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IBPS RRB PO Mains 2017 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully 
to find given questions.  
8 persons namely P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y and Z are sitting around 
a square table facing towards center. 4 of the persons are 
sitting in 4 corners while 4 of the persons are sitting in the 
middle of the sides. They have different ages. Those who sit 
in the corners having the ages multiple of 3.Those who sit 
at the middle of the sides having the ages multiple of 2. 
P sits 2nd to the right of the one who has the age of 44. P is 
an immediate neighbour of the one who is 39 years 
old.  Two persons sit between Q and having the age of 39. 
Q has not the age of 44. W sits 2nd to the left of Q. S is 
immediate right of the person having age of 15. Three 
persons sit between Z and the one having age of 15. The 
difference between the ages of Z and the one who is 2nd to 
the left of Z is 6. S is older than Z. Immediate neighbours of 
S are younger than S.  Person having age 22 sits 2nd to the 
right of the person having age 10. Age of P is not 10. Y sits 
immediate left of the person having age of 22. Age of Y is 
51. Age of R is greater than 20. Age of R is 24 years more 
than X. Age of X is 3 years more than age of P. 
 
1. Who among the following is of 9 years old? 
(a) P (b) S  (c) W 
(d) X (e) No one 
 
2.  Who sits 2
nd
 right of the one who sits immediate left of 
the one whose age is 51 years old? 
(a) R (b) S  (c) Y 
(d) Q (e) W 
 
3. How many persons sit between the one who is of 15 
years old and the one who is of 12 years old, when 
counted anticlockwise from the one who is of 15 years 
old? 
(a) One  (b) Two 
(c) Three  (d) More than three 
(e) None of these 
 
4.  ho among the following sits diagonally opposite to Z? 
(a) X (b) T  (c) S 
(d) P (e) W 
 
5. Who among the following sits immediate right of S? 
(a) P (b) W  (c) Y 
(d) R (e) Z 
 
6. Television is no longer the medium of entertainment at 
present. Mobile has taken the place of it among the 
youngsters as they used to spend most of their time on 
it. 
 Which of the following can be hypothesized from the 
given statement? 
(a)  Television is still most popular among kids. 
(b)  People love to play games at mobile phone instead 
of involving in outdoor activities. 
(c) Mobile has become the addiction for the younger 
generation. 
(d)  The older generation is not comfortable in using 
mobile phone for their entertainment. 
(e)  A proper treatment is required by a doctor to get 
rid of the addiction of the mobile phone.  
 
7. Mosquito bites can be more than just annoying and 
itchy. They can make you really sick. Protect yourself 
and your family from mosquitoes during travelling. 
Because dangerous diseases like Zika, dengue, and 
chikungunya are spread by mosquitoes. 
 Which of the following can be assumed from the given 
statement? 
(a)  Mosquitoes are more dangerous than any other 
animals in the world. 
(b)  There is no treatment of diseases like Zika, dengue, 
and chikungunya that are spread by mosquitoes. 
(c)  Forty percent of the world’s population lives in an 
area at risk for dengue spread by mosquito and an 
estimated 390 million people per year are infected 
with the viruses.  
(d)  There are more chances to get infected from 
mosquitoes while travelling rather than staying at 
home. 
(e)  All travelers are suffering from diseases like Zika, 
dengue, and chikungunya  spread by mosquitoes. 
 
Directions (8-11): Read the following information and 
answer the questions that follow: 
‘A’ walks 10 km north from point Q to reach point H. He 
takes a left turn and walks 9 km to reach point S. On the 
other side, ‘B’ walks 5 km north from point Y to reach point 
J. Point Y is 9 km either east or west from point Q. Next ‘B’ 
turns to his right and walks 4km to reach point D. Also ‘A’ 
turned left from point S and reached point M after walking 
5 km. M is in west direction from J. 
 
8. What is the shortest distance between points M and J? 
 (a) 10 km (b) 26 km (c) 18 km 
(d) 12 km (e) Cannot be Determined 
 
9. If ‘B’ walks 4 km east from point Y, then he is in which 
direction with respect to point D? 
(a) South (b) North-west (c) North-east 
(d) North (e) South-west 
REASONING ABILITY 
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Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully 
to find given questions.  
8 persons namely P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y and Z are sitting around 
a square table facing towards center. 4 of the persons are 
sitting in 4 corners while 4 of the persons are sitting in the 
middle of the sides. They have different ages. Those who sit 
in the corners having the ages multiple of 3.Those who sit 
at the middle of the sides having the ages multiple of 2. 
P sits 2nd to the right of the one who has the age of 44. P is 
an immediate neighbour of the one who is 39 years 
old.  Two persons sit between Q and having the age of 39. 
Q has not the age of 44. W sits 2nd to the left of Q. S is 
immediate right of the person having age of 15. Three 
persons sit between Z and the one having age of 15. The 
difference between the ages of Z and the one who is 2nd to 
the left of Z is 6. S is older than Z. Immediate neighbours of 
S are younger than S.  Person having age 22 sits 2nd to the 
right of the person having age 10. Age of P is not 10. Y sits 
immediate left of the person having age of 22. Age of Y is 
51. Age of R is greater than 20. Age of R is 24 years more 
than X. Age of X is 3 years more than age of P. 
 
1. Who among the following is of 9 years old? 
(a) P (b) S  (c) W 
(d) X (e) No one 
 
2.  Who sits 2
nd
 right of the one who sits immediate left of 
the one whose age is 51 years old? 
(a) R (b) S  (c) Y 
(d) Q (e) W 
 
3. How many persons sit between the one who is of 15 
years old and the one who is of 12 years old, when 
counted anticlockwise from the one who is of 15 years 
old? 
(a) One  (b) Two 
(c) Three  (d) More than three 
(e) None of these 
 
4.  ho among the following sits diagonally opposite to Z? 
(a) X (b) T  (c) S 
(d) P (e) W 
 
5. Who among the following sits immediate right of S? 
(a) P (b) W  (c) Y 
(d) R (e) Z 
 
6. Television is no longer the medium of entertainment at 
present. Mobile has taken the place of it among the 
youngsters as they used to spend most of their time on 
it. 
 Which of the following can be hypothesized from the 
given statement? 
(a)  Television is still most popular among kids. 
(b)  People love to play games at mobile phone instead 
of involving in outdoor activities. 
(c) Mobile has become the addiction for the younger 
generation. 
(d)  The older generation is not comfortable in using 
mobile phone for their entertainment. 
(e)  A proper treatment is required by a doctor to get 
rid of the addiction of the mobile phone.  
 
7. Mosquito bites can be more than just annoying and 
itchy. They can make you really sick. Protect yourself 
and your family from mosquitoes during travelling. 
Because dangerous diseases like Zika, dengue, and 
chikungunya are spread by mosquitoes. 
 Which of the following can be assumed from the given 
statement? 
(a)  Mosquitoes are more dangerous than any other 
animals in the world. 
(b)  There is no treatment of diseases like Zika, dengue, 
and chikungunya that are spread by mosquitoes. 
(c)  Forty percent of the world’s population lives in an 
area at risk for dengue spread by mosquito and an 
estimated 390 million people per year are infected 
with the viruses.  
(d)  There are more chances to get infected from 
mosquitoes while travelling rather than staying at 
home. 
(e)  All travelers are suffering from diseases like Zika, 
dengue, and chikungunya  spread by mosquitoes. 
 
Directions (8-11): Read the following information and 
answer the questions that follow: 
‘A’ walks 10 km north from point Q to reach point H. He 
takes a left turn and walks 9 km to reach point S. On the 
other side, ‘B’ walks 5 km north from point Y to reach point 
J. Point Y is 9 km either east or west from point Q. Next ‘B’ 
turns to his right and walks 4km to reach point D. Also ‘A’ 
turned left from point S and reached point M after walking 
5 km. M is in west direction from J. 
 
