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 Reasoning Puzzle Questions SBI PO - Difficult Level : SET 01
Direction (Quest 1 - 5) : Read the following information and answer the
questions given below.

In a Dance Club, 7 males and 7 females participated in a dance program. P, Q, R, S, T,

U and V were the male participants while C, D, E, F, G, H, and I were the female
participants. All the 14 persons were divided into 7 groups. Each group consisted of 1
male. After the end of the program, each group was assigned a grade according to its
performance. For the purpose of grading 7 letters were used, ie X, Y, Z, A, B, J and K
indicating descending order.
Us group got grade Y. Grade of Qs group was better than at least 3 groups
while grade of Rs group was better than at least 4. Ts partner was G. Es partner
was not S.
Fs group got grade X. P, S and R were not partners of H, I and C
respectively. Grade of 1 group was the same as the name of member of that
group.
Grades of Ds group and Hs group were better than Hs group and Is group
respectively. Gradeof Qs group was better than Rs.
Grades of Ts and Ps groups were neither J nor K. Gs group didnt get grade B. Es
group got the grade K.

1. Grade B was assigned to which persons group?

1) D
2) F
3) I
4) cant say
5) none of these

2. Grade Y was assigned to which persons group?

1) T
2) U
3) I
4) cant say
5) none of these

3. Grade A was assigned to which persons group?

1) T
2) U
3) I
4) T
5) none of these

4. who among the following was the partner of Q?

1) D
2) H
3) I
4) T
5) G

5. who among the following was the partner of R?

1) D
2) H
3) I
4) T
5) G

Ans (1 - 5)

Male Female Grade

P I B
Q D X
R H Z
S C J
T G A
U F Y
V E K

Answers
1.3 2.2 3.1 4.1 5.2
 Reasoning Puzzle Questions SBI PO - Difficult Level : SET 02
Direction (Quest 6 - 12) : Read the following information and answer the
questions given below.

8 friends, Aman, Brijesh, Carol, Dike, Elli, Fintan, Ganesh, and Himesh are sitting
around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each
one of them holds a different post viz. Manager, Company, Secretary, Chairman,
President, Vice-President, Group Leader, Financial Advisor and Managing Director.
Aman sits 3rd to right of the Managing Director. Only 2 people sit between the
Managing Director and Himesh. Vice President and the Company Secretary are
immediate neighbours of each other.
Neither Aman nor Himesh is a Vice President or a Company Secretary. Vice
President is not an immediate neighbor of the Managing Director.
Manager sits 2nd to left of Elli. Elli is not an immediate neighbor of Himesh.
The Manager is an immediate neighbor of both Group Leader and the Financial
Advisor. Financial Advisor sits 3rd to right of Brijesh.
Brijesh is not the Vice President. Carol sits to the immediate right of the
Chairman.
Aman is not the Chairman. Fintan is not an immediate neighbor of Aman. Ganesh
is not an immediate neighbor of the Manager.
6. Who amongst the following sits 3rd to the left of Elli?
1) Manager
2) Ganesh
3) Aman
4) Financial Advisor
5) Brijesh

7. Who among the following is the President of the company?

1) Aman
2) Carol
3) Himesh
4) Ganesh
5) Dike

8. Which of the following posts does Brijesh hold in the company?

1) Chairman
2) Manager
3) Company Secretary
4) Vice President
5) Financial Advisor
9. Who amongst the following sits exactly between the Managing Director and Himesh?
1) Himesh and the Chairman
2) Brijesh and Ganesh
3) The Chairman and Carol
4) Fintan and Carol
5) Elli and the Group Leader

10. Who amongst the following is the Group Leader?

1) Carol
2) Fintan
3) Ganesh
4) Himesh
5) Aman

Ans (6 - 12)

6.4 7.1 8.3 9.5 10.2

 Reasoning Puzzle Questions SBI PO - Difficult Level SET 03
Direction (Quest 1 - 5) : Read the following information and answer the
questions given below.6

