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
