Reasoning Ability Quiz For SBI, IBPS Prelims 2021- 14th March |

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Directions (1-5): Study the following information and answer the questions given.

Eight actors I, T, F, O, E, D, L and K are sitting around a circular table. Three of them are facing outside the centre and other five are facing towards the center of the table. T is sitting to the third right of D. F is sitting to the third left of O, who sits second right of I and among F, O and I, only one person is facing opposite to the centre of the circle. Two actors are sitting between K and E and two are sitting between D and E. F is sitting to the second left of L, who is facing the centre of the circle. The person who is immediate left of F is facing towards the centre. O is not an immediate neighbour of K. E does not sit opposite to D and F.

Q1. Who of the following actors is facing opposite to the centre?
(a) D
(b) O
(c) E
(d) T
(e) None of these

Q2. Who is sitting third to the left of E?
(a) O
(b) D
(c) T
(d) K
(e) None of these

Q3. Who is sitting second to the left of O?
(a)E
(b) I
(c) D
(d) K
(e) None of these

Q4. Who is second right to L?
(a) D
(b) K
(c) T
(d) O
(e) None of these

Q5. How many people are sitting between K and O, counting in anticlockwise direction from O?
(a) Three
(b) None
(c) One
(d) Two
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three Conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from 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.

Q6. Statements:
All Bear are Goat.
Some Goat are Orange.
Only a few Tree are Orange.
Conclusions:
I Some Tree are Goat.
II. Some Orange are Bear.
III. All Tree are Orange is a possibility.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only I and III follow
(d) Only III follows
(e) None follows

Q7. Statements:
Some Gate are Bat.
All Bat are Potato.
All Gate are Brush.
Conclusions:
I. Some Brush are Bat.
II. Some Potato are Gate.
III. Some Brush are Potato is a possibility.
(a) All follow
(b) Only II and III follow
(c) Only I and III follow
(d) Only I and II follow
(e) None of these

Q8. Statements:
All Cap are Cup.
All Cup are Cub.
All Cube are Cub.
Conclusions
I. Some Cup are Cube.
II. Some Cub are Cap.
III. All Cap are Cub.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only III follows
(d) Only II and III follow
(e) None of these

Q9. Statements:
Some Bill are Pillow.
All Pillow are Cotton.
All Silk are Cotton.
Conclusions:
I. All Silk are Pillow.
II. Some Bill are Cotton.
III. Some Silk are Bill.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only III follows
(d) Only I and II follow
(e) None of these

Q10. Statements:
Some blood are bone.
All bone are red.
Only a few hair are bone.
Conclusions:
I. All red are hair is a possibility.
II. Some blood are red.
III. All red are bone.
(a) Only I and III follow
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only I and II follow
(d) Only III follows
(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): In each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

Q11.
(a) Only I is true
(b) Only II is true
(c) Either I or II is true
(d) Neither I nor II is true
(e) Both I and II are true