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UIIC AO REASONING PRACTICE SET Directions (1-5): In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 1. Statements: All wanted are ready. Some ready are kick. All kick are sultan. Conclusions: I. Some sultan are wanted. II. Some sultan are ready. III. Some kick are wanted. None follows Only I follows Only II follows (d) Only III follows (e) Only II and III follow 2. Statements: All dil are p.k. Some p.k are ghajini. Some ghajini are sarfarosh. Conclusions: I. Some sarfarosh are p.k. II. Some sarfarosh are dil. III. Some ghajini are p.k. None follows Only I follows Only II follows (d) Only III follows (e) Only II and III follow 3. Statements: All darr are ddlj. Some ddlj are dilwale. No dilwale is deewana. Conclusions: I. Some deewana are darr. II. Some dilwale are darr. III. No deewana is darr. Only I follows Only III follows Only either I or III follows (d) Only II follows ( 4. Statements: Some khiladi are hera-pheri. Some herapheri are gabbar. Some gabbar are holiday. Conclusions: I. Some holiday are hera-pheri. II. Some gabbar are khiladi. III. Some holiday are khiladi. None follows Only III follows Only II follows (d) Only I follows (e) Only I and II follow 5. Statements: All lootera are ram-leela. All ram-leela are bajirao. All bajirao are dil. Conclusions: I. Some dil are ram-leela. II. Some bajirao are lootera. III. Some dil are lootera. Only I and II follow Only I and III follow Only II and III follow (d) All I, II and III follow ( Directions (6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow: Eight friends SEETA, SHIPRA, SHILPA, SHWETA, SWATI, SONALI, SONIA and SONI are sitting around a circular table for lunch. Each person has a different birthplace, viz Darbhanga, Dharamsala, Dispur, Durgapur, Dehradun, Delhi, Dhanbad and Darjeeling, but not necessarily in the same order. The person born in Dharamsala sits third to the right of SONIA. SHILPA is an immediate neighbour of SONIA. The person born in Durgapur sits second to the right of SHILPA. SHIPRA sits third to the right of SONI. SONI s birthplace is neither Dharamsala nor Durgapur. Only one person sits between SHILPA and the person whose birthplace is Dispur. SEETA and SONALI are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither SEETA s nor SONALI s birthplace is Dharamsala. The person born in Darjeeling sits second to the right of SEETA. Two persons sit between SHWETA and the person born in Dehradun. SHWETA is not from Dharamsala. The person born in Darbhanga is not an immediate neighbour of the person born in Dharamsala. The person born in Delhi sits second to the left of SEETA. 6. Who among the following is from Dhanbad? a) SEETA b) SONI c) SHILPA d) SONALI e) SHWETA 7. What is the position of SONALI with respect to the person whose birthplace is Dharamsala? a) Second to the left b) Second to the right c) Immediate right d) Immediate left www.bankersadda.com www.sscadda.com www.careerpower.in www.careeradda.co.in Page 1

8. Where is the birthplace of SONIA? a) Dhanbad b) Darbhanga c) Delhi d) Dispur e) Durgapur 9. Where is the birthplace of SWATI? a) Dhanbad b) Durgapur c) Delhi d) Dharamsala e) Dehradun 10. Who sit(s) exactly between the persons whose birth places are Dispur and Dehradun? a) SHILPA and SONI b) SHILPA and SHIPRA c) Only Darjeeling-born person d) SEETA and SHIPRA Directions (11-15): Study the following information to answer the given questions. In a certain code language firefighters are armymen is written as tee to ti, courageous people are armymen is written as ti too tii tee, courageous being enthusiastic is written as too pee jee, people are enthusiastic is written as ti tii pee and positive people are unpleasant is written tii ti taa ta. 11. What is the code for being? a) too b) jee c) ti d) pee 12. Which of the following may be the possible code for unpleasant firefighters are positive? a) taa ta tee to b) taa ta ti to c) ta tee to ti d) taa ta jee lee 13. What does pee stand for? a) courageous b) positive c) army men d) enthusiastic 14. Which of the following is represented by the code ta jee tee pee taa ti too? a) unpleasant armymen enthusiastic being are positive firefighters 15. Which of the following is the code for firefighters armymen belong to positive people? a) tee ti cee que too taa b) to cee too taa ti ta c) to tee cee too taa ti d) to tee ti cee que taa e) Can t be determined 16. In a class, Hema is 6 th from the top and Heera is 18 th from the bottom. Hitesh is 14 ranks below Hema and 15 ranks above Heera. How many students are there in the class? 55 53 52 (d) Data Inadequate ( 17. In a certain code language, the word INCUMBENT is written as TCNBMUNEI. How will the word PUBLISHED be written in that language? DUBSILEHP DBULISEHP DUBILSEHP (d) DBUSILEHP ( 18. If each alphabet is assigned a sequential numerical value in terms of odd numbers on the basis of their positions in the English alphabet, viz. A = 1; B = 3 ; C = 5 and so on. What will be the value of the word DESK? 76 74 64 (d) 68 ( 19. If every third letter from the following English alphabet is dropped; which letter will be the seventh to the right of the eleventh letter from your right? V U K (d) I ( 20. In a certain code, ze lo ka gi is a code for give save some money, fe ka so ni is a code for girl made good money, ni lo da so is a code for girl give be good and we so ze da is a code for be good save grace. grace be money, may be coded as ka da fe we ka so ja da we b) unpleasant armymen enthusiastic courageous (d) ka we da positive are being c) unpleasant armymen being enthusiastic are positive people (e) ja ka ze Direction (21-25): Study the following information answer the questions given below. d) unpleasant armymen being enthusiastic people www.bankersadda.com www.sscadda.com www.careerpower.in www.careeradda.co.in Page 2

