ibps-so 2018 · Question 290 of 356

It was remarked in the discussion that one of the traditional fuels was not con ned to the villages, and the number of town households using it was called for. How many of the households using cow-dung cake as their principal cooking fuel are not rural households?

1. A720
2. B1080
3. C800
4. D900Correct
5. E960 Directions (Q26–Q30) : The District Consultative Committee convened by the Lead Bank of a district met in the conference hall of the Collectorate, and the o cer who drew up the minutes recorded both the places the members took at the table and the conveyance by which each of them had reached the venue. Study the following information with care and then answer the questions that have been framed upon it. Eight persons – Anagha, Brijmohan, Charulata, Devidutt, Gargi, Hemadri, Kanishka and Mandakini – are seated about a square table, two of them upon each of the four sides of the table. Those who are seated upon the northern side and upon the southern side of the table are facing the centre of the table, while those who are seated upon the eastern side and upon the western side of the table are facing away from the centre of the table. Each of the eight reached the venue by a di erent conveyance, namely the autorickshaw, the bicycle, the city bus, the ferry, the metro rail, the scooter, the taxi and the tram, though not necessarily in that order. Going round the table in the clockwise sense the eight seats stand in the following order : the western seat of the northern side, the eastern seat of the northern side, the northern seat of the eastern side, the southern seat of the eastern side, the eastern seat of the southern side, the western seat of the southern side, the southern seat of the western side, and the northern seat of the western side. It follows that a person who is facing the centre of the table has upon his or her left hand the seat that comes next in the clockwise sense, whereas a person who is facing away from the centre of the table has upon his or her right hand the seat that comes next in the clockwise sense. (i) Anagha sits upon the eastern side of the table. (ii) Charulata sits second to the left of Anagha. (iii) Hemadri sits immediately to the left of Charulata. (iv) Gargi sits upon the southern side of the table. (v) Devidutt sits immediately to the right of Gargi. (vi) Mandakini sits second to the right of Gargi. (vii) Brijmohan sits upon the western side of the table. (viii) Kanishka sits immediately to the right of Brijmohan. (ix) Anagha reached the venue by the tram. (x) The one who reached the venue by the taxi sits immediately to the right of the one who reached the venue by the tram. (xi) The one who reached the venue by the city bus sits second to the right of the one who reached the venue by the tram. (xii) Charulata reached the venue by the metro rail. (xiii) The one who reached the venue by the ferry sits immediately to the left of the one who reached the venue by the metro rail. (xiv) The one who reached the venue by the scooter and the one who reached the venue by the autorickshaw are both seated upon the western side of the table, and the one who reached the venue by the auto-rickshaw sits immediately to the right of the one who reached the venue by the scooter.