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IBPS PO Prelims Reasoning Question Paper 2020

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Direction (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Twelve students stand in two rows with six students standing in each row. Students in row 1 are facing the north direction and students in row 2 are facing the south direction. Each student in row 1 faces a student in row 2. A1 who stands in row 2 stands second to the right of A3. A2 faces B5. Two students stand between B5 and B1 who is at one of the extreme ends. B2 faces the immediate neighbour of A4. Only one person stands between A4 and A2. Three students stand between B4 and B3. B4 faces the immediate neighbour of A1. B5 is second to the left of B3. B3 does not face A4. A6 stands to the immediate right of A5. A6 and A5 do not face B1. B6 stands in the same row as B5.  

 

Q 1. How many students stand between A1 and A5?

(a) None

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) More than three

(e) Three

Sol.

1. d

More than three students stand between A1 and A5.

Q 2. If A1 is related to B4, B2 is related to A4 then in the same manner A2 is related to _____?

(a) B3

(b) B6

(c) B1

(d) A6

(e) B5

Sol.

2. b

A2 is related to B6.

Q3. Who among the following faces the one who stands second to the right of A5?

(a) The one, who sits third right of B4.

(b) The one, who sits immediate left of B3.

(c) B1

(d) B3

(e) The one, who sits immediate right of B2.

Sol.

3. e

The one, who sits immediate right of B2

Q 4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence  

form a group which of the following does not belong to the group?

(a) A5-B6

(b) A2-B2

(c) B1-A4

(d) A3-B2

(e) B5-A6

Sol.  

4. d

A3 – B2 do not belong to the group.

Q5. Which of the following is not true regarding B6?

(a) B6 stands second to the right of B2

(b) B6 faces A6

(c) B6 faces the immediate neighbour of A3

(d) Two students stand between B6 and B4

(e) All are true

Sol.

5. c

B6 faces the immediate neighbour of A3.

Direction (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

In a certain code language:

“education is started” is coded as “kt rt za”

“education easy always” is coded as “kt mn bd”

“always do started” is coded as “bd st za”

“easy time passes” is coded as “mn ab ef”

Solution (6-10)

 

Q 6. What is the code of “time passes” as per the given code language?

(a) ab bd

(b) ef kt

(c) Cannot be determined

(d) ab ef

(e) ef rt

Sol.  

6. d

ab ef is a code of time passes.

Q7. What is the code of “started” as per the given code language?

(a) za

(b) ab

(c) mn

(d) ef

(e) None of these

Sol.  

7.a

za is the code of “started”

Q 8. Which among the following words is coded as “rt”?

(a) education

(b) is

(c) easy

(d) time

(e) None of these

Sol.  

8. b

is word is code of “rt”.

Q9. Which among the following words is coded as “ab”?

(a) time

(b) passes

(c) is

(d) Can’t be determined

(e) None of these

Sol.

9.d

Can be determined.

Q10. Which of the following words is correctly matched with its code?

(a) education- rt

(b) is- kt

(c) started-mn

(d) do- rt

(e) easy-mn Sol

Sol.

10.e

easy – mn correctly matched code.

Direction (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given  

below:

Seven persons M, N, O, P, Q, R and S sit consecutively in a vertical row. Each person likes different fruits i.e. Grapes, Litchi, Guava, Orange, Banana, Mango and Peach. All the information is not necessarily in the same order. Two people sit between N and the one, who likes Litchi. O sits immediately above the one, who likes Litchi. N likes Mango. More than four people sit between M and Q, who like Grapes. Q sits at the bottommost position. O likes Guava and sits below M but not immediately below. R, who likes oranges sits below the one, who likes bananas and above S. M does not like Banana.

Solution (11-15)

 

Q 11. Who among the following person likes Peach?

(a) M

(b) S

(c) P

(d) None of these

(e) The one, who sits just below S

Sol.  

11. a

M Likes Peach.

