Logical Reasoning Set-29 (Level-3)

SBI PO reasoning syllabus : SBI PO reasoning syllabus for the exam

SBI PO reasoning syllabus has topics that test your logical and reasoning skills. To master these skills you need to practice problems based on these topics as it is entirely an application based subject. The SBI PO reasoning syllabus for the exam is: Analogy, Puzzles (Seating arrangement, linear seating arrangement, floor based), Syllogism, Data sufficiency, Statement based questions (Verbal reasoning), Inequality, Miscellaneous Questions, Input Output, Blood relations, Patterns and Series. Cover these topics individually to master each one of them and become familiar with the questions styles, types and patterns.

Directions for the question set:
Professor Nagarajan works only on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. She performs four different activities-lecturing, conducting quizzes, evaluating quizzes and working on consultancy projects. Each working day she performs exactly one activity in the morning and exactly one activity in the afternoon. During each week her work schedule MUST satisfy the following restrictions:

She conducts quizzes on exactly three mornings.
If she conducts quizzes on Sunday, she does not conduct a quiz on Monday.
She lectures in the afternoon on exactly two consecutive calendar days.
She evaluates quizzes on exactly one morning and three afternoons.
She works on consultancy project on exactly one morning.
On Friday, she neither lectures nor conducts quizzes.

Question 1: Which one of the following statements must be true?
A. She works on consultancy project on one of the days on which she evaluates quizzes.
B. There is one day on which she evaluates quizzes both in the morning and in the afternoon.
C. She works on consultancy project on one of the days on which lecturers.
D. She lectures on one of the days on which she conducts a quiz.
E. She lecturers on one of the days on which she evaluates quizzes.

Question 2: On Tuesdays, the Professor could be scheduled to
A. Conduct a quiz in the morning and lecture in the afternoon.
B. Evaluate quizzes in the morning and evaluate quizzes in the afternoons.
C. Work on a consultancy project in the morning and conduct a quiz in the afternoon.
D. Lecture in the morning and evaluate quizzes in the afternoon.
E. Conduct a quiz in the morning and work on consultancy project in the afternoon.

Question 3: Which one of the following must be a day on which Professor lectures?
A. Friday
B. Sunday
C. Tuesday
D. Thursday
E. Monday

Question 4: If the Professor conducts a quiz on Monday, then her schedule for evaluating quizzes could be
A. Tuesday morning, Tuesday afternoon, Thursday afternoon, Friday afternoon
B. Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon, Thursday morning, Thursday afternoon.
C. Sunday morning, Thursday afternoon, Friday morning, Friday afternoon
D. Sunday afternoon, Tuesday morning, Tuesday afternoon, Friday afternoon
E. Tuesday afternoon, Thursday afternoon, Friday morning, Friday afternoon

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Common solution for the set: According to the information given in the question, the following table can be drawn.

Answer 1: (E) Subscriptions M and A stand for morning and afternoon. Refer the Monday column. The correct option is (E).

Answer 2: (A) Refer the product quiz and lecture rows. The correct option is (A).

Answer 3: (E) She must deliver lecture on Monday, otherwise the condition that “she lectures in the afternoon on exactly two consecutive calendar days” will not be satisfied. The correct option is (E).

Answer 4: (E) If the Professor conducts a quiz on Monday, then her schedule for evaluating quizzes could be: Tuesday afternoon, Thursday afternoon, Friday morning, Friday afternoon The correct option is (E).

Extra tips for SBI PO reasoning syllabus :
• SBI PO reasoning syllabus covers logical concepts, therefore practice them well to master the application of these concepts.
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