Dear Aspirants,
Reasoning for IBPS Clerk Main 2018-19:
Reasoning Section can make or break one’s chances to ace any banking examination. Practising with sample questions is an onerous task for that’s the only key to ace this section of competitive exams. The IBPS Clerk Mains Exam is scheduled to be held on the 20th of January 2019. Adda247 is here with “Practice Marathon for Clerk Mains 2018” with practice questions on all the topics that are likely to be asked in the exam. Today is Day 24 of IBPS Clerk Mains Practice Marathon, attempt this Reasoning quiz and win the marathon against lakhs of IBPS Clerk Candidates.
WATCH VIDEO SOLUTIONS HERE
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G are sitting in a row facing north direction. All of them is of different age 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, 25 but not necessarily in the same order. F sits at one of the extreme end. Only two persons sit between F and E. The age of G is in multiple of 3. C sits second to the left of A. The age of F is a perfect square while the age of E is a prime number. D sits second to the right of A. G is not an immediate neighbour of D. B is not to the right of F and his age is multiple of 5. The age of D is half of the age of G. C is the second youngest while A is younger than E.
Q1. Who sits second to the right of D?
A
G
F
E
None of these
Solution:
Q2. How many persons sits between the person whose age is 13yr and B?
Four
Two
Three
One
None of these
Solution:
Q3. Who among the following person is 19yr old?
F
D
C
E
None of these
Solution:
Q4. If G is related to 13yr in the same way as A is related to 19yr, then which of the following is B related to, following the same pattern?
19yr
17yr
25yr
11yr
None of these
Solution:
Q5. What is the age difference of E’s immediate neighbours?
Three
Four
Five
Six
None of these
Solution:
Directions (6-10): To answer these questions study carefully the following arrangement of symbols, digits and letters.
W % 9 3 G 6 H # 7 K $ L 2 « B M J © 4 5 E 8 @ Z
Q6. If all the numbers are deleted from the above arrangement then which of the following will be eight to the left of sixth from the right end?
H
J
G
$
None of these
Q7. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol?
One
Two
Three
Four
None of these
Solution:
%9, #7, ©4
Q8. ‘9W’ is related to ‘GH#’ and ‘$7’ is related to ‘2BM’ in the same way ‘4J’ is related to which of the following in the arrangement?
E@8
58®
B2L
58Z
None of these
Solution:
E@Z
Q9. If all the symbols are deleted from the above arrangement then which of the following will be the fourth to the left of twelfth from the right?
9
3
W
M
None of these
Q10. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately followed by a letter?
None
One
Two
Three
None of these
Solution:
$L, «B, @Z
Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement (All the numbers are two-digit numbers)
Input : 29 own 18 dolly 37 13 low earns 46 pigs 26 after
Step I : after 42 29 own 18 dolly 13 low earns 46 pigs 26
Step II : after 42 earns 34 own 18 dolly 13 low 46 pigs 26
Step III: after 42 earns 34 own 18 18 dolly low 46 pigs 26
Step IV : after 42 earns 34 own 18 pigs 13 dolly low 46 26
Step V : after 42 earns 34 own 18 pigs 13 low 21 dolly 46
Step VI : after 42 earns 34 own 18 pigs 13 low 21 dolly 41
Step VI is the last step of the above arrangement.
As per the rules followed in the steps given above, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.
Input: 28 ultra 19 fear 41 38 its mere 16 ear crow 31 queen
Q11. Which word/number would be at the fifth position from right end in step IV?
11
fear
queen
28
ultra
Solution:
The machine rearranges one number and one word in each step. First, it rearranges words starting with a vowel in alphabetical order, then it rearranges words starting with a consonant in reverse alphabetical order.
For numbers, it first rearranges prime numbers in descending order with addition of 5 (in each prime number), then composite numbers in ascending order with subtraction of 5 (in each composite number).
Input: 28 ultra 19 fear 41 38 its mere 16 ear crow 31 queen
Step I : ear 46 28 ultra 19 fear 38 its mere 16 crow 31 queen
Step II : ear 46 its 36 28 ultra 19 fear 38 mere 16 crow queen
Step III: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 28 fear 38 mere 16 crow queen
Step IV: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 28 fear 38 mere crow
Step V : ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere 23 fear 38 crow
Step VI: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere 23 fear 33 crow
Q12. Which of the following would be step V?
ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 28 fear 38 mere 16 queen crow
ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere 23 fear 38 crow
ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 28 fear 38 mere crow
ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere fear 23 38 crow
None of these
Solution:
The machine rearranges one number and one word in each step. First, it rearranges words starting with a vowel in alphabetical order, then it rearranges words starting with a consonant in reverse alphabetical order.
For numbers, it first rearranges prime numbers in descending order with addition of 5 (in each prime number), then composite numbers in ascending order with subtraction of 5 (in each composite number).
Input: 28 ultra 19 fear 41 38 its mere 16 ear crow 31 queen
Step I : ear 46 28 ultra 19 fear 38 its mere 16 crow 31 queen
Step II : ear 46 its 36 28 ultra 19 fear 38 mere 16 crow queen
Step III: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 28 fear 38 mere 16 crow queen
Step IV: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 28 fear 38 mere crow
Step V : ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere 23 fear 38 crow
Step VI: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere 23 fear 33 crow
Q13. Which step number should be the following output? “ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere 23 fear crow 38”
Step III
Step IV
Step V
Step VI
There will be no such step
Solution:
The machine rearranges one number and one word in each step. First, it rearranges words starting with a vowel in alphabetical order, then it rearranges words starting with a consonant in reverse alphabetical order.
For numbers, it first rearranges prime numbers in descending order with addition of 5 (in each prime number), then composite numbers in ascending order with subtraction of 5 (in each composite number).
Input: 28 ultra 19 fear 41 38 its mere 16 ear crow 31 queen
Step I : ear 46 28 ultra 19 fear 38 its mere 16 crow 31 queen
Step II : ear 46 its 36 28 ultra 19 fear 38 mere 16 crow queen
Step III: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 28 fear 38 mere 16 crow queen
Step IV: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 28 fear 38 mere crow
Step V : ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere 23 fear 38 crow
Step VI: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere 23 fear 33 crow
Q14. Which word/number would be at the 7th position from left end in step III?
fear
38
28
24
mere
Solution:
The machine rearranges one number and one word in each step. First, it rearranges words starting with a vowel in alphabetical order, then it rearranges words starting with a consonant in reverse alphabetical order.
For numbers, it first rearranges prime numbers in descending order with addition of 5 (in each prime number), then composite numbers in ascending order with subtraction of 5 (in each composite number).
Input: 28 ultra 19 fear 41 38 its mere 16 ear crow 31 queen
Step I : ear 46 28 ultra 19 fear 38 its mere 16 crow 31 queen
Step II : ear 46 its 36 28 ultra 19 fear 38 mere 16 crow queen
Step III: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 28 fear 38 mere 16 crow queen
Step IV: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 28 fear 38 mere crow
Step V : ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere 23 fear 38 crow
Step VI: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere 23 fear 33 crow
Q15. How many steps are required to get the final output?
3
4
5
6
7
Solution:
The machine rearranges one number and one word in each step. First, it rearranges words starting with a vowel in alphabetical order, then it rearranges words starting with a consonant in reverse alphabetical order.
For numbers, it first rearranges prime numbers in descending order with addition of 5 (in each prime number), then composite numbers in ascending order with subtraction of 5 (in each composite number).
Input: 28 ultra 19 fear 41 38 its mere 16 ear crow 31 queen
Step I : ear 46 28 ultra 19 fear 38 its mere 16 crow 31 queen
Step II : ear 46 its 36 28 ultra 19 fear 38 mere 16 crow queen
Step III: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 28 fear 38 mere 16 crow queen
Step IV: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 28 fear 38 mere crow
Step V : ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere 23 fear 38 crow
Step VI: ear 46 its 36 ultra 24 queen 11 mere 23 fear 33 crow
You may also like to Read:
- Check the Study related Articles Here
- Study Notes for All Banking Exams 2018
- Bankers Adda Daily Questions for SBI PO, IBPS PO Clerk & Bank Exam
The Hindu Review October 2022: Download ...
How to Prepare for RBI Grade B Interview...
SBI PO Previous Year Question Papers Wit...
