New Pattern Reasoning Questions for NICL AO Mains Exam

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

There are eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at the four corners of the square table while other four sit in the middle of each of four sides. The one who sits at the four corners face the center and those who sit in the middle of the sides face outward. All of them are reading different magazine, viz MacLife, Linux, Esquire, Wizard, Forbes, Muse, Fortune and Money.

F sits third to left of the one who reads Linux magazine. The one who reads Linux magazine faces outward. Only two friends sit between F and A. The one who reads MacLife magazine sits on the immediate right of A. The one who reads Forbes magazine sits second to right of B, who is not immediate neighbor of A or F.B does not read Linux magazine. Only one friend sits between H and one who reads Forbes magazine. E sits on the immediate left of the one who reads Wizard magazine. B does not read Wizard magazine. D reads Esquire magazine but he is not immediate neighbor of H. The one who reads Money magazine is an immediate neighbor of D. The one who reads Muse magazine is an immediate neighbor of C. C is an immediate neighbor of both E and the one who reads Money magazine.

Q1.Who among following reads Muse magazine?

(a) E

(b) A

(c) H

(d) G

(e) F

Q2. Who among following sits opposite to D?

(a) G 

(b) F

(c) C

(d) B

(e) A

Q3. Who among following sits second to right of D? 

(a) A 

(b) E

(c) C

(d) B 

(e) G

Q4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence they form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group? 

(a) A 

(b) H 

(c) B

(d) E 

(e) F

Q5. Who among following reads Maclife magazine?

(a) E

(b) B

(c) F

(d) A

(e) H

Directions (6-8): Question consists of five statements followed by five conclusions. Consider 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 does not logically follow from the given statements using all statements together.

Q6. Statements: 

Some shirt is pant. All pant is cloth. No cloth is blazer. All jeans is blazer. Some jeans is cap.

Conclusions: 

(a) Some shirt is cloth.

(b) Some shirt is not blazer.

(c) No pant is blazer.

(d) Some cap is blazer.

(e) None of these

Q7. Statements: 

All jan is feb. Some jan is march. All march is april. No march is june. Some june is july.

Conclusions:

 (a) Some jan is april.

(b) Some march is feb.

(c) Some april is not june.

(d) Some july is april.

(e) None of these

Q8. Statements: 

Some nike is lava. Some lava is rebook. Some rebook is nokia. Some nokia is samsung. Some samsung is xiomi.

Conclusions:

 (a) Some lava is nike.

(b) Some xiomi is samsung.

(c) Some nokia is lava.

(d) Some samsung is nokia.

(e) None of these

Directions (9-10): In the questions below are given some 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.

Q9. Conclusions:

 Some yellow is white. Some black is not white.

Statements:

(a) Some back is green. No green is white. Some white is pink. All pink is yellow. No yellow is violet.

(b) Some black is white. All white is green. No green is pink. Some pink is yellow. All yellow is violet.

(c) Some pink is yellow. All yellow is violet. No violet is black. Some black is white. All white is green.

(d) Some pink is violet. All violet is yellow. No yellow is black. All black is white. Some black is green.

(e) None of these.

Q10. Conclusions: 

Some green is air. Some air is sky.

Statements:

(a) Some sky is air. All air is blue. Some blue is tree. All tree is green. Some tree is carbon.

(b) Some sky is tree. All tree is green. Some green is carbon. All carbon is blue. Some blue is air.

(c) Some sky is carbon. All carbon is blue. Some blue is air. All air is tree. Some tree is green.

(d) All sky is blue. Some sky is air. Some air is tree. All tree is green. Some green is carbon.

(e) None of these.

Directions (11-13): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

(i) ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is father of Q’

(ii) ‘P – Q’ means ‘P is mother of Q’

(iii) ‘P × Q’ means ‘P is brother of Q’

(iv) ‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is sister of Q’

Q11. Which of the following means ‘M is niece of N’?

(a) M × R – N

(b) N ÷ J + M ÷ D

(c) N ÷ J + M

(d) N × J – M

(e) None of these

Q12. Which of the following means ‘F is grandson of B’?

(a) B + J – F

(b) B – J + F

(c) B × T – F

(d) B ÷ T + F

(e) None of these

Q13. How is K related to M is the expression ‘B + K ÷ T × M’?

(a) Son

(b) Daughter

(c) Son or daughter

(d) mother

(e) Sister

Q14. Sulekha walked 2m South, turned her right and walked half a meter, then turned North and walked 5m, then she turned East and walked 41/2 m. How far is she from the starting point?

(a) 5 m 

(b) 4 m

(c) 3m

(d) 6 m

(e) 7m

Q15. Aditi walks 10m straight ahead towards East and then she turned right to walk 10m. Then every time turning to her left she walks 5m, 15m and 15 m, respectively. How far is she from the starting point?

(a) 10m

(b) 15 m

(c) 20 m

(d) 25 m

(e) 5m

New Pattern Reasoning Questions for NICL AO Mains Exam (Solutions)