Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and X are eight people who have qualified the IBPS CWE specialist officer written exam. They all have applied for different posts like Rajbhasha Adhikari, Chartered Accountant, HR officer, Technical officer, Law officer, Agriculture officer, Marketing officer and Finance Executive but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them is sitting around a circular table facing the centre.
X sits third to the left of the person who has applied for the Technical post. The one who has applied for Finance sits second to the left of the one who has applied for the post of Rajbhasha Adhikari. Only one person sits between S and the one who has applied for Law officer.
V sits second to the right of the person who has applied for the post of HR officer. The one who has applied for the post of Marketing is an immediate neighbour of the person who has applied for the post of HR officer. Two people sit between the person who has applied for the post of Marketing and R. U and S are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither U nor S is an immediate neighbour of either R or the person who has applied for the post of HR officer. The person who has applied for the post of Agriculture officer sits second to the right of T. T is neither the person who has applied for the post of HR nor Marketing officer.
R is not the person who has applied for Chartered Accountant. W and the person who has applied for the post of chartered accountant are immediate neighbours of each other. Only 1 person sits between S and the person who applied for the post of Law officer.
Q.1. If all the persons are made to sit in an alphabetical order from Q, then how many persons change their initial positions (excluding Q)?
1. None
2. One
3. Two
4. Three
5. More than Three
Q.2. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?
1. Q has applied for the post of Marketing.
2. Only two people sit between W and Q.
3. The person who has applied for the post of CA and the post of Technical is an immediate neighbour.
4. R sits third to the right of V.
5. None of these.
Q.3. Who amongst the following has applied for the post of Law officer?
1. T
2. S
3. V
4. U
5. W
Q.4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that doesn’t belong to that group?
1. X-Technical
2. S-Rajbhasha
3. T-Marketing
4. U-Agriculture
5. Q- Charted Accountant
Q.5. Who amongst the following sits second to the left of R?
1. S
2. X
3. The person applied for the post of Technical.
4. The person applied for the post of Finance.
5. Q
Q.6. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word OBJECTIVE each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
1.None
2.One
3.Two
4.Three
5.More than three
Q.7. If each consonant in the word TOLERANT is replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet and each vowel in the word is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet and the new set of letters are arranged alphabetically, which of the following will be the fourth from the right end after the replacement?
1. M
2. P
3. Q
4. K
5. None of these
Q.8-10. Study the following information to answer the given questions:
In the following questions, the Symbols α, ∑ ,Ω ,∞ and β are used with the following
meaning as illustrated below:
'P Ω Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'.
'P α Q' means 'P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q'.
'P β Q' means 'P is not greater than Q'.
'P ∑ Q' means 'P is not smaller than Q'.
'P ∞ Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q'.
Now in each of the following questions, assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the four conclusions I, II, III and IV given below them is/are definitely true and give your answers accordingly.
Q.8. Statements:
H α J, J ∞N, N β R, R α W
Conclusions:
I. WΩN
II. WΩH
III. R∞J
IV. R α J
1. Only I is true
2. Only II is true
3. Only III is true
4. Only IV is true
5. Only either III or IV is true
Q.9. Statements:
B β D, D α F, F Ω M. M αN
Conclusions:
I. B Ω F
II. Mβ D
III. N Ω F
IV. Dβ N
1. None is true
2. Only Iis true
3. Only II is true
4. Only III is true
5. None of these
Q.10. Statements:
R ∞ T, Tα M, M Ω K, K β V
Conclusions:
I. V α M
II. V β T
III. M Ω R
IV. K αR
1. Only I and II are true
2. Only I and III are true
3. Only II and IV are true
4. Only I, III and IV are true
5. None of these
ANSWER KEY
Q.1. (4) Q.2. (3) Q.3. (1) Q.4. (3) Q.5. (4) Q-6. (4) Q-7. (2) Q.-8. (3) Q.9. (1) Q.10. (2)
