Reasoning Ability Quiz For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2022- 2nd August

Directions (1-5): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Six persons G, H, I, J, K and L sit around a triangular table such that three of them sit at the corners of the table while three sit at the middle of each side of the table. Persons sitting at the corners are facing away from the center while the persons sitting at the middle of each side of the table are facing towards the center.
G and I are immediate neighbors of each other. J sits second to the right of K. Only one person sits between L and H. K is neither neighbor of H nor I. Either ‘G or H’ (one of these) or both G and H are facing away from the center.

Q1. Who among the following sits immediate left of G?
(a) K
(b) L
(c) I
(d) H
(e) None of these

Q2. Who sits second to left of I?
(a) K
(b) L
(c) J
(d) H
(e) Can’t be determined

Q3. What is the position of L with respect to G?
(a) 2nd to the right
(b) 2nd to the left
(c) Immediate left
(d) 3rd to the right
(e) None of these

Q4. Which of the following pair of persons are facing away from the center?
(a) G, H, K
(b) G, H, L
(c) K, I, J
(d) K, I, L
(e) None of these

Q5. Who among the following persons sit immediate right of each other?
(a) G, H
(b) I, H
(c) J, L
(d) K, G
(e) H, J

Directions (6-10): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
A certain number of people sit in a row facing south. Not more than 17 persons sit in the row. Four persons sit between V and R but R sits to the left of V. V sits eighth to the right of S. Five persons sit between C and Y who is not an immediate neighbor of R. X sits second to the right of S. Five persons sit between R and D who does not sit at an extreme end. D and C are immediate neighbors of each other. S does not sit at the extreme end.

Q6. How many persons sit in the row?
(a) 13
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 17
(e) None of these

Q7. Who sits third to the right of S?
(a) R
(b) C
(c) D
(d) Y
(e) None of these

Q8. Who among the following sits at the left end of the row?
(a) V
(b) R
(c) C
(d) Y
(e) None of these

Q9. If another person G sits second to the left of V, then how many persons sit between G and D?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 8

Q10. Which among the following statement is correct?
(a) V and C are immediate neighbors
(b) R sits second to the right of S
(c) Y sits 3rd to the right of V
(d) C sits 4th to the left of X
(e) All are correct

Q11. If in the word ‘QUADILATERAL’, the letters at even position change to its just previous letter & the letters at odd position change to its just next letter as per alphabetical series, then how many vowels are there in the newly formed word?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of the above

Q12. If we add 2 to all the even digits of the number ‘5526734473’ and then arrange them in ascending order from left to right, then what will be the sixth digit from right end after rearrangement?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7
(e) None of the above

Q13. If in a number ‘987654321’, 1 is added to all even digits and 1 is subtracted from all odd digits and then arrange them in ascending order from left to right, then what will be the sum of all odd placed digits?
(a) 21
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) 24
(e) None of the above

Q14. What is the first letter of the word formed using 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th letter from left end of the word ‘CATASTROPHE’?
(a) S
(b) P
(c) T
(d) A
(e) None of the above

Q15. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th letter from left end of the word ‘CAPITALIZATION’ (using one letter each). If no such word be formed, mark the answer as ‘X’. If more than one word can be formed mark the answer as ‘Y’.
(a) Y
(b) X
(c) C
(d) I
(e) A

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