Reasoning Quiz for IBPS| SBI – 276

Six players Arun, Kamal, Ram, Varun, Yuvraj and Ajay are playing different types of Sports viz Carom, Chess, Kho-Kho, Tennis, Hockey and Badminton, but not necessarily in the same order. All are wears a T-shirt of different colour – Violet, Green, Blue, Orange, Red and yellow.They use different types of mobiles viz Samsung, Lenovo and Nokia but not necessarily in the same order.Atleast two persons use the same same types of mobiles.
The person who plays Hockey uses Nokia. Ajay uses Nokia and wears Green T-Shirt, but he plays neither Carom nor Kho-Kho. The one plays Tennis uses Samsung. Kamal uses the same types of mobile phone as the person who wears a Violet T-Shirt, but he is not a chess Player. The one who is player of Carom uses Samsung. Varun is a Hockey Player and he wears neither Blue T-shirt nor Yellow T-shirt. Lenovo is used by a chess player, Yuvraj is a tennis player and wears an orange T-Shirt, but he does not use the same mobile phone as Ram. Arun does not wear a Red or Yellow shirt. The players who use Nokia play neither Tennis nor Kho-Kho. The players who wear Orange and Blue T-shirts use the same type of mobile.

1)Yuvraj uses the which of the following mobiles ?
A)Samsung
B)Nokia
C)Lenovo
D)Either Nokia or Lenovo
E)None of these
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Answer A) Samsung

2)Who among the following is a Badminton Player ?
A)Arun
B)Ram
C)Yuvraj
D)Ajay
E)None of these
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Answer D)Ajay

3)Kamal wears which colour T-Shirt ?
A)Violet
B)Red
C)Yellow
D)Orange
E)None of these
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Answer C)Yellow

4)Ram is a ………….. player?
A)Kho-Kho
B)Chess
C)Hockey
D)Carrom
E)None of these
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AnswerB)Chess

5)Which of the following is not true ?
A)Ajay-Blue-Lenovo
B)Arun-Carrom-Samsung
C)Yuvraj-Tennis-Orange
D)Varun-Red-Nokia
E)None of these

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Answer A)Ajay-Blue-Lenovo

Direction (Q6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow:
Statement: It has become a bit like the inspector raj of yore. Government assessors walk up to restaurants, groceries, sidewalk, cafes, and randomly pick up samples of packaged water, coffee, noodles, sandwiches – as a matter of fact, any packaged or unpackaged edibles – for testing, and leave the owners or managers of the outlets quaking in their shoes.

6)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) Food inspectors are becoming conscious about consumer interest
B) Unsafe food has been banned in India
C) Hygienic food leads to good health
D) Food manufactures are honest and there is no reason to worry
E) None of the above

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Answer E)None of the above

7)Statement: A survey done by an autonomous research institute under the Ministry of Finance has found that “50 per cent” of the MGNREGA beneficiaries “pay bribes” for payment of their wages.
Which of the following negates the statement made by the research Institute?
A) Illiteracy in the rural areas
B) Presence of less number of banks in the rural areas
C) Beneficiaries not having a bank account
D) Transparency in distribution of wages
E) None of the above

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Answer D) Transparency in distribution of wages
All except (d) are reason to pay the bribe.

8)Statement: Over one-third of the Indian population living in rural areas is illiterate even after 68 years of independence, according to the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011.
Which of the following may not be a probable reason for the illiteracy in India?
A) Lack of primary and secondary schools
B) Availability of good teachers in private and government schools
C) Lack of good and unbiased course material
D) Good vocational training in schools and colleges
E) Only (a) and (b)

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Answer E) Only (a) and (b)
Good teachers and good training in the schools and colleges will definitely strengthen the literacy level in the country. So, only b) and d) are valid options.

9)Statement: Asian Development Bank proposes to increase lending to India by almost 50 per cent to $12 billion by 2018.
Which of the following may be a direct benefit to the Indian government?
A) Growth of the country will be boosted up
B) Key infrastructure growth will be boosted up
C) The country’s growth rate will surpass China’s by 2018.
D) There will be a surge in the demand for skilled labourers
E) None of the above

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Answer B) Key infrastructure growth will be boosted up
With the funding by the international authority India’s infrastructure sector growth will be boosted up. Growth of the country does not solely depend upon infrastructure project. Other sectors also need to be boosted up, so point a) is not valid. It can’t be said from the statement that India’s growth rate will surpass China’s so option c) is not valid.

10)Statement: India will overtake, China, the world’s most populous nation, by 2022, according to the new UN report, which revises its previous estimates, which put the date around 2028.
Which of the following may not be a probable reason for the rise in India’s population?
A) Illiteracy in the country
B) Rise of young people in the reproductive age
C) Decrease in mortality rate
D) Increase in average life expectancy
E) Decline in employment opportunities

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Answer E) Decline in employment opportunities
All others are factors that directly contribute to a rising population.

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