RRB PO Prelims Puzzles & Seating Arrangement Questions

Have you started preparing for the upcoming RRB PO prelims 2022 exam? If not yet, its time to carch up. Check out our free mock test which gives you access to different types of questions which may come in the RRB PO prelims exam. The RRB PO Pre exam is schedued from 7th August, 2022 which is approaching soon, thus don’t sit and wait for the exam date. When we are talking about RRB PO Prelims, let’s talk about reasoning section preferrably. Is you reasoning section requires a bit of effort? If yes then you have landed at the right spot as here we are discussing two important topics of this section which includes puzzles and seating arrangement. Check out RRB PO Prelims puzzles & seating arrangement questions here and practice these high level questions.

Puzzles are basically some information given in the sequence which are to be arranged systematically. In puzzles the information is given in a jumbled format. The only way to solve these types of questions is by using the logical ability. Though, there are no set rules as how these problems can be solved, but only practice is the solution. Practice more and more puzzles and seating arrangement questions and which is why we have come up with RRB PO Prelims puzzles and seating arrangement questions. Practice these new types of questions in order to train your mind to solve these questions well.

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RRB PO Prelims Puzzles & Seating Arrangement Questions

Directions (1-5): Answer the questions based on the information given below:

Seven boxes A, B, C, D, E, F and G are placed one above the other like a stack.  Each of these boxes contains different number of shirts among 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. The bottommost box is numbered 1 and the topmost box is numbered 7.

Box with 7 shirts is not below B. Four boxes are below C, which has maximum number of shirts. G is three boxes above the box with 6 shirts.Box with 5 shirts is adjacent to G but not even numbered. Box with 8 shirts is two boxes above F.G doesn’t contain 8 shirts.B is immediately above D. Box with 9 shirts is immediately above A.

Common Solution:

Starting Point: First we shall consider the direct clue, then try to place G as more positive clues are given about G.

Clues:

Box with 5 shirts is adjacent to G but not even numbered, so case I is rejected.

Box with 8 shirts is two boxes above F.

Inference:

Either box 7 or box 3 contains 5 shirts.

Box 4 contains 8 shirts and F is box 2.

Case II:

Case III:

Clues:

G doesn’t contain 8 shirts, so case III is rejected.

B is immediately above D.

Box with 7 shirts is not below B.

Box with 9 shirts is immediately above A.

Inference:

B contains 8 shirts and D contains 6 shirts.

G contains 7 shirts

F contains 9 shirts.

A is the bottommost box and E is the topmost box.

The final table is given below:

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Question 1: How many boxes are below E?

a. Two

b. Five

c. Four

d. Six

e. None of these

Answer: d

Solution: Six boxes are below E.

Hence, option d.

Question 2: B contains ___ shirts.

a. 5

b. 8

c. 9

d. 6

e. None of these

Answer: b

Solution: B contains 8 shirts.

Hence, option b.

Question 3: ___ contains three shirts less than F.

a. A

b. D

c. E

d. F

e. None of these

Answer: b

Solution: D contains 6 shirts and F contains 9 shirts.

Hence, option b.

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Question 4: Sum of total number of shirts in A and E is ____.

a. 15

b. 18

c. 17

d. 16

e. None of these

Answer: a

Solution: A has 10 shirts and E is 5 shirts.

Sum = (10 + 5) = 15

Hence, option a.

Question 5: Find the odd one out:

a. F

b. D

c. A

d. B

e. C

Answer: e

Solution: Among the given boxes, only C contains prime number of shirts.

Hence, option e.

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Directions (6-10): Answer the questions based on the information given below:

Certain numbers of persons sit in a straight row facing south. Two persons sit between L and B, who sits adjacent to K. P sits 2^nd from one of the extreme ends. L doesn’t sit at any extreme end.One person sits between L and T, who sits 3^rd to the right of R.Number of persons between K and R is equal to the number of persons to the left of T.Two persons sit to the right of K. Four persons sit between P and U.

Common Solution:

Starting Point: We will first consider the direct clues and try to place L and B in order to get least number of cases, so B sits either immediate left of K or immediate right of K.

Case I: B sits immediate left of K:

Case II: B sits immediate right of K:

Clues:

One person sits between L and T, who sits 3^rd to the right of R.

Number of persons between K and R is equal to the number of persons to the left of T.

Inference:

T sits 3^rd to the left of R or 3^rd to the right of R.

Either 13 or 9 or 17 persons sit in the row.

Case I: B sits immediate left of K:

Case II: B sits immediate right of K:

Case II(a):

Case II(b):

Clues:

P sits 2^nd from one of the extreme ends.

Four persons sit between P and U, this is not possible in case I and case II(a), so case I and case II(a) are rejected.

Inference:

P sits 4^th to the left of R.

U sits immediate right of R.

17 persons sit in the row.

The final seating arrangement is given below:

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Question 6: Who sits 2^nd to the right of U?

a. B

b. R

c. L

d. T

e. None of the above

Answer: d

Solution: T sits 2^nd to the right of U.

Hence, option d.

Question 7: Who sits exactly in the middle of the row?

a. Unknown person

b. T

c. U

d. L

e. None of the above

Answer: b

Solution: T sits exactly in the middle of the row.

Hence, option b.

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Question 8: How many persons sit in the row?

a. 13

b. 19

c. 15

d. 21

e. None of the above

Answer: e

Solution: 17 persons sit in the row.

Hence, option e.

Question 9: If C sits 2^nd to the right of R, what is the position of U with respect to C?

a. Immediate left

b. 3^rd to the right

c. Immediate right

d. 2^nd to the left

e. None of the above

Answer: a

Solution: If B sits 2^nd to the right of R, then U sits immediate left of C.

Hence, option a.

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Question 10: How many persons sit between P and L?

a. Six

b. Eight

c. Nine

d. Five

e. None of the above

Answer: b

Solution: Eight persons sit between P and L.

Hence, option b.

This brings us to the end of the blog. We hope that these practice questions will be all good to you in terms of giving an idea as how and what kinds of new questions will be asked in the upcoming RRB PO Prelims 2022 exam which is falling in the month of August.

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