Reasoning Quiz - High Level for SBI PO

Directions for Questions 1 to 5: Read the following information and choose the right alternative in the questions that follow.

During the cultural week of an institute six competitions were conducted. The cultural week was inaugurated on the morning of 19th October, Wednesday and continued till 26th October. In the span of 8 days, six competitions namely debate, folk dance, fash-p, street play, rock band, and group song, were organized along with various other cultural programs. The information available from the institute is:
I. Only one competition was held in a day.
II. Rock band competition was not conducted on the closing day.
III. Fash-p was conducted on the day prior to the debate competition.
IV. Group song competition was conducted neitheron Wednesday nor on Saturday.
V. None of the competitions was conducted on Thursday and Sunday.
VI. The street Play competitions was held on Monday.
VII. There was a gap of two days between the debate competition and the group song competition.

Question.1. The cultural week started with which competition?
1) Fash-p competition
2) Debate competition
3) Street play competition
4) Rock band competition
5) None of these

Question.2. How many days gap is there between rock band
competition and group song competition?
1) Two 
2) Three
3) Four 
4) Five
5) None of these

Question.3. Which pair of competitions was conducted on Wednesday?
1) Rock band competition and debate competition
2) Debate competition and fash-p competition
3) Rock band competition and Folk dancecompetition
4) None of these
5) Can’t be determined

Question.4. Which competition exactly precedes the street play competition?
1) Rock band competition
2) Group song competition
3) Debate competition
4) Fash-p competition
5) None of these

Question.5. The Fash-p competition follows which competition?
1) Debate competition
2) Street play competition
3) Rock band competition
4) None of these
5) Can’t be determined

Directions (Q. 6 to 10): Answer the questions based on the following information.

Eight retired army officers – Aryan, Brijesh, Champak, Devesh, Eknath, Fredrick, Gurudev and Hitesh – of various ages ranging from 60 years to 80 years, are sitting around a circular table facing the cenre. Aryan, who is 62 years old sits third to the right of Champak,who is 12 years younger than Brijesh.Hitesh is Aryan’s neighbour and Devesh is seven years younger than Gurudev. Hitesh is two years older than Aryan and sits on the immediate left of the person who is 80 years old, who faces Fredrick, who is 60 years old. Champak and Gurudev are immediate neighbours and their age difference is 10 years. Devesh, who is not a neighbour of Brijesh, faces Eknath, who is five years younger than Brijesh.

Question.6. Who sits second to the left of the person facing Gurudev?
1) Gurudev
2) Fredrick
3) Devesh
4) Brijesh
5) Champak

Question.7. Which of the person- age combinations is correct?
1) Eknath – 78
2) Aryan – 61
3) Gurudev – 68
4) Devesh – 71
5) Brijesh-78

Question.8. If Champak and Hitesh form a pair and Brijesh and Fredrick form another pair in a particular way then whom does Aryan form a pair with in a similar way?
1) Gurudev
2) Eknath
3) Devesh
4) Hitesh
5) Champak

Question.9. Who is the third youngest member of the group?
1) Aryan
2) Brijesh
3) Champak
4) Fredrick
5) Hitesh

Question.10. Which of the following sets represents the three oldest members of the group?
1) Aryan, Brijesh, Gurudev
2) Brijesh, Gurudev, Devesh
3) Brijesh, Gurudev, Eknath
4) Champak, Devesh, Eknath
5) Fredrick, Aryan, Hitesh

Solutions:

Solutions for Q.(1 – 5):

Answer.1. The fashion week started with the Rock Band competition. Option (4) is the correct answer.

Answer.2. There are 5 days between the rock band and group competition. Option (4) is the correct answer.

Answer.3. The two Wednesdays are 19th and 26th and on these days the Rock band competition and the Street play competition were held. Option (4) is the correct answer.

Answer.4. The Group song competition precedes the Street play competition. Option (2) is the correct answer.

Answer.5. Fash- p competition follows the Rock Band competition. Option (3) is the correct answer.

Solutions for Q.(6 – 10):

Answer.6. 5
Answer.7. 2
Answer.8. 4
Answer.9. 1
Answer.10. 3