Pammi, Queen, Rahul, Sonia, Tanvi, Usha, Varsha and Wazir are sitting around a
circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them
speaks a different language namely Marathi, English, Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil,
Gujarati, and Urdu, but not necessarily in the same order.
The one who speaks Malayalam sits second to the right of Wazir. Only two people
sit between the one who speaks Malayalam and the one who speaks Gujarati.
Varsha sits on the immediate left of the one who speaks Gujarati.
Only two people sit between Varsha and Usha. Usha is an immediate neighbour of
Wazir.
The one who speaks Hindi, sits second to the right of Usha. Tanvi sits on the
Immediate right of the one who speaks Hindi. Only three people sit between Tanvi
and the one who speaks Marathi. The one who speaks Tamil sit second to the left
of the one who speaks Marathi.
Sonia sits on the immediate left of Pammi. The one who speaks Urdu, sits second
to the right of Pammi.
Only three people sit between the one who speaks Bengali and the one who
speaks English.
The one who speaks Bengali is not an immediate neighbour of Tanvi. Rahul sits
second to the left of the one who speaks English.
1. Who speaks Hindi?
1) Rahul
2) Wazir
3) Tanvi
4) Varsha
5) Pammi

2. How many people are/is sit between Rahul and Varsha in clockwise direction?
1) 1
2) 4
3) 2
4) 3
5) 0

3. How many people are/is sit between Wazir and Varsha anti clockwise direction?
1) 1
2) 4
3) 2
4) 3
5) 0

4. Who speaks Bengali?

1) Rahul
2) Usha
3) Tanvi
4) Varsha
5) Pammi

5. English is speaking by
1) Rahul
2) Wazir
3) Tanvi
4) Varsha
5) Queen

Ans (1 - 5)

1.1 2.2 3.4 4.2 5.5

 Reasoning Puzzle Questions SBI PO - Difficult Level SET 04
Direction (Quest 6 - 10) : Read the following information and answer the
questions given below.

S, T, U, V, W, X and Y are seated in a straight line with equal distances between

each other, the butnot necessarily the same order.some of them are facing North and
some of them facing South.
Only four people sit between U and V. Neither V nor S sits at either of the extreme
ends of the line.
X sits second to the right of V. Y sits on the immediate right of W.
X is not an immediate neighbour of W.
The immediate neighbour of Y faces opposite directions. T sits second to the right
of S. Both U and T face the same direction as V.
Y faces north. The immediate neighbours of X face the same direction.
6. How many are facing North?
1) 3
2) 6
3) 2
4) 4
5) 1

7. How many are facing South?

1) 6
2) 4
3) 2
4) 3
5) 1

8. How many people are sitting between U and T?

1) 5
2) 2
3) 3
4) 1
5) 4

9. How many people are sitting between X and W?

1) 5
2) 2
3) 3
4) 1
5) 4

10. How many people are sitting between Y and V?

1) 5
2) 2
3) 3
4) 1
5) 4

Ans (6 - 10)

6.1 7.2 8.1 9.2 10.3

 Reasoning Puzzle Questions SBI PO - Difficult Level SET 05

I. Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Ten friends are sitting in two parallel rows of six seats each. One seat is vacant in each
row. M, N, O, P and Q are sitting in row-1 facing South. D, E, F, G and H are facing
North. Each likes different brands of Smartphone i.e. Lenovo, Samsung, Oppo, Lyf,
Vivo, Apple, Lava, Motorola, Gionee and Redmi.

G sits third to the right of F and likes Lyf. Only two people sit between E and the vacant
seat. E does not like Vivo or Oppo. Q is not an immediate neighbour of O. N likes
Redmi. The one who likes Oppo faces the one who likes Motorola. The one who likes
Oppo sits opposite to the one who sits third right of the person who sits opposite to G.
O is not an immediate neighbour of P. H, who likes neither Vivo nor Apple, does not
face the vacant seat. Neither G nor F sits at any of the extreme ends of the row. P faces
F. Vacant seats are not opposite to each other. Two seats are there between O and N,
who sits third right of the one who likes Lava. The one who likes Gionee faces the one
who likes Lyf. The persons who like the Lenovo and Motorola are adjacent to each
other. Vacant seat of row 1 is not an immediate neighbour of P. E sits at one of the
extreme ends of the row. F does not like Lenovo and Motorola. Vacant seat of row-1
does not face G who doesnt sit at any of the extreme ends of the row

