50 IBPS PO Reasoning Questions with answers

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I am sharing my 50 favorite collection of IBPS PO(Probationary Officer) Reasoning questions with answers. Questions will be posted first, answers will be posted in an adjacent post.

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Syllogism
Directions (1-6): In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered 1, 11, and 111. 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 coins are glasses.
Some glasses are cups.
Some cups are boxes.
All boxes are pins.

Conclusions:
1. Some coins are cups.
11.Some pins are glasses.
111. Some cups are pins.

Answers
1. None follows
2. Only 1 follows
3. Only 111 follows
4. Only 11 and 111 follow
5. None of these

2. Statements:
Some pens are pencils.
All pencils are caps.
All caps are buses.
Some buses are trains.

Conclusions:
1. Some trains are caps.
11.Some pens are buses.
111. Some pencils are trains.

Answers
1. Only 1 follows
2. Only 11 follow
3. Only 1 and 111 follow
4. None follows
5. All 1, 11 and 111 follow

3. Statements:
All shirts are skirts.
All skirts are banks.
All banks are roads.
All roads are brushes.

Conclusions:
1. All banks are skirts.
11. All roads are banks.
111. Some brushes are shirts.

Answers
1. Only 1 follows
2. Only 111 follows
3. Only1 and 111 follow
4. All 1, 11 and 111 follow
5. None of these

4. Statements:
Some fishes are plates.
Some plates are spoons.
Some spoons are plants.
All plants are crows.

Conclusions:
1.Some plates are crows.
11.Some crows are spoons.
111. Some plants are spoons.

Answers
1. Only 1 follows
2. Only1 and 11 follow
3. None follows
4. Only 11 and 111 follow
5. Either 1 or 111 follows


5. Statements:
Some eggs are hens.
Some hens are ducks.
All ducks are pigeons.
All pigeons are sparrows.

Conclusions:
1. All ducks are sparrows.
11.No egg is duck.
111. Some sparrows are hens.

Answers
1. Only 1 follows
2. Only1 and 11 follow
3. Only 111 follows
4. Only 1 and 111 follow
5. All 1, 11 and 111 follow

6. Statements:
No man is tiger.
No tiger is cat.
Some cats are lions.
Some lions are tigers.

Conclusions:
1. Some tigers are cats.
11. Some cats are men.
111. Some lions are men.

Answers
1. None follows
2. Only 111 follow
3. Only 1 and 11 follow
4. Only 1 follows
5. Only 11 and 111 follow

Answers for Questions 1 to 6
Question: 1 Answer: 3
Question: 2 Answer: 2
Question: 3 Answer: 2
Question: 4 Answer: 4
Question: 5 Answer: 4
Question: 6 Answer: 1

Directions (7-10): In each question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered 1 and 11. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (1) if only conclusion 1 follows.
Give answer (2) if only conclusion 11 follows.
Give answer (3) if either 1 or 11 follows.
Give answer (4) if neither 1 nor 11 follows.
Give answer (5) both 1 and 11 follow.


7. Statements:
All shoes are pens.
Some pens are razors.
Some razorsare desks.

Conclusions:
1. Some desks are shoes.
11. Some razors are shoes.

8. Statements:
Some benches are windows.
Some windows are walls.
Some walls are trains.

Conclusions:
1. Some trains are benches.
11. No train is bench.


9. Statements:
All brushes are chocolates.
All chocolates are mirrors.
All mirrors are tables.

Conclusions:
1. Some tables are brushes.
11. Some mirrors are chocolates.

10. Statements:
Some pencils are knives.
All knives are papers.
Some papers are books.

Conclusions:
1. Some books are pencils.
11. Some papers are pencils

Answers for Questions 7 to 10

Question: 7 Answer: 4
Question: 8 Answer: 3
Question: 9 Answer: 5
Question: 10 Answer: 2