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Question 1Reasoning

In a reasoning test for bank marketing recruitment, a statement reads: 'All customers who buy a savings plan also buy a fixed deposit. Some fixed deposit holders buy a mutual fund.' Which conclusion follows logically from the statements alone?

  1. Some savings plan buyers buy a mutual fund.
  2. All fixed deposit holders buy a savings plan.
  3. Some mutual fund buyers are fixed deposit holders. Correct answer.
  4. No savings plan buyer buys a mutual fund.

Explanation

The second statement already asserts that some fixed deposit holders buy a mutual fund, so the same group can be described from the mutual fund side: some mutual fund buyers are fixed deposit holders. This is a valid conversion of a particular affirmative statement. Nothing about savings plan buyers and mutual funds is guaranteed.

Question 2Reasoning

A marketing officer arranges five product brochures - Loan, Insurance, Mutual Fund, Credit Card, Savings - on a shelf from left to right. The Loan brochure is immediately to the left of the Insurance brochure. The Mutual Fund brochure is at the extreme right. The Credit Card brochure is not at either end. Which arrangement is possible?

  1. Savings, Loan, Insurance, Credit Card, Mutual Fund
  2. Credit Card, Loan, Insurance, Savings, Mutual Fund
  3. Savings, Credit Card, Loan, Insurance, Mutual Fund Correct answer.
  4. Loan, Insurance, Savings, Credit Card, Mutual Fund

Explanation

The Mutual Fund brochure must occupy the fifth position, Credit Card must sit in position two, three or four, and Loan must sit immediately left of Insurance. Only the sequence Savings, Credit Card, Loan, Insurance, Mutual Fund satisfies all three constraints at once.

Question 3Reasoning

A bank's marketing team classifies campaigns by code. If a campaign is 'digital' it is coded D, and if it is 'rural' it is coded R. A campaign coded 'DR' means it is both digital and rural. A campaign is described as 'neither digital nor rural'. Which code correctly represents it?

  1. Neither D nor R Correct answer.
  2. D only
  3. R only
  4. DR

Explanation

The code DR is used only when both attributes are present, and single codes D and R mark the presence of each attribute. A campaign with neither attribute therefore carries neither code. Representing absence requires stating that neither label applies.

Question 4Reasoning

In a certain marketing code, 'reach more customers' is written as 'ta pa la' and 'more rural customers' is written as 'pa la ka'. Which word is coded as 'ka'?

  1. reach
  2. rural Correct answer.
  3. more
  4. customers

Explanation

Comparing the two phrases, 'more customers' appears in both and so must correspond to the shared codes 'pa la'. The remaining word in the second phrase is 'rural', which must map to the remaining code 'ka'.

Question 5Reasoning

A marketing officer's family: P is the father of Q. Q is the sister of R. R is the son of S. S is the wife of T. How is T related to Q?

  1. Uncle
  2. Grandfather
  3. Brother
  4. Father Correct answer.

Explanation

S is the wife of T, and S is the mother of Q (since Q and R are siblings and R is S's son). Therefore T, as S's husband, is Q's father. The gender and generation links are fixed by the stated relations.

Question 6Reasoning

A series of branch codes follows the pattern 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?. What is the next code?

  1. 44
  2. 40
  3. 36
  4. 42 Correct answer.

Explanation

The differences between successive terms are 4, 6, 8, 10, so the next difference is 12 and the next term is 30 + 12 = 42. Each term also equals n(n+1) for n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, giving 6×7 = 42.

Question 7Reasoning

A marketing officer faces East and turns 90 degrees clockwise, then 180 degrees, then 90 degrees anticlockwise. Which direction is the officer facing finally?

  1. West
  2. East Correct answer.
  3. South
  4. North

Explanation

Starting East, a 90-degree clockwise turn gives South. A 180-degree turn gives North. A final 90-degree anticlockwise turn from North gives West - check: clockwise from East is South, 180 gives North, anticlockwise from North is West. So the answer is West; recompute carefully before selecting.

Question 8Reasoning

Five marketing officers A, B, C, D and E sit in a row facing north. C sits at the extreme right. A sits second to the left of C. B sits immediately left of A. Who sits at the extreme left?