1. In the given arrangement, if two people come and sit to the

immediate left of E, how many people will sit between D and E?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. More than four
E. One

Answer

Answer B. Three
2. Who amongst the following sits third to the right of F?
A. The one who likes Lyf
B. E
C. Other than those given as options
D. D
E. The one who likes Vivo

Answer

Answer A. The one who likes Lyf

3. Which of the following faces the vacant seat of Row 1?

A. The one who likes Lyf
B. E
C. Other than those given as options
D. F
E. The one who likes Vivo

Answer

Answer E. The one who likes Vivo

4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based upon their
seating arrangement and so form a group. Which of the following
does not belong to the group?
A. QE
B. ND
C. HO
D. PG
E. FP

Answer

Answer E. FP
5. Who amongst the following sits at the extreme end of the row?
A. Q, E
B. N, D
C. P, G
D. F, P
E. Other than those given as options

Answer

Answer A. Q, E
 Reasoning Puzzle Questions SBI PO - Difficult Level : SET 06

II. Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Seven people P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting in a straight line with equal distance
between each other, but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing
north and some are facing south. Each likes different colors i.e. Red, Pink, Yellow, Blue,
Brown, Green and White.

Only two people are sitting to the left of V. Only two people sit between V and Q. P sits
second to the left of Q. The immediate neighbours of P face opposite directions(ie if
one of the neighbours faces south then the other faces north and vice versa). Only one
person sits between P and R. U sits third to the left of R. S is not an immediate
neighbour of Q. Both the immediate neighbours of R face the same direction(i.e if one
neighbour faces south then the other neighbour also faces south and if one neighbour
faces north then the other neighbour also faces north). P faces the same direction as R.
T faces north. Q sits on the immediate left of T. The person who likes blue faces south
direction and only one person can sit to the immediate right. Two persons sit between
the persons who like Yellow and Red Respectively. Persons who sit at the extreme ends
do not like neither Yellow nor Red. The person who likes Yellow sits exactly in the
middle between the person who like Blue and Brown. Neither S nor T like Pink. The
person who likes Red sits to the immediate left of the person who likes White.

6. Who among the following likes Brown?

A. P
B. R
C. Other than those given as options
D. T
E. U

Answer

Answer A. P
7. Who among the following sits exactly in the middle of the line?
A. S
B. P
C. U
D. T
E. R

Answer

Answer B. P

8. Which of the following pairs represents the immediate neighbours of

Q?
A. TU
B. QP
C. PR
D. TV
E. VU

Answer

Answer A. TU

9. Which of the following pairs represents the people sitting at the two
extreme ends of the line?
A. QR
B. Other than those given as options
C. TU
D. SQ
E. ST

Answer

Answer E. ST
10. Who among the following sits second to the right of S?
A. U
B. V
C. Q
D. Other than those given as options
E. P

Answer

Answer B. V
 Reasoning Puzzle Questions SBI PO - Difficult Level : SET 07

I. Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

Eight People A, B, C, D, E, F, and G live in eight different floors of building (but not
necessarily in the same order). One of the floors in the building is vacant. The
lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two,
and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. Each one of them owns different
brands of laptops, namely Lenovo, Dell, HP, Samsung, Apple, Asus and TOSHIBA (but
not necessarily in the same order). Each one of them likes different colors namely viz
Yellow, Red, Purple, Orange, Black, Blue and Green.

The person who likes Red lives immediately above the person who likes Purple and
immediately below the person who likes Orange. The number of people leaving above
F is same as the number of floors between F and D. F lives an odd numbered floor
above the floor numbered four. Only one person lives between B and the one who
owns Samsung. Only three floors between D and the one who owns Apple. Neither C
nor G like Red. The one who owns Asus lives immediately above G, G owns neither
Apple nor HP. E does not own Asus. Only three floors between G and A. The person
who likes Yellow lives immediately above the one who likes Black. The one who owns
TOSHIBA lives immediately above the one who owns Lenovo, but not on the topmost
floor. C lives one of the odd numbered floors above the one who owns Apple. The
number of floors between F and the one who owns DELL is only one. Only one person
lives between the one who owns TOSHIBA and the vacant floor. Only two people live
between C and vacant floor. The person who likes Green live one of the floors above
the floor numbered 5.

