Reasoning for IBPS Clerk/RBI
Directions (Q. 1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
There are 8 friends namely, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H who have their birthdays in four months- namely- March, June, September and October on either 13th or 22nd of the month.
F has his birthday on 13th of a month having 30 days. A and D have their birthday in same month in which A having birthday before D. There are two people who have birthdays between A and B. C’s Birthday is in June. H has his birthday on 22nd of a month. E does not have his birthday on 13th. G does not have his birthday in march.
1.Which of the following person have birthday October 13th?
- A
- B
- F
- G
- H
2. How many person’s birthday is between G’s and A’s birthday?
- One
- Three
- Five
- Six
- None of these
3. Find odd one out.
- A
- C
- F
- D
- G
4. B has his birthday on which date?
- September 22
- June 22
- October 22
- March 22
- March 13
5. Which of the following person have birthday on September 22?
- D
- C
- E
- H
- Either E or H
Directions (Q. 6-10): Each of the questions below consists of a question and three statements numbered I, II and III given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read all the three statements and Give answer
1) if the data in Statement I and II are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement III are not required to answer the question.
2) if the data in Statement I and III are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement II are not required to answer the question.
3) if the data in Statement II and III are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement I are not required to answer the question.
4) if the data in Statement I alone or in Statement II alone or in Statement III alone are sufficient to answer the question.
5) if the data in all the Statements I, II and III together are necessary to answer the question.
6. Among six people P, Q, R, S, T and V, each lives on a different floor of a six-storey building having its six floors numbered one to six (the ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2, and so on, and the topmost floor is numbered 6). Who lives on the topmost floor?
I. There is only one floor between the floors on which R and Q live. P lives on an even-numbered floor.
II. T does not live on an even-numbered floor. Q lives on an even-numbered floor. Q does not live on the topmost floor.
III. S lives on an odd-numbered floor. There are two floors between the floors on which S and P live. T lives on a floor immediately above R’s floor.
7. There are six letters W, A, R, S, N and E. Is ‘ANSWER’ the word formed after performing the following operations using these six letters only?
I. E is placed fourth to the right of A. S is not placed immediately next to either A or E.
II. R is placed immediately next (either left or right) to E. W is placed immediately next (either left or right) to S.
III. Both N and W are placed immediately next to S. The word does not begin with R. A is not placed immediately next to W.
8. Point D is in which direction with respect to Point B?
I. Point A is to the west of Point B. Point C is to the north of Point B. Point D is to the south of Point C.
II. Point G is to the south of Point D. Point G is 4m from Point B. Point D is 9m from Point B.
Ill. Point A is to the west of Point B. Point B is exactly midway between Point A and E. Point F is to the south of Point E. Point D is to the west of Point F.
9. How is ‘one’ coded in a code language?
I. ‘one of its kind, is coded as ‘zo pi ko fe’ and ‘in kind and cash’ is coded as ‘ga to ru ko’.
II. ‘its point for origin’ is coded as ‘ba le fe mi’ and ‘make a point clear’ is coded as ‘yu si mi de’.
III. ‘make money and cash’ is coded as ‘to mi ru hy’ and ‘money of various kind’ is coded as ‘qu ko zo hy’.
10. Are all the four friends, viz A, B, C and D, who are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre?
I. B sits second to the right of D. D faces the centre. C sits on the immediate right of both B and D.
II. A sits on the immediate left of B. C is not an immediate neighbour of A. C sits on the immediate right of D.
III. D is an immediate neighbour of both A and C. B sits on the immediate left of A. C sits on the immediate right of B.
Answers:
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 5
- 4