IBPS SO Prelims GT Reasoning ability Practice Test - 3
Directions (51-55): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows facing other in a manner that person sitting in one row faces exactly the other person sitting in another row. In Row 1, A, B, C, D, E and Fare sitting together facing towards South. In row 2, P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting together facing towards North.
• P is the immediate neighbour of U and S
• B is the immediate neighbour of A and E.
• Neither S. U nor A, E sit at any of the extreme ends.
• D sits second to the left of B and Q sits second to the left of P.
• T and R face F and C, not necessarily in the same order.
• U does not face D and P does not face A.
• F is not the immediate neighbour of D and R is not the immediate neighbour of S.
51.Who is facing A?
a) P
b) Q
c) R
d) S
e) None of these
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- Answer: b
52. Four of the five are alike in a certain way. Find the odd one out.
a) FU
b) ET
c) SB
d) AP
e) UD
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- Answer: e
53. Who is sitting second to the right of Q?
a) P
b) Q
c) R
d) S
e) None of these
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- Answer: a
54. How many person(s) are sitting between F and D?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
e) None of these
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- Answer: c
55. Who sits to the right of the one who faces S?
a) E
b) A
c) B
d) F
e) All of these
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- Answer: e
Directions (56-60): Read the given instructions carefully and answer the questions given below.
12 persons named A, B, C, D, E, F, U, V, W, X, Y and Z joined office in 6 months named March, April, June, July, August and September on 2 different dates 22nd and 25th, not necessarily in the same order.
W joined the office in the month having even number of days and F joined immediately before W. 4 persons joined the office in between U and W, while V joined before U. Y joined the office at last. B joined the office before D and both joined on the same date. Z joined before X. C and V joined on different dates. 6 persons joined in between E and V. A and V joined on different dates. A and Z joined in the same month having odd number of days. 3 persons joined in between E and X. V joined the office on 25th of a month.
56. Who joined the office first?
a) A
b) B
c) Z
d) X
e) D
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- Answer: a
57. How many people joined the office in between Z and D?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
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- Answer: e
58. Who joined the office immediately before V?
a) X
b) E
c) U
d) C
e) Y
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- Answer: d
59. How many people joined after X?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
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- Answer: e
60. Choose the odd one out.
a) B
b) W
c) E
d) Y
e) D
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- Answer: c
Directions (61-64): In the following questions assuming the given statement to be true, find which of the conclusion(s) among given conclusions is/are definitely true and then give your answers accordingly.
61. Statements:
C ≥ D < E ≥ F, A = B ≥ C, F > G < H
Conclusions:
I. A > D
II. A = D
a) Only I is true
b) Only II is true
c) Either I or II is true
d) Neither I nor II is true
e) Both I and II are true
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- Answer: c
62. Statements:
X ≤ C ≥ S > D, R ≤ T = X, Q = E ≥ R
Conclusions:
I. R = C
II. R < C
a) Only I is true
b) Only II is true
c) Either I or II is true
d) Neither I nor II is true
e) Both I and II are true
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- Answer: c
63. Statements:
R ≥ C ≤ V, T ≥ S = R, V = E ≤ Y = X
Conclusions:
I. C < X
II. C = X
a) Only I is true
b) Only II is true
c) Either I or II is true
d) Neither I nor II is true
e) Both I and II are true
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- Answer: c
64. Statements:
U ≤ R < T, G = H > Y ≤ U, T = C > V
Conclusions:
I. G > R
II. Y < C
a) Only I is true
b) Only II is true
c) Either I or II is true
d) Neither I nor II is true
e) Both I and II are true
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- Answer: b
Directions (65-68): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H were born in different years 1975, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1992, 1997, 1999 and 2003 but not necessarily in the same order. All calculations are done with respect to 2019. Age of F is one more than the sum of the ages of E and D. Only one person was born between E and H. B was born before A. Less than two persons were born between B and E. C is 2 years elder than G.
65. How many persons were born between F and A?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 2
d) 5
e) 4
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- Answer: e
66. What is the average age of C, G, F and A (in years)?
a) 32
b) 33
c) 35
d) 38
e) None of these
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- Answer: c
67. What is the age difference between H and G (in years)?
a) 18
b) 16
c) 20
d) 14
e) None of these
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- Answer: b
68. If F is related to 1983, G is related to 1992, in the same way A is related to which of the following?
a) 1997
b) 1992
c) 1981
d) 2003
e) None of these
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- Answer: d
Directions (69-72): Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H sit around a circle facing to the centre but not necessarily in the same order. D is second to the left of F and third to the right of H. A is second to the right of F. C is second to the right of B and F is third to the right of B. G is not an immediate neighbour of F.
