Night Class Reasoning Questions for RRB PO Exam 2017

Directions (1-3): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. 

The government’s version of the Lokpal Bill says that sitting prime ministers will not come under the ombudsman’s lens. Now, the Lokpal will have jurisdiction over ministries, but not the prime minister. It’s a mistake. He is the head of the Cabinet and the first among equals; as liable to scrutiny as his peers. Ministries and various departments are the functioning arms of the government, which enforce rules. The root of corruption lies in how these rules and policies are administered.

Q1. Which of the following is the conclusion of the above discussion? 

(a) The government has no will to fight corruption. 

(b) In case the prime minister is brought under the purview of the Lokpal, his office may face frequent frivolous allegations. 

(c) Keeping the prime minister out of the purview of the Lokpal will render the institution impotent to check corruption in the country. 

(d) Ministries and departments are not under the effective control of the government. 

(e) None of these

Q2. Which of the following is the assumption of the above discussion? 

(a) The incumbent government wants to protect the prime minister from facing corruption charges. 

(b) The prime minister wants to maintain his supremacy over the ministers. 

(c) The prime minister is a constitutional position and it can’t be brought under the Lokpal. 

(d) Bringing ministers under the Lokpal is enough to check corruption in high places. 

(e) None of these 

Q3. Which of the following is an inference of the above passage?

(a) There are fundamental flaws in how policies and rules are administered any ministries and departments.

(b) Ministries and departments are incapable of enforcing rules and policies properly in lack of support from ministers.

(c) Scrutiny of ombudsman is not a necessary factor for controlling corruption.

(d) Only sitting prime ministers are accused of corruption charges.

(e) None of these

Q4. Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below.

Though focused on inflation, the RBI’s monetary policy can never ignore economic growth. The RBI has recognized the signs of slowdown but says that it is essentially confined to sectors that are sensitive to interest rates. There is no evidence yet of a broad-based slowdown.

Which of the following weakens the above discussion?

(a) Hike in short-term lending and borrowing rates contain inflation and control price rise.

(b) Measures to control inflation hurt investment across all sectors.

(c) The costly auto, home and corporate loans do not have overall impact on the economy.

(d) The stock markets, bankers and corporate leaders do not represent overall economy of the country.

(e) None of these

Q5. Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below.

It is a major contradiction in India’s healthcare service: even as there has been a mushrooming of huge, well equipped, multi-discipline hospitals in big cities serving the rich, thousands of rural India’s poor patients have to go without a semblance of medical care.

Which of the following in an assumption of the above passage?

(a) Rural India lacks sufficient trained medical personnel to take care of poor patients.

(b) Rural poor bear the brunt of government apathy towards their health even as rich among them avail superior healthcare facilities in nearby cities.

(c) The government wants the rural people to opt for city-based specialty hospitals in case of serious illness.

(d) The rural poor are themselves to blame for poor medical facilities as they go for indigenous medical systems.

(e) None of these

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

G, H, I, J and K are five persons who are working in different IT companies in Bangalore. Two of them are working in Infosys, while the other three are working in different occupations, viz TCS, Cognizant and Tech Mahindra but not necessarily in the same order. They are living in different colonies of Bangalore viz; P, Q, R and S but not necessarily in the same order.

One of the person who is working in Infosys and the person working in Tech Mahindra stay in the same locality S. The other three stay in three different localities P, Q and R. Two of these five persons are Hindus, while the remaining three come from three different communities, viz Muslim, Christian and Sikh but not necessarily in the same order. The person who is working in Tech Mahindra is the oldest in age while the female person who is working in Infosys is the youngest. The other person who is working in Infosys is a male and lies between the employees of TCS and the Tech Mahindra age wise. J is a male and working in Infosys and stays in locality S while K is a Muslim and stays in locality R. The employee of TCS is a Christian and stays in locality P. H is a Sikh while, G is a Hindu and is a female and working in Infosys.

Q6. In which company H is working?

(a) TCS 

(b) Tech Mahindra

(c) Cognizant 

(d) Business

(e) Cannot be determined

Q7. In which company K is working?

(a) TCS 

(b) Tech Mahindra

(c) Cognizant 

(d) Business

(e) Cannot be determined

Q8. In which company I is working?

(a) TCS 

(b) Tech Mahindra

(c) Cognizant 

(d) Business

(e) Cannot be determined

Q9. Age wise, who among the following lies between G and I?

(a) Cannot be determined 

(b) The person who is working in Tech Mahindra

(c) The person who is working in cognizant 

(d) The male person who is working in Infosys

(e) None of these

Q10. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true on the basis of the given information

(a) K’s religion is Hindu

(b) G stays in place R

(c) I is an employee of Tech Mahindra

(d) J’s religion is Hindu

(e) H is an employee of TCS

Directions (11-15): Each of the 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 to 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 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 statement I and II together are necessary to answer the question. 

Q11. Is Q granddaughter of P? 

I. S has two children and Q is daughter of R. 

II. P is father of R and married to S. 

Q12. Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Who sits second to the left of E?

I. C sits second to the right of D, who sits second to the right of E.

II. B and F sit opposite each other and E sits between B and D. 

Q13. How is ‘new website’ written in a code language? 

I. ‘CP launches  new website’ is written as ‘ mi ku lu ta’ and ‘CP brings competition’ is written as ‘pa ta sa’. 

II. ‘New website is CP’ is written as ‘ku mi bu ta’. 

Q14. Who scores the highest run in a match, among five players A, B, C, D and E? 

I. A scores equal to B, who scores five runs more than C. 

II. D does not score the highest run, but he scores nine runs more than C. 

Q15. How many sisters does A have? 

I. P is father of A and he has three children. 

II. A has two siblings one of them is Q.

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