Reasoning Ability Quiz For Bank Foundation 2023-24th February

Direction (1-5): Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.
Nine people live in a nine-storey building such that the ground floor is numbered as 1 and the top floor is numbered as 9. L does not live on an even-numbered floor. B does not live above R. Three people live between R and S. Two people live between C and J. J lives on an odd numbered floor below the seventh floor. W lives above Q but not on the top floor. One person lives between E and R. S lives two floors below C. B lives below J.

Q1. How many people live above S?
(a) Five
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Two
(e) None of these

Q2. Who among the following lives on the topmost floor?
(a) B
(b) Q
(c) L
(d) J
(e) No one

Q3. Who among the following lives on the fourth floor?
(a) Q
(b) E
(c) R
(d) C
(e) None of these

Q4. Who among the following lives between E and S?
(a) W
(b) C
(c) R
(d) J
(e) None of these

Q5. Four of the following five are same in a certain way and related to a group. Which among the following does not belong to the group?
(a) B, E
(b) J, R
(c) Q, B
(d) C, J
(e) L, S

Direction (6-8): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
In a family of three-generation, there are seven members and two married couples. C is the sister of B who is the male child of F. D is the spouse of A. A is the paternal grandmother of E who is the son of F. C is unmarried member of the family. G is the male member of the family. F is the mother of B.

Q6. What is the relation of F with respect to A
(a) Son-in-law
(b) Daughter-in-law
(c) Son
(d) Daughter
(e) None of these

Q7. How many female members are there in the family?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) One
(d) Four
(e) Cannot be determined

Q8. Who is/are the grandson of D?
(a) B
(b) E
(c) Both B and E
(d) C
(e) None of these

Direction (9-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
R is the father of N. K is the mother of M and sister of T. T is the mother of N. There are three females in the family. P is the sister of N.

Q9. How is R related to P?
(a) Mother
(b) Father
(c) Brother
(d) Sister
(e) None of these

Q10. How is T related to M?
(a) Mother
(b) Sister
(c) Sister-in-law
(d) Aunt
(e) None of these

Q11. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word “EXPANSION” each of which has as many letters between them in the word in both forward and backward directions as in the English alphabet?
(a) Three
(b) Two
(c) Four
(d) None
(e) One

Q12. How many five letter meaningful words can be formed by using the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 9th letters of the word “PURGATORY” using each letter only once in each word?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) None of these

Q13. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘Wildebeest’ each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet (Both forward and backward)?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) None of these

Q14. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word “CHECKER” each of which has as many letters between them as in the English alphabet in both forward and backward directions?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
(e) More than five

Q15. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word “DESULTORY” each of which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as in the English alphabet?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) More than Four

Solutions

S12. Ans. (b)
Sol. 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 9th letters of the word = P, R, A, T, Y
Meaningful word = Party