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LIC ADO Prelims Reasoning Practice Set 1

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LIC ADO Prelims Reasoning Practice Set 1

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Reasoning is an important section in the employment related competitive exams in India. In particular, exams like IBPS, SBI, SIB, Insurance, IDBI and other bank related employment exams have Reasoning questions along with Quantitative Aptitude. The Reasoning section primarily has questions related to the Syllogism, Directions, and Inequality , etc. This article presents LIC ADO Prelims Reasoning Practice Set 1 for acing the LIC ADO Prelims Examination.

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Direction (1 - 4): In the question 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 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.
1. Statements: Some coin is Note. No Note is currency. All currency is rupees.
Conclusions: I. Some coin is not currency. II. Some Note can be rupees. III. Some rupees are not Note.
    A. If only conclusion II follows B. If both conclusions II and III follow C. If both conclusions I and III follow D. If both conclusions I and II follow E. If all conclusions follows

Answer - Option E
2. Statements: Some lion are cat. All snakes are cat. All pigs are lion. Some snakes are dog.
Conclusions: I. Some snakes are pig. II. Some dog are definitely lion. III. At least some cats are dog.
    A. If both conclusions I and III follow B.If only conclusion III follows C.If both conclusions I and II follow D.If both conclusions II and III follow E.If all conclusions follows

Answer - Option B
3. Statements: No drink is juice. Not a single drop of juice is ice. Every ice is sprite.
Conclusions: I. Some sprite which are ice are drink as well. II. No drink is ice. III. Some sprite is not juice.
    A. Only conclusion III follows. B.Either conclusion I or II follows. C.Only conclusion II and III follows. D. All follow E.None of these

Answer - Option A
4. Statements: No puzzle is coding. Some seating is coding. All arguments are seating.
Conclusions: I. No argument is puzzle. II. Some puzzles are argument. III. Some puzzles are seating.
    A. Either I or II follow B. Only III and Either I or II follow C. Both I and II follow D. All follows E. Only I follows

Answer - Option A
5. Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives. APPARENT : RENTAPPA : : MUSCULAR : ?
    A. ULAMMUSC B. ULARMUSC C. UMAMLUSC D. ULARMUCS

Answer - Option B
Explanation -
Direction (1 - 5): I. Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
Eight members P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W of a family are sitting around a rectangular table with all of them facing outwards. Each one of them like different type of music instruments viz. XYLOPHONE, Balaton, Guitar, Piano, VIOLIN, TRUMPET, Accordion and Flute. Three married couples are there in the family.
W is the only sister-in-law of P whereas Q likes TRUMPET and daughter-in-law of RP who is the father of U and uncle of V, sits to the left of the person who likes XYLOPHONE. U is an immediate neighbor of her aunty W who does not sit next to S. R does not like Flute or Accordion. The two youngest members sit next to each other. The one who likes the Balaton sits between V and the one who likes VIOLIN. V is third to the left of S. The one who likes TRUMPET sits between the persons who like Accordion and Flute Respectively. S’s husband and son sit next to her. Piano is not liked by V’s father. V does not like Guitar or Accordion. S is the mother of P and T, and sits second to the left of T.
1. Which of the following statements is true regarding the family?
    A. P is the brother of W B. R is the father-in-law of P C. Q is the aunty of V D. U and V are married couple

Answer - Option C
Explanation [1 - 5] -

2. Who among the following sits between Q and the one who likes Balafon?
    A. P B. T C. S D. V

Answer - Option D
3. What is the position of the person who likes Piano with respect to the one who likes TRUMPET ?
    A. Third to the right B. Second to the left C. Immediate left D. Third to the left

Answer - Option A
4. Who among the following likes Guitar?
    A. W B. U C. V D. T

Answer - Option D
5. Which of the following options represent a pair?
    A. Y, X B. W, T C. W, R D. S, U

Answer - Option B
1. Two cars start from the opposite places of a main road, 150 km apart. First car runs for 25 km and takes a right turn and then runs 15 km. It then turns left and then runs for another 25 km and then takes the direction back to reach the main road. In the mean time, due to minor break down the other car has run only 35 km along the main road. What would be the distance between two cars at this point?
    A. 65 km B. 75 km C. 80 km D. 85 km

Answer - Option A
Explanation -

Required distance = DF
= 150 - (25 + 25 + 35 )
= 150 - 85
= 65 km
2. Rasik walked 20 m towards north. Then he turned right and walks 30 m. Then he turns right and walks 35 m. Then he turns left and walks 15 m. Finally he turns left and walks 15 m. In which direction and how many metres is he from the starting position?
    A. 15 m West B. 30 m East C. 30 m West D. 45 m East

Answer - Option D
Explanation -

Required distance = AF
= 30 + 15
= 45 M
From the above diagram, F is in East diagram, F is in East direction from A.
Hence the required answer is 45 m East.
3. SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL
    A. CMN B. UJI C. VIJ D. IJT

Answer - Option C
Explanation -
There are two alphabetical series here. The first series is with the first letters only: STUVW. The second series involves the remaining letters: CD, EF, GH, IJ, KL.
4. If in a certain language, MADRAS is coded as NBESBT, how is BOMBAY coded in that code?
    A. CPNCBX B. CPNCBZ C. CPOCBZ D. CQOCBZ

Answer - Option B
Explanation -
Each letter in the word is moved one step forward to obtain the corresponding letter of the code.
5. f in a code language, COULD is written as BNTKC and MARGIN is written as LZQFHM, how will MOULDING be written in that code?
    A. CHMFINTK B. LNKTCHMF C. LNTKCHMF D. NITKHCMF

Answer - Option C
Explanation -
Each letter in the word is moved one step backward to obtain the corresponding letter of the code.