Reasoning Quiz

Q.1-3 : In each group of questions below are two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two/three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer (A) if only conclusion I follows;

Give answer (B) if only conclusion II follows;

Give answer (C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows;

Give answer (D) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows;

Give answer (E) if both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

1. Statements:

Some exams are tests. No exam is a question.

Conclusions: 

I. No question is a test.

II. Some tests are definitely not exams.

2-3. Statements: 

All forces are energies. All energies are powers. No power is heat.

2.Conclusions: 

I. Some forces are definitely not powers.

II. No heat is force.

3.Conclusions: 

I. No energy is heat.

II. Some forces being heat is a possibility.

4.No note is a coin. Some coins are metals. All plastics are notes.

I. No coin is plastic.

II. All plastic being metal is possibility.

5.Read the following information carefully and answer the question which follows.

Farmers found using chemical fertilizers in the organic-farming area of their farms would be heavily fined.

Which of the following statements is an assumption implicit in the given statement?

(An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted).

(A) Chemical fertilizers harm the crop.

(B) A farm’s area for organic and chemical farming is different.

(C) Farmers who do not use chemical fertilizers in the chemical farming area would be penalized as well.

(D) All farmers undertake both these kinds of farming (chemical as well as organic) in their farming.

(E) Organic fertilizers are banned in the area for chemical farming.

6.Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow:

"Small brands are now looking beyond local grocery stores and are tying up with Supermarkets such as Big Bazar to pull their business out of troubled waters."

Which of the following can be inferred from the given information? (An inference is something that is not directly stated but can be inferred from the given information)

(A) Merchandise of smaller brands would not be available at local grocery stores in the near future.

(B) Smaller brands cannot compete with bigger ones in a supermarket set-up.

(C) There is a perception among small brands that sale in a supermarket is higher than that of small grocery stores.

(D) Supermarkets generate more revenue by selling products of bigger brands as compared to the smaller ones.

(E) Smaller brands have always had more tie-ups with supermarkets as compared to small grocery stores.

7-10.Study the following information carefully and answer the given question:

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. (All the numbers are two digits numbers)

Input : tall 48 13 rise alt 99 76 32 wise jar high 28 56 barn

Step I :   13 tall 48 rise 99 76 32 wise jar  high 28 56 barn alt

Step II :  28 13 tall 48 rise 99 76 32 wise jar high 56 alt barn

Step III : 32 28 13 tall 48 rise 99 76 wise jar 56 alt barn high

Step IV : 48 32 28 13 tall rise 99 76 wise 56 alt barn high jar

Step V :  56 48 32 28 13 tall 99 76 wise alt barn high jar rise

Step VI : 76 56 48 32 28 13 99 wise alt barn high jar rise tall

Step VII :99 76 56 48 32 28 13 alt barn high jar rise tall wise

And Step VII is the last step of the above input, as the desired arrangement is obtained.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for   the given input.

Input : 84 why sit 14 32 not best ink feet 51 27 vain 68 92

(All the numbers are two digits numbers)

7.Which step number is the following output?

32 27 14 84 why sit not 51 vain 92 68 feet best ink

(A) Step V

(B) Step VI

(C) Step IV

(D) Step III

(E) There is no such stop

8.Which word/number would be at 5th position from the right in Step V?

(A) 14

(B) 92

(C) feet

(D) best

(E) why

9.Which of the following  represents the position of ‘Why’ in the fourth step??

(A) Eighth from the left

(B) Fifth from the right

(C) Sixth from the left

(D) Fifth from the left

(E) Seventh from the left

10. How many elements (words or numbers) are there between ‘feet’ and ‘32’ as they appear in the last step of the output?

(A) One 

(B) Three

(C) Four

(D) Five

(E) Seven

Answers 
1.  d
2.  b
3.  a
4.  e
5.  b
6.  c
7.  e
8.  d
9.  c
10.b