IBPS CLERKS MAIN REASONING.
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PART A - Test of
Reasoning
Directions (Q.
Nos. 1-5) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below it. Ramesh, Kamal, Ahmed and John are students of a school. Three
of them stay far from the school and one near it. Two study in Class IV, one in
Class V and one Class VI. They study Hindi, Mathematics, Social Science and
Science. One is good at all four subjects while another is weak in all of
these. Ramesh stays far from the school and good at Mathematics only while Kamal
is weak in Mathematics only and stays close to the school. Neither of these two
nor Ahmed studies in Class VI. One who is good at all the subject studies in
Class V.
1. Name the boy
who is good at all the subjects.
a)
Ramesh b) Kamal
c) Ahmed
d) John e)
None of these
2. Other than
Ramesh and the boy good in all the subjects, who else stays far from the
school?
a)
Ramesh b) Kamal
c) Ahmed d)
John e) Can’t be definitely said
3. Which two
boys are good at Hindi?
a)
Ramesh and Kamal b) Kamal and Ahmed c)
Ahmed and John
d)
John and Ramesh e) Can’t say
4. Which two
boys are good at Mathematics?
a)
Ramesh and Ahmed b) Kamal and Ahmed c)
John and Ahmed
d)
Ramesh and John e) Data inadequate
5. Name the boy
who is weak in all the subjects.
a)
Ramesh b) Kamal
c) Ahmed d)
John e) All of these
Directions (Q.
Nos. 6-10) In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown
in the statements. The statements are followed by conclusions. Study the
conclusions based on the given statements and select the appropriate answer.
Give answer
a) if only conclusion I is true
b)
if only conclusion II is true
c)
if neither conclusion I nor II is true
d)
if either conclusion I or II is true
e)
if both conclusions are true
6. Statements A < B ≤ C = D, K ≥ J > C
Conclusions I. C < K II. B ≤ D
7. Statements A < B ≤ C = D, K ≥ J > C
Conclusions I. A ≥ J II. K > B
8. Statements
B ≥ L > A ≥ N < K
Conclusions I. B > N II. L < K
9. Statements B ≥ L > A ≥ N < K
Conclusions I. L > N II. L = N
10.Statements A > B > C ≤ D = E ≤ F
Conclusions I. C < F II. C = F
11. If it is
possible to make only one meaningful English word from the second, fifth,
seventh
and
eighth letters of the word PHYSICAL using each letter only once, second letter
of
that word is your answer. If more than
one such words can be formed, your answer is M.
If no such word can be formed, your
answer is N.
a)
I b) A
c) L d)
M e) N
12. Four of the
following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the
one that does not belong to the group?
a)
35 b) 42
c) 51 d)
49 e) 56
13. What will be
come in place of question mark (?) in the given series?
GMSY, IOUA, KQWC, ?
a)
MSYE b) NSYE
c) MTYE d)
MSYF e) None of these
14. If ‘+’ means
‘-‘, ‘-‘ means ‘×’, ‘×’ means ‘÷’ and ‘÷’ means ‘+’, then what is the value of
9-7+85×17÷15
a)
68 b) 73
c) 79 d)
83 e) 87
15. In a certain
code, MODE is written as #8%6 and DEAF is written as %67$. How FOAM
is written in that code?
a)
$87# b) $#7%
c) #87% d)
$87% e. None of these
Directions (Q.
Nos. 16-20) In each question given below there are two statements followed by
two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to
be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then
decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from the two given
statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Read both the statements and
give answer.
a)
if only conclusion I is true
b)
if only conclusion II is true
c)
if either conclusion I or II is true
d)
if neither conclusion I nor II is true
e)
if both conclusions I and II follow
16. Statements
Some food are sweet.
Some foods are
sour.
Conclusions I. All foods are either sweet or sour.
II.Some sweets are
sour.
17. Statements All hair are black.
Some black are
long.
Conclusions I. Some hair are long.
