Reasoning 4 Bank Exams

Directions (1-5): Study the follow-ing information carefully and ans-wer the given questions.

One of the seven subjects viz. Maths, Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Physics, English and Statistics is taught on one day in a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday. Chemistry is taught on Thursday. English is taught the day immedi-ately next to the day when Zoology is taught. English is neither taught on Tuesday nor Saturday. Only one lecture is held between Chemistry and Botany. Two lectures are sche-duled between Maths and Zoology. Statistics is neither taught on Monday nor Sunday.

1. On which of the following days is physics taught?
1) Monday 2) Tuesday 3) Wednesday 4) Thursday 5) Friday

2. How many subject/s is/are taught between Botany and Zoology?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) Four

3. Which of the following subjects is taught on Saturday?
1) Botany 2) Statistics
3) Zoology 4) Maths 5) Physics

4. On which of the following day is Statistics taught?
1) Tuesday 2) Wednesday 3) Thursday 4) Friday 5) Cannot be determined

5. I f Statistics is related to Zoology and Physics is related to Botany in a certain way, then to which of the following would Chemistry be related to following the same pattern?
1) Maths 2) Statistics 3) Physics 4) English 5) Cannot be determined










Answers (1-5)
1) 1 Physics taught on Monday
2) 4 Three subjects
3) 3 Zoology taught on Saturday
4) 4 Statistics taught on Friday
5) 2 Chemistry is related to Statistics
Directions (6-8): Study the following information to answer the given questions.

A building has seven floors numbered one to seven, in such a way that the ground floor is numbered one, the floor above it, number two and so on such that the topmost floor is numbered seven. One out of seven people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F and G lives on each floor. A lives on fourth floor. E lives on the floor immediately bellow F's floor. F does not live on the second or the seventh floor.

C does not live on an odd numbered floor. B does not live on a floor immediately above or below C's floor. D does not live on the topmost floor. G does not live on any floor below E's floor.
6. Who lives on the topmost floor?
1) B 2) C 3) E 4) G 5) Cannot be determined

7. Who lives immediately above D's floor?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) F 5) G

8. Four of them following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) F 2) D 3) B 4) G 5) C









Answers. ( 6-8)

6. 4 G lives topmost floor.
7. 3 C lives immediately above D's floor.
8. 5 Expect C remaining people lives even numbered floor.

Directions (9-13): Study the following information to answer the given questions.

In a one day cricket tournament, India has to play a one day match each with the teams of England, Australia, Zimbabve, Pakistan, Srilanka, Newzealand and West indies. The matches are scheduled in different cities, viz. Delhi, Kanpur, Mumbai, Chennai, Bhopal, Jaipur and Mohali on different days of a week.

The tournament begins on Monday and ends on Sunday. The match between India and Australia is scheduled on Friday in Chennai. The match with Pakistan is scheduled on a day just before the day of match with Zimbabve but immediately after the day of match with Srilanka. Only one match is scheduled between the match with Australia and that with Newzealand.

The match between India, Pakistan cannot be held in Bhopal. The match scheduled on Monday is to be played in Mumbai. Only one match is scheduled after the match with Zimbabve and before the one to be played in Delhi.
The match in Kanpur is scheduled just a day before the match in Bhopal. Srilanka cannot play on Monday. The match in Mohali is not scheduled after the match in Delhi.

9. The match with Zimbabve is scheduled in which of the following cities?
1) Jaipur 2) Bhopal 3) Kanpur 4) Delhi 5) Can't be determined

10. How many matches are scheduled between the match with Pakistan and that with Newzealand?
1)Two 2) Three 3) Four 4) Five 5) Can't be determined

11. Which of the following teams played against India in Mohali?
1) England 2) Pakistan 3) Newzealand 4) Srilanka 5) Can't be determined

12. In the venue of match with Srilanka and that with Newzealand interchange, where will the Srilanka team play?
1) Mohali 2) Jaipur 3) Delhi 4) Chennai 5) None of these

13. Which of the following team will play on Monday?
1) Zimbabve 2) England 3) West indies 4) Srilanka 5) Can't be determined
Answers (9-13)













9) 2 Bhopal
10) 2 Three
11) 4 Srilanka
12) 2 After interchange, Srilan-ka's new venue will be Jaipur
13. 5 Either England or West indies

Directions (14-18): Study the following information to answer the given question.
(IBPS PO/MT 18-09-2011)
P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are going to three destinations Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad in three different vehicles - Honda City, Swift D'zire and Ford Ikon. There are three females among them one in each car. There are at least two persons in each car.

R is not travelling with Q and W. T, a male is travelling with only Z and they are not going to Chennai. P is travelling in Honda City and is going to Hyderabad. S is the sister of P and is travelling by Ford Ikon. V and R are travelling together. W is not going to Chennai.

14. Members of which of the following cars are going to Chennai?
1) Honda City
2) Swift D'Zire
3) Ford Ikon
4) Either Swift D'Zire or Ford Ikon 5) None of these.

15. In which car are four members travelling?
1) None 2) Honda City
3) Swift D'Zire 4) Ford Ikon
5) Either Honda City of Ford Ikon

16. Which of the following combinations represents the three female members?
1) QSZ 2) WSZ 3) PSZ
4) Can't be determined
5) None of these

17. Who is travelling with W?
1) Only Q 2) Only P 3) Both P and Q
4) Can't be determined 5) None of these

18. Members of which of the following combinations are travelling in Honda City?
1) PRS 2) PQW 3) PWS 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

Answers (14-18)









14) 3 Ford Ikon
15) 1 None
16) 4 Can't be determined
17) 3 Both P and Q
18) 2 PQW

Directions (19-21): Study the following information to answer the given questions.

A, B, C, D, E and F are six representatives from different countries, viz. China, India, Brazil, Russia, Canada and Spain not necessarily in the same order. Each one is scheduled to represent his country on a different day of the week from Monday to Saturday.
The one who is from Russia is scheduled to represent his country on Thursday. D represents his country on Tuesday. A is from China but represents neither on Wednesday nor on Saturday. C represents neither Russia nor India but has scheduled his day on Friday. B is from Brazil and E is from Canada.

19. Who is from Canada?
1) F 2) C 3) D
4) Either C or F
5) None of these

20. Who is scheduled to represent his country on the day after D represents his country?
1) B 2) C 3) F 4) Either B or E 5) None of these

21. Which of the following combination is correct?
1) D- India 2) C- Canada 3) F- Thursday
4) China- Monday
5) All are correct

Answers (19-21)









B is from Brazil and E is from Canada
19) 2
20) 4
21) 5

Directions (22-23): Study the following information to answer the given questions.
Five courses viz. A, B, C, D and E, each of one month duration, are to be taught from July to November one after the other but not necessarily in the same order by the lecturers P, Q, R, S and T. P teaches course B but not in the month of October or November. Q teaches course A in the month of September. R teaches in the month of July but does not teach either course C or D.

22. Which course is taught by S?
1) C 2) D 3) E
4) Either C or D
5) None of these

23. Which of the following lectures course immediately follow the lecture of course B?
1) P 2) Q 3) S 4) T 5) None of these

Answers (22-23)









S and T will teaches C or D either in October or November
22) 4
23) 2.