Reasoning MCQs for IBPS Clerk/Canara Bank 2018: 20 November
Directions (Q. 1-5): In each of the questions below one statement is followed by blank spaces which are followed by a conclusion which can be drawn from either the statement given in the question or from the statement given in the question and an additional statement which may fit in the blank space. You have to study the question and the alternatives which provide a statement and decide which of the answers best fit between the given statement and conclusion.
1. Statement I: The Government has decided to effect a significant increase in the procurement price of Kharif crops with immediate effect.
Blank Space: ________________________________
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Conclusion: The farmers’ income will not get adversely affected this Kharif season.
(a) Statement II: The production of Kharif crops this season has surpassed the production level of all the earlier years.
(b) Statement II: The production of Kharif crops has declined considerably from that of the previous year.
(c) Statement II: The production of Kharif crops this year has remained unchanged in comparison with those of the previous years.
1) Only (a)
2) Only(b)
3) Only(c)
4) Any one of the above statements will fit
5) No additional statement is required to draw the conclusion
2. Statement I: A very large number of students of this college have secured more than 99 per cent aggregate marks in the final degree examination conducted recently.
Blank Space: ________________________________
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Conclusion: The question papers set by the university this year for all the colleges under its jurisdiction were comparatively much easier than the earlier years.
(a) Statement II: Students from other colleges under the university also have secured unusually higher percentage of marks.
(b) Statement II: The university does not have required number of teachers to evaluate the answer papers.
(c) Statement II: Students appeared in the previous year’s examination secured comparatively less marks.
1) Only (a)
2) Only (b)
3) Only(c)
4) Any one of the above statements will fit
5) No additional statement is required to draw the conclusion
3. Statement I: The agitating workers had taken out a peaceful procession in front of the factory gate to register their protest.
Blank Space: ________________________________
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Conclusion: The Govt. has suspended the Police Officer-in-Charge of the picket and initiated an inquiry into this incidence of police atrocity.
(a) Statement II: The workers had applied for a mass casual leave on the day of the incidence.
(b) Statement II: The agitating workers did not allow the policemen to enter the factory premises.
(c) Statement II: The police resorted to indiscriminate lathi charge on the agitating workers of the local factory.
1) Only (a)
2) Only(b)
3) Only(c)
4) Any one of the above statements will fit
5) No additional statement is required to draw the conclusion
4. Statement I: The foreign direct investment in India has remained very low particularly in the infrastructure sector comparative to that in China.
Blank Space: ________________________________
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Conclusion: The Government has now set up a board of experts which is given full authority to approve proposals of foreign direct investment in the infrastructure sector within reasonable time.
(a) Statement II: The delay in approvals by the Government for the foreign direct investment proposals is inordinate because of complex approval system.
(b) Statement II: The people engaged so far in the approval system did not have the expertise to take quick decision.
(c) Statement II: The processing time in China to approve the foreign direct investment proposal is comparatively very low.
1) Only (a)
2) Only(b)
3) Only(c)
4) Any one of the above statements will fit
5) No additional statement is required to draw the conclusion
5. Statement I: Every year during monsoon large number of people in the city suffer from various waterborne diseases and many of such people even succumb to these diseases.
Blank Space: ________________________________
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Conclusion: The civic authority has failed to put in place an effective mechanism to immune people from such waterborne diseases.
(a) Statement II: People are careless particularly in monsoon season about the quality of their food and drink.
(b) Statement II: The sewage system in the city has become very old resulting into mixing with rainwater during monsoon.
(c) Statement II: The Government has been cautioning people every year to be careful about the waterborne diseases.
1) Only (a)
2) Only (b)
3) Only(c)
4) Any one of the above statements will fit
5) No additional statement is required to draw the conclusion
Answers:
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