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Question 81

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight persons, namely, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z, have their visits on different dates, either on the 7th or the 20th of the months January, March, May, and September, but not necessarily in the same order. E×actly three people have their visits between X’s visit and V’s visit. Y’s visit takes place immediately before X’s visit, and X’s visit is on 7th March. U’s visit is scheduled immediately after W’s visit. T’s visit is in a month that has 31 days. Z’s visit is scheduled after S’s visit. There are more than two people whose visits fall between T’s visit and S’s visit. Not more than two people visit between T and Z.

Z has a visit on which date?

  1. AOption (a)

    20th May

  2. BOption (b)

    20th September

  3. COption (c)

    20th March

  4. DOption (d)

    7th May

  5. EOption (e)

    7th September

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

20th September

Why this answer is correct

1. Y’s visit takes place immediately before X’s visit, and X’s visit is on 7th March. 

MonthsDatesPersons
January (31)7
20Y
March (31)7X
20
May (31)7
20
September (30)7
20

 

​2. Exactly three people have their visits between X’s visit and V’s visit. 

MonthsDatesPersons
January (31)7
20Y
March (31)7X
20
May (31)7
20
September (30)7V
20

 

3. T’s visit is in a month that has 31 days.  4. There are more than two people whose visits fall between T’s visit and S’s visit.

Here, we have 4 Cases, i.e., Case 1, Case 2, Case 3, and Case 4.

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 1Case 2Case 3Case 4
January (31)7TSS
20YYYY
March (31)7XXXX
20T
May (31)7S/T
20S/T
September (30)7VVVV
20S/S

 

5. U’s visit is scheduled immediately after W’s visit. 

Now, we can eliminate Case 3, but we have a new subcase of Case 1.

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 1Case 1aCase 2Case 4
January (31)7TTS
20YYYY
March (31)7XXXX
20WTW
May (31)7UWWU
20S/UUT
September (30)7VVVV
20S/SS

 

  1. Z’s visit is scheduled after S’s visit. 

Now, we can eliminate Case 1a and Case 2.

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 1Case 4
January (31)7TS
20YY
March (31)7XX
20WW
May (31)7UU
20ST
September (30)7VV
20ZZ

 

  1. Not more than two people visit between T and Z.

Now, we can eliminate Case 1.

This is our final arrangement,

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 4
January (31)7S
20Y
March (31)7X
20W
May (31)7U
20T
September (30)7V
20Z

 

Hence, the correct answer is 20th September.

Question 82

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight persons, namely, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z, have their visits on different dates, either on the 7th or the 20th of the months January, March, May, and September, but not necessarily in the same order. E×actly three people have their visits between X’s visit and V’s visit. Y’s visit takes place immediately before X’s visit, and X’s visit is on 7th March. U’s visit is scheduled immediately after W’s visit. T’s visit is in a month that has 31 days. Z’s visit is scheduled after S’s visit. There are more than two people whose visits fall between T’s visit and S’s visit. Not more than two people visit between T and Z.

How many persons have a visit between Z and W?

  1. AOption (a)

    Two

  2. BOption (b)

    Three

  3. COption (c)

    Four

  4. DOption (d)

    One

  5. EOption (e)

    None

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

Three

Why this answer is correct

1. Y’s visit takes place immediately before X’s visit, and X’s visit is on 7th March. 

MonthsDatesPersons
January (31)7
20Y
March (31)7X
20
May (31)7
20
September (30)7
20

 

​2. Exactly three people have their visits between X’s visit and V’s visit. 

MonthsDatesPersons
January (31)7
20Y
March (31)7X
20
May (31)7
20
September (30)7V
20

 

3. T’s visit is in a month that has 31 days.  4. There are more than two people whose visits fall between T’s visit and S’s visit.

Here, we have 4 Cases, i.e., Case 1, Case 2, Case 3, and Case 4.

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 1Case 2Case 3Case 4
January (31)7TSS
20YYYY
March (31)7XXXX
20T
May (31)7S/T
20S/T
September (30)7VVVV
20S/S

 

5. U’s visit is scheduled immediately after W’s visit. 

Now, we can eliminate Case 3, but we have a new subcase of Case 1.

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 1Case 1aCase 2Case 4
January (31)7TTS
20YYYY
March (31)7XXXX
20WTW
May (31)7UWWU
20S/UUT
September (30)7VVVV
20S/SS

 

  1. Z’s visit is scheduled after S’s visit. 

Now, we can eliminate Case 1a and Case 2.

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 1Case 4
January (31)7TS
20YY
March (31)7XX
20WW
May (31)7UU
20ST
September (30)7VV
20ZZ

 

  1. Not more than two people visit between T and Z.

Now, we can eliminate Case 1.

This is our final arrangement,

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 4
January (31)7S
20Y
March (31)7X
20W
May (31)7U
20T
September (30)7V
20Z

 

Hence, the correct answer is Three.

