Reasoning for IBPS Clerk Main Exam: 17th January 2019

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions carefully. 

There are eight persons namely A, B, P, R, T, X, V and Z sits around the circular table and all of them faces inside of the table. Also, each of them likes a different number i.e. 5, 7, 18, 8, 10, 16, 21 and 15, but not necessarily in the same order.

The person, who like 21 number sits second to the right of A. V sits opposite to T. Immediate neighbor of A sits opposite to B, who likes a number which is a perfect cube. X sits third to the left of P, who likes that number which is multiple of 5. A like 15 number and sits second to the right of that person, who like 18 number. Immediate neighbor of P likes 8 number. T likes 16 number and sits next to P. V sits immediate right of Z, who sits opposite to R. The number like by P is 2 times the number like by V.

Q1. How many persons sits between A and the one, who like 16 number, when counted anti clock direction from A?

Q2. Who sits third to the right of T?

Q3. Which of the following number like by the person, who sits opposite to the one, who likes 8 number?

Q4. Four of the following are alike in a certain way, then which of the following does not follow the same pattern?

Q5. Who sits second to the left of X?

Directions (6-10): Study the following series carefully and answer the questions. 

6 1 2 3 5 7 8 9 7 1 3 5 7 4 6 9 5 8 6 1 4 2 6 3 9 7 5 9 4 2 1 8

Q6. Which of the following digit is at 8th to the right of the one which is 7th from the left end?

Q7. Which of the following digit is exactly between the one, which is 16th from left end and which is 9th from right end?

Q8. How many even digits are immediately preceded and succeeded by an odd number?

Q9. How many odd digits are there which are immediately succeeded by a perfect square?

Q10. How many 7’s are in the above statement there which are immediately preceded by 5?

Directions (11-15): Each question consists of some statements followed by some conclusions. Consider the statements to be true even if they are in variance with the commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from the given statements. 

Q11. Statements: 

Some tiffin are lunch.

Some lunch are spoon.

No spoon is a fork.

Conclusions: 

I. No tiffin is fork.

II. No lunch is fork.

III. Some lunch are not fork.

IV. Some tiffin are spoon.

Q12. Statements: 

All Cake are Pastries.

All Cake are Patties.

Some Samosa are not Pastries.

Conclusions: 

I. Some Patties are Samosa.

II. Some Pastries are Patties.

III. All Pastries are Patties.

IV. Some Cake are not Samosa.

Q13. Statements: 

Some Pollutions are Illiteracy.

Some Illiteracy are Corruption.

All Poverty are Corruption.

Conclusions: 

I. Some Pollutions are not Poverty.

II. No Illiteracy are Poverty.

III. Some Corruption are Pollutions.

IV. All Poverty are Illiteracy.

Q14. Statements: 

All Empty are null.

Some null are void.

All void are vacant.

Conclusions: 

I. Some Empty are vacant

II. Some vacant are null.

III. Some Empty are void.

IV. All vacant are void.

Q15. Statements: 

Some Above are Below.

Some Below are Under.

All Under are Behind.

Conclusions: 

I. Some Behind are Under.

II. Some Behind are Below

III. Some Under are Above.

IV. Some Above are Under.

               

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