Reasoning Quiz For IBPS PO Prelims 2023 -22nd July

Directions (1-4): In each of the questions below, some statements are given followed by two 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.
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.

Q1. Statements:
Only a few Apple are Orange.
Only a few Grapes are Papaya.
No Orange is papaya.
Conclusion:
I: Some Apple being Papaya is a possibility
II: No Orange is Grapes

Q2. Statements:
Only a few Smile are Sad.
All Sad is Happy.
Some Happy are Anger
Conclusion:
I: Some Smile are Anger
II: All Happy being Smile is possibility

Q3. Statements:
Only Water is River.
Some Water is Blue.
All Blue is Sky
Conclusion:
I: Some Sky is River
II: Some Water being Sky is a possibility

Q4. Statements:
Only a few Mango is Grapes.
Only a few Grapes are Apple.
Some apple is Litchi.
Conclusions:
I. All Apple can be Mango.
II. Some Litchi is Grapes.

Q5. Which of the following elements should come in a place ‘___’?
AZ2 EV3 IR5 MN7 ____
(a) TG11
(b) QJ11
(c) GH7
(d) VE9
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
Eight people F, G, H, I, J, K, L and M went to watch a movie in one of the following months viz. January, April, June and July. In each month two movies were released on two different dates that are either on 18th or 25th of any given month.
H and J watched a movie in a month having 31 days. There is at least one person who watched a movie between F and M. L watched movie before F. G watched movie in June. M watched movie immediately after G. J didn’t watch a movie on 18th of any month. G watched a movie somewhere after H. Two people watched a movie between H and I. G and J watched a movie on same date. Similarly, F and L watched a movie on same date. Neither I nor M has watched a movie on same date. K didn’t watch a movie in July month.

Q6. How many persons watched a movie between F and H?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) None
(d) More than three
(e) Three

Q7. How many persons watched movie after L?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) More than four
(d) Three
(e) None

Q8. Who among the following person watched movie on 25th January?
(a) F
(b) L
(c) J
(d) K
(e) None of these

Q9. Which of the following statement is not true about M?
(a) M watched movie in July
(b) M watched movie on the same date as L
(c) M watched movie immediately before J
(d) M watched movie on an odd number date
(e) All are true

Q10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way so form a group, which of the following does not belong to that group?
(a) H
(b) L
(c) G
(d) F
(e) M

Solutions