Reasoning Questions for IBPS PO Mains 2017

Q1. If Manjari need 25 minutes to reach her office from her house and her office starts at @* then at what time should she leave from her house to reach the office 10 minute earlier?

(a) *@

(b) %*

(c) @%

(d) *#

(e) *%

Q2. $@ represents which of the following time?

(a) 2:30 AM

(b) 11:10 PM

(c) 2:30 PM

(d) 2:35 PM

(e) 2:35 AM

Q3. If Mahesh wants to attend the meeting which will start at ‘%$’. If Mahesh need 3 hours and 15 minutes to reach the place for meeting from his house then at what time should he have to leave from his house to reach the meeting on time?

(a) %@

(b) @$

(c) @#

(d) @%

(e) None of these

Q4. If traindeparts from railway station at 8pm and Vidushi needs 1 hour to reach railway station from her house. Then at what time must Vidushi leave from her houseto reach station 5 minutes earlier?

(a) *%

(b) *$

(c) *#

(d) %*

(e) Cannotbe determined.

Directions (5-9): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: 

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, G, H and J live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered 1 and the topmost floor of the building is numbered 8. The Date of birth(DOB) of each of the persons fall in different months i.e. March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October but not necessarily in the same order. All persons have different car i.e. Skoda, Audi, Ford, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Tata and Maruti but not necessarily in the same order.

The one whose DOB is in August does not live on an odd-numbered floor and does not have Audi and Tata car. J lives just below the one whose DOB is in October. The one who lives on third floor have Skoda car. The one whose DOB is in April lives on an even-numbered floor but not on the topmost floor and have either Maruti or Hyundai car. Only one person lives between G and the one whose DOB is in July. The one who have Honda car lives immediate above the floor on which J live. E have Tata car. The one whose DOB is in June lives on an even numbered floor and lives just above the one whose DOB is in October. C’s DOB is not in July or October. The persons who have Audi, Toyota, Maruti and Ford car lives on even numbered floor. The one who have Ford car live below the one who have Toyota car. Two persons live between the one whose DOB is in August and the one whose DOB is in March. D’s DOB is not in September. Only two persons live between G and the one whose DOB is in April. Neither E nor C lives on the first floor. Only one person lives between C and the one whose DOB is in May. A lives just above G. Only two persons live between E and A. The one whose DOB is in July does not live on floor number one. A does not have Ford or Toyota car. B lives on an even-numbered floor and just above C.

Q5.How many persons live between the person whose DOB is in September and the one who have Audi?

(a) Six 

(b) Two 

(c) Four 

(d) Five 

(e) None of these

Q6. Which of the following car does D have?

(a) Skoda 

(b) Hyundai 

(c) Honda 

(d) Tata 

(e) Ford

Q7. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group? 

(a) June 

(b) Ford 

(c) April

(d) Honda 

(e) Toyota

Q8. Which of the following statement is true?

(a) B’s DOB is in April and lives on the 5th floor.

(b) H’s DOB is in May and lives on the first floor.

(c) The one whose DOB is in October lives on the 6th floor.

(d) E lives on floor numbered five and have Tata car.

(e) G lives on floor numbered seven and have Toyota car.

Q9. J is related to Maruti in the same way as G is related to Tata. Which of the following is B related to, following the same pattern?

(a) Skoda 

(b) Hyundai 

(c) Toyota 

(d) Audi 

(e) Ford

Directions (10-12): In the questions below are given two conclusions followed by four set of statements. You have to choose the correct set of statements that logically satisfies given conclusions either definitely or possibly. Assume the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.

Q10. Conclusions: Some Fish is bus. Some face is not fish.

Statements:

(a)Some pot is bus. No bus is face. All face is car. No car is fish. 

(b)All pot is bus. Some bus is face. No face is car. Some car is fish. 

(c)Some pot is fish. All fish is face. No face is bus. All bus is car. 

(d) All pot is face. Some face is car. No car is fish. Some bus is fish. 

(e) None of these.

Q11. Conclusions: Some ball is holy. Some shoes is not holy.

Statements:

(a) No hand is shoes. All ball is shoes. No eye is holy. Some holy is nose. 

(b) All hand is shoes. No hand is nose. Some nose is ball. No ball is holy. 

(c) Some hand is nose. All nose is eye. No eye is holy. All holy is shoes. 

(d) All ball is hand. Some holy is ball. No holy is nose. All shoes is nose.

(e) None of these.

Q12. Conclusions: Some bread are not candy. No Forest is candy. 

Statements:

(a) Some bread are fax. No fax is candy. No candy is White. All white are forest.. 

(b) All the Forest are white. Some candy are white. Some bread are fax. No fax is candy. 

(c) No fax is candy. No candy is Forest. All the Forest are white. No bread is white.

(d) Some bread are fax. No fax is candy. All forest are white. No whites is candy.

(e) None of these.

Directions (13-15): Each of the following questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer.

(a) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient in answer the question.

(b) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

(c) if the data in either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

(d) if the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

(e) if the data in both the statements I and II are together necessary to answer the question.

Q13. Who is sitting on the immediate right of Sheri among five friends sitting around a circle facing the centre?

I. Alka is sitting exactly between Mohini and Suresh and Neel is sitting on the immediate right of Suresh.

II. Sheri is sitting exactly between Mohini and Neel and Alka is sitting on the immediate right of Mohini

Q14. Is P is aunt of M?

I. A is son of P. A is brother of B. B is daughter of C. F is sister of C. M is daughter of F.

II. D is father of M. F is mother of M. K is brother of F. K has two children J and R. P is married to K.

Q15. What is the code for ‘may’ in a code language?

I. In the code language ‘shituke’ means ‘pen may blue’.

II. In the same code language ‘kesi re’ means ‘this may wonderful’.