Reasoning Quiz

Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-5): In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by-

 four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. 

Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

1. Statements: 
All pencils are pens.
Some pens are syrups.
All syrups are needles.
Some needles are syringes.


Conclusions:
I. Some needles are pens.
II. Some pens are pencils.
III.  Some syringes are needles.
IV. Some needles are syrups.

(1) None follows
(2) Only I and II follow
(3) Only I, II and III follow
(4) Only II, III and IV follow
(5) All follow

2. Statements: 
All dusters are bins.
All bins are sepals.
No sepal is a root.
All roots are flowers.

Conclusions: 
I. No flower is a bin.
II. No duster is a root.
III. All dusters are sepals.
IV. All flowers are roots.

(1) Only I and II follow
(2) Only III follow
(3) Only I, II and III follow
(4) All follow
(5) None of these

3. Statements: 
All bulbs are lamps.
All lamps are stands.
Some stands are pens.
Some pens are benches.

Conclusions: 
I. Some benches are bulbs.
II. Some lamps are benches.
III. Some pens are bulbs.
IV. Some pens are lamps.

(1) None follows
(2) Only I and II follow
(3) Only II and IV follow
(4) Only III and IV follow
(5) Only I, II and IV follow

4. Statements: 
Some rulers are erasers.
All erasers are metals.
Some metals are papers.
All papers are bands.

Conclusions: 
I. Some bands are rulers.
II. Some erasers are bands.
III. Some papers are rulers.
IV. Some metals are rulers.

(1) Only I and III follow
(2) Only I and II follow
(3) Only II and III follow
(4) Only II and IV follow
(5) None of these

5. Statements: 
Some houses are beads.
Some beads are cycles.
Some cycles are tubes.
Some tubes are rains.

Conclusions: 
I. Some tubes are beads.
II. Some cycles are houses.
III. No bead is tube.
IV. Some rains are cycles.

(1) Only I follows
(2) Only either I or III follows
(3) Only I and II follow
(4) Only either I or III and IV follow
(5) None of these

Directions (6-10): In each question below, a question is followed by information given in statements. 

You have to decide the information given in which of the following statement is necessary to answer the question.

6. How many days did Rihana take to complete his assignment work?
I. Krish correctly remembers that Rihana took more than two days but less than seven days to complete her assignment.
II. Pavitra correctly remembers that Rihana took more than 5 days but less than 10 days to complete her assignment.
III. Arayan correctly remembers that Rihana completed her assignment within 12 days.

1)  All I, II & III together
2) Only II
3) Only I and II
4) Only I and III
5) None of these

7. Ayana is in which direction with respect to Ritu?
I. Manav is to the south of Ritu and Ayana is to the east of Pihu who is to the north of Manav.
II. Pihu is to the south of Ritu.
III. Pihu is to the west of Tilak.

1) Only I
2) Only II & III
3) All
4) Only I & II
5) None of these

8. How many sisters Ritesh have? Ritesh is a boy.
I. Kavita, the mother of Ritesh, is the only child of Monika. Monika has only two grand children.
II. Sarvesh, the son-in-law of Monika, has a son and a daughter.

1) Only I
2) Only II
3) Both I & II
4) Either I or II
5) Neither I nor II

9. Among A, B, C, D and E sitting in a row, facing east, who sits exactly in the middle of the line?
I. D sits third to the left of B. D is an immediate neighbour of both A and E.
II. Two people sit between E and C. C does not sit at either of the extreme ends. A sits second to the right of E.

1) Only I
2) Only II
3) Both I and II
4) Either I or II
5) Neither I nor II

10. How is 'Sweet' coded in a code language?
I. 'I love sweet chocolate' is written as 'qa la ti mi' and 'she is sweet girl is written as 'ja ra mi ka'.
II. 'Bright and Sweet' is written as 'zi mi na' and 'who is sweet' is written as 'mi yo di'.

1)  Only I
2)  Only II         
3)  either I or II alone
4)  neither I nor II
5) both I & II





ANSWERS
Solutions (1-5):
1. (5)



2. (5)


3. (1)



4. (5)


5. (2)


Solutions (6-10):

6. (3);
I. 7 days < 2 days
II. 10 days < 5 days
from I and II, we can say that Rihana took 6 days.

7. (4);

only I and II are sufficient to answer.

8. (3);


Only I and II

9. (2);
From I: E/A  D  A/E  __  B
From II: E __ A C __
10.  (3);
From I: code of sweet is ‘mi’
From II: code of sweet is ‘mi’