Reasoning Ability Quiz For IBPS PO Prelims 2022- 02nd October

Directions (1-5): Following questions are based on the five three-digit numbers given below.
758 856 918 824 594

Q1. If all the digits in each of the numbers are arranged in descending order within the number, then, which of the following number will become the lowest in the new arrangement of numbers?
(a) 758
(b) 856
(c) 918
(d) 824
(e) 594

Q2. If all the numbers are arranged in ascending order from left to right then, which of the following will be the sum of all the three digits of the number which is 3rd from the left in the new arrangement?
(a) 19
(b) 14
(c) 18
(d) 20
(e) None of these

Q3. What will be the resultant when second digit of the lowest number is multiplied with the second digit of the second highest number?
(a) 9
(b) 18
(c) 45
(d) 48
(e) None of these

Q4. If the positions of the second and the third digits of each of the numbers are interchanged then, how many odd numbers will be formed?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) Four

Q5. If one is added to the third digit of each of the numbers and one is subtracted to the second digit of each of the number, then how many numbers thus formed will be divisible by three?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) Four

Directions (6-10): In each question below some statements are given followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with 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: Some food is vegetable.
All milk is water.
Some vegetable is not water.
Conclusions: I. All milk can never be vegetable.
II. Some vegetable are water.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Both I and II follow
(c) Only II follows
(d) None follows
(e) None of these

Q7. Statements: Some green is not white.
All yellow is green.
Some orange is white.
Conclusions: I. All yellows are orange.
II. Some green are orange is a possibility.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Both I and II follow
(c) Only II follows
(d) Either I or II follows
(e) None follows

Q8. Statements: All notebook is paper.
No paper is pencil.
No pencil is pen.
Conclusions: I. All notebook is pen is a possibility.
II. Some pen are not paper.
(a) Only II follows
(b) Both I and II follow
(c) Only I follows
(d) Either I or II follows
(e) None follows

Q9. Statements: Some flower is perfume.
No fragrance are rose.
All perfume is fragrance.
Conclusions: I. Some flower can never be rose.
II. All fragrance are perfume is a possibility.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Both I and II follow
(c) Either I or II follow
(d) Only II follows
(e) None of these

Q10. Statements: Some laptop is mobile.
All security is password.
No mobile is password.
Conclusions: I. some security are mobile.
II. No mobile is security.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Both I and II follow
(c) Only II follow
(d) Either I or II follows
(e) None of these

Direction (11-15): Study the following information to answer the given questions:
In a certain code language
‘Writer poetry prize’ is written as ‘la ac dt’,
‘Writer creative today magical service’ is written as ‘ol pr rp ac tp’,
‘Real poetry creative today coffee’ is written as ‘tp dt rp ge hg’
‘Stress creative service’ is written as ‘rt tp pr’.

Q11. What is the code for ‘service’?
(a) ol
(b) rp
(c) pr
(d) ac
(e) tp

Q12. ‘stress today creative magical’ could be coded as?
(a) tp rt rp ol
(b) rt ac rp ge
(c) dt rt rp ol
(d) rt ac pr ol
(e) None of these

Q13. ‘hg’ stands for?
(a) poetry
(b) creative
(c) coffee
(d) real
(e) Either ‘real’ or ‘coffee’

Q14. Which of the following may be the code for ‘keep creative prize’?
(a) tp la rt
(b) la dt ol
(c) lb la tp
(d) ge la ac
(e) None of these

Q15. ‘tp ol pr’ is the code for?
(a) today creative service
(b) stress creative service
(c) creative magical service
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these

Solutions