IBPS Clerk Prelims: Reasoning Day 7

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Directions (1 – 5):
(A) only 1st follows
(B) only 2nd follows
(C) either 1st or 2nd
(D) neither 1st nor 2nd
(E) both 1st and 2nd

1. Statements: All children are students. Some students are adults. All adults are workers.
   Conclusions:
   I. No children is adult
   II. Some adults are children
   
   Answer

   (C) either 1st or 2nd
   Explanation:
   Both venns shown are a possibility for above statements.
   So we see that either no children is adult or some are adults.
   
   
2. Statements: Some books are poetry. All poetry is philosophy. Some philosophy is psychology.
   Conclusions:
   I. No book is psychology
   II. Some books are not psychology
   
   Answer

   (D) neither 1st nor 2nd
   Explanation:
   All books being psychology is a possibility, so 2nd conclusion does not follow.
   * This is not an either or case because both conclusions given are negative.
   For either or case – one statement should be positive and other negative.
   
   
3. Statements: Some actors are dancers. All dancers are musicians. No musicians are painters.
   Conclusions:
   I. All adults are painters is a possibility
   II. Some dancers are painters.
   
   Answer

   (D) neither 1st nor 2nd
   Explanation:
   If all adults are painters then some musicians will be painters which is not possible according to 3rd statement.
   Similarly with second conclusion.
   
   
4. Statements: Some seas are rivers. All rivers are lakes. No lake is a mountain. Some mountains are hills
   Conclusions:
   I. Some hills are not lakes
   II. Some mountains are not seas
   
   Answer

   (A) only 1st follows
   Explanation:
   All hills are lakes is not a possibility, so some hills are not lakes follows.
   All mountains are seas is a possibility, so some mountains are not seas does not follows.
   
   
   
5. Statements: Some cars are buses. No truck is a bike. All buses are trucks. All bikes are scooters.
   Conclusions:
   I. Some trucks are scooters
   II. All scooters being buses is a possibility
   
   Answer

   (D) neither 1st nor 2nd
   Explanation:
   If all scooters are buses, then all bikes will be trucks which is not possible according to 2nd statement.
   
   
   

Directions (6 – 10): In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by conclusions. Give answer.

6. Statements: D > H ≥ N; S > I ≤ H
   Conclusions:
   I. N ≤ S
   II. I < D
   A) if only Conclusion I is true
   B) if only Conclusion II is true
   C) if either Conclusion I or II is true
   D) if neither Conclusion I nor II is true
   E) if both Conclusions I and II are true
   
   Answer

   B) if only Conclusion II is true
   Explanation:
   S > I ≤ H ≥ N gives no relationship between N and S.
   I ≤ H < D, so I < D
   
   
   
7. Statements: P ≤ O < I; P > Y > W
   Conclusions:
   I. Y ≤ I
   II. O > W
   A) if only Conclusion I is true
   B) if only Conclusion II is true
   C) if either Conclusion I or II is true
   D) if neither Conclusion I nor II is true
   E) if both Conclusions I and II are true
   
   Answer

   B) if only Conclusion II is true
   Explanation:
   Y < P ≤ O < I, so Y < I not Y ≤ I
   W < Y < P ≤ O, so W < O
   
   
   
8. Statements : A ≥ B > C ≥ F; Z < C ≤ D < E
   Conclusions:
   I. A > Z
   II. F < E
   A) if only Conclusion I is true
   B) if only Conclusion II is true
   C) if either Conclusion I or II is true
   D) if neither Conclusion I nor II is true
   E) if both Conclusions I and II are true
   
   Answer

   E) if both Conclusions I and II are true
   Explanation:
   A ≥ B > C > Z, so A > Z
   E > D ≥ C ≥ F, so E > F
   
   
9. Statements : A ≥ B ≥ C, C < D > F
   Conclusions:
   I. F > B
   II. A > D
   A) if only Conclusion I is true
   B) if only Conclusion II is true
   C) if either Conclusion I or II is true
   D) if neither Conclusion I nor II is true
   E) if both Conclusions I and II are true
   
   Answer

   D) if neither Conclusion I nor II is true
   Explanation:
   A ≥ B ≥ C < D > F gives no relationship between B and F and also between A and D.
   
   
   
10. Statements : X > Y ≥ Z, Q = Y, P > X
    Conclusions:
    I. Z < P II. P > Q
    A) if only Conclusion I is true
    B) if only Conclusion II is true
    C) if either Conclusion I or II is true
    D) if neither Conclusion I nor II is true
    E) if both Conclusions I and II are true
    
    Answer

    E) if both Conclusions I and II are true
    Explanation:
    P > X > Y ≥ Z gives P > Z
    P > X > Y = Q, so P > Q