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Question 671

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Directions**:** In the question given below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with 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 sticks are poles.

Some poles are rods.

Only a few stands are rods.

Conclusions:

I. Some stands are sticks.

II. Some stands are poles.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion I follows.

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follows.

  3. COption (c)

    Either conclusion I or II follows.

  4. DOption (d)

    Both conclusions follow.

  5. EOption (e)

    Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

Why this answer is correct

The least possible Venn Diagram for the given data:

Conclusions:

I. Some stands are sticks → False (it is possible but not definite, as no direct relation between the two is given).

II. Some stands are poles → False (it is possible but not definite, as no direct relation between the two is given).

Hence, "Neither conclusion I nor II follows."

Question 672

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Direction: In the question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I, and II  .You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with 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

Only a few Bag are Box

Only Box are pen

No Bag is copy

Conclusions

I. All Box being Bag is a possibility

II. Some Pen are copy

  1. AOption (a)

    Only I follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Both I and II follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Either I or II follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Neither I nor II follows

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

Neither I nor II follows

Why this answer is correct

Venn diagram for the given statements are follows.

Conclusions

I. All Box being Bag is a possibility - False(Given Only Box are Pen means Pen cannot be others thus All Box being Bag is a possibility not follows)

II. Some Pen are copy - False (Because the relation between Pen and Copy is not given thus Some Pen are copy not follows)

Hence, Neither I nor II follows.

Question 673

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Directions: In the question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with 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:

I. Only a few earphones are laptop

II. Some earphones are book

III. Only books are diary

Conclusions:

I. Some diary are earphones is a possibility

II. Few laptops are books is a possibility

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion I follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Either conclusion I or II follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion I nor II follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Both conclusion I and II follows

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

Only conclusion II follows

Why this answer is correct

The least possible Venn diagram for the given statements is as follows:

 

 

Conclusions:

I. Some diary are earphones is a possibility → False (Because the relation of “only” is given between the elements, which implies that the element can positive relation with its object only)

II. Few laptops are books is a possibility → True (Because no definite positive or negative relation is defined between the elements)

Hence, only conclusion II follows

Additional Information

Meaning of word used in a syllogism:

  1. Only means some + some not

  2. Few means some 

  3. If it is given only A is B then it means that the element can have relation with its object only.

Question 674

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Direction: In the question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I, and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with 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.

Statement:

No mango is apple

Only grapes are apples

Only a few grapes are guava

Conclusion:

I. No grapes are mango

II. Only a few mango are guava

  1. AOption (a)

    Only I follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Both I and II follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Either I or II follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Neither I nor II follows

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

Neither I nor II follows

Why this answer is correct

The least possible Venn diagram for the given statements is as follows:

Conclusion:

I. No grapes are mango → False (as the relation of mango and apple is definite but the relation of mango is not definite with grapes)

II. Only a few mango are guava → False (as the relation between mango and apple is definite but the relation of mango and guava is not definite)

Hence, Neither I nor II follows.

Question 675

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

In a certain code language,

‘di ma ti bi’ means ‘sky is blue colour’,

‘ti ja ma pa’ means ‘moon colour is white’,

‘ma ca fo ti’ means ‘sun is red colour’,

’ma di ko’ means ‘ocean is blue’.

Which of the following means ‘red’ in that code language?

  1. AOption (a)

    bi

  2. BOption (b)

    ca

  3. COption (c)

    fo

  4. DOption (d)

    Either 2 or 3

  5. EOption (e)

    ma

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

Either 2 or 3

Why this answer is correct

According to the given information-

Hence, ‘red’ is coded as either ‘ca’ or ‘fo’.

Question 676

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

In a certain code language,

‘di ma ti bi’ means ‘sky is blue colour’,

‘ti ja ma pa’ means ‘moon colour is white’,

‘ma ca fo ti’ means ‘sun is red colour’,

’ma di ko’ means ‘ocean is blue’.

Code ‘ti’ is for which word in the given language?

  1. AOption (a)

    sky

  2. BOption (b)

    blue

  3. COption (c)

    colour

  4. DOption (d)

    Either 1 or 2

  5. EOption (e)

    sun

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

colour

Why this answer is correct

According to the given information:

Hence, 'ti' is coded for 'colour'.

Question 677

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

In a certain code language,

‘di ma ti bi’ means ‘sky is blue colour’,

‘ti ja ma pa’ means ‘moon colour is white’,

‘ma ca fo ti’ means ‘sun is red colour’,

’ma di ko’ means ‘ocean is blue’.

Which of the following means ‘moon’ in that code language?

  1. AOption (a)

    bi

  2. BOption (b)

    ca

  3. COption (c)

    ja

  4. DOption (d)

    pa

  5. EOption (e)

    Either 3 or 4

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

Either 3 or 4

Why this answer is correct

According to the given information-

Hence, ‘moon’ is coded as either ‘ja’ or ‘pa’.

Question 678

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

In a certain code language,

‘di ma ti bi’ means ‘sky is blue colour’,

‘ti ja ma pa’ means ‘moon colour is white’,

‘ma ca fo ti’ means ‘sun is red colour’,

’ma di ko’ means ‘ocean is blue’.

Code ‘bi ma ko di’ is for which of the following sentence in given language?

  1. AOption (a)

    sky is ocean colour

  2. BOption (b)

    moon is red ocean

  3. COption (c)

    sky is ocean blue

  4. DOption (d)

    sun is blue ocean

  5. EOption (e)

    moon is blue ocean

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

sky is ocean blue

Why this answer is correct

According to the given information-

Code ‘bi’ corresponds to ‘sky’,

Code ‘ma’ corresponds to ‘is’,

 Code ‘ko’ corresponds to ‘ocean’,

Code ‘di’ corresponds to 'blue'.

Hence, the only possible answer is ‘sky is ocean blue’.

Question 679

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

In a certain code language,

‘di ma ti bi’ means ‘sky is blue colour’,

‘ti ja ma pa’ means ‘moon colour is white’,

‘ma ca fo ti’ means ‘sun is red colour’,

’ma di ko’ means ‘ocean is blue’.

Code ‘ko’ is for which word in the given language?

  1. AOption (a)

    sky

  2. BOption (b)

    blue

  3. COption (c)

    colour

  4. DOption (d)

    ocean

  5. EOption (e)

    sun

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

ocean

Why this answer is correct

According to the given information-

Hence 'ko' is coded for 'ocean'.

Question 680

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word “REQUIRE” each of which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions), as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?

  1. AOption (a)

    Three

  2. BOption (b)

    One

  3. COption (c)

    four

  4. DOption (d)

    Two 

  5. EOption (e)

    Five

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

One

Why this answer is correct

The given word can be represented as follows,

Hence, we get 1 such pair “RU”.

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