Reasoning
Ability Practice Questions for IBPS Clerk – Set 9
Directions (1 – 5): Study the following information
carefully and answer the question given below:
Top Ten batsman of the
world are sitting on twelve seats in two parallel rows containing five people
each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons.
In row 1, Sachin, Kohli, Warner, De villiers and Quinton are sitting and all of
them are facing south, and in row 2, Babar, Williamson, Smith, Root and Guptill
are sitting and all of them are facing north. One seat is vacant in each row.
Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces
another member of the other row. All of them play with a different brand Bat
i.e. Gray Nicoles, GM, MRF, Adidas, Puma, SC cobra, Kookaburra, Reebok, Sparton
and SS ton.
- Smith sits third to the left of
Root.
- Root plays with Adidas bat.
- Only two people sit between
Williamson and Vacant seat.
- Vacant seat of row-1 does not
face Root also does not sit at any of the extreme ends.
- Williamson neither plays with
Puma bat nor MRF.
- Warner does not sit adjacent to
Quinton.
- The one who plays with a SS ton
bat is Kohli.
- De villers faces Smith.
- The one who plays with MRF bat
faces the one who plays with Reebok
bat.
- The one who plays with Reebok sits third to the right of the
one, who sits opposite to Root.
- Warner is not an immediate
neighbour of De villers.
- Guptill, who uses the bat of
neither Puma nor SC Cobra,does not face vacant seat.
- Neither Root nor Smith sits at
an extreme ends.
- Vacant seats are not opposite to
each other.
- Two persons can sit between
Warner and Kohli, who sits third to the right of the one, who plays with a
Kookaburra bat.
- The one who plays with Spartan
bat faces the one, who plays with Adidas.
- The person who plays with Gray
Nicolas and Reebok are adjacent to each other.
- Vacant seat of row-1 is not an
immediate neighbour of De villers.
- Williamson sits at one of the
extreme ends.
- Kohli uses the bat of neither
Gary Nicoles nor Reebok.
1. Who sits second to the right of the one, who
faces vacant seat of Row-2?
a) Warner
b) Quinton
c) Sachin
d) De villers
e) Root
2. Which of the following is true regarding Babar?
a) Babar sits second to right of
Guptill.
b) Babar is not an immediate
neighbour of Root.
c) Babar sits third to left of Smith.
d) Babar sits at one of the extreme
ends of the line.
e) Babar faces vacant seat of row-1.
3. Quinton is related to vacant seat of row-1 in
the same way as Babar is related to Guptill. So, following the same pattern
vacant seat of row-2 is related to which of the following?
a) Root
b) Smith
c) Willaimson
d) De villers
e) Warner
4. Who sits diagonally opposite to the one, who
plays with SC Cobra Bat?
a) Warner
b) Kohli
c) Guptill
d) Quinton
e) None of these
5. Which of the following bat does Guptill play
with?
a) Gray Nicols
b) SC Cobra
c) Sparton
d) Puma
e) GM
Directions
(6 – 10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given beside.
Woodland, Nike, Puma,
Adidas, Reebok, Bata, Leecooper, Hushpuppy are family persons and sitting
around a table not facing outside the centre. There are three female members
and couples as well.
- Adidas has no siblings.
- Leecooper is third to the right
of Puma.
- Hushpuppy, a nephew of Woodland,
is sitting second to the right of Puma.
- Woodland’s father and mother are
his immediate neighbors, while his brother is second to his right.
- Bata, who is Woodland’s uncle,
is sitting to the immediate right of Woodland’s wife, but he is not facing
Woodland.
- Reebok, who is the wife of
Woodland’s brother Nike, is sitting second to the left of Woodland.
- Reebok is not the immediate
neighbor of her mother in law.
6. Who is sitting third to the left of the Husband
of Puma ?
a) Brother of Puma
b) Wife of Woodland
c) Wife of Nike
d) Son of Reebok
e) None of these
7. If counted clockwise from Leecooper, how many
people sit between Woodland’s wife and his sister-in-law?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
d) Six
e) Seven
8. Which among the following statement is false
regarding Woodland’s relation with his family?
a) Reebok’s mother-in-law is the wife
of Woodland’s father.
b) Leecooper is the daughter-in-law
of Woodland’s father.
c) Hushpuppy is the son of Woodland’s
mother’s grandson.
d) Hushpuppy’s mother is the
daughter-in-law of Woodland’s mother.
e) Nike is the father of Woodland’s
nephew.
9. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Reebok is sitting third to the
right of her husband
b) Bata is the brother of Adidas
c) The grandson is sitting second to
the right of the grandmother.
d) Leecooper is the daughter of Puma
e) Hushpuppy is the son-in-law of
Bata
10. How is the person who sits third to the left
of Woodland, related to Woodland?
a) Wife
b) Uncle
c) Sister-in-law
d) Brother-in-law
e) Father
Directions
(11 – 15): Read the following
information carefully and answer the questions given below:
P, Q, R, S, T, V and Z
are seven employees of call center. They work in three shifts – I, II and III.
There is at least one and not more than three among them in any of these
shifts. Each of them get one day off in every week from Monday to Saturday. Q works
with only T in shift II and his weekly off is immediate to the next of the off
day of P. S has weekly off on Sunday and he is not in the same shift with
either R or Q. P is in shift I with R whose off day is immediately after Q and
immediately before T. V’s off day is immediately after T but not on Saturday.
The employee having off day on Friday works in shift III and that on a Saturday
does not work with T. Z does not work either in shift II or in shift III.
11. In which shift do three of them work?
a) I
b) II
c) III
d) I or III
e) Data inadequate
12. On which day of the week does Q have off day?
a) Wednesday
b) Thursday
c) Tuesday
d) Saturday
e) None of these
13. Which of the following combinations of
employee-off day-shift day is not correct?
a) T – Thursday – II
b) V – Friday – III
c) P – Wednesday – I
d) Z – Saturday – I
e) All are correct
14. Who among them has off day immediately on the
next of V’s off day?
a) P
b) Z
c) T
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
15. In which shift does V work?
a) II
b) III
c) II or III
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
Solutions:
(1 – 5):

1. B) 2. E) 3. C)
4. D) 5. E)
(6 – 10):

6. B) 7. C) 8. C)
9. C) 10. B)
(11 – 15):
Employees
|
Shift
|
Holiday
|
P
|
I
|
Monday
|
Q
|
II
|
Tuesday
|
R
|
I
|
Wednesday
|
S
|
III
|
Sunday
|
T
|
II
|
Thursday
|
V
|
III
|
Friday
|
Z
|
I
|
Saturday
|
11. A) 12. C) 13. C)
14. B) 15. B)