Reasoning Ability Quiz For IBPS RRB PO Clerk Prelims 2022- 15th August

Directions (1-5): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Eight persons R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y were born (but not necessarily in the same order) in eight different years (1980, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, and 2000).
Note: Consider all persons were born on 31st December in the given years. Ages of these persons are calculated with respect to 31st December 2021.
S was born five years before T. At least one person was born between U and X. V was born two years after T. At most one person was born between V and Y. W was born immediately before R. R was not born in a leap year.

Q1. Who was born in a non-leap year?
(a) W
(b) U
(c) X
(d) V
(e) T

Q2. Who was born four years before Y?
(a) T
(b) U
(c) X
(d) V
(e) Can’t be determined

Q3. If X was born 10 years after V, then what will be the age of U?
(a) 29 years
(b) 25 years
(c) 21 years
(d) 41 years
(e) None of these

Q4. Who among the following person was born in 1981?
(a) W
(b) U
(c) X
(d) R
(e) Y

Q5. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
I. W was born in 1980
II. Two persons were born after U
III. Y was born in 1996
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Only I and II
(d) Only I and III
(e) Only III

Directions (6-10): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Seven known and three unknown persons live on different floor of the building such that lowermost floor is numbered as floor 1, floor above it is numbered as floor 2 and so on. There is no vacant floor.
S lives four floors above Y. There are three floors between V and Z’s floor. L’s floor is exactly between S’s and V’s floor. There is only one floor between Z and T’s floor. M who lives below Z, lives on a prime numbered floor. L lives on perfect square numbered floor but above 5th floor.

Q6. Who lives on 7th floor?
(a) Z
(b) Y
(c) M
(d) T
(e) None of these

Q7. T lives on which among the following floor?
(a) 2nd
(b) 4th
(c) 7th
(d) 8th
(e) None of these

Q8. How many floors are below M’s floor?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) More than four

Q9. Who among the following person lives on topmost floor?
(a) S
(b) V
(c) T
(d) Z
(e) None of these

Q10. How many persons live between Y and T?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) More than four

Directions (11-15): In the question below, three statements are given followed by the 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.

Q11. Statements: All rain are drops.
No drop is cloud.
Some clouds are star.
Conclusions: I. No rain is cloud.
II. All star can never be drops.
(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

Q12. Statements: Only cat are mouse.
Some cat are Crow.
No crow is cow.
Conclusions: I. No cow is mouse.
II. Some crows can be mouse.
(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

Q13. Statements: No Banana is yellow.
Some yellow is melon.
No melon is apple.
Conclusion: I. All melon can be yellow.
II. Some yellow is apple.
(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

Q14. Statements: All jack is dog.
No dog is cat.
Only cat is mouse.
Conclusions: I. No mouse is dog.
II. Some jack is not cat
(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

Q15. Statements: All boys are groups.
All group is best.
No best is bad.
Conclusions: I. No bad is boy.
II. All groups can be boys.
(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

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