Puzzle for SBI, IBPS and other Banking Exams

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

D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are eight college friends who are sitting around the circular table. They all are meeting after a long time. Four of them are facing towards the center and four of them are facing away from the center. All of them belong to different states viz. Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Assam, but not necessarily in the same order.

G faces away from the center. Both the immediate neighbors of G do not face away from the center. H sits third to the right of I. I belongs to Uttar Pradesh and faces away from the center. H faces towards the center and he is from Gujarat. Both the immediate neighbors of H face away from the center and belong to Karnataka and Uttarakhand. F sits third to the left of I. The one who belongs to Karnataka sits opposite to I. The one who belongs to Maharashtra is not the immediate neighbor of I and faces away from the center.The one who belongs to Haryana only sits between K and I. E faces away from the center and does not belong to Maharashtra. D sits second to the left of F and does not belong to Haryana or Assam.

Q1. Who among the following sits immediate left to K?

(a) F

(b) D

(c) Can’t be determined

(d) K

(e) J

Q2. Who among the following belongs to Rajasthan?

(a) K

(b) D

(c) F

(d) G

(e) None of these

Q3. Which of the following statements is true about K?

(a) He sits second to the left of I.

(b) He sits third to the left of E.

(c) He belongs to either Maharashtra or Karnataka.

(d) J and I   are his immediate neighbors.

(e) His immediate neighbors belong to Gujarat and Haryana.

Q4. Who among the following sits third to the right of J?

(a) D

(b) E

(c) F

(d) G

(e) I

Q5. Which of the following combinations is true?

(a) D-Uttar Pradesh

(b) H-Assam

(c) K-Uttarakhand

(d) I-Karnataka

(e) None of these

1.Ans.(e)

2.Ans.(b)

3.Ans.(e)

4.Ans.(d)

5.Ans.(c)