Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Reasoning Quiz

1. From word COMPUTER with the help of second letter, fourth letter, sixth letter, and seventh letter make English meaningful words. And answer that what is the third letter in a new word, if more than one words are possible then give answer X and if no word is possible then give answer Y.
(1) O
(2) Y
(3) E
(4) X
(5) None of these


2. Rocky is brother of Tony, Dexi is sister of Rocky, Jimmy is husband of Mary and Mary is mother of Dexi. What is the relation of Tony with Jimmy?
(1) Son
(2) Daughter
(3) Either 1 or 2 
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these

3. In a certain code ‘OPERATION’ is written as ‘PQGTDWMSS’. How is ‘WHOLESALE’ written in that code?
(1) XIQNHVEPJ
(2) XINQHVEPJ
(3) XIQNVHEPJ
(4) XIQNHEVPJ
(5) None of these

4. Pointing to a picture a lady said, “She is the only sister of the son of the son-in-law of the father of brother of my mother.” How is that lady related to person in this picture?
(1) Self
(2) Cousin
(3) Sister
(4) Cousin or Self
(5) None of these

5. Sunil starts to walk in south direction and after walking 16m he turns to his left and walks 20m and then moves to the left side and after walking 26m he takes one more turn to his right and walks 15m and at last he moves to the right and walks 5m. Now in which direction Sunil is standing in respect of starting point?
(1) South
(2) East
(3) South-East
(4) East-North
(5) None of these

6. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word QUALIFICATION each of which has as many letters between them as they have in English alphabet? 
(1) One
(2) Two
(3) Three
(4) Four
(5) More than four

Directions (7-10): In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I & II. A conclusion is a belief or an opinion that is the result of reasoning out a given statement. You have to consider the statement and the following conclusion and decide which of the conclusions follows the statement. 

Give answer- 
(1)If only conclusion I follows
(2)If only conclusion II follows
(3)If either conclusion  or either conclusion  II follows
(4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows
(5) If both conclusions I and II follow

7. Statement: 
The provisional census 2011 figures suggest that the southern Indian states- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamilnadu have achieved the replacement level fertility of 2.1 children per woman while the four large north Indian states—Bihar, M.P., Rajasthan and U.P. have still a long way to go before they achieve the required level.

Conclusions:
I. Very soon these southern states may achieve the set target of stable population.
II. These “demographic divide” could pose problems for socio-economic development as well as unity of the country.

8. Statement: 
India finally got a foothold in the ongoing rush for hydrocarbons in central Asia with the signing of a clutch of agreements.

Conclusions:
I. India has reserved its pie in central Asian Hydrocarbon market.
II. India has a growing appetite for hydrocarbons.

9. Statement: 
Although the contribution of the farm sector to the gross domestic product has fallen to 14%, diversification of the rural economy has reduced the impact of the rains to some extent, monsoon still enjoys a sentimental value.

Conclusions:
I. Rural incomes are less dependent on monsoon due to programmes like NGERA and tripling of support prices of foodgrains.
II. 90% of wheat and 60% of rice-sown area are irrigated today.

10. Statement: 
A recent survey has led to the following revelations. Only a feeling of insecurity leads to xenophobia. Every foreigner is a victim of atrocities committed by persons suffering with xenophobia.

Which of the following can be a conclusion logically drawn from the above revelations?
I. Person who has a feeling of insecurity commits atrocities against foreigners.
II. Foreigners are victimized by persons having xenophobia.
III. Person who donot suffer with a feeling of insecurity do not commit atrocities against foreigners.

(1)Only I and II
(2)Only I
(3)Only II
(4)All I, II and III
(5) None of these

11. Statement: 
Even as production of wheat shows a steady decline and that of coarse cereals and pulses seem to have stagnated, prediction of a fall in farm production has got the government worried about price.

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statement?
(1)Green house gases are said to be responsible for global warming, which in turn is responsible for low productivity.
(2)The fall in production in agriculture will result in the increases in price of agricultural products
(3)Self substitute of agricultural products is difficult.
(4)There is a need to import the agriculture products because of low production.
(5) None of these



ANSWERS
1. (4) ;
Only two word can be found POET and TOPE.
TOPE means: habitually and excessively or engage in such drinking.

2. (3) ;
Rocky is brother and Dexi is sister but Tony can be brother or sister but these three are siblings. Jimmy and Marry are parents of these three children. Answer is option (3).

3. (1) ;
As,
     
4. (4) ;
Brother of my mother - uncle
Father of uncle - Grandfather
Son-in-law of grandfather - My father/uncle
Son of father/uncle -  Brother/Cousin
Only sister of brother/cousin -  Cousin/self

5. 4;

6. 3;
There are three pairs in the word QUALIFICATION: In Forward – A I, and In Backward – NO & IL

7. 5
8. 1
9. 5
10. 1
11. 2

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