REASONING QUIZ -23 FOR SBI CLERK & PO
Directions
(1-5): In each question below are given three statements followed by three
conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be
true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then
decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given
statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
1. Statements:
Some flowers are rose.
All rose are trees.
No tree is a plant.
Conclusions:
I. At least some plants are rose.
II. All trees being flowers is a
possibility.
III. At least some trees are rose.
(1) Only I follows
(2) Only land II follow
(3) Only II and III follow
(4) Only I and III follow
(5) None of these
2. Statements:
Some keys are locks.
All locks are ring.
Some ring are windows.
Conclusions:
I. At least some locks are
windows.
II. Some windows are ring.
III. Some keys are ring.
(1) None follows
(2) Only II and III follow
(3) Only II follows
(4) Only III follows
(5)All follow
3. Statements:
All tablas are sitars.
All sitars are
harmoniums.
All harmoniums are
violins.
Conclusions:
I. All sitars are violins.
II. All tablas are harmoniums.
III. Some violins are sitars.
(1) All follow
(2) Only II and III follow
(3) Only I and II follow
(4) Only III follows
(5) None follows
4. Statements:
All bananas are apples.
Some apples are
oranges.
All oranges are grapes.
Conclusions:
I. All grapes are apples.
II. All apples are bananas.
III. All oranges being bananas is
a possibility.
(1) Only I follows
(2) Only II follows
(3) Only III follows
(4) All follow
(5) None follows
5. Statements:
Some teachers are
doctors.
Some doctors are
professors.
All professors are
writers.
Conclusions:
I. All teachers being writers is
a possibility.
II. All professors being doctors
is a possibility.
III. Some writers are doctors.
(1) All follow
(2) Only I and II follow
(3) Only I and III follow
(4) Only II and III follow
(5) None of these
Directions
(6-7): In each of the questions below is given a statement followed by two
courses of action. Course of action is a step for administrative decision to be
taken for improvement, follow up or further action in regard to the problem,
policy etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to
assume everything in the statement to be true, and decide which of the given
suggested courses of action is/are logically worth pursuing.
Give
your answer as:
(1)
if only I follows
(2)
if only II follows
(3)
if either I or II follows
(4)
if neither I nor II follows
(5)
if both I and II follow
6. Statement: There are
more than 200 villages in the coastal area of Andhra Pradesh which were severely damaged due to cyclone and it
caused an extra burden of Rs 200 crore on State Government
for relief and rehabilitation work.
Courses of Action:
I. People of coastal area should
be shifted to other safer places.
II. State Government should ask
for more financial support from Central Government.
7. Statement: If the
retired professors of the same institutes are also invited to deliberate on restructuring of the organisation, their
contribution may be beneficial to the institute.
Courses of Action:
I. Management may seek opinion of
the employees before calling retired professors.
II. Management should involve
experienced people for the systematic restructuring of the organisation.
Directions (Q8-10)
:Study the following information and answer the question below:
A family consists of
six members P, Q, R, S, T and U. Q is son of R. T is brother of R. S is
daughter of P. R
is not mother of Q. P and R are married couple. U is brother of Q.
8. How many male
members are there in the family?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these
9. Who among the
following is mother of Q?
(a) T
(b) P
(c) S
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these
10. Who among the
following is a pair of females?
(a) P, S
(b) Q, S
(c) T, U
(d) P, T
(e) None of these
ANSWER
1.3, 2.2, 3.1, 4.3. 5.1, 6.5, 7.2, 8.3, 9.2, 10.1,
