Reasoning Questions Based on IBPS PO Prelims 2016 |

Reasoning-Quiz-Based-on-IBPS-PO-Prelims-2016

Directions (1-5): In each question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with 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. Given answer
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(e) If both conclusion I and II follow.

Q1. Statements: No sweet is a coffee.
All toffee is coffee.
Some chocolates are toffee.

Conclusions: I. No toffee is a sweet.
II. No coffee is a sweet.

Q2. Statements: No sweet is a coffee.
All toffees are coffees.
Some chocolates are toffees.

Conclusions: I. Some chocolates are sweets.
II. Some chocolates are coffees.

Q3. Statements: All woods are grasses.
Some sticks are woods.
No grass is a leaf.

Conclusions: I. No wood is a leaf.
II. Some woods are not sticks.

Q4. Statements: All woods are grasses.
Some sticks are woods.
No grass is a leaf.

Conclusions: I. All sticks being grasses is a possibility.
II. Some sticks are not leaves.

Q5. Statements: No pen is a paper.
Some trees are papers.
No cover is a tree.
Conclusions: I. At least some papers are covers.
II. All pens being trees is a possibility.

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Eight friends Aman, Bhavana, Chandan, Harsh, Gita, Farukh, Deepa and Ela are sitting around a circular table. Some of them are not facing the centre. No more than two friends sitting together face the same direction.
Note: Facing the same directions means if one person faces the centre then the other also faces the centre and if one person faces outward then other also faces outward. Facing opposite directions means if one person faces the centre then the other person faces outward and vice versa.
Bhavana is not an immediate neighbor of Aman or Chandan. The one who sits exactly between Aman and Chandan sits third to Ela and faces outward. The immediate neighbours of Farukh face the same direction.
The immediate neighbours of Bhavana face opposite directions. Chandan sits second to the left of Aman. Gita sits second to the right of Bhavana. Deepa is an immediate neighbour of Gita and faces the centre. Deepa or Harsh is not an immediate neighbor of Aman. Aman and Bhavana face opposite directions. Harsh sits opposite Gita and the both are faces opposite directions.

Q6. Who among the following are immediate neighbours of Farukh?
(a) Ela and Harsh
(b) Gita and Aman
(c) Chandan and Harsh
(d) Chandan and Aman
(e) None of the above

Q7. Who among the following sits on the immediate left of Harsh?
(a) Chandan
(b) Ela
(c) Deepa
(d) Bhavana
(e) None of the above

Q8. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) Ela and Gita
(b) Bhavana and Chandan
(c) Chandan and Farukh
(d) Aman and Ela
(e) Harsh and Gita

Q9. Who among the following sits third to the right of Deepa?
(a) Chandan
(b) Harsh
(c) Farukh
(d) Ela
(e) None of the above

Q10. What is the position of Farukh with respect to Harsh?
(a) Second to the right
(b) Third to the left
(c) Second to the left
(d) Fourth to the right
(e) None of the above

Directions (11-15): In these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer
(a) If only conclusion I is true.
(b) If only conclusion II is true.
(c) If either conclusion I or II is true.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II is true.
(e) If both conclusion I and II are true.

Q11. Statements: B = D ≥ X < W; N ≤ P > Q ≥ D
Conclusions: I. P > B II. N ≥ X

Q12. Statements: B = D ≥ X < W; N ≤ P > Q ≥ D
Conclusions: I. Q ≤ W II. X < P

Q13. Statements: C ≥ T = Q > R; S < K ≤ R
Conclusions: I. Q > S II. K ≤ T

Q14. Statements: D < E ≤ R = N; U ≥ C < R
Conclusions: I. C > D II. U ≤ E

Q15. Statements: Q = P ≥ S ≤ J = K; L < M ≤ Q
Conclusions: I. P > L II. M ≤ J