Puzzles for IBPS PO

Puzzles for IBPS PO

(1)      Five children were administered psychological tests to know their intellectual levels. In the report, psychologists pointed out that the child A is less intelligent then the child B. The child C is less intelligent then the child D. The child B is less intelligent then the child C and child A is more intelligent than the child E. Which child is the most intelligent?

(2)      A                     (2) B                                      (3) D                                     (5) E                                      (5) None of these

(2) In the Olympic Games, the flag of six nations were flown on the masts in the following way:

The flag of America was to the left of Indian tricolour and to the right of the flag of France. The flag of Australia was on the right of the Indian flag but was to the left of the flag of Japan, which was to the left of the flag of China. Find the two flags which are in the centre.

(1)      India and Australia    

(2)      America and India

(3)      Japan and Australia

(4)      America and Australia

(5)      None of these

(3)      There are four persons A, B, C and D. The total amount of money with A and B together is equal to the total amount of money with A and B together is equal to the amount of money with C and D together. But the total amount of money with B and D together is more than the amount of money with A and C together. The amount of money with A is more than that with B. Who has the least amount of money?

(1)      B                     (2) C                                      (3) D                                     (5) Can’t be determined                                        (5) None of these

(4)      Three persons A, B and C wore shirts of black, blue and orange colours, not necessarily in that order and pants of green, yellow and orange colours, not necessarily in that order. No person wore pant and shirt of the same colour. Further, it is given that

(1)      A did not wear shirt of black colour.

(2)      B did not wear shirt of blue colour.

(3)      C did not wear shirt of orange colour.

(4)      A did not wear pant of green colour.

(5)      B wore pant of orange colour.

What were the colour of pant and shirt worn by C, respectively?

(1)      Yellow and Black         (2) Yellow and Blue (3) Green and Blue (4) Orange and Black (5) None of these

(5) A, B, C, D and E are five friends. A is shorter than B but taller than E. C is the tallest. D is shorter than B and taller than A. Who has two persons taller and two persons shorter than him/her?

(1)      A                     (2) B              (3) C              (4) D             (5) none of these

Direction (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

(1)      Alka is older than Mala.

(2)      Gopal is older than Mala but younger than Alka.

(3)      Kapil is younger than Ram and Mala.

(4)      Mala is older than Ram.

Now choose the correct answer options according to given information

Whose age is between Gopal and Ram?

(1)      Mala             (2) Kapil                             (3) Alka                               (4) Can’t be determined exactly                      (5) none of these

Whose age is between Mala and Kapil?

(1)      Gopal           (2) Ram                              (3) Alka                               (4) Can’t be determined exactly                      (5) none of these

Whose age is exactly in the middle of all the five?

(1)      Mala             (2) Gopal   (3) Ram                               (4) Alka                               (5) none of these

Who is eldest?

(1)      Alka               (2) Mala                              (3) Kapil                             (4) Gopal   (5) none of these

Who is the youngest?

(1)      Mala             (2) Ram                               (3) Alka                               (4) Kapil                             (5) none of these

Direction (11-12): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

(1)      Aarti is older than Sanya.

(2)      Muskan is elder than Aarti but younger than Kashish.

(3)      Kashish is elder than Sanya.

(4)      Sanya is younger than Muskan.

(5)      Gargi is the eldest.

Who is the youngest?

(1)      Kashish       (2) Aarti                            (3) Muskan                       (4) Sanya    (5) none of these

Agewise, who is in the middle?

(1)      Kashish       (2) Aarti                              (3) Muskan                       (4) Sanya    (5) none of these

Direction (13-17): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

(1)      Six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U are members of a club and play a different game of Football, Cricket, Tennis, Basketball, Badminton and Volleyball.

(2)      T, who is taller than P and S, plays Tennis.

(3)      The tallest among them plays Basketball.

(4)      The shortest among them plays Volleyball.

(5)      Q and S neither play Volleyball nor Basketball.

(6)      R plays Volleyball.

(7)      T is between Q who plays Football and P in order of height.

Who among them is taller than R but shorter than P?

(1)      Q                     (2) T              (3) U             (4) data inadequate   (5) none of these

Who will be at the third place if they are arranged in the descending order of their heights?

(1)      Q                     (2) P              (3) S              (4) T              (5) none of these

Which of the following statements is not true?

(1)      P is shorter than R (2) Q is taller than S (3) S is taller than R (4) T is taller than R (5) U is taller than Q

Who among them plays Basketball?

(1)      Q                     (2) R              (3) S              (4) U             (5) none of these

What does S play?

