Dear Aspirants,
Reasoning Questions for SBI PO prelims 2019:
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. And, to let you practice with the best of the latest pattern questions, here is the Adda247 Reasoning Quiz based on the exact same pattern of questions that are being asked in the exams.
Q1. If P is brother of Q and R is sister of Q, then how is Q related to P?
Uncle
Father
Brother
Sister
Can’t be determined
Solution:
Q can be either brother or sister of P, but since gender of Q is not known, the exact relationship can’t be determined.
Q2. A said to B that B’s mother was the mother-in-law of A’s mother. How is A’s mother related to B’s mother?
Daughter-in-law
Mother-in-law
Sister
Aunt
Sister-in-law
Solution:
If B’s mother is mother-in-law of A’s mother, so, A’s mother is daughter-in-law of B’s mother.
Q3. There are only four persons in a family, A is the brother of B. C is married to D. If C is the nephew of B, how is A related to D?
Father-in-law
mother-in-law
son-in-law
daughter-in-law
brother-in-law
Directions: (4-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow–
‘T @ U’ means ‘T is father of U’
‘T # U’ means ‘T is sister of U’
‘T $ U’ means ‘T is mother of U’
‘T % U’ means ‘T is brother of U’
Q4. Which of the following means ‘A is nephew of B’?
A # C @ B $ K
B # H @ A % D
B # G @ A # R
B % T $ A # E
None of these
Q5. Which of the following means ‘P is grandfather of J’?
J # W @ U @ P
P $ G % J # A
P @ B # J # R
P @ T @ J # S
None of these
Q6. How is R related to B in the expression ‘B # C @ S % R’?
nephew or niece
niece
nephew
daughter
Sister
Q7. Prakash’s only son is the son-in-law of Rakesh’s father. Puja is Rakesh’s only sister. Prakash has only one grandson Mahesh. Rakesh is male and Prakash has no daughter. How is Mahesh related to Puja?
Father
Uncle
Son
Brother
Nephews
Q8. Kareena who has two children is mother-in-law of Ravina who is Sister-in-law of Kunal who is a male person in the family. Amitabh is father of Abhishek, the only brother of Kunal. How is Kareena related to Kunal?
Mother-in-law
Aunt
Wife
Cousin
None of these
Q9. A said to B that B’s sister was the mother-in-law of A. How is A related to B’s sister?
Daughter-in-law
son-in-law
Sister
Aunt
cannot be determined
Q10. Pointing to a photograph a woman says: He is father-in-law of the wife of the only grandson of my own father-in-law who has only one son”. How is the man related to the woman?
son
husband
cousin
nephew
son-in-law
Q11. Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says, “She is the mother-in-law of the wife of the father of my only son”. How is the woman related to the man?
daughter
wife
daughter-in-law
sister-in-law
None of these
Q12. Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man says: “She is the grandmother of the son of my daughter-in-law’s mother-in-law.” How is the woman related to the man?
mother
father
sister
wife
sister-in-law
Solution:
Daughter-in-law’s mother-in-law = wife. Son of wife = son. Grandmother of son = mother.
Directions (13-14): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
‘A + B’ means ‘A is the father of B’.
‘A – B’ means ‘A is the mother of B’.
‘A × B’ means ‘A is the brother of B’.
‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is the sister of B’.
Q13. If J ÷ K – L × M, then M is J’s
nephew
niece
aunt
Can’t be determined
None of these
Solution:
L × M means L is the brother of M. But whether M is the brother or sister we don’t know.
Q14. Which of the following shows that D is the maternal uncle of G?
D + E – F × G
D – E + F × G
D – E × F ÷ G
D × E – F ÷ G
None of these
Q15. If ‘A + B’ means that A is the sister of B, ‘A % B’ means that B is the father of A and ‘A * B’ means that A is the brother of B. Then which of the following means ‘M is the niece of P’?
M % N * P
N * P % M
M + S + R * P
M + K % T * P
None of These