TOP 50 Reasoning Practice Questions for SBI Clerk Mains 2022-23 – Set 1

Direction (1-5): Study the following information organized by the same organization, then
carefully and answer the questions given below: recruitment A was not held in January.
Eight recruitments- A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H F was held neither in February nor organized by
were held in eight different months- January, BSNL. G was held in a month having 30 days.
February, March, April, May, June, July and Recruitment B was organized by TCS and was
August of the same year. All the recruitments held immediately after G. All the recruitments
were organized by different organizations viz. organized by BSNL were held in the month
TCS, DRDO and BSNL. All information is not having more than 30 days. C was held four
necessarily in the same order. months before B. Recruitment A was organized
Note: At least two recruitments and not more by DRDO and was held three months after the
than three recruitments were organized by the one of the recruitments organized by BSNL. D
same organization. If recruitment A and the was held in august but it was not organized by
recruitment which was held in January were TCS. Only recruitment H and the recruitment
which was held in March were organized by the
same organization. Recruitment G and the e) Both II and III
recruitment which was held in February were
organized by the same organization. 4) _____ recruitment was held two months after
1) Which of the following recruitments were C?
organized by TCS? a) B
I. The one which was held in June b) E
II. B c) The one which was held in March
III. The one which was held in April d) A
IV. C e) The one which was held in May
a) Both II and IV
b) Both I and III 5) Four of the following five are alike in a certain
c) Both II and III way as per the given arrangement and hence
d) Both I and II form a group. Find the one which does not
e) Both III and IV belong to that group?
a) H-January
2) E was held _____ months before the one b) G-TCS
which was held in June? c) F-DRDO
a) Three d) B-May
b) One e) C-BSNL
c) Four
d) Two Direction (6-10) Study the following information
e) Five carefully and answer the questions given below.
Eight persons - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are
3) Which among the following combinations are sitting in a linear row such that all of them are
false based on the final arrangement? facing towards the north, but not necessarily in
I. E-TCS the same order. All of them are working in an
II. H-July organization with different years of experience in
III. A-April that organization. Their experiences are
a) Only III calculated based on January 2022.
b) Both I and II Note: All the persons are joined in January of
c) All I, II and III different years. The maximum and minimum
d) Only II
experience of a person in the organization is 7) What is the position of P with respect to the
41yrs and 15yrs respectively. one who was joined in 2007?
W’s experience is a perfect square and sits a) Third to the left
second to the left of Q. The person who sits b) Second to the right
immediate right of Q is the second-most c)Fourth to the left
experienced person. Only three persons sit d) Third to the right
between the second-most experienced person e) None of these
and the person who was joined in 1990. Not
more than three persons sit to the right of W. The 8) How many persons sit between the one who
person who has 24 years of experience sits was joined in 1998 and the one who sits second
second from the left end. V joined nine years to the left of the second-most experienced
before the one who has the least experience and person?
sits two places away from P. The person who a) Two
was joined in 2004 sits second to the left of the b) As many persons sit between P and the one
person who was joined in 1986. The number of who was joined in 1986
persons sitting to the right of the person who has c) One
18 years of experience is the same as the d) As many persons sit between S and the one
number of persons sitting to the left of the most who has 29yrs of experience
experienced person. The person who was joined e) More than five
in 1993 sits adjacent to U. More than four
persons sit between U and S. The difference 9) Four of the following five are alike in a certain
between the experiences of S and R is one more way as per the final arrangement and hence form
than the experience of W. a group. Find the one that doesn’t belong to that
6) What is the sum of the experience of R and group.
the person who sits second to the left of U? a) W − 29
a) 54 b) Q − 25
b) 66 c) V − 18
c) 59 d) R − 15
d) 70 e) P − 24
e) None of these
10) Which of the following combinations are true
with respect to the final arrangement?
I. Q − 1993 adjacent month of M but both were born in
II. R − 1990 different years. H was born five months after J.
III. W − 2006 11) In which among the following Month and year
IV. T − 2004 Q was born?
a) Only I and II a) June - 2021
b) Only III and IV b) February - 2020
c) Only I and III c) April- 2021
d) Only I and IV d) November - 2020
e) All I, II, III and IV e) September -2021

