Practice IBPS PO 2023 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 30 Sep 2023 Shift 1 (35 Questions with Solutions)

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Six persons – M, N, O, P, Q and R – are living in a three-floor building (but not necessarily in the same order). The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor just above it is numbered 2 and so on. Each floor has 2 flats, i.e., Flat 1 and Flat 2. Flat 1 of floor 2 is immediately above flat 1 of floor 1 and immediately below flat 1 of floor 3. Flat 2 of floor 2 is immediately above flat 2 of floor 1 and immediately below flat 2 of floor 3. Flat 1 is exactly to the west of Flat 2. Each person likes a different colour – Blue, Black, White, Red, Pink and Green.

M lives on an even-numbered floor. The one who lives just below M in the same-named flat likes white colour. One floor is between the one who likes white colour and the one who likes green colour. M and the one who likes green colour do not live in the same-named flat. O lives two floors above P. O and P do not live in the same-named flat. N likes green colour. R does not like white colour and no one lives east of R. O, P and M do not like red colour. P and M do not like pink colour. The one who likes red colour and the one who likes black colour do not live in the same-named flat.

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Who among the following does not belong to that group?

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Six persons – M, N, O, P, Q and R – are living in a three-floor building (but not necessarily in the same order). The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor just above it is numbered 2 and so on. Each floor has 2 flats, i.e., Flat 1 and Flat 2. Flat 1 of floor 2 is immediately above flat 1 of floor 1 and immediately below flat 1 of floor 3. Flat 2 of floor 2 is immediately above flat 2 of floor 1 and immediately below flat 2 of floor 3. Flat 1 is exactly to the west of Flat 2. Each person likes a different colour – Blue, Black, White, Red, Pink and Green.

M lives on an even-numbered floor. The one who lives just below M in the same-named flat likes white colour. One floor is between the one who likes white colour and the one who likes green colour. M and the one who likes green colour do not live in the same-named flat. O lives two floors above P. O and P do not live in the same-named flat. N likes green colour. R does not like white colour and no one lives east of R. O, P and M do not like red colour. P and M do not like pink colour. The one who likes red colour and the one who likes black colour do not live in the same-named flat.

The one who lives immediately above P in the same-named flat likes which colour?

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Six persons – M, N, O, P, Q and R – are living in a three-floor building (but not necessarily in the same order). The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor just above it is numbered 2 and so on. Each floor has 2 flats, i.e., Flat 1 and Flat 2. Flat 1 of floor 2 is immediately above flat 1 of floor 1 and immediately below flat 1 of floor 3. Flat 2 of floor 2 is immediately above flat 2 of floor 1 and immediately below flat 2 of floor 3. Flat 1 is exactly to the west of Flat 2. Each person likes a different colour – Blue, Black, White, Red, Pink and Green.

M lives on an even-numbered floor. The one who lives just below M in the same-named flat likes white colour. One floor is between the one who likes white colour and the one who likes green colour. M and the one who likes green colour do not live in the same-named flat. O lives two floors above P. O and P do not live in the same-named flat. N likes green colour. R does not like white colour and no one lives east of R. O, P and M do not like red colour. P and M do not like pink colour. The one who likes red colour and the one who likes black colour do not live in the same-named flat.

Which of the following options is correct?

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Six persons – M, N, O, P, Q and R – are living in a three-floor building (but not necessarily in the same order). The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor just above it is numbered 2 and so on. Each floor has 2 flats, i.e., Flat 1 and Flat 2. Flat 1 of floor 2 is immediately above flat 1 of floor 1 and immediately below flat 1 of floor 3. Flat 2 of floor 2 is immediately above flat 2 of floor 1 and immediately below flat 2 of floor 3. Flat 1 is exactly to the west of Flat 2. Each person likes a different colour – Blue, Black, White, Red, Pink and Green.

M lives on an even-numbered floor. The one who lives just below M in the same-named flat likes white colour. One floor is between the one who likes white colour and the one who likes green colour. M and the one who likes green colour do not live in the same-named flat. O lives two floors above P. O and P do not live in the same-named flat. N likes green colour. R does not like white colour and no one lives east of R. O, P and M do not like red colour. P and M do not like pink colour. The one who likes red colour and the one who likes black colour do not live in the same-named flat.

Who lives on the third floor in flat 2?

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Six persons – M, N, O, P, Q and R – are living in a three-floor building (but not necessarily in the same order). The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor just above it is numbered 2 and so on. Each floor has 2 flats, i.e., Flat 1 and Flat 2. Flat 1 of floor 2 is immediately above flat 1 of floor 1 and immediately below flat 1 of floor 3. Flat 2 of floor 2 is immediately above flat 2 of floor 1 and immediately below flat 2 of floor 3. Flat 1 is exactly to the west of Flat 2. Each person likes a different colour – Blue, Black, White, Red, Pink and Green.

M lives on an even-numbered floor. The one who lives just below M in the same-named flat likes white colour. One floor is between the one who likes white colour and the one who likes green colour. M and the one who likes green colour do not live in the same-named flat. O lives two floors above P. O and P do not live in the same-named flat. N likes green colour. R does not like white colour and no one lives east of R. O, P and M do not like red colour. P and M do not like pink colour. The one who likes red colour and the one who likes black colour do not live in the same-named flat.

Which of the following options is correct regarding P?

In each question below, some statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

Only a few flowers are tree.

Some orange are mango.

No tree are mango.

Some orange are not tree.

Conclusions:

I. Some flowers are orange.

II. All tree can be orange.

In each question below, some statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

No GA is PA.

Some PA are NA.

Only a few GA are TA.

Only PA are WA.

Conclusions:

I. No WA are NA.

II. All TA can be PA.

In each question below, some statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

All home is bricks.

Some bricks are not cement.

Only a few cement are sand.

Some sand are not steel.

Conclusions:

I. All home can be steel.

II. Some bricks are not sand.

In each question below, some statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

Only a few laddu are peda.

All peda are kaju ketli.

All kaju ketli is jalebi.

Some jalebi are samosa.

Conclusions:

I. No laddu is samosa.

II. No peda being samosa is a possibility.

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Five persons A, E, I, O and U were born in five different years – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003 – but not necessarily in the same order. They all belong to five different cities – Lucknow, Mumbai, Ayodhya, Delhi and Surat.

The one who belongs to Surat was born after 2000. Two persons were born between the one who belongs to Surat and the one who belongs to Ayodhya. One person was born between the one who belongs to Ayodhya and the one who is from Lucknow. A was born before O and U. E was born before I, who was not born after A. Neither O nor U is from Lucknow. The one who was born somewhere before U belongs to Delhi.

Who belongs to Surat?