Data Analysis & Interpretation

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Data Interpretation has always played a great role in selection for SBI PO. In Phase One exam also SBI has asked for Data Interpretation Questions in Quantitative Sections. SBI Online Phase 2 Exams will be having a complete 60 marks section devoted to Data Interpretation. 

Many Student face difficulty in tackling with DI section while some others are very efficient in Data Interpretation.

The best part of Data Interpretation is that this section can be mastered in very less time compared to other subjects such as Quantitative Section and English or General Awareness.

Now Let us come to the most Important Thing.

" Demystifying Data Interpretation ”

Look anyone can solve DI question, if there is no time limit given. But in Exam we are required to solve the question in limited Time.

Few Necessary Skills which are required for Mastering DI are Listed as below:

1.Read the data very carefully. Even the minutest word must not be overlooked since many a times even single word/group of words could become critical.

2.If there are more than one graphs/charts/tables, understand the relationship between them clearly before you proceed to solve the questioned asked.

3.Answer only the questions asked. Do not answer/calculate things which have not been asked for.

4.Be careful to use proper units and beware of charts and tables with non-uniform units.

5.Avoid simple calculation mistake and revise your answer at least once before moving to next question.

Tips to reduce calculation time

In DI most of the questions are usually based on percentage increase and decrease, ratios and averages. A simple trick for solving data interpretation problems quickly is:

• Learn tables till 20.
• learn fractions till 1/20 to improve your speed
• Waste little time in finding averages: Here if you have to find averages for sales in branches B1 to B6 for the year 2014, use this shortcut:

                          What you usually do: [80+75+95+85+75+70]/6

                               Instead: 70 + [10+5+25+15+5]/6=70+ [60/6]= 80

      With this technique, you will reduce calculation time and are also bound to make fewer mistakes.

Types of Data Analysis & Interpretation

1. Tabular representation

2. Bar charts

3. Line Graphs

4. Pie  charts

5. Caselets

6. Spider charts

7. Missing DI

8. Miscellaneous charts.

We will now go on and analyse each of the types of charts.

Concept and Tricks With Quiz on Average

Average
An average or more accurately an arithmetic mean is, in crude terms, the sum of n different data divided by n.

 Averages of a group is defined as the ratio of sum of all the items in the group to the number of items in the group.


Average = (Sum of all items in the group)/ Number of items in the group



Now, sum of all items can be ‘the sum of number of quantities like apple, people etc’ or ‘sum of values of the item like 10 coins of 2Rs each etc’.

Some Important Concepts:

1.Average =total of data/No.of data

2.If the value of each item is increase by the same value a, then the average of the group or items will also increase by a.

3.If the value of each item is decreased by the same value a, then the aveage of the group of items will also decrease by a.

4.If the value of each item is multiplied by the same value a, then the average of the group or items will also get multiplied by a.

5.If the value of each item is multiplied by the same value a, then the average of the group or items will also get divided by a.

6.If we know only the average of the two groups individually, we cannot find out the average of the combined group of items.

7.Average of n natural no's=(n+1)/2

8.Average of even No'=(n+1)

9.Average of odd No'= n

10.General Formula=(1st number +Last number)/2

Quant Quiz on Average

1.The average marks obtained by 120 cndidates in a certain examinationis 35.if the average marks of passed candidate is 39 and that of the failed candidates is 15,what is the number of candidates who passed the examination
(a)110
(b)115
(c)120
(d)100
(e)none of these

2.The average age of 8 persons in a committee is increased by 2 years when two men aged 35 years and 45 years are substituted by two women.Find the average age of these two women.
(a)48
(b)36
(c)42
(d)29
(e)none of these

3.In a class, there are 20 boys whose average age is decreased by 2 months, when one boy aged 18 years is replaced by a new boy.Find the age of new boy.
(a)19 years
(b)14 years 6 month
(c)15 years
(d)14 years 8 month
(e)12 years

4.One -third of certain journey is covered at the rate of 25kmph,one-fourth at the rate of 30kmph and the rest at 50 kmph.Find the average speed for the whole journey.

