Reasoning Section can make or break one’s chances to ace any banking examination. Practising with sample questions is an onerous task for that’s the only key to ace this section of competitive exams. The IBPS Clerk Mains Exam is scheduled to be held on the 20th of January 2019. Adda247 is here with “Practice Marathon for Clerk Mains 2018” with practice questions on all the topics that are likely to be asked in the exam. Today is Day 15 of IBPS Clerk Mains Practice Marathon, attempt this Reasoning quiz and win the marathon against lakhs of IBPS Clerk Candidates.
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Directions (1-3): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Akash starts walking towards north direction from point A. After walking 4km he reached point B then turns towards his left and walks 5km to reach point C. Then he turns towards his right and walks 4km to reach point D. Rahul starts walking from point E, which is mid-point of AB. Then he walks 4km towards east direction and reached point F. From there he turned towards his left and walks 4km and reached point G. From point G he turns towards his left and walk 4km to reach point H.
Q1. What is the direction of point B with respect to point G?
North-east
North-west
South-west
South-east
None of these
Solution:
Q2. Which of the following points are inline after joining them all together?
ADC
CDF
BEH
BCG
AFD
Solution:
Q3. What is the shortest distance between point D and H?
3√2 km
√17 km
√13 km
√29 km
None of these
Solution:
Direction (4-5): Study the given information carefully to answer the given question below.
In a family of three generations, there are three married couples and seven persons. S is the sister-in-law of U. Q is the mother of T. P is the grandchild of R. X is the aunt of P. R has only two sons and no daughter. R is married to Q. U is not the father of P.
Q4. Who is the mother of P?
Q
U
R
S
None of these
Solution:
Q5. How is X related to R?
Son
Son-in-law
Granddaughter
Daughter-in-law
None of these
Solution:
Directions (6-10): A word arrangement machine, when given a particular input, rearranges it following a particular rule. The following is the illustration of the input and the steps of arrangement:
Input: Krishna 32 Book 39 Ice 91 Invite 47 63 Mango 25 GO
Step I: 92 Go Krishna 32 Book 39 Ice Invite 47 63 Mango 25
Step II: 64 Ice 92 Go Krishna 32 Book 39 Invite 47 Mango 25
Step III: 48 Book 64 Ice 92 Go Krishna 32 39 Invite Mango 25
Step IV: 40 Mango 48 Book 64 Ice 92 Go Krishna 32 Invite 25
Step V: 33 Invite 40 Mango 48 Book 64 Ice 92 Go Krishna 25
Step VI:26 Krishna 33 Invite 40 Mango 48 Book 64 Ice 92 Go
Input: Mid 39 Apple 56 Good 59 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty 91
Q6. If “60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 39 56 Orange 35 Beautiful Naughty” is step 3 then how many more steps are required to reach on final output?
5 steps more
6 steps more
4 steps more
3 steps more
None of these
Solution:
Students let us understand the Logic behind this Question and let’s understand how to solve it. When we see each step, then we can find that there is both number and words are arranged in each step.
(a) For words arrangement- Words are arranged according to the number of alphabets in a word. Words are arranged from left end in the increasing order of number of alphabet in a word.
(b) For numbers arrangement- The numbers are arranged from left end in decreasing order the number is change by succeeding number.
Input: Mid 39 Apple 56 Good 59 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty 91
Step I: 92 Mid 39 Apple 56 Good 59 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty
Step II: 77 Good 92 Mid 39 Apple 56 59 Orange 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step III: 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 39 56 Orange 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step IV: 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 39 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step V: 40 Naughty 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 35 Beautiful
Step VI: 36 Beautiful 40 Naughty 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid
Q7. which step of the following step “40 Naughty 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 35 Beautiful”.
Step III
Step IV
Step V
This step is not possible
None of these
Solution:
Students let us understand the Logic behind this Question and let’s understand how to solve it. When we see each step, then we can find that there is both number and words are arranged in each step.
(a) For words arrangement- Words are arranged according to the number of alphabets in a word. Words are arranged from left end in the increasing order of number of alphabet in a word.
(b) For numbers arrangement- The numbers are arranged from left end in decreasing order the number is change by succeeding number.
