Reasoning For IBPS Exams 2019: 29th January 2019 |

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Reasoning Questions for IBPS EXAM 2019:

R easoning Ability is an onerous section. With the increasing complexity of questions, it becomes hard for one to give it the cold shoulder. The only way to make the grade in this particular section in the forthcoming banking exams. And, to let you practice with the best of the latest pattern questions, here is the Adda247 Reasoning Quiz based on the exact same pattern of questions that are being asked in the exams.

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

A number arrangement machine when given an input line of numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

INPUT— study tips strategies article week vocabulary

STEP I- article strategies study tips vocabulary week

STEP II- IO14 GV30 GW10 RK12 LI30 VV12

STEP III- 5 3 1 3 3 3

STEP IV- 15 9 3

Step IV 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: english current affairs based hindu thoughts

Q1. Which of the following element is 3rd from the right end in step II?

UR18

ZV10

FM 14

MH14

None of these

Solution:

In the given Input-Output question the logic is—

For step I- Words are arranged according to alphabetical order.

For Step II- For Letter- Reverse of the 2nd letter and the 2nd last letter.

For Number- If the total number of letters is even then it is multiplied with 3 and if it is odd then it is multiplied with 2.

For Step III- The digits of the numbers in the previous step are added.

For step IV- the first number is multiplied with last number, similarly 2nd number from left is multiplied with 2nd number from right.

INPUT— english current affairs based hindu thoughts

STEP I- affairs based current english hindu thoughts

STEP II- UI14 ZV10 FM 14 MH14 RW10 SG24

STEP III- 5 1 5 5 1 6

STEP IV- 30 1 25

Q2. What will the addition of the numbers which is third from the right end in step III and 1st from the left end in step IV?

None of these

Solution:

In the given Input-Output question the logic is—

For step I- Words are arranged according to alphabetical order.

For Step II- For Letter- Reverse of the 2nd letter and the 2nd last letter.

For Number- If the total number of letters is even then it is multiplied with 3 and if it is odd then it is multiplied with 2.

For Step III- The digits of the numbers in the previous step are added.

For step IV- the first number is multiplied with last number, similarly 2nd number from left is multiplied with 2nd number from right.

INPUT— english current affairs based hindu thoughts

STEP I- affairs based current english hindu thoughts

STEP II- UI14 ZV10 FM 14 MH14 RW10 SG24

STEP III- 5 1 5 5 1 6

STEP IV- 30 1 25

Q3. Which of the following element is exactly between ZV10 and SG24 in step II?

UR18

RW10

FM 14

MH14

None of these

Solution:

In the given Input-Output question the logic is—

For step I- Words are arranged according to alphabetical order.

For Step II- For Letter- Reverse of the 2nd letter and the 2nd last letter.

For Number- If the total number of letters is even then it is multiplied with 3 and if it is odd then it is multiplied with 2.

For Step III- The digits of the numbers in the previous step are added.

For step IV- the first number is multiplied with last number, similarly 2nd number from left is multiplied with 2nd number from right.

INPUT— english current affairs based hindu thoughts

STEP I- affairs based current english hindu thoughts

STEP II- UI14 ZV10 FM 14 MH14 RW10 SG24

STEP III- 5 1 5 5 1 6

STEP IV- 30 1 25

Q4. Which of the following is the product of the numbers which are 2nd from right in step IV and 3rd from left end in step III ?

None of these

Solution:

In the given Input-Output question the logic is—

For step I- Words are arranged according to alphabetical order.

For Step II- For Letter- Reverse of the 2nd letter and the 2nd last letter.

For Number- If the total number of letters is even then it is multiplied with 3 and if it is odd then it is multiplied with 2.

For Step III- The digits of the numbers in the previous step are added.

For step IV- the first number is multiplied with last number, similarly 2nd number from left is multiplied with 2nd number from right.

INPUT— english current affairs based hindu thoughts

STEP I- affairs based current english hindu thoughts

STEP II- UI14 ZV10 FM 14 MH14 RW10 SG24

STEP III- 5 1 5 5 1 6

STEP IV- 30 1 25

Q5. Which of the following represents the sum of all the digits in last step?

None of these

Solution:

In the given Input-Output question the logic is—

For step I- Words are arranged according to alphabetical order.

For Step II- For Letter- Reverse of the 2nd letter and the 2nd last letter.

For Number- If the total number of letters is even then it is multiplied with 3 and if it is odd then it is multiplied with 2.

For Step III- The digits of the numbers in the previous step are added.

For step IV- the first number is multiplied with last number, similarly 2nd number from left is multiplied with 2nd number from right.

