REASONING ABILITY. Directions (1-2): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

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1 REASONING ABILITY Directions (1-2): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. R is married to U. U is mother of L. L is sister of D. U has only one daughter. D is married to J. K is son of J. F is mother of J. 1. How is D related to F? 1) Cannot be determined 2) Daughter 3) Daughter in-law 4) Son-in-law 5) son 2. How is R related to K? 1) Cannot be determined 2) Father-in-law 3) Grandfather 4) Father 5) Uncle Directions (3-7): In each questions two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II have been given. You have to take the two/three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. 3. Statements: All races are sprints. Some races are contests. Conclusions: I. Some contests are sprints. II. All contests are sprints. 1) Only conclusion II is true 2) Only conclusion I is true 3) Both conclusion I and II are true 4) Either conclusion I or II is true 5) Neither conclusion I nor II is true. 1

2 4. Statements: No bank is a locker. All banks are stores. No store is a panel. Conclusions: I. No store is a locker. II. No panel is a bank. 1) Both conclusions I and II are true 2) Neither conclusion I nor II is true. 3) Either conclusion I or II is true 4) Only conclusion I is true 5) Only conclusion II is true 5. Statements: Some strikes are hit. No strike is a raid. All attacks are raids. Conclusions: I. Some hits are definitely not raids. II. All hits being strikes is a possibility. 1) Both conclusion I and II are true 2) Only conclusion II is true 3) Neither conclusion I nor II is true. 4) Either conclusion I or II is true 5) Only conclusion I is true 6. Statements: Some equations are formulas. All equations are terms. All terms are symbols. Conclusions: I. All equations are symbols. II. No symbols is a formula. 1) Either conclusion I or II is true 2) Neither conclusion I nor II is true. 3) Both conclusion I and II are true 4) Only conclusion I is true 5) Only conclusion II is true 2

3 7. Statements: Some strikes are hits. No strike is a raid. All attacks are raids. Conclusions: I. No attacks is a strike II. All attacks being hits is a possibility. 1) Neither conclusion I nor II is true. 2) Either conclusion I or II is true 3) Both conclusion I and II are true 4) Only conclusion II is true 5) Only conclusion I is true Directions (8-12): Study the given information carefully to answer the given questions. In a certain code language, festival for women only is written as pa ge bo xu, provide peace to women is written as wr dl nj ge, women like to celebrate is written as ge ct fx wr and celebrate peace in festival is written as dl bo sv ct. (All codes are two-letter codes only.) 8. What may be the possible code for provide idea in the given code language? 1) fx hy 2) xu bo 3) hy nj 4) nj xu 5) wr fx 9. What is the code for celebrate in the given code language? 1) sv 2) wr 3) ct 4) dl 5) fx 10. In the given code language what does the code pa stand for? 1) peace 2) Either for or only 3) Either women or to 4) celebrate 5) festival 11. What is the code for women in the given code language? 1) bo 2) xu 3) ct 4) Other than those given as options 5) ge 3

4 12. If peace to mind is coded as zg wr dl in the given code language, then what will be the code for mind in festival? 1) zg bo dl 2) dl zg sv 3) bo sv zg 4) zg nj wr 5) sv wr bo Directions (13 16): In each question, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by conclusions. Study the conclusions based on the given statements and select the appropriate answer. 13. Statements: S L I = P > E > R; L > Q Conclusions: I. P S II. I > R 1) Only conclusion I is true 2) Either conclusion I or II is true 3) Only conclusion II is true 4) Both conclusion I and II are true. 5) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 14. Statements: G > R E = A T S; D A J Conclusions: I. T D II. R > S 1) Only conclusion II is true 2) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 3) Only conclusion I is true 4) Either conclusion I or II is true 5) Both conclusion I and II are true. 15. Statement: A B > C D E < F Conclusions: I. A E II. C < F 1) Only conclusion I is true 2) Either conclusion I or II is true 3) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 4) Only conclusion II is true 5) Both conclusion I and II are true. 4

5 16. Statements: G > R E = A < T < S; D A J Conclusions: I. J > G II. J = G 1) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 2) Both conclusion I and II are true. 3) Either conclusion I or II is true 4) Only conclusion I is true 5) Only conclusion II is true 17. Statements: S < L < I = P E > R; L > Q Conclusions: I. L < R II. E Q 1) Both conclusion I and II are true. 2) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 3) Either conclusion I or II is true 4) Only conclusion II is true 5) Only conclusion I is true Directions (17-21): Study the given information carefully to answer the given questions. J, K, L, M, P, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table facing the centre at equal distances between each other (but not necessarily in the same order). Each one of them is also related to M in some way or the other. Only two people sit between Q and L. M sits second to the left of Q. Only three people sit between L and M s sister. M s son sits second to the right of M s sister. Only one person sits between the son of M and S. J sits on the immediate right of R. R is neither the son nor the mother of M. S is an immediate neighbour of M s mother. Only three people sit between M s mother and M s brother. M s daughter sits second to the left of M s brother. M s father is not an immediate neighbour of M. M s wife sits third to the right of K. 18. Who sits second to the right of R? 1) M s brother 2) M 3) R 4) K 5) M s daughter 19. How many people sit between K and L, when counted from the left of L? 1) Six 2) One 3) None 4) Two 5) Four 5

6 20. Which of the following statements is true with respect to the given information? 1) R sits second to the right of M s wife. 2) K is an immediate neighbour of R. 3) M sits second to the left of L. 4) All the given options are true 5) S is daughter of L. 21. How is K related to R? 1) Son-in-law 2) Uncle 3) Niece 4) Brother 5) Daughter 22. Who amongst the following is the wife of M? 1) N 2) L 3) O 4) Q 5) J Directions (23-27): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Five friends L, M, P, Q, and R like five different types of watches, viz Titan, Sonata, Q&Q, HTM and Fastrack, five different type of cars, viz WagonR, Alto, Santro, Swift and Micra and also five different types of pens, viz Linc, Reynolds, Parker, Cello and Montex. Q likes WagonR but does not like Parker or HMT. L likes Sonata and Reynolds but he does not like Micra, M like Micra and Q & Q. R likes Santro and Cello. The person who likes WagonR also likes Fastrack. Linc pen is liked by the person who likes Swift and HMT. 23. Who among the following likes Montex pen? 1) P 2) Q 3) R 4) M 5) None of these 24. Which of the following cars is liked by L? 1) Alto 2) Micra 3) Santro 4) Swift 5) None of these 6

7 25. Who among the following like Parker pen and Fastrack respectively? 1) L, Q 2) R, P 3) M, Q 4) M,R 5) None of these 26. Titan is liked by which of the following persons? 1) L 2) M 3) Q 4) R 5) None of these 27. Which of the following combinations is/are true? 1) R HMT Swift Linc 2) Q Fastrack WagonR Montex 3) M Q & Q Santro Cello 4) Only 1) and 3) are true 5) None of these 28. T is the west of P and to the south of C. L is to the northeast of T and to the north of P. In which direction is C which respect to L? 1) East 2) West 3) South 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these 29. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word CONCLUDE, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet (both backward and forward)? 1) Two 2) Three 3) Four 4) Five 5) More than five Directions (30-35): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Eight classmates S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are sitting around a circular area. Some of the students are facing the centre while some are not. Note: Same directions means that if one person is facing the centre then the other person also faces the centre and if one person is facing outside then the other person also faces outside. Opposite direction means if one person is facing the centre then the other person faces outside 7

8 and vice versa. Y is not facing the centre. The immediate neighbours of Z face opposite directions. W sits second to the right of X, who sits on the immediate right of S. Immediate neighbours of U face the same direction. S faces inside the circle and sits third to the left of V. Only one person sits between V and Z and that person is neither U nor Y. W is not the immediate neighbour of U but both are facing opposite directions. T faces the same direction as X. T sits second to the right of U, who is on the immediate left of X. V sits second to the left of Z. 30. How many persons are not facing the centre? 1) Two 2) Three 3) Four 4) One 5) None of these 31. Who among the following is on the immediate right of W? 1) T 2) Y 3) U 4) Z 5) None of these 32. Which of the following statements is/are true about T? 1) T is not facing the centre. 2) T sits third to the left of W. 3) T is an immediate neighbour of V and Z. 4) Only 1) and 2) are true 5) None of these 33. Who among the following is fourth to the right of X? 1) T 2) Z 3) Y 4) V 5) None of these 34. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong that group? 1) Y, U 2) W, X 3) S, Z 4) Z, T 5) V, U 8

