Reasoning Questions for IBPS Clerk
Directions (1-5): Study the following information and answer the questions given below it.
Eight employee B, D, L, K, P, H, R, and G work in call center and are sitting around a square table. They receive different number of phone calls (per day). The one who sit at the corner of table, receive call which is multiple of two and the one who sit at middle of the side receive call which is a multiple of 3. The one who sits immediate right of R receive 46 calls. R faces the one who receive 15 calls. The one who receive 39 calls, sits 3rd left of L who does not receive 46 calls. D sits immediate left of the one who sits immediate left of the one who receive 15 calls. L is not immediate neighbor of D. G sits diagonally opposite to P who receive 14 calls. The one who receive 21 calls sits immediate left of the one who receive 14 calls. K is immediate neighbor of G. H does not receive 46 calls. The immediate neighbor of H receives 20 calls. The one who receive 27 calls sits 2nd right of H. The addition of the number of calls received by G and D is 61.
Q1. Who sits 2nd right of D?
Q2. Who among the following receive 46 calls?
Q3. How many persons sit between the one who receive 21 calls and R, when counted left to R?
Q4. Who among the following sits at middle of the side?
Q5. Who sits immediate right of R?
Directions (6-10): Each question consists of two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Consider 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 follow from the given statements using all statements together. Mark your answer as,
Q6. Statements:
Q7. Statements:
Some week are month
All day are month
All year are week
Conclusions :
I. No year is a day is definitely true
II. Some week which are year are months
Q8. Statements:
Some week are month
Some day are month
Some year are week
Conclusions :
I. Some year are day is definitely true
II. No month is year is a possibility
Q9. Statements:
Some week are month
Some day are month
Some year are week
Conclusions :
I. At least some month are day
II. Some week are not day is a possibility
Q10. Statements :
All week are month
Some days are month
Conclusions:
I. No day is week is a possibility
II. All days can never be month
Directions (11-15): A word arrangement machine when given an input line of words rearranges them following a particular rule in earn step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.
Input : 18 para 72 errors 34 detection 01 comprehension
Step I : para 18 72 errors 34 detection comprehension 01
Step II : 18 para 72 34 detection comprehension 01errors
Step III: detection 18 para 72 comprehension 01errors 34
Step IV: 72 detection 18 para 01errors 34 comprehension and step IV is the last step of the arrangement of above input as the intended arrangement is obtained. As per rules followed in the above steps.
Find out in each of following questions the appropriate steps for the given input Input- 38 clerk 51 design 20 markets 43 replaced
Q11. Which among the following step is the penultimate step?
The words are placed at leftmost end and numbers at right most end in odd steps.
The words are placed at rightmost end and numbers at left most end in even steps.
(a)For words arrangement- the words are arranged in increasing order of the number of letters in them. First words having even number of letters is arranged first followed by words having odd number of letters in the same pattern.
(b) For numbers- the numbers are arranged in increasing order.
Input- 38 clerk 51 design 20 markets 43 replaced
Step I : design 38 clerk 51 markets 43 replaced 20
Step II : 38 design clerk 51 markets 43 20 replaced
Step III: clerk 38 design 51 markets 20 replaced 43
Step IV: 51 clerk 38 design 20 replaced 43 markets
Q12. How many elements are there between ‘ clerk’ and ‘design’ in step-II?
The words are placed at leftmost end and numbers at right most end in odd steps.
The words are placed at rightmost end and numbers at left most end in even steps.
(a)For words arrangement- the words are arranged in increasing order of the number of letters in them. First words having even number of letters is arranged first followed by words having odd number of letters in the same pattern.
(b) For numbers- the numbers are arranged in increasing order.
Input- 38 clerk 51 design 20 markets 43 replaced
Step I : design 38 clerk 51 markets 43 replaced 20
Step II : 38 design clerk 51 markets 43 20 replaced
Step III: clerk 38 design 51 markets 20 replaced 43
Step IV: 51 clerk 38 design 20 replaced 43 markets
Q13. Which of the following represents the position of ‘markets’ in the step II ?
The words are placed at leftmost end and numbers at right most end in odd steps.
The words are placed at rightmost end and numbers at left most end in even steps.
(a)For words arrangement- the words are arranged in increasing order of the number of letters in them. First words having even number of letters is arranged first followed by words having odd number of letters in the same pattern.
(b) For numbers- the numbers are arranged in increasing order.
Input- 38 clerk 51 design 20 markets 43 replaced
Step I : design 38 clerk 51 markets 43 replaced 20
Step II : 38 design clerk 51 markets 43 20 replaced
Step III: clerk 38 design 51 markets 20 replaced 43
Step IV: 51 clerk 38 design 20 replaced 43 markets
Q14. Which word would be at the seventh position from the right end in the fourth step of the machine output ?
The words are placed at leftmost end and numbers at right most end in odd steps.
The words are placed at rightmost end and numbers at left most end in even steps.
(a)For words arrangement- the words are arranged in increasing order of the number of letters in them. First words having even number of letters is arranged first followed by words having odd number of letters in the same pattern.
(b) For numbers- the numbers are arranged in increasing order.
Input- 38 clerk 51 design 20 markets 43 replaced
Step I : design 38 clerk 51 markets 43 replaced 20
Step II : 38 design clerk 51 markets 43 20 replaced
Step III: clerk 38 design 51 markets 20 replaced 43
Step IV: 51 clerk 38 design 20 replaced 43 markets
Q15. How many steps would be needed to perform the output ?
The words are placed at leftmost end and numbers at right most end in odd steps.
The words are placed at rightmost end and numbers at left most end in even steps.
(a)For words arrangement- the words are arranged in increasing order of the number of letters in them. First words having even number of letters is arranged first followed by words having odd number of letters in the same pattern.
(b) For numbers- the numbers are arranged in increasing order.
Input- 38 clerk 51 design 20 markets 43 replaced
Step I : design 38 clerk 51 markets 43 replaced 20
Step II : 38 design clerk 51 markets 43 20 replaced
Step III: clerk 38 design 51 markets 20 replaced 43
Step IV: 51 clerk 38 design 20 replaced 43 markets
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