Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Reasoning Quiz

1. A university librarian reported increased cases of theft of books from the library.

Which of the following actions should be taken by the university administration?
(1) Stricter security arrangements should be put in place in order to prevent such incidents.
(2) All the students in the university should be made to pay a hefty fine in order to replace the lost books.
(3) The university library should be closed till the stolen books are returned by the students.
(4) Both (1) and (2)
(5) Both (2) and (3)


2. Many students were caught while using unfair means during the final examinations by the special team of the university. 

Which of the following can be a possible consequence of the facts stated in the above statement?
(1) The teachers responsible for invigilation in all such examination halls where the students were caught, are to be suspended from their services.
(2) All those students who were caught while using unfair means are to be debarred from appearing in these examinations for a year.
(3) The college should be blacklisted by the University for holding final examinations at least for a year.
(4) Both (1) and (2)
(5) Both (2) and (3)

3. Police authority cordoned off the entire locality for the entire day and stopped all vehicular movement for the visit of a top functionary of the government in view of the threat perception and advised all the residents in the area to limit their movement outside their dwellings.

Which of the following assumption(s) is/are implicit in the above statement?
(1) Police personnel may not be able to control the vehicular movement in the locality and may seek help from the armed forces.
(2) People living in the locality may move out of their houses for the day to avoid inconvenience.
(3) The Govt. functionary may request the police authority to lift the ban on movement of residents of the locality outside their dwellings.
(4) Both (2) and (3)
(5) None is implicit

4. Many persons in the locality are diagnosed to be suffering from gastro-intestinal diseases after consuming poor quality drinking water supplied by the municipal authority.

Which of the following substantiates the facts stated in the above statement ?
(1) Gastro-intestinal diseases are not very severe in nature
(2) Peoples suffering from gastro-intestinal diseases need not take medicines.
(3) Many people suffer from gastro-intestinal diseases after consuming state food.
(4) Gastro-intestinal diseases are waterborne diseases.
(5) None of these

5. Read the following information carefully and answer the question which follows.

All existing and upcoming hotels within the 5 km radius of national parks and sanctuaries in India will have to pay 30% of their annual turnover as tax to the government.

Which of the following statements can be inferred from the facts/ information given in the above statement?
(1) The tax collected from the hotels will be used for upkeep of these national parks and sanctuaries.
(2) Hotels which are sponsored by the governement will not have to pay any tax even if these are located within the 5 km radius of such wildife hotspots.
(3) Ecosystem of the national parks and sanctuaries is adversely affected even if the hotels are located outside the 5 km radius.
(4) Government allows the construction of hotels within 5 km radius of national parks and sanctuaries.
(5) Such a step is taken by the environment ministry to boost eco-tourism and perk up revenue collection of State governments.

Directions (Q. 6-10): In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions.

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

6. Statement:
P < Q < R = S, Q ≥ N = M

Conclusion:
I. P < M
II. Q ≥ S

7. Statement:
K ≥ J = I, S > T > U < V = I

Conclusion:
I. K ≥V
II. S > U

8. Statement:
K ≥ J = I, S > T < U < V = I

Conclusion:
I. J > T
II. K ≥S

9. Statement:
A ≤ B > C = D > P > Q

Conclusion:
I. B > P
II. Q < A

10. Statement:
X < Y < Z ≤ D = E

Conclusion:
I. Y ≥ E
II. Y < E

Directions (11-15): Study following information to answer the given questions: 
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. 

Input : age road own wire tire ink pen uni dice eat 
Step I: uni age road own wire tire ink pen eat dice 
Step II: uni own age road wire tire ink eat pen dice 
Step III: uni own ink age wire tire eat road pen dice 
Step IV: uni own ink eat age wire tire road pen dice 

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps for the given input. 

Input : gem stat ace cast omit fan rate uncut era input

11. Which of the following would be the final arrangement?
(1) cast gem fan rate stat uncut omit input era ace
(2) uncut omit input era ace cast fan gem rate stat
(3) uncut omit input era ace stat rate gem fan cast
(4) uncut omit input era ace state rate gem fan cast
(5) None of these

12. In Step III, which of the following word would be at 6th position from the left?
(1) rate
(2) ace
(3) stat
(4) gem
(5) None of these

13. Which step number would be the following output?
uncut omit gem stat ace rate era input fan cast 
(1) II
(2) III
(3) V
(4) IV
(5) None of these

14. In step IV of the rearrangement, if omit is related to era and rate is related to fan in a certain way, to which of the following would ace be related to, following the same pattern?
(1) rate
(2) input
(3) stat
(4) gem
(5) None of these

15. Which of the following would be Step VII?
(1) Uncut omit input era ace state rate gem fan cast
(2) Uncut omit input era ace rate stat fan gem cast
(3) Uncut omit input era ace cast fan gem rate state
(4) Uncut omit input era stat ace rate gem fan cast
(5) There will be no such step as the input gets rearranged before step VII



ANSWERS
1. (1)

2. (2)

3. (5)

4. (4)

5. (4)

6.  4

7.  5

8. 1

9.  1

10. 2
Solutions (11-15)
After careful analysis of the given input and various steps of rearrangement, it is evident that two words are rearrange in each step. The words starting with Vowels are arranged from the left in the reverse alphabetical order and words starting with consonants are arranged from the right in alphabetical order.
Input : gem stat ace cast omit fan rate uncut era input
Step I: uncut gem stat ace omit fan rate era input cast
Step II: uncut omit gem stat ace rate era input fan cast
Step III: uncut omit input stat ace rate era gem fan cast
Step IV: uncut omit input era stat ace rate gem fan cast
Step V:  uncut omit input era ace stat rate gem fan cast

11. (3)
Option (3) is the final arrangement.

12. (1)
The word ‘rate’ is at sixth place from the left in the Step III.

13. (1)
It is Step II.

14. (4)
There is one word between ‘omit’ and ‘era’. Therefore, ‘ace’ would be related to ‘gem’.

15. (5)
Step V is the last step

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