Saturday 31 January 2015

Reasoning Quiz For SBI Associates Clerks Exam

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

There are five married couples in a family and there is a child to every couple. Ages of children are - 3, 5, 6, 4 and 9 years. Names of male are - M, N, O, P and Q. Name of children are A, B, C, D and E. Name of females are G, H, I, J and K. Name of M's child is not C and E and he is not the eldest and the youngest. Age of I's child is 6 years and her husband is one among N, O and Q. Age of D is 3 years but she is not a child of O. A's age is multiple of 3 but she is not a child of M and G. H's husband is O or Q. Age of K's child is 5 years but the name of child is not B and E. G is wife of O.

1. What is the name of M's wife?

(1) I 
(2) J 
(3) G  
(4) H  
(5) K


2. What is the name and the age of P's child?

(1) B and 6 
(2) E and 9 
(3) C and 4 
(4) C and 5 
(5) Can't be determined

3. What are the names of Q's wife and his child?

(1) H and D 
(2) I and A 
(3) H and C 
(4) I and D 
(5) Can't be determined

4. Name the mother-father and age of E?

(1) I, N and 6 
(2) G, O and 9 
(3) I, O and 6 
(4) G N and 9 
(5) Can't be determined

5. Find the age of B?

(1) 3 
(2) 4 
(3) 6  
(4) 9  
(5) 5

Directions (6-10): Each question below is followed by two statements I and II You are to determine whether the data given in the statement is sufficient to answer the question. You should use the data and your knowledge of Mathematics to choose between the possible answers.

Give answer-
(1) If the statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, but the statement II alone is not sufficient.
(2) If the statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question, but the statement I alone is not sufficient.
(3) If either the statement I alone or the statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.
(4) If you cannot get the answer from the statements I and II together, but need more data.
(5) If both statements I and II together are needed to answer the question.

6. If "Ram and Rahul are friends" is coded as "mr ea sf ua ad", in a certain code language. Then how "hockey" is coded in that language?

I. "Ram plays cricket" is coded as "kr mr ps".
II. "Rahul plays hockey" is coded as "ua ce ps".

7. Who is the tallest among A, B, C, D and E.

I. C is shorter than D but taller than at least two people. E is shorter than B.
II. D is taller than at least 3 people. A is taller than E and C.

8. In a family of 5 people. How is Tanya related to Dhruv?

I. Rakesh is father-in-law of Tanya and Dhruv is son of Tanya.
II. Dhruv's sister is Payal who is Kapil's daughter. Dhruv is grandson of Rakesh.

9. Five friends P, Q, R, S, T are wearing five caps of colour Blue, Saffron, Pink, White and Red. No person is wearing the cap of the colour whose first letter is similar to that of the person's name. 
Is Q wearing a Red cap?

I. P is not wearing either of saffron or blue colour cap. T is not wearing red or saffron colour cap. Q is not wearing white or blue colour cap.
II. S is wearing blue or white colour cap. R is wearing saffron or blue colour cap. T is wearing white or saffron colour cap.

10. Is X an even number?

I. x × y is an odd number.
II. (x × z + 3y) is an odd number.


Answers Key:

Solutions (1-5):



1. 2  
2. 4  
3. 1  
4. 2  
5. 2

Solutions (6-10)

6. 5 : By using both I and II statements we can answer the code for Hockey is ce.  
7. 4
8. 4;  Even by using both the statements together gender of Tanya cannot be determined. So, we cannot say if Tanya is mother or father of Dhruv.
9. 2; Using statement II only we get a unique solution that Q is not wearing a red cap.
10. 4; Using both statement we cannot answer that X is even no. or not.

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