Reasoning Quiz

Q1)-In each of the following questions, arrange the given words in a meaningful sequence and then choose the most appropriate sequence from the given alternatives
1. Honey 2. Flower 3. Bee 4. Wax

1 , 3 , 4 , 2

2 , 1 , 4 , 3

2 , 3 , 1 , 4

4 , 3 , 2 , 1

Ans.- C

Q2)-1. Site 2. Plan 3. Rent 4. Money 5. Building 6. Construction

1 , 2 , 3 , 6 , 5 , 4

2 , 3 , 6 , 5 ,1 ,4

3 , 4 , 2, 6 ,5 ,1

4 , 1 , 2 , 6 , 5, 3

Ans.- D

Q3)-1. Reading 2. Composing 3. Writing 4. Printing

1 , 3 , 2 , 4

2 , 3 , 4 , 1

3 , 1 , 2 , 4

3 , 2 , 4 , 1

Ans.- D

Q4)-1. Sentence 2. Chapter 3. Letter 4. Book 5. Word 6. Paragraph

4 , 2 ,1 , 6 ,5,3

4 , 2, 6 , 1, 5, 3

4 , 6, 1, 2, 3, 5

4 , 6 ,2 , 5 ,1, 3

Ans.- B

Q5)-1. Cut 2. Put on 3. Mark 4. Measure 5. Tailor

1 ,3 , 2, 4 , 5

2 ,4 ,3 , 1 , 5

3 , 1, 5 ,4 , 2

4, 3 , 1 , 5, 2

Ans.- D

Q6)-1. Police 2. Punishment 3. Crime 4. Justice 5. Judgement

1,2,3,4,5

3,1,2,4,5

3,1,4,5,2

5,4,3,2,1

Ans.- C

Q7)-1. Country 2. Furniture 3. Forest 4. Wood 5. Trees

1,3,5,4,2

1,4,3,2,5

2,4,3,1,5

5,2,3,1,4

Ans.- A

Q8)-1. Elephant 2. Cat 3. Mosquito 4. Tiger 5. Whale

1,3,5,4,2

2,5,1,4,3

3,2,4,1,5

5,3,1,2,4

Ans.- C

Q9)-1. Key 2. Door 3. Lock 4. Room 5. Switch on

1,2,3,5,4

1,3,2,4,5

4,2,1,5,3

5,1,2,4,3

Ans.- B

Q10)-1.College 2. Child 3. Salary 4. School 5. Employment

2,5,1,4,3

2,4,1,5,3

4,3,2,5,1

5,4,3,1,2

Ans.- B

Reasoning Quiz

Q1 – 5 : Seven friends S, T, U, V, W, X and Y are working in different cities viz. Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Indore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them has different profession viz., C.A, Doctor, Professor, Engineer, Banker, Lawyer and Architect not necessarily in the same order. 

~ T is a Lawyer and he works in Jaipur. 
~ V is a Doctor and he does not work in Chennai.
~ The C.A. works in Mumbai.
~ X works in Indore. 
~ Architect works in Hyderabad.
~ W is a Banker and he works in Bengaluru.
~ S is an Engineer.
~ U does not work in Mumbai.

1. Who is an architect  ?
a. X
b. W
c. V
d. U
e. None of these

2. Who is working in Mumbai ?
a. T
b. Y
c. V
d. W
e. None of these

3. Engineer works in which city ?
a. Ahmedabad
b. Chennai
c. Mumbai
d. Bengaluru
e. None of these

4. Who is a professor ?
a. X
b. U
c. V
d. S
e. None of these

5. Which of the following combinations of the person, profession and city is definitely correct ?
a. S – Engineer – Bengaluru
b. V – Architect – Hyderabad
c. W – Banker – Mumbai
d. X – Professor – Jaipur
e. None of these

Q6 – 10: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input: sky forward 17 over 95 23 come 40
Step I: come sky forward 17 over 95 23 40
Step II: come 95 sky forward 17 over 23 40
Step III: come 95 forward sky 17 over 23 40
Step IV: come 95 forward 40 sky 17 over 23
Step V: come 95 forward 40 over sky 17 23
Step VI: come 95 forward 40 over 23 sky 17
Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement of the above input.
As per the rules followed in the above steps, answer the following questions.

