‘Australia’ is related to ‘Romania’ in a certain way, based on their seating positions. Then who is Russia related to, following the same seating positions?
1) Indonesia 2) Iran 3) Brazil
4) India 5) Belgium
- Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their seating positions and so form a group. Which of the following is different from the group?
1) Japan 2) Romania 3) Russia
4) Belgium 5) India
- Which of the following statements is/are definitely false?
1) B is from Bulgaria.
2) There are two persons sitting between the Indian and the person from Iran.
3) The Brazilian faces the person from Indonesia.
4) The person who is from Iran sits opposite the Australian.
5) All are true
Answers:
- 4
- 2
- 5
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 4