INPUT— english current affairs based hindu thoughts

STEP I- affairs based current english hindu thoughts

STEP II- UI14 ZV10 FM 14 MH14 RW10 SG24

STEP III- 5 1 5 5 1 6

STEP IV- 30 1 25

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

A number arrangement machine when given an input line of numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

INPUT— 2409 5811 3567 5173 2039

STEP I- 15 16 21 15 14

STEP II- 26 37 3 26 17

STEP III- 11 34 23 9

STEP IV- 23

Step IV 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: 1545 9381 2496 4048 7916

Q6. Which of the following is true regarding the position of “3” in step II?

4th from the right end

2nd from the left end

6th from the left end

5th from the right end

None of these

Solution:

In the given Input-Output question the logic is—

For step I- The numbers are first arrange in decreasing order from left to right, then all the digits are added.

For Step II- Digit at tens place is added to the square of the digit at ones place.

For Step III- Numbers are subtracted from the next number of the previous step.

For step IV- The digits of the numbers obtained in step III are added.

INPUT—1545 9381 2496 4048 7916

STEP I- 21 23 16 21 15

STEP II- 3 11 37 3 26

STEP III- 8 26 34 23

STEP IV- 28

Q7. What will the addition of the numbers which is third from the right end in step II and 4th from the left end in step III?

None of these

Solution:

In the given Input-Output question the logic is—

For step I- The numbers are first arrange in decreasing order from left to right, then all the digits are added.

For Step II- Digit at tens place is added to the square of the digit at ones place.

For Step III- Numbers are subtracted from the next number of the previous step.

For step IV- The digits of the numbers obtained in step III are added.

INPUT—1545 9381 2496 4048 7916

STEP I- 21 23 16 21 15

STEP II- 3 11 37 3 26

STEP III- 8 26 34 23

STEP IV- 28

Q8. Which of the following would be the difference of the numbers which is 2nd from right end in step I and 4th from left end in Step III?

None of these

Solution:

In the given Input-Output question the logic is—

For step I- The numbers are first arrange in decreasing order from left to right, then all the digits are added.

For Step II- Digit at tens place is added to the square of the digit at ones place.

For Step III- Numbers are subtracted from the next number of the previous step.

For step IV- The digits of the numbers obtained in step III are added.

INPUT—1545 9381 2496 4048 7916

STEP I- 21 23 16 21 15

STEP II- 3 11 37 3 26

STEP III- 8 26 34 23

STEP IV- 28

Q9. Which of the following represents the last step?

None of these

Solution:

In the given Input-Output question the logic is—

For step I- The numbers are first arrange in decreasing order from left to right, then all the digits are added.

For Step II- Digit at tens place is added to the square of the digit at ones place.

For Step III- Numbers are subtracted from the next number of the previous step.

For step IV- The digits of the numbers obtained in step III are added.

INPUT—1545 9381 2496 4048 7916

STEP I- 21 23 16 21 15

STEP II- 3 11 37 3 26

STEP III- 8 26 34 23

STEP IV- 28

Q10.Which of the following represents the sum of all the digits in step II?

None of these

Solution:

In the given Input-Output question the logic is—

For step I- The numbers are first arrange in decreasing order from left to right, then all the digits are added.

For Step II- Digit at tens place is added to the square of the digit at ones place.

For Step III- Numbers are subtracted from the next number of the previous step.

For step IV- The digits of the numbers obtained in step III are added.

INPUT—1545 9381 2496 4048 7916

STEP I- 21 23 16 21 15

STEP II- 3 11 37 3 26

STEP III- 8 26 34 23

STEP IV- 28

Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of Input and rearrangement.

Input : 15 agra 49 delhi 37 mumbai 61 surat 25 baroda

Step 1: surat agra 49 delhi 37 mumbai 61 25 baroda 15

Step 2: Mumbai surat agra 49 delhi 37 61 baroda 15 25

Step 3: delhi Mumbai surat agra 49 61 baroda 15 25 37

Step 4: baroda delhi Mumbai surat agra 61 15 25 37 49

Step5: agra baroda delhi Mumbai surat 15 25 37 49 61

And step 4 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- 56 manali 23 shimla 89 jaipur 17 darjeeling 40 mussoorie

Q11. Which of the following element is exactly between Shimla and darjeeling in the final step?

manali

jaipur

none of these

Solution:

Words and numbers are arranged simultaneously in each step

For words- They are arranged at left end in reverse order of alphabetical series

For numbers- They are arranged in increasing order at the right end.

Input- 56 manali 23 shimla 89 jaipur 17 darjeeling 40 mussoorie

Step 1: Shimla 56 manali 23 89 jaipur darjeeling 40 mussoorie17

Step 2: mussoorie Shimla 56 manali 89 jaipur darjeeling 40 17 23

Step 3: manali mussoorie Shimla 56 89 jaipur darjeeling 17 23 40

Step 4: jaipur manali mussoorie Shimla 89 darjeeling 17 23 40 56

Step5: Darjeeling jaipur manali mussoorie Shimla 17 23 40 56 89

Q12. Which of the following represents the position of 56 in step III?

3rd to the left

3rd to the right

4th to the left

5th to the right