Reasoning Sectional Test 2 for LIC AAO 2019 Prelim Exam

Directions (1-5): Study the following information and answer the questions:

In a certain code language
‘gravel and test’ is written as ‘oy ov an’,
‘template is hectic’ is written as ‘as ar at’,
‘test is bury’ is written as ‘al ov as’, and
‘victor are gravel’ is written as ‘oy ah aj’.

1. What is the code for ‘gravel’?
   
   oy
   ov
   at
   as
   ah
   Option A
   

    

2. ‘victor are template’ can be written as which of the following?
   aj ah at
   at ar ah
   ah aj ar
   Either a or c
   Either a or b
   Option D
   

    

3. What is the code for ‘victor’?
   ah
   al
   oy
   aj
   Cannot be determined
   Option E
   

    

4. What does ‘al’ stand for?
   gravel
   are
   bury
   Cannot be determined
   None of these
   Option C
   

    

5. What is the code for ‘is’?
   as
   oy
   ar
   at
   None of these
   Option A
   

    


Directions (6-10): Study the following information and answer the questions given below:

Five students Aman , Banya , Ceon , Danish and Elvish lives in different floors of a same building i.e. Ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above that is 2 and so on till top floor which is numbered 5. Each of them studies different subjects viz. Computer , GK , Reasoning , Maths and English. One person lives between Ceon and Danish, who does not live on odd numbered floor. Aman does not studies English. One person lives between the person who studies Computer and the one who studies English. Elvish lives below Danish but not immediately below and he does not study English. The person who studies Computer lives just above the floor of Ceon. Two persons live between Banya and the one who studies GK. The one who studies Reasoning does not live on even numbered floor.

6. Who among the following studies Computer?
   Elvish
   Ceon
   Danish
   Banya
   Aman
   Option E
   
   

    

7. Which subject is studied by the one who lives just above the floor of Aman?
   Computer
   Maths
   English
   Either a or b
   None of these
   Option B
   

    

8. The person who studies GK lives on which floor?
   1st
   3rd
   2nd
   4th
   5th
   Option C
   

    

9. How many students live between Elvish and the one who studies Maths?
   1
   2
   3
   4
   Cannot be determined
   Option B
   

    

10. Who among the following lives on topmost floor?
    Ceon
    Aman
    Banya
    Cannot be determined
    None of these
    Option C
    

     

Directions (11-15): Each of the questions below, consist a question and two statements numbered a and b. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read the two statements and give answer:

11. There are 7 students namely Mani, Priyal, Queen, Rishabh, Srikant, Taruna, Unnati sitting in a straight line facing north. Who among the following sits in the middle of the row?

    STATEMENTS:
    a) Priyal sits 3rd left to Srikant, who sits 2nd left to Unnati. Queen and Risabh are immediate neighbors of each other.
    b) Queen is not neighbor of Srikant, who sits 5th from left end.

    If the data in statement a and b together are sufficient to answer the question
    If the data in statement a and b together are not sufficient to answer the question
    If the data in statement b alone sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement a are not required to answer the question.
    If the data in statement a alone sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement b are not required to answer the question.
    Either data in statement a or b is alone sufficient to answer the question.
    Option A
    

     

12. What is the code for ‘money’ in a certain code language?
    STATEMENTS:
    a) In a certain code language ‘money pipe India common’ is coded as ‘os al it od’ and ‘pipe India pencil park’ is coded as ‘al it ep pn’
    b) In a certain code language ‘wear yonex tear control’ is coded as ‘py nm sc rt’ and ‘common money wear yonex’ is coded as ‘od os py nm’
    If the data in statement a and b together are sufficient to answer the question
    If the data in statement a and b together are not sufficient to answer the question
    If the data in statement b alone sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement a are not required to answer the question.
    If the data in statement a alone sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement b are not required to answer the question.
    Either data in statement a or b is alone sufficient to answer the question.
    Option B
    

     

