QUICK TEST PUZZLE FOR IBPS CLERK

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Directions (Q. 1-5) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below.
Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. W
sits second to the right of P, whose third to the left is T. R sits third to the left of Q, and S sits
immediately between W and R. V and W cannot sit opposite each other.

1. Who is sitting on the immediate right of P?

1) S 2) V 3) W

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4) Q 5) None of these

2. What is the position of Z with respect to S?

1) Just opposite 2) Immediate left 3) Third to the right
4) Second to the left 5) None of these

3. Four of the following five are similar in a certain way based on their positions in the seating
arrangement and so form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
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1) RZ
4) WR
2) SV
5) TQ
3) QV

4. How many persons sit between P and T when counted in anticlockwise direction from P?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three
4) Four 5) Five

5. Who sits between V and Z?

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1) S 2) W 3) Q
4) P 5) Both P and Q

Directions (Q. 6-10) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below:
P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven friends studying in different classesIII, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII
and IX. Each of them has a different hobby, viz singing, painting, dancing, poetry, swimming,
tracking and racing, but not necessarily in the same order. V studies in Class V and likes dancing.
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W likes racing and studies in Class III. P studies in Class VIII and does not like either singing or
tracking. R likes poetry and does not study either in Class VII or IV. S likes swimming and studies
in Class VI. T does not study in Class IV. Q does not like tracking.

6. Which of the following is Ps hobby?

1) Singing 2) Painting 3) Tracking
4) Swimming 5) None of these

7. In which class does R study?

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 1) III 2) IV 3) V
4) VII 5) None of these

8. In which class does Q study?

1) IX 2) IV 3) VII

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4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

9. Which of the following is Qs hobby?

1) Painting 2) Tracking 3) Singing
4) Swimming 5) None of these

10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that
does not belong to that group?

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1) Plant 2) Water 3) Vegetables
4) Air 5) Acid

ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATIONS:

(1-5):
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1. 2 2. 3
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3. 2; All others are in ACW sequence.

4. 4 5. 5

(6-9):

Friends Class Hobby

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P VIII Painting
Q IV Singing
R IX Poetry
S VI Swimming
T VII Tracking
V V Dancing
W III Racing

6. 2

7. 5; Class IX. 8. 2 9. 3 10. 5

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