(a)33.33 kmph
(b)36
(c)42
(d)27
(e)none of these

5.The average salary of the entire staff in a office is Rs 120 per month.The average salary of officers is Rs 460 and of non officers is Rs 110. If the number of officers is 15,then find the No of non-officers in the office.
(a)480
(b)500
(c)600
(d)430
(e)510

6.There were 35 students in a hostel.If the number of students increased by 7, the expenses of the mess increases by Rs. 42 per day,while the average expenditure per head diminishes by Rs.1.Find the original expenditure of the mess.
(a)420
(b)400
(c)480
(d)460
(e)none of these

7.The average weight of A,B,and C is 84 kg. If D joins the group, the average weight of the group becomes 80 kg.If another man E who weights is 3 kg more than D Replaces A, Then the average of B,C,Dand E becomes 79 kg. What is the weight of A?
(a)64
(b)72
(c)75
(d)100
(e)80

8.In an exam, the average was found to be 50 marks. After deducting computational errors the marks of the 100 candidates had to be changed from 90 to 60 each and average came down  to 45 marks. Total No of candidates who took the exam were.
(a)300
(b)600
(c)200
(d)150
(e)none of these

9. Find the average of all even No's up to 100 or average of first 50 even No's.
(a)50
(b)50.5
(c)51
(d)49
(e)none of these

10. The average of 8 No's is 20. The average of first two No's is 15.5 and that of next three No's is 64/3.if the 6th No be less than the seventh and eight No. by 4 and 7 respectively, then find eight No.
(a)26
(b)25.5
(c)27
(d)25
(e)none of these

Answers with Explanation:

1. (d) Let No. of passed candidates are x

So, x * 39 + (120 – x) 15= 120 * 35

x = 100

2.(a) Total increase = 8 * 2 = 16 years

So, total age of two women = 35 + 45 +16= 96

Average age of two women=96/2=48 years

3(d) Total decrease = 20 * 2 = 40 month

= 3 years 4 month

So, age of new boy  = 18 years – 3 years 4 month

= 14 years 8 month

4.(a) Average speed = total distance / total time

LCM = 3, 4 = 12

Average speed = 12 / (1/3*12*1/25 + ¼ * 12*1/30 +5/50)

= 12/ (4/25 + 3/30+ 5/30

= 150*12/54 = 33.333 kmph

5.(e) Let no. of non- officers be x

15 * 460 + x * 110 = (x + 15) 120

x = 510

6.(a) Let average expenditure per head be = x

So, (35 + 7) (x -1) – 35 x = 42

42 (x -1) – 35x = 42

X =12

Original expenditure of mess = 12 * 35 = 420

7.A + B + C = 3 *84 = 252

A + B + C + D = 4 * 80 = 320 ---- (i)

So, D =   68& E = 68 + 3 = 71

B + C + D +E = 79 * 4 = 316 --- (ii)

From Eq. (i) & (ii)