8. What is the shortest distance between points M and J? 
 (a) 10 km (b) 26 km (c) 18 km 
(d) 12 km (e) Cannot be Determined 
 
9. If ‘B’ walks 4 km east from point Y, then he is in which 
direction with respect to point D? 
(a) South (b) North-west (c) North-east 
(d) North (e) South-west 
REASONING ABILITY 
 
 
 
             
 
10. What is the shortest distance between points Q and D? 
(a) v194 km (b) v198 km (c) v197 km 
(d) v196 km (e) v195 km 
 
11. What is the direction of J with respect to Q? 
(a) South (b) North-west (c) North-east 
(d) North (e) South-west 
 
Directions (12-16): Read the following information 
carefully and answer the questions that follow: 
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H born on 7th, 9th, 16th 
and 19th in March and July. Each one of them likes either a 
colour or a fruit. The persons who likes colours were born 
on that day which is a perfect square and the colour they 
likes are:- Yellow, Green, Red and Blue. The persons who 
were born on the day which denotes a prime number like 
fruits – Apple, Cherry, Mango and Banana. 
The one who likes yellow colour was born on a day which 
is a perfect square in the month of march. No person was 
born between D and the one who likes yellow. D doesn’t 
like colours. Three persons were born between D and the 
one who likes Mango. There is no person born between the 
one who likes Mango and Blue colour. The number of 
people born after the one who likes blue colour is one less 
than the number of persons born before A. The one who 
likes Apple was born immediately before B. B do not like 
Mango. The number of people born before B is same as the 
number of persons born after G. Three persons were born 
between the one who likes Green and H. H and the one who 
likes Cherry was born in the same month but not in March. 
C was born after the one who likes Blue colour. E doesn’t 
like any colour. F doesn’t like Apple. 
 
12. Who among the following likes green colour? 
(a) B (b) A  (c) G 
(d) H (e) C   
 
13. Who was born on 16
th
 March? 
(a) D (b) A  (c) G 
(d) F (e) E 
 
14. Who among the following likes cherry? 
(a) F (b) G  (c) H 
(d) A (e) B 
 
15. Who was born on 19
th
 July? 
(a) C (b) A  (c) D 
(d) B (e) E 
 
16. Who among the following likes red colour? 
(a) A (b) B  (c) H 
(d) C (e) D 
 
Directions (17-21): Each of the questions given below 
consists of a question and two statements numbered I and 
II. You have to decide whether the data provided in the 
statements are sufficient to answer the question. 
(a) If statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, 
but statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the 
question.  
(b)  If statement II alone is sufficient to answer the 
question, but statement I alone is not sufficient to 
answer the question. 
(c) If statement either I or II is sufficient to answer the 
question. 
(d)  If both the statements I and II taken together are not 
sufficient to answer the question. 
(e)  If both the statements I and II taken together are 
sufficient to answer the question. 
 
17.  What is the code for 'festival' in a code language? 
I.   In that language `lo ko ni sa' means 'Celebrate 
festival light bright' and 'jo to ni fa' means 'festival 
surprise candle shine '. 
II.  In the same language 'bi ya la fa' means 'surprise 
high celebration delight' and ‘ya la fa ni’ means 
‘Surprise festival high delight’. 
 
18. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a 
circular table? Are they all facing the center? 
I.  A sits second to the left of F. D sits second to the 
right of F. Both E and C are immediate neighbour 
of A. F is facing inside. 
II.  B is second to the left of E. Only D is between B and 
E. C is to immediate left of F. B sits opposite to A. C 
is third to the left of D. E is second to the right of B 
and second to the left of C.  
 
19. Six persons A, B, C, D, E, F have different heights. Who 
among the following is second tallest? 
(I)  F is taller than only one person.  C is taller than A 
but shorter than E.  
(II) A is taller than both F and B. E is not the tallest.  
 
20. Who sits second to the left of Sparrow? 
(I)  Five birds i.e. myna, parrot, bulbul, crow and 
sparrow are sitting in a row in north direction. 
Myna sits at one of the extreme end. Parrot sits in 
between Myna and Bulbul.  
(II)  Only one person sits in between Bulbul and 
Sparrow. Sparrow does not sit to the left of Parrot.  
 
21. Five persons P, Q, R, S, T live on five different floors 
such as bottom floor is numbered as 1 and top floor is 
numbered as 5. Who among the following lives on 
fourth floor?  
(I) Three person lives between Q and T. R lives on 
third floor.  
(II) Only one person lives between P and S. T does not 
live above R.  
 
Directions (22-26): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions.  
Ten persons Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are going to four 
cities on four different dates i.e. 2
nd
, 4
th
, 7
th
 and 9
th
 of the 
month. Each person goes on different cities on different 
dates. Four cities are namely Pune, Chandigarh, Kochi and 
Patna, but not necessarily in the same order. At least one 
person goes on each date. 
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Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully 
to find given questions.  
8 persons namely P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y and Z are sitting around 
a square table facing towards center. 4 of the persons are 
sitting in 4 corners while 4 of the persons are sitting in the 
middle of the sides. They have different ages. Those who sit 
in the corners having the ages multiple of 3.Those who sit 
at the middle of the sides having the ages multiple of 2. 
P sits 2nd to the right of the one who has the age of 44. P is 
an immediate neighbour of the one who is 39 years 
old.  Two persons sit between Q and having the age of 39. 
Q has not the age of 44. W sits 2nd to the left of Q. S is 
immediate right of the person having age of 15. Three 
persons sit between Z and the one having age of 15. The 
difference between the ages of Z and the one who is 2nd to 
the left of Z is 6. S is older than Z. Immediate neighbours of 
S are younger than S.  Person having age 22 sits 2nd to the 
right of the person having age 10. Age of P is not 10. Y sits 
immediate left of the person having age of 22. Age of Y is 
51. Age of R is greater than 20. Age of R is 24 years more 
than X. Age of X is 3 years more than age of P. 
 
1. Who among the following is of 9 years old? 
(a) P (b) S  (c) W 
(d) X (e) No one 
 
2.  Who sits 2
nd
 right of the one who sits immediate left of 
the one whose age is 51 years old? 
(a) R (b) S  (c) Y 
(d) Q (e) W 
 
3. How many persons sit between the one who is of 15 
years old and the one who is of 12 years old, when 
counted anticlockwise from the one who is of 15 years 
old? 
(a) One  (b) Two 
(c) Three  (d) More than three 
(e) None of these 
 
4.  ho among the following sits diagonally opposite to Z? 
(a) X (b) T  (c) S 
(d) P (e) W 
 
5. Who among the following sits immediate right of S? 
(a) P (b) W  (c) Y 
(d) R (e) Z 
 
6. Television is no longer the medium of entertainment at 
present. Mobile has taken the place of it among the 
youngsters as they used to spend most of their time on 
it. 
 Which of the following can be hypothesized from the 
given statement? 
(a)  Television is still most popular among kids. 
(b)  People love to play games at mobile phone instead 
of involving in outdoor activities. 
(c) Mobile has become the addiction for the younger 
generation. 
(d)  The older generation is not comfortable in using 
mobile phone for their entertainment. 
(e)  A proper treatment is required by a doctor to get 
rid of the addiction of the mobile phone.  
 
7. Mosquito bites can be more than just annoying and 
itchy. They can make you really sick. Protect yourself 
and your family from mosquitoes during travelling. 
Because dangerous diseases like Zika, dengue, and 
chikungunya are spread by mosquitoes. 
 Which of the following can be assumed from the given 
statement? 
(a)  Mosquitoes are more dangerous than any other 
animals in the world. 
(b)  There is no treatment of diseases like Zika, dengue, 
and chikungunya that are spread by mosquitoes. 
(c)  Forty percent of the world’s population lives in an 
area at risk for dengue spread by mosquito and an 
estimated 390 million people per year are infected 
with the viruses.  
(d)  There are more chances to get infected from 
mosquitoes while travelling rather than staying at 
home. 
(e)  All travelers are suffering from diseases like Zika, 
dengue, and chikungunya  spread by mosquitoes. 
 
