Reasoning Ability Practice Questions for IBPS Clerk – Set 20
Directions
(1 – 5): In the given questions, assuming the given statements to be true. Find
which of the given four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV is/are
definitely true and give your answer accordingly.
1.
Statements: S
> M ≥ D > H ≤ R ≤ T < W
Conclusions:
I.
S > H
II.
W > H
III.
R < W
a) Only I,
II and III are true.
b) Only II
is true.
c) Only I
and II are true.
d) Only I
and either II or IV are true.
e) All I,
II, III and IV are true.
2.
Statement: M >
U > L ≤ L; L ≥ Y > A
Conclusions:
I.
Y < N
II.
M > N
III.
N = Y
IV.
M > A
a) Only
either II or III is true.
b) Only IV
and either I or III are true.
c) Only IV
is true.
d) Only II
is true.
e) Only III
is true.
3.
Statement: J ≥ A
> D = E; L < A < M
Conclusions:
I.
M < J
II.
J > L
III.
D > L
IV.
E < M
a) Only II
is true.
b) Only I
and III are true.
c) None is
true.
d) Only II
and IV are true.
e) Only I and
II are true.
4.
Statement: Y >
F ≤ O ≤ P; F ≥ U < T
Conclusions:
I.
Y > P
II.
T < E
III.
O > T
IV.
P < U
a) Only I
is true.
b) Only II
is true.
c) Only III
is true.
d) None is
true.
e) Only I
and IV are true.
5.
Statement: K ≤ O <
M < J ≥ E > D = T
Conclusions:
I.
T < E
II.
K > J
III.
T > O
IV.
E < M
a) Only I
is true.
b) Only I
and III are true.
c) None is
true.
d) Only II
and IV are true.
e) Only I
and II are true
Directions
(6 – 10): Study the following letter/number /symbol sequence and answer the
questions following it.
6 7 # U V E ? 5 * L H 8 S A 9 T 4 $ F 3 % & G D 8 M 2 X Z
W
6. How many
symbols are there in the series which are immediately preceded by a number and
immediately followed by a letter?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
e) None of
these
7. How many
symbols are there in the series which are immediately preceded by a number and
immediately followed by a letter?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
e) None of
these
8. If the
position of the first and the sixteenth elements, the second and the
seventeenth elements, and so on up to the eleventh and the twenty-sixth
elements, are interchanged, which letter/number/ symbol will be seventh to the
right of nineteenth letter/number/symbol from the right?
a) #
b) E
c) V
d) U
e) None of
these
9. If the
positions of the letters in the sequence are reoccupied by the letters
themselves though after getting rearranged alphabetically from the left, which
of the following will indicate the position of L in the new arrangement?
a) L is
fourteenth from left
b) L is
between * and M
c) L is
seventeenth from right
d) Both (A)
and (C)
e) None of
these
10. What is
the total number of ‘the numbers immediately followed by a letter’ and ‘the
symbols immediately following the letters’ together in the above sequence?
a) Four
b) Five
c) Three
d) Six
e) None of
these
Directions
(11 – 15): Study the following information carefully and answer the question
given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
and H are sitting around a circle facing to the centre. D is second to the left
of F and third to the right of H. A is second to the right of F and the
immediate neighbour of H. 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.
11. How
many of them are there between H and C?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Two or
Three
d) Data
inadequate
e) None of
these
12. Who is
to the immediate left of A?
a) H
b) E
c) G
d) Data
inadequate
e) None of
these
13. In
which of the following pairs is the first person sitting to the immediate left
of the second person ?
a) CD
b) BG
c) HA
d) FC
e) None of
these
14. Who is
fourth to the right of B ?
a) E
b) C
c) A
d) Data
inadequate
e) None of
these
15. 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
Solutions:
1. A) 2. B)
3. D) 4. D) 5. A)
6. C) 7. B) 8. D)
9. D) 10. B)
(11 – 15):
11. B) 12. B)
13. E) 14. A) 15. B)
