How many persons go on holiday before Ram ........

Logical Reasoning(SBI-CL) Puzzle Test

Direction: Eight persons Paro, Runa, Sona, Kim,Harry, Ram, Geet and Monu are going for seven days holiday on different months of same year i.e. January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August. All information is not necessarily in same order.

Harry goes in the month of August. Sona goes in the month which has odd number of days. Geet goes just after the month in which Sona goes. Three persons goes between Monu and Sona. Runa goes in the month which has even number of days but not in February. Two persons goes between Kim and Ram, who does not go in the month which have odd number of days. Ram does not go in February. Paro does not go after Kim.

How many persons go on holiday before Ram?

This questions was previously asked in

SBI Clerk Pre 2022 (Shift 2)

View All SBICler Previous Year Papers

Five

Two

Four

Three

One

Explanation:

Let’s break it down:

- We’ve got 8 people, but only 7 months (January to August), so two must travel together in the same month.

- Harry is set for August.

- Sona picks a month with an odd number of days. Let’s call out the relevant ones: January, March, May, July.

- Geet goes just after Sona.

- Monu and Sona have three people between them.

- Runa chooses an even-day month, but not February. (So: April or June)

- Kim and Ram are separated by two people.

- Ram *cannot* go on a 31-day month or February.

- Paro doesn’t go after Kim.

Let’s piece it together, focusing on Ram:

- Odd months: Jan (31), Mar (31), May (31), Jul (31)

- Even months: Feb (28), Apr (30), Jun (30), Aug (31)

- Ram must go on Apr or Jun (since Feb/odd months are out), and not Feb.

Play out the options, and you’ll see:

A possible lineup puts Ram in June (e.g., Jan–Sona, Feb–Geet, Mar–Monu, Apr–Paro, May–Kim, Jun–Ram, Jul–Runa, Aug–Harry). This means five people go before Ram.

So:

- Option 1: Five

- Option 2: Two

- Option 3: Four

- Option 4: Three

- Option 5: One

The correct answer is Option 1: Five.