Reasoning Ability Quiz For IBPS RRB PO Clerk Mains 2022- 27th August

Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the following questions.
Six persons P, Q, R, S, T, and U are born in same month and date of six different year viz. 1978, 1982, 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2006 but not necessarily in the same order. (All the ages will be calculated on base year 2021). All persons are related to each other.
T is the father of the one whose age is 15 years. The difference between T’s age and P’s age is the lowest. P is the mother of U, who is a male. Q is married to the sister of P, whose age is 39 years. S is the sister-in-law of R. S is older than R but younger than Q. There are only two females in the family. U is the youngest family member.

Q1. How is S related to the one whose age is 15 years?
(a) Paternal Uncle
(b) Maternal Uncle
(C) Maternal Aunt
(d) Paternal Aunt
(e) None of these

Q2. Who was born in 1990?
(a) S
(b) R
(C) Q
(d) T
(e) Either (b) or (c)

Q3. What is the sum of the ages of S and R?
(a) 52 years
(b) 57 years
(c) 47 years
(d) 60 years
(e) None of these

Q4. Which of the following information is correct?
(a) R was born in 1995
(b) R is the brother of Q
(C) Both (a) and (b)
(d) U is the son of P and T
(e) Both (b) and (d)

Q5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on a group, which of the following does not belong to that group?
(a) T- 1978
(b) P -1982
(C) Q – 1990
(d) R- 1995
(e) U- 2006

Directions (6-10): In these questions some statements are followed by some conclusions numbered. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Q6. Statements: All hard are tough.
No tough is a question.
Some question are exam.
Conclusions: I. All hard being exam is a possibility.
II. No hard is a question.
(a) Only I follows.
(b) Only II follows.
(c) Both I and II follow.
(d) Either I or II follows.
(e) Neither I nor II follows.

Q7. Statements: All eraser are sharpener.
Only Few pencil are eraser.
No pencil is Pen
Conclusions: I. No eraser is a pen.
II. All sharpeners are pencil is a possibility.
(a) Only I follows.
(b) Only II follows.
(c) Either I or II follows.
(d) Neither I nor II follows.
(e) Both I and II follow.

Q8. Statements: All white is blue.
Some blue is olive.
No olive is a grey.
Conclusions: I. Some white is olive.
II. Some grey being blue is a possibility.
(a) Either I or II follows.
(b) Both I and II follow.
(c) Only I follows.
(d) Neither I nor II follows.
(e) Only II follows.

Q9. Statements: All earth are suns.
No sun are moon.
Few moon are Jupiter.
Conclusions: I. All earth are Jupiter.
II. No sun is a Jupiter.
(a) Either I or II follows.
(b) Only II follows.
(c) Neither I nor II follows.
(d) Only I follows.
(e) Both I and II follow.

Q10. Statements: All rectangle is square.
Some squares are circles.
No rectangle is a triangle.
Conclusions: I. All squares can never be triangle.
II. At least some rectangle is circle.
(a) Either I or II follows.
(b) Both I and II follow.
(c) Neither I nor II follows.
(d) Only I follow.
(e) Only II follows.

Directions (11-15): A word/number arrangement machine when given an input line of word/numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangements.

Input: caliber 49 cannibal 52 caution 43 caustic 39 camphor 62
Step I: 60 caliber 49 cannibal 52 caution 43 caustic 39 camphor
Step II: 60 caustic caliber 49 cannibal 52 caution 43 39 camphor
Step III: 60 caustic 50 caliber 49 cannibal caution 43 39 camphor
Step IV: 60 caustic 50 caution caliber 49 cannibal 43 39 camphor
Step V: 60 caustic 50 caution 47 caliber cannibal 43 39 camphor
Step VI: 60 caustic 50 caution 47 cannibal caliber 43 39 camphor
Step VII: 60 caustic 50 caution 47 cannibal 41 caliber 39 camphor
Step VIII: 60 caustic 50 caution 47 cannibal 41 camphor caliber 39
Step IX: 60 caution 50 caustic 47 cannibal 41 camphor 37 caliber

Step IX is the last step of the rearrangements, Based on the following logic rearrange the given input.

Input: mammals 65 laying 59 eggs 71 are 93 seldom 33

Q11. How many steps are required to complete the arrangements?
(a) Seven
(b) Six
(c) Eight
(d) Nine
(e) None of these

Q12. What will be the Step III of the given input?
(a) 91 seldom 69 mammals 63 laying 59 eggs are 33
(b) 91 seldom 69 mammals 65 laying 57 eggs are 33
(c) 91 seldom 69 mammals 65 laying 59 eggs are 33
(d) 91 seldom 71 mammals 65 laying 59 eggs are 33
(e) None of these

Q13. What is the position of ‘63’ from right end in Step VII?
(a) Second
(b) Third
(c) Fourth
(d) Fifth
(e)There is no such step

Q14. ‘91 seldom 69 mammals 63 laying 57 eggs are 33’ represents which step of the given input?
(a) Step IV
(b) Step V
(c) Step VI
(d) Step VII
(e) None of these

Q15. What is the sum of the term which is 5th from the left end in step I and the term which is second last from the right end in step VI?
(a) 94
(b) 92
(c) 90
(d) 88
(e) None of these

Solutions