Reasoning Quiz

         Reasoning Quiz for IBPS PO Prelims

 Directions (1-5): Study the information and answer the given questions:

Eight students A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H  have their Sbi exam in the months of March, June, August and September but not necessarily in the same order. In each month, they have their exam on  either 1st or 8th of the given month. Not more than two students will have their exam on the same month. 
H will have  exam  on 1st of any given month which has 31 days. Only one student will have  exam after F. Two students will have exam between F and B. Only one student has exam between B and C. A has exam immediately after G. D does not have his exam on the last day and doesn’t have exam in the month which has 30 days. G does  not have his exam after D.

Q1. Who among following has his exam immediately after E?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) G
(d) No one.
(e) B

Q2. Who among following has exam on 1st June?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) G
(d)H 
(e) B

Q3. D will have exam on which date and month?
(a) 8th March
(b) 1st March
(c) 1st June
(d) 1st August
(e) None of these

Q4. Who among following will have exam in the month of August?
(a) A, C
(b) C, B
(c) G, H
(d) D, C 
(e) B, H

Q5. How many student(s) will have exam between D and C?
(a) One
(b) No one.
(c) five
(d) two
(e) Four

Solutions (1-5):

(i). From the conditions, H will have exam on 1st of any given month which has 31 days it ,means H has his exam on either 1 march or 1 August. Only one student will have exam after F. Two students will have exam between F and B. Only one student has exam between B and C. From all this condition, we will get four possible cases:

(ii). From the statement, A has exam immediately after G, case 2 gets eliminated. The position of G and A get fixed in case 1 and case 3 and we get one more case 4B.

(iii) From the rest statements, D does not have his exam on the last day and doesn’t have exam in the month which has 30days, so case 1 and case 4A gets eliminated. G does not have his exam after D. so Case 4B also gets eliminated and we will get the final solution.

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol.

Direction (6-7): Read the information carefully and answer the questions:

Eight persons- A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle but not necessary in  the   same order. Some of them are facing toward the centre and some are facing outside the centre of the circle. Two persons sit between C and H and two persons sit between A and C. F sits second right to D. F faces  outside the centre of the circle. Immediate neighbors of both A and B face opposite direction. C faces D. 
E is not an immediate neighbour of B, who faces inside. B sits opposite to H, who faces inside the centre. B is not an immediate neighbour of F. Not more than two people who sit together (adjacent) face in the same direction.

Q6. Who among following sits second to the right of G?
(a) A 
(b) B 
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of these

Q7. Who is sitting third to the left of C?
(a) A 
(b) B 
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of these

Solutions (6-7):

(i). Two persons sit between C and H and two persons sit between A and C. F sits second right to D. C faces D means C sits opposite to D and both face inside the centre. Immediate neighbors of A and B face opposite direction. F faces outside the centre of the circle. From this we will get two possible condition.

(ii). From the condition, B sits opposite to H, who faces inside the centre and is not a neighbour of F from this statement case 1eliminates. E is not an immediate neighbour of B, who faces inside. And since not more than two people who sit together face in the same direction, so A and E face outside the centre. We will the get final solution.

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol.

S7. Ans.(e)
Sol.

Q8. Harsh walks 3m towards North then turns in west direction and walks 2m, then turns North again and walk 1m and then turns toward East and walk  5m. Now How far away he is from his starting point?
(a) 1 m
(b) 2 m
(c) 3 m
(d) 5 m
(e) 6m

Q9. Raj is to the West of Rohit. Raj is to the south of Rajesh. Harsh is to the East of Raj. Harsh is towards which direction of Rohit?
(a) South
(b) East
(c) North-East
(d) Cannot determined
(e) None of these

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Because distance between Raj and Harsh is not given so we cannot be determined the direction of Harsh with respect to Rohit.
Q10. A walks 20 m towards North then takes a left turn and walks 10 m, then takes a right turn and walks 20 m and then again takes a right turn and walks 10 m. Now How far he is from his starting point?
(a) 50 m
(b) 60 m
(c) 40 m
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

 
Directions (11-15): In these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer

Q11. Statement: P>Q; G=D≤E; G≥F<Q
          Conclusion: I. G≥P          II. E>G
(a) if only conclusion II is true.
(b) if only conclusion I is true.
(c) if neither conclusion I nor II is true.
(d) if either conclusion I or II is true.
(e) if both conclusions I and II are true.

Q12. Statement: M>S≥K; A>S=H; M>T
          Conclusion: I. A>T         II. A≤T
(a) if both conclusion I and II are true.
(b) if only conclusion I is true.
(c) if neither conclusion I nor II is true.
(d) if either conclusion I or II is true.
(e) if only conclusion II is true.

Q13. Statement: A>K; Q<O>M≥N; K≥O=T
          Conclusion: I. K≥N     II. A>T
(a) if only conclusion II is true.
(b) if either conclusion I or II is true.
(c) if neither conclusion I nor II is true.
(d) if only conclusion I is true.
(e) if both conclusions I and II are true.

Q14. Statement: J> T≤N; A>T>R; N<M
          Conclusion: I. M> J   II. J≤M
(a) if only conclusion II is true.
(b) if only conclusion I is true.
(c) if neither conclusion I nor II is true.
(d) if either conclusion I or II is true.
(e) if both conclusions I and II are true.

Q15. Statement: D>B≥C; F<M≤T<D; B>Q
          Conclusion: I. C<F          II. D>Q
(a) if only conclusion II is true.
(b) if either conclusion I or II is true.
(c) if neither conclusion I nor II is true.
(d) if only conclusion I is true.
(e) if both conclusions I and II are true.

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