Reasoning Ability one of the scorer subjects in Banking Exams. Students are advised to prepare this section fully as it has the ability to fetch a job in Banking Sector.

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Three ladies and four men are a group of friends, ie R, M, T, S, L, W and Z. Each one has a different profession, ie Lawyer, Travel Agent, Air-hostess, Doctor, Professor, Consultant and Jeweller and each one owns a different car, ie Alto, Corolla, Santro, Lancer, Ikon, Scorpio and Esteem, not necessarily in that order. None of the ladies is a Consultant or a Lawyer. T is an Air-hostess and she owns an Ikon car. R owns a Scorpio. M is not a Doctor. L is a Jeweller and he owns Corolla. W is a Lawyer and does not own Alto. Z is a Consultant and owns Santro. The Doctor owns Esteem car whereas the Professor owns Scorpio. The Travel Agent owns an Alto. None of the ladies own a Scorpio.  [PNB Management Trainee Exam–2005]

Questions:
1. What car does S own?
1) Alto
2) Santro
3) Lancer
4) Esteem
5) None of these

2. Who owns the car Lancer?
1) Z
2) M
3) W
4) Data Inadequate
5) None of these

3. What is the profession of R?
1) Professor
2) Travel Agent
3) Doctor
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

4. Who is the Doctor?
1) R
2) S
3) L
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

5. Who are the three ladies in the group?
1) T, R, L
2) T, M, S
3) W, T, M
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

Puzzle 2
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven people N, K, T, B, M, W and R have their weekly offs on different days of the week, ie Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, not necessarily in that order. Each of them has a liking for different cuisine, ie Indian, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Spanish, Continental and Thai, not necessarily in that order. K likes Thai food and gets his weekly off on Thursday. B likes Italian food and does not have off on Sunday. M has weekly off on Saturday and R has his weekly off on Tuesday. W likes continental food whereas the one who has weekly off on Monday likes Mexican cuisine. T does not like Spanish cuisine and has weekly off on Wednesday. The one who likes Indian food does not have a weekly off on Tuesday or Wednesday. [PNB Management Trainee Exam–2005]

Questions:
1. Who has a weekly off on Friday?
1) T
2) R
3) W
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

2. What cuisine does R like?
1) Continental
2) Indian
3) Italian
4) Spanish
5) None of these

3. On which day does N have weekly off?
1) Tuesday
2) Friday
3) Monday
4) Sunday
5) None of these

4. Who likes Chinese cuisine?
1) T
2) B
3) R
4) N
5) None of these

5. On which day does W have weekly off?
1) Monday
2) Sunday
3) Wednesday
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

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2.
K Thai Thursday
B Italian Friday
M Indian Saturday
R Spanish Tuesday
W Continental Sunday
N Mexican Monday
T Chinese Wednesday