Reasoning Ability Quiz For IBPS SO Prelims 2022- 20th December

Direction (1-5): In the question below four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III are given. 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.

Q1. Statements: Only a few Sofas are Pillows.
Only a few Pillows are Cushions.
All Cushions are Chair.
Some Cushions are not Table.
Conclusions: I. All Sofas can be Pillow.
II. All Chair can be Table.
III. Some Pillows are not Cushions.
(a) Only III follows
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only I and III follow
(d) Either I or II and III follows
(e) None follows

Q2. Statements: Only a few Brown are Paint.
All Brown are Colour.
Only a few Paints are Stars.
All Stars is Spark.
Conclusions: I. Some Colours are not Paint.
II. All Paints can be Spark.
III. Some Sparks are Brown.
(a) Only III follows
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only I and II follow
(d) Either I or II and III follows
(e) None follows

Q3. Statements: Only a few Green are Lemon.
Only a few Lemons are Earth.
All Lemon is Red.
All Red is Soil.
Conclusions: I. Some Soil is not Green.
II. Some Red is not Earth.
III. All Soil can be Green.
(a) Only III follows
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only II and III follow
(d) Either I or II and III follows
(e) None follows

Q4. Statements: Some Branches are not Machines.
Only a few Machines are Cycles.
All Cycles are Tyres.
Only a few Tyres are Chain.
Conclusions: I. Some Cycles are not Branches.
II. Some Cycles are not Chain.
III. Some Chains are Machines.
(a) Only III follows
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only I and III follow
(d) Either I or II and III follows
(e) None follows

Q5. Statements: No traffic is rush.
No car is park.
Only a few park is cool.
All car is rush.
Conclusions: I. All cool is rush is a possibility.
II. All park is cool is a possibility.
III. No car is cool.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only I and III follow
(d) Either I or II and III follows
(e) None follows

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
There are eight persons i.e., M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, and T living in a nine-story building such as ground floor is numbered as 1, above it is floor 2, and so on up to the top floor is numbered as 9. One floor is vacant. Some of them are going on a trip to different countries. All the information is not necessarily in the same order.
There is a gap of three floors between O and S. O lives on a floor that is divisible by 3 but not on the sixth floor. P lives just below M who goes to Switzerland. M lives two floors above the one who goes to Germany. The number of floors above O is the same as the number of floors below the one who goes to Germany. The floor just above S is not vacant. N lives just above R and just below the one who goes to Finland. Q lives between O and S but doesn’t live on an even-numbered floor. Three persons live between Q and the one who goes to Norway.

Q6. How many persons live between the one who goes to Germany and N?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) None
(d) Four
(e) None of these

Q7. Who amongst the following person goes to Finland?
(a) T
(b) R
(c) Q
(d) O
(e) None of these

Q8. If M and T interchange their positions, then how many persons live between T and O?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Three
(d) Six
(e) None of these

Q9. Who amongst the following person goes to Germany?
(a) The one who lives at 1st floor
(b) T
(c) The one who lives at 7th floor
(d) R
(e) None of these

Q10. How many persons live below the vacant floor?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Six
(e) None of these

Q11. In a certain code language, if ‘MAKING’ is coded as ‘KAIILG’ and ‘POKING’ is coded as ‘NOIILG’, then what is the code for ‘METHOD’?
(a) KERHDM
(b) KERHMD
(c) KREHMD
(d) KERMHD
(e) None of these

Q12. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 7th letters of the word “GRACEFUL” then which will be the last letter of that word? Mark N if no meaningful word can be formed, Mark M if more than one meaningful word can be formed.
(a) M
(b) E
(c) U
(d) A
(e) N

Q13. In the following options, select the odd one from the given alternatives.
(a) BDCE
(b) GIHJ
(c) JLKM
(d) TUWV
(e) PRQS

Q14. If a meaningful word can be formed from SILSB, then the middle letter of that word is your answer. If no such word can be formed, then your answer is none of these.
(a) S
(b) L
(c) I
(d) B
(e) None of these

Q15. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘GLOBETROTTER’ each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet (Both forward and backward)?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of these

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