Reasoning Questions For IBPS PO 2017 Exam

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

There are seven teachers – M, N, O, P, Q, R and S – who teach different subjects viz- Hindi, English, Math, Science, Physics, Chemistry and Biology but not necessarily in the same order. They teach on different days of the week starting from Monday. Also they also like different colours, viz- Red, Green, Black, White, Yellow, Violet and Orange but not necessarily in the same order.

N, who likes Violet, teaches on the fourth day of the week but neither Hindi nor Biology. Two persons teach between the days on which N and R teach and neither of them teach on the 1st day of the week. There is only one person teach between the days on which M and Oteaches. But O does not teach either on 1st or 3rd day of the week. O likes Green and teaches Hindi. The one, who teaches Math, teaches on the last day of the week and like Black. P does not teach on the day either immediately before or immediately after the day on which M teach, who doesn’t like either Yellow or Red or White.

S teaches immediately after O and he likes Red. Q teaches Chemistry and he doesn’t like yellow. M does not teach either Physics or Science. The one who teaches English takes class immediately after the day when Hindi has been taught.

Q1. Which of the following combinations is definitely false?

(a) O – Green – Hindi

(b) M – Orange –Biology

(c) Q – White –Chemistry

(d) R – Green – Hindi

(e) None of these

Q2.Who among the following teaches on the 5th day of the week?

(a) The person who likes Orange 

(b) The person who teaches Math

(c) The person who teaches Hindi

(d) The person who likes White

(e) None of these

Q3.Who teaches Science?

(a) The person who likes Violet 

(b) The person who likes Orange 

(c) The person who likes Yellow 

(d) Either the person who likes Yellow or the person who likes Violet

(e) None of these

Q4.If ‘N’ is related to ‘Green’ and ‘S’ is related to ‘Black’ then which of the following is ‘M’ related to?

(a) Yellow

(b) Violet

(c) White

(d) Orange

(e) None of these

Q5.Who teaches Physics?

(a) The person who teaches on fourth day of the week

(b) The person who teaches just before Q

(c) The person who teaches just after Q

(d) Can’t be determined

(e) None of these

Directions (6-7): Below in each question are given two statements I and II. These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.

Mark answer

(a) if statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.

(b) if statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.

(c) if both the statement I and II are independent causes.

(d) if both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

(e) if both the statements are effects of some common cause.

Q6. I. The prices of vegetables have increased substantially during the past few weeks.

II. Government had reduced the prices of petroleum products about a month back.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. From the given two statement I and II, it is clear that there is no connection between the two events mentioned in both the statements.
Therefore, both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

Q7. I. The health department has advised people to drink boiled and filtered water and maintain hygiene during the monsoon.

II. The health department has instructed the civic hospitals to equip themselves with adequate stock of medicines during monsoon.

S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. From the given two statement I and II, it is clear that both statements are effects of a common cause is the fear of outbreak of diseases during monsoon.
Therefore, both the statements I and II are effects of a common causes.

Q8. Statement: “Buy pure and natural honey of company X.” – An advertisement in a newspaper.

Assumptions:

I. Artificial honey can be prepared.

II. People do not mind paying more for pure and natural honey.

III. No other company supplies pure honey.

(a) Only I is implicit

(b) Only I and II are implicit

(c) Only I and III are implicit

(d) All are implicit

(e) None of these

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Assumption I is implicit because of the word “natural” used in the given statement.
Assumption II is not implicit because it is irrelevant.
Assumption III is not implicit because nothing about “the quality of honey of other companies” can be assumed from the given statement.

Q9. Statement: Should all the school teachers be debarred from giving private tuitions?

Arguments:

I. No. The needy students will be deprived of the expertise of these teachers.

II. Yes. This is an injustice to the unemployed educated people who can earn their living by giving tuitions.

III. Yes. Only then the quality of teaching in schools will improve.

(a) Only I and III are strong

(b) Only I, II and III are strong

(c) Only III  is strong

(d) Only II and III  are strong

(e) None of these

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. Argument I is weak because it does not provide a convincing reason.
Argument II is weak because it is vague.
The use of ‘only’ keyword in argument III makes it weak.

Q10. Statement: Should all the youngsters below 21 years of age be disallowed from going to a beer bar?

Arguments:

I. No. It is not correct to prevent matured youngsters above 18 years of age who can vote, from having fun.

II. Yes. The entry fee to such pubs should also be hiked.

III. No. There is no such curb in western countries.

IV. Yes. This will help in preventing youngsters from getting into bad company and imbibing bad habits.

(a) Only I is strong

(b) Only I and III are strong

(c) Only III and IV are strong

(d) Only I and IV are strong

(e) None is strong

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. Argument I is strong because it states genuine reason.
Argument II is weak because it is vague.
Argument III is weak because it is an argument by giving example.
Argument IV is strong because it provides very convincing reason.

Directions (11-15): Question consists of Six statements followed by five conclusions. Consider the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions does not logically follow from the given statements using all statements together.

Q11. Statements: Some earth are tree. All tree are forest. No tree is carbon. All carbon are air. Some carbon are oxygen. No oxygen is ozone.

Conclusions: 

(a) Some earth are forest.

(b)Some earth is not carbon.

(c) All earth being ozone is a possibility.

(d) All oxygen being tree is a possibility.

(e)Some forest is not carbon

Q12. Statements: All moon are star. All star are bright. Some bright is dark. Some forest is blue. No blue is kite. All kite is machine.

Conclusions: 

(a) All moon being forest is a possibility.

(b) All moon being blue is a possibility.

(c) Some forest is not kite.

(d) All blue being machine is a possibility.

(e) All forest being kite is a possibility.

Q13. Statements: Some finger is hair. No hair is leg. All hand is leg. No hand is eye. Some eye is nose. All nose are elbow. 

Conclusions: 

(a)No hair is hand.

(b)Some finger is not leg.

(c) Some nose is not hand.

(d)Some eye is elbow.

(e) All finger being leg is a possibility.

Q14. Statements: Some book are pen. All book are copy. All pen are pencils. No pencils is paper. Some paper is bag. No bag is box. 

Conclusions:  

(a)Some book is pencil.

(b)Some paper is box.

(c) Some pen is not paper.

(d) Some bag is not pencil.

(e) Some bag is  paper.

Q15. Statements: Some man is not white. All white is black. Some black is not brown. Some brown are red. All red are yellow. No yellow is orange.

Conclusions: 

(a) All man being orange is possibility.

(b) All white being man is a possibility.

(c) Some red is not man.

(d) Some yellow is brown.

(e) Some brown is not orange.

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