Reasoning Quiz For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 -26th July

Q1. How many such pair(s) of letters are in the word “DELUXES” which has as many letters between them (both forward and backward) as in the English alphabetical series?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) None
(e) None of these

Q2. If K is 13th from the right end and 7th from the left end in a row of persons, then how many persons are in the row?
(a) 20
(b) 21
(c) 19
(d) 18
(e) None of these

Q3. How many such pair(s) of letters are in the word “HORLICKS” which has as many letters between them (both forward and backward) as in the English alphabetical series?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of these

Q4. Which of the following is third letter of the meaningful word formed from the 1st ,2nd, 3rd, 5th and 10th letter of the word ‘SANITIZATION’ by using each letter only once in the word? If more than one word is formed mark X as your answer.
(a) I
(b) A
(c) T
(d) X
(e) S

Q5. In the word ‘GENERATION’, how many pairs of the letters have the same number of letters between them in both forward and backward direction as in alphabetical series?
(a) More than four
(b) None
(c) One
(d) Two
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Eight Persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are living in an Eight storey building but not necessarily in the same order. Ground floor is numbered as 1st floor and just above the floor is numbered as 2nd floor and so on till the topmost floor is numbered as 8th floor.
U lives immediately above W. T lives above W. Four persons live between P and V. Q lives immediately above S and immediately below R. R lives on an odd numbered floor. P lives above V.

Q6. Who among the following lives on the topmost floor?
(a) W
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) P
(e) None of these

Q7. Who among the following lives immediately above V?
(a) W
(b) P
(c) R
(d) T
(e) None of these

Q8. Who among the following lives between S and V?
(a) P
(b) Q
(c) T
(d) R
(e) None of these

Q9. How many persons are living between Q and V?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Two
(d) Four
(e) More than four

Q10. Who among the following lives on the bottommost floor?
(a) P
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) S
(e) None of these

Solutions

S1. Ans. (a)
Sol: Such pair is (D, E).

S2. Ans. (c)
Sol: Total number of persons is the room (13 + 7 -1) =19 persons.

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol: There are two such pairs (C, H), (K, I).

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Words formed are: Saint; Stain; Satin; etc.