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IBPS PO Mains Memory Based Paper Held on 05 November 2023 – (Eng Version) 
 
         
          
Reasoning Ability 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions.  
The words machine when given an 
input,rearrange them by following a particular rule 
ineach step. The following is an illustration of 
theinput and steps rearrangement: 
Input: 7289 CLAY 2854 POUR 5941 ABLE 6217 
FLIP 9723 ONUS 
Step I: 49398 ABLE 4963 ONUS 251050 CLAY 
36326 FLIP 81832 POUR  
Step II: 48399 BAKF 4639 PMVR 2155 BKBX 
26633 EKJO 28813 OPVQ 
Step III: 12 21 BKF 10 12 PMVR 2 11  KX     14 6   
KJ    18 4 PVQ 
Step IV: 429 BFK 134 MPRV 119 KX 22 JK 2 
PQV 
Step V:  432 130 117 20 5  
Input: 8345 UNIT 4972 DROP 3186 EVEN 5294 
SOUP 1376 PLAY  
1. Which of the following will be the third last 
stepof the given input? 
a) 13 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CQ  2 12   KBX  
12 16  RPV 
b) 18 5   M    12 3  VMJS  2 23    CQP  2 10   KBX  
12 6  RPV 
c) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CQP  2 12   KBX  
12 6  RPV 
d) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CP  2 12   KX  12 
6  RPV 
e) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 21    CQP  2 12   KBX  
12 6  RP 
 
2. In step II, how many numbers are there which 
are followed by a word which is either starts with a 
consonant or ends with a vowel but not both?  
a) Three  
b) Two 
c) One  
d) More than three  
e) None 
 
3. Find the difference between the sum of all the 
numbers in Step III and the sum of all the 
numbers in Step IV?  
a) 610 
b) 618 
c) 604 
d) 608 
e) 616 
 
4. Which among the following steps has the 
highest number of consonants?  
a) Step II 
b) Step IV 
c) Step I 
d) Step III  
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IBPS PO Mains Memory Based Paper Held on 05 November 2023 – (Eng Version) 
 
         
          
Reasoning Ability 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions.  
The words machine when given an 
input,rearrange them by following a particular rule 
ineach step. The following is an illustration of 
theinput and steps rearrangement: 
Input: 7289 CLAY 2854 POUR 5941 ABLE 6217 
FLIP 9723 ONUS 
Step I: 49398 ABLE 4963 ONUS 251050 CLAY 
36326 FLIP 81832 POUR  
Step II: 48399 BAKF 4639 PMVR 2155 BKBX 
26633 EKJO 28813 OPVQ 
Step III: 12 21 BKF 10 12 PMVR 2 11  KX     14 6   
KJ    18 4 PVQ 
Step IV: 429 BFK 134 MPRV 119 KX 22 JK 2 
PQV 
Step V:  432 130 117 20 5  
Input: 8345 UNIT 4972 DROP 3186 EVEN 5294 
SOUP 1376 PLAY  
1. Which of the following will be the third last 
stepof the given input? 
a) 13 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CQ  2 12   KBX  
12 16  RPV 
b) 18 5   M    12 3  VMJS  2 23    CQP  2 10   KBX  
12 6  RPV 
c) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CQP  2 12   KBX  
12 6  RPV 
d) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CP  2 12   KX  12 
6  RPV 
e) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 21    CQP  2 12   KBX  
12 6  RP 
 
2. In step II, how many numbers are there which 
are followed by a word which is either starts with a 
consonant or ends with a vowel but not both?  
a) Three  
b) Two 
c) One  
d) More than three  
e) None 
 
3. Find the difference between the sum of all the 
numbers in Step III and the sum of all the 
numbers in Step IV?  
a) 610 
b) 618 
c) 604 
d) 608 
e) 616 
 
4. Which among the following steps has the 
highest number of consonants?  
a) Step II 
b) Step IV 
c) Step I 
d) Step III  
 
                                                                                                  
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e) Step V 
 
5. What is the difference between the third highest 
number which is obtained in step III and the fifth 
lowest number which is obtained in step IV?  
a) 509 
b) 512 
c) 505 
d) 503 
e) 513 
 