Directions (8-11): Read the following information and 
answer the questions that follow: 
‘A’ walks 10 km north from point Q to reach point H. He 
takes a left turn and walks 9 km to reach point S. On the 
other side, ‘B’ walks 5 km north from point Y to reach point 
J. Point Y is 9 km either east or west from point Q. Next ‘B’ 
turns to his right and walks 4km to reach point D. Also ‘A’ 
turned left from point S and reached point M after walking 
5 km. M is in west direction from J. 
 
8. What is the shortest distance between points M and J? 
 (a) 10 km (b) 26 km (c) 18 km 
(d) 12 km (e) Cannot be Determined 
 
9. If ‘B’ walks 4 km east from point Y, then he is in which 
direction with respect to point D? 
(a) South (b) North-west (c) North-east 
(d) North (e) South-west 
REASONING ABILITY 
 
 
 
             
 
10. What is the shortest distance between points Q and D? 
(a) v194 km (b) v198 km (c) v197 km 
(d) v196 km (e) v195 km 
 
11. What is the direction of J with respect to Q? 
(a) South (b) North-west (c) North-east 
(d) North (e) South-west 
 
Directions (12-16): Read the following information 
carefully and answer the questions that follow: 
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H born on 7th, 9th, 16th 
and 19th in March and July. Each one of them likes either a 
colour or a fruit. The persons who likes colours were born 
on that day which is a perfect square and the colour they 
likes are:- Yellow, Green, Red and Blue. The persons who 
were born on the day which denotes a prime number like 
fruits – Apple, Cherry, Mango and Banana. 
The one who likes yellow colour was born on a day which 
is a perfect square in the month of march. No person was 
born between D and the one who likes yellow. D doesn’t 
like colours. Three persons were born between D and the 
one who likes Mango. There is no person born between the 
one who likes Mango and Blue colour. The number of 
people born after the one who likes blue colour is one less 
than the number of persons born before A. The one who 
likes Apple was born immediately before B. B do not like 
Mango. The number of people born before B is same as the 
number of persons born after G. Three persons were born 
between the one who likes Green and H. H and the one who 
likes Cherry was born in the same month but not in March. 
C was born after the one who likes Blue colour. E doesn’t 
like any colour. F doesn’t like Apple. 
 
12. Who among the following likes green colour? 
(a) B (b) A  (c) G 
(d) H (e) C   
 
13. Who was born on 16
th
 March? 
(a) D (b) A  (c) G 
(d) F (e) E 
 
14. Who among the following likes cherry? 
(a) F (b) G  (c) H 
(d) A (e) B 
 
15. Who was born on 19
th
 July? 
(a) C (b) A  (c) D 
(d) B (e) E 
 
16. Who among the following likes red colour? 
(a) A (b) B  (c) H 
(d) C (e) D 
 
Directions (17-21): Each of the questions given below 
consists of a question and two statements numbered I and 
II. You have to decide whether the data provided in the 
statements are sufficient to answer the question. 
(a) If statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, 
but statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the 
question.  
(b)  If statement II alone is sufficient to answer the 
question, but statement I alone is not sufficient to 
answer the question. 
(c) If statement either I or II is sufficient to answer the 
question. 
(d)  If both the statements I and II taken together are not 
sufficient to answer the question. 
(e)  If both the statements I and II taken together are 
sufficient to answer the question. 
 
17.  What is the code for 'festival' in a code language? 
I.   In that language `lo ko ni sa' means 'Celebrate 
festival light bright' and 'jo to ni fa' means 'festival 
surprise candle shine '. 
II.  In the same language 'bi ya la fa' means 'surprise 
high celebration delight' and ‘ya la fa ni’ means 
‘Surprise festival high delight’. 
 
18. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a 
circular table? Are they all facing the center? 
I.  A sits second to the left of F. D sits second to the 
right of F. Both E and C are immediate neighbour 
of A. F is facing inside. 
II.  B is second to the left of E. Only D is between B and 
E. C is to immediate left of F. B sits opposite to A. C 
is third to the left of D. E is second to the right of B 
and second to the left of C.  
 
19. Six persons A, B, C, D, E, F have different heights. Who 
among the following is second tallest? 
(I)  F is taller than only one person.  C is taller than A 
but shorter than E.  
(II) A is taller than both F and B. E is not the tallest.  
 
20. Who sits second to the left of Sparrow? 
(I)  Five birds i.e. myna, parrot, bulbul, crow and 
sparrow are sitting in a row in north direction. 
Myna sits at one of the extreme end. Parrot sits in 
between Myna and Bulbul.  
(II)  Only one person sits in between Bulbul and 
Sparrow. Sparrow does not sit to the left of Parrot.  
 
21. Five persons P, Q, R, S, T live on five different floors 
such as bottom floor is numbered as 1 and top floor is 
numbered as 5. Who among the following lives on 
fourth floor?  
(I) Three person lives between Q and T. R lives on 
third floor.  
(II) Only one person lives between P and S. T does not 
live above R.  
 
Directions (22-26): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions.  
Ten persons Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are going to four 
cities on four different dates i.e. 2
nd
, 4
th
, 7
th
 and 9
th
 of the 
month. Each person goes on different cities on different 
dates. Four cities are namely Pune, Chandigarh, Kochi and 
Patna, but not necessarily in the same order. At least one 
person goes on each date. 
 
 
 
             
 
No person goes to Pune on 4
th
 of the month. R does not go 
to any city on 2
nd
 and 7
th
 of the month. The persons, who 
go on 7
th,
 go to every city.  Y goes to Kochi only with that 
person who goes on 7
th
 of the month. Maximum four 
persons can go on the same date. Only one person goes to 
Chandigarh. Z does not go on 7
th
 of the month. S does not 
go to Pune but go with U, who goes on 9
th
 of the month. One 
of the person, who goes to Kochi, goes on even number date 
of the month, which is more than 3. R goes to Pune with Q, 
but does not go with X. X goes on that city in which most of 
the person are going. V does not go with S and Z but go with 
another person. Z goes to Pune. T does not go with U. W 
does not go on 9
th
 and 2
nd
 of the month. X goes on an odd 
number date of the month and no any person go on that 
date on which X goes in that city. One of the person, who 
goes to Pune go on even number date of the month. S goes 
on an odd number date of the month.  
 
22. Who among the following person goes to Chandigarh? 
 (a) R (b) V  (c) X 
 (d) T (e) Q 
 
23. In which of the following city most of the persons are 
going? 
 (a) Chandigarh (b) Pune (c) Kochi 
 (d) Both Kochi and Pune (e) Patna 
 
24  Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 
based on their positions in the above arrangement and 
so form a group. Who among the one that does not 
belong to that group? 
 (a) S (b) R  (c) Y 
 (d) X (e) T 
 
25. Which of the following statement is true regarding U? 
 (a)  Only U goes to Chandigarh. 
 (b)  U goes on 7
th
 of the month 
 (c)  None of the option is true 
(d)  U goes to that city in which most of the person is 
going. 
 (e)  U goes with Z 
 
26. Who among the following person goes on 2
nd
 of the 
month? 
(a) Z (b) Q  (c) W 
(d) Y (e) S 
 
27. Releasing the 'Road Accidents in India - 2016' report, 
the Road Transport and Highways Minister said more 
than 400 people lost their lives daily on roads in road 
accidents at night. 
 Which of the following could be the appropriate cause 
of the death in road accidents at night? 
(a)  Increase in population lead to more number of 
accidents. 
(b)  Many people prefer to travel in night rather than in 
day. 
(c)  Lack of proper lightning arrangement and 
undignified installation of traffic signals at many 
places. 
(d)  Traffic rules are stricter in day-time to avoid traffic 
congestion problem. 
(e)  Traffic violation is not a punishable offence in 
India. 
 
