Friday, June 19, 2015

Gateway to SBI Mains: Reasoning Mix Quiz.

Directions (Q.1 –5) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: 
(I) P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members of a family.
(II) Each one of them has a different profession – Doctor, Teacher, Lawyer, Engineer, Architect,      Charted Accountant and Banker – and their incomes are different.
(III) There are two married couples in the group.
(IV) R is the Doctor and earns more than the Engineer and the Lawyer.
(V) T is married to the Chartered Accountant and she earns the least.
(VI) No lady is either Lawyer or Engineer.
(VII) Q, the Teacher, earns less than P, the Banker. W is married to Q and he earns more than S and P.
(VIII) V is not the Lawyer. The Chartered Accountant earns less than the Lawyer but more than the Banker.

1.Who earns the maximum in the family? 
A) V 
B) W 
C) R 
D) S 
E) None of these

2.Which of the following is a pair of married couple? 
A) RT 
B) VT 
C) QT 
D) ST 
E) None of these

3.What is P’s position from the top when they are arranged ?
A) Second  
B) Fourth  
C) Third  
D) Sixth  
E) None of these

4.What is the profession of V? 
A)Engineer
B)Chartered Accountant
C)Engineer or Chartered Accountant
D)Data inadequate
E)None of these

5.At least how many male members are there in the family? 
A) Two 
B) Three 
C) Four 
D) Five
E) None of these

Directions (Q. 6 – 10): In each of the questions below there are three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take 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 logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. 
6. Statements: a. some fruits are flowers. 
   b. No flower is a boat 
   c. All boats are rivers. 
Conclusions: I. some fruits are rivers. 
 II. Some rivers are boats. 
 III. Some rivers are fruits. 
IV. Some flowers are fruits. 
A) All of the above 
B) II and IV only
C)  I and III only 
D) II and III only
E) None of these

7. Statements:a. some buses are horses.
b. All horses are goats.
c. All goats are dogs.
Conclusions: I. some dogs are buses.
II. Some dogs are horses.
III. Some dogs are goats.
IV. Some buses are goats.
A) None of the above 
B) I and II only
C) II and III only 
D) III and IV only
E) All of the above

8. Statements:a. some chairs are buildings.
b. All buildings are vehicles.
c. Some vehicles are trucks.
Conclusions: I. some chairs are trucks.
II. Some chairs are vehicles.
III. Some vehicles are buildings.
IV. No truck is a chair.
A) None of the above 
B) II and III only
C) Either only I or II and III and IV  
D) either only I or IV and II and III
E) All of the above

9. Statements:a. All doors are windows.
b. All houses are windows.
c. Some windows are soaps. 
Conclusions: I. some doors are houses.
II. Some houses are soaps.
III. Some soaps are doors.
IV. All soaps are windows.
A) None of the above 
B) I only
C) I and III only   
D) II and IV only 
E) All of the above

10. Statements:a. some cruel animals are papers.
b. No paper is tree.
c. All trees are ways.
Conclusions: I. No cruel animal is tree.
II. Some ways are trees.
III. Some papers are cruel animals.
IV. Some cruel animals are trees.
A) I and II only 
B) II, III and IV only
C) Only either I or IV and III 
D) I, II and III only 
E) None of these

Directions (Q. 11 – 15): In the following questions the symbols @, #, ©, * and $ are used with the following meanings:
A @ B means A is not greater than B.
A # B means A is not smaller than B.
A © B means A is neither greater than nor smaller than B.
A * B means A is neither greater than nor equal to B.
A $ B means A is neither smaller than nor equal to B.
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find out which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true.
Give answer
A)If only conclusion I is true.
B)If only conclusion II is true.
C)If either conclusion I or II is true.
D)If neither conclusion I nor II is true.
E)If both conclusions I and II are true.

11. Statements : D @ T,  T * E,  E $ N
Conclusions: I. E $ D
II. T $ N

12. Statements :  H * F, F # G,  G © Q
Conclusion: I. Q © F
II. Q * F

13 .Statements : K * T,  T$F, F #R
Conclusions: I. K $ R
II. F * K

14. Statements : M © R,  R $K,  K #A
Conclusion: I. M © A
II. M $ A

15.Statements : B @ V,  V © M,  J $M
Conclusions: I. J $ B
II. J $ V


Answers

1. C
2. E
3. E
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. E
8. D
9. A
10. E
11. A
12. C
13. D
14. B
15. E

Hints for Ques(1-5)

 Salary wise Decreasing  order of Persons

R- Doctor (Highest Salary)
V- Engineer or CA (Male)
W- Lawyer
S- CA or engineer(Male)
P-banker
Q- teacher(Female)
T- Architect (Female)(Lowest Salary)

Married couple are

S(Male)-T(Female)
W(Male)-Q(Female)

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