Puzzle Test Reasoning Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Direction : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
 Eight persons from different banks, viz, Bank of India IDBI Bank, Canara Bank, PNB, Dena Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and Bank of Baroda are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1. K, L, M and N are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2. W, X, Y and Z are seated and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. 

M sits second to right of the person from Bank of Baroda. Y is an immediate neighbour of the person who faces the person from Bank of Baroda. 

Only one person sits between Y and the person from PNB. The immediate neighbour of the person from PNB faces the person from Canara Bank. 

The person from Bank of India faces the person from Axis Bank. Y is not from Axis Bank. W is not from PNB. W does not face the person from Bank of Baroda 

X faces the person from Dena Bank. The one who faces Z sits to the immediate left of K. 

L does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. The person from Bank of Baroda does not face the person from IDBI Bank.

W is related to Dena Bank in the same way as L is related to PNB based on the given arrangement. Who amongst the following is N related to, following the same pattern? 

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    IDBI Bank
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  • 2
    Canara Bank
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Bank of Baroda
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    HDFC Bank
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    Axis Bank
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    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "HDFC Bank "

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Answer : 3. "C"
Explanation :

A prefers tea. So, from (iv), the industrialist and D prefer coffee. But, from (iii), B and the journalist prefer coffee. So, B is the industrialist and D is the journalist.Now, A, C and advocate remain. Clearly, E is the advocate. The horticulturist is C's brother. It can be only A. C is a physicist.


A

B

C

D

E

Profession

Horticulturist 

Industrialist 

Physicist

Journalist

Advocate

Profession 

Tea

Coffee

Tea

Coffee

Tea

Hence, C is the physicist.

Q:

Given below is a question followed by two statements I and II. Read both statements carefully to decide which one of them is sufficient to answer the question Six people - K, M, N, P, Q and R are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Who sits second to the left of P?
 (I) K sits to the immediate right of P. Only two people sit between P and Q. R sits second to the right of M.
 (II) Only two people sit between N and M. Q is an immediate neighbour of M. Only one person sits between Q and K.

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    Data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement I is not.
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  • 2
    Data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement II is not.
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  • 3
    Data in statements I and II together are NOT sufficient to answer the question.
    Correct
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  • 4
    Data in statements I and II together are sufficient to answer the question.
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Answer : 2. "Data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement II is not."

Q:

Given below is a question followed by two statements I and II. Read both the statements carefully to decide which one of them is sufficient to answer the question. Six people - K, M, N, P, Q and R are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Who sits to the immediate right of K?

(I) K sits third to the left of M. Only one person sits between K and N. R sits to the immediate left of N.
 (II) K sits second to the right of Q. Only two people sit between K and M. P sits second to the left of R.

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    Data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement II is not.
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  • 2
    Either data in statement I or statement II is sufficient to answer the question.
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    Wrong
  • 3
    Data in statements I and II together are sufficient to answer the question.
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement I is not
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Answer : 2. "Either data in statement I or statement II is sufficient to answer the question."

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