Reasoning Puzzle quiz for IBPS RRB PO Prelims – Day 167

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

Eight different colour boxes,viz  Red, Orange, yellow, Pink, Blue, Green, Black and White are kept from top to bottom, but not necessarily in the same order.  The top position is 1 and the bottom is 8.

Only three boxes between Green colour box and Orange colour box. Only three boxes kept between Yellow colour box and Red colour box. Yellow colour box is kept above Red colour box. One box is kept between Pink colour box and White colour box. White color box is below the Pink colour box. Pink colour box is kept immediately above the Green colour box. There are the same number of boxes between Yellow colour box and Blue colour box as between Blue colour box and Green colour box.

1) How many boxes Kept between Yellow colour box and Orange colour box?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

e) None of these

2) Which of the following combinations is correct?

a) Green colour box -2nd position

b) Blue colour box -3rd position

c) Black colour box -5th position

d) Red colour box -8th position

e) None of these

3) Which of the following statement is correct?

a) The Yellow colour box is kept below from White colour box

b) Red colour box is kept immediately below the White colour box.

c) Black colour box is kept immediately above Orange colour box

d) Blue colour box is kept from 2nd position

e) None of these

4) White colour box is related to Pink colour box in a certain way based on the given arrangement. In the same way Red colour box is related to Orange colour box. Which of the following boxes is Blue colour box related to following the same pattern?

a) Yellow colour box

b) Orange colour box

c) Black colour box

d) Green colour box

e) None of these

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

a) Yellow colour box

b) Orange colour box

c) Red colour box

d) Black colour box

e) Green colour box

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

Seven friends-A, B, C, D, E, F and G are living in a seven floor building. The lowermost floor is numbered one, and the floor above the one is numbered two and so on until the topmost floor is numbered seven. Each of them is having different ages between 10 and 20, but not necessarily in the same order.

F lives one of the floors above the one whose age is 12. F lives immediately above D. The age of G is three more than D. B lives immediately below E. The age of A is in prime number but above 15. A and E are not immediate neighbours. The age of D is an odd number.  Only three persons live between the one whose age is 12 and F. E does not live on the odd number floor. The age of F is two more than A. Only one person lives between G and the one whose age is in prime number. The one whose age is 11 lives between A and B. The age of C is five less than E. The age of B is even number. C lives on the even number floor. The one whose age is 12 does not live on the lowermost floor. Only one person lives between A and B.

6) How many persons live between C and the one whose age is 18?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

e) None of these

7) Which of the following statement is correct?

a) E lives on floor number two and his age is 12

b) F lives on floor number six and his age is 19

c) B lives on lowermost floor

d) G lives on floor number five

e) None of these

8) Which of the following combinations is correct?

a) E-12

b) A-19

c) G-15

d) D-11

e) None of these

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

a) F

b) A

c) B

d) D

e) G

10) How many persons lives between the one whose age is 16 and the one whose age is 17?

a) Two

b) Three

c) Four

d) Five

e) None of these

Answers:

Direction (1-5):

• Only three boxes between Green colour box and Orange.
• Pink colour box is immediately above the Green colour box
• One box is kept between Pink colour box and White colour box.
• White color box is below the Pink colour box.
• Now we have 5 Cases.

• Only three boxes kept between Yellow colour box and Red colour box.
• Yellow colour box is kept above Red colour box.

• There are the same number of boxes between Yellow colour box and Blue colour box as between Blue colour box and Green colour box.
• From the above condition, case 1, case 2, case 3 and case 5 were dropped.
• So the final arrangement is..

1) Answer: a)

2) Answer: e)

3) Answer: c)

4) Answer: c)

5) Answer: d)

Direction (6-10):

• Only three persons live between the one whose age is 12 and F.
• F lives one of the floors above the one whose age is 12.
• F lives immediately above D.
• B lives immediately below E.
• E does not live on the odd number floor.
• The one whose age is 12 does not live on the lowermost floor.
• Now we have 4 Cases.

• A and E are not immediate neighbours.
• The one whose the age is 11 lives between A and B.
• Only one person lives between A and B.
• From the above condition Case 2, Case 3 and Case 4 were dropped.

• C lives on the even number floor, hence C lives on the floor number 2.
• The age of A is in prime number but above 15.
• The age of F is two more than A.
• From the condition A’s age is 17.
• F’s age is 19.
• Only one person lives between G and the one who have the age is prime number.

• The age of C is five less than E, hence E’s age is 16.
• The age of D is an odd number.
• The age of G is three more than D.
• From the above condition G’s age is 18 and D’s age is 15.
• So the final arrangement is..

6) Answer: b)

7) Answer: d)

8) Answer: e)

9) Answer: d)

10) Answer: a)

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