Reasoning Questions for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017

Q1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word CAMBRIDGE each of which has as many letters between its two letters as there are between them in English alphabets?

(a) None

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) Three

(e) More than three

Q2. How many such digits are there in the number 495637281, each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits are arranged in descending order within the number?

(a) None 

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) Three

(e) More than three

Directions (3-5): Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below.

E 4 B % R 3 A 6 # F H @ I 2 D 9 © K U $ W 1 M P 5 * Q 8 T

Q3. Which of the following is the fourth to the right of the thirteenth from the left end of the above arrangement?

(a) ©

(b) I

(c) A

(d) M

(e) None of these

Q4. Which of the following is the six to the left of the eleventh from the left end of the above arrangement?

(a) 2

(b) D

(c) 9

(d) M

(e) R

Q5. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol and immediately followed by also a symbol?

(a) None 

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) Three

(e) More than three

Q6. Siddhu walks 20 m north. Then he turns right and walks 30 m. Now he turns right and walks 35 m. Now turning left, he walks 15 m. Again, he turns left and moves 15 m. In which direction and how many meters is he from his original position? 

(a) 15 m East, 

(b) 45 m, East 

(c) 15 m, West 

(d) 45 m, West

(e) None of these 

Directions (7-10): In the following questions, the symbols δ, *, %, # and @ are used with the following meaning as illustrated below. 

‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’. 

‘P δ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’. 

‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’. 

‘P * Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’. 

‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’. 

Now, in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the four conclusions I, II, III and IV given below them is/are definitely true given your answer. 

Q7. Statements

R * T, T δ M, M % K, K @ V

Conclusions

I. V δ M 

II. V δ T

III. M % R 

IV. K δ R 

(a) I and II are true 

(b) I and III are true 

(c) II and IV are true 

(d) I, III and IV are true 

(e) None of these 

Q8. Statements

H δ J, J # N, N @ R, R δ W

Conclusions: 

I. W % N 

II. W % H

III. R # J 

IV. R δ J 

(a) Only I is true 

(b) Only II is true 

(c) Only III is true 

(d) Only IV is true 

(e) Either III or IV is true 

Q9. Statements

B @ D, D δ F, F % M, M * N

Conclusions: 

I. B % F

II. M δ D 

III. N % F 

IV. D δ N

(a) None is true 

(b) Only I is true 

(c) Only II is true 

(d) Only III is true 

(e) Only IV is true 

Q10. Statements

F # Z, Z @ H, H % N, N δ B 

Conclusions

I. F @ H 

II. Z % N

III. B % H 

IV. B % Z

(a) I and III are true 

(b) II, III are IV are true 

(c) I and II are true 

(d) I, II and III are true 

(e) None of the above 

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

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven friends. Each of them likes a particular fruit viz. Apple, Banana, Pear, Guava, Orange, Mango and Watermelon and each of them has a favourite city, viz. Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Cochin. The choices of fruit and favourite city of the seven friends are not necessarily in the same order.

Q likes Mango and his favourite city is Chennai. The one whose favourite city is Pune likes Watermelon. T’s favourite city is Kolkata. R likes Guava and his favourite city is not Mumbai. W’s favourite city is Cochin and he does not like either Banana or Pear. The favourite city of the one, who likes Orange is Hyderabad. T does not like Pear. P’s favourite city is neither Pune nor Hyderabad. S does not like Watermelon. 

Q11. Who likes Apple? 

(a) W

(b) T

(c) V

(d) P

(e) Data inadequate 

Q12. Which fruit does P like? 

(a) Apple 

(b) Orange 

(c) Pear 

(d) Watermelon 

(e) None of these 

Q13. Which is R’s favourite city? 

(a) Mumbai 

(b) Pune 

(c) Hyderabad 

(d) Delhi 

(e) None of these 

Q14. Which of the following combinations of Person-Fruit-City is incorrect? 

(a) R-Guava-Kolkata 

(b) V-Watermelon-Hyderabad 

(c) T-Banana-Cochin 

(d) S-Guava-Delhi 

(e) All are incorrect 

Q15. Which is V’s favourite city? 

(a) Hyderabad

(b) Pune 

(c) Mumbai 

(d) Data inadequate 

(e) None of these

Check detailed solutions of the reasoning quiz here