Directions (11-15): Study the following 12) How many known persons were born
information carefully and answer the below between the one who was born immediately after
questions I and the one who was born three months before
Unknown number of persons were born in M?
different months of two different years either a) Six
2020 or 2021. Information about some of them is b) Five
known. c) Ten
Note: No two known persons were born in the d) Seven
same month of different years. e) Eight
P was born four months after I where both were
born in different years. I was born in the month 13) Who among the following person was born in
which has an even number of days. S was born March 2021?
immediately before P. Only four persons were a) S
born between R and S. G was born two months b) The one who was born three months after N
before R but was born in an even numbered c) P
year. N was born in the month which has less d) The one who was born immediately before Q
than 30 days. As many persons born before N is e) L
same as after M. Only two persons were born
between O and M. The number of persons born 14) Who among the following person was born
between L and Q is same as the number of seven months after G?
persons born between O and L. J was born in the a) P
b) Unknown person
c) The one who was born in August 2021 two persons sit between S and T, who likes a
d) R number ten more than [Link] T nor R sits
e) The one who was born in December 2020 adjacent to Q. F sits immediate right of the one
who likes 6. Neither A nor E likes 6. B likes a
15) How many Unknown persons were born in number which is four more than the one who sits
the month which has an odd number of days? immediate right of S. Only one person sits
a) Five between U and the one who likes 7.D sits facing
b) Six the one who sits two places away from the one
c) Eleven who likes 7. A likes a number which is 5 less
d) Four than the number liked by P. A and the one who
e) Seven likes 12 are sitting adjacent together. E likes a
number which is a multiple of 5.
Directions (16-20) Study the following 16) What is the position of A with respect to the
information carefully and answer the below one who likes 12?
questions. a) Second to the right
Twelve persons are sitting in two parallel rows b) Immediate left
and facing each other. In row1 – P, Q, R, S, T, c) Third to the left
and U are sitting and all of them face south d) Immediate right
whereas in row2 – A, B, C, D, E, and F are sitting e) None of these
and all of them are faces north. Each person
likes different numbers between 5 to 24. All the 17) Who among the following person likes 6?
information are not necessary in the same order. a) B
Note: The one who sits in row1 likes a prime b) The one who sits facing S
number whereas the one who sits in row2 likes a c) The one who sits second to the left of A
number which is a multiple of 3. d) Either B or C
Q sits third to the right of the one who likes 13 e) None of these
but none of them sits at the extreme end of the
row. A sits third to the left of the one who likes 21 18) Four of the following five are alike in a certain
and either of them sits at the extreme end. The way as per the given arrangement and thus form
one who likes 15 sits immediate right of C. The a group. Find the one that doesn’t belong to that
one who sits facing C sits third to the left of the group.
one who likes 11. Neither Q nor P likes 11. Only a) The one who sits immediate right of Q
b) The one who likes 21. four persons sit in the middle of the sides of the
c) D table. Each person has different number of pens.
d) The one who likes 19 The one who has 31 pens sits third to the left of
e) The one sits immediate left of E N. N sits in the middle of the sides of the table.
Two persons sit between N and S. The one who
19) Who among the following persons sits at the has 19 pens neither sits adjacent to S nor N. R
end of row1? sits opposite to the one who sits second to the
I. The one who likes 11 right of the one who has 19 pens. M sits second
II. R to the right of R. Both L and M are sitting
III. The one who sits second to the left of P opposite to each other. The one who has 44
a) Only I pens sits opposite to the one who sits second to
b) Both II and III the left of L. Q sits second to the right of the one
c) Only II who sits immediate right of R. O neither sits
d) Both I and III adjacent to L nor N. S has twice the number of
e) None of these pens with O. N has nine pens more than L. P has
