Reasoning Ability Quiz For SBI Clerk Prelims 2022- 12th October

Direction (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are seated in a straight line but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing south while some are facing north. E sits 2nd to the left of H. B and G faces same direction. C sits fourth to left of F. A sits at one of the extreme ends of the line and faces south. Both the immediate neighbours of C face north. Neither C nor F is immediate neighbor of A. B sits second to the left of C. Neither C nor F sits at the extreme end of the line. Only two persons sit to the left of D who faces south. People sitting at the extreme ends face the opposite directions (i.e., if one person faces North then the other faces South and vice-versa).

Q1. How many persons sit between A and H?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Six
(d) Five
(e) None of these

Q2. Who sits second to the left of F?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) D
(d) C
(e) None of these

Q3. How many persons sit between G and H?
(a) Two
(b) None
(c) Three
(d) One
(e) Four

Q4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence they form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group?
(a) G
(b) B
(c) D
(d) H
(e) E

Q5. Who sits immediate left of E?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) D
(d) C
(e) None of these

Direction (6-10): In these questions, relationships between elements is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.

Q6. Statements: G≤F=L≤J; J≤K=H
Conclusions: I. H=G
II. G<H

Q7. Statements: P<R<S<T>U
Conclusions: I. U<R
II. T>P

Q8. Statements: T>U≥V≥W; X<Y=W>Z
Conclusions: I. Z>U
II. W<T

Q9. Statements: K<L<M<N; M<O<P
Conclusions: I. P>K
II. N>O

Q10. Statements: B<A<C; A>D≤E
Conclusions: I. B≤E
II. C>E

Directions (11-15): In the following questions, the symbols #, %, $, @ and © are used with the following meaning as illustrated below.
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’.
‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P © Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
Now, in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the three Conclusions I, II and III given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

Q11. Statements: K%R@M, U©Q$R, Q%T
Conclusions: I. R%U
II. T#U
III. M%K
(a) Only I and III is true
(b) Only II and I is true
(c) Only II and III is true
(d) Only I is true
(e) None is true

Q12. Statements: D©G@ H, A%E#H, B$D
Conclusions: I. B%A
II. E#D
III. G%E
(a) Only III and II is true
(b) Only II
(c) Only III is true
(d) Either I or III true
(e) None of these

Q13. Statements: Z#A%C, G©Z, C#B$H
Conclusions: I.Z%B
II. H@Z
III. G#A
(a) Only I is true
(b) I, II and III are true
(c) Either I or II true
(d) Only II is true
(e) None of these

Q14. Statements: M$P#Q, S%L#M, Q@W©R
Conclusions: I. L#Q
II. R%P
III. W%L
(a) Only II and III is true
(b) Only I is true
(c) Either I or III true
(d) Only II
(e) None of these

Q15. Statements: K%M@R, R#T%X, O$X
Conclusions: I. M#T
II.R$O
III. M%O
(a) Only I is true
(b) Only I and III is true
(c) Only II is true
(d) All are true
(e) None of these

Solutions

Solutions (1-5):
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