Reasoning For bank PO Exams

Reasoning For bank PO Exams
Test of Reasoning: Bank PO Exam SOlved paper
1. Among A, B, C, D and E, E is shorter than D but taller than B who is taller than C and A is taller than E. If all are standing according to their heights and we start counting from the tallest who would be fourth?

(1) C

(2) B

(3) E

(4) Cannot be determined as the data is insufficient.

Ans. (2)

2. A man is facing. south. He turns 135° in the anticlockwise direction and then 180? in the clockwise direction. The direction he is facing now is:

(1) North-east

(2) North-west

(3) South-east

(4) South-west

Ans. (4)

3. Among five friends:

Mangla is taller to Neela but as tall as Pushpa.

Asha is taller to Sapna but not as tall as Neela. In this group who is the shortest?

(1) Mangla

(2) Sapna

(3) Pushpa

(4) Asha

Ans. (2)

4. The sum of income of A and B is more than that of C and D taken together. The sum of income of A and C is the same as that of B and D taken together. Moreover, A earns half as much as the sum of income of B and D. The highest income is of:

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

Ans. (2)

5. In a class of 60 students. where the girls are twice that of boys, Kamal ranked seventeenth from the top. If there are 9 girls ahead of Kama1, the number of boys in rank after him is:

(1) 3

(2) 7

(3) 12

(4) 13

Ans. (3)

6. If X and Y are brothers Z is sister of X, P is brother of Q, and Q is daughter of Y. Then who is the uncle of P?

(1) Z

(2) X

(3)Q

(4) Y

Ans. (2)

7. A set of figures carrying certain numbers is given

. Assuming that the numbers in each figure follow a similar pattern, the missing number is:

(1) 19

(2) 23

(3) 25

(4) 31

Ans. (4)

8. Same positions of dice are shown below:

What is the number opposite to 4?

(1) 6

(2) 5

(3) 2

(4) 1

Ans. (4)

Directions: (9-13): A management company is to form a 5 member group to undertake a new project. The team must contain two finance expert, one accountant and two marketing experts. A, B and C can work as finance experts C, D and E can work as accountants. F, G and H can work as marketing experts. A and C prefer to work with each other on the same group. E prefers to work only if F works.

9. Which is a possible team if all preferences are respected?

(1) A, B, C, D, F

(2) A, C, D, E, F

(3) A, B, C, F, G

(4) B, C, D F, G

Ans. (1)

10. If A is chosen as a member of the team and all preferences are respected, which one of the following must be true?

(1) C must work as finance expert

(2) Any of the three marketing experts can be included

(3) Neither D nor E can be included

(4) F must be included

Ans. (2)

11. Which choice of members is impossible if all preferences are respected?

(1) A and B as finance experts, C as accountant

(2) B and C as finance experts

(3) G and H as marketing experts

(4) A and C as finance experts, F and H as marketing experts

Ans. (2)

12. How many different groups are possible if all preferences are respected?

(1) 5

(2) 8

(3) 9

(4) 13

Ans. (1)

13. Which person/persons must be chosen as part of any group if all preferences are respected?

l. A

2. E

3. F

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(1) 1 only

(2) 1 and 2 only

(3) 3 only

(4) 2 and 3

Ans. (1)

Directions (14-18): Read the following seven statements to solve the next five Items.

(i) Five boys B1 B2 B3 B4 and B5 and five girls G1 G2 G3 G4 and G5 are sitting on ten chairs (not necessarily in that order). The boys are in the odd numbered seats starting from the left while, each girl sits to the right of her friend amongst the boys.

(ii) B4 is G4’s friend

(iii) G5 is not at the right end of the row and her friend is not at the left end of the row.

(iv) B3 is one seat from the right end of the row.

(v) G5’s friend is seated next to the right of G2.

(vi) B2 and his friend occupy the middle pairs of seats.