four pens less than O and one pen more than L.
20) Which of the following statement is/are not Q has twice the number of pens with the one
true? who sits immediate left of S.
a) S sits immediate right of the one who likes 13 21) Who among the following person sits
b) Two persons are sitting between D and C immediate right of R?
c) C likes 12 A.M
d) B sits facing the one who likes 19 [Link] one who sits immediate right of Q
e) All the above statements are true C.N
[Link] one who sits second to the right of S
Directions (21-25): Study the following [Link] of these
information carefully and answer the questions
given below. 22) Who among the following person has the
Eight persons - L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S are maximum number of pens?
sitting around a square table facing towards the [Link] one who sits third to the right of P
centre, but not necessarily in the same order. B.O
Four persons sit on the corners of the table and [Link] one who sits immediate right of the one
who has 35 pens
D.L
[Link] one who has 62 pens Directions (26-30): Study the following
information carefully and answer the questions
23) Which of the following statement is false with given below.
respect to the final arrangement? Eight persons - A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are
[Link] S and Q sit opposite to each other sitting around a circular table, but not necessarily
B.P has 27 pens in the same order. Some of them are facing
C.N sits immediate left of Q towards the centre while some are facing away
[Link] R and O are immediate neighbors from the centre. Each of them is then made to sit
E.M has the fewest pens in two parallel rows with certain conditions and
then they play a coin tossing game as follows.
24) In which of the following statement(s), the Arrangement 1:
first person does not sit exactly between the F sits to the immediate right of B. B sits exactly
second and the third persons in the final opposite to G and both are facing different
arrangement? directions. C sits adjacent to G, who faces
I). MOQ towards the centre. Both the immediate
II). PLN neighbors of E are facing different directions. The
III). SLO one who sits opposite to D sits to the immediate
[Link] II right of E. H sits adjacent to both D and G. Both
[Link] I and III H and C are facing the same direction as B. Both
[Link] III D and F sit to the immediate left of each other.
[Link] I, II, and III Arrangement 2:
[Link] of these All the persons are made to sit in two parallel
25) Four of the following five are alike in a certain rows such that they are equidistant from each
way as per the given arrangement and hence other and all are facing each other. They are
form a group. Find the one that doesn’t belong to sitting in alphabetical order from right to left in
that group. row2 and left to right in row1. All the persons
[Link] one who has 62 pens who are facing towards the centre sit in row 1 by
[Link] one who sits immediate left of L facing south and the remaining persons who are
[Link] one who sits second to the left of P facing away from the centre sit in row 2 by facing
[Link] one who has 31 pens north.
E.M Arrangement 3:
Now each of them tosses a coin. Four of them
get heads and four of them get tails as a result. D 29) Which of the following pair of persons get the
does not get tails as a result. Both C and G get same result in arrangement 3?
the same result. Both E and H get different A. F - G
results. A does not get heads as a result. Both B B. D - A
and E get the same result but different from the C. C - E
result of D. D. B - H
26) Who among the following person sits to the E. None of these
immediate right of the one who sits exactly
opposite to D in arrangement 2? 30) Who among the following person sits second
A. G to the right of E in arrangement 1?
B. E A. C
C. H B. The one who sits opposite to D in
D. C arrangement 2
E. A C. H
D. D
27) Which of the following statement is/are true E. The one who sits second to the left of G in
with respect to all the arrangements? arrangement 1
A. G sits to the immediate left of H in
arrangement 1 Directions (31-35): Study the following
B. F gets tails in arrangement 3 information carefully and answer the questions
C. A sits exactly opposite to D in arrangement 2 given below.
D. B sits adjacent to C in arrangement 1 Thirteen alphabetical letters are arranged from
E. None of these left to right in such a manner to form a
meaningful word. All letters are different. The