Directions (6-10): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the givenquestions.  
Eight persons - A, B, C, D, R, S, T, and U are 
sitting around a circular table in such a way that 
three of them are facing the centre while others 
are facing opposite to the centre. 
Note: The consecutive alphabetical named 
persons are not sitting adjacent to each other.  
C sits third to the right of T, who sits second to the 
right of B. Only three persons sit between C and 
D, who sits second to the left of A. U faces the 
opposite direction of T but sits immediately right of 
S. The one who sits second to the left of R does 
not face inside the centre. The immediate 
neighbours of R are not facing the same direction. 
R is facing the opposite direction of the one who 
sits an immediate right of U, who does not sit the 
second to the left of D.  
6. In which of the following options the pair of 
persons are sitting second to the left of each 
other? 
A. SD 
B. UB 
C. AD 
a) Only A 
b) Only A and B 
c) Only B 
d) Only B and C  
e) Only A and C 
 
7. The number of persons sitting between D and 
__ is one more than the number of persons sitting 
between S and __, when counted from the left of 
both S and D. 
a) R and T 
b) C and A 
c) R and A 
d) B and A 
e) U and T 
8. Which among the following pair of persons are 
neither sitting together nor facing the same 
direction? 
I. SD 
II. UR 
III. AC 
a) Only I and II 
b) Only II 
c) Only III 
d) Only II and III 
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IBPS PO Mains Memory Based Paper Held on 05 November 2023 – (Eng Version) 
 
         
          
Reasoning Ability 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions.  
The words machine when given an 
input,rearrange them by following a particular rule 
ineach step. The following is an illustration of 
theinput and steps rearrangement: 
Input: 7289 CLAY 2854 POUR 5941 ABLE 6217 
FLIP 9723 ONUS 
Step I: 49398 ABLE 4963 ONUS 251050 CLAY 
36326 FLIP 81832 POUR  
Step II: 48399 BAKF 4639 PMVR 2155 BKBX 
26633 EKJO 28813 OPVQ 
Step III: 12 21 BKF 10 12 PMVR 2 11  KX     14 6   
KJ    18 4 PVQ 
Step IV: 429 BFK 134 MPRV 119 KX 22 JK 2 
PQV 
Step V:  432 130 117 20 5  
Input: 8345 UNIT 4972 DROP 3186 EVEN 5294 
SOUP 1376 PLAY  
1. Which of the following will be the third last 
stepof the given input? 
a) 13 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CQ  2 12   KBX  
12 16  RPV 
b) 18 5   M    12 3  VMJS  2 23    CQP  2 10   KBX  
12 6  RPV 
c) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CQP  2 12   KBX  
12 6  RPV 
d) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CP  2 12   KX  12 
6  RPV 
e) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 21    CQP  2 12   KBX  
12 6  RP 
 
2. In step II, how many numbers are there which 
are followed by a word which is either starts with a 
consonant or ends with a vowel but not both?  
a) Three  
b) Two 
c) One  
d) More than three  
e) None 
 
3. Find the difference between the sum of all the 
numbers in Step III and the sum of all the 
numbers in Step IV?  
a) 610 
b) 618 
c) 604 
d) 608 
e) 616 
 
4. Which among the following steps has the 
highest number of consonants?  
a) Step II 
b) Step IV 
c) Step I 
d) Step III  
 
                                                                                                  
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e) Step V 
 
5. What is the difference between the third highest 
number which is obtained in step III and the fifth 
lowest number which is obtained in step IV?  
a) 509 
b) 512 
c) 505 
d) 503 
e) 513 
 
