Reasoning Ability Quiz For RBI Assistant/ ESIC UDC Mains 2022- 20th April

Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Eight persons i.e. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H were born on the same day of the same month in different year i.e., 1981, 1983, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2008. All their ages are to be considered from the base year 2020.
Two persons were born between E and G. E’s age is an odd multiple of 3. Three persons were born between G and D. Number of persons were born after D is two less than the number of persons were born before C. Two persons were born between C and F. Difference between the ages of F and A is 16 years. H is younger than B.

Q1. How many persons were born between H and the one who is just younger than C?
(a) Three
(b) Five
(c) Two
(d) Four
(e) None

Q2. What is the sum of the ages of B and D?
(a) 34
(b) 38
(c) 45
(d) 52
(e) None of these

Q3. Who amongst the following person is 26 years old?
(a) D
(b) A
(c) B
(d) H
(e) None of these

Q4. Which of the following statement is/are true?
(a) A is 31 years old
(b) Two persons were born between B and H
(c) H is youngest person
(d) No one born before E
(e) All are true

Q5. If ‘C’ is related with ‘1994’ and ‘B’ is related with ‘2004’ then in the same way ‘G’ is related with?
(a) 1999
(b) 2008
(c) 1991
(d) 1989
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): A word and a number arrangement machine when given a particular input, rearranges it following a particular rule. The following is the illustrations of the input and the steps of rearrangement.

Input: 87 into 33 defined 11 historical 48 thanks 61 infatuation
Step I: thanks 87 into 33 defined historical 48 61 infatuation 11
Step II: into thanks 87 33 defined historical 48 infatuation 11 61
Step III: defined into thanks 87 historical 48 infatuation 11 61 33
Step IV: historical defined into thanks 87 infatuation 11 61 33 48
Step V: infatuation historical defined into thanks 11 61 33 48 87

Step V is the last step of the rearrangement to get the desired output. As per the rule followed in the above steps find out the appropriate steps for the given input and answer the questions.

Input: 47 aware 25 beautiful 23 dusky 39 talent 18 antique

Q6. Which of the following element is exactly between the elements which is first from left end and fourth from right end in the last step?
(a) 18
(b) Antique
(c) Talent
(d) 25
(e) Dusky

Q7. How many elements are there between ‘talent’ and ‘antique’ in step IV?
(a) Four
(b) Three
(c) Two
(d) One
(e) None

Q8. What is the sum of the elements which is fourth from the left end in step II and fourth from the right end in the last step?
(a) 72
(b) 64
(c) 62
(d) 48
(e) 41

Q9. 18 is related to 23 in step I, in the same way 25 is related to 39 in the step II then 47 is related to which of the following in step IV in the same way?
(a) 39
(b) Dusky
(c) Beautiful
(d) 25
(e) Talent

Q10. What will be the step II for the given input?
(a) Talent dusky 47 aware 25 beautiful 18 antique 23 39
(b) Talent dusky aware 25 beautiful 39 18 antique 23 47
(c) Dusky aware 25 beautiful 39 talent 18 antique 23 47
(d) Dusky talent 47 aware beautiful 39 18 antique 23 25
(e) None of the given options is correct

Q11. If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word from the 3rd, 5th, 8th and 9th letters of the word REGISTRING, using each letter only once, then first letter of that word is your answer. If more than one such word can be formed, your answer is M. If no such word can be formed, your answer is X.
(a) X
(b) S
(c) G
(d) M
(e) N

Q12. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘SPLENETIC’ each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet (Both forward and backward direction)?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three
(e) None

Q13. How many such pairs of letters in the word “BROTHER” which has many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabet?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three
(e) None

Q14. If FROZEN is coded as GSPYDM and RANDOM is coded as SBOCNL, then how will CLOSED be coded?
(a) DMPDRC
(b) DMPRDC
(c) BMPRDC
(d) BKPDRC
(e) None of the above

Q15. How many meaningful words can be formed using first, second, fifth, seventh and eighth letters of the word INTERMEDIATE using each letter only once in each word?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) None of these

Solutions