Reasoning for NABARD Assistant Manager 2018: 16th April

Dear Aspirants,

Direction (1-5):  Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Nine persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I stay on a nine floors building, but not necessarily in the same order. The bottommost floor is numbered as first floor, the floor above is numbered as second and so on till the topmost floor which is numbered as ninth. Only one person stays on each floor. Each of them was born in the different months of the same year starting from January to September but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them was born either in city Y or city X. Only five of them were born in city X. The one who was born in the month of June in city Y stays on third floor. There are two floors between the floors on which the persons born in February and March lives.  C was born in April in city Y. A stays on an even numbered floor, below the even numbered floor on which H stays. The one who lives on fourth floor is the youngest and was born in city X. D who stays on the second floor was born in the month of May in city X. There is only one floor between the floors on which F and G stay.  B who is the oldest person stays on the topmost floor. A was not born in the month of July and was not born in city X. E stays immediate above the floor on which I stay. F was born in the month of march in city Y and stays on an odd numbered floor. G does not stay on the ground floor. B stays immediately above the floor on which H stay. There are three floors between the floors on which C and F stay. The second oldest person stays immediate above G.E stays on the fourth floor. B lives in city X.

Q1. The person who lives on the floor which is immediately above A’s floor was born in which of the following months?

(a) April

(b) July

(c) May

(d) February

(e) August

Q2. How many persons living above D are older than him?

(a) Five

(b) Three

(c) Seven

(d) Four

(e) None of these

Q3. G lives on which of the following floors?

(a) Eighth

(b) Seventh

(c) Sixth

(d) Fifth

(e) None of these

Q4. How many persons living below A are younger than him?

(a) One

(b) Four

(c) Five

(d) Three

(e) Two

Q5. A was born in which of the following months?

(a) August

(b) April

(c) September

(d) June

(e) March

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions below. Some statements are given followed by conclusions/group of conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume all the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given two conclusions logically follows from the information given in the statements.

(a) If only conclusion I follows

(b) If only conclusion II follows

(c) If either I or II follows

(d) If neither I nor II follows

(e) If both I and II follow

Q6. Statement: 

Some jam are zip.

Some zip are jaw.

No jam is jaw

Conclusion: 

I. Some zip are not jaw.

II. Some Jam are not jaw.

Q7. Statement: 

Some cup is fox

All jug are fox

Some jug are pot         .   .

Conclusion: 

I. Some pot are cup.

II. Some pot are fox.

Q8. Statement: 

Some Gym are map.

All Gym are Mic.

No Gum are Mic.

Conclusion: 

I. No Gym are Gum.

II. No Gum is map.

Q9. Statement:  

Some mop are pig.

No pig is cub.

No cub is Pub.

Conclusion: 

I. Some mop are pub.

II. Some mop are not pub.

Q10. Statement: 

All bag are spy.

Some Bud are spy.

No tea is spy.

Conclusion: 

I. All tea are Bud.

II. Some bag are not Tea.

Directions (11-15): Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below.

W 6 E I * Q N 3 A U % G @ © Y P 5 V 1 D & B 2 O 6 # 9 S 4 T $ Z M

Q11. How many such vowels are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a vowel?

(a) One

(b) Two

(c) Three

(d) Four

(e) None

Q12. Which of the following element is exactly in the middle of 7th element from the left end and the 17th  element from the right end of the arrangement?

(a) @

(b) ©

(c) %

(d) T

(e) None of these

Q13. Which of the following element is 10th to the left of the 14th element from the left end?

(a) 3

(b) A

(c) U

(d) N

(e) None of these

Q14. How many such vowels are there in the above arrangement which immediately proceeded by number and also immediately followed by a Vowel?

(a) Three

(b) One

(c) Four

(d) More than Four

(e) Two

Q15. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement which are immediately followed by a number and preceded by a consonant?

(a) One

(b) Three

(c) Two

(d) More than Three

(e) None

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