Reasoning Quiz For Bank of Baroda SO 2023 -21st June

Directions (1-5): 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. Give answer

Q1. Statements: Only a few Party is Music.
Some Music is Loud.
No Loud is Mute.
Conclusions: I. Some Loud is not Party
II. All Mute is Music is a possibility
(a) Both I and II follow
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only II follows
(d) Only I follows
(e) Neither I nor II follows

Q2. Statements: Only Soul is Pure
Some Evil is Soul
Only a few Evil is good
Conclusions: I. All Good is Soul is a possibility
II. Some Pure is Evil is a possibility
(a) Both I and II follow
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only II follows
(d) Only I follows
(e) Neither I nor II follows

Q3. Statements: Only a few Magenta is Blue
No Magenta is Yellow
Only Magenta is Pink
Conclusions: I. Some Blue is not Yellow
II. All Yellow is blue is a possibility
(a) Both I and II follow
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only II follows
(d) Only I follows
(e) Neither I nor II follows

Q4. Statements: Some Home is Hut
No House is Hut
No Hut are Villa
Conclusions: I. Some House is not Villa
II. All House is Villa
(a) Both I and II follow
(b) Only I follows
(c) Only II follows
(d) Either I or II follows
(e) None of these

Q5. Statements: Some Ugly are Beauty
Some Pretty are Cute
No Ugly is Cute
Conclusion: I. Some Pretty is not Ugly
II. Some Beauty is not Cute
(a) None of these
(b) Only II follows
(c) Either I or II follows
(d) Both I and II follow
(e) Only I follows

Directions (6-10): A word number sorting machine when given an input of words and numbers rearranges them in a particular manner step by step as indicated below till all the words and numbers are arranged. Given below is an illustration of this arrangement.

Input: 51 crayon 17 63 trigonometry ultra 41 imagination 77 71 pardon adjustment
Step 1: adjustment 17 51 crayon 63 trigonometry ultra 41 imagination 77 71 pardon
Step 2: adjustment 17 51 crayon 63 ultra 41 imagination 71 pardon trigonometry 77
Step 3: adjustment 17 imagination 41 51 crayon 63 ultra 71 pardon trigonometry 77
Step 4: adjustment 17 imagination 41 51 crayon ultra 71 pardon 63 trigonometry 77
Step 5: adjustment 17 imagination 41 ultra 71 51 crayon pardon 63 trigonometry 77
Step 6: adjustment 17 imagination 41 ultra 71 crayon 51 pardon 63 trigonometry 77

And step 6 is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out the appropriate step for the given input.

Input: 43 draw polar 69 47 important enemy 55 53 48 upon holding

Q6. How many elements are there between ‘important’ and ‘53’ in step 3?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) More than three

Q7. Which element is third to the left of sixth element from the right end in step 4?
(a) 55
(b) 47
(c) Important
(d) Draw
(e) Holding

Q8. Which step number is following step- ‘enemy 43 important 47 draw 55 53 48 upon holding polar 69’?
(a) Step 3
(b) Step 4
(c) Step 6
(d) Step 5
(e) None of these

Q9. In step 4, ‘43’ is related to ‘47’, ‘53’ is related to ‘upon’, ‘enemy’ is related to ‘important’. Now in step 5, ‘upon’ is related to what in the same way?
(a) 48
(b) Polar
(c) Draw
(d) 69
(e) None of these

Q10. How many elements are there between ‘43’ and ‘55’ in step 4?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) More than three

Solutions

Solution (6-10):
Sol.
Step 1: Vowel (alphabetical order) and smallest prime number at the beginning: adjustment 17.
Step 2: Consonant (reverse alphabetical order) and largest composite number at the end: Trigonometry 77.
Step 3: Next vowel (alphabetical order) and second smallest prime number: imagination 41. And so on.
Input: 43 draw polar 69 47 important enemy 55 53 48 upon holding
Step 1: enemy 43 draw polar 69 47 important 55 53 48 upon holding
Step 2: enemy 43 draw 47 important 55 53 48 upon holding polar 69
Step 3: enemy 43 important 47 draw 55 53 48 upon holding polar 69
Step 4: enemy 43 important 47 draw 53 48 upon holding 55 polar 69
Step 5: enemy 43 important 47 upon 53 draw 48 holding 55 polar 69

S6. Ans. (d)
S7. Ans. (b)
S8. Ans. (a)
S9. Ans. (c)
S10. Ans. (e)