9 Directions (35-39): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: In a certain code language all books are for study is written as sh fa ri ny ck, books purchased for library is written as ny fa pa ri ny ck, book purchased for library is written as ny fa pa gl and for study in library is written as sh fa zo gl. 35. What is the code for library in the given code language? 1) fa 2) gl 3) ny 4) sh 5) None of these 36. What will be the code for all books in library in the given code language? 1) ck zo ny gl 2) zo ny ri gl 3) ri ck gl zo 4) Either1) or 2) 5) None of these 37. What is the code for all in the given code language? 1) sh 2) pa 3) Either ck or ri 4) Either ny or ri 5) Other than those given as options 38. What does pa stand for? 1) library 2) purchased 3) for 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these 39. ri is the code for which of the following? 1) for 2) all 3) are 4) in 5) Either 2) or 3) Directions (40-44): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Seven friends with coded names B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6 and B7 are sitting in a straight line facing north but not necessarily in the same order. B3 sits at one ends of the row. B1 is second to 9

10 the left of B2, who is third to the right of B7. Only one person sits between B3 and B2. The one who sits in the middle of the row is not the odd-numbered person. B6 does not sit adjacent to B1 or B Who among the following is second to the left of B1? 1) B4 2) B7 3) B5 4) B6 5) None of these 41. Who among the following sit on the extreme ends of the row? 1) B5, B3 2) B7, B3 3) B5, B6 4) B1, B2 5) None of these 42. Who among the following is the immediate neighbour of B2 and B3? 1) B5 2) B4 3) B6 4) B1 5) None of these 43. What is the position of B4 with respect to B5? 1) Second to the left 2) Third to the right 3) Fourth to the left 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these 44. Which of the following statements is/are true? 1) B1 sits in the middle of the row. 2) B6 is third from the right end. 3) B7 is on the immediate left of B1. 4) Only 1) and 3) 5) None of these Directions (45-47): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow. Three final groups --- P, Q and R --- are to be formed by taking persons out of two groups. The first one is the group of managers and has five managers F, G, H, I and J. The second one is the group of supervisors and has four supervisors --- A, B, C, and D. The selection has to be done according to the following guidelines: 1) Each final group must have at least one manager. 2) H must be in the team of A. 3) F and B are in the same team. 10

11 4) J and D cannot work together 5) F and B would prefer a manager to join them. 6) C and I have already given their consent to work together but they would not work with G. 7) D is ready to work in any group. 8) G is acceptable to B 9) J is acceptable to both C and I. 10) H would lead group P, F would lead group Q and J would lead group R. 45. The members of group Q do not include 1) G 2) F 3) J 4) B 5) Cannot be determined 46. Two supervisors are included in one group. That group is 1) P 2) Q 3) R 4) All groups have two supervisors each E) Cannot be determined 47. The final composition of group R is 1) HAD 2) JCI 3) FBG 4) HAJ 5) JCH Directions (48-50): Each of the following questions consists a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data give in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and choose the most appropriate option. Give answer (1) if the data either in statement I alone or statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question. Give answer (2) if the data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question. Give answer (3) if 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. 11

12 Give answer (4) if the data in both the statement I and II together are necessary to answer the question. Give answer (5) if 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. 48. In a code language read your book is written as 927. Which number stands for book? I. In the same code language book on shelf is coded as 738. II. In the same code language your book shelf is coded as How is V related to R? I. R is the daughter of G. G and S are children of K. V is the husband of K. II. M is married to G.M is the mother of R. V is the father of G. 50. What is the present position of D? I. D moves 4m to the north and turns left. Then he moves 5 km II. D travels total of 20 km. In the last, he takes 11 km to his right. 12

(BASED ON MEMORY) HELD ON: TEST - I: REASONING ABILITY

(BASED ON MEMORY) HELD ON: TEST - I: REASONING ABILITY RRB OFFICER (PT) (BASED ON MEMORY) HELD ON: 06-11-2016 TEST - I: REASONING ABILITY Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the given information carefully to answer the given questions. Eight people - E, F, G, H, Q,