6. Input: machine hire for 19 against 85 21 46
Which of the following will be Step II ?
a. against 85 hire machine for 19 21 46
b. against 85 machine 19 hire for 21 46
c. against 85 machine hire for 19 21 46
d. against 85 hire 21 machine for 19 46
e. None of these

7. Input: box aat 20 53 62 gift now 32
Which of the following is Step IV ?
a. at 62 box 53 gift 32 20 now
b. at 62 box 53 gift 32 now 20
c. at 62 box 53 gift 20 now 32
d. at 62 box 53 now 32 gift 20
e. None of these

8. Input: on at 33 27 42 sky mat 51
Which of the following steps will be the last ?
a. VI
b. VII
c. V
d. VIII
e. None of these

9. Step III of an input is:
bring 63 desk 11 29 together fight 30
Which of the following steps will be the last but one ?
a. VI
b. VII
c. VIII
d. V
e. None of these

10. Step II of an input is 
earn 72 31 46 higher goal 20 more
Which of the following is definitely the input ?
a. 46 72 31 earn higher goal 20 more
b. 20 31 72 46 higher goal earn more
c. higher 20 31 72 46 goal earn more
d. Cannot be determined
e. None of these

Answers :
Q1 – Q5:
Correct arrangement :
S – Chennai – Engineer
T – Jaipur – Lawyer
U – Hyderabad – Architect
V – Ahmedabad – Doctor
W – Bengaluru – Banker
X – Indore – Professor 
Y – Mumbai – CA

1 – d
2 – b
3 – b
4 – a
5 – e

6 – 10: From the last step it can be concluded that words and numbers are arranged alphabetically whereas numbers are arranged in descending order. When the arrangement of all elements gets completed in a particular step that step is called last step.

6 – c
7 – c
8 – c
9 – a
10- d Previous steps can’t be determined.

Reasoning Quiz

Q1)-In each of the questions given below, there are four options.Find out that is correct in verification of the given statement.
Policeman wears a uniform because

