REASONING QUIZ- 36 FOR SBI CLEK & PO

REASONING QUIZ- 36 FOR SBI CLEK & PO

Directions (1-2): In each group of questions below are three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer—

(1) If only conclusion I follows.

(2) If only conclusion II follows

(3) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

(4) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

(5) If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

Statements (1-2):

No apple is a melon.

All melons are onions.

All apples are groundnuts.

1. Conclusions:

I. Some groundnuts are not onions.

II. All melons are groundnuts is a Possibility.

2. Conclusions:

I. Some melon which are groundnuts are also a part of onions

II. No onion is apple.

Directions: In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, &, * and # are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:

‘A & B’ means ‘A is not smaller than B’

‘A # B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’

‘A @ B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor equal to B’

‘A © B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor greater than B’

‘A * B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor equal to B’

3. Statements:

H * J

J © N

N @ R

Conclusions:

I. R * J

II. H @ J

III. N @ H

(1) Only II is true

(2)Only I and III are true

(3) Only I is true

(4) Only III is true

(5) None is true

4. Statement:

M @ J

J & T

T © N

Conclusions:

I. N # J

II. T * M

III. M @ N

(1) Only I and II are true

(2) Only II and III are true

(3) Only I and III are true

(4) None is true

(5) All are true

5. In a class of 180, where girls are twice the number of boys, Rahul , a boy, ranked thirty-fourth from the top. If there are eighteen girls ahead of Rahul , how many boys are after him in rank?

(1) 45

(2) 60

(3) 44

(4) Can’t be determined 

(5) None of these

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below

P, Q, R, S, T and W are six members of a family. They are Fashion designer, Artist, Pharmacist, BANK PO, Photographer and Merchant but not necessarily in the same order. P the Fashion designer is married to the lady Artist. The Merchant is married to the Photographer. W the BANK PO is the son of Q and brother of T. R the Photographer is the daughter-in-law of S. T is an unmarried pharmacist. S is grandmother of W. There are two married couples in the family.

6. What is the profession of Q?

1) Photographer 

2) Pharmacist

3) BANK PO 

4) Merchant 

5) Can't be determined

7. Which of the following is/are a couple/couples?

1) QR 

2) Both QR and PS

3) PS 

4) TS 

5) Both PR and QS

8. In a certain code, 'MUKESH' is written as 'PENOVK’ and ‘STOCK’ as ‘VWAFN’. How is 'KNIGHT' written in that code?

(1) HKADEQ

(2) NQAJKW

(3) HKUDEQ

(4) NQUJKW

(5) None of these

9. In a certain code, ‘red' means violet', 'violet means 'green', 'green' means 'white', 'white' means 'pink', and 'pink' means 'sky blue', what is the colour of grass ?

(1) Red

(2) Green

(3) Violet

(4) White    

(5) None of these

10. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word PLAGIARISM, each of which has as many letters between them in the word, as they have in the English alphabet?

(1)  Two 

(2) One

(3) None

(4) Three

(5) More than three

ANSWER KEY

1.5, 2.4, 3.2, 4.5, 5.3, 6.4, 7.2, 8.4, 9.3, 10.1