Reasoning Quiz for IBPS| IPPB – 262

Six People – A, C, D, E, F, and G live in eight different floors of building (but not necessarily in the same order). Two of the floors in the building are 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 also likes a different brands of perfumes, namely Adidas, Axe, Fogg, Gillette, Nivea and NIKE (but not necessarily in the same order).

The number of floors above F is same as the number of floors between F and D. F lives an odd numbered floor above the floor numbered four. There are three people live between the two vacant floors. Only three floors between D and the one who likes Gillette. The one who likes Nivea lives immediately above G. Only three floors between G and A. The one who likes NIKE lives immediately above the one who likes Adidas. C lives immediately above the one who likes Fogg. The number of floors between F and the one who likes AXE is only one. The one who likes AXE perfume immediately below the one of the vacant floors. The floor number of the vacant floors are even – number. Only two floors are there between the one who likes NIKE and Gillette. C lived immediately below the one of the vacant floors and not on the ground floor. C neither lived on floor number 5 nor floor number 3. The one who likes Axe live on one of the floors below the floor number 4.
Explanation

1)Which of the following Statements is true with respect to the given information?
A)G lives immediately above the one who likes Gillette
B)E lives immediately above C
C)Only three people live between F and the one who likes NIKE.
D)D likes Fogg.
E)All the given statements are true.

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Answer A)G lives immediately above the one who likes Gillette

2)Who amongst the following lives exactly between the fourth floor and the one who likes Adidas Perfume?
A)B, C
B)G, D
C)F, G
D)A, B
E)E, A

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Answer E)E, A

3)Which of the following pair represents vacant floors?
A)4, 6
B)2, 6
C)4, 8
D)2, 8
E)6, 8

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Answer C)4, 8

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 – Nivea
B)C – Gillette
C)F – Nivea
D)E – Adidas
E)D – AXE

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Answer A)G – Nivea

5)How many people live between C and E?
A)Four
B)Three
C)None
D)Five
E)Two

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Answer E)Two

(Q6-10Following are the criteria for selecting team leader for the software company XYZ.
The candidate should

(i) have a work experience of at least four years as an Associate Engineer.
(ii) be fluent in English.
(iii) have scored at least 90% in the interview.
(iv) know either Telugu or Hindi.
(v) be at least 30 years and not more than 40 years as on 01-12-2013.

If the candidate satisfies all the above criteria, the candidate may be selected. If the candidate fulfills all the criteria except,

(a) criterion (i), but has a work experience of at least five years as a Testing Engineer, then he/she is referred to Senior Software Engineer.

(b) criterion (v), but has a work experience of at least nine years as a Software Engineer then he/she is referred to Manager.

Based on the above information and data given in each question, you have to decide the course of action. You are not to assume anything. The following information is provided as on 01-12-2013.
If you are not able to decide the course of action because of insufficient data, your answer is ‘data is inadequate’. Mark your answer as,

6)Bheem has scored 92% in the interview and he is fluent in English. He has six years of work experience as an Associate Engineer and knows Hindi. He was born in 30th March 1981.
A)if the candidate is to be rejected.
B)if the candidate may be selected.
C)if data is inadequate to take any decision.
D)if the candidate is to be referred to the Manager.
E)if the candidate is to be referred to the Senior Software Engineer.

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Answer B)if the candidate may be selected.

7)Seema was born in 1979 and she knows both Telugu and Hindi. She has three years of work experience as an Associate Engineer. She scored 90% in the interview and speaks English fluently. She also has six years of work experience as a Testing Engineer.
A)if the candidate is to be rejected.
B)if the candidate may be selected.
C)if data is inadequate to take any decision.
D)if the candidate is to be referred to the Manager.
E)if the candidate is to be referred to the Senior Software Engineer.

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Answer E)if the candidate is to be referred to the Senior Software Engineer

8)Charu scored 90% in the interview and is fluent in English. She knows Telugu and is 34 years old. She has ten years of work experience as a Software Engineer and has six years of work experience as a Testing engineer.
A)if the candidate is to be rejected.
B)if the candidate may be selected.
C)if data is inadequate to take any decision.
D)if the candidate is to be referred to the Manager.
E)if the candidate is to be referred to the Senior Software Engineer.

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Answer C)if data is inadequate to take any decision.

9)Gourav was born on 10th September 1985. He has six years of work experience as an Associate Engineer, and is fluent in English. He knows both Hindi and English and scored 85% in the interview. He has nine years work experience as a Software Engineer.
A)if the candidate is to be rejected.
B)if the candidate may be selected.
C)if data is inadequate to take any decision.
D)if the candidate is to be referred to the Manager.
E)if the candidate is to be referred to the Senior Software Engineer.

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Answer A)if the candidate is to be rejected.

10)Prekshi has a nine years of work experience as a Software Engineer and knows Telugu. She is fluent in English and has five years of work experience as an Associate Engineer and scored 97% in the interview. Her age is 41 years.
A)if the candidate is to be rejected.
B)if the candidate may be selected.
C)if data is inadequate to take any decision.
D)if the candidate is to be referred to the Manager.
E)if the candidate is to be referred to the Senior Software Engineer.

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Answer D)if the candidate is to be referred to the Manager.

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