Reasoning Quiz For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 -08th July

Q1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘PERFORM’ each of which has as many letters between them as in the English alphabet series (Both forward and backward direction)?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three
(e) None

Q2. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word “BANTER”, each of which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three
(e) None

Q3. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘SOLDIERY’ each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet (Both forward and backward direction)?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three
(e) None

Q4. If each consonant in the word REMAINDER is replaced by the next letter according to the English alphabetic series, after that all the vowels are deleted, then how many letters will remain in the word?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three
(e) None

Q5. How many such digits are there in the number ‘7538294’ in which the digits are same as in the number series both from backwards and forward direction?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three
(e) None

Directions (6-8): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
There are six friends, each of them has different height. Height of the tallest person is 189 cm. A is taller than only B. F is shorter than only two people. E is neither taller than D nor shorter than C. The difference between the height of third shortest and the tallest person is 9.

Q6. How many persons are taller than C?
(a) Four
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) One
(e) None of these

Q7. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true if height of B is 176 cm?
(a) The difference between the height of C and B is 4 cm.
(b) Height of F is 155 cm.
(c) Height of E is 154 cm.
(d) The difference between the height of D and B is 10 cm.
(e) All are true

Q8. What could be the possible height of E?
(a) 182 cm
(b) 156 cm
(c) 170 cm
(d) 198 cm
(e) 159 cm

Q9. Which of the following symbols should replace the sign (@) and (%) respectively in the given expression in order to make the expression X < U and R ≥ S definitely true?
P ≥ X < Q ≤ T @ U = R ≥ V % S
(a) ≤, >
(b) ≤, ≤
(c) >, ≤
(d) =, ≥
(e) ≥, <

Q10. Which of the following will be definitely true if the given expression ‘A≥D>C=B≥G<E=F≤K’ is definitely true?
(a) A≥G
(b) C<E
(c) K>G
(d) D≥F
(e) B=D

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. There are two such pairs are: PR & MO

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. There is no such pair.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. After arrangement: SENAIOEES
After deleting Vowels: SNS
Only three letters remaining

Solutions (6-8):
Sol. D (189) > E > F > C (180) > A > B

S6. Ans. (b)
S7. Ans. (a)
S8. Ans. (a)

S9. Ans. (d)

S10. Ans. (c)