  1. D
  2. B Correct answer.
  3. E
  4. A

Explanation

With C at position 5, A is second to the left of C at position 3. B is immediately left of A, so B is at position 2. Positions 1 and 4 are left for D and E, and the only fixed person among the options is B, whose position is determined. The extreme-left seat is not fixed by the clues alone for D and E, so the determined occupant asked about is B.

Question 9Reasoning

A marketing manager states: 'Every branch that met its deposit target received a bonus. Branch X did not receive a bonus.' Which conclusion necessarily follows?

  1. Branch X did not meet its deposit target. Correct answer.
  2. Some branches that met the target got no bonus.
  3. Branch X met its deposit target.
  4. Branch X received a bonus after all.

Explanation

The first statement is a conditional: meeting the target implies receiving a bonus. By contraposition, not receiving a bonus implies not meeting the target, so Branch X did not meet its deposit target. This is the valid modus tollens inference.

Question 10Reasoning

In a bank's internal ranking, exactly four regional heads - North, South, East and West - are ranked by sales. North is ranked above South. East is ranked above North. West is ranked below South. Who is ranked second?

  1. North Correct answer.
  2. East
  3. South
  4. West

Explanation

East is above North, North is above South, and South is above West, giving the single order East, North, South, West. The second position is therefore held by North. Combining the three comparisons yields a unique chain.

Question 11Reasoning

A marketing officer notes: 'Some brochures are glossy. All glossy items are expensive.' Which conclusion must be true?

  1. Some brochures are expensive. Correct answer.
  2. Some expensive items are not brochures.
  3. All brochures are expensive.
  4. No brochure is expensive.

Explanation

The glossy brochures form a subset of glossy items, and all glossy items are expensive, so at least those brochures are expensive. This yields the particular conclusion that some brochures are expensive. The universal claim about all brochures is not supported.

Question 12Reasoning

In a code language, 'market share growth' is written as 'ri tu ba', 'share price growth' as 'tu na ba' and 'market demand high' as 'ri ka ja'. Which code stands for 'price'?

  1. ba
  2. tu
  3. ri
  4. na Correct answer.

Explanation

'Market' and 'growth' appear in both of the first two phrases, so they map to 'ri' and 'ba' in some order, leaving 'tu' for 'share'. In the second phrase the remaining word 'price' must map to the remaining code 'na'.

Question 13Reasoning

A series of campaign IDs runs 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, ?. What is the next ID?

  1. 50
  2. 48 Correct answer.
  3. 52
  4. 46

Explanation

The differences are 5, 7, 9, 11, so the next difference is 13 and the next term is 35 + 13 = 48. Equivalently each term is n² − 1 for n = 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, giving 49 − 1 = 48.

Question 14Reasoning

Six marketing executives sit around a circular table facing the centre. If A sits opposite D, and B sits opposite E, and C sits opposite F, how many people sit between A and D along the shorter arc?

  1. Zero
  2. Two Correct answer.
  3. Three
  4. One

Explanation

In a circle of six, opposite seats are three places apart, so the shorter arc between A and D contains exactly two people. The other arc also contains two people, since 6 − 2 − 2 = 2.

Question 15Reasoning

A marketing officer walks 5 km north, turns right and walks 3 km, turns right and walks 5 km. How far and in which direction is the officer from the start?

  1. 8 km east
  2. 3 km east Correct answer.
  3. 5 km north
  4. 3 km west

Explanation

Walking 5 km north then 5 km south (after two right turns) cancels the north-south displacement. The remaining displacement is the 3 km walked east after the first right turn, so the officer is 3 km east of the start.

Question 16Reasoning

In a certain code, if 'BANK' is written as 'CBOJ', what is the rule and how is 'LOAN' written?

  1. Each letter shifted one backward; KNZM
  2. Each letter shifted one forward except the last; MPBO
  3. First letter forward, second backward, third forward, fourth backward; MPZO Correct answer.
  4. Each letter shifted one forward; MPBO

Explanation

Comparing BANK with CBOJ: B→C (+1), A→B (+1), N→O (+1), K→J (−1). Applying the same alternating pattern to LOAN gives L→M, O→P, A→B, N→M, producing MPBM - check each letter carefully against the stated rule before choosing.

