1000+ Bank Reasoning Questions with Answers - 1

Question: 1

In each of the following questions, an incident is described but punchline is missing indicated by a blank. After the incident, two statements numbered I and II are given. Considereing the incident, you have to decide which of the two statements fits as a punchline.
10. She was a dog that growls, a parrot that swears, a fireplace that smokes, and a cut that stays out all night ………
I. Why should she want a husband, then?
II. It’s a man’s world she lives in.

(A) Only I

(B) Only II

(C) Neither

(D) Both with same idea

(E) Both with contrasting ideas

Question: 2

“My youngest boy has trouble with eczema”, the woman said. The neighbour asked,
‘’Goodness! How did he get it?”
The woman replied: ……….
I. “Don’t know. Otherwise I would’ve curved it.”
II. “He hasn’t got it; he just can’t spell it.”

(A) Only I

(B) Only II

(C) Neither

(D) Both with same idea

(E) Both with contrasting ideas

Question: 3

The doctor asked: “Do you permit your wife to have her own way?”
The man replied ………
I. “No, Sir, she has it without my permission.”
II. “Yes, but Only if there is enough petrol in the tank.”

(A) Only I

(B) Only II

(C) Neither

(D) Both with same idea

(E) Both with contrasting ideas

Question: 4

The commander was shouting at the cadet: “The cook told me that you were so much drunk last night that you kept on rolling an empty barrel in the basement for three hours.”
The cadet replied; ………………..
I. “But it wasn’t empty sir, you were inside the barrel.”
II. “No sir, I rolled it for only ten minutes.”

(A) Only I

(B) Only II

(C) Neither

(D) Both with same idea

(E) Both with contrasting ideas

Question: 5

A heavy altercation, developed between Uma and Ravi, a bachelor.
I. “And what do you know about bachelors, for that matter?”
II. “Plenty. That’s why we are still unmarried.”

(A) Only I

(B) Only II

(C) Neither

(D) Both with same idea

(E) Both with contrasting ideas