IBPS PO Mains 2016 - Reasoning

Direction (24-25): Each question consists of some conclusion followed by five statements. Consider the given conclusion to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide from which statement, the conclusion can be possible.

Conclusion: No toxic is injection. Some injection are glucose.

Statement:

Twenty percent of all energy consumed in the country is consumed by home appliances. If appliances that are twice as energy-efficient as those currently available are manufactured, this figure will eventually be reduced to about ten percent.

The argument above requires which of the following assumptions?

Direction (6-10): Read the given information carefully and answer the given questions.

Twelve friends are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each in such a way that there is equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 A, B, C, D, E and F are seated and all of them are facing north and in row 2 P, Q, R, S, T and U, are seated and are facing south, but not necessarily in the same order.

There are four persons sits to the right of R. R’s daughter is immediate neighbour of the one, who faces R. There are one person sits between R’s son and R’s daughter. Q is married to F. R’s son-in-law sits third to the left of the one, who faces the person, who is immediate left of A’s brother. Two persons sit between S and T. R’s brother sits second to the right of R’s sister. S does not sit one of the extreme ends. A is brother-in- law of B. A’s father sits second to the right of A’s brother. E is married to S. only one person sits between A’s brother and R’s mother. R’s son-in-law does not sit one of the extreme ends. A’s sister-in-law faces S. A’s sister-in-law sits third to the left of R’s daughter. P faces E, who sits one of the extreme left end. B sits third to the right of E. Q sits immediate right of the person, who faces R’s wife. R’s mother sits third to the left of the one, who faces the one, who sits immediate right of R’s son- in-law. R’s brother-in-law sits fourth to the left of R’s wife. C sits diagonally opposite to the one, who is immediate right of U. A is son-in-law of D.

Who sits immediate left of the one, who is sister-in- law of A?

Direction (16-20): Read the given information carefully and answer the given questions.

J, K, L, M, S, T, U and V are eight employees of an organization and they will attend a meeting in the four months (March, June, October & November). The meeting held in each month on 13th and 22nd date. Only two meetings held in a month. No person can attend the meeting after L. M attends the meeting in the month which has less than 31 days. S and U attends meeting after M on date 22nd of different months, while J & k attends before M and K attends after J in the same month. V does not attend the meeting in the month in which either S attends or L attends.

How many people attends meeting between S and L?

Direction (11-15): Read the given information carefully and answer the given questions.

Ten people G, H, I, J, K, L, W, X, Y and Z live in a building with four floors. Each floor has 3 flats - flat 1, flat 2, and flat 3 in the same order from left to right. Ground floor is numbered floor 1 and top most floor is floor 4. Each flat is built in such a way that Flat 1 of floor 2 is just above Flat 1 of floor 1 and so on. The two flats in which no one lives are on even numbered floor and in even numbered flat. G does not live on even numbered floor and even numbered flat. W lives in the flat just above H. The flat between K and X is vacant and K lives in one of the flat above X. L lives in an odd numbered flat which is in the left of X. Z and Y lives on the same floor and no one else is living with them on that floor. G lives on a floor and flat just above W’s floor and flat. I live on one of the floor on which one flat is vacant. Z and I both lives in the flat which is numbered1.

Who is living just above X?

It is not often that professional footballers retire from internationals at the peak of their game. When the 29-year-old Lionel Messi, widely reckoned to be the most skilled footballer today, announced after the 2016 Copa America Final against Chile that he would not wear the Argentinian shirt again, he took everyone by surprise. It is not clear if he has made the retirement call in the heat of the moment. It came after Messi failed, yet again, to win a major title with the Argentinian team; he also missed a crucial penalty in the shootout against Chile after efficient but goal-less play in regulation and extra time. In fact, Messi’s overall international record with Argentina has been good, if not spectacular. With him, the team has reached the finals of four important tournaments: the World Cup in 2014 and the Copa America in 2007, 2015 and 2016. According to the given question, you have to decide which of the statement is/are strong on the basis of the given passage:-

After defeating in Copa America Final, Should Messi continues his international career for two years more?

I. Yes, because it is the only way he can prove himself to the world as a challenging person.

II. No, It is his personal decision to play no more for Argentina and as a player he gave a lot of contribution to his nation. So we should respect his decision.

III. No, because Messi’s record as a player of Barcelona is quite better than as a player of Argentina. So he should focus on one side rather than playing for both of them.