Directions (28-32): Study the following information 
carefully to answer the given questions:  
A word and number arrangement machine when given an 
input line of words and numbers rearranges them 
following a particular rule. The following is an illustration 
of input and rearrangement.  
Input: 97 nosy 21 snow cold 32 asian 46 65 viral 83 high  
Step I: 211 97 nosy snow cold asian 46 65 viral 83 high 322 
Step II: asian 211 97 nosy snow 46 65 viral 83 high 322 
cold  
Step III: 463 asian 211 97 nosy snow viral 83 high 322 cold 
654 
Step IV: high 463 asian 211 97 snow viral 83 322 cold 654 
nosy 
Step V: 835 high 463 asian 211 snow viral 322 cold 654 
nosy 976 
Step VI: snow 835 high 463 asian 211 322 cold 654 nosy 
976 viral 
Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement. As per the 
rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the 
following questions the appropriate steps for the given 
input. 
Input: peak 18 utility 76 emerge 27 beautiful 37 51 visible 
86 know 
 
28. How many steps would be needed to complete the 
arrangement?  
(a) X (b) VIII  (c) V   
(d) VI (e) None of these   
 
29. What will the addition of the numbers which is fifth 
from the left end in step II and 5
th
 from the right end in 
step IV?  
(a) 312  (b) 210 (c) 162   
(d) 165 (e) None of these  
 
30. Which of the following would be the difference of the 
numbers which is 2
nd
 from left end in step IV and 2
nd
 
from right end in Step II? 
(a) 290 (b) 83   (c) 193 
(d) 101  (e) None of these  
 
31. Which of the following element will be 6
th
 from the left 
of 3
rd
 from the right end in step V?  
(a) 181  (b) beautiful (c) 373    
(d) know (e) None of these   
 
32. In Step IV, which of the following word/number would 
be on 4
th
 position (from the left end)?  
(a) visible (b) 181 (c) 97   
(d) utility (e) None of these 
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Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully 
to find given questions.  
8 persons namely P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y and Z are sitting around 
a square table facing towards center. 4 of the persons are 
sitting in 4 corners while 4 of the persons are sitting in the 
middle of the sides. They have different ages. Those who sit 
in the corners having the ages multiple of 3.Those who sit 
at the middle of the sides having the ages multiple of 2. 
P sits 2nd to the right of the one who has the age of 44. P is 
an immediate neighbour of the one who is 39 years 
old.  Two persons sit between Q and having the age of 39. 
Q has not the age of 44. W sits 2nd to the left of Q. S is 
immediate right of the person having age of 15. Three 
persons sit between Z and the one having age of 15. The 
difference between the ages of Z and the one who is 2nd to 
the left of Z is 6. S is older than Z. Immediate neighbours of 
S are younger than S.  Person having age 22 sits 2nd to the 
right of the person having age 10. Age of P is not 10. Y sits 
immediate left of the person having age of 22. Age of Y is 
51. Age of R is greater than 20. Age of R is 24 years more 
than X. Age of X is 3 years more than age of P. 
 
1. Who among the following is of 9 years old? 
(a) P (b) S  (c) W 
(d) X (e) No one 
 
2.  Who sits 2
nd
 right of the one who sits immediate left of 
the one whose age is 51 years old? 
(a) R (b) S  (c) Y 
(d) Q (e) W 
 
3. How many persons sit between the one who is of 15 
years old and the one who is of 12 years old, when 
counted anticlockwise from the one who is of 15 years 
old? 
(a) One  (b) Two 
(c) Three  (d) More than three 
(e) None of these 
 
4.  ho among the following sits diagonally opposite to Z? 
(a) X (b) T  (c) S 
(d) P (e) W 
 
5. Who among the following sits immediate right of S? 
(a) P (b) W  (c) Y 
(d) R (e) Z 
 
6. Television is no longer the medium of entertainment at 
present. Mobile has taken the place of it among the 
youngsters as they used to spend most of their time on 
it. 
 Which of the following can be hypothesized from the 
given statement? 
(a)  Television is still most popular among kids. 
(b)  People love to play games at mobile phone instead 
of involving in outdoor activities. 
(c) Mobile has become the addiction for the younger 
generation. 
(d)  The older generation is not comfortable in using 
mobile phone for their entertainment. 
(e)  A proper treatment is required by a doctor to get 
rid of the addiction of the mobile phone.  
 
7. Mosquito bites can be more than just annoying and 
itchy. They can make you really sick. Protect yourself 
and your family from mosquitoes during travelling. 
Because dangerous diseases like Zika, dengue, and 
chikungunya are spread by mosquitoes. 
 Which of the following can be assumed from the given 
statement? 
(a)  Mosquitoes are more dangerous than any other 
animals in the world. 
(b)  There is no treatment of diseases like Zika, dengue, 
and chikungunya that are spread by mosquitoes. 
(c)  Forty percent of the world’s population lives in an 
area at risk for dengue spread by mosquito and an 
estimated 390 million people per year are infected 
with the viruses.  
(d)  There are more chances to get infected from 
mosquitoes while travelling rather than staying at 
home. 
(e)  All travelers are suffering from diseases like Zika, 
dengue, and chikungunya  spread by mosquitoes. 
 
Directions (8-11): Read the following information and 
answer the questions that follow: 
‘A’ walks 10 km north from point Q to reach point H. He 
takes a left turn and walks 9 km to reach point S. On the 
other side, ‘B’ walks 5 km north from point Y to reach point 
J. Point Y is 9 km either east or west from point Q. Next ‘B’ 
turns to his right and walks 4km to reach point D. Also ‘A’ 
turned left from point S and reached point M after walking 
5 km. M is in west direction from J. 
 
8. What is the shortest distance between points M and J? 
 (a) 10 km (b) 26 km (c) 18 km 
(d) 12 km (e) Cannot be Determined 
 
9. If ‘B’ walks 4 km east from point Y, then he is in which 
direction with respect to point D? 
(a) South (b) North-west (c) North-east 
(d) North (e) South-west 
REASONING ABILITY 
 
 
 
             
 
10. What is the shortest distance between points Q and D? 
(a) v194 km (b) v198 km (c) v197 km 
(d) v196 km (e) v195 km 
 
11. What is the direction of J with respect to Q? 
(a) South (b) North-west (c) North-east 
(d) North (e) South-west 
 
Directions (12-16): Read the following information 
carefully and answer the questions that follow: 
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H born on 7th, 9th, 16th 
and 19th in March and July. Each one of them likes either a 
colour or a fruit. The persons who likes colours were born 
on that day which is a perfect square and the colour they 
likes are:- Yellow, Green, Red and Blue. The persons who 
were born on the day which denotes a prime number like 
fruits – Apple, Cherry, Mango and Banana. 
The one who likes yellow colour was born on a day which 
is a perfect square in the month of march. No person was 
born between D and the one who likes yellow. D doesn’t 
like colours. Three persons were born between D and the 
one who likes Mango. There is no person born between the 
one who likes Mango and Blue colour. The number of 
people born after the one who likes blue colour is one less 
than the number of persons born before A. The one who 
likes Apple was born immediately before B. B do not like 
Mango. The number of people born before B is same as the 
number of persons born after G. Three persons were born 
between the one who likes Green and H. H and the one who 
likes Cherry was born in the same month but not in March. 
C was born after the one who likes Blue colour. E doesn’t 
like any colour. F doesn’t like Apple. 
 
12. Who among the following likes green colour? 
(a) B (b) A  (c) G 
(d) H (e) C   
 
13. Who was born on 16
th
 March? 
(a) D (b) A  (c) G 
(d) F (e) E 
 
14. Who among the following likes cherry? 
(a) F (b) G  (c) H 
(d) A (e) B 
 
15. Who was born on 19
th
 July? 
(a) C (b) A  (c) D 
(d) B (e) E 
 
16. Who among the following likes red colour? 
(a) A (b) B  (c) H 
(d) C (e) D 
 
Directions (17-21): Each of the questions given below 
consists of a question and two statements numbered I and 
II. You have to decide whether the data provided in the 
statements are sufficient to answer the question. 
(a) If statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, 
but statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the 
question.  
(b)  If statement II alone is sufficient to answer the 
question, but statement I alone is not sufficient to 
answer the question. 
(c) If statement either I or II is sufficient to answer the 
question. 
(d)  If both the statements I and II taken together are not 
sufficient to answer the question. 
(e)  If both the statements I and II taken together are 
sufficient to answer the question. 
 
