Reasoning Quiz for IBPS Clerk Prelims: 26th October 2018

Reasoning Questions for IBPS Clerk 

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below- 

Seven friends i.e. F, H, D, J, I, G and E are sitting on a bench. Some of them are facing north and Rest are facing south. D sits immediate left of J. There are only three friends to the left of J. The immediate neighbors of G, faces same direction. H sits immediate right of F. There is no friend between D and H. F faces North. I sits 2nd left of E but does not sit at an extreme end. G faces the same direction as D. The one who sits immediate right of I, does not face to North. The one who sits 2nd left of J, faces north.

Q1. How many friend sit between D and G?

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Q2. Who among the following sits 2nd left of J?

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Q3. Who among the following sits immediate right of G?

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Q4. Who among the following sits at an extreme end?

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Q5. How many friends sit to the right of I?

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Directions (6-8): Question consists of five statements followed by five conclusions. Consider 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 follow from the given statements using all statements together. 

Q6. Statements: 
Some D is E.
All E is F.
No F is G.
Some G is H.
All H is I.
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Q7. Statements: 
All book is copy.
Some book is fan.
All fan is bottle.
No bottle is lappy.
All cup is lappy.
Conclusions:

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Q8. Statements: 
Some M is N.
Some N is O.
All O is P.
All P is Q.
No Q is R.
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Directions (9-10): In each of the questions below is given four statements 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. 

Q9. Statements: 
Some A is B.
No B is C.
All C is D.
No D is E.
Conclusions: 
I. Some A is D. 
II. Some B is E.
III. Some B is D. 
IV. Some A is not C.

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Q10. Statements: 
Some cat is dog.
All dog is cow.
No cow is hen.
All horse is hen.
Conclusions: 
I. Some cat is cow.
II. Some cat is not hen.
III. No dog is hen. 
IV. No horse is cow.

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Directions (11–15): Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below: 

A word number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of an input and its rearrangement: 

Input: every 22 country 35 28 free ball 37 18 hub lot 20
Step I : 37 every 22 country 35 28 free 18 hub lot 20 ball
Step II : 35 37 every 22 28 free 18 hub lot 20 ball country
Step III: 28 35 37 22 free 18 hub lot 20 ball country every
Step IV: 22 28 35 37 18 hub lot 20 ball country every free
Step V : 20 22 28 35 37 18 lot ball country every free hub
Step VI: 18 20 22 28 35 37 ball country every free hub lot
And step VI is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input:

Input: 19 gupta 38 was called 24 45 on 27 41 the day next 35

Q11. How many steps will be required to complete the given rearrangement?

Q12. Which of the following elements is fourth from the right end in Step IV?

Q13. How many elements are there between ‘19’ and ‘was’ in the second–last step?

Q14. Which of the following represents the first two and the last two elements in the last step?

Q15. Which step number is the following output? 38 41 45 19 was 24 on 27 the next 35 called day gupta

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