Reasoning Questions for IBPS PO Mains 2017

Directions (1–5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Sanju, Ranjan, Anshul, Rinku and Jaspreet are five persons who are working in different IT companies in Noida. Two of them are working in Infosys, while the other three are working in different companies, viz TCS, Cognizant and Tech Mahindra but not necessarily in the same order. They are living in different Sector of Noida viz; 12, 44, 37 and 49 but not necessarily in the same order.

One of them who is working in Infosys and the one who is working in Tech Mahindra lives in the same Sector-49. The other three live in three different sector 12, 44 and 37. Two of these five persons are Hindus, while the remaining three come from three different communities, viz Muslim, Christian and Sikh but not necessarily in the same order. The one who is working in Tech Mahindra is the oldest in age while the female person who is working in Infosys is the youngest. The one who is working in Infosys is a male and his age lies exactly between the employees of TCS and the one who is employee of Tech Mahindra. Rinku is a male and working in Infosys and lives in sector-49 while Jaspreet is a Muslim and stays in sector-37. The employee of TCS is a Christian and lives in sector-12. Ranjan is a Sikh while, Sanju is a Hindu and is a female and working in Infosys.

Q1. In which company Ranjan is working?

(a) TCS 

(b) Tech Mahindra

(c) Cognizant 

(d) Business

(e) Cannot be determined

Q2. In which company Jaspreet is working?

(a) TCS 

(b) Tech Mahindra

(c) Cognizant 

(d) Business

(e) Cannot be determined

Q3. In which company Anshul is working?

(a) TCS 

(b) Tech Mahindra

(c) Cognizant 

(d) Business

(e) Cannot be determined

Q4. Age wise, who among the following lies between Sanju and Anshul?

(a) Cannot be determined 

(b) The one who is working in Tech Mahindra

(c) The one who is working in cognizant 

(d) The male person who is working in Infosys

(e) None of these

Q5. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true on the basis of the given information?

(a) Jaspreet’s religion is Hindu

(b) Sanju lives in Sector-49

(c) Anshul is an employee of Tech Mahindra

(d) Rinku’s religion is Hindu

(e) Ranjan is an employee of TCS

Directions (6-10): Each of the 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 to 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 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 statement I and II together are necessary to answer the question. 

Q6. In a row of five A, B, C, D and E, who is standing in the middle?

I. D is to the immediate right of E and B is to the immediate left of E.

II. B is at the extreme left of the row.

Q7. P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a circle, facing towards the centre of the circle. Who is second to the right of P?

I. R is on the immediate left of T and second to the right of S.

II. Q is on the immediate right of S and third to the left of P.

Q8. What is T’s position with respect to W when T, W, R, J and M are sitting around a circle facing the centre?

I. R is second to the left of M and second to the right of W.

II. J is not an immediate neighbour of M.

Q9. What does ‘Pe’ mean in a code language?

I. ‘Na Si La Lo’ means ‘you may go now’ and ‘Ne Si Na Pe’ means ‘he may go there’ in that code language.

II. ‘Ki Se Pe Bo’ means ‘come there and see’ and ‘Se Ni Bo Ki’ means ‘come here and see’ in that code language.

Q10. How is ‘just’ written in a code language?

I. ‘you just see’ is written as ‘la pa ni’ and ‘did you see’ is written as ‘jo ni pa’ in that code language.

II. ‘you did that’ is written as ‘pa si jo’ in that code language.

Directions (11-15): Study the information and answer the following questions:

In a certain code language 

” they should have cross ” is coded as ” #U   %N  #D  @G ” 

” then two rate was” is coded as ” #U  *C  #F  *Y ” 

” here logic not clear” is coded as ” #H  @Q  *K  @Y ” 

Q11.What is the code for ‘form’ in the given code language?

(a) #H

(b) @H

(c) *H

(d) #I

(e)None of these

Q12.What is the code for ‘system’ in the given code language?

(a) %V

(b) %U

(c) @U

(d) *U

(e)None of these

Q13.What is the code for ‘marks’ in the given code language?

(a) @P

(b) %O

(c) @O

(d) #O

(e)None of these

Q14.What is the code for ‘not’ in the given code language?

(a) *K

(b) *P

(c) #K

(d) *L

(e)None of these

Q15.What is the code for ‘mobile’ in the given code language?

(a) %M

(b) %N

(c) @N

(d) *N

(e)None of these

Check Detailed Solutions for Reasoning Ability

Download Free Topic-wise and Mock Test PDF