Reasoning Quiz For Bank Exam

Directions (1-5): In each group of questions below are 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 from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the three 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 conclusion II follows.

(4) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

(5) If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

Statements (1-2):

1. No coconut is a lemon.
2. All lemons are onions.
3. All coconuts are groundnuts.

1. Conclusions: 

I. Some groundnuts are not onions.

II. All lemons are groundnuts is a possibility.

2. Conclusions: 

I. Some lemons which are groundnuts are also a part of onions

II. No onion is coconut.

Statements (3-4):

1. Some thousands are millions.
2. All millions are billions.
3. All trillions are billions.

3. Conclusions: 

I. All thousands are trillions is a possibility.

II. No billion is thousand is a possibility.

4. Conclusions: 

I. Some trillions are millions is definitely true.

II. At least some trillions are not thousands.

Statements (5) 

1. All refrigerators are televisions.
2. All juicers are refrigerators.
3. No television is radio.

Conclusions: 

I. Some radios are not juicers.

II. All refrigerators are radios is a possibility.

Statements (6-7):

1. Some mobiles are calculators.
2. All calculators are machines.
3. All equipments are mobiles.

6. Conclusions: 

I. No equipment is machine is a possibility.

II. Some machines which are mobiles are also a part of equipments.

7. Conclusions: 

I. All equipments are calculators.

II. Some equipments are not calculators.

Directions : 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 statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

8. How is ‘never’ written in a code language? 

I. ‘never ever go there’ is written as ‘na ja ni ho’ in that code language.

II. ‘go there and come back’ is written as ‘ma ho sa ni da’ in that code language.

9. Among M, P, K, J, T and W, who is lighter than only the heaviest?

I. P is heavier than M and T.

II. W is heavier than P but lighter than J who is not the heaviest.

10. What does ‘S’ mean in a code language? 

I. ‘5 $ # 3’ means ‘flowers are really good’.

II. ‘7 # 3 5’ means ‘good flowers are available’.

11. How is P related to J?

I. M is brother of P and T is sister of P. 

II. P’s mother is married to J’s husband who has one son and two daughters.

12. How many students are there between Suresh and Mohan in a row of fifty students? 

I. Suresh is twelfth from the left end and Mohan is seventeenth from the right end.

II. Suresh is six places away from Jayesh who is twentieth from the left end.

Answers Key:

Solutions (1-7):

For (1-2):

1. (2)

2. (4)

For (3-4):

3. (1)

4. (4)

For 5. (1):

For (6-7):

6. (1)

7. (4)

Solutions (8-12):

8. (4)

9. (5)

10. (5)

11. (5)

12. (1)