IBPS Clerk Mains (Seating and Puzzles-Assignment)

SEATING ARRANGEMENT AND PUZZLES

ASSIGNMENT
IBPS Clerk (Mains) Exam 2017
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SEATING ARRANGEMENTS AND PUZZLES
Directions (1 to 5): Read the following
information and answer the questions
given below.
In a Dance Club, 7 males and 7 females
participated in a dance program. P, Q, R, S,
T, U and V were the male participants while
C, D, E, F, G, H, and I were the female
participants. All the 14 persons were
divided into 7 groups. Each group consisted
of 1 male. After the end of the program,
each group was assigned a grade according
to its performance. For the purpose of
grading 7 letters were used, i.e. X, Y, Z, A, B,
J and K indicating descending order. U‘s
group got grade Y. Grade of Q‘s group was
better than at least 3 groups while grade of
R‘s group was better than at least 4. T‘s
partner was G. E‘s partner was not S. F‘s
group got grade X. P, S and R were not
partners of H, I and C respectively. Grade of
1 group was the same as the name of
member of that group. Grades of D‘s group
and H‘s group were better than H‘s group
and I‘s group respectively. Grade of Q‘s
group was better than R‘s. Grades of T‘s and
P‘s groups were neither J nor K. G‘s group
didn‘t get grade B. E‘s group got the grade
K.
1. Grade B was assigned to which person’s
group?
(A) D (B) F
(C) I (D) Can’t say
(E) None of these
2. Grade Y was assigned to which person’s
group?
(A) T (B) U
(C) I (D) Can’t say
(E) None of these
3. Grade A was assigned to which person’s
group?
(A) T (B) U
(C) I (D) T
(E) None of these
4. Who among the following was the
partner of Q?
(A) D (B) H
(C) I (D) T
(E) G
5. Who among the following was the
partner of R?
(A) D (B) H
(C) I (D) T
(E) G
Directions (6 to 10): Study the following
information carefully and answer the given
questions below.
8 friends, Aman, Brijesh, Carol, Dike, Elli,
Fintan, Ganesh, and Himesh are sitting
around a circular table facing the centre but
not necessarily in the same order. Each one
of them holds a different post viz. Manager,
Company, Secretary, Chairman, President,
Vice-President, Group Leader, Financial
Advisor and Managing Director. Aman sits
3rd to right of the Managing Director. Only
2 people sit between the Managing Director
and Himesh. Vice President and the
Company Secretary are immediate
neighbours of each other. Neither Aman
nor Himesh is a Vice President or a
Company Secretary. Vice President is not an
immediate neighbor of the Managing
Director. Manager sits 2nd to left of Elli. Elli
is not an immediate neighbor of Himesh.
The Manager is an immediate neighbor of
both Group Leader and the Financial
Advisor. Financial Advisor sits 3rd to right of
Brijesh. Brijesh is not the Vice President.
Carol sits to the immediate right of the
Chairman. Aman is not the Chairman.
Fintan is not an immediate neighbor of
Aman. Ganesh is not an immediate
neighbor of the Manager.
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6. Who amongst the following sits 3rd to who speaks Gujarati. Varsha sits on the
the left of Elli? immediate left of the one who speaks
(A) Manager (B) Ganesh Gujarati. Only two people sit between
(C) Aman (D) Financial Advisor Varsha and Usha. Usha is an immediate
(E) Brijesh neighbour of Wazir. The one who speaks
7. Who among the following is the Hindi, sits second to the right of Usha. Tanvi
President of the company? sits on the Immediate right of the one who
(A) Aman (B) Carol speaks Hindi. Only three people sit between
(C) Himesh (D) Ganesh Tanvi and the one who speaks Marathi. The
(E) Dike one who speaks Tamil sit second to the left
8. Which of the following posts does Brijesh of the one who speaks Marathi. Sonia sits
hold in the company? on the immediate left of Pammi. The one
(A) Chairman who speaks Urdu, sits second to the right of
(B) Manager Pammi. Only three people sit between the
(C) Company Secretary one who speaks Bengali and the one who
(D) Vice President speaks English. The one who speaks Bengali
(E) Financial Advisor is not an immediate neighbour of Tanvi.
