Reasoning Quiz for IBPS PO Prelims: 11th October 2018

Reasoning Questions for IBPS PO 2018

Reasoning Ability is an onerous section. With the increasing complexity of questions, it becomes hard for one to give it the cold shoulder. The only way to make the grade in this particular section in the forthcoming banking exams like IBPS PO is to practice continuously with all your heart and soul. And, to let you practice with the best of the latest pattern questions, here is the Adda247 Reasoning Quiz based on the exact same pattern of questions that are being asked in the exams.

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Directions (1-5): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Nine persons are living in a building such that the lowermost floor is numbered one and so on till the topmost floor which is numbered nine. The floors are either painted green or blue. None of the green painted floor is immediately above or immediately below each other. Ninth floor and 1st floor are not painted of same color. I lives just above A and none of them lives on a green painted floor. E lives on an odd numbered floor but not on ground floor. G lives on 5th floor which is painted blue. Two persons live between C and G. Four persons live between E and D. The ninth floor is not painted blue colored. Two persons live between A and H. B live on one of the floors above F. Minimum two persons live on a green painted floor below 5th floor. C lives below H. The floor on which B and F lives are colored of same color.

Q1. Who among the following lives on topmost floor?

Solution:
(1-5)

Ninth floor and 1st floor are not painted of same color. The ninth floor is not blue colored. G lives on 5th floor which is painted blue. Two persons live between C and G. Four persons live between E and D. E lives on an odd numbered floor but not ground floor.
Case1 – C lives below G


Case2 – C lives aboves G


Two persons live between A and H. C lives below H. So, case2(a) gets eliminated. I lives just above A and none of them lives on an green painted floor. So, case2(b) gets eliminated. B live on one of the floors above F. The floor on which B and F lives are colored of same color. Minimum two persons live on a green painted floor below 5th floor.
Case1 – C lives below G


None of the green painted floor is adjacent to each other. So, case1(b) gets eliminated. The final arrangement is:

Q2. Which of the following statement is true regarding F?

Q3. Which of the following represents the color of the floor on which H lives?

Q4. Who among the following lives just above C?

Q5. How many persons live between H and G?

Directions (6-9): In each of the question, relationships between some elements are shown in the statements. These statements are followed by conclusions numbered I and II. Read the statements and give the answer.

Q6. Statements: 
 W ≥ I ≥ S = D > O ≤ M < F
 Conclusions:
I. D < W
II. O < I

Q7. Statements: 
 C > A < K ≤ E = T ≤ J = N
Conclusions:
I. N ≤ K
II. A < J

Q8. Statements: 
 P ≤ Q ≤ S = T ≤ J < R > L
Conclusions:
I. J ≥ P
II. T < L

Q9. Statements: 
 K < I = T ≤ R ≤ Z > Y ≥ W
Conclusions:
I. Z > K
II. R > W

Directions (10-12): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Six persons A, B, C, D, E, F get different number of assignments to complete. E gets more assignments than B and D but not the highest. C did not get the 2nd highest number of assignments. Two persons are between A and D and not more than three persons get more assignment than B, when they are arranged in descending order from left to righ t(according to number of assignments). C gets more assignment than A and F, who gets less number of assignment than D. A doesn’t get least number of assignments.

Q10. Who among the following get the highest number of assignments?

Q11. If B got 12 assignments, then what may be the number of assignment D got?

Q12. Who among the following got the lowest number of assignment?

Q13. How many pairs of letters are there in the word” SILENCE” which have as many letters between them in the word as in alphabetical series?

Solution:

Q14. If in the number 9182736405, positions of the 1st and the 2nd digits are interchanged, positions of the 3rd and 4th digits are interchanged and so on till the positions of 9th and 10th digits are interchanged, then which digit will be 8th from the right end?

Solution:

Q15.Point D is 6m to the west of Point A. Point B is 10m to the south of Point D. Point C is 4m to the east of Point B. Point F is 5m to the north of Point C. Point G is exactly between Point D and Point B. What is the direction of Point G with respect to Point F?

Solution:

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