New Pattern Reasoning Questions for RBI Grade-B Phase-1 Exam

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

There are seven students – M, N, O, P, Q, R and S – who like different subjects viz- Hindi, English, Math, Science, Physics, Chemistry and Biology but not necessarily in the same order. They read on different days of the week starting from Monday. They also like different sports, viz- Hockey, Cricket, Football, Tennis, Badminton, Baseball and Kho-Kho but not necessarily in the same order.

N, who likes Baseball, reads on the fourth day of the week but neither Hindi nor Biology. Two students read between the days on which N and R read and neither of them read on the 1st day of the week. There is only one student who reads between M and O. But O does not read either on 1st or 3rd day of the week. O likes Cricket sport and reads Hindi. The one who reads Math on the last day of the week likes Football sport. P does not read on the day either immediately before or immediately after the day on which M read, who doesn’t like either Badminton or Hockey or Tennis sport. P does not read science. S reads immediately after O and he likes Hockey sport. Q does not like Badminton sport and reads Chemistry. M does not read either Physics or Science. The one who reads English takes class immediately after the day when Hindi has been read. 

Q1. Which of the following combinations is definitely false?

(a)O – Cricket – Hindi

(b)M – Kho-Kho –Biology

(c)Q – Tennis –Chemistry

(d)R – Cricket – Hindi

(e)None of these

Q2.Who among the following reads on the 5th day of the week?

(a)The student who likes Kho-Kho sport

(b)The student who reads Math

(c)The student who reads Hindi

(d)The student who likes Tennis sport

(e)None of these

Q3.Who read Science?

(a)The student who likes Baseball sport

(b)The student who likes Kho-Kho sport

(c)The student who likes Badminton sport

(d) The student who likes Football sport

(e)None of these

Q4.If ‘N’ is related to ‘Cricket’ and ‘S’ is related to ‘Football’ then which of the following is ‘M’ related to?

(a)Badminton

(b)Baseball

(c)Tennis

(d)Kho-Kho

(e)None of these

Q5.Who reads Physics?

(a)The student who reads on fourth day of the week

(b)The student who reads just before Q

(c)The student who reads just after Q

(d)Can’t be determined

(e)None of these

Directions (6-10): Each of the following questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer.

(a) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient in answer the question.

(b) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

(c) if the data in either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

(d) if the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

(e) if the data in both the statements I and II are together necessary to answer the question.

Q6. Who is uncle of T?

I. P, who is brother of M, is father of T.

II. M is father of S. R is mother of T’s sister.

Q7. What is code of ‘Red’ ?

I. ‘Red and white cow’ is coded as- ‘sh th mh nh’ and ‘All are white ground’ is coded as ‘th zx cv bh’
II. ‘Only cow are animal’ is coded as- ‘mh bh nx wq’.

Q8. Point ‘P’ is in which direction with respect to point ‘Q’?

I. P is to the West of H, which is to the South of Q.

II. F is to the West of Q and to the North of P.

Q9. P, Q, R and S are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. Who is to the immediate right of Q?

I. R is between P and S.

II. S is to the immediate right of R.

Q10. In a row of five children A, B, C, D and E who is standing in the middle?

I. D is to the immediate right of E and B is to the immediate left of E.

II. B is at the extreme left of the row.

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

‘P © Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’.

‘P * Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.

‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.

‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.

‘P & Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.

Q11. Statement: 

J $ K, K * T, T @ N, N © R

Conclusion: 

I. J $ T

II. R * T

III. N $ K

IV. R * K

(a) None is true

(b) only I is true

(c) only II is true

(d) only III is true

(e) only IV is true

Q12. Statement:

 F & W, W © R, R @ M, M $ D

Conclusion: 

I. D @ R

II. M $ F

III. R @ D

IV. R * F

(a) None is true

(b) Only III is true

(c) Only I is true

(d) Only IV is true

(e) Only II is true

Q13. Statement: 

H @ B, B * V, V © E, W $ V

Conclusion: 

I. W $ E

II. H @ E

III. H @ V

IV. W $ B

(a) only I and II are true

(b) only I, II and III are true

(c) only I, III and IV are true

(d) All are true

(e) none of these

Q14. Statement: 

R © K, K * N, N $ J, J $ H

Conclusion: 

I. R $ N

II. J @ K

III. H @ N

IV. R $ H

(a) only I is true

(b) only III is true

(c) only II is true

(d) none of true

(e) only IV is true

Q15. Statement: 

K * D, D $ N, N & M, M © W

Conclusion: 

I. M @ K

II. N @ K

III. M @ D

IV. W * N

(a) only I and II are true

(b) only III and IV are true

(c) only I, II and III are true

(d) All are true

(e) none is true

New Pattern Reasoning Questions for  RBI Grade-B Phase-1 Exam  (Solutions)