A-E = 320 – 316 = 4

A = E +4 = 71 + 4 = 75

8.(b) Let the total no. of candidates =  x

So, (50x-100 (90-60)) / x = 45

x = 600

9.(c) 2, 4, 6, ………… 100

Average = (1st No. + Last No.) /2 = (2+100)/2 = 51

10.(c) Total Sum of 8 nos.  = 20 * 8 = 160

Sum of 1st two nos. = 2 * 15.5 = 31

Sum of next three nos. = 3 * 64/3 = 64

Let 6th no. be x 

31 +  64 + x + (x+4) + (x+7) = 160

x = 18

8th no. = 18 + 7 = 25

కెరీర్‌లో తొలి అడుగులు తడబడకుండా

కెరీర్‌లో తొలి అడుగులు తడబడకుండా

                జీవితంలో మర్చిపోలేని సందర్భాల్లో కెరీర్‌ ప్రారంభం ఒకటి. ఎన్నో ఆశలు, మరెన్నో లక్ష్యాలతో కెరీర్‌లో తొలి ప్రయాణం ప్రారంభమవుతుంది. జాబ్‌ వచ్చిన ఉత్సాహం, బాధ్యతయుతమైన ప్రొఫెషనల్‌ జీవితం ప్రారంభిస్తున్నామనే ఆనందం వెరసి కెరీర్‌ తొలి దశను అసక్తికరంగా మారుస్తుంది. భావి జీవితంలో చేరుకునే ఉన్నత శిఖరాలకు ఈ దశ పునాదిగా నిలుస్తుంది. ఇక్కడ అడుగులు తడబడితే కెరీర్‌ జర్నీ రాంగ్‌ రూట్‌లోకి వెళుతుంది. అప్పుడే జాబ్‌లో చేరిన యంగ్‌ ప్రొఫెషనల్స్‌ కెరీర్‌ను రైట్‌ ట్రాక్‌లో నడిపించాలంటే నేర్చుకోవాల్సిన అంశాలు ఎన్నో ఉంటాయి. వీటిని ఆచరించినప్పుడే కెరీర్‌ జర్నీ సక్సెస్‌ఫుల్‌గా డెస్టినేషన్‌ను చేరుకుంటుంది. అందుకు ఏమి చేయాలో చుద్దాం...

 

ప్రొఫెషనల్‌ లైఫ్‌ కాలేజ్‌ లైఫ్‌ రెండూ భిన్నం. కంపెనీ కల్చర్‌లో సింక్‌ అవుతూ ఫైల్స్‌, ఎగ్జిక్యూషన్‌, ప్రాజెక్ట్స్‌, మీటింగ్స్‌ వంటి ప్రొఫెషనల్‌ బాధ్యతలను నిర్వర్తించాల్సి ఉంటుంది.

విమర్శను స్వీకరించాలి.

 

కెరీర్‌ తొలినాళ్లలో ప్రశంసలతోపాటు విమర్శలు కూడా రావడం సహజం. అయితే ప్రశంసను ఎలా పాజిటివ్‌గా తీసుకుంటామో విమర్శను కూడా అలాగే స్వీకరించాలి. విమర్శకు సిద్ధంగా లేకపోతే కెరీర్‌ రాంగ్‌ట్రాక్‌లోకి వెళుతుంది. ఎవరూ పనికట్టుకొని విమర్శించరు. ఉద్యోగంలో చేరిన కొత్తలో తెలిసీ తెలియక చేసిన తప్పులను సరిదిద్దే దిశగా మాత్రమే వ్యాఖ్యానిస్తారు. అంతే తప్ప వ్యక్తిగత అంశాలను దృష్టిలో ఉంచుకొని విమర్శ ఉండదు. కాబట్టి దానిని పాజిటివ్‌గా స్వీకరించాలి. తప్పును సరిదిద్దుకొని మెరుగ్గా రాణించడానికి ప్రయత్నించాలి. కెరీర్‌ అనే సుదీర్ఘ ప్రయాణం ఇప్పుడే మొదలైంది. కాబట్టి ఈ జర్నీలో ఎదిగే క్రమంలో ఒదిగి ఉండటం నేర్చుకోవాలి.

 