9. Who amongst the following sits exactly Rahul sits second to the left of the one who
between the Managing Director and speaks English.
Himesh? 11. Who speaks Hindi?
(A) Himesh and the Chairman (A) Rahul (B) Wazir
(B) Brijesh and Ganesh (C) Tanvi (D) Varsha
(C) The Chairman and Carol (E) Pammi
(D) Fintan and Carol 12. How many people are/is sit between
(E) Elli and the Group Leader Rahul and Varsha in clockwise direction?
10. Who amongst the following is the Group (A) 1 (B) 4
Leader? (C) 2 (D) 3
(A) Carol (B) Fintan (E) 0
(C) Ganesh (D) Himesh 13. How many people are/is sit between
(E) Aman Wazir and Varsha anti clockwise direction?
Directions (11 to 15): Study the following (A) 1 (B) 4
information and answer the given (C) 2 (D) 3
questions below. (E) 0
Pammi, Queen, Rahul, Sonia, Tanvi, Usha, 14. Who speaks Bengali?
Varsha and Wazir –are sitting around a (A) Rahul (B) Usha
circular table facing the centre but not (C) Tanvi (D) Varsha
necessarily in the same order. Each of them (E) Pammi
speaks a different language namely 15. English is speaking by
Marathi, English, Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, (A) Rahul (B) Wazir
Tamil, Gujarati, and Urdu, but not (C) Tanvi (D) Varsha
necessarily in the same order. The one who (E) Queen
speaks Malayalam sits second to the right
of Wazir. Only two people sit between the
one who speaks Malayalam and the one
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Directions (16 to 20): Study the following
information and answer the given
questions below.
Ten friends are sitting in two parallel rows
of six seats each. One seat is vacant in each
row. M, N, O, P and Q are sitting in row-1
facing South. D, E, F, G and H are facing
North. Each likes different brands of
Smartphone i.e. Lenovo, Samsung, Oppo,
Lyf, Vivo, Apple, Lava, Motorola, Gionee
and Redmi.
G sits third to the right of F and likes Lyf.
Only two people sit between E and the
vacant seat. E does not like Vivo or Oppo. Q
is not an immediate neighbour of O. N likes
Redmi. The one who likes Oppo faces the
one who likes Motorola. The one who likes
Oppo sits opposite to the one who sits third
right of the person who sits opposite to G.
O is not an immediate neighbour of P. H,
who likes neither Vivo nor Apple, does not
face the vacant seat. Neither G nor F sits at
any of the extreme ends of the row. P faces
F. Vacant seats are not opposite to each
other. Two seats are there between O and
N, who sits third right of the one who likes
Lava. The one who likes Gionee faces the
one who likes Lyf. The persons who like the
Lenovo and Motorola are adjacent to each
other. Vacant seat of row – 1 is not an
immediate neighbour of P. E sits at one of
the extreme ends of the row. F does not like
Lenovo and Motorola. Vacant seat of row-1
does not face G who doesn’t sit at any of
the extreme ends of the row 1.
16. In the given arrangement, if two people
come and sit to the immediate left of E,
how many people will sit between D and E?
(A) Two (B) Three
(C) Four (D) More than four
(E) One
17. Who amongst the following sits third to
the right of F?
(A) The one who likes Lyf
(B) E
(C) Other than those given as options
(D) D
(E) The one who likes Vivo
18. Which of the following faces the vacant
seat of Row – 1?
(A) The one who likes Lyf
(B) E
(C) Other than those given as options
(D) F
E. The one who likes Vivo
19. Four of the following five are alike in a
certain way based upon their seating
arrangement and so form a group. Which of
the following does not belong to the group?
(A) QE (B) ND
(C) HO (D) PG
(E) FP
20. Who amongst the following sits at the
extreme end of the row?
(A) Q, E (B) N, D
(C) P, G (D) F, P
(E) Other than those given as options
Directions (21 to 25): Study the following
information carefully to answer the given
questions.
