Reasoning for Bank Exams - 1

Reasoning for Bank Exams - 1

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the given question:

The convenience of online shopping is what I like best about it. Where else can you shop even at midnight wearing your night suit? You do not have to wait in a line or wait till the shop assistant is ready to help you with your purchases. It is a much better experience as compared to going to a retail store. — A consumer’s view.

1. Which of the following can be a strong argument in favour of retail store owners?

(1) Online shopping portals offer a great deal of discounts which retail stores offer only during the sale season
(2) One can compare a variety of products online which cannot be done at retail stores
(3) Many online shopping portals offer the ‘cash on delivery’ feature which is for those who are sceptical about online payments
(4) Many consumers prefer shopping at retail stores which are nearer to their houses
(5) In online shopping the customer may be deceived as he cannot touch the product he is paying for.

Ans: (5)

2.  Many manufacturing companies are now shifting base to the rural areas of the country as there is a scarcity of space in urban areas. Analysts say that this shift will not have a huge impact on the prices of the products manufactured by these companies as only about 30% consumers live in urban areas. Which of the following maybe a consequence of the given information?

(1)The prices of such products will decrease drastically in the urban areas
(2) People living in urban areas will not be allowed to work in such manufacturing companies
(3) These manufacturing companies had set-ups in the urban areas before shifting base
(4) Those who had already migrated to the urban areas will not shift back to rural areas
(5) The number of people migrating from rural to urban areas in search of jobs may reduce

Ans: (5)

3.  ‘Pets are not allowed in the park premises’ – A notice put up at the park entrance by the authority that is responsible for maintenance of the park.

Which of the following can be an assumption according to the given information? (An assumption is something that is supposed or taken for granted)

(1)At least some people who visit the park have pets.
(2) This is the only park which does not allows pets
(3) People who ignored this notice were fined
(4) There are more than one entrances to the park
(5) Many people have now stopped visiting the park

Ans: (1)

4. Which of the following can be inferred from the given information? (An= inference is something that is not directly stated but can be inferred from the given information)

(1)One can shop online only at night
(2) Those who are not comfortable using computers can never enjoy the experience of online shopping.
(3) All retail stores provide shopping assistants to each and every customer
(4) The consumer whose view is presented has shopped at retail stores as well as online
(5) The customer whose view is presented does not have any retail stores in her vicinity.

Ans: (4)

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Despite repeated announcements that mobile phones were not allowed in the examination hall, three students were caught with their mobile phones.

(A) Mobile phones nowadays have a lot of features and it is easy to cheat with their help.
(B) The invigilator must immediately confiscate the mobile phones and ask the students to leave the exam hall immediately.
(C) Mobile phones are very expensive and leaving them in bags outside the exam hall is not safe.
(D) There have been incidents where students who left the exam hall early stole the mobile phones kept in the bags of the students who were writing the exam.
(E) The school authorities must ask the students to leave their phones in the custody of the invigilator before the exam in order to avoid thefts of mobile phones
(F) None of the other students were carrying their phones in the exam hall.

5. Which of the following among (A), (B), (C) and (D) may be a strong argument in favour of, the three students who were caught with the mobile phone?

(1) Only (A)

(2) Both (A) and (B)
(3) Both (C) and (D)

(4) Only (C)
(5) Both (B) and (D)

Ans: (3)

6. Which of the following among (A), (B), (E) and (F) may be the reason behind the school making such announcements before the exam?

(1) Only (B)

(2) Both (B) and (E)
(3) Only (F)

(4) Only (A)
(5) Both (E) and (A)

Ans: (4)

7. Which of the following among (A), (B), (D) and (F) can be an immediate course of action for the invigilator?

(1) Only (B)

(2) Both (A) and (D)
(3) Only (A)

(4) Both (D) and (F)
(5) Only (F)

Ans: (1)

Directions: In each of the questions below, two/three/ statements are given followed by conclusions/group of conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume all the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given two conclusions logically follows from the information given in the statements.

Give answer (1) if only conclusion I follows
Give answer (2) if only conclusion II follows
Give answer (3) if either I or II follows
Give answer (4) if neither I nor II follow
Give answer (5) if both I and II follow

8-9. Statements (Common):

Some squares are circles.
No circle is a triangle.
No line is a square.

8. Conclusions:

I. All squares can never be triangles.
II. Some lines are circles.

Ans: (1)

9. Conclusions:

I. No triangle is a square.
II. No line is a circle.

Ans: (4)

10-11. Statements (Common):

All songs are poems.
All poems are rhymes.

No rhyme is a paragraph.

10. Conclusions:

I. No song is a paragraph.
II. No poem is a paragraph.

Ans: (5)

11. Conclusions:

I. All rhymes are poems.
II. All songs are rhymes.

Ans: (2)

12. Statements:

Some dews are drops.
All drops are stones.

Conclusions:

1.Atleast some dews are stones.
II. Atleast some stones are drops.

Ans: (5)