II. No hair is
long.
18. Statements All dogs are monkeys.
No monkeys is a
cat.
Conclusions I. No dog is a cat.
II. No cat is a
dog.
19. Statements Some phones are watches.
All watches are
guns.
Conclusions I. All guns are watches.
II. Some guns are
phones.
20. Statements All umbrellas are aeroplanes.
Some aeroplanes
are birds.
Conclusions I. Some umbrellas are birds.
II. Some birds
are umbrellas.
Directions (Q.
Nos. 21-25) Study the following information to answer the given questions. A word arrangement machine, when given an
input line of words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step.
The following is an illustration of input and the steps of rearrangement.
Input Go
for to Though By easy to Access at
Step I Access
Go for to Though By easy To at
Step II Access
at Go for to Though by easy To
Step III Access
at By Go for to Though easy to
Step IV Access
at By easy Go for to Though To
Step V Access
at By easy for Go to Though to To
Step VI Access
at By easy for Go to Though to To
Step VII Access
at By easy for Go to Though To to
(and Step VII is
the last step for this input)
As per the rules
followed in the above steps, find out in the given questions the appropriate
step for the given input.
21. Input Over
Go for through at one
Which step number will be the last step
of the above input?
a)
III b) IV
c) V d)
VII e) None of these
22. Input Story
for around on was He at
Which of the following will be the step
IV?
a)
around at He for story on was
b) around at for He story on was
c)
around at for He on story was
d) around at for He on was story
e)
None of the above
23. Input Together
over series on feast the so
Which of the following steps will be the
last but one?
a) II
b) III c)
IV d) V
e) None of these
24. Input every
and peer to an for
Which of the following steps would be ‘an
and every for peer to’?
a) II
b) IV c)
V d) III
e) None of these
25. The step II
of an input is as follows:
and Do pet to on that
Which of the following would definitely
be the input?
a)
Do and pet on to that b) Do pet to and that on c)
Do on pet to and that
d)
Cannot be determined e) None of these.
Directions (Q.
Nos. 26-27) Study the given information and answer the given questions.
Point A is 11m North of point B.
Point C is 11 m East of point B.
Point D is 6 m North of point C.
Point E is 7 m West of point D.
Point F is 8 m North of point E.
Point G is 4 m East of point F.
26. How far is
point F from point A?
a)
43 m b) 4 m
c) 3 m d)
7 m e) 5 m
27. How far and
in which direction is point G from point A?
a)
3 m North b) 5 m North c)
4 m North d) 4 m South e)
3 m South
Directions (Q.
Nos. 28-30) Study the given information and answer the given questions.
Six people (K,
L, M, N, O and P) live on six different floors of a building not necessarily in
the same order. The lower most floor of the building is numbered 1, the one
above that is numbered 2 and soon till the top most floor is numbered 6. L
lives on an even numbered floor. L lives immediately below K’s floor and
immediately above M’s floor. P lives immediately above N’s floor. P lives on an
even numbered floor. O does not live on floor number 4.
28. Four of the
following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and
hence form a group. Which of the
following does not belong to that group?
a)
MN b) OL
c) KM d)
LP e) PK
29. Who amongst
the following lives on floor number 2?
a)
K b) P
c) L d)
M e) O
30. On which
floor does N live?
a)
4 b) 3
c) 5 d)
1 e) 2
Directions (Q.
Nos. 31-35) These questions 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 questions. Read both the statements and
give answer.
a)
if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to
answer the
question.
b)
if the data neither in statement I nor in statement II are sufficient to
answer the
questions.
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 statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question,
while the
data in statement I alone are
not sufficient to answer the question.
e)
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.
31. How is
‘cost’ written in the given code language?
I.
In the code language, ‘tell me the cost’ is coded as ‘@0#9’ and ‘cost
was very high’ is
coded as ‘&6#1’
II. In the code language, ‘some cost was
discount’ is coded as ‘1 8 7 #’ and ‘some people
like discount’ is coded as ‘8 7 5
%’.
