Reasoning for IBPS Clerk Mains Questions - Career Power

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Directions (1-5): Study the information and answer the given questions:

Eight persons S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z lives on eight storey building with ground floor being

numbered one and the next floor is number 2 and so on. They have their birth date on August, May,

September, November, July, December, June, and October but not necessarily in same order.

S lives on even numbered floor above fourth floor. Two people lives between the floors on which S

lives and the one who was born in July. Four people lives between the floors of U and X. U lives on

even numbered floor above X. The person who was born in May lives on odd numbered floor above

the one who born in July and below the floor upon which S lives. Number of people living between

the one who born in July and S, is two more than the number of persons between the one who was

born in May and U. T was not born in May. As many people live between the one who born in June

and October same as between the one who born in May and person T. The person who was born in

June lives on one of the floor above the one who born in October and lives on even number floor

below 8th floor but not on 4th floor. Y lives on odd floor immediately above V. Four people lives

between the one, who born in December and November. The person who born in December lives on

one of the floors above the person who born in November. T lives immediately above Z. V was not

born in August. The number of person who lives between U and the one born in October is less than

3.

Q1. S lives on which of the following floor?

(a) First

(b) Fifth

(c) Seventh

(d) Eight

(e) None of these

Q2. T borns in which of the following month?

(a) June

(b) July

(c) October

(d) November

(e) None of these

Q3. How many floor between Z and S?

(a) Three

(b) Four

(c) Two

(d) Five

(e) None of these


Q4. V borns in which of the following month?

(a) July

(b) October

(c) November

(d) September

(e) None of these

Q5. In some way S is related to W and Y is related to V, in the same way T is related to?

(a) Z

(b) Y

(c) V

(d) X

(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three

Conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they

seem to be at variance from 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.

Q6. Statements:

All flowers are toys.

Some toys are trees.

Some angels are trees.

Conclusions :

I. Some angels are toys.

II. Some trees are flowers.

III. Some flowers are angels.

(a) Only I follows

(b) Only II follows

(c) Only I and III follow

(d) Only III follows

(e) None follows

Q7. Statements:

Some pigeons are dogs.

All dogs are cats.

All pigeons are horses.

Conclusions :

I. Some horses are dogs.

II. Some cats are pigeons.

III. Some horses are cats.


(a) All follows

(b) Only II and III follow

(c) Only I and III follow

(d) Only I and II follow

(e) None of these

Q8. Statements :

All tables are streets.

All streets are bottles.

All parrots are bottles.

Conclusions :

I. Some streets are parrots.

II. Some bottles are tables.

III. All tables are bottles.

(a) Only I follows

(b) Only II follows

(c) Only III follows

(d) Only II and III follow

(e) None of these

Q9. Statements :

Some cartoons are boys.

All boys are windows.

All jokers are windows.

Conclusions :

I. All jokers are boys.

II. Some cartoons are windows.

III. Some jokers are cartoons.

(a) Only I follows

(b) Only II follows

(c) Only III follows

(d) Only I and II follow

(e) None of these

Q10. Statements :

Some saints are balls.

All balls are bats.

Some tigers are balls.


Conclusions :

I. Some bats are tigers.

II. Some saints are bats.

III. All bats are balls.

(a) Only I and III follow

(b) Only II follows

(c) Only I and II follow

(d) Only III follows

(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the question given

below-

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight persons sitting around a rectangular table. Four of them sit middle

side of table and facing away from the center and other four of them sit at the corner of table and they

are facing towards the center of the table. They all have different age. The age of all the four persons

who sit at the corner of table is multiple of 3 and the age of all four persons who sit at the middle of

table is multiple of 2.

E sits third to left of A. A faces outside. Two persons sit between E and the one whose age is 54. H sits

second to right of one whose age is 54 year. Three persons sit between H and B ,whose age is 76 year.

