Reasoning For SBI and IBPS Exams

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the given information carefully and answer the given questions: Ten people are sitting in two parallel rows having five people each in such way that there is equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-1, Sneha, Swati, Seena, Sana and Sristi are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing south. In row-2 Prince, Pranav, Prashnt, Pintu and Piyush are seated (not necessarily in the same order) 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.

Piyush sits third to the right of Pranav. Prince sits second to the left of Piyush. The person facing Prince sits on the immediate right of Swati. Only one person sits between Swati and Sana. Sneha is not an immediate neighbour of Swati. Only two people sit between Sneha and Seena. Neither Swati nor Sneha faces Pintu. 

1. Who amongst the following is facing Sristi?

 Pintu

 Piyush

 Prince

 Prashant

 Pranav

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding Sana?

 Sana faces one of the immediate neighbours of Prashant.

 Swati is one of the immediate neighbours of Sana.

 None of the given statements is true

 Seena sits on the immediate right of Sana.

 Only one person sits between Sana and Sristi.

3. Who among the following is facing Prashant?

 Swati

 Seena

 Sana

 Sneha

 Sristi

4. What is the position of Piyush with respect to Pintu?

 Third to the right

 Second to the right

 Immediate left

 Immediate right

 Second to the left

5. Four of the given five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

 Sana

 Sneha

 Sristi

 Pranav

 Pintu

Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the given information carefully to answer the given questions: Jyoti, Kavita, Lalit, Manoj, Pappu, Queen, Roshan and Sneha are sitting around a circular table facing the centre at equal distances between each other (but not necessarily in the same order). Each one of them is also related to Manoj in some way or the other. 

Only two people sit between Queen and Lalit. Manoj sits second to the left of Queen. Only three people sit between Lalit and Manoj’s sister. Manoj’s son sits second to the right of Manoj’s sister. Only one person sits between the son of Manoj and Sneha. Jyoti sits on the immediate right of Roshan. Roshan is neither the son nor the mother of Manoj. Sneha is an immediate neighbour of Manoj’s mother. Only three people sit between Manoj’s mother and Manoj’s brother. Manoj’s daughter sits second to the left of Manoj’s brother. Manoj’s father is not an immediate neighbour of Manoj. Manoj’s wife sits third to the right of Kavita. 

6. Who sits second to the right of Roshan?

 Manoj’s brother

 Manoj

 Roshan

 Kavita

 Manoj’s daughter

7. How many people sit between Kavita and Lalit, when counted from the left of Lalit?

 Six

 One

 None

 Two

 Four

8. Which of the following statements is true with respect to the given information?

 Roshan sits second to the right of Manoj’s wife.

 Kavita is an immediate neighbour of Roshan.

 Manoj sits second to the left of Lalit.

 All the given options are not true.

 Sneha is son of Lalit.

9. How is Kavita related to Roshan?

 Son-in-law

 Uncle

 Niece

 Brother

 Daughter

10. Who amongst the following is the wife of Manoj?

 Kavita

 Lalit

 Pappu

 Queen

 Jyoti

Answers:

1. 
   c
   
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. c
6. b
   
   
7. c
8. d
9. c
10. e