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

Directions (1-5): In each of the following problems, there is one question and three statements I, II and III given below the question. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements is sufficient to answer the question. Read all the statements carefully and find which of the statements is/are sufficient to answer the given question. Choose the correct alternative in each question.

Q1.A is in which direction with respect to B?

I. C is to the North of D who is to the West of B.

II. A is to the west of C.

III. A is to the North-East of D.

(a) Only I and II

(b) Only III

(c) Any two of the three

(d) Only I and III

(e) Only I

Q2. How is ‘DATE’ written in the code language?

I.DEAR is written as $#@? in that code.

II.TREAT is written as %?#@% in that code.

III.TEAR is written as %#@? in that code, 

(a)Only I and II

(b)Only II and III

(c)All I, II and III

(d)Only I and either II or III

(e)None of these

Q3. How is ‘looking’ coded in a code language?

I. ‘he is looking smart’ is coded as “ sx tz xc bq” and “she is looking smart market” is coded as “ bq tz ys xc ql”.

II. ‘he is gone’ is coded as “xc sx qr” and ‘market home smart’ is coded as ‘tz nf ql’

III. ‘smart railway station market’ is coded as ‘ly kx tz ql’

(a)Only I and II

(b)Only II and III

(c)Only I and III

(d)All I, II and III

(e)None of these

Q4.Among A,B,C,D and E, who is tallest?

I. C is taller than B but not as tall as E.

II.D is shorter than only A and E.

III.E is not tallest.

(a) Only I

(b) Only I and II

(c) Only II and III

(d) Only I and III

(e) All I, II and III

Q5. How is M related to N?

I.L is the only daughter of S, who is the only brother of his sister.

II.T is the daughter of U, who has two sons S and N.

III. T is daughter of M, who is mother of L.

(a) Only I and II

(b) Only II and III

(c) All I, II and HI

(d) I, II and III together are not sufficient

(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): In the questions below are given two conclusions followed by five set of statements. You have to choose the correct set of statements that logically satisfies given conclusions either definitely or possibly. Assume the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.

Q6. Conclusions: Some Time is queen. Some rose is not time.

Statements:

(a)Some pot is queen. No queen is rose. All rose is sun. No sun is time. All universe is time.

(b)All pot is queen. Some queen is rose. No rose is sun. Some sun is time. All time is universe.

(c)Some pot is universe. All universe is rose. No rose is queen. All queen is sun. No queen is time.

(d) All pot is rose. Some rose is sun. No sun is time. Some time is universe. All universe is queen.

(e) None of these.

Q7. Conclusions: Some king is carrot. Some banana is not carrot.

Statements:

(a) No apple is banana. All lion is banana. No lion is carrot. Some carrot is jack. All jack is king.

(b) All apple is banana. No apple is jack. Some jack is king. No king is carrot. Some carrot is lion.

(c) Some apple is jack. All jack is lion. No lion is carrot. All carrot is banana. No banana is king.

(d) All king is apple. Some king is carrot. No carrot is jack. All banana is jack. Some jack is lion.

(e) None of these.

Q8. Conclusions: Some kashi is gomti. Some sarva is gomti.

Statements:

(a) Some aryavarat is sarva. All sarva is prathma. Some prathma is baroda. All baroda is kashi. All kashi is gomti.

(b)All aryavarat is gomti. Some gomti is baroda. All baroda is kashi. Some kashi is prathma. All prathma is sarva.

(c) All aryavarat is kashi. Some kashi is baroda. All baroda is gomti. Some gomti is prathma. All prathma is sarva.

(d) All aryavarat is sarva. Some aryavarat is kashi. Some kashi is baroda. All baroda is gomti. Some gomti is prathma.

(e) None of these.

Q9. Conclusions: Some goods is not income. Some service is direct.

Statements:

(a)All goods is service. No service is tax. Some tax is income. All income is direct. No direct is excise. 

(b)Some goods is excise. No excise is income. All service is income. Some income is tax. All tax is direct.

(c) All goods is tax. No tax is income. All direct is income. Some direct is excise. All excise is service.

(d) All goods is income. Some income is service. All service is tax. No tax is direct. All excise is direct.

(e) None of these.

Q10. Conclusions: Some mail is gmail. No yahoo is Hotmail.

Statements:

(a)All mail is Hotmail. Some Hotmail is outlook. Some outlook is fastmail. All fastmail is gmail. No gmail is yahoo.

(b) Some mail is yahoo. All yahoo is gmail. No gmail is Hotmail. Some Hotmail is outlook. No outlook is fastmail.

(c) Some Fastmail is gmail. All gmail is mail. No mail is yahoo. Some yahoo is not outlook. All outlook is hotmail.

(d) All mail is fastmail. Some fastmail is gmail. No gmail is Hotmail. Some Hotmail is yahoo. All yahoo is outlook.

(e) None of these.

Directions (11-15): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

There are eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circle. Some are facing the center while some are not. They also like different colour like white, green, red, black, pink, blue, yellow and brown. P is sitting third to right of R. There is one person sitting between P and Q. S is sitting fourth to right of Q. The person who like red sits second to right of S. P does not like red colour. Three persons sit between the person who like red and brown colour. The person who like white colour sits second to right of person who like brown colour. S does not like white colour. The person who likes blue sits third to right of person who like white colour. R likes blue colour. There is two persons sits between S and T. There is three persons sits between the person who like pink and black colour. T does not like pink or black colour. There is one person sits between the person who like black and green colour. The person who like red colour sits third to right of person who like green colour. The person who like yellow colour sits third to right of person who like black colour. V sits fourth to right of person who like pink colour. U is not immediate neighbor of V. The person who like pink colour sits third to left of person who like red colour and both faces the same direction.(Same direction means if one faces center then other also faces the center and vice-versa).T faces opposite the center. P likes the brown colour.

Q11. Who among the following like red colour?

(a) P

(b) Q

(c) R

(d) T

(e) W

Q12.If T is related to R and Q is related to S, in the same way P is related to?

(a) P

(b) Q

(c) R

(d) T

(e) W

Q13. Who among the following sits third to right of person who like brown colour?

(a) U

(b) S

(c) V

(d)W

(e) E

Q14. Which of the following is correctly matched?

(a) T-White

(b) R-Red

(c) S-Yellow

(d)U-Black

(e) W-blue

Q15. Who sits opposite to person who like white colour?

(a) U

(b) The person who like black colour.

(c) R

(d) The person who like Brown colour.

(e) The person who like yellow colour.