SBI Clerk Mains Reasoning Ability Quiz: 2nd August

Dear Aspirants,

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


Seven persons are living in seven different floors of a seven storey building. All of them going for shopping in different days of the same week starting from Monday to Sunday.

T lives on an even numbered floor. V stays on the second floor and goes for shopping on Wednesday. The one who stays on the first floor goes for shopping on Saturday. Q goes for shopping immediate before T. Q does not go for shopping on any of the days after V. The one who stays on the seventh floor does not go for shopping on any of the days on and before Friday. The one who stays on the third floor goes for shopping immediately after R. The one who stays on the sixth floor does not go for shopping immediate before or after V. U does not go for shopping on Sunday and does not stay on the third floor. S does not go for shopping on any one of the days before P.

Q1. Who among the following lives on 3rd floor?

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Q2. Who among the following persons goes for shopping on Sunday?

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Q3. Which of the following statement is true about Q?

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Q4. U goes for shopping on which day of the week?

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Q5. How many persons goes for shopping between S and V?

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Directions (6-8): Each of these questions is based on the following information: 
(i) A % B means A is 2m west of B.
(ii) A @ B means A is 4m east of B.
(iii) A $ B means A is 1m north of B.
(iv) A * B means A is 3m south of B.


 Q6. If the expression ‘P@Q*R%T$U’ is true, what is the direction of Q with respect to U?

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Q7. If the expression ‘E*G$K@M, L$M’ is true, then what is the Shortest distance between L and E?

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Q8. If the expression ‘O%T$R@P*W’ is true, what is the direction of T with respect to P?

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Directions (9-11): Each of these questions is based on the following information: 
(i) A % B means A is the daughter of B.
(ii) A @ B means A is the mother of B.
(iii) A $ B means A is the father of B.
(iv) A * B means A is the son of B.
(v) A © B means A is brother of B


Q9. If the expression ‘D@E*K©L%O’ is true, then which of the following statement is true?

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Q10. If the expression ‘L%N$T@U©X*Z’ then who among the following is son-in-law of N?

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Q11. If the expression ‘H©F$E%K@R*F’ true, then which of the following is not true?

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Directions (12-13): In each question given below a statement is followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and III. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy etc. on the basis of the information given in the statement. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the three given/suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing and decide the answer. 


Q12. Statement: Discount offers provided by organized retail chains are increasingly eating into the small retailers' pie, thus creating a problem for manufacturers in spite of the hype around the retail boom.
Courses of action: 
I. An effort should be made to dissuade customers from purchasing the products on discounts.
II. All such manufacturers should stop supplying products to organised retail chain.
III. Efforts should be made by the manufacturers for commercial dialogues with the retail chain.

Q13. Statement: According to a report, 35-40 per cent of water supplied in city XYZ is lost due to transmission and distribution losses, pilferage and lack of accountability.
Courses of action: 
I. Efforts should be made to reduce such losses through proper check and balance system.
II. Efforts should be made to procure sophisticated equipment for better leak detection and also a comprehensive programme be launched to repair and replace old and worn-out pipe lines.
III. Disciplinary action should be taken against all those persons who are found guilty in pilfer aging of water.

Directions (14-15): In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by some Conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from 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. 


Q14. Statements: 
Only a few paper are note.
Some note are yellow.
All White are yellow.
Conclusions:
I. No white is paper
II. All yellow are paper is a possibility.
III. All paper is note is possibility.

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Q15. Statements: 
No rabbit are Dog.
Some Dogs are Rat.
Only a few rabbit are cat.
Conclusions: 
I. Some cat are not rat.
II. Some rabbit are rat.
III. All cat are rat.

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