Reasoning Ability Quiz For IBPS PO Prelims 2022- 12th October

Directions (1-5): Study the information and answer the given questions:
There are ten persons namely P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y. They got appointments on 14th and 19th of different months i.e., January, March, April, June and July but not necessarily in the same order.
V got an appointment in the month which have odd number of days but not in January. Four persons got appointment between V and W. T did not get appointment on an even date. V got appointment before W. X got an appointment in the month which has odd numbers of days. S got an appointment on an even date of the month which has even number of days after T. P got an appointment just before T. Only two persons got an appointment between X and Y. U got an appointment just after R but not in April and January. Only three persons got an appointment between Q and U. T and U got appointment on the same date but different months.

Q1. Who among the following got appointment in the month which has less than 31 days?
(a) T
(b) W
(c) Y
(d) U
(e) Both (b) and (c)

Q2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence they form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group?
(a) Q
(b) U
(c) S
(d) T
(e) W

Q3. Who among the following are the persons who got appointment on the first and the last day?
(a) R, X
(b) P, Y
(c) Q, U
(d) P, U
(e) V, P

Q4. How many persons got appointment between T and Y?
(a) No one
(b) More than four
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) Two

Q5. Who among the following got appointment on 19th June?
(a) S
(b) W
(c) T
(d) Y
(e) R

Direction (6-10): Study the information carefully to answer the following questions.
There are 7 friends namely A, B, F, E, G, C, D who work in different company i.e., ADDA247, Career Power, PARAMOUNT, PRUDENCE, TIMES, MAHENDRA, TESTBOOK but not necessarily in the same order. Also, they have different phones i.e. One plus, SAMSUNG, HONOR, Vivo, OPPO, NOKIA, Apple but not necessarily in the same order.
Neither D nor E works in MAHENDRA. D is not from ADDA247. The one who works in ADDA247 has SAMSUNG phone. F works in TIMES. A has Apple phone. C works in Career Power and has One plus. The one who has Oppo phone works in MAHENDRA. G does not have Vivo and Oppo phone. The one who has NOKIA phone neither work in TESTBOOK nor PRUDENCE. F does not have NOKIA. G works in PRUDENCE.

Q6. Who among the following works in Mahendra?
(a) F
(b) E
(c) B
(d) G
(e)none of these

Q7. Who among the following has Samsung as phone?
(a) F
(b) E
(c) B
(d) G
(e)none of these

Q8. Who among the following works in Paramount?
(a) F
(b) E
(c) B
(d) G
(e)none of these

Q9. Which of the following combination is true?
(a) G-One plus-PRUDENCE
(b) E-Apple-PARAMOUNT
(c) B-ADDA247-HONOR
(d) F-Vivo-TIMES
(e)none of these

Q10. Which of the following is not correct regarding D?
(a) he works in PARAMOUNT
(b) he has NOKIA phone
c) he does not have HONOR as phone
(d) all (a), (b), (c) are correct
(e) none is correct

Directions (11-12): Study the following information to answer the given questions:
Given
A*B means B is 1m east to A
A@B means B is 1m west to A
A#B means B is 1m south to A
A%B means B is 1m north to A
A!B means B is 2m east to A

Q11. If R @ P # Q ! S * T, holds true, then in which direction is T with respect to P?
(a) South-east
(b) South-west
(c) North-east
(d) North-west
(e) None of these

Q12. If D ! O # R @ E % M ! N holds true, then in which direction is point M with respect to D?
(a) south
(b) west
(c) north
(d) east
(e) none of these

Q13. Chhavi started from point A. After walking for some time, she turned to her left and continued walking, then after some time turned to her right. Now walking for some distance, she turned to her left and after this she turned to her right. Now final after turning to her right again she stopped. If now she is walking in west direction, in which direction did she started her journey from point A?
(a) South
(b) East
(c) North
(d) West
(e) Cannot be determined

Directions (14-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
Point P is 12m east of point Q. Point Q is 9m north of point R and also 11m south of point S. Point T is 8m west of point S. Point R is 14m south of point U. Point W is 15m west of point R.

Q14. Point W is in which direction with respect to point S?
(a) North-west
(b) South-west
(c) North-east
(d) South-east
(e) None of these

Q15. What is the shortest distance between U and P?
(a) √29m
(b) 13m
(c) √37m
(d) 6m
(e) None of these

Solutions

Solutions (1-5):
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