పని తీరుతోనే

పని తీరుతో అందరిని ఆకట్టుకునే ప్రయత్నం చేయాలి. ఈ క్రమంలో చేతలే మాట్లాడాలి. నోరు కాదు. సాధ్యమైనంత వరకు కామ్‌గా కూల్‌గా అనవసర విషయాల జోలికి వెళ్లకుండా విధులు నిర్వహించాలి. ఒక్కోసారి సదరు వ్యక్తుల పనితో సంస్థకు మేలు జరిగి ఉండవచ్చు. అయితే దీన్ని మేనేజర్‌ గుర్తించకపోవచ్చు. అంతమాత్రన ప్రతి ఒక్కరి దగ్గర ఇదే విషయాన్ని ప్రస్తావించడం, ఎవరూ సాధించనిది మనం మాత్రమే చేశామనే అహంతో వ్యవహరించకూడదు. శ్రమకు ఫలితం వెంటనే రాకపోయినా .ఎప్పుడో ఒక్కసారి మాత్రం తప్పకుండా వస్తుంది. కాబట్టి ఓపికతో వ్యవహరించాలి. ఒక్కోసారి గుర్తింపు పొందాలనే తొందర్లో తప్పులు చేస్తుంటారు. కప్పిపుచ్చుకునే క్రమంలో మరో తప్పు ఇలా పునరావృతం అవుతుంటాయి. ఈ సందర్భంలో తప్పును ధైర్యంగా ఒప్పుకోవాలి. దీని వల్ల మొదట్లో కొంత వరకు ప్రతికూలత కనిపించినప్పటికీ కెరీర్‌లో ప్రారంభంలోనే తప్పును నిజాయితీగా ఒప్పుకునే గుణం మీపై పాజిటివ్‌ ఇంప్రెషన్‌ను క్రియేట్‌ చేస్తుంది.

 

భిన్నంగా

విద్యార్థి దశలో చదువు తప్ప ఎటువంటి బాధ్యతలు ఉండవు. అపరిమిత స్వేచ్ఛ ఉంటుంది. ఉద్యోగ జీవితం సరిగ్గా దీనికి భిన్నం. ఉద్యోగిగా బాధ్యతలతోపాటు జవాబుదారీతనంతో వ్యవహరించాలి. విద్యార్థి దశలో అన్నింటికీ టీచర్ల గైడెన్స్‌ ఉంటుంది. ఉద్యోగ జీవితంలో ఇవి పరిమితం. విద్యార్థిలా ప్రతీదానికీ ఇతరులను సంప్రదించడం మంచిది కాదు.

 

తప్పనిసరైన సమయంలో మాత్రమే తోటి సహచరుల సహకారం తీసుకోవాలి. ఇచ్చిన సమయం/దానికంటే ముందు అందరిలా కాకుండా భిన్నంగా చేయడానికి ప్రయత్నించాలి. అప్పుడే గుర్తింపు వస్తుంది.

 

అడాప్ట్‌ కల్చర్‌

ప్రతి కంపెనీకి తనదైన సొంత వర్క్‌ కల్చర్‌ ఉంటుంది. సాధ్యమైనంత త్వరగా దాన్ని అడాప్ట్‌ చేసుకోవాలి. పని వేళల నుంచి ఫైల్‌ ఎగ్జిక్యూషన్‌ వరకు కొన్ని నిబంధనలు ఉంటాయి. వర్కింగ్‌ టైమ్‌, ఏం చేయాలి, ఏవిధంగా చేయాలి, సహోద్యోగులతో ఎలా ప్రవర్తించాలి, డ్రెస్‌కోడ్‌ వంటి అంశాల్లో కంపెనీ కల్చర్‌తో సింకవ్వాలి. అన్ని నిబంధనలు రాతపూర్వకంగా ఉండవు. కొన్నిటిపై అనుభవ పూర్వకంగా అవగాహన పెంచుకోవాలి. ఈ విషయంలో సీనియర్ల సలహాలు తీసుకోవచ్చు. సాధ్యమైనంత ఫెయిర్‌గా ఉండాలి.

 

నో పర్సనల్‌ వర్క్‌

చాలా మంది ఉద్యోగ నిర్వహణ టైమ్‌లో కూడా పర్సనల్‌ విషయాలతో బిజీగా కనిపిస్తుంటారు. వ్యక్తిగత మెయిల్స్‌ చెక్‌ చేస్తూ, సెల్‌ఫోన్‌లో సంభాషిస్తూ/చాట్‌ చేస్తూ బిజీగా ఉంటారు. ఆఫీస్‌ టైంలో ప్రొఫెషనల్‌ లైఫ్‌ను పర్సనల్‌ లైఫ్‌తో లింక్‌ చేయవద్దు. రెంటి మధ్య ఉండే సున్నితమైన పరిమితిని గుర్తించి తదనుగుణంగా వ్యవహరించాలి.

