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IBPS Probationary Officer (PO) 2022 Previous Year Paper Shift 3·Reasoning Ability
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Question 961

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How many odd numbers are immediately followed and immediately preceded by an even number?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Five

  3. COption (c)

    Four

  4. DOption (d)

    Two

  5. EOption (e)

    Three

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Answer: (e)E.

Three

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Question 962

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Seven persons R, F, G, V, D, E and B visit a temple (but not necessarily in the same order) on different days of a week starting from Sunday.

B visits either on Tuesday or Friday. Three persons visit between B and E. D visits after B but not on Thursday. G visits three days before D. F visits just before R.

V visits on which among the following days?

  1. AOption (a)

    Sunday

  2. BOption (b)

    Monday

  3. COption (c)

    Friday

  4. DOption (d)

    Thursday

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (b)B.

Monday

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Question 963

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Directions (97-100) : Study the given information carefully and answer the questions below:
Seven persons R, F, G, V, D, E and B visit a temple (but not necessarily in the same order) on different days of a week starting from Sunday.

B visits either on Tuesday or Friday. Three persons visit between B and E. D visits after B but not on Thursday. G visits three days before D. F visits just before R.

How many persons visit after D?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Three

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (c)C.

Three

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Question 964

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Directions (97-100) : Study the given information carefully and answer the questions below:
Seven persons R, F, G, V, D, E and B visit a temple (but not necessarily in the same order) on different days of a week starting from Sunday.

B visits either on Tuesday or Friday. Three persons visit between B and E. D visits after B but not on Thursday. G visits three days before D. F visits just before R.

Who among the following visits on Sunday?

  1. AOption (a)

    D

  2. BOption (b)

    G

  3. COption (c)

    V

  4. DOption (d)

    E

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (b)B.

G

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Question 965

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Directions (97-100) : Study the given information carefully and answer the questions below:
Seven persons R, F, G, V, D, E and B visit a temple (but not necessarily in the same order) on different days of a week starting from Sunday.

B visits either on Tuesday or Friday. Three persons visit between B and E. D visits after B but not on Thursday. G visits three days before D. F visits just before R.

Who among the following visits just after R?

  1. AOption (a)

    E

  2. BOption (b)

    B

  3. COption (c)

    G

  4. DOption (d)

    D

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (a)A.

E

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IBPS Probationary Officer (PO) 2022 Previous Year Paper Shift 2·Reasoning Ability
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Question 966

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In each of the questions below are given some statements followed by some Conclusions. 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.

Statements:

Some news are article.

All articles are headline.

Only a few articles are report.

Conclusions:

I: All headline can never be report.
II: Some news are not report.

  1. AOption (a)

    If only conclusion I follows.

  2. BOption (b)

    If only conclusion II follows.

  3. COption (c)

    If either conclusion I or II follows.

  4. DOption (d)

    If neither conclusion I nor II follows.

  5. EOption (e)

    If both conclusions I and II follow.

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Answer: (a)A.

If only conclusion I follows.

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Question 967

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In each of the questions below are given some statements followed by some Conclusions. 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.

Statements:

No subject is relation.

Some relations are air.

No air is game.

Conclusions:

I: Some subject can be air.
II: Some relation is not game.

  1. AOption (a)

    If only conclusion I follows.

  2. BOption (b)

    If only conclusion II follows.

  3. COption (c)

    If either conclusion I or II follows.

  4. DOption (d)

    If neither conclusion I nor II follows.

  5. EOption (e)

    If both conclusions I and II follow.

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Answer: (e)E.

If both conclusions I and II follow.

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Question 968

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In each of the questions below are given some statements followed by some Conclusions. 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.

Statements:

All rice is fry.

All fry are bake.

Only bake is chips.

Conclusions:

I: Some chips can be rice.
II: Some chips are rice.

  1. AOption (a)

    If only conclusion I follows.

  2. BOption (b)

    If only conclusion II follows.

  3. COption (c)

    If either conclusion I or II follows.

  4. DOption (d)

    If neither conclusion I nor II follows.

  5. EOption (e)

    If both conclusions I and II follow.

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Answer: (d)D.

If neither conclusion I nor II follows.

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Question 969

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Study the following information and answer the questions given below:
Eight persons Y, U, I, R, E, W, Q and P sit in a linear row but not necessarily in the same order. Four persons face south and the remaining four persons face north direction. Y is the only neighbour of P who faces north. U sits second to the left of Y and sits third to the right of R. Only two persons sit between W and E and none of them sit at any of the extreme ends of the row. Q and U sit immediate right to each other. I and E face north and both are the immediate neighbours of R.

Who among the following sits immediate right of W?

  1. AOption (a)

    Y

  2. BOption (b)

    U

  3. COption (c)

    Q

  4. DOption (d)

    R

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (a)A.

Y

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Question 970

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Study the following information and answer the questions given below:
Eight persons Y, U, I, R, E, W, Q and P sit in a linear row but not necessarily in the same order. Four persons face south and the remaining four persons face north direction. Y is the only neighbour of P who faces north. U sits second to the left of Y and sits third to the right of R. Only two persons sit between W and E and none of them sit at any of the extreme ends of the row. Q and U sit immediate right to each other. I and E face north and both are the immediate neighbours of R.

How many persons sit between E and P?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Three

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (d)D.

