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Reasoning Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

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Q :  

In the question below, two statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two statements to be true even if they seem to be variance from the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding the commonly known facts.
Statements: Some rings are circles.
                    No circle is a square.
Conclusion I. No ring is a square.
                   II. All rings are squares.

(A) If only conclusion I follows

(B) if only conclusion II follows

(C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows

(D) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

(E) If both conclusions I and II follow

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Statements: All rows are lines
                     All lines are queues.
Conclusions
                   I. All rows are queues.
                   II. Atleast some queues are lines.

(A) If only conclusion I follows

(B) if only conclusion II follows

(C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows

(D) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

(E) If both conclusions I and II follow

Correct Answer : E

Q :  

Statements: All laptops are computers
                    Some laptops are notebooks.
Conclusions I. Some notebook are computers
                    II. All notebooks are computers.

(A) If only conclusion I follows

(B) if only conclusion II follows

(C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows

(D) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

(E) If both conclusions I and II follow

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Statements: Some participants are students.
                    Some students are boys.
Conclusions I. No boy is a participant.
                    II. All boys are participants.

(A) If only conclusion I follows

(B) if only conclusion II follows

(C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows

(D) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

(E) If both conclusions I and II follow

Correct Answer : D

Q :  Direction: In the following questions, the symbol @ , $, *, # and δ are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P’ is not smaller than Q’.
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.
‘P δ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P * Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the four conclusion I, II , III and IV given below them is/are definitely true and given your answer accordingly.
Statements:
N δ B, B$W, W # H, H*M
Conclusion:
I. M @ W
II. H@N
III. WδN
IV. W#N
(A) only I is true
(B) Only III is true
(C) Only IV is true
(D) Only either III or IV is true.
(E) Only Either III or IV and I are

(A) A

(B) B

(C) C

(D) D

(E) E

Correct Answer : E

Q :  

Statement:-
Some trees are flowers.
Some flowers are pencils.
Some pencils are tables.
Conclusion:-
(I) Some tables are flowers
(II) Some pencils are trees
(III) Some tables are trees
(IV) Some trees are pencils

(A) All follows

(B) none follows

(C) Only I and III follows

(D) Only II and IV follows

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Direction: In the following questions, the symbol @ , $, *, # and δ are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P’ is not smaller than Q’.
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.
‘P δ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P * Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the four conclusion I, II , III and IV given below them is/are definitely true and given your answer accordingly.
Statements:
H@T, T#F, FδE, E*V
Conclusions:
I. V$F
II. E@T
III. H@V
IV. T#V
(A) Only I, II and III are true
(B) Only I, II and IV are true
(C) Only II, III and IV are true
(D) Only I, III and IV are true
(E) All I, II, III and IV are true

(A) A

(B) B

(C) C

(D) D

(E) E

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Direction: In the following questions, the symbol @ , $, *, # and δ are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P’ is not smaller than Q’.
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.
‘P δ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P * Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the four conclusion I, II , III and IV given below them is/are definitely true and given your answer accordingly.
Statements:
D # R, R*K, K@F, F$J
Conclusion:
I. J#R
II. J#K
III. R#F
IV. K@D
(A) Only I, II and III are true
(B) Only II, III and IV are true
(C) Only I, III and IV are true
(D) All I, II, III and IV are true
(E) None of these

(A) A

(B) B

(C) C

(D) D

(E) E

Correct Answer : E

Q :  

All dogs are asses and all asses are bullocks, which of the following statement is correct. 

(A) Some dogs are asses.

(B) Some asses are bullocks.

(C) All asses and dogs are bullocks.

(D) All the above.

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

There is less percentage of passed students in the government schools. Above statement indicates that 

(A) There are no school building in government schools.

(B) Government school do not have good libraries.

(C) Quality educations is not given in government school.

(D) Government schools have less play-ground.

Correct Answer : C

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