వర్క్‌ ప్లేస్‌లో సహచరులతో స్నేహ భావంతో ఉండటం తప్పులేదు. అంతేకానీ దాన్ని అవకాశంగా తీసుకుని వ్యక్తిగత విషయాలను ప్రస్తావిస్తూ సమయాన్ని వృథా చేయవద్దు.

Daily GK Update 02nd August 2017

1. Monetary Policy: RBI cuts policy rate by 25 basis points to 6%

i. Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), headed by Urjit Patel, decided to reduce the Policy Repo Rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 6.25 per cent to 6.0 per cent with immediate effect.

ii. Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted to 5.75 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to 6.25 per cent.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Dr. Urjit Patel is the 24th Governor of RBI.
• RBI is headquartered in Mumbai.

2. Airtel Payment Bank ties up with HPCL for ATM services

i. Airtel Payments Bank, India’s first payments bank has announced a strategic partnership with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to give further boost to digital payments in the country and to add to customer convenience.

ii. All 14,000 HPCL fuel stations will act as banking points for Airtel Payments Bank. All Airtel Payments Bank customers would be able to access a range of convenient banking services at these fuel stations like opening new accounts, make cash deposits and withdrawals facility, and transfer money.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Shashi Arora is the present MD and CEO of Airtel Payment Bank.
• First Airtel Payment Bank was opened in Rajasthan.

3. World breastfeeding week – August 1-7, 2017

i. World breastfeeding week 2017 is being celebrated from 1st to 7th August 2017 with the theme “Sustaining Breastfeeding Together”.

ii. It was first celebrated in 1992 by World Alliance for Breastfeeding  World Breastfeeding WeekAction (WABA) and is now observed in over 120 countries by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO) and their partners including individuals, organizations, and governments.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Headquarter of UNICEF is in New York, United States.

4. China opens its first overseas Military base in Djibouti

i. China formally opened its first overseas military base with a flag raising ceremony in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, the same day as the People's Liberation Army marks its 90th birthday.

ii. Djibouti's position on the northwestern edge of the Indian Ocean has fueled worry in India that it would become another of China's "string of pearls" military alliances and assets ringing India, including Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Djiboutian franc is the currency of Djibouti.

5. PM Modi announces Rs2,350-crore flood relief for North-East

i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a package of Rs2,350 crore for all North-East states for mitigating the impact of floods on short- and long-term basis.

ii. In addition to that, the Prime Minister has announced a Rs100 crore corpus for setting up a research project to study the Brahmaputra and its role in creating devastating flood. Out of the Rs 2350 crore announced by the PM, Rs 1200 crore will be given by the Union.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• The Seven Sister States are the contiguous states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura in northeastern India.

6. Supreme Court bans use of Five Metals in Firecrackers

i. The Supreme Court of India imposed a ban on the use of five harmful metals viz lithium, mercury, arsenic, antimony, and lead in firecrackers. The bench was headed by Justice Madan B Lokur.

ii. The Supreme Court maintained that it is the responsibility of the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) to ensure compliance of ban particularly in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu where there are a large number of firecracker manufacturers.

iii. The court asked CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) and PESO to make collaborative efforts for setting up standards with regards to air pollution caused by the bursting of fire crackers.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• PESO is a department that controls and administers manufacture, storage, transport and handling of explosives, petroleum, compressed gasses and other hazardous substances in India.
• It is headquartered at Nagpur, Maharashtra.

7. SBI debit cards now on Samsung Pay app

i. Smartphone-maker Samsung, which recently launched its digital wallet app Samsung Pay in India, has tied up with State Bank of India to store higher variants of SBI debit cards on the app.

ii. This collaboration turns the Samsung smartphones into electronic card-holders and users can pay at point-of-sale (PoS) terminals with just a tap on the cards stored in Samsung Pay. Samsung Pay works on 2.5 million PoS card machines across the country through its magnetic secure transmission (MST) technology.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is Headquartered in South Korea.
• Lee Kun-hee is the Chairman of the Samsung Group.

