Reasoning Questions for IPPB Mains 2017

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Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

An Institute has ten floors numbered 1 to 10 in such a way that the ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it numbered 2 and so on such that the topmost floor is numbered 10.

Ten people named Raj, Shobhit, Anil, Vijay, Sanjay, Manjit, Rohan, Dipu, Ram and Raghu are staying on different floors, not necessarily in the same order. There are two people staying between Shobhit and Manjit. Raghu is staying on the 1st floor. Three persons are staying between Vijay and Dipu. Manjit is staying on the even-number floor. Ram stays on the eighth floor. Anil is staying on the floor immediately below Ram’s floor and immediately above Dipu’s floor. Rohan is staying between the floors of Sanjay and Manjit.

Q1. How many persons are staying between Sanjay and Raghu?

(a) Two

(b) Three

(c) Four

(d) Five

(e) None of these

Q2. Who is staying on the floor no. 9?

(a) Ram

(b) Anil

(c) Raj

(d) Vijay

(e) Dipu

Q3. Who is staying between Shobhit and Rohan?

(a) Manjit

(b) Sanjay

(c) Rohan

(d) Shobhit

(e) Dipu

Q4. If Dipu and Raj exchange their floors, how many people will be staying between Raj and Rohan?

(a) Two 

(b) One

(c) Three

(d) Four

(e) None

Q5. The topmost floor is occupied by

(a) Vijay

(b) Ram

(c) Anil

(d) Dipu

(e) Rohan

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Seven students A, B, C, D, E, F and G have their favourite subjects – English, Hindi, Maths, Sanskrit, Science, History and Computer, but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them studies in a different class – 5th, 6th,7th,8th,9th,10th and 11th, but not necessarily in the same order.

C’s  favourite subject is Hindi and he studies neither in 5th class nor in 9th class. D studies in 10th class and his favourite subject in English. E and F do not like Maths and neither of them studies in class 9th. B likes Sanskrit and studies in 7th class. The one who likes History studies in class 11th. G likes Computer and studies in class 8th. E does not like Science.

Q6. Which of the following combinations is correct?

(a) B – 6th– Sanskrit 

(b) E – 6th – Science 

(c) G – 8th – Maths 

(d) Can’t be determined

(e) None of these

Q7. Who studies in class 9th?

(a) B

(b) A

(c) C

(d) F

(e) None of these

Q8. Which is E’s favourite subject?

(a) Computer

(b) English

(c) History

(d) Hindi

(e) None of these

Q9. Which class does C study in?

(a) 6th

(b) 10th

(c) 11th

(d) 8th

(e) None of these

Q10. Which of the following combinations is false on the basis of the given information?

(a) F – Science – 5th

(b) G – Computer – 8th

(c) C – Hindi – 6th 

(d) A – English – 9th

(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and given the answer

(a) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

(b) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

(c) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

(d) if the data given in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

(e) if the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

Q11. Office X is in which direction with respect to Office Y?

I. X is to the east of Z, which is to the north of Y.

II. W is to the east of Y and to the south of X.

Q12. How is L related to N?

I. K is the daughter of L, and N is the daughter of M.

II. K is the mother of N, who is the sister of O.

Q13. Who among P, Q, R, S and T stood first in a class test?

I. Q is in the middle from either side and S is at the bottom.

II. P, Q and T are immediate neighbours if they are made to sit according to their ranks.

Q14. What is the code for ‘running’ in a certain code language?

I. In that code language ‘ram running too fast’ is written as ‘po he ch to’.

II. In that code language ‘he is running very fast’ is written as ‘ha ni he ma po’.

Q15. Among Sanjeev, Rajeev, Gautam, Ranjit, Amit and Mithilesh, who is on the immediate left of Gautam?

I. Gautam is sitting between Sanjeev and Amit, who is on the extreme right.

II. Gautam is third to the right of Mithilesh and second to the left of Ranjit.