17.  What is the code for 'festival' in a code language? 
I.   In that language `lo ko ni sa' means 'Celebrate 
festival light bright' and 'jo to ni fa' means 'festival 
surprise candle shine '. 
II.  In the same language 'bi ya la fa' means 'surprise 
high celebration delight' and ‘ya la fa ni’ means 
‘Surprise festival high delight’. 
 
18. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a 
circular table? Are they all facing the center? 
I.  A sits second to the left of F. D sits second to the 
right of F. Both E and C are immediate neighbour 
of A. F is facing inside. 
II.  B is second to the left of E. Only D is between B and 
E. C is to immediate left of F. B sits opposite to A. C 
is third to the left of D. E is second to the right of B 
and second to the left of C.  
 
19. Six persons A, B, C, D, E, F have different heights. Who 
among the following is second tallest? 
(I)  F is taller than only one person.  C is taller than A 
but shorter than E.  
(II) A is taller than both F and B. E is not the tallest.  
 
20. Who sits second to the left of Sparrow? 
(I)  Five birds i.e. myna, parrot, bulbul, crow and 
sparrow are sitting in a row in north direction. 
Myna sits at one of the extreme end. Parrot sits in 
between Myna and Bulbul.  
(II)  Only one person sits in between Bulbul and 
Sparrow. Sparrow does not sit to the left of Parrot.  
 
21. Five persons P, Q, R, S, T live on five different floors 
such as bottom floor is numbered as 1 and top floor is 
numbered as 5. Who among the following lives on 
fourth floor?  
(I) Three person lives between Q and T. R lives on 
third floor.  
(II) Only one person lives between P and S. T does not 
live above R.  
 
Directions (22-26): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions.  
Ten persons Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are going to four 
cities on four different dates i.e. 2
nd
, 4
th
, 7
th
 and 9
th
 of the 
month. Each person goes on different cities on different 
dates. Four cities are namely Pune, Chandigarh, Kochi and 
Patna, but not necessarily in the same order. At least one 
person goes on each date. 
 
 
 
             
 
No person goes to Pune on 4
th
 of the month. R does not go 
to any city on 2
nd
 and 7
th
 of the month. The persons, who 
go on 7
th,
 go to every city.  Y goes to Kochi only with that 
person who goes on 7
th
 of the month. Maximum four 
persons can go on the same date. Only one person goes to 
Chandigarh. Z does not go on 7
th
 of the month. S does not 
go to Pune but go with U, who goes on 9
th
 of the month. One 
of the person, who goes to Kochi, goes on even number date 
of the month, which is more than 3. R goes to Pune with Q, 
but does not go with X. X goes on that city in which most of 
the person are going. V does not go with S and Z but go with 
another person. Z goes to Pune. T does not go with U. W 
does not go on 9
th
 and 2
nd
 of the month. X goes on an odd 
number date of the month and no any person go on that 
date on which X goes in that city. One of the person, who 
goes to Pune go on even number date of the month. S goes 
on an odd number date of the month.  
 
22. Who among the following person goes to Chandigarh? 
 (a) R (b) V  (c) X 
 (d) T (e) Q 
 
23. In which of the following city most of the persons are 
going? 
 (a) Chandigarh (b) Pune (c) Kochi 
 (d) Both Kochi and Pune (e) Patna 
 
24  Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 
based on their positions in the above arrangement and 
so form a group. Who among the one that does not 
belong to that group? 
 (a) S (b) R  (c) Y 
 (d) X (e) T 
 
25. Which of the following statement is true regarding U? 
 (a)  Only U goes to Chandigarh. 
 (b)  U goes on 7
th
 of the month 
 (c)  None of the option is true 
(d)  U goes to that city in which most of the person is 
going. 
 (e)  U goes with Z 
 
26. Who among the following person goes on 2
nd
 of the 
month? 
(a) Z (b) Q  (c) W 
(d) Y (e) S 
 
27. Releasing the 'Road Accidents in India - 2016' report, 
the Road Transport and Highways Minister said more 
than 400 people lost their lives daily on roads in road 
accidents at night. 
 Which of the following could be the appropriate cause 
of the death in road accidents at night? 
(a)  Increase in population lead to more number of 
accidents. 
(b)  Many people prefer to travel in night rather than in 
day. 
(c)  Lack of proper lightning arrangement and 
undignified installation of traffic signals at many 
places. 
(d)  Traffic rules are stricter in day-time to avoid traffic 
congestion problem. 
(e)  Traffic violation is not a punishable offence in 
India. 
 
Directions (28-32): Study the following information 
carefully to answer the given questions:  
A word and number arrangement machine when given an 
input line of words and numbers rearranges them 
following a particular rule. The following is an illustration 
of input and rearrangement.  
Input: 97 nosy 21 snow cold 32 asian 46 65 viral 83 high  
Step I: 211 97 nosy snow cold asian 46 65 viral 83 high 322 
Step II: asian 211 97 nosy snow 46 65 viral 83 high 322 
cold  
Step III: 463 asian 211 97 nosy snow viral 83 high 322 cold 
654 
Step IV: high 463 asian 211 97 snow viral 83 322 cold 654 
nosy 
Step V: 835 high 463 asian 211 snow viral 322 cold 654 
nosy 976 
Step VI: snow 835 high 463 asian 211 322 cold 654 nosy 
976 viral 
Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement. As per the 
rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the 
following questions the appropriate steps for the given 
input. 
Input: peak 18 utility 76 emerge 27 beautiful 37 51 visible 
86 know 
 
28. How many steps would be needed to complete the 
arrangement?  
(a) X (b) VIII  (c) V   
(d) VI (e) None of these   
 
29. What will the addition of the numbers which is fifth 
from the left end in step II and 5
th
 from the right end in 
step IV?  
(a) 312  (b) 210 (c) 162   
(d) 165 (e) None of these  
 
30. Which of the following would be the difference of the 
numbers which is 2
nd
 from left end in step IV and 2
nd
 
from right end in Step II? 
(a) 290 (b) 83   (c) 193 
(d) 101  (e) None of these  
 
31. Which of the following element will be 6
th
 from the left 
of 3
rd
 from the right end in step V?  
(a) 181  (b) beautiful (c) 373    
(d) know (e) None of these   
 
32. In Step IV, which of the following word/number would 
be on 4
th
 position (from the left end)?  
(a) visible (b) 181 (c) 97   
(d) utility (e) None of these 
 
 
 
             
 
33. Education has been a problem in our country and lack 
of it has been blamed for all sorts of evil for hundreds 
of years. Half the country does not even today have 
access to proper education, and only a small fraction 
can go to university. 
 Which of the following substantiates the given 
statement? 
(a) Our education system today encourages excellence 
– in students, in teachers, throughout the system. 
(b) Our new education system creates entrepreneurs, 
innovators, artists, scientists, thinkers and writers 
who can establish the foundation of a knowledge 
based economy.  
(c)  India needs to embrace internet and technology if 
it has to teach all of its huge population, the 
majority of which is located in remote villages. 
(d) Our education system is geared towards teaching 
and testing knowledge at every level as opposed to 
teaching skills. 
(e)  We may have the most number of engineering 
graduates in the world that has been translated 
into much technological innovation here. 
 
Directions (34-38): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions:  
Seven cars A, B, C, D, E, I, H are parked in a linear row facing 
north in such a way that no two cars parked with each 
other of according to alphabetical order (for ex- A is not 
parked with B, B is not parked with A and C and so on).  
Some cars either of Petrol or some are Diesel variant. I is 
third to the left of A. More than three cars are parked 
between the petrol cars. E is second to the right of B. H is a 
diesel car and parked at one of the extreme end. C is a diesel 
car and parked fourth to the right of D. All the cars are 
arranged in ascending order according to the distance 
covered by them from left to right. Car B covers 27km and 
Car C cover 40km. H is to the right of E. I is of Diesel variant 
car and no petrol variant car parked next to it. 
 
