QUICK TEST PUZZLE FOR IBPS CLERK

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

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?

1) RZ

2) SV

3) QV

4) WR

5) TQ

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?

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 classes—III, 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. 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 P’s hobby?

1) Singing

2) Painting

3) Tracking

4) Swimming

5) None of these

7. In which class does R study?

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

4) Data inadequate

5) None of these

9. Which of the following is Q’s 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?

1) Plant

2) Water

3) Vegetables

4) Air

5) Acid

Answers:
1. 2
2. 3
3. 2
4. 4
5. 5
6. 2
7. 5
8. 2
9. 3
10. 5