Reasoning quiz for Banking entrance exams
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This quiz consists of actual questions from
various Banking entrance exams held during the last few years. Leave your
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Directions (Q. 1-6): Study the number series given below and
answer the questions which follow
6 7 8 9 9 8 7 9 7 7 8 9 7 8 7 6 9 6 8 9 7 7 9 8 9 7 6 8 8 7
1. How many such numbers are there in the given series each
of which when subtracted from the following number, has a difference of 2?
(1) Three (2) Four (3) Five (4) Nine (5) None of these
2. Which of the following numbers is obtained when 18th
number from the left of the number series is added to 19th from the right?
(1) 15 (2) 20 (3) 10 (4) 17 (5) None of these
3. How many nines are there in the given series each of which
is immediately preceded by an odd number?
(1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Four (5)
More than four
4. How many such even numbers are
there in the given series each of which is immediately followed by an even
number?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three
5. How many such odd numbers are there in the given series
each of which is immediately preceded by an even number?
(1) Five (2) Seven (3) Nine (4) Eleven (5) None of these
6. How many such sevens are there in the given series each of
which is immediately preceded by 9 and also immediately followed by 8?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three
Directions (Q. 7-10): In each of the questions below are given four
statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to
take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from
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.
7. Statements: Some robots are machines. Some computers are
both robots and machines. Some animals are machines. Some toys are animals.
Conclusions
I. Some toys are robots
II. Some toys are machines
III. Some animals are computers
IV. Some robots are not toys
(1) None follows
(2) Only II and III follow
(3) Only I and III follow
(4) Only III follows
(5) Only either I or IV
follows
8. Statements: All suns are stars. All moons are stars. Some
planets are suns. Some stars are gases.
Conclusions
I. Some stars are planets
II. Some suns are gases
III. No moon is a planet
IV. Some gases are moons
(1) None follows
(2) Only I follows
(3) Only I and II follow
(4) Only III and IV follow
(5) Only I and III follow
9. Statements: All books are diaries. Some diaries are pens.
Some pens are drawers. All drawers are chairs.
Conclusions
I. Some drawers are diaries
II. Some chairs are pens
III. Some pens are books
IV. Some diaries are books
(1) None follows
(2) Only II follows
(3) Only II and III follow
(4) Only II and IV follow
(5) All follow
10. Statements: Some buildings are rivers. Some mountains are
both buildings and rivers. Some roads are buildings. All roads are trucks.
Conclusions:
I. Some mountains are roads
II. Some buildings are trucks
III. Some rivers are roads
IV. Some trucks are rivers
(1) None follows
(2) Only I follows
(3) Only II follows
(4) Only III follows
(5) All follow
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Answers:
1(5) 2(1) 3(3) 4(4) 5(3) 6(2) 7(5) 8(2) 9(4)
10(3)