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Question 501

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Directions (91-95): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W – sit in a linear row.

Some of them face North and some face South.

Note:

Equal number of persons face north and south.
T sits third to the right of V. One person sits between S and V. Both S and V face opposite directions to each other. P sits immediately to the right of S. P and V are not immediate neighbours. Three persons sit between P and R. W sits second to the left of R. W is not an immediate neighbour of V. Immediate neighbours of R face in the direction opposite to each other. T sits immediate to the right of Q. The persons sit at both the ends of the row face opposite direction to each other. W and U face the same direction. W doesn’t face north.

Q91. The number of persons sits to the right of T is same as than the number of persons sits to the right of ____.

  1. AOption (a)

    V

  2. BOption (b)

    P

  3. COption (c)

    W

  4. DOption (d)

    S

  5. EOption (e)

    R

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Answer: (d)D.

S

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Question 502

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Directions (91-95): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W – sit in a linear row.

Some of them face North and some face South.

Note:

Equal number of persons face north and south.
T sits third to the right of V. One person sits between S and V. Both S and V face opposite directions to each other. P sits immediately to the right of S. P and V are not immediate neighbours. Three persons sit between P and R. W sits second to the left of R. W is not an immediate neighbour of V. Immediate neighbours of R face in the direction opposite to each other. T sits immediate to the right of Q. The persons sit at both the ends of the row face opposite direction to each other. W and U face the same direction. W doesn’t face north.

Q92. What is the position of Q with respect to S?

  1. AOption (a)

    Sixth to the right

  2. BOption (b)

    Second to the left

  3. COption (c)

    Fifth to the right

  4. DOption (d)

    Second to the right

  5. EOption (e)

    Sixth to the left

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

Sixth to the left

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Question 503

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Directions (91-95): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W – sit in a linear row.

Some of them face North and some face South.

Note:

Equal number of persons face north and south.
T sits third to the right of V. One person sits between S and V. Both S and V face opposite directions to each other. P sits immediately to the right of S. P and V are not immediate neighbours. Three persons sit between P and R. W sits second to the left of R. W is not an immediate neighbour of V. Immediate neighbours of R face in the direction opposite to each other. T sits immediate to the right of Q. The persons sit at both the ends of the row face opposite direction to each other. W and U face the same direction. W doesn’t face north.

Q93. How many persons sit between W and U?

  1. AOption (a)

    None

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    One

  4. DOption (d)

    Three

  5. EOption (e)

    Four

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

Two

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Question 504

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Directions (91-95): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W – sit in a linear row.

Some of them face North and some face South.

Note:

Equal number of persons face north and south.
T sits third to the right of V. One person sits between S and V. Both S and V face opposite directions to each other. P sits immediately to the right of S. P and V are not immediate neighbours. Three persons sit between P and R. W sits second to the left of R. W is not an immediate neighbour of V. Immediate neighbours of R face in the direction opposite to each other. T sits immediate to the right of Q. The persons sit at both the ends of the row face opposite direction to each other. W and U face the same direction. W doesn’t face north.

Q94. If R is related to T and in the same way Q is related to U then S is related to who among the following persons?

  1. AOption (a)

    P

  2. BOption (b)

    V

  3. COption (c)

    R

  4. DOption (d)

    U

  5. EOption (e)

    T

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

V

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Question 505

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Directions (91-95): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W – sit in a linear row.

Some of them face North and some face South.

Note:

Equal number of persons face north and south.
T sits third to the right of V. One person sits between S and V. Both S and V face opposite directions to each other. P sits immediately to the right of S. P and V are not immediate neighbours. Three persons sit between P and R. W sits second to the left of R. W is not an immediate neighbour of V. Immediate neighbours of R face in the direction opposite to each other. T sits immediate to the right of Q. The persons sit at both the ends of the row face opposite direction to each other. W and U face the same direction. W doesn’t face north.

Q95. Who among the following persons sits exactly between V and Q?