34. Which among the following are petrol cars? 
(a) D and E (b) A, I, B (c) A and D 
(d) A, I, D, B (e) None of these 
 
35. What can be the distance covered by car I? 
(a) 45km (b) 63km (c) 17km 
(d) 31km (e) 25km 
 
36. Which among the following cars are parked at extreme 
ends? 
(a) D, E (b) H, B (c) H, D 
(d) D, B (e) None of these 
 
37. Which among the following car is parked immediate 
left of car C? 
 (a) E (b) H  (c) D 
 (d) A (e) None of these 
 
38. How many cars are parked in between car B and car H? 
 (a) Four (b) Three (c) Five 
 (d) Two (e) None of these 
 
39. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday 
launched a State-wide campaign as one of the major 
step for women empowerment to abolish dowry, 
stated it as major drawback of our society. 
 Is this decision sufficient to get rid from this custom, 
which is running from long time in Bihar? 
 Which of the following will be best suited option to get 
rid from dowry with their explanation? 
(a)  Yes, as State govt. Is launching state wide 
campaign, it will impact the whole society of Bihar. 
(b)  No, It will not impact too much untill thinking of 
people will changed and dowry will be declared as 
illegal and punishable offence in Bihar. 
(c)  Yes, as many NGO run by women will also come 
against dowry. 
(d)  No, It has been set in nerves of Bihar’s society as 
one of the necessities of the marriage. 
(e)  Yes, As other states will also follow Mr. Kumar step 
to abolish dowry from society. 
 
40.  Statement-Whole world looking at India, says Modi. 
India’s growth presents a win-win partnership for both 
India and the U.S., Prime Minister Narendra Modi told 
while adressing the media gathering ahead of his first 
meeting with President Donald Trump. 
(I) The talks between the Trump and Modi would be 
broad-ranging and seek to advance common 
priorities. 
(II) Prime Minister Narendra Modi would only attend 
the UN ‘Vesak Day’ celebrations and no bilateral 
agreements will be signed during his visit to Sri 
Lanka. 
(III)US President Donald Trump and Prime 
Minister Narendra Modi forging a strong personal 
bond, and advancing a solid bilateral relationship. 
(IV)The visit provides an opportunity to strengthen 
the US-India strategic partnership, which the 
President views as being critical in Asia-Pacific and 
globally. 
 Which of the following is not in line with the given 
statement? 
(a) Only II   (b)Only III and IV 
(c)Only II and III  (d)Only IV 
(e)Only I and III 
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Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully 
to find given questions.  
8 persons namely P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y and Z are sitting around 
a square table facing towards center. 4 of the persons are 
sitting in 4 corners while 4 of the persons are sitting in the 
middle of the sides. They have different ages. Those who sit 
in the corners having the ages multiple of 3.Those who sit 
at the middle of the sides having the ages multiple of 2. 
P sits 2nd to the right of the one who has the age of 44. P is 
an immediate neighbour of the one who is 39 years 
old.  Two persons sit between Q and having the age of 39. 
Q has not the age of 44. W sits 2nd to the left of Q. S is 
immediate right of the person having age of 15. Three 
persons sit between Z and the one having age of 15. The 
difference between the ages of Z and the one who is 2nd to 
the left of Z is 6. S is older than Z. Immediate neighbours of 
S are younger than S.  Person having age 22 sits 2nd to the 
right of the person having age 10. Age of P is not 10. Y sits 
immediate left of the person having age of 22. Age of Y is 
51. Age of R is greater than 20. Age of R is 24 years more 
than X. Age of X is 3 years more than age of P. 
 
1. Who among the following is of 9 years old? 
(a) P (b) S  (c) W 
(d) X (e) No one 
 
2.  Who sits 2
nd
 right of the one who sits immediate left of 
the one whose age is 51 years old? 
(a) R (b) S  (c) Y 
(d) Q (e) W 
 
3. How many persons sit between the one who is of 15 
years old and the one who is of 12 years old, when 
counted anticlockwise from the one who is of 15 years 
old? 
(a) One  (b) Two 
(c) Three  (d) More than three 
(e) None of these 
 
4.  ho among the following sits diagonally opposite to Z? 
(a) X (b) T  (c) S 
(d) P (e) W 
 
5. Who among the following sits immediate right of S? 
(a) P (b) W  (c) Y 
(d) R (e) Z 
 
6. Television is no longer the medium of entertainment at 
present. Mobile has taken the place of it among the 
youngsters as they used to spend most of their time on 
it. 
 Which of the following can be hypothesized from the 
given statement? 
(a)  Television is still most popular among kids. 
(b)  People love to play games at mobile phone instead 
of involving in outdoor activities. 
(c) Mobile has become the addiction for the younger 
generation. 
(d)  The older generation is not comfortable in using 
mobile phone for their entertainment. 
(e)  A proper treatment is required by a doctor to get 
rid of the addiction of the mobile phone.  
 
7. Mosquito bites can be more than just annoying and 
itchy. They can make you really sick. Protect yourself 
and your family from mosquitoes during travelling. 
Because dangerous diseases like Zika, dengue, and 
chikungunya are spread by mosquitoes. 
 Which of the following can be assumed from the given 
statement? 
(a)  Mosquitoes are more dangerous than any other 
animals in the world. 
(b)  There is no treatment of diseases like Zika, dengue, 
and chikungunya that are spread by mosquitoes. 
(c)  Forty percent of the world’s population lives in an 
area at risk for dengue spread by mosquito and an 
estimated 390 million people per year are infected 
with the viruses.  
(d)  There are more chances to get infected from 
mosquitoes while travelling rather than staying at 
home. 
(e)  All travelers are suffering from diseases like Zika, 
dengue, and chikungunya  spread by mosquitoes. 
 
Directions (8-11): Read the following information and 
answer the questions that follow: 
‘A’ walks 10 km north from point Q to reach point H. He 
takes a left turn and walks 9 km to reach point S. On the 
other side, ‘B’ walks 5 km north from point Y to reach point 
J. Point Y is 9 km either east or west from point Q. Next ‘B’ 
turns to his right and walks 4km to reach point D. Also ‘A’ 
turned left from point S and reached point M after walking 
5 km. M is in west direction from J. 
 
8. What is the shortest distance between points M and J? 
 (a) 10 km (b) 26 km (c) 18 km 
(d) 12 km (e) Cannot be Determined 
 
9. If ‘B’ walks 4 km east from point Y, then he is in which 
direction with respect to point D? 
(a) South (b) North-west (c) North-east 
(d) North (e) South-west 
REASONING ABILITY 
 
 
 
             
 
10. What is the shortest distance between points Q and D? 
(a) v194 km (b) v198 km (c) v197 km 
(d) v196 km (e) v195 km 
 
11. What is the direction of J with respect to Q? 
(a) South (b) North-west (c) North-east 
(d) North (e) South-west 
 
Directions (12-16): Read the following information 
carefully and answer the questions that follow: 
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H born on 7th, 9th, 16th 
and 19th in March and July. Each one of them likes either a 
colour or a fruit. The persons who likes colours were born 
on that day which is a perfect square and the colour they 
likes are:- Yellow, Green, Red and Blue. The persons who 
were born on the day which denotes a prime number like 
fruits – Apple, Cherry, Mango and Banana. 
The one who likes yellow colour was born on a day which 
is a perfect square in the month of march. No person was 
born between D and the one who likes yellow. D doesn’t 
like colours. Three persons were born between D and the 
one who likes Mango. There is no person born between the 
one who likes Mango and Blue colour. The number of 
people born after the one who likes blue colour is one less 
than the number of persons born before A. The one who 
likes Apple was born immediately before B. B do not like 
Mango. The number of people born before B is same as the 
number of persons born after G. Three persons were born 
between the one who likes Green and H. H and the one who 
likes Cherry was born in the same month but not in March. 
C was born after the one who likes Blue colour. E doesn’t 
like any colour. F doesn’t like Apple. 
 