(1)      Cricket        (2) Badminton               (3) Football                      (4) either Cricket or Badminton                       (5) none of these       

Direction (18-22): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle, facing the centre. F sits to the immediate right of D and third to the left of A. G sits third to the left of D who does not sit next to E. B sits next to G but not next to D. C does not sit next to either D or A.

Who sits to the immediate left of A?

(1)      E          (2) F              (3) G             (4) H             (5) None of these

What is the position of H with respect to C?

(1)      Second to the left (2) First to the right (3) Third to the right (4) Second to the right (5) None of these

Which of the following pairs sits between G and D?

(1)      AC      (2) DF           (3) HB          (4) FA           (5) None of these

Starting from A’s position, if all the eight are arranged in alphabetical order in clockwise direction, the seating position of which of the following (excluding A) would not change?

(1)      B         (2) C              (3) D             (4) H             (5) None of these

Four of the following are the alike based upon their seating arrangement around the circle. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(1)      FH      (2) GH          (3) CD          (4) BG          (5) EF

Direction (23-27): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

(1)      There is a group of seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G

(2)      There are four males, three females, two married couples and three unmarried persons in the group.

(3)      The seven persons are seated in a row on the bench.

(4)      Their professions are: engineer, teacher, doctor, psychologist, businessman, architect and student.

(5)      B is not married and another person the psychologist is the most intelligent.

(6)      The engineer is married to the teacher who is the least intelligent of the group.

(7)      D is an architect. He is sitting on the left most corner.

(8)      The student is sitting on the right most corner of the bench.

(9)      The doctor is married to C. C is the second most intelligent of the group followed by her husband.

(10)   The least intelligent of the group is sitting on the immediate right of D, followed by the most intelligent.

(11)   There are as many more intelligent persons then the engineer as there are less intelligent.

(12)   On the bench, followed by D, there are three females sitting in succession.

(13)   The psychologist is a female.

(14)   The student is more intelligent than the architect, who is more intelligent than only one person F.

(15)   Neither A nor G is female.

Who is sitting on the immediate right of D?

(1)      F          (2) E              (3) C              (4) can’t say                     (5) none of these

Which two are sitting together?

(1)      D and E (2) E and A (3) teacher and businessman (4) engineer and doctor (5) none of these

The engineer is not more intelligent than

(1)      student                  (2) architect                    (3) teacher                       (4) businessman           (5) none of these

Which of these cannot be a married couple?

(1)      A-F                             (2) A-C                                 (3) G-F                                 (4) A-G                                 (5) none of these

Which of these represents the correct order of intelligent, in decreasing sequence?

(1)      EBF                            (2) CDF                                (3) ECB                                (4) EFB                                 (5) none of these

reasoning syllabus

Problem Solving Assessment sample questions

                                  3.    BLOOD RELATION

1. Introducing Reena, Monika said, “She is the only daughter of my father’s only daughter.” How is Monika related to Reena?

a. Aunt                                   b. Niece                       c. Cousin                                 d. Mother

2. Pointing to a man, a woman said, “His mother is the only daughter of my mother.” How is the woman related to the mother?

   a. Mother                              b. Daughter                 c. Sister                       d. Grandmother

3. Pointing to a lady, a man said, “The son of her only brother is the brother is the brother of my wife.” How is the lady related to the man?

 a. Mother’s sister                   b. Grandmother           c. Mother-in-law          d.none of these

4. Looking at a portrait of a man, Harsh said, “His mother is the wife of my father’s son . Brothers and sisters I have none.” At whose portrait was Harsh looking?

    a. His son                            b.His cousin                c.His Uncle                  d.His nephew

5. Deepak said to Nitin, “That boy playing football is the younger of the two brothers of the daughters of  my father’s wife.” How is the boy playing football related to Deepak?

   a. Son                                   b. Brother                    c. Cousin                                 d. Nephew

6. Introducing a man to her husband, a woman said, “His brother’s father is the only son of my grandfather.” How is the woman related to this man?

   a. Mother                              b. Aunt                       c. Sister                                     d. Daughter

7. Pointing to Kapil, Shilpa said, “His mother’s brother is the father of my son Ashish.” How is Kapil related to Shilpa?

 a. Sister-in-law                       b. Nephew                               c. Niece                                   d. Aunt

8. Pointing to a photograph, Arun said, “She is the mother of my son’s wife’s daughter.” How is Arun related to the    lady?

  a. Uncle                                 b. Cousin         c. Daughter-in-law                  d. None of these

9. If, Kamal says, “Ravi’s mother is the only daughter of my mother.” How is Kamal related to Ravi?

a. Grandfather             b. Father                      c. Brother                                d. Maternal Uncle

10. Pointed to woman, Naman said, “She is the daughter of the only child of my grandmother.” How is the woman related to Naman?

 a. Sister                      b. Niece                       c. Cousin                                 d. Data inadequate

Directions (Questions 11-13): Read the following information and answer the questions given below it:

    A is the father of C. but C is not his son.

