Most Important Reasoning Questions for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Mains 2017

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

There are seven executives i.e. M, N, O, P, Q, R and S of a MNC who are going to attend their company’s conference in Delhi . They all are living in a 7 storey building in which ground floor is number 1 and so on upto top floor is number 7. They all leave for Delhi in the same week of the conference but on different days starting from Monday but not necessarily in the same order. 

Note: No two executive leaves for Delhi on the same day of the week.

There are three executives Lives between the floors on which Q, who lives on an odd numbered floor and the one who leaves for Delhi on Saturday. There are only three persons who lives above N. R lives on an odd numbered floor. P lives on 2nd floor and leaves for Delhi on the day immediately after M, who lives on top floor. O lives on an even numbered floor and leaves for Delhi on Monday. The one who lives on third floor leaves for Delhi on one of the day after Q. M does not leaves for Delhi either on Tuesday or on Saturday. The one who lives on ground floor leaves for Delhi on Saturday. R does not leaves for Delhi on Saturday or Sunday. P leaves for Delhi on the day immediate after M but not on Friday. N does not leave for Delhi on Sunday or on Tuesday. 

Q1. Who among the following leaves for Delhi on Wednesday?

(a) M

(b) N

(c) Q

(d) R

(e) S

Q2. Who among the following lives on 6th floor?

(a) M

(b) N

(c) O

(d) P

(e) S

Q3. R lives on which floor?

(a) 1st 

(b) 2nd 

(c) 4th 

(d) 5th 

(e) 3rd 

Q4. Who among the following reaches Delhi on the very date of Conference? 

(a) N

(b) Q

(c) R

(d) M

(e) S

Q5. N is related to P, in the same way M is related with R. Then following the same pattern Q is related with?

(a) R

(b) N

(c) O

(d) S

(e) P

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circular table such that some of them are facing towards the centre and some of them are facing outside the circle. They all like different games i.e. Cricket, Football, Polo, Long Jump, Hockey, Carom, Badminton and Swimming but not necessarily in the same order. 

V likes Long jump. Q sits 3rd to the right of U and likes Hockey. S sits 2nd to the right of R, who does not like carom and both of them face opposite directions (I.e. if S faces centre then R faces outside the centre and vice versa). The one who likes Polo and the one who likes Swimming faces same direction. The one who likes Long jump sits on the immediate right of Q and faces the centre. P likes Badminton and sits 3rd to the left of S and faces outside. V sits opposite to R. U and T are immediate neighbours. W sits 2nd to the left of T, who likes Football. U and T faces same direction and U does not like carom or Cricket. W faces same direction as R but not facing inside. S likes Polo.

Q6. Who among the following likes Carom?

(a) P

(b) Q

(c) W

(d) R

(e) U

Q7. Who among the following sits 2nd to the right of T?

(a) The one who likes Swimming

(b) S

(c) R

(d) The one who likes Badminton.

(e) None of these

Q8. Who among the following sits opposite to Q? 

(a) The one who likes Hockey

(b) T 

(c) The one who likes Long Jump

(d) The one who likes Football

(e) Both (b) and (d)

Q9. Who among the following likes Polo?

(a) S

(b) R

(c) T

(d) P

(e) None of these

Q10. How many persons faces outside the centre?

(a) One 

(b) Three

(c) More than Three

(d) Two

(e) No one

Directions (11-15): In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, %, $ and * are used the following meaning as illustrated below:

‘A © B’ means ‘A is smaller than B’

‘A @ B’ means ‘A is either smaller than or equal to B’

‘A % B’ means ‘A is greater than B’

‘A $ B’ means ‘A is either greater than or equal to B’

‘A * B’ means ‘A is equal to B’

Now in each of these questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true? Give answer

(a) If only conclusion I is true

(b) If only conclusion II is true

(c) If either conclusion I or II is true

(d) If neither conclusion I nor II is true

(e) If both conclusion I and II are true

Q11. Statements: P @ R, T $ V, R % S, T @ S

Conclusions: I. R % V II. P % V

Q12. Statements: C $ D, D % E, F @ E, H © C

Conclusions: I. H © F II. H * F

Q13. Statements: M @ N, N © O, O * P, P % R

Conclusions: I. R % M II. P % M

Q14. Statements: T $ U, X @ W, U % X, Y % W

Conclusions: I. T $ X II. Y % U

Q15. Statements: R $ T, S * T, S % U, W @ U

Conclusions: I. U © T II. W © R

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