12. Who among the following likes green colour? 
(a) B (b) A  (c) G 
(d) H (e) C   
 
13. Who was born on 16
th
 March? 
(a) D (b) A  (c) G 
(d) F (e) E 
 
14. Who among the following likes cherry? 
(a) F (b) G  (c) H 
(d) A (e) B 
 
15. Who was born on 19
th
 July? 
(a) C (b) A  (c) D 
(d) B (e) E 
 
16. Who among the following likes red colour? 
(a) A (b) B  (c) H 
(d) C (e) D 
 
Directions (17-21): Each of the questions given below 
consists of a question and two statements numbered I and 
II. You have to decide whether the data provided in the 
statements are sufficient to answer the question. 
(a) If statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, 
but statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the 
question.  
(b)  If statement II alone is sufficient to answer the 
question, but statement I alone is not sufficient to 
answer the question. 
(c) If statement either I or II is sufficient to answer the 
question. 
(d)  If both the statements I and II taken together are not 
sufficient to answer the question. 
(e)  If both the statements I and II taken together are 
sufficient to answer the question. 
 
17.  What is the code for 'festival' in a code language? 
I.   In that language `lo ko ni sa' means 'Celebrate 
festival light bright' and 'jo to ni fa' means 'festival 
surprise candle shine '. 
II.  In the same language 'bi ya la fa' means 'surprise 
high celebration delight' and ‘ya la fa ni’ means 
‘Surprise festival high delight’. 
 
18. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a 
circular table? Are they all facing the center? 
I.  A sits second to the left of F. D sits second to the 
right of F. Both E and C are immediate neighbour 
of A. F is facing inside. 
II.  B is second to the left of E. Only D is between B and 
E. C is to immediate left of F. B sits opposite to A. C 
is third to the left of D. E is second to the right of B 
and second to the left of C.  
 
19. Six persons A, B, C, D, E, F have different heights. Who 
among the following is second tallest? 
(I)  F is taller than only one person.  C is taller than A 
but shorter than E.  
(II) A is taller than both F and B. E is not the tallest.  
 
20. Who sits second to the left of Sparrow? 
(I)  Five birds i.e. myna, parrot, bulbul, crow and 
sparrow are sitting in a row in north direction. 
Myna sits at one of the extreme end. Parrot sits in 
between Myna and Bulbul.  
(II)  Only one person sits in between Bulbul and 
Sparrow. Sparrow does not sit to the left of Parrot.  
 
21. Five persons P, Q, R, S, T live on five different floors 
such as bottom floor is numbered as 1 and top floor is 
numbered as 5. Who among the following lives on 
fourth floor?  
(I) Three person lives between Q and T. R lives on 
third floor.  
(II) Only one person lives between P and S. T does not 
live above R.  
 
Directions (22-26): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions.  
Ten persons Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are going to four 
cities on four different dates i.e. 2
nd
, 4
th
, 7
th
 and 9
th
 of the 
month. Each person goes on different cities on different 
dates. Four cities are namely Pune, Chandigarh, Kochi and 
Patna, but not necessarily in the same order. At least one 
person goes on each date. 
 
 
 
             
 
No person goes to Pune on 4
th
 of the month. R does not go 
to any city on 2
nd
 and 7
th
 of the month. The persons, who 
go on 7
th,
 go to every city.  Y goes to Kochi only with that 
person who goes on 7
th
 of the month. Maximum four 
persons can go on the same date. Only one person goes to 
Chandigarh. Z does not go on 7
th
 of the month. S does not 
go to Pune but go with U, who goes on 9
th
 of the month. One 
of the person, who goes to Kochi, goes on even number date 
of the month, which is more than 3. R goes to Pune with Q, 
but does not go with X. X goes on that city in which most of 
the person are going. V does not go with S and Z but go with 
another person. Z goes to Pune. T does not go with U. W 
does not go on 9
th
 and 2
nd
 of the month. X goes on an odd 
number date of the month and no any person go on that 
date on which X goes in that city. One of the person, who 
goes to Pune go on even number date of the month. S goes 
on an odd number date of the month.  
 
22. Who among the following person goes to Chandigarh? 
 (a) R (b) V  (c) X 
 (d) T (e) Q 
 
23. In which of the following city most of the persons are 
going? 
 (a) Chandigarh (b) Pune (c) Kochi 
 (d) Both Kochi and Pune (e) Patna 
 
24  Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 
based on their positions in the above arrangement and 
so form a group. Who among the one that does not 
belong to that group? 
 (a) S (b) R  (c) Y 
 (d) X (e) T 
 
25. Which of the following statement is true regarding U? 
 (a)  Only U goes to Chandigarh. 
 (b)  U goes on 7
th
 of the month 
 (c)  None of the option is true 
(d)  U goes to that city in which most of the person is 
going. 
 (e)  U goes with Z 
 
26. Who among the following person goes on 2
nd
 of the 
month? 
(a) Z (b) Q  (c) W 
(d) Y (e) S 
 
27. Releasing the 'Road Accidents in India - 2016' report, 
the Road Transport and Highways Minister said more 
than 400 people lost their lives daily on roads in road 
accidents at night. 
 Which of the following could be the appropriate cause 
of the death in road accidents at night? 
(a)  Increase in population lead to more number of 
accidents. 
(b)  Many people prefer to travel in night rather than in 
day. 
(c)  Lack of proper lightning arrangement and 
undignified installation of traffic signals at many 
places. 
(d)  Traffic rules are stricter in day-time to avoid traffic 
congestion problem. 
(e)  Traffic violation is not a punishable offence in 
India. 
 
Directions (28-32): Study the following information 
carefully to answer the given questions:  
A word and number arrangement machine when given an 
input line of words and numbers rearranges them 
following a particular rule. The following is an illustration 
of input and rearrangement.  
Input: 97 nosy 21 snow cold 32 asian 46 65 viral 83 high  
Step I: 211 97 nosy snow cold asian 46 65 viral 83 high 322 
Step II: asian 211 97 nosy snow 46 65 viral 83 high 322 
cold  
Step III: 463 asian 211 97 nosy snow viral 83 high 322 cold 
654 
Step IV: high 463 asian 211 97 snow viral 83 322 cold 654 
nosy 
Step V: 835 high 463 asian 211 snow viral 322 cold 654 
nosy 976 
Step VI: snow 835 high 463 asian 211 322 cold 654 nosy 
976 viral 
Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement. As per the 
rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the 
following questions the appropriate steps for the given 
input. 
Input: peak 18 utility 76 emerge 27 beautiful 37 51 visible 
86 know 
 
28. How many steps would be needed to complete the 
arrangement?  
(a) X (b) VIII  (c) V   
(d) VI (e) None of these   
 
29. What will the addition of the numbers which is fifth 
from the left end in step II and 5
th
 from the right end in 
step IV?  
(a) 312  (b) 210 (c) 162   
(d) 165 (e) None of these  
 
30. Which of the following would be the difference of the 
numbers which is 2
nd
 from left end in step IV and 2
nd
 
from right end in Step II? 
(a) 290 (b) 83   (c) 193 
(d) 101  (e) None of these  
 
31. Which of the following element will be 6
th
 from the left 
of 3
rd
 from the right end in step V?  
(a) 181  (b) beautiful (c) 373    
(d) know (e) None of these   
 
32. In Step IV, which of the following word/number would 
be on 4
th
 position (from the left end)?  
(a) visible (b) 181 (c) 97   
(d) utility (e) None of these 
 
 
 
             
 
33. Education has been a problem in our country and lack 
of it has been blamed for all sorts of evil for hundreds 
of years. Half the country does not even today have 
access to proper education, and only a small fraction 
can go to university. 
 Which of the following substantiates the given 
statement? 
(a) Our education system today encourages excellence 
– in students, in teachers, throughout the system. 
(b) Our new education system creates entrepreneurs, 
innovators, artists, scientists, thinkers and writers 
who can establish the foundation of a knowledge 
based economy.  
(c)  India needs to embrace internet and technology if 
it has to teach all of its huge population, the 
majority of which is located in remote villages. 
(d) Our education system is geared towards teaching 
and testing knowledge at every level as opposed to 
teaching skills. 
(e)  We may have the most number of engineering 
graduates in the world that has been translated 
into much technological innovation here. 
 