In a conference 8 people Kohli, Sachin, Dhoni, Rohit, Dhawan, Gayle, Warner and Raina from different cities Delhi, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kota,,Lucknow, Bhatinda And Amritsar not necessarily in same order sitting around a rectangular table. 3 persons are sitting on each longer side and each on the smaller sides. Rohit is sitting second to the right of the person who is from Amritsar. Dhawan is sitting third to the left of the person who is from Lucknow. Gayle and Warner are sitting opposite to each other. Dhoni is sitting diagonally opposite the person who is from Bhatinda. Sachin is sitting opposite the person who is from Delhi. The person from Kolkata is sitting second to the right of the person from Kota and second to the left of Kohli, who is not sitting near the person who is from Bhatinda. Warner is sitting on the smaller side and to the right of the person who is from Bhatinda. Persons from Kota and Kolkata are not on the same side of the table. The person from Kolkata is sitting third to the right of the person from Amritsar, who is not sitting diagonally opposite the person from Kanpur. The person from Kolkata is third to the left of Dhoni. Gayle sits second to the left of Raina. The person from Kanpur sits opposite to the person from Kota. 21. Who is sitting third to the right of the person from Lucknow? a) Dhawan b) Person from Kota c) Kohli d) Person from Bhatinda 22. Who is definitely sitting diagonally opposite to Rohit? a) Kohli b) Dhoni c) Person from Kanpur d)person from Kochi e) Can't be determined 23. According to the sitting arrangement what will come in place of question mark? Rohit : Kolkata :: Dhoni :? a) Lucknow b) Kota c) Kochi d) Amritsar 24. From which city does Kohli belong? a) Kanpur b) Delhi c) Kota d) Amritsar e) Can't be determined 25. Which of the following combinations is definitely correct? a) Raina Amritsar b) Rohit Kota c) Kohli Kochi d) Warner Kolkata Directions (Q. 26-30): Read the information carefully and answer the following questions: If means A is the father of B If means A is the sister of B If A $ B means A is the wife of B If A % B means A is the mother of B If A B means A is the son of B 26. What should come in place of the question mark (?), to establish that J is the brother of T in the expression? $ (d) Either or (e) Either or 27. Which among the given expressions indicate that M is the daughter of D? (d) (e) 28. Which among the following options is true if the expression is definitely true? L is the daughter of T K is the son-in-law of I I is the grandmother of L (d) T is the father of J (e) J is the brother of L 29. Which among the following expressions is true if Y is the son of X is definitely false? (d) (e) 30. What should come in place of the questions mark (?), to establish that T is the sister-in-law of Q in the expression? % (d) $ (e) Either $ or Directions (31 35): Read the following information carefully and answers the questions given below:- Eight friends Divilliars, De kock, Warner, Watson, Gayle, Johnson, Smith and Mccullum like different movies Ki and Ka, Rocky Handsome, Sanam Re, Baaghi, Wazir, Kapoor and Sons, Neerja and Dilwale. All of them are seated around a square table (two on each side) facing the centre. www.bankersadda.com www.sscadda.com www.careerpower.in www.careeradda.co.in Page 3

Warner sits third to the right of De kock. De kock likes Sanam Re. Smith is sitting second to the left of Johnson. Johnson is not an immediate neighbour of Warner or De kock. The one who likes Ki and Ka is an immediate neighbour of Johnson. Three people sit between De kock and the person who likes Kapoor and Sons. De kock, Warner and also their immediate neighbour do not like Baaghi. Only one person sits between the person who likes Baaghi and Watson, when counted in clockwise from Watson. The persons who like Wazir and Dilwale are immediate neighbour of each other. Warner likes neither Dilwale nor Wazir. Only one person sits between Divilliars and the person who likes Rocky Handsome when counted in anticlockwise direction from Divilliars. Divilliars does not like Baaghi or Wazir. Gayle does not like Baaghi. 31. Which of the following is true regarding Smith? Smith like the Rocky Handsome Mccullum and Watson are immediate neighbours of Smith One person sits between Smith and the person who likes Dilwale (d) Smith sits second to the right of Divilliars ( 32. Who amongst the following likes movie Wazir? Warner Smith Watson (d) Gayle (e) Cannot be determined 33. How many person sit between Mccullum and the person who likes Dilwale, when counted from the left hand side of the person who likes Dilwale? None One Two (d) Three (e) Four 34. Which of the following is true? Only one person is sitting between the person who likes Dilwale and Neerja. Mccullum likes Baaghi. The person who likes Wazir is an immediate neighbour of De kock. (d) One person sits between De kock and the person who likes Baaghi. (e) None is true 35. Who amongst the following represent immediate neighbour of Watson? Divilliars, Gayle Johnson and the person who likes Baaghi De kock and the person who likes Neerja (d) Johnson, Smith (e)divilliars, Mccullum Direction (36-40): In the following questions given below, certain symbols are used with the following meanings: P @ Q means P is neither equal to nor smaller than