28) What is the position of D with respect to B in word contains eight consonants and five vowels.
arrangement 1? A is placed fourth from the right end. Only two
A. Immediate left letters are placed between A and C. The number
B. Second to the right of letters placed to the left of C is one more than
C. Immediate right the number of letters placed to the right of N. P is
D. Third to the left placed second to the right of the letter which is
E. Second to the left placed immediate left of N. Only one letter is
placed between P and O. Only three letters are B. The letter which is placed second to the right
placed between O and M. The number of letters of M
placed between M and A is the same as the C. I
number of letters placed between P and R. B is D. C
placed third to the left of the letter which is E. O
placed immediate right of E. B is placed neither
adjacent to P nor A. E is not placed adjacent to 34) What is the position of R from the left end?
A. T is placed fifth to the right of the letter which A. Fifth
is placed immediate left of L. U is placed to the B. Sixth
left of I. C. Eighth
31) Which of the following letter is placed at the D. Fourth
right end of the word? E. None of these
A. The letter which is placed immediate right of I
B. T 35) If U is related to P and L is related to M in a
C. The letter which is placed second to the right certain way. Then, which of the following letter is
of E related to C?
D. M A. The letter which is placed immediate left of I
E. N B. M
C. The letter which is placed second to the left of
32) How many vowels are there between the B
letter which is third from the right end and B in D. O
the word thus formed? E. N
A. Three
B. Four Directions (36-40): Study the following
C. Two information carefully and answer the questions
D. One given below.
E. Five Seven persons - A, B, C, D, E, F and G played in
the IPL on different days of the same week
33) As many letters placed to the left of E is starting from Monday to Sunday, but not
same as to the right of ___. necessarily in the same order. They are born in
A. The letter which is placed immediate left of L different years between 1990 and 2002. Their
ages are calculated based on 2022.
E played two days after the one whose age is a A. The one who was born in 1997
prime number. Only two persons played between B. The one who was born in 2001
E and the one who was born in 2001. Not more C. The one who was born in 1996
than two persons played before the one whose D. The one who was born in 1991
age is 21. D played three days before the one E. None of these
whose age is a perfect square. One of the
persons whose age is a prime number played 38) Who among the following person played
exactly between D and E. The age of neither E three days before E?
nor G is a perfect square. The number of A. The person who played immediately after C
persons played before the one whose age is a B. B
perfect square is one less than the number of C. G
persons played after C. C played two days D. The person who played exactly between C
before the one who was born in 1995. The sum and D
of the ages of G and B is two less than the sum E. None of these
of the ages of C and E. B is younger than G who
is elder than A. The persons played in the last 39) Four of the following five are alike in a certain
two days were born in an odd-numbered year. G way as per the given arrangement and hence
doesn’t play last. The difference between the form a group. Find the one which does not
ages of B and C is equal to the difference belong to that group.
between the ages of G and A. F played A. F
immediately after the one whose age is five B. E
years elder than F. C. B
36) How many persons played between F and D. C
the one who was born in 1995? E. D
A. As many persons played before A
B. One 40) Which of the following statement(s) is/are
C. As many persons played before C true with respect to the final arrangement?
D. Five A. Only two persons played after A
E. None of these B. D played two days before F
C. Three persons played between D and E
37) Who among the following person played on D. B played three days after C
Saturday? E. None is true
 works junior to P but not junior to O. The one
Directions (41-45): Study the following who works as Subordinate does not like Soccer.
information carefully and answer the following 41) Who among the following person likes Golf?
questions carefully. a) The one who works as Department head
