Puzzle for SBI PO/Clerk 2018: 02 May

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

          Ten persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J are sitting in two parallel rows containing five persons each in such a way that there is an equal distance between the adjacent persons. Each person works in a different bank. In row-1 the persons who work in RBI, BOI, Syndicate Bank, Canara Bank and Allahabad Bank are sitting and all are facing South. In row-2 the persons working in PNB, BOB, SBI, Andhra Bank and BOM are sitting and all are facing North. One seat in each row is vacant. In the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row or a vacant seat. Each person has different number of bikes viz— 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15 and 16 but not necessarily in the same order.

          The difference between number of bikes of the one who works in BOI and the one who works in Syndicate Bank is 3. D sits third to the left of the one who works in SBI. D works in Andhra Bank. Only two persons sit between the one who works in BOB and the vacant seat. Neither E nor C works in BOB. The one who works in Allahabad Bank is not an immediate neighbour of the one who works in Syndicate Bank. J works in BOI. Neither the one who works in BOB nor the one who works in BOM has 8 bikes. C faces H. C sits  opposite to the one who sits third to the left of the one who sits opposite to the one who works in Andhra Bank. The one who works in Syndicate Bank is not an immediate neighbour of the one who works in Canara Bank. The one who works in BOM does not face the vacant seat. Neither E nor F works in BOM. Neither the one who works in Andhra Bank nor the one who works in SBI sits at any of the extreme ends of the row. The one who works in Canara Bank faces the one who works in SBI. Vacant seats are not opposite to each other. There are two seats between the one who works in Syndicate Bank and the one who works in BOI. The one who works in BOI sits third to the left of G. I faces D. A and H are immediate neighbours. The one who works in Canara Bank is not an immediate neighbour of vacant seat. The one who works in BOB sits at one of the extreme ends of the row. Neither H nor A works in SBI. Vacant seat of row-1 does not face the one who works in Andhra Bank. The one who works in Andhra Bank does not sit at any of the extreme end of the row. A has 3 bikes. The total number of bikes hold by the one who works in Allahabad Bank is the half of the total number of bikes hold by the one who works in BOM. Neither H nor D has 4 bikes. The total number of bikes hold by I, C and D is the square of the total number of bikes hold by H, A and I respectively. At least one of the immediate neighbours of vacant seat of both rows have bike in odd number. The one who works in PNB has 15 bikes. 

1. Which of the following statements is/are not true?

          1) E works in PNB.

          2) The one who has 11 bikes is an immediate neighbour of the one who works in Canara Bank.

          3) The seat which is exactly between J and A is vacant.

          4) Both 2) and 3)

          5) None of these

2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which one does not belong to that group?

          1) G F

          2) HC

          3) AB

          4) I C

          5) D I

3. Which of the following combinations is/are true ?

          1) F – BOB – 8

          2) E – SBI – 15

          3) J – BOI – 11

          4) I – PNB – 4

          5) None of these

4. How many persons sit between F and the one who has 15 bikes?

          1) None

          2) One

          3) Two

          4) Four

          5) None of these

5. What is the position of I with respect to the one who has 11 bikes?

          1) Third to the right

          2) Third to the left

          3) Second to the left

          4) Second to the right

          5) None of these

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

          There are seven friends Pankaj, Anirudha, Rohit, Amitabh, Aman, Ankit and Pawan, whose favourite subjects are Hindi, English, Math, Science, Physics, Chemistry and Biology but not necessarily in the same order . They go to watch movie on seven different days of the week starting from Monday. They belong to seven different cities of India viz— Patna, Ranchi, Kanpur, Bhopal, Panipat, Ambala and Bokaro but not necessarily in the same order.

          Anirudha, who belongs to Ambala, goes to watch movie on fourth day of the week and his favourite subject is neither Hindi nor Biology. Only two friends go to watch movie between the days on which Anirudha and Ankit go to watch movie and neither of them goes to watch movie on 1st day of the week. There is only one friend who goes to watch movie between Pankaj and Rohit. Rohit does not go to watch movie either on 1st or on 3rd day of the week. Rohit belongs to Ranchi and his favourite subject is Hindi. The one who belongs to Kanpur, goes to watch movie on the last day of the week and his favourite subject is Mathematics. Amitabh does not go to watch movie immediately before or  immediately after the day on which Pankaj goes to watch movie. Pankaj does not belong to either Bhopal or Panipat. Pawan belongs to Patna and goes to watch movie immediately after Rohit. Aman does not belong to Panipat but his favourite subject is Chemistry. Pankaj’s favourite subject is neither Science nor Physics. The one whose favourite subject is English goes to watch movie immediate after the day when the one whose favourite subject is Hindi goes. Amitabh’s favourite subject is either Biology or Physics. 

6. Which of the following combinations is/are true?

          1) Anirudha – Science – Ranchi

          2) Pawan – English – Ambala                     

          3) Pankaj – Biology – Bokaro

          4) Aman – English – Chemistry

          5) None of these

7. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which one does not belong to that group?

          1) Rohit – Kanpur  

          2) Pawan – Ranchi

          3) Pankaj – Panipat                                      

          4) Anirudha – Bhopal

          5) Aman – Ambala

8. If Anirudha is related to Ranchi and Pawan is related to Kanpur which of the following is Pankaj related to ?

          1) Ambala

          2) Bhopal

          3) Bakaro

          4) Panipat

          5) None of these

9. Whose favourite subject is Biology?

          1) The one who goes to watch movie on fourth day of the week.

          2) The one who goes to watch movie immediately before Aman.

          3) The one who belongs to Bokaro.

          4) The one who belongs to Ranchi.

          5) None of these

10. Who belongs to Bhopal?

          1) Pankaj

          2) Aman

          3) Amitabh

          4) Ankit

          5) None of these

Answers:

(01-05);

• 1. 3
• 2. 4
• 3. 3
• 4. 2
• 5. 4

(06-10);

• 6. 3
• 7. 2
• 8. 1
• 9. 3
• 10. 2