Most Important Reasoning Questions for IBPS PO and Clerk Exam 2017

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

There are seven teachers of Career Power Coaching Institute – M, N, O, P, Q, R and S – whose subjects are- Economics, Math, English, Reasoning, History, Geography and General Awareness but not necessarily in the same order. They go to the Institute on different days of the week starting from Monday.

The one whose subject is Economics does not go to Institute on the last day of the week. There are two teachers go to Institute between the S and the one whose subject is Economics . S does not go to Institute on Monday. S goes to Institute before the day on which the teacher whose subject is Economics . There is one teacher goes to Institute between S and one whose subject is General Awareness. M’s subject is Geography. There are two teachers go to Institute between the R and the one whose subject is General Awareness . There are three teachers go to Institute between the S and the one whose subject is Geography. Q’s subject is Reasoning but he does not go to Institute immediately before or after the days on which S goes to Institute. There are three teachers go to Institute between the days on which Q and P go to Institute. P goes to Institute immediately after the one whose subject is English. R’s subject is not History. There is gap of one day between the days on which M and O goes to Institute. O’ subject is not Geography. N does not go to Institute on Saturday. M does not go to Institute last day of the week.

Q1. Which of the following combinations is definitely true?

(a)R-English

(b) O-Economics

(c) Q-Geography

(d) M-Economics

(e)None of these

Q2.Who among the following goes to Institute on Friday?

(a) R

(b) S

(c) P

(d) O

(e)None of these

Q3. If R is related to History and N is related to Reasoning, in the same way O is related to?

(a) Geography

(b) English

(c) General Awareness

(d) Economics

(e)None of these

Q4.How many persons go to Institute after the days on which P goes to Institute ?

(a) Two

(b) Three

(c) One

(d) More than three

(e)None of these

Q5. Which of the following is subject of R?

(a) English

(b) History

(c) Geography

(d) Reasoning

(e)None of these

Directions (6-10): Each of the following 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 give 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 in 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 in either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

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

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

Q6. Among five friend A, B, C, D and E , each having different height, who among following is tallest?

I. D is taller than only two person.

II. C. is shorter than only one person and taller than B and E

Q7. How many children does Mr John has?

I. Mr John has seven sons and each has one sister.

II. Number of sons of Mr John is seven times the number of his daughter(s).

Q8. Towards which direction is Point M from Point T?

I. Point P is to the South of Point M and Point P is to the West of Point T.

II. Point K is to the East of Point M and Point K is to the North of Point X. Point T is west of Point X.

Q9. On which day in July was definitely Prakash’s mother’s birthday?

I. Prakash correctly remembers that his mother’s birthday is before eighteenth but after sixteenth July.

II. Prakash’s wife correctly remembers that her mother’s birthday is after fifteenth but before seventeenth July.

Q10. How is ‘ask’ written in a code language?

I. ‘go ask the man’ is written as ‘sa na pa ta’ in that code language.

II. ‘man always ask something’ is written as ‘ja pa da sa’ in that code language.

Directions (11-15): In each of the question below are given four statements followed by four Conclusions I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 

Q11.Statements: 

Some Tom are Jerry. 

All Jerry are John. 

Some John are Snick. 

All Cartoon are Snick. 

Conclusions:

I. Some Tom are not Snick. 

II. At least some Cartoon are John. 

III. Some John are Tom. 

IV. All Snick being Cartoon is a possibility. 

(a) None follows 

(b) Only II follows 

(c) II and III follow 

(d) III and IV follow 

(e) None of these

Q12.Statements: 

All train are bag. 

All bag are school. 

Some school are college. 

All college are institute. 

Conclusions:

I. All institute are bag. 

II. At least some school are institute. 

III. All bag are not train.

IV. All train being school is a possibility. 

(a) Only II follows 

(b) II and IV follow

(c) III and IV follow 

(d) I and III follow 

(e) None of these 

Q13.Statements: 

Some team are goal. 

Some goal are ping. 

All ping are popular.

No popular are mistake. 

Conclusions:

I. All popular are team. 

II. Some ping are definitely mistake. 

III. At least some team are ping. 

IV. No mistake is a ping. 

(a) None follows 

(b) Only I follows 

(c) Either II or IV follows 

(d) Only IV follows 

(e) None of these 

Q14.Statements: 

Some pin are pen. 

All pen are tablet. 

All tablet are pencil. 

All pencil are laptop. 

Conclusions:

I. At least some pen are laptop. 

II. All pencil are pin.

III. All laptop are not tablet. 

IV. All pen being pencil is a possibility. 

(a) Only IV follows 

(b) Either II or III follows 

(c) Only III follows 

(d) Only I follows 

(e) None of these 

Q15.Statements: 

All copy are troops. 

All enemy are troops. 

All wazir are troops. 

Some wazir are enemy. 

Conclusions:

I. Some wazir are copy. 

II. Only troops is enemy. 

III. All troops are not wazir. 

IV. Some enemy being copy is a possibility. 

(a) None follows 

(b) Only I follows 

(c) Only II follows 

(d) II and IV follow 

(e) None of these 

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