PART – II
REASONING ABILITY

Direction : Answer the following questions (Q. Nos. 11 to 25) by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.

11.
Two statements have been given followed by two conclusions (I) and (II). Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements.

Statement :
• Some fruits are Litchi.
• All Litchi are pinkish-red.

Conclusions :
(I) Some fruits are pinkish-red.
(II) All pinkish-red things are Litchi.

Which of the above conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement ?

(1) Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow
(2) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II) follows
(3) Only conclusion (I) follows
(4) Only conclusion (II) follows

12.
Two statements are given below, labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) :
Educate a mother, and the whole family will be educated.

Reason (R) :
Educated mothers are more likely to take interest and invest in the education of their children and other members of family.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(1) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(2) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(4) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

13.
Among five friends – Karan, Lalit, Mathew, Naseem and Omar – who received their school results.
Karan scored higher than Mathew but lower than Omar.
Mathew scored higher than Lalit but lower than Naseem.
Naseem scored lower than Karan.
Who scored the highest among them ?

(1) Mathew
(2) Lalit
(3) Karan
(4) Omar

14.
Five friends : P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a row facing north.
P is seated at the left end.
Q is to the right of R but to the left of S.
T is not seated at either end.
Who is sitting in the middle ?

(1) R
(2) S
(3) T
(4) Q

15.
Select the number that will replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

2, 9, 28, 65, ?, 217, 344

(1) 145
(2) 197
(3) 101
(4) 126

16.
Select the letter cluster that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

DOG, BUM, ?, XGY, VME

(1) ZBR
(2) ZAR
(3) ZAT
(4) ZAS

17.
There are six members in a family : Anjali, Nirmala, Ramesh, Saurav, Sonia and Vijay. Vijay is the brother of Anjali’s husband. Nirmala is Vijay’s mother. Sonia is the daughter of Saurav and Anjali and the granddaughter of Ramesh. How is Ramesh most likely related to Vijay from the following options ?

(1) Brother
(2) Grandfather
(3) Son
(4) Father

18.
If the following statements are true :

(a) A < F = B > E
(b) C > B = D > A

Which of the following conclusions is definitely false ?

(1) C < E
(2) A < C
(3) A = E
(4) F = D

19.
Select the Venn Diagram that best represents the relationship between the following set of classes :

School Staffs, Graduate People, Post Graduate People

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

20.
You are given below a question followed by two statements numbered (I) and (II), each providing some information. Determine which of the statement(s) is/are sufficient to answer the question.

Question :
What was the total profit of the company ‘Golden Boots’ ?

Statements :
(I) The company sells only one type of product – industrial boots.
(II) The company sold 6,500 pairs of industrial boots of different sizes and earned a profit of ₹75 on each pair, regardless of size.

(1) Both statements (I) and (II) together are necessary to answer the question.
(2) Both statements (I) and (II) together are not sufficient to answer the question.
(3) The statement (I) alone is sufficient to answer the question while statement (II) alone is not sufficient.
(4) The statement (II) alone is sufficient to answer the question while statement (I) alone is not sufficient.

21.
If the following symbols indicate family relationships :

(a) ‘A + B’ → A is the son of B
(b) ‘A – B’ → A is the brother of B
(c) ‘A × B’ → A is married to B
(d) ‘A @ B’ → A is the father of B

Now consider the relation :

P @ Q – R × S + T

How is P best related to T from the following options ?

(1) Son’s Father-in-law
(2) Son’s Brother-in-law
(3) Father-in-law
(4) Brother-in-law

22.
Bharti starts walking from her house in the morning towards the East. After walking 100 meters, she turns left and walks 50 meters. Then she turns right and walks 100 meters. Finally, she turns right again and walks 50 meters. How far and in which direction is she from her starting point ?

(1) 50 meters North
(2) 150 meters East
(3) 200 meters East
(4) 50 meters West

23.
Eight persons – four ladies (Anjali, Bharti, Kashmira and Manpreet) and four gentlemen (Amit, Farhan, George and Sameer) – are sitting around a circular table facing each other. The following conditions hold :

• No two ladies and no two gentlemen sit next to each other.
• Bharti is seated immediately to the left of Amit.
• Kashmira, who is seated between Farhan and George, is facing Anjali.
• Sameer, who is seated between Anjali and Manpreet, is facing Farhan.

Who is seated immediately to the left of Manpreet ?

(1) Farhan
(2) Amit
(3) Sameer
(4) George

24.
A T20 cricket team has 11 players. Besides the wicketkeeper, the team has 7 good batsmen and 6 good bowlers. How many allrounders (players who are both good batsmen and good bowlers) are there in the team ?

(1) 3
(2) 4
(3) 1
(4) 2

25.
Two statements are given below, labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) :
A small iron nail sinks in fresh water, whereas a large iron ship floats in seawater.

Reason (R) :
Seawater has a greater density than fresh water.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(1) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(2) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(4) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).