REASONING
By Akash Thorat
Probationary officer 2013
1. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word
with the Third, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth letters
of the word COMPATIBILITY, which of the
following would be the last letter of that word ? If
no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as your
answer and if more than one such word can be
formed, give your answer as ‘Y’.
(A) I
(B) B
(C) L
(D) X
(E) Y
2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain
way and so form a group. Which is the one
that does not belong to that group ?
(A) Stem
(B) Tree
(C) Root
(D) Branch
(E) Leaf
3. How many meaningful three letter English
words can be formed with the letters AER,
using each letter only once in each word ?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) Four
4. Each vowel of the word ADJECTIVE is substituted
with the next letter of the English alphabetical
series, and each consonant is substituted with
the letter preceding it. How many vowels are
present in the new arrangement ?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) None of these
5. If in a certain language LATE is coded as 8&4$
and HIRE is coded as 7*3$ then how will HAIL
be coded in the same language ?
(A) 7&8*
(B) &7*8
(C) 7*&8
(D) 7&*8
(E) None of these
BLOOD RELATION
Directions—Q.6 to Q.7 Read the following
information carefully and answer the
questions, which follow :
‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’
‘A + B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’
‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is son of B’
‘A × B’ means ‘A is wife of B’
BLOOD RELATION(contd..)
6. How is P related to T in the expression
‘P + S – T’ ?
(A) Sister
(B) Wife
(C) Son
(D) Daughter
(E) None of these
BLOOD RELATION(contd..)
7. In the expression ‘P + Q × T’ how is T related
to P ?
(A) Mother
(B) Father
(C) Son
(D) Brother
(E) None of these
BLOOD RELATION(contd..)
Mother’s (or) father’s son
Mother’s (or) Father’s Daughter
Mother’s brother
Father’s Brother
Mother’s (or) Father’s sister
Mother’s (or) Father’s father
Mother’s (or) Father’s mother
Son’s wife
Daughter’s husband
Husband’s (or) Wife’s father
Husband’s (or) Wife’s mother
Husband’s (or) Wife’s brother
Husband’s (or) Wife’s sister
Sister’s husband
Brother’s (or) Sister’s son
Brother’s (or) Sister’s daughter
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Brother
Sister
Maternal Uncle
Paternal uncle
Aunt
Grand father
Grand mother
Daughter in law
Son in law
Father in law
Mother in law
Brother in law
Sister in law
Brother in law
Nephew
Niece
BLOOD RELATION(contd..)
8. Pointing to a lady Ravi said,” She is the only daughter of the
father of my sister’s brother”. How is she related to Ravi?
Solution :
• Break the given sentence at is.
• From the last, in the view of Ravi,
• My sister’s brother – brother
• Father of brother – father
• Daughter of father – sister
• So,that becomes “she is my sister”
• So, answer is sister.
CHARACTER PUZZLE
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 neither taught on Tuesday nor on
Saturday. Only one lecture is held between
Chemistry and Botany. Zoology is taught after two
days of maths lecture. Statistics is neither taught on
Monday nor Sunday. Botany is not taught on the
immediate next day on which Zoology is taught.
Physics is taught on Monday.
CHARACTER PUZZLE (contd..)
1. On which of the following days is Statistics
taught?
(1) Monday
(2) Tuesday
(3) Wednesday
(4) Thursday
(5) Friday
2. How many subjects are taught between Botany
and Zoology?
(1) None
(2) One
(3) Two
(4) Three
(5) Four
CHARACTER PUZZLE (contd..)
3. Which of the following subjects is taught on Saturday?
(1) Botany
(2) Statistics
(3) Zoology
(4) Math’s
(5) Physics
4. On which of the following days is Botany taught?
(1) Tuesday
(2) Wednesday
(3) Thursday
(4) Friday
(5) Cannot be determined
5. If Statistics is related to Zoology, and Physics is related to
Botany in a certain way, then to which of the following is
Chemistry related to, following the same pattern?
(1) Math
(2) Statistics
(3) Physics
(4) English
(5) Cannot be determined.
SYLLOGISM
A syllogism is a kind of logical
argument in which one
proposition (the conclusion) is
inferred from two or more others
(the premises).
Syllogism (contd..)
Q.1
Statements: All bags are cakes. All lamps are cakes.
Conclusions:
• Some lamps are bags.
• No lamp is bag.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Syllogism (contd..)
Q.2
Statements: Some kings are queens. All queens are
beautiful.
Conclusions:
• All kings are beautiful.
• All queens are kings.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
Syllogism (contd..)
Q.3
Statements: All branches are flowers. All flowers are leaves.
Conclusions:
• All branches are leaves.
• All leaves are branches.
• All flowers are branches.
• Some leaves are branches.
A. None follows
B. Only I and IV follow
C. Only II and III follow
D. All follow
REASONING (Contd..)
By Akash Thorat
B.Tech, MBA(JBIMS),JAIIB
Probationary officer 2013
NON VERBAL REASONING
• NEW ELEMENTS ADDITION/REMOVAL
• SUBSTITUTION
• CLOCKWISE AND ANTICLOCKWISE DIRECTION
Non Verbal (contd..)
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Non Verbal (contd..)
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INEQUALITY
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A>B
A<B
A=B
A <= B
A >=B
A> B, B<C
A>B, B> C
A> B,B>= C
INEQUALITY (contd..)
• 1. Which of the following expressions will be
true if the expression R > O = A > S<T as
definitely true ?
A. O > T
B. S < R
C. T >A
D. S = O
E. T < R
INEQUALITY (contd..)
• Which of the following symbols should replace
the question mark (?) in the given expression in
order to make the expression ‘ P >A’ as well as ‘
T<= L’ as definitely true??
P > L ? A >= N = T
A. <=
B. >
C. <
D. >=
E. Either <= or <
Coding-Decoding
• In a certain code “for profit order now” is written as ‘
ho ja ye ga’; “right now for him” is written as ‘ga ve ja
se’; “place order for profit” is written as ‘ga bi ho ye’
and “only in right order” is written as ‘ve du ye zo’?
1) What is the code for him?
a) ga b) ve c) ja d)se e) Cannot be Determined
2) What does “bi” stand for?
a) Profit b) order c)place d) for e) now
3) What is the code for profit?
a) ye b) ga c ) bi d) ja e)ho
4) Which of the following may represent ‘only for now’?
a) ja bi zo b) du zo ga c) zo ga ja d) zo ga ye e) du bi
ja