It maintains law and order

He can be easily recognised

It is provided free of cost by the government

It scares the ciminals

Ans.- B

Q2)-Polaroid glass is used in sunglasses because

It reduces the light intensity to half on account of polarisation

It is fashionable

It has good colour

It is cheaper

Ans.- A

Q3)-Inflation is measured on

Consumer price index

Retail price index

Wholesale price index

None of above

Ans.- C

Q4)-Children like to read comics because

It contains amusing pictures

It teaches about morals and values

It is the cheapest means of recreation

It makes the children active

Ans.- A

Q5)-People use rubber soles in their shoes because

they are durable

they are fashionable

they are hard

Rubber is more porous than leather

Ans.- D

Q6)-Silver is not used to make electric wires because

It is a bad conductor of electricity

It is expensive

It is Cheap

None of these

Ans.- B

Q7)-One should never touch Sodium or potassium by hand because

these metals are poisonous

it causes ignition of these metals

these metals are acidic

None of these

Ans.- B

Q8)-Ladies wear ornaments so that

they can prevent theft of their ornaments

they may look very beautiful

they may feel glad and lucky

they can hide their defects

Ans.- B

Q9)-Tungsten is mainly used for making filament of electric bulbs because of its

Low cost

Low thermal conductivity

High electrical conductivity

High melting point

Ans.- D

Q10)-After boiling rice grains grow in volume and weight because

Rice is fatty grain

starch swell in water and heat

heat enlarges solid

all the above

Ans.- B

Reasoning Quiz

Q1-5 : Eight persons namely J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting in a straight line from East to West. Some are facing North direction and some are facing South direction.
~ Q sits to the third left of L and faces South direction.
~ O sits at one of the extreme ends and is facing North.
~ K and P are facing in the same direction and the person sitting between them is facing in opposite direction.
~ J is sitting third from the left end and is facing South direction.
~ J is sitting adjacent to N and both are facing in the opposite direction.
~ M is sitting to the right of K and both are facing in the same direction.
~ L is facing North direction.
~ J and M are not Neighbors.
~ Neighbors of Q are facing in the same direction which is opposite to the direction of Q is facing.
~ N sits to the right of J.

1. Who is sitting between J and Q ?
a. L
b. K
c. N
d. P
e. M

2. Which of the following pairs has the person facing the same directions ?
a. N, J
b. P, Q
c. J, P
d. Q, M
e. M, K

3. How many persons are facing North direction ?
a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 6
e. 5

4. Who is sitting third from the Eastern end of the arrangement ?
a. J
b. K
c. M
d. P
e. L

5. Which one of the following statement is correct ?
a. J sits between P and Q.
b. M sits to the second left of Q.
c. Q and K are facing the same direction.
d. Person sitting to the left of J faces South direction.
e. All of the above.

6-10 : In certain code language some words are written in coded from which is given below:

“Very Longer Car Give” is written as “ma da la ch”
“Give Car Not Impressive” is written as “ch na ka ma”
“Lasts Impressive Very Tedious” is written as “ka da ga pa”
“Maruti Car Lasts Longer” is written as “ch la pa ta”

6. What will be the code for “Very” in that code language ?
a. ta
b. da
c. ma
d. ch
e. None of these

7. What will be code for “Car” in that code language ?
a. la
b. ma
c. ch
d. ta
e. None of these

8. What will be code for “Maruti” in that code language ?
a. ma
b. ta
c. ch
d. pa
e. None of these

9. What will be code for “Tedious” in that code language ?
a. da
b. pa
c. ma
d. ga
e. None of these

10. How will “Longer” be written in that code language ?
a. ma
b. ta
c. ch
d. pa
e. la

Answers :

1 – d, 

2 – e,

3 – d,

4 – b,

5 – b

6 – b,

7 – c,

8 – b,

9 – d,

10 – e

Reasoning Quiz

Q1)-Statement: As stated in the recent census report the female to male ratio is alarmingly low.
Courses of Action:
I. The government should conduct another census to verify the results.
II. The government should immediately issue orders to all the departments to encourage people to improve the ratio.

Either I or II follows

Only II follows

Both I and II follow

Only I follows

Ans.- B

Q2)-Statement: Exporters in the capital are alleging that commercial banks are violating a Reserve Bank of India directive to operate a post shipment export credit denominated in foreign currency at international rates from January this year.
Courses of Action: I. The officers concerned in the commercial banks are to be suspended.
II. The RBI should be asked to stop giving such directives to commercial banks.

Only I follows

Only II follows

Either I or II follows

Neither I nor II follows

Ans.- D
The statement mentions that the commercial banks violate a directive issued by the RBI. The remedy is only to make the banks implement the Act. So, none of the courses follows.

Q3)-Statement : Youngsters are often found staring at obscene posters.
Courses of Action :
I Children should be punished and penalized if they are found doing so.
II Any display of such materials should be banned.

Only I follows

Only II follows

Either I or II follows

Neither I nor II follows

Ans.- B

Q4)-Statement : The rates of interest on Post Office recurring deposit accounts have been increased with effect from 1st Oct. This has been done to attract more deposits.
Courses of Action: I. Efforts should also be made to make the public aware about this increase in the rate of interest.
II. If the deposits don’t increase in next six months, the rate of interest should be further increased.

only conclusion I follows.

only conclusion II follows.

either I or II follows.

both conclusions I and II follows.

