Reasoning Quiz for Canara PO Exam: 25th November 2018

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

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table. Each of them has a laptop of a different company, viz Dell, Lenovo, HP, Sony, Acer, Apple, Asus and Toshiba but not necessarily in the same order. Four of them are not facing the centre.

The one who has Acer is on the immediate left of D, who does not have Asus. The one who has Lenovo sits second to the left of the one who has Toshiba. D is third to the right of H. G is fourth to the left of F. Neither G nor F is an immediate neighbor of D. The one who has Apple sits second to the right of the person who has HP. B does not like Acer. A faces the centre. C has HP and is the only one who sits between A and F. C is facing the centre and is to the right of both A and F. E is third to the left of A, who has Toshiba. A sits third to the left of the one who has Acer. The one who has Dell sits second to the right of D.

Q1. Who among the following has the laptop of Sony?

(a) D                                           

(b) F

(c) H                                           

(d) C

(e) None of these

Q2. Who among the following sits third to the left of H?

(a) C                                           

(b) B

(c) F                                           

(d) D

(e) None of these

Q3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) FB                                       

(b) CE

(c) AD                                       

(d) DE

(e) CH

Q4. Who among the following sits opposite to E?

(a) The one who has Toshiba

(b) The one who has Apple

(c) The one who has HP

(d) The one who has Sony

(e) None of these

Q5. Which of the following statements is/are true?

(a) The one who has Asus is not facing the centre

(b) F has Dell and he is facing the centre.

(c) The one who has Apple is on the immediate right of D.

(d) Only (a) and (c) are true.

(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): In the following questions, the symbols $, δ , @, % and © are used with the following meanings as illustrated below:

‘A $ B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor equal to B’

‘A δ B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’

‘A @ B’ means ‘A is not smaller than B’

‘A % B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor greater than B’

‘A © B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor equal to B’

In each of the following questions, assuming the given statements to be true, find out which of the conclusions I, II, III and IV given below them is/are definitely true.

Q6. Statements: V δ O, O © X, X @ S, S % E

Conclusions: 

I. V δ X           

II. E δ X

III. O © S         

IV. V © E

(a) Only I                                   

(b) Only I, II and IV

(c) Only III                               

(d) All are true

(e) None of these

Q7. Statements: C % I, F © I, F @ M, M © Q

Conclusions:

I. C © Q           

II. Q $ F

III. I $ M           

IV. F % C

(a) Only I                                   

(b) Only II

(c) Only III and IV                   

(d) All are true

(e) None of these

Q8. Statements: S © E, E δ M, M @ N, N © Q

Conclusions:

I. N $ S             

II. E δ Q

III. M © Q     

IV. E % N

(a) Only I and II                       

(b) Only III

(c) Only II and IV                     

(d) None is true

(e) All are true

Q9. Statements: N © U, U δ K, K $ L, L % R

Conclusions:

I. U $ R           

II. K $ R

III. U δ L         

IV. N © R

(a) Only I and II

(b) Only I

(c) Only II

(d) Only III

(e) All are true

Q10. Statements: X @ G, G $ N, N © E, E @ U

Conclusions:

I. G $ E         

II. U $ X

III. N © X   

IV. U $ N

(a) Only I and II                   

(b) Only IV

(c) All are true                     

(d) Only I

(e) None is true

Q11. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘PERFORATE’ each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

(a) None                               

(b) One                           

(c) Two

(d) Three                               

(e) Four

Q12. Among Zabel, Zaahir, Zabulon, Zaccheus and Zadok, who is the shortest? Zabel is shorter than only Zadok. Zaahir is taller than Zaccheus and Zabulon. If they are arranged in ascending order of their heights from left to right then Zaccheus is second from the left.

(a)   Zabel

(b)   Zaahir

(c)   Zabulon

(d)   Zaccheus

(e)   Can’t be determined.   

Q13. Pointing to a girl, Mithilesh(a boy) said, “She is the only daughter of my grandfather’s only child”. How is the girl related to Mithilesh?

(a) Daughter

(b) Niece

(c) Sister

(d) Data inadequate

(e) None of these

Directions (14–15): Read the given information carefully and answer the given question.

Aakash is 9 m to the south of Aakansha. Aakansha is 5 m to the east of Aamir. Aamir is 4 m to the north of Aaditya. Aadesh is 3 m west of Aaditya. Anand is 7 m south of Aadesh. Arman is 8 m east of Anand.

Q14. If Anshuman is 5 m to the west of Aakash, then what is the distance between Aaditya and      Anshuman?

(a) 8 m                     

(b) 9 m                   

(c) 5 m

(d) 2 m                   

(e) 6 m

Q15. How far and in which direction is Aakansha from Arman?

(a) 11 m to the south

(b) 7 m to the north

(c) 11 m to the north

(d) 7 m to the south

(e) 11 m to the west

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