Seven persons- M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S are b) The one who works as CMD
working in the company on different c) O
designations. The designations of the people in d) R
decreasing order are as CMD, Director, CEO, e) Q
Department head, General Manager, Manager,
and Subordinate where CMD is the seniormost 42) As many persons senior to M as junior
designation while subordinate is the juniormost to___?
[Link] like different sports- Soccer, a) The one who works as Manager
Basketball, Tennis, Surfing, Badminton, Golf and b) The one who likes Golf
Volleyball. All the information is not necessarily in c) The one who likes Basketball
the same order. d) The one who likes Surfing
S works three persons senior to the one who e) The one who works as CEO
likes Badminton. Neither Subordinates nor the
Department head likes Badminton. The one who 43) Who among the following person designated
likes Golf works immediately junior to the one immediately junior to the one who likes
who likes Tennis. Atleast two persons are senior Volleyball?
to the one who likes Tennis. General Manager a) Q
does not like Golf. The number of persons senior b) The one who likes Basketball
to the one who likes Tennis is the same as the c) The one who likes Tennis
number of persons junior to the one who likes d) The one who works as CMD
Volleyball. Q works two positions senior to the e) The one who works as Manager
one who works immediately junior to R. Q neither
works as CMD nor Departmental Head. R does 44) What is the designation of the one who likes
not work as Departmental Head. The number of Basketball?
persons designated between S and R is the a) CMD
same as the number of persons designated b) CEO
between Q and the one who likes Basketball. M c) Director
is senior to the one who likes Basketball. N d) General Manager
e) Subordinate and lives on an odd numbered floor. The number
of floors below S is the same as above V, who
45) Which of the following combination is true? likes Chinese food. The person who lives
a) O- Surfing immediately above R’s flat likes Indian food.
b) S- Department heads Three floors are there between W and the one
c) M- Basketball who likes Continental food, which is not liked by
d) R- Soccer T. Y lives immediately below the one who likes
e) Q- Tennis Continental food and immediately above P. Both
Q and T live on the same floor, but none of them
Directions (46-50): Study the following likes Indian food. X neither likes Japanese nor
information carefully and answer the questions American food. The person who likes Japanese
given below. food lives immediately below the one who likes
Ten persons – P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y and Z, French food. The person who likes Continental
are living in a five storey building. Each floor food and X live on the same numbered flat.
consists of two flats as flat-1 and flat-2. Flat-1 is 46) Who among the following person likes Thai
in the west of flat-2. Flat-1 of floor-2 is food?
immediately above flat-1 of floor-1 and a) S
immediately below flat-1 of floor-3. In the same b) W
way flat-2 of floor-2 is immediately above flat-2 of c) X
floor-1 and immediately below flat-2 of floor-3 d) R
and so on. All of them like different cuisines. All e) Can’t be determined
the information are not necessarily in the same
order. 47) Who among the following person lives on flat
Two floors are there between R and the one, 2 of floor 1?
who likes Spanish food. The person who likes a)The one who likes Spanish food
Italian food lives immediately below the flat of the b) The one who likes Thai food
one, who likes Spanish food. R lives on the same c) The one who likes French food
floor as the one, who likes Thai food but in the d) The one who likes Japanese food
different flat with the one who likes Italian food. R e) None of these
lives in an even numbered flat. S lives
immediately below Z and does not like Indian 48) Which of the following statement is/are true
food. Z likes either Korean or Continental food with respect to the final arrangement?
I. T lives on the second floor. d) Spanish
II. X likes French food. e) None of these
III. Both P and V live on the same floor.
a) Only II 50) Who among the following person lives
b) All are true immediately above Z?
c) Only I a) The one who likes Spanish
d) Only III b) X
e) None is true c) T
d) The one who likes French
49) Which of the following food is liked by S? e) Z lives on the topmost floor
a) Italian
b) French
c) Indian

