SBI Probationary Officers Test-2010: Reasoning Ability (High Level) Question 21-39
Directions (Q. 21-25): In the following questions, the symbols 8, @, ©, % and ⋆ are used with the following meaning a illustrated below:
P $ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’. P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.
P δ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P * Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the four conclusions I, II, III and IV given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.
21. Statements: H @ T, T # F, F δ E, E * V
Conclusions:
I. V $ F
II. E @ T
III. H @ V
IV. T # V
Choose the right option
[A] Only I, II and III are true.
[B] Only I, II and IV are true.
[C] Only II, III and IV are true
[D] Only I, III and IV are true.
[E] All I, II, III IV are true.
22. Statements: D#R, R * K, K@F, F$J
Conclusions: I. J # R
II. J # K
III. R # F
IV. K @ D
Choose the right option
[A] Only I, II and III are true.
[B] Only II, III and IV are true.
[C] Only I, III and IV are true
[D] All I, II, III IV are true.
[E] None of these
23.Statements: N δ B, B $ W, W # H, H * M
Conclusions :
I. M @ W
II. H @ N
III. W S N
IV. W# N Choose the right option
[A] Only I is true
[B] Only III is true
[c] Only IV is true
[D] Only either III or IV is true
[E] Only either III or IV and I are true
24. Statements:R * D, D $ J, J # M, M @ K
Conclusions:
I. K # J
II. D @ M
III. R # M
IV. D @ K
Choose the right option
[A] None is true
[B] Only I is true
[C] Only II is true
[D] Only III is true
[E] Only IV is true
25. Statements: M $ K, K @ N, N * R, R # W
Conclusions:
I. W @ K
II. M $ R
III. K @ W
IV. M @ N
Choose the right option
[A] Only I and II are true
[B] Only I, II and III are true
[C] Only III and IV are true
[D] Only II, III and IV are true
[E] None of these
Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below Following are the conditions for selecting Senior Manager-Credit in a bank. The candidate must—
(I) be a graduate in any discipline with atleast 60 percent marks.
(II) have post qualification work experience of at least ten years in the Advances Section of a bank.
(III) be at least 30 years and not more than 40 years as on 1.4.2010.
(IV) have secured at least 40 percent marks in the group discussion.
(V) have secured at least 50 percent marks in interview.
In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the conditions EXCEPT—
(A) at (I) above but has secured at least 50 percent marks in graduation and at least 60 percent marks in post graduation in any discipline the case is to be referred to the General Manager Advances.
(B) at (II) above but has total post qualification work experience of at least seven years out of which at least three years as Manager-Credit in a bank, the case is to be referred to Executive Director.
In each question below details of one candidate is given. You have to take one of the following courses of action based on the information provided and the conditions and sub-conditions given above and mark the number of that course of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 01.04.2010.
Give answer
(A) if the case is to be referred to Executive Director.
(B) if the case is to be referred to General Manager-Advances.
(C) if the data are inadequate to take a decision.
(D) if the candidate is not to be selected.
(E) if the candidate is to be selected.
26. Shobha Gupta has secured 50 percent marks in the Interview and 40 percent marks in the Group Discussion. She has been working for the past eight years out of which four years as Manager Credit in a bank after completing her B. A. degree with 60 percent marks. She was born on 12th September 1978.
27. Rohan Maskare was born on 8th March 1974. He has been working in a bank for the past twelve years after completing his B.Com. degree with 70 percent marks. He has secured 50 percent marks in both the Group Discussion and the Interview.
28. Prakash Gokhale was born on 4th August 1977. He has secured 65 percent marks in. post graduation and 58 percent marks in graduation. He has been working for the past ten years in the Advances Department of a bank after completing his post graduation. He has secured 45 percent marks in the Group Discussion and 50 percent marks in the Interview.
29. Sudha Mehrotra has been working in the Advances department of a bank for the past twelve years after completing her B.Com. degree with 60 percent marks. She has secured 50 percent marks in the Group Discussion and 40 percent marks in the Interview. She was born on 15th February 1972.
30. Amit Narayan was born on 28th May 1974. He has been working in the Advances department of a bank for the past eleven years after completing his B.Sc. degree with 65 percent marks. He has secured 55 percent marks in the Group discussion and 50 percent marks in the interview.
Direcion: In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered (A), (B) and (C). A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for. improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
31. Statement : A heavy unseasonal downpour during tho last two days has paralysed the, normal life in the state in which five persons were killed but this has provided a huge relief to the problem of acute water crisis in the state.
Courses of action:
I. The state government should set up a committee to review the alarming situation.
II. The state government should immediately remove all the restrictions, on use of potable water in all the major cities in the state.
III. The state government should send relief supplies to all the affected areas in the state.
Choose the right option
[A] None
[B] Only II and III follow
[C] Only I
[D] Only III
[E] All I, II and III
32. Statement: A large private bank has decided to retrench one-third of its employees in view of the huge losses incurred by it during the past three quarters.
Courses of action:
I. The Govt. should issue a notification to general public to immediately: stop all transactions with the bank.
II. The Govt. should direct the bank to refrain from retrenching its employees.
III. The Govt. should ask the central bank of the country to initiate an enquiry into the bank’s activities and submit its report.