    E is the daughter of C. F is the spouse of A.

    B is the brother of C. D is the son of B.

    G is the spouse of B. H is the father of G.

   11. Who is the Grandmother of D?

    a. A                                      b. C                                         c. F                                          d. H

   12. Who is the son of F?

    a. B                                      b. C                                         c. D                                         d. E

   13. C is A’s father’s nephew. D is A’s cousin but not the brother of C. How is D related to C?

    a. Father                              b. Sister                                   c. Mother                                 d. Aunt

14. Examine the following relationships among members of a family of six persons – A, B, C, D, E and F.

     1. The number of males equals that of females.  2. A and E are sons of F.

     3. D is the mother of two, one boy and one girl.   4. B is the son of A.

     5. There is one married couple in the family at present.

    Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from the above?

   a. A, B and C are all females                                               b. A is the husband of D.

   c. D is the grand daughter of F.                                           d. E and F are children of D.

Following questions are based on the information given below:

   i. ‘P x Q’ means ‘P is the father of Q’                  ii.‘P - Q’ means ‘P is the sister of Q’;

   iii. ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is the mother of Q’  iv. ‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is the brother of Q’.

   15. In the expression B + D x M ÷ N, how is M related to B?

    a. Granddaughter    b. Son              c. Grandson    d. Granddaughter or Grandson

   16. Which of the following represents ‘J is son of F’?

    a. J ÷ R – T x F       b. J + R – T x F                       c. J ÷ M – N x F                       d. None of these

Problem Solving Assessment sample questions

2. CODING – DECODING

1.     In a certain code, FAVOUR is written as EBUPTS. How is DANGER written in that code?

a.     CBFFDS                 b. CBMHDS                  c. EBFHDS                   d. EBHHFS

2.     If SUMMER is decoded as RUNNER, the code for WINTER will be:

a.     SUITER                   b. VIOUER                    c. WALKER                  d. SUFFER

3.     In a certain code, BASIC is written as DDULE. How is LEADER written in that code:

a.     NGCFGT                 b. NHCGGU                  c. OGDFHT                   d. OHDGHU

4.     In a certain language, SIGHT is written as FVTUG. How is REVEAL written in the same language?

a.     YNRIRE                  b. DQHQMX                  c. FSJSOZ                    d. ERIRNY

5.     In a certain code, CAT is written as SATC and DEAR is written as SEARD. How would SIGN be written in that code?

a.     BEINS                    b. SGNIS                      c. SINGS                      d. GNISS

6.     If SPIDER is written as PSDIRE in a certain code, how would COMMON be written in that code?

a.     OCOMMO               b. OCMMNO                 c. OCMOMN                 d. OCMMON

7.     If in a certain code, CORPORATION is written as PROCTAROSNOI, then how is JUDICIAL written in that code?

a.     IDUJLAIC                b. UJIDLAIC                   c. UJIDICLA                   d. IDUJICLA

      8. If in a certain code, BAT=23 and CAT=24, then how will you code BALL?

            a. 27                             b. 28                             c. 32                             d. 120

      9. If ZIP=198 and ZAP=246, then how will you code VIP?

            a. 174                           b. 222                           c. 888                           d. 990

     10. If 2=5, 4=18, 6=39, then 10=

              a.45                                b.81                                  c. 100                              d.105

     11. If ‘light’ is ‘morning’, ’morning’ is called ‘dark’, ’dark’ is ‘night’, ’night’ is called ‘sunshine’ and ‘sunshine’ is called ‘dusk’, when do we sleep ?

             a. Night                           b. Sunshine                        c. Dusk                          d. Dark

 12. If, in a language, ‘finger’ is called ‘toe’, ’toe’ is called ‘foot’, ’foot’ is called ’thumb’, ’thumb’          is called      ‘ankle’, ’ankle is called ‘palm’ and ‘palm’ is called ‘knee’, then in that language, what will an illiterate man put to his signatures ?

             a. Toe                                b. Knee                               c. Thumb                           d. Ankle

                                                 

Problem Solving Assessment by CBSE for class 9th and 11th

Problem Solving Assessment

Some important facts regarding PSA

This batch of class X will not be taking Assessing, Speaking and Listening Skills (ASL) or Problem Solving Assessment (PSA), which is only applicable from Class IX of this session (2012-2013).