Answer with Explanation

Direction (1-5): • Recruitment A was organized by DRDO.

1) Answer: D (G and B) From the above conditions, there are two
2) Answer: C (Four) possibilities.
3) Answer: D
4) Answer: E (F)
5) Answer: D
Final arrangement Again we have,
• G was held in a month having 30 days.
• B was held immediately after G.
• C was held four months before B.

We have,
• F was held neither in February nor
organized by BSNL.
• Recruitment B was organized by TCS.
 Again we have,
• Only recruitment H and the recruitment
which was held in March were organized
by the same organization.
• Recruitment G and the recruitment which
was held in February were organized by
the same organization.
So case-1 gets eliminated, henceCase2 shows
the final arrangement

Again we have,
• A was held three months after the one of
the recruitments organized by BSNL.
• All the recruitments organized by BSNL
were held in the month having more than
30 days.
• D was held in august but it was not
organized by TCS.

Direction (6-10):
6) Answer: C
7) Answer: D
8) Answer: B
9) Answer: C (Only one person sits between
both the variables in all the combination, except
option C)
10) Answer: D
Final Arrangement: • The person who was joined in 2004 sits
second to the left of the person who was
joined in 1986.
• The number of persons sitting to the right
of the person who has 18 years of
We have, experience is the same as the number of
• W’s experience is a perfect square and persons sitting to the left of the most
sits second to the left of Q. experienced person.
• The person who sits immediate right of Q From the given information,
is the second-most experienced person.
• Only three persons sit between the
second-most experienced person and the
person who was joined in 1990.
• Not more than three persons sit to the
right of W.
From the given information Case I, Case II and
Case III are derived.

• The person who was joined in 1993 sits

adjacent to U.
• More than four persons sit between U and
S.
• The difference between the experiences
Again we have, of S and R is one more than the
• The person who has 24 years of experience of W.
experience sits second from the left end. From the given information, case I and case III
• V joined nine years before the one who get eliminated. Hence, case II shows the final
has the least experience and sits two arrangement.
places away from P.
Directions (11-15):
11) Answer: C
12) Answer: B
13) Answer: D
14) Answer: E
15) Answer: E

We have,
• P was born four months after I
where both were born in different
years.
 • I was born in the month which has • G was born two months before R
an even number of days. but was born in an even numbered
• S was born immediately before P. year.
• Only four persons were born • N was born in the month which has
between R and S. less than 30 days.
From the above conditions there are two • As many persons born before N is
possibilities. same as after M.
• Only two persons were born
between O and M.
From the above conditions, Case1a is formed.
No two known persons were born in the same
month of different years, hence Case2 gets
eliminated.

Again we have,
 From the statement, H was born five months
after J. Case1a gets eliminated. Hence Case1
shows the final arrangement.

Again we have,
• The number of persons born
between L and Q is the same as
the number of persons born
between O and L.
• J was born in the adjacent month
Directions (16-20):
of M but both were born in different
16) Answer: B
years.
17) Answer: C
• H was born five months after J.
18) Answer: E
19) Answer: D
20) Answer: A
Final Arrangement

We have:
Only such possible numbers are: 6, 7, 9, 11, 12,
13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, and 23.
• Q sits third to the right of the one who
likes 13 but none of them sits at the
extreme end of the row.
• A sits third to the left of the one who likes Again, we have:
21 and either of them sits at the extreme • Only two persons sit between S and T,
end. who likes a number ten more than F.
That means, in case (1) A sits at the end Since, only such possible combinations
of row2, in case (2) A sits third from the are (7, 17), (9, 19), (11, 21), and (13, 23).
left end of row2. As both T and F sit in different rows, then
• The one who likes 15 sits immediate right T likes a prime number whereas F likes a
of C. number which is a multiple of 3.
• The one who sits facing C sits third to the Thus, only such possible combination is
left of the one who likes 11. (9, 19).
• Neither Q nor P likes 11. • Neither T nor R sits adjacent to Q.
That means, in case (1) & case (2) the • F sits immediate right of the one who likes
one who likes 11 sits at the right end. 6.
Based on the above given information we have: • Neither A nor E likes 6.
• B likes a number which is four more than
the one who sits immediate right of S.
 Since, only such possible combinations • A likes a number which is 5 less than the
are (17, 21), and (15, 11). That means, number liked by P.
case (2) F sits second from the left end of • A and the one who likes 12 are sitting
row2. So case (1) is not valid. adjacent together.
Based on the above given information we have: • E likes a number which is a multiple of 5.
That means, E likes 15, and C likes 12.
Based on the above given information we have:

