Reasoning Questions for IBPS RRB mains 2016

Directions (1-5): In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered A, B and C. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action with regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.

Q1. Statement: Many shops in the local market have extended their shops and occupied most part of the footpath in front of their shops.
Courses of action:
(A) The civic authority should immediately activate a task force to clear all the footpaths encroached by the shop owners.
(B) The civic authority should charge hefty penalty to the shop owners for occupying the footpath.
(C) The civic authority should set up a monitoring system so that such encroachments do not recur in future.
(a) None follows
(b) Only (A) and (B) follow
(c) Only (B) and (C) follow
(d) All (A), (B) and (C) follow
(e) None of the above

Q2. Statement: There has been a continuous increase in the number of dropout students of Govt-run primary schools in the state.
Courses of action:
(A) Govt should immediately set up a committee to review the situation and suggest measures to reverse the trend.
(B) Govt should conduct orientation programmes for parents of the students, emphasizing on the need for educating their children.
(C) Govt should close down such state-run primary schools where dropout rates are more than fifty percent.
(a) Only (A) follows
(b) Only (B) follows
(c) Only (C) follows
(d) Only (A) and (B) follow
(e) None of the above

Q3. Statement: Every year during monsoon, the condition of most of the roads in the city deteriorates causing immense problem to the commuters.
Courses of action:
(A) The civic body should include a heavy penalty clause while awarding future contracts for road repairs.
(B) The civic officials in charge of maintenance of city roads should be asked to explain why the condition of the roads worsens every year.
(C) General public should avoid taking their vehicles out during monsoon.
(a) Only (A) follows. (b) Only (B) follows.
(c) Only (A) and (B) follow
(d) Only (B) and (C) follow
(e) None of the above

Q4. Statement: During the past few days more and more number of indoor patients of the local Govt hospital have been diagnosed to be suffering from malaria.
Courses of action:
(A) All such patients as are suffering from malaria should immediately be discharged from the hospital.
(B) The hospital authority should immediately put a ban on admitting new patients into the hospital.
(C) All such patients as are suffering from malaria should be kept in an isolated ward.
(a) Only (A) follows
(b) Only (B) follows
(c) Only (C) follows
(d) None follows
(e) None of the above

Q5. Statements: Many public sector undertakings have been making losses for the past few years and the situation is equally bad in the current year.
Courses of action:
(A) These loss-making public sector companies should immediately be closed down.
(B) The Govt should scout for potential buyers in the private sector to sell these companies to get back part of the investments made by the Govt.
(C) All the employees of these companies should be retrenched with adequate compensation and the fixed assets may be put up for sale.
(a) None follows
(b) Only (A) and (B) follow
(c) Only (B) and (C) follow
(d) All (A), (B) and (C) follow
(e) None of the above

Directions (6-9): Study the following information and answer the questions given below:
J, K, L, M, N, O, P and R are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. Each of them was born in a different year – 1971, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985 and 1990, but not necessarily in the same order.
M is sitting second to the right of K. L is sitting third to the right of J. L and J were born before 1980. Only the one born in 1984 is sitting exactly between J and K. N, who is the eldest, is not an immediate neighbor of J or M. R is older than only M. R is sitting second to the left of P. P is not an immediate neighbor of N. J is younger than L. K was born before O.

Q6. Who is the second oldest in the group?
(a) J
(b) L
(c) K
(d) P
(e) None of the above

Q7. Who is sitting third to the right of O?
(a) The one born in 1979
(b) The one born in 1980
(c) The one born in 1985
(d) The one born in 1984
(e) None of the above

Q8. In which year was R born?
(a) 1979
(b) 1975
(c) 1980
(d) 1985
(e) None of the above

Q9. Which of the following statements is true regarding K?
(a) K is sitting fourth to the right of R.
(b) The one who was born in 1975 is on the immediate left of K.
(c) K is younger than R.
(d) There are four persons sitting between N and K.
(e) None of the above

Directions (10-14): Study the following information and answer the questions that follow:
In a certain code language, ‘hope to see you’ is coded as ‘re so na di’, ‘please come to see the party’ is coded as ‘fi ge na di ke zo’, ‘hope to come’ is coded as ‘di so ge’ and ‘see you the party’ is coded as ‘re fi zo na’.

Q10. How is ‘please’ coded in the given code language?
(a) di
(b) ke
(c) fi
(d) na
(e) None of the above

Q11. What does the code ‘so’ stand for in the given code language?
(a) hope
(b) come
(c) see
(d) to
(e) None of the above

Q12. How is ‘party’ coded in the given code language?
(a) Either ‘re’ or ‘fi’
(b) Either ‘zo’ or ‘na’
(c) Either ‘zo’ or ‘fi’
(d) Either ‘zo’ or ‘ge’
(e) Either ‘ke’ or ‘fi’

Q13. How will ‘please see you’ be coded in the given code language?
(a) re na ke
(b) so re na
(c) zo re na
(d) na di ke
(e) ke re ge

Q14. Which of the following will be coded as ‘so di re’ in the given code language?
(a) you see hope
(b) hope you please
(c) hope you come
(d) the hope to
(e) you hope to

Directions (15): In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions. 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.

Q15. Statements: A ≥ B = C, B < D ≤ E
Conclusions: I. D > A II. E > C