13. There are 5 universities namely Az, Bz, Cz, Dz, Ez specialized in one subject each i.e. data , chemistry, anatomy, botany, economics. University, whose name is same as 1st letter of any subject, does not specializes in that particular subject. Who specializes anatomy?
    STATEMENTS:
    a) Cz does not specialize in economics or data.
    b) Bz specializes in neither economics nor chemistry. Az specializes in data.
    If the data in statement a and b together are sufficient to answer the question
    If the data in statement a and b together are not sufficient to answer the question
    If the data in statement b alone sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement a are not required to answer the question.
    If the data in statement a alone sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement b are not required to answer the question.
    Either data in statement a or b is alone sufficient to answer the question.
    Option C
    

     

14. Six friends namely Mani, Nitesh, Oman, Priyal, Rashi and Shiva are sitting around a circular table facing the center. What is the position of Oman with respect to Nitesh?
    STATEMENTS:
    a)Mani sits 2nd to the left of Oman and 2nd to the right of Nitesh. Neither Shiva nor Oman sits near Mani.
    b) Rashi sits 2nd right to Shiva. Nitesh and Mani are immediate neighbors of Rashi.
    If the data in statement a and b together are sufficient to answer the question
    If the data in statement a and b together are not sufficient to answer the question
    If the data in statement b alone sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement a are not required to answer the question.
    If the data in statement a alone sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement b are not required to answer the question.
    Either data in statement a or b is alone sufficient to answer the question.
    Option D
    

     

15. There are 5 family members Pq, Qq, Rq, Sq, Tq. There are 2 married couple and 2 generations. How is Rq related to Sq?
    STATEMENTS:
    a)Pq is female. Sq is son of Qq.
    b)Tq is married to Sq.Rq is unmarried brother of Qq.
    If the data in statement a and b together are sufficient to answer the question
    If the data in statement a and b together are not sufficient to answer the question
    If the data in statement b alone sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement a are not required to answer the question.
    If the data in statement a alone sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement b are not required to answer the question.
    Either data in statement a or b is alone sufficient to answer the question.
    Option A
    

     

Directions (16-20): Read the following information and answer the questions given below:

Eight students Anvesha, Banya, Caryl, Danish, Manya, Nitesh, Oman, and Priya are seating in a row, some are facing north and some are facing south but not necessarily in the same order. Danish sits 4th right of Banya. Caryl sits left of Nitesh. Manya, Danish and Nitesh are facing in same direction. Oman doesn’t sit just near to Nitesh. Anvesha sits at one of the extreme ends and Banya sits 2nd to right of Anvesha. Caryl and Oman are immediate neighbors of each other, none of them sits at any of the extreme end. Manya doesn’t sit just near to both Banya and Nitesh. Immediate neighbors of Banya face opposite direction of Banya. Caryl and Oman face same direction but Oman doesn’t face south direction. Nitesh sits 3rd from one of the extreme ends.

16. Who among the following sits 2nd left of the one who sits immediate right of Banya?
    Nitesh
    Anvesha
    Caryl
    Oman
    None of these
    Option A
    
    

     

17. What is the position of Anvesha with respect to Banya?
    Fourth to the right
    Second to the left
    Second to the right
    Immediate right
    None of these
    Option B
    

     

18. Priyal is facing in which direction?
    North
    South
    Same as Caryl faces
    Both a and c
    None of these
    Option D
    

     

19. Who among the following sits immediate left of Anvesha?
    Priyal
    Banya
    Oman
    No one
    Cannot be determined
    Option D
    

     

20. How many persons sit to the left of Caryl?
    3
    1
    2
    4
    None of these
    Option A
    

     

Directions (21-25): Study the following information to answer the given questions :

21. STATEMENTS: Oz≤Bz≥Tz=Dz≤Jz
    CONCLUSIONS:
    a)Fz b)Fz>Tz
    Only a follows
    Only b follows
    Either a or b follows
    Neither a nor b follows
    Both a and b follows
    Option B
    

     

STATEMENT: Ks= Ys < Hs, Rs ≤ Hs, Rs ≤ Us
CONCLUSIONS:
a) Hs > Us
b) Rs < Ks

Only a follows
Only b follows
Either a or b follows
Neither a nor b follows
Both a and b follows
Option D


