Puzzles & Seating Arrangement Questions for IBPS PO Reasoning Ability

Eight people are sitting in a row. Some are facing North and some are facing South. A sits third to the right of B. B faces North. Two people sit between A and D. D faces South. C sits to the immediate left of D. Three people sit between C and E. E faces North. F sits second to the left of E. G sits next to F. H sits to the right of G. Both G and H face the same direction. Only three people face North. Who sits at the extreme right end?

1. A.A
2. B.H
3. C.G
4. D.Cannot be determinedCorrect

Who among the following wears Citizen?

1. A.D
2. B.F
3. C.H
4. D.C
5. E.GCorrect

Seven persons - A, B, C, D, E, F and G have an exam on one day each of a week starting from Monday. C has exam immediately before A. Three persons have exam between E and D. B has exam immediately after F. G has exam before E but after D. Who has exam on Tuesday?

1. A.B
2. B.C
3. C.DCorrect
4. D.F

Which of the following statements is/are false? I. Ivan. Gloria likes Action novels. II. Emma, Fraklin, and Jacob are sitting on the table Y. III. Ava and Ivan are immediate neighbors.

1. A.Only IICorrect
2. B.Only Ivan
3. C.Only III
4. D.Only Ivan and III
5. E.Only II and III

Directions (30-33): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. 9 persons P to X belong to three different states (Tripura, Manipur, and Assam) of different ages. Not more than 4 and not less than 2 persons belong to each state. If it is given for example B and the one who is 10 years belong to the same state then that means B is not 10 years. P and V do not belong to the same state. S does not belong to Tripura and Assam. Q and the one who is 18 years old belong to the same state and these are the only persons belonging to that state. U and the one who is 29 years old belong to the same state and U's age is an odd number. W and the one who is 54 years old belong to the same state. All V, the person one who is 61 years old and the person one who is 64 years old belong to the same state. P is the eldest person in his/her respective state. The one who is 53 years belongs to Tripura. S age is twice of Q. V's age is 7 years less than W's age. R is not the youngest person. The minimum age is 18 years. V is elder than Q. P and S do not belong to the same state. V and T belong to the same state. U is 5 years elder than Q and one of the ages is 51 years. 30. What is the age of V?

1. A.37
2. B.54
3. C.35
4. D.29
5. E.61Correct

Six persons sit around a triangular table. Three persons sit at each corner of table and rest sit at middle of each side of table. All of them face inside and like different colours. Who among the following likes Green colour? I. Y likes Purple and sits second to the left of X. W is not an immediate neighbor of X but sits third to the right of the one who likes Pink colour. II. The one who likes Pink sits second to the right of Z, who does not sit at any side of the table. U neither likes Black nor Green. The one who likes Green sits second to the right of the one who likes Black colour. III. V likes White colour and sits second to the left of the one who likes Yellow colour.

1. A.Data in statements I, II and III together are sufficient to answer the question.Correct
2. B.Data in statements I, II and III together are not sufficient to answer the question.
3. C.Data in statements I and II together are sufficient to answer the question.
4. D.Data in statements I and III together are sufficient to answer the question.
5. E.Data in statements II and III together are sufficient to answer the question.

Directions (40-44): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Ten persons sit in two parallel rows with 5 persons in each row. Row 1 has A, B, C, D and E facing north and row 2 has P, Q, R, S and T facing south. These persons belong to a three-generation family. A sits 2nd from one of the ends. R faces the immediate neighbour of A's niece. E's mother-in-law sits opposite to the one who sits 3rd to the right of A. One person sits between A and her sister-in-law. B is married to E who has one child. R sits to the right of T. Q is married. A's son sits immediate right of A. B's father faces A who has two children one son and one daughter. P and her granddaughter Q are not sitting together. Three persons sit between B and the person sitting opposite to Q's father. C and D are unmarried. C does not sit next to E. How C is related to Q?

1. A.Mother
2. B.Son
3. C.Cousin
4. D.Sister
5. E.None of theseCorrect

There are twelve person – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z and M who live in a building with 5 floors (Numbered 1 to 5). There are 3 flats on each floor from left to right Numbered 1 to 3. Immediate right of flat 2 means flat 3. Flat above flat means same flat number of above floors. There are 3 flats empty in this building. There can be only 1 flat empty on any floor. Also same flat number cannot be empty on any of the floors i.e. if

1. A.NPQOHOF
2. B.LNSOHOFCorrect
3. C.NQPSHMF
4. D.LPSOHOF
5. E.None of these

What is the card number held by the person seated opposite to B?

1. A.8Correct
2. B.6
3. C.4
4. D.9
5. E.2

Which of the following is the birth month and year of D?

1. A.June, 1977
2. B.July, 1982
3. C.June, 1982
4. D.July, 1964
5. E.None of theseCorrect

Who are the immediate neighbors of Jacob?

1. A.Emma and Harper
2. B.Gloria and DanielCorrect
3. C.Ava and Brooke
4. D.Charles and Fraklin
5. E.Ava and Fraklin

Directions (1-3): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Ten persons Anu, Banu, Cathy, Dani, Emi, Fath, Guna, Hari, Imu and Jeni are born in five different months viz., January, August, April, June and December in the same year. No two persons whose names start with consecutive alphabet are neighbours. Two persons were born in one month such that ten persons were born in five months. They all are born on different dates viz.; each month consists of one odd-numbered date and one even-numbered date. The odd-numbered date ranges between 1 - 15 and the even-numbered date ranges between 16 - 30. Each one likes different fruits namely Papaya, Apple, Kiwi, Mango, Strawberry, Grapes, Banana, Guava, Pear and Plums, but not necessarily in the same order. Anu was born in one of the months, which does not have 30 days. There were only two persons born between Anu and the one who likes Grapes. The one who likes Kiwi born immediately after Fath, who is not born in the first or last months of the year. There are three persons were born between Emi and the one who likes Banana, who is older than Emi. Fath and the one who likes Kiwi are born in the same month. Anu was born on the smallest odd-numbered date. The one who likes Guava were born on the 18th of August. As many persons born before the one who likes Mango is one more than the number of persons born after Emi, who does not like grapes. Fath and Anu do not like Mango. There are four persons were born between Imu and Cathy, who were born in April. Jeni was born on a date which is divisible by both 7 and 4. The one who likes Strawberry is not born in the same month as the one who likes Plums. Fath was born 200 days before Guna and Dani was born 3 days after Fath. The number of persons born between Hari and Dani is same as the number of persons born between Dani and Guna. Hari does not like Banana and is elder than the one who likes Mango. Guna does not born in the month which has 30 days. The one who likes Pear does not born in odd numbered date. More than three persons were born between Cathy and the one who likes Pear. The one who likes Papaya does not born in January and does not born in the same month as Guna was born. Guna and Hari are born in same dates. The one who likes Strawberry was born before Jeni and is not the eldest person. Hari does not born immediately after Anu. Cathy was born in smallest two-digit prime number. The one who like pear was born in largest possible even number. Emi and Banu were born on possible two-digit odd prime number. If Kiwi and Plum interchange their position, then who was born immediately after the one who likes Plum?

1. A.Guna
2. B.Anu
3. C.Imu
4. D.Cathy
5. E.None of theseCorrect