Sample Question bank Reasoning LIC Direct Sales Executive : Life Insurance Corporation of India

Question bank Reasoning LIC Direct Sales Executive : Life Insurance Corporation of India


Direction: Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions (1-5) that follow:
R 4 P I J M Q 3 % T @ © U K 5 V 1 W $ Y 2 B E 6 # 9 D H 8 G * Z N

1. Which of the following is the sixth to the left of the fifteenth from the left end of the above arrangement?
(A) 2 (B) #
(C) % (D) $

2. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a letter but not immediately preceded by a number?
(A) None (B) Two
(C) Three (D) More than three

3. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a symbol?
(A) Three (B) One
(C) Two (D) None



4. What should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement?
PJQ T©K 1$2 ?
(A) 69D (B) 698
(C) 6#D (D) None of these

5. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
(A) WY1 (B) Q%M
(C) ©K@ (D) 9H6


Study the following paragraph and answer questions (6-9) that follow:
From a group of six boys M,N,O,P,Q,R and five girls G,H,I,J,K; a team of six is to be selected. Some of the criteria of selection are as follows:
M and J go together.
O cannot be placed with N.
I cannot go with J.
N goes with H.
P and Q have to be together.
K and R go together.

6. If a team consists of two girls and I is one of them, then who are the other members?
(A) GMRPQ (B) KOPQR
(C) HNOPQ (D) KRMNP

7. If four members are boys, then which of the following cannot constitute the team?
(A) GJMOPQ
(B) JKMNOR
(C) HJMNPQ
(D) JKMPQR

8. If both K and P are members of the team and three boys in all are included in the team, then who are the other members of the team other than K and P?
(A) GIRQ (B) HIRQ
(C) GJRM (D) IJRQ

9. If the team has three girls including J and K, who are the members of the team other than J and K?
(A) GHNR (B) MORG
(C) MNOG (D) NHOR


10. Reverse the digits of each of the following numbers and arrange them in descending order. Which of the following will be the middle digit of the second highest number?
489, 498, 303, 647, 746
(A) 4 (B) 8
(C) 9 (D) 0

11. In a row of girls Seema is 12th from the right and 4th from the left, how many more girls should be added to the row so that there are 28 girls in the line?
(A) 13 (B) 16
(C) 12 (D) 14

12. If three days before yesterday was Friday, what will be three days after tomorrow?
(A) Friday (B) Saturday
(C) Sunday (D) Monday

13. Ornaments: Body ::
(A) Light: Road (B) Murals: Wall
(C) Cleanliness: Hospital (D) Painting: Canvas


Study the following information and answer to questions (14-18) that follow:
- In a family of seven three generations are living together
- The family consists two married couples having two children each
- Brajesh is lucky to have two grandchildren
- There are two housewives and both are beautiful
- Brajesh who is Manu’s father , is a lawyer and earns the most.
- Pushpa is the sister of a lecturer and herself is a nurse
- Anu is married to a lecturer who is Shibani’s son
- Sanjukta is the grand daughter of one of the housewives and is a classical dancer

14. What is Manu’s profession?
(A) Student (B) Lecturer
(C) Lawyer (D) None of these

15. How many male members are there in the family?
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) Cannot be determined

16. Which of the following statements is not true?
(A) The nurse is sister-in-law of one of the housewives
(B) Shibani has a son and a daughter
(C) Brajesh has two children
(D) Anu has a son and a daughter

17. Who are the children of Shibani?
(A) Pushpa and Manu (B) Anu and Pushpa
(C) Anu and Manu (D) Cannot be determined

18. Who among the following is one of the married couples?
(A) Brajesh-Sanjukta (B) Shibani-Brajesh
(C) Manu-Sanjukta (D) None of these

19. X introduces Y saying ,"He is the husband of the granddaughter of the father
of my father". How is Y related to X?
(A) Brother (B) Brother in law
(C) Daughter (D) Data inadequate


Directions: The following two questions consist of two statements, assertion(A) and reason(R). Examine these two statements carefully and choose the answer to these questions from the alternative given below:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.

20. Assertion(A): Mean deviation can never be negative.
Reason(R): Mean deviation is the Arithmetic mean of absolute deviation of the different values from a central tendency.


21.Assertion: The Monsoonal rainfall decreases as one goes north and west in the Ganga plain
Reason: The moisture bearing monsoonal winds go higher up as one moves up in the Ganga plain.


Directions: Study the codes below carefully to answer the questions (22 and 23) that follow:
(A) If condition (i) alone is sufficient
(B) If condition (ii) alone is sufficient
(C) If both conditions together are sufficient
(D) Information not sufficient

22. Mayur, Pranab, Ashok and Kubal are four friends. Who among them is the heaviest?
i. Pranab is heavier than Mayur and Kubal but lighter than Ashok.
ii. Mayur is lighter than Pranab and Ashok but heavier than Kubal.