  1. AOption (a)

    P

  2. BOption (b)

    S

  3. COption (c)

    R

  4. DOption (d)

    U

  5. EOption (e)

    T

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

U

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Question 506

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Directions (96-100): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six persons –C, P, Q, S, T and U– were born in different years among 1933, 1944, 1981, 1987, 1993 and 2018. The base year for calculating age is 2025. Each of them likes to visit a different place among Italy, Greece, Spain, Egypt, Maldives, and Japan (not necessarily in the same order).
C is six years elder than the person who likes to visit Italy. One person was born between the persons who likes to visit Italy and Maldives. U is immediately elder than the person who likes to visit Maldives. S is two persons elder than T. The one who likes to visit Spain is immediately younger than the T. C doesn’t like to visit Spain. The one who likes to visit Japan is two persons elder than the one who likes to visit Egypt. P doesn’t like to visit Greece and Maldives.

Q96. What is the sum of ages of S, U and Q?

  1. AOption (a)

    120 years

  2. BOption (b)

    111 years

  3. COption (c)

    101 years

  4. DOption (d)

    122 years

  5. EOption (e)

    121 years

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

121 years

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Question 507

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Directions (96-100): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six persons –C, P, Q, S, T and U– were born in different years among 1933, 1944, 1981, 1987, 1993 and 2018. The base year for calculating age is 2025. Each of them likes to visit a different place among Italy, Greece, Spain, Egypt, Maldives, and Japan (not necessarily in the same order).
C is six years elder than the person who likes to visit Italy. One person was born between the persons who likes to visit Italy and Maldives. U is immediately elder than the person who likes to visit Maldives. S is two persons elder than T. The one who likes to visit Spain is immediately younger than the T. C doesn’t like to visit Spain. The one who likes to visit Japan is two persons elder than the one who likes to visit Egypt. P doesn’t like to visit Greece and Maldives.

Q97. What is the age of the person who likes to visit Maldives?

  1. AOption (a)

    32 years

  2. BOption (b)

    7 years

  3. COption (c)

    44 years

  4. DOption (d)

    38 years

  5. EOption (e)

    81 years

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

7 years

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Question 508

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Directions (96-100): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six persons –C, P, Q, S, T and U– were born in different years among 1933, 1944, 1981, 1987, 1993 and 2018. The base year for calculating age is 2025. Each of them likes to visit a different place among Italy, Greece, Spain, Egypt, Maldives, and Japan (not necessarily in the same order).
C is six years elder than the person who likes to visit Italy. One person was born between the persons who likes to visit Italy and Maldives. U is immediately elder than the person who likes to visit Maldives. S is two persons elder than T. The one who likes to visit Spain is immediately younger than the T. C doesn’t like to visit Spain. The one who likes to visit Japan is two persons elder than the one who likes to visit Egypt. P doesn’t like to visit Greece and Maldives.

Q98. Which of the following combinations is correctly matched?

  1. AOption (a)

    S – 1944 – Egypt

  2. BOption (b)

    Q – 2018 – Spain

  3. COption (c)

    P – 1933 – Japan

  4. DOption (d)

    U – 2018 – Maldives

  5. EOption (e)

    T – 1944 – Greece

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

P – 1933 – Japan

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Question 509

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Directions (96-100): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six persons –C, P, Q, S, T and U– were born in different years among 1933, 1944, 1981, 1987, 1993 and 2018. The base year for calculating age is 2025. Each of them likes to visit a different place among Italy, Greece, Spain, Egypt, Maldives, and Japan (not necessarily in the same order).
C is six years elder than the person who likes to visit Italy. One person was born between the persons who likes to visit Italy and Maldives. U is immediately elder than the person who likes to visit Maldives. S is two persons elder than T. The one who likes to visit Spain is immediately younger than the T. C doesn’t like to visit Spain. The one who likes to visit Japan is two persons elder than the one who likes to visit Egypt. P doesn’t like to visit Greece and Maldives.

Q99. Which among the following statement is/are false?

