High Level Reasoning for all banking exams

 There are 8 friends – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H who are standing in a straight line. Some friends are facing north while others are facing south.
C is standing third to the left of H who is facing north. E is standing third to the right of H. D is standing second to the left of B and both are facing same direction. B and H are not immediate neighbors. Immediate neighbors of G face in opposite direction to that of G. G faces in a direction opposite to that of B. F and A are not immediate neighbors and they face opposite direction with respect to each other. E faces in the same direction as that of G. Only one of the neighbors of A faces in the north direction. D is not standing at any of the extreme ends. G is standing somewhere to the right of A. 

Easy one, 3 Min max.

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 Eight persons in the family – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W – are seated around a circular table and facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order.

Their arrangement is as follows.

(1) U’s sister P sits second to the left of U’s husband. T is the father of U.

(2) Q is the father of S and sits adjacent to U’s daughter, who is not adjacent to P.

(3) W sits second to the right of her brother. P’s daughter V sits second to the right of P’s mother.

(4) R is second to the right of W’s father but not adjacent to a male. 


 Eight Persons – A, B, C,D, E, F, G and H – belong to the same family and sit around a circular table facing the center (not necessarily in the same order). Each person is related to H in some or the other way. There are two couples and no widow or widower in the family. Each couple has at least two children. The following information is known about them.

(1) H sits to the immediate right of her daughter and third to the right of G, who is the daughter of F.
(2) H sits opposite her brother who sits second to the left of his brother–in–law.
(3) H's son D sits opposite his father and to the immediate left of his grandfather.
(4) F is the mother–in–law of H and sits second to the left of her husband.
(5) B is the father of C and belongs to the first generation. E is not a female. 

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a circle, but not necessarily in the same order. Four of them are facing outside and four of them are facing the centre. E faces outside, Both the immediate neighbours of E face the centre. H sits second to the right of E. B sits third to the left of E. D faces the centre. Both the immediate neighbours of D face outside. G sits second to the left of A. B sits third to the right of H. F is an immediate neighbour of D. C is an immediate neighbour of G. D is not an immediate neighbour of B.

Eight players—Sachin, Virender, Mahender, Suresh, Praveen, Rahul, Ravinder, and Dinesh are sitting in

three lines L1, L2 and L3. And they are in three different categories, either batsman or bowler or all

rounder. In each line at least two and at most three players are sitting there. And at least two players are

in each category but not more than three. Virender and Mahender are in different lines but not in line L2,

and both are in same categories. Dinesh and Ravinder are in same line and in same categories, but not all

rounder. Suresh and Praveen are in different lines but not in line L1 and in different categories but not all

rounder. Sachin is in line L2 and Suresh is not in same as in Sachin. Both players of line L2 are bowlers.

Rahul is all rounder and not in line L1. From three all rounder two are line in L3. Rahul and Mahinder are

in same line, and there are three batsmen.

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A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H eight family members are sitting around a circular table, not necessarily in the same order. Four of them are facing inside and others are facing outside. They like different Colors viz – Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Violet, White, Brown and Gray, but not necessarily in the same order. F faces the Center and sits third to the right of C. D likes Green color and faces the person who likes White color. G sits third to the right of B who likes Red color. 

The persons who like Yellow and Violet are facing to the same direction (inside or outside). E is sitting between the person who like Green and the one who likes Gray respectively. A likes Violet and C likes Blue. The person who likes Brown is facing outward and is an immediate neighbor of the person who likes Gray. H is immediate neighbor of the persons who likes Violet and Brown. E is immediate left of D 

 Eight members – A, B, C, D, J, K, L and M – of a family are sitting at a circular table for dinner. Each member is sitting diametrically opposite to a member. Four of them are facing the center while other four are facing outside.
It is also known that:
(i) K is the father of B and he is facing the center.
(ii) D is sitting second to the right of M, whose spouse is C.
(iii) J is the child of C, who is sitting between his or her father-in-law and brother-in-law.
(iv) K is the grandfather of D and he is sitting next to his son M.
(v) Daughter of B has only cousin brother and is sitting next to A.
(vi) K is sitting opposite to his wife L and they are not facing each other.
(vii) J, who is facing outside, is sitting second to the right of C.
(viii) D, who is the daughter of A, is facing outside.
(ix) A is facing the center and she is sitting third to the right of J 

 Statements: – No word is a statement. Some statements are lines. No line is a letter
Conclusions: – 1) All statements can never be letters 2) All words being letters is a possibility
1) If only conclusion I follows.
2) If only conclusion II follows.
3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
5) If both conclusions I and II follow 

Answer is BOTH follows

Explain it without venn figures Please.

 Statements: – All flats are huts. No hut is a building. All buildings are cottages
Conclusions: – 1) Some cottages being flats is a possibility 2) No cottage is a hut
1) If only conclusion I follows.
2) If only conclusion II follows.
3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
5) If both conclusions I and II follow 

Easy: Max 3 mins 

 Eight persons, four men - A, B, C, and D – and four women - P, Q, R, S – are sitting around a square table. Four people sit at the corners and four sit in the middle of each side. Men and women sit at alternate positions. People sitting at corners face away from the centre. And the rest face the centre. No two men face each other. P sits opposite Q. S sits second to the left of P. A is not the neighbour of either P or S. C is a neighbour of R, and B is not a neighbour of Q. The man sitting on the immediate right of a woman is her husband.  

easy max - 3 mins

  

Seven persons Das, Deepak, Tripathi, Santhosh, Mahendra, Johny, Mishra live on a different floors of a seven – storey building, The ground floor is named as 1st floor, the 1st floor is named as the 2nd floor and so on but not necessarily in the same order. The following information is known about them.

