Reasoning Questions for Syndicate Bank PO Exam 2017

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

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are seated in a straight line at an equal distance between each other, but not necessarily in the same order. They all were born in different months viz. January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August but not necessarily in the same order. 

B does not born in August and July month. E does not born in July month. The one whose birthday is in March month sits second to right of A. There is one person sits between A and C. There are more than three persons sit between the one whose birthday is in March month and the one whose birthday is in January month. H sits third to left of A whose birthday in February month. C sits third to left of G whose birthday is in June month The one whose birthday is in April month sits immediate left of one whose birthday is in July month. C’s birthday is not in the March month. There are two persons sit between G and F whose birthday is in May month.

Q1. H was born in which of the following month?

(a) July

(b) March

(c) January

(d) August

(e) None of these

Q2. Who was born in August month?

(a) A

(b) G

(c) B

(d) E

(e) F

Q3. Who among following sits on the extreme end of the row?

(a) H,E

(b) F,C

(c) F,D

(d) H,F

(e) None of these

Q4. Who among following sits fourth to left of B ?

(a) H

(b) C

(c) D

(d) A

(e) F

Q5. E was born in which of the following month?

(a) January

(b) April

(c) May

(d) July

(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): 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.

Q6. What does ‘sx’ mean in the code language?

I. ‘pa na sx’ means ‘boys are clever’ in the code language.

II. ‘se ni sx’ means ‘boys leave school’ in the code language.

Q7. Who among E, F, G, H and L is to the extreme left of the row if all are in a row facing towards the North?

I. F is second to the left of G who is between L and E.

II. L is to the extreme right.

Q8. Who among A, B, C, D and E is the tallest?

I. D is second tallest and is shorter than B.

II. D is taller than A, C and E, but is not the tallest.

Q9. What is the direction of C with respect to B?

I. N is to the North of B and D is to the West of B.

II. C is to the West of N and to the North of D.

Q10. How is B related to A?

I. X is son of A and brother of B. Y is father of B.

II. A is father of Y. Y is father of X who is brother of B. A has only one grandson.

Directions (11-15): 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 from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Q11. Statements: Some toys are cameras. All cameras are branches. All branches are nets. Some nets are drills.

Conclusions:

I. Some drills are cameras.

II. Some nets are toys.

III. Some branches are toys.

IV. Some drills are toys.

(a) Only I and III follow

(b) Only II and III follow

(c) Only I and IV follow

(d) Only II, III and IV follow

(e) None of these

Q12. Statements: All paints are cements. Some cements are bolds. Some bolds are lanes. All lanes are roads.

Conclusions:

I. Some roads are bolds.

II. Some lanes are cements.

III. Some bolds are paints.

IV. Some roads are cements.

(a) Only I and II follow

(b) Only I and III follow

(c) Only I, II and III follow

(d) Only II, III and IV follow

(e) None of these

Q13. Statements: Some pens are kites. Some kites are dishes. All dishes are jungles. All jungles are mountains.

Conclusions:

I. Some mountains are pens.

II. Some jungles are pens.

III. Some mountains are dishes.

IV. Some jungles are kites.

(a) Only I and III follow

(b) Only I, II and III follow

(c) Only III and IV follow

(d) Only II, III and IV follow

(e) None of these

Q14. Statements: All storms are horrors. No horrors is ring. Some rings are doors. All doors are winds.

Conclusions:

I. Some winds are storms.

II. Some winds are rings.

III. No winds is storms.

IV. Some rings are storms.

(a) Only I follows

(b) Only II follows

(c) Only III follows

(d) Only either I or III follows

(e) Only either I or III and II follow

Q15. Statements: All points are clocks. Some clocks are times. Some times are worlds. Some worlds are buses.

Conclusions:

I. Some buses are times.

II. Some worlds are clocks.

III. Some worlds are points.

IV. Some buses are clocks.

(a) None follows

(b) Only I follows

(c) Only II follows

(d) Only III follows

(e) Only IV follows

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