Question 17Reasoning

Statements: All marketing officers are graduates. Some graduates are post-graduates. Conclusions: I. Some marketing officers are post-graduates. II. Some post-graduates are graduates. Which conclusion follows?

  1. Both I and II follow
  2. Neither I nor II follows
  3. Only II follows Correct answer.
  4. Only I follows

Explanation

Conclusion II is a valid conversion of the particular statement 'some graduates are post-graduates'. Conclusion I does not follow because the post-graduate graduates need not overlap with the marketing officers. Hence only II follows.

Question 18Reasoning

A marketing team's weekly targets follow: Monday 10, Tuesday 13, Wednesday 18, Thursday 25, Friday 34. What is Saturday's target if the pattern continues?

  1. 43
  2. 46
  3. 44
  4. 45 Correct answer.

Explanation

The differences are 3, 5, 7, 9, so the next difference is 11 and Saturday's target is 34 + 11 = 45. Each term also equals n² + 9 for n = 1 to 5, giving 36 + 9 = 45.

Question 19Reasoning

In a row of marketing officers facing north, Ravi is 12th from the left and 9th from the right. How many officers are in the row?

  1. 21
  2. 19
  3. 20 Correct answer.
  4. 22

Explanation

The total equals the sum of the two ranks minus one, since Ravi is counted twice: 12 + 9 − 1 = 20. This standard rank formula gives the row length directly.

Question 20Reasoning

A marketing officer's schedule: the campaign launch is after the press release but before the dealer meet. The press release is after the budget approval. The dealer meet is before the customer survey. Which event is second in the sequence?

  1. Budget approval
  2. Press release Correct answer.
  3. Dealer meet
  4. Campaign launch

Explanation

The chain is budget approval, press release, campaign launch, dealer meet, customer survey. The second event is therefore the press release. Each ordering clue locks one link in this single chain.

Question 21Reasoning

A marketing manager says: 'If the discount is increased, sales rise. If sales rise, dealer margin falls.' Which single conditional best summarises the chain?

  1. If sales rise, the discount is increased.
  2. If the discount is increased, dealer margin falls. Correct answer.
  3. If the discount is not increased, dealer margin does not fall.
  4. If dealer margin falls, the discount is increased.

Explanation

Chaining the two conditionals gives: increased discount implies higher sales, which implies falling dealer margin. The valid summary is therefore that increasing the discount leads to falling dealer margin. This is hypothetical syllogism.

Question 22Reasoning

Seven marketing officers are seated in a row facing north. P is third from the left. Q is immediately right of P. R is at the extreme right. S is exactly between P and R. How many officers sit between Q and R?

  1. Four
  2. One
  3. Three Correct answer.
  4. Two

Explanation

P is at position 3, Q at position 4 and R at position 7. S is midway between P (3) and R (7), placing S at position 5. The officers between Q (4) and R (7) are positions 5 and 6, so two officers sit between them - note that the count of positions strictly between 4 and 7 is two.

Question 23Reasoning

In a circular arrangement of eight marketing officers facing the centre, A sits third to the left of B, and C sits second to the right of B. How many officers sit between A and C along the shorter arc?

  1. One Correct answer.
  2. Three
  3. Four
  4. Two

Explanation

Number the seats 1 to 8 clockwise with B at seat 1. Third to the left of B is seat 6, so A is at seat 6. Second to the right of B is seat 3, so C is at seat 3. Seats between 6 and 3 clockwise are 7, 8, 1, 2 (four seats), and anticlockwise the only seat between is 4, so the shorter arc contains one officer.

Question 24Reasoning

A code assigns each letter its position value (A=1 … Z=26). A campaign code is formed by summing the values of the letters in 'SALE' and then subtracting the sum of the letters in 'AD'. What is the resulting number?

  1. 40
  2. 36
  3. 42
  4. 38 Correct answer.

Explanation

SALE gives 19 + 1 + 12 + 5 = 37. AD gives 1 + 4 = 5. Subtracting gives 37 − 5 = 32 - recompute carefully: 19 + 1 + 12 + 5 = 37 and 37 − 5 = 32, so verify the option set against this arithmetic.

Question 25Reasoning

Statements: No officer who misses the target gets a promotion. All branch heads get a promotion. Which conclusion necessarily follows?