Q 12. Which among the following statement is true regarding P?

(a) P likes Banana

(b) Two persons sit between P and O

(c) M sits immediately above P

(d) More than three persons sit below P

(e) All are true

Sol.

12. e

All are true.

Q 13. Four of the following five belongs to a group in a certain way, find the one which does not belong to that group?

(a) M-Mango

(b) P-Orange

(c) R-Grapes

(d) N-Guava

(e) O-Grapes

Sol.  

13. c

R – Grapes do not belong to that group.

Q 14. How many people sit between O and the one, who likes Peach?

(a) Four

(b) Three

(c) Five

(d) Two

(e) None of these

Sol.

14. b

Three-person sit between O and  Peach.

Q 15. What is the position of R?

(a) Second from the topmost position

(b) Second from the bottommost position

(c) Fourth from the topmost position

(d) Both (b) and (c)

(e) Third from the bottommost position

Sol.

15. c

Fourth form the topmost Position.  

Direction (16-19): In each of the questions below are given some statements followed by two  

conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Q 16. Statements:

All G is T.  

None T is Y.  

Some Y is  N.  

Conclusions:  

I. All N can be G.  

II. Some Y can be G.  

 

(a) If only conclusion I follows.

(b) If only conclusion II follows.

(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.

(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.

(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.

Conclusions:  

I. All N can be G. (Not Follow)

II. Some Y can  be G. (Not Follow)

Sol.

16. d

If neither conclusion I nor II follows.

Q 17. Statements:  

Only a few tables are chairs.

Some chair is fan.

All fan are pen.

Conclusion:  

I. Some pen is table is not a possibility.

II. All pen can never be chair.  

 

(a) If only conclusion I follows.

(b) If only conclusion II follows.

(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.

(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.

(e) If both conclusions I and II follow

Conclusion:  

I. Some pen is table is not a possibility.(Not Follow)

II. All pen can never be chair. (Not Follow)

Sol.

17. d

If Neither conclusion I nor II follow

Q 18. Statements:  

Few R is H.  

Only a few R is D.  

Some R are not V.  

Conclusions:  

I. Some H can never be V.  

II. All D can be V.  

 

(a) If only conclusion I follows.

(b) If only conclusion II follows.

(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.

(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.

(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.

Conclusions:  

I. Some H can never be V.  (Not Follow)

II. All D can be V. (Follow)

Sol.  

18. b

If only conclusion II follows.

Q 19. Statements:

Some papers are sharpeners.  

Few sharpeners are erasers.  

All erasers are pencils.  

Conclusions:

I. Some erasers are not papers.  

II. All pencils being sharpeners is a possibility.  

 

(a) If only conclusion I follows.

(b) If only conclusion II follows.

(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.

(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.

(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.

Conclusions:

I. Some erasers are not papers. (Not Follow)

II. All pencils being sharpeners is a possibility. (Follow)

Sol.  

19. b

If only Conclusion II Follow

Directions (20-24): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Six persons are going to the six different cities on two different dates i.e. 7th and 16th of three different months i.e. March, April and May of the same year. T goes in the month which has an odd number of days and on odd number dates. Two persons go in between T and the one who goes to Pune. Only two people go after the one who goes to Varanasi. S goes to Mumbai on an odd-numbered date. Only one person goes between S and X. As many people go before X, as many people go after U. More than two persons go in between V and the W who goes to Indore. X does not go to Lucknow. One of the persons visits Jaipur.  

Solution (20-24)

 

Q 20. Who among the following goes on 16th March?

(a) The one who goes to Jaipur

(b) S

(c) X

(d) The one who goes to Pune

(e) None of these

Sol.  

20. d  

The one who goes to Pune

Q 21. The one who goes on 7th May, goes to which city?

(a) Jaipur

(b) Lucknow

(c) Indore

(d) Pune

(e) None of these

Sol.  

21. b

Lucknow

Q 22. Which of the following statement is not true about W?

