Reasoning Quiz

Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions :

The Ghaziabad city has emerged as one of the most sought-after housing and commercial destination in past decade. But, 

it seems that the city's parking conditions refuses to get any better. Finding a place for parking is a time consuming affair.

A) Residents are forced to park on the roads.

B) Authorities are not concerned about the parking complaints.

C) The parking system in the city is chaotic and unorganised.

D) Parking anywhere can hinder vehicular movement.

E) Authorities can create under ground or multi-level parking system in highly congested areas.

1. Which of the following among (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) can be inferred from the given information ?

1) Only B 

2) Both B and E 

3) Only C 

4) Only E 

5) Both E and C

2. Which of the following among (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) may be a consequence of the given information ?

1) Only A 

2) Both A and B 

3) Both D and E 

4) Both A and D 

5) Only C

3. Which of the following among (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) can be an immediate course of action for the authorities ?

1) Both A and C 

2) Only C 

3) Both B and E 

4) Both B and D 

5) Only E

Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions :

While the nursery admission process has to be regulated, the government must also give parents more good schools options.

 The Delhi government promised to open new quality school throughout the state. Delhi needs equitable distribution of good schools across the city. 

As long as school-both government and private - are allowed to operate without meeting basic standards, the great nursery admission chaos will continue.

A) Nursery admission is biggest challenge, parents face in Delhi.

B) No end to nursery admission chaos till state school becomes an option.

C) The new lot of schools can be only a respectable alternative to the private ones.

D) Government should open new schools in the city.

E) Quality education should be offered in government schools.

4. Which of the following among (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) may be probable cause in favour of Government for equal distribution of schools ?

1) Only C 

2) Both C and D 

3) Only D 

4) Both D and E 

5) Both A & B

5. Which of the following among (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) can be an assumption of the given information ?

1) Only C 

2) Only A, C and E 

3) Only E 

4) Only B 

5) Both B and D

6. Which of the following among (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) can be an effective step to stop nursery admission chaos ?

1) Both C and B 

2) Both D and E 

3) Only D 

4) Both A and B 

5) Both B and E

Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions :

Soon, the Delhi government will give residents power to handle the development of their area, 

by introducing Mohalla Sabhas, consisting of residents. The Delhi government to do away with the MLA Local development funds,

 which each MLA spends on his/her constituency as there have been complaints that MLA use funds just for their personal projects or misuses the funds.

A) Mohalla Sabhas are more capable to decide how to use funds.

B) All residents will be responsible for development works.

C) There have been complaints of misuse of the MLA fund.

D) Mohalla Sabhas will use funds only for basic amenities.

E) Government wants citizens to take up development projects.

7. Which of the following among (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) will be a reason for introducing Mohalla Sabhas ?

1) Only A and B 

2) Only B and C 

3) Only C 

4) Both D and E 

5) Only D

8. Which of the following among (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) can be strong argument for creating Mohalla Sabhas ?

1) Only D 

2) Both A and B 

3) Both B and C 

4) Both A and C 

5) Only B

9. Which of the following among (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) can be inferred from the given information ?

1) Only A 

2) Both B and D 

3) Only C 

4) Only E 

5) None of these

10. Which of the following among (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) can be a possible effect of the above step ?

1) Only D 

2) Only E 

3) Both A and B 

4) Both C and D 

5) None of these

Answers:

1. 3; It is clearly inferred that the parking in the Ghaziabad city is a chaos and unorganised.

2. 4; Due to unorganised parking and absence of proper parking system citizens are forced to parks on the road which cause traffic hindrance and jams.

3.5; To overcome from the parking problem the authorities must create underground and multi-level parking in congested areas of the city.

4. 5

5. 4; It is clear that until state schools becomes an options for the parents for their children schooling there is no end to nursery admission chaos.

6. 2; To prevent the nursery admission chaos, the quality education should be offered in government schools. Which can easily be affordable by parents.

7. 3; Due to the complaints against MLA for misusing the MLA fund the govt. decides to bring Mohalla Sabhas for proper use of funds.

8.4

9.4; It is clear the government wants citizens to take up development projects and handle the development of their area.

10.5; None of the given options is a possible effect of the step.

Reasoning Ability

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Seven students A, B, C, D, E, F and G goes to computer center on a different day of the week starting from Monday to Sunday but not necessarily in the same order. They all have different company laptops viz. Sony, Dell, Apple, Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba and Fujitsu but not necessarily in the same order.