I. U is elder than T.

II. C is 37 years elder than S.

III. S doesn’t like to visit Maldives.

  1. AOption (a)

    Both I and III

  2. BOption (b)

    Only III

  3. COption (c)

    Both I and II

  4. DOption (d)

    Both II and III

  5. EOption (e)

    All I, II and III

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

Both I and II

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Question 510

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Directions (96-100): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six persons –C, P, Q, S, T and U– were born in different years among 1933, 1944, 1981, 1987, 1993 and 2018. The base year for calculating age is 2025. Each of them likes to visit a different place among Italy, Greece, Spain, Egypt, Maldives, and Japan (not necessarily in the same order).
C is six years elder than the person who likes to visit Italy. One person was born between the persons who likes to visit Italy and Maldives. U is immediately elder than the person who likes to visit Maldives. S is two persons elder than T. The one who likes to visit Spain is immediately younger than the T. C doesn’t like to visit Spain. The one who likes to visit Japan is two persons elder than the one who likes to visit Egypt. P doesn’t like to visit Greece and Maldives.

Q100. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Find the one which doesn’t belong to the group.

  1. AOption (a)

    P

  2. BOption (b)

    U

  3. COption (c)

    C

  4. DOption (d)

    T

  5. EOption (e)

    Q

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

Q

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Question 511

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Directions (71-74): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Nine persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I sit in a row facing north but not necessarily in the same order. C sits 3rd to the left of F. Two persons sit between E and F. A sits 3rd to the right of I but not sit at any end. There are as many persons sit to the left of A as right of B. F sits adjacent to A. The numbers of persons sit between D and G is thrice than the numbers of persons sit between H and G.

Who sits exactly in the middle of the row?

  1. AOption (a)

    A

  2. BOption (b)

    F

  3. COption (c)

    C

  4. DOption (d)

    B

  5. EOption (e)

    H

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

F

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Question 512

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Directions (71-74): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Nine persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I sit in a row facing north but not necessarily in the same order. C sits 3rd to the left of F. Two persons sit between E and F. A sits 3rd to the right of I but not sit at any end. There are as many persons sit to the left of A as right of B. F sits adjacent to A. The numbers of persons sit between D and G is thrice than the numbers of persons sit between H and G.

How many persons sit between C and D?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    None

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

  5. EOption (e)

    Five

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

None

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 513

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Directions (71-74): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Nine persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I sit in a row facing north but not necessarily in the same order. C sits 3rd to the left of F. Two persons sit between E and F. A sits 3rd to the right of I but not sit at any end. There are as many persons sit to the left of A as right of B. F sits adjacent to A. The numbers of persons sit between D and G is thrice than the numbers of persons sit between H and G.

Which of the following pair of persons sits at the extreme ends of the row?

  1. AOption (a)

    D, G

  2. BOption (b)

    B, H

  3. COption (c)

    C, I

  4. DOption (d)

    G, H

  5. EOption (e)

    H, I

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

H, I

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Question 514

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Directions (71-74): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Nine persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I sit in a row facing north but not necessarily in the same order. C sits 3rd to the left of F. Two persons sit between E and F. A sits 3rd to the right of I but not sit at any end. There are as many persons sit to the left of A as right of B. F sits adjacent to A. The numbers of persons sit between D and G is thrice than the numbers of persons sit between H and G.

If B and E interchange their positions, then who will sit third to the left of H?

  1. AOption (a)

    E

  2. BOption (b)

    D

  3. COption (c)

    A

  4. DOption (d)

    F

  5. EOption (e)

    G

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

E

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Question 515

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Directions (75-78): In each of the questions below, some statements are given followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

P ≤ Q < R = S ≥ T; U = R ≥ V ≤ W

Conclusions:

I. P < W
II. T ≤ U

  1. AOption (a)

    If only conclusion I is true

  2. BOption (b)

    If only conclusion II is true

  3. COption (c)

    If either conclusion I or II is true

  4. DOption (d)

    If neither conclusion I nor II is true

  5. EOption (e)

    If both conclusions I and II are true

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

If only conclusion II is true

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Question 516

SBI Probationary Officer (PO) 2024• Reasoning Ability• Reasoning Ability

Directions (75-78): In each of the questions below, some statements are given followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

K ≥ L > M = N < O; P > Q ≥ N < R

Conclusions:

I. L > R
II. Q ≤ O

  1. AOption (a)

    If only conclusion I is true

  2. BOption (b)

    If only conclusion II is true

  3. COption (c)

    If either conclusion I or II is true

  4. DOption (d)

    If neither conclusion I nor II is true

  5. EOption (e)

    If both conclusions I and II are true

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

If neither conclusion I nor II is true

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 517

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Directions (75-78): In each of the questions below, some statements are given followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

A < B = C ≥ D; E ≥ C < F; G ≤ F < H

Conclusions:

I. A < H
II. E ≥ D

  1. AOption (a)

    If only conclusion I is true

  2. BOption (b)

    If only conclusion II is true

  3. COption (c)

    If either conclusion I or II is true

  4. DOption (d)

    If neither conclusion I nor II is true

  5. EOption (e)

    If both conclusions I and II are true

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

If both conclusions I and II are true

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 518

SBI Probationary Officer (PO) 2024• Reasoning Ability• Reasoning Ability

Directions (75-78): In each of the questions below, some statements are given followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

X ≤ Y > Z = W ≤ V; T ≥ U = Z < S

Conclusions:

I. W > S
II. U ≤ S

  1. AOption (a)

    If only conclusion I is true

  2. BOption (b)

    If only conclusion II is true

  3. COption (c)

    If either conclusion I or II is true

  4. DOption (d)

    If neither conclusion I nor II is true

  5. EOption (e)

    If both conclusions I and II are true

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

If neither conclusion I nor II is true

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Question 519

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Directions (79-83): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six persons D, F, G, H, K and L are living in three-storey building where the ground floor is numbered as 1, just above it is floor 2 and the topmost floor is numbered as 3. Each of the floors has 2 flats in it as flat-A and flat-B. Flat-A of floor-2 is immediately above flat-A of floor-1 and immediately below flat-A of floor-3. In the same way, flat-B of floor-2 is immediately above flat-B of floor-1 and immediately below flat-B of floor-3. Flat-A is in the west of flat-B. Each of them likes different fruits.
H lives in the north-west of the one who likes Kiwi. K lives below the one who likes Kiwi. One floor gap between K and F who likes Apple. One floor gap between the ones who like Orange and Grapes. G lives east of the one who likes Orange. The one who likes Banana lives above the one who likes Guava. L does not like Banana.
Who among the following lives in Flat-A of Floor-3?

  1. AOption (a)

    D

  2. BOption (b)

    The one who likes Apple

  3. COption (c)

    L

  4. DOption (d)

    The one who likes Grapes

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

The one who likes Grapes

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Question 520

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Directions (79-83): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six persons D, F, G, H, K and L are living in three-storey building where the ground floor is numbered as 1, just above it is floor 2 and the topmost floor is numbered as 3. Each of the floors has 2 flats in it as flat-A and flat-B. Flat-A of floor-2 is immediately above flat-A of floor-1 and immediately below flat-A of floor-3. In the same way, flat-B of floor-2 is immediately above flat-B of floor-1 and immediately below flat-B of floor-3. Flat-A is in the west of flat-B. Each of them likes different fruits.
H lives in the north-west of the one who likes Kiwi. K lives below the one who likes Kiwi. One floor gap between K and F who likes Apple. One floor gap between the ones who like Orange and Grapes. G lives east of the one who likes Orange. The one who likes Banana lives above the one who likes Guava. L does not like Banana.
Which fruit does K like?

  1. AOption (a)

    Kiwi

  2. BOption (b)

    Orange

  3. COption (c)

    Grapes

  4. DOption (d)

    Guava

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

Orange

Explanation not yet available.

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