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IBPS PO Prelims 2016 - Reasoning

IBPS PO Prelims 2016 - Reasoning - Important Points


1.

Directions (1-5): Study the given information carefully to answer the given question.
M, N, O, P, Q, R and Sare seven people live on seven different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lower most floor of the building is numbered 1, the one above that is numbered 2 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each one of them have different income i.e. 3500, 15000, 7500, 9000, 11000, 13500 and 5000. (But not necessarily in the same order.)

M lives on an odd numbered floor but not on the floor numbered 3. The one who has income of 11000 lives immediately above M. Only two people live between M and the one who has income of 7500. The one who has income of 15000 lives on one of the odd numbered floors above P. Only three people live between O and the one who has income of 15000. The one who has income of 7500 lives immediately above O. R earns 4000 more than Q. The one who has income of 3500 lives immediately above the one who has income of 5000.Only one person lives between N and Q. N lives on one of the floors above Q. Neither O nor M has income of 9000. Q does not has income of 7500.

How much income M has?

A. 13500

B. 5000

C. 7500

D. 15000

E. 3500

Discuss Work Space

Answer: option d

Explanation:

FLOOR

PERSON

SUBJECTS

7

S

9000

6

N

11000

5

M

15000

4

Q

3500

3

P

5000

2

R

7500

1

O

13500


2. Which of the following combinations is true with respect to the given arrangement?

A. 13500 - O

B. 15000 - R

C. 5000 - S

D. 11000 - P

E. 9000 - N

Discuss Work Space

Answer: option a

Explanation:

Refer the table given in solution for Question 1.

3. If all the people are made to sit in alphabetical order from top to bottom, the positions of how many people will remain unchanged?

A. Four

B. None

C. Two

D. One

E. Three

Discuss Work Space

Answer: option c

Explanation:

Refer the table given in solution for Question 1.

4. Which of the following statements is true with respect to the given arrangement ?

A. The one who has income of 5000 lives immediately below M.

B. Rhas income of 15000.

C. None of the given options is true.

D. Only four people live between P and S.

E. S lives immediately below Q.

Discuss Work Space

Answer: option c

Explanation:

Refer the table given in solution for Question 1.

5. Who amongst the following lives on the floor numbered 2?

A. N

B. The one who has income of 3500

C. The one who has income of 5000

D. P

E. R

Discuss Work Space

Answer: option e

Explanation:

Refer the table given in solution for Question 1.


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