50 IBPS PO Reasoning Questions with answers

Directions (11-15): In each of the question below two statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered 1 and 11. You have to take the two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given 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.

11. Statements:
All animals are birds.
All birds are crows.

Conclusions:
1. All animals are crows.
11. All crows are birds.

12. Statements:
Some tricks are magic.
All magic are true.

Conclusions:
1. There is a possibility that all tricks are true.
11. There is a possibility that all magic are tricks.

13. Statements:
All emails are messages.
Some messages are letters.

Conclusions:
1. At least some letters are emails.
11. Some messages are not emails.

14. Statements:
Some threads are cottons.
Some cottons are nylons.

Conclusions:
1. All nylons are threads.
11. At least some nylons are threads.

15. Statements:
Some clocks are watches.
No clock is a wall.

Conclusions:
1.All walls are watches.
11.There is a possibility that all watches are clocks.

Answers for Questions 11 to 15

Question: 11 Answer: 1
Question: 12 Answer: 4
Question: 13 Answer: 4
Question: 14 Answer: 4
Question: 15 Answer: 4

ALPHABET TEST Locating distance between alphabet pairs

16. How many pairs of letters are there in the word KNOWLEDGE, which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet?
1. Nil
2.One
3.Two
4.Three
5. None of these

17. How many pairs of letters are there in the word SEQUENTIAL, which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet and that too in the same order?

1. Nil
2. One
3. Two
4. Three
5. Four

18. How many pairs of letters are there in the word CONFIRM which have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
1. None
2. One
3. Two
4. Three
5. More than three

19. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word CATASTROPHE, each of which have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
1. None of these
2. One
3. Two
4. Three
5. More than three

20. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word COMPUTER, each of which have as many letters between them in the word as in the English

alphabet?
1. None of these
2. One
3. Two
4. Three
5. More than three

Answers 16-20
16: Answer: 4
17: Answer: 5
18: Answer: 3
19: Answer: 5
20: Answer: 5

ALPHABET TEST - Changing position of letters
21. If the first and fourth letters , second and fifth letters, third and sixth letters of the word STUMPY are interchanged, What letters will enclose letter T?
1. MY
2. UP
3. UM
4. SU
5. YU

22. If the positions of the fifth and twelfth letters of the word GLORIFICATIONS is interchanged and likewise the position of the fourth and fourteenth letters, the third and tenth letters, the second and eleventh letters and the first and thirteenth letters are interchanged, which of the following will be twelfth from the right end?
1. T
2. O
3. R
4. I
5. None of these

23. If the first four letters of word ANTHROPOMORPHISM are written in reverse order, again next four letters are written is continued, after change which will be the 12th letter in the new sequence?
1. P
2. H
3. M
4. O
5. R

24.If letters of the word ORGANISED are written alphabetical order, but from right to left with A appear right most, then which letter will be the third to the right of the seventh letter from your right?
1. I
2. N
3. G
4. E
5. None of these

25. Which of the following will be the revised form of the word FLOWER if the letters of the word are arranged in English alphabetical order and then each letter is immediately replaced by its immediate next letter in the alphabet?
1. FGMPSX
2. DEKNQV
3. DGKPQX
4. GFMPSX
5. None of these

26. If in the word FACETIOUS all the consonants are replaced by the previous letter and all the vowels are replaced by the next letter which letter will be the third from the left end?
1.H
2.B
3.J
4.F
5.None of these

27. Each vowel in the word MOUNTAIN is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet and each consonant is replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet, which of the following will be fourth letter to the left of the seventh from the left end?
1.T
2.V
3.N
4.P
5.None of these

28. If each alphabet of the word PROFIT is arranged in alphabetical order from left to right and each vowel of the word thus formed is changed to the previous letter in the English alphabetical series and each consonant is changed to the next letter in the English alphabetical series, which of the following will be fourth from left?
1.N
2.S
3.Q
4.H
5.G

29. If in the word ARCHITECTURE all odd and even numbered letters are interchanged with next odd and even numbered letters respectively that is first letter with third and second with fourth and so on; what would be the third pair of letters from right?
1. EC
2. RE
3. AR
4. IT
5. None of these

30. The letters in the word DANGEROUS are changed in such a way that the consonants are replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet and the vowels are replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet. Which of the following will be the third letter from the left end of the new set of letters?
1.B
2.M
3.O
4.L
5. None of these