32. Is D the
mother of S?
I.
L is the husband of D. L has only three children.
II. N is the brother of S and P. P is the
daughter of L.
33. Among five
people (A, B, C, D and E) sitting around a circular table facing the centre,
who is sitting second to the left of D?
I.
C is second to the left of A. B and D are immediate neighbours of each
other.
II. D is to the immediate left of B. E is
not an immediate neighbour of D and B.
34. Among five
friends (J, K, L, M and N) each of a different height, who is the second
tallest?
I.
N is taller than M and K. K is shorter than M.
II. L is taller than N. J is not the
tallest.
35. How many
students are there in the class.
I. There are more than 20 but less than
27 students in the class.
II. There are more than 24 but less than
31 students in the class. The number of students
in the class can be divided into
groups such that each group contains 5 students.
Directions (Q.
Nos. 36-40) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions
based on it.
There are seven
members 4 men and 3 women in a family. They are L, M, N, O, P, Q and R. M is a
Businessman and father of P. Q is the paternal grandfather of P and is a
Doctor. N, who is a housewife is daughter-in-law of O. R is P’s uncle and is an
advocate. There is one Architect, one Pilot and one Journalist in the family. N
is not P’s mother. Q is not married to M. There are three married couple in the
family.
36. If Q is the
grandfather of Pilot, what is the daughter-in-law’s profession?
a)
Journalist b) Doctor
c) Advocate d)
Architect e) Either (a) or (d)
37. If O is the
Pilot and the Journalist is not a female, then P’s profession is
a)
Architect b) Journalist c)
Doctor d) Advocate
e) None of these
38. If the Pilot
does not have any child, then who is the Pilot?
a)
L b) N
c) P d)
Either (a) or (b) e) Either (b) or (c)
39. Which of the
following is a group of male members?
a)
ORPM b) QMRP
c) LQMR d)
Either (b) or (c) e) None of these
40. If P’s
mother is an Architect, which is the set of three couples?
a)
ML, RN, QO b) RO, ML, QN c)
QO, RN, PL d) Can’t be determined
e)
None of these
answers
Solutions (Q.
Nos. 1-5)
|
Name
|
Location
|
Performance
|
Class
|
|
Ramesh
|
Far from the school
|
Good at Maths only
|
IV
|
|
Kamal
|
Close to the school
|
Weak in Maths only
|
IV
|
|
Ahmed
|
Far from the school
|
Good at all the
subjects
|
V
|
|
John
|
Far from the school
|
Weak in all the subjects
|
VI
|
1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (d)
Solutions (Q.
Nos. 6-7)
Given, A < B ≤ C = D
or C = D ≥ B > A …. (i)
and K ≥ j > C …..(ii)
From Eq. (i) and (ii), we have
K ≥ J > C = D ≥ B > A
6. (e) 7. (b)
Solutions (Q.
Nos. 8-9)
Given, B ≥ L > A = N < K
8. (a) 9. (a)
10. (e) Given,
A > B > C ≤ D = E ≤ F
∴ C < F and C = F
11. (b) The
second, fifth, seventh and eighth letters of given word are H, I, A and L
respectively. There is only one such
word can be made from these letters i.e., HAIL.
12. (d) Excpt
49, all others are natural numbers whereas 49 is a perfect square number.
13. (a)
+2 +2 +2
G I K M
+2 +2 +2
M O Q S
+2 +2 +2
S U W Y
+2 +2 +2
Y A C E
14. (b) Given,
9 - 7 + 85 × 17 ÷ 15
Now, change the signs as per given in
the question, we have
= 9 × 7 – 85 ÷ 17 + 15
= 63 – 5 + 15 = 63 + 10 =
73
15. (a) As,
M O D E and D E A F
# 8 %
6 % 6 7 $
Similarly, F O A M
$ 8
7 #
16. (d)
It is clear from diagram that neither
conclusion I nor II follows.
