1. Prof. Arjun B. Bhagwat S. M. Joshi College, Hadapsar, Pune-28
IBPS & Banking Competitive Examination Guidance Centre Puzzle Test (Analytical Reasoning)
Prof. Arjun B. Bhagwat
S. M. Joshi College,
Hadapsar, Pune-28
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2. Categorization Based Sequence Based Family Based
Types of Puzzles
Categorization Based
Sequence Based
Family Based
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3. Directions (Examples 1-4) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. A Business School with six Professors L, M, N, O, P and Q has decided to implement a new scheme of course management. Each professor has to coordinate one course and support another course. This semester, O's support course is Finance, while three others have it in coordinator's role. P and Q have Marketing as one of their subjects. Q coordinates Operations, which is a support course for both N and P. Finance and IT are L's subjects. Both L and O have same subjects. Strategy is a support course for only one of the professors.
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4. Q.1 Who coordinates the IT course?L N O P
None of these
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5. Q.2 Which course is supported by M?
(1) Operations
(2) IT
(3) Strategy
(4) Finance
(5) None of these
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6. Q.3 Who among the following are coordinating the Finance course?
L and N
N and O
L, M and N
M N and O
None of these
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7. Q.4 Which course has only one coordinator and one support professor?
Strategy
Marketing
Operations
(4) Finance
(5) None of these
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8. Directions (Examples 5-9) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven friends working in a call center. Each of them has different day off in a week from Monday to Sunday not necessarily in the same order. They work in three different shifts I, II and III with at least two of them in each shift. R works in shift II and his day off is not Sunday. P' s day off is Tuesday and he does not work in the same shift with either Q or W. None of those who work in shift I has day off either on Wednesday or on Friday. V works with only T in shift III. S's day off is Sunday. V's day off is immediate nest day of that of R' s day off. T's day off is not on Wednesday. W's day off is not on the previous day of P's day off. S works in shift I. Q does not work in the same shift with R and his day off is not on Thursday.
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9. Q.5 Which of the following is W's day off?
Tuesday
Monday
Saturday
Data inadequate
None
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10. Q.6 Which of the following is R's day off?
Friday
Thursday
Tuesday
Wednesday
None
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11. Q.7 Which of the following groups of friends work in shift II?RP RV
QWS
Data inadequate
None
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12. Q.8 Which of the following is Q's day off?
Friday
Wednesday
Thursday
Monday
None
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13. Q.9 Which of the following groups of friends work in shift I?RV RP
QWS
Data inadequate
None
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14. Directions (Examples 10-14) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members in a family out of which there are three females and four males. There are two managers, two lawyers, one teacher, one engineer and one doctor. No lady is teacher or engineer. R is a lawyer married to P who is a teacher. V, the engineer, is married to S who is neither lawyer nor doctor. No two ladies have the same profession. Q is the sister of W who is a manager and grandson of V. P is the brother of T who is son of V. T is unmarried.
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15. Father Sister Paternal uncle Brother None of these
Q.10 How T is related to Q?
Father
Sister
Paternal uncle
Brother
None of these
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16. Directions (Examples 11 and 12) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
Q. 11. P T V W S
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17. Q. 12. Q-Doctor V-Engineer W-Manager R-Manager T-Lawyer
Directions (Examples 11 and 12) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
Q. 12.
Q-Doctor
V-Engineer
W-Manager
R-Manager
T-Lawyer
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18. Q.13 Which of the following group have same profession?PQ WS TV VS
None of these
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19. Mother Mother-in-law Sister Daughter-in-law None of these
Q.14 How S is related to R?
Mother
Mother-in-law
Sister
Daughter-in-law
None of these
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