Important Reasoning Quiz for SBI Clerk Prelims: 29th April

Dear Aspirants,

Reasoning Ability is an onerous section. With the increasing complexity of questions, it becomes hard for one to give it the cold shoulder. Today is the Day 8 of the 60 Days SBI Clerk Prelims Study Plan. The only way to make the grade in this particular section in the forthcoming banking exams is to practice continuously with all your heart and soul. And, to let you practice with the best of the latest pattern questions, here is the Adda247 Reasoning Quiz based on the study plan and the exact same pattern of questions that are being asked in the exams.

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

A, E, D, G, B, F, H and H are eight persons sitting around a circular table. Four of them are facing towards the centre and four of them are facing away from the centre. Each  of them like a different sport person viz. Usain bolt, Lance armstrong, Michael jordan, Floyd mayweather, Virender sehwag, Cristiano ronaldo, Hershel walker and Kobe bryant, but not necessarily in the same order. The one who likes Michael jordan sits opposite of F. The one who likes Lance armstrong is not the immediate neighbour of F and faces away from the centre. A sits second to the left of D and likes neither Hershel walker nor Kobe bryant. The one who likes Hershel walker is an immediate neighbour of C and F. E faces away from the centre and does not like Lance armstrong. B faces towards the centre and likes Usain bolt. Both the immediate neighbours of B face away from the centre and likes either Michael jordan or Floyd mayweather. G faces away from the centre. Both the immediate neighbours of G face towards the centre. B sits third to the right of F, who likes Virender sehwag and faces away from the centre. D sits third to the left of F. 

Q1. Who sits third to right of the person, who sits opposite to H?

(a) C

(b) F

(c) B

(d) E

(e)None of these

Q2. Who among following is sits second to right of G?

(a) E

(b) F

(c) H

(d) H

(e) None of these

Q3. D likes which of the following sport persons?

(a) Lance armstrong

(b) Cristiano ronaldo

(c) Kobe bryant

(d) Hershel walker

(e)None of these

Q4. G likes which of the following sport person?

(a) Cristiano ronaldo

(b) Lance armstrong

(c) Hershel walker

(d) Floyd mayweather

(e)None of these

Q5. Who among following sits third to left of H?

(a) E

(b) A

(c) G

(d) D

(e)None of these

Directions (6-7): In the questions below are given some conclusions followed by five set of statements. You have to choose the correct set of statements that logically satisfies given conclusions either definitely or possibly. Assume the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.

Q6. Conclusions: Some black is not nose. No eye is nose.

Statements:

(a) Some black is red. All red is hair. No hair is nose. Some nose is blue. All blue is eye.

(b) Some black is hair. No hair is red. Some red is blue. All blue is eye. No eye is nose.

(c) Some black is nose. All nose is red. No red is hair. All blue is hair. No hair is eye.

(d) Some black is eye. All eye is red. No red is nose. Some nose is hair. All hair is blue.

(e) None of these

Q7. Conclusions: Some wood is not water. No fruit is root.

Statements:

(a) Some root is fruit. All fruit is cloud. No cloud is bird. Some bird is wood. All wood is water.

(b) Some root is wood. All wood is fruit. Some fruit is cloud. All cloud is bird. No bird is water.

(c) All wood is bird. Some wood is fruit. All fruit is cloud. No cloud is water. All root is water.

(d) Some wood is bird. Some bird is fruit. All fruit is water. Some water is root. Some root is cloud.

(e) None of these 

Directions (8-10): Study the given information and answer the questions:

When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and its rearrangement. 

Input: old 23 host 55 money 67 idiot 63 couch 21 tough 59

Step I: tough 67 old 23 host 55 money idiot 63 couch 21 59

Step II: old 59 tough 67 23 host 55 money idiot 63 couch 21 

Step III: money 23 old 59 tough 67 host 55 idiot 63 couch 21

Step IV: host 63 money 23 old 59 tough 67 55 idiot couch 21

Step V: idiot 55 host 63 money 23 old 59 tough 67 couch 21

Step VI: couch 21 idiot 55 host 63 money 23 old 59 tough 67

Step VI is the last step of the above arrangement as the intended arrangement is obtained.

As per the rule followed in the given steps find out the appropriate steps for the given input. 

Input:  create 51 mold 31 ant 43 teen 39 dust 25 large 19

Q8. In which step the elements ‘teen 43 ant’ found in the same order?

(a) Step I

(b) Step IV

(c) Step V

(d) Step II

(e) Step VI

Q9. Which of the following is the fourth element from the right end in step III?

(a) ant

(b) 39

(c) dust

(d) 43

(e) None of these

Q10. In step IV, ‘dust’ is related to ‘25’ and in Step II ‘mold’ is related to ‘19’. In the same way in Step III ‘large’ is related to?

(a) 31

(b) 43

(c) 19

(d) 25

(e) 39

Directions (11-13): In each of the questions given below, a group of digits is given followed by four combinations of letter/symbols numbered (a), (b), (c) and (d). You have to find out which of the four combinations correctly represents the group of digits based on the letter/symbol codes and the conditions given below. If none of the four combinations represents the group of digits correctly, give (e) i.e. ‘None of these’ as the answer.

Conditions:

(i) If the first digit is odd and last digit is even, the codes for the first and the last digits are to be interchanged.

(ii) If the first as well as the last digit is even, both are to be coded by the code for last digit.

(iii) If the first as well as the last digit is odd, both are to be coded as Z.

(iv) If the first digit is even and last digit is odd, both are to be coded by the code for the first digit.

(v) If 0 is preceded and followed by odd number then 0 is coded as %.

Q11. 98760542

(a) @#$&KAYP

(b) @#$&KAP@

(c) %#$&KAPY

(d) @#$&KAPY

(e) None of these

Q12. 36507982

(a) @&A%$Y#G

(b) %&A%$Y#G

(c) @&A%$YG#

(d)& @A%$Y#G

(e) None of these

Q13. 51047093

(a) ZXKP$%YZ

(b) ACKP$%YZ

(c) ZXKP@%YZ

(d) ZKXP$%YZ

(e) None of these

Directions (14-15): study the following information and answer the questions given.

In a certain code language,

 ‘lu si pi de’ means ‘gold yeast old us’, 

‘re pi ve go’ means ‘gold clever lamb rotten’, 

‘ve fu si go’ means ‘old clever the rotten’ and 

‘go lu na fu’ means ‘rotten of the us’. 

Q14. What is the code of ‘clever’ in this code language?

(a) go

(b) ve

(c) re

(d) pi

(e) cannot be determined

Q15. What is the code of ‘yeast’ in this code language?

(a) de

(b) lu

(c) pi

(d) si

(e) cannot be determined

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