Reasoning

Directions (Q. 1-5): In each of the following questions a question is followed by information given in three
 statements. You have to study the question along with the statements and decide the information given in
 which statements(s) is sufficient to answer the questions:

1. Among P, Q, R, S, T and U, who is smaller than only the tallest ?

I) Q is taller than P and T.

II) U is smaller than R and S but taller than Q.

III) T is smaller than R, who is not the tallest.

1) Only I and II 

2) Only I and III 

3) Only II and III 

4) All I, II and III are necessary

5) None of these

From I : Q > P > T or Q > T > P

From II : R > S > U > Q or S > R > U > Q

From III : R > T, but R is not the tallest.

From I, II and III : S > R > U > Q > T > P

Or S > R > U > Q > P > T

2. How is P related to Q ?

I) R, S and Q are siblings.

II) R is the only maternal aunt of U, who is the only daughter of S.

III) S's father is married to P's wife, who has three children.

1) Only I and II 

2) Only I and III 

3) Only II and III 

4) All I, II and III are necessary

5) None of these

From I : R, S, Q are siblings.

From II : R is the only maternal aunt of U and S is either mother of father of U.

From III : P is S’s father and has three children.

From I and III: P is father of R, S and Q.

3. Who among A, B, C and D is in white shirt ? Each of them is wearing a shirt of different colour viz. Red, 
Yellow, White and Green but not necessarily in the same order ?

I) A is not wearing Red shirt.

II) B is in Yellow shirt but C is neither in Red nor in Green shirt.

III) D is either in Red or Yellow shirt.

1) Only I 

2) Only II 

3) Only I and III 

4) Only I and II 

5) Only II and III

From: A notRed

From II: B ---- Yellow

C --neither Red nor Green. Clearly C is in White shirt.

From III : D ---- Either Red or Yellow. II alone is sufficient.

4. How many students are there between X and Y in a column of 50 students ?

I) Y is twenty first from the last and X is twenty second from the top.

II) X is two places away towards last from Z, who is sixth from the top, and Y is second from the last.

III) Y is sixteen places away from V, who is sixteen from the last.

1) Only I 

2) Only II 

3) Only III 

4) Both I and II 

5) Either I or II

From I: Number of student between X and Y = 50 – (21 + 22) = 7

From II : Number of student between X and Y = 50 – ( 8 + 2) = 40

From III : Nothing is given about Y.

So, Either I alone or II alone is sufficient.

5. In a certain code language 'you are fine' is written as 'no la so'.How is 'fine' written in that code language ?

I) ' A fine dramatic story' is written as 'la jo ni da'.

II) 'Fine creative art' is written as 'qa la yo'.

III) 'New wonderful fine illusion' is written as 'chi su la tic'.

1) Only I 

2) Only II 

3) Only III

4) Only I and II 

5) Any of I, II and III is sufficient

You are fine ---- no la so ............. (i)

From I: a fine dramatic story ---- la jo ni da .............. (ii)

From II: fine creative art ---- qa la yo................ (iii)

From III: new wonderful fine illusion ---- chi su la tic ............... (iv)

from (i) and (ii) fine ---- la ( I alone is sufficient).

from (i) and (iii) fine ----- la (II alone is sufficient).

from (i) and (iv) fine ---- la (III alone is sufficient).

Direction (Q. 6-10): In the following questions, assuming the given statements to be true find out which
 conclusion(s) is/are definitely true and 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 conclusion II is true.

5) If of both conclusion I and II are true.

6. Statement:   

K < L

L = Q

Q > S

Conclusion:  If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true.

I. K < S 

II. S > K

7. Statement: 

N > O

R ≥ T

O ≤ R

Conclusion:   If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true.

I. N > R 

II. O ≥ T

8. Statement: 

Q < S

S = M

M ≤ U

Conclusion: If of both conclusion I and II are true.

I. M > Q 

II. Q < U

9. Statement: 

D = E

E ≤ Q

L > Q

Conclusion: If of both conclusion I and II are true.

I. D ≤ Q 

II. E < L

10. Statement: 

D > E

E = N

N < M

Conclusion: If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true.

I. D = N 

II. M < D

11. Statements: Under the reverse repo rate the commercial banks gives loans to the Reserve Bank of
 India for short period of time for which the commercial banks gets interest from the RBI, on the other
 hand the commercial banks has the option to give the money as loan to the people through which they 
can earn more money but still the commercial bank prefer giving the loan to the RBI and not the people. 
So, what could be the main reason behind this ?