23. What is the average (arithmetic mean) of x and y?
i. The average (A.M) of (x+1) and (y-1) is equal to the average (A.M) of x and y
ii. The average (A.M) of x, y and -1 is 1

24. The word HEADSTONE would be found between which entries in the dictionary?
(A) Heat engine………..Heighten
(B) Headlock………..Heatedly
(C) Haulage………Headline
(D) Harm……Haul

25. In the following sentence, how many words contain letters that do not appear more than once in the word?
“It was difficult for me to comprehend how I could have gotten so lost on the narrow highway”
(A) 11 (B) 12
(C) 13 (D) 14

26. If 12+10=1205 and 11+8=885 then 14+15=?
(A) 1005 (B) 120
(C) 2105 (D) None of the above

27. Three of the four given words are similar in some way. Find the odd word out:
(A) Deteriorate (B) Degenerate
(C) Decline (D) Delete



28. In the question given below two statements P and Q are given. They may look factually absurd. You have to ignore this absurdity and concentrate only upon the logic involved in each statement. Mark your answer as
(A) If both P and Q are true;
(B) If both P and Q are false or doubtful;
(C) If P is true and Q is false or doubtful;
(D) If P is false or doubtful and Q is true.

P: Some mangoes are apples. All grapes are mangoes.
Therefore, all apples are grapes.
Q: Some mangoes are apples. All apples are grapes.
Therefore, some mangoes are grapes.


29. Choose the different one from the given four number pairs:
(A) 54-62 (B) 28-32
(C) 21-24 (D) 14-16



Directions- The questions(30 and 31 ) given below consist of a statement, followed by two arguments 1 and 2. You have to decide which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument and which is a ‘weak’ argument.
Select the answer choice:
(A) If only argument 1 is strong;
(B) If only argument 2 is strong;
(C) If neither 1 nor 2 is strong;
(D) If both 1 and 2 are strong

30. Can the animals be saved by keeping them in the zoos?
Arguments:
1. Yes. Zoos will save quite a few animals from the open where they can be poached or killed.
2. No. The animals are well groomed in the forests and all out efforts should be made not to destroy their habitats and rather more and more trees should be planted so that we can save the animals in their natural habitats

31. Should smoking be prohibited?
Arguments:
1. Yes. It is wrong to smoke away millions of money.
2. NO. It will throw thousands of workers in tobacco industry out of employment.

Directions: Read the following instructions and answer the questions(32-34) that follow:
A lawyer had the route map of a certain area to reach his client’s place. The lawyer walked 2 km towards North and turned to his right and walked 3 km more. He then turned to his right and walked 3 km and turned again to his right and walked another 3 km. Here he met his client coming from the opposite direction and they both stopped there.

32. After taking the first turn, in which direction was the lawyer moving?
(A) North (B) South
(C) East (D) West

33. What is the distance from the starting point to the end point of the first turn taken by the lawyer?
(A) 2km (B) 3 km
(C) 4 km (D) Cannot be determined

34. What is the ‘opposite direction’ from where his client was coming?
(A) North-West (B) West
(C) South-West (D) South


Directions: For questions (35and 36) consider the given statement and decide which of the assumptions are implicit.
(A) If only assumption 1 is implicit.
(B) If only assumption 2 is implicit.
(C) If both 1 and 2 are implicit.
(D) If neither 1 nor 2 is implicit

35. Statement: King Akbar maintained contact with public opinion.
Assumptions: 1. King must know public opinion.
2.Akbar was a Muslim king..

36. Statement: In the present period of economic hardships, education and small family norm may lead the nation to progress.
Assumptions: 1. Education and small family norm are directly related to nation’s progress.
2. Big families find it difficult to bear the cost of education.

37. Which of the given alternatives would be a meaningful logical order of the following words?
1) Rain 2) Monsoon 3) Rescue 4) Flood 5) Relief
(A) 1,2,4,3,5 (B) 1,4,2,3,5
(C) 1,4,5,2,3 (D) 2,1,4,3,5

38. Farmer Ramu put a square fence around his vegetable garden to keep the deer from eating his corn. One side was 10 meter in length. If the posts were made 2 meter apart, how many posts did he use?
(A) 16 (B) 20
(C) 10 (D) None of these

39. Of the five members of a committee sitting in a row, A is on the left of B but right of C, and D is on the left of E but right of B. Who is sitting right in the middle?
(A) B (B) D
(C) C (D) A




Answers :
1 C
2 C
3 D
4 D
5 D
6 B
7 B
8 A
9 B
10 C
11 A
12 B
13 B
14 B
15 D
16 D
17 A
18 B
19 B
20 A
21 C
22 A
23 B
24 B
25 C
26 C
27 D
28 D
29 A
30 D
31 D
32 C
33 C
34 B
35 D
36 C
37 D
38 B
39 A