Puzzles for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 (Day - 13)

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

T-20 World Cup is being organized by Australia. Different teams are participating in the T-20 World Cup. There are some new teams which are also participating in this T-20 for the first time. Seven new teams which are participating for the first time are – Afghanistan, Nepal, UAE, Australia, Netherlands, Hong Kong and Ireland. They will be playing there practice matches at different places, namely Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Darwin, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart, but not necessarily in the same order, on different days of the week, starting from Monday.

• Afghanistan will be playing at Canberra, but neither on Friday nor on Monday.

• The host country will be playing on Thursday at Brisbane.

• There is a gap of one day between Afghanistan and Australia match.

• Hong Kong will be playing the match before Ireland but after Netherlands at Adelaide on Wednesday.

• Ireland will be playing on the last day of the week.

• Nepal will be playing at Hobart.

• No match will be played at Melbourne on Monday.

• The match at Perth will be played on the last day of the week.

• The match at Darwin will be played on Tuesday.

• No match will be played at Hobart on Tuesday and Friday.

Solutions

Q1. Nepal will be playing the match on which day of the week?

(a) Friday 

(b) Tuesday 

(c) Saturday 

(d) Wednesday 

(e) Monday
Answer: (e) 

Q2. Which team will be playing the match between Saturday and after Thursday?

(a) Ireland

(b) UAE

(c) Australia

(d) Netherlands 

(e) Afghanistan 

Answer: (b) 

Q3. Which of the following combinations is true?

(a) Australia – Thursday – Brisbane

(b) Netherlands – Wednesday – Melbourne

(c) Ireland – Saturday – Perth

(d) UAE – Monday – Canberra

(e) Nepal – Friday – Darwin
Answer: (a) 

Q4. Which team will be playing in Darwin?

(a) Nepal 

(b) Australia

(c) Netherlands 

(d) Hong Kong 

(e) Ireland
Answer: (c) 

Q5. Which of the following combinations is true?

(a) Nepal – Tuesday 

(b) Hong Kong – Sunday 

(c) Netherlands – Thursday 

(d) Nepal – Monday 

(e) None of the above
Answer: (d) 

Directions (Q. 6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: 

Ten businessmen Jack Ma, Tim Cook, Phil Knight, Ginni Rometty, Jeff Bezos, David Koch, Larry Page, Sergey Bin, Mark Zuckerberg and Paul Allen are travelling by ten different airlines to ten different destinations. The Airlines are – Air India, Lufthansa, Virgin Airlines, British Airways, Go Air, Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific, Thai Airways, Fly Emirates and Air Arabia. The ten destinations are Brazil, South Africa, Sydney, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, Myanmar, Durban, Dubai and Paris, but not necessarily in the same order. 

• Tim Cook is travelling to South Africa. 

• Jeff Bezos is travelling by Go Air and going to Hong Kong. 

• The person travelling by Air Arabia is going to Paris. 

• Larry Page is travelling by Cathay Pacific. 

• Mark Zuckerberg is travelling to Dubai.

• Sergey Bin is travelling to Durban.

• David Koch is travelling to Seoul by Qatar Airways.

• Ginni Rometty is travelling by British Airways to New York. 

• Neither Jack Ma nor Tim Cook is travelling by Fly Emirates. 

• Mark Zuckerberg is not travelling by Air India or Lufthansa. 

• Jack Ma travels neither by Air India nor by Thai Airways. 

• The person who travels to Sydney is using Virgin Airlines. 

• Jack Ma is travelling to Brazil. 

• Phil Knight is travelling by Virgin Airlines and Sergey Bin by Thai Airways. 

Solutions

Q6.  Mark Zuckerberg is travelling by which airline? 

(a) Thai Airways 

(b) Go Air

(c) Air India 

(d) Other than given options

(e) Virgin Airlines
Answer: (d) 

Q7.  Larry Page is travelling to which destination? 

(a) Myanmar

(b) Dubai 

(c) Paris

(d) South Africa 

(e) Hong Kong
Answer: (a) 

Q8.  Which of the following pairs is correct? 

(a) Paul Allen – Air Arabia – Hong Kong 

(b) Sergey Bin – Thai Airways – Sydney

(c) Phil Knight – British Airways – Sydney

(d) David Koch– Qatar Airways – Seoul

(e) Larry Page –Go Air – Myanmar
Answer: (d) 

Q9. Tim Cook is travelling by which airline? 