Directions (6-10): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the givenquestions.  
Eight persons - A, B, C, D, R, S, T, and U are 
sitting around a circular table in such a way that 
three of them are facing the centre while others 
are facing opposite to the centre. 
Note: The consecutive alphabetical named 
persons are not sitting adjacent to each other.  
C sits third to the right of T, who sits second to the 
right of B. Only three persons sit between C and 
D, who sits second to the left of A. U faces the 
opposite direction of T but sits immediately right of 
S. The one who sits second to the left of R does 
not face inside the centre. The immediate 
neighbours of R are not facing the same direction. 
R is facing the opposite direction of the one who 
sits an immediate right of U, who does not sit the 
second to the left of D.  
6. In which of the following options the pair of 
persons are sitting second to the left of each 
other? 
A. SD 
B. UB 
C. AD 
a) Only A 
b) Only A and B 
c) Only B 
d) Only B and C  
e) Only A and C 
 
7. The number of persons sitting between D and 
__ is one more than the number of persons sitting 
between S and __, when counted from the left of 
both S and D. 
a) R and T 
b) C and A 
c) R and A 
d) B and A 
e) U and T 
8. Which among the following pair of persons are 
neither sitting together nor facing the same 
direction? 
I. SD 
II. UR 
III. AC 
a) Only I and II 
b) Only II 
c) Only III 
d) Only II and III 
 
                                                                                                  
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e) All I, II, and III 
 
9. The position of __ with respect to __ in the final 
arrangement? 
A. C sits second to the right of A 
B. S sits third to the right of T 
C. A sits fifth to the left of C 
a) Only A 
b) Only A and B 
c) Only B 
d) Only A and C 
e) Only B and C 
 
10. Which among the following statements is true 
with respect to the final arrangement?  
a) C faces the same direction as B 
b) A sits second to the left of D 
c) U sits adjacent to R and S 
d) T does not face inside the centre 
e) S sits third to the right of C 
 
Directions (11-15): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the givenquestions. 
Twelve persons- A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, and 
L lives on five different floors of a five storeyed 
building where the lowermost floor is numbered as 
one above that is numbered two and so on till the 
topmost floor is numbered five.  
Note-I: Each floor has four flats viz., Flat-A, Flat-B, 
Flat-C, and Flat-D where Flat A is to the west of 
Flat B and Flat B is to the west of Flat C and so 
on.  
Note-II: Flat B of floor 2 is immediately above Flat 
B of floor 1. Similarly, Flat A of floor 3 is 
immediately above Flat A of floor 2 and so on.  
Note-III: Area of each flat on each floor is equal. 
Note-IV:Atleast two persons but not more than 
three persons live in the same flat.  
Note-V:There are eight flats are vacant flats.  
I lives in flat B on one of the even numbered 
floors. Only two floors of gap between I and A. No 
one lives to the west of A. B lives on the same 
floor of A and one person lives between them. G 
lives to the west of F and only two flats between 
them. D lives immediately above the flat of F. G 
lives on the same floor of neither I nor C. C lives 
on the adjacent floor of B but does not live in flat 
B. One vacant flat is just above and one vacant 
flat is just below the flat of C. J lives neither on the 
same floor of C nor on an odd numbered floor. L’s 
flat is immediately below the J’s flat. H lives to the 
west of J and none of them lives adjacent to each 
other. K lives two floors above H but lives exactly 
between two vacant flats of the same floor.  
11. The number of persons live above I is __ than 
the number of persons live below the one who 
lives immediately below the E’s flat.   
a) Two more 
b) Three less 
c) Three more 
d) One less 
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IBPS PO Mains Memory Based Paper Held on 05 November 2023 – (Eng Version) 
 
         
          
Reasoning Ability 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions.  
The words machine when given an 
input,rearrange them by following a particular rule 
ineach step. The following is an illustration of 
theinput and steps rearrangement: 
Input: 7289 CLAY 2854 POUR 5941 ABLE 6217 
FLIP 9723 ONUS 
Step I: 49398 ABLE 4963 ONUS 251050 CLAY 
36326 FLIP 81832 POUR  
Step II: 48399 BAKF 4639 PMVR 2155 BKBX 
26633 EKJO 28813 OPVQ 
Step III: 12 21 BKF 10 12 PMVR 2 11  KX     14 6   
KJ    18 4 PVQ 
Step IV: 429 BFK 134 MPRV 119 KX 22 JK 2 
PQV 
Step V:  432 130 117 20 5  
Input: 8345 UNIT 4972 DROP 3186 EVEN 5294 
SOUP 1376 PLAY  
1. Which of the following will be the third last 
stepof the given input? 
a) 13 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CQ  2 12   KBX  
12 16  RPV 
b) 18 5   M    12 3  VMJS  2 23    CQP  2 10   KBX  
12 6  RPV 
c) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CQP  2 12   KBX  
12 6  RPV 
d) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CP  2 12   KX  12 
6  RPV 
e) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 21    CQP  2 12   KBX  
12 6  RP 
 
