IBPS PO Mains 2018 – Reasoning Ability Questions Day-22

Dear Readers, Bank Exam Race for the Year 2018 is already started, To enrich your preparation here we have providing new series of Practice Questions on Reasoning Ability – Section. Candidates those who are preparing for IBPS PO Mains 2018 Exams can practice these questions daily and make your preparation effective.

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

        There are eight persons A, B, C, D, P, Q, R and S are born in different years viz., 1956, 1962, 1970, 1977, 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2001 but not necessary in the same order. They are working in different cities namely Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune but not necessary in the same order. Calculations are done with respect to the year 2018 and assuming months and date to be same.

        There are only two persons born between the one who is working in Bangalore and A, who does not work in Pune. The age of S is three times the age difference between the one who is working in Mumbai and B. C is not elder than the person one who is working in Delhi. There is only one person born between the one who is  working in Pune and Q, whose age is prime number. Not more than two and less than one person born between R and the one who is working in Lucknow. P born in one of the odd numbered year and do not work in Bangalore  and Kochi. A’s age is multiples of four and does not born after 1980. As many persons born between D and the one who working in Pune is same as the persons born between Q and the one who working in Chennai. C is five years younger than B. P’s age is prime number and born immediately before the one who working in Mumbai. Sum of the ages of P and Q is equal to perfect square of a number. The one who is working in Lucknow born in even numbered year and the one who is working in Delhi born in odd numbered year.

1) Who among the following person(s) born between B and the one who working in Mumbai?

a) C

b) The one who born in 2001

c) The one who working in Hyderabad

d) The one whose age is 48

e) Both a) and c)

2) What is the total age of both A and the one who working in Delhi?

a) 118 years

b) 97 years

c) 89 years

d) 74 years

e) 51 years

3) Four of the following alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which of the following one that does not belong to the group?

a) B

b) Q

c) P

d) S

e) D

4) Who among the following working in Bangalore?

a) The one whose age is 48

b) D

c) The one who born in 1985

d) The one who born immediately after C

e) None of these

5) What is the age of the person one who working in Hyderabad?

a) 48 years

b) 33 years

c) 23 years

d) 56 years

e) None of these

Directions (6-8):  In each question below given statements followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Given Answer that,

a) Only Conclusion I follows

b) Only Conclusion II follows

c) Either Conclusion I or Conclusion II follows

d) Neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows

e) Both Conclusion I and Conclusion II follows

6) Statement: RBI brings Punjab National Bank under non performing assert (NPA)

Conclusion I: PNB has more non repaid loans, this make the Reserve bank of India to instruct PNB, not to recruit any more candidates.

Conclusion II: PNB gave high salary to their workers, so bank has insufficient cash with it.

7) Statement:  Oriental Bank of Commerce has been awarded as the best public sector bank for Atal Pension Yojana for the year 2017-18.

Conclusion I:  All other banks were not focused on Atal pension Yojana scheme. They all focused on increasing savings accounts in their respective banks.

Conclusion II: Oriental Bank of Commerce is the only bank which worked under Atal Pension Yojana scheme.

8) Statement: Muthoot Fincorp Limited announced its partnership with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to train over 10,000 youth over the next three years and make them job ready.

Conclusion I: National skill Development Corporation can only produce the skilled youths as per corporate needs.

Conclusion II: This NSDC may reduce the count of Unemployment of the state. And it will provide the additional qualification to the youths of present generation.

Directions (9-10): Each question below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument and which is a ‘weak’ argument.

Give answer:

a) if only argument I is strong.

b) if only argument II is strong.

c) if either I or II is strong.

d) if neither I nor II is strong.

e) if both I and II are strong.

9) Statement: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to uninstall the Microsoft XP operating system from all ATMs and upgrade them by June 2019.

Argument I: Now a days, the ATM robbery, became more usual, so RBI insist all the banks in India to have modification in architecture.

Argument II: Reserve Bank of India has the responsibility to update new technologies in the day-to-day life for providing additional benefits.

10) Statement: After US re-imposed sanctions against Iran after it withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal, India is planning to cut oil imports from Iran, and replacing them with more purchases from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Argument I: Indian government had found the alternative renewable sources, So it cuts the oil import from Iran.

Argument II: India has found the alternative supply for the crude oil production. So, it cuts the oil import from Iran. To have better relationship with United States.

Answers:

Direction (1-5):

• There is only one person born between the one who is working in Pune and Q, whose age is prime number.

• There are only two persons born between the one who is working in Bangalore and A, who does not working in Pune.
• A’s age is multiples of four and does not born after 1980.
• P’s age is prime number and born immediately before the one who working in Mumbai.
• So, Case-3 will be dropped.

• Sum of the ages of P and Q is equal to perfect square of a number.
• So, Case-4 will be dropped.

• C is five years younger than B (C=B-5). So, C’s age is definitely 28 and B’s age is 33.
• The age of S is three times the age difference between the one who working in Mumbai and B. (S=3(Mumbai~B)). So, age of S is definitely 48.
• Case-2 will be dropped.

• As many persons born between D and the one who is working in Pune is same as the persons born between Q and the one who is  working in Chennai. C is not elder than the person one who is working in Delhi.
• Not more than two and less than one person born between R and the one who working in Lucknow. P born in one of the odd numbered year and do not work in Bangalore and Kochi.
• The one who is working in Lucknow born in even numbered year and the one who is working in Delhi born in odd numbered year.

1. Answer: e)

2. Answer: b)

3. Answer: d)

4. Answer: c)

5. Answer: c)

6. Answer: a)

Conclusion I will be the reason for non performing assets.

7. Answer: d)

Neither of the conclusions are related to the given statement.

8. Answer: b)

Conclusion II is related to the given statement, since it will provide the additional qualification to Youths.

9. Answer: e)

To provide extra benefits and to prevent ATM Robbery, RBI has planned to make upgrade them by June 2019 version.

10. Answer: b)

Argument II is strong since, it is the main reason for the given statement.

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