(a) Air India

(b) Lufthansa 

(c) Thai Airways

(d) Fly Emirates 

(e) Either Air India or Lufthansa
Answer: (a) 

Q10. Jack Ma is travelling by which airline and to which destination? 

(a) Qatar Airways – Seoul

(b) British Airways – New York 

(c) Lufthansa – Sydney

(d) Lufthansa – Brazil

(e) Virgin Airlines - Sydney

Answer: (d) 

Directions (Q.11-16): Study the information and answer the given questions:

Seven people Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Robert Niro, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe and Tom Hank live on separate floors of a 7-floor building. Ground floor is numbered 1, first floor is numbered 2 and so on until the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each one of these is travelling to a different city, viz Delhi, Manchester, Paris, Corsica, Kansas, Brussels and London but not necessarily in the same order. 

Only three people live above the floor on which Johnny Depp lives. Only one person lives between Johnny Depp and the one travelling to Brussels. Russell Crowne lives immediately below the one travelling to Manchester. The one travelling to Manchester lives on an even numbered floor. Only three people live between the ones travelling to Brussels and Paris. Brad Pitt lives immediately above Robert Niro. Brad Pitt is not travelling to Paris. Only two people live between Al Pacino and the one travelling to Kansas. The one travelling to Kansas lives below the floor on which Al Pacino lives. The one travelling to Delhi does not live immediately above or immediately below Al Pacino. Kevin Spacey does not live immediately above or immediately below Johnny Depp. Tom Hank does not travel to Corsica.

Solutions

11. Which of the following is true with respect to Tom Hank as per the given information?

(a) The one who lives immediately below Tom Hank is travelling to Manchester 

(b) Tom Hank lives one floor number 7.

(c) Tom Hank lives immediately below Brad Pitt.

(d) Tom Hank lives on the lowermost floor.

(e) Tom Hank is travelling to Brussels.
Answer: (a)

12. Who among the following lives on floor number 3?

(a) The one travelling to Corsica 

(b) The one travelling to Kansas 

(c) Robert Niro

(d) Tom Hank

(e) Brad Pitt
Answer: (b)

13. Who lives on the floor immediately above Brad Pitt?

(a) Johnny Depp

(b) Al Pacino

(c) Kevin Spacey

(d) Tom Hank

(e) Russell Crowe
Answer: (e)

14. To which of the following cities is Kevin Spacey travelling?

(a) Manchester 

(b) Brussels

(c) Paris

(d) Kansas 

(e) Corsica
Answer: (e)

15. How many people live between the floors on which Kevin Spacey and the one travelling to Manchester live?

(a) None

(b) Two

(c) One 

(d) More than three 

(e) Three
Answer: (b)

16. Who among the following lives on floor number 6?

(a) The one travelling to Corsica

(b) The one travelling to Kansas

(c) Robert Niro

(d) Tom Hank

(e) Al Pacino
Answer: (e)

Directions (Q. 17-20): Study the following information to answer the given questions:

John , Freida, Selena, George, Pinto, Naomi and Jason are seven friends who left for seven different destinations — Delhi, Agra, Nainital, Bangalore, Patiala, Chandigarh and Jaipur – each one on — a different day of the week, starting from Monday. Selena left for Jaipur on Monday. Person going to Bangalore will leave on the last day of the week.  Pinto left the next day after John, who left for Chandigarh, and on the previous day of Jason. 

George left for Patiala on Friday. Freida did not leave for either Nainital or Bangalore and Jason left for Delhi.

Solutions

17. On which day of the week did Freida leave?

(a) Sunday  

(b) Saturday 

(c) Wednesday 

(d) Data inadequate 

(e) None of the above
Answer: (b)

18. Who left for Bangalore?

(a) Pinto 

(b) John

(c) Naomi

(d) Data inadequate 

(e) None of the above
Answer: (c)

19. On which day of the week did Pinto leave?

(a) Tuesday   

(b) Thursday 

(c) Sunday

(d) Wednesday 

(e) None of the above
Answer: (d)

20. Which of the following combinations of person-place is not correct?

(a) Selena-Jaipur 

(b) John-Chandigarh

(c) Pinto-Nainital

(d) Naomi-Bangalore

(e) All are correct
Answer: (e)

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