LIC AAO | IBPS SO | SIDBI | REASONING QUIZ - 10

Direction: (Qs.1-2) Read the following information carefully to answer the following questions.
‘A $ B’ means ‘A is mother of B’
‘A # B’ means ‘A is father of B’
‘A @ B’ means ‘A is husband of B’
‘A % B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’

1.S @ Q $ P # W indicates what relationship of S with W?
A) Paternal Grandmother
B) Maternal Grandmother
C) Paternal Grandfather
D) Maternal Grandfather
E) None of these

2.Which of the following expression indicates ‘J is the sister of H’?
A) H $ A @ P # J
B) J % A @ P $ H
C) J $ A @ P # H
D) H % A @ P $ J
E) None of these

3.How many pairs of letters are there in the word METALCASTING, each of which have as many letters between then in the word as they have between then in the English alphabet?
A) None
B) One
C) Two
D) Three
E) More than three

4.In a row of 40 girls, when Komal was shifted to her left by 4 places her number from the left end of the row became 10. What was the number of Swati from the right end of the row of Swati was three places to the right of Komal’s original position?
A) 22
B) 23
C) 24
D) 25
E) 26

5.A man starts from point P and goes 5 km east, then he turns to his left and goes 5 km, next he turns to his right and walks 9 km, next to his left and goes 2 km. now he takes a left turn and finally stops at point Q after moving 13 km. Find the distance between P and Q (in km), and the direction he is now as seen from point P.
A) 7√2, South-West
B) 7, North
C) 5√2 , North-East
D) 5√2 , North
E) None of these

Directions (Qs 6-10) : Mark your answer as one of the following:
A) Only conclusion 1 follows
B) Only conclusion 2 follows
C) If either 1 or 2 follows
D) If neither 1 nor 2 conclusions follows
E) If both of them follow.

6.Statements: All flowers are trees. No tree is a house. Some houses are wheels
Conclusions:
I. Some trees are flowers
II. Some wheels are not trees

7.Statements: All erasers are pens. All erasers are dusters. Some erasers are sharpeners.
Conclusions:
I. Some pens are not sharpeners.
II. Some dusters are not sharpeners.

8.Statements: Some towers are flowers. No flower is tree. Some trees are petals.
Conclusions:
I. Some petals are towers
II. Some trees are not towers

9.Statements: Some palaces are forts. Some forts are red. No red is strong.
Conclusions:
I. Some palaces being strong is a possibility
II. Some forts are strong.

10.Statements: Some jobs are vacancies. All jobs are works. No work is a trade. All professions are trades.

Conclusions: 

I. Some works are profession is a possibility.

II. Some vacancies are works

# Answers
1.C) Paternal Grandfather
Explanation: 
S and Q are husband wife. Q is the mother of P and P is the father of W.
So S is father of P and P is father of W. So S – paternal grandfather of W

2.B) J % A @ P $ H
Explanation: 
J % A @ P $ H –
J and H are children of A and P, and J being the daughter is a female, so J is sister of H.

3.E) More than three
Explanation: 
In forward direction – EN, ST, AC
In backward direction – GI

4.C) 24
Explanation: 
When Sunaina’s place is changed to 4 places to her left, her position is 10 from the left end, this means that Sunaina’s original position should be 14 from the left. So this means Kirti’s position from left is 17. After Kirti there are (40-17) 23 girls are sitting in the row.
So when we see from right side, Kirti is sitting after 23 girls, i.e. at number 24 from the right

5.C) 5√2 , North-East
Explanation:
PQ = √OP2+QO2
= √72+12
= √50 km

6.E

7.D

8.D

9.A

10.B