Reasoning: Puzzles and Arrangements (based on SBI PO Prelim)

Directions (1 – 5): Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Eight people – Adiya, Sahil, Anaya, Anshika, Ankur, Tiya, Rohit and Kavya are sitting in a straight line facing North. They have different ages – 13, 18, 20, 23, 29, 32, 39 and 49 but not necessarily in the same order.
Aditya is sitting third to right the one who is 23 years old. Anshika and the one who is 23 years old are sitting together. One person is sitting between Kavya and one whose age is 49 years. Difference between the ages of Ankur and Kavya is 5 years. The one who is 10 years older than Anshika is sitting third to right of Anshika. Rohit and Ananya are sitting together. One of them is sitting at an extreme end of line. Ananya is 9 years older than Sahil. Aditya is sitting in the middle of Anshika and Rohit. Aditya is 12 years younger than Ananya. Kavya is not 13 years old.

1.                     Who is sitting third to right of Anshika?
A) Ananya
B) Ankur
C) Kavya
D) Tiya
E) Aditya

2.                     Who is 29 years old?
A) Anshika
B) Rohit
C) Tiya
D) Ankur
E) Ananya

3.                     What is the age difference between Kavya and Aditya?
A) 10 years
B) 3 years
C) 2 years
D) 5 years
E) 8 years

4.                     Find the odd one out from the following pairs?
A) Sahil – 23
B) Tiya – 49
C) Aditya – 20
D) Kavya – 13
E) Ananya – 2

5.                     Who is sitting to 2nd left of the one whose age is 39 years?
A) Sahil
B) Aditya
C) Kavya
D) Ankur
E) Anshika

Directions (6 – 10): Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Eight persons – Adiya, Sahil, Ananya, Anshika, Ankur, Tiya, Rohit, Kavya have seminars in January, April, September and December with two seminars in each month. The seminar is scheduled either on 22 or 28th of the month.
Aditya’s seminar is scheduled in a month having 30 days. Seminar of Kavya is somewhere after Tiya’s seminar. Ankur’s seminar is on 22nd April. There are two seminars scheduled between Sahil’s and Ananya’s seminars. One of seminars of Sahil and Ananya is somewhere before Ankur’s seminar. Rohit’s seminar is immediately after Ananya’s seminar. There is only one seminar after Kavya’s seminar. Ananya and Tiya have seminars on same date but not in September.

6.                     Who has seminar on 28th September?
A) Sahil
B) Ananya
C) Aditya
D) Rohit
E) Cannot be determined

7.                     How many persons have seminars before Ananya?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) None
E) One

8.                     How many seminars are between seminars of Ankur and Rohit?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Two
D) One
E) None

9.                     Who has seminar on 22nd December?
A) Tiya
B) Aditya
C) Anshika
D) Kavya
E) Sahil

10.                 Find the odd one out.
A) Rohit – 22
B) Ananya – September
C) Ankur – April
D) Aditya – 28
E) Anshika – 28



SOLUTION

1.      Option D
Solution:
Arrangement from left to right in north direction is
Ankur-13,.Sahil-23, Anshika-39, Kavya-18,. Aditya-20, Tiya49, Rohit-29, Ananya-32

2.      Option B

3.      Option C

4.      Option D

5.      Option D

6.   Option C 

7.       Option B 

8.       Option D 

9.       Option D 

10.     Option B