Reasoning Questions for RBI Assistant Mains 2017

Directions (1–5): In each question below are given some 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. Give 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 conclusions I and II follow.

Q1. Statements: 

Some light is green.

No green is tree.

Some tree is pen.

Conclusions: 

I. Some light is not tree.

II. All tree  being light  is possibility.

Q2.Statements: 

All mouse is laptop.

Some laptop is sony.

No sony is xiomi.

Conclusions: 

I. Some mouse is sony.

II. Some mouse is not xiomi.

Q3.Statements: 

Some rural is gramin.

All gramin is bank.

No gramin is gomti.

Conclusions: 

I. Some rural is not gomti.

II. No bank is gomti.

Q4.Statements:

Some kashi is baroda.

All kashi is prathma.

No baroda is aryavart.

Conclusions: 

I. All aryavart being prathma is possibility.

II. All kashi being prathma is possibility.

Q5.Statements: 

Some jeans is shirt.

Some shirt is red.

All red is light.

Conclusions: 

I. Some jeans are red.

II. All light being red is a possibility.

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: 

Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circular table, facing towards the centre of the table. Each of them has different qualifications viz, B.tech, Msc, Mca, Mba, M.phil, B.pharma, Phd and MA but not necessarily in the same order. 

The one who has done B.tech sits on the immediate left of the one who has done MA . V and T are not immediate neighbours. V, who does not have M.phil degree, sits on the immediate right of W. P is second to the right of the one who has done Phd . S does not have B.pharma and Phd degree . There are two persons sitting between R and the one who has done B.pharma . There is only one person between the one who has done B.pharma and the the one who has done MA . T and Q sits adjacent to each other. The one who has done M.phil sits second to the right of U. W does not have B.tech and Msc degree. W is an immediate neighbor of the one who has done M.phil . The one who has done B.tech , does not sit with the person who has done Mba . P and R, who has done Mca , can never sit adjacent to each other. There are two persons sit between the one who has done Phd and the one who has done M.phil . 

Q6. What is the position of W with respect to the one who has done B.pharma ? 

(a) Third to the right 

(b) Immediate left 

(c) Fourth to the left 

(d) Third to the left 

(e) Immediate right 

Q7. How many persons are there between R and Q, when counted from right of Q? 

(a) One 

(b) Two 

(c) Three 

(d) None 

(e) None of these 

Q8. Who among the following sits second to the left of the one who sits opposite to the one who has done Msc ? 

(a) T

(b) Q 

(c) U 

(d) V

(e) S

Q9. Who among the following sits third to the right of S? 

(a) The one who has done M.phil 

(b) The one who has done B.pharma 

(c) The one who has done Phd 

(d) The one who has done B.tech 

(e) None of these

Q10. What is the position of P with respect to V? 

(a) Second to the left 

(b) Third to the right 

(c) Fifth to the right 

(d) Can’t be determined 

(e) Third to the left 

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

In a certain code language 

“house are expected thinks” is coded as ” 5JG 7DV 2QZ 4RS” 

“criticism helps and policy” is coded as ” 5BK 2MZ 4OS 8RX ” 

“opposition leader said about” is coded as ” 4TZ 3HH 5DO 9NL ” 

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

(a) 7MT

(b) 9NT

(c) 9JT

(d) 9MT

(e)None of these

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

(a) 15JH

(b) 5KH

(c) 5JI

(d) 5PH

(e)None of these

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

(a) 4HX

(b) 13HX

(c) 3IX

(d) 3HD

(e)None of these

Q14.What is the code for ‘argument’ in the given code language?

(a) 7NZ

(b) 17MZ

(c) 7MZ

(d) 7MO

(e)None of these

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

(a) 9KR

(b) 10KR

(c) 10LR

(d) 11KR

(e)None of these

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