Q P X Q means P is not smaller than Q P Q means P is neither greater nor smaller than Q P Q means P is neither greater than nor equal to Q P + Q means P is not greater than Q P & Q means P is not equal to Q Now in each of the following questions, assuming the given statement to be true, find which of the two conclusions I & II given below them is/are definitely true. Give answer If Only Conclusions I follows If Only Conclusions II follows If either Conclusions I or II follows (d) If neither Conclusions I nor II follows (e) If both Conclusions I & II follows 36. Statement: J O, T + O, T & Y, E X J Conclusions: I. E & T II. E @ T 37. Statements: T R, P @ A, R + A, L T Conclusions: I. L P, II. A @ L 38. Statements: T & O, O & P, P A, A x Z Conclusions: I. P & T II. O & A 39. Statements: D X E, S E, S X, M @ S Conclusions: I. D @ M II. D + M 40. Statements: A + P, A @ T, T N, N x S Conclusions: I. P x S II. P + S Directions (41-45): Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by some arguments. You have to decide which of the arguments is/are strong argument(s) and which is/are weak argument(s) and accordingly choose your answer from the alternatives given below each question. 41. Statement : Should there be complete ban on Indian professionals seeking jobs elsewhere after getting their education in India? I. Yes. This is the only way to sustain present rate of technological development in India. II. No. The Indians settled abroad send huge amount of foreign exchange and this constitutes a significant part of foreign exchange reserve. III. No. The practical knowledge gained by Indians by working in other countries help India develop its economy. None is strong All are strong Only I and II are strong (d) Only III is strong (e) Only II and III are strong 42. Statement : Should children be prevented completely from watching television? I. No. We get vital information regarding education through television. www.bankersadda.com www.sscadda.com www.careerpower.in www.careeradda.co.in Page 4

II. Yes. It hampers the study of children. III. Yes. Young children are misguided by certain programmes featuring sex and violence. IV. No. This is the only way to educate the masses. Only I, II and III are strong Only I is strong Only I, II and IV are strong (d) Only I and II are strong (e) Only I, III and IV are strong 43. Statement : Should admission to all professional courses be made on the basis of past academic performance rather than through entrance tests? I. Yes. It will be beneficial for those candidates who are unable to bear the expenses of entrance tests. II. Yes. Many deserving candidates securing high marks in their qualifying academic examinations do not perform well on such entrance tests. III. No. The standard of examinations and assessment conducted by different Boards and universities are not comparable and hence there is a need to conduct entrance tests to calibrate them on a common yardstick. Only I and II are strong Only II and III are strong Only I and III are strong (d) Only III is strong (e) All are strong 44. Statement : Should government established higher level Institutes of Technology (IIT s) be privatized? I. Yes. Privatization will make these institutes financially healthy, competitive and quality conscious. II. Yes. Privatization is the key of the new era-can we survive without it? III. No. Standard of education of these institutes will fall. None is strong All are strong Only I is strong (d) Only I and III are strong (e) Only II and III are strong 45. Statement : Should the consumption of aerated drinks be banned in India? I. Yes. This is the only way to reduce the risk of exposing people to some diseases. II. No. Each individual should have right to choose what he wants. III. No. There is no confirmed evidence that such products have adverse effects on human body. IV. Yes. It is banned in many other countries also. Only I is strong Only I and II are strong Only III is strong (d) Only I and IV are strong (e) All are strong Directions (46-50): In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusion, numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement. Give answer: if only conclusion I follows; if only conclusion II follows; if either I or II follows; (d) if neither I nor II follows (e) if both I and II follow. 46. Statement : The distance of 900 km by road between Bombay and Jafra will be reduced to 280 km by sea. This will lead to a saving of Rs. 7.92 crores per annum on fuel. Conclusions : I. Transportation by sea is cheaper than that by road. II. Fuel must be saved to the greatest extent. 47. Statement : Good voice is a natural gift but one has to keep practising to improve and excel well in the field of music. Conclusions : I. Natural gifts need nurturing and care. II. Even though your voice is not good, one can keep practising. 48. Statement : Domestic demand has been increasing faster than the production of indigenous crude oil. Conclusions : I. Crude oil must be imported. II. Domestic demand should be reduced. 49. Statements: In a one day cricket match, the total runs made by a team were 200. Out of these 160 runs were made by spinners. Conclusions: I. 80% of the team consists of spinners. II. The opening batsmen were spinners. 50. Statement : This book 'Z' is the only book which focuses its attention to the problem of poverty in India between 1950 and 1980. Conclusions : I. There was no question of poverty before 1950. II. No other book deals with poverty in India during 1950 to 1980. www.bankersadda.com www.sscadda.com www.careerpower.in www.careeradda.co.in Page 5