Dear readers,

This quiz consists of questions from various Banking
entrance exams held during the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in
the comments section below and we’ll soon let you know the correct answers!

Directions (Q. Nos. 1 to 3) Below in
each question are given two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be
either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common
cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read
both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly
depicts the relationship between these two statements.

Mark answer (1) if statement (A) is
the cause and statement (B) is its effect

Mark answer (2) if statement (B) is
the cause and statement (A) is its effect

Mark answer (3) if both the
statements (A) and (B) are independent causes

Mark answer (4) if both the
statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes

Mark answer (5) if both the statements
(A) and (B) are effects of some common causes

1. (A)
Asthma cases in the city are on a continuous rise since last year.

     (B)The number of commonly found animals
such as sparrows, squirrels and pigeons in the city has continuously dwindled
since last year.

 2. (A) Prices of food grains in India has
increased substantially.

      (B) Lakhs of farmers have quit farming
owing to the lack of governmental support in            

           the form of subsidies.

3. (A) The
university decided to postpone the final exams for course X by a month.

     (B) Nearly twenty five students out of
sixty students in course X failed to pass the final 

            exams last year.

Directions (Q. Nos. 4 to 10) Study
the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Eight friends, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W
and Y are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at
four corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of the four
sides. The one who sit at the four corners face the centre while those who sit
in the middle of the sides face outside. S sits third to the right of P. P
faces the centre. Y is not an immediate neighbour of P or S. T sits third to
the right of R. R does not sit in the middle of any of the sides and also R is
not an immediate neighbour of Y. Only one person sits between P and V. Q is not
an immediate neighbour of V.

 4. If all the persons are made to sit in
alphabetical order in clockwise direction, starting from P, the positions of
how many (excluding P) will remain unchanged as compared to their original
seating positions?

(1) None          (2) One            (3) Two            (4)
Three         (5) Four

5. Which of the following is true
regarding Y?

(1) T is not
an immediate neighbour of Y

(2) Y sits
in the middle of one of the sides

(3) R sits
second to left of Y

(4) P and V
are immediate neighbours of Y

(5) None is
true

6. Who amongst the following sits
fourth to the left of V?

 (1) Y                (2)
R                (3) T                (4) Q                (5) W

7. What is the position of Q with
respect to R?

(1)
Immediately to the left

(2) Second
to the left

(3) Third to
the left

(4) Third to
the right

(5)
Immediately to the right

8. 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?

(1) T                 (2) W              (3) V               (4)
S                 (5) Q

 9. Who sits third to the right of W?

(1) R                (2) S                 (3) Q              
(4) Y                (5) Cannot be determined

 10. How many people sit between T and Q?

(1) None          (2) One            (3) Two           
(4) Three        (5) Four

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Answers

1(4)      2(2)      3(4)     4(1)
     5(3)      6(1)      7(5)    
8(3)     9(4)      10(2)