LIC AAO | IBPS SO | REASONING QUIZ - 12

Directions for Questions 1-5: In each question there are three statements followed by four conclusions I, II, III and IV. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

1.Statements:

Some pens are pencils.

All markers are pencils.

All pencils are markers.

Conclusions:

I. Some pens are markers.

II. All markers are not pencils.

III. All pencils are pens.

IV. All markers are pens.

Options:

a. Only I & III follow

b. Only I follows

c. Only I & II follow

d. Only III & IV follow

e. None of the above

2.Statements:
Most rooms are hotels.
No hotel is a bar.
All bars are rooms.

Conclusions:
I. Some hotels are rooms.
II. All rooms are bars.
III. No bar is a hotel.
IV. Some bars are hotels.

Options:
a. Only II follows
b. Only I & III follow
c. Only II & III follow
d. Either II or IV follows
e. None of the above

3.Statements:

All rose are sunflower.

Some lotuses are rose.

All lilies are lotus.

Conclusions: 

I. All lilies are sunflower.

II. Some lilies are rose.

III. Some sunflower are rose.

IV. All lotuses are sunflower.

Options:

a. Only II follows

b. Only II & III follow

c. Only I & II follow

d. Only IV follows

e. None of the above

4.Statements:

No athlete is cricketer.

All cricketers are footballers.

All footballers are sprinters.

Conclusions: 

I. No footballer is an athlete.

II. No sprinter is an athlete.

III. Some sprinters are cricketer.

IV. Some sprinters are athletes.

Options:

a. None follows

b. Either II or lV and III follow

c. II, IV and III follow

d. Either II or IV and I follow

e. None of the above

5.Statements:

All clothes are pants.

Some pants are shirts.

All shirts are jeans.

Conclusions: 

I. Some shirts are clothes.

II. Some jeans are pants.

III. Some jeans are clothes.

IV. Some pants are clothes.

Options:

a. Only III follows

b. Only II & IV follow

c. None follows

d. Only II & III follow

e. None of the above

Directions for Questions 6-10: In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions I & II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is/are implicit.

Mark option (a) if only assumption I is implicit

Mark option (b) if only assumption II is implicit

Mark option (c) if either assumption I or II is implicit

Mark option (d) if neither assumption I nor II is implicit

Mark option (e) if both assumptions I and II are implicit

6.Statement: In spite of heavy rains, rail services did not get disrupted this year.

 Assumptions:

I. Rail services get disrupted only in rainy season.

II. Heavy rains normally affect the rail services.

7.Statement: Majority of students appearing for XII standard board exams have taken home tuitions.

Assumptions:

I. Home tuition is the best method of learning.

II. There is a shortage of quality home tutors.

8.Statement: Detergents should be used to clean clothes

Assumptions:

I. Detergents form more lather

II. Detergents help to dislodge grease and dirt

9.Statement: The patient’s condition would improve after operation.

Assumptions:

I. The patient can be operated upon in this condition.

II. The patient cannot be operated upon in this condition.

10.Statement: The government has decided to disinvest large chunk of its equity in select public sector undertaking for a better fiscal management.

Assumptions:

I. The amount generated out of the disinvestments process may reduce substantially the mounting fiscal deficits.

II. There will be enough demand in the market for the shares of these undertakings.

# Answers 
1.b
2.b
3.e
4.b
5.b
6.b
7.d
8.b
9.a
10.e