Reasoning Ability Quiz for IBPS 2021 Mains Exams- 6th January

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Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:
Seven persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S live on seven different floors of a building, first floor is numbered as 1 and topmost floor is numbered as 7. They have different shapes of Boxes i.e. Heart, Cuboid, Conical, Cylindrical, Spherical, Oval, and Pyramid (not necessarily in same order). They also like different colours i.e. brown, pink, peach, yellow, green, black, and red (not necessarily in same order).
N, who likes black colour, does not live on odd floor. S does not live on the first floor and doesn’t like red and pink colour. The one who likes yellow colour lives on even numbered floor. The one who lives on 1st floor has Conical shaped box and the one who has Spherical shaped box lives on an odd numbered floor. The one who lives just above N’s floor likes green colour. Two persons live between Q’s floor and M’s floor. R, who has Oval shaped box lives on the floor which is immediately above M, who does not live on an odd-numbered floor. R doesn’t like pink colour. P lives neither on the first floor nor on the fourth floor. The one who lives just below R’s floor has Heart shaped box and the one who has Cuboid shaped box lives below P’s floor. Three persons live between S, who has Pyramid shaped box and R. The one who has heart shaped box likes peach colour.

Q1. Who lives on the floor which is just above the one who has Oval shaped box?
(a)R
(b)The one who has Cuboid shaped box
(c)S
(d)The one who has Spherical shaped box
(e)None of these

Q2. How many persons live between R’s floor and the one who likes brown colour?
(a)None
(b)One
(c)Two
(d)Three
(e)None of these

Q3. M has which of the following shaped box?
(a)Spherical
(b)Oval
(c)Heart
(d)Cylindrical
(e)None of these

Q4. Who among the following lives on the topmost floor?
(a)L
(b)S
(c)Q
(d)R
(e)None of these

Q5. Which of the following combinations is true?
(a)Conical-P-yellow
(b)Cuboid-M-Red
(c)Oval-R-Red
(d)Cylindrical-P-Green
(e)None of these

Directions (6-10): 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 statement are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and Given 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 even in both 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.

Q6. By using which statement, we can conclude ‘Some white is not blue’.
I. All white is purple. Some white is yellow. Some green is purple. No green is blue.
II. Some purple is white. Some white is yellow. All yellow is green. No green is blue.

Q7. Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G went to a grocery shop, who among the following purchased the fifth highest number of grocery items and what is the number of grocery items being purchased by C if the difference between the number of grocery items of G and C is 2?
I. F purchased more grocery items than A. G purchased more grocery items than B but less than C. E purchased more number of grocery items than D. The difference between the number of grocery items of E and G is 22.
II. Neither D nor B purchased the least number of grocery items. C purchased less number of grocery items than only two people. D purchased more grocery than F. The highest number of grocery items is 98, purchased by E.

Q8. On which day S was born?
I. S’s sister remembers that he was born after Monday but before Saturday.
II. S’s friend remembers that he was born after Tuesday.

Q9. In a family of six persons who is the father of E?
I. C is the son-in-law of B. A is the only son of D. D is the grandmother of E.
II. E is the son of X, who is the only sister of A. B is the father of X.

Q10. Five persons are sitting around a circular table facing the center. Who among the following sit immediate left of C?
I. D sits second to the left of B. E is not an immediate neighbour of D. C is second to the left of E.
II. B sits second to the right of D. A second to the right of B. Two persons sit between D and E.

Directions (11-13): In the following questions, the symbols #, &, @ and $ are used with the following meanings as illustrated below. Study the following information and answer the given questions:
Note: The directions which are given indicates exact directions.
P#Q – P is in the south direction of Q.
P@Q – P is in the north direction of Q.
P&Q – P is in the east direction of Q.
P$Q – P is in the west direction of Q.

Point A is @10m of point B. Point E is &6m of point D. Point G is $10m of point F. Point C is &20m of point B. Point E is #5m of point F. Point D is @5m of point C.

Q11. What is the direction of point F with respect to B?
(a) #@
(b) @&
(c) $#
(d) @$
(e) &#

Q12. If point P is &8m to point B. What is the shortest distance between P and D?
(a) 16m
(b) 25m
(c) 12m
(d) 13m
(e) 18m

Q13. What is the direction of point E with respect to A?
(a) $@
(b) $&
(c) #&
(d) @$
(e) #@

Directions (14-15): Read the information carefully and answer the question given below:
There are six buildings in a colony i.e. P, Q, R, S, T, U. Building P is 8km north of building Q. Building R is exactly between P & Q. Building S is 6km east of building R and building T is exactly between R & S. Building U is 2km south of building S.

Q14. What is the shortest distance between building P and T?
(a) 3 km
(b) 4 km
(c) 5 km
(d) None-of-these
(e) 6 km

Q15. Building U is in which direction with respect to building Q?
(a) North-west
(b) North-east
(c) South
(d) None-of-these
(e) North

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