Reasoning Ability Quiz For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2021- 22nd August |

Directions (1-5): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Seven persons live on seven different floors of the building. The ground floor is numbered as 1 and the top floor is numbered as 7. Each of them likes different colours i.e. Black, Yellow, Pink, Green, Orange, White and Red but not necessarily in the same order.
Two persons live between the one who likes Pink colour and Q. N lives on even number floor. P lives just above M. The one who likes yellow lives above the one who likes Black but not just above. N likes Pink. One person lives between Q and R. Q lives above R. The one who likes green colour live on the 2nd floor. P does not like Green colour. S lives above N and does not like Red and yellow colour. One person lives between the one who likes white and the one who likes black colour. S does not like the white colour. The one who likes yellow colour lives on an even-numbered floor. O does not like red colour.

Q1. Who among the following person likes Red colour?
(a) N
(b) S
(c) M
(d) P
(e) None of these

Q2. Which of the following colour likes by M?
(a) White
(b) Pink
(c) Yellow
(d) Green
(e)Orange

Q3. How many persons live between N and O?
(a) Five
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) One
(e) None

Q4. Four of the following five are alike in certain way based from a group, find the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) R
(b) Q
(c) P
(d) S
(e) M

Q5. Who among the following person likes Black colour?
(a) Q
(b) M
(c) O
(d) R
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): In each question below are given some statements followed by some 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.
(a) if both conclusion I and II are true.
(b) if neither conclusion I nor II is true.
(c) if only conclusion I is true.
(d) if either conclusion I or II is true.
(e) if only conclusion II is true.
Q6. Statements:
All sugar is salt.
Some cup are stick.
No stick is sugar.
Conclusions:
I. All cup are salt is a possibility.
II. Some stick are salt.

Q7. Statements:
Some crow is bat.
Some bat are cat.
All bat are fly.
Conclusions:
I. No fly is cat.
II. Some crow can be cat.
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QTags Syllogism

Q8. Statements:
All bottle are jug.
No jug is mug.
No mug are cap.
Conclusions:
I. Some bottle are cap.
II. No cap are bottle.

Q9. Statements:
All states are city.
Some country are world.
No world is states.
Conclusions:
I. Some city are states.
II. All states are country is a possibility.

Q10. Statements:
Some bat are ball.
Some pen are mouse.
Some ball are pen.
Conclusions:
I. Some bat are pen.
II. Some ball are mouse.

Direction (11-13): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
There are eight members i.e. J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q in a three generation family. M is daughter in law of Q. K is nephew of J. L is mother of J and has two child. N is granddaughter of L. J is brother in law of M. There are two married couple in the family. P is father of N. O is brother of M. There are three female members in the family. J is unmarried.

Q11. How is J related to N?
(a) Father
(b) Mother
(c) Uncle
(d) Brother
(e) None of these

Q12. Who among is the niece of O?
(a) J
(b) K
(c) P
(d) N
(e) None of these

Q13. Who among the following is brother in law of P?
(a) M
(b) O
(c) J
(d) Q
(e) None of these

Q14. Pointing to a lady, Sumit says to his only son, “She is daughter in law of my mother’s daughter in law”. Sumit is the only Child of his parents. How is the lady related to Sumit?
(a) Sister
(b) Brother
(c) Daughter-in-law
(d) Wife
(e) Daughter

Q15. Showing a man on the stage, Lady said, “He is the only child of the person who is grandfather of my son. How is the man on stage related to lady?
(a) Husband
(b) Brother in law
(c) Brother
(d) Sister
(e) Nephew

Solutions:

Solutions (1-5):
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