Four

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Question 971

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Study the following information and answer the questions given below:
Eight persons Y, U, I, R, E, W, Q and P sit in a linear row but not necessarily in the same order. Four persons face south and the remaining four persons face north direction. Y is the only neighbour of P who faces north. U sits second to the left of Y and sits third to the right of R. Only two persons sit between W and E and none of them sit at any of the extreme ends of the row. Q and U sit immediate right to each other. I and E face north and both are the immediate neighbours of R.

Four among the following five are alike in a certain way and form a group. Find the one who does not belong to that group?

  1. AOption (a)

    Y

  2. BOption (b)

    R

  3. COption (c)

    I

  4. DOption (d)

    W

  5. EOption (e)

    Q

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Answer: (c)C.

I

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Question 972

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Study the following information and answer the questions given below:
Eight persons Y, U, I, R, E, W, Q and P sit in a linear row but not necessarily in the same order. Four persons face south and the remaining four persons face north direction. Y is the only neighbour of P who faces north. U sits second to the left of Y and sits third to the right of R. Only two persons sit between W and E and none of them sit at any of the extreme ends of the row. Q and U sit immediate right to each other. I and E face north and both are the immediate neighbours of R.

What is the position of Q with respect to I?

  1. AOption (a)

    Third to the right

  2. BOption (b)

    Second to the left

  3. COption (c)

    Third to the left

  4. DOption (d)

    Immediate right

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

Third to the left

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Question 973

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Study the following information and answer the questions given below:
Eight persons Y, U, I, R, E, W, Q and P sit in a linear row but not necessarily in the same order. Four persons face south and the remaining four persons face north direction. Y is the only neighbour of P who faces north. U sits second to the left of Y and sits third to the right of R. Only two persons sit between W and E and none of them sit at any of the extreme ends of the row. Q and U sit immediate right to each other. I and E face north and both are the immediate neighbours of R.

How many persons sit to the left of Y?

  1. AOption (a)

    Two

  2. BOption (b)

    Three

  3. COption (c)

    Four

  4. DOption (d)

    Five

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

None of these

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Question 974

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Eight light houses installed in State Z at different distances and directions with respect to each other. Light house S is 600m west of light house T. Light house R is 600m west of light house S. Light house Q is 600m north of light house R. Light house U is 1200m north of light house T. Light house V is 600m east of light house U. Light house W is 600m south of light house V. Light house P is 600m east of light house Q.

Light house V is in which direction with respect to light house P?

  1. AOption (a)

    South-east

  2. BOption (b)

    South

  3. COption (c)

    East

  4. DOption (d)

    North-east

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

North-east

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Question 975

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Eight light houses installed in State Z at different distances and directions with respect to each other. Light house S is 600m west of light house T. Light house R is 600m west of light house S. Light house Q is 600m north of light house R. Light house U is 1200m north of light house T. Light house V is 600m east of light house U. Light house W is 600m south of light house V. Light house P is 600m east of light house Q.

If light house X is west of light house W at a distance of 600m, then what is the distance between light house X and light house T?

  1. AOption (a)

    1200m

  2. BOption (b)

    600m

  3. COption (c)

    800m

  4. DOption (d)

    1000m

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

600m

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Question 976

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Eight light houses installed in State Z at different distances and directions with respect to each other. Light house S is 600m west of light house T. Light house R is 600m west of light house S. Light house Q is 600m north of light house R. Light house U is 1200m north of light house T. Light house V is 600m east of light house U. Light house W is 600m south of light house V. Light house P is 600m east of light house Q.

What is the total distance from light house Q to light house V?

  1. AOption (a)

    360m

  2. BOption (b)

    2600m

  3. COption (c)

    3.6km

  4. DOption (d)

    1.3km

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

3.6km

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Question 977

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In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions. Find which of the conclusion will be true according to the

Statement:

Statements:

C > T = R < W ≤ S = A < E ≥ B

Conclusions:

I. S > C
II. W < B

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion II is true

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion I is true

  3. COption (c)

    Either conclusion I or II is true

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion I nor II is true

  5. EOption (e)

    Both conclusions I and II are true

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

Neither conclusion I nor II is true

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Question 978

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In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions. Find which of the conclusion will be true according to the

Statement:

Statements:

M ≥ O ≥ L ≥ E < T < G < K = F

Conclusions:

I. F > T
II. M ≥ E

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion II is true

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion I is true

  3. COption (c)

    Either conclusion I or II is true

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion I nor II is true

  5. EOption (e)

    Both conclusions I and II are true

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Answer: (e)E.

Both conclusions I and II are true

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Question 979

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In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions. Find which of the conclusion will be true according to the

Statement:

Statements:

X = O ≥ Y < S, N < D = W, Y ≥ Q = F

Conclusions:

I. X ≥ F
II. D = Q

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion II is true

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion I is true

  3. COption (c)

    Either conclusion I or II is true

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion I nor II is true

  5. EOption (e)

    Both conclusions I and II are true

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

Only conclusion I is true

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Question 980

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In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions. Find which of the conclusion will be true according to the

Statement:

Statements:

S ≥ Y ≥ E = F ≥ R > P = L

Conclusions:

I. F < S
II. E > L

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion II is true

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion I is true

  3. COption (c)

    Either conclusion I or II is true

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion I nor II is true

  5. EOption (e)

    Both conclusions I and II are true

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Only conclusion II is true

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