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Important Reasoning Work Book For Upcoming LIC AAO 2016 With Detailed
Important Reasoning Work Book For Upcoming LIC AAO 2016 With Detailed
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Reasoning Work Book for Upcoming LIC AAO 2016 with Detailed Solutions
Directions (1-20): in each question below are given three statements followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two 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:
b)
c)
d)
e)
2). Statements:
II. All those answers which are conclusions are also options.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
3). Statements:
No sweet is namkeen.
I. No coffee is namkeen.
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b)
c)
d)
e)
4). Statements:
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No sweet is namkeen.
b)
c)
d)
e)
5). Statements:
No eraser is a sharpener.
b)
c)
d)
e)
6). Statements:
All follows
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c)
d)
e)
None of these
7). Statements:
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All follow
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
8). Statements:
All follow
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
9). Statements:
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None follows
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
10). Statements:
All follow
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
11). Statements:
None follows
b)
Either I or II follows
c)
d)
Only IV follows
e)
None of these
12). Statements:
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b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
13). Statements:
All Follow
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
14). Statements:
All follow
b)
c)
d)
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None of these
15). Statements:
b)
None follows
c)
Only II follows
d)
e)
None of these
16). Statements:
All follow
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
17). Statements:
All follow
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None follows
c)
d)
e)
None of these
18). Statements:
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b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
19). Statements:
None follows
b)
Only II follows
c)
Only IV follows
d)
e)
None of these
20). Statements:
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All follow
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
Directions (Q. 21 25): Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions.
A, N, M, R, T, J, V, S and D are eight friends sitting around a circular table. Two of them are not
facing the centre. All of them like watches of different brands, Viz Maxima, Puma, HMT, Titan,
Fastrack, Rado, Quartz and Omega, but not necessarily in the same order.
R and M are sitting third and second to the left of A respectively. R and S are neighbours of N,
who likes Fastrack. The one who likes Titan sits on the immediate right of N. S is sitting third to
the right of A and likes Maxima. D is third to the right of J and likes Quartz. A and D are not the
neighbour of that person who likes Rado. V does not like HMT and Titan. The person who likes
Omega is sitting opposite J.
21). The person who is sitting second to the left of A likes which of the following watches?
a)
Maxima
b)
Puma
c)
Rado
d)
Omega
e)
None of these
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
Immediate left of A
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c)
Immediate right of A
d)
Cant be determined
e)
None of these
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24). If S is on the immediate right of N then by the same logic who among the following sits third
to the right of N?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
25). How many persons sit between the person who like Maxima and the one who likes HMT
(count in clockwise direction starting from HMT)?
a)
Two
b)
None
c)
One
d)
Three
e)
None of these
Directions (Q. 26 30): Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight students sitting around a circular table. Four of them are
facing towards the centre and four of them are facing away from the centre. All of them like a
different magazine, viz. India Today, Darpan, BSC, Kiran, Chronicle, Rozgar, Times and Current
Affairs, but not necessarily in the same order.
E faces towards the centre and likes India Today. Both the immediate neighbours of E face
away from the centre and like BSC or Kiran. D faces away from the centre. Both the immediate
neighbours of D do not face away from the centre. E sits third to the right of F, who likes
Chronicle and faces away from the centre. C sits third to the left of F.
The one who likes BSC sits opposite F. The one who likes Darpan is not the immediate
neighbour of F and faces away from the centre. A sits second to the left of C and does not like
Times or Current Affairs. The one who likes Times sits between H and F. B faces away from the
centre and does not like Darpan.
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b)
c)
d)
e)
A - Chronicle
b)
B - Kiran
c)
G - Times
d)
F BSC
e)
None of these
28).If all the people are made to sit in alphabetical order, in clockwise direction, starting from A,
the position of who amongst the following remains the same?(excluding A)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
b)
c)
d)
e)
Direction (31-35): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below:
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A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members of a family belonging to three generations. There are
two married couples one each of first and second generations respectively. They travel in
three different cars P, Q and R so that no car has more than three members and there is at
least one female in each car. C, who is granddaughter, does not travel with her Grandfather and
Grandmother. B travels with his father E in car Q. F travels with her granddaughter D in car P. A
travels with her daughter in car R.
31). How many female members are there in the family?
a)
Three
b)
Four
c)
Five
d)
Data inadequate
e)
None of these
DB
b)
BC
c)
EF
d)
Data inadequate
e)
None of these
b)
c)
Either P or Q
d)
e)
None of these
Daughter
b)
Niece
c)
Granddaughter
d)
Data inadequate
e)
None of these
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Daughter
b)
Sister
c)
Mother-in-law
d)
Data inadequate
e)
None of these
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Directions (36-40): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions
based on it.
To make students aware of constitutional provisions, a school arranged election for members of
Mock-Parliament. For this purpose four parties were made. Those parties were: A, B, C and D.