Eight People – A, B, C, D, E, F, and G live in
eight different floors of building (but not
necessarily in the same order). One of the
floors in the building is vacant. The
lowermost floor of the building is numbered
one, the one above that is numbered two,
and so on till the topmost floor is numbered
eight. Each one of them owns different
brands of laptops, namely Lenovo, Dell, HP,
Samsung, Apple, Asus and TOSHIBA (but not
necessarily in the same order). Each one of
them likes different colors namely viz –
Yellow, Red, Purple, Orange, Black, Blue and
Green. The person who likes Red lives
immediately above the person who likes
Purple and immediately below the person
who likes Orange. The number of people
leaving above F is same as the number of
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floors between F and D. F lives an odd
numbered floor above the floor numbered
four. Only one person lives between B and
the one who owns Samsung. Only three
floors between D and the one who owns
Apple. Neither C nor G like Red. The one
who owns Asus lives immediately above G,
G owns neither Apple nor HP. E does not
own Asus. Only three floors between G and
A. The person who likes Yellow lives
immediately above the one who likes Black.
The one who owns TOSHIBA lives
immediately above the one who owns
Lenovo, but not on the topmost floor. C
lives one of the odd numbered floors above
the one who owns Apple. The number of
floors between F and the one who owns
DELL is only one. Only one person lives
between the one who owns TOSHIBA and
the vacant floor. Only two people live
between C and vacant floor. The person
who likes Green live one of the floors above
the floor numbered 5.
21. Which of the following Statements is
true with respect to the given information?
(A) G lives immediately above the one who
likes Blue
(B) E lives immediately above C
(C) Only three people live between F and
the one who owns TOSHIBA.
(D) D owns Samsung.
(E) All the given statements are true.
22. Who amongst the following lives exactly
between the vacant floor and the one who
owns Lenovo Laptop?
(A) B, C (B) G, D
(C) F, G (D) A, B
(E) E, A
23. Who among the following likes Orange
color?
(A) C (B) G
(C) F (D) E
(E) A
24. Four of the following five are alike in a
certain way and so form a group. Which one
of the following does not belong to the
group?
(A) G – HP (B) C – Apple
(C) F – Samsung (D) E – Lenovo
(E) D – DELL
25. How many people live between E and
C?
(A) Four (B) Three
(C) None (D) Five
(E) Two
Directions (26 to 30): Study the following
information carefully to answer the given
questions
Ten students namely viz A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I and J of ten different colleges but not
necessarily in the same order have seminar
on five different days starting from Monday
to Friday of the same week. Each student
have seminar at two different time slots, i.e
10.00 AM and 3 P.M. Each student like
different colours namely viz – Green,
Yellow, Purple, Pink, Blue, Black, Brown,
Red, Grey and White. Persons who like Red,
Green, Pink, Black and White have seminar
at 10:00 A.M. Persons who like Brown,
Yellow, Purple, Blue and Grey have seminar
at 03:00 P.M. I has a seminar on Tuesday at
10.00 A.M. The number of people who have
seminar between G and D is same as the
number of people who have seminar
between C and H. Persons who like Red and
Blue have seminar on Monday and the
persons who like White and Grey have
Seminar on Friday. B has a seminar
immediately before I. I does not have
seminar on any of the days before G. The
one who has seminar at 10.00 A.M
immediately before J. H does not has
seminar at 3 P.M D has a seminar
immediately after the day of one who has
seminar on Monday. F does not have
seminar at 3 P.M. D does not has seminar
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on any one of the days after E. Only three (E) E

people have seminar between G and E. 28. Four among the following form a group
Persons who like Pink and Purple went to in a certain way. Which of the following
seminar neither on Tuesday nor Thursday. does not belong to Group?
Neither E nor G does not have seminar on (A) G – Tuesday (B) I – Wednesday
Friday. Only two people have seminar (C) F – Friday (D) G – Wednesday
between F and J. F does not has seminar on (E) E – Thursday
any of the days after H. Persons who like 29. Who among the following likes Grey
Green and Yellow does not have seminar on Colour?
Thursday. (A) I (B) J
26. How many persons have seminar at 3’0 (C) F (D) D
clock between G and H? (E) C
(A) 5 (B) 6 30. Who among the following have seminar
(C) 2 (D) 4 on Thursday?
(E) None of these. (A) I,E (B) H,J
27. Who among the following person has (C) F,A (D) D,E
seminar at 10 A.M? (E) E,C
(A) C (B) B
(C) D (D) A