PREVIOUS YEAR REASONING QUESTIONS | 21.06.2017

It’s always been good to learn from history since history repeats itself, similarly, it goes with the exam pattern we always try to find previous year questions to mentally prepare ourselves for upcoming hurdles in the exam and to check whether the level of our preparation is or is not up to the mark. Previous year questions give guidance to us and provide a base for the preparation of any competitive exam. It is always good to have an experience of how the level of exam varies from year to year. For every subject like in Reasoning Ability, we come to know the pattern of questions must be followed to prepare the examination.

Directions (1-5): In this question two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II have been given. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

1. Statement: No right is a left.

All up are left. Some down are up.

Conclusions: I. No up is a right.

II. At least some down are left.

(a) Only conclusion I is true

(b) Neither conclusion I nor II is true

(c) Only conclusion II is true

(d) Both conclusions I and II are true

(e) Either conclusion I or II is true

2. Statements: Some hands are finger.

Some fingers are leg.

Conclusions: I. Some legs are definitely not finger.

II. Some leg being hand is a possibility.

(a) Only conclusion I is true

(b) Both conclusions I and II are true

(c) Either conclusion I or II is true

(d) Neither conclusion I nor II is true

(e) Only conclusion II is true

3. Statements: Some mobile are films.

No film is a cover. All covers are pictures.

Conclusions: I. At least some pictures are films.

II. No cover is a mobile.

(a) Both conclusions I and II are true

(b) Only conclusion II is true

(c) Only conclusion I is true

(d) Neither conclusion I nor II is true

(e) Either conclusion I or II is true

4. Statements: Some amans are angry.

All angry are reds. Some reds are pagal.

Conclusions: I. All amans being reds is a possibility.

II. All reds are angry.

(a) Either conclusion I or II is true

(b) Both conclusions I and II are true

(c) Only conclusion II is true

(d) Neither conclusion I nor II is true

(e) Only conclusion I is true

5. Statements: Some cricketers are footballers

All footballers are boxers. Some boxers are players.

Conclusions: I. At least some boxers are cricketers.

II. No player is a cricketer.

(a) Only conclusion II is true

(b) Only conclusion I is true

(c) Either conclusion I or II is true

(d) Neither conclusion I nor II is true

(e) Both conclusions I and II are true

SOLUTION-

S1. Ans.(d)

S2. Ans.(e)

S3. Ans.(d)

S4. Ans.(e)

S5. Ans.(b)