Reasoning Quiz For Bank Mains Exam 2023-02nd November

Q1. Statement- Pakistan on Thursday alleged that Indian security forces are using “ammunition which contains chemical agents” in Jammu and Kashmir, reported Pakistani media.

Which of the following negates the above statement?
(i) The report came from the local media channel which is known to be biased against Indian Army.
(ii) Dead bodies of Kashmiri youth were found in the debris of five houses with nose masks on their heads.
(iii) Indian Army is always known to use water cannon against the stone palters.
(a) Only (i)
(b) Only (ii)
(c) Only (ii) and (iii)
(d) Only (iii)
(e) None of these

Q2. Statement: – India’s foreign ministry has denied reports that China had “cancelled” a meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg.

Which of the following abrogates the above statement?
(i) Spokesman Gopal Baglay told reporters that a meeting with Mr Xi had never been on Mr. Modi’s agenda.
(ii) Last meeting between Mr. Xi and Mr. Modi was very fruitful to both countries.
(iii) Troops have been facing extreme temperatures along one stretch of India and China’s shared border along the Himalayas.
(a) Only (i)
(b) Only (ii)
(c) Only (ii) and (iii)
(d) Only (i) and (iii)
(e) None of these

Q3. Statement-The lynching of a police officer DSP Ayub Pandith outside the Jama Masjid in downtown Srinagar on Friday triggered widespread condemnation. Srinagar’s Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ayyub Pandith was lynched by an irate mob after he allegedly opened fire at a group of people who caught him clicking pictures near a mosque in downtown area of Srinagar.

Which of the course of action should be followed?
(I)Police and security guards should run away after they found the mob too large to be handled.
(II)The authorities should restrict the movement of people in particular areas of the city as a precautionary measure.
(III)It should be announced to maintain law and order and some kind of action plan should be prepared to stop all these mis happenings.
(a)Only II
(b)Only III and I
(c)Only II and III
(d)Only I and II
(e)None of the above

Directions (4-5): In each of the questions below some statements are given followed by some conclusions. 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.

Q4. Statements: Only a few weeks are day.
Some day is not month.
All month is year.
Only a few holiday is weeks.
Conclusions: I. Some weeks are not month.
II. All year can be day.
III. Some weeks are not holiday.
(a) Both I and II
(b) Both I and III
(c) Both II and III
(d) Only I
(e) Only II

Q5. Statements: Only argument is conclusion.
No statement is action.
Some statement is argument.
Only a few comments are action.
Conclusions: I. Some comments are not statement
II. No conclusion is statement
III. All comments can be action
(a) Both I and II
(b) Both I and III
(c) Both II and III
(d) Only I
(e) Only II

Solutions

S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. In this question, we have to choose an option which negates the report which accuses Indian Army of using chemical weapons in the attack.
Statement (i) raises doubts over the media report and therefore negates the statement.
Statement (ii) substantiates the statements by giving further evidence to support the statement.
Statement (iii) is irrelevant as water cannons are not a chemical weapon.

S2. Ans. (e)
Sol. In this question, we have to choose an option which negates the given statement.
Statement (i) supports the statement as it says that there was no plan of such a meeting which rules out the possibility of it being cancelled.
Statement (ii) is irrelevant to the question as it talks about the past.
Statement (iii) is also irrelevant to the question as troops deputed at the border areas facing extreme temperatures does not in any way affect the meeting.

S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. For I-This course of action should not be followed as it is the duty of police and security guards to handle the crowd in an appropriate manner. So, it should not be followed.
For II-This course of action should be followed to restrict movement of people in some particular areas until the situation will come under control.
For III-This course of action should also be followed as it is important to maintain law and order in such situations and a plan of action should also be made to face such problems.

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