LIC AAO | IBPS SO | REASONING QUIZ - 5

Directions (Questions 1-3): Select the appropriate answer from the following options.



1. Statements:
some copies are desks
no desks are pens

Conclusions:
a. some pens are copies
b. some copies are pens
c. some copies are not pens
d. some pens are not desks

Options
i. only 2 follows
ii. 2 and 3 follow
iii. either 1 or 2 follows
iv. 2 and 4 follow
v. 3 and 4 follow


2.statements:
only reds are blues
all reds are yellows

conclusions:
a. some blues are yellows
b. no blues are yellows
c. some yellows are reds
d. some yellows are not reds

Options:
i. either 3 or 4 follows
ii. either 1 or 2 follows
iii. 1 and 3 follow
iv. either 2 or 3 follows
v. none of these


3. statements:
only books are readables
only eatables are books

conclusions:
a. all readables are books
b. some readables are books
c. all readables are eatables
d. all eatables are readables

options:
i. only 1 and 3 follow
ii. only 1 and 4 follow
iii. either 1 or 2 and 3 follow
iv. either 1 or 2 and 4 follow
v. 1, 2 and 3 follow


Directions (Questions 4-5): given below are pairs of events A and B. You have to read both the events and mark the answer accordingly. Mark your answer as:
i. If A is the effect and B is its immediate and principal cause.
ii. If A is the immediate and principal cause and B is the its effect.
iii. If A is an effect but B is not its immediate and principal cause.
iv. If B is an effect but A is not its immediate and principal cause.
v. None of these.

4. Event A: Some of the goonda elements in the city have been enjoying political patronage for the last few years.
Event B: Curfew has been declared in the city.

5. Event A: India's proposal to delink social issues such as labour from trade issues was turned down at the WTO meet.
Event B: Indian proposal would have hurt the interests of the developed nations.


Directions (Questions 6-10) Study the follwoing information carefully and answer the given questions:
Twelve persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing 6 persons each. In such a way that there is an equal distance between the adjacent persons. In Row-I, A,B,C,D,E and F are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing south. In Row-II, P,Q,R,S,T and U are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given sitting arrangement each person seated in a row faces another person of the other row.

S sits third to the right of R. S does not sit at any extreme end. Two persons sit between P and Q. T sits third to the left of U. R is not an immediate neighbour of U.
F sits third to the right of D. C does not sit at any extreme end. One person sits between B and D. D sits second to the left of C. C is not an immediate neighbour of B and A.

6. Who among the following are sitting at the extreme ends of any row?
i. S,T
ii. E,B
iii. F,B
iv. T,P
v. D,E

7. What is the position of S with respect to R?
i. third to the right
ii. second to the right
iii. third to the left
iv. second to the left
v. fourth to the right

8. Four of the five are alike in a certain way absed on their sitting arrangement and hence form a group. Which one does not belongs to that group?
i. CR
ii. QB
iii. FT
iv. AS
v. EU

9. What is the position of A with respect to E?
i. second to the right
ii. second to the left
iii. third to the left
iv. third to the right
v. immediate left

10. If all the persons of Row-I are asked to sit iin the alphabetical order from left to right, the positions of how many elements will remain unchanged as compared to their original sitting position?
i. none
ii. two
iii. one
iv. three
v. more than three

#Answers
1.5
2.3
3.5
4.4
5.1
6.3
7.1
8.5
9.2
10.4