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. 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 Night Reasoning Quiz based on the exact same pattern of questions that are being asked in the exams.
Directions (1-5): Study the information and answer the following questions:
In a certain code language
‘he read very fast’ is written as ‘tx fs mp zq’,
‘fly bird very high’ is written as ‘nx tz zq bq’,
‘fast grow bird tree’ is written as ‘fs cz dv nx’,
‘he fly in tree’ is written as ‘mp bq hw cz’,
Q1. What is the code for ‘tree’ in the given code language?
(a) mp
(b) bq
(c) cz
(d) hw
(e) None of these
Q2. What is the code for ‘read’ in the given code language?
(a) zq
(b) mp
(c) fs
(d) tx
(e) None of these
Q3. What is the code for ‘grow’ in the given code language?
(a) fs
(b) cz
(c) dv
(d) nx
(e) None of these
Q4. What is the code for ‘fast in’ in the given code language?
(a) fs cz
(b) fs hw
(c) fs bq
(d) hw nx
(e) None of these
Q5. What is the code for ‘bird fly’ in the given code language?
(a) nx hw
(b) bq mp
(c) nx bq
(d) bq dv
(e) None of these
Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:
Seven Persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V live on seven different floors of a building, but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one; the one above it is number two and so on till the topmost floor is number seven. Each of them belong to different profession i.e.- Engineer, Doctor, Chemist, Dentist, Architect, Mechanic, Cashier but not necessarily in the same order. They all like different dish- Nihari Gosht, Butter Chicken, Samosa, Chicken Dum Biryani, Malai ki kheer, Dahi bhalla and Malai Kulfi but not necessarily in the same order.
Only one person lives between the one who is Architect and the one who is Mechanic. S is not Architect. V is not Engineer. The one who likes Dahi bhalla live immediate above the one who is Architect. T lives on one of the floors below Q, but does not live on the lowermost floor. The one who lives on 7th floor is immediate above the one, who lives immediate below the one who likes Malai Kulfi. There are three persons live between Q and T. The one who is Dentist lives on one of the odd-numbered floors below U. P lives immediately above U . P is not Chemist. U does not like Chicken Dum Biryani and Butter Chicken. The one who likes Samosa live immediately above the one who likes Malai ki kheer. The one who is Mechanic is also likes Butter Chicken. Only one person lives between Q and the one who is Chemist. The one who likes Malai ki kheer lives below the one who likes Nihari Gosht. Only two persons live between V and the one who is Chemist. The one who is Doctor live on one of the even-numbered floors but above the one who is Chemist. The one who is Cashier lives immediately above V, who is not Mechanic. S lives on one of the floors above R. V neither lives on first nor seventh floor.
Q6.Who among following likes Chicken Dum Biryani dish?
(a)R
(b) The one who is Doctor
(c) The one who is Chemist
(d) The one who is Engineer
(e) Q
Q7.Who lives on immediate above the one who likes Butter Chicken dish?
(a)The one who is Chemist
(b) Both (a) and (e)
(c) S
(d) Q
(e) The one who likes Nihari Gosht
Q8. Who among following is Cashier?
(a)Q
(b) P
(c) V
(d) T
(e) None of these
Q9.How many persons live between the one who is Dentist and the one who likes Butter Chicken?
(a) None
(b) Three
(c) Two
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these
Q10.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence they form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group?
(a) The one who is Dentist
(b) The one who likes Dahi bhalla
(c) The one who lives on 5th floor
(d) The one who lives on 6th floor
(e) The one who is Engineer
Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Following are the conditions for selecting Personnel Manager in an organisation:
The candidate must
(i) be a graduate with at least 50 percent marks.
(ii) have a postgraduate degree/diploma in Personnel Management/HR with at least 60 percent marks.
(iii) not be more than 35 years as on 1.6.2009.
(iv) have post-qualification work experience of at least five years in the Personnel/HR Division of an organisation.
(v) have secured at least 45 percent marks in the selection process.
In ‘the case of a candidate who satisfies all the conditions
EXCEPT–
(A) at (iii) above, but has post-qualification work experience of at least ten years, the case is to be referred to the Director-Personnel.
(B) at (iv) above, but has post-qualification work experience as Deputy Personnel Manager of at least three years, the case is to be referred to President-Personnel.
In each question below are given details of one candidate. You have to take one of the following courses of action based on the information provided and the conditions and sub-conditions given above and mark the number of that course of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 1.6.2009.
Mark answer:
(a) if the candidate is to be selected.
(b) if the candidate is not to be selected.
(c) if the information provided is inadequate to take a decision.
(d) if the case is to be referred to the Director-Personnel.
(e) if the case is to be referred to the President-Personnel.
Q11. Mohini Sharma was born on 6th March 1978. She has been working as Deputy Personnel Manager in an organization for the past four years after completing her postgraduate diploma in HR with 68 percent marks. She has secured 50 percent marks in both graduation and selection process.
Q12. Veer Singh was born on 5th January 1976. He has been working for the past five years in the personnel deptt. of an organisation after completing his postgraduate diploma in personnel management with 64 percent marks. He has secured 40 percent marks in the selection process and 52 percent marks in graduation.
Q13. Kabir Das has been working in the personnel department of an organisation for the past six years. He was born on 7th November 1977. He has secured 60 percent marks in postgraduate degree in personnel management. He has also secured 55 percent marks in both graduation and selection process.
Q14. Neeraj Chopra has been working for the past five years in the HR Depth. Of an organisation after completing his postgraduate diploma is HR with 62 percent marks. He has secured 50 percent marks in both graduation and selection process. He was born on 29th May 1973.
Q15. Anjali Tripathi has secured 52 percent marks in graduation and 62 percent marks in postgraduate degree in personnel management. She has also secured 48 percent marks in the selection process. She has been working for the past-seven years in the personnel department on an organisation after completing her postgraduate degree. She was born on 8th June 1974.