Reasoning Quiz for IBPS CLERK Prelims: 6th October 2018

Dear Aspirants,

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

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. Each of them has a birthday is in different month viz .March, April, May, June, July, August, November and December.
The one whose birthday is in December sits third to the right of G. C is an immediate neighbour of G. The one whose birthday is in May sits second to the right of C. B sits third to the right of H. H’s birthday is neither in December nor in May. Only one person sits between C and the one whose birthday in August. A and F are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither A’s nor F’s birthday in December month. The one whose birthday is in March sits second to the right of A. Two people sit between D and the one whose birthday is in April month. D’s birthday is not in December month. The one whose birthday is in June is not an immediate neighbour of the one whose birthday is in December. The one whose birthday is in July sits second to the left of A.

Q1. Who amongst the following has birthday is in November?

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Q2. What is the position of F with respect to the one whose birthday is in December?

Immediate right

Third to the left

Second to the right

Fourth to the left

Second to the left

Solution:

Q3. Who sit(s) exactly between the one whose birthday is in August and the one whose birthday is in April, when counted left from the one whose birthday is in April?

C and H

Only the one whose birthday is in December

Only the one whose birthday is in March

C and B

The one whose birthday is in May and the one whose birthday is in July

Solution:

Q4. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?

D is an immediate neighbour of G.

G’s birthday is in July.

The one whose birthday is in July and the one whose birthday is in August are immediate neighbours of each other.

The one whose birthday is in June sits exactly between the one whose birthday is in May and the one whose birthday is in November.

The one whose birthday is in March sits second to the right of the one whose birthday is in November.

Solution:

Q5. G’s birthday is in which month?

November

June

July

August

May

Solution:

Q6. If ‘A’ is called ‘2’, B’ is called ‘3’, ‘C’ is called ‘5’, ‘D’ is called ‘8’ and so on, then what will be the numerical value of ‘F’?

None of these

Solution:

+1,+2,+3,+4,+5……so on.

Q7. In a certain code BELOW is written as FCKVN. How is GIVEN written in that code?

JHWMD

HJUMD

JHMUD

JHUMD

None of these.

Solution:

Directions (8-10): Study the given information carefully and answer the given questions.

Among six people – A, B, C, D, E and F each of a different age, A is younger than only D. Only three people are younger than C. F is younger than E. F is not the youngest.

Q8. Who amongst the following is the youngest?

None of these

Solution:

D > A > C > E > F > B

Q9. If E's age is 16 years, then which of the following may be B's age?

19 years

22 years

18 years

17 years

12 years

Solution:

D > A > C > E > F > B

Q10. How many people are younger than E?

One

Two

Three

Four

More than four

Solution:

D > A > C > E > F > B

Q11. A man is facing north –west. He turns 90 degree in the clockwise direction, then 180 degree in the anticlockwise direction and then again 90 degree in the same direction then in which direction, he is facing now?

South

South west

North

South east

East

Q12. If the letters in the word PARAMOUNT rearranged as they appear in the English alphabetical order then the position of how many letter will remain unchanged after the rearrangement?

None

One

Two

Three

More than three

Solution:

PARAMOUNT
AAMNOPRTU

Q13. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and ninth letters of the word DIFFICULTIES, which of the following will be the second letters of the word ? If no such word can be made, give 'X' as the answer and if more than one such word can be made, give 'Y' as the answer.

Solution:

C, I, F, T

Directions (14-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Rakesh started his journey towards North direction and moved 6 km to reach at point A, then turned to his right 45 degree and moved 10km to reach at point B. Now again he turned 135 degrees clockwise and moved 14 km to reach at point C, which is in a straight line to his initial point. Now again he turned 135 degree clockwise to reach at mid point of the line AM, which draw a perpendicular from point A to a line BC.

Q14. What is the shortest distance between C and the midpoint of AM line?

5√3km

√10km

2√10km

3√5km

5√2km

Solution: