Reasoning Quiz For Bank Clerk Exam (IBPS, SBI Associate)

Directions (Q. 1-5): The following questions are based on the diagram given below:

(i) Circle represents Doctors

(ii) Square represents Politicians

(iii) Triangle represents Actors

1.  Who among the following represents Politician and Doctor but not Actor?

1) F, I                             2) J, H                     3) H

4) G                               5) None of these

2.  Who among the following represents Actors and Politicians?

1) E, B, D               2) A, B, E                     3) F, G, C

4) G, H, E               5) None of these

3.  Who among the following is n either Actor  nor Politician?

1) J, I                             2) D, I, J                     3) F, G, J

4) C, I, J                        5) None of these

4.  Who among the following is neither Doctor nor Actor?

1) D, I                          2) A, G                     3) B, F

4) E, G                        5) None of these

5.  C represents which of the following professions?

1) Doctor                         2) Politician              3) Actor

4) Doctor and Actor 5) Actor and Politician

Directions (Q. 6-10): In each question below are given two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. 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. Give answer

1) if only conclusion I follows.

2) if only conclusion II follows.

3) if either conclusion I or II follows.

4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.

5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

6.  Statements:        All rings are clutches.

                                All clutches are bangles.

    Conclusions:   I.  All  bangles being  rings is  a possibility.

                           II.  Some clutches are rings.

7.  Statements:       Some poles are wires.

                               No wire is a phone.

    Conclusions:  I.  Some poles are wires.

                          II.  No pole is a phone.

8.  Statements:  No pin is a tube.

                               No toy is a pin.

    Conclusions:  I.  No toy is a tube.

                          II.  No pin is a toy.

9.  Statements:        All discs are pens.

                                No pen is a pencil.

    Conclusions:  I.   All discs are definitely not pencils.

                          II.  Some pencils are not pens.

10.  Statements:       Some knives are drums.

                                 All drums are swords.

      Conclusions:  I.  Some knives are swords.

                            II.  All  swords being  knives is a possibility.

1. (3)

2. (2)

3. (1)

4. (5); F, G 

5. (3)

6. (5); There is no negative statement. Thus

I follows. Again, All rings are clutches => conversion => Some clutches are rings. Hence conclusion II follows.

7. (4); It is a restatement; hence conclusion I does not follow. Again, Some poles are wires (I) + No wire is a phone (E) = I + E = O = Some poles are not phones. Hence conclusion II does not follow.

8. (2); No toy is a pin (E) + No pin is a tube (E)  =  E  +  E  =  No  conclusion.  
Hence conclusion I does not follow. Again, No toy is a pin (E) => conversion => No pin is a toy (E). Hence, conclusion II follows.

9. (5); All discs are pens (A) + No pen is a pencil (E) = A + E = E = No disc is a pencil.

Hence conclusion I follows. Again, No pen is a pencil => conversion => No pencil is a pen.

Hence, conclusion II follows as an implication of this.

10. (5); Some knives are drums (I) + All drums are swords (A) = I + A = I = Some knives are swords. 
Hence conclusion I follows. There is no negative statement. Hence the possibility in II exists. Hence conclusion II follows.