Reasoning Quiz I For Clerk Exam (Sbi Associate, IBPS )

Directions (Q. 1-5): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer

1) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

2) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement

II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

4) if the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

5) if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

1.  What is the postion of Roshni from the right end of the row?

I.  There are 18 children between Kamal and Roshni.

II. Kamal is 10th from the right end of the row.

2.  On which day of the week did Q visit Gujarat?

I.  Q visited Gujarat before Saturday but after Monday.

II. Q visited Gujarat after Monday but before Thursday but not on an odd day of the week.

3.  How is ‘my’ written in a code language?

I.  ‘my work is fine’ is written as ‘ma ta ka ha’ in that code language.

II. ‘how is your work’ is written as ‘ja ma na ka’ in that code language.

4.  On which day of the month was S born?

I.  S’s mother correctly remembers that S was born after 15th October but before 19th October.

II. S’s brother correctly remembers that S was born after 14th October but before 17th October.

5.  How is B related to V?

I.  V is mother of B’s son’s only uncle’s son.

II. V is sister-in-law of U, who is sister of W.

Directions  (Q. 6 -10) :  Study  the  following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

1 $ 6 H J A7 A G Q # B 2 M E K % R 5 @ N D I P4 C T 3 9 F

6. If all the symbols in the above arrangement are dropped, which of the following will be 10th from the

right end?

1) E 2) N 3) 5

4) R 5) None of these

7.  Which of the following is fifth to the left of eighteenth from the left end in the above arranement?

1) B 2) # 3) 2

4) M 5) None of these

8.  How many such vowels are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a  number  and  immediately fol lowed  by a consonant?

1) None 2) Two 3) Three

4) Four 5) None of these

9.  What will come in place of question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement?

6AJ  A#Q  2KE  RN@  ?

1) NP4 2) @IP 3) IC4

4) I4C 5) None of these

10.  How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed by a letter?

1) One 2) Three 3) Four

4) None 5) None of these

1. (5); From I and II.

Roshani’s position from right end

= 18 + 10 + 1 = 29th

2 . (2) ;  Fr o m  I I .  Q  visited  Gujarat  after Monday  bu t  before  Thursday,  therefore possible days are Tuesday and Wednesday, Q did not visit on an odd day. Hence, Q visited on Tuesday.

3. (4); From II. how is your work  !    ja ma na ka

           From I. ‘my work is fine’    !   ma ta ka ha

    We can’t find the code for ‘my’.

4 . (5) ;   From I . S’s   mother   correctly remembers that  S was born after 15th of October but before 19th of October. Possible  dates  are  16th,  17th  and  18th October.

From II . S’s brother correctly remembers that S was born after 14th October but before 17th October.

Possible dates are 15th and 16th.

In both, the common date  is the  16 th of  October.

5. 1; 

Hence, B is brother-in-law of V.

6. 2; 10th from the right end, ie N.

7. 3; Fifth to the left of the 18th from the left end = 18 – 5 = 13th from the left, ie 2.

8. 1

9. 3;

10. 2; 6HJ, 2ME, 4CT