Reasoning Ability Questions for IBPS Clerk Mains

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Ten persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing 5 persons each in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In the 1st row E, F, G, H and I are sitting and all of them are facing south. In the 2nd row T, U, V, W and Z are sitting, but not necessarily in the same order. In the given seating arrangement each member sitting in a row faces another member of the other row.

The one who is an immediate neighbour of H is facing W. F does not sit at the extremen ends of the row. V and Z are immediate neighbours. Only one person sits between I and G. Z sits second to the left of the person who faces I. E faces the person who is on the immediate left of Z. T sits at the left end of the row. E and H are not immediate neighbours.

1.Who among the following sits between G and I? (2)

1) H                                    2) F                                     3) E                       4) T                          5) None of these

2.Who among the following faces G? (4)

1)   U                                  2)   V                                  3) H                       4) Z                          5) None of these

3.Who among the following sits second to the right of the person who faces U? (1)

1) F                                    2) I                                      3) W                      4) V                         5) None of these

4.How many persons sit between E and H? (3)

1) One                                2) Two                                3) Three                4) Can’t be determined          5) None of these

5.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? (5)

1)   GZ                                2) FV                                  3) WI                     4) UH                      5) EV