Only two students go to Computer center before C. Only one student goes to Computer center between C and the one who has Lenovo laptop. Only one student goes to Computer center between the one who has Lenovo laptop and the D who has Fujitsu laptop. More than two students go to Computer center between D and the one who has Apple laptop. Less than two students go to Computer center between the one who has Apple and the one who has Lenovo laptop. The one who has Sony laptop does not go to Computer center immediately before or after the days on which C goes to Computer center. Three students go to Computer center between F and the one who has Sony laptop. The one who has Acer laptop goes Computer center immediately before F. Two students go to Computer center between B and G. B goes to Computer center before G. The one who has Toshiba laptop goes to Computer center after Thursday. E goes to Computer center before Friday. B does not have Acer laptop.

Q1. Who among following goes to Computer center on Saturday?

(a) G

(b) F

(c) D

(d) A

(e) None of These

Q2. Who among following has Toshiba laptop?

(a) G

(b) F

(c) D

(d) A

(e) B

Q3. E has which of the following laptop?

(a) Dell

(b) Apple

(c) Sony

(d) Acer

(e) Toshiba

Q4. Which of the following combinations of student-laptop and day is correct?

(a) C-Acer-Wednesday

(b)B-Toshiba -Monday

(c)E-Sony -Monday

(d) D-Fujitsu-Sunday

(e) None of These

Q5. A goes to Computer center on which of the following day ?

(a) Thursday

(b) Tuesday 

(c) Saturday

(d) Sunday

(e) None of These

Directions (1-5):

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol.

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight employees who work in an eight-storey building. The ground floor is numbered one and the topmost floor is numbered eight. Each of them earns different salary viz $87, $79, $21, $55, $15, $29, $41 and $59 but not necessarily in the same order. There is gap of only one floor between A and the one who earns $59 lives. The one who earns $59 does not work on floor number one. D works on the floor which is just below the floor on which B works. The one who earns $87 works on an even-numbered floor and just above the floor on which the one who earns $15. The one who earns $29 works on an even-numbered floor but not on the 8th floor. Neither D nor H works on the 1st floor. Only one person works between the one who earns $41 and D. A works on an odd-numbered floor and E works on the floor which is just above the floor on which A works. B works on the fourth floor. Two persons work between the one who earns $29 and A. F works just below the one who earns $15. D earns neither $15 nor $59. The one who earns $21 does not work on an odd-numbered floor. G does not earn $79. There are gap of two floors between the floor on which H and E works. There is a gap of two floors between the one who earns $55 and the one who earns $21.

Q6. Who among the following earns $79?

(a) D

(b) C

(c) F

(d) E

(e) None of these

Q7. How many persons are there between E and B?

(a) One

(b) Two

(c) Three

(d) Four

(e) None of these

Q8. Who among the following works on the topmost floor?

(a) The one who earns $87

(b) The one who earns $29

(c) The one who earns $21

(d) The one who earns $79

(e) None of these

Q9. Which of the following combinations is/are true?

(a) Floor no. 2 – D – $55 

(b) Floor no. 5 – F – $59 

(c) Floor no. 1 – C – $79 

(d) Floor no. 8 – E – $87 

(e) None of these

Q10. A earns how much money?

(a) $87

(b) $59

(c) $29

(d) $15

(e) None of these

Solution(6-10):

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol.

Directions (11-15): Question consists of Six statements followed by five conclusions. Consider 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 does not logically follow from the given statements using all statements together.

Q11. Statements: Some red are tree. All tree are black. No tree is carbon. All carbon are air. Some carbon are oxygen. No oxygen is ozone.

Conclusions: 

(a) Some red are black.

(b)Some red is not carbon.

(c) All red being ozone is a possibility.

(d) All oxygen being tree is a possibility.

(e) Some black is not carbon 

Q12. Statements: All temple are star. All star are bright. Some bright is dark. Some sea is blue. No blue is kite. All kite is machine.

Conclusions: 

(a) All temple being sea is a possibility.

(b) All temple being blue is a possibility.

(c) Some sea is not kite.

(d) All blue being machine is a possibility.

(e) All sea being kite is a possibility.

Q13. Statements: Some copy is hair. No hair is leg. All text is leg. No text is eye. Some eye is nose. All nose are elbow. 

Conclusions: 

(a)No hair is text.

(b)Some copy is not leg. 

(c) Some nose is not text.