Ans.- D
It is given in the statement that rate of interest has been increased to attract more deposits. Hence, public should be made aware of such increase so that both the parties should be benefitted. If the response for the deposits is lukewarm, the rate of interest should be further increased. Hence, both the actions are right courses of action.

Q5)-Statement : Although the India economy is still heavily dependent on agriculture, its share in global agricultural trade is less than the share of agricultural exports to total exports.
Courses of Action: I. Efforts should be made to increase our agricultural production.
II. The exports of non-agricultural commodities should be reduced.

only conclusion I follows.

only conclusion II follows.

either I or II follows.

neither I nor II follows.

Ans.- A
Only by increasing our agricultural production, we can have a better position in international agricultural trade. Reduction in non-agricultural commodities will further worsen our position. So, only I is the right course of action.

Q6)-Statement: Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country.
Courses of Action: I Government should immediately make arrangement for providing financial assistance to those affected.
II. Food, water and fodder should immediately be sent to all these areas to save the people and cattle.

Only I follows

Only II follows

Either I or II follows

Neither I nor II follows

Ans.- B
In the break-out of a natural calamity, the basic duty of the government becomes to provide the basic amenities essential to save the lives of people and cattle. Providing financial assistance to all would put undue burden on the country's resources. So, only II follows.

Q7)-Statement: A large number of people die every year due to drinking polluted water during the summer.
Courses of Action: I. The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens.
II. The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.

Only I follows

Only II follows

Either I or II follows

Both I and II follow

Ans.- D
The situation demands creating awareness among people about the dangers of drinking polluted water so that they themselves refrain from the same, and at the same time taking steps to provide safe drinking water. So, both the courses follow.

Q8)-Statement: The sale of a particular product has gone down considerably causing great concern to the company.
Courses of Action:
I. The company should make a proper study of rival products in the market.
II. The price of the product should be reduced and quality improved.

Only I follows

Only II follows

Either I or II follows

Both I and II follow

Ans.- A
Clearly, a study of rival products in the market will help assess the cause for the lowering down of sales and then a suitable action can be taken. Thus, only I follow.

Q9)-Statement : Although advancement medical science has raised life expectancy, the rate of child mortality remains high in India
Courses of Action :
I. Efforts should be made to lower life expectancy.
II. Medical scientists should be asked to give up their jobs.
III. Efforts should be made to decrease the rate of child mortality.

I & II follow

II & III follow

Only I follows

Only III follows

Ans.- D
I is an absurd suggestion.
II is an extreme action not required in the present circumstances.
III is undeniably a proper course of action.

Q10)-Statement: The kharif crops have been affected by the insects for consecutive three years in the district and the farmers harvested less than fifty percent of produce during these years.
Courses of Action:
I. The farmers should seek measures to control the attack of insects to protect their crops next year.
II. The Government should increase the support price of kharif crops considerably to protect the economic interests of farmers.

Only I follows

Only II follows

Both I and II follow

Neither I nor II follows

Ans.- C
Clearly, the problem demands taking extra care and adequate precautions to protect crops from insects and extending help to farmers to prevent them from incurring huge losses. Thus, both the courses follow.

Reasoning Quiz

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

India today conclave being organised in New Delhi several leaders like Omar Abdullah, Ashok lahiri, V. K. Bajaj, S. Y. Quarishi, Jairam Ramesh, Deepika Padukone and Harish Slave are participating in it. Sports, Peace and Trust, Relations, Human life, Terrorism, Education and Politics. The topics on which the leaders will be speaking on anyone but not necessarily in the same order. They will be speaking on different week of the days.

A) Omar Abdulla speaks on sports on Saturday.
B) There is a gap of one day between the topics of Human life and politics.
C) S.Y. Quarishi speaks on Terrorism.
D) Deepika Padukone speaks on Thursday.
E) Ashok Lahiri speaks on Human life on Monday.
F) Harish Slave speaks on Politics.
G) Jairam Ramesh speaks on Peace and Trust.
H) No leader speaks on Relation either on Friday or Sunday.
I) Terrorism is spoken on Friday.

