Reasoning MCQ for RRB PO/Clerk Mains 2018: 13 September

Reasoning MCQ for RRB PO/Clerk Mains 2018: 13 September

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

Following are the conditions for appointing credit analyst in a Financial Organisation:

The candidate must –(i) be a graduate in any discipline with at least 65% marks.(ii) have one of the professional qualifications of ICA/ICWA/MBA Finance/CA.(iii) not be more than 30 years of age as on 18.09.2013.(iv) have passed the competitive written examination with at least 55% marks.(v) have work experience of 4 years in a financial institute.

In the case of a candidate who fulfills all the above criteria except –(a) (i) above, but has completed his/her post graduation in Commerce with at least 60% marks, his/her case is to be referred to the Director Finance.(b) (v) above, but has obtained a PhD degree after completing the postgraduate professional qualification, his/her case is to be referred to the Managing Director.

In each of the questions below detailed information of one candidate has been provided. You have to read the given information carefully and decide which of the following courses of action can be taken. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. These cases are given to you as on 18.09.2013. You have to indicate your decision by marking answer to each question as follows:
Mark answer –1) if the candidate is not to be appointed.2) if the case is to be referred to the Managing Director.3) if the candidate is to be appointed.4) if the case is to be referred to the Director Finance.5) if the data is not adequate to take proper decision.

1. Aditya Chadha was born on 18th August 1985. He has scored 55% and 70% marks in graduation and the competitive written examination respectively. He completed his CA in 2007 and has been working since then in an organisation.

2. Rajesh Dahiya completed his MBA Finance in 2007 at the age of 25 years. He has been working since then. He has scored 62% marks in both graduation and the competitive written examination.

3. Rakesh Anand was born on 7 June, 1987. He has been working for the last five years after completing his ICWA. He has scored 70% and 55% in graduation and competitive written examination respectively.

4. Rahul Khullar has scored 75% in graduation. He has been working for the last five years after completing his MBA Finance. He has scored 65% marks in the competitive written examination.

5. Amita Mathur has scored 66% and 70% marks in the competitive written examination and graduation respectively. She has been working for the last two years after completing her MBA Finance examination followed by a PhD in the year 2010 at the age of 26.

Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Seven friends P, Q, R, S, T, U and V study in Class X in three different sections A, B and C. Not less than two friends study in one section. All of them have a different favourite subject—Social Science, Physics, History, Mathematics, English, Biology and Chemistry. Each of them has a favourite sport – Cricket, Hockey, Football, Basketball, Tennis, Volleyball and Table Tennis. 

T’s favourite subject is Chemistry and plays Table Tennis. Q and V study in the A section. Q’s favourite subject is History. Neither Tennis nor Volleyball is his favourite game. The one whose favourite game is Football has Physics as his favourite subject and is in Section B only with R. P’s favourite subject is Social Science. He plays Cricket and studies only with U.  R studies Mathematics and V studies Biology. U plays Basketball. The one whose favourite subject is Maths doesn’t play Volleyball.

6. Who plays Tennis?
1) P
2) R3) T4) U5) V

7. Who among the following study in Section B?1) RP2) UT3) RS4) TS5) PS

8. How many friends study in Section A?1) Four2) Three3) Two4) One5) None of these

9. Who among the following plays Hockey?1) P2) Q3) R4) S5) T

10. Which of the following pairs of games is not played by students of the same section?1) Cricket and Basketball2) Hockey and Tennis3) Tennis and Football4) Hockey and Volleyball5) Table Tennis and Volleyball

Directions (Q. 11-15): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Ten persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing five persons each. In row 1, A, B, C, D and E are sitting and all of them are facing south. In row 2, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting and all of them are facing north. In the given seating arrangement, each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. Moreover, each of them belongs to different countries – Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Belgium, Japan, India, Romania, Indonesia, Iran and Russia but not necessarily in the same order.

There are only two persons sitting between the Australian, who sits at an extreme end, and E. P, who sits in the middle of the row, is not an immediate neighbour of Q, who is not a Russian. T is sitting at an extreme end. E, a Japanese, sits on the immediate right of the person from Brazil and faces the immediate neighhour of Q. B is not sitting at the extreme left end. P is not from Iran. There is only one person between C and D, who is from Australia. S, an Indian, is an immediate neighbour of the Russian and does not face the person from Bulgaria.

R, who is from Belgium, is an immediate neighbour of the person from Iran, who in turn faces the immediate neighbour of the Japanese. There are two persons between the Romanian and the Bulgarian. B is not from Romania. T is not from Indonesia

11. A belongs to which of the following countries?1) Indonesia2) Romania3) Bulgaria4) None of these5) Can’t be determined

12. Who is from Indonesia?1) R2) B3) T4) P5) Can’t be determined

13. ‘Australia’ is related to ‘Romania’ in a certain way, based on their seating positions. Then who is Russia related to, following the same seating positions?1) Indonesia2) Iran3) Brazil4) India5) Belgium

14. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their seating positions and so form a group. Which of the following is different from the group?1) Japan2) Romania3) Russia4) Belgium5) India

15. Which of the following statements is/are definitely false?1) B is from Bulgaria.2) There are two persons sitting between the Indian and the person from Iran.
3) The Brazilian faces the person from Indonesia.4) The person who is from Iran sits opposite the Australian.5) All are true

Answers:

1. 1; His marks in graduation is below 60%.
2. 1; His marks in graduation is below 65%.
3. 3; He fulfils all the criteria.
4. 5; As there is no information about the DOB so the answer will be 5.
5. 2; As the candidate has done PhD
6. 2
7. 3
8. 2
9. 2
10. 2
11. 2
12. 4
13. 4
14. 3
15. 4