Reasoning Ability Quiz For LIC ADO Mains 2023-29th March

Directions (1-5): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Seven students (P, Q, R, S, T, U and V) take different examination (CAT, CGL, CHSL, Clerk, MAT, MTS and PO) on 1st of seven different months (March, April, May, June, July, August and September) in the same year. All the information is not used in the same manner as given.
V takes Clerk exam in the month which has 31 days. The one who takes MAT exam takes after the one who takes Clerk exam. One student takes exam between V and T who takes CHSL exam in the month having 30 days. Neither S nor R takes CAT exam. U takes PO exam just before the one who takes CGL exam. Student who takes CAT exam takes three months before T. The one who takes MTS exam doesn’t take just after or just before T. S takes exam four months before Q.

Q1. Who among the following takes MTS exam in the month of May?
(a) Q
(b) R
(c) P
(d) S
(e) None of these

Q2. Who takes exam in the month of July?
(a) Q
(b) R
(c) P
(d) V
(e) None of these

Q3. Who takes exam two months before Q?
(a) The one who takes CGL exam
(b) The one who takes MTS exam
(c) The one who takes MAT exam
(d) The one who takes CAT exam
(e) None of these

Q4. Four from the following are similar in a certain way and forms a group. Find out the one who does not belong to that group.
(a) U
(b) R
(c) Q
(d) V
(e) P

Q5. How many students take exam before P?
(a) Three
(b) Two
(c) Zero
(d) Four
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H live in a 4-storey building where the bottommost floor is numbered as 1 and topmost floor numbered as 4. Each floor has two flats i.e., P and Q. Flat Q is in the east of flat P. All persons are from different places (UK, USA, Iran, India, Iraq, London, China and Japan)
Note: If a person lives in a flat adjacent to ‘X’ then both persons live on the same floor. If ‘X’ lives one/two/three floors above/below ‘Y’ then both persons live in same type of flat unless stated otherwise. And if one or two persons live between X and Y, then it means they both live in same type of flat unless stated otherwise.
Person from India doesn’t live in flat Q. Two persons live between G and E who is from Japan. E lives above G. Person from US lives just above the person from China but in different type of flat. F is from Iran and lives adjacent to the person from London. H lives just above D who is from UK and both of them lives in the same flat type as B. F lives just below B. G is not from London. F lives in flat Q.

Q6. Who among the following is from Iraq?
(a) C
(b) A
(c) B
(d) G
(e) None of these

Q7. Who lives just below the person from London in the same flat type?
(a) C
(b) H
(c) A
(d) D
(e) Either C or A

Q8. Who lives in flat P of 4th floor?
(a) Person from Japan
(b) Person from Iraq
(c) Person from US
(d) Person from London
(e) None of these

Q9. Person who lives in flat P of 1st floor is from which of the following country?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) UK
(d) Iraq
(e) None of these

Q10. Who lives in flat Q of second floor?
(a) Person from Iraq
(b) H
(c) A
(d) D
(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): In the question below some 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: No Slim is Smooth.
Only Fast are Slow.
Some Fast are smooth.
Conclusion: I. Some Fast are Slim.
II. No Slow is Slim
(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: All Sheep are Cattles.
Some Cattle are Grazing.
Only a few Cows are Grazing.
Some Sheep are Bleating.
Conclusions: I. All Cow can be Grazing.
II. Some Cattle are Bleating.
(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: Only Fictions are Novel.
Some Story are Fictions.
Only a few Romantics are Story.
Conclusions: I. Some Romantic are not Story.
II. A few Novels are not Story.
(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 Rules are Methods.
A few Method are Tricks.
Only Tricks are Great.
Conclusions: I. No Great are Rule
II. Some Trick are Rule.
(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: Only a few Hours are Seconds.
All Minutes are Seconds.
No Seconds are Time.
Conclusions: I. All Hours being Seconds is a possibility
II. A few Minutes are not Time
(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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