Reasoning Quiz For IBPS Clerk Mains: 02nd January 2019

Reasoning Questions for IBPS Clerk Mains 2019

Directions (1-5): Study the following information and answer the questions given below: 


Eight persons are sitting around a circular table such that four of them are facing towards the center and the rest outside. They work in different ministries i.e. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H but not necessarily in the same order. They have their breaks in different time slots i.e. 8-9, 9-10 and 10-11. Not more than three persons have break in the same slot. The one who works in G sits opposite to the one who works in E. N sits opposite to S, who works in A. N neither works in D nor B. T is not neighbor of P. The ones who work in G, works with only the one who works in C. N sits 3rd right to Q. N faces towards the center. The immediate neighbors of S have break in same slot. Two persons sit between N and O.T, who works in E sits 3rd right to O. The one who sits opposite to M has break in the same slot as M. The one who works in E has break before the one who sits immediate right to T. Immediate neighbors of P faces center. P sits 2nd right to M and has break in 8-9 time slot. The one who works in H sits opposite to the one who works in F. Neither M nor O works in H. The one who works in E is not neighbor of the persons who work in F and B. S and T do not face same direction as O. The one who works in D has break in the time slot just after P. R does not works in A.


Q1. Who among the following works in B?

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Q2. How many persons are sitting between the one who works in D and G (in clockwise direction from the one from D)?

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Q3. Who among the following has break in last shift?

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Q4. Which of the following combination is true?

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Q5. Four of the five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group, which among the following does not belong to the group?

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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: 10 51 18 47 26 65 61 32 
Step I: 12 51 18 47 26 61 32 63
Step II: 22 12 51 47 26 32 63 57
Step III: 34 22 12 47 32 63 57 43
Step IV: 48 34 22 12 63 57 43 31

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: 81 8 22 73 34 97 44 57 


Q6. Which of the following is the last step of the following Input?

Q7. What will be the addition of the numbers which is forth from the right end in step II and 4th from the right end in step IV?

Q8. Which of the following would be the difference of the numbers which is 2nd from right end in step IV and 1st from right end in Step II?

Q9. Which of the following element will be 2nd to the left of 4th from the right end in step III?

Q10. How many steps will be required for the following machine input-output?

Directions (11-15): Answer these questions based on the following information. 


In a certain code: 
“choice question section update” is coded as - “lt mx tr ce”
“aspirant everyday update bank” is coded as - “ro iy ce nh”
“question section similar aspirant” is coded as - “mx tr qc ro”
“everyday similar update choice” is coded as – “iy qc ce lt”


Q11. What will be the code for “everyday”?

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Q12. What may be the code for “choice bank monsoon”?

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Q13. What will be the code for “aspirant”?

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Q14. What may be the code for “update software”?

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Q15. “nh” is the code for?

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