Reasoning Questions for RRB PO and Clerk Exam 2017

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

Eight colleagues of Adda247 , viz A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line but not necessarily in the same order and all of them are facing north direction. Each of them has belong to different blocks of Adda247, viz Bhima, Nakul, Arjuna, Krishna, Karna, Dharma, Bhishma and Abhimanyu but not necessarily in the same order.
G sits third to the right of the person who belongs to Karna block. The person who belongs to Abhimanyu block sit second to the right of G. A and E are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither A nor E belong to Karna or Abhimanyu block. Neither A nor E is an immediate neighbour of G. H sits third to the right of the person who belongs to Bhima block. Neither A nor E belongs to Bhima. H does not belong to Abhimanyu block. Only two people sit between E and the person who belongs to Bhishma block. The person who belongs to Nakul block sits on the immediate left of D. Only one person sits between E and B. C sits second to left of one who belongs to Bhishma block. E does not belong to Arjuna block. The one who belongs to Dharma block sits at extreme end of the line.

Q1. Who among following belongs to Krishna block?

(a) A 

(b) E

(c) C 

(d) B

(e) Nine of these 

Q2. Who among following sits on the extreme end?

(a) E 

(b) G

(c) H 

(d) B

(e) D 

Q3.Who among following sits third to right of F?

(a) D 

(b) H

(c) C 

(d) E

(e) Nine of these 

Q4. Who among following sits immediate left of one who belongs to Dharma block?

(a) B 

(b) E

(c) C 

(d) A

(e) No one. 

Q5. How many persons sit between C and the one who belongs to Nakul block?

(a) Two 

(b) Three

(c) Four 

(d) Five

(e) Nine of these 

Q6. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word from the third, the sixth, the ninth and the tenth letters of the word PARENTHESIS using each letter only once, last letter of the word is your answer. If no such word can be formed your answer is X and if more than one such word can be formed your answer is Y.

(a) R

(b) T

(c) S

(d) X

(e) Y

Directions (7-10): In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III & IV. 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 follow from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Q7. Statements: 

All ghee is butter.

No butter is paneer.

Some paneer is khoya.

Conclusions:

I. No paneer is ghee.

II. No ghee is paneer.

III. Some butter is not khoya.

IV. Some khoya is not butter.

(a) I, III and IV follow

(b) I, II and IV follow

(c) All follow

(d) II and IV follow

(e) None of these

Q8. Statements: 

Some car are red.

All red are pink.

All pink are black.

Conclusions:

I. Some car are pink.

II. Some pink are car.

III. All red are black.

IV. Some black are car.

(a) All follow

(b) I, II and III follow

(c) II, III and IV follow

(d) I, II and IV follow

(e) None of these

Q9. Statements: 

Some green are carrots.

No carrots are brinjals.

All brinjals are light.

Conclusions:

I. Some green are not brinjals.

II. Some light are not carrots.

III. Some brinjals are not carrots.

IV. Some carrots are not green.

(a) All follow

(b) I, II and III follow

(c) II, III and IV follow

(d) I, II and IV follow

(e) None of these

Q10. Statements: 

No oranges are apples.

No apples are bananas.

Some bananas are pears.

Conclusions:

I. Some pears are apples.

II. No pears are apples.

III. Some pears are not oranges.

IV. Some pears are oranges.

(a) II and III are follow

(b) Either I or II follows

(c) Either III or IV follows

(d) I and III follow

(e) None of the above

Directions (11-13): These questions are based on the following set of numbers.

358  426  853  674  512

Q11. If ‘1’ is added in the middle digit of each number and then the numbers are arranged in ascending order, what will be the sum of the digits of the newly formed second lowest number?

(a) 19

(b) 15

(c) 11

(d) 12

(e) 13

Q12. If in each number, the first and the third digits are interchanged, then which number will be the third largest?

(a) 358

(b) 426

(c) 853

(d) 674

(e) 512

Q13. If the first and the second digits in each number are interchanged, then which number will be the largest?

(a) 358

(b) 426

(c) 853

(d) 674

(e) 592

Q14. In a certain code, ROPE is written as %57$, DOUBT is written as 35#8* and LIVE is written as @24$. How is TROUBLE written in that code?

(a) *%5#8@$

(b) *%#58@$

(c) *%5#8@4

(d) *%#58$@

(e) None of these

Q15. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word JAUNPUR, each of which has as many letters between them in the word, as they have in the English alphabet?

(a) None

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) Three

(e) More than three

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