69. Who among the following sits immediate left of A?
a) H
b) E
c) G
d) C
e) None of these
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- Answer: b
70. In which of the following pairs, the first person sits to the immediate left of the second person?
a) CD
b) BG
c) HA
d) FC
e) None of these
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- Answer: e
71. Who is fourth to the right of B?
a) E
b) C
c) A
d) H
e) None of these
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- Answer: a
72. What is E’s position with respect to G?
a) Second to the right
b) Third to the left
c) Third to the right
d) Second to the left
e) None of these
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- Answer: b
Directions (73-77): A word arrangement machine when given an input of words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and steps rearrangement.
INPUT: College Festival Celebration Is Beautiful Memorable Moment
STEP 1: Moment College Festival Celebration Is Beautiful Memorable
STEP 2: Moment Memorable College Festival Celebration is Beautiful
STEP 3: Moment Memorable Is College Festival Celebration Beautiful
STEP 4: Moment Memorable Is Festival College Celebration Beautiful
This is the final arrangement and step 4 is the last step.
As per the rules followed in the given steps, answer the questions given below for the following input.
Input: Red Black Yellow Orange Pink Blue Brown
73. How many steps are required to rearrange?
a) 2
b) 1
c) 4
d) 5
e) 3
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- Answer: d
74. Which element is 5th from the left in the 3rd step?
a) Black
b) Blue
c) Red
d) Brown
e) Orange
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- Answer: a
75. Which comes exactly between 'Black' and 'Blue' in the step 2?
a) Orange
b) Red
c) Yellow
d) Blue
e) None of these
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- Answer: a
76. What would be the last step of the following input?
a) Yellow Red Black Orange Pink Blue Brown
b) Red Black Yellow Orange Pink Blue Brown
c) Yellow Red Pink Orange Brown Black Blue
d) Yellow Red Pink Orange Brown Blue Black
e) Yellow Red Pink Black Orange Blue Brown
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- Answer: d
77. "Yellow Red Pink Black Orange Blue Brown" which would be the step of the given input?
a) Step 2
b) Step 3
c) Step 5
d) Step 4
e) Step 1
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- Answer: a
Directions (78-80): In the question given below, four statements are given followed by conclusions: I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
78. Statements:
Only a few times are real.
Some real are not luck.
No charade is a time.
Some charades are luck.
Conclusions:
I. All luck can never be times.
II. Some real are definitely not charades.
a) Only II follows
b) Only I follows
c) Neither I nor II follows
d) Either I or II follows
e) Both I and II follow
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- Answer: e
79. Statements:
Only a few countries are towns.
Some ghosts are boards.
No board is a town.
All ghosts are countries.
Conclusions:
I. Some countries are definitely not towns.
II. Some boards are definitely not countries.
a) Neither I nor II follows
b) Either I or II follows
c) Only II follows
d) Only I follows
e) Both I and II follow
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- Answer: d
80. Statements:
Only a few anchors are covers.
Only a few plush are clubs.
All covers are plush.
Some clubs are anchors
Conclusions:
I. At least some clubs are covers.
II. No cover is a club.
a) Both I and II follow
b) Only II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Only I follows
e) Neither I nor II follows
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- Answer: c
Directions (81-82): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Arun moves 9m towards the south direction then further moves towards his right and walks for 6m after that he took a right turn of 4m and stays there for some time and then took a left turn. After walking for 5m he took left turn of 4m. He took a cup of tea there and then again start moving towards his right, after moving 6m he took last right turn of 3m from point O. Finally, he moves towards southwest direction of 4m to reach at the shop also shop is in west of point O.
81. What is the direction of Arun's starting point with respect to point O?
a) Southeast
b) Northeast
c) East
d) West
e) None of the above
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- Answer: b
82. What is the total distance covered by Arun till the point O?
a) 34m
b) 33m
c) 32m
d) 31m
e) None of these
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- Answer: a
83. Mohan is 11th from the left of Ram, who is 15th from the left end of the row. Ganesh is 20th from the right end of the row and third to the left of Ram. How many persons are there in the row?
a) 33
b) 35
c) 31
d) 32
e) 34
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- Answer: c
Directions (84-88): Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.
Ten people live in an eleven-story building but not necessarily in the same order. One of the floors is empty. The ground floor is numbered 1 and the top floor is numbered 11. N lives below U. P lives below R and above V. Only three people live between Z and the vacant floor. X lives three floors away from T. Q lives on the second floor. T lives above Y. R live immediately above Z but not on the top floor. Only one person lives between X and the vacant floor. There are four floors between T and Q.
84. How many people live between U and Y?
a) Four
b) Three
c) Five
d) Two
e) None of these
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- Answer: b
85. Who lives on the ground floor?
a) V
b) R
c) P
d) T
e) None of these
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- Answer: a
86. Who lives immediately above N?
a) X
b) Z
c) Y
d) P
e) None of these
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- Answer: a
87. Which of the following floors is vacant?
a) Tenth
b) Ninth
c) Eighth
d) Sixth
e) None of these
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- Answer: c
88. Find the odd one.
a) U
b) R
c) T
d) Z
e) V
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- Answer: d
89. The question consists of two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
Six boxes, P, Q, R, S, T and U are placed one above another such that the bottommost position is 1 and the position above it is 2 and so on. Which among the following is placed at the topmost position?
