BANKING

LOGICAL
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BASIC CIRCLE
DAY - 48

PUZZLE TEST

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Direction (1- 5): Eight persons A, B, C, 3) Four of the following five are alike in a

D, E, F, G and H are living at eight certain way and hence form a group.

different floors ground floor is numbered Which of the following one that does not

one and the above floor is numbered two belong to the group?

and so on. All the persons are in different

a) G- 150cm b) E- 152cm
heights between 150cm and 157cm. C
lives in odd numbered floor and above the c) D- 153cm d) H- 151cm
fourth floor. Three persons live between C
e) A- 153cm
and the person whose height is divisible
by 3. Two persons live between B and the 4) Who among the following lives
one who has 154cm lives above B. H lives immediately after D?
immediately above B who is 151cm. D’s
a) The one who is 156cm
height is 157cm and lives below E. The
height of F is 3 more than the person A b) The one who is 152cm
who lives in odd numbered floor. C’s
height is 150cm. G’s height is 2 less than c) The one who is 157cm

F’s height. D lives in an even numbered

d) The one who is 151cm
floor and immediately below A. H, whose
height is an even number. e) None of these

1) Who lives in floor number Six? 5) How many persons are live between D
and G?
a) The one who is 152cm
a) Two b) Three
b) C
c) Four d) Five
c) E
e) None
d) The one who is 150cm
Directions (6-10):
e) None of these
Nine persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T and U
2) Who lives in bottommost floor?
are living at nine different floors ground
floor is numbered one and the above floor
a) A b) G
is numbered two and so on. M is lives on
c) H d) F odd numbered floor below 5th floor. Three
persons are lives between M and N. One
e) C
person live between N and T. P and S are
immediate neighbors. Two persons lives

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between T and U who lives below T. c) M and S are immediate neighbors of P

Number of persons above Q is same as
d) T lives in bottommost floor
number of persons below Q is equal. O
lives one of the floor below Q. S is not an e) All are false
immediate neighbor of M.
Directions (11-15): P, Q, R, S, T, U and
1. Who lives in topmost floor? V are members of a sports club and have
liking for different games, viz Badminton,
a) S b) Q
Cricket, Volleyball, Hockey, Table Tennis,
c) T d) R Football and Chess but not necessarily in
the same order. Each one of them has a
e) P
liking for different Colours, viz Black,

2. How many persons are lives between U Orange, Blue, Pink, Yellow, White and

and P? Green not necessarily in the same order.

Q likes Table tennis and Blue colour. T
a) Two b) Three
likes to play Football but not like green or

c) Four d) Five yellow colour. The one who plays Chess

like Orange colour. U like white colour but
e) None of these not like Volleyball or Badminton. P plays
Cricket and like pink. The one who plays
3. Which of the following persons are
Badminton does not like yellow. R like
immediate neighbors of N?
green and V plays Chess.
a) R, T b) U, O
6. Who likes black colour?
c) M, S d) R, U
a) The one who plays volleyball
e) None of these
b) The one who plays Football
4. Number of persons below O is same as
c) R
number of persons above _____?

d) Q
a) U b) Q

e) None of these
c) M d) N

7. S plays which game?

e) None of these

a) Football b) Chess
5. Which of the following is correct?

c) Table tennis d) Hockey

a) R lives in fourth floor

e) Volleyball
b) Two person lives between U and O

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8. Which of the following combinations of immediately above U. Three persons live

game-person-colour is definitely correct? between P and T. Q lives in one of the
floors above P. R lives on the second floor.
a) R- Badminton- Black
V lives on the even numbered floor which

b) U- Chess- White is not divisible by four. There are as many

persons live between U and V as between
c) T- Football – Black
W and T.

d) V- Hockey- Green 16. Who among the following lives on 5th

floor?
e) None of these a) W b) T
c) P d) S
9. Who plays Badminton?
e) None of these
a) S b) R 17. How many persons live between R and
S?
c) P d) V
a) Two b) Three
e) None of these c) Four d) Five
e) None of these
10. Who plays Table Tennis?
18. If all the persons are arranged in
a) The one who like white alphabetical order from lowermost floor
then, how many persons live in the same
b) S
floor?

c) The one who like Blue a) None b) One

c) Two d) Three
d) U
e) None of these

e) None of these 19. Q lives in which of the following

floors?
Directions (16-20): Study the following a) 6th floor b) 4th floor
information carefully and answer the c) 2nd floor d) 8th floor
questions given below: e) None of these
20. Four of the following five are alike in a
Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W
certain way based on the arrangement
are living in eight different floors but not
and hence form a group. Which one of the
necessarily in the same order. The
following does not belong to the group?
lowermost floor is numbered one and the
a) S b) V
floor above is numbered two and so on till
c) P d) U
the topmost floor is numbered eight.
e) T
Q lives on even numbered floor. Two
persons live between P and Q. W lives

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Direct ions (21-25): Study the following 22. How many persons live between U and
information carefully and answer the T?
questions given below:
a) One b) Two
Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are
c) Three d) Four
living in seven different floors. The
lowermost floor is numbered one and the e) None of these
above is numbered two and so on till the
23. If R is related to Archeologist, P is
topmost floor. They are in different
related to Journalist then who among the
profession viz., Archaeologist, Accountant,
following is related to Banker?
Banker, Economist, Journalist,
Psychologist and Scientist but not a) T b) V
necessarily in the same order.
c) P d) S
P lives in an even numbered floor and he
is not a Economist. Q is a banker. Three e) None of these

persons live between S and T. Only one

24. Four of the following five are alike in a
person lives between V and the one who is
certain way based on the arrangement
a Journalist. Two persons live between P
and hence form a group. Which of the
and the Psychologist. T lives above P.
following does not belong to the group?
Neither T nor S is a Psychologist. Q lives
in an odd numbered floor above P. a) U-Journalist

Economist and Accountant are lives in the

b) V-Economist
adjacent floors. One who is a Journalist
lives immediately below 4th floor. Scientist c) P-Scientist
lives immediately below the floor where
d) T-Archaeologist
Banker lives. R does not live immediately
above S. Economist does not live above e) R-Psychologist
Scientist and does not live in odd floor.
25. Who among the following is an
21. Who among the following lives in the Scientist?
sixth floor?
a) One who lives in seventh floor
a) Archaeologist b) Economist
b) One who lives in sixth floor
c) Accountant d) Scientist
c) One who lives in third floor
e) None of these
d) One who lives in fourth floor

e) None of these

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Direction (26-30): Five persons were 29) If all the people arranged
received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in alphabetically in clockwise direction from
different fields like Archery, Cricket, Monday to Friday, then how many persons
Hockey, Boxing and Wrestling. They are remain unchanged?
awarded in different days Monday To
a) One b) Three
Friday and but not necessarily in the same
order. P awarded on Tuesday but not c) Two d) None
awarded for Archery and Boxing. Two
e) More than three
persons awarded between Archery and
Boxing. R neither awarded for Boxing nor 30) How many persons awarded between
Cricket. Q awarded for Wrestling but not Cricket and Wrestling?
immediately next to P. X neither awarded
for Boxing and nor in Wednesday. Hockey a) Three b) Two

got award before boxing and not received

c) One d) four
by P and Y.
e) None of these
26) Who among the following received the
award on Thursday? Direction (31-35): Seven friends L, M,
N, K, J, G and H are going to visit famous
a) X b) R
Monuments of India like Taj mahal, India

c) Y d) Q gate, Ajanta Caves, Charminar, Rajghat,

Kanch Mahal and Bombay Castle but not
e) P necessarily in the same order. Each of
them uses different Vehicle Car, Bus,
27) Who among the following pairs are
Flight, Train, Bike, Boat and Truck but not
immediate neighbours of each other?
necessarily in the same order.
a) X, Q b) P, Q
N visits Bombay Castle and go by Train.
c) Y, X d) R, Y The one who goes by Car visit Ajanta
Caves. J does not go by Boat. G does not
e) None of these
visit Rajghat and Charminar. The one who
28) which of the following fields X goes by bike does not go to Taj mahal. H
received the award? visit India gate and travels through Flight.
K visit Kanch mahal. M travels through
a) Boxing b) Archery
Truck. G does not visit Ajanta caves and

c) Boxing d) Wrestling not travel through Bike. L travels by Bus.

The one who travels by truck does not
e) Cricket
visit Charminar

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31) Who among the following Visit 35) G visits Which of the following
Charminar? Monuments?

a) M b) J a) Charminar

c) K d) L b) Bombay Castle

e) H c) Taj mahal

32) Four of the five are alike in a certain d) Ajanta caves

way based on the arrangement form the
e) None of these
group. Then which of the following does
not belongs to the group? D.36-40) Study the following information
carefully and answer the given question.
a) L – Taj mahal

Seven friends A, B, C, D, E, F and G are

b) G – Kanch Mahal
likes Seven different fruits viz, apple,
c) J – Ajanta caves apricot, mango, cherry, fig, grapes and
banana. All of them have different brand
d) H – Rajghat
watch viz, Rolex, Citizen, Timex, omega,

e) J – India gate Sonata, Fastrack, titan. Each person has

different cars viz, BMW, Audi, Benz. There
33) Which of the following statement is
is each car own by at least two Person not
true?
more than three persons.

a) N – Train – India Gate

B has sonata watch. E has Rolex watch

b) M- Rajghat - Bus does not like apricot or fig. One who has
citizen watch likes banana and Neither
c) H – India gate - Flight wear BMW nor Benz. F likes cherry but
does not have Timex or titan. A has
d) L – kanch mahal - truck
Fastrack watch and likes grapes. E has
e) None of these Benz only with one who has Fastrack
watch. C likes apricot and G has citizen
34) Who among the following travels
watch. The one who have titan watch does
through Boat?
not like fig. B likes apple. One who likes
a) N b) K titan watch and have Audi. Only two
persons have Audi car.
c) H d) L
36) Who among the following person likes
e) G
fig?

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a) A b) C a) D has BMW car but do not have Timex

c) D d) G b) E has Rolex watch and likes cherry

e) None of these c) C has omega watch

37) Which of the following combination is d) B and F have BMW car

true?
e) None of these
a) B – Sonata – apple -Audi
Answer Key:
b) D – Rolex - fig - BMW
1. a 2. d 3. e 4. a 5. d 6. c 7. b 8. d 9. a
c) F – Omega – Cherry - BMW 10. c 11. b 12. e 13. c 14. b 15. c 16. c
17. c 18. a 19. d 20. b 21. a 22. b 23. a
d) C – Citizen – apricot - Audi
24. b 25. d 26. c 27. d 28. b 29. a 30. b

e) None of these 31. d 32. c 33. c 34. e 35. c 36. c 37. c

38. e 39. c 40. d
38) Four of the following five are alike in a
certain way and hence form a group.
Which of the following does not belong to
the group?

a) Apple b) Timex

c) F d) Sonata

e) Mango

39) Who among the following person has

titan watch?

a) One who likes grapes

b) One who likes mango

c) One who likes apricot

d) One who likes cherry

e) None of these

40) Which of the following statement is

true?

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