Dear PaGaLGuY readers, Reasoning forms an integral part of a number of competitive examinations, such as the SSC CGL, SSC CHSL exams, Banking Entrance exams, UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination, MBA entrance exams, Combined Defence Service Examination, etc. Given the importance of this section, we bring you a Reasoning Quiz to help you practise and sharpen your reasoning ability.

This quiz has questions from actual SSC Combined Graduate Level (Tier – I) examinations held during the past few years. Solve this quiz and leave your responses/ answers in the comments section below. We will soon let you know the correct answers!

1. If police is called teacher, teacher is called politician, politician is called doctor, doctor is called lawyer and lawyer is called surgeon, who will arrest criminals?

(a) Police         (b) Lawyer          (c) Teacher          (d) Doctor

In question nos. 2 and 3, two statements are given followed by two/four conclusions I, II, III, IV. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements.

2. Statements:   Some buses are four wheelers

                           All four wheelers are vans

Conclusions: I. Some vans are buses

                      II. Some buses are vans

(a) Only conclusion I follows

(b) Only conclusion II follows

(c) Either conclusion I or II follows

(d) Both conclusions I and II follow

3. Statements: All peacocks are lions

                        Some tigers are Peacocks

Conclusions: I. Some lions are not tigers

                      II. All tigers are lions

                     III. Some tigers are lions

                     IV. All peacocks are tigers

(a) Only conclusion I follows

(b) Only conclusion II follows

(c) Only conclusion III follows

(d) Only conclusion IV follows

4. After starting from a point, A walks 3 km towards East; then, turning to his left, he moves 3 km. After this, he again turns left and moves 3 km. In which direction is A from his starting point?

(a) North           (b) East               (c) West               (d) South

5. Ram goes 15 m North, then turns right and walks 20 m, then again turns right and walks 10 m, then again turns right and walks 20 m. How far is he from his original position?

 (a) 5                 (b) 10                (c) 15                 (d) 20

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