New Pattern Reasoning Questions | BOB PO 2017 | 16.04.2017

Directions (1-5): Study the following information to answer the given questions.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are all the family members. A is the father of C. C and H are sisters. F is the mother of A. F and G are a married couple. G has only one daughter B. F is the mother of D. E is the brother in law of D.

All seated in a straight line facing North but not necessarily in the same order. B sits third to the left of her husband. Neither B nor E sits at an extreme and of the line. Only one person sits between E and G. G is not an immediate neighbour of his daughter. C sits third to the right of A. A is not an immediate neighbour of B. Only one person sits between H and D. C is not an immediate neighbour of her sister.

Q1. How is C related to E?

(a) Son

(b) Daughter

(c) Nephew

(d) Niece

(e) More than four

Q2. What is the position of F with respect to D?

(a) Third to the left

(b) Fourth to the right

(c) Second to the right

(d) Second to the left

(e) Immediate left

Q3. Which of the following is true with respect to the given arrangement?

(a) Two people sit to the left of C.

(b) A sits second to the right of B.

(c) E and C are immediate neighbours of each other.

(d) Only one person to the right of H.

(e) None is true

Q5. Which of the following pairs represents persons seated at the two extreme ends of the line?

(a) D, A

(b) H, G

(c) A, G

(d) F, D

(e) C, D

Directions (6-8): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give the answer.

(a) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

(b) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

(c) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

(d) if the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

(e) if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question. 

Q6. How is T related to S?

I. S is the only son of Q, who is the father-in-law of T.S has no sister.

II. T is the daughter-in-law of P’s mother.

Q7. In which school does L study among schools P, Q, R, S and T?

I. J and B study in school R and T respectively.

II. L does not study in the same school in which either J or B studies.

Q8. What is A’s position with respect to B, when A, B, C, D and E are sitting around a circle facing the centre?

I. C is second to the left of E and second to the right of B.

II. D is not an immediate neighbour of E.

Directions (9-10): In each of the questions below are the two conclusions followed by four statements numbered a, b, c & d , you have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the answers and then decide which of the given statements definitely follows from the given conclusions .

Q9. Conclusion: No pen is a bulb. Some bulb are fan.

(a) All pen is bulb. Some bulb are fan. All fan are kite.

(b) Some pen are bulb. Some bulb are fan. Some fan are kite.

(c) All kite are fan. Some fan are bulb. Some bulb are pen.

(d) All pen are kite. No kite is bulb. Some fan are bulb.

(e) None of these

Q10. Conclusion: Some machine is a fly. Some flies are kite.

(a) All machine are fly. Some fly are time. Some time are kite.

(b) All machine are kite. Some kite are time. Some time are fly.

(c) All fly are machine. Some machine are kite. Some kite are time.

(d) All machine are fly. Some fly are kite. All kite are time.

(e) None of the above