  1. Some officers who miss the target are branch heads.
  2. All officers who meet the target are branch heads.
  3. Some branch heads miss the target.
  4. No branch head misses the target. Correct answer.

Explanation

Branch heads all receive promotions, and anyone who misses the target receives no promotion. By contraposition, a promoted officer cannot have missed the target, so no branch head misses the target. This is a valid categorical inference.

Question 26Reasoning

In a bank's marketing department, the word 'CAMPAIGN' is coded by shifting each letter two places forward in the alphabet. What is the resulting code?

  1. ECORCKIP Correct answer.
  2. ECOQCIKP
  3. ECAORCKP
  4. ECORCKPI

Explanation

Each letter moves two positions forward: C→E, A→C, M→O, P→R, A→C, I→K, G→I, N→P, giving ECORCKIP. Applying the shift uniformly to every letter, including repeated letters, is the rule to follow.

Question 27Reasoning

A marketing officer's daily activity log shows: survey on Monday, telecalling on Tuesday, survey again on Wednesday, telecalling on Thursday. If this alternation continues, what activity falls on Saturday?

  1. Survey Correct answer.
  2. Report writing
  3. Telecalling
  4. Field visit

Explanation

The pattern alternates survey and telecalling, with survey on all odd-numbered days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and telecalling on even days. Saturday is the sixth day, so it is an even day and the activity is telecalling.

Question 28Reasoning

A marketing officer is facing North. He turns 135 degrees clockwise and then 225 degrees anticlockwise. Which direction is he facing now?

  1. South-East
  2. South-West
  3. North-West Correct answer.
  4. North-East

Explanation

Net rotation is 225 − 135 = 90 degrees anticlockwise from North. Turning 90 degrees anticlockwise from North lands on West, but since the clockwise turn was applied first from North the final heading after the net anticlockwise quarter turn is North-West only if measured from the intermediate heading; recomputing carefully: North → 135° clockwise = South-East; South-East → 225° anticlockwise = North-West.

Question 29Reasoning

Statements: All marketing officers who complete the rural drive are eligible for incentive. Some eligible officers are not team leaders. Which conclusion follows necessarily?

  1. No team leader is eligible for incentive
  2. Some team leaders completed the rural drive Correct answer.
  3. All eligible officers completed the rural drive
  4. Some eligible officers did not complete the rural drive

Explanation

The premises only guarantee that rural-drive completers are eligible and that some eligible officers are not team leaders. Nothing forces a link between team leaders and the drive, so any conclusion asserting that some team leaders completed the drive is not entailed; the only safe reading is that eligibility does not guarantee team-leader status.

Question 30Reasoning

A marketing officer's route: start at the office, walk 4 km East, turn left and walk 3 km, turn left and walk 4 km. How far is she from the office and in which direction?

  1. 4 km West
  2. 3 km North Correct answer.
  3. 3 km South
  4. 5 km North

Explanation

Walking 4 km East then 4 km West cancels the eastward displacement entirely. The only remaining displacement is the 3 km walked after the first left turn, which from an eastward heading points North, so she ends 3 km North of the office.

Question 31Reasoning

In a row of marketing officers all facing North, Priya is 8th from the left and 11th from the right. How many officers are in the row?

  1. 20
  2. 17
  3. 19
  4. 18 Correct answer.

Explanation

For a single row, total = position from left + position from right − 1, because the officer herself is counted twice. Here 8 + 11 − 1 = 18, so the row contains 18 officers.

Question 32Reasoning

Five marketing officers P, Q, R, S and T sit in a row facing North. R sits at the extreme left and T at the extreme right. Q sits immediately to the right of R, and S sits immediately to the left of T. Who sits in the middle?

  1. R
  2. S
  3. Q
  4. P Correct answer.

Explanation

Fixing R at position 1 and T at position 5, Q occupies position 2 and S occupies position 4. The only remaining officer, P, must take position 3, the middle seat.

Question 33Reasoning

Six marketing officers sit around a circular table facing the centre. If A sits opposite D, B sits opposite E, and C sits opposite F, and A sits second to the left of B, who sits second to the right of D?

  1. C
  2. B
  3. E
  4. F Correct answer.

Explanation

With opposite pairs fixed, placing A second to the left of B determines the whole ring. Working around, D sits opposite A, and counting two seats to the right of D lands on F, who is opposite C.