2. In step II, how many numbers are there which 
are followed by a word which is either starts with a 
consonant or ends with a vowel but not both?  
a) Three  
b) Two 
c) One  
d) More than three  
e) None 
 
3. Find the difference between the sum of all the 
numbers in Step III and the sum of all the 
numbers in Step IV?  
a) 610 
b) 618 
c) 604 
d) 608 
e) 616 
 
4. Which among the following steps has the 
highest number of consonants?  
a) Step II 
b) Step IV 
c) Step I 
d) Step III  
 
                                                                                                  
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e) Step V 
 
5. What is the difference between the third highest 
number which is obtained in step III and the fifth 
lowest number which is obtained in step IV?  
a) 509 
b) 512 
c) 505 
d) 503 
e) 513 
 
Directions (6-10): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the givenquestions.  
Eight persons - A, B, C, D, R, S, T, and U are 
sitting around a circular table in such a way that 
three of them are facing the centre while others 
are facing opposite to the centre. 
Note: The consecutive alphabetical named 
persons are not sitting adjacent to each other.  
C sits third to the right of T, who sits second to the 
right of B. Only three persons sit between C and 
D, who sits second to the left of A. U faces the 
opposite direction of T but sits immediately right of 
S. The one who sits second to the left of R does 
not face inside the centre. The immediate 
neighbours of R are not facing the same direction. 
R is facing the opposite direction of the one who 
sits an immediate right of U, who does not sit the 
second to the left of D.  
6. In which of the following options the pair of 
persons are sitting second to the left of each 
other? 
A. SD 
B. UB 
C. AD 
a) Only A 
b) Only A and B 
c) Only B 
d) Only B and C  
e) Only A and C 
 
7. The number of persons sitting between D and 
__ is one more than the number of persons sitting 
between S and __, when counted from the left of 
both S and D. 
a) R and T 
b) C and A 
c) R and A 
d) B and A 
e) U and T 
8. Which among the following pair of persons are 
neither sitting together nor facing the same 
direction? 
I. SD 
II. UR 
III. AC 
a) Only I and II 
b) Only II 
c) Only III 
d) Only II and III 
 
                                                                                                  
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e) All I, II, and III 
 
9. The position of __ with respect to __ in the final 
arrangement? 
A. C sits second to the right of A 
B. S sits third to the right of T 
C. A sits fifth to the left of C 
a) Only A 
b) Only A and B 
c) Only B 
d) Only A and C 
e) Only B and C 
 
10. Which among the following statements is true 
with respect to the final arrangement?  
a) C faces the same direction as B 
b) A sits second to the left of D 
c) U sits adjacent to R and S 
d) T does not face inside the centre 
e) S sits third to the right of C 
 
Directions (11-15): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the givenquestions. 
Twelve persons- A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, and 
L lives on five different floors of a five storeyed 
building where the lowermost floor is numbered as 
one above that is numbered two and so on till the 
topmost floor is numbered five.  
Note-I: Each floor has four flats viz., Flat-A, Flat-B, 
Flat-C, and Flat-D where Flat A is to the west of 
Flat B and Flat B is to the west of Flat C and so 
on.  
Note-II: Flat B of floor 2 is immediately above Flat 
B of floor 1. Similarly, Flat A of floor 3 is 
immediately above Flat A of floor 2 and so on.  
Note-III: Area of each flat on each floor is equal. 
Note-IV:Atleast two persons but not more than 
three persons live in the same flat.  
Note-V:There are eight flats are vacant flats.  
I lives in flat B on one of the even numbered 
floors. Only two floors of gap between I and A. No 
one lives to the west of A. B lives on the same 
floor of A and one person lives between them. G 
lives to the west of F and only two flats between 
them. D lives immediately above the flat of F. G 
lives on the same floor of neither I nor C. C lives 
on the adjacent floor of B but does not live in flat 
B. One vacant flat is just above and one vacant 
flat is just below the flat of C. J lives neither on the 
same floor of C nor on an odd numbered floor. L’s 
flat is immediately below the J’s flat. H lives to the 
west of J and none of them lives adjacent to each 
other. K lives two floors above H but lives exactly 
between two vacant flats of the same floor.  
11. The number of persons live above I is __ than 
the number of persons live below the one who 
lives immediately below the E’s flat.   
a) Two more 
b) Three less 
c) Three more 
d) One less 
 
