Night Class Reasoning Questions for Syndicate and Canara Bank PO Exam 2018

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

In Budget 2018, Finance Minister of India decided to allocate 500000cr in 8 ministries .The eight ministries are Railway, Transport, Health, Education, Textile, Agriculture, MSME and Water Resource. The eight ministers are A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. All ministries get some fixed  amount from 500000cr. The following information is known about them.

F is not the Agriculture Minister. Transport Ministry gets double the amount which is received by Railway Ministry. G will get the 150% of amount which is received by A. B gets half the amount which is received by H. C gets half the amount which is received by B. Education Ministry gets least amount. Health Ministry gets the second least amount. H is not the Water Resource minister. D gets 75% of the amount which is received by E. The Railway Ministry gets double the amount which is received by Education Ministry. Textile Ministry gets more amount than MSME Ministry. F will get the 10% of the total allocated amount. A will get the 80% of the amount which is received by F. The highest amount is allocated to Water Resource ministry. E and H will get same(equal) amount. Agriculture Ministry gets half the amount which is received by Water Resource ministry. 

Q1. Who among the following is MSME minister ?

(a) H

(b) G

(c) F

(d) E

(e) D

Q2.Who among the following is Railway minister?

(a) H

(b) G

(c) F

(d) E

(e) D

Q3.What is the total amount received by Ministers B and C?

(a) 100000cr

(b) 60000cr

(c) 70000cr

(d) 75000cr

(e) 80000cr

Q4. H is minister of which department? 

(a) Textile

(b) MSME

(c) Water Resource

(d) Transport

(e) Education

Q5. What is the amount received by D? 

(a) 500000cr

(b) 600000cr

(c) 700000cr

(d) 750000cr

(e) None of these

Directions (6-7): In making decisions about import questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between strong arguments and weak arguments in so far as they relate to the question. Strong arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. Weak arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question. Each question below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a strong argument and which is a weak argument.

Give answer

(a) if only argument I is strong

(b) if only argument II is strong

(c) If either I or II is strong

(d) If neither I nor II is strong

(e) If both I and II are strong

Q6.Statement: Should India stop participating in Olympic games ? 

Arguments 

I. Yes, India has been unsuccessful in winning medals in Olympic games in spite of competing in so many events. 

II. No, participation in Olympic games will help the sports persons improve their performance standards. 

Q7.Statement: Should women be exempted from wearing helmets ? 

Arguments 

I. Yes, it doesn’t look good on women and women also hesitate to wear the helmets. 

II. No, it compromises on their safety. 

Directions (8-10): In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III & IV. You have to take 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 logically follow from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Q8. Statements: 

Some tennis is cricket.

No cricket is bat.

All bat is match.

Some bat is football.

Conclusions:

I. Some cricket is match.

II. Some tennis is not cricket.

III. Some cricket is football.

IV. Some tennis is bat.

(a) Only I and III follow

(b) Only II and III follow

(c) Only I and IV follow

(d) Only II, III and IV follow

(e) None follows

Q9. Statements: 

All sony is lava.

Some lava is MI.

All MI is nokia.

Some nokia is samsung.

Conclusions:

I. Some samsung is MI.

II. Some nokia is lava. 

III. Some samsung is sony.

IV. Some sony being nokia is possibility.

(a) Only I and III follow

(b) Only I, II and III follow

(c) Only II and IV follow

(d) Only II, III and IV follow

(e) None of these

Q10. Statements: All sands are beaches. All shores are beaches. Some beaches are trees. All trees are hotels.

Conclusions:

I. Some shores are hotels.

II. All beaches are shores.

III. Some beaches are hotels.

IV. Some sands are trees.

(a) None follows

(b) Only II follows

(c) Only either I or III follows

(d) Only IV follows

(e) None of these

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

In a certain code language 

‘the then manager forex’ is written as ‘ sx vt fa ba’, 

‘apart from the eight’ is written as ‘ fa lm mp qa ’, 

‘from executive manager and’ is written as ‘ ca mp za vt’, 

‘then eight forex officer’ is written as ‘ ba ta lm sx’, 

Q11. What is the possible code for ‘eight executive fraud’ in the given code language?

(a) ca lm za

(b) lm za ta

(c) ca ba lm

(d) lm ty sx

(e) lm ca yt

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

(a) sx

(b) vt

(c) fa

(d) ba

(e) None of these

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

(a) fa

(b) lm

(c) mp

(d) qa

(e) None of these

Q14.What is the possible code for ‘and then’ in the given code language?

(a) ca za

(b) ca sx

(c) za lm

(d) sx ba

(e) ca lm

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

(a) fa

(b) lm

(c) mp

(d) qa

(e) None of these

Night Class Reasoning Questions for Syndicate and Canara Bank PO Exam 2018(Solution)