SECTION WISE REASONING SET FOR LIC AAO
REASONING APTITUDE
Directions (1-5): Study the following information
carefully to answer the given questions.
Eight person from different banks viz.. UCO Bank,
Syndicate Bank, PNB, Dena Bank, Canara Bank, Oriental
Bank Of Commerce, Indian Bank and Bank of Maharashtra
are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people
each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between
adjacent persons. In row-1 A, B, C and D are seated and all
of them are facing south. In row-2 P, Q, R and S are seated
and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given
sitting arrangement each member seated in a row faces
another member of the other row. (All the information
given above does not necessarily represent the order of
seating as in the final arrangement. C sits second to the
right of the person from Bank of Maharashtra. R is an
immediate neighbor of the person who faces the person
from bank of Maharashtra. Only one person sits between R
and the person from PNB. Immediate neighbor of the
person from PNB faces the person from Canara bank. The
person from UCO bank faces the person from OBC. R is not
from OBC. P is not from PNB. P does not face the person
from Bank of Maharashtra. Q faces the person from Dena
Bank. The one who faces S sits to the immediate left of A. B
does not sit at any of the extreme end of the line. The
person from Bank of Maharashtra does not face the person
from Syndicate bank.
1. Which of the following is true regarding A?
(1) The person from UCO Bank faces A
(2) The person from Bank of Maharashtra is an
immediate neighbour of A

