Reasoning Quizzes For IBPS PO Mains 2022- 14th October

Directions (1-5): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
12 shelves are in a cupboard such that the bottommost shelf is numbered as 1 and the shelf immediately above it is numbered as 2 and so on. Some shelves contain different laptops.
S6 contains Avita. S1 is three places above S4. Either S4 or S1 is a prime numbered shelf. Not less than three shelves are above S1. The shelf which contains Apple is not an odd numbered shelf. S5 is two shelves above the shelf which contains Apple. As many shelves are above S5 as below S3 which contains Acer. Shelf which contains HP is three shelves above S3. Shelves which contain HP and Lenovo are adjacent shelves. As many shelves are below the shelf which contains Lenovo as above S6. S2 which contains Sony is immediately below S1. Three shelves are between S2 and the shelf which contains Apple.

Q1. Which of the following shelf is three places above the shelf which contains Lenovo?
(a) S4
(b) S2
(c) S6
(d) S1
(e) None of these

Q2. If S8 is two shelves below the shelf which contains HP then, how many shelves are between S8 and the shelf which contains Apple?
(a) More than seven
(b) Six
(c) Seven
(d) Four
(e) None of these

Q3. As many shelves are between S6 and S5 as between ___ and ___.
(a) S5, S4
(b) S2, S5
(c) S6, S4
(d) S3, S4
(e) None of these

Q4. Which of the following statement (s) is/are definitely not correct?
(a) S3 is 1st shelf
(b) S4 contains HP
(c) S5 is 12th shelf
(d) Three shelves are between S2 and S6
(e) None is correct

Q5. Four from the following are similar in a certain way and forms a group. Find out the one which does not belong to that group.
(a) S6
(b) S5
(c) S4
(d) S2
(e) S3

Directions (6-10): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Ten persons (A, E, I, O, P, Q, R, S, T, and V) live on different floors in a ten-floor building. The bottommost floor is numbered as 1 and the topmost floor is numbered as 10. Each person uses different phone (MI, Vivo, Oppo, Samsung, Apple, Motorola, Lenovo, Nokia, Realme and Oneplus).
Note: The person whose name is a vowel, does not live on a prime numbered floor.
I lives three floors above A. The person who uses Oppo, lives immediately above I. P doesn’t use Oneplus. Three persons live between P and V. P lives on an odd numbered floor above I but below E. The person who uses Motorola, lives two floors below V. As many persons live above the person who uses Motorola as below the person who uses Apple. Q who uses Realme, lives immediately above S. R who uses Samsung, doesn’t live below T. O lives two floors above E who doesn’t live on 6th floor. The person who uses Lenovo, lives on an odd numbered floor above 4th floor. Neither P nor T uses Vivo or MI.

Q6. Who among the following uses Lenovo?
(a) V
(b) S
(c) A
(d) T
(e) None of these

Q7. Who among the following lives on the 4th floor?
(a) The person who use MI
(b) The person who use Vivo
(c) The person who use Apple
(d) The person who use One plus
(e) Can’t be determined

Q8. How many persons live below the person who lives three floors below the person who uses Apple?
(a) Four
(b) Six
(c) Five
(d) Three
(e) None of the above

Q9. Who among the following doesn’t live on an even numbered floor?
(a) O
(b) E
(c) Q
(d) I
(e) S

Q10. Which among the following statement is/are definitely correct regarding E?
(a) E lives on 4th floor
(b) E uses MI
(c) E uses Vivo
(d) Two persons live above E
(e) All are correct

Q11. In the word, ‘POMEGRANATES‘, if the letters of the first half of the word from the left are replaced by their immediate preceding letters as per the English alphabetical series while the remaining letters of the word are replaced by their immediate succeeding letters as per English alphabetical series, then how many vowels are there in the word after rearrangement?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of the above

Q12. How many pairs of letters are there in the word “CONSULTANCY” which has as many letters between them (both forward and backward) as in the English alphabetical series?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of the above

Q13. If we increase all the even digits by 1 and decrease all the odd digits by 2 in the number “576329846789“, then how many digits will appear more than once in the new number?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of the above

Q14. If the letters of the word ‘PHARMACEUTICAL‘ are arranged in English alphabetical order from the left end, then the position of how many letters remains unchanged?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of the above

Q15. How many pairs of letters are there in the word “COGINIZANCE” which has as many letters between them (both forward and backward) in the word as in the English alphabetical series?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of the above

Solutions

Solution (1-5):
Sol.

S1. Ans. (c)
S2. Ans. (c)
S3. Ans. (c)
S4. Ans. (d)
S5. Ans. (e)

Solution (6-10):
Sol.

S6. Ans. (a)
S7. Ans. (e)
S8. Ans. (b)
S9. Ans. (e)
S10. Ans. (d)

S11. Ans. (c)
Sol. Given word – POMEGRANATES
After operation- ONLDFQBOBUFT
So, there are three vowels are there in the word after rearrangement.

S12. Ans. (d)
Sol.