Question 83

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight persons, namely, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z, have their visits on different dates, either on the 7th or the 20th of the months January, March, May, and September, but not necessarily in the same order. E×actly three people have their visits between X’s visit and V’s visit. Y’s visit takes place immediately before X’s visit, and X’s visit is on 7th March. U’s visit is scheduled immediately after W’s visit. T’s visit is in a month that has 31 days. Z’s visit is scheduled after S’s visit. There are more than two people whose visits fall between T’s visit and S’s visit. Not more than two people visit between T and Z.

Find the odd one out.

  1. AOption (a)

    S

  2. BOption (b)

    X

  3. COption (c)

    U

  4. DOption (d)

    Z

  5. EOption (e)

    T

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

Z

Why this answer is correct

1. Y’s visit takes place immediately before X’s visit, and X’s visit is on 7th March. 

MonthsDatesPersons
January (31)7
20Y
March (31)7X
20
May (31)7
20
September (30)7
20

 

​2. Exactly three people have their visits between X’s visit and V’s visit. 

MonthsDatesPersons
January (31)7
20Y
March (31)7X
20
May (31)7
20
September (30)7V
20

 

3. T’s visit is in a month that has 31 days.  4. There are more than two people whose visits fall between T’s visit and S’s visit.

Here, we have 4 Cases, i.e., Case 1, Case 2, Case 3, and Case 4.

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 1Case 2Case 3Case 4
January (31)7TSS
20YYYY
March (31)7XXXX
20T
May (31)7S/T
20S/T
September (30)7VVVV
20S/S

 

5. U’s visit is scheduled immediately after W’s visit. 

Now, we can eliminate Case 3, but we have a new subcase of Case 1.

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 1Case 1aCase 2Case 4
January (31)7TTS
20YYYY
March (31)7XXXX
20WTW
May (31)7UWWU
20S/UUT
September (30)7VVVV
20S/SS

 

  1. Z’s visit is scheduled after S’s visit. 

Now, we can eliminate Case 1a and Case 2.

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 1Case 4
January (31)7TS
20YY
March (31)7XX
20WW
May (31)7UU
20ST
September (30)7VV
20ZZ

 

  1. Not more than two people visit between T and Z.

Now, we can eliminate Case 1.

This is our final arrangement,

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 4
January (31)7S
20Y
March (31)7X
20W
May (31)7U
20T
September (30)7V
20Z

 

Except for the Z who visited in the month which have 30 ays, all others visit in month having 31 days.

Hence, the correct answer is Z.

Question 84

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight persons, namely, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z, have their visits on different dates, either on the 7th or the 20th of the months January, March, May, and September, but not necessarily in the same order. E×actly three people have their visits between X’s visit and V’s visit. Y’s visit takes place immediately before X’s visit, and X’s visit is on 7th March. U’s visit is scheduled immediately after W’s visit. T’s visit is in a month that has 31 days. Z’s visit is scheduled after S’s visit. There are more than two people whose visits fall between T’s visit and S’s visit. Not more than two people visit between T and Z.

How many persons have visit before T’s visit?

  1. AOption (a)

    Three

  2. BOption (b)

    Four

  3. COption (c)

    Five

  4. DOption (d)

    Two

  5. EOption (e)

    More than five

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

Five

Why this answer is correct

1. Y’s visit takes place immediately before X’s visit, and X’s visit is on 7th March. 

MonthsDatesPersons
January (31)7
20Y
March (31)7X
20
May (31)7
20
September (30)7
20

 

​2. Exactly three people have their visits between X’s visit and V’s visit. 

MonthsDatesPersons
January (31)7
20Y
March (31)7X
20
May (31)7
20
September (30)7V
20

 

3. T’s visit is in a month that has 31 days.  4. There are more than two people whose visits fall between T’s visit and S’s visit.

Here, we have 4 Cases, i.e., Case 1, Case 2, Case 3, and Case 4.

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 1Case 2Case 3Case 4
January (31)7TSS
20YYYY
March (31)7XXXX
20T
May (31)7S/T
20S/T
September (30)7VVVV
20S/S

 

5. U’s visit is scheduled immediately after W’s visit. 

Now, we can eliminate Case 3, but we have a new subcase of Case 1.

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 1Case 1aCase 2Case 4
January (31)7TTS
20YYYY
March (31)7XXXX
20WTW
May (31)7UWWU
20S/UUT
September (30)7VVVV
20S/SS

 

  1. Z’s visit is scheduled after S’s visit. 

Now, we can eliminate Case 1a and Case 2.

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 1Case 4
January (31)7TS
20YY
March (31)7XX
20WW
May (31)7UU
20ST
September (30)7VV
20ZZ

 

  1. Not more than two people visit between T and Z.

Now, we can eliminate Case 1.

This is our final arrangement,

MonthsDatesPersons
Case 4
January (31)7S
20Y
March (31)7X
20W
May (31)7U
20T
September (30)7V
20Z

 

Hence, the correct answer is Five.

Question 85

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Direction: In the question below are given two statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. 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 few pen are pencils.

No pencil is eraser.

