(Papers) IBPS : Specialist Officers Prelims Exam Paper -2017

Direction (1-5): Study the information given below and answer the questions based on it.

8 friends A, I, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line facing north and south direction. Among them four are facing south, while four are facing north. They play different games Swimming, Cricket, Kabaddi, Hockey, Tennis, Volleyball, Basketball and Chess.

The following information is given about them:

1) I who plays chess sits exactly between D and the person who plays Kabaddi.
2) The person who plays tennis faces north and is to the immediate right of the person who plays Swimming.
3) C and D are not the immediate neighbours of G. They do not sit at the extreme ends of the row.
4) The person who plays hockey sits at one of the ends and is second to the right of G who faces south. A does not like to play cricket.
5) The person who plays cricket is third to the left of the person who plays volleyball.
6) Also, C does not play Kabaddi. E faces south.
7) H is second to the right of the person who plays basketball.
8) A is to the immediate right of the person who faces north.
9) Exactly one person sits between D and C. C faces south.

1. The person to the immediate left of C plays which of the following games?
A. Swimming
B. Cricket
C. Tennis
D. Basketball
E. Kabaddi

2. Who sits exactly between I and the person who plays volleyball?
A. G
B. D
C. H
D. F
E. None of these

3. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The person second to the left of D faces north
B. Exactly one person sits between I and C
C. The person to the immediate right of A plays hockey.
D. F faces south
E. None of these

4. Who plays cricket?
A. D
B. E
C. G
D. F
E. A

5. Four of the following five are alike and hence form a group. Which of the following five does not belong to the group?
A. FA
B. DH
C. CE
D. IG
E. AD

Direction (6-9): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven different boxes of different colours i.e. black, silver, red, pink, yellow, white and green but not necessarily in the same order. Box S is immediately above yellow colour box. More than three boxes are there between pink and silver colour box. There are two boxes between the box Q and box T. There is only one box between box T and box W. There are three boxes between box W and box P, which is of black colour. There are only two boxes between box P and box R, which is of white colour. The silver colour box is immediately above the box W. More than three boxes are there between yellow and pink colour box. T is of red colour box.

6. How many boxes are there between green colour box and silver colour box?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
E. None

7. Box Q is of which colour?
A. Silver
B. Green
C. Yellow
D. Black
E. Pink

8. Which box is placed immediately above red colour box?
A. P
B. S
C. R
D. T
E. W

9. How many boxes are there between box W and box Q?
A. None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three
E. Four

10. Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Seven persons Tina, Vini, Yasir, Rishi, Sanya,Pankaj and Urmila live on the separate floors of a 7- floor building. Ground floor is number one; second floor is number two and so on. Each of them goes to a city viz. Paris,Istanbul, Shanghai, Durban, London, Madrid and Dubai but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people live above the floor on which Sanya lives. Only one person lives between Sanya and the one who goes to Paris. Vini lives just below the person who goes to Madrid. Only three people live between the one who goes to Paris and London. The person who goes to Madrid lives on an even numbered floor. Urmila lives just above Rishi. Urmila does not go to London. Only two persons live between Pankaj and the one who goes to Durban. Pankaj lives above the person who goes to Durban. Yasir does not go to Istanbul. Tina does not live just above or just below Sanya. The one who goes to Shanghai does not live just above or just below Pankaj.
Who among the following lives on floor number 7?

A. Tina
B. Yasir
C. Pankaj
D. Urmila
E. Vini