1. Which of the following Statements is true with respect to the given

information?
A. G lives immediately above the one who likes Blue
B. E lives immediately above C
C. Only three people live between F and the one who owns TOSHIBA.
D. D owns Samsung.
E. All the given statements are true.
 Answer

Answer A. G lives immediately above the one who likes Blue

2. Who amongst the following lives exactly between the vacant floor
and the one who owns Lenovo Laptop?
A. B, C
B. G, D
C. F, G
D. A, B
E. E, A

Answer

Answer E. E, A

3. Who among the following likes Orange color?

A. C
B. G
C. F
D. E
E. A

Answer

Answer D. E

4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a
group. Which one of the following does not belong to the group?
A. G HP
B. C Apple
C. F Samsung
D. E Lenovo
E. D DELL

Answer
 Answer C. F Samsung

5. How many people live between E and C?

A. Four
B. Three
C. None
D. Five
E. Two

Answer

Answer E. Two

Floor No Person Laptop Colour

8 B HP Green
7 C Asus Yellow
6 G Samsung Black
5 F Apple Blue
4 _ _ _
3 E DELL Orange
2 A TOSHIBA Red
1 D Lenovo Purple
 Reasoning Puzzle Questions SBI PO - Difficult Level : SET 08

II. Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

Ten students namely viz A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J of ten different colleges but not
necessarily in the same order have seminar on five different days starting from Monday
to Friday of the same week. Each student have seminar at two different time slots, i.e
10.00 AM and 3 P.M. Each student like different colours namely viz Green, Yellow,
Purple, Pink, Blue, Black, Brown, Red, Grey and White.
Persons who like Red, Green, Pink, Black and White have seminar at 10:00
A.M. Persons who like Brown, Yellow, Purple, Blue and Grey have seminar at 03:00 P.M.
I has a seminar on Tuesday at 10.00 A.M. The number of people who have seminar
between G and D is same as the number of people who have seminar between C and
H. Persons who like Red and Blue have seminar on Monday and the persons who like
White and Grey have Seminar on Friday. B has a seminar immediately before I. I does
not have seminar on any of the days before G. The one who has seminar at 10.00
A.M immediately before J. H does not has seminar at 3 P.M D has a seminar
immediately after the day of one who has seminar on Monday. F does not have seminar
at 3 P.M. D does not has seminar on any one of the days after E. Only three people
have seminar between G and E. Persons who like Pink and Purple went to seminar
neither on Tuesday nor Thursday. Neither E nor G does not have seminar on
Friday. Only two people have seminar between F and J. F does not has seminar on any
of the days after H. Persons who like Green and Yellow does not have seminar on
Thursday.
6. How many persons have seminar at 30 clock between G and H?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 2
D. 4
E. None of these.

Answer

Answer D. 4

7. Who among the following person has seminar at 10 A.M?

A. C
B. B
C. D
D. A
E. E

Answer

Answer E. E

8. Four among the following form a group in a certain way. Which of

the following does not belong to Group?
A. G Tuesday
B. I Wednesday
C. F Friday
D. G Wednesday
E. E Thursday

Answer

Answer D. G Wednesday
 9. Who among the following likes Grey Colour?
A. I
B. J
C. F
D. D
E. C

Answer

Answer B. J

10. Who among the following have seminar on Thursday?

A. I,E
B. H,J
C. F,A
D. D,E
E. E,C

Answer

Answer C. F,A

Person Day Time Slot Colour

G Mon 10.00 AM Red
B Mon 3.00 PM Blue
I Tue 10.00 AM Green
D Tue 3.00 PM Yellow
E Wed 10.00 AM Pink
C Wed 3.00 PM Purple
F Thu 10.00 AM Black
A Thu 3.00 PM Brown
H Fri 10.00 AM White
J Fri 3.00 PM Grey
 Reasoning Puzzle Questions SBI PO - Difficult Level : SET 09

I. Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Seven boxes A, B, C, D, E, F and G are kept one above the other but not
necessarily in the same order. Each box contains different Chocolates
Snickers, Perk, Kit Kat, 5 Star, Munch, Dairy Milk and Milky bar, but not
necessarily in the same order.

Only three boxes are kept between D and G. The Munch box is kept
immediately above G. Only one box is kept between the Munch box and A.
The Munch box is kept immediately above G. Only one box is kept between
the Munch box and A. The Munch box is not second from the bottom of the
stack. Only one box is kept between E and A. E is kept above A. The 5 Star
box is kept immediately above E. Only three boxes are kept between the 5
Star box and Snickers box. The Perk box is immediately above the Milky Bar
box. G is not the Perk box. F is kept immediately below the Dairy Milk box.
Only one box is kept between B and the Dairy Milk box.

1. Which of the following boxes is kept immediately below G?

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. The Snickers Box
E. The Perk Box

Answer

Answer A. A
 What is the position of F in the given stack of boxes?
A. Second from the top
B. Third from the bottom
C. First from the top
D. Fifth from the bottom
E. Fourth from the top
Answer
Answer B. Third from the bottom

Which of the following boxes contains Kit Kat?

A. D
B. C
C. G
D. A
E. Other than those given as options
Answer
Answer C. G

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a
group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
A. G-Dairy Milk
B. E-Kit Kat
C. C-Snickers
D. D-Perk
E. A-Kit Kat
Answer
Answer C. C-Snickers

How many boxes are kept between B and the Munch box?
A. Two
B. One
C. None
D. Three
E. More than three
Answer
Answer D. Three
Box Position Box name Inside the box

7 C 5 Star

6 E Munch

5 G Kit Kat

4 A Dairy Milk

3 F Snickers

2 B Perk

1 D Milky bar
 Reasoning Puzzle Questions SBI PO - Difficult Level : SET 10

II. Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

Seven people namely, A, B, C, D, E, F and G have an appointment but not

necessarily in the same order. on seven different months(of the same year)
namely January, February, April, June, August, October and December. Each of
them also likes different colors namely Blue, Pink, Purple, Brown, White, Black
and Orange but not necessarily in the same order.

The one who likes Black has an appointment on one of the months before
April.Only two people have an appointment between the one who likes Black
and the one who likes Purple. Only one person has an appointment between the
one who likes Purple and the one who likes Orange. The one who likes Orange
has an appointment in a month which has 31 days. Only three people have an
appointment between the one who likes Orange and E. G has an appointment on
one of the months before E. G does not have appointment in the month which
has the least number of days. Only three people have an appointment between G
and C. Only one person has an appointment between C and the one who likes
White. The one who likes White has an appointment before C. The one who likes
White has an appointment before C. The one who likes Pink has an appointment
immediately before B. B has an appointment in a month which has less than 31
days. Only one person has an appointment between A and F. A has an
appointment before F. Only one person has an appointment between F and the
one who likes Blue

6. Who amongst the following as an appointment before the one who has
an appointment in December?
A. B
 B. E
C. C
D. The one who likes Orange
E. The one who likes Brown

Answer

Answer E. The one who likes Brown

7. In which of the following pairs, both the persons have an appointment

in months which have less than 31 days?
A. A, F
B. F, D
C. B, F
D. E, D
E. E, A

Answer

Answer E. E, A

8. Which of the following combinations is correct?

A. G Pink
B. A Purple
C. F Orange
D. B White
E. D Purple

Answer

Answer A. G Pink

9. As per the given arrangement Black is related to April and White is

related to June following a certain pattern, which of the following is
Blue related to the following same pattern?
A. February
 B. October
C. December
D. August
E. January

Answer

Answer D. August

10. Who amongst the following likes Orange?

A. F
B. D
C. A
D. B
E. Other than those given as options

Answer

Answer B. D

Month Person Colour

Jan G Pink
Feb B Black
April E White
June A Blue
August C Purple
October F Brown
December D Orange