Conclusions:

I. No pen is eraser.

II. Some erasers are pencil.

III. All pen being pencils is a possibility.

  1. AOption (a)

    None follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Either I or II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Only III follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Only I follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Both I and II follow

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

None follows

Why this answer is correct

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

Conclusions:

I. No pen is eraser → False (it is possible but not definite.)

II. Some erasers are pencil → False (as no pencil is eraser which also  means no eraser is pencil.)

III. All pen being pencils is a possibility → False (not possible as only few pens are pencils which means some pens are pencils and some pen are not pencils.)

Thus, none of the conclusions follows.

Question 86

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Direction: In the question below are given two statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. 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:

Some lemons are fruits.

Only fruits are orange.

Conclusions:

I. Some lemons are orange.

II. All lemons being fruits is a possibility.

III. No lemon is orange.

  1. AOption (a)

    None follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Either I or III follows

  3. COption (c)

    Only III follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Only I follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Both II and III follows

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

Both II and III follows

Why this answer is correct

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

Conclusions:

I. Some lemons are orange → False (only fruits are orange.)

II. All lemons being fruits is a possibility → True (it is possible.)

III. No lemon is orange → True (only fruits are orange.)

Thus, both conclusions II and III follow.

Question 87

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Direction: In the question below are given two 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:

Some mobiles are charger.

All chargers are laptop.

Conclusions:

I. No laptop is charger.

II. Some mobiles are laptop.

  1. AOption (a)

    None follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Either I or II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Only II follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Only I follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Both I and II follow

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

Only II follows

Why this answer is correct

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

Conclusions:

I. No laptop is charger → False (some charger are laptop → some laptop are charger.)

II. Some mobiles are laptop → True (as some mobile are chargers and all chargers are laptop.)

Thus, only conclusion II follows.

Question 88

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Direction: In the question below are given two 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:                                                                                        

Some sweets are pens.

All pens are clocks.

Conclusion:

I. Some clocks are sweets.

II. All sweets are clocks.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only I follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Either I or II follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither I nor II follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Both I and II follow

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Only I follows

Why this answer is correct

The least possible diagram for the given statements is as follows 

Conclusions:

I. Some clocks are sweets → True (Some part of clocks are definitely sweets) 

II. All sweets are clocks → False (It is possible but not definite)

Hence, only I follows.

Question 89

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

A certain number of persons are standing in a straight line, all facing north. There is only one person between R and K. R is positioned at one end of the row. The number of individuals between M and T is the same as that between K and M. Exactly six persons are standing between K and J. J is placed third from one of the ends. P stands fifth to the right of M. There are more than six people standing between R and T. T doesn't stand immediately left of P. Not more than five people stand between J and P.

How many persons are sitting in a row?

  1. AOption (a)

    10

  2. BOption (b)

    11

  3. COption (c)

    12

  4. DOption (d)

    13

  5. EOption (e)

    14

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

12

Why this answer is correct

  1. R is positioned at one end of the row. 
  2. There is only one person between R and K.

Here, we have 2 Cases, i.e., Case 1 and Case 2.

3. Exactly six persons are standing between K and J.  4. J is placed third from one of the ends. 

  1. The number of individuals between M and T is the same as that between K and M. 6. There are more than six people standing between R and T.

Here, we have 4 Cases, i.e., Case 1, Case 2, Case 1a, and Case 2a.

7. P stands fifth to the right of M.

Now, we can eliminate Case 2.

  1. Not more than five people stand between J and P.

Now, we can eliminate Case 2a.

  1. T doesn't stand immediately left of P.

Now, we can eliminate Case 1a.

This is our final arrangement,

Hence, the correct answer is 12.

Question 90

SBI Clerk 2025• Reasoning Ability

Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

A certain number of persons are standing in a straight line, all facing north. There is only one person between R and K. R is positioned at one end of the row. The number of individuals between M and T is the same as that between K and M. Exactly six persons are standing between K and J. J is placed third from one of the ends. P stands fifth to the right of M. There are more than six people standing between R and T. T doesn't stand immediately left of P. Not more than five people stand between J and P.

What is the position of M with respect to J?

  1. AOption (a)

    Third to the left

  2. BOption (b)

    Second to the right

  3. COption (c)

    Fourth to the left

  4. DOption (d)

    Sixth to the right

  5. EOption (e)

    Immediately left

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

Fourth to the left

Why this answer is correct

1. R is positioned at one end of the row.  2. There is only one person between R and K.

Here, we have 2 Cases, i.e., Case 1 and Case 2.

3. Exactly six persons are standing between K and J.  4. J is placed third from one of the ends. 

  1. The number of individuals between M and T is the same as that between K and M. 6. There are more than six people standing between R and T.

Here, we have 4 Cases, i.e., Case 1, Case 2, Case 1a, and Case 2a.

7. P stands fifth to the right of M.

Now, we can eliminate Case 2.

  1. Not more than five people stand between J and P.

Now, we can eliminate Case 2a.

  1. T doesn't stand immediately left of P.

Now, we can eliminate Case 1a.

This is our final arrangement,

Hence, the correct answer is Fourth to the left.