Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Reasoning Quiz

1. How many such pair of letters are there in the word DESCRIPTIVE each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
(1) None
(2) One
(3) Two
(4) Three
(5) More than three


2. If the positions of the first and the sixth letters in the word PERFORMANCE are interchanged, similarly the position of the second and the seventh letters are interchanged and so on. Which letter will be the second to the right of the fifth letter from the right?
(1) O
(2) F
(3) N
(4) E
(5)P

3. In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is three times that of his daughter and the age of the son is half of his mother. The wife is 9 years younger to her husband and the brother is seven years older than his sister. what is the age of the mother?
(1) 40
(2) 50
(3) 45
(4) 60
(5) None of these

4. Starting from his home Shrikant walk 35m towards south .Then he turns right and walks 15 m then turns right again and walks 10 m. He now travels 5 m towards east to reach the school. In which direction is the school with respect to his home?
(1) East
(2) West
(3) North-west
(4) South west
(5) North east

5. Pointing to a boy in a photograph Ajit said “He is the only son of my maternal grandfather‘s only child’. How is the boy related to Ajit?
(1) Self
(2) Brother
(3) Cousin
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these

Directions (6-10): In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer:
(1) If only (1) conclusion follows
(2) If sonly (2) conclusion follows
(3) If either (1) or (2) follows
(4) If neither (1) nor (2) follows and
(5) If both (1) and (2) follow.

6. Statements: :
Some silk are moon.
All moons are planet.
No planet is Star.
Conclusions:
1. No silk are star.
2. At least some silk are Star.

7. Statements: 
All Chairs are Furniture.
No Furniture is plastic.
All plastic are red.
Conclusions:
1. Some plastic are Chair.
2. No Chair is plastic.

8. Statements: 
All students are boys.
All boys are clever.
All clever are fool.
Conclusion:
1. All fool are students.
2. No boy being student is a possibility.

9. Statements: 
All red are white.
Some white are Lotus. 
All Lotus are pink.
Conclusions:
1. Some red are pink.
2. No red is pink.

10. Statements: 
All stickers are pin. 
Some pins are metal.
All phones are metal.
All metal are Engine
Conclusions:
1. All those pin which are metal are also engine. 
2. At least some phones are stickers.



ANSWERS
1. (5) There are more than three pair in word DESCRIPTIVE: DE, DI, EI, CE

2. (2)  Second to the right of the Fifth from the right is = 5 – 2 = 3rd from the right is F

3. (4) Let the age of the mother be x years.

Age of the son = x/2 years

Age of the daughter =  years
Age of the father = 3  years
3   - x = 9
x = 60 years

4. (4)  South West

5. (1) Self

Solutions (6-10)

6.(3)

7. (2) from the diagrams below, only (2) conclusion follows.

8.  (4) , from the diagrams below, none conclusion follows.

9. (3), from the diagrams below, either conclusion (1) or (2) follows.

10. (1), from the diagrams below, only conclusion (1) follows.


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