                                                                                                  
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e) One more  
 
12. Which among the following pairs of persons 
live on the same type of flat?  
A. G and A 
B. D and F 
C. K and J 
a) Only B 
b) Only A and B 
c) Only C  
d) Only A and C 
e) All A, B, and C 
 
13. In which among the following floor and flat 
does H live?  
a) Floor 2, Flat C 
b) Floor 3, Flat D 
c) Floor 2, Flat A 
d) Floor 4, Flat A 
e) Floor 1, Flat B 
 
14. Which among the following person lives on an 
adjacent flat of the Vacant flat?  
a) The one who lives east of E 
b) The one who lives on floor 4 of flat D 
c) The one who lives two flats above I 
d) The one who lives on Floor 1 of flat A 
e) All of the above  
 
15. Which among the following floors has the 
second highest number of vacant flats?  
a) Floor 4 
b) Floor 1 
c) Floor 3 
d) Floor 5 
e) Floor 2  
 
Directions (16-20): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the givenquestions. 
A certain number of persons are sitting in a linear 
row such that some of them are facing the north 
while others are facing the south. Each of them is 
from a different cities. Z sits at one of the extreme 
ends. The one who is from Moscow sits third to 
the right of Z, who does not facing the north. Only 
six persons sit between Y and the one who is from 
Moscow but both of them facing the opposite 
directions. The one who is from Madrid sits third to 
the right of the one who is from Moscow. X sits the 
second to the left of Y and the sixth to the left of 
the one who is from Madrid. The one who is from 
Berlin sits second to the right of X. L sits adjacent 
to both D and the one who sits fifth to the right of 
the one who is from Berlin. D is not from Madrid. 
The Immediate neighbours of L are facing the 
same direction but opposite to L. E sits fourth to 
the left of D andsits second to the left of the one 
who is seventh from one end. The one who sits 
fourth to the right of E sits at one of the extreme 
ends.The number of person sitting between D and 
the one who is from Keiv is one-third the number 
of person sits between E and the one who is from 
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IBPS PO Mains Memory Based Paper Held on 05 November 2023 – (Eng Version) 
 
         
          
Reasoning Ability 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions.  
The words machine when given an 
input,rearrange them by following a particular rule 
ineach step. The following is an illustration of 
theinput and steps rearrangement: 
Input: 7289 CLAY 2854 POUR 5941 ABLE 6217 
FLIP 9723 ONUS 
Step I: 49398 ABLE 4963 ONUS 251050 CLAY 
36326 FLIP 81832 POUR  
Step II: 48399 BAKF 4639 PMVR 2155 BKBX 
26633 EKJO 28813 OPVQ 
Step III: 12 21 BKF 10 12 PMVR 2 11  KX     14 6   
KJ    18 4 PVQ 
Step IV: 429 BFK 134 MPRV 119 KX 22 JK 2 
PQV 
Step V:  432 130 117 20 5  
Input: 8345 UNIT 4972 DROP 3186 EVEN 5294 
SOUP 1376 PLAY  
1. Which of the following will be the third last 
stepof the given input? 
a) 13 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CQ  2 12   KBX  
12 16  RPV 
b) 18 5   M    12 3  VMJS  2 23    CQP  2 10   KBX  
12 6  RPV 
c) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CQP  2 12   KBX  
12 6  RPV 
d) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 23    CP  2 12   KX  12 
6  RPV 
e) 18 5   M    14 3  VMJS  2 21    CQP  2 12   KBX  
12 6  RP 
 