Statement I: P is placed 2nd to the above of S, which is placed just above Q. T, which is not at the topmost position, is placed 2nd to the above of U.
Statement II: U is placed 2nd to the above of Q. Two boxes are placed between T and S.
a) The data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question
b) The data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question
c) The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question
d) The data given in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question
e) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
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- Answer: a
90. The question given below consists of three statements numbered I, II and III given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read all the statements and give answer.
There are only six members P, Q, R, S, T and U in three generation family. Only married couples have children. How Q is related to T?
Statement I: U's father's mother's only daughter-in-law's only sister is R. P is son of T.
Statement II: T's wife's only son's only daughter's mother is Q. R is sister of Q and only sister-in-law of P.
Statement III: S's only son's only daughter's maternal aunt is R. U is daughter of P.
a) Data given in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the given question.
b) Data given in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the given question.
c) Data given in statement III alone is sufficient to answer the given question.
d) Data given in either statement I or II is sufficient to answer the given question
e) Data given in both statements II and III together is sufficient to answer the given question
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- Answer: b
91. The question given below consists of two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read all the statements and give answer.
There are six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U each having different weights. Who is the third heaviest person?
Statement I: Q is heavier than P, who is heavier than T, who is not the lightest. S is heavier than only one person. Q is not the heaviest.
Statement II: Only three persons are heavier than T, who is heavier than S. S is not the lightest. Q is heavier than P and neither of them is lighter than T.
a) If the data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question.
b) If the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.
c) If the data either in statement I alone or statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.
d) If the data in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
e) If the data in both statements I and II together are sufficient to answer the question.
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- Answer: a
Directions (92-94): In each question below is given a statement followed by three assumptions numbered I, II and III. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions, and choose your answer accordingly.
92. Statement:
Unable to manage with the present salary, Arun has decided to join another company.
Assumptions:
I. The new company has better work environment.
II. The present company offers moderate pay packets.
III. The new company offers higher salary to all its employees.
a) None is implicit
b) Only II is implicit
c) All are implicit
d) Only II and III are implicit
e) None of the above
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- Answer: b
93. Statements:
Bombay people were spellbound, mesmerized and got mad when they saw the famous pop-singer Michael Jackson's hi-tech pulsating megawatt performance.
Assumptions:
I. When a show is accompanied with latest technology, it has a magical effect.
II. Bombay people were never impressed with performances by Indian musicians.
III. Michael Jackson is a super singer.
a) Only I is implicit
b) Only II is implicit
c) Only I and III are implicit
d) Either I or III is implicit
e) Only II and III are implicit
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- Answer: c
94. Statement:
Television convinces viewers that the likelihood of their becoming the victim of a violent crime is extremely high; at the same time by its very nature TV persuades viewers to passively accept whatever happens to them.
Conclusions:
a) TV viewing promotes criminal behaviour.
b) TV viewers are most likely to be victimized than others.
c) People should not watch TV.
d) TV promotes a feeling of helpless vulnerability in viewers.
e) None of these
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- Answer: d
95. In the question given below consists of a statement, followed by three or four arguments numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to decide which of the arguments is/are 'strong' argument (S) and accordingly choose your answer from the alternatives given below each question.
Statement:
Should there be complete ban on Indian professionals seeking jobs elsewhere after getting their education in India?
Arguments:
I. Yes. This is the only way to sustain present rate of technological development in India.
II. No. The Indians settled abroad send huge amount of foreign exchange and this constitutes a significant part of foreign exchange reserve.
III. No. The practical knowledge gained by Indians by working in other countries help India develop its economy.
a) None is strong
b) All are strong
c) Only I and II are strong
d) Only III is strong
e) Only II and III are strong
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- Answer: a
Directions (96-98): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions accordingly.
196 615 254 431 329
96. If we arranged all digits in decreasing order within the number from left then, how many odd numbers thus obtained?
a) 1
b) None
c) 3
d) 2
e) More than three
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- Answer: c
97. If we interchanged 1st and 3rd digit of each number then, find the largest number thus obtained?
a) 615
b) 329
c) 254
d) 196
e) 431
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- Answer: b
98. Find the difference between the largest number and second smallest number?
a) 219
b) 361
c) 319
d) 362
e) None of these
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- Answer:b
Directions (Q.99-100): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Five persons P, Q, R, S and T have different number of chocolates. Q has more number of Chocolates than P but less than T. R has 10 chocolates which is more than S and less than P. T has 15 chocolates more than R.
99. Who among the following has and highest number of chocolates?
a) P
b) Q
c) R
d) S
e) T
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- Answer: b
100. What is the sum of R and T chocolates?
a) 25
b) 35
c) 20
d) 15
e) 30
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- Answer: b