Neither Deepak nor Santhosh lives on an even numbered floor. Mahendra and Johny lives on odd numbered floors but it is neither the top most nor the bottom. Either Das or Mishra lives on the 4th floor. Tripathi lives in 6th floor. Either Mahendra or Deepak lives on 3rd floor. Mishra lives on either 2nd or on the 7th floor. 

K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. 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 of them also likes a different superhero, namely Batman, Superman, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Wolverine, Nova and Ironman, but not necessarily in the same order.  1. The one who likes Thor lives on an even-numbered floor. Only three people live between the one who likes Thor and M.  2. Only two people live between M and N. N does not live on the lowermost floor. Only three people live between N and one who likes Hulk.  3. O lives immediately above K. O lives on an even-numbered floor. K does not like Hulk. K lives neither on the floor numbered three nor five.  4. Only two people live between K and the one who likes Nova.  5. Only one person lives between the one who likes Nova and Ironman. The one who likes Ironman lives below the one who likes Nova.  6. L lives immediately above Q. Only one person lives between Q and the one who likes Captain America.  7. The one who likes Wolverine lives immediately above the one who likes Batman.  8. P does not like Thor. K does not like superman. 

 A, B, C, D, E, F and G live on seven different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lower most floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered seven. Each of them also likes different fruits, namely Apple, Orange, Banana, Grapes, Watermelon, Muskmelon and Mango but not necessaily in the same order.D lives on the bottom most floor and does not like Banana. Only two people lives between D and the one who likes Watermelon. The one who likes Muskmelon lives on an even-nmbered floor. G lives on floor numbered five. The person lives on the top most floor likes Banana. Only one person lives between F and the one who likes Mango. F likes grapes and lives on one of the floors below A. Neither A nor E likes Apple. B does not live on the top most floor and he does not like Muskmelon. E lives on one of the floors above G and does not like Banana. People live on an even numbered floor do not like Orange. 

 Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. E sits third to the right of H. G is between D and B. G is neither immediate to E nor H. A is not an immediate neighbour of H. C is not an immediate neighbour of either A or H. 

 Eight inmates – Kripa, Latha, Mishti, Neha, Pakhi, Rashmi, Shweta and Trisha – living on different floors – 1st to 8th – of a working women’s hostel are sitting around a circular table, not in any particular order. At least three of them are facing outside.i. Mishti who lives on the 7th floor faces outside and sits opposite to the one who lives on the 4th floor.
ii. Kripa lives on the 8th floor and sits on the immediate right of the one on the 6th floor as well as the one on the 3rd floor.
iii. Latha sits second to the right of the one who lives on the 3rd floor.
iv. Shweta and Neha sit next to each other and both are not neighbours of Pakhi.
v. Trisha who lives on the 1st floor sits on the immediate right of the one who lives on the 5th floor as well as Pakhi.
vi. The girls living on the 5th and 7th floors are neighbours of Shweta.
vii. The girls living on the 3rd and 4th floors are sitting on the immediate left of each other.
viii. Rashmi faces the same direction as Mishti. 

 Of the six men of literature A, B C. D. E and F being considered here, two belonged to the 17th century, three to the 19th and one to the 20th century. Four were recognised as great poets, three as great novelists and three as great dramatists. One contributed to Bengali literature, two to Hindi, two to Marathi and one to Tamil. The 20th century writer wrote poetry only and contributed to Marathi literature and the other Marathi writer contributed to poetry, novel and drama. One Hindi writer and the only Tamil writer belonged to the 19th century. The former contributed to poetry and novel while the latter to novel and drama. The Bengali writer belonged to the 17th century and contributed to poetry only. A belonged to the 20th century. B wrote drama only, C contributed to Marathi literature, D was a Hindi poet and novelist and belonged to the 19th century. E also belonged to the 19th century, and F contributed to poetry only. 

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Eight friends E, F, H, K, L, M, P and Q, specialist in different management fields , i.e. Energy, Oil & Gas, Rural, Production, Industrial, Quality, Hotel and Disaster (but not necessarily in the same order), are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. K who is a Quality manager sits third to the right of Q. The managers in the field of Oil & Gas and Disaster are immediate neighbours of each other and neither of them is an immediate neighbor of either Q or K. The managers in the field of Hotel and Energy are immediate neighbors of each other. Neither Q nor P is the manager in the field of Energy. The one who is the manager in the field of Oil & Gas sits second to the right of L, who is an Industrial manager. M who is a manager in the field of Hotel is not an immediate neighbor of the Quality manager. Only H sits between those two who are managers in the field of Oil & Gas and Production. E sits third to the right of the one who is the manager in the field of Energy..#post arrangement below, please ignore if already solved..