Reasoning Ability Quiz For IBPS Clerk/NIACL AO Prelims 2021- 11th September |

Directions (1-5): Study the information and answer the following questions:
Ten persons are sitting in a row some are facing north, and some are facing south (but not necessarily in the same manner). Not more than two persons facing same direction sits together.
Five persons sit between P and W and both faces same direction. Neither P nor W sits at any end. U sits second to the left of P. Q is an immediate neighbor of W. S sits fourth to the left of U and both faces same direction. T sits third to the right of Q and faces same direction as Q. Y, who faces north is not a neighbor of S and T. X sit second to the left of R and both faces same direction. U is facing south direction. V neither face same direction as R nor is an immediate neighbor of W.

Q1. Who among the following sits to the immediate right to T?
(a) S
(b) W
(c) U
(d) X
(e) None of these

Q2. How many persons sit between Q and V?
(a) One
(b) Four
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) More than four

Q3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and form a group, who among the following does not belongs to that group?
(a) Q
(b) X
(c) Y
(d) W
(e) P

Q4. Which among the following pair sits at the extreme ends of the row?
(a) P, U
(b) S, X
(c) Q, X
(d) U, Q
(e) None of these

Q5. How many persons face south?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Three
(d) One
(e) Two

Directions (6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
In a certain code language:
“Inside result happy spirit” is written as “ae me le ue”.
“Picture down morning inside” is written as “de le te ge”.
“Happy picture good spirit” is written as “te ae ue ce”.
“Spirit win morning spark” is written as “de ye we ae”.
Q6. What is the possible code for “good way down”?
(a) ce me ge
(b) pe me ge
(c) ce te le
(d) pe ce ge
(e) None of these

Q7. If “Inside win picture” is coded as “ye le te”, then what will be the code for “Spark”?
(a) xe
(b) we
(c) ce
(d) de
(e) Can’t determined

Q8. What is the code for “Morning”?
(a) de
(b) te
(c) ae
(d) ue
(e) None of these

Q9. What is the word for the code “me” in the given code language?
(a) spirit
(b) good
(c) result
(d) spark
(e) win

Q10. If “Spirit give happy” is written as “ue ae re”, then what will be the code for “Give”?
(a) ae
(b) ue
(c) re
(d) data inadequate
(e) Can’t determine

Directions (11-15): In each of the questions below. Some statements are given followed by some conclusions. You have to assume all the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from the information given in the statements.
(a) If only conclusion I follows
(b) If only conclusion II follows
(c) If either I or II follows
(d) If neither I nor II follows
(e) If both I and II follow

Q11. Statements:
No book is novel
All story is novel
Some cartoon is story
Conclusions:
I. Some cartoon is not book is a possibility
II. All book are cartoon is a possibility

Q12. Statements:
All picture is colour
Only picture is draw
Some painting is colour
Conclusions:
I. Some colour are draw
II. All painting are picture is a possibility

Q13. Statements:
All house is castle
All palace is villa
No castle is palace
Conclusions:
I. No villa is house
II. Some palace are castle

Q14. Statements:
All white are winter
Some snow is white
Some winter are freeze
Conclusions:
I. All snow being freeze is a possibility
II. Some white are definitely not freeze.

Q15. Statements:
Some blue are green
Some grey is blue
All green are white
Conclusions:
I. Some grey is neither blue nor white is a possibility
II. All green are grey is a possibility

Solutions