REASONING

REASONING (ALL TYPES)


Directions (Qs. 1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:

(1) Six friends Asad, Babli, Cajole, Dev, Eva and Fatima are sitting in a closed circle facing the center.
(2) Cajole is between Asad and Babli.
(3) Fatima is between Eva and Asad.
(4) Eva is to the left of Dev

1. Who is on the left of Babli?

(1) Asad
(2) Cajole
(3) Dev
(4) Eva
(5) None of these

2. Who is on the left of Cajole?

(1) Dev
(2) Eva
(3) Asad
(4) Fatima
(5) None of these

3. Which pair of friends is sitting on the opposite of each other?

(1) Dev, Asad
(2) Dev, Babli
(3) Asad, Fatima
(4) Cajole, Babli
(5) None of these

4. Which of the following is sitting on the right side of Fatima?

(1) Eva
(2) Dev
(3) Asad
(4) Babli
(5) Cajole

5. Which of the above given statements is superfluous?

(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4
(5) None of these

Directions (Qs. 6-11): Find the odd word/letters/number/figures from the given responses.

6. (1) Analysis
(2) Search
(3) Conclusion
(4) Investigation

7. (1) Reward—Punishment
(2) Object—Permit
(3) Sharp—Blunt
(4) Cold—Cool

8. (1) DCFG
(2) FEHI
(3) HGIK
(4) JILM

9. (1) ZVRN
(2) UQMJ
(3) SOKG
(4) TPLH

10. (1) 27
(2) 64
(3) 125
(4) 144

11. (1) 52, 68
(2) 63, 77
(3) 64, 80
(4) 50, 66


12. BMO, EOQ, HQS, _ ? _

(1)SOW
(2) LMN
(3) KSU
(4) SOV

13. 5, 9, 13, 17, ?, 25.

(1) 27
(2) 23
(3) 21
(4) 19

14. 5, 2, 7, 9, 16, 25, ? .

(1) 41
(2) 52
(3) 48
(4) 45

15. 4117, 5138, 6159, 7125, ?.

(1) 7138
(2) 7659
(3) 8115
(4) 8179


Directions (Qs. 16-19):, some questions are solved on the basis of a certain system. On the same basis, find out the correct answer from amongst the four alternatives for the unsolved equation in each question.

16. Let J = 1, K = 2, L = 5, M = 7, N = 11, O = 13, P = 17.
Find the letter to be inserted in the box in the relation given:
(N × ? + M) ÷ K = 31

(1) L
(2) P
(3) J
(4) O

17. If 7 × 3 ÷ 8 stands for 80 then 8 ÷ 2 × 9 will stand for what?

(1) 90
(2) 25
(2) 19
(4) 10
18. The power and square root places in the equation below require numbers to be inserted: Find out the correct set of two numbers from the given alternatives.
(1) 2, 4
(2) 5, 81
(3) 4, 16
(4) 2, 25


19. 2 * 6 * 8 = 43664
3 * 4 * 7 = 91649
5 * 7 * 9 = ?
(1) 251681
(2) 121614
(3) 356345
(4) 254981


Directions (Qs. 20-24): In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from 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.

Statements:

20. Some books are tables.
Some tables are houses.
Some houses are roads.
Conclusions:

I. Some roads are tables.
II. Some roads are books.
III. Some houses are books.

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

Statements:

21. All pencils are tiles.
Some tiles are umbrellas.
All umbrellas are shirts.

Conclusions:

I. Some shirts are pencils.
II. Some shirts are tiles.
III. Some umbrellas are pencils.

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

Statements:

22. All trains are birds.
All papers are birds.
All desks are birds.
Conclusions:

I. Some desks are trains.
II. Some trains are papers.
III. Some papers are desks.

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

Statements:

23. Some flowers are leaves.
Some leaves are benches.
All benches are chairs.

Conclusions:

I. Some flowers are chairs.
II. Some leaves are chairs.
III. Some benches are flowers.

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

Statements:

24. All poles are trees.
All trees are rooms.
All rooms are walls.

Conclusions:

I. All poles are walls.
II. Some walls are trees.
III. Some rooms are trees.

(1) Only I and II follow
(2) Only I and III follow
(3) Only II and III follow
(4) Only I follows
(5) All follow

Directions (Qs. 25-29): Read the following information and answer the questions.
Four people of different nations live on the same side of a sector in four houses each of different colour. Each person has a different favorites drink. The Englishman lives in the red house. The following additional information is:
—The Hindu drinks tea.
—The Muslim lives in the first house on the left.
—The Muslim lives adjacent to the blue house.
—In the second house from the right they drink coffee.
—The Sikh drinks banana shake.
—Tea is drunk in the blue house
—The pink house is to the right of red house

25. Which of the following drink coffee?

(1) Muslim
(2) Hindu
(3) Englishman
(4) Muslim and Hindu
(5) None of the above

26. The colour of Sikh house is:

(1) yellow
(2) blue
(2) red
(4) pink
(5) None

27. The Muslim drinks which of the following drink:

(1) tea
(2) coffee
(3) banana shake
(4) tea, coffee
(5) milk

28. Who sits adjacent to Muslim?

(1) Hindu
(2) Englishman
(3) Sikh
(4) Both Hindu and Sikh
(5) None of the above



29. Which of the following statement is not true?

(1) Hindu lives in the blue house
(2) Sikh drinks banana shake and his colour of house is pink
(3) Muslim drinks coffee
(4) Yellow house is occupied by Muslim
(5) None of the above

ANSWERS:

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1. (3) Dev.
2. (5) Because Babli is on the left of Cajole. (see diagram.)
3. (1) Dev, Asad.
4. (1) Clearly, Eva.
5. (5) since all the statements are necessary to determine the
arrangement.
6. (3) The other three are alike.
7. (4) All the others are antonyms
8. (3) In all the others one letter is missing CD(E)FG.
9. (2) All the others have gap of three letters.
10. (4) All the others are cubes 33 = 27; 43 = 64, 53 = 125;
122 = 144.
11. (2) In all the others 16 are added to the first number.
12. (C) First letter B (CD) E (FG) H (IJ) K
Second letter M (N) O (P) Q (R) S
Third letter O (P) Q (R) S (T) U, hence K S U
13. (C) Go on adding 4 to numbers.
14. (A) Each number is the total of two preceding numbers.
15. (D) The number in the middle is the total of first and fourth digits, 4 + 7 = 11, 5 + 8 = 13 and so on.
16. (A)
17. (B) (7 + 3) × 8 = 80; (8 × 2) + 9 = 25; × means + and ÷ Means ×.
18. (D)
19. (D) the arrangement is 52, 72, 92 i.e. 254981.
20. (1)
21. (3)
22. (1)
23. (3)
24. (5)

(25 to 29) Based on given information, the correct sequence of data is as follows.

Colour Nationality Drink Yellow Blue Red Pink
Muslim Hindu Englishman Sikh
Milk Tea Coffee Banana shake

25. (3) see chart.
26. (4)
27. (5) Although it is not mentioned in the question but it appear that milk is his drink.
28. (1)
29. (3) (Muslim drinks milk—it is assumed