Input: Mid 39 Apple 56 Good 59 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty 91
Step I: 92 Mid 39 Apple 56 Good 59 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty
Step II: 77 Good 92 Mid 39 Apple 56 59 Orange 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step III: 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 39 56 Orange 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step IV: 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 39 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step V: 40 Naughty 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 35 Beautiful
Step VI: 36 Beautiful 40 Naughty 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid
Q8. If “77 Good 92 Mid 39 Apple 56 67 Orange 35 Beautiful Naughty” is the step 2 of an input. Find out the step I from this step.
92 Mid39 Apple 56 Good 67 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty
92 Mid39 Apple 56 Beautiful 76 Naughty Good 67 Orange 35
92 Mid 67 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty 39 Apple 56 Good
Can’t be determined
None of these
Solution:
Students let us understand the Logic behind this Question and let’s understand how to solve it. When we see each step, then we can find that there is both number and words are arranged in each step.
(a) For words arrangement- Words are arranged according to the number of alphabets in a word. Words are arranged from left end in the increasing order of number of alphabet in a word.
(b) For numbers arrangement- The numbers are arranged from left end in decreasing order the number is change by succeeding number.
Input: Mid 39 Apple 56 Good 59 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty 91
Step I: 92 Mid 39 Apple 56 Good 59 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty
Step II: 77 Good 92 Mid 39 Apple 56 59 Orange 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step III: 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 39 56 Orange 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step IV: 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 39 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step V: 40 Naughty 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 35 Beautiful
Step VI: 36 Beautiful 40 Naughty 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid
Q9. Which word/ number would be at the seventh position from the left end in the final step?
57
Apple
60
Orange
None of these
Solution:
Students let us understand the Logic behind this Question and let’s understand how to solve it. When we see each step, then we can find that there is both number and words are arranged in each step.
(a) For words arrangement- Words are arranged according to the number of alphabets in a word. Words are arranged from left end in the increasing order of number of alphabet in a word.
(b) For numbers arrangement- The numbers are arranged from left end in decreasing order the number is change by succeeding number.
Input: Mid 39 Apple 56 Good 59 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty 91
Step I: 92 Mid 39 Apple 56 Good 59 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty
Step II: 77 Good 92 Mid 39 Apple 56 59 Orange 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step III: 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 39 56 Orange 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step IV: 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 39 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step V: 40 Naughty 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 35 Beautiful
Step VI: 36 Beautiful 40 Naughty 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid
Q10. In which step the element ‘92 Mid 39 35’ found in the same order?
3rd step
4th step
5th step
6th step
None of these
Solution:
Students let us understand the Logic behind this Question and let’s understand how to solve it. When we see each step, then we can find that there is both number and words are arranged in each step.
(a) For words arrangement- Words are arranged according to the number of alphabets in a word. Words are arranged from left end in the increasing order of number of alphabet in a word.
(b) For numbers arrangement- The numbers are arranged from left end in decreasing order the number is change by succeeding number.
Input: Mid 39 Apple 56 Good 59 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty 91
Step I: 92 Mid 39 Apple 56 Good 59 Orange 35 Beautiful 76 Naughty
Step II: 77 Good 92 Mid 39 Apple 56 59 Orange 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step III: 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 39 56 Orange 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step IV: 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 39 35 Beautiful Naughty
Step V: 40 Naughty 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid 35 Beautiful
Step VI: 36 Beautiful 40 Naughty 57 Orange 60 Apple 77 Good 92 Mid
Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
P, Q, R, S, I, J, K and L are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square while four sits in the middle of each of the four sides. The ones who sit at the four corners face the centre while those who sit in the middle of the sides face outside. Two females sit in the middle of the sides and two at the corners. P sits second to the left of K. K sits in the middle of one of the sides. R sits fourth to the right of his wife and his wife is not an immediate neighbour of P or K. Q sits third to the right of her husband. Q does not sit at any of the corners. Only S sits between Q and L. L is the husband of P. I is a male.
Q11. Who amongst the following is Q's husband?
R
L
I
J
cannot be determined
Solution:
Q12. How many people sit between Q and R when counted in anti-clockwise direction from Q?
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Solution:
Q13. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?
No two males are immediate neighbours of each other
K and L are immediate neighbours of each other
I and S are immediate neighbours of each other
J is a male and sits diagonally opposite to I
P sits in the centre of one of the sides of the square table