Reasoning Ability Quiz For Bank Foundation 2023-11th March

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

Directions (11-15): In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions:
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(e) If both conclusion I and II follow.

Q11. Statements: K ≤ M < B ≥ W < R ≥ S = T
Conclusion: I. R > K
II. K ≤ R

Q12. Statements: R > L ≤ U < N > P = T > E
Conclusion: I. N > L
II. P > E

Q13. Statement: W ≥ D = O ≥ T ≥ E ≥ S < R
Conclusions: I. D > S
II. S = D

Q14. Statement: M ≤ N > Y = T > O ≥ P = Q
Conclusions: I. N ≥ P
II. Q < Y

Q15. Statement: U ≤ V < W =X < Y ≥ T ≤ I
Conclusions: I. Y > U
II. T > V

Solutions

Solutions (1-5)
Sol. In this arrangement, the words and numbers are arranged simultaneously from both the ends. The highest number is arranged at left end and the word which appears first in alphabetical series is arranged on the right end till all the words and numbers are arranged.

Input- 97 finny 82 fenny 94 77 fennifer feus 93 fennon 96 fees
Step I – 96 97 finny 82 fenny 94 77 feus 93 fennon fees fennifer
Step II- 94 96 97 finny 82 fenny 77 feus 93 fees fennifer fennon
Step III- 93 94 96 97 finny 82 77 feus fees fennifer fennon fenny
Step IV- 82 93 94 96 97 finny 77 fees fennifer fennon fenny feus
Step V- 77 82 93 94 96 97 fees fennifer fennon fenny feus finny

S1. Ans. (d)
S2. Ans. (c)
S3. Ans. (d)
S4. Ans. (a)
S5. Ans. (e)

Solution (11-15):
S11. Ans (d)
Sol. I. R > K(False) II. K ≤ R(False)

S12. Ans (e)
Sol. I. N > L(True) II. P > E(True)

S13. Ans (c)
Sol. I. D > S(False) II. S = D(False)

S14. Ans (b)
Sol. I. N ≥ P(False) II. Q < Y(True)

S15. Ans (a)
Sol. I. Y > U(True) II. T > V(False)