Reasoning Ability Quiz For Bank Foundation 2023 – 30th March

Directions (1-5): In the question below three statements are given followed by two conclusions. 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 follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Q1. Statements: Only a few ICICI are Axis.
No Axis are HDFC.
All HDFC are HSBC.
Conclusions: I. Some ICICI can be HSBC
II. Some HSBC are not Axis
(a) Only conclusion I follows
(b) Only conclusion II follows
(c) Either conclusion I or II follows
(d) Both conclusions I and II follow
(e) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Q2. Statements: No Neptune is Pluto.
All Pluto is Uranus.
Only a few Pluto is Saturn.
Conclusions: I. Some Uranus is not Neptune.
II. All Saturn cannot be Uranus.
(a) Only conclusion I follows
(b) Only conclusion II follows
(c) Either conclusion I or II follows
(d) Both conclusions I and II follow
(e) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Q3. Statements: Only violet are indigo.
Some yellow are violet.
Some orange are yellow.
Conclusions: I. Some Indigo is Orange
II. Some Violet is Orange
(a) Only conclusion I follows
(b) Only conclusion II follows
(c) Either conclusion I or II follows
(d) Both conclusions I and II follow
(e) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Q4. Statements: None of the Google are Safari.
A few safari are firefox.
Only Firefox are internet explorer.
Conclusions: I. Some Safari is definitely internet explorer
II. Some Internet explorer can be Google
(a) Only conclusion I follows
(b) Only conclusion II follows
(c) Either conclusion I or II follows
(d) Both conclusions I and II follow
(e) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Q5. Statements: No Elephant is Giraffe.
Only a few Elephant are Rhinoceros.
Mostly Rhinoceros are Crocodile
Conclusions: I. All Elephant can be Rhinoceros
II. Some giraffe can be crocodile
(a) Only conclusion I follows
(b) Only conclusion II follows
(c) Either conclusion I or II follows
(d) Both conclusions I and II follow
(e) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Directions (6-10): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
12 persons sit in two parallel rows such that six persons sit in each row. P, Q, R, S, T and U sit in row 1 while A, B, C, D, E and F sit in row 2. Persons in both the rows face each other. Persons in row 1 face south while persons in row 2 face north.
P sits second to the right of T but doesn’t sit at any extreme end. S is not adjacent to P. Q sits third to the right of U who sits opposite to E who sits immediate left of D. One person sits between D and C. F sits immediate left of B but not opposite to Q.

Q6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Who among the one that doesn’t belong to that group?
(a) F
(b) S
(c) T
(d) D
(e) U

Q7. Who among the following sits immediate right of C?
(a) F
(b) E
(c) A
(d) Either F or E
(e) Either E or A

Q8. Who among the following sits opposite to T?
(a) D
(b) None of these
(c) B
(d) A
(e) F

Q9. Who among the following sits immediate right of Q?
(a) R
(b) T
(c) Either T or S
(d) S
(e) P

Q10. Who among the following sits opposite to A?
(a) R
(b) Either R or T
(c) T
(d) Q
(e) S

Directions (11-15): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Eight people A, B, D, E, G, H, M and N sit around a square table but not necessarily in the same order. Four of them sit at the corners of the table while four of them sit at the middle of the sides of the table. Persons who sit at the corner of the table faces away from the center while the persons who sit at the middle of the sides of the table faces towards the center.
N sits at one of the corners of the table. M sits second to the right of D. A is an immediate neighbour of M. H sits exactly between D and E when counted from the left of D. B is an immediate neighbour of E. Only three persons sit between N and D. G sits second to the right of A. B does not sit at any corners of the table.

Q11. Who among the following sits second to the right of the one who sits third to the left of G?
(a) H
(b) D
(c) M
(d) E
(e) None of these

Q12. How many persons sit between A and B?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) More than five
(d) Five
(e) Either one or five

Q13. If position of A gets interchanged with the position of G, then who among the following sits second to the right of A?
(a) H
(b) B
(c) M
(d) D
(e) None of these

Q14. Which of the following statement is true with respect to the given arrangement?
(a) N is one of the immediate neighbours of E
(b) Only three persons sit between A and H.
(c) G sits at one of the corners of the table.
(d) None of these
(e) G sits immediate left to D

Q15. Which of the following pair of persons are immediate neighbours of D?
(a) M and A
(b) H and A
(c) G and H
(d) G and M
(e) None of these

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