Each of the sections of Class Eleven was considered as a parliamentary constituency. Now
study some additional clues:
(i)
(ii)
Total votes polled for each party were represented by four such numbers that each of
the digits from 0 to 9 (except 7) was used once.
(iii)
Votes polled in favour of party A was an even number, and it was 4 votes more than
the votes polled in favour of party C.
(iv)
Total votes polled in favour of party C was represented by a two-digit number and its
units digit was double the units digit of the figure representing total votes polled in
favour of party B.
(v)
Total votes polled in favour of party B had a zero also in the number used to represent
the number of total votes. Total votes polled in favour of party B was more than a
hundred but less than two hundred.
Data inadequate
b)
57
c)
59
d)
62
e)
None of these
Data inadequate
b)
140
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104
d)
143
e)
None of these
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38). What was the sum of the total number of votes polled in favour of party C and party D
together?
a)
Data inadequate
b)
93
c)
58
d)
151
e)
None of these
Data inadequate
b)
Only II
c)
Both I and II
d)
Neither I nor II
e)
None of these
40). Which of the following statements can be dispensed with in order to answer the last four
questions?
a)
Only (i)
b)
Only (ii)
c)
Only (iii)
d)
e)
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
A, C, E, I, O, N, P and S are eight persons working in an MNC. They are sitting around a
circular table in a meeting but not necessarily in the same order. All of them hold a different
post, viz President, MD, GM, CA, HR, Vice President, Chairman and Vice Chairman, but not
necessarily in the same order. C sits third to the right of the Vice President. Only two persons sit
between Vice President and S. The GM and the MD are immediate neighbours. Neither C nor S
is a GM or an MD. The GM is not an immediate neighbour of the Vice President. The CA sits
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third to the right of O, who is not the GM. N sits on the immediate right of the Chairman. The
Vice Chairman sits second to the left of A, who is not an immediate neighbour of S. The Vice
Chairman is an immediate neighbour of both the HR and the CA. C is not Chairman. I is not an
immediate neighbour of C. E is not an immediate neighbour of the Vice Chairman.
41). Who among the following is the Chairman of the company?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
Chairman
b)
HR
c)
MD
d)
Vice Chairman
e)
None of these
43). How many persons sit between the Chairman and the President?
a)
None
b)
One
c)
Two
d)
Three
e)
None of these
Vice Chairman, CA
b)
c)
Chairman, HR
d)
e)
Cant be determined
b)
c)
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e)
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Directions (46-50): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
IMF, OPEC, UN, WTO, WHO, SEBI, IRDA and TRAI are eight organizations and heads of the
eight organizations are I, K, N, P, S, T, W and Z, who they are sitting around a circular table
facing the centre, but not necessarily in the same order.
T sits second to the right of the person who is the head of WTO. The head of IRDA is an
immediate neighbour of the head of WTO. Two persons sit between the head of IRDA and K. N
and S are immediate neighbours. Neither N nor S are immediate neighbours of either K or the
head of WTO. The head of the UN sits second to the right of P, who is the head neither of WTO
nor of IRDA. W and the head of IMF. Only one person sits between N and the head of OPEC. Z
sits third to the left of head of the TRAI. The head of SEBI sits second to the left of the head of
WHO. The head of the UN sits on immediate left of the head of WTO and second to the right of
the head of OPEC.
46). Who among the following is the head of OPEC?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
None of these
47). Who among the following sit exactly between K and the head of IRDA?
a)
Z and T
b)
c)
Z and I
d)
e)
Cant be determined
b)
c)
d)
Cant be determined
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Z-WTO
b)
W-IMF
c)
K-WTO
d)
N-SEBI
e)
None of these
K is the head of UN
b)
c)
The head of TRAI sits on the immediate left of the head of SEBI
d)
Cant be determined
e)
None of these
Detailed Solutions:
1). Some answers are conclusions (I) conversion Some conclusions are answer (I). Now,
All statement are conclusions (A) + Some conclusions are answers (I) = A + I = No conclusion,
but a possible positive relation exists between statements and answers. Thus, conclusion I
follows.
However, a definite conclusion cant be obtained. Hence, conclusion II does not follow.
Answer: a)
2). All statements are conclusions (A) + All conclusions are options (A) = A +A =A = All
statements are options (A) conversions Some options are statements. Hence,
Conclusions I follows.
Conclusion II follows from second and third statements.
Answer: e)
3). All coffees are sweets (A) + No sweet is namkeen (E) = A + E = E = No coffee is namkeen.
Thus, conclusion I follows.
Again, some drinks are coffees (I) + All coffees are sweets (A) = I + A = I = Some drinks are
sweets + No sweet is namkeens (E) = I + E = O = Some drinks are not namkeens.