Q1. Which of the following topic spoken on Tuesday ?
1) Politics 
2) Relation 
3) Terrorism 
4) Education 
5) None of these

Q2. Which of the following combination is true ?
1) V. K. Bajaj – Relation – Wednesday 
2) Harish Slave – Politics – Thrusday
3) S. Y. Quarishi – Terrorism – Friday 
4) Deepika Padukon – Education – Sunday
5) Jairam Ramesh – Peace and Trust – Monday

Q3. Deepika Padukone spoken on which topic ?
1) Politics 
2) Relation 
3) Human life 
4) Education 
5) Sports

Q4. Which are the topics spoken on Tuesday and Thursday ?
1) Politics and Terrorism 
2) Relation and Education
3) Terrorism and Relation 
4) Peace and Trust and Politics. 5) None of these

Q5. V. K. Bajaj spoken on which topic and on which day ?
1) Politics – Wednesday 
2) Terrorism – Friday 
3) Relation – Tuesday
4) Education – Thursday 
5) None of these

Q6. In a certain code ‘DEMURE’ is written as ‘UREDEM’. How is ‘REMIND’ is written in that code ?
1) INDMER 
2) INMERD 
3) DINRME 
4) DREMNI 
5) INDREM

Q7. Which of the following symbols should replace question mark (?) in the given expression in order to make the expression R > N and U ≥ M is definitely true ?
S > D < R ? U ≥ N ? M = Q
1) >, > 
2) ≤, ≥ 
3) <, ≥ 
4) >, ≥ 
5) >, <

Q8.Which of the following expression is definitely True if the given expression N > O, M < N and T>Q are definitely true?
1) Q ≥ T > O < N > M 
2) T < R ≤ Q > O < N > M
3) T > M < N > O < S > Q ≥ R 
4) T > R ≥ Q < N > O > M 
5) R ≤ T ≤ Q > M > N > O

Q9. Read the following information carefully and answer the question which follows :

‘M – N’ means ‘M is the sister of N’. 
‘M × N’ means ‘M is the father of N.’
‘M ÷ N’ means ‘M is the son of N.’ 
‘M + N’ means ‘M is the daughter of N.’
What will come in place of question mark (?) to establish that B is the Son–in–law of C in the following expression ?
B × D + A – G ? C
1) + 
2) × 
3) – 
4) ÷ 
5) Either + or ÷

Q10. Anand went to his college straight 15m towards West direction and then he turns towards his right and walks 25 m. He then turns to his left walks 10m. Finally he turns to his left and walks 5 m. to reach his college. In which direction is he now from the starting point ?
1) South 
2) North – East 
3) North – West 
4) South – East 
5) West







Answers:
Q1 – 2

Q2 – 3 

Q3 – 4 

Q4 – 2 

Q5 – 3

Q6 – 5 

Q7 – 4 

Q8 – 4 

Q9 – 5 

Q10 – 3

Reasoning Quiz

Q1)-

Statement: As stated in the recent census report the female to male ratio is alarmingly low.


Courses of Action:
I. The government should conduct another census to verify the results.
II. The government should immediately issue orders to all the departments to encourage people to improve the ratio.
.

Either I or II follows

Only II follows

Both I and II follow

Only I follows

Ans.- B

Q2)-Statement: Exporters in the capital are alleging that commercial banks are violating a Reserve Bank of India directive to operate a post shipment export credit denominated in foreign currency at international rates from January this year.


Courses of Action:
I. The officers concerned in the commercial banks are to be suspended.
II. The RBI should be asked to stop giving such directives to commercial banks.
.

Only I follows

Only II follows

Either I or II follows

Neither I nor II follows

Ans.- D
The statement mentions that the commercial banks violate a directive issued by the RBI. The remedy is only to make the banks implement the Act. So, none of the courses follows.