Directions (34-38): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions:  
Seven cars A, B, C, D, E, I, H are parked in a linear row facing 
north in such a way that no two cars parked with each 
other of according to alphabetical order (for ex- A is not 
parked with B, B is not parked with A and C and so on).  
Some cars either of Petrol or some are Diesel variant. I is 
third to the left of A. More than three cars are parked 
between the petrol cars. E is second to the right of B. H is a 
diesel car and parked at one of the extreme end. C is a diesel 
car and parked fourth to the right of D. All the cars are 
arranged in ascending order according to the distance 
covered by them from left to right. Car B covers 27km and 
Car C cover 40km. H is to the right of E. I is of Diesel variant 
car and no petrol variant car parked next to it. 
 
34. Which among the following are petrol cars? 
(a) D and E (b) A, I, B (c) A and D 
(d) A, I, D, B (e) None of these 
 
35. What can be the distance covered by car I? 
(a) 45km (b) 63km (c) 17km 
(d) 31km (e) 25km 
 
36. Which among the following cars are parked at extreme 
ends? 
(a) D, E (b) H, B (c) H, D 
(d) D, B (e) None of these 
 
37. Which among the following car is parked immediate 
left of car C? 
 (a) E (b) H  (c) D 
 (d) A (e) None of these 
 
38. How many cars are parked in between car B and car H? 
 (a) Four (b) Three (c) Five 
 (d) Two (e) None of these 
 
39. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday 
launched a State-wide campaign as one of the major 
step for women empowerment to abolish dowry, 
stated it as major drawback of our society. 
 Is this decision sufficient to get rid from this custom, 
which is running from long time in Bihar? 
 Which of the following will be best suited option to get 
rid from dowry with their explanation? 
(a)  Yes, as State govt. Is launching state wide 
campaign, it will impact the whole society of Bihar. 
(b)  No, It will not impact too much untill thinking of 
people will changed and dowry will be declared as 
illegal and punishable offence in Bihar. 
(c)  Yes, as many NGO run by women will also come 
against dowry. 
(d)  No, It has been set in nerves of Bihar’s society as 
one of the necessities of the marriage. 
(e)  Yes, As other states will also follow Mr. Kumar step 
to abolish dowry from society. 
 
40.  Statement-Whole world looking at India, says Modi. 
India’s growth presents a win-win partnership for both 
India and the U.S., Prime Minister Narendra Modi told 
while adressing the media gathering ahead of his first 
meeting with President Donald Trump. 
(I) The talks between the Trump and Modi would be 
broad-ranging and seek to advance common 
priorities. 
(II) Prime Minister Narendra Modi would only attend 
the UN ‘Vesak Day’ celebrations and no bilateral 
agreements will be signed during his visit to Sri 
Lanka. 
(III)US President Donald Trump and Prime 
Minister Narendra Modi forging a strong personal 
bond, and advancing a solid bilateral relationship. 
(IV)The visit provides an opportunity to strengthen 
the US-India strategic partnership, which the 
President views as being critical in Asia-Pacific and 
globally. 
 Which of the following is not in line with the given 
statement? 
(a) Only II   (b)Only III and IV 
(c)Only II and III  (d)Only IV 
(e)Only I and III 
 
 
 
             
 
 
 
 
Directions (41-46): Study the following table carefully to 
answer the questions that follow.  
The table shows the online and offline contestants taking 
part in a survey from four villages and total contestant who 
have not completed the survey (online and offline) 
Note- 
1. Total contestants in a village= Online contestants + 
Offline contestants  
2. Total contestants in a village=Contestants who 
complete the survey + contestants who do not complete 
survey 
 
 
41. In the village A, the number of online and offline 
contestants who didn’t complete the survey are equal, 
then online contestants from village A who completed 
the survey are what percent (approximate) more than 
offline contestants who completed the survey from the 
same village?  
 (a) 27% (b) 22% (c) 35% 
 (d) 31% (e) 37% 
 
42. Total number of contestants from village C who 
completed the survey are how much more or less than 
total number of contestants who completed the survey 
from village B?  
(a) 841 (b) 857 (c) 837 
(d) 851 (e) 860 
 
43. If the ratio between online to offline contestants who 
didn’t completed the survey from village ‘D’ is 8 : 11 
and 65% of contestants who completed the survey 
online  are male and 60% of  contestants who complete 
the survey offline are female, then find the difference 
between females of contestants who completed the 
survey online and male contestants who completed the 
survey offline from village D ?  
(a) 102 (b) 88  (c) 104 
(d) 108 (e) 106 
 
44. Find the difference between the number of offline 
contestants of village C and that of village A. 
(a) 45 (b) 40  (c) 38 
(d) 35 (e) 30 
 
45. Find sum the of difference between total number of 
online and offline contestants who participated in the 
survey from all four village. 
 (a) 950 (b) 980 (c) 960 
 (d) 735 (e) 840 
46. The number of offline and online contestant together 
who completed the survey from village C are 
approximately what percent of total participants on 
survey from village D?     
 (a) 52% (b) 62% (c) 48% 
 (d) 56% (e) 59% 
 
47. A and B started business with Rs 600 and Rs 500 
respectively. After 4 months, C replaces B with X% of 
B’s capital. After 1 year C’s share of profit out of the 
total profit 24000 is 5600. Find the value of X. 
 (a) 60 (b) 70  (c) 75 
 (d) 66 (e) 65 
 
48. A train is 216 m long and it crosses a platform in 19 
seconds with speed 21 m/s. If some 21 m long boxes 
are added in train and it crosses same platform, then it 
takes 26 seconds to cross the platform with same 
speed. How many boxes were added to the train? 
(a) 7 (b) 10  (c) 12 
(d) 5 (e) 8 
 
49.  A can complete a work in 36 days. B is 33.33% more 
efficient than A. In how many days both complete the 
work if they work on alternate days starting with A? 
(a) 26 days (b) 30 days (c) 28 days 
(d) 31 days (e) 36 days 
 
50. Rakesh added 12% of his salary in PPF,3/8
th
 of the 
remaining amount is spent on clothes and the 
difference between PPF and clothes expenses is Rs 
10500. Remaining amount is spent on house rent and 
other expenses. If house rent expenses is Rs 1500 less 
than other expenses, then what is the house rent 
expenses? 
(a) Rs. 12000 (b) Rs. 10000 (c) Rs. 13000 
(d) Rs. 11000 (e) Rs. 15000 
 
Directions (51-55): In each of the following series, one 
number does not follow a specific pattern. Find that 
number.  
 
51. 200, 196, 192, 180, 160, 130, 88 
(a) 180 (b) 196 (c) 200 
(d) 88 (e) 160 
 
52. 9.2, 10.6, 7.6, 12.4, 6, 14, 4.4 
(a) 10.6 (b) 14  (c) 4.4 
(d) 7.6 (e) 12.4 
 
53. 1, 730, 975, 1054, 1081, 1090, 1093 
(a) 730 (b) 975 (c) 1090 
(d) 1093 (e) 1054 
 
54. 3, 4, 9, 28, 113, 565, 3397 
(a) 9 (b) 3397 (c) 565 
(d) 4 (e) 28 
 
55. 4,     6,     12,     30,     60,     315,     1260 
(a) 12 (b) 1260 (c) 60 
(d) 30 (e) 315 
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