Reasoning Ability Quiz For SBI Clerk Mains 2022- 13th December

Direction (1-5): In the following questions, the symbols @, #, ^,* and & are used with the following meaning as illustrated below.
‘A @ B’ means ‘A is either greater than or equal to B’
‘A # B’ means ‘A is equal to B’
‘A ^ B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor equal to B’
‘A & B’ means ‘A is either smaller than or equal to B’
‘A * B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor equal to B’
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the conclusion(s) given below them is/are definitely true.

Q1. Statement: M * R & T * Z; X & Y * P & R
Conclusions: I. T & Y
II. M * P
III. R @ X
(a) Both I and III are true
(b) Only III is true.
(c) Either I or II is true
(d) Both II and III are true
(e) Only II is true

Q2. Statement: X * W @ Q ^ P, Y # T & Q * R
Conclusions: I. W * T
II. Y ^ X
III. T # W
(a) Both I and III are true
(b) Only III is true.
(c) Either I or II is true
(d) Both II and III are true
(e) Only II is true

Q3. Statement: N # O @ P * K, K # J * F ^ G & S
Conclusions: I. J & S
II. S * J
III.O * F
(a) Both I and III are true
(b) Only III is true.
(c) Either I or II is true
(d) Both II and III are true
(e) Only II is true

Q4. Statement: A @ O # E # F, F * J @ K ^ G & T
Conclusions: I. J * T
II. A * J
(a) Only I is true
(b) Only II is true.
(c) Either I or II is true
(d) Neither I nor II is true
(e) Both I and II are true

Q5. Statement: O * L @ P # K, P # T @ S & G ^ U
Conclusions: I. O * S
II. K @ G
(a) Only I is true
(b) Only II is true.
(c) Either I or II is true
(d) Neither I nor II is true
(e) Both I and II are true

Direction (6-10): In the following questions, a statement or statements are given followed by some conclusions. Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.
M # N means M is greater than N.
M ! N means M is greater than or equal to N.
M @ N means M is equal to N.
M & N means M is smaller than N.
M = N means M is smaller than or equal to N.

Q6. Statements: R # S, O & R, O ! Q @ Y
Conclusions: I. Y & O
II. S & O
(a) Only I is true
(b) Only II is true.
(c) Either I or II is true
(d) Neither I nor II is true
(e) Both I and II are true

Q7. Statements: R = T, S @ A # R = D
Conclusions: I. T = D
II. R & S
(a) Only I is true
(b) Only II is true.
(c) Either I or II is true
(d) Neither I nor II is true
(e) Both I and II are true

Q8. Statements: U @ S, N @ W, U # N # V
Conclusions: I. S # W
II. W & U
(a) Only I is true
(b) Only II is true.
(c) Either I or II is true
(d) Neither I nor II is true
(e) Both I and II are true

Q9. Statements: B # C # N # P @ S & U @ D = G
Conclusions: I. D @ C
II. N @ D
(a) Only I is true
(b) Only II is true.
(c) Either I or II is true
(d) Neither I nor II is true
(e) Both I and II are true

Q10. Statements: P @ R & W # V = K # T & S @ F
Conclusions: I. W # T
II. T @ F
(a) Only I is true
(b) Only II is true.
(c) Either I or II is true
(d) Neither I nor II is true
(e) Both I and II are true

Direction (11-15): A four-letter word arrangement machine when given an input line of letters rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input: gone rent pigs base book gear halt less
Step I: babo seok gego arne hale Itss pire gsnt
Step II: 20 50 34 38 26 70 48 60
Step III: 20 26 34 38 48 50 60 70
Step IV: 2 128 127 2411 3212 5 6 7
Step V: 2 11 10 8 8 5 6 7
Step VI: B K J H H E F G

Step VI is the last step of the above input. As per rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the given questions the appropriate steps for the given input.

Input: “fame hair pure cent lets find rite jump”

Q11. Which of the following number is 7th from the right end in step III?
(a) 52
(b) 64
(c) 68
(d) 48
(e) None of these

Q12. What is the position of ’45’ in the step II?
(a) 5th from the right end
(b) 4th from the right end
(c) 5th from the left end
(d) 6th from the left end
(e) None of these

Q13. Which of the following is step III?
(a) 15 52 48 68 24 45 64 48
(b) 15 52 24 45 48 68 64 48
(c) 15 45 24 48 52 48 64 68
(d) 15 24 45 48 48 52 64 68
(e) None of these

Q14. What is position of ‘ntme’ with respect to ‘jule’ in step I?
(a) 5th to the right
(b) 4th to the right
(c) 3rd to the left
(d) 3rd to the right
(e) None of these

Q15. What is the sum of 3rd element from the right end and 4th element from the left end in step IV?
(a) 3218
(b) 2319
(c) 3325
(d) 3319
(e) None of these

Solutions

S1. Ans. (e)
Sol. I. T & Y – T ≤ Y – False
II. M * P – M > P – True
III. R @ X – R ≥ X – False

S2. Ans. (e)
Sol. I. W * T – W > T – False
II. Y ^ X – Y < X – True
III. T # W – T = W – False

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. I. J & S – J ≤ S – False
II. S * J – S > J – False
III.O * F – O > F – True

S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. I. J * T – J > T – False
II. A * J – A > J – True

S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. I. O * S – O > S – True
II. K @ G – K ≥ G – False

S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. I. Y & O – Y < O – False
II. S & O – S < O – False

S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. I. T = D – T ≤ D – False
II. R & S – R < S – True

S8. Ans. (e)
Sol. I. S # W – S > W – True
II. W & U – W < U – True

S9. Ans. (d)
Sol. I. D @ C – D = C – False
II. N @ D – N = D – False

S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. I. W # T – W > T – True
II. T @ F – T = F – False

Solution (11-15):
Sol. The rearrangement takes place in the following ways:
In Step I, all the words are arranged according to dictionary order. After arranging the words, last two letters of first word is replaced by first two letters of second word. Similarly, last two letters of third word is replaced by first two letters of fourth word. This is repeated for the remaining pair of words.
In Step II, sum of value of each of the letters (as per alphabetical series) for every word is written.
In Step III, all the numbers are written in increasing order.
In Step IV, product of digits followed by sum of digits is written for every number.
In Step V, sum of digits of all the numbers is written.
In Step VI, respective alphabets are written as per the alphabetical order for every number.

Input: fame hair pure cent lets find rite jump
Step I: cefa ntme fiha ndir jule mpts puri rete
Step II: 15 52 24 45 48 68 64 48
Step III: 15 24 45 48 48 52 64 68
Step IV: 56 86 209 3212 3212 107 2410 4814
Step V: 11 14 11 8 8 8 7 17
Step VI: K N K H H H G Q

S11. Ans. (e)
S12. Ans. (a)
S13. Ans. (d)
S14. Ans. (c)
S15. Ans. (d)