Q3)-Statement : Youngsters are often found staring at obscene posters.
Courses of Action :
I Children should be punished and penalized if they are found doing so.
II Any display of such materials should be banned.

Only I follows

Only II follows

Either I or II follows

Neither I nor II follows

Ans.- B

Q4)-Statement : The rates of interest on Post Office recurring deposit accounts have been increased with effect from 1st Oct. This has been done to attract more deposits.
Courses of Action: I. Efforts should also be made to make the public aware about this increase in the rate of interest.
II. If the deposits don’t increase in next six months, the rate of interest should be further increased.

only conclusion I follows.

only conclusion II follows.

either I or II follows.

both conclusions I and II follows.

Ans.- D
It is given in the statement that rate of interest has been increased to attract more deposits. Hence, public should be made aware of such increase so that both the parties should be benefitted. If the response for the deposits is lukewarm, the rate of interest should be further increased. Hence, both the actions are right courses of action.

Q5)-Statement : Although the India economy is still heavily dependent on agriculture, its share in global agricultural trade is less than the share of agricultural exports to total exports.


Courses of Action: I. Efforts should be made to increase our agricultural production.
II. The exports of non-agricultural commodities should be reduced.

only conclusion I follows.

only conclusion II follows.

either I or II follows.

neither I nor II follows.

Ans.- A
Only by increasing our agricultural production, we can have a better position in international agricultural trade. Reduction in non-agricultural commodities will further worsen our position. So, only I is the right course of action.

Q6)-Statement: Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country.


Courses of Action: I Government should immediately make arrangement for providing financial assistance to those affected.
II. Food, water and fodder should immediately be sent to all these areas to save the people and cattle.

Only I follows

Only II follows

Either I or II follows

Neither I nor II follows

Ans.- B
In the break-out of a natural calamity, the basic duty of the government becomes to provide the basic amenities essential to save the lives of people and cattle. Providing financial assistance to all would put undue burden on the country's resources. So, only II follows.

Q7)-
Statement: A large number of people die every year due to drinking polluted water during the summer.


Courses of Action: I. The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens.
II. The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.

Only I follows

Only II follows

Either I or II follows

Both I and II follow

Ans.- D
The situation demands creating awareness among people about the dangers of drinking polluted water so that they themselves refrain from the same, and at the same time taking steps to provide safe drinking water. So, both the courses follow.

Q8)-Statement: The sale of a particular product has gone down considerably causing great concern to the company.


Courses of Action:
I. The company should make a proper study of rival products in the market.
II. The price of the product should be reduced and quality improved.

Only I follows

Only II follows

Either I or II follows

Both I and II follow

Ans.- A
Clearly, a study of rival products in the market will help assess the cause for the lowering down of sales and then a suitable action can be taken. Thus, only I follow.

Q9)-Statement : Although advancement medical science has raised life expectancy, the rate of child mortality remains high in India


Courses of Action :
I. Efforts should be made to lower life expectancy.
II. Medical scientists should be asked to give up their jobs.
III. Efforts should be made to decrease the rate of child mortality.

I & II follow

II & III follow

Only I follows

Only III follows

Ans.- D
I is an absurd suggestion.
II is an extreme action not required in the present circumstances.
III is undeniably a proper course of action.

Q10)-Statement: The kharif crops have been affected by the insects for consecutive three years in the district and the farmers harvested less than fifty percent of produce during these years.


Courses of Action:
I. The farmers should seek measures to control the attack of insects to protect their crops next year.
II. The Government should increase the support price of kharif crops considerably to protect the economic interests of farmers.

Only I follows

Only II follows

Both I and II follow

Neither I nor II follows

Ans.- C
Clearly, the problem demands taking extra care and adequate precautions to protect crops from insects and extending help to farmers to prevent them from incurring huge losses. Thus, both the courses follow.