Reasoning Ability Sample Questions for SBI Associate Bank Clerical Exam 2012

15 Solved Questions of Reasoning Section

Directions(1-5): In each questions below are three statements followed by two Conclusions numbered I and II.you have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly Known facts

Give answer(1) if only conclusion I follow

Give answer(2) if only conclusion II follow

Give answer(3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follow

Give answer(4) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follow

Give answer(5) if both conclusion I and conclusion II follow

1) Statements:

All Paints are Colour

All Inks are paints

No Colour is a varnish

Conclusions:

I.) No Varnish is paint

II) All inks are colour

Ans 5

2) Statements:

Some Kites are Planes

All Planes are birds

All birds are colours

Conclusions:

I) All birds are Kites

II) All Planes are Colours

Ans 2

3) Statements:

All actors are producers

Some Producers are directors

Some singers are producers

Conclusions

I) Some actors are Singers

II) Some Singers are directors

Ans 4

4) Statements:

All movies are dramas

All plays are dramas

All dramas are films

Conclusions

I) All movies are films

II) Some Plays are not films

Ans 1

5) Statements:

Some Grains are cereals

Some Cereals are rice

Some rice are wheat

Conclusions:

I) Some grains are wheats

II) Some wheat are cereals

Ans 4

Directions(6-10): Following questions are based on the five three digit numbers given below

                                        753    481    647    374    298

6) If all te digits in each of the numbers are arranged in descending  order within the number, which of the following will form the lowest in the new arrangement of numbers?

1) 753

2) 647

3) 481

4) 298

5) 374

Ans 5

7) If all the numbers are arranged in ascending order from left to right, which of the following will be the sum of all the three digits of the number which is exactly in the middle of new arrangement?

1) 17

2) 14

3) 15

4) 13

5) 19

Ans 4

8) What will be the resultant if third digit of the lowest number is multiplied with the second digit of the highest number?

1) 27

2) 40

3) 45

4) 19

5) 20

Ans 2

9) If the Position of the second and the third digits of each of the numbers are interchanged, how many even no will be formed?

1) None 

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) Four

Ans 3

10) If two is added to the first of each of the numbers, how many numbers thus formed will be divisible by three?

1) None 

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) Four

Ans 3

Directions(11-15): study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

11) which of the following expression will be true if the expression " W <= V <  T > = S" is definitely true?

1) W <= S

2) T < W

3) V > S

4) W < = T

5) None is true

Ans 5

12) which of the following expression will not be true if the expression " A >= B = C > D" is definitely true?

1) A >= D

2) C <= A

3) D < A

4) B > D

5) All are true

Ans 1

13) In which of the following expression will the expression " F <= R" be definitely true ?

1) F < Q <= G < R

2) R >= Q < G >= F

3) R >= G = Q >= F

4) F = Q <= G < R

5) None of these

Ans 3

14) In which of the following expression " L < P " does not hold true?

1) P > N >= M = L

2) L = N <= M < P

3) P < N <= M <= L

4) L < M = N <= P

5) L < M < N < P

Ans 3

15) Which of the following expression will be true if the expression " J >=H = I > K" is definitely True?

1) J = K

2) K < H

3) I >= J

4) K + J

5) None if True

Ans 2

 

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