Reasoning Quiz for LIC and Other exams

Dear Bank Aspirant's  practice Reasoning questions for LIC AAO and Syndicate Manipal Po Exam . Try to solve these questions  and share time taken to solve these questions.

Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Twelve friends are seated along the two rows - (such that facing each other.) A, B, C, D, E and F are seated in first row and facing south. P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated in second row and facing north. Q is on the immediate right of S who is facing A. D is on the immediate right of A. P, F and C are at extreme ends and nobody is seated on the right of F. Only V is seated between P and T and he is not facing B. Q is on the immediate left of R.

1. Who is Facing C?
(1) P
(2) V
(3) T
(4) Q
(5) None of these

2. Which of the following pairs is at one of the extreme Ends?
(1) F, T
(2) C, T
(3) P, B
(4) R, C
(5) None of these

3. Who is facing V?
(1) B
(2) A
(3) D
(4) Can’t say
(5) None of these

4. If A is related to R in a certain way and E is related to S in the same way, then which of the following is related to D?
(1) Q
(2) T
(3) P
(4) V
(5) None of these

5. If in the first row first person from the left interchange its position with the sixth person from the left and following the same way second person changes its position with fifth and third person change its position with forth and so on, who will face’s’?
(1) A
(2) C
(3) D
(4) B
(5) None of these

In each of the following questions, three statements are given 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 and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

6. Statements: Some pearls are stones. Some stones are diamonds. No diamond is a gem.
Conclusions:
 I  Some gems are pearls.
II Some gems are diamonds.
III  No gem is a diamond.
IV  No gem is a pearl.
A. Only I and II follow
B. Only III and IV follow
C. Only either I or IV and either II or III follow
D. Only III and either I or IV follow
E. None of these

7. Statements: All rods are bricks. Some bricks are ropes. All ropes are doors.
  Conclusions:
 I  Some rods are doors.
II Some doors are bricks.
III  Some rods are not doors.
IV  All doors are ropes.
A. Only I and II follow
B. Only I, II and III follow
C. Only either I or III, and II follow
D. Only either I or III, and IV follow
E. None of these

8. Statements: All myths are fictions. No fiction is novel. All novels are stories.
Conclusions:
I  No myth is novel.
II Some fictions are novels.
III  Some fictions are myths.
IV Some myths are novels.
A. Only either I or II and both III and IV follow
B. Only either I or IV and II follow
C. Only either I or IV and both II and III follow
D. All follow
E. None of these

9. Statements: No paper is pen. No pen is pencil. All erasers are papers.
Conclusions:
I  Some papers are erasers.
II No pencil is eraser.
III  No pen is eraser.
IV All papers are erasers.
A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I, II and III follow
D. All follow
E. None of these
.
10. Statements: No man is sky. No sky is road. Some men are roads.
Conclusions:
I No road is man.
II No road is sky.
III  Some skies are men.
IV  All roads are men.
A. None follows
B. Only I follows
C. Only II and III follow
D. Only I and III follow
E. None of these



Answers
(1 – 5):

1. 5; R
2. 4
3. 5; E
4. 1
5. 3
6. D
7. C
8. E
9. E
10. E