 

22. STATEMENTS: Xx≥Lx>Ax=Wx
    CONCLUSIONS:
    a) Rx >Ax
    b) Px > Rx
    Only a follows
    Only b follows
    Either a or b follows
    Neither a nor b follows
    Both a and b follows
    Option D
    

     

23. STATEMENTS: Zw > Cw ≥ Bw, Tw = Bw ≤ Vw, Qw ≥ Bw
    CONCLUSIONS:
    a) Bw < Zw
    b) Zw ≤ Bw
    Only a follows
    Only b follows
    Either a or b follows
    Neither a nor b follows
    Both a and b follows
    Option A
    

     

24. What should be placed in place of question mark(?) in equation Banya ≤ Anvesha ? Nitesh ? Kavya to make Banya < Kavya always follow.
    None of these
    Either c or d
    < , >
    = , <
    = , >
    Option D
    

     

Directions (26-30): In each of the questions below are given three/four statements followed by three Conclusions numbered a, b and c. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from 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.

25. STATEMENTS:
    a)No C is R.
    b)No R is B.
    c)All B are T.
    d)Some T are not O.
    CONCLUSIONS:
    a) No C is B.
    b) All T are O is a possibility.
    Only a follows
    Only b follows
    Either a or b follows
    Neither a or b follows
    Both a and b follows
    Option D
    

     

26. STATEMENTS:
    a)Some P are M.
    b)All R are M.
    c)All R are O.
    d)No O is V.
    CONCLUSIONS:
    a) All M are O.
    b) All O are M is a possibility.
    Only a follows
    Only b follows
    Either a or b follows
    Neither a or b follows
    Both a and b follows
    Option B
    

     

27. STATEMENTS:
    a)Some M are not R.
    b)Some R are not B.
    c)All B is P.
    d)Some P is not S.
    CONCLUSIONS:
    a) Some S are not B.
    b) All P can be R.
    Only a follows
    Only b follows
    Either a or b follows
    Neither a or b follows
    Both a and b follows
    Option B
    

     

28. STATEMENTS:
    a)All S are N.
    b)Some N are A
    c)Some C are A.
    CONCLUSIONS:
    a) Some N are C.
    b) Some C are not N.
    Only a follows
    Only b follows
    Either a or b follows
    Neither a or b follows
    Both a and b follows
    Option C
    

     

29. STATEMENTS:
    a)No A is B.
    b)Some C are A.
    c)Some C are B.
    CONCLUSIONS:
    a) Some C are not A.
    b) No C is B.
    Only a follows
    Only b follows
    Either a or b follows
    Neither a or b follows
    Both a and b follows
    Option A
    

     

Directions (31-35): Study the following information and answer the questions given below:

Eight persons Ax, Bx, Cx, Dx, Ex, Fx, Gx, Hx are sitting around a square table such that persons sitting at the corners face inside and the one at the middle of the sides faces away from the centre. Gx sits 2nd to the right of Ex. Bx sits exactly between Ex and Fx. Cx sits 2nd to the right of the one who is 3rd right to Ex. Ax does not face towards the center. Two persons sit between Gx and Dx. No two persons are sitting adjacent to each other according to the English alphabet (i.e. Ax is not next to Bx, Bx is not next to Ax and Cx and so on..).

30. Who among the following sits 3rd right to the one who sits immediate left to Gx?
    Fx
    Ax
    Dx
    Ex
    Cannot be determined
    Option A
    
    

     

31. Who among the following sits opposite Dx?
    Cx
    Ax
    Ex
    Fx
    None of these
    Option A
    

     

32. Four of the five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group, which among the following does not belong to that group?
    
    Dx
    Bx
    Fx
    Ax
    Cx
    Option C
    

     

33. If in a certain way Ex is related to Gx, Hx is related to Fx, then who among the following is related to Bx?
    Ax
    Cx
    Hx
    Ex
    Fx
    Option B
    

     

34. Who among the following are immediate neighbors of Hx?
    Ex , Ax
    Ax , Dx
    Dx , Fx
    Cannot be determined
    None of these
    Option B