This batch of class XII will not be taking Assessing Speaking and Listening Skills (ASL) or Problem Solving Assessment (PSA), which is only applicable from Class XI of this session (2012-2013).

Why PSA (Problem Solving Assessment)?

It is a widely acknowledged fact that research and analytical skills, ability to apply basic concepts of different subjects, solve application based problems in Mathematics and Science, comprehend and analyze written text and effective communication are the skills which ensure success in Higher Studies and Professional areas. These dimensions of 21st Century life skills will greatly assist learners in acquiring higher order thinking skills such as Problem Solving and Decision Making.

Planning of CBSE regarding PSA (Problem Solving Assessment)

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is planning to initiate “Problem Solving Assessment” (CBSE- PSA) for students of Classes IX and XI from the second term of session 2012-13. The board has decided to replace one of the four formative assessments (FA) with a problem solving assessment (PSA) for Classes IX and XI. The first test will be conducted on January-February 2013 for Class IX. The test will involve questions to test a student’s problem-solving ability.

The PSA is not a new test but it will replace the already existing pen-paper test in the FA. The only difference will be that PSA will be conducted by the Board in the respective schools and the evaluation will be done by the Board. The exam will be conducted on the same day and the question paper will be provided by the Board.

Examination pattern of PSA (Problem Solving Assessment)

This 90-minute test will have nothing from the textbooks. It will comprise of questions from mathematics and an English passage from old essays or contemporary fiction. The new criterion will fit into the third and fourth formative assessments. The fourth assessment includes multiple choice questions, projects and unit tests. All these will be replaced by a PSA that tests a student’s knowledge on co-scholastic situations.

CBSE-PSA for Class IX PSA the Problem Solving Assessment will be conducted for all students of class IX in Jan – Feb 2013 and the details are available in a separate circular. The Problem Solving Assessment’ (CBSE-PSA) will be counted towards FA-4 which is 10% of total assessments of Class IX.

This assessment will also be carried forward towards the FA-4 in Class X. This score will be reflected in one Language (English or Hindi), Mathematics, Science and Social Science w.e.f the session 2012-2013 for Class IX and 2013 – 14 for Class X. The same score will be reflected in FA-4 for class IX and Class X. The students will have the option to improve their PSA Score in Class X, as they can sit for the test with Class IX students of the Session 2013-2014 in January – February 2014. The best scores will be reflected in the final certificate in case of those applying for improvement. The schools which have already planned their time table and other details regarding FA-4 will take the best scores of FA-3 and FA-4 to count towards the total 10%, now available for FA-3 and FA-4 taken together.

The features of the ‘Problem Solving Assessment’ (CBSE-PSA) will be as follows

1. It will be compulsory for all students of Classes IX and carry 90 marks. There will be 60 items of MCQ type.

2. It will assess the following areas:- Quantitative Reasoning (found in mathematics, science and technology) Qualitative Reasoning (found in humanities, arts and social sciences) Language Conventions There is no specific syllabus for Problem Solving Assessment .

3. The items will incorporate aspects of 21 Century Skills (Creative Thinking, Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Communication) that leads to success at Secondary Stage. They should be able to assess student’s ability to process, interpret and use information rather than assess student’s prior subject matter knowledge.

4. The Assessment will contain items that will assess written expression, including grammar and usage, vocabulary in context and passage-completion.

5. The test items will be so designed that they will also help in improving scores within the core school subjects as the Problem Solving Assessment test items are designed to improve generic and higher order thinking skills.

6. The items will be able to assess student’s ability. The test items will be so designed that they will also help in improving scores within the core school subjects as the Problem Solving Assessment test items are designed to improve the generic skills.

7. The ‘Problem Solving Assessment’ will be done during the month of January – February 2013 for students of Class IX. The ‘Problem Solving Assessment’ will be counted towards FA-4 which is 10% of total assessments of Class IX.

8. This assessment will also be carried forward towards the FA-4 in Class X. This score will be reflected in one Language (English or Hindi), Mathematics, Science and Social Science w.e.f the session 2012-2013 for Class IX and 2013 – 14 for Class X. The same score will be reflected in FA-4 for class IX and Class X.

9. The students will have the option to improve their PSA Score in Class X, as they can sit for the test with Class IX students of the Session 2013-2014 in January – February 2014. The best scores will be reflected in the final certificate in case of those applying for improvement.

10. The schools which have already planned their time table and other details regarding FA-4 will take the best scores of FA-3 and FA-4 to count towards the total 10%, now available for FA-3 and FA-4 taken together.

11. There will be no separate time tables or periods for teaching or practice of PSA in schools.