IBPS Reasoning Questions with Answers

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
There are eight persons Madan, Niraj, Laxman, Pari, Kishen, Rahul, Sai and Tinku stay in a same building that has eight floors numbered one to eight ( the ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it is numbered 2, and so on, and the top most floor is numbered 8) . But these people do not necessarily stay in the same order given. Each one has a different occupation Draftsman, Painter, Sales Officer, Musician, Singer, Bank Manager, Architect and Engineer, again not in the same order. Each one plays a different game - hockey, volleyball, basketball, badminton, chess, cricket, football and tennis. There are two floors between the floors of Rahul and Kishen. Rahul does not play volleyball and does not live on even numbered floor. There is one floor between the floor of Architect and the one who plays football. Architect plays badminton and lives on even numbered floor, but not on the top floor. Painter plays basketball and lives on third floor

Rahul is not Painter. Sai does not play either football or basketball. Sai does not live on a floor immediately above or immediately below the floor on which Pari lives. Pari is not bank manager and he does not play tennis, volleyball or hockey Madan, a Sales Officer, lives just above the floor of Singer and just below the floor in which Architect lives. Tinku, a musician, who plays chess, lives on the floor above the Rahul's floor but not on the Top floor. There is only one floor above the floor in which Engineer lives. Singer plays cricket and lives on fourth floor. Madan does not play volleyball or hockey. Laxman is not an Engineer and neither plays badminton nor plays football.

 1. Which of the following games Sales Officer plays?
1) Volleyball
2) Tennis
3) Hockey
4) Football
5) None of these

2. On which of the following floors does Sai live?
1) 8th
2) 3rd
3) 6th
4) 5th
5) None of these

3. Which of the following games Engineer plays?
1) Volleyball
2) Tennis
3) Hockey
4) Football
5) None of these

4. Who among the following lives on the topmost floor, i. e floor number 8th?
1) Niraj
2) Pari
3) Sai
4) Laxman
5) None of these

5. How many floors are there between the floors on which Pari & Laxman live?
1) One
2) Two
3) Three
4) Four
5) None of these

6. On which of the following floors does Niraj live?
1) 7th
2) 3rd
3) 1st
4) 5th
5) None of these

7. Who among the following is Bank Manager?
1) Niraj
2) Pari
3) Rahul
4) Laxman
5) None of these

8. Who among the following plays Hockey?
1) Niraj
2) Pari
3) Rahul
4) Laxman
5) None of these

9. On which of the following floors does Laxman live?
1) 4th
2) 3rd
3) 1st
4) 5th
5) None of these

In this question are given three statements followed by five conclusions, one of which definitely does not logically follow (or is not a possibility of occurrence) from the given statements. That conclusion is your answer

(Note: You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically does not follow from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts)

10. Statements:
All Bats are Cats.
Some Cats are Pens.
All Pens are Tiles.
Conclusions:
I. Some Tiles are Cats.
II. Some Bats are Cats.
III. Some Tiles can never be Bats.
IV. All Tiles being Pens is a possibility.
V. Some Tiles are definitely Pens.

11. Statements :
All Fans are bits.
All bits are mats.
All mats are pots.
Conclusions:
I. Some pots are mats.
II. All fans are pots.
III. All Pots being mats, bits and fans is not a possibility.
IV. All those mats which are fans must be bits.
V. Only mats are fans.

12. Statements :
All curtains are rods.
Some rods are sheets.
Some sheets are pillows.
Conclusions:
I. Some pillows are sheets.
II. At least some sheets are curtains.
III. Some pillows which are sheets need not necessarily be rods.
IV. A few sheets are definitely rods.
V. Some rods are curtains.

13. Statements :
No wall is roof.
All pens are walls.
All doors are roofs.
Conclusions:
I. Some doors are not walls.
II. Any roof is not a wall is not a possibility.
III. Pen is definitely not a door.
IV. All Pens are not roofs.
V. All doors beings pens is not a possibility of occurrence.

14. Statements:
All switches are plugs.
Some plugs are bulbs.
All bulbs are sockets.
Conclusions:
I. At least Some sockets are plugs.
II. At least Some sockets are bulbs.
III. Some plugs are switches.
IV. Some bulbs which are plugs must be sockets.
V. All sockets can never be switches
IBPS Reasoning Questions with Answers