New Pattern Reasoning Questions | BOB PO 2017 | 23.04.2017

Direction (1-5) : Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

There are Seven different TV Shops – A, B, C, D, E, F and G sold TVs starting from Monday to Sunday (of the same week) not necessarily in same order. The number of TVs sold by the Seven TV shops in seven different days are 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 15 and 27 (not necessarily in same order). 

 The Shop ‘A’ sold TVs on one of the days after Friday. On Wednesday, the number of TVs sold are 12. The difference between the number of TVs sold on Monday and Friday is the multiple of the number 7 

 There are two shops between the shop F and the shop which one sold 4TVs. Shop B sold TVs on one of the days immediately before the shop that sold 9 TVs. There are two shops between B and G. 

 There are three shops between the shop F and D. C not sold the least number of TVs. The sum of TVs sold on Wednesday and Saturday is more than ten and the sum equals to the number of TVs sold on Friday. 

 The difference between the number of TVs sold by Shop B and G is less than five. The Shop which sold 9 TVs not on Friday.The shop F sold the TVs on one of the days after the shop which sold 4TVs. 

 The shop which sold more than 12 TVs(not an odd number) is immediately after the one which one sold 12 TVs. Shop F sold more number of TVs than Shop D.

1. Which of the following is sold by Shop A? 

A. 12 B. 15 C. 27 D. 6 E. 9 

2. Which of the following combinations of “Shop – Day” is True with respect to the given arrangement? 

A. E – Friday B. A – Saturday C. C – Thursday D. B – Friday E. E – Thursday 

3. Which of the following shop sold TV’s immediately after A? 

A. D B. E C. F D. G E. None 

4. In this arrangement, A is related to Monday, F is related to Wednesday then B is related to? 

A. Tuesday 

B. Friday 

C. None of the given options is true. 

D. Saturday 

E. Sunday Answer Answer – A. Tuesday 

5. Which among the following shop sold TVs in Monday? 

A. B B. C C. A D. D E. F

Direction (6-9) : Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions. 

Seven persons – A, B, C, D, E, F and G live on seven different floors of a building but not necessarily in same order. Lowermost floor of building is numbered 1, one above that is numbered 2 and so on till top most floor is numbered 7. Each one of them also own different brands of Car, namely Fiat, Hyundai, Honda, Skoda, Toyoto, Ford and Chevrolet.(but not necessarily in same order). All of them went to tour on seven different days starting from Monday to Sunday(of the same week) 

 A lives an odd numbered floor but not on floor numbered Three. Only two persons live between D and the one who owns Toyoto. The one who owns Honda lives immediately above C. The one who owns Toyoto went to tour on one of the days before Thursday. 

 The one who owns Hyundai lives on odd numbered floors above D. B lives on the floors above E. Only three persons live between C and the one who owns Hyundai. The person who went to tour on Friday owns Fiat Car. 

 The one who owns Fiat lives immediately above the one who owns Chevrolet. G lives on an odd numbered floor. E does not own Honda. D went to tour on Sunday 

 Only one person lives between B and E. The one who owns Toyoto lives immediately above A. Neither C nor A owns Skoda. The one who went to tour on Wednesday immediately after the one who owns Hyundai. 

 The one who owns Honda went to tour immediately before the one who lives in floor no 3. There are two persons live between the floor no 4 and the person who went to tour on Wednesday. The one who went to tour on Wednesday is not C.

6. Which of the following car does A own? 

A. Skoda B. Toyoto C. Fiat D. Hyundai E. Ford 

7. Which of the following combinations is True with respect to the given arrangement? 

A. Ford – C B. Hyundai – F C. Chevrolet – G D. Fiat – D E. Ford – B 

8. If all the persons are made to sit in alphabetical order from top to bottom, positions of how many persons will remain unchanged? 

A. Four B. None C. Two D. One E. Three 

9. Which of the following statements is True with respect to the given arrangement? 

A. The one who owns Honda went to tour on the day immediately after E. 

B. F likes Fiat 

C. None of the given options is true. 

D. Only four persons live between D and G 

E. G lives immediately below E. 

Directions (10-11): In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Give answer:

(a) if only I follows.

(b) if either I or II follows.

(c) if neither I nor II follows.

(d) if both I and II follow.

(e) if only II follows.

Q10. Statement: Majority of the students in many schools do not pass in the final examination.

Courses of Action:

I. These schools should be closed down as these have become unproductive.

II. The teachers of these schools should immediately be retrenched.

Q11. Statement: There has been a substantial drop in the number of people opting for new telephone connection from the public sector telephone company in the recent months.

Courses of Action:

I. The public sector telephone company should immediately set up a committee to identify the reasons for the drop.

II. The public sector telephone company should offer new schemes with value-added services to woo the new clients.