Reasoning Quiz for SBI Clerk 2018: 13th April

Dear Aspirants,

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

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are seated in a straight line but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing south while some are facing north. There are two persons sitting between the person who like potato and the one who likes beans. Immediate neighbours of E face opposite directions (i.e. if one neighbour of E faces North then the other faces South and vice-versa). G sits second to the left of A who does not like cucumber or beans. A is not an immediate neighbour of H. The person who sits second to the right of H likes tomato. Neither A nor F sits at the extreme end of the line. Both the immediate neighbours of F face north. D sits to the immediate left of B. The persons sitting at the extreme end of the row like neither green chilli nor carrot. Immediate neighbours of G face opposite directions. People sitting at the extreme ends face the opposite directions. H who faces south does not like carrot. H sits fourth to left of C who likes lemon. C sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. Both the immediate neighbours of H face north and they like potato and cabbage. 

Q1. How many persons are facing North direction?

(a) Three

(b) Four

(c) Six    

(d) Five

(e) None of these

Q2. Who sits second to the left of the person who likes beans?

(a) C

(b) B

(c) Z 

(d) D

(e) None of these

Q3. How many persons sitting between B and A are facing North?

(a) Two

(b) Three

(c) Cannot be determined  

(d) One

(e) Four  

Q4. Who sits to the immediate left of A?

(a) C

(b) E

(c) H   

(d) B

(e) F  

Q5. Who among the following sits fourth to the right of G? 

(a) The person who likes beans

(b) A

(c) C

(d) Either B or D

(e) No one

Directions (6-10): In these questions, four statements are given followed by five conclusions. One of which definitely does not logically follow from the given statement. That conclusion is your answer. 

(Note- You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically does not follow from given statements disregarding commonly known facts.) 

Q6. Statements:

No toy is a dark. 

All guns are toys. 

All talls are darks. 

All darks are blacks.

Conclusions:

(a) All blacks are toys

(b) No gun is a tall

(c) All guns being blacks is a possibility

(d) All talls are blacks 

(e) No dark is a gun 

Q7. Statements:

Some teas are milks. 

All milks are juices. 

All juices are fruits. 

No fruit is a grain.

Conclusions:

(a) All grain being teas is a possibility 

(b) No grain is an juice

(c) All teas being grain is a possibility

(d) All milks are fruits

(e) No milk is a grain

Q8. Statements:

All well are mugs.

All jug are well. 

All sugar are jug.

No mug is a salt. 

Conclusions:

(a) No well is a salt 

(b) All sugar are mugs

(c) No jug is a salt

(d) All salt being sugar is a possibility 

(e) At least some mugs are jug 

Q9. Statements:

Some wire are copper. 

All wire are seconds. 

All copper are glass. 

No glass is an tube. 

Conclusions

(a) All tubes being seconds is a possibility 

(b) No second is a copper

(c) No tube is a copper

(d) At least some wire are glass 

(e) At least some seconds are glass 

Q10. Statements:

All balls are lines. 

All lines are rectangles.

No rectangle is a pyramid. 

No pyramid is a rock. 

Conclusions:

(a) At least some balls are pyramids

(b) All rocks being balls is a possibility 

(c) All rectangles being rocks is a possibility 

(d) At least some rectangles are balls 

(e) No pyramid is a line 

Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

 In a certain code language,

‘Three days to go’ is coded as ‘5tp 4pq 2jk 2as’

‘Only few days to’ is coded as ‘2jk 4bn 3gh 4pq‘

‘Only works to go’ is coded as ‘5sd 2as 2jk 4bn’

Q11. Which of the following is the code for ‘few’?

(a) 3gh

(b) 4bn

(c) 4pq 

(d) 2jk

(e) None of these

Q12. Which of the following word is coded as ‘4bn’?

(a) works

(b) go

(c) few 

(d) only

(e) None of these

Q13. What may be the code of ‘works guava’?

(a) 3gh 4pq

(b) 5sd 2jk

(c) 4pq 4bn

(d) 2jk 4pq

(e) 5sd 5qw

Q14. Which of the following code is coded for ‘days’?

(a) 2jk

(b) 4pq

(c) 4bn

(d) 5sd

(e) None of these

Q15. What will be the code of ‘works go’?

(a) 3gh 4pq

(b) 5sd 2as

(c) 5sd 4pq 

(d) 4bn 2as

(e) 3gh 4bn

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