2. In step II, how many numbers are there which 
are followed by a word which is either starts with a 
consonant or ends with a vowel but not both?  
a) Three  
b) Two 
c) One  
d) More than three  
e) None 
 
3. Find the difference between the sum of all the 
numbers in Step III and the sum of all the 
numbers in Step IV?  
a) 610 
b) 618 
c) 604 
d) 608 
e) 616 
 
4. Which among the following steps has the 
highest number of consonants?  
a) Step II 
b) Step IV 
c) Step I 
d) Step III  
 
                                                                                                  
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e) Step V 
 
5. What is the difference between the third highest 
number which is obtained in step III and the fifth 
lowest number which is obtained in step IV?  
a) 509 
b) 512 
c) 505 
d) 503 
e) 513 
 
Directions (6-10): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the givenquestions.  
Eight persons - A, B, C, D, R, S, T, and U are 
sitting around a circular table in such a way that 
three of them are facing the centre while others 
are facing opposite to the centre. 
Note: The consecutive alphabetical named 
persons are not sitting adjacent to each other.  
C sits third to the right of T, who sits second to the 
right of B. Only three persons sit between C and 
D, who sits second to the left of A. U faces the 
opposite direction of T but sits immediately right of 
S. The one who sits second to the left of R does 
not face inside the centre. The immediate 
neighbours of R are not facing the same direction. 
R is facing the opposite direction of the one who 
sits an immediate right of U, who does not sit the 
second to the left of D.  
6. In which of the following options the pair of 
persons are sitting second to the left of each 
other? 
A. SD 
B. UB 
C. AD 
a) Only A 
b) Only A and B 
c) Only B 
d) Only B and C  
e) Only A and C 
 
7. The number of persons sitting between D and 
__ is one more than the number of persons sitting 
between S and __, when counted from the left of 
both S and D. 
a) R and T 
b) C and A 
c) R and A 
d) B and A 
e) U and T 
8. Which among the following pair of persons are 
neither sitting together nor facing the same 
direction? 
I. SD 
II. UR 
III. AC 
a) Only I and II 
b) Only II 
c) Only III 
d) Only II and III 
 
                                                                                                  
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e) All I, II, and III 
 
9. The position of __ with respect to __ in the final 
arrangement? 
A. C sits second to the right of A 
B. S sits third to the right of T 
C. A sits fifth to the left of C 
a) Only A 
b) Only A and B 
c) Only B 
d) Only A and C 
e) Only B and C 
 
10. Which among the following statements is true 
with respect to the final arrangement?  
a) C faces the same direction as B 
b) A sits second to the left of D 
c) U sits adjacent to R and S 
d) T does not face inside the centre 
e) S sits third to the right of C 
 
Directions (11-15): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the givenquestions. 
Twelve persons- A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, and 
L lives on five different floors of a five storeyed 
building where the lowermost floor is numbered as 
one above that is numbered two and so on till the 
topmost floor is numbered five.  
Note-I: Each floor has four flats viz., Flat-A, Flat-B, 
Flat-C, and Flat-D where Flat A is to the west of 
Flat B and Flat B is to the west of Flat C and so 
on.  
Note-II: Flat B of floor 2 is immediately above Flat 
B of floor 1. Similarly, Flat A of floor 3 is 
immediately above Flat A of floor 2 and so on.  
Note-III: Area of each flat on each floor is equal. 
Note-IV:Atleast two persons but not more than 
three persons live in the same flat.  
Note-V:There are eight flats are vacant flats.  
I lives in flat B on one of the even numbered 
floors. Only two floors of gap between I and A. No 
one lives to the west of A. B lives on the same 
floor of A and one person lives between them. G 
lives to the west of F and only two flats between 
them. D lives immediately above the flat of F. G 
lives on the same floor of neither I nor C. C lives 
on the adjacent floor of B but does not live in flat 
B. One vacant flat is just above and one vacant 
flat is just below the flat of C. J lives neither on the 
same floor of C nor on an odd numbered floor. L’s 
flat is immediately below the J’s flat. H lives to the 
west of J and none of them lives adjacent to each 
other. K lives two floors above H but lives exactly 
between two vacant flats of the same floor.  
11. The number of persons live above I is __ than 
the number of persons live below the one who 
lives immediately below the E’s flat.   
a) Two more 
b) Three less 
c) Three more 
d) One less 
 
