Top 1000+ Verbal Reasoning Questions for Bank Exams - 1

Question: 1

If the seventh day of a month is three days earlier than Friday. What day will it be on the nineteenth day of the month?

(A) Monday

(B) Wednesday

(C) Friday

(D) Sunday

Ans: D

As mentioned, the seventh day of the month is three days earlier than Friday, which is Tuesday.
So, the fourteenth day is also Tuesday and thus, the nineteenth day is Sunday.

Question: 2

Standing on a platform, Amit told Sunita that Aligarh was more than ten kilometres but less than fifteen kilometres from there. Sunita knew that it was more than twelve but less then fourteen kilometres from there. If both of them were correct, which of the following could be distance of Aligarh from the platform?

(A) 11 km

(B) 12 km

(C) 13 km

(D) 14 km

Ans: C

Clearly, according to Sunita, the distance was more than 12 kms but less than 14 kms, which is 13 kms.

Question: 3

An application was received by inward clerk in the afternoon of a week day. Next day he forwarded it to the table of the senior clerk, who was on leave that day. The senior clerk next day evening put up the application to the desk officer. Desk officer studied the application and disposed off the matter on the same day i.e., Friday. Which day was the application received by the inward clerk?

(A) Monday

(B) Tuesday

(C) Wednesday

(D) Earlier week's Saturday

Ans: C

Desk officer received the application on Friday.
Clearly, the application was forwarded to the table of the senior clerk on Thursday.
So, the application was received by the inward clerk on Wednesday.

Question: 4

Kailash remembers that his brother Deepak's birthday falls after 20th May but before 28th May, while Geeta remembers that Deepak's birthday falls before 22nd May but after 12th May. On what date Deepak's birthday falls?

(A) 20th May

(B) 21st May

(C) 22nd May

(D) 24th May

Ans: B

According to Kailash, Deepak's birthday falls on one of the days among 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th May.
According to Geeta, Deepak's birthday falls on one of the days among 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st May.
The day common to both the groups is 21st May.
Deepak's birthday falls on 21st May.

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