Reasoning Quiz For SBI PO - Puzzles

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

Five friends P, Q, R, S and T are Musician, Architect, Doctor, Engineer and Artist by profession and like White, Blue, Red, Yellow and Green colour but not necessarily in that order.l The person whose hobby is dancing preferred lemonade to cola while others preferred cola tolemonade in beverages. The four friends who took cola were P, the one who is an engineer, the person whose favourite colour is Green and the one whose hobby is net surfing. S did not take lemonade and his favourite colour is White. Q’s favourite colour is Blue. He did not like lemonade. T’s hobby is not painting, reading or gardening. S clicks a picture of his friend who is an engineer. The person whose favourite colour is Red likes painting and the person who is artist likes gardening. S is not a doctor. The person who is a doctor takes cola. The person who is an engineer likes Blue colour. The musician’s favourite colour is not Yellow. R’s favourite colour is Green.

1. Who among the following is a Doctor?

1) R 

2) P 

3) S

4) Can’t say 

5) None of these

2. Q’s hobby is

1) reading 

2) painting 

3) gardening

4) Can’t say 

5) None of these

3. The person who likes Blue colour is a/an

1) architect 

2) musician 

3) engineer

4) Can’t say 

5) None of these

4) Can’t say 

5) None of these

4. Whose favourite colour is Yellow?

1) T 

2) R

3) The one who is an artist 

4) Can’t say

5) None of these

5. Which of the following combinations is not correctly matched?

1) T – Architect – Yellow – Dancing – Cola

2) R – Artist – Green – Gardening – Cola

3) Q – Engineer – Blue – Reading – Cola

4) P – Doctor – Red – Painting – Cola

5) None of these

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

Eight students A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H in a school NDAN sports competition participated in a game in which they were sitting around a circular ring. The seats of the ring are not directed towards the centre. All the eight students are in four groups I, II, III and IV, ie two students in each group, but not necessarily in the same order. These students are from different sport houses, viz Maharishi,Vyas, Aryabhatt, Vashistha, Shankaracharya, Balmiki, Dhruv and Dayanand.l No two students of the same group are sitting adjacent to each other except those of group III. Students from group IV are sitting opposite each other.l D is neither in Dayanand nor in Aryabhatt house. l The student from Dhruv house is sitting on the immediate right of the student from Dayanand house.l C, who is in Vashistha house, is in group I. She is sitting on the immediate right of F, who is in group III.l F is not in Aryabhatt house and she has also participated in other sports.l B from Vyas house is neither in group IV nor in group I or II.l B is sitting opposite E. Only Balmiki participant A is sitting between Dhruv participant E and theShankaracharya participant.l Both the students of group II are sitting adjacent to students of group IV.

6. Who is in Maharishi house?

1) G 

2) F 

3) H

4) Can’t say 

5) None of these

7. ‘H’ is in which house?

1) Dayanand 

2) Shankaracharya

3) Maharishi 

4) Can’t say

5) None of these

8. Who among the following students are in group IV?

1) A and B 

2) A and C 

3) G and H

4) Data inadequate 

5) None of these

9. The student from which house is sitting opposite the Vashistha house participant?

1) Dayanand 

2) Shankaracharya 

3) Dhruv

4) Can’t Say 

5) None of these

10. Which of the following statements is false?

1) The Balmiki representative is sitting opposite the Maharishi house representative.

2) The Vyas house representative is sitting opposite the Dhruv house representative.

3) H and G are sitting opposite each other.

4) The two girl-participants are sitting opposite each other.

5) None of these

Answer:-

1. (2)

2. (1) 

3. (3) 

4. (1)

5. (1)

6. (2)

7. (4)

8. (3)

9. (2) 

10. (4)