Dear Aspirants,
Reasoning Ability is an onerous section. With the increasing complexity of questions, it becomes hard for one to give it the cold shoulder. The only way to make the grade in this particular section in the forthcoming banking exams is to practice continuously with all your heart and soul. And, to let you practice with the best of the latest pattern questions, here is the Adda247 Night Reasoning Quiz based on the exact same pattern of questions that are being asked in the exams.
Directions (1-5): Study the information and answer the given questions:
Eight students A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H will go to museum in the March and April month. In each month, they will go on dates 9th, 11th , 13th and 17th of the given month. Not more than four students will go in same month.
B will go on 11th of any of the given month. Two students will go to museum between B and E. Three students will go to museum between E and C. Four students will go to museum between C and G. Two students will go to museum between A and H. D will go before F. More than three students will go between D and A.
Q1. Who among following will go to museum on 9th March?
(a) E
(b) D
(c) C
(d) B
(e) A
Q2. How many students will go to museum between G and C?
(a) One
(b) three
(c) five
(d) two
(e) four
Q3. H will go to museum on which of the following dates?
(a) 9th March
(b) 17th March
(c) 11th March
(d) 9th April
(e) None of these
Q4. If D is related to H and G is related to B , then in the same way E is related to?
(a) F
(b) D
(c) C
(d) B
(e) A
Q5. Who among following will go to museum on 17th April ?
(a) F
(b) D
(c) C
(d) B
(e) A
Directions (6-10): In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, $, %, and * are used with the following meanings as illustrated below:
‘P © Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
‘P % Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’.
‘P* Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q.’
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q.’
Now in each of the following questions, assuming the given statement to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true.
Given answer
(a) If only Conclusion I is true.
(b) If only conclusion II is true
(c) If either conclusion I or II is true
(d) if neither Conclusion I nor II is true.
(e) if both Conclusions I and II are true.
Q6. Statements : K @ V, V © N, N % F
Conclusions : I. F @ K
II. K @ N
Q7. Statements : H © W, W $ M, M @ B
Conclusions : I. M* H
II. W % H
Q8. Statements : D % B, B* T, T $ M
Conclusions : I. M © D
II. B © D
9. Statements : M* T, T @ K, K © N
Conclusion : I. N *K
II. N *M
10. Statements : R $ J, J % D, D* F
Conclusions : I. J *F
II. F @ R
Directions (11-13): In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Given answer
(a) if only Assumption I is implicit.
(b) if only Assumption II is implicit.
(c) if either assumption I or Assumption II is implicit.
(d) if neither Assumption I nor Assumption II is implicit.
(e) if both Assumptions I and II are implicit.
Q11.Statement: Why don’t you invite Mr. John for the New Year party this year ?
Assumptions:
I. John is not from the same city.
II. Unless invited, John will not attend the party.
Q12.Statement: The state government has asked the management of all the private schools to take consent of the parents before increasing the school fees.
Assumptions:
I. The management of majority of the private schools may call the parents for discussion regarding fee hike.
II. Majority of the parents may not agree for any hike of school fees.
Q13.Statement: The High Court located in the city has ordered the municipal corporation to repair all the roads within the next fortnight.
Assumptions:
I. The municipal corporation has the capability of carrying out the repair work within the next fortnight.
II. The vehicle owners may start an agitation against the municipal corporation.
Directions (14-15): In making decisions about import questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between strong arguments and weak arguments in so far as they relate to the question. Strong arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. Weak arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question
Each question below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a strong argument and which is a weak argument.
Give answer
(a) if only argument I is strong
(b) if only argument II is strong
(c) If either I or II is strong
(d) If neither I nor II is strong
(e) If both I and II are strong
Q14.Statement: Should postal services be privatized in India.
Arguments:
I. Yes, it will make life easy for the citizens of India.
II. No, privatization is not a panacea for all the problems, even private service can be equally bad.
Q15.Statement: Should Government close down loss-making public sector enterprises ?
Arguments :
I. No, all employees will lose their jobs, security and earning; what would they do ?
II. Yes, in a competitive world the rule is ‘surrival of the fittest’.