Choose the right option
[A] None
[B] Only I
[C] Only II
[D] Only III
[E] Only I and III
33. Statement: Many political activists have decided to stage demonstrations and block traffic movement in the city during peak hours to protest against the steep rise in prices of essential commodities.
Courses of action:
I. The Govt. should immediately ban all forms of agitations in the country.
II. The police authority of the city should deploy additional forces all over the city to help traffic movement in the city.
III. The state administration should carry out preventive arrests of the known criminals staying in the city.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I
[B] Only II
[C] Only III
[D] Only I and II
[E] None of these
34. Statement: The school dropout rate in many districts in the state has increased sharply during the last few years as the parents of these children make them work in the fields owned by others to earn enough for them to get at least one meal a day.
Courses of action:
I. The Govt. should put up a mechanism to provide foodgrains to the poor people in these districts through public distribution system to encourage the parents to send their wards to school.
II. The Govt. should close down some of these schools in the district and deploy the teachers of these schools to nearby schools and also ask remaining students to join these schools.
III. Govt. should issue arrest warrants for all the parents who force their children to work in fields instead of attending classes.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I
[B] Only II
[C] Only III
[D] Only I and II
[E] None of these
35. Statement: One aspirant was killed due to stampede while participating in a recruitment drive of police constables.Directions (Q. 21-25): In the following questions, the symbols 8, @, ©, % and ⋆ are used with the following meaning a illustrated below:
P $ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’. P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.
P δ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P * Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the four conclusions I, II, III and IV given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.
21. Statements: H @ T, T # F, F δ E, E * V
Conclusions:
I. V $ F
II. E @ T
III. H @ V
IV. T # V
Choose the right option
[A] Only I, II and III are true.
[B] Only I, II and IV are true.
[C] Only II, III and IV are true
[D] Only I, III and IV are true.
[E] All I, II, III IV are true.
22. Statements: D#R, R * K, K@F, F$J
Conclusions: I. J # R
II. J # K
III. R # F
IV. K @ D
Choose the right option
[A] Only I, II and III are true.
[B] Only II, III and IV are true.
[C] Only I, III and IV are true
[D] All I, II, III IV are true.
[E] None of these
23.Statements: N δ B, B $ W, W # H, H * M
Conclusions :
I. M @ W
II. H @ N
III. W S N
IV. W# N Choose the right option
[A] Only I is true
[B] Only III is true
[c] Only IV is true
[D] Only either III or IV is true
[E] Only either III or IV and I are true
24. Statements:R * D, D $ J, J # M, M @ K
Conclusions:
I. K # J
II. D @ M
III. R # M
IV. D @ K
Choose the right option
[A] None is true
[B] Only I is true
[C] Only II is true
[D] Only III is true
[E] Only IV is true
25. Statements: M $ K, K @ N, N * R, R # W
Conclusions:
I. W @ K
II. M $ R
III. K @ W
IV. M @ N
Choose the right option
[A] Only I and II are true
[B] Only I, II and III are true
[C] Only III and IV are true
[D] Only II, III and IV are true
[E] None of these
Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below Following are the conditions for selecting Senior Manager-Credit in a bank. The candidate must—
(I) be a graduate in any discipline with atleast 60 percent marks.
(II) have post qualification work experience of at least ten years in the Advances Section of a bank.
(III) be at least 30 years and not more than 40 years as on 1.4.2010.
(IV) have secured at least 40 percent marks in the group discussion.
(V) have secured at least 50 percent marks in interview.
In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the conditions EXCEPT—
(A) at (I) above but has secured at least 50 percent marks in graduation and at least 60 percent marks in post graduation in any discipline the case is to be referred to the General Manager Advances.
(B) at (II) above but has total post qualification work experience of at least seven years out of which at least three years as Manager-Credit in a bank, the case is to be referred to Executive Director.
In each question below details of one candidate is given. You have to take one of the following courses of action based on the information provided and the conditions and sub-conditions given above and mark the number of that course of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 01.04.2010.
Give answer
(A) if the case is to be referred to Executive Director.
(B) if the case is to be referred to General Manager-Advances.
(C) if the data are inadequate to take a decision.
(D) if the candidate is not to be selected.
(E) if the candidate is to be selected.
26. Shobha Gupta has secured 50 percent marks in the Interview and 40 percent marks in the Group Discussion. She has been working for the past eight years out of which four years as Manager Credit in a bank after completing her B. A. degree with 60 percent marks. She was born on 12th September 1978.
27. Rohan Maskare was born on 8th March 1974. He has been working in a bank for the past twelve years after completing his B.Com. degree with 70 percent marks. He has secured 50 percent marks in both the Group Discussion and the Interview.
28. Prakash Gokhale was born on 4th August 1977. He has secured 65 percent marks in. post graduation and 58 percent marks in graduation. He has been working for the past ten years in the Advances Department of a bank after completing his post graduation. He has secured 45 percent marks in the Group Discussion and 50 percent marks in the Interview.
