Reasoning Quiz for IBPS| IPPB – 246

P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are seven friends working in three departments – Production, Marketing and Finance – with at least two friends in each department. Each of them has a different hobby, viz Reading, Teaching, Playing, Dancing, Singing, Cooking and Sleeping but not necessarily in the same order. R works in Finance department and his hobby is Sleeping. U’s hobby is neither Teaching nor Cooking and works in the same department as that of only V. Q works in the same department as that of P but is neither in Finance nor in Production. T’s department is not Finance and his hobby is Dancing. The one whose hobby is Reading does not work either in Production or in Marketing. P’s hobby is Playing. The one whose hobby is Sleeping does not work in Marketing. V’s hobby is not Teaching.

1) Which of the following departments has three persons together?
a) Production
b) Marketing
c) Finance
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these

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Answer b) Marketing

2) Which of the following is V’s department?
a) Production
b) Marketing
c) Finance
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these

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Answer a) Production

3)Which of the following is U’s hobby?
a) Teaching
b) Dancing
c) Cooking
d) Reading
e) None of these

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Answer e) None of these

4)Which of the following is S’s hobby?
a) Cooking
b) Playing
c) Reading
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these

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Answer c) Reading

5)In a certain code language, ‘avoid going out’ is coded as ‘319’. Similarly, ‘going for party’ is coded as ‘612’ and ‘avoid for party’ is coded as ‘362’. What will be the code for ‘party’ in the code language?
a) 3
b) 1
c) 9
d) Either ‘3’ or ‘1’
e) Either ‘2’ or ‘6’

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Answer e) Either ‘2’ or ‘6’

6)How is ‘R’ related to ‘Q’?
I.‘T’ is wife of one of the sons of ‘Y’ and mother of grandson of father of ‘X’.
II.‘X’ is father of ‘Q’ but ‘Q’ is not daughter of wife of ‘X’.
III.‘R’ is brother of ‘P’, who is granddaughter of father-in-law of mother of ‘R’.
a) None
b) Any one of them
c) Only III
d) All the information even together are not sufficient.
e) None of these

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Answer d) All the information even together are not sufficient. Statement III has no relation either with statement I or with II. In statement III, Q is not being talked about. Similarly, in statement I and II, R is not being talked about. Hence all the three statements even together are not sufficient.

7)In a hockey match, how many goals did Tanuja score?
I. Tanuja didn’t score the highest number of goals.
II. Tanuja, Mohit and Karuna scored equal number of goals.
III. The total goals scored by Mohit, Rinki, and Karuna is 12 and Rinki scored as many goals as Mohit and Karuna together.
a) Only I and II
b) Only II and III
c) Only I and III
d) All I, II and III together
e) None of these

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Answer b) Only II and III. From I. Tanuja didn’t score the highest number of goals. From II. Tanuja = Mohit = Karuna From III. Mohit + Rinki + Karuna = 12 goals Rinki = Mohit + Karuna Rinki scored 6 goals and Mohit and Karuna together scored 6 goals. From I and II, We can’t find how many goals Tanuja scored. From II and III, Mohit and Karuna together scored six goals. Mohit + Karuna = 6 Tanuja = Mohit = Karuna = x x + x = 6 or x = 3 Tanuja scored three goals. Thus, II and III together are sufficient.

8)In a certain code language, BLUNT is code as AKSOU and COINS is coded as BNGOT. In the same code language, how will TRUST be coded as?
a) SSTUV
b) SQTRS
c) RQSRS
d) SQSTU
e) RSSQN

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Answer d) SQSTU

9)All the letters of the word HALFTIME are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right. Then all the vowels are replaced with the next alphabet(as per the English alphabetical order). Which of the following will be the second letter from the left end?
a) H
b) F
c) M
d) L
e) E

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Answer b) F

10)There are six persons seated in a row(facing north). C sits sixth from the end of the line. Only three persons sit between C and M. B sits second to the right of X.Only two persons sit between N and k. How many persons sit between B and C?
a) One
b) Three
c) Can’t be determined
d) Four
e) Two

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Answer a) One