Reasoning Quiz for IBPS Clerk Prelims: 16th November

Reasoning Questions for IBPS Clerk 2018

Directions (1-5): In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions number I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the entire conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 


Q1. Statements: 
All Lattes are espresso.
All cappuchino are espresso.
All espressos are coffee.
Conclusions: 
I. All Lattes are coffee.
II. All cappuchino are coffee.
III. Some coffee are espresso.

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Q2. Statements: 

Some ring are bracelet.
Some bracelet are necklace.
Some necklace are nosering.
Conclusions: 
I. Some nosering are ring.
II. Some bracelet are ring.
III. No nosering is bracelet.

Solution:

Q3. Statements: 
All earths are mars.
Some mars are venus.
All venus are jupiter. 
Conclusions: 
I. Some jupiter are mars.
II. Some mars are earths.
III. Some jupiter are earths.

Solution:

Q4. Statements: 
Some Norway are sweden.
All finland are latvia.
All latvia are denmark.
Conclusions: 
I. Some Norway are denmark.
II. Some Norway are latvia.
III. Some denmark are sweden.

Solution:

Q5. Statements: 
All jio are airtel.
No airtel is vodaphone.
Some vodaphone are idea.
Conclusions: 
I. Some vodaphone are jio.
II. Some airtel are jio.
III. Some idea are airtel.

Solution:

Directions (6–10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. 


Eight members of a family A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a square table. Four of them sitting at the corner side whereas remaining four each of the middle of the side and facing the Centre but not necessarily in the same order. There are four generations in the family. 

B sits second to left of H’s husband. No female is an immediate neighbor of B.
D’s daughter sits second to right of F. F is the sister of G. F is not an immediate neighbor of H’s husband.
Only one person sits between A and F. A is the father of G. H’s brother D sits to the immediate left of H’s mother. Only one person sits between H’s mother and E. B sits at middle of one the side.
Only one person sits between H and G. G is the mother of C. G is not an immediate neighbor of E, who is daughter of D.


Q6. What is the position of A with respect to his mother-in-law?

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Q7. Who amongst the following is the cousin of D’ daughter?

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Q8. What is the position of A with respect to his grandchild?

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Q9. How many people sit between G and her uncle?

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Q10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given information and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

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Directions (11-15): Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below— 


M? 1 C V 6 O 3 ★ 9 5 $ R + Z 4 @ G A K # E 7 N © 3


Q11. How many such prime numbers are there in the given arrangement each of which is immediately followed by a symbol and preceded by a consonant?

Q12. If the places of the those symbols which are immediately followed by numbers are interchanged with those of the numbers in the given arrangement then which of the following will be the eleventh from the right end?

Q13. Which of the following is the seventh letter to the left of ©?

Q14. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement? 
1 6 V,              3 5 9,              R 4 Z,          ?

Q15. If the symbols and numbers are dropped from the given arrangement and then the letters are rearranged in alphabetical order which of the following will be the sixth from the left end ?

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