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Monday 14 March 2011

How to prepare Reasoning Questions for Bank Exams

Reasoning questions are an important part of Bank exams and can be the deciding factor. Here we discuss some facts to Remember while attempting reasoning ability part in the Bank Exams.
Order of solving the questions is very important and most people find questions from 15-21 to be tough, so try doing 1-15 first which are relatively easy and should be done at a rate of 20-25 seconds per question it will save you time for the Tough ones. Then, Skip directly to the last question and solve backwards to make it up to the most difficult ones. Practice this strategy and it works well.

Understand properly before solving. Logical Reasoning differs from Comprehension passages in that you must understand every word of the question in logical reasoning while passages often discuss unfamiliar theories and terms that you don't actually need to Know. Students make mistakes while carelessly skimming in reasoning questions. So understanding properly before solving is important.
Although you need to read every word still every word isn’t important. The only important words are that derive either the evidence or conclusion of a particular argument. For example, read this- “Tacos often contain a variety of things such as chicken, beans and cheese. No two tacos have one ingredient to another in the same proportion. Thus, any two tacos can be distinguished from each other by their taste.”
Here, the first sentence is neither the evidence nor the conclusion - it’s just the background information that you need to understand the meaning of the argument. We know this sentence is unnecessary, so we can cross it out. This requires lot of practice.

While practice questions, to distinguish between answers you're sure about and those where you're guessing is a good deal, even if the guess is confident. If you're not fully sure for an answer, put a "/" next to it. A question where you've chosen the answer to be either "A" or "D" (and you've eliminated other options) would be written as "D/A" and your answer for a question when you're more confident about "A" than "D" would be "A/D" or vice-versa.

This will help you measure your performance more accurately and will provide guidance for review. Tracking the question-types you consistently miss is necessary to effective studying.
Remember that practice with a right direction is the key to success in any exam. So keep practicing!!
All the best for your Success!!!


Here's a Sample Reasoning questions based quiz for you to practice (Try to complete In 6 mins)

1. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following sequence?

ARRANGEMENTS, RRANGEMENT, RANGEMEN, ?, NGEM

RANGEME
ANGEME
ANGEMENT
NGEMEN
2.Suresh is taller than Prabhu but shorter than Ram, Prabhu is as tall as Neeraj but taller than Nilesh. Which of the following statements is definitely true for Neeraj?
Neeraj is shorter than Nilesh
Neeraj is the tallest
Neeraj is taller than Nilesh
Neeraj is the smallest
3. How many 4’s immediately preceded by 5 but not immediately followed by 7 are there in the following series of numbers?

5 4 8 7 4 9 5 4 7 7 4 5 5 4 6 5 4 7 5 4 7 3 2 4 7

2
3
4
5
4.f the following alphabets were written in the reverse order, which would be the fourth letter to the right of the fifteenth letter from the left?

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

G
H
I
None of these
5.If the first and second letters in the word ‘COMMUNICATIONS’ were interchanged, also the third and the fourth letters, the fifth and the sixth letters and so on, which letter would be the tenth letter counting from your right?

U
A
T
N
6. Needle’ is related to ‘Clock’ as ‘Wheel’ is related to…?
Driver
Vehicle
Road
Move
7. Rakesh is standing at a point. He walks 50 m towards the East and further 15 m towards the South; then he walks 35 m towards the West; and further 5 m towards the East. What is the straight distance in metres between his starting point and the point where he reached last?
15
10
25
20
8.If '+' means '/', '/' means '-', '-' means 'x' and 'x' means '+' then
48 + 16 / 4 – 2 x 8 = ?

3
6
-128
112

9.Which of the following pairs of letters should come in the place of question mark(?) in the twin letter series given below?
BY IQ NK QG ?

RF
TF
RE
SE
10.Two letters in the word ‘PRESENCE’ have as many letters between them in the word as there are between them in the alphabet and in the same order. Which one of the two letters comes earlier in the alphabet?

C
E
R
P
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