Monday, September 8, 2014

Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-15): In each of the following questions three statements are given and these statements are followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III & IV. 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 given statements. For each question, mark out an appropriate answer choice that you think is correct.

1. Statements:
All clips are watches.
All watches are telephones. 
No clips are pins.


Conclusions: 
I. Some watches are not pins. 
II. Some telephones are pins. 
III. No telephones are pins.
IV. Some pins are not watches.

(1) None follows.              
(2) Only I follow.
(3) Only I & either II or III follow
(4) Only IV & either II or III follow 
(5) None of these

2. Statements:
No state are countries.
No countries are districts.
No districts are tehsils.

Conclusions:
I. All state are tehsils. 
II. Some countries are tehsils. 
III. Some tehsils are not countries.
IV. Some states are not tehsils. 

(1) None follows 
(2) Only either II or III follows
(3) Only either I or IV follows
(4) Either II or III & either I or IV follow 
(5) None of these

3. Statements:
All keys are locks.
Some locks are not buttons.
All locks are clocks.

Conclusions: 
I. Some keys are not buttons.
II. Some keys are buttons.
III Some clocks are not buttons.
IV. Some clocks are buttons.

(1) None follows.             
(2) Only either III or IV follows
(3) Only either I or II follows
(4) Only II & either III or IV follow 
(5) None of these         

4. Statements:
All keys are locks.
Some buttons are not locks. 
Some keys are rings.

Conclusions: 
I. Some buttons are keys.
II. Some buttons are not keys.
III. All rings are locks.
IV. Some rings are not locks.

(1) None follows            
(2) Only either III or IV follows
(3)Only either I or II follows
(4) Only II & either III or IV follow
(5) None of these

5. Statements: 
All keys are locks.
Some keys are not buttons. 
All locks are clocks.

Conclusions: 
I. Some locks are buttons.
II Some locks are not buttons. 
III. Some keys are buttons   
IV. No keys are buttons.

(1) None follows.            
(2) Only either III or IV follows
(3) Only either I or II follows
(4) Only II & either III or IV follow
(5) None of these                 

6. A man starts from his home, walks 4 km towards North, takes a left turn and walks for 10 km. He then takes a left turn and walks for 15 km before taking a left turn again and walking for 10 km. The man finally takes a left turn and walks 2 km before stopping. How far and towards which direction the man should walk to reach the home again?
(1)  6 km toward North 
(2)  14 km towards East
(3)  12km towards South 
(4)  12 km towards West
(5)  9 km towards North

Directions (7-11): Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
In an examination, A, B, C, D & E scored different marks. A scored the lowest. B scored more than D & E but not the highest. The person who scored 2nd highest scored 89 and A scored 65.

7. What could probably be D’s score?
(1) 93
(2) 86  
(3) 62  
(4) 79  
(5) either 2 or 4

8. Who scored highest?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E

9. What could be the probable score of C?
(1) 84   
(2) 76   
(3) 91 
(4) 65   
(5) can’t be determined

10. What could be the position of D?
(1) 1st 
(2) 2nd   
(3) 3rd 
(4) 4th   
(5) Either 3 or 4

11. If the person scoring highest marks scored 7 marks more than B what was his exact score?
(1) 91   
(2) 93   
(3) 90     
(4) 96
(5) 95


ANSWERS
1. (3)


2. (4)

3. (5)

4. (4)

5. (4)

6. (5)


Ist – C    2nd – B(89)    3rd/4th – D/E     A- 65

7.  (5)
8.  (3)
9.  (3)
10.  (5)

11.  (4)


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