REASONING PUZZLE QUIZ FOR UPCOMING BANK & OTHER COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION

Direction (1-7) Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

There are five Players viz. P, R, S, T and V are from five different countries viz. Russia, China, India, Britain and USA, but not necessarily in the same order. They are the players of five different games viz. Football, Hockey, Cricket, Tennis and Badminton and use three cars viz. Mercedes, Maruti and Honda to travel but not necessarily in the same order. Maximum two players can share one car.

Ø  The player who goes along with the player who is from USA, plays Tennis. R plays football.

Ø      V does not go with Russian & footballer.

Ø      S is from Britain but does not travel in Mercedes.

Ø      Hockey players belong to Russia.

Ø      The one who plays Cricket likes to travel with whom who plays Badminton.

Ø      Mercedes car is used by only one player. V is the player of Cricket.

Ø    Chinese does not play Hockey or Tennis and does not like Honda. The one who play Football like Honda.

Ø      P, who is from India, cannot share his ride either with the player of 'China' or 'Britain'.

Ø      The player who is from Britain does not play Tennis.

1). Who among the following uses Mercedes car?

a) P

b) T

c) R

d) S

e) V

2). Who among the following is from USA?

a) R

b) P

c) S

d) V

e) T

3). 'V' belongs to which of the following countries?

a) Russia

b) USA

c) China

d) India

e) Britain

4). Which of the following players use (s) 'Honda' car?

a) R

b) S and T

c) V and P

d) P and R

e) R and S

5). 'S' plays which of the following games?

a) Tennis

b) Badminton

c) Hockey

d) Football

e) Cricket

6). 'P' travels with which country's player?

a) India

b) Britain

c) USA

d) Russia

e) China

7). Which of the following is matched correctly?

a) S-badminton- Maruti-USA

b) R-Badminton- Honda-USA

c) V-Cricket- Maruti-China

d) P-Cricket-Maruti-USA

e) All are wrong

Directions (8 – 12): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Anand, Sarath, Hari, Kumar, Dinesh, Sushmitha, Deepak and Varsha are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Each one of them has a different profession viz. doctor, engineer, architect, teacher, clerk, shopkeeper, businessman and banker.

Sarath sits third to right of teacher. Sushmitha sits second to left of Deepak. Deepak is not an immediate neighbor of the teacher. Only one person sits between Hari, who is the shopkeeper and the teacher. The one who is an architect sits third to right of the shopkeeper. Varsha sits between architect and engineer. Kumar is not an immediate neighbor of Varsha. Engineer sits third to the right of clerk. Only one person sits between businessman and Dinesh. Kumar is neither a businessman nor a doctor.

8). What is the position of doctor with respect to the banker?

a) immediately to the left

b) fourth to the left

c) second to the right

d) third to the left

e) second to the left

9). Who sits exactly between the architect and the businessman?

a) anand and varsha

b) clerk

c) banker and sopkeeper

d) doctor

e) anand and teacher

10). Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?

a) Sushmitha is an immediate neighbor of the engineer

b) Kumar is an architect

c) the clerk is an immediate neighbour of the banker

d) the teacher sits between varsha and the engineer

e) shopkeeper sits second to the right of the teacher

11). What is the profession of Dinesh ?

a) Businessman

b) Architect

c) Banker

d) Teacher

e) Shopkeeper

12). Who amongst the following is a Banker?

a) Sarath

b) Dinesh

c) Mani

d) Kumar

d) Anand

Solutions:

(1 – 7):

1. B)   

2. A)   

3. C)   

4. D)   

5. B)   

6. C)   

7. C)  

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