Directions (21-25):
21) Answer: D
22) Answer: E
23) Answer: C
24) Answer: C
25) Answer: E (All the persons sit on the corners
of the table, except option e)
Case (1) is not valid as B likes a number which
Final Arrangement
is four more than the one who sits immediate
right of S.
Again, we have:
• Only one person sits between U and the
one who likes 7.
• D sits facing the one who sits two places
away from the one who likes 7.
That means, in case (2) D sits at the left
end, and S sits immediately left of Q.
 • Both L and M are sitting opposite to each
other.
• The one who has 44 pens sits opposite to
the one who sits second to the left of L.
From the above condition, case 2a gets
eliminated.

We have,
• The one who has 31 pens sits third to the
left of N.
• N sits in the middle of the sides of the
table.
Again we have,
• Two persons sit between N and S.
• Q sits second to the right of the one who
• The one who has 19 pens neither sits
sits immediate right of R.
adjacent to S nor N.
• O neither sits adjacent to L nor N.
From the above condition, there are three
• S has twice the number of pens with O.
possibilities.
From the above condition, case 2 gets
eliminated.

Again we have,
• R sits opposite to the one who sits second
to the right of the one who has 19 pens.
• M sits second to the right of R.
Again we have,
 • N has nine pens more than L.
• P has four pens less than O and one pen
more than L.
• Q has twice the number of pens with the
one who sits immediate left of S.
From the above condition, case 1 shows the final
arrangement.

Arrangement 2:

Arrangement 3:
Directions (26-30):
26) Answer: A
27) Answer: B
28) Answer: B
29) Answer: E Arrangement 1:
30) Answer: A We have,
Arrangement 1: • F sits to the immediate right of B.
• B sits exactly opposite to G and both are
facing different directions.
• C sits adjacent to G, who faces towards
the centre.
• Both the immediate neighbors of E are
facing different directions.
 Persons facing towards the centre are: A, E, F
and G
Persons facing away from the are: B, C, D and H
So the arrangement looks as follows

• The one who sits opposite to D sits to the

immediate right of E.
• H sits adjacent to both D and G. This
eliminates case 1.
• Both H and C are facing the same
Arrangement 3:
direction as B.
We have,
• Both D and F sit to the immediate left of
Now each of them tosses a coin. Four of them
each other.
get heads and four of them get tails as a result.
D does not get tails as a result. Both C and G
get the same result. Both E and H get different
results. A does not get heads as a result. Both B
and E get the same result but different from the
result of D.
Arrangement 2:
We have,
All the persons are made to sit in two parallel
rows such that they are equidistant from each
other and are facing each other. They are sitting
in alphabetical order from right to left in row2 and
Directions (31-35):
left to right in row1. All the persons who are
31) Answer: A
facing towards the centre sit in row 1 by facing
32) Answer: C
south and the remaining persons who are facing
33) Answer: A
away from the centre sit in row 2 by facing
34) Answer: D
north.
35) Answer: A
Final Arrangement
 • B is placed third to the left of the letter
which is placed immediate right of E.
We have,
• B is placed neither adjacent to P nor A.
• A is placed fourth from the right end.
• E does not place adjacent to A.
• Only two letters are placed between A
From the above condition, case2 gets
and C.
eliminated.
• The number of letters placed to the left of
C is one more than the number of letters
placed to the right of N.
From the above condition, there are two
possibilities.
Again we have,
• T isss placed fifth to the right of the letter
which is placed immediate left of L.
• U is placed to the left of I.
Again we have,
• P is placed second to the right of the letter
which is placed immediate left of N.
• Only one letter is placed between P and
O. From the above two cases we get

• Only three letters are placed between O UNPROBLEMATIC and MNPUOBLEIATRC But

and M. among those UNPROBLEMATIC only can give a

From the above condition, Case 1 eliminated meaningful word, so it will be our answer.

and case 2 there are two more possibilities. So the final arrangement will be,

Directions (36-40):
36) Answer: C
Again we have,
37) Answer: D
• The number of letters placed between M
38) Answer: D
and A is the same as the number of
39) Answer: E (All the persons were born in an
letters placed between P and R.
odd-numbered year, except option E)
40) Answer: C
Final Arrangement: • The number of persons played before the
one whose age is a perfect square is one
less than the number of persons played
after C.
• C played two days before the one who
was born in 1995.

