Reasoning Quiz for SBI Clerk Prelims: 20th May 2018

Dear Aspirants,

Directions (1-2): In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions number I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the entire conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Q1. Statements: 

All MLA are Politician.

Some Politician are Minister. 

Some Minister are CM. 

Conclusions:

I. Some MLA are Minister.

II. Some CM are Minister is a possibility.

III. NO MLA are Minister.

(a) only I and II follow

(b) only I and III follow

(c) either I or III follows

(d) All I, II and III follows

(e) None of these

Q2. Statements: 

Some Nike are Adidas.

Some Adidas are cheap 

Some Cheap are not Nike. 

Conclusions:

I. Some Adidas are not cheap.

II. All Nike can be cheap.

III. Some Nike are not cheap.

(a) only I follow

(b) only II follow

(c) only III follow

(d) All I, II and III follows

(e) None of these

Q3. Anita is standing at 11th from the left end of the row, Monu is standing at 7th from the right end of the row. If there are 6 people in between Anita and Monu then find out the position of Anita from the right end.

(a) 13th

(b) 23th

(c) 24th

(d) 14th

(e) None of these

Directions (4-8): Study the following information carefully and answer the following questions.

A 3 @ P H # 7 1 ! E ! 2 $ I 9 Y 7 * T 9 G & V 5 H % O 7 S &

Q4. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed by a symbol?

(a) None 

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) Three

(e) More than three

Q5. How many such letters are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol?

(a) None

(b) Five

(c) Seven

(d) Six

(e) None of these

Q6. Which of the following is the six element to the right of the tenth element from the right end of the above arrangement?

(a) %

(b) O

(c) 7

(d) S

(e) None of these

Q7. Which of the following is the seventh to the left of the eleventh from the right end of the above arrangement?

(a) 4

(b) Y

(c) $

(d) T

(e) 1

Q8. If all the symbols in the above arrangement are dropped, then which of the following will be the Ninth from the left end?

(a) I

(b) 9

(c) U

(d) E

(e) Q 

Directions (9-10): A person starts walking in south direction from point J to point K which is 3km away. From point K he takes a left turn and walk for 4km to reach at point L from where he turns in North East direction at an angle of 45° and walk for 3km to reach at point M. finally he walks 6km in east direction from point M to point N. Point M is south east of point J.

Q9. Find out Point N is in which direction with respect to Point J?

(a) North

(b) South 

(c) South East

(d) South West

(e) North East

Q10. What is the shortest distance between Point J and L?

(a) 7km

(b) 6km

(c) 5km

(d) 4km

(e) None of these

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

Seven people live on seven different floors from top to bottom such that ground floor is numbered as 1 and so on up to the top floor is numbered as 7. They all belong to different Cities i.e. Nagpur, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Sultanpur, Kolhapur, Jodhpur, and Jabalpur.

C lives on an even numbered floor, who belongs to Sultanpur. There are two floors between the floor on which C and D lives. Only two people sit between the one who is from Jabalpur and the one who is from Sultanpur. B is not from Jabalpur. The person from Kanpur lives immediate above the person who is from Gorakhpur. G lives just above the floor on which F lives who is from Jodhpur. There are two floors between the floor on which F and A lives. A lives one of the above floor on which floor G lives. B lives one of the floors above on which E lives . E lives neither on first nor on fifth number floor. There are two people between the one who is from Nagpur and C. 

Q11. How many people live between D and E?

(a) One

(b) Three

(c) Four

(d) Two

(e) None of these

Q12. What is the correct combination for the person who lives on floor number Seven?

(a) D , Sultanpur

(b) C, Gorakhpur

(c) A, Kanpur

(d) B, Nagpur

(e) F, Jodhpur 

Q13. How many persons live between F and the one who is from Gorakhpur?

(a) One

(b) Two

(c) Five

(d) Three

(e) None of these

Q14. Who belongs to Kolhapur?

(a) G

(b) H

(c) A

(d) E

(e) C

Q15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) F

(b) D

(c) G

(d) B

(e) A

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