{"id":61500,"date":"2023-09-25T15:35:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T10:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=61500"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T11:01:49","slug":"important-reasoning-concepts-practice-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/important-reasoning-concepts-practice-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Reasoning Concepts &#038; Practice Questions with Answer Key &#038; Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reasoning section as we all know is quite an important section which many aspirants find difficult and time consuming. Those who are preparing for the upcoming banking exams must try to achieve great results in the reasoning section and for that one must study well by preparing and practicing all important topics. In this article we will be guiding the candidates with all Important Reasoning Concepts &amp; Practice Questions with Answer Key &amp; Solutions. The important topics will be well explained along with examples and few practice questions. For all those who find the Reasoning section difficult, the best strategy is to prepare for it thoroughly and if prepared properly, it may help you achieve the highest possible score. Below are the important reasoning concepts:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/rbi-assistant\/?ref=9240\">RBI Assistant Free Mock Test 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Important Reasoning Concepts<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is important to understand these critical concepts or topics for reasoning preparation especially for banks. Thus, it&#8217;s important for the candidates to prepare the below mentioned topics thoroughly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blood Relations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syllogism<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inequalities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ranking<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seating Arrangement<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Puzzles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Direction Sense<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coding Decoding<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miscellaneous<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/rbi-assistant\/?ref=9240\">RBI Assistant Free Mock Test 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Types of Blood Relations<\/p>\n<p>A few types of blood relation questions are<\/p>\n<p>Dialogue or Conversation Based: In these types of questions a statement is laid by a person describing a relation. The person may or may not be personally related to the one stating it.<br \/>\nCoding-Decoding: It is one of the recent types of blood relation questions, usually asked in the mains exam. In these questions, relations are represented by symbols.<br \/>\nBased on Puzzles: The blood relations are described in the form of a puzzle. Brief information about the relation between people is provided and questions are asked on the basis of that.<\/p>\n<p>Types of Syllogism<\/p>\n<p>Basic Syllogism: In this type of syllogism questions, the statements are 100% true and the conclusion must be 100% true.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>Statement: All Ball is Oval. Some Oval is Circle.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion: Some Ball is Circle.<\/p>\n<p>The above conclusion is definitely false as we cannot derive any relationship between Ball and Circle from the above statement.<\/p>\n<p>Complimentary pairs (Either \u2013 Or Case): In this type of syllogism questions, the statements are 100% true and two conclusions together can be partially true. Here are three cases when \u2018Either-Or\u2019 follows:<br \/>\nSome + Some not<br \/>\nSome + No<br \/>\nAll + Some not<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>Statement: All Ball is Oval. Some Oval is Circle.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>Some Ball is Circle \u2013 False (As, there is no relation between Ball and Circle)<br \/>\nNo Ball is Circle \u2013 False (As, there is no relation between Ball and Circle)<\/p>\n<p>But if we consider both the conclusions together then, either conclusion 1 or conclusion 2 is true as this is a complimentary pair. If we consider the first conclusion to be true, the second conclusion is definitely false and if we consider second conclusion to be true, then the first conclusion is definitely false. So, both the conclusions together can be partially true.<\/p>\n<p>Only \u2013 Only a few: This type of syllogism is conditional based syllogism. This is one of the most important concepts to be covered in syllogism as the questions based on \u2018only \u2013 only a few\u2019 is really confusing. If a statement says \u2018only a few A is B\u2019, then only a certain part of A is B and the remaining part is not B and if a statement says \u2018Only A is B\u2019, then All B is A, such that B can be only part of A.<br \/>\nPossibility based Syllogism: In this type of syllogism, the conclusion is based on possibilities e.g., if \u2018All A is B\u2019 and \u2018No A is C\u2019, then \u2018Some C being B is a possibility\u2019 is definitely true. In such type of syllogism, \u2018can be\u2019 or \u2018possibility\u2019 keywords are used.<br \/>\nCoded Syllogism: This type of syllogism usually comes in Mains examination, in which a comparison between two elements is usually defined by code i.e., symbol, number etc. For example: In, A&amp;amp;B, \u2018&amp;amp;\u2019 represents \u2018some\u2019, so we can interpret \u2018Some A is B\u2019.<br \/>\nReverse Syllogism: This type of syllogism also comes in Mains examination. In this, few conclusions will be given, and you have to find out which statements given in the options will follow all these conclusions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/rbi-assistant\/how-to-master-syllogism-concept-along-with-practice-questions-important-for-rbi-assistant\/\">How to Master Syllogism Concept along with Practice Questions- Important for RBI Assistant<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/rbi-assistant\/?ref=9240\">RBI Assistant Free Mock Test 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inequalities<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> P &amp;gt; Q means P is greater than Q.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> P &amp;lt; Q means P is less than Q.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> P = Q means P is equal to Q.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> P \u2265 Q means P is greater than or equal to Q.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> P \u2264 Q means P is less than or equal to Q.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to solve questions, understanding the order or the rank of these symbols is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">very important.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If A &amp;gt; B \u2265 C is given, then A &amp;gt; C is true and not A \u2265 C as, here the greater than <\/span>sign is of higher order.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If A \u2265 B is given, then either A &amp;gt; B or A = B is true.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If A &amp;lt; B &amp;lt; C is given, then A &amp;lt; C is true.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If A &amp;lt; B &amp;gt; C is given, then the relation between A and C cannot be determined.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/rbi-assistant\/?ref=9240\">RBI Assistant Free Mock Test 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Types of Questions asked in Inequality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To solve the questions based on inequality, the relation between the given elements <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is to be determined.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three patterns in which the Inequality questions in reasoning are asked is as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Basic\/Normal inequality: In these types of questions, the elements are given and <\/span>the relationship between them is marked with the help of the signs (&amp;lt;, &amp;gt;, =, \u2265 and \u2264). These types of questions are frequently asked in the preliminary exam of all major government exams.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For example: P &amp;lt; Q \u2264 R \u2265 S<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Coded Inequality: This is a new format of inequality questions. Here instead of <\/span>direct symbols, each sign is coded using a symbol, a number or an alphabet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, \u2018A#B where \u2018#\u2019 means A is greater than or equal to B\u2019. Here, the \u2018\u2265\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sign has been denoted with the \u2018#\u2019 sign. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This pattern is being followed in particularly the mains exam of all major government <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exams to make the questions complex and confusing. The coded inequality <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">questions take a bit more time than the direct inequality questions, as the codes are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first to be replaced with the respective symbols. Thus, the code based inequality <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">questions require continuous practice to improve speed.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Missing symbol inequality: In these types of a question a statement is given <\/span>with symbols missing. A relation, which needs to be satisfied, is given in the question and set of symbols which are to be placed in the blanks is given in option. These questions can both be basic or coded.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/rbi-assistant\/tips-to-master-inequalities-concept-with-practice-questions\/\">Tips to Master Inequalities Concept with Practice Questions<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Reasoning section as we all know is quite an important section which many aspirants find difficult and time consuming. Those who are preparing for the upcoming banking exams must try to achieve great results in the reasoning section and for that one must study well by preparing and practicing all important topics. 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