REASONING QUIZ -23 FOR SBI CLERK & PO

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,