Reasoning Questions Asked in IBPS SO Pre Exam 30 Dec 2017
Directions (Q1 to 5): Study the following information to answer the given questions:
There are 7 boxes which are colored with different colors – White, Blue, Yellow, Green, Red, Brown and Pink. They are placed one above the other. And contain different flavored cupcakes – Mint Oreo, Chocolate, Blueberry, Mango, Lemon, Apple Pie and Cranberry, but not necessarily in the same order.
Further information is as follows:
- (i) Boxes containing Either Mango or Cranberry cupcake is on the top or first place respectively.
- (ii) The brown box is placed on 5th place from bottom.
- (iii) The boxes containing Chocolate and Apple Pie cupcakes are placed consecutively.
- (iv) White and Red colored boxes contain Mint Oreo and Lemon cupcakes respectively.
- (v) Yellow and Brown boxes are placed at consecutive places.
- (vi) Blue box, which contains Chocolate cupcake, and White box have one box in between them.
- (vii) Yellow box, which contains Blueberry cupcake is placed just above the box containing Apple Pie cupcake.
Q1. Box containing which cupcake is immediate next to box containing Lemon cupcake?
- A) Chocolate
- B) Mint Oreo
- C) Either (A) or (B)
- D) Blueberry
- E) Mango
Q2. Brown colored box contains which flavored cupcake?
- A) Apple Pie
- B) Lemon
- C) Chocolate
- D) Either (A) or (B)
- E) Cranberry
Q3. If the box at the lowest place is colored Green, then which colored box contains Mango cupcake?
- A) Green
- B) White
- C) Red
- D) Cannot be determined
- E) None of these
Q4. The box containing Blueberry cupcake is at which position from below?
- A) Second
- B) Third
- C) Sixth
- D) Fourth
- E) Fifth
Q5. If the topmost box contains Cranberry cupcake, then how many boxes are placed between Chocolate and Cranberry cupcakes?
- A) Two
- B) Four
- C) One
- D) Three
- E) None of these
Directions (Q6 to 10): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
Twelve persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In Row – 1, M, N, O, P, Q and R are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing South. In Row -2, A, B, C, D, E and F are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) 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. All of them have a car of different companies, viz Honda, Hyundai, Ford, Fiat, Chevrolet, Audi, BMW, Toyota, Renault, Skoda, Volkswagen and Maruti but not necessarily in the same order.
B faces one who sits third to the right of Q. D neither owns Fiat nor Ford. The person who owns Maruti car facing South Direction. N owns Skoda and faces the one who owns Audi car.Only three persons sit between Q and N. The person who owns Fiat car facing North Direction. R does not own Maruti. The persons who own Audi and BMW sit next to each other. The one who owns Toyota sits second to the right of M. R is neither an immediate neighbour of N nor Q. One of the immediate neighbours of R faces F. The one who owns Renault car sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. Only three persons sit between F and the one who faces O. The one who owns Honda car sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. There are two people sit between one who owns Maruti car and the one who owns Renault. A sits second to the left of the one facing M. The person who owns Chevrolet faces North Direction.C is not an immediate neighbour of B. N does not face E. There are three people sit between one who owns Honda car and the one who owns Fiat. The person who owns Ford faces one of the immediate neighbours of Maruti. There are two people sit between one who owns Toyota and Volkswagen.
Q6. Who amongst the following sit at the extreme ends of the rows?
- A) A, Q
- B) A, M
- C) Q, E
- D) Q, D
- E) O, N
Q7. Who amongst the following faces A?
- A) P
- B) Q
- C) R
- D) O
- E) None of the Above
Q8. How many persons are seated between D and F?
- A) One
- B) Two
- C) Three
- D) Four
- E) None of these
Q9. M is related to BMW in the same way as A is related to Toyota based on the given arrangement. Then R is related to?
- A) Fiat
- B) Honda
- C) Ford
- D) Hyndai
- E) Cannot be determined
Q10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
- A) A, N
- B) C, P
- C) F, R
- D) D, M
- E) A, O
Q11.Statement: P = Q, M< N, P< N, J< M
Conclusions: I. P> M II. N> J
- A) If only conclusion I follows.
- B) If only conclusion II follows
- C) If either conclusion I or II follows
- D) If neither conclusion I nor II follows
- E) If both conclusions I and II follow.
Q12.Statement: C> Q, L = T, D< C, L< Q
Conclusions: I. Q> L II. U> S
- A) If only conclusion I follows.
- B) If only conclusion II follows
- C) If either conclusion I or II follows
- D) If neither conclusion I nor II follows
- E) If both conclusions I and II follow.
Q13.Statements: U< V, S>C, U> F, F> C
Conclusions: I. V> C II. U> S
- A) If only conclusion I follows.
- B) If only conclusion II follows
- C) If either conclusion I or II follows
- D) If neither conclusion I nor II follows
- E) If both conclusions I and II follow.
Q14.Statements: T> R, I<E, T> E, I = L
Conclusions: I. E = R II. R> L
- A) If only conclusion I follows.
- B) If only conclusion II follows
- C) If either conclusion I or II follows
- D) If neither conclusion I nor II follows
- E) If both conclusions I and II follow.
Q15.Statements: L< M, N> J, X> M, L = N
Conclusions: I. N< M II. N> M
- A) If only conclusion I follows.
- B) If only conclusion II follows
- C) If either conclusion I or II follows
- D) If neither conclusion I nor II follows
- E) If both conclusions I and II follow.
Answer Key
- Ans 1: (C)
- Ans 2: (A)
- Ans 3: (D)
- Ans 4: (C)
- Ans 5: (A)
- Ans 6: (A)
- Ans 7: (D)
- Ans 8: (B)
- Ans 9: (C)
- Ans 10: (E)
- Ans 11: (B)
- Ans 12: (D)
- Ans 13: (A)
- Ans 14: (D)
- Ans 15: (D)