I) The commercial banks of India follow the concept of the universal banking.

II) The people can be defaulter and giving the money to the people can be a risk of increasing NPA.

III) Giving money to RBI is a more safer option.

IV) The monetary policy of India says that the Commercial Banks of India has to give some part of their 
total money to the RBI as the loan.

 Only II The banks in India follow the concept of Narrow banking and since the customers are defaulters, the banks
 prefer giving the money to the RBI and earn little interest so that there NPA (Non Performing Assets) are not
increased.

12. Statements: India during the month of July to September in the reason of Monsoon receives the heav
 rainfall but the Western part of Rajasthan i.e. Thar Desert receives very less amount of rainfall or we can 
say it receives almost no rainfall. so what could be the main reason that thar Desert receiving such low 
rainfall ?

I) The South western monsoon which comes from the Arabian sea side when reaches Rajasthan moves
 parallel to the Aravallis.

II) The South Western monsoon which comes from the Bay of Bengal side when reaches the Thar Desert
, it is out of moisture.

III) The Thar Desert lies in the high pressure zone due to which very fast winds blow away the clouds.

IV) The monsoon winds on India don't move towards the Thar Desert in Rajasthan.

1) Only I 

2) Only II 

3) Only III 

4) Only I and II 

5) Only I, II and III
4; The South West monsoon in India comes in two branches the Arabian Sea branch and Bay of Bengal branch
, the Arabian Sea branch strikes the Aravallis and due to the height of the mountains they are unable to cross the
 mountains and the Thar desert lies on the leeward side. The Bay of Bengal after striking with the Himalayas
moves towards the northern part of India but till the time it reaches the Thar desert, it is out of moisture.

13. Statements: In the recent past we have seen that the demand of gold in the Indian market is continuous
ly increasing and the people are purchasing huge amount of gold but on the other hand the government of
 India is continuously asking the people of India not to buy the gold as it is hampering the economic growth
 of the country. What could be the negative effect of the rising demand of gold on the economy of the country.

I) People in the India has to pay in rupees for the gold where as the country needs to pay in dollars in
 international market for the gold due to which the foreign reserve of India is continuously decreasing.

II) The country is paying more for the imports.

III) The demand of dollar is increasing in the international market due to which the value of Indian rupee is
 devaluating.

IV) Increasing demand of gold is promoting black marketing in India.

1) Only I and II 

2) Only IV 

3) Only III and IV 

4) Only II,III and IV 

5) Only I, II and III

5..The huge demand of gold is forcing India to buy more gold from the international market for which they are
paying dollars which is reducing the foreign reserves of India and promoting the imports due to which the demand
 of dollar increases in the international market leading to the devaluation of the Indian rupee.

14. Statements: Base rate is the minimum rate of interest at which the commercial banks gives loans to 
its any customer whether prime or ordinary customer. The base rate is decided by the individual banks but
 the RBI has made it mandatory for the banks to put the Base rate on the notice board of the banks. What
 could be the main reason behind the action taken by the RBI.

1) The RBI wants to make the market transparent.

2) The RBI wants to show its monopoly to other banks.

3) The RBI wants to reduce the bargaining in the commercial banks.

4) The RBI wants to divide the customers to other banks also.

5) None of these

1; Before the advent of Base Rate the banks were giving loans to the customers at the rate of interest 
they desire. So, in order to make the market more transparent the RBI introduced the Base Rate.

15. Statements: Crime today is getting more diabolic than ever, especially the one perpetrated against 
women. The agony of the brutal gang rape and subsequent death of the paramedical student in New Delhi 
still haunts our collective conscience, while the country continues to reel under sexual assaults everyday
. What course of Action government should take to reduce the sexual crime against the women in India.

1) The government should increase more female police force in the country.

2) The government should make a special women complaint cell where the women are more comfortable
 to come.

3) The government should work on making more strict laws and subsequently work on speedy trials 
against female related crimes.

4) The government should work on providing self defense training to the women's in India.

5) All of these

15. 3; Lack of strict laws and speedy trails in India is the only main reason behind the increasing of female crimes
 in India because the criminals are aware of the flexible judicial system of India and also the slow process of
Judiciary.

