Reasoning Ability Quiz For RBI Grade B/ ECGC PO/ SIDBI Grade A Prelims 2022- 18th April

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:
Ten persons are going for vacations on two different dates i.e., 13th and 22nd of five months viz. March, April, July, August and September.
Four persons goes between J and L who goes after J. Q goes on vacation on one of the months before J. Both J and Q goes on the same date. Two persons goes between D and Q. N goes on vacation in one of the months which has 30 days but not on 22nd. K goes immediately after Q. Four persons goes between C and P. P goes on vacation before O and after M.

Q1. Who among the following goes on 13th April?
(a) Q
(b) J
(c) N
(d) D
(e) None of these

Q2. Who among the following goes immediately before D?
(a) N
(b) J
(c) K
(d) Q
(e) None of these

Q3. Who among the following goes on 22nd August?
(a) M
(b) C
(c) O
(d) P
(e) None of these

Q4. C goes on vacation on which among the following date?
(a) 13th March
(b) 22nd March
(c) 13th August
(d) 22nd August
(e) Cannot be determined

Q5. How many persons goes before P?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) Six
(e) Either One or Six

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
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: finance 66 price lost 25 12 performed 9 drops 57 48 shopping
Step I: 67 finance price 25 12 performed 9 drops 57 48 shopping lost
Step II: 67 55 finance price 25 12 performed 9 48 shopping drops lost
Step III: 67 55 49 finance 25 12 performed 9 shopping price drops lost
Step IV: 67 55 49 23 12 performed 9 shopping finance price drops lost
Step V: 67 55 49 23 13 9 performed shopping finance price drops lost
Step VI: 67 55 49 23 13 7 performed shopping finance price drops lost
And step VI is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above step, find out the appropriate step for the given output.

Input: rise 56 7 today pollution 88 33 bank highest 22 budget 46

Q6. Which element is exactly between the third element from left end and fourth element from right end in step IV?
(a) rise
(b) 22
(c) Pollution
(d) 33
(e) None of these

Q7. Which step number would be the following output?
89 57 47 31 7 pollution 22 highest budget today rise bank
(a) Step III
(b) Step IV
(c) Step I
(d) Step II
(e) None of the above

Q8. What is the position of ‘22’ in the step II?
(a) Seventh from the left end
(b) Fifth from the right end
(c) Third from the right end
(d) Fourth from the left end
(e) None of these

Q9. In step III, what is the sum of 3rd element and 8th element from left end?
(a) 87
(b) 78
(c) 70
(d) 69
(e) 49

Q10. Which of the following element would be at the fifth position from the left end in step V?
(a) 23
(b) bank
(c) budget
(d) 5
(e) highest

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: A≥B, C>D, C≥B, K=A<E
Conclusion: I. C>A
II. E>B

Q12. Statements: A=D, B<L, C≥A, D≤B
Conclusion: I. D≤C
II. L>D

Q13. Statements: G≥Q, S<K, Q≥S, K<M>I
Conclusion: I. Q>I
II. M≥S

Q14. Statements: J>N, M>Q, N=P, R≥P, M=R
Conclusion: I. J≥Q
II. Q>J

Q15. Statements: P=N, R≤Q, M<J, R≤J, Q>N
Conclusion: I. N≥R
II. N<R

Solutions