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Reasoning Quiz for IBPS Clerk Prelims: 4th December

Reasoning Questions for IBPS Clerk 2018

R easoning Ability is an onerous section. With the increasing complexity of questions, it becomes hard for one to give it the cold shoulder. The only way to make the grade in this particular section in the forthcoming banking exams like IBPS Clerk Prelims is to practice continuously with all your heart and soul. And, to let you practice with the best of the latest pattern questions, here is the Adda247 Reasoning Quiz based on the exact same pattern of questions that are being asked in the exams.

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

Eight boxes are placed one above another in a stack. More than 4 boxes are placed between box D and box G. Box D is not below box G. Three boxes are between boxes H and B. Box B is immediate above box G. Box E is adjacent to box H. Box A is above box C but below box F. The number of boxes between box D and box F is one less than the number of boxes between box G and box F.

Q1. How many boxes are between box D and Box H?

None

Solution:

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Q2. Which of the following box is immediate below box G?

None

Solution:

Q3. How many boxes are between the box immediate below box D and box immediate above Box C?

None of these

Solution:

Q4. Which of the following box is immediate above H?

None of these

Solution:

Q5. How many boxes are above box F?

None of these

Solution:

Directions (6-9): Each question consists of three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Consider 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 conclusion logically follow from the given statements using all statements together.

Q6. Statements:

All bricks are stones

Some stones are rocks

All rocks are mountains

Conclusions:

I. Some mountains are bricks

II. No rock is brick is a possibility

If only conclusion I follows

If only conclusion II follows

If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows

If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow

Solution:

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Q7. Statements:

All sixes are scores

All boundaries are fours

No boundary is score

Conclusions:

I. All sixes are fours is a possibility

II. All scores are six.

If only conclusion I follows

If only conclusion II follows

If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows

If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow

Solution:

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Q8. Statements:

Some cars are mobiles

All mobiles are phones

All cars are trucks

Conclusions:

I. Some cars are not phones

II. All trucks are phones is a possibility

If only conclusion I follows

If only conclusion II follows

If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows

If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow

Solution:

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Q9. Statements:

Some husbands are fathers

All fathers are parents

Some husbands are not mothers

Conclusions:

I. All mothers are husband is a possibility

II. All husbands are parents is a possibility

If only conclusion I follows

If only conclusion II follows

If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows

If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow

Solution:

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Directions (10-12): The following questions are based on the six words given below:

ROCK MOCK TONE FROM TURN EACH

Q10. If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear in a dictionary from right to left, which of the following will be the fourth from the left?

TONE

ROCK

MOCK

FROM

None of these

Solution:

After rearranging all the word, we have –

TURN TONE ROCK MOCK FROM EACH

4th from the left is MOCK.

Q11. If in each of the words, all the alphabets are arranged in the reverse order of English alphabet within the word, how many words will begin with a vowel?

Three

Four

Five

Six

None of these

Solution:

After rearranging all the alphabets in reverse order of English alphabet, they become-

ROKC OMKC TONE ROMF UTRN HECA

We can see that OMKC and UTRN Words are begin with vowel, So two words will begin with vowel.

Q12. If in each of the given words, the first alphabet is changed to the previous letter in the English alphabetical order, how many words thus formed will be meaningful?

One

Two

Three

Four

None of these

Solution:

After rearrangment,1st alphabet of each words change to previous letter, they become-

QOCK LOCK SONE EROM SURN DACH

The meaningful word is LOCK

‘P%Q’ means ‘P is either smaller than or equal to Q’

‘P@Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’

‘P#Q’ means ‘P is smaller than Q’

‘P$Q’ means ‘P is greater than Q’

Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true and accordingly give answer-

Q13. Statements:

S$Q, R%P, P#S

Conclusions:

I. P#Q

II. P©Q

If only conclusion I is true

If only conclusion II is true

If either conclusion I or II is true

If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true

If both conclusion I and II are true

Solution: