Most Important Reasoning Questions for IBPS PO and Clerk Exam 2017

Questions (1-5): Study the following information and answer the questions that follow:

There are seven boxes A, B, C, D, E, F and G are placed one above another but not necessarily in the same order. They all are of different colour i.e. Black, Yellow, Pink, Red, Green, White and Blue but not necessarily in the same order. These boxes contains different items i.e. Cadbury, dairy milk, Choco bar, Bru, Black coffee and Five star but not necessarily in the same order. 

Note: One of the box is empty.

Box A contains Cadbury and place above box D but not immediate above. Box E is of yellow colour and does not contains Black coffee but is kept immediately above the empty box which is pink in colour. There are two boxes kept between F and the box which is of Blue in colour. Box B is of white in colour and contains Choco bar. There is one box kept between box G and D, which contains Dairy milk. There is no any box above box A. Box D is kept immediate above box F. There is only one box kept between the box F and the box which is white in colour. Box G is kept immediately above box E. Box D is not the empty box. The Box which is of Red in colour contains Bru. Box G is of Black in colour. 

Q1. Which of the following box is empty?

(a) Box A

(b) Box B

(c) Box C

(d) Box D

(e) Box G 

Q2. Which of the following box contains Bru?

(a) Box G

(b) Box A

(c) Box B

(d) None of these 

(e) Box E

Q3. Which of the following Box is green in colour?

(a) Box G

(b) Box D

(c) Box C

(d) Box F

(e) Box A

Q4. Which of the following combination is not correct?

(a) Box B-white-Choco bar

(b) Box D-green-dairy milk

(c) Box C-pink-empty

(d) Box G-black-Bru

(e) All are correct

Q5. Which of the following box is kept immediately below box A?

(a) Box D

(b) Box B

(c) Box C

(d) None of these

(e) Box G 

Questions (6-10): Study the following information and answer the questions that follow:

Fourteen students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S who attends the lecture on different subjects i.e. Economics, Biology, Sociology, Physics, Math’s, History and Chemistry but not necessarily in the same order. They all attend the lecture on different days of the same week starting from Monday. Lecture for each subject are attended by only two students and lectures for each subject are held on same day.

A attended the lecture on Sociology. Student R and F attended their lecture on Wednesday. B attends his lecture on Saturday but not with A. The Lecture of Math’s is schedule on Thursday. Student G and S attended their lecture of subject Chemistry but one of the day after Thursday. Students M attends the lecture of subject Economics but not after Wednesday. There is a gap of one day between the lecture of Physics and the lecture of Biology which is attended by P but not on Monday. Student N attends his lecture on Friday. Lecture of subject Economics is not scheduled on Monday. A attends his lecture with only D. C does not attend his lecture with B. Student O does not attend the lecture of History. E attends his lecture with M.

Q6. On which Day Lecture on Physics was scheduled?

(a) Monday

(b) Tuesday

(c) Thursday 

(d) Friday

(e) Wednesday

Q7. P attends his lecture on which day?

(a) Monday

(b) Friday

(c) Saturday

(d) Sunday

(e) Tuesday

Q8. Who among the following students attends the lecture on History?

(a) A and D

(b) B and C

(c) B and Q

(d) C and O

(e) R and A

Q9. C attends the lecture of which subject?

(a) Physics

(b) Math’s 

(c) Chemistry

(d) None of these

(e) Biology

Q10. On which of the following day the lecture on Sociology is scheduled?

(a) Sunday

(b) Tuesday

(c) Monday

(d) Friday

(e) Saturday

Directions (11-15): Study the information and answer the following questions:

In a certain code language

“asked how the court” is coded as ” 18#D 8#U 15#I 5#B ” 

“legal rights and other” is coded as ” 5#P 14#B 20@S 1#M ” 

“will hear logical issue” is coded as ” 21#J 1#M 1@I 12@X ” 

Q11.What is the code for ‘argument’ in the given code language?

(a) 20@B

(b) 2@B

(c) 20#B

(d) 20@A

(e)None of these

Q12.What is the code for ‘somewhere’ in the given code language?

(a) 18#T

(b) 19#T

(c) 18@T

(d) 18#U

(e)None of these

Q13.What is the code for ‘additional’ in the given code language?

(a) 1#B

(b) 1@C

(c) 1@B

(d) 11@B

(e)None of these

Q14.What is the code for ‘solicitor’ in the given code language?

(a) 1#T

(b) 15@T

(c) 15#S

(d) 15#T

(e)None of these

Q15.What is the code for ‘countered’ in the given code language?

(a) 5#C

(b) 15#D

(c) 5@D

(d) 5#E

(e)None of these

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