One of immediate neighbor of H is 69 year old person. C sits second to right of one whose age is 69

year. Only one person sits between C and F. The age of one who sits second to left of F is one year less

than B. The age of one who is immediate neighbor of one whose age is 75 year is equal to difference

between the age of B and A. D is not immediate neighbor of E. The age of one of them is 27year but

he is not immediate neighbor of B. The age of H is perfect square and his age lies between the age of

B and A. The age of D is 1 year less than age of H.

Q11. What is the age of D?

(a) 64 year

(b) 81 year

(c) 36 year

(d) 16 year

(e) None of these.

Q12. Which one of the following sits immediate left of G?

(a) F

(b) G

(c) E

(d) D

(e) None of these


Q13. How many persons are there between A and D, when counted from left of A?

(a) Four

(b) Two

(c) Three

(d) No one.

(e) One

Q14. Who sits opposite to A?

(a) F

(b) G

(c) E

(d) D

(e) None of these

Q15. The difference of age between F and C is?

(a) 69 year

(b) 51 year

(c) 27 year

(d) 42 year

(e) None of these

Directions (16-20): Study the information and answer the following questions:

In a certain code language

“logic strong method exclude” is coded as “14XN 19TG 4WM 23VU”

“skill need and solve” is coded as “10OG 4WL 13WY 14VU”

“select system high desk” is coded as “4GG 24NG 8SR 4PV”

Q16. What is the code for ‘light’ in the given code language?

(a) 8GH

(b 18GN

(c) 8HN

(d) 8GN

(e) None of these

Q17. What is the code for ‘examination’ in the given code language?

(a) 2MU

(b) 3MU

(c) 23NU

(d) 23MU

(e) None of these


Q18. What is the code for ‘result’ in the given code language?

(a) 14GH (b) 4GI (c) 4MH (d) 4GH (e) None of these Q19. What is the code for ‘bottle’ in the given code language?

(a) 14VV (b) 4VX (c) 14VX (d) 14VA (e) None of these Q20. What is the code for ‘computer’ in the given code language? (a) 14IW (b) 4IW (c) 1IW (d) 14IV (e) None of these Directions (21–25): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Sanju, Ranjan, Anshul, Rinku and Jaspreet are five persons who are working in different IT companies in Noida. Two of them are working in Infosys, while the other three are working in different companies, viz TCS, Cognizant and Tech Mahindra but not necessarily in the same order. They are living in different Sector of Noida viz; 12, 44, 37 and 49 but not necessarily in the same order. One of them who is working in Infosys and the one who is working in Tech Mahindra lives in the same Sector-49. The other three live in three different sector 12, 44 and 37. Two of these five persons are Hindus, while the remaining three come from three different communities, viz Muslim, Christian and Sikh but not necessarily in the same order. The one who is working in Tech Mahindra is the oldest in age while the female person who is working in Infosys is the youngest. The one who is working in Infosys is a male and his age lies exactly between the employees of TCS and the one who is employee of Tech Mahindra. Rinku is a male and working in Infosys and lives in sector-49 while Jaspreet is a Muslim and stays in sector-37. The employee of TCS is a Christian and lives in sector-12.

Ranjan is a Sikh while, Sanju is a Hindu and is a female and working in Infosys. Q21. In which company Ranjan is working?

(a) TCS (b) Tech Mahindra (c) Cognizant (d) Business (e) Cannot be determined


Q22. In which company Jaspreet is working?

(a) TCS

(b) Tech Mahindra

(c) Cognizant

(d) Business

(e) Cannot be determined

Q23. In which company Anshul is working?

(a) TCS

(b) Tech Mahindra

(c) Cognizant

(d) Business

(e) Cannot be determined

Q24. Age wise, who among the following lies between Sanju and Anshul?

(a) Cannot be determined

(b) The one who is working in Tech Mahindra

(c) The one who is working in cognizant

(d) The male person who is working in Infosys

(e) None of these

Q25. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true on the basis of the given information?

(a) Jaspreet’s religion is Hindu

(b) Sanju lives in Sector-49

(c) Anshul is an employee of Tech Mahindra

(d) Rinku’s religion is Hindu

(e) Ranjan is an employee of TCS

Directions (26-30): 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

(a) 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.

(b) 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.