                                                                                                  
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e) One more  
 
12. Which among the following pairs of persons 
live on the same type of flat?  
A. G and A 
B. D and F 
C. K and J 
a) Only B 
b) Only A and B 
c) Only C  
d) Only A and C 
e) All A, B, and C 
 
13. In which among the following floor and flat 
does H live?  
a) Floor 2, Flat C 
b) Floor 3, Flat D 
c) Floor 2, Flat A 
d) Floor 4, Flat A 
e) Floor 1, Flat B 
 
14. Which among the following person lives on an 
adjacent flat of the Vacant flat?  
a) The one who lives east of E 
b) The one who lives on floor 4 of flat D 
c) The one who lives two flats above I 
d) The one who lives on Floor 1 of flat A 
e) All of the above  
 
15. Which among the following floors has the 
second highest number of vacant flats?  
a) Floor 4 
b) Floor 1 
c) Floor 3 
d) Floor 5 
e) Floor 2  
 
Directions (16-20): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the givenquestions. 
A certain number of persons are sitting in a linear 
row such that some of them are facing the north 
while others are facing the south. Each of them is 
from a different cities. Z sits at one of the extreme 
ends. The one who is from Moscow sits third to 
the right of Z, who does not facing the north. Only 
six persons sit between Y and the one who is from 
Moscow but both of them facing the opposite 
directions. The one who is from Madrid sits third to 
the right of the one who is from Moscow. X sits the 
second to the left of Y and the sixth to the left of 
the one who is from Madrid. The one who is from 
Berlin sits second to the right of X. L sits adjacent 
to both D and the one who sits fifth to the right of 
the one who is from Berlin. D is not from Madrid. 
The Immediate neighbours of L are facing the 
same direction but opposite to L. E sits fourth to 
the left of D andsits second to the left of the one 
who is seventh from one end. The one who sits 
fourth to the right of E sits at one of the extreme 
ends.The number of person sitting between D and 
the one who is from Keiv is one-third the number 
of person sits between E and the one who is from 
 
                                                                                                  
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Keiv. E and the one who is from Keiv are facing 
opposite direction to D. At least two and not more 
than three person sits between L and the one who 
is from Keiv.  
16. Which among the following pairs of persons 
facing the north?  
A. LX 
B. The one who is from Mascow and Z 
C. D and the one who is from Berlin 
a) Only A 
b) Only A and B 
c) Only B and C 
d) Only C 
e) All A, B, and C  
 
17. The number of persons sitting to the right of Y 
is __ than the number of persons sitting to the left 
of D.  
a) One more 
b) Three less 
c) Two more 
d) One less 
e) Two less 
 
18. How many persons are sitting in a row?  
a) 13 
b) 15 
c) 17 
d) 14 
e) 16 
 
19. Which among the following statement(s) is/are 
true as per the final arrangement?  
I. Y sits fifth to the right of L 
II. No one sits between Z and the one who is from 
Keiv 
III. The one who is from Mascow sits fourth from 
the one of the ends.  
a) Only I and II 
b) Only II 
c) Only I and III 
d) Only II and III 
e) All I, II, and III 
 
20. Which among the following pairs of persons, 
the first person sits second to the left of the 
second person as per the final arrangement?  
a) Y and E 
b) The one who is from Mascow and L 
c) D and Y 
d) The one who is Berlin and X 
e) Z and D 
 
Directions (21-25): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
A box contains 25 cells, viz., 5 rows and 5 
columns in a 5*5 matrix. Each column is assigned 
from 1 to 5, respectively, from the left to right, and 
each row is assigned from 1 to 5 respectively, 
from the top to bottom. Some letters are filled in 
the box as per the below conditions, and then we