29. Sudha Mehrotra has been working in the Advances department of a bank for the past twelve years after completing her B.Com. degree with 60 percent marks. She has secured 50 percent marks in the Group Discussion and 40 percent marks in the Interview. She was born on 15th February 1972.
30. Amit Narayan was born on 28th May 1974. He has been working in the Advances department of a bank for the past eleven years after completing his B.Sc. degree with 65 percent marks. He has secured 55 percent marks in the Group discussion and 50 percent marks in the interview.
Direcion: In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered (A), (B) and (C). A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for. improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
31. Statement : A heavy unseasonal downpour during tho last two days has paralysed the, normal life in the state in which five persons were killed but this has provided a huge relief to the problem of acute water crisis in the state.
Courses of action:
I. The state government should set up a committee to review the alarming situation.
II. The state government should immediately remove all the restrictions, on use of potable water in all the major cities in the state.
III. The state government should send relief supplies to all the affected areas in the state.
Choose the right option
[A] None
[B] Only II and III follow
[C] Only I
[D] Only III
[E] All I, II and III
32. Statement: A large private bank has decided to retrench one-third of its employees in view of the huge losses incurred by it during the past three quarters.
Courses of action:
I. The Govt. should issue a notification to general public to immediately: stop all transactions with the bank.
II. The Govt. should direct the bank to refrain from retrenching its employees.
III. The Govt. should ask the central bank of the country to initiate an enquiry into the bank’s activities and submit its report.
Choose the right option
[A] None
[B] Only I
[C] Only II
[D] Only III
[E] Only I and III
33. Statement: Many political activists have decided to stage demonstrations and block traffic movement in the city during peak hours to protest against the steep rise in prices of essential commodities.
Courses of action:
I. The Govt. should immediately ban all forms of agitations in the country.
II. The police authority of the city should deploy additional forces all over the city to help traffic movement in the city.
III. The state administration should carry out preventive arrests of the known criminals staying in the city.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I
[B] Only II
[C] Only III
[D] Only I and II
[E] None of these
34. Statement: The school dropout rate in many districts in the state has increased sharply during the last few years as the parents of these children make them work in the fields owned by others to earn enough for them to get at least one meal a day.
Courses of action:
I. The Govt. should put up a mechanism to provide foodgrains to the poor people in these districts through public distribution system to encourage the parents to send their wards to school.
II. The Govt. should close down some of these schools in the district and deploy the teachers of these schools to nearby schools and also ask remaining students to join these schools.
III. Govt. should issue arrest warrants for all the parents who force their children to work in fields instead of attending classes.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I
[B] Only II
[C] Only III
[D] Only I and II
[E] None of these
Courses of action:
I. The officials incharge of the recruitment process should immediately be suspended.
II. A team of officials should be asked to find out the circumstances which led to the death of the aspirant and submit its report within a week.
III. The Govt. should ask the home department to stagger the number of aspirants over more number of days to avoid such incidents in future.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I
[B] Only II
[C] Only III
[D] Only II and III
[E] None of these
36. Effect: Majority of the employees of the ailing organization opted for voluntary retirement scheme and left the organization with all their retirement benefits within a fortnight of launching the scheme.
Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect ?
Choose the right option
[A] The company has been making huge losses for the past five years and is unable to pay salaryto its employees in time.
[B] The management of the company made huge personal gains through unlawful activities.
[C] One of the competitors of the company went bankrupt last year.
[D] The company owns large tracts of land in the state which will fetch huge sum to its owners.
[E] None of these
37. Statement: Most of the companies in IT and ITES sectors in India have started hiring from engineering college campuses this year and are likely to recruit much more than yearly recruitment of the earlier years.
Which of the following substantiates the facts stated in the above statement ?
Choose the right option
[A] IT and ITES are the only sectors in India which are hiring from engineering college campuses.
[B] Govt. has stepped up recruitment activities after a gap of five years.
[C] The IT and ITES companies have now decided to vi sit the engineering college campuses for tier II cities in India as well.
[D] Availability of qualified engineers will substantially in crease in the near future.
[E] None of these
38.Cause: The Govt. has recently increased its taxes or, petrol and diesel by about 10 percent. Which of the following can be a possible effect of the above cause ?
Choose the right option
[A] The petroleum companies will reduce the prices of petrol and diesel by about 10 percent.
[B] The petroleum companies will increase the prices of petrol and diesel by about 10 percent.
[c] The petroleum companies will increase the prices of petrol and diesel by about 5 percent.
[D] The petrol pumps will stop selling petrol and diesel till the taxes are rolled back by the govt.
[E] None of these
39. Statement : The Govt. has decided to instruct the banks to open new branches in such a way that there is one branch of any of the banks in every village of population 1000 and above or a cluster of villages with population less than 1000 to provide banking services to all the citizens. Which of the following will weaken the step taken by the Govt. ?
Choose the right option
[A] The private sector banks in India have stepped up their branch expansion activities in rural India.
[B] Many Govt. owned banks have surplus manpower in its urban branches.
[C] All the banks including those in private sector will follow the govt. directive.
[D] Large number of branches of many Govt. owned banks in the rural areas are making huge losses every year due to lack of adequate business activities.
[E] None of these