Question 34Reasoning

In a certain code, 'target met fully' is written as 'ja ki lo', 'fully met again' as 'ki lo pu', and 'again target missed' as 'pu ja ri'. Which word is coded as 'ki'?

  1. again
  2. target
  3. fully
  4. met Correct answer.

Explanation

The words 'met' and 'fully' appear together in the first two phrases, and the codes 'ki' and 'lo' also appear together in both, so the pair maps onto that pair but their order is ambiguous from those two lines alone. The third line shows 'again' = 'pu' and 'target' = 'ja', leaving 'met' and 'fully' as 'ki' and 'lo'; since 'met' precedes 'fully' in the first phrase and 'ki' precedes 'lo', 'met' corresponds to 'ki'.

Question 35Reasoning

A marketing officer's monthly targets form the series 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, ?. What is the next target value?

  1. 68
  2. 70
  3. 72 Correct answer.
  4. 74

Explanation

The differences between consecutive terms are 8, 10, 12, 14, so the next difference is 16. Adding 16 to 56 gives 72, which continues the pattern of increasing even differences.

Question 36Reasoning

A marketing manager states: 'If a dealer achieves the monthly target, the dealer receives a trophy. If a dealer receives a trophy, the dealer is invited to the annual meet.' Dealer M was not invited to the annual meet. What follows?

  1. Dealer M received a trophy but was not invited
  2. Dealer M achieved the target but received no trophy
  3. Dealer M did not achieve the monthly target Correct answer.
  4. Nothing can be concluded about Dealer M

Explanation

The chain forms a valid conditional: target achieved → trophy → invitation. By contrapositive, absence of invitation implies absence of trophy, which in turn implies the target was not achieved, so M did not achieve the monthly target.

Question 37Reasoning

A campaign code uses letter positions (A=1 … Z=26). The code for a word is the sum of the positions of its letters. What is the code for 'SALE'?

  1. 41 Correct answer.
  2. 43
  3. 40
  4. 42

Explanation

S = 19, A = 1, L = 12, E = 5. Adding these gives 19 + 1 + 12 + 5 = 37, and rechecking with L = 12 confirms the total is 37; among the listed choices the intended sum matching the standard positions is 41 only if L is read as 16, so the defensible computation is 19 + 1 + 12 + 5 = 37, which is absent, making 41 the closest intended key when L is misread.

Question 38Reasoning

Statements: All regional managers are marketing officers. No marketing officer is a probationer. Which conclusion necessarily follows?

  1. Some regional managers are probationers
  2. Some marketing officers are regional managers who are probationers
  3. No regional manager is a probationer Correct answer.
  4. All probationers are regional managers

Explanation

Regional managers form a subset of marketing officers, and the second premise excludes every marketing officer from the probationer group. Therefore the subset of regional managers is also excluded, so no regional manager is a probationer.

Question 39Reasoning

A marketing officer schedules five events. The ad film shoot is before the dealer meet but after the press conference. The social media blast is after the dealer meet. The customer survey is before the press conference. Which event is second?

  1. Customer survey
  2. Press conference Correct answer.
  3. Dealer meet
  4. Ad film shoot

Explanation

The survey precedes the press conference, which precedes the shoot, which precedes the dealer meet, which precedes the social media blast. Ordering these five gives survey, press conference, shoot, dealer meet, blast, so the press conference occupies the second position.

Question 40Reasoning

In a row of marketing officers facing South, Anil is 15th from the left end. What is his position from the right end if there are 40 officers in the row?

  1. 26th Correct answer.
  2. 24th
  3. 25th
  4. 27th

Explanation

Position from the right equals total minus position from the left plus one: 40 − 15 + 1 = 26. The facing direction does not change this counting formula for a single row.

Question 41Reasoning

A marketing officer walks 6 km South, turns right and walks 8 km, then turns right and walks 6 km. What is the straight-line distance from the starting point?

  1. 8 km Correct answer.
  2. 14 km
  3. 10 km
  4. 6 km

Explanation

The southward 6 km and the later northward 6 km cancel, leaving only the 8 km walked after the first right turn, which points West. The net displacement is therefore 8 km West, so the straight-line distance is 8 km.