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9). Only either III or IV and II follow. Conclusion I does not follow from statement (b). Because
only I-type conclusions can be deduced from statements of A-type. Conclusions II follows from
statement (a). Note that
No sieves are boxes => some boxes are not sieves. Conclusions III and IV do not follow from
statement (c). But these conclusions make an (AO-type) complementary pair. Hence, either
conclusion III or conclusion IV follows.
Answer: e)
10). Either I or II, III and IV follow. Statement (a) + statement (b) gives conclusion IV [I + E = O]
Similarly, Statement (a) + Statement (c) gives conclusion III. Hence, conclusion III and IV
follows. Again, conversion of statement (b) + Statement (c) gives no conclusion [E + E = No
conclusion]. But these two conclusions make a complementary pair (IE-type). Hence, either I or
II follows
Answer: e)
11. Statements (a)+statements (b) gives No cups are utensils.
[A+E=E] Now, No cups are utensils + Statement (c) gives Some forks are not cups
(conclusion IV) [E+A=O*]. Hence, conclusion IV follows. The remaining conclusions do not
follow.
Answer: d)
12. Statements (b)+ statement (c) gives conclusion III [I+A]. All apples are fruitsSome
apples are fruits. Hence conclusion IV follows.
Answer: d)
13. All dogs are elephants Some elephants are dogs. Now, Some elephants are dogs+
Statement (b) gives conclusion II.
[I+E=O]. Also, conversion of statement (b) gives conclusion III. Statement (a) + statement (c)
gives conclusion IV [A+A=A]
Answer: b)
14. Conclusion III follows from the conversion of statement (a)
Answer: c)
15. Only II and IV follow. Statement (a) + Statement (b) gives conclusion II [I+A=I]. Conversion
of statement (a) gives conclusion IV.
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Answer: e)
16. Statement (a) +Statement (b) gives the conclusion Some sermons are not speeches
[E+A=O*]. Hence, conclusions I and II do not follow. But these two conclusions make a
complementary pair (IE-type). Hence, either conclusion I or Conclusion II follows. Statement (b)
+ statement (c) gives the No lectures are advices: [a+E= E]. Again, conversion of :No lectures
are advices gives conclusion III. Hence, conclusion III also follows. Again, No speeches are
lectures + No lectures are advices gives no conclusion [E+E=no conclusion]. Hence,
conclusion IV does not follow.
Answer: e)
17. None follows [E+E=no conclusion].
Answer: b)
18. All follow. Conclusion I follows directly from the implication of the conversion of statement
(c). Conversion of statement (a) gives conclusion II. Statement (a) + Statement (b) gives
conclusion III [E+I=O*]. Statement (b) +Statement (c) gives conclusion IV [I+E=O] .Hence, all of
the given conclusions follow.
Answer: e)
19. Statement (a) +Statement (b) gives no conclusion [E+O=no conclusion].Therefore,
conclusion II does not follow. Statement (b) + Statement (c) gives no conclusion [O+E= no
conclusion]. Therefore, conclusion I does not follow. Conclusions III and IV do not follow from
statement (b). Therefore, conclusions III and IV do not follow. But these two conclusions make a
complementary pair (OI-type). Hence, either conclusions III or conclusion IV follows.
Answer: d)
20. Statement (a) + Statement (b) gives conclusion III [A+A=A]. Now, conclusion III + Statement
(c) gives the conclusion No glasses are bowls. And its conversion gives conclusion I.
Statement (b) + Statement (C) gives conclusion II [A + E = E]. Conclusion IV does not follow
from statement (a) and statement (b)
Answer: b)
Question (21-25):
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21).Answer: d)
22). Answer:e)
23).Answer: c)
24).Answer: d)
25).Answer: a)
Question (26-30):
26).Answer: d)
27).Answer: c)
28).Answer: b)
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29).Answer: c)
30).Answer: e)
Questions (31-35)
On the basis of the given clues we get the following information:
Car
F (-), D(-)
B(+), E(+)
A(-), ? (-)
Besides this, we also came to know C is a female but still we do not know about the sex of G.
But it is given that there is at least one female in each car. The above table shows that the car Q
needs a female to fulfill the condition described above. Hence, the seventh person is a female,
ie., G is a female. But still we do not know among the cars Q and R, in which car C and G are.
But it is clear that both are not in the same car. Let us proceed to draw a family tree.
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Since C does not travel with her grandfather and grandmother, C in not in the car P and in Q.
Hence C is in the car R and G is in the car Q. Still we are not aware of Gs position in the family
tree.
31). Answer: c
32). Answer: c
33). Answer: b
34). Answer: c
35). Answer: d
Questions (36 to 40):
Party
Total votes
62
104
93
93
317
36). Answer: d
37). Answer: c
38). Answer: d
39). Answer: d
40). Answer: e
Question (41-45):
41. Answer: b)
42. Answer: c)
43. Answer: d)
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44. Answer: d)
45. Answer: c)
Question (46-50):
46. Answer: b)
47. Answer: c)
48. Answer: b)
49. Answer: a)
50. Answer: c)
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