Reasoning Quiz for IBPS Clerk Prelims: 12th November

Reasoning Questions for IBPS Clerk 

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

Meenakshi, Monika, Akshay, Maya, Rohit, Sonali, Saurabh and Rohan are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square while four sit 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. Meenakshi sits second to the left of Saurabh. Saurabh sits in the middle of one of the sides. Akshay sits fourth to the right of his wife and his wife is not an immediate neighbour of Meenakshi or Saurabh. Monika sits third to the right of her husband. Monika does not sit at any of the corners. Only Maya sits between Monika and Rohan. Rohan is the husband of Meenakshi. Rohit is a male.

Q1. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement ?

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Q2. Who amongst the following is Monika's husband?

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Q3. How many people sit between Monika and Akshay when counted in anti-clockwise direction from Monika?

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Q4. Who amongst the following is the wife of Akshay?

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Q5. What is the position of Rohit with respect to Akshay?

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Directions(6–10): In this question two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II have been given. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 

Q6. Statement:
No flower is a tree.
All leaves are trees.
Some garden are leaves. 
Conclusions:
I. No leaves is a flower.
II. At least some garden are trees.

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Q7. Statements:
Some movie are actor.
 Some actor are director. 
Conclusions:
I. Some director are definitely not actor.
II. Some director being movie is a possibility.

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Q8. Statements:
Some hills are Mountains.
No Mountains is a valley.
All valley are River.
Conclusions:
I. At least some River are Mountains. 
II. No valley is a hills.

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Q9. Statements:
Some teachers are students.
All students are friends.
Some friends are parents.
Conclusions:
I. All teachers being friends is a possibility. 
II. All friends are students.

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Q10. Statements:
Some America are Japan
All Japan are China.
Some China are Vietnam.
Conclusions:
I. At least some China are America. 
II. No Vietnam is America.

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Directions (11-15): These questions are based on the following set of numbers. 

389   476   635   847   568

Q11. Which number will be the smallest if the first and the last digits are interchanged in all the numbers?

Q12. If in all the numbers first two digits are interchanged and then the number are arranged in ascending order, which number will be the second smallest?

Q13. The sum of the digits of which of the above numbers is the least?

Q14. If in each number 1 is subtracted from the middle digit and then the first and the second digits are interchanged which number will be third arranged in descending order?

Q15. If in all the number 1 is subtracted form the last digit and 1 is added to the first digit which number will be the smallest?

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