(vii) G4 sits next to B2

14. G3’s friend may be

(1) B1 or B2

(2) B1, B3 or B5

(3) B1, B2 or B3

(4) B2 or B5

Ans. (2)

15. Which of the following lists five persons who are sitting adjacent to one another, from left to right?

(1) B2, 2 B1, G5 B

(2) B4, 04. 02., Q5

(3) G2, B2, G4. B4, G1 or G3

(4) B4, G5, 82. G2,131 or B5

Ans. (4)

16. In order to determine the position of G2, it is necessary to use how many of the seven statements given above?

(1) 3

(2) 4

(3) 5

(4) 6

Ans. (4)

17. Which of the following could be determined exactly if the position of either B1 or B5 were given?

(1) The identity of B1’s friend or B5’s friend but, not both

(2) Only the identity of B1’s friend

(3) Only the identity of B5’s friend

(4) Who is sitting to B4’s left

Ans. (1)

18. Which of the following cannot be determined on the basis of the available information?

1. Who occupies the seat farthest to the left ?

2. Who occupies the seat farthest to the right?

3. Which other girls are nearest toG2?

Which the correct answer using the code given below.

(1) 1 and 2

(2) 1 only

(3) 2 only

(4) 2 and 3

Ans. (1)

Directions (18-21): Each face of cube is painted with a different colour a carries a different number (from 1 to 6)

(i) The face with the number 1 is opposite to the face with the number 4, while the face with the number 2 is opposite to the face with the number 6.

(ii) The orange face has number 1.

(iii) The face opposite to the orange face is black and has number 4.

(iv) When the orange face is facing an observer, the top face is pink and has number 3 on it.

(v) When the grey face is placed facing the observer the number 1 is on the top, number 2 is on the right side and the left face is blue-colored.

(vi) White and blue colours are on opposite faces.

18. Which of the following colours are on the four faces adjacent to the grey-colored face?

(1) White, Blue, Black, Pink

(2) White, Orange, Black, Blue

(3) Blue, Black, Pink, White

(4) Cannot be determined

Ans. (2)

19. Number 6 is carried by the face having which colour?

(1) Blue

(2) Pink

(3) Grey

(4) White

Ans. (1)

20. When the orange face is facing the observer and the number 2 is on his right, which one of the following numbers will be at the top?

(1) 3

(2) 4

(3) 5

(4) 6

Ans. (3)

21. Colours comprising which one of the following pairs are not opposite to each other?

(1) Orange – Black

(2) White – Blue

(3) Pink – Grey

(4) Black - White

Ans. (4)

22. There are five friends — P. Q, R, S and T. P is younger to Q, T is younger to R and S. both P is as old as R, P is younger to as many as those who are younger to S.

Who among the five friends is the eldest?

(1) S

(2) Q

(3) R

(4) Cannot be ascertained with the given data

Ans. (2)

23. A, B, C, D, and E belong to five different cities P, Q, R. S and T (not necessarily in that order). Each one of them comes from a different city.

Further, it is given

1. B and. C do not belong to

2. B and E do not belong to P and R

3. A and C do not belong to R, S and T.

4. D and E do not belong to Q and T.

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

(1) C belongs to P

(2) D belongs to R

(3) A belongs to Q

(4) B belongs to S

Ans. (4)

24. Q is the son of P. S is the son of Q. U is the mother of R. T is the spouse of Q. P is the father of R but R is not his son. V is the spouse of R.

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

(1) S is the grandson of P

(2) S is the grandson of U

(3) V is the son-in-law of P

(4) V is the son of U

Ans. (4)

25. Along chain having 100 identical steel links is to be pulled from its two ends by a force of 3000 newtons. The chain is elongated by adding another 50 links to it.

Which one of the following is the correct statement?

(1) The force induced in each link will be equal to 20 newtons .

(2) The force induced In each link will be equal to 30 newtons

(3) The force induced in each link will be equal to 3000 newtons

(4) The force induced in each link cannot be determined unless its dimensions are

given

Ans. (3)