IBPS PO Prelims Reasoning Ability Mini Mock 13- Puzzle & Syllogism |

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Directions (1-5): Study the following information to answer the given questions.
Eight players A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H live on separate floors of an Eight-floor building but not necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is numbered 1, the first floor is numbered 2 and so on till the topmost floor which is numbered as 8. They all like different brands- Roadster, Allen Solly, Levi’s, Puma, Adidas, Reebok, Blackberry and Arrow (but not necessarily
G likes Levi’s and lives on an odd numbered floor but above first floor. The one who likes Reebok lives on an even numbered floor above G. Two persons live between the one who likes Reebok and the one who likes Puma. F likes Roadster. Three persons live between H and F, who lives above H. F does not live on an even numbered floor. C lives immediately above E. D likes Arrow. Three persons live between the one who likes Allen Solly and the one who likes Arrow. B lives above A but not on top floor. The one who likes Adidas lives on an even numbered floor below the one who likes Allen Solly.

Q1. The person who lives on 3rd floor like which of the following brand?
(a)Arrow
(b)Roadster
(c) Allen Solly
(d)Puma
(e)None of these

Q2. How many persons live between D and the one who likes Adidas?
(a) None
(b) Four
(c) Three
(d) Two
(e) More than four

Q3. G lives on which floor?
(a) 5th floor
(b) 3rd floor
(c) 7th floor
(d) 1st floor
(e) 4th floor

Q4. Which of the following is true about B?
(a) B likes Blackberry
(b) B lives immediate above A
(c) Only two persons live between B and E
(d) The one who likes Roadster lives immediate above B
(e) B lives on 4th floor

Q5. Who lives exactly between F and the one who likes Puma?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) The one who likes Levi’s
(d) B
(e) The one who likes Arrow

Directions (6-10): In each question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take 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 follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Q6. Statements:
Some food is vegetable.
All milk is water.
Some vegetable is not water.
Conclusions:
I. All milk can never be vegetable.
II. Some vegetable are water.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Both I and II follow
(c) Only II follows
(d) None follows
(e) None of these

Q7. Statements:
Some green is not white.
All yellow is green.
Some orange is white.
Conclusions:
I. All yellows are orange.
II. Some green are orange is a possibility.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Both I and II follow
(c) Only II follows
(d) Either I or II follows
(e) None follows

Q8. Statements:
All notebook is paper.
No paper is pencil.
No pencil is pen.
Conclusions:
I. All notebook is pen is a possibility.
II. Some pen are not paper.
(a) Only II follows
(b) Both I and II follow
(c) Only I follows
(d) Either I or II follows
(e) None follows

Q9. Statements:
Some flower is perfume.
No fragrance are rose.
All perfume is fragrance.
Conclusions:
I. Some flower can never be rose.
II. All fragrance are perfume is a possibility.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Both I and II follow
(c) Either I or II follow
(d) Only II follows
(e) None of these

Q10. Statements:
Some laptop is mobile.
All security is password.
No mobile is password.
Conclusions:
I. some security are mobile.
II. No mobile is security.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Both I and II follow
(c) Only II follow
(d) Either I or II follows
(e) None of these

Q11. Which of the following letter is 2nd to the right of the letter which is 7th from the right end, if each of the alphabets in the word ‘INVESTIGATION’ is arranged in alphabetical order from left to right?
(a) O
(b) S
(c) I
(d) G
(e) N

Q12. What will come in place of question-mark (?) in the following series?
AZ, BY, CX, ?
(a) WD
(b) DW
(c) DE
(d) DX
(e) DU

Q13. There are five persons A, B, C, D and E sit in a row facing north, B sits second to the left of A, E sits second to the right of D. Who among the following sits exactly middle in the row?
(a) E
(b) B
(c) D
(d) C
(e) Can’t be determine

Q14.In a row of children facing North, B is 12th from the right end and is fifth to the right of A who is 15th from the left end. Then, how many children are there in the row?
(a) 31
(b) 40
(c) 26
(d) 42
(e) None of these

Q15.How many pairs of letters are there in the word ‘ENFORCEMENT’, each of which have as many letters between then in the word as they have between then in the English alphabet?
(a)One
(b)Two
(c)Three
(d)None
(e) More than Three

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