Reasoning Ability Quiz For IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2022- 25th June

Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
Seven persons live on different floors of a building having seven floors where lowermost floor is numbered as 1 and topmost floor is numbered as 7. They like different colours- Blue, Pink, Black, Purple, Green, Yellow, and White (but not necessarily in the same order).
P likes Pink and lives on an even numbered floor but not more than two people live below P. V lives on 5th floor and does not like Yellow. T likes Black and lives on one of the odd numbered floors above the one who likes Blue. Q likes Purple. R lives just above U who likes Green. S likes White and lives below P.

Q1. Who among the following likes Blue?
(a) Q
(b) P
(c) V
(d) S
(e) None of these

Q2. Who among the following lives just below the one who likes Yellow?
(a) U
(b) S
(c) The one who likes Green
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(e) None of these

Q3. R lives on which of the following floor?
(a) 3rd
(b) 4th
(c) 5th
(d) 7th
(e) None of these

Q4. How many persons live between Q and P?
(a) Three
(b) Two
(c) One
(d) Four
(e) None of these

Q5. Who among the following lives just above V?
(a) T
(b) S
(c) P
(d) Q
(e) None of these

Directions (6-9): Study the following information to answer the given questions.
A person starts moving from Point A towards east direction to point B. After walking 5km to reach B he turns to the left and walks 5km to reach point C. From there he turns to his left and walks 8 km. After reaching to point D he turns to the south direction and walks 10km and reached to point E. Then he again turns to his left and walks 6km to reach point F. Finally, he turns to left and walks 3km and reach to point G.

Q6. What is the shortest distance between point A and point G?
(a) 3 km
(b) 8 km
(c) 10 km
(d) 5 km
(e) None of these

Q7. Point C is in which direction with respect to point E?
(a) North-East
(b) South
(c) East
(d) South-West
(e) None of these

Q8. If a person further travels 5km from point G to reach point H, then Point B will be in which direction with respect to point H?
(a) North-East
(b) South
(c) East
(d) South-West
(e) Can’t be determined

Q9. How far is point C with respect to point A?
(a) 3√2 km
(b) 7√5 km
(c)11√3 km
(d) 5√2 km
(e) None of these

Q10. X left home and cycled 10 km towards South, then turned right and cycled 5 km and then again turned right and cycled 10 km. After this he turned left and cycled 10 km. How many kilometers will he have to cycle to reach his home from his final position straight?
(a) 10 km
(b) 15 km
(c) 20 km
(d) 25 km
(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): In each of the questions below, some statements are given followed by two 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. Give answer

Q11. Statements: Some breeze is thunder. Some rain is cloud. No rain is thunder
Conclusions: I. No cloud is thunder.
II. Some breeze is cloud is a possibility.
(a) Both I and II follow
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only II follows.
(d) Only I follows.
(e) Neither I nor II follows

Q12. Statements: All blue is black. Some black is not white. No white is grey.
Conclusions: I. Some black being blue is a possibility
II. Some black is grey.
(a) Both I and II follow
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only II follows.
(d) Only I follows.
(e) Neither I nor II follows

Q13. Statements: Some Tree is Soil. All Soil is Plant. All Plant is Water
Conclusions: I. Some Tree is Plant.
II. Some Tree is not Plant.
(a) Both I and II follow
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only II follows.
(d) Only I follows.
(e) Neither I nor II follows

Q14. Statements: All universe is star. Some star is earth. No earth is galaxy
Conclusions: I. Some galaxy is universe
II. Some galaxy is not universe.
(a) Both I and II follow
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only II follows.
(d) Only I follows.
(e) Neither I nor II follows

Q15. Statements: Some coffee is milk. No milk is tea. Some tea is water
Conclusions: I. Some water can be milk.
II. Some coffee can be tea.
(a) Both I and II follow
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only II follows.
(d) Only I follows.
(e) Neither I nor II follows

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