Reasoning Questions for SBI PO Clerks

Directions (1-5): Read the following information and answer the questions that follow:
There is an eight-member committee heading a housing society. There are four sectors – A, B, C and D. Two members represent each sector. The members are – M, N, O, P, R, S, T and U. The names of the members are not necessarily in the same order as the names of the sector. The members are from different professions. Those professions are — Singer, Tailor, Artist, Dentist, Writer, Designer, Businessman, and Physician. During a dinner they all sit around a table facing towards center of the table.
No two representatives of the same sector are sitting adjacent to each other except those of sector B. Representatives of sector A are sitting opposite each other. The Dentist is sitting on the immediate left of the Physician. R is neither the Physician nor the Artist. U, the Designer, represents sector C. U is sitting on the immediate left of N, who represents sector B. N is not the Artist. S is writer and he is neither from sector A nor C nor D. S is sitting opposite T. M is Tailor and sitting between the T who is dentist and the one who is Businessman. Both the representatives of sector D are sitting adjacent to representatives of sector A.

1. Who is the Singer?                                                                               (1)

  1. (1) N
  2. (2) P
  3. (3) O
  4. (4) Data inadequate
  5. (5) None of these

2. What is the profession of O?                                                      (4)

  1. (1) Physician
  2. (2) Artist
  3. (3) Singer
  4. (4) Either (a) or (b)
  5. (5) None of these

3. Who among the following represent sector A?                                                        (1)

  1. (1) O and P
  2. (2) R and U
  3. (3) M and S
  4. (4) Data inadequate
  5. (5) None of these

4. Who is sitting opposite to one who is Designer?                                                        (3)

  1. (1) Physician
  2. (2) Dentist
  3. (3) Businessman
  4. (4) Data inadequate
  5. (5) None of these

5. Who among the following represent sector D?                                                                   (4)

  1. (1) O and P
  2. (2) R and U
  3. (3) M and S
  4. (4) T and R
  5. (5) Data inadequate