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IBPS PO Prelims 2016 - Reasoning


1.

Statements: Some chair is table. Some bed is table. No furniture is bed.

Conclusions:

I. Some table is not furniture.

II. All table being furniture is a possibility.

if only conclusion I follows.

if only conclusion II follows.

if either conclusion I or II follows.

if neither conclusion I nor II follows.

if both conclusions I and II follow.


2. If A is 10 cm. length and B has 5 cm. length then what would be the length of C?

6

2

7

9

None of these


3. Four of the following five pairs are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so from a group. Which of the following does not to the group?

B-Rohini

Z - Mehrauli

D - Okhla

Y - Saket

X - Dwarka


4. Who amongst the following sits exactly between Z and W?

T

Y

X

W

U


5.

Directions (6-10):Study the following information carefully and answer the questions below.
Eight people - A, B, C, D, W, X, Y and Z are sitting in a circle facing the centre. All eight people are from different place i.e. Okhla, Dwarka, Lajpat Nagar, Chanakyapuri, Saket, Mehrauli, Rohini and Karol Bagh but not necessarily in the same order.

W is sitting third to the left of Y. The person who is from Dwarka is to the immediate right of W and W is not from Okhla. B is sitting fourth to the right of Z. Z is not the neighbor of Y. Neither B nor Z is an immediate neighbor of W. X is from Chanakyapuriand is sitting third to the right of the person from Dwarka.The person from Mehrauli is sitting second to the left of person from Chanakyapuri. The person from Rohini is sitting second to the left of W. A who is Lajpat Nagar is sitting exactly between X and Z. The person from Saket is sitting second to the right of the person from Lajpat Nagar. C is sitting third to the left of X.

Who amongst the following persons belongs to Okhla?

Y

D

C

B

None of these


6. What is A’s position with respect to B?

Third to the right

Second to the right

Third to the left

Second to the left

Fourth to the right


7.

Statements: All circles are a triangle.

Some triangle is rectangle. All rectangles are square.

Conclusions:

I. Some triangles are not rectangle.

II. No square is a circle.

if only conclusion I follows.

if only conclusion II follows.

if either conclusion I or II follows.

if neither conclusion I nor II follows.

if both conclusions I and II follow.


8.

Statements: Some chair is table. Some bed is table. No furniture is bed.

Conclusions:

I. All chairs being furniture is a possibility.

II. Some Table is not Bed is a possibility.

if only conclusion I follows.

if only conclusion II follows.

if either conclusion I or II follows.

if neither conclusion I nor II follows.

if both conclusions I and II follow.


9.

Directions (21 – 25) : Study the lowing information to answer the given questions –

S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are sitting in a straight line equidistant from each other (but not necessarily in the same order). Some of them are facing south while some are facing north.

S faces north. Only two people sit to the right of S. T sits third to the left of S. Only one person sits between T and X. X sits to the immediate right of W. Only one person sits between W and Z. Both the immediate neighbors of T face the same direction. U sits third to the left of X. T faces the opposite direction as S. Y does not sit at any of the extremes ends of the line. V faces the same direction as W. Both Y and U face the opposite direction of Z.

(Note : Facing the same direction means, if one is facing north then the other also faces north and vice-versa. Facing the opposite directions means, if one is facing north then the other faces south and vice-versa)

How many persons in the given arrangement are facing North?

More than 4

4

1

3

2


10.

Directions (1-5): Study the given information carefully to answer the given question.
M, N, O, P, Q, R and Sare seven people live on seven different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lower most floor of the building is numbered 1, the one above that is numbered 2 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each one of them have different income i.e. 3500, 15000, 7500, 9000, 11000, 13500 and 5000. (But not necessarily in the same order.)

M lives on an odd numbered floor but not on the floor numbered 3. The one who has income of 11000 lives immediately above M. Only two people live between M and the one who has income of 7500. The one who has income of 15000 lives on one of the odd numbered floors above P. Only three people live between O and the one who has income of 15000. The one who has income of 7500 lives immediately above O. R earns 4000 more than Q. The one who has income of 3500 lives immediately above the one who has income of 5000.Only one person lives between N and Q. N lives on one of the floors above Q. Neither O nor M has income of 9000. Q does not has income of 7500.

How much income M has?

13500

5000

7500

15000

3500