Reasoning Quiz for Banking Exams 2015

Directions(Q.1-10):Read the following set of information and then answer the following questions.

• 1. There is a group of seven persons in a family, A,B,C,D,E,F and G. They all appeared in an I.Q. test to test their intelligence.
• 2. There are two married couple in the family and three females in total.
• 3. G, a female , is the most intelligent.
• 4. B, the father of E, is more intelligent than his son.
• 5. C has one son and one daughter. She is more intelligent than her husband.
• 6. The father of B is more intelligent then B himself.
• 7. E, the grandson of F, is the least intelligent. F the grandfather is the second most intelligent in the family.
• 8. The mother of B is less intelligent Than B.
• 9. The grandmother of G has two sons, one of whom is D, who is more intelligent than his brother but less intelligent than his sister in law.
• 10. Nobody is a widow or a widower in the family.

1. Who among the following is not of the same generation as others ?

• a.D
• b.B
• c,C
• d.A
• e.None of these

Ans: (d)
2. The one who is most intelligent is not a

• a.Granddaughter
• b.daughter
• c.neice
• d.sister
• e.none of these

Ans: (e)
3. Who is third most intelligent in the family?

• a.C
• b.D
• c.B
• d.A
• e.can't say

Ans: (a)
4. How are C and A related?

• a.daughter in law and mother in law
• b.daughter in law and father in law
• c.sister in law
• d.mother and daughter
• e.can't say

Ans: (a)
5. Who among them is a married couple?

• a.AF
• b.AE
• c.AC
• d.AD
• e.none of these

Ans: (a)
6. How is G related to D?

• a.cousin
• b.daughter
• c.daughter in law
• d.niece
• e.Can't say

Ans: (d)
7. Who is the less intelligent than all but E?

• a.A
• b.B
• c.C
• d.D
• e.can't say

Ans: (a)
8. Who is B married to?

• a.A
• b.D
• c.C
• d.can't say
• e.none of these

Ans: (c)
9. In which of the following expressions will the expression ‘L < R’ be definitely true?

• a.L ≥ M > N = R                        
• b.L = M < N > R
• c.L < M ≤ N ≤ R                       
• d.R ≥ M = N < L
• e.None of these

Ans: (c)
10. In which of the following expressions does the expression ‘D > A’ does not hold true?

• a.A < B ≤ C = D                         
• b.D ≥ B > C ≥ A
• c.A ≤ B = C < D                        
• d.D ≥ C ≥ B > A
• e.A > B ≤ C = D

Ans: (e)

Tips for Question No. 1 to 8:
G>F>C>D>B>A>E

Male- F, D, B, E
Female- A, C, G

Directions(Q.11-15):Read the following set of information and then answer the following questions.

• 1) There is a group of six persons living in a four storeyed building. The Persons are Anu, Bani, Chavi, Deep, Enna, Firoj. Each storey of the building has two flats; thus there are eight flats in all, two of them being empty.
• 2) The heaviest of the group lives onthe top floor while the lightest lives on the ground floor.
• 3) Chavi is heavier then Bani, Who, in turn is heavier than Firoj.Enna is lighter than deep.
• 4) Anu is neither the heaviest nor the lightest.
• 5)  There are only Two people heavier than Chavi; Anu is not one of them.
• 6) Bani shares the floor with the heaviest while Chavi shares with the lightest.

11. Enna and Anu lives ________ ?

• a.on same floor
• b.on two continuous floor
• c.with one floor between their floors
• d.with two floor between their floors
• e.Can't say

Ans: (b)
12. Who does Chavi Share the floor with?

• a.Firoj
• b.Enna
• c.Anu
• d.Can't say
• e.None of these

Ans: (a)
13. On which floor does Anu live?

• a.Ground floor
• b.1st floor
• c.2nd floor
• d.Top floor
• e.Can't say

Ans: (e)
14. Who among the following is the heaviest of the group?

• a.Deep
• b.Chavi
• c.Firoj
• d.Can't Say
• e,None of these

Ans: (a)
15. Starting from the heaviest of the group ,What is rank of Anu in order of weight?

• a.4th
• b.5th
• c.6th
• d.4th or 5th
• e.5th or 6th

Ans: (d)

Tips for Question No. 11 to 15:
D>E>C>A>B>F Or  D>E>C>B>A>F

D              B
E/A          Empty
E/A          Empty
C              F