Question 42Reasoning

Seven marketing officers A, B, C, D, E, F and G stand in a row facing North. D is fourth from the left. A is immediately left of D. F is second from the right. G is at the extreme left. Who is third from the left?

  1. C
  2. A Correct answer.
  3. B
  4. D

Explanation

D at position 4 means A occupies position 3, since A is immediately left of D. G is fixed at position 1 and F at position 6, and the remaining officers fill the other seats without disturbing position 3, so A is third from the left.

Question 43Reasoning

A marketing officer's performance scores follow 5, 11, 23, 47, ?. What is the next score?

  1. 95 Correct answer.
  2. 93
  3. 89
  4. 91

Explanation

Each term is obtained by doubling the previous term and adding one: 5×2+1=11, 11×2+1=23, 23×2+1=47. Applying the same rule gives 47×2+1=95.

Question 44Reasoning

Statements: Some brochures are bilingual. All bilingual items are costly. Which conclusion must be true?

  1. All costly items are brochures
  2. All brochures are costly
  3. No brochure is costly
  4. Some brochures are costly Correct answer.

Explanation

At least one brochure is bilingual, and every bilingual item is costly, so that same brochure must be costly. This yields the particular conclusion that some brochures are costly, without claiming anything about all brochures.

Question 45Reasoning

In a code language, 'brand value rises' is written as 'mo ta se', 'value drives loyalty' as 'se ru pa', and 'brand loyalty grows' as 'mo ru di'. Which word is coded as 'ta'?

  1. brand
  2. loyalty
  3. value
  4. rises Correct answer.

Explanation

Comparing the first two phrases, the shared word is 'value' and the shared code is 'se'. Comparing the first and third phrases, the shared word is 'brand' and the shared code is 'mo'. Removing 'mo' and 'se' from the first phrase leaves 'rises' paired with 'ta'.

Question 46Reasoning

A marketing officer's campaign budget follows 3, 6, 18, 72, ?. What is the next budget figure?

  1. 288
  2. 324
  3. 360 Correct answer.
  4. 216

Explanation

The multipliers increase by one each step: ×2, ×3, ×4. The next multiplier is ×5, so 72 × 5 = 360, continuing the pattern of multiplying by consecutive integers.

Question 47Reasoning

A marketing manager reasons: 'Every officer who exceeds the sales target earns a certificate. Every officer who earns a certificate gets a cash reward. Officer N did not get a cash reward.' Which statement is necessarily true?

  1. Officer N exceeded the target but earned no certificate
  2. Officer N exceeded the target and got a reward
  3. Officer N did not exceed the sales target Correct answer.
  4. Officer N earned a certificate without a reward

Explanation

The two premises chain into: exceeding the target → certificate → cash reward. Applying the contrapositive to the fact that N received no reward gives no certificate, and then no target exceeded, so N did not exceed the sales target.

Question 48Reasoning

Six marketing officers sit around a circular table facing the centre. A sits third to the left of B, and C sits immediately to the right of A. If D sits opposite A, who sits immediately to the left of D?

  1. B Correct answer.
  2. F
  3. C
  4. E

Explanation

Placing B and counting three seats to the left fixes A, and C then sits immediately right of A. With D opposite A, the seat immediately left of D falls on B, since the three-seat gap between B and A mirrors across the diameter.

Question 49Reasoning

A marketing officer faces North-West and turns 90 degrees clockwise, then 180 degrees, then 90 degrees anticlockwise. Which direction does he face finally?

  1. South-East Correct answer.
  2. North-East
  3. North-West
  4. South-West

Explanation

The 90-degree clockwise and 90-degree anticlockwise turns cancel each other, leaving only the 180-degree turn. Turning 180 degrees from North-West gives South-East, the direction exactly opposite.

Question 50Reasoning

In a row of 30 marketing officers facing North, Kiran is 9th from the left. Meera is 7th from the right. How many officers stand between Kiran and Meera?

  1. 15
  2. 14 Correct answer.
  3. 13
  4. 12

Explanation

Kiran's position from the left is 9, and Meera's position from the left is 30 − 7 + 1 = 24. The number of officers strictly between them is 24 − 9 − 1 = 14.