Reasoning Ability Quiz For SIDBI GRADE A 2022- 15th March

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
A number arrangement machine when given an input line of numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement:

Input: 2538 5628 8516 7524 6325 2645
Step I: 2358 2568 1568 2457 2356 2456
Step II: 1568 2356 2358 2456 2457 2568
Step III: 56 35 35 45 45 56
Step IV: 11 8 8 9 9 11
Step V: 121 64 64 81 81 121
Step VI: 2 24 24 8 8 2
Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps for the given input.

Input: 3846 9213 8273 7341 5218 3285 6925 4758

Q1. What will be the addition of the numbers which is second, fourth, sixth and eight from the left end in step IV?
(a) 32
(b) 23
(c) 38
(d) 40
(e) None of these

Q2. Which of the following would be the difference of the numbers which is 2nd from the left end in step I and fourth from the right end in Step II?
(a) 1138
(b) 1287
(c) 1139
(d) 2125
(e) None of these

Q3. Which of the following element will be 3rd to the left of 7th from the left end in step III?
(a) 34
(b) 37
(c) 25
(d) 35
(e) None of these

Q4. Which of the following will be the last step of the given input?
(a) 10 36 36 24 1 2 1 16
(b) 25 49 49 64 100 121 100 144
(c) 10 36 36 24 0 2 0 16
(d) 25 49 49 64 0 121 0 144
(e) None of these

Q5. What is the difference between the number which is second from the right end in step V and the number which is fifth from the left end in step IV?
(a) 93
(b) 90
(c) 114
(d) 54
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): Read the following information carefully to give the answers to the questions based on it.
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H came to attend a party but they all reached the venue at different times viz. 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM, 4 PM, 5 PM, 6 PM, 7 PM and 8 PM in a single day, but not necessarily in the same order. They all came in different colours of cars – red, yellow, green, white, black, blue, pink, and golden, but not necessarily in the same order.
The one who reached at 4 PM used the black car. A reached at an odd-numbered hour but after 3 PM. The number of persons reached between A and the one who used the blue car is the same as the number of persons reached between A and F. The one who used the yellow car reached first. H reached the venue at an even-numbered hour and used a pink car. There are two persons reached between B and E. F reached before A. F used a red car.B used a white car. G reached just after the one who used the white car. The number of persons reached between the one who used the white car and the one who used the black car is two. D reached before C. The number of persons reached between the one who used the golden car and C is the same as the number of persons reached between C and D.

Q6. How many persons reached the venue between the one who used golden car and the one who used blue car?
(a) Six
(b) One
(c) Four
(d) Two
(e) Three

Q7. Four of the following five are alike in a certain manner and hence form a group. Find the one who does not belong to that group?
(a) G
(b) H
(c) E
(d) F
(e) D

Q8. At what time did H reach the venue?
(a) 6PM
(b) 2PM
(c) 8PM
(d) 4PM
(e) None of these

Q9. B is related to pink in the same way as E is related to green. Then, which of the following is F related to?
(a) White
(b) Yellow
(c) Golden
(d) Pink
(e) None of these

Q10. Which of the following combination is correct?
(a) 4PM – H
(b) D – Golden
(c) 2PM – C
(d) 7PM – B
(e) None is correct

Directions (11-13): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Rita walked 17 m in the northeast direction from her home to reach point A. At this point, she turned 225 degrees in the clockwise direction and walked 8 m to reach point S then she turned to her right and walked 16 m to reach point D. At this point D, she turned 45 degrees in an anticlockwise direction and moved 13 m to reach point F and then she turned 135 degrees in a clockwise direction and moved 5m to reach point G. At this point she walked 20 m in the same direction to reach point H and then she turned to her right and walked 28 m to reach point J.

Q11. Which of the following points make a straight line?
(a) S, A, D
(b) S, H, J
(c) J, A, S
(d) G, F, D
(e) None of the above

Q12. What is the shortest distance from her home to point G?
(a) 45
(b) 46
(c) 32
(d) 43
(e) None of the above

Q13. Point A is in which direction with respect to point H?
(a) South west
(b) South east
(c) North east
(d) North west
(e) None of the above

Directions (14-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
A person is standing at point A. He starts walking towards his east and walks for 4m, then he takes a right turn and walks for 3m and reaches point C, then he takes a left turn and walks for 5m, then he takes a right turn and walks for 4m and reaches point E. Point F is 7m to the west of point E.

Q14. In which of the following direction is point F with respect to point C?
(a) South-west
(b) South –east
(c) North
(d) East
(e) North – west

Q15. If point D is 4m to the south of point C, then how far is point D with respect to point F?
(a) 1m
(b) 2m
(c) 3m
(d) 4m
(e) 5m

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