(d)Some eye is elbow.

(e) All copy being leg is a possibility.

Q14. Statements: Some sony are dell. All sony are copy. All dell are pencils. No pencils is paper. Some paper is bag. No bag is box. 

Conclusions: 

(a)Some sony is pencil.

(b)Some paper is box.

(c) Some dell is not paper.

(d) Some bag is not pencil.

(e) Some bag is paper.

Q15. Statements: Some pen is not pink. All pink is black. Some black is not brown. Some brown are red. All red are yellow. No yellow is orange.

Conclusions: 

(a) All pen being black is possibility.

(b) All pink being pen is a possibility.

(c) Some red is not black.

(d) Some yellow is brown.

(e) Some brown is not orange.

Solution (11-15):

S11. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S12. Ans.(e)
Sol.

S13. Ans.(e)
Sol.

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol.

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol.

Reasoning Ability

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

M, N, P, Q, R, S, T and U are eight family members. There are two generation in the family. Three couples are there in the family. They along with their children live in three different cities, viz Kolkata, Patna and Ranchi, but not necessarily in the same order. Q is
Q is mother of M and R. M is father of S and uncle of T. The one who is married with U lives in Kolkata. U is the only sister-in-law of N, who is daughter-in-law of P. S neither lives in Patna nor with her aunt U. T is son of U. Each couple lives in a same city with their child except P and Q.

Q1. Who among the following is husband of Q?

(a) U

(b) N

(c) P

(d) Can’t be determined

(e) None of these

Q2. How is R related to M?

(a) Brother

(b) Sister

(c) Sister-in-law

(d) Can’t be determined

(e) None of these

Q3. How is S related to P?

(a) Son

(b) Granddaughter

(c) Grandson

(d) Wife

(e) None of these

Q4. How many female members are there in the family?

(a) Three

(b) Four

(c) Five

(d) Can’t be determined

(e) None of these

Q5. Which of the following pairs is a pair of husband and wife?

(a) M, T

(b) N, S

(c) R, U

(d) P, T

(e) None of these

Solution (1-5):

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol.

Directions (6-10): In these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer.

(a) if only conclusion I is true.

(b) if only conclusion II is true.

(c) if either conclusion I or II is true.

(d) if neither conclusion I nor II is true.

(e) if both conclusion I and II are true.

Q6. Statements: G ≥ D = L, M < P ≤ G

Conclusions: I. P ≥ D II. L < M

Q7. Statements: P ≤ K > R ≥ N = S < M

Conclusions: I. K > S II. M > P

(8-9): Statements: L ≥ G > H, C = Q ≥ K, L = C

Q8. Conclusions: I. C > H II. Q ≥ G

Q9. Conclusions: I. K ≤ H II. G > K

Q10. Statements: A ≤ Z = W < D = E > X

Conclusions: I. Z > X II. E > A

Solution(6-10):

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Statement= M < P≤G ≥D=L
Conclusions: 
I. P ≥ D  ( Not True)
II. L < M( Not True)

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Statement= P ≤ K > R ≥ N = S < M
Conclusions: 
I. K > S ( True)
II. M > P( Not True)

S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. Statement= K ≤ Q=C=L≥G>H
Conclusions: 
I. C > H(  True)
II. Q ≥ G(  True)

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Statement= K ≤ Q=C=L≥G>H
 Conclusions: 
I. K ≤ H ( Not True)
II. G > K( Not True)

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Statement= A ≤ Z = W < D = E > X
Conclusions: 
I. Z > X ( Not True)
II. E > A(  True)

Q11. If the letters of the word AMERICA are arranged in the English alphabetical order from left to right, the position of how many letters will remain unchanged?

(a) None

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) Three

(e) None of these

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. 

Q12. In a certain code language TREAT is written as UBFSU and HABIT is written as UJCBI. How is AGREE written in that code language?

(a) FSHBF

(b) FSHFB

(c) FFSHB

(d) FFQBH

(e) None of these

S12. Ans.(c)
Sol.

Q13. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) EV

(b) KP

(c) IR

(d) OL

(e) CW

S13. Ans.(e)
Sol.

Q14. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word STARVATION each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet? (In both forward and backward directions)

(a) None

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) Three

(e) More than three.

S14. Ans.(e)

Sol.

Q15. What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following series?

JK, MN, QR, VW, ?

(a) BC

(b) XY

(c) YZ

(d) AB

(e) None of these

S15. Ans.(a)
Sol.