We have,
• E played two days after the one whose
age is a prime number.
• Only two persons played between E and
the one who was born in 2001. Again we have,
• Not more than two persons played before • C played two days before the one who
the one whose age is 21. was born in 1995.
From the above conditions, there are three • The sum of the ages of G and B is two
possibilities. less than the sum of the ages of C and E.
• B is younger than G who is elder than A.
• The persons played in the last two days
were born in an odd-numbered year.
• G doesn’t play last.
From the above conditions, Case I and Case III
get eliminated.

Again we have,
• D played three days before the one
whose age is a perfect square.
• One of the persons whose age is a prime
number played exactly between D and E.
• The age of neither E nor G is a perfect
square.
 45) Answer: A
Final Arrangement

Again we have,
• The difference between the ages of B and
C is equal to the difference between the
We have,
ages of G and A.
• S works three persons senior to the one
• F played immediately after the one whose
who likes Badminton.
age is five years elder than F.
• Neither Subordinates nor the Department
From the above conditions, case II shows the
head likes Badminton.
final arrangement.
From the above condition, there are two
possibilities.

Again we have,
Directions (41-45): • The one who likes Golf works immediately
41) Answer: A junior to the one who likes Tennis. At
42) Answer: D least two persons are senior to the one
43) Answer: E who likes Tennis.
44) Answer: C • General Manager does not like Golf.
From the above condition, there are three • R does not work as Departmental Head.
possibilities. • The number of persons designated
between S and R is the same as the
number of persons designated between Q
and the one who likes Basketball.

Again we have,
• The number of persons senior to the one
who likes Tennis is the same as the
Again we have,
number of persons junior to the one who
• M is senior to the one who likes
likes Volleyball.
Basketball.
From the above condition, case1 gets
• N works junior to P but not junior to O.
eliminated.
• The one who works as a Subordinate
does not like Soccer.
From the above condition, case1a gets
eliminated. Case2 shows the final arrangement.

Again we have,
• Q works two positions senior to the one
who works immediately junior to R.
• Q neither works as CMD nor
Departmental Head. Directions (46-50):
46) Answer: B [W] • S lives immediately below Z and does not
47) Answer: D The one who likes Japanese food like Indian food.
48) Answer: E None is true • Z likes either Korean or Continental food
49) Answer: B French and lives on an odd numbered floor.
50) Answer: A The one who likes Spanish • The number of floors below S is the same
Final Arrangement as above V, who likes Chinese food.
• The person who lives immediately above
R’s flat likes Indian food.
Here case 1 eliminated. In case 2a, Z can be
placed either floor 5 or floor 3.

We have,
• Two floors are there between R and the
one, who likes Spanish food.
• The person who likes Italian food lives
immediately below the flat of the one, who Again we have,
likes Spanish food. • Three floors are there between W and the
• R lives on the same floor as the one, who one who likes Continental food, which is not
likes Thai food but in the different flat with the liked by T.
one who likes Italian food. • Y lives immediately below the one who
• R lives in an even numbered flat. likes Continental food and immediately above
P.
• Both Q and T live on the same floor, but
none of them likes Indian food.
This means Q and T live on floor 5 and one
of them likes Continental food, thus Z likes
Korean food.

Again we have,
 • The person who likes Continental food
and X live on the same numbered flat.

Again we have,
• X neither likes Japanese nor American
food.
• The person who likes Japanese food lives
immediately below the one who likes French
food. Here case 2 gets eliminated.