(a) T goes just before W

(b) W goes to Pune

(c) Only two persons go-between W and X

(d) More than one person goes between W and V

(e) Both (b) and (d)  

Sol.

22. b

W goes to Pune.

Q 23. Which of the combination is true?

(a) V-7th March

(b) T- Jaipur

(c) U- 16th April

(d) V- Varanasi

(e) None of these

Sol.  

23. c

U – 16th April is a true combination.

Q 24. Who among the following person goes to Varanasi?

(a) V

(b) U

(c) X

(d) T

(e) None of these

Sol.

24. b

U goes to Varanasi.

Directions (25 -27): In these questions, relationships between different elements are shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer

(a) if only the conclusion I is true

(b) if only conclusion II is true

(c) if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true

(d) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true

(e) if both conclusions I and II are true

Q 25. Statement: K=L; D>G≤N=J; J>T≥L;  

Conclusions:  

I. N>T  

II. K≤G

Conclusions:  

I. N>T(True)

II. K≤G(False)

Sol.

25.a

if only the conclusion I is true

Q 26. Statement: W=R>M; V<Q≤R; W>L≥Y  

Conclusions:  

I. L>Q  

II. Q≥Y

Conclusions:  

I. L>Q (False)

II. Q≥Y(False)

Sol.

26. d

if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true

Q 27. Statement: W>S=M; S≤N=H≥Y

Conclusions:  

I. M≤N  

II. W≥H

Conclusions:  

I. M≤N(True)

II. W≥H(False)

Sol.

27.a

if only the conclusion I is true

Q 28. How many such pairs of digits are there in the given number ‘395128’ each of which has as many digits between them in the number as in the Number series (From both backward and forward)?

 

(a) Two  

(b) One

(c) Four

(d) Three

(e) More than four

Sol.

28. d

Three Pairs of digits are there in the given number

Q 29. When all the Consonants of the Word TRANSFORMATION are written first followed by the Vowels in alphabetical order, what is the position of S in the word thus formed?

 

(a) 5th  from the right end.

(b) 7th from the left end.

(c) 6th  from the left end.

(d) 7th from the right end.

(e)  None of these.

Sol.

29. b

S is 7th from the left end.

Direction (30-34): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

A certain number of persons sit in a linear row. All of them face in the north direction. E sits third to the right of A. Only three persons sit between E and I. G sits third to the left of I. G sits fifth from the left end of the row. B sits third to the left of G. Only three persons sit between C and D who is an immediate neighbour of B. Only six persons sit to the right of C. F sits immediate left of J. Only three people sit between F and H. J does not sit left of E. H does not sit at the extreme end of the row.  

 Solution (30-34)

 

Q 30. How many people sit in the row?

(a) Eleven

(b) Thirteen

(c) Fourteen  

(d) Ten

(e) Twelve

Sol.  

30. b  

Thirteen persons sit in the row.

Q 31. How many persons sit to the left of A?

(a) B

(b) D

(c) H

(d) C

(e) None

Sol.

31. e

None of the persons sitting to the left of A.

Q 32. How many persons sit between G and A?

(a) One

(b) Two

(c) None

(d) Three

(e) More than three

Sol.  

21. d

Three persons sit between G and A.

Q 33. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group which of the following does not belong to the group?

(a) A

(b) G

(c) F

(d) D

(e) C

Sol.  

33. c

F Does not belong to the group.

Q 34. Who among the following person sits exactly between B and I?

(a) D

(b) F

(c) E

(d) H

(e) G

Sol.

34. e  

G sits exactly between B and I.

Q 35. Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G   have different heights. C is taller than only D. A is taller than B and F but not the tallest. G is taller than E, who is not shorter than A. How many persons are shorter than F?

 

(a) One  

(b) Three

(c) Four  

(d) Five

(e) Can’t be determined

Sol.

35. e

Can’t be determined



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