Directions (Q. 16-20): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions :

A word and number arrangement machine when given on input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input : talent 13 to 32 draw 92 when 35 immediate 42 85 arrived.

Step I : to 92 talent 13 32 draw when 35 immediate 42 85 arrived.

Step II: to 92 when 85 talent 13 32 draw 32 immediate 42 arrived.

Step III: to 92 when 85 draw 42 talent 13 32 35 immediate arrived.

Step IV: to 92 when 85 draw 42 talent 35 13 32 immediate arrived.

Step V: to 92 when 85 draw 42 talent 35 arrived 32 13 immediate.

Step VI: to 92 when 85 draw 42 talent 35 arrived 32 immediate 13.

Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions, the appropriate steps for the input given below.

Input: 8 possibility 38 chocolates 72 row 14 other 82 64 chisel season.

16. Which of the following will be the last step of the rearrangement ?

1) V 

2) IV 

3) VI 

4) VII 

5) VIII

17. Which of the following would be at sixth position from the right in step IV ?

1) chisel 

2) season 

3) 38 

4) 64 

5) None of these

18. Which step number would be the following output ?

row 82 other 72 season 64 8 possibility 38 chocolates 14 chisel

1) Step IV 

2) Step III 

3) Step V 

4) Step II

5) No such step is possible

19 If in step V 'row' is related to '72' and 'other' is related to '64', 'season' would be related to which of the following in the same pattern ?

1) 82 

2) chisel 

3) 38 

4) 14 

5) None of these

20. If in the last step all the words get rearranged in alphabetical order. Which of the following words will remain its original position ?

1) possibility 

2) season 

3) chisel 

4) other 

5) None of these

The word and number arrangement machine rearranges words in increasing order of their lengths and in case there is a tie, the words are arranged according to the reverse alphabetical order. Numbers are rearranged in descending order in each step, the machine rearranges one word and one number.

Input : 8 possibility 38 chocolates 72 row 14 other 82 64 chisel season.

Step I : row 82 8 possibility 38 chocolates 72 14 other 64 chisel season.

Step II: row 82 other 72 8 possibility 38 chocolates 14 64 chisel season.

Step III: row 82 other 72 season 64 8 possibility 38 chocolates 14 chisel.

Step IV: row 82 other 72 season 64 chisel 38 8 possibility chocolates 14.

Step V: row 82 other 72 season 64 chisel 38 chocolates 14 8 possibility.

Step VI: Row 82 Other 72 Season 64 Chisel 38 Chocolates 14 Possibility 8.

1. 3

2. 1

3. 2

4. 3

5. 5

 

Directions (Q.21 –22): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions :

In a certain code "environmental information is here" is written as 'tu fa lic li' 'here read given 
 important' is written as 'pi sa uic fa', 'awareness is necessarily important' is written as 'uic hi li 
no' and 'necessarily given environmental questions' is written as 'xo lic pi hi'.

here - fa

important - uic

is - li

necessarily - hi

given - pi

read - sa

environmental - lic

questions - xo

awareness - no

information - tu

21. What is the code for 'information' ?

tu 

22. Which of the following is the code for 'is necessarily read' ?

1) sa hi li 

23. What does 'no' stand for ?

2) awareness 

24. Which of the following is represented by the code 'fa pi lic' ?

3) here given environmental

25. Which of the following may be the possible code for 'here exact awareness information' ?

3) no fa tu qa 

ANSWERS:

The word and number arrangement machine rearranges words in increasing order of their lengths and in case there is a tie, the words are arranged according to the reverse alphabetical order. Numbers are rearranged in descending order in each step, the machine rearranges one word and one number.

Input : 8 possibility 38 chocolates 72 row 14 other 82 64 chisel season.

Step I : row 82 8 possibility 38 chocolates 72 14 other 64 chisel season.

Step II: row 82 other 72 8 possibility 38 chocolates 14 64 chisel season.

Step III: row 82 other 72 season 64 8 possibility 38 chocolates 14 chisel.

Step IV: row 82 other 72 season 64 chisel 38 8 possibility chocolates 14.

Step V: row 82 other 72 season 64 chisel 38 chocolates 14 8 possibility.

Step VI: Row 82 Other 72 Season 64 Chisel 38 Chocolates 14 Possibility 8.

1. 3

2. 1

3. 2

4. 3

5. 5

6. 1

7. 1

8. 2

9. 3

10. 3