(c) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

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

(e) if the data in both statement I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

Q26. In a row of five A, B, C, D and E, who is standing in the middle?

I. D is to the immediate right of E and B is to the immediate left of E.

II. B is at the extreme left of the row.


Q27. P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a circle, facing towards the centre of the circle. Who is second to

the right of P?

I. R is on the immediate left of T and second to the right of S.

II. Q is on the immediate right of S and third to the left of P.

Q28. What is T’s position with respect to W when T, W, R, J and M are sitting around a circle

facing the centre?

I. R is second to the left of M and second to the right of W.

II. J is not an immediate neighbour of M.

Q29. What does ‘Pe’ mean in a code language?

I. ‘Na Si La Lo’ means ‘you may go now’ and ‘Ne Si Na Pe’ means ‘he may go there’ in that code

language.

II. ‘Ki Se Pe Bo’ means ‘come there and see’ and ‘Se Ni Bo Ki’ means ‘come here and see’ in that code

language.

Q30. How is ‘just’ written in a code language?

I. ‘you just see’ is written as ‘la pa ni’ and ‘did you see’ is written as ‘jo ni pa’ in that code language.

II. ‘you did that’ is written as ‘pa si jo’ in that code language.

Directions (31-33): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.

‘P × Q’ means ‘P is wife of Q’.

‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is father of Q’.

‘P + Q’ means ‘P is son of Q’.

‘P – Q’ means ‘P is sister of Q’.

Q31. In H + I ÷ L, how is L related to H?

(a) Brother

(b) Sister

(c) Cousin

(d) Brother or Sister

(e) None of these

Q32. Which of the following represents ‘S is mother of T’?

(a) S × M ÷ H – T

(b) S × M + H – T

(c) M × S ÷ H – T

(d) M × S ÷ H + T

(e) None of these


Q33. In J – F + R × B, how is R related to J?

(a) Father

(b) Mother

(c) Paternal Aunt

(d) Cannot be determined

(e) None of these

Directions (34-35): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Amongst five friends, each got a different percentage of marks in the examination. Anika scored

more than Alka but less than Anjali. Anjali scored 70% marks. Anamika scored less marks than only

Anshika. The one who scored the minimum marks scored 65% marks and the one who scored the

highest, scored 87% marks.

Q34. Who scored the second lowest marks?

(a) Alka

(b) Anshika

(c) Anamika

(d) Anjali

(e) Anika

Q35. Who is the most likely to have scored 82% marks?

(a) Alka

(b) Anika

(c) Anamika

(d) Anshika

(e) Either Anshika or Alka

Directions (36-38): In making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to

distinguish between ‘strong’ arguments and ‘weak’ arguments. ‘Strong’ arguments are those

which are both important and directly related to the question. ‘Weak’ arguments are those which

are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a

trivial aspect of the question.

Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered (A), (B) and (C). You have to decide

which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument and which is a ‘weak’ argument.


Q36. Statement: Should there be a cap on drawing ground water for irrigation purposes in India?

Arguments:

(A) No, irrigation is of prime importance for food production in India and it is heavily dependent on

ground water in many parts of the country.

(B) Yes, water tables have gone down to alarmingly low levels in some parts of the country where

irrigation is primarily dependent on groundwater, which may lead to serious environmental

consequences.

(C) Yes, India just cannot afford to draw groundwater any further as the international agencies have

cautioned India against it.

(a) Only (A) and (B) are strong

(b) Only (B) and (C) are strong

(c) Only (A) and (C) are strong

(d) All(A), (B) and (C) are strong

(e) None of these

Q37. Statement: Should there be a complete ban on setting up thermal power plants in India?

Arguments:

(A) Yes, this is the only way to arrest further addition to environmental pollution.

(B) No, there is a huge shortage of electricity in most parts of the country and hence generation of

electricity needs to be augmented.

(C) No, many developed countries scontinue to set up thermal power plants in their countries.

(a) None is strong

(b) Only (A) is strong

(c) Only (B) is strong

(d) Only (C) is strong

(e) Only either (A) or (B) is strong

Q38. Statement: Should there be a restriction on the construction of high-rise buildings in big cities in

India?

