Reasoning Ability Quiz For SBI Clerk Mains 2022- 14th December

Directions (1-5): Study the given information and answer the following questions based on it.
Nine boxes with different fruits-Apple, Mango, Grapes, Pineapple, Papaya, Guava, Carrot, Watermelon and Cherry are placed one above another but not in the same order. All the boxes contain different number of fruits-12. 15, 16, 20, 23, 25, 28, 31 and 35
Three boxes are placed between the box with Grapes and the box that contains 28 fruits. One box is placed between Grape’s box and the Pineapple box which is placed below Grape’s box. Four boxes are placed between Pineapple box and Guava box which is placed below the box containing 28 fruits. The apple box is placed immediately below guava box which contains 31 fruits. Apple box contains either 12 or 35 fruits. Five boxes are placed between the boxes with 12 and 35 fruits and none of them is on the top. The box with Watermelon is placed immediately above the box with 12 fruits. Two boxes are placed between the Mango box and the Papaya box and both the boxes contains perfect square numbered fruits. The box with Cherry is placed immediately above Papaya box and has prime number of bruits. The quantity of Grapes is more than Papaya but less than Mango.

Q1. Which fruit box is placed at the bottom?
(a) Carrot
(b) Pineapple
(c) Watermelon
(d) Apple
(e) Banana

Q2. How many carrots are available in the box?
(a) 15
(b) 28
(c) 12
(d) 23
(e) 31

Q3. What is the difference between the number of fruits in the boxes placed at the top and bottom of the stack?
(a) 15
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 18
(e) None of these

Q4. Which of the following is true regarding the pineapple box?
(a) It is placed at the top.
(b) It has 23 fruits in the box.
(c) It is placed immediately above the box with mango.
(d) It is placed immediately above the box with cherry.
(e) None is true.

Q5. Cherry box is related to papaya box, guava box is related to apple box in the same way watermelon box is related to which of the following box?
(a) Carrot
(b) Pineapple
(c) Guava
(d) Mango
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): Study the given information and answer the following questions based on it.
Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G are working in an organization at different designations (in descending order) CEO, Director, GM, Manager, Asst. Manager, Officer and Clerk, but not necessarily in the same order. They got joining on different date and month of the same year (not a leap year).
D works as GM in the organization and got joining on 30th march. F is senior to D and got joining after 79 days with respect to D. There are two people working at two different designations between G and F, where G got joining 23 days before F got joining. The person A got joining on 9 July and A is not working as Asst. Manager and Director in the company. E is immediately senior to C. The person A is not the senior most person of the organization. C got joining 22 days after D. B got joining 34 days before E. E got joining on 15 February. E does not work as Asst. Manager.

Q6. The one who works as CEO got the joining on which of the following date?
(a) 15th February
(b) 30th March
(c) 12th January
(d) 9th July
(e) None of these

Q7. Who among the following got the joining in April month?
(a) GM
(b) Manager
(c) Officer
(d) Clerk
(e) None of these

Q8. On which designation does F work and when did he/she got joining?
(a) GM, 21st April
(b) Director, 17th June
(c) Manager, 15th June
(d) Officer, 30th March
(e) None of these

Q9. How many designations is/are there between the one who has joined on 30 March and the one who has joined on 15 February?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of these

Q10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group as per the given arrangement. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
(a) C – Officer
(b) G – Manager
(c) A – GM
(d) D – Director
(e) E – CEO

Directions (11-15): Study the given information and answer the following questions based on it.
Six persons have registered for classes of different activities. Each class is of one hour on every Sunday and no two persons have classes in the same slot. There is no gap in between any two adjacent slots of classes.
One person has class in between the class of K and the Math class. The Math class and the Chemistry class are in consecutive slots. The Chemistry class starts before 8 pm. There are two classes in between the classes of S and N such that S has the class before N. S has his class immediately after the Physics class. The Accounts class starts at 9.30 pm. There are two classes in between the Accounts class and the class for which W has registered such that W has his class before the Accounts class. The class for which W has registered and the English class have consecutive slots. J does not have the English class. The computer class is immediately before the class for which D has registered Chemistry class is not in the 4th slot.

Q11. At what time does the Computer class end?
(a) 7:30 Pm
(b) 10:30 Pm
(c) 9:30 Pm
(d) 8:30 Pm
(e) None of these

Q12. Who has registered for the class that starts at 4:30 Pm?
(a) K
(b) S
(c) J
(d) The one who has registered for the Math class
(e) None of these

Q13. Which of the following classes will start after the class for which K has registered?
I. Computer
II. Physics
III. English
(a) None of I, II and III
(b) All of I, II and III
(c) Only I
(d) Only I and III
(e) Only III

Q14. In which of the following time slots (pm) will J have his class?
(a) 4:30 to 5:30
(b) 9:30 to 10:30
(c) 6:30 to 7:30
(d) 8:30 to 9:30
(e) None of these

Q15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group as per the given arrangement. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
(a) N – Accounts
(b) D – Physics
(c) W – Math
(d) N – English
(e) K – Chemistry

Solutions

Solution (1-5):
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