Reasoning Ability Part-1 [For Bank]

REASONING ABILITY#1

Directions (1-7): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Nine persons A,B,C,D,E,F,G,K and J stay in a building. The building has nine floors and only one person stays on one floor. All of them won one bus each and each bus is of a different colour- blue, grey, white, black, yellow, green, red, orange and pink (floors are from one to nine).

K owns a black bus and stays on an even number floor. A stays on any even number floor below the floor on which K stays. The person who owns an orange bus stays on fourth floor. E stays on the second floor and owns a white bus. The person who owns pink bus stays on third floor. A does not own green bus. There are two floors between red and black bus. C owns a grey bus. There are three floors between C and G. D stays immediately above J's floor. There is one floor between F and G. F does not own pink bus. The person who owns blue bus stays on the top most floor. F does not stay on the ground floor.

1.Who amongst the following live on the floors exactly between the floors on which J and A  live?
a)G,D
b)K,B
c)K,C
d)C,D
e)Cannot be determined

2.Who amongst the following lives on floor number 6?
a)K
b)B
c)A
d)G
e)Cannot be determined

3.On which of the following floors does the one who likes yellow colour lives?
a)6th
b)7th
c)5th
d)4th
e)3rd

4.How many people live on the floors above the floor on which J lives?
a)One
b)Two
c)Three
d)More than three
e)None

5.Who amongst the following lives on Topmost floor?
a)J
b)D
c)B
d)A
e)Cannot be determined

6.Which of the following combination is true as per the given arrangement?
a) F-yellow-VII
b) J-pink-III
c) D-pink-VI
d) A-green-III
e)Both (b) & (d)

7.Who lives on the exactly middle of the floors on which E and D lives?
a)F
b)B
c)J
d)A
e)C

Directions (8-10): In the given questions, assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the given four conclusions numbered I,II and III is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

8.Statements: W ≥ P,
                        P > G,
                        G < I,
                        I ≤ N
   Conclusions: I.I > P
                       II.N ≤ W
                       III.N > G

a)Only III is true

b)Only I and II are true

c)All are true

d)None is true

e)None of these

9. Statements: U < D,
                         D = S,
                         S > Y,
                         Y ≥ W,

   Conclusions: I.S > W

                        II.D > W

                      III.Y < D

a)Only III is true

b)Only I and II are true

c)All are true

d)None is true

e)None of these

10.Statements: A > N,
                          K ≥ N,
                          K = M,
                          R > M,

    Conclusions: I.M = N

                         II.M = K

                        III.R ≥ A

a)Only III is true

b)Only I is true

c)All are true

d)None is true

e)None of these

Answer key

1.a) 

2.c) 

3.a) 

4.d) 

5.c) 

6.b) 

7.c) 

8.a) 

9.c) 

10.e) 

Solution

(1-7):

Floors	Person	Colour
9	B	Blue
8	K	Black
7	F	Green
6	A	Yellow
5	G	Red
4	D	Orange
3	J	Pink
2	E	White
1	C	Grey

8.Combining all the statements we get,

                          W ≥ P > G < I ≤ N

   Thus, I > P is not true.We can't compare N and W.

   Hence II is not true. N > G is true.

9.Combining all the statements we get,

                          U < D = S > Y ≥ W

   Thus, S > W is true.

   D > W is true.

   D > Y is true.

10.Combining all the statements we get,

                         A > N ≤ K = M < R

     Thus, M = N is not true.

     M = K is true.

     R ≥ A is not true.