Input-Output & Coding-Decoding Basic Reasoning Quiz for All Banking Exams- 31st May |

Directions (1-5): 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.

Input: 83 cpo 39 ssb 44 ssc 79 cat 92 ibps 87 cgl

Step I: 92 83 cpo 39 ssb 44 ssc 79 ibps 87 cgl cat
Step II: 87 92 83 cpo 39 ssb 44 ssc 79 ibps cat cgl
Step III: 83 87 92 39 ssb 44 ssc 79 ibps cat cgl cpo
Step IV: 79 83 87 92 39 ssb 44 ssc cat cgl cpo ibps
Step V: 44 79 83 87 92 39 ssc cat cgl cpo ibps ssb
Step VI: 39 44 79 83 87 92 cat cgl cpo ibps ssb ssc

Input- 97 finny 82 fenny 94 77 fennifer feus 93 fennon 96 fees

Q1. How many elements are there between ‘feus’ and ‘94’ in step-V?
(a) Five
(b) Seven
(c) Three
(d) Six
(e) None of these

Q2. Which of the following step is the penultimate step?
(a) Step-I
(b) Step-V
(c) Step-IV
(d) Step-VI
(e) None of these

Q3. Which of the following elements are there between 93 and 82 in step-II?
(a) fenny 94 77 feus
(b) 94 96 97 finny
(c) 97 finny 77 fees fennifer
(d) fenny 77 feus
(e) None of the above

Q4. Which word/ number would be at the fifth position from the left of the word/ number which is at eight position from left end in the IV step of the machine output ?
(a) 94
(b) fennifer
(c) 96
(d) feus
(e) fenny

Q5. How many steps would be needed to perform the output ?
(a) VI
(b) IV
(c) VII
(d) III
(e) V

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
In a certain code language
‘study book room rent’ is coded as ‘dy bk rm rt’
‘room rent is high’ is coded as ‘rm rt si gh’
‘pay rent is more ’ is coded as ‘yp rt si me’
‘more study work hard’ is coded as ‘me dy wk hd’

Q6. What is the code for ‘more room’?
(a) rm si
(b) me gh
(c) me rm
(d) bk rm
(e) None of these

Q7. What is the code for ‘work is hard’?
(a) hd gh si
(b) wk hd rt
(c) wk si hd
(d) si wk yp
(e) Cannot be determined

Q8. ‘dy’ is denoted as?
(a) book
(b) room
(c) rent
(d) study
(e) None of these

Q9. What is the code for ‘book’?
(a) dy
(b) bk
(c) rt
(d) rm
(e) None of these

Q10. ‘wk’ is the code for?
(a) work
(b) high
(c) hard
(d) Either (a) or (b)
(e) Cannot be determined

Direction (11-15): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
Number arrangement machine when given an input line of numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.
Input: 59 12 48 83 25 96 61 72 36
Step I: 13 59 48 83 96 61 72 36 23
Step II: 37 13 48 83 96 61 72 23 57
Step III: 49 37 13 83 96 72 23 57 59
Step IV: 73 49 37 13 96 23 57 59 81
Step V: 97 73 49 37 13 23 57 59 81
Step V is the last step

Input: – 47 84 18 65 22 93 33 52 77

Q11. How many numbers are there between 53 and the one which 2nd to left of 75 in step V?
(a) One
(b) More than three
(c) Three
(d) None
(e) Two

Q12. How many numbers are there between the one which is 3rd from the left end and 77 in step III?
(a) One
(b) More than three
(c) Three
(d) None
(e) Two

Q13. What is the position of 23 from the left end in second last step?
(a) First
(b) Fifth
(c) Second
(d) Third
(e) Sixth

Q14. Which of the following number is 5th to the left of 77 in the II step?
(a) 19
(b) 23
(c) 65
(d) 93

Q15. What is the sum of numbers in between 23 and 31 in step IV?
(a) 105
(b) 87
(c) 112
(d) 120
(e) None of these

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