8. Dhrupad maestro Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar passes away

i. Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar, a classical vocalist and one of the leading exponents of Dhrupad tradition, passed away following a brief illness in Pune. He was 78.

ii. Dhrupad is a Sanskrit blend of Dhruva (immovable) and Pad (verse). It has its roots in ancient times, it was first mentioned in 3rd Century B.C. in the Natyashastra.

QUIZ-02

Q1. What is the theme of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2017?
Answer: Listen First-Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe

Q2. Which Cricket team became the team to score the most 300-plus totals in One Day International (ODI) Cricket?
Answer: Indian

Q3. Name the Haryana Girl who is the winner of the Femina Miss India World 2017.
Answer: Manushi Chhillar

Q4. It was the ___________ edition of the Femina Miss India World.
Answer: 54th

Q5. Name the Indian Girl who has become Miss World in bodybuilding championship held recently in Venice, Italy.
Answer: Bhumika Sharma

Q6. IIC is one of the premiar cultural institutions in India. IIC Stands for ________________.
Answer: India International Centre

Q7. The World Bank has cleared a ______________ loan for making Indian youth more employable through reskilling, in a move that is seen to aid the Skill India Mission.
Answer: USD 250-million

Q8. According to the Bloomberg Intelligence index of airline stocks, which Airlines is world’s top airline stock in 2017?
Answer: SpiceJet

Q9. Which Indian Movie has become the first Indian movie to earn Rs2,000 crore worldwide?
Answer: Dangal

Q10. Who is the Union Minister of Civil Aviation?
Answer: Ashok Gajapati Raju

Q11. ADB is headquartered in ____________.
Answer: Philippines

Q12. The Indian shooting squad has finished a creditable second at the ISSF Junior World Championship. The Championship was held in _________________.
Answer: Suhl, Germany

Q13. Name the Bollywood Personality who has been appointed as the ambassador for government’s flagship Skill India campaign, with the National Skill Development Corporation.
Answer: Priyanka Chopra

Q14. MSME Ministry has launched the Digital MSME Scheme and also exchanged three MoUs with SAP India, Intel and HMT. The United Nations has recently declared __________ as the UN Day for MSMEs.
Answer: 27th June

Q15. Who is the present Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)?
Answer: Kalraj Mishra

REASONING : QUIZ (SYLLOGISM)

REASONING : QUIZ (SYLLOGISM)

In each of the questions/set of questions below are given two statements followed by two 

conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statements to be true even i f they-

 seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the two given conclusions-

 logically follows from the information given in the statement. Give answer

1) if only conclusion I follows.

2) if only conclusion II follows.

3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.

5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

1. Statements:

 All rings are circles.

All squares are rings.

No ellipse is a circle.

Conclusions:

 I. Some rings being ellipses is a

possibility.

II. At least some circles are squares.

1) if only conclusion I follows.

2) if only conclusion II follows.

3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.

5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

2. Statements:

 No house is an apartment.

Some bungalows are apartments.

Conclusions:

 I. No house is a bungalow.

II. All bungalows are houses.

1) if only conclusion I follows.

2) if only conclusion II follows.

3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.

5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

3. Statements:

 Some gases are liquids.

All liquids are water.

Conclusions:

 I. All gases being water is a possibility.

II. All such gases which are not water can

never be liquids.

1) if only conclusion I follows.

2) if only conclusion II follows.

3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.

5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

4. Statements:

 All minutes are seconds.

All seconds are hours.

No second is a day.

Conclusions: 

I. No day is an hour.

II. At least some hours are minutes.

(5-6): Statements: 

Some teachers are professors.

Some lecturers are teachers.

5. Conclusions:

 I. All teachers as well as professors being

lecturers is a possibility.

II. All those teachers who are lecturers are

also professors.

1) if only conclusion I follows.

2) if only conclusion II follows.

3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.

5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

6. Conclusions: 

I. No professor is a lecturer.

II. All lecturers being professors is a

possibility.

1) if only conclusion I follows.