Reasoning Ability

Directions(1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Raju, Pappu, Chunnu, Monu, Sonu, Titu and Kiku are seven students of a school. Each of them studies in a different standard – from Standard IV to Standard X – not necessarily in the same order. Each of them has a favourite subject viz English, History, Geography, Mathematics, Hindi, Science and Sanskrit but not necessarily in the same order. 

Pappu studies in VII standard and does not like Mathematics and Geography. Chunnu likes English and does not study in V and in IX. Sonu studies in VIII standard and likes Hindi. The one, who likes, Science studies in X standard.Monu studies in IV standard. Kiku likes Sanskrit. Raju does not study in X standard. The one, who likes Geography studies in V standard.

Q1. In which standard does Kiku study?

(a) VII

(b) IX

(c) X

(d) VIII

(e) None of these

Q2. Which subject does Raju like?

(a) Geography

(b) Mathematics

(c) English

(d) History

(e) None of these

Q3. Which subject does Monu like?

(a) History

(b) Geography

(c) Maths

(d) Science

(e) None of these

Q4. In which standard does Rajustudy?

(a) IV

(b) VII

(c) IX

(d) X

(e) None of these

Q5. Which of the following combinations of students-standard-subject is correct?

(a) Sonu – VIII – Mathematics

(b) Kiku – VII - Sanskrit

(c) Pappu – VII – Geography

(d) Titu – X - Science

(e) None of these.

Solutions (1-5):

S1. Ans.(b) 

Sol.

S2. Ans.(a) 

Sol.

S3. Ans.(c) 

Sol.

S4. Ans.(e) 

Sol.

S5. Ans.(d) 

Sol.

Directions (6-10): Study the following information to answer the given questions.

In a certain code 

'king say to lion' is written as 'ad mi ja no', 

' the say to surrender' is written as 'ku ja ig ad'.

 'lion of the day' is written as 'be ku zo mi' 

'to winner of night' is written as 'be Ii ya ja'

Q6. What is the code for 'winner'? 

(a) be

(b) Ii

(c) ya

(d) ja

(e) Cannot be determined

Q7. Which of the following code may represent 'surrender is say'? 

(a) igad no

(b) igpyya

(c) re ad be 

(d) ig li re 

(e) ad re ig

Q8. ‘mi’ is the code for

(a) to

(b) lion

(c) say

(d) of

(e) None of these

Q9. What is the code for' king'? 

(a) ad

(b) mi

(c) no 

(d) ja

(e) None of these

Q10. Which of the following code represents 'of the say'?

(a) ku be ad 

(b) ni be no 

(c) ku be ya

(d) mi ku be 

(e) be mi ad

Solutions (6-10):

S6. Ans.(e)

Sol.

S7. Ans.(e)

Sol.

S8. Ans.(b)

Sol.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol.

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol.

Directions (11 – 15): Study the following information to answer the given questions:

Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1, P, Q, R, S, T and  V are seated and all of them are facing South, and in row 2 A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting and all of them are facing North. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row.

A sits third to the right of D. Neither A nor D sits at extreme ends. T faces D. V does not face A and V does not sit at any of the extreme ends. V is not an immediate neighbour of T. B sits at one of the extreme ends. Only two people sit between B and E. E does not face V. Two persons sit between R and Q. R is not a immediate neighbour of T. C does not face V. P is not an immediate neighbour of R.

Q11. Who amongst the following pair sits at extreme ends of the rows?

(a) B, E

(b) S, T

(c) P, R

(d) B, F

(e) None of these

Q12. How many persons are seated between T and S?

(a) One

(b) Two

(c) Three

(d) Four

(e) None 

Q13. P is related to V in the same way as C is related to F. Which of the following is E related to , following the same pattern?

(a) B

(b) D

(c) C

(d) A 

(e) None of these

Q14. Which of the following is true regarding F?

(a) F sits second to the right of C.

(b) F is not an immediate neighbour of A.

(c) F sits third to left of D

(d) F sits at one of the extreme ends of the line.

(e) F faces V.

Q15. Who amongst the following sits exactly between P and Q?

(a) R

(b) V

(c) S

(d) T

(e) None of these

Solutions (11-15):

S11. Ans.(c)

Sol.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol.

S13. Ans.(a)

Sol.

S14. Ans.(e)

Sol.

S15. Ans.(d)

Sol.