Arguments:

(A) No, big cities in India do not have adequate open land plots to accommodate the growing

population.

(B) Yes, only the builders and developers benefit from the

construction of high-rise buildings.

(C) Yes, the Govt. should first provide adequate infrastructural

facilities to the existing buildings before allowing the construction

of new high-rise buildings.

(a) Only (B) is strong

(b) Only (C) is strong

(c) Only (A) and (C) are strong

(d) Only (A) is strong

(e) None of these


Directions (39-40): In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action

numbered (A), (B) and (C). A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for

improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the

information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true,

then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Q39. Statement: A heavy unseasonal downpour during the last two days has paralysed the normal

life in the state in which five persons were killed but this has provided a huge relief to the problem of

acute water crisis in the state.

Courses of action:

(A) The state government should set up a committee to review the alarming situation.

(B) The state government should immediately remove all the restrictions on use of potable water in

all the major cities in the state.

(C) The state government should send relief supplies to all the affected areas in the state.

(a) None

(b) Only (A)

(c) Only (B) and (C)

(d) Only (C)

(e) All (A),(B) and (C)

Q40. Statement: The school dropout rate in many districts in the state has increased sharply during

the last few years as the parents of these children make them work in the fields owned by others to

earn enough for them to get at least one meal a day.

Courses of action:

(A) The Govt. should put up a mechanism to provide foodgrains to the poor people in these districts

through public distribution system to encourage the parents to send their wards to school.

(B) The Govt should close down some of these schools in the district and deploy the teachers of these

schools to nearby schools and also ask remaining students to join these schools.

(C) Govt. should issue arrest warrants for all the parents who force their children to work in fields

instead of attending classes.

(a) Only (A)

(b) Only (B)

(c) Only (C)

(d) Only (A) and (B)

(e) None of these

Directions (41-45): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which

follow.

8 persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line and all of them are facing towards the

north direction.

No two successive persons are sitting together according to alphabetical order. For Example: A does

not sit with B; similarly, B does not sit with C and so on. They all earn different wages on daily basis

viz. $15, $19, $13, $12, $18, $21, $27 and $29 but not necessarily in the same order.


F sits 4th to the right of C who earns $13. Only one person sits between C and H who earns $ 12. E sits

4th to right of H. Two persons sit between E and the one who earns $ 15. A sits 2nd to left of one who

earns $15. The one who earns $19 sits 3rd to left of one who earns $27. F does not earn $19.More than

two persons sit between the one who earns $27and the one who earns $21. The one who earns $29

does not sit any of the extreme end of the line.

Q41. Who earns $18 ?

(a) F

(b) D

(c) H

(d) E

(e) None of these

Q42. Who among following sits on extreme left ?

(a) A

(b) C

(c) G

(d) H

(e) None of these

Q43. Who among following sit 3rd left of H ?

(a) G

(b) C

(c) F

(d) B

(e) E

Q44. B earns how many dollar?

(a) 15

(b) 27

(c) 29

(d) 18

(e) 13

Q45. How many persons sit between C and the one who earns $27 ?

(a) six

(b) Three

(c) Four

(d) Two

(e) None of these


Q46. Which of the following is/are modifier keys in a computer?

(a) Ctrl

(b) Alt

(c) Shift

(d) Both b) and c)

(e) All of the above

Q47. Which among the following is associated with Internet Mail?

(a) Inbox

(b) Server

(c) Cursor

(d) Dropbox

(e) One Drive

Q48. What is a cursor?

(a) It is an indicator

(b) It shows the position on a computer monitor

(c) Cursor is Latin for ‘runner.

(d) Both a) and b)

(e) All of the above

Q49. The full form of VDA is

(a) Virtual Desktop Access

(b) Visual Desktop Array

(c) Virtual Desktop Array

(d) Visual Desktop Access

(e) None of the above

Q50. WAN stands for

(a) Whole Area Network

(b) Wide Area Network

(c) Wide Array Net

(d) Wireless Area Network

(e) None of the above


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