5. P is related to Dena Bank in the same way as B is
related to PNB based on the given arrangement. To
who amongst the following is D related to, following
the same pattern?
(1) Syndicate Bank
(2) Canara Bank
(3) Bank of Maharashtra
(4) Indian Bank
(5) OBC
Directions (6-10): In each question below are given three
statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III
and IV. 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.
6. Statements: a. No mats are bedsheets.
b. All mats are chairs.
c. All chairs are desks.
Conclusions: I. All desks are mats.
II. Some bedsheets are not desks.
III. Some chairs are not bedsheets.
IV. All mats are desks.
1) All follow
2) Only II, III and IV follow
3) Only I, III and IV follow
4) Only III and IV follow
5) None of these
7. Statements: a. All stoves are chimneys.
b. No almirahs are chimneys.
c. Some tongs are stoves.
Conclusions: I. Some chimneys are tongs.
II. Some tongs are not almirahs.
III. No stoves are almirahs.
(3) A faces the person who sits second to the right of R
IV. Some tongs are not stoves.
(4) A is from Oriental Bank of commerce
1) All follow
2) Only I, II and III follow
(5) A sits at one of the extreme ends of the line
3) Only II, III and IV follow
2. Who is seated between R and the person from PNB ?
4) Only II and III follow
(1) The person from Oriental Bank of commerce
5) None of these
(2) P
(3) Q
8. Statements: a. Some tumblers are jars.
(4) The person from Syndicate bank
b. All jars are ladles. c. All ladles are spoons.
(5) S
Conclusions: I. All jars are spoons.
3. Who amongst the following sit at extreme ends of the
II. Some tumblers are spoons.
rows?
III. Some ladles are tumblers.
(1) D and the person from PNB
IV. Some spoons are not jars.
(2) The person from Indian Bank and UCO Bank
1) All follow
2) Only I, II and III follow
(3) The person from Dena Bank and P
3) Only II, III and IV follow
(4) The person from syndicate Bank and D
4) Only I and III follow
(5) C, Q
5) None of these
4. Who amongst the following faces the person from
9. Statements: a. No sieves are boxes.
Bank of Maharashtra?
b. All baskets are sieves.
(1) The person from Indian Bank
c. All umbrellas are baskets.
(2) P
Conclusions: I. Some sieves are not baskets.
(3) R
II. Some boxes are not sieves.
(4) The person from syndicate Bank
III. All baskets are umbrellas.
(5) The person from Canara Bank
IV. Some baskets are not umbrellas.
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1) None follows
2) Only I, II and III follow
3) Only I, II and IV follow
4) Only either III or IV follows
5) None of these
10. Statements: a. Some thimbles are bobbins.
b. No bobbins are combs.
c. No bobbins are machines.
Conclusions: I. No combs are machines.
II. Some combs are machines.
III. Some thimbles are not machines.
IV. Some thimbles are not combs.
1) All follow
2) Only I, III and IV follow
3) Only II, III and IV follow 4) Only II and IV follow
5) None of these
Directions (11-15): Study the given information and
answer the following questions:
When a machine is given an input line of words and
numbers it arranges them following a particular rule. The
following is an illustration of input and rearrangement:
(All the numbers are two digit numbers)
Input: 40 made butter 23 37 cookies salt extra 52 86
92 fell now 19
Step I: butter 19 40 made 23 37 cookies salt extra 52 86
92 fell now
Step II: cookies 23 butter 19 40 made 37 salt extra 52 86
92 fell now
Step III: extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 40 made salt 52 86
92 fell now
Step IV: fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 made salt 52
86 92 now
Step V: made 52 fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 salt
86 92 now
Step VI: now 86 made 52 fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter
19 salt 92
Step VII: salt 92 now 86 made 52 fell 40 extra 37 cookies
23 butter 19
Step VII is the last step.
As per the rules followed in the given steps, find out the
appropriate steps for the given input.
Input: 32 proud girl beautiful 48 55 97 rich family 61
72 17 nice life
11. How many steps will be required to complete the
given input?
(1) Five
(2) Six
(3) Seven
(4) Eight
(5) Nine
12. Which of the following is the third element from the
left end of step VI?
(1) beautiful
(2) life
(3) 61
(4) nice
(5) 17
13. Which of the following is step III of the given input?
(1) proud 72 girl 48 family 32 beautiful 17 55 97 rich
61 nice life
(2) life 55 girl 48 family 32 beautiful 17 proud 97 rich
61 72 nice
(3) girl 48 family 32 beautiful 17 proud 55 97 rich 61
72 nice life
(4) family 32 beautiful 17 proud girl 48 55 97 rich 61
72 nice life
(5) girl 48 life 55 family 32 beautiful 17 proud 97 rich
61 72 nice
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14. What is the position of "nice" from the left end in the
final step?
(1) Fifth
(2) Sixth
(3) Seventh
(4) Eighth
(5) Ninth
15. Which element is third to the right of 'family' in Step
V?
(1) beautiful
(2) 17
(3) proud
(4) 97
(5) 32
Directions (16-20): In the following questions, the
symbols $, @, , % and # are used with the following
meaning as illustrated below:
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’
‘P  Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’
‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given
statements to be true find which of the conclusions I, II and
III given below them is/are definitely true and give your
answer accordingly.
16. Statements : M  T, T @ J, J # D
Conclusions : I.
D#T
II. D%T III. D%M
(1) All are true
(2) Only I is true
(3) Only II is true
(4) Only either I or II is true
(5) Only either I or II and III are true
17. Statements : H $ J, J  M, M @ T
Conclusions : I. H%M
II. H$T III. T%J
(1) Only I is true
(2) Only III is true
(3) Only II is true
(4) I and II are true
(5) None of these
18. Statements : R @ N, N % E, E # K
Conclusions : I. RK
II. K%N III. E%R
(1) None is true
(2) Only II is true
(3) Only I is true
(4) Only III is true
(5) II and III are true
19. Statements : M  K, K % T, T $ R
Conclusions : I. RK II. RM
III. TM
(1) Only I is true
(2) Only II is true
(3) Only III is true
(4) I and II are true
(5) None of these
20. Which of the following symbols would come in place of
question mark (?) in the expression given below to make
`S < U' definitely true?
P Q >R S< T?U = V
1)>
2)
3) <
4)
5) Either < or
Directions (21-25): Study the following information
carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven people N, K, T, B, M, W and R have their weekly offs
on different days of the week i.e. Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday not
necessarily in that order. Each of them has a liking for
different cuisine i.e. Indian, Italian, Mexican, Chinese,
Spanish, Continental and Thai, not necessarily in that
order. K likes Thai food and gets his weekly off on
Thursday. B likes Italian food and does not have off on
Sunday. M has weekly off on Saturday and R has his weekly
off on Tuesday. W likes continental food whereas the one
who has weekly off on Monday likes Mexican cuisine. T
does not like Spanish cuisine and has weekly off on
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Wednesday. The one who likes Indian food does not have a
weekly off on Tuesday or Wednesday.
21. Who has a weekly off on Friday?
(1) T
(2) R
(3) W
(4) Data inadequate (5) None of these
22. What cuisine does R like?
(1) Continental
(2) Indian
(3) Italian
(4) Spanish
(5) None of these
23. On which day does N have weekly off ?
(1) Tuesday (2) Friday
(3) Monday
(4) Sunday
(5) None of these
24. Who likes Chinese cuisine?
(1) T
(2) B
(3) R
(4) N
(5) None of these
25. On which day does W have weekly off?
(1) Monday (2) Sunday
(3) Wednesday
(4) Data inadequate (5) None of these
Direction (26-30): In each question below is given a
statement followed by two courses of action numbered I
and II. A course of action is a step or administrative
decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further
action in regard to the problem, policy etc on the basis of
the information given in the statement. You have to
assume everything in the statement to be true. Then
decide which of the two given suggested courses of action
logically follows for pursuing. Give answer
1) if only I follows.
2) if only II follows.
3) if either I or II follows.
4) if neither I nor II follows.
5) if both I and II follow.
26. Statement: It is a buyer’s market and the customers
should be well treated.

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28.

29.

30.

Courses of action:
I. Employees should be rated on the basis of their
performance.
II. A company should talk to its customers to know
what they want.
Statement: In this age of cut-throat competition, more
and more people are beginning to suffer from stress.
Courses of action:
I. People should resort to meditation to reach their
inner selves.
II. A regular exercise regimen should be adopted to
keep body and mind fit.
Statement: Deaths have taken place in Mumbai due to
a “mysterious fever”.
Courses of action:
I. Blood samples of those affected by the fever should
be sent for confirmatory diagnosis to reputed
institutions.
II. Routine malaria tests should be carried out on
every patient affected with the fever.
Statement: Though there are talks of globalization,
foreign direct investment (FDI) is still a far cry.
Courses of action:
I. The process of granting permission to FDI should
be decentralized.
II. The govt. should increase investment in
agriculture.
Statement: City X has won the bid to host the Olympic
Games in 2016.
Courses of action:
I. The city should invite delegates from across the
world to oversee its preparations.
II. City X should bid to host the Asian Games also.

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