2) if only conclusion II follows.

3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.

5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

7. Statements:

 Some squares are circles.

Some circles are rectangles.

Conclusions:

 I. At least some rectangles are squares.

II. No rectangle is a square.

1) if only conclusion I follows.

2) if only conclusion II follows.

3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.

5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

8. Statements:

 No office is a palace.

All colleges are palaces.

Conclusions:

 I. All palaces are colleges.

II. No college is an office.

1) if only conclusion I follows.

2) if only conclusion II follows.

3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.

5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

9. Statements:

 All mountains are rivers.

All rivers are lakes.

Conclusions: 

I. All mountains are lakes.

II. At least some lakes are rivers.

1) if only conclusion I follows.

2) if only conclusion II follows.

3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.

5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

10. Statements:

 Some wins are losses.

All trophies are losses.

Conclusions:

 I. All trophies are wins.

II. All losses are trophies.

1) if only conclusion I follows.

2) if only conclusion II follows.

3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.

5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

ANSWER KEY :  1- ( 2),2- ( 4), 3-  ( 5), 4- ( 2),5- (1),6- ( 2), 7-  ( 3),8- ( 2),9- (5),10- (4)

Reasoning Quiz

Reasoning Quiz

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

Sujat,  Pradeep, Warran, Bishop, and Chetan are five players of the College Cricket Team and their home towns are Surat, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, 

and Chandigarh but not in that order. The five specialist  slots of spinner, pace bowler, wicket keeper, 
batsman and captain are held by them, again not in the order of their names stated above. Their names, 
home towns and specialities do not start with the same letter. Neither Pradeep nor Warran is the captain and they do not belong to either Surat or Delhi. 

Sujat is neither a wicket keeper nor a batsman. Pune is not Bishop hometown. The player who hails from Delhi is a wicket-keeper. 

The captain’s home town is Pune while the batsman does not hail from Mumbai.

1. The Spinner’s home town is

(1) Chandigarh

(2) Delhi

(3) Mumbai

(4) Pune

(5) None of these

2. Chandigarh is the home town of:

(1) Sujat

(2) Bishop

(3) Warran

(4) Pradeep

(5) Can’t Say

3. Who is the pace-bowler?

(1) Chetan

(2) Warran

(3) Sujat

(4) Bishop

(5) None of these

4. Who is the spinner?

(1) Pradeep

(2) Chetan

(3) Bishop

(4) Warran

(5) Can’t Say

5. Chetan’s  home town is 

(1) Pune

(2) Surat

(3) Mumbai

(4) Delhi       

(5) None of these

DIRECTIONS (6-10) : In each of the following questions two  statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (I) and (II). 

You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.

 Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, 
disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer:

(1) If only Conclusion I is true. 

(2) If only Conclusion II is true. 

(3) If either Conclusion I or II is true. 

(4) If neither Conclusion I nor II is true. 

(5) If both Conclusions I and II are true.

6.Statements:  

All bank are river. 

All rocks are river.

Conclusions: 

I. Some river are rock.

II. Some river are bank.

7.Statements:  

All plane are line.  

Some plane are point.

Conclusions: 

I. Some line are point. 

II. All point are line.

8. Statements:  

Some doors are window. 

Some window are house.

Conclusions: 

I. Some houses are not doors.

II. All house are doors.

9.Statements:   

Some girls are nice. 

No nice is beautiful.

Conclusions: 

I. Some girls are not beautiful.

II. All girls are beautiful.

10. Statements: 

No bike are tyre.  

Some tyre are car.

Conclusions: 

I. Some bike are car. 

II. All bikes are cars.

ANSWERS

Person	Sujat	Pradeep	Warran	Bishop	Chetan
Specialist	Captain	Spinner	Batsman	Pace Bowler	Wicket-Keeper
Home Town	Pune	Mumbai	Chandigarh	Surat	Delhi

1. (3)

2. (3)

3. (4)

4. (1)

5. (4)

6. (5)

7. (1)

8. (3)

9. (1)

10. (4)