Reasoning Quiz for SBI Clerk Prelims 2016 – Set 3

Directions (Q. 1–5): In each of the following questions, a question is
followed by information given in three statements.
You have to study the questions along with the statements and decide the
information given in which statements
is/are sufficient to answer the question:

1. Who among Tinku, Sunny, Jimmy and Ricky is the tallest?

I. Tinku is not as tall as either Sunny or Ricky.

II. Ricky is shorter than Jimmy, who is not as tall as Sunny.

III. Jimmy is not the tallest.

1) Only I and II

2) Only II and III

3) Only I and III

4) All I, II and III

5) Data inadequate

2. How is A related to D?

I. E is A’s wife.

II. F is sister of G, whose father is A.

III. H is the only sister of F, who is daughter of D.

1) Only I and II

2) Only II and III

3) Only I and III

4) All I , II and III

5) Only III and either I or II

3. What is the position of Akarsh from the bottom in a class
of 45 students?

I. Aashi is 18th from the top and there are five students between
Akarsh and Aashi, who is not below Akarsh.

II. Anuj is 15th from the bottom and Akarsh is four positions
below Anuj.

III. Ruchi is 9th from the bottom and there are four students
between Ruchi and Akarsh. Ruchi is not above Akarsh.

1) Only I

2) Only II

3) Only III

4) Any of the three statements

5) All I, II and III together

4. P, Q, R, S and T are sitting around a circular table
facing the centre. Who is second to the right of P?

I. S is second to the left of R, who is on the immediate left
of T.

II. T can not sit adjacent to P.

III. P is third to the right of Q, who is on the immediate left
of S.

1) Only I and II

2) Only II and III

3) Only I and III

4) All I, II and III together

5) Either III or I and II together

5. In a certain code, ‘will you do this’ is written as ‘9 7
3 4’. What will be the code of ‘this’?

I. ‘you can do easily’ is written as ‘3 1 2 9’.

II. ‘how are you’ is written as ‘5 3 8’.

III. ‘I will give up’ is written as ‘6 7 # $’.

1) Only I and II

2) Only II and III

3) Only I and III

4) Any two of them

5) All I, II and III together

Directions (Q. 6–10):
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are eight students in a class.
Three of them play cricket and badminton each and two of them play hockey. Each
one of them has a different height. The tallest does not play hockey and the
shortest does not play cricket. V is taller than P and S but shorter than Z and
Q. T, who does not play cricket, is taller than Q and is second to the tallest.
W is shorter than S but taller than P.  Z, who is the fourth from the top, plays
badminton with S. W does not play either cricket or hockey. Q does not play
hockey.

6. Who is the tallest?

1) Q

2) Z

3) R

4) Data inadequate

4) None of these

7. Who is the shortest?

1) W

2) S

3) Z

4) Data inadequate

5) None of these

8. Which of the following pairs of students plays hockey?

1) TV

2) ZT

3) ZV

4) Data inadequate

5) None of these

9. What is V’s position from the top when they are arranged in
descending order of their height?

1) Third

2) Fifth

3) Fourth

4) Sixth

5) None of these

10. Which of the following groups of students plays cricket?

1) RPT

2) RQV

3) RPQ

4) PQR or QRV

5) None of these