17. (d)
It is clear from diagram that neither
conclusion I nor II follows.
18. (e)
It is clear from diagram that both
conclusions follow.
19. (b)
20. (d)
It is clear from diagram that neither
conclusion I nor II follows.
21. (b) Words
are written in dictionary order
Input Over Go for through one
1st Step at Over Go
through one
2nd Step at For Over Go
through one
3rd Step at For Go Over
through on
4th Step at For go one
Over through
(Last Step)
4th step will be the last
step
22. (b) Input Story
for around on was He at
1st Step around Story
for on was He at
2nd Step around at
Story for on was He
3rd Step around at for
Story on was He
4th Step around at for
He Story on was
23. (d) Input Together over series on
feast the so
1st Step feast Together
over series on feast the so
2nd Step feast on
Together over series the so
3rd Step feast on over
Together series the so
4th Step feast on over
series Together the so
5th Step feast on over
series so Together the
6th Step feast on over
series so the Together
6th Step will be the last step
5th Step will be the last but
one
24. (d) Input every
and peer to an for
1st Step an every and peer
to for
2nd Step an and every
peer for
3rd Step an and every
for peer to
25. (e)
Solutions (Q.
Nos. 26-27)
4m N
G F
W E
A 8m
11m E 9m D
S
6m
B 11 m C
26.
(e) AG = BG – AB
G 4m F
= (CD + EF) – (AB)
= (6 + 8) – 11 3m
= 3 cm
and GF = 4 m
A
AF = 
= 
= 5 m
= = 5 m
27. (a) Point G is the ‘North’
direction from point A and AG = 3 m (from above solution)
Solutions (Q.
Nos. 28-30) Arrangement of the floors to the six people is as follows
|
Floor
|
Person
|
|
6th
|
O
|
|
*5th
|
K
|
|
4th
|
L
|
|
3rd
|
M
|
|
2nd
|
P
|
|
1st
|
N
|
28.
(e) 29. (b) 30. (d) 31. (e) 32. (a)
33. (d) From
statement II,
D
B
C/A A/C
E
∴ E is sitting second to the left of D. Hence, data in statement
II alone are sufficient to
answer the question.
34.
(b) From
statement I, N > M > K
From statement II, L > N
From both the statements, L > N >
M > K
But height of J is not clear.
Thus,
second tallest friend cannot be determined.
Hence, data neither in statement I nor
in statement II are sufficient to answer the
question.
35.
(a) From
statement I,
Number of students in the class = 21 or 22 or 23 or 25 or 26
From statement II,
Number of statements in the class = 25
or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30
Since, number of students can be divided
into groups of 5 students, therefore number of
students must be multiple of 5
∴ Number of students in the class = 25 or 30
Combining statements I and II.
Number of students in the class = 25
Hence, the data in both the statements I
and II together are necessary to answer the
question.
Solutions
(Q.
Nos. 36-40)
|
Member
|
Sex
|
Profession
|
Relationship
|
|
L
|
Female
|
A/P/J
|
Wife
of M. Mother of P
|
|
M
|
Male
|
Businessman
|
Husband
of L, Father of P
|
|
N
|
Female
|
Housewife
|
Wife
of R
|
|
O
|
Female
|
A/P/J
|
Wife
of Q
|
|
P
|
Male
|
A/P/J
|
Son
of L and M
|
|
Q
|
Male
|
Doctor
|
Father
of M and R, Husband of O
|
|
R
|
Male
|
Advocate
|
Husband
of N
|
Where, A = Architect, P = Pilot,
J = Journalist
36.
(e) Q
is the grandfather of P. The mother of P is L who may be Architect or
Journalist.
37.
(b) P
is Journalist
38.
(c) P,
R and N do not have any child. So, P is pilot
39.
(b) Group
QMRP is male members group.
40.
(a) Married
couples are LM, NR and OQ
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